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JANUARY 28, 1905.
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March 13, 1!M1
The Sunny South Is the oldest meekly paper of Literature,
Romance, Fadt end Fldlion in the South It is now re*
Jlorcd to the criminal shape and will be published as for•
mcrly every week & Founded In IS74 It grew until :399,
when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an esc pert*
meat -C? It now returns to its original formation as a
weekly with renewed olgor and the Intention of ecllps*
mg its most promising period In the past.
Inside a Federal Prison ^
By LULA A. GIBBS.
Written for the Household Edition.
HAD wished for a long time
to see the interior of the
new, much-talked about
Federal prison in Atlanta,
Ga., but the repugance 1
felt at seeing the inmates
and having them think 1
was staring at them
through curiosity, deter
red me from going. When,
however, I learned there
would be a conoert there,
I thought my pleasure
in listening to the music
would outweigh my pity for the unfor
tunate prisoners, hut I scarcely heard
the skillfully played numbers, so ab
sorbed was I in thinking of and watch-
S3*
The Household Issue
Uf>e Sunny South
of
HE dominating’ influence of The Sun
ny South of this week is the house
hold department, a feature of the
magazine conducted on lines of such
originality and attractiveness as to
distinguish tin's publication from all
others of similar nature in the coun
try. And the dominating influence
of the household, in turn, is the
guiding genius of Mary Edwards
Bryan, a southern woman of letters
who for many years has typified tlTe
south's best ideals of distinctively
creative fiction and essay-writing in
the national field of literature. Mrs. '
Bryan and The Sunny South are inseparable. She!
assumed charge of the publication in 1874 at a
time when its future hung in the balance. Pos
sessed of equal brilliance in the construction of
short stories, poems and novels, as well as editor
ial work, it was not long before she made the pa
per one of the widest and most eagerly read of
any in the United States. Within a short time
she was hailed as a new and unique figure in con
temporaneous literature, and it is not magnifying
her abilily to state that to her individuality is due
the firm grasp the periodical obtained on the af
fections of southern people. It was during her
connection with The Sunny South of those days,
that she begun to display that marvelous energy
and versatility which has characterized her subse
quent career and which, today, in spite of the
periodicals issued by the Monroes and she made
them the most widely read in the country. In the
meantime she took a leading part in the literary
life of New YorK, finding time from her exacting
editorial duties to make a notable record in press
club and sorosis work.
Tiring of metropolitan life a few years ago, she
returned to her snug and artistic little country
villa at Clarkston, Ga. There the management
of the rejuvenated Sunny South sought her out
and induced her to assume charge of the woman’s
department. Her success in this latest mission
speaks for itself. Using her enormous prestige
with the best amateur writers of the south, she
built up a department which has become a model
for originality and literary charm. She has
avoided the stereotyped formula of the usual wo
man’s page and created in its place a sort of open
forum, in which men and women of all years and j fn^the^risoners a B they moved about
like clock work at the guards' com
mand. Certainly' the interior of the
prison is constructed in obedience to
all the up to date ideas as to sanitation.
A microbe crank would gaze with de
light at the walls of glazed trick, at
the marble and granite floor, the iron
stairs and railing, and the entire free
dom from everything to which dust
might cling.
Being a government building, the ma
terial and construction is of the very
best. .Looking at the massive solidness
of the interior construction, ono wondeis
if It would be possible to escape from
such a place. Yet prisoners do escape
from just such strongholds. It is an oid
saying that man was never smart
enough to construct a building so strong
. . , , and safe that some other man may not
X CH importance is attached now- be smart enough to find a flaw in it.
adaVS to the gentle art of criticism. I Passing the cells, which I could not
Never were its ranks more replete
with cultured gentlemen, and never
were their dictums delivered
with such positiveness and ingenuity
as at the present time. Just now
the entire fraternity is bewailing the
invasion of the realms of literature
by a myriad army of callow' hands.
These crudelings, so the wischeads
say, have been led by the marvelous
literary successes of recent years to
create any number of bau stories! is placed when dished out, and the meat
conditions discuss ably domestic and intellectual
problems of a wide national and southern interest.
