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SIXTH <PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
DECEMBER 8, 1906.
Taixs on Timely Topics.
NOT
“EUIL” IN' MEXICAN
CHURCHES.
HE average man on Sunday
sends his wife to chureli,
while iie stays at home and
reads the paper, his excuse
being that the services are
dull, and he will fall
asleep. No such plea
would be in order concern
ing lhe churches in old
Mexico. It is anything but
dull at the grand Cathe
dral in Mexico, according
account given by
Bierderman." And tlio countess would ering over us
smile at him in good humored protest \ y P t, and w
as she took it lie mail bags.
to the
a newly wedded Flor
ida pair, who recently visited Mex
ico for their bridal trip. The cathedral—
years old. and rich in ornamentation
—the great pipe o>;an and the oflieiating j youth' in our community, who pail
priest in a sure enough gold robe, with '
The
water. and took the dollars, buying
with them a cow for a poor widow among
the colonists. Some of the men were
quite angry, and the countess though
she was as brave as any man, thought it
prudent to protect herself at night. Hence
the loaded revolvers under our pillows
that night, and the great dog—Saint Ber
nard. with a cross of wolf—that stretch
ed himself across the foot of the bed.
Tiie covering—after the German fashion
—<was a feather Hied—light, but still a
feather bed—and with this on my chest,
the pistols under my head, and the. dog
across my feet. I could not court
Morpheus very successfully. This was
years ago, but I think the colony still
survives, and the countess Is still its
guardian angel. The Swiss station was
the prettiest then on the road, and Con
ductor MoCool. as his train approached
it, was won! to say .to ills passengers:
“We are now about to sec the Swiss
colony station and the station master,
postmaster, preacher, doctor and school
master of the colony.” When the train
stopped at 'tiie station—behold, there
stood a. solitary woman. "There, they
all are my friends.” said Captain Mc-
Cool, with a. bow to the lady—“all these
With the Household
All Communications to This Department Should Be Addressed to MRS. MARY E. BRYAN, Clarkston, Ga., Inquiries and
Letters Requiring Answers hy Mail Must Be Accompanied by Postage.
Chat With Householders.
devoted wife, with
pathize.
whom we deeply sym-
frie.nd, whose wife left him. is he who
called his wife “fool" under his breath
when the baby came near getting a tall
through no fault of hers?
Knight of the Wire has a very fine
fu. e; lie looks every Inch "a manly man.”
We welcome dear Julia Coman Tait,
who has come again with her hook re
views. Also Mlzpah with her bright book
chats. Mr. L. Buiie. I laughed heartily
over the monkey show. My dim and dis
tant ancestors may have been .apes or
tadpoles—I care not. I only hope that
with my present form and faculties I
may emulate the good deeds and pure
life of her whose name I bear.
LU'CILK DE NEVERS.
A Washing
Riachma Fill
For 30 Dap
A DOG STEP-MOTHER.
The story of Frank and Jeff prove
the depth of dog affections. It also
brings to mind a great manv things i
M
V dear family have been un
usually kind to me in these
last days, sending me sueh
tffeetionatc let-1 Sunny South was—what
pleasant,
ters
cards. Would f had time
to respond to all these
with pen as I do in
thought and heart. T send
.'•on nil “vibrations” of
love, dear friends—as Italy
would say—and of grateful
appreciation for vour
How blessings brighten ns they take
their flight. So many of those who have
written about the change in the paper,
say: “I never realized how excellent The
thoughtfulness. i think
all of us feel more tenderly towards each
other now with the shadow of the com-
personages in one little woman—Countess 1 mg breaking up of the Sunny Home hov-
the little plat in the garden represent
Tour generations of the YValK-er xa-mily. j have known them to do. My brothe
The house stands on an eminence com-j always kept a good many dogs, mos'lv
manding a view of miles and miles ol i hounds, as he was fond of fox hunting •
rolling country, hills ami vales. In the 1 One day be came in and told ns that :
yard are several mulberry trees brought j Biz one of his favorites, bad two -f j
oy J-e.verson from Monticello and given ’ the finest puppies he ever saw. W» |
to the great-grandtather of tne present had just come in from looking at four ;
source of generation. Jellerson often stayed for cute little puppies our favorite lit i j
and beautif ul post- j Pleasure and benefit, until now. that it Hie night here when on ins way to ms j house dog Missie had snugly hidden in |
will soon bid us goodbye. Where shall Plantation in a lower county. The trees ; thy cotton house out at the barn- — “ ~
we find another like it?” To me, too. are yPry lar& '‘ i>n 'l venerable. .Sonic are
it will be like losing a. dear friend, but 1 misshapen; others are sym-
we will hope to have a meeting place ini ottAlme was limited and we could
the new magazme. Every family should not linger, so with a tear to the tncm-
; take at least one magazine and there is ory of him whose boyhood was passed
l not one on the list that will be able to I here, we turned away,
i offer monthly such a store of good things j Appomattox is the "court house” now
| for such little money as will the “Uncle • hy courtesy only, for the court house
Remus.” ! wes burned and the new hall of justice
But it is three months off
can get in many good
Mr. Orton wrote very feelingly about
Hie old Sunny. You know, that despi’e
his cynical views about love and mar
riage he bos a tender heart. Will
Mitchell has told us this. By the way.
thoughts and bright stories and 'friendly ma -ny ask about Will Ward Mitchell.
