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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY JUNE 29 1886.
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WOMAN’S KINGDOM
[TW* lithe ladlea corner. They ere invited to
•spraBthelx opinion* herein—to dm it u thelx
•wn. The edl tare will answer quectlona or aooept
KHItatlon* with pleuore.1
Jait at thli time when there is eo much en-
thuilasm among the women (as well as men),
all over Georg la for the gallant Gordon, who
is to be the next governor, it may not be
amiss to grant the request of an Atlanta lady
that we publish the beautiful poem below.
Beats there a heart in all this southern land
who does not dwell with pride upon Gordon’s
gallant deeds, and with loving devotion to
every man “who wore the gray:”
THE MEN WHO WORE THE GRAY.
A HEW POEM BY FATHER RYAN.
[The following exquisite poem was prepared
to be read at the meeting in behalf of the
Southern historical 'society, in New Orleans,
April 26th. From some cause it failed to Teach
the committee in time, and was not read.]
Tell It as you may,
It never can be told;
Bing it as you will,
It never can be sung:—
The story of the glory
Of the men who wore the gray
In their graves, so still;
The story of the living,
Un forgiven yet forgiving,—
The victims still of hate.
Who are patient and who wait,
True and faithful to the last—
For the Easter morning sky.
When Wrong's rock shall roll away
From the sepulchre of Right,
And the Right shall rise again
In the brightness of a lignt,
That shall never fkde away,
Triumphantly and glorious
To teach once more to men,
The conquered are victorious.
The conquered in the strife.
Tho* their children yet shall reign
By their patience and their peace:
They shallAll the people's life.
From Right's evervirgin vein,
With the purest bloods that flows,
Made the purer by our woes,
Without stain and without cease.
Till the children of our foes,
Shall he proud and glad to claim
And to write upon one scroll
Every dear and deathless name
On our southern muster-roll.
Ah t we rebels met defeat
On the glory battle-field,
And we Hung our muskets down.
When our l>onnlo flag was furled ;
But our right did but retreat
With pure honor for her shield.
Ana with Justice for her crown,
From the forces of the world;
(For against us thourntuls came,
Money brought from every clime,
But wo stood against them all,
For the honor or our name.
Till the fated day of time
Where Right finds a holy rest
And in Him wo place our t:
Is It treason thus to slog?
Our heart’s Idolatry
And the fealty or song 7
No.no—the past up ‘
The battle's play Is o'er,
We staked our all and lost—
The red wild waves that tossed
The Southland's sacred bark
Are sleeping on the shore.
8he went down In tho dark,
Is it wrong for us to listen
To the waves that still will glisten
Where the wreck we loved went down?
Is It wrong to watch the willows
That are drooping o’er the grave?
Is It wrong to love our b(jure ?
Are cur memories a treason
To tho powers we must obey ?
Can the victors givo a reason
Why the men who wore the gray
From our hearts should march away,
Ah ! onr hearts cry: Never! never!
For each soldier heart that diet
Inour memories still is beating;
Tho’ the )ears are fast retreating,
We remember to the last.
Nay; tell it a* lou may
Nay; tell it as lou may
It never can be told.
And sing it as you will,
It never can bo sung—
The story of the glory of our Bonnie, Bonnlo Flag,
When Its battle wings were waving in tho valley-
on the crag—
On the billows or tho ocean—by tho river’s wind*
ing shore.
The years have passed away,
But, ah l 'Us Hinging still
Around our hearts today
The self same spell It flung
O'er our soldiers In their gray.
Back of lines that never quailed—
Far from battle-banner • flash—
There were Ups that moaned and walled,
And how many eyes that wept;
Tho’ they heard no cannon crash
Nor the terror storms of lead.
And they sighed the whilo they slept
When they dreamed their own were dead.
Mothers, wives and children fair.
Back of all the ranks thst fought,
Knelt tdown In holy prayer,
And in heaven only sought,
In their infinite despair.
in wieir luiiuuu ucnjmw,
Gleams of hope to light the night
Darkly gathering o'er the Right.
Can a sinter gather up,
In the chalices of song,
Half the tears that Ailed tl
’'SifTw/ThoT^S'rE'hid bi*).
Where. our soldier*' home, among,
Wept eyea walling for toe dew.
And one—uatnesqne and «UH—
11. he in the hall tonlibt
Who ret inner* for the Right?)
Faithful chieftain of our cane—
Like an ocean reek hia will
Let the wild warea rite and (all,
What cam it, and what care, he ?
Tho'mil banned by freedom', lawa I
In hi. home bealde tho sea
Li ret ha freeat of the free.
Ah I they chained bis feebted frame,
Bui they could not chain his tbousht,
Nor the Right for which b. fought.
And they could not chain his fame,
But they rlTeted hi. name
Toths hearts of you and me;
Aged chieftain I aouihetn tram I
In you keeps immortal youth I
You. oor truest and our beat,
tVbatcareyou for any ban?
Are yon not tho noble.! guest
In the hearts of each and all f
For a. all you wore wrong'* chain,
And each heart la now lbs hall
W here you have the right to reign.
Leadcrofthe men In gray I
Chieftain—traeit of the true—
Write onr story as yon may,
And you did; but eren you.
With your pen, could never writ.
Halrthe story of our land.
Yoorii the heart and yonr's the hand—
Bentinels of wmi hern right;,
Your*, the brave strong eloquence—
Of onr cause ami of our land.
