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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1899)
THE KICKER'S KICK. This world would be a funny thing If built upon a plan That suited kickers everywhere wo man, child and mii: Twould be crooked, bulging. Badly out of line affair, And we would do a lot of things that now we do not dare; We'd "knock the stuffln' out of that," change this all about. We'd turn the whole thing upside down and also inside out; And when we got it fixed to suit there'd be an awful row. it's a cinch that we would kick lots worse than we do now. Chicago News. MY FRIEND DICK. Dick Dana's companionship was much sought, by young and old, for the reason that he was what the world calls a "good fellow." He was of that happy disposition which holds the power to assist one to forget for the while at least, that there is anything but sunshine anywhere. Moreover, knowing him Intimately and probably understanding him better than any one, I am able to say that I have yet to discover his equal in unselfishness. He was one of those unfurtunat.es whom everyone likes and no one fears aad, as such, bis Ufa was largely spent In doing favors for people who ac cepted them as a matter of course. By reason of his ability to please, to do and say the right thing at the right time, Dick was considerable of a factor In the rather limited circle of fashionable society of the town In which he was reared, and where he had wasted, through unambitious drift ing, the early years following his col lege career. He was known to all as "Dick," and was never taken seriously by anyone. Anything he said was ex pected to have a laugh In It and passed for a Joke whether it was so Intended or not That he had ability and talent was conceded, but lack of power to as sert himself, spoken of by some as downright laziness, and by others more Charitably disposed as indifference, dis couraged even those who most courted his society. I have Just said that no one took Mm seriously, and yet, that Is not ex actly true. He was taken very seriously Indeed by a girl who saw, or thought be saw, In his careless manner and laughing face, undoveloped possibil ities for usefulness In an enlarged Sphere a career even and when Dick himself made this startling dis covery the sensation Impressed him In a manner that was new and novel. He told me afterwards I, who was his Closest friend aiid was to have been bis beat man that he did not realize xactty what had come over him until upon a certain night I believe it was after the last assembly ball, when they were standing together at the foot of the great staircase, and Grace appeared so particularly hand some his manner grew serious for once, and ho scarcely knew what he was saying. But It Is certain that he did not speak In vain, and It is prob ably equally certain that there was a tableau Just at that time, with a soft lighting effect reflected from a dimly burning Moorish lamp, but of this fea ture he did not tell me. It Is merely a draft on my Imagination. Grace Dixon's father was spoken of by the buslne world as a successful nan. By sheer hard work, Including the manipulation of an occasional "comer," he had built a magnificent fortune and had surrounded his fam ily with every luxury. He Judged ev ery man by his ability to make and keep "good, cold cash." "How much la be worth," was usually his first and generally his last question. He bad absolutely no patience with the young men of the period who spent their time riding to hounds or playing golf, and he even threatened to cut off Tom's allowance because that wor thy had dared to play centre rush on his college team. I smile now when I think of the erne which must have followed the reouest of my friend Dlck-a request. plainly and straightforwardly put to, the president of the Lakeside Na-, tlonal bank for the hand of his only, daughter. I had always known that Dick was nervy, but 1 had scarcely "thought him equal to this. Ho went ; niothe library that night knowing that tnXman he was to Interview wus prejudiced" agnlnst him In particular and In genera against his class of men Moreover h must have known j .... .... ,.rnh. I tbat of all nis asmx-mM-" i- - ably the most hopelesslylnellglble for various reasons, but he did not taesl .t. Of course there was a terrible storm. Dick told me afterwards that j be had remembered often to have seen the same thing on the stage In melo drama, and the recollection that It al ways came out allrlght in the end was the only thing that served to brace him up, but It was a long siege, and came to a very unsatisfactory ending When the English servant, at his mas ter's bidding, handed In from the hall an over e. a cane