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r SIXTH <PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH NOVEMBER 3, 1906. 1 aiks on Timely Topics. j * r x 0 *" e *Lt. tiou of one o. my grandest travels through Switzerland, but finding- .-o little appreciation of this greatest eg Ooa s auntries, perhaps it would he better to say no more in its praise. Mr. I.ockheart, 1 am in correspondence with the postmaster of said little place, : and if the hook cannot be found. I'll : send y ou money for another. I do a good I deal of traveling, and it is hard to keep I up wFh me in summer time. Hearty With tlie Household All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MBS. MARY E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Ga., Inquiries and Letters Requiring Answers ty Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage. Chat With Householders. whole world Uin, through the electric bond j of sympathy. A portly gentleman, whose avoidupoise told of high living, now hurried into the room. ‘‘Tot’s gone! Tot’s gone!” shriek ed a youngster as he made a dash across 1 the tloor. "If I had a buggy whip I’d : shoot the man that stole Tot, Tot! O Tot!” ; As it' in answer to her name, a little : yellow pug-nosed terrier came frisking ; from the ladies' room. The scene i was changed; the happy boy danced a [ jig as he hugged and kissed his dog. i The audience applauded, and dur.ng the I uproar I reluctantly made my exit. HAROLD KING. Shoemaker’s Poultry Book AND ALMANAC FOR 1906, There is nothing in the world like it. It contain* 224 large pages* handsomely illustrated. A cumber cf most beautiful Colo eri *’ ales of Fowl* but not least, Mia madre benisslme (my best little mater), you ! certainly guessed right! It was not as A BIOGRAPHY OP JUDGE WILLIAM ! you think, though. "He” has two R. HOUGHTON. MONO the books soon to be published one of the most noteworthy is a bio graphy of the late Judge. William 'R. Houghton, of Birmingham. Ala. The i Ibiograpliy will 'he fillet j ■with stirring Incidents, j and will contain lessons of I right-living, full of vital j importance, since it will I illustrate a life that was i AVB those of you who are telepathists caught a faint echo of wedding bells? I had no premoni tion of orange blossoms in sliv friends being exceedingly Interested in i "him.” 1 drew Into my shell, th nking , that he was indifferent. One friend to d me that he is very "shy,” and more timid with me than with other women. She gave me a bit of his history—that he led a life of work and study; tnat he was clean in his habits, honorable in I-.Is principles and had no one to love li’m or look after him. That last aopeal’d i to your humble friend who has made her'j life's motto, “Help and love those who I have no one to help them.” But us the I French proverb says, "I burned my fin- I •ger? at it!‘ And now, i am very much I provoked because my peace of mind is ! hookers, gone! And for all I know “he” may not ‘ aprons. ; nre' The vexation of it is that everyone we were separated, and how reunited is .tooted to duty and hu-1 should tell you. “Oh, madedo'selle! you I qll «e a romantic one. which I will tell smiling-” o nt ; m,nd f d ; , BO ! the Household some time in the near > *<•■* "•> *» ;■« elf thus! When 1 opened my book box ; do this. He has many friends in the Dame Decorum marched out, fastened Household, who are glad of his happi- lier eyes on me and—"astiedShe h ’d : ness, and who cordially wish that it may queredand poverty stricken state, he won | no use for the lawless little fellow that; continue through life. success in life, he exemplified the high-j mslsted on being my companion. But! ia\e vninlv tried to cs’ape ills darts! j Today we have a sunny letter from tiie i °te to all. most sunnv-hearted of women—Mrs. HELVETIA. I gifted Grace St. John asks, "where is May Philips Tatrum who wrote so well?” She also voices a question I have often thought should be taken to heart I by our philanthropic millionaires. Why | does not Mr. Carnegie scatter some of j his golden sunshine in the country where t.liero are many who have an eager de- to read but are not able to buy and He the case of our Durward, and his letter announcing his marriage was a com plete surprise. He stole a march on us all when he married in Fort Worth, Texas, Ills -boyhood sweet heart—whom lie had loved when lie wore knieker- sho short skirts and neck says: "The story of how ■books? inanity. Whether amid the trying soenes of war. which he en tered when he was a boy not nineteen, or Sn civic life, where by h.s own unaided exertions after his return to hie con est traits of manhood, courage, persever ance, gentleness and humane helpfulness to his kind. He fought In the bloodiest battles of Virginia all through the war with the states. In the awful fight at Gettysburg he stood at the bottom of "Devil's Dor,” waist deep in cold water, and exchanged shot for shot with the foe that fired from above on him and Ills fellows. When a scout he performed | bov the wonderful feat of capturing (aided by ' one comrade! twenty of the federal troops, effecting this by a daring piece of strategy. Farewell. ...... ...... UIIII , . , . j most sunny-hearted j Stratner. Fortunately, the storm did no THE LATEST ON MA harm to her fairy