FOR THE LADIES. He Divorced Thirty-Five Wives, A native Japanese r mentions a cas of-a-man-aged TO nts yer, living in the pro- Yince of Bizen, who has married thirty-five wives, and is now marriéd to the thirty-sixth. He was-first married at, 18, and the reason assigned for this extraor- dinary example of inconstancy is that he " @ younger sister of extremely jealous and rancorous di ition, who, from the mom- ent.that-a bride enters the house, institutes B system of persecution, which soon drives the unhappy woman to ask her husband for a divorce. The husband is helpless to restrain ies of his sister,-and cannot turn her out, so the wretched business 8 on year gfter year. The native chronicler add, 8 circtumstance which is improbable, evens in the East. He says that in two cases the brides arriving at the door of their future homechanged color, and, declaring that they recognized the house as one where they had already passed some months of most miserable wedlock, fled without further parley. Commenting upon the story, the Japan Mail says that, whether accurate in all re- spectaor not, it illustrates the difference between Japanese and English fashions in respect of marriage. . the lower orders in Japan sentiment is seldom allowed to play any influential part in ments preliminary to matrimony. cases t! each other until they are formally Lrought together with the object of securing their consent to become man wife, aud it rarely happens that either is so unpolite as to conceive or admit any disagreeable im- pression after this interview. The higher the social scale the 110re attention is pai to the fancies of the man, and of late those of the women also are beginning to be re- garded. But the principal underlying the whole marital relation in Japan seems to be that the affection which cenlly anesives the paseege of years and makes married life appy is not the love which precedes union, but the respect, esteem, and sense of mutual helpfulness that grow up after it. th short, marriage in apan is a_prelimin- “ary experiment, whereas in the West it is a final contract. At the same tine, to be di- yorced by her husband is a disgrace to Japanese wife, and to divorce his wife with- out reasonable cause isa disgrace to u band. Public opinion and traditional cus- tom provide for the marriage state safeguards ot very tolerable efficiency even among the lower classes, and of great potenc among per. It may be briefly stated that freedom of divorce is in the inverse ratio of the social prominence of the parties concern- ed. The more important the position oc- cupied by a maim the less fickleness and caprice is he expected to show in such mat- ters; whence it follows that the spirit of apancse civilization makes for the per- manency of the marriage tie. Voices. I knew it must be her child, for she had her mother’s voice,” We speak of eyes as the ‘‘seat of the soul,” of the lips as the ‘‘ door of the heart,” We say that-‘beauty’s ensign is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks; we praise the graceful figure. For of the soule the bodie form doth take For soule is forme, and doth the bo.1ie make. But we do not give so much heed to the human voice, the ‘music of humanity,” yet it is anall-important member. How a beau- tiful voice redeems a coarse, harsh-featured face. ‘‘ What plea so tainted and corrupt but, being seasoned with a gracious voice, obscures the show of evil !” a a harsh or a discordant voice mars the perfections of a lovely face, as much, if not more, than an evil expression or a want of expression ob- scures the best features and degrades them into a mere well-chiseled mask. Voices are often hereditary, and they of- ten runin families. Daughters will some- times speak so like their mothers that it is difficult to distinguish between them, or a set of sisters will have so exactly the same quality, quantity, and tone of voice that it is much the same as if one spoke for all. Sometimes, though very rarely, a whole family are endowed with aclear, musical Voice, the very sound of which in ordinary conversation is sweetly pleasant to the ear. Even when raised in eager argument or en- thusiastic debate it never grows shrill, hard, or discordant. natural laugh is twin- i voice, yeteven rarer. € to create a beautiful possible to create a natural beautiful laugh. It must come by nature or it will not come at all. There are many artificial imitations, but the true ring of the beautiful laugh is different to them all, an incapable of imitation. We have heard it burst forth Spontaneously at the age of seventy, fresh and vigorous, in a roomful of people, and carry them all away by the sheer force of its own irresistible merriment. The Bread Winner. sin romp them share the gle game, Within the cheerful glow of hearthstono Or out of doors in many a hiding place. A owe Can a Woman Keep a Secret, so unreservedly, so absolutely, trusts any one’as a man trusts his wife, if she be truly such? asks Junius Henri Browne, in the Ladies’ Home Journal, reveals to her