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• * • . ' ' ' l " ' > r " * ' , ~ " - Y f < > • - * * ' v r " " v ' - ? rbmtGi* By "^BEAU BRUFPfEt O UPl egvptjm WAXnrD C/$?NG~ F°R l̂T̂ iOVER K ARABiAti BAlDEo ££TROTML COSTUME \ nn THE American girl Is so ac­customed to a short, roman­ tic courtship "which reaches its cli­ max in a large wed­ ding with a double ring •ervice, she imagines girls «re wooed and won in the same way everywhere. "Though men are courted •and girls are won the world over, there are many Wtrange and unusual customs as­ sociated with the winning. Even in Europe marriages rare made much more conven­ tionally than in this country, •awl 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 Prance 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 attractive and the family is congenial the parents of the young man make overtures to the girl's parents. They are soon on a friendly footing and the ques­ tion of marriage is readily settled. The settlement as to what the girl's dot shall be is an important point at issue. The Chinese, along with the Turks, believe that • 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 igo-between visits the different homes alone, where »he takes note of the age, education, social posi­ tion and wealth of the different girls. She then «ives 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 handed over to *he necromancer. If the stars say the young peo­ ple are selected wisely the betrothal is announced. But the matchmaker has still a part to play. Shortly before the marriage she brings the young igirl the gifts the groom would send her. These usually include a leg of pork, a hag of money, 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 is necessary for young persons to love each other so long as the augur is satisfied. The young mau 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 the room where the ceremony will take place. Then he seats himself on a high chair to show ."tiis superiority and she prostrates herself before him until he lifts the veil and sees for the first time his 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, called a svacha. She is a most important personage, and when her judgment, which Is excellent, fails her .she can call the stars, diamonds, hearts and clubs •to her aid. But the marriage ceremonies are even more com­ plicated. On the day before the wedding the bride -is conducted to her bath. There her friends spend long hours combing her hair and while away the time singing and talking of what her daily life will be after she is married. The ceremony is performed with the rites of the eastern church and takes place eight days before the marriage. The service ils 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 Move matches are exceedingly rare, and it is not un­ 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 and the girl. The man usually is given more leeway, and if he does not admire the girl the parents usually hunt another girl for him. 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 accepts anything beyond jewelry. Her parents are expected to buy her trousseau, furni­ ture for the house, and her spinning wheel. The day of the wedding these things are exhibited, but at the bridegroom's house. Though in Switzerland no matchmaking is done, a young man must often prove to the girl he is worthy of asking for her hand. The girls 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 toils 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 he has a chance to win her as his wife. Until recently in Egypt girls and 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 16. 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 to have new dresses and a 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 large urn, which symbolize that she 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 say 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 the village who pleases them they seek one among other clans. But the young man is supposed to be too timid to court alone the girl whom his mother chooses, and so he 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 take 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 man gives her father. Moorish girls are exceedingly 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 dress the bride. She paints her face, combs out her hair, and arranges the jewels. Not much before sunset does the bride­ groom send the box in which the bride is to be con- (J£ORGMty £MD£ WM? A /VATl/ZtE 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, sho 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 she 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. H. 