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several times, and 1t Is fine. We had our
first mess of beans the last day Of April and
since then have beans every day that We
wanted them. guess when some OF you have
beans cur gardens will be done.
Miss Thomas, your chat Of June 10 WAS fine.
read Of so many killing themselves ard some
being scared so over that comet. as to the
world coming TO an end, read what Christ said
in Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour
knoweth no man; no not the angels OF heaven;
but nv Father only" Our time is likely to be
any day and that will be the end here with u.s.
The thing is to be prepared 70 meet God any
day / believe we would all shudder and sink
at the thought of coming In the presence OF
the living God, IL we didn't feel that Christ
would bear our sins as He did the thief that
was on the cross who asked the Lord to remem-
I come to tell you how much good you have
done me. The many good letters OF the House
hold also the good letters have received have
meant so much to me. When / first came to
YOU / felt / needed sympathy and cheer, and
certainly think you have helped me.
To the lady who said she used to go to school
with me: Did you marry a doctor? II Jon did,
I remember you. Also the one that used to live
close to me. Why don't you sign your real
names: II would do me good to know and
not have to guess it. ! think marrying has
been pretty well discussed, but there are too
many trials and trfbulations in married life
for both not to love. ] came across little
motto that we should remember, 30 I send II;
IT may have been written; I don't remember
''If you have a tender message,
Or a loving word to say;
Don't wait until you forget II,
But whisper ii today.
Who knows what bitter memories
May haunt you If you wait,
So make your loved ones happy now,
Before X Is too late.
The tender word unspoken,
The letter never sent,
The long forgotten message.
.es The wealth Of love misspent;
For these some hearts are breaking,
For these some loved ones wait.
So show them that you think OF them
Before IL is too late"
Wishing Miss Thomas and the Household
many happy years, your friend.
MRS. DEVORA DANIEL.
Sycamore, Ga, Route 8.
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I'm sure I'd never have to work any more.
When a man is seeking for a companion he
wants pure, noble woman, one that can help
to lead him upward and not downward; that
kind of women never run to hunt for compan-
ions. Girls, be careful about hunting compan-
ions, the Logs are afraid TO trust such women
for wives. If people do not marry for love,
and only after considering the ups and downs
of life. they are not marrying in the Lord"
for that is commanded, and If you do not love
you commit sin. The idea of people wanting
to marry so as to have a whole lot to go to
housekeeping on; it's not necessary; they need
not have much, for they can accumulate If both
parties are careful and hard working.
When I was first married going to
town one afternoon when my husband stopped
at a darkey's house to get some Of them to
work for him. What do you Think When he
schoolboys playing cards. They had their wine
and were having big time. One of them came
out to him to ask him not to tell me, that I'd
tell 1t, and 1t would ruin their reputation. He
came in sight Of me and couldn't hold up his
head. There it is again, I'd hate to live a
life that I'd look like sheep killing dog
when faced anybody. l want my life to be
an open book and near the P1ble as know
the 18th verse OF the 18th chapter Of Isaiah.
good old lady told me about one of her
cousins marrying. They took up card-playing
for a pastime. After awhile a son came to
brighten their home: he was taught to play
cards and one day he was Fl and thought he
was up card playing so we'll that he would
take that Tor his living. Inc Ilrst game nc
was in he got killed and when the news reached
his mother she walked the floor wringing her
hands saying: "It was my own teaching that
brought my son to this bad end"
Parents can darken their own home for life.
compare little children in home TO the flow
ers. so have good ground for them to grow IN
The parents are the gardeners to keep them as
pure and sweet as when they were given to
them ~ 30 r..
have always had a sympathy for man
when his wife is the leader at his home in card
playing. Even If nothing real bad ever occurs,
there are remarks made. She may sometimes
want to speak a word to one with whom she
has played cards about their soul salvation. That
one will laugh in her face and say:
at have no confidence in you; l know what
kind of seed you have been sowing along your
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he-being educated, too-the needs OF those
children. She can help him because she knows
how and what to do, and does not leave that
for him to have to do. She is able to help
the children to understand their school work
because she mastered IL and, therefore, becomes
real companion. Their work Is more inter-
esting and they better able TO grasp II,
thereby saving time and money and making
life pleasant for themselves and others. They
grow up to be interesting boys and girls VINO
can think for themselves and are not dependent
upon others. They do not have to narrow their
conversation to homework only. They can read
and be benefited by good literature, play OF
sing and change the monotony OF their regular
work.
