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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09
A FRIENDLY LITTLE LAD.

Dear Sir:-I have just finished
reading The Jeffersonian, and
think it is the best paper have ever
read. l am a country lad, fourteen
years old, and l am in the seventh
grade.
My father and my grandpa can't
do without your weekly paper. I
nave read about as much as any bow
OF my age I have read almost
every book in our school library.
surely would like to spend a week
with you and your books. know
you have some good books for bows
to read.
My grandpa is the Clerk of Schley
county Superior Court, and l think
he is the best man in the world. Mr..
Watson, | am writing to you Just
because | like you better than any
0ther man I have ever heard of and
haven't seen. Papa saw you at
Murray's Cross Roads about sixteen
years ago, speaking for the Third
Party. Your friend,
CECIL BARROW.
Ellaville, Georgia, Route 1.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09
A YOUNG FRIEND WHO is WORK
ING AND THINKING FOR
HIMSELF.

Dear Sir:-I am herewith sending
you few subscribers. I am nothing
but poor boy, working in the cot
ton mill for my living. You can give
me whatever you think it is worth
for getting the subscriptions. I just
felt that Pike county and the people
would be benefited if I could get
your good paper in circulation, for
I think it is one of the best papers
| ever read.
I am Baptist and a Democrat
as strong as they make them. I
don't think people go to Sunday
school or read their Bible much, for
if they did they surely would under
stand the plan of Foreign Missions.
We have been studying the life of
Paul for the last nine months, and
have not been able to find anything
like the furnishing of free tuition
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09
A BRILLIANT YOUNG AUTHOR.

Dear Sir:-This is Thanksgiving
Day.. So, as thanksgivings are in
order Cor at least should be-not
only to the Most High, but also to
the low; for God in His written law
lays almost as much stress on the
command, that we be thankful to
each other, as on the one for us to
be thankful to Him Himself), I must
thank you for the check-and espe-
cially the words of commentator
you so kindly sent me in recognition
of my little sketch, "The First Fire
Of Autumn" which appeared in the
November JeffersOnian Magazine.
Hoping that you may be spared
to see many more Thanksgiving
Days., and, that on each succeeding
one of them, your efforts to help
mankind to better appreciation of
the life they live, of those they live
it among, and of the world they live
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09
FROM THE ALABAMA HrsToRraN

MY Dear Sir:-Please find 5000
Tor renewal of my subscription to
the Weekly and the Magazine lief
fersOnians.
have been a close observer Of
public affairs, public questions and
pubic men from my youth up. I re-
member no political literature of .
riodical character so widely in
structlve as your publications. I'm
der the circumstances, it has been
my hope, since Appomattox, that tho
southern people would so control
thelr political course as to allow tbo
dominant North to divide within H.
self. Your writings are well calcu-
lated to inspire self-confdence and
self-respect in the South. That end
is the sine qua non of our future. and
1t is enough for us.
With best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
j. w. DuBOSE.
Wetumpka, Alabama.
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JOS. M. COX.
Cooper, Alabama.
UNMUZZLED PERIODICALS.

Dear Sir:-It is very probable that
some of our money-mad fanatics are
ready to say, Fool, fool, what
great fool" when they see a man of
your ability, and capacity to earn
money, taking your stand for the
common herd instead. They don't
seem to be able to understand it, and
the pity is that all of this class are
not in the big money ranks, either,
but the greater part belong with
the common" herd But there are
a few who understand, and / am
thankful indeed that we still have a
few papers (such as the two Jeffer-
sonians) that absolutely refuse to
wear a muzzle, and will attack the
wrong wherever and whenever they
find it, regardless of consequences.
l have talked Watson and the JEFF
fersOnians so much that some of my
neighbors have jokingly nicknamed
me tom Watson" but if you don't
care, am sure don't.
Find enclosed P. O. order for three
dollars for the Jeffersonians, as in
dicated on Enclosed sheet.
Fraternally,
wv. STEM.
R.R. 1, Bald Prairie, Texas.
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PAGE SEVEN
THE JEFFERSONIAN COMFORTS
HIM, AND HE THEN COMFORTS
THE JEFFERSONIAN.

