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I ward the bed with his curious-looking
eyes gazing steadily at me. It startled
OUR HOUSEHOLD SHUT-INS—A
PARTIAL BOLL CALL.
MOT WORK, BUT WORRY.
Xt j:t 'the work but the worry
T1 darkens the sun at noon
\ m dliles the lark's glad music
\ e.ankers the rose of June.
j r 't the work but the worry
Tt makes life gray and bleak,
An s tiuRs the heart with a futile
smart
£ lines the brow and the cheek.
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE, . _ .
he didn't scare worth a cent. He slm-
not one at my ancestors, but I am ar- I J>ly turned his head slowly and looked
nnalnied with several good Methodist i at her - wrinkled his nose and frowned —
preachers who believe in evolution. A I lf a do S can frown—then turned around
majority of the leading preachers "col- ■ and sneaked back out of the room,
lege presidents and scientists of England j That was the first and last time any
and America are advocates of evolution ! of us ever saw that do*,
and the list is constantly growing. It
is high time you niossbacks were bring
ing forward some argument which can
not be so easily overturned.
SAM BURTON.
) me so that I yelled. “Drive that dog Margaret A. Richard, Newberry, S. U„ am yours ,n matt
lout of here quick!" My mother stamped poet author o£ “Darky Ways in Dixie," D b Ark
her foot and cried, “Begone, sir!’ But ''Three Bells,’’ etc., takes subscriptions
With many thanks, and heartfelt pray
ers for yotir happiness and success, I
am yours in Christ,
IE BEVERAGE.
j. i't the toil but the fretting
;jit robs life of the gold,
Ai scatters the dreams we cherish
d leaves us dull and old.
j CALIFORNIA’S FAMOUS OSTRICH
j FARM.
j About eighteen years ago Mr. Cawston !
conceived the idea of raising ostriches I
! 111 America. He met with much ridicule 1
— i an d discouragement. His friends de-
A we strive with the torrent ot' things i ? lared he was wasting his money when
abhorrent i “ e made several trips to Africa, anu tlit;
hen we might be sheltered and safe. lot ' a ( government vigorously opposed ex-
Now comes the strange part of my
story: When the old doctor called on
his accustomed visit, he hadn’t been In
the house ten minutes until he said to
me: “I know how you have been get
ting along. I have been here* thougli
you did not know it was I. Night be
fore last, at half-past 7 I pushed your
door open and walked into your room."
To say I was dumfounded is ’ putting
X t ;n’t tlte toil but the fretting
:at makes the yoke to chafe
jisn't (he doing but dreading
'nat wearies and wears us out
jd the ceaseless clamor of great
Thor's hammer
U> lie strikes at faith and doub..
,iu tlie sooner we learn the lesson
That God's own way is best.
H. HUNT WILSON.
lOM’S FALLICIES—THAT DERBY I
HAT!
Tile Sage of jtlie Flues has been trying
j kill geology ail summer. He tried to j
11 it with an eurtnquakc recently, nut i
,u am . v.oc it. DUji,uoc you try u ey - j
| porting the. valuable birds, but before, a
I law could lie made forbidding the ex-
i portation of live ostriches, Mr. Cawston
| had slipped out to sea with fifty grown
birds. -Most of these died of sea-sick-
j ness, and the few survivors, when they
I reached Galveston, were already pining
I for their native desert. But that Mr.
I Cawston has surmounted every obstacle
sooner shall quiet succeed on riot i fc" 41 maCle ? succ * s ? ° f h , ls . novel . scheme,
Vn.l upon longing rest. 1 s p i ov ®' 1 ‘ b - v a visit to his ostrich farm
in South Pasadena, California. As one
leaves the beautiful park adjoining the
farm, a thundering noise is heard as of
many horses punning. The ostriches
have sighted their keeper and are rush- !
ing across te large enclosure. They j
come like an army, with heads erect and
stately tread, but fts soon as the gate
is reached dignity vanishes and a lum-
j dred long necks dart oyer the fence, ;
lu on u. oi:n. iH-u no auvii i | while the almost human eyes plead for
iiiuiuoiouci nsfnuii. oil ine carooinici- ! their daily treat of oranges, on the
> o.ni o» it. iooi, >our ovLiie L.ei.ioa j wing. The keeper tosses an orange in 1
“U. o'ei. ) u aur.n iu oe trouuioii ! mid-air, one bird, quicker than the res^
jui tao color ot coal, four iroumc | catelies it in its mouth, and starts Hi
tm nave Ocen averted u you nua i on the journey down tlie long neck, j
lUgni oi cnarcoui or ii you nu U ! while the big jaws fly open, ready for j
kiyjun that hi o lunation anu uecompo I ♦ be next catch, all before the keeper has !
ition oi. wood are uiueiy uuTereut p „- 1 biul limp to pick up the next one. It is i
oases. Jiccoii.posed veieuvuie uiatiei ' is i , amusins to sc « rivc or fix oranges wind !
hot id, nuuauso tlie air tains un tn« tng tiu ' ,r wiiy dDW, > ° ,le heck, but a doz-
i en oragnes Is not “a square meal” for
Ian ostrich. If visitors are not very care
ful the fruit will lie followed by a bit
of jewelry, a button, or hatpin, for os
triches are always on tlie qui vive for
something sparkling, and a diamond of,
, . . the first, water tastes just as well to
.No. .ommii., gen. logy does,, t prove (them as a. piece of glass,
solution., it cloesn t have to, but geoi- I visited tlie incubator room and saw
logy, together with the other sciences, |a hatch coming off. The baby ostriches
J yivvQ it oeuuut'uily. I'um, you would i look very match like overgrown goslings,
[ need to klij ali tue other sciences as ] only they are darker, but they are as
weii as geulogj, for they ai support helpless as the tiniest chick. After the
evolution as strongly u» does geoiogy. ; first month an ostrich grows raipidly.
