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DECEMBER 8, 1906,
THE SUNNY SOUTH
SEVENTH PAGj
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE,
FOB WHAT I GAVE THANKS.
^or life and 'health, and faith and love;
op sweet memories of the days that
are if one and radiant dreams of the
days that are to be;
or those that love me and for
friends that are true;
°r birds that sing and flowers that
bloom;
or the sunshine and the rain;
°r stars that shine and skies that are
blue:
°r ;he bounteous fulfillment of harvest
days and the glorious colorings of
autumn;
lays that bring work and hope and
a sightly bluff. Then all the way to
Pasadena by the main line tlie way lies
through a city street, with here and
there a break of sylvan beauty where
the landscape widens between me
encroaching hills, or the great arroyo
lends itself to t’ne romance of the scene.
Charming homes grace all the vantage
points and thrifty villages are growing
into tin? larger life of the metropolis.
For lie is no longer a prophet who fore
tills the day when all will he one city—
from the sea to the mountains! Then
through Pasadena and further yet Al-
todena, where we at length begin to
look out over the great 'San Gabriel val
ley—here the near-by towns and odorous
orchards—afar the sea—with all the ln-
aspiratlon, and niglits"thatbrine I termefdiaU> weaIth 01 semi-trop
i The car is climbing steei
cue.
Sl P’!' 1
rest and sleep and strength;
or joys that elate and sorrows that sub
due;
or . n everlasting faith in Cfod and an
, , ver-increasing faith in humanity;
or :i church that is leaving off so much
, creed and calling- for more of
ur and for men that are giving
. a- lives for the uplifting of their
-vet her man in church, in state and
scientific endeavor;
"°r - glory of the Invisible and the
. ty of the unseen;
■'or ilie story ip my heart that T can
r tell, and the song that I can
i-.-vcr sing,
: thank Thee, O! Lord God, on this
Thanksgiving day. S. T. I'.
This Is a beautiful and noble Thanks
giving- 11. E. B.
ELAM’S ESCAPE.
Tho 1' '■ : 'Un was shining in my face.
3 kuat 1 could not well make out the
pn - 'igiuG that was striding up
tV'TU" to tiie house. When lie came
er ] saw that he wore black and
ft i;"' 1 clothes—dusty and torn-
cani' d a black and white umbrella,
wor- for hard usage. He look > \
aiul • x- ited.
'on Ela.ni Tony!” I exclaimed,
lush- 1 Sitid. “Dont call my name
liui'l- ■"’ho, is after me. f tell you
bull dog.
somewhere.”
i'.' I asked, though d felt sure
■-> io -ids pursuer was.
iat Annie Valentine! For
tkc don't let li-er got me.”
iv hi into my room, locked (ltd
id offered him a. bottle of snake
l He took a pretty stitf
-I s courage returned. Ho told
B v. how -Vnnie Valentine had
tar- i ■ r| P 111 loft with a big old
and b ook after him and a dog lo
i on the charge that lie was
ST. . i Mu Household girls.
A 1 to pizeu me.” ho said.
TB -S 1,1 :l l>»it cake that had
h and smelt mighty good, but
there was spiders mixed up
its and resotis, and 1 told lur
no or denied it. jest laughed
This niornin’ I heard some-
mo mighty pleasant like,
1 got in a cheer and look-
Ihe little hit of a winder in
here I was locked up. and
Annie Valentine standin’ by
a the -back yard. Site waved
me and says: ‘Elam. I’ve
our door. Come down and
i me milk old 'Rod. She's
niornin’.’
own and took the pail, Annie
me sweet as tater custard,
n to milkin' old Red. The
d all right till all of a sud-
sprawled on the ground with
pilled all over me. When I
re was that Valentine ga!
lehind her apron an' T see
her hand where she ha I
w 'to make her kick. T jest j
1 her what I thought about
■ ailed her dog. Then I maih I
open ground. The -board j
powerful high and had barb- i
ig on top of ’t, but 1 clum
in one of my coat tails t»-
: :.1V ItJ!l’i'-ci. J lit
the prairie an’ the last thing
■n I looked hack was Annie
aid that dog just a cornin' at
their speed. I run tell 1
placed out.”
