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THE SUNNY SOUTH
MAY
4, IS07.
Talks on Timely Topics.
SOME CURIOUS FINDS.
at hiv you noi'.'.p . i
asked my girl comrade,
who had lingered behind.
"Picking up a penny,” she
answered. “And you have
let that rusty, old penny
cause you to miss your
and looked healthy. It is a well-
established fact that rats and squir-
lels. like birds, seem fascinated by j
! small, bright objects, and like to car- !
ry these to their nests, thus proving
that the lower animals have an eye |
j for color and take note of beautiful j
j thing’s. I
j Another lady, while digging holes j
for planting celery. unknowingly |
I dropped her ring into one of the holes. I
! A plant, was inserted, the small root I
[going through the ring, which, as the
j root grew, became, embedded into Its |
• substance. The ring had been given,
! up for lost, until the following winter,
when the mystery was cleared up by,
the ring making its appearance in the |
soup at tinner in a portion of t he j
celery. I
A woman employed as a rag sorter
in l.ondon had a fortunate find. While |
she whs engaged in assorting a quan
tity of rags which had been in slock
fi r along time, having been sent from
France, she came across an old dress
bustle, which sue cut open and found
in French coins and notes to the value; lished.
01 $ 150. Tiie money became her prop- j, e not
, ... finder.
■ • - •<-- finds of which I i
of a child's gold j
With the Household t?
] official head, who has the privilege of
1 nominating her successor.”
The dogmatic basis of the life at Point
| Lom a does not demand of the brother-
, hood a hard and fast subscription. “The (
I universal brotherhood organization,” says i
one of its pamphlets, ”is for brotherhood.
I .Vo assent to dogma is required, only a ;
j full acceptance of the principle of
' brotherhood, and a honest attempt to j
realize it in life." Best wishes to all. j
ALWYN. I
All Communications to This Department Should Bo Addressed to MRS. MART E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Ga., Inquiries Mid
Letters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Re Accompanied by Postage.
Chat With Householders. I seemed to have heard them, for his pace
* | quickened, as marked by the light. The
well. the penny
find, and there's
luck In whatever you
find, (ou know—provided
keep tlie find DHjerty as the
you ever notice what h | Among the tragic
little thrill of pleasure it gives one ; have heard is that
to find anything even if ii of no I bracelet, found in the stomach of an
more value than a penny? We pick it j alligator. I be 'ittle gii! ha, ‘ Isa|J
up and preserve it. I’ve jjol a number jp^aied se veral months before, ant i m
of small finds strung upon a gold wire ] mother had always believed sue "*®|you.
'kidnaped and had gone so far as to, ^
have a man and his wife arrested on.
The discovery of the brace- I
•on, 1 usiveiy showed what had '
HAVE just
two men started to run. and so eager
sent off tiie! "ere they in pursuit that It did not oc-
THE COQUETTE’S SOLILOQUY.
Standing on the veranda of her home,
a woman still young and fair, but no
longer in the fresh bloom of youth,
watched the fading of a brilliant sunset
until the crimson glow had given frface ;
qualities has. indeed, a low place in he to a dul1 reddish S' a > "ashes of roses."
scale of humanity, if we will be true to 1 “ Ijike my llfe ’’’ , m 1 used 1 lhe . ;
ourselves 1,. , ’ ; ,'so 'bright, now faded and colorless. Once
womanUneA “ , ‘ modesty and W()man - 3 .sweetest lor could have been
w- >m»inliness m the bu.snu ss office or! n ,j ne that of a well-loved wife—the mis-
books due to the winners! to them to w-onder wliy the corn j shop, no man will seek to despoil us of tress of a happy home. Lovers sought
of the prize contest i 1 n e didn 1 slacken his pace when he j these—save, perhaps, in some extreme my hand; 1 encouraged them through a
hope they nm nrm „ ,'! ver , tl “‘ f * nce - not \ wh / l, e j cases. selfish passion for admiration and con-
P net may prov e to l>e didn t put out his light when he found; Oh, for pure women! The world needs I quest, then rejected them heartlessly
books they have not yet) he had been discovered. The pursuers I them more todav than it needs peniten-j One came whose eyes wer e full of truth
read, and that they will 1 were runnln S tol > f ast to let their brains j tiaries. and court rooms divorce laws' and tenderness. in my heart ! paid
like Also 1 am iust send * WOPk ln th! * direction. presently Uncle and reformatories. We ’ hear the plea h omage, to his worth, but he was poor
J - seiu , Ike ran ,. lKht llp on the fence, and -Give the women a chance, and thev will 1 a of grace and beauty as 1 held
members of our j tumbled over It on his head among: a purify poiiti
mg to
shut-in
money present given
Ike ran light -«r » , ^ tup numru a 1'IIHIICP Jinn t not q-iii — w
roytself to b'°. must marry a man oi
famny the little! bunch of hogs taht were snoring in the ! home first Obey liav# a chance to "do i !T® a,th . and p ',’f. itl0n ; _ 'ilfr,, 11 !!! 110 ' 1 . 1 't,e-
-sent given to he | ^ce corner. Startled out of their sleep that) and when the home fife of ou? ! ^^rea = and SuT M? 'friends
Id ided among some of; they set up a loud squalling at the) same country is without blot or blemish, then ; we Te aTnated by coldness and neglect ,
