TITE oar ATI A DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBEll , 1807. STRANGER THAN FICTION An Unauthcntioatod Story of the SinRular Lifo of a Woman FORTY-THREE YEARS IN MEN'S ' CLOTHES Cntlirrlno Cooiiilicn , lll-Trcntril ) > r llrr IliiNlinnil , nnrncit Her l.lv- liir an u I'nliiler Her Mcco Wim Her "Wife. " The very brief account which has already appeared of Mrs. Catherine Coombcs , who tor the past forty-three years has dressed and worked as a man , gives but the barest outline of a career tint will nurcly take rank with the ( wo or three historic exam ples of thoiio of the sex who have served In the army and navy without their secret bco.'inlng ' known. Hut the story , even In Its baldest form , relates the London Tele graph , was rcmatkablo enough to be Inter esting to any woman , and It was In the hope of gleaning Home further particulars from the lips < it the heroine herself that I wended my way the other afternoon to the West Ham workhoiuc , In which the erst while "Charley Wilson" has been unfortu nately reduced to seek a temporary shelter. The matron to whom , of course , I had to nxplaln the object of my quest , was only ton ready to assist It , for , as she sympathet ically remarked the morn that could bo known of the case the better would be the e.hanco of securing some practical assistance for a woman who hio fought lier own , battle unaided , In her own way , through life ; and slio Mndly nalj she would bring Mm. Coombcs 'to her own room , where she could talk more freely than In the women's day wnrda. Dressed In the slmplo uniform of the West Ham union of blue linen. vwlth white apron and cap upon her abort Iron-gray hair , Mrs. Coombcs entered briskly nnd alertly , and would certainly not have been eot down as moro than GO yearn of age , though she Is over C.I. She Is by no means tall , and In her masculine garb must have appeared both uhort and slight. Her volco sounded unus ually deep for a woman , hut , as she explained In nubscniicnt conversation , she had culti vated ! ! s lowest register till she had come to uao them habitually ; rnd oho also expresses herself with n terseness and vigor not quite characteristically feminine. She was not dis posed at first to speak fully of her life , sayIng - Ing , modestly , that to seme It might not scum a very edifying one ; but by degrees , nnd with the help of a leading question or two she unfolded her extraordinary history , nnd p.a she talked It became evident that she had enjoyed considerable educational ad- vantnges. To her possession , In fact , of these lo due the unhappy beginning of her life. As ahe explained , she was born at Ax- brlJge , In Somersetshire , of comfortably clr- cuniRtunceil parents , who aent her to the Cheltenham Ladles' college , which , half a century ago hold , ns It does today , a leading T nco among girls' schools , and while there aho was far better taught than were the ma jority of glr ! at that time. It has open stated that her husband was a curate but that Is not the case. Ho wcs a schoolmaster and n cousin ot her own , considerably her stinlor. Thinking that her knowledge would bo of psslstanc' ) to him In teaching , he pressed for n very early marriage , which proved a disastrously unhappy one , until his efforts to live upon her parents nnd his pcr- nonal violence to her compelled her not only tn leave him , but to take steps to prevent his ever finding her again. HOW SHU FOUND WORK. Then It was that the problem of existence prcBnntc > J Itself to her In Its plainest form. There were not the "openings for women" five-and-fcrty years ago that there are today , and , to putItIn lier own words , shn tuxv thai the cholcq lay between a man's clothes and labor nnd destitution. She elected the former , and but for an accident would prob ably have carried her secret tr > her death bed. She succeeded In effecting an outward trans formation In humble lodgings at a nirmlrs- liam coffee house. Her next step was to find work , and she started as a learner Inf the bouse painting trade at 4 shillings n w'eek. IIor aptitude soon showed Itself , and after three weeks this modest remuneration was ra'acd until In a few months sjho 'Was ' able to earn "a living wage. " In the earlier days of her career she worked n great deal In Yorkshire , and bore her part In the Internal decorations of many of thefinet , mansions of the landed nnd tilled people there. I Inter rupted her narrative to ask If she haJ never felt afraid In these times ot some gesture or Inadvertent speech that would 'betray ' her to her "mates , " and ber answer showed how well Hho turned the power of observation to account. "I Knew 1 must never lapse Into carelessness , " she said , "and how little tt would take to give mo away , from a very small episode.Ve had had our luncheon wl'llo.we were ilecoratlng a fine house , and the gardener , thinking to glvo us a treat , brought In a basket of choice apples. Ho was In a hurry , however , and to those at the further end"of the hall he threw the apples , anl a young boy sitting down , who , I sup pose had been In the habit of wearing aiv apron at his work , extended his knees apart lo make lap Inwhich to patch the fruit. There wao an old Yorkshire foreman close bcsldo him. who at once laughed nt the boy nnd said , 'Yon lad's learnt how f wenches play. ' I had played cricket , so t know how to catch mine , but I did not forgot the les son. " "Charley Wilson"went twlco to Paris on special Jobs for "his" employers , ard had an exceedingly good offer on ono occasion to go to America. Perhaps the most remarkable fact of this woman's business capabilities was her em ployment for over thirteen years by the Peninsular nnd Oriental company. It Is with considerable pride that she mentions that , with the exception of the last two or three ships built , there la not a vessel In that stately Heet which cannot show her handi work. She had a largo share In the redccora- tlon of the saloon of the Homo after the big alterations that were made In her hull for her Improvement. Tlio ornamentation of the music saloons of the Victoria , the Ocoina anil the Arcadia , which are especially elab orate and rich , was almost entirely carried out by her In enameling , and thla , It should bo added , Is rather a distinct branch of