The Blackwell Sun. (Blackwell, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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I dreamed that you and I. hand in ou* *wd« of earth. selflmportanec.
hand, passed together from the little intolerance. Intrinsic values. He tad
way that we call life anil that the por- lied on both side* of life, outside and
tala of (treat Halit and (treat silence Inside, the one denying the oth«r to
closed behind us.
We stood, two quivering, new born
spirits, still warm with the enveloping
veils of humanity, in eternity. We.
who had owned such a small part «>f
the world, who had lived sueh a small
part of even the little thing called
IJfe. were there in the eternity of
spirit, ours at last, the knowledge of
immortality.
Around ua was luminous distance, of
which aoemed a part; It was like the
soul of a radiance that one sometimes
catches In inflnltostitnal gleam In the
heart of something crystal. Waves of
beauty and truth palpitated toward
us. each covering us with fresh and
ever fresh ecstasy, and we grew with
each, moro a perfect substance of the
whole.
And It seemed that when we heard
the whisper of the curtain behind us.
and another stood revealed where wo
bad been. She still held about her
the garb of the little way we call
life, and her face was pinched with
requirements that had been. Her
aelf ou earth was transparent to us;
nothing of all that had been was hid
den.
l’assion for attainment was the
translucent mentality.
This woman had only wanted that
which she had not. and only wanted It
because she had It not.
Her mortality had been an ever un
folding desire.
8h*> had been pursuing herself, and
the end.
Where he had given he had dented,
and where he had denied be had not
given.
His charity had been of this mate-
rial. his love had been the same curl
oils tla- He ha 1 built hospital# -ml
asylums and schools, and cared for
mi ther, sisters, wife and children. Yet
ho had never felt the sight of a crip-
ple or answered the yearning of un-
selfish oblation In the eyes of love.
His life was a fine procession of
Riving which his soul watched wlih
thin pressed lips
He had denied himself, and the aelf
had denied the man. and both had do-
med the Infinite Spirit.
He sighed very gently and the shell
of the little way melted from him.
We saw bis eyes staring wide into i
the distance of Peace and they were
filled with tears.
Again the whisper of the curtain—a
creature was there of horrible and !
awful design.
Evil, evil, evil was every fiber of \
the nature that had lived itself.
She had done nothing beautifully |
that she could do harmfully.
i-the had absorbed the good to make
It bad. and her Influence had been 1
strong
Never during her whole existence
had the voice of the spirit spoken; It
seemed that there was none save a
thing of earthly allurement to speak,
and yet we saw that the spirit had
OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF THE
“NEBRASKA FARMER.**
need of her; a wistful human love
shone about her.
She smiled, and as she stepped
forth wo saw the twenty roses drift
lieck to grow- again in the hearts of
those she bad left.
How many more thousand came we
did not know. We saw men and
women enter with the dead leaves of
vanity, insincerity, indifference, cruel-
ty. brutality still shrouding them, and
we saw these dead leaves fall away,
j disclosing only the little perfections
that had been beneath all, and these
[ illumim-d slowly in the light.
Then, without a sound. It seemed
the curtain lifted, showing a narrow
* doorway hewn in stone that led from
j the little way. and through this we
■>aw the old life—experiences, bates,
i affections.
We could watch the men and wom-
en of all the world busily threading
1 back and forth and garbed in those
dead, shriveled, fearful scales beneath
1 which the Immortality of goodness
was awaiting.
Every second one of them turned
I wearily toward ns.
Children came smiling, and no
change was perceptible as they
i [Hissed.
Then out of the strange, compact
throng we saw one move like a very
- star. We knew In our Infinite under-
standing that the etoak of life had
I been but a shining veil to her sou!; a
veil that had grown thinner with the
1 suffering of ea< h day.
1 Her love had grown great with
' giving.
Her hope bad grown infinite with
t hoping.
In selfless patience she had lived
above her own sorrows to bear the
agonies of others. So nothing had
been too small or too mighty for her
comprehension.
Because nothing had betn given
her. she was everything.
Along a path of tears she came to
herself had been pursuing the Truth. • beo* there always looking on with the , Bj,|nP on through the eternal wonder.
She ha*l not felt love, and the had not
felt hate, she had only felt herself
She had lived In the midst of life and
never llv«*d at all; her days had been
filled with a thousand busy acts, and
she had never done anything at all.