island, though it left It is with great joy I jingle my merrv tearful and fatal traces on the sea coast bells before our Household shrine Put near her ‘ and shc is fuI! of s >' m P'-tthy me under the mater's desk, so t „ n n ! ^ or ,he fishermen’s wives, some widowed, hear all the secrets confide to her. 1 wo... ten. vn,. — p ,. rsonal damage to Pierre le Beau In civil life. Judge Houghton, notwith- a,ld >' ou will agree with me when standing his modest reserve, was recog- j nL.ed as a man of quiet power and great i resource. Also, he was known as the I friend and helper of struggling talent j and the unostentatious dispenser of a wise charity. His ibiograpliy will be in teresting and instructive. M. E. B. “OLD ST. AUGUSTINE.” Nothing more beautiful in the souvenir line can be found or desired than the booklet, "Old St. Augustine,” consisting of Montgomery Folsom’s graphic and i finished poem—‘‘Old St. Augustine”—il- I lustrated by twelve pictures of the old j city, its ancient fort, and other old | buildings, streets and points of historic ; interest. These pictures are perfect as | specimens of the photographer’s art. No i spot in America has such interesting his- | lorlc associations attached to it as St. Augustine. Tt was founded by the Span ish under Mendez 42 years before the settlement at Jamestown was made. Its history is checkered and romantic, rich in incident and vicissitude. I have often wondered why some great drama or ro mance of the new world in the sixteenth • entury has not been written having St.. Augustine for its stage. Despite the ravages of time, the old part of the city is intensely interesting and picturesque today. The ancient houses ‘built of coquina with balconies overhanging the narrow shell paved streets; the fine, broad sea wall, protecting tho entire. ocean front of the city, the old fort, originally called St. Marco—the most notable structure on our continent—built of co quina by negro slaves, Indians and pris oners of war. and requiring a. hundred and sixty-four years for the building, ali these, together with charming views of road sweeps of sunlit sea, and glimpses of palm-shaded plaza, are among the ex quisite illustrations in this attractive souvenir, which is bound in green and .old. stamped with the royal seal of Aragon. The illustrations and the artis tic, designing of the book are the work of Miss Kowena Griffin, of Stone Moun tain, Ga. It 1s a lovely book for a holi day gift—the price mensurate with it value. I can you Householders won’t tell; you know s can keep secrets. Elam forgot when lie told his experience at the home of our Gerry. Didn’t you, Elam? I have been the best of cherubs today. you there * ,el1 others stripped of clothes and provisions. Nor did the wild storm king do any tho-g’i !t injured to some extent the schooner in which he has a half interest and the new theater building in which r. Bui toe theater— which is owned and managed by a few ■was a circus in town, and enterprising youmg men—will open this passed right by our gate and I didn’t go— month with a strong play. a.nd bids fair narrj step. The calliope stood near; to he a most profitafcle investment. Our enough for me to smell her sweet breath Pierre, who has several irons on the fire ld P* a yod that dear old piece, "If tho of enterprise, yet finds time to hold com- * en ' ere a!1 Transported Far Beyond munion with the poets—has had none of the Northern Seas." That put me to ; the pleasant or profitable happenings m , lln <ln k w iat if It were true? and the! his life this -fall to please him so well as lassies had no man to smile on except the 1 m s taking his third Masonic de; is an enthusiast about Masonry. nee. He lone one in the moon; what a bad time there would be In our part of the world. But, let s talk about the circus. Pa bet! Nothing for a long while has so sur- me (and pa is a good Methodist! a nice'prised and pleased me as to read in Tom suit of clothes against a glngereake that j Lockhart’s own peculiar, but perfectly I would see old Forepaugh’s attractions, j i cgtt)lo writing that he had been taking and I took him up and did not go; Just stayed at home and wrote letters to tho girls. I didn’t tell any secrets, for no body knows who the girls are. do the)-. I Meb? I ;i„,i ..., _ , to this bright, buoyant nature—chained we certainly sailed Into a good one onu . ma lately. If my ma Ires a weakness it I / S ° n t:tnlnse Providence tn a mattre8 ® is her love for beautiful laces, and she' fo . r 20 yearH ' . I,ow Ulaay t,Rles Ulis prides hers'blf on her knowledge of the! w ' d ‘ a!ld think over the in flimsy stuff. «he frequently comes home I c,dents scenes connected with those, from church expatiating thtisly: "Mrs., Iitde trips.’ How many fanciful and ■because of his verses, "Give Fs a Show'." Surely "John” will he good now. I won der why those evolutionists choose the monkey from which to make ua descend or ascend? I’ve seen people tricky, treacherous, grasping and prone to all vice just like monkeys are, but they are the exceptions. Now, there Is the behr—did you ever sec a bear walking through a field of com and gathering roasting ears? Or thumping anu test ing the watermelons so as to pick out Violet asks if some of the Household- Just the ripest ones? And what is more an send her a poem published sev- human-like than a bear picking huckle- 1 years ago in The Bumvv South ate a v pl ? ce °r b , ear - meat onco i? * >.rp, r jr -nr~* t wtii —^>ut that was before I had seen a r ovo d Irito^lil gvhfi A Selklr - 1 She mother ' h< *' ar cuff her baby, and send it ' ■ . . J ' , k . ‘ ®. h ° awa >' crying, and, no doubt, making reso- wrelies to set the poem to music. Sjbil lutions for good behavior in the future. Selkirk died two years or more ago. It 1, too, made a resolution once Emily SiJkirk. of California, author was that nevermore would I practice “The Stigma.” whom we have with cannibalism. I could forgive anyone us. Sybil Selkirk’s daughter is one of for saying that I had evoluted (upwards) our readers and she has no doubt pre- ,Ioni a hear, a horse or a lion; but from served this poem written by the mother * FaZ^N^’XcS^nald. yes. we are whom she devotedlj loved. almost near enough to each other to e are glad to add Mr. Moreland (I hold a social confab over the backyard think It la Lieutenant Moreland), of the : fence. I've been In Inverness, in fact, I i army of the Philippines, to our House- j gave the town and Its best people a I hold circle. Our readers will enjoy his i write-up In a special edition of The poems, written in camp far from home Crystal Elver News Ask Mr. Faraock. and feeling an d delicate, fancy. Our House- ; family, rather-then when any of them hold poets are far above the average, ! drive over here on ^business or pleasure as is being generally recognized. Harry ;!bent, get in the buggy and come along. Dean Is as good at verse as at sketch j So some of you'all think I am prone to writing, which Is no small praise. Why , "sunshiny?” Well; why be other- do we not hear from Enola? Wo are , , St ’ • If there Is a noxious weed and a glad to have Veil Verne and Eugenia beautiful flower to see. why look at the with u> again; also Engineer, who sends u, w i iitt.il ill taiiiu uu uvm uumg , . , _ __ „ — * — friends. They are full of poetic | ( ’^ orRC . Carte L or any of j — .rv.... I ‘bat court house crowd about nie-or my I whether both be weak PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP—MECHAN ISM OF THE THEORY. . In considering whether or not we shall give platonic friendship a trial :n our ^ own lives, it is aavisaibte to in mind the mechanism of the theory.. Briellv stated, it comprises the following! i nv . m ntc. It t«lls All about nil kinds cf Thor* oufsrtihr d F o w 1 h with life-likf! illustrations, . r« a i n. outinnf lie- and prices of same. It tella how to raise iwuitry Plutonic friendship ct r ■■ • , guccessfully and how to treat, all diseases common tween people in whom the animat 1 nmontt them. It gives working pians and illn *a nates the mental and spiritual nature, orj tions oi convenient Poultry Houses. I- tells all In the event that only one of the two | about incubators and Brooders. nor among the lower classes of sO-cal.< d , R . Jrni fn „ nratmetions for operating all kinda of civilized nations. * Incubators. This chapter is marvelously eotnpleta 2. Platonic friendship canno: exist be-i ail( j dollars to anyone using an lncbitor. It tween two people who have once been , gives deseriptiems and pn.-es of Incubators. Hr * trnlsr in Inv. tvlth each oMier n> and all kinds "f Poultry Supplies. In fact. :t . y rJ . - ^. Uh 1 1 t nnV, nvie Th- 1 *0 encyclopedia of cliickendom and will !■*. mailed 3. Platonic friendship cannot exist <>t to anyone on r ,. ( eipt of only 15 cents. Y*,„- money tween two people, either o1 whom < a- , returned if not pleased. teems shallow conquest above genu.no , affection. 4. Platonic friendship, like any othrrj friendship, is conditioned upon both pur-1 ties to it 'being unselfish enough to drawl out the best In each other and to make v.hlte asters, Mrs. Rumbold .stood un.lef sacrifices for friendship’s sake if neees- the old Clin, its yellow and ormvn leaves sary. No weak soul, capabhi of being frost Kissed, failing around nor. t ho Irritated by the world’s busy tongues, toi.-calloused haiius, larg. of joint and ought to attempt it; for It will result in pain to both parties in every such case, whether one of the two be strong or . SHOEMAKER. Box 016, FR3EPORT II.7. In a fine looking negative of a recently taken photograph and pleads—as do a number of others—to have a picture of “Lomacita—the Beautiful,” as Sameth rails her. published. I hope she will semi us her picture for the Household number, and that Fineta will send hers. As soon as our editor, who lias been in California and Colorado on a. long holi day, returns we will arrange for the Household number. I have stories anil ■sketches and poems by a number of our members for that issue, which 1 hope to make interesting and varied. M. E. B. I a trip (of seven miles) and had witnessed ■ two ball games. I could imagine with a j thrill of sympathy how very much those Who was it that kindly sent me the beautiful little book souvenir of De Funiak springs, tho Florida Chautauqua? The views are lovely and full of inter- do i est. Another unique booklet I have re- | ceived is from one of our members, Mr. George Wheeler, journalist and story writer. It is called "Gems of Verse,” a little collection of short poems compiled by Mr. Wheeler