The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1912 Page: 3 of 4
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T
ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Land of Fond Memories and
Home of Saint Good Will.
|IIEN, as we Jour-
neyed eastward to
the Land of Hearts
Desire, we came to
. an Island which Is
called ChrlstmaB,
y. where all good pil-
Ws#" grlms go ashore.
But thoae who
have ventured far
from their course,
or have no liking
to company with
their fellows, sail
on to the north,
which is a chilly
sea, or to the south,
where the blast Is not tempered. For
Christmas Island lies straight in the
way of the honest mariner, and the
stream which runs as a river through
the sea hath warmth and fragrance,
whereof the shores of the Island give
pleasant evidence. Now, the gales that
sweep the island sweep westward
upon the approaching pilgrims, and
eastward upon tha departing sails, so
that the Btay within the gracious port
Is but a part of the joy of that sea.
And as the shores came out of the
horizon, a little child called, "Christ-
mas Isle! Christmas Isle!"—so clear
is the air of these parts to infant
eyes. And the older folk aboard were
Joyful, too, for off the west coast of
the island, which those who have
charted these seas call the Shore of
Memory, a fragrant breeze began that
minute to blow; (hough of these
nimes I cannot be sure, for the child
had a book of Mb own wherein this
shore was named Anticipation. And
now the Journey meant a few more
dawns and sunsets ere a landing could
be made, but with each league onward
the mellow fragrance was more mark-
ed. So there was great dispute among
the elder folk to say Just what made
up the pleasant assault upon our
senses, some saying it was composed
mostly of this, and others of- that.
"It is lavender," said an old lady.
"Lavender and spruce and burning
candles. I remember the night the
new dress was taken from the chest,
and we danced beneath the candles,
and there was mistletoe, my dear,
. . . that was how I met your grand-
father. Yes, the breeze from off the
shore of the isle ls< lavender and
spruce and burning candles."
"Ho! to me!" cried a bluff and
hearty man. "It is the good smell of
well-warmed horses on the snow,
with the moon making a double team
of them. And it is the good dry smell
of popping corn and cooking apples.
Oh, yes, and I will be Baying there's
the brown turkey in it, too. And the
smell of a lantern in the barn when
we go out to get the horses after the
dance."
"Ah," said another—and as I looked
I saw he was habited as a priest. "It
is the incense, the Christmas incense,
which goes in ghostly columns to the
darkened roof of the great church
as the Three Wise Men go in proces-
sion up the aisle attended by acolytes
and hooded nuns to do homage to the
Babe at the altar. Easter I know by
the lilies which smother the incense,
but Christmas is incense and music.
It is that which makes the breeze so
delightful to you, my good people."
"No," said another, "No, no. Ah—
now I know what it is. It is back
in the hill kirk that we are, where
the foot-warmers keep us alive
through the Christmas, and it's the
faint scorching of honest leather and
the faint singeing of homespun that
the breeze is bringing you."
"It's candy! It's varnish on sleds!
It's perfume on dolls! It's oranges,
and evergreens, and the smell of tfie
wood fire in the fireplace, and the
smell of the cold on mother's furs!"
cried the child.
And I know not to what lengths the
talk might have gone, but the sailors
were calling "Shore!" and there was
great motion among the pilgrims.
Now, the Island is ruled by a saint
whose names are many, but In all
tongues and races they have one
meaning, which is GOOD WILL. And
his name is the law of the isle. For
he holdeth that if a man bath Good
Will he fulfllleth all law; and if he
have not Good Will no law can put
it within him; but if ho have it he
cannot but give proof of it. So that
there is great giving of giftB In the
island called Christmas, for Good
Will is itself a gift which forever
branches and blossoms and sets to
fruit of its kind. And it is the cus-
tom of the saint to meet the pilgrim
ships and give those who call upon
him the choicest gifts, and when a
man hath received any one of them
he Is forever a citizen of the Island
called Christmas, with all the rights
thereof.