Nelson B. says: “Wo
I curly hair in the middle, and writes poe-
mon to hold it up, are sufficiently j try. The girls think he Is exquisite.
entertaining, but, beside these, there are
five different services going on at tiie
same time, attended by picturesque con
gregations of all nations anil races. Then
there are peculiar features.
omen peddling tottery tickets, move' lady, and he wrote a screed
about among the worshippers amt make j this first verse is a specimen:
sales; men come in from tiie cock Pits.!
Milli a clipped rooster perched on their •• \ry dear Miss Maria, T do not aspire
arms, .pra.v devoutly for a tew minutes, | r p ( , be very much of a poet,
then go out to enjoy tiie noble ■ sport ot Rot at your desire. I’ll finger tiie lyre,
cock fighting, flitch next to the bull* And while T am young. I'll go it.
iave a ‘golden ' taIks with each other before the break-
ids 1 Ins 'UP-
Our discussions have never been other
than good-humored, i think. The give
and I cannot tell them where or how
j he is. l would like very much to know;
| also I would like to hear from “Absent
Brother’’ and his wife. One of our best
We have a little social club, and a club a,,f l take was in a playful spirit. “John”
album, in which eaclt member writes
sentimen t in January of every year, j ue
•poet' < ?i was asked to write some' hing
the president <>f our club—a young
if which
i ud
is at the. depot 3 miles away.
With us was one who was near Lee at
the surrender, and because of this old
confederate tiie journey was made doubly
interesting.
No real battle was fought at Appomat-
tox. he told us, but there were many
skirmishes. A patch in the side of the
house was pointed out to us as the spot
through which a cannon ball had passed.
I Though there were several women and
I children in the house at the time no one
I was hurt.
Farther on is a house whose one chim-
toid him about them, and when lie sai l •,
they must he drowned we assured him j
it would break poor Missie’s heart. TJ" i
only laughed at us, and while playing i
with Missie. who seemed anxious to I
carry him to see iter treasures, tie sent |
a little negro boy to take them off and
kill them.
From the kindest hearted man imagin
able he seemed suddenly transformed
into a. cruel monster. .But be was sorry
enough when too late. We all watch' 1
to see what Missie would do. At first
she seemed to think they were just hid
ing them for fun; and would catch our
dresses In her mouth and pull us along.
seemingly, to get us to help her find
them. After a. while -"he began to bo
suspicious; then seeing nty mother with
something in her apron she began to
frisk and jump as much as to say *7
knew it was a joke.” She never rested
till she saw what my mother had
lighting is tile national sport of Spanish
Mexico.
The solemnity of the services is oc
casionally broken by the crowing of a
cock or the barking of a dog. Such a
variety of entertainment in church
would have jjleased the little matinee
Atlanta girl, who on being taken to
church for the first time, listened ex
pectantly to the organ and the choir
singing and then to thp sermon for a
few minutes before she exclaimed in
a loud whispeh, “Mama, this matinee
ain’t funny, let's go to tiie 10-cent
store.”
M E. B.
am. Tom * and "Moonshiner,”
with Senex. G. \V„ S. T. p. and oth-rs
for file Closing team, have played the
■a 1 of evolution and socialism in lively
fashion, with Lomacita as umpire. i.,u't
no damage lias been done either to good
feelings or to convictions—moral and re
ligious. I tried to have the contest a
fair one, only in the case of evolution
1 wished to avoid scriptural controversy
and iet the debates be on a scientific
I'll mount Pegasus, and climb Fanias- i I lane as much as possible, for, as I have
si is, j often said, whenever arguments are :
Invoke the Nine and Apollo; (founded on scriptural utterances the dis-j
But if I should fall, you’re the blame i cession goes into heated controversy, for
for it all, almost every person interprets Bible
And so you must come if I holloa." | statements differently. ] have never seen
I'wo ministers who put exactly the same
beloved ones is anxious to know that '; Farther on is a bnn-e that worried look came back- Attn
„. „ ! ru.ri.nei on is a house whose one chim- . hunting an hour or two she lost faith and
•she ma., commend to tlieh good offices ney shows a gaping rent near the top such pitiful crying and moaning I never
a dear friend who is going to Arizona j made by a shrapnel shot. Forty-one I saw; and we all cried with her.
