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HOW DEEDS ARE "WROUGHT. | e.rship extended to railroads, telegraph
Old wrongs are righted not by weakly lines - mines, oii wells, factories, etc.
wailing ' I But we shall still own our homes, our
Beneftth the scourge and chain, jpeisonal property, our own tooth brushes
But by strong hearts courageous and ” UI 1. present system, and not j,ocialism,
unfailing—
The skill of hand and brain!
Dost thou but dare Thor's hammer grim
to borrow
And boldly smite away?
Some crown will break, some throne will
fall tomorrow
That seems secure today.
I ^° eS to"falter 68 tCmpt thee nOW men-
Or dally by the way? 'toned: -Socialism means that th e in
Press on! the ax, the gibbet and the
halter
White Truth can never slay.
The time is ripe! great souls are sorely
needed!
Men who are born to lead—■
Sage souls, strong hearts, by life's de
feats undaunted—
Willing to guide—and bleed!
craven crouching in
Be thou no
hollow'
To shun the battle's brunt;
Set up a standard for the
follow.
And hasten on in front!
outcome! it above
Fear not the
■written
That right shall triumph yet.
Bear on the torch of Freedom's altar
htten.
Nor falter—nor forget!
ARTHUR GOODENOUGH.
SENEX VS. DARWIN.
Senex says: "Nearly every theory of
science taught in text books when the
writer went to school is now obsolete.”
Well, Senex. I don't know how long
It has been since you went to school,
but if you will take up one of the latest
school text books on geology, astronomy,
or any of the sciences, and compare it
with a work on the same subject that
wag issued 10 or 25 or 40 years ago. you
will find the fundamental, underlying*
principles just, the same.
Oif course, science has broadened its
scope. There have been many discov
eries within recent years in all depart
ments of science, perhaps more in chem
istry than any other. There have been
changes all along the line, 'but that
change has been an advance and not a
retreat. Today tlie. world is more fully
ami widely convinced that (he earth was
made according to the primal law of
slow growth than it ever was before.
Scientists are unanimous in saying that
God creates ami rule s by law and hoi
through whim and caprice.
A common mistake which a great many
people make—and some of whom can least
afford it—Is to point to a diver
sity of opinion in regard to some
minor issue or subsidiary—something
that effects the elemental principle very
little or not at all—and claim that the
whole thing, principle and all. i s over
thrown and not worthy of serious consid
eration. If this sort of criticism belli
good then Christianity would have been
proved a merely “so-called" ldigion long
ago, for surely a diversity of opinion in
regard to some of its tenets and church
ordinances lias not been lacking. Let's
learn to grasp the principles, and pay
les s attention to tile small side issues.
Now, in regard to the dogmatic “I
know.” I think many of the household
readers will subscribe to niv asservation
that scientists, of all men. are about the
least dogmatic and the most cautious—
never saying "I know” save when, to
their minds, tho facts warrant it. But
on the other hand, if you will observe
closely. I think you will find that most
of those people who are so dead sure
they "knew,” that they think it hardly
worth while to bother their brains with
tho opposing evidence, are found among
those who designate geologists and evo
lutionists as “so-called scientists”; .for
haven't you admitted that "fewer have
troubled to look over even the leading
facts adduced In favor of Darwin’s
theory”?—and yet “they know!”
Vou object to those who hold to six-
da yism being" classed with those who be
lieve in a flat world. Why! As a rule
the latter are pretty good people, though
they are somewhat “sot in their ways”
and have the idea that this “sotness” is
a mark of wisdom—save the mark! 1
use the present tense in speaking of them
because they are not all dead yet. There
is a duchess or lady somebody in Eng
land who publishes a paper In defense of
the flat world theory.
Let us not mince matters. Life is too
short. When we mean Moses let's say
"Moses.” and not refer to hint as the
"son of Amram.” Do not the six-day
theorists hold to the old belief because
of the same and similar reasons that the
fiat world theorists do? And are ttoi
those reasons, briefly stated, this; A
literal rendering of a few verses of
scripture, and a rejection of the opposing
evidence before giving it a fair, square.
Impartial investigation? What would you
think of a jury that would render a deci
sion after hearing the evidence on one
side only ? Or after hearing the evi
dence with prejudiced minds?
“Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers”
—please allow me to continue the quo
tation from P. W. Tom—"Knowledge is
proud that he knows so much; wisdom
is humble that h* knows no more." If
you and he mean by this quotation that
knowledge declares that the earth and
man were created by evolutive forces
(natural laws) and that wisdom says
that they were all created within the
space of one week then let me suggest
that perhaps the reason that knowledge
is sometimes proud is because lie has
the evidences upon which to base lii3
declaration, and that tho reason that wis
dom is sometimes humble and cast down
is because lie ha.s nothing but poor, old
dogma to back him up.
In a future letter l shall have some
thing to say about the law of natural
selection, and r invite you, Senex. to
participate in the discussion along that
line. We will then see if natural selec
tion is built upon as sandy a foundation
as some seem to think.
JOHN MASON.
opportunity to compare the platforms
of the radicals, who call themselves
socialists, and the radicals who call
themselves something else.
After considering most carefully all
the subtiletics of these debaters, I have
come to this pious conclusion: That
each and every one of them wants the
same thing, but is dead bent ana de
termined that he won’t have it at all
- „ , unless he can get it under the exact
is the cause of graft, bribery, eorrtip- I name that his pjrly has called it by.
tion, and corporate tryanny. Tne private I Sometimes I think that men have less
owner of the means of production and common sense than any other animal
distribution is the cause of these evils, the Lord ever created—but then. if
under socialism he will be eliminated. [ women were runnim? the government
The cause of these evil*? will be removed, j they’d be just as bad. We d probably
he railroad magnate runs his cars to j divide into parties on the question of
» d v Idends. The public will run whether it is best to trim a silk dress
them to carry freight and passengers-at I or make it plain. Now,, the first thing
1 i„ _ ! to do is to procure the silk dress by
,f ,aote . v 5 rV - * 1rle *'. v jsome means or other.
