The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 08, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1897 Page: 1 of 10
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Ed. P. Inqlb, Founder nnd Owner.
VOLUME VIII.
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,U.,I l^rceiv In-I |.as,t :• and ..ranlr<«. al..e*. appl.> hear singing near the I.I -Mi
br the lavender striped mutter of .er- treea in Moom and lemon trees, of won. go and investigate, for von n.an> I.M.I,
einonied to several strange articles of derhil foliage, hung with golden '.all... , a.-- we did, a few members o' ihe ...
diet including iimalted butter. the A Handsome English «lrl cantm by vation Army •holding an outdoor in.-.
mild fruit called loqiiot and coffee with witW'lier groom following: and Pit- nig. A Hue looking, newly c unvei l'
an accompaniment of goal's milk.which vateg-Ortherls. Mulvaney and Uaroyd j sailor boy was making lib tirst public
last makes n very strong claim upjn are 5"i for a stroll, lleautifui views
one's attention. j com* at every turn of the road, and
Now to the amateur photographer «hei . In the public gardens, one has
Gibraltar is an iiden with .1 serpen; : seen, the sweetest heliotrope growing
bigger than a boa constrictor. This rep- j as VK" llR1>K'*- there are 110 adjectives
<nn Invading the premises of British ' left use. High as we go the bold
government, forbids the use of kodak- Its still tower far above us. and as sash ol the Spanish or t.i"
except to her majesty's subjects. The we R# *t th« topmost peak tlier-- is j and yellow slippers . ( the Moor, it
spectacle of a camera llen.l ill charge of blow# across its face a flinty white > was a curious mosaic
an ofllcer is not uneonimou. Inn T can- veil #iid a
speech, very simply and prettily to the
strangely assorted audience, all 11- cn
ing respectfully, too.whether they wort1
tlio red i'out, the plaid kilt,
the blue jacket, the robe of
the .lew, 1 he wide brimmed hat and
'.oak
ALASKAN WEATHER.
JAPAN CURRENT PROTECTS IT
FROM EXTREMES.
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ii.i/. Miiinini:* with « UloHou*
,\iHli«i.li.K ;lI No«n 'I'll.1 I'n'llni; r
tin- (luml«.
An American wishing to travel
through Spain today might feel that
to insure its being a pleasure excur-
sion he must provide himself with an
armed escort and a dynamite gun for
calming the excitable populace; but
1 wo years ago all the equipments need-
ed for a most enjoyable trip in that
region of romance was a little knowl-
edge of French, a few words of Span-
ish or a good understanding of the
sign language, a love for the beautiful
and a supply of English sovereigns;
adding, if feasible, a strong constitu-
tion to stand the wear and tear of Span-
ish railwuys and a keen sense of I111-
jr.or to lubricate the frictions of travel.
Spring is the best time to visit the
country, for by the latter part of May
much of the luxuriant vegetation is
parched by the tropical sun and some
of the southern hotels are closed. It
was southern Spaia that we especially
wished to see; we longed to eat its or-
anges, to go into ecstasies over its
Moorish architecture, to admire its
beautiful girls - even to flee from its
beggars, for surely, we thought, mendi-
cants with hidalgo manners must be
tnore pleasing than every-day tramp?.
But they were not!
So In April our steamer approached
Gibraltar in the midst of a glorious
sunset. There was an early dinner
and the stewards were exasperated by
nearly everyone's leaving the tables
between courses and rushing up on
d(ck to see the view. We withstood the
temptation until (lie lengthy banquet
was almost over, then we rushed also
and saw the coasts of Africa and Spain
on either hand, misty and purple, with
masses of rose pink cloud floating
above, while from the stern a gorgeous
sky was brilliantly reflected in the
wa. (letting very enthusiastic and hot.
we - eat down again to cool off with
ice cream, and 1 remember that this
portion of the dessert also felt
ect custom Officials and stalwart llril-
■ish soldiers—our Hrst view of Tommy
Atkins—through great rocky gateways
and presently Into streets that seemed
too picturesque to he true. We mean-
dered along, trying to look four ways
at once, timidly clinging to every stray
section of sidewalk to he found (though
the inhabitants were promenading the
middle of the street) and giving sym-
pathy to lamenting fellow-passengers
who had not planned for a stay in this
fascinating place, but must tear them-
selves away after an hour's glimpse.
