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An Absent.minded Adventist.

There are none among the attend.
ants OF the Second Advent church in
Marblehead who are more steadfast
In the faith than Mrs. Nancy Jameson,
whose remarks sometimes, however,
belle her expectations.
One day friend. who was In the
antique furniture business. called on
her. and she thought 1t good time to
warn him to prepare for the day OF
judgment.
you ought to be prepared" said
she. FOR all signs point to next week
as the appointed time"
We'll. Nancy" said the dealer, "if
that's the case, don't you want to sell
me your old chairs?"
"oh, no." she said: Johns going to
fix them up next week."-Exchange.
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spectful treatment and the maximum
salary. The man who watches you
silently knows your value. and your
very reticence and reserve may lay tho
foundation of a warmer feeling for
you.
There is no longer any question ~ to
-yoman's capacity for business; the
only question Is OF endurance. There
In fascination about earning and
spending ones own money. Women
save more than formerly. The man.
ager of the woman's department Of
one Of the trust companies told me
that the gain In her department for tho
year 1904 was 1000 accounts, and Q
bank account Is the rule rather than
the exception with working women.
This means that the next generation Of
working women Will be better informed
on finance, less improvident, more vaiu-
able and command better wages.
The difference between men and
women in business will adjust itself.
A man begins life with the fixed idea
that upon his success In business de-
pends all other good gifts. 1t In lad
der which lie must climb to reach all
that is most desirable In life. A woman
rarely achieves success in business un-
I'll after she has turned down n tear
stained page whereon Is recorded her
happiest hours. II she enters upon a
business career before. the chances are
ten to one that she will relinquIsh 1t
without n shadow of regret to take up
the vocation for which the divine plan
originally intended motherhood.
One Of the most cultured women I
have ever known. one who represents
to me the highest type that can be at-
tanned by education, travel and culture.
said to me recently: III had my life
to live over. should marry and become
the mother OF sons and daughters"
Women learn patience, forbearance.
economy and discretion In business
life. They are better fitted to be help
meets and comrades when they marry,
and I heartily agree with the Eastern
professor who said that II there werc
no community OF interest as repre-
sented by children or business. any
married couple would drift apart In
five years. .
For the earnest worker, whether man
or woman. there is success. There In
no sex In business. and the woman
who receives n mans salary should,
and l think does, expect to do just NJ
much work and do II as well rs man.
Elizabeth Beerly James, In the st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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Trading With savaaes.

Beads and tobacco are the open Sc
same to the affections OF savage.
An Australian Official who has been
visiting British New Guinea brings
back with him a gorgeous headdress
made Of the feathers OF birds Of para
disc. the many-colored plumage of par.
rots and various other Of the brilliant
birds OF that region, all securely
sewn together and bound with beauti.
full shells. Two axes and a pocket
knife were at first offered for the
treasure. but the Papuan owner shook
his head. A strip Of calico was added.
with the like result; but the owners
eyes glistened at the sight of string
Of beads. and plug of tobacco and
the bargain was clinched.
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WIVES AND SECRETS.

As husband and wife are one. they
should have no secrets one from an
other. declares the Newark Adver-
tiser. A. wife can never rightly and
safely do anything which she would
not like to tell him. Though 1t may
seem TO her too trivial TO be worth
speaking Of but she should have moth
ing in her life which is Intentionally
hidden from him.
The only secrets which she may
rightly keep from him s:e other peo-
pies. but of these she should hear as
few as possible. Confidence thrust
upon her without her consent she is
not bound to respect, and she should
be very careful to whom she gives her
word not to repeat anything which
may be told her. 1t is safe plan
when asked to keep n secret TO say:
Don't tell me II you would mind my
telling my husband" and II the friend
who would confide in her is n man.
she should do so as matter of duty.
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THE wIFEs DAY our.

The wife's day of. No one seems
to have thought Of that commodity
but one man In this community, and
he lives in Germantown. "It dawned
upon me after l had been married
twelve years." he said, that every
one in my household had n day OF
except my wife. l always had Sum
days, the children had Saturdays and
Sundays free from school. and tho
cook had Thursdays. One day it
came into my mind that In an other
wise justly managed household my
wife did not have whole day or .
part of day which she could call her
very own. So l sat down and tnlked
1t all over with her, and after a good
deal of arguing OH her part. for abe
is n much domesticated woman, We
decided that once every week the fam
lily should fish for itself while my wife
went shopping or visiting or anything
she wanted to do without bothe11ng
her head about the dinner or tho l.
dren at home. The plan works ilkGa
charm. We have lots of fun, too, try
ing to show her how much better We
can run things without her."-Phila-
delphia Record. ~
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eHsnoMsNA o. ossAmlA.n
se'snt.sts' ExpIsnstIen Of the v,eIens
Of oloen.

