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leasant Fields of Holy Writ
Save for my daily rally*
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
i might despair.
—TBNNTBON.
ommentary on the International Sunday-School Lesson
REVIEW FROM THE HALF-YEAR.
u
NDER Hie International
system, which undertakes
to complete the circuit of
the Bible once in seven
yearsi a return Is now
made to the Old Testa
ment after six months
spent upon the life of Je
sus. The narrative Is
taken up just where It
was dropped; namely, with
the history of Judah,
which Is brought down to
the latest date. The klng-
1 m of Israel had passed out of oxlst-
through the Assyrian conquest.
I'ome was only a half century old.
Kings had ceased In Greece, and the
lilef magistrates (archons) were ruling
n their stead; Assyria was the su-
r* me world-power. The discovery of
he royal library at Nlnevah, with Its
ten thousand Inscribed tablets, furnishes
remarkable confirmation of the sacred
ccords, Sennacherib. Hezeknlh, Isaiah,
•slab, Jeholaklm, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
lanlel, Ezra, Zecharlah, Esther, Nehe-
mlah, Malacht, are some of the charac-
, good and evil, thtfc; will pass in re-
•, The Assyrian Invasion, the flnd-
of the Bible tthe book of the law),
the Babylonian enptlvlty, tbe return
ft cm exile, and rebuilding of the tem
ple are some of the events.
Third Quarter. Lesson I. Chronicles
It xxx 11. 9-23. July 2. 1905.
SENNACHERIB’S INVASION.
The Nile was Sennacherib’s real dee
ttnation. But to reach Egypt he must
needs pass through the tiny realm of
ithe Hebrews. Nothing there could prov:*
more than a momentary Impediment. So
thought the Ntnovile. Ho was ignorant-
omitting. however, one invincible fae-
from ills calculations. That factor
v as the religious faith of the people
whose country he was invading.
embittered by the Importation of a heath
en colony (also a part of the eastern
policy) into Judea, a motley people who
would be encouraged to imitate the He
brew ritual after the manner bf the Sa
maritans.
In this darkest hour the patriotism of
Hezektah shines with Incomparable splen
dor. He was no stole—he was keenly
sensitive to the situation. He was no
halr-firnined zealot) ready to Impale him
self nil the enemy's pike. He maintained
Ills poise. He had what has been aptly
called the greatest possession! namely,
self-possession.
Hezeklali at prayer for hls nation Is a
scene worthy the greatest artist. Justi
fied hr the awful emergency, he proh-
nliiy entered the Holy of Holies, and
easting himself before the mercy seat,
spread out before the Lord Sennacherib 3
grievous letter-
For tiiree thousand rears the destruc
tion of Sennacherib lias stood ns a glo
rious memorial of answer to prayer,
Napoleon's retreat from Russia Is n
modern analogy to that of Sennacherib
from Jerusalem, A scant twenty thou
sand mil of five hundred thousand French
survived. The account of the fall of
Sennacherib Is still read In the churchy
of Moscow on tile anniversary of the
French retreat,
(Copyright, Davis W< Clark.)
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGB.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR AND EP
WORTH LEAGUE TOPICS.
July 2, 1905,—I John U, 15-17; 111, 1-3.
THE MAKING OF A CHRISTIAN.
Rightly Interpreted, tills Is no call to
asceticism. Hatred of and attempted
retirement from the world was the great
est error of the Middle Ages. Solitary
life Is abnormal. Instead of aiding. It de
feats piety. It is In society that religion
I is most needed. There it. thrives best.
| All that the apostle affirms Is that an
Inimical
i In iin-
tood I inordinate love of the world Is
One courageous, patriotic soul
out against the threatening tide of in- | to the religious life. Tf one sei
melon. Th
gave him add, d prestige. It was Hez-
el iah the king. Ho proceeded with ut
most discretion, taking !n‘o hlr counsel
a princes and other men of influence,
hile le increased the water supply of
the city, he destroyed that of the dis
trict in which lie enemy must needs
comp. He strengthened the outer and
i-ner fortifications of the city, and fill
ed the arsenals with newly-made ar-
>r, offensive and defensive. He mo-
h.iizcd the army. He infused his own
devout and dauntless spirit into the
garrison. In an address which for faith
and patriotism has never been sur-
ssed.
Every precaution which the king had
taken to preserve the morale of the
garrison was necessary. The servants of
Sennacherib, captain, eunuch and cup-
hrarer, a Pin'S red upon the neighboring
hillsides and addressee the people, who
crowded to the walls. They were snp-
ptrs and miners sent to honeycomb the
courage of the defenders of the city.
They showed Machlevalian skill; but
they failed Even tbe threatening let-
i rs of Sennacherib short of their
purpose. AH fiery darts were quenched
by the faith of the people in God and
Hls servant, their king
In the Ip st extremity, Hozekiah bc-
oo)£ himself to prayer. He believed
the as yet unwritten Serlpttire. “The
ffrvem. effectual prayer of a righteous
man nvnileth much.” He took every
I recautlon. as if everything depended
upon himself. Then he prayed as If
everything depended upon God.
We may never know' the preelse Way
In which the Assyrian host was ue-
stroved. Rut deliverance came to Je
rusalem. The crimson shields of As
syria covered the pillars of the tem-
: le, so lately stripped of their gold to
luy a worthless truct. Sennacherib re
turned in defeat to die at the hand of
an assassin. A grea.: page of world-
L: story turned that day. On the under
fvde Assyria disappeared, and on the
1U per Babylonia came into view.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN,
hr* prophet Isninh describes the ap-
7 r h of the world-conqueror with ner-
:s and poetic picturesqueneps. T.ike
desolating tide hls army reaches the
height of Lebanon. The cedars feel nis
fire at their roots. Damascus Is a heap.