itlier drop of the snake bite.”
i he promptly followed my
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I asked
■!: home to South Caroilny.
it try tiie Household girls
reckon."
lio answered. “It am t
onv to give up an' be beat
"it lno 'i new suit ami a
1 and go to see another ona
lore's; that S. T. P. She’s
e lookin’ and she owned up
:u went flippity-flop vv11v t I
,1-,,-H ii.-cr her at the lia-1-
, r thouglit I'd go to see
i. Thaf Palmetto Bachelor
.. i his <- -■ * - on Elant hinji
MAX.
p grades now—
J for by the tinn, we reach the mouth of
i Rubio canyon we shall have ascendfid
I 1.500 feet above sea love!.
It is wonderful how the aspect of the
mountains change as one approaches
them. Booking at them from the city,
they seem bare of foliage—the great
precipitous sides are apparently without
verdure—in the white light of the morn
ing they have tiie steel-like glint of
granite, in the purple of evening they
are full of shadows that have the sug
gestion of shrubbery. But now, as we
draw close to them, tiie chapnaral be
comes apparent, and we can look up to
far heights where great pines—centuries
old—rear their proud heads—solemn, se
ductive, defiant. The stately yuccas—
their white fragrant (blossoms borne on
tiie straigiit stalks, at a distance look
ing like so many white stakes set by
surveyors—grow only on tiie mountains
and foothills; while down in the deep
canyon streams the lowest of plants,
tiie algae abound. The ferns are already
in the mountains, while tne flowering
plants all seem to be on tlieir way
thither as emigrants from tiie dry valley,
leaving but few by the roadside.
From the fertile semi-tropic fields of
Altadena. aglow with golden poppies,
stretching up in the mountains to the
rocky summit of Mount Lowe, where
saxifrage and peustenious, ferns and
nightshade harmoniously -leave to flie
rocks, there is a long catalogue of grow
ing plants. The California lila
lower altitudes lays down its masses of
purple blue color, the mansanita thickets
of tiie lieigtits send out their heavy
white fragrant blossoms, a. pleasing con
trast to their rich red gnarled stems,
while the brilliant gilias, tlio showy liiari-
posa lilies, the various primroses, tiie
mocking monkey-face flowers the mi-
innli—make the trails and bridh- roads
resplendent. The spotted tiger lilies look
down upon tiie water flowing in tiie
canyons, tiie woolly blue curies—the
trichostema--relieve the dull browns of
the chapparal, and tiie baby blue eyes,
the neinophila, hugs closely to tiie moun
tain sides. The abundant pliaeelia wiiii-
lavia nods in its blue bells over the
■'bank’s edge, while its relative, the white
phaeeliu, creeps over tiie rocks higher
up. Downy yellow violets—wild pansies
the children call them, so much larger
are they than the eastern violets—grow
on the rich moist earth by the mountain
springs. Over tiie scrub oaks tiie yel
low and white honeysuckle winds, while
the clematis draipes other thickets with
its graceful festoons of white blossoms
in spring, leaving for the fall tiie funny
seed bails still clinging to the vine. Eater
in tlio year the wild fuchsias and wild
asters come unexpectedly forth when
valley flowers have long since given up
blooming, keeping up the reputation of
tlio mountains for having flowers at all
times and at all seasons.
The car stops at the foot of tiie great
incline reaching up tiie side of Echo !
mountain. There is a comfortabh
pavilion with ample floor space and wide 1
veranda hero. The canyon opens straight ;
ahead, and we can traverse it over well- !
kept paths for two -or three miles, j
studying and enjoying all its romantic -
beauty. Immediately on entering, the
visitor is charmed and surpr.Seo with
the richness of tiie verdure, the trees,
shrubs, ferns and flowers that greet his
eye. Among tiie objects of interest in
Rubio canyon are suspended bowlders,
fern glens, moss grottos, .peculiar stone
formations, grand chasms. Ribbon Rod;.
Tlialehalia and nine other exquisitely
beautiful waterfalls. Just below tiie sus
pended bowlder is Mirror lake. It ex
tends across tiie complete width of the
canyon, which somewhat narrows at this
point, and reaches for quite a distance,
being (bridged by the plank walk leading
to the grand chasm and Tlialehalia falls.
