The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

01d 1 man, right away In fact the seven causes laid down by Confucius are allowed. One of these permits a man to divorce his Wife for talking too much, Among.r the lower classes divorce is extremely frequent. It is less so among the upper classes, mainly beâ€" cause eoneubinage is common. The divorced wife patiently endures her lot, and leaves the house of her lord with a blessing for him upon her lips. ' It is a rare thing for a woman in Japan to seek divorce, though h'us« bands irequentl;r give sufficient cause. The fact that, the care of the chilâ€" dren would fall upon the wife should she obtain a divorce is a sufficient de- terrent to the mothers who are poor. and the condition of extreme subâ€" JCCLion sufl'ered by nearly all . )nnese Jcclinn sufiored by nuarl) women probably deters «5 [mm soc-king divorce The fact is that Japanese civilizaâ€" tion is most conspicuoust wvak in the matter of the status of women. Divorce is easy. Astonishing are the divoycc statisâ€" tics of Japan. In this report; it is shown that with fewer than 300,000 marriages reporth in the year, there were more than 66,000 dovoz‘cos. The proportion of divorces to marriages was about 1 to 4. In the ease of girls there were only 58 marriages under the age of 14, and the age at which the greatest num- ber of marriages was reported was between 20 and 21. Only about 900 women were reported as marryâ€" lng between the ages of 40 and 41, but perhaps Japanese women are prone, like their Western sisters, to cease having birthdays after they pass 30. There were a few marriagâ€" es of very old women, up to and be- yond the age of 80. The civil state of the women mar- rying is significant. More than 247,â€" 000 of the Whole number are reportâ€" ed as maidens, and nearly 8,600 as widows, While nearly 33,500 were diâ€" vorced women. age of 16. Nearly 5,400 married he- twcen the ages of 16 and 18. The number of marriages increased rapid- ly up to the age of 24, when it was rather more than 26,000. After that age fewer and fewer men married and less than a thousand married be~ tween the ages of 48 and 49, though a. few men married in extreme old age. According to this report there were In Japan in the year 1889 297,428 marriages. The age of marriage seems to be nearer that commonly prevailing in Europe and America than most persons suppose. or men only 5 married under the age of 13, and only 108 under the age of 16. Nearly 5,400 married he- A recent issue of a Japanese statisâ€" tical pamphlet in Jannncsc and French reveals some curious facts of a social character. Nearly One Marriage Out of Four Is a. Failure. Dodd" ncy ills Disease. “The result was all that could be asked. I used ton boxes all told, and can now enjoy sweet, sloop without being disturbed as heretofore, and my old troubles were banished." “After trying several other cines without relief, I concluded it was a Kidney Disease I had would find the cure in n Kidney edy, and decided to try Dodd's noy Pills. ‘ W1lliam Sharam Tells of His Pre- carious Condition, and His Hap- py Release From It. Murray Harbor South, REAL, AIS- ril 4.â€" (Special).-â€"-\Villi,nm Sharani, who keeps a general store here, is 0110 of many hundreds in Prince Ed- ward Island who have been rescued from chronic sickness, and made Hound and well by Dodd's Kidney \‘ills. Mr. Shm'am, who is always glad to say a. word for the remedy that did so much for him, relates his experience as follows: "I sprained my back with heavy lifting, and the result was urinary and Kidney trouble that left me in a Vel‘)’ weak state, and at times I got so weak that I almost; fainted, and could scracely hold up. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS CURED STRAIN CAUSED BY HEAVY LI}? TIN G . RESULT ALL THAT GOULD BE ASKED id marri Parke :- noug DIVORCE IN JAPAN Kidney Pills cura- aIl Kid- from Backuchc to Bright’s 15.04 dcrstuml that that a. struggling young: ho strug- couldn't filth} modi- and re m- K id- that \V'. haves, District Pa 6 King St. West, Room or F. I. Whitnoy, Gen Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Apr ots it comes of» beer a CHEAP ONE WAY RATES TO '1‘ WEST VIA GREAT NORTH- ERN RAILWAY. A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to teach two young tooters to toot, Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot, or To tutor two tootcrs to toot?" Little Braves.