The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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THE RlREINING YEARS.
In spits of all that porta sin*
AlMUt our childhood* happy hours,
It seems to m« that ev'ry sprint
Urlngs sreencr fields and sweeter
flower*
The foliage upon the trees
Hi■<in# greener an It reappears;
Thrtf'i something In the very breeie
That crows more sacred with tho years.
Somehow with each succeeding Juna
Now lusters come Into the sky.
Some subtle chord In nature's tune
Sounds tweeter n the years roll by.
—W H. Wllaon In Four Track New*.
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
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lljr P. R. KICKK.
Copyrighted, J9M. by The Author* l*ubU hing Company
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Nurina Hildreth sat up In tho ham-
mock and looked with Increasing won-
der at the open letter In her hand.
Years ago. she did not atop to think
how many, sho and tho writer of this
ietter had been college classmates
and his fiance had been a friend of
hers. That the engagement was
broken she had Ions known, though
who had taken the first step she was
Ignorant. But—and sho turned to
the signature and read It again. "K.
E. I.ungford," It looked as his writing
did, when for • few brief months af-
ter graduation they had carried on a
desultory sort of correspondence, but
—and sho caught her breath with a
little gasp, hadn't she heard that be
was dead, killed by a landslide, or
an explosion or something In the far
away state where she knew that he
had gone after his graduation from
the law school.
This was his writing and that was
his name; he was in the land of the
living, he wanted to come to see her.
She read It all over again slowly, as
she sometimes used to do her Latin,
In the hope that It would soak In.
Here was this fortune, the figures
danced before her fantastically, Into
which ho was to come, if by tho
first of next year he was married.
He wes asking her to help him; ask-
ing her, Norma Hildreth, to be his
wife In the eye of the law that a for-
tune n ight be realized; that done, the
money once firmly In her possession,
half of It and a divorce should be
hers. Such was the situation as he
had submitted Jt to her.
Why should she consider it for
moment? Here with her aunt she had
• home. Rut some time It would
be broken up; the little property
would go, and ought to go to her
cousins, and what would become of
her?
"Then there's Lena longing for a
chance for her boy, and Carol with
her tnuslc—oh. wouldn't It be lovely
to do things?"
She loaned back in the hammock
and closed her eyes—all of her life
she had coveted money and figured
what it would do for her dear ones—
well, she would write to him. tell
him to come and see her. he might
have changed so that the plan be
proposed would be utterly impossible
to her.
It would soon be time to get supper
and she must write to Mr. l.angford
now, while what she wanted to say
was clearly In her mind. She would
consider It as a business propistion
end would see him at her aunt's
borne whenever he might find it con-
venient to call. She read the short
note hurriedly and decided that It
was formal and non-committal
enougl ; then she sealed it hastily,
that t-hu might not bo tempted to
thanpe it. She had put her hand to
the plow and would not look back.
At supper that evening she was so
preoccupied that she scarcely noticed
her nude's troubled look, until Elsie
asked, "Does your head ache, papa?"
"No."
"Hut you haven't eated your toast,"
"Mr. I-Mlgforfl. It seems this way
to me. Hasn't Bessie the first right
to a share of this money? Have you
laid the matter before her? Per-
haps—"
His quiet voice Interrupted her,
"Ml«s Hildrefh, It Is of no use to talk
of Bessie or of any one else. When
I knew of the provisions of Roger's
will I did not hesitate In my choice.
I)o you suppose there are no girls In
the town where I live? 1 didn't need
to come a thousand miles to get a
girl, but—I wanted you. Don't you
understand? In college I liked you
next to Bessie—my love for her is
dead, but, Norma, don't you under-
stand? I love you. I take back the
proposition I made. When I wrote
that letter, I knew that you were the
only girl I would wish to share In the
arrangement suggested—but until I
came 1 did not know—that I was real-
ly in love. Sink the business part In
the depths of the sea; try to love me
a little. Norma, for I want you to be
my wife for good and true."
Norma's heart gave a bound. Lang-
ford's arm drew her close as she
sobbed out her answer.
PRAISES CHILDREN OF JAPAN.
Writer Enthusiastic Over Infants of
Flowery Kingdom.
