The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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Heart Topics
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thao, la a few days adepts half,
■gwe/ig. aad. shortly *Erw.,d.
«« • Mooed hue bead
Mtrrwr. CMem wy to different
Utob* ud imii dlffereet tribea.
liMMlljr thai bride la bought from the
TT7ta«* ^ payment of abellmoney.
•oaoea. vupwi or otbar article of
Ig* Somatimss oh* to stotoa.
^hea the husband Um of her and
toads bar away or aba divorces blm
By dseertton. iba artlelw of value or
tfctir equivalent must ba returned. a
primitive alimony.
Batrothai In Babyhood,
li Kaiser Wllhehn land, tba Rla-
marck Archipelago and otbar scat-
terad Islands of tho German
alona la tba Padflc, aa Indeed la
totost land* In tbla great ocean, tba
betrothal take* place when tba pro-
apociive bride and bridegroom are ba-
bies and they have nothing to say
about It In one tribe the glrta are
betrothed at the ago of fire year*
and from tbat date until their mar-
olatloa to aboat 100.00*.
The contrast betweea tba Mltsh
*°d Oenaaa gotoa mental admlouira.
Uoa of their 4a fetoadT to
Ua aa pooalbla with tba native. The
governor of Papua, Itrittob New Oul
aea. Issued a pruelamattoa mwady
condemning tba undue aale of Rffrrf-
pean clothing to the native, a abell
necklace and a graaa loin cloth, tba or-
dinary wearing apparel, be avldeatly
thought were conducive to morality
»»d progress. Tha German Inalata up-
on llerlin regularity and upon the na-
tive becoming Germanised aa far aa
poaaible and at once. Tba native po-
lice army of tba Blamarck Arehipeja-
go all wear the German military cap.
though the climate forbida tbe coat
and trouaers! "Self-government?" re-
marked a German official at Raboul.
"how can we give self-government
to cannlbalar
Native* Enslaved In Copra Traffic.
Copra to king in tbe South Sea la*
landa. Copra to the dried fleah of the
tog. teaching.
Ifiaaa tba atok.
fw*ys the aail
:«
ling wiib aimpia u«d
Into gentle*
oarage aad
peered.
Tba Native Converta.
Sto thfaaand oaoveru aid the fnilta
of eight-year* labor of tbla §nQ
bto aaaociatee. Nor are theoa opa
eerta merely "rice Christinas." ia the
native Cbrtotiaaa for reveana only arv
coatemptuoualy called la soma oou»
tries, but men and women who.loee
In present position, socially and m»
twlally. by adoption of tba new faith.
They are accepted aa converts on pro
batlon for three years, during whicb
Ume they must lead nprlght lives so-
ber, Industrious, before they can be
received into tbe church communion.
After baptism they are dropped from
u»a rolls or placed again on probation,
should they fall Into their old and evil
pmctiaea. Even the moat captious
critic In the islands has only words of
commendation for tha work of Pastor
Wenzel and his colleagues. The re-
sulta in the lives of the natives
brought under their Influence ore too
patent to be sneered away. And the
German Methodist missionaries in tbe
German islands of the South Seas are
types of the hundreds who labor for
humanity's betterment in the world's
dark places. Of such stuff are gen-
uine heroes made.
(Copyright. 1914, by Joseph B. Bowlsa.)
SEES PROBLEM FOR ENGLAND
Trouble Over Ulster Has Seen tha
Cause of Much Comment Through-
^ out Francs.
The conflicting* reports and rumors
J1th regard *q the attitude of the offi-
cers of the British array toward'the
crisis in Ulster created a* painful im-
pression inf Prknce. French history.
Uasj more y^cent -instance* of similar , »«vu.
events than that of England. T^he ipu- ' that ishereallzee the
•Holes in the south When thai troops -----1- 'A •*
refused to: n»ov.p against the rioting
wine growers led to a general disloca-
tion oh the French army with a view
J to avoiding- the' tree of lo^al con-
Iscripts against tiielr own friends and
■ relatives;; but, perhaps: a ;closer; par-
allel is to be found in the refusal d? a
ifew officers to obeytheir orders dur-
:e.iiv«i>f t«r>ears '
On a Sout»T#acfflc Island.
afterward, th
kept imprisoned In bamboo caged
»m WMch they are released fbronljUj
*our «nco a day. Despite this
ie imprisonment, they grow up apt
M^ntly strong aad in good health.
Wraa»<j*togNo»l toaaa JbatotrstfBf!
■ceremony yhich Is concerned altogeth-
er "with pigs, caaoes and tomahgwka.
