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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
American Woman
In England.
Lady Jcune Tells OF Their Influence
in The Public Life OF Great Britain.

l.1uS Js>t1ne JGliS OF Their Influenza
in The Public Lille OF Great Britain.
1T is 4 curious coincidence that the
wives OF three Of the leading English poll
Lcians OF the last twenty years should be
Americans. and TWO of them, as has been
said by a very astute political leader,
have done much TO foster and strengthen
the friendship between the two great Eng
disappearing nations Of the world" writes
Lady Jeune In her article Women in
English Political Life IN the Saturday
Evening Post. Lady Harcourt and Mrs.
Chamberlain. though they have been their
husbands comrades and friends In the
best sense OF the word. have kept them
selves aioof from the hurly-burly Of poll
tics. Lady Harcourt has lived SO long
amongst US. first as the daughter of her
father when Mr. Motley was Minister in
London, and since then SO warm
friend OF the country of her adoption
that we have come 10 regard her as al
most an English woman. and we can pay
her no greater compliment. Mrs. Cham
berla:n we still. and always shall. re-
gard as the embodiment o. all that is
delightful in American womanknd. and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
woman Chevalicr of Legion of Honor

Woman ChevaIicr Of Legion OF Honor.
Nine. PICARD has just been named by the
French Government to the grade Of Chew
,,ier in the Legion of Honor. says the
Phila 6elphiu Times. It is to this able and
energetic woman that Is due the woman
palace at the Exposition, and it is on the
occasion Of the inauguration of this build
ing that the decoration has been confer
red.
Among the thousands of men. this
makes but the forty-serenth feminine
member raised TO this grade since the or
der was instituted a hundred years ago,
Nearly all of the appointments are re-
cent and have been made under the Re-
public.
Thirty of these women are members of
religious orders, two were named for
herotsm during war. and several for
works Of charity; one-A1ne- Marie Lau-
RENTS an actress who has founded an
orphanage: another-Mme Demont-Bre-
TOMS a pDinter: but the most celebrated
of this company IS the scientific explorer
Nine Dieulafoy. who. in company with
her husband. discovered the buried palace
of Darius, the remnants of which are now
at the Louvre. Nine. Dieulafoy wears
masculine dress, nnd Nine. PICARD and
her forty-tive other associates may re-
mark that the red ribbon of the order
shows off 70 much better advantage in
the coat lapel of Nine D:eulafoy than
the bodices trimmed with ribbons and 9TH
er frou-frous OF her sister members.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
1ufanta Eu,alic on American Girls.


III the United States the young women
have reached the very acme Of feminine
Independence I like this, first OF all be-
cause it is my way. When visited the
United States 1 found myself in complete
accord with American girls upon this point
OF independence. 1t d!HerentiateS lhe
American girl from her sisters of Europe.
It has enormous advantages, and, properly
understood, ii implies the reverse Cf harm
Independence, rightly conceived and prac-
iced. Is neither harmful nor uabecoming.
In southern countries the difference be-
tween honest independence, on the one
hand and what is improper, or perhaps
.,l,at is merely not correct, on the other. Is
not quite comprehended. National Gus
toms and traditions have much to do with
this. In some OF the older countries where
social usases are strictly conventional,
women could be induced more easily TO
violate a commandment Of the DecaioSue
than a rule OF society. The genesis OF the
various national customs regarding GER
tain feminine prophecies may De traced
rs the difference between Eastern ana
Western civilizations. For instance, III
southern Spain, where Arab or Moorish
customs prevail, women cannot go out
alone without calling forth adverse COM
ment. The Arabs. or Moors, as we style
them in Spain. are very jealous OF lheiI
women. l have known a lady to sit Tor
hours in the house Of a friend awaiting
the return OF her maid rather than cross
the steet alone to her home. She was
neither young nor pretty. Where Oriental
civilization Is strongest in Eurore women
have the least liberty. In northern Spain
female restrictions are not quite so severe
as in the south. In France they are grow
ing gradually less. In England women
have more freedom than on the Continent.
In the United States, as I have said, the
fair sex have reached the plentitude OF
independance-The Infanta Eulalie, III
Frank Les.ie's Popular Monthly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

