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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA.. GA... TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1885.
WOMAN'S KINGDOM
A.CORNER SET APART FOR AND SACRED
TO THE WOHEM.
4 re*-?ej??crieAhis corner of The Constitution
tothe ltdle*. They arc Invited to express tbeii
opWtma-fierel n???to use It as their own; The edi
any.questlous or. accept any sug
KgftwUth plfuratf:) ,,,
The Bhe* given below ??? were suggested' by
reading an editorial'iu ono of the principal
papers of our state, and tlie piece is founded
upon fects,- happening in ono of our Georgia
citiea. A few days. ago a gentleman walking
out ono of our main streets overheard scraps of
conversation from two ladies immediately be
hind him???to this effect. ???Why, I am surprised
to hear that! do you think. it can bo trne????
???Keally I cannot say! It does not sound like
her, and yet, it camo very straight.??? ???I
thought she was another sort of girl, I would
not have believed it.?????? ???Well, I am sorry; she
seemed to different.??? That was all, but as the
gentleman remarked less than that had ruined
many a woman???# life. Oh! for that ???charity
that thinketh no evil.??? If the evil was not first
thought, it would never be spoken.
.Slander.
This Is her grave! the sexton said,
Ashe knelt aiul bowed his whitened head???
And he pushed back the flowers which overgrew
The mound which covered the fricml i knew.
Bhe, 8lr. was murdored! No! not by a man!
Bflt by seeming friends who tried to scan ???
In her innocent actions. thoughtless and free.
A something (in which they guilt could see.
Failing in this???they began tb???talk,
Wink, and insinuate where???er she???d walk,
And say "Tis strange!??? and, ???one so winning
To to to sought after must bo sinning.???
Tims the gossips gossiped??????till it reached her cars,*
But none would own us she uxkcd thrb??? her tears
To point to a single act in her life
..That was not in accord with a blameless life.
They ???had heard,??? they said, but ???They didn???t
know where,???
And exactly what they didn???t care,
To be catechised in by the ???likes of her,???
Tto???thcy didn't believe she???d exactly err.???
Tho poison???worked???*hc drooped and died,
And some of tho same ???friends??? came hero and
cried. . ??? *
But 1 thought as I saw some try to weep
That the recording Angel in ills l??ook doth keep
The names, ami the sins of those wlm pander
To Heaven s arch enemy???and that is NJnmler.
??? U/M.O???B.
It ha* been said by soniewritcr that there aro
??? * no happier women iu tho world that Freneh
women. And he gives as a reason that their
lives are full of occupation, and a busy lifo cau-
not fail to be happier than one *in which idle
ness throws down tho barriers that shut ou$
ennui and imaginary ailments. Nothing can
be truer than this. # When a woman spends her
life in firvolitics nml is dependent on society
* for her happiness, she is much to be pitied, for
there is no real happiness to bo found in such
a life. A woman???s chief pleasure* if alio is a
true-hearted woman, is iu her own homo. Her
house and her children are her first caro and
thero is no hoed to mnkc this a drudgery. By
wisely arranging everything with careful
method sho can allow herself timo for social
intercourse, music, reading, etc. Thero
nothing equal to system in a woman???s work, by
it, she can avoid tho couutlcss worries that
make life a burden to so many. I heard a little
girl say to another one day: ???Oh! everything
is hither skithcr,??? at our house. I supposed
sho had heard the expression ???belter skelter,???
hut I thought in her artless way sho had ex*
pressed conftuion to perfection. IIow many
households would reveal this statu of affairs
could wo but i>ccp into them, and as a conse
quence the children aro not happy, neither aro
the parents. .That a woman should ???look well
to the ways of her household,??? Is truly a divino
admonition, and one that all women should
obey.. How often we hear the expression ???well
I pay a servant to do that,and I certainly don???t
intend to do tho work.??? Admitting that is so,
and tho servant is employed, yet there is no
servant, no matter how superior, that cau do
many things about a homo that a wife and
mother can. I lmvo seen tlidso servants and
heard fashionable ladies brag of them,ih<1 yet I
have seen in those elegant parlors dust on
handsome bric*a-brac# that was disgraceful. It
does not hurt any lady to attend to tho little
minntice of housekeeping. Thero is not a man
in the land that dots not ei\joy anything pre
pared by his wife???s bands more tliau by tlie
most skillful cook; even a salad dressing, or a
dainty dessert Is always more appreciated! For,
apart ??? from gratifying tho palate, thero is a
degree of rcaf pleasure experienced in knowing
that Joy# and a desire to please him, has boon
the.motive i>ower of the act. Apart from this,
it-is good for a woman???s health to have some
thing to occupy her timo and thoughts. For
every hour thcrcshould bo laid out an appoint*
ed pursuit of duty or pleasure. If this rulo was
strictly followed thero would hot ho bo mauy
invalids among our women; they would not
have timo to think of their ???imaginary ail*
ments;??? for that a great many of them an,there
is no doubt. Thero arc many ladies among my
acquaintances that are seldom ablo to visit, and
never go to church, tho sitting .so long is too
wearisome, but threo hours at a good opera acts
like a touic, simply because the mind is divert
ed. Healthy employment is tho best medicine
for mind aud body, and from this, happiness is
sure to follow. Let our women try it, and it
need not be said that French women, or any
others, aro happier than those, of this, our
beautifrl southern land.
Correspondence.
