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T , WHAT IS THE USE
1 In eV chiMi ad £ pi ‘ ce of bread'
^ childhood s sunnv tJHo
B RUt at U „ fe11 « p °" th" grounc
t „ * ht ° n th ® buttered side
ZZlo kn °, 11 at woman-s feet
But Vhl' fu 1 would
ET&Kusssi
JirT» ! wr* 5 '"
wn «n I strove for sord'd nelf
T £ nd j]”F kod niy soul and brain*
I lfe thu« eSS la,d nie on lhc shelf
Ah whip! 1?* nt Was no ««•».
^opn-rfXsH;. 8lrIfe -
Tho would^hi t fl° m ° Pk tran sceml
There T 8 a W at la ' est-
If we wonla J bj which we may
r iL-7 soon er take it;
L Jn«t K U ° r * ray - 8>, <1 or gav.
Just as we mar or make it.
MATT CLARK.
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN .
Moonshiner begins his interesting let.
ter. Involution and Ancestry,' - | >v trying
IO m »ke sophistry and science »svnonv
m ° u * term ® “sophistry aGas science“"*1
'that wh t* V H “ ,en, Ptation of saying
that when he becomes as familiar with
tho la.ter as ho is nlroatiy prolicJcnt In thA
former, he will tin,] U:a h, tw, are far
trom being one and the same His at
j*’ nlpt „ 1° K? nff ° U, ? d with sophis-
ti^n r W .°’ ,U1 h»ve won the plaudits
L i ’b® Persecutors ot Copernicus and Gal
i ho. but it will receive scant praise from
“ s in'e’Uscnt a band a s the HouschohT-
It is not necessary to bridge the gulf be.
\'' f UJJ lna - n and the lower animals. Thn}
suu Is merely the distance man has
progressed beyond them. Nor does the
t ilth or falsity of evolution depend upon
’ e fact whether or not the intervening
distance between the lowest savage ana
he highest ape is filled with -links” as
'hick as the down on a goose's fe-ite. r
J« «» chasms were bridged. ‘ if tjmre
■ •ere no missing links, then all creatures
j- ”n Sbakespeares to angle worms would
long to the same species. In that case
th, whole animal kingdom would be"
• :iier men or worms. Because the bio-
• cie tree did not put forth any branches
• tween the top-most braneh. man, and
next lower, the nut hriqioitl apes, is
I .> evidence that all the primary branches
«'■' not connected with the same trunk.
It is a fact, demonstrable with the aid
ci computing scales, that there is a
,or difference in weight of brain be-
' the civilized man and Hi,, lowest
than there is between tm. same
savage and the an I hropoid ape. The sav
age who cannot count beyond four, who
know ^ no decency, who practices infan
ticide without remorse and who ha* no
idea ,,f a Go 3, is. intellectually and mor
ally. more than half way down the line
from the highest type of man to the .are.
Again: The lower apes vary more, espe-
cia’ly in their brains, from the highest
aP<s than these differ from man. Mow.
“link - ' these ifaets together.
And sb you, after careful deliberation,
err”'* *_* ti*' conclusion that the lower
.-nimais cannot invent, xmr think original
thoughts and put them into Eglisli—in
short, that they can't conduct themselves
as intelligent ladies and gentlemen do.
I agree with you there. I am also willing
to admit that they haven't much imagi
nation—at least not enough to enable
them to write detective stories. But if
you, reasoning through your cerebrum,
inft r that the lower animals do something
entirely different through their cerebrums,
> on r> ason very poorly. Owen, the cele-
brai.d anatomist, tried to establish a
< • order for than, base,] on the struc
ture of the brain, but he failed. The dif
ference between the mind of man and
that of the lower animals is more a dif
ference of degree than Of kind. The dif
ference is the result of man’s greater
progress, made by his keeping in the mid
dle of the on-sweeping current, while
they deviated therefrom and were swept
the numerous buys and inlets thatjn..
i cither shore. It
v. Avz stage of the game a part of
artmal kingdom branches off as 'o
f it shaN become—whether a mud-
n. a kangaroo, an ape, or merely a
—-back.
don’t know that birds have improved
ne-t building in 6.000 years—be eare-
and don’t use a greater number than
000 years in speaking of past time.
-If riio™^. May not Uttle stunted souls
unfold Ln f r s 8 T h *bere—be permitted to
memo? tl, deVPlop ,n the K^'lal environ-
be!Pev* f *w he r ?'" ni of ,lle blest ? Yes, I
SS'b U , . h tr^vr‘“ U<, “ “• »"'* “
heifer is carried off with ease. A Uon * tlons, eloquent preachers, noblest Btates-1
Tuts been seen to carry off a horse that i men, rise up to call her blessed.
h ™ ,ad r fc!lk «' , i WHAT RUB KIN SAYS.
The favorite prev of the lion is th; , , . . „ , .
deer and antelope. ' These abound in th-‘| h .™?. 3 aa bitellectual giant, yet
plains of Africa and jungles of India 1 he thought It not unworthy of hts pen to
The lion, when taken young, is easily I wrlto such tribates a « ll! esc to women:
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
tamed. The more manageable he can be
made the more valuable he is to his
owner. Great care is taken in his edu
cation or training, and he becomes at
tached to his master ond goes through
his exhibitions with pleasure. Sometimes
strangers can go into the dens and ride
capi,ulate u in the life o? each Individual ,
There axe no difficulties in the wav of I on h,s back. Often after the keeper has
^■tcrminlng at what precise period^ the i been absent the lion manifests pleas a e
are'no? S ., 1 I nj ° C,eri lnt ° the rai e man that
v^um r " 1et ,n r,gard to the indi
vidual. Can you point out the
on hi3 return,
Cat-like, lions put forth their paws to
catch things that attract their attention.
| ”No man ever lived a right life who.
j had not been chastened by a woman's,
i love, strengthened by her courage and
guided iby her discretion.”
