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Ili Childhood left liehiatl, a Japanese wo- maii finds lite not withuiut inauy cares and re«ponBil>ilitie8. AlurriaKe takes place eary ajid with it a new life be- gins. With her parents the young girl has Rrown up innocent, modest and un- â- amiining. 6bv is obedient to the wisbt's of her superiors, helpful in the ibousehold, and handy with her needle. The outer world she knows but little of, and the husband, who is chosen for hier by her parents, is accepted usual- ly without doubts or mis^tivLngs, there t>eing no question of love between the young people before marriage, though Bometimes there may be a little social intercourse. Th* friend who serves as go-between arranges all the details of the engagement, ceremony and mar- riage, and un an au.spicious day, the trousseau of the bride, consisting of fnrniture, bureaus, and lacquer boxes filled with ma.uy beautiful dresses and rich girdles, silk quilts and bedding, and all the necessary appurtenances of a Japanese lady, are sent with due eereuiony a few hours before the ar- rival of the bride at her future home. The bride is accompanied by the go- between and his wife, and the wed- ding ceremony takes place quietly at the home of the groom, with no one present but the contracting parties, the go-between and the little maid who pours out the symbolic wine taken from the two-mouthed cup, each side of which is given to groom and bride al- ternately. The drinking of this wine is ft token that life's joys and sorrows ftre to be shared together hereafter, it is taken by them nine times in all. After this formal ceremony between the bride and groom, the bride also takes wine with her husband's relatives, ttw parents, brothers and sisters, as a •ymbol of the union lietween herself and them. Altbou{];h such a ceremony would seem very simple, it is in truth tnost complicated. It is not gay and bril- liant as n wedding would l)e among Europeans and Americans, with crowds of invited guests, Bbo\vy decorations, and a grand ceremonial in some large church. The Japanese ceremony, as well as the feast which is held after it, and given to parents and relatives of bride and groom, is carried mit under many strict rules of etiquette, which entail much thought and care. Un the part of the bride there is a very el- aborate toilet. The underdress, of pure white silk, long and flowing, is worn undnr a ga} ly-figured overgar- ment, with the broad sash tied behind, the costume being changed several times in the evening. There is the coiffure, most carefully arranged and adorned with tortoiscshell comb and hairpin, the fixing of which has taken an hour or two of the skillful hairdresser's time. Presents to eai'h member of the fam- ily of the groom are given by the bride. The rooms are decorated with appropriate scroll pictures and orna- ments, all symbolic of good luck and happiness, among the emblems being the stork and tortoise, the pine. i)luni and l)amlioo. The bouse and the sjilu- talions and order of the ceremony and the service of the dinner are all ar- ranged by nilea too complicated and numerous to be detailed hktre. Presents are sent from friends and relatives, who have heard of the nup- tials, a feast is held In the bride's homo ft few days after the weilding, and, then finally a grand eulertuimnent is given to relatives and friends by the newly-wedded couple. After that life â- ettles down to its usual routine, and the now wife fits beruulf as best she may into her new surroundings. The newly-married pair do not make a wsp- ftrate home, but it is expetled that they will ruiiiaiu with the puronts of tihe husband under the same roof and form a jMirt of the household. In this way it IS often trying to tlw now wife, especially if there Iw many memliers of the family, for it will be her duty as far aspOHsiblo to l)end her will to theirs and to please them in every way. iler ihiusbaiid and his parents slund first, Ibowever, and she must see to their com- fort, wait upon them, and forestall t4heir wishes Lu many little ways. Uuring 'he