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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-11
NEW INDUSTRIES FOR WOMEN.
They Are Blacksmiths and r.. n.
Passenger Agents.

They Are Blacksmiths and r.. n.
Passenger Agents.
So quietly have women crept into in
dustrial life, and so gradually have
they acquired high positions that peo-
pie scarcely realize what vital part
the feminine element plays to-day in
producing our country's necessities. 1t
may be a widow falls heir to certain
estate or business, with debts to meet
and children to support, and so, under
takes some kind of work which she
otherwise never would have chosen. Or,
a clever and adventuresome girl exper-
iments with some Industrial problem,
along lines hitherto delegated to men,
but congenial to her taste. Aside from
the vocations new to women, but which
have already become so common as not
to excite interest, hundreds of new and
distinctive ones in art, industries and
professions are being adopted with
conspicuous success.
Mrs. Laura Alderman of Hurley,
South Dakota, owns the largest apple
orchard in the Northwest. 1t is known
all over the country. and has been in
its present hands for twenty-fouf years.
Recently, the Department of Agricul-
ture has honored Mrs. Alderman by
publishing a record of her phenomenal
success in apple raising.
Clovernook Duck Ranch marks the
successful struggle of a woman in
Chazy, N. Y, near Lake Champlain.
Miss Ellen Wheeler was thrown upon
her own resources, and her health fail
ing under the strain of typewriting. she
experimental with fancy farming.
Each summer she raises by incubation
1900 ducklings, to supply the hotels in
her neighborhood. She also has started
a fine bee ranch which is very success
full.
A blacksmith's shop with several as
sistants fell to the lot of Celia Hol-
brok of Sherborn, Mass, when she was
but seventeen. At her fathers death
she undertook to run this, and has
done so for two years. supporting her
mother and a large family. Besides
this smithy, she has another business,
being a mail carrier. Twice day she
takes the United States mail four miles
in summer, performing this service on
her wheel; in winter on foot.
The Southeastern Billposters' Asso-
citation of Moultrie. Ca. recently sus-
pended its rules. in order to admit a
woman, Miss Cora Kimball, an eff
cient billposter.
Two society leaders and church
workers, Mrs. Eames and Miss Sayre
OF Mont Claire, ILL.,, have been made
captain and assistant marshal of the
fire department. These are not nominal
position-it is no new thing for wo-
men to fight fires in Mont Clare, as
most of the male population is in Chi
cago all day.
More women than is generally known
are at the head of great manufacturing
concerns. Mrs. Bissell, a wealthy and
elegant woman, has entire charge of
the Bissell Carpet Sweeper factory of
Grand Rapids. Mich. II is even rumor-
ed that the invention was Rsrs rather
than that OF her husband, now deceas-
ed. Miss Belle McKinnon Is superin-
tendent Of a big manufacturing plant
of Little Falls, N. Y. She employs
1000 hands, Is trained in business, and
is especially noted for having AMIGA
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From the London Scientific Siftings.
Probably the oldest timber In the
world which has been subjected to the
use of man, is that found in an an
cient Egyptian temple, in connection
with stone work, which is known to be
az least 1000 years old. This. the only
wood used in the construction Of the
temple, is in the form Of ties, holding
the end Of one stone to another. When
two blocks were laid in place an exca-
walton an inch deep was made In each
block. in which a tie shaped like an
hour glass was driven. II is, therefore,
very difficult to force any stone from
its position.
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ing the face with thick, opaque coat
OIL pismuth. tinting the cheeks and lips
WHO red with carmine. They also
pay nlucn attention to their eyebrows,
winch, dehcately arched and pointed
and shaped like the willow leaf. the
Chinese consider a mark of especial
beauty. They also play upon musical
Instruments, and, as in the days of
tne Arabian Nights, are entertained
py professional story-tellers, readers
Oh romance, and by theatrical perform
ances in their private theaters. They
VISIT only ON state occasions, espe-
cially at the New Year, and then set
out In cart or sedan chair, loaded down
with rich garments of silk, brocade
and fur, which they must be urged to
remove, one after the other, until the
proper underdress is revealed. In ad-
dition to this, the woman attendant
brings other garments of great rich
ness, which are bestowed about upon
chairs and stools for inspection, to be
carried away again, when the visitor
returns home. At these ceremonious
visits large quantities of tea are drunk
and sweetmeats consumed.
The two dreaded ordeals to, which
Chinese girls look forward. with more
or less apprehension, are foot binding
and marriage. Foot binding is not so
universal as is generally supposed: nor
is it confined to the daughters of the
higher classes. The Manchus, to which
race the Empress Dowager and the
court officials and banner men''-the
military classes-Abelong, have never
observed the senseless custom. 1t is of
an antiquity so hoary that it's origin is
lost. But it is supposed that it was
gradually brought about by Tightening
the cotton ligatures, which are worn
as a Substitute for hose, until, in the
course of time, the feet were purposely
dwarfed and crippled. To.fix the GUS
tom more firmly poets and novehsts
have praised the stunted feet, compar-
ing them to golden lilies" and the
hobbling gait which follows the Grip
ping to ''the swaying of lilies upon
their stems" 1t is extremely difficult
for Chinese of the higher classes to find
husbands for their daughters whose
feet are actuated by no honorable mo-
tive; the gripping making it difficult
for them to go about, and keeping
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disputes which

