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SIXTH < PAG£ THE SUNNY SOUTH. OCTOBER 6, 1906. Talks on Timely Topics. £ PROPOSED CURE FOR DRUNK ENNESS. LEXANPER STEPHENS often declared his belief that the ibost way to bring about temperance was to promote drinking of light native wines. He instanced the absence of drunken ness in France and Italy, where every man. woman and child drank wine. This cure for the evil of in toxication is now put for ward as something new in •‘Every <T»ay Housekeep- wrlter who has traveled a abroad and has resided in Paris. He says: “France Is a nation of drinkers—men. women and children—but drunkenness is rare in this country. I traveled all through the provinces and Stayed for weeks in Paris, traversed the city from end t during all the time 1 saw drunken man; that was ing" by a great deal seeing: fi : as oom- where I i end, and but one on the wharf of the marine city of Boulogne. In Paris T ■aw not a single instance of drunkenness. I have traveled in a leisurely way through Italy twice without drunken person, though wine i moil a drink there as soda water is with us. I do not recall seeing an intoxicated person in Germany during two extensive trips across that empire, nor in Belgium and Holland did I observe any intoxica tion." How lamentably different it is in Amer ica! Seeking for a cause for this great difference, the writer quoted above con cludes that it lies in the use by foreign nations of only light wine.: and ale,and that the remedy for intemperance in this country is to charge very high rates for licenses to sell whisky, rum and other strong drinks, to limit the places where these are sold to a very few, and to have these places under I borough inspec tion. License any reputable person to! sell light wines, beer and ale, and require; tllere liavc been working people grew more intense, ana ht; wrote his powerful novel, “The Mys teries of Paris,” followed by another work not less popular and strong—“The Wandering Jew.” These books were im mensely popular. They were trans lated into all languages, and helped to forward the great socialist movement. Sue afterwards wrote "The Mysteries of the People,” “The Devil Doctor.” and other novels, but none of these achieved thb popularity of the "Mysteries of Paris,” and “The Wandering Jew.” Alt er the revolution of 1848, oue returned lrom exile, and was eiecleu a member of the assembly. He uieu at Savoy m August, loos. lie is at toe heau of melodramatic fiction of tile nineteen in century. As to your question concerning the ne gro. it' is difficult to form any estimate about the race, since they are being so rapidly mongrelized, and mixed witli other races. The pure black race will probably become extinct in time. ) ne negro domain extends from flic African mainland to the Fiji Archipelago, tne Philippines, Australasia, Malay, the West India islands, and North and South America, in addition to the pure black, we have the mulatto tof white and negro parents), ihe mestizit Jnuian aiu* negro), the zambo (negro and native Mexican), and a number of other halt- easte breeds. The quadroon is the is sue of mulatto and white parents. The octoroon lias but one-eighth of negro blood, and is the on spring of white and quadroon parents. The .virican negroes are the degenerated descendants of far superior, prehistoric races, whose noble archicturai remains have lately been dis covered in tlie heart of the Dark Con tinent.” Egypt, in the northern part of Africa, was the cradle of learning and art. The native Egyptians are now miserable, ignorant barbariuns, who never heard of the kingly Pharaohs, or of Cleopatra and her magnificent court. They burn the mummied kings and demi gods as fuel, and build their wretched huts in the shadow of the ancient temples and pyramids. 'I lie scheme of human affairs is a see-saw. It is up; then down. Nations rise to the highest pinnacle of civilization, then sink to tlie dentils of savagery. We Anglo- Saxons are on the up grade now, and it is hard to imagine tiiat we shall ever retrograde—but history repeats itself . With the Household All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MBS. MARY E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Qa., Inquiries and Letters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage. Chat With Householders. UR friends, the advertise is popped in last week to let us know that the business season had opened. Their visit called for more space, and to give it. the genius of the printing room lopped off the con cluding paragraphs of my i imely Talk. In which T told you that I was there at that big centennial pa rade and heard the thrill ing rebuke given by “Marching Through Georgia ” brer, hurled at the gallant and his troops appeared. I heard the approving cheers from showing that right and toward each other will assert “Dixie” to which had Gord- n as AI 20.000 throat just foclin itself among men A ns pm Can any of our readers tell Mr. c. R ! Aiken, of Lone Oak, Texas, who is til 1 author of a poem called “The Skull," ! ginning thus: ie- skull, how striking, yet mortality: No human “Behold this how still; Sad emblem of skill Discerns the thoughts that here in life did dwell.” poem on ; a number skull, and 'f versuied seated at a table in a saloon that secluded from public view. The writer gives as a reason for this, that if a man our mortality, but I do not recall hav- ever before read the lines quoted. goes into a saloon where every one pass- | see him, he will quickly gulp ilasses of strong glass of 1 caui Lawrence nuqoar was Dorn l nerhans Dayton, Ohio, on Juna 27. 