The Madill News (Madill, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page: 2 of 10
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Legend of Magpie and Robin.
The peasants of Franco, In accord-
ance with a tradition, plcrce the head
of a magpie with a tho.-n whenever
thoy catch one. According to the
French legend, after Jesus had been
nailed lo Iho cross two birds alighted
on the extended arms of the instru-
ment of death. One was a magpie
with a beautiful aigrette on Its head
and a long waving tall, then the hand-
somest of birds but the wickedest,
chirping Insult at the suffering Jesus.
The other bird was a modest littlo
bird with gray plumage, which ap-
proached the cross timidly, uttering
cries of grief. With its beak it tried
to pluck away one of the thorns. A
single drop of the blood fell on the
pitying little gray bird and gave the
robin redbreast.
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Good, reliable quality is appreciated
by the smoker. Over Nine Million ( ,-
000,000) Lewis' Single Binder cigars
sold annually. The kind of cigar smok-
ers have been looking for, made of
very rich, mellow tastlag tobacco. It's
the judgment of many smokers tha';
Lewis' Single Binder ntraig'ht Be cigar
equals In quality the beat 10c cigar.
There are many imitntors of this cele-
brated brand. Don't let them fool you.
There Is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try a
Lewis' Single Binder.
Lewis Factory, Peoria, 111., Originat-
ors Tin Foil Smoktr Package.
The Bride's Look.
A girl about to be married worries
so much she begins to look like an
old married woman. In addition to
worrying about her clothes and coax-
ing her folks to give her a new outfit,
she sits up too late with her young
man, and the result Is an anxious,
careworn look a week before tho
wedding that cannot be told from the
look on the face of a woman who has
been married & year or two. Look at
the next girl you meet who Is soon to
be married, and you will remark that
she has "aged rapidly."—Atchison
Globe.
Oklahoma Directory
THE American
girl Is so ac-
customed to a
short, roman-
tic courtship
which reaches Its cli-
max in a large wed-
ding with a double ring
service, she imagines girls
are wooed and won in the
same way everywhere.
Though men are courted
and girls are won the
world over, there are many
strange and unusual customs as-
sociated with the winning.
Even in Europe marriages
are made much more conven-
tionally than in this country,
and It is only in most recent times that young men
have been allowed to court girls without the con-
sent and aid of their parents. But In France to-day
among the haut monde the parents of the young
man must be counseled, and unless he is 25 years
old he cannot marry the girl without their con-
sent. A far wiser way for him to do Is to talk
it over with the parents. If the girl Is at tractive
and the family Is congenial the parents of the
young man make overtures to the girl's parents.
'J'liey arc soon on a friendly footing and the ques-
tion of marriage Is readily settled. Tho Br>ttloment
as to what the girl's dot shall be is un important
point at issue.
The Chinese, along with the Turks, believe that
a girl Is far better off dead than unmarried. Though
they are exceedingly anxious.to have their daugh-
ters married they believe It is beneath their dig-
nity to carry on these negotiations themselves, but
leave this work to a professional matchmaker. The
go-between visits the different homes alone, where
she takes note of the age, education, social posi-
tion and wealth of the different girls. 8ho then
gives a long and accurate account of the girl's fam-
ily. 'One Is selected from this number, and if both
parties are satisfied the affair Is banded over to
the necromancer. If the stars say tho young pen-
pie are selected wisely the betrothal is announced.
But the matchmaker has still a part to play.
Shortly before the marriage she brings the young
girl the gifts the groom would send her. These
usually include a leg of pork, i\ bag of mpney, two
bottles of wine, and two candles. But the girl Is
expected to return a part of these offerings. The
Chinese parents do not believe It iB necessary for
young persons to love each other so long as the
augur Is satisfied. The young man rarely sees the
girl until after they are married. When the bride
arrives at the home of the bridegroom he is there
to meet her, but when she steps out she Is so
veiled that her features are hidden. He leads her
into tile room where the ceremony will take place.
Then he seats himself on a high chair to show
Ills superiority and she prostrates herself before
him until he lifts tho veil aud sees for the first
time bis future wife's face.
The Russians are another people who believe
that marriage is the only natural and rational des-
tiny for a woman. Confident that Cupid Is a fool-
ish and erratic boy whose judgment Is not always
the wisest, they make use of a matchmaker, callcd
* svacha. She is a most important personage, and
when her Judgment, which la excellent, falls her
she can call the s'iirs, diamonds, hearts and clubs
to her aid.
