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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-11-22
p XII.
A Fiuht for Life,

The stream of Saints to the Great
Basin had become well-nigh contin-
uous-Saints of all degrees of pros
perity, from Farley Pratt, the Archer
of Paradise, with his wealth of wives,
wagons and cattle, to Barney Bigler,
%unblessed with wives or herds, who
put his earthly goods OF a wheelbar-
row and, to the everlasting glory OF
God, trundled it from the Missouri
river to the valley of the Great Salt
Lake. Train after train set out for
the new Zion with faith that God
would drop mama before them.
One by one the trains worked down
into the valley, the tired Saints max
ing fresh their covenants by rebap-
tism as they anne In the waters Of
the River Jordan, Joel Rae made hun
dreds to be renewed in the Kingdom,
swearing them to obey Brigham, the
Lords anointed, in all his orders, spir-
itual or temporal, and the priesthood
or either Of them, and all church au-
thorities in like manner; to regard
this obligation as superior to all laws
Of the United States and all earthly
laws whatsoever; to cherish enmity
against the government of the United
States, that the blood Of Joseph Smith
and the Apostles slain in that genera
ton might be avenged; and to keep
the matter of this oath a profound Sc
cret then and forever. And from
these waters of baptism the purified
Saints went to their inheritances In
Zion-took their humble places, and
began to sweat and bleed in the up
building OF. the new Jerusalem.
From a high, tented wagon in one
such train, creaking its rough way
down Emigration canyon, with strain
ing oxen and tired but eager people,
there had leaped late one afternoon
the girl whose eyes were to call to
him SO potently-incomparable eyes,
large and deep, of a velvety grayness,
under black brows splendidly bent.
Nor had the eyes alone voiced that
call to his starved senses. He had
caught the free, fearless confidence in
her leap over the wheel, and her
SidCelu1 dDduuOu DIS SuS SLOOu LueIc,
finely erect and fullcurved, her head
with it's Greek lines thrown we'll back,
and her strong hands raised to read.
just the dusky hair that tumbled about
her head like a storm clond.
Men from the train were all about,
and others from the settlement, and
these spoke to her, some in serious
greeting, some with testing words.
She returned 1t all in good part with
out embarrassment-even the sally
Of the winking wag who called out:
Nov, then, Mara Cavan! Here we
are, and a girl like yourself ought to
catch an Elder, at the very lowest"
She laughed with easy good nature,
still fumbling in the dusk Of blown
hair at the back of her head, showing
a full-lipped mouth. beautifully large,
with strengthening, white teeth. 'Ill
catch asvsr a enc myself. II you
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vouring the black pests; the hosts of
heaven and hell have met, and the
powers of light have triumphed once
over darkness! Pray-pray now
with all your hearts in thanksgiving
for this mercy!"
And again they knelt, many with
streaming eyes, while he led them in
a prayer of gratitude for this wondrous
miracle.
All day long the white birds fed
upon the crickets. and when they left
at night the harvest had been saved
Thus had Heaven vouchsafed a second
miracle to the Lutte of the Holy Ghost.
It is small wonder then if his views of
the esteem in which he was held by
that power were now greatly enlarged.
In August. thanks to the Heaven
sent gulls. they were able to celebrate
with a feast their first Harvest
Home" In the center of the big
stockade a bowery was built, and I'M.
der its shade tables were spread and
richly laden with the first fruits their
labors had won from the desert
white bread and golden butter, green
corn, watermelons. and many varieties
of vegetables. Hoisted on poles for
exhibition were immense sheaves Of
wheat, rye, barley. and oats, coaxed
frcm the arid level with the water they
had cunningly spread upon it.
There were prayers and public
thanksgiving. songs and speeches and
dancing. It was the flush of their first
triumph over the desert. Until night.
sah the festival lasted, and at tts close
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Elder Rae stood up to address them or
the subject of their past trials and
present blessings. The silence was
instant, and the faces were all turned
eagerly upon him, for it was beginning
to be suspected that he had more than
even priestly power.
When he was done many pressed
forward to take his hand, the young
and the old, for they had both learned
to reverence him.
Near the outer edge of the throng
was a red-lipped Juno, superbly
rounded, who had cleaned in the fields
until she was all a Gypsy brown, and
her movements Of a Gypsy grace in
their %freeness. She did not greet the
young Elder as did the others, seem.
ing, indeed, to be unconscious of his
presence. Yet she fingered near as
they scattered off into the dusk, in
little groups or one by one; and still
she stood there when all were gone,
now venturing just a glance at him
from deep gray eyes set under black
brows, turning her splendid head e
little to bring him into view. He saw
the figure and came forward, peer
ingly.
MARA Cavan-yes, yes, so it isl"
He took her hand, somewhat timidly
an observer would have said. "Your
father is. not able to be out? I shall
walk down with you to see him-if
you're ready now"
She had been standing much like a
statue, in guarded restraint, but at his
words and the touch of his hand she
seemed to melt and flow into eager &C.
quiescence, murmuring some hurried
little words of thanks for her father,
and stepping by his side with eyes
down.
In words that were w%ell-chosen but
somewhat hurried, he proceeded to
instruct her in the three-fold character
of the Godhead. The voice at first
was not like his own, but as he went
on it grew steadier. After she drew
her hand gently out of his, which she
presently did, it seemed to regain its
normal and calmness.
He saw her to the door of the cabin
ton the outskirts of the settlement
and there he spoke a few words of
cheer to her ailing father.
Then he was off into the desert, pac.
ing swiftly into the grim, sandy soil
tude beyond the farthest cabin light
and the bark of the outmost watch
dog. Feverishly he walked, and far,
until at last, as If naught in himself
could avail, he threw himself to the
ground and prayed.
Keep me good! Keep me to my
VOWS! Help me till my W strength
grows, for I am weak and wanting
Let me endure the pain until this
wicked fire within me hath burned it.
self out. Keep me for herr"
Back where the houses were, in the
shadow of n Of them, was the
flushed, ~full-breathing woman, hurt
but dumb, wondering, in her bruised
tenderness, why it must be so.
Still farther back, inside the stock
ade, where the gossiping group yet
fingered, they we're saying 1t was
strange that Elder Rae waited so long
to take him a wife or two.
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A chaIce Of ENlia

