The Territorial Topic. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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WHEN BETTY MOUNTS HER
WHEEL
When bonny Betty mounts her wheel
Ami skims along the highway,
She is a sight of beauty real
On struct and lane and by-wny.
Her trim attire, her jaunty cap,
Her laughter-loving glances
Are tempting; and her cheek's a trap
Wherein a dimtole (lances.
Bo awe®1 she seems that e'en the air
To surf her makes resistance;
|!ut lo, a flash of burnished hair,
And Betty's in the distance.
Pain would I leave my dullard will.
My reading and my writing. f
l o follow through whatever tod
A vision so inviting.
My mind, however calm its bent
Among my books abiding,
Is always roused to discontent
When b inuy Betty's riding.
And to the window swift I spring,
Heedless of volumes falling,
Heedless <.r Ink or anything. _
My heart with hunger calling,
Tor Betty's young and Betty's fair,
And lithe and full of graces:
One needs be nimble as a hare
To follow Betty's paces.
And so I look with envy keen
To see her swiftly flying,
For I am lift.v, she sixteen.
And there the troubleslybig._ ^
tund blm a go., deal .ham^oMjr. MUkV
uproved, nothing of Hie boj she ie , .
lembered about him. except his teat • .
/'•/ -/ / / / / / / /'
I0NEWAI OF Ull*
v / / /-
y / /
"Shall I marry again,
rou; 1 never make plans,
naid Lady Brereton, ' ''
<MG i
>/ V. / /<
X can't tell
'A policy,"
the black
mail levied on a fool by the unfor-
;c
weather! Ida, I cnu recommend those
seen.' Needless to remark, I quote. It
U too fatiguing to be original this hot
survived, but the possible truth of her
words rankled in her heart of hearts,
although she would not acknowledge
it, even to herself. She was broad-
minded, but siie bad her limitations.
When, within a week of his return,
be greeted her at length oil the neutral
ground of the Ilurlingham club, she
found
iui
me
ures, which were good.
"Then you haven't quite forgo ten
me?" she said.
"Forgotten you? Is it likely. My i
dear Lady Brereton, don't you recol- |
led my youthful adoration? ^ou made (
me as wretched as a lovesick boy can
be. The letters 1 used to write to you j
The speeches I used to make! How ■ j
must have loved you! I was «o very ]
much in earnest; one takes oneself so
seriously at twenty-one. I have often
laughed over the thought of it since.
He laughed now. So (lid she, very
naturally, too. But she was not
pleased; for in his frank allusion to
the past she discerned that her empire
was lost, and 110 woman loves to make
1l\nt discovery, even if slio lias not val-
ued it at the time of possession.
"And is your stay in lsnidon to he
long?" she asked.
"Oh, I am not going back to India at
nil," lie said. "The regiment will be
home next month. I mean to settle
down and marry. The governor wants
if fidgety about the title, you know,
since my brother died. It's rather a
bore." He laughed. "By the way.
Lady Brereton, 1 was intending to call
and ask vour aid about it. I thought
for the sake of the old times you might
feel sufficient interest In the 'niw boy.
now he's grown up, to find a nice girl
for him—decent family, of course, and
a little money 110 objection, but not a
sine qua non. Women are so clever at
this kind of thing." , .,
"I shall ba delighted, she said,
sweetly. "I'll iook out for you, and
you must come and sue me, and report
what discoveries you are making 011
your own account."
But the conversation was a little
one-sided after that. Capt. Valen
covered hers, nnd it was shaking, like fQ MAKE 1 BE1 TER.
hU voice. _ I
"You are going to faint. lam a
I brute but I want you so badly, and 1
I knew it was the only way to make you 1
I ctire. If I had shown
i 'The comedy is finished." The words I
' -1 \n thr o«(J ''Or- .
i wvre Hpuki-n on - • t\
tain fell. He put her cloak round hei
JELIGIOUS PEOPLE talk OF
SEIZING the PRESS.
in lllurk
auk fmiii' Ttitak* that the Fig r'fy
rnpern Are n Hindrance to Church
l ro£re*H Clood I'aper Iletter Than
Mnny Churclie*.
at the theater.
handles the reins well.
Riding
Woman Ei^rt In the Art of
and Driving;.
No woman in New York society be-
eompare with Mrs. T. H.
