THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
APRIL 4, 1907.
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Near the entrance of the Cathedral
of Heville hangs a patched and painted
crocodile which once served as a
princely love token that failed of it3
mission. In 1260 it was sent by the sul
tan of Egypt to a beautiful princess of
Spain.
Quite the newest thing in the way of
an occupation for women is putting
tane weals in chairs. A Boston woman
haH chosen this unique way of earning
money and- is making a decided success
of it. She has secured a clientele
among: well-known families and every
patron she serves brings several others,
to that her "chair hospital." as she
tails her workshop, is seldom without
a large number of patients. She aver
ages 60 or 70 cents on each chair and
tan cane five or nix a day. .
Prof. Sarah Bernhardt has, since her
apointment, made her first appearance
at the conservatoire. She was the ob
ject of an ovation, and the female
pupils of her class, to whom she will
give lessons in dramatic declamation,
presented the famous actress with a
beautiful bouquet of violets. The pro
fessor remained an hour at the conser
vatoire, listening in silence to the am
ateur comedians and tragedians, while
they gave selections from well-known
plays. At the -close Mme. Bernhardt
expressed her approval of the gifts of
her pupils, and before she left she re
quested the director of the conserva
toire to oblige her with a cloth to cover
the table before which she sits when
in charge of her class. If Mme. Bern
hardt was not a marvel of energy she
would never be equal to the task sho
has imposed upon herself. She is now
over 60 years of age and a grand
mother. Yet every Thursday she will
pass an hour teaching her art at the
conservatoire, then hasten to her the
atre to appear in a matinee perform
ance, and play again in the evening.
How many younger women would bo
equal to such a program.
Whether or not the queen of Italy
approves of the sale of her discarded
gowns to royalty-loving Americans ap
pears to be a mooted question. Accord
ing to one report, these garments are
the perquisites of her majesty's head
maid, who disposes of them, with the
queen's knowledge, at uemi-annuai
sales, from which she realizes about
J,000. Others reports have it that
Margherita is much nnnoyed by this
scattering abroad of her cast-on
raiment and has dismissed two maids
who were reaping a considerable rev
enue from this source. The queen's first
knowledge of what was going on was
obtained, it is said, six years ago, when
on a shopping tour she saw a woman
enter the shop wearing a gown that
looked familiar to -her. She scrutin
ized it carefully and found a tiny spot
on the hem of the skirt. The last ves
tige of doubt vanished from her mind.
The dress was one she had discarded
a few days before on account of that,
very spot. An investigation at the
palace followed, with the result that a
trusted maid was dismissed. A new
maid, Adele, succeeded to the vacant
place and all went well, so far as the
queen knew, until one day driving in
the Via Tritonl, her carriage was im
peded by the traffic, stopped near one
in which was seated an American wo
man wearing a hat which only a few
days previous had adorned Margher
ita's own head. Another investigation
and Adele lost her place. The inquiry
tihowed that Adele was reaping a
yearly profit of $5,000 by selling ap
arel which her royal mistress had
discarded. Her preferences, as Jto cus
tomers, was for Americans, and one
condition she imposed on the pur
chasers was that nothing they bought
should be worn in Italy. But a wo
man from Buffalo disregarded the
pledge and Adela was found out.
This spring Aunt Hannah Walker of
I'uland, Me., will observe her 105th
birthday. During the winter she haj
knitted over a dozen pairs of mittena
and crtockings.
Mr. Kliza Burch field of Cantuu. O.,
In ninety-five year old, but In all those
years she has had only twenty-three
birthday. Mrs. Burchfleld was born
February 29. 1S12. at Murrajrrllto,
Westmoreland county. Pa.
hi ls Gnic N. Wlhaar of San Joae.
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snd dyer. 1S20 N St.. Lincoln, Nib..
Phoni: Auto 1152. Dell 147. Mall
order work earefullr attended to.
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EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR
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Cal., is the only woman theatrical
scene painter in the United States. Sho
-as educated in paris and painted the
scenery for three New York theatres
the Fifth Avenue, Manhattan and
Herald Square.
The iittle Grand Duchess Olga, eldest
daughter of the emperor of Itussit, la
probably the richest girl in the world.
When she was but a week old the sum
of a million pounds sterling was pre
sented to her and Invested on her be
half. Mrs. Hannah A. Currier of Manches
ter, N. II., -is to give her fortune of $1,
000,000 for the establishment of a gal
elry of art In that city at her death.
With this large sum of money it is
expected that the gallery will be the
largest in New England.
Mrs. M. J. lioss, mother of Post
master Ross of Fort Gibson, I. T., has
Just passed her seventy-ninth year, and
she is perhaps 'the most distinguished
Cherokee woman now living. She was
born in Georgia. Her father was
Louis Ross, brother of John Ross, un
questionably the most noted chief of
the Cherokees, having ruled over forty
years.