Look into the home of the educated father
and uneducated mother. He is about his work.
of course, and the mother is at nome sewing,
cooking washing, ironing mismanaging serv-
ants. She is faithful, but she has no. inclina-
ton to read; she can't read much, anyway,
for her mind has never been trained enough to
realize the Importance Of it, She can't play or
sing much for all this calls for an educated
aind. So there is nothing she can do but work
in the same old way, day after day, and
teach her children to do the same. II is true
she can visit her neighbors, but is at loss II
anything is discussed but physical work Most
of them must always feel embarrassed in some
way and all because her education is limited.
, Her life grows to be a greater burden ana so
must her girls, because they can make life no
more pleasant than she Their educated father
converses freely with friends and is sure TO en-
JOY life among the more educated people better
than to be at home with those who are I'M
educated. None can blame him. The father
is respected, the mother is expected to keep
in her sphere, at work. The boys will soon be
seeking the companionship Of other girls, be-
cause they are more entertaining. The girls
feel but little courage to try to change their
position. They, as, rule, marry uneducateo
men They are unable to help their husbands,
except to merely be burden-bearers, a little
above animals.
have studied the educational problem very
closely for the past five years and have no time
for homework and cooking but If ever marry
don't expect to sit back on my book, learn
ing" and expect such work to be done. I
shall do then as / do now, put my whole heart
into my work. That which l don't know
can learn; for / feel like true teacher can
be a pupil as well. Sincerely,
JEWELL.
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| island. In the night secretly-prepareu
bridges were thrown over the river anu
by on the morning following the Whole
force was across. The battle began IN
| the afternoon by a violent attack on the
Austrian forces which, for moment,
promised to decide the day in favor OF
Napoleon, but the tide turned at last and
the French were repulsed with heavy loss.
There was a breathing spell for one
night and then the Austrians took the
offensive. They had $4,000 infantry and
! Is, 900 cavalry, with the expectation OF
3d. 600 reinforcements under the Archduke
John. Both sides fought desperately. The
Austrian right overcame the French lett,
and at the other extreme then battle was
long in doubt. But at last two divisions
turned the Austrian flank and drove 1t
back. Then Napoleon brought all his
force to bear upon the enemy's center,
and after charging again and again sue
ceeded in forcing the Austrians into an
ordered retreat
Although this meant, In the end, the
final triumph of France, the battle was
so nobly contested that most historians
consider 1t one of the most creditable in
Austrian annals. The total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. killed and wounded.
In his History of Europe" Alliston
says that this campaign is lone of the
most memorable examples of patriotic re-
sistance recorded in the history Of the
world. 49,. Austria is the only state
recorded in history which without the
aid of a rigorous climate like Moscow
fought two desperate battles In defense
of it's independence after its capital had
fallen" Yet to small purpose! BY the
peace Of Vienna, Austria had to give up
to Bavaria Salzberg, Berchtesgaden, the
Innviertel and the Hausrckviertel; parts
of Galacia to Russia and Warsaw; Car
noila, Triest, most of Croatia, Istra, ETC.,
to Italy; in all 1900 square miles and
3, 500 900 people. The emperor was also
forced to reduce the army and, indirectly,
to give. shortly after, the hand of his
daughter, Maria Louisa, in marriage to
Napoleon.
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on July and 6, 1905, occurred the bat
tie of Wagram, one of the most bloody OF
the campaign waged by Napoleon against
Austria and the Austrian archdukes,
Charles and John. Napoleon had 10000
soldiers, while the Austrian army num-
bered barely 10000 less.
Austria had no sooner concluded the
peace of Pressburg than she began to re-
greet her haste and to reflect that Auster-
litz was, after all, not necessarily final
battle and had merely resulted In fright
ening the emperors of Russia and Austria,
and causing them to forget that an army
of the Archdukes Charles and John was
approaching from Hungary.