â€"Old time a quarter- ‘ a-bax "Purgers"are quitting the field in whole battalions. Dr. Agnew's Little Pills at I0 cents a. vial are driving them out at all I points. Because they act gently, more I effectively. never pain, and are easy to take. SEck Headache succumbs to one dostâ€"(p A ship‘s steward has related to a correspondent a method by which dishonest persons defraud steamship companies. The fraud is generally perpetrated by seemingly well-to-do gentlemen, who "travel saloon." Just after the vessel has got. well on her way the ticket collector gath- ers in all tickets, and leaves the col- lection of the saloon tickets to the last. ‘The Wary one, knowing the collector is about, places something resembling the ticket inside his hat, and suddenly knocks off his own hat, which is caught by the Wind and carried overboard. He bitterly com- plains to the officers, regretting that his ticket was in the lining of his hat, and so escapes having to pay his passage. Mm. Wmsmw‘s Soc-mum Svnur has Leen used by millions of mothrrs for their children while Lcelvhiuz Irsoothes the child. softens the gums. aliays pain. cures wind colic. regulnma the Slonmclx and lmwels, and is the bcst. remedy for Dlurrhcca. Twentyâ€"live cenw a. bottle Sold 1-: druggists throughout the world. Bu sure and ask for “ Mm. Wmsnow .1 SOOTHING sump." 22â€" 0 'on, also all points umbia. On March lst, 8th As silk is now made from Wood pulp, the indications are that the poor silkworm will be forced to hunt another job. There are numorous "consumption u'os," but they all fall down when comes to curingr the consumption Enfliges‘tion, 1512375? menace to human haanness, pitiless in its Issaults. and no respectcr of persons, has met as bonquerer in South American Nervinc. This great stomach and nerve remedy stimulates digestion. tones the nerves. aids circulation. firives out impurities. dispels cmacialion, and brings flack the glow of perfect health. Cures hundreds of “ chronics" that have baffled phy- minusâ€"‘68 Lever's Y-Z (Wise Head) Disinfect- ant Soap Powder is better than other powders, as it is both soap and disinfectant. On the whole education and civili- zation under King Hammurabi were in a very advanced condition. They knew nothing about, electricity, steam power and telephones in those days, but. considering their limited opportunities, the Babylonians were Very clever people. The contracts revised by Miss Amatboen were not trust contracts and probably from the New Jersey point of View; were primitive and crude. But they anâ€" swered the needs of a highly comâ€" plex civilization and the woman who could draft them was probably as good a lawyer as can be found in New Jersey. Anyhow, her name surâ€" vives 4,000 ,ycars. Is it likely that any of our lawyers will he' mention- ed A.D. 6000 ‘2 Girls, it seems, got pretty much the same education as the boys. Father Scheil found contracts which had been revised and corrected by a. woman learned in the Izuv, named Amutbocn. The scholurs sat, on the. floor in rows, each with a soft hrick. On these the small boy engraved the dillicult cunelform characters. When he made them wrong the teacher smugng them over, as is attested by several bricks with the thumb marks plainly visible. In one room the scholar was taught how to write the elaborate and highly poetical forms of adulation which are pre- served on monuments. Much atten- tion was given to weighs and meas- ures. arithmetic and geometery, but. the chief branches were grammar, rhetoric and the expression of flat- tel‘ing forms. Books and Pupils in a. School 4,- ‘ 000 Years Ago. Eduzation in the time of King Hammurabi, some 4,000 years ago. was in it flourishing condition. Vin- cent Scheil, a. German archaeologist recently unearthed u. schoolhouse in Babylon just opposite the great. teln- ple. From inscribed books, inscrip- tions, etc., Father Scheil has reconâ€" structed the life of an ancient Bub- ylonion