You have been forced to drop every j usually about a foot a month. At eight
for "The Golden Age," at Atlanta, Ga. A
beautiful, gifted, lovable young woman,
who is known and loved by thousands.
Thomas A. Lockhart, Wellington, Mo.,
wonderfully talented but ossified, moveless
for many years, but singularly cheerful
and bright, arthur of “Twenty Years on
a Matttress Grave,” “Ideas of An In
valid," “H'is Mysterious Way"—a novel,
and "Plain Talks and Tales.”
W. C. Henry, Shelby, N. C., shut in
for thirteen years, but .can now walk
witli aid of stick, is agent for all the
popular magazines arid papers with club
combinations at cheap rates; a favorite
household writer.
Ben C. Knight. Enfield, N. C„
cramped in a sitting j-osture for
many years, is dependent on
poor relatives, wishes to get out a
"Handy Household Book,” containing the
favorite recipes of our readers—signed by
them. Most pathetic being and craves
notice and sympathy.
Anna C. Berns "Sunbeam," Chebance.
111., sweet, bright woman and delightful
writer.
Annie Peavey, Peavy, Ala.,
Will not some of you good Household
readers interest yourselves in two briglii
little magazines published for the bene
fit of the shut-ins. One of tlie maga
zines is "The Shut-in Mission Worker,”
published by J. Albert Zepp, of Melrose,
Md., who lias devoted his life to work
for God's stricken ones. T)ie other is
Sunshine, published in Hendersonville,
N. C., by Mrs. J. M. Ransier. through
■whose efforts the managers of the Ra
leigh (N. C.) State fair will have a
booth wherein every kind of work done
by shut-ins will be exhibited and sold j
for the benefit of tlie invalids.
AN OLD LADY SHUT-IN.
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
Have for my daily range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
1 might despair.
-TENNYSON.
Commentary on the International Sunday-School Lesson
Third Quarter. Lesson XII. Mark xli, 13-27. September 16, 1906
l am thankful that I am not as help
less *ai3 some of my dear brother and
sister shut-ins. 1 cannot stand or walk,
but I can move myself about in a chair |
and so eag'r am I to get about out of j
doors that I often creep along the walk j
or across the gras- a is a baby might, j
thougli 'this mode of locomotion is hard ]
uipon the knees of trousers. Some times ;
aulicted j one or the other of my kind brothers j
will take me in their strong arms and
many years .a lovely young woman, „ , „ , . , . r
good writer and a social favorite. Wej™ 11 ^ 1110 fr,,,n > ,|,ace ta pla"-'<'. but I
have been missing her admired letters am al ™ a i s son y to noble them to d.
and sketches la'eli' thls - 1 want to be a - s lltUe trouble as
Nellia Cox, Newman, Ga. I trust uils j possible. I would love to help others-
i ivrmm iturui£ aocompuaition. i/nc
iock between thude layers or etui
mst layers ox saim deposited on i*.e
i;ooi »». me sea, aiterwarus converted
rock by neat amt pressure, i'nat s
come.
“Moonshiner. ” t
it mildly, for he named the time to the
minute when that strangely-acting dog
had pushed tlie door open, walked into
one time girl shut-in is now out of the
shadow. Let us have a word from her
graphic pen.
Emmie Lou, Campbell, S. C. This is
the dear little motherless shut-in, to
whom tlie Household gave a roller chaiir,
thus enabling her to attend school. Let
us hear how you are doing, Emmie Lou.
Rebecca Whitfield, Finleyson, Ga. We
give a letter today from this dear, in
dustrious girl whose sweet face in her
picture, attracted many of our readers.
Spartin Goodlett, Greer, S. C., a horn
humorist, a loyal, knigtly spirit, one of
our ibest comic writers, but disguised
under a pen name.
Perry and Kirstus Parrish. Nashville.
Ga.. two brothers of the much affected
worthy parish family. There is also a
sister—Alice ,'who writes a nice letter.
Kirstus is a mere boy, hut the fatal
heritage .rheumatism already holds him
in its grip and stifles his hopes and am
bition. He still tries to help in the field.
Perry is totally ossified, joints immov
able, and perfectly blind. Tlie Household
it must be such a pleasure to do this.
People are all very kind to me, which
1 greatly appreciate. I pas-- my time
in reading and writing, trying to do
wood carving and playing on the har
monica. I dearly love to write. I have
been correpondent for The New Era, a
paper published at Yorkville. I am
agent for Tom Watson's Magazine, and
if any of you friends wish to order this
excellent monthly. I would ho glad of
you would do it through me. I can
.give reduced club rates with other mag
azines. With best wishes for all. I am
your friend,
JAMES STANHOPE LOVE.
Filbert, S. C.
May I introduce two little shut-in sis
ters to your happy family? Their names
are Mattie and Flo Miller and their ad
dress is Seneca, S. Mattie has been
hopelessly afflicted with spinal disease
ever since her infancy, and can’t walk a
step. She can slide about on tlie fiat'
like a baby though, and 'by that mean
to His children, our fellow-men.
(Geike.) Nothing is or ought to be es
teemed religion thgt is not reducible to
one or the other of these principles.
(Sherlock.)
