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SIXTH TAG*
7 HE SUNNY SOUTH.
OCTOBER 13, 1906.
In Woman's Realm q / Thought and Home
\ Edited by Mrs Mary E firyon^^——
With the Household
Talks on Timely Topics.
MBS. PRINGLE’S CARD CASE.
OVE of the
longing for something tliat
the soul may Iced upon—
Is the Stirling? oof the di
vine within us. It was
voiced 'by Ohs-ist, who
taught that, man does not
■live by 'broad Atone, and
that it is lv*t<T#o aspire
.ail er •fpirUunlfcrfootl than to
over its desolate, rugged surface. as
tronomy tells us that it is a dead
world. You know, of course, that it
shines through the reflected light of
I the sun.
,T. T. says: “One of my corre
spondents. who is a- writer, said to me
I In a letter: 'I am a free lance.’ I
' would like to know Just what this
means. Is a ‘free lance' one who writes
here and there for different publica
tions?" The primary meaning of “free
lance” has military significance A free
lance is a soldier who belongs to no
especial army, hut offers his sword to
any cause that attracts him, and lights
•beautiful—a' under any flag—making fighting a pro
fession for the love of it. Prince Salm-
isnlm was a free lance. He fought with
the federnls in the civil war. and ifcffen
it ended offered his sword to Maximil
ian in Mexico and served hint loyad.v
until that unfortunate one was exe
cuted. then went in search of new
scenes of strife. A political free lata,
owes full allegiance to no party, hut
entertains independent ideas of govern
ment, which he boldly utters. William
Jennings Bryan is a political free lance.
minnow, hardly able to nibble at a bait,
abounded In this stream in great quan
tities. We Ashed with all the skip at
our command—and we are no mean tish-
ers, either—for haven't we caught strings
of goggle-eyes, blue oat, chubs, sun-
fish. silver sides and heaps of su ke s,
when we were just a barefooted boy
away buck yonder in the years when
our M. E. 15. was a little tot? But
never a fish did we get, although we
stayed • until almost dark, when we re
turned to town intending to try our
luck the following morning.
Fishermen tell us ihat a fish must feed
sometime in twenty-four hours, and we
tried to find their dining hour, so arose
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WONDERFUL REDUCTION IN PRICES.
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FORE UNKNOWN OR UN THOUGHT OF.
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Betters Requiring Answers by Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage.
Chat With Householders.
will have the effect of making
value, new, higli
t rade 1007 Model Airtight Sheet
ron Heating Stove. I.nrae iwort-
nv-nt ot other airtight heaters at
coircspondluKly law prices. Won
derful price reduction*, astonishing
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new. big IU07]
Model Rococo j
E are enjoying the fairest,
most fleeting period of the
year—the. time
“Just ore the Frost
Prepares to pave
Winter's way,
Wlten Autumn in a
verie lo3t
The mellow day
dreams away.”
early and got to the river by good d y- | roal or v.ood: haa every up to di
light. Some of the early risers ndt ri j
lia to bring them a few pomuls. ai.d j nml | >H , t oak U^ntors made. 0
made facetious remarks of like Kind.. new line of oak heaters of
by the Paris crowd Is, no doubt, as truer “knees,” which grow from two to six ‘ but we did not mind, as we expected to, ^ n ‘‘3 K'/K
as it is interesting Perhaps this episode; feet high. As they grew in a “■cut off” of come back bearing a tish between us, uhti . vn la lilir ppi-e STOVE
will have the effect of making thought-, the river they could have been covered hanging on a pole, so large that | CATALOQUE wi!i surprLk? u.
less glrsl, when abroad, more discreet, j R»ith soil and a. giowth of pines started the people would all stare nu-l w ond< l , r ^ISiGo e x t r a
— —■ over them within a century. The parrot, how we succeeded In capturing suen ai , ».—-
Ellye, your amusing story of Elam's
visit to Musa has also to be divided, the
conclusion to be given next week.
Hallow’en will soon be here. Shall we
decorate the Household parlor with ever
greens, autumn leaves, and goldenrod—
with uncanny pflmpkln faces peering out
at us here and there, while we sit
around a cheery wood fire, and tell weird
stories? I have a few ghost and drean:
stories, and shall doubtless receive more.
If I can have that issue—a Household
number—1 shall be well pleased.
M. E. B.
he concerned akoflt what OI . v -j IOI11 was said “he had rather 1m
we shall eat and where-: wrong than to e president." A religious
vlVwe shall be clothed, j <|ee lance is subservient to no sect and
\.i. .1 we -nan t t i, oug h actively pious, lias his own views
Where there is culture aS (0 religious methods. Professor \ their wings are languid
nd imaglna’lon, these may supply the Drummond and Robert Collier may be
time, j
but
termed religious free lances. A literary
free lance is similar. He has independ
ent ideas as to society, religion and
government, ami he is fearless , a u
i. them—<aggressive also—as the free
lance is ever the tighter. Elbert Hub-
ltarri is the best modern example of a
literary free lance. No. indeed, a free
lance writer is not merely one who
sends his writings here and there
wherever they may be accepted, else
we would have many free lances in lit
erature, whereas we have very few.
lack of ennobling surroundings. Books
a.re the magicians that open to those ot
narrow lives vistas of breadth and beau
ty, and the imagination is an alchemist
•'.'hat transmutes common dust into gold.
But where the imagination is uncultivated
and the environment is barren and igno
ble, the spirit Is starved, and its unsat
isfied longing reacts into either dull res
ignation or fretful repining.
The aspiration aftei "something better
than she has known” comes to many of
the Maud Mullers of this world, who
have been forced by poverty and lack
of culture into oaro and narrow lives.