The Sunny South greets its readers today in
the full confidence that they will find the current
number one of the most interesting in the history
of the publication. The management likewise
congratulates the special contributors and felici
tates Mrs. Bryan for her dominant share in this
unusual undertaking.
Criticsm Merely a Personal
Viewpoint
Along' the Highway
By FRANK L. STANTON
J
Ghe Busy World
WHEN MOLLY SAID SH|& LOVED
HIM.
I.
Didn't have no riches—ntf worldly
goods to spare.
But when Molly said she loved me,
what for riches did I care?
’Peared like I had the wealth of earth
right in my hands’ control:
ihe sun was in the heavens, an’ the
light was in my soul!
II.
The world was deep in winter, an’ all
the hills was white,
But then I saw “sweet fields of green,
an’ rivers of delight!”
The skies were blue an’ springlike—
tne mists, they cleared away,
An a million birds was singin’ in the
blossoms o’ the May!
III.
I owned the whole creation! The worl’
went spinnin’ roun’,
BR'ER JOHNSON’S EXPERIENCE.
I.
W’en Br’er Johnson got religion he
hollered out so loud
He shuck de shirgles on de roof en
tarrified de crowd!
’Peared lak it wuz a yearthquake en
de steeple gwine ter fall;
De preacher in de pulpit couldn’t keep
his feet at all!
II.
Den de preacher quit de ‘sputin’ en do
’spoundin’ er his views;
De pulpit tumbled over en played leap
frog with the pews!
TOTING and blood-
hed verging on rev-
iution have caused
it. Petersburg to be
Uaced under mar*
ial law and have
ntirely superceded
■iewg from the seat
>f war in the publio
nterest. The vio-
ent events of Sun-
lay grew out of an
pparently innocent
strike ot the em-
Cxar Mich' 'oj ployees at the PuU-
loff construction works. Managers of the
factory persistently refused the demand
for concessions and the strike spread
from industry to industry untii thou
sands upon thousands of workmen were
idle and business temporarily paralyzed.
Meanwhile, socialist and revolutionary
En f’tim de amen co'ner we heara de j influences had been at work, and led by
brotherin’ call: j Father Gopon, a priest of great influ-
“Have mussy on Br’er Johnson, en; ence among the masses, an enorn...
have mussy on us all!”
De
An’ every acre of it to me was holy
groun’!
I heard the angels singin’—I heard the
heaven’s heart beat,
When Molly said she loved me, in that
winter time so sweet!
mob attempted to penetrate the czars
winter palace for the purpose of for " ,'
him to listen to their petition,
were refused ingress, and refusing to
desist in their efforts, troops fire,;
them. Collisions occurred in different
sections of the city and the «d ’eat.--d
Dey warn’t no benediction; he had no death list among the st J .
time fer dat, i between five and sev , n
Likewise, ter git his walkin’ stick en;
shinv beaver hat.
III.
You never seen sich capers!
preacher led de way
En hollered ez he hit de groun
gwine home terday!”
”1
A literary exchange tells of three
poets who are worth 150,000 apiece, j
Did somebody give ’em that much to !
quit?
ONE RAY OF LIGHT.
x flough the storm may blight the
meadows
For many a weary mile,
bear to look at, I went into the dining
room and kitchen. The most noticeable
■feature of these is the perfect cleanliness
of the wood and of the immense shining
copper cooking vessels. The large range, j a little s'reak of sunshine
the pig coffee urn, with its twenty or ] Can mane the whole world smile!
more smaller ones at the base and the
delicious odor of home made bread will
lie sure to strike you. The prison has
its own large oven for baking bread, and
IV.
De congregation follered—a-rushin’
out dey come.
Whilst Br’er Johnson’s voice riz loud
er dan a regimint bass drum!
En ez dat voice went rollin’ en reach
in’ fer on high,
Peared lak it shuck de winders er de
mansions in de sky!
V.
