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The Democrat-herald., 1921-12-16
Notice Of Steckhsldsrs' Meeting

The regular annual meeting Of
the stockholders of farmers
State Bank of Springfield. Colo.i
will be Geld in the banking rooms
at Springfield, Colo, on Tuesday
tee 10Th day of January A. D.
1922 at 8 O'Clock. p. M. for the
purpose of electinR directors for
the ensueing year, and tn. trans
action OF such other business as
may regularly come before the
meeting.
Attest: j. A.. Stinson. Pres.
w. M. Stewart. Secy
The Democrat-herald., 1921-12-16
Lanport

Fine weather after the snow
storm.
Rev. Kelley delivered 4 good
message Sunday morning.
Tom Keeler took a load of
broomcorn to Elkhar Fri day,
receiving 500 ton.
w. o. Babcock's spent Sun.
day at J. T. Herren's.
A pie supper and enterta in
ment to be given at the High
Point school house Tuesday
night. The proceeds are 10
be csed to make q larger school
house.
Pat Silvcy took a load of cor n
to Elkhart Thursday.
There is to be a rab bit hunt
Dec. 3l-meet at the Lam,ort
store. Everybody come.
E. E. Silvey made a busin ess
trip to Springfield Monday.
The children are busy practio-
ing for Chris tmas.
W. 0. Babcock butchered a
hog Friday evening.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16

that night, her mother said TO asr;
What are you going 10 say. IN
Jour prayer tonight. about that poor
little blind boz you saw to-dayY
So Hiida asked God about him.
The very next day she took the III
tie blind boy 4 big orange.
II was now Ruth's turn.
Once l asked a little girl II that
was her sister said Ruth. The lit
lie girl said: - amt q sister. Its a
baby"
one OF the other boys now had :
story to tell.
Once | saw cyclone come around
the corner u street" he said. "A
man had a tent there with lot Of
dolls In it. The man wanted to sell
the dolls. but the cyclone took the tent
right up into the sky. with all the dolls
In 1t.
Another man asked him: VIVA, are
you making such . fuss aboutf
Weren't your dolls for sailr and
everybody laughed except the doll
man."
The Old Folks were having such q
good time listening to the stories that
they thought the children ought 10
have a good time. too. So they took
all their presents that had come on
the tree and gave them TO the little
folks who had come In.
Every boy and every girl had toy
and a box OF candy-Lucy, Peter.
Billy. Mary. Sally. Hiida, and the
others.
Then, all the young Old Folks and
all the children marched around the
dining room singing.
They sang Merry. Merry Christ
mas" and so the fun ended.
But l guess 1t didn't quite end then.
either. For. as the young Young
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
Saving the Leftovsrs.

Instead Of always frying up any left
over potatoes. why not use them for
hot tea soonest They only take a
few minutes to make. To half a
pound of cold potatoes add wo ounces
of -four and a teaspoonful each OF
salt and baking powder. Knead them
all together, then add just enough
milk-sour milk IL you like--to make a
stiff dough. Roll out and cut Into
either squares or rounds with a pastry
cutter or tumbler and bake on tin
In a quick oven.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
FESTIVITIES OF OLD TIMES
Lord Of MlsruIe Was important Funo.
tlonary at YuIetlde Celebrations
Of the Long Ago.

~ HE Lord Of Misrule was an impor
w tant functionary at the Christmas
festivities of those long ago
times. An account Of this important
parsonage has been preserved by the
historian and antiquary. John Stow,
who lived during the reign OF Queen
Elizabeth and during the first year Of
the reign of King Charles I. and was.
therefore. q contemporary Of Shake
speare.
"In the feast of Christmas" writes
Stow, "there was in the kings house.
wherever he lodged. Lord Of Misrule
or Master of Merry Deports. and the
like had We In the house Of every no
bleman of honor or good worship.
were he spiritual or temporal. The
mayor Of London. and either Of the
sheriffs, had their several Lords Of
Misrule."
At Cambridge university the Lord of
Misrule was master of art, elected
to superintend the representation
Of Latin plays by the students, besides
ldhllk NAaA &c VA ShtAA 6oahOo tAao "a
versions during the Christmas season.
A similar Master Of Revels was chosen
at Oxford
In the Inns Of Courts In London.
where the barristers had their offices
and belongings, Lord Of Misrule
reigned with great splendor, "being
surrounded with ell the parade and
ceremony of royalty. his guard OF hon.
or, and even his two chaplins who
preached before him In the Temple
church"
On the Twelfth day he abdicated his
sovereignty, and we are informed that
In the year 1896, this mock-representa-
tive of royalty expended In the exer-
else of his Office about two thousand
pounds from his own. purse. and at
the conclusion Of his reign was
knighted by King Charles l at White
hall.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16

