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SIXTH <PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
SEPTEMBER /, 1906.
With Correspondents.
Joseph Mannings says: “I find In my
lather's library of old books a volunv*
entitled ‘Memorable 'Providences Relat
ing to Witchcraft and Possession by Dev
ils.’ It is full of accounts of most extra- !
ordinary phenomena, concerning witches | hospitals where
Rose street. New Pork city. The vol
ume entitled "Poems and Stories in
Verse," I brought out myself, and it is
the only one of my books that I own,
as I unfortunately sold the others os I
wrote them. They have sold well—gone
into many editions and brought money
to the publishers.
M. B. Boatright asks: "Is there any
such thing as personal magnetism—or
one mind controlling another at a dis
tance. as is claimed by Professor Mc
Intyre in his circulars?" There is such
a thing as human magnetism—of course.
Its old name was mesmerism—from
Mesmer—the German who taught it in
the last century. It was known to the
ancients, particularly the Egyptians, Hin
doos and Persians— and practiced by
j their “magicians." There are now large
■ • it is used Instead of
With the Household
All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MBS. MART E. BRYAN, Clarkstou, Ga., Inquiries and
Letters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage.
Chat With Householders.
regretted. Our dear member will have (days when Rome ruled the world a coun-
and persons whose minds had been seized j ether or chloroform In surgical opera
upon and ruled by devils. It was written 1 .lions. As to whether one mind can
by Rev. Cotton Mather—a minister—and I influence another at a distance this is
published in 1706. Please tell me some- 1 universally claimed by psychologists, but
thing about Cotton Mather. Was he in
deed, a minister, and did
happen as lie relates? tu,i.uu .uamt-i , ■ ■* _ - , , , ^
was perhaps the most remarkable man ! ly. intellectual woman that her father
who ever lived in this country He was I was compelled io sell one o'f ills negro
born In 1663 in Boston. Mass., of dis- j girls to some one in a. distant state be-
I- Was he in l I have never seen it demonstrated.
<i such f bines though I remember when I was a child
Cotton Mather hearing it told of my teacher-a queen-
tlnguished parentage on both sides.
When he was but a lad he spoke Ha tin
fluently and was familiar with Greek
and Hebrew. He began to teach when
he was 18, and at 21 he was ordained a
minister und served his pastorate faith
fully for forty-one years, visiting the
sick, helping the poor, denouncing in
temperance and establishing charitable
methods.
He was wonderfully stijet even for
those ipritan days—aud was known
In one year to devote sixty days to fast
ing and twenty nights to ull-niglit
prayer. lie had the largest library on
the continent at that time. He wrote
383 books, many of them full of sound
precepts; he was the best of husbands j
and lie organized more Ilian twenty so
cieties for public charity.
This was the good side of tills remark
able man's character. He had a darker
Bide; In ills fanaticism lie was cruel in
the extreme. I.Ike David of old, who do
cause Ills daughter had the girl so
completely under her mesmeric control
that, no matter where she was, she
would do the sometimes queer and ab
surd things Wilt eh her absent mistress
bad (often unwittingly) willed her to do,
just .as in Hawthorne's "Houe of Sev
en Gables." the carpenter. who had
mesmerized high-born Alice Pycheon.
would (in order to humiliate her) will
her to dance, laugh, sing or pray at in
congruous times—he being at his work
among the people of bis class, and she
in her stately home or at church or
some social gathering. 1 confess I am
, no believer in the absent treatment
doctrine, and have but little faith in
one's will controlling another at a dis
tance. What does Italy Hcmperly
think?
George B. Joyner nsk-: “What Is the
number of men in the standing army of
the United States? What caused the
plored that his blood-stained hands were duel between Burr and Hamilton? The
not worthy to lay the cornerstone of! total enlisted strength of the i T nited
God's temple—the stain of blood— inno- ( states army in active service, staff and
cent iblood—was upon Cotton Mother. He I line, was, two years ago. 59,866. This
is remembered today as the relentless ! joes not include the provisional force
persecutor of tTrr> 'STUhalied witches of! an( j tHe hospital corps. By an act of
Salem—th e moving spirit through whose congress In 1901, the strength of the
sermons and passIijfTThte denouncings standing army must not exceed 100,000.
nineteen persons—some of them feeble old 3 lirr killed Hamilton in a duel brought
women and very young girls—were in one
year (1691) burnt as witches in the town
of Salem. Mass.
This strange delusion about witchcraft
had come over from the mother country,
England, where, in Lancashire, Essex
and Suffolk counties, hundreds of wom
en. girls and even children had been put
to death hrough Its being believed that
they wo. • in league with the. devil. Cot
ton Mr.: i. : seemed lost to all justice or
pity whil ' this delusion was upon him.
Is it n‘>- ; plausible to suppose that he,
who toeli red so strongly in obsession—or
demon-control—was himself for the time
possessed by a devil, else lie could not
have done such violence to his nature,
which was kind and merciful. After it
was all over he was very remorseful for
what he had done and he wrote a book
acknowledging that he had "gone too
far.” There is something- singular ahd
unexplainable about the witchcraft phe
nomena of that day. Strange things cer
tainly liwppened and could not be ac
counted f i-. There are side doors In hu
man nature to which philosophy has not
found the key.
Miss Sallie J. Neel asks to be told In
correspondents’ column about the books
3 have published—where she may find
them. She can .get all tlie novels I have
had published, with one exception, from
George Munro, of Vandewater street.
New York, who bought tint plates and
copyright from the Appleton Bros., pub
lishers. and issued the hooks in cheap
form. There are eleven of them, in
cluding a book of poems for recitation.
The novel she particularly asks about
she can obtain from Street & Smith
on by Hamilton's having bitterly op
posed’ his election as governor of New
York. Burr was defeated, mainly from
tills cause, and a bitter correspondence
ensued, ending in Burr challenging Ham
ilton to light a duel at Weehawkcn. N.