The exquisite reflections of the trees,
shrubs and towering rocks, together
tiie electric ligiits and Japanese lanterns
on festive nights, give lo .Mirror lake an
indescribable charm.
Within the past few months much lias
great railway shops hum witli activity,
and ibeyor.d where Elyslan park crowns
lack until, after much difficulty, we
had climbed over the fence.
'Soon afterwards we were well pleased
to come across a sugar cane mill in
lull operation—the sweet, refreshing
juice pouring from tiie crushed canes and
tiie kettles over tiie furnace fires- mer-
lily bubbling with rich colored syrup.
one indeed—a church here in this deep
solitude? I followed the sound and
presently saw among the. trees a small
house, newly built of ithe 'beautiful yel
low pine—unspoiled with paint. In a lit
tle "house of its own”—built above the
roof, swung tiie bell whose clear note
had brought mo here a-cross the fields.
It had brought others, too, for the little
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
We each enjoyed a delicious draught of | church was quite full when I entered it.
Id have been wit.i gifting on the long 'board benches were
men and women, some whose cultured
faces I recognized, having seen them
juice. Elam, .you should
us. You might have got nicely stuck
nip ready for another trip to Texas.
Off we went again, tramping across ,
field after field, filled with the affection- pictured on the pages of llie paper we
ale cockleburr that sticketli closer than I love. T went on up tiie aisle, until r
brother. At last we reached the | came to where a. young girl sat in a
Rave for my daily range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
1 might despair.
-TENNYSON.
Commentary on the International Sunday-School Lesson
Fourth. Quarter. Lesson xi. Matthew xxviii, 1-15. December 16.
swamp, said to be tenanted by wild fur
keys, squirrels and •possums. Our escort
solemnly admonished us t.-i keep our eyes
open and our mouths shut. I looked
eagerly u:p in the tree branches to catch
a glimpse of tlio frolicksome squirrel,
roller chair. I recognized tiie innocent,
happy face at oniee; it was Mattie Bev
erage, -witli her grandmother a.ml her
other dear ones about her and tills was
her own little church which she had
th‘*n ex;vectantly we waterier! the move- 'built through the gifts gladly sent her by
meats of our hunter, who. putting his
linger oil his lips to enjoin perfect si
lence. was tiptolng to a -vantage point.
"Now for a prize,” thought i. ns he
took aim with the gun. and down fell
her household friends. I said to her,
am to glad -to Ibe here today and so
happy that I. too, had given my
| small mite to help build yarn- dear little
-wliat think you?
poor
little wren— 1 church.’’ 'She fold me that tiie liouse-
a tiny, fluttering bunch of biown feath
ers. Me were disgusted. We had
looked for nothing smaller than a wild
to rkey.
We went on through bush and briaT.
My limbs ached witli fatigue. “What's
lie use of keeping up when I am not
permitted to talk,” I thought, and I lag
ged behind and amused myself by mak
ing a boa of long-hanging moss. Pres
ently I heard a commotion ahead. Our
young Nimrod was down on his knees
examining a spot where lie declared wild
turkeys had been scratching (between us.
I am sure it was only buzzards’ ttac.es.)
We wandered aimlessly about in tliej
swamp looking for the game that
eluded our search, until tired out, we
agreed to return home.
If you have ever been in Uhicksaya
swamp in 1h" state of Mississippi you
tan understand thnt getting through the
mazes is no easy work. Tail cane, bam-
loo vines, spreading tree limbs festooned
with moss—these were but a few -of the
hindrances to the progress of our weary
feet. We trudged tm behind the others,
until iwc came to a small stream. All
had crossed when tiie laggard came up
and was told to ‘'jump.” Jump I did,
.■‘iid landed in mu,j over my shoe tops.
’: hanks to my moss boa, the mud was
scon cleaned off.
Wo went on and on until we stood un
tiie -banks of a creek, with no -bridge, or
i-oot log, only a pole on which to walk
across. Here our Nimrod came gallant
ly to the rescue and landed us safely
across tlio clock Oh. liow tired we were
and how glad to come in sight of home!
