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Enid Democrat
VOL. 11T.
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
LITTLE FOLKS.
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Crumbling, fall
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skies,
Autumn muses and
remembers,
Bending stern re-
gretful eyes.
W The imperious pur-
ple burning
From her cheek hath burned away,
And her bosom feels but yearning
For the golden yesterday.
Though her kingdom fall asunder
Through seditions winds and frost.
And the drums of winter thunder,
And she sees that all is lost.
Yet her royal pride ensureth
That none whisper word of scorn;
Haggard, battled, she endureth,
With a spirit upward borne.
Eyes that love her grieve serenely
At the pathos of it all,
In her bounty free but queenly,
Now unbending In her fall.
And she put some tea into her little
teapot, and poured some hot water from
the kettle upon it.
"It will soon be ready," she said; "so
take your places round the table, and
I will wait upon yon."
"Ob, how nice!" said Lizzie and
Mary. "Thank you ever so much,
nurse."
Then nurse put the cake on the table
and cut some bread and butter.
"It is all quite real," said Mary, as
she gave Lizzie and F.rnest their cups
of tea. "Do you take sugar, Uncle
Tom?"
"Yes, I do; I like my tea very sweet,
replied Ernest.
"Nurse must have some tea too; she
will be a lady just come In. Mrs. Nurse
please sit down in the rocking chair. 1
think you don't take sugar in your
tea7" . .. XA
"No, but plenty of milk, please, said
the nurse, seating herself.
So the afternoon passed very merrily,
and when evening came Lizzie said.
"It was a good thought of yours, Maiy.
that we should play at 'Afternoon
Tea.' "
VOB WOMAN AND HOME
CURRENT READING FOR DAMES
and damsels
lonil Note, of the Mode.—A JauutT
Street Salt—Badge, of Matrimony—
T.ove of Wealth
Ro e-Colored W«
Dangerous Evil
and in nerfect repair: she will look well li .l<r« of Matrimony Abr<md.
to *hn edges of the skirt, and mend j Badges of matrimony wlTe wor"
carefully the tiny little breaks which | all other nations, but tabooed b>' A™Br-
B0 ROl)1, oven with the best of [ lean women. The Germans wear
■arp and above all she will see that her tie cap or hood, of which they are very
L in me is befitting the occasion, and proud, and "donning the cap isafoa-
costume Is befitting me ' , Hmnnir the peas-
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Illanche'H IlaHoon.
Blanche came running into the house
calling, "Grandma! grandma!" in such
a loud, excited voice, that poor grand-
ma dropped her knitting and hurried
out to see what was the matter.
"O grandma, dear!" exclaimed
Blanche. "Do you grow balloons?"
"Grow balloons!" said grandma.
"Why, no, indeed, child, we don't!'
"Then they must have growed them-
selves," declared Blanche, " 'cause 1
found a little yellow one out by the
melon-bed just now."
"Well, I never did!" said grandma.
"Somebody must have let go the string
and lost it!"
"Oh, no, they didn't," said Blanche,
" 'cause it's got a green stem 'stead of a
string, an' it looks like a big Fourth of
July balloon. It isn't round like the
ones the balloon-man sells. Not one
bit round, grandma."
"Well, I never did!" exclaimed grand-
ma again. "I must go and look at it
directly."
So grandma and Blanche walked
quickly down to the vegetable garden.
"There it is!" exclaimed Blanche, as
she pulled back a great green leaf.
"That's the balloon, grandma." Grand-
ma smiled.
"They used to call that a gourd, when
I was a little girl," she said. "We dried
them and used them to mend stockings
over. I have one of therti in my work-
basket now." Blanche looked sober.
"I don't like to mend stockings very
well," she said slowly, "but maybe it
would be nice to mend them over a bal-
loon."
"We'll dry it and see if It woift," an-
swered grandma, as they both walked
beak to the house again.
He Took Time to Die.
There was an old fellow who never had
time
For a fresh morning look at the Volume
sublime.
Who never had time for the soft hand
of prayer
To smooth out the wrinkles of labor and
care,
Who could not find time for that service
most sweet
At the altar of home where the dear
ones aii meet,
And never found time with the people
of God
To learn the good way that the fathers
have trod;
But he found time to die.