He des broke up de meetin’—des laid
it on de she’f;
In less dan I kin tell it. had de whole
house ter hisse’f!
internal dissensions In the cz .
household la held responsible for . ,
tragedv of Sunday. It Is alleged that
he himself was anxious to meet t..a
workmen and hear their grievances, out
his ministers firmly opposed this Pu,:
and the czarina, the heir-a-pparent r
her arms, plead with the emp^r r
not by any action or his to
abridge the autocratic power dese rt
ing to the child. General Trepoff hr3
been appointed governor general of S’
Petersburg wit'h wide discretion a r:
powers and for the present danger 1
workers have received a concession
voicing a nine instead of a twelv*
day. The trouble is spreading, ho we
to other cities. It is reported thr-
arouncl like a roaring lion now, the old
while we were there, beautiful loaves colored brother replied, briefly:
were taken out of the oven for our in
spection, but not for our sampling.
The range is in the center, and grouped
about it are the tables on which the food
TOO WISE.”
Askerl if he thought^that. Satan went ^ reg lar ol’-time Jonah ter do women j c j ag jj between troops and strikers
en de men;
He got religion sartin—but he’s sim
mered down sence den!
and poor poems, to the detriment of
true art, and the nauseating- of a long-suffering
reading public. Now, while this may be true, to a
large extent, we do not think those who are the
literary beacons of the time should discourage the
entire mass of new writers, because some few of
the number happen to be incompetents, or do not
measure up to the rigid standards which these
geytlemen have established.
We do not wish to be accused of reviling critics
as a class. Those sincere, and really able, are in
valuable. They not only act as a stimulant to
writers who might otherwise lapse into careless
ness, but they form a bulwark between people who fiazod
put to be carved. On one side are
ranged entirely across t'he room the
copper vessels for cooking vegetables, the
cooking being done by steaming. Over
each vessel Is an automatic invention
for lifting up the lids, such as would
delight a house wife.
The dining room Is lofty and well lighted
and lias long rows of tables that are
like the modern school desk strung out;
these were scrubbed as white almost as
snow.
While we were waiting in the chapel
at the top of the building, a gong
sounded and presently the prisoners
marched in. All eyes were turned upon
them but they came on as though they
were wholly unconscious of being
t. I am told Obey have become
patronize the arts and those who might impose on ! accustomed to it they do not mind n.
earincr trials of manv rears * retains its pristine i them bv inferior work. They are supposed to cull I Th .?. y moved fl ' bou ' t - sat d0TVn and srot
Liuua Hidiij _>c.ais, ICUU1IS IKO piioiiuc - . , . ' . '‘ . 1 ^ I up like so many automatons wound up
shness, arousing the admiration and envy of j what is best in art and give ihe public the benefit to work mechanically. 1 think they
ny writers of less mature age and apparently j ot their observation and experience, thus saving enjoyed the concert—at least, the greater
ore robust nhvsiaue " I time and wasted effort for those of the mass who! pa , rt . of the ™ llstenei3 wUh pleased fnter-
Mrs. Bryans bent was precocious in its assertion.! a r e laudably trying to improve themselves. 1 liese j brows and compressed lips, their heads
She manifested ability in a poetical and fiction duties should form the principle. feature of their | dropped upon ■ ■
jfcVra-as -JArlf'fcS-heriWelfth yVarT 'She was nW- ocdiipatioft, and M discharged fidnWstty* arfu With- *°‘ 5nn?a ’ rM
ried at the age of fourteen years. Four years later put prejudice, tend to make the critical gentlemen
she assumed charge of The Crusader, a paper [ indispensable.
published in Atlanta, and her contributions to its | But there is another division of critics with
columns were notable for clearness of style and which the wise thinker is familiar. Jts type has
originality of idea. Later she edited a tri-weekly been drven to criticism for a living for the reason j had committed—perhaps an impulse or
political ’paper at Natchitoches, La., and it was that failure has met him in other positive occupa-1 th ™ a f h str "? s t ^ ,pta “ on ~ a ,
here that her manv-phased ability clearly mam- tions. A fairly good vocabulary, a parlous style! SpirU _^ nd then a ruined after years _ per .