the painter's craft , for , as she eays , "a ship's painter may paint a house , hut a mere house painter cin't paint a ship. " During her en gagement with the linn who did this work for the company , and subsequently when the Peninsular and Oriental company did Its own painting , she enjoyed a particularly good character for her punctuality In arriving at her work In the morning. HOW SUB TALKED WITH MEN. "Hut how did you bring yourself to talk as men talk when they are alone ? " I asked , "Well , ycu see , " she answered , "I never mixed with them. From the first I saw my safety would llu In maintaining a rather proud , rather 'stand-off' demeanor. My work , I may wy without vanity , was ao good that that uos my claim to the master's notice , Tlio men wondered a little who I could bo that clicao to keep BO much to myself , and BO they dubbed mo 'the gentleman painter. ' " Aa Mrs. Coombps talked It was easy to see that Bbe held strongly religious and devout opinions , though without any oatontntlcii or tendency to obtrude them , and In this way , ton. she could favo herself from ofTenst * . "I have often , " eho continued , "had to speak my mind out straight when a mm working under mo has been lazy or careless , but 1 can safely lay I have never used a blasphe- tnoiiB word or an expression that would be Jirrlng on a woman's lips. And as far as talk about mo went , I never hesitated lo show that I dUllked coarse and Irreverent and vulgar language. My mates soon learned this , and would often siy , if It seemed likely Til hi' ilnlli tlpituil 0 ! to drift offensively far In that direction-1 'Kre , stow that. Charley Wilson's by , and 'o Vites that sort o * stuff. ' " learning such1 good -wages ns she did she could llvo In comfort , and had a nice llttlo house In Camden - den Terrace , near the Victoria docks. Two psople , however , know her secret , coo being her mother , who , though bitterly regretting that her daughter should have regarded It noccasary to assume the disguise , never said an unkind word to her on the subject ; and the other was a niece , who for two and twenty years kept house for lier , and was believed by all the neighbors to bo "Charley Wilson's wife. " It was a very quiet and respectable - spectablo street , and her little garden and several cage birds were her chief recreation and pleasure and a constant source ot ad miration In the district. "Again , as you say you were sent often to the country on Johj , how did you manage - ago for lodgings ? " I Inquired. "Now that I look bick , " nho answered , "It docs ficoni remarkable that I have never once found It Inevitable to sleep In the same room with a man. I used to go to fcottagca rather than to public houses , for , though I have never been a teetotaler , the accom modation ot the village Irci U often very ob jectionable. Ono time when I was on some work In , South Kensington , I met a man I had known , and ho said , 'Charley , old chap , there's a first-rate thing pome of us are going down to. It's near West Grlnstead the whole ot Sir William Uurrcll's mansion to bo decorated , and there's a vacancy still. ' I hesitated a little , but It seemed a good thing , so I offered myself and went. We all got down there , nnd while they were sitting round their lunch I strolled out , saw a nice old fellow smoking over a gate , and said : 'Know where I could get room ? I'm hero for the painting of the big house. ' 'Ucn't know as we couldn't do with you ourselves , ' and ho took mo In and showed mo a clean and comfortable room , which I Immediately engaged , and , fearing lest any ot my com panions would want to share It , I said I would have 'my wife' down also and my niece ; and I bad as healthy and comfortable n summer In the country as you could have wished. " AN ACCIDENT STAHTS HER TROUBLE. About two years ago Mrs. Coombcs' niece suddenly left her , and , womanlike , she fretted very much In private over this. As she said , her llfo was a strangely Isolated one , nml she loved her young relative very dearly. It was altogether a biowl to her to bo deprived of this ono bit of family affection , and she lost heart nnd nerve In consequence. WorkIng - Ing nt Kingston In the summer , she fell from a scaffolding and fractured some ribs. She made a good recovery , but no suspicion oven then was tulsed as to her sex hy the doctor who set them nnd attended her , any more than It had been when &ho fell down a ship's hatch and fractured her kneecap. On this occasion , however , the doctor had said one day : "What curiously small hands you have for a man , Wilson. " Looking , too. at them , well formed , and even white. It Is almost a wonder that these never did raise any In quiry. Hut her savings were soon exhausted , and , for the past few weeks , work was un obtainable. For two days and two nights this brave-hearted woman tramped the streets with no more than a halfpenny roll to cat , and at last she was fain to seek the shelter of the workhouse. She clung to u hope that somehow she might evade the compulsory stripping , hut It was Impossible , and feminine modesty revolted even to yield ing up the secret she had kept S3 long. "Hut I ihope I shall not have to stay here long , " she pitcously slid. "My eyesight is not as good as tt watt , and I fear I shall not bo able to undertake high-class painting work again ; but I could act as caretaker , I could keep a lodge , and should be very thank ful If I could hear of any position ot trust. I am doing my best while I am hero , nnd the matron Is very kind to me , giving me only some stockings to dam and sheets to hem , Instead of sending mo to scrub or wash. And I feel very uncomfortable In these clothes , though you would not find me wanting any Jialf-and-half 'bloomers' it I can't bavo my old coat nnd trousers , " ehe added , with a bright laugh. "Yes , " she said. In answer to a further question still , "I have friends among the men I've .worked with whom I've helped when times have been good with me and bad with them , and I really wish you could have seen my meet ing hero with that man , " pointing to n painter who was busy with brush anj pot at the front door of the matron's quarters. "IIo could onlyi gasp , and say 'Charley Wll- eon , aa I'm alive ! AVell , that beats all ! nut If you'd come to me