Her name had been stamped on a
thousand achievements, and ahe bad
never known the name of anything In
the world.
Wo heard her moan with the pain
oi a great and marveloua change, and
then the garb of earth drifted and
ebbed uway from her.
The spirit with blind eyes and out
Htrtdchod hand stepped into the In-
finite.
Again the whisper of the curtain—a
man was there
The shell of Ms humanity was fixed
and sold and carven with denials.
HI* stiff, white hands graapod curl
gaxe of a child who doe* not under-
stand the wickedness of tho world.
And we saw all that was terrible,
loathsome and pitiful fall away as
shriveled petal*, and the soul, sim-
ple. capable of Infinite growth, pass
slowly Into the first wave of happi-
ness and beauty It bail ever known.
And the rurtaln moved an a young
girl was there. Her beautiful hair
was wet with tears and In her hands
she carried twenty roses. The enfold-
ing veil of the little way wa* lovely
beyond words. It shone with unsel-
fish love and purity of purpose; she
had been so brave and so sweet and
so loyal to all that was true. What-
ever she had done was simply the
| expression of her own truth And
there had been such need of her. bock
there where she had radiated hope,
let Here she was. and There wan the
And where she had been on the
little way of world we saw a Illy
bloom, and another, and another, and
| wherever one had lived who gave his
life for love.
And Reyond. In the radiant silence
we seemed to see a million lilies of
pure light, and the little path that
led from the little way we call life
Into the Infinite was white and beau-
tiful and lined with these wonderful
flowers.
A Voice breathed through all time
and space, "I am the resurrection and
the life-My kingdom shall have no
end."
We turned toward the measureless
Source of glory, passing In llllow of
light, you and I. forever and forever
and forever
It was Easter mornlwg
He Expresses His Approval of Amer-
ican Emig.-at on to Canada.
During the winter mouths the head
of the family consults wtib the other
members as to the prospects fer the
future, and doubtless one of the most
interesting topics discussed is tbs* of
moving to some district where it is
possible to more easily secure what
b necessary for a consforiab'e exist-
ence. when* it is an easy matter to
become possessed of sufficient farm
land to assure a competence for the
future. This, not an y interests the
bead of the farr.dy, but every indi-
vidual member of it.
Haring before me ihe knowledge
where he can secure a home with the
expenditure of but little money, it is
w -II for bin to obtain ail informa-
tion possible regarding the product-
iveness of the land in the country
that he may seiect. For several years
past a large number of Americans
have removed to Wester* Canada,
and as nearly as it can be ascer-
tained almost all of these have ex-
pressed themselves satisfied with the
conditions that exist there. During
the past summer p number of the ed-
itors of farm papers throughout the
United States made a persona! visit
on a tour of inspection and the re-
ports of these gentlemen prove inter-
esting reading Mr. H. E. Heath, ed-
itor of the ' Nebraska Farmer." a
paper enjoying a wide circulation as
well as the confidence of its sub-
scribers. after giving some idea of
the extent of this wonderful country
nays:
“Western Canada is the last un*
occupied and unimproved good agri-
cultural land in America available
to-day "
He then discusses its possibilities
for raising live stoes and the advan-
tages it possesses for dairying, 'arm-
ing and wheat growing, and says,
“What has been said about the coun-
try as to the abll.ty of the soil, tho
yield of wonderful crops of wheat,
is quite justified."
To quote further from Mr. Heath,
he says, referring to climate:
"These people (skeptical ones) do
not know or realize that altitude
more than latitude makes cl-mates;
that large bodies of water, both fresh
end salt, that never freeze over, ex-
ert a wonderful influence on climate.
Another influence on climate, more
potent than those named above,
which applies more to the Alberta
district. Is the warm Chinook breeze
from the Pacific oc**sn, which is CUO
or 7fXi miles nearer than Colon*do or
Wyoming, beside* the Rocky Moun-
tain range i- not nearly *o high nor
half so far from the ocean as it is
down in the States.
