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MARCH H, 1905.
THE SUMY SOUTH
SEVENTH PAGE
Household Letters
CONTINUED PROM SIXTH PAGE.
JUST LIKE A GIRL.
•J./oi>k, look, Tom! A dime, ail'd grand
pa ig-ave it to me. I’m going to buy a
great, big .stick ol candy.'*
That's just like a girl—never can keep
auj' money.”
“Well, but what's the use of money if
you 'can’t .-.-pend It?"
:: uut It Into your bank. Thaf’s what
I do with mine, and i'll have a dollar
to my bank before you will.”
"A whole dollar; that would buy lots
•f Tire tty things, wouldn't it?”
"Thtu'e you go again, talking about
• penning if first thing, same as if money
grow on trees. Aunt Ellen says all a
woman i s good for is to spend money.”
"Does Aunt Ellen ever spend any?"
“Bshaw, Aunt Eilon isn't a woman. I
heard the doctor toll Iher she “Was just
a bundle of nerves. 1 'spose that's what
makes her so cross.”
•'Rosa"- called a voice, and the girl
ran to see what grandpa wanted.
"Curlyspate" he called her, and he
often declared there was more sound,
common isen.se hidden under her curls
than could ho found in any boy’s head.
Hut Tom’s foregone conclusion was not
to be shaken. He was not convinced
that all girls are not spendthrifts, even
after Rosa Showed him her dollar, made
up of small savings.
'My bank is just as full as yours!”
she exclaimed triumphantly.
A few days later a circus came to Pey
ton, a little town 8 miles distant.
"Jm going,’’ announced Tom. “Pete
Riley’s 'borrowed a horse and he saya I
■may ride behind him.”
"Hut you'll have to pay for your
ticket.”
“Haven’t I got a dollar in my bank?
That'll buy a ticket and a glass of pink
lemonade, and some pop corn.”
“Then 'boys can spend money, too, it
seems.”
"Oh, but going to' a circus, that’s <1 it-
ferent. I’ll get to see the elephant ami
lions and tigers and things.”
“I want to go, too. Tve got a dollar j
and 1 can buy my o-wn ticket.”
"But who is to go with you? You 1
know Aunt RTlcii wouldn't go to a circus ;
if it was right across the street. And j
you know you couldn’t go with us boys, ;
even if there was a way, 'cause girls j
Is like dolls, the have to be dressed up j
and we couldn’t take care of you."
"ft's not a bit fair. I wish there wasn't j
any such things as girls, then I wouldn’t 1
be one.”
"Well, you can't help it.
ready busy with visions
parade.
When he came home after that red let
ter day he was too tired and sleepy to
i. !1 his longing little sister about The
day’s entertainment save tlhat the ele
phant was most as big as a house, the
lady on the tight rope didn’t wear any
clothes hardly and the little, por.tes and
the clowns were just too lino.
The next morning while whitling with
Aunt Ellen's knife, which he often bor
rowed witlhout her leave, he told Rosa
as much of the wonderful fairy scenes
of the day before as he could remem
ber.
And to think,” said Rosa, ”1 don t
even know how big the tent is.
"Oh. larger than the barn. You know
It must be when they've got to have
room for tiff- elephant.”
Bate in the afternoon Aunt Ellen's
sharp voice startled them witlii the query:
••Thomas, where *s my pocket knife?
What have you done with it?”
Tom clapped his hands to his pockets
and was dumb.
If you don't go and find my knife
Ibis minute, sir. you'll have to pay me
one dollar or take the worst whipping
vou ever had in your life. Then maybe
you'll know better than to borrow with
out asking.”
After an ineffectual search round the
hay rick, where they had been playing
“chute the chutes" and down under the
old chesViut tree where Tom had been
trying some acrobatic feats, the chil
dren gave up and Tom said;
••I'll just have to take that whipping.”
“But. won't it hurt awfully?"
<U care; I'll not cry if it kills
"Oh. l wish mamma would come homo.”
"Poor mamma," said Tom. the tears
coming into his big round eyes, for nil
hl> stoicism tied at the thought of his
sick mother—gone to Florida to spend the
winter.
"Oh, I know,” sauT Rosa, darting away
to return in a moment, her bank in her
hand.