In rag*rd to woman's work w« to often hoar
It said, "a woman s work it never done,” and
they are sympathised with for having go many
steps to take, and so many little troubles and
auryantes, and Indeed all their many carea
an thought over, and talked of until tho lood
get heavier and heavier, and maay woman
get into tho habit of thinking that the Ilia ol
life fall with greater weight apon their aex
than tho male. But if they atop and weigh
the matter they will dad it weald not be well
to make an exchange. I don’t propose to dia
cute separately, man or woman’s work, bat
whether our work—either men'e or woman's—
la ever done In thie world. Tho mere work in
onr own home, end homeholda It e email met*
ter compared with the work we do for the
Muter in onr jonrney through tho world. I
heard a lady ray tho other day, who had boon
left the care of several grandchildren, that
they were all she had to live for; if their father
married, she waa ready to die, her “work wu
dono.” I looked at her In amazement, and
ashed the question: ‘‘Do yon suppose God pat
sny one of his creatures here to work only In
one little family circle?”
I feel sorry for any sonl so narrow and con'
tncted that can quietly sit down and becomo
to selfishly absorbed In their own, u to bollore
there is nothing else to do, and yet how many
dolt?—exente themselves on tho plea that
they have not time, with a houso full nf chil
dren and all their own work to do, It la impoa-
tible to do anything to benefit a fellow crea
ture. But my slaters, there never was a time
when, if we really tried, we conld not find the
opportunity of lightening aome one'a harden
that wu heavier than onr own. Yonr work
may not mean physical help. Yon may not be
expected to go to a neighbor after your own
hard day’a work and help her with her'a, bat
bow yon might, with a cheerful word, or a
look of sympathy, cheer np aome nearly worn
out woman that hu been overburdened all day
long. I grant It la hard, for there are times
when we scarcely know how to say a word of
comfort. Such a cue came to me today, and oh!
bow many there are In a crowded city, poor,
forsaken and withont hope. A poor woman
whom I know very wall, came to see if I conld
help her. She Isa widow,in bad health,with only
one daughter, who supports them both whon
she can get work, and both hard-working
women. I made her come In and ait down,
for she bad walked a long way, and wu just
as feeble u she conld be. She came to tell me
her daughter was down sick, and she ires ont
of work. After giving her an order for pro
visions I asked about the daughter. She
says: “Annie is u low spirited; she cried this
morning, and said she did not see what would
becomo of us; now that the conld got work,
she was down tick, and toon work would be
so scarce it would bo tmpoulble to get it. She
asksd God what had the doae that the must
suffer to much. She tried to live right; ehe never
never filled to work end yet life seemed so
herd, why did he pnnlth her to?” It wu a
bud case, very hard. In my haart I knew
there wee little comfort I conld give, bat I
sent an encouraging word. I conld only tell
her to Inut. She conld not know the why
or wherefore, hot with Job the must try and
feel, “though He elay me, yet will I trust
Him;’’ there would be friends raised np to her
and ehe must let the future be whkt God In.
tended it. Now. when thia poor women
came I wee just is full of work u I conld be,
did not think I bad time to etop a moment,
betide being nearly sick enough to be in bod,
I thought at -first I conld not see her, but I
knew I ought and I did' Iunt her away a
brighter end more hoptfbl, end somehow my
own work became cuter, I accomplished ell
I bed expected for the day, and felt greatly
benefitted. And to wo will always find tho
more wo do, the easier It will be to accom
plish our work. I have only told yon this
little incident In my every day life that yon
may tee In how many different waya our
wotk comes np—mine may be one way, yonre
may he another, but we all have a work out-
•idoofourown immediate household. Hus
band and chlldren.como first and should not
bo neglected, bat let ue be careful that wo do
not become so selfish that wo allow our lives
to becomo entirely absorbed In our own. Our
work Is never done. I have teen a good man
silently do his work (when too old for active
work; by the very way he walked the struts.
A quiet smile, a gentle pressure of tho hand,
and all who knew him said, “Thus goes a
good man;” his work wu still going on. I
have teen a precious mother who sat patiently
waiting for the summons, “Como np hlghtr,”
perfecting her work by suffering, and show'
ing to thou around that work for tho Hatter
conld be only patient waiting. And to wo
all bave a work that is only finished when
life ends, and may it then bo said of eeeh and
every one of us:
"Or perfect service rendered, duty done
In charity, soil speech and stainless days;
These riches shall not fade away In life,
Bor any death dispraise."
I hope the ladles will excuse my again re
iterating tho request that they glye their
names in full to the editor, marked private
when they do not with them to appear. If
they could realize for a moment the amount of
trouble It would save I am very sure they
would not again neglect it. last week I rent
a letter that bed been watting just one month
for the ledy'e nemo. This week there la ona
for “Country Louie,” u I have no other ad-
drese It mutt be held until the la hurd from;
often the letters get lost end It Is troublesome
to keep them. Two months tgo I had a latter
from a gentleman from Bldgaway, N, 0., tend
ing stamped envelope and uklng for tho ad-
dress of “Miss H. 8. W„ Social Circle,’’I
mentioned It in my next weak’s paper, hot
have heard nothing yet u to the address.
Often wo get the blame for nogleet whon it la
u yon see inavoidable. Borne of onr corre
spondent! are also carelees about Ineloelug
letters to bo forwarded and no poatage; they
will readily percleve thla It very necessary;
ware It only one or two letters a week wo
would accomodate them but often it la fifty
and a hundred. Two received thla weak for
‘marleo” bat will not bo forwarded, u then Is
no stamps Inclosed. 8overal letters omitted
this week written on both lideo of the paper,
Fleate read and remember.
I have a great sympathy for printers, for I
know their trials, to I do not often complain,
although they often make me spell a word
wrong, I overlook that; hot when they make
me advise my readers to retd tho "Tanery
tents” when I say “Pansy aeries,” and when
I tell them I give them “below an Interesting
piece concerning tho last days of Mrs. Brown
ing,” and they And just below an article on
plants and flowers, I am compelled to cut the
blame of each mistakes on that long suffering
elm, the printer, and hope my read an will
pardon the mistakes in tha last Issue'of tho
paper, for if we “put ourselves In their place,”
we weald certainly do no better, and probably
much worse.