and a derby hat, and Dick wutfud his property. It was thre days afterwards that Orace departed for another year at achool In the city and Dick appeared aa usual In nls regular haunts, with the same hearty laugh and happy man ner. Apparently there was nothing In the world to worry him, but I knew that back of that carelessness there was a great deal of hard thinking go ing, on mingled with the first twinge .of real sorrow he had ever known. With the departure of his daughter, Arthur Dixon considered the matter tattled. A year's separation, he fig rad, would work wonders. Ho had forbidden Orace to carry on any sort pt corrogpTidMice whatever, and the .j of business soon relieved his jaemory In measure of the affair. As U usually the case the separation was about the poorest plan that could have bee suggested. Of course the fath er didn't know It fathers never do but it was true, and It was not later than Thanksgiving day that another storm shook the Dixon household at the discovery. Aunt Mary, spinster, had written Brother Arthur that Grace had confessed to her of aa engage ment. Again the banker began a ner vous tramp up and down the library, whole Thomas discreetly absented him self from the room, and the family cat arched his back and sought refuge under the soft "I'll see that fellow, damn his Im pudence! I'll end the business this time or I'll end him!" "But, my dear, I'm afraid Grace" Mrs. Dixon was smothered. "Don't talk nonsense, Nan," he con tinued, brooking no Interruption. "Do you think I can allow myself to be made the laughing stock of the town? Why, the fellow hasn't a cent In the world. He's a regular fortune hunter spendthrift and of questionable morals. I tell you the thing is not to be thought of. It's preposterous and entirely out of the question, and I'll stop It do you understand I'll stop It! I'll I'll " "Thomas! Thomas!" When the servant appeared he was seU, forthwith, to tha club, bearing a message from his master for Mr. Rich ard Dana, requeuing an Interview at once. An Invitation to attend a levee of the prince of Wales could not have caused Dick greater surprise and yet you would not have known, from his manner, that It was anything more than an Invitation to a dinner. He leisurely finished a game of pool, win ning It, of course, and Just as leisurely passed up and into the great, white pillared mansion, prepared for trouble and curious to know Just what form It was going to take. When Dick stepped Into the library he was received In a manner which rather nonplussed him, and from which he very mistakenly took heart. The stormy anger and sharp tongue of the older man had, apparently, been overcome In some way, and In their place, a little courtesy and a voice less harsh was a great relief. A man of experience would have quickly de tected the danger signal In the smooth manner of the financier and promoter, but not Dick. He had had very little experience with promoters. "I have taken the liberty to send for you tonight, Mr. Dana, because I want to talk with you on a subject which ought to Interest you very much. It Is a thing which has been very much on my mind since our last our last well, I confess, rather unpleasant meet ing." Dick looked Intently at the older man, who was carelessly toying with a pair of eyeglasses, and remained si lent "It Is a subject on which, very like ly, I have no business to Intrude, and yet, it continually suggests Itself to me after well, after what has passed between us. and let me say now now that I have had time to consider everything that in all your relations with my family you have conducted yourself most honorably and gentle manly." Dick was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable and nervously pulled at his watch chain, but the older man was quick to continue. "What I want to talk to you about Is yourself and your future." The two men faced each other and there was an Interval of silence. Dick was trying to figure out Just what had happened or was about to happen. The hope that the father was going to with draw his objections to his suit no soon er occurred to him than It was dis missed. Dick knew him too well to believe that he would change his mind In that rtspect After a pause, adroitly drawn out to allow of the desired impression, the financier continued. "Now, Richard, to get right down to the subject, I want to make you an offer. You have always had an eye for architecture and I am convinced that with careful study of the subject you can make a success of It. I am told that the suggestions you made when they were building the Parish house were mont valuable and that lei me to think the matter over you f v I have taken greater Interest In you than