Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, October 08, 1909, Page 6, Image 6
6 <lO wf 53 <} All letter* written fcr tUM |»fe mo*-. Dave tbe writer * real name and address enclose* Tiila to net ter pabHcattoo ncr Cor the ow. «rs any one except the editor of tins page. «t rear tetter iaa not been poteliahed ibia may be tbe reason. Addxeaa letters Cor "Household ta Mtea U & Tboaaaa. Lock Box MS. Atlanta. Ga. CHAT I- Recently Mrs. Methvin read a paper on i Christian nervice before her society. It , - nas no fine that they asked her to pub is h it in their heme paper, but I have | jrevaUed on her to let us have it. As It s too good to cut and too long for our Imited space. I am going to let it take be place of Chat. I hope that every word rill be treasurer, for it can help all of us. ’ 3nly yesterday I found myself wanting A "make biscuit** when I should have i teen "bringing In chips." How about you ? CHRISTIAN SERVICE. I It is reasonable to suppose that all of Jodi children want to be of service to I 31m—to work In His vineyard. But the Tvtble with most of us is we want to ■ lave our way about It—to make our own ■ jlans— to choose our field of labor. In - • rtead of letting God have His way witn I is. we want to have our way with God. « We are like the little girl who came nto the kitchen where her mother was ■ looking dinner and said: **l love you. nother. and want to help you cook din ner. Please let me make the biscuit.” Her mother knew she couldn't make bls mlt. so she answered: “No. dear, but Bother will be glad for you to take this Msket and bring some of those large thlps from the wood pile. The fire burns , Mdly and I'm in a hurry.” But the child said pleadingly: “O. n<her. I don’t like to bring in chips. >ut I want to help you; so. please let ne make the biscuit or fry the chicken.” I The mother knfew. however, that she * »uld do neither well, and that to be < nily helpful tbe child must do the one J hlng she did not want to do—bring in :h’ns. So It is with God s children. We pray to our Father. ‘Make me a channel of blessing.” and sing with fervent voices: Til go where You want me to go, [’ll do what You want me to do.” , Then go ahead with our own preconceiv ed notions of what we want to do and are grievously disappointed when our efforts fail to bear fruit according to, >ur expectations. Or often we sigh for the impossible tnd sit with folded hands waiting for spportunities that never come. If we ate poor we might do if \we had the money of Mrs. Overrich. If we are me ilocre in intelligence and ability, we long to write great books or brilliant essays which shall pierce the conscience of the masses like a two-edged sword, bring ing thousands into the kingdom by the force of argument made effective by the heart-touch of eloquence. Are we busy and cumbered with many cares? We long inexpressibly to sit at the feet of the Master, like Mary of old. and drink in His precious words of wisdom, of life, and of rest. For us alas! there le ao rest, “from the rising of the sun even onto the going down of the same.'* and scarcely time for a yearning uplift of the heart towards God as we go through the daily round of never-ending luties. Are we wealthy, and blessed with plenty of time for good works? The great issues of the day appeal to ue itrongiy and we would gladly unite our tfforts with the forces of right which are marching on to Victory under the ban ker of the King, but neglect the multitude >f small duties that hem us in on every ride, forgetting that He said: "He that is faithful in that which is least is faith ful also In much.” It is a great wonder that God has so nuch patience with His family of contra ry children—each loving Him. each wani ng to help but each insisting on doing it n his own way. But a wise father does not give the wins into the hands of his wayward diildren. He must teach, he must train, te must often restrain their wild im lulsea. and God. for our good and His iwn glory, must teach our stubborn wills o conform to His. even though He must weak them. T would have gone. God bade me stay; I would have worked. God bade me rest; 3e broke my will from day to day; DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION Cured by Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Paw Paw. Mich.—“ I suffered terri- Eab. r-ri bly from female ills, | including inflam- ‘ > * mat ion and conges- MNfjT tion, for several years. My doctor said there was no •* lo P e f° r me b ut ar * iVpKpi operation. I began giggt **- - taking Lydia E. ( wPinkham’s Vegeta blc Compound, and ‘pSjWgL*. I can now say I am 1 ] • well woman.” so- V ■£' . F J Emma Draper. Another Operation Avoided. Chicago. 111. —“1 want women to know what that wonderful medicine. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound. has done for me. Two of the best doctors in Chicago said I would lie if I did not have an operation, and I never thought of seeing a well day again. I had a small tumor and female troubles so that I suffered day and night. A friend recommended Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and it made me a well woman.”—Mrs. A.lvena Sperling, 11 Langdon St, Chicago. 111. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound, made from roots and herbs, aas proved to be tbe most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female ills, including displacements, Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu larities, periodic pains, backache, bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion. and nervous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try it. and the result has been worth millions to many suffering women. I He read my yearnings unexpressed— And said them nay* 'Now. I would stay. God blds me go; Now, I would rest. God blds me work. He breaks my heart, tossed to and fro— . My soul is filled with doubts that lurk And vex it so." To give effective service our wills must be in accord with the Divine will, other wise all our efforts are but the idle, in effectual beating of wings against Euroc lyidon's ' overwhelming onret. “Thou ( canst not kick against the pricks.” is as , true of 20th century Christians as it was j of Saul of Tasus. It has been said that ■ when we yield our wills to that of God. | we are but noble slaves; but when our ' wills are in accord with that of God, we are free-born children. It is often through affliction that we ' come to realise our mission, or see clear ly the work there is for us to do. David could never have sung those jubil ant songs from the hilltops of peace had he not first wandered In the deep valley of persecution—had he not been baptized in the Jordan of doubt and sorrow. The world would probably never have heard of John Bunyan had he not been incarcerated in Bedford jail for a number of years, just when his whole soul yearn ed for activity in the Master's work— but the “Pilgrim's Progress," that price- i less treasure of religious literature, was the outcome of those seemingly wasted years. Milton's vision of the Heavenly City was greatly intensified when his eyes became blind to the beautiful things of earth. Beethoven caught and chained the notes of celestial music when his ears forever closed to the harmonies and dis cord of earthly instruments. Until recently there lived in New York a little woman who for 50 years had never left the room she called home—or the bed upon which her afflicted body found rest, or endured its measure of pain. And yet from out that little room flowed a constant stream of sunshine, good cheer, and material help for her morq unfor tunate brothers and sisters. Who dares to say: "There is nothing I can do!" And so. all history, sacred and profane, is teeming with the names of people whose cosecrated lives sprang up. Phoe nix-like. from the ashes of blighted hopes and ambitions. • Listen, and I will tell you a story of the Saviour while He was on earth: In company with His faithful disciples Jesus is on His way from Bethany to Jerusalem, and He seems in haste. Blind Bartimeus sits by the wayside and cries. “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy | on me!” The Lord halts a moment as if about to go to his aid. but sighs and passes on. saying: “I cannot help you now. Bartimeus. A council cf the Sand hedrin meets tn Jerusalem this morning, and I fear I shall be late. If I can convert even one of those representative men it will mean so much to Jerusalem. Then I must try to seek and save Pilate, for. os governor of a great nation, his influence is immeasurable and so it is very import ant that he should be saved. I am sorry for you. Bartimeus. Perhaps some other time I can attend to you.” A little further on three lepers lift their fleshless hands to heaven and cry for mercy. But bid ding them clear the way lest he be late the Saviour hastens on to Jerusalem. Did you ever hear of a Christ like > that? And yet. that is exactly what> some of us. who claim to be His follow ers are doing every day. Let me illustrate. You want to be a soul-winner. You remember the prom ise: “They that win many to righteous ness shall shine as the stars forever and ever.” You remember that rich mer-1 chant up town who has never given his heart to God and you resolve to speak to him and pray for him. You remember Dr. and say: “W’hat a glorious * thing if I could win him for the Saviour— | his influence is so great.” You remember that wayward son of wealthy parents— | he Is going the downward path so swift- ' ly, and you say: "I must help to reclaim , that boy. He is breaking the hearts of parents, and his money would do so . much good if used in -ae right way.” There is a young man in a store up 1 town who has not been out to church in a long time. You say: “I must go and invite him to join the Baracas. He is a fine young man and would be such an ad dition to our church.” You dress to go up town but at the gate you learn from a chance passer-by that Mrs. Jonesberg. the widowed dress maker. is down with fever, with no one to wait on her, nor attend to the wants of the four small children. God, through yofir conscience, says: “Go to Mrs. Jones- I berg, prepare a meal for those hungry. 