fested itself. She was the author of editorials, | and a penchant for coining catch phrases seem j haps a lifetime of pain, shame and regret,
poems, shon
arked by
ich would have been remarkable in a man of I or obscuring the object under review, in a riotous mit similar crimes, but there were others,
arge experience. Displayed bv a mere slip of a j tangle of rhetoric and outlandish metaphors, with frank boyish faces, of whom u was
h 1 .. . 1 /. , % . I . ... i , • r ,t i . r hard to think that they had evil hearts
irl, these qualities were nothing short or phe-| this critic seldom praises, ior the simplest of rca- lt was a palnful thought to me that
nomenal. | sons—vituperative metaphors are more pictur- each one of these men, shut in from
It was during this period that the Appletons, | esque and allow wider range for his originality. th< ; free aJ r and blue sk x of God with
attracted by the brilliancy of her work, brought J Loosen his leash and let him out full cry alter had somewhere a mother, one who thought
nut her first novel, “Manch,” a powerfully writter some vital subject, and within a short time he has j of him and prayed for him perhaps. No
storv which created a distinct literary sensation I torn it into shreds bearing not the least semblance | aiaUt ’ r ™ ha * , he J 1113 d ° a U *“ matter
of national scope. Shortly thereafter, she entered to the original pattern. i his is the critic whOj he wus her boy—nursed at her breast.
rocked to sleep against her heart—and
niore precious to her now that he had
gone down to the depths.
About twenty-five or thirty of the pris
oners came in together—a class to them-
"i\o, suit! He too wise. He well
Know he could never ketch up wid
ctese slick sinners dat way!”
A SONG OF COURAGE.
I.
Though friends forsake,
And Sorrow, like a thief, thy joys
would take,
Let Hope, like Love, around thy life
ho cast:
Stand fast! Stand fast!
The darkest way
Df LUe still leadeath to the perfect
day;
Thou sbalt not fail to find reward at
last;
Stand fast! Stand fast!
occurred in Moscow resulting i«. mat
deaths. Observers of experience b< >
that while the present threatening sit
uation may be temporarily control’,
that the action of the czar in Inst!"
the wanton slaughter In SC Petei
Sunday, will ultimately light the tu-
revolution to overthrow his dynasty.
SCAR II. King f
tweden and N
vho has eelrbra 1
is seventy--' :gl
irthday, Is prnba
he most popu -
•eigning monarc
turope. The tii 1
son of King Osn,
r and Queen Josei • -
ne, he was born
hmuary 21. IS29,
nd succeeded to the
throne September
IS. 1872. upon th-
dentil of his brother, Carl XV fl's
spouse. Queen Soubin, to whom he w 3
married June 6. 1857, is a daughter
the late Duke Wilhelm, of Nassau The
reyal couple have four sons, the eldest.
Crown Prince Oustaf. duke of Worm-
land. having been born June !6, 1858
FA’ERAL MTST-
CHEXivO, who led
reveral thousaf d
over^- t Otf^miles
-now and ice cov
ered plain and sur
prised the Japanese
! n their rear a few
lays ago. has by his
’aring and quickness
-iven the Japanese
much trouble during
the war and aroused
. the admiration of
including his foe. In his most re
raid he had at his command, ac
cording to the cable printed in The
THE SIGH AND SONG.
Life is half a sigh, clear,
Life is half a song;
But sweet is still the singing,
And so we drift along.
1
Though thorns beset the pathway,
We reach where roses throng:
The river sings to sea, dear,
And so we drift along!
OVERHEARD IN THE BOOK STORE
‘'literature is bread and meat to
me,” said one author to the other.
“For the love of heaven.” said the j
other, “tell me how you manage to get
the meat out of it! ”
breasts, trying, iL
tfiefrselvtiif cverr
a moment’s pleasure, lest when the great
heavy doors closed upon the sweet sing
ers and musicians, the prison would be
felt to be more drear. I looked at these
stern-browed men and wondered what
their thoughts were—and what crime they
The Crafty Boll Weevil,
^ Jts Work and Its Doom ^
Oscar
IN TWO PARTS—CONCLUSION.
By HELEN HARCCURT.
rt stories serials and sketches all i to be the chief equipment. Most of his work is! 11 ma x be that some °f these gtoomy-
. . ’ ...... ’..i 1 • r j • ,, , 1 • if | browed prisoners have no remorse for
a pith, pungency and individuality done with the aim of drawing attention to himselt, their mlsdeed3 , and if released vvou , d com .
fc- Sfmu-y ,V-outH
O niore significant illustra
tion of the true status of
the bc.Il weevil in the
cotton fields of the south
need he desired, than the
assembling at Shreveport.
