Ellis County News (Shattuck, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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HOME SWEET HOME
"A nd ire shall build our own
home and live our own lives
and love each other — always
only — for ever and ever f” she
breathed
“For ever and ever he an-
swered “ Because it would seem like
trying to prove you are inno-
cent And you don't need to
prove anything to me You
utderstand? You don’t need
to prove anything to me"
And then between the iron
rods across the open window
of the jail his lips met hers
In the foregoing the first
love words are those of John
Harris and Mary Allan when
they plighted their troth and
resolved to homestead in Mani
toba In the next love scene
the second generation is mak-
ing its vows It is Beulah Har-
ris and Jim Travers who have
sealed their pact with a kiss
And in between there is a like-real-life
story of the home-
steading of John and Mary
Harris well told by Robert J
C Stead novelist poet and Ca-
nadian official author of "The
Cowpirhchers’' and "Kitchener
and Other Poems"
PRELUDE
! — i—
Six little slntes clattered Into place
eml six little figures stood erect be-
tween their benches
‘‘Right I Turn !” said the master
"March 1 School Is dismissed and
six pairs of hare little legs twinkled
along the aisle across the well-worn
threshold down the big stone step
and Into the dusty road warm with
the rays of the Indian summer sun
Tlie master watched them from the
open window until they vanished be-
hind a ridge of beech trees that cut his
vision from the concession While they
remained within sight a smile played
upon the features aCrhls strong sun-
burned face but as the last little ca-
lico dress was swallowed by the wood
the smile died down and for a mo-
ment he stood a grave and thoughtful
statue framed within the white pine
casings of the snsh
His brown study lasted only a mo-
ment With a quick movement he
walked to the blackboard caught up
a section of sheepskin and began
erasing the symbols of the day’s in-
structions "Well I suppose there’s reward In
heaven" he said to himself as he set
the little schoolroom In order "There
Isn’t much here The farmers will
pay a man more to doctor their sick
sheep than to teach their children
If others can take the chance I can
take it too If It were not for her I
would go tomorrow”
The last remark seemed to unlink
a new chain of thought The gray
eyes lit up again lie wielded the
broom briskly for a minute then toss-
ed it in a corner fastened the win-
dows slipped a little folder into his
pocket locked the door behind him
and swung in a rapid stride down a
by-path leading from the little school-
house Into the forest
Ten minutes' quick walking In the
woods now glorious in all their au-
tumn splendor brought him to a point
where the sky stood up pale blue
evasive through the trees The next
moment he was at the water’s edge
and a limpid lake stretched away to
where the forests of the farther shore
'mingled hazily with Eky and water
He glanced about os though expect-
ing someone he whistled a line of a
popular song but the only reply was
from a saucy eavesdropper which
perched on a near-by limb trilled back
Its own liquid notes in answer
“I may as well improve the mo-
ments consulting my chart” he re-
marked to his undulating image in the
water "This thing of embarking on
two new seas at once calls for skill-
ful piloting" ile seated himself on a
stone drew from his pocket the fold-
er and spread a map before him
In a few moments he was so en-
grossed that be did not luor the al-
most noiseless motion of a canoe as
It thrust Its brown nose Into the blue
wedge before him Kneeling near its
stern her paddle held aloft and drip-
ping her brown arms and brownei'
hair glistening in llie mellow snn her
face bright with the light of Its own
expectancy was a lithe and beautiful
girl In an Instant her eye located
the young man on the bank and her
lips molded ns though to speak but
when she saw how unobserved she was
she remained silent and upright as an
Indian while the canoe slipped gently
toward the shore Presently it cush-
ioned Its nose in the velvety sand
She rose silently from her seat and
stole on moccasined tip-toes along the
ston s until she could have touched
his hair with her fingers Rut her
eyes fell over hie shoulder on the pa-
pers before him
“Always at your studies- she cried
as he Bprang eagerly to his feet “You
must be seeking a professorship” She-
stole the map from his fingers
“I declare If It isn’t Manitoba 1"
Seizing his cheeks between her hands
she turned his face to her “Answer
me John Harris You are not think-
ing of going to Manitoba?”
