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MJhY 4, 1907.
THE
SOUTH
SEVENTH PAGE
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAG*.
P.OVTN01ALITY AND PATRIOTISM i collided with my auto. You remember
j^OT THE SAME. | what happens when an irrisitible
One of the bug-a-boos to a shallow force comes in contact with an in-
Inc! is the fear of being called pro- movable object? Well, thafs what
inciai. Some people are so afraid of ! !?, appene< -* 'bon; and poor Elam in his
eing parrow-minc.ed that they run
°ar around the circle to get away
om it and land right on top of it.
fine new striped suit, with umbrella
. j attachment (the latter cleverly
sketched in with pen and ink—and
open, at that! is represented as com
ing down upon us headforemost and
umbrella first. The inscription runs:
“Elam Toney butteth in with con
gratulations. ‘Coming events oast
their shadows before’." I screamed
Lore of one's home, pride in one’s
'ofion of country never yet made a
ght-minded person think less of you.
lien I hear somebody running down
;e locality where he was born and
r.red, or when I see anyone adopting
hoi era lc the customs of another sec-i OVPr ,hat foetal and must send it
on. 1 know at once that there is a. i Klam for inspection
eak point in his character. Long ago
1 oft summed up the whole question
a lien he said “I.ives there n man with
I so dead, as never to himself hath
aid. This is my own, my native
land!’?”’
It is nothing, but natural that we
should love that particular part of the
earth that first, greeted our mortal
vision, that companioned our childisn
joys and sorrows, and in which out ,
dear ones lie sleeping. Cold, indeed, I p ' ° atp< ^ ° n 'T a few times in liters
must be the heart that will listen in j tulP: no,ah iy in the cases of Sherlock
silence to unkind remarks about bis j bfolmes and Mr. Dooleys Predict a
birth-place or rank himself with U uturB for Carolina Gem. T.ovingly.
aliens by the spirit of superiority with I LOMACITA.
which he speaks of the country
wherein he lives. By all means let
Isn t it a compliment to Carolina
Gem that We all speak of Elam as of
a real personality? One of my cor
respondents even asked me if Elam
actually existed. It is a great feat of
the imagination so to project a ficti
tious character upon the readers' mind
that he appears to waik. talk an<T have
his being among us. And this is what
has been done in the case of Elam—
an accomplishment that has been r.u-
evttrybody got a piece of “hard tack. | across from an orchard near'bv. he garb-
! was not \ the crowd, but some one i pf l 'n crimson with at- black muffler about
brought ont in the house, and I cap-! bis neck and a beed-.ming black and red
turad i;. When ! went back to my ! ,ap on his bead. wriil e bis dainty dame
school the next week I carried it with rethrow n with Head-
Next came the jay family—ten in num
ber, al; dress-d afik\e—in mazarine blue
with black and white trimmings. They
also wore caps. Much to our disgust
and dismay, four of t li e jay clan, after
p..rtaking the first course, which was
and promptly forgot all about it. until j sorghum seed, repaired to .a. coal shed
was fi?’ng to go with a friend to a ! r,rai and indulged in a Kilkenny
“fight making the feathers fly. Whether
r,.e. T showed it to the children, anu
let several taste it until I had very little
left One day I needed my hand-bag
for something, and f tied the hard tack
up in one handkerchief and some bills
in another. i left them in my trunk.
This Beautiful China Decorated
DINNER SET H
us know anc* point out our fuaits, but
le.t us do it in the spirit that say’s
plainly: "We love our own and would
make it better.’* Of all disgusting
things, toadyism takes the cake—
whether in literature, politics, man
ners or social life.
It ha 5 been said that the south
clings more tenaciously than any
other section of the union to the tra
dltions of the fathers. Perhaps it is
because wi
longing.
■After a week in the, city.)
I want to go home to my vallevs and
hills.
To tangled wild roses and glad little rills.
Where bright yellow sunshine will play
on my hair,
grasses spring up
And daisy-starred
everywhere.
I want to
seek
T he hawthorn and iassamine that swing
by the creek,
and 1n wantonness
’ have not found anything The plnk honeysuckle and red trumpet-
better to cling to W hen one remem , bloom—
ompanhins that drive away
bers that Washington, .lefferson, .lack- j oh, these are
son and many of America’s most de
servedly noted men in other times
were of the. south, it is small won- j
der tha.t we do rot care to rush head- j
long after less tried and tested lead- )
ers
There is not a section of our broad j
land that I do not love, but I am not |
ashamed to stand up and sa>, “1 lave j The willow^ are swaying in garments of
green
glnoni:
( want the fresh breezes that frolic along
And teach the young leaflets a low. happy'
song—
To sport with my tresses in frolicsome
glee.