se's""sss expIanatlon Of the vleiene
Of sleep.
A scientist explains some of the
stranEs phenomena of dreams by say.
ing that they are due to what he calls
hereditary memory" He takes the
railing through space" dream and
points out that after suffering the
mental agony of falling the sleeper
escapes the shock OF the actual stop.
ping. The explanation Ia that the fall.
ing sensations have been transmitted
from remote ancestors who were for
tunate enough to save themselves.
after falling from great heights in
Iree tops. by ciutching the branches.
The molecular changes in the cere-
prai cells due to the shock of stop
ping could not he transmitted, be-
cause victims falling to the bottom
would be killed. In similar manner,
ny reverting to the habits OF animals
which existed centuries ago, the
same investigator finds an explanation
Tor the mental state experienced by
individuals In various dreams-the
pursuing monster" dream. the rep
tile and vermin" dream. color dreams.
sunocation dreams. flying dreams and
the like.
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OLD PLACE WAS GOOD enouen.
Comprehensive Reason Why Citizen
Came Home

Came Home.
Squire" Lord, OF local fame in Ef.
hngham. N. H.. fifty years ago, had
accumulated. by all sorts OF methods,
fortune for the times and place.
Keeping the country store. being prac.
ucally the bank" OF those parts and
increasing wealth beyond expenditures
had nourished an ambition to live In
place larger and with more social
opportunities than the little village af.
forded. So he packed up one autumn.
took n house In Portland. which was
the town o the world to country peo.
pie then. and with his family started
In to cut dash.
To his chagrin. he found he was one
OF many in that place. and not u
scrape or bow was coming his way.
Christmas saw him back. bag and
baggage. in Efingham. and that even
Ing In his store. to the inquiry OF one
of the village loafers. Why'd We come
back. squire, fore you'd calculated?"
he replied:
i've had enough OF that place. Yer
see. I'd rather be king among hogs
than hog among kings"
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Fleeing Temptation.

Some time ago Scottish laird lost
his purse, which was found by local
half-wit, who called at the big house
very early i'm the morning to hand it
over. The laird, who had 70 be
aroused from sleep, as Jamie would
have n" denial, received the lad in q
somewhat irritable frame Of mind. and
asked him what the dickens, ana
something stronger. he wanted So
SO early. "Well." pleaded Jamie, II
fist cam ava as lang as had the up
per han,l, for, can tell ye the diel
an me had gey NIGHT ot!"-Weekly
Scotsman.
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Superstition In China.

Religions superstition asserts itself
in Chinese architecture, and the uni.
yersal sscredness Of the numerals
three and nine is shown In the ar.
rangemept Of temple doors. There Is
4 triple gateway to each Of the halls
OF the Imperial palace, and the same
order prevails at the royal tombs,
while the sacred person Of the en-
peror can only be approached evep
by the f.Ehest ofAcials After three
times thrte prostrations have beenl
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rhaek.r.y'. Sense Of Justice.

Thackeray once wrote in note to
. friend. alluding to an incident oc-
casioned by one Of his articles. in
Punch: II thought over the confound-
ed matter in the railroad and wrote
instantly on arriving here letter Of
contrition and apology to Harry Tay-
lor for having made what I see now
was a fiippant and offensive allusion
to Mrs. Taylor. am glad have done
1t. am glad that SO many people
whom have been thinking bigoted
and unfair and unjust toward me have
been right and that have been
wrong. and my mind is an immense
deal easier"
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oot tnc place he raised bigger crops
than anybody In the township an his
stock took prizes ag'in an ag'in At The
!.'rs' Bert got tol'able well axed an
the girls begun maxim a set at him
sun. he don't pay no p'tickler atten
tion to 'em. All his spare time he nut
In at Pete's shop or he'd come around
an asst me to give him Q tune on the
OIL hddle. Wunst In a while he'd send
on an buy him n horn or suthin'
out ne never made out to do anythin
with EN- In way OF plnyin' 'em.
FinIy one night he went to the
iyceum at Willow Bend schoolhouss
an there was gal there from Fair
fax. over In Atchison county, that was
visitin' Lew Meakin.s folks. Shed
took lessons on the pianner an Meak
In hauled over his planner to the
schoolhouse so's't she could play.
was there that night an III neye,
fergit how Bert whIstled and stomped
when she pounded out 'Silvery Waves
on that OIL square OF Lewis. saw she
was a gal. but she wasn't no spring
chicken. an she was built good deal
like white oak fence rail-about as
long an with corners most any way
you turned her. Her face wouldn',
have been considered SO blame honely
II there had been any homelier cnes
around, but there wasn't.
But Bert didn't care nothin' about
that. He Jest nachally tried to STOMP
hole In the floor, until she come agin
an give 'em The Maiden's Prayer.
Then he raised the roof an conducted
himself disorderly until he got The
Beautiful Blue Danube
Next mornin' he went over to Lew
Meakin's after seed potatoes. He wore
his best clothes an the gal played
'Silvery Waves for him.
"A night or two after that Bert say.
to me: You can talk about your horns
an your fiddles an guitars. but to my
notion the pianner beats 'em ALL
Two months after that he married
the gal an you could drive past the
house most any time o. day or nigh,
after that an you could hear 'Silvery
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Soldier. vIndIeatIon Complete.