Now the questioned turned questioner.
It was no Scripture conumdrum, how
ever. Jesus was really proffering them
the clew of faith. If. with the spirit
of teachableness, whicli is the prere
quisite to entering ail other kingdoms,
as well as tiie kingdom of heaven, they
had followed the thread, they would
have seeaped the labyrinth of Phari
saism. Alas! they loved the maze, and
they would none of the leadership of
Jesus. They would not welcome Him
as Son of David and Son of God. So
it ended with their finding themselves
I type." So Jesus was crucified again and I j n tlie some plight as tlie Sadducees.
i again before ever He came to tlie cross. | But tlie mouths that were gagged might
JESUS SILENCES THE PHARISEES
AND SADDUCEES.
ANDEh. when composing
his oratorio, “The Mes
siah,” was found bathed
in tears. What touched
him was the prophet's
words, "He was de-
pised." The despising of
Jesus was as evident in
the temple as at the
cross. And physical pains
are not so severe to a
spiritual soul as wounds
inflicted upon that higher
nature. Lowell says:
“Our modern martyrdoms are done in
argument you have put forth, it's a
pity you don't know when yj.u are
whipped. lull a.-knowledge that you
iave read tfio first page of geology
ali,.:. tins discussion begun. Get a com
petent :.:siruc-lor to help you out. dear
uo y, .1- i o you try to .irg'ue.
o' \v., I thought when l caugiil you
pul.iUB tiiut green fruit and told on
yon, y. . would remain quiet unli! wo
* l Tom need, hut you've broken loose
nn' . Vue sprung some theology on us
this rime. We don't question tue truth
,f the I ride. We evolutionists can he-
eve more of it than you can and be-
j.eve it Intelligently. Wb construe cer-
:;it parts of It figuratively because a
literal rendering of those parts is con-
: a .holed by scientific facts. If you nc-
i. .cdg-c being non-progressive, why
dm to understand the discov
ered la s of science. The present trend
nought among mossbacks is as it
is ever been—backward. The height!)
; e mo s,back’s am cation is to think
xa t y .:s his daddy did.
The present trend of thought among
P'.iedo scientific writers is in every di
sci n. You seem to be versed in their
lore
It you will
read the ninth
the Origin of Species you will
l.Hrwin anticipat'd Dc Vries- in his treat
ment o; "tip rting (plants." Darwin
u=ed these phenomonea as evidence in
rport of his theory, while on. the
veer hand Luther Burbank has made a
fortune by using Darwin's theory of
e jection as a basis for his experiment's.
Why didn't you give the name of your
le-'st? Certainly lie is the highest
■ unoritj if he is a six da.yist. Mix a
;]" logic and a few facts with your
:.gh roi ing periods |f you wish your
etters to be effective.
You got your impression; about the
n.iture of radium from pseudo scien-
■ 1 writers, my dear boy. These wri
te - made extravagant claims for flie
pw!\ discovered substance. They de-
'!•<-.] it was a panacea for all diseases,
in Currie said that radium, when
pr perly understood, confirmed modern
6'ientifio theories You should not be so
ea si! > imposed upon, my friend. I of-
terod you a derby because I thought
the derby, being not up to date, was
tc emblem of your behind-the-times
Idea If you really sport a $15 Panama
I am afraid that there is a painful con-
’rast between the embeiishments of the
two sides of your concrete crust of con-
servatlsm. T was right about your size,
was I not? Six davism is 'based entire
ly upon a literal interpretation of tlie
first chapter of Genesis. Moses is the
prophet the Jews adore, but Josephus,
the learned and devout Jew who lived in
'ha same century that Jesus lived in
■tye that Moses wrote unphilosophical-
iy 1n ! is azsocunt of the creation. He
did this to accord with the uncultured
'rtellect of his people. He had to sim
plify the great facts as if he were tell
ing the story to chridren. When man's
researches made nature yield u/p the
great secret then it became necessary
*o give the simplified story its true and
higher interpretation.
Miss Travis you a.re right. Rev. R.
0 Burton, of camp meeting fame, was
This ELEGANT Watch $3JS
I>for..ou bu,tw«
months they are grown, and are then
■ put in large corrals with oilier uninated
! birds. Ostriches do not approve of the
Mormon doctrine, so have but
love, chosen when about four y
As soon as a pair of lovers are discov
ered a separate corral Is iprepared and
the bride and groom start to housekeep
ing. They scoop up n nest In the sand,
i and when it contains about a bushel of
: the large eggs the happy pair take turns
in sitting, that is. if ttiey are allowed
this privilege. Usually the hatching is
done by more modern methods. An
egg weighs about 3 pounds and takes
forty days to hatch. Mr. Cawston has
Imported several pens of Nubian os
triches. which arc now very rare. The
average ostrich weighs 300 pounds and
is about 7 feet high. The feathers are
plucked every nine months, but as the
farm contains birds of till ages, this in
teresting sight may lie seen quite often.
Beautiful white plumes adorn the wings
and tail of the bird before plucking.
Dark brown feathers cover the 'balance
of the body of the African ostrich and
glossy black ones on the Nubian bird.
The feathers of the male bird are much
more valuable than those of the lien.