La., a few weeks ago. of
a “national boll weevil
convention.” It w r as a
meeting attended by dele
gates from many states,
both east and west of the
Mississippi river. who
were called together
ed at all later on. The hibernating wee
vils on volunteer cotton may be large
ly destroyed hr sppaying la ■ Al”-’' 1 -. T*? c ,
smaller the plant, the younger the tips,
the better. One pound of the poison,
either London purple or Paris green, to
50 gallons of water should be used. This
is a strong solution and may kill the
volunteer plants as well as the weevil,
but this is rather to be desired than re
gretted. The first spraying ;JjLuld be
done as soon as the plants sprout, and
repeated two or UTTee times a week for I
several weeks. j ‘
During the last four years the depart- | a11
tnent of agriculture has given this im- ! Cf>
portant question tile most carefui study
In the midst of the cotton fields. The | Tribun
on her career with The Sunny South, a chapter
told in preceding paragraphs.
Little time elapsed before her talent outgrew
even the large field offered by The Sunny South,
and in the furtherance of her bright ambition she
This is the critic who!
gladly misconstrues the motives and the charac
ters of authors, and the aims of the painter and
sculptor and actor, and if he does not openly de
nounce, damns with faint praise.
Neither the honest nor the grand stand playing selves, ah these were either crippled,
accepted an offer from George Monroe, then one i critics, however, are infallible. After all. it is only I of them was so palnful that t turned
of the foremost publishers of New York. From i an individual opinion, and while the man of expe- j my head away. Tile negro prisoners were
that time forward for many vears, she led a lifelrience and culture in a given field mav he better I »nie.r*ugied with the whites. Among
of tremendous literary activity. Her splendid | qualified to pronounce impartial judgment, it is
mental vitality exerted itself in’the production of | wisest for the man who has the time to decide
numberless novels, short stories, poems, essays j these questions according to his personal prefer-
and editorials. She had full charge of the several - ences.
yesterday, “an enormous force,
i” j result of tOese investigations has proven , wbose front extended for 5 miles sr!
face a problem On t'he solution of which j the truth of the old adage, “An ounce of \ made the most niagmfioent sight of the
depends the salvation from a serious cur- prevention is worth a pound of cure. ‘ I war. After attacking the Jananese a
’ it is a truth that is singularly appliea- j 0,r1 Nmehwnng. at Yinkow. and at An-
ble to the cotton field. If a system of j —mnshnn. f> few mi'es in the rea of Biao-
Odture were gtpenally adopted that | Tang. Oyama’s headquarters, and damag-
tailment. at least, of the south's great
est staple. Many of the most distin
guished scientists of the country were
present. Among these were the officials
of ihe agricultural department who have
been conducting a series of careful ex
periments as to the best means of ehecK-
ing. and eventually eliminating the pest
entirely.
To the many who are not familiar with
the situation, the coming together
in?
would prevent the growth of volunteer ,
cotton, no more effective check to the ] eluded th
inroads of the weevil could be devised.
It has already been demonstrated that
the cultural system of control is more
certain t'han any other. It is the ono
entirely effective method of warring
against the boil weevil and the one prae-
the railroad
Japnr
at
several points, he
desoite tb’Ir svs-
tem of bonfire sigpole. and escaped with
out losing the nrtillerv he hod broiler.t
along and carrying his wounded with
grave scientists, practical planters, weal- j tieally comp.ete weapon that can be cm-
thy cotton spinners, brokers, and others j ployed against it. As a rule, cotton cui-
eonnected with the cotton manufactures, ture in tbe sout h is of rather a caieless
from a distance in many cases, of hun
dreds of miles, for the purpose of de
vising ways and means of waging war
on one tittle insect—may seem to border
there were men whose heads were ! 011 the rl,iiculous ' But
those
The Lady and The Burglar
By ALBERT IRVING MASON.
Written for the Household Edition.
Will
in the top drawer of the chiffoniere; but : See, T am stooping to beg you.
there’s only a little silver in it.” you not let me keep it?”
