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Gossip of the Ring.

II has been decided to appoint Tim Hurst the OH.
Cial referee II he Couey Island sporting Club,
Hurst VA! make he TOW at the club To night
Jim Browne, manager Of Eddie Connolly, says
that Connolly broke both Of his hands ia tho early
part " the night with Tom RrarnH Friday m chi.
browne declares h" Is eager to match Conn lily
AGAINST Kearn AGAIN.
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WRITE STAR L;NE.

NEW NOIik-Ql' EtNSTOWN LIVERPOOL.
termHnic Juue II, noon Brit1nutc July ., noon
Mylcstic Juuo -. noon Cymric July II. \ A. NJ
For passage. freight and general informution Al.
Ply {" WHITE STAR LINE,
Pier -. North River. ontce. . broadway. New York
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New York and Boston All Rail.

y. ". n. ii. IL. X. r. and connections
From Grand Central Station.
Leave by OF Due
Q:u4 NJ. Springfield and Worcester. $50 PM.
1000 A. M thew London and Providence 800 ".
slOO2 IN .~New London and Providence. <:"6 ]. NJ.
II 90 NJ, Springfield and Worcester. H.4OP.M.
II 900 7 NJ Air Line via Willinanuc, COOP. VI.
liO2 =. NJ, New London and Providence. 700 PM.
300 p M -New London and Providence, 800 p. NJ.
400 Springfield and Worcester, 1890 I. VI.
$500 N. 'Sew London and Providence. i 90 NJ.
81 ] 100 NJ .+Springheld and Worcester. s:l5A.M.
$1,000 p NJ New London and Providence. 6;26 AN.
Runs daily including SUNDAY
ttBay State Limited all paror cars: fare. 81. In
GLIDING Iarlnr car scat.
tAir Line Limited. arrives and departs from Park
Square Station, Boston. Return service same hour
and by same route. SWIM stopht 18th St
{. I HEMPSTEAD, Gen. Pas. Agent
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MoNTcLAlR. June 1s.-On next Saturday.

MoNTcLAlR, June 1S.-On. next Saturday
g"if balls viii b" played on the Z inks Of the
Montclair tinlt Club. The Board Of Directors
have decided to ufTer a cup for competition
trophy will not take raoe until September and
October. with tho finals early in November. A
a cup to be- played for by women during Sep
tember and Octobcr. with finals in Novem Der
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NORWICH LINE

For New London " Forester Boston aud the East
Steamers MASSAC HUSErTs and CITY OF WOR-
CE'LER. Leave Pier 30. y. R..one block above
Canal st.. week day only at Jlp ?. NJ on SUNDAY
from July 8 10 September 10 inclusive Stouiugton
Liuc Westward steamer will touch at New London,
leaN!n. there at 1915 P NJ for New YORK.
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STEAMBOATS,.
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND
VIA sol Nj LINES
FALL RIVER LINE
Steamboats,.

For Fail River Boston, Murtha'S Vineyard. Nan.
tuck,t, Capr Cod and all Eastern and Northern
Mountain, Inland and SeashOrn points. Steamers
Prise ILL ami PURITAN IN commission. Orchestra
on Zach Leave Pier Ia, y. L foot of Warren ~
New York, sunday only. touches at Newport. On
other days OF the week Providence Line eastward
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Harry vardon. Canton Cfaoa and

The breakdown Of Park who for the first
MusselburRh. was the sensation Of the second
day. for. as he was only four strokes from Var
don on the first day. all Scotland was in hopes
last bring the trophy again north OF the Tweed
Park s first mishap was ut the second hole IN
long grass and added a g to his card At the
third hole he was in the rough to the left and
until the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth holes.
getting hunkered on each and taking g.
OvcrrnyinG the fifteenth to the rough. Park
strokes worse than Vardon and out OF the hunt
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new YORK CENTRAL,

etl2 A. N and $50 p NJ. Daily, except sunday, 70
pittsheld: Sundays only at p:2O A. NJ.
Wagner Palace Cars on all through trains.
Traius illuminated with Pintsrh Light.
Ticket Offices AT l16, 2i1, II and 1910 broadway,
% Union So. W, 2at ColumhusayY ~ W. 125th at.
Grand Central Station, l2bth St Station and 13Sth
St. station. New York, S3s and I28 Fulton st. and
lOG Broadway + D.. brooklyn.
Telephone 2THO Thirty eighth street for New
York Central Cab Service. Baggage checked from
hotel or residence by Wnstcott Express Company.
GEORGE "a. DANIELS General Passenger Agent
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4atrntS.