J. In this duel Hamilton was mortally
wounded. ®* ®*
OU have sent us more than
three times as much mat
ter as will fill your de
partment.”
This is the message re
ceived from the potentate
of The Sunny printing
room, and it is disappoint
ing, as there will be
things left over that you
will want to see in print.
However, this is oftc: the
case. So many more ex
cellent letters come than
I can possibly publish promptly. I must
give some variety, and I must publish
the letters bearing on the different ques
tions that are being talked about, or
these will lose their zest. Sketches and
literary articles must be in to give va
riety, as there are readers who are not
interested in the discussions. Other
readers find them absorbingly Interesting.
Sybil Selkirk, of California, author of
that much talked about book, "The
Stigma," writes that the socialist ques
tion is being handled in the Household
more clearly and forcibly than in any
magazine articles on that subject which
she has read.
Two or three of our good members are
exercised about the articles on evolution,
thinking they are Inimical to the Bible.
One dear woman says; "John Mason,
you wield a gifted pen—too gifted to lend
itself to the old boy.” John will smile i
over tills. There is no one among us
who believes more devoutly and rever
ently in God and in the teachings of
Christ than Mr. Mason. He believes, too,
in the Bible account of the creation, ana
he does not think it conflicts witli evolu
tion. In tills, lie is right along with a
number of the educated ministers of to
day. The question has been, and is still
actively before all the churches whether
what Is called the "Higher Interpreta
tion" of the Bible shall not be taught
the sincere sympathy of the Household.
He well knows where *o find comfort in
This sad bereavement.
Effie. will you favor me again with
your address, and receive in return a
(beautiful post card from an admirer,
showing the tree wider which poet Lanier
stood when he was inspired to write his
.beautiful poem, "The Marshes of Glynn,”
which stretched (before him in all their
.graceful, (bending sheeny 'beauty.
M. E. B.
try location was considered the mode,
und no doubt the advertising signs were
as alluring as in this enlightened day.
Whether It wa f with the "swaying
thumbs," the multitudes in the tiers of
and we get enthusiastic about Georgia
girls—and Georgia peaches. And both
are "peaches.”
Ref. re closing, I wish to tell the House
holders that I had the pleasure of visit
ing our Meb this trip—and to say I
am delighted and fascinated does not ex
press it. She is beloved by all who know
her. While in Clarkston I met never a
soul hut what had some good word to
say for the pure heart and soul of
her. She is a queen—worthy to rule on
any throne. She is fcusy most of the
time, I think, with her orchards and
flowers and her books. Not many of the
Householders know that our little mother
Is the author of ten very popular novels,
and which she sold in her younger days.
Recently she has had a very flattering
us fuel, or the metals and minerals that
go to enrich the world and supply its
needs.
By a more equal division of work and
of the means of living socialism pur
poses to elevate the condition of these
toilers, who now enjoy few of the great
blessings that fall to the lot of those
more fortunately placed. It would do
away with the evil of having so many
millions in the hands of a few men, of
grasping natures, who pile up their gold—
and, in order to win praise and paoi.fy the
sense of wrong in the less fortunate,
give libraries and endow colleges, trying
b ythis "sop to OTerus" to keep the
way clear for heaping up more money.
Socialism extends its privileges to wo
men in every way, making her man's
sue nas uau a i.eo . : , in politics and in the courts of law
offer from a northern publisher to edit a ^ giving her the same social independl
stay with The Sunny-for she has made ,,at
j. _ under its protection, and provides that
it what it Is. The paper is richly blessed
in having such a grand and noble woman
at its helm. God bless her and her loved
ones.
I also had the pleasure of meeting and
the coliseum, or the lifted hand at a I conversing with
A GOOD WORD FOR THE JAY-
NURSING A “WHITE ELEPHANT.”
DOar .Mother M. E. B. and the House
hold: Florida birds do sing in summer;
that is, some of them do. and it is the
sweetest music they make, notwithstand
ing the impression on the public mind
that they are silent.
It is the mockingbird I refer to, not the
jays, for they are silent Just now.
Just opposite the workroom door of our
studio is a large tree, known as a tur
key oak, with spreading limbs .hanging to
1 ho ground, and surrounded toy rosea,
shrubbery and grass, just as nearly us
nature put them as possible.
Free concerts are given every after
noon, in nice weather, and I must add
tliat tile star s of Hie season Is a young
mockingbird of tills year's torood. 1 have
■been a close observer of birds for many
years and of mockingbirds in particular,
since we make them pets around our
doors, and I regret to say that while the
mockingbird is remarkable, yes, wonder
ful, as a mimic, I do not consider it the
line singer that it has a worldwide repu
tation for being. The adult bird has a
harsh, noisy song ttiat to me is hardly a
song—just noise. I could name fifty-
birds with sweeter song.
\\ hat I started to say is that the young
birds, just learning to fly good, are far
be-1er musicians than at any other age.
Their song is a low, sweet, musical war
ble, entirely unlike that of the old birds,
an.l as they usually seclude themselves
while singing, they are easily mistaken
for some other bird. The old birds are
molting during July and August, and are
pretty (?) looking things. About all they
do Is to quarrel and look at themselves
as if mourning the loss of their beautiful
from the pulpit. Nearly all the ministers! n-,',t„ . .. , .., „
believe in the slow growth or evolution 1 ...” h!le tK,k,ns about birds, did any of
of the earth through countless ages—as
MRS. LESLIE AT HOME.
Have you 'been to see Mrs. Leslie?
J.f you have not, go by all moans. Do
you ask why? I will describe her cosy
abode and you will think as I do that she
is a wonderful woman.”
