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,-e77rior,s adopted by the world. Mrs Greene sub
situted wire belts for those OF wood first used Mrs
Greene, Mrs Miller, assumed an interes, IN aer
patent
Ii is interesting 70 learn that the discovery ot ctt
ton as textile fiber Is ascrbed 70 Seurar1iS. lt n
America II Is attributed the mother OF the lcclS
who taught the PeruvIans 10 manufacture u
With the advent OF the sewing machine. tC--tu
by Walter Hunt of New York. and patented by
Elias Howe, II, twelve wears later, needleVo1len
were not IN demand as formerly, but woman was
still active IN other lines even naugurating II 1880
the first strike account of a reduction IN wages,
which was not successful
Incidentally II may be stated that Sizing Chr,
wife of Emperor Hoang-ti 1000 b C.. discovered
silk. and TO this day when the of China Is men
toned II Is a perpetual honor and reuucu1r---e ~
this woman inventor.
CIauze was the invention of ParnphIIe. d woman q
Cos who shortly after the IntroduCtIon ot ~lN INTO
Europe unraveled Its web and from TINS manu- manu-
fdctured the fabric known 20 Roman Women -
,tStiS and e. mOdernS as cOan, OF gtuEe.
\ woman owned the largest flax mill IN r~IoIe'
a woman established the man fracture tL -N-,,l,S,
although the business was nun by man. --.- ~
self fastening button was also the lnNSL,..- -.
woman. y child the means OF ilSiI!-- ~
spinning Jenny and two girls combiug them 1-.II III
spred the machine that combed cheap ey,,eI NJ nv
moderately fine warn Maggie Knight refused me-
thousand dollars for her machine for the tl,.--,> -
patent. Another machine was that when N-09 e-0
work OF thirty persons IN folding bags
Two silk dresses spun woven, anu ~.'~'ee
bv the skilful fingers of Miss Betty Green 9t l'el
who raised the silk from the worm ms H'."S.ii
for woman Is novelty to-day The Sn'tlle -
chine was invented bv William Lee, or Lea 81 Lls
land through observation of his wife III handing nc
knitting needles. In 1924, Miss Lucy Johnson W.
seven pairs of seamless pIlowCaSes amt rvtSlsSu -
premium at the fair held at Pawtucket, Nhotc
Island They were on view some wears ago IN an
excellent state ot preservation. and are suIt'sc~ ~
Coz=gasa s-ss 10
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VvTHERE woman is the theme, the pen must
w be dipped in the rainbow and the pages
dried with the dust of the butter1ys wings
IS Diderot's charming tribute to woman; which
should be supplemented by this statement of
Harder, There is nothing, | think that marks
more decidedly the character of men, of nations,
than the manner in which they treat women" An
other writer has said, If you would know the po-
litcal and moral status of people, demand what
place its women occupy" Woman IS ever the theme
of artist, poet, and historian
1t is not alone her charm, her beauty, or her
Complishments that attract the eXpOnents of the
good the true and the beautiful, but her practical
methods in securing competence for her family, or
those depending upon her, as we'll as herself. n
study of political economy has demonstrated the
fact that woman capacity mentally and physically,
averages mans capacity
Modern woman is not the pioneer in the pro-
feSSiCnS business nor inventions She had most
distinguished forerunners in many countries; a
early for example, 1000 B. c., when the invention
of spinning was attributed to Yao, wife of the fourth
Emperor of China. The activity. ability, and cul-
ture Of women of the past compare most favorably
with that of the present. Women in medicine, law,
literature, science, invention. and warriors on
land and have been notably to the front since
centuries ago. They have engaged in industrial
pursuits, notably in America since the close Of the
Revolutionary War, continuing the business their
husbands had abandoned for the war and they
proved most successful.
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answering SIN hundred and twency-seven s-l--a-e
and distinct questions within the space ot zen and
two-ifths seconds. All the questions we-e about
the baby elephant: where Id nailed him. now
he'd behaved. where he was bound FOR whe- / got
him. and all the rest
They had Just got through, they told ne past
ing up a bunch OF placards, offering q reward Of
two hundred dollars for the return Of The HaIt
20 the Ringing brothers circus, which was ID ez-
hibit IN LeavenwOrth that day. The circus had III
loaded at Leavenworth the night before. The
baby elephant was being weaned, and had -1 De
kept from his mother In the nnlN-up OF uni ding.
he had wandered off He was one of the man -5sets
Of the show. They had been n fear tha- some
farmer or other would pick up the baby e--E Hant
and hold him for a TWO thOusand-doLar -a-5- 70 or
something: hence the quick offer Of the TWO hun red
dollar reward.
1 told the elephant keeper, who was one ~ ne
four horsenen, about how the baby elePhar- lad
awakened me by tickling my left ear with The middle
toe of his right front foot
That's how he gets me awake every morning
He's been trained 70 DO It that way, SAID The ee-
phant man
''' Well hike IN with Us and cop out the Two hun
dred bucks reward said the man n charge Il ne
party. And | hoofed It alongside OF them and The
baby elephant padding along beside me. o. where
the tents were raised One OF the Ringing brothers
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any hallucination I shouldn't have TO 60 as
missionary to Beluchstan-
Il rubbed the knob on the baby elephant head
for a long long time. We were MATES, kind O, 1t
appeared He was lost, | knew that. They may
raise lot of hell in Kansas but not baby elephants
Well. so was l lost, lost for keeps.
And 50 l rose from beneath the shelter OF the
fragrant Kansas hedge, put my hand on the knob
Of the little baby elephants head 10 guide h11n,
and started down the road TO LeaVenWOTth-I could
see the houses Of the town in the increasing light
The little chap plugged dOciely along at my side
We came to a roadside spring, and he walked over
to it and drank gallons and gallons of the clear
water. But he didn't drink any more OF II than
did loUtbrcs.
A We entered Leavenworths outskirts at The
edge Of the Government reservation, four horse
men, coming at full speed round of the road,
almost galloped over and my baby elephant
pal When they they reined up Ike COW
punchers pulling up their cayuses after singing the
lariat.
Why, here's tn blamed little pup now, dang
him. they all yelled together, and in TWO seconds
the four of them
off their horses and pet
x ting my baby elephant.
NZ& 1t then that |
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SLpICQ l-lC -llC LNC A4lS44Nl- CNA 10 -l-. --s
a squeak, glad 10 get his baby --e-
phan- back for that money.
After that,
-.. Working.' ne asked me. WITH
The brevIty OF the circus boss
Working was not, and ST.
told him
Cook tent foreman went on
drunk in Emporia. and when ne
turns up I'm going 20 FIRE HIM. sd
the Ringing brother 20 ne -Ie1-
Want his job,
I wanted II. even If I was --st
treezing along IN front on the -hln
strap with the two hundred non
men TO the good More than -h4t,
l took II. That's how / happened 20
90 into the circus business. al Wll-1
| shoue Ike a looking glass to- -5l--y
one whole week
Kansas wasn't So bad / have
had worse breaks than that which
was nv portion when l came o.
meath the shelter of a mingled FOX
grape and honeysuckle hedge with
a baby elephant tickling my LETT ear
with the middle toe Of his -lght
front foot
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
Early Days in Nantucket

