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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MABCH 2 1886.
WOMAN'S KINGDOty,
tTWi U feo Itdlra corner. Thoy are Inrited to
express fecit opinion! herein—to uso It is then
own. The editress will answer questions or socept
lustrations with pleasure.)
In reading the UtUe poem given below, it
would be well for each one to pause and silent
ly pooler on the quality of the threads they
arc eaib day weaving Into their lives, and Mk
their Own hearts the solemn question, are they
"threads of gold”? When wo remember that
“the land that .holds them” can "fashion them
ont isto patterns rare,” to be found at last by
the ‘hlastcr-Weavcr,” how watchful it should
cans* ns to be that In the web of onr lives
should only appear “threads of gold,” “shining
aenhs where the shadows lie,” to brighten not
only onr own, but the lives of all we love. Uy
with for each and all is, that “brighter the gold
ofybe.threads may appear, as the web of life
flows old,” and that at last, “when the bright
threads break and the shuttle falls.”
“ingels may come to gather them all
I Llfote broken threads of gold."
‘Weaving them into a work-aday lifo,
I ' Beautiful threads of goldi
A thread of Joy, with a strand of strife,
*-d yet. the hands that hold
Ion them out Into patterns rare,
new and fair,
rearer finds them there,
l thread* of gold.
raHng them in es the Artist planned
_ when he laid life's eornbsr told.
Weaving them in with the homeliest ceres,
Overrode burden another bears,
6taft that the Master-Weaver spores
home beautiful threads ofgold.
Brighter feo gold of too thread appears.
mm&tiBSMlSSUEiZ,
Wearing them In with n watchful aye,
”—‘“'1 threads of gold i
' ire the shadows lie,
) Is all unrolled.
Weaving them In, when the Master’s naL
Lets the bright threads break, and feo shntUofelL
Ever since Evo eat the forbidden fruit wo
men bars hud to shoulder all aorta of responsi
bilities; If it is not one kind It la another. A
New York paper in an article on tho domestic
fabrics In favor, speaks of the great preference
given to woolen goods tbie winter ae a notion
of the women, and aura “the whims of women.
Und have a great deal to do with the popular!
ty of a certain grade of goods” 'Ladies who
two-years sgo wore silk at three and four dol
lars a yaid are now wearing woolen dress goods
at half the pries It would seem that this is a
. healthy sign, for the silk indnstry In this coun
try is small and tho woolen Is large. Then
again it gives the poor tho opportunity of ap
peering as wall dressed: as their rich sisters,
ss wealthy, well dressed women now wear
woolen altogether on tho streets This erase
for woolen goods Is partly a Dishlon and partly
a fancy. But it would bo well.if the wealthy
women of the land would oftoner remember
the nqioniibUltlea that rest upon them and use
more economy in tho matter of dress, for fash
ion is one thing that tho poorest will strive to
follow, and too often go beyond their means In
trying to keep up merely for fashion asks It
la well, therefore, that our women are now
credited with an economical freak—audit lsto
be hoped It will bo continued.
Correspondence.
M. 0. T.. Sugar Valley, as—1 have Just corns In
horn my Bower pit, bsve been watering my reran
turns, darling pets, they ltttnp these green bran
ches, and their scezu to be s silent language flow
ing from tseb bush, tbauking mo for my care'ol
them. 1 hope y. H„ of Rome, has not lost bora,
slier being so kind to them. 1 should be grieved
Indeed If mine were dead. We ought to love every
one, but Useeme that a congeniality of feeling
cxlate between tbcee that lore Bowen, with n
tender end holy levs for they are heaven's own
gifts I will gtvs you a few hints In regard to
trying n cheap flower pit. Mine Is on the south
side of the house, dug flour feet deep in the ground,
ran-' wooden 11 shriller closing
i middle, and three feat high
et ont end, slanting towards the south. Shelves
on the rides and one end and movable steps at the
other. During tho coldest weather I put two
folds ofrtg carpet onr the top and lay boardson
to keep the wind from blowing It oE 1 throw
open the doors every sonny day. I am happy to
bear BUI Arp Is boms coos more, and that poor
tired mother is reeling at last In her own quiet
chamber-her boy is Some, but mine la gone, lust
seventeen yean old and array off In Texas. A few
words to fee editress and I am dons: I thank you
so muck for tbs Woman's Kingdom. I do enjoy
your pieces so much. They bring light to onr
home and comlort to our hearts. I enjoy Aunt
Susie too, and want to bear something mure about
the "ereseat city." May tbs Lord bless Tan Coil,
armmoti and au eounccled with IL
Miss Lacy Treadwell, Lamar, Benton oounty,
Hiss.—In the Weekly Comtitvtion of February
2d, I And n very Interesting communication from
■V. 11.,'" Rome, Go. Her description of the Sibe
rian tree so captivated ms that I would be happy
to Correspond wife her for more particulars, for if
possible. I think 1 must certainly-bare one. I wish
' to leant from her, either through Tan Goaomu-
rtois or by direct communication nil the
lam. where It can be bad, hew prop
SSSSSJiK 1
Katie Lynn, Sumpter county, Fta^-1 bsve been
very much Interested In this part of Ton Conan-
vmov arer sines I first came nereis It. I would
like to send you a recipe foe a cheap sail no tome
lathe place of "butter and aogar aauco." This Is
''orange sauce." Take two oranges sad aqnvezo
them Into a cup of wafer, add ona cap of su ir, a
taklespoonftil of butter, and thicken with a utile
flonrorcom starch. Let it come to a bolt and serve
either hot or cold. It Is nlee with soft "ginger
bread"’ or apple dumpling, 1 would like'- -
iicorjs, one of Atlanta's > —
first visit 10 the "land of Bowers.,'
Mrs. 0. & Babbitt, Sussex county, VU.-I bnvo
never claimed a corner In the Woman’s Kingdom,
though I always live especial note to its columns.