1 unwashed children; give them a bath and I see that the mother is made tidy and j comfortable.” But you resent the sug- I gestion "Am I a servant that I should cook, nurse children and make ; beds for Mrs. Jonesberg? That is outside j my line of business. Besides, she has I neighbors nearer than I, surely they ■will not let her suffer.” So. telling yourself that you will send her some soup tomor row and carry her some of your pretty , roses when convenient, you go on your May. You And the young man and talk to him beautifully of the Saviour’s love for his soul, but there is no Impression made and you return home wondering why God does not hear your prayers, nor bless your j efforts for doing good, while all the time J a qtfll. small voice keeps saying, “I was sick and ye visited me not, I was hungry i and ye gave me no meat.” [ You've lost your chance to win Mrs i Jonesberg into the kingdom, and through j her probably the children. And when | she comes to the prayer meeting and j hears you pray so eloquently and tell • the people you are— " Ready for aervice. lowly or great.” is |t any wonder that the deepest im pression made on her mind can be ex pressed in one word—hypocrite? It is an unvarying fact that you may preach the gospel all day to one whom you have refused help in time of need and to him your wprds are but hollow, meaningless sounds.' ANNIE DURHAM METHVIN. Only four orders have come for badges. Please send money orders or registered letters. I cannot be for silver or currency carelessly put in the letters Lovingly yours. LIZZIE O. THOMAS. Mr. Bach and the Babies Dear Household: Well. 1 have been absent for qnite a while, but don't suppose 1 bare been I missed nnless it be pleasansly so; guess my ! absence Is appreciated more than my presence. I However. I am back again and glad of it, too. | I hare been away most all summer, in search lof health, bu 1 had such a terrible time, didn't find much. I stopped In one quiet little re- I sort tbit looked as if good health grew In { abundance thereabout, but my sojourn ibere was destined to be very brief. For as I strolled along its quiet street, some one gave me a slam <m tbe back and a grip on the arm. 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Mrs. Friend was seated on the front porch with a toothpick in her mouth, dressed very untidily in some kind of loose-fitting dress, her: hair loosely fixed up, and a “dear little one" . In her arms and several other small mottled • faced ones playing around her chair. Her greetings were almost as profuse as , Tommy's—but those chaps. I was watching them; they were eyeing me. I sat down rather gingerly lest I acciden ally get on one. We had been seated but a few minutes when Mrs. Friend suggest'd to Tommy that he bring in a pail of water, start a fire In the stove ( and make himself useful. Atrout then the telephone bell rang. Mrs. Friend'said as site got up hurriedly, “Mr. Bach, hold litle Ruby a moment, please.” “Er. er, I” —but she bundled the “dear little thing” into my lap before I could make pro test It began to squirm and started up a sclo 1 in high C, which rang in my ears for weeks , afterwards. I sat rigid, tightly holding on to its clothes, afraid to move lest It fall and j break to pieces. The perspiration stood out on i my brow in drops as big as 44-callbre bullets. I Meantime little two-year-old was tramping on i my new Panama hat, which she had knocked off the back of my chair, as she and little ( four-year-old were playing hide-and-seek around me. Poth were eating buttered bread and would give a swipe ou my clothes now and then. Little Four-year-old chucked his crumbs In my hat and wiped his hands on my sleeve. Little Slx-year-old was leaning on the arm of my chair, reading to me in a high trtble—and It had to be very high Indeed to get above little Ruby high C solo—from her new book. After an age Tommy came back, to my great joy. But instead of relieving me of little Ruby, who had almost squirmed herself out of my lap. he stood in front of her and gibbered and danced in a clownish way. much to tuy disgust. I suggested very strongly that he