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IN WOMAIN flatter of Women ?yt. I AI a i a Women are no looger willing, when ^verses of fortune come and they find fcemsclves without an income or any ejD8 of support, to play the role of Oor rela?^n and live with; their kin p;k8 in a State of dependence, wear ^ thc plainest if not the ugliest sort clothes and growing old and really reu of life long before it is time, jjjg is exactly why, or tho main rea Q ffby, there are so many women tgc earners to-day. Hut of the rea eDS more may be- said anon. The iyg of wage-earning form a more in festing and, indeed, necessary topic or discussion and consideration. What a good thing it is that every ?essed one of us is ambitious-wants c dc and be that which will make our ellows look upon us if not with envy tb admiration for what we have ac mplishcd and thc high place we cUpy. Yes, this is fortunate, it is 3e of nature's best endowments. It eeps us a long way from going as low (?tis possible to go even if it does ot always take us as high as it is pos ible to go. But what a very wrong 'et one sometimes entertains of that anting "to be somebody." Let mc tell you of a little woman to wanted to be "somebody." Bless tr heart, she was already that, always td been, if one accepts the ''some-' y as meaning a person of bright ts, gentle manners and upright liv There came a day when it was no nger possible for her to keep her letty and comfortable home, with all refined surroundings. Little by ttle, in the effort to keep up appear ces and to fool the big, unheeding d uncaring world as to her real situ OD, her little all melted away, en came the offer from relatives to ve her a corner in their homes ere was little said about hearts t she preferred to make an effort to her support. To the woman of practical turn of she went. There was just $50 tween the little gentlewoman and ot, so she must decide quickly what e had best do. The practical woman noted over with her her accomplish ers and found them more ornamen than useful, and plainly told her Her education had been thor iily conducted, so far as it had oe. but the need of being at the d of her father's household had led her away from the convent oui before she was graduated. At ool she had been taught to sew latifully, and her exquisite necdle rk was well known to her friend?. "Ah," at length said the practical mau, "you can earn an excellent | elihdod by doing fine sewing for ildren. You are so artistic that you fashion the daintiest of infants' es. and there is always demand for h work." lie practical woman stopped for ?th, for she had grown quite en Biastic over the bright outlook she suddenly stumbled upon. The le gentlewoman looked at her in uement and finally gasped: "I-I amstress! Why, Jennie, what are thinking of!" * was now Jennie's turn to be sur sed. 'But, my dear, you have asked me tell you what to do, and 1 have told I cannot sec how sewing dainty |le garments for other women is in i least degrading. It is work that know so well how to do that it I not weary you like new and un Wiar efforts would." ? the little gentlewoman went y without a word of thanks, and "ly cried herself ill when she bed home, thinking over and over unkind and unsympathetic her friend Jennie had been, how cru unkind to expect her to do any g so commonplace when she knew ambitious she was and how ten yshe had been reared. But the e gentlewoman was not without a B of common sense, and finally prevailed. She went to work ?oiling thc dainty little garments their strips of lace and fine em eries, and long ago she and Jen kissed and made up, and she told Practical Jennie that she was the friend in the. world because she not nattered her and told her she clever enough to do "anything" i the vagueness of that term! 0 in fact all that she could do 1 well enough to be paid for doing, beautifully ?nc sewing. little gentlewoman told me this elf. She told mc how she had [o up her big house and taken a hit of a nest which she has, >Qgh har own industry, been able ftP, anil that she bas saved enough leJ besides to start a small ladies' children's outfitting establish ft and blossom out into a real busi wonian. I have told her story fase she has asked . mn in She that it is her way of helping pr women who stand face to face j the problem of wage-earning to j ?'S REALM. Earning a Living. Republic. give them the benefit of what she has learned by experience, and the scrap of most valuable advice to be satisfied to olfer for money only what one is certain one can do well, whether or not it at first hurts one's pride to do so. When woman learns, what man knows so well, that indifferent work or service brings but indifferent pay, then there will be less of nursing to heart that feeling that thc world is cruel and unfeeling when it docs not pamper her by lavishing large reward upon