Accordingly the years of 1867 were
spent in the rebuilding of the military
and in the spring of 1905 fresh army OF
500, coo men was raised by CONSUMPTION.
Against this Napoleon at once protested
and war was the outcome. The Austrian
troops crossed the frontiers at once in
Bohemia, on the Inn, in the Tyrol and
in Italy. France gathered her forces from
all quarters to the valley of the Danube,
where she had In all about 100000 An
action at Thanh was undecisive; then
there was a victory for the French at
Abdensberg. and one for their enemy at
Ratisbon, and finally a hotly-contested
engagement at Eckmul, in which Ma
poleon at length came of victorious. The
next move of the French was towards
Vienna, where, after but slight resist
ance, they arrived on the 18th of May, the
Austrian archdukes relief coming too late
upon the scene.
The fighting now centered about the
Danube, which the French attempted to
cross on the 18th OF May, near the village
of Aspern, and after two days of severe
conflict the Austrians came off victorious,
the loss for both sides reaching a total
of $4,000 men. Driven back to Jobau, Ma
poleon fortified his position and sum-
moned troops from far and near.
On the evening of the Fourth OF July
he had $4,000 infantry and 10000 horses,
together with $50 pieces of cannon on the
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IRREGULAR Attendance at School

Dear household:
As this page is read by many parents
may be 1t may be the means of causing some
mother TO make a greater effort TO send her
children to school regularly.
Few, except teachers, ever stop TO think Wnat
1t means TO the child for him to be out OF
school one or more days Of every week.
1t may be that his class is just taking up
some new subject and it is necessary for the
teacher to thoroughly explain 1t so that the
child may understand how to take hold OF The
subject. Tie teacher devoted quite a while 10
this explanation in order to make 1t clear TO
her class, your child is absent from Shool and
the next day he attempts to prepare the
lesson but on account of what he missed on
the previous day he is unable to do So while
the others in his. class who were there are
not having any trouble. Is 1t right for tho
teacher to take up the time which should be
devoted to the school, to go over the same
ground just for one pupil who was absent the
day before without cause? The child has 10
have some light on the subject before he can
make any Roadway. The teacher, II she be In
the ungraded rural scnoof, already has her
hands full and running over, but she has to
give this child a hurried explanation. 1t iS
not so clear to him ms 1t was to the class as
it is not thorough.
There are many parents who will keep their
children at home for any little excuse: know
they do not realize what an injury II Is TO the
child, II they did they would have their chill
dren in school every day. In the term.
know mothers who keep their daughters
away from school at least two days every week.
OF course the girl expects to go on with her
class and at the end OF the term / fshe fails
to be promoted she is disappointed and often
the parent is mad with the teacher and thinks
she uses partially, when really the child has
only been in school about half the time. DO
you think you could do a whole years work
IN one-half Of a year? Why expect the same
of your child
There are some children who do not like to
60 to school and left to use their choice
about the matter OF course he prefers to stay
at ohme If he has a very hard lesson but
II that parent would make the child go 10
school, in after years he would thank him for
IT.
Hoping that each mother who reads This
may resolve to do her children a lasting bene-
fit by sending them to school regularly. am,
HOPEFUL TEACHER.
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The Norwegian Stove

na.r Miss Thomas: Considerable interest
has been manifested in a system OF cookery In
nractice in Norway and other parts OF Europe.
In which boiling hot food in tightly covered re-
ceptscles Is packed In some non-conductlng ma
terial in such a way that 1t keeps not TOT
long time and slowly cooks. As hay Is com
monty used in Europe as packing, the cooker
is freoueutly called hay box cooker Such
cookers may be readily made at home and even
when they are OF very simple construction they
have given good results. tightly covered
tin or enameIed can. preferably without han
de but having tight cover. and wooden
hoy and packing material are the essential fea-
lures. The packing box or other receptscie
should be considerably larger. say three or -FOUR
inches in every direction than the vessel used
for cooking. Line the box with several thick
nesses Of paper or asbestos. over the bottom
81 the box should he spread a thick layer OF hay
tightly packed. The cooking vessel is placed
in the center Of this and the spaces between 1t
and the sides Of the box packed full OF hay
OF whatever else is used. A thick cushion or
rad Of suitable size should be made for cover
ing the top Of the and wooden cover for the
box is also desirable.