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 diyorce them at will. The Kaffirs buy their wives with cows and do not pay more than they can help. A woman no sooner enters her new home than she 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 £o all the work except tend to 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 ^£px farms near Atherton where these an- imalsMsVe raised for their skins. These farms contain 20, 25 and 30 foxes, respectively. The skins are sold in London at prices ranging from |500 to $1,800 each, according to quality. I am informed that the fur is used for ornamenting the cloaks of royalty, as it is 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 .sleep 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. MUCH RICH LAND IN MINDANAO •Big Island Has Millions of Acres Now Lying Idle. Americans have taken the acquisi­ tion of the Philippines ae a matter of fact. The islands are so far away, And there is so much of pressing inter­ est right at hand, that the manner of arranging our new responsibilities *nd discharging our new obligations, is left absolutely to the government at V\ ashington, says Army and Navy Life. IIow many American people Know, for example, that Mindanao is a little virgin empire, with millions of acreg uf the richest land in the world, now idle and fallow, but capable of enormous production? An American officer who has just returned from there calls it "the pearl in the gold­ en setting of the archipelago, the promised land for the toilers In the east " A while ago there was circulated through the islands a petition praying the American people to grant the same trade privileges to the Philippines that have been accorded to Porto Rico, which island, after getting what she wanted and what she needed, jumped her export trade with the Uni­ ted States from $8,500,000 to $28,000,- 000 and her imports from $9,600,000 to $29,000,000 annually! Porto Rico is only a dot on the map In compari­ son with the Philippine archipelago, and the benefits accruing to American consumers of her products are slight in contrast with those which would come with the extension of our cus­ toms to include the Philippines. Popularity of Some Men. There are some men who are so popular that they act as if a man ought to regard it as a privilege to have one of them regularly borrow his tobacco of him.--Somervllle Jour nal. - State News Breexr Gossip, Notes and Doings of Interact at Springfield. a"fl'fl'5~flwraxaxfl (nmnrrrawa'Tra,'fl'gTnrawa a a a a mr Sprfngfleld.--Progress of the Illinois corn show to be held in this city next month is shown in detail in the report made by the executive committee to the board of directors of the big expo­ sition. That plans have been well laid and that the show will be one df the greatest events of its kiiid ever held in the west Is indicated by the great amount of work accomplished thus far. Special attention is called in the report to the hearty co-operation given the movement by presidents of county institutes, State Superintendent Blair, County Superintendent of Schools Pruitt, Mrs. H. A. McKeene, state president of the Domestic Science association; S. W. Strong, secretary of the Illinois Grain Dealers' association; President Rowe of the State Corn Growers' association. Dean Daven­ port and others of the state agricul­ tural school, and the newspapers of the state. Knights Templar End Work. The Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Illinois closed its session at Rock Island. The afternoon was de­ voted to exhibition drills by Compa­ nies A and B of St. Bernard command­ ery, Chicago, and the drill corps of Evanston and Lincoln Park at the league ball park. This was followed by the evening review and dress par­ ade at the exposition grounds, the lat­ ter function being in charge of H. G. Purington, past grand commander, of Chicago. Chicago was voted the next meeting and the following newly-elect­ ed officers were installed: Grand commander--William L. dross, Springfield. Deputy commander--John D. Cleveland, Chicago. Grand generalissimo--H. H. Cleaveland, Rock