It was during an epidemic of ty.
phoid fever.
do you boil your drinking water?"
q man was asked.
"No. l freeze It," was the reply.
"Well," said the other, "T'd just as
soon have an aquarium inside me as
. cemetery"
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to drown them. Still others beat them
back with sticks and brooms, or
burned them by fires set in the fields
But against the oncoming horde these
efforts were unavailing. Where hun.
dreds were destroyed hundreds of
thousands appeared.
Despair seized the Saints, the bitter
despair of a cheated, famished people
-deluded W by their God. In their
shorn fields they wept and cursed
knowing at last they could not stay the
pest.
Then into the fields came Joel Rae
rebuking the frenzied men and women
The light of a high faith was upon him
as he called out to them:
"Have I not preached to you all win
ter the way to salvation in times like,
this? Does faith mean one thing in
my mouth and another thing here:
Why waste yourselves with those
foolish tricks of fire and water? They
only make you forget Jehovah-you
fools-you poor, blind fools-to palte1
sol"
He raised his voice, and tina won.
der1ng group about him grew large.
"Down, down CT your knees ant
pray-pray-p1ay! I tell you the Lord
shall not suffer you to perish!"
Then, as but one or two obeyed
him
$50 your hearts have been hard
ened? Then my wi prayer shall save
you!"
Down he knelt in the midst of the
group, while they instinctively drew
back from him on all sides. But as
his voice rose, a voice that had I've
failed to move them, they, too, began
to kneel, at first those near him. then
others back of them, until a hundred
knelt about him.
He had not observed them, but with
eyes closed he prayed on, pouring out
his heart in penitent supplication.
AS his words rang out, there had
been quick. low, startled murmurs
from the kneeling group about him;
and now loud shouts interrupted his
prayer. He opened his eyes, From
off toward the lake great flocks of
gulls had appeared. whitening the sky,
and now duiling all other sounds with
the beating of their wings and their
high, plaintive cries. Quickly they
settled upon the fields in swirling
drifts, SO that the land all about lay
white as with snow.
(, A groan went up: "They will finish
what the crickets have left
He had risen to his feet, looking in.
tently. Then he gave an exultant
shout.
mo! No!-they are eating only the
crickets! the white birds are de.
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JOHN ]. WAMBERG.
FARM LOANS

have money to loan on i'm
proved Farms, at low Rates and
liberal Terms. Write me for
particulars.
j. B. FOLSOM,
or Front St. Fargo, N. D.
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ALE or TIE OLD WEST
q BY HARRYI TON WI SON ,, Avgses Or
SYNOPSIS.