and told mo how It was I wouldn't bavo said anything outside , only shouldn't have In hero ' " you como to this. Is It too much to hope that sonio kind hand will bo stretched out to help this remarka ble woman to end her days in quiet and away from anxiety , or that some gentle lady may find her a. post after the storm and stress of more than forty years of Isolation from the friendship and the sympathy which women hold so dear ? TO CUUC A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Dromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money It It falls to cure. 25n. SU1M3USTITIOUS AV13 AROUSED. .V Itculini of I'l-nimylvnilla KxcltccI 1 - a Story of 11 lllnHiilioiiit-r'N Kate. A number of newspaper reporters la the Schuylklll valley have been busy for the past week trying to discover the origin of < \ story which hundreds of country people have 'bcca ' repeating In various forms and with entire good faith. The story turned up first whom It , was brought to Flcetwood , Pa. , by a reputable and trustworthy man , wlfo LMIUO down from Schuylklll county to have his thresher repaired. Ho said the ctory was told to him by trustworthy people four miles above Tamaqua. The ntory was this : A gunner and a com panion went to the mountain In search of game and It began to sprinkle. The rain so angered the gunner that ho 'began to blas pheme angrily , cursing the Deity , and finally threatening to shoot the Almighty. In the lielght of his profanity ho was suddenly C'lrlckon rigid on the spot. For days and daja tlio dead msn stood there , his body being propped up by the gun which rested on the earth , the muzzle being clutched In the gmsp of the nun. who had held It con vulsively In hs ! death throes. The man's companion experienced a tremendous heat and rushed away just In tlmo to escape suffocation. The story added that no ont could get near the stricken gunner owing to the heat which still prevailed. This ) story was repeated over and over again la a terri tory extending twenty-five miles , and hun dreds of persons were finally Inquiring about It. Many Insisted that It was true. A half- doztni persons started for the coal regions at once to look at the stricken man , and people are still talking about his fate , Another version of the tile csmo from the bleak hills near Iloyertown , below Reading , U wao to the effect that a farmer was about doing some outdoor work , but was retarded , owing to the rain. This so angered him that he seized n gun , ran out , took aim , and fired two thola skyward , excMlmlng that no'd shoot the Almighty If dear enough. The story went that thcr man was Instantly turned Into red hot stone and stood there as n monument of warning to all blasphem ers. The story wao circulated over an arja of fifty miles by farmers , truckers , huck sters , and nwrket people. Inquiries came by the hundreds asking If It was true. PeopU would not take any ordinary denial on gen eral principles as definitely settling the mat ter. Finally reporters on bicycles and on foot covered the hills from end to end and brought back the news that there wao noth ing In the story , and that nothing had oc curred cm which to found It. The story was simply r tale told la the gloaming for want of something better to talk about. Read "Simon Dale" in The Sunday Dee. If you don't take It. subscribe now. Tlif rrocmB ttf Kllmliintlon. Washington Star : "I have Just seen the man you are looking for , " sold the excited citizen to the detective. "Where ? " "In the suburb where I reside. " "I am much obliged to you. " replied the defective , us IIP took out n. map ami crossed off a space on It. "Are you not colnt" to send a man out " there ? "There would bo no use of thnt. Ho la top Binart to stay In the sumo plnco long. Still , your Information helps some It points out n pot where wo can be pretty suru the criminal Is not. " IlrtllHli "Hull. . " An English newspaper has collected some amusing typographical crroru. Mr. Asqullh once referred to the government's "pique 01 temper ; " the reporter wrote "peacock tern- per , " A speaker at Exeter hall , replying to n ttck. s d It w g a double lle ! n the shape ot bill -truth. . " wUlcb. by the ; Ingenuity of the reporter , appeared an n j "double eye In the nhapo of half a tooth. Lord Russell , the thru canon of Whidsor , had bscn trying , bo said , for forty years to cure drunkards by maklnB them drink In moderation ; the local newspaper hud It that ho had been trying for forty years to drink In moderation , but had never once suc ceeded. Sir Jamw Grant , tn a ppeech In the CanadUn House of Commons , once re ferred to a man's thorax ; when In print It read "a man's pickaxe ; " nnd on another occasion his reference to "food for tha gods , " appeared "food for the cods. " In setting up a speech of Sir Henry Irving the compositor made "many journeys In small boats" read "weary journeys In small boote. " A STUI1Y OF UYUIIUOtt'S. Many flint Are \Vortliy of a Sonnet Tlu-lr I'M ft In IIM i' . "Though net , porhape , directly concerned In the expression ot love , " says Henry T. Flnck In 'the Detroit iFreo Press , "tho eye brow Is not to ho underrated. " On first thought It aooms ridiculous wor ship of unimportant detail to write , as Shakespeare makes the lover , a "ballad to his mistress' eyebrows , " but there nro many eyebrows worthy of a Bonnet , though literature bo uadly deficient In praise ot them. Dark , silken curves , delicately pen ciled , are as necessary to beauty and as worship-worthy ns flno eyes ; Indeed , flno eyes are often spoiled by coarse , misshapen brows , while ordinary oycs are redeemed from ugliness by flnoly shaped ones. The haunting expression ot Ellen Terry's face would be Impossible unaided by the won derful Individuality ot her eyebrows. Realizing their power to change the facial appearance , the Chinese shave their brows to a thin , oblique line , which glveo their small , dull eyes a more wideawake appear ance and the Japanese women spend as much tlmo and thought upon curving , scenting and blacking their eyebrows as an artist upon Inlaying the border of a cloisonne vase ; while such treatment spoils the Individuality of the eyebrow It produces a uniform beauty of shipo which has become a national char acteristic. Orientals have Indolently curved , volup