Editress Woman's Kingdom.???For quite a long
while 1 have been a reader of Tub Constitution,
and it gives mo great pleasure to sec a comer iu it
dedicated to Woman and her Kingdom. .In the
Kingdom of last week I read an article ou woman,
and while I do not wish to excite any antagonistic
feeling, and fully understand that the writer of thd
article is not a "woman rights??? woman, still I think
the other side ought to be presented. It Is true that
woman la sometimes unfairly dealt with, but has
the not In a measure brought , this ou herself; look
at fashionable women who force themsolves onAhc
public, from these, very often, opinions aro some-
times formed; altho* they may not be the truest and
beat to Judge from. As for woman???s not being man???s
equal, I think the writer of the article is somewhat
mis taken In supposing that authors especially, con-
aider* her inferior, Mathew Henry says: ???Woman
was made out of a rib taken out the ride of a map,
not out of his head to rule over him, but out of hft
aide to be equal, under bis arm to be orotccted, and
near hit heart to be loved.??? , John Quincy Adam*
says; "All that I am my mother made me.??? Ho
gives bis mother credit for all he was. W omen are
oflqn credited with the good they do. I think The
CoH&VmTiox Ua* some admiration for women, for
that flowed for hours from their lips, and with the
enthusiasm of youth how I looked up to, and al
most, worshiped the power they welldcd through
their giant intellects, and though they have left the
impress of their minds on the age they lived in,
death the fell destroyer lias gathered them ???one by
one to their last rc*??. I often ask the question,
???can such men die???? Ala*! the answer U shrouded
in mystery. I could dwell with pleasurable
emotion oif the pitst, the happy past, for that Is
truly one of the pleasures of memory, ana the rug
ged portions that are mixed with the bright all
through life are softened and toned down when
looked pt through the vista of memory. But l must
move on to tho present, toukt those who. have
pawed from the world a half century ago revisit the
earth, how startled they would be to see the im
mense strides that havebeeu made-by science and
invention. The many??? uses to which steam has
been success folly applied! Our mode of transit from
one place to another is not quite v-o rapid aa flying,
but closely approaches it. When we think of the
wonder* of the telegraph and telephone, we, who
have been present during these changes are amazed.
It is truly wonderfol that the idea should have ever
originated in any brain to seize the lightning as it
were, and make it the bearer of messages from
place to place, and that an Instrument could have
leeu invented through which sounds could be
distinctly heard at great dtstaucea. And that the
sun should have been utilized to make the impres
sion of a dear face, that perhaps has gone from us
forever. And last.butmot least, that greatest in
vention of.all for women, ???the sewing machine,??? it
haft truly been called the ???woman's friend,??? And
she should at lead sing its praises, os it la so great
an aid toher labors. In mcdleine the progress has
bent as remarkable and much has been done to dull
and deaden pain, that was wholly unknown In tho
past. -1 could. speak of many things but 1 fear I
trespass on yonrtlme and patience. Although time
warns jnc that my course Is nearly run, I can, and
do, most highly appreciate the improvements of the
present, and yet am truly grateful that I cam say
with ???Moore ,r aa regards the past:
They come In???the right time of sorrow and care -
And bring back the features that joy used to wear.???
Marion, Ala., ________ Mrs, A. I>. C.
Editress Woman???s Kingdom.???I am so glad iro
have allotted us a quiet comer where wo can confer
together, discuss fashions and fancy work, ex
change receipts and???in emergencies???"improve
the shining hour,??? by volunteering good and
wholesome Advice.
When tho ???Woman???s Kingdom??? was first inaugu
rated there was a munnnr of satisfaction from al
most every homo The Constitution visits,and when
suddenly her little Kingdom was submerged by tho
waves of more important literary matter thero went
np n universal sigh of regret. Tho land was filled
with mourning. There was wailing and gnashing
of .teeth, and one ventnresomo soul went so far as
to suggest open rebellion. Southern women do hot
rebel, however, and our national courago is strictly
masculine. We do not rebel but wo discuss freely
???quite freely. And it was during such a discussion
that I have heard contradictory opinions expressed
regarding The Constitution???s policy of golden
silence towards scandals and those evil rumors
which rlec like noxious grasses from tho heart of
every city. One lady said, ???I do uot believe In
shielding and cbneealing guilt. It only increase*
by making it bolder.???. Another replied. *???I think
bound up in each other aud???tho very greatest crimi
nal has perhaps a mother, wife, or little ones???Inno
cent fiowen that suck their strength from a half
rotten root???yet wo cannot strike at one without
destroying the * -
side
???stroying the other. It is difficult to err on the
ile of charity; and we should remember that of the
_.il wc hear one half Is doubtless false, and the
other greatly exaggerated.??? More was said to the
same purpose, but I must forbear, ns I cannot close
without asking some of you to tell me how I am to
manage a ccrtafu little loddler who is entirely too
Mvccttobc whipped and quite smart enough to
comprehend It. Atlanta)
Note???Tho above commnnieatlob was mislaid and
only acddehtly found yesterday among some papers
that had been laid aside. Tho edltrcssjWould there
fore apologise for the delay os it has Just been sent
lo.licr department. Will some of our friends from
the country tell an Atlanta lady something about
turning milk. Bhe lias groat difficulty in getting
her milk to turn; has tried several ways and failed,
and would be glad for some information ou tho
subject. An early answer to this Is rcqugtcjjL^
Fancy Articles for Gifts*
The Youth's Companion gives some pretty fancy
articles among which aro the following:
A Card Back???A novel card rack is ono fasliioa-
ed of a lino cone. Select a large perfect cone/sow
on either side at the top a cord*to luuig it by, with
a tassel each side where the cord Is attached to the
cone. On the lower end of the cone sew another
tassel. Thcif gild the cone all over, and when dry
It will be ready for use.
A pretty pen-wiper can bo made by. cutting out of
a piece of card-board a turtle, draw an exact turtle
on the cardboard, fret,head, etc., and cut (tout
and paint it aa near the color of art English - walnut
cell as possible; when perfectly dry 1 take tho half
of tui English walnut and gluo on the top for the
for her Kingdom, and r.??? -
ful for such an acknowledgement of her use in
society, for Goethe rays ???the society of women lathe
dement of good manners.??? If this is true and we
hope it Is we repeat after ftcadra that, ???woman Is
tbo down (ftdttatkm. n Gjurrcinst shell.
Editress Woman's Kingdom.???Having noticed In
your department that ladies are Invited to express
their ideaa and views on any subject they may
???elect, 1 have thought I would trouble yon with a
few reflection son the past and the present In look
ing over some relics of the past I chanced upon an
old album of my girlhood days, which was greatly
prixed aa containing the autographs of Webster,
Clay, Calhoun,* Forsyth, John Quincy Adams and
many others of note, and forthwith memory trans
planted me16 the bright and sunny days of my
youth, when life teemed ???but a pathway strewed
with flowers," and when it was my privilege to as-
scmUe In the senate chamber with crowds of others,
and lLnen with prpfocnJ attention to the eloquence
to an Inquiry,'the lecaxrersaid she
sggjpasasa-
Foa.xjsc ???auck.???One capital hotter, two cupfuls
A Clove Ball???An easy thing for a Httlo girl to
make for a Christmas gift, is a clove ball. Take an
apple sound and ripe, and not too large. Thcu tako
about quarter pound of cloves, commence at the top
or stem part, and stick them In carefully, as closely
together as you can. It is best to push tho cloves in
straight, nml work round and round mull tho wholo
apple is solidly covered. Tho cloves absorb tho
Juice of the apple, which is thus preserved, and will
keep for years whh a pleasant fragranco for your
bureau drawer.