She has ridden
CVCI.1HI IV P U«IS
iro Populiir
World of l'
Thn«
The >> heel
Kver With
Tout Paris oil a wheel is the most in-
teresting topic £oin£. Bicycles e\no-
where, ami as many women as men
every time. And such sights as one
sees!
Moll nieu! To lie French they are
awful! Fnncv a woman all red bloom-
ers and long legs without gaHers, and
a lace-trimmed hat as big as a bushel
iHiskot heaved with pink roses 1 lint is
what one sees in the Bols these fcep
tember days, and the description is
not halt as bad as it is in the flesh.
But, of course, there are riders and
riders of the wheel. Some ride b
cause it is an excuse for emancipating
their legs before the world and show-
ing off their laced-ln waists above as-
tounding bloomers. Then there are
the sensible kind who ride for the
very ecs-tacy of riding, which comes as
near the flying as anything so tar.
The best and the worst ride, and they
ride together and side by side; count-
esses, duchesses, wives and daughters
of presidents, wheel to wheel, with
painted eocotte in costumes that make
vou groan. But it has got quite into
the blood, vou see, the wheeling mi-
crobe. and there seems to be 110 form
of inoculation that works a cure. So
everybody and his next door neighbor
wheels and wheels until I wonder
their legs don't drop off.
The American colony en masse may
be seen in the Bols e<«ry pleasant
dav, and even the Faubourg St. c.er-
ma'in has bundled tip its proud dignity
and gotten itself atop of a whee., and
'"^we^r Lady Brereton's. bo,.
doir
about in silver bowls. ,, t „
Mrs. Crosble helped heise
sweet-meat leisurely, and with a due
fAifird for her irreparable glov.
fore she responded. W hen she 1i_^s
her words, to an uninitated I1' .;
would have seemed somewhat irr ..
unt. , „ K,.„ re. 1 011 her way home than she had evei
"Of course, you know, snc thought about him before at one time,
marked, "that Capt. Valence is home , ^ smRoked her innocent pug
from India?" , lv ,hat 1 and called it a little beast. Such is
"Somebody told me yesterday ina* feminine justice!
he had just, arrived. But vvhj ,.j was young once,' said Capt.
course?' " don't Only" Valence to the horse chestnut trees.
chatted easily, little nothings of the there you have the whole thing.
hour the amusing conversation of a i it is not to be wondend at, uthei,
veil-bred man of" the world with a | this frenzy, for Paris has_ the loveliest
witty tongue and a shrewd perception, places for riding 111 ail the www.
C«1 not pay much heed .0 | Wst. there is, the^
past St.
•ndon
> the
cafes
spattus,
..nd everybody dismounts and piles up
his or her bicycle in the racks with
please he^'and" the Vlbness of his I ,n.„dred« ^
by and by. But if you like to take tastes like nectar from the gods.
vour chance, you know—" I It is all a new life
Perhaps she thought about him mor
•rns. l'aio mauve c-u.v not to De u sij wj. 1 , "
, the scheme of decoration, ull,1,' (' s 1 had been very absurd, of course, but U
,-ere a great many Parma violet I somcllow his mockery of it did not , h
lease her, and the glil.
I.aily Brereton" grated.
,-as distressingly young—a malady respon*
1 don't know
that has been
opened up to Parisians, and the nov-
elty is Rtill fresli. How long it will
last remains to be seen. In the nieam
time everybody is happy, and most of
all the bicycle tailors, who are getting
rich off of bloomers and coats, the or-
ders for which come so thick and last
that they can scarcely lie filled.—(.or-
ient New York Advertiser.
'"•'Blanche.' 'said she. "you are in . •
at your moods, and .vou don't^practlce
or your „r ls somebody ! two or three desirable damsels 10 . ,
on me! Are we alone, 1 but her assistance ended there, and
■ i never saw an attractive looking glr
You ridiculous woman
Chey met a good cieai 111 uie course
of the next few weeks. He reminded
her of lier promise, and she mentioned
desirable damsels to him;
he
1 in
Also he found occasion to
HE'S A TOUGH SI ISJECT.