Now, the gifts are hung upon a tree
which is called the Tree of Life and
they shine with a wonderful light and
give off a sweetness which in good
time will sweeten the world. Indeed,
as all pilgrims know, the reason that
shores far distant from the Christmas
Isle are habitable at all is that pil-
grims have come back bearing their
gifts of sweetness and light.
And the .first gift Is the Gift of the
Good Thought, whereby one may
break .the hold of a narrow veracity
which chains him, truthfully enough
but all too unwisely, to the faults of
his fellows. There are neither riches
nor power comparable to the Good
Thought, which comes of the Good
.Sight, whereby men have discovered
bidden worth as the miner has founfl
the blackened, bleak and forbidding
hillside to be threshold of worlds of
gleaming gold. He that receives inls
gift comes to himself to find himself
in a friendly world. It Is a gift
greatly to be desired, as a fire in
winter, a friend in misfortune; and
by its magic are miracles wrought on
those who dwell far from the king-
dom of the Saint Good Will.
And the second gift is like unto it—
a mild spirit of amnesty toward all
pilgrims whose faulty compass takes
them astray, and those who receive
It are straightway inducted Into the
Order of the Forgivers. It strikes
from the pilgrim as In the twinkling
of an eye, the cold bonds of hatred,
vengeance, and all the brood of mal-
ice, which make their home with a
man but to destroy him.
And the third gift 1b the Just Judg-
ment, by which the world is vastly
lightened by reason of the number of
condemnations being lessened. For as
Is the number of those we condemn
in this world, so is the number of
disappointments we carry about with
us, and the number of the sunny
windows we have darkened for our-
selves. There are lights of life which
a Just judgment forbears to extin-
guish, and he who bears this gift
walks in a mellow circle of serene
tolerance.
And the fourth gift is that of the
Cheerful Spirit, having which one has
light at eventide, yea and at midnight.
For there is no darkness like unto
the darkness of the spirit bereft of
cheerful lamps and fires, and there
Is no darkness of the spirit that the
St. Good Will cannot dispel.
And when the pilgrim has received
these gifts he finds among them an-
other, which is the gift of ViBlon,
whereby he Bees the unseen. Indeed,
all the gifts of St. Good Will pertain
to sight and vision, for as the physi-
cal eye is the chief of the body's
blessings, so is the gift of vision the
saver of life, which possessing, no man
perishes. For as blind men walk the
way and see neither rivers nor trees
nor men, so he who has not received
these best of gifts walks in great
blindness toward a world which en-
compasses him with beneficence, guid-
ance, protection and inspiration.
And when the pilgrims sailed on, lo!
they were new mortals. And no mat-
ter how great the distance they jour-
neyed, the pleasant gales of Christ-
mas isle were always in their nos-
trils. And they went to many lands,
but wherever they set foot, or built
a booth or raised a tent, the people
knew they had been to the Blessed
Isle. And Christmas trees sprang as
seedlings from the Tree of Life, and
many kindnesses to friends and the
poor were borne abroad on the wings
of sweetness and light which forever
came forth from the gifts of St. Good
Will.—Detroit News,
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# FOLEY'S %
HONEYS TAR
J* COMPOUND
plops Coughs-Cures Colds]
Christmas Sons
now is the time when holly sprays
Eight ail the Darren, brooding ways,
And every bell, it sounds noel,
n pxan in the master's praise.
now is the time when Ivies gleam
Like beryl in the morning beam,
Hnd every bell, it sounds noel,
JInd makes the master's praise its
theme.
now is the time when mistletoe
Is glossy in the noonday glow,
And every bell, It sounds noel,
Co praise upon 1)1$ name bestow.
now is the time of ingle mirth,
Che blessed day of Christ—fits birth,
Jfnd every bell, it sounds noel,
Co ring fiis praise throughout the earth.