1 noticed In n recent lame, n request, for direc
tions to crochet pineapple edging, which I herein
entlem. Ills durable and beautiful but tedious.
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perseverance, but I have
while away
none hut bo dlscoonnd by tbo
claims to great Industry or
ye completed several yards
i a new subscriber to The Oonstitu*
t highly pleased with It It helps to
many lonely minutes.
r Pine Apple Edgtng.-Th# top must all be made
first, sa long as the article yon wish to trim, and
is made in this way: Crochet and chain of ten
uittbes, turn, putlog three stitches in the fourth
stitch, makes chain offeree, then three more of
loeg stltchei In tht mme plena, chain' three, then
torn, and pro " “
pot n shell of •
chain oftwo t
chet stitches, dccreric one every round till eleven
raws, then featen ike two edges together. Then
put on the outside nws of shells, finished by an
other round ol three stitches Casteoed In every
eUch ofibeedgo.
B. L., Mulberry Grov v, Ga —Hew I enjoy reading
the letters in Woman's Kingdom, am delighted to
see it In neb a progressive stale; It b growing more
and more interesting and beneficial every day, and
we feel fee benefit la Doing welted to almost every
household in fee fend; fee popularity of Tun Con-
enrrnoM la to peat. I haveafcrata foe crocheting
and any kind of fancy work, sod havejomo verj?
" 'oeorwapood wit? some
A Country Stater. Kecken burg, N. C,—We ell an-
Joy Woman's Kiotdren and tt It rot right fbt each
oeeto add feetr mite. Willie OrifieU has asked to
he told how to make a card recover. Take a piste
et ironstone or white china and tut scrap pictures
from colored cards and passe on In any design you
decorated fell way: tht thinner tife pepoAhc'oScw
feey ont end ere eerier to adhere. What will
Auntie charge fet a dozen bronze turkey em
There Is none of them In feta part of fee country
and! would liketo get some acts, limited to sei
K s letters from N. O., as the paper* have**) little to
ssy about the present exposition. I enjoyed being
there last winter and like to hear from (hero again.
Alice, Rock Spring’s Ga.—The Woman’s Kingdom
Is to me one ortho most attractive parts of TheCoe-
smtnoK. I want to tell its readers of the way to
make a very pretty tidy that I hare seen. It was
made of bleached domestic, the pieces were
round, largo enought when doubled down to be the
size of a silver half dollar, tho edges of theao pieces
were turned in, and gathered fuff, and then sewed
together in rows, then the rows went sewed togeth
er, leaving holes in the corners. It forms a very
pretty tidy, the ruff side being the outside; ribbons
can be run through the holes. I send my address
for Mrs. 11. C. Reynolds, of Dixie, Ala., who was
kind enough tg offer to exchange lace patterns with
me. Hope she will write soon. Alice Kosscr,
Rock Spring, Walker coonty, Ga,
Farmer’s Daughter, West Point, Ga.—I am a new
reader of “Woman's Kingdom.” I hart often wish*
ed to write, but never had time. 1 would like to
correspond with and exchange crochet pattorna
with tome of tho members of the Kingdom. I don't
think we could do without The Constitution now,
especially Woman's Kingdom.. I would be greatly
obliged irsome one would send the poem entitled
“Curfew.” I am a (toner’s daughter and the letters
from the ladies are a great advantage to me* Best
wishes for the'' Woman's Kingdom?'
Answers to Queries.
Curl your front hair aa usual, then part the back
hair across from side to side or from car to car, comb
tbs upper portlob upwards towards the top of the
head, twist it and secure it with a comb, then divide
the end in half, and form each into a round eoll on
either side of the comb. Then take the lower part
of the hair covering the nape of tbs nook, divide
this also upward* m the middle, roll each hair
loosely into a twist, which will All up the space on
either side of the head. If the hair is soft and not
over abundant it should be slightly frizzed with a
comb before twisting. Bone pin* secure these oolls
the best.
To remove liquid grease from a carpet, dust pow
dered chalk over the spot aud rub it In well with
the fingers. Alter allowing It to remain undisturb
ed for some hours it must be thoroughly brushed
The most popular shoes are those with low heels
and wide toes. However, some ladios still cling to
the French shoes, with narrow toes and high hoels
oof the sols of tho foot
i prove most injurious to
uiv nviuvi.
There are no marked change in fee style of
sleeves. They are set smoothly In the armholes, no
more felines, being alloired than la necessary for
ease. Trimming at fee wrists Is of fee simplest.
Ilouaewl fe's Scrapbook.
stain on coys and saucers may be removed by
rabbin, with ashes.
If fee oven is too hot wben baking place a small
dish of cold wafer In it.
When sponge cakt becomes dry it is nlee to cut
In thin slices sad toast.
To remove mildew, soak In buttermilk and
spread on fee grass In the sun.
To prevent mustard plaster from bllstcrlog, mix
It wife fee white of egg.
Never put salt Into soup when cooking till It bis
bean thoroughly skimmed as salt prevents fet
mm tram rising.
When fee burnersoflsmptbeeesne clogged with
cherr pat them in a strong soap suds and boll
awhile to clean them.
Boiled starch can be much Improved by the ad
dition of a littleaperm or a llille salt, or both, ora
little dissolved gum arable.
To brighten fee luslde of a coffee or tea pot, fill
wife water, add a small piece of soap, and lot it
bctl about forty-five minutes.
If matting, counterpancs.or bed spreads have oil
spots on them, wet with alcohol, rub wife soap.
ftMSSiSdMVtar-their fisvor.
keep better, when a buttered cloth la laid
the top of fee Jar before screwing down the
main a rick room should not sit or stand too
the,patient, and above all things therahoald
1 talking when leaning over a rick person.
