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Weekly journal-miner., 1911-01-18

kTIOm Ouut All arrangements for the annual meeting of the Arizona Federation of - Women's Clubs, next week, have been perfected by the Monday. Club. The Federation will continue in ses- sion three days, in the ballroom of the Yavapai Club, commencing We'd nesday, January 18th. Delegates are expected from from the principal cities and towns of Arizona. y.TRe visitors are expected to arrive. on, Tuesday, and con the early Wednes-- day morning trains. An elaborate program has been arranged for their entertainment. Program.
 Wednesday, January 18th. Registration of Delegates.
 Music. Invocation.
 Addresses of. Welcome
 For the City, Hon. E. s. Clark
 For the Monday Club. Mrs. E.
 H. Meek.
 Response
 For the Delegates, Mrs. John B.
 Wright of Tucson.
 Address of the Federation Presi- Sidney Carleson Newsom of Tucson.
 Reports of Officers
 Recording Secretary, Mrs. R. NJ.
 Tafel of Phoenix.
 Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. F.
 E. A. Kimball of Tucson.
 Treasurer, Mrs. W. R. Gabriel
 of Douglas.
 Auditor, Mrs. G. M. Hahn of
 Phoenix.
 General Federation s State See
 retary, Mrs. J. T. Pugh of Yuma. Notes from the Nineteen Hundred and Ten Biennial, Mrs. s. E. Empey, Delegate, of Yuma.
 Report, of Bisbee Club.
 Report of Douglas Club. Report of Credentials Committee.
 Wednesday Afternoon. Meeting of Executive Committee and Council. -pn- Music. ...-, Report of Florence Club. Report of Glendale Club. Report of Globe Club. ''" Report of Naeo Club. s'o- Address sr ssral
 A Civic Awakening, Mrs. B. A.
 Fowler of Phoenix. Paper
 Our Ciue Committee, Mrs. K.
 W. Williams of Williams. Report of Phoenix Clubs .s
 The Woman's Club. s.- al
 The Friday Club.
 The Harmony Club. Report of Prescott Club. Report of Stafford Club. Reception at Yavapai Club, given by the Monday Club of Prescott in honor of the Arizona Federation of Clubs, at 9 o'clock p. m.
 Thursday, January 1s. Reading of Minutes.
 Report of Tombstone Club. Report of Tucson Clubs
 The Women s Club.
 The Collegiate Club. Report of Yuma CIubs-
 The WOman's Club.
 The Ocotillo Club.
 Report of Williams Club. Address-The Relation of the State Federation of Clubs to the ieneral Federation, pr. Agnes Me
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-01-18

Mrs. Panl P. Hastings entertained the Prescott bridge club very pleas antly on Tuesday afternoon at her home on Mount Vernon Avenue when she had as her guests, Mrs. William H. Doyle, Mrs. O. A. Hesla, Mrs H..
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-01-18

JOurnaIMiner-High class SSo work
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Detachable Flower

1t must have been the girl OF small
allowance who invented the detach-
able flower for her hat. Trimmin :;
the winters chapeaux is SO simple
that it is an easy matter to whisk
off one flower and put on another to
match the next costume worn.
Velvet poinsettias are favorite
flower on winter hats for those who
can stand the vivid red SO close to the
face.
Another popular flower is huge vel
vet roses in rich dull tones. A new
idea is to outline the edges of these
roses with tiny beads to correspond
to the color of the costume worn.
Instead of sewing on the detach-
able roses each time, they are pro-
vided with tiny safety pins on the
under side. which are quickly adjusted
to the trimming.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16