life-time of the niolhor- in-iaw, or at least until site bus grown too old to desiru to hold the octuivl reins of government, the young wife does not tiavo full authority to monuAu the fcuusehold, but is entirely under the rule of the elder woman, 8he is thus initiated into the ways of the house and trained to follow in tHu footsteps of fc«!r predecessors. It is this custom wihicn niake.a early marriage in Japan a possibility, for olhurwise a yoiuig girl of 1(1 or 17 could not take into her uands the whole management of a (hlouaehold, nor serve the husband as •he is expected to do. As it is, tlio young wife htts liei hands full in at- tending to t lie wants of tbuse around toer, for she takes a mil)or(linate pliiie, and her own desires and personality must he sunk in those of others. No longer a child, a woman's duties are de- manded of her and she must endeavor to fulfill llwni, for on her ability to please depends her future happiness. Failing in this means disgrui^o iind di- vorce, ami a return to the iiuternnl roof, ft dependent for life on father or broth- er, the on'y alternative being a Nec- ond marriage, which can hardly be so propitious as the first one. i)ivorcoa uiro easily gaiiind and for several causes but in every case l^he breaking of the mariiage tie, is, for the woimui, more or less a disgrace, and itnist be avoid- ed by every means [Missihlo. The daily round of duties is not var- ied. The Japanese house, with it« |>ol- Urhcd wood-work niid soft matted floor, must be kept scmpulously clean. Every morning and evening.. .they must be wiped gr sw^pt, for the open paper partitions let in much dust from the gardens and streets. The flowers in the raised alcove must ha arranged in ibe vase, the one hanf^ing scroll in the room obangod according to SKason or occasion, 'rhe women of the huueehold ^ must see Uiat all is made neat and i tidy. The young wife assists her hus- band in his preparations iis he starts off on bis daily round of husinees. sees I tbftt everything is conveniently on hand, I and is ready to receive him and tend to his comfort when he returns home in the evening. Tu cose of unexpected guests â€" and these are of almost daily occurrence â€" everything must be at- tended to promptly and without the least show of tbe inconvenience which must necessarily occur when dinner for several visitors is called for on short notice. But Japanese hospitality is genuine ; such things are considered to be a matter of course, and no one thinks how much anxiety it entails on the wife of the household. Cooking, how- ever, is a simple matter, and in Tokio there are so many establishmentn in every pai"t of the city where dinner for a number or a few dishes may be ordered on short notice and brought by a special messenger that this part of the entertainment is made much lighter than might be thought possi- ble. Moreover tbe constant coming in and out of guests makes almost the on- ly variety in tbe life of tbe women, who, though the acquaintances are friends of the husband, get their al- most only sxperience of the outside world and learn something l^eyond tbe narrow life iu tbe home and the petty details which fill up each day. It must not bo thought, however, that a wife has little responsibility, or that her life is without important duties. In all the affair« of the house, in the arrangements of accounts, tbe hiring of servants, the buying and sending out of presentsâ€" thi" in itself no slight task -^he wife has virtually, if not nom- inally, full power, and there is no doubt that the prosperity or the poverty of the house depends as much ou the wife as uu thv husluind, for a capable man- ager, a good housewife and helpmute can do as much in Japan as in America for her husband's welfare and honor. It is touching to see how womeu,cven iu the lowest classes, take care of their ohildren. They seem always loving and kind, wearing old and common clothes, so that their little ones may have some bright, gay garment, or going wilb- tiut above everything, a woman's life in Jaiwu bos its be>'t opportunities for usefulness aa