A liquid black toad for polishing stoves ts made
by adding to taoh pound or blaokToad ono gill of
turpentine, ono gill or water and one ouneo of
Picture frames mado with a combi
oak and silt ornaments are admirably
water color drawings, and i— —
Tokeeplnrccuootofblrd pages, tie np a UtUe
sulphur In a bag and suspend it in the cage. Bed
ants will never be Ibund In closet or drawer if a
small btg or relpbur be kept constantly in those
p, S?SWp ere will put tbo finishing touch to
newly cleansed sliver,knives and forks and tinware
better than anything else. Rub them well and
make perfectly dry. They aro excellent to poltah
loves that have not been blackened lbr some time.
Do Your Best,
Daily living aesmeth weary
To fee otu feat never works;
Duty always seemefe dreary
To fee on* feat duty shirks.
Only after hardest striving
Cometh sweet and perfect rest;
Life la ftmnd to be worth living
To the one who data hit best.
—C. It. Skeldon.
Fashion Notes,
Jersey, Tolo, and Scotch caps are all wen by
small girls
Black lace toilets, as popular ss aver, are made
dressy and effective wife fine Jet bead fringes and
Jet embroidery.
Many elegant dremes are provided with two
bodices, a high cortege for day wear, and low ono
for evening receptions.
Fur hoods mado of teal akin are popular for
sleighing and are uraallr becoming, feey are bor
dered wife otter or light beaver,
Boucle Jersey cloth la a novelty. The surface If
revered wife small loops of various rises It is
made In all fee dark colon at well as In cream
white, rose and delicate bloc.
The how of hair on lop of the head It grewtog
larger and a trifie more Japanesque In mate, while
tha long pint with which It In held la place aro
(rowing in propotlon.
Elegant cloth cnatoma hare bands of black As
trakhan around lha bottom of the skirt on th c
Jacket, and also on tha Urban and muff; wbltb
an now considered necessary accompaniments
A new pottery called “Peach Bloom” has the
exact tints and shades of n ripe peach. This beau
tiful and low priced wire lssbown In vaassand
pitchers of handsome shuts The Leeds ware Is
pretty in fee new ytllow shads
Boltons were never so handsome as at presant,
soma of them are so richly carved rad colored at
to reenable Jewels They must be of two alios,
small ones ft . . *-
draping the
The new shades In (loves are dark browns, gar
nets and gray for day wear,wife allvergray, mauve,
potty and fieah color for evening wear. Tho mos-
qnotalre Is itlU fee fevered shm but long wrisud
buttoned sieves are worn by ladles with plump
rlstsindanns _____
A Pleas fer the-Children.
I cm surprised to see how many thoughtless, care
less mothers there are, bringing up their little
ones fas we might rsy) hsp-hssard, wife scarcely a
thought ot anything beyotd fee present. Onrllttio
folks arc entirely creatures of habit, and If good
habits are not formed early, bad onea will certain
ly be formed later. Retry mother, I care aot what
her station in life, or her duty to society, should
bare the oversight rad care personally of her
children, and an soon as able after their birth,
should bathe, dress and feed as nature intended
her own baby. We who hare done this for eeeh
precious one, know the pleunre udutistseUoa to
be found in the work. Tbie hath should alsrays bo
given slfeesunoboor of tha morning, then fee
UtUe one, tired and hungry after K, should be fed,
when It naturally follows a tong, quiet nap will bo
the remit, and thus (to use a common expression)
begins fee day “right end first." Let this become
a fixed habit rad let It once be broken In upon rad
witch fee result.
A shorter11
erne*experiment wVlhjilder childreo snd what fob
lower The next monster tells fee story. It
harder to gat started for school, tho hour for
he music lessen reams looser, clothes don’t fool
right, hooks esa't be found, tears are shad, and
thing gore wrong, all —
before. Eerie bora
iron; and, in these days
Hedged yong ladles at twelra and reuvwu, •
foal es II .vary thoughtful mother should lay this
mallet to heart and hate to hasp her daughters
sweet. Innocent faced little Sirin
Let us put them In bed with thilr dolls In their
sad don’t laugh el them for eoddlfog them,
enough we shall stretchout onr empty
grown away from ns. To me this seems the sad
cert time in a mother's life, and each day let in
f tay for strength to guide aright, that when that
time shall come (as come It must) they mar not
get ro far away but mother’s voice and mother’s
love can call them back—Harriette Tremaine Terry
in Good Housekeeping.
Common Sense In Housekeeping.
A girl cannot grow up In a well ordered homo,
under the care of a good mother, without uncon
pcJously learning much of the method by which
the home Is made what it is. A bright girl who is
nnfortunste enough to be a member of a badly
managed household is not utterly out of the way
of learning how to do better. The very fact of the
discomfort In which she lives, ofter stimulates her
to find out the possible improvemv.t of her con
dition. "How can 1 over learn to koep house?"
raid a young girl one days lamenting her peculiar
circumstances which prevented her from gaining
any practical knowledge or experience. “Common
sense is all you need In housekeeping,” replied
the experienced and very auccecalUl housekeeper
to whom the question wm addressed. Common
the best Instruction attain-
qulrements change with them
a and opinions, and not even
actual trial in one's own home, teaches Car more.
Time* change and requlremr-*- **- 4 * u —
people differ In tastes and c
the wisest mother can teuwl
than her own will derire.—Henrietta Davis
Housekeeping. ____________
Cooking Recipes.
Contributed.
Cup Cake.—One cup of butter, two of sugar aud
three of flour, four eggs, half cup milk, with half
tea*poonAil soda. Flavor to taste.