ter" is in deep ravine, the banks
OF which are difficult to climb
AS soon as the announcement was
made at Washington. Prof. William
A. Cogshall, professor of astronomy
in Indiana university. located in this
city, began the work of establishing
the center according to the figures
given, in order that a monument may
mark the spot. as has heretofore been
done in Indiana, which state has been
honored with the distinction of hav-
ing the center of population within
its confines since the census of 1890.
Prof. Cogshall had a difficult trip
on his preliminary survey and de-
scribed it as follows: with the data
furnished l drove east of Bloomington
six and one-half miles, nearly to the
Brown county line. found the
neighborhood OF the center to be in
an unbroken second growth forest,
thick with brush for about two miles.
The road up there is perhaps the
worst in the state of Indiana. The
center itself lies off about a half
mile from the road In a deep gully.
II is covered with second growth tim
ber from twelve to fifteen feet high.
The growth is so thick that it is al
most impossible for man to make
his way through It. Before the CEN
ter is definitely and finally fixed 1t
will be necessary to make a night
trip to the place so that observations
may be taken from the stars"
The ravine In which the center is
located is typical Of Monroe county
and Brown county ravines and anyone
who has hunted in gully in this part
of the state knows the difficulties to
be overcome. Young trees are so close
together that sometimes the hunter
can hardly squeeze through
The ravine containing the center is
noted for game. Rabbits. SQUIRRELS
and pheasants abound and at the same
time rattlesnakes and spreading vipers
are not scarce. In the spring the ra.
vines in this part of the county are
aglov with the bloom of the red bud
and the dogwood and birds sing and
multiply undisturbed
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
DO NOT LEAN UPON OTHERS
Learn to Stand Alone or You Never
viii Become Strong or
Original.

Power is the goal of every worthy
ambition, and only weakness comes
from imitation or dependence on 9TH
ers. says Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine. Power is self-deve,-
oped, self-generated. We cannot in
crease the strength of our muscles by
sitting in a museum and letting an
other exercise for us.
Nothing else so destroys the power
to stand alone as the habit of teaning
upon others. If you lean, you viii
never be strong or original Stand
alone or bury your ambition to be
somebody in the world
The man who tries to give his chill
dren start in the world so that they
Will not have so hard time as he had
is unknowingly bringing disaster upon
them. What he calls giving them
start will probably give them a set
back in the world. Young people need
all the motive power they can get.
They are naturally leaners, imitators,
copiers, and It is easy for them to de-
ve!op into echoes. limitations They
will not walk alone while you furnish
crutches; they will lean upon you just
as long as you will let them.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
URGENT NEED FOR A NAME
orally Worn Let II Have Femi.
nine AppelIation.

1t is thought by some in Germany
that the name "harem skirt" or more
horrible still "trouser skirt" is the
only thing that prevents the spread
and general use of this much talked of
article of wearing apparel. So these
same people have offered a prize for
the best names and ha,e hit up ANA
zon" and cavalier" skirt as a result.
and hope by keeping these more allur-
ing titles before the feminine public to
popularize the garment. Not that it
needs so much to be popularized. they
say. The leading German shops ad
vertise 1t In bewildering variety. and
privately claim that orders are pour
ing in to degree which shows that.
like other extreme modes gone be-
fore. the trousers-er. that is. the
cavalier skirts sure to conquer in
the end. But If the more timid fol-
lower of fashion buys one. and keeps
1t hanging in her closet to gaze upon
with awe and admiration. yet is afraid
to wear 'trouser" skirt upon the
street. by all means let us christen 1t
With something softer and more femi-
nine.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Use of Checks in Franco.

The governor of the Banque de
France has just sent to the director of
the departmental branch offices a cir
cular instructing them about the use
of crossed checks. The Temps in pub
fishing these instructions points out
the advantage of the English method
of employing checks and then shows
how the French system of making pay
ments immobilizes capital unproduc-
lively in purse, drawer or bank, where,
as these sums converted into checks
would be profitable not only to their
owner but also for the bank which en-
ploys them.
While the Bank of France has to
face bank note circulation of 5,0O0,-
10000 francs and the monetary stock
is 21l francs rs centimes per head OF
the contributions, England with a
greater amount of business has bank
note circulation of 698. 100000 francs
and a monetary stock of "a francs IS
centimes.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Destruction Of Rats.

An East Africa publication contains
a description of method of destroy
ing rats, followed in Java, in which
carbon bisulphate In employed. III
carrying out the method small guam.
tity, usually about half teaspoonful
OF the carbon bisulphide is poured in
to the rat hole and after waiting a
few moments to let the liquid evap-
crate, the mixture of air and vapor is
lighted, small explosion resulting and
filling the hole with poisonous gas,
killing the rats instantly. Such a pro
cess practiced openly might be objec.
tionable under some circumstances be.
cause of danger from fire resulting
from the explosion and a field for In
vention appears to offer itself to pro-
vide some form of fire-proof gun or
explosion chamber suitably formed to
be inserted in the mouth of the rat
hole and adapted to enclose the ex-
plosion and discharge the resulting
noxious gas into the hole.-Scientific
American.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
BETTER THAN BOOK LEARNING
Kentucky Meuntainssr Preferred -
Teacher Because He Could Lick
Biggest Boy In School.