Island. Grand captain general--Arthur M. Ott- man, Peoria. Grand senior warden--William L. Sharp, Chicago. Grand junior warden--Stuart E. Pier- son, Carroltcn. - " Grand standard bearer--Thomas A. Stevens, Chicago. Grand sword bearer--Louis A. Mills, De­ catur. Grand warder--John Redmond, Oak Park. Grand prelate--Thomas A. Parker, Dan­ ville (re-elected). Grand recordef--Harris A. Wheeler, Chi­ cago. Grand treasurer--Sylvester. O. Spring, Peoria (re-elected). Grand captain of guard--C. S. Qurney, Chicago. Brewer Pleads Guilty. The Rockford Brewing Company, through its', president. John V. Petritz, entered a plea of guilty to the indict­ ments returned by the grand jury charging violation of the anti-saloon law. When arraigned in court several days ago Mr. Petritz entered a plea of not guilty, but on further consid­ eration withdrew hia plea and substi­ tuted one of guilty. Judge Frust im­ posed a fine of $100 on each of the first three counts In ttie first indict­ ment and $100 for the first count of the second indictment. The fine im­ posed was the limit allowed by the statute. The Rockford grand jury ad­ journed after returning another in­ dictment against the Rockford Brew­ ing Company for alleged vicV^tion of the local option law. The jury re­ ported it had investigated rumors with reference to. certain charges of bribery and found them unfounded and expressed its belief that in cer­ tain instances they had been ma­ liciously spread. 8ystem Is Basis of Banner Fair. The management of the Green coun­ ty fair prides itself upon the system It puts into the things it does. It is generally conceded that Green county annually conducts one of the largest county fairs in the state, and the methods of the officers in chftrge are generally attributed as the cause. The association includes 240 stockholders, each of whom receives an annual pass to the fair for himself and his family. The officers and directors of the fair are as follows: President--W. tl. Bare, Carroll ton. Vice-president--George W. Wright, Wrights. Treasurer--C. H. Eidred. CarrolHon. Secretary--S. E. Simpson, Carrollton. Assistant secretary--E. Z. Curnutt, Car­ rollton. Van 8tanberg Heads Supervisors. The twenty-second annual convention of supervisors, county commissioners and county clerks of the state of Illi­ nois closed at Kankakee after naming Belleville for the 1909 convention and electing these officers: President, Al­ fred Van Stanberg, Cook county; vice- president, M. L. Muncie, Belleville; secretary, W. W. Kenny, Livingston county; corresponding secretary, Wil­ liam Lynch, Kane county; treasurer, Walter Clench, Peoria county. "Fathers" Topic of Mothers' Congress. The Illinois Congress of Mothers was held in the Evanston Y. M. C. A. building in an all day meeting. At the morning session the topic was "The American Father: His Relation to Home and Children." The speak­ ers were Orville T. Bright of Chica­ go, Mrs. H. H. Kingsley of Evanston, W. B. Owen, dean of the University high school, and Dr. Lindsay Wyne- koop of Chicago. In the afternoon President John W. Cook of the North­ ern Illinois State Normal school spoke on "The Public High School." Plans Institute Meeting. An elaborate program is practically complete for the Sangamon County Fanners' institute meeting, which will he held in this city November 11, 12 and 13. J. R K. Herrick, chairman of the executive committee of the county institute, has the program in hand and in a few days will give out the same in full. The farmers of the county are looking forward to the meeting with much interest, and the session promises to be more helpful even than former meetings. Baokers of Illinois Elect. The election of officers and the es­ tablishment of the office of a paid sec­ retary constituted the most important business transacted at the closing ses­ sion of the annual convention of the Bankers' association of Illinois in Chi­ cago. The threatened revolt by some of the younger bankers against the STATE NEWS NOTES ACCOUNTS OF HAPPENINGS IN . ILLINOIS FOR A WEEK. TWO WAREHOUSES BURN Loss In South Chicago Totals $1,000,- 000--Flames Drive Thousands of Persons from Their Beds-- Plants Destroyed. m elate ticket failed to develop, and James McKinney, president of the Aledo bank, Aledo, was unanimously elected president of the association. The officers elected by tho association are as follows: President, James