“Shakespeare has no heroes; lie has I
: only heroines. . . . The catastrophe of I
every play is caused always by the folly I
or fault of a man; the redemption, ifj
there be any, is by the wisdom and vir-
I tue of a woman, and, failing that, there
is none.”
“I could take Chaucer and show you
Save for my dally range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
i might despair.
—TENNYSON.
. --- ^ •••* ,”»u JK’IIM out Hip ’‘definite' *•■•••«” «»•«. Va nv i men aiiciiuuu. , S wuru vn-i»v- v *iw..c w >• * m
nou " —why not definite minute or sec-1 A keeper once passed near the cage of a why he wrote a ‘Legend to Good Wom-
vo„ ™ e ?’. ln vour em bryonic history,
lust n,T' j t ° P j Ss r s '"*°n of a soul? And
vou < sooond * before tliat event were
sonllei. J" d* w ^ ful « flight as any
bv swl„ifn k .*“ y th .? 1 ever co °led himself
a'.’ejif and fro - suspended from
?a l f | V » ta " Kh , bv , mea "s of his prehensile
caudal appendage? Indeed, vou were.
JOHN .MASON.
THE EFFECT IT HAS HAD IN MY
DOMICILE.
ter of 8h,rp Co " sin Reddy's famous let-
(accenimt t V ' mv “worser half
th.. ^ to Reddy), has had me "on
wriin i ,? nd 1 haven’t had the time to
in a i elide. Todav I am
tV sto? Pn i, >P " K ? ,he r ‘f rht wl "K of a
oui h *; >r y, house, i can .-it with my feet
mantln Wn / ,aw or resting on the
hi "*, 1 .'® above tho grate und dream of
hai'P.v days of long ago.
R ,., .f bt '"; rP ; 1 w ; uld liko 'o risk Cousin
tic , 1 to wnto another letter '.ike
protect St in? np ' ? ho woman 1 vowed t j
that*Tit. °' nn , d B,, pport. after rea.ling
fo?t* Jfi t _ er _ at _ ,lifTht a w«>ke me early the
get up
ome water
cut some stove j
better go in thj |
vegetables until I
following morning with “Sandy
and make the fires, draw
for the kitchen and
w ood; then you had
gardef a.tjd boe the
ca J* >‘ u to breakfast,
test o? 1 Rive her a mild glare of pro- ;
s ?„e tn Sa ';f’ " l wanI - vou to demon-
s .ate in active work all that y
cI i*.'m for you re elves.
you men
cake dj nlekle against a ginger
o'r he no, Rpd *■ a hard-shell bachelor,
ter” "e'er would have .written this iet-
:Z ' makes heavy the burdens of
woiibi^ h i ,Vo committed matrimony. I
lett./f 01 ,? JVe ,ny helpmeet see this
letter for «!! of Red's wealth
tl,s S to°hr hat , oloction - 1 have known psli-
' T ° break up some fine organizations
feel uneasy about tile
Mattie Beverage.
welfare of
into
and 4
esLbHsh!r,"° ld T Tf a “ ‘‘''’Cion system
of iiu * i\ Pd * J would suggest some one
e. Vt i H . ous ®hold be appointed by Moth-
dlstrihnte°»i ,PCeiv< * contributions ond to
cistribute these among tho shut-ins-ench
ot us who are able considering It a dutv
iim.h^r= i° Ur . un f° ,r, ' i, " a -lc sisters and
inv h /rit7. bp l \: PVer 550 Iittle ' thus mak-
dened r ff, ' tPr ves tllat sorely bur-
Dear Mater, don’t give a hint of my
E , y to wy wee wifie. and toil
Reddy to slop. SANDY HOPEWELL.
THE GREATEST.
tl was night. From the open window
or a tiny cabin perched high on the ste-p
mountainside, a sad-faced man, with
white, parched lips and a burning heart,
Icokod out into the star-flecked space
xar, fa r above. Below, the midnight
world lay wrapped in slumber. Weary
w-rth mucii thought, the poet fell upon
his knees beside the window casement
and bade his soul go forth, out into the
silent night, beyond the moon-kissed
mountains, beyond the land of the setting
sun, up, up, to the gates of heaven and,
pausing there, gi’ean a sweet thought from
the eternal stars, learn from these my-1
riad hearts wha-t is greater than the'
wealth of tile world, the victory of wars,
fame and the pride of place. Out into
yh'c night, at the bidding of man, went
lion. He had on a fur cap. The lion
reached out and tore the cap from Ms
heal, but seeing it was his keeper he at
once lay down.
From accounts of different naturalists
we may conclude that the lion has the
wildest disposition among the lelinae. so
says my natural history, from which 1
gather most of my animal story.
MATT IB HOWARD.
FROM MATTIE BEVERAGE.
My Dear Kind, Noble Friends: How
can I ever thank you enough for what
you have done for me. You have ful
fill'd the hope and prayer of my life..
Through your generous gifts you have
made It possible for us to have a little
church here in the woods, near enough
(for me to be taken to it in my roller
chair, where I can hear the word of God j
en,' but no ^Legend to Good Men.’
would take Spenser and show you how
all his fairy knights are sometimes de
ceived anil sometimes \an<tuished, but
tlie soul of Una is never darkened, and
the spear of Britomart is never broken.