"In further considering the climate
of the Canadian prairies, we should
not lose sight of the fact of the in-
fluence of the rains: the total aver-
age rainfall for the season is but 13.35
inches for the territories, and 17.34
Inches in Manitoba and that the
amounts falling between April 1st and
October 1st are respectively 9.39
Inches and 12.87 Inches or about three-
fourths of the entire rainfall. From
the middle of June to the middle of
July there are over two hours more
daylight in every’ twenty-four hours
than there is in Nebraska. The main
reason why Western Canada wheat
grows to suck perfection is the effect
of solar light, or longer period of sun-
shine it gets each day. This Is what
make seeds or grain more perfect,
grown In this country than elsewhere.
This extraordirary rapid growth of
vegetation under the Influence of this
long continued sunshine exceeds any-
thing known In lower latitudes.
We do not wtsh It understood that
wheat alone Is the main product of
this country; It leads in that, yet It is
destined to become famous for Its cat-
tle. horses and sheep and for its dairy
produc'.s. We saw more and larger
bands of cattle and sheep grazing In
Assin.boia and Alberta than we ever
saw on the western plains of the
United States. One hand of cattle
numbering 5,oo0 head were grazing on
the rlrh grass and sheep without num-
ber."
The government of the Dominion of
Canada Is still using the same ener-
getic effort* which have been used for
the past 5 or « years to settle up these
western prairies, and on application
to any Agent of the Canadian Govern-
ment the settb-r will be able to secure
a certificate entitling him to a low
rate which will give him the oppor-
tunity of visiting any portion of Can-
ada s grain producing domain.
I’alike a man an umbrella l* most
serviceable when under a cloud.
dont spoil torn «i.onira.
V*e fte-l Cross I * 1 *• ue nud keep then
white a. saow AU grocer*. 5c. • package.
Even the milk of human kindness
may Is* Condensed.
Dealers say that as toon as a cua
toroer tries Def.au e Starch It It Im-
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch, it can be u*«d cold
or boiled.
TICKLE
GRASS
BY
gySON WILLIAMS
Be Wi«e.
E- w-»e aud advertise jrour goods,
Eut re\-r advertise your heart.
Whatever els* on earth you do.
Just learn to keep your passions dark.
E* wise, and advertise yourself.
But write no letters all a-throb:
It happe:-.* frequently. I'm told.
That warm !ov* letters play one hob!
B* wi-e. and advertise yr.ur love
in fervent, lurid, sighing tone;
Just te!l your !•>.-» from e*e 'til twelve—
Bat leave the gen ur.d Ink alone!
st oC.
Little Willie.
Little Willie was burily engaged in
jumping on the sofa when his mother
arrived.
'’Willie!” she shrieked, ‘don’t you
know you will ruin those springs
walking on the sofa like that? Get
riown this instant!”
Willie looped another loop and then,
having satisfied himself there might
be something to investigate in the
package his mamma had just brought
in. he tumbled off the sola and began
to tear a hole in the paper to see
what was ins.de.
This won him a vigorous slap from
mother, and he ran crying into the
uining-room. where he found the cat
;ust disappearing under the table,
ahe was all under but her tail, which
was sticking upright. Willie grabbed
this and the cat yowled. When the
maid had “get:led him" for this overt
act. in the settling of which he had
grabbed the comer of the tablecloth
and pulled the cut glass water decan-
ter onto an uncompromisingly hard
floor. Willie was feeling somewhat
abused. He snifEed for ten minutes,
then seeing a door ajar, slipped
through into the yard, thence into the
street, and ran away.
Down at the corner was the “dago-
man,” of whom papa bought peanuts
and taffy for Willie. With a shout of
joy. the youngster headed for the
Italian's stock and made two grabs be-
fore his onslaught was stopped. One
fat little hand was filled with peanuts
and the other with rock candy, when
the big policeman got him and shout-
ed:
’ Yf- young rascal; wbat’s yer
name?"
"WiUm,” meekly answered the now
much affrighted child.
''Willie?” laughed the cop. waving
his club in mock anger; Willie what?
■ ,^v !//;/•
Every uinu i» more leu a liar when
he’s in love.
$100 Reward, $100.