She rents one room In a big decayed
old mansion—a dreary relic of ante
bellum splendor, situated in a retired
corner of 'he town. It is the L-room j germ
fronting the southeast. She has had an
artistic portico added at her own expense.
Here you find (beautiful vines and pot
plants in luxuriant, profusion. She in
vites you into her room. It strikes you
as "the prettiest little parlor you ever
did espy.” A fine carpet is on the floor.
The windows are richly and gracefully
draipted. An upright piano is open, wan
new music on the rack. An easel with
unfinished oil painting shows one of her
many ways of occupying her well spent
time. The furniture is simple, but beau
tiful
shown in geology, which Is taught In all
colleges and high schools, but when it
conies to the evolution of animals, and
of man particularly, belief is not so i 1"
easy. I confess I am not at all ready to
accept Darwin's theory of the origin of
species and the evolution of man. The
evolutionists all agree with Moses tnat
man was made of dust, only they believe
that God followed 111* own great law of
growth in the making, and that the bit
of protoplasm in which He had put a
of life grew into a man, as
the acorn grows into an oak. i’rofessor
Spence, who is profoundly religious,
says: "The giant oak grew from a tiny
acorn, yet we say God made the oak. He
didn't hid It spring full grown into ex
istence. He had it to follow His own first
law of life—growth. The individual man
—developed when unborn from a tiny
germ into a babe, and then Into a man,
but we say God made the man. So,
though generic man reached his high
estate only through ages of evolution
through the lower animals, yet it is
equally true that God made generic man
—and made him out of dust—Just as
TO READERS OF THE
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL:
Did you read the article published by
Thc Indies' Home Journal in May, 1904 *
Attacking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- *
tion? Have you seen tin' statement more
recently made by Mr. Bok, the Editor of
that '
not
r
any
truth. The facts are these;
Four days after the article in May,
1904, appeared, Dr. Pierce’s companv
•ued The Ladies’ Home Journal pub
lishers for libel. The trial was had fn
April last. Dr. Pierce proved that the
In design—a wall (book case and writ-i and made him out ot dust Just as
desk, I handsome cabinet mantel. J* 0 ? 8 theTnd !^ ?*??
some good etchings and pictures and for- ” ' J, * ® d ” tel "
Y i i,„* ^| nil! an.l l ol tne men or nls clay—ana now,
eign curios, , wi,b luxuriant ^^ palms and j man , whose mlrnl has been evoluting
ferns complete fhe fur g through the centuries, needs and finds
STk-TXJuSlw’SSr
day's work.
The morning passes, and you rise to
leave. "Wait,” she says, "and let's have
hidden In the
sublime interpretation
simpler story of Moses.’
, , ,, , . . , , One of our correspondents asks where
luncheon. 1° u liad noticed no doors s ] le , nay g C t the Looks written toy House-
bevause the walls were so artistically holders. Nearly all of these have been
papered that nothing so common could he brought out by The Neal Publishing
seen. However, she mysteriously applies Company, Fifth avenue. New York du
ller lingers to a (lower on the wall paper] Margaret Richard, of Newberry S C
on one side of the fire place and a door has copies of her books to sell’- so i
opcr.s. You are so surprised you rise think has Miss TcUus, of Athens’ Ala
to follow her. Hi is a large closet, ln; au thor of "Mcda's Heritage" and’ Mrs’
you ever hear a blue jay sing?
Well, I had never known
thing but noisy, quarrelsome
'I came to Florida. But
never had a concert hall to let before
_ didn’t know all die stage singers.
iake the young mockingbirds, their music
is a low, sweet twittering warble, entire
ly unexpected of a Jaybird.
But two of the "Ibirrls” our dear Mater
was lamenting as silent have a cause
other than molting. The "missus" and
myself are busy nursing a white elephant
in the form of a fair exhibit, represent
ing the products of this, a very largo,
county, in addition to our other ever in
creasing work.
Things are literally coming our way,
though, and if we keep our health we
will have an exhibit worth seeing. If we
are successful at the gulf coast -fair our
aim is 'o attend the state fair at Tampa.
I wish I could talk to each one of the
Household Individually and especially to
the* dear shut-ins. How much pleasure
It would give us to hand each of you
a bouquet of our pretty flowers. But as
we can't do that we will do the next
.best thing: send I; to Mother Meb and
she can show It to you, or If It cannot he
reproduced, tell you about it In her chat.
modern action, 'twns the same old tale, a
little excitement for change so it would
behoove us to stand aside and say to the
sli'i ping world with the Irish auctionecr-
“Led er go.”
DON CAW JR.
IN TAMPA—THE BIG CIGAR FAC
TORIES, ETC
A party from our section In Alabama
made a short, but interesting, trip to
Florida with t'he city of .Tampa as our
goal. Passing through a portion of south
Georgia, we saw nothing distinctive but
several large turpentine farms and dis
tilleries, but as soon as we entered 1 Flor
ida, the unique feature of long gray moss
hanging In graceful .festoons from the
limbs of i:he trees, cauglit my attention.
There were many ponds, snowed over
with pure White water lilies. The truck
farms .were pleasant to see—so flourishing
■were the sweet potatoes, water rnplons,
cantaloupes and tomatoes. There were
also fine crops of tobacco and o'f rice.
We saw several .beautiful francre groves,
the fruit now green anil aboui: the size
of a large egg. We passed several phos
phate mines, which were being worked.
At last we arrived at Tampa, our place
of destination, and hurried, out to secure
rooms and get. a (bath and a little rest.
Tampa is a pretty town of about 12.000
population, situated about three miles
from Port Tampa, whore the large ves
sels land. Many of the inhabitants are*
Spanish, and some of the largest cigar
factories in the United States are here,
and have mostly Spanish men ami women
at work In them. In one of the largest
which wo visited there is a public reader,
•who sits on a raised platform In the
middle of the house, and who reads all
tlie forenoon in a loud voice in Spanish
for the benefit of the employees. The
easure of meeting and ' , views. Th
mother of toe prized , — .
hand—Italy Hemperly. wiI1 be
members of our band
'She. too. is a jewel. She seems to me
such a quaint and beautiful little creat
ure. I believe she Is supremely happy
with her bird friends and her own soul
communion.