her for very indifferent efforts. No one can lay down just the lines along which a woman should work. Of course, the home is not here being taken into consideration. It is when a woman must leave her home and meet the problems of thc outside world that supplies the topic for much discussion at this eud-of-the-century time. As practically all lines are open to her, it is left only then for her to decide which she is best suited LO or capable of following. It is hard, very hard, indeed, for a woman to realize thc "dignity of labor." With few exceptions, she by instinot feels that she is viewed as something awry with the rulings of society when she is paid a salary for hard and honest labor, be it with head or hand, and her pride suffers. Why hao Fate been so unkind to her and denied her so much? Why must she sacrifice comfort and pleasure and go through the daily grind of working and sewing when there are other wo men who have so much? Is she not an object of pity to these same other women? When you, who condemn the inde pendent woman, are tempted to criti cise her remember that these are questions that daily vex her, and that if they do not now they once did, and it is only because she has learned to be so muon of a philosopher that she fancies herself indifferent to them, that she does not recognize them now. But again, it is not natural foi a wo man to be successfully a philosopher. By successfully I mean that when a woman must be philosonhical to be moderately contented 01 happy that then a part of her charm vanishes, that little part, that little omething that stands forth as careless indiffer ence which is not indifference at all but springs from the knowledge that she can be irresponsible if she wants to, that she is so sheltered by love that she need not fear criticism too. much. I am sorry for tho woman who must coax herself into believing that she does not care for what the world says about her and her position, aad must steel her heart against those natural and bothersome questions I have noted. Showy accomplishments alone fit a woman neither for the position of wife and mother or to take her place among thc useful ones in the business world. This knowledge has dawned upon femininity slowly, but very surely. A peep into the schools will prove this. A particular talent or an apti tude for certain work is not overlook ed nowadays, and the meaning of the "dignity of labor" is being taught girl students as well as boy students. We cannot talk of the things that have been until they have come and gone, and then it is too late to recall them, you know. A man has a cer tain pride about admitting that he was once up in thc world, but is now down. A woman, unfortunately, too often finds delight in dwelling upon such thing. Here is a fact, and though it may seem hard and most unkind, it ie, nevertheless, a fact, that an employer is not inclined to overlook the fault in a woman, whom he has employed, coming down to his office at 10 o'clock instead of 9 because she sighs and tells him that there was once a time when she did not have her breakfast until 10 o'clock and could then have it in her room if she did not feel like going downstairs. He may be sorry for'her, but that does not deter him from looking for a woman less inclin ed to live in the past and more inter ested in the present and future, to assist him through the busy affairs of his office. ' There are signs by which a true gentlewoman may be told, and never fear that they will be missed. And you know a gentlewoman does not mean one solely who has been born and bred in luxury. It means more than that, it means a woman who is refined to her finger-tips, and who though wearing Ihp plainest of clothes will be as courteous and considerate as would go most beautifully with bettor raiment. And it doesn't mat ter whothcr. she was born in a palace or cottage. To tho girl who has. asked what I think "a nice way for a woman to earn a living," I would say: The nicest and best vruy cf ali' is Lue work you know how to do most perfectly. If you are thinking of fitting yourself for some wage-earning occupation be sure first that you make no mistake in selecting your vocation. For exam ple, don't think you can paint great pictures because you can design pretty dresses. Better be a successful dress maker than a dismal failure as an arti?t. And be very certain of this: The world is not half as foolish as you give it credit for being. You are very apt to be accepted as "somebody" by the people whose regard is worth the having-if you do something, in whatever line, creditably. And be sides this, the only certain road to that worthy independence you crave lies through' the doing well the work you undertake. MARGARET HANNIS. Monument to Moshe's Men. FRONT ROYAL, VA., April 30.