And leave fairy' kisses for roses and me.
shadows upon the
my southland the best.” And there
Isn’t a patriotic son of any other sec
tion but who. looking into his own
heart, will sympathize with me in the
feeling.
One of the things that pleased me
most about my letter-showers (I had
a second one on my birthday) was the
fact that so many old confederates
wrote to nte. One made me a present
of his son (of course, T was charmed
over that), while another snip he was
convinced that 1 was one of the ante
bellum folks myself. 1 certainly feel
complimented, for I had never men
tioned in the Household that half my
heart is in the grave of the old south
and the other half is devoted to my
united country. My father was a
“union man” until Texas seceded, and
he di<l everything in his power to pre-
-ent the war because tie had fought in: waiting room of the rail we v station i
battle of San Jacinto anf. knew | large city. There he may see all ki
■v i. t war meant. But when his state j and conditions of his broth r men
made het d*-i-ision, he gave his oiliest ! "omen and be listeners to little draa
soj to -he for the lost cause of state ’ s "u:< amusing and othei p heti
rights, and wciinigh bankrupted him- i >’<■•"tl> ] paid such a visit to .up big
self fitting out soldiers for the front. *''*>’ T ?r n,,nal of cm city.
Out family has never entirely recov- m l atten ‘ lon
,, , . ’ . rected to a young man ant a ,o-
’ ' 11 'be effects, and 1 glory "' woman, who seemed oblivious of the pi;
the fact that > have been called to j c-nce of any but each other bpparor. 1
acrifii > for my southland even this was the first time th
though I did not have the privilege l since the young man’s serious illness,
of living in the old days. The spirit "as plainly evident that they vein i
my letters that attracted th< old | fond of each other. The loo:, of rapt
To make trembling
soft sheen
Of sunshine and ripples tharf. sparkle be
low.
And the maple tree boughs are -witn
crimson aglow.
Yes, give me the blossoms, the breezes
and birds,
And tile low fairy whispers where lea lets
are stirred.
Tlie broad, verdant wheat tields and eii
waving corn,
Have charms never dreamed of by he rs
city born.
Y AT, \ AXE.
Opelika, Ala.
AT THE STATION
if one Las an u ivr or t «o t » pass of' in
some quietly entertaining way. lie cau
not <io better than to take
ng to
party at her home to he absent over Sun
day. T got my purse and grabbed the
handkerchief, which r supposed contain
ed tlie money, and hastily put it In. I
paid no attention to It until I was get
ting ready to go home .and began tn
overnaI 1 the contents of my purse. To
my surprise. T had not a cent of money,
but some crumbs- of hard tack very
carefully wrapped in a liandkerchief. My
friends have not forgotten about “hard
tack" yet, and quite often 1 am inform
ed that I "don’t need money, hard lack
will do as well.” So it will (to carry
around), but not in all cases.
Locanilta, I am glad you have not for
gotten me. T shall never forget the las'
time T saw your beautiful little home
city—ami thereby hangs a tale—another
joke on me. of course. But ] must not • ,
T el a nny m.T e - n °T' 7 y0 V r, !t 1 ”« ,hi m enteitainmeivt
T am a little "out of my head.” So will
say goodbv, with love to all the House
hold. and an "extra slice’’ to Mother
Meb. "MERRY NEHT,."
Stamford. Texas.
(After May I.)
P. 8—Where in west Texas Is your
home Annie Valentine? I, tco. call west
Texas home. “M. N.”
Oklahoma.
“THE RADIANT CHRIST.**
After rending tlie inspiring letters in the
Sunny South, it i.s hard to resist the
temptation of writing once more before
the curtain falls on the varied drama of
the Household. Among the impressive let
ters recently published was one by Mr.
Orton, telling of tlie struggle of women
writers in New York city. His views
might be applied to tlie conditions in
other cities, than tlie metropolis.
Very pleasant reading was Dr. Bofte’
advice to Annie Valentine as to manag
ing a husband, combining, as it did,
good sense with humor. The discussions
of evolution and socialism are interesting
to those who have time and books to
study these subjects, but business pur
suits and every-day duties leave little
leisure for scientific research. The busy
man prefers some pleasant sketch or
thoughts of a lighter or more practical
nature.
"Western Sweetheart" seems quite
soured on us poor men. From the ex-
or-ueuo she related, this is hardly to be
wondi i at. but Sweetheart, don’t judge
ait uier by that one sorry specimen you
Afi" t 1 to encounter. There are quite
■ to: ( is, who would respectfully await
■ isent before venturing to kiss
> mi. bn matter how sweet you looked.