Dear Sir:-I am moved to write
you few lines to let you know how
| am comforted in the way and man
ner in which you have shown up the
nscriptural methods and teachings
of missionary proselytes. Thank you,
Thomas, for the way in which you
have handled that poor blind and ig-
norant Republican that believes we
are getting fifteen cents for our cot
ton because Taft was elected Presi-
dent. God pity all such deluded
characters,
Thomas, aren't. you sorry for the
officials of the Sugar Trust? oh,
how Taft, Cannon and Aldrich will
make them repent of their deeds; but
you know they must do something to
appease the wrath of a people that
have been robbed of untold bill
lions for the special benefit of the
Trust magnates or malefactors.
Surely the people will awake
oO11CCl1uC anu Will IdII IN line with
us old Pops and help us to overthrow
both old dominated time-serving par
ties of Plutocracy. I am glad that
you intend to give us a sketch of
the iniquities of the Roman Catholic
Church. All of the Protestant
Churches should feel a deep concern
over this matter for she is that char
acter that ST. John pronounced which
was and is not and yet is She is not
an acknowledged power, but yet she
is power in the government of
these United States of ours. See
how friendly Taft is toward her.
ore so than he is to any other.
May God help us all to see that as
nation we are fast drifting toward
destruction.
Much love to you ALL
JOS. M. cox.
, Cooper, Alabama.
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TO MY FRIENDS IN THE FARM
Frs UNION!

Boys, won't you see me fair
fight? Make those Union City would
be Bosses meet me in the open.
Make them stop this p1ivate-Ietter
and secret-meeting policy. THEY
ARE DUPING YOU WITH LIES.
MAKE THEM FIGHT FAIR:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09

and board, and all those other things.
to the heather. / can't find any
thing that Paul did but preach
Christ.
Very truly yours.
T. v. MORRIS.
Stanley, N. G.
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long letter, but haven't the time. but
! am with you to the finish. I quit
Golfers because it would slur at the
south. am reading your writings
Tor the reason that you are of the
south and for the South, for the
poor and down-trodden. Keen untha
pace Yours truly,
N. c. BRAND.
Rome, Georgia, Route 5.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-09

One hundred dollars in cash to be
given away on New Years Day for
the largest list of subscriptions to
Watson's Magazine.
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it in, may result in you being more
and more indebted to the Great Uni
yersal Receiver of thanks, I am de-
votedly yours,
WADE CALDWELL.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
KNOCKING THE CALENDAR
INTO A Cooked HAT
ECCentriCfieS Of the Elements and Absence of Distinct Seasons in
California Study in Contradictory Conditions.

U " EFT here are always contradictory conditions within a days journey. a
W tomato vine may drop its fruit on the roof OF a ne-storied house on a
ii cultivated slope, while the valley beyond is bare of everything save yell
low stubbte and deserted ranches along the highway showing that produce and
water have been insufficient during the sumner o sustain man n
A shopper returning from downtown who mops her face and declares
that it is lawfully hot is quite as reliable as the man who sits reading his
opinion that it is delightfully."- cool Be it noted that the weather bureaus ther-
mometersi inspire scant respect because of their persistent defiance Off public and
private illusions
In a large part of California there iaen 10 distinct seasons writes Frances
Albert Doughty in Putnams and The Reader This creates confusion in the
min Of the newcomer who is served with canned peas in July and fresh ones
in November, I'M with raspbernes am strawberries at Christmas. and finds
parching umner. Decay and reproduction are seen taking place att the same
time, the vegetable organism soughing of Its waste and rebuilding sef-
whne me part of a tree is rusty In yellow, another par is fresh n budding
blossoms ofn shed their perfume from the same bough with ripe
oranges The towering cap Of "1d Badly" n "Grayback" hold a snowfall
above them through several days of tropical sunshine. ~
The poe needs to change he tme-honmed symbolism Of the vithered leaf
and HI resurrection; here must be a continual mental eadtustment to fits an
environment in which the phases of the material world do not correspond with
those on he other side of our continent
Even the rainy season is an uncertain proposition; it is supposed to come
sometime between October and March. but rarelyt o years in succession does
it fulfil the engagement, merely sending out an occasional showery day to pre-
vent despair.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
THE NATIONS PENSION ROLL.

