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JULY30, J904
THE SUNNY SOUTH
SEVENTH PAGE
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
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e nternational Sunday-School Lesson
Th.rd Quarter. Lesson V i
GO - AK, NO CARE of ELIJAH.
Kings xvii, 1-16. August 7, 1904.
HE camel of idolatry first
got his head into the tent
of Israel, and then in the
shortest time possible he
was all in, hump, hoof and
tail. At first there was
no notion of supplanting
the worship of Jehovah.
The golden calves were
only set up as substitutes
for the awe-inspiring fur
niture of the temple to
" ^ c h for political reasons
to resort “hi' 1 '' P<? ° Ple woro no longer
Was These represent thy God."
ie -n * ^ anKUaRe in which they were
dedicated. They broke the second com-
nmS 1 g e a t gravenTm rt ^ th * " rst ’
that the, image to remind them
Jehovah^ mn St h , aVB P ° * th<>r hut
mildest f 1US idoIatr J' began in the
mildest form possible. But it was a
■tart on a down grade. Velocity
mented. A few decades, and the whole
kmgdo m landed in total apostasy. Priests
shu^n eaves 'VnT' pr °^ t8
b , . ' s ’ 1 n der patronage of Jeze-
st i'te roll* 1 ! 0 "ni WOrship was made the
worshin 1 g r , he CFUeI and inscivious
lUtff f,r f .i Ba a ' ld Astarte were .substi-
or ,h ^ PUFe and ol( ' v ating theism
of the old covenant
when
visibl
ating theism
On the very spot
A bra ha... had worshipped the in-
and Holy One.
human sacrifice and groves for the. god
and Holy One. were now altars for
— -'sacrifice* and srrovos f
dess of love. Such disease as fhis needed
heroic treatment. The case brooked no
* ,, ;V i-hjali was a physician after the
Lord s own heart. He was not lacking in
nerve or skill. He consulted with the
Lord only.
The accepted idea of * prophet is too
mechanical. We have been accustomed
to imagine one called to this office as so
possessed by the Divine Spirit that his
personal will and judgment are practical
ly supplanted. He is moVed like an au
tomaton. A verse in St. James’ epistle
turns a strong light upon the prophetic
office, and corrects our misapprehension.
Elijah was a man of like nature as
we are." In and out of his special func
tion, ho was a perfectly normal character.
Over in Tishbe of Gilead he contemplated
the disgrace and impending ruin of his
country. His heart was stirred with pa
triotic feelings, as ours are by events now
transpiring. Do not take Elijah out of
the category of perfectly normal human
life. st. James says his feelings and emo
tions were just such as ours would be
under similar circumstances. In his dis
tress he commuted with, Cjod. Is the evil
remediless? Cannot the people be chas
tened? Will not drought and famine
bring them to repentance? He believes
so. He prays that it may not rain. Can
he aspire to be Jehovah's ambassador to
the court of Ahab? If so, he places him
self unreservedly at the disposal of the
Almighty. So, of his own will, with use
of his own judgment, in normal manner
lie becomes Israel’s reformer. Some schol
ars have been annoyed at the abruptness
of Elijah’s appearance in the narrative.
The Jerusalem Talmud fills in the appar
ent hiatus with an imaginary conversa-
flori between Elijah and Ahab. It is
gratuitious. Abruptness is in appearance
only. From St. James we know how a
season of prayet prepared the prophet for
his mission. The people would recognize
him as Jehovah's messenger. Conscience
would tell them why tile
that of any woman of Israel, received a
prophet and with him a prophet’s reward.
It was no accident that Elijah was sent to
lei. She was worthy. Now she stands
forever incensed with the Savior’s com
mendation and hallowed with His praise.
the TEACHERS’ LANTERN.
Th© prophet needed no introduction. His
very njime, Elijah. "Jehovah is my God,"
is a rebijije to the current idolatry. To
have giy£n the pedigree of Elijah, would
be merejy to satisfy curiosity, it cornu,
not add to his worth. He ccwld smile
at the claims of long descent. Well does
Tennyson sing:
"Howe’er it be, it seems to me
, Tis only noble to t>« good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
And simple faith than Norman blood."
And Elijah had a kind heart spite of
apparent severity. He burst through
bounds of personal interest, stood alone
in peril, all for the rescue of ills fellow
countrymen. He was severe to the few,
that lie might bo merciful to the many.