Hamath. Arp.ad, Sepharvaim, Henn. Ivah,
t'alno, Carehemlsh, are the milestones in
his march of ruin. He pauses at Mlrfti-
mash, the Rublson of sacred history. Ra-
mah. Gibonh, Geba, Benjnmlte cities, fall
in one day. Two score “fensed cities"
of Judah are taken. Jerusalem alone re
mains inviolate, and the ruthless invader
even now stands at Nob and shakes hls
hand defiantly at the daughter of Zion.
CHRONICLES OF LYNN
CHAPTER III:
The Tramps
Mias Pitts had come to Lymi»a
stranger, having, however, a written rec-
onrmendietton from tlhe normal school,
which she had attended, and a highly
commendatory letter from the pastor of
the church In the mountain community
lit which she hud lately taught school,
'these brought her recognition from th?
good people of Lynn: In a very llttia
while fthe became popular: There was
an unaccountable magnetism In the
small woman with the neat figure and
the slender hands and feet; She trim
med hats with skill and taste, particu
larly was she an expert In renovating
old headgear, neekwear and other toilet
accessories. She quite won the favor of
Mrs. Somers and her stepdaughter: That
she should so easily gain the friendship
of Eleanor Moss was a matter of sur
prise to all. The girl’s cold, selsh na
ture repelled friends. She seemed to
prefer to live without any social inti
mates save one of her own household—
Sadie Elkin, who was devoted to her,
'Some people declared that. she had
hypnotized Sadie, In order to profit by
the girl's generosity. They marveled at
her having taken to the little milliner.
They did hot know how carefully Miss
Pitts had studied Eleanor’s disposition,
and liow tactfully she. had set about
winning her favor, . Eleanor was avari
cious. She had but little money, and
she was fond of pretty things. To re
ceive presents gave her great pleasure.
Miss Pitts sat up all night to make It
lovely pale blue lint, which she asked
"Eleanor Moss to accept, saying It would
he an advertisement of her millinery
skill, if the most socially prominent and
stylish girl In town wore a hat of he
creation. Other small presents and little
flatteries followed. Ml»s Pitts could not
afford to lie overserupiiloiiH when she
was In such eager pursuit of her pur
pose—to find Sadie Elkin und secure, not
only th<> published reward, tint a private
one of tin equal amount. Which Banker
La Conte had pledged himself to give
her, should be able to find the where
abouts .if the lost girl. With $1,200 in
She noted
delicate face (Jt
rown burls Md-
stouched over
" she thought,
” she added, as
id met her pen-
d looked away:
which came intri
when she heard
Iking of Sadie’s
le was only 19
thinly set-
Five miles from
f»n, on a newly
Ught have walk-
reach Mils sta-
1ak<J the train
those win) were
track; But wW
had taken her
er to her—or it
w.lhi only.'.pretended not to
-tdent of royal office ture. an expression of the divine sense, j, er pas p OSS i on Miss Pitts believed she
of the beautiful. If he recognizes the joy ; would ah i„ to bring back the two
of life as the gift of God, he can safely I i*,,n-away, frightened young men wit*
use the world nnd not abuse it. Rut It J nesJ , e8 whose testimony would clear her
is to be remembered that character alone lover of the charge of having
survives the dissolution of the mnterlnl , ]u-<i a revenue officer.
world. So that the things which make J M i sf , Pitts, while teaching school In
for character are to be cultivated, and the mountains, had fallen In love with
those which undermine are to be avoided. one a ( j, er pupils—a handsome, stalwart
young fellow, who adored hls little teach
er, and was overjoyed when he found
that she cured for him.
Their Joy was quickly clouded by an
unfortunate occurrence. Bob Derrick
stopped one night at the home of old
lUp Vance, who was known to have a
distillery of moonshine whisky, but so
cunningly hidden that the government
detectives had failed to find it. A few
minutes after Bob entered the house It
was raided by revenue men. Beside
Bob there was no one in the house but
old .Mrs. Vance, who was ill in bed, her
daughter and two of the young men
neignbors who had dropped in. the rev
enue men were drinking, and they had
an altercation among themselves—tile
leader ordering the old lady to get out
of her bed, as he believed the ‘‘still”
was concealed somewhere about it, and
another of the men protesting that such
an order was brutal. A general tight
ensued, and the revenue leader was kill
ed. The two others—to save themselves
declared that the lulling liad > Oeen done
" • *' -*-• —' ' ’ 'reputation
THE HOUSEHOLD BABY.
The following letter from our Bachelor
Girl, who round through the Household
one of the best of husbands, and the love
liest of homes, has been hiding away be
hind a drawer In my desk after a fashion
that Important papers, wills and deeds
are said to have. The Household baby,
of whose coming the letter tells with the
rapturous note of a young bird-mother
who has just beard the ’’peep” of her
•feathered darling, is now just six months
old—the sweetest baby age—and a picture
of iier in the Household would be wel
comed along with a portrait of the no
longer bachelor girl, whose lovely face,
and bright, sensible heart-warm letters,
attracted the man who was so fortunate
as to win her- Rachel Brooks has her
home on a large plantation, one repre
sentative of the progressive and broad-
Jueared southern farm of today, and pic
tures of Its various features und the
methods employed for its culture from
the graphic pen of Rachel Brooks would I by Bob Dot-rick, who had
be v«
welcome.
