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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA„ TUESDAY JANUARY 11 1887
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Wsman’s Kingdom
jTM.il, the ludlof comer. Thar are Invited
A Mother'. Pruye
A little hastl within my own
I hold,
()li! duling little hand that cllnsv
To mine.
Oh. loving tnwtftil eyes that.
bo illy shine.
Yon look to me for nil Hint love
Can give,
TTtll look to me ao long aa both
Nhalt live.
1 feel my great unfitness for
More patience,.lord, more gentleness
More love, with which to teach Thy
More courage, faith and hope to point
The ros
t narrow]
To God,
—Hattie Tremaine Terry, In Good Housekeeping.
The power of self-control is probably the
moat dciiiabla gift that we can attain., The
lack of it canoes more sorrow and trouble than
any other characteristic which we may possess.
But few naturally possets it. Great watchful
nets and training are necessary to obtain It, but
when once we gain sufficient mastery to con
troll ourselves wo have a strength that equals
the atnvdy oak, around which ail other virtues
may cling with the tenacity of the vines
around the forest tree. When we review the
sorrow daily brought to our notice, of untimely
deaths, of drunkards’ graves; onr prisons filled
with those who are there from tho lack of this
quality, would |it not bo well for mothers to
pause and ask the question, “Ami teaching
my children the necessity of this important
habit, and am I showing them that I practice it
myselff" How often parents give way and
lose nil self-control before their children, and
yet they would punish a child for tho exercise
of tiie same temper they have just exhibited,
Hany mothers neglect to govern their children
when young, or perhaps they get an idea that
the child Is not well and most not be controlled
for fear of its having a bad effect on its haaith.
I have soon a bad child fail on tho floor and
kick and scream to have its own way, and the
mother indulge it on the plea that it is a very
nervous temperament and must not be fretted
or crated in its desires. What a world of
inbery that mother is preparing <9h her child,
never controlled, its temper becomes unbear
able, and as it grows to boyhood the tyrannical
disposition asserts Itself over Its playmates and
companions, and tho last set la probably later
when in an evil hour, in a moment of ntter
recklessness and from a want of control ovor
miserable temper a murder Is committed, and
ala*; regret cornea too late. Somo writer 11 be
lieve it Is a woman) iuaezprasaed her thoughts
beautifully and earnestly on this snbjoct;
would commend her words to every
woman in the land. Sbo says: “Look
at the almost babes-in-arms, one rends of
dally being arraigned before this judge or that
for what? Murder! A fit of anger over soma
trifle and tho boy of eleven whips out a knife
and plunges it into the hrenst of a hoy of nine.
A mother refuses to allow her son to go. some'
where or do something, and he forthwith brains
her.with an axe or q flatiron.. And the verdict
ia Insanity! Inranlty? Not a hit of it. It is
pore wicked want of self-control for which the
murdered parent herself ia mainly responsible.
OI Mothers! Mothers! Little do you think
of tho awful responsibility yon aro taking on
yourself when you permit yonr children to dis
play fits of temper, towards yourself or their
playmatrs, without serious reproof, beeanso in
yonr estimation “they aro so little that they do
sot know it is wrong.”
Take to heart tha fact that such a course of
training ia well calculated to fit them for tho
gallows. The sad story of a poor mother told
not long ago needs po comment. “I had lost
ono child,” she aald, “and I Indulged tho sccopil
ohe. I never attempted 'to control him nor
taught him to oontrul himself.” ”Atlast,”sho
added brokenly, tears ehoking her volcoi “at
last, the law took it out of m] hands; they
kung him.”
O Bothers, If you would have your’sons nod
daughters good citizens, respected and aetf-re-
epecting, If you would Work for their eternal
welfare, teach them self control,
Mrs. O. B. Hancock, Jefferson, (la.—Your
.money order and same received aud. eent to
buxisesf'editor.
Mrs. E. D. Downing, Enecks, Oa.—Your club
of thrto and money received; have sent to tho
editor with request that your plcturo bo sont
Your letter received too late lor Christmas box.
Our ladle* have come forward so nobly in as
sisting in increasing tho subscription list of tho
Weekly, that wo had fondly hoped a woman
world draw the flgat prise, and we must ac
knowledge toe feeling of great disappointment,
bnt they nrnst net be dlsconraged; there is stiU
ap opportunity, and perhaps the New Year's
box may hold their treasures, \V* hope to re
ceive many names and rabneriptiona daring the
present month, and one thing we can oertaiily
promise— if they should again be disappointed
is drawing a prize from the New Year's box,
they shall not be disappointed in this, their
•wn especial page of the great Weekly, for with
the New Year come* the deehre and determina
tion to make every eflbrt to have Woman’s
Kingdom and the Young Folks' department
better thin ever before, and we hope with your
assistance and encourages:cut to send you each
week something antertainlag and instructive.
Wo would like onr department to he mch that
each reader might draw from hence gifts not
perishable, bnt such aa would to heart an!
mind prove blessings through time and eter-
»«J-
lbs. E. D. Downing, Knacks, Screven county,
Cia—I send yon throe dollars with my name aud
two others. Please scad me President Cleveland
and hit wife's pletnrta 1 hope J will he In time
to get my iiani* In the Christmas boos. Onaofthc
atstesa asked fi» a recipe for feather cake. I tend
mine:
One tup of surer, on* hall cup of milk, one and
cnc-balf tups of four, one tables poonful of lamer,
oce half teaspoonfnl of soda, ano tablespoon,'il of
•ream of tartar; fever with lemon.
1 will elate, wishing The CutuviTCTto.v much
yiotfc, Hazlehiint, Mire.—A physician with a
Wife sad cue child wishes to secure the services
of acme oaa with good reputation to do cooking
and bouse work, tnd to be a companion for bis
wtfelubla absence. Bhe will And tbo Uborlhrht.
Will lo furnished a nice room and kiudlr treated,
•long live tbq Woman’s Jsiuzdojt. The physi
cian's address n with the editress.