6YNOPSlS.
CHAPTER Joel Rae, Lutte az tho
Holy Ghost, returns to Nauvoo to assist
In the migration of the remaining Nor
mons forced to leave by the soldiers OF
the state.
CHAPTER II-Rae has encounter in
a with Luke Wright, who mistook him
for one Of the soldiers. From him Rae
learns Of conditions in the city and gets
news Of his sweetheart, Prudence Corson.
CHAPTER III-Rae meets his sweet
heart and Capt. Girnway of the soldiers
who is in love with her and has pro-
tected her and her family. The soldier
notifies Rae to be ready to move In the
morning.
CHAPTER Iv-Prudence tells Rae Of
her intention not to go to the promised
land with the Mormons. She tells him Of
Joseph Smiths proposal of polyge nous
marriage to her, and her loss of belief in
his teachings.
CHAPTER V-Last of the Mormons
leave Nauvoo. Rae parts with his sweet
heart. Soldiers drown Rae's father at the
ferry landing. Rae hears Of 1t after the
crossing.
CHAPTER vI-Rae's mother dies on
the march. anu he joins the Sons OF Dan.
CHAPTER vII-The saints pass the
winter at Council Bluffs. Brigham Young
breaches the doctrine of plural mar
riages to Rae, who is ordained an elder.
CHAPTER vIII-The march to the
promised lam is begun through Nebraska.
CHAPTER IX-Miracles occur On the
march. The saints arrive at Fort Lara
mic.
CHAPTER X-From the tops Of the
mountains the saints view their promised
land.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
ParadoxicaI.

EDITORS MIDLAND JOURNAL
Are you aware that Port Deposit is the
storm center in Cecil county? We have
at this moment strange state of affairs
in this town and this is why we use the
word at the top of this article. We re-
ceived last night II kegs of what the
license advocates, call local option free
beer, and it is being sent here by the
Havre de Grace dealers. They want
local option to continue in Cecil county
and Port Deposit, as drinkers will come
to Havre de Grace to get their supplies;
on the other hand, we are receiving sup
plies from Baltimore to influence the
voters for license, so that Baltimore
shippers may be benefited in Port De-
post shipments. We good people hope
it may be case in which the "Lord may
cause the wrath of man to praise him"
1t is plain case of showing what the
whiskey-beer business is guilty of-noth-
ing to low. Two wrongs do not make a
right.
Yours truly,
]. M. CAMPBELL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
WEST NOTTINGHAM.

Mrs. Fannie Crothers will move to Bal
timore this week and spend the winter
with her son Roman, who is pursuing the
study of law in that city.
We were sorry to learn that Miss Eva
Preston, daughter of Isaac Preston, OF
Colora, had been bitten by mad dog in
Wilmington about two weeks ago.
Thompson Hawke. son of Daniel Hawke,
of Calvert, who is also residing in Will
mington, was bitten at the same time.
Both victims have been sent to the
Pasteur institute for treatment.
A Halloween party was held at Mr..
Frank Ways.
Egerton Love lost one of his horses last
week by the animal being kicked by
another horse, breaking its leg and
necessitating its being killed.
]. J. Hanna has fine crop of corn in
the crib.
Eli Coulson is graveling the Colora
road this week. We hope the work may
he extended eastward as we'll.
Mrs. Mary Palmer and daughter May
visited Zion friends Saturday and Sunday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

Although most people have seen a
shepherds crook, many do not know
the use Of it. Some people think that
sill the shepherd carries it for is to use
1t as a walking stick when he tramps
to and from the fold. But the crooked
end itself serves purpose. 1t enables
a shepherd to catch refractory sheep.
If a sheep shows signs of running
away the crooked end has only to be
placed round his leg, and he is, a cap
tiye.-LondOn Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

Why February has twenty-eight days
is explained in the legends Of the past.
One is of an old woman, who, tending
her flock, ridiculed the month Of Feb
ruary because he had dealt so lenient-
ly with her and her sheep. Then Febru-
airy felt insulted and made leap year
and borrowed cold day from March
and froze her and her flock. There is a
Norman legend which makes it out
that February had originally as many
days as the other months, but Februa-
ry was confirmed gambler and lost
at domino day both to January and
to March. Strange to say, there is an
old story of Egypt, wherein the god of
February plays forfeits with the moon
and loses certain days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
Practical Points On Local Option
VS.. License.
Yours truly,
J. M. CAMPBELL.