The lei loss to he nations pension roll Hast year vas only 1854, and the
number of names or HI roll al. the n OF he year vas 9516S7 The Civil War
ended in 1866 forty-foury years g thu longevity of many pensioners belongs
o III phenomen of history. The youngest pensioner was born about 1885,
and is nov SO years old, ad the number of these youthful veterans who
were drummer boys, is inhnhesimal OF the total number OF pensioners, how
ever. 2ss Jos are widows and orphans. 1855 weree nnsed in the var with Spain
NJ 1888 aep pensioners on regular army account. All tbs veterans n widows
Of the Revolutionary War are nw dead. and also all the veterans of the War
IT. 1872 but the roll contains the names of All widows OF veterans There's still
The lstp pensions act of Congress giving Ill veterans over So years of age
has added about 100000 names to III roll.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
Soon Society May Give Dinner
Prizes to Most=Married
Former Spouses.
BY ADELINE STANLEY CARRlCK.

TN THE days of our grandmothers a
contract of marriage was a solemn,
binding thing. Contracting couples
took eacn other for better or for worse,
and if an overdose of the worse hap
pened to be their portion they swal-
lowed it uncomplainingly, as far as the
outside world knew.
But times have changed, to be very
trite. Nowadays, if milady Cor Milford
either, for that matter) finds that
double harness has its difficulties; that
her partner is inclined to gallop when
a comfortable jog trot is most to her
liking, or If he is content with ordinary
grass when she Graves the finest oats,
she waits her chance, and at the first
possible moment kicks clear of the
traces and gallops off TO the divorce
court, declining longer to be bothered
with matrimonial harness.
Divorces come easy, and as a conse-
quence marriages do also. People used
to tiptoe warily around the marriage
bait. Now they gobble it greedily,
knowing thai the pill of divorce is
easy to procure If marital indigestion
sets in.
In the asst twenty years marriage
was dissolved in 945, 1925 cases, or three
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
CHURCH PHYSICAL CULTURE.

The sexton of one church that keeps
open doors all day long didn't know
whether to regard the matter in the
light of a dissertation or a devotional
exercise. He paid no attention when
the three women. watched by a man
who stood at the lower end of the
aisle, walked the length of the church
and back again. Even when they made
the trip a second time he scarcely gave
them a thought, but when the trio
started around the church a third time
and the man called out, "Step a little
more briskly, please he began to won
der n presently made inquiry.
II hope you won't be offended" the
man replied. "I am a physical culture
instructor. | am teaching these young
ladies to walk. l have already taught
them to walk the street, in the draw
ing room, in the theatre. and every
place else they are likely to find them
selves. I am now teaching them to
walk in church. Very few women can
walk properly. Some lope, some swag-
ger, some skip, others adopt a mincing
gait. All three styles are very map
propriate for church. A dignified, sub
dued gait alone is suitable for devo-
tional imposes. Church is the best
place for pupils in walking to receive
practical instruction, therefore I have
brought them here"
''Great fathers!" gasped the sexton.
"Wha next?'
But he said no more until the walking
exercise was ended. Then he followed
the class to the door.
IT hope" he said, you will practise
the lesson learned today by coming
here to church once in a while."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
ABANDONMENT OF MessInA.

There va som brief talk afhr the San Francisco earthquake about aban-
donng he city site and locating elsewhere, but only the thnid onest talked that
wrecked city. The site of Mesdna may be abandoned and left to h dead n
Ntombed in its ruins an a new city be quilt on a safer spot The excellence Of
the harbor, however, makes abandonment doubtful Messina has suffered much
vicisatudes. In 1883 it was nearly destroyed by earthquake; in 1s4S it a bonn
barded for three days, and in 1854 it 1ost15ooo population by cholera Messtna
has been held alternately by Greeks, Carthagnians, Romans aracens, Goths,
Normans Germans, Spaniards, French and, lastly, Italians If Messina shall be
abandoned a history going back more than twenty-ax hundred years, and
repiete with dramatic interest will be finally closed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
Nowadays It's Quite the Caper TO GaAop
Into Matrunony and Take a Dfvorce Pill
Evil That Would HOrrify Our
Grandm0tI1ers Grows with
the Years.