school. )ntario to them Ry. chtive daily during March and 1!, cheap one Way Colonist tick- Will be issued from all stations issu h 1) Idaho OLD TIME SCHOLARS. to cur‘ng nd whiskey ‘I‘UI FREE For Over Sixty Years |o, Washington 11 points in B1 rates in W points on the Great the States of Mon- 1511ington, and Ore- I’ASSAG E. 5th _ lcond ‘m 12, 'l‘oron neral Passon Tom-is 12th, 19t class tickc It ‘nd Colâ€" and MARCH l3. APRIL I5 $10â€"FROH S'JFFALGâ€"$10. Good 10 daysâ€"Over Pocono Moum tainsâ€"Through Delaware Gap- Philadelphia and Baltimore. WE Bawsan Gemmlssion Ga Wang 2 Meaning? Montreal,Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec. Mrs. Margaret Smith often did until Dr. Agnew’s Cure for the Heart gave her new hope and cured her heart and nerves. “1 was for two years a great sufferer from heart trouble and nervousness. At Limes I was confined to bed, when my pain was so intense that I. would. nave welcomed (loath with joy. I was at- tracted to Dr. Agnew’s Cure for the Heart by reading of some wonderful cures wrought by it. One (lose gave me relief in 30 minutes. After using four bottles I can truly say I never felt better in my “MNâ€"Margaret Smith. Brussels, Ont. 23 A big hotel in London uses bush- els of potatoes a year for pen-wip- ers on the tables in the writing- rooms. Every morning a. large p0- tato is put in a compartment of the pen-box, and after twenty-four hours it is removed, and another put in. Pens in penholders are stuck into the potato half a. dozen at a time, giving it the appearance of a porcu- pine. It is claimed that; a potato is the best preservative against rust and mildew available for pens. Eva? Feit Thai eath fiewlfi be Waicame? After a man old insurance Lroublo him. 155,009 Reward A Cry for Helgaâ€"~13 pain in the back- isacry of thekidneys fur heip. SculhAmeri- can Kidney Cure is the only cure that hasn’t a failure written against it in cases of Bright's disease. diabetes, inflammaiinn o.’ the bladder, gmvd rurl other kidney ail- ments. Don't ncglcc: 1!): apparently insig- nificant “Sig-11%" Tl . powerful liquji specific preveazs and curas.â€"â€"7o Mr. Mcakin (who is boarding out for a few duys):â€"“By thcxway, Mrs. Perkins, I must cofifess the mutton we had for dinner tuâ€"day is not, the kind of meat to which I have been accustomed.” Mrs. Perkins :â€" “Wcry likely not. sir. I alwiz gits the best." STATE or Omo, CITY or Tommo. ) u LUCAS COUNTY. f ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that. he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 4; Cor, doing business in tho City of Toledo, bounty and State aforesaid and that said firm will ya the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARh for each and every case n! Catnrrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's ()atnrrh Curg. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me andv VsubschiSé-a -ii1 my presence. this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. Hull's Caturrh Cure is taken internal- ly, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. 1«‘. J. CHENEY & 99‘. Toledo. 0. Sold by all Druggists, 75c'. Take Hall’s Family Pills (or consu- pution. hvvo' UIUUIUTS Limited. Toronto, to any person who can prove that this soap contains my form of adulteration whatsoever, or contains any injurious chemicals. Ask for the octagon Bar. us «4 3. ~ 3!. aw w»: -3- In: Inc vcmgon Bar us “ BRITISH AMERICAN DYEIIIG CO." Look tor Agent. in your mama. or and din“. Nutritious and Economical. 48-431 An admirable Food of tho :Finest quality and flavour. SEAL Dr. Agnew's Pills, 40 doses 10c For the vet] but-end your work to th- POTATO LABKAWAHfi RAILRBAD TORGDN'I‘O . L! Issue No. 14â€"04. J... ~mea‘n-n Inwva Wfifi VIA fifiéggififi gets to be about so solicitors cease to A. W. GLEASON. . Notary Public gamma -WIPER will be paid by Lever Brothers Ml“ Men at a theatre who are unable to get out. between the acts for a smile are forced to grin and bear it. retiring directors were re-eiected. and at a. subsequent meeting directors the roiiowing officers were re-elected: Mr. David Dexter. Pre and Managing Director; Lieut.