his inmost thoughts, his most sacred feeling. She is not only his other self : she is often his higher and better self. He renews his life for her ; outlines his hope ; and divore- | ° e-| Similar conditions anticipates his future. - His soul whispers to her his most secret aim and aspiration. _ All that desires to be, appreciati any —.qu ence ? any circumstances under which she would betray him? ‘Could any instrument of torture extract from her a syllable of his self-revelation ? In the face of all this what a jarring dis- cord is conveyed in the slighted suggestion: of ‘* Can women keep a secret ?” Does any widow, though she may not have been in sympatky with her departed husband, ever criticise, or:an » or re- hearse his character for the benefit of the second husband ? any woman who has had a variety of suitors, all of whom may have gone very near her, entertain, reprove or unfold to one suitor, if she be sterling or onest, what another has said or done or indicated ? Do not women generally, whatever their sentimental experience, appear to each man who proffers_his love-as-if-they had heard the word for the first time? 7 There may be obvious reasons for this, in- undeniably true, and is not the truth, ficient for 8 hé purpose ? there any such secretiveness under in most men? Can women place any such dependence on them ? t men answer in honor if they dare. The mass of them, be sure, will try to evade the issue. will shrink from rigid self-in- vestigation, for they like to retain an ample share of self-esteem. Little Things, A clever woman once wrote an article which appeals to every ore on the “ natural depravity of inanimate objects,” and it does seem sometimes as if things had some wick- ed malice of their own and could spirit themselves out of sight and reach in a man- ner quite i prehensibl Nevertheless, our reason tells us we have only ourselves to blame for want of order and system. But it.is_rather—slarming—to-think how’ little things affect our lives, and that some thought] glig may begin a chain of circumstances that may work us weal or woe. Thackeray tells us that if we And there is another dictation—an ancient one—which relates how For the want of a nail a shoe was Jost, For the want of a shoea rider was lost, For the want of a rider a kingdom was lost. Let us hope, however, that our little neg- ligences may not culminate with such alarm- ing rapidity. t that we should take heed of these game “little things” isa les- son weshould all learn, and not learn mere- ly, but practice, and so save ourselves and others a world of trouble. Grow Old Gracefully. The Psalmist’s dictum that the days of man are three score years and ten will need to be modified in this duy and generation: Across the Atlantic Von Moltke, Gladstone and Tennyson are moving, thinking, writing and gfe as they did thirty years ago; while the color and brightness of intellectual manhood have not yet left our own Holmes and Whittier, and even Bancroft, the nono- enarian, still retains some of his mental ics, Men have been too apt to look upon old age as something to be dreaded—as a time when they are likely’ to be treated as | trespassers upon the domain in belonging to {another generation. Thackeray adressin |the “pretty page with the dimpled chin” jwarns him: “This is the way that boys begin; wait till you come to forty year.” | The half-century of life seems far distant to men in the vigor of youth and early man- hood: yet the line, ‘superfluous lags the veteran on the stage,” is so mercilessly din- ned into their ears that they tremble at the thought of yielding to the inevitable. Dr. Holmes regrets that we cannot all go out of flower 28 gracefully and as pleasingly as we came into blossom. And then he points out that women find it easier than men to grow old in a becoming manner: that meal, a& great deal of their youthful feelings, and enter into the spirit of the young lives that surround them. This happy condition, no doubt, hus come within the experience of many ; and yet if all men would only look upon old ageas the genial Autocrat has done, they would welcome the advancing years as the best inheritance of life. ‘‘ Nature.” says r. Holmes, ‘is wiserthan we give her credit for being ; never wiser than in her dealings with the old. She bas no idea of mortifyn them by sudden and wholly unexpected fail- ure of the chief servants of consciousness.” For Whooping Congh. ; es given were from three to five drops three - four sues aday. The liquid wassimply dropped into a tablespoon- fad of water, ana formed a bead floeting in the water. The quantity dispensed at once was about a drachm. © parents were cautioned to keep the bromoform from the light, as otherwise it is liable to be decom- posec 8 a rule, the good effects of the medicine began to show themselves on the second or third day, the vomiting being ar- rested within a week after the commence- ment of the bromoform. In cases .where complications, such as pneumonia, occurred, they ran a favorable course, and where there were