, another, for were we not all OF one family?
The banquet was fine, being MADE up
OF many courses and consisting OF both
Chinese and foreign dishes
After the banquet the Empress DoTager
again met informally with the lariies,
drinking tea with each OF them IN turn
and in some cases throwing her arm
about one and embracing her
lat this time she gave each iadE a
present OF a beautiful gold ring set with q
nearl as big as a 1narrov7fat pea, three SILK
dresses from the royal looms and set OF
two dozen combs. Throughout the whole
audience she was exceptionally gracious.
and her manners were as polite and
affable and at the same time as dlgnlhed
and lady-like as could be those OF any
Empress of Europe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
A Foreigner ut a Political Convention

The national party conventions are over;
''No other gatherings are SO unique anu
distinctly American as political coiAHei'-
tons" said a we'll known diplomatic at
tache to me recently. They appear 10 De
largely occasions when seriouS-mlldetl
senators and dignified statesmen take the1r
fill of recreation, and become boys again.
What strikes US foreigners as especially
funny is the numerous carefully engineered
but often unsuccessful attempts to "ofh
up "a boom or popular demand for some
candidate and the inability OF even the
mos Dowerful boss to manipulate and
control that great force-pubhc opinion
which one can feel, but never quite ana
lyze.''-"The National Magazine for -Au-
gust.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
Garth und Houuen.

III gold and burning bronze the sun went
down,
Like some young god. behind the hills and
trees;
And. clad in sleep and purple silences,
Through slyey halls of spacious blue and
brown
The twilight goes, crowned with nights
starry crown.
And PACED of dreams and shadowy mys-
teries
Now doth it seem no thing is III at ease,
No thing unloveiy in or field or town
Earth, like Romeo, deep in dew and
scent
Meath Jul;et's window, watching till
.:ght
Blooms in its square, and bids him climb
to her,
Lifts IT'S dim face unto the armament
Which, with the moon, grows gradually
bright,
Whence heaven stocps to clasp her wor-
shipper
Madison Cawein, in Truth
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
0ho Sea N2aiaen.
She viii! Wear !: Fitted Skirt With
Pointed Waist and Big Sailor Collar.

Pointed Waist and Big Sailor Collar.
The size of the waist of the sea maiden
has increased many inches since last
summer. The new French figure de-
1nands that the bodice be brought down
to a very low point in front, at least
three inches below the old belt line,
though no lower in the back. This makes
the waist much larger, but gives it a
beautiful curve much admired by artists.
The ideal material for the SeaShore is
wool. Let be lightweight cashmere, or
chailie, or the many thin novelty woods,
whatever may be their kind or nature,
there is nothing that is as Comfortable
by the sea as wool
A plain skirt with flou1ces for depth
Of six or eight inches around the foot,
or with wide tiounces twice that depth
is sure to be in style this season. The
waist may be ever SO simple a blouse
to be worn over a shirt-waist of any coll
ored null or muslin
They are wearing little silke vests under
these blouses ard are tying ribbons at
the front of the blouse to match the
vest.
For sea dresses the nautical colors are
the fashion. Brilliant reds and blues. sea
greens. grays and white are the chosen
shades The pale and otherwise fashion,
able fade tones are not SO much Worn as
the others, because they too easily lose
their color under the influence Of the sa-
line ocean breeZes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
Gho Dobu14uto.

Who has ar; arch and mirthful air,
Yet when her chaDerone IS near
Seems like an angel unaware?
The debutante.
Who loves to be extolled and famed.
Yet bushes when you hold her hand
AS if she didn't understand?
The debutante.
Who has partner in advance
For every german, play and dance,
And Stays a heart with every glance?
The debutante.
Who leaves a ball and german late,
Ard loves an allowed tete-a-tete,
And sees no serious side to Fate?
The debutante.
Who at the table takes her seat
n some grand banquet-hall complete
let is too delicate to eat?
The debutante.
Who welcomes with a ripping laugh
The many flattering toasts you quaff,
And finds in them more wheat than chaff:
The debutante.
Who listens with coy content
To words of love from warm hearts sent
Yet tells you they were never meant?
The debutante.
i
Who is 1t makes the veteran sage.
Tagging "superf1uous OH the stage"
Of social life, forget his age?
The debutante.
Who Is it has unbounded fun
And sleeps not till the rising sun
With all Of Cupids work we'll done?
The debutante.
-5yWalliam Hamilton Hayne, III Franl
Leslie's Popular Monthly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
4 New Sofa pillow.