4 T Nantucket, the men returned 10 whale fishery
fitting out and manning ships while their wives
kept the stores At time all the drygoodS stores
were kept by women who went To Boston senian-
nualv their stock, until capitalists finally
drove them out of trade; and it resumed only
when the California emigration made II necessary
for them 70 do Failure very uncommon i'll
1t IS alleged in later years that Mrs Fowler Wells
sister Of Fowler the phrenologst saved the business
Of her brother and husband from bankruptcy by her
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and experimentally tickling my left ear with the
middle toe of that upraised foot
1T didn't look just normal to me-in Kansas
So lay there blinking at the baby elephant When
he saw my eyes open, he put his tickling foot down
but Just stood there, swaying slightly, and gazed
at me pleasantly, reassuringly. But was not
reassured.
This, said 1 to myself, is one of those things
This similarly, marks the beginning OF my future
good behavior. It's thirty TO one at least, that II
close my eyes now, and keep them closed for halt
a minute, when l open them again the thing stand
ing there will be blue giraffe with double dorsal
fms and a stingaree's tail
Il tried it, counting out the halt minute Then
slowly opened my eyes again. The baby elephant
was still there But, obviously for the purpose Of
entertaining me, this time he was standing only
on his front legs with his cute little hind legs w1ggng
in the air and his merry little beady eyes beam1ng
on me in that upside down way.
80 Not only IS it going to be the mere good be
havior for mine for the remainder OF my bodily
existence l observed unto myself, as closed my
ewes once more. but | intend to become mission
arv in Beluchisan once; for desire to get Just
as far as possible, and then some seven thousand
geographical leagues, from such purely fictitious
and hallucinative scenes and incidents these In
the meantime, once more shall try closing them
Again then, | lidded my eyes, and this time L
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
By Gise11e D'Unger