Egg Custard.—For two custards take three eggs
beat very light, two cupa sweet milk, a small tea*
cup of sugar, a tablespoon Ail of corn starch—or
common laundry starch, flavor to taste, lemon
best, bake In moderate oven.
Slice Potato Pudding.—Slice potatoes as thin as
pomlble, drop them into boiling water and boil a
few minutes. Have ready a batter inch as you
would make for fritters. Put a layer of potatoes In
a pan or dish, sprinklo with srtce or nutmi
a layer of batter, and soon till your pan
Then bake; to be eaten hotr with butter and sugar
suace, or preserves of any kind.
lopincr, mu eggs ucntcu niti
of thick buttermilk with half teaspoon ful or sods
In It. Boat all together, irate a nntmeg-or any
other flavoring—pour Into a pudding pan and
-of butler rise of a ben’s egg, poor a little
waltr over fee biscuits and batter and mash fine
together, two eggs beaten with a enp of sugar, cup
oonful of soda
iittmcg—nr an;
, , -ding pan
bake quickly.
Good Corn Bread.—mt salt and soda In tbemoal
and wot wife buttermilk mako up stiff enough to
take in fee hands and put on a hot greased grid
dle and pat out about an Inch thick and bake In •
hot I love. The quantity of the soda most beta
proportion to the aridity of fee .milk. This la fur
superior to water bread. Try It and sae.
Charlotte Rouse.—One plot or cream sweetened
and Havered then whipped; take three small
fea oops of milk, turn tablespoons of sugar rad
ItoToMte^^^teg^srradboI^to.n
bars your whitea
. mix
wife your cream; wben tho custard Is milk warm
hare feres tsblespoonsfhl of gelatine dissolved In
a hair half cup of boiling water and beat In tho
custard, when well beaten add the cream and eggs,
hare a dish lined wife lady fingers or alioes of
sponge cake and poor tho whole over it and sot
In a cool place till ready lbr nse.
Bavarian Cream.—Taka ono pint of thick cream
aud sweeten to taste and flavor with vanilla,
Take one Ublespoonftil ofgelatlne-a heaping one,
and pour Just enough boiling water over It to dis
solve it aud sat It In a cup Ire fee fire until yon
are ready for it. Beat to a stiff froth four agrt, mix
In your cream, than ehurn or whip, skimming off
fet froth and puttingin tho dish It la to bs served
in, twben you bavo gotten off all fea froth from
tbo cream have soma one pour to very slowly fea
cream,you beating hard all fee Ume, then sit awsy
to congeal.
Room for All.
Tho woman who Is fitted to sympathize with fee
punultg end Interests of a husband, will bo
equally well fitted to adorn society and to elevate
Its tone, nor will she find btr gilts wasted. There
Is ample field for fet work of Intellectual women
sad of business women who can give their time to
work outside their own homes. There nood bo no
question of women's sphere or women's rights. The
world needs workers In its noblest fields-it mat
ters not whether they be man or women, married
or stalls, feme la room for them all.
Lot the stria make of thomsetrea fee best feey
can, let the mothers do fesbr best la training
'— Then sorely tho wall balanced, (coruelen-
„ -loushtmi young woman wIII not need to
think, untU fee time comes for herto decide the
Immediate question, whether she It fit for a wlfa or
not.—UenrittU Davis, In Good Housekeeping.
The Key-Flower,
The Germans have'mray beauUAil legends, and
tame of them are as Instructive as they are boautl.
Ail. There Is ono about feo key-flower—tho golden
lllly of Able, which opens to him ’
fee diamond halls of feo gnomes,
grows Ins wild nook In tho Thurlnf Ian forest. The
blcoom It of a wonderful golden ooIor;aometlmcs
it la blue or parole; hot the story Is tho same. A
herdsman saw fee flower In fee mountains, and
attracted by Its beauty bo plucks It and puts It In
hit ban Immediately he secs an open door in tho
mountain ride. The paarege conducts him to a
vast subterranean hall, sparkling wife Its beapa of
gold and Jewels. A gray headed gnome, the guar,
dlan of these treasures, says to him; “Take whit
you went but don't forget fee best." IIs tala hit
pocket, bis bosom, rad finally his hat, lire old
moms stin crying; don't forget feo best” Tho
lower tails upon fee earth, bnt be hastens awsy
Without noticing 1L “Don't forget fesbeat," shouts
tho gnome for fee last time. There Is s clap of
thunder and tho herdsman rushes to tbo open air;
;:;^x«tne
i tbebral—fee enchanted key-flower,
he migal ohooao to copea. He now asae It again;
fea koy-llower IS tht love to God rad mu. It la
his feat unlocks fea rich storehouse ol truth and
itppinraa and bo who hat it can never bo poor.
Tho pure in heart animated by this leva see beauty
In all Oo<l't work! and find fountains of happiness
open tolhtm on ovary hand. It makes the sir pore,
fee sunlight brighter, fea flower* lovelier, fen
tarfe flalrer. the skies .more beautiful, friendship
wIml"indMS k thn
light of heaven. He who disregards fell kay-flower
ears never find fet true riches, for they an locked
against him forever. Hatred shuts tbs soul up In
darkness, rail dries up lha fountain of happiness.
Ho who would be rich In all feat makes lire beta-
Answer to Aeoephlno Hunt's “Too Kissed
Me.”
Contributed by 'AMu,’-Tuskegee, Ala, for “10.'
1 klretd yon. 1 own, but I did not suppose,
That yon, through fee paper, fee deed would dlt-
Like free loving cats, wben on fee ridgepoles feey
ilhtheir squalls of “you kissed met" disturb fee
whole street.
I kissed you, fee Impulse ss suddenly came
As feet cold looking cloud la transformed Into
flame.