you thought and I have evolved this proposition which I want you to consider: I will furniih you with founds to the amount of six thousand dollars provided you will go to Paris and lUime and devote yourself faith fully to the study of architecture for two yeara Upon your return I will probably be able to give you sufficient work to enable you to pay me back the money advanced, and I am convinced that with your brains and ability you can return to this country and be In reality well architect of your own for tune. Now, what do you think of it?" Dick was thinking very hard. On Its face It was a magnificent proposi tion .and Just such a plan of which he had often dreamed, but there was closely associated with that dream the recollection of a gt:l's face. What would Orace suy? and was this, after all. Just a scheme to get rid of him? Mr. Dixon whs the first to break the silence, by saying, Juit as though It was a small matter which had for the moment slipped his memory "And, by-the-bye, Illchard, of course that absurd engagement with Grace must be terminated. Orace Is only a school girl, you know, and has been reared In luxury and all that. Of course you understand how Impossible It would be for you to support her, I don't really believe there Is any neces. slty to bring up that subject now, ex cept that I would like to have H under stood. Women are queer, you know, and Orace has large Idea of loyal and love, and all 'that nonsense, per fectly ridiculous, I know, but you un derstand how it Is with them." Dick was standing now. His f,n was just a little flushed and there was a great brightness In his eyes. Hi was am axed at his own perfect self control and his manner was taken for eagerness by a pair of crafty eyes which peeped over gold rimmed spec tacles Just as they bad, on many other occasions, when the golden bait had been put out. When the younger man spoke, there was a perceptible trem bling of his voice, but his manner was decisive and to the point "I think you are right about the en gagement," he said, "It should have been ended before thla I think I un derstand you, however, but to make matters plainer. If you will allow me, I will put them in writing." Dick sat down at the desk and after writing a few moments submitted the following: "For, and In consideration of, the sum of six thousand dollars, paid to me this day by Arthur Dixon, Esq., to be spent in studying architecture in Eu rope, I hereby agree to put an end for ever to the matrimonial engagement now existing between his daughter, Grace, and myself. (Signed) "RICHARD DANA." "That's a little shorter," said Dick, "but I thlsk it covers the ground." "It's certainly plain enough," the promoter exclaimed, "in fact, I may say that It is admirably executed," and the faint trace of a smile was discernible on his flushed face. He was wonder ing what his daughter would gay when the true character of Richard Dana was thus shown to her. "The coldest blooded fortune chaser and all 'round rascal I ever heard of," he said, when Dick had gone; and as for the latter, he carefully folded a check and put It away In a convenient pocket with the calm demeanor of a broker who had cornered the market and taken about everything In sight It was four days after this Interview when a messenger boy handed Thomas a message for his master. The pres ident of the Lakeside National bank was enjoying an after dinner cigar and at peace for once. Everything had come his way in the financial evolu tions of the day. All acknowledged his prowess. He had not lost a trick. He carefully opened the yellow en velope with a paper knife, adjusted his spectacles and read the telegram sev eral times, and then It fell from his hand and darted diagonally over into the open fireplace and went' up with the flames. "On Board 8. S. New York. Arthur Dixon, Esq.: Met Grace at 10 o'clock this morning. Have kept contract. We sail In a few mo menu for Liverpool. Uraoe sends love. It DANA." The Judge's Mistake. Judge B. 13. Martlndale, of Indlan apollB, Ind., owns one of the handsom est residences In that city a large stone mansion hidden from the street by a thick grove of trees. It was In this house that one of the most excit ing functions ever known In the Hoos ler capital took place many years ago, for the first time. The Judio, who was one of the leaders of society and at the same time was a pillar In the Presbyterian church, had Issued Invi tations for a fancy dress ball, which at the last moment he had to withdraw because of the presence In this country of a large body of Presbyterian dele gates from Great Britain on their way to an International conference in th west They were to be entertained at the Judge's on the