bly, settled several disputes
threatened strikes. e.~ "a
A very young woman OF Syracuse Is
having her way through college py
domestic occupation on large scale.
Even az n child her spare time was
snent IN fruit canning and jelly max
ing. and this work she has found more
lucrative than undergraduate teaching'
IN order to secure money for her uni
versity expenses.
A Railroad Passenger Agent a wo-
man? Why not? II appears TINS cues
lion never was asked and answered be-
fore. Miss Elvira Miller. Southern
writer. has Just been engaged as pas
senRer agent upon the Louisville ana
ST Louis road. and II is confidently ex-
nected that she will present the SUI
narior attractions" of this railroad in
a way to interest women travellers.
Away out in California. woman Is
president OF a railroad Mrs. John
Kidder of Navada county. California.
is president OF the narrow gague road,
running from Colfax TO Nevada city.
Her husband owned much stock. and
during his illness, she familiarized her
self with the business. The widow
was elected TO the presidency. and goes
each morning across the street from
her elegant home to her office. where
she inteiligentiy manages the road.
Women are experimenting with cleo
tricity these days. A very practical In
ventlon has lust been patented by Co
rhine Dufour of Savannah, an cleo
tric carpet sweeper. said to be a vast
Improvement upon the old-time arti-
cles
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them more closely at home than would
be the case If they had full
| use of the stunted members. At the
seen toiling in the fields, carrying
heavy burdens-poor, oppressed
drudges, who frequently end their lives
by opium, or leaping into the wells.
The binding process begins at the
age of six or seven; the heel is drawn
forward, the toes turned under, pro-
truding at the outer edge of the sole.
so that the victim walks, at length, up
on the great toe and the back of the
heel The feet occasionally mortify and
drop off in the process, and If this does
not happen they become deadened and
benumbed, lifelong source of suffer-
ing.
Prior to the Boxer outbreak Mrs
Archibald Little. the author OF Init
! mate China" who resides at Chang
king in Szchruen, founded a society for
the abolition of foot-binding. 1t had
spread rapidly throughout the empire.
and Several influential mandarins had
lent 1t their support. Ii Hung Chang
who stated that his mother had un-
bound her feet, subscribed 500 with the
characteristic remark that he would
give as much more If Mrs. Little would
induce the foreign ladies to unbind
their waistsi"
The Chinese have profound faith In
Western physicians, and this had been
taken advantage of; the physicians ad-
dressing large audiences of men upon
the effects of the custom of manning
the mothers and undermining their
health and strength, as it reacted upon
the race.
Marriage Is wholly problematical, be-
ing arranged by the omnipresent go be-
tween, husband nor wife never seeing
Al A. Iii l. tCaA hAs
the bride alights from her closed Sc
dan chair and is conducted to her
chamber in the bridegroom's house.
From childhood she is confronted with
the possibility of lifelong unhappiness
as a wife, should she fail to have a
son. The life is essentially PATRIARCH
al Daughters are expected to leave
their parents house to return only
for rare and brief visits. They cease.
after marriage! to belong to their par
ents' family, not even returning TO take
part In the funeral ceremonies. Sons
bring their wives home. but are as
signed separate apartments within the
common court. over these households
of daughters-in- the mother-in- law
rules with rod of iron; the daughters
in-law are practically her servants;
they are not permitted to SIT ana tax
in her presence and must perform
whatever tasks she assigns them, Love.
between husband and wife. as 1t ex-
lists among Christian people, is un-
known in China, and 1t is a subject
that is not considered decorous to dis
cuss.
A Chinese lady once asked an Amer
lean why she married her husoano.
She replied simply; Because loVeo
him" and the explanation was follow
ed by dead silence, and profound en-
barrassment among the Chinese ma
irons present
There have been occasional examples
Of real attachment. between husband
and wife, and, while in Pekin, l heard
of a young man whose wife had incur
red the dislike OF her mother-tn-laW,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-11