It is pii itul to think now many human HOW I LOST MY IDENTITY
souls are hungry for better things- x had ^ finishpd readins thp flr , t
things spiritually better-::.lugs or beau- part of Herbert Quick's “Double Trouble"
n ; in The Sunny South and I sat leaning on
11T the wide sitting room table pondering the
weird mystery of this dual identity. The
An amusing yet pathetic instance of t> r ig hti stea( j y fJarne of the Iamp aeemed
'spiritual hunger Is that of Mrs. Pringle gradually to grow fainter till suddenly 1
and her card case. Mrs. ITliigie is the found myself gazing at the clear silver
meek, liaru-woritlng wife of a cose-nsteu moon, hanging high in tne peaceful lieav-
i'armer. Mast Christinas she treated her-
lt is a transition
There are still roses
they are pale tQlli th« chill dew-kisses
of the night. There are butterflies, hut
and wavering.
The
we know their flame
FLOBIDA MOCKING BIBDS—AND A
BBIEF CHAT.
In these davs of early autumn, the
mockingbirds are beginning to sing in
tt:e woods about my quiet town. Alt
earth is aglow with goldenrod, but! summer they have not been heard, lint
for summer’s i new they ire making up for their Sl
um ! lence bv the flood of music they are
cremation. There are bird songs. ! „ ourin .- fr o m their little throats,
through thoir musk*, one hoars a minor; rp 0 nie t j iere j s no i,jnt of harshness in
chord moaning of November and fare- j their song: it is a sweet, clear melody,
well. i Hut Mother Meb is mistaken in her be-
Alwavs at this season I .am haunted | lief that 1 have heard the mocking: bh d
by that wild sad song of renunciation- I Jb •, nlt M ^ 0 ’ufr"i|,e cn?y ^uUv
“Tostis Good by to bummer—to life-to | p ‘ n pta f e \ have OVCr called home. 1
joy. Yet the Indian summer is a season ! s j. a jj ne ver forget tiie first time I heard
of beauty and enjoyment—of crisp, j a mockingbird sing. After listening a
health-bringing breezes, of wood rambles,! moment, j did not need to be told lint
can talk, but (like some people) doesn't! prize. Did we? Well, hardly. Mo.
know what he is talking about. The de- • fished and fished and fed the turtl s,
velopment of his mind has not kept pace', until we got so hungry and tired that
with that of liis vocal organs. The fact we dreaded to start home. We wished |
that his vocal organs can he used for a we might leave all signs of having been j
different purpose than which they were on such an expedition behind us. but j
originally constructed la a point on our w-c mustered up courage and tried to get |
side. You should not forget which side , home unseen. by way of the back j
you are defending. j streets, but it did not work. The tell- i
The time is not far distant when those! talf , fl s ffi ng poles, bait, basket, etc., j
who denounce evolution will lie classed' caused the onlookers to grin in an exas- I
witli those who once believed the earth perat | n „ way and oa Hed forth r- mar. s'
flat and stationary, nor will he who Is ll)at if not sarcastic, sounded so to us.
not familiar with the science of evoltt- ! g PVera i young ladies and children
tion then be rated as an educated man. wanted to know where our fish were.
The school books of nearly every state and the do „ s and cats sniffed at us and
self feeding. douMc
heating return flue
base burner
hard coal
hcaior, most
elaborate lfir^o swell silver nirfc-
ol* k <i oniatueatori elaborate
nickel babe, arms, nb kel frame
ar*'! other trlmmlnas, mica
<lain*;lass) swing doers, every
known up io dat- feature, tbe
beautiful, the best, base
burner made. ;v!!h tbu imorove-
menl-s «>^ mII other flno base
burners and the defect j of none,
the equal of base burner.-* that
retail up to foO.OO. beautifully
illustrated anti thoroughly de-
/•nb**d
in the union are based on the principle of looke(1 u jnquiringlv into our faces. Special St
evolution. Thousands of people dm> t ( We ha ^ e resolved that the next time *49 7-
know this, because they know notning fishing we will either take a suit!
wc go fishing
Tom. it's about time you were killing i ««> “fi.f X.°'liro!
about evolution.
Tom, it's aboi
K G ,0 ^.; S m> e dear e boy. If you are out of ' ^
-Tp^y's ‘'Ittompt t! a reach US th“ e no e r?h fry to find where Miss Annie Byharg r
FREE
Stove Ci»(rt!osue.
buve this big.
full size ii\-
holo steel range, complete
3.q lllu-»trst«v.l with blq,
deep, porcelain lined rescr-
volr, nigh h lie If warming
clo^'-t. etc. Very muci
lower prices if you do not
need tii« reservoir, shelf or
r si attempt . (Annice) lives, and fishing- witli herwanniug closet. A mar-
pole, or you ooukl to HOW the load of V > * ftmp 'ti uit i Ce ,. re , im -.| veloiw Stco! ronco bargain
u n Anoi.<nop o nil rmhiish voiir 1 and take along *.ome oi iiiai .... . i \noro fully shown in our
Tom and‘Moonshiner and publish your | ana taae^lojig,^^ , ^ thc flgh do j c*iaiocv£
Photograph as additional evidence^^ ^ ^ wUl fae sure of a goo , ti
R. s.—Arthur GooUenough. i enjoyed anyway. \Ve are waiting for an imit a -,
your poem, the “Iconoclast.” Y<ou are a tion now. iENNFbbi. ...
true poet, Arthur.
$22:58 !v u i y .*
Since to be a free lance requires that, j and children’s laughter, and the patter'
one possess originaJiity of thought, inde- i of brown nuts shaken down—of long,
pendoncp as to views, and an aggres- j evenings around eosv tires with books'
sive spirit. M. E. B. ,u„t m.ve waited to be I
thc far-famed southern
THE EVOLUTION OF THE KISS.
Kissing is a semi-pagan practice, like
ACMF raillMPH.
Ssf highest grade
f 30 and be * t steel
range In the vkorld,
tie equal • 1 any
ran?c you can buy
and magazines that have
read.
the* singer — — — - ; - — . ...
niookingbird. Never lia^I T heard a song j the wearing of earrings and such tninigis,
so varied, so clear, sustained and swee*. | llie only slight difference being that we .