My act was tbo lightning feat glances and thrills,
And year's fea loud thunder that blabs to the hills.
kiotrd you. aa kissed the poor Cariau boy,
In dreanu, bit Diana so cold and so coy,
And foolishly ftncled—encircling your charms.
A maid, not a match box, was clasped In my
arms
I kissed you. The rephyr on tiptoe passed by,
The moon with a kerchiaf cloud hid hot soft
rye;
From fee bough feat swayed o’tr ns, all Aimed
wife dew,
With half imothered Utter the katydid flew.
. kissed you. A1I nature la counterfoil sloop
Half premised our scant, to sacred, to keep;
No ubiquitous press correspondent pooped through
The leaves; I was "lateralswed” only by you.
I kissed yon; then scared atmy boldness, I deemed,
Yon bad tainted, or else would surely bavo
But no, you not only all censure forebore.
Bnt, like Oliver Twist, an now asking "for more."
timed yoo. A I! others map do It who choose,
But I to repeat tbo performance refuse;
On your Ups I vrill never again print a smack.
By tbo press; or by note, yon may send feat one
back.
- kissed yeo. Tbs poetess Happbo-of old,
Like yon, was so warm feat her Phaeo grew cold:
Bo she ended her lore rad her life In a pel—
preosae ferae are equal flsdUUsaytt,
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Fan for the Children—Tho Constitution’s
Training Hchool for Boys and Qlrla.
IN VULCAN'S FORGE.
BY WHSTBROP IlURKuUGnS.
"Tomorrow-wo'llsUpoirto Vulcan's Forgo and
Play Etillera. Ben, you and I'll be tho shlnora and
Rube And Arch feo revenues, and raid us."
"Why, l'lcrce Wooten, aren't you afraid? No
body goes there 'less the guides wife ’em.”
“0, bother iho guides, lion Elliott! I'm Just dead
tired of that tort of business-con’t move a stop on
your own book without ono o' Uiosj buffer* setting
on to you and croaking about thodangor I"
“0, but tho Forgo it a dangerous placo," persists
small. Ben,"youhavetocrawlpartoffeewaydown,
and then go fee rest on feo shakiest tort of a Ud
der."
“And Just suppose while you were down there,"
Interpolates Archer Guinn, "something wasto hap
pen to feo ladder? 0!"
"Now, soohore!" lays Pierce Wooten impatient
ly, “I've mado up my mind to go to fee forgo
whether uy of feo rest of you follow! wants to go
or not I If you don't, all you've got to do la to say
to. If you do, well, Just recollect that oooe we've
started, w# don’t want wybablot along!" with a
withering stance that takes In both Ben and Arch,
"0, wo are ready to go Cut enough," doalaros
Reuben Parry, speaking for tbs first time "I don’t
think anybody in this erowd'rhlkald,"dladaln!ully,
"if that's what yon moan, Pierce.”
"I am not for ono l"aatcru plucky Bon, endeavor
ing to make hta thirteen yean of height aa oon-
iptcuons as possible. "I want you to understand,
Pierce Wooten, .hat I can go anywhere you ora.”
"And so can I I" asserts Archer Uutnn, lten’t
stnlor by oats year, rad hit inasperabte. "Jett try
me. if you please, Mr. Wooten."
”0,1 didn't mean any barm, boys," assures
Fierce. “I was Just put out for tho minute to think
you might back out after all, wben I had depended
on you so. Now, tee bore fellows, slice waara
agreed all around don’t breathe a word of feta to
TonyMerklo. Wo don’t want feat sort along, yon
undcntandT”
"Not tiniest he'd leave hie pooketa behind I” de
clares Archer Guinn.
“Did youever sec such pochttal" emphasizes
Ben, at which a laugh breaks out and goes fee
‘There's feo follow now, by all feat’s unfortu
nate 1’. declares Fierce feo next morning, as con
gratulating themselves that thoy have boon so far
undiscovered, feo brave band Is about to crass tho
bridge over the river.
. And tbs follow is there, right scram their lino of
vision, sprawled out on tho rooks fishing,
"Well, boys, I guess we era In for it now," con
tinues Fierce. "We'll have to lot him go now or
he'll peseta on ua sure."
"I don't believa lie's that kind,” says Reuben,
generously.
"Say, Pierce, whore aro'you follows going?" pipes
ont a somewhat shrill voice at fell moment.
"Como up here and we'll toll you.”
Then to feo others;
"I'd rather go back than to have him tacking
after us."
"Maybe he'll back out when he's told,” suggests
Reuben.
"That ahowi you don't knowhlmi" growls Pierce,
'Why, bo’s feat Investigating he'd try to ride
buzz-saw Just to find out If It were sharp, It's
woader ho hasn’t been killed long ago wife his
CTtrltstlng experimenting.”
“I don't'with him any rest harm,” declares
Archer. Gnlnn, all out of humor, "but I do with
hcwaaonfenhuntforabuss-ianrat this very mo
ment"
"I say. Arch,” speaks up Ben ml<clilcvouily,
’maybe If you’d offer to help him carryapartofhla
pockets he'd get along foster.”
"Better help him yourself,"retorts Arab growing
red In fee Ikce.
"I my, Tony,” goes on feo rollicking Bon, u
Tony, prating and blowing wife bit rough-rad,
tumble climb of feo at cop cliff, comet np boaids
them. “Give Areh half of whips Jo poor pockets
and bell holpyou carry lb”
"AH right,” says Tony, a reflection of Ben's
twinkles In his own tyes, as diving down Into one
oftho bulgy receptacles ho brings into vlewabamb
ful of squirming earth-worms I
"0, good gracious I” cries feo fastidious Ante
nearly overcome with disgust.
"Throw tha nasty tilings away,"orders Pierce, I#
which order Tony at oneo compiles, but doobllesa
only because ht has boon oo feo point of doing that
very thing wben Fierce spoke.