night set for the ball. It so happened that every guest re ceived his notice Bave one, a merchant named Woodward, who was on a trip through the Northwest. It also hap pened that Mr. Woodward had hit upon the most startling disguise of any planned. He had bought a complete costume of a Bloux war chief and In tended making up as nearly like the ordinal as possible. Mr. Woodward did not return to In dianapolis until the evening fixed for the ball, and, therefore, to save time nut on his costume at his office and drove to the Martlndale residence In his carriage, which he dismissed at the gate. Through the trees and shrub bery he glld'-d stealthily until he re.iched the house, iooklng throush the window, Mr. Woodward saw some persons whom he knew and many who he did not, but every one was In ordinary evening dress. "They've unmasked," soliloquised the war chief, "but I'll have my fun Just the same." Thereupon, stepping on a ledge, he made one spring through the open window and landed In the center of a group of Scotch delegates, meantime brandishing a genuine toma hawk and uttering shrill and blood curdling war-whoops. The effect was astounding to th mas querader. Some of the guests faint ed, othrs crept undr the tnbles and sofas or fled to the upper stories ol the house. H took only an Instant for Mr. Woodward to discover that a terri ble mistake had been made. In ordei to preserve his identity and make hii escape he gave a few more whoops, ex ecuted a fearful dnnce, and darted oul of the window Into the darkness. It was explained to the forelgr guests that one of the Indianapolis In dian tribes was evidently restless, bul that no further trouble need be feared As for Mr. Woodward, his side of tht story was not known for nearly twentj years afterward. A clergyman In England is advneat Ing the use of a concealed camera It the pulpit, says, by showing three pho tographs to the backsliding ones the) would become so shamed that the) would not be liable to repeat the per formance. The suggestion Is Ingenious but It would seem the surest thl-ig u keep the congregation awake would bi an Interesting sermon. NEW ANIMAL Lift "Among the special circumstances created by the statical and dynamical conditions of the deep sea, organic life presents itself under aspects which ap pear strange to those who are accus tomed to Its appearance near the sur face. I endeavored to obtain from all the levels of the sea as many samples of the species belonging to them as It was possible, but I bad to find other apparatus than the old trawl used for former scientific cruises, which can only get animals fixed on the bottom of the sa or hiding In the mud ,or possessing very slow means of progres sing. Of course, I have used It a great deal, because no other Instrument can collect for us certain fauna; but when It occurred to me that there must be in the deep waters some nimble animals able to escape such a net as a trawl, I first built a trap of special shape and very large, In order to attract these supposed animals, when rightly baited. The trap la lowered to the bottom with a steel cable, and hauled up again after having been left there for a day or two attached to a buoy. The hand ling of this was very difficult in the be ginning, and required several years of practice to be brought up to definite rules, but it has given most brilliant results, animals quits unknown com ing Into my hands perfectly well pre served against shocks, frictions and other causes of damage to which they would be liable in a trawl. One Inter esting fact that they have shown Is the enormous numbers In which some animals exist In certain places. As an example, I obtained one day In a trap that had been lying on the bottom at 700 fathoms depth for 24 hours, 1,198 fish, called Bimenchelys parasiticus, which was only known by one or two samples in a more or less Imperfect state. ' I have succeeded in sending these traps as low as 3,000 fathoms with complete success. On anothf-r occasion my trap brought up a new crab, one of the largest ever known, Geryon AfTlnls, and there were 64 specimens of It. Curiously enough, several of them, which had not yet found the entrance of the trap when It was hauled up, made the whole voyage of many hundreds of fathoms clinging voluntarily to the outside of the trap. Lately I have obtained a certain number of large animals living In these intermediate depths, and belong ing to the very Interesting group of oephalods, by examining the stomachs of several ceteceans who feed upon them? B1nce the discovery of this In teresting fact, I added to the scientific gear of my vessel a complete whaling arrangements. This new method has given me the most remarkable