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Oriental” Marriage Customs when very young, sometimes as soon as they are born. The marriage, which is a more civil contract, is ar- ranged by some goâ€"be-tween or match- maker on behalf of both parties, in- dependent of the consent of the young couple, and they never see each other until the wedding day. Persons hear- ing the same family name, although not related, are strictly interdicted from marrying each other, says are- wnt writer. The negotiations for ai marriage is generally begun by thei family to which the intended bride- giroom belongs.. The gmbetween is furnished with a card stating the an- cestral name, and the eight characters which denote the hour, day, month and year of the birth of the candidate for matrimony. This card he takes to the family indicated, and tenders a proposal of marriage. It the parents of the girl, after instituting inquiries about the family making it, are will- ing to entertain the proposal, they consult a fortune-teller, who decides .whevlher the betrothed would be aus- picious. If a favorable decision is inade, the go-between is furnished with The Chinese marry their children sirnilar card, and the same consul- [ltlatiorn of a fortuneâ€"teller follows. If this fortuneâ€"teller pronounces favor- ably and the two families agree on the details of the marriage, a formal as- Ient is given to the betrothal. if for the. space of three days, while the beâ€" anllml is under consideration in each 01' Ill? families, anything reckoned Illllll"§{yl such as the breaking of a. bowl or the losing 01 any article, Bhkllll‘l occur, the negotiation would be, >il"'l\i‘|; at 01108. i in xern Egypt awoman can nev-‘ or be seen by her future hUSlJEHdl un- til after she has been married, and Ihe is always veiled. The choice of s wife is sometimes entrusted to a pro- fessional woman, who conducts the negotiations (or a price. Generally a man inclined to be a husband, applies to some person who is reported to have daughters and desires to know it any are to be disposed of. If the father replies affirmatively, the asâ€" . 'rant sends one of his female relaâ€" ives who has been already married, to see the girl and report the result. Should the representation be favorâ€" able, the intended husband pays the (other a stipulated sum, and on an appointed day all parties interested In the event assist at the solemniza- {ion of the marriage. 0n the day he- tore the wedding the bride goes in state to a bath, walking under acan- opy of silk which is carried by four men. She is covered from head to foot in an ample shawl, which in size much resembles the Hebrew veil. On her head is a small cap or crown. Fol- lowing the bath, the bride and brideâ€" groom and their friends have a supâ€" er. 0n the following day the bride goes in procession to the bride- room's house, Where another repast a given, At night the bridegroom goes to prayers at the mosque, after which 1113 return: home and is intro- duced to and left alone with his bride. Then he lifts the shawl from her face Ind sees her for the first time. A woman who lived many years in Iapan, in speaking of courtship and marriage among the “little brown fieple," says that both are very our- us ceremonies, and that they still Isvor somewhat of barbarism. "When n young man," she informs us, " has fixed his affections upon a maiden of suitable standing, he declares his love by fastening a branch of a certain shrub to the house of the damsel‘s parents. If the branch be neglected the suit is rejected; if it be accepted, 50 is the suitor. At the time of the marriage, the bridegroom sends pre- sents to his bride as costly as his means will allow, which she immedi- ately offers to her parents in acknow- ledgment of their kindness in infancy and of the pains bestowed upon her education, The wedding takes place in the evening. The bride is dressed in a long white silk kimono and white veil. and she and her future husband sit facing each other on the floor. Two tables are placed close by; on the one is a kettle with two spouts, a bottle of sake and cups; on the other table a miniature fir treeâ€"signifying the strength of the bridegroom; a plum tree signifying the beauty of the bride, and lastly a stork standing on the tortoise, representing long life end happiness, desired by them both. At the marriage feast each