'hem by „ generous con -j trampling prostrate l.ncie Ike in p „n tics wj „ nee(i n „ p, iri f yi ng element. , hev dropped from me one by one. I was
i Du tor, who will not a i-j their scaie. 'Women will let their bovs and girls! left alone. I remembered with passionate
low his name to be pub-1 The farmer in the meantime had jump- grow up in idleness: allow them to spend; regret the man who had loved me so
and indeed, asked tuat his gift j 4,3 ovcr fh r frnce, and was running at. the early days of their youth in health-j truly. 1 would have recalled him, but
mentioned. Weeks ago his letter i fu11 s Poed through the corn ln the direc- destroying and degrading pleasures, while ' 1 was to ° late - Now tbe morning of life
whs given in f,,r publication bul ' j t 1 tio « " f tb,a Hp aoon *r a!ne<1 on they are engaged in social rivalries, or' has "One; I have trampled its swee ,
Sfems to have been misplaced in th g i him. and as he approached the still mov- trying to help manage ; he political af-
printing office. I hope it will appear' 1 "* ]igh ” ho oaU,!d 0,11 : "Stop there. ' fairs of the country. The home is the
loda.v 1! has been quit’,. n lone- whim I y ° 11 th!ef ' or 111 "hoof! No answer j fountain head of the nation's hope. If
Into a bang'll bracelet. I wear
bracelet when l want particularly
accomplish .something. One of the J suspicion,
bangles is a battered silver quarter I I let
ii" , h ‘' I him. and as he approached the still mov- trying to help manage ; he political af-i lovely flowePS " nl '7 iSan^iL, S 'The
appear! 1 "* h * , ouI : , "* 0 *» ther *' j fairs « f lhp ''outHry. The home is the o7 wealth and social »u-
iuit'c a long while y °" or 111 shoot ' No answer. fountain head of the nations hope. If! )rei ,‘„. v j, not for me. and l have lost
since we have heard from any of the pam< *’ anJ th * innt, '" n continued to move that is not pure, how can we expect the! |hp fl< wer 0 f wealth of love. Alas! for
invalids, except Toni i.ockhart. How are ««• heforc. second call to imlt wa* j social and political life to be unpollu ed?| t h ,! woman who trilles with her opportu-
tiiis spring weather, dear Annie'" 0 * °he.vefl. and lowering his gun to his i If the mothers and sisters of our land
y '' Vn<1 '"ii. Mattie Beverage?—
IIH VC
little
of tile child.
iwi t ure :
little cl*
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING.
II \T is t he most beaut i
fill thing
was asked
vie of friends.
"A lovely woman!" ex
claimed a young man at
mice, "sumpt uousl
splendidl>
shap-
tin t ed —a
iu gold.
heme i'
^nd seablue.”
said
color
rose, cream
V sweet woman
thoughtful
gentle-eyed,
ivitii a face
his mori
hrot lier.
soft-voiced
like
i mended
i-iclred lip ou dark and bloody ground I been tii
—a one-time Virginia battlefield. I
feel sure it dropped from l tie pocke'
of a fallen soldier. Then I have a j
little gold key I found ai Niagara •
Falls. It- is a curious little trinket, j
I Htn superstitious about that little
key. I fancy ii may open some '
sesame for me yet. Perhaps i< belongs j
to the dressing case of my prospective '
“Prince Charming,'' who may one day !
see it on my bracelet and recognize
that ii is his fate to marry me—the
fin, ,er. Some people are always find
ing things. There is Airs. Bacon, for
Instance—the Georgia woman who
travels anil lectures and writes hooks. I
She told in** of many curious finds she i
had had—and at last she made
the wondeji.il one which has brought :
her such good luck — the small, but i
perfect head of Christ. which she
picked tip at Oberammergau. That
head was not the work of human I But
hands, you know, it was sculptured bv
nature, but it was strange how much
It resemble** the head of .lesus as con
ceived and painted by the old masters.
She was offered a fine price for it.
but she refused to sell it. and it
proved a drawing: card at her lectures,
where she exhibtis il.”
“She was more fortunate in her
finds than I have been. Once, when
a child. I found a fine pearl in an
oyster—and lost it dropped it in the
bay over the sloe of the boat. Another
time, when I was watching: my father
burn off some thick grass and under
growth in the bottom laxn.s on the
Ocklocknee river. Florida -following
nim to find e.ml rescue the little tera-
pins 1 came upon a tall, beautiful In
dian pot in the long grass. H was
perfect in shape—and of very fine
clay—as handsome as any I have seen
i;. museum". How proud 1 was of my j satiny peonv leaf, and
/» relh ! But. alas: among m.v-Inver w»th yellow
/r s pet pensioners was a blue* ling his hand on the head
1 who sat on his knee.
r«> me.' said a young poei in cm
o. “the ocean at daybreak on i
glad
ion been able to attend your own
•iiurch. among the oak trees, built I
the donations the Household were;
H you? Whai are >ou do- j
*ng. # Ben Knight, and little Rebecca
\Y hi; held and least. Mary hfilen Willis. '
our tiniest member, and the Parrish I
family nearly all stricken and helpless?
I know that the passing: of the dear I
Sunny will come hardes* of all to these
visits!
shoulder, the farmer fired twice. To h!s would put forth an effort to ennoble
amazement, the light kept on !t» way, j the home life, they would sever the ar-
nities and steels her heart
but ambition.”
gainst all
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ATLANTA, CA.
FAR IMl I .ENT.
unti! tiien, did it occur to the farmer
;liai his wild niglit cliase had been in
pursuit of ".lack-o'-l-aDtern”—or "Will of
the Wisp.” as the marsh lisiit i s vailed.