'But $ can't—I can't,” said Tom. as she
poured the hoarded treasure into his
It a nds.
Hut Rosa onlv laughed with pleasure
:,1 flic thought of saving her brother
from t'fc whipping and Tom kissed her
without even tliinkimg that .that, too. was
“just like a girl” FTNETA.
Athens, Ala.
a heroine, and yet how many of the
world's heroines have been more worthy
of Ihe name? Janie was the third child
in my uncle's large family of boys and
to be true- to their instincts and remain
single. God pity a man that takes to
wife a woman who does not iove him,
and is not the woman so united far more
worthy of sympathy than the old maid?
Otto Jem, I read with interest you ar
ticle “What Becomes of the Mind?” 1
hope others will express their views; I
am Intergstqa in psychology.
Cumella, I enjoyed your experience on
your uncle’s farm in Illinois. Would you
New York Spring Styles
girls. For a long time her mother, a j not like to spend a summer in the L*on«
Star State?
P. B. Bunch, (a soldier)), I like your
letters. Come to Texas to spend your
furlough. Here you will find all you de-
re- i sjr® to make your turlogh a lasting pleas
ure. Texas men and women possess all
noble woman, had been almost an invalid,
and this daughter’s devotion to'her was
most beautiful. “What would 1 do with
out Janie?” she often said. ”1 love my
other children, but Janie is my old
liable. She never fails me.”
Strong and vigorous, Janie was industri- the .kindness and hopitality for which
ous u> a fault. She early took upon [ southerners are distinguished, together
her young shoulders the burden of house- i with the fire, vigor and energy of the
keeping—a position she- held until her north. The women and girls are as
death, it was Janie who was first to rise /charming as well—Kentuckyians and
in the morning; it was she who was last J Marylanders.
to sit down for a few moments’ rest be-. Mrs. Bryan, will you kindly furnish
fore retiring. Her hands were ever'busy; | me with the address of the crippled
her feet never too tired to do something boy and his sister that wanted Arbuck-
for some other member of the family. Her l e signatures to secure a graphophone?
father, like her mother, learned to rely >• SINCERITY,
on her judgment, and both often sought Houston, Texas.
her for advice. Eel the otiiers do the | The names of the afflicted brother and
visiting. r<ie paying of calls, as for i sister are Perry Parrish ai».I Alice Par-
Janie, she was too engrossed in her work Irish. They live in Nashville, Go. This
to care for ilie pleasures of social life. ; has been a hard winter for the Parrishes.
Often 1 have heard her say when invited ( They aro ay more or less invalids—
ut: "No, l am sorry, but 1 can’t g<
| must help mamma, you know."
j Always in speaking of or to her mother
I her voice took on a lone of tenderness.
I She cared little for dross or beaux, like
other girls, but she was always cheerful—
! always jolly—steadfast .iunie, full of hu-
j roor, a delightful companion, possessed
of the divine spirii of self-sacrifice, and
j what is more beautiful in the young than
I putting of self on the shelf for the pleas-
j lire of others?
j Who would have thought to look at her
I glowing face, her firm, round arms, her
I supple body, that death would have-
claimed her so soon? Bui it came in the
| shape of the dread typhoid and took her ! There was not
j away in the glory of young womanhood. | flows;
The wheat fields were deep under snow— I
father and children. Alice lias suffered
intensely and has been unable to lie down
all the. cold winter. She sits in a chair.
M. E. B.
MY BEGGARS.
They filled every doorway and window;
Chirped out from each rose bush and
tree.
From the cedars to way over yonder
AY here the walnut and maple trees be.
Tomtits, jay -birds and robins
Were calling us near and away.
Along with the snow birds and sparrows—
My beggai's—a motley array.
bare spot In the mea-
I “Into that silent land beyond,
j Across whose borders science cannot
pass;
I And proud Philosophy, with gathered
j skirts,
] Stops at the threshold, and with hand to
brow.
I Peers with wide, wandering eyes and sl-
j lent lips
Into the darkness, that she dares not
trust.”
l
A picture of that closing scene is before
me tonight. I see the stricken father,
holding the hand of his dying child, and
begging her to stay with him a little
A wide stretch of marble-like whitness,
Of cruel, but beautiful glow:
So the birdies thought of my door step
As a place for shelter and care,
And happy was J to receive them
When trusting they come to me here.