take her. which be did reluctantly. I picked up my crushed hat. knocked off some of the dirt, brushed some of the crumbs and grease from my clothes, pushed the other chaps off me and Stood up. a_ . a. "I. er guess I’ll have to be going, as I have an appointment,” said I. looking at my watch and moving toward tbe steps. "Don't leave, old man; I want you to hear , little Collie read some in her new book,” said Tommy, as I reached the gate. “Why. Mr. Bach,” don't hurry off, said Mrs. Friend, leaving the telephone. "I. er. would like to stay, but I really must go.” said I. and I was gone. When I went panting into tbe hotel the clerk | gave a start while the porter stared In open- ■ mouther amazement. "How long before I can get a train out of here.” I gasped. “W'ich way.” said tbe porter. “Any way.” said I. "One leaves, going west. In seven minutes, said the clerk. "That's mine,” I said. "Get my grips, nort er. "What's my bill," said I to the clerk; "I must catch that train.” And I did. MR. BACH. Another Absentee Returns Dqnr Household: It has been some time since I have written to our page, but I would rather see any other page of the paper left out. Some of the writers have gone after Leila Mae, but I think a girl can come as near being a lady and a flirt, as a young man can be a gentle- i man and deceive all the girls he wants to and we all know they do that. I think that many a man's mother will be held responsible for their son’s opinions and for some of the carelessness in their servant girl's downfall. We have a new baby at our house, she is al most four months old, and is the pet of the house, as tbe next youngest is seven years old. I see some of our Household have asked for names for tbe little folks. I almost believe the stork has been to see every lady, and I think if Mr. Roosevelt could take a spin around In ; this "neck of the woods” he would change bis , mind about race suicide. I am very much interested in the north pole I controversy. 1 think Cook egme as near finding it as Peary did. I am very much Interested in the north pole controversy. I think Cook came as near finding It as Peary did. I miss a lot of the old writers. I would like to see letters from all of them. Fanner’s wife has not written tn some time, or has changed her name, and I do not know her new one. The The ren er is cutting grass this morning: thf dry weather has cut it off some. I am glad to sec cotton selling so high for it will bring many a por man out of debt. Opal and Sandol have given ns two nice let'era. I enjoy rending any thing like their letters. I believe the Holy Spirit has 1 een around and almost converted all of ttnr Household, and I think they will have us poor sinners down on our knees before long. Yon know the Good Bok says, “Every knee to Him shall bow." It also tells us that If we know these things happy are we If we do them, and to treat ohr neighbor as ourselves. We know that if our neighbor does not treat us right it is a hard matter for uc to do the right thing by him. One of the dogs is standing at the door with a cart hooked up to him. He looks aa if he did not have a friend in the world. That is about the way I will look when the office cuts this letter of mine, so good-by for thia time. THE RENTER’S WIFE. A Belated Letter Dear Miss Thomas: I have often heard that a gord listener was better than a poor talk«*r, so that renders my excuse.-as I've been listening while the othtrs talked. It is now in "the good old summer time,” and to me the hap piest time of all. The broad fields of waving corn and cotton seem trying to see which can reaeli the highest, bnt the sweetest of all is * i lie lazy clink ling bell of the cow down in the meadow as she sleepily chews her "cud” 'neath tbe shade of the old sweet apple tree. The little darkies say. "What am de matter wlf de watermelon dis year? Dey said, *pank, pank.’ all de time, an’ day knows it is time for -hem to be ripe, bnt dey don't any 'punk. ; punk"—and I don't guess they ever will, for the . ruined everything tliat was eatable this year. .mis to make life beautiful. I believe some entered high school and the principal had of fered me n ,>o*ftion in n few more months, but my Mr. "Bach” appeared on the scene and asked tne to help transform his lonely bachelor quarters into a cozy home. I couldn't resist ids pitiable pleadings, as lie "threatened to go beyond the sea,” "to drown himself.” so you ' see I had to yield. Then his joy was com -1 pie o, but it wrs such a shock on bls nerve I system lie was seized with a severe chill which i lasted several hours. So ended my high school Jays. Nevertheless. 