tuous , dark eyebrows In keeping with their thoughtless natures , whllo the Germans have light , bushy nnd low brows , befitting n na tion of profound thinkers. The heavy black brows ot the women of nrlttnny nro serloun detractors of beauty ; such brows , denoting n ruggcdncss of ni- turo nnd a passionate endurance , must be admired more for the characteristics they portray than their loveliness. Persons with refined , high-strung , emo tional natures usually have elcnder , iirched or curved brows. The eyebrows of the poet Shelley were delicate and highly arched. Such brows are Intensely feminine , most women having arched brows to a greater or less degree , nnd they Indicate the lack of practical powers and the absence of deep thought. They nrc hieroglyphics of charac ter and temperament as well ns .things of beauty. Those of Mine , do Pompadour were exquisitely curved ; the extravagance of her nature and ber pleasure-loving disposition were Indicated by the sweeping up of the ends. Herder calls arched eyebrows the rainbows cf peace , because If they are stmlghtened by a frown they portend storm. Some eyebrows , however , appear to frown continually , though they portend not storms , but Indicate mental power. Straight brows are masculine and when low and projecting denote discernment and less directly reflection ; ns- certain muscl'es arc used In order to adapt the eye to the object examined , the eyebrows ore thus depressed when any object Is closely examined , and hence persons reflecting are by association led thus to employ the muscles of the eye brows when no particular object Is before them. Soldiere , physicians , scientists , nat uralists and mechanics have low , bushy , straight brows and women with such eye brows have masculine traits of character , with thoughtful , practical minds. Uougueroau paints on his women purely feminine eyebrows , those gentle arches portraying traying moro heart qualities than mental once and a tolerant disposition. Too sharply arched eyebrows are Indicative of an Imperi ous nature and a willful disposition ; such brows are never painted or found on women whose characters ore Madonnallke. Actors and actresses make uj ) and use their eyebrows to great advantage ; Mine. Dernhardt uses hers OB powerful aids to the expression of fear , surprise. Intolerance nnd displeasure. In repose her brows have Ori ental tendencies. Wo nil use our eyebrows , unconsciously , In talking ; they are fraught with meaning like the writing on the wall , and so long as they are so prominent It behooves TIS to train rebellious ones and make them as ornamental as possible ; in deed , with a little care , they may bo made lovelv as a rainbow In a summer sky. Men think attention to the cultivation of their eyebrows an affectation , but for women who wish to look well groomed nnd more attractive the following cosmetic hints from "Romantic Love and Personal Beauty" may be of service : "As modern lovers disapprove of eyebrows meeting over the nose , superfluous hairs should be removed by a llxteur. Among harmless dyes , pencils of dark pomatum or walnut bark steeped In cologne for n week are recommended ; or , for a transient effect , a needle smoked over the flame of a con- dlo may be used. " Another authority says : "It Is not well to trim the eyebrow generally , as It makes it coarse. When It Is desired to thicken or strengthen them , two or three drops ot oil of cajuput may bo gently rubbed Into the skin everj- other night ; but hero , nnd always when wiping them , the rubbing should bo In the direction of the hair from the ncso out ward and never In the reverse direction. " And when ono realizes the value ot the eyebrows as an aid to the character and pleasing appearance of a face what can be h.Uil of those Africans who eradicate them ? The effect must bo moro startling than pleasing ; It Is a fashion fittingly followed by savages and barbarous as that custom of the Paraguayans which prompts the removal - moval of the eyelashes , because "they do not wish to be like horses. " Thousands sink Into an early grave for want of n bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. This great remedy would have saved them. OUUGO.V 'WAS ' SAVUIl IIV A MUI.K. \Vonld HIIVI- Kern 11 Ili-Hlnll I'OMNC-N- Nloii lint for ( lie Hi-nut' * Inxtliirt. Dr. Marcus Whltman'0 horseback ride ot moro than 3,000 miles from Oregon on his way to Washington , D. C , , to Insist upon our government taking possrcalon of Oreg&n , to prevent It from falling Into British hands , Is graphically described In the November Ladles' Homo Journal by George Ludlngton Weed. "Moro then once , Indeed frequently , during that Journey In the winter of 1842-43 , a v/lnter of unusual severity , " writes Mr , Weed , "Dr. Whitman leads the way through rivers whoso waters are frozen on elthei side. Buffeting the waves ot foaming cur rents ho plunKiw with bis horse completely under water. Blinded by storm In every di rection ho Is compelled to remain ten days In a gorge. Hope dies even In his cour ageous heart , One thing seems Inevitable the snow must bo his dying bed and windIng - Ing sheet and the moaning winds his dirge. Believing that his llfo'g journey 1s ended with that toward Washington unfinished , he dismounts and kneeling In the snow ho prays for Oregon and for her who In lone liness Is praying for him , unconscious of thto special danger. " 'Man's extremity Is God's opportunity. ' man was not repeating when It was verified In a way suggestive of sudden transition from the solemn to the almost ludicrous. A mule , with stubbornness stiffened by the cold , yet with Instinct preserved pointed with bis long ears In ono direction , then another , as If seeking the way , and at last , plowing through thu snow , became a unique guide where the human had failed , leading thu despairing company through drift and canyon to. the camp of the previous night , That mule also saved Oregon to the United States. " Subsrlbe for The Sunday Bee and read AnUiouy Hope's urcat story "Simon Dalq. " At III * ( 'Ulli-Kt * atVI ( . Chicago Port : "The rules for the manu facture of humor , " said the professor , "are very simple that 1s , of course , some kinds of humor. Ordinary comic paper humor mty be made by taking a plain sMt-inent of fact or a plain