M. E. B. I for fighting, and whose father had’served
It Is a Happy New Year with me and I ! a ter ™, 1,1 * i f ? d0ra f ri 1 ’ ris V l ’‘ f ?L "“**!;;*
come to share mv happiness with the (moonshine whisky. Hu other two > *ng
dear Household family. On December | , rT ‘ ou " tai . n . fe j lows ; !‘;^.. were , cousl, ' a ’„. b ' 3 ;
.« was king of Ids kingdom; hls 1 “, nd , tha reward t offered for information they us,’ their nest
s faithful, loyal anl loving, the at- |“v >out F', ihfdantly there popped into ifact. their term o
s and caresses were his undivided. . brew d little head the recollection of an quick that they -m
The extremity Is reached. Jerusalem Is
an oasis in a desert of desolation. The
destroying floods break in angry roar and
f -:m about the rook of Zton. Hezoklah
I? as a bird shut in a cage. Sennacherib
is about to thrust hls hand into the hoiy
city, as he has into the nest of every
nation, and despoil It.
«
The dilemma is fixed. To resist means
feat, and that involves suffering, in-
b man and ferocious barbarities unsur-
1 assed In history. The Assyrian bas-
J-olicvi tells how cruelly conquerors treat
ed their prisoners of war.
On the other hand, surrender without
resistance meant denationalization and
deportation of the entire population, ac-
cording to the fixed policy of eastern
12, 1904, the dearest little baby girl
came to our home. I <un so tilled witli
joy and happiness that I find the days
and nights are not long enough for me
to admire, love and caress my darling
baby as much as J want to.
“Our Baby,” as she is called by the
servants, is great. She rivals "Teddy” in
enertaining the “eiillud population.” She
daily holds a reception at all hours. The
darkles from the plantation have to see
the “Boss's” baby. I smile broadly when
They exclaim: "She Is just like Boss,
ain’t she puttyT" Poor old “Boss:” I
feel deeply for him. Before baby's
rival be
subject
tentions
Now his kingdom is divided, and he him
self is in danger of becoming subject to
the little queen. Margaret Foster quotes
to me a beautiful little verse by George
YV. Cable, called “The Little Arrival.”
"There came to port last Sunday night
The queerest Tittle craft,
"Without an inch of rigging orv—
I looked, and looker] and laughed.
It seemed so curious that she
Should cross the unknown water,
And moor herself within my room—
My daughter, oh, my daughter.’’
Rw et Margaret further says; “Now
silicic* yOu have been instrumental in in-
prisoning this soul in this little craft, it
becoTTfPsr Your duty to rig it; set its sails
so it may weather the gales through life
and back Into port from whence it sailed.
Wherehs you have donned the crown of
motherhood, wear it well, as then she
will harbor safely.”
Lula Gibbs, I pass through the Cen
tral City In your state on my way to
| see the "home folks." Providence per-
' mlttlng, I will go “home” in summer. I
I would be delighted to meet you and
j "BUI ” I want ''Rill” to know Marcia
Ford and wliat a beatffiful little lady she
Is. Yours, with a heart filled with hap
piness and love, RACHEL BROOKS.
REPARTEE.
, (From Puck.)
Her Friend—Yes, my ancestors m >ve.I
in the best colonial circles. They were
Tories, you know.
The Colonial Dame—Yes? Then. I dare
say, my ancestors helped to keep them
ig ignorant and frightened, ran away,
land Bob Derrick bad no one to testify
In his favor, as the daughter had hid-
|den in a closet and the sick mother had
[fainted at the time, and had died the
following day.
! Miss Pitts felt sure she could locate
'the young witnesses, and have them
! brought back to testify, and also coul1
secure a competent lawyer to defend iier
j lover, if only she had money.
I Taking her small savings, she was on
her way.to the city to try to employ a
: lawyer, when she heard two men on the
train talking about Sadie's disappearsn
markable looking st:
the slender figure
tine hoy; and the si
den by the hat
hip face.
"He looks like
"and he blushes Hi
the boy; Whose, g)
efcrating gaze, col
This waA the Inel
the mind of Miiss
the men on the tri
disappearance. W<
miles from Lynn,
tied tract of Count:
Woodville was a
built railroad: The
ed across the eoun.
t ion, that .*41 lie mil
there, thus throwlni
searching for her off
was the big fellow
part? \Yas lie a stri
companion,
know her. «»s a blinds
Miss Pitts qulekly decided to go to
Lynn and gather all ttte information tlhe
Could get hold of. She did gd, She
learned about Nick and his disappear
ance at tlie very time that Sadie was
missing. She learned all about Bleonor (
and Sadie's devot'iort to this young
woman. She heard Sadie’s story, and
that In Conte, the rleto bank president,
who had loved Sadie’s mother, and se
cretly hated her father—was said to be
much excited nnd distressed by the news
of tlie girl’s disappearance, Acting ort
her woman's intuition, she went to see
La Conte, with the result that she Was
employed by lilm as a private UeteeliVe
hi the case, SLIP,
Floyd, Ark.
PETITION.
Just one more pressure, of those lips
to mine,
Just one morn draught of rupture let
me know,
Trtflcn, if It be thy pleasure, I will go,
I will not murmur—I will not repine.
One kiss, one only. Love, I ask no more.
