The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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THE ORIOLE.
In blossom time the oriole flings
Out to the air his midnight wings:
His breast, that swells so joyously,
A fragment is of sunset sky.
In recess at the tree-top swung.
Fragrant, and with such colors hung
As ne'er were wove at Arras, there
He waits his sweetheart of the air,
Knowing the love-tryst will be kept.
Kre many skies have gleamed or wept
tt<fll hear h«-r voice, with answering
chime,
In blossom time.
What mural painting then* is seen!
Ivory pale ros * and tender green.
And brown of bud, and glint of dew.
Such fragrance in each dainty hue;
"With turfy floor and columned bole,
The orchard for the oriole!
Yet each tint of the apple-tree
Is far less glorious than he,
Lending to him a glow more fair;
"Young Vanity makes that his care
3n blossom time.
How lustily he trills his cheer
To strike her coming listening ear!
His passionate expectancy
Transmutes his soul to melody.
The bees that to his call have come
Sound all in vain their deeper hum,
And lost upon the flowing air
Their drowsy twilight nocturne there.
Soon she will come from southland far
To where the scented petals are.
Beneath the bridal roof of blue!
And me with thee, and you wltfi true,
And kiss with bliss, will ever rhyme,
In blossom time, in blossom time!
— Youths' Companion.
Beyond the Realm of Science,
BY EVALENA RASBURY;
(Copyright, 1900: Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Leland wondered in a mild way why
lie had accepted Dr. Andrews' invita-
tion to the dance at the sanitarium.
Was he not satiated with hall, soiree
and reception since he began the
search for her face? Had he not
neglected his professional duties and
interests in his pursuit of a beautiful
ignis-fatus—a dream creature? What
would be the Omega of it all? Would j
he find her? was his constant waking j
thought, while in his dreams she ever
came, and looking into his eyes, smiled
and beckoned him on over boundless
oceans and limitless prairies. Always
the same beautiful face, with smiling
mouth, and dark blue eyes holding a
world of tragic shadows in their
depth.
What mattered it that his friends
openly accused him of being taciturn
and morose? He would share the se-
cret that made and marred his happi-
ness with no one. Even had he felt
inclined to be communicative, what
man would believe one dream, and but I
one dream visited his sleeping hours, j
That the dream-face of a woman had
become his load-star—an integral part
of his life? If this strain continued
how long could he preserve his mental ■
equipoise?
God! Had Dr. Andrews suspected J
him of being mentally unbalanced?
Did the suspicion not account for the
rather persistent effort on the part of j
the doctor toward the renewal of an J
intimacy of other days? Perhaps the |
doctor was making a study of him in j
the interests of science! The thought
induced a sensation of giddiness, and
dropping on a divan he closed his
eyes.
As he both hoped and feared, again
lier face flashed across his mental
vision. He felt all his faculties to be
alert this time—he was not even
the melody of his childhood's favorite
waltz air, "My Queen." Looking
straight into his eyes, her whole body
leaned toward him in an attitude of
endearment. She was playing to him
alone and for him alone. He was acute-
ly conscious of a feeling of proprie-
torship in the beautiful apparition.
Her music was now airy and capri-
cious, full of surprising little trills and
undertones. 'Twas the same sweet
fact that had peopled his dreams for
a year, its beauty a thousand times
magnified. He felt his senses reel with
the intoxicating sweetness of the
scene—the twang of a broken string,
and he opened his eye3 to four bleak
walls.
Unwilling to longer be the prey of
solitude and a horde of unhappy
thoughts and memories, he drew on his
great coat and went out into the brac-
ing night air. He walked briskly to-
ward the old Wolsen home, which Dr.
Andrews had recently purchased and
furnished as a sanitarium, where he
made a specialty of treating insanity.
Dr. Andrews was a deservedly popular
man, and indefatigable in his efforts
to relight Reason's torch in benighted
brains—hence his experiments in
matinee musicales and dancing par-
ties. Leland was cordially greeted by
the doctor in the entrance hall, and
together they passed into "the den" on
the left as if by mutual consent, the
doctor closing the door after him.
"Old fellow," said the physician, "I
had quite set my heart on your com-
ing, and I half feared you would dis-
appoint me. I have an irresistible de-
sire to tell you a story in which I fig-
ure—a story beveined with sadness.
You hear the music across the hall,
the sound of flying feet and happy
laughter? Well, among my guest pa-
tients is a young girl, whose family
placed her under my care to be treated
"I'll play 'Farewell to Dreams,""
said the girl.