, “Jos so. Miss. I know there’s never; “Tell Me what makes you valley it
so—and maybe I 11 take the waten in its
HE had come home early nothin' in a lady’s purse after she's ;p] ace ”
from the ball. It was not been a-sliopp!n’. I seed ypu down, town "it's—it's my engagement ring. It was
yet midnight. She sat In this mornink Bargain counters is hard given me by the man 1—d—was to
her room alone, still in 0 n burglars. I’ll take your word about marry.”
her ball gown, the white i tbe purse. Miss, and I’ll put ug with i “You ‘was’ to marry him. So it’s off.
white with old age.
The Indians, ol whom there were quite
a number, weic tall and finely formed,
and stented so pitifully out of place in the j tr:es of
confinement of prison walls. The quiet,
the stiilness everywhere, that was only
broken by footsteps, seemed terrible to
me. The prisoners are not allowed to
speak. 1 suppose this is a part of their
punishment. It does not seem to me that
the discipline of prison lias reformed or
elevated them at all. With some ex
ceptions, they looked hardened and de-
j graded. Some of them seemed scarcely
human, so repulsive were they in feat
ures and expression. I was not s-orry to
have.gone, and yet some of the faces I
saw will haunt me always.
know, and have felt the power of Shis
little insect for the destruction of one of
the greatest and most important indus-
the world, the need of con
sort. The old cotton plants are often
left to stand, ready to sprout again early
in the spring, and seeds are left to fail
on the ground and leap into life at the
first gleam of warmth in the air and
soil.
it is in these lax conditions that the ;
•hibernated weevil finds its first food and ;
sustenance. it is the volunteer growth j
| certed and intelligent action of the best' of early cotton that supports the dep- ;
science obtainable is felt to be far re- ! redating insect, and ensures its multiply- j spending period the year before the war.
MERTCA’S mi*v=b'-r
->t Toklo. Lloyd C.
"‘riseom. reports to
‘be state d^partme it
■bat Japan’s war
with Russia nas
erved to increase
rnde between the
mikado’s empire nr. 1
be Fnlted States.
Te vives statistics
overingnine mouths
of the war and com
pares them with fig
ures for the corre-
opera cloak thrown back, 1 your jewels. That necklace and them
revealing the gleam of bracelets, if you please."
white shoulders and the “My ameflhysts!^ Oh, I can t! They
sparkle of jewels. She are family jew’els.
was deep in thought.
That her reflections were
was betrayed by her face.
She looked pale and grief-
■trlckon. Freently e'he lifted her hand.
“He did not ask for the ring,” she
He’s fooled you.”
“No; it was my fault—’*
“And you don't love ‘him no more; you
oughtn’t to care for his ring then.”
“I do love him; I will keep his ring
as long as I live.”
“Helen—darling—” The gruff tone was
gone; the mask wa s torn away. Her
liver knelt at her feet.
“Helen, dearest, forgive mo. Y'ou
sent me from you. You iold me you
haled me. 1 said goodby forever, but 1
"Sorry to take ’em. Miss, but business
is business. They’ve been in the family
long enough. Things ought to change
anything but pleasant , , ..
_ hands.
“You unfeeling man! You ought to be
ashamed of yourself. Why don't you
; work for an honest living:'
| "Burgling is pretty hard work, Miss, | cou i d n0 [ leave you. 1 hud stll a gleam
said, “and J forgot to give it to him. and a6 to honesty, it’s about as honest of hope; but 1 knew your pride. 1
The Idiot! Why did he take me at my ; a business as some others; the trust | ventured on this strategy. It was tto
word? He mig„l have known—but it Is
too late now. Hehas gone. He said
should never see him again.”
She threw "her bare white arm across ! pretty things—rale stones, 1 bet. Now : man in the wide world,
the table and dropped her head upon it. | for the rings.’• j “I will have to forgive you; but I am
She did not see the curtain of the
French wndow that opened on the
cony move as its heavy folds
pushed aside by a mans hand. Site del You’ve got a nice assortment, and ■ would have screamed or fainted. Thanks!
not hear the stealthy step, muffled by | them's mighty pretty finger s they’re on. {dearest, fo r forgiving me—and blessings
t'he thick carpet. The intruder was be- j Let ‘ s hame ’em. Miss." ! b ? yo *L. for J hose three words— I love
side her before-suddenly awae of a he. .. oh , you bad. bad man! There!” ‘ goodby mv sweetfst^'hr'T™ ( A "u' , n °%’
man presence-she looked up and saw; “This ain’t all. There’s that one on j will sec vou tomorrow” *’ beSt ' 1
pon it, j for the rings.** j I will have to forgive you; but I am
e long 1 “You surclv are not going to rob me i an ery with you. It was a mean trick.”