statement of some thing that Isn't fact In fact , any o'.d statement and misspelling It , It's the uimplett thing lu the world. If you refer to Consumption No Longer Incurable A scene in the Slocum Scientific Medical Laboratory , New York City , illustrating to Medical Men and Students the value and power to cure of his New Discoveries Sketched for The Bee. the man In the moon , and spell It that way , It Is Just plain ordinary dull prose , but It you make It read 'tho mann In the muno' tt Is nothing lesj tbni bright scintillating wit. " Shortly thereafter the professor was promoted meted to the department of magazine humor , where nothing but ago counts. Disfigurement , for life by burns or scoldi may be avoided by using Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salvo , thegreat remedy for piles and for all kinds ot sores and skin troublrn. mmuiiss vou\c > IAHIIIID I'Kori.is. It IN n Sml lllHlnki- for Tlu-iii tii IH-Rlii Iilfc In u lloitrilliiiur HOIIHI * . Kdward W. Hole , editor of the Ladles' Homo Journal , always a staunch nnd un compromising advocate of the home , as serts In the November Issue of his magazine , that a home , however humble , Is a million times better place for young married couples to llvo than Is the most luxurious hotel or beet boarding house In the land. "It Is always a sad thing , " ho nays , "when a young married couple begin llfo In a boardIng - Ing house or hotel. Sad because they start llfo practically outside of themselves. The furniture around them Is not their own. The young wife may bring with her all the trifles she chooses ; nho may add a touch of her own hero and another''touch ' there. But the things In the roomiare not theirs , and sooner or later she rcal es It. "During the day , the wlfo is alone. No duties call her. Nothing Is there In her llfo to exercise her Ingenuity nor develop her womanly talefits. She cannot prepare any little pleasure , for , her young husband , for things are prepared for her. When her husband leaves her for his office she turns back Into the rooip , and wonders what she can do during the day. ; how she will employ herself , where she . .wlll.go. There Is nothing In her room to appeal to her to stay there. No home duties confront her. She goes out and shorts , perhaps , , , for a while ; runs around to her mptUer'siuCAlla upon some friends ; goes back , toqher room to practice a little. If eho Is musical and has a piano ; or , If she Is fond of books , she reads. There la nothing In her life ; two-thirds of herself lies dormant. She Is glad when the time comes for her husband to come home ; glad to feel that she has some ono to whom she can talk ; glad of company. And he ? What can he do to express himself to his young wife ? Nothing around him Is his ; every thing Is by lease , his for a time , for so much money. And after he la through payIng - Ing for It ho leaves It behind. The end ! s the same as the beginning. That Is why boarding house or hotel llfo is so Injurious to young married people. It makes Uiem practically homeless. " Read "Simon DJO" ! in the Sunday Bee. GOSSll' AIMMJT WOM13X. It Is an Idea. Ingrained Into the mind of man that If a woman Is married she hao all that heart can wish and her financial troubles are forever at an end , says a writer In the New York Tribune. A father not long ago , having had unusual success In busi ness , decided to glvo Ills children some money. To three able-bodied , unmarried eons he gava ? 150 apiece. To his unmarried 'laughters , both earning over $1,000 a year clear of expenses , he gave the same amount. The married daughter ho coolly dismissed with the remark that she had a husband to provide for her. It seems .never to enter the brain of a man that a woman may have a husband nnd yet bo as noeJs. comparatively speaking , as the beggar who asXs alms on the street corner. In the case above mentioned $150 would have been a godsend. Owing to an In sufficient salary and much sickness , the family were on the verge of actual suffer ing. But the fact that this daughter was married and the others were not seemed to the father ample reason for giving money to the latter and withholding It from the former. The self-supporting young girl can draw at will on the sympathies of men , but there Is small sympathy for the woman who has a husband. Yet If one would find the most heart rending need , the moot pathetic form of poverty , ho need not go to the ranks of the unmarried wage-earner nor to the squalid quarters of the submerged tenth , , Ho will find It In the comfortable , respect able , well-furnished homes of the women who haven't had a dollar to spend as they please since they left their father's roofs , gave up tholr positions In the public school or the office , and Joined the army of pa tient , worn-out women whoso labor has no money value attached to U. The detractors of woman who are constantly weighing her ' i brain and pronouncing her the mental Inferior - I i , ferior of man might spare themselves a ' great deal of trouble. , There Is one undcnjablo tact which proves , and will forever pr6vo , that women have not as much sense1 as'men. It is this : that In nlcio cases out ot ten a woman will glvo up ono honorable profession In which she la well paid and not , overworked for a posi tion which makes her , , cook , a housekeeper , a nurse , both wet 'and dry ; a seamstress , a chambermaid , a governors , a klndorgartner , a laundress on special "bccaslona , and all this for her board and l" few clotheo. There Isn't a mm In tlip universe outside of an asylum for the feebleminded who could be coaxed and wheedlea > iand caressed Into such an arrangement. ' A national federation of women's musical clubs appear * to hi an assured fact of the near future , oais Darter's Bazar. The Ides has been discussed' HJIICO the World's fair , during the coiftlnuancrf of which , as Is well known , a very highly successful congress of ouch clubs was held. The occasional at tempts , however , since 1S33 , to crystallize thee clubs Into a national body have not been successful In themselves , though they have stood for good pioneer work. At the meeting last Juno , In New York of the .Na tional Association of Music Teachers , the woman's department of the convention , moat c-lllclently developed by