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MARCH 18, 1901
<THE SUNNY SdUTH
SEVENTH PAGE
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
Arnnna , ® ave , for my dai,y range
f mTht h de'epX? nL fieWs of Ho,y W rit.
HE early church did well
to select an eagle as the
emblem of St. John.
marks the 'beginning of official hostility
to Jesus.
There is a philosophic continuity in
John’s presentation of incidents which
is far more effective than a bald chron
ological series. He does not do violence
to chronology, but he is not hampered
by it. His purpose is to show the evolu
tion of Jesus’ character and work. Next
ir this order comes the miracle of the
loaves and fishes, followed by the ap
pearance of Jesus at the Feast of Tab
ernacles, and closing with the miracle of
—TENNYSON.
Commentary on the International t und jy-School Lesson
t First Quarter. Lesson XI11. March 26, 1905.
THE REVIEW. reforming rabbi had already begun. Nico-
de.mus rose superior to the prejudice of I the healing of the man born blind. This
ids clique and visited the Teacher. Won- ! latter miracle was like so many others,
dor is not that he came at night, but
KOHrs , ° I tbat hc ^ at all. What nonplussed
soais high and sees far. ; Nlcodemus was to be told that he could
the product of his pen is ' only come Into the kingdom as the prose-
tho most valuable portion | ,yte came into the Hebrew church. He
J _ of the Hible. It has been i O’-nsidered himself a charter member.
IQtj called the gospel of eter- T? dnd that it was not a question of
^*5 hj-r nity and the heart of ! ,, bcr or lower seat, but of any scat at
Christ. His style is Wa ' s What dumbfounded him.
unique. He does not at- j 30 rWnJTTl **1? SWlfUy in this ab ‘
i_.ni . | SOI bingij interesting panorama. Jesus'
, ‘ c lon ~ conversation with the woman at Jacob’s mg faith of the unfortunate man and
ca nanative. His well, to whom He makes His first cate-j to make the cure the more conspicuous,
w i'ting is an argument, gorical declaration of Messiahship. The John's glowing narrative gives us a dis-
I'- Mutes a proposition and addresses healing of the nobleman’s son is a history solving view, fascinating and impressive,
mmself to the maintaining of it. His £ h f generation, growth and fruitage The pitiful mendicant fades away, and in
d , a ad hi epitome. Jesus, at the ; pis stead appears a glorious confessor,
loot ot Bethesda, is a picture of His I witty and dauntless, meet to be enrolled
sympathy and power. The event also ! In the noble army of the faithful.
n acted parable. Jesug refused to enter
with His disciples into the current and
tavorile speculation which summed Itself
In (he question whether the man or ills
parents were sinners; whether the suf
fering was sign of sin, and the degree
of it Indicated the degrees of the sin.
He turned from splitting hairs to open
ing eyes. It pleased Him to condescend
to the use of the crude materia medlca of
the day in order to strengthen the grow-
purpose is to cause the reader to believe
T<\' Jesus is the Christ. His method is
t - take scenic incidents and typical per-
j ms and report Jesus’ words in connec
tion with them so that there may be
reciprocal illumination. He calls the
r , a ■]• to a halt that he may reflect, he
e-.if-j);.izes the argument, makes applica
tion, uni before he closes swings the
golden censer of praise to God.
peculiar Interest attaches to John's
-,,. r .. as well as to his writing. An
incident (Illustrates his character* It
r.f course, he apocryphal, but
Km. hlus and Clement both affirm it to
be puc. The apostle left a young man
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE.
where he was seen and taken away by a
steamer.
Even the children fight. Bands of them,
of both sexes, generally led by women,
accompany the men, and as their fathers
fight they creep between their legs and,
unnoticed in the grass. plunge their
knives into our men. Full half the bodies
of our dead bear in their lower limbs
and bodies undoubted marks of the dead
ly work of these wild children.
This Is only one of a hundred tales
which I might tell you. The situation is,
to the minds of the littlr: handful of
Americans here, desperate. Indeed, far,
far worse than ever in insurrection times.
What steps can he taken to learn our
little “brown brother’’ not to molest your
“Uncle Samuel?" Well, it looks like
“lead ’ In liberal closes to me, and a few
more like “Jakie” Smith and Major Glen.
All tlm Americans from the interior
and smaller coast towns have congre
gated in the largest of the towns, but I,
being awav from the main island, deem
it sufficiently safe yet a while on my
farm. .
Among the strange customs of the
MISS BELLE.
All the neighborhood called her “Miss
Belle." For thirty years she had lived
In the little cottage with its vine-clad
porch, but Miss Belle belonged to the
aristocracy, and the “big house" on the
hill had been her home in youth. A
In i .tre of a certain bishop to be. instreet- . . .
eiJ . .m ins next visit he surprised the ! wa ’ S p, un “! . tlle ° pening
I,;, i by asking for Iris "deposit.” The
i* p denied that he had any' “de-
>o: supposing St. John meant money.