well as its greatest re- sponsibilitiee in its duties as mother ; for a Japuxie&e mother has almost un- bounded influence over her children. The father is often too busy to inter- est himself in the minor uetaila con- cerniug his children, and from infancy imtil school days are over u mother is all in all to her littlu one. Kven tbe sons are taught tu show every mark of respect for her, and she is ibcir guar- dian and helper, oven when they are ?oing to schiMl, or receive instruction rom tutors. Tbe little girls of course are under tbe mo'hcr entirely, and iu many casea receive only home training after a few years at a primary sohoul. It is she wb o^laus for their pleasure, arranges the little festivals iu the dif- ferent season as i-hey come for Uith boys and girls, takes iJiem with her on her occasional outings and visits to her relatives ; or if they are left at home who never forgets the "omiagi," or present for them ou her return, be it only a l)all, a toy or a little candy, out some necessity that they may buy some cheaj; toy for them. In the homes of the higher classes the mother and children are brought together less often, and nearly every- thing is done for children by servaius and attendants. Uut tlie children know few cares and anxieties and lend u bixi>- py life. Much respect and honor is paid to the old motJier or In the older (grand- mother in Japan. Her own children and her son's daughters vie in doing thingH for her. and in trying to please her. She is free to come and go as she likes among them, and they wilt en- tertain her and make niurli of her, so that her old age is full of freedom and oleasure. No wonder children are longed for by Japanese woaien, for it is only through them that this hapiiy period is reached, and so niaoy bless- ings are obtained. THE BOILER BLEW UP. Horrllilr llealh iif Flremra •â-  a Frrarh Hlranirr. The steamer Hio de Janeiro, which arrived recently at San l-'rancisco, brings news thai one of the iKiilers of the h'tviich .Hieamer Siu'halien ex- ploded while the ve.swl was off the Chinese coast on I)ec«'niler 2, biiuud frciiii .Singapore for Hong Kong. Kiev- en of the .Hluke.rs in the fir<'-r<H>iii and one engineer were killed iii.staiilly '\v I he explimion or by the scalding steam. The chief stoker was so l;.idJy injured thill he died a few hciurs afterward, and four other firemeji died the next day una reMill of their luiriis. The veNS«'l was crowdt-d with passen- geix and there wiut the wildest c<m- fusi<Hi im lio.ird. The i>aM»eng«'rs had just iihspinliled in lihe H<uIoun for dinner when ilieiv caiue a loud rei)ort like t.liuit of a cannon fit.iii the diret^lion of the engiiie-nKuu. The d«iMk-t<>i.ird.H weiv lorn up, gratings were sent fly- ing iii the air and the .steamer tretnl'h- ed from .item to stern. A dense oluiid «>f .Mienm and smuke itwued f i-om t he hatches with a deafening roar of es- oapiiig steam. 'I he officers of the v»«*»«l who were on the decks rtmhed to their |>Kk'oh at the lifrluLils ,and froni the cabins came s>'rp:iiiiiiig wimien and sluniling men. It was s»ime time Imfore order could lie restored and t.lie extent of the disaster a.Hcertained. A.s soon as the sleani had <\leai>tvd away men wei-e wnl lielow in tlvo stoke-hole. Kleven .l^ascar firemen lay b.Ik)uI the fl'vor liefore the ruined boiler, dead or writhing at the last gasp, with their fl"'h parlo.led by the terrific ba'h of superheated steam in which the ex- plosion hud plunged tliejii. "Ten other firemen who weie in the stoke-hole weixi liadly liurned. Four of tJiem died during the night foUo'wing the explo- sion. TIMELY AID. Weren't you frightened when your ro- volvpr misneil fire ? No; my wife held the I'Urglar off with a b»t pin while I i>e|oaded,. ... . SOUTH AFRICAN MARVELS AN INTELLIGENT BOA CONSTRICTOR AND ITS PREY. Boblted mt a Bair-iiwalUwed Back II Uulped Bswu â-  Native and ("al OITBM Eiirapr I j Mwallonlng â- (« Tall. The 1at«.