Tfc* i f tbit p«p-r will fee i>.****d to Ifitrt
tb*' ib*r* u •( (#«•! .*ti«* «lr« tt>»: •c'.rnr*
U< b*«a •** •* to « ur* in til It* » «*n». »i 4 th«l U
1 «t«rrb. Hall** t %<»rrti 4 '.rw I* IN •'•••>
tart »i« kn»tn to tb« ti^lral fniaralljf. t *Urrh
twin* a r oaillali -nal 4 !*»••«•. rMaliN * t •n»Utu
M n«i tmim'BL ll»t * Caurrli Cura I* u<*-n In
ftf.ln* i f ttpufe th# ar-l n
lurfai *• of tlie Brali it. lh*r*t*f jrli-.g tit*
foMBdaf n >f tha ao4 lb* patirot
uriunh tjr btil .lln* upib* e**n*tit»it|.*t •n-l **•'•(
in* nature In (Mu* lie waft. Tb# MnlHriafl hMf
bo murb fatrb In Ita • uratt%r p*i«rr» »b%4 ibry otfrr
One H'ldilreil !»• -Man f• »r any < that Ik taUa to
cure Rru'i for list of it Htmoolala,
AJdreaa V J < tt> M.V * < O., T rjo. O
►••lil N nil PniffUta. IV.
Tab* llnll'i I atnlijr FI..a for roaatflm'lo*.
RartPostage Stamp.
The mi-on postage stamp n ••list-
ener U (bo one-rent llrlttnh Guiana
•tamp of ll&l. only one ►,iecla*«n,
owned In Pena, la kiujwn to exist.
HAPPY WOMEN.
Woaldn t
a ip woman
be bappy,
After years
of backache
suffering,
Daya of
misery,
nights of un-
rest.
The d I s-
trees of uri-
nary troo
hies.
She find*
relief and cure?
No reason why any reader
Should suffer in the face of evi-
dence like this:
Mrs. Almira A Jack-on. of East
Front Sl, Traverse City. Mich., says:
“For twenty years I never knew what
It was to have good health. Every
physician consulted said 1 had liver
trouble, but their medicines did me no
good. Just before 1 began using
Doan’s Kidney Pills 1 was almost par
alyzed. I could hardly stand on my
feet because of the numbness and
lack of circulation. Had a knife been
thrust ioto my kidneys the pain could
not have been more intense. My Sleep
was disturbed by visions of distorted
figures, the kidney secretions were
annoyingly irregular and 1 was tor-
tured with thirst and always bloat- d.
I used seven boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills. The bloating subsided until I
weighed one hundred pounds less,
could sleep like a child and was re-
lieved of the pa n and the irregular-
ity of the kidney action My circula-
tion is good and I feel better In every
way.”
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid-
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Jack-
son will be mailed on applicatfon to
ary part of tb I’nited States. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by a!! dru::isU, pr:ce
50 cents per box.
I The gifl who wears diamonds has
some ex. uve for wringing her ban*:
GOOD norsEKEEl'KRS
Use the best T! they boy Red
Crcoa Boil mue. At leading grocers, 5 ceatt.
Hope is often but the forerunner of
disappointment.
Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also bocaa90 of
superior quality.
Some men climb to success over the
ruin.-, of olbef men’s failure*.
I am sore Plso’s Cure for Coo-umpHoa a»r*.i
rry life three years ago.—Mrs. Tbo3. RoKsis-i.
Slap-e Street. Norwich. N. Y-. Feb. 17. WO.
A man may be perfectly square and
move in the best circles.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Ryrnp.
To. chi.ere i tcctblc*;. aor-.ciw ttie cures, reduces tD-
Hur iiu:. r.. psia. cures srlod coitu. joc s Louie.
It is easier to mak ■ a reputation
than to keep it from getting tarnished.
All creameries use butter color.
Why not do as th«v do—use JUNE
TINT BUTTER COLOR
The prufecional humorist has no
use for an editor w bo can't take a joke.
riTC pswnenec.tiy —-re-1 Vo A tec
ill 4 flu of l*r. Mila#'-
WILLIE*
Vanderbilt? Morgan er, er Tubbs?
Which Is it, me bye?”
'Willie.” peeped the truant again,
fxintly. ’Willie."
"Where d' ye live?"
Willie pointed.
And ten minutes later the lost boy
was safely at home again.
‘‘Ma.” lisped the minion exultantly,
"Use been down town an' got ’rested,
’rested by the pceman papa scares me
wif, an’ he’s jes th' bestest man 1
know."
After an unprecedented reign of
quiet, during which time he was entir-
ly lost In thought, Willie asked:
"Ma, why is a p'ceman?"