, o the apostle said, “I demand the
v . - man.” The bishop reluctantly ad
b it he had allowed the catechu-
ij'.istalize, and that he had be-
[■on a robber chief. The apostle mount
3 a is. and put himself in the way’
,f iig captured by’ the robber in order
•Hat he might reclaim him. And in
he is said to have succeeded. If
•Ids tradition and others like it are true,
sacred art has done an injustice to St.
,i when It lias pictured him as ef-
_ ot
the civil war brought division and
row. The father and one brother, Frank,
shouldered their muskets and joined the
army of the south. The other brothers,
Ralph and Will, decided that it was their
duty to light under the old flag. Their
father and brother had bitterly denounc
ed them a 3 traitors, but unmoved, they
kissed their sister, took one long, last
look at the old home among the pines
and went their way to enlist in the union
army.
After the battle of Bull Run, Will, the
youngest and best beloved, was brought
home dead, and all difference of opinion
was lost in the deep grief that filled the
hearts of the father and brother as they
the westerner extracted a gun from his
belt, and, applying the business end of j
it to the cranium of the doubter, said; ;
"ptay, pardner, do you believe that story :
I just told you?" And the easterner ad- ;
muted that he felt the facts as stated j
to be entirely within the limits of truth,
and regretted exceedingly that he had ;
.passed snap judgment upon them. Thus j
it is with us. With the loaded gun of
necessity ever at our heads, we assert
that there is no- love; that marr'age is
a failure; that women are flirts, heart
less and insincere; that we are enamor
ed of bachelorhood, and the wiser of us
are going to keep right on to the end
of the chanter swearing that whi® is
black and that day is night.
F. R. ORTON.
Bachelor Farmer.
voice was joined by the voices of her
husband, her son and daughter. This was
part of tiie family worship, which was
offered in their lowly home every night
'before retiring.
It was a great grief to me when this
loyal black friend passed away. She was
off from home on a mission of iove~
nursing a patient* ill with a malignant
fever. When she returned her husband,
Uncle Phil, ran over to our house ant,
said: “1 wants some spi ts tubbe-ntime.
Miss; my ole lady is mighty sick; I'se
soared she done tuck dat fever where
she’s been nussin’.”
After two weeks of patient suffering
she passed away. Papa came into my
room and found me weeping bitterly. He
tried to console me by telling mo the
good old soul had gone to rest.
“I know," I said, "but she was such a
comfort to me. What shall I do without
her? Oh. 1 wish 1 could go and look
on her kind old face before it is hid
away forever!”
“That is impossible,” he answered, but
mv brother came to my aid and arranged
a plan by which I was enabled to see
my good old friend as she rested on lier
bier, with the same patient, gentle look—
almost a smile—on her lace, telling that
she was “asleep in Jesus.” Rater, as I
toy on my couch, watching through the
i window the long funeral procession go by,
| I thought: “Will you be watching for
i me, auntie, over yonder, and rejoice to
see me come?"
I wish, even at this late day, to give
many thanks to those friends who re
membered tne at Christmas, and whose
letters and kind tokens brought gladness
to my lonely life. I wish to tell you
that I am still agent for Fineta’s book,
"Princess of Glenndale.” I hope an who
have ordered il of me have received it
all right. March ! Is my birthday. It
this letter appears before then, I* shall
hope for a letter party. With love and
good wishes*
ANNIE FE.U'ET.
Peavey, Ala.
SLEEP! —EVEN SONG..
j Silently, silently cometh the Night;
Tall grasses whisper and sigh;
| Shadows creep out of the west, and the
light
Fades from the radiant sky.
Bowing, the herds, and the fields are
a-dreani;
■Star-sails adrift on a silent sea, gleam—
»iee.p, tired one, sleep!
Guard over all, will the Rord Shepherd
J keep;
I Sleep, tired one, sleep!
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Y—r
JESSE’S GHOST.
For sometime Jesse had 'been “claim
ing” a girl who ilvcd several miles
laid the boy in the graveyard by the old
feir.inale. He was, in fact, a bundle i brick church. Before allot tor year had
of pr radices; a fisherman, yet having so- \ gone by the father was sleeping by his
dal access to the high priest's palace; a side
; -an, jet Intimately familiar with
Judea; of none of the schools, yet
penning the noblest thing in literature;
sentie. yet a son of thunder.
J- n's gosftel is the oral teaching of
ills whole ministry reduced to writing.
It a restatement of apostolic doctrine
by the last living apostle. It Is not a
t-: supplement to the other gospels.
He
pa.
Palajanes Is that of wearing a "anting- Silently, silently cometh the Night;
anting ” or charm against bullets. 1 have ] Mej.uows are misty and still,
several and am sending one to Mrs. ! Slowly the moon, with her silvery light,
Brv'in * j Gomes o'er Hits shadowy hill;
While you ore dodging the ‘‘breezes : Bringing sweet peace lo the weary, op-
I which blow through treeses” and anxious- > pressed;
‘ lv watching the mercury, 1 am sitting Cometh -ue Night on her pinions of Rest—
from Ms home. One morning he mount- i between open windows; the newly plant- j Sleep, weary one, sleep!
■ed this father’s mule and went to see j ed tobacco stretches away on one hand, Guardian Angels their silent watch keep—
her. This was the first lime he had ! and on the other fields of growing hemp S.eep, weary one, sleep!