Just that to treasure in my aching
heart,
I'f ’:1a thy will that you and I should
part— ,
Can you not spare so little from youi 1 '
store?
I plead in vain—the heavens mock my
grief—
The singing birds, the leaf enveloped
trees.
The bubbling brook, the odor-laden
breeze.
All breathe their joy, yet offer no re
lief.
O toil me. Love, that this Is all a dream,
Command the sun to shine, the mists
to rise,
The glow of heaven to fill these earth
ly skies.
Reflect thy smile in every flashing
beam
—F. L. ORTON.
THE
WAYS OF SOME OF OUR
NEIGHBORS.
“Come, Mary, It is morning; get up.”
“Please, auntie, let me sleep a lit tie.
longer. It’s early yet. You know thosa
noisy sparrows begin their chatter long
before anything else is up; even before
the chickens.”
So Mary takes another nap, and sure
enough the sparrows are ready to ea'i
tneir breakfast with the chickens.
The sparrow of Europe—pyrgita domes-
tiea of Curvier—is noted for its famiUaxi-
ly, its impudence, its vivacity and ficun-
dity. It is the first bird the town children
here learn to know. It lives about our
dwellings, knows exactly the hour for
poultry feeding and ofte- when the dog is
lazy, and his plate flR'sei on a shelf
near by, when he pn 1 ; ;fh comes to
be fed, alas! all is 3 /0. o iVhere did it
Bee)ng no.gleam of light In the future,
and not knowing whax tri do. WonM
she not be Justified tn getting a di-
YOrce? Mrs: Bryan; household friends,
I jjtslc ydnr opinion: PAULA.
Athmta; Ga:
• 1 Jjsrvit (riven, my view In the House
hold hr a somewhat similar fca.se. f
am strongly opposed fo divorce as. a.^eu-
eral thing; birr What sense Is there tri
•two! persrihs being legally j-oked togeth
er rebeii One hates arid misuses the
other, and fefnscs in live With .and
.support her? The marriage bond . irt
such ft base is a mockery *.id a burden
merely; This mart married this girl
from the. impulse Of passion Only.- In
Tennyson’s Locksley Hall, she might
hpre fcead a prophecy of her fate—had
she only known—'
"He shali hold you, when hls passion
shall have spent Its novel force
A ilttie better thart. hls dogs, a little
Seafet thari his horse.-'
&ueh men, tv ho make splendid iovers
and poor husbands, may generally be
known by (he wholly mnsedllne devel
opment of their beads—straight down tit
the hack; with ho fullness sa*e at the
heek, A Swelling oiit Jhrt below the
erowfi indicates tenderrKPs, fidelity She
love of home Snd ehlldreri. Whrti this
Is too iarge, however, there is tt lack
of manliness fcnd strength rrf wl111.
best test of ft mail is the Wry he treats
the women of his home—hls mother and
Bisters, if he a hlml and eons derate
to these, he Will ftiso be affectionate
fend thoughtful Irt hid treatment of d
One thing more t would like to say,
Paula, The wife erred lit making her-
Seif ft slave- Not one man Irt twenty
appreciates such self abrogation. Ls-
udlly, the mart simply accepts the ser
vice and toses respect for the
t helleve every woinrttl should do her
share of work for the family, t&t she
Is not called upon to “slave beyond
her strength, *'• K ’ H ’
THE SADDEST HOME COMING.
"Have you hoy moll for me? The man
handed me ft handful Of papers and lot-
trrrt, f ofvujffftt <u ft
yellow telegraph envelope, I tore it open,
and its message flashed into my hraln-
“Father died at 12 today. Burled to-
morrow.'’ ^ . .. _
The shock was sudden nnd stumtling.
1 hod not heard that ho was 111. £ hen
1 bade him gnodby three months before
L... 1,1 w i», h t‘ h 1 ;„'',';
I And now he was gone I should n l
ulm again on cartli-not even bis
dead f£e. Six hundred miles intervene,
between mo and the Iir-'h'ss clay I h,v. ,i
Already he had been entombed.
? g .. message had been delayed a day
und a half. And 1 must wait, still longer-
The northbound train would not leave
for ten hours. The long waiting seemed
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garment Just to the knees, with a slit I moments stolen from Paradise?
"When ehe was a little girl I read “Ben
Hnr” to her evening,.-, and she named me
“'Big Ben.” Now, Mother Meb, and sis
ters, to the polnft, I jack the polish of a
collegiate education. Never had much
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on each hip, and as the chicken whs
shooed from tinder the “big house” and
escaped outside the yard, an In,cresting
race ensued, Boon the yeih, w legged
pullet was run down, and with a squall
was delivered to Claudle, who wrung lt«
neck, Another race and another, and
so on till Some fresh beef steak arrived
and the slaughter of the innocents was whisky. Would it. be possible for a man
S m! 4 „ c " { rny ,J T‘* (a hustling, aggressive bust
' t Ko ’ '"id been baked that | n< ’*« man) to make a girl happy who was
morning, and peaches made n relished i reared In the very lap of wealth and
dessert and Upon the whole the dinner affluence, with social prestige held by
as enjoyed to the fullest, few, on a few thousand Income per year?
a pleasant, little summer flirtation came Gould I rise to her level or would she
1 u between the two who were behind come to mine, socially?
It wits understood between | Starving as my heart has been for
years for love, sympathy and compan
ionship (now that it Is offered me). I had
rather cast all aside than to cause those
•tender heart strings of hers to vibra:#
with one pang of misery. Which is best?