"Suppose I say I am?”
' '‘Then I am going too I”
"Mary 1”
“John I Nothing unusual about a
wife going ' with her husband is
there?”
“No of course but you know — ”
"Yes I know” — glancing at the ring
on her finger “This still stands at
par doesn’t it?”
"Yes dear” he answered raising
the ring to his lips “You know It
does But to venture Into that wilder-
ness means — you see It means so
much more to a woman than to a
man”
“Not so much as staying at home —
alone You didn't really think I would
do that?”
“No not exactly that Let us sit
down and I will tell you what I
thought Here let me get the cush-
ion There that Is better”
They sat for some minutes gazing
dreamily across the broad sheet of
silver
“And so you are going to Man-
itoba?” she said at length
“Yes There are possibilities there
It’s a gamble and that Is why I didn’t
want to share It with you — at first I
thought I would spend a year locate
a homestead get some kind of a house
built perhaps break some land Then
I would come back”
"And you weren’t going to give me
a word in all those preparations for
our future? You have a lot to learn
yet John You won’t find It In that
folder either”
She had snatched his confession at
an unguarded moment He had not
meant to tell her so much — so soon
As be thought over the wheels he had
“You Are Not Thinking of Going to
Manitoba?”
et in motion their possible course
staggered him and he found himself
arguing against the step he contem-
plated “It’s a gamble” he repeated “The
agricultural possibilities of the coun-
try have not been established It may
be adapted only to buffalo and Indi-
ans We may be far back from civili-
zation far from neighbors or doctors
or churches or any of those things
which we take as a matter of
course”
“Then you will need me with you
John and I am going”
In a crimson glory the sun had sunk
behind the black forest across the
lake The sliver waters had draped
In mist their fringe of inverted trees
along the shore an'd lay passive and
breathing and very still beneath the
smooth-cutting canoe
-"And we shall build our own home
and live our own lives and love each
other — always — only for ever and
ever?" she breathed
“For ever and ever” he answered
The last white shimmer of daylight
faded from the surface of the lake
The lovers floated on gently Joyously
into their ocean of hope and happi-
ness CHAPTER I
The Beck of Fortune
The last congratulations had been
offered the last good wishes some-
what mixed with tears had been ex-
pressed The bride glowing In the
happy consciousness of her own beau-
ty and deified by the great tenderness
that enveloped her new estate like a
golden mist said her farewells with
steady voice and undrooping eyes
Jt had been a busy winter for John
narrls and this' although the con-
summation of Ills great desire was
but the threshold to new activities and
new outlets for his intense energies
Since the face and form of Mary Allan
had first enraptured him in his little
backwoods school district a vast am-
bition had possessed Ills soul and to-
day which had seemed to be Its end
he now knew to be but Its beginning
The ready consent of hls betrothed to
share his life In the unknown wilder-
ness between the Red river and the
Rocky mountains had been a tide
which taken at Its flood’ might well
lead him on to fortune At the con-
clusion of his fall term he had re-
signed Ills position as teacher and
with his small savings had set about
accumulating equipment essential to
the homesteader Because hls effects
were not enough to fill a car he had
“doubled up" with Tom Morrison a
fine farmer whose worldly success had
been somewhat less than hls deserts
and who bravely hoped to mend hls
broken fortunes where land might be
had for the taking
So John Harris and hls bride took
the passenger train from her city
home while their goods and chattels
save for their personal baggage rum-
bled on in a box-car or crowded stol-
idly Into congested side-tracks as the
exigencies of traffic required
At a Junction point they were trans-
ferred from the regular passenger ser-
vice to an immigrant train
One or two of the passengers had
already made the trip to Manitoba
and were now bn the Journey a second
time accompanied by their wives and'
families These men were soon noted
as individuals of some moment they
became the center of Uttle knots of
conversation and their fellow-immigrants
hung In reverent attention upon
every word from their lips
“Tell us about the crops" said one
of the men passengers “What like
wheat can ye grow?”