impenetrable natural history mystery:
To what weight and size do tortoises
grow, and how long do they live in
state of nature? In 1897 the Hon. Wal
ter Rothschild had one sent to him
from one of the Aldrabra Islands, in
the Indian ocean, where it had lived
for "over $50 years" in semi captivity.
1t was placed in the ZOO" where 1t stu
fiourishes. 1t is feet inches in
length, 2 feet 10 inches broad weighs
500 pounds. Up to that time this was a
record" 1t is now only second best,
the latest monster. caught in the st.
Vincent littoral. being feet long by
feet broad. The tenacity OF tortoise
life under the most cruel treatment is
very extraordinary. II once saw"
writes a naturalist correspondent. "a
large one walk about for thirteen hours
after it's head had been cut off, saw
another experimental on by having its
brains Cleaned out" II did not APP
pear to mind the experiment a bit.
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starved and beaten by her father and
then turned into the street to die. The
explanation which the heartless parent
gave was that he had been born I'M
ger the dragon, and the girl under the
uger The two animals fought and he
mad lost his health in consequence; he
would never be any better, so long as
the child remained in his house, so he
turned her out. The poor child could
not be received at the mission, as 1t
would have been known Immediately.
and the ladies would have been over
whelmed with abandoned girls! The
superintendent, however, placed the lit
Tie creature in the house of a native
Christian, became responsible for her
maintenance. and. when she reached the
proper age, she was to be admitted to
the school.
There is one exception to the gen.
eral disfavor with which girls are re-
garded and this is where male chill
dfen only have been born. When this
is the case a daughter is desired. and
she is pretty apt to be very much in
oulged and spoiled. In the better fam
HES tutors are employed, who are
treated with the utmost respect. The
children are taught in a school room
wunln the court, and occasionally the
children Of poorer families are instruct
GO as an act of charity. School houses
may be seen here and there in the pro-
Vihces, by the roadside. the school sup
ported by the families of the neigh
oofhood. Girls and boys study togeth-
er until the latter are ten years of
age when they are taught separately.
q grIs education is very meager, end
I,g at her marriage. which occurs at
tne age OF IA or Is. after which the
cares of her household are supposed to
DC sufficient occupation. There have
I'm examples, however, where ambi-
tlous and clever girls continue their
studies in after years, and 1t is said
.nat In the mission schools. there are
piodlgies of intelligence-many of the
81 students showing remarkable apt
uUe' strangely enough, in mathemat-
ios and natural sciences.
when child is born the friends and
lelatlves are notified and gifts are pre-
sented The sex OF the child deter
.nlnes the value of the presents, which
ar ar OF much less value should II be
ooISGughter. Four weeks after birth the
shIld receives her milk name,'' which
~ retains until marriage. The milk
4n may be that of a flower or
ygWel, while the name acquired at mar
aT Sse may be some fanciful term like
pehcate Perfume"
Urls are taught to sew and embroid-
ana, among the poor. to cook, to
NC su the garments with cotton for win
TO remove the wadding In the
sIl ing and wash the clothing for sum-
- Millions of the poorer classes
nn.e but one. or. at most, two suits of
.lo'hes, so that the problem of per-
sSal cleanliness is one with which
IL iey 90 not concern themselves. Girls
az. as work in the fields, help gather
S sne crops, collect grass and weeds for
Auel rear ducks and fouls, and, of
een',enlngs by the feeble light of smoky
Oil oil amp, make the cloth-soled shoes
3" ireh are worn summer and winter.
The women of the richer classes pay
@aucn attention to their toilette, paint
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-11
WOMEN on THE WORLD.
os,r,oN OF CHINESE WIVES AND
MOTHERS.