These cookers may be made to hold one or
more cooking vessels. and in case space is de-
sired for two or Isorc. II is convenient 10 Of
vide the box into compartments. The food
which Is to be cooked Is brought to the boiling
point in the can or bucket and cooked for
short time usually ten minutes on an average.
though the time depends upon the material and
should be learned experience, md is tightly
covered and placed in the nest and covered on
closed.
About twice as much time is required in
cooking over the flame. There is little evapo-
ration. consequently rare must he taken not to
too much water in preparation. An advan-
tage claimed for the hay box cooker Is that
there are noticeable doors from the cooking
food.
The cooker must not he opened from the time
the food is placed in II until Il is needed for
serving. as the removal OF the covering would
mean an escape Of heat.
In this system of cooking the food is kept
on the stove for only short time. and hence
only a small amount of fuel is required. and
10 has a further advantage in that II does
not heat the rooms in which the cooking is
done.
BY means Of this cooker a breakfast cereal
may be prepared by boiling a few minutes in
the evening. then packing IL away in the
cooker and in the morning IL will be ready for
use. Soup Gao be prepared early in the day
and Will be ready for luncheon without any
further attention.
With best wishes to each and all OF you. I am
Yours truly,
Pocasset, Okla. META FAY.
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Educate the Girls

Dear Miss Thomas: Who remembers poor
little Mstletoe, who visited you about a year
education Of boys. / want to say that girls
need education as much as boys. While we
can't anyways tell by looking at any one whether
or not they educated, j don't have to hear
them speak very many words until l can tell
pretty well about their education.
As for education keeping any one from know
ing how 70 keep house, I've always found IT
Just the reverse. and we all know tnat we get
lots more from hearing an educated woman talk
for a little while than an uneducated one talk
half day. Any man who has an educated
wife is proud of her. II he has any sense. And
an eiucation does not prevent any one from
knowing how to sew. It's whether they want
to or not. l know plenty Of high school girls
who make some OF their clothes when going
to school. and all OF them in vacation, while
not 10 per cent Of the uneducated girls can
make a dress fit to wear or manage a home
either.
For my part. I intend to finish my educa
tion and teach and to make "Buddy's pants
too.
What would you have the girls who don't
want to marry do? Work in the field, cotton
mill or take in washing for our living7
know some women who can't make a cake
and have never mad any education. much less
taught school. l venture to say that Miss
Thomas OF Mrs. FELTON, can cook meal fit FOR
king to eat, and while they might not have
been able able TO have cooked without edu-
so nutritious as they would not have known the
rules of health.
I think II would be much advantage to a
home to have an educated wife mother as
for husband to he educated. I certainly agree
with Garland about woman's rights and place.
What do you think about mothers allowing their
children 20 read the newspapers with all the
horrors OF the day. Don't you think there's
almost as much harm in them IN reading the
wild west stories which create the morbid de-
sire for the sensational?
ANY one who is bothered with weevils in
their beans Or any garden seed can get rid of
them by pouring kerosene on them. This viii
kill the weevls. but will not hurt the bean.
I an going on a fishing trip before long and
will give you the results next time.
With my best wishes, MISTDETOE.
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knows what need before we ask Him, but
He wants to come to Him with all our
in Him as a little child does In its mother.
when 1t runs to her with its little troubles and
expects sympathy. ....
Prayer is divine way appointed US that
we may ascend to the mercy seat and receive
pardon. Oh! how sweet it is to slip away
from the snares of this old world and enter
into the closet and shut the door and there
pour out souls to Him in prayer. How
comforting it is to know we have one Friend
that is ready to sympathize to forgive
our mistakes and help us. Oh! for a word
with Jesus before the trials and temptations of
the day begin! How much it means to the
trustful soul to lean on the everlasting arm
Prison bars and the burning stake cannot keep
the soul from communicating with its God.