The socialists want government own-
rshi
cessitie, of life are to be no longer owned j uHs ‘ s; so , do m ™ y conservative demo-
by iprivate Individuals, and fought for crats and republicans. Yet, when it
among private individuals, but are to be com T' s to voting on the question, t.ns
taken over and made the property of the 1 niol 'hey business ol party loyalty” is
whole community; that they shall be I nlore thafi likely to hand the whole
forked under the direction of officers j thing over to the despoilers of the peo-
elected by a majority vote, and con-I Why in the name of all that is
of gigantic works of man, who construct-j i doiTt see how it can now be made prac-
ed . them for irrigation, power and navi j ticatole after having been ignored so long,
gation purposes." 1 I am a •member of the church, tout 1 am
rr Ibis be true, then is Egyptian Irri-• not a follower of Christ, for I do nut
gation like i:s civilization and literature, | divide my means with my fellow church.
tout another of the “lost arts of the an-, people. Neither do I obey one of tliej
cients," for so stupendous were the plans] only two commandments Jesus gave—i
and so perfectly were the technical de-i Love your neighbor as yourself; love!
tails of engineering carried out that later j your enemies and do good to them that'
a If or 1 ; s paled into insignificance. i hate you." Nor have I faith to believe
For hundreds of miles over the barren! that I can accomplish wonders in Christ’s'
waste on either side of the Nile, where; name. These things constituted' the old
history tells us there were once flourish
ed populous cities, can now he found the
traces of great canals, extending north
ward to the Mediterranean, and, in fact,
radiating ov3r the entire Soudan. These
are found to lead to the vicinity of the
several cataracts, where the gigantic
blocks of ginuitc which from them ex
tend for more than a mile across t.lio
river, and are visible at low Nile. Fur
time religion and as I do not practice
them I am not a follower of Christ’ "old-
time religion,” nor are yju, G. W. Not
a bit of it. Some day we may get back
to it, for men are certainly growing in
the grace or love anil charity and toler
ance. HAROLD.
burglars and fire escapes.
Twice vainly seeking an entrance
trolled toy initiative, referendum, and re
call; that each worker shall labor as
long as he or she pleases, and shall re
ceive the exact value of what he or she
produces, with no deduction for the
sensible can't every man be allowed to
<vote direct and separately on every
question of interest to the people—en
tirely aside (from any and every other
question whatever? We certainly could
profits of an "owner.” A socialist makes I learn a lot from Switzerland, right here
a fundamental, all-important distinction j—hut whew! Do you suppose we would
between what b» calls private and what
he calls ipuhli
property. Private prop
erty consists of all lands, houses, tools,
and chattels which are list'd by the in
dividual who owns them; public prop
erty (that is. property which the social
ists desire to make public) consists of
lands .houses, tools, and chatties, which
an individual does not use or work him
self, but which he rents to other people
for (profit. In particular the socialist’s
attention is directed toward those enorm
ous aggregations of rented wealth wnich
are aiiown as "trusts"—that is, the rail
roads, telegraphs and telephones, mines.
thermore, these blocks are of a peculiar through the portals of the Household.
formation of granite, totally unlike any
other rocks in the vicinity, anil found
only built up in this way at the several
cataracts. As additional writings are
discovered and exploration progresses,
the evidence continues to grow, until we
to find the door tight closed and barred
yet again do J wend m.v way thither,
hoping, perhaps, Mrs. Bryan may feci
sorry for so unfortunate an individual
and, maybe, let her in through the fire
escape. And, talking of fire escapes, if
are now practically assured that immense 1 there is one tiling that would frighten
areas in the great Soudan, with its miles] me nearly to death in the wee small
of trackless sun-scorched waste, were hours of the night, it would be to oc-
once under the most intense cultivation j cupy a room .provided with that selfsame
and the support of a vast population. fire escape. Imagine, on a hot. summer
Who may say but that the surviving ! bight, a room, with a fire escape lead-
ruins of thenvraniids . tem
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
Rave for my daily range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
1 might despair.
—TENNYSON.
Commentary on (he International Sunday-School Lesson
Third Quarter. Lesson XIII. September 23, 1906.
THE REVIEW.
Pc?
F the Bible is a
ring of gold. Jesus
is its solitaire. He
is worth all the
rest. In point of
fact all the rest is
for Him. its
glory is that it
holds and displays
Him. All prophets
give witness to
Him. They mark
stages in tne evo
lution of the ideeal
course of recovery; the divine compas
sion. (Lesson VII.)
The parable of the Pharisee and pub
lican is one of the most pictorial of all.
Two sorts of worshipers are made to
fairly live before the reader. The one
is false and fruitless; the other true and
successful. The one haughtily denies
all gross sins and affirms all active
pieties. The other is penitent, makes no
comparisons, attempts no palliation,
j The Pharisee’s exit is not so much as
noted, while the publican goes out justi
fied—his miserere transposed to a halle
lujah. (Lesson VIII.)
The incident of the “Rich Young
Ruler” is the record of a subtle inter-
uni-
nere but at the elevatfd gat
a region, and that there now lies hidden
beneath hundreds of feet of silently shirt
ing sand the graveyard* of atj empire,
with its cities, towns and hamlets and
one-time fertile valleys, but with its in
habitants destroyed >r scattered panic
he surviving! night, a room, with a fire escape lead-• life, which is clear and ineannhle „r j vicw ’ the meaning of which has uni
nffies an. d to ! i»S from your open window, and then S ion-the life of a man filler! r- a ' ver8aI application. This knight of legal
rw_ay to such fee sure you hear some one softly tip- JesU8 is the '* 1 ' ™J° d »ty betrays a disquiet spirit, in that Tv
W. A. WHITCOMB.
let that little Insignificant country teach
us anything? Not much! We are the
infallible United States, we are. and
could put Switzerland in our pocket—
and still leave room in there for the
remains of err common sense.