ani mals of the whole collection; one es pecially, the Lepldoteuthls Orlmaldl, can be classified In no actually known species, genus, or even family of his order. It was vomited In 1895, during the dying struggles of a sperm whale, but had, unfortunately, lost Its head by the last adventures of its life. The fragment Is about a yard In length, and the complete animal must have been over seven feet; adding tie arms, e get a monster of colossal strength. Its most remarkable feature Is a cuirass of large prominent scales Which cover Its visceral bag; these are quite unknown with animals of that order. The vomitings of that same sperm whale, who covered two acres of the sea with his blood, contained an other immense cephalod, a Cuclotu thls with arms as strong as a man's and carrying suckers armed with claws M powerful as those of a tlger;thls ani mal Is furnished with luminous organs. In 1697 another large cetacean that I was attacking with my whaleboatj vomited a large fragment of a cepha lopoh which was peculiar in being of viscid substance not unlike glycerine; no net could retain It, and we only secured It by dipping It up with a large tub as well as the mass of water in which it was floating. But It will be convenient to remind the reader that cetaceans divide themselves Into two separate groups. One class, to which belongs the right whale or other marine mammals chased by whalers, feed upon very small animals that they absorb Blmply by moving about with thHr mouths open. They have no teth, but a sort of sieve made of what Is called whalebone. Another group, to which belongs the sprm whale, is armed with powerful teeth, a single one weighing some times as much as six pounds. They live upon big prey, mostly cephalopods, ns aforesaid. These cetaceans are ferocious, while the others have a much milder temper, and some of them, as the "Orca Gladiator," can be very dan gerous to attack. Two years ago I chssed a school of three of these, Jusl off the Monaco Rock, and very soon one was struck by my whaler's harpoon. While It was ending with violent struggles, the two others came along side the whalehoat and seemed weM Ing to fight for their companion. They swam around and around, sometimes so elope thst the men touched their enormous backs with their hands. 1 had to release at once that boat, and for an hour we were (seventeen men and three boats) engaged In a most grand wrestling. The result was that a second orque was killed by a spar stioke. If we sight some wreckage as a log or a barrel we always find under It or near it fishes of good size and of dlffrnt species that never seem to abandon this guide that they hav chnren. and thst takes them across the Atlsntln. They are very easily csurht with a fish spear, and the tun ny fe re hooked with a towllne bait ed with a rough Imitation of a squid Msny sailors wrecked on the Atlantic snd Mr-tinned for days and weeks o Its sprsrently uninhabited wilderness hve died ef hunger among a mosl htnid"t snd attainable food, an t'y co')M have been saved had thej s'mpiy frnnwn It and possessed th vi"-- pimple genr required. Therefore I llnk that all the principal boats a sMp ought to be permanently provld d with frw lines and hooks ant with a fish spear. TREASURE STILL THERE. "There art folks who Imagine that (very farmer is dead easy to swindle," tald the broad-shouldered agriculturist while the lightning-rod theory was un ier discussion, "but they make a great rnistake there. Any traveling swindler will find ten victims In town to one in :he country. The farmer has to get nis eyeteeth cut early In the game or oee his acres. There Is hardly a day n the year that some one is not trying to get the better of him, and most of is can see through a stone wall as well is any other class. Lord save ye, but ('11 bet I turn down more rascals In a month than any lawyer, doctor or mer chant does In five years. Do you see :hese knuckles? Well, I brused them igainst a fellow's head only four days ago, and It was a rather funny thing. He was a well dressed, soft talking itranger and he drove up to my place ind took me out to the barn for a prl vte interview. I rather expected he wanted to sell me a gold brick, but he iad a better thing. After a good deal 3f mystery he said: 'Mr. Thompson, there Is a treasure of (100,000 In gold burled on your farm ind If you'll give me $1,000 I'll locate the exact spot' "That trick Is as old as the hills. I have turned It down twenty different times. You see, they always want their $1,000 In advance. Then they tell you not to dig until the moon Is full, md so have time to get away. When they don't do It theat way they have a box planted for you to dig up. There !a no key to