Having ieen in tlie saw mill and lumber
business all niv adult life, I have lived
f u man • different, localities, and seen
many kinds of people, and I know it is
the fight was in settlement of an o*J
fond or of a gr evanee r*f recent day, we
were unable to ascertain. Greatly to
our relief, the om-bat hid not interfere
with the -party. TliA gu*<sts were hungry
and they had come to t
Two couple s b ,onjc ng <o the field lark
family came at noo.a, clad in the life
long uniform o; brown and black with
white and yellow trimmings. They look
ed a s -plump as p it tt idgeis.
The next arrivals, coming fashionably
late, were tlie aristoorais of the neigh
borhood—Mr. and Mrs. Mockingbird- at
tired in dark gray with tasteful black
and white trimmings. Too exclusive to
mingle with the crowd, they ate at a
tete-a-tete table and left at an early j
hour
This is just a sample ot my “write-
tp" of i lie reception which lasled
Which to me was the
which
t had ever assisted This winter t gave
another party, which - lasted . a week, an
account of which 1 sent to Tbe Nasnville
Rapper under the head of ’jfiociety Noles
from Birdville.’
I am extremely anxiouh for a bird de
partment in some periodical—‘believe it |
could be made interesting. Don’t you
think so. Grandpa” Wontttei 11 The Uncld
Remus Magazine co fid n ot give a page
for this .purpose.
HARRIETT PAR KS MILDER.
Adams. Tenn.
not lus-
-ob.iers is due to my training. Mv
mother is still with me and sire i.s a
type of the old-fashioned” southern
gentlewoman.
I wish each of you could look over
my Shoulder at the postal that took
the blue ribbon *it my party—you
would certainly laugh over the appro-
-iatencss of it to Household history,
represents me out for a drive in
auto with a youth of sporty attire
iarentlv-»- Elam had been coming
his mule, full tilt upon some court-
expedft-iofl-, when the mule’s head
/hy Fat !s
Dangerous
REASON WHY TB . HEART SO
OFTEN FAILS. ASP THE VITAL
ORGANS GIVE OFT.
Remarkable Obesity Redm-er Sent
Free to All.
In a fat -person, the heart, is one of th*
first organs of the body to become seri
ously affected. It oecomes enclosed in
a tight cordon of fa’, air! is gradually
suffocated until the victim is found some
morning, perhaps. lifeiess A pop: ex v is
in tlie man’s eyes and the ter. -iness
i 4<>y in tlie girl s fare were qu t
i lot to me. ‘*AH tlie world loves n iov<
| you know.
i A few minutes later, there ■ r.. ^
j woman, clean but very poorly dress i
carrying a. baby in her arms and - !
| lowed by a body of three or four am
j little girl who seemed to be Sb< m t -,
• The woman’s face, though care wf
| bore irace^ of beauty anti the child i
had good coiitintenances. But it was p: ,
; to be seer, they had never ieen in sc
: surroundings before and everything t
| saw was to them new and strange. r i
i baby began to cry, and the mother to |
it outside, leaving the children be), ; ■ j
| Tile little girl came up to me and po t’.'
mg in a small basket of onnges on r.-tv
i lap, asked: ’ (What is them there?" - Tue>
lore <irangeanswered.’ "Won’t you
| have one?"
! “Is they good lo eat?" “They are vert’
j nice; try one. I will make a hole in it. t
and you can suck it or you can peei t 1
land eat it." She shook her head. rnd i
[though she stil! eyed the j'ellow globeR
] wistfully. I could not persuade her
■ take one.
From this group, my attention was it
! reeled hy tlie entrance of two girls t
judge all by a few. I had
at tlie state of Georgia had
tcultivated people in some of its
, and pirtev woods sections, but
i four different localities in the
ore r found any of this class l
d of. Tn tlie southeastern states
t most of the old-time aristoc-
inisiana is tinctured with the
spirit—lively, light-hearted, and
tlie present. It is a good state
ioring man, as work commands
wages, lots of money being in
n, though parts of tlie state
rioiis and unhealthful.
s the ideal farming state. There
■lections where the land is cheap
he best quality. While on the
iast, t saw enough to make me
hat 1 liad heard about the men
section lacking courtesy to
[ saw very little consideration
women there. There are many
on tlie coast, and these need
li ir'iti tn a strict alia rjustness-
ner. This, T think, is the main
h.v there is an absence of tlie
te and respectful attentions .y
rized by refined women. The
northern girl (my experience is only with
the Pern sylvania maidens) is much freer
in niacn. r than her sisters of the south.