<>t snake story comes from South Afrira. ft Ls recorded in tbe Transvaal, published in Cape Town, as cold fact, that in Sekukiniland, a na- tive ran across a boa constrictor, mea- suring about forty-seven feet, which had jiL-tt swai[ lowed a young Koodoo buck, aJI except the horns. The boms stuck out on each side of tbe reptile's mouth. The native recogni2ed tbe hnrnn oa those of a bucjc he owned, and be ran and got sticks and pinned the serpent, whii-h was dormant, to the grounil. Then he got hold of the horns and puJJed and twisted. He got tliB buck out inch by inch, until half ils Ixidy showed, and then it came with a jerk, and tbe txiy fell over on hie hack. ijefore he hod time to think twice the sgaaJce, relieved of its load of mut- ton, v/aa upon bim, and it seized his head in ils mouth and in three minutes the native tuud taken tbe place of the buckr only be was all inside ; there was nothing left out to pull on, even if a rescuer had come along. Having swal- lowed the boy the boa deliberately swung its head around and grabbing its tail swallowed eight feet of it, then dosing tbe mouth and throat, down which the native bod disappeared, and making encape ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. The 'rran<)vaal vouches for the truth of the .story. Besixles snakes of this ferocious and ingenious character, they have lions a- plenty in South Africa, at the follow- ing from the Cape Times of Cape Town shows : "The following Ls an extract from the letter of a young Colonist now iu Mashonailand, sent to tbe Queen's Town Free Press. The letter is written from Beieng^va, a place 110 miles southeast of Bolawayo : "Writing to it \&ni week, I gave an account of a rather exciting exper- ience I had with lions, but since then 1 have lieen within two yards of them, hearing the brutes roar, and seeing tbem devouring cows. I went down to Fynn'a, a son of Mr. Fynn of KreJi fauie ; be is a Native Commissioner of the district and a v«ry smart fellow in- deed, to dinner. I was walking, as it is only three miles from here. 1 forgot to take my rifle with me. I .stayed at Kynn's untU U o'clcok, and then walked over to the loi-al store to post my let- ters, leaving there shortly after 10 to return to my camp. We hod been spin- ning yarns of ilifferenl lion experiences all the evening. Consequently when 1 left I was full of lions and their dar- ing habits. However, i would not show the store iieople 1 did not quite like the wiUk home alone without a gun, and .su staxieil, with my terrior as a companion. Ucing in good fettle 1 did the three and a half miles in forty niiniitcs, and got home saJely. Very early next morning 1 got a note from Kynn, .siiying lha.t within half an hour of my leaving the store the lions had come down and taken four donkeys be- longing to a prosi>oclor, and three o«lves out of the store kraal, all with- in fifte<>n yards of the .store. A biinl was orgeiuze<l and we woured tbe neighbiirhuod without result, return- ing at 3 o'clock in the afterno<m, when we found out that the brutes hod also taken and partly eaten TWO COWS ANU A CAUt' Ijeionging to >'yun. Kynn, myself, and Orpen. nephew of the Treasurer, de- ciile<l to build a scherm, a small hut made of poles and tied with green hide, and sit uii lu'l nighl and see if they returned. Well, as ill luck would hav"e lit., the night turned up bitterly cold, with a drizzling rain, and as dark as pitch. We decided to do relief for twii hours, and ke-p watch. Phe cows' carcasses were only within two yards of the .scherni. "Uurlng my watch, from 'i to 3 o'clock. I lie lions turned up, and an- nuiiured tlwir presence willi a roar. 1 ilo not tlunk 1 shall forgci it. They appcired to be very hungry, as they prompily .slartetl to eat the dead cows. I''ynn got first shot and hit his lion bailly ; in fact, we t bough l it was go- ing lo attiu'k <lu> Mcb-rni. However., it though! lietter of it and cleared off. Ily thli time it was .so dark that we could not see the lions, and coiibl only shool liy gne,s.s work. I got a shut at the next one and nii,s.seil; in fa<L. it simply went on eating. I fired again and lut. Hy Jove! He roared and grow Jed, gna.slK'd his teeth, and tried io make for the .schenii. l-jnii flieil and hit bim again, and we felt sure of having .se«'ured one at last. "Presently another came up, and Kynn fired again, luit missed. '1 his one cleari'd. .Viiolher cajue uj), Kynn fiivd, and this one cleared also. .