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Newspaper Page Text6 y >kJ 1 I I •A wAii* L' Ci / /"ii ^i a' ‘ *2 > Cs&& U - /• Miss L.O .Thoma AH fetters written for this pafe most b«»» lb* writer - * real n«me and address enrloeett Ala I* not for pablkxtton nor for the ore of any one except the editor of tel* P*Z*- .“ root letter bna not been poMlabed tbl* may be the reason. Address lexers for Household to Mlsa I- O. Tbomas. '-—’ **-x Ml. Atlanta. G*. CHAT ,| Atlanta has been having a pure food exhibit, and to make It more interesting there have been various devices to draw the crowds. There was a wedding one night and the place was so packed that aix policemen were detailed to get them out. The whisper went through the room that the floor was sinking, and it would be best to get out. I never ‘■a» a more order!? crowd. As it was on the flor.r below the Toung Women's Christian as sociation. we have had to stay there until it was over. At 9 o'clock a girl went up, to our office and told me that the floor | wax sinking. We have a booth in the show, and I thought I'd go down and see if the ladies having it in charge were un easy But. dear me. when I got to the bead of the stairs I saw I could never get in there. A policeman stood at the I top of the stairs on the floor below me : and let them go down four abreast. I, watched them. big. little, old and young, j and it reminded me of the stream of hu- ( maniiy with old Father Time shoving them on. Nobody was allowed to stop, nor could one hurry. If one paused to glance around the place on the steps was quicklv filled by some one watching for the chance. Thirty minutes I stood there and watched that living stream, and by, then I had a chance to go down, and • Blip into the room. It truly looked'like ”a banquet hall deserted. Another day they had a doll show, and that was a picture; The girls themselves were pretty enough to take prises, and their dolls were beautifully dressed. The • one that got the prise was a regular baby, had long clothes most beautifully made and even a tiny bottle of milk. Then again. they had a baby show. That wks also worth paying your money to pee. I must confess that a baby only appeal< to me as something helpless until . it is old enough to sit up and take no- I tire. They were there from six weeks to | four years old. and the judges were wise , enough to let the prise be given to the one receiving most votes. 1 saw about six that I wanted to vote for. One little gold en-haired lady not two years old was too sweet to miss prizes all through life. As the others happened to be near her she would take their hands or pat their heads or smile on them, and through the whole hour she was sweetness personified You know that at these pure food shows the dealers in certain specialties give away samples. I was horrified to see bow many of the mothers were feeding their babies on hot bread and butter, bar becued meats and ham sandwiches. Two- , thirds of the babies lose their health from t the foolish fondness of their parents, know a boy ten years old who will never ; have any health because his fed him on peanuts before he was a month oW These beautiful days should inspire every on* - of Our Household to send in [ a tettfg. New members are heartily wel comed. but the welcome should not come ■ from me alone. There should be at least , three of the regular contributors In every > issue. I am afraid that the many of you wait for the spirit not only to move you, ’ but to put pen and paper before you. . How manv have promised if a certain I letter missed the waste basket to com again and have not done so? A promise is a promise whether made to me per sonally. or to Our Household. What's become of the men? Surely they have not I left us for some other Household. Its not right to leave everything to one side of the family. Come back, all of you and lend variety to our conversation by adding your own portion of facts and fancies Once in a while some half doxen or more send letters written on both sides of the paper It does seem as if that has been written against enough for one to 1 know that no editor even reads them. , We can't use them when written on both sides of the paper, nor when the pencil is so hard that the words can not be reed. Others write to the very bottom of the last page and find any old place to sign their names. Take another sheet of pa per. don't crowd the last lines; it's better to leave at least one line at the bottom of each page, and an inch at the top ot every page. And please, if you will use paper with deep headings, turn it over and use the plain side. How do you think your j letter would look if I did not carefully work out ail of the printed stuff at the head of each page Prlitters are told to print everything just as it is given to them. Suppose you write a letter on paper that is advertising your school, your business or some other fellow's business, and I let It go in as it comes to me: John William Jasper, dealer in farm products, fancy groceries and dry goods, rural route seventeen, etc. Some times I am tempted to do that very thing, because it's far easier for you to write on the other sides of those sheets than for me to go over page after page and mark it out. I am glad to help peo ple who don't know, but when I realise that certain letters are carelessly writ ten because the writers expect me to take the trouble they won't bother about, my patience oozes out. When I get a letter saying "I am in such a hurry I can't correct the mis takes. " I wonder who is busiest and usu ally put such letters in the waste basket. ovuccome# by proper pcrscncA eJJcxXs xvftWXtf. as- MtoNßCsftteaMAni\y bemfcxal taaUve Sy nip (j kmMuch aiaUcs cnek Jxn VabAsdaAv sc\W assu&anuto nature may be £roAua\\y dispensed. with. needed, as the b&stoj remedies ivhai are k assist nature.and net k supplant \k.nakvui makix. upon proper ncunshmenk proper ejoxts.and CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS •KStUOHUT-ItCOUIA* P**C SO* P€« BOTTLC Another sort of letter that goes to the waste basket is the letter describing the personal appearance and the personal traits. It's a narrow mind that is filled only with self and selfish aims. If your letter has not been published ' run over this list of dont's and see where you fell into the waste basket, and sit right down and do better. Faithfully yours, LIZZIE O. THOMAS. To Rollo Dear Miss Thomas—l appreciate your page wry much. The letters bring to light many good ideas and give old and young something important to think about. Rollo, above all things, do good and be a . Christian, and get an education. True, you , may be poor, but it you crave an education you can get it in spite of what your parents ' and others may say. I den't advise you to leave your parents until you are 21 years old. In the meantime, read all the good literature and books that you possibly can. If you have I not or cannot get the money to buy your bocks, go to some of your neighbor men or , boys and ask. them to lend you some "books ; Tell them how much you woqjd appreciate such a favor; but be sure that you take good ' care of the books and return them at the i stated time. No boy or girl of this day and I time need say that they did not have a chance Ito get an education. Literature is too plenti ful and too cheap for them to come with an excuse of that nature. The time has passed when one can get along at all without any learning. All from the bootblack to the president need to be educated. Young man, stay by your books; learn all you can by yourself and what you can’t learn get some of your friends or neigh bora to explain and help you. and continue ion this way until you are 21. They will take | a delight and an Interest in giving you all | the information that you may want. Yes. one can get through the world without any education at all. but I tell you the road will ibe awful rugged. Go to work, young man. |to get an education: study day and night , when your parents haven't got you employed, i Spend none of your time In Idleness; idleness is the mother of crime. Teacher, come again and arouse our boys and girls to form a resolution and say. "I will get an education and still be my plain self polished." Many boys, and girla. too. think when they get an education they are better than any one and even shun their old friends. Now. boys and blris. don't do that | way; remember the ignorant boys and girls that were your friends when you were igno rant should s’lll be your friends. Life is too ! shert for us to make others' lives miserable when really we all are equal, if we i.re all good, when we get to heaven. S. M. COLE. Reminiscences Rear Household: Thirteen years ago last Tuesday. April Sth, I was In St. Augustine. Fla That ancient city, so sleep in summer, so full of life In winter, when visitors from the north tnrong its streets and fill its mag nificent hotels. The charm of that dear old city abides with me yet and I long to go back once more to see the gardens with their palms, to walk along the sea-wall and looking far out on the bay from the top of Fort Marlon, recall the thoughts inspired by that grand view, and dream again the dreams that filled our 1 hearts amid beautiful flowers and 'neath sunny 1 skies. On the above date I am always reminded of a little trip .Mrs B—. the lady with whom I boarded—and I took to M—, about six miles .distant. We went In a buggy accompanied by two cavaliers on wheels. Something was con tinually going wrong with one of them; his wheel needed attention, and the other would i have to stop and help him—the maddest man I i ever aaw. Sr> they would get l«ehlnd. Mrs. ;B— wasn't accustomed to driving and looked i neither to the right or the left, but kept her 1 eyes firmly fixed on the horse. She was very ' much upset at the slowness of our progress, ' and would say to me every now and then, •'For gracious sakes, look back and see if those - men are coming." Once I reported that they i had entirely disappeared. After a little tin y ■ <-ame into view. Mr. M— limping, you might I say. along behind. When Mr. E— overtook us ' be expressed his opinion freely of a young man who would start out on a trip of the kind | without knowing anything about riding a wheel —and give somebody else so much trouble. We arrived at last and in time for dinner. I Mrs. B— had said all the time that we would miss it. When we started home that afternoon, after going a short distance through the woods. Mr. M— was nowhere to be seen. Mrs. B— -1 insisted that the other yonng man should go | back and hunt for him. but be haughtily re ; fused. He said he wanted a little rest and )>eaee going home. So he proceeded