Reforr plucking an ostrich a hood is
r ! over his head, for as soon as tlie
' " , | sillv tiling is blinded it becomes as
•s< t mat ,,
was doing. 1-le said my sister in law | says and pomes. It is called “Sun- '
tiad just come in and was standing in I beams." |
tlie middle of the room with something! Emma B. Van Deusen, 1162 Cowtland j
iu her hand. This was true. The dog avenueu, Onondaga Valley. N. Y., south- l
followed her in. He told what my
mother was doing, just where my little
nephew was sitting, and also tlie posi-
lle I tion of tiie only other person who was
l '®- I in tlie room. No one had seen 'the doc
tor since his last visit or had told any
one about tlie dog; so he could not
possibly have heard about it.
There is
dent. [ ni
ern born, a t\t sketch and song writer,
a lover of the beautiful, living in a little
nest adorned with the taste of a born
artist. She writes for different maga
zines.
J. Carter Riser. Whitmore. S. C., a
bright, patient spirit, a good writer
j Will Osborne. Tallasee, Ala., one of the
s no explanation of this incl- I most anib ! tioas ' energetic spirits that
nude up my mind to try to be- was ever handicapped by affliction.
ever
xi,.- 4 4.1-. i excellent writer ami brimful of industry.
guelseV-and'fet it go.at that “ & cotton patch by h ° eing
I tender my heartfelt thanks to "Re-| olin -patlock, formerly of Canton. Ind..
tnd 'Bachelor Farmer tor their | now oss j ned in all his body, can use his
mention o, my book. ‘ Plain j hands a little, and males pretty carved
souvenirs
s and fancy articles to sell.
He
kindly
Talks' and Talks.” Nearly all of the!
first edition o) tint book wjs hound j jg a jj excellent writer with a vein of
incorrectly r l here being t wo or three j cheeriness and humor in his letters,
leaves in the wrong- place or mining j Mattie Beverage, Dabney, Ark., six-
altoyether. I sent many of them out ; teen years old; helpless since babyhood,
before J knew of it. but only one book! but a sunshiny, loving little soul, with a
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meek as a lamb. Two men soon' clip
the feathers with a pair of shears. Os
triches are usually named when they
marry, but when 1 visited tlie farm
Alice. Roosevelt, a graceful brown Dtrd,
was still waiting^ for Nick to claim her
as his bride. George and Martha Wash
ington are a. handsome octuple, and en
joy the distinction of lieing “the oldest
settlers." After an hour spent witli
these innocents of the Orient, one en
joys a walk in the beautiful semi-tropic
park, with its lovely flowers, its pond
of gold fishes, and its aviary of curious
birds Indeed, time is we'll spent in
visiting the Cawston ostrich farm.
Ye Householders may be surprised at
this long call, so soon after my last
visit, but I would be more’ri human to
resist Mother Mob’s sweet invitation to
come as often as I like.
Will Gunter, please forgive me for In
forming the cousins that you were a
widower for it was a case of mistaken
identity. When 1 lived in Jasper some
years ago, ] knew a young widower of
your name, so naturally supposed It was
lie who had entered the Household.
’ think Julia Coman Twit's plait 4 for
a book of sketches taken from the dear
old Sunny is excellent, and hot}).* it will
be realized. It is very unselfish of iter
to ~ ertake such a labor ”f love, but
she is equal to the task. MADGE.
Long Beach. C:tl.\
SOME CHAT AND A QUESTION.
The Household letters are delightful
every week; they are a. great source of
pleasure and benefit to me. I am a
dignified (?) “school inarm,” and some
day I will tell you (if permitted) of
some peculiar and amusing incidents
that have -come up in the school room.
J like teaching. T think it a grand
profession, but I would enjoy It more if
1 was better prepared.
I hope to lie some day.
I would like to see more letters in (lie
Household from teachers, for I believe
there is always a bond of sympathy be
tween tliat band of workers.
Mabel Clare Randal. I ant almost sure
I know you. Were you not once a stu
dent in one of the Alabama normal col
leges? 1 knew you there or n girl with
your name, and' I believe you are the
same iperson. I hope you will write
a*rain soon.
1 want to ask you intelligent writers
a question to which l have received va.
rious answers, but none were exact.
“Just when did the plan of salvation be
'with love to all and a hearty hand
shake to Cousin Reddy (who had his lun
and then come out with his true senti
ments) I am faithfully yours.
A DELTA.
Alabama.
WHAT WAS IT?
Dear Friends of the Household: Once
I promised to tell you of a strange tiling
that happened to me some years ago. I
have hesitated to relate this incident,
however, lest you should think me su
perstitious or a prevaricator. It is. nev
ertheless trite. It may have been simply a
coincidence. I do not believe in spirit
ualism or in spooks or “astral bodies,"
but unaccountable tilings do take place,
and this is one of them. Some years
ago a queer-looking old dostor was
treating mo for rheumatism. He was
a strong believer in the occult, and It
was said of him that he could cause
loud knockings on a tabic right before
vour eyes. Tlie table would also jump
"i„ and down and move across the floor
■it his bidding, though he—and no one
else—would be near the table at the time
1 could never prevail on him to perform
before me. He was a fortune teller
also- a lid I have heard him tell some
remarkable things to people who came
to hear him read their future. He told
me things that happened in the past
which I am confident no one knew or
could know but myself. How he guessed
these things was a mystery to me He
was a magnetic healer and could un
doubtedly banish pain for a time by rub
bing his hands over the affected parts.
