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ousefffcld B^paTtm^nt.
■&ear llouhi:fioLi>,
Wm\ wifii t )j:nake my first bow to “Topsy
morning by way of cordial welcome.
I tbink it a good augury that on the eve
of marriod life she should become inter
ested in the;Household,and! hi*..
she will* need much advice on the manage
ment of a husband. To you “Trustful” I
have only this to say: You wrote in
haste and without due consideration of
the facts in my last. I said you were
not practical in the advice you gave,
not in your life.’Of course I knew nothing
f that. If, as you say, you climb Pine
mountains every day with a heavy bur
den aid in all kinds of weather, I con
fess that sounds as if your life was very
practical, if difficult. You have your
• ‘minds eye’ ’ on the wrong woman when
you place me surrounded by ease and el
egance and making rick-rack. Truth
compels me to say I have never known
easy elegance in all my life, not even in
girl-hood when my responsibilities were
not so numerous a3 now. While I am
not forced to the severe labor of which
you com plain,raylifiiiis a busy one,asthere
are several whose comfort depends up
on my exertions. I have never made a
yard of “rick-rack” and never even
knew what the word meant until I saw
it in these columns, fc>o much for your
imagination- As to your charges a
gaind- nr T am surprised that one
who endeavors to cloth herself with **a
ineek and lowly spirit” should be so
ready to accuse me of such ugly designs
as “misleading young wives and ‘repuls
ing”you and another sister.'lt was my
understanding that the advice was offer
ed to “Ddtermined.” If so how could it
be “repulsed\ by another? Like your
aelf I only took the liberty of expressing
my opinions and of criticising those ex
pressed by others, You and others crit
icised me; did I resent it as “repulsion!
As for “Sympathizer” when she
brings the charge against me herself
shall reply to it I consider her fully able
from what she has written, to fight hee
own battles, You accused me first of
‘•ridiculing’’ her, then of -‘repulsing’’
you both, when according to my under
standing of the Webster you invoke. 1
have done neither. As to the question
of /misleading young wives” I amwill
ing to leave it to the most expaptoced
and wisest wives of our band to say if
the words of advice, I have in
these columns will'•in any at any
period of married life'do in jury of
them or take a ght
Outlie con can
choose of
or mine and apply her she
wants tothoroughly convince h™elf of
their practicability. Will she apply the
test in imagination to any dozen of her
acquaintances and acknowledge the re-
suit ?
And this is all I to say on
tl/e subject of that “moping husband.”
As “Determined” seems to have prop
ped the subject I think I will too,
arid with relief, for as I said before the
successful management of one hus.
band is beyond me. But my sisters theia|
is one question that is of far more intß
to me just now, and that iflßl
training of children.
of this question BBBr
could not fail to be of inter
est to every mother at
these columns. If
who has successfully reared a family of
children who are now good men and wo
men I trust that father or mother may
give us some light on the subject, and
if can give us the key to their suc
cess. “Lover of Light” I knowjLj|
years of experience have passed
your head or you give Itter
anc to so much wis^^ r Can
give your experience? And will not
some other parent take upsttie subject!
I have been very much disappointed on
opening) the Gazette week after week to
find still silent and no appear
ance of the promised series of articles on
the vexed question m fclie’management
of our girls. My d<pr sister you surely
will not gi\ eup the ' under taking?
The problems of training
Mo be good modest, helpful
our boys to become noble strong
the I believe should engage the
vei% best powers of our minds and be
the bliief study of every mother in our
midst.