Q bal- •. I u was: and - vou ar e an angel to for-
of raj iin„s. 'give. You are the pluckiest liiL'o i rl
w.*re 1 “j hate to do it. m urn, but I must, j too. in Christendom. Any other "rf
“Oh, you bad, bad man! There!”
“This ain’t all.
l tall man in a black mask. ; your left hand—third finger. It’s a rale
She was too frightened at first to cry ; sparkler—a solitaire. Hand it over,
out, and the burglar forestalled the
alarm she mignt give by saying in a
deep, gruff tone:
"No screamin'. Miss. That’s what gits
parties into trouble. They gits shot
when they makes a racket. Keep mum. i
Miss.”
“I will not.”
“Spunky! I like your pluck, ’but I
must have the ring—that’s sure.”
“Don’t you touch me. you brute!” .
‘I don’t mind yer callin' me pet names.
and we'll git over this business on the'Call me what you please, but hand over
quiet, and no harm done. Jes over 1 that spargler.”
the stuff. If you please. | ‘Al’11 give you anything else—my watch,
"My purs*,” she faltered. “It’s there, my laces—anything. Leave me the ring.
Helen, alone: "1 knew him all the
lime.
SOME DAY.
Maude—“Isn’t that new process of pho
tographing through solid substances a
wonderful thing? How I wish I could
get a photograph of Algy’s brain.”
“Why. do you think there is anything
the matter with his brain?”
“No; but I want to be aura he has one
before I marry him.”
”HE MAKES ME LAUGH.”
(“Dickens is the only novelist who makes
me laugh.”—Merie Monte.)
Though many authors, it may be,
Write in more polished style than he.
He is the novelist for me—
He makes me laugh.
His characters are oft so droll.
And he’s a wit, upon my soul,
Could make a man lie down and roll—
He makes me laugh.
With truth his stories mirror life—
Its joy, its pathos and its strife;
Yet they with humor are so rife.
They make me laugh.
Our faults and foibles he could see,
Yet loved his fellows tenderly;
So, though he seems to laugh at me.
He makes me laugh.
* * • * •
So much of grief the years unfold—
Life is so sad, when all is told—
He has worked worthily. I hold.
Who mas.es men laugh.
MARGARET A. RICHARD.
moved from the ridiculous. The ravages
of the boll weevil must be checked. On
that point all are agreed. How this
shall be most effectually done is the only
question to be answered, and answered
it must be. The boll weevil problem
will surely be solved sooner or later,
for it is one of t'hose that must be
battled with in self-defense, and never
given up until the enemy is conquered.
THE FiRST ATTACK.
When the first attack on the boll wee
vil was made in southern Texas, in the
spring of 1896, by Mr. Marlatt, first
assistant entomologist of the department
of agriculture, it was noted that the
weevils that had hibernated throug'h the
winter were not only collecting in groups
ing and spreading. If all cotton planteis,
big and little, would carefully follow the
instructions of the government experts
in this matter, the death knell of the
boll weevil would be very soon sounded.
The early removal of all the old cotton
plants in the fall is imperative in the
warfare on the weevil. The old plants,
just as soon as t'he cotton has been gath
ered, should be thrown out by the plow,
root and branch, raked together in piles
and burned. When this is done, let the
ground be plowed to a depth of 6 or 8
inches. By this method the field will
be cleared of the old cotton, and tne
ground prepared for the next year. All
Phe weevils, their larva and pupa, that
may be on the plants, are destroyed by
the fire. If any weevils should escape.
He also shows Japan's condition is most
prosperous and her reso’ , fc''"es greater
than ever before. Mr. Griseom has had
ample experience in international poli
ties. Since taking up the Japanese mis
sion he has done much to cement the
relations between this country and
MATRIMONIAL GAME.