History does not afford a sublimer ex
ample of faith than in the man who, sin
gle-handed, repaired the desecrated altar
on Carmel, and in presence of an apos-
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE.
MR. JACK, MADAM DOODLE AND
SIR DEVIL HORSE.
Mattie Howard's talks about insects
were very entertaining. All through the
summer my little folks are bringing in
creatures of the insect or animal world,
which interest both them and me—bugs,
caterpillars, terrapins, sometimes bumble
bees ’prisoned in closed flowers. Once
we found several leeches attached to a
terrapin. We put them in a bottle, where
they remained two or three days, draw
ing up and stretching out in a most com
ical way. We could never induce them
to feed, though I had a curiosity to see
them fill up.
I do not know anything about the
daddy-long-legs spoken of by Mattie
Howard. I have often wished to know,
but could not look him up, not being in
formed as to his scientific name. The
worms are piteous, helpless creatures,
but in many Instances the creeping state
is their infancy, and after a while they
emerge from a temporary death into a
higher, winged life, as beetles and butter
flies.
The Jack worm is an instance. He lives
his first life contentedly in a hole,
which is at once his home, and the trap
that enables him to catch his prey. A' hen
lie wants his dinner, he ipulls himself
up to the top of his hole by means of
two short legs in front and' a little hook
in ids hack. There he hangs himself by
the mouth, just even with tlW earth, and
filling the hole completely, so that when
an ant or other small insect comes
rying along it does not perceive the dan
ger until it falls into Mr. Jack's open
mouth.
After a while Jack ceases to eat. seals
up his door and takes his ease in the
bottom of his cell. Here lie stays until
a sarcastic, incredulou- smile. Having
their minds made up In _a hard narrow
way, they would not believe in an ap
parition unless one could be caught, put
in a steel cage and exhibited on the
Pike at the world's fair.
LA CREOLE.
IS THERE ROOM IN THE INN?
Lord, Lord, far from Thee
Have I wandered in sin!
I have come back; for me
Is there room in the inn?
I have nothing without,
T have nothing within
Save anguish and doubt—
Is there room in the Inn?
Like the Prodigal Son
In the dust 1 have Seen;
For such a sad one
Is there room in the Inn?
Oh, open the doors.
I’m weary of sin!
I long to be yours—
Is there room in the Inn?
—MARGARET HUNT BRISBANE.
tate king and people competed with four j ho'goes through several changes, split-
hundred and fifty priests, deliberately ! ting his skin several times and growing
giving them every advantage. Well may ‘ another, until at last he conies out a
Mendelssohn’s immortal oratocio reach its ‘ gayly striped “hug,” and takes the
most realistic and thrilling strain when } name “tiger beetle.”
it points the frenzy of tile priests and j T have only lately learned that the
tile calm assurance of the prophet! | parent of the doodle is a winged Insect
I Madam Doodle seems to have a very dull
"He repUlred the altar of the Lord that j fife indeed, living in tile sand, with little
was broken down.” The act was Eli-j power of locomotion. It is always fun
jah’s whole work in epitome. No scrip- j to Dio ; h ” dren Madam'Doodle,
lure more graphically shows the conl - and then watch her dig backward into
pletcness with which
divine religion I
. her den again. Madam Doodle feeds upon
is put under control of human will. The j an ts. She does not hustle about in a
altar, in spite of the fact that it was | vu iga r ' way for her food: she waits
the Lords, was .vet broken down and
that by human hands. A consecrated
THE SHADOW HAS FALLEN.
Dear Household: After an absence of
long, weary days I come to you filled
with tlie memory of the last chapter
of a beautiful and noble life.
And this morning as T again look out
upon 'the trees and flowers, I know they
hiir- I are Just as green and fragrant as they
were yesterday. But there is a sadness
here within my heart, “an aching void.”
an empty chair, for he who sat here
with me only a little while ago is gone—
| gone to that land from which no trav-
| elor returns. Some call it the valley of
! Death, but to me it is the haven of
| rest. All, never before did it dawn upon
I me with such forceful truth, that it is
I only a step to the other side. Only a
j breath and we are wafted into a new
j world, and a new life.
| Today as T sit here in all this silence,
and look down upon my somber gar-
j ments, I scorn and despise them and all
other worldly conventialKies and I long
to rise up and deck myself with flowers
and sing “Hosanana in the Highest,”
for I can see tlie gates of the New Jeru
salem as they are lifted up to let a
weary spirit in.