“Winnie Winn” opens up the way of
anew industry for women, I shall
take much interest in perusing the letter
referred to by her and promised by ouf
editor. I for one will hail*with)gratti
tude anything promises relief to
our women who are compelled to labor
and who at present realize so little
fit from their
er of Light” I can rat thank
your kind word". It is my
sire to be a “reflecting
household. “The Great Center” of
individual household is ever
it is the ambition of my life to overate
every adverse influence in my lunar car
oer. Your words of wisdom have giv
en me much valuable aid iu|my struggle
I am only sorry that you appear so sel
dom. ‘‘Talker' ’ I most heartily join you
in yourladvccacy of temperance. I
only one reason for hesitating in promi
ipg to labor with you in trying to sus
tain a temperance department in our
Household. That is because my feel
-*gs are so strong upon the subject, and
I have so great a horror of intemper
ance that I hesitate to express myself
Otherwise I should have attempted
some words of sympathy for “Only
A Woman.” To me herletter was
most touching, but what for her,
w r onld words avail? W my sisters
can only give her wHSk our
prayers.
;Mr?. H. S.
SOUTHERN SILK CULTURE.
An Enthusiastic Letter from the
Leader of the Movement.
Mobile, Ala., August.—to the Editor
—Dear Sir: I api obliged to you for your
kindness in publishing my circular-let
ter, and am glad to have your letter of
the 12th inst. It has the right “ring’’ to
it. Would that more editors took such
a lively interest in silk culture! It is
the best thing in sight for womei chi!,
dren and the superannuated of both sex
es. I tbink it will do more to make la
bor (if such light work can be so term
ed), profitable and facinaMng than any
other avocation ever preSented to the
consideration of the south.
1 am glad you intend to make it “go. ”
Nothing is easier, The ladies and girls
rallv to it most heartilv, and almost all
public spirited and far-sighted men give
it not only countenance and cordial ap
probation, but will# give it more sub
stantial indorsement. Rely mainly up
on the mduß, however.
Start Plant nothing but the
most approved mulberry trees. Raise
nothing but the best breed of silk
worms.
Urge combination and co-opeimtion.
Start a silk society. If but thrfl per
sons, start. Soon you will have \ doz
en members. Then 20; then 50—ip). It
spreads like “w r ild fire,” among the la
dies.
As soon can get a dozen to
gether, go in^erman ent organization.
►Elect officers. Charge a membership
fee of a few dollars and monthly dues—
wbawyou will. Give piclics, concerts,
tableaux, lectures, etc., the benefit
of the society. Send our ju half
or more of your prettiest, brightest,
most charming and most persuasive la
, dies or girls, to solicit subscription for
the good cause. Their bright eyes and
I bewitching talk will procure many a V
or an#£, where public spirit would not
prompt the contraction. Many of your
public-spirited give from $5
to SSO each. VeipPbon, let the
buy land town,
of from 20 to 50 acres, for yj|Pr society.
Sometimes, a large man will
give this, and, generally any one wiM
sell it very cheap and on easy terms. A
This fall, set out several thousand flr
\jxe most approved mulberry trees*-
Moretti, Moms Rosea and Lhou or
•torus Japonica. All these are needed
■o produce Jiighest -results—and you
wghtto aippat that* Xext spring, or
Wte in February, let*lie company erect
their cocoonery—a simply constructed
and cheap affair. Buy silk worm .eggs
now"
those who design going into silk*
culture on their own account buy their
this fall, and plant them.
WhyMWlse their trees will have an
unobstjMced year’s growth (a much
needeaßcnditidn) and they will then
Imye learned silk culture at the public
at the public expense, with
trouble or risk of a prime ven
next y ear - G'ey kitdFsilk cul
-IHHPMI can start with and
■Pidy trees.
~ A public ora is a
great educator. Its will our
weightheevil effects of fifty private
HHBBBBttLone need fail privateljß
at any
and everything,
have five, ten, twenty
ures and no couspieious success, sill?
raising will have a “set back,” in your
community and may be indefinitely post
poned. Htikau have a public cocoonery,
few will BJprivately, as they desire
to learn under more favorable auspices
and if any, or many try it privately, a
public cocoonery tends to pre
vent private failures; co.
ought to be so maßged as te
eik'e absolute certainly of success.