DATENIS for Inventions procure promptly; low
i rates. ROFDkR BklESES. ~ Nassau ST., u. 4.
Established 1894.
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8ailroRds.
Pennsylvania



STATIONS foot Of WEST Z vi ~ THIRD STREET
AND DESBROSSES AND CORTLANDT STREETS.
AsThe leaving time from Deshrosscs and
Cortlandt Streets is five minutes Inter than
that given below for Twenty-third Street
Station. except where otherwise noted.
400 A. VI. FAST MAI. I.imitod to two Buffet
TSrs SfT \! e. 1sRrf e sfsBnE Car
S S n ffAASS EssYAIIH FnS ITygnna;
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1@5 pm. cHicXao XND II. L0tlS EiXIpRsEss.
FOR NaShyile via Cincinnati. Indianapolis. Chi.
b;sS 7. II. WESTERN ExrREss.-For Chicago.
$3.50 r. S sot N1 f'"Fq EMPRESS. pi,t.
burg Cleveland, Cincinnati. Louisville. lndianap.
',55 p; VI. FAcIfIc EXPRESS For Pttsburs
S ni C ESG: Fer hnSA GH ss,
1925 r Nj pos.r,;'cs end GoEtnnat Streets s:4s
SeepnE Car New York to Altoona, East Liberty.
.wIsHISGToN AND THE SOUTH.
Corlsrdt stree, ioiSj Dining Cars io:55 ' DINING Hh
G G"r n .r 2% 90? HSsrH,'$, s,rSst 2IS
LLliay%@ - Psrl9r and Dining Cars, G'5S ,Dn"s
s T }:S 25 n"ns 5 car FIX H. bum M 1I a1 nE H.
ia;5S 200 s2 consrcsstonai i all farioi
s6TThERN RtTtwAY, -Eiprcss, 2,,5. 4:a5 p NJ.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILwAY-For Mem.
pins and New Orleans, 2:15 +. NJ. daily.
ATLANTIC COAST lISE.-EIprcss. ":25 A. NJ. and
St- T. NJ. daily.
faESAGEiFF 2@H Hf%AH aes
A2Sf TS%S fE. AID Week VI a' day. po.pr.e.
street 30 l.. NJ, Cortsndt street 2:il p. Nj.
Through Ncsthul'd Tram. Buffet Parlur Cars
PASSENGER Coach and Combined Coach
CAPE MAi-l2;hh J.. NJ week DAYS.
Hs% S2f G a@s E so n s
NJ lao, @:25. "a, $40. bIo =. VI. sundays.
9.2b A. NJ, o. L NJ. from Desbross,s streeO,
t:io A. NJ, L. %, 2Hu. 40. t:2U. $40 p, VI. sun
days. H:i5 A NJ, $40 =, NJ fcon! Cortlandt street,.
zoos NJ, 12:58, $50. BIS, 4;23. 1913 L NJ. Sun.
6:lO (DcsbrosEe- and Cortlsndt streets s:2O) 7ob,
100; s:25, s:5t ":@5 ,":,5 renna. Limited, 1o:16
uDrshrcsses street 1910, COrtl,ndt street lO:15D
LDining Carr. lO:ih Dining tarl. 1850 A NJ,
1850. - DcsbrOssc, street 2ilO Cortlanit street
2:lhl. 100 3:5t I;"h, - dining Carr, 4:5h Gtn-
night SUNDAYS 60. s:2h. s55, y.2a. p:i5 I.im.
itcdJ n'55, JO:5t dining Car A. NJ, I2:5-, SO
Dining car, 3d. 3:55, 4:2i Dining Carl I:55
,Dinins Car, 5;65 Dminc Car, 7:53, 500 p. NJ
/? 10 night
Ticket Offices Nos Ad1, n44. 1896 1854. III and
Street station and stations foot of Deshrosscs ard
tOrtlandt Streets. Court Street. 500 Fulton
Street, w. Broadway and PennsylN ania Annex sta
ton, Brnnklvn, Statlou Jersey city. The New
York Transfer Company Will coll for and check
baggage from hotels AID residences through to
destination.
Telephone 1850 Tmrty,ivhth Street" for Penn.
sylvania Railroad Cab Service.
j. b, HUTCHINSON. J. r WOOD
General Manager. General Pass r Agent
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Lehigh Valley Railroad.