Husbands Won by Cookery.
TSaaaecond marriage dMara In this
tribe from tbe first In that tlu> widow
aaiMsrsw1'
by her skill as a cook. As sooa
the maa to selected, tho widowLjl
her Ofektag pot* is takea to his Bto
She prepares and cooks, hja food and
whs* Ba returns in the evening offers
It to him with her owa hands. Mild
he accept, tha aurriaga to ssisHtohi l
but if the tody be aot attractive la his
♦yes Ba clicks his tongue. a f snails i
pagan Bote of disapproval, and aLe
m«M lsa»e to try her caliaary skill
IW.r.) 1
.w r^Jl
epeoanut and Is used for soap, oil and
mahy' conitaercial purposes. One'tfer-
maa Arm, with-headquarters at Maron,
haa 000,900 copoanut. trees from which
copra Is^ being obtained. The devel-
opment of the copra Industry has'
brought some oommercial prosperity
to the Islands, but it has brought »'«o
Otony of' tho demoralising vleea of
civilisation. There are honorable
merchants engaged la tho businesa,
but there are also many loircliasa trad-
ers or "beach combers." who dls-
•mco tho same of white maa. Stove-
labor, through a system <4 MsfarOsd
servitude called euphemistically a la-
bor-recruiting system, has pearly ev-
erywhere been introduced as neces-
sary for the copra industry. It to not
strange to And that the native fears
tho white maa. Wherever paaolblo
tho white maa. trader or planter, to
the South Seas forces htm to labor,
'Pflrithe taking, of. the, church in-vento-
riba umTer the-tlfur^nfld stfctfe sep.
aration law. Thosa pjpeers were at
once arrested and court-martialed.
- To tba .general} upon, whoso orders
tho $rrefets warp m^de General da Gal-
Ufet telegrapfied: "Sly* heart is 3with
yctf; you have ddne your 'ditty. Dura
lex,-feed Ie*." » •-
That officers who belong to a nation
whose sense of discipline is the ad-
miratlon bf the French should have
tendered their resignations rather
than obey orders is regarded aa a
of Uie extreme gravity of the problem
which the Petit l?*rlsi«ii feara' may
lted to an Irish Vebdee. .
oh» baa met
MwarlviM at a
... ^ . flrl frtaad's home,
without taktag tha troahto to amaUoa
ft aatii tho day of ibair goiag aat i»
mih»r arrives, last bor poranta mighi
objortlpn. aad ah* would have
th. trouble Of talking that* over to
her view aad wtoboa.
Tha wUfai girl to usually
f- She const J era herself as capable
of choosing her owa lover (n tho face
of any opposltloa. jast as she has al-
••ys overrated opposltloa In selaoUag
her bats and gowns of bixarre slit
She Intends to please herself. She
Bill have no totortoreaoo la bar love
iffairs.
Tbe daahlng young fellow who Is llv-
lug on expectations, visits ber home
regularly. He Is not the type of maa
ber parenta would wish for, yet they
hope agaiast hope that love will spur
him on to get Into Some successful
businesa. and thus prove his worthi-
ness of her, or. if he fail* to make
good through not trying, tbat tbe
glamour will fall from her eyes—and
•bo will see htm as others see hiAi.
Tbey do not fevor a sporty > young
man., with a handsome fa<fe, who in-
tends tbat bis good looks should do
I the work for him and earn as a re-
! ward a comfortable home to step into
and a wife's well-filled, open pocket-
book.
In homes where father ruTei the
household, he does not make himself
scarce in the parlor when a young man
ic^lls upon his daughter. The self-
willed daughter Is Hot averse to letting
father know that they can get Along
without blm; that she can nevpr hope
*0,i •. proposal of marriage under such
conditions. . ! • ' ■•<■■■■ i ■
The' pai eiW^cr Whom their diie*h-
ter'sAappiness ia ebon* *11 elmi«+ihev
hef to,overrule.their. Judgment aa,to
what is besf for her by perrhntink his
continued visits.^ It-4e^otiAitilagfrl
such a fallow, ip, bis trup colors
--^.jsha . reaves t,he gri^vpua wrong
snp old her parents In encouraging tho
yoking taan againit tfbteli' wishes.
Remember, iti matters nofcjto ;wji*i
extent a girl may jtafjve per own way
in the household in mdst instances,
she should be goaacned by. her par-
ents' wishes in her heart affairs. Ear-
$uiqk fo dis^aver '.'th^ wqlf Jn sheep's
clPthJng or the satanic lover with fbe
ClO^fei i it has ?nc:
■Mi.TA'iti) r,i 'bitw :1 <4
ask*d to play s game of aoker or
Itords to pat la the tlmd ThOfw w<
b* toe pap«*a to toed to Bar.