for her health. years it has stood a grim reminder of ! Finally a bright idea came to iny sis-
I t _. e . - as *- day M’ the great conflict. Ho ter, and she had one of the liou.se gills
I hope we may have the Christmasi y ! '*d was the description of the skirmish-j go while Liz was eating her dinner an!
issue as a Household number. 1 will wt ' c °ul'l almost persuade ourselves • slip her puppies away from the old shop
bo able to know by next week. I have i ' „ , wp hear the whizzing of the! and bring them in a round about way
a number of fine stories and letters, and : m boa ! ninR ' af f hp < ' annon - to the cotton house, several hundred
n rticies for m„« • ,. 1 hc ° ,d MeClean house, where Lee ana yards distant, and see it Missie would
one or two excellent articles for Ulus-, Grant met to arrange the terms of sur-1 think they were hers. Then we all
tration. Lomacita .ias promised us hoi ; render, was taken down, brick by brick, ' went with Missie and almost cried
picture, and a sketch, ''an we not have, for tiie purpose of erecting it at the Cni-) again to see her joy. Oh, she was
Finetas. too? Cupid has a message from eago fair, but tills was not done. The i the happiest creature. I think her gri.-f
Lovedale. Tennessee gathered a host of' bricks are piled where the old house had nearly crazed her. so she seemel
bright memory pictures during his trip stood, and a notice tacked to the gate ! to think they were her own.
Carol Elmore will '-varus one that no trespassing is al- Liz seemed a little puzzled at the
; lowed. disappearance of her babies, but that
j Further on down the road, past the! was all. Next day, in wanderin;
i tavern and t>he site of the old court around,
personator, the paper say—to remember i house, tablets are to be seen her*
to the Pacific coast,
stop long enough it
reer—he has outdone
bis triumphal ea-
himself as an im-
WITH CCREESPONDENGE.
Marie Bell asks: “Do you think that
Buskin, or Mr. Orton’s friend suffered
any great loss through the desertion of
their wives? Do you think that a per
son having once possessed the love of
another can ever lose it?” There is no
doubt that Ruskin suffered deeply In his
affection a" well as his pride in giving
up his wife to his friend, Millais. Even
though, as it is alleged, he married her
to please his mother, she being bis cousin
—and did not love her passionately, yet
she was endeared to him by habit and
association—two strong bonds in mar
riage. Their married life had flowed
smoothly, and their companionship had
Been pleasant and inspiring up to tills
time, when she became fascinated with
the 'brilliant and gifted painter. Many
men fee. the severing- of the marriage
■lie more deeply than women, though
pride induces them to hide their hurt.
Although Shakespeare tells us that true
love “does not alter where it alteration
finds,” yet it is not often wo see 'any
love save that of a mother or a father
• dinging' t" one who has lost the lovable
qualities that first made him or her at
tractive, though there are instances
where women have loved brutal, drunk
en and faithless husbands.
“Now. it seems to me this is jits' a
string of nonsense. What does be mean
by Pegasus and Parnassus—or have
these nay meaning? The girls liked it
fine, and the president said it was comic
poetry, and very clever. H«> took a
liberty with her name. It is really Ma
ria's. but she gets angry unless she is
called Marie. However, a girl will for-
! give much to a fellow who lias a wave
in bis "inir and writes rhyme
line-s a re certainly not poetry,
rhyme and measure neatly, and they
liave sense, as well as jingle. Pegasus
and Parnassus are nor nonsense. They
have a classical meaning. Pegasus was
the fabled winged horse of the Muses,
sprung from the blood of Medusa when
that evil enchantress was slain by
Persons. With n stroke of his hoof Pegas
us caused the fountain of poetic in
spiration—Hippoerene—to flow forth.
Parnassus is a mountain in Greece—held
in mythology to be sacred to Apollo,
the god of music and song—and nis sis
ters—the “Nine" Muses. Ho you see the
curly haired youth has some cultured
brains under the wavy locks. Don't cry
him down, if you envy him the sit lb
favor, why. try to write verses your
self, and put up your hair in curl pa
pers.
M. E. B.
and
[vent to the cotton hou.
when Mi.ssle flew out at her and wj
mterpivtation on a scriptural statement.