Long days of suffering had made him
perly says, caused all the evils that Pan
dora is said to have set free from her
box. Don’t be too hard' on the girls.
Hermit, you may get tired of the loneli
ness of your Texas retreat (I have visited
Texas and I know that it is big and
lonely in places) and you may long for a
companion, and have to use your spy
glass to search for one among these
“foolish girls.”
Becky Sharp (your name doesn’t suit
you), you encourage me by saying that
you cook and write, too. I have always
wanted to write, but 1 had an idea I
could find no opportunity. Now, you em
bolden me to make an effort.
Grace Darling, we are in the same boat.
How long will we drift together down
the tide of independent single-blessedness
before you step into another bark and
turn its prow toward the matrimonial
sea, leaving me alone? It is hard to leave
such good company, but “short visits
make long friends,’’ and if I ‘Stay so long
I may not find the latch string hanging
out. With a heart full of love to all—
Hermit included. ELIZAT ANN.
Macon, Ga.
MODERN RHYMES OF MODERN
LOVE.
There was a grace about your face
Which, from the hour i met you.
Caused me to dream of love’s old theme
And never to forget you.
In vain a while 1 sought your smile;
But when my hopes were thwarted,
I did not rave for Lethe’s wave
Because we two were parted.
In times gone by love was a sigh.
At best an unknown sorrow
Tftat brooded o’er the joys of yore,
And the sadness of tomorrow.
But Love now takes in larger stakes,
And speeds on fleeter pinion.
And when bereft he is not left,
'But seeks some new dominion.
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dignified' quirt* until it comes to her
While the sprightly little a «tJ a rU nnlng
about hunting for food, he - . ,, t
foremost into madam’s
tie trap Up lie gets and qulekli scram
• hies up the side of the little hollow but
The. Lord has his prophets yet. Who Madam Doodle is on the alert. \\ >tn ner
see the evil. Whose hearts are stirred.
Who put themselves at disposal of heav
en for reformation of the evil.
human hand was also privileged to re
store it. The same Is true to tills day
in the church.
j Two portraits appear upon the same
j page. Women, contemporaries, same
1 race, worshippers of same gods. Here re
semblance ceases. One is a queen, am
strong" neck and head she tosses up a
shower of sand which brings the amtdown
ao-ain no doubt wondering what -e na.
fallen' into. When he has become 00
much dazed to climb any more,
doodle seizes him and first -
about to disable him: then with thojiaTn^
• , I she sucks the jmces from the unhappy
bilious, cruel, intolerant, licentious. Ota- victim Such a huge meal! The tiniest
er a widow, on whom and her dying j . f fijj C e imaginable!
son tli© plague has fallen with all its ' _ aoer Madam Doodle lives in tm.
weight. Her benevolence and faith out- ; f two V ears. Then a change comes
shine the queen’s jewels. : ‘ ,T. monotonous life. She rolls herself
No accident these two portraits appear JJq a tinous fluid. In this strict seclusion
together. Bible teaches by example. : rc*mains for a few weeks, w en J*
Each character stands fnr an opposite i ball is split, together with mn< < -
principle of life. In Jezebel it was love rusty skin, and behold he ,
of self. In the widow it was
others.
-as love rusty skin, and oenom -
love of top of the split ball transformed Into a
beetle with laoy wings • ,,
Outcome of the two lives was what
might have been expected. Jezebel dies
a violent death at hands of traitorous
menials Whether it be true or not that
tlie widow’s son became the Prophet Jo
nah, at any rate she received commenda
tion of the Prophet of prophets.
scour
sent.
Next this portrait of the prophet hangs
that r f the widow of Zurephatli. Plague
of famine has fallen upon her. Siie is
gathering fuel to bake the last cake. A
footstep! She looks up. A stranger; a
Hebrew; a prophet. Possibly the prophet
whose* word has brought the famine. How
ever, she recognizes in the alien a follow
sufferer. lie, too, is famine-stricken. Her
benevolence rises to subdue her racial
prejudice, and even tlie stronger passion,
her religious prejudice. The prophet
makes.as great a requisition ns was ever
made upon himself. She honors it. So
Didn’t Buy a Big’ Bill.