1872, and die. . ^ last spring. lie was dark brown ii mg "mi en or. He graduated from the Daytoi asks: "Please tell me if ing can see him, he will MUicKiy gu*P j anU author-had ^a”high'“hcHo.T"odica- down a glass or two glasses ol strong, Uon? Was he of pure African blood? liquor and 'become intoxicated; but if he | How old was lie when he died? \> nat were seated in a comfortable chair at a ; books did lie write?” table, where he could sip his glass of | ^ Until Lawrence Duqbar was born wine or beer, and take his case, glancing over the paper or chattiu e --“ coor. He graduated from the Dayton a companion, lie would spend perhaps j High school in 1891. In 1898 he married ten minutes or more over his glass, and Alice Ruth Moore, in New York, where not care for more. He savs: ‘'! have j was writing for newspapers. His seen entire families in Germany and ! 1 ‘ r ? t va !'. ln ."\ P oen «- published ** 1893. . ... a «. . , , called Oak and Ivy. Afterwards Austria sit around a table in a beer | he published "Majors and Minors.” garden with one glass each before them, j "Lyric,# of Lonely Life." "Folks in and drink no more. The glass drank in Dixie, "The Uncalled,” "Lyrics of the this way did not harm them as much as j Hearthside,’ “Cabin and l v iedd, The *■- " Gideon,” “Candle Lightin' and several other volumes of verse, together with several novels. Home comfortless drug store counter. | among them "The Sport of the Gods," These suggestions are worth looking j and "Fanatics.” He lived in Washing- into and given a trial. We have such ton City, but went west when his healtli *- a T"""..“..I r":-. <es,gn , s diamond shaped. the anout an inch long, the letters, S. « ■eire in black piiaiupI eiiriinej. the prize for ver baqge Is 25 cents, for gold. 30 cents, and a n lj sil- one in rolled ■ I-., ,,,, for a solid gold dge $1.50. The badg, ton’s letter came one telling of a young wife, whose husband’s love failed—utter ly, when she became a faded invalid- after the birth of her child. After treat ing her with brutality, he took her, as she thought, to pay a short visit to her mother; but, as she was thinking of going back to her home, a note came, saying she need never return, as he no longer cared for her. So there are sad desertions on the part of husbands, also. And yet there are many loyal devoted married pairs, whom only death can part. Tlie dislo.vhl ones—like army deserters— are tlie exceptions. Remember that, dear Mr. Orton. One of our Household boys. Anagram, is to be congratulated. He has been nominated in the primary (equivalent to election) to the office of auditor. He is young, tnl- entc,} and ambitions. We wish him suc cess. Our Will Gunter writes that he is better, and we may hope soon to hear from him. He has been one of the as piring brave-hearted ones, whom ill health has handicaped. Slip Is well enough again to be writing sweet letters to some of our girls. Let him look out for Elam. John Sims, I am sorry 1 missed those roses and the visit, because of the un timely rains. "Stigma," Emily Selkirk’s strong “pin- number of little negroes came to the palings, saying: "Please ma’am, gi’ me er cake.” Not wishing to be stingy, she thought she might spare one or two cakes, but said': “Take these, but don’t tell I gave them to you.” In a short time here came a regular team, and attaching themselves to the palings, all began to beg at once: "Miss, you gi’ Jim and Nancy cakes, gi’ us some, too.” and there was such a cute expresion on their dusky faces that Saliy had to grant their request. Then an old woman came along and said: “You oughtn't to be doing dis business. You folks is big people. What you selling cakes for?” and the old wom an looked so hungry that Sally had to give her a cake. Ry this time hrr stock was very much reduced, and not a, sale had she made, when into the yard hounded half a _jlozen or more school children who had come by to play In the big old shady yard with her little brother. “What you doin', sis? What, got cakes? Give us some. W» are most starved.” How could she refuse her petted “lit tle bud." when she had indulged the little negroes. She gave each child a cake and there wore very few left. Just then tlie hotel porter came to the i fence and said: “Miss, T heard yon had fresh eakes I SEND IT FREE TO SUFFERING WOMEN i Wonderful Medical Discovery that Cures Womea of Female Diseases and Piles, Sent FREE. Women no longer need submit to embarrassing examinations and big doctor bills. To show good faith and to prove to you that I can euro you I will send free a package of my remedy to every sufferer. 1 hold the secret of a discovery whi-h rarely fails to cure women of piles or female weakness. Falling of the womb, painful menstrual periods, leucorrhea, granulation, ulceration, etc., are very readily cured by iny treatment, I now offer this priceless secret to the women of America, believing that it will effect a cure, no matter how long you have suffered or how many doctors have failed. I do not ask any sufferer to take my unsupported word for this, although it is as true as gospel. If you will send me your name and address, I will send you a package of this discovery absolutely free, which will show you that you can be cured. Do not suffer another day but just sit down and write me for it now. n. MILLER, - Box 2056 KOKOIRO, IND. in the work!. In such a position T would not say goodhy. I would appeal to all the tenderness in his nature—if he