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POWDER Absolutely Pure. der never varies. A mary, strengt -ooed spe wholsomeness. Mor i the ordinary kinds, and can of purity economical ot be sold in eompetition with the multitude of low test, Sold on wel ht alum or phosphate powders. ina Roya BakinG Powper Co., Wi N. Y. S3-4t THE OLD RELIABLE MEAT MARKE F NORTH MAIN ST. Keeps more meats and more kinds andthe best that can be procured both tresh and cured. Also tresh Fish and Ovsters in their season. When you want anvthmg in mv line give me a call. S.J. GROVES. NORTH MAIN ST., DEALERIN a a a SPRING WAGONS, & Etc., Etc. Glad Largest Assortment to Select t From in Southwest Missouri.<¢3 tomes And Patterns on Hand, and Seld at the Lowest Rates. eee ne miadrac to zh three or four gent for the celebrated patent ULHOLAND SPRIN “ This Spring is the best becouse there is no tide bar in the of turning; because there is itching; because it is the strongest and | = a | est riding spring made. ne, o¢ mart = * nm of 2 iB 3 mPa RW) OB «53 z Seon 2G a 6 = 7 8. J. GROVES MCDANIELS, pies, bila ages, Al the Latest Styles importance of the Persis Mother- in-Law. St. James’ Gazett In Pers s of anid’s c triend ; hater heeld and, above all » to be a mother of children. marriages of the rich are generall ydict icy, while ted by pol those of the middle and 1 rclasses are often arranged by the parents. Love matches ure an exception. Persians as a rule try to arrange what they ! consider fo su loren. ir chi Paine is the ex- tule, ar two or t ilso ablishme are two or more est nis. lodginsg, money, ciothes, nor jewel Id in com- and the only source of conten- | of the husband. But the wives, instead ot being jeal- mor j tion is the society ie ous rivais, are usually the best ot | friends. | While itis quite true that theoret- ically a man can be rid ot his wife by saying before witnesses, **Thou art divorced,’’ y to obtain a divorce in Persia is almost as difficult asit is in Europe. In | poorest of women does not marry | without settlement, which has to be made good case of divorce ; and at her marriage her relatives ex- act {rom her practical] Persia the t a husband an acknow!- edgment of a far larger portion than 18 actually paid to him. It 1s the jlability to pay this, the ‘mehr,’ that restrains the husband trom di- vorce save on the strongest grounds. In cases where mutual distaste is very strong, ane divorce desired by both | parties, the matter is simply arrang ged by the wite agreeing not to exact the | whole or eve: her settlement There 1s another safeguard ag frivolous divorce ; a divorced man o1 at find it respectable marriage. The the ; Woman does n easy to make marriage of favorite The reason is | that cousins have been acquaintances union. and frends from childhood, while to jall the | brothers and sisters, rest of the world, save her the young girl i a a veiled mystery; so that unless th jis a mutual disinclination ortoo great la disparity of age, the Persian youth looks natura to the ‘daughter of }my uncle’? as his future wife. | Otten the cousins are | A trothed from childuiood. sa rule classes do not The mingle in) matri: | | \ sons of merchants’ daughters, the young j tradesman mates with his hke, and }so with the members ot the seryant } and soldier classes. But in Persia as everywhere clse, | extraordimary personal attractions soon become known and have their | advante tge. The beauty of the low- classes need not as- The mother and favorite son, the mest powerful man in Persia, was er and middie pire im vain. of the king’s eldest the daughter ot a miller, who caught j the shah’s eye while washing clothes | M a poor wedded without portion for her pbeauty’s sake. | at the brookside. and | sone handsome girl is ig The young wite does not immedi= | ately assume the responsibilities of her position. Caretully tended as a | bride for the first year ot her wedded | life, she willingly remains under the | tutelage of her mother-in-law, 1f she | have one, or it she be the daughter ot a widow, her mother usually ac- establish- Mothers-in-law have | companies her to her new ment. a better }time in Persia than in some other jcountries. There they are regarded as the natural guardians of the inex- perienced bride and the proper care- j takers ot the young mother and her ‘infant offspring. Fiom the mother- |1n-law are learned the arts ot house- | keeping. Under her eyes all pur- chases are made trom huckster | or temale peddler, tor a visit to the bazaar by a young wite before she | has blessed her busband with chil- | dren would be considered a scandal | among the upper, middle or trades— man cl Only among the very | poor or the villagers does, the young | wife, save on ceremonial occasions, the leave the shadow of her husban‘l’s ‘ roof-tree during the first year of her | marriage. But the first year of wifehood has | passed away, and relatives and ‘fmends have been summoned to | celebrate the happy birth of a son or | daughter. Ifthe former, then, indeed, | jis the position of the wife a eee! dav | the badge of mod inst | first cousins is | one. She receives the congratulations ot her friends a i one’s nam trom herown s no longer used f s} f st eis only blessed with a daugh she is n al wom and she may hope that heaven may yet bless her with a son. onsulted in all mat sian wife is nglishw man i. And loth would she be to part wi what she Jooks on as a distinction la privilege. To her the veil is esty and the toker ot respectability. And has she any accomplishments, any education, or is she merely the mother the These Many ot the Persian middle class women hizhly ee l ideas, of children ? questions are easily answered. are educated, according to They read and often | write poetry ; they sing and play as | aru Orienta e well, and are mistresses of all | | the arts of work ; them plain and tancy needle- cooking is a second nature to! pastry making and confection- eryare among their pleasures. The} accomplishments ot the poor one are naturally otamore usefulkind. They are good cooks and bread bakers; they make the clothes of the entire household; they ottea are able to add largely to the daily income by} ir knowledge ot some business or and none of them are idle “It is asharmless as it ahective,” is rat i 1 ot Red Star Cough re bY - BD. Cc. Analytical Chemist Price, twenty-five | The Best he Mes FW: in Haynevil Me tie Marshall, and a merchant well known in Houston county, Ga., has this to say about the ‘best of rheum: dies:’”’ “T have been a sufferer from rheu- matism for 25 years; lam now sound and well; six bottles of Swift’s Spe- | cific cured me. ie I write this in the hope srofit by my expel | 1 vr Suilerer | | rs Twas afflicted with | ism, part of the time | perfectly helpless, not being able to walk at my left leg all, For a while vas drawn chward untl nearly { doubled. it had a number of run- | ning sores on it. Physicians gave ; meno relict. T tried every patent | medicine recommended for rheuma- | | tem, being a druggist myself, but to no profit. At last [ commenced the | use of Swiit’s Specific. At first it | seemed to make me se. My leg| } nN Y | was much swollen, and I had a} physician to lance it. 1 soon began to improye. After taking less than a dozen bottles of Swift’s Specific, I tound mvselt sound and weil tor the first time in That five months e feltno symp- | toms of the disease since. six. years. was ago;1ha I believe | Switt’s Specific to be the best of all | I suffering as I) Joun R. PEEL, with C, E. Obincbain. druggist. Pilot Point, Texas, Jan., 1886. on Blood and Skin d free. Tue Swirt Speciric Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., or 157 W. 23d St., NOY. rheumatic remedies made. com- mend it to all who have suffered. Treatise Dis- eases maile SODA Best inthe World. | ree. 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