guest In turn drinks three cups of the sake Ind the twoâ€"spouted kettle, also con- taining sake, is put to the mouths of the bride and bridegroom alternately by two attendants, signifying that they are to share logulhnr joys and sorrows. The bride keeps her veil all her life and after death it is buried with her as her shroud. The chief duty of a Japanese woman all harlifo ls obedienceâ€"whilst unmarried tnhPr parents; when married, to her hus- band and his parema; when widowed to her son." Until the day of her marriage the East Indian girl has been the spoil- ed pet of her mothar, but the hour that sees her put into a pwlanquin, shut up tight and carried to her husband‘s house Chang‘s all that was happiness into misery. She becomes from that moment the little slave of her mother-in-Iaw, upon whom she has to wait hand and foot, whose lightest wish is iaw,and who teaches her what dishes her husband likes heart, and how she is to prepare them. A kind- mother-in-Iaw, is a thing seldom. if ever, met with and rarely does she give the little bride leave to go home and visit her mother. 0:! her husband the gin! sees little or nothing. She cannot complain to him at the cruelty of his mother, for he would never by any chance take her part. He sends in to her the portion of the food he wishes cooked for himself, her and the children, and when it is ready she places it upon a. large platter and it is sent into his room. He eats all he fancies of it, and then it is sent back to her, and she and the chfildren sit upon the floor and eat whatever is left. The girls are married as young as three years of age, and should a little boy, to whom such a baby is married, (lie. She is Called a widow, and can never marry again. Married life is hard. but far harder and more and is the lot of a widqw, for she is consid- ered disgraced and degraded. She must eat only the coarth kin-d of food and one day in two weeks she must fast for twenty-four hours. Her food mus-t always be eaten away from oth- er women, and she must never dress her hair, never sleep upon a bed and never wear any jewelry. K II of tho unm- flavoruJapm only morn dellolou! In Turkey, by authority of the Koran, the sultan is allowed seven wives and every other Mussulman four, and as many female slaves as they please: but in the present day few men have more than one wife each. Polygamy is almost confined to the very wealthy, and is by no means general even among them, probably because ap‘luraliiy of wives produces a plluality of expenses. All their priesls may marry except the derv- ishes. The Turks can divorce their wives very easily, and '17? allowed to marry near relation»~ on th»- pz'mciple that a double tie mnkv‘fl the friend- ship stronger. was nipped in the bud? Yes; man hid the gasoline can. \V‘hat do they mean by "hypotheti- cal question g" Why, it's one of those qu'eslions they ask you when you‘re trying to keep off a jury. Sheâ€"I wonder why artists are al- ways so careful to Sign their pictures? Heâ€"Possibly 50's the public can tell the top from the bottom. Mr. E Conomyâ€"What do you mean by buying all these things? Mr. E. Conomyâ€"Don’t get excited, dear. I didn’t buy them. I had them charged. Customerâ€"Give me ten cents' worth of paregoric, please. Druggistâ€"Yes, sir. Customer, absent‘mindedly â€" How much is it? Druggistâ€"A quar- ter. CHENILLE AGAIN. Chenille. which has had a struggling and unpopular existence these past few years. for even the chenille curtain has been tabooed for a long time. has once again sprung into marked fav- or. Chenille dots are in evidence on all manner of fabrics for spring, and are specially smart on lace. Chenille fringe will be more than popular. Mod- ish hats are those with a Show of- che- nille-edged chiffonnvith long chenille fringe falling to the hem of one‘s gown, is the latest, the very latest touch. a la mode. Fosterâ€"Do all your elmployes drop their tools the insant that the whis- tle blows? Ployerâ€"Oh, no, not all of them. The more orderly ones have their tools put away. before that lee. Author~Pve quit writing things. Editorâ€"What's that toil? Authorâ€"“Ran, I wrote a check the other day and the bank rejected it, so I think I have reached the limit. Preacherâ€"What is your highest idea of Heaven: Mr. Hardpusbedâ€"It's a place where there's no rent to pay. The application of Nervilineâ€"nerveâ€" pain