McKinney, Aledo; first vice-president, Oscar G. Foreman, Chi­ cago; secretary, R. L. Rinaman, East St. Louis; treasurer, T. S. O'Donneil, Fair- bury; chairman of the executive council, E. E. Crabtree, Jacksonville. Executive council--E. P. Judson, Chi­ cago; S. B. Montgomery, Quincy; J. O. Wilson, Bloomington; W. C. White, Pe­ oria; E. H. Kinney, Table Grove,; W. G. Schroeder, Chicago; J. S. Alsthorpe, Cairo; T. L. Minier, Nebo; B. G. Rich­ mond, Elburn; J. A. Corbett, Decatur. Vice-presidents--W. T. Perkins, Chi­ cago; E. W. Hartley, Chrisman; G. A. Miller, East St. Louis; J. W. Slnmonson, Port Byron; J. B. Forgan, Chicago; G. D. Campbell, Mount Carroll; L. L. Sill- man. Chenoa; J. B. Jackson, Anna; Charles G. Davis, Chicago; A. D. Mal- lony. Batav'a: Robert Atchison, Mount Pulaski; W. P. Berry, Carthag#; George D. Roberta, Chicago; E. H. Witham, Rankin; O. P. Bourland, Pontiftc; J. M. Hurst, Chicago;. C. H. Burnett, Eldorado, P. Herdico. Galva; Edward North, White Hall; D. A. Moulton. Chicago; J. M. Clark, Georgetown;' W. C. Tubbs, Mon­ mouth; H. T. Goddard, Mount Carmel; Lucius Teter, Chicago; V. W. Johnson, Champaign. Committee on private bankers--W. G. Cathcart. Sidell; L. G. Hostetter, Loving- ton; J. C. Eisenmeyer, Trenton; D. W. Karraker. Jonesboro; J. D. Phillips, Green Valley. Federal legislative committee--E. J. Parker. Quincy; O. B. Gorin, Decatur; J. R. Beggs. Areola; J. S. Alsthorpe, Cairo; L. L. Lehman, Mattoon. South Chicago.--Fear of flames that threatened to destroy the homes, stores and factories of South Chicago drove thousands of persons from their beds to watch with anxiety the burn­ ing of two big warehouses filled witji salt, which stretched along the west banks of the Calumet river for the en­ tire square between One Hundred ai&4 Second and One Hundred and Thirfl streets. The salt warehouses, prop­ erty of the International Salt Com­ pany, of which Joy Morton is the head, •vere only a short distance to the southward of the business district ol South Chicago and the flames and blazing brands were hurled high Into the air amid dense clouds of smoke by a wind that rushed steadily toward the north with almost the violence of a hurricane. The great warehouses were destroyed and the loss on them and their contents Is estimated by Su­ perintendent James Ellison to ap­ proximate $1,000,000. The office of the Belt Line railroad was burned as were also 35 empty freight care standing on sidings awaiting loading. O State W. C. T. U. Ends Meet. Mount Carmel.--With a session de­ voted to the interests of the Loyal Temperance Legion, the annual con­ vention of the Illinois Woman's Chris­ tian Temperance Union came to an end. Miss Lula Miner of Bone Gap was In charge of the session and a ! number of interesting addresses were | made. The election of national dele- j gates occurred. Mrs. Mary Titus Be* j dell of this city being -elected dele- i gate-at-large for the state. s ^ Greenview Farms Change Ownere. Greenview.--Joh?; Tackleson has sold his farm of 60 acres to Karl W. Weidhuner for the sum of $9,000. Mr. Tackleson probably will move into the western country and continue farming. Tackleson has also sold the adjoining farm of 60 acres to Mr. Weidhuner tor $125 per acre. John A. Ridge has purchased 80 acres of land from Harry Jones. Water System in 8ight. Mt. Auburn.--A project is now being considered by the village authorities which, if carried out, will give Mt. Auburn the long desired water sys* tem. The plan is to erect a large reservoir 25 feet square and ten feet deep, estimated to hold 1.000 barrels of water, in the village park at the top of a large hill on the outskirts cf the village. Funds Given by lllinoisans. Following are the contributions by residents of Illinois to the national Democratic campaign fund: P. W. Burns 600 L. W. Chambers 100 George E. Dickson 150 Judge S. L. Dwight 10C Edward F. Dune 20C M. F. Dunlap 1,000 Judge O. F. Thompson 10C Phil Feeler 10C F. G. Hawley 10C D. M. Kinsall 10C W. A. Moody IOC A. L. Maxwell 10C F. I,. McCulloch 10C Charles J. Mullikin 100 Andrew T. Phelps 10C Braley & O'Donneil 100 Roger C. Sullivan 1,000 H. Robert Fowler IOC Erwin A. Rice 100 Harry Higbee 100 W. K. Williams 125 W. M. Hoyt 100 Frank V. Dilntush 100 John P. Hopkins 1,000 Illness Causes Shift in Judges. Because of illness, Henry Freeman, judge of the appellate court of the First district, was