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A WOMAN’S APPEAL
To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism,
whether muscular or of the Joints, sciatica,
lumbagos, backache, pains In the kidneys
or neuralgia pains, to write to her for a
home treatment which has repeatedly cured
all ot these tortures. She feels it her duty
to send It to all sufferers FREQ. You cure
yourself at home as thousands will testify
—no change of climate being necessary.
This simple discovery banishes uric acid
from the blood, loosens the stiffened joints,
purifies the blood, and brightens the eyes,
giving elasticity and tone to the whole sys
tem. If the above interests you, for proof
address Mrs. M. Summers, Box 576, South
Bend, Ind.
reached out my hands, and awakened.
(For the dear shut-ins.)
ANNICE.
THROUGH THE LONG, COLD
WINTER.
Dear Household Friends:
I have not talked with you any for
a long time. When one is shut inside
of lour walls all the days and nights
of a long, dreary winter, with only a
dear old grandmother for company
and a few old and often-read books
and magazines, one has little that is
interesting to talk about. I think this
has been the longest, dreariest winter
I have known during my nineteen
years of shut-in life. And what a
gloomy Christmas! Not a letter, not
a present! No one seemed to remem
ber me but grandmother. She would
have given me presents and a little
feast if she had been able, but she is
not. Her only wealth is her heart,
and that is pure gold. We live to
gether—alone since grandfather’s
death. Grandma is seventy-two years
old, and it is wonderful how she can
do the housework, keep up the fires
and attend to me, her helpless little
granddaughter, sitting, propped with
pillows, in a chair, every limb drawn
and twisted so that I have never
stood on my feet since I was a happy
little tot in my fourth year, before the
rheumatism wrought its cruel work
upon me.
It is strange that in my childhood I
did not realize my affliction to any
saddening extent. After the years of
racking pain had passed and left me
a wreck, I was comparatively easy
and could sit and play with my doll
and look at the pictures in any stray
magazine or paper. Later on I began
to see that I was not like other chil
dren —that a joyous, active life was
not for me. But then I commenced
to learn to read. I learned by myself,
almost without any help. Os course,
I never went to school a day, and the
only school books I ever had were
the first, second, third, fourth and
fifth readers. These I studied and
read, lying in bed or sitting up,
propped with pillows. I learned to
write by myself almost entirely. Ido
all my own writing, though it is very
difficult and tiresome work, as my
hands are twisted back from the
wrist. But Ido enjoy doing anything
I am able to do, and my greatest grief
is that I am helpless. Grandmother
has to turn me in bed through the
night. I wish I could do something
to help her; she has been so much to
me. She has raised me and nursed
me from the time I was a little, crip
pled tot. I read aloud to her, and she
dearly loves to listen to me read. I
get very few papers now, but among
the few is the dear Golden Age, with
the Household, edited by our beloved
Sunny South mater, Mrs. Bryan. Also,
grandmother and I have enjoyed a
great treat this fall and winter in
reading Mrs. Bryan’s splendid story,
“The Hickory Hill Settlement.” I
think it is the most interesting story
I ever read, and Vera is the loveliest
character.
In the days of the Sunny South I
had a number of correspondents,
whose letters were a pure delight to
me. They have all dropped off, and I
miss them so much. I think they left
me because I was not prompt in an-
swering their letters. I could not be,
for two reasons: First, it became
more painful to me to write, as my
hands were cramped. Then I was not
often able to buy stationery and
stamps. But words can not tell how
I hated to give up the letters and
cards. They brought me glimpses of
sunshine—pictures of the outside
world I so long to know. They made
me feel as if I was not quite cut off
from my kind. The Sunny South was
such a grand paper, and Mrs. Bryan’s
large Household were such dear
friends. All unsolicited, they contrib
uted money to build the little church
near me, that I might attend a ser
vice. I had never heard a sermon or
a church bell before my little “Sunny
Land” church was built. We had not
quite enough money to finish it, and
service can be held in it only in the
summer; but that is a great pleasure.