It, and while the farmer Is taking It to town to have It opened the fakir is traveling the other way. They won't wait for their thousand out jf the box, and always have a good reason why. This chap said the hun 3red thousand was stolen from a bank rears before, and his conscience would n't let him touch a coin. My con science didn't come Into the deal at al) rou know. "I was Just getting over a boll on my aeck and was still feeling angry, and t determined to give that chap a les ion. He was willing to go with me and Klnt out the field In which the treas lre was buried. He led the way across the pasture to a cornfield, and said It sras somewhere under the ten acres of soil. He was asking me if I could raise the thousand when I let drive at him. He went end over end and got up and itorted on a run. There was a barbed wire fence around the lot, with my old log holding the only gate, and we had .'un for about an hour. At least It was !un for me. He had some spunk and was a good runner, but he'll never for ret that hour as long as he Uvea I iad been swindled on a patent gate, Bohemian oats, a parlor organ, Lg lorn chickens and other things, and I nade him pay up for all. When I wanted a breathing spell the old dog tept him on the run, and I got his hat ind pieces of his coat, trousers and ihlrt nailed up on the barn door as a wamlg to other chaps of his profes ilon. He dropped a wallet with $80 in t and I don't hardly think he'll come ack for It. I think he'll head for the west and a new set of people, and go ut of the burled treasure business. Napoleon's Troubles. Napoleon Bonaparte, as first con lul and as emperor, was the victim of i malady which caused him to seek the idvlce of the most distinguished phy sicians of Paris. It Is a little shocking to modern sensibilities to read that these physicians, except Corvlsart, dl ignosed the distinguished patient's mal idy as "gale repereutee" that is to lay. In Idiomatic English, the itch 'struck In." It is hardly necessary to jay that no physician of today would nake so Inconsiderate a diagnosis in the cose of a royal patient. If by any :hanee a distinguished patient were ifflicted with the Itch, the sagacious physician would carefully hide the fact behind circumlocutions, and proceed to sradlcate the disease with all dispatch. All of which goes to show how easy it may be for a masked pretender to Impose on credulous humanity; for nothing Is more clearly established In modern knowledge than the fact that "gale repereutee" was simply a name to hide a profound Ignorance; no such auease exists, or ever did exist. Gale Itself Is a sufficiently tangible reality, to bo sure; but It Is a purely local dis ease of the skin, due to a perfectly definite cause, and the dire Internal conditions formerly ascribed to It have really no casual connection with It whatever. The definite cause, as every one nowadays knows, is nothing more nor less than a microscopic Insect which has found lodgment In the skin, and It has burrowed and made Itself al home there. Kill that Insect, and the disease Is no more; hence It has come to be an axiom with the modern physi cian that the Itch Is one of the three ot four diseases that he Is positively abl to cure, and that very speedily. Bul It was far ntherwlse with the physi cians of the first third of our century, because to them the cause of the dis ease was an absolute mystery. "What a large head you have.," re marked the loquacious barber to at Irish customer. "Why, It's twice at large as mine." "But Ol suppose you're afther foind ln' thst head of yours large enough though?" queried the Irishman. "Sure," replied the tonsorlal artist "It suits me all right." "Av coorse." said the son of Erin "Phwat'i the use av a man havln' big trunk whin he has no clothes tl keep In It, Oi dunno." Chicago Newa ' "Courtney flmlth Is writing a Heotcl dialect novel." "What does he knof about dialect?" "Why, he playa golf." HE ATI NO IN URUGUAY Uruguay's Inhabitants are not both ered by steam heating. They are not even vexed by big coal Mlla Tb'ey da not believe In heating dwelling houses at all. According to United States Con sul Swaim, "it Is very safe to say that 96 per cent of the bouses have no heat ing arrangements whatever specially designed for the purpose. It la claimed by many of the inhabitants that heat If at no time required In the houses; that heat In the house Is not healthy, but conduces to maladies of throat and lunga Yet, during the winter season, from April to October, the dampness In the houses Is far more unpleasant than crisp and anappy cold. With the fre quent and heavy rains the walls become very damp, and clcfilng or books must not touch them or a mold will form. Such