HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-09-04, Page 6AFRICAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
rixing the Social Status of the Bride
--Question of Dowry and Divorce.
The marriage customs of West and
Sou:tlt'.,•e.et Africa are in many cases
peeuliar. They differ, of course, in dif-
ferent tribee, but have broad line in
_sonn'.ou., -
A cce.stal tribe always considers itself
superior to an inland tribe; and even its
meanest member claims to rank higher
than the most powerful man in an up-
country tribe. A man may marry any
woman he likes of any tribe, it being
held that he gives her his own status,
whatever that may be, but it is almost
unheard of for a woman to marry "be-
neath" her. As a result some of the
women of the most superior coast tribes.
like the Mpongwe, look to marriage with
white men and frequently attain to it.
The parents on both sides rule abso-
lutely in the matter of marriage between
natives. First, the would-be bridegroom
goes empty-handed to obtain the consent
of the bride's father. Then he goes agai,t
with. ,gifts, and the father calls in other
members of the family to view the gifts.
On the third visit he carries trade gin, a
sufficiently poisonous compound, gener-
ally from Aamburg. In the old days it
was palm toddy or wine.
On, this occasion he pays over an in-
stalment of the dowry. On the fourth
visit he takes his parents with him, and
is permitted to see the girl herself.
When next he calls his prospective
mother-in-law provides a feast for him-
self and his relatives, the host and hos-
tess eating nothing, but taking a hand
in the drinking. Finally the man goes
with gifts and the balance of the dowry
and takes the woman away. On arrival
at his village she is welcomed with sing-
ing and a strenuous dance called
"nkanja."
For three months the bride is not re-
quired to do any hard work, but after
that she buckles to with his other wires
at gardening and carrying burdens.
Polygamy is general and the number of
a man's wives is limited only by his re-
so'irces in the matter of paying dowries.
The man may divorce his wife. whenever
he chooses and for almost any reason.
But it is rare for a woman to be able to
obtain divorce at her own wish. Divorce
entails the return of the dowry.—Lon-
don Standard.
COMMON AFFLICTION.
AFFLICTION.
rack—This paper says if spots ap-
pear before your eyes it will give you
a headache.
George—Yes, they gave me a head-
ache last night.
Jack What kind of spots were
they?
George—Seven spots—the other fel.
tow held aces.
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All Druggists, Grocers and general
stores sell Wilson's Fly Pads.
Almost Cheerful Over It.
Care had just killed the cat.
"Sweet are the uses of adversity?"
exclaimed Care, smiling wanly.
1For nanny an exasperated neighbor
had tried in rah,. to do it.
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc.
Time and Money.
The flowers bloom;
The flowers die.
Vacation days
Go swiftly by.
They heard him murmur
With a sigh
"The days are shorter—
So am 1.1"
--Washington. Star.
CATARRH F HEAD
Which Fe-ru-na ,Relieve in a Short
pante.
Miss Susie M. Kingsworth, 406 Que-
bec street, London. Ontario. writes:
"I began using Peruna last January,
when I had such a bad cold, and I
could not get anything to help me.
"My nose and head were all stop-
ped up, so that I could hardly get my
breath. I thought at times that I
would smother, especially at night.
"I have no trouble with that now.
The noise in my head has all disap-
peared.
I know Peruna will do just what
you say it does. I cannot praise
Peruna too highly, as it has done so
much for me. I hope my letter will
reach other sufferers."
Mrs. S. J. Kountz, 1015 Scovel street,
Nashville, Tema., writes:
"I have had a very bad cough near-
ly all my life, and I am forty-five
nears old. I have taken almost every
kind of cough medicine that has ever
been made, but none did me much
good. I would have spells of cough-
ing that I thought I would cough my-
self to death. I took Peruna, and
last winter and this winter I have
had no cowrie and I know that Pe -
rune cured me."
CHOLERA AND THE GANGES.
Whitewashing the Reputation of the'
Sacred River.
The revolting eustoms which prevail
among pilgrims to the Ganges, including, use, pure guaranteedSold by ail druggists
prumisuuous bathing by tho'4e who are 250. bottles. itefuse substi.tutes.
well and those. who are suffering fromPUTN .'1 M g.sPAINLESS
CORN EXTRACTOR
The Sweetest Songster.
Over breakfast, Miss Dorothy, the
enthusiastic ornithologist of the board-
ing house discussed the merits of the
nightingale, lark, thrush, and so forth.
"And which, lir. Hunker," exclaimed
Miss Dorothy, "which of all the song-
birds, are you fondest of?"