At night, after crossing my doorway.
In nij hornet's nest sly L did peep,
And found there a cute little stow 'way—
A feathered brown beggar asleep.
AN NICE.
THE PYRAMID BEAUTIFUL.
In studying the Bible one may find
I IH'^ITiim lit 1 ID Ma^ VVIL1I IllIIl it lILLirt I . _ . * - ,
,. ,, , while longer. I see the agonized mother Certain qualities, which may be regarded
’ said Tom al- | f .| ]u on hor kncos bC side her child as the seven jewels of a Christian cliar-
of toe street i ro b e( j for the tomb and crying out with ! ter u these jewels, quarried from
heart-break in her voice: “Janie, Janie,
my child!”
There is nothing without a. purpose—
everything is for the best. Of this t am
sure. But the mystery of life—of death,
when will they bo revealed? AY hat was
the purpose for which we were created?
AVhy did we come into life to suffer and
then to die? Some one say:
“There is no death, unless that hi' called
death
Which Is but change to other, nobler
forms
Of upward-reaching life.”
And perhaps this Is tvue—perhaps.
The rain has ceased. 1 go to the window
and look out—up to where one star
gleams through the black pall of the sky.
Oli. sweetest cousin, if you live in some
other world, whisper to me the meaning
of life. What is this death of which
tlie mhie divine, may be built up what £
would call "The Pyramid Beautiful or
a Christian Life.” Love is the capstone
of this pyramid—the love for humanity—
the sweet charity that covers faults and
endureth and trusteth to the end—the
•till small voice whose note sounds!
through all that is said and written. It
Is the warp of life’s woof. Without it j
• the fabric is worthless. If love is absent
a from the heart, or stifled by sin, the
death of a happy and beautiful life is sure
to follow.
However, the jewel of love is the cap- '
stone of the pyramid, but its foundation
is faith—faith which is a direct gift from
God. Tlie structure that follows is com
posed of the seven graces—courage,
knowledge, temperance, patience, godli
ness and brotherly kindness—the cover
ing of all being love.
The secret of a happy life Is hidden in I
this pyramid which constitutes real reli- 1
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you have tasted? What is this life—if ij fo i eion—heart religion—not merely profession
there lie—beyond the death siienei
No answer comes. As I turn away, these
words arise to my lips:
“We do live!
And it concerns ns most not what i
But how we shall best use it.”
JULIA COMAN TAIT
M arianna. Ark.
life,
MEN LOVE DEEPLY AS WOMEN.
Dear Mrs. Bryan: For some months I
have -read with much THlerest the pages
of Sunny South and feel I must speak
with your Householders. Please allow me
to express my appreciation of your de
partment. I consider ft the best of its
kind published. Nowhere have I found
so many and such varied topics dis-
etcussed so intelligently and entertain
ingly.
Pinetop, I would like to take your hand
and thank you for your kind words for
the unmarried. You have left little to he
said. Marriage Is a sacred institution,
and few are really fitted for its duties
and privileges. Yet. we find numbers of
tlie unfitted holding office of husband,
father, wife and mother. The world needs
better husbands and wives, not more of
them; better children, not a greater
number of them.
F. L. Norton, I disagree with you. I be
lieve men as capable of loving as women.
I believe men love as deeply as do wom
en; and I believe further that men marry
more generally for love than women.
The l iin is failing ! Manv women marry to avoid being old
• - maids. A man. seldom marriesrto avoid be
ing an old bachelor. An old bachelor re
ceives more smiles and favors from the
world than do old maids. This is the
COUSIN JANIE.
It is a wild night.
dre.irilv; the wind moans at my window,
and the voices of the storm bring lo me
. picture from the past.
< ■ on si n ^Jan i e—a n d 'n o 'o' ne "h; i s caUod'her 1 reason that so few women have courage
Good News for Americana
Dr. SPROULE, B.A.
The Great Catarrh Specialist Explains
HIS METHOD of TREATMENT
or theory, but a religion that is felt and
acted upon in ail the details of daily j
T S
life.