A pretty style of sofa pillow that IS oc-
cupyins the attention Of summer piazza
workers is made of dotted muslin, says
an exchange. A pattern with dots about
an inch apart is most effective. Inc dots
are worked in wash silk in rows com
prising three shades Of color, SHADE TO
each row, giving ,he effect when finished
OF shaded stripes. 4 rufile Of plain mus
LIN edged with a row OF baby ribbon n
each Of the three shades edges the cover,
which is slipped on over q pillow covered
with silesia. Pink, green and yellow are
the favorite colors used. in dark, medium,
and Light shaded
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
Chinese Ideal of Womanly Beauty.

1.-The Chinese ideal Of womanly beauty
what is it?" continued Suong Wah. gazing
toward the horizon with half-closed,
dreamy eyes. She must be slender and
seem tall She must be soft and sweet,
Is there a poet who says:
No, drop Of her blood was human,
But she was made like a soft, sweet
woman?
Let her be like that. Her skin must have
a sheen, bloom. Il polish and the hue
Of amber. For the rest. let her nose be
small. her eyes long and narrow her lips
red. her black hair heavy and bright. We
like to see her oval face painted delicately.
We like TO see her walk light, as though
made not of flesh and bone but of fire
AMI dew She could not walk if her feet
were crippled. In his ideal the Chinaman
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
~ HouseAeepors
Definition.

When Adaa woke. and likewise Eve
within the garden fair.
They looked upon each other with a SOFT
Of Cheyenne stare,
Til Adam sauntered past her ana poiiReiS
tipped his hat,
And said, Your pardon, madam, dos1
thee know where we are at:
Said she, .:Alas..I canst not tell; it's my
first visit here:
Why don't thee ask the servants" There
are none" said he, my dear.
Not one. from Bath to HackeI,sack. from
Crete to Kankakee!''
swell, then. lis very pain rnar we,r. Al
Paradise said she.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
] NInttcr of Capacity.

Van Gut-bIt-'I have Just had my yacht
P;IIyboy-"Why, dEln't know she needed
it
Van CfIt-5iIt-"Oh. yes. | can stow away
.,,fca as much liquor in her now as I cou.d
befors."-SHarr Set.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
Mr.. Davis In

MIR. Davis Impression of Pres. Kruger
Ny first meeting with President Kruger
was very brief, and I learned little from IL
of him then which has not been made "a
1nilar to every one. Mr. Reitz brought
me to his house and we sat on his porch.
he loading and reloadins his cavernous pipe
the while and staring OUT into the street.
The thing that impressed me first was that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

despises crippled feet Sometimes, when
he narries rich and noble woman, she
is that way. But such a marriage is not
made for love. Truly, as foreign ideas
come into China, the small, misshapen feet
limp out"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

'You cruel. wicked boy. to kill that
harmless little bird
Il was jus going ter offer 1t to yer,
lady, fer ter put de wings in yer coilec-
ton on yer headgear.
..ob Won generous little fellow! And
1hey're lust the right shade!'-Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
HI. Us,,n,1 ,r.

What is meant By g sabbath-day's
1ourney?" asked the Sunday-school teach
From our house to grandpa's and back
replied Freddie F'os1ick. who knew where
his family took dinner every Sunday
Chicago News
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

The Daisy with her latest breath,
'Reft of her petals. whispered low,
at is a secret to the Death
/ gave my petals all to know"
oliver Herford. in Scribners.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
5oSsV.