There ate sections in which kissing is
as common among the sexes as hand-
shakitif is in South Carolina—also other
’’uinilta ties are indulged in not -permis
sible a tong southern girls. Rut I wish
-.1 unili-i stood that the difference is all
;t the outside—in manners, not in mor-
ais. art' is due to the custom of the
community. A. F. C.
Louiela la.
The v iter of the above letter enclosed
a more-, gift for our shut-ins, which Re
- not to mention in the paper,
th him to know that it lias been
after some delay, and that it
been divided among a number
shut-in family who will. I fee!
te him their thanks for his gen-
onghtfulness. M. E. B.
rite
had net.
one find
t.-itv. 1
F r. uci
living ir.
- for a. in
exet li t
are still
and of
I Pacific
! believe
of that
women
shown i
forelgne
o be <i
like tea;
reason
consider
highly
asked :
tut r v
leceive.
has Juf
of our
!
ouug man. One of the girls and t
fhe Above Is An Aetna 1 I’ll n t ug ra ;>h
From Life.
also a common result of fat. And thers
are many lesser disease? ar.i weaknesses
resulting ffiom fat wni’ch few fat people
realize. While the hoi/ is thus in a
weakened condition, th? worst thing in
the world to do is to try to reduce the
fat with drugs or dkt. There is a sure
way which has become very popular
among fat people, and which has been
proven to be almost never-failing, and
that is the Obesity Reducer used by F. J.
Kellogg, of Rattle ,’reivt. Mich.
This remarkable. Obesity Reducer, in
stead of weakening Mi body, builds up
escort l iii come to see the other younz
woman safely aboard tlie train on w! ;t
she was to leave the city. After tlie usual
good-bye hugs and kisses on tlie part Oi
die two girls, tlie one who was gojng,
away, turned tier tearful eyes on the
young man and held opt her han-l.
whereupon lie deliberately drew a. hand
kerchief soaked with water from hi =
pocket and pressing it to itv eyes made
the "tear-ilrops" stream doVri his face,
j He assured his companions it Was the
best he could do under tlie circumstances.
I Other little comedies transpired—whicli
space may not be accorded me to de
scribe This is my farewell letter to the
! dear Household, as r can not hope to
; i nter Uncle Remus. The death of our
| paper will lie a great loss to me. Tn \-i c-t
| nl this deprivation. T would like to ask
j that the Household members each send
j n.c a postal card, their correct name and
i address. T will send mine in return and tt
| will lie a great pleasure to me to look
at the writing in 'their own hands and
recall their interesting letters when the
kind and friendly Sunny is no more.
| thirds addressed to Miss R. Leroy Mat-
| tox. Oakland City, n il! reach me.
! Here's to Uneie Remus. May it live
ilrng and lie as interesting and as w-cll
loved as our Mater’s dear own paper
' Lovingly, PAULA,
j In giving your address Paula, you for-
; go: to name the state. It cannot be Oat-
i land. California, for oranges would net
I ! ive been an unknown object to th?
j child. M. E. B.
MY
TVr
tissue. It reduces at the rate of a pom
a day so naturally a id easily, that it is
a positive pleasure, a? expr' ssed bv mam-
fa: people, to take ti. treatment, it is
absolutely harmless-, is tnken a; meal
time and tastes like small, crisp, delicious
corn crackers.
F J. Kellogg lias had years of experi
ence in the trea’me.->. of obesity, and
there is little doubt hut that he has at
lest found the treatment which wit; posi
tively reduce flesh without producing
wrinkles or , harm fill results to the vital
organs. Free trie- treatments of Kel-
loggr's Obesity Reduc.-r arc sent to any
person interested in tf c reduction of fat.
Send for one -today A!! that is neces
sary is to fill out the blanks in the coupon
beiow. <**i:t out the coupon and mail it
today.
“HARD TACK.’*
Dear Household Friends: I am so
glad srniif of the Housenold still remem
ber me, and I wish to thank every one
who has sent me a card for my album. l
have returned one to all who sent names,
ttml wish ever; one bad done so. I am
especially gratified to know that some
, , , of vmi had it laugh over mv “December
* and brain '.. , , ,
„ . uip. and one of our own I exas lassies
of a pouted ,
FREE
JT. J. KELLOGG. I" Kellogg R’dg.,
Eattle Creek, Mich.
Kindly Bend me a free trial pp.ekage of
Kellogg's Obesity Reducer in plain wrapper,
with proofs of hundreds of cures. Here is mv
name and address.
X
immcntls tia: t try some thing safer
than a "Texas broncho."