U'e are soon to wind up both these dis-
• lesions, which have interested many
as giving tln-m information upon sub-
.i"' ts are being universally talked you
bis Household aadmirers. and our humor- ! there. One shows where' the confederate feared she would be killed. But instead,
ists will semi us something to laugh lines were drawn up, another shows the i ff avP Liz such a thrashing^ she lctt
over. By the. way, Ike Is studying law. , position of the federal lines. Over in a
so Annice writes me. Dear Annice, can't! a tablet marks tiie spot where Lee
spare us Dr. Gem’s picture, also j
Here's a «>is.noe for my wonian to ret away
from the washboard torf-vfr Simply drop at
a postal card, unking fora Spoiler* Waaher.
and we wil .tend yon one, on trial, for no da vv
the f retail
the wash quicker, better and w:fn lest labor
than any oUier machlno. tell ill an, ar.d we’ll
pay the freight hack. If yon do like it
will make terms of payment on such nui
Installments that anyone can buy It. Tharn
are no string* to this otter. It’* a rnuara dan-.
We make 11, because we know that the
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lithe b*8t machine mafic. It dr,r» 0 ? the
work itaclf. You only to prude It, and
you can <lo this eirtlup or *tan<ilnir Operate,c
lu either direction. Made ot r-.iB’.s? oclcrtcd
Virginia Whits Cf*l»r Stcam-tii 4 v;t— never
conics loose. Moc^nism r». *. rr.rloa*<i—-no
danger of hands or clothing being caught.
Bail bearing—tightest running.
Send to-day for Sail par*IruTr.ra of this
romorhable offer and our proposition.
SPOTLESS COMPANY, Inc.
Bot,o64 AR, Cmc^g.., fit.
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m3S3SSB&
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■ 11
and Grant met, but the historic apple
irinm- wit. hw umbrellat ! "' P0 , has disappeared. Some hundred
I’.ci: m the newspapers, and in common ] ' IjIn - s wlt " !ll! ’ umbrella. j yards beyond is a tab’et tihat reads;
>nversation as well as in colleges and I „ , ., r : 'Hero !^p addressed bis men,” etc. In
•herds, in the pulpit, on the campaign I ° ur Household, like the big world of. the little cemetery near ay the bodies of
tump and the lecture platform. No two ' i'dmanity, Is made up of laughter and; eighteen confederate and union soldiers
tears. ' !ie side by side, severed being the im-
Our heartfelt sympathies go out to our' known dead. Several yards back from
dear Tennessee girl, Eugenia, who lost i r °ad North Carolira has erected a
her mother on November 10. The news-: '' nonumen t to her troons.
paper of her town tells of tlie bereave-I
ieots could have beep chosen that
1 lie ; .old deeper and wider interest for think-
thoy ers.
As to socialism, though, as I told you re-
' f-utly, the theory is nearly three ceti-
t. 'ie.s old. yet it is now becoming a
\ itai issue in our own and other coun
tries. it is being tried in a wiser and
better way than characterized previous
experiments on this line. For instance,
here in the south, in Baldwin county,
Ala., there is a socialist town, Fair Hope,
"f nearly 700 population, with fine
churches, school buildings, mills, stores,
market, with printing office, town hall.
Masonic lodge, the association owning
! .600 acres of land. It is located on
Mobile bay. 16 miles from Mobile city,
with wilier it holds constant communi
a hurry, and never dared to bother
the little step-mother again; and little
Missie raised the two hound puppies as
, though they were her own. although m
! a very few weeks they were larger than
i she was. And when they got to be great
; big dogs and she decided to wean them,
| iL was so funny to see such a little
creature making her large step-sons get
j out of her way
| Mv mother didn’t think it was exactly
| fair to take both pups from Liz and
suggested leaving her one, but my
' I SHALL FIND IMMORTALITY.
’ I shall find immortality;
.T" wore told -Ybrotla-r "aid “No, Liz don't care fo:
ment with words full of profound fed-1 the” gav It- th., 'm’.i 1,0 Raye f. t ot |them like Missie does, and if there were
ing and eulogizes the good mother. | the gfc a £ tlux^^^s^undYng i *%*'?'* T**’
friend and Christian in highest terms, i country held their fetes. There courtly | S ° " ted ’ C '
We learn from this source that the suf- Virginia gentlemen danetd the stately
ferings of the mother during her try- [ minuet with beautiful Virginia dames.
ing illness were greatly alleviated by j Now it is difficult to believe that Appo- . . ,
the 'untiring ministrations of her daugh-1 n»tu>x ever could have been gay. as It I 1 hr, ’ USa gaU ‘ s that are not oppn yet ’
t _ I ls also difficult to believe that it was
ever the scene of so dramatic an incident
. , „ .. , „ ... - i a - s the surrender of the confederacy
A letter from Newberry, S C., tells of standing where Lee ,-tood we thought
and iS £ t thr g reat a ’i)irie C ty 1I and 0n ar t tisac I and‘of'^e‘broken and wea^y meTwho 1 fid* i , mmorUllUy 1 f t n . ow
beauty of the articles exhibited by Mar- ; 'hadIMIowed him through the four years' j £££ ^n^iXf 00^ go 0W
garet Richard. One entire table was de- »at, when_they were compelled to stack 1 Nor comes the rain nor falls the snow-
Through failure, rancoi and regret
Through dally cares and fears which
::'rct —
I shall find immortality.
at ion through tiie steamer FYih- Hope voted to this exhibition, which consisted ^ ely ; „ arn ?®i h i*_^_ th ,Y y r u s hed out of line i shall find immortality
UNRECOGNIZED.