Jlrs. Sutro as preslj j dent , seemed to offer the needed opportunity , for the furtherance of the federation plan. One of the teven dlvlslonH Into which MM. Sutro divided her department wea that of Women's Aluslcal Clute , with Mrs , Charles S. Virgil ot New York as chairman , Mrs. j VlrgH , In conducting her work , appointed a chairman from each state to report on the women's musical clubs from her sta'o as , part of the exhibit of this work at the New York congress. The marked Intercut which | wss taken In thu matter , and Iba respoute within a fortnight from over 200 cluba , rekindled - kindled the enthusiasm { or the national i body. This was further accentuated by au admirable paper read by Mrs , Chandler Starr of Ucckford , 111. , on "A Review of the Con gress of Women's Musical Cluba at the World's Kalr. " llcloro the reading of Mrs. Starr's paper It was realized by some of the prominent club women In attendance at the convention that thla paper would reopen the situation In a most suggestive way , and It was decided to make the effort at once , at the close of the day's program , to ascertain the feelings of the women present In re- card to n national federation. In pursuance of this design a call for a meeting to discuss the matter was Issued. Some of the women specially Interested , besides Mrs. Sutro , Mrs. Vlrgtl and Mrs. Starr , were Mrs. Hussell H. Dow , president of the Schubert Club of St. Paul. Minn. ; Mlra Marlon P. Unloton , of the Tuesday Musical Club of St. Louis , Mo. , and Miss Amy Kay and many others. Mr. 13. II. Krehblel , the musical critic nnd writer , wcs alee present , nnd In a pleasant llttlo speecli warmly advocated the matter , which ho considered of great Importance. In the enthusiasm of the afternoon It was voted to organize a temporary federation , which would be a working basis from which might spring later the permanent body. This was done , and Mrs. Sutro was made president , Mrs. Chandler Starr first vice president , Mrs. Uusscll II. Dow second vlco president , Miss Marlon I-1 , llalston secretary and treasurer. An executive board , assistant treasurer , auditor and ono or two other minor ofilccrs R'oro nlso appointed. This temporary body has of course no corporate status. The clubs _ which would naturally form the federation were by no means all represented , It was 1m- ' possible to draft a constitution , and alto gether , as has been said , -the work was merely preliminary. Circulars , however , set ting forth what has been done , and calling for an expression of opinion upon the matter as to the advisability of further effort , have been sent out by the secretary to every club that It was possible to reach throughout thu country. The csponses received indicate a strong and widespread Interest. There will bo a second meeting about the first of Decem ber at some point not yet decided. To amass sufficient money with which to endow a college has been the lifelong aim of Mrs. Lydla 'Bradley ' of Peorla. 111. With this purpose In vlow she has economized all her life end hoarded up every cent that was not necessary to support llfo In her body. In time economy became her passion. Her only pleasures have been making money and saving money. Inside of thirty years she Increased her fortune to ten times the orig inal amount. The passing years only seemed to Increase her natural nhrewdness. She has an almost Illimitable capacity for business. She now owns property that can be con verted into $2,000,000. Her husband died thirty yearn ago , leaving her $200,000 , which ho had made In whisky distilling and In real estate. She wanted to found a college where the hands and minds of young men and women might be trained. 'She was told that her fortune was too small to carry out her Ideas. She said she would make It sufficient. Mrs. Bradley has been for many years a director of the First National bank of I'oorla. Her property Is In that city and thereabouts. If the city grows as Its enthusiastic frlcndi believe It will she will turn 600 acres of farm land lr.to city lots. She owns thousands of acres along the Illinois river , more In western states and has largo amounts In vested In Improved farms ot central Illinois. She has decided to found her college in Peoria and also to glvo her property during her lifetime , so that she can see her money being expended In accordance with her wishes. She has appointed a board of trus tees to make the arrangements for the uni versity , and to carry out the work after her death. She gave them $150,000 to bo used In electing tlio buildings nnd turned over n tract of twenty acres of land on the west bluff In ono of the most desirable residence portions of Peorla , valued at over $3,000 an. . acre , which Is a part of her holdings of fifty acres In that part of the city , to be used as the campus. She also made a contract with them to furnish suUlcIcnt funds for the maintenance of the school during her life time and to devote practically her entire fortune to the endowment of the school at her death. Her Mlxliikf. Detroit Journal : "Willie , " she said with severity as she cnmo out of the pantry , "you have been sticking your fingers Into that lemon pie. " "No'm I haven't either , " answered Willie , shaking his head vigorously. "True enough , " she said , after looking at } him again ; "It was your nose. " As a matter of fact , she was Inclined to reproach preach herself for not realizing at first glance the way lie had gone at the ] rte. It MnUs ti Chicago Post : She was so happy when her engagement was announced that her friends could not refrain from commenting upon It. "You used to assert with great emphasis , " they said to her , "that you gloried In your Independence. " "Yes , " she replied. "That was before I had the privilege of being dependent upon the right kind of a man. " There are lota ot people who like to give the CAilnlon that a necessity Is a privilege. AOIl'rilWUSTHH.V .VOTES. MONTANA. ? ( ) orl mcti about Mlsuoula are complaining of the scarcity of birds this month , and they all report Indifferent shooting all over the county. In the Clearwater valley , which has always been one of the best regions for duck , there are not many this year and there nro twlco as many hunters. The Mayflower , In Madison county , ls show. Ing up better