Pressing Case Cover.???Take two strips of con<
fere** nmvns*>'flvc Inches in width, and wrhatever
length the case Ls. Run a narrow hem in each
edge! overhand tlio two strips to a handsome piece
6f antique lace Insertion of the same length and
three inches in width! then pull out enough length
wise threads in each canvass strip, to run in three
gibbons three quarters ofan Inch wide and lcavo a
plain space between them. The ribbon should be
of different colors???two of pcncoek-bluc and onh of
yellow for each strip, end woven In the canvass by
ia*sing over six threads and under six. .Tho cover
,n bordered with antique lace, and mats can. be
made to correspond. The ribbons can easily bo fc-
proved w hen the cover needs to bo lnandrled.
T Floralcabinet.
Cooking Keclpes.
Orange Cake.???Make an ordinary cupcake, bake
in large size stove pan. Take tho whites of threo
}ggs, one pound of pulverized sugar, beat to a froth,
then add the grated rind, and Juice of threo largo
prances; spread this between the layers, after they
have'been cut the size desired. Then put a thick
trout on top and sides. Dry lieforc rowing.
Younu Housekeeper. -
Bitter Pit.???JIako short crust and line your 'pie
dates. To one and a lialp cupaof sweet milk, add
me cup of sugar; two tablespoonfhls of flour, lump
???f butter size of walnut, flavor with lemon and
bake. This quantity is sufficient for two pies.
Young Housek eepeb.
Cheap Pudding.???Th one quartof sweet milk add
four beaten eggs, three or four crumbled biscuits,
???mail lump of butter, sugar and flavoring to tasto.
Bake in a quick oven. You.no Hol'skkkepkr.
Dutc h Tepper Cake.???One cup of molasses, one
half cup of water, one half cup of butter, one tea-
tpoonfoll of ginger, one teospoonfiil soda, three cups
of flour and one egg, oue-half tcaspoonfol each of
Cloves, albtpicc and clnamon.
Fob Janet???Citron Preserve*???Peel and cut the
bitrou in pieces an inch square, boil in weak alum
water until soft, drain off the water and add one
hound of sugar to etch pound of citron; to evciy
live pounds of preserve* add one lemon aifircn;
difofvc the sugar; when hot odd the fruit and sim
mer slow ly for one hour.
. For Fay.???Apple Butter???Take one bushel of sour
apples (do not peel,) wash them, cut out live cores
knd decayed spots, put ,n a tin boiler and boil until
Tender; run shem through a seine, return to the
boiler with the water in which they were cooked,
and let boll for an hour till as thick as apple wince;
add' rinamon, cloves and brown sugar to suit the
taste; two quarts or a little more of apple Jelly; after
cooking a little longer put while hot fu Jars.
Mrs. Daniells, of the Boston Cooking school, gives
the following excellent receipes:
Corn Muhins.???Take half cupfol butter, half cup*
fol tugar, three eggs, one and a quarter teaspoonfols
soda, one pint milk, one and three-quarters cupfuls
flour, one cupfol corn meal, two half teanpoonfots
cream of tartar, cream, butter and sugar, add.
beaten eggs; then add milk, with soda diootved in
it. gift Sour, meal and atom at tartar together
twice; add last; bake in hot oven.
There muffins art particularly nice, If you use the
white cord-meal, or by nsfof the white one week
and the yellow the next you have two kinds of
muffins. To vary the recipe again sweeten with,
molaoes instead of sugar. If you trythl* takcaboa
one-fourth of a cup ofmoiaws in place of the half
cup of sugar, or nre lire -'baeh-in-tbeeoaatry?????? rule,
l, n!e!Srtt*in^SSfvarlety In good flood Is not to
_re inch a number of rules, but to vary a few akili-
^ T&s* are not economical muffins ot all, a* this
recipe wlU notmake more than a dozen muffin*, so
ifyeuwfuk to be saving do not try them; If you
sts&ssr iSp?* a? 52
powdered sugar, white of two eggs, quarter cupfol
boiling water, five tablespoonfola wine or three of
brandy. Beat butter to a cream, add ingar gradual
ly, add wbitea ofqggt, one at a time, unbeaten,then
.wine or brandy; When all is light and smooth,add
water a little at a time. Place the bowl in * basin
of hot water, stir nntll smooth and foaming ???about
tpominutes. This can be put together aslong as
yon like beforehand, adding the water only \vnen
to be used, at the last moment. Then set in hot
??-??'*???* to cook. .
> .tW???.bnttcr to cream, and add the sugar
. Jfpreferred, flavor with w, ??? _ ??????
kina instead of brandy. If wine is used, take a
greater quanlty; if ordinary flavoring, take one tea-
???poonfol, which Is a good proportion of tho usual
cqtnctf. # ???
Babies!
Babies! The world is ftill of babies! There are
five thousand in Atlanta if there is one. They are
little, but tbey are mighty important. Did you
ever nptice how they disappear in rainy weather?
The babies come and go with tho sunshine. Let
balmy day happen along and. the green lawns are
dotted over* with babies. Their* chubby
legs, * trudge the * street*, or ??? they
ride, aud thrtr wise, thoughtfol
look out from very red hoods apd seem to rebuke
ho wdrld for being so bad?
Did you ever see a woman
a baby without giving it a second glance? Did you
ever sec an inexperienced man try to make
peaco with an inoffensive and unoffending
baby ? Did you ever see a baby that didn't know
gentleman when be saw one? Did ??? you ever hear
any eloquence like a baby???s wonderfoljwords? And
how clear and silvery??? is the voice of a little girl
Her laughter is like a rippling shower of music
from the skies.