temporarily re­ lieved from duty and the Illinois su­ preme court assigned Judge Axel Chytraus to duty on the appellate bench iu his stead. The report of the state board of law examiners was ap­ proved and the clerk of the supreme court was ordered to issue licenses to the successful candidates in the recent examination. The court also disposed of the motion made by A. H. Vayo against I. N. Phillips that a commis­ sioner be appointed to determine facts in the case. The court ruled that Phil­ lips in his answers filed recently had made sufficient reply and denied Vayo's motion on the ground that no denial of the answers filed had been made. Conference Asks Independence. The Illinois conference of Unl- tarifins, by a resolution of independ­ ence, adopted, approved the principle of greater freedom in the management of its own affairs, particularly finan­ cial, as against the authority of the Eastern Unitarian association. Officers were re-elected as follows: President, Rev. Fred W. Hawley, Chicago; vice- president, Rev. A. R. Vail, Urbana; secretary. Rev. J. H. Mueller, Bloom­ ington; treasurer, George L. Parker, Bloomington. Observe Lincoln-Douglas Debate. A semi-centennial celebration of the Lincoln-Douglas debate was observed at Quincy, under the auspices of the State Historical socicty. There were addresses by Alfred Orendorf, Spring­ field; ex-Congressrtian George E. Adams, Chicago; Judge Harry Hig- bee of Bittsfield; Judge George Ed­ munds, Carthage; William K. Collins, Quincy; J. McCan Davis, Springfield; Capt. Hewy A. Castle, St. Paul; Col. Clarke Carr, Galesburg, and Capt. Henry King, editor of the St. Louis Globe-Demperat.. Let Railway Contract. Taylorville.--A contract has been let by the Taylorville Light and Heat Company for the construction ot the sfreet railway track and overhead equipment to the Chicago Installation Company for $61,800. The track to be four miles and 100 feet long and will ex­ tend from the extreme northeast end to the extreme southeast part of Tay­ lorville. Quits Job After Forty Minutes. East St. Louis.--Forty minutes after she had gone to work as stenographer, Miss Louise Kelleher announced to her new employers that she was aw­ ful sorry, but she just couldn't stay any longer. In the afternoon a mar­ riage license was issued in St. Louis to Herman E. Rogers of Rector, Ark., and Miss Louise Kelleher. Die of Ptomaine Poisoning. Bloomington.--After eating supper, Carl and Frank James, aged six and eight years respectively, sons of a prominent resident of Stanford, were taken ill, supposedly from ptomaine poisoning, and died soon afterwards. The other members of the household were not affected. Wed at Church Convention. Champaign.--H. D. Hughes, a stu­ dent at the Missouri university at Columbia, Mo., and Miss Lulu Lego of this city were married at the con­ vention building in New York where the annual convention of the Churches of Christ is in sesion. Liquor Draught Fatal. Jerseyville.--William Queen, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Queen, is dead from the effects of drinking a half pint of whisky. The child secured the liquor from a side­ board while his parents were in an­ other room of the home. Find Inventor Insane. Taylorville.--The inventor of the fa­ mous stove-lifting truck, used univer­ sally. and the check rower on corn planters, H. H. Baltzley of Assump­ tion was adjudged insane and ordered sent to the state hospital for the in­ sane at Jacksonville. Conflicts with Liquor Law. Galesburg.--In -dismissing liquor cases brought under the city ordin­ ances here Police Magistrate A. F. Tomllnson held the city ordinance Is in conflict with the local option law, which leaves only county officers to prosecute cases. Cigar Causes $12,000 Fire. Joliet.--Fire destroyed the dancing pavilion at Dellwood park with a quan­ tity of park equipment. The loss is estimated at $12,000. A lighted cigar Is thought to have been the cause. Freeport Pastor to Leave. Freeport.--A call to the First Chris­ tian church of Redlands, Cal.. ha» been accepted by Rev. F. W. Emerson, pastor of the Freeport Christian church. Rev. Emerson 'was the Prohi­ bition candidate for governor of Kan­ sas at the last election. Films Lead to Christ. Tuscola.--Moving pictures, as an aid for turning men from the forbidden ways, have been introduced into a re­ vival being conducted In the Christian, church in this city?