Oh, yes!
He found time to die.
HE Marie Antoi-
nette effect is still
felt occasionally,
though there are
few who find the
genuine effect be-
coming. The pret-
tiest of these modes
is the combination
of the soft scarf
with the flaring hat.
The severe effect of
the hat is softened by the softness of
the scarf. A smart jacket of russet
brown camel hair has a ripple basque
set all round, and is lined with white as
an offset. Broad revers of velvet roll
back from the full gtgot sleeves, extend-
ing to the bottom of the coat in front.
Around the throat is a broad scarf of
creamy chiffon, tied in a huge bow un-
der the chin and allowed to fall its full
length. ... „
The Marie Antoinette hat is com-
posed of a flaring brim of russet brown
beaver, with a low, flat crown o
braided felt inarusset brown and white.
Directly in front is a huge bow of white
that she is not likely to attract undue
attention on the street. The more re-
fined women invariably choose so.t,
quiet colors; though they may be as
light as one p'.case, they must be sub-
dued and soft. Meltons are in great
favor for the jaunty street suits so in
favor this fall, and will be worn all win-
ter with the addition of a heavy fur
wrap or collarette. A swagger gown of
pearly tan melton has a flaring 8hl1'''
all smarilj stiffened and lined with-
golden brown taffeta. The jaunty little
coat is as short as possible, and has a
ripple back, showing its lining of golden
brown. The new style sleeves are won-
derfully fetching, standing out in the
stiffest possible manner right at
shoulder, then suddenly fitting the arm
as closely as a glove. Pointed straps of
the goods, ornamented with a lot
tiny gilt buttons, adorn the sleeveb.
By the way, many of the smart n<
sleeves in street costumes show button
decorations.—Ex.
ure of the wedding day among the peas-
ants of certain localities. 1 he Rus-
sians are always seen, even in the hot-
test weather, with a thick cloth of
dark hue twisted about their heads. In
New Guinea the young woman lets liet
hair hang about her shoulders, but
when she is married this is cut short.
Chinese matrons braid their liair like
a helmet. In Wadai the wives color
their lips by tattooing them with the
tabrador Frn fa.
A writer in Outing says: "In spite el
latitude and Arctic current, Labrador is
the home of much that is delicious in
the berry world. Three varieties of
blueberries, huckleberries, wild rtd
currants, having a pungent aromatic
flavor, unequaled by the cultivate,!
varieties; marshberrles, raspberries
tiny White capiliaire teaberrles, with .i
flavor like some rare perfume, and hav-
ing just a faint suggestion of winter-
green; squashberries, pearberries and
curlew berries, the latter not so grate-
ful as the others, but a prime favorit.
with the Esquimaux, who prefer it ti
almost any other; and lastly, the typical
♦ heir litis I tUttOOing UK'III wuu iiiuiunt * -
thorns of the acacia, then rubbing with ..abradnr■ frul.. which; ««P"« * ™
■ron filings. In parts of Africa the
married women perforate the outer
edges of their ears and lips and stick
rows of grass stalks in them, and
among a certain Mongolian tribe, the
Mailt hes, the women wear suspended
from the car a little basket full of cot-
ton, to which a spindle is attached. The
universal American wears what she
likes, regardless whether it bo matron-
ly or not. and the daughters will se-
lect articles suitable only to married
women.
I.luen Capet*
Adoration of Weal ti* The momentary fancy for linen capo
A very serious and noticeably grow- co]jarg seems to be waning. 1 hey are
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ing evil, which it behooves all right-
minded parents to carefully ™nHid"
and endeavor to eradicate, is the Im-
mense importance that is attached to
wealth and its luxuries by the chil-
dren of this generation in what is
Mary's "Afternoon Tea."
Lizzie, Mary and Ernest had been
looking out of the window, watching
the falling snow.
"It won't leave off," said Mary. "It
is 3 o'clock now, and in winter it gets
dark very soon. We shall not be able
to go out of doors again to-day."
"But there will be plenty of snow
for snowballs to-morrow," said Ernest.
"I shall not go out to-morrow if you
make snowballS," said Lizzie.
"Because you don't like to have them
thrown at you," said Ernest.