At least two young women have un
dertaken the work of training boys and
girls for a business career. They are
Miss Mary F. Peaslee, of Dover, N. H.,
and Miss L. M. Downs of Haverhill,
Miss Downs opened her school, tho
Haverhill Commercial college, in 1897,
and Miss Peaslee open a similar school
in Dover in 1900. Both of the schools
have now become useful and money
making institutions. .
A little hunting incident, of which
Queen Helena of Italy was the heroine,
has leaked out some days after the
event. She accompanied the king to
Castle Porzinan to shoot. The weather
was intensely cold, so a big bonnre was
built, around which the royal party
gathered. Suddenly the Marquis Cala
brini, a royal equerry, as a Joke,
jumped over the flaming pile. His gar
ments took lire, andall present lost
their heads except the queen who
threw herself on the marquis, tore the
burning parts of his clothes away, not
heeding the danger to herself, and
choked the flames with her skirts. By
special order of the queen, this was
kept secret, but one person, struck by
her courage and coolness, could not
forbear expressing his admiration and
thuw the incident got out.
When President Grant's only daught
er, Nellie, afterward Mrs. Sartoris, was
a miss of twelve years she attended a
private school in Washington. One aft
ernoon, says a writer, Nellie's lessons
were not learned. The carriage came
for her, but the teacher dismissed it
with the request that it should return
at the end of a half-hour. The half
hour came and glided away with the
lessen still unlearned. The carriage
came again and was dismissed. At ttw
end of the second half-hour the lesseon
was committed and Miss Nellie was
permitted to go. The next day at the
usual hour the young lady arrived, ac
companied by her mother. The teacher
began to fear she had lost her most
sherished pupil, but Mrs. Grant camo
to thank her for performing her duty.
"Teach her," said Mrs. Grant, "that
she is only plain, simple Nellie Grant,
subject to the same rules which govern
all the scholars. This course will have
my sincere approbation."
HOI'SKWIFR StGtiKSTIOJVS.
Tasty sandwid.es have anchovy
paste, mayonnaise and minced green
peppers os tilling.
Add a little milk to the water in
which potatoes and boiled and they
will when done look very Mhite and
tast well.
When the woodwork in a room is
being painted it is a good olan to have
about three inches of the floor painted
with the same color paint, then if ever
it is necessary to put a carpet upon
the floor which doe not exactly fit it,
the little 9 pace left will not be so un
sightly. Don't use soda when washing china
ornamented with gilding for soda will
in time surely take off every vestige
of gold from the pattern. Soap may be
added to the water with imptiity and it
will do the work of cleansing without
roughening the hand of the operator,
who In cold weather especially, will
find nod a has a very bud effort on the
kln.
A carpet ehoold nerer be latt on &
damp floor, for the latter at once be
en mr breeding ptene for tuotha,
I J utter d oil well nibbed UUo oilcloth
will nuikt It 1 t twice aa long. Wipe
It off well and let dry thoroughly be
fore ttwing.
To tlan an oil painting that Is coy
f rt-d with dirt and fly upm-aa wipe all
the dut frpm the pMnting with toft
cloth. It m little Untied oil In a
Mut r, tint!, tttpptitK a tlncer lit the nil,
rub tti Hunting grjilly. It H rtqulr
time and patience, but the effect will
repay you. -Artists say that in clean
ing a painting iicthing but the lingers
dipped in oil or in water should be
used. '
S f ilside of ketles should either be
dried whenever the contents have been
emptied, or they should be hung up or
stood upside down in a dry place. A
ff a!? of water lf allowed to col
lect at the bottom of a kettle, soon
eauee spots of rust, and these in time
generate into holes.
THE PANAMA HAT.
Where the Het One Are Made In
the Republic of Colombia.
The Panama hat follows in impor
tance coffee, gold, hides, cattle, tobacco
and rubber in the order named and Is
carried on in the departments of Cun
dinamarea, Tolima, Antioquit and
Sant-ander, In t he republic of Colombia
but mostly in the last named depart
ment, where it is the breadwinner to
more than one-half of its population.
There are no regular factories, but the
hats are hand woven by thousands of
peasant women in almost as many
households and sold or traded in tho
local stores in exchange for provisions
or articles of clothing, the hat being
in these regions a convenient medium
of exchange, the housewife exchang
ing the product of her labor for ni
many pounds of flour, sugar, etc.
Panama hats are made with the veins
of fibers of a palm leaf, the tissues of
which are scraped off or combed in
much the same way as hemp. The
palm (carludovica palmata), called lo
cally 'jipijapa,' J.s very small in ap
pearance and grows in great quantities
on the low and swampy lands of the
upper Magdalena. It grows wild but
is also cultivated, although to a limited
extent. In the largest hat districts, the
paim producing in a little over a year.
The preparation of the fibre after the
tissues have been combed off consists
of boiling same in water containing
salt and lemon juice for the effect of
whitening and rounding its surface;
this operation takes a few hours. The
straw is then exposed to night air for
three consecutive rrights, after which it
is ready for use. The material employ
ed in the making of a hat is marketed
at from- 15 to 40 cents (equivalent
thereof) a hat, according to the fine,
ness and whitenes of the straw, the
youngest leaves generally giving the
best quality.