’ ich-
Silently, silently cometh the Night;
Murmuring winds are a-blow;
Reave, weary heart, ail thy cares till
the light.
Dream of the dawn’s golden glow’.
Star-sails a-gleam, and the moonlight
above.
Sleep in the ti \ of an Infinite Rove;
S.eep, weary heart, sleep!
God will His children all, tenderly keep—
Sleep, weary heart, sleep!
ESSIE PHKRPS DUFFY.
February 14, 1905.
i ever been off courting, and, not know- land pineapples just pushing up their r
! ing what to say, yet wanting to say a j ly tinted fruits makes me forget s<
: great deal, he kept lingering till the days must be cold and dreary, ’ or
fast
shades of night were
At last the dreadful war was over, but ■ fore he departed,
only Frank came back to the old home— Apparently, Jesse hod forgotten about
came back a wreck of the bright, hand- j the graveyard that the had to pass just
some hoy who had gone from it four | before reaching home, or lie would sure-
years before. Exposure, hardship, prison ly have left his girl’s presence sooner,
faro and confinement had done their ; The stars gave sufficient light and tie
fatal work, and the rains of (he following , got along fairly well until he was pass-
winter fell upon Ills grave. The mother I mg the graveyard. Then, suddenly, a
had long been dead, and Miss Belle was I frightful apparition appeared. A ghost-
left alone in the big silent house. j ly white object came right up out or
She was thoroughbred, and for a while I tihe ground and then sank with a blood-
■ ,1 not merely bring up the rear for she bore up bravely and tried to keep up i curdling; cry. The mule saw the apparl-
"n ,rnose of gleaning what others had the oId home ami plantation, with the | ition and In a twinkling threw his rider
he purpose or gleaning wnat otners naa ^ Qf a few of the old neer0 e* who still j and was off like a streak for home. -
i b>. He lakes great scenic events, ; c | un „ to tjie place. But with no tools, j Jesse declared that before he could get ; Sunday (Christmas) dressed ( •)
ix miracles (or signs, as ho significantly no horses, no seed, and no money with on liig feet tltat terrible something ap- j lows: press, blue silk \\iui 5 - 11 ® ‘
caiis them) and three parables. He which to buy these, it was impossible. . peared and disappeared at least a doz- ;ers; slippers, white Kia, stoc ng . 1
rives the setting and background of each j During the hard years that followed the ' en times; and each time that It dropped j which nature gave *?er; bod , V na
d then interprets, or, better, makes j wolf of! want ^around the desome | back into the grave, it uttered a cry of ; ^^ b n ,l^ie^Vhe "iin^t "p^na just"
"Id His »<wn interpreter b> record- ; j one j y occupant When at length a ."When Jesse did regain his feet he came
r.r His sayings in the connection, i hus, ; “yjmicee,” who had seen and admired tho as near flying as any scared boy ever
by a series of clusters of sayings, deeds, piace during the war, came and offered did. (Texas Boy. his mouth refused to
:ii, ! even’s, he makes what Origen did 1 to buy it, Miss Belle sold it to him, re- whistle.) On reaching home ho fell
not hesitate to call “the'maln gospel.” ; serving a few acres on which she built against the door, yelling; “Ret me in.
some
that
athering be- I snow anywhere is a reality.
My little pet monkey scoldingly de
mands attention; the cat is comfortably
sunning herself in the doorway, and nry
white parrot on a beam overhead is
calling me the most awful names (in the
native language), that Is a "dog’’ and a
“raraboa,” and as I see my boss "hom-
bre” perched on a slump busily engaged
with a guitar and "Ma Ramion,’’ while
the men arc standing in bile, admiring
groups. I shall have to "ring off” until,
at least, after dinner.
The "belle of Rao-ang,” from the na
tive point of view, went to church last
WHAT’S THE USE?
Regarding Romacita’s round-the-circle
talk about marriage, I would like to ask
a question that I fear will be thought
disagreeable and cynical, but I just “want
to know.” This is my query: Why should
a nice young man who is meeting the
world squarely, is doing fairly well finan
cially, Is moderately happy and has grown
But, oh! the colors—black ground with j accustomed to the independent, free-and-
large border of impossible flowers in red, : easy life of a bachelor—why should this
There is not in literature a finer ex-
nmplo of adaptation of style to subject
The noblest and profoundest thought is
lore clothed in language ample and
:-oyai. What the Sistine frescoes are In
a little cottage that she might live hero For mercy’s sake, let me in'" His won-
the remainder of her life and be buried ; dering parents opened the door and
beside her kindred.
asked wthat was the matter.
Many were the surmises why Miss Belle u-ssly he told them that one of the dead
did not marry. Her portrait, painted in
. her youth by a famous artist showed a
of the fourth gospel | lovely ^rlish face, and the old pwple
people was tryin gto come out of hi
grave in the old burying ground.