foresight and business ability number OF times.
In 1884. Ann Bent entered a crockery and dry
goods firm.
Miss Emily Ruggles of Reading, Massachusetts.
a relative of William II. Taft and the late Judge
AlphOnso Taft, conducted a drygoods store for
over twenty years buying as well selling her
goods keeping her books and directing her assistants
She successful merchant. She also engaged
IN the real estate business purchasing lands Tor IN
dlvldualS and corporations She owned a tract OF
land, laid streets and arranged building lots
showing a foresight and business capacity not gen
orally accorded to woman at that period.
RebecCa Motto after the Revolution. met al de
mands against her husbands estate by purchasing
a large tract of rice land credit, and by industry
and economy paid all demands and accumulated
handsome property
Woman was the pioneer in industrial pursuits,
IN the making of straw hats, when Miss Betsy
Metcaf discovered the secret OF bleaching and
braidIng the meadow grass of her native town OF
Dedham, Massachusetts,. IN 80 and IngcuIOuSly
made this braid into a bonnet. y facsimile of this
seven-straw braid bonnet may be in the Rhode
Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic
Industry This method taught by Betsy Metcalf
started the industry of bonnets and hats for summer
wear which led to the of other pable and similar
material for this purpose.
In 1888, Hannah Davis of Jaffrev, New Hamp-
shire, manufactured the first nailed bandbox and
made herself rich.
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Woman and the Cotton Gin

FROM the straw hat to the calico frock is an easy
L transition, and to Mrs Catherine Greene of Rhode
Island widow of General Nathaniel Greene of Revo-
fame Is alleged to be due the honor of in
venting the cotton GIN While Eli Whitney received
the credit It Is SAID that of Mrs Greene
modesty the patent was not issued To her, as she
feared the criticism of the world and the loss of her
social position The cotton GIN IS of the great in
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counted a slow two hundred before
opening them. You see, wanted
to give that baby elephant all the
chance in the world to evanish back
TO the topsyturvy section of No
Such-Land whence l was perfectly
sure he had come.
But when | peered again after
that two hundred count, there again
was the winsome little pachyderm,
this time standing up on his cunning
little hind legs, with his babesy-
wabesy front legs crossed in front OF
him. and his cute little head cooked
on one side, looking at me just as
natural as-as eggs.
Then | came to a sitting pos
ture. | felt of my head. 1t was
there. Dawn was breaking out OF
the orange east The hedge was
bespangled with fragrant dew. The
Bob Whites were calling in the coPse.
And the baby elephant got down
on al fours and nudged close to me
and put his head against my shirt
front like as if he wanted me to rub
the knob on his little head.
Il rubbed it He was really there,
and alive. We were pals. 1t wasn't
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08

Ilc lOllI Cl lllGII EClS
off their horses and pet
ting my baby elephant.
1t was then that |
made my worlds 5 record Of
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-03
ENaLAND's NEGLECTED QUEEN.


Element of PathOs Sheds sOmber
Light ON Her Declining Years.
An element Of pathos sheds a somber
light on the declining years of Eng
lands queen. Neglected by the king,
whom even her youthful beauty failed
to hold In unfaltering allegiance, she
dwells among the splendors of royalty,
but with an aching and desolate heart.
The effect of her unhappy life is daily
becoming more apparent In an irrlt
ability that inspires dismay within the
palace and causes comment outside.
The king goes travelling on the con
tinent several times n year-and near.
ly always without the queen. He is al
ways the center of a brilliant group
he most cultiyates The lure of pleas
ure Is as strong a. ever. The queen
enters little into his thoughts: less int,
his life. In London the queen lives
her 'pitiful, embittered life. Discon
tented, growing deafer and more irrIt
able every day, she has ended he's
career as the youngest old lady Of Eu
rope.
With the aid of cosmetics and wi.
Kiag Edv ards G3-year-old consort has
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~ V4VVt (
. RfDTTORIALS.1
Opinions Of Great Papers Important Subjects !