Until all of our voters—tor enough to D f t bp earth?
make it a law—get together and give us Umatilla, Fla
the initiative and referendum with right
of recall, there is no hope for tihe will a TRAVELING MAN’S OPINION,
of the people to be carried out. Couldn’t D Mothrr Me b-Bv your .permission
we unite on that one thinsr just once _. , , . *
and return to party loyalty afterwar is? j 1 be = to «nter-just one time, if no more
Unless every party will have that fori Your merry circle of friends in 1'he Sun-
one of its planks, or enough sensible ( ny’s happy Household. For years I have
men will vote in some party that does? i bpPn a si i en t rp . ldpr a „d great admirer
have it for one of Us planks, to give
that party a majority in congress, how
toeing up; then immediately begin think
ing about al! the things you iiave ever
the unapproached Teacher of
not an much for what He said as
approaches Jesus at ail. Jesus
"he
meets
“ft t-nv; iuuiko j vu Jin. v c uvci ' . ” oaiu ci» r,; __ i : , ,
read in the newspapers concerning lire for what He was. In point of fact, what j r ”,°” hIs <iwn ground and^ uses his own
mare is mild in comparison. Have any! comment upon His divine words
of you ever wondered what you would! own character is the irristible
stricken or degem 'ate to the four corners do if you really met a burglar? The
oil wells, and great manufacturing sys
terns .together with all their properties,
buildings and lands. These things the , W v C ,u , w u.rc m no o llnnv q mlt h nn d no naner ever
socialist proposes to take and distribute ; that party a majority in congress, how ‘ ae ” nnj s ' p p
them you ask? As directly and diamet- ) are we ever to remedy matters? I comes to me in which 1 take grea.nr
i-ically the opposite of distribution as it 'think it is nothing short of a crime for] interest than I do in The Sunny Soatb.
is possible for the human imagination [ thote who do stand for this initial step! an( l the BRIGHTEST page in it is the
would* ° be® i * "dte* ■ ' ° divide ap diffpr . ent par , ties 80 Houscholders-where I find such a great
would tie just exaitij as mueb ms-. us rP i,der their votes impotent,
tributed’ a £ Central Park is distributed, j But aracious ,„e! Mother Meb will
as the Bartholdi statue, the United b issu f ng a mandamus for me directly
States Dostoftice department, and the__bat-; ljeeausc “ omebody sa id 1 talked politics!
1 hasten to quote Mr. Sinclair:
i “Socialism means that the Instruments
sovereignty of the thirteen colonies when fo*' ,lle production ot the necessities ot
they rose up and said these colonies j life are .*°. . l>e , no '’ n ^ er owned h> pr -
should no longer remain the property of ; vatc individuals and fought for among
King George the third, but should be- , private individuals, but are to be taken
come the property of the American peo- ; over and made the property of the
pie.” | whole community; that they shall be
' ‘ under the direction of officers
His j
irref-
tlcship Kentucky are distributed. They
will distribute them just exactly as much
as the American people distributed the |
Only one more word to Mr. Howti 11, and
that is this:
Study the writings of such authors as
Kautsky, Vaudervelde, Enrico Ferri.
Blatchford, Ghent and Hillquit. A good
book to begin with is Modern Socialism
by Rev. Charles H. Vail, price 25c. All
these authors deal with modern scientific
socialism. That cannot lie said of the
author of “Utopia” and "Looking Back
ward." They are unscientific dreams.
T. S. T.
Iowa.
IT WOULD TAKE AWAY HEALTHY
AMBITION.
Forcefully and clearly was Mr. Mason
giving liis reasons for being a socialist.
I am very reluctant to oppose him, for
I greatly fear his reasoning 'power. But
then, wiiy flatter myself? He will pass
me by with cunning case. So just to
satisfy my own conscience, I shall con
sider those features which 1 think are rau
lcally wrong.
In the first place, I think that men who
possess the ability to press to the front
should not be deterred by any system
ren
‘trusts’—that is, the railroads, tele
graphs and telephones, mines, oil wells
and great manufacturing systems, to
gether with ail their properties, build
ings and lands. These things the eo-
of collectivism, because it would cause | cialist proposes to take—and distribute
a lack of interest in the welfare of our j them, you ask? As directly and diamet-
country by restraining those who leave j rieally the opposite of distributing them
worked
elected by a majority vote and con
trolled by initiative, referendum and re
call; that each worker shall labor as
long as he or she pleases, and shall re
ceive ttoe exact value of what he or
she produces, with no deduction for the
profits of an owner. A socialist makes
a fundamental, all-important distinction
between what lie calls private anil what
he calls public property. Private prop
erty consists of all lands, houses, tools
and chattels which are used by the in
dividual wtio owns them; public prop
erty (that is, property which the so
cialists desire to make public) consists
of lands, houses, tools and chattels
which an individual “does not use or
work for himself, but which he rents
to other people for profit. In particular,
the socialist's attention is dire .ted to-
variety of matter: discussions of eveiy
character, and interesting in the
extreme. Of all the contributors who
have expressed themseives in the House
bold department, it would be very diffi-
Jadies, I mean, of course. We all know
the members of the brave s°x would
speedily have the burglar overpowered,
bound and led away to a gloomy cell.
As for myself, I am sure 1 don't know
just what 1 should do. But, then, I
don't usually know until the lime comes,]
do you? l'ou see, circumstances alter'
cases so. Now. if I felt angry,' I]
wouldn’t be frightened, and if I wasn't
angry, I might suddenly have my sense
of the ludicrous spring uppermost, which]
it does do at times most unexpectedly, !
which would, of course, preclude anyj
possibility of being- seared, so, maybe, it I
wouldn’t be so bad after all. Only, no I
one need try the experiment just for
fun, as I can manage to exist very well ■
without knowing.
Lomatica, Mispali, Mrs. Stratner, F. j
L. Orton, Carol Elmore, Juiia Coman I
Tait, Tom Lockhart, Annie Valentine, j
face absolute goodness. The legalist is
ll(cl - bidden to do and live. Obedience is
uta'ble argument for His doctrine’. In id- I averred, but the weak spot is touched
dentally it may here be noted that the t 1,1 the crucial command. “Se’l and give!”
true defense of religion still takes this i SeIf ip revealed. Lordship of mammon
form. It is not a book, but a life. It is | recognized; hut the subject fails in the
not a philosophic statement, but righte- i final test. (Lesson IX.)
ous conduct. The true defender of the i Grace was magnified in the
faith is armed with neither pen nor
sword. He just lives the good life.