than over , the ore body now being five and six feet wide and assaying $120 to $1CO to the ton. The mother lode Is reported to have 'been struck nt the White Clou it mlno In Oranlto county. The lead ls of gold and shows largo and rich. For two years work baa been going on at the porphyry dike where $1SO,000 has been expended In the purchase and development of the properties and the milling of the aim extracted from them. The dike Is eighteen miles sotithwrat of Helena and Is 10,000 feet long and GOO to 1.200 feet wide. The ore Is almost perfectly free milling but extremely low grade. The report of David HllKor , sheep cominls- signer cf Fergus county , la a concise and In- tcrcatlng exhibit of the sheep Industry In Fergus county , M > B the Argus , It will be tern ttnt the number of sheep has iac t > d the half million mark by 14,000 head. The number of sheep sold this year up to date , Includ'MB ktmbu , yearlings , ewes and wethers , Is 180,007. at an average of $2.C5 per head , making a total of $38 ,597.07 received from sheep alone. The wool clip Is given at 3,605- 557 pounds , at an average price of 13.09 cents , amounting to $412,721.41. Total num ber pounds ot pelta shipped , U3fif > 5 , at 5TA cents. $8,434.41 , the total receipts being $849,763,92. UTAH. The principal owner ; of the Highland Boy Mining company , which has Just completed nnd placed In operation a 100-ton mill at the company's properties In BluRham , have se cured a iMind on the Stewart No. 2 group In the ixinio camp. The latter properties are of much the simo character as the Highland Boy and give great promise aa producers of silver , gold atvl copper. The amount of money Involved In the deal has not been made public , but It Is a good round sum. Work has > ! > etn suspended for several days on the seepage dam In Ogden canyon , and the Indications nro that It will not be ro- oumcd right away. Neither the company nor Contractor Gediles will discuss the matter , but It Is an open secret that there Is trouble between them. It seems Ooddcs say * he can. not go any deeper unless ho gets extra jay , the value of the work Increasing with the depth. The differences have not been niV Juott-d and a big lawsuit nwy bo the out come. A picnic party had an experience In Beat Ulver gorge n few diys ago. They had awaited the southbound passenger , and then started to go through tlio tunnel , which was piactlcally filled with omokc , not knowing that a heavy freight was following closely behind. They had barely emerged and were Just debating whether or cot to try the trestle , when the trackwalker saw them , gave a warning , and males and females clambered to safe places with more speed than elegance. A mtnuto longer In the tun nel and there would have been n tragedy tn stead of a comedy to chronicle. There were six In the party. IDAHO. The Goiham drjer which has been run ning at the Colllster orchard some miles below Boise has closed for the scison. There have been in the neighborhood of 12.COO Vioiinila of prunes dried during the short run made , and they are said to bo of a very superior quality. t Way up near the headwaters of Hast Eagle crock in what has been supposed to bo the heart of the Coeur d'Aleno gold belt , a nice body of galena was struck last week. By air line It would bo only six or eight miles from Murray , and yet nothing was known of the kind of mineral to bo ex pected there. It Is estimated that the gross output from the Coeur d'Alencs this year ( from both the sliver-lead nnd gold belts ) will reach 515,000.000 , of which , approximately , one- third will go for ths transportation and treat ment one-third for labor , repairs , mateilal and now machinery , nnd one-third as profits to the mine owners. There Is no other oc cupation In which one-third of the gross product can be divided as profits. Thu surveyor general of Idaho reoorts an Increase of over 50 per cent In mineral lo cations In the state , as compared with the preceding year. Idaho , ho says , now stands forth In the list of gold producing states The influx of settlers continues. Many nrc lost , however owing to the absence of sur veys of lands eligible for location. Their survey would be for the best Interests of the people , the state and the government. The Seven Devils smelter plant is now almost ready to blow In. A Urge hoist cal ls nt the Welscr depot and a largo boiler nn > d donkey engine passed Welscr on teams Sunday. The boiler und englno were brought from Portland to Huntlngton and there loaded on wagons , going to Seven Devils via Weisor. The engine will he put on the wagon road summit above Helena ami the ore from Peacock drawn to the top of the hill by cable and car and then loaded Into \vago"3 and hauled to the mncltcr. CALIFORNIA. The old Berry Mlno near Strawberry Valley , Yuba county , recently bought by Chicago men , has been thoroughly pros- pecloj by them and they ai-a so well pleaseJ with the results that thuy will erect suitable reduction machinery at once. At a depth t > f 110 feet the quartz voln has Increased lo three feet In width , much of It allowing free gold. Six new bulldlncs will be erected at the Whlttler Reform school , near Los AngulCH , In order to provide for the segregation of the different classes of boys. The present mam building will bo used for administrative pur poses , and new buildings for do.