Lon E. shoftter, Pilot Point Texas.—E-ln ? a
•mutant lust silent admirer of the Woman's Kuru
40m, I wtU make e short call this morning. Ido
enjoy reading the many kind and Initruetigaie’.-
ttrsef the tillers, and the editorials giveasrp-h
attract and enoUing advice In reading this track's
•anlrlMitfmti I was attracted by that of Mrs. 4,
Themes*Ilk, <;a . saying she would mains week-
laces and watchrbaina Cor any sending hernial
kind Ot work. I will be mate than thankful 11.
geu will have this printed at yonr earlleatcoit-
YtnJeace, and send ate her address. I will say to
the stftera if any of you have the word! la tho
tong, the lltat verse of which 1 think is this:
you trill do mo a great favor by sending them.«
me. Also the words of --Mollio Itarliug." Wish
iagaUasertne cheerfulness at Christmas tide, 1
Old you adieu.
The Mistress of the White Bouse,
'"there is nodauier,” said a Washington lady,
who recently called upon Mrs. Cleveland when
she nu receiving informally thoso of bet ac
quaintances who had previously met her inn so
cial way, “of the president's wife ever Injuring his
political prospects by Injudicious remarks, she
seems on the spur of the moment to say Just the
rightilUnglnrcplyto remarks that the could not
rcsribly have anticipated. I begin to ihiuk fro.
the opportunities I have bad of observing tho V
dies lit public poiltlonsdurlug over twenty years'
residence In Washington tliaF, like the poets, the
preaideutP wives are l-oru. not made, and Mrs.
Cleveland.certainly wax endowed by nature with
'/•e qualities of mlud and heart which would bon
tit her for the place she now dlls so gracefully.
When one is with her ouc thluks more of h«
charming, unaffected manners that otwhataho
wtara or whether she is a beautiful woman
not.”
Mrr. Cleveland receives with a frank, unaffected
cordiality that puts visitors at ease at once. She
both talks well and listens well, and manliest* in
terest in all that is said to her, as well as readiness
in beginning of conversation. 8ho seems abso
lutely unconscious oi the fact that she Is “the first
lady of the land” doing the honors of its chief
magistrate. When some one said to her that she
.peed not be afraid of “people whom she would not
care to meet” intruding when she was receiving
InfoTinally In tho evenings, because those who
would lc embarrassed by Kitting down for a tete-a-
tete with the mistress of the white houso would
rather come on some more public occasion, when
jeet to meeting anyone, but only to haring a crowd
come when I am receiving in the evenings, as
might be the case If they thought I was having a
formal evening reception for the public.” A con
gressman said on hearing this: “Mrs. Logan her-
self could not improv e on that speech lor lu ready
Mrs. Cleveland secs her visitors in tho red par
lor. While waiting for her they |are shown through
the blue room, and In a very few minutes she
comes to them, walking with the buoyancy na
tural to her youth, and invites them to go Into the
red room, as that is less a chamber for occasions
of state than the other. When passing through tho
doorway Mrs. Cleveland always steps back for her
visitors to precede her, and when one of them re
cently, a lady much older than herself but unmar
ried, sal«l to her at the door: “Oh, Mrs. Cleve
land, you must go first: tho married ladies always
take precedence of unmarried ones,” she said in a
merry tone. “Is that so? Then wo will go togeth
er,” aud so walked bv the other lady’s aide. A#
soon as she entered tho red parlor she asks her vls-
At me of her really informal receptions, a feu-
days ago, Mrs. Cleveland wore over black silk
black Brussels net, the front breadth of which was
dotted with silver and had small silver pend rut*.
The waist had tho black silk lining cut square to
front, so as to show tho white neck through the
black net. It was fastened at the throat with a
diamond crescent and she woro a bouquet <10 cor
sage of natural roses. She hiul on no gloves and
her bands were bare and arms exposed neatly to
the elbow. Her skin Is fair and her arms { and
bands arc very white, but while round, her arms
give proof by their shape and size of more muscu
lar f trevgth In them than one would expect from
n lady wnnro duties had never required her to uso
them much in a way to develop the muscles. 8ho
teems to avoid wearing ear rings whenever possi
ble, but bad on several hamUomo finger rings on
the occasion noted, one gold hanalo on bet rum
and no other jewelry except the diamond crescent
at her throat. _________
An Example Worth Following.
An old’lady of New ilampthirc who rftfcntly
celebrated her 80th oirthday by giving an elabor
ate supper at which every article, including the
chceto and butter, was made with her own hands,
thus explained the secret of her vigor and health
1 never fret over things 1 cannot help: 1 take a
jap, and sometimes two, every day ofmy life: T
never take my work to bed with me, and 1 oil th
many wheels of a busy lire by an implicit faith
th at f hero Is a brain and a heart to this great uni
verse, and that I can trust them both.”
Fcarlatlna poison can be canriedi hundreds of
miles without tbo personal contact of individuals.
It retains its vitality for months and even years,
but can be destroyed by Intense heat, especially
boiling or steam, plenty of fresh air and'by chlo
rine, sulphurous add. etc. Dogs and horses havo
the disease, and it probably can he communicated
liy them to man. The Individual cither inhales
the poison or swallows It.—Dr. J, M. Keating in
Babyhood.
Of Interest to all women desirous of mental Im
provement is tho plan of the “8oclety ; to Encour
age Studies as Homo,” the headquarters of which
is in Boston.
The thirteenth annual meeting was held June 3.
Tho purpose of the society is to induce ladies to
rbftti the hsUlt of systematic stndyat heme; devot
ing part of each day to it. They have meml^rsall
over the union. Nearly 200 ladies gfve theif spr ? ,
tlc^s In the Instruction by correspondence,! each
one taking some one department* usually onb sec
tion of-the department. Each student k* .advised
•ftcouJiuo hsisolf to one, or at most. two-JU"
here ire five or six courses of study; each q
..ivlded into •ectlons-hlstory. science, flm
English, French and Gorman lltemtora. The
bivfe a lending library and for certain’ami-.
hook* art,mailed to members. .Aqy ouewifhhig
Tucker, 4t Marlborough si rest, Boston, Massi We
are sore *sho:would take pleasure, lujeading
their wmual report.
If coarse hen and turkey fsathars are stripped up
the two side plumes from tho stem, and thrown in
a bag, and the bsg is robbed hard between tho
hand* or on a washboard, the plumes will become
marred together into a del lento downy snlistaneo,
mudiofwlihhcanbe used iu lining comforters
that will bo found warm and light. A writer in
Harper's Bazar says that such comforters arc equal
to eiderdown coverlets.