and hand printed in colors. Some of the verses are original and there Is an acrostic to The Sunny South, which ive'll (give next week. M. E. B. If your face aches when the cor ners of your mouth are turned down, why not turn them up? If there's a. stone In your path, why stumble over it instead of kicking it aside, or walking around it? When trouble conies meet it in a practical manner, remedy the evil if possible; if not. shoulder It, and carry it in the easiest way you can, and be as cheerful about it as you can. Of course, there come troubles and sorrows that leave the heart bleeding and every nerve on the rack; sometimes they threaten to make us lose, all faith anil trust in our fellowmen; but at such times one needs but to go into that si lence of which Italy Hemperly speaks. Tn that silence is God. MBS. GEORGE H. STRATNER. N B.—-Mother Meb. as the eat (oh. those abominable cats!) seems to have gotten my verses anent the kissing question, I send herewith others. Please let John’s monkey's get at them. M. M. S. 5. Although platonic friendship has in it every element that love lias save one —passion—the two can scarcely be com pared, being so different, though alike; but this much is certain: Jealousy may ■be an accompaniment of lasting love, but of lasting platonic friendship, never, sion may find an excuse for jealousy, tout; noble friendship knows no such selfish ness. Given, then, two people oT sufficient purity, strength, deptii and unselfishness: to be capable of platonic friendship, and ; who have not been previously in love with each other, the theory presupposes* that they will be people of common sense, j Being such, they will realize that, by! reason of the close resemblance between' the two emotions (they having every elc- j men* in common except one), it is pos- j sible for a bona fide platonic friendship f th huim prominent veins, nervously planed tno hem of her apron. Tne rounded snoutdeiA me look of patient enuurance, Lie pa- t lie uc droop to the sunken, toothless mouth, all bespoke a «Tfe ot hate work aim worse, hard words from tne man who, thirty years before, sue ban prom ised—God j.iiy her—to love, honor and obey. ’’’Pears like pa gits harder to git along .] with every nay he lives. Seems line t never wanted to go any place in my Ute as bad as I want to go to the fair, tt d omy take 50 cents to ride on tne cars ami 25 to git in the grounds. Why, a couple of these nens 'uu bring that much, i wonder if 1 could. Want'd pa say I don’t care. I’m again' to do it. Its most line rebellion or sompthin .” Next day three yeilow-legged Plymouth Rock hens began their journey to the city in tne hucksters coops anti Mrs. Rumbold quietly hid a silver uonar under the ciock. "Am I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb,” e thin old voice as sh* lignt bread in pans to drift into love unless each of the tw«: nuaver ed already loves elsewhere. It is the part k nt ,. Vue( i of wisdom, therefore, to examine for pos- | • u hat ye'yellin’ so fur? Must be glad siblf: cases ;n whi<*n tins result coulu; rUZ corn erap’s a failure, ain’t ye? bring aught tout happiness j you wimmin do beat all. Here's tiling" Among alt the conceivable cases, we 1 g*oin’ to rack and ruin anu you screeclnn’ shall find upon investigation out two ln-j a t tb( . t 0[) t) f v -,. r voice.' Well, pa; T hope my sin gin’ didn't hurt little trips? Mow many Jones looked superb today; she had real; humorous ■ stori «'s will his rich imagina- ducliesse lace draped on her waist; it: | tlorx weave about them? Tie will make must have cost $50." Again. “Mrs*, i more out of them than one of us, who Brown’s dress was real pretty, but the; ar " not ossified—makes out of tne hun- lace on It was machine made.” when iP j dreds of experiences and observations of all looked alike to me. j years. Some of our shut-ins and semi- Now she has a merchant friend whom ! invalids certainly seem to get wonderfully she is always guying for bringing on such ! great results out of their limited oppor- a shabby line of laces. She is constantly tr,..ities. There is Margaret Richard— advising him to get some one who knows i our brave, sweet maid Margaret. She how to select the laces for his store. He I fairly radiates energy and will-power. wife happened to drop in | Delicate and fragile as a. Persian lily. and his little for tea the other evening arid tny ma brought, out her hobby. "Oh, Mr. Blank,” she said. ”T want you to see some perfectly handsome lace that I bought from a Mexican woman yesterday. It is every bit hand-made, and the loveliest patterns I ever saw; Just the kind I have always tried to get you to handle. Of course I had to pay rather dear for it,” she rattled on. "but that does not signify when you are getting so me t h ing lia nd-made. ” By this time the lace was unrolled and spread out for inspection, and it looked beautiful. Mr. Blank gazed at it as if fascinated. He carried it close to the iiglxt. passed it though his fingers and leing in no way com- i bis eyes took on a mischievous look, artistic and literary i Turning to ma h« asked; TRAGEDY AND COMEDY IN A STATION WAITING ROOM. I was sitting tn the waiting room of j the Terminal depot in Atlanta, Ga., one ; evening: recently, whiling: away tho couple !hours that