We must have tramped at least five
miles (my a< hi»ig feet said ten), and our
only game was the little bird, which was
ig.ven to kitty for her Thanksgiving
feast. When we reached tiie house, our
sportsman gave a sigh of relief and de
clared he would never again go hunting
with three girls, itut i shan't say what
; .ve agreed on as our opinion on the sub
ject.
Never vyas music so welcome as the
, soun,j of tin 1 dinner bell, which grr: ted
I sli idly after we had refreshen our-
! selves with face bath. We forgot our
fatigue when we entered the dining room
and saw the table lavishly spread with
food tilings turkey, cranberries, saiaj.
mince pic. etc. r felt that we girls had
two special things to ha thankful for:
first, that we ever got home, and sec
ond. itiat such a dinner awaited us.
if tiie mater welcomes me i will come
‘.gain. I am truly sorry that the dear
Sunny is soon io be no more.
“EIRAM. "
holders were many of them hero and
others would come, as it was a Thanks
giving reunion.
T watched tiie door as they entered,
and I knew most of them: there were
too many to tell you of all who were
•there. it was a. goodly crowd and such
sweet old-time songs they sang. It was
a beautiful and simple service and the
dear old minister preached the gospel of
the loving Jesus.
They had no organ, but tlieir voices
rang out in sweo accord, the melody
drifting out into the sunshine and
shadow of nature's halls, awakening the
songs o thirds that seemed to join in
chorus.
T looked In vain for one familiar face
until Julia Tait said gently;
“Eet us sing ‘Asleep in Jesus.’ In mem
ory of our lost brother. Miller Hand.”
1 joined in the sharing with tremulous
voice, for lie was one of the dear House
holders whom T knew personally and
whose letters, full of Christian hope and
kindly advice had often strengthened my
spirit. Ho has gone from us. but his
•buoyant, loving thoughts will continue
to live.
Witli a sweet ‘benediction we left the
little church with hearts made more
tender and true-
When 1 awoke T thought. “Wliat a
sweet dream of ‘HOPE.”
Atlanta. Ga.
I
AN INCIDENT.
A lady is at home alone, save for the
company of a sick child in bed. The
night is dark, windy and rainy. Sip?
locks herself and the child in her room,
i'ii! loaves a., light in tiie hall. Tiie child
goes ■<> sleep. A window blind is heard
to open; then footsteps, like some one
walking over tlio house. Every moment,
she looks for her door to bo broken
open. She -takes the poker and seats
herself by the door, intending to deal a
stunning blow ‘to tiie intruder.
Minutes seem like hours, so great is
the suspense. Ifiesentiy slip hears closo
i" her window a familiar sound—a low
bleat. Tt is music to her ears, but it
relieves her of terror. The intruder is
a calf. He lias t
nas happened before, and found his way
up the steps to the piazza. Next day
she finds a blind loose, that was opened
by tiie 'wind -riio night before.
No ghost: no burglar. Just a natural,
harmless happening. But all seemingly
weird stories are not so easily explained:
hence arise many uncanny tales believed
j in by the superstitious. When a reader
, " gins r story, a real good one is wanted
; for entertainment and excitement. An
nut kin:
been done to add to the comfort of visit-j imaginative writer can take true
ors to i ho can> on, but care nas been ; dents and interline them witli
! studiously directed l" preserving the j
j natural beauties of tiie place, and man 1
j lias in this case added to tiie convenience j
I without detracting from the picturesque j
I charm of Hie place. Respectfully.
ARWYN. I
A BiBOTTEST.
Hear Household Friends: I trust you
will be so kind as to give me the tloor
fo ra few moments, and also I hope you
will all giant me the favor I ask. T have
-begun a souvenir post card collection,
and il would “do me proud" if the mem
bers of tiie Household would grace that
collection witli tlieir cards. Any kind ot
card will he welcomed, and if each one
would write a few words on the card it
would add much to its value. To alt
who -give tlieir name and address I will
endeavor to respond by sending a post
card in return. 1 might make this a
-birthday card party, but J will not limn,
to any date, but iet each one who wishes
to send card do this when he or she
feels like it. I assure you 1 will appre
ciate every card. I will give m.\ address
at the end of this letter: any card sen:,
me there will be sure to fall into my
hands after the postmaster has duly read
and enjoyed it. I’m not selfish, you see.