"I prefer the. hen, Miss Dorothy."
"But the lien isn't a song bird at all!"
objected Miss Dorothy.
"Well," replied Thinker, tapping an-
other hard -bailed egg, "it's the only
bird whose lay I Care for!"—Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The hest of Ceylon is in her teas. No-
where else 'do they grow to such perfec-
tion. The best of Ceylon's teas are in
"Saluda."
This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia E.
Pinkham's 'Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Jl'rank i msley Lindsay,
Ontario, writes to Mrs. f'inkham
When I wrote to you some time
ago, I was a very sick woman suffering
from female troubles. I had inelane na-
tion of the feminine organs and could
not stand or walk any distance. At
last I was confined to my bed and the
doctor said I would have to go through
an operation, but this I refused to do.
"I friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. After using
three bottles of i4, I feel like a nee -
woman.
" I most heartily recommend Lydia B.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all
women who suffer with female
troubles."
'ACTS FOR 'SICK We*MEN.
For thirty 'years Lydia E, Pink -
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy forfemale ills
and has positively e'arecl thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, intaanreation, ul.cora-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic paine, backache, that bear-
ing-dove. feeling, flatulency,indiges-
tion, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Dirs. IPinkhain invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Ly'n Mass.
RNs CUREl
IN 2.4 NOUhs
You can painlessly remove any corn, ratter
hard, soft or bleeding, by applying Putnam's
Corn !extractor. It never burns, leaves no soar,
°entalne no acids ; is harmless because composed
only o1 healing gums and balms.. rift), years in
diseases of all sorts and the drinking, of
water from the bathing phases, make
the following item from the Indian Re-
view somewhat of a surprise.
"The reputation of the water of the
Ganges among the ;Elindu millions of In -
ie known toall and most of us were
content to believe that in a hot and
thirsty land like northern India such a champion tiptaker, and he relates some
magnificent river as the Ganges had of his experiences.
many claims to be highly thought of; „.
but it would appear as if modern science Well, 1 lead tipped every roan, from
was coming to the aid of ancient tradi- the swell gent who seemed to own the
tion in maintaining a special blessedness
of the water of the Ganges. E. 11. Ran-
kin, in the preface to the fifth edition
of his excellent pamphlet on 'The Cause
and Prevention of Cholera,' writes as
follows:
"'Since 1 originally wrote this pamph-
let I have discovered that the water of
the Ganges and the Jumna is hostile to
the growth of the cholera microbe, not
only owing to the absence of food ma-
terials but also owing to the actual
presence of an antiseptic that has the
power of destroying this microbe. At
present I can make no suggestion as
to the origin of this mysterious anti-
septic.'"
nti-
septic:"
Reached the Limit.,
It is supposed by travellers that the
tipping s`yste.n is universal, A Toronto
man who visited England last summer
appears to think that country is the
The Greatest Swindle.
"Yes," said Beerlock Bones, detective;
"I have aeon a great many queer things
in n y time, as you can guess."
"Discovered some gigantic frauds, I'll
lay!" said Poston.. •
"Well, I should say so!" answered
Bones, puffing at his opium. "But, be-
tween you and ate. the most complete
piece of deception I ever came across
was perpetrated by a woman —young,
pretty, and, I should have sworn a very
angel. But she Wasn't —my giddy aunt!
she wasn't She had a temper like a
whirlwind, and an arm like an earth-
quake!"
"Good gracious! And how did yon
come to find out her true character?"
"Well—abeml—the fact is, my dear
Potson—I married her!"
Tried It.
"What" cried the genial Popkius, slap-
ping his friend Jobson on the back. "You
are in love with Maud Dawson, and too
bashful to propose to her! Think shame
of yourself, man! Just you follow my
a lady, who is now pity wife, and we came
to a jeweller's shop, and I pointed to the
engagement rings in the window, and
said: 'Wouldn't you like one of these?'
And she said, `Yes,' and so it was set-
tled."
"Capital ideal" tried the bashful Job -
son. "I'11 try it this very night!"
Twenty-four hours later the two
friends met once more.
"Well, Jobson," cried Popkins, "did the
plan work?"
"Work" groaned Jobson. "I should'
think it did Just listen I took Maud
along High street, and stopped at Gold -
s'tein's, the jeweller's, and I pointed to
the engagement rings in the window,
and asked her if she would like one, and
she smiled and blushed, and put her hand
on my arm, and said: `Oh, yes, clear
George I would like that one!' And
`that one' was twenty-five guineas! Con-
foundfayou and your smart notions, I
House of Commons down to the hireling
who gummed the wrong labels on my
luggage, and I went into the waiting -
room on the landing -stage at Liverpool
to washmy hands of everything Eng-
lish and what do you think stared me in
the face when I had finished? A placard
saying, 'Please tip the basin!'"