There is no doubt about it, the babies arc the salt
of the earth. A man is not foil grown until ho
owns one. A being who con lean over his sleeping
baby and not be as brave os a lion is not good for
much (his ride of the cemetery',* nor tho other ride
either for that matter.
And yet there is eo much sadness iu tho little Uvea
of fcoiuo babies.
One day a kind hearted Atlanta man went homo
ami his wife pointed to a shanty near their homo
and (aid:
???There???s some one sick in that house, 1 think. 1
The husband went to the little houso and pushing
open the frail door looked in. On a mlscrablo pal
let were two babies hugging tho cold form of their
dead father! They w ere tho only living occupants
of the hovel.
Did you ever notice the little pcakcdjfaccd babies
that look out of the dark, damp rooms that fall to
th?? 'lot of the poor ? They breathe tlio very dust
tfyif the rattling drays throw against their low win-
aV>\v??. There is a little child on a back street in tho
business part of Atlanta who may bo* taken as*
specimen efthat class of babies who aro'without
sunshine. There Is no yard to the house, no corner
whoro even ???frog houses??? can bo made.
No 1 mud pics ever bako. on . tireless ranges,
and no red painted. toys
the palscr-by. that a little child lives there. But a
sriinll, pale face, ever so meek, presses against tho
dusty pane and sad little eyes look out on tho over
moving stream of drays and people. It is a com-
ponlonicss child. It romps with no children, it
rides no fiery*,lunlamcd tricycle. A well-fed dog
dashing by is a diversion, and a hook and ladder
track cu route to u fire amounts to a circus,
A rosy faced baby, with a happy home, sleeps in
(lie folds of its cradle !, Hardly a day and tho Uttlo
checks arc as white as the pillow on which It rests.
Did you ever notice b6w light a baby looks when it
is dead ? There is hardly enough of the Uttlo form
to turn a zephyr. A weeping mother sold ono day
???Tt Is eo hard fo leave my baby away oiT in tho
cemetery. It is fo hard to shut the door and know
royA???flhy is on the outside.???
Could anything bo sweeter tlnyi this sentiment
by Maria Lowell:
iTlIEAtriXE SHEEP.
11 hen on my.car your loss was knelled,
And tender sympathy upburst,
A little spring from memory welled
Which once had qucnchcd_my bitter fbint;
And I was fain to bear to you,
A portion of its mild relief,
That it might be a healing dew
, To steal some fever from your grief.
AJl&CQpr.chUd???s untroubled breath,
Up to the Father took its way,
And dh dur home the shade of death,
Like along twilight haunting lay,
And friends came round with us to weep
Her little spirit???s swift remove,
Tho story of tho Alpino sheep
Was told us by*ono we love.
They, in tho valley???* sheltering care,
Foon crop the meadow???s tender prinjo,
And, when tho sod grows brown and bare,
i he (hepheid stilves togmake them climb
To nir>' fIu Ives of paritnc green,
That hang along the mountain's sido,
Where grass and flowers together Icon,
And down through mUt the sunbeam* slide.
But naught can tempt the timid things,
???The Ftcep and rugged???path to try.
Though sweet the shepherd calls and sings,
???And seared below the pastures llo,
Till in hi* arms lit* lambs ho take*
Along the dizzy verge to go;
Thcflt heedless of the rifts and hronfc*
Hu y follow on o???er rock and snow.
???Then in those pastures, lifted fair,
More dewy-soft than iowlnud mead,
Tho shepherd drops hi* tender care,
wMtdfhoepimd lambs together feed.
TW* jMdabl#, by Nature breathed,
'Blew on me as tlie south-wind freo
O'er frozen brooks, thut flow unsheathed
From icy IbrUldou to the sea.
A blissful vision throhgb the night,
Would all my happy sense* sway,
Of the Good Hhophcrd On the height.
Or climbing up the starry way,
Holding our little Iamb asleep,
While, like the murmur of the sea,
Founded that voice along tpo deep,
Faying, "Arise, and follow mo.???
MAD AT SAM JONE8.
6t. I.ouih, December 3.???Tho Rev. Sara
Joucs, before nn immense congregation, taw fit
to refer to Governor Marmnduko ua ???an old
swilltub,??? nml there is considerable indignatiozf
manifested in certain quarters over tho epithet
applied to the first cltlxcn of this state. In
deed, some persons aro in favor of holding an
indignation meeting for the purpose of hand
ling the Rev. Ham Jones without gloves. His
exact language was:
???How can you reform any state in God Almighty???s
world with an old swilltub for governor and two or
three old mashtub* for supremo court Judges. (Great
applause.] A man who is privately corrupt con
never bo politically pure, [great applause] and the
first thing wc did when wc wanted to reform Geor
gia was to put Godfearing men and good men In
authority, and by tho grace of God wc have the
best state In the United State* of America. You
run a freight train through Georgia ou Sunday and
the conductor and the brakemen, aud the whole
crew employed on the train will wleep
In'Jail that night, [cries of 'good* and ap-
plauic,] and yon open a barroom in our state
???on Sunday and you will sleep in Jail that nlglit,
(Applause.) We have a God and Sunday hi Georgia <
and they are as precious to us as our wives and four
children.???
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You are allowed a free trial of thirty days of the
nre of Dr. Dye???* celebrated Voltaic Belt with Elec
tric Suspensory Appliances, for the speedy relief and
pomanentcure of nervous debility, loss of vitality
and manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also for
man r other dhetre*. Complete restoration to health,
vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk Is incur
red. Illustrated pamphlet with foil information,
terms, etc., malJedjfree by addressing Voltaie Belt
CO., Harebell, Mich,
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An iMUsf, ???oftn.lt. pm* redneta litmiu-
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Fun for the Children???The Constitution's
Training School for Bovs and Girls.
Dear children We will .call this week and
next week our??? guessing weeks, for lam going to
give you two weeks to guess about my look*, you
???zee tome of your Cousins live a long way off and
takes their letters some time togettomci Yqu
will find by reading your letters that I have left
out all bnt your guess about me, for I could not
print all tho letters; they were too long, and the
good editors of tho paper only givo Aunt Susie so
much room, and I baye??to work hard sometimes to
get my letters in, *o only, short letters must come.