-The residents of this neighborhood, as, in deed, of the entire South, are inter ested in the Mosby's men's monument, which will be unveiled here early next August. As already mentioned in The Sun, thc finest cite in the ceme tery here has been chosen fer the monument, now being erected at Barre, Vermont, whose character and pro portions have already been described in a Sun letter from this place. Six of Mosby's command-Ander son. Carter, Jones, Love, Overby and Rhodes-were hanged by the order of General Custer in the streets of Front Royal, and Willis, another of the com mand, was hanged at Gaines' Cross Roads by Colonel Powell. The first monument to these men"s memory was a line of seven gibbets on the line of the Valley Pike, along which the federal forces were accus tomed to pass. The seven were all soldiers of Custer's or Powell's com mand, and the inscription on that monument was a writing, as follows : "These men have been hung in re taliation for an equal number of Colo nel Mosby's men hung by General Custer at Fort Royal-measure for measure.'' Thc inscriptions on the new monu ment are as follows. First Side-"Erected in 1899 by the survivors of Mosby's command in memory of seven comrades executed while prisoners of war near this spot September 23, 1864." Second Side-"In everlasting honor of Thomas E. Anderson, H. C. Carter, David L. Jones, Lucien Love, Wm. Thomas Overby, Henry C. Rhodes, Albert C. Willis, 43d battalion Vir ginia cavalry, Mosby's command, C. S. A." . Third Side-"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." Fourth Side-Confederate and Vir ginia flags crossed. Colones Mosby, after the retaliation dispatched the following letter to General Sheridan : "November ll, 1864-Major-Gen eral P. H. Sheridan, commanding United States forces in the valley General : Some time in the month of September, during my absence from my command, six of my men who had been captured by your forces were hung and shot in the streets of Front Royal by the order and in the im mediate presence of Brigadier-General Custer. Since then another (captured by a Colonel Power cn a plundering expedition into Rappahannock) shared a similar fate. A label affixed to thc coat of one of the murdered men de clared that 'this would be the fate of Mosby and all his men.' "Since the murder of my men not less than 700 prisoners, including many offcers of high rank captured from your army by this command, have been forwarded to Richmond, but the execution of my purpose of retaliation was deferred in order, as far as possi ble, to confine its operations to the men of Custer and Powell. Ace rd ingly on the 6th inst, seven of your men were by my order executed on the valley pike, your highway of travel. "Hereafter any prisoners falling into my hands will be treated with the kindness due to their condition, un less some new act of barbarity shall compel me reluctantly to adopt a line of policy repugnant to humanity. "Very respectfully, your obedient servant, "JOHN S. MOSBY, "Lieutenant-Colonel." 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If I'd known she used to be a ?school teacher I'd 'a' told you not to marry her." A Free Tribe of Indians. A Jamestown (Va.) correspondent | of tho Chicago Record writes : On the banks of the Pamunkey river, in King William county, about 25 miles from Richmond and a mile east of the historic "White House," the home of John landridge, where George Washington married thc lovely widow CuHtis, dwells a community of 110 Indians, thc lingering remnants of the nation which met the English col ony with friendly greetings when it arrived on the banks of the Chesapeake bay. The records of those times refer to Powhattan as "the Emperor of the Potomac," and from "Relation" of Capt. John Smith we may judge that he had about 2,500 warriors under his command. By thc last census they were reduced to 03, and since then the birth rate has been so much greater than the death rate that they have increased their total by 17. The place where they live is a little peninsula, a bottle-shaped neck of land compris ing about 800 acres, of which 250 acres is uuder cultivation. Thc re mainder is thickly wooded with the virgin forest, swampy and uninhabited. It abounds in game, which is one of their chief sources of subsistence. , This tract is secured to the Piununkey Indians by an act of the co. jial leg islature. They hold it in common, are prohibited from alienating the title and are exempt from taxes, al though under an ancient law they are required to supply the governor of the Virginia colony annually with a cer tain amount of wild game. This prac tice still continues, and during the shooting season, spring and fall, they are in the habit now and then of send ing the governor, by the conductor of the train, a bunch of wild ducks or a haunch of venison. ? The Pamunkeys have no relation with the United States government. They receive no