a, alarm clock. Its bell was ringing
IKE everything. This was to wake the
Old Folks up. =.
First. he called the roll, to see IL
they were all up and awake. Then.
he began to pick the presents on the
tree.
6 soon the room was gay with dolls,
horns and jumping jacks.
A doll was riding In her carriage.
soueakIng and rising up every few feet
as she rode along.
There was talking doll, too. She
sang and talked when they pushed the
buttons on her dress.
There were hot dolls for cold nights
IA cups and balls for the Old Folks
0 play with when they could not
fsleep.
The Old Folks all played with their
presents. They blew on their horns,
and amused themselves with the jump
ing-jacks. and sent the moving toys
running about the room all at once.
But. after all, the Old Folks thought
Il wasn't so very much fun because
there we're no real children there. So
they sent out to see II they could find
some.
They found Lucy. Peter, Billy. Mary,
Sally, Hllda, Ruth, and some other
children, who all came to see the
Old Folks Christmas tree.
Lucy told the Old Folks the story
about her dog Trump.
Trump was tramp dog. but he
could do some tricks. He loved to be
dressed up In blanket, with belt.
Then. with beribboned straw hat
On his head, he would walk across
the room upon his hind legs.
After Lucy came Peter.
Peter said that he did not know any
stories, but once he carried the flag
for the big boys baseball team, and
they let him go In to see the base
ball game, free.
Then Billy told a story.
He said that once he sat up all
night. waiting for Santa Claus to come
and ill his stocking. That is. he
tried to sit up all night; but Santa
Claus didn't come and so he fell asleep
in the dark. The next day the doctor
came to see him. The doctor told him
be had had "stockingitis."
Billy said. too, that when he woke
up In the early morning and found
that Santa Claus had forgotten to fill
his stocking. he was going to throw
himself on the floor and pound his
heels on It and holler. But then he
happened to remember how ugly his
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
ro sws.t.n Mu.ty Teapot.

To sweeten metal or enamel tea
pot which has become musty. fill 1t
with boiling water and drop In red
hot cinder, close the lid and leave for
short time. Then rinse out with
clean water.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16

Folks went out OF the door and down
the street. the young Old Folks could
hear them laughing, long after they
turned the corner.
Besides, the young Old Folks have
been talking about their "Old Folks
Christmas" ever since.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
Anly Ntnht

3ilsuf night fulu night
AL thugs slrsp sauf ihr bright
Anh must huly ahuralils pair.
6nly Ghiln. initll rtnglrttsh hstr.
4Isfp IN hrsufmIB pfarr.
Strip tn hrausnlu prsfs.
6tlsnt night AnlB night
6Hrphsrns first sam ths light:
Alhsf ihs smgsls' Asilrlntah
Eunh rssunnns frnm far snh nssr.
Christ. fts Huuinur. II hsrr.
Christ the esuiuar. U Hrrs.
6tlsmf uightl Aulu niphfi
4un NJ 6uh. AAi hniu bright
6milrs U4p lnus nn hruusnIu ltpsl
'Uis fAs first 6aluufinn Anrul
Christ fAs 6sutunr. II hnful
Christ. fAr 6suiunr. u burnt
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
,~<HE Old Folks q,

liE Old 4 OlkS de-
cided that IL was
time for them 10
be young again. So,
they set up a
Christmas tree In
a corner Of the big
dining room.
Santa Claus came
bustllng In and be-
gan TO make things
pleasant. Tied TO
his belt there was
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
zAss%g
CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART

NH. that Christmas 10 the hssrt
Ooa't eou fssi Il. dox'i eos kaow
All The glory Of hs spell.
All the magic Of IL qlowf
That ckratu4s fsslsaq ssssliaq
From pour head aaio gour tsst-
Alivs 10 ell that hokss iAs world.
To eli that decks the strsssi
Oh. that Christmas IN the heart.
That ioaq. thai tsshsq votcs
Thai sisqs fhrozqh ell The hsrovisq sssss.
And siaqs :" Rs,osesl Rsieiesi'
That chris,mss GLORY erssptaq
from finger rips 70 toes
The music q the vosld swsks.
Aud the bells across the saowsl
oh. tbs, chrissnAs /. the hssrt
That goa - got 10 have 10 be
Oue 9th the spirit Of the love
Thai makes ell Chsissmss qlsss
That ChristmAs qladusss riaqiaq
Through every hour gos live
That spirii q the qoldsa peDsE
Thai criss. oiosi'' qtss
--pv the esassiovs Bard. IN hossae. pess
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
A Gutter.