Nay, I could go back into the mythical
teaching of tlie most ar.cient times, and
show you how the great people—by on
of whose princesses it was appointed
that the the law-giver of all the earth
should be educated, rather than by his
own kindred; how that great Egyptian
P' ople, wisest then of nations, gave to
their spirit of wisdom the form of
woman.” A SOUTHERN GIRT.
South Carolina.
preached and listen to tlie singing of the
biautiful hymns. Oil, will not that be
a glad day for me! I will forget ray
pains and my afflictions, and remember
only how sweet it is to hear Gods
praises in a church—the church that I
prayed for with ail my heart, and that
God has given to me through you, my
dear and generous friends.
I have now S42, and I feel sure I shall
get the other $8—and my father and my
friends think that $50 will be enough to
build the church. My father and the
neighobrs will begin working on if as
soon as crops are laid by—the last of
July or may lie it will be the first of
August. I am not impatient; I can wall
and trust. I know the rest of the money
will come.
The church will be built in a nice grove,
and whe n it is done, we will have
•the loosened soul, on and on and amid i lpb0tOgrapt '' °* il taken and I .am sure
clouds, now astride a moonray, up and d .‘‘ ar Mrs - Rr - van wil l it in the caper
'IP* vanishing at last into the mystery
of the still, fragrant night.
With heaa bowed upon his hands and
cheeks wet with tears, the mav ielt.
a well, open-eyed. . ■ the*?!®®, *T**T."
. --.'h vt —
had flown, liack came I;ue soul with a
face glorified and radiant.
“What answer dost thou bring from
out endless space?” faltered the man,
with white, trembling lips
that you may see how it loolui. I thuc-Jlt
of calling It Sunny G.n oj- <■
Shrine. Would eitb.'’.- 1 '
name? I wvpjd w .
Jebiutt- .-or 1 Si. ..v-.g itiofTiood. I
n.c miles from a church and
Our"ii ,CS . fr ° m any towr "5 or railroad,
anil f7 op,e are honest and God-fearing,
and they are all so glad
that we will
soon a church. They will build ft
crops. Wi/I® y . can s top work on their
will tell how 1 ., dedicated t.lie preacher
Turning, the soul pointed back from offer a pra y er t ,came to .bo built and
.’hich 1t had come, up V) where one star and evo _, one ~ God will bless - each
ere wasn’t any time until that period, i love.
gleamed brighter than the rest, and said:
"The greatest thing in life or death is—
ki. iw—because there were no scient-
ts. dias sophists, then to observe and
coni such things.
Pnifissor Garner’s failure to teach a
mki y to speak plain English—had he.
ed to do so—would prove nothing
ri evolution. If a monkey had the
gai"
At this moment fhe first light of dawn
crimsoned tlie eastern sky and the world
below and above lay flooded in effulgent
glory. JULIA COMA.N TAIT.
THE WONDERFUL CAT FAMILY.
__ . Children, come look at this picture of
telliti nee, it would require a different a f am |iy of cats—father, mother and
• H-al chords. I doubt whether ' - ' ”
our vot.il chords are adapted to pro-
.ounr.' monkey lingo—at ahy rate, not
tithn.” a ‘Iforeign accent."
"At: i lls cannot originate a single
Idea, - . \ on say. Lots of us higher ani-
tua> I’.tuld plead guilty to tlie same
char. Original ideas are rare: and
whi-n .me bold tTllnker does originate
I a soil on plain facts, such ns the
Copiri.ii-an system, the rotundity of tlie
ear:I, or evolution, two generations at
least must pass nway before it becomes
uni.‘i ally accepted. The only sure way
‘A make a convert to a newly discovered
truth is to catch your victim when be is
yuan, before he grows an Impenetrable
crust .,f conservatism.
Wil you please name a single nation
that is relapsed from civilization into
sam e, ,y? A s a whole. Up- peopOe of
Italy md Greece are today more in-
teil:- m and moral than they were when
Cat , r conquered and Demosthenes thun-
ter..! They were the dominant nations
cent s ago; now their lights ari- dlm-
n ' e d v greater luminaries. They have
lost lank, but not civilization.
It ini to the Teutonic ancestors, we
know mt they were barbarians, pagans,
but there is not the slightest evidence
that "their ancestors a f‘ - w centuries
ear. r may have been worshipers <of the
true God."
Tc* animals under domestication have
been improved, some of them to n " ,r
than twice their former size and usefm-
»es within a few hundred years. Many
"ari 'ifs of animals «nd some new spi-
oies of plant* have been created by. man
"i rking through God’s laws. But Mr.
Moonshiner, man could not do this *
th • pecles were fixed as you anti-Dar
winians claim. Of course. If the impro\-
e - '! animals are permitted to retu ™
Poorr-r environment of nature, they re
rograde, at least for a time, until they
become adapted to their new environ-
ment. .
Neither of us believes that the soul can
«xlet in fractional parts. But you ev -
<!■ ntly believe that all souls are ot Uie
•a me capacity and are *alwa>s
*row n —like the little hoy’s
that was mode in two minutes—while
young ones. "Why these are not eats. ’
you say. "Look at the big one’s mane
and his tufted tail. They are lions. - ’
Yes. but they belong to the order of
felines—they are a species of cat. They
have all the cat characteristics. They
catch their prey in the same manner,
end play with It In the same cruel man
ner as a cat plays with a mouse. I say
cruel, but it Is thought that the touch
of the cat has a deadening or hypnotiz
ing effect on the mouse, so that it is
not conscious of pain, and does not even
feel terror. This Is also the experience
of those who have been seized by lions
and rescued after being badly mangl'd.
They affirm that though perfectly con
scious they felt no rain as they wee
torn by the clows and teeth of the great
cat.
Lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, wild
cats atid domestic cats all belong to the
feline family. They eat flesh of animals
every one who
little temple to Him.' 11 ®'
each
“bred to rafS this
earnestly for the bi—-have prayed
on each one of you dear fK«.IJod to rest
all w-ho sympathized with my wish about.
th>- church.
It will not be of any one denomination;
it will be a worshiping place for ail.
People of all denominations will be wel
comed there. Oh, I shall be so happy
and thankful when I sit in the dear little
cnurch and hear tlie swet service! And
I think we can have a small bell—I have
never heard a church bell in my life. Its
peal will be sweetest music to me.
It is fifteen years since rheumatism
seized me. when I was a baby l vear
old, and drew up my limbs and twisted
my hands so that I have never walked
a stop or stood upon my fei t, or been
able to use my hands for any work. I
am drawn In a sitting posture, and my
arms so drawn I can only lift my hands
a little way from my lap; but God has
been very good to me and given me
kind parents mid brothers and sisters,
and now He litis let this sweet happiness
c°me into my life. I thank Him so
much, and, dear friends, one ani all, who
have given me help or sympathy, I thank
you once more with all my heatt and
soul.
A kind lady, Mrs. M. L. Ilodgc, tMnt
me a money order ;for $2. and, ns our
postoffice does not cash money orders I
had to send the order back to her." I
which they have killed. They also eat , x
fruits and' vegetables, reptiles, fish and | trust she was not offended. I did not
insects. They belong to the order h ““ f -u *~
capacity ana _ - , ,
frown—like the little hoy’s 2-year-o.d e? id
that was made in two minutes—while l
believe it grows, develops, expands like
U. oak, the rose and, above all. the inint^
What is cultivating the spiritual nature
but developing the soul? evolved
I know of no reason why I " a " e '°' v ol)1
from a lower animal could not get a so
J :?t as easily as if he were t*^ sh, °"® d d ‘T
rectiy from a batch olf m'A Po
know of any? Answer, thou learned
1 infer from that sublime pa f? Rya-pb , a !
y-urs closing with the touoMng salu
’ "ion. "Howdy. Grandpa <?hoop-€0
that your idea of heaven is, tha, t *t bi J"®t
about as stagnant a place as you
onrnasia, killing animals, and to the fam
ily carnivora, flesh-eaters. These ani
mals are mammals—they nourish their
young from their bodies. The genus is
Felio Leo. This Is the genus qf the
lion—leo. as you may know. Is the Batin
for lion.
Of all animals, lions are strongest.
One was once pursued by dogs. Sudden
ly two of the dogs fell over dead. The
lion had only raised his paw, and by a
single stroke, killed the two.
The roar of the Uon is terrible. When
It Is heard in the forest the other ani
mals flee in consternation.
There are two or three varieties of
the lion. In southern Africa two kinds
are found—the yellow and the black.
The color of the Bengal variety is of a
•much paler tint.
The distinguishing feature of this great,
est of eats Is the shaggy mane possessed
by the male lion and the tuft at the end
of his tail. It is nearly the third year
before these appear. Tho young lions
are darker than when more advanced in
age.
The length of a full grown African
lion is often from 8 to 9 feet; and the
height’ at the shoulder nearly 5. The
lioness is considerably smaller. Her form
<s more slender and graceful, and she
does not have a mane. She is very
ferocious when she has young ones, and
woe to the Intruder who approaches
them. , , ,
Lions are very bold when pursued by
hunger. They sometime* tear a bullo’it
from a team or a horse from the shafts,
and- even a man is dragged trom the
watch fire surrounded by his companions
and powerful instruments of war. A lion
can drag away a heavy ox, a young
TRI-WEEKLY ON THE SPOT
SAYS LOUISIANA READER
Editor Constitution: Many thanks for the
promptness in sending my Tri-Weekly paper. I
’would really be at a loss without it.
It is true you are away over in Georgia, but
somehow or other you are right -on the spot when it
comes to news.
C. W. SPENCER, Archer, La.
hear from her again.
r>„H . , -MATTIE BEVERAGE.
Dabney, Ark.
THE MAIDENS OF STALL0.
j Oh, the dearest and tlie rarest of maid-
ends I know.
Are a cluster like to jewels that live in
fair Stallo—
Graceful forms and charming faces their
dainty charms combine
With happy 'hearts and loving smiles and
innocence divine.
They can bake, ithey can brew, all good
housework they can do,
Shun not work in garden or the green
fields near by.
They can sing, they can dance, they can
break a horse on chance.
And ride with the abandon that makes
tlie heart beat high.
No nonsense about them, home were not
home without them,
There is music in their footfall, fair
maidens of- Stallo.
There’s laughter in each eye as the hap
py years flit by.
Coil guard and uefend them, earth's
. lolcest blessings send them—
honest, dainty maidens of Stallo.
T W EN TY -SEN EN.
fatlo, Miss.
FARM LIFE TODAY.
I have no doubt Mrs. ifryun is prouml
of Earnest Willie"—one of her earliest
Household children, who made his repu
tation as a writer through Tlie Sunny
South iu the days when ne was a. shut-
in. He is now known far and wide—as
William D. I'pshaw—lecfNirer, evangelist
—and now editor of the 'Nor-
i-ie, with a
as tmri, to
Commentary on the International Sunday-School Lesson
Second Quarter. Lesson X. Mark 7:24-20. June 3, 1906.