Fits, Fainting and Epl!eptlc,-lf a person merely
faints she ought to be laid down fiat on her back,
for this will facilitate the return of tho blood to tho
hesd. Ju“ccd, nature has provided for this, for a
perron who faints will fall down and soon recover
Jf no one interferes. On the other hand, a person
with an epileptic or cataleptic fit, indicated by
couvnlsious and frothing at tho mouth, ought to be
opt ed up so as to facilitate the flow of blood front
me brad to tlio lower partaof the body, which may
>e a; 111 farther promoted by slapping the palms of
the hands. Ignorant people reverse, this treatment.
A perron who simply fainta In carefully supported
in a chair and the free Is piled with cold water ap
plication and funned, the result t*ln~ that the
lilting i* prolonged. On fhc other hand, a man
* thA with epilf
bio back
la Invariably laid fiat on bk
cates Is enough to kill him.
A Lonely Christina*
Frern the Detroit Free IIms.
There was a pair stocking to hang , up at our
house last Christmas, a pair stockings with a hole
porn In one little foot sod the heel worn thin in
the other. This year there art tone to hang up.
Last year we haunted toy stores and confection-
ariee for the newest and nicest things for onr boy.
This year we pass the gay windows with bowed
Mad* and selling heart*. I see the leers In my
wife’s blue eyes as wo pass some happy mother
with a blue or white mitteaed Uttleband held
tightly lu her own, while the merry little led by
her side looks laughingly op in her free and tells
her ofall his hopes and plans for the Christinas
day.
I cannot keep my own Ups from trembling, or
my trar-dimmed eye* from gazing wistfully at
that dear little fellow with the bine eyes and
golden carls, perched high on hi* father's shoulder
so that be nan look over the heeds of the crowd
standing in front of a gay toy store. I held my
own boy no la>t veer. He walked there seme gay
itieeta with hit little hand held in his toother's.
He rode bomeln my Jap on the harm earn that
day before t’farlrtmas. 1/e climbed op And pot his
arm- around my neck to whisper to me a wonder
ful “oekit.” 1 his reeret always was:
“I lufi yon, papa.”
And after u* bad coaxed him Into httnlrht
clothes that idaht, and af*cr wc bod heard Ids lit*
tJe fro yen with the final "God bless mama and
papa ” wo put him to bed and filled tha two little
f ine stocking* »o fall and pUed high the chatr *»u
w l.t hr ibejr hutitr. We could hardly sleep for
tMi.kingofwbat he would do and say when the
' -brittle.** morning tome.
T bis year we rone hotatc alone in (be car. We sat
silently in «*ir little parlor. My wife tried to read a
iw ropy of her favorite magazine, but f could sec
-at Ur ejf* were ciurcd behind iu page*.
Iro/d I wuuid go out rot the porch and smoko.
But my cigar war not lighted iu the whole hour X
idrained without.
They were ha\ log a ChrUtraa* tree for my neigh
around it.
I knew and felt that he was rafo in the arms...
the ouc who carries the yotuig laiubs lu His bosons;
that greater love than mine was around him—a
love that could forever shield him from ’
a id rorrow*; but I could not help urylnc ot
“My bnliy. my boy, 1 want yon •myself."
The curtain of our parlor was up a few Inches,
and I could see my wife upon her knees, and what
Aid the have iu her hand*, kissing them again and
again with robs and tears? The little stockings “
hung tip lost Christmas eve.
Perhaps we will, as the noighUws say, “outgrow
if” hr and by, "or get used to it:” but this is the
first Christmas we have had to 11
the tialy died.
My wife entries this little verse in her pocket
book:
“We thall room on the tanks of the River of Peace
And dwell on its crystal tide,
And one of the joys or heaven will bo
The little toy that died.”
now Long We Might Live If Onr Lives Were
Well Regulated.
From the Philadelphia Press.
“How Long We Might Live" is the subject of nu
interesting essay by Professor Faraday, who adopt*
Flouriu’s physiological theory that tbo natural age
of man is 100 years. Tb*e duration of Ufe he believ
to be measured by the time of growth. When on*
the W ins aud olyphysua are united, the holy
grows no more, aud at twenty years tbl* union '
effected in man. In the camel It takes phic
eight; iu the horec at five; lu the rabbit at ouc. The
natural termination of live is five remove* from
there several pointa. Man, beiug twenty years
grow lug, lives five times tw enty, that is, one hun
dred; the camel is eight years In growing, and lives
flvo times eight yearx; that is to tay, forty years;
the hone is live years iu growing, aud ho lives
twenty-five years, and to on with other animals,
Tho man who docs uot die of sickness lives every
where from SO to 100 years Providence ho* given
to man a century of life, but ho does not attain It.
uecause he inherits disease, cats unwholesome
food, gives license to portions and permits vexa
tions to disturb his healthy equipoise. He does not
die; he kills himself. Tho learned professor di
vide* live into equal halves, growth and decline:
aud these halves into infancy, youth, virility and
ngc. lufeucy extends to the twentieth year; youth
to the fiftieth, because It ia during this period that
the tinruet becomes firm; virility from fifty to sev
enty-five. during which the organism remains com
pletc, aud at 7.1 old age commences, to last a longer
or shorter time, as the diminution of reserved forces
is hastened or retarded.
Domestic Economy.
We clip from an exchange a piece on DomosUe
economy that It would bo well for every woman
In the land to read. We heartily commend it to
your peroral.
I am glsd that “M F. M.” liked what I said on
the subject of “spending and saving.” I have seen
families of the kind she mentions, whero the pa
rents have a hard time to "please” their daughter!,
who expect to dress aud expend as dothedaugh
tern of wealthier people. It is no use for tho moth
era of such daughters to fret over tho remit of
their own labor. They are only reaping what they
sowed. They thought that the highest good of
their children was to make n show of them and
and they dressed for effect; they lived for efleet
they talked for eflbct. Their whole Hvea remind
us of the dog that Mrs. Poyser says “never would
have rat on Its hind legs if there’d been no one to
look on.” 1 can't sec anything for him to do, hav
ing such aims and purposes, tait to goon “sitting
up” forth© effect of the thing for the rcsWoftboir
lives in this world and the next, for I believe the
gulf that divides the highest from tbo lowest Is
fixed before we die.