O Streets (Peuna X. Ferries
thine West 25rd Street Oiher figures Cortlandt or
ncsbrosses streets. Daily except sunday, Sunday
only. otMer trains daily tsuncaE leavese+5. esun-
1855. 700 A. NJ. Local for EASTOS.
.7.J3, eS.OS A. NJ For BlFFALO, NIAGARA
FALLS and est, and principal local points. ParloY
and n!ning Css. Connects t2r Coal lTanchest:
gxPAISs." Haudsomest tram he .wqrlSS; Inn.
lied to seating capacity. Due Buffalo $50 l. NJ; con-
with Though sleepers to Detroit and Chicago.
,nsx aopyI For wILKRs-BARRR,
1888 Ss ssd SSt RoI branches
Tsi,5S, 16r. NJ. Local for hACCH CHUNK.
ISL o, 800 T. NJ. Local for MAUCH CHUNK,
t'6.IO, 8.2OPM. Local E1ptess for EAsfoN.
Thro9sh s's.P,Ig Sars to Chicago and 1oISnt9. -,
ToRoNTQ S"nG hnt Slesrlng Gar passenger esrried
BUFFALO apd Vest. Sleeping Cars to Chicago.
SOUTH PA INFIELD and BOUND BROOK locals.
-, 's25 and $50 p. NJ. 49,.
Tickets and Pullman accommodations At ll8 26l, 800
$50; 9i and 1874 Broadway IS Jnon square West, 2;s
Columbus Ave, n. Y. 800 Fulton ST, Court ST. W
Broadway and Brooklyn Annex STATION, BrSokiyn:
from hotel or residence through to destination.
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Read TAI SUS tYau any 0thor paper published. For
tnis reason lpu Will r.ailh" quicker response
through RdY"rll.u- in ~ columns than through
any other mrdum. II you conduct a desirable
summer resort rgInem Der this, Adv.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.

SNHEDV II = l,TFECT NAY -. 1874,
FOR IEE WEST.
Leave New York south Ferry White hall TerIninAD,
and foot Il Liberty street Time 'hown is from
south Ferry, Lay" Liberty street minutes later
"ballY. tENc,nt sunday. sSunduys.
CHICAGO. = so VI. HLb,ity street oily. -l:25
+ VI and ~ uu!-hj.
PITrNBrRi = ~ A NJ. Liberty street only,
SOD Vi. -l2;lu NIGHT,
niRSociYtAe+t PINE, RhYYER TRAINS, n,n.,,
= ID A " Dm'r, Il-'15 J.. NJ Diner .l:2b
rpn.w. $50 Royal Lmiteh.' exclusively Pull
ami Ig.Iu iSLt NORFOLK tIg;65 VI
MI trains aye illuminated ", P.utSch Light.
Ohr'-. Il5, l.". t"l, ia 1854 broadway, 70
Tulpn s ". IL; - wory. y. s.. $50 Fulton 81 80
UrANn! d.. itf.r d.. NHitchhll Terminal aud Lib,
'r 81 Ha2saly RcI from hotel or residence to
uu,il.ut.pN.
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The Powolton Club of Newburg sent a team
the Country Club Chadwick made the best
score for the Wis tors 80. and he secured the
nny NOE 3 Free , t" r9%st Ton ha1sSm
which was within a stroke OF the amateur
record for the links. The summary was:
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PROViDEMCE LINE
STOWINCTON LINE

For Stoningtun. NarHganset Pier. Watch Hill. Bos
ton, and all points Fast steamers MAINE and
RHODE ISLAND. Leave Pier SO \ r., foot Of spring
st. week days only, Mt 900 =. NJ sunday night
Westward trips Will be made by this line from July
- To S"ptemlc r L. inclusive. SATURDAY night West
ward trLns VIII be ON ttoh during saELc pnrlnd.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
MATCHMAKING IN JAPAN.
The Nnkodn, or MidwOm0n, often
Employed 10 Awaken the Tenn
der Passion.