DTTirmnn i 1 have Hwd so long in the land of the
oULCESS LES WTHN US. [chaperoned Senoritas, where woman’s
The forces for success and happiness I love seerns 1,1 me to he but a “fleeting
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The way to reach that which others pos- j Bix>wn,n *’ 1 think my heart's
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“ flirtation, so no heart
H r'Tvw i n T J;lt|! a correspondence, a vis-
* ,t “ UH city girls usually know
how to manage such affairs, *
MUIiA HBTNUR.
Uko branches
the bayou. Their beauth."
attraction for mo—my
there.
Slowly the hours
, ,y
nod
little
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circumstances and surroundings are those
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had now no I
heart was not
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Homo one says; ’’Dollars want me.” I ,8 . °f' a . day ' a « d 1
and noting upon this Idea he sets to work *’ flh that 1 mlfi:ht enter Rome “ f tho -= s
V. 1 1 wl <h all nis energy and Iiopefulness; the Interesting controversies which deal witn
draggl’d. At n * ; dollars come to him, somehow, some wnv. I love
mv homo station wns called, and l nut , Cause and effect,
rled to the stricken home, where my Start the Internal
little mother was bravely bearing up wh(U y „ u n . lIn
under the stern hand of Providence Try
I might, I could not repress the tears
It,
<w, some Way, | rove, marriage and such, so often 11
(dulged in by the Householders, but sue
machine, no matter | i g OU ( Q f tj le jj nc
usL so it works, and
_ _ pagised on along familiar patns,
changed In all. yet the same. The or
chard looking as ever; the yards are * 1
of the flowers my father loved; upon
the chimney top the mocking bird calls,
forth lustily as he has done for the
past years; the dog springs all our me
Ml open the gate, thinking that it is
hls beloved master who has returned.
I knock, and as I wa.it for t pproachlng
footsteps that lack the spring of former
vears my heart is heaVy. I dread to
see the change which grief and watching
have made in the loved face of my mo h-
Even in the dim light I note the
sunken eyes, the hollow checks, the fur-
rows deepened by having: Ween ^be chan
nel of tears. So long they had
walked
- ~ ^(life’s nathways together, always
Why, the sparrot^., carried it bear each other’s burdens. Life s
One can tly off With a piece of -biscuit 1 w —
almost as large as itsel!
wav had not been a primrose prth for
them but it had been one of happiness
for they we*?»' ^together. ) h*-> *-d
brought ' up four children to manhood,
and they often said! "Our children arc
to us a sufficient reward «or all the
trials of life.
Death hnd claimed noble spoil,
a man quick to relieve sorrow
bis power to do so
was always a joy
The- -sunlio "?r pte«i 11^ gi.u, time tin i-
means to save and the cattail millet seed
dre gone before tlxey are fully ripe, and
we wonder sometimes why certain an
nuals, which wdrV' allowed to seed them
selves, d" not come up the next spring. “Death hrid claimed noble spoil. He was
Did the sparrows get the seed? Perhaps „ ‘ n ( , u i<.k to relieve sorrow when
they did. Anyhow, the little boys are al- y, !s power to do so. To aid the needy
lowed to shoot them with their slings, ! w ," ls always a joy* to* him when possibb
and they do thin them out, but do not]^, a cU ve in any good cause; so devoted
exterminate them, because these little an< ] true to his friends; altogether m-
creatures surely multiply and replenish capable of fostering in his magnanimous
the earth. . | heart any ill will toward those who
It is interesting 'to notice them carry- [ wronged him. Indeed, here was a man
ing sticks', grass and feathers to a large ! who would well come up to Leigh Hunt s
tree or arbor near by; and they Uke to] ideal of one who loved
get through blinds and make nests be-] until so short
tween blinds and window sash. They
also like to build on colonnades.
o<f a staid old bachelor,
- iuingc will soon come over the llte. j and the Iea - St we say the botter for us -
And, tills starter, will connect to other 1 Iive ln High Point. N. C., possibly the
forces necessary to bring to you all you i best known town for its ag«- and size of
not’d or desire. Not that desire is ever ' an y of our southland. Fifteen years ago
satisfied to the full, but so long us proper- jit was only a hamlet: today with it.,
1> fed it remains normal, und the nor- i more than fifty factories, we have more
mill state of life is ecstacy when ln full (than 8,000 population. The rapid strides
and ttetivo play • | made by High Point has .been the re-
"Dlstanco lends enchantment to the! suit of home capital and brain, and to-
view,” may be true, In a sense, but druw i day she ships furniture to every point of
to you what or when you want, test its *1 he world. Every article almost used in
soundness. As the Bible puts It, "Prove ' home furnishing in the furniture line is
all things.” You cun test people and made here. The cradle, which first rnu:-t
things, prove them far and near, by the I soothe the hady to rest, and the casket,
use of means you can control for your- within its silent walls we are borne to
self—that is, faith and works. Use the ] our last resting place. High Point stands
angel to bring some things and some peo- | alone in its importance as a southern
pie to you.^or use the means that angels j furniture center.
employ—love and strong will power. As Here also are Fhe only mirror factories
“Tile begets life" the world over, and as (south of Richmond, and the only electric
spirits of_ a "feather” flock together, so] oar shop in the entire south. High Point
vou should use the subtle law of life in j is situated in Piedmont section, but a
ail its varied ramifications, to seek and ! short distance from Trinity, the seat
find the best in this beautiful world about i where Trinity college wa-. ’established
you. MILLER HA-Nb. ] No section of North Carolina has ”prr,-
— j ducc-d more history and romance than
KISSING. | this, and if our readers care for it, i
I have been married fifteen years to a s Lou Id be glad to tell the stories of the
good, honorable man. 1 have nothing lr e '”! ut!onar y times and the parr that
t" ccfciplain of personally, but I have [ Randolph and Guilford counties played in
known girls who thoughtlessly married j tb P s ? trying times. x am deeply inter
men with the reputation of being "fast" | e'Stecl in the questions which often per-
to their Listing regret. I do not believe P Px T ol i r . rea< f pr?! . and I try to smpathize,
sensible girls prefer this style of man. >U PP h< av p found ;hat most often these
Sparrows
] soft and
feathers, and
conquerors.
