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A WOMAN’S APPEAL
T» *ll knowing auffereri of rheumatism,
whether muscular or of the joints, sciatica,
neuralgia pains, to write to her for a homo
lumbago*, backache, pains in the kidneys or
treatment which ha* repeatedly cured all of
the** torture*. She feels it her duty to send
it to all sufferers FREE. You cure your
self at home as thousand* will testify—no
ehange of climate being necessary. This sim
ple discovery banishes uric acid from the
bleed, loosens the stiffened joints, purifies
the blood and brightens the eyes, giving elas
ticity and tone to the whole syhtem. If the
above interests you, for proof address Mrs.
M. Summers, Box 576, South Bend, Ind.
you. If he persists, do not go out
with him again. Such a man is not
responsible for his actions. —American
Motherhood.
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PITMAN OF THE WINGED WORDS.
On Saturday, January 4, was cele
brated the centenary of Sir Isaac Pit
man, inventor of phonography, the
best-known and most perfect system
of shorthand writing. Stenographers
the world over assembled to do hom
age to the memory of the man for the
great work he accomplished and the
boon he conferred upon the world of
business and letters by the winged art.
Like many more who conferred last
ing benefits on the race, Sir Isaac Pit
man came up from very humble sur
roundings. He was born at Trow
bridge, a small village in Wiltshire,
England, the son of Samuel Pitman, an
operator in a cloth factory. The boy
was one of a family of ten brothers
and sisters. He received but an ele
mentary education at the village gram
mar school, leaving off at thirteen to
go into the factory, where his father
was employed. At the age of eight
teen he made up his mind to become a
teacher, and with this end in view, en
tered upon a course of study at the
British and Foreign School Society’s
College, London.
On the 11th of November, 1837, was
issued the first book of his now cele
brated system. In 1887 the jubilee of
phonography was celebrated by the
students of Pitman in all lands, and the
great inventor was the recipient of
many honors and testimonials. In
1894, in recognition of his great ser
vices, Queen Victoria bestowed upon
Mr. Pitman the honor of knighthood.
Three years later, on January 22, 1897,
Sir Isaac passed peaceably away, full
of years and honors, sincerely mourn
ed by the nation on which his genius
shed an unfading luster. —The Chris
tian Herald.
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HOW WE STARTED OUR VILLAGE
LIBRARY.
We do not live in one of those for
tunate communities which has been
presented with a Free Circulating Li
brary, but we still are what might
be called a “reading village,” and a
year ago we determined to have a li
brary or perish in the attempt. Aft-
REPORT OF GOLDEN AGE PIANO
CLUB.
Some idea of the magnificent suc
cess which has attended the Club dur
ing the past year may be had from its
annual report which shows that it
would require a railroad train of over
thirty-five large freight cars to carry
the pianos and player pianos which
were distributed to Club members.
Hundreds of readers have expressed
their desire and determination to join
the Club during 1913, and it is ex
pected that this year will far surpass
1912 in the number of pianos and
players that will be required.
The office was almost flooded with
letters from Club members just be
fore Christmas and the president and
his assistants had to work day and
night in order to give prompt service
to all members.
The Club’s catalogue with full par
ticulars can be had by addressing the
Managers, Ludden & Bates, Golden
Age Piano Club Dept., Atlanta, Ga.
er twelve months it has proved such
a success that we can lay the facts of
our simple little beginning before anx
ious book-lovers of other villages and
towns, confident that they will find
the venture well worth trying.
We started with one hundred books.
These were donated by twenty people,
each giving five, so that the burden
did not fall heavily on any one. The
most enthusiastic of the committee
gave us a small book-case in which
to place our collection and also the
use of her living-room during library
hours. These hours were from ten
to twelve on week-day mornings, and
one of the girls who had an idea of
the duties of a librarian was on guard
during that time.
She evolved a system and called it
“light bookkeeping.” The different
groups of books were given letters:
History, A; travel, B; biography, C;
and so forth, and every book under
each of the letters was given a num
ber, so that on a slip of paper pasted
on the back of the book beneath the
title, there was a cabalistic little sign
such as B —2, which in our book-case
stood for Mrs. Schuyler Van Rens
selaer’s “English Cathedrals.”
