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JULY30, J904 THE SUNNY SOUTH SEVENTH PAGE Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ A _ ® av f, f »r my dally ranee r SSSht defiS"* flelds of Ho,y Wr,t - zpi _ —TENNYSON. 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. WALLACE SLONE. 5 to 10 Applications of T. HILL MANSFIELD’S Capillaris Draws to the surface all poisonous impurities of the blood, and perma nently cures the scaly, itching, burning, torturing, scalp and skin diseases of Babies and Children. One to three 50 cent bottles (all druggists) cure chronic cases of eczema, salt rheum, all poisonous stings and bites, etc. y z to \ bottle cures all face eruptions, falling hair, itching scalp and dandruff, keeping the scalp clean, white and in that perfect state of health which insures a luxuriant head of soft, silky hair. One bottle will convince you that Capillaris will do all that we claim. Try it and be cured. CAPILLARIS MFQ. CO., New York. Address, T. Hill Mansfield, Agt..OIenridge, N. J. 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. 66 I GROW HAIR IN ONE NIGHT. A Famous Doctor'Chemist Has Dis covered a Secret Compound That Grows Hair on Any Bald Head. SENDS FREE TRIAL PACKAGES TO ALL WHO WRITE. antagonist. 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. I stones, sands and pressed flowers from I several states. 1 have nothing from be- j Let me to thy bosom fly. yond our boundary. X should like so j While the nearer waters roll. Discoverer of This Magic Compound That Grows Hair in a Single Night. the labor- | earnestness in making his claims, nor A ftr>r half a century spent in^“ his : can his cures be disputed. He does not itorv crowned with nign • , • aslc ^ y ma n, woman or child to take ..is world famous discoveries, the I ... — f brated physician-chemist •it the head or any one else’s word lor It, but he ysician-chemi. t a Djs n _ stands ready and willing to send free of the great Altenheim Medica p j triaI packages of this great hair restor- * 1us t made the startling a tjve to any one who writes to him for : he has produced a mclosing a 2-cent stamp to prepay nouneement that he . e-rows hair on any bald ^ staKe . In a single j*lght it has started ' ^mpouna lithl fc>* ^ _ n i a im that I 1_ + rA irmwimr on hfinds n;i In for* vnarc head. The doctor after expe piete, he has of his ambition heads are alike cannot mnkes tlie claim that halr to growing on heads bald for years. m - It has stopped falling hair in one hour. 2 vears to com- it lias stopped iauing nair in one hour, riments. taking y ; never fans, no matter what the con- h3S at last reached, the goa , age Qr sex OId men and young . -nbltion. To the doctor. ' women and children all have prof- fiLe There are none wnich mem. froe use of this great new are a ‘£d bv this remarkable rem- ; “tcovery. If you an bft cur ® d a of the cures already dl. cov™ ^ ^ jf ? '•*- he ., r ® „orvelou9 a no were it n ,. v ei a shes are thin To the doctor. There are none wiuc.*; j".’ by t he free use of this great new “ — are bald, if your hair f your • hair, eyebrows edy. 'the . rec ”' Vveious ana were it not -■> “^",‘^ hes are thin or short, write the made is truly .*” a d ; nl r of the great physi- Alt ®jf h eim -aedical Dispensary. 1978 Foso for the high L nv fi,cing testimony of , uuilding Cincinnati, Ohio, enclosing a rian and aU over the couu- ; ^ to prepay postage for a .™"wouW -*'*“*“ «*• >0 “ "s», c .» t»»»*•»« « f “• ioct ° r much to have something from our new possessions, I hope the little mother will pardon me if 1 transgress, as I am ignorant of her laws. I don’t understand your library department. Iam beginning a library for thq children In our village. 1 have some nice books, but no copyrights. 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 tember I, perhaps sooner. If Polly will 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 FAIR. “Well, Mrs. Balientine. # they te.ll me TOO MUCH SI AClf Dope you have been to the world s fair? IUU MUCH SLACK ROPE. -An’ it’s the truth, honey. I’ve been The Sunny South was among my child- ; thar Never took such a jaunt Defore hood’s treasures, but 1 have never found | ln my b orll jays. Everybody said I courage to enter the Hous< hold until j oughtn’t go. Said I'd never get home now that Hermit has roused my met- alive> but here 1 am back again, safe tie by his criticism of the girls, calling an > sound witli nary bone broken. At them foolish and ungrateful. I belong first x d u n >t. keer to go, but Edward among the girls, though I am past the said ’j ha j to an ' Edward's a powerful foolish age. and my heart goes out to j fe j low for havin' his own way. ’You've the class thus censured. 'never been anywhere, grandma,’ sez lie, 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 is the secret of their misconduct. 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In stead of a poor, lone, ignorant widder woman from way down in Alabama—if I'd been the governor’s wife herself, Edward couldn’t a been no nicer. “Before we started off, I’d already told ■him I didn’t have no clothes fitten to wear, but he said he'd see to all that, an' first thing I know here come Miss Saliie Baker, er saying, ‘Grandma, you're gettin’ mighty young goln’ way off to St. Louis’, an’ all the time she was talkin’ she was cuttin' and bastin’ and flttin’ till directly I had more shirt waists than I knowed what to do with. An’ Edward sent me a fine black skirt already made, and I put it on, an’ one of them new waists, an’ Miss Baker 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’ CHORUS. Bless me, ‘how time gets away! ‘But to nature’s decree I must bow: Once I was active and gay as the best, But I’m getting too old for that now. In my youth T was foremost in sport. In chasing the deer or the fox; In running and riding 1 made many own That I beat ’em clean out of their sox. Though a boy, I sure took a hand. When the states had their hot little row. With the yanks in Tennessee, I had many a spree, But I'm getting too old for that now. I was known as a dashing young spark. And at courting I couldn’t be beat. ; I made love to the girls fair and dark, And breathed vows that were fervid and sweet: And to one who was dearest and best I’ve been true to the sacredest vow. And I cherish her still, though we're j going down hill. 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I cannot, like her, wield a facile, experienced pen, but I wish to make my protest against tobacco just as strong as possible, as 1 think it is our duty to warn everyone against Its use. It is injurious in every form and beside being injurious the habit of chewing and of snuff using is uncyer.q and repulsive. Then indulgence in tobacco calls for such a useless waste of hard earned money. Often have I heard the poorest people say: “I had rather go without victuals than without my tobacco,” or my snuff, as tlie case may be. I have heard ragged, hungry looking darkies say: "I jes' had ter come atter Ido yot" WANT TO EARN AN EXTRKME er little piece, er 'backer caze I done out, and ’peared like I'd go plum crazy.” In both instances there were little chil dren who were stinted for food and clothes. Parallel instances might be found In higher walks of life. 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