\vl icli as ail know, is only a mass or
floating gas. that rises up through marshy
ground.
afflicted ones, whom i:s weekiv visits' Farmer Charley slowly made his way
helped SO much to cheer. We must not back to the-house. picking up the crest-
forget them. Household friends. Keep i„ ! fallen I'ncle Ike al the fence. Perhaps
mind their names and posloffiees. an d ! he consoled himself by quoting from
remember how they prize an enc'oura--I Shakspeare’s “Tempest:”
ing word from a friend ° 1 "You fairy, which you say is liarm-
! less lias p’ayed the .Tack-o’-f.a nteru with
I have So many kindnesses io be iliank- I ,,s tonight,
ful tor from m.v dear Househoiu family. !
that Ii seems unwise to single out an.\ |
on. io thank, bui I must acknowledge I
gratitude to dear Matt Clark, who. in ! “Sdinvidei
spile of sore disability, has written so I tie spaniel belonging to my two young
muni bright tilings for us. *‘i can only , nieces, anil their small brother. New.r
write few lines at a lime. ' ne says, was a dog more devoted to his master
ami yei I hose lines bear no trace W as "Schneider” to the baby boy.
pam or impatience. 1 can say the 1 Ray When tiie little one was put in
same for Tom I.ockhart. whose energy : h)g ' carr i a ge to sleep. close beside
and industry—in \ iew of the fact that jo would lie “Bchnelder” on giiatl.
lie is an ossified man—is little snort of! If a stranger came near, it was wise
miraculous. \\' e have another wellspring I to W at h or Schneider’s sharp teeth
he leaves nature and | of mental vitality in Dr. Nutt, whose I might be felt.
contributions sparkle willi enehusiasm and ! Thus it was through babyhood the
li f e. Uliai lias become of our editor i f ilp it!iful little dug guarded “our pet."
farmer. Dr. Bolts? A -magazine editor h ' 0 „ faithfully she one day proved,
says of him: "He is a true humorist;
entrap him into your Open House.” I!, ; k
will be glad to do this, and also in en-' e '
\ ,. OS o garden i? the loveliest thing j tertain our other humorists, who have
in the world in my eyes." said a little [ |^ ased ,he s <> well in .he House-
buukkeeper who spent all her spare j
nn>ne\ buying bulbs, and pot plants. Will tiie 'Woman Farmer." whose
"Mi. mo"- returned ail old man. "1311101110 was inadvertently dropped from j
her imeresting Jotter. let us hear from
her. as there is a letter to be forwarded
untii reaching the river. It floated across, j ter.v that pours : he life-blood in;o tiie
and disappeared on the other side. Not j heart of political and social corruption.
NAOMA.
Baldwin. Kansas.
•1eil you of my visit to that institution,
Foint I.oma. Tiie home of tiie theoso-
phical brotherhood in California. is a
practical realization of the evolution p’hii-
osoph.v of Spencer and Darwin, carried
out to Ii? logical and ultimate expres
sion; leaching that tiie law of progres
sive development "works in tiie realm .
of the spiritual existent
SCHNEIDER.” j tha ' or physical existem
was tiie name of a lit- ment presents a group of cultivated men j t
and women, inspired or perverted, ac-' ■
well-dressed alwa
-stie is just obliged to look
• ■ ,,1*. rranued feel and
Stvlisli—hair nicely arrangeu.
, .i.i.i dress made by a
hands daintily dad. ure5!
born modiste."
"Hear lier how 1
idles on art
si?. why d
complexion and manufac-
The most beautiful
horoughbred horse.
iicn
sneered lier broth-
. von add a po'
celain bought
lured eyebrows?
thing to me is a
t h-n
, ny t Ii in g
tliis world more
beautiful than a dimpled child with
gray e. innocent eyes a cheek like a
in some way the baby's carriage got
ind it was taken io a shop
to be repaired. Schneider disappeared,
but no me thought much about it. for
tier mother belonged to a family acress
town and Schneider often went back
there for a day or night. It was on
Thursday she disappeared, and as the
next day passed and tiie next and she
did not return, tiie children became
alarmed. Date Saturday evening my
cording to one s point of view by a faith 1 These were all 1 met, but Ike came in
tllf
A STRANGE DREAM.
\ number ""of our members have related I
in 1 Iiv Household fictitious dreams of a j severe blow will! the club of common
fanciful kind, but the dream I wish to sense yvhen you enumerated those
itvll you about really occurred a few "points that Sam skipped." and J *gi
, , 7X „ Tr _ __ nights ago. and it yvas so realistic that j wondering jf he will recover in lU-.i*
- 1 IT TO POINT LOMA. it lias impressed me and also troubled to "come again" before the demire of
Some time ago t noticed in Mrs.! me not a little. It was this: l seemed to The Sunny. Sam is ail right, and I’ve.
Bryan s chat, something about theosophy be on board a train on my way to the certainly enjoyed watching his loft
I have thought ever since 11,t T | Jamestown fair. The train stopped at Mights of imagination, but 1 feat ue
g y ei since that T would I ( - 0 ]| eg) ., p, n k and Italy Hemperly canfe 1 has been just 11 little misinformed con
un board. I knew lier at once and was J ceriiing evolution; don't you?
glad to have her as a companion. After! There are a great many things I
we tell Atlanta she said. "Let us look should like to say but space is too
around and see if yve cannot find some 1 nrecious. if I am welcomed, J ina-
more Householders on board. We will come again in tiie near future,
know them bj their .badges." We soon! With many kind thoughts and «'iih»t
discovered there were a number of for every member of the Household,
badge-wearers and after awhile we made j and a sigh of regret for 1 ne - inn .