annuities and their names are not upon the rolls of the Indian office. The State of Virginia annually appoints five trustees to look after their interests, but thc offices are sinecures, as the Indians are per fectly capable of looking after them selves. They elect their chief and a council of four, who exercise execu tive, legislative and judicial functions. Every member of the tribe is allowed to vote, and on the day appointed they meet at the council house, with usually two candidates to choose from. Those in favo, of one indicate their choice by dropping a grain of corn into the ballot box; those who prefer the other indicate it by dropping a bean in the same place. These native officials take care of the tribe, punish all of fenses except felonies, over which the State courts have jurisdiction, and conduct a co-operative merchandise store, which is patronized by white people in the neighborhood as well as the members of the tribe. The Indians are temperate, moral, peaceable and industrious. Very few of them are full blooded. During the three hundred years of contact with the whites and Negroes around them they have been unable to preserve their racial integrity, u? tho ugh the laws of the tribe prohibit cohabitation or marriage with persons of African descent. They are exceedingly proud of their lineage, and while they would probably acknowledge the white aris tocracy of Virginia as their equals, they decline to have anything to do with the blacks, and some years ago raised a miniature rebellion because a mulatto woman was placed in charge of a public school upon their reserva tion. Realizing that continual intermar riage has impaired the physical con-' dition of the tribe, they have recently appointed a committee to treat with the remnant of the Cherokee Indian nation of North Carolina on this sub ject. The Pamunkeys ar not only thor oughly oivilized, but are quite inclin ed to be religious. The best building on their reservation is a Baptist Church, at which nearly every member of the tribe attends service twice on Sunday under the administration of a native preacher. As the season of the year when pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs, colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung troubles are to be guarded against, nothing "is afine substitute," will "answer the purpose," or is "just as food" as One Minute Cough Cure, 'hat is the one infallible remedy for all lung, throat or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously upon having it if "something else" is offered you. Evana Pharmacy._ D. S. VANDIVEB We want to figure with you o TOBACCO, and all kmds of CROCE and SHOES. Don't fail to sec us on GUANO, . ATE OF POTASH, ?ur anything ia tl money on high grade goods. If you want to >.tiv.o what you c have to do so quick, a? we expect to pi Attorney for collection March 1st by si Youri- truly. Kindness to a Stranger. Many of the readers of The Obser ver will remember l'rof. C. A. Mezger, who lived for mauy years ia Charlotte and vicinity, and who recently died at Freiberg, Saxony, l'rof. Mczgcr was a metallurgist and mining expert, and was a very highly educated man. For some time l'rof. Mezger lived in Shelby, and while there became very much attached to George A. Frick, one of the leading lawyers of that town, who last year moved to Norfolk, Va., for the practice of his profession. Mr. Friok aud his family were exceed ingly kind to the old gentleman, and he remembered their kindness in a very substantial way, as thc sequel will show. Alter leaving Shelby, lie ! came to Charlotte and resided awhile, and then went olf on a tour for his health. He had taken out naturaliza tion papers and had been a resident of this State and he expected to return i to America when his health improved, j His last residence in America was in j Charlotte. In January last l'rof. Mczgcr wrote Mr. Frick a letter from Freiberg. Sax ony, in wi "ch bc stated that he willed to him am lis sister all of his proper ty aud he directed Mr. Frick take charge of it at his death. At tho same time he sent $2,00(1 to some baukers in New York, with instruc tions to turn it over to Mr. Frick at his death. The letter written to Mr. Frick has been admitted to probate : before Clerk Russell, as containing j the last will and testament of Prof. j Mezger and letters testamentary were yesterday issued to Mr. Frick. It is understood that the estate is valued at about $3,000. Mr. Frick's many friends through out the State will rejoice that his kindness to a stranger in a strange land resulted in this substantial token of appreciation.-Charlotte Observer. - A man's cup of joj' resembles an after dinner coffee cup, but his cup of sorrow holds several gallons. - Some one has said that there are 50,000 muscles in an elephant's trunk. 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