a little thing like that won't matter,
either. That class of society which
must needs find its amusement in the
bizarre will be giving dinners to former
husbands and wives, with prizes for
those who have the greatest record.
Figures declare that the growth of the
divorce habit, as carried into final con
summation, is increasing not only with
three times the growth of the marriage
custom, but with three times the speed
Of the growth in population. Now.
then?
What are we going to do about it?
Is it because we live toe extravaganza
ly? Because we all have ideas above
our ~pocketbooks? In countries where
the home is the thing. with the savings
bank on the shelf the stronghold of
the united family interests, talk of
theories concerning divorce does not
creep in. 1t is in the big cities, where
the wife of the young clerk is con-
stantly trying to live as we'll and look
as nice as the wife of the cashier, who
in turn is endeavoring vainly to reach
the standard set by the spouse Of his
employer that we hear most of divorce.
Persons who would rather live in a
two-by-twice fiat in an exclusive neigh
borhood than in a comfortable home in a
quiet, modest street, are the ones who
become possessed Of the bug of dis
content that worries them into quar-
rels and temporary separations, and
finally into the divorce court.
1t is said that ~two-thirds of the total
number of divorces are granted on
groundssof desertion. Doesn't this look
pretty bad for the wife? Rather looks
as though she had failed to make her
home what it was meant to be. If she
had held her husbands regard in the
first place he might not have cultivated
an interest in things hat led to his
final departure from the home-nest. In
compatibility covers a multitude of
shortcomings in both husband and wife.
And hat brings us back to the original
question, "What are we going to do
about it?"
The idea of which l read not long
ago, of passing a law compelling all
persons to publicly announce their en-
gagement one year before the marriage
ceremony, strikes me as rather good.
The close c-ompanionship which an an
nounced engagement gives two young
people, would offer each plenty of OPP
portunity to find out the undesirable
qualities in the other. If, at the end
of the year. "Barkis was willin',' and
Peggotty, too. it might be almost safe
to gamble on their future happiness.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
THE Looyc OF CONVICT LABOR.

Says the Trenton Times: when the labor unbmsts al be made to realize
that III competition IF a man n prison is less to be feared than if he is free,
and he various States agree on a fixed rate for the services Of convict labor,
all thu prisons car be made at least sefsupporung" If the State waits until
the labor unhmst can be converted 10 that theory it will have a long wait
Labors objetion to convict labor is that convicts are taught certain trades
there, doing moral injury to these trades and that convict labor being cheaply
contracted for. the prison-made goods are t IN the market to compete unfairly
with the regular made goods, thus making prices ruinous for the manufacturers
and taking employment from fel labor When these objections "a be over
com the trade unhnst will be convinced and not before
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
FROSTY MORNINGS.

When the cQffee's clear and steaming
And the sausages are hot,
When the buclwheat cakes are waiting
To be swallowed on the spot,
When the maple syrup's dripping
In a thin and amber stream,
Then you feel that Indigestion
Is a dim and distant dream.
When your head is hot and heavy
And you thoughts are dull and slow,
When your step is weak and tagging
And you're cross Where'er you go.
Then the thought of smoking breakfasts
Makes you fairly want to scream,
And you know that indigestion's
Not the thing you'd call a dream.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
THE BLUNT CYNIC.

A man without a purpose in life is
like a dog with nc tail to wag.
Many a fellow who falls in love at
first sight never has a nance for an
other look.
Love is blind. At any rate, it can
seldom see it's finish.
Many a man is whole-souled whose
shoes are worn through.
II must be a source of regret TO a
gossiping woman to realize hat she has
two ears and only one tongue.
Many a married mans motto is BE
sure you are right, and then ask your
wife,
A bride never considers hat she is
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR
STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

Queer she never got married. She's
SO capable and resourceful a woman
- earnest and forceful."
rs she?''
"Oh, yes, indeed. She's the kind of
woman who can look out for herself.
Why, she knocked a man down once
When he tried to firt with her; she
took a norsewhip to a fellow who
spoke of her in a derogatory manner,
and she drove a peddler four blocks
with a mop
Yes, yes he returned thoughtfully,
lit is strange that no n ever has
seemed to want her for a wife, isn't
it?"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
EXPLAINING HIS CONDITION.