“Like corn” said the narrator with
great deliberation “Heads like ears
o’ corn Wheat that grows so fast ye
can hear It Nothin’ uncommon to
walk into wheat fields when they’
knee-high an’ have to fight yer way
out like a jungle”
“Is the Injuns werry big?” piped a
little voice “My pa’s go'n' to make
me a bone-arrow so I can kill ’em all
up”
“That’s a brave soldier” said the
man drawing the child to his knee
“But Ah know a better way to fight
Indians than with bows an’ arrows
Ah fights ’em with flour an’ blankets
an’ badger-meat an’ it’s a long way
better”
The child climbed up on the friend-
ly knee and Interested himself In the
great silver watch-cha!n that looped
convenient to his fingers “Go on wlf
your story man” he 6ald “I’s listen-
in'” And big Aleck McCrae forgot the ln-
mlgrants crowded around forgot the
lurch of the train and the window-
glimpse of forests heavy-blanketed
with snow as he plowed hls fertile
Imagination and spread a sudden har-
vest of wonderment before the little
soul that clung to hls great watch-
chain And so the Journey wore on As day
succeeded day to the monotonous rum-
ble of the car wheels the Immigrants
became better acquainted and friend-
ships took root that In after years
were to brave every storm of adver-
sity and bloom forth in the splendid
community of spirit and sacrifice
which particularly distinguished the
pioneers (
In the cold gray of a March morn-
ing when the sun had not ' yet dis-'
pelled the mists of night and the
fringing woods back from the Red
river loomed white and spectral
through the frost they re-entered the
empire and in a few minutes were de-
training at' Emerson the boundary
town and gateway to the prairies
which for 1000 miles stretched Into
the mysteries of the unknown
Emerson was the gateway of the
great lnvusion The “farthest west”
of rail communication on the thresh-
old of the prairie country it seemed
the strategical point for the great city
which must arise with the settlement
and development of the fertile king-
dom of territory lying between the
Lake of the Woods and the Rocky
mountains and betweenthe forty-
ninth parallel and the unknown north-
ern limit of agriculture
(TO BE CONTINUED'
No Statue of Georgian
The secretary of the statuary hall
In the eapitol says that there Is no
representative of Georgia In the Hall
of Fame Each Btate may contribute
two statues - of deceased citizens of
the state who "for historical renown
or for civil or military services” are
considered by the state as worthy of
such commemoration '
To Restore Perfume of Flowers
It Is stated that the perfume of flow-
ers disappears as soon as the starch In
the petals Is exhausted It may It la
said be restored by placing the flower
in a solution of sugar when the forma-
tion of starch and the emission ef
fragrance will be at once resumed
raise kill and cure pork
Most Profitable Course for Farmer to
Pursue— Any Surplus Can
Readily Be Sold
There’s a profit In selling pigs and
buying pork — but not for the farmer
who follows this' practice The farm-
er’s most profitable course is to kill
cure and can enough pork for his
own use and sell any additional
amounts which he can produce and
for which there is -a demand' The
practice of home curing pork hns suf-
fered through neglect but it is now
being revived according to the bu-
Hogs In Alfalfa a Good Home-
Grown Protein Feed
reau of animal industry and the states
relations service These two bureaus
of the' United States Department of
Agriculture are co-operating to en-
courage the general adoption of this
wholesome usage among farmers
Home-cured pork scrapple pork pud-
ding sausage canned pork- head-
cheese and lard are among the foods
which the farmer should get from his
own cellar shelves and not from the
city market All transportation costs
and commissions remain In his pock-
ets A bulletin “Killing Hogs and Cur-
ing Pork” now being revised by the
Department-of Agriculture will soon
be ready for issue New methods and
Improvements have been given space
in this discussion and details of the
processes for canning fresh pork have
been added Canning preserves pork
with fresh pork flavors and lessens the
toil and time incident to some of the
older ways of Curing the product
Besides being rapid and simple the
new process saves pounds of pork
for all periods of the year which for-
merly had to be eaten soon after
slaughter or be wasted
SUCCULENT FEED FOR STOCK
Silage Is Best and Cheapest Way Say
Specialists of Bureau of Ani-
mal Industry
Silage is the best and cheapest form