\t I his time we could hear my lion moaning and growling, and felt sure we eould find h 111 Ihiire in the morning. Iiut, lo our disappointmcni. when we got out the brute hud gone. Although grea.t pools of blood could lie traced where he had rested, we could not follow hi.s spoor for more than a mile, the rain having washed out all trace of him. We spent two days in trying to find the bodies without .sucoeas. I am sorry, a.s I made .so sure of having hit and killed my one. I daresay someone would be for- I una to enough to find his skin before desttvyed by birds. The whole exper- ience was novel and exciting. Orjien did n<d get a shot as the lioiui came up from the lee side and we dare not move. TWO WKRE KlU.Kn ,s<mie time ago with sprinis ((uns. This (llslrict is fairly teeming with them, au(l lit Is dangcMUS tp.niova atKiuet at night, whether you have a rifle or not." Still another abundant product of South Africa ir. tbe locust. Just look at the.se telegraons from a South Af- rica paper : < Queen's Town, Jan. 2. â€" Mr. Colin White, ot Richmond, sent in some lo- custs to-day that be met near there, travelling eont. They are a new kind, and have large bodies and long prick- les, on their legs. They eat leaves, peach, quince, apple, fig, and willow. Port tlizabeth, Jan 4.â€" The up-coun- try train this morning paased through swarms of lo<-.iuiits of greater or less density for 1<% miles. It baa also been ascertained that similar swarms are on farmn in tbe Uitenbege district. They are reported to be a new species. Durban, Dec. 31.â€" The locust pest is now appearing, the swarms of hoppers having hatcbeid in Durban and Victoria coimties. where the screen system will be brought into opera,tion. Last but not least they have in South Africa the world famous three-card monte game. But the Judges down there don't seem to be very famiiliar with it yet, or can't .see that there in any cheating in it, as their .story shows. "Recently at Pbrn, Elizabeth .Joseph Stewart wan charged before the Ma- gistrate with fraud by means of a ccr- I tain three-card gome. John Hendrik I van Heerden, and we travelled .second i class. Pjisoner and another man, { whone name I do not know, joined the I train at Middelurg Road on Sunday ' morning. After tbe train left Middle- ; burg the prisoner said he should like . a ta;k with as and be introduced a .subject in connection with a game of cards in wbichi ONLY THREE CARDS were required. He said he had been plajing a game of cards with a man. Prisoner's friend said: "Show us how to play that game." He agreed to do so, and took three cords out of an ordinary visiting card case. He show- ed the other man bow to play with three rants. Tbe prisoner and his cornpanion, after the latter bad tbe game explained to bim, started to play for money. The companion â€" or coir- federate â€" first won, tnen lost. Both of them then asked me to play. I said : No. It is Sunday, and we should not play caj:d.s on Sunday. They then anked Mr. Van Heerden to play. At first be would not, but being pressed very much h- agreed to slake half a sovereign, and van Heerden won. Prisoner suggested that the stakes be for £5. He drew out a i'5 note, and .seeing that, prisoner said, "Oh, make it £10." Van Heerden did so ; he put down another £ri note. He lost that £10. Prisoner asked him to continue playing, no be put down amother £5. Well, I thought I would try and get my friend's money -tiack for him. so 1 put in £10, making our joint put in £15. We lost it all. Prisoner'a friend urged me to play again. He said. "Try anil regain your money.' I did .so after much persuasion, and the re- sult was I lost £10 more. 1 would not play any more, although they begged me to continue. I spoke to the guard about my lom, and asked him his opin- ion. "The farmers lost between them £35. and then told the guard. Stewart of- fered :<i "omoromise the affair by giving them £22 10s. to tell tbe guard that ibc aitair was settled. The guard gave Stewart in charge for gambling on the line, but found little money up- on hm. The confederate bad disap- l)eared by that time. "The Magistrate held that no fraud hod lieen proved and prLnoner was dis- charged." South Africa, it will be seen, is a great place. REGULATED BY A STAR. Tlnr A NImpIr Way of Telllnic Wiiru I*le4*e llttUM Ari*uratrl.