It takes a woman four days to make
an ordinary hat, eight days for a good
one. and as much as fifteen days for
tne nnest nat maae m Colombia. The
salary-of the peasant woman employed
in the making -of a "jijijapa" hat is
reckoned at ten cents a day. Including
her food, which can be calculated at
ten cents additional.
The best hats exported from Colom
bia are those called "Suaza" made :n
the cifcy of that name in the depart
ment of Cundinamarca. The next in
order are the Antioquenos, made in the
department of Antioquia. Then follow
the ones made in the department of
Santander, called respectively, Zapa
toca, Barichara, Bucaramanga and Gi
ron, from the various cities where
made, and varying in quality and price
in the order named. But the Zapa-to-ca,
although the most expensive from
Santander, are supposed to be of less
duration.
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The abondAQt retonroea of tb BouthvMt offer eiooptio 1 opportunities in thlr
development, Th prloe of good, rich land U mooh lower Nt is la rt older tod moi
Ui tatty settled ttaUw.
Thla la t oondltion t t can not lait loaf u tUr are pouring late the conn try and
land it lnrreatlcg erery day. The man wbo baya new can be Independent In a few yeara,
GO SOUTHWEST NOW
Tor only S3 JO, yo eaa on April ln bwy a tewnd trip from Lincoln to S&n Antonio,
OaJveetOB, or Drowtmffle, Tei , nd tntecnedtete point. Ttabwta tre good 80 diy and
pmit itop avert.
VTfeiy not taTtMdgnte U powlbiltUM of tfcla weadvrfnl inodf
Take a trip l the aait eicsraloa and tea for yvaraelf. Write
tedajr for foil Information and copy of Tn Coming Ooantry.
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The best Suaza hat exported costs jn
the premises $5, and the cheapest from
that place 51 ; the Antlotiuenoa one de
gree cheaper, the cheapest of all be
ing those from the department of san
tander, which range from 50 cents ;o
52, according to the quality. .Indeed,
some panama hats, made at the rite
of one a day, sell for less than 30
cents, but .these are made exclusively
for home consumption and in nn way
exported.
Elbow gloves usually look as though
the garter had come unfastened.
There is frequently very little to a
"mysterious" person after the mys
tery is explained.
Notice of Petition.
Estate No. 2234 of Margaret Merrlman,
deceased, in County. Court of Lancaster
County. Nebraska.
f The State of Nebraska, To all persons
interested In said estate, take notice, that
a petition has been filed for the appoint
ment of John J. Ledwith as administra
tor of said estate, which has been set for
hearing herein, on, May 3, 1907, at 9
o'clock a. m.
Dated April 3, 1907.
e FRANK It. WATERS,
ifea,J; County Judge.
By WALTER. A. LEESE, Clerk.
Estate No. - 2212 of Ida A. Beck, de
ceased, in county court of I,am-astcr
county, Nebraska.
The state of Nebraska, ss.: Creditors
of said estate will tak notice -that, tho
time limited for presentation and tiling of
claims n train at said estate ( i-.
1907, and for payment of debts is May
j.o, wve; mat x will bit at the county court '
room In said county, on July 15, 1907, at
2 p. m and on October 15, 1907, at I p.
m.. to receive. M-aminp honp au,iu ,
adjust all claims and objections duly tiled.
umiea in arc n U, IWi.
FRANK R. WATERS,
(Seal) noun-!, Tii,io
By WALTER A. LEESE, Clerk.
Xotipe o Creditor.
Estate No. 2217 of Annie W. Sidwell, de
ceased in countv rourt if T.anfastor
county, Nebraska.
The fit ate of Nebraska ss - rvHitnru
of said estate will take notice that the
time nmitea lor presentation and nling of
claims against said estate is November
1, 1907, and for payment of debts is June
1, 1908; that I will sit at the county court
room in said county, on August 1. 1907,
at 2 p. m., and on November 1, 1907, at
2 p. m., to receive, examine, hear, allow,
or ad.lust alt claims and ohiprtions riniv
filed.
Dated March 18, 19tT7.
FRANK R. WATKft.fi
(Seal) Countv Judee.
By WALTER A. LEESE, Clerk.
Notice. .
Notice Is hereby sriven. that the under
signed have formed a corporation, the
name of which is Big Ftour Transfer com
pany; principal place of transacting busi
ness i Lincoln, Nebraska; nature of busi
ness is drayage, storage and transfer
business including buying, selling and
dealing in merchandise and real and per
sonal property; the capital stock is $15,
000,00, of which $3,000.00 is to be issued
before commencing business, all stock to
be fully paid up before issued; corpora
tion to commence November 28, 1906, and
to terminate January 1, 19G6; the affairs
of the corporation to be managed by a
board of directors from whose number
shall be elected a president, vice presi
dent, secretary and treasurer, the under
signed Incorporators to be the first hoard
of directors.
Dated this 4th dav of March. 1907.
HARVEY E. PIM.
THEODORE C. SCHMIDT,
KASPER GOLDSTEIN.
OlffiiWESF
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