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EDDY-s MESSAGE.

What makes mamma cry? asked
little Eddy. as he came in from play
ono day, after the battle OF Gettys-
burg.
There has been dreadful battle,
my boy, and l am anxious about papa,
said his mother,
A little while after that Eddy came
in with some clean white paper for
his mother to make him kite. 1t
being finished, his mother saw him,
with spelling booA and lead pencil,
writing on his kite. After dinner. in
rushed Eddy with shining eyes and
glowing cheeks, exclaiming:
II sent ii mammal ! sent IT."
what, my dear? What have you
sent, and where?'
why, mamma, / wrote on the kite,
won't God please take care of papa,
and send him back 10 mamma and Ed
dy," and then sent the kite up and
when 1t got very high, cut the string
and l guess God has got it by this
time"
All, little Eddy God is very near
TO every one OF us, and our message
neSd not be written on paper, or semi
lap above tho clouds in order that hc
may get them. He knows our ~tsoughts
before we speak them. Lot us try q
make them good and pure.
| FLORENCE MABEL GEBHAlfDF,
| MichauN, Virginia.
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JOAN OF ARC.
(Chapter I'D

Joan returned homo and told her
parents about her vision. They We're
very much astonished, but were strong
~ opposed 10 her plan of trying to de-
liver her country. Her father declared
that 1t were better that she should
drown, and If needs be he would do 1t
himself,
Finally she got her uncle to take her
TO his home or preteSt of her aunts
Illness Tnen she sent word to the
Dauphin that she was chosen by God
to deliver France. AT first no would
not listen to her. believing her TO pc d
witch. He sent two men 10 see her.
and when they returned unharmeu, ne
consented TO see her, but still fearing
some harm he changed clothes win
one of his courters. When Joan en-,
tered into his presence, she showed
not tho slightest sign or confusion.
she walked straight up to him,
although lie was disguised, and said;
~ ana the maid: God sent me to de-
liver France" Tho prince tried 10
fool her, telling her that there was INC
prince in tho royal robes she replied
that she knew that he was the pauphln.
lie decided to try her. SO he hah sUlt
OF silver made for her, and gave her a
beautiful white horse. Her banner was
made OF White satin with the lilies OK
France embroidered on one side ana
God sitting on the clouds holar
ing the world in Ills hand on the DIN
er, Although ST Michael did not act
lually give her sword he had some-
! thing TO Go with It. He told her 70
Hook in a secret place in u llttle chureh,
/ loan sent for II, and sure enough lhete
! II was and Il proved to be ono that mad
I bscn lost and long looked for IN vain
| This sword WAS very rusty, but when "
was polished II was as good as new
one. on tho BLADE of this sword We're
| FIVE crosses
( When tho English advanced on Or
I leans she made hold attack, and a..
4 though this was her first battle, loall
never iiinched, going where the fight
! was thickest encouraging the lighters
i Al length the English were Defeated
aud France proved victorious After
4 the battle, when loan had tho Dauphin
4 king she Wanted to go quietly back
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COLUMBUS.
Part I.

Genoa was made famous tor all time
to como. because Christopher Colum-
bus, the great discoverer. was born
there. The date Of Columhuss birth is
unknown. but 1t was probably about
1a5o. His home was not within castle
walls; It was q little dark and bare
house within. His father was a wool
comber. Under his fathers roof Co.
lumbus spent his early boyhood. He
would go down to tho wharves md
listen to the strange stories of other
countries, OF which the sailors told.
From his infancy his mind was filed
with dreams of distant lands. He
learned Latin, drawing, writing and
geography Tho little maps and
charts which no drew were much
priced by tho sailors. At the age OF
fourteen Columbus made his first voy-
age in vessel under the command OF
his grand uncle, Columbo. Tor twenty
years he followed the sea. He visited
much of the known world. He was inn
pressed by a little book that somehow
came into his possession. which he
never tired of reading. II was an &C
count of travels in the Far East Very
soon after this he became the owner
of a little book Tt was an account OF
tho travels of Marco Polo.
CEDRIC S, BEVERLY.
Freezing. Va.
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BOOK TITLE STORY.
Hanover, Va.