I m net going to tell you of another
Householder whom I met in a certain
business establishment in Atlanta. I
w-onder if Mother Bryan can tell? Sh"
had better not tell, however, for T w-.int
to tell all about it some other day—some
glad, grand dav when the dark shadows
have all turned to sunshine.
I pray that each of Tim Sunny readers
may understand me—and love me—even
as I do them—and my soul shall be
nappy. To nil. sroodby.
KNIGHT OF THE WTRE.
— r (Benjamin Massev Lee.)
Well ton, Ariz.
SOME WONDERS OF THE ROCKIES
wnn S mir ar o T rPnflw mv 01d ncqnaintanee
V TTlP Snnnv South, an., , n 1ov the
letters nnd observe Mane of (be Hmiso-
1 old very much. Rurnth- T snout son,-
weeks in the Rockies ,-f Nefhnrt. once ,
. Io. rishing-mining town, but now in nit
ration and Targelv deserted.
I lontfPr} for "the r^n of a readv
writer ' while there, to erivn some idea of
the grand scenery. Mountain on moun
tain standing out and hacked bv others
mounting high above, eowre.l in ma-iv
Plaees with nine and fir from base to
summit, where
"Yhe shadows failing on their hreast
Were neither troubled nor at rest
Tn bright unnertnfntv they lie.
'Ike future Jovs in fancy’s eye '*
Or risin.g hare and broken sour
rock 1' summits spring and rent
Formed turret, dome and battlement.”
wages paid to cigar makers alone every. Tt .
'Saturday night amounts to SI25.000. A| n ,' ny unspeakable to me In the
boat ride across Tampa bay and up the i vi_ ' = r,T? rnfn£r , ^'Mch the sun casting
Manatee river proved verv Interesting I h " frir e an! peeping down
to (those of us that had never been On the " recesses and smiling over
a boat before. On the return trip we f,,n in —r nT."? 3 ' An ‘ 1 my 1ov wn<:
stopped In Jacksonville and at Wnveross "LI 1 ! ,ook " r> hills from
>se of ns that had never been on tho secrets ?
t before. On the return trip we full in “T „ ei i
d In Jacksonville and at Way cross, | Inok f .
'lie lnttep a live and flourishing
city. T will come again if wel-
the'm as anv- *, e11 "" the bay
le birds until albout thc b.qrloh farm in Jnokson-
then. I have ' e ‘ EXCURSIONIST.
Ga..—Khe
little eiti
THE MYSTERIOUS SALTON SEA,
DESERT MIRAGES, EL PASO.
Dear Hearts of the Household: With
the kind indulgence of all, 1 null, as re
quested, tell briefly about mv trip across
the continent—both ways. I will pass
over commonplace details and speak only
ot such tilings as may be new and inter
esting to you. One of tiiese is the very
wonderful. Salton sea. Until a very few
months ago tills sea was only a great
barren waste of sand, cactus, grease-
wood, among which roamed at will thou
sands of wiry coyotes, wild cat§7 rattle
snakes, etc. One day a small pool of
water was noticed in the lowest part of
the valley. That pool of water has grown
steadily day by day until now it Is a
veritable seething and hoillng sea of
salt water. Some think this sea is
caused by the Colorado river breaking,
through a great gorge and pouring its |
waters in the Salton basin, while other
men, perhaps more scientific, declare it
to be the water from some great under
ground body—and cite in substantiation
ments. tea is made. From a drawer be-, matic reader, poet and writer for the
low the shelves she takes table cloth'and Household, is winning fresh laurels by
dishes. Folded neatly on the tloor to hi s versatile good gifts as he flies across
one side is her crumib cloth. This she tile continent
At the Kansas Chautauqua
takes into her ,.arlor and spreads on the he made a success of Shakespearean roles
_ floor. Her round table in the center of but altered these with lighter matter
attack made by The Ladies' Home Jour- j the room . she divests of its covering and There is room on the stage just now
nal was false. He pr- ved that Dr. I books, and spreads on It a dainty white a clever woman dramatic reader. It is I Ibodv charge us with
Fierce's Favorite Prescription does not, ,,non cl'flln On a shelf in the close.: are j said that the twin sisters of Governor I box!
I had intended adding my weight to the! 0 . : thelr claims that ali country and
evolution argument, but I fear I could . must of Arizona was once the bed
not add much to what h.v> already been I o1 , . tlle ocoai1 * "'ho can tell?