intervened before it was j time for the opera. a station waiting j room in a big city ig a kind of stage, : affording kaleidoscopic scenes from real i life, some amusing, others sad and tragi- ! bo*l* Actors of various nationalities appear upon th! s stage, unconsciously taking part ; in the "eontimioais performance.” A serv ing woman, softly crooning an old lullaby as she. paced the marble floor with a daln- . tily wrapped bundle of humanity in her ; arms, attracted my attention. l felt as 1f transported to child- , f ood again and was once more a j mischievous barefoot boy back in my old j plantation home on the murky Yoeka- , nookany. A er'C party from the street j entrance now appeared. The grain-fleek- ! od tresses of the pretty girl in Alice blue j wasi sufficient evidence that a bride was j in out midst. I noted with pride the! j splendid physique of the handsome groom. J Truly was he a typical young American. [ Would he bear the brunt of life's storms , or would its showers like the rice fall j more heavily on the head of his frailer mate. But why surmise or push the cur- OCTOBEK JOYS ON CRYSTAL RIVER r^t^LT'JT rS' unto FLORIDA. ^ ( tho oar shed when a piercing scream rent. Dear Sunny b newts: Three weeKs j air. Silence and suspense held ns past without my reading the Sunny : : .p ul i bo n nd A sobbing young mother South, then 1 5?ot hold of them all in a • ~ bunch The latest threw me a few passed through witn a tiny babe Ciasped bouquets, so must respond with a, "thank- i to her breast. The iittle life had ceased ‘y end publish a little maga- v0 **' qi- course [ haven’t time, but I ! with the stopping of the train. Then and halfway 'believe that I cannot finish up there I realized that sorrow makes the 1 stances in which danger may lurk, and in both of them—which I shall treat in another paper—the fault lies not with pla tonic friendship, but with the people who abuse both it and themselves. By din* of wilful ignorance or carelessness on* can work harm with the best and least. did witli harmful things In the world. As an old the h the corn, spirit. ’ Wal. T dtinno; it s to hurt sompin’.” On tiie morning of she anxiously watched mild show Uore bad enous there is none of the lily's “toil not” in MaiJ Margaret. She writes constantly and acceptably foi different periodicals north and south; shc :s tiie agent of others—an active successful agent. Site copies Gibson heads so beautifully that they find ready sale with demand for more, and she rests herself by lying back on her pillow and dressing dolls to be sold at the exchange for shut-in work. By the way, dear Mar garet. I want you to tell one of the Household’s invalid girls how site may join the shut-in league, i know they have » zine. TATER DIGGERS’ TIME. Talk bout de wedder And talk about de ’’clime”— 1 litre d* good fall season. ’Case it s tater diggin' time. ’Taters roas’in’ In de ashes, 'Possum growin’ fat. No yawn In dc cawn-crib? Well, 1 ain't a-feared er flat. Dey’se le'oied on my cotton Dey's lebied on my mule— I'll eat dem taters ’fo dey’s rotten; Dis nigger ain t no foot. Dey praises up Thankssivin’ When de tucky's baked in state. But I'm mighty glad I'm livin' When day’s ’possum on my plate. saying pithily puts ‘t. "You can choke dog to death on mush.” “One shouldn’t tamper with a thing that is the least dangerous,” says some one complacently—"better not have any friends as all.” Bless my soul! Then we must discard about everything we use. I would con sider popcorn a harmless indulgence, wouldn't you? Well, two men near my old homo ate. too much popcorn, died. They didn’t treat that milk the cows eventful day. her husband slop “I Big log fire a-blazin'. Banjo here to boot; I’d jes' go slow amazin' 1!!' I heard ole Gab'ral toot. TRl'E’H EART. right, and I submit that it shouldn’t bk.rned for their intimperanee—*w-nott that intemperance was due to ignoran gluttony, lack of other food, or any other reason whatsoever. WouMnT they have died of starvation or of eating too much of something else it the popcorn haun t been tnere? i he gre.aiest hin drance humanity has in its painful strug gle upwara is its pronencss to lay us own faults at the uoor of s mieth.ng else. Did you ever notice how tew f*eo] to you meet who arc ready io aeknowieuge a blunder, who will step out fr say, ’that was my t.iult only ever you find anybody who nas Mih: tnuc'i courage and candor you may know that von are in the presence ot a supe rior person. Let us have a little common sense. A man in this town got ms hanu giued to a live wire and never knew what killed him; at least, in this world. Presto! we must all have the lights taken out of our houses at once to insure against a like fate. I think that for my part I'd rather take the trouble to look where I pur my ■hand or to see that the wire is insulated. Tf I installed lamps or candles or gas. the lamps plight explode or T might for- ind cnop wood- wish he wouldn't potter so; I’m afeared I’ll miss the train.” ,Being assured that he was safely off for the cane field she hastily donned her best black calico, and tying on her black sateen sunbonnet, set off tor the station After waiting impatiently for the din ner bell, Mr. Rumbold went to the houao to find a cold dinner on the table and on bis plate a not", which he read, snort- nd they ling with rage between sentences, popcorn! "Deer pa, I take tny pen in hand to I have went to tho cat in and I hope j let you know that r! fair. .Don't let the j you won’t mind.” "Huh! Guess she trunks I’ll hitch up and meet her tonight, ^est let her foot it and maybe next time she won’t bo so ! keen to go.” | At. sunset a wagon load of neighbors , stopped at. the pasture fence where Mr. I Rumbold was driving home tiie rewtf. “Uncle John, did you ” "Now. Len. you break tit | blurt it out that uwav.” I coin’ o' , ' “Darn ‘.y. nna , gently?’ ain't news—don't to tel! him .•holted out the old man: fling against his wife the terrors of the un- vith a newly awakened him speechless, train, it ran into the Lynn, and a good M. E. B. BIG "When did you buy this lace?” "Yesterday.” "How much olid it cost you'.”’ "From 50 cent;} to Si a yard," ma re-; plied, with a knowing toss of her head. "Well, Mrs. Hearjsill, 1 soid this very Blank, yon surely must In the piece <> morn- ' it at THAT “LITTLE” GREAT SWITZERLAND. Switzerland is a wee bit of country i iiat may be put in Uncle Sam's vest pocket when it comes to its size, but If j you eonsiider it in the light of its won-! lierful institutions, its fine laws, its su- 1 perior educational possibilities, well, :hen. my Uncle (Sam) will have to bow ,iis head and acknowledge himself away behind. Do you know that Switzerland was ! first to open the portals of her univer- ! slties to woman? That her education tl i possibilities date further back than that of any country? That in the annals of \ her history alone women fought in batt e j for their fatherland? That the law- i makers get the smallest salary of any \ other nation, and that the highest p si-; tion-s are therefore honorary? That bribery.! under any form is unknown? That they* for a tramp in the garb he wore. Elan) take better care of their own than any wasn’t sharp. Next time you go oourtifur. The hardest part of the task of edit ing a department like this is that con tributors expect their letters and sketches always to appear promptly, and i feel neglected if they do not. A con tributor often fails to realize that ills contribution is one among the 20 or 30 ... _ received every day, all of which must ace to that woman for 0 and 5 cents , ', , , ,, , - ne read, edited and assigned their proper places. Where there is a lively discus sion going on, those who write about it must needs be given precedence, or their letters will lose timeliness. All letters .. ... .about discussed questions, however, can- the prices named. jnot be published as this would take all - a was pe^f^ctly .lorrifi^d; she was (j ie g pacc an<i leave no room for variety, so taken in and she looked so badly sold A few of tho. contributors are always t.ru no one laughed; v:e all just stretched j timely and their letters, poems and 01,1 G - <JS an< * changed the subject; but I ^ sketchc" often appear, but be assured nev er hear her mention lace any more, j that when two articles by the same I think our Gerry is a trump, the queen | writer appear in one issu<* of the paper, ''* benits, from her picture in the Sunny, p is due to one of these having been and i don t blame lier for taking Elam 1 handed in previously and left over. It Is found in “making up" and put with the other one hv tire same writer which rd.” “Oh, M mistaken!" “Come «»ov. n to my store I ing and I will match every of the world's work during my lite- time anyway. Cairn your fears. Mother Meb; though j the storm made our chickens take to the j tall timber, and made the dogs come in j land order upstairs bedrooms, wo are not ■ so very much the worse for that extra ! •breeze and salt liquid. Wish I could j sav as much for others. • j You ask me to tell you how I enjoy ; the autumn weather: I can't; there's | so very much of it. Such skies! Such .playfulness and vagaries of waters! Such j woods! Such birds! I rise early in the I morning, take a long look at the sun— j oh. when it comes my time to die I hope j they will carry me out on the upper l veranda, turn lhy face towards the east, i and let mo watch the smn rise; I will then die happy. It comes up over the ; distant palms, then it is reflected In the ; clear crystal waters of the river; above, i the clouds are either red, blue or pearl- j , grey with edges tinged with gold, and i “What—what! ail the bitter dying away, and known combinir conscience to mak “Why, tho ac-omtnodation many " But the heavy shoes had borne him be yond hearing. As he passed through the yard, mother’s apron fluttered from a nail beside the kitchen door and, paus ing an instant, the clumsy fingers pressed it tight against his face. Urged by the .whip, etd Jerry galloped down tile lane, while behind him rattled Reduce Your Fat Ren go Fruit Mixture Rapidly Re duces Excess Fat Without the Aid of Tiresome Exercise or Starvation Diet. get and blow out the gas or set my dress land bounced the old surrey. At the turn- afire in the candle. Now would it lie! ing across the goldenrod, a well known exactly to my taste to sit in darkness j black bonnet bobbed nastily along, always? "Mother.” the voice sounded childish, No, my friends, you can’t escape dan-' and quavered off into a treble, ger as long as you are in this world, no j “Why, pa, ye didn’t think I was hurt, matter how many things you leave our i did ye’.’ Maybe 'twas a jedgment sent of your life. The only safeguards within because I went." our reach that will eliminate blunders; "No, I'm giad ye went, mother. I and consequent pain in any line you can j wisht I'd a went, too.” mention are knowledge and self-control, j The arm clad in hiue and white shirt You had better investigate this question sleeve awkwardly found its wav around of Platonic friendship, therefore, and act • mother's bent shoulders and the sunbon- aecordingly. If you cut it out entirely, . net fell off as lie, to her surprise, pressed COSTS NOTHING TO TRY. from the sun itself there then radiates [ jt vlll i-oduce excess fat and build tip the strength a warm glow that puts life into the 1 »nd health of any one who eats it regularly for heart of the world, and— a shnrt ,ime - R is a product But I must stop and feed the chickens, i <|vBr/5jK!, of nature, ’delicious to the t#sto My path—that shell levee—is now lined I and safe and harmless in all with goldenroik), and wild chrjsanthe- j its properties. It will not ia- for various munis run riot with tiie. morning glories. : jure the digestive organs as md letters i ^ marsh hen or two is walking about. , TjBjra'yfE'Sf so maty drugs and medicines Orton and Mason wear long-tail coats, and ' aro kept back to- quite a while. The I Hakes'me^ ton ' rime fo I STOjlfelft do. these wouldn t do out west. By the way. | mere reading of so much manuscript ; w .^ Ik thfi i^gth of that shell road. Sud- i WmBiiMir ««"«« fruit Mixture trill J rton f while you remain so un\£cide<J \ requires it great deal of time and it <jenly the harsh sound of the first ring:- j positively reduce surplus fat ibout the women, don t bother; you will, seems unavoidable that some letters , ing of the breakfast bell sends me ; rapidly and do so without harm other country? She nas beautiful homes, old Ijoy, trade Durward or Knight of the! was sent in ’ater not .poor-houses for the aged, retired wire out of some of their rigging and! j t sometimes happens that ft teachers, etc., where charity is not men- thpn , v , “ . sometimes Happens tnat tinned, and where they are well treated .\‘ r ’ ',, 'L " rP : No ( v ’ 1 imagine! reasons interesting sketches a; In France tills nart of humanitarianlsm Orton a.id Mason wear long-tail coats, and : are kept back for quite a w In France this part of humanitarianlsm belonged to the Roman church until late ly, but their “establishments of charity” i cannot be compared to the '‘institutions'' 1 of the federal government. Now .after nil this can you cal! Swltz-i eriand "insignificant." dear tonuac., a'.’ I am fairly well posted on government. : but for sake of the Sunny I shall study j it thoroughly this winter. • Switzerland and its children made the ' ife gleam of my chit hood happy, and I j ,lliln 5 good wishes from the court jester ] qualified to judge. am trying to be grateful, and above alt.' t hide my bells nn.l say good night. ; utst. 1 was going to give you a d scrip- j Weatherford. Tex. IKE. j In one .»f her beautiful make a fine old bachelor in time, and the ; should go astray or be misplaced while j scurrying on to the orange grove (you girlies don’t care. You may be a little j others tire written dimly In pencil, or oualit. to see—and taste—those oranges), crusty at times, but you can move your ; on both sides of the paper, or jire hope-; 1 open the doors of the coops, scatter a boarding house when your landlady can’t tessiv long But many are excellent- * ; bucket of feed, and leave the chickens stand you. See? But I must be going, it's and writers are constantly improving their morning feast, while I time to juice the cow for my ma. so with I and are receiving praise from those well . Second'“'and final ringing. (Tiie morn- | Ing- dew i3 beautiful to look at, but it J wet3 one so). mvate letters can have i* to the subject. It is very pala table and pleasant to eat. It is prepared in a highly concen trated form and is convenient to carry in the pocket, so one with him at all times. 30-Piece Breakfast Set Original "Blue Willow Ware } After breakfast I have to brace my- iself against many temptations to nie. , I There arc the oysters, fat and lucious, . ! tempting me to go along with the pic- j j nickers l>ent on having an oyster roast; , i the squirrels chatter about ripe nuts In • the woods, and my double-barrel shot- , i gun tries to point out the fact that those [ • Mine squirrels are just ripe for a pot- ■ , pie. Tiie birds of various tines flit about and tell each other how silly we liumans j arc. who keep ourselves siiut up in a i I house—those mockingbirds especially J twitter and warble and trill until 1 snatch up my hat and tell the girls that j T’ve something to do in the garden, j Those mockingbirds, too. have a lot to do in my garden, and when I see liow they bite off ”•* English peas, my radishes, I and ott, . ader plants 1 want to wring j their pf&titfjascally necks. I don’t do it. thougftfhe r they look too saucy, ami 1 Ittugo Fruit Mixture requires no exhausting ex* there a’m-aoo many necks. Then I lis- CTt ' ses or starvation dieting to help It out as so Vi t<•> C 0 H.hprmm coriinc i-i with * lnunv <* th<! so-called fat remedies