The news around the Garden few
Last night the Rose was robbed
flower
Was tilched from her and flung into
The easement of my Lady's bower.
The flowers were nystifed. In vain
They asked of one another. Pray.
What ais our Lady of Disdain
That she must wear a Rose to-day?"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

The August No. of sCRTBNER'S MAG
AZTNE is largely devoted to fiction. IN
accordance with custom long observed
nv the management. the contents mcluo-
Ing the names of some Of the hest-knoWn
writer's and illustra tors of to-day. Among
them are to be mentioned Rlchara HARD
{no Davis. whose continuation of war, cor
resemblance from South Afr.cn grows
more interesting with each instalment;
Ernest Seaton-Thompson. the instructive
and entertaining naturalist; Mrs Edith
Wharton, author of 1.-THE Tombstone
who has a new story; sydney herman
Preston. writer who holds out great
prom Sc; james Raymond Perry Albert
Bigelow Paine and Arthur cotton. MIR.
Rarres Tommy and Grtzet continues
to move along as pleasantly as ever, and
there are a number of poems which must
be counted among the best examples OF
current verse.
Douglas Island news., 1900-09-26

Col. Miles, a Montana mining expert, has recently returned from trip of exploration to the headwaters of White river, where he went to examine copper properties, and he says that region is the greatest copper country in the world. "The copper is found in placer formation" says Col. Miles, "where the glaciers have deposited it after wrench ing it from the mountains and crush ing it into nuggets and boulders. There are great fields of these copper placers where the native copper abounds in great boulders, often reaching several square feet all free from quartz. There is enough copper in sight to warrant the construction of railroad into that country, which is 200 miles from the Yukon and ninety miles from Mt. St. Elias and about B miles from the in- ternational boundary line"
 John Kalem of Skagway is convinced that the production of gold is not the only use to which the Yukon and it's tributaries can be put. He says the country has great agricultural p0ssibil- tiles, and in substantiation he brought out with him bunch of fully develop ed and matured oats. The oats are about three feet high, and Mir. Kalem says there was tract of three and one-half acres of it at Sixty Mile post. "There is farm at Selkirk," said Mir. Kalem, "of forty acres upon which all kinds of vegetables are successfully grown. Hay, peas, carrots, string beans, lettuce and cabbage grow in profusion. This farmer sent one shipment of eighteen tons to Dawson this summer. Some idea of the inducement for agricultu- raj development in the Yukon may be gained by the cost of transportation. Take hay for instance. Timothy grows in abundance in that country, and the cost of transportation is S125 per ton from Seattle That makes margin for the local farmer to conjure with. Be- tween Bennett and Dawson there are large areas of land suitable for agricul- tural purposes, and I know no place which offers such inducements to the man who desires to become farmer and grow up with the country. Then the game and fisheries alone will fur nish an avocation for many people. They are abundant. Some day the Yu- kon will be a great agricultural coun- ! try"
 Mrs. Mary E. Hitchcock, with her Great Dane dog, which has travelled with her over two or three continents, | is here again, says the Skagway Alas kan, this time from what she describes as a delightful summer" in Atlin. She had many properties there when she went in, she now has others, many oth- CTS, both placer and quartz, in the At lin district and the adjacent district. She says the Victoria government knew development was impeded in the Atlin district and that the government sent a judge who was there only three days. Experts of New York and London had spoken highly of Atlin properties, and she believes that AtIin will be lively camp next year. It is only baby and this year was so swaddled up with red tape that it could not grow William Marsden, who is at the head of syndi- cate, had struck at the head of Birch creek five-foot ledge of pay ore, free milling gold. The Nimrod had shut down in order to first obtain a crown
Douglas Island news., 1900-09-26