"A Cavalier OF Virginia was going
up The Trail OF the Lonesome Pine"
when TO westward Ho." he saw four
soldiers of Fortune" He had got
TO The Owls Nest" when he saw The
Shepherd of the Hills" soaking bread
in The Brass Bowl" He seemed hos
pitable and asked him if he wanted
some, and how. "4As You Like It." he
replied suddenly, they heard scream.
on looking, they saw THE Soldiers of
Fortune" with "Lalla Rookh' and
THE Lady of the Lake" as prisoners
of Hope They went to their rescue.
AS they did so, they We're joined by
Don QuiNote." AT the first onset,
..Don ouiNote" slew "Pere Gorlot."
THE Cavalier after hard struggle.
slew THE Captain OF the Janizaries'
and "Childe Harold THE Shepherd,
slew THE Colonel of Red Huzaars."
When they released the prisoners
'"rhe Cavalier" was struck by the
beauty of "Lalla Rookh." A storm
was coming up. and they were puzzled
whore TO ind shelter. Luckily, THE
Pathfinder appeared and guided then
to THE House of Seven Cables 4
month after, a wedding was celebrate,
at "The House Of a Thousand Candles.
'I4alla Rookh" and Tho Cavalier
being the contracting parties. an,
1.-THE Circuit Rider" otnciated
Selected by
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(To be continually
vHo WON THE PRIZE.

1t was evening. Grace. Hazel and
Earl were sitting around the table very
cozilY. Suddenly Hazel Jumped UP.
"Oh, 1 forgot something" she said.
I'VE havo got to get our lessons, and
they are nwfully hard and Miss Gladys
said the ono who had the best lessons
would win a prize, and we arc all in
The eighth grade. Let's try and win IT."
"oh. no. said Grace, II am too
tired"
Yes" said Earl. she wants to show
off. We have plenty of time to get
them tomorrow. Let's so 10 sleep. .
Hazel ran and got her books which
were in the next rnoEi.
ooh, such nonsense said Grace.
Hazel studied with Will and soon
had her lessons. all but arithmetic,
which she wgs OH when Earl and Grace
fell asleep.
Hazel got all her lessons and was
going to put her books away when
mamma came from grandma's.
lets go to bed" she said to the
children, because its nearly nine
o'clock"
THAT night Hazel felt happy ard
not sleep. Next morning when Miss
IlupSS GdL1Nu tIb NiHaSs ''""St " -
there ready for work.
When all tho studies were through,
she called Hazel to her desk and gave
her beautiful hook called CRANES
Wonderful Chair
That evening when they came home
mama said, well. who won the prize
Hazel did, mama," said Grace slow
ly
and she deserved 1t too" said Earl
''becauss she studied and we didn't
and Miss Gladys said she is the smart
est in the class, and believe she L.
II am going to study more SAID
Grace, land Earl believes he Will TOO.
And sure enough they did. The neX'
time Miss Gladys gave out prize she
hardly knew which ono TO give IT TO
Can you guess who received II?
ANNIE MAY OWENS.
ITO West Apciia Street.
Fredericksburg, Va.
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Editorial and Literary Department.
to her home, but tho King would not

to her home, but tho King would not
hear OF It.
The English made an attack on Par
is and Joan again led the French
forces to the field Of battle. This time.
however, she had only handful OF
mon to tho English forces. and was
driven back 10 Paris. joan and her body
guard made desperate effort to beat
bnck the English. but failed They
turned back only to find the gate lock-
ed. A man pulled her off her horse and
made her n prisoner. This man was
one Of the traitorous Frenchmen she
was put In prison, but WAS kindly
treated. She made continual attempts
to escape, once locking her TALLER in her
cell and trying to escape through n
hole In the wall. but she WAS caught
and put In {. tower sixty feet high
She tied some strips of cloth together
fastened It inside the tower and hung
ii out the window. She tried TO swing
down TO the ground and escape, but II
wRs not strong enough to hold her and
1t broke Although sho fell sixty feet shs
was not Killed. only scnseless when she
was picked up. The English offered
her captors large sum OF money for
her and shn was deliberately sold to
her bitterest enemies. They tried to
prove that she was II witch. and at
last convincing the people that she was
she WAS condemned to be burned AT tho
stakel During the whole time OF her
confinement the King. for whom she
had done so much. never tried TO g-t
her released. nor did he send her ons
message, Joan met her death bravcly.
The last word she uttered before fame
and smoke choked her voice forever
was. Jesus" An English soldier. who
was standing by heard 1T and cxclaim-
ed:
Were lcst--we have burned a
saint" The Roman Catholic Church
have cannonized her.
End.
By MARY ANDERSON GILLIAN.
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LonREM,s EAsrEl, MINES.