A recent book on the children of
various countries says; "A baby Jap-
anese girl is the moat delightful crea-
ture you can possible Imagine; a radl-
AN UNTRUTHFUL RACE
Lfln|
Fine Art In P • r ■ I a
[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE;
Lying Is la Persia a social accent
' pllshment. ami the Persians have for
! centuries been known as a nat ion of
liars. Whatever may be the fair prom-
ises which a Persian may make to
one power, there Is no telling what
he may be whispering to another. It
thus seems to be the Instinct of the
descendants of Cyrus to exaggerate |
wherever fiction Is more picturesque i
the Interest which fell due In Septem-
ber and then there would be more
Interest In March and In September
again, and some time would come tho | ant, happy, beautiful butterfly. She Is
notes themselves. rarely known to cry, for she is raroly
Uncle Rube has been so good to | slapped. What mother could have
me," she said to herself as sho w iped t),,, heart to touch so dainty a bios-
the dishes that Elsie washed. Kom us the childflower of this land of
"Elsie, what would you do If you j flowers? The baby girl loves fun; she
hail a thousand dollars, oh. more than Iovos lovs, sweets and tea In little
that; all the money you wanted? I cups; she loves to smoke, with a
Me? Oh, I d study music and take , fimny p|pe niade of brass and kept
the whole family to tho mountains
a
in her sleeve; and, above all, sho
loves her big, round-headed doll. Sh
Is wonderfully playful and gentle, this
child, always ideally ilressod aud al
ways self-possessed. She has the
grew only the more lir.|>ortnnate. and
said the head servant was a thief, and
always took everything himself. He
even threatened throwing nicks at the
departing guest unless something was
coming to assuage his injured dignity.
The American however, finally struck
the insolent servant a smart blow
with his whip and drove on.
The Persian, unlike the Moor, does
•■rTKNKKH MAOAZIKK*.
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BHHHHHssS
Old Mosque at Kercht.
than truth. A chief part of their con-
loveliest mouth and teeth and twinkl- j versatlon Is flattery, and the higher
lng black eyes, and she knows it, too. ^he rank of a man the more ©xtrava-
Tho smallest Japanese wants to be
beautiful; each baby girl lias her
dainty lacquer box of rouge and pow-
der. she Is like some wonderful fantas-
tic tropica! blossom, some dear little
dragon fly. And her hair—how black
gant are the compliments paid him.
Blackmail is also a recognized Insti-
tution in Persia. Despite the avowed
hostility of the present ruler to the
ancient "mudaUhll" or "pickings." this
species of extortion or graft" Is still
it is. with blue lights, and shining j as essential business principle in Per-
whero It Is stiffened and gummed in J Hia. Before Muzaffer-ed-Dln came to
loops and hands till It seems to reflect i the throne in 1SLM . on the as.sassina
tho gold lacquer and coral-tipped pins I tlon of his father, 'graft ' was not only
that bristle around her head! Great j the basic principle of commerce, but
competition goe* on between girls as ' of government as well, and such it had
to whose hair shall be most becoming- j been since time immemorial. For ex-
ly arranged, whoso the smoothest aud ' ample, the shah sold his appointments
most glossy, whose girdle shall be tho
most gracefully tied ami whose dress
shall possess the most harmonious
efTect."
She felt half sick with the fear of ,
what thle ride might mean. ... ... _.
" Would Not Touch the Pig.
and pay ofT papa's debts and hire a a recent traveler in Somaliland
girl to do the dish washing." gives the following curious incident
"That would be pretty nice, showing the Mohammedan hatred for
wouldn't It?" pigs; "We shot two wart hogs, one
"You'd better guess It would." a particularly big boar. Alan wished
Norma felt the letter in her apron to keep the tusks, but, of course, none
pocket and decided that she would <lf the Somalia would touch tho tin
mail It. ] clean animal. At last a bribe of 2
Two weeks afterward a tall, broad rupees induced the Midgan woman to
shouldered man with a firm chin and ch„p tho tusks out with a hatchet.
steady gray eyes, was helping Norma Ev,,n then slle would not touch them
into the carriage that the boy from ; ami with the help of two sticks
the livery stable had just driven up.
Mr. Lang ford had come the day be-
foie. and that evening had been spent
wltli the Williams' who all agreed
that Norma's class mate was a very
Interesting man.
As Norma held out her cold, tretnb-
Looked with increasing wonder at the
letter In her hand.
said Toddles, who f ir some time bad
had coveteous eyes on the cream toast
that Norma hml prepared for her
uncle. Mr. Williams pushed tho plate
toward the eager little hands with a
brief, "There, Toddles, eat It. I don't
' want it."