Tbs latter has boon correct In his surmises, when
their destination and their purpose aro madaknown
to Tony, bo is all on fire at onca with feo spirit of
"I wish ho wee in Halifax,” mutters A rob to him
self as Iboy move on over feo bridge.
■Which la the path?” questions Plerco a few mo.
- mta later, as tbo gallant band comae to a dead
halt under IU perplexed leader.
"Yoo go Uke you were going to Glen Ilia,” says
Tony, premtag ont Item tbo rear, whore ha has
bean sturdily held from fea Mart; “than when yon
gat lo fet double ptaeo you tom to fea right.”
“HelloI hast yon bean there?" questions Pierce
> *"Mo, > but l're heard Monk, fea guide, say.”
They move along quite briskly after this, and
find feo way eaaily enough till fea pines are
reached and paretd. Then, u feo trail bogtnato
grow more and mote obecura, and la finally swal
lowed op entirely In the carpet of pine neodies,
another halt la called.
It It Tony who seta them right again.
"It ought to be over here somewhere,” be de
clares. "We aren’t for from fea edge of the chasm,
I know, for 1 can hau old Hurricano roaring down
below. And hwtyaoreee yonder la fet Devil’s Pul
pit. Hurrah I here we are now I” as a sudden
sharp turn brings full Into view fee msartvo, strong
fronts of feo granite bouldare feat start si them
from fee ofetraido of the gorge. -
They cautiously approach fee dizzy edge and
peer over.
BIX hundred feet below fee waters of fee Ilurri.
cone arc churned Into a foem feat dashee IU spray
mere than half as blah Into fee air I
"GoodTgracioualyau don’t have to go down than,
do yon T" quartkmi fea stalwart captain ol feo gab
lant band, turning white In fea feet.
As lo the brad ltaalf, It begins (o look decidedly
shaky about fea knees.
“O, no," speaks up Tony." Vulcan’s forgo It over
Oceana fella You bare to go right along fea edge
of feo praclptee, though, til] yoo at! to tho old
photograph gallery, than you climb down the
They turn and mort onward,and somehow Tuny,
who haa been sturdily bald to the rear before, Is
now as vigorously poshed to the front.
On fety go. through thick tangles of kalmta, over
fet stunted, hoary trunks oi partly-fallen rhodo
dendrons, ferongb almost imputable patches of
Interlocked thorns and briars, and again along fee
moss-blanketed reeks on fee very edge of the
frfghtftil gorge.
Suddenly t huge boulder loons op directly
icroes their potb.
"I'd Ilka lo know how we are going to get over
featr growls Pierce.
"What one cennot go over, one may go around,”
declarer Tony, and In epite or tha vigorous protest
entered by feo groaning pockets, be proceeds at
onca lo suit the action to fee worde, by working
Jill way around by meana of a narrow shelf Ilka
projection that Jots from one side.
The othera follow, end soon stand betide Tony at
fee head of a precipitous trail feat leada down
ward aver fee rocks.
"Well, boys, here’s climbing for you P* ring! nut
Tony cheerily. “Every one be csrefal rad witch
oat where bs stepi.”
“I gnsss you were wrong, pierce,” lays Reuben
rarry ea they suddenly come In collision during
Ike downward scramble. “The fellow doesn't
teem lo bo so nckleso In Ms czperimcnting after
all. He would doobtiete ride fee buzz-raw If feo
necessity tfltssd, since he’s certainly plucky
enough for rajthtag, but I thick bs'd make some
liiteitlgeUcni first."
A hundred end (fly feet or more from fea lop of
the gorge feey come ont upon a ledge ofrook about
six or eight feci in width and about twice as many
length. An Iron spike wife a stable attached,
driven firmly In feo rock at ona ridt.
As feey reach it they sat about five foot below a
smaller ledge againrt the outer edge of which leant
(behead of a ladder about fifteen fleet In length,
The foot of fete tedder in tarn rests upon a third
ledge, or rather a narrow shelf between two seara-
laxly solid walls of rock, feo enter edge of which
Is open, and overlooks tire frightftil prtdplee.
"Looks decidedly shaky," Observes Tony In
rtforenee to lha ladder and fea position It occupies.
"I ioppose," bo conUnMO wife a critical survey of
the group of fores, "It trouidn'ldo lo back ont now
when wo an feta for.”
Of room It wouldn't,” declares Plena, who
teems suddenly lo have Down very brave again.
Eut how ast w* to get down lo fea ladder?”
"Jmnp,”.ray» Tony. “Ary fellow hern who
couldn't Jump down fire feci nithmit aahakn-up
oughtn’t to tell bis name I”
”0, per. feat's easy enough 1 i t the getting
back up; what ire wo to do about that?”
''Sure enough I Wo ought to haves rope. Thoft
what tho staples for. Now, did any of you fellows
bring one?”
Every focc expresses Its Monk dismay.
"Why, w e ought to have tboughtor that, certain,''
exclaims Ben Elliott.
“Walt a minute,” says Tony again, and then Ire-
Sins wife both hands lo dlvo down into tho
pockets.
After Innumerable tugs and tho bringing Into
view ono after lire olhor of a heterogeneous array
of srlloleB feat would quite make feo fortune of a
dealer in cuilosltiee, a stout btmpen coed a full
quarter of an Inch in circumference and over three
feet in length Is triumphantly displayed,
'.Thera boys, tint’s not very stout looking, I
know, but It will bold ray one of ua Picked It up
In fee yard this morning,” ho goes on somewhat
laconically, "Chambermaid awept It out of a
drummer's taou, Knew it would comoin some
lime."