The training of the twelve apostles
taxed the skill and endurance of Jesus
The controversy as to which should be
first is an
salvation
of Zacchaeus. The corrupt child of an
age of corruption and fraud, steeped
in an atmosphere of oppression, social
suspicion, nations.: aversion; confronted
stroke before the
imate honor. (Lts-
ult for m. to select any special favor- and, oh, hosts of others, how I have en-j
ite, for I admire them all.
I am a traveling man. and such a
variety of readable matter always
"strikes me,” when I pick up a Sunny
South; be it at Wrights' file, c n the At
lantic, or tho "Cliff House” on the Pa-
I eitic, >M' resting bemath the palms on .he
gulf, or listening to the music of the
■pines in breezy Maine.
I have found Tho Sunny South every
where 1 have gone, and It has been a
source of much plea-sure and interest
to me. Yes, Mother Meb. 1 have read
The Sunny South in Clarkston—right un
der the shadow of your own home, but
I knew you not. hence I did not make
myself known. The best people there
told me that you was an angel, around
whom a halo of light, life and happiness
foreve* beamed. 1 must confess that the
temptation to "call” was hard for me to
resist, but I did. It was in Clarkston,
iwhere my 'life’s brightest hopes were
once centered—and it was there where
joyed all your letters, articles and poems,
not to speak of tiie “Talks” by Mrs. j
Bryan. You don’t know how disap-j moned to Rome to make an accounting.
example, of the misconcep- j \ n Ms Uf » with abso -
tions of which thev were full. It was i Personal honesty, transparent truth,
a master stroke when He placed a Jhlld ! and s,n Slemindedness—heart and life
in their midst. Tt was a living tableau! ’ tvere changed at a
of docility, self-oblivion, and lo\*e. And >urn * n K gaze of in
from the parable, as was His wont, Jesus ! son X *
passed to practical development and ap- ] Jesus ’ triumphal entr
plication of the principles of His king- • wa s n° mere incident
dom. (Lesson I.)
As was his custom, Jesus used a cur
rent event for purpose of Illustration.
Rulers of Palestine were often sum-
>C socialist s attention .s uoe. teu iu- darkest shadows of life fell upon me.
ard those enormous aggregations of | . “ p now in WestvKw. In At-
rnted wealth which are know nas the, h ’ «
THE WHOLE THING IN A NUT
SHELL.
Carl E. Howell is utterly mistaken as
to wliat socialism means. Let him send
15 cents for the August number of Tom
Watson’- Magazine. 121 West Forty-sec
ond street. New York city, and read care
fully Upton Sinclair’s reply to Watson
on (page 301. Every one interested in
the Household discussion of socialism
should own a copy.
You get both sides—one by the author
of tiie Hstory of France, the other by
the author of*Tile Jungle. Also send for
the catalog entitled **A Thousand Books
on Socialism" to the Wllshire Book Co..
20! William street. New* York city.
After studying socialism Mr. Howell
will find that it does not mean that the
property of the rich is to be "confiscated,
divided up, and handed around." It does
not, mean "to equalize everything.”
Socialism means that the people shall
collectively own what they collectively
use, and privately own what they indi
vidually use.
We already collectively own and col
lectively use the postoffice -ystem, the
to us the best they h ave - good examples.
We as Individuals ai' p eternally striving
to improve our condition, to win a good
.inme and kind apfroval in everything.
A s a nation, w r e are doing the same.
There is a secret stimulus, seen only
through our work, which no law. eco
nomical or otherwise, should check.
Say that you own a fp.rm. Is the
profit of this farm the only thing you j u tod
care about? I judg eyou to he not of such
sordid nature! You know that the 'farm
is yours. Y'ou love to plan; you love to
make it a s fertile as your neighbor's,
over the way. Y'ou would show your
friends over the meadow and lawn with
pride, for you feel that the>- understand
why you try to make everything approach
as near perfection as is in your -power.
Banish your title—what? Tiie birds and
tiie beast of the woods, I envy them
not their liberty.
It is not in tiie nature of men to sub
mit jo such a form. When this country
was settled, men staked off and tilled llie
ground they wished. No other man had
the right to claim it; every one had tiie
same right. Between that time and this
the land has been possessed. The thrif
ty, hard-working ones are not without
tiieir reward. Tiie sluggard is still the
sluggard of olden times.
But now you want to cut them aL
down to the s ame level, the base level, I
suppose. The most of us make ourselves
what we are.
Therefore, I don’t believe in holding
the bright student back with the dull one.
for it is not conducive to the success of
tiie boys of the school. Natural attain
ments should not suffer the restraint
which socialism puts upon them, nor
should indolence be placed at a (premium.
The ebb and flow o.f human progress de
pends on the elevated and the non-eleval-
ed to give it proper tone.
O grand socialistic dream! Rent, in
terest and profit will be among the
things of the past when this delusion is]
inaugurated.
If you receive a certain sum for your
year’s work, that is your capital is it not?
Nothing wrong in earning the money,
you admit. Vou could invest 1t In labor-
saving machinery and make more, could
you not? Thus your capital would draw
interest.
On the other hand, put your money
out at 8 per cent. You cannot buy the
machinery because you let your money
out to a “neighbor. Would it not be fair
and just that ton receive something for
th» use of It? Does any honest man
want something for nothing?
Suppose you purchase a horse. Would
possible for tiie human imagi
nation to conceive! Under socialism,
the trusts would be just exactly as
much distributed as tiie Bartholdi
statue, the United States postoffice de
partment, Central park and the battie
ship Kentucky, are distributed. They
(will distribute them just exactly as
much as tiie American people ’distrib-
,he sovereignty of the thirteen col
onies when they rose up and said that
these, colonies should no longer remain
the property of King George the Third,
but should become tiie property of the
American people.”,
This is the most concise and yet com
prehensive definition of socialism 1 have
yet seen, and I submit that in it all
tiie weak as well as the strong points
of the creed are in evidence. Tne chief
trouble with the socialist is that he
contradicts his general propositions
whenever lie goes to specializing under
them.