1 am willing to share my pleasures with
others.
Need Loffe. what's 'riled” you? 1>1<1
your girl box you very hard win i you
tried to kiss her against her will?
well, I wouldn’t be so bitter over it, and
try to -make out that kissing is tiie un
pardonable sin. Folks won't -believe it.
Kissing has -been in fashion too long. 1
■have a sort of suspicion that ! saw —am
Toney a few days ago. Anyway, 1 lie
individual matched the description given
of Elam. T was on the point of halting
him and Idling "him J was one of the j an
Household band, but on second thought
into the yard—as j j decided it was best not to be too fa
miliar, as he bad a determined look in
his eye and was carrying an umbrella
that would have come handy in a scrap,
if it was Elam, wonder what
doing away up hen
young woman should take him in tow,
and T believe that some one of our
Household girls will yet be the one to
take charge of him and his big house.
With a basketful of good wishes for
our mater and her family, and with wist
ful sidelong glances toward the pretty
girls. I'm off. calling back over my shoul
der: “Please don’t forget tiie po •"‘cards. 1 ’
HARRY M. DR AX.
Godman, Ky.
JESUS RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
dIEN the facile pen of
Charles Dickens dropped
from his hand in the midst
of the writing of his “Mys
tery of E-dwin Drood,” a
sensation of regret was
felt by his admirers that
he Iliad left a story halt
told. Had the evangelists
laid down their pens be
fore rtarrating the resur
rection, it would not have
been a passing sensation
of regret, but the univer
sal human heart would have been tom
asunder between faith and doubt. There
is so much upon the sacred page to in
dicate Divinity, but tiie glorious seal
to it would be lacking. The unfinished
mystery of Jesus Christ would .have
plunged each succeeding generation of
readers ‘into grief and despair. The la
ment of the disciples on the way to Em-
maus would (have 'been the world's re
frain: “We thought it. had been He who
should have redeemed us. Blit how can
an unrisen Savior save?”
YVith joy and confidence we turn then
to the fourfold narrative of the resur
rection. No unfinished (mystery is here.
That last event esesential to the sym
metry of the Divine Person is told wirh
incontestable truth. Each evangelist,
from his own point of view, narrates
tiie sublime event independently of the
rest. Wliat one lacks, tiie others supply.
Each gives some minor touch caught
upon the sensitive plate of his own in
dividuality. So from the four pencils >
groweth tiie ever-living picture of the
soul -tlio rising Christ! From the four
Gospels tiie circumstantial evidences of
the resurrection of Jesus may be gleaned j
and arranged as follows:
I Reality of Jesus' death. Insured by
(1) Discipline of Roman soldiers.
(2) Malice of enemies.
(3) Centurion’s report.
Hence the reappearance of Jesus not
the result of recovery from swoon.
JI. Jesus' tomb empty on tiie third
off from them it withers as the branch
severed from tiie vine. No amount of
watering serves to keep it alive. Neglect
of the Bible, indifference to it, or con
tempt of It, Is the fruitful cause of un
belief.
We still need the double opening of tiie
Scriptures to our understanding, and of
our understanding to the Scriptures: to
find the event corresponded to the pre
diction, as the tenon to the mortise.
“Thus it is written” that Christ should
rise.
Only the resurrection adequately ac
counts for Christianity. It has been said
that it is more rational to believe the
system founded upon a miracle than upon
a lie. Farrar affirms, a conscious false
hood could never have hail power to
convince tiie disbelief and regenerate the
morality of the world.
Dogmatism and categorical statements
concerning the nature of the resurrection
o ftho body of Jesus, and of believ
ers in general, had better lie avoided.
Exact description, minute definition, arc
unnecessary, dangerous, and entangling.
Paul affirms in general terms that the
resurrection body shall be incorrupti
ble, glorious, powerful, spiritual. That
suffices.
‘•DO IT NOW.”