Now. little girl, that was not a
broncho, neither have T had tlie pleas
ure of riding a broncho. (Last fail, how-J
ever, one of my brother's horses rant
away with me, and I went so fast I !
verily thought I bad a. broncho that|
time Yes. slid went like a whirlwind,
and. by and by. she left me behind. ,\n, '
i wasn’t badly hurt (only my dress,
skirt, of which was in strings). T clung j
to the bridle tn the very last, however,
as I can prove by my third finger,
which is so enlarged at the joint that
my chum says it looks like a “beer
bottle.”
Several have asked me about "hard
tack." Perhaps some of the Texas mem
bers remember the march of a band <n
soldiers through Central Texas to San
Antonio, in December. 1906 These sol
ders stopped in our little town, directly
in front of our home to eat dinner. A
crowd of people gathered around them,
among them all the town girls They
all stood watching the rations handed
out. and one of thp girls said: "How
do those crackers taste?" "Crackers'" shM
one of the soldiers, "that's hand tack.
Tane it." He handed some around, and
kRTIES AND THE GUESTS
ATTENDING.
y jars | loved Mary E. Bryan
through her pen. but when "Easter
Birds" showed me what an interest she
had in my feathered friends, then 1 felt
the thrill of a connecting link ‘between
us and loved her more. All my life I I
have loved birds. \Yhev 1 was but three
years old my lather began to show me |
tlie ways <>l” these dear, joyous creatures
and taik to me about them. I was then I
too young to ride behind him in his dail.v
rounds over the farm, so l sat on his
lap while he rode his big sorrel mare,
Julia Cook. Two years later I began to
ride astride behind him and before l ever
entered a school room I was educated
as to birds, trees anti plants. He inter
preted their language and I have never
forgotten.
For the past two winters 1 have given
what I call "bird parties.” In our back
yard there ig a row of tall, thick-leaved
cedars. After tlie deep snow of 1905 fell
I had tlie ground under the cedars clear
ed of snow, making a wide walkway on
which T scattered plenty of sorghum seed,
popcorn and wheat. The snow lasted
three weeks, and during that time, four
teen varieties of (birds, snow driven and
hungry, attended my party and enjoyed
the refreshments. Not until then had
j observed how few birds waik. The
dove w alks, also i he yellowhammer, the
quail, tlie crow and a few others. This
bird reception, with decorations of cedar
and snow-, afforded me so much entertain
ment that I wrote about it as follows:
Beneath an arcade of cedar in the
backyard a banquet was spread. No in
vitations were sent out, but through
telepathic intuition, the guests were grad
ually made aware. First to cmne were
tlie more common folk—the English spar-
rew with numerous relatives and friends,
all so hungry and such rapid eaters that
for a while we feared they would mo
nopolize the affair. But presently tlipv*
came Mr. and Mrs. Snowbird with fewer
hearty eaters. e guests so far were
soberly attired—in brown and gray. Then,
as If to heighten the color scheme. Mr.
and Mrs. Redbird. or cardinal, sailed
HOW MAY ONE BE,' GEE T?
I am a backwoods countr ! Mv
hands are so hardened tc irk • it -ho j
roughest hoe handle dot - iirt them i :
whit; my face is tanned by exposure to •
the sun and wind, and worst of all, my
education Is very limited. Nevertl s 1
this important q-.u-.stlon has popped int > i
my mind time and aga.'r “Is u possl- j
ble for rue ever to be grcaL"’ And l
have soug-tt. to define to myself the
meaning of human greatness.
If I have the right conception of true j
greatness t Ten,’: mean that one 1
■should be a • r.iering captain, powerful j
ruler, a lea aed scholar, a sue essful ■
lawyer, a statesman, or a millionaire!
chief of a mighty- trust. It means that j
one should do Lis whole duty toward |
himself and- others. Doing this lie will j
be sure to do his duty to his God. j
The person who has a great loving wild i
forgiving heart, ‘ogether with a clear j
sense of justice - and of the right s and ,
claims of others. great. A great man j
is one who is always willing and ready
to do all be can for his brother. Now.
if we do all we '-an, and use our in
fluence for the -uplifting of humanity,
we are great, though tlie world may
siot know it. So. -then we all can tbe
great. Don’t you agree with me?
Let us give the "Uncle Remus’’ our
loyal support and that be one step
toward greatness
TARHEEL LAD.
THERE ARE MEN OF MANY KINDS.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX’S POEM:
Oh; Sister, when r read what you did
write
In the Delineator for the month of
March
These- thoughts wt-re born, which now I
send to you
'Had but in plmn words of Humility -
Still, if they touch the heart of some
proud brother.