Farmer Why I.b
of lirratic Fate
Spite
her house.
an si
gland,
ars, just as
all people, that you think it met
nothing when he returns to Lngla
nothing
sifter an absence ot tiv
the flret twelve months of your mourn
"-Well! you shouldn't have said
• insinuating that I had private
■ ' riiirmured
'of
information about liini,
Lady Brereton. plaintively. His
movements don't Interest me In the
least and 1 don't suppose mine any
longer interests him. You seem to ig-
nore the lapse of time since we met.
and faithful hearts, my dear, went.out
,,f fashion with the crinoline. Besides,
he w asn't a man—he was only a nice
bov And I treated linn badly.
•'Yes' 'said Mrs. Crosbie.
The too ready acquiescence dis
pleased Lady Brereton. She fidgeted
with an apostle spoon and frowned.
"Not so very badly. After all, bow
could 1 help being silly enough to < are
for him? As to taking him seriously,
a mere boy of twenty-two, and a
younger soil! Anyhow, it doesn t mat-
ter now. lie has probably forgotten
nil about me long ago."
She spoke with a complacent disbe-
lief in her own words which made hei
hearer laugh.
"If vou thought for a moment that
he had forgotten you, you would be ir-
ritable beyond endurance."
"I hope you are not laboring under
the absurd delusion that I care in the
"Am I your enemy, that I should ac-
cuse you of having a heart?" laughert
Mrs Crosbie. "I merely meant that
your amour propre would be ruined,
mv dear. 1 know you so we l-
"You were never more mistaken in
your life," asserted Lady Brereton,
calmly. "I am utterly indifferent.
Therein she was insincere. It was
true that she had snubbed him uiimei-
c^fully in years gone by, and the only
ids life, better pleased
openly ovoided her. His camaraderie
stung her feminine soul. She did not
approve of platonics, especially in an
old admirer.
"One would think I was his grand-
mother," she said to Iter own wrath-
ful reflection in the toilet glass. And
then she wept stormily—for no reason
that she would have named to a living
soul.
For a week she saw nothing of liira,
If ever a man bore a charmed life,
Nathan Poller of Cross Creek town-
ship is that man. He has met with a
number of accidents that would have
ended the life of any ordinary human
being, but Nate seems possessed of as
many lives as a rat. He is Just now
-oing about, after having been kn kea
souarely In the forehead by a horse.
His apple orchard is on the side of a
hill, and he has fallen out of nearly
every tree on it several times, and
never was more than shaken up. Some
years ago a log rolled over him as if
lie had been made of rubber. Then he
went to a picnic and ate ice cream
that poisoned everybody else, but be-
| voml a little sick spell he never felt
any discomfort. Several years ago Ins
! physician told him to settle up his bus-
iness affairs and prepare for the here-
5 after, as he might live two years and
lie might not live more than two days,
lie came out id' (lie doctor's office and
! shook hands with ills friends, telling
! them of the good news imparted to
then one evening their eyes met across j 1)y thp ,j0(.tor, and adding that lie
the opera house, and a faint resent j m;t believe a word the doctor had -
ment—the sequel to the unexplained , hjm Ho jivo<l to see the doctor question; greed is the chief enemy ot
NE time there
were a couple who
did not get along
very well together;
they often fell out
and each thought
the other hardly
treated him fair.
They were a wolf
and a lamb. So the
wolf ate the lamb,
and found he
1 greed with him much better than ever
iefore.
That is one way of settling misun-
derstandings. The pulpit would rec-
immend that the church go up and take
.he newspaper, for we are abundantly
ible to possess it.
Now let me preachify a little and
show (1) why and (2) how we should
:ake possession of the newspaper.
1. Why. (1) Because every church-
nan feels that it is the gospel and that
ilone which will solve society's prob-
lems. The principles of Jesus are of
Infinitely more use to be applied to cui-
rent events than the principles of any
political party. (2) The news vehicle
is the very best extant medium for
reaching the people. Pulpits are good,
ind so are books; the quarterly review
influences few, the monthly a few
more, the weekly religious periodical
still more, but best of all Is the news-
paper. News is the best bait. Why
should not the best principles have the
best vehicle whereby to get to the pub-
lic eye? (3) Preaching originated before
the days of newspapers. New days de-
mand methods. Truth ought to change
clothes often to keep strong and
healthy. Nothing needs up-to-dateness
like the gospel. Conservatism is good,
but sometimes there is too much of a
good thing. (4) While the pulpit will
always remain the best means of per-
sonal persuasion, the printed page is
the best handle to public opinion. The
church has quite as much to do with
public ideals as with individual char-
acter in the business of saving the
world. For instance, by arousing public
opinion to secure the enforcement of
the law against gambling houses, the
church would do quite as much good
to the public as to persuade a hundred
youths not to gamble. (5) As a business
proposition, look at it. The object of
the church is to influence people. To
that end she spends much money.