The colonel had gone up into the
Kentucky mountains from the bl,vs
grass In command of sawmill. and
as soon as he had mobilized his
forces In that field he began 10
maneuver In the matter of improving
the people about his camp. What they
needed most were better schools and
he determined to take hand in the
selection of proper teacher. To this
end he called in one from his own
section who had college education.
but no mountain experience When
he proposed this blue grass nurtured
young man to the mountaineer trus-
tees there was unanimous opposition
in favor Of one of their own kind,
who had been teaching the school for
some time. though his education was
of the most limited kind.
But" argued the colonel. your
man doesn't have the first rudiments
of an education and the pupils might
as well have no teacher at ALL"
He's done better than anybody
else ever done. colonel" replied the
chairman of the board
That may be, but none of them has
been educated properly to teach. My
man has been through college and is
superior to any teacher in the coun-
ty"
The chairman didn't want any
trouble with the colonel. nor did he
want to yield his point.
"Mebbe he's jist what you say he
is. colonel" he said persuasively.
''and it amt fer us to doubt that he
has powerful sight of book l'arnin',
but, colonel We have saw him and
we have saw our man. and wanter
say fer this board of trustees that
your man can't lick the biggest boy
in school and our'n kin, and that
counts fer heap sight more in this
neck NV woods than book rarnin'."
The coloners candidate retired TO
the blue grass whence he came.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
DRESSES FOR EVENING WEAR
Slight Change in Styles Will Be Noted
In the Coming Seasons
Garments.

An unusually decollete neck finish
extremely short sleeves and an irregu
lar.shaped train inclined to shortness
are features having bearing on the
new evening gowns for fall and win
ter. Lace plays large part. both as
foundation material and for trim
ming purposes, every variety being
used. no matter what the texture or
pattern. Allover designs or robe
gowns are used as an underbody, ir
which case the filmy draperies par
also used for draping over soft fin
TALLY conceal the pattern. They are
ished silks. crepes and satins, and in
these instances usually are cut In one
with the waist Some of the newest
models show the allover lace exten.
sion below the waist line in cutaway
coat effect. Cheyenne frill or peplum
In some instances the pointed effect
is made in the front. with tapering
lines cutting off to the waist in the
back.-Dry Goods Economist
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16

days she was very violent. and con-
trived to set 1t on fire and burn /,
down. The new building is now the
colonial museum. With years she has
become more quiet, but leads a strange
life. She never goes outside her own
park gates. and for many years would
sac no one but her ladies' in waiting
But of late she does not refuse to
See members of the royal family.
though she never speaks to them.
For good many years she had
hallucination that she would be pois-
oned in her food. So a special servant
carried her meals into a private room,
which he locked. Then the empress
entered. locked the door. and partook
of her meal alone. Now she is more
reasonable and eats with her ladies' in
waiting She has lapses of silence
of years duration; then she will begin
to talk again. but always Of trivial
things and she never refers to the
past. She reads books and papers.
but never makes any reference to what
she reads.
She plays the piano constantly. but
ouiy Juot thosS pittCo Shc icdi IL
ed as a girl. and though a good per.
former she cannot be persuaded to look
at a new composition. So the mild
melodies Of the "Maiden's Prayer"
and other iavorites of her youth steal
out from the chateau window for
many hours a day. She plays cards In
the evenings with one of her three
ladies in waiting. but always in sill
ence. and It is an unwritten law that
she must be allowed to win the game.
She seldom speaks, and always i'm.
personally. never using ~" nor even
the royal We" She says when she
must: zone is hungry" con a fain).
"One is tired" ton est fatigue). Moth
ing more There are no photographs
to be had of her. She refuses to be
taken
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Making a Pillow Cover Fl,.

The cover of a sofa pillow caa be
made to fit well by the following little
trick After sewing up three sides
but before turning the cover right side
out. tack the two finished corners of
the case securely to two corners of
the pillow. Turn the case over the
pillow. Sew up the fourth side for an
inch or two ut each end. Tack these
two corners to the corresponding cor.
ners of the cushion. Finish as usual
This keeps the pillow from pulling
and sagging away from the cover
Houskeeper.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Tho Iron Crown Of Italy.