relapses, a return to the bromo- form soon arrested the symptoms. In a of a weekly child where a drachm ha¢ of three days, a semi ition was induced. Subcutaneous injections of ether revived the child, who was found to have neumonia. This, however, rana rapid and iaverebie course, and afterward the whoop- a little over a year old, en given in the course Several jewelers are already busying them- selves manufacturing jewelry emblematic of the vear 189]. whether explained one way or another, suf- A THE FUR SEAL INDUSTRY. Pref. Ellictt will Recommend that Fishing be Buspended for seven Years. It_is—announced- This period of for the preservation of the seals from utter annihilation, i i what repared port co i the t ican tleet during the For twenty years in which the numbe and 70,000 respectiy son has been 100, for it by the re- of the Amer- it season, t is it not} th United States paid would be practically the Americans only, both hemispheres, tl : e American fleet only :000, the British fleet confined chiefly to the bia and to the waters ring Sea was more successfal taking this year 39,547 as against last year. Moreover, the catch at the Copper Islands, leased ussia to the old Alaska Commercial Com y, which was 52,700 last year, rose to 58,000 this year, thus repeating the experience of the British Columbia catch. These facts suggest the question, whether it is not possible that in- of an actual diminution the seals have only been diverted from their old breeding places on the Pribylov Islands. : However this may be,there is no doubt but our neighbors are feeling greatly concerned over the changed condition of t ings. The New York Sun in a long itorial, discusses the present sitution, and points out the helplessness of the United States govern- ment to prevent the offending private sealers from carrying on their work o annihilation, seeing that their operations are confined to the waters outside the marine jurisdiction of that country or of any other. It suggests that ps be taken to secure a treaty be- tween all the nations concerned in the seal- ing industry, whercby proper restrictions as to the age and sex of theseals and the season during which they may port touching the British sealing fleet dur- ing the past season the, Sun remarks : ‘<The most sertotia feature, accordingly, in the statistics of the year’s seal fisheries is that so lange & part of the catch was in a waters which are absolutely out of the con- trel even of our own Government, since it is this feature which promicac practical extinction of the seals in that re- gion a mere matter of time, like the practi- cal extinction ot the buffalo in the West. Even the complete concession of the extreme American claim to jurisdiction in Behring Sea apparently would not avert that result, since the destruction would be largely ac- complished by waylaying the smundte on their northward track. The lesson of the car is therefore the absolute necessity that Great Britain as well as our country should lace proper restrictions upon sealing even fn che North Pacific as well as in the Bebring sea. This can be done most effectively b agreeing on mutual regulations which shall give the private sealing schooners of no one nation an advantage over the rest. An to emehke the these regulations ought to be such that "Russia und other maritime nations would accept them and enforce them against such of their own. vessels as might resort to Behring Sea.” To some such arrangement, it is safe to say, Canadians generally would agree. In- deed, one of the propositions which Sir Julian Pauncefote is said to have recently made to Sccretary Blaine relating to the Behring Sea difficulty is, that Britain and the United States shall consent to aclose season during which all sealing operations shall be suspended. Neither Canada nor Britain have any desire to see the seals an- nihilated, but quite the contrary. Nor have they continued the Behring Sea controversy a privilege, but simply on account of the pre- terous claim of that nation to the juris- diction over waters which the law of nations declares to be the common property of all the world. If Mr. Blaine will consent to treat in the spirit of the Sun’s article, the very few cases the drugappeared to produce pn sleepiness and lassitude, and in one case that | ° ing cough wassuccessfully treated by renewed e | doses of bromoform. i bee present controversy will soon be at an end, while every proper precaution will be taken to prevent the extinction of this valuable, fur-bearing animal. rs The Canadian Egg. Sixteen million dozen out ofa total of five hundred and ninety million dozen is the pro- rtion which Canada has hitherto contri- uted yearly to the egg consumption of the United States. The cutting off of the Cana- dian supply, even supposing not a single e should Bid its way across the border, wil not therefore appreciably enlarge the field of the American egg producers. One hen additional for every thirty seven now doin duty throughout the comers va not peeve wonderfully