How so? Why. a public cocoonery can,
hire an expert at silk culture for the
necessary five weeks; and the expense
comes very light to numerous lAn-
A cocoonery is a great
sociability—as society raft
ings will be—and be a place of
popular resort. of atten
dance and work will be very light, too,
when dividetteimong the members. In
deed, the whOTfwlabor is nothing more
than a diversion.
If you are overrun with sight-seers,
you can charge ten cents admission to
all but the p#or, the schools and The
members; and raise a good little sißp
Xo inconsiderable good, is the com
mendation its success gives, of com
bination. to southern people—the
charms, uses, values, facilities of co-op
eration. You will appreciate % this.
The Yankees efiect so much by well
organized combination. Five hundred
ffmtoiv girls put in the earning of two
oimiree years and build a cotton facto
ry.mtfcl furnish themselves employment
ancrget profits on the investmeidjk that
■tent toij|U'mer employers. A lai*own
nrgphs,
c or
■ c h ant. i re
Pmercham combine and
tehe dozen, without a. penny. of
Bi3h being put up. So on ad “infinitum.
jKut. you know, we don't combine
south.
Xow. a public cocoonery, (a silk socie
ty. )|as cheap and char ming the
direction of co-operation. Wl^^n'ill:
a cocoonery do? Well, suppose^^Jki^
a cost of 65 each, it has tought two
handfed meaollers silk culture. Is not
that cheap? Rut. the children of many
of th*' tciiibershave Earned also.
P what an advantage to start
the year, knowing how, and with
your uses ready—l mean your private
trees.
But is this all? l>y no means. Your
society has raised enough eggs from the
cocoonery to supply every member with
all he or she needs,to go into the busi
ness of silk culture on private account.
And this will lie worth moretovou than
all your investment in the society.
Rut, there is your farm vet and the
mulberry trees af the future. If vou
have set out 5 ;000 to 8,000 trees, you
are going to sell a great many from cut
ings, in two or three years, for more
than enough to pay for your farm and
all your investruents-
Then, you will buy a filature and. set
unreeling your own silk, buying your
cocoons. Then maybe you will
have a silk manufactory. It takes far
less than you would think. You have
been so well paid; the community has
been so much delighted and inspirited,
that you find your aspirations for pro
gress wonderfully quickened,
I advise no individual to buy over
four or five acres of mulberry trees—en
ough to plant that many acres; say 1200
to 1500. The secret of success is not
in a few large ventures, but in many
small ones* Because, yhu can't well
command the labor to r pick the leaves
and have the cleanliness necessary,
where a large venture is f undertaken.
Of course, it is easy in a society-cocoon
ery; but few families are large enough
of and in themselves, to handle over 5
acres; and I advise no more jin private
families. Don’t try'the osage orange
and expect money results, nor the morns
niultjcaulis. You can raise good “sesd’
or egfs from the osage orange or the
morus multicaulis-
But I warn every one against shoping
for any success, in a business point-of
view in the the osage orange.
The difficulty sufficient, lea
ves, by reason yßßiorns; the dangeAif
the succulent leaf, an the late staglf of
silk worm aside from any mooted points
of this food, ought to prevent] anyone us
ing the osage orange, except to learn
on. The food answers for a year, as
food while youleailk culture, and un
til your can be used,
but I think the great antligfcs will
agree that ettcept as a diverHß, silk
culture on osage orange will prove a
failure.
Having a newspaper you can soon
contract an organization; and as news
papers are the best pioneers of progress
and the conventional vehicAto promul
gate new tilings they araabffut the best
exponents thoi%hts and best
methods. You *can mold public
sentiment. Therefor® call a public
meeting next issue, jfart; its a great
tftingto begin; and yon will soon l%ve
AflMity members.
Prejoicb at your [determination.
Silk culture is The
ladte embrace it as if by intuiflßi and
an ungovernable impulse and
some mysterious mandate, They will
make it succeed, if no man ever touches
it. Begin, and you'll have scores of the
most cultured and beautiful ladies, for
your coadjutors, in a very short time.
