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BRIDAL CUSTOMS IN JAPAN. Now that Japan is brought promi nently before the public, the quaint customs practiced in that far away land are of added interest. And the wedding rules are, perhaps, the most iron bound of all the peculiar prac tices among pzople of the Flowery Kingdom. The average Japanese girl rarely knows that fher hand has even been sought until all the arrangements have been made between her father and her suitor. The latter, however, does not manage this in person, but leaves all the arrangements to some trusty ‘emissary, genc<rally an intimate friend. When the preliminaries have been gatisfactorily concluded the young oouple are introduced to each other in the most formal! manner and ex change gifts either of money or clothes, as a rule. There is no en gagement ring, but, strange to say, it is easier to get a divorce afier mar riage than it is to break the betroth al. After the introdueticn the con tracting parties are considered bound to marry, says the Chattanooga Times. In one particular only does the Jap anese bridal resemble ths western ceremony. This is, too, a small mat ker. The Japanese bride, like her western sister, wears a veil; but there Is absolutely no religious ceremony and no legal oaths are administered. But the young people sit in the Japan ese fashion upon the cushions an the floor, separated by the father of the bridegrcom and the friend who has carried on the negotiations. In front of them stands a little table with a Symbolic palm branch laid on it THE SENSITIVE wWOMAN. - Bvery one knows her. She has two deep lines between her eyes and a plaintive droop to the corners of her mouth and to her eyebrows. covery.—Harper's Bazar. YOUR GLOVES, They must be clean. : They are worn large. Tiy on very carefully at first, Choose a soft, pliable leather. Too often cheap gloves are cheap. Be sure the fingers go in straight. Benzine is as good as any cleaner. Gloves are cleaned on the hand or a form. Gloves io keep should be wrapped in tissue paper. An expert says the cleaned glove should dry on the hand. It is a mistake to let white gloves become really dirty. The new gloves offer a great selec ti~=—~fam _=aar with brown. The careful woman tries them on before the time she is to wear them. Tan shades of the warmest possible sorts appear in mannish handgear. White gloves are elegant, if perfect- Iy clean, for all dress wear. If dirty, they are horrible. With a pink evening dress a dead white glove is not so pretty as one faintly tinted with pink. Pasted fawn gloves are attractive with dresses of brown, castor or tan color, or with dark green. Suede kid is too soft and pretiy 1o be cast aside, and pastel shades look well with clothes in dark hues.—ln dianapolis News. PERSIAN LAMB WITH O‘I’iI;IEB FURS. 4 # ", Persian lamb is again fashionable; but in its reappearance it is usually managed with accessories of som= other fur. For this the Rus<ian sables are in high demand, with their cousins of the Hudson Bay region a close sec ond choice. Ermine, too, makes a charming contrast; and since vests and revers are so fashionable, the cor rect thing is to fashion them after some contrasting fur g Pt ey Wavaewm ALCD asa v Uny threes and fours are still noticeable, but the long, sweeping kind hold very well. ® Unique match holders aré made by sawing a coccanut in half and screw ing the dry shell to the wall. Pongee silk to be successfully laun dered must be hung on the line with out wringing the water out and allow ed to thoroughly dry. Press with a moderately warm iron without sprink ling. The most fashionable gown of the season is a black taffeta, with a large black, raised silk dot. The collar is made of velvet, as are the cuffs, and there are pipings of turquecise blue satin to finish both. Pipings are more than ever the style, and, to pipe a gown with blue and white is a pretty sure way to se cure its general style. The little line of white gives it neatness and finish, while the blue gives it the required note of color. Here is an imperian: thing to re member, also: Let there be some em broidery or a lace application upon the afternoon shirt waists. You cannot buy a whip in the city. of Moscow since a local law prohibits the use of whips on bhorses. The re sult of this humane law is seen in the beauty, good conlition and good behavior of the horses. A correspondent suggests a use for old denim, either ovemlls or that which has seen service pa the stairs, .y braiding into rugs for use in the -itchen. The denim stould be wash -4 before cut. Oileloth tacked across the mottom of a sereen door will strengtkan the netting and prevent rain beatizz in. About $lO,OOO worth of gaime cocks are shipped into Mexico annually from the United States. : i To the Point. st ‘_‘}t I 3 oft@ said,” remarked Miss Coy, “that there is no marrying in heaven, but | wonder what the author ity for it 1s?” : “‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,’” replied the savage bachelor. : 1 Changed His Mind. : Swaddlecomb—Last time [ saw you, if I remember rightly, you told me you were about to be married. Yipsley—l did intend to be, but at the last moment another rich relative died and left me a lot more money, and I haven’t spent it all yet.—Chica. go Tribune. 3 On the oceasion of the hundredil an niversary of the deathk of Schiller (May 9, 1905, the Swiss Government intends to give every pupil in the pub lic schools a copy of that poet's play, “Willlam Tell.” The sum of $20.,000 has been set aside for {his purpose. Dealfness Cannot Be Cured by loeal applications s they cannot reachths diseased portion ofthe ear. Thereis only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition ¢f the mucous lJining of the Eustachian Tube. Whenthis tube is in flamed you have a rumbling=ound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, ond unless the inflam mation can be taken out and this tube re siored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten arecaused by eatarrh, which is nothingbutaa inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Doilars forany case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)thal can notbe cured by Hall’s Catarrh Care. Seénd for circularafres. F.J. Cuexey & Co., Teledo, O, Sold by Druzgists, 752, Take Hall's Pamily Piils for eonstipation. A man brought up at St. Albans as an incorrigible rogue was proved to have married his aunt, His children are, therefore, his Jrst cousins and he is his own uncle. His grandmother and bher mother-in-law are the same person. Apparently the judge syin pathized with him, for he was dis ehrEßg s L g