TWAS n beautiful Easter morning,
The sun shown brightly down on the
happy children, their little Lands full
of flowers TO lay on the altar of the
ivy clad church. whose bells were ring
Ing a. message of peace over all the
city. But Of all the Joyous children,
there was none so happy as Lorree
oanvers, as she walked up the quiet
street. She was da!ntiIy dressed from
the tip OF her little slippers to the
dainty hat upon her golden tresses.
while her blue eyes shone with joy and
her cheeks were flushed with pleasure.
In her hand she carried huge bunch
of Easter lilies, pure. beautiful and
fragrant. She glanced at them now
lovingly. Weeks and weeks before had
she carefully tended these lilies. SO
they would be In bloom for this glad
Easter morn Just as she was passing
q small. shabby cottage she saw lit
tie girl dressed almost in rags, leaning
| against the old gate crying bitterly
| with hcr face hidden in her ragged
dress.
\ Lomec stopped and laying her hand
| on the sirl's sleeve said sWeeslS
| whats the matter? Why are sou cry
ing so?" The child raised her head
| and sohbed II Just was wishing
| had some flowers for mother, | peep
4 cd into> tho church Just now and saw
4 OH! lost such lovely flowers II only
~ had Just ono TO take 10 my poor sicE
anolhb@." lis your mother mr. asked
L.orroe, Yes" replied the child "anc
she has been begging for just few
flowers like those she used 10 see whe'
sho was Il little girl at home In the
country -
Lorree looked Al her flowers. How
llovely they were. But then there woult
be plenty of flowers as fair for sh'
church, while the poor sick woman
no she couldn't do 1t, But yet, wouihn
/ tho dear Lord rather the poor woma'
should havo them than that they shoul'
Hay In HIS place OF worship? she wa
aure He would, aud SWALLOWING SOP
she held out the pure lovely Haste
Ililes Take them 10 your moihel,
she said. and, wlthout waiuns fof th
4 ehilda fearful, joyful thanks she spe'
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SAMPSON.
CONTINUALLY
BY MARY ANDERSON GILLIAN

ASONtiDueu.J
lie deceived her three times and
then told her his strength lay in his
hair. One day while he was asleep
Dclilah had his hair shaved off and
then cried. "Thc Philistines are upon
thee, Sampson. But he did not have
strength 10 defend himself. He was
therefore bound. his eyes were put out
and he was put into mill TO grind,
IIe was afterward put into the prison
at GAIA. where he had 10 work very
hard and suffered a great deal. Tho
Philistlnes worshlped an idol callod
Dagon. and they believed IL was this
idol that delivered Sampson Into their
hands. Once when they Were offering
sacrifice to II they sent for Sampson
that they might laugh and make run
OF him. There were about three thou
sand people in the house. Sampson
was led by boy TO the pillars which
supported the house.
He then threw his arms around tho
pillows, bowed his self ana the house
fell, and he and all that were In 1t were
killed.
RUBY BASS.
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away. Arrived at the church she
slipped In and as the organs deep.
sweet tone rolled on. Lorree clnsped
her hands while little song OF Joy
seemed to live in her heart, and a
heavenly voice seemed to whisper In
her ear saying:
'Inasmuch as 70 do 1t unto tho least
OF these. 20 do 1t unto Ne"
KATHLEEN l. MAYNARD.
Newport News, Va.
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Answers 10 Jumblcd Names o. tho

Answers 10 Jumblcd Names OF tho
Presidents OF United states.
1. Thomas Jefferson.
.. James X Polk.
3. rutherford p. Hayes.
4. George Washington.
5. William III. TAFT.
6. Ulysses S. Grant.
7. Theodore Roosevelt.
s. Grover Cleveland.
.. Abraham Lincoln.
10. John Adams
II. Andrew Jackson.
IL. Martin Van Ruren
IS. James A. Garfield.
II, Franklin Pierce.
10. John quincy Adams.
16. William IL Harrison
II. William MCKINLEY.
IS. BENJAMIN Harrison.
10. James Monroe
90. Chester A. Arthur.
81. Willard Fillmore.
%. Zachary Taylor
20, Andrew Johnson
"a. James Buchanan.
Is. John Tyler.
&c. james Madison.
BY ANDREW G. BRYANT.
High Street, Franklin, Va.
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wEE,>,s PRIZE WINNERS.

Miss Lucille E. Baldwin, 200 High
street, FarmvilIc, Va.
Miss Kathleen Il. Maynard, newport
News, Va.
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LUCY LrTCHTIELD SEARS.
Mathews Courthouse. Va.
Beautiful Easter Season.