-. They Are Held in subjec-
Ud Contempt-GirI Babies a
.Ait ia the FamiIy-Lt Hung
r,.ns on observation-disclosures
- suicide of wives.
washington. Aug. $40 the foreign
-, GENERALIZATION of China from
Tvs IN end, is a mass of contra
s,a.,ons. With their excessively formal
~.,nuatte. the Chinese can be brutally
-. with their classic exhortations
.orastv the bride is potent force
- the coolie and the mandarin alike.
Svo,,,en and their position partake
Iargelv of these contradictions, and,
while the mother of sons literally rules
49,. o,,,nire. while she is reverenced and
~ho,,a5 az long as she lives. yet for wo-
.on IN the abstract the Chinese have
uttle respect. Kept in ignorance. they
aasnise her mental limitations; and
~.,.ara millions are forced to concubin-
&c thew have an equally contemptu-
80 oninion of their virtue, which they
sorsider so little to be trusted that
-. ,,ust be under constant surveil-
Ssance as they are in the Latin coun-
tries of Europe.
ISa,,a1e children are not desired in
~ oriental country, and, as in India,
Shjrese wives offer sacrifices to the
Cnddess of Mercy that sons may be
Souchsafed them. Infanticide-the de-
strrction of female children--is rather
Encouraged than punished, and among
tbe hundreds of girls in the orphan asy-
~, of the franciscan Nuns in Pekin,
49, Greater number who were rescued
had been exposed in the streets and
Telds to perish. While in the capital
a. the autumn of 1899 saw girl OF
8 mat had been brought to one of the
missions for protection She had been
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-11
How Long Does n Tortoise Liver

From the London Pail Mall Gazette
Another capture of a monster tor
toise" further complexities that hitherto
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
Ban dts Located .

Sods, Nov. 2O.-It is reported
that Mr.. Dickinson, the Uni ed
States diplomatic agent here, has
informed the Government Of
Bulgaria that eight OF the abduc-
.ors Of Miss Ellen NJ. Stone and
Nine. rsilka. with their captives,
are concealed in a defle of the
Belleriiza, Mountains. near smotch
diserici Of Dubniiza, ana has re-
Quested that troops be sent to sur.
round the place and liberaie The
cap,ives.
Both Mr.. Dickinson and the
Bulgarian Foreign Omce decline
TO confirm or deny this report.
Nevertheless, 1t is believed that
Mr.. Dickinson, persuaded Of the
Of otherwise coming
to terms with the brigands, and
upon his belief that they
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
Donate $25OO.

At meeting Of the Odd Eel
lows Tuesday night, the members
UNANIMOUSLY agreed to donaie
$500 70 secnre the location Of
the Orphans Home in this city.
This is a liberal subscription AID
r. fleets great credit upon the
members Of the local lodge here.
This example Of lioeralify
should be followed by every citi-
zen Of the city aud by this action
the location Of the Home in Chick
ashs will be assured.
Lex every citizen put his
shoulder to the wheel, as it we're.
70 secure this enterprise for our
city.
A bonus OF $40, 900 and q 20
acre tract Of land can easily be Sc
cured if efforts are united.
The ladies Of the city can do
much in this cause if the different
societies VIII take the matter up.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
wIII bod harm lheir caplIve. B

will not harm their captives If
troops are employed against them,
has, after consulting With Wash
ington, decided upon shis move
ment. or the eight bandits who
now guard Miss Stone, some are
knownrto sympathize with her.
Ona previous occasion Mr.. Dick.
inson approached the Foreign
Office aud proposed this same
plan, but it was abandoned because
OF the uncertainty Of the location
Of the bandits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
TerrIlory Governmenl.

Washington. Nov. 2O.-The an
nual report Of the United States
Insp, cicr for the Indian Territory
the virtual Governor OF that Terri
tory makes The following recon-
msndatiOn: Congressional a .horily
for Withdrawing from ths Unittd
States Treasury a sufficient amoul
Of the funds of The Cherokee Ia
dian Nation to pay their outstand
ing Indebtedness, which now ag-
gregates about $500 600 in war
rants, drawing 6 per cent Interest,
although the nation receives only
8 per cent aud less on invested
funds from the United States; a IN
form system Of taxation through
out the Territory, the money TO
be used for general purposes for
all concerned, including improve
ment Of roads and education Of
some fifty good children Of non.
citizens; additional compensation
for police; a law for protection and
preservation Of game; additional
legislation with the various tribes,
II necessary, to provide a more
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
governor jenkins
HAS BEEN EEONERATEl..
SO State Dispatch From Washington
Secretary Believes jenkins Is
An Honest Man.