For instance, in the above. It is clearly
stated in the first sentence that under
socialism tiie instruments for the pro
duction of the necessities of life are no
longer to he owned by private individu
als; yet a few lines below it is just as
clearly stated that the socialist recog
nizes * private properly as -consisting of
all lands, houses, tools, and chattels
which are used by tiie individual who
owns them. Besides being a contradic
tion of the first statement, the seeonu
statement brings us right back to what
all tiie reformers in tiie other parties
are fighting for, viz., government utili
ties and private ownership of other
things. Yet many of the leaders in all
the parties declare they have nothing in
common with tiie socialists or with each
other.
"O temporal O mores!” When will
all the good men learn that they have
everything worth having in common:
love for their homes, for tiieir country,
j for mankind, and for an unseen Power
‘ that has supplied us witli all good
tilings if we will only use them right
and stop quarreling among ourselves.
Gall It enlightened self-interest or the
spirit of brotherhood or anything else
you like, but there is a force at work
among us that is gradually opening our
eyes to tiie f let that we cannot injure
another without injuring ourselves, and
that whether we like it or not, we all
rise or fall togetiier.
The socialists are daily growing more
conservative in tiieir language, the con
servatives arc daily glowing more radi
cal in their principles—somewhere they
lanta. and my love, and my hopes are
burled there.
But it was not my purpose to speak
of my past experiences, hopes and dis
appointments, but simply to enter tha
“circle,” and get acquainted, and if this
introductory escapes the waste basket
I may come again, and tell the House
hold readers something of my travels,
and possibly help “S. T. P.” out of trou
bli if the socialists, or the advocates of
their “isms." get. her cornered. She. I
think, is amply able to take care of her
self in the discussion of ‘socialism—yet
as encouragement, let me rjltisprr in her
ear, "You. express my sentiments, and
Lay on. Mo Duff ,)’ until all such
"isms" are relegated *‘o the rear. Yes.
S. T. P., you express my sentiments on-
socialism, and if they “knock hack a>.
you” I am ready to lend my mite ! n
defense of yourself and the position you
have taken. A. B. R.
“The Land of the Sky,” North Caro
lina.
pointed I was once when, not receiving
our copy of The 'Sunny South as usual,
a trip was made to tiie congressional
library to get and peruse the missing
number, only to .be lolil that they had
not received a copy of The Sunny South
for over two years. And that at our na
tional congressional library, too, where
you can usually get whatever paper or
periodical or, in fact, anything in the
leading line you wan. Mrs. Bryan can
not you stir up somebody down there
in Atlanta and have our Sunny South
sent to Washington like other papers?
1 have enjoyed the discussions as to
socialism, for and against, strongly
leaning to the latter, however, myself.
A loss of ambition, perhaps in some cases
desirable, but lit most instances to be
lamented, and a complete surrender of
one's individuality would sem to me two
of the many reasons why It would not
be acceptable to the majority of Intelli
gent and progressive people.
Yes, Mrs. Bryan, I know I have taken
up entirely too much space, and have not
said half the things I wanted to, either
If you will let me come again, however.
I would like to tell how a burglar was
caught at the home of a friend of mine
not long ago. With best wishes to Mrs.
Bryan and the Household.
NEVILLINA.
Washington. D. C., September 5, 1906.
NOT A MOSSBACK AFTER ALL.
No, G. W., you are not a “mossback.”
Y’ou don't believe, hear; and soul, in the
"old-time religion." Now don't fly off
the handle, my boy. I'll prove it. Didn't,] never is when tilings look
you denounce socialism because of tiie j prosperous at first. Somethin
communism you though'! was part of iT
the equal distribution of property? An„ .
A VISIT FROM AUNT JEMIMA.
“Good morning. Aunt Jemima. How
are you this bright morning?”
‘‘I’m feelin’ powerful poorly. I’m got
a misery in my side an' my chest, an’
sleh a swlmmin’ in my head 'pears like
I’ll drop. I've been enjoyin’ mighty bad
health this year. ’
"I hope this bright weather will make
you feel better. Isn't this a beautiful
morning?”
"It's nice enough. I reckin’ but it ain’t
goin’ to stay that way. I've always no
ticed n'hen a day opens up so fair there’s
goin’ to be a change mighty quick. These
here bright days is jest storm breeders.”
“The crops are fine, ain’t they?”
"Y’es; they look well enough now. but
you mark my words, tiiere ain’t goin' to
be nothin’ much made this year. There
> mighty
comes to
split it all. There'l] be a long spell of
Such an instance had Just occurred,
Jesus likens the accounting to God to it.
rst vow ,ou!d d i-i yoii? ;,r.T2 r .«.1.««
-ratis. Y'ou could sell the horse after- vote just one time toi what the.v be
wards and get your money hack just the
sa me.
As to profit, why every man would be
his own merchant.
THORNE HOPE.
Tem'Me. (la-
A SOCIALIST’S DEFINITION OF
SOCIALISM.
Because I like to see every side get a
■fair hearing. I want to add to the dis
cussion of socialism now going on In
the Household a brief quotation from
the latest utterance of perhaps our
most widely-known socialist at present:
Upton Sind ir. author of the book that
stirred up the whole country over the
crimes of the packing houses.
The recent tilt between Tom Watson
and the socialists has furnished me food
for much thought. They spit enough
fire and brimstone at each other to cook
streets, parks, and in many instances li- I themselves to a turn; and the humble
bra,vies, hospitals, electric lights .and i searclic:* after truth was afforded con-
waterworks. Socialists want >uch own- j siderable amusement as well as a good
lievc, irrespective of party, and party
misrule will lie killed forever. For this
reason those who are exploiting the
people work day and night to keep alive
party prejudice, in order that their ex
ploiting may not he interfered with by
the people all standing together. But
at last we have caught on to their game
and their days are numbered. ’Varty
loyalty” will one day he classed along
with the belief in witchcraft and the
use of the thumbscrew as one of the
inexplicable delusions that held civil
ization liack a hundred years or more.