Yo tbi» v l\ ibut T nvn proud;
Ye think mo roor: 1 air not poor.
Nor can ho w'nilo such visions bright
Come daily to my door.
that plies between the city and the town. ,
if i,s the only single tax colonv in the boxes, hand-painted stamp oa.'C
; world ,-„d is said to be a wonderfully portfolios. a-W 01 her articles of orna-
‘thriving community. I wish some of me nt and use, made with tne exquis, e
| you Alabama Householders would visit taste, art and finish that characterize ad
i Fair Hope and tell .us mdre about it. . the work done by Margaret Richard,
j Also we are soon to have a socialist
! college in Georgia.
of beautiful liand-painted celluloid vases . t " i us ^ tl . le Rags they hail followed so
:<es and lon 5',, arlnff rIle hanners from the staffs
ana hiding them in their bosoms, deter- j
joined that no -lorbborn hand should p o-
fp
M. E. B.
tnefr sacred folds.
All the surroundings now are eminent-
ly peaceful. A few sheep and cattle con-
Ventedly browse on the ridges and
through the streets of the little village
made memorable by the surrender and
vividly recall Browning's pastoral:
birdlings, is a happy place. Dr Sc
is the trusted physician of ;ill tin
luges. The haunted house was In
by an enterprising Boston woman,
had it repaired and modernize...
ghosts all being frightened away bi
smell of new paint. A mo
sons—among them some int'.-rc 11 r g
acters—have moved to the village
some time i may tell yon
SUE ALKRITT'
•WHITE
Ye think me weak, but 1 am stru:
Ye think me humble—I am liigli;
I have a kingdom all my own,
And rnin’e own king am f!
om-erninc :ln- Swiss
wrote long ago ii
“Where v.as i: I.
..lony
The
ated V
Lucille asks
about which
Sunny South:
Is it still in existence?”
The Swiss colony 1 visited was in the
Piedmont mountains, on the Southern
railroad, some miles above Mount Airy.
If was founded by Com;’ and Countess
Biederman. At the. invitation of the
countess, I visited her while her 1ms-
'.and was in Europe arranging for an-
i"iLiter colony. [ found tlu- countess a cul
tivated and kind-hearted woman. She
had incurred the temporary resentment
or the colonists and tlieir friends, the
i.iee"s'-i-»e^^ v v i-i*<*r— with their
little plan for obtaining illicit whisky on
t ie sly. For some time the colonists
had been 1 aving mishaps and getting
into quarrels. The countess was wor
ried and perplexed. At last one of. the-
men said to tier lie couldn't tell tales
out of school, but if she would rise very
['alk to the spring she
e. ret o' the trouble,
sprit g before sunrise,
a number of omp'.y
[i dollar tied to the
o be tided from the
Scant silver 'have. 1
Is less than little,
■Home royal treasure
That monev could
nd
yet hat
safely
not on
gl-u- I.
My palace is no stru
Four humble walls in. lose it all.
But garnished gloriously with dream*
It is not mean, nor small!
Ten thousand golden r.aii’ies bright
I have within my coffers stored;
Tint' plain my fare .] sometimes huv
An angel at my board!
ARTHUR GOODEN' )l
; 11.
Cure Constipation
Without Drugs
♦ •ai’iy a.ml take a
would find tht*
She 'was at the
and there found
jug's, each with
handles watiug - I
dkl
Siu k tilled ;ho jug
With
AMONG THE SQUIRRELS.
"A id now, when conn-s the mild, sor
day, as still such days will conic.
To call the squirrel and the lice from out !
their winter home."’
bn a golden day of t;," la.e, lingering
autumn, the mellow sunshine and the j
balmy air temyevd me to take a walk.
No, I did not carry my gun along to kill
the innocent emit tires of Mother Na
ture. 1 went forth with open heart and
receptive soul tu enjoy her •! eatuy.
1 Brough pastures and meadows golden-
brown with winter's touch, beside crook
ed fences, it: whose corners clustered j
silvery grasses, and the failed plumes of j
IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR, OWN
HOME.
Half asleep.
Tinkle homeward through the twilight
stray or stop.
As they crop.
IVas the site of a city, great and gay,
CSo they say.)”
MAY HARRIS WALKER.
Belton, Tex.