If a cocoonery (public) be started, ex
perts can be procured to be on hand at
the most needed time or through the
whole season. No one need infer from
this that silk culture is a deep mystery
.or a difficult achievment: but it is
assure success in a matteaof
M. B. llillyahP
P. S. —No one who is in earnest, need
ever hesitate to write me. My heart is
in the work, and I shall be delighted to
aid and encourage as mantis I can.
A CHEEK GJSf.
One of the most cheef the
times is, that while many of our most
intelligent and thoughtful women are
asking for suffrage and for the privi
lege of the higher education, many are
also giving their time and best thoughts
fc to the improvement of the so-called
common tilings of life. Women of
bright minds and much attainment are
Mating themselves to the cause of
Bfßflpking, clean houses and healthy
children. are at length
taking their are becom
ing honorable in thesffc of all. Then,
too, the old reproach thw women of lit
erary taste and habit are necessarily
lacking in household graces, and in
good taste in dress, is heard no more.
Those whose memory reaches back
twenty years or less know how even at
school this notion ruled. One instance
at this moment I recall which gave em
phasis to the fact. The girl, l remem
ber, was acknowledged to be the “smar
test girl in school.” There was a tra
dition that she did not take time from
her studies to put strings in her shoes,
though we all knew that she’tied her
hair with a shoe-string, for the tin on
one end was always in plain sight. But
some of the girk> who were really as
students, and but who
were not above takidßpains with their
dress, who had an eyovo the effect of a
blue ribbon, and the learned commit>
tees before whom we cowered in spirit
on anniversaries passed with admiring
disapproval over the ;cellencies of the
prettily dressed girls,*md when one ap
peared a litjjfmoredowdy than anoth
er, they saiffny their manner; —“Here
is something■vorth listening to.” A
schoolmate of mine who is now as emi
nent as she hoped to be said with a kind
of righteous indignation:—“l wish I
could live to prove that one may be
able to solve problemslleafn chernistrv
and languages, and still be neat, taste
ful in dress, and an •xcellent housekeep
er: that shall be mv sign in life.”
with manaAore, maybe said to have
proved Dr. Antoinette
Blackwell said at the Woman’s Con
gress last year, that, ro far as- her ob
servation extends “women with discip
lined minds, and with large purposes
are the housekeepers and wisest
mothers.” That beauty of attire and
beauty of soul are not incompatible,
that concourse and hand
women gave ahundmit
. Notkin! RUtkcralt Mtlhtri 111
Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by a sick child suffering; and crying vnth
the excracLitlbg p of cutting teeth? If so,
go at once aad get • bottle of MRS. WIHSLOW-S
SOOTHING SYRC l* it will reliere the poor
little sufferer in mediately— depend upon it
there Is no ml* ake about It. There is not
on earth he has ever used it, who wll
not tell yo aeon that It win regulate the bow
els, and glverae to the mother, and relief and
operating like magic. It Is
perfectly safe to ana In all cases, and pleasant to
the taste, and la the prescription of one of the
oldest and best female physicians and nurses In
Waten. Sold everywhere. *5 cents a
bottle dect-iy
Bring your cotton to our Fire Proof
warehouse. We are in the market all
the time, wet or dry, low or high and
still give the highest market price. Staf
ford Blalock A Go’s.
Go to Stafford Blalock A Cos., and see
their beautiful line of (Jina, Glasss,
Queen and Majoeica wai.
Call and see the beautiful shades of
Embroidery and Knitting silk at Star
ford, Blalock & Co’s.
I’ve looked the town over and nothing
compares with Stafford, Blalock & Go’s,
line of Hamburg, both in beaty and
price.