One spring, .while wc lived on the In - j niodf . rn s wear rings on the ear Instervd
ban river, one of these feathered min- | { ■ .^ the noae _ KiR c inK ,t,oen handed j
down In Us present form from thej
dark ages. This is a fact that even I
for
ty and sweetness, little refinements, gen-,
■ le courtesies, music, flowers, uplifting
words.
lived on the In - I
these feathered min- I
| strels came early every morning before :
| we were up, anfl .perched on the top of I down In Us present
nr i have -1 stack of new ones 1 th e house just over our heads, and tlier ‘
jf bo ks, 1^ • : • . ; penred forth his entrancing song. Amid Eomaclta must admit,
which pool is ners require shall he read ; a) | j ]is niimtetr, there was one strain Moderns insist upon kissing upon the
and reviewed. 1 will notice some of those . w ;,j ( .h seem«d peculiarly his own. as I j rnonth or therca’botits instead of behind
Back, back to the days of sweet child
hood’s domain
My heartaches once more to appease.
Ei
My heartaches once more to appease. !
re long I'll retire to my couch tor the j
night JC’MsPvwSgj
Alone with no sweet words of cheer; i
, worlds would I give if the worlds \\
were all mine
If mother, dear mother, were here'.
next week. A number of them are from j have never heard It from any other bird, j thf . e ar or on thc forehead, as they did I How fond does m mem ' rv revert to the
tho Neale press-southern booKS-remlnis-. I used to w^t »or that indlvldtiol strain. : ftwav hack yonder W)e i„ ng ago. time
cent and biographical—extremely vaiua- j 1 „ r “' la , „ ’ f p ,ii n q'i ' W'"' to Ihat time—to he exact, away j When snugly slic'd tuck me well in.
hie. tor the history they record in such la “" h Tor rnY observation of ^Florida bBck in ,h ” tadpole age. about which And utter a prayer as alone mothers
$50.90. .Jiwt to-
elud'd from prices
r a ii v i ii y from
$27.95 to 532.05.
$22.58 ii now thf
astonishingly low
rofluccd price for
unr finest Acme
Triumph
Range, all .ono*
C l^te with riorro
il ** J
lain lined reser
voir hack, bly £h*‘lf and closet, the v*ry br^t
of e rvthlntj that mr.nev can buy. Write for our
FREE STOVE CATALOGl E and learn all about th^w
v ?n(icrful stove price reductions.
iti OUH OWN SiftiSflMOTH FACTORY
self to a moiacr of pearl card case. Her
husband was astounacu at this unprece-j
dented outou: si. o: ex. avaganoe, but the
money paid for the card case was her
own, earned L>y knitting socks at rtlgiu
when lie was snor.ug in bed.
"Whatevor did you buy that tiling for, 1
6?arah Ann?" asked her friends. "You
ain’t got no kyards lo put in i.t, and XoTas'
m Sprtngboitom don't visit with kyarus,;
nohow; an’ you might 'avo bought a
whole middlin' of meat with aii tna. I
money."
‘i know It,” admitted Mrs. Priagle, |
hut i Jos' nateraliy wau-teu soiueiiiin J
pretty to took at. t ahi't got a inng,!
Briitgio, ne s piovved up my tiowers a..'
.plaULeo
■ns. I heard a low, amused chuckle and
beheld a man a few feet in front of me.
His dark, merry eyes twinkled in the
moonlight. I seemed in some way to
recognize him as Dr. Gem, of the .House
hold—friend and adviser of Elam Tony,
esquire.
As 1 gazed at him In bewilderment he
said, "Come, Elam, let's be off at once,
or we'll be late for the Household re
ception."
Elam! My blood ran cold. 1 glanced
down at myself. Horrors! What was I
doing In that garb? How and when did
I get into that baggy white and black
suit, and oh. how dirt X come In posses
sion of that striped umbrella? Was 1 a
victim of double identity? Had my men
tal consciousness slipped Into the person
nel of Elam Tony—persistent suitor of the
Household girls?
I hud no time for reflection. “Come
entertaining and impress!
Our Household is very bookish
days—what with Julia Coman
scholarly reviews, and Mizpah's interest-
my
lorm. | mockingbirds.
these j Paradox, you arc wrong in imagining
Tait's j tt at your absence from the H< ttseho! I
kos not been noticed. I always look for
, . , yr.ur letters. You have my tenderest.
mg book chats. Some of us, too, ate i sympathy In your sortow and in your
getting to be famous, even beyond the I brave struggle to tit yourself to .provide
seas—Fineta, for instance. She has been j ' ' r your dear little ones. May the All
formally requested by a prominent lit- j Father help you and give you sucess.
erary society in Paris to send her pot- j 1 believe that He will
. . .... ,, Annice, I m glad I had a place m
trait and her biography tnat these may yo „ r beautiful , lrea!n . Tellc) ‘ r thank
placed in the "Bibliotheque Nationale j you for my bouquet out of your basket-
tho
i:ie yaid with pcrialcrs whilst! right along, Elam," repeated Dr. Gem,
i was away nursin' his tna. When I j mechanically I obeyed. We walked
come back they was ah gone—all my I 1IU " u small railway station and "Doc"
i'rcitj posit'fc—over ius one, copTTn’ a
-iat oau. nui ItsoiT ’mong^t tue per-
• ater vines. Pnngte touna it, he uid, a«d| ' \ heard my self ask in a croaking voice that national librar
struck off its iiead with a hoe, like it! that ended in a drawl, “Gimme er ticket
ban been a snaae. i eaa'n't raise no! to Atlanter." I fumbled in my trousers
now era, .„ul I'm a-goin’ to not' oa pocket for the money to pay for it and
1 (1 Cixnc.
called for a ticket to Atlanta. Then he
motioned to me and said, “Get your ticket
quick, Elam, the train is coming.”
ol Paris.” “where,” quaintly says
secretary of the Society of Letters, “it
may he piously preserved, thus helping
to offer a golden mine of Information
for future generations.”