It ia pitifol to sec the girls of today, with all our
culture and religion, made rich or poor, hnpyy or
miserable, just aa the IndMn on the plains, by tho
pos*ewton or the lack of a few feathers, a few head*
trinkets. I do not wont my little daughters to
become like the struggling, striving anxious wo
men 1 sco about me, and 1 know that to reach the
plateau of tranquility the steps thither must begin
in childhood. My money does not rciiresetit to iuc
what the money of another woman represents to
her, and lshall teach my children this, not by
word alone, hut by every thought and act of my
life.
Yon remember the old fable where a clonk was
brought from fairy-land a* a gift to the f*tro*t and
* * attend tf
TV (
me; for another it
Ifrcd had an opportunity to try on tho garmcni
ever wore it must be pure of heart and on the walls
of the soul mint hong lovely picture*. The cloak
would fit no one but the Innocent (ieuelaa. The
moat osrnast desire of my heart Is that when the
twp Uttle daughters are women they may 14 abro
to wear this cloak. 1 know the tendency of tho
age and dally do cry for wisdom In tiro training of
God. .
We must begin early, no raatrer bow diffiroltthc
task, to tcacli that It fa a virtue to practice econo
my and deny self. A wealthy lady said till* afior
occur “It is hard to teach my children economy
and self-denial when they know and 1 know it ta
the associates of roy children confined to the um
tics where tho parents think the intellectual life is
of much more consequenco than the foxhlonatile
or rectal. This fall they have been thrown with
children who havo a constant supply of spending
money and whose conversation Li aliout their now
clothes, the number of servants kept at home and
other, to them, equally Importnn^concerni of life.
My children began to be restless. Today they
wanted A new toy, tomorrow a ring: tliUday a
J eis and that a pair of bracelet*. No mother likes
iceJficjr .children unhappy, and iniue, fo
st time, were wretched over the denial of
rent* of, lot hem, a seeming good. 1 never dlo-
.^fwpeopw. 1 have-tried to train my children
with democratic Ideas and they do not know that
wealth and beautiful. homes make any difference
with the social standing of tho children In town.
What w as 1 dot ncra was a first lo on to I* given,
and It must bo firmly fixed In tho mlud. 1 helped
them to enumerate tbotr blessings from tbo four
•roe trees, from which swung the hammocks, to
.heir oldest and dearest doll In her carriogo or
die. 1 showed them their books sod thulrfi
mrs. I told them about thoir friends mid then
talked about the unbapnjnent they had of lato
shown became they could not hare everything
l told'tiiem that thero were people who remoin-
Uke children In little wanting everything somo
.-oclso had, or what they saw In shop window*.
There were some women who likod flue clothes
and jewelry and fashion, and thought and talked
— *■“—* ■* of
ahers
loved
j. pictures aud hooks, home and
friemla and beautliul thoughts, whoso minds wore
to tilled with these things that they were happy in
them, .My husband, who heard my lecture to my
cflrering, declared that it nss worth At least fifty
dollars, liut whatever lasting good it may do it
has laid the chest of covetousness for this time.
As 1 have Cut little admlralkm for people who
dovoto their energies to dress und display I de
hope that 2 can prevent ray children from growing
up with a love for It. As I lack rtipoct for peaplu
who hang on the skirts of people who they consid
er above them socially, 1 trust that 1 ahull 14 kept
from pinching down to ahabblneai in ray own at
tire or keeping or making tbo husband poor in the
vain attempt to giatlly Uie daughter*. Whatever
society 1-enter I must be. cordially received and
beartly welcomed. 1 never .had the least deal re to
get into any place by the akin of my teeth, and |
propose to train up my children to entertain tho
rente views on this subject. If my daughters wear
calico 1 hope they will learn to wear it gracefully.
If they wear silk I hope they will give the matter
of drera the place It deserves. For girl* already
trained to womanhood with wrong views on this
subject, yet w hy. have no desire for right ones aud
But for tne rake of little children whose training is
to be ascompliahed 1 have turned one little picture
stble young ladles who will not make it too hard
for their parents to “please them” when they come
to yean oi wonanhood.--Mr». <;. P. W.
. The field of 8aggestiou*
Tho washerwomen of Holland and Belgium, who
get up their linen so beauliftUly white, nee refined
boraxes wauhtof powder instead of node, in the
proportion of one large handful of borax powder to
sbput ten gallons of boiling water. They thus save
‘ i soap nearly half. All the washing establish
ento adopt the same mode. For free*, cam
brics, etc., an extra quality of tho powder is ns^d,
and for crinolines (requiring to be made stiff) a
strong sotatioale netwasanr. Borax, beinz a neu
tral salt, does not in the slightest degree Injure the
texture of tho linen; Its effect is to anfreo the hard
est water, and, thi ref ore, it should be kept on
every toilet tablc.—Hsll’s Journal of Health.
A Word to the Ladles.—The ladies will ree
that Tiik Constitiwion has set apart In its New
YhaFs Vox some special presents for ladle* only.
Of ooune the Jadic* will have the privilege of get
ting the big pretent* if they can. Their names will
go in the regular box, anil they will be entitled to
all the proeud* they get. But the present* set
Opart for them cannot-1* drawn by the men. and
some lady will get them. We ask oar good friend*
to set to work now earnestly itrTitKfXmmnvnoK,
and show them that wc are worthy of the big
corner they give us. The ladies who get tho sew-
leg maebir es can have the ca«h instead of the sew-
Jpgmachlnec, if th*j ptff«.r.
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
Van for the Children—The Constitution 1
Training School for Doyq and Girls,
Nobody Knows But Mother.
Nobody knows of the work it take3
Nobody knews—but mother.
Nobody listens to childhh woe*.
Which kisses only smother:
Nobody’s pained by naughty blows,
Nobody—only mother.
Nol ody knows of the sleepless core
Bestowed on baby brother ;
Nobody knows of tho tender pray’r,
Nobody—only mother.
Nobody knows of the lessons taught
Of loving one another :
Nobody know* of the patience -o.ijht,
Nobody—only mother.
Nobody know* ot the anxious fears.
Lest darling* may not weather
Tho siotm ofiife in alter year*,
Nobody knows—but mother.
Nobody knreln-nt the throne above
To thank the llcaveuly Father
For that sweetest k1U—a mother’* love
Nobody cau—but mother.
—H. C. Dodge, in Detroit Free IVc*».