MILLER HAND.
OUT IN THE SNOW.
(This poem has come to me from two
different sources, and with two different
names signed to it. It wa s sent first
by "Woodland Wanderer,’' whose home,
I think, is in Alabama. Two weeks
later it came from Mr. Robert Lee, who
is in New York city with the Broadway
Publishing Company. Mr, Lee prefaces
the verses thus; “To my brother. B. J.
late, now of Arizona, whose noble .qual
ities of heart and mind make hint
worthy the praise of a. great poet, these,
simple verses are. inscribed.” The two
manuscripts, are., identical in every par
ticular. i have made a few changes to
smoothe the measure.—M. E. B.)
Dear little birds, chirping sweetly and
low;
Though ’tis winter, God feeds you ;
wherever you go;
And not one of you falls, but His kind ;
eye will know.
Brisk little birdies, out in the snow.
Shy little rabbit, with eyes big and 1
brown.
Sleeping beneath where the snowflakes *
fall down.
Awaking at sound of the deep-barking
hound.
And flying, swift rabbit, out in the |
snow.
Dear little squirrel, why did you roam?
You have plenty of puts in your hollow
tree home.
Happier there than llie rzar ’neath his
castle’s grand dome.
Gay, frisky squirrel, out in the snow.
One little mound with snow covered
deep.
Where a dear little maid has long been
asleep.
Where tlie wierd night birds their lone
vigils keep.
One lonely mound, out in the snow.
■ome unto me. lie !
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j Suffer, children, to i
hail said,
J And -lie went—the sweet maiden—who
i Ion 0 Jiad been dead,
Eighteen years ago a young, but highly And one wanderer follows file wav that
honored Surgeon in tlie British Royal Navy
astonished his friend* by suddenly leaving the
survive and entering on private practice.
Thai Surgeon was the now famous Catarrh
Specialist, Dr. Spi'oule. B. A His keen bruin
had early seen in the then new disease Ca
tarrh a menace to the life and happiness ot
tie civilized world. While other phvsicians
ton neglecting It as unimportant. Dr Sproule
studied its nature and the means of cure.
He labored in office, hospital and laboratory.
1-1 e mastered the subject.
A- Dr Sproule had foreseen. Catarrh spread
with frightful rapidity. Twenty years ago
Catarrh was almost unknown. Now no age.
s«x or condition is exempt from it. No
climate or locality is a cure for it. Catarrh
is to be more dreaded than yellow rover or
smailpox. It Is. in the large majority of
cases the forerunner of Consumption. Vital
statistics show that deaths from C msump-
t j on ' in this country have increased more
thar- 200 per cent, to the last live .years
Nearly all of these casos have been traced
beck to Catarrh as thetr starting pont.
Dr Snroille B. A' hr. Bproule makes the treatment of Ca-
Ul. 0[IIUU1C, u ,tirrh a specialty. He cures Catarrh Dr.
English Specialist In Catarrh and Bplou i e . the first to make Catarrh a Special-
rhrnntr r\jcnscAt. tv has perfected the only scientific, constl-
ChronlG Diseases. spmvs. balms snu „- 3> etc _ oul> . re i le ye
tutlonal and PERMANENT cure. Local was . u ' rrh Kerms deeper into the system
for a time. They often do harm by drl \j"* Nr , rI STOMACH DISORDERS are fickle to
(«nvmmPTinK. BRIGHT’S DISLtASfc*. rAU
w. and is curable only through the blood,
'caw* b M«llclne that will cure one will often harm
. J ' out of the body. It dears the nead,
another. Dr. Sproule's method drives eter> » strengthens the eyes, restores the
st-ps the hawking and spitting, sweetens tn. i tm and tones up the entire tys-
hcarlng. It purifies and enriches the blood. har dsh!ps of fife seem easier to bear,
tem. It gives new fife, energy and unityHorn x ^ a(Je „ ver .
feels b . factor i n thousands of homes. If you
ls that ofjtJ*^ , nvlles you to write to. him an l
He will give yon the most valuable
Medical Mvice Free
Do not neglect
CONSUMPTION
result.
Catarrh is a disease of the mueou
»nd by medicines prepared for
To
she led
t lund far away from earth's snow.