Scon we were leaning from a front win-
dow, almost believing ourselves In a
theater box, and greatly admiring the
stage setting. Across the way, sur-
rounded by trees, rose an old Moorish
building, and directly opposite our win-
dow a short, narrow street, bordered
by irregijlar houses whose roofs jutted
cut at all angles, shapes and Insights,
ended abruptly with a most stagey ef-
fect of stone ramparts, moveless water,
an anchored boat and a dim suggestion
of hills beyond. Uy the earner lamps
and hotel lights we could see the thor-
oughfare and people below us- scnoras
in mantillas, senors in sashes and bare-
legged Moors in long white cloaks.
Repose was rather hard to find, for
Oibriil *• at night, or any other time,
is not a quiet place, though no ma-
chinery is heard except the hotel bells
and telephone. The racket is made by
people, goats, fowls and painfully hys-
terical donkeys.
But the first morning In Gibraltar,
what a delightful thing that is! Ev-
erything is so absorbingly interesting
that getting dressed and having break-
fast seem only remote necessities as
we peer through the queer blinds into
the glowing world. Sunshine blazes
011 the white houses and roofs of
moss grown red tiles; swallows are
darting everywhere; in the very mid-
dle of the narrow streets stands a
not say what fate awaits an offender,
for the hotel clerk waylaid na as we
were sallying forth to take snap shois
galore, and besought us to leave the
forbidden toy In his care. Then the
chaperon. Cousin Mary, and I had great
fun invading the premises of British
officials while attempting to convince
thtin that our desire to sketch and
photograph meant 110 sinister designs
upon their fortifications; but ihe wily
serpent was too elusive for us,, though
we chased him diligently all iliat morn-
ing. One after another the titled being-:
would twist a blonde mustache and
suggest with assumed concern that we
delicate cloud drifting from j Now comes sunset with its gun flr-
behind it lloats cut to sea. lug; a detachment man lies down <>
Then past colossal itinnou stationed , shut the gates i.o- ih. nlgti bit.- if r
nt intj ; als. back through the town to 1 music and bugle . ..II floa li-rc and
t.if boundary where Knglish (-.entries I there over the great 11..k. Soon the
pace along the straight and narrow j stranger, who is, lit, 1 ally, - within Ihe
path that leads from one sentry box 10 gates, i;; rea.lv fur resi. and pe haps
another, keeping, we suppose, an ever 1 may recall as a lullaby ,1 bll ot ilie
watchful eye 011 their Spanish bretlt- j music which wakened him early >11 the
N THIS current
number of I lie t'eu
t ury there is an ar-
ticle ou "The Ala
Ua Trip" by John
Muir, the Califor-
nia wilier and nut
uralist. Mr. Muir
says;
The climate of
all that portion of
!•>,' 1 .as! that is
morning as a fife and drum corps
passed by. and he had drowsily listened
to the stirring Scotch melody until il
softened info a rhythmic beat of the
drums and a faint echo ol ihe highest ]
ren. who are protecting the ,-ights of
Spain by doing the same I bins alK.ut
half a mile away, on the outskirts of
the town of l.inea (I. e., "on t'ae line").
the intervening space, called "the neu-
tral ground," is thronged with a mot- notes, and so gradually
ley crowd coming and going, and odd j many-voiced Gibraltar
sights are to lie'seen. For example, j —
would better see one more captain, a j here is ; man busily fastening a irgc THe AMERICAN CIRt. IN FICTION
colonial "seerct'ry" or a "uill't'ry sc.- blue handkerchief about the neck of
l-et'ry" and direct an orderly to conduc. J hist dog. a proceeding we tail to an- 11 she ■ "-man. mot ..