"Matrimony,” remarked the home
grown sage, “is like a game of cards.”
“How’s that?” queried the very young
man.
“The woman In the game has a heart
on the eaily volunteer cotton plants, but
were feeding eagerly on the expanding th «>’ w111 b « buried 80 deo P in l!le soil
leaves and tender green stems of the new j that canaot * et out a S aIn - « t!li8
shoots. Naturally, the idea of destroy- * s done carefully, very few of the
ir.g the weevils by spraying the new i insects will live to hibernate, ready
growth with arsenical poison at once ! for more mischief in the spring. A num-
suggested itself. The experiment was ! bpr cotton fields have been tested in
tried, and it was proved that by pol- ] this way under directions of the agricul-
soning the tend~«- s'hoots on which the tural department, and these 'have afford-
hibernating weevils were breaking their e d very satisfactory proofs of the prac-
long fast, the insects couV all be killed tieal value of this cultural mode of
in from eight to twelve nours. warfare.
This was a very satisfactory discov-1 ?t cannot be too strongly impressed on
ern. so far as it went, but it was soon; cottonjplanters that the presence of vol
unteer cotton, and left-over stalks, means
shown that it did not go far enough.
The poison was next tried in a field In
which the volunteer cotton, always the
first in a field, had made a dense growth.
Here it was found difficult to do more
than to wet the outer leaves only, and
food and comfort for their deadly ene
my in the early spring, and a complete
rhelter during the winter. It is doubt
less a temptation to retain and encour
age volunteer cotton, in order to rush the
these, being large, protected the squares j “first hale” to market, but the planter
or buds, where the weevils, by this j who yields to this temptation is laying
time, were at work. The result showed
that while the poisoning of the young
cotton plants and the early weevils feed
ing on them, was feasible, if done at the
right time, it was almost useless if de
layed. The cotton worm, which feeds
on the outer leaves of the plant, can
be easily destroyed by dusting or spray
ing them with the poison, but not the
more destructive weevil. The latter,
feeding only on the tender growing tips
explained the philosophy dispenser, | and flower buds, which are often entirely
“which the man proceeds to take with a I protected by the lnrge leaves, can ouly
diamond—and the one that gets hold of I be reached by very careful spraying even
a club first beats the other.’’ | early in the season, and cannot be reacli-
both himself and 'his neighbors open t
certain losses that will far outbalance
the gain.
ONLY EFFECTIVE METHOD.
The cultural method of fighting the
boll weevil will. If lt be generally adopt
ed. ultimately banish the dreaded -wee
vil from the fields of upland cotton, and
will reduce the damage of the lowland
cotton to a very low figure although t'he
weevil prefers to winter in the latter.
Wherever the presence of the enemy is
CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
' T'RICE ROTTVTER,
who may be the
next premier of
France, was also
r>render in 1887. and
in several cabinets
has he?d the port
folio of minister of
finance. He began
nolitien] life in 1871
is a radical and was
recognized bv Gam-
betta ten years later,
when he was made
Af-urfcp Pcuofer minister of com
merce. Yl bile Rouvier held power, after
the fail of the Goblet cabinet, he had
the courage to oust General Boulang-r
from the war ministry. He was com
pelled to retire, however, in 1892. owinv
to his connection with Baron de Reinach
and the Panama scandals. Rouvier is a
lawyer by profession and 63 years of a -e
His wife, now dead, was the widow “o'
the celebrated Abbe Constant.
A HORSES’ BANQUET.
(From The London Mail.)
As the clock pointed to half-past 2 on
a recent alternoon an aged chestnut
horse named Max took a length of rope
between his teeth at the Home of Rest
for Horses, Acton, and pulled a bell
which hung overhead. Long before this
sixty-six horses, two donkeys and two
goats—all the animals in the establish
ment, in fact—had unfastened the bolts
on the doors of their boxes in eager an
ticipation, and had started hammering
with their hoofs. When Max’s signal was
given a photograph of the scene was
taken, and each animal was then handed
a New Year’s dinner, which is paid for
by Mrs. Gore, and which consists of car
rots, apples, sugar, biscuits and brown
and w-hlte bread. Then for a long titn*
was heard the champing of teeth.