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VUE SUMi SUUiti
SEVENTH TAOE
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIV'TH PAGE.
SOME BIOGRAPHIES 0FFOBED
FREE.
P^ax Baniwholdep: You ntuve not
Jieen getting the t c *t from my ideas
t,ljat I tad Intended you should. First,
tift) management” socgnely brought aut
OI1 A j °. f ^ left-over tetters dn tha
•‘BMctlon”jpi>oa>osftioii several weeks after
I^hnd withdrawn ray motion m -,he
STytieehol-d, Then Mother Mefb unearthed a
(e; ter of rain* on Ptetcmlo Friendship
’W'ieh I had quite forgotten. Guess out
Jlt:fe mother concluded It would do to
oj on. a debate with because I have sues
n« irritating way o>f statlhg .a Question
ns though I thought there could be bu.t
one side to.lt. I am very far from fbal
to g that .Way, however, and I enjoy
reading the opposing opinions as much
as anybody. It Is Ideas unlike our own
that broaden our views—and, of all
things, I want to be broad-minded.
1 am looking Into your cosy circle this
morplng to say that I wish I might «»1
down and gossip awhile as I used to
when I had more time. Next year,
mavbe, I’ll drop In and tell you about
the project I have on hand now. It’s
an Immense one this time, and lnterest-
IJ! )ng In •proportion. But It Is too early lr
the day yet to tell whether I shall fail
or succeed. So far everything Is going
beautifully, though, and I hope you
all will help me out by sending me "suc
cess ulbral ior«-f” of good wishes.
MV object in writing this letter is to
eay to those interested in the evolution
theory but afraid that its acceptance
vou'.d mean the rejection, of the Bible,
that I have two copies of the life of
John Fiske •which I will be glad to pass
on to anyone who may like to read them.
■41 lie did more than any other one man
to show that science and religion are
jut in conflict with each other, and
e, l both scientists and orthodox Christians
“I loved him.
I n’so have short biographies of Oar-
win, Huxley, Haeckel, IJnnoeus and Wal
la' e, which I will take pleasure In pass
ing on, with my love, to anyone who
may •honce to be Interested in our great
sci nt.sts. These little life histories are
deliciously mirth-provoking in spots to a
cultured mind.
*4 As 'or the question of who were out
I ancestors, why need wie be bothered
14 about that? T would just as soon believe
I that my original iparents were grub-
• I worms as anything else. The point is not
whom I sprung from but what I nrr>.
And 1 guess that I am os proud of my
’h distinguished southern lineage as any-
in body very well could be, too.
■yj Tite dispute- about the length of the
‘ | six days of creation seems to me very
uaeies®, indl'e-l. Does not the Bible
Itself say that one day is with he
Dord as a thousand years, and a thous
and years its one day?" If a thousand
].«years -an be ns one day, why not a
aj thousand million of years?
1 We : a.vo scared up the game, how-
ever in the socialistic questions now
under discussion. ’ Theso ore questions
indeed, and ought t.r> ne looked at fr tin
every -dde by every man and woman
tVsirou. of making a good citizen and
kee-pi'41 abreast of the times. It Is well
o best- in mind that there are'various
several ysars,. and heart** on my arrival
that Pauline was la jtxtr health, I went
at -once to see her. Deaptta. the years
and Illness .she had changed very little-
just a degree more aghen-hued and at
tenuated. True to her characteristics,
she was fading out of life In a Wgy
peouilar to herself, She suffered from
world where "ell prey on others’,” presently she told him that In pretending [ enough for me to sit under a big mag-
"selse their places" where the weak' to -love him she was only jesting. Oh I nolia tree laden with creamy, fragrant
>cannot "successCullv’ compete” and where ! the cruelty of it all. the sadness of a blossoms, and fan away mosquitoes
ever» one who "gains on advantage over i shattered faith In everything that had 1 while I watched the men puff, blow.
It* neighbor will seise on Its place” The 1 seemed noble,! a fallen standard of life. • knock away mosquitoes and pull out fish.
Its newnoor. will seise on, us Place, ine of Jove and w'oman. I The ladies would wave the smoke of
Girls, what Is the fun In flirting. Is: their little cotton rolls about, and every
•It just the paltry triumph of having by now and then one would drop her Ashing
deceit gained an ascendancy over a man,
pnly 'to lose it, when he has found out
your game and to earn and deserve Ills
author says .his scheme "does not neces
sarily- Include progreestvfe development.
He tells us that his natural selection
"can act solely for the advantage of
each Individual’’ and that If In th a whole
realm of nature one 'unselfish character
istic were developed his theory of natu
ral selection would fall* His world Is
one of utter, unrelieved, geometrically
no particular ailment, had no doctor - » ruWln » selfishness. how different from
a fid took no medicine. Even her rela- ^***t other world summed ud In the He
tlon to the member* of her hniiuMii that Is greatest among you- let him be
tlon to. the members of her household
was unique, a stepmother and a cousin’s
widow, with two small children by a
former marriage, neither kinfolks nor
stgjtngors, but a parasitic crowd whom
Pauline served faithfully without get
ting either love or money In return. In
automation fashion she went about her
tiskd; nofoofy ever heard her complain,
nor would she have rejoiced over the
most unexceptional good fortune. She ac
cepted everything that came as she did
the alternative of day and night.
I became a frequent visitor at her
house,
which
servant of -all.” No. There Is a' moral
side In the .plan of things, and when one
looks on this beautiful world he feels in
stinctively that there- is a plan of un- j
selfishness gradually gaining over self, I
and If this Is so Darwin himself admits
hi® cause lost.