.their acquaintance There were Fineta, I which is soon to be no more, i remain,
it does ini.j u i; a Tall, l.omaeita. Mizpali, Bachelor «' -h deepest gratitude
The settle-j parson. Cousin Reddy. Old Bachelor, I ? x , SAMI LhB.
aldine, Annie Valentine, Mrs. Buck- j Villa Rica. Ga., R. F. D. No. 4.
Mis Strainer and Ike Hear: sell. MIgTER EVAN ^ vFtHE HYBRID.
Brother Evans, the points I skipped
were merely unsupported statements
which refuted themselves. Growth, be
ing acted upon by changed environ
ment. causes the offspring to differ
from its parent. This difference is pre
served .by heredity and transmitted to
the next offspring, thus bringing to
pass evolution. The word species do»s
not mark tiie limit beyond which reprn
duction cannot go. Can it not go a st»p
further? The hybrid is a step further
and the hybrid is not always sterile, my
son: nor are varieties always fertile
when crossed.
“Left to itself nature's products do not
seek new tVvironment.” Now you don't
mean that, do you? How about this?
Nearly all seed-bearing plants have some
means attached to iheir seed for plant
ing these in a new place. Witness the
cockleburr, the dandelion, the milk weed,
also all fruits which have seed on the
inside. There are many migratory birds
and animals, and many animals bear
marks which show hat they hav«
so ardent, so strange to ordinary knowl-l from another car laughing and said,
edge, that they had left their former i "There''s a big crowd of our family in
homes, their businesses, and even their th * other coaches. We'll meet them
friends and relatives, and settled noon ' wlie " WP SPt to Jamestown.”
a far and wonderfully- beautiful point of We were having a gay time, talking of
land projecting mu m’i~ n,. ‘ .... ! what we should do when we were ail
1 heir
and even their |
and settled upon !
beautiful point of;
out in to the Pacific ocean!
from southern California, and were I
there seeking the ideal life, as tii
eeived it.
Most of 1 lie residents
people. .Many are very wealthy
not so surprising to find artists, musi
cians. literary men, professors, and in
ventors in such an institution—bul it *,
certainly remarkable that the same in
fluence lias attracted hard-headed men
who have been for years in active busi
ness life, and have made fortunes; bu;.
there are many such men at Point l.o-
111a. Ip the same way people frtpm ail
walks of life have been- attracted—
printers, bookkeepers, carpenters, team
sters. electricians—so that institution, so
the fair together, when suddenly T
were 1 f e | t a]1 aw f n j shock and seemed to lyse
oiiscio.isiiess. When I regained my
! senses I foun.d myself prostrate on the
nltivated i ground, my head lying in tiie lap or a
is j girl, -whose sweet face, crowned by wavy
red-brown hair, l kneyv somehow to he
Evelyn Holman's. T was cut and bleed
ing from several wounds and my hands
were badly burned.
In my dream I suffered untold agonies.
Evelyn said, ‘'Bp patient; Mother M.eb
1 will be here soon and she will bring
balm that will give you instant relief.”
| • I tried to be patient, but my pains
I were so excruciating that T seemed to
j swoon away and then recover and re-
i sume my watch for dear AJeb. who was
irishman. whisk'
■ loving. but
t and genial-hearted. My father
F put to it. to find easy jobs foi j j,,
»finuy Hogan. At length, he got a
lint keg and a brush and set the
aue-eyed one to painting tiie out-
/ouses. Johnny was as pleased as a
Aiaby with h new rattle. lie painted !
'everything' in sight even to the hen j
coops. Me went visiting one day and!
when we returned. Johnny exhibited
iiis work with a grin of delight. He j
had paimeil tiie crockery a brilliant
> l imson. and had overspread my beau
tiful mellow-tinted Indian pot with
1lie same hideous coating. A line was
planted in it that the down-drooping
tendrils might hide the vulgar paint,
but in earelessli lifting the pot by
iis rim one day. the lower part, heavy
with earth, broke off and fell to tiie
ground in fragments. But there's
your ear; good by, and come
soon." |
M Iren site was gone. I sat for a few i
moments a( I he park entrance, tiiiiik- j .'
ing of the curious finds I had seen j
and heard of. My father had told me °
about a friend of his in south Florida,
who. when clearing land, cut down a
large live oak and discovered in its
hollow trunk, tiie skeleton of an Indian
woman that had a roughly made silver
bracelet on tiie bony wrist.
My fattier, himself, found an Indian
boy, hieing under a pile of long moss.
Feather took the boy to his home and
kept him, taught him to speak Eng
lish and to read a little. Afterwards,
the boy was drowned wliilt
trying to save a child’s life
summer morning is the most beauti
ful sight in nature. Or the ocean after
a storm, lit by a lurid sunset, with a
rainbow thrown across a cloud back
ground. like an arched jet from a
fountain of molten jewels
far off into the sea."