BETTER THAN SPANKING.
Spanking does not cure children of
bed-wetting, There is a constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum-
mers, Box W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will send
free to any mother her successful home
treatment, with full instrutions. Send
110 money, but "write her to -day if your
children trouble you in this way. Don't
blame the child, the chances are it can't
help it. This treatment also cures adults
and aged people troubled with urine dif-
ficulties by day or night.
A Dreadful Thought.
One day Mary, the charwoman, report-
ed for service with a black eye.
"Why, Mary," said .her sympathetic
mistress, "what a bad eye you have!"
"Ye5 m"
"Well, there's
might have been
"Yes'm "
' -ou night have
hurt.'
"Yes'm "
"Yes'in. Or worse'n that: I might
not ha' been married at all."—Every-
body's Magazine.
The New York American of Dec. 18th,
1907, says the common house fly is one
of the greatest enemies of ratan. It is
a solemn scientifically ascertained fact
that he is one of the worst disseminators
of disease known, far surpassing the
mosquito in this respect, Wilson's Fly
Pads will kill many times more flies
than any other article.
one consolation. It
worse."
had. both of th-m
HOT WEATHER AILMENTS.
A medicine that will keep children
well is a great boon to every mother.
This is just what Baby's Own Tablets
uo. An occasional dose keeps the little
stomach and bowels right, and prevents
sickness. During the hot weather
months stomach troubles speedily turn
to fatal diarhoea or cholera infanttm,
and if a medicine like Baby's Own Tab-
lets is not at hand the child may die in
a few hours. The wise mother will al-
ways keep a box of Tablets in the house
and give them to her children occasion-
ally to clear out the stomach and bow-
els and keep them well. Don't wait un-
til the child is sick—the delay may cost
a precious little life. Get the Tablets
now and you may feel reasonably safe.
Every mother who uses these Tablets
praises them and that is the best evi-
dence that there is no other medicine for
children so good. And the mother has
the guarantee of a Government analyst
that the Tablets contain no opiate or
harmful drug. Dealers sell the Tablets
at 25 cents a box or you can get them
by mail from the Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
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Safe Sentence.
Some of the West Indian Islanders
have learned that when a foreigner mis-
behaves himself on their shores it is
better to suffer in silence than to mete
out punishment at the risk of a visit
from a gunboat from the miscreant's na-
tive land. A Judge in Ilayti recently
took ocacsion to pay off old scores to
redeem his self-respet:t in the case of an
offender brought before him. To his
first question, as to the nationality of
the accused, the interpreter anewered
that the prisoner was from Switzerland.
"Switzerland!" said the Judge. "That
country has no sea coast, has it?"
"No, your honor," answered the inter-
preter.
' And no navy?"
"And no navy," your Honor."
"Very well, then," said the Judge,
"give him a year's hard labor."
Little Items of a Big City.
Every year New York city throws
into the junk bean enough buildings
to accommodate a small city, or a
population of 50,000. In the last ten
years there have bean torn down
enough buildings to house 500,000 per-
sons.
There is sear averge of nearl- two
persons killed each day in New York
city by falling from windows, clown
-steps, into excavations or in some
such manner.
A large majority of -aliens admitted
to the port of New York are under
fourteen years of age.
There is evidently a largo growth
in the use of opium in New York
city. It is estimated that at least five
thousand white persons use the drug.
Comparieen of pricey shows that li,'-
ing expenx es in New York city are
twelve per. cent, more than they were
three years ago. •
New York -druggist who has been in
the business for forty years says that
there. are thirty-five thou, -and pr.ipriet•
ary medicines for sale in the city.
A Conscientious Verger.
After being cone t rued through an old
church by the verger, i a visitor wits so
pleased with the of tial s courtesy and
information. that he' insisted on giving
him half a crown. The man shook his
]lead sadly. "Thank you, sir," he said;
"but it's quite against the rules."
"Pm sorry for that," said the visitor,
about to return the half-crown to his
pocket.
"Hut," added the merger; "if 1 were
to find a coin lying on the floor • it
would not be nlfath t the rules for me
to pick •it 1i t!"- 'r't pits.
Rant, One Red Rose.
An interesting feature of the distrimu-
tion of prizes at St. Olave's Grammar
School, Bermondsey, yesterday was the
payment of the "rent" of a freehold
field, which was leased in 1650 to trus-
tees for the benefit of the poor of the
pariah.