■Bed waat to read atoad aboat
toae |f he dlda't have a bride
ptoaae. be *eatd.B» toaktog aeer
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crsssaaaaB
af gratitude, similar to ++****
paao marrtag. to (he girl who wmtld I P<WM Aii mM+Mm OBJtli
•at oat thOhnasyaiaim or Ooadear toll <• worth a 'rtalniflofca bottle from
b Belated oao moor thrBoyaaf* toton ■ -- ! - ^
HOOOWINigNQ^A NOOBANO^ '
We arheot oar atofiaMb. adb aarlpaato ■ r . -r~ —
Kaewa that tba tont of totb ear Nnal -Vf'T. W 0)1 T,««*
£2i:r0?,sr£
chooaes to spodd Wll bo adraa: The I I A . .7
married man who has bat; roeaaUy | No Need. . . ,
too a wife, and with, small Income I Smlth-My wife Is weattnft thd
moat instances, coacludaalf ha la | trouser skirt. Is ytiuiiK T, Y
(»t thMif hm mnst !«ili al*aJ Ik. I Jarbb laaHlvk^JIk.
**"' • riBif ysB wiPBad tBl
cook •!
_r . wwiuQa li u lfl I »■ jwwr» »
z.'xszs: S^r.^ittns\cr.
to bo Stingy; far from it Ho nfans
only to be frugal It sever occurs to
blm tbat his helpmeet may not take
the same view as ba doe* if a man
| since we wera manUad-,
Overworked.
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The papers are putyifh}pg. stptfes ^
weds a woman who baa been used to I ^ Welr Mitchell. This is one oLthe
economy. Juggling successfully with I h®*1 of then>: " ' ' '
the nimble sixpence, there Is harmony I °ne daX & patMntacame into bto
in tbe household, if be marries aigirl I offl?e and found him closing a.large
who baa had all her wants plentifully | btitfdle' of lehers. '"Xn resignations
from comnkiitbds' or'boknrt," he said,
gleefully. 'Tm1 'gbtng'Uo get off all
them. I bavevfold Hty Eiffel that when
I die I want ba(4o.'|utf.oii my tomb-
fKm^'CemmUteed tn tbw.grayaiLl^
who baa had all ber wants plentifully
supplied by her parents, she may se-
cretly rebel against being stinted
down to a small amount—d died prfoe
to:Jivo on. j , , v
If l^er husband finds fault wjth her
for buying too expensive tablecloths
and napkins, In shbrt. reads her a
sharp lecture on extravagance, he to
.: ; .v Cliuat of - Dsatlc > < u
, .'79u W ;j|ouii Wto|noJ^e. ^
apt not to know from ber tbe true! touch .this man, and yet he was dei
cost of anything in future. ^T' I yhen'^du blcktd
Of codrie, site'c^olr make the'Mer>-1 *he'P^eeafcutingilaatorooy..»t t. li
"** «•*/ Ui 1UWUI c.
Of codi4e, sbe'cabiiot make the' hief<:
chants» cdme. down- th their prices
Hubby; is fpnd of. 409ft liyjftgra S*e
wants peace. Therefpre, she '
best to stifle her cdt&
bewar^! <
MiAW .^RIOSGIJP^ TTHINK OP
• , pqne™?QN^ ; ,
WheV tvfc that Are linked In ede^heiwefvi
Wltb^heart ne4r chingfnr, 'and *brow
- neHer cold. W ;' .-'j ,;>*• --
V1* "nd ,ov« on
One ho«i(c pt a passion so sacred Is Worth
Whole ages'of heart Its* and wanderin*
Many Oeatha In tba Alps), 1
Fatal Alpine mountain accidents
during the year 1*13' numbered 118.
aa oomparad with 110 la 1912 aad 146
to 1«L The causae of the accidents
were reported aa follows: Avalanche.