None but a- trained naturalist could.
follow with enthusiasm minute details
concerning the structure of plants and
animals which -have been tabulated to
prove that man £ame In descent from
mvi the one original .protoplasm, but a lucid
perched “’on "the ”hTlitom‘ from | illustration of the argument may bo -
white path curled from tile gate draiwn from two examples. Evolution- •
iw
kinds i? socialists—some bordering close
on nn't-r-hy. others belonging to our inosx
conservative parties. Social problems
have riiched'a point where politic® can
not lvll them down. They have got to
be sotted, and the 'common people
'*1 evince m irresistible determination to
settle them regardcss of politics and
very oher hindrance.
Wo hive very few socialists of the fa-
nntlc trpe in * our country—conditions
here do not tend to drive the poor to
extreme- as in Europe. Our most in
fluential socialists ate popular writers
and diets of our leading magazines.
Often tiey do not call themselves sc
iolists t all, and vote in one of the
Id partes, but they attend the sc
iolist gatherings and write in favor of
sane socialistic movements. This
cans t:a; the best things on the so-
ialisi program are scheduled to arrive
tQ the public road converging near the lists tell us that under the care of man
bridge, where willows drooped In dense - pigeons have been wonderfully changed
clumps over the water. It was pathetic j In structure, color and habits, so as to
to see this woman, who nad never had really constitute different species. There
any happy experlencer, wasting anw is the fan tail the carrier, the crooked
without an effort being made to save her i bill, the tumbler, the pouter and these
by those who were dependent on her. jthey tell us all came from the common
“Pauline, you need a -change; get ready ; wild pigeon. It Is true the history of
and go home fflth ms next week,” I said ; these birds is obscure. The tumbler has
to her as we sat on the porch and I j always been the tumbler so ’far as
noll'ced how wan she was getting. A i knowledge of it -can be traced, and the
faint smile flickered over her Ups. fantail the fantail, and so on. No tran-
“I think I would like to spend a while ’gition sample has been discovered. Yet
With you, but I shall never cross that ■ j believe, says Darwin, they descended
bridge' again on my way to the city.” It ,f rom t lie wild pigeon, and since I have
seemed quite natural for her to bo de- I a i arire collection of similar examples
spondent In her weak state and I eg- 1 f rom tli P animal -and vegetable kingdom,
sg.yed to reassure her with cheerful • j may say that “I know’’ the dove evo-
words, but in vain. For several days she j u ted into the eagle. In the same way
faded perceptibly and then quite unex- I the various breeds of dogs have been
pectedly she began to grow better. The | c | tel j t o prove, for example, that a goat
day before I was to leave it rained so i turne j t Q , a pi.g. of course, evolution-
hard that I could not visit her, but word j , s(s rep ,,diate any effort to name the or-
came that she was still improving. I d ' er ot - succession, und they tell us that
The next morning. In the early misty j no it;ln)ples sure transition have been
dawn, I drove by Pauline’s regretting • . But the v tell us the missing
that I could not stop to bid her goodby. .. . • . . i t but IK , r jshed, or if fossil-
As we neared the bridge. Srom which j }i^ didgxist^ but pens^.
Would not modesty suggest that the.
Pauline coming down the path almost at
the base of the hill. The road ran steep
ly from the creek and as It was difficult
to stop, we drove on to wait for her at
the bridge. Here a great mass of wil- ,
lows shut off a view of the path, but!line
we
again cm ne "in’sight of the path, but no'man may-
one was visible f "~
they
get this necessary evidence before ex
communicating the rest of the world?
I said above that the evolutionist has
no set steps oif ascent or descent in his
He lets them go at random since
Jli\?sl/ ,siit of the path - b,,t ”b^ 1 ^ , s , isr.2? , sfs4
™ UTn had” ILTMS
led quite suddenly that morning a few with him; for one of the facinating rial
Lur» before ipaied her home ties of my infancy was the beautiful m -
The old house P on the hilltop was soon maid combing her long hair at the bf t
after torn down ank now nothing re- tom of the sea since iconoclae-t had
mninq to show where it stood but a pile fpretended that the pretty thing was a break his engag
“f Crumbled and^ brick, a crepe 1 fraud. But now. oh. how glad I am to denly discovered
mvrtle andatcertain seasons is found , know that at least one of the bright I written letters l
“WAS HE RIGHT OR WRONG?’*
My husband and 1 have fully discussed
Mr. Roddey’s st-uy. “Was He Right or
Wrong?” he fro* the masculine view
point and I from the feminine. In the
end we both canon’te the same conclusion,
ties of ray infancy was the beautiful nier- that the young awn In the story (which
line to slap her neck or shoulder.
A Ikirefoot boy, standing on the bank,
dancing gnd slapping bis leg’s, would hal
low out, “Did you kill him, ma?” or
“Did you git him, sis?” I enjoyed the
day finely, but I decided that I wouldn’t
go fishing again in skeeter time, -for, let
me tell you, that little singing, stinging
female insect is simply awful!
JUANITA.
Annie Valentine. -
contempt? You say flirting Is'a pastime.
Then it Is a very foolish and wicked one
that will bring upon you bitter retalia
tions, scorn and .Hatred,, instead of the
res-pect and esteem bat might have been
yours if you had been a true, helpful
friend to your young admirers.
I am only a young girl myself, and I
greatly need sympathy and encourage
ment to- help me live up to my ideals.
I would like so much to have some as
surance that the fcmisehold girls will co
operate dn tho effort to influence their
■men -friends to take such views of life
and 'business and religion a-s will tend
to make them honoraible Christian gen
tlemen.
MABEL CLARE RANDALL.
LIGHT IN DARKNESS.
The day has been hard, and the strife
ha® been keen.
For I oft 1 have been facing tho foe;
And man may not know of the battle
between
Myself and the demons-below.
For often the clouds roll adown and ob
scure
All the hope In my soul’s prison-cell—
And things that by day seem translu
cent and. pure.
In darkness are horrid as hell.