THE GENTLE WOMAN’S FAITH, j Invited. • • * To this “plan Jesus faith-
fully adhered. He never crossed the
-- S had a triple motive boundary of the Holy I .and. never work-
for this journey. There 1 ed a miracle on a Gentile. • • * He yho
was an ill-advised popular! had limited Ills disciples’ commission to
movement to proclaim tile Jews could not now go beyond them
Him king. Again, His *° work a miricle for this heathen, un-
preaching had attracted ,ess - tn the oomplete satisfaction of His
the attention of Herod d,t-cipIes ' she could be shown to be an
Antipas. John Baptist s !®?” Pp,, 1 ° n ’ He,1PP H,s 8ll ® n<,e - H,s dis ;
*’ couraging announcement. "Am not sent,
. " ' na >• Jesi.s ar)( i finally those trying wrods in which
'? rievocably broken Ho used the common discourteous epl-
with the Pharisees, and thet which Jews applied to Gentiles,
they were planning His * * • The suffering woman endured the
death. * * * Rest and ordeal. She proved herself a daughter of
refreshment were to be Abraham by her faith, and as such
found in the locality Jesus visited. Two ; worthy of hav,n » tha thing which site
of nature's grandest features were there j asked done for her.
In juxtaposition—the sea and the moun- „
tain. • • • His retirement was only ! THE TEACHER’S LANTERN,
partially successful, however, for it is Tt ls true Y® 1 - Jesus "can not be hid."
significant said. "lie could not be hid.”
and a heathen woman was the first to
entreat His offices. This Syrophoenician
Is the personification of parental solici
tude. In her pathetic appeal she ma
her daughter’s malady her own. » * *j
It Is a mistaken interpretation which af- I
Renan s wreaths of rhetoric and Strauss
blocks of argument fall to hide Him
He is the conspicuous character of all
history. Everybody must think some-
i <e ' s I thing of Him. • • • The Father has
<a "plan" for each of us, as He had for
our Elder Brother. He
I earnestness. H5s thoughts were near, his
[language correct and forcible. One felt
that these were tlie views of one who
[ had thought vitally and who had lived,
struggled and grown strong. He clos> 4
impressively, and the house rang with
applause and cries of "Sebe Jekins!
Sebe -Jenkins!”
Then crippled Jerry Lee said: "Sebe
sent me to the ‘infirmity’ and paid my
way there till I could walk. He plowed
'"the hot summer sun to do it."
Tlie colored people had congregated on
the outside, and one stood in Ihe door-
*.? y and sald = "It war Sebe Jenkins
" 1 nu f«d >ne through the smallpox
nobod j else would come a-nigh me. He
fiJtch water an’ victuals and physic to
wbl ' st .. 1 was , laid UP in thet little
cabin on the outskirts uv town.”
Of course Seaborn Jenkins got the
was U, nnd . th 5 , mon ® y that was raised
i.-lf ?\ n . t0 » help * cr,d him to a theolog-
but -fn l™ 1 ' I , ,P h-ul 'vanted to prea.-h, .
lng thin re . la(,v ® s had opposed his do-
J fnf t,1 ’ s 1 ’„ sayln ff ho did not have sufti-
to ° n '. but ncvpr helping him
thev „ PP rt ' Jni,y ,or Earning, though
they were weil-to-do people
d.d>aTr e ”n t USi,,K SkJtS had Preceded the
were onh" ,„ SO:, 3 P w, ' r ’ *°®<1 and some
smm drest ‘nn’J nB - ° np Srirl la a home-
ton cards and made rolls to soin white
.he carded she sang quaintsongL*
MRS. ALBRITTON
FROM TOM LOCKHART.
Dear Mother Meb and Householders- i
a bout addressing 1 you a°gaV 1 io wevir"‘“
has
have th
until i
firms that the ttnusal conduct of Jesus
toward this suppliant was intended to
test her faith and exhibit her persistence
It undoubtedly had that effect, but this
was incidental, not the main purpose of
delay. His saying to His disciples ex
plains His apparently unsympathetic
bearing: ‘‘I am not semt but unto the-
lost sheep of the house of Iseral." Forty
tlmes Jesus declares Himself "sent.” He
will be true to the minutest directions of
His Infinite Sender. God's "plan" for
Ills Son confined His ministry to the
Hebrew people, lie was to be a "min
ister to the circumcision." He Himself
thought He wishes us to express in our
lives. This gives us dignity. W<> are
not dumb, driven cattle. Finding wliat
God wants, and doing it Is the ideal life
In this Jesus Is our example. • * •
Phillips Brooks once deprecated what he
called the "passion of imjnedi.ateness.”
The forcing of maturity—effort to reach
ends without use of means—Is to be
reprehended, of oourse, but there is a
good “passion of Immediateness" also.
Peter showed it when, sinking, he cried.
"Lord, save!” The Syrophoenician wo
man is also a striking example. • » •
Faith was found In a most unlikely
restricted tlie commission of the apostles I < l" arter - 11 was a C eat ' faith, too.
to the Jews until His resurrection. The | 1 ' 1, ' s heathen apprehended to wideness
purpose was to form a hearth-stone out j Gods mercy. The Messiah was not
of the Hebrew nation, on which a fire i-> ust barely enough ifor the Jews, but
might be kindled, to whose warmth and | enough and to spare for all—children at
cheer all tlie nations of earth might be i the table and dogs under it.
fior-r now. so please keep qu'leC
mamas'
me and
look so or not.
liey like.
I bring the odor of drugs wi-fi
I reei pale, w-hother £ look so
M>, what a time I have had the past
Winter! And I arn not at myself yet bv i
w hole lot. ’ But don’t lock so uneasv,
no triinds. 1 am no- going to throw i
gloom over your brigli; faces by telling
my troubles. The pains are not so in
tense now and I .am still alive. Spring is
h‘re anu all tin- world has taken on n-w
an<1 , hopes, s 0 why should l corn-
walk through life. May 1 tell you what
this ideal is like? In the first place,
is a man in the true sense of the
word. He is such a mixture of the hu
man and tlie divine that lie can under
stand, be patient with and forgive the
shortcomings of faulty humanity. He
is a prince in nobility, whether he lias
a title or not; a hero in moral courage,
honor and truth. lie is grave, earnest
•anil just in all the big things of life,
whether he tills any important position
or not. He is i^ne whose life united with
mine shall make one harmonious whole.