I "Are you not feeling well?" asked
Mrs. Williams as she peered anxiously
around the tea pot.
"Oh. yes. woll enough. Things got
kind of mixed at tho store."
Norma knew how her undo had
been «traluinf ever/ nerve to meet
which she used like a pair of tongs,
put them on a camel. Then there was
a long dispute about the hatchet. No
one would touch it; it had been defil-
ed. Of course this was pure affectation
and playing to the gallery on tho
ayah's part. At home with her na-
ling hand she ieU half sick with tho jjve (ru,e she would have gorged all
feai of what this ride might mean. . 8jlo cou],| gPt. But it flattered
This man was so big and strong, so tjje Somalia and we marched off, tho
deferential and so masterful. Sho ayaj, holding the hatchet at arm's
was glad that she had known him as !ls jf it were going to bite
she had. and thankful for the honest hl,r ..
respect she had always felt for hia
unsullied manhood. 1 _ . ,, ,
_ .. _ ,. . ., . Two Views of a Marriage.
Over the smooth road they sped. I f
... ' These verses are to he rend twice; once
Norma sought wildly for something to as [irln(ed ,ind.third and
say, but found no middle ground be- „.rond and fourth line,, it will be seen
tweon the platitudes that her lips [ that they glvo quite opposite meaning
would not utter and the purpose of
this drive, nnd that she could not
tirst touch upon But the man beside
her was talking, he might be saying
something that she ought to hear.
Very qulot his voice was as he told
her alout his life in the Wost, about
the practice he had tried to build up,
about what their class mates had
done and were doing. As Norma felt
the quiver of her excited nerves
throbbing into quiet she relaxed her
tense muscles and leaned back, thank-
ful that this man was giving her a
little time.
"You knew about Bessie?" he was
saying Bessie hud been his fiancee
in those college days.
"1 never knew which ono of you did
It."
"We both did, I guess," he answer-
ed and his voice had a far olT sound.
"I was a long way off and working
hard—It takes a long time for a
young fellow to build up a paying
practice—an honest, one—and then
she be; an to go with Johnson and
that liadringham and I don't know
who else."
"Yes?" It was the Inflection more
I ban tho word that helped him on.
"Well, I heard of it. I was angry
with her and angry with myself—it
didn't seem just fair- -she had waited
for me a long time—but there wero
the Qollege debts, and when they
were paid I couldn't ask her to come
out to that far away country to noth
ing better than 1 could offer her."
"But If you loved each other—"
Norma began and then tho purpose
of this drive struck her dumb.
"Yes." ho went on with what Nor-
ma almo't felt to be ominnus quiet.
"but we grew apart Instead of to-
gether. People talked, you know, I
was proud and so was she, and—
well tho bubble burst."
Some way Normals vision began to
clear. Siie clutched at the bows of
the buegy and elaspltiu ono of them
(•« > she olunead 'In
of the provincial governorships to tin-
highest bidder. The governors sold
the privilege of farming the tuxes for
a certain sum to the "kalantar" or
tax collector, who exacts a certain
percentage or "mudakhil" from his
underlings.
The taxpayer, too, has his revenge
In obtaining "mudakhil" from those
below him. If he is a merchant lie
adds 10 per cent to his prices for re-
Inbursement. If a broker he puts Into
his bill to his client the simple Item
"mudakhil." and the item cannot be
stricken out. The Judges of the courts
take their "mudakhil" from the ac-
cused. and should It be largo enough
the prisoner goes free. The police
have their "mudakhil," to wink at
evil, and to fail to arrest. Servants
also have their "mudakhil." As it is
an indication of low birth for a Per
sinn to buy anything in market him-
self he la compelled to trust his pur-
chases to his servants. The cook, who
buys his provisions, adds 10 per cent
as her "mudakhil." The grooiu. who
buys for the stable, pockets Ills 10 per
cent. Even the laundress has her
"graft," and buys soap with a fat
"mudakhil" lathered on the bill.
not believe much in prisons, ueath Is
a quicker and less expensive method.
When death Is too drastic torture
then affords a hundred varied means
of "satisfying Justice" as well as af-
fording a diversion to society. It is
an ordinary sight for a stranger on
entering a city to see some wretch
standing stock still against a wall.
Sometimes Investigation will show
that he is held there by a nail
through his ear. Al other times nails
will have been driven through his
hands or feet. An ordinary execution
only attracts a few loungers, who
are wont, as in this country, to fre-
quent parks.