-Coi. Kerns and Rev. Dr. Potts, Vice-Presi Total security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,763,960 70 Policies were issued assuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 2.748.172 50 Total insurance in force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149452” 50 The foregoing reports and statement were received and adopted on the motion of President David Dexter, seconded by Vice<President Lieut.-Cci. Kerns. Assets . . . . . Guarantee caniml Reserve fund . .. . Claims awaiting proofs .... . . . . . Other liabilities .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surplus on policy holders’ account Debentures and bmxds . . . . . . . Mortgages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loans on policies, bonds, stocks, etc. . All other assets .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Paid to policy holders All other payments Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . Premium and annuity income .. Interest and rents . .. .. . . . The accompanying statements. viz., revenue and aSSets and liabilities, show the result of the year’s operétions, and, also, the financial position of the company. Respectfully submitted, H. S. STEPHENS, CHARLES STIFF, Auditors. The debentures. bonds, etc., in the possession of the company have been inspected, Whilst those deposited with the Government or banks have been verified by certificate, the total agreeing with the amount as shown in the statement of assets. The cash and journal vouchers have been closely examined, and agree With the entries recorded. Your directors regret to report the death of Mr. '1‘. H. Macpherso-n, the Second Vice-President of the company, and a. valued member of the Executive Committee. The vacancy thus caused was filled by the election of the Rev. Dr. Potts. DAVID DEXTER. President and Managing Director. AUDITORS’ REPORT. To the President and Directors of the Federal Life Assurance Company Gentlemen,â€"-We have carefully audited the bboké aidrzr‘eédrds 5! your company for the year ending 3lst December last, and have certified to their 1ccuracy. _ pruval snow an advance of fifteen per cent. in assets. The assurances carried by the company now amount to 31434524956, up- on which the company holds reserves to the full amount required by law, and, in addition t'hefeto, a‘ considerable surplus_ The field officers and agents of {he‘cég are en'titled to much credit for their able : terests. The members of the oflice staff company’s services. The results of the year indicate a. most gratifying with the preceding yeam, the figures submitted by the proval show an advance of fifteen per cent. in assets VVVVVVVV y;,uvo,dVU.lU The security for policy holders‘ the close of the year to $2,763,960.7 cntstanding claimsfl $1,711,200, shoV of uncalled guarantee capital, the '4 u. _...â€"v- vuu Your directors have the honor to meat of the company for the year, WI and duly vouohgi for by the auditors. -uâ€"vvnu I" The twenty-second annual meeting Assurance Company of Canada was In Hamilton on Tuesday, March 1, 1904 the chair. The following reports and l Hamilton, lst March, 1904 62310 "529’ Jéicflxfieza ASSURANCE COMPANY TWENTY_SE_COND ANNUAL STATE 11d) agents of _theigon‘1pany are intelligent and loyal, and Financia! Statement for 1903. r..aI:UUND ANNUAL STATEMENT. inual meeting of the shareholders of the Federal Llfo )anada was held at the head office of the company in ‘Iarch 1, 1904. The President, Mr. David Dexter. in reports and financial statement were submitted. DIRECTORS’ REPORT_ the honor to present the report and financial state- r the year, which closed on the 3lst December. 1903 n”. -..Au_._ sects, e figures submitte?! by 'the' direcft‘ro’rrsflforvi'gur ap- year consisted of one thousand nine hundred and 1--.”,A OF CANADA- Liabilities. Dec_ 31, 1903. After a young man has c a. girl at least three times agincs there is an odor of blossoms in the air. able representation of the company's in- staft have also proved faithful in the $1,611,509 38 38,500 00 31.190 62 182,760 70 1.893.960 70 870,000 00 $549,742 639.431 $204,018 172,378 197,799 280,538 424,247 g progress. Compared -$ 1,893.9 60 7O '3 1,893,960 70 5 574,196 40 xlled she 574,196 40 011111;!!! H7915 Th 1