This is indeed a high honor, of which
all of us feel proud, as the Household
Mater, sisters and brothers of this hon
ored Alabama, maiden—Miss Mala Pettus.
author of the "Princess of Glcntidule.'
and ".Mela's Heritage."
I hope when our little lady is having
her photograph taketn for embalment in
ia belle France
fill, but I am afraid j ou do me too j
much honor. X. too. have many favor- I
ftes among ihe Mouseliold writers. So
many 1 will not attempt to name them.
Margaret Richard's little poem, "Night i
Thoughts" is very sweet, like all she i
writes.
Mrs. Strainer, of Crystal River, we j
live in the same county; but 1 have !
never seen Crystal river. Have vou J
ever visited Inverness? I enjov you:- !
bright letters very much. L"ve to each :
and all,
FANNIE NOYES MCDONALD
Inverness, Fla.
more
to 111
Ft Is with tne nope of gratifying, in
some Instances, tins craving for beauty
and better things that the .Sunshine So
ciety has been organized and has met
with wide favor. Through Lhis agency,
pictures, books, plants and kindly mes-
*aues find their brightening way to many
whose lives are pent in narrow and un
lovely environment. M. E. B.
, AFLOAT ON THE DEEP.
she will not lorget to send a copy to the Last hu ^ ^ enncs .
Household, as mun> ot Uei friends < ll e | aee rlver bottom, t struck tue track ot
anxious to see her picture, and It has i a large swamp raobit in the snow, ami
been several years since we published * traiieu him to a huge hoiiow on the
It. Also there are many urgent calls for j river bank, in widen Bre r Babbit had
which was given
Lgo, and since then
many new subscribers, and con-
WITH CORRESPONDENTS.
Jocelyn asks: "Please tell m© If it
is true that the churches have accepted
Darwinism?" Some ministers have pub
licly accepted Darwin’s theories; others
h"ve not. A umber of the ministers of
'he Presbyterian church have years
ago declared their belief in the Dar
winian origin of man. Five years ago
Dr. Charles Parkhurst. D. D.. the emi
nent Presbyterian minister, said in one
of his published sermons: Darwinism
is neither atheistic nor agnostic; and
it the church had not scowled upon
Darwin's deliverances with sue it a
grlmame of holy horror, both the grand
o.d scientist himse.f and his philosopny
might have been saved to the church
•and Added in with the other assets of
our holy Chritiau religion. However,
the world moves, and the church is
•ure to broaden. Hitherto It has pretty
well evinced a suicidal genius -or dr>
lag up its own resources and feeding on
Its own brain." I have on file tor tne
Household a few of the published ut
terances of ministers and religious
writers about Darwinism—sent by .Mr.
Mason some time ago.
Harry D. asks: "VViiat is the origin
of the phrase in common use. Arg..s-
eyed?' Thus we read, 'the Argus-eyed •
police': 'her Argus-eyed jealousy soon
discerned cause l'or divorce." Argus
was a fabulous being, with a hundred
eyes, set by jealous Juno to watch
Jove. He was alterwards transformed
into a peacock, with his hundred eyes,
pictured on the bird's iridescent tail.
Helmutli says: "I am one of many
workers who have no time to read, and
1 wish to know a little about the things
I see so often. Please tell tne so ne-
thing about the moon. Is It Inhabited?
How large is it? Ilow far from us?"
'! he moon is the nearest to us of any j
heavenly body; also it is the smallest, on a level
II is only a satellite of the earth, and would soon
moves around the earth every twenty- shelf,
seven days and seven hours, making the .
lunar month. At the same time It
moves with the earth around the -un
every 365 days, making one year. It«
mean or average distance from the
eartli is 238.S30 miles. It contal is
14,685,000 square miles—nearly four
times Un- area of Europe. It has no
atmosphere and no water. The dark
places are the deep hoiiow craters of
extinct volcanoes, some of which are
20.0C0 feet deep. All the moon's many
volcanoes are extinct. There is no life
upon It. An unbroken silence reigns
brought forth a much worn ] oc'ketbook
j tied with a dingy string. 1 talked some
| and wondered a great deal during the
i rapid journey to Atlanta. Arrived there, | Lomacita's portrait.
! ray companion guided me through the ‘ quite a long while
] brilliant streets while I held resolute!
I to the big umbrella. , . ,
' “Now for the rcoeption,” remarked 1 sequently new admirers ol our
I my jovial comrade, and we entered a j young Texas member.
: spacious hall wherein were seated Mrs. j , , , . .
! Bryan and her entire Household family. \Ve are glad to greet so many of °ur I i coutu see Mr. Kaooit blinking at me
1 At our approach several voices chorused, ' returning absentees—Faye Audrey. Bright; 1 J'J l .y e ,.,qii le !' tP,' . ' ' lkltu -y careful aim,
j "Oh, here are Dr. Gem and Mr. Elnm Rort i, a Bother Bac*»lor Parson. Old I i.,!’/. . n. , - «« between ms e; us, then
Tony." Annie Valentine screamed with , ’ " ’ .. .. . ■ j ' d aside my rifle and crawled in to get
delight and bounding toward me with , CVmfed. Harry Dean. Merle. Egineer, I my raobit. Just as 1 reacted the bund
I outlvtcliffd hands, cx-clainiedi 1 Tonnts.st\jii, Grumhlrr and a nuiTi- j *-*ud ol tiic woouen tumici, and grasped
"Conte, Mr. Tony, we are to lead the b er of others—.all of whom we j j* a *- e •’ Raobit by the ears, tne
,U Yes f !""«'-ried Ike Heartsell, jingling his u»embers. of whom we have many, | a'tremendous tunible? and plunged'down-
Jester’s bulls, "Just hand me your urn-iwelcome. Some ot them are warrt lmo Uie rlvfc! . :
oreliu, Elam. I’ll take rare of it." j charming story tellers. 1 have a number J_ Happily, tne top. or solid end of thc
Before J could object he took hold of
the precious umbrella and was actually
1 lallow'cn
Mr. Mason lias been telling us So much
ail the inhabitants were crude monkeys
in their tastes. Their kissing was crude,
instead of (tie refined article into which
the kiss has evoluted now. In those days
before the pagan period set in. skeptiol-
og'rsls toil us that our ancestors sat
arounid in pairs in the forks of trees
and chewed one another’s tails as a
token of affection, and later on, when
the monkeys evoluted some and became
pagans and Mahometans, they would
bite ono another'.- ear to evidence their
regard, the tail
ing evoluted off on its lonely way.