LOMACITA.
BEAUTIFUL PRIZE FREE
Each one of those pictures represents a
well-known Uower. Can you fell what
they are? '1 ho first one is tiie picture of a
Lion dressed up in the ol< >thes of a Landy,
and therefore it stands for Lmiideliou.
Do you know what tho others are? To
everyone who tells us what as many as
three of these flowers aro wo will crivo a
rrlze of four San Francisco Post Cards,
sbowintr the awful Fire and Earthquake
catastrophe. Those post cards a re in many
beautiful nnd effective colors. If you
think roal hard, conmnrinf? each picture
with a different flower, you will be able to
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EVOLUTIONISTS IN TROUBLE.
livolunionists frequently forget them
selves and tell some things against their
own theory. For instance, while telling
us that Africa was the cradle of man
kind, from which, by evolution, various
races, advancing, have spread over the
eartn; and while hunting in tha*t fiedd for
a claimed “missing link*’ between the
“least developed’* of mankind and the
monkey, they unthinkingly blurt out a
completely different story.
In an article on irrigation. Professor
A. \V. Hadley now gives it as his opTn-
tell what, flowers these pictures repre- ion that Africa once hail a wonderful
«eut,aDyivaytonaxEethreeo/them. tvhen civilization when “stupendous plans and
tYie 1 Perfect technical details were so grand
You will l>e delighted with the set of San 1 that later efforts are paled into insignffi-
Krani tsco post cards, 60 send your solu eanee. ’ If thousands of years have
tion of the puzzle «t once and If you name j brought degradation to the inhabitants
yjrS?i oi’ Africa, does not this down the evo-
cards will be sent you by return mail. I » ,» ♦ Lncn' „,1 1 < piiKin
Kvervone who answers this nd will also' jution theory and exalt the Bible leach-
ing of a fall? We quote from Professor
Hadley's article as follows:
“The ancient period has to do with that
accomplished during the reign of the
Pharaohs, kings of Egypts, who ruled
4.000 years rago. ahd carried out lrrlgeta
tion plans so bold in conception and co
lossal In execution that modern works are
dwarfed Into practical Insignificance. Re
cently discovered ancient writings and
subsequent investigations by scientific ex
plorers reveal substantial to the effect
that the famous six cataracts of the Nile
between Assouan and Khartoum are not.
as had for ages been supposed, mere [
works of nature, but are Instead the rutnaj^
Everyone who answers this nd will also
be sent a copy of the Woman’s World,
printed in colors. Address WOMAN'S
WORM). 63-AS Washington St„
Contest Dept. 14, Chicago, III.
And ! dry weather, or the boll weevil will come
wasn't communism one of the corner * along an eat up the cotton bodaciously.
stones of the old-time religion? Christ! An' as for the corn, there won’t be nou-
was a communist. He taught communism hi' made but nubbins. You can tell that
as essential to a Christian life. He prac-; now. The l>ord knows what’s to become
ticed ft all through His public life. He ’ of us all. We’ll starve. I reckin’. An’
and His followers bad one common purse ! it’ p ever bit on account of people’s mean-
ami when the rich, moral young man . ness. They jes’ gits more close-fisted an’
begged to 'be told how he might become; unobligin’ ever day. They wont do a
a Christian, Jesus told him to go and ] thing to commodate you, ef you was a
sell all he had distribute the money l1 Yin’. Twarn’t so when I was growin’
among those who needed it. j <‘P- The wort’s glttin’ worse an’ worse.
After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apos-1 an it s 'bound to come to an enn ’fore
ties kept tip communism as part, and a ] ions: ”
very important part, of their creed. In I ' Aunt Jemima, there's Mayme to tell
the fourth chapters cf Aet. s of the Apos- 1 us dinner is ready. Come in; take this
ties we are told that "The multitude who j seat I’ve got beans for dinner. I re-
believed were of oiie heart and one soul, j member you are fond of "beans.”
Neither did any of them say that any "I like them well enough, but they
of the things lie possessed were his own, ® on * Uke me. Ever thing disagrees with
but they had al 1 things in common. There * ,ne these days. I don t dare to eat what
was none among them who Tacked, for as[ 1 want. I didn't tech any breakfus this
many as were possessors of lands or] niornin’, but a cup of coffee.”
houses sold these and brought the prices! *->h, Aunt Jemima! Is It possible you
of tiie things sold and laid them down] walked here, five miles, without eating
at the apostles’ feet, anil distribution al D'thing at all? ’
was made unto every man according to * never eat a bite, cepin’ a mouthful
his ncejl.” I of biscuit, an’ a speck er butter. Y'cs.
Two ol’ the members of the early church ! an a leetle jiicce er bacon. I hain’t got
rebelled in their hearts against giving! a mite er appetite. I jes’ has to worry
up all 'they had that it might be put in j down my victuals. Them 'beans tastes
the common stock. These were Ananias tnighty good, hut I'm feard I’m goin’ to
and his wife. Sapphire. They sold a j suffer fer eatin' ’em.”
ided the.v would! .V 1 '- n °l they’re very tender. Let nte
It is not the last Judgment that is here
referred to. The preliminary accounting
reveals Insolvency, and is the occasion
of divine forgivness. Application is made
to man’s forgiveness of his fellows. For
given sinner showing unforgiving spirit
is paradoxical. (Lesson II.)
The parable of the good Samaritan is
the pearl of the parables. With the
freedom of oriental audiences one In
jects a question. It proves to be only
a dialectic gauntlet. Josus with consum
mate ski)!, takes the man on his own
ground, and has him answer his own
question. The attempt to refine upon
the term neighbor is the immediate cause
of the parable. The term is not defined. ! the effort if
but the subjectic of state which makes
a man neighbor to every one is superbly
illustrated, and the terse application, "Do
thou likewise!” Is made. (Lesson III.)