The brisk. well-dressed stranger
stepped Into the corner drug store, and,
passing by the hoy who usually attend
ed to casual customers, approached the
proprietor, who, with his back turned,
was rearranging some goods on a show
case. says The Baltimore Sun.
j "Mr. Sawyer, I presume.” he said.
1 pleasantly, and the druggist turned and
j bowed gravely,
was “1 have heard my friend. Senator
| Brown, speak of you often.” said the
brisk man. “He told me if ever I need
ed anything Trr this line to come to you.
He spoke of you as a man on whom one
could rely with perfect cnlklence. who
] have seen the grotesque and. really
frightful looking insect called de\il s
horse.’’ The correct name is camel crick
et Its eyes certainly look ‘‘scary as
they stare at one. and the head turns
squarely about to watch every movement
made by the onlooker. The devil s horse
generallv sits very still for hours at the
time, holding his long arms up into the
air. A superstitious fancy declares that
■ this so-called devil’s steed is praying
i while it keeps so still in this pose, hut
1 the true reason why it remains motion-
I less with upraised arms is that it may
Ibe ready to catc.i m Its fatal embrace
i any insect that may come along.- In
stinct teaches it this, and nature helps to.
! make the getting of food easier by fur-
I nlshing Sir Camel Cricket with a green
! coat, just, the color of the foliage, that
j lie may escape being observed. Negroes
1 and ignorant folk are »ny of the det il s
I horse, believing that when it follows you
j with its big evil looking eyes or “spits”
1 at you It will bring bad luck.
! x neglected to say that the two joints
_ Sir Camel Cricket’s long arms work
like scissors and with these ihiplements
of
L U t* 1 1 " 1 .1 ** 1 til f t ill l\i ’ lilt » lit* * w , 1 ni 1- «
carried only the best of everything and j he prepares his carnivorous meal,
witli whom it was always a pleasure to creatures are really ferocious. the cm-
deal.”
"The senator is very kind,’
said the
druggist, beaming with gratification. “He
Is one of my'best customers. What can
J do for you tills morning?”
"Well—er—this morning, as it happens,”
salt? 1 the stranger, with a shade less of
briskness, “this morning I should like,
if you will allow me, to consult your
directory.”
“Certainly,” said the druggist. "We
also have a fine line of postage stamps.
Empty Heart.
patie.nt, and as tlie evenings drew near,
he was always watching and watting for
those he loved to gather about him, and
his words were always cheering and
bright.
“Come sit by me.” he would whisper,
“for I am so lonely when you are away.”
Let your hand rest on my shoulder, and
we will dream a little while of that long
ago when we first walked together down
the bright morning meadows of our
happy youth.
How well I remember all the little
bypaths, and how first you whispered,
“I will go with you through all the long
journey of life.”
Those were the days when eaeli cloud
had a double silver lining. Yes, there
were storms—some dark, gloomy days,
but, ah. there was ever a bright star of
hope shining above us, and when the
clouds passed by we sang and laughed
together again. But. oh, today I can
hear the lashing of the dark river, and
like our great and good Stonewall Jack-
and rest in
THE HEART OF HER DELIGHT.
’Twas such a tiny bit of land, and the
question was, could it be made to hold
the roots, bulbs, seeds and shrubs that
so many dear friends had sent its owner?
Overburdened with riches, she longed to
plant everything that had been donated.
A glance at the amount of grass seed
evoked a laugh, for there was enough
to sow more than an acre, and here was
only 30 by 50 feet, all told.
Every man that passed stopped to give
advice in the matter of sowing lawn
grass; iso many ways were advised that
the owner became timid about sowing at
all, -finally deciding to follow the advice j
of an old farmer, who said, “Sow on j
a. deep snow.” So one cold March morn- j
ing she did this, at the same time mixing !
in rows of lettuce and rad-dishes with a
sprinkle of mustard. There was no room
for a garden, so she concluded to give a
pair of blue eyes a surprise when their
owner was well enough to come out of
doors.
Dear Lomacitu and Okra (what a fun
ny name!) you should have seen those
bine, bright eyes when they -first caught i
sight of the rows that were growing j
so beautifully In among the soft green
carpet.
seeing the sensitive color creeping to the
face near him, lie stopped and thanked
her in his warmest manner as he pro
ceeded to gather his very own salad. It
was days before he knew just where to
stop, for there was not a nook or corner
in tile tiny yard that had not something
either going down or coming up.