Jesse !h.ad lost his hat when the rmtl
blue and green, with pink and yellow
leaves—all this with a very large cigar
comprised this very remarkable ito you)
costume. The men. however, do better, as
the universal dress is white duck and
Breath* ' straw hats; but even these, with their
1 ' green or red heelless slippers and no
hose, or no footgear at all. might make
you smile. ”F1RI1?TXQ.”
. told that she had been the reigning belle threw him, so early next morning, Ills
art the exordium
‘ s t0 written speech. > et with all its - thg oountry nroU nd. with suitors among ; courage being fortified by two coni pan-
’-tat' liness there is an inherent slm- sc i ona 0 f the best old families, who i ona> de went to the graveyard. There
>lk 'y The similarity’ between the i a i d their hearts and fortunes at her ! tlH!y saw t i, e ghos.t. yes, and heard it,
opening of the Book of Genesis and the feet. But she remained Miss Belle to the | too. Can you gues what it w’as? Into
,.<■ t }.j_ o-o-mel will be readily I day when the death angel entered the j the new, half-dutT grave of a man who
, r f the form : door ot the little cottage, and the eor- : fan<J the dav ’before en old white
Tv.gmzed. I no piologue is in the form . rowing neighbors came to look their last sh€ep had stumbled. He was trying to
Hebrew poetry, which consists largely j on tj, e sweet face of the woman, who had j 8cra , m <j > ]e out, and uttering a "baa" ol
disappointment whenever he failed.
AdtMUNDA.
f the recurrence of previously expressed . W on their hearts by her kindness and
thoughts with altered phrase and added | sympathy.
Some young girls were.searching in her
,, , oid-fasliioned bureau for the burial
John the Evangelist paints a noble and clothea w'liich it wavs well-known Miss
fadeless portrait of John the Baptist, j g e j] e jj^d made many years ago. At the
intensely human. He had like i pottom of one of the draw’ers they found
ions to those of other men. The 1 the photograph of a nandsome young
f it Is that W’itll those he vet acted man. In the paper in which the picture
it t. mat yw w as wrapped was a sheet of note paper.
In a great national crisis- Ami . „„ whlch were traced , n faded lines,
!ia• not because irresistibly impelled by • <.p ear Belle—1 wish to bo the first to
a i wer external to himself. ! greet you on this, your twentieth birth- , tt monv mn
iscetlc life was a rational protest j day. I cannot be at the baU to night, as j af j r , ver ’ „„,i
... ms i leave at midnight for New York. There | .: -
LETTER FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
The Terrible Palajanes—A Bachelor’s
Home on a Philippine Farm—A Belle's
Costume.
The same mail w’hich brought my
former letter in The Sunny South also
contained forty’ and five answ’ers to my
invitation to correspond. They were all
as nice as could be. and so Interesting | j ust enterin
AUNT ANGELINE.
Did you ever have a good old ante
bellum* negro auntie as a friend? If not,
you have missed something. When I was
just I I years old the entire burden of
keeping house and caring for an invalid
man marry at all? Why should he quit
a safe foothold and take a step upon
unknown ground—In a direction that may
bring him .happiness, but also may land
him in a quagmire of misery?
You girls may crucify me if you like,
but I wish to be certain of what I am
doing. 1 don’t want any guess work or
miscalculation. Better endure the little
discomforts vve know than to try’ to reme
dy them by means that may make matters
worse. You know the old adage about
jumping from the frying pan into the
fire.
Well, I’ll go before I’m mobbed, but I
really want some reasons from the House
mother and a large family of small chil- j holders as to why a bachelor should run!
dren fell upon ray young shoulders. I
would have sunk earlier under the work,
the care and perplexity, had not Aunt
Angelina come to my aid. Aunt Angelina
lived in a cabin just bey’ond a pine
thicket, near my home. She came over
often and helped and encouraged me.
She praised my housekeeping. She ad
vised me what to do for my bed-ridden
mother.
risks when he can get around doing it?
This Isn’t selfishness, either, but it’s horse
sense. Yours for facts.
AN ARIZONA TRAVELER.
THE CONVERSION OF BILL JUS
TIN.
Bill Justin claimed to be too delicate to
work only when live had to have some-
His
many times have they been complete prostration, and as time went
preacher, and was always tellin' me how
•:rtn"s UP re“rthe Sf-hHerested is'something I wish to tell you
ii.fnations in church and .fate. 1 pl Yes? y jo h n Talbot"” j« a[e ^
• the desert that he "dght th nk j There was also a le “fr written from J ust now ’the all-absorbing topic by day
•. ish a patriotic course of conlu. t : Xew York, bearing a date of fifty years | and of dreams at n jg] n j s “Palajanes”
i might fortify his soul with those: ag .„ Opening ll reverently they read a j ,-p a ]a p;v ns )_ a se t of religious fanatics,
;. .i convictions of truth which would! love st °ry that hadl been wntten half ( rofessedly of the Catholic faith, but
, to martyrdom. When a century before. Toward t..e dose the . reanv composed of thieves or bandits,
; , , . ,,, ..... . Voidv to speak : writer said. I dreamed of you last night. L. ho use this cloak to induce the Ignorant
p it he felt he woo . . • dear, as I saw you last, standing under nnd superstitious common “tano” to join
of course. I cannot i m"7'fe'it That’ ‘Ucoidd “never be“”mvseir baJ 1 ' vas anQ that I’d he herded oil
hefo?e r i I tmsvrer ali, I will through the Household 'again. what a comfort Aunt Angelina | <>f doom,
d under tha,,k every one ’ and assure you that 1 was t0 me in those dark days of pain 7 1 dld T n 1 dUlt d^m everything Id ever
me. at least, ready to hear he went:— e ’ piaes w ith "the sunset throwing a
o t o place where the most people would, goIden halo around y-ou.”