THE GREATEST GIFT.
j A letter from the good wife of our' The smiling summer and the fair pen
j "Dr. Nat” contains tiie sad news that’five autumn are among tiie tilings of the I “Where the quiet colored end of evernn
j tDo doctor is seriously ill. lie was past. I enjoy hearing tiie Householders | smiles
i stricken down suddenly with paralysis, tell about their summer outings, though j Miles and miles
due t,, the inflammation of the spinal ! have had none myself. No need to go j un Lie pasture where our sheep
■ ■ore at the base of the brain, also in- anywhere in search of pure air. when 1
i (lamination of the brain itself. He was had cubic yards of it around me and a
critically ill for a while, but lie is bet- broad environment of hills and woods.
t : vr and 1 know you will join me in the I cannot understand how persons like
! earnest wish and prayer that he may Miserable can find no charms in country
1 recover—for his own sak° and that of his life, f have lived in the country always.
and like it better every day. There is a.
freedom of spirit here and a sweet near
ness to nature that can be attained no
where else.
I wonder how many of you thought to
be grateful on Thanksgiving day for the
blessing of rest! Not long since I attend-
d our county association. We were roy-
■Ily entertained, had a glorious ’meet
ing. but when I returned him 1 was so j
tired that just to rest seemed the best |
of blessings. We would never appre
ciate rest if sometimes we were not worn
• nit and weary.
One afternoon tills fall T wandered to
lhe cemetery and sat down on a box-
tomb. All around me were the low
mounds that tooted the quiet sleepers, at " liero o or n, v path may wind—or
rest from earth:v cures. Tiie sun was ; .... T". sh’ 1 -''
going to rest behind the hills. Presently, j 1 llP abovp: thp ™ h 'l p we both shall
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the “winged blossoms” drifting eastward
1 on the west wind, stopping now and then j
to hover over a. flower, but soon hasten- :
: ing on and on with the others—to what j
bourne? Who can tolPi,
; The song of a belated mockingbird in ;
! a tree overhead and the twittering of ■
other birds in the bushes have a plaint- j
ive note as though bidding good-bye to 1
, the flowers, a note in harmony with the 1
j gentle melancholy of the scene.
Soon mv path led me into a forest of |
hickory’, oak and pine, through which
flowed a limpid stream. Here the notes!
of 'birds gave way to the merry chatter I
j of squirrels. They could lie seen 'peep-
I ing out from the top 'branches of the
trees or scampering around lhe trunks,
| in playful pursuit of eaeli other. They
j were happy indeed. With nothing to
1 disturb them and no fear of human at- j
i tack, they were leisurely gathering and ;
storing up their winter food. Over the '
leaf-covered ground could be occasional- j
l.v heard the patter of the:'.- little feet as j
they ran from one tree to another. The !
stream flowed placidly between banks
green with moss and herbs and over
hung at intervals by trees that dropped
their tinted leaves on the water to flow
I down with the current or be eaugiit l y
the eddies and playfully whirled about.
All was nuiet—no sound save the soft
thud of a nut. dropped by 1 squirrel on
his way to .the hollow in the tree—ljis
winter store-house—or else shaken from
the hickory limb by a puff of the west
wind. The wild beauty and serenity of
the scene impressed me deeply. Lifting
my he-d I thanked God for the beaut'-
be lias lavishly bestowed upon the
earth—the temporary abiding place of hi
children Thinking how soon the 1 in
gering Indian summer must leave he-
throne I repeated the jioet's lament;
“Oh. Autumn, why so soon
Di part the hues that made thy forests
glad.
Tliy gentle winds and thy sweet, sunny
noons.
And leave thee lone and sad!”
It was a scene to impress i.ne with n
love of nature and a sympathy for her
in her moods of e-entle sadness, prophetic
of the coming of the more “melancholy
days.” RICHARD WEIGLE. ,
TO MY MOTHER.
When deepening shadows of the twilight
creep j
Across the mite j: .. .
sun:
When the Ion
done—
Tiie gray world drifting into
and sleep:
In spirit I will come to you. and there
Beside you linger, for a brief, sweet
while;
To know the solace of vour loving
smile—
To feel your gentle hand upon my hair.
kills, and dim the glorious
day of toil, at last, is
dreams.
J. HUNT WILSON.
OUR OLD AC8UAINTANCES OF
THE COMPOSITE NOVEL.