Business demands It be invested in the
most paying ways. Say it take an in-
vestment of a half million and an an-
aual outlay of fifty thousand dollars
,•3 run the churches of Omaha (a con-
servative estimate) wouldn't half of this
amount pretty handsomely subsidize a
good daily paper, by which, on the
wings of news, the popular mind could
be influenced more than by preaching?
2. How? (t) Not by making a denom-
inational organ, or in any sense her-
alding the claims or peculiar doctrines
of any sect. The day is past when
these are of great interest to the peo-
ple at large, and the day is here when
all evangelical churches are standing
shoulder to shoulder proclaiming the
same gospel and making common cause
again all sin and humbug and sham. (2)
1 Let this Christian newspaper stand for
such a platform as this; Enforcement
; and not evasion of law against the
criminal class; public officers
keep their oaths; the saloon must go;
1 gambling must be crushed, like a
omous snake; prostitution must not be
legalized, directly or indirectly; the
first duty of a state is to conserve its
morality, business prosperity is sec-
ondary; the spirit and principles of
Christ is the only solution of the labor
The F.malo Villain'. Reall.tlc Death j
Stirred One Woman's Heart.
From the Chicago News: The prin- j
einal actors In the play had waded i gins
female Imper- , Mrs. Spaulding s turnouts were shown
onunits the j at the Long Branch horse show last
and among them was a nve
the scene where the
sonator of devilishne^s
grave error of being found out and „ orlglnal w|th the ex
who had been in-
clined to play a game of inappreclative
freeze-out during the first two acts
warmed up to a knowledge of the fire
and vigor being displayed and their
outbursts of applause were frequent
and sincere. One of the
hitch,"
team with three
horses abreast in the wheel and a pair
In the lead. The team was one of the
sensations of the Long Branch show.
Last winter Mrs. Spauliling's three-
abreast team of chestnuts, driven b>
their owner to a Russian sleigh, was
among the notable turnouts of a great
season of sleighing in Central park, and
this summer her coach and four have
been conspicuous in the park and on
the roads of Westchester county. One
of Mrs. Spaulding's friends is authority
for the story that she tooled her coach
and four out to Morris park and back
to the city successfully the first time
she drew the reins over four horses
hitched together. Certain It is that Mrs.
B most Interested I Spaulding is now the surest and smar -
winds up her career bpr yanking a few
stray locks of her hair out by the roots I hlbitor. This was
as a prelude to swallowing the
fatal pill of infinitesimal dimen-
sions, the hero raves, the outraged
mother-in-law goes daft and all the
other cut-and-dried incidents indige-
nous to the last act of a modern drama
pile up thick and fast before the senses
of a muddled house. When they got to
that point one thrilling chapter of
mimic life followed in hot haste on the
trail of Its predecessors and the ma-
jority of lookers-on
O I'll U I vi ft II pt 1 a llu " ,
est four-in-hand whip to be seen on th
roads about New York. About a year
ago she bought four white-legged chest-
nuts, and with them made any amount
of combinations. Until the recent horse
show she was well satisfied with this
splendid quartet, but last week she saw
at the Madison Square garden a four-
in-hand team which put her own in the
shade. The team won first prize, and
Mrs. Spaulding at once made an offer
to the owner, Charles F. Bates. The
price agreed upon was ?r,.000. which
most people regard as moderate. e
new owner has announced her inten-
tion of driving the four-in-hand
through Central park at no distant date.
The summer home of Mr. and Mrs.
Spaulding it at Orange, N. Y., where
she has a collection of vehicles which
includes about everything a fashionable
coachbuilder can turn out.
looking people in the whole theater was
a woman in the sixth row of the par-
quet. Her face was pale and the lower
jaw was set in that mold of rigidity
which naught but the most intense feel-
inK can produce; her eyes never wan-
dered from the scene of action and for
a dangerously long period she leaned
forward in a state of suspended ani-
mation, determined not to lose one frac-
tional part of a wink or nod necessary
to a creditable production of the play.