Work becomes a pleasure. i ne nia
Dr. Bproule’s name Is revered as
Ewe any symptoms °* Cat ff r ^ 1 „ ®ost you nothing
x> tell him all about it. It will cost jox
He will diagnose your
Do not delay. In such .
do not give yourself wrong treatment.
, '" ", vou just what to do to get cured,
ilthout chargs nnd tell neglect yourself. Above
every moment ls precious fatal
>jhe results may be iaiai
jATARRHOFTHE HEAD AND
THROAT DISEASES OF BRONCHIAL TUBES.
■ , r-atn—h results ftom neglected colds
The most prevalent form of < ** ra ‘ w when catarrh of the head and throat
” " .... .1 _ J/.nm ilia n'ltlil.li
I. Do you spit up slime-
2 Are your eyes watery ?
{L Does your nose feel ful» •
4. Does your nose discharge?
«$. Do yen sneeze a good deal?^
_. crusts form In the nose
7. Do you have pain across the -
8. Does your breath smell
6. ls your hearing beginning sm ell?
10. Aro you losing your 8on8 ? n Corning
11. Do you hawk up phlegm to
16 a hiiyxlnir nOiSOS in J OU
yes?
12. Are there buaxing noises
13. Do you have paina across
your forehead? rux-ir
l A. Do you feel dropping to back
throat *
If you ha
left unchecked it extends down tlie w'nd-pipe
ntc the bronchial tubes, and in time attacks
the lungs and develops Into catarrhal con-
sumption.
1 Do you take cold easily ?
2 Is your breathing too quick?
3. Do you raise frothy material.
a j*, your voice hoars** and huskj .
5 Have you a dry. hacking cough?
« Do vou feel worn out on rising?
7 Do you feel all stuffed up Inside?
8 Are you gradually losing strength’
o Have you a disgust for fatty foods.
in' Have you a sense of weight on chest?
» of ii Have you a scratchy feeling in throat,
part of I. H ^ rouRh worse night and morning?
mptoms 13. Do yon get short of breath when walking?
NOT EVEN A WASHPAN.
I live in what is known as tiie back-
woods. Yes, nway back in f.he Drills of
north Georgia. Have seen and been
among all kinds and all classes of people.
Have been at homes where even a tin
basin was an unknown article. A nice
branch of clear, rippling water ran near
the door and all visitors (preachers and
teachers) would go and. bathe in the
branch. But few of us have carpets. 1
have been ibroutjfhi up on tlie bare floor
and some of the best teachers of Geor
gia are intimate .friends of mine and
visit me, fare as we do and seem to en
joy it. We have both lioecake and rye
bread up t li is way. Desperation, both of
wltieTi .I’m good at making. 1 once visit
ed a family of 'wealthy people, where
their tin wash basin had a large hoJe
In the bottom with a rag pulled through
to keep it from Raking. Oh, Despera
tion, it :|ems hard, -but my advice is to
make the best of ft and wth'ile in Rome
"do as Roniu does.”
Mother Mob's views about marriage
coincide with mine, i don't believe in
this desperately rush love. T fell in
love once at first eight and was only
too glad after a few months to fall out
a'suiin and the only reason I have for
being almost (?) an old maid Is that one
little “scurry” 1 look of falling in
love at first sight and on finding it to
be only a case of “puppy love" I've been
afraid to "fall” a second time. Yet l
know that life is awfully dull to those
■who are unloved.
Do widowers and widows crave love
and companionship .more than an old
maid? (If she was not too independent
to cunfesg til.
POSTMISTRESS.
Owltawn, Ga.
to lose him, but I know it is not so.
1 was never more convinced that i have
g’ained a friend for eternity.
He wiiis that rhre Individuality, a good
comrade, never misunderstanding, always
viewing you with charity, even in your
worst moods. I -do not know what church
he belonged to, or if -tie belonged to any—
it never occurred to me to ask him, but
I know f'ha.t lie was a Christian in the i
truest sense of the word. He is the j
only person f have ever known who grasp- ;
ed what I believe is tlie true meaning ;
of Omiar's wonderful Rubaiyat. That i
such a mind should have 'been removed ,
•from my reach before I -had half exploit- ;
ed its treasures is a personal and selfish j
grief to me, but far him I rejoiced to .
know flhiat he has entered upon a freer |
-and happier existence.