Correspondence,
Carrie Lee McLean, Llncolnton, N. C.—The
nuswer to James p. Anders’ problem is, you would
have to walk 10,100 yard* to toko one egg at a time
and put them all in a basket. To the first ouc who
sends me the answento the following question and
a two cent stamp for postngo I will send a
premium. A lot contains twenty acre*: twice the
length of tho end lather --- - •••*- -*■
is the length of one side
Irving Htovall, Dot, Ky.—My mother takes Tiik
Cokstititiox, aud we all like it very much. In
reply to Eddie Hhleld’s problem, of Copewood,
Miis—the lady bought 57 3-5 yards of silk and sold
the damaged silk for 111.47,'i
Nellie Blair, Athens, Go.—I am n little girl seven
years of sgc. This Is my first attempt to write,
have brown eyes, fair skin and light curly hair,
go to school and lovo my teacher very clearly. I'apa
takes Tux Constitution, and wo all like it very
much.
Georgia 1C. Robins, (irecocsboro, Cl a.—I am
little girl eleven years old and a constant reader of
Tiir. Constitution. Can Aunt Husie or any of the
couhlus rend mo tho words to “Grand Father’)
Clock.” “Drifting A|»art" and “Captain Jinks. 1
Would like tocorrcsitoud with Kslloi'lty, Sewtou,
Miss., if she will write first.
Thomas I. Earles, Cascade, Vo.—I am a Uttle boy
five yean old and livo with my grandma; my
mother is dead. Papa takes Tim Constitution and
I get him to read some to me, and enjoy the Young
Folks' column very much, aud wish to be admitted
into your little band. Please do not throw my
letter into tho waste basket.
Claude Btory, Thomson, Go.—I would like to Join
the l and of cousins. Wo live near Russcau springs;
you must como toseo us and go to tkosprlng with
us. Wo have a calf named Caledony, and I milk
three cows: I have a cow and a cotton patch. I am
II. C. Nixon, Rivcrvlew, N. C.—Will you b# so
kind a* to mako room for a little boy just fourteen
years old? I live in tho country. I have a brother
four years older than myself. Wo run a little farm
Joseph Cole, GriiUn, Go.—1 am n very Uttle boy
wishing to join your band of cousin*. My papa Is a
piano tuner and repairer, and is away from home a
great deal. We think U a grand treat when ho
slays home for a week. 1 havo a sweet Uttle sister
Just two year* old. We have some whlto rats for
^ jg.
MoulnC. Davis, Iby Grove, MU*.—T would Uke
to bo a correspondent of your valuable paper. 1
would Uke very much to see Aunt Hoslc; 1 know 1
would lore her. I am almost thirteen. Ourschoo!
closed July 1st; we had an exhibition at tho clore,
which wn* splendid, our teacher’s numo Is Ml*i
puric Austin,
Lena Jackson, Dromond, Tex**.—I am n littlo
girl ten years old. 1 hav* ono brother, he is eight
years old. We are going to school and I am in the
fifth grade. Our father is a widower, and we aro
staying with onr grandparent*. Grandpa takes
Tnr Constitution and I have privilege of reading
it. I'am delighted with Bill Arp and Betsy Ilamil
' ettera, and especially Woman’s Kingdom. 1
oread tho little cousins' letters. ( inm
much delighted that 1 am luduced to try to write
one,
Bito Steelc, Fionccr, Mon.—I am comlug to pay
yon and the cousin* a visit and to tell you we have
had nice warm weather all fall, hardly auysnow
stall. “Undo Arp” and all or you know* some
thing now of tho snows wo have. The snow from
one storm doesn’t melt till another falls on it. If
Mr. Arp had had somo rubber boot* like papa wour*
iu snow and lu the raiue*, his fret wouldn't have
got cold aud he wouldn’t havo slipped and spraiu-
cd hi* ankle either. We play some of the games
'.D. It. wrote of, but wc have no pretty largo leaves
to make sashes. Wo havo Aiu when our little
friends visit ns. Wo are ell expecting Banta Claus
soon and hope you and ail the cousins may have a
happy Christmas. I send-you aoute flowers I raised
last summer.
Ida Windham, Reynolds, Go.-Hero I come
knocking for admittance to your happy bond. I
am a little girl thirteen yean old; livo ono mile
and n half front tho pleasant town of Uoynoldf.
Be bool Is out, but I go to Sunday school anflbave
good lessons; my teacher is so good and kind 1
think she must bo Annt Susie tho it. I would
Hko to correspond with Beulah Sheridan. Grape-
W. N. Drake. Mahant, G*.—I am taking Tin
Constitution and think it (holiest paper printed,
and hope that it will nourish. The answer to
James D. Audcra' sum ia 10,100 yard*. If a sugar
loaf iu a connlcal form weighs sixteen pounds I tow
many Inches may bo broken from the bare that the
residue may weigh eight pound*? WJllsomo of IJio
cousins please give mo the answer? Would llko to
correspond with Miss Kochie Avrlett, If sho will
plcate write first.
Bailie II. Windham, Reynolds, Ga.—I ask por-
mitt Jon to join your happy band. I am fi Aeon
years old; livo ono and a half miles from the beau-
tlfril little city of Reynolds. 5Iy papa Is a farmer;
I help him pick cotton, as school I* out. The
answer to Fannie Anderson’s question l* the book
of Esther. I would Uke to correspond with Mattie
Cage, t'annel, Tenn , tf she will write first. Well,
Aunt Vuste, as this is my first letter, I hope that it
w ill not find the way to the waste basket. Much
love to Aunt Basle and tho cousin*.
Viola Dorter, Bllvcr Creek, Oa.—I am fifteen
yean old; I can do almost any kind of work. My
father has been dead four yean. I live on a farm,
j like to read the rood ns* letters. I saw Id this
weeks’ paper where Phenie Moore wanted to know
a remedy to cure r hill*. Get fever weed and make
tea of it. 1 wish to exchange seme crochet pattern*
with some of the eousino. Aunt Etude, 1 wish you
sud the cousius a happy Christmas.
Daisy V. M<-Neal and Mary Larson, Bwaburg,
Neb.-We are country girls between fourteen and
ten years of age. Wo are at school today. Our
teacher's name is C. A. Yamum; be Is a very goo!
teacher. I (Daisy) have three brothers and one
sitter, who is very sweet. I (Mary) hare five
brothers and no sister. W# like fo road Bill Arp.