If a kindness you'd extend.
If a helping hand you'd lend.
If you'd treat a foe as friend—
IDo it now!
) f a thorn you would remove,
If a. wrong you would reprove.
Don't persue the same old groove—
'Do it now!
Fact admitted by friend and foe. Mis
take impossible; one body only in tomb,
i I) Body not taken by enemies.
A r o object in removing it, or could have
refuted story of resurrection -by repro
ducing body.
(2‘ Body not taken by friends.
Proved by their transparent ingenu
ousness.
(3) Body could not have been taken by
any one.
(in Because of discipline of Roman sol
diers.
ib) Because of position of grave cloths.
Q. K. D. — Christ arose of His own will
and power.
No event of Ihuinan history Is more
completely verified, more incontestably
authenticated, than the resurrection ot
o"h" ! front the tomb of Joseph of Ari-
I rnatliea, in the garden near to Calvary.
I If that circumstance, as related by the
j evangelists, can be impeached, then any
j page of lliistory can be impeached by tiie
j same methods.
I In this circumstantial narrative—full of
| incidents that at first glance seem trivial,
I but soon appear each in its proper place—
irrefragable link in the
If you would a task complete,
If you would an error cheat.
If you would a crime defeat—
Do it now!
Earth is wet with blood and tears.
Skies arc dark with human fears.
Do not wait a hundred years—
Do it now!
ARTHUR GOODEXOUGH.
' THE BLESSING OF WORK, SILENT
SERMONS.
Tired? Yes, indeed; almost too tired
to breathe if breathing were not involun
tary. 1 have been busy as the proverbial
bee, finishing some pieces of artistic
fancy work for Llie Christmas market.
I have tilled some orders satisfactorily.
I trust, and l hope that these articles
with which I have taken much pains,
will soon be sold, that the money ma\
help me to have a few months of much
needed winter rest. Steady work is
hard; even on the strong. I often think
of "Mizpah,” "Stenographer,” “Book
keeper,” and others of our Household
girls who arc working bees, but then
they have the walk to and from the of
fice in the fresh, sweet air, while I—. But
there! I will not complain. I am thank
ful to bo able to work, and I am always
happier when busy, and I like to sec the
work grow to completion under my
lingers. One piece particularly cost me
many days of tedious work. It is a point
lace collar, very rich looking and prettv.
which I hope to sell for $5.50. 1 can
then get the. eye. glasses I so much need.
I hope all those who ordered tilings of
me aro pleased with the articles I sent.
I feel sure thii ci-j who subscribed for
McCall's Magazine will be delighted to
receive such an excellent monthly for
tear of sympathy, the look of t(
Shakespeare tells us there are.
in stones,” but I would rather »
In human faces.
I would be glad to say some
love and thanks to each friend
remembered me with sweet lei
those who have sent me ordeii
work. Deeply do I appreci
tokens that you remember tli
girl. And there is on<3 dear wot
Davis, of Raleigh, Tenn., wh
hand knows not what her rig
does.” but it has become knov
Instance, to one lonely heart, i
thought!ulness has made glad,
•busy little poet and house fairy
your silence I love you still. V
wishes and fond goodbys,
ANNIE PI
Peavey, Ala.
A MESSAGE.
The days have been long sin*
you, dear.
To sail on the deep blue siW
Blit my love has never failt
failed.
And I know that you still 1<
And now as I watch the bt<
fill
My thoughts go back to yo*j
And mingle with yours in oq
sweet.
Dear heart so kind and true?-
ADAM R. m
Davy, Texas.
I KISSED HER.
In the realms of the misty I
member most distinctly my t
sweetheart, the only fair wh<
my rather lonely childhood.
One day, my fifteenth birthdal
her, quickly pressed my lips ta
head.
God! how my blood rushisd
gled! And from then till ntoi
loved her. I had no thought! j
she had lowered herself. I do
so now, when I am more near!
j to maturity. If I thought my 1.1
ed herself by giving me a ki|
would not: :tsk it. We hawo ni
tempt others with the intention
ing and despising them if thriy_
In such a case we are infi nl
despicable than the other, wh
our temptations.
