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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? 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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. TWO PUNT BOOKS FREE, WRITE US •on wish the roots to form. Then take j ask with enough of thej to allow the branch j leaves to pass through j a small box or < bottom removed with its upper return mall our two paint books, moat 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. 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"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. A Get This Gold Pair Free! Spectacle Wearers! Just send me yoor name and address and I ■will mail you my Perfect Home Eye Tester, free. 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