naturally congregate. ; “Grandma," said one of th * * lrls
XjW f,,Uow uvo hluminating inc ^ nt ®“! j"hn'Talbot? W lic r e"to his picture;° see.”
yperstitlous
them; the latter class furnishes the
fanaticism which renders them so danger
ous.
The whole east coast of Samar Is in
their hands. Including possibly 100 to 150
Grandma looked long at the faded photo- ' tmvns an d’ barrios or villages, and In
ailing of the fir sit disciples a.;
ri ng of the first miracle To them ^“"h/ 'then glanced at the quiet face {addiUonThe entire*interior of The island.
in-9 the natural interest in m- am i d the bank of flowers. _ Ammvsr these towns are several whose
r.t of things ia in this instance g j \ve hid the picture and the letter in.the • j can officers), have been sent against
iv enhanced by tho sacred character o . ear t of a great bunch of violets by Muss t hem, and have returned literally torn to
the institution its phenomenal history, , Be ij e ’ S side, and the following day she, j,| e( . es p or instance, the Thirty-ninth
and its world-wide and beneficent effects.; t oo. was laid to rest In the little brick company, Philippine scouts. Lieutenant
The visit of Nicodemus to Jesus ought j church yard. urania. I Abbott, detachment,
to be viewed in the light of events then
transpiring. The breach .between
the
fifty' scouts, one
American lieutenant In command, one
: American hospital rorpstnatt, met Pala-
ofilciais of tho Hebrew church and the
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is
in. Preserving Health, and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that < 'i iar< u aa *
the safest and most efficient dis.nfec-
tant and purifier in nature, but few reaf-
za its value when taken into the li
man system for the same cleansing pur-
p se.
Chaircoal is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better; it is not a drug
at all but simply absoros rne gases ana
Impurities always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out or
the system. .,
Charcoal sweetens the breath at
smoking, drinking or arter eating onions
and otlier odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and im
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural and
•minently safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases which
the stomach and bowels.
WHEN THE PAST COMES BACK.
tvvw.i. the green comes back into last janes in open field. 'The latter had.forty- j pression of her earnest faith and Christ- i IlrecL I fold her If they needed any
YY 11C II Lira r> .. rxIT rv vor( loV lsi.*. : ..i r i— x i. _ _ . . n.i *■ - 4- 1 4 4- rrM,.«.4-
arrange my pillows so comfortably htrj 1 s “ aL Ju l a , u ’ 3 UJ * llr8U : n ounce
touch seemed to have magic in it- after! of Practice on his part would have been
one of her rubbings of my pain-racked i a t P 0Ur,d or preach to me. anyhow,
body 1 would drop off into ia sweet sleep. ! tv ell, it w-ent on this way a good
Aunt Angeiitie’s knowledge of the Bible I while, then 1 missed Bill, lorn Jones,
was wonderful, ©he had, in her old age, I nlad airrier comes by and. fold me
learned to read a little, but she managed i ? hat Jwo ot Bill s kids was stek. He
to read .her Bible through and to remem- I himself had started after the doctor,
her much of its history and teachings. ! ' U.ll,” be said, inad been gone a week
She knew many hymns; some of these! down at Covetown, to .a p’tracted meet-
were the (juaint negro songs with thei»
peculiar melancholy airs. Often, when
the members of my family went to attend
Sunday service, and 1 was left to Aunt
Angelina's care, after she had made the where folks will call him "Brother Jus-
room look neat and pleasant, she would thv," and have lots to eat. To see ana
sit bv my bed and sing me to sleep When hear him on those occasions you would
I awoke' I would see her kind old face I think that if there ever was a blessed
bending over me anxiously, as though she ; s; 'lnt out of paradise he was surely It.
feared my spirit had taken flight. I Somehow fine further Rill got from home
“Do negroes have souls?” I have heard j the better folks liked him.
asked. 1 am sure that some of them I after Tfl eat my su'pper that night. 1
have souls 'as pure and true as any went over to see how the ‘kids was get-
white people’s. To associate with this old | tin’ on. I found them pretty sick, and
black woman was to receive a strong lm- I Ann, Bill's wife’ lookin' bothered and
Now, if therq was anything In the
world Bill liked better than lecturing
me It was goin’ ’way’ off to meetin’,
ihaver to eat, no wood to cook it with
■and Bill 'way off doin’ good (?).