The exile would he further movins
build largo deep nests, lined
warm with bits of cloth and
lnlike most other birds,
more than once. In
f reproduction
would noi have time
'to build again.
The sparrow, though small, is a “lord
of the morn." A pair establishes a home
and their progeny fo r several generations
little mountain village-Woodhills, in i ^°'' 1 diffPro , nt t nl0,h -
whieh Miss Pitts taught school. H" ' “f „ ’ > ? successively, we
went into the one “store” of the village d i *n kn °"’’ hut observation shows that
and asked if he could buy some frmt ^ ol " ny " f sparrows frequent the
and crackers. It was Saturday after- ,,,, 1 0 tool.
■> I hey are trim, graceful little birds and “I
•our (Savior used them to illustrate the
Father’s watchfulness and love for his
creatures.
, , MATTIE HOWARD
Alabama.
God, for here
while since was a living
Abou Ben Adhetn. , . .
His country will miss him. for he al
ways worked for the good of It and it!
people. His community
fo r he was
whom nil
ill mourn him,
ympathetlc man on
the disinterested
incident which hud taken place on the
day after Sadie was said to have in I n
trussing. The incident was this: A :
timid looking, boy, roughly dressed and ,
carrying a bundle, hnd walked into tin j
their
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noon, and the store was ful! of loungers,
many of them boys. Some of these be
gan to tease the lad, calling him "hobo, ’
and asking what he had in his bundle
Then they tried to take the bundle from
(him. "How dare you," cried the young
fellow, resisting indignantly.
“Oh, my! ain't he spunky!” cried one
of his tormentors. "Here kid. give us a
peep into that bundle. We’re govern
ment Inspectors a-searchin’ for anar
chists, an' we're bound to see if you
ain't got a bomb or an infernal machine
tied up tha bundle. We've got to do
our duty.”
He made a grab for the bundle; the
young traveler anticipated the move,
.and quickly threw the bundle over the
counter. It struck a package that was
set upon an upturned barrel; tlhe pack
age was knocked to the floor, and th-re
was a crash of glass and the odor of
brandy.
“By Jimminy!” exclaimed the clerk,
“if that boy ain’t broke Judge Waldron's
two buttles of old peach, what he was
goin' to treat us with this evenin'. Look
here, judge, what a misfortion, but it
■wasn't my fault.”
Judge Waldron, who had driven from
tlhe city to make a campaign speech to
'the mountain voters, came forward from
the back of tihe store, where he had been
explaining hls views to some of the
principal farmers. When ln* was told
of the accident to Iris brandy bottles, lie
turned angrily upon the boy and said:
“Now you young hobo, you've got to pay
for tlhn.t, damage. I believe you did iL
on purpose. You a.re in the pay of old
Colonel Crew—t.he opposition candidate.”
"It was an accident. I declare to you
that it was an accident," faltered the
boy. As to paying you—I—”
"You havn't any money!” interrupted
the judge, “that's what you tramps all
say. Well, you'll have to be locked up
as a vagrant and a suspect.”
He laid hls hand roughly on the hoy's
arm. The lad tried to shake it off; his
eyes flashing under the l»rim of his
slouched hat. The next instant the
judge's hand was suddenly struck from
the boy's arm, and his dignified person
was pushed hack so violently that he
had to save himself from falling by
clutching a man standing behind him.
“Don't you meddle with this boy
again,” said a quiet, stern voice, coming
from a gray-haired man, with a slight
stoop In his broad shoulders, and an
eye whose •■fiery power contrasted strange
ly with the gray hair anfl eye brows.
"Here,this will p-iy you for the liquor!”
throwing a $10 bill on the counter. "And
now youngster, whoever you are, let's
get out of this. If you'll accept my
company we’ll go farther and eat our
lunch under the trees. You may be a
tramp, and I reckon I’m one myself,
but we're better than some folks. At
least we've never taken a bribe"—with a
fiery glance at the amazed and discom
fited Judge. “Hand the boy hls bundle
and give him tlhe things he bought,” he
continued, turning to the salesman.
“Look here, you cursed hobo,” began
the judge, but at this instant Miss Pitts,
with two of her girl pupils entered the
store. The keen blue-gray eyes of the
little teacher took tn the pair of re-
the
,w, looked
so party to bring harmony out of dis^rd.
They will miss him for hls good citiz- 11-
ship. The confederate veterans are short
another valiant man in their .ranks.
Their love and grief was attested
canopy of the fairest flowers as
Th'ese shall mourn his passing. Rut
his sorrowing famil.v-theirs is the irre
parable loss, and theirs the grief that
knows no assuaging. Even now we long
the touch of a vanished hand. _
And tlhe sound of a voice that ^s still*
get
butter, and milk,
your own
spongy
no debts and be
ANOTHR YEAR’S PROGRAMME.