The historic iron crown of Italy
has played romantic role in the his
tory of the peninsula. 1t was made
In the year 594 by the command, 1t Is
said. of Theodolinda, the widow of a
Lombard king. on the occasion of her
marriage to duke of Turin.
The crown is OF iron overlaid with
gilt. Its significance was supposed to
lay In the fact that the weight of
royalty could never be lightened by
Its splendid exterior. The iron of the
inner portion was traditionally held
TO be one OF the long nails used at the
c-uciflxion.
For long time the crown was in
the keeping of the famous monastery
at Mcnza. In TIA 1t was brought
forth to be placed upon the head of
Charlemagne as king OF the Lom-
bards." and on later occasions 1t fig.
ured in the triumphs of Frederic Nv
and Charles V. Finally In the pres.
ence of all the representatives of
state. the foreign ENJOYS and princes
and officers. Napoleon Bonaparte SOL
emnly united It to the crown of
France.
The crown belongs to the state, and
the custodian of 1t Is the legitimate
representative OF the basilica of Mon.
"a. The title OF grand custodian"
however. pertains to the head of the
order OF Cavaliers.-Harpers Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
An INSANE EMPRESS
Carlotta a PitifuI Figure in Bel
gian Palace.
MaximiIian's Mad Widow, Now n. 10
Passing Her Last Days In Homo
Provided by Her Brother
Leopold.

Brussels.-The mad Princess Char
lotte of Belgium. better known as the
ex-Empress Carlotta OF Mexico, is
pitiful figure in the Chateau de Bon
chont. palace home provided by her
brother Leopold. This frail old wo-
man is now II years old. Her life
which began in such brilliancy is end
Ing in sadness. 1t is page of history
that belongs rather to the past than
to the present generation.
Young folks of today have to be told
all about the pretty Princess Char
lotte, youngest child OF Leopold |. and
his second wife. and who married the
Grand Duke Macmillan of Austria. Her
ambition (for she much resembled her
brother. Leopold IL. made her drive
her somewhat unwilling husband to
accept the Mexican throne. This end
ed in his being shot with his back
against a wall by the republican
troops. Before that. she had come 10
Europe to try and get help from
France and Austria and other nations.
but no one would listen. and the fall
ure of Napoleon Ill. to keep his prom
ise and the loss of her husband drove
her insane.
Ever since 1867 she has been mad.
and has had to be looked after as q
mad woman. Her brother. Leopold II :.
took charge of her. and she has never
left Belgium since. Indeed, one Of
the few humane traits In the late Leo
pold was his love for. his sister Char
iotte.
For years the ex-empress was lodged
In the Tervueren palace. but in those
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
THEIR SINGING HARD LABOR
People Of Star island, Says Celia
Thaxter, Grind Out Sounds With
Tremendous Exertion.

Among people Of average musical
ability there is less singing than there
used to be. Nearly everybody enjoys
singing. and there was time when
nearly everybody was expected, on oc-
casion. to sing. But from different
causes-a mcSe exacting standard, the
rivalry OF the phonograph, and other
reasons-amateur singers are fewer
than they were. II is matter for re-
gret from one point of view. and from
another for rejoicing.
In a recently published letter, Celia
Thaxter tells how some Of the Star
Island folks, during her long residence
at the Isles Of Shoals. used to sing
Their singing" she declared, was
truly astonishing. indeed. might say,
excruciating. They go at 1t precisely
as II they were saving wood, and
grind out the sounds with such exer-
tion that their faces become crimson
and the perspiration stands In beads
on their foreheads.' ds.'-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
liuht Of the Eireflv.

The statement that the light Of fire.
flies and other phosphorescent animals
is produced without any sensible de.
gree OF heat has often been repeated
without any information as to the
quantity OF heat that would be required
to produce similar amount of light
by artificial methods. This information
Is supplied by Professor Mcintosh. He
says that temperature approaching
1000 degrees Fahrenheit would be nee.
essary to make light equivalent to
that emitted by an ordinary freely.
rhe enormous waste in all Industrial
methods OF producing light Is a mat
ter of common knowledge, and tho
example Of the firehy remains unimita.
tad by man. The very simplicity of
the mechanism employed by nature
In phosphorescent animals Is battling.
.-Harpers Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
HE PLANNED HIS OWN DEATH
How Sir William Hankford 500 Years
Ago Evaded Law Against Com
mIttIn0 Suicide.