This came near my own idea of tiie
j most beautiful thing in nature. The
| lately woman, the child, the horse, one
I may weary of their beauty, but who
j tire? of gazing on a wide, far-reaching
I view embracing mountains. rivers,
I green plains, tiie glittering spires of a
I city -and the misty opaline distance
I melting into the. line of Hie sky: such
j a grand, varied, panoramic view as
lone gets from tiie summit of Lookout
! liioiin tain.
igaini K|| , ,,f ler H ]| a touch of spiritual
beauty is more than all earth's mate
rial loveliness. If ttiere is no soul
11 the splendid eyes, no heart in the
mile, no thought throned on tiie white
I blow, the most gloriously modeled wo:u-
j an in tiie world would fail to move our
( sense of tiie highest beauty. Tiie
beauty within -the loveliness of heart
assuredly work
her Fission Dinner i ,in -, ~ aiarmen. nair — , . ~ ■ Dine and relieve me. At lasr | was
I,.,,.' . aiwajs : | |. r n t her went to the shop to get tiie as its work is concerned, is p.racti- : rewarded for my watching by seeing tiie
i , „„i,i p i , an ‘ ! Bns y ORe t ,her . m m> thoughts-! The blacksmith asked him cally self-contained. Life in the < om- <!ear moiiier step off a car with a large
1 I. •‘' ,l S ,' a<1 to l, ? al \ ,hat 3 " IO, T!'°"! 1 if the kittle black dog lving beside tiie mimity is entirely different from the' boU, . e a " d a handle of white cloths in
urls like this, lay- i bouquet you will Have a place. Job. ' ... , His aa d on looking lm models provided by tiie outside world. her ,ian,,!4 ' Gve,v . n ' aHc^ to her and sue
little "nut '• DO. ilk i'l'i'B 'm- your j * ‘ _ littie ‘"chneider guarding the 1 ’bildren are educated somewlia; after i i -aln , e !° ,,a . quickly anu said, "Have
earnest good w.Il to meaml ! ^1^” he was wont to do at ‘ manner of the old Greer IWals i iV'-’ !*Ji l ' be
Sunny. I am truly glad to hear again carnage as . . , Family life disappears. The trainin- of
from Geraldine. Dear girl, tiie winter, home. children even from
lias not been good to her. but I hope! “I J»*< couldn't get that dog away r '° nl Infamy, and the
spring: sunshine will kiss the rose of, from the carriage. said the snut 1,
health back to lier cheeas. She says: **l j‘and T had difficulty in mending’ it,
shall never forge: how thoughtful some j with her standing guard and snapping
my unknown friends of the Household j and snarling at my evei\\ move. And |
have been to me. Their letters have | she’s been there since Thursday, too,
my I and 1 have not seen her leave it even
for food and water. if she has been
fed I do not know it.”
Faithful little Schneider! She would
not leave until the baby was brought
and she saw he was safe. Evidently
she had thought him asleep in the
carriage, and herself his sole guard
ian.
From that time Schneider was the
ed." She poured some of the contents j Ranged their environment. As an ln
f tiie bottle on my wounds and at once' stance, the woodpecker of the ti eeF
„„„„ .. , , experienced a delightful sensation of
prosecution of household duties. such i relief Then she deftly bound some of
especially as pertains to eating, are con-! the soft yviiite cloths over tiie cuts and
ducted on the cooperative plan. 'Every- ! bruises. My burned hands still gave me
but eaclt elects the work he! P ai 'D 'but when I groaned she said. “The
dropping j been most welcome messages in
hours of indoor loneliness. Particularly
kind lias been noble Iximacita
Dear friends, can you realize that the
next issue of The Sunny South is its last?
I cannot feel that it is true, though 1
know tt too well. 1 hope we shall have
a. memorable las* reunion. A numb' r
of our members have kindly sen; contri
butions for tliis goodby issue, and somu | houseliold pet. and siie always proved
of those long absent will be with us for j jierseeif worthy of all their love and
body; work
likes best
Tiie lawyer of tiie Institution diversifies
his legal work by superintending the
garden, while ids wife does tiie house
work. The leader of the orchestra takes
a turn at gate-tending; a writer for j ne
New Centun
Path, tiie organ of tiie ! sid»
poor hands will be ail right as soon as
they are dressed. " She poured the bal
sam upon my hands and the relief was
immediate. ! seemed to fall asleep while
she was dressing tiie burns.
In my dream I soon woke. I was still
iying on the ground and Evelyn was be
road
Tiie baby. Rt
was especially
1 the last hand-shake—among them Old
i Maid. We will have sketches from some ' «| e vot«?d to lier, and as he grew
j of our favorite story-tellers, though there | ( . a jj e( i ber "Schrieidelly."
; are others I am stiil hoping to hear!
j from. .Mr. W. E. Redwine thinks it j
j would be a good idea to give in that is-1
: sue the real names and addresses of j
! those who have been pleasantly mas- j
‘ querading under pen names. I agree j
i witli him. hut I can not lie sure of lhe|
j consent of the members to let them-1
and mind will assuredly work out- | selves lie known, but you remember at:
wardly and be recognized and lo\ed. | the bal masque—it is customary to un-j
Painters wiio have attempted to find niask at midnight—and the last hour of j
a model embodying their idea of Mary. ; tiie Sunny's day of life will strike In this 1 s
final number. M. E. B.
brotherhood, may do a turn hs a
worker.
All are students.
I spent some time at Poin; Loma lie-
fore 1 met Mrs. Katherine Tingley. tiie'
leader. And all tiie time I was think
ing to myself: To do this or that. ai
leader must have such and such a qual- |
me. All pain was gone, f did not
ilder, ity; for "every institution Is Hie lerigtl
ened shadow of a man
at once ri-jlize what had happened. I
looked around and asked. -'Why are we
all out here?" - Don't you remember tiie
train was wrecked?” asked Evelyn..
"Were many hurt?" "Yes. a good many,
bul no one was killed.” Then l remem
bered everything and asked for Meb.