I fold Anna not' to bother and I went
NO «atteR n! F ck3 LOVe never
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In tablet form, or
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charcoal being mixed with wil ,
luieir.". Rffinitv. If he should
! looking for his - ks aW ay, he would
use or tnesi — pee it coming ten bloc o-irden
soon tail in a . much-improved^ condition ! taUe tb^ ^ator^a t ^ a fk^f JoveJn
The dally use of thes
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sweeter breath and purer blood, and in
beauty of it Is. that no Possible harm can
result from their continued use. but
the contrary, great benefit. ..
A Buffalo physician in
benefits of charcoal says: I advl^ Stu
arcs Charcoal Lozenges to aU patjens
siiTrertn* from gas In stomach and bow
els. and to clear €he complexion and puri
fy the breath, mouth and th /oft- * .
believe the liver is greatly benefited bF
the dallv use of them; they cost but
twenty-five cents a box at drug Rf .
fSLSssrw.
bss *rs:Sa-"'r ** &»-£***»«»
if the two irresponsible par-
a. cottag®. ■‘rpsidents of a metropolis, but
ties are not residenrs n ^ ex , steneP ln a
v ' lhen Lm Zt crushed between the up-
t hr e e -^The nether millatcmes; that is.
Per aad ,anltor at the right hand and
with the J a _n u ‘” lcift p e jg a wise
thf \n n Ms r generation who will sew on his
g5tS,*Sni. .pa otherwise ...the-
matize his ^ to f d oc ”' a westerner who
The tale is -.jpujafiy atrocious tale
perpetrated a ^ rnfr causing the lat-
on a visiting easier..^ , do , lb t s as
ter gentleman to of the 8tory .
th« t/Y having such reflec-
jj^^acmistomed to ^ remarks,
year’s leaf, , nine guns, but in parley offered to lay jjuc spirit. How often in the summer twl- thing to tell ft. That seemed to bother
And the red to the rose’s breast— these aside, and did so, attacking with light have I been soothed by hearing • her worse. She didn't say mw;h. but i
When the gold comes back into last : bolos only. j strains of her quaint, sweet songs borne understood. Notthin’ fit for a little sick
year's sheaf ; Only one man of the whole escaped, and Ito me from her cahin door on the wings
And the lark to last year’s nest. ; he. desperately wounded, feigned death j of the breeze that stirred the curtains of
; until night enabled him to seek the coast, my window. Later in tho evening her
W r e shall find the peace that we lost ,
one da,y — ' '
Tn the tumult and the strife, I
And the love that somewhere along the j
Vanished out of our life.
When the green comes back, into last
spent to tile lilies dead;
In Urn golden summer as bright as brief i
That swayed in the sunshine shed. j
Then to these hungering hearts of ours .
Will the past come back again
With Us dreams and duties-its faith and
flowers, .
Its sunshine and ns raJn. DENouGit
ing, it needs
IT NEVER FAILS.
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It can’t tell what’s the matter. If it is thin and pale,
has no appetite, nervous, twitching of the muscles,
headache, pains in the abdomen, grinding of the teeth,
picking of the nose, swollen abdomen, dry cough,
sleeplessness, hot flashes, stomach and bowels irregular,
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.back to m.y shanty and got all I could
tote. “Gih«3 you had .better fix it. An
na,” 1 said, tryin’ to be cheerful, "i’m
no hand at tanglin’ dough; don’t look
and taste right after it’s 'baked. Can’t
get the riglit combination somehow. So
I just fetched the raw material.”
I noticed she didn’t say nothin’, and I
looked ’round, and dogged if she wasn’t
crytn’. And tlhat rattled me. You see
I am an old batch, and always did feel
kinder shy’ and panicky’, just talkin’ to
women folk*?. When 1 saw how Anna
was bakin’ it I wanted to stampede. It
didn’t take me long to hit the trail after
the doctor come. Now, I’m no meddler,
but I couldn’t see no good in the way
Bill was doin’. Tt stfluiek me t*.at if he
■was able to walk 30 miles, be was able
to make a livin’ fer Ms family’, If he did
look like them pictures of "before talc
in’ ”. So, I says to myself: “Jim An
derson, it’e up to you to butt In and
straighten out things a bit. Then 1
saddled two fnorses and went after the
gent, bent on him doin’ right for once
in his life.
I landed in Covetown before day. I
fed my horses, eat some cold grub my
self and rested till daylight. Then I
located toy man and walked In. There
he set ln a big reed rocker, hair parted
down the middle, hununin' a song and
waitin' for his feed.
"Rook here. Bill,” I said, ’thout any
ceremony’, “you’ve got two sick kids at
home, ancLj’ve come to see what you are
tgoin’ to efo about it?”
“J don't know,” he said after thinkin’
a wihile. “I hate to disappoint those
people. Are the children real bad
sick?"
“"Sick enough to need you." X said.
“I’ve fetched you a horse and I guess
we’d better be ridin’."
“You don’t mean now, before break
fast!” he said, lookin’ trouble J.
“That’s just what X mean exactly*. I
left some of my breakfast. You can eat
some of that if you are hungry. Get
your headgear and come on!”