enriching. A Boston publica- tion devoted to the poultry interest express- es the fear that through misconception of the facts the home producers will be encour- aged to engage in the business to such an extent as to render the industry quite un- rofitable. In answer to the question, Vill the home production be sti ted ? i ‘* That is a question of considerable use an increase in home supply will cause a decrease in price, and, consequently, lessened profits. Heretofore the steady increase in pitas has just about kept with the increase in con- sumpti toi i lati an importance, eee inp = tion of as a Bas-relief silver ornamentation on umbrel- la handles is meeting with favor and bids fair inactivity he considers absolutely necessary Cod ise had not the pub- al with cnly two exceptions | Endianm troubles. Whether or not thre will eytag Indian outbreak is just no¥ i consideration of the e to interview the rest- ap k certain, and, judging from the face and threatenin e excitement, that the opportunity to hut down and shoot & few hundred copper Indians would ro him, io € if more u rophet resides in Mason velar county, Nev, close to the Walk- er River reservation. His name is not John- es intelligent, fine-looking Indian of about 35 into trances or for twelve to fourteen nm his recovery he relates to what he has seen. He tells them he has been to heaven, md that the Messiah is coming to the earf again and will put the Indians in possesion of this country, that he has seen in haven a heap of Indians, some of which are chessed in white men’s clothes. He counsels:he Indians not to dis- turb-the-whitexfolks, sying that the blank- et of rabbit skin that was put over the moon by the Indians long ao will soon fall off, and then the moon, whrh is now a-fire, will destroy the whites. Messiah is to ap- pear on Mount Grant, which is a very large mountain and is situatedabout sixteen miles south of the Walker River agency buildings, and on the west side of the lake. Here is where the first Indi according to their belief. I visited this mountain last September in rformance of my duty as special census agent of Indians. This mountain is held as a sacred mountain to the Indians, and on to they allegetheycansee footprintsof their first father, Numerna. If may be permitted to suggest, I would recommend that all the In- dians be permitted to visit this mountain, as I am satisfied they will onl from each tribe for the be caught, may be‘ imposed upon all sealers. Referring to the re- ' with the United States in order to obtain such | bow. , are peopled by Canadians who would be to continue so. ing the truth of the pro ° + Bull is expected. The only fear the Nevada Indians have is_ that the Government-will interefero with troops. I think if the In- dians are let alone at the various agencies the whole thing will die away. All of the Indians here do not believe in the prophet, although Josephus, the chief at Walker re ry) ke Te] -W e. a aT .* phet, for the redgol*cuimee went twice to consult about water, ‘a:it no rain and Walker River nearly dry tp,’and upon each occasion the prophet predicted rain, which really came and saved their crops: hence their belief in this prophet.” Under the Microscope. Within 30 years a fascinating branch of geological study has been developed. Rocks and minerals as seen under the microscope present a wonderful display of colors, and in structure a great variety of forms. . Hensoldt, says the Youth's Companion, writes of the pleasure and interesting inform- ation afforded by such observations Especially striking and lovely is the ap- pearance of many of the volcanic or igneous rocks, when reduced to thin sections, and examined under the microscope. The dull- ish green lava, called pitch stone, which is found in dikes on the island of Arran, on the west coast of Scotland, exhibits under the microscope whole forests of fern trees, garlands, leaves and flowers of marvelous magnificence. A granite from Cornwall containg needle-shaped crystale of tourmal- ine, radiating star-like from a/common cen- r. - Basalts, obsidians, porphyries and ser- pentines from various localities show laby- rinths of multi-colored crystals resembling rows of pillars, turreted castles and fairy caves, glowing in al! the tints of the rain- The sedimentary or stratified rocks, while they cannot under the microscope equal their Plutonic rivals in brilliancy of color or gorgeousness of crystalline display, make up for this deficiency by other features of interest, Many marbles and limestones are found to be literally composed of foraminifera, the test of rhizopods, resembling tiny shells of the mest delicate and beautiful forms, Thin sec ids of alinost any piece of flizt exhibit under the microscope quite a little world of curious organic remains, such as sponges spicules, xanthida, small fragments a coal and the formaminifera alread mentioned, indicating that flint rocks are fossil sponges which have become solid b a modification of the process which makes stalactites. They are Welcome