The request which the disciples made
for a form of prayer was natural. They faction
had observed that Jesus in prayer, and
John the Baptist had set the precedent
of teaching his followers a formula. It
remains for the universal teacher to give
the universal form. The first part re
lates to the Father, His name, kingdom,
will. The second relates to man—bread,
forgiveness, deliverance. From the form
Jesus proceeds to the spirit of prayer,
which He illustrates by a parable, the
force of which is its marked contrasts.
(Lesson IV.)
Sociability was a marked trait of Jesus.
Asceticism finds no support in Him
whatever. In this Instance He is guest
of a Pharisee who covets His table talk.
A sufferer lies in the vestibule. Jesus
does not avoid him. He does not merely
toss a small coin to him. He determines
to heal, but forestalls criticism by ask
ing, "is it lawful to cure on the Sab
bath?” He answers His question by-
curing. Later He has a word for guests
and another for host. (Lesson \ .)
The strength of Jesus’ iparable of the
great supper is its improbability. The
preposterous inadequacy of tiie excuses
shows at a glance the disinclination to
accept the invitation. It is a deliberate
insult. The Master dwells upon the
(practical rather than the speculative
iphase—namely, upon the personal atti
tude of the individual toward the Mes-
into Jerusalem
It was an event
of large degree. It was not accidental,
but designed. It was consistent with
Jesus’ plan to present Himself to tha
nation for acceptance or rejection, in
presents points oif contract to other
"triumphs.” fit was characterized by
meekness, a lowly equipage, absence of
captives and spoils. It was accorded
by the common people, not by church
or state. Y'et It was the most significant
triumph of al’ history. No similar spec
tacle was ever fraught with such influ
ence upon tiie destiny of the human
race. (Lesson XI.)
Jesus’ moral agony was greater than
any physical pains He ever suffered. The
cause of It was the contradiction of sin
ners against Himself, their effort to en
tangle Him In His words, their refusal
to accept Him or His message. Jesu3
was crucified again and again before eve ■
He came to His cross. In this instance
elicit from Him a cate
gorical statement which can be used
against Him in His trial, then impend
ing. Jesus’ answer is a miracle of gen
ius, a flash of inspiration. He escaped
the snare. He allied Himself with “no
He carried the question over
into an entirely- new realm, where there
are no disjointed commands or sacra
mental offices, but where there is a Life
which gives continuity, vigor, progress
to tiie whole. With one splendid flash,
Jesus discloses tile fundam^ual element
in religion. Absent, it makes the Chris
tian a heathen: present, it makes the
heathen a Christian. Thi<; disputatious
coterie fades. Jesus is speaking to the
universal human heart. The man of to-
day, e\'en though technically rated an
unbeliever, recognizes the Divineness of
the message, and receiving it. begins tiie
life of love toward God and his fellows.
And that Is religion. (Lesson XII.)
LESSONS THIRD QUARTER.
I July I. Jesus and the Children.
(Matt, xviii. 1-14.)
2. July 8. The Duty of Forgiveness.
(Matt, xviii. 21-35.)
3. July 15. The Good Samaritan. (Luke
x, 25-37.)
4. July 22. Jesus Teaching How To
Pray. (Luke xi. 1-13.)
5. July 29. Jesus Dines with a Pharisee,
(Luke xiv, 1-J4.)
6. August 5- False Excuses. (Luke xiv,
>5-24.)
7. August 12. The Parable of the Two
Sons. (Luke xv. 11-32.)
8. August 19. The Judge, the Pharisee,
10. September 2. Bartimaeus and Zac-
chaeus. (Luke xviii, 35; xix, 10.)
11. September 9. Jesus Enters Jerusa
lem in Triumph. (Matt, xxi, 1-17.)
12. September 16. Jesus Silences the
Pharisees and Sadducees. (Mark xii.
sianic kingdom rather than the acci- and the Publican. (Luke xviii. 1-14.)
dents of that kingdom. (Lesson VI.) 9 August 26. The Rich Y'oung Ruler.
The parable of the Two Sons is the j (Mark x, 17-3
“pearl of parables.” Its primary object
was to Justify Jesus’ attitude toward pub
licans and sinners by picturing them as
subjects of divine comparison. The sec
ondary object is to picture sin as a revolt
against a beneficent Father. The inci- x mL ,
dental lessons are: The freedom of the j 13.37 )
will: folly of sin, its unsatisfying nature |3 SePtember 23 Review,
and desperate consequences, the nature ,
of evangelical penitence, as discriminated | l4 - September 30^ A Temperance Les-
ifor legal ipenitence; the process and [ son - (oral, v, 15-26; vi. 7-8.)
4— 1+
gold mine, or convert these pine woods r and lasses begun to pair off to seats ir\
into turpentine farms. Come over Moth- ] buggies or logs and other places to tell
■ ’ * * “ the old, old story, which would be out
all too short by tiie evening service, after
which all would go home or to a house
Meb and see my chickens and flowers.
They are pretty, a'nd worth seeing.
Y'our friend,
C. II. RUST.
Pelican, La.
piece of property and d
keep back a part of the money for their! you some more,
own use and sny that the property had "You kin pour me another cu
brought only what they gave in —
For
lenying this they were sternly rebuked
toy Peter, and both were Instantly struck
dead there. This shows wliat great im
portance was attached to tiie Institution
of communism among the old-time Chris
tians. But communism lias been dropped
from tiie Christian tenets. Tt touched the
sacred pocket. Baptism cost nothing, and
it has been strictly maintained, though it
was but a ceremony, while communism
was a principle in tiie early church, one
established by Christ.
Now, I am not a communist. G. W.
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p er cof
fee. an’ I’ll try one of them hot biscuits
an’ another leetle bit er chicken and
some of that gravy thar.”
"Stay longer, Aunt Jemima. Don’t
hurry off.”
"Y’es, I’ve got to go by Brother Ben’s.
His folks is poorly. His wife’s a mighty
no-count eretur. an’ always a gruntin’.
I can't bear grumbly complainin’ people
Well, goodby. I don’t know when i 11
see you all agin. I feel mignty bad, an'
I don’t expes I'm long for this world.