Our side of the fen coil dnrstand until our driver explains that ! i.isliU in Managing Men.
the wrapping hides a package of to- "Sometimes the character lutie type
bacco which the canine smuggler will 1 ot' the American heroine of fiction is
Into town while his master | vulgar, sometimes cold-hearted, or uii-
i kind, or willful, or indiscreet, but she
I Iiatluul by the Japan current, extend-
| ing from Ihe southern boundary of the
| territroy northward and westwad to
1 tiie island ot Aloo, a distance of nearly
twenty-live hundred miles, is remark-
us thither.
sisted in seeing their charming gar-
dens and hearing an immense amount
of cleanly clipped English accent, but
convey
Ihe heat somewhat, and, being in the Spaniard wimling hl8 ]ong ,carlet sash
form of a pensive greyhound gracefully lbout him. thpr(. ar„ flower womon
reclining upon a napkin, showed Its and Hel)ers (>f cakes; (lonkeya
feelings by dripping snowy tears ftom | ^ ^ grass or panniers of charcoal; ti
Ihe tip of an abnormally long, slender
nose.
Soon a lighthouse — with revolving
light appeared on the African coast
mid gleams began twinkling from Gib-
raltar; the stars grewr intensely bright
and the scene aboard became animated.
Passengers who had been chrysalises
in steamer rugs or gone about the
desks in nondescript attire for the past
ten days now emerged as butterflies,
the gay bonnets and golf cloaks being
donned for an hour's sightseeing in
Gibraltar. The steamer anchored half
a mile out and a noisy little launch
took us ashore.
By day the resemblance between this
Ving of rocks and the king of beasts
is not very striking, hut as we drew
near in the dusk the lion's figure be-
came more clear until against the gray-
ish sky there was perfectly outlined an
immense silhouette of his leonine maj-
esty, decked with royal gems, for light
fparkled far up the magnificent liight.
Piloted -by the hotel-runner, we pass-
grass cr panniers 01 cnarcoai; the
most dilapidated vehicles rattle along
taking English ladies to do their mar-
keting; a street car drawn by mules
comes up, lets the solitary passenger
alight and then -there are no tracks-
turns around and goes back. Tommy
Atkins pervades the premises, his
bright coat lighting up any shadowy
places; all sorts of strange cries are
heard, and somewhere a bell is toll-
ing.
Being unused to continental customs
1. trX
tVu i'ilp
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A STREET IN GIBRALTAR,.
n -? tr. [ill Vjl &■<
fori . I Mmrn
is never stupid," writes "Dick li" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "That is the
verdict of contemporary observers on
the American girl. Whatever she ma.\
be or do she always has her wits about
her; she *s 'smart.' While her fat ton
delights In managing fuctories, stock
operations, or railroads, she delights in
managing men. And in every kind of
fiction which she dominates the men
seem to be uniformly glad to be man-
aged by her. Often In fiction she has
been lacking in certain graces- hi' lis
the supreme grace of tact. Hut then-
are signs that our novelists have dis-
covered that the American girl pos-
i ably bland, and free from extremes of
' 'l M '' 111 heat and cold throughout the year. It
; is rainy, however: but ihe ruin to of
good quality, gentle in its fall, HI
the fountains of the streams, and keep-
ing the whole land fresh and fruitful,
while anything more delightful lhan
the shining weather after the rahi
the great, round sun-days of June.
July and August can hardly be found
elsewhere. \n Alaska midsummer day
is a day without night. In the extreme
northern portion of the territory 'the
un docs not set for weeks, and even
as far south as Sitka and Fori Wran-
gel it sinks only a few degrees below
the horizon, so that the rosy colors of
the evening blend with those of the
morning, leaving no gap of darkness
between. Nevertheless, the lull day
opens slowly. At midnight, from ihe
middle point between the gloamit g
and the dawn, a low arc of light is seen
stealing a Ion;-' the horizon, with grad-
ual increase of height and span and
intensin of tone, ne ompanied usually
by red clouds, which make a striking
advertisement of the sun's ogress
the
talks to the custom official. This in
broad daylight, with that blue necktie
apparent at 100 yards, makes one won-
der what could have happened to ho
dim the official's eyesight.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
of all is to visit the galleries, those as-
flnally the assistant adjutant general
concluded the farce by advising us to
interview our consul. As that gentle-
man informed us that lie could not pos-
sibly obtain the desired permission, we
subsided. An amateur can arrange it.