As there were four streets to face, the
(lowers were planted accordingly. On the
front portico went all colors of morning
glories, moon vines and wisteria. These
were for the -Methodist people to admire
as they passed by to church. On the
back porch went the carben scandens
and the -honeysuckle vines; they were for
the Presbyterians. The west side was
for the aBptists, and th e east, with its
lilies, were for the Episcopalians. If
Okra could only have seen the chrysan
themums! They were the wonder of the
town. The violet bed was a thing of
beauty and the pansies were the joy
of her heart. Roses! They were every
where. By the kitchen door were the | lot.
isweet peas, giving a touch of poetry to
I haint seen it since. But Edward smell of the onion, she took a swig from
■bought me a new one; an’ 1 forgot all her father’s whisky bottle—making bad
about belts an’ everything, when we |a good deal worse. Tour remedy for the
got out to the fair grounds. Child, it I evil Is worse, Mrs. Stratner, than the
fairly makes my head whirl now when |evil itself. The man who has a bad breath
I try to recollect all I saw in them few ; would do betted to go to his dentist or
days. Why. the whole world was right physician.
thar, an’ when I come away, my mind i Certainly 1 pity the poor tobacco slave,
felt just like a trunk that ha.; been j who cannot thu tv off his yoke of bondage
packed so tight you can’t shut the top this will power having been paralyzed by
nese, it is said, keep them in cages for
fTie purpose of fighting them like cocks, j son, I long to "cross ov
When they are pitted against each other ! the shade of the trees.”
they brandish their long arms like sabers j It was. indeed, the sunset time of his
and sometimes clip off each other’s heads, life; the evening shadows were growing
When the battle is over, the conqueror j long; the clouds had been, gathering for
celebrates tlie victory by devouring his years, darkening the hope of his-recov
this heathen woman, whose faith excelled ; if you ever need anything of that kind.
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Helen Harcouic’s nature studies are
entertaining and instructive.
I have read an account of the Ishmael
bug, in which it is stated that the bug
may be boiled, frozen or torn in pieces
and still life remains, and that tlie eggs
may be boiled and they will hatch. This
is equal to the story that a cat has nine
lives. Deny the fact jvho can. I am sure
I of one thing, a few drops of kerosene
I will end the bug’s kicking forever, and
j a feather dripping with it and wedged
99 | into his hiding place makes him step at
1 his quickest pace.
I 1 am sure Mattie Beverage appreciates
I her quilt. I should like ever so much
j to have a national quilt. I have a small
collection of mementoes, including shells,
ery from a long and painful Illness. The
closing scene was a pathetic picture that
tlie years will never blot from my mem
ory. Suffering had brought out all the
noble qualities of his nature; pain and
patience had spiritualized his always in
tellectual and noble brow. There was
music and singing in the last hour, and
a soft, low voice quavered slightly over
those beautiful words that sound so
much like a prayer from a tired and
weary spirit: “Jesus, lover of my soul.”
I can now see the light that seemed
to brighten up his face and the beau
tiful smile that gathered over his coun
tenance as he whispered: “Open the
doors and windows wide tba.t all tlie
passers by may hear. No*’ tell them to
sing again:"
“Jesus, lover of my soul.
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NEI.A BEL.
TWO GHOSTS IN THE DAYTIME.
I have often heard and read the query
put by persons incredulous concerning
the supernatural “Why is it that ghosts
do not appear in the daytime? Why
do they always prefer dim, deceptive
night or twilight?”
Well, 1 have with my wide open eyes
seen two apparitions in broad daytime.
I was a child of 10 years old when I
saw the first one, which was a grotesque
monstrosity. There was a large pasture
not far from my home, and leading
from the barn yard to the pasture was
a narrow lane. 1 was walking along
tills lane one day with-my head down.
Raising my eyes I saw just before me
an object that made me stop and stare
at it in wonder, amazement and terror.
The object had a man’s head set upon
the shoulders and body of a calf. It
sat upright, and looked as though a
beheaded calf had been cut in two
across the middle and the upper part
set on the ground and furnished with
a man’s head. I saw it distinctly in the
long, bewildered stare I gave It before
1 turned and ran. It was in broad day-
in a bright open place.
Four or five years later I saw my
second daytime arrparition. I was
coming out of the cotton field and my
cousin was with me, and was walking
in front. Suddenly he stopped and ex
claimed. “Oh. look! AVhat is that?”
and pointed upward, and some distance
ahead. "It is an angel!” lie said in an
awe-stricken way.