Not that his way of thinking and feeling
would iie an exact counterpart of mine.
Two persons of su *h -similar natures
otild not live together happily, but that
the two lives should so fit into each
other that the weakness of one would
be balanced by the strength of the other.
Of course, being honorable, he will have
some faults, but no grave and saddening
ones; anil being posessed of tenderness
and strength—a union with him will help
to make smooth the rough places
plain and sulk and make life miserable?
i nave been listening cioselv to what
Jon have had to say rhe past few
months, ft •'sorter" kept niy mind off
mj pains you know. Our red-headed
pousin made me grind my teeth in
wrath for a while, hut i got over It. as
f dawned on in.- that he was only talk
ing to hear himself and to see what
would be said in return. Women have
never had the opportunity to accom
plish great things as man has had so
why argue about it? It is not from lack
of brains we all know. Woman s sphere
been narrowed down to the home
then, if she knows something, even if it
is nothing but physical culture, maybe
she can give her sorry husband a good
knockout and make him go to work.
As he says, they may make a man
feel like 30 cenits. But if the majority
of men felt like 30 cents they would
feel nearer tlielr worth than if they felt
like a ten-dollar bill.
At the present age there are more
women than men (about eleven
to one the -world over. If you
had to support your eleven In
order to have ladies, I am afraid
you would take one in preference, even
if she was a graduate in physical cul
ture. I rejoice that women no longer
stand back, but are willing and ready to
do something. And ot all the useful
training for girls it is the training of
the industrial schools throughout our
country. BERT KING.
Morgan Mi'll, Tex.
. ■M'T'TVTT’-MT' ! I" dp «'d should my friends fail to ot
A VISIT TO CONTENTMENT. this hook of me. Now hat I have d
Of course you all remember Miss Pitts, L the best I could. It contains iAi pagef
has
until of late years. She may astound the
world yet. Any way. she is fully man s
onu;jI in intellect, and if she employs
her powers in conserving rather than in
doing, why that is God's wise plan, it
Siyes us homes and cherishing, training,
comfort auil inspiration. I desire t/
apologize to. Bettie F. Pool for not belli
able to review her book as I had i
tended I was taken sick soon after
reached me. I was unable to read mi
of it. and now it cannot he found. S'
one has evidently borrowed the ’
and forgotten to return it. How ev/
would not be physically able Jus* nq
review it. r thank her heartily foij
kindness.
My long spell of sickness was dd
less caused, partly a; least, by coni
writing ori "Plain Talks and Tales,' 3
last book. Most of this was written
ing the heat of last summer, who
helpless invalid like myse.f had enq
to do just to live, r will feel disappoit
indeed should my '’riend
life, and render its burdens more easy! w ho helr«d to work up the case of Sadie's ! stories and short LuP- price is 'sub.'liP
to hear. ! disappearance in Lynn? Well, she mar-) and the fr—-’ ... . ’"' i' v'
To cherish a fine ideal and to have it
! ried that mountain moonshine lover of
tin backwoods school she taugljt. ft
are living in a picturesque^!*- - * COO k
village—called a Wit £ h e wasn't
”1® 1° — S o!t, only she was plumper and
Pb cr k She and her husband iVCTe as
per. The (> LJ
ar'sciiool it
Athens,
rubber Of other noted men. was there to
driUar lectures. 1 also heard him at the
State university. He has a tine taking
stile as a lecturer, and lie is an
illUM
and active Christian worker. 1 remem
ber how tenderly lie spoke of lus moth. r.
I am now tar from these school sienes
and t.ir from the home qt my childhood.
1 am mistress of a home of my own,
and have a dear, kind husband and two
lovely boys. I enjoy country life, and 1
cannot s* e why young people do not sta>
on the lai.ois. and try to make mone>
there in all the various ways that have
been opened up to farmers, in this da>
of progress the man who does not farm
with 'brains is left far in the rear. With
the rural free delivery and telephone,
and tile store of good reading matter,
we can quite keep apace with our city
friends. Just think of the fruit, vege
tables, poultry, fresh air, etc., that our
fulfilled is indeed a blessed lot. May It hald been her big boy pupil at
-be yours, dear girl friends of the House-
hold. May none of you lose or sacrifice
your ideals, but carry them with you
into womanhood and old age, to put
them finally into His keeping who in
spired and can fulfil them. With many 0 „,ci. auo -.—id
good wishes I will sign my home nid- i happy as people can be in tm '
name. R 0 ” They had Ms two sisters living
Retdsville, N. C. PHYSICAL
- ^oLTURE.
Dr Boris, in the issue of April 28.
gave quite a discourse in, or rather
against, physical culture
for a girl to work in a store or turn
stenographer or. in fact, do anv thing
worth doing? Because a tfrlworksbe
hind a counter or runs a t.vpewrlter is
no reason they shonlil lose th p ir mod
esty. Because a girl has her pliy8lc fJ
nowers developed is no reason she should
no? have her mental and moral power
^TheV'C.ire in men’s vests, gird
up their swanlike throats with a man s
collar and lie. and go forth with a. bus
ineVs man’s walk Instead of the old way
• - , made you want to q '!° tP P ° ra [her
town neighbors don't or can't have. I ! ]f you pleas. , this is a prosaic age ravuer
am one of jour busy housewives, doing: tban one of poetry. I am arraia mat
everything connected >vtui the home, | that is tlie trouble* with us men,
and find plenty time to read, write, and , ftnfl disposed to quote poetry while o i
do many things outside the house. good wives make a living. Anil l
■Mrs. Bryan, 1 know your life is a busy I advise girls to beware of poetry quoun fc
one to look after so many Household fellows.