"She is helping to relieve the wounded."
answered Evelyn. "God bless her; l hope
plains of the Plata. Upland geese be?*"
characteristics of a previous acj ’ v’'C
| That part of Holland which lias been
j wrested from the sea is being rapidlv
covered by tiie same sort of insect lite
I that exists further inland. We ha > r
j innumerable instances of species being
j improved almost beyond recognition by
i cultivation in the case of plants and
i care and food in the instance of ani
I mals and fowls. Horses, cows. hogs.
! sheep, rabbits and chickens are cases in
I point. Evolution has the facts, my son,
i and will continue to pay a high price
j for imagination. Imagination is the lever
bj- which man has been lifted from a
! savage state to his present plane of en
lightenment. "Man lias failed to pro
dt’ce anything animate from tiie inani
mate,” therefore the first germ was
1 iniraculousW produced. (I wonder if so ii
ihat passes for logic up in Tenn-en-
By anil by a little baby sister came, I certainly a strong faith, else tiie desert
and when lie was asked what he want- J would never have yielded such
ed. little sister named, he replied juct; here, also, is a gift of tiie construe
“Schneidelly." I live imagination; and the training of
Dear little Ray! That was tiie high- (these children, many of whom are waifs
tiie Mother of Jesus, have found great
difficulty in the task. Beautiful eyes,
features and complexions were plenti-
iie was i Ixl. but the subtle charm of spiritual
: beauty was hard to find, and wiien
was not united to falutless
ind complexions.
Of all the curious finds that have a| found i
place in literature, the following arc! features
the most remarkable. They are from telloctual and spiritual beaut' , so rare,
Chamber's Journal " and a re i so highly prized. ma\ lie cultivated by
vouched for as true. Ruth are finds j all. D>r its root Is within and it flow-
of lost rings. A lady lost her wedding i t* 5 n *' inU ’ ,1,e t" 31 '*- moulding the
ring. Some three years afterwards the ! ’ 111 es ,mi * lighting tiie eyes,
loser's cat caught a ret Pussy at-i M. Ft. B.
the rat's head, exposing Hie neck <>u : —
which the lad\ discovered something j THE GATES OF PEARL.
Thai glittered. She made an-examina-j B< ' yo,u1 " llt * re tlv? sunset splendors
tion. and lo!,the lost wedding ring! 111 banners of light unfurl.
embedded in the rat’s flesh. The ring 1 (i? e ;i aS .l., dr * a ™'. 1 ii‘‘ si!v ‘**' Klt* a, n
. . . , e I,, » 1 Of the t.lty wit.-i Gates of Pearl;
must have been carried by a mother j A , 1(I , seein to s ., a niy l ove d ones
lai to hei nest, where one of her off- Who left earth’s maddening whirl
springs thrust its head through the To dwell in the Holy City,
circle. As the animal grew larger, its | With its gleaming gates of pearl,
novel collar became a fixture. Tin* j Fair gates, where seeking spirits
lonoer is how nature continued to! Their weary wings may furl
iAnd enter the rest and tiie joys of the
I blest.
Behind llie Gates of Pearl.
may McMillan.
CHASING A THIEF.
“Marse Charley, here (lat corn thief,'
came in a subdued, but excited voice at
the window Farmer Charley, thus ad-
Noble. in- j dressed, laid down tiie book he had beer
reading, and going quietly to tiie window ;
asked: "Which field is l:e in. Uncle ike? ’ j
"lie's down dar in de big bend field, !
?ar, wid er lantern."
"All rig in
est honoi lie could give his "Scnnei-
dellv. That was in September and ere
tiie June roses faded we laid our dar
ling little Ray beneath them. To the
end of his life he was devoted to
Schneidelly,” and she to him. I can
scarcely bear to see his "Sclineidellj”
now. for it brings up thoughts of our
darling who has gone before. 5'et
there’s not a one wqio would part with
lier for gold.
"DORIS.”
And finally- and pre
dominantly. T felt a will at work—a
"despotic will, before which every per
son in the institution bowed in love, or
IF CHIVALRY IS NO MORE, respect, or fear, or ail three combined."}
WOMEN ARE TO BLAME j .^. ay J * ry <Jes f ribp ' ,er?
Mv liome is away out ir. breezy Kan- ^he first and perhaps the strongest im- j
sas.' but I reel just as near the dear old | P ression she gives ,s one of virility-life.
-he lias made them feel as good as i s ee.’) Allow me that license in the
Here, f said, is! feel through her ministering. I said, j I °) *be syllogism and I could prove .,.i
i saw lier moving about with her cheei-j s *t! es questions, i meant what i
prod-1 i n S smile and her healing balm. It seent-j sa ‘ cI aboui the reproductive germs of
ed t hat all wlio had faith were healed ' Inan “ ntl ,he dos bf> ' n K similar in ap
and ready Io proceed to Jamestown pearance. It was easier to misunder
The Clock struck five, my eyes flew stand it than to refute it. It is unncces-
i pen, as I am accustomed to wake "t sai ‘5' that the reproductive germ of a
this hour. Where was the train. ti)i* ! species differ as much from ih“
wounded passengers. Meb and Evelyn ?! Kernl of a different species as tiie dif-
Was it really a dream? I was loti) to! ferent species differ from each ottier
rise and leave it unfinished. All day j I because the said species acquire most of
have seen the eyes of Meb as siie ap-! thf ‘if differences after they leave the
in (preached to heal me. saying, ' Have sta ge. The modification of the germ
the selection of those who were (o re- : faith.” 1 would like much to see Evelyn i to suil t,le modification of the species
sidp at the institution; errors that might Holman's picture. Her sweet face bent | would bft fas.v because of the fact that
through dissensions, have cost the 'fife over rrle is so vivid ,n my recollection, j ; b< \ reproduction germ is composed of
of the institution And finally and nre- : The dreanl haunts me and r have de-I ,ba , t , vPry P lastlc and easily modified
termined to tell the Household about it. I material, protoplasm. The hybrid is a
hoping that some Daniel or Joseph may I contradiction of tiie assertion tiiat tiie
be among us who will interpret it for! "ord species mark tiie limit beyond
me. OLD WOM \N.