I looked and saw up in the air a large
white win-god object, looking exactly
like the picture of an angel. It moved
it swings rather rapidly, and flew around
in a circle as we gazed at it in deep
amazement. After making the circle
it instantly disappeared.
The former apparition, you may con
tend, might have been an optical delu
sion, but the latter one could not have
been, for it was plainly seen by both
me and my cousin. Both of us saw it at
the same instant, and it appeared just
the same to both. I have never been
able to explain it. nor has any one to
whom I have described it.
T know that many do not believe in
supernatural appearances, because they
have had no such experience—they will
not credit what others say who have
seen things not to he accounted for nat
urally. They stand off and listen with
While the tempest still is high.
Hide me. oh, my Savior, hide,
Till the storm of life is past.
Safe into the haven guide.
Oh receive my soul at last.”
And as I gazed down into his quiet
face, I heard some one wliisfper: “Draw
down the curtains, for the shadow has
fallen: ills life has gone out with that
prayer.” MANANA.
Inman Park. Atlanta.
down. Europe, Asia and Africa, they
was all there, and they didn't stop with
that, but went right on to the Here
after, where there’s both heaven and
hell.
"What I liked best was the south, and
what she had to show. I tell you 1 was
just naturally proud when r saw Texas
with her ’Lone Star’ building, its five
points standin’ out and all capped by a
dome 144 feet high. Mississippi has
her Beauvoir, and Louisiana; the Ca-
bildo, and then thar was Montic ilo and
the Hermitage, for Virginia and Ten
nessee an* the Sutherland for Georgia—
but the grandest thing of all was Ala
bama’s iron man. Child, you ain’t never
seed nothing like that—'why, it’s 50
feet high, an’ there it stands, the finest
piece of iron work ever created. ‘An
here Alabama stands too,’ sez I a lookin’
at Vulcan, ‘Alabama a leader in the
industrial world: what with her cotton
crops, her coal output, her pig iron pro-
He laughed and laughed, until ! election, to say nothin’ of her timber an’
• - ■ - ’- - 'everything, Alabama s bound lo keep
her face t 0 the front an’ will be the
leading state in the union before many
years.’
"But child, the Pike is the place where
you see all nations of the earth an’ of
the iles of tlie sea—them Igorrotes. now,
I just wish you could ’ve seen ’em. An’
the Esquimaus was a plum sight, too.
"There's the battle ships, too. and the
sham battles on land and water. But
tlie most inspiring sight of all is at
night when them electric lights shines
out like you was in a new Jerusalem,
making the great domes and palaces,
and cascades and pavilions all as bright
as suns flashing with the light of a
thousand jewels, anil the water looking
the narcotic poison), but, oh, friends, shall
we not wp.ni those who are not yet en
slaved by this baneful habit? Mothers,
pray teach your ehildden the evil of it.
Cousin Reddy, stand by your colors; you
are In the right. I am with you against
tobacco and with you in your pity of Mrs.
Nation, who has had her mind shaken (I
have heard) bv the downfall of her only
son through whisky.
Man of the World, woman was not put
here to be man's plaything. She has aa
much good work to do for the world as he
has. and he needs her care and protec
tion as badly as she needs his.
Thank you, good brother Lome, for
speaking of me sympathetically as "poor
Lyndal,” because of having been the re-
I cipient of so many warnings against pia-
j tonic friendship. I take your good words in
i tlie spirit they were given in. As you
'say, .Jhe professor’s kiss never bothered
i my good husband one particle. Now. I
, will go, saying an revoir, for I am coming
again soon. LYNDAL.
SOME INFORMATON AND AN INVI
TATION FROM MRS. BATTLE.
Dear Mrs. Bryan: Will you kindly ask
Dreamer to communicate with me at
once, as I lV-el sure I know of a good
I home for little Daisj-.