Amltty, Lamar, Gs.—I hays often wanted to
write somhtblng for the Kingdom, and u often
felt my lscompetency, until at last I hart con
cluded, u Dr. Talmase said on tho subject ol ting
ing. If sll were to decide that we could do nothing
and wail for some one else to write, then there
would bo no mush loved Klnsdom. go leu all
add something and do onr but, I for that Is onr
. — r receipt for mak-
add something ana ao onr neei
duty In every inhere. I send easy
ing peart which requires no reedy
the lady or Laftnette. For a me
u, it, addabalfteaapooarnltaeh or soda aad eel',
then stir In floor enough to make a stiff hatter, set
In a warm place aad try to kaep It all the asms
temperature. Sttroccasionally. I send a place of
Poe try for the Kingdom, if yon think It worthy.
But wishes for the Kingdom and especially Ita el
ytra C. Trlckett, Okolona, Clark county. Ark —
As wo have been taking yonr most valuable pa.
pa tat seme months, 1 will write to uk penalsriua
to Join Woman's Kingdom. I like tho Kingdom
In your paper heller than anything of the kind I
have ever seen In sny neper, and we lake several
papers with Hone Circlet In them and “circles’'
ol different lilies. My return for asking yonr per
mission lo Join tbs corner was to give my recipe
for canning corn, is it keepe well put up in this
way: Gather the corn when It is tender but well
lined ont,cut off as if to cook, toe very seven quarts
of corn one ounce of tartaric add, me only glue
cans, as the add will not do well In tin cans. Put
np boiling hot as you would any kind of fruit. In
preparing it for the table, after It has come to a
nolf. use one smtll tetipoonftil of soda to destroy
— —.... ‘*—•— ’bare
wishes of success to Woman’s Kingdom.
lira If. Morrison, (McDonald, Ga.—The Woman'
Kingdom Is always filled with so many good things
and so much useful information that I feel a del
icacy In writing unless I could contributffmy mite,
but I must tell you that I enjoy your letter* very
much and am very great!til lo onr kind editress for
the space allowed us. I would bo Tory union
obliged If Mis. T. B. McCauley would giro her
■ecelptfor a wash for the hair. Howl miss BUI
Are this week. 1 fear be hu gone hunt
the boys again and has fallen over a log.
used lo being treated this way by Betsy Hamilton
anO Undo litmus,but ho geneiafly treats ue better.
1 enjoyed “A Tribute of Lore” to Mia. B. B. Crew
and what a noblt thing it would he forcacnofu-
lo strive to Imitate her In leading a life eo bsautl-
thls fall? Have lemon seed, and saw teeth laoe
Ibat 1 will send her if she wishes. If those who
knit lace will try hat pine for needles, I think
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MTS If ,
of ftezh beef where tho ante use, they will collect
on it, and can he destroyed.
Dora Bam bo, MeUyille, Ga—I And so many val
uable things In Woman's Kingdom, that 1 am
glad lo lator any orthsststem whan 1 can do so.
Mrs. Johnson, of WaUyllle, Walker county, hu
a number of peafowls, think the can get eggs
there. Cannot give price Will someone tell me
whether or not oio can learn lo mako real lace
Item written Intliuetlosa If so, where can Into
cure them. I am making a scrap book Horn tho
treasure, gathered from onr Kingdom and ttorlig-
awty thingsth«t>lll be nseftil In thoeweet bye and
bye,when 1, perbape, will reign queen over a king
dom all my own. 1 find It a good Idea to learn
•omethlnrievery day, to that In whatever sphere of
life my loTis cut I may not be an Ignoramus. A.
I write, a gentle breeze Is wafted In my open win
dow rendolcnt with th# odor, of tho flowers that
bloom profliiely around my country home, which
la never to lovely u when adorned with the beau
tics of nainre—silent monitors of a hud Dirlno.
"ing may the Woman's—*— -
ml light over our homes.
Note—Wa send addresses only when tump Is en
closed for return postage.
Mrs. Young, Sprlngtown, Texu.-lt Is useless for
me lossy how much I prize yonr paper and Wo
man’s Kingdom. My husband always reads Bill
Aip's latter first, then when 1 chuee to get the
paper 1 tint read the Womu’s Kingdom. I am
llko aome of the little cousins, wish that tho paper
wu not pasted together, so etch of lis could have
a portion of It to read when It cornea I find a great
many utseftil things that are well worth knowing
and receipts thst 1 have clipped ont ol tho paper
for my scrip hook. Georgia It my natlro homo,
though 1 have been In Texas half of my lira
moll county, seven miles southeast
I. was a.child when I left
or that old sure thst will
hstw *--*-■ v™ wuu^y here Is a much better
conntry for farming thu that back there, thonsh
I on have comfoits there that we do not hare here.