But often I peer through the bars, and
and a gleam,
As of daystar, appears In the east—
A -sweet, evanescent ghost of a dream
To me, for a moment, Is leased.
1 road in a wonderful volume tonight
Of a •beautiful city afar,
Which shines in a realm of 'beatific light.
Eclipsing the gleam of each star.
I read of a city al'l garnished with gold.
Far away on Eternity’s shore.
Where praises to God through the ages
are told.
And ransomed ones reign evermore.
There sorrow is mot, there vain hoipe Is
unknown—
In tliat land of the River of Peace;
Eternally glorified. God, on His throne,
The soul from its bonds shall release.
Today brings the gloom of the woe of
the world.
But another day dawns on my soul.
And though all the forces of darkness be
hurled,
I’ve light still for writing my scroll.
Things deeper than thoughts, and handh
stronger than mine,
Have wrought and have fashioned my
ways;
Yea, God is my guide, and Ills wisdom
divine
Is sufficient alone for my uays.
FURMAN L. COOPEIR.
•Gainesville, Ga., July 18, 1906.
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
Rave for my dally range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
1 might despair.
—TENNYSON.
Commentary on the International Sunday-School Lesson
Third Quarter. Lesson VI, Luke xiv, 15-24. August 5, 1906.
FALSE EXCUSES.
for Ihp power of our loading pe- pu.j.n.
lor - p - The p eo _ There Is no use trying to overcome the
■rirnil, als 4-beyond computation
pie an Joking hi the press io save
bem nevf-the politicians fell dawn on
heir job. ) *
Tcnnessieun, I am sorry that Ive had
our curiosity excited all this time. Do
rpmoijrr the article you wrote one?
•Soots' Caste?” Well, you said come
kings thi.t appealed to me so strongly
Lit i. wote out my ideas on tho sub-
you are. Tho fish dropped her tail and I the old school, t'naflowers of chivalry,
the horse his fore legs and by a beau- and who held woirei’s honor above all
tiful coincidence Adam and Eve met in j tilings and demand# that their consorts
the garden of Eden. SENEX. I shouM be in thougtt and deed “as the
died .
hours before X passed her home.
OUSG Oil tllG hilltop Wet a cuua i mam ^-uinuinjj *»'-• * ----- - , , i * - * ’ ~ ~ ' e>.
after torn down and now nothing re- tom of the sea, since the iconoclast had not only wrong, jbut absolutely erne!, to
ttlier IO!** *' . . *»L I .-A ,3 ~.i *■ ♦ Hie nrplt.v' thillET W«IS 41 I hraolr htu xiiv o’fl^flUC'nt bfCEHSf ll(? SUi.l~
ed hat his fiancee had
mvrtle and at certain seasons la round , Know mat at i™- — -“e <.c.-n icu,,., to men she had never
a peculiar white waxen growth, the : things of mv childhood was not an l.- j met. ’ !
“coruse plant.” which might be con- i lusion. J . nla - n s 1| l e als is to woman s purity
std® red emblematic of Pauline's self. Then that other story of the' centaur i is higher than my lusband’s. He is tiie
» MRS M BUCKNER. ' was it too not a myth? All D.nwin. | scion of a long genfation of virtuous wo-
' j Darwin! What a fascinating novelist I men and old-time pOnest men—men of
AS TEACHER AND PREACHER.
I have just finished Fineta's bock. The
heroine, Meda, as a school teacher, is a
model. To imbibe her spirit should be
the aspiration of every teacher in the
land. How often lias It been that an ob
scure teacher lius made out of an un
couth youth a leader and light of man
kind? Muy many, reading of Meda in
this role, ponder ajtd profit. However,
as depicted by the authet, obedience to
the celestial vision wus the beginning
of Meda’s greatness. Like St. Paul, she
made afl Immediate and complete sur
render to another calling, when she be
came convinced that tho call to this was
from God.
Personally, I should have preferred a
different solution of Meda’s perplexing
problem—I should have had her con
vince herself that there are open to wom
en other ways of enlightening and in- ,
liuencing men beside from the pulpit.
the g«. —.. | ,
. — I snow. He beliefs that the same
GAVE UP $100,000 A YEAR FOR A ' standard of honor jhoiiTd apply to man
TWFRE MAN to woman, and -hat husbands should
hundred thou- be ' what they dcm 4 d their wives to be;
nunort o uiuu | yet he is sure the , ung . man in questi0n
did wrong.
However high a tan’s ideals should be,
he ought never tcjoxpec-t women to be
angels—we are all men and* women
alike, human, aid prone to err. No
one with the breah of life is infallible.
I and why should Inen who think and
with a dull thud in the final chaos of | speak of us as tluf’weaker sex” deman.!
the universe? Was it some man whose! ln almost case we should be
•pen liad power to charm and quell the ! tlie stronger? It fas very wrong in the
passions of tiie thoughtless multitude? ! y° un S S lrI to otespond with such a
“Gave up income of
sand a year to wed,” The headline hi
the newspaper columns grins at us like
a misshapen imi>. And was it some great
hero for whom this sacrifice was made?
Was it some benefactor ol tiie human
race whose name will go resounding
down through the ages until it brings up
great ingrained prejudice of some people
against women speaking in public. These j
will not tolerate the '^novation, no mat- are wise—will say uncomplimentary
ter how wonderful the woman may be. things about the father of this womtn
When a woman is a wire and a mother ! because he has cut her off for marrying
her most effective preaching can be done according to the dictates of her heart,
through her children. If she occupy the [ but where is he to dispute tiie prediction
pulpit, she can not properly do her duty that within five years he will be the bus
ln rearing her children. All in all. how
ever "Meda’s Heritage" makes one think,
and therein is the book worth while.
A SOUTH AMERICAN READER.
GIVE US ANOTHER.