The female villain started out on her
last series of dying gasps; her stage as-
sociates grouped themselves effectively
around her and watched her In well-
simuiated, silent horror; a hush like the
presence of some unconquerable, in-
visible power settled down over the vast
audience ami the face of the woman In
the sixth row grew whiter still. A few
seconds elapsed; she sighed. Another
second and she sighed again. The ex-
pressions of solicitude were deep and
long-drawn out and audible several feet
away. Everybody within earshot who
was not too much engrossed turned to
look at her sympathetically. Her hus-
band touched her on the shoulder as a
means of restoring her to consciousness. .
She sighed once more and then her steps she wouhl wish to see women take
nent-up emotions broke out in one 1 in thelr plog,ess toward reform ana
piercing, sibilant whisper. equality. She urged that, as in the past
"Oh," she lamented, "I'd give $5 to Lhey had worked to secure fiom the
know who makes her dress skirts." slate the same rights, immunities an
The actress died, but most of the peo |)riviieges enjoyed by men, they shouiu
pie In the neighborhood of the sixth row ^ nQW demami from the church these
things.
"First," she said, "we must see that
the canon laws. Mosaic code, scriptures.
WHAT MRS.
STANTON WANTS,
o Demand Kqual Cliurrll
Women tlriceil
and State Kllfhtt*.
In the address prepared by Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the celebra-
tion of her eightieth birthday in New
York recently she pointed out what new
vailed
ould
tears—was in her smilelcss eyes, it j Porter holds that he
was perceptible, too, in the manner 01 throu„h powder mill explosion wuu-
taer greeting when, during the last 1 t (,vim smening the powder. The
entr'acte, be deserted his stall for her j mjnor accidents he lias met wth are
box, and, on Mrs. Crosble's invitation. : imlumerable, and lie expects to die
dropped into the vacant chair between ; uat,lrally._Steubenville Dispatch to
them. But he appeared to notice 110 ' (Ulk) ,Toul.nili.
coolness in her manner; he was in the ;
most brilliant of moods.
"I have news for you," be murmured
in her ear, when the stage claimed
Mrs. Crosble's attention. "She is
found."
"Indeed!
'"'Perhaps It would 1 ' a trifle prema-
ture You see. 1 haven't proposed yet
I'll tell you all about it to-morrow if
you are sufficiently interested."
fell me now," she said.
Mnntacbea 111 phlludelpliln.
"I've seen some peculiar whiskers in
my day," remarked a Ninth street bar
! ber yesterday, "but there was a fellow
And am I to congratulate i h' re th(l o(her day w),0 simply beat
the deck for mustaches. They were
of the long, flowing kind and when in
repose hung gracefully down over bis
shirt front. After I I. J shaved him
he asked me to tires', his mustache,
irlving me my instructions how to do
mie i|u «« V". V" .w lit vir«t I H a brilliantine bath
r face'"his eye, had lX .m hei' andUmbe.Ut out. Then 1 waxed ut,
!':„ds a; It closed with s^asmodlc ; tU^hjoints ^ood out o^eacli .idc of
force upon the handle of liei lau.
You Will break that toy If you treat
it like that," lie said, quietly.
She dropped it as If It had stung her
and drew back in the shadow of the
draperies with ber white teeth press-
ing ber lower lip. .
"Go 011," she said. "Is it an affan
of tlie heart or the head?"
feeling liis' boyish passion had inspired | is tho on]v woman I would ever
In her had been sisterly liking, uftti marry." he answered. "I want
wards iiilerniingled with pity, ainu.e ^ ^ ^ ( ll;lV(, warned any-
tueiit ami a gratil cil vanltj. l i . e^ | ^ my nfp , hnnlly km>w how
, l'lheless. she looked lo the lt u \\.it ^ (,t,sl.rlllo i,er to you. Don t laugh if
the floral chains wliiclibouiullilm to i in inve, and when a fel-
her carriage wheels with a truly feml- , ^ ^ kn(w lja<ly
nine pleasure. . I Hlvl t.ton, vou will certainly ruin your
Therefore, with thc possi 'llty <- ( ^ m)t KOllu, t0 tell you
fore her mind ot a visit from^her old ^ (g ]lpl.f,H,t A 1K-, feet woman
admirer, she bestowed siindij nl wearisome, bow monotonous,
"ng touches ,0 her toilet cm.nternian ; 8l,e has charm fl-
ed the Victoria, and setllel lurscir n ,p mlltlo„ U) no.-a. t a man. and
tlie drawing room, m a to give liis existence the deliglittul
i'pnrcd to J"' very much ns.on- to^m uucertalnty. A„: she is ado,a-
lie very proud of it. and did not object
when I asked him If I might measure
it In fact, lie seemed rather pleased.