Back. A despatch from Winnipeg suys : ** John Cuddy, a Dakota farmer now here, says that the northern counties of Dakota lad of a chance to come to Manitoba if the Do minion Government would only offer some inducement.” What particular inducement these stray- ing children want is not stated. t strange request, and one, which if granted, certainly expose the government to divided against itself. To bestow peculiar, favors upon those the parental roof is to promote filial de- lence, It ought be enough or those who have gone out that on their return they be reinstated into all privileges and blessings enjoyed by who main, Canadians generally would no doubt welcome back their dissatisfied fel- low country men, who seem to have come to themselves, but they are not disposed to grant these self-made exiles any particular or exceptional inducement to return. woul the charge of bein ¥ A Bympathetio Boy Mother—What makes you ery that way? Johnnie—Onur poor teacher hua been sick je? ting -well—boo hoo. Colored Courtship. : r—One thing more before hir- ve youan intended coming to Mrs, Ye ing you. see you? h, he would not be at | tell Be Was Very Gifted. *“So your son won’t work ?” said one man to another, ** No,” was the reply, ‘I’ve tried to per- suade him to employ himself at something, but he won’t do it.” “* Maybe he is what they call‘ gifted !” “I should say he was. I’ve given him everything he has, and more too,’ It Wouldn't Do, Miss Kingcross (insinuatingly)—Perhaps your friend would like to give us his adver- tisement for the Church-fair Record ? Mr. Stewart—Cert’nly, I'll takea couple ot em iss Kingcross—How awfully good of you ! What line of business are you in? Mr. Stewart— Wholesale liquor dealer. . Defective Postal Facilities. * Friend—If you are so bad off, why don’t you apply to your rich brother in Hamilton for assistance. Poor man—I did write to him to assist me, and what do you suppose I got? T have no idea: He wrote to me that my letter asking for assistance had not reached him, A Oareful Hosband. Mose Schaimburg—Repecca, you must not valk so’close by de edge of dot vater. becca—I vill valk vere I blease. Mose Schaumburg—All right Repecca, but choost hand me right avay dot bocket- mit de monies, so dat it vill be only a gase of mitigated ufflicttion, and not so much of der heavy bereavement pishness. Punishment By Marriage, Miss Tablette—The wretch ! and so he has been proposing to both of ts? Mias Brenton—It seems so. Miss Tablette—I wish we could think of some horrible way to unish him. Miss Brenton—I have it. Miss Tablette—What is it? Miss Brenton— You marry him, dear. Eloquence-and~Power. ‘*I was much interested in your sermon last Sunday,” said the deacon to the new minister. ‘I’m glad of that, and I hope your interest will continue and increase.” “ Yes, it struck me I'd try and count the oR pre ee, Bae BM eee ales eeneedy whether you take itas a compliment or not, 1 counted five.” ‘Was that ally’ « Well, I don’t know, for just then I must have gone cver myself,” How He Gave Himself Away. He wanted to make a good impression on the old man at the church fair. So ab-the ice water stand he took a cupful of the cry- stal fluidand remarked : . ‘Ah, that’s thestuff, Mr. Jobson 2” : ““Why, did you never drink anything, Augustus ?” he asked. ‘* Never !” he answered firmly but absent- mindedly, and then saying: ‘ Here’s to you ?” he thoughtlessly blew off what under other circumstances, or if he had en a drinking man, might have been the froth. As Naturdt-as Life, Bridget (joyously)—An’ ded yez see me young man’s darlin’ face in the paper this mornin’? Mistress--Is it possible? What has he been doing ?_ Something good, I hope. Bridget—Yis, indee e’s ben getten’ cured uv his caytar, an’ he tells about it as nathural as loife. Tired Out. * : Mrs. Nubbins—Josiah, are you going te get up? Mr. Nubbins consolation; I when I’m dead. rs. N.—Yes, and you'll find the fire lit when you awake, just as you do now. (yawning)—Well, Ihave one shall have sleep enough Divining Her Weakness, Henpekt—‘‘That new doctor you intro- duced me to, Bowler, is a great symptoma- tologist—great student of human nature.” Bowler—‘‘ Suits you, does he?” Henpekt—*‘ To a dot. Had him in last night to treat my wife fora cold; said she didn’t need any mediciné, but thatshe must ticular, above all’ things, to keep her mouth shut and breath through her nose.” The Reason. Samith—‘ Jchones, your paper is always the first one I read in the morning. ” Jehones (editor of the morning bore)— ‘* Glad to hear it, Samith—very glad to hear i” ‘Yes, Its the only paper the borders don’t fight to get hold of.” It is a} bu Matnmonial Item. A.—Miss Rapid has married young Gold, f.—wen, she will make something out of him. Do you think so? Yes, she will make a poor man out of him in a very short time. Reciprocity. They had a quarrel and she sent. His letters back next day, His ring and all his presents went im without de He wrote, ‘‘ Could you forget them ?” She answered speedily that he Must come and get them,