old Santa Claus. that generous SOUL
Creates a joyous din.
But hastsns homeward TO the pole
Before the bills come In.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
JESUS

chsist-daxsied eyes we turn Row comfort
ably
To Thee, o Gentle Friend, sweet Nass-
rensi
John-iiks upon thy bosom fain 70 lean.
O eyes we love TO lock In eyes that So
Beneath our faults our human hailty--
Forgiving syssi And hands % strong and
clean
We love 10 ssel our fraii hands nesting In;
We kiss the white scars whore thine agony
Once fiow'd for "a, and In our grateful bliss
So Alisd are We with Christ love We are
fain
To separate even Judas rom bic kiss.
And II we have them. cay 70 our ensmisa
sTomorrow meet with me In Paradise
--oRRLIA KEY BELL.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
Christmas S0nnets
CHRIST

CHRIST
Day-spdng, Deiivsrer. Just and Holy One,
The wsy. the Faithful Witness. Prince ot
Peace
The bread a God, Lord Of our rlghtsous-
neso,
Our Passovss, True Vine and Cornerstone,
Adam the Second. oniy-bsgosssn Son.
Image II God, dssrs Of every race,
Our ChAneslior. our advocate for grace.
The Morning Star. Horn Of Salvation.
Root and o6bpdng Of David, isrssi's Lamb.
Shepherd Of souls, Emanuel, the Am.
The First and Last 6aivstioa's only Name,
Our yesterday to-day forage the sams,
Light II the world and conQusrss of dssth.
Author and Finisher Of our Path.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
ssy7F
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES

@AAE&A6 kssSAS >CFet~S
THE hand Of tbs world seems hard.
The hs.ss Of ths Sorld seems cold.
OF selfish sehsmss sssm I'll he dreams
And is only sosl seems cold.
YET whsnsss~ Chrissmss eoH.ss.
The SosA III. mask removes
From the tender part Of i,s hind. true heart
AID We lssm hos much !, loves.
We sss a'ss sood old void
Which only plays game,
Though Il loves the race ard Ii kssps
the pace.
Il is tender I'll the sans.
Though Il struggles hard to win.
The dream in ib hsst Is svsst;
And on Christmas Day !, Is slad to lay
The prize ct is SsviOur's feet.
LEE SHlPPEI in Lssli.ia
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-12-16
SMyN
THE CHRISTMAS WATCH

GAZE for tie ensiaeii rhythmic besf
- The ,b.p u -srsppsd N drssms
Behind l. on fbe daukensd deep
a asskx Of aiyev sfyssrs.
I~sik NY ioasiy y4icb. and bear
Tk Voiesy Of ne brave
OF pihsgs chant their sssss zgild
In rosr Of 4ginS end 1says.
Csd see~u line sep0 here
Far sas upon The grand
Bs< sss 84s 4wbes I used 10 keep
N, 0nHmss on ne land;
Fer 20 u Sesn5 10 me - TIE stan
Ase dining 6ngst css
Thar 7gafcb above he mariner
FROM a4fions tn NE ,liss.
--Miaaa Iyiag IA ibe heS York Herald
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02
The Lead Went Straight Home.

coyote recoiled as IL an irresistible
hand had smitten him. 1t Is doubtful
II there was even a muscular CULVER
after Graycoat struck the ground. not
twenty feet from where Dan stood.
And the rifle report echoed back to
find only silence
Lennox got up of the ground and
moved over toward the dead coyote.
He looked long time at the gray
body. And then he stepped back to
where Dan waited on the trail.
II take II all back" he said simply
"You take what back?"
"What l thought about you--that
the Failing line had gone to the dogs.
I'll never call you tenderfoot again.
But tell me one thing. saw the
way you looked down the barrel.
could see how firm you held the rifle
the way you kept your head. And
Shat is all like your grandfather. But
why, when you had a repeating rifle.
did you wait so long to shoot?'
II just had one cartridge in my gun.
didn't think of II until the coyote
charged"
Lennox's answer was the last thing
In the world TO be expected. He
opened his straight mouth and uttered
great. boyish yell of Joy. His eyes
seemed to light. The eyes of the two
men met. and Lennox shook him by
the shoulder.
you're not Dan Failing's grandson
you're Dan Failing HIMSELF" he
shouted. mo one but him would have
had self-control to wait till the game
was almost on top Of him--no one but
him would have kept his head In
time like this. You're Dan Failing
himself. tell you. come back to
earth. Grandson nothing! You're
throwback. and now you've got those
glasses off. can see his eyes looking
right out of yours. Step on 'em Dan.
You'll never need 'em again. And give
up that ides of dying In four months
right now; I'm going to make you live.
Wen fight that disease to a finish
and .wini"
And that Is the way that Dan Fail
ing came into his heritage in the land
of his own people, and In which
new spirit was born in him to fight
and win--and live.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02
BOOK TWO
The Debt.
CHAPTER I.