Aud "come In," It surely does, since, when
fastened to fee staple, each boy swings easily down
by means ol It, and fools satisfied it will bold his
weight wben climbing back.
The dooeent of feo ladder is soon safely accom
plished by each in turn, although Tony pute lu a
word of caution every now and then.
To fea right of feo lodge, on wbleh they now
stud la the entrance to a vaulted chamber about
six foot la width and folly twice as many In height.
It hangs on fee my edge Of the granite cliff and
projects outward for at lout twenty foot. At tho
opposite end Is also u opening. Tho roof, a solid
smooth-worn rook, feat reals across two others per
pendicularly set, appears ss though placed Uioro
by muons' hands Across the cuter opening
stretches a glwt-quarted cottar, whose hoary
trunk bean the records of names and dates fully a
century back. Against fete firmly-rooted barricade
ono may safely lean and look downward over a
sheer precipice to fee seething waters oftho Oceana
■alls seven hundred fleet beneath.
From fea lodge, on which the ladder rests, a nar
row alielf-Uke projection loads around tho atdeo of a
glut-bowlder toa soil-covered ridge beyond, thick
ly dotted with a growth of hemlock and plno.
This fotma capital advancing and rotreatlng
ground forthe daring reldera, while feo stillers
make brave defense from behind a temporary bar-
ricada acrou tbo Inner entrance lo the forgo.
Suddenly, during one of fee most desperate
chugesoftho spirited revcnuM, some ono runs
under tho ladder and foils heavily against IL U
reus instantly, sways from side to side, rad then
with a crash foils rad goes thundering down tho
cliff.
It is Arch Quinn, who would doubtleu havo fol
lowed it, but for fea firm grup of Reuben Parry 1
bud.
“Goodness me,” exclaims poor Areh, stricken
wife dismay, "wo are all in for It now I”
"I should think wa wore," uys Ptaroo aghast
"What In theworld will wa dor*
"Isn't than soma other way of getting out?"
nitrations Reuben.
"No, feoro Isn't" speaks np Ben qulokly,
"erase I heard Monk uy so. o.lawdy, but ain't
It Just dreadful."
"Maybe If wc go around the lodge aud through
feo thicket we can find soma way to olltnb np,”
suggests Reubens
"Nothing feat way bnt gnu walls et reek a
hundred and fifty flsat high,” say* Tony emphati
cally. “I looked around particularly when wo
wore playing revenoas."
Near tho great coder barricade, on a
blanketed ridge Just where a tiny stream triektu
downward from fet Solid wall, a council of bravra
Is called.
Various plans are suggested, discussed, and one
after another despairingly abandoned u Impossible
of execution.
"No help for It boys, well hare to spend tho
night here,” mys Fierce gloomily, “rad perhspa a
good many more on top oftt before they .find in."
"0, my gsodnoml bow very awfol feu will Del"
exclaims Bon. whom eyes begin to took aotpldoui-
ly red. “It'U bo dreadfully dark in hero when
night comes, and so terribly cold; and we’ll nearly
itana to death, amb-ond there’s no tolling what
alia may happen lo ua I've heard Monk tall tho
awfoUut story about an Indian that wu killed by
another Indian In hero, and—"
'Forgoodneu uke.” saya Korea wife a shiver,
around the tree forthe distance oftwo feet o.- more
above the place feus cut end chipped.
It takes them sometime to communicate the
flamo to fee ]-cedant shavings, but they pc>severe,'
rad finally have tbeir reward by seeing ibis portion
of feo tree in a blase.
They Hand and watch it with anxious faces sn-I
loudly beating hearts, and when at last It burns
quite through rad falls,[a great shout rends tho
air.
Water is quickly brought and ponred over tha
still burning part, whllo ready handsavqutexiy
breakaway the longswccplngcndsofthe branches'
thus divesting feo tree of much of its heaviness.
Then, amid great rejoicing U Is triumphantly bo-no
lo tbo ledge on which tbo ladder lately stool.
It requires much tact and caution to get It safely
around the narrow shelf-.Ike projection. But still
under Tony’s aktllfti! leadership, by this lima
looked up to and acknowledged with unbounded
admiration, Iho passage Is successfully accom
plished.
It also calls for much skill and patience lo plsca
It reenrely upon Iho ledge end to rettie the limbs
so that they will afford tho greater facility foe
climbing.
Slowly and cautiously they mount upward, oud
at a time, Tony being the vesy test to mako tho as
cent
When finally every ono stands safe rad round
upon the ledge above another joyous shout gees
echoing down the gorge.
"I tell you what, boys," says Reuben, "that wag
about feo lightest place I wAs oyer in. I didn't say
much for tear of IU elftct upon you follows, bull
Can tell you I thought a great deal.”
'And If It hadn't been for Tony," says Pie red
manly rad straightforward in his acknowledge
ments, "we’d bo down there thinking aim. Boys;
I propose three ebeere and a royal bcngal Uger fox
Captain Tony Herkle.”
'And fee pockets," puts In Ben’s thrill, piping
“Yes, and *tbe pockets I' Heaven bices fed
- rursuwuo, w,v, says x-iorce Wlin a tmver,
"don't bo repeating any of those things bore now."
Another honr. and another, and another passra
by. Already feo sun hat disappeared behind lha
tugged heights of feo Tallulah mountain. And
though hate still shining over on fee other side yot
dim mysterious shadows ire beginning tejform all
about them. Tho projecting crags across tho
chasm, as seen through feo optolng, aoom to havo
dissolved Into weird fsutattlo shapes that stand
beckoning wife outstretched ghostly arms, whllu
ftr below fee dull roar of feo cascades tall upon
Uulr oars like ominous warnings,
"I tell you what, boys.” cries Tony suddraly,
springing to hit test "We'll make an Indian lad
der, that’s just wha! we'll do,"
"A what?” queationa Fierce.