All listened spellbound to a violin
solo of unusual merit, to music as coy
and capricious as the love of a coquet-
ish maiden. It was deliciously familiar
to Leiand. A change came over the
spirit of the girl, and as if dismissing
the pageant of shadows that had
haunted their past, her violin laughed,
sobbed and shrieked diabolically,
drowning the groans of a man who lay
above, with body vibrant with the
agonies that precede death from a
blow on the head—the victim of a
murderous assault of an irresponsible.
& V>
He drew on his great coat,
asleep. Here was a departure; per-
haps, after all, the doctor had diag-
nosed his case properly. To the winds
with idle speculations and conjecture!
Was she not with him, was she not for
the time his? No evil could counter-
balance that happiness!
He nodded brightly to her, realizing
as he did so the change in her. The
tragic shadows had fled from her blue
eyes; moreover, her entire form was
plainly visible. He noted with all the
appreciation of a lover the Juno-like
figure, clad in white silken Greek drap-
eries; the sunny hair drawn in soft
masses high on the shapely head; the
dimpled arms, bare to the shoulder;
strong, firm hands, holding a violin
and bow. He even noted that she wore
white satin slippers, and that one foot
rested on an ottoman."
Drawing the bow across the strings
of her violin, the rooai was filled with
"My Queen, I've come."
for a very peculiar form of insanity.
I will not burden your memory with
the name science has given it.
"Her peculiar hallucinat'^n is the
belief that in dreams she sees the face
of the man she is to marry, consc
quently she absolutely refuses to con-
sider the numerous proposals of mar-
riage of suitors highly eligible. Le-
land, I've learned to love this girl de-
votedly; nay, almost madly! If I am
unsuccessful in removing the dusky
cloud that enshrouds my darling's
intellect and in winning her love, my
life will be but a monotonous round of
duties, barren of the love that makes
man's estate akin to that of the angels.
I will have missed the connecting link
between earth and heaven.
"I tell you all this before presenting
you to my poor, dear love, believing
and hoping your sympathy may be-
come ail important factor in—what
was that cry? Go across to the ball
room, Leland; I'll follow when I've as-
sisted the attendants in quelling the
disturbance among the more violent
of my patients."
Like an automaton, Leland crossed
over and stood gazing into the ball-
room, his mind in a state of chaos.
The dining room, with low, broad
windows, was for the occasion con-
verted into a handsomely decorated
ball-room. Yards and yards of floral
ropes festooned the walls. Here and
there a statuette gleamed white and
stately against a background of feath-
ery ferns and trailing arbutus, the
requisite touch of color coming from
(he silken flag draperies. It was like
a scene from fairyland, with guests and
inmates dancing or standing in ani-
mated, picturesque groups.
A violin note, sharp, resoiant,
brought Leland to a sudden realization
of time and place. As he turr.ed to-
ward the musicians, who were half
hidden by palms, "My Queen" came
floating through the room and the
dancers once more were whirling and
swaying with the music, as if life were
all May-time. Leland's eyes instant-
ly sought and met the questioning
gaze of the violinist, a tall girl in
white, who rested one foot on an otto-
man as she played. The girl smiled
the old familiar smile, and continued
to play.
Leland, no longer master of his emo-
tions, crossed the room and reverently
touching her arm, said: "My queen,
I've come."
WESTMINSTER CONFESSION.
It Surveys tli« Kntlre Fiebt of Theology
—Its History.
In the year 1643 the Long Parlia-
ment appointed the celebrated convo-
cation known as the Westminster As-
sembly, or Assembly of Divines, for
the purpose of settling the doctrine,
liturgy, and government of the church
of England. It consisted of P>1 clergy-
men and 30 laymen—-10 of whom were
lords and 20 commoners—together
with four clerical and two lay commis-
sioners from the Church of Scotland.
Thirty-five of those whose names were
contained in the ordinance calling tho
Assembly, which was dated June 12,
1643, never appeared at the discussion,
one or two of them having died about
the time of the first meeting, and the
others fearing the displeasure of the
king. To supply the place of these ab-
sentees, some additional members,
called the superadded divines, were
summoned to attend. This notable
assembly held its first meeting on July
1, 1643, and continued to sit till Feb-
ruary 22, 1649, during which time it
met 1,163 times. Its most important
work was concluded long before. The
Presbyterians formed a large majority,
and exercised a corresponding influ-
ence. In doctrine the members were
almost unanimous; but on the subject
of church government opinions ex-
tremely opposite were maintained with
keenness, especially on the question
touching the sphere and limits of the
civil power in matters ecclesiastical.