•'To eat bad little boys that run
away," unblnshingly answered bis fond
but weary parent
“lie didn't even bite me like pussy
does, mamma.” persisted the youngs-
ter. “Mamma, where does 'at 'itlle
toot come from 'at is in the dago man's
peanuts?”
“Oh, I don't know, don't bother
me?"
"Mamma, none of my peanuts ever
make a noise like 'at Can 'oo make
a noise like a peanut mama?*'
‘•Willie, do go out in the kitchen
and play, I'm just too tired to talk
with you."
"Mama?"
No answer.
Mama?"
Silence.
“Mama, they ain't no rock candy
like this In our stone pile, be they?
Mar* why don't papa keep a dago
1th the rock candy In our quirem?"
•Willie, be still.”
Mama, what makes a speckled
dog?"
No reply.
’ Vaiua? Oh, mama, Bridget »*>«
sob'lns Is a-hidln' In our attic. Is
they?"
Nothing from mama but a cold glit-
ter steals into her eye.
"Mama. Frankie says oxens Is th«
same thing as a kindlin' splitter.
they?”
It was st this juncture that Willie's
papa rame home and found hts better
half diligently engaged in "warming”
Wil'le.
•'Women don't seem to have much
patience with boys," he grumbled, as
he accepted the better part of valor
and went off to the Ilbrnry where only
the echoes of the storm could be
heard now and then, as Willie howled
his displeasure at being put to bed be-
fore dusk.
Mora’.-Bpeak gently to the moth-
er*. they need raltn nnd sympathetic
words to sweeten tbefr trweclMe tern
pern.
)rf*t Nerr* tCnptor*
•r Servl for KKKfc *«.<K> boOJ# *nJ (t«bIM
Ia-k ii- KU»I, L&d., Arch Street, i nu^fplu#, P*
The fellow who marries a rie.b mil-
liner feathers his own nest.
Rtope tho Cough and
Works «MT Ihe Cold
Laxative Br moQuinine tablets. Price25c.
Getting the best of an argument
isn't always worth the time.
Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say ttuj
cannot sell any other starch.
The wheel of fortune has turned
many a man's m ad.
Fret Id Twenty-Five Ladies.
The Defiance Starch Co. will give f*
ladies a round trip ticket to the St.
Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each
of the following staves: Illinois. Iowa.
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who
will send In the largest uumlier of trade
mark* cut from a ten cent, Ift-onnce
package of iL-flancr cold watar laundry
starch. This means from yonr own
home, anywhere In tho above named
states. These trade marks must be
mailed to and received by tho Defiance
Starch Co., Omaha. Nebr., before Sept-
ember 1st. l'>>4 Oct oner and Novem-
ber will be the best months to visit the
Exposition. K< mem tier that Defiance
is the only starch put up in 1« ox la full
pound) to the package You get otie-
third more starch for the same money
than of any other kind, and Defiance
never sticks to the iron. The tickets
to the Exp-i-itlon will be sent l>v veg-
Istered mail .'September 5th. starch
for aale by all dealers.
It tak •* a lot to satisfy the average
man with his lot.
Batter's Farllrtt (na
Anothir new thing. Can be eat si*
times during a season and sprouts
again with lightning rapidity. Next to
Salxer’s Tensinte it will make more
green fodder than anything else; cheap
as dirt and grows everywhere.
Of Salter's Renovator Grass Mixture.
Just the thing for dying out pastures
and me.ulows. Mr. E. Ksppold. N«*t
Bark, tla.. writes, “l sowed stnUor's
Grass Mixture on soil'so poor two men
could not raise a fuss on It,1 nnd In
forty-one days after sowing I bad the
grandest stand of grass In the county.
Kaiser's One's Mixtures sprout quick-
ly and produce enormously." 100,000
barrel* choice Seed Botatoo*.
SAIXTHS X(\v NATION AI. OATS.
Here I* a winner, a prodigy, n mar*
Tel, enormously prolific, strong,
healthy, vigorous, producing In thirty
states from 160 to S00 bu. per at re. You
had be*t sow a lot of It, Mr. Farmer.
In 1904, and In the fall sell it to your
neighbors at It a bu. for seed.
zt'sT *»so 10c in sTzurs
to the John A. Halier Heed Co, L*
Oroise, Wit., and receive In return
1 their big catalog and lots of farm oe*d
samples free. tW. N. U )
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