Oh, I did send the 'Household such a
jewel of a poem (?) expressing my high
appreciation of its members. Not a gleam
of that poetic gem have J seen. It must
have been lost by the way. The pity
of it.
The bomb which Cousin Reddy exploded
in our camp has demonstrated three
things—that woman can defend herself
with grace and ability, that man will
gallantly and wittily come to her aid and
that a man is able to preserve his self-
composure in the midst of a seige from
all quarters—In proof of which last, take
a look at Reddy's calm. Imperturbable
face as pictured ln the Household.
Well, our hats are oil straight again,
and wo are ready for another Charge,
cousin. It will serve to sharpen our wit
and tact that Is apt to gTow dull in lone
ly desuetude. I admire so many of the
Household and would like to tell them
so individually, but time and co-ur'esy
forbid that I should specialize. Then,
too, this gem might go to look after the
other one. JAY, JAY.
A YOUNG BACHELOR FARMER’S
IDEAS.
■professional farmer,” residing
North Carolina. I was par-
amused by Annie Valentine's
on the kind of crops to grow
farm life worth living. Annie
HE prescribed ablutions a: 5
attended to, the festive
cloak from the host’s own
wardrobe is thrown around
each guest, and at length
the banquet hall is reach
ed. There, on the tessel
lated floor, rest the silken-
upholstered couches, on
which the guests recline,
their lelative positions in
dicating the degree of
favor in which they are
hold by the host. Even
the tablecloth Is rich parti-colored, and
on it rest sumptuous dishes of chased
gold and. silver and Iridescent glass. Ob
sequious servants glide in and out. A
dado of admiring spectators hems in the
scene. From above, the great lamp,
with golden bowl, suspended by a silver
cord, sheds mellow light upon the goodly
scene. The air Is laden with sweet
odors, and pulses with rhythmic strains.
Jesus has already conversed pointedly
upon that self-oblivious humility which
never fafls of exultation, and that disin
terested generosity which seeks no re
compense because It exercises Itself to-
tward those who are powerless to make
a return in kind. There is a lull In con
versation. A guest fxclalms. “Blessed
he that shall eat bread in the kingdom
of God!'*
It is a bait to lure the Master on to
further discourse, and particularly to
disclose his ideal of the Messianic king
dom. The remark Intimates the prevail
ing Hebrew notion—the restoration of
Solomonic power and splendor. Happy
shall he be who is bidden to the hous.»
of the forest of Lebanon when it shall
grace again tiie height of Zion, that
goodly 'palace of ivory and cedar. Thrice
happy he who is bidden to banquet tLpr:•
on kingly dainties. All are alert to hear
what response the young teacher will
make.
He does not keep them In suspense.
He accepts the challenge. Bui. as ever,
He dwells-upon flu- practical rather than
the speculative phase of the subject. It
is the personal attitude of the individual
toward, the Messianic kingdom, rather
than tho accidents of that kingdom. The
Messianip banquet is now spread. Many
are invited, the Jew first. Will the Host
be honored or Insulted, the invitation ac
cepted or declined?
The universal voice of the Hebrew na
tion will be, “From such a banquet, good
Lord, deliver us!” The individual will
say, “I pray Thee have me excused.’
And in both instances the answer is
made because the kingdom comes not in
anticipated- and desired form.
The strength of the parable is In Its
very improbability. The preposterous
inadequacy of tho excuses shows at a
glance the disinclination to accept the
invitation. It is a conscious, deliberate
inSUlt to the King of heaven.
From tiie recalcitrant Jew to whom is
committed the oracles of God, and whose
advantage is great every way, the her
alds of the King of heaven are directed
to turn to those whom the Jew considers
the filth and ofr*ourlng of the world*
who,_ as far as religious privilege Is con
cerned, are poor, maimed, halt), and
blind; at whom heaven’s favorite casts
the epithet of “dog,” and whom he es-
tefms ordained to destruction.
Blessed Is he who is not offended at
the form ifl which the Messianic ban
quet is given! Happy is he who sacri
fices gll his (preconceived notions, and
overcomes his racial prejudices! He
shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
ANALYSIS AND KEY.
1. Jesus a guest at Pharisees’ banauet.
The scene pictured.
The table talk.
2. Exclamation of a guest.
A bait for further discourse.
Especially to disclose His ideal of the
Messianic kingdom.
3. Jesus accepts challenge.
'Practical, not specula;ive.
•Personal attitude toward kingdom.
More important than mere accidents
of the same.
4. Not the national ideal.
Individual also prays to be excused.
5. Improbability: Strength of parable.
Preposterous inadequacy of excuses.
Shows unwillingness to accept.
THE TEACHERS’ LANTERN.
The banquet is ever the divine and
significant symbol of the grace of God.
The Invitation is universal and free, tna
provision inexhaustible.
Destiny turns upon the acceptance or
declination of -the gracious invitation. The
responsibility is a personal one. Every
man freely elects himself to life or death.
•Solemn thought! Enough to awe the
most reckless; enough to make the most
superficial thoughtful.
God’s heralds we are, announcing the
feast. Angels may well covet the honor
of our -high calling. To induce a fellow
immortal to eat the living bread of the
kingdom is the noblest tiling we can do.
Doubtful if eternity can afford us more
exalted work. We should be all at It,
and always, in season and out—preacher,
teachers, -parents, leaguers, friends,
neighbors, all!
Compel them to come in! So urgent is
the case. Every argument must be plied
assiduously. The sluggish and dormant
are to be awakened. Devotees of the
world, the flesh and the are to be
made to see God's claim, and allow it.
No goodie platitudes spun out of a lacka
daisical benevolence are to effect an end
such as that. Only thorough-going moral
•earnestness, which feels the terror of the
law, can successfully persuade men of it.