Lieutenant General Sir William
Butler, who has retired from the
British army. having reached the age
limit Of 67, was recalled from South
Africa for insisting to the home gov
ernment that the latter did not realize
the nshtfng strength Of the beers.
His warnings prior to the outbreak
Sof liostilities reused the malignity Of
.imperialists and were unheeded. HIS
esomplste vindication came with time.
II 1S77 he married Miss Elisabeth
!Ttompson,, whOss military pictures.
'lsnludiht, the csIshs4tsd "Roli Cal"
1Sl ~ fEMn1s. .' q 4
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FRENCH MILLINERY.

Needless to say, no milliners are con-
fining themselves to the comparatively
single styles that are in immediate
request. Among the innovations made
in smart hats is the use Of zibeiinc
felts. which divide favor with cloth
felts. and the appearance Of somewhat
broader brims than were shown earlier
In the season. Some OF the capelines
deserve the name of picture hats. One
in rough felt of n light peacock-blue
shade turns up in flutes behind and
waves over the brow in front. The
crown is OF medium height and fat
topped, and has bands Of blue velvet
folded around it. An ostrich feather
OF the same color is attached behind
to a velvet bandeau SO That its tip
curls over the edge Of the brim. and
n blue osprey sweeps round from the
back Of the crown to the front.
Another, also turned up behind but
not in flutes. is n capeline Of biscuit
colored cloth felt blocked in one with
circular bandeau increasing in width
toward the back. The low-domed or
basin crown and three-fourths of the
brim are stretched over with olive
green velvet, leaving only n border Of
felt visible on the upper side. At the
base of the crown is u tightly twisted
torsade of the same velvet. Between
the crown and turned-up back Of the
brim is a plume of three olive green
ostrich tips. Ribbon velvet to match
is arranged in a cascade of loops fall
ing from the bandeau behind.
b., y>l,, f,p oriH Had ho
name of Statuette OH this seasons
Color Card is adopted for smart
capeline in rough felt trimmed with
satin. ostrich tips and aigrette to
match. A broad piece of the satin is
draped tightly round the crown; the
tips are arranged in poufs surmounted
by aigrette, and one Of these is placed
OH the left side of the crown, and the
other against the brim. A few of the
new capelines have the brim turned
up in front and pressed down in the
nape of the neck behind, contrary to
the rule followed this season. How
FAR they will take remains to be seen.
One of these models is in creamy
tinted felt, lined, SO to speak, with
ostrich feathers sewn fiat against the
brlm and trimmed outside with vel
vet and paradise tail, the whole to
match the felt. Another is OF deep
purple cloth felt. This has the same
arrangement of ostrich feathers under
meath, but the crown is encircled by
a wreath OF large velvet roses shaded
from light mauve to dark violet, closed
by>a satin bow. Millinery Trade Re-
view.
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That. What He 10 Paid For.

The cares of state don't rest so
heavily on Mr.. Roots shoulders that
they kill his love for Joke now and
then. says the Brooklyn Eagle. The
other day one Of crowd OF newspaper
men asked the Secretary for the latest
news In the Venezuelan situation.
venezuelan situation?" replied the
Secretary with bland smile. Il
didn't know there was Venezuelan
situation"
According to reports Minister Rus
sell is having hard time"
well, that's what he is there for"
said Secretary Root with another OF
his expansive smiles. I'VE can't pay
our ministers big salaries, you know.
without expecting them to do some
thing to earn the money"
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O-DrettY-
A-HMgsE
2>DOWe