He got up, sTiook hands all ’round,
biddin’ the folks farewell and followed
me like a pet dog. . t , ,
1 won't state here all I told that fel
low after we’d started. B>ut I ’preached
him a beautiful sermon on tihe way he
was gOiii* to pervide for Anna and them
kids. Didn't use the exact w’ords of a
1). D., perhaps, but I made it so plain
that a bloomin’ idiot could understand
it Bbl said he did. Well, sir, after he
tod eat all my grub, he got in a good
humor, nnj honestly, I got real sorry
for the little gander-eyed runt, when he
begged me not to be mad at.him, an 1
give him a chance. I told him to act
tihe man and I’d do it.
We met the doctor and he said the
kids was doin’ fine. Bill looked sheep
ish, though, when he got home ana
£ Anna met him. lookin’ glad, like she
bad not seen him for a. month. She
wasn’t mad a bit. even looked glad at
1 me, .and I couldn't think of a thing to
: ”av so I just skedaddled Ibome, for I
| was awful hungry. I cooked a big sup-
! per and eat it, every bite. Then^fea
j better.
MR. JOHNSON’S SLEIGH RIDE.
j i tell you we had the pootiest snow
That ever laid on the groun',
An’ Johnny Johnsing, the sport, you
know
What sets the style for the town—
He thought he'd up and knock all the
shine
Off'n the rest oif us hoy*;—
He’s er feller as thinks he s powerful
fine,
An’ makes er heap er noise.
So he went an’ borried the doctor’s sleigh,
Then stood roun' braggin’ til! night; ,
Said he’d show us fellei’s the very nex
What*to do with a sleigh, all right.
W 7 e was at the store for to see him pass
by ,
An’ he stopped five minutes or so.
An’ tol’ us to watch how his horse wou.d
flv
When lie comei with Mi*3 Antoinette
Moore.
Miss Moore, she’s the sweet little school
1 teacher gal,
j She’s smart, an’ she’s rale pooty, too;
Ip'ay the organ! She jes’ fairly gives it lal
j An’ she knows all the tunes that’s
new.
| Now the feller that clerks ln the store
for Sim
i Was a-lovin’ Miss Moore his self.
An' we all was a feelin' sorry fer him
| For fear he'd be laid on the shelf.
; Bimeby. the sleigh come er tarin’ back,
I An' we run to the door to see
. (All ’ceptin’ the clerk, an’ he peeped
through er crack.
As mad as a bumble bee);
An’ jes’ as they got right in front of
the door,
Johnny fell out, like er clown.
An’ lie said, as he got up outer the
snow:
“I’ll be dogged if we ain’t broke down!''
I
| The clerk runs out, an’ he says: “Howdy
do,
Miss Moore, jes’ walk right in.
An’ I’ll sen’ for a rig that’ll hoi’ up two”—
We knowed he was all right then.
The doctor was mad as mad could be
When he heard about his sleigh.
’Cause he wanted it his self, yer see,
For to go out of town nex’ day.
Johnny’s goin’ round with a swelled up
head,
He moves like he weighs ’bout er ton.
Don’t none of us know what the doctor
said,
But we know mighty well what he
done.
ENOLE.
(have been rated as cranks. A degener
ate Is a menace to society. Saw and or
der. Our prisons and penitentiaries ara
filled with degenerates.
T'rofessor Rombrosl is a believer in he
redity. The Bible calls It another name
when it says: “The sins of the father
shall be visited upon the children even
to the third and fourth generation.”
I enclose under separate cover an arti
cle telling of Professor Lombrosi’s re
cent experiments in psychometry* ana
telepathy. , Respectfully.
ZBNAiS MORSE.
Box 498, Mobile, Ala,
A LIST OF SONGS COMPILED IN
MEMORY OF ONE WHO LIVES
NO MORE.
“All’s fair in love and war,” “I can’t
f or get the happy past,” “I’ll go back to
my old love again,” and sing “Do you
think of me now?’ or ever sing the song,
“My little lost Irene?” “Gould you, my
love, but read this heart of mine,” you’d
find "I-loved you better than you knew.”
Your favorite song, “Honey, does you
love your man ’ Is answered in the words,
“I love you yet,” “Thou wer’t” "The
idol of my heart,” “In Sweet September.’’
"We are drifting away from each other.”
“Silently drifting apart,” but “If you
will me my sweetheart" I’ll be “True to
the last,” “Some day I’ll wander back
again," “For there’s sure to be a way."
Can’st thou say, “Her bright smile
haunts me still, as in "The sweet days
of long ago” "I love her just the same.”
for "I never loved till 1 met you.” ^ "Can.
you, sweetheart, keep a secret?” “Let me
take my place again," “AU things seem
naught without you.” ‘ Ah! sing again
that gentle strain,” “Call me back
again.” “Poor girl, didn’t know what it
was” “To be parted from our dear ones.”
“Precious treasure” ‘ Ever sweet is thy
memory” thou’ "Thou wert ten thousand
miles away,” “The package of old let
ters will bind me to thee,” “Dear heart."
“We’re fading,” but "There’ll come a
time some day*,” “Blue Eyes.” “The
sweetest story ever told” is the one that
never grows old.