Dear Editor,-what beautiful Easter ,vs
arc having. The old maple in our yard is
Just beginning to shake out its little lacey.
green leaVes. Yesterday, when coming from
church, noticed that the green lawns were
dotted with the bright. little yellow dandc-
lions. All about IN the ncighborinr trees
the birds arc softlu making love to their
would he mates, MI these things remind
us that ilierc arc not many more weeks
before our long summer vacation. | M,
sending story entitled "Plans for VaCa-
tinn" which l hope will find a place on
our page, With best wishes for you and NIL
of tho members l am, YOURS sincerely,
LUCILLE e. BALDWIN.
100 H!gn street Farp,yiIs Va
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Independence. va,
Almost Through Exams.

Dear F;dltor,-1 think til. letters you write
to us arc Just fine and also the chIdren's
letters. Whooping cough Is u perfect OPT
dcnic in our school Nearly all my class
have IL. but I haVo taken almost all of MY
examinations. This evoning our Sunday
School gave us a Easter-ogs hunt, and We
had tine time MY cousin and / have a
flower garden. and in the morning we
WORK our Flowers. In tho afternoon my
bro.her takes my cousin and mo out riding
times ride horseback with my friends
l hope TO sec my iettsr in the p&phr. Your
little member.
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Onr Garden In Hloo,,,.

Dear Edttor.--How did you spend Easter
had real nice timn, We have a little
garden IN the backyard and have in II
some 1onqutls. tulips. phox. hyaclnths and
roses, ! am sending YOU q little puzzle.
and hope you viii think It good enough 10
did not see any Of the Others in print.
Your little member.
BARBARA ". LEWIS.
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Correspondence Column
Mary 1.I,udy,s Complaint.

Dear Edtor,-I am coming now on mis-
sion very unpleasant, that OF making COM
plant against one of our T. d. G. c. mem
bers. THE most unklndest out of ALI, comes
to mo through OF our own members
who has written letter to Gordon w.
knipplc or Leesburg. and signed my name
TO 1t. Tho letter, which was mailed in
Richmond. tells him that am In Richmond
enjoying myself, while at the daic OF the
letter | was I'll In bed under the caro- OF o
physician and couldn't use my right arm a t
NIL. Mamma sat by my bed and wrote my
cards for mo. and wouldn't let my brother
want any OF our members to feel sorry, /
thought they would If thoy know, because
so many of them wrote me to cay so when
was siclt tho other times. / inclose the
letter that you may SEQ didn't write IL /:
perhaps you Will know who did. 1 think
our z. ID. c. c. members ought 10 feel to
ward each other as one family, and can't
conceive what object one would have In
writing and signing another's nnrno. She
can't know mo personally. as have never
boen in Richmond except once a year ago
when was III at Memorial Hospital for
nearly three months: too III TO receive Wis
itors. You have been nice to give us
the page and give pri1ea. think II Is
inture another like that. and hope sho will
not do so again. Gordon wrote mo nice
letter, saying 1t was In response to ono
had written him NO / wrote asking him
to ,eend me the letter he received, 40 I had
not written him. He did so. and It Is the
ono inclosed. Your friend.
MARY FULTON RHUDT.
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EDGAR r, BEVERLY,
Freezing. Va.
La nostra terra. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1904-191?, 1910-06-11
L L'estensione del deserti.

Da uno studio fatto dallfngegners
Vischer sui tratto d'Africa conosciuto
eomplessivamente sotto il nome dl dsser-
to di Sahara. risulta che pampia regio
ne fn un tempo tutta abitata adecee-
zions del pochi altipiani rocciosi, come
10 attestano numerosi monument pre-
istorici. l. inv..siore graduate della
stsrilita' quindi del deserto avyenns
soltanto dopo la fine dellimr rero roma
no, quando e popolazioni cessarono dai-
rassidua latta contro la natura II de-
serto. conclude il Vischer. non discac-
cia ruomo.ma 81 mpadronisce di guam
to esso gil abbandona
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Le cavalIette in Africa

A 20 milioni di franchi 81 calcolano j
damn prodotti dale cavallette mel
Transvaal in questi ultimi quattro an
nj Per difendersi contro tale vero fla
CELLO, la colonia institui un corpo spe-
ciale di III guardie che, aiutate dai CO.
lon dagli indigeni, distrussero nelIo
stesso periodic 8287 sciam con una spe-
81 complessiva di 2150oO franchi. ST
csicola che lie cavallette distrutte avreb-
bero fatto perdsre aIl'agricoltur;. altri
so milioni. Preoccupate dell'importan-
"a del pericolo, le varie colonie dell Afri
ca australe ora 81 sono riunile per una
azione comune acclimatando su vasta
scala degli uccelli estranei al paese, che
81 nutrono esclusivamente di cavallette.
L'esperimsnto ssmbra fare ottima pro-
va; fra altri, le galline faraone 81 dis
tinguono come divoratrici dele uova di
locusta che scovano con grande abiiita
aofta ferra.
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Per l'illuminazione del porti.