I took a tape line and found that from
tip to tip that marvelous mustache
1 measured a trifle over twenty-three
inches lie next asked me to curl it.
This was a difficult operation; but,
after exhausting several curling irons,
I succeeded in beating a section of gas
pipe to the proper temperature and
finished the job. — Philadelphia Lee-
' ord.
The Tailor
'John!" There >
es as she spoke.
•Yes. my dear."
MiNlnke.
ere tears
10 mean for 'iny
tilde, i re't ,
tslicd to see him, indeed.
The afternoon waned, however, and
he failed to put in an appearance. Nei-
ther diJ U come the following day,
nor the one after, nor the next. Evi-
dently lie was in no hurry to cnll on
hor ninl Ladr Brereton s usual y
sweet temper developed luequallties hi
nnnsentieuce. She had declared It im
probable that bis devotion nhould have
ble, she-Lady Brereton;
She was leaning back against the
partition, her eyes closed, her face
colorless. ,
"Nothing; don't notice me. she mill-
mured. "The heat: 1 am better al-
1 He lient forward to screen her from
the other woman's view. His
'I think it's just t
thing."
"What is it, Mary?
With an effort she choked back a
sob.
"My bloomers," she said.
"What about them?" lie asked
"I sent them to your tailor to he
c leaned," she explained, "and—and-"
"Well, what did he do?"
■jlo—he—creased them."
society; the state must not connive at
affiliation with any sect or church; pur-
ity of elections; honesty among legis-
lators and, indeed, all questions of
public import are to be treated, always
applying to them the principles of jus-
tice honor and the people's welfare,
and'never the false and fatal heresies
of policy and greed. Let the public
mind become familiar with the reiterat-
ed question, Is it right? No newspaper
can do this that is tied to a party or
is merely working for the business in-
terests of a community. (3) Every coun-
ty in the state could have one Chris-
tian county newspaper if the Christian
people would co-operate for its support.
One such organ would preach more
gospel than a dozen ordinary churches.
I Nothing in these remarks Is intend-
ed to imply that the pastoral care and
teaching of present church organiza-
tions should be at all superseded, nor
that newspapers, as at present conduct-
ed are especially wicked. The pulpit
believes our existing newspapers are
Important conservators of public, moral-
ity, but that is not in issue here. Our
contention is simply this: Christ's ,
business ought to have the best possible |
agencies. The newspaper Is the best j
agency to mold public opinion. There-
fore Christ ought Ui have it.
Coul I" AlHHka.
It is believed that an extensive fieul
of valuable coal has been discovered
within fifty miles of Juneau, Alaska. If
this proves to be so it will, of course,
mean very much for the development
of that region. It is known that excel-
lent coal exists in many parts of Alaska,
but the discoveries hitherto have been
remote from the settled regions. A
Hoonah Indian brought into Juneau
some three weeks ago several pieces of
excellent anthracite coal, which he said
1 he found at a place fifty miles from the
did not get much out of it.
WHEN BABY WAS LUST.
A Great Deal of Kxcltenu
for a Short Time In One Family.
There was considerable excitement
in the Moran family, of Chelton Hills,
the other evening when It was dis- j
covered that the pride of the house, a j
sturdy young man of 3 years, was mys- |
teriously missing. He had been con- 1
idcrable of a rover from the time his
well-starched dresses gave place to
kilts, but his wanderings had been
limited to the house and yard, and thus
it was that when, about 7 o'clock in
the evening, the little Fauntleroy was
wanted and was not found, the anxiety
prevailed. The neighbors' houses were
all visited and each family was invited
to participate in the search while in
turn one after another of the patiol
houses were notified and the blue-
coated officers detailed to lend their as-
sistance-to listen In out-of-the-way
localities for a youthful voice raised in
treble entreaties for help, and in by-
ways to search with lanterns for the
wanderer. It was all in vain, how-
ever, and as one after another reported
to the anxious mother the ill success
with which they had met she became
almost frantic, while picturing her
darling alone in a great city—beyond
the influences of her tender care and
subject to all the Indescribable dangers
which one in her position might fancy
At last she burst into a fit of hysterical
sobs, and then it was that a still small
and very sleepy voice emanating from
beneath the old-fashioned sofa, softly
inquired: "What's a matter, mamma?"