to enjoy ' himself by trying to show off and had a com ple e smas!i-np. Mrs. B— kept wondering and ' worrying all the way about what had become .of Mr. M—. As we drove up to the door. Mr. E— walking and his broken wheel rcjioslng on i the I wick of the buggy, who should come gaily to meet us but Mr. M. He had returned by a i shorter mute. Mr. E's face was a study. I nardly know what has suggested it. but ' several ’imes today I've laughed to myself over a remark on<-e made to my sister. This was in Illinois, so none of you will have a chance to | say tip*t you “Don't know what part of Georgia ' I've lived iu to find such Ignorance." | My sister iieard that one of the little girls in her neighbor's family had fallen on a large rock and hurt her back, and that the doctor ■tad been called In. She went over to see her. The child's mother said. "Miss Lucy, the doctor I said that Idy Belle had a spine in her back: ; did you ever hear of such a thing?” She told i her site bad often heard of such a thing, and ' site thought Idy Belle would recover. Her : mother seemed greatly relieved. Love to Miss i Thomas and all. BINGHAM. A Ten-Minute Talk Dear Household—Here comes another hoping to receive a happy welcome from the House hold. silent readers and dear Miss Thomas. I love to read and study other people's ideas, but for many reasons have never had courage to exchange mine, always finding it such a task to get up even half enough words with which to express them. I find The Semi- Weekly Household letters far superior to any that I tyad. Beulah Belle, I enjoyed your letter very much and I find that listeners are to be ap preciated in almost every company. And 1 just tittgred out aloud when I read of the turkey hunt, and I wondered why more of us couldn't wear the "pants and shoot a gun" if we didn't get anything more than a buzzard. Just the keeping young would mean much to us and our loved ones. I think it is a duty we owe to ourselfes-and our chil dren. for just a romp with them over the orchard or field seems to do them so much good. Oh. how often I wish 1 could be more like them. or. in other words, to grow with them, for even then we'll get old soon enough. Uncle Zeke, your opinion is fine, for how can girls advise? Marriage should be con sidered with great care, and how can we that are irarried give advice? We should ex pect the married life to be fuller of sorrows and fuller of joys, yet there are many who get disappointed and, perhaps, that is why we see and read of so many broken-hearted wives with the expression of sorrow and dis contentment all over their faces. Do we. as mothers, teach our chCTren the I relation of husband and wife, and how much ■ the Bible entreats husbands td love and cherish , their wives? I for one am constantly telling my boys to be good to their wives, and I make them milk the cows. wash, scour, bring In wood and water; yet I fear that, after all. they will not understand me. and their wives will have to teach them lots, just as I did mine. But. hush! I believe I hear him com ing. and I have promised to cut enough pota toes to plant an acre toAay. and the boys ; told me half an hour ago that they were up !wtth the potatoes, so h« shall never know unless by chance he meets this in print. I live out on Sand Mountain, near Albert , ville. Almost a year ago the dear little place | was visited by a cyclone and much damage was done, and the people live in greet fear of ' another, so many storm pits have been dug. I Rut I prefer to try to trust in God and bear 1 the, consequences. ' Now. sisters, you can't tell me anvthin- I about who<>ping-cough. I mean the trouble of • it for I have had five very severe cases this winter and I just allowed them to bring tn rand by the pecks, which has served for my , spring cleaning so far. I am an excellent light-bread baker and would s*nd all secrets to It. but my leter is growing too long and time is worth too much to help fill a waste itasket. so I will close, with a promise to open up my heart and tell the sisters of the creates! pleasure I have ever enjoved In this life with my next letter. LILLIE. Words to Put in Our Hearts l Dear Hause'uokl: Quite a time has elapsed ' since last I made a visit to the Household. , I would like to say a few words about bow iwe use our tongues. Indeed, the tongue is 1 a wonderful Instrument, and its power for good lor evil Is incalculable. WMo can describe its THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, IMnr. I untiring energy? There is nothing so much as * tl.e tongue that shows bow wise one is—noth | Ing that so much shows how foolish one can I be. Indeed, we instinctively measure the depth of one's wisdom by the length I?) of one’s tongue. The profoundest writer, in the pro- fonudest book in the world, has said "a fool quickly uttereth all his mind, but a wise man keepeth his in till afterward": und that he that shutteth his Ups Is esteemed as a roan of understanding. Not that silence itself is i wisdom, but rather that there is a time to i six ak and a time to be silent, and good It Is ' for him who is able to discern between them. I To converse well and fluently is a rare gift, I and he who possesses it is Intrusted with a talent for the accomplishment of Incalculable good. . . If the pen is mightier than the sword, to what then. must be the