"No, I do not," said Lizzie.
"Well," said Mary, "don't let us
think of that now. I.et us think of
something to do in the house. What
shall wo do?"
"1 don't know." said Ernest.
"Nor I," said Lizzie.
"Let us play at 'Afternoon Tea,'"
said Mary.
The other children laughed.
"Yes," sftid Mary; "it would be quite
like grown-up people. I will be mam-
ma and pour out the tea, and you and
Ernest shall be Uncle Tom and Aunt
Susan staying with me. I'll get the
cups and saucers out of nurse's cup-
board, and you will see how nice it will
he." \
So Mary drew a little round table up
near the nursery fire and opened nurse's
cupboard, and took out some cups and
saucers and the sugar basin, and a jug
of milk that was there, and put them
on the table.
•■Why, here is a piece of cake! said
Mary, "and there is the tea-caddy. If
we had only some tea!"
"Why, what are you doing children.
said nurse, who Just then came into
the room.
"We are having a new game of Af-
ternoon Tea,' " said Mary. "I am mam-
ma pouring out tea, and Lizzie is Aunt
Susan and Ernest is Uncle Tom."
"Only -vou have no tea to pour out.
said uuum hut I think I can help
you."
This busy old fellow, too busy was he
To linger at breakfast, at dinner, or tea,
Forthernerry small chatter of children
and wife.
But led in his marriage a bachelor life;
Too busy for kisses, too busy for play.
No time to be loving, no timtt to be gay.
No time to replenish his vanishing
health.
No time to enjoy his swift-gathering
wealth;
But he found time to die;
Oh, yes!
He found time to die!
This beautiful world had no beauty for
him;
Its colors were black and its sunshine
was dim.
No leisure for woodland, for river, or
hill, '
No time in his life just to think and bo
still; .
No time for his neighbors, no time for
his friends, !
No time for tho/e highest immutable ,
ends
Of the life of a man who is not for a |
day,
But, for worse or for better, forever and
aye.
Yet he found time to die?
Oh, yes! I
He found time to> die!
Amos R. Wells, in Harper's Weekly.
The Wily of <ilrl«.
I never heard a young girl say. as
young girls are fond of saying," ob-
served an oid lady iu the boarding
house, "what sort of a man she will
marry, and what sort only, that I do
not think of certain speeches to which
I, myself, have listened to from pretty
lips, before this. A school friend of
mine so held New Jersey in detestation
that she tore its map from her geogra-
phy. She used to say that nothing
would induce her to marry a man who
was a widower, or wore a wig, or lived
in New Jersey; and the man ot her
choice was guilty of all these three
enormities. 1 used to talk over my fu
ture with two cousins. I would not
marry a business man, 1 said. Kate
would not think of a clergyman, or
Carry a farmer; and we married re- |
snertivelv a business mail, a clergy- |
man, and a farmer. It is all like a ,
smart young American 'help' In my
grandmother's kitchen, who was wont j
to declaim to us children on the scorn i
in which she held all men, always
winding up her denunciation of the sex
by: 'No. I wouldn't marry any man
that walks on two legs.' And she
didn't. She married a one-legged man.
not, as a rule, specially becoming and .
are only liked as a novelty. Some of | to preserve it,
the latest costumes have sleeves per-
fectly straight from shoulders to wriBts,
being hollowed out under the arms and
at the inside of the cuffs to shape them.
These, however, are not becoming or
very comfortable, and are not liked as
well as those with puffs and the regu-
lar leg-o'-mutton shape. The princesse
dress is enjoying Its usual bit of at-
tention. Almost every season a few
handsome costumes of this sort are
brought out, and as they are very be-
coming to some figures, there is al-
ways a demand for them.
...uttering plants In Canada and New-
foundland, is found, I believe, nowher,
outside of the peninsula—the gorgeou-
bako apple. These cover the entire
coast from the St. Lawrence to Ungavu.
Their beautiful geraniumlike leave-
struggle with the reindeer moss upon
the islands, carpet alike the low val-
leys and the highest hilltops, and even
peep from banks of everlasting snow.