Has you all got any snuff?”
“Why, no. Aunt Jemima; none,of us
use It.”
“Well, give me a little of the ole man’s
trtnaeeo to do me till t git home. You
all s curus folks not to use snuff. 1
couldn’t get along without It.”
EUGENIA LEE.
RESULTS OF UNSKILLED LABOR.
Faint streaks of light had began to
mark the eastern horizon, while lazily
curling above the huge smoke stacks
black volumes of smoke arose in tiie
air—tiie soft sough of the pines was the
only audible sound in the little mill town
as methodical slips were made for the
beginning of another days’ work. Then
there arose on the air the deep-throated
tone of the ten-minute whistle—work was
to begin at sunrise. The echo of the
whistle had began to die atway when it
seemed that heaven Itself had opened,
and a thunder bolt had descended, shak
ing the town 'from center to circumfer
ence. Sounds of breaking timber, the
rattle of missills on the roof of the
houses, tiie houses themselves shaking.
and above it all the hiss of escaping | “Let's run away as fast as w can
steam. There arose on the morning air ; And see the dear little show.”
a babel of voices and the patter of run- ] Tonight tiie memory of that glad 'hour *
ning feet. | Comes as the lights burn low.
Two boilers out of a battery of four I Would that life held as much of inn.5-
party somewhere to talk over the day
and prepare for tiie morrow, and the
same program from day to day until the
last evening, when the goodbyes were
said and all returned to the "misera-
ble”(?) farm life all the better for the
vacation and social intercourse.
Virginia. HARRY.
SEEING THE SHOW.
“What is the matter, dear little Dick? 1 *
Asked the woman bending low;
Up went his head In answer, quick,
"I wanted to see the show.
But mamma says folks will talk, and
say
Our tastes are mighty low,
If t'hey find out we went in tire tent to
see
A poor little ten-cent show."
Then *t1ie woman laughed and caught his
hand.
And said with her face aglow:
MEB, MAJIR AND ANNIE.
t , th ® Sunny South is all In all.
I think, In the original reading matter
leads every other publication. I have
enjoyed it more than all the reading I’ve
ever done. I am saving my paprs. so
when my little girls are old enough to
appreciate them. I'll hand them out and
say Children, take these and get a clas
sical education herefrom." Mother Meb I t-,! ■
has outdistanced all the other leaders of I
magazines and papers too far to be seen 1 1 am a
by any of them.
When I wrpte you last It was about
my flowers and chickens. I have suc
ceeded with both tlii s year far beyond
my most eager hoipes. The prettiest pair
of chickens that I selected to keen for
my own purposes. I’ve named Major
Bryan and Lady Meb. These are perfect
beauties, the prettiest type of Rhode Is-
Isncl .red I ever saw.
This morning two hawks lit in a tall
old pine near by. an old hawk and «
young blue darter
ENGINEER.
had exploded,
Troy. Ala.
“BIG MEETING” AMONG VIR
GINIA FARMERS.
The Household’s lively and clever coi^
respondents hall from every state In the
union, but I have noticed very few let
ters from Virginia. Is the Old Dominion
forgotten, when It Is the very heart of
cent fun
As the tent of that cheap little show?
ANNICE.
Virginian, and I would like to
tell you of a country protracted meet
ing recently held n a large old-fashoned
brick Virginia country church, on a large
hill in u grove of venerable oaks.
Tt began on the first Sunday morning
in August, and lasted until Wednesda.v
cvening. with two services a day, with
an intermission of two hours between.
The farmers and their wives and daugh
ters came from all directions in buggies,
carriages and wagons, the sons
Long--Felt Want.
Caller—ATe you the chap who invented
the machine for locating fires?
Inventor—Yes.
Caller—Well, I've got on idea for you
to work on.
Inventor—What Is It?
Caller—Invent a machine for locating a
policeman when he is wanted.
, horseback, with boxes of provisions and
_ . - .. . - , Major Bryan was i loads of fruit and melons with which to
J}”?,® 1 ? t ' ,e uetenslye, f o he beat a hasty I regale themseives during the intermis-
retreat towards the yard with all his s ion
forces close on his heels.
1 also have little Annie Valentine, but
she has been petted so much that she
thinks her place is in the house.
The seasons this year have been un
favorable here for crops. The boll
weevils, too, have devastated the cotton
fields. Some of the old settlers are dis-
slon.
After meeting and talking to their
friends and neighbors in the good old
Virginia way for a while the singing
began in the house and the people began
to find seats; the old deacons in the
"amen corners.*’ After they were all
seated they were treated to an old-fash-
have already gone and write back’ glow- | preacher; then the intermission, in
ing accounts of the JJne country they I which the jlinner^ was spread undey the
all
weevil. _ .
some here and discover olj or ooai or a When all had eaten enough the awn ini
CHARMING
FIGURES
This beautiful photo illustrates
what can be done with
MRS. POTTER’S HYGIENIC
FLESH AND BUST FOOD.
Any woman under sixty, whose face
cheeks, neck, shoulders and bust
are not as beautifully rounded-out
plump and pretty aa this lady’*
should use Mrs. Potter** Method ol
development. No dru«s. nc
appliances, bat convenient and very
easy tense. Physicians say it is the
moat healthful and harmless math-
od known for removing wrinkles,
fllllni-ap and roundin*-out hollow places, and making
the eheat and bust firm and full.
pn nr* “To show yon what a wonder worker it is.
r* fw |H and convince yon that it does develop the
* * boat trom 2 to 8 inches, in S to 4 weeks, we
will send a good trial treatment and onr illustrated hook,
lat giving fall instructions in the Potter Method, (sealed!
© found in west Florida. They are 1 flowing arms of the oaks, to which all on receipt of your name and 10 cents (silver or stamps) to
seeking places to out-wit the boll were Invited, after which the melons hVcriv?.> h paiA
ivll. i don’t see why some one doesn’t and fruit were In order. * * * J
Suit* M . Odd ftllowi Tempi*, Ciadnaati, O.