In which tp store succulent feed say
specialists of the bureau of animal In-
dustry of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture Many forage
crops can be made ' into silage but
com where It can be grown success-
fully makes the best silage -
Good silage depends upon cutting fee
crop at the right stage fine cutting
even distribution thorough packing
and plenty of moisture In the cut ma-
terial When rightly put up and care-
fully fed there should be little If any
loss through spoiling
Silage is well suited for feeding to
all live stock Dairy cows need it per-
haps more than other classes of ani-
mals because the succulence which It
supplies Is very necessary for large
milk production It Is a cheap and
economical feed for beef cattle 'from
breeding cow to fattening steer Sheep
like It and It is well suited to their
needs Even horses and mules may
be fed limited quantities of good silage
with good results
SCARCITY OF HEAVY HORSES
Farmers Advised to Breed Every
Good Draft Mare to Best Stal-
lion Within Reach
A year ago most fnrmers thought
the day of the draft horse had passed
but they have to think differently
now They see that they are not go-
ing to be able to produce these good
big horses in tlipe to take advantage
df the beginning of extremely high
prices Under the circumstances the
best thing to do now is to breed every
good draft mare to the best stallion
within reach et en though he Is a con-
siderable distance away '
IMMUNIZING SUCKLING PIGS
Sixty to Seventy Per Cent of Serum
Cost Can Be Conserved by
Treating at This Age-' - ”
Tests made at Ames Ia4 by govern-
ment veterinarians Indicate that per-
manent immunity against hog cholera
may be secured by treating sucking
pigs Sixty to seventy per cent of the
serum cost can be saved by treating
at this age Further tests are neces-
sary before this practice can bn safely
advised "
Lesson
(By REV P B FITZWATER D D
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute -of Chicago)
© 1920 Western Newspaper tTnlon)
LESSOFFOR JANUARY 2
THE CHILD AND THE KINGDOM
LESSON' TEXT— Matt 18:1-14
GOLDEN TEXT— Whosoever therefore
ehall humble himself as this little child
the same shall be greatest in the kirlg--dom
of heaven— Matt 18:4 -
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Mark 9:33
Luke 8:36-48 17:1-1
PRIMARY TOPIC-Ood’s Care for Little
Children
JUNIOR TOPIC— God's Care for Us
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
—Responsibility for the Younger and
Weaker
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—Our Responsibility for Childhood
I The Greatest In the Kingdom of
Heaven (vv7 1-4)
1 The disciples’ question (v 1)
The promise given to Peter in connec-
tion with the announcement of his pur-
pose to build the church nntj the pay-
ing of tribute with the money in the
fish’s mouth provoked Jealousy on the
part of the other disciples'' The trans-
figuration scene revealed the divine
person and the program of the king-
dom -Seeing that the kingdom was to
come to realization despite the trag-
edy of the"cross the disciples thought
it best to have settled the place of
rank in the kingdom Their behavior
betrayed their sad state of heart In-
stead of entering Into sympathy with
Jesus In the dark hour of hls passion
they were supremely concerned with
the dignities to be conferred upon
themselves
2 Jesus’ answer (vv 2-4) He taught
them 'concretely by placing a little
child In their midst (1) Condition of
entrance into kingdom (v 3) He
sliowed them that the great question
which concerned them is as to wheth-
er they are really in the kingdom
Their behavior revealed the fact
that they needed conversion before
they could enter into the kingdom
Before they could even see much less
enter Into the kingdom they must be
born from above (John 3:3 5) En-
trance into the kingdom Is Infinitely
more Important than rank ' therein
(2) Whosoever possesses childlike hu-
mility is the greatest (v 4) The
child is dependent lowly and modest
Those who have been born again — con-
verted have these characteristics The
principle which determines rank In the
kingdom Is lowliness of heart In the
kingdom we rise by sinking The way
Is down The ' more one realizes hls
own unworthiness the more worthy
he Is of the divine favor and trust
-JJ -The Lord’s Identification With
Hie Believing Ones (vv 4-9)
1 Receiving the believer In Christ’s
nnme is receiving Christ (v 15)
Through conversion we become God's
children and so completely is our life
Interwoven with His that He regards