power of the tongue compared? It becomes, therefore, a matter of no small account that this gift, among the greatest and best that heaven lias bestowed, be under proper guidance. I*et us remember that we are acountable for our words as well as for our acts. . . Cun you think of any talent that may be used more constantly, and with more facility for the promotion of good? How It soothes and softens. «nd turns away wroth! Or. on the contrary, I><W piercing and cutting it can be come. , . , Easter is gone, some of us pass it by almost unnoticed. I think wc should come to it with a I heart full of thankfulness and gratitude. ■ What would this world have been had it not I been for the death and resurrection of our ' blessed Saviour, who so freely .pilled his pre- I clous blood for us 1 The message of Easter is ‘ to be regarded as essentially a revelation, be ing the substance as well as the confirmation of the gospel, because it assures us of the permanence of the Incarnation of the Son or God. Jesus is "the first, and the last, and the Uving One: He was dead, and behold. He is living for evermore." i Rest wishes to Miss Thomae «nd all the Household. ADA MeCARTER LANFORD. Bowdon. Ga. Letter From a Christian Mother Dear Miss Thomas: I enjoy reading your let- I ters so well I thought I would write a few ; words. I do not know how to compose one, but will do the best I can. I am a farmer's wife, and have been married six years. I have two sweet little children— . a boy five and a little girl three. I have been ;in bad health four years. The first year I was sick I was not able to do anything, when 'my little girl was two months old I had to go to a sanitorium. I eould not take my baby with me. so I left her with my mother, and for , five long weeks I did not see her. I put my trust in the Lord. 1 knew He loved us and knew best, so He spared both baby and me. i I bad to care for my children and bom* a ‘- fdirs before I got built up. It was all I could do to go any of the time, but I kept drag ing along until last September; my back has I Just given away. I reckon. I have been in bed I ever since and part of the time I could not turn myself over. My husband has all the work to do. He does his own washing, cooking, milking, and everything; be is trying to make a crop. too. ... Dear sisters, you do not know how; I feel sometimes when be comes in from the field, tired and has everything to do. I think »ome time* surely it can't be any pleasure to him. but after all he says it is. and how sad and lonesome it would be xvlthout a loving wife and | mother. I can tell the little children to do ■ many little things that they can remember in after years, that xould not be if I were not here. Some may think they are too little to do much bnt they can hand me a drink and many little things that I want done. They will stand around my bedside and wash my face and hands and will say. “I want mother to get well." and often look like they wish they could do something that would make me well. Tiwv stay with me when my husband in at work. It does them so much good when any one comes in to see us. Dear sisters, do we visit the sick as we should? You know we are told in the Bible that the lx>rd will say unto the righteous: "I was sick and you visited me. was hungry and you fed me. naked and you clothed me. and the righteous will say, "Lord, when did we do these things." and the l>ord said. you did it unto one of my little ones, you did It un to me.” There are so many ways that we can do something to make sad hearts glad. Weak mothers. <lO not bother or worry over things of this world, it la «o much against you. I know this from experience; I have worried over many things I ought not. But as the past can not be called back I will have to look to the future. I have made up my mind not to worn- about things any more than I can help. I am asking the Lord to make my last days the happiest days of my life, even it they are to be spent in the bed with pain and I suffering. The blessed Ixtrd has gone to pre pare us a place where there will be no pain, sickness, nor death and we will know no sor rows. And He says “I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for roti I will come again and receive you I myself, that where I am there ye may be als May we have our lamps trimmed and bui.i --! ing when He comes. I would be glad to have post cards or let.ers from any one. I close by asking the prayers Ashburn. Ga., R. D. No- 1- Appreciates Her Blessings Dear Household—l certainly do enjoy read ing the letters My father takes The Journal and when the paper comes I read the letters ' first, and have received so much pleasure I from them. I have been in bad health for I a year, not able to do anything part of the time, but we have enough of this already 1 without me adding mine, and I promised my self when I decided to write that I would 1 not write of my health. ! I have been married seven years. M e have i three children; the oldest will be six in July, the youngest three In June. Os course, we think thev are just as sweet as any children can be, and I know I have one of the best husbands that ever lived. I could not begin to tell you all of the ways that he helps me; it would take up too much space. It is my daily prayer that our Father will spare me to raise our children to be Christian men and