—Cltnton ScotlMrd tn Ainslce't
Women and the Ballot.
Welner-Neustadt and Waldhofen.
Austria, have Just given the women
taxpayers the ballot, making voting
compulsory for women as well as men.
The legislature of Manitoba recently
permitted women to practice law. The
legislature of Georgia only a few days
later defeated a similar amendment
NOT A DAY OF JOY FOR ALL
Those Who Are Happy on Chrlstmai
Should Remember the Suffer-
ing and Distressed.
"It's Christmas time, friend! What
will you do about it?" asks L. D
Stearns in Suburban Life, "Mothers!
Aunties! You who love to see youi
babies bend, crooning Boftly, ovei
their family of dolls, with that grave
little smile of dawning motherhood
flitting tenderly over their faceB, Just
within a stone's throw of babies who
have no dolls, and the mother heart
beats in their bosomB Just as it does
in that of your own sheltered darN
Ings; but their faces are grave, and
sharp and old; and little drawn, white
lines show about their mouths; and
their eyes are not like the eyes of
your children. The other day, a baby
opened Its eyes for the first time
on this old earth; it was one of our
coldest days; but In the home was
no Btove, no bit of warmth, no food—
almost no clothes! On another street,
in the midst of plenty, a woman, with
two small babies toddling about, the
father out hunting for work, cries—
with red lids: 'We've not a dollar in
the house, and nothing to eat!' Oh,
mothers—oh, adoring auntiea—Ufa
Isn't made up of just prayerB and Bit-
ting reverently In church, keeping
one day In the week holy! There's
a tryst to keep with life that is
spelled in many, many ways. If you'd
make It complete."
[0NEY'«T
Wn tfil Jim howl '
P«J beat market |irW*-
Writ* for rrtrrmt+u aad
•hHj prir* Hat.
■ . NAHM. * 80ITS.
M l IfOll.l.K, li*.
Dvalera li lini, lllde«t
Wool. IUlablUh*4] IHM.
CANADA'S OFFERING
TO THE SETTLER
THE AMERICAN RUSH TO
WESTERN CANADA
IS INCREASING
Free Homesteads
In the now Districts of
Manitoba, Saakatoho-
wun and A Iberia there
are tliounanda of Fro©
Homesteads left, which
to the man uinkinKentrj
In 8 /ears time will ho
worth from FA) to H'6 per
ncro. Those lands aro
well adapted to grain
growing and cattle raising.
EXCELLENT RAILWAY FACILITIES
In many cases the railways In
Canada have been built In ad-
vanco of settlement, and In a
short time there will not be a
settler who need be more than
ten or twelve miles from a line
of rail war. Hallway Hates are
regulated by Ciofernmont Com-
mission.
Social Conditions
The American Settler Is at home
in Western Canada. He 18 not a
stranger in a strange land, hav-
ing nearly a million of his own
people already settled there. If
you desire to know why the con-
dition of the Canadian Settler Is
HE KNEW WHAT TO AVOID
If Knowing Human Nature Would Do
It, This Man Would Have Made
Good Preacher.
"Dr. John Haynes Holmes, who
preached a Bull Moose sermon to
President Taft the Sunday before elec-
tion day, Isn't like Washington
White," said a member of Or. Holmes'
Church of the Messiah in New York.
Washington White was an aged
hod carrier. Laying down his paper
one evening he said to his wife over
his spectacles:
" Martha, I believe I'd make a
preacher. Listen, now, and I'll give
you a sermon.'
"The old man then stood up to the
table and bellowed out a vigorous dis-
table and bellowed out a vigorous dis-
course on the wickedness of the idola-
ters of the Orient.
"His wife said at,the end:
" 'A good enough sermon, Washing-
ton, but you've told us all about the
sins of the foreigners, and never a
word about the sins of the folks at
home here.'
" 'Ha, ha, ha, I understand preachtn'
too well for that,' laughed the wily old
man."