Now, children, I know you all know how to play
???hide???tho switch,??? dou???t you? Well, you know
where the switch is hid and the ono goes to look
for it you all stand around, and Jf the looker goes
way from the switch somebody calls out, ???cold, cold
as ice,??? then when they turn and get near where
you have hid the switch Von say, ???warm, hot,
burning.??? Well, new that is the way you are in
your guesses, romo of you aro ???cold Mice,??? there
some are right warm, but none of you are hot, or
burnlug yet. Now, I???m going to toll you who Is
warm. Kittle Taylor and Ethel Bennett aro
???warm,??? Gertrude Acuff and Quelle Andrews aro
very warm, and Annie New ton Is quite worm
And right here I must thank Annie for her sweet
Invitation to come and see her. If Ievergoio
Lai;range, .Annie, I w ill be sure and come. But now
I hear some of yon say ???Aunt tiwdctolduato
write short letters, and see what a long ono she
writing, it ain???t fair.??? No it is not fair, and 1 wrll
say good-bye, but not before I thank little Donnie
Cook Davidson for naming her doll after me,and
tell her to w ait and sco if she can find out about
my name. I am going to. tell you a plan I have,
that I think you will lil^e, but must wait for my
next letter. Yours, Aunt Susie.
Correspondence.
Dear Aunt Susie???I can???t imngiuo how you look,
but I think you have been fooling us and writing
over an assumed name. Please tell mo Iflguevs
right and pardon me if I guess wrong. I am near!:
eight year* old, with light hair and blue eye*. .
have a large doll, It weigh* threo and a half pound*.
1 have named lt???Fu*ie Xee.??? for ???Aunt Nurie.??? ???
help my mama a great deal, sweep the floor and
yard, wash the dishes, mako up my bed and lmvo
nearly made a quilt. * ^ our niece,.
Fortson, G a.
Bonnie Cook Davidson.
Dear Aunt Rusic???This is my first Metier. lam
twelve year* old. I guess you have black hair, fair
skin, large brown eyes and about thirty-flvo years,
old. Your niece,
Conyers, Ga. , Kvut Hayhood.
Dear Aunt Basle???:lam a stranger to yotir letter
box, but hope you will all bid me welcome, I im*
aglue Aunt Buslo you 'are old and gray headed,
wrinkled fore, teeth all out, a long no*e and wear
i-pcct&clc*. You must either bo married or a wid
ow, you can't be an old ihald, for they don???t love
children. Your*,
Russellville, Go. Lavonja l\ teianer.
Dear 'Aunt Susie???limn gin o yoh are about thirty-
five year* of age and weigh about ono hundred and
twenty, with black hair and eyes. Your*,
Gardl, Ga. Riley C. Harper.
pear Aunt Susie???If you will claim a niece In the
old north state I shall be happy to correspond with
you. I am eleven years old/and sinco I read your
first letter in Tiie|Uonstitution, I have pictured
you in my mind, of medium size, with grey hair,
sweet, hazel eyes, pug nose llko mine, pearly com
plexion, dimpled check* and altogether tho sunni
est woman In Georgia. ??? Your*.
Lewisville, N. C. . Gertrude Acufp.
Dear Aunt Susie???I Am going to tell you how 1
think you look. I think you arc twenty years old,
havo blue eye*, light hair ami fair complexion. 1
know yon are very kind and good to give us a place
in your paper. Truly.
Btato Line, Ga. Dora Gross.
Dear Aunt Susie??????You wrote such a funny letter
that when 1 read it 1 laughed to be hoard. I don???t
know how to begin to guess how you look. I will
guru this way, ???Uncle Hnsic,??? black hair, dark
hair and fair complcxioil, wry fleshy, five foot,six
inches high. Yours, ...
Acwortn, Ga. . Emily Jokes.
Deaf AniftSurie-d tldnk you have black oye*,
black hair and weigh about a hundred and tweuty*
five pound* and are tall, and look awfo] srroet
when you get my letter. Your nleoo,
riainvlllc, Ga. Bole Bcott.
Dear Aunt Susie???I think you have blue eyes and
dark hair, weigh ono ??? hundred and sevcniy-ilvOi
four and a half fret high. - Your nephow,
riaiuville, Ga. John Scott.
Dear Aunt Susie???You wanted ns nil to tell you
how wc thought you looked. I think you tall, fair
and pretty, with grey eye*. I haven little sister
five year* old and she say* yon aro fair, ami pretty.
Dear Aunt Susie???As you wish tho children to
describe yon, this is my opinion. I. Imagine*you
arc about fifty year* of ago with sweet blue eyes,
brown hair. Just turning gray with a pleasant fans
and sweet smile for all, Iu size l thi** 1
cr below tlie medium. Did 2 guess
Oak bo aery, Ala.
Dear Aunt Suslo???I am anew comor, twelve yoar*
old. My idea alxmt you is that you aro dark oom-
p lex in n, black eyes, dark hair and about thirty
yean old. _ _ Youn??,
Ighi
Yours,
Quelle annntwn.
Lizzie, Ga.*LjS2
Mattie Boris.
Dear Aunt Susie???As you asked tlio boys and
girl* to guess bow you-looked, I will mud my
guess. I think you look llko a lady about fbrly-flvo
year* old. of pleasant rontenunev. Block eyes,
u ami ful black curly hair, worn in plain wave*.
With a great big heart to love ail the children?
Next let usjnicss your name. Your*.
Newton, Co., Ga. Mamie LucjlleBanks,
Dear Aunt Husio-I write to you for tiro first time,
am a farmer toy twelve years old. I think you-
re a brown eyed woman with block hair and
weigh a hundred and twenty-fivo pounds.
Yours.
BlackviUe, Ga. ??? Milton Black.
Dear Aunt Susie???Please allow space for ray Httlo
letter as it is ray first. I am nine years old. I love
to read tho cousin*??? letter* and havo fallen tn love
vvlth you. UthlUyou are
" H9H
Annie Wood,
Dear Aunt Susie???Wc think the children love you
very much aud want to tell you how wo think you
look. Tall and slender with* black eye* and black
hair. Your*.
Bowdon, Ga., Minnie and Wood Kciiol*.