women, and in so doing may cause others to follow in His footsteps. It has been said that In lifting another s burden we lighten our own and giving happi i ness to another increases our own. Then why 'should w» be sad? There's beauty all around I us; let us all be glad. There are amny things jin this world that are beautiful, many to love nnd much to enjoy. But. oh! the love of the heart! I am sure had we everything else I and had it not. we could not be happy. We 1 have so much to be happy and thankful for, I and vet we are often just the reverse. I feel I that I can’t close this letter without telling I you what a good, sweet neighbor I have liv | ing just a few yards from me. I know she lis one of the sweetest women I ever knew, i Whenever she thinks T am not feeling as ' well as usual she comes in and helps tidy I the house z ; If this is published I hope It will help i some one through some rough and narrow ' way. With best wishes for all. ROSA. A Happy, Helpful Letter Dear Householders: Some time ago Miss Thomas asked us to write, not on any special subject, but just to tell of our ponderlngs. At that time I wondered If my simple ponderlngs could possibly be* of Interest to any of you. 1 Georgia Bell’s letter leads me to believe that I may be some help to her, and perhaps others. I have been trying my hand (?> nt guessing the photographs in “Our Picture Gallery," and must also write you a letter about flow ers before the 14th. I find the pictures both interesting bnd instructive, to say nothing Oi the chance of winning a nice book. I wish to tell you a little secret. Now, don’t you dare to breathe it aloud, for Dr. Brough ton. of Atlanta, told me when he was down here a few weeks ago. and I wouldn't have him know that I told you for anything. You «ee that it came straight, also that I know how to tell a secret, even if I can't keep one. Here it is: Recently, I have had the x’leasure of meeting several people from Atlanta, and they were all very small? You all know, too, judg ing from the picture at the top of our page, that Miss Thomas must be a tiny little thing. Dr. Brdugnton says that the cause of so many t rrnall i«eople in Atlanta is due to the fact that they are living suspended, as it were, be tween two fears. They are afraid to breathe lent they inhale all kinds of bugs and worms, which might cause death, and afraid not to breathe, as that would be sure death: so they are waiting in suspense for the next tnan of I science to come along and tell them whe-her to breathe or not to breathe. Now I guess Dr. i Broughton knows what he is talking about, for lie is a very small man himself. He also said that all of that talk about a northern man discovering a remedy for the lazy germ which exists principally here in the ■oath, is not true, for bis mother discovered this remedy growing on an old hickory stump In her back yard, many years ago, when he was a little bor. How many of you are reading "Martin rriFn. in I’ncle Reums’ Magazine? Is It not goodl. Georgia Bell, you should have asked about votir meat two or three months ago. It Is too late now to follow any recipe for curing it. I have tried several recipes *».- ci .ring hams, hut like Annie Dennis’ recipe for sugar cured lams liest, so will give It to you. To one hundred pounds of ment allow sp'.pn pounds of salt, five pounds of brown sugr.r. two omv-es Os saltpetre and n half ounce >f baking soda. Poll the ingredten’s In four canons of water nntll nil nre melted: when the liquid Is cold skim raicfnllv. Rob the meat on all sides with red peppert pour the liquid over It let it remain covered, in » “or Huht weeks. Thon bang It to drv for n day or two. •md smoke a week. After using this recipe p Is well to take flour sacks, or sacks made for the purpose, dip them tn thick starch or flour paste, slip the t sms Into thmu and keep tl>em hanging in a -00 l place This late In the season when your rnent Is already salt cured '.nnd' smoked, the best thing to do la. nick a fair windy <lay. anil dfp each piece in a not of boiling water <-ery quickly, to kill any insects or eggs that may be on it. then hang in open air and sunshine until thoroughly dry. ’Alien this is -lone, let stand over night nnd oust ft libera*!? ”’lth pulverize’! borax. Have a box large enough to hold the meat burled in vour siw** house. leaving It about four Inches abort the ground. Thon place a layer of soft ffn’Jy stripped corn shucks In the bot tom am! nPt tn a layer of meat. Continue in this wav i htll it la all packed, taking care to use a pler<y of-the shucks. Cover twhtly as you take meat from the box Youvlll h* pleased w’lth the result. In rognrlMfo your tomatoes, dear. I cannot Imagine whWcan be the matter with them. It must be \be variety. 1 would suggest that you try another kind. I bow my seed in February in a large box of loose, well ferti lized earth, keeping them well watered and oxpoaed to the sunshine on warm days. About tho middle of April I set them out in my garden 4n rows about three feet apart, put ting the plants about the same distance tn the row. I seldom fall to have a iKnty of delicious fruit. Now, Georgia, let us have a little talk about that cold you have all through the winter. 