IraT. V. McCauley please scud your receipt for
treatment of th* hair. Will some lady-
^Subscriber.—Recipe for using hop* In bread
Take equal qnantltlca of bulk of Irish potatoes
(dry) and hops. Wash the potatoes nicely, boll
In water sufficient to coyer well until soft, take
them out, put the hope In the tame boiling water,
while they boll slip tho peel from the potatoes,
snub them up while hot, add a handftil or sifted
flour so as to mako a kind of dough, as soon as
smooth strain the water a Little at a time from tho
hepa over this dough, mixing orenly. rut the
matt In a venal, giving room to rise; cover; after
It ilrci and falls It will take a day or two, add com
meal to make It the consistency of corn meal
dough place In a vessel to rizc, after rising work In
flour to make It stick together, make out In llltla
takes atxint the size of crackers, place them on a
clean cloth on a plank or table, dry In tho shade,
mine diy In Ihrea days, butftfthey seem Inclined
lo mould mumble them up to dry out faster: when
dry keep them from the air. Now for tho broad:
Foi five pounds of flour, take half a cake of the
jrastpuiltlncupwliha llttlowann water, then
add the contents ol the rap: make it Utile thinner
than pound cake, cover, keep In an even lempcra-
tuie until It loams or blubbers, add warm water
iLetd stain... uses. v( jum ii» m nine, piut'C 1U
greased pans, let It stand an hour, then bake, but
not loo teat,»the loaves are Ihick. Be sure lo
salt the dough. Tha heamilul loaves will repay
lor all trouble. With many good wlshee lor the
Klndom.
Sallle Woodard, Cedar Groyo, Tenn.-1 have
long thought that I would write to your eioellonl
paper. 1 always turn to Woman's Kingdom the
lint thing when tho papa cornea. I like to read
BUI Arp's tetters, for I know be la a good man from
the way he willcs. Long may he live to bltai us
I hare gained some aery
from Woman’s Kingdom,
and think Aunt Buss!* mult he a good woman,
for 1 know It ta very woariaom to correct letters
and get them ready.tor th* peso, It requires some
one who la good and patient. 1 hope she may live
a long and happy life, and when ah* ladonewlih
this old world of trouble, 1 hope she may land
solely on tho golden shore, where there la nothing
to make ns sao and lonely. Mrs. F, D. Oliver, my
way ol making sweet pickles Is lo scald In good
strong vinegar and sweeten wlu sugar us cult the
taste, reaches peeled and scalded In rlnegar, aud
sweetened with sugar make splendid pickles and
can be kept in fruit cans wall sealed. 1 sympa
thize very much with that dear Bluer that has
lost her darling baby. May God comfort her and
make her ever ready lo meet her darling that It
walling at the beautiful gate for her, 1 would llko
ir some ol the good listen to write to mo. May
cd bless you all.
Alatama, B. W.-llavIng been a reader of your
paper for sometime, I, for Ihoflnt time, ask ad-
znltisnco to the Woman’s Kingdom. To make
anything Interesting, some subjects must he se
lected upon which to treat And consequenUy 1
will taka tko Bad Effect of Faahlon. In attacking
this I am wall apprised of the greatness of the
undertaking. I know that 1 must combat the
; powerful influenoe in the conntry. I know
that th* fluhlonablo world, with all Its pride sod
all ita mosey, le against me. But It Is not my in
tention to enter Into a debate with anyone, but
wish to gin my opinions. Now, I do not know
3>y thing about fuhlon In a city, as loom Used
In one, but 1 know that It Is ruinous to Iho coin-
try people. Wo hear a great deal said about pro
hibition. Wo hear many sermons and lecture*
from th* ablest speakers on tkls subject. We also
of onr ablest writer, attacking thade
ohol. But no one dares to rain a hand
against tha foolish Idea of fashion. Now. I am a
prohibitionist In .very sense of th* word. But 1
claim thM th* foolish habit of trying to keep up
wiih th* fashion la doing the country people about
n much barm as anything wa bar* to contend
with. Onr people are stinting their pralrlaa lo
wear fashionable clothes. And not only doing
that, but they are Itortgaging their properly Jntt
to get fluhlooabte clothes. Th* people of this
portion of tha country ought lobe, and could be
adeem dent, If It waa not for this foolish Idea of
The fashion keeps many poor women and sweat
Util* children from church and th* Bandsy-
ichool. Whan the countryjmople had no fashion,
rad 2nX*S!bte?T?uihVi*SS?uhitJ, n Hacba
Is broke, or ho will never get out of debt,
rack like cz presalons. Then they discus, the
but never the trae on*, fashion. Whon I
see a boy or girl with fifty dollar.’ worth or dry
good. on. whew ftlhor Is not worth An bandied
dollars, this shows what makes hard times. One-
tenth of all tha father peaslists on thorn at a
Mrs. L. L. Jenkins, Chlptey. Ga.-! bay* often
thought that I would writ* to this departateut to
tipnaa my appreciation. I would like to say to
Liz via Del that the touched a tender spot In
many a heart whoa aba spoke of being mother lest.
I lest my pnetous mother two year* ago, and I felt
Ilka Bill Arp expresses himself a» feeling when
he ioet hie father, 1 feel as though my prop had
been knocked from un-ler me. I feet! that I ban
be best friend I have ever had. I read every
In this column, and Ittsaonlcelthlok that
Wills
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And I wish that some one of yon would write on
thia aubject for this corner of the paper. Tell us
bow you make jour societies profitable aad later-
owing.
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Van for th* Children—The Constitution’*
Train Inc School for Bora and Girls.
Two IJttlA Simpleton*. ’
Two little titters were Be*sIo and Mar,
The sweetest of sweet little cfrl«:
Their faces perhaps no great beauty could boast.
But both bad the loveliest curls.
An intimate friend, who had brought
For bis two little pets two beautiflil dolls.
Which he In the city bad bought.
"O! O!” exclaimed Bewic, "bow lovely they are!
. O dear Mr. Spring, you're so good I
I wish that we two could give something to yon.*’
And said May, "Bow I wish that we could.' 1
And old Mr. Spring, who was fond of a joke.
Said slyly: *Look here, little girls!
Just see my poor head; it’s as bald as yonr hand;
Come, why can't yon give me yonr curler
And after he’d laughed at their look of dismay.