said. ' l p to the present writing, the Southern
If I am allowed to come again I mat Paclflc railroad, one of the richest'cor-
tell you ot' some of 'the things that j | porations in tile union, has spent nearly
have learned in a lifetime study of na-i a mlllion <lollars in an attempt to protect
It re and her ways ‘ | its roadbed from the ravages from this
The promised taik on the pitcher plants I evei '- inc reasing mysterious body o*f
or sarrasenlos will require more invest!-' water ' ^" lce i,ave Umy been forced to
gation perhaps than I can spare time fori ll,ovo Uu ') r traeks-and still the water
before the fair rises at the rate ot six or seven Inches
Some time ago a shut-in if 1 remember! dail - v - Q uite a wonder to see this power,
rightly, was wanting a phonograph. Wo! f u V raiI rcad hurrying and scurrying about
have one. a second-hand Columbia graph- j 1 bctore this sdent fie in an attempt to
oplione. that is in good condition all ex
cept the head or sound box and winding
key. We will gladly donate the machine
if some one else will furnish the new
head, a key anil the records. The hea 1
costs $5 and key 2b cents. Have we ah
given up the election? I was to hand in
a report of the votes cast for and against. |
Well, here it Is: For an election, 0000-0-0*
roles against. 5, counting our own which we T'i * . 7 . ,
tier managed to slip in while the other voters mou «»taln8 you may stand waist deep
r for| were gone to dinner. Now. don't anv! sn ?*\ wh f lle lllr bcl °''-' « the beauti
It is body charge us with stuffing the ballot °'° m 7. U *‘r.'.L . ‘ C 7‘ 1
ml never did contain either alcohol or ,icr (beautiful hand painted china dishes, j Bob Taylor, Mrs. Jobe and Mrs. John
Any of the injurious drugs which The ! These she arranges on the table. You; son » will again lecture together this com-
Lttdies' Home Journal falsely stated it j sit down and enjoy a refreshing repast. kl S season,
did contain. This was so conclusively of tea with accompaniments brought in
response to a telephone message
Dear Mater, we are not guilty, as
charged. Our hammock has not been
out .this summer and we don't like
v f ... „ guavas. Besides they would not grow
Miss Eula McKinnon writes that a com- here In west Florida But I'll tell von
The afternoon is spent in reading nnd,T etent teacher of English branches is' we have a green carpet all over o,n* large
shown that the attorneys for The Ladies'
Home Journal were forced to admit it. * ^ uuiiu| _ __ « w*. liav
The Jury rendered a verdict against The visiting places of note and In taking deli- very much needed for the ensuing term ! vnrd that 'TnU "*rif r
Ladies Home Journal In favor of Dr. | cades, papers and books to some neigh- * a 110,1 borne town—Muscogee; salary, S40. , would rather burv mv face in th.
p.tin.Hut nm 1 Do yon know where Muscoaroe is. frionric** • i_ n. . . c _* -
Pierces company for $16,000. This was ; Ibors, who have refined tastes, hut
a complete vindication of Doctor Pierce
and his “Favorite Prescription.” It
judicially established that the published
statement was wholly false, and without
any Justification.
Dr. Pierce, however, believed that his
company is justly entitled to a verdict
for a much larger sum. Through his at
torneys he has, therefore, applied to the
court for a new trial of the case. For
this reason, and for tills reason alone,
lias The Ladies' Home Journal not yet
paid "a single penny to Dr. R. V. Pierce's
concern." Dr. Pierce has simply chosen
not to collect the judgment until the mo
tion for a new trial lias been decided.
In the light of these facts does not this
boastful statement that it "has not paid'
single penny to Dr. R. V. Pierce's con
cern" look like a cheap and common bluff,
a half truth Intended to mislead you?
During the trial of the libel suit against
the ahovo mentioned publishers, Dr. Lee
1J. Smith, Vice President of the World's
Dispensary Medical Association, stated
under oath that the ingredients of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription were
are' t> ° know where Muscogee is, friends'' 1 than lie in ® , s
is I think it is In Georgia. My co'rre^ndl | Th love From the "miesus™ ‘
are did not give the state. So many from the missus
■poor. Returning a delicious supper
served from the closet; tea-things i - — „
(washed in the sink. The dainty hostess n ®S*© c t this all-important item. Two of
does not soli the lace in her pretty t“ e many letters I received asking for
sleeves. Hot water is poured over the tke ad dress of "Old Woman,” gave the
dishes and using a dish cloth wrapped town * not the state. By the way.
about a fork the dishes are soon washed. dea * r d woman," you will need to tell
The water Is drawn off, then hot water our family where they can get that Easy
is turned on and off and the dishes are 7°° kln& st fJY e and lts P rice * I’d like to
'dried by the steam. i know myself*
“X always take my bath before retir-| „ .. “ „ .
lug," she savs. l. be George Jabery Music!
A bath - ' Where in the world [Company, of Cincinnati, I 15 West Seventh i _ - — - • •-- ->
She removes her ange rug from before ? treet ‘ ofrers to Publish songs with music I th , e 'T 10 , faCf ; of «• and a wil »
the flre nlace raises T tra.n doo7 There for * 25 for a 8ma » edition. A song's ?' ,th a wis P a r altogether too willow
17 T P '.J * a .j£ ap jL°? r :..„_ er £ ! success i s a very problematical matter for . a sound mind and a scant onstl-
GRANDPA.
SUBURBAN EDENS.
“Oh! for the comforts and salubrity of
a suburban villa.” sigh the newly weds.
The prospectus sotting forth' the de
lights of suburban villas and country lots
Is a very live issue, particularly in the
good old summer time. What' a pros-
P ect d °es said prospectus unfold. It
| Company, of Cincinnati, 0 715 West Seventh i frr ? ets 5’™' ' vvit ! 1 confidence, with lots of
I ,*, a— .1. 11 • _ ■ . . , rPfl Yin t IlO fltO foor, A f It n n II
in the floor, is a sink. She turns in
, . » . A few songs “catch on" and manv fa li I tu,ion * ot course the prospectus dilates
water and enjojs a delightful bach. dead. fWinniiit,, . : on the air and on vonr good fortune if
wholly extracted from the following na- ' clothes and bed necessaries.
there is your bed. BuT where are the ure _,hat Is a sure consideration. They
pillows and covering? On the "her side must havo an equal number of syllables
of it lie fire place she applies her fingers | ln th em with the accent all right or they
to a key, heretofore unseen, and another I cannot be sung. '
door opens. There she keeps her own j
tive roots: Golden Seal, Blue Cohosh,
Lady’s Slipper, Black Cohosh and Uni
corn by means of pure glycerine of
proper strength. He was asked how he
knew, as a physician and experienced
medical man, that the "Favorite Prescrip
tion” vfas a cure for t humiTseases peculiar
to women, such as Temale weakness,"
weakening pelvic catarrhal drains, pro
lapsus, retroversion, irregular and pain
ful periods, anil oth^r diseases of the
womanly organs, and he sfnted that he
knew such was the fact becauses of his
professional experience and the many I
thousands of women whose ills, to Ills |
personal knowledge had been cured by j
this "Prescription."