Paul and Sllas, though cast into the innermost
prison and their feet in the stocks, prayed and
sang praise TO God at midnight and their
prayers were heard, and an earthquake, so
great that the foundations Of the prison was
shaken and the doors opered and their chains
fell off from them, was the result;
Daniel knew that his enemies had persuaded
the king to sign a decree that 'WhosoeVer
asketh a petition of God or man except Of the
king within 80 days shall be cast into the Zen
of lions" Yet he failed to opeH his
window toward Jerusalem and kneel down and
pray three times a day, as was his custom.
He knew his God, whom he served, was able
10 save him from a physical death If It were
necessary.
Shadrach. Meschach and Abednego were not
afraid Of the fiery furnace. Even II the king
did 'heat IL times hot" They would
not fall down and worship his god. Oh! for
such faithful and prayerful Christians to never
doubt that their prayers will be heard and an
swered. why can't we all Ahave such faith as
those eroes of old7
Jesus said "All things are possible to him
that believeth." And l II we go
to Him In the right way He will hear and nn-
swer our prayer, though they may not be as
we expected, yet He knows best"
Dear Fayette, little did I think when ! wos
penning my thoughts to our Household that
thew would 90 across the wide ocean and be
read by one Of our much loved missionaries.
thousand thanks for your sweet comments on
my letter. / shall hereafter believe that my
letters are not in vain. May the pleasaptest
and happiest days OF your life he spent in far
away China doing your Fathers will, is my
prayer. Come often TO our Household and tell
us Of your work.
CasS Station. Ca.
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Information Wanted

would like to find Mr.. w. B. Williams.
he came here in February from Spartanourg,
s. c. to witness in case and IL was post
poned My son was killed by drunken man
at the dam on the Ocmulgee river and MT.
williams was the witness. The other eye wit
ness has since died and it is important that
we find Mr.. Williams. He had a sister in Co
lumbia S. c.
MY son was 26 years old. he left a wife and
baby and for their sakes I hope some one can
tell me where Mr.. Williams is. We wrote to
Spartanburg but can't get an answer.
Any information will be thankfully received.
MRS. S. E. PRICE.
por+e Monticello Ga
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For a FireIeSS Cooker

Gather your vegetables in the afternoon,
prepare them for next morning and while
cooking breakfast bail them in a bucket; after
breakfast place in a larger bucket Of boiling
water, cover both buckets and put inside the
stove till time to cook dinner then place on the
stove let boil. When dinner is done they VIII
be perfectly tender. Season with bacon or but
ter sauce. Have a boiled dinner twice week
and cook bread and cakes while boiling ham.
On other days cook potatoes, peas, squash, any
thing that will not take long.
Make dough for pie crusts when making bis
cult and add a little more lard to make II
rich. In making boiled custard put some OF the
batter in a pudding dish, thicken with flour
or corn starch and you viii have quakins
pudding. ETA b. ANANI.
mill
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More Anon

Dear HolteboI1.
want 20 tell ron how much I enjoy Miss
Thouas' talks and the nice good letters too.
an a flower and chicken crank and am very
successfui With both
I'm glad NE have none OF Mr.. Baeh's sort IN
cur settlement for II Ire passed my way lie
would be sure 20 see two dirty little Eases peep
Ing through the gate.
Poor Mr. Bach. Re Just wanted to raise a low
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pathway" Very often the one that sets the
trap is caught in the snare. ..=., ~
'Asman's home is what his wife makes It,
She can change very plain room into verita-
BILE haven OF lest, or make things so uncontors
abre nobody wants to stay there. But it's time
MRS. JORDAN.
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sssSss ssa49)DA I'm HIST0RAAEEeszSxx
ANTELELLl 1LEl
HOW NAPOLEON WON AN ARcHDUcHEss- ..

NAPOLEON WON AN ARCHDUCHEsS- July
Gso Ph1neas
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Dear Miss Thomas: May come this
beautiful afternoon for a few words7
There are corn and cotton fields on every
side of my house, and the land is so level l
can a good many crops Gardens are all
good. I have been rolled out in our garden
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What You've Done for Me

Route 1. Monticello, Ga.