Only one berry grows upon each plant
but this one makes a most delicious
mouthful. It is the size and form of a
large dewberry, but the color is a bright
crimson when half lipc and a golden
yellow at maturity. Its taste is sweetly
acid It Is exceedingly juicy, and so deli-
ate that It might be thought Impossible
Uniting Krttttr Corn.
Plow the ground as soon as it 1s warir.
enough to grow corn. Put in fine condi-
tion by harrowing and floating or roll-
ing. Then take a press drill, stop all
holes but two in eight hoes or three in
nino hoes, and set so as to plant three
to five pounds per acre.
Set drill to run three inches deep.
When two Inches or so high, harrow
Now keep harrowing to ktep
TAILOR-MADE GIRL UP TO DATE.
crepe. A pretty scarf is in Roman
firipes of the softest crepe, and has a
border of brownish lace. Long scarfs
of dull black chiffon or crepe de chene
are lovely with a black costume, or, in-
deed, with a costume of any color.—Ex.
Jaunty Street Suit.
j "A lady is told by her gloves und
shoes," says the sage. Why not by all
After Thirty Years.
At St. Louis, Mo., a knife blade, two
inches in length, was removed recently
from the shoulder of Mike Ryan. I he
blade had been in Ryan's boi'y for
more than thirty years, and although
it hsid prevented Ryan from the free
use of his left arm it had never given
him much pain. While in Washington
with a band of recruits on the way to
the front in 1863 Ryan was stabbed in
a melee and though he served to the
end of the war he was partially dis-
abled from the wound.
A well-known physician said not long
since that "Shetland wool underwear,
if constantly worn, wo I'd save many
a valuable life."
(he general details Of the toilet, for a
true lady will pay attention toevei fpart
of her drees as well as the glove r and
A I shoes. She will see that her gown,
'olitlca! persimmons are not knocked lh g
known as the "smart set." it would be
amusing, if it were not sad, to see the
exaggerated respect which these ignor-
ant and necessarily indiscriminating
little beings feel for money and nion
ey's worth and how they choose their
friends, not because they are lovable,
but because they are in a certain set
and because their parents are known
for the position acquired by large pos-
sessions. Even the little ones esteem
it an honor to be among the intimates
of those who possess the lion's share
of this world's goods. It is a curious
and melancholy study to note how this
taint of the "almighty dollar" runs
through modern childish life.
A little girl of the period receives a
bit of jewelry or silver as a gift, and
the name on the box is immediately
looked for to guage its probable cost.
A pretty frock or coat is despised un-
less it comes from a well Known and
consequently high-priced establish-
ment; while many people of moderate
means find that they must give up en-
tertaining their children's friends al-
together or compete in the latter's crit-
ical estimation with those whose lux-
urious table appointments, flowers and
gifts make a child's party an affair of
absurd cost and consideration. Par-
ents have only themselves to thank for
this condition of affairs. Children are
essentially imitators, and It Is the
growing adoration of wealth and its
representatives by their elders that
perverts the minds of the coming gen-
eration. Mammon worship is un-
doubtedly one of the greatest as well
as one of the worst Influences of our
A Toothsome DUIi.
Beat two eggs until light. Add one
cup of milk, two tablespoonfuls of melt-
ed butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, and
half a cup of corn flour. Beat well.
Sift one teaspoonful of baking powder
with one cup of wheat flour, and add
to the mixture. Beat again, and bake
in a quick oven in Jelly-cake pans about
fifteen minutes.
To Clean Window*.
The really best method of cleaning
mirrors and windows is to rub them
with a, paste of whiting and water.
When tliis dries polish with dry
chamoiB and remove the powder. A lit-
tle alcohol in cold water also gives a
brilliant polish. Soap suds should
never be used.
Rose-Colored Wool.
Fashion deals only with the unat-
tainable," complains a young matron,
whose tastes are toward luxurious dres-
ing, but whose purse pulls her the othei
way. "I so seldom read of anything a
person can really afford," she declares.
Well, there are ny end of lovely, inex-
pensive things, and, indeed, almost any
of the costly models can be reproduced
in cheaper materials and made by some
clever dressmaker, making the expense
very trilling. Now, for instance for
the house, in the very face of all the
costumes breathing elegance in every
line, there are a number of exceeding y
smart and dainty rigs to be gotten up
at a very small cost. There are won-
derfully pretty challie delaines in Dres-
den effect for the dreBsier gowns, to be
combined with ribbons showing the
tones in the tiny flowers of the goods.