had any—anq ask 1dm to help me to rear his children to a state of usefulness and happiness. If this did not avail. I would then eall in the aid of the strong arm of the law, and 1 would make him support his children. Oh. yes, T can be firm When I fee] that the occasion demands it. Mr. Pritchard, the foreman of the printing room, has kindly promised to show me over tlho big place where tlie "Sunny” is printed at night, and When T go see. maybe i'll tell the Houshold all about it. eiliier a makers, Roehest badge c design." if tlie : stick pin or br Charles K. Grom r. X. Y. By pa yin n lie made larger Tlie desigi h. fr ordered Turner "Farmer the Co., | to liea more the j yielded pose novel.” c* iisliers, Herbert of Boston, Mass, your address on J. Holleway, of Edison. Oa more about that Can you furnish some for you good results. I fear had crop year. The . ... early summer j ,fu "ere a little larger, it I pave all been broken. ii i e perlect. "It will,” savs <;. W I Many are Liisappointed at missing Julia about ten days for i—->- . I had of the pub- j ,n sell & Compant, J g )lp barely had enough, but slip lot him Piease send ( havp them an(i engaged cakes for sev- ard to Mr. Clifford j pra | days to come. who wants i “How did you hear about the cakes?” farm which | she asked r with tiie same j you have found this a bad very neat, and j golden promises of the "tali I w fair, of ti, ish Tt will lie • rain, I onvv after it is ordered we could all attend the Florida fine exhibit. In spite . . . - Mr. Pleas (Grandpa), his trip across the pxhib:t.-\ He sends me a that beautiful flesh-eater plant. It is gorgeousl red. which n purpose of t lie badge to Tait's welcome book reviews, owing to an honey, it would be country collecting specimen of -the pitcher spotted with dark ! say is for the attracting insects seeking 11 n ra 1 [ a-icidcnt. these have not appeared re cently, but will be resumed. Our gifteu Julia has been engaged by Mr. Pearson to review books for bis magazine. The Literary Banner, also by Mr. Wiggle, for his forth-coming monthly. “The Mocking Bird.” This week we have for our picture gallery Geraldine’s sweet face and an excellent portrait of our gallant knight. I have received a fine picture of Buck Bullock for next week. Also T have "1 tasted the one you gave my little hoy. and it was so fresh and sweet 1 thought we couldn't do better than to patronize you.” So “Sail v Bunn” had started in her business, and she had advertised wed when, in kindness, she had given a cake to a little colored boy. MATTIE HOWARD. Lovingly, ITA LY HEMPERLY. MISS SOPHIE WRIGHT, OF NEW ORLEANS. Out of the one hundred thousand White men and boys of N ,• Orleans one thou sand are depending for their education j ^ upon one woman. Tiiir. woman. Miss So phie Wright, is not one of the rich philanthropists. nit is fair in a glass of our ice-cold soda poured down j 01 the throat of a heated man or woman at quantities of light native wines, and could have more if demanded, and at cheaper rates. Human beings seem to crave stimulating drinks, and if these are given them of light quality and per fectly pure in a respectable place, with comfortable homelike surroundings, it may be that the craving could be satis fied without intoxication. To require that such places should be carefully and con stantly inspected would be doing a great deal toward bringing out the desired re- aults. M. E. B. WITH CORRESPONDENTS. A "South Carolina Reader" asks: "Please give me a sketcli of the life of Eugene Sue, in the Household. Do ills other works come up to the standard of tiie ’Wandering Jew?’ Also, please tell me if It is true, as I have seen it stated, that the negro race is dying out in Africa and elsewhere, and will, in course of time, become extinct.” Eugene Sue's true naTne was Joseph Marie Sue. lie was born at Paris, oil December 10, 1804. His father was a prominent surgeon, possessed of ample means—a physician at tlie court of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Empress Jo sephine was the boy's godmother, though as soon as lie could think for himself he repudiated kings, and was tilled with sympathy for the people. So acknowledged were his socialistic views that he was banished from France after Napoleon had made himself emperor. Previous to this, he followed liis father's profession. He was a surgeon in the army in Spain during the campaign of 1823, when lie was but little over 18, and was in tlie battle of Navarino. He then began to write sea stories—full of advent’.re—"Kernock, the pirate.” "The Salamander,” and others. He also wrote "John Cavalier” before he was 30 years old. His sympathy with tli failed. He died of lie was 34 years old. consumption when Mr. Picas' beautiful nnrl va- riod collection of Florida views. lie is a peerless artist with the camera. Durward's trip east took him no Tar- ! (hot than to Athens. Ala., where he i had a delightful visit to Fineta. who ' found him uniquely interesting and handsome, while he thinks she is one' ot tiie south’s queenly women. I have not heard from him since he met Mizpah, "ho did tlie honors at Nashville for him. or our Julia Tait. of Memphis, and rarndla Avery, of fit. Louis, whom he intended visting. Mizpah says: "He is I finet looking than his picture, well ! versed in books, and his talk and manners j tell o fgood 'blood and gentle breeding” I M. M. D„ of Arcadia. La., write I aguin. I told you why your very bright I letter was not published. It’s Irony • would not have been understood by a ' number of our