And yet there is room. The lavish way
God does things in nature hints the im
possibility of His being parsimonious in
•grace. The giant oak shakes, and enough
acorns fall to plant a hundred forests.
Atmosphere Is 40 miles deep: can it ever
be breathed up? There are cubic miles
of fresh water in nature’s reservoirs; can
•they ever be drunk up? So in the blessed
fountain opened In the house of David,
there is enough for each, ■ for ail, for
evermore.
me, though. She ktiows what’s j years. I sought a separation and rebeived i clent times prized as a most valued P® 3 *
e , 1 ,elvit for oil her ore tended ie-norance nl v freedom through a divorce court. : session. The peoples who dwelt in t.ds
thinking all men honorable; and wnile i .’ tor aU lier b ret « n “ ed ignorance. , g overa , m()nths agt) x ,f ound myself, by ! region saw in these sources of life-giving
searching with puth-blinded eyes for j bhe is a trump. | accident, in the town in which my old ! water the founts of continuance and
the understandinj friend, site mistook The value of open air and wild beauti- i lover now resides. I was invited to sev- j well-being, and near them they located
clay for gold, as we all sometimes' in ful scenery is clearly shown in the fact j eral places of amusement, at which he their pueblos. Save air. no elements of
our life have doe. But the mistake t ba t t i ie business men of the city are ! was also present. We became friends, ; nature are nearer to human life than
llovqvrr, I did not send my letter
the household, because I knew I
must he linking everybody weary with
views as it was.
Tf 1 recommend to Mr. J. O.
IValler o Salem AU.. some magazines
which he wili get some good, sane
leas on .ccialism and its evil as well
its goo points, I would suy read the. _ ... .
pril and M tv numbers of “Watson's ! cistlc when he referred to a supposed I we measure human worth, lius man i
Bv whimsical' worth so many pieces, the other more c
EVOLUTION AGAIN.
Mark Twain savs Duke was indulging , — - - , , ■ , ,
a sly bit of sarc.a9 p1 when he wrote of 1 "will not turn their hands for love wl
that street of Damascus “called” I hurl the world back ln its course ffl
straight. Paul was contemptuouslv sar- i gold. By gold, ln these progressive day
desert, was complete as to the location,
distribution and idiosyncrasies of the wa
ter supply.
. *'ne’ for this year, and any copy | learning “called’’ science
•Everyjody's Magazine” procurable, •chance the term “I know"
ge Bt has alvays seemed to _>n>- that JV , given a branch of knowledge
ta-r
sure but that she Would have made a I dancing, flirting and card playing are the past connection and the “wrong" I had
hotter, more congeial companion, for I, order of the day. done him. “What wrong?" I asked; “in
judge site was a both tiie average In It- Those who never experience it can ! deed the wrong was done by you to me'' uel . ot
itelligence, so fondlof writing as she never realize tho real pleasure and He looked surprised, and then I learned Spring water is naturally more prized
was stupid girls neier are. - rtcreation that attend farm life. Just from his earnest assertion that he had by the inhabitants of those desert soli-
. . ( less But of all the men under tk ' To m Y thinking, he young man was -think for a moment, when midsummer written, telling me that he would come I tu de 3 than that from the living streams,
I great blue dome there is none so cor ! ‘ weak one. and i- never really loved, has come and crops are laid by. how tc marry me in two months, and to that because it Is always drinkable and al-
riiile . tbr. fing away the absurd ones ]
fhe goWenJint an is hard to reach, but
And yet we a,re told that h e who lies- 1 Which he rides,
itates to accept the wildest guesses oif
needs to be placed
rb
to
is-
jre
rs;
ho
n’t
tor
nd
ns
e are grJually ^’°r king .A ; c ,. vv c ’vi n I tills “I know” knowledge must be classed
Toe-in. ske U;Vi ! with him who still believes the world is
ight or frong. wa ferial - ... | Act. Knowledge comes but wisdom lin-
Tha
•sting an since you ask for opinions,
1] tell \ ^i what I think about tiie i
ero of ■ » story. If I bad been the ]
erolne, i: ft 1 ad of pining a '' a ' ",.11.’ 1 j under advisement
ft me. I should have said. Think l n.
c-aven I und out in time that he was
cringin coward and loved his own
ride!” ittfi he been a gentleman, he
L’ould h t said to those men who wer-
i a king -iilof Ids sweetheart’s letters
v reaijj -Ido them meanings she nev?.-
{tended Gentlemen, vou are not worthy
f the n: ;ii -but I wish to inform you
hat you ;® speaking of my promised
ife. I knf that she as innocent of the
as yo Attribute to her as a iilUc
0 nqt know what sort of
sist^s you had. that your
gers. Knowledge beasts ;’I know.” Wis- they advise them nevel
dom recalls how-often science has about- of the mei
his vertebrae hardens into bone,
creature a man? Go to!
A woman is justified in marrying fo
money. Parents do their daughters at
faced, and sensibly holds hew theories
Jid
hild. I
aothurs
gjtism i
worm
assu
Sid lead you to believe that
*ill run after a man; but I
..I. n •-> of txt
I vou the woman
of whom
tou speal J'not of that type, and I re-
uire an .til logy from every man pres-
Ilf ” Cm’ vou insi see those knaves • 0 f today,
lushing ad stammering — -«-«-«— * — -
way into Ic night?
If jany oil our
Has evolution lw-cn sufficiently proved?
What is it anyhow?
That in the Inconceivably distant past
matter, force and motion -began a rough
and tumble scuffle, impelled by a fatal
istic impulse of change. Along tiie ages
moons and planets and suns and stars
were evolved, and tmnied into their or
bits: and out of the grinding eliaos came
Haht and heat that -set our sun ablaze
and iput the twinkle in myriads of stars.