Dear Xunt Runic???This Is *my first letter to you, I
raw your nice letter In .Tnu Constitution and I
want to tel) yon how 1 imagine you look. A short,
' Ig woman weighing one hundred and forty pound*,
Uh light hair, foil face, high forhead and blue
. /e*. I know you must to a good woman or yoil ???
would uot??writc such nice letters to the children.
Yours,
Euon, Jasper Co., Ga. Mattik Lou Shy.
Dear Aunt Funic???I guem you are thirty-five years
old, weigh one hundred and fifty pounds/black
hair and blue eye*. Yours,
C???bcrukcc Mills, Ga. Minnie Viola Lovingoood,
Dear Aunt Susie???We want to Join your band.
;Weare nine and twelve years old. We imagine
yon arc about twenty-five yean old and weigh one
hundred and twenty-five pound* arid are of fight
xnploxU-u. Can???t you bead tto children's column
ith your picture? Yonr*.
Reeve???s nation, Ga. Ai bf.rt and Nina Swain.
Dear Aunt Funic???You told the children to guc**???
how you looked. I gum yon are low and aboau-
tlfol form, dark hair, blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and s>
ptearent smile for everybody. Yours,
m Lonxik Bkittapv .
Dear Aunt Buste-Anolber little niece wtabeafort
ttU you tow you look. Something like thtat ReUK.
er tali, tolerable iranll, gray eye* and flair complex;
ion, and black hair. Am I not right?
.Yours,
Hattie Jones Gaeunoton. 1
Dear Aunt Fuale???I- will dc*eribt "Aunt Forte,
a* a Bun foe fleet nine inches high, wit ha dark
complexion, black eyes, dark hair and mustache
and about thirty years c
Fayetteville, ua..
???Yoon,
Billy Gilbert,
Fayetteville,
Dear Aunt Boric???Aft wc have just finished read-
icg your letter in this week's paper, wewirtghre.
you our deecriptioD - of yourself. We think you
SMdtajrtfcte, light hair, blot tjt??..atoni thirty.
y< SaIun, Mbs. Walter Gob and TcmUIa her.
Dear Aunt Firelt-This 1* ray first letter. You
oldjuto write, and describe jtrosy wetfeUkyrtr
loolf. I think you are rather small with dark
brown hair aud brown eye* and are about thirty-
six years old.' - And I imagine you are patient and
sweet temjrored. ??? Yours,
, Bollngbroke, Ga. KittirU. Taylor.
??? ??????Dear Aunt Susie???This is my first letter. Iam
five years cld. You waiU the little folks to tell you
bow you look. I think you have blue eye* and
gray hair, and Wear u pair of gold spectacles. .
Yonr niece,
Ethel Bennett.
Dear Aunt Susie???I am not much of a guesses,
tot J will do tho be*t i cnu. I will say you aro
about forty yeoraoid. weigh one hundred and forty
pounds, havo dark complexion, black hair, black
eye*. ??? t Yours,
EHfJay, Ca. Thomas ft. McKeaney.
Dear Aunt Fnsic???I guess you have black hair
and brown eyes, and arc thirty-five years old.
??? , ??? Yours,
Bright Star, Ga. Ella Butler.
Dear Aunt Susie???'You wanjyjl us to describe how
you look. I think you Ravc red hair, blue eyes and
about te veu feet high and thirty years old.
??? Yours,
. ANNIE BUTLER.
Dear Aunt Susie???I have only been goingto
school one year, and can read the cousins' letters,
so 1 am going to tell, you what I thluk you look
like. You havo dark hair, bluo eyes and slim face
long nose with a bump on it, and that you are get
ting old, and If you are ugly I think you are very
good. Yours,
Griffin, Ga. Wisxona Lee Woutiunuton.
Dear Aunt Fusic-I see in The Constitution
where you want all the children to describe you.
1 imagine you nro a Httlo old maid, with red hair,
freckle face, cross eyed, about forty years old and
awful cross. Yours,
Griffin, Ga, Emmie Barrow.
Dear Aunt Susie???As I have not seen any letters
from this placo I thought I would w rite. I Imagino
Aunt Susie is tolerably tail and slender, with a
plump, well proportioned figure, about twenty-fivo
years old, dark hair and eye*. Your* .
Loachapoka, Ala. BkRta Pros,
Dear Aunt Fusic???As I have never seen a letter
from this part or tho state I thought J would write
and tellyouhow wc appreciate your paper ??ndenJo>'
reading It. I guess you have light hair, blue eyo
and fair skin- 1 think you aro-atout five feet high
and forty years old. * ???
Enhance, Ga.
tfivef
Yours,
Mary L. Daily.
Dear Aunt'Susie???I am only ten years old. I am
going to tell you how 1 think you look a* you wish
ed us to descrlto you. 1 think of you aq n middle-
aged Indy, of medium size with bluo eyes and light
brow n hair. Yours.
' AddieDay.
Good morning Aunt Huslc-Open the door and
let a little girl twelve years old iu. 1 think you nro
in your tbJfty-JJfih year, your hair and eyo* nro
dark, medium size, 1 nhn think you havo a picas*
ant ??milo for all your nephew* and niece*.
Yours,
FaJnnount, Ga. ??? Ada Finlsy.
Dear Aunt Basle???I think you havo brown hair
and eyes and weigh about n hundred and fifty.
Your nephew,
, 8AMURL TEMVLRMAN.
I think you have bluo eyes ami light hair..
Your noire,
Wamnton, Ga Delver Templeman,
Dear Aunt Puilc???I read your last letter In the
paper aud likod it very much. I imagino you aro
about flvo feet high and weigh a hundred and fifty
EKiqineD,
tho
mu, forty-eight years old.,
burling, Ga.
Yours,
Robert B. McLeod.
Dear Aunt Susie???I nm a???little Texas girl eleven
years old and Ahis Is my first letter, i think you aro
largo and fleshy, light hair and frcckel face.
Yours,
Temple, Texas. Lena Belle Wkaver.S
Dear Aunt Suslo-I am ten ycanoMand was bom
in Georgia, but camo west when Iwaatwoycam
old. 1 think you aro a small dark lady, with a flew
wrinkle* on your face aud a swoet *mllo. My Httlo
fdztcr Lena, ??fx years old, thinka you aro a Dutch
man. ??? Yours.