readers. It is a singula” fact that many bright, educated peo lie cannot 'appreciate irony. Lucretia, I have vain for your address. It is worth going to the ! an excellent programme, stories by Mat- tie Howard, Faye. Grady Travis and Moonshiner. Jennie number of others. M. E. B. TO MARGARET A. RICHARD. I. "The sun iwlll sthine again some day,” This sweet voiced singer said, “God works His own mysterious way.” While darkly o'er the head Of this dear child. The storm cloud< wild, Their threatening pinions spread. H. looked more than The snn will shine again for you, Where pain cannot annoy. The sun of life and health and love. The sun of hope and joy Will shine with bright And purest light. As gold ‘without alloy. ETHELP.ERTA. Sampsell, Go. I if ore she can devote an hour io tlie needy, she must give another hour's work to defray her own daily expenses. She gained her own education unaided—often studying but a day ahead of lier pupils. Many other women, less frail and crip pled than Miss Wright, are “shut-ins." Her hair is prematurely whitened by suf ferings; her body is encased in steel har ness arid she can walk only on crutches. Despite this physical handicap, she teaches every morning in a private scliwo! to earn her own livelihood. Every ai tor- noon her time is given to charities. Every night she faces the multitude of boys and men, from nine years of age ’to fifty, who throng her school house to be In structed by her and her assistants. Miss Wright has had to call upon volunteers to help her care for her pupils. The pupils are enrolled upon hut two conditions—that they are employed dur ing the day school hours, and that they are too poor 'to pay. So In the night school arc men. whose determined pur- deadened DEFEAT MAY BE GAIN—MY PLATONIC FRIEND. I have heen in the valley of the shadow and the way out was difficult and painfully slow. But oh, how much those days in the valley taught me. When T expected most any time to bo culled to render an account of niv “stewnrtship,” mi - life seemed very in complete and selfish. Perhaps, though, most every one’s life is incomplete at my age. Now. however, that another chance is given me I hope at least to he of son-.e use to humanity. I wonder why the things we covet most are generally denied us. Oftentimes this is for the best. Recently I heard one of our southern orators lecture. Ho has reputation of being rather cynical, world's I and as lie llatl Just suffered a political poor that | defeat, I naturally expected some bit just as reprehensible as to strain them. Darwin was not an atheist. The sum of his sinning was that lie did not believe that God's natural laws are as defective as some do who claim to be the only real bona-fide worshipers of a supreme being. This was the extent of his “materialism.” Unadilla, you can always find some one to quote against anything, it matters not how true it may be. Opinions are not argument. Errata.—Of the many errors, typo graphical and grammatical (the latter due to my haste and carelessness—yes. and to my ignorance) that have appeared in my letters, f wish to correct two. In one of my letters T said that our Teutonic ancestors were once savages, clad in skins of wild boasts, and were decorated with the “wond plant." not "war paint” as it was typed. Tn my reply to Senex. th“ word “asseveration" should he substi tuted for "asservation." JOHN MASON. A simple vegetable remedy that cure nil female diseases and piles. T will sen free to every sufferer. Write Mrs. Cor B. Miller. Box 2056. Kokomo. Ind. terne; his talk. But not so Tt was a message of love and tenderness to mankind, and I thought that after all he had gained by his defeat. To those interested in iplatonie friend ship i will say that I am testing the theory. Since last winter T've had a very kind friend of the platonic order. I will let you know the termination. The other day I received a lecture on mingling with those beneath me socially. They wound up by saying, “you have less idea of class distinction than any body I ever knew.” The cause of all this was innocent enough. We were at a mountain resort ana we drove a great deal to see different views, ete. Tt so happened that we had th» same driver. I became interested In this driver. He was very handsome: when in repose his face was exceedingly sad, hut when talking his expression would brighten up wonderfully. At first. I would talk to j NOT A VEGETARIAN—THE PARK PIGNEY. Dear M"h—T saw in your chat your surmise that possibly T may be a Budd hist or a t heoscinliist. judging by my sympathy for animals, hut I am not a 'em vert to those old eastern faiths, which have been tr-nspl 1 nted here. [ come of old Calvanistic stock, and shun all fads. But, like the people of tiie Orient. I worship divinity in all created things, be lieving that it goes far back, beyond even the animals whom I greatly love. The wise new western philosophy—which Is science—meets the wise old cistern phi losophy half way these latter days. But I stand by tlie precepts of St. Paul in re gard to pushing things to extremes. What modern author is it who says, “Never push anything to a logical conclusion.” As for “passing meat with a shudder”— j don't you believe it *T remember some j time ago. in accordance again with °t. : Paul's injunction to ‘try all things—lunch- | ing at a physical culture restaurant in ; Twenty-third street, on vegetable diet, I I cal a whole course of curious imitation I dishes; and they and the thought of them. so preyed upon internal anatomy and I mental