Suicides often adopt ingenious
methods, but the art OF the felo de SO
seems not to have advanced material
" during the centuries. The modern
ease Of heavily insured broker who
IN feigned hunting trip stood bare
legged in a quagmire for hours and
wilfully contracted fatal pneumonia
is matched In cleverness by one 500
years old.
The following facts are we'll vouched
for, and indeed were never Ques-
.ioned, says the Green Bag. Sir Will
liam Hankford, q Judge Of the kings
bench in the reigns Of Edward III.
Henry Nv, Henry v and Henry vi.
and at the time of his death chief
justice of England. was man Of
melancholy temperament.
He seems to have contemplated
suicide the greater part Of his long
life and during his later years the
idea became a fixed purpose. The
act was of peculiarly serious conse:
quences In those days for the reason
that the law treated 1t as a capital
crime. The offender was buried at
the cross roads, with a stake driven
through his body. and all his goods
and property were forfeited to the
crown. to the utter ruin of his family.
Hankford made good use of his
wits and succeeded in accomplishing
his purpose without incurring either
unpleasant penalty. He gave open
instructions to his gamekeeper. who
had been troubled with poachers in
the deer preserve, to challenge all
trespassers in the future and to shoot
to kill If they would not stand and
give an account.
One dark night he purposely
crossed the keepers path. and upon
challenge made motions of resistance
and escape. The faithful servant,
failing to recognize his master, fol-
lowed instruction to the letter, as
was expected of him, and Sir William
fell dead in his tracks. The whole
truth of the affair was common
knowledge, but it was impossible to
establish case of suicide by legal
proof. The servant was protected by
his instructions. Hankford had hon
orable burial and his estate passed
to those whose interests as heirs he
had so wisely considered.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Two Burial Services.

Richmond. va.-Two burial services
we're held over the body of G. b. Pol
lard, a prominent citizen of Highland
Park, and his coffin was placed in two
graves. A false mound was placed
over one grave and flowers were
strewn upon It previous to the re.
moval of the body to its second and
final resting place. Differences In re.
ligious views held by friends and rela-
tives brought about the unusual cir
cumstances.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Canned Hymn. at Funeral.

Carver. Mass.-Singing by phono
graph at funeral is the latest here
At the funeral Of Ralph U. GRAHAM a
record containing one Of the old-fash
ioned church hymns was started on
the machine. After prayers others
were given, the record reproducing
other favorite hymns sung at services
over the dead. 1t was favorably com.
mented on as practical substitute
for the usual Quartette.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
Large Revers Popular.

The use of the large collar is no
doubt responsible for the popularity
OF the large revers. Some are long
and narrow. coming down below the
waist line. Others are square and a
few round.
In a certain number OF cases the
coats are made with single rever
on one side and double revers are
seen In some instances. The long
shawl collars are again meeting with
favor.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
EaaIe swoops at a Man.

Tacoma. Wash.-Frank Olsen. who
is installing electrical equipment Mt
the National Park inn. near Longmire
Springs. on Mount Tacoma. while re-
turning from Nisqually Glacier.
watched with curious interest the
gyrations Of an eagle until with n
rush 1t descended and swooped past
within u foot Of Olsen's head. So fast
was the bird that neither Olsen nor
his companions had time to hit 1t.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16
That Exptalns.

"I have a dog and hen which are
test friends. Isn't that queer?"
II don't think so-merely natural
affinity"
I'm what way?'
II believe your hen and your dog
Rre both setters.' ..--l
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16

movement is attributed to the growth
of the Pacific and Southwestern
states.
Strange as it may seem, the center
of such large and important popu-
lation comes very near being in Brown
county, noted in Indiana as being the
states wildest and most backward in
civilization and development The cen
ter is just over the Brown county
line, in one of the most inaccessible
parts of Monroe county. Trees and
underbrush are so thick that the sun
seldom shines on the center and then
only a part of the day. for the cen
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-16

This pretty frock is of gray b'uc
cashmere embroidered In the same
shade. The waist Is finished across the
front with band Of MADEIRA embroid.
cry on linen. Of which the shoulder
collar Is also made.
This last Is placed over n collar
OF black satin. bands OF which finish
the silk cord matching the gown forms
the girdle.