Hilvcr Cliff, Col. ^ Pearl Ha:
Dear aunt Susie???I think yon have tight hair,bias
eyes, fair skin, uot very tall and not very fleshy.
Bethania, N. C. Sai.uk Stamps.
Aunt Susie???Here come* a Troup county girl that
wishes to Join the merry hanfoin giving a descrip
tion of yourself."! think you are asweetlady about
???birty-/h e, with dark hair and bluo tnee, vrelghlt -
hundred and thirty pound* Yours,
West Point, Ga. May Hutchinson#
Dear Aunt Suslc-J imagino* you aro foil and
graceful, havo large, bright gray eyes, dark hrown
b*ir and a sweet smile and a kind word for all.
Your nlooo,
Chipley, Ga. Maggie Belle Hugulky*
Dear Aunt Susie???I guess yon have brown hair,
blue eyes andfhlr complexion, rajhcr tall, good
natured and fond of children and a good deal of
patience to read so many Httlo letters. f
Tugalo, Ga, Henmjr a. Turnbull.
Dear Aunt Susie???I think you have dark balr<
bluo eyes and fair complexion and weigh about a
hundred and fifteen pound*, and Jnataa good a$c*n
to to|ict ua write for tills large paper.
LaOnmge, Ga. ^ Annie l. Newton.
Dear Aunt fiusie-1 think you aro a good old
maid lady* about thirty-eight years old, tall and
slender and w eigh about ono hundred and thirty-
five, wear a black dress and whito linen color,
black hair with a little gray til it. black eyes, dork
skin, pretty white teeth, wear thin slippor* and a
basket on your arm with two hand!*?*. ???
Morion nation, Miss. Many Ann Russell.
Dear Aunt Fnsto???I thluk you a big fat man, with
lorg beard, blaek hair andjuyes.
Your nephew,
LaGrangc, Ga. M. U Lee.
Dear Aunt Rule???I think you aro about thirty
years of age and medium size and brown hair and
brown eyes. YNA
Leesburg, Fla. , Ida U. Wellr,
Dear Aunt finslo???1 Imagine you are a slim, spare
made woman, with dark hair, and gray eye*, and
about forty years of ago Yours,
Garth, Ala. ??? John Kowdkn.
Dear Aunt Bmlo???1 think you aro a tall woman
and have black hair and blue eyes.
Your niece,
Goshen, Ga. Lillir Cellars.
Dear. Aunt Fail*??? I pay you have Mack eye* and
red hair, and you are a large fleshy woman.
Your*.
Gcihen, Ga. Mm Q..Wjuoht,
Bear Aunt Hnsic???I fancy you aro thlrty-ftvo
years old, five feet three inches In height, weigh a
hundred and f evenly-klx pound*, hare laughing
bine tytP, fair skin ??md beautiful wavy, brown
hair. Yours,
Overton, G??. Lin Bell.
Dear Aunt Stwic???I have another Aunt Buslo
whom 2 love very much, and I imagine you look
Just like*, her. Hhe weigh* a hundred and thirty
gnesa.
Conyers, Ga.
... __ ???fl'smy
Your nephew,
Wa LTKtt 2, McC???ALLER.
Dear Aunt FbsIo???I think you aro about thirty*
five years old, and very large, with black hair ami
bltroeyra. I would )Jk* *o ranch to bare you eome
and ice us, we live Just three miles from the station.
Fugar.Valley* Ga. Stella JIavnibl
Dear Aunt Buric???I thought I would writ# and
give- my opinion of you. I think you are forty
years old and havo blue eyes and light half ami
; jou weigh about a hundred and fifty pounds.
Your nephew.
Hickory, Mis*. t. T. Lawson.
Dear Aunt Fusir???I guess you are about fifty year*
old and weigh on* hundred and fifty pounds, with
deep tdoe eyo* and brown hair, with just enough
iwrnwcv.
ff'.cliaville, Jeftfereog Co., Ga. Jimm T, /ones.
Ho well regulated household should bo with
Awtott* c? AM606TOKA BITTERS, tha
world renowned appetizer end Inrigontor. Be*
wrn of counterfeits. Ask your grocer or
druggist for the genuine article, manufactured
by Dr; J. Q, B/B??igcrt A iotra*
, ???I* that really true???? Druggist*??? 1 "Yes, ma-
Cua r Dr. Ball???* Cough Syrup is only 25c.
Judge Me Cay Gran* inunction
. - Prohibiting Klectlon.
Judge HcCay, of the United States district'
court, yesterday, grant??* n n injunction re
straining Ordinary OsUfoou from coontingy
consolidating and declaring the yoteou the re- ???*
cent prohlbitfon'electIon..
The bill was filed by Simon Weil, trustee for
Percy L. Nusbaum, Samuel. Nusbaum. and
Berthold Xushauni, under the last will and
teal uni cut of Simon Wei), into of
LaPort, Indiana, ns truztee, Paul
Jones and Cox, Hill & Thompson, and hi
against Ordinary Calhoun audfb'o Atlanta City
brewing company. It prayg that tho ordinary
may be perpetually restrained from aunounc-
)ng the result of the vo|e ( and that lie. bo tem
porarily enjoined from ao doing until tfio bill
can be argued.
The bill takes tlio grounds that tho.local
option law is unconstitutional, and that every
thing touching that law since its iulop
tion is unconstitutional. It recites tho
fact that when the local optjon bill was passed
by the legislature it was provided that It
should be published on certain days, but tbabit
was printed on dates subsequent to those-or??
drred; that it is unconstitutional bccausq it in
terferes with the inter-state commerce laws*. In
diis that it will prevent tbo salcs,witliiu tho
state of
WINER MADE OUTSIDR THB RTATE;
that it discriminates in fitvor of
bomemndo wines aa agalnsfl
foreign wines, because it prohibits the sole> Of
the imported goods, while Jt aJloWj tbo sale of
Clcorgia made wines.