>. Some verj' old paintings that was bniught to light the other day con- tains curious suggestions for making certain I'ulculations that will interest many people. An easy method of correctly regulat- ing a tiuiepiece by the stars is as fol- lows: As tbe motion of tbe earth with re- gard lo the fixed stars (thost^ that twinkle) is uniform, timepieces can iu a most simple manner be correctly reg- ulated by Ihe Marx with greater facu- lty than by tbe sun. Chouse a south window, from which any fixed jioiut, such as a chimney side of a building, etc., may be seen. To the side of the window attach a piece of cardlioard btving a Muall bole in ii iu »uch a niniiner tiiat liy IwUiing thrt^ugb the hole toward tbe edge of llie elevated object, s<iuie fixed star may lie s«>en. the progre.ss uf Ihe star must lie watched, and the inslanl it vauiabes tehind the fixed point the observer uiu»i note tiie exai<t time it disapiiears. Ihe following night the same star will vanish lebind ilie same otiject tbive minutes mid fifty-six sei-onds sooner. If a timepiece uiark So'ckick when ihe star vanisiied ojta night the following night it will indicate thiee minutes and fifty-six seconds leat. than 9. If the tijuepiecv be faster or sj<iwer tbau the indication of tbe .star, then it Sius gained or liwt the indicated dit- ference. If several cloudy nights fol- low; Ihe first oliaervation ot the star it is only iiecess,iry to iiiulli|ily three minutes fifly-.six s<H»n',ls t>y the num- l.er of days that have elaiised sim"e the ohservatiou, and the product de»l.ucled from the hour of the clock indicate* Ihe fir.st night clear enough for the s«ic- ond olisorvatioii and gives the time the clock or watch ought to show. Tbe HUiiie star can only lie olis»'rved- during a few weeks, for as it gainst nearly an hour in a fortnii^ht, it will in a short time come to the meridian in broad davlight and liecome invLsible. In marking the otiservation cai^e must lie taken that a planet i.s not cbiKsen in- stead of a star. Additional lo the fact that the light of fi:xed stars twinkles, while that ot planets is steady liecauao reflected, a sure means of dislinguish- iig lietween them is to first watch a certain star altentiveJy for a few nights. If it changes its place with r»'- guixl to the other stars, it is a planet, since the fixed stars appear to main- tain Ihe same nlative uositious ' with r«g>ard to eaob other. AMERICA'S mST MAJI SOME PACTS ABOUT JOHN D. ROCKE- FELLER AND HIS WEALTH. Maid (« Be Worth More Tkau ««««,«M,OM â€" «lTe» Larfte 8hum In lliarily-Vlft.- •M,M» Ut Clilcaco iBlvernlty-Uaw Me Arqalred Hla Wrallbâ€" Mcaa* Employed lo 4'rui>li Opponlllun. John D. Rockefeller. He is America's richest man. His wealth is more than «20U,00O,OOO. When a boy be had ibe reputalioo of being lazy. His colossal fortune was made of oil- Standard Oil. He gives away foOO.OOU in ofaaritteft every year, it is said. He can play the violin very well, and bas a fondness for pioiuxea. Uis income is a trifle more than 920.- 000 a day â€" nearly |17 a minute. Ue gets less real enjoyment out at life, probably, than most 9I2-a-weeJs clerks. . He never attends the theater or opera« but occasiooaily goes to a concert. He looks like a preacher. He bas sloping shoulders and a melancholy face. His highest ambition wben a youngi- ster was lo be a trapeze performer ia a circus. Ue founded tbe Chicago University, and bas given to that institution about •lO.OUV.UOO. He pays $10,000 a year to the person wb<t looks after tbe distribution of his charities. Ue saved money from the time be first began to earn it. In two years be bad pul away $MU. Then be and M. U. Clark went