W. M. D., of Arcadia, La., your article
She supports herself and entertains a j s quite clever, but its sarcasm Is not
rgeat deal of company. How does she do sufficiently plain to be apparent to many
it? When she has engagements to All: readers. You have no idea how few peo’-
nnd Is very busy, she lias hours and, ple see through the Ironv In a piece of
hangs her sign on her street specifying, sarcasm s]ip of the Household wrote
when she will toe at home to her friends on ironical defense of Reddv in the Con
or when she can fill engagements. | troversy about the comparative superior
the sickly corner, which, by the way, ^as
sadly wasted since the opening cere
mony, but of this there is blissful ig
norance.
Yes, now is the time to buy before there
Is a run on tho bank, and lay up for a
new lawsuit to be thrown on the hands
of the court at the next session.
Men have believed In signs in all ages,
likewise fools have paid them tribute, but
the greatest dolt is the individual caught,
by a rural sign. Grouching before a mud
puddle with arms extended, a wooden
While she 1s busy her door Is locked; | i ty of man and women. The ironv seemed 1 ba, 'T icad< ; Proclaims this legend:
her friends understand and are not of- j ,, 0 me to be exceedingly plain, but a nura- Cvo1 breezes blow hore ln s
feuded. ,! lber of Intelligent readers failed to per-
Jw ymt w,sh 7\ to 1lCr? oelve It and reproached Slip for toeing on
\\ ell T have never^etHmf myself^ the wrong side. Write again, W. M D.
AN ANSWER TO REDDY’S QUERRY.
I wish ,ro suggest an answer to Cousin
This experience of Dr. Smith was cor- > Reddy’s query in thc current number of
rohorated by the standard Medical Au
thorities, of the several schools of prac
tice. endorsing the various ingredients
In the strongest termo Dr. Smith bei
asked to name some of these autherlt
as to the curprive value of fhe abov
roots read from the standard works
such
The
Medl
terta
wood.
Chicago; "New Remedies." by Professor
Edwin M. Hale, M. D., of Ghicago; Text
Book of Therapeutics, by Dr. Hobart A
Sunny South ns to the possibility of the
socialistic theories ever being realized, j ®nd Saint. Mr. Pleas speaks up cheerily
Cvol breezes blow here in summer."
Alas! how idle it would be to expect any
but a philosopher to suggest that these
breezes were bottled, sealed and kept on
Ice till December I.
It is well that “music hath charms,”
o.inviro.- li land Is fittingly ushered in at the open-
I irtpr °T e ' .* 1>>uislana ! ing of a subdivision, but for net pro-
*_a ^ n f. come intoi c eeds and a rai^id clean up, free cars* and
, ' . ' a Rodiley is frequently asked j a little spread, will blaze a new trail
about, also Harry Dean, Exile. Senexjand skin a fat i*oueh
keep out qf the way. The little city of
j Salton, Cal., has long since been inun
dated. Here were located the large
j Salton salt works. Salton was 250 feet
below sea level. So, what of the works
| of man when in the hands of the great
I unknown? “All is vanity, saith the
j preacher.”
Ohl the unspeakable sublimities of the
Sierras! On the top of some of these
in
beautiful
g the ballot | powers ure budding and blossoming
j eternally: And the sunlight is filtering
1 through the greai red wood forests, while
j tne birds smg all the day. on, me—^Cali
fornia the Golden? Yes. What I have
j written is true. Come and see for your
self.
After a few hours spent with friends—
and the dearest little girl und her violin,
1 once more turned my eyes to the
sunny south. And thank God for her
hills, her true-hearted people and her
showers; 1 have always claimed that
the three best things in the world are
pretty girls, music and love—and in all
of these the South abounds. The journey
across the country is easy and restful
nowadays, as compared to what our fore
fathers had to undergo before they could
behold the blue waters of the proud
Paeilie. In no place along thc line Is K
more interesting than in Arizona. You
know that Arizona—even more than
Egypt— la the "luiil af sunshine."
Of more than ordinary interest to trav
elers are the mirages one is almost sure
to see while crossing the Arizona desert.
They are wonderfully fascinating and
realistic—so much so that one finds it
difficult to believe they are something
as evanescent and unsubstantial as a
dream. Almost all of them are different,
but the most common Is that of a vast
lake dotted with green Islands, from
whence rise in majestic splendor ro
mantic-looking castles. Sometimes they
are in view for several hours, and again
for only a few minutes. Strangers
traveling In Arizona often wonder at the
beautiful lakes of the desert—and never
know the difference unless Inquiries are
made.
Then, when across the arid wastes of
New Mexico, we coma into the high city
of El Paso. It is a very thrifty and
thriving city of more than 20,000 in
habitants, ami is a great resort for
summer tourists on account of the ex
ceedingly dry climate. Also because cf
tlie fact that it is within a stone’s throw
ef the quaint old Mexico. Just across
thc river is the Mexican town of Jaurez.
Tlie change Is hcwildering. From the
wide-awake American town of electric
lights, telephones and automobiles, you
i arc in thc very midst of old Mexico. It
whence comcth mv hOn,” etc
, fnw ; n reached bv a branch of
no Ormt Northern nil road. Jt
n ™!! n r ,S 'v from h-efnnin* (nt
Great Falls) to Its end. Neihart. .and
winds through a narrow valley, which
at Neihart Is not more than one hun-
„ f d yards wide. Often it is so narrow
one could touch the walls from the car
windows. These walls were smooth and
compact .as skilled masrmrv, and toavere 1
ove r a hundred feet .above thc railroad
h‘d. A stream from the heart of the
mountains, cold and clear as a crvst.al
washer) down the valley f or . perhaps'
45 miles, the home of the trout, and the
nectar of the Inhabitants of the wild.