Listen, ye toilers, of southern soil.
Slaves of the Cotton King, thankless
your toil
You wear out your lives and your mule
and your soil.
Change your methods, dear friends
out of the rut.
Riant potatoes and hay and clover to
cut.
With corn to bring
eggs and meat
Enough to sell some, and leave plenty li
Plant sorghum and cane,
sweet’nln* to make
The tots love home ‘‘lasses'
panrake.
Just fry it for once-let Old King Cotton
I^ive at home, make
happy an<i free.
GEORGE W. WHEELER.
WHAT OF THIS INSTANCE’?
You. who seem to think that love t«*
all sufficient, let me tell you a
altogether true story. A lovely young
woman, twenty-five years old, bright
cheerful, endeared to many friends and
1 he best love,] member of a happy use-
hold was married to a young man a few
years her senior, who had been court
ing her for a year. He was a devoted
lover, affectionate and kind. Within a
very short time, he changed entirely
She felt the change acutely but keeping
her sorrow to herself, she did every
thing to please him. She made herself
a slave for him and he cared less for
her than for his dog, and gun. three
weeks after the marriage, she became
seriously 111. He hardly noticed her
and while she hovered between lire and
death, he spent the time in liquor shops
and pool rooms. When she was sufti-
ciently recovered, she followed him to
another home where she again began to
make herself a slave—washing, ironing
even doing field work when she was
hardly able to stand—and receiving only
sneers and abuse. I have known him to
contempteously refuse her offered kiss
when he returned after several dayi
absence. He could lay no fault at her
door; he simply disliked her. How was
it possible tha; such a change could take
place In three weeks 7 He had had am
ple time to know her well during the
par they were sweethearts. Was it
not love which prompted him to seek
her and make her his wife? And how
could love turn Into dlsllfce do quickly
and without cause? Of;en this male
creature ( one does not feel like
calling him man), would say calmly to
Ills wretched wife, "When fall come«
1 am going to leave. You can go back
to your daddy." And afrer seven months
of wedded bliss (7) she is back with her
family, her heart and her aplrlta broken,
do lint be in a hurry to get to
Call up your chil-
Long Reach, Miss.
AN EXPERIENCE .OF AN INEX
PERIENCED HOUSEKEEPER.
“Miss yonder comes one of (Jem big
hacks from 'town, full of folks. Its 12
o'clock. My dinner is done, an’ T ’lowed
to go to de cotton patch, an’ wid my
three trillion pick my hunderd dis eve
ning. You reckon dey’s coming to din-
"on looking down the road, sure enough,
there was a large vehicle of ten of twelve
seating capacity coming.
“What have you cooked, Susan. I
asked my cook. 1 suppose we shall have
ito serve dinner to guests.
"Lor* Miss. 1 ain t got nuffin but speck
led "peas, peaches, corn pone and frit
ters.”
"Well,
thf* cotton patch,
dren The boys can run down some
chickens and Ulaudie can help you pre-
naro more dinner. Tlie days are long and
doubtless our guests are city people who
do not dine so promptly at 12 as do
W Susan grumbled a little at being turned
from her plans; but realizing the situa
tion proceeded to business, and when I
announced to her that twelve guests had
arrived was true ito the. old-time negro
faithfulness, and soon her three well-
trained children, aged ,9. II and 13,
respectively, were busy at -work.
I ran to a. near neighbor nnd t"ld my
dilemma and soon cooked vegetables, cake
and other things were sent tn at the
back door. Resides, as most of the
guests were gentlemen, my kind neigh
bor’s husband came over to entertain
them, which helped out wonderfully.
Sister had decided to put the house to
right® tha* day. consequently everything
was in confusion. Things had been moved
from the rooms in'to the hall in order to
sweep the rooms thoroughly.
The guests, however, appreciated her
plight, and tTve merry, laughing girls soon
helped her arrange the rooms. Some of
them ran laughing down to -the kitchen
to help. To them It was fine fun, and
they did understand peeling peaches and
fixing the table ln style. One of them
had fascinated one of the new guests,
and rode with him In a buggy on behind
the others. .
But that chicken catching was the fun
niest part, and It proved real entertaining
to the guests.
“Go on, boy’s, an' run down dem chick
ens. Pint out de ones fur ’em to ketch,
Miss."
“Here, She-wee, sick 'em. sick ’em!”
“Lor’. She-wee’s no good. He done run
under de house atter dat game rooster.
Stop. She-wee—here, here!”
Dar dat yallow legged pullet. Must we
keteh her?”
“Yes, anything, so it’s not a setting
■hen or an old rooster.”
“Here It go. Shoo, shoo! She under
de parlor.”
At tbia (the guests looked from tbe
Of course, they like a man to have spirit
and independence and a little dash about
him, but he can have these—and not he
"goody goody”*—buf clean and honorable.
I want to warn the Household girls
against letting themselves he kissed. I
have seven sisters and lots of young
friends, and I know something about the
ways and ideas of young folks, and I
assure you earnestly that it is most un
wise (to say the very least) to hold
yourself cheap. Don't let any man bp
familiar with you, not even your be
trothed. I can truly say that no man
ever kissed me hut my husband—and he
not until after we were married Men
delight to have’ “fun” with girl
if those poor weak girls could only hear , good d
the laughing. contemptuous remarks
these same hoys make about them be
hind their hacks, how their ears would
tingle and their hearts would ache
matters will adjust
have in my case
suggestion: “Beware.'
hcmselves, n? they
f can only add this
R. O. LEHCAR.
THE COLORED WAIL FROM INDIAN
TERRITORY.