an mventor-any one Of a thousand things in which be
would have benefited the world
The average young man thinks he Is RreatIv handi.
capped because he is without means He builds air
castles as to what he would did be have thousands
to DO It with The chances he is better man and
oetter cizen better to his family to the world
because he has big income lie uses his hands ana
his brains he does things, and is Of use to mankind
while the idle rich shown In the example cited
by Mr.. Chambers, is drone the worlds vast hive
finding life bore adding nothing spending money only
of humanity.
Two strong arms and the win to them and the
brain to inelligenty guide better capital for the
young man than heritage Of mere dollars and centa
Toledo Blade.
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back at the cowboy, as his brother
drew him away, and said:
THANK you, Ira, for warning US
about the Indians. Go on and try to
save Others"
And his words had the ring of an
heroic spirit.
He had perfect faith In Edwards
ability to take him safe to Bill
Skaggs', through whose kindness the
boys hoped to escape the Cheyennes.
Ira looked after them a second, then
called to Edward:
"Say, Ed, hadn't yer best take yer
pap's gun from Their cabin, fore We
leave it fur kindlin' wood fur them
thievin copperhides"
Father took 1t with him to shoot
prairie chickens ON the way to town."
Edward replied.
"Well, Skaggs kin fit yer out, eff yer
need any shootin' irons"
So saying, he rode away on his noble
but perllous mission.
Edward started on a brisk trot,
making the cart spin along after him
over the rolling prairie. At any other
time the brothers would have enjoyed
the exercise but now all pleasure was
swallowed up In the fears which they
could not help entertaining with re-
gard to their approaching foes.
Often the boys would look over their
shoulders toward the column of smoke
in the southwest. and both could tell
that every minute it was drawing
nearer to them.
Il wonder If Bill will be gone?'
Frank questioned, with a whittier face.
IL hope he won't" said Edward.
"I'm doing my best to get there in
time"
"Oh, 1 wish could walk"
And tears stood in the dark eyes of
the crippled boy.
"Never mind, Frank" said Edward,
very tenderly. II like to look after
you"
And away he ran, his strong arms
drawing the little wagon along faster
than ever.
But, luckless fatel They had not
gone half the distance required to
reach BIZ Skaggs' ranch, when, on
hurrying down a rocky ravine, one OF
the wooden pegs which held the wheels
on, broke, and the cart came to a
standstlll.
The delay would be dangerous to
their escape, for Skaggs would very
likely be gone before the damage could
be repaired.
However. Edward was a brave boy
and he did not stop to bewaIl the &C
cldent, but set TO work to make a new
peg as fast as his fingers and his knife
could work. For this purpose he
tound a piece Of charred wood. which
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OBSERVANCE OF EASTER.

Discrepancy in Computing the Date
Not Corrected Until 1852.
The observance of Easter dates back
to about the year 6S, at which time
there was much contention among the
eastern and western churches as to
what day the festival should be OBJ
served. 1t was finally ordained at the
council Of Nice in the year 925 that 1t
must be observed throughout the Chris
tian world on the same day. This de
Gslon settled that Easter should be
Kept upon the Sunday first after the
fourteenth day of the first Jewish
month, but no general conclusion was
arrived at as to the cycle by which
the festival was to be regulated, and
some churches adopted one rule and
some another. This diversity of usage
was put an end to, and the Roman
rule making Easter the first Sunday
after the fourteenth day Of the calen-
dar moon was established in England
in $50. After nine centuries a dis
crepaney in the keeping Of Easter was
caused by the authorities of the Eng.
llsh church declining to adopt the ref
ormatlon Of the Gregorian calendar In
1882. The difference was settled in
1852 by the adoption Of the rule which
makes Easter day always the first Sun
day after the full moon which appears
on or next after the twenty-first day
of March. If the full moon happens
upon Sunday, Easter Is the Sunday
after.
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the necessary contact for conversation
The queen. with one Of the Instruments
In her dress and her hand on the table
wire, can hear anybody talking who
also has an instrument and connects
with the wire.
Queen Alexandra's real home IL nol
in England, but In Norway, where her
other daughter, Maud, Is queen. When
ever she can Alexandra goes to Chris.
tiania and Joins the dowager empress
at small house the two jointly own
at Bygdo, Just outside Christlania,
beautifully situated on the CHRISTIANS
ford.
There the royal sisters forget their
troubles, and lead the life Of two girls
on a summer holiday. They 60 for long
walks, unaccompanled; they play bil.
lizards; they study their art collections
and paint, Alexandra, particularly, Il
a very fair artist, and her water color
work ranks high among amateurs.
Alexandra likes to photograph, and al
Bgydo she has a huge collection Of her
press-the-button work.
Alexandra is very popular among the
English. due not only to her constant
visits to charitable works, but to the
keen sympathy felt for her because OF
her domestic unhappiness. England.
knows the trials Alexandra has had
to suffer, and overlooks the irritable
temper the queen has developed in con.
sequence.
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fought Father Time successfully for
years. Now these weapons are no
longer able to conceal from her sub
jects the fact that Alexandra has
stepped over the borderland and is at
last an old woman.
Since Edward mounted the throne
Alexandra has been leading a secluded
life. Edward sees as little of her as
possible. He travels about England and
the continent, leaving her alone at
home, to while away, as best she can,
the tedium of being queen with moth
ing to do and with no home compan-
ionship. She kills time by opening
charity bazaars. visiting hospitals, and
going to the theater. She Is an In
veterate playgoer and sometimes at
tends three or four performances a
week.
Usually she is accompanied by one
Of her two only lntimates, her daugh-
ter, Princess Victoria, and her sister,
the dOwager empress OF Russia. The
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The Cheyenne Raid