I guess I've said enough* fO
work tonight arid l have no rt
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hears the Master’s voice to His! tion. Mother Meb is so kind to help her
| one
i doubting disciples in each
| “Reach hither thy finger, and behold M?-
! hands: and rea ' ' '' ’ '
generation: ! shut-in children. I am sur
heaven will be great.
her reward
think if f
Some kind-hearted | thrust it into
less, but believing.’
-ach hither t-hy hand, ami j ever walk the streets of the celestial city
My -side, and be not faith- r by the beauty of her
- ,, crown, brighter, because she has bnght-
fancies
them into thrilling romance.
MATTIE. HOWARD.
SlflFUL RUBIO CANYON.
t wonderful cleft in the chain !
ither mountains” just to the
,o?' Angeles, which man .as!
I moved, until now Rubio ■ n- |
o:-:c to lie synonymous u ti. j
,-Iva-n beauties and romar.-ic
i'ii h attaches alike to t le
deli and tiie cultivated -pa k. |
Rubio is a delightful oil'—;
.ii tiie purlieus of the - ity—- s
skirt—across tiie steel brid;:-) !
tli - river, through ihe heigh sl
1 an atmosphere of old puc-b.o |
rs. on by .Mission road, look j
ft right over undulating hills and j
into valley where there is
IN CHICKASAYA SWAMP ON
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Long have ] been an interested read?” :
rf the Household, but have not ventured j
in until today when the spirit moves me
io fell you about a. hunt for game which |
: hr* - of us girls, escorted by one young i
i ian (don’t you think iie was brave?) J
rook on yesterday—Thanksgiving day. i
It. was noon ion that lovely Indian sum- j
•nor day when tve started out in great
rlee ’with a heart for any fate.” The,
: -st obstacle encountered was a barbed'
wire ‘fence. Our thoughtful escort went
discreetly ahead and did not turn his i
Fii! Nome
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ibbtige Plants, Celery Plants,
and all kinds of garden plants. Uau now
furnish all kinds of cabbage plants, grown
in the open air and will stand great cold.
Grown from seed of ’lie most reliable
seedsmen. We use the same plants on our
thousand-acre truck farm. Plants carefully
counted and properly pa-lied. Celery ready
last of December. Lettuce, Onion and
Beet plants same lime or earlier. Cab-
Reduced express rates promised, which, when effective,
jive us 60 per cent less than merchandise rates. Prices: Small lots. $1.50
houaand; large lots, $1.00 or $1.25 per thousand f.o.b. Meggetts. S. C.
cial G-arden Fertilizer” $5.00 per sack of 200 pounds, f.o.b. Meggetts,
Carolina. Tlio United States Agricultural Department has established
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Oabbages. The result of these experiments we will be pleased to give
any time. Yours respectfully,
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MEGGETTS, S. C.
ready now.
THE BASKET OF EGGS.
(A True Tale for Tots.)
Once upon a time, about July, i 906, ’
this little incident occurred:
Slip vi as starting to town and liis
matna straightened his Buster Brown j
lie. tied his sailor hat with its pretty 1
blue ribbons under his dimpled eliin, and ■
said: j
“Now, slip, d" please be careful. Don't
drive Dutch out of a walk, nor cliew tne!
lends of your hat ribbons; nor spend
| more than five cents for stick candy, I
‘ and—” j
But Slip was off on ins journey.
' F“r a time all went 'well, and aside
from biting Ids -tongue when the buggy
j bounced over a rock, and losing the |
! grocery list, he was getting along fa-!
■ niously—for Slip. Pretty soon lie forget!
j about horse, buggy, box of eggs and •
I all. and here ds where Slip's troubles '
j commenced. He began to nod, and ]
i through liis dreams danced visions of ■
I pumpkin pie at Annices. and of Mizpah’s {
black eyes gazing dreamily upon him; !
iie Michigan Fanner offered him a.j
gigantic trough tilled with gold, tobacco
tags and postage stamps, the Mater and;
Geraldine were smiling—Bump!
Slip bounced up and down on the buggy
i seat, and then glared reproachfully ’at
; iiie big rock over which the buggy had
, run and rudely awakened him. But the
store was near and, hitching Dutch, he
entered.