“They told me not to love her,” but the
warning “Came too late.” “Little did C
think you’d leavejne,” but we can’t tell
“What a day may bring forth,” “Heart
of my heart,” “Shine down dem eyes
upon me.” “The old folks at home”
"Request” “Separation,’ but methinks I
hear the echo, "Back to the only* girl I
love” and "Auld Lang Syne” will be
“The greeting of spring.” "After your
wandering” "Let me take my place
again.” De not say “The pardon cant':-
too late.” "I don’t want to play,” "I
want to be a boy’s best friend.” "Just
break the news to mother” and say no
one can take the place of “My queen,
Irene." “O. promise me that some sweet
day” we’ll understand "Better than gold’’
is "You’ll remember me.” ’Tis sad “That
we’re parted” "From our dear ones.”
“Rove ever faithful” is my “Last hop-.”
“We are praying at home,” so "Don't
drink my boy, tonight.” “How dear
to my heart” is “The happy
past” “I was only* flirting.” hut ”’Twas
a kiss that bound me to thee.” “If you
love me. darling," “Write mo a letter,
love.” Once you wrote, “..on’t you bo
my sweetheart?” 1 said, “Yes I’ll be
your sweetheart,” for “I never really
loved another but one." “I sigh in vain"
for “The letter that never came.” Arc
"Thou still dreaming of love; ” “If to
me j'ou’ll be true” "I’ll be all smiles to
night, love.” “There’s just one girl" is
“The song that broke my Heart." "It
was all a mother's a.ppeal.” Now “Ho
never cares to wander,” still "The world
goes on." “Things are not what they
seem." When “Summer comes” “Down
on the farm” “My thoughts are ail of
tbee.” “Must the tie that binds be
broken?” all for “Winsome Grace”? Per
haps “Thou hast learned to love another”
and can not be “True to the last.” I
should have “Only remembered” the
"Gypsie’s Warning.” "Changeless” will
ever be my name, “Because 1 love you '
"i’ll go where my love lies bleeding” and
once more hear "The song that reached
my heart.” AhT with how much feeling
you used to sing “I loved you better than
> r ou knew.” “Au revoir,” but not good
bye. I’ll remember you, love, in my
prayers.
“THE FORGET-ME-NOT,”
" 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia.”
WHAT IS A DEGENERATE.
(A Scientist's Definition.)
On the Household page, the issue ot
December 31, you ask, “Wthat is a de
generate?” I have waited patiently to
see w'hat the answer or the answers
•would be, and, so far, ,1 find 'but one,
that of Dr. Iseman, has appeared. With
due respect to the doctor, I do not think
tthat his definition covers the ground, at
least not as I undens land it, and I will
endeavor to give, as briefly as .possible,
another deifinition.
-About 15 years ago, an Italian sav
ant. Professor Caesar Lombroso, (i
spell his name a«5 he writes it), who has
made sociology a life study, published
a book, r *The Degenerate." It has been
several years since I read It. but his de
finition of a degenerate, free from tech
nicalities, is a person who laoks one or
more of those attributes necessary* to a
•well balanced moral character. For in
stance, ,a boy, perhaps of unexception
able lineage, may prove to be an un
blushing liar. Professor Lombroso
■would class fhait boy as a mild degener
ate. Another may stiow a love of cru
elty, a passion to tease, to annoy, to
hurt, a bent of mind, which, if not
checked, would lead to a homicidal
mania, the characteristic of the pro
nounced degenerate.
■If I have succeeded in making .plain
his idea so far, by following it out, you
cap see that the criminal world con
sists of degenerates, more or less devel
oped, or, :to 'use ’Professor Lombrosi’s
language, more or less pronounced.
He further distinguishes a crank from
.a degenerate. A crank is always harm
less. Some of the greatest inventors
HOW SHE KEPT YOUNG.
Julia Coman's receipt for managing a
husband is excellent. I have tried it all
my married life, have never known it
to fail, and I attribute to its constant
practice the fact that I am today as
light-hearted and happy as any girl. It
| is easy to catch a husband, but not so
! easy to keep him content in the cage of
i domestic love. Good temper and neat-
i ness are two things essential to the kcep-
i ing process. A man enjoys coining into
a cosy home and seeing his wife neatly
dressed and cheerful looking'. If she
neglects her appearance and is cross and
complaining, she may expect his ad
miration and love to grow cold.
A wife should always lobk as young as
possible. When I married at 16. and my
husband took me to our new home, he
said; "l want you to promise me that
you will try to keep young. Don’t get
old just because y*ou are married, as I
see some women do.”
I gave him the promise and I have
tried to keep It. I have forced myself
not to worry about trifles and not to
grieve over what I cannot help; always
to look on the bright side and always
to dress neatly and talk cneerfully. Now,
I am 37 years old, and have been mar
ried twenty-one years—have grown chil
dren and one grandchild, and wht#t
strangers see me with my girls they al
ways take Us to be sisters. Indeed. I
myself sometimes forget that I am the
mother and not the sister. I am so
healthy and so happy in my* home life
—and we are such good comrades—I and
my girls.
When I come next time (if I am wel
comed now) r will tell you of this ter
ritory country and of my home. I am
a native of the old Palmetto State.
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