1 still, luttoe an ambition to strive ter tte soil I can see tn the dis tance. While onrs is n happy home, surrounded by singing birds flowers and everything that l tends to make life l enutffnl, I believe some- I day there will tie a tnis-don for me to fill be sides l.eln” "queen of the bachelor quarters”— when tl at goal Is reached. Muriel. I dc.n't care to ge' up a rehe-rsal of ■our esse, but as I haven't —rltten since yonr decision was made —here's congratulations. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Eijjnaturo of but be sure you don’t exchange tbe keg for the I barrel, by getting one of those modern, so-called "dope drinkers.” I believe tbe whisky drinker has more timidltl about him that the “dope” drinker, as be "steps to one side" to take his I dram and the other will gulp it down in the ] presence, of ladies as eagerly as a hog drinks ■ slcp. I believe there will be more Ilves blight ed and more hopes banished from this than any ■ evil known. If the men were as careful of j their own characters as they are of the lady 1 they choose for a wife, the standard of morals i would be lifted to higher realms. Then asy 'i lumH and penitentiaries might be put out of business. Opal, you are the life of our family, for "A little fun just now and then. Is realished by the best of men.” Pearl Cannon, I read all of your letters. A ' sweet old lady I knew loved you and I’ve I often heard her speak of you. Do you remem ber presenting her the gift that bore this motto: “I looked for something sweet to give you, and the violets asked if they would do.” I stood by her bedside as she entered the valley of the shadow of death, but from the expression 1 she bore the valley could not have been dark. I My. my, I must have been dreaming, when I I began this "flow of eloquence” it was in the I sultry days of August, now there is a chilliness iin the air. The maple boughs are tinged with I red. the birch with golden yellow. The golden ! rod. in its beanty. seems bowing in splendor '■ to the modest fields, and long we will hear i the sound of the huntsmans horn as he traces the fat ’possum to the persimmon tree. Pardon Miss Thomas; love to all. Sincerely , SYLVIA, A Mountaineer’s Opinion Dear Household: I have been teaching since I last visited the Household. I consider it one of tbe most responsible professions in me world. The young child is as clay iu the hands of the potter. The destiny and the character of the child depends to a great extent upon the efforts of the teacher; this being the case how can any one go into the profession care lesslv and unthoughtpdly! The little child watches the teacher’s every movement and can almost divine his thoughts. If the teacher in pretentious and shallow the little fellows will find It out instantly. You can’t fool them. Georgia needs compulsory education, but she Is not ready Just yet for a “hide-bound educa tional law.” It has got to have its beginning, growth and development the same as any other : good thing. We must have compulsory educa tion and I believe we will have it next year if the legislature doesn’t sit on the "stool ot do nothing” again, as it did the past summer. We would have had it this time. If the members of the legislature cjjuld get I out and view the situation as the Georgia teach | ers do they would never re*t. night or day. : until there was something done for the relief of the boys and girls of Georgia. Georgia’s edncmtional system is entirely in adequate and her ignorance is a blight on her good name and Is filling her work houses and jails to overflowing. Would it not be better to compel a man to send his children to school than to pay a tax to convict them of great crimes in after years? Such a law would not affect those who send their children to school the required number of days in the year, but those who are careless and indifferent in regard to their children's regular attendance during the school term. According to my experience this law would affect about one-fifth or one-sixth’ of the peo ple. I have hoard illiterate’ people say. "I didn’t git any laming and I have got along some how and my children aint no better nor ine an’ I don't care whether they go to school I none or not if they don’t want ter.” Isn’t this I enough to make your heart ache and the angels In heaven weep? ’ the saddest sights I ever saw in my 'life iF a wasted life: but if there can be a sight worse than this it is a t>oy or girl yearn ing and agonizing after an education, and not allowed a chance to rise above their present circumstances. , This summer I heard a young lady say that a boy needed an education, but It didn’t make ' much difference whether a girl had much or : not. I am wondering until yet what made her 1 think that. A woman should have just as good Jan education as a man and If there is any dtf- I ference she should have the best, because she ] presides over the home and sha[>es the destiny ' of the nation. I As the horn* is so is the nation, because the 1 homes make the nation. I have heard boys say that they were going to be farmers and they didn’t need very much education, and would drop out of school real young. I have noticed such boys a few years inter and compared them to their friends who went on and got all the education they could. There Is no use for me to tell the other part WOULD HAVE | BEEN DEAD ■j Says Tempie Clark, of Pope,—Had It Not Been For Cardui, Now In Good Health. '! Pope. Tenn.