cureâ€"which possesses such mar- vellous power over all nerve pain. has proved :1 remarkable success In rheu- matism andl neuralgia. Nm‘viline acts on the nerves, soothes them. drlves pmn out. and so gives relief. Try it and be convinced. An Educaiionâ€"Mickeyâ€"“Vhat yer doin‘ mudder? Lookin’ at de adver- toisements? Mrs. Mulcahyâ€"Yis; if it wasn‘t for roidin‘ in the kyars O‘d Div- or know Ihnre was half as many things 10 ate an‘ drink. So the elopment on the automobile ASK YOUR GROGER FOR Guru Yourself of Rheumatism. CEY LON GREEN TEA SPRING SMII PEACE AT LAST, THE END the 01d The gardens of Kimberley are said to be remarkably beautiful. There are in the gardens radiant beds of geran- iums, fuchsins, verbems, heliotrope and mignonette and occasionally a hedge of the great spiky-leaved gray aloes. Many of the houses are covered with beautiful flowering creepers. 1 There are about 14,000 men employ- ied to-day at the Crewsot Gun Works “in France. This firm will undertake ‘an order (or a 13,000-ton ironclad or .the re-amnhg of a nation‘s artillery, {The gun section of the vast business [is carried on with the greatest sec- ;recy. The Beer " Long Tom," was put itogether in these yards. The Great Lakes Influence in Weather Conditions on Southern Ontario- EFFECT OF CLIMATE. Val-labia Nature of Climate In Lake lto~ ulou the Came or Klrlney Dlseuno -â€"Ilr.~. B. I’Itzalmmmm. of Nelson, Ilalton. I‘m. Curt-(I by Dodd'n Kidney I'llln. Burlington, April 23.â€"The County of Halton at the Lhead of Lake Ontario is not the least fruitful field for Dodd‘a Kidney Pills in the Upper Province. It has its share of Kidney Disease like every ot'her district in [he north of this continent. No vill- age, town or city in the northern zones has ever escaped. Climate is the principal cause of Kidney Dis- ease. though of course there are vari- ous causes. In Ontario Kidney Disease in its many forms is the most common ail- ment, and the commonest cause of Kidney Disease in this province is the variable nature of the climate. These two facts probably explain the case of Mrs. R. Fitzsimmons of this place. Halton County being under the try- ing weather conditions governed by the Great Lakes. Mrs. Fitzsimmnns tells of her experience with Di‘inl's Kidney Pills. "Some time ago I got a very had pain in my side. It-v.'as.th&fr-’onl h! times I was ha y able to walk and notlhigg'flia took seemed to «in me any good. As it seemed to be 9"” ‘ Brag worse I thought I would try your Pills, and before I ‘had used one box I began to feel better. By the time I ‘had used two boxes the pain all left mo, and I felt better than I have for over a year. I tell all my friends of the good Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for me." ' '{fii‘on m ‘dgbi’tl’ne'lr nrm. ' ’ I VEST 8c TBUAX. Wholesale Dmggilu. Toledo. 3 O. WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale l Dumah‘tsn1‘019d2v0- . . A144... A_L Take 1535151170 Bromo Quinlne Table... A]! drizzllts rolund the money it it mu to euro. Me. In W. Grave's aluminum is on each box. Hicksâ€"How did he ever come to marry her? Wicksâ€"On account of her name, I presume. He‘s a proof- reader, you know, Hicksâ€"“fell, what has that got to do with it? \Vicksâ€" Why, her name was Miss Prince. Pa'mleSS Corn Extractor. It works quurkly, never- makes a sore spot, and is just; the thing you want. See that you get Putnam‘s Painless Corn Ex- tractor, the sure, safe and painless cure for cows. Should adorn :the brow: of the inven- tor of the greth corm‘culreufutnam‘s Do you believe in heredity, Mrs. Simpson? Indeed, I do; every mean trait Bobby has I can trace right back to his father. Does his father be- lieve in heredity, too? : Yes. he traces Bobby's faults all back to me. â€"-And what did she do? Hicksâ€"Very coolly, she began to play the piano. Wicksâ€"I see; she took him at his word. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward tor any mac or Cntarrb that cannot be cured by Hall's Cutm'rh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & 00.. Tolado, 0. We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 you-n. and believe him perfectly honorable ln sll busineas transact- long. and flpapolqlly angle to carry out any obll- Hicksâ€"She threatened all sorts of things. and finally he got desperate and exclaimed, Do your worst. 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