Communicated.
That humorous journal, the Cecil Dem
ocrat, has published it abroad that among
the pecuniary "losses' sustained by the
county under Local Option is the item Of
$1,000, expenses of prosecuting violations
of the law. This statement seeks to hide
from the voters the fact that the license
laws have restrictive features, and that
while some liquor sellers try to obey them
many do not, and that in this case either
we must lie down and let any saloon
keeper run over us as he pleases, or else
be put to expense for prosecuting such
violations, as we now are. The writer
does not positively know-nor anybody
else-what the figures would then be, but
he ventures the prediction that where
any serious effort is made to enforce the
restrictions of license laws the expense
will not be less than it now is. The fol-
lowing clipping from the Baltimore Amer
to show, also, that the men who are
determined to make money by selling
liquor will not obey any law that stands
between them and dollar:
JUSTICE HOFFMAN Is VERY INDIGNANT
SAYS WITNESSES BEFORE HIM IN LIQUOR CASE
WERE INFAMOUS LIARS.
Hagerstown, Md, October 29.-John Seaman, a
saloon keeper in Corbett's addition to Hagerstown
was today convicted before Justsce Hoffman of
four charges of selling liquor Sunday and fined
$50 and costs in each case A sensational feature
of the trial was the charge made by Justice Hof
man that some of the states witnesses were guilty
OF the most fragrant perjury ever committed in a
court room. He said that, judging from their
testimony, they were ga set of Infamous liars"
and that they would have to answer for such
shameful conduct. 1t is understood that there
will be an investigation by the November grand
jury. There was testimony to show that Seaman
had threatened to go after two OF the states wit
nesses with his gun Commenting on the case
Justice Hoffman said: at is time for the saloon
keepers of this community to know that the laws
will be enforced"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

In probing the graft in connection with
the lavish expenditures for the gorgeous
furnishings and decorations of the new
capitol at Harrisburg, Pa, it has been
learned that between the time of the cleo
ton of w. H. Berry as State Treasurer
and his induction into Office more than
$1,000, 900 was withdrawn from the State
Treasury. 1t is evident the Gang realized
the newly elected Treasurer was an hon.
est man and consequently made the most
of their opportunities to conduct raids on
the public funds before he took charge of
affairs.
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Windsor Hotel,
I2I7-2o FiIbert St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Three minutes from Broad Street Station, two
minutes from Reading Terminal. American plan
from 81 to so per day, European plan from 81 to
81. so per day. FRANK NJ. SHEIBLEY, Mgr.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

@OU often need the services of bank in one way or
| another This bank, under United States Govern
ment supervision, examined twice each year by Ma
tona Bank Examiners and managed by Board of Directors
without whose approval loan investment is made
your business and offers every facility and attention.
The National Bank of Rising Sun, Nd
H
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
Verdict Against Telephone Co.

The jury in the suit of David
Blake VS.. the Diamond State Tel.
phone Company, tried before Kent
County Circuit Court last week,
returned with verdict for 1850.
Blake was injured last winter by
accidentally touching wire which
had been left hanging from a pole
on High street, Chestertown, by
workmen employed by the tele
phone company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
RISING SUN
Meat Market.
Full Line Strictly First Class Meats

FRESH MEATS, such as Beef Pork, Veal and
Lamb of the best quality.
WE ALWAYS AIM TO KILL THE BEST
SALT MEATS OF the finest curing. We select
our meats and think we handle the best. We
have Block Hams for slicing. Block Shoulders.
Sugar-cured Hams, Shoulders. Picnics, Break
fast Bacon Airdried Beef, mot smoked This
beef is fine. Boiled Ham, just the thing for
quick meal and always palatable. Frankfurt
Sausage and Bologna Also Prime Lard of our
own rendering-either loose or i'll BIB and 5fb
buckets.
Highest cash prices paid for Calves, also Hides
Your patronage solicited.
]. NJ. HOLDEN.
Cecil Farmers Telephone
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
NOTICE
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans'
Court of Cecil county will be held on the
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers.a few days before Court,
Test: THOS. B. MILIsERy RegiAer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

PARTIAL CONTENTS:
Course in Grammar.
How to Increase Ones Vocabulary.
The Art of Conversation.
Shall and Will; Should and Would:
How to Use Them.
Pronunciations Century Dictionary.
Correct English in the Home.
Correct English in the School.
What to Say and What Not to Say.
Course in Letter Writing and Punctua-
ton.
Alphabetical List of Authorizations.
Business English for the Business Man.
Compound Words; How to Write Them
Studies in English Literature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

GThe cold snap struck this section
on Wednesday evening and sent
the mercury below the freezing
point, ice being formed during the
night.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-23
THE CANON OF THE GRAND
NATURES CHEF D'ouvRE.