Then America was discovered; the Irish
took possession of everything, and young
men with their hair parted in the middle
i and soaked down right tin' like to
! their skull' c . began to go abroad in the
j land, introducing many vires, among
them that of kissing, as we have it to-
| day. The other sex learned at once, and
] now it has become so prevalent that, T
I am told, most girls do not consider a
| young man good company unless he can
| work off a dozen or so stale kisses dur-
j ing an evening call. That the other sex
j lias taken so to this vice and openly de-
] fends it in the papers and upon every
occasion, is but a sorrowful evidence
To make me ail guileless from sin.
O. mother, come back from tne world !
where you've gone
And tuck me well in for the night. |
My heartaches are many since you went j
away;
Come make it all eare-free and bright.
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M.e.v rule lb - fr Ight will be on any stove to your town
ud thRfreijrlit ‘-barge Is ao small it will surprise, you.
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ret your orderand It will r chyotiin Just afewdays.
to us or
postal^ card or In _
out and send
letter simply t>ay.
rour FREE SIOVE CATALOGUE,” and by
return mail you wll! receive postpaid, free, our verr
latest special stove catalogue with all these and many
years
alone—
O, conic just tonight once again
And tuck me in snugly and kneel by
niv couch , r . .
I And nleud for mv freedom from sin ° ,hpr wonderful offers, all the rnarvrloug price re-
luriiig the in tern m hav- , Q 1 • ireeaom rrom sin ductions. the most attractive stove proposition ever
! Temptations are many since you went: heard of. the groatest stove offer we or anyone have
went away: j been able to make. Remember also. If you buy i
The days and the nights are so long. ; !rom >' OK 9harB - in the .profit. We giv
At nightfall no prayer and at morn ne’er
a k'ss
Nor melody sweet of your song.
[ wish you could come, mother dear, to
my heart
And tell me agp.in of your love.
Just fold me secure to your arms once
again
And fly to your home up above.
I'll now lav me down in my couch for
the night
Alone, with no sweet words of cheer.
O. worlds wou'd T give if ti
• were all mine
If mother, dear mother, were ner
tlrles and this great Profit Sharing Plan, the mer
chandise absolutely free to you. is all explained hi
the stove book. Don't buy a stove at home or
elsewhere until vou vet this great stove catalogue
and a'l o*ir offers. Write us this minute. Address
SEAR" ROEBUCK & C0. f ChicaioT ill.
to go at an early
bagging it from my hand. T gt.ve one
lesperaie grab to recover it and tumbled
lead first onto tffc sitting rqom floor
.vith a badly crumpled Sunny South
hitched frantically in my extended hand.
Lot 1S1AXA LUTHER.
ship
Mexi
v. nose first letter appears today
we shall hear from him often; also from
our other two soldier boys across the
seas. Mr. Klutz, liow is your monkey fam
ily doing? And, Mr. Bunch, how did you
cocoanul and banana plantation turn
out V
THE WOMAN SUFFERAGE QUES
TION.
Dear Household: Have you room for
one more? 1 have ju*» laid Tne Sunny
down, and taken up my pen to thank
.Mrs. Bryan for the very comprehensive
answer sli<> gave Herman dtarji about
the Apocrypha, and the way the Scrip
ture writings were collected. 1 hav.
seen a few of those old Bibles, and If
ever I get my hands on one again 1 shall
certainly read the Apocrypha.
Some one a few weeks ago was seek
ing information about woman suffrage.
I hope by tliis time she is ready to glvo
some reasons for “believing in it." 1
know it "smacks of politics”—so does so
cialism—but in the Household it would be
such fun. Mother Meb would know just
when to come down with that gavel.
Grandpa, the mockingbirds of upper
South Carolina arc like yours, disap
pointing. After hearing the strains of
liquid joy from the silver-throated song
sters of middle and southern Georgia,
the ehirplug of the birds here is quite
unmusical.
Mrs. Stratner, your hand, please, for a . .
hearty clasp. I am glad tliat the Bible , 1 am all the while receiving conipn-
beyond my comprehension. If it were | ments about our poets. I really think
with my understands
te finslied and laid on
that the love of il is born of pagan or
taaen reuige. Tne log was about 25 leet I even worse ancestry. That so alarming
in leugui, was a sue.ii at the large end, I a majority of girls today can stand to
but hail been sawed on' fc same tlm-, kiss iho mouth that reeks id-, mouths
hriiiiant' low T'tha/T two aoov 1 tJ Ule hu Hreek. Aunt Meb?) with whisky and clgar-
bulUant, lov\, zo that it was open only at one etu . s ls , to me a deplorable feature of
r-the sun was shining into the log. so j ;‘ i . vi «. iznt ‘ f,n '. A " 1 wh >' * ‘ hat , th ' s
of our! I could see Mr. Kaooit blinking at me kissing business seems to get along bet-
from tiie other end. 'taking careful aim. I ter in t' 1 " dark? Does this fact alone
not suggest its ancestry as being tracea
ble back to the dark ages? Of course,
there are many girls who could be kissed
only in the dark, unless tire kisser was
either very reckless of his own self-
repect or possessed of unbounded sym
pathy for unfortunate looking feminine
fa res.