Or whispy*. Hope unto some suffering
one
T shall be happy -aid you will be also.
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All
v, Imn
lifteii your sweet
| fail
bail
voice
To sound the t:r;ui(i iiigli notes of Inspi
ration r
, o.- ,.....I,V Hi : ,\. - l t.«* i» i.
of man.
And struck a chord responsive in our
hearts.
You fanned to flame, the ebbing fires
of Hope.
Until tlie Holy Lipin did brightly flash.
Illumining; the dark Future with a ray ,
Ai.d radiance supernal, and it shone on jtnat w
man
As the Sliekinah liglits the Holy of
Holies'.
is both laughable and refreshing;, wood" a -beneficial book and one I .lo
learning tlie tragical sadness that fills not hesitate to recommend to the reading
the life of Evelina Gray, tlie veiled public because of its sterling qualities
lafiy, who spins her web of life in the and for the high moral standard it up-
skadow but is at last prevailed on by | bolds. JULIA COMAN TAl'I
one of "God's transalators” to become
“a spinner in the sun.” Such philoso
phy as the following coming from the I
month of a minister of God cannot.
formed. This should -always be done
with all plants that are shy of taking
root, for it increases the chance Of su -
cess tenfold, the callus being reallj an
extra supply
tp deposited ready f*
truth-
Yp<i "Take down the suffering savior
from the cross
And give tlie waiting world its P.adiant
God 1"
Oh, Sister mine. I’ve thought as you
have thought—
Let isms—ologies and doxies go!
Kurv them all down deep beneath the
grand
Jnd glorious Greed of Everlasting Live.
And Breathing, moving, pulsing kindness
then
Will walk with men. as He walked on
this earth,
And satisfy the soul as He Tnearuate
did!
Then shall men look within and see the
Light!
For l,o I 1 prophesy a hles.-ed world.
A Loving Christ will smile upon His
children
And gently lead the wanderer home
again.
Then Faith shall strengthen the once
foiling heart
Anri Hope illumine tlie dark path of
And perfect Love shall hri^g the ‘
of Mar.
Back 10 the Sou! of God from whom it
come.
And we will know each other better
then
Than we do now
will come
And early come, when
honored
Hons I told shall he reunited there
DK. NAT
old
find an echo in <
“I do not believe a b
enough to be a god
human enough to cherish
a passion as revenge. It
of mystery We do not know why we
came nor where we go—we only know
came anil that eventually we
I go. Yet, I do not think that any one
of us, nor any number of us, have a
right to say what tlie rest of 11s shall
| believe. I cannot think of heaven as
a place sparsely populated by my sect
j with a world of sinners languishing
'in flames below. I think of heaven as
i a sunny field, where clover blooms
land birds sing all day There are
j trees with long - , cool shadows where
1 the weary may rest; there is a crystal
(stream where they may forget their
thirst. I do not think of heaven as ;i
place of judgment, but rather of par
don and love. Punishment there is
undoubtedly but it, seems to me that
we are sufficiently punished here for
all that we do wrong.”
Heaven speed the day when the
preachers of (lit- land will learn that
the way to win souls to right living
and t iiinking is not U_> extoli 'tie
agony of a never-ending fiery Hell
"where the worm dieth not," but to
tell of a Savior’s love and pardon, a
Savior’s love and neverdying mer
cy. Would you burn forever In a pit
nf fire and brimstone a wayward
loved one? The answer is "No." Then
THE FLAMINGO
Mv fiaming flight,
j As a phoenix might
T'Frmi zone to zone I wing;
! And :oc changeful Skies
j .r.':ie.i -juii.1 r.ic nr,
ing divine ! My sphere forev er ring,
would be
so fiendish
" ■
?n
irr*
growtt
The -nip eiioul
:is c-allns ring,
s be taken fro-
' ;-x-
< ml
O11 the tropic's heat
, iMv wings I ibeat
rid | While the deadly simoon blows;
And my course I steer
Through the distance drear
Of tlie circling Arctic snows.
Away! Away!
In the face of da.y
With a tireless wing l fly;
And the feathers red
From my bosom shed
Descend from the purple s.kv.
i My form T view
j In the mirror blue
' Of the beautiful inland sea;
j And !l 'e pools asleep
i And the river deep
Reveal myself to me!
1 Then 1 mount and soar
i Where the clouds before
1 Their wonderful wings have sprea
And tlie winds of tlie Lord,
Like a host—a horde.
Rust) awfully on ahead!
When the grim skies scowl
And the mad blasts how!.