September was at its last days on
ness Of endless. tree-clad ridges where
Dan Failing had gone for his last
days. Everywhere the forest people
were preparing for the winter that
would fall so quickly when these gold
en- September days were done. The
Under Plane OF the forest--those
smaller peoples that live In the dust
and have beautiful, tropical forests In
the ferns-found themselves digging
holes and filling them with stores of
food. OF course they had no idea on
earth why they were doing It, except
that a CULVER at the end of their tails
told them to do so; but the result was
entirely the same. They would have
a shelter for the winter.
But the most noticeable change of
all, In these days Of summer, was n
distinct tone OF sadness that sound
ed throughout the forest or course
the wilderness note is always some
what sad; but now. as the leaves fell
and the grasses died. II seemed par
ticuiariy pronounced. All the forest
voices added to 1.-THE wall OF the
geese, the sad fluttering of fallen
leaves, and even the whisper of the
north wind. OF course all the tones
and voices Of the wilderness sound
clearest at night-for that is the time
that the forest really comes to life
and Dan Failing. sitting in front OF
Lennox's house, watching the late
September moon rise over Bald noun
tain, could hear them very plainly.
II was true that In the two months
he had spent In the mountains he had
learned to be very receptive to the
voices Of the wilderness. Lennon had
not been mistaken in thinking him
natural woodsman. He had imagina-
ton and insight and sympathy; but
most Of all he had heritage OF wood
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02

lore from his frontlersmed ancesfors.
TWO months before 10 had been .
resident Of cities. Now the wilder
ness had claimed him, body and soul,
These had been rare days. At frst
he had to limit his expeditions 10 q
few miles each day. and even then he
would come in Mt night staggering
from WEAKNESS. He climbed hills
that seemed to tear his diseased lungs
to shreds. Lennox wouldn't have been
afraid. In crisis, to trust his marks
manship now. He had the natural
cold nerve Of a marksman, and one
twilight he brought the body of a lynx
tumbling through the branches of a
pine at a distance Of two hundred
yards. He got SO he could shatter a
grouse out OF the air In the half OF a
second or so In which Its bronze wings
gIinted In the shrubbery; and when
man may do this fair number of
times out of ten he is on the straight
road toward greatness.
Then there came day when Dan
tauEitt Ills iAot ctS(thSao IA thN &*VA ~
Fork There is no more beautiful
thing In the wilderness world than a
steelhead trout In action. He simply
seems to dance on the surface of the
water. leaping again and again. and
racing at an unheard-of speed down
the ripples. He weighs only from
three to fifteen pounds. But now and
again amateur fishermen without souls
have tried to pull him in with main
strength, and are still somewhat
dazed by the result. 1t might be done
with q steel cable, but an ordinary
line or leader breaks like cobweb.
When his majesty the steelhead takes
the fly and decides to run, 1t can be
learned after a time that the one
thing that may be done is to let out all
the line and with prayer and humble
ness try TO keep up with him.
CTO BE CONTINUED,
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02
DON'T NEGLECT A COLD

If a cold is not. treated when the
first symptoms show themselves 1t
will frequently develop into more
serious complications.
A cold in the head or throats is
no longer considered condition that
will correct itself without medication
If nature is properly assisted, this
ailment can be corrected without bad
after effects.
1t is unnecessary to take unpleas-
ant or obnoxious preparations Tor
this purpose. There is q simple, safe
sure, efficient and pleasant combi-
nation for treating cold. 1t is
known as Rexall Laxative Aspirin
(U. ID. Coz Cold Tablets, which con-
tain Aspirin GU. d. Coz and when
combined with Acetenilide, Aloin
and Capsicum, is widely acknowledge
ed as being of great value in the
treatment of colds.
These ingredients are most valu-
able in relieving pain, reducing fe-
yer, drying up coryza, lessening in
flamation, eliminating poisonous Sc
cretions, warming up the stomach
and shortening duration Of the dis
ease.
Get box of these Cold Tablets of
us today. Take them according to
directions the moment the first sym
ptoms appear and you will obtain
quick relief.
We guarantee them.
H. j. CONNELL
The Rexall Store
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02