G. A. COOK.
W. Btfc HI., Kan... CIIt.Mo., ami C.J.
brouchto*.41 ■.!<.*T.Bld|.lhlMffo,lU.
Canadian Government-Agents, or
address Superintendent of
Immigration. Ottawa, Cai4«-
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A practical school with railroad wires.
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SlRAMlirCIC'AR always reliable.
For Sale—Three 2-story concrete store bld^s.,
each L'5xfi5. All rented for $120 per month
Good tenants. On Main St. Price $10,000.
Addr. J. II. HOLLAND, Achille, Okla.
UnsJBEESlSSi
Beet Cough Syrup. Tutea Good. Ute
in time. Bold by Drnggista.
COULDN'T STAND IT.
tiSlk.-
The Tragedian—I always manage
to move my audiences.
The Comedian—Yes, they usually
start to go after the second act.
Somewhat Lazy.
A lawsuit was recently In full swing
and during Its progress a witness was
cross-examined as to the habits and
character of the defendant.
"Has Mr. M a reputation for
being abnormally lazy?' asked coun-
sel briskly.
"Well, sir, it's this way—"
"Will you kindly answer the ques-
tion asked?" struck in the irascible
lawyer.
"Well, sir, I was going to say It's
this way. I don't want to do the
gentleman In question any Injustice.
And I won't go bo far as to say, sir,
that he's lazy exactly; but, If it re-
quired any voluntary work on his
part to digest his food—why, he'd
die from lack of nourishment, sir."—
London Answers.
Epigram.
"That wasn't a bad epigram on the
magistrate's part," said the somewhat
educated tramp, who had been con-
victed for vagrancy.
"What did he say?" asked the
tramp's pal.
"Seven day," came the reply.
"That ain't no epigram, is it?"
"I'm sure it is. I asked a parson
once what an epigram was, and he
says, 'It's a short sentence that
sounds light, but gives you plenty to
think about."
Marking Arrival of Age.
When I get to be old I ain't goln'
to find it out by countin' up to see,
nor by my whiskers, nor by my gums,
nor none of them slgnB. They'll all
fool you. No, Bir! But one of these
times I'll get throwed down, and I
won't bounce back. Then I'll know
it's all over. When a man gets that
way, he's old. Old, see? It don't make
any difference how much longer he
lives after that, he don't ever get any
older.—"Billy Fortune."
To prevent Malaria in fur better than
to cure it. In malarial countries take a
dose of OX ID IN K regularly "He each week
and save yourself from Chills and Fever
and other malarial troubles. Adv.
Banquets.
"Pa, why do people have banquets?"
"For the purpose of giving men who
do not get a chance to talk at home
talk away from home."
NOT KIT FOR I.AD1KN
Public sentiment should be against it, and we be-
lieve It is. there can be no reason why ladies should
hare u> suffer with headarben and neuralgia, es-
pecially when Hunt's Lightning Oil Rl>
HEAD A MASS OF PIMPLES
Hyattsville, Md.—"My little boy was
taken with an Itching on the scalp.
There was an ashy place on his head
about the Blze of a ten-cent piece, and
the hair was falling from this place
by the roots. In about ten days all
over his head were these ashy spots
which looked like ringworm, but were
porous-like. The Itching and burning
made him scratch a great deal. His
head had gotten so that it was Just u
mass of mattery little pimples all
heaped on each other, and when I took
off his night-cap, the hair and flesh
came ofT at the same time. I really
thought he would lose his whole scalp.
He couldn't sleep for five weeks, It
would Itch and burn until I thought
he would go into convulsions.
"I used different soaps and salves
to no satisfaction. Then I decided to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Finally I noticed he began to sleep all
night. I used one cake of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint-
ment and he was entirely cured. He
has a better growth of hair now than
he had at first." (Signed) Mrs. Ida
S. Johnson, Mar. 26, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.'
Adv.