The old home was so desolate I could
:u>t vernal** there. Friends were kind T.
inviting me to their homes, but I wanted
an abiding place of my own. I am board- j
ing now with a pleasant family, and I 1
iave a large apartment upstairs, where j
I ran do as T please. The birds conio
1 • my windows—1 think I will teed them j
♦ nis winter and make good friends of 1
them. A dear little hoy comes in to see :
me, and we enjoy our cosy fire together. ;
and I tell him stories, and sometimes 1
st: oil with him to the woods and pas- !
lures and help him gather nuts and set |
tabbit traps. The neighbors are socia- j
ijie—the ladies coming to see me in them j
homo dresses. They are so kind and so- j
1 lable. 1 am reminded of the days 01’ j
my early life, when I lived in the corn: - j
try, where there was such freedom and (
-a much room for rambling and riding
hciseback.
Yes, I am enjoying this change. I was
sorry to leave ray garden, my flowers
.U’d chickens, but 1 can make a lovely
window garden, and with this <and fett l
ing the birds at the window I
will he well entertained
the
IN THE LAND CF THE
TIGER.”
Please, dear Mc-b. give me a ?■ .
near the grand wood fire ye Hou--.
ers brag about that the heat may t
mo out. if possible. During four ■'
now the “white tiger of the nor 1
had us in its grasp 'and as yet
signs of letting go. My cn -
it snows and blows, only w •
northwest can know, for y>u w' •
spent your lives in the sunny son’.:',
have no idea what the new ■;!! r
to contend with in a country t:,
I believe that Mrs. Strainer can s
thizo with me when I till her that
to dig my chickens out of a snow
yesterday.
How such weather makes me long -
my far-away home in old Virgin.a,
also how it makes me welcome
old Sunny, and you may be certain i
ways turn to the Household page firs..
Need Loffe, permit mo to say tha:
should hate to think that either of
wee men would ever be little e utigli
tempt a girl to do anything the. thougi
wrong-through love for them, in-.i t:.;
meanly leave her, because she iff a
they had tempted her tu do. it -: t
I that a girl has to hgnt. herseil and
man sho loves as well. 1 sincerely
the lauy in question may kiss you. :
Sold
mine each
the seeded grass heads
1 on their way home to
oo?5t—rin<l rest. In the field, below the
hill on which 1 sat. an old darky, plow
ing a white mule, was singing that sweet
, old hymn. -‘Wonderful Words of Jesus.”
! As I listened to the melody, softened by
! distance, 1 asked myself: “What were
1 the wonderful words of Jesus?” and it
seemed to me that of all his divine ut
terances. none were more full of deep
! consolation than these: "Come unto me,
i all ye who' are weary and heavy laden,
: and 1 will give you rest."
While I s^t musing, the sun had sunk
hain so dear
would give:
Wnat link hi Memory's
to me.
As that of your deep love and svmpathy
ESSIE PI IE LPS ! > t F F V '
October 31, 1906.
THAT SWISS COLONY.
When my last letter failed to appear
in the Household I confess 1 felt like
“the little boy
short while, but
I decided to try again. Whatever our
kind editress does 1 am sure she be
lieves it to be for the best
he
.piano is idle down stairs I
oan take up my music and practice. 1
also find recreation in going over the
b'U to visit a helpless shut-in. r tak •
a. sewing. .111 ( j the dear soul believes
tout l come to see her not as a du’y,
but because I like her company, which T
truly do. for sBe is an original thinker,
and quaint and interesting in her talk. ,
As to our old friends with whom vov .
became acquainted in the composite
story, did you hear about Lottie meeting '
iiadie at Hull house in Chicago? Sadie j
(who you remembered married Colonel ;
Waldon), is a noble and useful woman. }
She and her husband benefit the world :
by their money. They have established
a lovely country home, with wide. «unm-
t'ee-shadeil grounds ’Or the sickly citv
children, who are taken here to grow
: trong in the pure air and sunshine, with
wholesome food and kind attention.
Sebe Jenkins is (prospering. Fine clay
was found on his .place by William Gul
dens. who established a pottery tlier
one so suspicious as yourself wo*
ueserve any woman, least of ah, one
“puro as snow and linn as auan e:
Beth, J. too, live near an Indian n •
vation, but am sorry to say 1 t 1
rnuians can’t compare witn yours, ilo
ever, these are nearly ail i'Tetica
urt-eus. so pernaps trial aceoun s ' .
Uumi :.ia, i would would so liiuca ..
to nave one ol tne ooons ^011 (jjart'i
nousenoiuers, out r uioug
wouid nave been given to t
more, fortunate Deiore a request tro ■■
so rar oit couiu l-eaen you. m u
or any ot tne &unuy Dana nave ■
ol any Kind to spare t snouid oe
nappy to get it, as me uuys a: _. ingi
fully long and lonely out on these s 10
covered prairies, and i often long .
When } the sunny days and no less sunn; . -
of Dixie.