There exists in Japan, among some OF
the classes, certain custom of hiring
midwoman, nakoda, or professional
matchmaker, in order to make an en-
gagement between a couple, writes
Onoto Watanna in the April Ladies'
Home Journal. 1t often happens that
family will desire an alliance with an
other family with whom they are not
intimately acquainted. Then are the
services of the professional match
maker invaluable. To be successful in
such profession one must never be
known as such to the family she de-
sires to court. Very often nakodas and
midwomen follow this profession for
years and yet are not known as such
save to those who have employed them.
Most of the matchmakers are very hon.
est, and it is their duty to discover all
the good and bad points of the couple
and point them out to the parents; they
give good advice and do everything pos
sible to promote the happiness OF the
pair. They travel back and forth to the
homes of the young people, who are
entirely ignorant of their motive, car
rying compliments and presents and
trying in delicate manner to work on
their sentiment.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
ONE PROUD CORPORAL.
Albert West, In First Illinois In
fantry, Writes His Mother How
He Captured SpRniards.

From all accounts Albert II. West,
a corporal in the First Illinois infan-
try, covered himself with glory during
the campaign in Cuba. His mother
IS in Rye, n. Y. In letter to her the
young soldier declares that his squad
is the ''proudest bunch of men in
Cuba" West succeeded in capturing
Spanish officer and four men, all
of whom were acting as spies. He is
in possession of the machetes which
he captured from the Spaniards, and
promises to bring them home for the
adornment of his mothers home.
The young corporal gives a vivid de-
scription of the hardships through
which the men have been obliged to
go since landing in Cuba. The coun-
try is fair to look upon, he
says, but the forests are filled
with dead bodies and countless
buzzards quarrel over the bodies,
which have been washed from hastily
prepared graves. He says his own
cheek bones stick out like knobs on
hatrack," and his eyes are as big as
soup plates. All his companions pre-
sent similar appearance.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
CHARACTER IN TEE TONGUE.
duced This Novel Art. and
Calls IL Gloss mancie,

Glossomancie is new science" in
troduced by Miss Erbere No, of Paris.
consisting of reading the character by
the form and size of the tongue.
The guiding principles are as follows:
If the tongue is long il is an indication
of frankness; if it is short, of dissimu-
lation; if it is broad, of expansiveness;
IL narrow, of concentration.
When the tongue is both long and
large it implies that the posscssor is Il
great gossip, frank to disagreeableness.
and thoughtless. If the tongue be long
and narrow its owner is only half
frank, thinking as much as is uttered.
but not always uttering all that is
thought.
If the tongue be short and broad
there is promise of plenty of gossip
and falsehoods; it talks great deal,
but says little of what is really
thought.
If short and narrow it indicates deep
cunningand lying; impenetrability and
prudence. This tongue belongs to those
persons always ready to make mis-
takes. but eager 10 inspire confidence.
So. then. not the physician alone is to
be guided by the tongue. but before
you become intimate with anyone, ask
him or her to put out his or her tongue,
that you may be certain whether they
are to be trusted or not.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
POSSIBILITIES OF CUBA.
Will Ultimately Become Part of
United Shareholders No Oppor-
tunities for "EoominE."