Now. I see little harm In the baby
«. .. kiss. The baby don't know any better.
| high above tne water, else had it been 1 . Mrs. Botts says, though, that strangers
. _ . ; omerwise. the inrush of water would mus; not kiss her babv. T kisx it occa-
whioh Jennie Grady Travis. Matt tl.uk J have imprisoned me in a watery grave, I sionally to try to get it to hush yelling.
"‘if. 1 , a tu ige, twenty-live foot log for a| Mrs. Botts won’t let me spank it. which
1 managed to turn and face the open- ! [l , ^ I b " ca * 1 r,m C,,n ‘
mg. and could seo the tr^es un tlie bank I ' ncei1 1 lal th,lt bab> ts not a P a, * an
fast receding, as my unique craft was nOW but just wait lmtil she Beta about
borne outward toward the middle of tne i flxtecn ' 1 caliotl It a little monkey one
, , river. I began to craw-1 toward the 1 evening, having been poring over some
will all extend tae hand of f - j opening, but before 1 got amidship my of Mr. Mason's monkey articles, and
o our far away new members—o i weight sunk me siiell end of the cratt I Mrs. Botts snatched it out of niy arms.
j, and our new Philippine soldier, llat ! t . hp ^' ater commenced to run in. j and said that baby must never be mon-
1 hope ceh-ed, h ii V’- i, readily Per-1 keyC d with.
ceiled that to crawl larther would he I .: r , , , . . , ,, ,
l.v, inasmuch as mv u-rixi,i 1 111 not monkeying with it, my dear,”
said.
“Yes you were.
GEORGE M. MORELAND.
Camp Jossman, Gtiimaras, p. I.
interesting sketches on hand, some j *°g struck the water iirst, and with my !
which 1 am saving, hoping to have ; ''m? 1 * 1 , fo1 ' ballaKt - the open end floated !
Household number m ! lugn al ' ove . tne - "a ter, else had it
A LITTLE THING THAT TUF-NED
THE CURRENT.
Dear Ones of the Househo’d: Fori
deni- you are. to tne. although it lias ;
; cot been my pleas-re to l-e numbered '
! among you for quite a while,
j . But what I am going to tell you about j
i is iust a little incident in the life of a I
girl, and why T wish to tell it is just to
show what a seemingly tr’fbng incident i
sometimes rlian^s the whole current of 1
one's life, and how true it is that “our
i character teaches above our will." In '
' this instance out- dear mother. Mary j
i E. Bryan, plays n part.
And now the story. -Tis not an nnu- |
stial one. She is jiKt a typical IPtle '
Georgia girl, reare ! like many oth
hut made a promise
date.
1 tell you, friends, that night as “she
laid her down to sleep.” It was with a
worlds i feeling of thankfulness that she had
I been permitted to meet with such a
j friend, by whose silent influence her
j wandering footsteps had been led back
i into the path from which they had
! strayed, and she made a resolu ion. then
: .and there, that she would remain true
1 to herself, true to her woman’s heart,
I and still cling to her old ideals.
I And, for the present, she wi 1 continue
| to sign herself the same little
DRUMMER GIRL.
I cure female diseases and piles,
prove that you can be cured. 1 will
package medicine free. Write Mrs.
B. Miller, Box 2056, Kokomo. Ind.
To
end
HOW I WATERED THE MULE.
It was Saturday morning. The clouds
hung low and threatening, t was finish
my morning’s house-cleaning when
my husband entered saying, "Bundle up
(who. by ti'.e way. has a new book out),
Annice, Alattie Howard, EUyse Morris,
Old Woman, Fineywoods Tom. Harry
Dean, Buck Bullock and others of our i
story tellers, will figure.
in the country, amid pleasant surround- tlie little man (our boy «>f 7 years) and
ings with aU of the comfort and many i >' uU go to the office.. I think it will
of the luxuries of life, sim loved her j snow by evening." “Where will y u
plantation home her friends and her ! work this morning?” r asked,
pleasures. Being of a pav. optimistic j “ fn t lie shop.” (Which is quite near A
nature, she viewed life through rose- house.) “Then, let the children waten
colored lenses, and as it were, tlie j baby and I will go to the office for you,
years snod bv on gilded wings. it will be a rest from yesterday's sew-
But time brings changes, as we all ! *"£•”
know, and so it was with her Finan- ' • I ,ut baby to sleep and, donning my
cloak ant] riding skirt, mounted the in
that Ota Benga, the pigmj playmate of
the ourange and chimpanzees in thc
New York Zoo, has been taken out of
the monkey cage, and roams free in the
grounds. A delegation of colored
preachers waited on the park authorities,
and requested that the exhiuitiou of
monkey and man as equals snouul be
discontinued. It ought never to have
been begun.
escape. I thought
per-
rawl farther would he
inasmuch as my weight would sink
the open end far beneath the cold
waves, and till the log with an inrush
ot water tliat would seal mv doom.
I was torced to retreat, so as to bring
nry "round-boat" to a safer angle, ana
, * , * ,, fhdd I racked my brain trying to de-
Speaking of monkeys, 1 must tell jou , vise some means of
* of all
escaped from dark
prisons,
rare. I thought of Jonah and the
whale, but 1 feared my old poplar log
would not have the gumption to vomit
me up on dry land again. I even thought
ot Jonah s guord vine, but felt not the
need of its sheltering shade, for 1 was
already growing numb with mv cold,
cramped situation. Truly, I was "afloat
on the deep."
L> ici'l by, I heard the hoarse cough
ing ol u steamboat, and knowing how
steamboat can churn the water into
cial reverses, and with it the ins? of a
lovely home, through fire. Finally, the
dav dawned when the future no longer
beckoned her on with roseate fingers.
The day of baked fishes and 1 on yes
were things of the shadowy “long
apoes.” She was no longer tiie "gav.