In sostituzie ne dele Doe luminose che
di notte segnano nei porti il posto dele
secche, sorge adesso in Francia il pro-
getto di illuminare il fondo del mare
mediante lampade elettriche scagliona-
te ogni 500 metri accommodate cavi
disposti sui fondo stesso lungo l'orlo
dele secche. II como luminoso emesso
dalla lampada formerebbe ala superb
Gle della una chiazza, visible alb
bastanza da lontano per evitare. gil in
yestimenti Questo sistema oltre ad
evitare l'ingombro prodotto aalle Doe,
presenterebbe notsvoli vantaggi econo
Ynici
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Follie di collezionisti.

y La passione per l'antico. in fatto di
arte ornamentale, aumenta in guisa da
raggiugSere il limite della follia. ALA
vendita della colIezione Cooper. che eb-
be luog5 teste 1 LondFs, IN vecchio
vase di porcellsna Einese, alto circa
cinquanta centimetris venne acQuistato
al prezzo di 1850 frAnchi, e un vase
di porcellana di sesha del sedicesimo
secolo, che il Cooper suo tempo aveya
comperato per qualche centinaio di lire
fu pagatos2 500, mentre un altro Plato
di Gubbio, fondo azzurro con amori-
nj, sail $4,000.
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E' ritornato dalI'Italia, dove avevs
fatta una gita neIl'intento di dare sol
hsvo ad un grave incomodo della sus
signora, Antonio Longhin1, il noto pc
polare> salonista di Jesseville.
| coniugi Longhini hanno fatto un fell
cissimo viaggio quel che piu' conta.
la signora Longhini q ritornata com
pletamente ristabilita.
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I'm cacciatore che era us;ito prima
delralba trovavasi su un ait, piano del
Pirenei, = come raccouta egl stesso
nello Chesseur Francals, due punti
luminosi dellintensita d 'uua iompada
elettrica da cinqus sci candele avan-
zarsi ALA sua volta; g quando furono
sbbastanza vicini, Ii riconobbe per due
uccelIigrossi come una gallima di buone
dimensioni. Non risuci pero' aduccid-
erli perche rimassro sempre fuori di
portata del suo fucile Un recente ar
ticole comparso in lnghiltelra conferma
il fatto, del quale fra altro 81 ebbero
due esemplari debftamente constatati
nei Norfolk, in febbraio 1907 ed in mag
gio 1908 eli uccelli, uno del quail VEN
ne anche ucciso, apparteneyano certa
yarieta' di CUFF, sempre la stessa. Sem
bra pera' che Ia loro luminosta' non
sia ma qualita' intrinseca, ma derivi
aa taluni microbi iumlnosi cheluccelIo
-prenderebbe prestito da attire materie
animali ovegetali in decomposizione di-
yentati fosforescenti. g coiquai sareb-
be yenuto a contatto, IL chiarore, attac-
cato alls penne, persists per Qualehe
.sempo dopo la Iaorte del volatile
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In un comizio teste tenuto in un pa
ese del dintorni di Roma, degenerate to
sto iu un clamoroso tnmulto. 81 ssntiva
una voce che dominando le attire gtida-
va
Abbasso lamministrazione comu-
male, morte sgli ssssssori, vogliaro a
tesla ael sindaco.s
Tn maresciallo del carabinieri 81 av-
vicina a quell'antropofago, prenden-
dolo pei petto, con fero cipiglio gil. do
manda
- Chi siete Voi1
Tn nlibero clttadino.
Che mestiere fate?
= II calzolaio
II calzolaiol Domandate alloia
piedi, non la testaa del sindaeo, dissen-
nato.
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DICE UNALTRA PERSONA. U

DICE UNALTRA. PERSONA. "Pri.
ma che comincassi ad usare il Lozogc
del Dott, Pietro, scrive Mrs. Steve
Colozi, di st. Peter, Mont -ereo stata
licenziata dai medici. Non potevo piti
fare alcuna cosa. Dopo avere comincia-
to ad usare la medicina sto bene posse
fare di nuovo miei lasri. Mi sento Sc
fossil diventata unaItrafpersona.
Queste sono lei paroleAhe ci giungono
Ga ogni parte, rigursds q questo ri
med'o estratto da ss9sA sperlnentato
dagil ami. Il Lozogo deFDott. Pietro
non & una mediciina che sixende nellie
farmacie E forninito ale persone dire
ttamente dagi unici proprietari. DR..
Fahrnay & Sons Co., y s5 So. Hoyne
ave. chicago, Ill.