a condition has for one of Its re sults an enlarged percentage of pulmo nary troubles, and a death rate out of all proportion to the general salubrity of the climate. There are no chimneys for either fireplaces or stoves. A $14, 000 residence, built this season, has for Its only chimney a stovepipe set thro' the kitchen roof for the cook stove. "The American style of heating stove 1b about the only one seen In the mar ket, the smaller and simpler forms being used. They are popular with those who have their homes reason ably heated, but the demand is small, and only one house in Montevideo keeps a stock. The American oil stove has found a good market here, and the sole competitor Is one of Belgian make, with flrst-claes blue flame combustion. The Belgian stove sells at about one half the price asked for the American, on account of the fact that the United StateB article is usually a combination of lamp and stove, and so comes under a different and higher customs classi fication. "The native cooking stove is a very substantial affair of heavy wrought iron, made in local factories from im ported plates. The stoves are good cookers and roasters, but do not bake so well. They are made with or with out water reservoirs, and are very dur ablesomething like the wrought iron range. About 50 per cent more fuel Is used by these than by American stoves of the same capacity. They cost from $20 to $70, according to style of finish and completeness of the water outfit "Cook stoves have been imported for some years from the United States, and are gradually winning their way, es pecially in the European households. The fact that they save fuel tells In their favor, as coal costs from $10 to $14 per ton. The coal is all imported from Wales or the United States. Wood Is even higher than coal, considering re sults. "The duty is a serious drawback to trade in this line. It amounts to eight cents per kilogram (22.046 pounds) In cluding the package. As the stoves must be well packed, the adldtlonal weight adds heavily to the cost, and a heating stove that could be bought at from $7 to $8 retail in any city in the United States must sell here for at least three times that amount, and then leaves only a fair margin of profit to the dealer. The United States cook stove sells at about the same rate as the one made in Uruguay, but the wrought Iron article, with Its power to withstand hard usage, has been so widely employed that only when the better methods, greater economy and generally superior character of the United States stove become known will our manufacturers win the market to any extent." The Japanese Woman. The chief duty of a Japanese woman all her life Is obedience; while unmar ried, to her parents; when married, to her husband and his parents; when widowed, to her son. In the "Greater Learning of Women" we read1: "A woman should look upon her husband as If he were heaven Itself, and thus escape celestial punishment "The five worst maladies that afflict the female mind are: Indocility, dis content, slander, Jealousy and silli no&i. Without any doubt these five maladies afflict seven or eight out of every ten women, and from them arises the inferiority of women to men. A woman should cure them by self-Inspection and self-reproach. The worst of them all, and the parent of the other four, Is silliness!" The above extract shows us very clearly the position which women have. until quite recently, taken In Japan. As a German writer says, her condition Is the Intermediate link between the European and the Astatic. On the one hand, Japanese women are subjected to no seclusion, and are as carefully educated as the men, and take their place in society; but, on the other hand, they have absolutely no inde pendence, and are In complete subjec tion to their husbands, sons and other relations. They are without legal rights, and under no circumstances can a wife obtain a divorce or separa tion from her husband, however great his offense. Notwithstanding this. In no country does one find a higher stan dard of morality than anions the mar ried women of Japan. Faithlessness la practically unknown, although the poor little wives must often have much to put up with from their autocratic lords and masters. They bear all, how. ever, silently and uncomplainingly, their characteristic pride and reserve forbidding them to show to the outer world what they suffer. We Europeans might well In many respects Imitate, and still have much to learn from out tittle cousins In the far east Cornhll) Msgaslne. "Klrby has quit living In a board Ing house and gone to a hotel." "Ant Why?" "He aaya he haa nervoua pros tration from sympathising with bit landlady three timet a day."