He would treat me three days out of
the week, then return to his home
about ten miles away. He was absent
on the evening this strange incident
took place. „
It was a little after sundown and my
mother ’was sitting by my bed ba thing
mv arm with some of the old doctor’s
liniment. Presently I saw a door widen
opened from my room into the hall,
begin to slowly unclose without any
apparent cause. .The foo'
prevented my seeing the floor in ft
of the door, else I could have percei ..
what made the door open. In the next
moment I glanced down on the floor by
the side of tiui bed and there, with one
paw raised as if sneaking quietly
toward me, was the strongest-looking
do* 1 aver saw. He was slippin* to-
want me to lose my money. I will lose
on them, however, as there are many
too bad to send out. My publisher and
f both goL a little warm over the mat
ter. But J failed to g.-t my money back.
1 am having a new edition published by
the Franklin Company, of Atlanta, j’hey
have always treated rue right. 1 have
some on hand that are not very much
Wrong, only a leaf or two. It would
be a great help, friend, if you would or
der a copy. The price is only 45 "en.ts.
but if you mention that you want a
faulty copy you may have it for 25
cents. May God be with you till we
meet in heaven.
TOM LOCKHART.
V) ellinglon. Mo.
TRIPPY.
Ii° is no special Kind of dog—not a
large noble fellow*, whose very counte
nance bespeaks protection, nor yet is lie
a dear fuzzy 1 it i lo thing just right to kiss
and fondle. lie is just an ordinary,
large-sized fice, just Trippy, and yet he's
all the dog in the world to ns. VV* didn't
know how much w p loved him until we
thought we had lost him. Yesterday he
went with his master to town and de
cided to remain overnight. W'e did not
notice his absence until suppertime, and
then we mentally bad,, him a sorrowful
farewell, for that town is rough on stray
doggies. But this morning as we were
discussing the feasibility of putting out a
search party Trippy came in, the tiredest
and the gladdest dog I ever saw. lie
went to each member of the family and
put up his paw for a shake, then went
to his cool bed of grass and took <t long
restful nap.
He knows his own family and he ex
pects to be recognized in any company)
Once when ] came home I stood a few
minutes at the station chatting with a
young bachelor of dignified mien, when
up came Trippy cutting such capers as
you never saw. Not knowing the young
man’s opinion of common dogs, T tried
to ignore him (tlie dog), tint he gave me
such a look of commingled appeal, dis
appointment and heartbreak that 1 bent
down and gave him a hearty handshake
and silently asked his pardon for being
a snob.
A few years ago I brought home a pup
py. a larg e fine fellow, whom %ve till
loved and petted—all but Trippy. He
would have none of him; showed in every
way that he was under control of the
green-eyed monster. He snapped and bit
and growled at poor te Remus till it
seemed that they must part, when lo,
one day ...e worm turned" and Trippy
got such a walloping as he'd never had
before. From that day Trippy was the
most devoted friend ofc. the puppy,though
sometimes lie would play little deceptions
on him.
On e day papa started to the office,,
Trippy made ready to go. as was his
custom, but papa said, “No. Trip, you
must not go. If you go Remus will want
to go. and T don’t want him.” Trippy
trotted into the room, dropped down and
pretended to he asleep instantly. Remus
followed hi* example, but went to sleep
sure enough. No sooner was the puppy
asleep than Trippy raised up, looked at
me as if to say, “That is the way to man
age babies,” and trotted contentiy off to
the office. LITTLE TEACHER.
good, attractive face. She writes in the
Household that her dream of the happiest
event, that could befall he;r was a little
church near enough to her home for her to
be wheeled there in her easy chair, and
listen to a sermon and the church sing
ing .which she had never heard. The
Household went to work at once to con
tribute the money needed to build the
church. Mattie thought it would take
only $50, as her father would huild the
church on his land—with the neighbors'
help. All are very tpoor. but now, as
slie tells you today*, she finds it will take
$8 or $10 more to pay for lumber and
shingles to finish the half-built church.
This is by no means a full list of the
shut-in writers, whose addresses 1 can
not now lined or remember. There are
several valued contributors, who are
partly 'invalided, but they have never
identified themselves with tiie shut-in
band. This year we have lost two of
our number. Miss Sadie Burdette and
Evie Lancaster. M. E. B.
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I Then into the winyiow came peeping
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And no more a sad watch was she
keeping,
The dimples came back to their places
As a smile her gentle mouth graces
Bright glances efface the tear traces
From tlie eyes of our dear shut-in sister
Annie Peavey—the fairies have kissed
her—
And there's no mortal heart can resist
lief— ANNICE.
I have been sick so much tlie last
spring and the summer that J almost
feel like taking place with tno shut-
ins, 1 want to make a little suggestion
to our 'invalids. Whenever you are able
commit to memory alt tlie good poents
you can find. I had hundreds of verses
stored up in my memory, and when 1
could not read or sew, l would just shut
my eyes and repeat the verses and try
to see the pictures they brought up.
Occasionally i caught myself laughing
aloud as some delicious bit of humor
popped into my head. it is better to
lay in a stock of poetry and repeat
verses than to lie and count the cracks
In tiie ceiling or tlie figures in the wall
iraper, as some shut-ins say they do.
ENOLE.
Dear Friend—I want to thank you
fr in my heart for your kindness in
sending me tags and signatures to help
me get a lounge. Since we are invited
to tell what you have made in a feeble
effort at self support. I will say I have
a beautiful silk quilt neatly made and
worked which I would be glad to sell
at $10, which is the usual price. Also
some book marks—pretty colored, satin
ribbon with scripture mottos on them. I
have also some nicely crocheted baby
caps for 75 cents. If you object to
price, please write and I will give par
ticulars.
Y'our grateful friend,
REBECCA WHITFIELD
Finleyson, Ga.
Dear Friends—I want all of you who
have not sent me your favorite recipe,
send it now. neatly written and signed.