grant. As to the Brackett hydraulic operations on Willow, MT. Bracket had given her message to Sir William Van Horn, that this year they had been able to pay all expenses and next year would be on velvet. Mrs. Hitchcock leaves on the first boat and will go to Montre- al, Boston, New York and Chicago. She is probably the largest individual own CT in Atlin, and she goes to these cen ters of capital to exploit some of them. But she has little time for the work, as she is due in St. Petersburg on Oct. 15, to complete the arrangements for a concession to Siberian gold lands that she obtained last year.
 The Daily Alaskan of the 18th says that Richard T. Harris, discoVerer of Juneau's placer fields and founder of that thriving little city, is an interest ing visitor in Skagway. MT. Harris is one of Alaska's oldest pioneers, having spent more than twenty years in the district. He has seen Alaska grow from wild uninhabited region, visited only by trappers and fur traders, into one of the greatest gold producing sections of the world, with its coast dotted by modern cities, containing all conven- fences of twentieth century civiliza- tion. It was twenty years ago last ,Au gust that Mr. Harris and Joseph Ju- neau, French Canadian, discovered Silver Bow basin four miles back of Juneau and located the townsite where that town now stands. The town was named Harrisburg and retained that name for four years. The mining dis trict was named Harris, which name it still bears. MT. Harris says he named the city for the capital of Pennsylvania in which state he was raised, but to ev erybody else the name stood for old Dick Harris. Silver Bow basin was named for similar basin of that name in Montana, one of the greatest pro- ducing camps in the nation, and the one upon which Butte depends for it's existence. MT. Harris was in the first stampede to the Silver Bow basin in Montana. In fact he recorded the first mining claim in Montana in July, 1862, being with the first miners who discov- cred gold at East Bannock in what was then Montana territory. He was also one of the first discoverers of gold in Colorado in 1859. Great things in Alaska date back to the discovery of gold at Juneau by Richard T. Harris in 1880. That discovery of rich placer aud quartz attracted the attention of miners to the Seward purchase. And we'll it might. The first discovery of quartz back of Juneau assayed S30,OOO per ton. While it was only pocket that was found and was worked out in few years, it created sensation that resulted in the prospecting of the dis trict and the discovery of the many lower grade ores which are now being worked. The miners from Southeast ern Alaska discovered the Yukon gold fields. These have served to attract the thousands who are now developing the north at rate that was never be- fore approached by any country. The thriving cities that line Alaska's coast, the magnificent golden stream from the Klondike-all date their being from Dick Harris discovery. Harris is to Alaska what Marshall was to Califor- nia.
Douglas Island news., 1900-09-26
The N0rthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable < Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

A six pound nugget, valued at S1,OOO, was found on the property of the Me Gilvray syndicate on King Solomon's hill. in the Klondike district, the other day. It has considerable quartz at tached to it but is a handsome speci. men. Another nugget, almost pure and weighing 27 ounces, was picked up on Gold hill from the Kronert claim.
 Capt. Stretch, engineer of the White Pass R. R., left last week for the south end of Lake Atlin and Tor Inlet. The captain proposes to have a thorough look over the numerous nickel proper ties which the officials of the company have lately acquired in that district. If his report is satisfactory the result will probably be the extensive develop. ment of these properties.
 Perry Wiley, one of the principal op- orators in the Porcupine, was recently in Skagway, and says that John Mur- ray, one of his employees, took out S295 in three pans of dirt on one of his claims. He says this is a fair sample of the richness of the bedrock on the Porcupine. He says the output of the district next year will be 50 times great CT than that of this season.
 Petite Gray, the first white child born on Bonanza, passed through Skagway last week with his parents enroute for California. When Petite was four hours old the miners of Victoria Gulch as- sembled and gave him the choicest col lection of gold nuggets the creek af- forded as a mark of appreciation of the enterprise displayed by the youngster in being born at that time and place. The Juneau Miner of the 18th inst, says that Gold creek will change it's channel tomorrow from the south to the north side of Last Chance basin. The big trench which is to carry it has been dug and the water itself will be allowed to do the rest. As soon as the creek is sufficiently at home in its new quarter, Hume twelve feet by four will be built at it's lower end to give more absolute control.
 Geo. W. Terwilliger and G. A. Wilson recently returned from prospecting trip to the headwaters of the Big Sal mon, and while gone ran out of ciViliz, ed provender. Terwilliger, in relating their experience, said: "We ran out oi provisions on the Niscutlin river and had to eat caribou meat straight until we arrived at Dog island, where we fill ed up. We cut across to the Hootalin, qua and foated down that river on raft. Had it not been for the abund, ance of game we certainly would have starved, but the country abounds in caribou, moose, grouse and ptarmigan The country is actually cut up with well worn moose and caribou trails We saw thousands of caribou and had only to kill one when we wanted meat