When our old globe had cooled a little
from Its primal chaos this same matter
—force and motion—brooded together till
- bit of protoplasm came into being, the
first life at-om in the annals oif time.
From this germ came, through process of
evolution, the vegtable end animal world
and slinking j To all but the “I know’ minds this
. theory of things -seems harder to under-
members want one of I stand than that other one which cvn-
ti,e biog’ [#es of the gnat scientists
hat I hiivu. ust send me a note through
E. B. lou need"t bother about the
ostage, i’Ui ttend to that. As I’m
ng up to .i« ve, you’ll have to say right
way if v.ji want one. When you ara
hrough win It, Just pass It on to some
else. Isn't it strong how those
treat men live been misquoted? For iu-
ance, no* ere does Darwin say any
thing about “the mW»«g
ran is decided from a monkey. Neither
•os he n*tlk the Bible in any of his
oks Bv. ryXne of those sayings imputed
him was intirely of the narrow rellg-
nists’ on:i|n.iking. He never even sail
word backto them. The world has now
rogressoG «* far that even some of the
lost ortho 1* admit that he was greatur
han any jffliose who abused him.
With lov.lo all the Household, X will
y, edioe DQMAGTTA.
July 9, 19*.
A BED' HILL CHARACTER.
That Pa iBie Dtlby’s exit from this
orld shO'ilX be associated with tome-
ing out oil the common was quite In
•oping with'her history—remarkable for
j dlsslmll'illty to that of other P««P'®-
s a child She was uncanny. A color-
ss blond, with pale hair, eyes of a
mdescrlpt hue and a wa »en shin upon
hlch neitr.tr sun nor wind had any ct
ct. She rtver missed a lesson nor re.
ted a perfect one. She was never re
eved nor praised by the teacher^ Bhe
fver got into scrapes nor had any \ ra
nt friencjttlps like other K'rl*. N
e ever saw Pauline shed tears and a
die faint and fleeting was os far as
e everroton the way to laughter
Ith a tan# in harmony with her ap
ci a ranee sbs persisted In wearing neu-
to u tints, usually ghostly Brays and
ia ad leaf downs. I used to wonder if
would iSk natural dressed in a blue
ick with jink roses on her hatband
ig to see her arrayed thus one time,
t it was J sight never witnessed. Of
irse Pauline never married. A nega
ie sort cffglrl who lived P a8 *' va *?
notonous life that would have mad
led any other woman.
v. ad t>ti awag trom the hills for
to think Of the bank account of the me
they would love. Fortunately, however
modern parents are not giving such ad
vice, and in most cases where wornei
ignore this auxiliary to happiness the;
alone are responsible for the heartache*
which must be borne when the glamor o
I the girl whom he haf promised to marry, delightful it is to go out on a camping letter he received no response. Tie had ! ways at hand, while the watercourses,
aited, and when no reply came Trom i which for the greater part of the year
he listened to a story he had. heard j a j-e sinuous reaches of-dry sand, furnish
1 was a flirt, and he determined to a (. fl OQ d a .quickly disappearing supply of
no more. But he had loveu me j thinned mud which will not be touched
all the while and had married only | ^y man or - oeas t except in the distress
he heard of my being wedded, mak- • o£ thirst
hurried marriage in which there One is not surprised, therefore, that a
was no love on either side. ] primitive people will regard these
After this avowal we made a compact [ sprlngg ag sacr(Hl; i n fact, the Indians
to be good and tru-e friends, co tidu , of tho sou thwest are not peculiar in the
At last itlr.^B...^ , £pr ' n " s '., The sentiment is
ill
ijlj loving cad. wlio held himself better tlun j fat trout sizzles In the frying pan along
kind. Tie could not condone a nis- with plenty of good old country bacon
a plaster paris cast until take, and did not believe any one c«u!d j It's the Eden of the seasons: it’s the rich
recover themselves and be the stronger ■ spice of life,
and better for having made ihem. The j
truth of these words had never toadied l “Oh. lovely gift of heaven, night and
him; I slumber.
• Rest for the wepry hands, the tired
“Have I done wrong? | eyes;
Well, let the bitter tasie of fruiS that ; The cool hours pass, we take no heed to
reement for some time. m « j world-wide, has had a vast range of
was broken words ™ (time, perpetuates itself in the folklore of
can Cr 1*0 for?Ott6n. J lie? P'lri > rivI1i73tl(in aT1 (I nrp?onta ftr‘
tonic friendship ended in^warm and pas- i , tg J ani{est C ^ 3 tlo “ „ost interesting
body of myth and fancy. But in the'
sionate love. An unloved, unloving wife
stands between us. Jly belief about pla-
turned
To ashes on my lips
Be my reminder in temptation’s hur.
And keep me silent^when I woulJ-jon-
demn.
number.
And happy dreams unlock us paradise.’’
Guess I had better “ring off,” or T may
- umm. do like a fellow I saw going down a
voung romance has been torn a y J Sometimes it takes the acid of a sin ! mountain last summer-get to going so
the steady beating of the tide or c ery To C ] eanse the clouded windows of our fast I can’t stop, and just say too much
day affairs. There «« sonie things ^haj souls j as I often do here at home when ladies
come and my mother wishes me to make
a good impression.