I wish to get the book ready that I
may send it to my kind friend, Moon
shiner, who wishes to see what he can
do with it. Every kind of recipe for
cooking, preserving fruit, cordials, bit
ters, domestic and field matters, cream
and lotions—everything, .in fact. I am
still in my brother’s family. He is poor
and has a hard time, but does what he
can. How I wish I could help support
myself. All who have rare old coins,
curios, rare stamps, etc., please let me
have thenfe I sell my picture for 10
* BEN C. KNIGHT.
Enfield, N. C.
My Dear Kind Household Friends—I
write to you to let you know the dear
for months at a time. Mattie, the crip
ple, is 14 years old, and is a perfect iittlo
midget, not being any larger than i four
or five year old child, and could easily
be carried about in a baby carriage. :i
site had tlie means to get one. She is a
bright child, and longs for a conveyance
ol' some kind that would on;ole her lo
enjoy the f-resli air .'' n d sunshine, and
get to church and Sunday school once "i
a while. Thrir father is a worthy, hurl-
working man. who toils, late and early to
support his invalid family, but it takes
all his earnings to supply them with the
bare necessaries of "life. Their mother
is dead, and they and their lather consti
tute the family, with the exception of a
kind old lady .who fills the place of house
keeper cook and nurse. SUNSHTNER.
JUST A WORD.
Dear Household Friends: What a
charming letter you - write. They arc
an inspiration to heart and mind. Sin
cerely. do L thank you for tlie pleasure
and hel-p they have given me. I love
the shut-in family of the Household. I
can fully sympathize with them, tor l
Loo have for several years been without
; hat ibest gift of God—blessed health,
and i know how hard it is to be de
prived of tlie. joy of feeling strong and
free of pain, able to work and to enjoy
tlie dear out of doors. It seetns a mys
tery to our finite understanding why some
should be afflicted so severely, tout we
know it is a part of God’s great plan, and
though we cannot understand His plan.
We have faith to believe they a re wise
and for our spiritual and eternal good.
Thus this life, you know, is but a prep
aration—a dicipline— to fit ns for tlie
higher life to come. Ixi, dear shut-in
fri' lids, let us bear up as bravely as
we can.
I live far in the country in the sunny
region where tlie snowy magnolia's bloom.
Often T a in very lonely, ami I would be!
so ghtfi and grateful to have some of
your dear good Householders write to me.
I do want a correspondent, for the sweet
pleasure there is in letters and the help
as well.
ENA CARLTON.
Auburn, Miss.
PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP, ITS
SOURCES AND RESULT.
Although many hostile people have
such confused ideas of platonic friend
ship. it Is really very simple and easi
ly trao?I to its sources. The underly
ing reason for its existence is the fact
that only one-third of ns is physical.
When, therefore, we have gotten ail the
pleasure possible out tlie five senses
located in a healthy body kept as tlie
temple of the spirit should Ire kept,
there must still remain a far greater
passion of restless longing that can be
satistted f'hifs toy 4he 'tilings of the
mind and soul.
Casting about for means of easing this
unrest, we come very early upon tlie
satisfaction tha t results from an ex
change of ideas with those of like mind
as ourselves. When we find another
soul In sympathy with our craving for
higher tilings, filled with a passion for
tlie beautiful and tlie true, yearning
unceasingly for fuller development and
a broader horizon, striving in tlie face of
all difficulties for a purer life and more
perfect ideal -when in short. we find
another soul traveling tiie lonely road to
the heights, do we pass it by as a
stranger? We would w more than
hitman (or less), If we could. So long
as we feel the sadness of our short
comings, the bitterness of defeat when
we have struggled hardest, so long will
we grasp of one joy the hand of one
who is going our way. Re that soul,
man or woman, it will make no differ
ence to uS—are iiol our experiences sin
gular, our desires the same? In the
light of our mutual comprehension of
higher truths, what tune have we to
expend on considerations of tlte physi
cal? 'Material hindrances drop away and
we behold only the strivings and aspira-
t’ons of a spirit tliat is akin to our
spirit. What does it matter to us that
that spirit is encased in a different body
from ours? This is only a temporary
prison house, anyway, and some day we
shall be freed from it altogether.
Meanwhile, we are granted brief
glimpses Into what life will mean to
us when spirit communion shall tell
the ever present experience. «ot the rare
and hard-earned exception. Shall we
refuse an insight into higher things on
those rare occasions when such Is grant
cd us—refuse it because, forsooth, some
. We come now to tiie last onset of His
j despising critics.
; It is led on hv tlie Pharisees. They
j have heard of tlie 'bewildering defeat
! Jesus hud given their rivals, the Sad-
dueees; how, in a dialectical way, He
j had pul* an end to them forever. Now, i
| if they, tiie Pharisees, could get tiie bet-
j ter of tills brilliant yoqng rabbi in de-
| bate, they would score a point against
tiie Sadducees at the same time that
j they blocked the way of a teacher whose
| success meant the end of their sys-
! tern.
j We cannot know whether tlie questioner
was disingenuous or not. To assert (Ex
positor's) that tiie question was asked
by "a true man,” “a genuine inquirer, '
is an assumption, and, at any rate, psiile
from tlie real point at issue. What the
| Pharisees wanted was to elicit from Jesus
a sentiment, if possible, a categorical
statement which could be used against
Him in tiie trial for heresy impend
ing.