—"As the result of a fall from a horse, I suffered intense agony for about 4 years.” writes Mrs. Tempie Clark, of this place. *T was irregular 1 and had falling feelings and other wo manly trouble. At last I was induced to take Cardui, the woman’s tonic, and it helped me a great deal. I certainly be lieve if it had not been for Cardui and Thedford’s Black-Draught, I would have '[been dead, instead of having the blessing J of health. • “I love a dollar, but I have never seen one I think as much of as I do of a bot tle of Cardui. I could tell a great deal ' more and not get tired. I recommend it ' to all my friends, for 1 am sure it will ' cure others as it has me.” Remember that Cardui is a vegetable 1 extract, composed of valuable medicinal I; ingredients, which build up vitality, tone i up the nerves and strengthen the wo •; manly constitution. j For over 50 years, Cardui has been in 1 successful use. Its merit is proven and • known. Using it is no new experiment, j It has stood the greatest of all tests— ; the test of TIME. i NOTE.—TbeCardui Home Treatment for VVc l m»m couxiets ot Cardui (JIL 'lUedtoril s Black : Draught i2sc). or Velvo (s,c>, for the liver, an*, i Cardui Antiseptic (50c). 'J hese remedies may t be taken singly, by them* Ives, it desired, or three together, ns a comilete treatment tot I women’s ills. Write to: Ladies’ Advisory Dept.. I Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, lean . j for Special Instructions, and G4-page book, "Hon:* I Treatment for Women,” sent id plain wrapper, | on request. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 19UJk of it you can guesa who succeeded. Get all the education you can, it •makes no difference what you are going to do. It will give you more confidence in yourself; it will make you I more useful and much happier. We mav not be able to graduate at the highest college in the land or get through school as early as we would like to, but we should never give it up until we have accomplished as near as possible what we started out to do. Once there were two woodsmen, who started I out early in the morning with dull axes to l clear the forest so as to plant a crop. One jof them said he was going to grind his ax so I he could accomplish more work in the same i rime and do it with greater ease. The other man said he didn’t have time to grind his ax I so he went on his way and labored hard all day. The other man began work later In the | day with a sharp gleaming ax and the timber j seemed to melt away before him, while the timber fell slowly before his companion, and I the dull ax made hard work. The man who | has the sharpest tool has the advantage. Can ' we not adopt this story to our own lives in an educational way ? I have a lot 1 would like to say, but I fear I have stayed too long already. Best wishes tc all. MOUNTAINEER. September 26, 1909. Some Good Resolutions Dear Household: Has It ever occurred to some of you that being a member of anything | put an obligation on you? That It makes it i a duty to be a loyal one? This thought has occupied my mind for some time, especially since today’s issue, and I have become more determined as a member of Our Household to become more ac.ive and keep in closer touch with the writers. If one is trying to be a Christian and going to church only once or twice a year, it is little good that he derives from being one, but if one goes as often as possible, they do not feel so foreign tn •he cause. This is an age of activity, and If we are ever going to do anything for God or man. let's be about It. for tbe night cometh when no man can work. You who have contemplated writing to this page but couldn't sum up sufficient courage, re solve to do «o right now. You know not the good even a short letter may do. "Procrastina tion is the thief of time.” I can’t believe there is a right thinking person but what expects to do something or reach the point of activity sometime in the future. They case their minds and consciences with saying. "I am yet young and may get in somebody's way: therefore. I I will give way to older and more experienced ones.” But the sad part is It often happens ' that they never do find tbe conditions just right and go through life