mechanism that T was lamentably I iii for two days. Now. that doesn't sound | like being a food vegetarian, does it? A HOME BROKEN UP. A blow has been struck me— a numbing. month since a friend of' ^tsiHerilngr blow. It is hut a glaneina Sorry Sappho sends a poem, which she asks me to criticize In the liouseho-a "with perfect frankness,” adding, "1 don't care how harsh you are. I want to learn, and nobody will know who 'Sorry Sappho’ is. I sent these verses to a paper, which has never before re fused a poem of mine, and I have sent j Alma D. several there. They gave no reason, save that it was not up to the stand ard.' 1 would like to know what is the matter with it.” The poem is called “The First Frost," and (lie opening verse violates a law of rhetoric. the Household—a sweet, kindly woman— w'sncd to know where she might write to you and tell you of a position she thought would suit you. Her address is Hattie L. Grantham. Estill, Miss I would be glad If all who write wishing for positions or information would giv~ in their letter ' * offices. blow, and another took the full Impact, yet the effect upon me seems to have been little short of that he appears to have suffered. But he Is trying to as- si me an unconcern, which he does not feel. They seemed so happy together, and he was devoted to her. He made a good pose to learn is not deadened by the j him just to see the change and gradually j th e mUe^A f lea n ' pVgm y ° w h o'\s hou.^I weariness of a daj s work. En = a 0 ed in i wr , came to know each other quite well. ; with the h><” anos He has heen a sub the practical things of life, many ofj He was mtle more than a boy. and he I .hetofa danyffiferertinthe pape^s.bu’ was always so courteous to us that I'[after I had championed the little block didn't see any harm in talking to him. I rascal in accordance with what seemed of life, many of them do not wait for supper—do not hes itate to walk 5 or 6 miles—to attend this; •hool, where they attain to that pro ficiency necessary to the success of their, Some of tlie dailv life work. Go to any of the large j unpardonable "October with her winds as broom Swept the brown forest like a room. In which to throne tiie ’White Queen Frost. Then back the gray cloud curtains tost. And lit tlie star lamps overhead. While sank the sun in crimson bed.” The old-time rhetorics, as well as the new standard ones, enjoin writers not to use comparisons that belittle the object compared. Rule 4th in Emerson's and Lockner's rhetoric says: “Similes and metaphors should never be drawn from things that are commonplace and trival; such comparisons degrade style.” Rule 6lh declares that "metaphors should never be carried into trivial details.” Your comparison of the wild melan choly, west winds of autumn (immor talized by Shelley )into a broom that is sweeping a room; and tlie gray clouds into curtains—is trivial and belittling. The following example of this Infringe ment of a rule lor the use of met aphors occurs in a much admired poem: the and "Night drew her mantle round the earth And pinned it with a star.” HARD days come to over-worked women, because of their weakened female organs, which cannot stand the vital drain that over-work causes. Pain, backache, headache, sideache, etc., can be cured with Tlie "mantle” might pass, but the star-pinning simile is a trivial detail, j Eminent writers ’have been guilty ot ' this fault. Edgar Poe, who was a keen ly discerning literary artist, helped to break up tlie tendency to degrading fig ures of speech in tlie poets of his day. He severely criticized the inadequateness of the simile in Longfellow's well known poem, beginning ‘‘The Day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night As a feather is wafted downwards From an eagle in its lliglit.’’ I more inq i contribu | T would be very glad to hear from him | again. Miss Hattie Safford, of Natehi- j forties, La., who seems to be a cheerful bright woman, though crippled with rheumatism, would very much like to have a refined woman companion and housekeeper to live with her—in her lit tle home, of which I think she is only occupant. She will give board $10 a month to such a companion. T fear some of our gulf coast friends— among them dear Mrs. Stratner. on her fairy island—have suffered from the re cent terrific hurricane that swept the Florida west coast There we re har rowing instances of loss and sufferin’” On some of the Florida rivers, aiso| there has been distress, because of t lie phenomenal rains. June Rose writes: ( aloosa river lias been on a spree, con sequently all our crops arc gone—disas- for man and for poor boast. Many groves badly damaged.” great pity that such a shatter- herished wife's eiope- that cosy trou oran It is ing blow ment should have fallen little home which F. L. Orton was ac customed to visit, and where he imbibed ideas of domestic peace that helped to counteract his cynicism as to love and marriage. Now. this bad break o:i the part of the good man’s wife will help. I fear, to increase his skepticism, hut he must copy the optimistic spirit of his. wife-forsaken friend, who still brlieves there are good women and true wives. Poor man! One can feel how much re pressed grief_ and mortification was con centrated in ihe remark: “Old man. my wife lias left me.” One is reminded of what the poet (who knew through bitter experience i said of Don Juan's lather after the desertion of his wife: was yesterday—or, ages ago. WINE OF WOMAN’S RELIEF because of the specific curative effect it has on the