Betty Hamilton and the Young Folks’ter -
(Mary) hare a little pet duck. Nebraska is
pleasant com. try. We would like Ur some
cousins fo correspond with us.
of the
Janie Jofatuon, Dudley ville, Ala.-I am a little
girl eleven years old; 1 have one brother and one
little sister, bnt have ao pete. I am going toscbeol
and like my teacher very well. My brother takes
year paper and I enjoy reading the Young Folk*,
hill Arp end Betty Hamilton's letters. My father
La* hccii deed fits years.
Bob McCord, Cabaniss, Gft.-I am a Uttle boy
nine jests old. My father lives near theJLT. V.
and G. railroad. 1 saw in last weeks’ paper that
roucU Polk ton, of North Carolina, wanted to
i.ow bow many of the cousins could tell by bis
name whether he was a nephew or nie-c. Tell
him I think he is a boy, for if it bad been a girl
Dirking cotton she never would have fold it. I
al»<> know by the way he spall hi. name. I will
Minnie Fox and Maggie Inman, Farmington,
Ark.—We are country girls, hot am not going to
tell how old we are. We did not thiak we would
EKE' T0 0UR JANUARY SUBSCRIBERS
monthx W« u*d Co live in Ringgold, ex. Wu J Doe, , 0 nr time expiro in JxnD.rr? Loikat
the label on your paper. If it doc£ be suro
both have a horse to ride. As we were looking
over the paper yesterday we saw one of our wchool
mates, NinnJe ronley. Wo love to read Tiik Con
Ida A. K. Davie, Dames Ferry, Go.—I live two
miles and a half from Davtus’ ferry. My brother
takes your paper and wo like it very much. Aunt
Buiie, did you ever rec a bear? there were five
went by our house the other day, but thoy were
tamo and bound with ehaina to they could not
huitanyonc. The answer to Eddie Shields’ prob
lem, i* the lady bought N7fi*10 yard* of sl/^ *»»'* re
ceived 111.081*5-100 lor the damaged silk.
W. L. Baird, Jr., Hickory Valley, Tenti.—May I
be admitted an another cousin to this charming
circle? I enjoy reading Tn* Cox«TtTtmoN very
much, especially tho Young Folksdepartment, BUI
Arp and Betsy Hamilton. 1 guess 1 can answer
Eddie Shield*’ exa
yards and got tl3.b
Janie Woollen, Wootteu’* Mill*. Go.—Will you bo
so kind •• to make room for a Georgia girl fifteen
years of ago. I live in the country* amid beautiful
iorcsls and pleasant stinshiue. I am going to school
to a gentleman; he has four children, flic eldest be
ing seventeen and the youngest tlx. I wbh Aunt
cousin in Florida.
correspond with
Banic Saultor, MeEldeny, Ala.—I am a littlo girl
twelve years old. I come seeking admittance to
your social circle. I have oucoister and threo little
brothers, all younger than myself. My papa is n
fanner. We go to school somo though we haven’t
teen this foil; we helped papa pick tho cottou.
Eddie Clay, Newton, Miss.—I am a littlo boy ton
years old. 1 am not going to school now, but ex
pect to start coon. 1 hire to go to school very
much. 1 have four xistera and ono brother. 1 have
ahorse named Charley and a now saddle my
brother gave me. I helped ftmn this year; 1 can
R ick cotton, hoc and do many other thing* My
ither i* a merchant of this town. 1 wish some of
lfrsnk Lyon, Scney, Ga.-I have been thinking
of writing to you a long time. 1 um a cripple hoy
eleven years old; havo uo pet* except a very little
brother four year* old: hi* name is Thoms* Jeffer
son. I want to n*k tho cousin* a lilhle question,
lloiv long wa* it from tho limo tho children of
Israel left Egypt till the time Solomon begun the
Tempi*?
Eugeno Whitaker, Vernon, Oa.—I live with my
uncle, my mother being dead and my father iu
Arkansas. I live on a beautiful ntrenm oftho Chat
tahoochee river and havo a good time hunting and
fishing. I wish Bill Arp could come aud go hunt,
ing with roc, for I have twofinopofntera am! a wood
tin, aud I know wo could have lots of frtn. Love
t Annt Susie aiul tho cousin*.
Johnnie Dillon, Campbell, TexaA—I ask perm’s
alou to join your happy hand. I nin fifteen years
old. 1 have two married sitters Hi Georgia ar.d
three sisters and one grown brother at Iwin j. My
oldest sister (at homo) teaches school. My little
sinter and myself attend the Campbell high school
and aro learning very fast; I am in six ttudios. 1
havo l>ccn in Texas two yoaraand llko It liettcr
than Georgia. My brother and 1 made ten halos of
cotton till* year.
Mamie A. McBnfiie, Beard* Crook, Gn.—I wrote
to ycu onco before when J wa* in North Carolina
but am Iu Goorgia now. We got here last Friday,
bad a very nice trip out here; crossed several large
rivers. TbetrfHslo ortko Santee rivor I* five miles
long, bnt I think tho Huvouimli rivor 1* wider limn
tbo Santee. Went by charleston, saw* tho crock*
in the earth, and saw very little dams.ro that wo*
done hy,iho earthquake. Tho part or tho city we
saw lisd been rebuilt. I am going fo send (or a
Conktiti tion machine Noon; hope I w ill ho a* woll
plotted with it a* Cousin link and Betsy Ilamil-
ten. If somo ono will send me tbo word* of “Nelly
irsy” I’ll send them the words of “fck)inoJ)oly
Darling ” 1 would like to have a itlco girl corre
spondent about fourteen or fifteen years old.
Sidney K. Roes, ITkevllJe, Tenn.—I wrote to you
some Umo ago but suppose it found its way to tho
bottom of tho wasto basket. 1 am fifteen year* old
and go to school; the school will be outlu throe
weeks; I am stodyfng eoven studies. The snow is
en inches deep whore It I* not drittod. *1 would
Venera Davldron, Warrior, Ala.—I am a littlo
girl elevou years of age. I havo threo slstars and
twobrotbora. 1 havo no pet* except a sweet little
brother just nineteen months old. he can say papa
ami mama and that is about all he cau say. Wo
bare a fine school at this place; we have about 100
scholars In the summer Umo and uUmt forty in tho
wintor; 1 do not go but my brothor does; ho If about
seven years old.