1 I expect you sleep in a nice warm room, with sash and blinds tightly drawn to keep out the winter air and make your room more cozy, do you not? And how about your bath; do you take it just any time that suits your convenience and you happen tn hnv> a supply of warm water? Again, don’t you nearly freeze when you go out on cold days, regardless of the fact that you are well wrapped? I am only guessing, you see. but I cannot imagine any other condition that would cause you. to have cold all through the winter, and if I am correct, my suggestions may seem severe to you. but it is what I practice myself, and I have not had > cold of any consequence in several years, nave the room you sleep In well ventilated. If possible let one sash down at the top, and another up at the bottom. In this way the fresh air will come in at the bottom and the stale air which is light will pass out above. Sleep n nothing but your night dress. On arising, take a cold sponge bath very quickly, then dry by rubbing the body briskly; when }W-i are dressed you will be perfectly comfortable and will net n<wd a wrap when you go out unless It Is very cold. The warm bath Is also essential, though it may not he taken more than once or twice a week. Take all of the outdoor exercise that you possibly can. if you follow these simple suggestions you will not only have few colds, but you will not have nervousness, cold feet or any of the Ills that come from breathing foul air. Improper bathing and too little outdoor exercise. Dear me, I don't believe that 1 can write a short letter. Mary Lou. suppose we exchange post cards? Miss Thomas if you have not received twelve orders for badges yet. put me down for two. I give one to some Household friend. Sincerely yours, MRS. EV’IRKI’T. Ailey, Ga. Learned From Experience Dear Miss Thomas—As I have enjoyed read ing your page so well I will endeax’or to con tribute in a small way a tew things that I have learned by experience that are helpful in the home. A paste made of syrup and flour and put on as soon as one is burned will keep it from blistering and cure quicker than anything I ever tried. To clean a silk or woolen skirt, stretch it across a clean hard surface, a table or iron ing board; take a stiff brush, dtp It in clean hot water—the hotter the better—and then rub the skirt or whatever is lb be cleaned. Keep the water very hot and change as often as it gets dirty. If there is no grease spots it is better not to use soap, but if there is grease use soap; then rinse thoroughly, us ing the brush all the time, and keep it stretch ed, and when ft is dry It will be smoother than IF rubbed with the hands. To clean the windows, put coal oil in warm but not hot water; use no soap or alkali, but use a brush Instead,of a rag. When setting out any kind of plants to keep the cut worms from cutting them, wrap paper around the stalks or shanks of the plants, leaving the roots and tops out; then set out and they won’t cut through the paper to get to the plants. I have cabbage plants out that I raised out in the open air. put out the last of March, and have tomato plants ready to set out, but will keep them back a while for fear a cold snap might kill them. I have lettuce to eat now, and’have had all this year. MRS. B. F. LANG. EDUCATION AND PAGANISM, THEME FOR WRITER Editor Journal—lt Is an easy thing to make objection, and the "objective case" is exactly suited to the temperament of some. Also it is an easier thing to prejudice the minds of many and by appeals to the so-called religious opinions of men to hinder a good work. A short way to destructive work is to cause men to imagine that their temples are in danger. The silversmiths who made shrines for Diana, knew exactly how to stir up the craft and cause the workmen to oppose Paul. By shoutlzg aloud for two long hours, "Great Is Diana Bf the Ephesians,” they hoped to drown ths voice of truth, but failed to do so. All efforts to hinder the work of the southern education convention must fall in the end, and it shall be a matter of regret for any of our leaders to attempt to work confusion by declaring the “tendency of the proceed ing was paganistlc.” This is a grave charge and It cannot be justified In any court. The southern education convention can take care of itself, yet as a friend of the new education I must speak out and condemn as unsupported by any evidence the ‘'paganlstic” charge brought against it. He cannot be the best friend of union and progress iti the south, however sincere such an one may be, nor a true*friend of the people who arrays himself against the southern education convention. If the convention must be rejected because not “one reference was made to God,” then, on the same principles the book of Ruth must be rejected from the canon of holy Scripture. It seems to me that the one who Is opposing the convention conftftinds religious or Chris tian teaching with the teaching of dogmas. The new education is not opposed to Chris tianity. nor to religious teaching, but it does recognize that dogmatism is a "menace to free and iadependent culture." Just let Georgia be dominated by leaders of so-called Christian Migmas that the "whole work of the new education Is paganistlc.” and we shall no longer have any "free and inde pendent culture’ ’Tn the "Christian” schools of the Empire State. As to any "reference to the devil,” the peo ple have been getting on without him for some time, and In one pulpit in Cedartown yesterday