.Ai^Jie bough 's torn from the tree
Lo! tlie thunder-stroke.
Which destroys the oak.
lake a sliatf that is spent, spare
ART HU!
I or more buds the more -!i<
j in reasnable bounds. The
[ be well matured and. -cut
! close to a bud at eacli end.
Deiter, wit
wood shou
smooth ai
The cuttin
me.
GOO D ENOUGH.
d grant the Day
beloved and
Soul | 10 w much greater is the love of Got!
for you than your love for your child.
The. day is slowly marching on when
the world will be flooded with light
and knowledge. when preachers no
longer will depict God as cruel and
revengeful, hut as a Friem.. all-wise
and all-loving, not the God of the
sanctimonious only but of all living
creatures.
JULIA GOMAN TATT.
THE MYSTERIOUS ART OF PROPA
GATING BY CUTTING.
Continued from Second Page.
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A FAREWELL LETTER.
Pear Mrs Bryan and Friends: I have
made several efforts recently to write.
It is always hard to say good bye and
I do not say good bye now. i hope our j j
spirits will all meet again—if not on I (
earth I trust we will recognize each i c
other in the Hereafter. j j
It rains, but it is not like April rain.
It is cruel. So many poor little chick
ens were brought in almost dead. Sonic
were revived although tlie -pulsation was
imperceptible. To hold the tiny creatures
It- the hand and feel the throbbing qf
the heart as life returned, taught a les
son of hope and faith. \Ye should never
des/pair in efforts for good. A warm
kindly word or act often causes heart
throbs in souls that were almost drowned
in despair.
'T.«-t us t,hark our kind mater for her
many words and acts of encouragement.
On her birthday. May !7th. let’s alt re
member her in some way—by sending
her cards or letters or orders for her
books, or by doing some good turn to
another in her name.
Now friends, there is a protracted
li eeting in progress at my church. Rain
keeps me in today, bi t I am spending-
tiie hour in trying 10 do some good.
1 liope you 'have aTT accepted Christ
as jour Savior and liiat you have re
solved to make Mis teachings of love
am! kindness the rule of your fife
let us ail have higher aims in what we
dm than to please ourselves. Let us
write truths that will uplift humanity.
MATTIE H. HOWARD.
SHADOWS ON THE WALL.
For years T'vo dwelt in Sunny 1 Tails,
And now upon the Household walls,
! in lnn.gr procession to my view,
see tlie members—old ^nd new
issiner like shadows; some are bright
['loud
with
: of sorrf
•hays on
forehen 1
orange blooms. whd:-»
Fh n.e draped in
Sc'.me crowned
white
And some with
edear
Fall wedding peals upon the air.
Then' slowly comes the solemn knell,
A member's passing soul to tell.
May Philips Tat’ro has gone home.
And brave Rob Roy no more may come.
Sweet Thtirla Pole, pure as a star.
All unafraid has crossed the bar; <
And gifted Lome has realized
In heaven the hopes his spirit prized.
Will Colon's earthly ^ask is done.
He hnre tlie cross, the crown he won
Other.® there are of our dear band.
Whose smile now lights the spirit land.
And now our old-time home must go,
T hear the closing of a. door.
And all tlie shadowy forms are flown.
The walls dissolve; the house is gone.
Oh, Household friends. 1 loved you well,
M.v grief to lose you none can tell.
God grant that yet our broken band,
T'nited meet in heaven's fair land.
M ARGARET SMTTH G RAH V M
Jasper, Fla.
and with legs nailed
port it at the light heigl
up the hole left In the bottom and Then
are ready to fill it with earth, mod
erately enriched Keep the soil moist
and after a few weeks carefully soiape
rway a little of die solid around tlie
stem to note the progress of tlie roots.
if the branch does not die under this
treatment, and there is no reason why
ni'glit. * it should, unless the soil is kept so wer
should always be shoots springing fro
old wood, and if a portion of the latt
an inch or two is left at the has? i
the cutting, it is almost certain
strike.
The buds at the liu.se of a cutting,
soon as they become active, send o
materials from which the tiny rootle
are formed and so a cutting with fo
buds below tlie soil will grow nn»
tliriftly under tlie same conditions thi
one with only two buds
Side shoots are to lie preferred, e
pecialiy those which have a tendenc
to droop to the ground. Cuttings slum
t.ot be over two feet long a- the mos
a-uj should be thrust one-half or twr
i birds below lhe surface, leaving on!
one or two buds above. It is afwa>
lies: to slant the cuttings, not set tnor
upright, and it i,- ini'portant that tl
suii be firmly -packed about them.