Poverty Is responsible for the inven-
ton of the blanket. Years ago man
in England lost all his wealth and be-
came very poor. One cold winter night
in 1910 he used piece of rough, IN
finished cloth for a bed covering to
keep himself warm, and from this
makeshift bed covering he invented
the blanket. The name Of this man
was Thomas Blanket, and the new kind
Of bedding has been known under the
name of blanket ever since.-Detroit
News.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02

Melons wcr. first extensively Guilt.
N1ted la France early In the seven
teenth century. but were known to the
oncients from the commencement Of
our era. The Egyptians grew them.
They are said to have been brought
to America by Columbus. and TO the
Malay archipelago by the Portuguese.
No other fruit is SO variable In foliage
and habit. or undergoes so many meta
morphoses by crossing Its varieties. all
pf which are fertile.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02
Euoenie invented the crInoIlne.

Among the late Empress Eugenie's
numerous claims to fame not the least
interesting was her invention of the
crinoline skirt, which she Is said to
have been the first to devise and wear
a few months before the birth Of the
Prince Imperial.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02


"Good Lord. of course II was doe
But there are no game laws that 60
back this far. Besides-yon aimed at
It."
II aimed just to see II could catch
II through my sights. And ! could.
Ny glasses sor<-of made 1t blur-but
! -Ferhaps--that could have
shot it. But I'm not going to kill does.
There must be some reason for the
game laws, or they wouldn't exist"
you're funny one. Come three
thousand miles to hunt and then pass
up the first deer you see. You could
almost have been your grandfather,
to have done that. He thought killing
deer needlessly was almost as bad as
killing man. They are beautiful
things, aren't theyT
Dan answered him with startling
emphasis. But the look that he wore
said more than his words.
They trudged on, and Lennox grew
thoughtful. He was recalling the pic
ture that he had seen when he had
whirled to look at Dan, Immediately
after the deer had leaped from its
bed. II puzzled him little. He had
turned to find the younger man In a
perfect posture to shoot, his feet
placed in exactly the position that
years OF experience had taught Len
nox was correct; and withal. absolute
ly motionless. What many hunters
take years to learn, Dan had seemed
to know by instinct. Could II be, after
all, that this slender weakling, even
malady, had inherited the true from
tiersman's instincts of his ancestors?
The result of this thought was at
least to hover in the near vicinity Of
certain conclusion. That conclusion
was that at least few of the char
acteristics of his grandfather had
beeD passed down to Dan. II meant
that possibly, II time remained, he
would not turn out such weaklng,
after all. or course his courage, his
nerve had yet to be tested: but the
fact remained that long generations
Of frontiersmen ancestors had left this
influence upon him. The wild was
calling to him, Weakening instincts
long smothered in cities, but sure and
true as ever. 1t was the beginning
of regeneration. Voices of the long
past were speaking to him, and the
Failings once more had begun to run
true to form. Inherited tendencies
were in moment changing this weak,
diseased youth into frontiersman
and wilderness inhabitant such as HIS
ancestors had been before him.
They were slipping along over the
pine needles their eyes intent on the
trail ahead. And then Lennox saw
curious thing. He beheld Dan sud-
denly stop in the trail and turn his
eyes toward heavy thicket that lay
perhaps one hundred yards to their
right. For an instant he looked al
most like a wild creature himself. His
head was lowered. as If he were lis
tening. His muscles were set and
ready.
Lennox had prided himself that he
had retained all the powers of his five
senses, and that few men in the noun
tains had keener ears than he. Yet
II was truth that at first he only knew
the silence, and the stir and pulse OF
his own blood. He assumed then that
Dan was watching something that
from his position, twenty feet behind.
he could not see. He tried to probe
the thickets with his eyes.
Then Dan whispered. Ever so soft
sound. but yet distinct In the ST.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02

Honesty T. y roy Ling virtue
among most chnamen = re Of them
In their native towns q, \ cites leave
their places Of busine unguarded
while they 90 on 70: huff an hour or
more. Shorld customers arrive In the
meantime they find the prices Of goods
plainly marked select what they want
and leave RE money for them
Springfield fsinss.) Republican.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-02-02

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