“children.” 1 can’t Imagine how you do
them, and both girls fairly worshiped
"Priscilla ” who had taught them some
of her various practical knowledge about
making dresses and bonnets. She helped
them also to improve themselves Intel-
* , * swia lectuallv. Both girls have been better
He says: “Every time I read ot this j ‘, ducat ,' d than the i r neighbors, yet they
physical culture and t.he changes 1n „ tbP are not at all "stuck up,' but are kind
glorious old south. T weep. Every time are h . ful r ^ tt lo interests herself in
T road them I rejoice. Of CPurs ®’ t tb hle the Sunday school and In the literary
are. some changes that are lamorctablwhich she organized: Hettie spends a
but not those he speaks of. j ^ doal of h er time with her aunt in
T.et the past be .past and live la ‘"®| toW n, and doesn't take so much interest
present. Why should we think it jn v iii a g e matters.
o. turn * le showed me much attention.
, thfir custom to strangers. I was
j 1 sorry not to be able to stl*
.ten he to Mr. Upshaw’s paper. "The
| Golden Age.*' thorugh Margaret Rich
ards, hut the drug store and the doctors
have quite emptied by slim racket bonk
the past winter. I would certainly enjoy
Earnest Willie's magazine, hut the price
is beyond me at this time. I must wait.
The past four months have been months of
horror to me. You no doifht think the
past twenty years has been as bad as
one can imagine of a human being, hue
last winter I found It so hard to fight
against the blues. And now it Is spring-
green beautiful halmy spring, and oh,
the intense longing to he out of doors
these beautiful clays. Pray for me,
friends. I canrot talk to you longer.
Goodby and God bli ss you.
TOM IXNCKHART.
ONE OF THOSE GOOD FOR NOTH
ING WOMEN.
. - V r ii UP °,° Py The Sun "y South came
£ a b‘ w J*y a »°- I" reading the
manj. good things contained therein my
eyes chanced to fall upon Cousin Rod-
dy 8 lett ® r : B Proved so full of “stern
and awful facts” that I have been-
a-laughln and a-laughin' ever since
Dear cousin, how can you expect your
feminine relatives to be “cross" when
you write such amusing things? Really,
i think you are easily the most amusing
maul in America (.with humble apologies
to Mark Twain).
Verily, woman doesn't amount to much,
h*' 1 - exceedingly much of a muchness,
any how. I know one of these weak
women w-ho are inferior to men. She
is the mother of a family and she is
cooking, .washing, scrubbing floors, rais
ing ten children, taking in sewing (by
lamp light), helping to nurse a sick
neighbor s family, who are down with
measles, and doing so many other things
that you would ^jiow weary should 1
attempt to enumerare them. Her hus
band farms, but whereas she toils with
lier own hands, he dircc-is the laborers.
This woman is not a curiosity. I would
that she were. Alas! 1 know many like
unto her. struggling bravely against
heavy odds, doing more work than any
individual should have to do, and doing
it cheerfully, hopefully, faithfully.
Bile looks tired, toll-worn, but she has
a bright, pleasant greeting for every one.
I have never seen her In a bad humor,
nor too busy, nor too poor to help others
needing 'her aid.
Her husband is not unkind—far from
it. He is doing his duty as he sees it.
He is considered a good farmer, honest,
energetic, but his work consists in di
recting others. Don't you think the
strain of physical strcugtli Is greater
in the woman's case? And if you really
wish. Cousin Reddy, to know about a
woman's power of endurance, as com
pared witli a man’s, ask your family
physician.
How many of our greatest men have
earnestly admitted that the early les
sons In all that goes to make sound
morality, which a tender, loving, pious
mother instilled into their lives, had
guided and saved them in times of griev
ous danger and temptation?
Perhaps, cumbered with much serving,
these mothers did not achieve great re
sults in literature or any of the sciences,
did not grow as broad and deep as the
sons She gave to the world, to serve It
nobly. Chained to the chariot wheel of
domestic cares she may not have been
heard of outside her native village.
Rut neat warriors, rulers o* proud na
si o much. 1 find two boys a handful.
They are different in dispositions. One is
very kind, obedient, good natured; while
the other, though exceedingly bright, is
irritable and self-willed, taking great tac'
and care on my part to manage him. 1
greatly enjoy the letters of Pierre Le
Beau and F. E. Orton. Mr. Orton brought
consternation, into the Household camp
iby declaring that men did not really love
woman—a proposition which I decidedly
negative. From my own experience, 1
know better. 1 love my husband devoted
ly, and he loves me; and to all young
people contemplating marriage, l
would say “Marry for love every time,’
and as some one said, “Strive for mon
ey.” We, could not be happy unless we
did love and respect each other.
„ , L. D. S.
Columbus, Miss.
as is their custom to strangers
invited to dine and to tea, and the
Lyceum got up an entertainment for me.