Washington, D. o., Nov. TO-
Secretary Hitchcock had the
charges against Governor jenkins
under consideration for more than
On hour again today and later lis
oussed the matter with the presi-
dent after she cabinet meeting.
The investigation for the charges
against the governor has con.
vlncsd the secretary that Coz ernor
jenkins. has acted in good faith
and r.:h absolute honesty in the
sanitarium natter anu the depart
ment viii acduit the governor Of
the charges OF dishones.y. The
investigation disclosed the matter
20 be just as Governor Jenkins
alleged.
ssNOlhwishsisnding charges to
The contrary, those hands are
clean, absolutely spolless 80 far As
the administration ofthe governor.
ship OF Oklahoma is concerned
Such was the declaration Of
william N. jenkins as be depart
ed from the ofice Of the secretary
Of the interior. after an interview
lasting more than an hour, during
which al Of the charges made
against his administration we're
taken up and the governor hid
been given a fell opportunity to
explain each enc.
When asked tonight BY The
State Capital correspondent if be
expected to be resppointed, Gov
trnor jenkins replied, AYES I ex-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21

simple manner of allotments Of
lands than the present agreement
provides.
During the year sl9S, ,66S in
royalties has been collected from
coal and asphalt mining in the
ChoeIaw and ohIckasaw Nations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21

pect 10 be recommended, though
| canrot speak authoritatively,
for 7 do not know. Iexpect to
have some defnate information in
a day or two"
10 now looks very mnch like the
governor vii win out. lie Is max.
ing a clean cut. manly Fight which
is having good effect.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21

Room for our immense sto ok o
Holiday Goods, which we VIM
soon place on the market. To Sc.
cure that room we viii on Thurs.
day and Friday, Nov. 2ist aud
22nd, put on sale our entire stock
Of Glassware and Queensware at
10 per cent discount. You cannot
afford to miss this sale.
The Nickel Store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21

II you want paint, varnish or
wall paper, 60 down in the base
ment Of the Rank Of Cickasha
and get " B. Townsend's prices,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21
REMovAL NOTIoE.

Hereafter ny Office win BE- found
ia The new First National Bank
building, rooms / and ?, Chiekasha
avenue and 3rd street. once
'phone los. residence phone I'd.
w. I. Peters, Ph. G.. n. d.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21

A telephone in your house
gives you direct and quick com
munlcation with every FIRST class
business house, doctor ETC.. IN the
city Chiokasha Electric Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-21

Fine st Stationery.
The lat e st at West
S ! de Drug store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-24
Laundering Lace Curtains.
Written for the Citizen

| cannot refrain from replying
to young houSekeeper, no mat.
ter how busy | am. and especially
if she is from Maryland. This
young houSekeeper writes to know
if she can successfully wash her
curtains herself at home-that
the experience Of several Of her
Young friends who had sent them
to a professional was very sad
they we've 50 torn and worn that
all the new was taken OFT. | will
give you a method that | have
used myself, it is excellent, and
YOU can keep your curtains for
years If YOU are gentle and care.
tul with them. Clean them thus:
First shake all the dust ont and
remove pins, pick out threads
and then overlook carefully to
see if there are amy small holes
or rents. ii 50. darn them neatly
and put in tub OF cold water to
soak over night, and in the morn
in- rinse through two warm
waters before putting into the
>udS. Make a good sudS of soft
rain water and pearline aud
squeeze the curtains up and
down Change lie water + much
Solled and prepare a warm >udS
like the first. and rub through
this gently with Your hands.
then lastly rinse through clear.
warm water If You wish them
pure white slightly blue the water
You rinse them in. Ii you have
frames put several pairs in at a
time when damp. and dry iii the
open air, but if You have not cot
frames tack old sheets to a ear
pet IN room not used. and pin
Your curtains to them carefully.
pulling out each point. take
day or two 10 dry them thor
oughly. but if you want them
very >titi put them through a
thin starch after riuSing. Mine
were always stiff enough if | lust
put them in frames damp.
). 5. IL.