“An Indian Udder.”
"Wbit^whiVi thxtr
'That question shows yon haveu'l road much
Mr. Woolen. In tht old times, whan feo Indians
were aroundln fete country, thick aa btackbeirloi
on a vino, and out of them wanted to climb up
some ptaeo he couldn't gtl up without a ladder; ho
cut him down feo first tall strait tree ha saw that
bad ptouty of strong branches aud wasn't to hoary
to manage. Then he'd whack off fee branches
about a fool from fee trunk, and there, he had tils
laddir.”
"Bui bow In fee world did ha make It set Imp'
questions Reuben much lute retted.
“O, be trimmed off fee cud pretty sharp and
drove It In fea ground, 1 reckon, or if there wasn’t
any ground ho mads II smooth rad packed rocks
ground It lo bold It steady; fea tree ladder, I moan,
not the ground.”
"But how It it pottlblt for us to make an Indian
lad dart Ws hsvs neither ax nor hslohoL"
"0, we’ll burn It dosrn!"
"But wben ones Ml on fire what's to hinder tho
tree from burning up altogether?"
"O, I'll show you? Row, has anybody art a
pitcbr
I "No,"acknowledges clcb ona In turn,wife a long
See aa pock at after pookit Is examined.
“Well, now that to about feo worst of all,” ax-
claims Tony, disconsolately aa ha drop* lo lilt seat
upon tho reck once more, apparently altogether
Tho. next moment a sudden light shoots to his
eyes, rad once more hit at evens hands dsn down
ward towards his pockets.
'Tho old Hint rock by til that's lucky,” ht 'ex
claims as a flat whllo stone in sbapa like tbs head
of in Indian straw, Is brought to view. Then as
be fumbles once more In hit pockets and with
draws hta left hand discloses a small much-lead
boro handle kn'fe, bo continues;
"Now, Pierce, you follows run and get all the old
dead leaves and sticks you can find. Mind now tu
get’em dry. Then pile ’em op on tbo ridge Wham
there ptwa ore. I’m going to hunt seme punk."
Tht mound of soaaonad twigs and roots Is barely
finished are Tony appears with tbs precious bU or
powdery wood In bis hand, feat looksXs Hit would
crumble lo dust at uy momenta Kneeling down
ke placet the punk right In feo heart of fee pile.
Then leaning over, till tho flint qulte'toacbes It,
bo rtrlkre the tatter sharply wife feo Mado of bis
knife.
Tho Aral effort to nasnccreifol, as It to also the
second. Bnt si feo third fee precious spark struck
off from feo flint by tbo steel blade of tho knlflt
■repo to the punk and instantly ignites It.
It spreads slowly, bnt sorely! Boon fee loaves
rairb, then feu dry twigs, rad It a little while the
whole top of tha moand k hissing.
"Now, bays,” rays Tony rising, "wa will go sad
select oar tree.”
Approaching iho thicket their choice falls at
otm npoa a sprnco pine feat towering as straight
•saihlpmsutotbabelghtof hilly twenty fort is
contplcfous among Its follows. It la slander an-l
apparently light, too, wife limbs art closely lo
st! her.
“And now, Ban, yaw rad Arch nm and got your
hats mn et the slay yoo taw In fet forge dost to
fee little nsendt, rad yoo, Pierce and Reuben
bnogyoere’ fhllof water.”
Each to Sited wife wonder at these commands,
bnt feey recognise that time Is for too precious to
stop to si k questions.
When fety return Tony has* small lavel place
cleaned open fee gmnmd. Prating feeder In this
ho pours the water over It A tew momenta of
vigorous atirriat. end then a (no mortar rewards
his efforts.
"Now, boys," he says again as ho gets upend
starts toward fee thicket, “we will go rad mark
around oar tree Just where wa went It to barn.”
A foot from fea ground they begin and, with
feelr pocket knives chip rad shave around tho
frank for fea space of another foot upward, leaving
the shavings, fens mado, pendant.
The mortar la then brought and (lastly packed
Tbo checre are given nnUI a vim ond energy that
;speak their sincerity, while ouch boy in turn
heartily grasps his newly-installed captains hand.'
"And lo think I wished him In Aatlfax,” Is Arcls
Guinn's only comment.
It is cnougs, hlslhcosay, all feo rest."
Correspondence,
Florrie I-1 ce,NcUwood,ao l amthlrtosn yrarfl
old.. Mama has Just got back from a vfot to
Florida: tha left me homo with papa In keep housa
rad I tell you It mafia mt fool mighty big. I wax
glad to see her coma back.
Mattie A. Duty, McDonough.—I am a stranger to
yon but trust for a wtloomc. Tho answer to Fred
die's riddle to “a man ploughing,” toQra'a"oblrd.' , 1
I toys to read fee children’s column. I have threo
sisters end one brother. 1 would like lo correspond
wife some of fee courtna "tvhat kind of n treq
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M. a Llnch, Senola, Gap-1 am ten years old Z
have never bren to school. I havo two brother*
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old brother on his head and colled him over In tha
dirt, and lam afraid to go to school. Ourfisli pond
froze over test week and I wonder whnt tho n-di
thought, fanta titans brought me a pair of canaries
radl named them Hnlco and H. E. Lee. Wuhavex
Rule kid that sacks tho oow, boeauso It was takcig
Rule kid that tucks
from its mama.
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teen years old and writo lo toil you how much Z
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K?;d b sld 4 ss»' n tSM.,ter- Two or
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alro help mama a great deal In housekeeping, i
send you a riddle. “What Is it that caU have that;
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U.
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What more than death or mortal strife,
That which contented men -lealre,
The poor have, the rich rvoulre,
Iho mi»* r spends the »pendihrlft saves
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