almost a blank. This thing of putting off or neglecting to do our duty, whether it is to speaking kind words, helping a fallen brother, or speaking a word in Christ's name, is indeed the great sin of omission. We know not the good we may do by grasping tbe opportunities as presented to us, nor how much better one feels after hav ing done something to help another. I knew a man, and knew him well, who left tbe scenes of this life several years ago, who in former years said he had the impulse and conviction that he should accept a proposition made at camp-meeting, but he failed to do so and the Spirit never again came to him. He lived to be an old man, and told it many a time with sadness and pathos in his voice. Tbe spirit with which Mrs. E. A. M. wrote, in issue of August 27, is to be commended. Such letters are an encouragement to others. Happy i every day; how few do we find this way! She wasn't finding fault with Mrs. Hard Work or condemning Mrs. Holly Leaf, but just making the best of things and enjoying life every day. What a lesson. It is easy to know that she is living a Christian life. There Is one thing we Householders might do that would aid Miss Thomas in her work: certainly 'tis safe In saying that she desires the department to be the best possible, so let’s not only compliment the eloquent writers but encourage all. I believe many have made a beginning but feeling that their letters were no* appreciated have given it up. You know 'tis na ural for all to more or less appreciate at tention. There is no one with any feeling of gratitude In his or her heart that does not ap preciate a complimentary remark. Miss Thomas, you can put me down for a healthy note for this page. Also for a badge. With good wishes for all. OGDEN SKIPPER. Blessed Are the Merciful Dear Household: Some one said she intended to write soon about birds. Was it Mrs. Fuller! I hope she will cot fail to keep her promise, for it is an important subject. The Savior said. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Do you not think that means merciful to all God's lowly creatures as well as to man? I have very little faith in a mao’s religion unless it makes him better an*l kt ider to his dog and his horse—more mer ciful to all the dumb friends who serve him. I knew a man in south Georgia whose mule refused to obey him. He tied it and beat it se verely until his wife called him to dinner. He came back ami continued to beat It without imrcy until he became exhausted. Did he try kindness? Not once. I don’t know what he said while be was treating tbe aulmal so cruelly, bnt no doubt what he thought wouldn't have looked well in a Sunday school book, and yet Brother M— was a member of tbe church. The mule became stubborn and refused to go; the iiisb got Into a dreadful passton and beat him. Which showed the more sense? “The earth in the Lord's, and the fullness! thereof.” So little regard is shown for creatures that are God's that He placed here ter man's use, not for his abnse r who wouldn’t pity the peer old horse, belt fed, drawing a load en tirely too heavy for his strength, or one who although he serves his master so patiently ano so well, stands shivering all winter in an open lot or in a stall that is one in name only, tbe wind whivtling through cracks large enough for a cat to pass in and out. Mrs. Farmer, your heart is nearly always kind if your busbano Is too Indifferent. Get the children to help you nail some boards over those cracks. It will take a few moments only. The old horse or mule or cow would thank you if they could speak. I couldn’t rest easy in my bed if any of our dmob creatures were sutfering from cold. 1 just a? much believe that we will hare to an swer to our Maker for neglect and cruelty to rhe lower animals ns for any other sin. for it is a sin. Not a sparrow falls to tbe ground without bis notice.” Oh, toothers, mothers, begin to teach rout children as soon as they can understand kind ness and gentleness *o animals. Teach them their nature, habits and little cunning ways, teach them to love all God’s creatures instead of wanting to hurt or Uli them. Seine children take a perfect delight in killing the little harm less toads that destroy so many insects that would injure things No one has ever told them any better, nor shown them the toad’s ussfnt nets. The old superstition about the frogs mak ing warts, or changing a cow's milk is heath enish. Boys are allowed to destroy the eggs and joung of tne innocent birds. A child conldu't possibly find any pleasure in such a practice if it had been taught not to do so wicked a thing. Who is to blame for it? I went to see a lady one afternoon. Her little boy had found a young bird and brought it tut*, the house. Its plaintive chirp as it sat