The original hundred books and all
others which we received as gifts we
entered on a file card and gave them
a letter and a number. There was
also a file card for each member of
the library, bearing his or her name
and address. On this card were en
tered the books which were taken
from the library, using letter and
number, as it took up less room than
the long title and author’s name, and
the date when the book was taken
from the book-case. This was
checked off when it was returned, or,
if not returned, the dues were reck
oned up and the sum noted.
The library fines were collected as
follows: A fee of five cents for every
book taken out. This book could be
kept two weeks, after that there was
a fine of one cent a day until it was
brought back. This revenue enabled
us to buy more books, subscribe to a
few magazines and pay our slight ex
penses. MARY KITCHELL.
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THE SPRING IN THE DESERT.
In the early fifties a party of emi
grants on their way to the gold fields
of California struck out on the desert
for the land of promise. The trail
was well defined by abandoned wag
ons and the bones of horses, mules and
human beings. Struggling through
the yielding sand, the thermometer at
GIpI I nrOfTITCJ trees, shade trees,
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profits. Write today.
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The Golden Age for January 16,1913.
120 degrees, wheels falling apart,
animals dying from heat and thirst,
they on their second night out halted
some ten miles from “Cook’s Well,”
with water in their kegs exhausted.
Tradition states that a little ten
year-old-girl was heard praying in one
of the wagons for water. It states
that in her childlike faith she said:
“O, good heavenly Father, I know that
I have been a very naughty, naughty
girl, but, oh, dear, I am so very thirsty,
and mamma and papa and the baby all
want to drink so much. Do, good God,
give us water, and I will never, never
be naughty again.”
The gaunt, half-starved desperate
men gathered around the wagons and
listened to the humble petition. One
voiced the rest and said, “May God
grant it!” Soon the voice of the
little child, in cheerful accents, sound
ed clear in the silent night:
“Oh, mother, mother, get me water;
oh, I can hear it running; oh, do get
some watei' for baby and me.”
They thought her delirious from her
sufferings, when suddenly a babel of
sounds broke forth from the oxen and
mules, all frantic and endeavoring to
break loose from the wagon poles. A
rustling noise called their attention to
a slight depression near the wagons,
and on investigating the cause they
found water, clear and sparkling, gush
ing up out of the sand.
This spring continued to flow, run
ning due north for twenty miles, then
was lost in the sand. In places it was
two miles wide and from four to 20
feet deep. Along this new river life
arose, and there the desert blossomed
like the rose. It changed the desert
into God’s park. Who shall say it
was not an answer to the faith of a
child? —The Christian Herald.
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A SEWING CLUB IN A MILL
VILLAGE.
The following is from Caroline Kil
gore, in The Missionary Voice:
“A sewing class was organized at
West End Mill village, Newberry, S.
C., by Miss McCullough, the mission
worker from Central Church. It was
unique in several respects, in that it
was composed of small girls, some
were as young as seven; that it was
doll clothes they were sewing on; that
they were doing exceptionally good
work for such little tots; and last, but
not least, that the primary prupose
was not to sew so much as it was to
grow to be better, sweeter, children.
“The twenty little girls of which it
is composed, are bright, attractive
children, and delight in doing their
best for Miss McCullough and her
four volunteer helpers from Central
Church. The Wesley Adult Bible
class from that Church furnishes the
material for the little people to work
on. The work done by the little girls
consists first of stitches, then doll
clothes, hemstitched bed linen, towels,
etc., and later a five-year-old child’s
suit. After they make a complete
suit for themselves, they receive a
diploma.
“Meetings are held once a week in
the school building, but while the
weather is so warm they gather at
the park and sew in the open air.
Each meeting is opened with Scripture
reading, and prayer. Quite often
while the little fingers are busy, their
minds are directed by a memory gem
or song to high and holy things. If
they have done good work, they are
rewarded at the end of the hour by
hearing a story or by playing games.
The prayer sung at the close of the
meeting can but leave a deep impres
sion on each heart.”
Knowing that works of the above
character are of general interest, I
send this paper, hoping it will meet
with favor, and will be interesting to
readers. MUDA HETNUR.
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