the means of laboring women than the $6 to $10 of the
Stewart Hotel.----The first penny lunch-room in New York was
established by a woman, who made it a source of revenue.----The
inventor of the submarine telescope, a woman, has received
$10,000 for her invention.----Deborah Powers, now over ninety
years of age, is the head of a large oil-cloth manufactory in
Troy. Her sons are engaged in business with her, but she, still
bright and active, remains at the head of the firm. This is the
largest oil-cloth factory in the United States. She was left a
widow with three sons, with a heavy mortgage on her estate. She
secured an extension of time, built up the business and educated
her sons to the work. She is also president of a bank.----A
successful nautical school in New York is conducted by two
ladies, Mrs. Thorne and her daughter, Mrs. Brownlow. These ladies
have made several voyages and studied navigation, both
theoretically and practically. During the late war they prepared
for the navy 2,000 mates and captains bringing their knowledge of
navigation up to the standard required by the strict examiners of
the naval board.----Mrs. Wilson, since a New York custom-house
inspector, took charge, in 1872, of her husband's ship, disabled
in a terrific gale off Newfoundland in which his collar-bone was
broken and a portion of the crew badly hurt. The main-mast having
been cut down she rigged a jury-mast, and after twenty-one days
brought ship and crew safe to port.

Miss Jennie Turner, a short-hand writer of New York, is a notary
public. In a recent law-suit some of the papers were "sworn to"
before her in her official capacity, and one of the attorneys
claimed that it was not verified, inasmuch as a woman "could not
legally hold public office." The judge decided that the paper
must be accepted as properly verified, and said that the only way
to oust her was in a direct action by the attorney-general. The
judge said:

Whether a female is capable of holding public office has
never been decided by the courts of this State, and is a
question about which legal minds may well differ. The
constitution regulates the right of suffrage and limits it
to "male" citizens. Disabilities are not favored, and are
seldom extended by i