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marriages otherwise enteral should be de¬ 
clared null and void. It is evident that if wo 
are to shut olT divorce cases, we must begin at 
the root of the matter and endeavor to stop 
the foolish marriages which delight divorce 
lawyers. _ 
Juanita, published by D. Lothrop & Co., 
Hoston. Mass., is a romance of Cuban life. It 
is a strange story, loosely put together, and 
with little or no plot, yet for all this it is consid¬ 
ered the best picture of the Cuban life of 50 
years ago, that lias ever been prepared. It is 
written somewhat in the style of Uncle Tom's 
Cabin, and takes rank with that novel as a 
terrible picture of slavery. Cuban slavery 
was far worse tliun that in our own country. 
The phases of it presented in this book are 
simply horrible; and yet we are satisfied that 
the pictures arc true ones. From all that we 
can learn of Culm and its people, wo are 
forced to the conclusion that the beautiful 
island is a veritable plague spot, so far as in¬ 
telligence and morality are concerned. We 
liave no place for Cuba in the United States. 
One of the strongest scenes in any modern 
novel is that in “The Story of a New York 
House'’ where old Mr. Dolph meets his vaga¬ 
bond son on the threshold of his house. It is 
during the horrors of the draft riots when 
negroes were killed without mercy. A run¬ 
away negro begs for protection at the Dolph 
house and is taken in. Then tbo mob thunder 
at the door. Old Mr. Dolph opens it to find 
himself face to face with his worthless son, 
who, as leader of the mob demands, the negro. 
It is a tine picture. Not less striking is the 
last scene where the poor old uiau dies. 
Littx.k Loud Fauntlkroy is a very pleas¬ 
ant, though quite improbable story'. The 
little lord could hardly be called a boy; he 
was a little old man. It is well that the ma¬ 
jority of boys are boys. A world made up of 
such little old people would hardly be worth 
living in. The fact that the gruff and gouty 
old lord began to recover Ins health when his 
spirits improved is said by doctors to be true 
to life. Sickness is well-nigh impossible while 
one is happy. 
The Century Life of Lincoln seems destined 
to run several years yet. We have been 
given a complete history of Kansas. Now 
we would like to know something about Mr. 
Lincoln. 
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MANUFACTURERS of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 
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Ttte late W. C. de Pauw left a fortune var¬ 
iously reckoned at from 810,000,000 to $15,- 
000,000. During his life he gave aw T uy about 
$4,000,000, 
Tire Queen Regent of Spain recently made 
her first appearance in public since the death 
of her husband. The occasion was a review 
of the 2U,000 troops of the Madrid garrison. 
Sir Edward Thornton's hair has become 
snowy white. His face is colorless, and that 
look of calm benevolence which marked his 
features in the days of his diplomatic success 
has entirely vunishod. 
A Dakota woman, who wanted a fur cloak, 
trapped minks, tanned the skins,and sent them 
to St. Paul, Minnesota These have been 
made into a handsome cloak, for which she 
has been offered $125. 
Germany, with a population of about 45,- 
000,000, supports 22 royal, princely aud ducal 
families at a direct cost of over $15,01)0,000 
from the public funds, besides large incomes 
from private landed aud other possessions. 
The Czar, Cznriuu and principal members 
of the Imperial household, will attend the re¬ 
view of the Don Cossacks two weeks hence, 
ami already troops are stationed along the 
railroad to protect the train in which they 
will journey. 
Queen Kaptolani, of the Hawaiian Is¬ 
lands, who is being feted in our chief Eastern 
cities, suffered from homesickness on her 
voyage, but she took great delight in visiting 
the objects of interest in San Francisco. She 
is 40 years of ago. 
Mu. Gounod was recently asked how much 
time girls ought to devote daily to the study 
of the pianoforte in order to perfect their 
education. “As little time as po sible,” he 
replied, “for those who arc not goiug to make 
it their profession.” 
Mr. John L. Mitchell, the son and heir of 
the late Mr. Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee, 
is short in stature, with a shrewd Scotch face. 
He has a Hewing, full, browa beard, which 
reaches half way down to his waist, and wears 
steel-bowed spectacles. 
Some five years ago Isaac Osterhout, be¬ 
queathed $200,000 for the establishment of a 
free library at Wilkesbatre, Pa., provided the 
fund should accumulate for five years. His 
widow died last week, and the fund, is thereby 
increased to nearly $400,000. 
Gait. Ericsson, of Monitor fame, who in¬ 
vented the first steam fire-engine somewhere 
about 1840, is over 80 years old. He lives on 
St. John’s Park iu New York. He works 12 
hours a duy. aud for exercise takes brisk 
walks and practices sharp gymnastics. 
Queen Victoria is described as possessing 
a short, stout figure, a face with the long 
upper lip aud cold, blue eye of the Georges, 
straight bandeaus of gray hair, a rather 
flushed complexion, a most graceful walk and 
a sort of sweet, venerable, natural dignity 
aud power about her. 
Pope Leo XIII expresses his inability suffi¬ 
ciently to praise the prelates of the United 
States, who at the Plenary Council of Haiti- 
more with weightiest words condemned in¬ 
temperance as “a perpetual incentive to sin 
and a fruitful root of all evils, bringing the 
families of the intemperate into the direst 
ruin, and drawing numberless souls down to 
everlasting perdition.” 
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many), seed warranted (see the cover), valuable novelties, some 
of which are to be found in no other, send for my vegetable and 
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LITERARY NOTES. 
Judge E. H.' Bennett, in the Forum, has 
an able article on “Marriage Laws.” There 
is a steady increase in the number of divorces 
throughout the entire country. Probably' 
thousands of unhappy marriages are con¬ 
tracted which never come to the knowledge of 
the courts. This state of affairs is largely duo 
to the present marriage laws. The fact of it 
is that it is too easy to get married. Hasty, 
indiscreet and improvident marriages, in nine 
caseR out of ten, result in unhappiness. Even 
after all the warning that 1ms been given, 
every year secs thousands of men married to 
women who are totally unfitted by nature, ed¬ 
ucation, habits or associations to form the true 
companion and friend which a happy mumugo 
demands. Judge Hennett would rnise the law¬ 
ful age of marriage. This age for girls should 
bo 21 at least—certainly unless parents or 
guardians consent, Fo marriage should be de¬ 
clared legal unless a public registry of the in¬ 
tention to marry is made, so that friends or 
relatives may prevent clandestine or foolish 
marriages. AH marriages should be solemn¬ 
ized iu the presence of witnesses. Those who 
perform the ceremony should have power to 
put the parties under oath as to their age, sit¬ 
uation, etc. The laws regulating the marriage 
erotuony should be made peremptory, AH 
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