“Mister, my mar sent me with a -box
of eggs. They’s out in -the buggy.”
Tiie grocer lifted -tiie lid of the box,
gave one look, and said:
“See here, bub, these eggs are busted.
Better run home with them.”
Crawl!ing back into the buggy. Slip
winked away a few -tears, and wondered,
“Wliat on earth he'd teil ilia.”
But that mother knew that little boys
are apt 'to forget, so she just put a big
lump of sugar in bis hand, and said;
“Never mind, sonny. It can’t lie
helped.”
Slip went slowly out of doors and
climbed on the top of tiie fence to think
it over.
Moral: Tf you want to wander in
Dreamland, hitch Dutch to a tree.
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THANKSGIVING AT MATTIE’S j
CHURCH.
It 'was Thanksgiving day—a perfect •
day of the Indian summer, which lin
gered with us tills season as though loth
to leave the fair sunlit world. I sat in
the sweet sunshine idly watching the
brown leaves drift down until a sole |
mental haziness stole over me and I
drifted into the realm of day dreams.
! found myself walking along a sandy |
path in a great forest of pines, whose j
brown trunks rose on every hand, while
far overhead the wind sang requiems in
their ever-green tops. I seemed walk
ing through some vast pillared cathe
dral filled with tiie deep tones of tiie i
organ's music. But presently I emerged
on a brighter scene—a meadow yello-w i
with goldenrod and waving with brown -
grasses, while -birds twittered in tiie low i
shrubs and a flood of sunlight bathed i
Hie scene. -Suddenly there came to my!
cars tiie music of a bell. V.s tones were!
like those of a church bell—could It 'be
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ME. AARON MALSBURY.
Bflwnee, His., Cured, of Cancer try Dr
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THE TEACHER’S LANTERN.
! The absolute ingenuousness of the apos-
j tolio company is manifest in the women's
j errand. They were no party to the
' opening’ of tiie tomb or removal of tiie
| body. M’iiat they had in their hands
was striking and material testimony of
their unfeigned openness. They came to
minister to tise dead, to complete em
balmment. Their perplexity and grief
at finding the tomb apparently rifled com
pletes tiie evidence of their candor and
truth.
The evidence of the ingenuousness of
the apostles themselves is equally strong.
The women’s report seemed idle talk
They are not inclined to receive it:
rather the contrary. Tn the Iliad of
woes attendant upon the crufixion they
had forgotten Jesus’ assurance that He
would rise the third day. If remem
bered. a- spiritual significance was at
tached to it. Here was no hasty and
credulous acceptance of an agreeable
hypothesis. Tt required repeated assur
ance under the greater possible variety
of conditions, to establish tiie fact of the
resurrection in the apostles’ minds.
The testimony of such witnesses, given
under conditions like these and of record
in form, the authenticity and genuine
ness of which is unimpeachable, lias had
overwhelming weight in each genera
tion, and as widely as published.
The resurrection of Jesus is the con
fessed cornerstone of the Christian sys
tem. Tf He be no hisen, it is dhuiit
upon a lie; faitli is vain; apostles are
false witnesses; spiritual resurrection of
the soul from the deadness of sin is an
illusion; the resurrection of the body a
mockery; those v. ho died in the false
ened so many sad lives on earth.
•Dear Mattie Beverage, T am so glad
you have realized your dream of a church ,
close to you. X knew liow beautiful to !
you is the music of its t.iell! I hope the
wheel chair 1 helped you to get years
ago is still strong enough to wheel you
to your little church. Glad, indeed, would
I be if T could attend church service:
but. alas! I am no-t able to go. There is i
a church near me, but 1 have not heard j
a sermon in thirteen years. Y'et I have ’
heard sermons out of church. I have
heard them from the lips of friends, who !
said from the depths of their kind hearts:
“God bless you, and give you strength ‘
and comfort.” And T have read silent
sermons in eyes beautiful with love and
faith.
How many good, uplifting things may
be mutely told by the expressions on ai
human face!—the smile of cheer, the!
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Christ is ihe first sheaf of the universal
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There wa^nothing preternatural in the
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