There are soft plain wools In every tint,
to be combined with inexpensive lace
and velvet. A pretty houBe gown Is
made of rose-colored wool, very soft and
fine, combined with embroidered mull
and deep rosy velvet. The skirt is un-
lined and allowed to fall naturallly,add-
ing much to the graceful effect. The
blouse bodice is fitted smoothly over
the shoulders and brought into loose
folds at the waist by a pointed girdle
of velvet. A plain stock of velvet fin-
ishes the neck. Over the tops of the
weedn
down until you cannot harrow any
more. Then cultivate so as not to rldg<
up the rows. Much depends upon good,
shallow culture.
When the first seed heads are ripe,
if you wish first-class fodder, take any
good binder, and as your rows are o-
inches apart, you can cut two rows i.t
once and bind It as you would wheat.
Shock in like manner, and when dry
stack It. Any good threshing machine
will handle It by removing all the con-
raves and you will have clean seed and
good fodder. Get your seed ground w
chopped, as you like, and you have feed
for man or beast. The whole seed can-
not be beaten for chickens nor th
ground seed for milk cows. Plant th
white seed to secure the best results.
Kanw'« Farmer.
M
Cheap Root Cellar.
t want to tell your readers how I
made a storage place for roots last, fall
that carried them all through the win-
ter in good shape, and It cost scarcely
anything but work, says a North Da-
kota reader of Farm, Stock and Horn. .
It. was simply posts eight feet long, st
on end and held in place by poles flat-
tened Where they laid on the top of tho
posts and spiked on, with cross poles,
or old joists, of which I had some laid
about four feet apart from end to nd
of the lines of posts. The posts were
placed eight feet apart lengthway s ot
(he structure and ten feet apart the i
er way. the whole frame being about
1(1 by 30 feet. Over this 1 built a straw
stack. Instead or burning the straw.
After the slack was built we burrowed
through one end of it until we came to
the "cave" inside, easily made the bur-
row large enough to carry In our roots
and pumpkins, even the potatoes went
in there, and the whole thing was done.
Some fresh straw was put on the stack
this fall, and my storehouse is even
more frost proof than ever, and I don t
see why It will not last for several
years. Primitive, to be sure, but che.ip
Big Cargo of Produce.—The W h
Star steamship Georgic. a new cargo
steamer, arrived in the Mersey, Liver-
pool September 14, 1895, with what is
described as "tho biggest cargo el
American produce that ever left New
York " Tho Georgic is the largest cargo
boat afloat, and she certainly brought
a vast quantity of merchandise. On her
freight list are 750 cattle, 9,000 sheep.
3,000 quarters beef, 136,000 bushels
wheat, 90,000 bushels of corn, 550 bales
cotton, i!,000 sacks flour, 1,800 bags oil
cike 1 800 cases and 1,700 boxes bacon,
300 barrels und tins of provisions, 9,000
packages lard, 3,900 barrels resin, .00
barrels glucose, 1,000 cases canned
Roods, 300 packages soap, 400 ban els
wax 300 barrels extract, 1,000 barrels
lubricating oil, 100 tons wood 1,000
packages acetate of lime, 150 barrels
oxide of zinc and 10,000 packages of
oooperage stock. Ex.
sleeves is arranged a pointed frill oC
these days—they are "pulled."
llfiuences UI our ,vo • - , ,
^rjssir&r srsu: sr-£
when the parents Uow down before tbo | hugo knots and loops of rosy velve .
though severely plain, is well brushed golden Image. *"
Winter Protection Winter protec-
tion is important. Trees are often pro-
nounced tender which witli a little
more care would merit a different ver-
dict As an animal needs a little extra
bedding in very cold weather, so a
tree particularly a young tree wheio
the roots are near the surface—needa
a mulch of some sort to protect it.
For this purpose nothing Is better than
well-rotted barnyard manure, applied
to a dephth of four or live inches and
spread so ns to cover an area of thre«
or four feet on each side ot the tree.
Such an application serves the doubl*
purpose of protection and food.
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