treatment of us as treatment of Him-
self Those who welcome into fellow-
ship the lowly bellSver welcome Christ
If this were fully realized It would
sanctify our relationship with believ-
ers In Christ Reception of believers
Includes all forms of sympathy and
aid To do this In Christ’s name Is to
open our hearts to receive Him
2 The awful peril of causing a be-
liever to stumble (vv 6-0) To stum-
ble means to give occasion for a moral-
fait The particular reference was to
the carnality and selfishness which
was expressing Itself In their conten-
tion' for pre-eminence Such spirit
and behavior would stifle the tender
life of a babe In Christ Theirbe- '
bavior was not only self-injury but a
stumbling block to others Every
Christian- should solemnly inquire as
to whether bis life would help or hin-
der bis fellow-believers Am I helping
someone to a higher level or am I
pulling him down to a lower? To so
sin against Christ's own Is to meet a
sure andawful fate Hls doom will
be worse than drowning in the sea
with a millstone around bla neck It
will be eternal fire (v 8)
' 111 ' Believers Are Especially Cared
For by the Heavenly Father (vv 10-14)
1 They -are under angelic guardian-
ship (v 10) So precious is the be-
liever in God’s sight that angelic mes-
sengers have access to the very throne
of God even beholding hls face So
high Is the honor bestowed upon be-
lievers that the highest angels are sent
to guard them
2 The Son came especially to save
such- from their lost condition (vv
11-14) The Heavenly Father does not
will that any one of these should per-
ish They are the objects of the Fa-
ther’s seeking-Tove The salvation of
the humble believer has been secured
by the Incarnation and the sacrifice of
the Good Shepherd Since God sets
such value upon even the lowest be-
liever wtf"should be most careful In
our manner of life before them and In
our treatment of them
Worship and Culture '
t Worship and culture of necessity
go hand In hand There can be no
such thing ns true culture apart from
the- religion - of Our dear Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ The fundament-
al principles of true culture are en-
shrined forever In the Sermon on the
Mount the (en beatitudes of the Lord
Jesus Society apart from the Fountain-head
of Grace can dlsplny to the
world nothing- better than a refine-
ment which Is nt best a veneer—
Rev Henry Lowndes Drew
'cosy Qfioofis'
(iflsatinSkin
k - -s 4 ' -r
: Because of her rosy cheeks and
satin skin a woman'attracts the
admiration of all men When the
young woman
peers in her
glass she may
seep i m p I e s
and blotches
and she im-
mediately goes
to the drug store for paint pow-
ders and beauty creams when she
should go there for a blood medi-
cine and stomach alterative known
as “Golden Medical Discovery”
This vegetable tonic and blood
alterative clears'the skin' beauti-
fies it increases the blood supply
and the circulation while pimples
boils and eruptions vanish quickly
Ask your nearest druggist for Dr
Pierce’s Golden Medical -Discovery
in tablet of liquid form or send
10c for trial package of tablets to
Dr Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel in
Buffalo N Y
Mrs Hicks Relieved
By Four Eatonics
“I have taken four Eatonic tablets
and they relieved me of sour stomach
I recommend It to everybody " says
Mrs G P Hicks
If stomach is not digesting yonr
food If you have sourness bloating
food repeating Indigestion or add
stomach Eatonic will remove the
cause by taking up and carrying out
the acidity and gases bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion Why suf-
fer stomach trouble? Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
health? An Eatonic taken after each
meal will prevent discomfort and pain
Make the test today and see how
quickly- this wonderful remedy acts
It comes In handy tablet form Carry
It with yon A big box costs only a
trifle with your druggist’s guarantee
No Soap Better
1 -For Your Skin "
Than Cuiicura
Soap 25c Ointment 25 ud 50c Talcn 25c
Banish Catarrh Bad Breath'
It’s the simplest thing in the world
to nse Hyomel and end catarrh
Breathe the medication through the
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The person whon nervous system
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or who is suffering from ths general
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will find In FORCE a beneficial aid
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FORCE Is sold by reliable druggists
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