You called it a mon-
! ke >'- If R fe - It didn't get it from me, giddy girl,” who had pursued that dear.
I i can tell you.” old delusive hide and seek phantom—
i T saw the truth of her argument and ! pleasure. She was now brought face to
i went out. But all the evening as I cut ! face with life’s stern realities, and. in
tlie dime nnWrV,ero«-*«.o' ,°“T ! stovewood and dreamed of the happv i th e vernacular of the day. It was “up
the dune nov heroes "ho had , days now * one fore ver. T wondered why i *» Verting the conditions bravo-
uuigLuiLs ana loul . , , , v J . lv. prnhrn.rpfl thp ^ vpnnn
by means original and genius | 't "’^ ‘hat I used to th nk kissing Mrs. | o^ ene d t o he^that of telchinl but
- s such a gieat x'iece of busl- . jjpj. superficial college education found
ness.
(I had ridden her but once) and started
on my four-mile ride. The mule insisted
on drinking at every brook, but I heiil
her off unt'l we reached the creeOt—abom
one-half mile from the office—-where T
turned aside from the bridge and rode
into tlie water; and throwing forward tl ••
rein, let It fail on her nock. She leaned
forward and began drinking; the saddle
slipped and I sat flat in the water be
fore her. She jumped backward, then
stopped short, as if to Inquire why I had
muddied the water. I waded out. caught
her and crossing the bridge, walked to
a. dwelling, near the office, where I
sought t'he fire and dried my clothing.
tlie
TTESPER.
T.
TO S. T. P.
P., I love you so.
To see you once, dear. I '.-ould go
Aiound the world, through heat and coid.
Nor count the effort, 'ho' I'm old.
For love is old, yet ever young.
In all the years no mortal longue
lias ever told how great It’s power
To link two hearts within an hour.
In all this weary world no shrflies
Are fairer than where true love shines.
PALMETTO B. ATOHBIjOR.
a cooperative volume of Household verse j rolling waves, I felt that my moments
i would be well received. We might have ; eai ,'tli were few.
! that, even if the Household hook »hould j . eu n i y frail craft began to heave and '
I not materalise. Eana * under ourk. Pa “’ ,, * : U ' e !
; where was your recent volume of poems ■ • ■
published? I have not yet seen a c<
I am giad to have you back witli
and congratulate you ou your book.
ssing grew more violent:
.. - > fixed on the opening,
rxpecting every moment tliat the cold
I kept my eyes fixed
expecting every niomei
waves would rusli in and end it all.
< rash; The log had been washed a
• »> tnp —
, her poorly equipped for such work, and
Annie Valentine. Mrs. Botts -sayis you ! we next find her employed as a drum- ! Then getting my package of letters an!
must not got mad at me: that I am j mer for a large manufacturing concern, papers from the office, I started on :ny
really quite a harmless creature, and I 1 It was in flits capacity that she chanced return ride. The clouds rolled away
guess she knows DR TfOTTS ' to meet M. E. B., and “thereby hangs and the sun s-hone warm and ^ bright.
b ■ Lr ' B U11 a - ta]e .. " i found "papa and the babies’ wonder-
A CALIFORNT4 TRIP A 'ptqtt Some days since, while waiting for '"P why “mama” staid so long, and
A LALIt O-.NIA TRIP A FISH hpr trajn in thp iown of Clark- they continue to tease about my coy
STORY. j ston. she sat lost in a “quandary deep.' .bath." I suffered no ill results, but the
T had thought to head my next com- ! But why tliat pensive brow? Why tnk- lesson is learned and the next time l
munieaMon to the Household, "From ! ing life so seriously? Because her life
Tennessee to California,” or “Flying was at a crisis, and she could take it
Over the Rockies” or some such title, > no other way. or, at least, it seemed so
as I took notes on my trip from this just then. Because she must decide in
Place in Tennessee to California and j a few days whether or not she should
back, via San Francisco, but when T marry a man she did not love, and. In
water the mule—well. I will not water
her in the creek if I have no crup; er
on my saddle. SHAXAIT.
Where is our much valued Ike lleart-
seU? Has our jester lost his bells? Come
back to us, ike, dear. \\ e cannot af
ford to lose our merry fellows. Every
body likes a sunshine maker. A
respondent says of Airs! Stratner:
puis
__ ashore
" av cs. and 1 lost no time in
getting out—saved by the steamboat!—
g my rabbit out with
AIOONSHt.Myit.
but I forgot to brii
me.
i
A FRIENDLY CHAT WITH “MOSS-!
BACKS.”
Brother Whitcomb, evolutionists never '
got back to dear old Tennessee with
her timber-clad mountains and fertile
and well-watered valleys, where thc
home-folks awai’ed me. I called for my
Sunnies, which had been carefully filed
away for me, and I tur-e.. to see how
my friends of the Househ ild were farc
ing. I found tliat Durward had been
telling you all about my trip, or rather
his own trip, through the great west.
He got all my “thunder,’ as it is some
times expressed, so here T am racking
my brains for a suitable subject to
write about.
Tlie Texas Wonder.
taking this sten. yield up all the fond j Cures aU Kidney. Bladder and Rheumatic
dreams and ideals of her girlhood. In 1 troubles; sold by all druggists, or two
fact, the decision was already made, for! months’ treatment by mail for SI.CO Dr.
what other choice eou’d she make than ! U. W. Hall, 2930 Olive st., St. Louis, Mo.
say “yes.” It was e’ther this or to
continue her journey up the thorn-be- ... „
sprinkled hill of poverty—a long toil- BETTER CRAWFISH THAN PLUNGE
some journey. It appeared t<> her at i Mr. Orton, you arc right if Alotlier
times, for, unfortunately, nature had I Meb did remind you that you were
not endowed her with the necessary re- j effort on arithmetic. But it's hard to
quisites to cope with the world Be-| make a man believ
sides, there were these things m his
favor; although many years her sen
ior. he was goo l-!ooking, and, added to
vould be promptly published bad it been ! will read Darwin closely you wHl see that
•eceived. Do send it again, and tell us it is jv-jt necessary to tlie theory to find
low vou are enjoying Indian summer in j a| LY "missing links.”