Town ladies call their organizations
clubs, but the people out at Contentment
call their society the Lyvenm; that is an
old-fashioned name, but it jost suited
those people. They met about twice a
■month, had readings, speeches, singing
and essays; had a good time socially,
and collected some money for benevolent
purposes. Once every three months th< y
had an entertainment. consisting or
speeches, debates, readings, singing and
original efforts in composition. Votes
•were taken up at the conclusion anil , to a crcP k swollen by recent rains until
priz-s were awarded. A small sum of it seerned a small river. Reins used to
money was also taken up among the f ord ing high waters. I started in boldly
audience, and this was donated to what- an( j n ,. ar tlie middle of the creek stopped
ever cause seemed most in need of help , Q j Pt the horse drink. While he was
At the entertainment I attended many of drinking I sat toying with the whip itn-
fhc members acquitted themselves well. tn it accidentally dropped from my hand
but the closing debate was of greatest, into t h e creek and was carried away by
interest. The two contestants were a | the curren t. r though the horse would
perfect contrast as to aprearance. Ed i npV er stop drinking, and when he at
Milton was a polished, handsome, well- , yast raised his head lie went forward
dressed boy, who was at home on his a steps then stood stock still and r?-
colbge vacation. He opened the debate' fp.ced to budge a step. There I was in
in an easy, graceful way, and talked .jjjj, de ep middle of a stream with a
out his time, making use of polished I h a u<ing horse and no whip. I ureed hitw
A PREDICAMENT.
Will this delightful cirri.- admit a girl
from West Virginia, "the little mountain
state?" The scenery here is beautiful.
The mountains, the coni, clear streams,
the wooded hills and fertile valleys make
up a most picturesque locality. I live
5 miles from Berkley Springs, a favorite
summer resorl, where fashionable peo
ple and health seekers come to spend
the hot months among mountain breezes
and cool waters.
As some of your have related your
adventures and mishaps, let me tell you
of wlint befell me last Sunday. Wishing
to attend the dedication service of a new
church 3 miles from our home, I dressed
early and started out in my brother s
urnout. All went smoothly until I came
Doctor complains of the physical cul
ture woman being too strong and of tie
men being weak and nieasley. I robably
lie needs a little physical culture him-
Surely strong mothers make strong men
and women *as well. Then w’hy lament
over our women being strong.
I admire the maidens of the old soutn,
so do I admire the maidens of the new ^ ^ - . . ^ ~~
south, for they are keeping abreast of i language that, however, expressed little in C vcry way—thrashed the lines over
A GIRL’S IDEAL.
Every girl has her ideal of woman
hood, which she sometimes vaguely,
sometimes earnestly, aspires to attain.
These Ideals differ as natures and tem
peraments differ and as environment
modifies one's hopes and aspirations.
Often poverty and coarse associations
cruelly clip the wings of these aspira
tions and make it seem idle to try to be
the cultured, graceful, gentle well dress
ed person who sits in fancy’s throne
room as our ideal woman. But it is al
ways well to aim high and to cherish
noble standards of excellence. The best
of these standards is that comprising
sweetness of temper, kindness of heart
and refinement of mind and manners.
It is possible to attain these. I believe
that one may rise as high as one’s as
pirations—may attain any reasonable
standard which she or iie forms in
thought and earnestly longs to reach.
Than, there is tlie ideal man which
exists in the thoughts of every woman.
This ideal also differs in different per
sons, but every true woman's model man
is clean, honest, kindly—and loving. She
should hold to this ideal and have pa
tience and courage to continue single
until she is sought by one who nearly
approaches the standard of manhood stie
has naturally formed. Her older friends
may oppose this action on her part. They
may urge that it is sensible to take the
well enough without waiting for the
best, but let .her remain as loyaJ as pos
sible to her best ideals, for if she sacri
fice them utterly she will be unhappy
and dissatisfied all her life. I have
known women who married men that
were very far from measuring up to
their ideals standard of manhood, and
such marriages were never beautiful or
ennobling. To marry for convenience
and link your life to one whose com
panionship will lower instead of elevat
ing your plan of life and its nqbler re
sponsibilities seems to me a grave—an
irreparable error.
Dear Household friends. I am a girl.
•I havo In my mind an Image of the man
■with whom I could proudly and happily
bUUl ll| v** - j • „ _ j (| i
the times and learning to be userui
"The maidi niy meek maiden" may oc
the ono who rule slhe world, but 'acts
show that it is the maiden who girds
herself lor work, for without labor is
nothing accomplished. , ,
In the days of the "chiva rous o d
south” it was fitting that a girl should
fie a poetical and dainty creature. She
had a crew of servants to attend her
and plenty of money to keep her liae
the lilies that toil not, but circumstances
alter cases. .
Suppose a girl of today marries a
worthless man, as so many do. then
wher<» are her servants and estate, one
Is herself servant to the cook stove, the
wash tub and the sewing machine. But,
thought or force. He made repetitions. his hack, threatened, persuaded—all in
cuoted poetry, but threw no new light vain He stood like Stonewall at Manas-
.... **. j ——<*-f nil v sa<?.
I heard the church bells ling and knew
I would be late. I looked around me
anxiously. No rescuing knight appeared,
and I determined to force the situation.
Trembling, but resolute. 1 climbed out
upon the horse’s back, gathered up the
lines and pounded and screamed at him
until he grew tired of such conduct and
began to rear and plunge. Finally hd
gave his head a toss and started for
ward. He went along quietly enough and
I arrived at the church In time to hear
the dedicating service.
GERTRUDE HOVERMALL.
Berkeley Springs, W. va.
on his subject. He closed gracefully
and i n a self-conscious manner, as if to
say, “Who can beat that?"
The next sipeaker was Introduced as
Seaborn Jenkins, familiarly called Sebe.
He was tall, and began to rock as he
began to talk, lanky and awkward. He
ran Ills fingers through his red hair,
that stood up straight as the quills of an
angry porcupine. His language was un
polished and often ungrammatical. At
first he was timid and hesitated, and
seemed to labor like an engine coming
upgrade, but soon he warmed to his
■work. He became eloquent; his words
poured iforth with unconscious power and
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