sorely perplexed, "but how? Father
has the horses. might run, but Frank
never could"
And his face was intensely troubled.
III tell yer. Ed. Bill Skaggs is Jest
loadin' up two wagons ter light out
fur safer quarters, an eff yer'll hurry
yer kin ketch his outfit an git ride
thar. Hyar, put Frank up behind me,
an I'll ride back ter Skaggses with
him"
THAT would delay you, Ira" said
Edward, thinking of the unwarned
settlers. Its mile to Bill Skaggs',
and you would have to ride all the
way back, and you might be too late to
warn the people on Wolf Creek"
But yer never kin manage ter git
him ter Skaggses," declared Ira.
Il think I'll manage it all right, Ira,
with this little cart here" said Ed
ward, pointing to stout little wagon,
which he had himself made for the
purpose Of giving his lame brother fire.
quent rides out in the fresh air and
sunlight.
Ira looked at the cart, as If he
doubted its strength, which expression
Edward at once understood.
Come, Frank" he said, gently, "let
me help you into the cart, and show
Ira that it's to be trusted"
Carefully Edward l.iaced his crippled
brother in the cart; then, grasping the
pole, which served as a tongue, he
started away from the cabin.
Frank, although his pale face be-
trayed how much of the news Of the
Indian raid had frightened him, looked
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ELECTRICITY IN KHYBER PASS.

Plan Under Way to Utilize Water
Power of AfShanistRn.
There is a plan for utilizing the ire
mendous force which lies beyond the
Khyber Pass in the wasted waters of
Afghanlstan, says Charles NJ. Pepper
In Scribners. 1t is proposed to supply
electricity for lighting the forts and
military environments scattered over a
large territory and also for the sta
tons and yards along the railway lines.
The enterprise contemplates the con-
structlon Of trolley lines spreading out
through the dense populations Of north
ern India and an electric railway from
Postwar up the Khyber Pass to the
British outpost station there. While l
write this article this project is receiv-
ing favorable consideration from the
British government. In some form
within the next few years it will be
adopted.
Apropos Of the Himalayas and the
progress of electricity query is raised
regarding Tibet. Is the roof of the
world less susceptible to this progress
than Kashmlr, which may be called
the eaves2
The answer may be given that the
conditions are not the same. for Kash-
mir is habitable by large number OF
people, In attitudes ranging from $500
to 10000 feet while Tibet at $4,000 to
10000 feet could not sustain a large
population. Yet should the ultimate
outcome Of the British political mis-
sion to Lhassa with its military accom-
paniment be the prospecting Of the
Himalayas for gold, and discoveries OF
that precious metal be made, the water
power would be utilized as in the Kolar
gold fields of Mysore.
The influence Of the electrical ele-
ment in one Of Its primary forms al.
ready is seen. During the British in.
vasion the "lIneman" was with the ad.
vance guard of the troops, and commu
nlcatlon with the rear was kept up by
telephone and telegraph apparatus
To-day remote recesses of the Chumb
valley in Tibet are In communication
with the worlds centers-London, New
York, Hongkong-for the messages are
transmitted to Darjeellng, the Indlar
gateway to the TIbetan passes, retele
raphed to Calcutta or Bombay and thel
cabled to their destination.