The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02
NEW CENTURY CLUB.
Achievements Of the Nineteenth
Century.


century whose mystic cycle Ct un-
revealed years beckons to us from
adown its dim vista, we pause re-
gretfully TO drop a tear upOn the
bier of the departed century and
to do homage to the remarkable
achievements and events that
have emblazoned its page in the
record book of eternity.
il is a tine when men, despite
the eternal clamor for something
new hat has pervaded the latter
part of the century passed, are
wont to dwell upon the won
derful past of the nineteenth cen
tury, TO marvel at the magical
strides in the march Of progress
made by this Fairy Cycle in this
seyen-leagued boats. to count the
multitndinous bic. sings showered
upon us by this age ofinventio
and to wonder if the twentieth
century viii perfect the great
works begun by its predecessor.
Aud what a legacy Of riches II
has bequeathed to the new cen
tnry! A legacy Of greater know
ledge, OF greater riches, Of greater
inventions, OF greater advance
ment 10 literature and art than
any century has ever left.
II has psopled the earth hun
: dred fold; il has made the wilder
ness to blossom as a rose; it has
= carried civilization and religion
to the uttermost ends of the earth
, Where once dwelt the NJ ked and
Z painted savage great republics
aud empires have arisen; upon
: virgin soil and remote mountain
ous paths have arisen villages
F. peopled b. sturdy, lion-hearted
pioneers and these villages have
r developed into great cities, theil
T humble cabins and sod shack'
replaced by homes Of beauty and
j. modern sieel-ribbed "sky scra
5, pers.n Where once the smoke
: from the homesteader's hut rose
10 spiral rings 10 mingle with the
pure life-giving breath Of heaven
now hover black smoke clouds
= and foul gases from the roaring
furnace fires offoundry and fac
tory.
/. The great prairies, rich with th'
= rnirod dust Of ages, have beer
meiamorphosed by thrifty hus
bandmen into fields OF living
g green which supply the bread o
nations; vast stretches Of sueeu
ie lent grass enclosed by moderl
barbed-wire, furnish food for tn
long horned gand incidentally tn
shcrthorned and dehornedl stee
=, who grazes peacefully where one
+ beloved the angry bison. wher
once fed the timid antelope, AM
where the fleet footed deer fled &
covert from its arch-enemy, th
cougar.
The hoary mountain fastnesse
that since the beginning Of tim
ry have jealously guarded the secret
- Of mother earth have been mad
TO yield up their rich treasures q
gold and precious stones to aul
ment The wealth OF the world; an
IS at mans oehest the sea even, ha
liven up iis mysteries.
The nineteenth century migl
ia truth be named the machin
age, though electricity has run
close race with steam for fri
place as benefacior supreme .
- the nineteenth century.
First among its fairy gifts
/ the human race came the stea
. boat 10 navigate our rivers an
which later on furnished q
model for the feet "ocean gre
s hounds Of today that. replacir
the slow sailing ships at the mtrl
OF wind and tide, ride the bilior
7 Of the deep like a thing Of life.
In place Of the cumbersor
sage coach and rolling " prail