The flowers of the mountain nre more
Tvniitlful than any T f>ver saw. Oh! thnt
T could give you some Idea, of this bean tv
and vanity. But enough.
One of your eontributors gave a verv
interesting- article on platonic affection
In a rfeent paper. An exrerlencc in verse
that you may not find unfit fo r vour de
partment. T enclose with this.
T w.a.s once a wee-hit contributor to The
Runny South (from Virginia), hut from
disease my hand has lost Its cunning .if
ever I possessed it.
T would like to preserve my mountain
experience tf you find it worthy of a
place, hut T shall not. he disappointed
should the waste basket prove its place
Very truly yours,
MRS. M. STRINGFELLOW.
Havre, Mont.
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT IN
THIS WOODS.
Dear Householders: I have wished so
long to be a real live "broken-in” House
holder. Sometimes 1 get mad and say
that I'll writp S. T. P., or some one. just
what I think of them, and then comes
along Tooka, Annie Valentine, or Dr. IT.
Botts. Poor Botts! Never mind, doc
tor. you'll know* whom to marry next
time. Leastwise that's what Sally says.
S. I. p. got me wrought up some over
t.he “backwoods” question, but then since
I've scon her fine picture I'll forgive
licr, tout T want to know* where are her
"speck "
under its protection, and provides that
they be cared for as to their mental
and* physical well-being. Some of ita
proposed methods tend to extremes, but
t is without doubt the party of progress
extreme angles
time. New York
may yet get in a strong socialist as gov
ernor who will crush out the child labor
evil ln that “empire state." where so
many hundred of pale maehinelike little
children toil ten, twelve and even four
teen hours in those horrible so-ended
sweat shops, their labor going to swell
the immense fortunes of rich proprietors.
About kissing; I don't approve of it
one bit. It could not be expected thnt
any man would trust a girl who allowed
him to kiss her. He would naturally
think she might extend tlie same priv
ilege to another man. For my part I'll
reserve my kisses for my king—after he
has "set his seal" upon me. I dm't think
he'll love me less for having had to
wait.
Camilla, of St. Louis, where art tho;’’
T have made two postal calls at your
door without any response. Perhaps you
are away from the din and whir: of the
city in some m* untain resort. If you arc.
then drink In a good breath of its ozc ...
and its beauty for me.
Last week the spirit of fun took posses,
sion of me. I was out in the country,
where I came up with two northern rdrls
—visitors, this being their first sight of
Dixie. The cotton fields ns yet showed no
sign of the distinguishing flee-y sta; to
ga ve the blossoms, which they said re
sembled okra blooms of their gardens,
so I let them believe the big cotton holds
were okra, and the tobacco fields were
hoots. Presently 1 found one of tl -
pulling up the plant to look for fhe beet
When the>- go home they will teil that
southern country folks raise okra a: !
beets galore.
A letter from Durward save he is o t
in the golden southwest, on his way to
my fair native Creole City. He s ' 1
have waited until after dog days, a ml
not have paid his visit in the late sum
mer, when the sun is most ardent ar. ]
Yellow Jack and the mosquito are ar ,*
be In evidence. M1ZPAT1.
GIVE ME STRENGTH.
Father, amid all life’s C'JnfUots,
Though the strife seems hard and long
I will struggle bravely, gladly.
If Thou'lt help me to be strong.
I ask noc that wealth, position.
Honor or renown Thou'lt give;
Rich indeea la mv condition
If Tnou’lt give me strength to live.
When life's troubled scene Is closing
On Thy mercy I’ll rely:
Let Thy tender arms about me,
Father, give me strength to die.
LITTLE TEACHER.
GIRLS-DON’T.
I have never wrl-tten to the Household
before, but I always enjoy each number
to the fullest extent. Mr. Talt, you a" 1
your "worser half" are "kindred soub. '
even though you are not partial to
"meowing quadrupeds.” Pierre La Beau,
we all enjoy your spicy letters. Tessa
Roddey, I always look for something
from you. The lady who gave her expe
rience of platonic friendship expressed mv
views to a great extent. I think a gen
erous amount of common sense should ' e
used. The lady In question loved h r
husband anti this love proved a safe
guard for her, but in some Instances this
essential is lacking. Always ther-* p: ouM.
toe a harrier of reserve and no familiari
ties allowed. Even then it Is safer to
confine platonic friendship to the unmar
ried, for Madam Grundy cares no*, for
the ioot-to, "Evil to him who evil thinks
Lomacita wrote charmingly about kiss
ing, nevertheless, I say, girls, don't. Do
not allow your fiance, your first cousin
or any other member of the masculine
gender to kiss you, unless It be your
father or brother. "There's many
a slip—-” you kne ••; the safest way
is best. You will never regret it. and in
his heart your sweetheart will respect
and love you better for so doing.
If admitted will come again.
SYBIL.
Mississippi.
The Texas Wonder.
Cures all Kidney. Bladder and Rheumatic
. troubles; sold by all druggists, or two
Of course, I kmw all along j months' treatment toy mall for SI.CO. Dr
had
thing—beside which thc
they came west to .-est their beliefs. It l say you. Magnolia and Fannie McDonald, hammock In the same length of time. The
is quite natural that the desire for reform! who have heard the mockingbird here! trees are gratis, and the inspired pro-
H S-r » p«»f. in Untv. of Penn’a: Laurence' sllould spring ilp where reform Is most end also moter says with assumed frankness:
lmt*w>' Prof in University of needed. I "They are good barkers, therefore draw
NTwYbVkT‘Praf. Joh.'. King. Author of! Another of your correspondents, Mr. j Down where -the graceful palm tree ing cards.