The Way.
"Come, my dear, let's travel Into
slurnberland."
"Well, mamma, can we travel on
the sleepers?"
As a Mimmcr tonic there is n medicine
that quite compares wit h OXIDINF!. It not
only builds up the system, but taken re«-
ulnrlv. preyents Malaria, llepular or Taste-
less formula at. Druggists. Adv.
Retiring Place.
"Where have you put your essays
on the dove of peace?"
"In the pigeon hole."
Regular practicing physicians recommend
and prescribe OXIDIXK for Malaria, lie-
cause it is n proven remedy by yealrs of ex-
perience. Keep a bottle in the medicine
chest and administer nt first Bign of Chills
and Fever. Adv.
State Aviation School.
Ouatemala has opened an aviation
tchool.
ITCH Relieved in 30 Minute..
Woolford'B Sanitary I.otlon for all kinds cA
coulaKiouu lU'h. At Druggist*. Adv.
It'B a Bate bet that most of your
friends are people who want you to
work for them without pay.
If your appetite is not what it should be
perhaps Malaria is developing. It affects
the whole system. OXID1NK will clear
away the genns, rid you of Malaria and
generally improve your condition. Adv.
Unworthy Competition.
American-made shoes compete in
parts of Russia with "American"
shoeB made in Germany.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets euro consti-
pation. Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the
disease. Easy to take. Adv.
Not Always. v
"It is money makes the mare go."
If she turns out a loser, it is the
marc that makes the money go."
A Good Plan.
"Springhill is a man who never tells
his troubles."
"How does he manage to get
along?"
"Te puts them to sleep with the
anesthesia of optimism."
Defining It.
"The slang the young girl of today
uses Is a sort of a pigeon English.
Isn't It?"
"No, It's a sort of a chicken Eng-
lish."
It takes a romantic woman to ar-
range for the marriage of her children
before they are born.
Mrs. Wlnstow'B Soothing Syrup for ChlMra 1
teelhtusr, soflrtiB the trums, reduces Inflamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle. Mi
Of course love Is blind, but It might
be just as well to remember that the
eyesight of the neighbors is good.
A great majority of summer ills are
due to Malaria in suppressed iorm. Ijis-
situde and headaches arc bi t two symp- I
toms. OXTDINE eradicates the Malaria
nerm and tones up the entire system. Adv.
Dangerous Remedy.
"Give the patient a little liquor, why
don't you?"
"Can't; It would set him cruzy. He j
has water on the brain."
Defending Mother.
"Papa, mamma says that one-half j
the world doeBn't know how the other
half lives."
"Well, she shouldn't blame herself,
dear, it isn't her fault."
Being a Diplomat.
"I am much bothered," he Baid. "I
can marry a wealthy widow woman 1
don't love, or a poor girl that I do j
love 'ntensely. What shall I do?"
"Listen to your heart," advised his I
companion, "and marry the one you
love."
"You are right, my friend. I shall
marry the girl."
"Then can you give me the widow's
address ?"—London Opinion.
"On the Job"
all the time
That's the mission of
Hosteller's
Stomach Differs
and for 60 years it has proven
effectual in cases of
Poor Appetite
Indigestion
Dyspepsia
Constipation
Colds, Grippe
and Malaria
TRY IT TODAY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF
Equivocal Reply.
A nonconformist clergyman In Man-
chester is chuckling over a letter he '
recently received from the vicar of |
a certain parlBh. He had written to
the vicar asking for permission to con-
duct a funeral In the churchyard.
"He immediately sent me a most
courteous note," the noncomformist
clergyman sayB; "but 1 could not help
noticing that it would be possible to
give to his word a sinister meaning.
The note ran: 'You will, both to-
morrow and at any other time, be
most welcome In our churchyard.'"—
London Tit-BltB.
Hopeless.
"Who wrote that story about Roose-
velt's return to the Outlook office?"
asked the managing editor.