Hi. Mr, Bradshaw. Hi
Ing? Hain’t seed you
chased us out of New
1 hem was fleein’ times,
-Mr. Purvis, times
them days.
hut right
GLEN.
Lynchburg. Va.
HIS STORY A REQUEST FOR AD
VICE.
others have come to the Indies' de
partment of The
thy and advice, may
let
you
Sunny South for sympa-
I come, too? First,
e give vou a hilt of my history, so
an hotter advise me.
I’m the last of one of the fine old fami
lies of the old south who lost ail sate
honor through Sherman’s march
sea Three of my uncles gave
and my father was .. ^ A
surrender father
the
their lives
cattle farm-
since the wolfs
Mexico in '96.
sure. Well, sir,
ain't what they were
This government 1 busmens
has about wound me to a finish, and
left me nolhing to boa.%t of excep*
peart case of rheumatis’. T h e
are in the past, sir; gone in
the past to ns Territory niggers. Wv
you 'member, we niggers us-e to have
jess all tha lan we could fence. Yas,
sir; and we had cattle by thousands!
horses and sheep, sir. Them wa =
sir, and we rolled in green-
gxmd thing corned our
. Mi*. Purvis, and the
s afore we got .sober -
enough to ask him.
But we're sober now. Haven’t seen a.
drop this many a day. Seems as. tho* a
volcano broke through up there at the
oapn.il city and it jest corned our wav
sir* and burnt the lan' so for as we
I niggers concern, 'cept a little 40 acre
patch right at onr cabin do'. Thin**- is
j going' different now days. Children done
sir;
gloryous days
hacks. Every
way them daj
Lord blessed
in defense of Atlanta (all officers;, a tlp orap wo so much stan * jn nPed nnd
few vefirs after the surrender Iat r | when we manage to pull through t ’,»
passed over the river to rest with JacK- winter ami raynew the moggldgT. n ow.
. son Mother soon followed, leaving mo sir, wo fee] greatly blessed, 'deed we
adrift without relatives, at the tender jq 0 . Why, my boy use ter blow more
age of 14. . | money shootin' craps nnd s-ieh than wo
r -went north, served an apprenticeship, ! ran al! manage to get hold of these
commenced at the bottom and now, at j days. The land they left us wouldn't
the age of 35, am nearing the top rung j have been more than a cow pen fe
of ray profession. During
those early
vears I was associated with a sunny-
eved little girl, seven years my junior.
We were great friends, and most of our
leisure hours were spent together, read
ing etc for several years. At the age
of 14 she was sent away to college. Never
can I forget our parting. W hen those
dimpled arm® encircled my neek and those
rosv lips pressed mine, the look of sym-
pathy and friendship in the azure depth. p,g rr. way
. _ — - ~ Klim a hmn hi® 1 *1 in t . t 11»
f those caressing blue eyes are enrhla.-
zoned on memory's most cherished tablet.
Two vears passed, and I wqs sent to
Mexico ’ thence to South America. I have
spent several years In the land of the,
In^the meantime, she graduated with
honors and ha® spent several seasons
abroad, and is a great favorite In society
of the most exclusive itype. During these
fourteen years I heard from her only In
directly.
Last December T landed In San Fran
cisco, worn out; went, down to Rasadena,
Cal., for a few weeks' rest. Was it the
land of sunshine and flowiers, where
nature and art are lavish rivals In their
display of beauty effects, or was i» telep
athy that gave me an unexplainable eesta.
cy? Pasadena Is" right 1n the center of
a perfect fairy land of semi-tropical
grandeur. Flowers and fruits In profu
sion. with here and there a placid lake
of crystal water, to aoeenltuate the pic-
turesqueness of Its superb environments.
The second day after my arrival I was
sitting alone by one of those lakes lost
in revrie. living over the past aand dream
ing of the future, when I was aroused
by the rustle of a. ®klrft. Looking up. I
beheld the little girl of former years,
grown to beautiful and gracious woman-
years hack, an' a small cow pen. at that;
And jest to think, we got to dig a livin'
out o' that patch or starve.
Then -Vlr. Roosevelt done corned through
here and take the premium on all th *
woTf scalps and sich. shippin' ’em to
Washington without paying the royalty,
sir. We sho is hein' crowded to do
wall and no mistake. We will soon
he cut down to one pony, one eow and
f stock for lack of ro-.m-
hore's hard, hard days on
the colored race, 'cept on dem what
never did know what livin’ was. Derns
up to date facts, sir, vd’ hear me - ’
ULYSSES.
Indian Territory.
SAM SHUBERT’S FATAL HURRY.
(From The New York Sun.l
Sam Shubert, the theatrical manager
who died from the burns he received In
the Harrisburg wreck, came near taking
a train two hours later than the one he
was on. Shuhert had bought his tick
ets. but all the lower berths in the
sieeper were gone when he applied for
cne. He Insisted that he must have a
lower berth on that particular train
“Better wait for the train that leaves
two hours later,” said the man who had
berths to sell.
“For heaven's sake try and get him a
lower berth." said ihe manager's travel
ing companion. "He is such a bundle
of nerves that he won’t be still until
he gets what he wants.”
Another passenger was deprived of a
lower berth so that the theatrical man
ager might have It. It was from this
berth that Shubert was carried to the
Harrisburg ho'el where he riled.
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