do. You can ■ ' ™ cm, g in With . g() right ahtad aml aU ™,I to your regular daily trie.l nlsUI.i c4L.li. All) tuth. I ques- duties. It compels proper assimilation of tho food j tion. * ’**tin ma m: we just natclielly , and sends the food nutriment into the muscles, slewed na e:iuyed ’em.” And they pass ’bones nnd nerves and builds them up instead ot o:i witli’ta-' ‘.en boats up the river to mar- ! filing it up in the form oi excess fat. It is mild, j..,, ve I pleasant and harmless; put up in concentrated form , ’ . . . ,. , . , T jin small packages for convenience. Anniee dear, don t say t ats to me. I . q you suffer from excess fat., send your name shall t go along on your next p.cnic li | and address today for a trial package* of ttcugo you mention cats again. You and 1 arc i Fruit Mixture, mailed free in plain wrapper. Fill : in the chicken business, but suppose the ■ cur free coupon below. I wildcats (catamounts) caught one or two i ! hundred for you. as they did for me? Wo you may get something worse—you’ll sure to, In fact, besides nrissln-g tire good you would have got from it. Always provided, of course, that you aro a person capable of platonic friend ship. No matter how good a thing may be for a healthy person, it is likely to injure a diseased one, because nts sys tem is out of order. If you arc not sound in your spiritual body, don't ’ry platonic friendship—it is not tire tiling you need. Take a little course in hard thinking and solf-control first, and gt ' ' out into the sunshine and pure atmos phere of high ideals. After a while you i will feel the craving for better company than yourself coming naturally, and you ; will take it wherever you find it, without | stopping to question what sort of dish 1 it is sewed in. To get good results, we j must work according to nature's laws. ! whether in the physical or the spiritual ! realm, ami 1 by no means prescribe a ■ sudden dip into platonic friendship. | I do say, however, that if you work up j to It gradually and use common sense ; about that the same as you would other ! things, you will never have cause to re- . gret having given it a fair, lionest trial I in your life I speak whereof I know, i .because I have proved it in tny own ex- ! perlence—not once, but many times. ! There are many questions that I am not { certain about, but platonic friendship is • ■ cot one of them. Sincerely. lomacita. the network This Illustration Plainly Shows How Rango Fruit Mixture Acts. name consists {caught so many wildcats that I thought fuw we ' iaJ them all, but still they come, mimmi Last night 1 set a trap, and this morning ttjJnKKlv I gave the family free tickets to the TOMy show, for it. was a sure enough show to .see that big beast with his cruel paws I tn*mi;- the trap, and snarling, spitting, henu me your „ 1L . v couldn't ; him a 1 will mve you tms Beautiful tinrty-piece, full size. ‘Blue Willow Ware Breakfast Set. absolutely P»BE tor nfewhoura work. SeM me. oar W Rh rage at us. 1 le ar.d address. I will immediately send you our proposition, and in a few days you can have this full size Breakfast Set on your own vame. *-*• rn( j ure t i le sight long so I gav gists of C Coffee Cups. 6 Saucers. 6 Plates. 6 Oatmeal or Fruit Dishes and 0 Butter Dishes. Do not delay. Write at once. Address Pullet in his brains W. M. ROSS. Manager - - - 32 Sawyer Building. Chicago Speaking of animals, reminds me that want to shake hands with Mr. Buie FREE RErtraO COUPON. If you suffer from excess tat, all you have to do is fl!l in your name and address on dotted lines below and mail to Uergo Fruit Company. If6! Main ivt., Augusta. Mich., and they will mail in plain wrapper, free, a trial pacKage. Tiie Texas Wonder. Cures all Kidney. Bladder an" Rheumatic troubles; sold by all druggists, /c two months' treatment by mail for SI.CO. D: E. \V. Hall, 2930 Olive et., St. Louis, Mo. MOTHER’S FAIR-GOING. “Fa.” "Huh?” sullenly and ungraciously. "Don’t you think we could go to the fair if ” , "No. I don't think we could go to the ! fair, and what's more, we ain't a-goin'. j 1 swan to man, Mary .Jane. J believe j you are plum' crazy ’bout that there fair. ! It's fair, fair, fair, from daylight till j dark. What on airth possesses you wim- j min folks to be alius on the gad, Is mor'n i I know. First thing you know we’ll land I up in the pore house, if ” But. the barn had swallowed up the I form clad in hickory shirt, jeans trousers j and weather-beaten’str.v-.’ hat, and ”pa.’” I muttering to himself, began to measure j wheat for the mill. The big barn doors swung lazily to and fro, banging sullenly as tney touched the barn. In the barn lot. sleek cows waited impatiently for the bars to be let down and allow them to nip the tender clover. Jack, the tawny Shepherd, eyed first the cows, then the door through which his master had disappeared, won dering if it would be safe to enjoy a ride swinging on old Bess’ ta::, a frolic often rewarded with the whip. A buzzard slow- , ly circled in the clear, cool October air. j With faded blue eyes gazing unseeingly over tiie hills covered with purple and a clumsy kiss among wrinkles on her cheek. “Why, pa,” in a happy little tearful voice. ”it makes me think of thirty years UqO. 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