But the marriage ceremonies are even more com-
plicated. On I so day before the wedding the bride
1b conducted to her bath. There her friends spend
long hours vomblng her hair and while away the
time slngl'.g and talking of what her daily life will
be after *he Is married. The ceremony is performed
with the rites of the eastern church and takes
place eight days before the marriage. The servico
is divided into three parts. The first is where the
gold rings are exchanged. Then the bride and
bridegroom are crowned with crowns of silver fili-
gree, and lastly comes the dissolution of the crowns.
Though matchmakers are not employed in Japan
love matches are exceedingly rata, and it is not un-
G£ORG/m BRIDE WHO CO<ST
A roRTlTffE
usual for a
Japanese bride
to commit suicide be-
cause she Is not permitted
to have the young man
she would like to marry.
The parents settle this
affair often without con-
sulting the young man aud
the girl. The man usually
is given more leeway, and
If he does not admire the
girl the parents usually
hunt another girl for hint.
The girl once selected. It
Is his duty to send her as
many and as costly gifts
as his fortune will allow.
The Swiss bride, espe-
cially in the upper class-
es, never access anything beyond jewelry. Her
parents are expected to buy her trousseau, furni-
ture for tho house, and her spinning wheel. The
day of the wedding these things are exhibited, but
at the bridegroom's house.
Though In Switzerland no mutohmRklng Is done,
a young man must often prove to the girl he Is
worthy of asking for her hand. The gills always
have the privilege of saying "Yes" or "No," though
In some places the choice of a bridegroom is re-
stricted to their own locality. In some districts
a man must lead the goats up and down the moun-
tain to show the girl he can work for her. in other
towns where the haying is done It is his part to
stack up all the hay and pile it Into the barn.
Though she helps him In his long hours of toil, he
Is expected to do most of the work. Still he tolls
on bravely, feeling that he is being rewarded suffi-
ciently by a pleasant word, a friendly smile, and
that if the work is well done ho has a chance to win
her as his wife.
Until recently in Egypt girls aud boys were mar-
ried when they were young. It was common for a
girl to be married by the time she was 14 and a boy
when IB. But they now wait a few years longer.
The parents always select the man they wish for
the son-in-law. The girl is satisfied to know that
she is going lo have new drosses and n great deal
of new pretty jewelry. The bride and bridegroom
rarely see each other before the day of the wedding.
An Important part of the ceremony is to give a
bride food and a largo urn, which symbolize that
sjie will have food and water.
There are no people so particular about selecting
husbands and wives for their children as the Moors.
Their sons and daughters have no right to Fay
who they will and will not marry. For after the
parents have chosen, a word of complaint might re-
sult In death. A son dare never take a wife unless
his mother approves, and she is usually chosen
from the young women of their own clan. But
when they cannot find a girl in tho village who
pleases them they seek one among other clans.
But tho young man Is supposed to be too timid to
court alone the girl whom his mother chooses, and
so ho usually takes several friends with him. It is
their duty to sing the girl's praises In the hope of
giving him courage to carry on the courtship.
But the formal engagement must lake place In
the presence of the head man. It Is before him that
the young man hands over the sum he has agreed
to give the girl's father. This varies according to
what he can afford, the beauty of the bride, and
their social position. The bride usually buys the
trousseau with the money the young mar. gives
her father.
Moorish girls are exceeding./ fond of pretty
clothes and plenty of handsome Jewelry, so their
trousseaux are often wonderfully elaborate. On
her wedding day a professional woman from the
town Is employed to dross the brid-o. She paints
her face, combs out hor h.tlr, and arranges the
jewels. Not much before sunset does the bride-
groom send the box In which the bride is to be con-
ducted on a mule to his house. Before she goes
to his house she drives all about town. In some
parts when the bride enters her new home the
bridegroom walks backwards holding a dagger in
his hand and she follows him, touching the plont
of the blade with the tip of her finger.