Ten days before his death he wrote I
me in such a mood of active interest m j
life thu-t X never dreamed he was on I
the eve of saying farewell to us for tlie !
rest of our sojourn here. He spoke of j
the Household and of how much he had j
wished to write replies to some of the j
letters. He loved us. dear friends, and I, j
for one, in our recurring weekly re
unions, shall always “turn down an
empty glass.” LD.MAC1TA.
ONE MORE "JUMP.”
Dear Household Friends: I have not
been among you bo fore this year, and
though it is a little late for New Year’s
courtesies, I desire to extend my earnest
wishes for your health and happiness
through the year that is still new. To
those who are bearing burdens 1 give
my sympathy and prayers Chat they may
■)*e granted eitrengtTi and faith to bear j
i.lu-m. and to those who have had such -
burdens lifted 1 extend hearty congratu- ;
kit-ions.
It i s an_ old saying that "misery loves
company,” but I have never found it to
Old Men
Middle-aged Men
Young Men
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nf the h*»&a anu ,r ^ v. *Via l.rnnfhial tubes.
jrour disease !■ catarrh of
throat.
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or no. write your name »n
Address plainly on the
cut out and send to
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in Medicine and Su^erj Dublto
University, formerly Burgeon Brit
Ish Royal Ngval Moil Bervlce), 4
II Trade Building. Boston. »•
sure today
have catarrh of the bronchial tubes.
NAME
address
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MY UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENT.
(Lamacita'e appreciation of her “un
known correspondent" is so earnest and
eloquent and corresponds so perfectly
in its characterization of the man with
the 'account of him sent me by his inti
mate friends in Florida that it cannot
fail to interest -and touch the Household.
M. T5. B.)
Some of you asked me to give my
views on the advisability of having cor
respondents one has not met. I can
truthfully say that if I had had any
unpleasant experience In that line (which
I have not) the finding of one such
friend as Lome would have amply re-
ptid me
I never thought to shed tears over the
death of some one I liiad never met, but
this man was so full of neatness that
it overflowed in every letter he wrote.
He seemed to possess tlie power of Im
pressing his soul on the consciousness
of all to whom he wrote even casually.
It seems that I found this friend only
TRY IT AT IV!Y EXPENSE.
Thf're is a cure for every weak or worn-out
man who will write to me for my new and
Free combination treatment. I firmly fruaran-
tee to quickly and permanently bring yon back
the joy and comfort of manly strength. I
care not who ha® failed to cure you, or what
first causekl the
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weakness never
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prove that this is
all true 1 will
send to ever/ suf
fering man who
r.eads these lines
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sealed, with full
directions ho-w .to
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you nothing to
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FREE. I shall
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pay for it. now or ever. Do not hesitate All
letters are strictly private. A cure is posi
tively guaranteed If the disease is not advanced
to the incurable stage of insanity, epilepsy or
consumption. If you need the remedy an.; want
to be cured, write me today and I will send the
free treatment at once.
Dr. Frederick Main,Lock 675,JacksoB,Mich
hold good in my ca.se. Through all my
years of suffering i have never felt a
wish to have one similarly afflicted as
a companion, and I hiave always felt glad
that there were persons who could enjoy
God’s beautiful world freely and fully,
and who never ihad occasion to complain
or feel cross, i have sincerely felt this
way, although, as my friend, Tom Lock
hart, will algree with me in saying, it is
not always easy for one oircumstancea
as we 'are to grin and bear It. As for
my fellow shut-ins X can feel so acutely
for them (because similarly afflicted)
tiiat had 1 tlie -power to unlock the
shackles- of disease from their limbs
while mine were still fettered, it would
give me intense joy to say to them:
“Take up your lied and walk.”
I am sorry Hurt the sensibilities of tiny
of the Household readers Should have
been irritated by the courtesies extend
ed to the shut-ins, but I am sure there
aro very few who grudge fliesc less for
tunate ones the bfi of sunshine afforded
by coming among their kind as speakers
as well as listeners in this friendly open
congress.