In his paper on ''Thc Possibilities OF
Cuba" read before the American As
sociation for the Advancement OF
Science, Prof. Robert L. Hill. of the
United States geological survey, said
that although it was the solemn duty
of the United States to carry cut the
declaration of congress 10 establish
Cuban independence, there is strong
feeling on the part of the American
and foreign residents of Cuba that the
ultimate destiny of this island will be
absorption into the American union.
That it can be ultimately brought
about by natural and friendly means
there is no doubt.
Prof. Hill then referred to two i'm
portant facts which the Americans
who contemplate invading the pros
pective field should bear in mind
First, that Cuba is an old and settled
country, in which the land and min
Pral titles are largely fixed, and that
it offers no opening for booming"
such as has followed the opening up Of
new and unsettled countries
y second fact to be remembered is
that Cuba is situated within the
tropics ard northern races cannot be
established there except at the sacri-
fee of many lives. Prof. Hill said that
with the rehabilitation CT Cuba the
island will offer agricultural oppor-
tunities for the small farmer, fields for
investment for capitalists, in the line
Of municipal and public mprovements;
employment of labor and the estab-
lishment of winter homes and resorts
for the leisure classes. He saw in the
coming demand for acclimated labor
solution Of the immigration question
in the United States by DETECTING the
tide from southern Europe from our
northern shores to Cuba.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
A PLEASANT PROSPECT.
Astronomers Say the Moon 10 Getting
Ready to Fall Onto the
Earth.

1t is not likely to happen just yet
awhile, but many astronomers are pre-
parel for the fall Of the moon at d.
tant date, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is probable that eventually the
moon will be drawn well within the
sphere of attraction of the earth. At
present she is just far enough Off to
be kept in tow, so to speak, and to
whirl round and round us as well as
spin herself.
But when the inevitable time comes,
and she is drawn far into the attraction
radius, she is likely to be pulled right
down and fall onto the earth, for her at
traction is, of course, much weaker than
ours. She is in more danger of this at
one time than another, and the danger
is increasing gradually but surely. Tt
may be 10000 or $4,000 years yet, but
when she does fall there will certain
ly be a terrific bump, and the whole
system of the earth will be badly jolted.
1t is calculated that, taking the most
dangerous epoch of the year into con-
sideratiOn and her consequent position,
she is likely to fall on the northeastern
part of Europe, and will entirely wipe
Russia and Germany from the map.
Tidal waves and all sorts of horrors
will occur, and the fallen moon will
probably break up. The entire climate
of the world will be altered, and Eng
land will probably be more or less inn
proved. according to the scientists.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
CHINESE DRUGS.
Dried Snakes, Plump Lizards and
Fearful Smelling Medicines
Are Included.

The employees in the Office Of the ap-
praiser Of customs were busy examin-
ing a shipment of Chinese medicines
and the place smeiled like a fertilizer
factory, says the Portland Oregonian.
There were the usual mum Der Of dried
snakes. the looks of which would be
certain to kill or cure any intelligent
patient. There were also a number OF
plump lizards, spitted on rods and ex-
panded with strips of bamboo until
they resembled tennis rackets; a lot
of "sea horses" long, slender fish.
with head like horse and prehen-
sile tail; bundles of centipedes. fat
tened out and pasted on sticks; cans
full of preserved pollywogs and angle
worms, and many other curious pana-
ceas, each of which smelled worse than
the other. There were pills as large
as prunes, handsomely decorated;
roots and "yarbs" of many kinds,
which would paralyze Quaker doc
tor, and boxes and bottles of unknown
mixtures which would paralyZe any
BODY. The 40 separate and distinct
smells of the town of Cologne are moth
ing compared to the odOrs arising from
that 500 worth of Chinese medicines.
which made some of the men handling
the stuff sick. Foul smell seems to
be a requisite in most medicines, and
if the beneficial effects of medicines
are proportionate to the odor, the med
icines of the Chinese should be the best
in the world.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
ILLINOIS NAVAL MILITIA.
High Praise for the Men Who Fought
Bravely on hoard United States
Wnrships.