Mary E. Dorroh, Dry (trove, MI**.—I hav© been n
silent reader of yonr charming paper for somo
Umo aud now I want fo Jolu your happy efrelo and
to called a cousin. I do think 1 would love Aunt
Kuhlo so much. 1 thank Tiir Constitution very
much for giving us a corner. I am fourteen year*
old aud I want some of the cousins near my aro to
correspond with me. We are having some' very
cold weather now. I have no pets except sorou
gcrsnlnms’ which J am afraid wUl freeze this
winter.
John Watkins, Camp Hill, Ain.—I am knockin’;
at the door again. 1 like to read yonr lAtera. I
feel so sony for Mattie Waugh and ho)« sho wht
get well soon. 1 am clerking now and llko it vury
much. The night lorithe earthquake all of tho
family had gone to meeting but mama and!, and
she thought it was somo body trying to tttfu Uf.
I’apa wa* at ono of his patient’s house,aud the mau
was dying at the Utne of the shock.
Delia and Flolse Copeland, Lodi, G*.—Wo nro
two littlo siatcra eleven aud nine years obi Wo
havo ono sweet little brother livo years old, and lio
tt the pet of the fondly. We live In the country
and havo a very pieereut place to live. Our papa
Is e former; be takes yonr paper and wo aro al ways
ts to see the littlo oou«ln*' letters. I liavo
) oneo before and I gucas your little mornc
let* " “ “*
plutttut I
Octavia l’hilllpa, Sugar Valley, Oa.-l havo only
one pet, it la a real live pet, I keep It In tbo pit
with my flowers; 1 take k out occasionally fo enter
tain my visitors with. 1 want to soo how many of
tho cousins eon goes* what It ia I enjoy reading
tho childrens’ letters, with tbo different desorlp-
Hon* of their home*. This Is a pieforesquo little
place, with a long stretching valley, winding
mi cam* and mountains lu. the UisUoix). The
scenery from our front porch ia simply grand.
Viola Cosby, Buck Horn. Ala-I will send off
my third club today; It will be nine ttitwcrlbcathat
I have gotten up; which of tho cousins can beat
that? 1 have sent temple copies where thero were
none, and I think when they read them they will
subscribe. J would like to have more simple
copies. There aro more Constitutions come fo
this office than any other paper. X have rent for
the president and his wife thin time, it got broken
before. 1 see another nice letter from onr bif
California cousin this wotk. I hope he will write
often. Aunt fowls, if f g«t another clab I want
your picture for It. Love fo yon and the eowdns.
Don’t Jet the JJlUe memse get my letter.
. Laura May Seay, Ironaton, Ala.-* am a Uttle
girl ten years old; I live in Ufo country one mile
from the Ironaton furnace. I wish you could come
and go with me to see them make Iron; it U very
pretty at night I have three risters younger than
iyrelf. We spent the day last Huuduy at grandpa's.
. have a graadfother, a grandmother a great untie,
a great aunt and a great grandma, all living
together. My great grandma te K» yean old.
Walter Banders, Mootteello, Ala.-I am twelve
years old and go to school and have lot* of fun. t
have some coral ns in Texas I have not heard from
i a year. Annt Susie, please publish my letter, as
have never written before. I will dose, wishing
„tjnt Kottc and the conriit* a happy Chrisms*. I
will send you a card ter year scrap book.
Laura A. Juhan, Gmyavllls, G*.-l, Uke many or
thecoraine, aa a farmer’s daughter. 1 live In
Tennessee, bnt so close fo the Georgia Hue that It
alow at seems that 1 am a Georgian. Thu answer
to Jsrots D. Anders’ example fo, If I am not mis
taken, 10,W>yards; that is if tha bosket i* where
the firtt egg is, bat if the basket te one y*r»l from
the find erne, then tho answer I* 10,100 yard*, or IB o
mile* and J^CO yard*.
Alms O. Worrffl, Thomson, go.-! am a Uttle girl
ten years old and wi*h to join the band of rouMn*.
I paid a visit to grandpa'* but summer, and vr bile
there I Ml tn love with The Constitution; I per
suaded my pane to mhscribe for it, who hoi It
tent in my name. I think It H the bc*t paper pub
and renew before tho Slstnnd get in our
Christmas box. It may give you tho bun lred
dollar present. Bring a new subscriber with
you and thus got two chances instead of one.
Don't foil to renew during January. You can't
do without Tins Constitution, aud it may
pay you n hundred dollars to renew this
month instead of next month. 8end on atonce,
and tond a new subscriber ot twteWlQt your
own. Every additional uamo you get doubles
your chaucci.
tho couttUM a merry Christmas and a. happy New
Henry McClendon, Carroll, I am aTarmor's
boy twelve year* old; cau do mott anythin ? on tho
fetw. 1 had a nice time playing «utoui*ili in Umo
of the big snow, aud I love to hunt when th^ snow
I*deep. 1 wish romoot tho eoiuiu* would como
nud bunt aiul cat rake with niu Christina* I wish
nil the cousins n merry Christum*. A* this is my
fii>t letter to your paper, I would like toseo it tu
print. My father fake* Tux Constitution and
think it a good paper. !.ovc to Aunt Hudo and tho
cousins.
* Estcll Cobb. Dalton, Go.—I have for a Ion;? Uino
been u silent admirer of ymir valuablo pap -r and
think it i.s tho best paper that is published. 1 enj »y
reading Betty Hamilton. I am thirteen year* old.
One of the rouslna asked for tbo words to Nelly
(•ray; ir they will send me their address I will send
it to them. 1 go to school nud have *ix studies and
like them very much Tho ground Is cowre i with
miow sud mains won't let me go fo rebixfi. Aunt
Hide, phase have your picture published at tho
head of the coJinnn. It would bo so nice. 1 would
like to correspond with mmuu of the oouslu*. Aunt
Butte, I wl*h you would write every week. Will
romc of the cousins rend mv the woida to “Take
1 his Letter to My Mother.”
Anna E. nud Emma Brooks, Dudloyvillc, Ala.—
Wc arc two little ttstera twelve and ttiiic ytfar* old.