He turned to mamma, and forgot
What he’d said to tha two little darlings In play,
^But the two little darlings did not.
They crept to the nursery—the nurse was away,
But a treat nair of scissors was there:
They climbed on two chairs which they poshed to
And gazed on their beauUftii hair.
Etch child wasah
m
While the floor wu all [ztrevra with tho beautiful
And old Mr. Spring looked aghazl when ho taw
Th e mischief his Joking had done.
—AUC1.P. Oanisn.
Dear Children : I am go prond of my
letter! this week that I am obliged to oompli-
ment yon; they are all so carefully and well
written that yon deservo praise. I would
like to mention (hem all but hare not time, to
will only call your attention to a few. All of
yon read them over and tee If yon cannot 1ml-
tatethem hereafter. There’s Willie Stark, bo
writes how pleased ho is with a gun that he
hu benght with chickens; now that It the way
for a boy to get along and make something. I
wu so pleased with Willie’s drat letter that I
took it and walked a mile to the office to uk
them to buy hia chickens. If it had not boon
for AnntSnsie I am afraid Willie would novor
hay* gotten his gun. Ilove to help anyone
who tries to help themselves. There’s a nice
letter from Annie Gilbert describing nature
and one from Allco Maudo Lunsford, telling
she learned flowers would not grow Intbo
•bade, and tne from Mamie Boll, telling of her
studlu and how aha oan cook, and an Interest
ing one from Willie and Allen Clarke; how I
wlih I conld visit them In their bcantlfnl
home. And the beat letter received thla week la
the one from Belle Shelley; I want you to retd It
carefully; yon will be Interested and profited
by It. I can pay her no higher compllmont
than to say it la u good a letter from a^lrl u
conld bo written, and I too a great many
papera with yonng folks' letters. There la one
other yon mutt read. It Is from a little cripple,
Mattie Wangh. Children, think of being on a
bed for three yeais. Oh! how grateful yon
should bo If God bu given yon health and
strength; yen do not know how this little girl
suffers, and longs to run and play u other
children do. Don’t forget her when yon ask
God to blsu thou yon toy*; pray that if It la
Hte will she may b* mada wall; and yon can
write to her and und her some crochet
samples and toy a few sweet, kind words that
will make snntbln* In bar heart. Yon do no
know how thankltal sufferers are for sympathy
aad to know they are thought of.
"Aunt Susie.”
Correspondence.
Ate a Copeland, Brindldgo, Ala—I am a littlo
boy Jolt len years old. We are ao glad lo road your
good paper and tho little letters. Mothsrwu
raised in Georgia, and she lores Tils OonrtruTioM
an much. I goto school at Clay Hill, and 1
rkmugli with my lemma at night lo read llw
Hurra My papa Isa farmer and tlkos your paper
very much. This la tne first letter I have ever
rlltra.
Abigail Blanton, Newborn, Ga.—I hope you will
let another alrangcr enter yonr happy hand. I am
eleven yean old and am going lo school and hare
fire simile*. I’lctso send me on* of your photo-
grepbi; I wonld prise It highly, I send you a card
■or your scrap hook and soma white vlofeta
Lizzie Morris, lots, Ga-I am a fanner’s
daughter, I hare written to you before but have
not Men my letter In print. I hare boon going to
■chool but hay* vacation now. I can knit, crochet.
ay oldest sitter Is mtrrted.
Robert L. Harper, Tavares, Fla —At I have not
reen a litter Item this part of Florida I thought
that! would tend yon asmall letter. 1 work In a
printing office; I can set type very that for my age.
My home la In Wlloox, my mother and ftuher lire
unto McCracken and Alma Yonng, Peru, N. a—
We are two lltU* Minds, both clcren years old.
Wa enjoy reading Aunt Basis’s tetters tnd the
cousins' letters. Ann! Baste, ws with ws could so*
you. 1 (Alms) hay* named my doll Butte. I (Lillis)
rends you ont of my cards. I (alma) tend* yon
aomoof my hair and soma flowers. Wa hare no
pete but our baby brother and aluer. Wo can
chum, Iren, wash dlabre and sweep the house. We
with to correipond with some of tho ooaiio*.
Willie Stark, Jug Tarera, Os-Dear Mr. Hemp
hill and Tin Consrmmoir, I received my gun last
Wednesday, and you don't know how glad I was,
for itwasa muchflocrgnn than I was looking for,
and I wonld like to know if yon was plcastd with
the chickens, I hare shot th* gnn and papa hare
shot It al>0, and papa It a good shot aad ha aayz
shot. I west
r aiding ms In
mow. i didn’t
Aunt Suite lo receive my thanks for
the track, and also Taa Gowsrmmow.
capect to ice my name lo the paper, bat If any of
the conslnt want to know bow to raise chlekan* I.
will tell them. *
Annie Gilbert, Gltooovilte, A la.-I am Maying at
my grandpa Glbton’a among Ur* hills and moan-
tains, of Clay, around which tall poplar* bend and
Ibe stream ripplca by, making m* think of lister
Minnie's tong (Bummer Tracks) I hare auio*
Ume feasting oo red and yellow Jana apples and
richest of vegetable dinners. Aunt Pink and Hake
lose •trolteacraes toe fields and far away. How
pretty the mountains, woods and Holds of wild
flowers, among which Mr. Bob White whistles a
merry tune to hte lady lore In brown, I spend
ume of my time practicing aad reading. I am now
Iteming Angels Visit.