nevertheless, by bribing some local
we order a substantial breakfast and -I photographer who is British subject to | rending passages tunneled through the
get a permit that he can use; but we "solid rock that reach to the brow ot the
learned this too late, and took only lion with a line of cannon-filled loop-
stolen shots from the hotel balcony, -holes commanding the Mediterranean,
with the serpent liable to glide, around it ia worth scrambling through a much
the corner at any moment! harder climb to finally lean from one
No matter how rasped the nerves of of the openings over 500 feet up, and
the camera enthusiast may be, an aft- see the sheer descent of rock with tiny
ernoon drive 10 liluropa Point will be people and vehicles crawling about at
a panacea, especially if one has just the base, and the brilliant sea dotted
left a snow bound land. Upward winds with boats shining in the sun. One
the road between borders of tropical feels that the Private Atkins who has
plants or walls overhung by great held one's arm to render the hanging
masses of geraniums and nasturtiums, ^ out performance safe, is in so-me way
_ ! responsible for the lovely scene, so he
then wonder why we must wait a cou-
ple of hours for it. But the interval
is well filled b> walking about the
streets and at length we arc ushered
past the bowing waiters, who are ar-
ray(*i in evening dress as to tlie cut < f
their coats, although the material is
white linen with lavender stripes. My
mind is so occupied in wondering why
each of the four windows should have
a left hand curtain of thin bright, col-
ored figured stuff while all the eight-
hum! ones are of regulation white lace
sesses this grace also, and so it hap-
pens that today she trails through t'c- j long before In- appears ahov
tion not only with fine clothes. ,'.nd a | mountain tops
beautiful face, and generous deeds, and
witty, if Impertinent, remarks 1ml
there is developing around her a gra-
cious manner, an unconscious simplic-
ity that shows Itself In consideration
for the weaknesses ot others in ad-
dition to that keen knowledge of llieli-
foibles which was always hers. What
we have yet to hope for is that her
wealth or her poverty may be made
less obtrusive and less a significant
part of her always attractive person-
ality."
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THE CASEMATES, GIBRALTAR
I is tipped accordingly; and our gratitude
| is increased when he tells us that we
I need have no fear of rain's interrupt-
• ing our sightseeing, as not one drop
will fall during the summer.
i After a day or two one is persuaded
that the desirable thing in life would
■ be to stay in old "Olo-al-Tarik" for
all time. It is a joy to explore steep,
j romantic lanes, and watch the agile
; donk picking his way down flights ct
! steps where the rise is so abrupt that
' folks may look down the chimneys of
' thr*y neighbors in the next street be-
! low.,and no ladder would be required
; for playing Santa Claus: to poke about
I in quaint little shops and bargain with
j Spanish or Moorish dealers, who never
I expect to get what they frst ask for
I their wares; or, above all, to be on the
j alert twenty times a day when the gol-
i diers go by. The English troops are
! fine. One gets enthusiastic at the
regular lines of Bcarlet coats and white
helmets dazzling in the sunlight as
I they curve in and out along the wind-
Iing street, nearly forming a letter S,
headed by the picturesque drummer in
( his leopard skin, with his square
i shoulders and elbows perfectly motion-
j lees, though his hands are going like
I mad. But it is the bonnie Higliland-
I ers that are particularly adorable to
I see, with their fresh coloring, their
sturdy walk, and the dear little skirts
swishing from side to side.
On Sundays as the soldiers march to
church the bands play lively airs a.s
usual, but in place of the gun every
man carries a prayer book. If on a
quiet Sunday afternoon you should
Notable Typewriter*.
In the Strand Magazine there ia an
article concerning trie origin of the
typewriter, in which many interesting
facts are stated. The writer says:
There have been many curious and
beautiful machines constructed from ,
time to time to the order of various
people, or for presentation. Perhaps
the most elaborate typewriter ever
produced was that made for the Czar-
ina of Russia. All parts of the machine
ordinarily black were enameled blue,
and those portions of the frame work
usually outlined in gold were inlaid
with mother-of-pearl The keys were of
African ivory and the bright parts it
solid gold. A similar machine was
presented on her wedding day to the
Duchess of York; and another was re-
cently made to order for the Khedive
of Egypt. The Queen also possesses
an extremely elaborate typewriter. It
is a "bar-lock," ivory-keyed, gold-
plated throughout, and very beautifully
engraved.