A<N,,i

Fur hats are decidedly fashionable
this year. f44
A handsome cape-wrap of yellow
cloth was shirred on the shoulderA
and had sleeves SO fashioned that
they seemed part of the cope.
violets and mauves ar Jared -
make big bid for favoiS WONDER
full schemes or gradatiol1 ~ achieved
with violets, grays, pinks and gray
blues.
A youthful long coat OF squirrel was
so full as to suggest shirring. under
the cape-like collar, but it Is probable
that the fur was rlppled rather than
shirred.
Comparatively few women, 1t =
feared, wear the high-necked wooleA
underwear warranted by this chilly
dampness of this climate, 20 thin
guimpes are still in order.
The smartest Of informal flannel and
silk blouses this year are called Sim
ply shirts, and are built on the plan
Of the linen shirtwaists worn with
riding habits. They are made almost
without fulness, and have one or two
patch pockets high on the fronts.
Some of the dull fig shades, light
olives, dark olives, copper greens an4
verdigris used sparingly on such ee0-
trasts us mordore brown, navy blue
elephant gray and even certain sym-
pathetic tones Of violet, create results
not only original, but in the highese
degree. artistIcally pleasing.
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IL calculate Bert was satisfied" said
the storekeeper.
Il reckon he wus." said Hancock.
"The only thing ever made me doubt
1t wus one time about year after l
seen him at the county fair standin'
an watchin' feller that had one O.
these dewdads you hitch on to plan.
ner an 1t plays 1t for you. First time
I'd ever seen one, too. Bert's eyes
Just stuck out of his head when the
feller showed him how 1t worked an
let him run 1t himself. 'Gosh!' he
says.
"'Any piece you want says the fell
Ter, PAWN over passle o rolls O. pa
per that he'd been feedin' into the ma
chine. Here's "The Maiden's Prayer"
Try that
"'Not by jugful.' says Bert. Nor
yet "Silvery Waves" ner The Blue
Danube Waltz" Anythin' but them
"An' when he'd played suthin else
the feller handed him he let out long
breath an looked over at Mis- Walkiss.
who was standin' by the pickle booth
an seemed like part Of the exhibit.
only to think he says. II on'y I'd
have waited! Blame my cats! II on'y
I'd have waited!'"
What made you doubt whether
Bert was satisfed?" asked Baker.
after little pause.-Chicago News.
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THE WAY 1T HAPPENED,

IIE W AZ II I'M I CANlIO.
"Did you cut down this cherry tree :?
demand the truth" said Mr.. Wash
ington, sternly.
But little George had been reading
about the beef packers.
Dad" asked he, do get immu-
nifty II 1 confess:" -"
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whiting for Bread"

Writing for Bread"
N article on Edmund Clarence
!, IAN In the National Magazine,
Soguchi. the Japanese poet,
.old me that making a living
n.ins was the most wretched sort
ing But he made me assure him
~" Su.'l never forget to love beauty
. as songs. Like a nightingale
sp'ng morn he exclaimed"
49, s you have the Testimony of .
sa !. American poet and critic,
= singer for the love Of song
,s snser Tor business. You can't
kou,s MA brethren from singing; but
|,,, M oe a sort Of recreation after
nm sp'itting for "one can't break
- an ode or dine upon a sonnet"
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NOTHING DOM.

"What do you think of the political
situation?" queried the cigar drummer.
Il do not care express an opinion.
SIR" replied the dignified passenger.
Pardon me-" rejoined the c. d. II
didn't know you were married man."
Chicago News.
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Aas Evolved Nsw Industry.

kar !. oseo New Industry.
N Tue Le small town of Liegnitx, in
|po,.ast nss the village Knitz, which IL
m hssor ~ OF a small lake, having
m 4. ua reed covered island nest
Etss ~ - center This island has been
srorss y native dealer as q breed
~ .a Ior scagulls and thousands
M oe seen there. The eggs Of
u. are held In much esteem
The demand ii - large
unity Of eggs secured II
n Shsa X seuickly. The ttxds W ~
pssct y to The fekil6 i II u ISifI
AZ the q ~
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le was practicin' sometimes an
an listen to me by the hour with
s'andin' in his eyes. He got
Ped more times when he wus a
ns one fer follerin' the band
md than he had fingers an toes
times over. He'd go to meetin'.
to hear the music. He couldn't
IS said, but he wus allus tryin'
He'd buy a jewsharp. like Glen
an work at 1t till he got his own
p all loose an everybody else's
% aidge. Then he'd save up fer a
ptn organ an rub blisters on his
When he seen he couldn't do
I'm with the mouth organ he gave
way an bought him q guitar an
estruction book.
That wasn't no good. either. an he
ec that to Pete Simpson, the bar
rete got 1t down fine In about a
M' He could play the Spanish
oanso' an 'Napoleon's March an
out the chords fer most any kind
.ns. Then Bert 'ud come to town
.o,set all about his tradin', settin'
no IN the barber shop listenin' to
II uster make old man Walkiss
Nl mad. He allus lowed Bert 'ud
oe wuth the powder to blow him
a1es as farmer.
wns mistaken about that.
sn. Bert wus good boy to work
mere wasn't no music around
~ knew more about raisin' corn
es tnan the old man did himself.
tne old man fiu'ly died an Pert
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THE COUNTRY STORE.
THE MAN WHO WAS FOND OF MUSIC.
UB." said Washins-