Alice Monde Lunsford, BtarrsvIU*, Ga-Thiels
my first letter and I will try and do what yon told
the little coutlna to do. 1 am ten years old and
can help slater a great d**L My mama la dead. I
have been trying to team aoaathlng shoot th*
cultivation of Bowen lo write lo Aunt Baal*, hot It
atom* that leant I Harnod .good white ago that
Cewem will not grow la tha shad
final* I base two pota. a sweat Hi
dolL I will lend A riddle for Aunt
tte cousins to gores What to It that la higher
id handsomer with th* bred off? At~* “—-
rerearad mey-
correspond with A me Dana, Fair View, Dallas
county. Ark.
Annie BeUc-I am eight years old; lore th*
children rad Aunt Brete'c letter*. Bend Aunt Brel*
a card. Am learning to saw and knit, study my
lessons at homo. Hare a pet cat that k real mean
can draw picture* of my cat.
Beret* Duncan, Dixon, Oa--I am a girt alerts
years old Ibavenln* grandmother*, all buried
In one church yard, bay* two grand Beth
KddkL-Etrereu, Boon, Texas—My brother
tpkeiTHS Constitution, I llko it very much. I am
twi lve jetra old and weigh <5 pounds. I will close
with a riddle, “What la it that has no feet F’
Xmma Barber, Mablcton, Ga—Dear Aunt Suite, I
tm a little girl twelve years old, and am going lo
ichool to Mr. James Glore and loarniug fast. My
father Is a merchant. I have one alitor aud four
brother*, and 1 wish iomc or tho cousins would
write to mo,
Mamie B. Bell, Yarrellon, Texas.—I will trynflslu
to ice If you will notice a little Texu girl. I am
Itrehc years old. Mama ii leaching at this place,
and I ride with hereeery day: am studying gram
mar, third geography, third arithmetic, history.
dictionary and writing; am learning very well, but
cm liking tenons In housekeeping too, as I do
most of tho cooking, while mama milks, can mako
nlca custard, plea and biscuit. I-hare only one
liltlabrathrr, Arthur, he and I ride the hones to
wateroftenhalfmile, which aulla ua I have two
aunties and many cooalna In Stewart county, Ga.
tYe all loee Tux Constitution. Your advice la al
ways to good.
^Vlllte and f Allen Clark,!BmtoersvIMe, Ga—Wa
are two littlo brothers elghOand eleven yearn of
age. Onr papa wu a soldier and lost his leg in the
war, but gels about belter with one than aomo
others with two legs. Wo lire on a nice large farm
fourteen miles from Augusta aud two from the
narrow gnage road. We help plant corn, peas and
hot In Iho garden, drive up the cows and mako
onnelvta utefol in other waya Papa lakes Tna
rnKtmiTloN and we all like? Bill Arp and Betsy
Hamilton to much.: Grandma la going to fix us a
scrap hook to pane their letters In and other good
pieces wa find In the paper*. We are sorry Undo
lUrnuz has quit writing for yonrnaper. as wc arere
very much pleated wltn hte stories. But wo will
has* to stop u we know yon don't llko long letters
end at Ihta It onr lint one wo would feel badly to
have It thrown In Iho waste basket. Wish yon
could skit ua; we lire on a beautiful and hcallhftil
place.
Mattie B, Waugh, Pena, Duval county, Texas.—I
have been wanting to write to you for a long time.
I love to road your letter! so much and wtah you
wonld write every week. Dr. Karnetl, of yourcliy,
come to Texas to zee me onoe, for I am a little
cripple girl with hip disease and had been on the
bed for three (years. (Row would aome of your
little niece* like that “ '
there tore* him and
did mo ao much good.
all the time. I would he so glad If aomo of tbo
comma would zend me Mme crochot samples. '
hare got two while rabbits; 1 wish you could ■
them, they are to pretty. I would be soiled If
yon would get up n paper for tho children. Lore
for Aunt Shale.
Rente Cost-y, Buck Horn, Ala—I am a littlo girl
eight years old. I hare two cals ud two dolls. 1
have been going lo school, but have vacation now.
We bad an examination and exhibition at tho
close of Iho reboot. I had a speech and adlalogue.
I can crochet. 1 wish some of the littlo girls would
change crochet patterns with me. I can play on
tha organ.
Willie Taller, Centre, Ala-I am a girl twetre
yean old. I thought I would write to you as I
don't tee any letters ftren Centre, I want to Join
in with tha cotulua so I could eall you Aunt Suds,
rape takesTns Constitution, and I llko lo read th*
glrb and boys’ column. As thla Is my Drat tetters 1
will not make II too long. Much lore to yon and
the cousins.
Mamie E. Chtzlaln, Morgantou, Gs—I am a littlo
tlrl clercn yean old. 1 go to school every day.
My miniate a school teacher and papa Is a mer
chant and has the poslofllos here. Our school will
be ont In a week. We lake Tux Constitution and
Ilka It very moeb, especially tha ohlldrona'oolnmn.
I hare two little •lucre younger than myself,Bessie
rad Nettie. 1 lend yon a card to go lo your scrap
Maud J. Rumph, Camden, Ark.—As I hare an
opportunity 1 bcltevo I will write to you. I hare
three alstert and two brolhire; hare no pels except
three little kltlenl. 1 named mine Butte after you.
Ara C. Cain, Berkshire, Ga—I am a little girl
alerenyeaitoldandllveonafarm. 1 have four
brothers and threo aklerx I have pieced three
quilts and have Just finished one of thorn; it hu
■even thousand two hundred and flfty.flro pieces
In U. 1 would Uko lo correipond with aomo of the
coutlna. 1 Uko to read the letters very much.
1'ap* lakes Tit* Constitution and wo alfloso lo
read Ik Ftps thinks Jeff Darla's trip lo Atlanta
wu a great success.