The Illinois naval militia has distin-
guished itself during the war, and has
not only won the admiration of the Of
ticers afoat, but those of the depart
ment as well.
The people of Illinois and Com
maEder Harrison should be proud of
their sailor boys, as they have won a
great name for themselves. Com
mander Hemphill, of the navy said:
Il wish to state, without hesitation
or equivocation, that the Illinois re-
serve is the best in tie country. They
entered the service to fight, and they
did so like veterans, and are deserving
of much praise for their gallant con-
duct"
Sixty of these reserves were on board
the Oregon during the battle at Santi-
ago, and they conducted themselves
with such bravery that Immediately
after that desperate fight the officers
and men of the Oregon lined up and
gave three cheers for the Illinois re-
serves. AT the beginning Of the war
they offered their services to the gov
ernment, and only stipulated that they
should be sent where they would be in
the fray. When their organization was
broken up and scattered there was not
murmur of discomfort, but everyone
was satisfied that his desire to partici-
pate in the war avenging the Maine
was to be gratified. Some of the as
signments of the reserves are as fol-
lows: Oregon, co; Yale, SC; Harvard,
go; Cincinnati, As; Franklin, 40; Yank-
ton, 81; Newport, 27; Newark, 81; Dol
phin, 30; Montgomery, 90; Hector, 81.
and the Terror, IA.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
LAND EOLLOW AFTER,

How pitiful they seem,
Those days in which, at mornings hour.
We knelt and prayed for strength and
power
TO live the day
Prayed with a childlke penitence
For bygone days, and sins OF ignorance;
And plead for truth and love of right,
So that at night
We might return, unbiemished by the
hours,
And blameless in Gods sight
How pitiful at eve,
When all the world lay wrapped in star
pierced gloom,
And from the greening woods came faint
perfume
OF natures perfectness.
We honeward turned with pale and quiv-
erng lip,
With tired feet, which that day seemed TO
slip
In undreamed ways.
With saddened heart. for word or action
that belied
Our higher selves.
How pitiful 1t seems
AT cventide.
And yet, perhaps
AS some poor child, who at its fathers knee
Begs for forgiveness, and then strives to be
More worthy of the tender parent love.
So we,
Who have this little way to so.
This little life. made UP of shadow and sun
glow,
May come, at eve, to God-and pardoned
And in the new day, purer, sweeter grow
Jessie NJ. Heiner, in Ohio Farmer.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
AN AMUSING LEGEND.
One That IL Hefatsd of q Sanitarium
In the AdfrondacI6S-May
Not BE Rui1t.

sanitarium for coEsumptives in the
Adirondacks, which is now a we'll
known institution, is almost as well
provided with legends as patrons, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The best Of these legends is that they
are true. The hospital, which is scien-
titically equipped in every particular,
although in the wilderness, was built
through the untiring efforts of the sis
ters Of mercy, who went about pleading
the cause OF the poor who died because
the expensive hotels and sanitariuns of
the "hig woods" were beyond their
means.
After months OF praying and begging
and working, the land was secured
paul Smiths gift) and sufficient money
on hand to begin building Then it was
discovered that in order TO have water
from the lake expensive engineering
would be necessary. Some one sug-
gested digging for wells, and some one
else devised a way Of conveying the
| water to the top of the hill where the
| sanitarium is perched, which would not
be costly. The only objection to this
! scheme was the doubt as to whether it
| would lie practical. The workmen
worked and the builders argued and the
sisters prayed. They made the water
and their hope of inducing it to run up
hill subject of special petitions.
They promised the blessed virgin TO
build a shrine on the mountain if she
would intercede for them. just how
the engineers settled ii is not in the
province of this column. but they did.
And the shrine was built on the crest
of one of the lovelest "hils" Of the
range overlooking the sapphire lake
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-27
A Japanese Girl's wedding.

Marriage in Japan is only civil con-
tract, and not in any way religious
one, writes Onoto Watanna in Ladies'
Home Journal. 1t is protected by law
and social obligations. The church and
state do not concern themselves at all
in marital affairs. The chief peculiar
ity about the ceremony is the e;Ichang-
ing of cups of sake "a iquid) nine
times; three times the bride, three
times the groom, three times the mid
woman who works between the pair in
making the engagement. Toward the
end of the ceremony q singer sings a
song called "Takasago," which narrates
the loving and happy life of an old
couple. Thus the ceremony closes, the
last notes of the singers beautiful mel
ody remaining in the air, charming all.
The last stage of girl life is over.