The question itself illustrates the char
acter of religion then current. It was
technically gone to seed. Literalism had
killed spirituality. There was such a
batch of commandments tliat classifica
tion seemed imperative; so there were the
little and great, light and weighty. And
the question which was the chief of all
was naturally much mooted. A spiritual
virtue was not thought of. It was, for
some, washing hands; others, how to
build a booth for the Feast of Taberna
cles, or, at best, circumcision and keep
ing Sabbath.
The answer of Jesus has been called a
miracle of genius, a flash of inspiration.
have been vocal with itosannas.
ANALYSIS AND KEY.
I. Jesus’ moral agony; greater than
physical: cwuse of it. Contradiction of
sinners against Himself. Effort to en
tangle Him in His words. Refusal to
accept Him or His message.
(1) Particular instance: Pharisees'
covert attack. Effort to elicit a ert.ni-
nating statement. Tiie chief command
ment; mooted because of number and
va riety.
(2) Jesus’ answer: parlisanism avoid
ed. Substance of religion, a life.
Characterism of that Lite—love; toward
God, toward man.
THE TEACHER’S LANTERN.
The whole last week of Jesus' life He
was continously engaged in cleansing
the temple. Only the wdiip of small
cords with which He drove out tlie
gross profaners changed to the sword
of His mouth, with which He slew the
refined, hypocritical perverters
sanctuary. The sacred inclosuro
the treasury, became an arena which
witnessed an oinpaxaflleled iliM^ctiaal
tournament.
of the
(called
A towering, united, invincible occlesias-
ticism set itself for the overthrow of a
Teacher whose spirit and doctrine it just
ly recognized as entirely inimical. It
had to do it 1f it would perpetuate it
self. It was the instinctive dictate of
self-preservation.
Jealous fear made strange bed-fellows.
Pharisee, the paragon of orthodoxy, and
j Sadducee who stood for heterodoxy, like
He escaped the snare of the fowler. He [Pilate and Herod, were made friends in a
allied Himself with no bickering fac- I da - v ' antl both ^ ons °rted with tlie s P
tion. He carried the question over into j posedly unpatriotic erot tans,
an entirely new realm, where there are | triple alliance could hart y at o c
no disjointed commands and sacramental! P ass ' ts e,, d- U was on y a que. ion
offices; but where there is a life which means to use.
gives continuity, vigor and progress to
tiie whole. With one splendid flash, as
Kt a heavenly searchlight. Jesus dis
closes tho permanent and fundamental
element in religion—for all time and all
people. Absent, it makes the Christian a
heathen; present, it makes the heathen
a Christian, thougli lie may have never
so much as heard of Christ. The disputa
tious coterie fades away. Jesus is speak
ing to tiie universal human heart. Tlie
man of today, technically rated an un
believer, must recognize the Divineness
i< f this message, and receiving it. into an
honest heart, must begin the life of love
toward God and his fellows. And tliat is
religion.
Too great technicality must be avoid
ed in defining the manner of our lov
ing G-od—viz., heart, soul, mind. It j
means, as Beyer aptly says, “the com- I
plete, harmonious, self-dedication of the I
entire inner man to God.” It. seems j
worth while, -however, to emphasize the !
fact that' w« ran Jove God with the j
mind. It is to be feared that, as Phillips j
Brooks says, “there, are ignorant saints l
who come very near to God and live
in the rich sunlight of His love; but
none the less would have escaped the
labyrinth of Pharisiasm. Alas! Give
your intelligence to God! Know all you
can about Him!"
These two principles—love to God and
love to man—from which all religion
flows, must he consistent with one an
other, otherwise they could not both
bo principles of • t
(Homiletic.) Love t
same religion, j stones and gift
God is also love [ swept!
The importance of this climacteric con
troversy is apparent from the large
space given to the account of it. Twen
ty-five chapters in tiie four gospels are
devoted to tlie last week of Jc.sus’ life.
Through the opaque surface of a. hard,
polished, conventional ecclesiast icism
Jesus shot the Roentgen ray of His om
niscience, Beneath the whitened sur
face the moral filth of ari inveterate de
pravity was brought to light.
The temple, witnessed the fiercest dialec
tical contest ever seen. It was fought
to the finish. Jesus was victor. tits
denunciations fell like, strokes of light
ning. None could stand before, him. He
was like refiner's fire and fuller’s soap,
Tiie principle of stewardship underlies
all individual, national, and ecclesiastical
life. Nothing is held in fee-simple. All
is in trust for the infinite Proprietor
The Lord’s collectors are ever appearing
to demand His portion.
The happy, prosperous, useful, indi
vidual, national, and ecclesiastical life,
is that, in which the. principle of stew
ardship is recognized, its rightness con
ceded, and its requisitions met.
There is no escaping the retributions of
Divine justice. How short-lived the
victory of Jewish ecclesiasticism over
Jesus! Into what an awful malestrom
and how soon temple with its godly
city, nation—all were
one on a lower plane will think evil of
us thereof. Oh. the cowardice of the
mere Idea! God grant t may never be
untrue to my better nature in deference
to another’s low conception of me
ask again, my skeptical friends, why do
you say this relation Is impossible un
less you affirm that the body rules tlte
soul in this life? You cannot bring any
other reason, and ] think you will hard
ly admit this one. That soul is unfortu
nate, indeed, who can believe that no
real love comradeship is possible be
tween men and women except that based
upon the physical senses—tlie grossest
part of us. I cannot believe that any
of you can honestly hold to this theory
when once you have looked the matter
squarely in the face
I look upon the body as a necessary
fetter, while I am in It. but I do no*
- , - . , . . propose to center my whole attention,
little church you so gener-usly donated nor even the greater part of It on that
' ,,h “ * fetter. While I honor my body and be
lieve in having a proper regard for it.
still I honor and I make my body bow
to tliat better part of me. So long as
we are in the body, we are bound by
the body to a certain extent, of course,
and that person is a fool who tries to
ignore the fact, but how much greater
his night who ignores the soul’s king-
ship in spite of all!