BUCK BULLOCK.
money will not buy. but it is well for pj ty ma y shine through them.”
thoughtless young girls to re jT lemb< ?rj, ’’jLove on the lips of such a man yas
it was no less a person tlutn bducH m ockery, and would it be wrong to lisli
Smith who said that e '' er ^. for him a wife who would shattera.11
to his income had brought lam that muol, j lig jdeals and teacli him that man is
happiness. And Sidney Smith wouic ^ u . a pig. my v when condemning the rjs-
hardly be called a sordid man. J takes of our fellow-beings, remember:
Gives up a hundred thousand a year foi \
a husband! There isn’t a man in the “c ou id we judge all deeds by motives, j
world worth giving up a tenth ot that g ee t j-jq good and had within,
amount for. The average man is a bac Qft; en we w'ould love the sinner
bargain at any price, and-, some of the w’hile we oath the sin.
sex shouldn't be accepted as a chronic c ou id we know the powers working
with a million dollars. Y et, notwith- rj. Q overthrow integrity,
standing the increasing army of bachelor won )d judge each other’s errors
girls, it is safe to assume that until the with more patient charity,
sun sets for the last time upon a world
peopled with human 'beings there will be “Ah! we Judge each other harshly,
found women who are willing to give Knowing not life's hidden force;
up everything for the cheerful delusion Knowing not the fount of action
that they are the little suns around j s j ess turbid at its source;
which the daylight thoughts and mid- Seeing not amid tiie evil
night dreams of their honey-tongued ad- All the golden grain of good—
mirers revolve.. F. L. ORTON, oil! we'd I»v£ each other better,
— if we oifiv understood.”
A GIRLS MEN FRIENDS.
Every girl 'has men friends—not neces
s-arily lovers—w’ho enjoy her company am
pay her rAeasant attentions, give her : ... _
good time, as we say. I wonder ho-v and the lf-inie was lath ,.n the• mosquito—
„ . manv girls reflect whait a great lnfluenc me woi<P" mosquito, who, like the hu-
thrat which transmits abnormal qualities, . for ' d or for -bad they have on th-ei man w ,man. Mother E^e—did tiie mis-
suoh os disease and freakish variations j vounK men cvimtKinions. Usually obey d chief wtli her bite, one i\ud columns in
of bodily structure. His theory stresses | to t ],ink of the responsibility tha the
the latter meaning and by necessity ( irpa ts on mem in this respect. By the! ma.^, T -— - - . ^ nrawn fmm o well. We will shortly
cars to pass our door,
the state. On The first | V ' , ena ve 'beautiful scenery and ifert-ile
bie without variation, become less stable ' *vtew“of a™nV»tter .involving hono/1 nlghf after nj arrival we sat on the wlnF 8 sometimG* Tl on fl «SnJ t
under certain condltions «uoh_M climate | ami dut y. some mocWngJaugli ln regajf | veranfla-^Tliejjf jas a ,^“^^11^ In the wc>1 ,t, ln t 1f I had a “wee wffe*' or 'ev n
- - K ' 1 a sweetheart. My girl gave me the go-
the other one went and married,
put much confidence in wnat
They are not to lie relied on—
eral thing. Your friend,
WILLIE.
tends that in the -beginning God “cre
ated” the heavens and the earth. .1
don’t think people are called on to ac
cept either Without proof. Must people
are familiar with the evidence claimed
to -prove the Mosaic 'theory. Fewer hove
troubled to look over even the leading
facts adduced in favor of Darwin’s the
ory—not exactly evolution.
It is base d on two 'principles which he
claims to be fixed and permanent natu
ral laws. One of these is heredity; the
other he names natural selection.
He has two kinds of heredity—that,
which transmits the fixed and in
variable qualities t6 the progeny, and
SUMMER.
Down the gray turn pike road of time
Green-gowned 'the Slimmer goes.
And In -her tresses braided wears
The poppy and the rose.
Her ecstasy paint® clouds and sky.
And thrills the listening grove;'
Thrice lb-test Is he with whom shares she
The gift of sleep or love!
ARTHUR GOODE'NOUGH.
IN THE COUNTRY.
I am a 'farmer, and I live In Meek
lenbung county. North Carolina 10 miles
from Charlotte, the county seat. T think
country life is healthier, pleasanter end
quite as profitable as life in town. A
country-, home can be made convenient
nd attractive. With free mail deliv
ery, telephones, water ail through the
ouse. bathing room and acetylene gag for
When 4 e ye"ow fever was prevalent 'Rumination, the country home today is
f.ime was law on the mosquito— as complete in convenience as the man
sions ln the city. Here we have tele
phone rand regular mail delivery, and
e el J*ers'“about"this’ i’iiS^t“'w , ith”the ® ,lnve 7 our water from a fine spring
malevdent bill; but this summer I hai® i b 7 w ‘ re ’, as 9" ick] >' nlmost -as it can be
nl . a , lev .o ex verb-nee wirl, ‘ (Iraw n from a. well. We will shortly
tonic friendship is that it Is not possible
between persons who have a warm admi
ration and sympathy for each other and
are thrown together at all intimately.
BAB’TA.
JULIA COMAN TAIT.
IN “SKEETER” TIME.
weakens the force of tne former F >r words and acts they often determine I had n# first experience with mosquitoes. ; 1iav th ™ a
instance of tho first, the generic eharac- voung man’s ideas as to honor, principle i p ; , ij a visit jto friends living in the ehave -iSauUf
terlstlos of the horse usually transmlssl- j a n<l region. Some careless word, sonf soutl-ern part • >',e *t*te .... I enraie beautif
“THE WORLD TO AND END SHALL
COME IN 1881.”—MOTHER SHIP-
TON, 16TH CENTURY.
Lycu-rguS, of th e twentieth century,
affirms that the world to -an end did come
in 1881; and why all do not -believe this,
•and why not one does, save Lycurgus,
is because tho meaning is occult and not
literal.
Occultism is the fad in these days of
swirl and strenuous life.” and not to be
•familiar with the teachings of this sci
ence is to 'be left on the "sands of time.”
In the Bible will be found this occult
doctrine oif the “end of the world." It
is there connected with the doctrine of
the second advent and the prediction as
to the destruction of Jerusalem by Ti
tus.
The theologians of the age do not
handle these doctrines, and a dearth of
knowledge exists a s to their verity. They
look for a second coming, not conscious
•of the logical relation -between the doc
trine of the second advent and that of
the end of the world.