That was all, but it settled the dis-
turbance, and a proclamation was is-
sued notifying the good people of the
hill that the lost had been found.
The N'niP.
In Japan the nose is the only feat-
ure which attracts attention. The nose
determines the beauty or ugliness of
the face, according as it is big 01
small. This is probably due to the
fact that differences in noses constitute
about the only distinction between one
Japanese face and another. In Japan
a lady who has a huge proboscis ls al-
ways a great beauty and a reigning
belle.
Tlicso Athletic Dajl*
"There isn't any truth in the joke 1
about < olege graduates running street :
cars, is there?" asked the inquisitive 1
' man. , . - .. _
! "No " said the superintendent or the
! 1 rolley line. "We tried two or three of
I them, but they would twist the braki
handles off."
An old Coin.
In building a Gardiner, Me wharf
I a silver coin was excavated which the
coin collectors declare to bo over 200
years old. In spite of Its extreme age,
the piece of money waa so bright that
every figure on it was easily discern-
ible.
prayer books and liturgies be purged
of all invidious distinctions of sex, ot
all false teachings as to woman's char-
acter and destiny.
"Second, we must demand an equal
place in the offices of the church as
pastors, elders, deacons: an equal voice
in the creeds, discipline, in all business
matters, and in the synods, conferences
and general assemblies.
"Third, we must insist that all un-
worthy reflection on tho sacred charac-
ter of the mother of the race, such aa
the allegory of her creation and fall, and
Paul's assumptions as to her social
status, be expunged from our church
literature. Such sentiments cannot in-
spire the rising generations with re-
spect for their mothers.
"Fourth, we must demand that tha
pulpit be no longer desecrated with
men who read these invidious passages
of scripture and preach from texts that
teach the subordination of one-half th$
human race to the other.
Fatherly Advice.
Daughter—This piano is really mjl
very own, isn't it, pa?
Pa—Yes, my dear.
Daughter—And when I marry I can
take it with me, can I?
Pa—Certainly, my child, but don'l
tell any one. It might spoil youi
chances.
A Prehlntorlc Relit*.
Near Mllford, the other day, a sur.
veyor found a prehistoric cemetery oj
great extent containing thousands of
craves. Some of the graves wera
opened and in them were found pipes,
cipher ordinates, beads, pearls and
other trinkets.
WORTH KNOWING.
luind
And she tearfully held up a pnlr of town, and from his description it was
creased bloomers for his iiispaction.- thought that there Is a vein several leet
Chicago Post. ! thick cropping out on a hillside.
Cumulative Evidence.
"You ought to be very proud at your
wife. She is a brilliant talker."
"You're right there."
"Why. I could listen to her all alght."
"I often do."—Texas Sittings.
Lettuce is useful to those suffering
from insomnia.
A complete set of British birds' eggs
is worth about £200.
Tha Kalamazoo has an Indian name,
Ne-gik-an-a-ma-zoo, "swimming ot-
ters."
The Aroostook, in Maine, wMl named
by the Indians, Mahl-aiwa, great
water."
TOLD IN FEW WORDS.
The anti-Sunday flower war now car-
ried on In New York ls costing the flor-
ists about $30,000 a day.
The distance to the nearest of the
"fixed" stars, as computed by Astrono-
mer Ball is 20,000,000,000,000 miles.
A. journal devoted to the pen, Ink and
i paper trade says that the world now
j u3es 3,500,000 steel pens every day la
the week. ^
I (Ireen I.ake, Colorado, Is 10,250 feet
1 above sea level, and is said to be tho
j most elevated body of water in the
world.
\ cubic foot of newly fallen snow
weighs five and one-half pounds and
j has twelve times the bulk of an equal
amount of water.
1 A. new weather station is to be estab-
lished at Montauk Point, L. I., the pla,c«
! offijrlng peculiar advantages for such as
! obnrvatory.
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