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Show MAKE SADDLES AND HARNESS. Moval llatlna a Inlaiprlaa ot lorn t-uihlna Southern Woman. Among tho novel occupations of the feminine breadwinners of tho land nntiounrn morn dtvorsinod and, un usual than ttioto undortakonTuy"th?j fair ones of the southern states who havo been cast by fortune upon their own resources. In one ot tho small towna ot Florida resides the only woman aaddlcr In America. Upon tha death of her husband, Instoad ot tolling toll-ing the "good will and fixtures," nt hor neighbor kindly tuggcited, tho widow carried ou tha business, with tha hulp of an assistant Gradually aho mattered ovcry detail of the trado and finally succeeded In building up tho most lucrative business of tho kind In tho county, not only maintaining main-taining tho standard of work dono by her husbnnd, but by long ngo outstripping out-stripping him In thrift nnd prosperity. prosper-ity. In Oeorgla n woman not only personally delivers the mall over n forty-mllo route, riding ovor the .sparsely settled region of Montgomery county thrlca nekly during tho entire year, hut manage n largo farm ns well, doing much ot tho manual la-bor. la-bor. such ns plowing, harrowing, sowing sow-ing nnd harvesting, and supporting by her energy nnd courage a family of four. Not twenty miles from Savannah Savan-nah as tho crow files tbcro resides a widow ot forty who for tho last ten years has mude more than n comfort-nblo comfort-nblo Incomo at a government contractor, contrac-tor, bidding for tho romoval ot wrcckt, tho anchoring of buoys, building build-ing of jetties and dredging. A Virginia Vir-ginia girl hat mado a wldctpread reputation at well at a good bank account ac-count at a trainer of taddlo horses. Fow peoplo riding ovrr ths new London Lon-don Northorn railway are aware that tho company employs tho only woman wo-man train dispatcher In the world. Hor responsibility Is great, her hours from 7 o'clock In tho morning to 9 In tho evening, her duties a continual nervoua and mental strain. Quite recently re-cently the directors of ths road complimented com-plimented her upon hor efllctcnt service, ser-vice, and It Is a pleasure to add that sho receives the samo compensation paid to men occupying similar posl. tlons, Chicago Chronicle. |