It may be of interest to some to know
that while X hiave been so long absent
i have not been idle. 7 have made one
more "jump” to get out of tlie “jar”
that shuts me in. Through the influ
ence of Dr. Gilbert, editor of Tne Western
Christian Advocate, i was offered a free
examination and treatment at Christ
hospital, Cincinnati. Ohio. Transporta
tion was -arranged for me by other good
folks, and Rev. A. D. Batchelor, of Sa
lem, lnd., kindly offered to accompany
me. I -couldn’t resist the temptation, and
so X was shipped on pillow# in my chair
to the hospital in Cincinnati. Experts
made, a thorough examination; all my
joints were photographed by means of
X-nays. Then there was a consultation
and the verdict was announced to me:
The only clfance of reffef Was in having
all these ossified Joints broken apart, t
was told that it was very uncertain
whether this operation would bring about
the desired result. I ,frankly confess to
your, friends, that. X did not lnuve suffi
cient nerve to undergo the ordeal. So i
am back again at the old stand, with
my dear little wife and my children to ,
minister to my wants.
iMy latest pleasure has been reading
“lXis Mysterious Way,” the novel writ- J
ten by my brother in affliction. Tom !
Lo-clkhart, of Missouri. X sincerely con- j
gratulate and applaud him on ihavinlg, ;
through so many difficulties, achieved I
the production of such a. unique, and fas
cinating book, and X trust that its sales
iruaiv make trim independent for tlie re
mainder oT ills life. Yes, success to you,
mv brother. i 'iTefTrra t 1 have endured
only a part of what you have suffered, i
but you have risen to heights of literary |
distinction which I cannot hope to at- '
tain. You -and I are very nearly the
same -age, since next Valentine s day will
nuark the -thirty-fifth mile stone of my
life, and you, 1 believe, are a year
younger. 1
The acquaintances f have -formed •
through the Household have been a i
source of lasting pleasure to me. and X j
feel glad to know tli.it some have in
formed through personal letters that the
(sentiments I have at different times ex
pressed have been a source of inspiration
to them. I am doubly thankful that I
am able to offer tfie meager compensa
tion in return for tlie favors and kind
ness shown me. I trust my life may in
same way prove useful to Him, who gave
it. Particularly do 1 thank the con
tributor of the Christmas remembrance
which reached me through one mater.
With best wishes to aljl^ -and heartfelt
thanks for every kindness, f are, your
Hoosier friend.
ODIN TAT LOCK.
Oanton. Ind.
The letter has -been waiting for some
weeks to see the light. Meantime, the
Valentine bTT'tTiday of our shut-in -friend
(who is o-sisilie-i in Hie same manner as
Tom Lockhart, hut not as completely),
ihas passed. No doubt his friends would
have remembered him had they known,
but it is never too late to say n kind
word or do a kind act. AL E. B.
A WELL MERITED PUNISHMENT.
' xt was a pleasant Sunday, and we were
spending the afternoon leisurely reading.
My companion asked to be allowed to
recline on the sofa near the window
while I read aloud to him. The reading
progressed satisfactorily, until, in spite
of bis efforts to be interested, his eye
lids began to droop. I spurred him up,
but to little use. The eyelids continued
to droop and to stay shut longer each
time. 1 was somewhat vexed, and told
him It was a shame to go to sleep when
t was coming to the pith of the story.
He roused a little, but Iris rally was
transitory. Soon eyes and ears were
closed to all appeal. And then a bit of
mischief came into my head.
A bee on the window within my reach
had been vainly buzzing in his efforts to
find egress to the outer world. 1 shoveled
the insect into my paper, remarking: “If
Mr. Bee would keep up his buzzing in
side your shirt sleeve, it would help you
to stay awake.”
I tugged at the shirt sleeve, and at ilie
same time pushed the bee into captivity,
despite his audible threats and protests.
The feigned sleeper slowly let Iris feet
slip to the floor, and with quiet dignity
got up from tlie sofa. Then safety re
quired my immediate retreat. I with
drew to the fort—my inner room—and
closed the port hole aften me. Here I
felt safe from attack. I waited; all was
“quiet on the Potomac.” There was a
knot hole just below the door latch and
my woman's curiosity tempted me to peep
in and see how things were progressing.