Another source of Platonic friendship
quite as potent as the pleasure derived
from a mutual striving after a high ideal
is its inherent power to aid in the at
tainment of that ideal. Men and women
ordinarily lead very different lives,
hence they attain usually to widely dif
fering view points. It 1» therefore hl*h-
is being put up. The frame is put up
and some of the other work done, and
the doors and windows are hauled to
tiie place; also all the lumber that there
was money to buy. Dear friends. I
thought $50 would pay tor the church,
as my father and some of his friends
are doing all the work, but lumber is
so high and it is found that they will
need more weather-boarding and shin
gles than there Is money to buy. it
will take eight or ten dollars more. 1
am eo sorry that there is this delay in
putting up the eViurch. I do hate to ask
for more meney. If you kind friends
will buy my little book. “Jesus,
the Jewel <JT a Shut-In’s Life," price 12
cents, I feel sure we would soon have
enough mpney to finish Che church.
Jy conducive to breadth of view and the
widening of one's sympathies to have
friends of a candid turn of mind in
tiie opposite sex. “To see oursels as
ithers see us," is indeed "a consumma
tion devoutly to be wished,” and where
as the glamour of sexual attraction sees
frankness as its undoing, Platonic friend
ship offers splendid opportunities in this
line. It gives good training, also, in
tlie art of putting ourself in another's
place-an accomplishment, that betters
one for all time. In short, it is produc
tive of wit, good humor, understand
ing. and toleration all round.
However, when all is said, it is with
Platonic friendslip as with any other
friendship—as with real love of any sort,
in fact, it is genuine, it is self-convinc
ing, it is uplifting, it is an avenue to
great happiness and culture and useful
ness if viewed aright; but there is a
condition attached to its beneficent effect
on cur lives ( conditnion attached to
all good gifts); that we be worthy of
it and use it reverently when it comes
While we cannot, perhaps, know the
fullness of belief before a personal ex
perience of the emotion, on the otiier
'•and we neea not expect tlie experi
ence until we have believed in the poj-
rib'' cy of it and felt the power of be
lief in its ennobling influence to lead us
upward into paths conducive to its ap
proach.
1 feel assured in my own mind that
•I should never have found a single
friend 1 have—Platonic or otherwise—if
I had not believed firmly that noble
friendship was possible and had not
tried to make myself worthy of it.
Faithfully,
LOMACITA. .
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THE POSSIBILITY OF A PAINLESS
DEATH.
Since Mr. Albritton passed away 1
have contemplated death a great deal.
He was one of the most even tempered
of beings, and his life went out without
a flicker. Often he told me his end was
near at hand. I replied that I could
not believe it beeause he 'Seemed so well.
If he was sick or if he suffered pain he
did not trouble me with it. “Sue. my
dear,” he would often say, “to those
who live regularly and prudently, death
has no terrors. Life lasts as long as
there is anything to subsist on, Just
as a candle burning without interrup
tions of wind or other things to cause
it to go out or melt away. I feel by
my weakness that my supply of vitality
is nearly gone. Nothing can 'be done to
supply it. I have lived a consistent
regular life and I do not fear death. I
have no pain because I have always
been prudent. I 'take no cold because
I shield myself from exposure. I suffer
no indigestion because I do not indulge
in food that I know would make me
sick. I rise at a reasonable hour and
retire in due season-. I take piroper ex
dent upsets me I shall live out my days
in peace and die a jihinless death.’’ Anil
he did. One night he retired as usual
but 1 never had known him to be so
tender and kind. All 'the day before
he had spoken to every body in> the most
affectionate gentle manner. He had
thanked every one for every kind act #
they had ever done him. Several times
during tiie day he had remarked how
lie loved everybody and tnat it just
seemed like earth was blending into
heaven. About I o'clock he aroused me.
saying: “Get up and dress and arrange
tne room and phone for our neighbors.
1 want to have a singing.” I arose
and turned on the electric light He sat
up in toed. He looked very strange lu
the eyes. He looked at me with the
brightest, happiest light In his eyes. "1
am almost there,” he said. I did aiS he
had told me and soon our neighbors were
with us. He knew each one and held
out ills hand. “All is peace and joy,”
he said. “and no, no pain; no pa—"
Ho roused up again and asked for sing
ing.
While the singing was going on and
while 1 held his hand he passed away
That night, soon after I retired. 1 had
'had a dream. It was a most beautiful
dream. 1 thought 1 was in a boat on
a beautiful lake and that I was alone
except that the boatman was with me.
but that Mr. Albritton beckoned to me
from the tlier shore, which was glo
rious in light and beauty and said:
"Fear not. I will be here to meet you
when your life is finished.” Since his
life went out so gently without any
sickness, I have believed it possible to
live so ns to be free from pain and to
die calmly and without agony of mind
or body. He had suffered on former
years, but suffering had taught him how
to live and bi«» death proved that right
living takas away the sting of death.
SUE ALBRITTON.
Ruibbing It In.
(From Harper’s Weekly.)
“Why is tliat tramp so raging mad?”
"He picked up a .!ost package and
when he opened it found nothing but
bottles of patent medicine ‘flor that
full feeling.’ "
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