A Cough, Cold or Sore Throa
should be stopped. Neglect frequently results In
an Incurable Disease or Consump
tion. BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCH
ES are certain to give relief In Asthma, Bron
chitis, Coughs, Catarrh, Consumptive and
Throat Diseases. For thirty years the Troches
have been recommended by physicians, and al
ways give perfect satisfaction. They are not
new or untried, hut having been tested by wide
and constant use for nearly an entire generation,
they have attained well merited rank among the
few staple remediesof the age. Public speak
ers and -singers use tham to clear and streng
•hen ’he Voice. Sold at twenty-live cents a bo
very where. ®c-ly
The circus will cost you 75c to SI.OO
blit Cochran & Son will show you throu
gh free.
Goods given in exchange for Horse
and mules Cochran & Son.
Greenwood Mills meal at Cochran &
Son.
10 lbs. coffee for SI.OO, at Cochran &
Son.
Go to Cochran & Son for CarterslpaA
cy Flower, w w
%lbs, Sugar for SI.OO, at Cochran &
Son.
Cloaks and jjYalking Jackets from
$1.50, up at
Good Apple vinegar, at Cochran &
Son,
Fresh Mackerel, at Cochran & Son,
'Whole Suits Clothing for $4,00, at
Cochran & Son.
If our goods as we represent
we will refund the money. Cochran &
Son.
Women shoes from 90c, up at Cochran
& Son.
All goods and giceries bought of us
will be delivered free arw
where in the city, CocliMi & Son. ®
Come in to see us, it will do you go <sl
Okhran <fc Son.
bowels 10c per. Pair at, Cochran &
Son, m
Cigars Snuff and Tobacco, at Cochr
& Son. A W
Concord, Thunderbolts Bea Make and
School Boy Jeans, at Cochran®Son.
Kicklighter, Kicker and Sitting Mull
Boots at Cochran & Son.
iAride & 00.
Atlanta Ga., manufacturers show ca
ses and Southern agents for Seth Thom
as clocks, and Lambeth’s fly fans, and
own the celebrated Gate city stone wa
ter filtered Carry’s steam fruit and
vegetablWAyer for the world. Prices
forwarded on application.
10,000 good cigars just received at T
BfcLyon’s.
•ulius King’s spectacles exclusively
at Iliggin’s Jewelry store.
Seth Thomas Clocks always on hand
at Higgin’fcjgwelry Store.
a specialty at O
S. Iligain’s Jewelry store.
Han Borne line of Lace pins just re
ceivednt O, S. Higgin’s Jewelry store.
Ladies Opera and Guardjtoins a O,
►S. Ujggin’s Jewelry store. W
■Hdsome line of Bracelets just re
ceded at O. S. Higgins Jewelry store.
Call at O. S. Higgin’s Jewelry Store
and see the endless variety of necklaces
in American and Roman Gold.
LißFPand Gent Gold and Silver
WaMies at O. S, Iliggin’s Jewelry
store.
Engagement Rings at BF.
Jewelry store. #
Gents Glove and # Seal Rings at O. S.
Higgins jewelry Store.
at O. £. Higgin’s Jew
elry Store^F
German Accordeons, Violins^ Banjos
arid Harps at Higgin’s JeweMrstore.
SilvePWare suitable for
presents at O. S. Higgins Jewelry store.
and warranted at
Higgin’s^B^y^ore.
Silver Tlmnbles at the Jewelry store
of O. S. Higgins.
A full line of mocks, Watches, Jewel
ry, Musical lustrumenfc, Spectacles,
Silver Ware at prices to suit thwtimes
at Higgin’s Jewelry store.
Merchants make lhit of
crockery, glass, wood and hat
you are in want of and we
will
freightsmid that you always
get from East. Mcßride &
Cos.,
ißvill trfgo and look at the
eieg*t line of cloaks and Dolmans at
StaffOfd, Blalock & Co’s.
Carry all you have to sell to T. B-
Lvon and get they ash or Dry Goods at
Xew York cost.B
* Boots at $2.50 at T. B. By on's.
Beautiful Chasmers at Cost at T. B.
Lyon’s,
Hundyrg Laces at
Lyon's^Bß
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