"Billy Pennington," replied the city
editor. "I thought It was a pretty
good story."
"It was more lhan that. It was a
remarkable story. I think we ought
to raise Pennington's salary. He
didn't wind up by saying: "The
colonel then plunged Into a mass of
correspondence.'"
"I'm sorry to have to tell you that
he did. I blue-penciled that part of
It"
"Oh. pshaw! We'll never be able
to make anything of that fellow."
Carters
ittle
PILLS.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
—act surely and
gently on the
liver. Cure
Biliousness,
Head-
ache,
Dizzi-
ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS
If yon fpol "out of sorts"—"nin down"or"aot the
blmut,"suffer f rom kidney .bladder.nervotifldlseaKeSi
chronic weaknesses. uleers.skin eruptions.piles.<Vc.,
write for my KKKMbook. li 1h the most InstruetiTO
medical book erer written. It tolls all about these
diseases andthe remarka hie cures effected byt he New
French Homedjr "TUKRAPION" No. l,No.2,No.l
and jroucun decide forjourself If Itlstho remedy for
your ailment. Uon't send a cent. It's absolutely
r KICK. No - foliow-up"clrcularw. l>r.l,eCler«!\I.<t.
Co., llnveratock lid-. llaiupstend, tag.
"-TOTrrer-
„ hair balsam
Clsan««a mid beautifies the halfc
Promote! a luxuriant frowth.
Ne*er Tails to Bostore Gray
Hair to its Yonthful Color.
Prevents hair falling.
*""■ md ' ""t "mrrl.t..
W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 51-1912.
MIS)
ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT
A\(?6elable Preparation for As -
similating the Food andRefiula
ling (tie Stomachs and Bowels of
-1 tf i aw y ni i i n ti ii
Misleading Expression.
"That fellow yonder has a very va-
cant look."
"Yet I know he's full."
If a woman has a good dressmaker
•he can be fairly happy part of the
time.
A dog may worry a cat, but a man,
being nobler than a dog, worries some
woman.
Rather Strenuous.
"Did they kiBB and make up?"
"Yes. and after they kissed. Hella
had to make up again."
TO DRIVE OIJT MA LA III A
AMI HI ll.li I I' TIIK HY8TEM
Take the Old HtandK*" UltOVK'M TAMTKI.KSS
UHII.li TONIC. You snow what yon ure taking
The formula is plainly printed on erery bottle,
showing It isslmply Quinine and Iron In a tasteless
form, und the most effectual form. For grown
people and children, bU cents. Adv.
His Sort.
"I know a cabman who writes poe-
try."
"Then he must be a hack writer."
As ii rammer tonic there i* no me'licrne
that auite compares with OX I DINE It not
only builds up the system, but taken reg-
ularly. prevents Malaria. Regular or Taste-
less formula at Druggists. Adv.
Take all the swift advantage of the
hours.—Shakespeare.
But a tip doesn't always come to the
man who waits.
Promotes Digestion,Cheerful-
ness and Rest Contains neither
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral
Not Mar c otic
Rnip, orvu DrSAMUu/rrare*
fKtmphm S**U -
Six Srnna - \
A'oihrUt Sa/lt •
Jnitt Sit J «
- \
ft\ f . ulvtaUSnUi • I
hvrm Sttd -
CforSitd SnO<i'-
kryrtrn Ftovor •
A perfect Remedy forC'onslipa
lion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea,
V; Worms,Convulsions.Feverish-
? Itcss and Loss OF SLEEP
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
Fac Simile Signature of
The Centaur Company,
NEW YORK
A(6 months old
35 Iiosts ~J3CeNTS,
guaranteed under the Foodanj)
Exact Copy of Wrapper
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
If Yours It fluttering or woak# uso "RENOVINE.
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The New Era. (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1912, newspaper, December 19, 1912; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109874/m1/3/: accessed April 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.