On the main line of the Denver
q Rio Grande Railroad, east of
Glenwood Springs. Colorado, lies
one of the most beautiful and in
spring scenic attractions in the
world, the Canon of the Grand
River.
On emerging from tunnel.
the canon in all its grandeur sud
denly opens before us, and for
twenty miles the ride is one con.
tlnuous panorama, colored and
blended as only nature can.
AS the scroll unrolls with the
bends of the river, each new
wall, column and spire seems to
rise heavenward higher, and
each new picture rivals in beauty
and coloring the one just passed.
The general effect is com
mingling Of ancient Egyptian
art and architecture, with that
of medieval and modern times;
for here are suggestions of the
Sphinx, obelisk and pyramid,
there, the bastions, buttresses,
walls, towers and turrets of the
baronial castle, while those tow
ering blocks of sandstone and
granite remind us Of the modern
sky scraper.
Wonderful and beautiful is the
verdict of all who see it. Write
or call for a panoramic folder OF
the Scenic Line of the world. "
X. r. HUNT,
General Agent,
Butte, Mont.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-23
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE AT PRIVATE
SALE.

Under authority of an order of
sale granted by the Probate
Court of Lemhi county, Idaho,
dated January 2nd, 1906, 1 will
sell at private sale the following
described real estate, belonging
to the estate of Charles L. Sig
mund, deceased, to-wit
An undivided onefourth inter
est in the Butte" quartz mining
claim, situated in Loon Creek
Mining District in Custer county,
Idaho. The said Butte" mining
claim being more particularly
described in Volume z, of Deeds,
at pages 1853 and 1863, Records of
Custer county. Idaho.
The sale will be made on or
after September Goth, 1906, and
bids, in writing, will be received
by the undersigned at his Office
in Salmon, Lemhi county, Idaho.
Terms of sale;-10 per cent, OF
offer to accompany bid, balance
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-23
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Highland, Ida, Aug. Is, 1906.
To James A. Hays and d. R.
Biggs, his heirs. executors,
administrators and assigns
You are hereby notified that !
have expended, during the year
1905, one hundred dollars in labo"
and improvements upon the
John Henry" lode mining claim,
situate in Seafoam Mining Dis
trict, in Custer county, Idaho,
and adjoining the Rufus" lode
mining claim. The copy of loca-
ton notice Of said John Henry"
lode mining claim is of record in
Book F. at page 48 Quartz Claims,
in the Office of the Auditor and
Recorder in and for said Custer
county,
That [ have performed said
labor and improvements in order
to hold said claim under the pro-
visions of the laws of the United
States, and of the State of Idaho,
relating to mining claims, the
said amount being the amount
required to hold said John
Henry" lode mining claim for
the period ending on the 3lst
dav of December A. d. 1905, and
| if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice or
within ninety days after the full
publication thereof, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure as
co-owners, which amounts to
thirty.three dollars and thirty
three and one-third cents, your
interests ard the interest of each
of you in the claim. will become
the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made
the required expenditure pur'
suant to the terms and require
ments of the said laws.
ANDREW BOWLING
First publication Aug. q, 1906.
Last publication Nov, %, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Desert Land, Final Proof
United States Land Office.

HALEY, Ida, Sept. 20. 1906.
Notice is hereby given that
Ellen BENEFITS as Assignee of
William T. Oster, of Custer coun-
ty, Idaho, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on her
desert land claim No. 896, for
the SW4 SW4 Sec. 1, 81 Sci,
Sec. 2, NE4 NE4 Sec. IL. TIP. Ii
N, r. 10 E., B. NJ, before L. H.
Johnston, U. S. Commissioner
for the District of Idaho, at Chal-
lis. Custer county, Idaho, on
Friday. the Both day of Novem-
Der, 1906.
She names the following wit
nesses to prove the complete ir-
rigation and reclamation of said
land
Milton A. Brown, Richard Ben
netts, Joseph H. Horton, John
Stephens. All of Challis, Gus
ter county, Idaho.
N. j. SHARP, Register.
First pub. Oct. End, 1906.