womanly organs. It builds up woman’s strength and makes her hard days easy. "I often recommend it, in my practice among women,” writes Dr. J. F. W. Metz- ler, of Rosehill, Tex. Try it. At all Druggists C 19 WRITE lor Free Advice, stating age and describing your symptoms, to Ladies Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn. To compare tlie descending of vast, mysterious night to the dropping of a single feather from a bird's wing shows poverty of i' agination, thought Poe. A recent example of bad taste in the use of simile occurs in “The Kentucky Car dinal.” by Janies l>ane Allen, who has written many beautiful things. In this! instance he is not happy in liis figure of j speech. He personifies the vivifying spring with her showers and fresh breezes as a charwoman “doing spring I liouseeleaning, with the rain clouds for ' her water buckets, and tlie winds for her brooms. What an .amount of drenching and sweeping she can do in a day! How she dashes pailful after pail ful into every corner, until the eartli is as clean as a newly-scoured floor! Then, grasping her long brooms by the handles, she goes out into tiie woods and brats tlie icicles out of the trees as a housewife brushes down cobwebs.” Note how befitting is this personifica tion of Nature as a woman in the throes of housecleaning, with skirts tied up and armed with scrubbing mop, buckets and broom. It is almost as bad as Hudi- bras’ comparison of the gorgeous- sun set to a lobster that turns from red to purple as it dies. Sueti metaphors appeal to readers of crude literary taste, because they deal with familiar things. They regard such writing as imagina tive. whereas it is merely fanciful in a commonplace way. The other verses of your poem, “Sorry Sappho.” show poetic talent in a con siderable degree. There are some errors In the measure. You started out with I ten syllables to a line, but in tue sec- I ond verse you increase this to twelve ! syllables, and in the third you leap to 1 fourteen syllables. Did you ever try to write in prose? I believe you could write a good sketch or short story. M. E. a “Wlinte’er might his worthlessness or worth Poor 'fellow, he had many tilings to wound him. loot's own—since it can do no good on earth. It was a trying moment, that which found him, ■Standing alone beside his desolate hearth With all his household gods scattered around him.” In the same mail that brought Mr. Or- FOLLOW THE FLAG. mestic felicity. I have congratulated him on his good fortune, and lie. believ ing himself to he rarely favored, lias accepted my congratulations as his just due. He lias playfully rallied me for not following his example. He has jovially gloated over my loneliness, and referred to himself as one who would not ex change places with John D. Rockefeller. But that was yesterday, or—was it weeks ago! She had been gone fOT the summer, and as the autumn drew near his anxiety for her return increased. All his loneli ness would lie more than intoned for in the joy of rhe returning. And I had missed tlie pleasant evenings at their flat. f. in my bachelorhood, found the atmosphere so congenial there that I had many times declared thai if T was sure of drawing so well In (he lottery of love I should turn myself over to the tender mercies of Cuniii, and let him lead me where, lie would. Yes. that '#■ -lia ps. Now the very thought has vanished like the golden eolors on the clouds wh°n the declining sun has settled into the west. Yet no dream of disaster clouded the skies of that Sunday afternoon as I turned my face in tlie direction of their hr me. It wits a glorious autumn dav. after tiie continuous, monotonous heat of ear#’.- and middle September, and T *vqt thoroughly In sympathy with the world that seemed to be so joyous. His greeting wa.o hearty as ever—per- hape more so—but his second sentence was: “Olq man. my wife lias left me.” T was stunned; for * moment could not believe it. then in his face T read the eopfirm”tion. And in the moments that followed. I learned that dirring all the years of their married fife she bad been in correspondence—sometimes worse than correspondence—t itli another. Now she Had gone to him. She had returned only 1" announce that she was going away. nn,i his sun came out from behind the cloud only to fall like a meteor Into abysmal blackness. Twice now has the same red hot iron soared bis soul, yet be !s an optimist: he still insists that there are more good women than evil women, and more good women tlvan good men in the world. Twice has his confidence in woman proved too great, yet his belief In the sex as as body is still unshaken. But I am a cynic, and although I know there are grand women, noble women, true women. I inquire: "Why shoulq T seek to pluck the tempting frr.it when underneath the skin, which looks so perfect to the eye, tlu noxious worm may nest?” F. L. ORTON. centers of employment to ascertain the | influence of Miss Wright's school, and | you will he told that it is the best tiling, lr. the efty of New Orleans. j “Go to Miss Wright.” has become thej watchword of ail those seeking dism-j terested aid. either for one person or for the entire community. A record of her achievements for public benefit, is ac- Possessing no means, rolled thousands of dollars, for the poor and igno- h el pi ess and Incurable. Worn he never spares herself. And this beautiful. self-saerffWng life should Inspire each of us io he less care ful of self, more thoughtful of others, and eager to make our lives more neoe?