-mltories and shops. Tito now structures will bo In the mlMlon renaissance gtylc and all will be In closed by a high fence , while the grounds will bo laid out In a ( lark. For a time this school did excellent woik in maural train ing , but lately It has been so overcrowded tlut much demoralization has followol. California mineis met Mat week In anuiial convention and dlncusscd ir.any questions u' great Importance to the development of tlio mining Industry In the Elate. The levant ; subject was the best method of bringing nrcssuro to bear on cccigrrHS to create the ofllco of secretary of mines and mining. Cali fornia miners hold that ar. occupation which yielded nearly $700,000.000 last year ought to have representation In thu cabinet , especially an It constantly bring. ) out prob lems which demand tlio oveivi'cht ' of spocMl'y ' qualified experts. Such oversight , it 13 uan- ti-ndcd , cr.nnot bo given by a minor bureau of the Interior dcpaitmeni. OREGON. Postmaster IlobcrUon of Turner , In Mar lon county , says of the free rural mall do. livery now being tried with Turner as n central point : "We have three carriers , each covering a distance of about twcnty-flvn miles dally. They leave the office each mornIng - Ing about 8'o'clock and leturn as aoon as the mall can bo distributed and collected along each route. The carrier on routu No. 1 , which takes In the reform school , dcat mule HCluol and asylum farm , returns to the office for the mall after the Rosoburg local passes south and thereby catcheu all dally papers. All persona icqulrlngtheir mall de livered but who do not llvo on the Imme diate route of a carrier , are icqulrcd to place a mailing-box on the route for thu carrier to deposit the mall In and to rcrclve fio.u for mailing. Carriers may take orders for stamps , collecting the money In advance and delivering stamps on next trip , etc , " The delinquent tax roll for 1SPG In Lane county showed $10,613.33 di-llmiucnt. To this wjs ailJrJ undi'r-asicKjmcnts made by the sheriff , JJi. ,97. On this there has been col- looted end paid 'to the treasurer $12,140.13. Corrections made on double assceamcnts and other errors on the delinquent tax roll amounted to J357.97. At the tax sale prop erly tu the amount of $1,130 was sold to the eoynty and private parties bid In prop erty to the amount of $219,72 , leaving the total amount returned unpild $2,572.12. Of thU amount of unpaid taxes fully $1,000 Is due from estates In course of settlement and will be paid In duo time. NEVER FAILS TO CURE Consumption and LungTroublcs In Any Climate. An Eminent Now York City Chemist and Scientist Makes a New Discov ery and a Free Offer to Our Renders. Correspondence Advice Free. Tlio Met has been established tlmt the honored anil distinguished chemist , T. A. Slo- > cum , of Now York City , has discovered < \ rcllnblo euro for Consumption ( Pulmonary Tuberculosis ) and all bronchial , throat , lung ami chest troubles , stubborn coughs , c- tnrrlial affections , scrofula , general dccllno and weakness , loss of flioli , nr.ul all coudl < tlons of wasting away , and , to make ltd wonderful merits known , ho will send three free bottles ( nil dlrtorent ) of his Now Dla coverles to nny nfllictcd reader of The Bc who will write for them. Already this "now scientific system of treatment" ' has , by Ite timely USD , porma * ncntly cured thousands of apparently hope- lesn cases , and It seems a. necessary and hu inann duty to bring such facts to the atton tlon of nit Invalids , that they may bo bene- filed thereby. Chemistry anil science arc dally astonish ing the world with new womlcru , The re searches and experiments of thin Brett chem ist , pitlently carried 01 * for years , have cul minated In results as beneficial to humanity , as can bo claimed for any modern genius or philosopher. Thi ) medl&tl profession tliroiiRhout Amer ica and Europe are about unanimous In Uia opinion that nearly all physical ntlincnta naturally tend to the Kcneratlon of consump tion. The afflicted dlo ln > the short , cold days of winter much faster than la the lone , lint days of summer. The Doctor baa proved the dreaded dlscaso to bo curative beyond a doubt. In nny cllmata and has on file In his American and European - pean laboratories thousands of letters of heartfelt gratitude from thcao benefited and cured In all parts of the world. Consumption , uninterrupted , meccis speedy and certalni do.vh. No ono having or tbrcatedcd with nny dlscaso should hesitate a day. The Doctor considers it his professional duty a duty which ho owes to suffering humanity to donate a trial of his Infallible cure. Simply wrlto to T. A. Slocum , M. C. , 98 1'lno street. Now York , giving full address , end three free bottles ( all different ) of Ills Now Discoveries will bo promptly sent , with full Instructions to nny reader of The Bi-o. There Is no charge for correspondence ad vice. Knowing as wo do , of the undoubted effi cacy of the Slocum Cure , every sufferer should t.ilto advantage of this most liberal proposition. A system of medical treatment that will euro lung troubles mid consumption la cer tainly good for and will cure nlnioat nny dlscaso that humanity Is heir to. Please tell the Doctor you saw bis gon- crown olter In The Dee. ( Oil BYl'IlILIE ) O. "Written OimrimU-o < < > CUKK IJVEUTT H or MO.VUY Ji Ourcitio IsperniMipntnnil not i\ttclilniiii > . 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It co t > on only | .u..lnce to > Ji > tills l It lll raxpyo IK woililnf Milteiln/rinm mental utialnj initiryou n niiiiifil what may your ollciirlnit nutfer Ilirnuiili yi ut ou n nrpHirciKu ' If jour iiyniptonis ni u iilmi.lei * on Incn , soi o throat , mucuun iialcl.e In mouth , riiti'inatUni la bone anil julnti , lialr falling out , urlliloni | | en nnj t of IhoTto'ly feeling of peiitinl Ucpiciflon. palnv In lead or ltoicxou ! liam mi time lowatitp. Tllurc rtho ale comtantly taHiiB mercury unit ) > nta > li flmulil illn- c nllniitlt Cuntt'int nt > i of thrim ilniKi * H'll ' tuuiy bilnir iouMi.nil ealln > r ulcem In ttiecnd. I'ou't fall to write. All coiienimiiilcnco rent < le < l In plain tnrfl- opciVolnvllr tlie moht rltrhl Inrfsticallon aoauui do all In our jKjwer to aid you In It. Addiena , GOOK REMEDY fiO ChicagoIIL Searles & Searles. KPF.CIAI.13TH IK RERim GHRONIJ Old PRIVflTf niSrWK WEAK GTH fcKXUALLV. All I'rivata Uitzn.ft tt Disorder * * of Mcu. 'I re a ! me nt hy Mill. 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Ki-zr.n.'i .mil llljol I'olMin tlioroiiKlilr c-li-.iiiHinl fiom tlio iy lin. . NKUVntly iicblllly hpi-riiialirilii > i. friiiilnik Lcmhrt ) , l.'lflit KnilBHliiiiu , ] .o * of Yltitl I'mvcr * luiiinuiiciillr uiul Hii-iltlv | uurml. ' ' ( VllnlllyVtaHi , nmrto MO ny'io'o oloni npnllc.'itlou to liiiHliH-HH or uUidy : HI-VCTU muutul nlraln or Ki'li-f ; HKXIML KXfKSSKS In mlilcllu lit < or from llmiifTi-ctH of unilliful folllo'i. ( ' .ill or writu ilium today , llox ' _ ' 77 Onialia Jlcdidl and Sur&c ; ! Institute. H.V. . Cor , Kill anil i-ciiioily lielnt ; In jected directly to the went of thnno elln iiHfH of the Guiiito-Uriiiury Oritntin , rontiiroo no clinngo of diet. Onrn Runrantoeil In 1 to 8 ll > rrDIIIon Drue Co. , a. E. Cor ICtti and nara StiteU. OaiakiL ,