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10 THE YOUNG SOUTHERNER A Soul’s Return. I sent my soul to wander in The paths that wend through realms of sin; And soon my soul returned to me With bitter tears, and pleadingly Implored to be allowed to stay Upon the straight and narrow way. “For,” said my soul, “the gulf is deep To which I tremblingly did creep, And there above its awful gloom I read—‘This is the Pit of Doom; Souls that would not to ruin stray Must take the Straight and Narrow Way.’ ” And said my soul—“ Let me remain To share this blessed path of pain, To be a glowing light within A tenement beset with sin. Let me abide my earthly day Upon the straight and narrow way.” George F. Viett. There are “books in the running brooks,” and all nature with prolific pen is writing for our instruc tion, “sermons in stones” and beautiful lessons in leaf and flower, bird and breeze, sunshine and storm, and she is writing them in such simple language and so legibly that even he who runs may read; yet, if Philip’s question to the Ethiopian: “Under standest thou what thou readest?” were asked of us, how many, unmindful that the lessons are written for each in his own tongue and that we need no interpreter save our own diligence and desire, would answer as did the chamberlain of Candace, “How can I, except some man should guide me?” Wonderful lessons of humility, patience, perse verance, resignation, temperance, faith are being written for us day by day throughout the wide universe, and “the luminaries of heaven, the flow ers of earth, the perpetual hills, the wide sea where go the ships, the various animal tribes, and intelli gent man, the noblest of all, proclaim the presence of the living God,” and his loving care over all his creatures. If we fail to understand and profit by these les sons it is because our eyes and comprehension are dulled by indifference rather than because of the futility of our intelligence. “A fiery mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell— A jelly-fish and a saurian, And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod— Some call it evolution And others call it God. > “A haze on the far horizon— The infinite, tender sky— The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields And the wild geese sailing high; And all over upland and lowland The charm of the golden-rod,— Some of us call it autumn And others call it God. —. “Like tides on a crescent sea-beach / When the moon is new and thin, ’ V, Into our hearts high yearnings, Come welling and surging in,— / Come from the mystic ocean Whose rim no foot has trod, — Some of us call it longing, \ And others call it God.” Conducted by Louise Threete Hodges. With Correspondents. Dear Editor: My teacher requested me to write you a letter on electricity, chemistry, birds or insects. I shall be gin with electricity, and write of chemistry in my next letter. Everybody knows, or should know, that they should be very careful not to touch a live wire un less they have rubber under their feet, or are sure that the current is not strong enough to hurt them. Some of the readers may already know how to put a piece of money in a tin pan so that it can not be taken out until the person having control of it wants it out. Put a piece of money into a tin pan together with the wires of a battery and it cannot be moved un less the current is turned off. This is my second letter to your paper and I in tend to write often. I should like to see some letters on the subjects I have mentioned, from other readers. I hope this letter will reach the press instead of the waste basket. One of your readers, R. B. Stewart. 185 Love Street., Atlanta. I ani glad that this young friend is interested in the study of eluectricity, chemistry, birds and in sects. They are all interesting subjects for study and the more be learns about them the more fasci nating he will find them. I hope he wil continue to let the readers of the Young Southerner share in the knowledge that he gains by his investigations. Denr Editor Youns 1 Southerner: This is mv second letter to you. I will now tell you some things that I have learned about Alaska. Tn 1867 when Alaska was bought bv the United States it was thought to be a worthless country, excepting for the seal industrv, but since that time she has nroven herself to be a source of wealth. Her cold fields are amone* the richest in the world. The largest ovfld nu°’°’ p t found in Alas ka was taken out of the Pioneer Mininc Comnanv’s claim near Nom n . the principal citv. This n no’q’pf, w°s yn]i-ed at 83.276. Though millions of dollars v’nrfh of a-ohl is ™ined each year there are cold fields which are still undeveloped, aud for many years to come mining there will he a source of profit able industrv. Alaska contains coA. copper nnd other minerals hnvp Knpn mine/] very litter*. T’he fisheries of Alaska ar° o , r< ,n t. irnnnrtmpe and many canneries are required to can her salmon alone. The forest of southeastern Alaska and alone the rivers yield valuable timber. There are also some parts of Alaska which are entirely treeless. The salmon herrv. the fruit of that country, m of a salmon color and has a delicious flavor. Many of the pieces of Abakan jewelry have the desicn of tins herrv unon them. The dno- is used for drawing slebhs. and in the winter time is of more value than the horse for a ziorap cannot easilv travel over the icp Ttn r>tnrmio-nn nf Aloalrn is a bird similar to nnr nnnil in flip sorinrr. T>nt iq Inro-ny It pnlnv until in thn -nrintpr Uq Cn*i+hp r q nrfi snow-wluto pannnt Lp dicrinon-lqlind from tine qnnw. Ttq fpnt nro envpred with fnr-h’ke feathers which will pro tect thorn from thn pojd. Thp fnr« of Alaska arp thn fineqt in the mi,n Arr-s of thp fov. thn nrminp. the seal, the sable pnrl rntn]< pvn thp nioct valuable. tnlno-ran’h linpq pro helno- hnilt. anfi thn country is hnino- ranidlv dnyntnnp/1 •of "Teat commercial valji£ £.O the United States. Atlanta, Ga. Freddie Delkin. The Golden Age for June 7, 1906. You have learned a good deal about Alaska, Fred die, and have given us a very interesting descrip tion. Write again and tell us what you know about some other country, Russia for instance, or South America. I hope some other boys and girls will tell us what they have learned about the industries, etc., of some countries. It has been found that blind persons who are not totally insensitive to light experience a luminous sensation when radium is brought near either eye, even in a lighted room. Blind persons who still can distinguish light from darkness, though they cannot perceive the forms of objects, see the shad ows of objects laid on or held before a phosphores cent screen illuminated by radium rays in a dark ened room. All persons have a sensation of light when radium bromid is placed four to six inches before their blindfolded eyes, or when it is brought near the temples, forehead, or even the crown of the head. The intensity of the sensation varies with the individual. Many persons can even “see” ra dium placed near the backs of their heads. The sensation of light is not destroyed by double or triple bandages over the eyes or by enclosing the radium in a metal box. Under the microscope ra dium powder has the appearance of luminous grains on a dark background. A Spider That Eats Birds. There has just been deposited in the insect house at the London zoo a specimen of the bird-eating spider, which earns its name by occasionally includ ing in its menu some of the brilliantly hued hum ming-birds and varicolored finches of the tropics. It is doubtful whether the silken threads which he spins in profusion constitute his most effective tackle for securing his prey; indeed, it is more prob able that the little birds get caught through alight ing upon the banana and other leaves, in the twist ed folds of which the spider makes his home. The similarity of his coloring to the bark of trees, to which he attaches himself, is also a powerful factor in enabling him to approach his prey. The silken threads which help to ensnare so many beautiful birds are a serious annoyance to the trav eler when riding or driving through the less fre quented forests. 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