>saiy to the manv less fortunafelv situated. FINETA. Athens, Ala. ture. Mississippi. party thought it was an offense, hence that lec- MURIEL. to me Tlie Times' ran view of the case, that worthy 'Paper turned around on me editorially and publicly called me “a senti mentalist!" It didn't seem to me ouite fair, and T was moved to private remon strance. which no doubt was of small concern to The Times. May its shadow never grow less! The enclosed verses will shew you that iwhat small cudgel I have. f still wield efense of what seems to me the under plants and animals than any of his pred ecessors. He was an investigator and a thinker before lie was a writer, and lie . was a geologist—the peer of any—before ' THE DISINHERITED. Swiftlv mv star arose— Swifter it sunk: Now all the world is gloom. All of fife blank. Now waxes faint my heart; Now all the fruit Fcpptol-1 in springtime Fate Treads underfoot. Dumb are tlie lips that spoke My praise of yore- Flowers thnt bloomed once for me Blossom no more. Dreams (hat made once my Hopeful and glad. Vtonlsh. and leave me now Songless and sad. fife How can T five. O GoU How ran T hear After defeat like this Life’s toil ang care? How can T live. O God’ How can T know After such grief as this. Sunshine or snow? Brought we little Ota Penga. Dwarfed, benighted, without guile. Scarcely more than are or monkey, Yet a man the while! THOSE MISSING LINKS. Darwin did not simply write a book, i nor two books: lie did an immense amount of the most careful work in the . realm of nature. He iearr.ed more of j dog. OTA BENGA. From bis native land of darkness. To the country of the free, lie became an evolutionist. He knew I ^ !1 H ie interest of science wherein the geological evidences are And of broad humamtv, strong in support of evolution, and in j what respect they are deficient. And he j also knew that the geological record j (particularly in regard to fossils) is not, | and that it can never be, complete. Of many species only one or two fossils | have ever been found; and. as species! even today are found only within a small area, to find 9ne fossil of each of tlie numerous species that have lived and left fossils behind would require .a dig ging up of the earth to the depth of a few miles in every part of the globe. Then we would have no meins of know ing that even one-lentli of all the species (especially of land animals) have left even one fossil behind to record its ex istence. Of the many thousands of species whose fossil remains have been found, doubtless, many have become extinct and have left no progeny. Of a far greater number supposed to be extinct we cannot be so sure, for in a natural classification many fossil species certainly stand between living genera. As Buckland long ago re marked. extinct species can all be classed either in still existing groups, nr between them. Darwin puts it tills way: So. to tutor and enlighten— Fit him for a nobler sphere— Show him ways of truth and knowledge Teach the freedom we have here In this land of foremost progress— In this Wisdom’s ripes* agi— We have placed him, in high honor. In a monkey cage! As companions we provide him. Apes, "gorillas, chimpanzees. He's content! Wherefore decry them When he seems at ease? So he chatters and lie jabbers Tn his jargon, asking naught But fop "Money—money—money!” Just as we have taught! M. E. BUHL'ER. A TRAINED NURSE’S OUTING. We professional nurses have very fit- tie time for social interests during this season, bu' while my patient is sleepin-’ I wifi try and tell you summer's outln ometliing of my Of course, if the doe- Drink unto thirst men give; When men starve, bread: I starve for fame—O Lord! Die—all unfed. ARTHUR GOODENOUGH. A LITTLE TALK. One day not long ago I made up my mind to see our Mother Meb at Tlie Con stitution building, and when my mind is made u'p It just won't unmake. So, after a little persistant annoyance to some other people, I found myself with this dear little mother on the fifth floor of the big building. You have all read what others had to say of this brilliant woman, and I shall only echo what they have said and then tell you about her eyes—such splendid eyes—eyes that can caress or command and hold you with their charm and mystic spell. These eyes were lifted to mine from the proofs of the Household page. None of you can realize how much patience ana time it requires to get all the House hold matter carefully prepared and placed. And surely no letter of Ill-natured complaint would ever come to mar the ’’Suppose B and C to he two species, and j [’op'Yi'ad not prescribed a vacation I would a third. A, to be found in an older and j never have taken one during the busy underlying bed; even if A were strictlv j sunlme i' months, but doctors are very ex- intermediate between R and C. it would j acting and we nurses have only to obey, simply he ranked as a third and distinct j Kirstf T went to the seashore, but was species, while A might he tlie actual | so jred T would let the waves wash me progenitor of B and C. and yet would j under every time T went in surf bathing, not necessarily be strictly intermediate j h, t t ; enjoyed it, except when there were a i CHEAP COLONIST RATES To OREGON, WASHINGTON. MONTANA. BRITISH COLUMBIA, NEVADA. UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, COLORADO And CALIFORNIA POINTS. _. TT _ — Tr\TiTtn ...... (harmony, could the writers realize how SALLY LUNN S BUSINESS VEN- i faithfully the dear little mother tries to TURE. give satisfaction, to each and all. Her name was Sara Smith, hut she was While blinking of the sweetness and called Sally Limn as a compliment to charm of our wonderful Aleb, I recall her ability for making nice cake, indue!