An extraordinarily curious machine
was that made for Li Hung Chang. It
was fitted with twenty sets of charact-
ers—eighteen hundred in all—each of
which, a3 no dies were available, had
to be engraved by hand. Apropos of
this remarkable mcc.iine, its introduc-
tion into Pekin was promptly followed
For several hours after sunrise
i vi rything in the landscape seems dull
and uncommunicative. The eloudi
fade, the islands and the mountains,
with ruffs of mist about them* rust iil-
defined shadows, and the whole firma-
ment changes to pale pearl-gray with
just a trace of put pie in it. But
toward noon there is a glorious
awakening. The ool haziness of the
air vanishes, and the richer sunbeams,
pouring from on high, make all the
bays artfl channels shine. Brightly now
play the round-topped ripples about the
edges of ilu islands, ind over many
t plume-shaped streak between them,
where the water is stirred by some
passing breeze.
On the mountains of the mainland,
and in the high-walled fiords tli^t
fringe the const, *till finer is the work
of the sunshine. The broad white
bosoms of the glaciers glow like sil-
ver. and their crystal fronts, and the
multitude of icebergs that linger about
them, drifting, swirling, turning their
myriad c.iigk: to the sun, are kindled
into a perfect blaze of Irlsed light.
The warm air throbs and wavers, and
makes itself f< it as a life-giving, ener-
gizing ocean embracing'all the earth.
Filled with ozone, our pulses bound,
and we are warmed and quickened in-
to sympathy with everything, taken
back Into the heart of nature, whenee
we came. We led the life and motion
about us, cud the universal beauty:
the ildes marching back and forth
witli W( ariless industry, laving 'hp*
b< intiful shores, and swaying the pur-
ple dulse of the broad meadows of the
sea where the fishes are fed; the wild
stieams in rows white with wateifalls.
e\ r in bloom and ever in song, spread-
ing their branches over a thousand
mountains: the vast forests feeding < m
11: •. drenching sunbeams, every cell in
a whirl of enjoyment; misty Hocks of
by the appearance in London of an en , jU l r . , jrrjng au (he air; the wild
terprising Celestial bent upon formiifg j
a company for placing typewriters on
the Chinese market. According to this .
gentleman, it is quite possible 10 writ j
the Chinese language, or, at all event*,
a sort of modified phonographic ver- i
siou of it. with as few as 250 chart c (
ters. The machines he propose ! to j
manufacture, and for which lie asser.
ed there would be a ready sale in th< !
Flowery Kingdom, were to have been j
about five times the width of an ordl
nary typewriter, and the sale prle
was to have been one thousand pounds j
ipiece. The English capitalists, how ;
ever, failed to "bite." and China still . ,,. ,w
does its writing in the old-fashioned
way.
She Knew rnpii'tt '
He—Do yon thiiiit your father wo.il■!
receive me civilly if 1 were to ro to
liim and ask for yon
:,luv|. and goats on ilie grassy ridges
ahovo the woods, bears in the berry-
tangi. . mink and beaver and otter fur
back 011 many a river and lake. In-
dia"; and adventure; ; pursuing their
lonely ways; birds tending iheir yountc
every wheiv, every whcri1 beauty li tid
life, and i^lad, rejoicing action.
Through the afternoon all the way-
down to the west tile air seems to
thicken and become ;oft. without los-
ing it.- fin' ness. The breeze dies away,
ind everything settles into a deep.
• •on cious repi .- a. Then comes the sun-
set with its purple and gold not a
rch of e .lor, but oftentimes
i lilling more than half the sky. The
horizontal c cuds that usually bar the
horizon are fired on ihe edge.- and
j ;iie spaces of clear sky between tliem
are iiiliii In with greenish yellow and
i amber; while the Hocka of thin, ovi i -
! lapping cloudlets an mostly touched
She Let's see—T believe yem hold a with crimson like ttie oallcaiiin*
mortgage on papa's business, don'; sprays o2 a maple-grove in the begin-
y01l? nlng of Indian summer; and
jie_Ycs, and it's about to mature.
She—You will be perfectly safe in ap-
proaching him at any time or place that
nay suit your own convenience.—Pitts-
burg Chronicle.
little
later a smooth, mellow purple flushes
the sky to the zenith, ana .... uie air.
fairly . treping and transfiguring iha
islands and moutuaiui. a:i I changing
all the water to wine.
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