HERBRACEOUS CUTTINGS.
Cuttings from herbaceous plants ar
better taken from the lower growth
arid not from tlie flower stems. Tende
cuttings, when planted in pots, shottl
be set near tlie sides, and not in t’n
center, their base touching tlie hottm
or the pot or else resting in a bed of snn
or gravel, a layer of which should a:
"ays be put beneath tlie rich soil, 'i,uS
simple precaution will cause cuttings m
strike readily, when otherwise
would perish or grow siowiy.
A handbell promotes equilibrium of
temperature and moisture. 'I’he degree
ot heat necessary depends on the na
ture of the plants. As a rule cuttings
they
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Tlie Spinner in the Sun.” By Myr-
[ tie Reed.
1 TIi is ie unquestionably niie of the
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'ifir ft is a book to lntigh over, cry
-t.ihr and think about. It is a book
irijit will leave its impress on heart
: id brain, not for its deep philosophy
j high-sounding rhetoric, but for its
i eot simplicity, its evident sincerity
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J. MAT CLARK’S NEW BOOK.
‘ Tlie -Princess of Haywood" Is the title
>f J. Mali Chirk’- new book, the advance
ilieots of which T have had the pleasure
j o f reading. I! is not yet out hut will
he in a short time. Unlike the authoi’s
; previous book. "The Bine and the Gray," I
I this is a present day story and in lit |
! crary merit and general interestingness
j is much the superior of the former. The
i si me is laid in Haywood county. Ten- I
j nessoe. near Brownsville. where Mr. I
I ( lark now resides. Tt is a story of home .
life, though it does not lack exciting sit
uation A mystery develops midway of *iie
iiook arousing the reader’s curiosity an i
I holding his interest to the end. The love
(between Vera, tlie princess of Haywood,
and John Brown, the hero, though not
given enough conspicuity is. nevertheless,
interestingly told.
J. Matt Clark could never write a. "he<t
selling" hook, his plots are not rapid
enough and lie wanders into too many
by-ways for the casual reader, but he
line written in the “Princess of Hay-
i,s to rot the bark, the continued con
tact of tlie stent with tiie moist earth
will ultimately produce roots sufficient
to nourish it and produce an indepen
dent tree when severed from the parent
tree.
On small branches a. tin can with a
hole punched outward in the bottom,
and after adjustment with tlie edges
straightened out so as to close the hoie
outside the stern, might be used to ad
vantage in place of the cask or box.
Tiie can could rest against the crotch of
a lower branch, or better still where
practicable, be suspended from cords
passed through holes punched in its
j rim and tied to the branch under treat-
[ men! or to some oilier. Or the Chinese
I method might he used and a ball of
i earth with matting tied around tlie
branch.
AN UNFAILING METHOD.
By this simple method cuttings diffi
cult to strike can he rooted with almost
certainty, and especially so if before
placing Uip soil around the branch tlie
hark is ringed by a cut circling it com
pletely. and then left till a callus has j
so as to sup- j need less heal while rooting than tiiely
Next close | Parent plants. Those from hardy, decid
uous trees will not root, until spring, "e-
tiiiise nature bids them rest dormant,
like their ipareiiis.
Herbaceous giants like carnations are
chiefly propagated by a species of cut
tings called piping. It is rather a pre
carious method, and requires care. Kac-ii
piping should have two complete joints
and he about two inches long; the ex
tremities of the leaves are cut off, nn-i
the pipings thrown for a little while in
water. Then on tlie smooth surface o'
a hot bed they ate put half an inch dopy
into the well-packed loam. Then thev
are watered- gently and after tlie leaves
get. dry. a handbell is ipressed over
them so that outside air is excluded.
The soil must be -kept quite moist, the
plants exposed to . .. morning sun. hut
kept shaded during tiie hotter pans of
tiie day. Once in a while tlie handbed
must he lifted off so as to give a supply
of fresh air. without which both the
plants and Hie soil will become mouldy.
If. when rose bushes are-pruned, tiie
cuttings are thrust into a jar filled with
sand and enough water to cover the
latter .about half an inch, they will strike
readily. In six or eigm weeks the jar
should be filled with a mass of :o.nc.
thrifty roots, and the roses may he
transferred to pots.
It is not generally known that tomato
plants may with ease be raised front
cuttings of the lower side -shoots when-
those are strong and thrifty. This is an
excellent way of renewing one’s stock,
for as the original plants fatle from Ion%
bearing or hot weather, those raised
from cuttings will take their place
They need -shade and moisture, good soil
at tlie surface and a clear sand bed be
low in which thei r base must rest whlls
rooting.
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