11; lightning. 0: storm, fog and an«m,
0? gathering flowers. 6; unintentional
daaceat from m snow, geld. 3; slipping
on tho grass or sod. 3; atruck by a
atone, 3; slipping on a roek, I; struck
by a block of ice. l; braahiag down of
a aaow wall. 1; breaking of a rope. 1;
slipping on a looge stone. I; suicide
because of loss of way and despair, l;
dizztaesa. 1; talliag over a pr. cipfce
while bunting. 1; Insufficiently
equlppad aad taaafltatoatly aaperi-
tl la not the thought of supporting
a wife that oan*es some men to hesi-
tate to wed; nor is it tbe fear of get-
ting a bride who will not be congen-
ial to his home folks; bar yet the
wprttr over tho possibility of having
, to keep the wife's family; but the
' dread of the honeymoon, which plays
havoc with a maa'O matrimonial rass
If his sweetheart to one of those
fair roaebuds of girls who has neva^
known What It Is to be Without tltot
thora. the ever pise eat chaperon. aBd
Ba Baa bad to court two, aa It were,
to gain tbe love of one, he wonders
BOW they would get aloag wires the*
dtpuaied entirely upon each others
aoctety dartag the houeymooa.
No matter how little a "maa a
hava of this world's goods, where 10
tan. The good cook near
as. whether or Bot aBe la
hub 10 uoor, j uwniBiiuy txpfr> nmr
whea he had never worked before, and V?* tfl« moantatoa »; no apecfal ; «>a bride who does net think that the
fV1" • P~**cal slave, for this ! »: aad dtaap- P*tor*way trip, be It tor a bm
*wtalght or a week, to a very
tial part of the procrata*
<* cearee. they go to a straaga cW».
! preeecuting laatornOy.
"That's my claim," dap|^ retoftod
the prisoner. "My machine didn't
touch him.1*
wu.unif, «j-, lo 1 '.iVndrtlwU oeiioscdi u
- aMssKia
tfo wife'Is Justified ii an '^tei&pt j mJu#
tojrttrtwftk W husband «y<H«nbig mit\o
him . that thla that, to):W;i»>nch , ."j
cheaper than tt really is; or.addina I.. tif
to.the price of aoihe artcle'to eKe oK I «"^S®WttP°l*««ilOJllirn,'tofltft ,
a'rtttW'hfenoyi<ta iu^ sWne bU 'of -
'-li ri«vf L'XOI fti
7.^1 hm
nim. Like many a woman, tne
Wcret'ftf hfer'UHAft
loadrrit fcurfeu j3IT»it!«hp
"Ittle misdoine. wise is t
[ Glow
f^ng.
--- _aes if good-uaiurei
he 'fw^to aeeka - heir ienttrO eodfifloice . Tf
I SSd
hVBir tlfat 1<
<1 .itsiliii'MM ; i'4<!
jientlflc trainin
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_ xei* «si «»i4 H Jt
QoJ ft&dticl uy?:*4
est' nirtf to'^be told anything- 'wlj|ch
might -ahnqp |im.; Hfbf Intiptiei
I ■^»®rar »r
the lines: > « ~i » —< T >: 1 Xfcli^
f 7hat * web ire" weave, ^ I *^^0'«'Wt
vfh*A "Workedee to Oecetva. I *ur4 me. > OOtaally: I daeftluOlto leave 4
The Wife who condones her owa |
^at offense la heading har haa- U
s SSSB baiassa
r^ssssto^sjusr^ I b« ^f
intended ns a wanting to the
oho la unneeoasarlly daae to dealtae
with Bto wife flaaaclally. Me al
toady her aatare aad her aae^a
right eccoMikg to fllraetttad aa
I woald aat ahaage back taeoffi
| aaythlag. , ; -
-Whea I hagaa to aae Postam j
weighed oatyTlflha. Mw I ttotfft
w 1 170 aad aa I hava ao* tahsa aay toafi
Getting to Llaa. 1 to that tla>e I caa aaly attrlhato ^
Tha lata Cy Warier, who iai^ll ( preeeat good health to the aaa of IW
ro»way Btoeatara tor a real rallav h Ptoce of coffee. »
»bto Maatyaal told thto atery a».a •'•■y haahaad aaye I aa a Jtotog a#
toneBsaa aat toaj batore ^a daatB- Wttoflhaat for POatam ~
A Brotchaaaa toaaa apaa aa Nome glvea by tBa Nataa Ch, Bafr
tiptol at a toBato ONob- OmoB. MitB. •
•■«- ®toO«a a top a aaaaM toBaiwaaahtoNK
-^w« a iMtorr Be ■mn 3 hotw lie aad ssTsmLT
BitottMB »»| who aad caatlaasa to do —eh psi | 1 anna Ttaa toe toed Btodp. I to wh— tbev —y a. ta .
rw maatag «ondUi^ to toa toa< tea years tw Bnie oa»| Bashaad^ tateaflaa to ■N**hr »«todlp^ 2SS>TLZT1^2r2T2
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