into tbe commission busmess in St. Louis, and in eight years had saved $5,000. With this capital be started a little oil refinery, uut of which ijrew the Standard Oil Ccmipany and his vast vwaitb. In' a short time the Rockefellers were near unto failure, and were rescued by Henry M. Jj'lagier's father-in-law, M. V. Ilarkuess. Unce safely established the Rockefel- lers started out to acquire tbe plants ot their rivals. Some were acquired by purchase, others byâ€" other means. So successfully was this plan of busi- ness campu.gu earned out that to-day there is scarcely a rival plantâ€" prac- tically all the oil industries are in tbe control uf tbe Rockefellers. Some very ugiy stories are told about tbe metbuJs employed by tbe standard Oil Company tu acquire tbe plants of rivals or else to drive them out uf buai- ne^is. Even arson has lieen mentioned, it bas been said that John D. Rocke- feller gives millions lu charities lo alone for some- well, never mind what. How- ever, the ruin of more than one busi- ness rival bos, coinL-identally, been fol- lowed by the gifts of thousands to some inst itutioD. Ue has a number of residencesâ€" one at No. 4 West Fifty-fourth street. New York City; one in Cleveland, another in Greenwich, Conn.; and a very hand- some place near I'arrytown. Connected with this house is a very good skating rink. Ue is an iron king as well as an oil king. He practically owns all the Lake Superior mine.s, as well as the principal deposits in Cuba. During the flanncial depresi^ion a few years ago he bought all the iron mining proi)erty in who at once ordered me to be taken to sight- and at a I'argain. His pjirents were Scotch folks, who settled on a small farm near Moravia, N.V. They moved lo Oswe^fo, and later to Cleveland. John D. Rockefeller mar- rie<l a Cleveland .school t<'acher. Miss Lucy Spellman. They have four chil- dren, 'ihe two clauK'hters are married. Just now Mr. Rockefeller is having a deal of trouble with his parson, the Rev. Daniel C. Potter, pastor of the Tal>er- nacle Raptist Church, of New York. Mr. Rockefeller souie time ago gave to Ibe church »50,000. The Rev. Mr. Potter as.serls that Mr. Rockefeller h.is wreck- ed t he church because his conduct has not lieen such as to please tbe Standard Oil uiagiiate. The case Ls now being tried. EMPLOY'KR AND EMPLOYED Women are forced by various exigen- cies in life to take a very decided stand in the ranks uf tbe great aruxy of work- ers who battle for bread and butter. Kor a luug time, selfish man was bit- terly loppused to the supplanting of m.ile lubur by feminine help. But In the eternal fitness of things the situa- tion is now more or less accepted, witU the philuHophic expression Ihat the "survival of the fittest" has proved it to l)e a correct condition of affairs. It is noticeable, that women not only sur- vive, when the.y take up occupations erstwhile monopolized by man, but they go to tbe front In science, literal ure^ art, buaiuo9.s. With women, as wilh men, whatev- er mu-st develop their talent, honor, conscience, ennrgies, and skill, what- ever gives him or her a higher aim and assists ils realization, is o£ inesti- mable value thixjughoul life. The ef- forts made by an honorable employer* to raise the character and the work of bis agents, conduce .alike to his proa- fierity and to the individual. The spir- it ia too oCten inanifekSt to make gain of each at the other's expense. This is a .»hort-fli^hted policy. The interests of each are m a measure identical, and the more this is realized in all busi- ne.«i3 relations, the more barmonimui and valuable becomes each integral of a Imsinesa success. We wonder wheth- er tbe unselfishne.'w of woman, gener- ally, has not had a great deal to do with their success? % â- < IIARREI-S OK MONEY. There is a good reason for the ex- pression "liarrcl.s of money." Old Kites were made in the form of a tiariel, iron-lKiunil, with big rings for- handles and a cover liftiug with a hinge: fhi' re it one of (Icnuaii otigiu in the- .\rt Museum. It is a lii.llc Mualler than a flour barrel. - , ., â-  â-  â-  x'