Mother Meb, wha do you
has been three years since 1 was ,
ctiuren. Isn't that awful? Th
of the most money worshipping •
I have ever been in, and one w tie re
tilings holy a re eared for least. I
the .harvest and thresning season
work never stops for Sunday and it
uncommon sight to see a dozen b. . 1
or reapers running here on Sunday,
there are usually several ball ga,
. very Sunday during summer.
Reddy. I like you because you nui
km
vims
another Reddy I once
j Can’t you or Bachelor Tarson ;
i sionary to us of the northern
1 while?
| I will close with tiie request tha:
I of you will please write to me a < :r:
| mas. for in that dear holiday tiie 'g:
| for home makes me most miserc G- , a
| I realize most fully at such tin
am indeed a stranger in a strai:
vases
William, meanwhile
which is turning out lovely jardinieres, j land.
vases, and all kinds of earthen vessels, j If allowed to come again I will tell y
is siAdying natural | of the weirdly beautiful “ghost dance
the warriors,” tiie aurora borealis tin
makes the northern nights most beaut:
1 j ful. MRS. M. C. fflLIii-Mau:..
Fiddle is an enthusiastic Sunday sclio '1 1 Barton, X. Da!-..
her; his wife is a charming house- j You are most welcome. Tell us ab
the calf ran over" for a i h*tory and geology. Lettie has a fine
t not be 11“ a pessimis* 1 spl 'ooi. Hattie keeps house while her
rv a train wh mover ‘ *1! s:ster-in-law makes hats and dresses. Sol
below tiie horizon, the old negro had I hiand for men and women who are thor-
. eased his song and turned his steps ? UK Il 111 ,?, ome one profession or trade, so
1 ii nuti *111 rnuip o-nino- 111 the literary world there is an open
homeward with his patient mule-pinJ (1|)01 . to those who are thoroughly ,-om-
iiome to rest. In the tauitig uglit i le-ui potent to handle one or more subjects in
this inscription -upon the tomb on which) un original and masterly way. Knowing
I sat. tolling that fifty years ago a young j this and recognizing tiie ability of many
husband and father had entered on his j of the Householders. 1 hesitate to displ
:‘est. and now. not long ago. lie find been ltl '
As in the working world there is a de- 1 keeper, and tlieir home nest, with its | tiie ghost dan
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my small ware
A little tot very dear to me said one
day, “You must love tiie Household: you
are always talking about it.” Yes, I love
you all and that must be the reason I
try to write occasionally. When I was a
child, mother, during the "story hour."
related to me an experience which Mrs.
Bryan wrote about herself in the old
time Sunny. She had gone up in Hie
. .... , . ,,, , mountains somewhere to write up a eoi-
Ihis season of probation, u<- gi eth ' - j ony of Swedes or Swiss. She was met
d , . _ i beloved—rest." Tiie weariness and the an( j cordially entertained by the founder
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of tiie colony, or rather by liis wife, lie
having gone back to Sweden for a fresh
installment of immigrants. The lady was
much afraid of the moonshiners and slept
with loaded pistols under her head and
a big fierce dog lying on a rug by Hie
| bed. For safety, as she said, she had Mrs.
to share her bed. and after they
it bad always been our desire sonic i pad retired and the Swedish lady was
day to visit Appomattox Court House, j fast asleep tiie great dog jumped up like
One'dear to us. now gone, was born an
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a lion and stretched himself across t!%
reared on a plantation not 2 miles away, j foot of the bed. Mrs. Bryan called to her
and it was at the old court house the j hostess._ but^ that lady slept on. Nervous
soldiers of the southland, when all hope
was gone, surrendered to an enemy ■=■« i
greatly their superior in numbers. There
fore when the trip to Appomattox was
suggested by the relatives whom we
wer e visiting in Lynchburg, Va., we |
eagerly prepared for the outing.
On a lovely morning late in September j
we took Hie train for Appomattox depot, j
which we reached in less than un hour. |
From there we were driven along the |
honeysuckle bordered lanes, over the |
bills, through woods of pine to the old j
Walker plantation. The rambling old |
house, the well with its windlass, the to
bacco sheds, barns and deserted negro
quarters, all were as we had pictured
them. The old pla.ee has been tiie home
of four generations. Those who sleep in
and wakeful, Mrs. Bryan determined to
get up. but at her slightest movement the
great dog would lift liis bead and growl
threateningly, liis eyes gleaming in the
semi-darkness. I don’t recall the sequel
of this interesting account, but 1 do not
imagine Mrs. Bryan slept much that
night. Is this colony in Georgia, Mrs.
Bryan? Where is it located and ivlion
was !*. founded?
I am a grant! niece of tiie fine old poet
and historian of South Carolina who has
recently passed away, fan you guess
who he was. Margaret Richard, and did
you ever read any of his poems? He, like
many other writers, did not receive
proppr recognition during life, but 1
believe his name will yet lie written in
tiie book of fame.
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