The principal fruits of its deliberations
were the Directory of Public Worship,
the Confession of Faith, the Shorter
Catechism,, and the Larger Catechism.
These several formularies, which con-
tain a clear and rigid embodiment of
Calvinistic theology and Presbyterian
church government, constitute to this
day the authorized Presbyterian stand-
ards. The Confession of Faith consists
of thirty-three chapters, so you can
very readily understand that it would
be inadvisable to publish it here in
full. Beginning with the canon of
Scripture, it surveys the entire field
of theology, deals also with the rela-
tions of the state to the church, the
constitution of the church itself, and
concludes with the topics of death, the
resurrection, and the last judgment.
Its precise logic, its clear, dignified and
powerful diction, and its constant ref-
erence to Scripture in proof of its
statements, tended greatly to beget
that influence to which it attained.
DUEL IN AIR.
Dispute AI out Lady Settled by Combat-
ants in Balloons.
Somebody has asked whether a duel
has ever been fought in the air. One
of the most curious of duels, says Tit-
Bits, was the balloon duel in France,
which was fought in 1808. The com-
batants were M. de Grandpre and M.
le Pique, who had quarreled—about a
lady, of course. This lady was one
Mile. Tirevit, an actress at the Imperi-
al Opera. On the appointed day M. de
Grandpre entered the car of one bal-
loon, with his second, and M. le Pique,
with his second, mounted the other in
the Garden of the Tuileries, before an
immense crowd of admiring spectators.
When all was ready the ropes were cut,
and the balloons shot upward for a dis-
tance of about half a mile above the
earth. The wind being light, they
were able to keep the distance of about
eighty yards between each other with
which they started. On reaching the
agreed altitude the signal was given to
fire, M. le Pique missed, but M. de
Grandpre's ball went through the silk
of the other balloon, which immedi-
ately collapsed. The car descended
with frightful velocity, and both M. le
Pique and his second were dashed to
pieces. The balloon of the victor con-
tinued to ascend, and M. de Grasdpre
came back to earth some leagues from
Paris.
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
Story of a New Copfietua.
From the Cleveland Pluln Dealer:
rha heir of the gilded household had
lust proposed to the pretty kitchen
maid. She regarded him with a steady
glance as sho polished off her rounded
arms with a coarse towel.
"I must have every Thursday out,"
she said.
"Yes," he murmured.
"And every Sunday afternoon."
'"Yes."
"And ererv night as soon as th«
dinner things are done up.."
"Ye-es."
"How many in the family?"
"Only you and I."
"Any children?"
"N-n-no."
"Much company?"
"Very little."
"Any furnace to tend?"
"No."
"Hired man to do all tho outside
work?"
"Yes."
"What make of piano do you use?"
"The Bangaway."
"Let me think. Ah, yes, I shall in-
sist upon having the breakfast room
to receive my beaux in."
"Well, by thunder, you don't get it!"
cried the gilded heir as he turned ana
stalked away.
So the maid haughtily rolled up her
sleeves and went back to her work.
Kffriilnr Thing.
Grogan—I suppose you know it is
the proper caper now not to serve but-
ter at dinner.
Hogan—That's always been the rule
at our boarding house. They servo
oleo instead, you know.—Boston
Transcript.
Horrors!
She (after reading of the shipwreck)
—Oh, my! They say it was the most
awful disaster of recent years. Only
one man survived to tell the story.
Isn't that terrible?
He—Frightful! What a liorribla
bore that man will be.—Philadelphia
Press.
AMONGST THE ICE,
"Was thero anything cool about the
place where you were this summer?"
"Yes; they had in the parlor a pic-
ture o' 'Washington Crossing the Dela-
ware.' "
Level Headed.
"The lady missionary declines to go
to Kentucky."
"Why?"
"Sho says she'd feel Just as safe in
China and get more bric-a-brac."—In-
dianapolis Journal.
"What is the difference between a
person suffering from heat prostration,
and Allen's Foot-Ease? One feels the
heat and the other heals the feet."—
Life.
Sfcatuo of IR l>erf. Morris.
The Fail-mount Park Association of
Philadelphia has decided to erect a
statue of Robert Morris, to cost $15,-
000. His home was a meeting place
of the celebrities of colonial days.
From friends and from his private
funds lie raised over $1,000,000 to up-
hold the supremacy of the confedera-
tion. After establishing the Bank of-
Pennsylvania and the Bank of North
America, through which institutions
he lent to the government $100,000, he
failed in a great real estate scheme in
1798, and was imprisoned in t'^e old
Prune street jail for debt. H.? per-
sonal honor, however, remained un-
sullied to the end.