*\V'oman ard Her Diseases;" Professor] Howell, betrays needless alarm 1^ under I towers. Subdivisions have their historical side.
W - | socialism the idle will enjoy life at the And ,ihe bright orange through the leafy! stretching away back into those days
| expense of the industrious, while, a*ja j ^ gloom | when Rome kept tally for th.e world.
John M. Scudder, M. D., Author of ,
-treatise on "The Diseases of Women; , , , , . .. ,, ... > - ... _
' — - £• Author of matter of fact, under socialism the idle j Glows like a star.
turesonely clad, especially in thc matter
of hats, knowing nor earing nothing of
you. There are wonderful tymes of
feminine beauty, qunlnt-faced little chil
dren and men and women sitting solemn
ly astride donkeys. Thc old cathedral,
said to have luen built in part by the
Indian Neophytes, three hundred nnd
sixty years ago. Is one of the show
places as well as a continual place of
•prayer. The bull ring is next in popu
larity. and real bull figlits arc pulled off
quite often.
To cross Texas Is almost like crossing
Horatio C. Wood.
luiaiiu g. • • vuu, i i
Therapeutics;" Roberts Bartholow, A. will starve.
M., M. D., Professor of Materia Medica, ]
Jefferson Medical College of Phila.
All these recognized and standard au- j
thorltles praise, in the strongest possible
terms, each and every ingredient which i
enters into tlie "Favorite Prescription” j
of Dr. Pierce for the cure of woman's j
peculiar weaknesses and ailments. *** j
In order to learn just what the theories;
they object to are. the opponents of so- '
cialism would do well to read some such
intelligent exposition of the subject as
“The Fahlan Essays on Socialism” (Hum
boldt Publishing Company).
JACQUES EDMOND.
New York.
Nero, so ‘tis told, was born * at Antium | the Atlant'c—over a thousand miles
1 Heights about five minutes fast going, across the sUto. Aud Texas Is the ban-
I have given space to our shut-ins this, with a two-minute trolley schedule (11 i per state of the United States. The best
■week, but there arc others—setni-!nva*lds the ancient ads were synonymous with [ laws, the best school svstem—and It is
—whom I wish should know that they are the present) from the Eternal City, it was I famous 'for its One public buildings. No
remembered ancVloved, though I thought! here he established familiar intercourse I matter how small or insiq-nificeut t'*c
they might object to being called shut- with mosquitos and gnats, which empha- county seat ln Texas, the town w!l! be
Ins. I learn through Mizpah that our'sized his character to such an extent that able to boast of a beautiful public build-
Bachelor Parson’s father Is dead. He he bled the populace the remainder of his Ing of some kind. But when we draw
was a good man, and his death Is deeply' days- Bo It Is likely that during the 1 near to old Georgia, our heart warms,
that she was a woman, and
“tcached" a backwood's school.
M c hackwoof) folks arc not taking any
stock in sooiilism. Wc are mightv well
pleased with our lot—nothing to bother
about. When wc want a little money
wc work and got It. and don’t have any
worry that thc poor unfortunate capital
ist. has. Ho don't sloop night for fear
bo'll lose what he's got or for cudgeling
his brain to think how he is going io
get more; whereas we lay down and
sleep tho sloop of the just, and don t
give a d—dime about either. Tho only
time wc think different is when wo would
like to see a millionaire drop into the
ditch beside us and shovel dirt at $1 per
day.
When we see the city people ride by
in their fine "turnouts”—we do not envy
them, because we know that if their
debts were paid they would he in the
"poor house." or maybe if Justice was
done they would he In the chaingang,
and finally wind up where it doesn't
snow.
Now. this evolution talk is to us what
E. W. Hall. 2930 Olive st., St. Louis, Mo.
ON AN ARIZONA RANCH.
Tho dear Sunny. ' especially the
Household. has helped mo to
spend many hours pleasantly that
would otherwise have been very lonely.
My home is in the mountains of Arizona.
We have no neighbors and our nearest
ipostoffice Is fourteen miles distant Our
family consists of my father, mother,
two brothers and myself. My brothers
are -cow men and are away from home
the greater part of the time. I am often
lonely and long for some congenial com
panion.
The early part of my life was spent on
a ranch, but the past few years I have
lived in town, and the ranch life seems
doubly lonesome now.
If Mother Meb will permit, I will send
you a photo of my home, one also of my
self. Mother Meb, if you will tell me
where I can obtain some of the hooks
written by our household members !
would send for them ,as I spend a great
rpart of my spare time reading I greatly
_ , . it, , .. ifpan i >l rii \ eLidie unit* j- 1 ***•
Tooka s Cherokee' was to the "new- £ Joy Jul } a Coman Tai g s book reviews,
comer - “beyant us Leastwise that's , Lo J ve and good wishes from
what Sally says. John Mason. Piney-
woods Tom and others pull down worlds,
and build them up again, but it's all
“mush" to us. About all I know of
Darwin Is what John Ruskin has to say.
"Because its every man's duty to know
what he Is, and not to think of the
embryo he was, nor the skeleton that
he should be. Because, too, Dnrtvin has
a mortal fascination for ail vainly curi
ous nnd idly speculative persons, and has
collected ln the train of him every im
pudent imbecility ln Europe, like a
rflm comet wagging its useless tall of
phosphorescent nothing across the stead
fast stars "
BAB'TA.
Clifton, Arizona.
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M. E. B.
TWO UNSOUND PLANKS IN ITS
PLATFORM.
Lon Dare lias set tlie ball of discussion
about socialism into motion—and it is
roiling merrily; but it seems strange that
so many of our members are opposed to
tlie new—yet old—theories of socialism.
The socialistic platform has defects—one
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right to vote—but it is founded on the
eternal principles of rignt—and It will
finally win out. Take cut the unsound
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