Referring to tho recent* election, it declare*
that it was wholly illegal. Illegal beeauso It
was not advertised, os provided ???by law,???forty
days before being held. Illegal because regis
tration at East Point and in tho South Atlanta
district were unlawfully dono, IIlegal'be*
causo thd wholo county voted on
tho question. Tho bill thon states that
East Point had no right to
PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION,
because an act of tho legislature, passed several
years ago, prohibited the ??? sale
oj liquor within. a radltui
of two miles nround the academy at that place;
that West End had no right to voto because
tiro legislature bad prohibited tho sale within
two miles of tho academy and subsequently ???
near the place; that Edgewood, Aft. Giteatt
and other places had uo right to voto for tho ???
same reasbn aud that tho county outsido of
these iditpcs had no right to voto because* tho
lilgh license of $2,500 passed by tho County
commissioners, a tody Authorized to pass tho
law, had made the county prohibition.
The bill declares that tho election withftt
itself was illegal, because these precincts voted
When they had no right so to do. It also sayn
that tho law distinctly asserts that theiho shall
ho*only oiic polling place in each precinct,???and
that cuch polling place shall hnvo x tbrfco man
agers; that the county commission alone him
tho .
AUTHORITY TO GOVERN AND DIRECT ELEC
TIONS, 1
that Ordinary CalhUun In chambers withoqfi
the concurrence of tho commissioner* gkvo
authority for three ballot boxes at each pro-
clnet. Tbo bill then declares that tbeso boxes
were eo-re mote from each other that each ono
hml but ono manager and that a man cbnld
voto but in ono tox no mdr6 than if they had
been separate polls, that theto threo boxoa ???vir
tually mado three polUfiff places in each pro
duct which is Wholly illegal, and that tho
election coascfinently la nnll and void.
Tbo prohibitionist* are not afraid of tho con-
.test before Judgo HeCbyr They tako tho
ground that bo hasnojurtolidion and nro con*
fident of being able to show that state of alTaiid*
Faid ono:
???It is alraur^ to talk about enjoining Ordinary .
Calhoun. Tho legislature has a right under (ha
law to'rcgulato or prohibit tho traffic in iutoxl*
cut lug liquors. Jt la u polico power, arid nbon
there is n griovanco Jn tho enforcomcot of tho
law. tho paiticular individual who Is hurt iuu*t??
njiply for redress. Tho anti-pro*
hibiUonlata to como in from that direction
will havo to WRft until tho law goes into effect -
aud if in enforcing it it should turn out that
tlio constitutional rights of any Individual oc
individual* are invaded, then will bo timo
enough for a complaint. Thoy cannot kidc
before they are .spurred. I look for Judgo
McCay to dissolve tho injunction.???
The lawyer continued:
???Suppose, for instance, a member of tho leg*
Mature should introduce a bill to mako tha
selling Of Arm products aftnight illegal nml
while that bill was still wmdlngjn tbn legisla
ture, or even after it had passed tho two bottscn
an attempt should be made to eftjoin tho gov
ernor from signing it, tho court would at ouco
say that It ought to bo presumed that if tho
proposed law was uuwlso or unjust or uncon
stitutional the legislature inono caso houhl not
1SHW it, or in the other caso tho governor .
WOULD NOT APPROVE I T,
Jn speaking further, tho lawyer wtM:
???Hero is a sirallcr principle of law. A grant'
of a homestead is void as against a debt that in
older than tho constitution by which tho homo*
stead law was brought into being, and yet id
has been Held and is well recognized law Hut tha
fait that amongst tbo debtor???s Creditors there id
ono or more whose debt is oldnrthniitho home
stead law la no reason wby tlio ordinary should
not go forward under tho general petition and
jsus the homestead application into tho form of
a judgment.
AN INTERESTING CARR.
In the 18th Wallace's reports of tho decisionq
of the supremo court of the * United Htatcv,
there is an interesting caso reported bearing
somewhat on tlio Mtuation in Iwilt'.ii. Iowa
had a prohibition law,???and a man named Jhtr-
temcycrso|d another man a gloss.of liquor.
He was tried,and claimed protection under tho
fonrternth amendment, which says: ???Xo statu-
shall mako or enforuo any law which Hhuli
??????go tho privileges or immunities of citi-
jt tbo United Htatcs; nor shall any stato
deprive any person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law.???
The court field that ???The right to sell lntoxf*
rating liquors la notone of the privilege* and
immunities of citizens of tbo United Statdi
which by that amendment the states were for
bidden to abridge.???
The Nm? Idea.
A Clock for every ono who
Takas Wmraons???s Liver Regulator I
ID-Mring every family shall havo
A Christmas Present at ouresssiwri
??? are now packing with ovary tojum of aus
ollar Bottles an elegant Time-Piece, to bo ???
Given away to tho best customer for
flimroons???s Liver RegulAtor I
Interview your Druggist.
Bo sure you gel tho Geiiulno 1
TUTT'S
PILLS
torwd bowels.
DISORDERED. LIVER.
_ and MALARIA.'
from theoo sonrers arise tare* fourths of .
tho (liscasoe of tiro huuiau- race. ??? Thcsw
symptoms lmi lento tbelrexratonooc Iraoowri, <
AppcUlad BuivtU cotdvt, SUk Um4*
OMMtftinasM-sitsr sattoft gmfion ta>
?????????J 1 *" 1 ???? snlirah toickUIsM -
???f food* Iri liability of Uaipcr, Lm
spirits, A. folteg 9 g lltflSf MRtcctfd
?????raa dncy t DIxzIiicm, yialtortaaaMfe*
Heart, Dots b-for?? tli* ??->????, klgfly ?? 0 ]??
???red t'rl????, CO.YMTIPATIOIff and do*
mar.d the use of n temeoy that actac rrctly
?. n . L h : : i 1 . Ter - -AsaLlfsr mertletno Tirrri
ir i f??? e-pi-t!- Their Motion or. ike
.HWneysamlhkln isniro pit??mpt: removing
all Impurities Ihrouah them* Uivea
gfykff *???????? ???????*???<???,*??? producing #*|,|*v
t .??-,noon??l digestion, rcgalitr-Moofe,n t.rar
???kumnd a vigorous tort?. mTwkri.VJ
??. r ^riplnir dot Interfere
wnflatfly work and areaporfaot
ANTIDOTE to malaria.-
LflAkimiT^iiHrt .1. v,???
aoviO- Criwftly mu in t eolBira -us