It Is this, the twentieth century, that
not only resuruects the two doctrines,
tout their real significance will also be
come a part of the knowledge of the
•people.
To affirm, ag the writer does, that the
world came to an end in 1891, is to toe
•classed a»s “looney," and to affirm that
the second advent has also come, only
confirms the mind as to one so teaching,
toeing entirely gone daift.
Nevertheless. 188! gave a fulfillment
to both doctrines, and onlv that mind
trained in occult interpretation will see
the fact and know for a certitude that
Mother Shipton could not have been
"straight" on other things and amiss
on the 1881 prophecy.
Yet the whole of Mother Shipton’9 jin
gle of predictions h-as been repudiated
toy the “exact science" chaps, and to
thefr satisfaction, shown to be chimeras
of notice. Thus th e world is
I ajid ever set agog and in
the evolutionary force carries
a-round, not a circle, but a
_ circle, nothing but a mo-
plane would be evolved in-
upward progress as now re-
LYCURGUS.
southwest the arid environment hag so
intensified this feature of primitive cul
ture that no spring in the region is
without evidence of many offerings <0
the deities of water. It is small wonder,
then, that the Pueblo Indians came tef •
regard springs with special veneration,
that they wove around them myth and
tradition and made them objects of re
ligious worship. To 01^ acquainted with
the environment and Its radical needS
this seems to have been a natural, evert*
though unconscious generalization. f>er-
haps offerings to springs will not admit ■
of such simple explanation. Perhaps
the myTtery of the underground source
of water welling up from unknown :
depths, impressive always even to the
observer who believes himself free from ‘
the trammels of superstition, has also
had a powerful effect on the mind of the
Indian, leading, like many other natiiral
phenomena, to an attitude of worship
of unseen powers behind these masks.
supposed fact. Th„ best students of the
subject now doubt if any abnormal char
acteristics are hereditary. Thu® science
Itself has digged aiway -half the found a- j
tlon of Drwin’s building. 1
What about the other half—natural se
lection? I hold that no theory of being
is true that entirely eliminates tho ethi
cal The Darwin world Is one of pro
gressive meanness. Its author tells ue it
is a world where "craft, strength and
swiftness” are ever Intensified in pass
ing from parent to offspring. It is a
and high-minded. Let all °" r p rjghtness.
and views 'be on the side of R/ n
Once I knew an excellent ?T ln(%a am J
a lltitle more than a boy, wffi/ f aaohinera
OnJBay a crowd of neighbors, ole and I $P r ,, se Y era i «!? nths brought a long
your# came by in wagons and buggies ' 0f „ affecticn and of plans for
’ e.yt^afshinprsi andXvit^d me to go fishing with tii^n Lm- la^t r ?* ceased to write,
conscientious, a believer inj/handsome in {/large rfeek near by. I was deligl V At remained unanswered,
of Christ. He met and W^t man f £ % go When we arrived at ihe creek L a * long Sru*
> girl. In her comment ml the/men and boys began to roll cigar- |j learned
would laugh at as slip cai-hd | ettfi—half a dozen or more apiece—and ftm e the mu,
,amac^J 1 Jli ove . f 5 r ,' W^ 1 . 3 . and women each to prepare a to believe, h&. „ "li ™ f a)s ?
. . , , , T . „„ man- j ed go.
frivolous
Tier she
his gOOd. - „„ ^
them, until he, ollnaejjd henonneed the 1 lltjle roll of rags filled with cotton. These
•her, adopted ner vlewa^ tbyhood. She' wfre used to keep away the skeeters. All
serious teachings ob** onquest, and hmds began fishing, and it was fun
otrM Cor him on
ln no wa y congenial,
and after Uvin* llllin two m i*arable
GARBAGE DISPOSAL,
(Fi-o-m The Chicago Record-Herald.)
After many years’ delay the city coun
cil has now abandoned the city "dumps’*
and made a contract for a modem system
of garbage reduction. A certain sum a
-year must ton paid to tho men who are to
erect tine reduction plant, and 'the city
must deliver at the plant all garbage, free
from as-hes and combustilhle material.
It Is the intention in the city -hall to es
tablish a municipal delivery system. At
the present time the city hires of private
owners 545 teams for hauling garbage
and other refuse to the dumps. The new
plan is to buy 210 wagons and teams,
employ as many drivers under fhe merit
system and use this force in connection
with a system of scows on the river for
the delivery of the garbage proper to the
reduction ,plant. The other refuse will
still be handled by private teams hired
from their owners, of which it is esti
mated Chat from 250 to 300 will be need
ed. If these estimates are accurate the
city will save the cost of fifty to a hun
dred teams. Nevertheless, Superintendent
of Steers Doherty estimates that, with all
items included, ithe total cost of collection
will Increase. The service will, however,
be so vastly improved that it will more .
than make tip for the extra cost.
Just why municiptfl teams are to be
used for the garbage and private teams
for the other refuse is not apparent.
Certainly the preseiu system of using the
teaming jobs as spogs for the ward work
ers’ 'benefit should long since have been
abandoned, not lij part, but in whole,
and tnat as speedily as possible.
If the 210 municipal teams are properly
handled 'they will quickly prove their
'economy and efficiency. Tiie mavor should
WORSHIP OF SPRINGS. I insist on it, if for no other reason than to
(From Records of the Past.) prove that the city has the capacity to
Springs are rarely found in the south- -manage such work well. With a clean,
western fptrt of the United States, > and clear start the tes-t will attract attention.
hear. Lycurgus, how you make
it out that Mother Shifton’s prophecy
has been 'fulfilled. The world turns over
every day without our being consoious
of its revolving, but it it came to an
end in 1881 we would certainly have
known something about it. M. E. B.
.