As the chief Industry is the making
of rugs and shawls, much wool is
needed, and although some of this is
now Imported, the better quality they
grow on the backs of their own sheep,
and manufacturers cleanse It, comb
It. and make It ready for the looms
as they need it No machinery Is
used In this work, for to the wooden
frames and wire combs can scarcely
lie given that title. The wool carding
is done out of doors, as Is most of the
weaving. The carders are ustiallj
found at work on the principal streets
of a city, hut on the outskirts of n
town other trades are plied.
Here the butter maker does a flour-
ishing business and his work is no
less Interesting than that of the wool
comber. No churns are used by these
dairymen. Buttermaklng Is the trade
usually followed by the nomads, when
the wanderers take to any occupation
whatever, for it permits them to trav-
el from place to place. Picturesque
indeed are the butter makers Oc-
casionally they come to town driving
before them a herd of goats, but more
frequently two or more will wander
In. and going straight to the owner of
some flue goals will bargain with hitu
"Tit* llorse is America," a wide
reaching topic, is treated in the Sep-
tember orntury by John tilliner Speed
There La rare collection of pictures of
fainoua hor-.es which will be attractive
to all who are trying toiinprove Amer
lean horses. —Cardinal tiibbons eon-
tributes on "The character of Leo
XIII," baaed on personal Impressions.
The fiction has iai ge variety and
wide geographical distribution. The
Augu st Centvrv w as soon out of print.
The time required to reprint the colored
Illustrations made a oecoud editiou im
possible.
JoSKi'tt Mi t i i.i.im'II. of the St Louis
Ololve Democrat, once defined great
editiug as the art of knowing what
would happen two months in advance,
and having the best man on the spot
to write of it. Recent issues of Evkhy*
Bout's M aha/.ink come nearer filling
this definition tluin anything else in
current niaga/ino making It also
illustrates the theory of the publishers
that timeliness is as important in a
magazine as in a newspaper.
As usual M< Ci.run's has good read-
ing and appropriate for the bright Sep-
tember days It has 'good reading" all
the way through. Myra Kelly's sto
fie*, though she is a new author, are'
universally sought for when "Mc-
Clure'*" is opened
In Sr. Nu'iioi.a* for September tho
fiction department is lead by a b ee/.y
sto;y of football honors, which will be
sed as most important of ail by the
boys. As us lal there are plenty of
jolly jingles. The various departments
il with timely topics to the girls and
boys in the usual attractive and satis-
fying manner. Notable illustrators
n to have done their l«st for thi.
number.
■rdiagly as they
The man must lead a happy life
Who Is directed by his wife;
Who's (reed from matrimonial chains
Is Mure to suffer for his pains.
Adam of old could find no peace
I'ntll he saw a woman's face;
When Eve was given tor a mate.
Adam was in a happy state.
In all the females' hearts appear
Truth, darling of a heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride.
Ne'er known In woman to reside.
What tongue Is able to unfold
'the worth in woman we behold?
The falsehood that In woman dwell
Is almost imperceptible.
Fooled be the foolish man, I say.
Who will not yield to woman's sway
Who changes from his singleness
Is sure of perfuct blessedness.
Corncob Sidewalks.
A man who has been traveling in
Iowa has hit upon an odd ufce of
corncobs. He sayB; "I made a trip
throughout a big part of Iowa recent'
ly, nnd 1 found several grain ship-
ping towns that had corncob side-
walks. In spite of what one would
think about It, robs make a pretty
good walk. They arc a little rough
at llrBt, but when the cobs become
trampled down the walk Is smooth."
— New York Tribune.
Every housemother will enjoy the
sparkling symposium. "How Many
Trades Must a Housewife Learn'.'" In
the September National Maoa/.isk.
Every lover of good tietiou will enjoy
the six really line stories. ':.Iune
Winston." t'arrie Hunt I.atta's new
novel composed of ten short stories,
begins In this number. It is a deliel-
ously amusing and touching study of
child character. EianU Wlckizer's
"Two in an Airship" is the w ittiest
aud most original love story of a de-
cade Eva Hampton Prather's "Our
Garden of Eden" is a charming idyl
of girlhood. There are more of thetu
with a plethora of tine pictures
Time Will Tell About Chamberlain.