R»‘il On
and orphans, indicates humanity, i saw,
also, in the orderly growth of the work,
a capacity, somewhere, for administra
tion; I saw, moreover, a keen eye for
human nature, for without tiiat,* what
grave errors might have been made
Ga.
in
Uncle Ike.”
moment, gun in hand, tlie farmer]
continued to
permit tier living demands to be sup
plied through such a small circumfer
ence. .yet tiie creature lived, was fa:
j Sunny as if !
7 j with it; and 1 would like io write one
letter before it leaves us forever. I wish
also to ask tiie wise Householders a
question, which I have been discussing
with m.v friends for some time. Are
, , , , . not women more to blamx Tor tlie de-
h-ld irregularly. as though carried b V ( cllne of chiv al r v than men? Girls, is K
one who plucked eavs of corn as he j no , our own fai * lU if W e are treated with
i less deference by men than was ac-
appeared at the door. Joining the old | ^
negro, llie two started to the field. Upon
j rounding a small grove near the house,
they saw a light moving through the
walked. Corn thieves are one of tiie
trials tiiat beset tiie farmer of toda>'.
who has living in his neighborhood scores
of iazy and dishonest negroes.
Seeing tiie light, tiie farmer hastened
through tin* wet grass :o the bottom
field, hoping to catch tile thief in the
ct of robbing tiie patch. The thief
rest.ess. eager eyes. Her dress impresses j - >s
even tiie unobservent eye of ii. man by | N-
its elegance; lier step was decided: her
FAREWELL—AND WELCOME.
• An Acrostic.)
lived in the same, state | A stollt woman of medium height, with-1 S—uuny South.' 'tis sad to lose you
out a gray hair in her beau, and dark.! U—nrivaled in our eyes you've been,
X—ow at tiie end we see that trtily
othing so good as you we've seen.
Y—ou go, but on a grand successor
voice Imperative. She is surely the great I S“ hal 1 1 - fa , U T? 1 " mn,1,Ie ', , paper d f? r -
• 6 j O—n l ncle Remus s noble monthly
power of the institution; a clear, strong, . , brilliant, broad, twill cheer
practical mind. , T—he hearts tiiat you were wont to bless.
( have spoken of Mrs. Tingley as a j fj—ere's to tiie magazine's success!
strong leader. She is more than tiiat; |
she is a complete autocrat, she sa>s j H—ow sorrowful to say farew ell,
herself: “The government of the univer- O—nly our little band can tell:
sal brotherhood is autocratic, and r sts ] 1 —seless to grieve, so let ns smile,
S—ince we may meet in a short while.
E—ven now. an Open House so neat
1 promote:
HEALTH
1 Irregularity
1 is bad in every department of life, in meals, in
I sleeping hours, but especially when it is a question
I of womanly habit.
I If you suffer in this way, then, waste no time,
I Put get a bottle of Wine of Cardui. at your nearest
1 drug store, and take the medicine until you are re*
I stored to health.
Mrs. Lucinda Johnson, of Fish Creek, Wis.,
writes: *‘I suffered for fourteen (14) years with ir
regularity, causing great pain, and would often
have to stay in bed and call a doctor. At last I
tried Wine of Cardui, and now I can truly say that j
I am cured. 1 can never say too much for Cardui. j
and I tell everyone what it has done for me.'* 1
Wine of Cardui is a pure, medicinal prepara- ]
tion, made exclusively of vegetable ingredients, !
and containing nothing harmful to young or old. I
All druggists sell it. in $ 1 bottles. Try it. I
FREE BOOK Write for Free 64-page Book lor Wo- 1
— — n _ _ , _ u men. If you need Advice, describe i
f OR LADIES symptoms, stating age. and we will re- 1
Ply in plain sealed envelope. Ladies fl
Advisory Dept., Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. 1
Wine of Cardui 1
. , L37 I
corded to our mothers and grand-
| mothers? It is not natural tiiat men
! should mix with women In business and
; professional life, the office, the store.
• tiie factoi'5' and the workshop, and still
retain tiiat feeling of reverence with
'which they regarded women when they i
met them only in tiie home, and imag
ined them too pure and gentle to bat-1
tie with the outside world.
Women have spent the past fifty 5-ears ]
irs'ing to convince the sterner sex that)
llie5' are perfectly able to care for them
selves. and when the men show their
willingness to let them do tjiis, tiie.v
lament the fact tha; chivalry among!
men will soon lie a thing found only in
story books. Is tliis fair?
About four .vears ago I started out in
tiie world to make my own way, beset
with fears and forebodings as to what !
should have to endvre when I met and
mingled with beings possessed or such
rough and bearish traits as I had been
told (1)5' those older and more experi
enced) characterized the. business and'
professional men of tiie day. What was!
my surprise and relief when I found !
men- kind, courteous, noble-minded men. t
ready to aid me in any way they might. !
quirk with their sympathy, unfailing ini
tiieir respect, considerate and unobtrus-j
ive. These were the domineering master
I had been taught 1 should encounter.