alone in a box went to my heart. The child had censed to rake any interest in it, was playing with other things—things that cannot feel hun ger or thirst or cold—the proper playthings for a child. Why that woman didn’t take the little bird back to its mother. I’ll never tell I you. On another occasion I was ala lady’s house an hour or two. I noticed a mocking bird hanging in a cage on the porch where we wore sitting. She said her niece caught it ot. the nest (it trust have been setting to be so tn me I and brought ft to her. 1 asked if her bird was sick, as It uidu’t sing nny, but sat on its perch, rnd if a bird can be the picture of despair, that one was. ”Oh. nr*.” she said; “It eats enough, bnt 1 can never rouse it: cnlx- when it tries to set out. It's a female and they do not sing, I’ve been teld.” And yet she kept the poor caged thing, when tn a moment she could have set it free and *-t it fly under God's blue sky as he intended it should. "Evil Is wrought by want of thought As w.ll ;.s want of feeling.” Opal, dear, tell us more of your western trip and don’t forget the gl*rst stories you promised ito relate. I’ve been partial to them ever since | I sat as a child, with cyet stretched to Jbeii ; utmost limits, listening to tbe negroes tell won <H-rftil tales r>n the *ld Kentucky plantathm Let ice remind you that the charming whlowei ■ that I told you of is still flourishing—also tne j glass widower. ' Carolina Tat. as we Georgia crackers some times say—“howdy!” Come again real econ. With love. BINGHAM. PHILADELPHIA PROUD OF VERY RARE PLANT 1 Only a Few Specimens Left of the Franklin Tree, First Found in Georgia Exchange. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Saturday.-A rare -nd handsome tree with a curious history is the Gordonia or Franklin tree, which, owing to the Bartiams. can now be seen in a few | Philadelphia gardens. I The tr *e was first discovered by John Bartram. ' Who, with his son William, was on one of ’ll* I extensive botanizing expeditions in the southern ' part of the country, on the Altamaba river, In Georgia, near Fort Barrington. Some years aft erward. about I'ilH or 1731, William Bartram found the tree again in the sam* locality. He brought a plant and some seeds home anil plaited them in his fathers garden, where, fortunately, they took root and grew. The tree was of the Gordonia family they per ceived, but of nn unknown variety, and dif fering from the Gordonia in numerous respects. The flowers were so beautiful, the tree ».> handsome that they felt they must honor it with an approptlate name, sc they called it Frnnkilnla Altamaha, as Frankll.i was an in timate friend of both father and son. The curious part of the history of the tree is that it has never been found since, not even in its original locality, though botanists with out number have made diligent search wucre "Hie Great and Grand “Tho Majestic Rang® Range . 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The trea is exceedingly difficult to propa gate, as it does not perfect its seeds, and all the specimens mat are known to be In existence are the descendants of that first tree that grew in Bartram’s garden. It is. incidentally, tbe last member of an expiring family. Audubon mentions the tree and has a picture of It with a bird near by. Strange to say. It is closely related to a species that is numerous in Japan, and those who believe that in prehistoric ages there was land connection between Eastern Asia and our American continent think tbe Franklin tree Is conclusive evidence of the fact that tbe Pacific ocean is a recent formation and that the Gor donia is a survivor of the age when plant travel over the land was not interrupted by the Inter vention of a great body of water. Tbe tree blossoms very freely in late Au gust and early September, the individual flowers lasting only a short time. The withered blos soms have an odor not unlike boiled tea, and the fresh flowers have a delicate and pleaslrg perfume. There are some fine specimens ot the Franklin tree in Germantown and a few in the old gardens of mansions that are now In cluded In Fairmount park. The late Thomas Meehan, a will known, bota nist. is responsible for those now in existence. The original tree that grew in Bartram's gar den is no longer living, but its descendants, which grow to a height of 20 or 30 feet with their beautiful white flowers, rre not unlike the camellia. Indeed, the tree is of the same natural family as tbe camellia and is well worthy of admiration. An Early British Canoe London Standard. There has just been unearthed from the River Annan, near Lockerbie, a relic of early Britain tn the shape of a canoe in a wonderful good .state of preservation. 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