The lease was "for a term of 500 years,
at the, yearly rental of a red rose, pay-
able at midsummer if lawfully demand-
ed" The representatives of the trustees
paid the rent with a bouquet of red
roses, which was handed to. the warden
of the school. --London Daily Mail
eon 4
No dead flies lying about when Wil-
son's Fly Pads are used as directed.
,ISSUE NO. 6 194)
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WALNUT FROM OLD FARM.
How a Chicago Man Would Perpetuate
Memory of Hoosier Birthplace.
Two big piles of rough Indiana lum-
ber are now attracting the attention
of thousands of people who hourly
pass along in the famous Sheridan
road of Chicago.
Them aterial is stacked up on
a big lot in one of the finest and most
exclusive residence sections of the.
city.
An Indiana man is building a.
house, and in the use of the .lumber
he has planned to perpetuate a num-
ber of the most tender associations
of his life, all of which he brought
from the great Hoosier domain.
The builder is Dr. E. Iles Kerlin.
The lumber is a fine grade and grain
of black walnut, and it came from a
farm four miles out of Richmond.
The material will remain in the sun
during the summer in process of dry-
ing. Then it will bo kiln dried and
ultimately dressed for the use in store
for it. On the first floor of the new
house will be a large living room.
It will have a beamed ceiling, wains-
coting, book shelves built in the walls
and a large mantel, all of which will
be built from the Indiana black wal-
nut material. Two bedrooms also will
be finished from this material that
came from the grandfather's farm.—
Chicago correspondence Indianapolis
News.
A Jolly Joker.
Coster (who had been rebuffed by
short tempered postal clerk —Well, mis-
ter, you might tell me if I post thin
letter now, will it get.to Birmin'aiu ter-
n+.orrer mornin'?
Clerk—Yes, of course it will.
Coster—Then you're a liar, 'cos it's
addressed ter Sheffield!—The Sketch.
Thrashiri' Time.
Thlrgi. on the farm is blue, alt right—
There ain't no fun at all—
Mia works us all, front morn till night,
Awl 81 e quit'.: on the maul;
You'd best lay, low, I'm tenni' You,
When Ma ceuii for the thraeltin' orew.
The kitchen's bcdlin'' hot, You hot—
'Twoukl friaaste a Turk.
But I vaa't say I'm ovscbet
And gotta knock off work;
I haw, to ttaep m- re plates a-bringln'
Or I'd seen feel n,y ears a -singing'.
Mn baa to feed lrat nineteen men,
And say! they all ldn eat;
They aiim. look plum hungry whon
They git up on their feet;
I
have to ran fsr all I'm able,
To keep the grub piled on the table.
I gee the flahin' stream cut there
Beyoul. tho kitchen door;
I'd amok off, if I only dare,
And lay there on the share;
If it has getter be the fashion,
Were can't they have a 'tVINT1;R tires stn'?
—Arthur Chapman in Denver Ro5ublacen.
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SOME LUCKY FELLOW.
"She seems like a very reserved
girl."
"Yes. I wonder for whom?"
One packet of Wilson Fly Pads has
actually killed a bushel of flies.
Quite Unnecessary.
Scene—Irish board meeting. Discus-
sion—the presentation of an illuminated
address to a distinguished fellow -coun-
tryman about to visit the scenes of his
childhood.
Mr. O'Reilly—'Why--why, might I
ask, are ye goin' to the expense of hav-
ing the address illuminated Sure it is
goin' to ba presented in dayliglitl"
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How She Was Cured.
She was one of those women who a1 -
ways present a woefully untidy appear-
ance during the early part of the day.
In vain had her husband remonstrated
with her on the unfastened blouse and
unkempt hair; it was not until aid came
from an unexpected quarter that victory
was his.
Tney had removed to a new house on
the previous day, and when she answer-
ed the summons of the front door bell a
humble -looking woman awaited her.
"Oh, I see it's too late!" sighed the
woman; "I called to see if the missis
wanted a charwoman, but I see she's
suited."
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"Before we were married," said Mrs.
Chatterton, "you used to tell me how
much you loved. me, but you never do
note."
"Of course not, my dear," replied the
masculine end of the matrimonial mien -
bine. "Since our marriage you haven't
given nee a chance. to tell you anything.'
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Demanding Fuller Information.
Nan—Yes, Tom calls occasionally,
Queer fellow, isn't he? Doesn't seem to
know what to do with his hands. Sits
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Fan (raising her eyebrows)—Sits with
his hands clasped, eh? Together?
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