UB." said Washing-
tom Hancock to tho
boy with the vo-
luminous " oolen
comforter. who had
approach c b cd the
stove twanging on
Q jewshsrp. TASK
Rufe over there to
let you have q
piece OF good stout
string"
What fer?" In
quIred the boy.
ITO tie tn at
blame thing to your
Leg" ms W ere d
Hancock. "Fasten
IL good an strong
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HEARTLESs.

Promise me. Jack. that You will not
go TO the dogs just because 1 have re-
fused you"
"Oh. pshaw. of course not"
"fou mean thing."-Life.
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then take the leg out doors an
krclse II"
Sw,sh don't like music" observed
poker to Marvin Parsons. with a
That's what makes him play
addle so much"
FBe's At fer treason. spoils an STRAIT
bms" said Squire Burkholder In his
l.um basso profundo. There's
I, the immortal bard of Avon says:
4 man that hath no music In his
H."
Fin fond o music" said Hancock.
Sinr his chair back against the salt
|rel. "but amt plum crazy over It.
Bert walkiss uster be. en- spare
,evsharp most any time an git
us Jest about as well. What are
talkin' about music fer. squire?
don't know The Old Hundredth'
20 Sam Hin to Pay an No Pitch
|"
what was that about Bert Walkiss,
ksh!" asked Marvin Parsons.
|Bert was crazy about music." re-
ID Hancock. He didn't play him
k-neyer could make out to learn
thin'-didn't know enough to pound
bn wash boiler with blacksmith g
at a shivaree-but he had q right
Vt O. admiration fer any one that
Sld. He'd come around to my house
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VERY LIKELY.

"It's enough TO freeze us to DEATH"
remarked Nordy. ''the way women
leave the street car doors open"
still" chimed In Butts, should we
ever see woman close one l s'pose
we'd drop dead"
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FROM BAD TO WORSE.

she-"I wish could induce you to
cease your attentions to me-"
He-"You can"
She-"How. pray:"
He-"By marrying me-" - Chicago
News.
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HEAVY.

"Has Miss Fairlelgh a light complex
iony"
NO; she puts 1t on pretty Thick
Town Topics.
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rHE WOMAN IN BUSINESS.

Quiet dignity and reterve are jcharac-
teristics that the earnest woman work
er win do well to cultivate. They can
ususliy be counted upon to inspire -
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THEN HE JUMPED.

THEN HE JUMPED.
The clock struck IL.
"Ah." observed the young man. ait
is time to think of going"
"Mr. Lingerlong," said the young
woman.
yes"
II hope you are a rapid thinker"
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THE OUTCOME.

Knicker-"DId you give your son an
expensive education?"
Bocker-'No: but he gave me one
New York Sun.
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NERVE,

there was young person named Clyde,
who was once at funeral espied.
When asked who was dead,
He smilingly said,
Il don't know-I just came for q ride
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FooD FOR THE ANNALS.

Lieutenant A-"were there any lions
at the judges reception;"
Lieutenant B-"Yes. and he fed them
with daughters" - Translated For
Tales From Meggendorfer Blaetter,
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CAUSE AND EFFECT.

Kitty-"Oh. muvver, wish my name
was Bobby"
Mother-"why. dear:"
kitty-"'COs then I'd be l'r boy"
Judge.
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JAPANESE OPINION OF WOMEN

JAPANESE OPINION OF WOMEN.
THE four worst infirmities that af-
flct the female are indocility. SANDER.
Jealousy and Stiffness. Without any
doubt these four infirmities are found
In seven or eight out OF every ten
women. and 1t is from these that
arises the inferiority OF women to
men,
These gracious words are out of the
mouth OF one Kalhara Ekken. n fam
Gus Japanese moralist. who wrote n
work TO instruct women In the way
they should go. which has just been
published by Mr.. Murray. under the
title. women and Wisdom OF Japan"
Kalbara Ekken. one fears. was n mi
sognist. He is peculiarly anxious that
women should realize that they have
no brains to speak Of.
In the words of the wise: Who was
the woman Mt the bottom Of this:-
Philadelphia Press.