Where a family can afford it a girl usually Is
accompanied by an old nurse, who gives her good
words of counsel as the lazy mule trudges along
leisurely. Before she leaves the girl, whom she
has cared for since the bride was a child, Bhe
whispers: "Take courage; you need not fear. He
cannot help but love you; you are sweet, good,
and kind "
Among primitive peoples marriage usually
is more insistent and girls are courted In even
a less romantic manner. Among the Australians
every girl must marry, whether Bhe will or not
it Is considered wonderfully strange if a girl Is
12 years old and Is still unmarried. This is not
because the girls or parents are romantic, but
the parents feel that a girl is only worth the toil
she gives.
"The man," says the Rev. II. C. Meyer, "regards
them more as slaves than In any other light.
They are a necessary commodity, valuable only as
long as useful, to be thrown aside after they serve
their purpose."
Worse still, their masters can throw them out
and divorce them at will. The Kaffirs buy their
wives with tows and do not pay more than they
can help. A woman no sooner enters her new
home than site is given some task to perform so
her lord can see if he has made a good bargain.
He values her less than his cows. This is seen
by the fact that he permits her to do all tho work
except tend lo his cattle and enter the kraal
where they are kept.
BLACK FOX FARMS.
Consul John H. Sherley writes from Charlotte-
town, Prince Edward Island: "There are three
black fox farms near Athfcrton where these an-
imals aro raised for their akins. These farms
contain 20, 25 and 30 foxes, respectively. The
skins are sold in London at prices ranging from
J.">00 to $1,800 each, according to quality. I am
informed that the fur Is used for ornamenting
the cloaks of royalty, as it 1b the only fur to
which gold will cling. The farm containing 30
foxes Is on Cherry's island. The farm containing
20 foxes is In a rough, broken woods country,
where the animals are confined by heavy woven-
wire netting. The wire is set in the ground two
and three feet. In order to keep the foxes from
burrowing under, and is about eight feet high
above ground, with a curve Inwardly at the top
of each post of another three or four feet of wire,
in order to keep them from climbing over the
fence. They Bleep In the open the year round,
In hollow trees and in hollow logs. These ani-
mals are not cross-bred, but are confined to their
own kind, to keep the fur of the best quality pos-
sible.
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Willing to Help Him.
He had gone to the dry goods store
with a bit of dress material which his
wife had bidden him to match. "1
am very sorry, sir," said the salesman,
"but I have nothing exactly like this.
The very last remnant was sold this
morning."
"But I must have It!" exclaimed the
husband. "Otherwise, how can I face
my wife?"
"If you will permit me, sir." said
the salesman, "I would venture to sug-
gest that J"ou Invite a friend home to
dinner with you."
Laundry work at borne would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used, in order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
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hidden behind a paste of varying
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Crack or Break.
Edwin and his mother went for a
walk Sunday afternoon. Coming to a
tree of cherries, the mother bent a low
limb so that the little fellow could
pick some. Seeing some fine ones
higher up, he begged to be allowed to
climb the tree. "Oh, no," said his
mother, "that would be breaking the
Sabbath."
"And we are only cracking the Sab-
bath now, are we. mamma?" inquired
Edwin.—Delineator.
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IN THE LITERARY WORLD
Notes and Comments on Recent Books
of Interest
The titles of Meredith Nicholson's
novels have been frequently appropri-
ated and adapted. A railroad has call-
ed Itself The Road of a Thousand
Wonders, and a confectionery estab-
lishment has proclaimed itself The
House of a Thousand Candles. When
the Qunness murders were supplying
the newspapers with illimitable copy
some wit called the scene of the
sensation La Porte of Missing Men.
A Mrs. E. L. Smith, who keeps a sort
of inn for man and beast at Titlcus
Mountain. North Salem, N. Y., and
who evidently has au eye for busi-
ness, calls her place The Port of Miss-
ing Men. The title of Mr. Nicholson's
new story, The Little llrown Jug at
Kildare, would also seem to offer op-
portunities to the clever adapter.
It is perhaps strange but neverthe-
ess true, that Louisa M. Alcott's "Lit-
tle Women" was never more popular
than today. The mothers and grand-
mothers of the girls who read this
delightful story were quite as inter-
ested in their day as are the present
generation in Meg and Beth and tha
other lovable characters of this re-
markably strong story, and in spite of
the innumerable works for the young
"Little Women" remains tue favorite
story of real childhood life. Little.
Brown & Co., of Boston, have just is-
sued a special edition of 100,000 copies
containing over 200 drawings, which
they are sending postpaid for J1.00.
The pictures are the same as appear-
ed in the original $5.00 illustrated
edition.
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