• iorida. Your neignbor, Fannie' AloDon-to Inquire why has
,ld, of Inverness, sends some graceful j on - n ,. sh and f ’blood ^ f.iSh.."* m? son "u
noughts about it. 1 suppose you will must be tliat Iffe "crust” is so thick
T must, however, tell of one incident ! this, he possessed health and wealth,
which both surprised and amused me, and, on the whole, she should con.-ider
that occurred at Topeka, Kans. A nice- herself a very fortunate girl, if she
appearing young lady got off at the sta- could only bring herself to see it that
tion carrying something wrapped In a way. It is only tliat she had always
newspaper, and as she was being effu- intended to be very much in love with
sively greeted by a number of lur girl' her husband and be very, very happy
friends. she was suddenly startled by a when she married him.
crash and loud report, and soon found And, too, in tak'ng this step, was she
man believe that ainipie rule
after he has had five or six lessons In
addition. When the “feed” bill, the
coal bill, the grocer's bill, the gas bill,
the house rent, water rent and the doc
tor's bill are due and Sarah has tlio
measles. Tommy has the mumps, the
twins have the whooping cough and the
baby ls teething—great Caesar! Orton.
T never thought much a' out it before,
but I'll never wonder again win- a man
commits suicide. Th- caper alwavs
says. "Mental aberration.” They
might add physical and financial, to*.
Suppose y
, be a lovely picture ot Faye, and a letter some proof of it. Your statement that
I from lain long Client member. Garnet . "you believe because you believe" Is a
Ray and Mr. Stone, Shad I order j daisy. It is kin to Tom's statemeiit that
j bauges for you? Long ago before toe • the Bible doesn’t appeal to the mind, but
j st.i le of badge was decided on, you sent directly to tlie soul. For what
tlie price ot a badge to me. Now, that ; did God give us a ind with
I have given the jeweler s address (last j reasoning facilities and the desire
l weeki and Ins prices, all who wish to know? Were we not advised
j badges can order direct from him. | to search into all things and T.old fast
Thesenreand b-antifnl SilkspiTcntoailrertiKeourhusincs*. Ifyor. wnr*. ■ ! what we proved to be true? However, I
I l.ooo eenuiro S".!t Itc-.nsanls from the rarest patterns and choicest collection I Helvetia, I have had to divide your I have hopes for vou since you admit a
ot lir.r.lznt colors ever seen toecu-.cr, just-ng.te on a postal card cr» letter I Jetter. it was easily done, as the latter; belief In environment anu say that you
[ 15c men: a you jr£ro bonuTririi_your tianie sr.d add^*s_w_riUcn plainly anil ; ff a U was not connected with the iirst, study nature. Get rid of your prejudices
part. I will also add tlie postscript 1 and read tile boo!“s of those who have
about Tom Lockhart and his book. We devoted their fives to the study of na-
ffave not heard from Tom in a weary | ture and her laws.
while. Will be glad of a word from bun. | Miss Jennie Grady Travis, judging from
I send it to t!:o STL It Li NO CO.. SfkDrpt. 139, Milford, Conn.,
I r.r.d yon Tri’.l r: reive by return mail ycur Lucky Birth ftone urlt'.i a short
I l”o reading Absolutely Free and a Surprise Fackugo that will show
| you how easily you can get 1000 Silk Remnants without expense to you.
rest, and showed her western pIuck. is Mr. Bryan. He has come to meet
though it was over an old broken beer' hi.- wife." Immediately, she was all
bottle. | attention, for was it Meb?' She ea-
Yes. Annice. Tennesseean does have a gerly scanned each passenger as they
“fish story” to tell, but not of the usual alighted from the train and found no
style, although I must say there will be difficulty In recognizing among them
less fiction in it. so you are bound to i the dear, sweet face of our little Mater,
“give credence” without reserve. What a mingling of pleasure and satis-
As I returned from my trip through faction she experienced in this meeting,
Indianapolis I stopped off to s-ee a it would be impossible to express. She
"chum” of mine. a young man who ! felt, as she looked into those d<jep,
sometimes calls me "dad-ly," sometimes j kind eyes that she had found a long-
“fatlier,” and a good deal of the time, | lost friend. And the warm hand clasp
“papa.” He. with ihs friends, had ar- . that followed—the kind words of greet-
ranged to take me fishing, and they had i ing—the solicitous questions and sweet
hooks and fines and bait all ready, sc> j words of encouragement, followed by an ; to having
wc made for tlie river forthwith. We urgent invitation to go out and spend , stepped on.
W II lie, ** 111 Du 0*“’* ' ’ * “ V* 11 t/lil It****. J tuibo u V.lllllk- UJ > I I at IO| JUUglltp 1IUM1 " . , , , . j . , . , . . , , , J , |
Your explanation of why those Kentucky • your description I think those cypress had been told tliat fish weighing any- j the nl £ht at her home, -which she was
girls were treated with little respect stumps were never cut, but were cypress ' where from forty pounds down to the i compelled, though reluctantly, to decline. J
when it comes to the real 'h : ng I say
run every time. I speak front experi
ence. for didn't S. T. P. use to whack
me over the head and say: --Here, you
red-headed galoot! Trying to ruin mjr
reputation as a teacher by »staulishing
a courting school—are you?”
You were not a good student of hu
man nature then. S. T. P., or you would
have known that it was only platonic
friendship.
Since you so gracefully acknowledge
that you are one of “us.” I’ll forgive
you everything. I don't mind people
talking about their own folks. I'm used
iny “pedal extremities”
They are so large.
MAX.
Alabama.