Ourptpa takes The Constitution, and we llko
very much to read the Young Folks’ cohnn;i and
Betsy Hamilton. We arc going to rehool at Dudley-
ville to a young man who ba-s to walk on crutch"*,
nud we (cel very sorry tor him: wo like him very
much a* a teacher. Wo would llko to corre’pond
with Mary Aim Russell, lad w« do not kaoar her
postofficc; wo think she Is a relative of our-.
Annie E. Freeman. Otho, Ala—Will Aunt Su-fo
give mo space enough to tell the cousin* sumotiiing
nliout my homo, which i* situated nineteen mile*
Mow Kufoula on the Chattahoochee river. Tho
house (* a mile and n half from the river, continual
ly fanned by the gentle breeze* a* they creep from
tho Ritlf, There is a largo oak grove tn from oftho
house and on the left is a garden full of gretn vege
tables, and on the right a Mcuppvruong arbor. 1
havo never had any flower* until till* year. Will
some of the cousin* tell me the best time-for rooting
geuudiuuK? Lovo to Amu Huxie aud the cousin*
aud Mum* to The Constitution.
Ada B. DeVane, Lott, Gs.—1’leare glvo me a
place among the cousins In The Conttitution,
which I enjoy reading so much, but do not get fo
read Itolte-n now; hope pupa will subscribe for It
>«on. 1 am a farmer’* daughter: can do mo*t any
kind of homework. I can crochet, and wnutl llko
to corre pond with some of the omtdm and get
some new patterns. 1 haven't Wn going to retinol
any this year, but hope I can go some mxt vear.
I have no pet* except two tw in*, brother ends!tfer,
which we nil last a groat deni. We have an organ;
1 curt play several piece* by ear; ha* novar takon
lessons, but my sister ha*. Wo have bocu having a
hire time lately, going Umu^nt lings; would JJko
to have zoiuc of the cou*lu* to go with me.
Ada Baugh, Dcvcreaitx, Go.—I am a girl fourteen
year* old. I havo three sister* and turn brother*;
olio of my sitters ha* Iweu in Mncon going to sehuo 1
for the Inst flvo year*; shot* blind and gopafotho
blind academy; she likes her teacher* very much
and I* a fine performer on tho yiano; wo all lovo
her very much. My father take* Tiik Constitu
tion. and wc oil like It very much. 1 ride horac-
Imck and have a ulco time with ray coottn* riding.
1 can do any kind of crocheting and can cook,
wnsh, iron and sew; we have cook weeks, and I am
nhvay* glad when company come* on mother or
sister n u oeks. My papa pay* me for all tho Work I
do, and ! tire tho inouey tn buying mo nice article*
to wear. My mother tcuchc* ua all at home so
many hour* every day.
Emma f.cc Mnlton, Hendrix, Ga.—I rend (ho
young folks' letter* with pleasure and Aunt Hunio'*
folk with dallgUt, t am a littlo girl nine year* old
and have no pete, but I .have two ttvcetliuto
brothers, Ixivo and Georgia; Lovo 1* two
J ean old and Georgo Washington te six months old;
o Is a bright little “man.” I have a splendid
time mttnnp, picking cotton, sweeping ran!* and
eating sugarcane. My three cousin* from 1'ike have
made uni a visit; I was glad to sow thou, and w raid
bo glsd to tee tho coudu* who are scattered all
over tho country. Papit hs* Wn to the fair la
Moron end Jnrt got heck lsrt night while tvo wore
at the Riipper table. I send a card for your scrap
bcok.
James Carol tou, BluHton, Texas.—My father has
U cii a subreriber to Tiie Constitution, and I have
been a render oftho boys aud girl*' circle for .*o:uo
time, and have at last decided to write a letter my-
n If. 1 will roy to Russell Moore that 1 would pre
fer to lie visited by a tornado or » flood uuco In a
ccnluty than to bu bit to death by rauaqultoes and
other iureete every night. 1 havo seen several
paper* with two or throe columns each devoted to
young folk* correspondents. Isit The CbiwriTimox
f* Ahead of them all for nlcoty written letter*. K
would llko to correspond with some of the ooudu*.
I am In my teeus aud .weigh 140 pounds, If till*
letter Is puUtthod 1 will write qgftio spun.
“A fact—Dr. Bull’s Cough Byrnp I* a good
medicine, doctor.” The mTIX left In disgust.
Another Mother Writes*
ur liro,|OT,ivu mainm ipy m. pvmrimqk
till., (i.. M, l-liffUiiMi txjrt iu- never
ll <uur time. Sick J i»l llirco.uu.irl.-rt of
mllin. Ukm—only two thbrt jutinr.
f dcriral.
Lomoll Hot Drop.,
Ph. ll. Moii.ey.—Di-»r tiir: Lhxvo tuifured
for flvs juun with* Hvrro rouqti nod lung
lrout.tr. I mw jronrxd TcrtUe.nrnt of l.-aon
list Proj>», nud jiroctmvl > fl.D .il tU amt linttlc;
lixvlng trial every cough .jruil eml .Jonenge
that 1 could hear of with but littlo haicflt; I
had .mail faith In it. To my nurpriee, I da-'
ri vrd benefit from tha lint dow. My cough left
vr, alro tbaaorruaM of my luuga, by tha uao of
four tnmll bottle, only. Mr cough waa ao ao>
vcre aa to produro hamouharoa, at tha time I
began to uae It, and tint relief waa ao (oat that
I shall ever feel grateful to you.
Um. E. Biuh,
- No. 4 Orango atroat, Atlanta, (la.
Bald by drugflits. tu easla par hoMla. I're-
|.arrd by II. Moxlay, M. 1>„ Atlanta, tia.
The Markham lion.., Atlanta, Ga.
yoraala byfaml W.Oood* A CO., Seal Xrtala tod
Loon Agents.
This famous hotel WM built of brick sad i
In UM, U modern tn Ityla, eqnrauUa) In It
avIiMry Ueparlmaut, Ian
plate, airing com tort to e
{BffiAiflBnHJL..
ll,.- building coat more than that aim.
E5’«^«H“si. ; JSs«rsK
The owner^Mfeg toour adtn
tha active maitaxcment of It,
fag too frebla In health, baa - -
It at a price which make. It the hot I
now outlie nwrkot In Allanu. tha U.
ouC'tlti.d eavl., the balance In <mo. two and Utr
further particular., BA>rt w noOPBACO^
twfs mf
UnUtm thlx paper.