Mlnny Adams, Holly fiprlngs, Texas—As I am
llllle girl and papa reads your paper 1 thought
wonld write yon a few lines for the little folks
lore to bear papa read Bill Arp and Belay Hamil
ton’s tellers I hare got a uni* brother and he hu
got a llltla calf; be named him Bill Arp, and 1 hare
got one loo ud 1 call II Belay Hamilton. M<
la a farmer; he keeps the pnatomco at Holly 8
and you ought to see us look for Bill Ar|
font my gc
keep him c
Texlecubon and Zola Kerr, Folk Co., Gs—Wo
are friends thirteen and twelre years old. Wo
hare read through Iho Now Testament since last
November. We are going to school rad hare a
good teacher and twenty scholars Wo would llko
to correspond with some of tho cousins and would
Hie to exchange flower seed with aomo or them.
We like to read the childrens' oolnmn and Brtsy
Hamilton better than any of the paper. Our papas
are farmers Aunt finale, w* wish yon would come
lo tec us this summer. Aunt 8unc wo know wa
could not help from toying you, for we know you
are ao good and kind tu everybody. Many good
wishes for Aunt fiuale, and may yonr III* belong
and happy, ud luceres to yonr paper,
Blanche E. Broun*, Anderson, B. 0—1 am a
conntry girl but am Maying In Ibe city of Anderson
for the present, going 1* school lo the Anderson
Female seminary. I do not llko to stay In town aa
wellaaln the country. I hare nonets exceot a
■west little cousin, whose mother la dead and we
are raising her; wo think she la almoet an angeL I
have no tutert hut hare a “big bud.”
Virginia Fuller, Bwlft, Texas—Will yon admit
another stranger Into yonr circle? 1 am not golnc
to school now, our ichool b out I see one of tha
cousins uys rho hu boon through tha DarloYf
arithmetic and k tho same ago that I am. 1 wish
her sneceu In all her studies I hare only bowl to
ratio ind proporiloo. My brother takes tlx papers
and I Imnk Tna Conannrriow and thefiuony
Booth la the boat al all. 1 hare fifteen kinds at
flowers; I wish 1 conld exchange aomo with tha
» nu . u ‘ Tenon in mu
fl\tf ; h^ k ,rh7l^ , n‘of«? > ^ U “« WdU
Balllo W. Weems, Union fiprlngs Als-I mol* to
you several weeks ago, hut guess tho mice htro
been troubling your buket again. Borers! of my
t°.markets I fmveono
were* good many
SMB®-
X am twelve wan old and bavo
pony and laddie and he oan (allop
* *.?.*■** ,,ww Our dear old president (Jeff Darla)
Wa&WT I send you oao
Halite, Ernie and Stella Harris Oraonyille, s.
We are the youngest of eight children, alxglrls and
twoboya Onr eldest bmlher Is a merchant. Ont
other brother la traveling thla year. Our erst ara
18,11, and 0 Our papa hu been dead noarly nine
Tears We lived in the clly then bat moved toour
oountry home two years alter. We have a pleural
home, good sohoola and churches Wo go to Bun-
day school every Sunday. We hare recatlon now
K..SSYWSftoollnptTSoUcanre for an oxhlultlon;It
ASffi*' our examination will also ho
in Angurt. Wacan all crochet. Wo have sevaral
r ota, have aomo white rate that eame from Atlanta.
I want to exchange for white leghorn ohlokens oe
or?r;hite2iS!S" *^ p * o, *‘ lk ** Cr “ r
Bello Shelter, McDonald, aa-t do enjoy dear
aunt Bualo’a Initfucllva lettzn ao mnoh I moat
wrlto and tend hu a small picture for her scrap
book. 1 hay* a good many boa flower* and they
^^.;i3 r »h , . hC kU r0 daX n V. h, wM
R7»?WaSJ&7r£ , n , te a a,WSf£ # ?,i , 8S:
Have had mi panatee that were perfoetly lovely,
with I could bare rent aunt Busts aomo of iham.
Had Ibem In very nice soil and watered them
freely. Keep the bodt nicked off daring .print!
and lummorud yon will hare them ready for
snt
recti qnifbr knitted anrUilnfJii
and you ought to ace ns
Betsy Hamilton’s letlere.
Joannac Bradler, Capllla, Ga—I turn often
thought of writing to you, but thla Is my first teller.
Will tome of lb* coualna lo.l mo what lo name my
BUI* new tiller; we can not relict a name pretty
enough for her. I am the oldest of tlx children,
Carrie C, Loftln, Magnolia arovo, N. C.—I am a
littlo girl ten years old. My papa takas your paper
and likes It aery much. I hare been reading tho
conilni’tiUor'and Ilk* them ao much. I want to
become your ntece too. My papa ta a farmer; wo
hay* a pretty residence and a beautiful do
S ard, In which there la aeveral magnolia ti
enc* th* name Magnolia Grove for our horns
kind of domesllo work, our papa k a farmer and
also a blacksmith. Wo go to Babbs th school every
Sunday afternoon; w* enjoy It very much. I would
like very much to correapoud
coutlna
Anna ('banco, Guflold, Gs—Hoeing ao many
loiters from Iho cousins, 1 wish vory much lo bo a
membuof your droit. I Ur* among the tall plan
trees ud long wire gnts My peps Is a farmer and
also ate* receiver. I hare two brotbere and on*
slater. I enjoy reading Iho paper and letters an
much. Host Ann! Haste u an unknown frtand
and hop* Iho good ads Ice w# get from her through
tho press may prey* a blessing to all the cousins
Maggie Poller, Wsxhaw, 8, C.—I rami the chil
drens'IcUera every week, and papa always reads
Bill Arp ud Batay Hamilton's letter* aloud to us
at sight. Three of my listers ooo of my brothers
and myrelf go to ichool; my oldest alitor cannot
aa onr mother died * good many years ago and i
kstpa hours for ua. My youogeet slater teres
rear* old; ah* wax nottwu weeks nld when mot]
her at alL
Ionite K Buchanan, Milford, Toxu.-I am a
Util* girl nearly six yean old and weigh newly
Maly pounds I Urs In a delightful prairie oounlry
where 1 era are miles away across the beautiful
prairies of Texas I hare three mile brotheri
which I lore yery much, especially the baby. My
a rasa that I am a smart little girl. I http her
dishes sweep tha floor and chum. Papa
Ukca Tax OoNtmuTlox rad Ukes to read It yery
much, as this la my Ural attempt to write for lb*
boji and girls column I will oleao.