It has been reported that the lead-
ing statesman of England will never
accept a peerage, as he wishes to die
plain "Mr Chamberlain." Time will
tell. The views of an Englishman on
the subject of titles are somowltat
like those of an American politician
on the presidency.—Collier's Weekly.
Diverting the Niagara.
The power plants cow In operation
it tho fails divert one-seventeenth of
the volume of Niagara river, and
when the flumes now building ara
completed one-eighth less water will
go over the falls, this aside from the
water diverted by the Welland canal
and the great volume of the Chicago
drainage canal.
"Autos" Must Heed the Rules.
Motor cars we are assured have
come to stay; they have created a
new industry and a new source of
pleasure; but they have also created
a new ahuse, aud the condition on
which they will continue to be toler-
ated is that they conform to the rules
of roads made for others and not for
them.
Polish Nationalists Aitlve.
Polish nationalists held a great
meeting In l.emb recently for tha
purpose of Keeping alive the Polish
national onttmont. The gathering
expressed sympathy with Polish re-
sistance to German and Russian op-
pression It aluo urged the direction
if Polish eff .rt In Austria. Ru .-iia and
Germany toward the common aim of
rational Inrtepen !enc>\
Strenuous Tinnes In Prospect.
Otto Eailmetzc r a schoolmaster of
Schwerln, Germany, was run down the
other day by a motor car. H< was
badly bruised, but was well enough to
bent the driver into Insensibility. Next
he seized an axe and smashed the
car. The driver is now suing for dam-
ages for as-null, the owner of tho
motor car is suing him for damages
tnd the schoolmaster counterclaims
for the loss of a suit of clothes.
The Peacock Throne.
Dry District Ruse.
Rodrlek—That druggist had a great
Rcheme for putting a "stick" In his
tod a water.
Van Albert—What was It?
Should a man of station visit a
friend he Is supi«ised to tip the ser-
vant. and should he forget to do so ne
will receive a pointed reminder. An
American who had visited n wealthy
man in Persia gave on his departure
150 kerans. or about $50, to the head
servant to distribute among the hair
hundred other employes of the ostub
llshmeut. Though the amount was
far In excess of the ordinary tip the
ltodrlck—Why, he poaked the i head servant scowled, as if offended.
straws in liquor and all his customers
tasted it ami thought It was tho glass.
Privations of the Poor.
A shim Inspector told tho Glasgow
Municipal Commission on tho Hous-
ing of the Poor that on some occa-
sions he had found families sleeping
In tlori—the parents on the floor.
th«n a mattress, and a layer of eUll-
dron on the top.
in the hope of still more As the Amer
iean was driving out of the gate h
donkey boy suddenly ran up and
grabbed the bridle.
"Where Is my present?" lie demand-
ed, giving several vicious -i .< at the
bit. In his astonlshmenl the Ameri-
can said he had glv^n the head set-
Wyndnam and Duv.it.
During a recent debate in the house
of commons on the Irish land bill an
opponent of that pi. usuro referred to
Mr. Wyndham. chief e cretary for
Ireland, who Is very handsome, as a
charming highwayman who was rob-
bing the British taxpayer Ilia critic
applied to the chief secretary the epi-
taph on Claude Duval in Covent Gar-
for the milk This procured, he and
his compuulon will fill their goat
skin, which they lace up the sides, tin-
ti! it InnUs an Inflntocl football. This don chlirf*h; "Here lies Duval. Head
they proceed to loss back and forth thou art, look to thy purse,
to i aeh other with a slow, even move-
ment, until the milk begins to curdle.
Then seating themselves one takes
hold of each end of this peculiar
churn and they seesaw back and
forth until tie liquid has become a
kneadable mass.
The churners then untie their skins
and refresh themselves with a
draught of th" buttermilk. The
creamy mass which would not be
very palatable to ury but a Persian,
is s'-aped Into pats of aoout ono
pound rao.t. These are placed back
If female, to thy lioart.'
vant a sum to be distributed, aud that ' ^':0 •k'n to ki op cool aud sold to
the boy would.get something. The lad all "who wish to buy.
Jersey Charter Fees Increase.
The chief Industry of New Jersey
Is falling off. The fees received by
the state government for charters of
trusts and combines of various sorts
during the year lfOl footed up the
laudsome total of K87.439; last year
this source of revenue declined to
sm.sss.
Nearoes Supplant Whites.
Negroes are beginning to supplant
white men as janitors In the big office
buildings in New York. Already over
half oi the skyscrapers are being
cleaned up by colured porters.
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