there was no “reference” made to his majesty, and yet the congregation wax not "paganistlc.” If we can keep the devil out of the conven tion and prevent any incarnation of his prin ciple, or drive it from our borders, our alm shall be attained. Finally, with good will to all and an earnest desire for the uplift of the people, we hall wtih joy the auroral flush of the new educa tion in the south. Quoting after some fashion, the sentiment of Burke, “whatever we do, let us move on.” Cedartown, Ga. C. K. HENDERSON. SOME POINTS AROUT THE ART OF PRUNING Shade trees make up one of the most beautiful adjuncts to the home, and pruning of the right sort Is essential to the shade tree. In pruning, one should begin at the top and continue down ward. It is easier In this way to shape the tree and time, too, is saved. All limbs that are cut away should be saw ed close to the tree without leaving a stub and the scar should be painted with coal tar. In removing a limb care must be exercised in the method of cut ting it, else the tree Is Hable to in jury. It,, is best to cut off the limb about two fee/, from the tree at first, then to remove the stub. An excellent way of removing a limb Is first to cut half way through on the underside at a point about a foot from the tree, then to saw* through on the upper side Immediately stub can be removed without likelihood at the trunk. When you have cut half way through on the upper side, the limb will snap at the point where the cut was made on the under, and the of damage. The chief reason for the marvellous success of Hood's Sarsaparilla is found In the medicine i self. It is merit .ant wins. Hood’s stands today unequalled for purifying the uiood. Far as He Got Puck. Helen—Why. he yawned three times while I was talking to him. Myrtle—Perliaps he wasn't yawning. He ma? have been trying to say something. Well Matched Pick-Me-Up. Maud—Don’t you think they are well matched? Mary—Rather. He’* a vegetarian and she’s a grass widow. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY, ss: Frank J. Cliene? - makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney I & Co., doing business in the City of To ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pa?- the sum of ONE HUN DRED DOLLARS for each and every ■ case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimo nials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall’a Family Pills for constipa tion. A ROLL OF A D'RUM A SHORT STORY. By Stuart B. Stone MKml' 1 1 w' JO® pWSIKIii “Hooray for the Stars and Stripes.’’ The dark, handsome, richly-dressed lad? - had seemed to pursue Captain Tenney ot the artil lery for several weeks altogether. She had praised his success in obtaining the command of the important fortress at an age when oth ers were mere puppets of subordinate*; she had hinted at his charms and his dash; and, above all. she had made great friends with [ Master Kenneth—Kenneth, who was six and who had the solemn, brown eyes of his de parted mother. Mme. Montraban was fascinating as few women are, and she knew well the use of her charms. The captain had dreamed of her tnre< times and idly wondered if so tigerishly charm ing a woman could ever be domesticated. He was somewhat surprised, howeve.r, when the foreign lady presented herself at his office In the entrance to the grim, gra? - guardian ess of the coast, the Delevan fortress. “Mme. Montraban, I am honored," he de clared. To show that he was indeed highly honored. Captain Tenney colored vividly, and madame saw and seemed pleased. They talked of this and that, of mutual friends in the gay world of fashion, of the boy, Kenneth, and finally they struck the per sonal note, whereat. Captain Tenney colored again, an honest brick-red. “Would you do things for me?" asked Mme. Montraban, suddenly. "Command me," assured the young captain. "Wait until you have' heard," cautioned Mme. Montraban. “It is a matter at which you may stickle, not understanding. Yet I assure you it it but a harmless fancy. I am. as you know, a keen student of military af fairs. of fortifications and naval construction and tactics and the history of wars. It is an odd fad for a woman, I grant you; but 1 think you will agree that I am different from other women. You are in command here ot one of the best-equipped American fortresses.” "Yes,” nodded the soldier, feeling a slight uneasiness. "If you would let me see the plans. - ’ said madame, softly. "Why, Mme. Montraban ” began the young commander; but the lady put up her soft, white hands and gleamed her black eye* at him. “It is merely a fancy, insisted madame, "and you said you would do things for me.” "But my oath—and my duty!" objected Cap tain Tenney, growing pale now. “What harm is there?” protested madame, a smile upon her full, red lips, a caress in her soft tones, a compelling light in her great, dark eyes. “You have said that you care for me, Edward.” It was the' first time she haa used his given name. “I know,” conceded the captain, doubtfully. It was difficult not to feel the charm of Mme. Montraban. “I pledge you my honor,” continued madame, "that none shall see but myself, and you shall have them right back. What harm is there. Edward?” "Oh, none. I suppose.” answered Captain Tenney, wearily, "if you really care about it.” “I do.” said madame; and she came nearer, so that he felt still more her irresistible mag netism. “I will get them,” he said, resignedly; "just sit down.” The faint tap of a drum was heard without. “I will wait here.” said madame, with a glitter in her black eyes. Rat-a-tat-tat! went the drum—a very small drum—and the man paused as if recalling something familiar. Then he started from tne room. Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! came the light, quick beat, nearer and nearer. The captain paused at the threshold, remem bering, steadying, collecting himself. There was a light, little step without; then a long r-r-r-roll of the tiny drum; the door swung back and young Kenneth appeared in the en trance. "Hooray!” he cried, in his childish tones. "Hooray for the stars and stripes!” And he waved a miniature American flag. "Thank God!” gasped the captain. "The boy’s in time with his soldier play!” "Your promise, Edward." urged the lady, coming close and using her beautiful eyes. ,r ßeat the drum-beat it hard. Kenneth!” cried Captain Tenney. "It’s the only way against this witch of a spy!” And Kenneth beat a tremendous, rumbling r . r . r .roll on the tiny drum, while Mme. Mon traban sailed angrily out, leaving behind the plans of the grim, gra?’ guardian-lady of the coast. Edgar Allan Poe The flawless literary workmanship, the bal anced ««*ntence* which *omehow are aever monotonous, the perfect unity of plan and sin g’eness of effect which are shown in a dozen of Poe’s tales have never been surpassed. They may deal with utter impossibilities, but you never feel this while reading them. The in tense horror never goes far enough to produce the revulsion of disbelief, the suggestion is always kept a suggestion; and when you react the climax ot ' Ligeia” or "The Tell-tale Heart," you feel that you have been an eye witness to the terrors set forth. The only time Poe scores a failure is when he tries to be humorous; and then he score* very bad failures Indeed Humor implies sympathy with one’* fellows, and that quality was very nearly left out of Poe's make-up. He despised most of his contemporaries, and was totally indlf ferent to tne rest. The only persons he ever loved were his cousin wife and himself: and the second-named passion began earlier ana lasted longer than the first. Leaving out the abortive "grotesques." Poe’s tales, like ancient Gaul, may be divided into three parts. There are those which for want of a better word we must call the romance*: ‘•The Fall of the House of Usher.” "The Pit and the Pendulum." "Llgea" and many others. There are the studies of monomania: "a* “The Tell-tale Heart” and "Tfie Black Cat.” There j are the stories with a scientific basis: as "The ' Descent Into the Maelstrom.” “The Gold-bug" »nd the three detective stories. These last have been the subject of many acrid and amusing debates. It is charged that Conan Doyle —.cdelled Sherlock Holmes on the lines of Poe's Frenchman, Dupin: and that tho whole spring of the tales whereof the cocaine using ’-endoner is the hero may be found In Poe I believe the charge to be equally true and unimportant. If one does pleasing work in an acceptable fashion, why should it be counted a reproach that he learned his trade under i competent workman? To my mind. Toe n&c few greater claims on modern grati tude than that of being literary grandfather to “The Five Orange Pips.” "The Priory School." "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and “The Second Stain." I do not include "The Dancing Men.” For this particular tale to be found in the possession of one who had read “The Gold bt.i”’ seems less a case of Inheritance than of larceny. The studies in monomania have never. 1 think, been caballed: not even by Maunassant. That bit in “The Tell-tale Heart” which de scribes the lone terror of the old man sitting un in bed. trying to persuade himself that th* noise he had heard was not at his chamber door is one of the moat fiendishly perfect tblnes of literature. But I believe that Poe reaches the climax of his powers in his ro mances. --Toe Pit and the Pendulum" alone would have made the reputation of a leaser author: the weird yet ordered horror of that ’ale haunted my boyhood dreams for months. Yet If T coula save but one of Poe’s works from destruction, that one would be “The Fall of the House of Usher.” That is a tale as near to absolute perfection of its kind as hu man wit can either perform or appreciate. 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BROKEN-HEARTED SISTER. FALLS DEAD ACROSS BIER OF BROTHER SHE LOVED CHICAGO, April 20.—Miss Rose Feme! fell dead at the funeral of her brother, Bohumil, yesterday as the last words of eulogy were being said over a casket. Pent up grief, which had found no ut terance since the death of the brother she had loved, more than a week ago in Colorado, had prevailed. Physicians de clared that her death was caused by a broken heart. While the physicians were working over her lifeless form, her parents and sis ters were following the body of her broth er to the grave, ignorant of their double bereavement. They believed site merely fainted, but when they returned to ttMir home, they found It again a house of death. Brother and sister had been conwan ions and playmates a'.ways. a , Up-To-Date Love-Making Cleveland Leader. -I love you!" 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