In my short experience of business lifer
T have found only two or three men
who even slightly resemo--- tiie raise
picture l had formed of the men I
entirely in the hands of the leader and
Cures
Goitre
word species
| which reproduction cannot go. The fact
! tiiat the hybrid is generally sterile is due
to natural causes. All animals are ren-
| dered more or less barren when place,|
! abruptly under artificial conditions of
! life. Some wild animals will not breed
| in captivity. People of great wealth bear
| lew children because of their artificial
' modes of life. Feasants, who in the
j county, reproduce themselves at a rap'd
rate become nearly barren in tiie slums
| or tiie great cities. The Indians and
! other savage nations become extinct on
j account of the barrenness of their woni-
] p » when they ■come in contact with the
I wliite man’s civilization.
SAM BURTON.
SHUT-IN FANCIES.
| Oil. T lie and dream and dream.>
The heautifi; i bright day through;
l Dream of all I've seen and read.
It is ail that T can do. •
! 1J—as spread its portals us to greet.
I O—n its bright threshold, smiling stand j
1 l—ore and good will to all our band.
D—ear friends, to Remus' give your j I d l}kf, to roam through the fields,
hand
GEORGE W. WHEELER.
Hattiesburg-. Miss.
And tiie meadows, decked with flower*.
And watch the birds build nests ~
Within the fragrant bowers.
T would like to bake a cake.
Or a custard brown and sweet:
Or a pie so well that all who ate
Would sa5': “This is such a treat!
A TALK IN GENERAL.
Dear Household Friends: Before Th>~ j
Sunny South becomes a joy of the past.:
allow me to express my most sincere;
thanks and deepest gratitude for the! .....
I instruction and pleasure your letters' rben - there s Hie kind-eyed cow.
have afforded me. I bad often thought! ,And chicks—though we have but' a few,
of writing to vou before, but the fear| 1,1 'ike to call and feed them while
of not being recognized has kept me The grass still gleams w ith dew.
away. However, i have at last decided j
to make tiie attempt, even though my! I would like to show by deed,
efforts prove futile. grateful love for each friend
No one hates to see The Sunny pass Who cares for my daily wants or whfr
away more tiian myself, for it has in- A kindly message sends,
deed been a welcome guest ever quince
jits first visit to icy fireside. Especial-, Bul. here, on m.v .pillow. I if#
| ly nave I enjoyed reading die letters] Unable tc do my
of the Household. j A dreamer of beautiful dreams.
M. E. B.s "Talks on Time 15' Topics" j Yet thankful I'm living stiil.
have even - been to me a source of
deepest interest. And not only have I
found them very interesting, but in
structive as well.
l.omaeita. here is one who feels
greatL' indebted to you. J, too. am a
firm,believer in platonic friendship.
alreadj' voiced my
JAY JAY
TO WOMEN WHO DREAD MOTHERHOOD!
but. as 5'ou liav —..
A well-known Cincinnati physician has' everv sentiment. I Dust that it is need- I ntoimation Ho* Tl >et May 6ive Birth to Happy
discovered a remedy tint cu-es go tie or I lcss for nie to attempt to further the. Healthy Children Absolutely Without Pain.
... , , , , thick neck, and to prove this he sends a argument. I will sa.v however, tiiat Sent Freo.
siiould mfet m the world of work and j free trja , naoka , SP „„ t)l<u p al5ents may iniy experience has fully demonstrated] x 0 woman r.ecd any longer dread the pa.n. of
affairs. I believe that when a girl is ; rr? . and knr)w positively that goitre can ! its ? Possibility. ! S l iiL db i, rt t' ; -T,,I e ™ ai “.Dr- J. H. Dye has
[employed in a public place, it is—in nine.be cured. -Send your ra’.:.e and address
leases om of ten—her own fault tf she is j to D:. John P. Ha’r. 1275 Gienn Bldg.,
treated otherwise :lian respectfully by h r r I Cincinnati. Ohio; tell him your age. the I lo ,H ‘ proua oi you. i an mo „ sl mneere- it nM> . t)e done absolutely free of charge.''Send you"
employer, or the me,, with whom she size tied location of vou.- e dtre. aid how >>, b °P l tl,a ‘ th *“ pass,n » nt f tl,e de ? r !"» n » v° Dr a f* ° Te I* be™
. V . 4 Iorur you l'nvp hai i: ii ivill h * I old paper will not kf»ep you from seek- : B!o<K. Buffalo. .V and tie will send you. post
comes in contact. A man >« quick ° j to send you free a laree trial vaokase of ,f| 6' on trance at the door of the ,, Onen i {?*!* b°ok whieh teTls how to gne
[recognize purity and integrity in a woni-L,^ | lon ,‘ p rl;re p 1>c . r ^.,., ^ s | House.” I _ c * u, 5£ en * *J»°lntely wifllout
cliildbirtli. or remain (-hildlcaa. Drl J.“h. l I>ye"liaI
. Arthur Goodenough. you are (juite a : devoted hia life to relieving the sorrows of sroiften.
poet, and Tiie Sunny South has a right ' **®, b f* ,! lia ' j 11 , ^>” *1 childbirth may tv
our ageT"the I lo be proud of you. J do most sincere- 5.* dy tell you hmr
an, and he »vho falls to respect these
Evans, you sure struck Sam Burton a I w”e today.
pain; also how to cere sterility. Do not delay bu»
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