And you tell your wife everything p
well, yes"
did you tell her that I brought you
home the other night when you couldn't
remember your street or number?"
Il didn't have to tell her that. She
looked out of the window and saw
you"
"And what did you tell herr"
Il told her that you had one of the
worst cases of contagious intoxication
| had ever been exposed to-"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04

times as many as were recorded for
the twenty years preceding. This fixes
the ratio of one divorce for every
twelve marriages in that period.
1t is said that fifty thousand couples
are separated each year in our own
American land, of whose superior moral
intelligence we love to pirate. The out
put of divorces steadily increases. A
divorced woman used to find it difficult
to mingle in good society. Nowadays
they seldom draw the line, unless she
has been divorced twice. After a while
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
OUTDONE.

Teacher-Now, boys, / want to see
if any of you can make a complete sem
tence out of two words, both having
the same sound to the ear.
First Boy-l can, Miss Smith.
Teacher-yery well, Robert. Let us
hear your sentence.
First Boy-Write right.
Teacher-Very good.
Second ~Boy-Say, Miss Smith. | can
beat that. | can make three words of
fright, write. right.
Third Boy (excitedly)-Gee! Hear
this-wright, write. rite. right.
Teacher (thrown off her guard)-
Whewi
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
BUT HE DIDN'T ASK.

Willie was paying a visit. and he
found the intervals between meals
longer than usual.
Il amt going to ask for any CAKE
he remarked at last blandly.
That's very nice of you. WILLIE said
his hostess.
Because" he went on loudly, ignor-
ing her remark, ''in houses where ladies'
is polite to little boys l don't have to-"
Willie got his cake.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
RIGHTEOUS FELLOW.

Tagg-Come along with me n go
skating
Wagg-How dare you ask me to go
skating on the Sabbath? Besides,
there's a poker game on over at De
Sports house.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
CONFIDENTIAL.

First Doctor-Did you eve lose a
patient?
Second Doctor-Yes; there was young
Drinks. He recovered and hasn't come
zeal the place since.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
MUTUAL INDIGNATION.

He (indignantly)-Your father said
that / was as homely as your puppy.
She (also indignantly)-Why. how
can father say that? My puppy is
anything but homely.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
THE only HOPE.

"Of course she's not a pretty baby
now. Our only hope is that as she
gets older she'll grow handsomer."
Yes. I guess there's nothing for you
to do but believe in age before beau
ty.'"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
HAD MET THEM.

THE earth has two motions. Do you
know what they are?"
mo, l don't, but both of them shake
money out of my pocket"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
When your head is hot and hes
R OF CREATION.

hockey game to a girl.
Mrs. W.-But he will spend three
hours explaining to his wife how he
didn't play poker.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
MEMBER OF THE HAMMER GANG.

Il say that o should teach your
self to take things as they come"
But l much prefer to knock them as
they 60"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
NOT EXACTLY.

Her expression always reminds me
of tight Shoes
sort of a soleful look, eh?"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
HIS %ppOCEDIIRE

Timid Passenger-Wh-what do you do
when a fire occurs on your ship?
Captain Put 1t out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
AT REST.

did he lie peacefully"
yes; very. His mother-in-law sat at
the bedside with a jumping toothache.'
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04

1t sometimes takes so much courage
for a fellow to propose to a girl that
he never has n afterward.-Ex-
change.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04

happily married unless she gets at least
a dozen pickle dishes.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
LAME INTELLECT.

Jaw, let's drop the argument"
"Why?"
I've sprained my brain"
How"
Trying to follow your crooked rea-
soning."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-04
QUIT BEING FOOLISH.


"How IS he getting along?"
Pretty fair"
Holding his own. l suppose"
No, not as much as he used to. He
IS married to her now"