Thoronglibretl.
"Mamma, I've found out my dog's
pedigree."
"What is it. dear?"
"Uncle Jim's hired man says he's a
fullblooded mongrel!"—Harper's Ba<
tar.
Might Do There.
"Maude thinks of applying for a
position as soprano in a church choir."
"Well, there's a church for the deaf
up on Seventh street."—Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
Proof Positive.
"Do you know, I never dreamed she
was a trained nurse."
''How did you find it out?"
"Saw her bill."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Climatic Extremes.
These autumn days are days of woe
Of which man must be wary;
It's August for an hour or so
And then it's January.
—Washington Star.
SILVER THE ISSUE iH 1330.
Money the Priclax IcitratBeaL
CMBntta tiKl ftngren Hit# Kspt
SUg Wlib fjoasj St?;Ij la Ail Agtt.
Tho Mori«7 Question dlacnaaad la tha 0
Uglu of caparicnca and hUtory. ^
Tho Loadlag Bi ■i#UIlia Paper of America.
V. A. toaator W. M 8T1WART, Bdltor.
A oorrect aoeonot of tha doings al
Couf maa given each week.
▲ fomfly 'or t ha ham a and flro-
•id* AM tUe important happen*! ngi of
tho week, coadanoed, la aawaooiuians.
A la*V« oiioulatiaa 1* erary auto and
Territory.
lakMrlpttei Price, Ol Fay Yea*
•aad for earn jile; ageuta wanlad.
Pobttafced woekiy try tho
•liver Knijht Poblliblnx Co..
VAjaiHOTON, D. C
Maude Adams has a new play upon
which tho New York dramatic critics
are unable to agree. She Is a fortunato'
woman.
The reason for the advance in prices
Is by no means oomplicatcd. The Chi-
cago packers simply feel that they
need the money.
After being out 102 hours and fail-
ing to reach a decision a jury in Scran-
ton. Pa., was discharged. Later empty
whisky bottles were discovered in the
jury room.
Absolute amnesty has been granted
by the Peruvian legislature to all per-
sons who may have been concerned in
any political transgression or offenses,
with the right to fill public offices. All
political prisoners confined at Lima
have been set at liberty.
When a new postofflee is to be named
the people of the neighborhood have
the right to choose its name. Thero
are Schleys, Koosevelts and Funstons
all over the country. Now .some Vir-
ginians have named their postoffice
Tuan, in honor of the anti-foreign
Chinese prince, and the name has to
stand.
(Mark of Montana is going to make
another effort to obtain a seat in the
United States senate. As far as the
legislature of Montana is concerned,
Clark's case is already won. A ma-
jority of the members of that body
are of Clark's choosing, and they will
undoubtedly give him a set of creden-
tials to carry to Washington.
There is one comfort in the com-
ing on of cold weather. Statistics in-
dicate that outbreaks of insanity are
moist frequent in the hot season, and
that suicides in the summer months as
compared with the winter months are
as three to two. Whencs it would'
appear that even our reason and our
love of life are best kept on ice.
Christmas trees are already being,
cut uown in Washington county, Me.,
and the season's output from that sec-
tion will amount to 400 car loads, with
360 bunches to a car. Each bunch
consists of from two to six trees. The
trees are sent to New York and Bos-
ton, where they will retail for about
ten times as much as they are worth
on board the cars in Maine.
A street in Chicago, not far from tha
"Archey road," immortalized by Doo-
ley, has been known for twenty years
as "Fake" street, in honor of a certain
business man bearing that name. Tha
word has come to have so injurious a
significance of late years that tha
residents and property owners in that
neighborhood have prayed the city
authorities to give the street a new
name.
Not Alone.
Miss Withers—I believe Arthur is
afraid to propose to me.
Belle—Of course he is, and there ar#
thousands of others just like him.—
Smart Set.
Twenty-one persons died in Massa-
chusetts last year aged 100 years or
more. Sixteen of the twenty-one wera
women—three of the sixteen never
having been married. Eight of the
twenty-one were born in Ireland, three
in Canada and three In other foreign
countries—leaving seven native-born,
six of whom were of Massachusetts na-
tivity. The oldest was two months
over 100 years.
The perfunctory manner in which
witnesses are sworn in English courts
was illustrated recently in a London
court after some twenty witnesses had
given their evidence. It was then dis-
covered that all had solemnly sworn
on and had kissed a guide to the law
of landlord and tenant. Tho mistako
came to light only when a court offi-
cial saw that the supposed Bible was
much more clean than usual, and, as
a consequence, looked closely at the
book.
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