I.udte Williamson. Bolton, Mtes-I hare bon
sranUnt to write lo yon erer rinco papa became a
lubeertber toTnsComTiTUTioK. Will you be kind
ph to publish this aa It la my lint latter fora
paper. I lire with my parent* on a stock (arm near
tollon and can do almost any kind iff work. 1 am
rantogro crochet and wl/l axobango, pattenu
rffte^flt'' it "stitch" aeamod.' wiilaome of too
C„ correspond with mo?
Mary Ella Darby, Coldwiler, Mlss-Mr. Merritt
Is taking poor paper and Is boarding wltn us and U
our school teacher. Ha has Just closed tbo Ikes
I ud Is going to oonuMnc* a two atoulha pay
I th* third of May. Ibareons brother rad
ona lifter; sister Is ibe oldest ud ah* ta In
Memphis Tenn., going to aehool and wUI gradu
ate lit June. lam eleven yean old and am ar
mama’s soon rest child. Uddwstor k a small
of about four or flrehnndrad Inhabitants bat
i a ltrae business. Tho people here shipped
twenty-ire thousand bales of cotton last
year. Tha Brat paper that ires arar published In
Coldwater wu Issued yesterday evening; It was
real good for tbo first on*. Ik ua* ta Ua Gold-
water Herald.
BUlta Tmwick, Abbeville, A is—I am terra yesr*
old and go lo ichool regular and ihlng 1 learn tea.
1 am moat of my Um« at tha bead of my ctaos I
am dhetaedln my right hip and bare hew on my
crutches twtlra mobihs I am a half a mite from
school. I have a nice goat, I drtre him to school
aad back. 1 bate a ate* Bttl* buggy ud harness
others, and' lum afraid I tiav’o them **H U to m ala!r
ye(, fam listening closely to all I hew and Ire
with all my mlghtio learn something UMful each
flay.
Mother’s Cucumber Darrel.
A barrel ofeuonmbere I One often wonder* thst
at the home of the encumbers, nothing la to bd
found of the plokla kind axcopttha lwge, course,
d at Iho right stage.»
, four Inches rad DOtlaas than two aad one
hall in length, and from one-half Inch to threo-
quarters of an Inch In diameter.
."Father hatre 1° tote (be growth ud will not
pick them dally, as they approach the right also.
■ M bo
rlor Judgment! Sol find a
Jusl ‘
Just when I don't .now bow to attend to It-neite
% If tha garden was near lira bouto I could get
ITbut I—- -t- -— — —
And tha time to get wa
hare a enemnbor barrel, or
rnyrelTbut I can't (In
, -JgfcTO
two of thfm, In a.sunny spot at the hook door she
??Mo7air taro,u “ - *‘ ren “ h '
A ctmpte of potato barrels crab# brought front
the cellar In thu spring and totto near toe back
•tci*. (grew atop, down or op, unncoesmrliv
forerd upon tbo noilre home-mother, I* au Incal
culable burden. The man who, through I externa
or niggardliness, arrange* hit bouse ao that tbi
laopo.two, end three steps .dltforenou In thole-
tha top with good and and scatter In twn i
cucumber teeda; whan thoaa have apnmted
grown to lha height of threo Inohot pud up tha
ydrakhigpiran, leaving flv# or Ms of tha
thriftleetonea to grow and yield an nollmlied
quantity of small pickles, which of noun* wa
best. Being at the door they can easily bo kept
watered; U would bo bc-t to water wall tally la
the morning and at samet. Tho mbblsh In too
lower part of too barrel fires good drainage.
When Iho pick lea (7) aru uf tho right afse pick
them off each night and put In an tart ban dim
with small pappflrs, (grown also In a Jw or box la
too back yard,) amid green tomatoes aad Unr
cnlona, nasturtium aewis or ray other auoetuco
liked. lu da ataaon cauliflower, cut up in walnut-
aired plecce to match onions and tomatoo -,| rill ba
found excellent.
Scatter salt over tote plokla outotlal and let It
•land oyer night; drain In a colander In toe morn
ing and put Into pint nr quart Jan with sued
wBotesplcesaa are liked, Dll np wllh strong vine-
gw, put tho top on and aat away for next summer.
Aa iheae vegetables w* In Ibelr prime at the tamo
UMial great rush and taro or threo day* of tiresome
labor -Oor Country Home.
TUTTS 1
PILLS
re. TO*P»D BOWELS, i
DISORDERED LIVER,
- .and MALARIA.
t>Z?%l£2?!S a £ a ? tU *
spirits. A frails., of haTteTaulMM
tsTe n^eq^C" KffSSlP
akin and a vigorous body. TUTT'K rir.ia
" or Interfere
with dally work and are a perfect J
antidote to malaria.1
OflW,MMorT%rS»—«. Jf. T.<
aavi«—alAwkv m* wM frt L>P col ova
BRIDGE’S FOOD/'
i known fc~ iroth*r*e
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