Ail was still, and i made no discovery,
but when 1 went to straighten up i re
ceived a keen sting directly on my chin.
After an instant of vexation. X reflected
that the punishment was merited. I had
taken tlie initiative in this little skirmish
and had got the worst of it. The joke
was too good to keep, so I ran up the
white flag and exhibited tlie glowing pink
on my already double chin. Then two
strong hands drew my face close to him;
a kiss was imprinted on either cheek, and
one between, on the spot of pink. The
bee had been stationed In the knot hole
in readiness for coming emergencies,
needing only to be lired off at the right
moment to send him well into the camp of
tlie effemv.
P. O. NIA.
Florida.
SHALL SHE GO TO COLLEGE?
She always loved books, and from a
child she was anxious to be educated.
She lived 3 miles from a small town in
which was located an excellent high
school. This she attended until she was
14 years old. Then the death of her
mother made her tlie homekeeper for her
father and five children, all younger than
herself. Heretofore she had led her
classes in school, and she was just ready
to enter tlie fall term of her junior year.
All her friends predicted that she would
win first honor, although she was one ot
a large and unusually brilliant class.
At the double blow of her mother's
death and the necessity of giving up
school, she was almost heart-broken.
There had existed a perfect sympathy
between the mother and daughter. The
mother, by her economy and admirable
management, had succeeded in meeting
tlie expense of clothes, books and tuition.
After the fall term had passed and the
girl's class was about to begin the spring
term, she was so anxious to attend that
she gathered up all her energy and will
power and determined to go In spite of
all tlie formidable hindrances. She did
all tlie housekeeping for a family of sev
en, walked 3 miles to school, made up
tlie lost time and again led her class
and won the essay medal over the whole
school, numbering about 400.
After"’ many trials and difficulties, she
completed her course and graduated with
first honor, amid the applause of hun-
! dreds of lies friends who had gathered in
! the crowded hall to do honor to her
j unbounded pluck and energy. This was
j not the end of her ambition, however.
■ fur she wanted to go to college, but
■ money was lacking, so she went to work
I teaching school and intending to go to
college later. *Clrile she was teaching
she met a man who loved her and whom
she loved, so after teaciiing one-year,
she decided to give up the idea of a
college course and marry this man.
They were married and were very happy
for a few short years, and then he
died. She is now just 24 years old. and
looks younger. She has no children and
| has now plenty of money which her
i husband left her. She is still anxious
j to take her college course and wants the
i advice of the Householders on the sub-
j ject. She wants to go to some literary
college for women in Georgia, and then
' go north to some co-educational college,
j What do you think about it? Do you
; think it would be advisable foi* a widow
to go to college? If you are of the opin-
i ion that she ought to go, please say
i which college in Georgia and also which
: northern college you would advise her to
attend. She wants only a literary course,
as she does not expect to prepare herself
for teaching for a business. She wants
i also some social advantages in ..college,
: What do you think?
COSETT K MONTGOM K RY.
THE DUMB BULL.
I Ben's story of “The Dumb Bui"' ex
cited some incredulous remarks, among
Persons wiio had never heard the. roar
of that so-called "dumb” instrument,
and who could not realize how such an
unearthly noise could be made by such a
'simple contrivance. But 1 know of the
bull, and can testify to the hideousness
of its roar. Several years ago, in the
neighborhood of Adam's Run, my broth
er and one of his young friends deter
mined to have a little fun. The instru
ment of ear torture was merely a half
barrel keg with a cowhide nailed acru.-s
one end. In the center of the cowhide
was a hole, through which was drawn a
v/ell-resined wire. The drawing back anti
forth of this wire produced the roar.
I About 9 o'clock -me evening, the boys,
I W ho were into the secret, assembled be
hind the stables of one of the neighbors.
Tlie night was still, and when the dumb
hull roared owl the noise was startling.
The man of the house induced his son
to go out and see it' something was not
happening to the mules. The young man
1 started out to the stables, but before lie
had gone many steps, the bull gave a
terrific bellow, and he got back into the
he use in double-quick time, and grabbed
la gun. The hoys left that vicinity, and
‘went around through the neighborhood,
•spreading amazement and terror among
it he colored folks.
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