-1 another face—the face of Evelyn Hol ing the kind called Sally Lunn. | man. Evelyn is a member of thl The time had come when it was neces. | Little Mather's household at Clarkston. sary for Sally to do something to help and at the risk of giving the Knight a support lierself. Her people had verv “grouch," I am going to tell the House- little means, though they lived in a big hold about her. She is a girl with a ‘ iface like a. blossom, and she has the lovelies’ bronze hair—that shade that holds the wonderful tints you sometimes find in the autumn leaves after you thinv they are all dead. There now. Sir between them in all respects.” But there are certain fossil species showing tlie transitional stage so plainly between widely severed families, orders and dasses as to leave no room for doubt. For instance, the pireiasatiru sort of half aligator. half lion (a skeleton of which is Ip the British museum), shows not only in general outline, hut in many ways, to be transitional between existing reptilian and mammalian orders. It Is found in the Permian formations, an older system than that in which the old est known mammal is found. Older than the true bird Is the archaeo pteryx. a bird in all respects, even to the feathers, save that it had teeth of a reptilian order: a slender llzardlike tail of more than twenty vertebrae, and that the digits of its wing bones terminated in sharp daws—showing that the wing of the bird is but a modification of the' fore leg of the reptile. Belonging to a later period, the Cre taceous. there has heen found in Kansas that which is In every respect a bird, save that it had reptilian teeth. Man did not arrive by the way of the bird. The bird forms a side line to the mammal, for .both were evolved from the reptilia. Even as widely sundered divisions as the animal and vegetable kingdoms are , too many accommodating men in. They are so much interested i,n teaching you to float and swim. A crowd of us went in tiie surf one night. We all had two men each to keep us from accidents, hut those hoys did not behave very well, and when they mentioned the exciting experiences j tlie next day I expressed surprise tiiat ! they imagined I had been in with them. ■ They do not yet know who that tall girl I was that the waves so often knocked | down. Naughty, oh? [ From there J went to Asheville, and | thinking T needed a course of spiritual i and mental enlightenment I attended the I meeting of young people's mission study : convention, there in session. My usual i attendance at church lias averaged about three times a year recently, and having so much Bible study and being in such I a religious element rather stunned me. I One of t.he ministers spoke to me of be- j ing such a reserved, serious person. told him I was afraid to be natural, but was just waiting to get far enough away to react from tlie strain. He laughed heartily and said T’n let the pendulum swing back too far the other way. but I ni glad I was there. I 'then went to Glenn Springs and had a most delight ful stay. I was one of the many who enjoyed the bowling, boxlball, baseball and target shooting, and you may ask Round Trip HOME-SEEKERS EXCUR SION to many points West. Drop postal card for particulars- F. W. GREEN. D. P. A.. .Wabash R- R-. Louisville. Kr. old rambling house, much dilapidated. The yard was large and shady with some fine old trees. There was one cor net- along which ran a side street, where a good many working people passed on their way to business. Sallv cleared tliis corner of weeds, and under the shade of a big oak fho placed a table and a chair. She had cooked a quantity of crisp tea cakes and ginger snaps and, spreading a dainty white cloth upon the table, she arranged on It a vase of flowers and her cakes in pretty fanev baskets. Then she seated herself and waited for customers. She had pro vided paper bags and having no weigh ing scales, she proposed to sell her cakes by numbers. Not long bad she been seated when a Knight. The secret is out, and we must have Evelyn's picture In the Houses hold. Lomacita, you are a dear little psychol ogist. When we all realize that we carry others upward with us. when we un ifold iproperly. and that this is a part of our unfoldment, we will all strive to keep the upward path. No. dear Householder, it certainly would not be easy for a wife with little chil dren to kiss her husband goodby. If she Is dependent upon him for support. To me this seems one of the saddest things connected by several existing species so any one present if I’m not good at the strictly intermediate that scientists do bat and a fine shot. Why, T was proud not agree ns to which kingdom they ; of myself, only missed one ball and rung properly helond. | the hell as often as those expert shots. Tt is lust as true that no fossil of sev- i But there! As our old mammy would say, oral other late arrived mammals has j “Self praise is half scand'lous. chile." ever heen found imbeded in hard rock, as : Since returning T have been nursing ty it is true of man. “Men adopt a theory and then strain the facts to support it." With a little change in the wording. th' s applies also to the other side. To dodge facts is phoid fever oases constantly. This is my fifth ease. Don’t you know I need a change? MATTIE HAWTHORNE MoCROREY. Columbia, S. C. 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