I love dearly to hear the music of
many voices singing a sweet hymn,
such as “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” or
“O Thou, Who Dryest the Mourner’s
Tear.”
f feel that, in spite of the affliction
which keeps me fettered and bound,
though so young and such a lover of
life, yet Jesus is my friend and Com
forter. I have written a little book
containing the story of my life, and
some of my thoughts and fancies. I
named the booklet “Jesus, the Jewel
of a Shut-in’s Life.” A kind friend
printed it at small cost, and I sell it
for twelve cents. I am so anxious to
sell enough copies to bring five dol
lars, that I may buy some things
grandmother and I need so badly. I
hope my old friends and as many new
ones as may take a kind interest in
helping me will sens me orders for
this little book. Twelve cents may
not seem much to these friends, but
it is a good deal to me, and it is
needed more than you can know. Few
people realize the privations of the
very poor. And when these crave
mind-food and also need food for the
body, the hardship is greater to bear.
Any magazine or book which a friend
may send us will be gladly welcomed
by grandmother and me. I shall be
overjoyed to hear from my old Sunny
South friends, and know they have
not forgotten their little Arkansas
shut-in friend, who prays they may
have peace and happiness throughout
the newly opened year.
MATTIE BEVERAGE.
Dabney, Ark.
Into a solution of gum arabic stir
plaster of Paris until the mixture as
sumes the consistency of cream; ap
ply with a brush to the broken edges
of china and join together. In three
days the article can not be broken in
the same place.
fT for the south Tl
[I Look for the trade-mark bearing the words d&22££? It is your surest guaran- 11
II tee of satisfaction and your protection against cracking, scaling and peeling. a Si
H "SPHINX” PAINT IS MADE FOR SOUTHERN PINE. A, N
VI Made in white, black and forty-five beautiful tints and colors. All ready jyl
k ■ mixed. If your dealer cannot supply you write for free color cards and prices. ' g m
II Leland Moore Paint & Oil Company, Charleston, S. C. II
The Golden Age for February 24, 1910.
Your LAST CHANCE
of buying PECAN TREES of us, as vve have sold to the AMER
ICAN PECAN COMPANY, Palatka, Fla., an incorporated
Company that will plant 1,000 or more acres to the finest
Pecans and increase the Pecan Nurseries in proportion.
If you are interested in PECAN CULTURE and not in po
sition, personally, to look after an orchard, get in touch with
them and look over their Prospectus. Only experts will be
employed to manage the different departments, which will be
a big advantage to the stockholders. The expense per acre
will be low on account of the large acreage. Samples free.
On the other hand, if you want PECAN TREES for plant
ing now, we will fill your orders for ten or more trees, while our
stock lasts, at THOUSAND PRICES, to increase the Com
pany’s mailing lists. Ask for prices to-day. Graft Wood
furnished.
BEAR’S PECAN NURSERIES, B £ x Palatka, Fla.
The Price *
t-i
Edison n*
Thoncgraph iP
An Edison Phonograph can be bought for your price
whether it is $12.50 or a higher price up to $200.00,
all playing both Amberol and Standard Records.
* But you cannot measure the Phonograph by money.
Whether the price is $12.50 or $200.00, it is not
much to pay for an instrument that will last a lifetime,
which will furnish you good music every day, which
will furnish you better entertainment than you can
buy in any other way, which will teach your children
to love the best music, which will bring into your
own home what other people pay large sums and go
a long distance to hear.
Edison Standard Records - .35
Edison Amberol Records (play twice as long) .50
Edison Grand Opera Records -75 c. and SI.OO
There are Edison dealers everywhere. Go to the nearest and hear,
the Edison Phonograph play both Edison Standard and Amberol
Records. Get complete catalogs from your dealer or from us.
National Phonograph Co., 149 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J.
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