With your kind permission. I wish to
' say to the many “shut-ins” who have
written that it lias been impossible for
me to begin so many pieces now. but I
j have their addresses and will send them
' rt piece as soon as 1 can. I also wish
i to say that my opening will not he quite
as soon as I intended, owing to tlie fact
I that I cannot get my stamped linens
| ready by August I, but that r will let
1 them know the exact date shortly. [ ex.
the practical culinary temple with their j me home, an’^ powerful
reminder that man does not live by bread
like the river of life gleaming with
liquid opal and pearl I tend a/cordia! invitation to visit -e'
er playing and the bells ringing and 1, , ...
everything, one most expects to see a
chariot of fire descendin'- from the skies
to take us all up like Eli.ia in his char-
But the only chariot that took
up was the train that brought
>pei
to get here, too—an’ I
glad I was
can’t, begin
alone. As for the mint and tansy, they ! to tell yon half of all I did see
were begged for in all cases of sickness.
In ten years, what was a Pare empty
lot became one of the loveliest in the
town. The young men always knew
where to go for flowers, and the lilies
were laid on many a grave. The people
■grew to love the shy face of the stranger
and she paid it back in flowers. But
the blue eyes went to a fairer clime, and
today she wonders if the flowers have
forgotten her,and if the little home re
members. ANN-ICB I..
great fair.”
FINETA.
A TELEPATHIC DUET.
The evening meal was over; the lamps
were lit. Serite-d in an easy chair I was
comfortably reading, when the page grew
•gradually hazy, the room swam as if in
a soft mjst, and 1 became deliciously con
scious of a low. exquisite music that per
meated my being. After a while I recog
nized the strain of “Love's Awakening,”
played on a violin by a practiced hand.
I was charmed and involuntarily I tried
to throw myself into a clairvoyant state
that 1 might direct my mind to the spot
whence the music came. I succeeded in
abstracting my thoughts and sending
them on the mystic quest, and soon I
was led to Lone Star, of Texas. I said
to myself: "Brother violinist, 1 will reply
in equally romantic strains.” But my
muse of music refused to rise to any
similar height of sentiment, so catching
my bow half way up 1 played and sang
with the fervor of a Georgian moun
taineer:
“Oh lor, my Sally gal,
O'h lor, my honey,
Oh, lor, my Sally dear,
Pocket full er money!”
Instantly the telepathic strain from
peerless Texas was silenced. The bit of
Georgia ragtime had knocked the sox off
the Lone Star singer.
There is a moral in this: Change
Holmes’ lines and we have it:
Play divinely If you play at all.
Rosin your bow ere you let the music
fall.
BEAUTIFUL BILL.
Commerce, Ga.
TOO OLD FOR IT NOW
(A .song inscribed to Old Confed by one j
who has a warm liking for that sturdy 1
Householder.)
Bless me, how time rolls away!
It seems hut a day or two past.
Since I reveled in youth’s buoyant joys. !
And thought that they always would j
last.
But the years have been busy with me;
They’ve furrowed my once placid brow, I
I see others striving for gold and for
fame,
But I'm getting too old for that now.
ing in Atlanta and will publish the ad
dress" in The Sunny South. I have but
recently added an exchange M my open
ings. and will dispose of any fnnev work
or hand work of any kind, and hll who
wish can send articles to me at Columbus.
My opening will not be later than Sep
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write to Priscilla Publishing Company
120 jjoytston street, Boston, Mass., she
can ^«:t. a splendid book on drawn work-
I also know of others.
AIRS. A. B. BATTLE.
1408 Second avenue, Columbus, Ga.
sir. for
watery
Fond Father—Heaven bless you
rescuing my daughter from a
grave. r i hink of the risk you ran. Life-
Sa\ er—No risk at all. sir. I'm married.—
Milwaukee News
HOW GRANDMA WENT TO THE
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IUU MUCH SLACK ROPE. -An’ it’s the truth, honey. I’ve been
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ILrmit, girls are not always to blame I' an ' I’ve set mv heart on your goln’ to
for Vieing giddy. Too much slack rope 1 j a j r _' Well, 1 knew twasn’t no use
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greatest blessing bestowed on my early
years was a strict father and a wise
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mind. I raised him from a 2 mouths
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“When all them tine city folks was a.
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declared I looked jest like I’d stepped
outen the fashion plate.
“ ‘But law,’ sez I, ‘I know I never
can sleep on them ears.’ But if I’d
teen at home in my own feather bed I
couldn't slept no better’n I did in one of
them little berths, as they call ’em.
When I waked up thar we was in St.
Louis, an’ the Lord knows I never was
in such a crowd in my life. Why,
honey. I was squeezed so plum tight er
gettin’ thro’ the Jam of folks that I
lost my belt off thar at the depot, an’
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Bless me, ‘how time gets away!
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