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WS KINGDOM. . [This is the ladies’column. They are invited to jxpress their opinions herein—to use it as their own. The editress will answer questious or accept sug- with pleasure.] By tire Brooklet. (Written for The Consititcton.] I saw a streamlet coursing Througn a dark and lonely way The shuddering trees leaned over The skies were dull and gray I But it laughed i n I leapt as gaily As in the summer day— When the flowers grow' upon its banks, And the light wind. were at play 1 The patfi that lives before me Leads through a dark and lonely way, The summer flowers have faded Chill and dreary is the day!— Yet may not my heart, as the brooklet, Leap upward, and onward, all day? For the God. of all times and places, He standeth within the dark way i Julia king. o The grand success of the Piedmont exposi tion has filled the heart of every tine southern er with pride, such as a parent is justifiable in feeling at the success of a much loved child. It is more than gratifying to heartho commen dation of visitors and the surprise expressed at the wonderful developments and resources of our state and the south generally. There are Bo many interesting exhibits that it is difficult to decide which to mention. In the Agricul tural hall one could spend days and be in structed. In the exhibit from Birmingham there is a great deal to interest the visitor —the making of tacks, nails, the common dress pins and the machinery for sticking them in the paper, tlie iron ore, etc. Farther down the hall the making of type, then paper bags and many other things. The county exhibits are not only beautiful but are a revelation to many, for it show’s the vast resources we have just within our reach. Sumter, Putnam and Tal bot counties have fine exhibits. One especially beautiful and interesting exhibit was made by Miss Annie Dennis, of Talbot county, in which I am sure our lady readers could not fail to be interested. This lady has a space all to her self, and everything on exhibition was the work of her hands. There were over four hundred articles on exhibition, three hundred speci mens of jellies, preserves, canned vegetables, Candied fruits and fruit syrups, candied figs, pears, crab-apples and citron and green toma toes, and all as nice as ever bought from a con fectioner’s at a dollar a pound, the fruit and vegetables all raised on her farm; very nice sugar made from the cane of her own raising. This lady had just taken a premium on home made crackers, equal to the celebrated “snow flake.” Besides all this, there were specimens of plain work, the nicest home-made shirts, fancy work of every description and paintings after only six weeks’ lessons, that would have done credit to any one. I do not suppose I have mentioned half that this exhibit con tained, but it just shows '. hat an intelligent *ml industrious lady can do, ami how much praise and credit she deserves. In the main building of the exposition there is everything beautiful to delight the eye—pianos, organs, exquisite furniture and crazy quilts, plain work, fancy work and quilts and crocheted work of every kind and sort. The art gallery is filled with perfect gems; paintings by the best of artists, in oil, water colors, and also en gravings. There arc also several very hand some exhibits of the different sewing machines. They are near each other and their enclosure Is constantly filled with the most eager and interested visitors. The New Home, the ■Wb ite, Wheeler & Wilson and Singer; while the work of each and all is very beautiful, we believe the Singer will bear oft the prize. This department is under the care and management of Mrs. M. A. Anderson, and all the work on exhibition is done by this lady, who is entirely self taught; never having had any lessons in •hading, etc. One would have to see this beau tiful work to appreciate it. One especially beautiful piece is a spray of oranges worked on plush. On the spray the fruit appears just as seen on the tree; the orange is perfection, also the green fruit and the lovely blossom. It is bo natural and exquisitely worked tiiat it takes only a little stretch of the imagination to per ceive the odor of the blooms. There are various pieces we would like to mention, but will only write of one other, an exquisite lambrequin of Old gold plush, with several sprays of crimson poppies. The shading of these dowers and the leaves are simply perfect; they cannot be de scribed with justice to the work or worker. Besides the fancy work Mrs. Anderson has specimens of plain and fine white work that is beautifully done; one piece an infant’s dress of fine white lawn and lace, tucked and put to gether with thread numbering 150. This alone would give an idea of tho work. The Singer Company is constantly improving their ma chines, the high arm I. F. Singer, with the oscillating shuttle, being now the best of their make. As usual, Atlanta comes forward in this exposition and has many beautiful exhibits. Time and space would fail us to tell all, but we can safely say from the finest carriage down to the best loaf of bread, there is nothing want ing to show the capabilities of our city and people, and we are proud of Atlanta, Georgia and the “new south,” and especially of the Piedmont exposition of 1887. o Advice. From Horne Journal. Advice and counsel are generally regarded as inrer-changeable terms, but there really seems to be a difference which, though slight, is decided. Counsel is never given unasked—advice may be given in the most unprov: k.d manner. Counsel is a “reasoning together”—advice is the individual Opinion of the advisers. Children who have no parents to advise them, are regarded as very badly oil’, as indeed they are, but would not all such as need advice be better for counsel instead ? To offer advice is to say how one would ait upon some particular occasion brought to note, u:id. r the stress ofs ■me peculiar circustanees, but would it not be Letter for the future of that Child, that conn'’ ! shoi.l l be taken together,—the circumstances, inc n“ . < and general aspect of the Situation be closely inspected as far ns possible, and counsel given as the proper thing t , do in all such case-, rather than as to wlmt ii.c adviser would do under these particular circumstances'.’ Further too, is less advice an I more example were given to our children, both their lives ardours would not be one-half so hard. Listen to the mother speak of her child, "so Cross that n-•thing can be done with her,” an i note tho fretful, whiny, pi.ev.di cro-s tone n which she her •elf relates the circumstances. Mark the father who reproves bls son for speaking disrespectfully to his mother, and then note the tone that same father eniph,y towurds that same mother When tilings arc not riuht, Ko, clearly, what the world is waiting for, the only thin-' that will come anywhere near perfecting a reform of the world in general, is for the parents to be and do that which they advise their children to d > n 1 be. If parents speak of their children as quarrelsome among themselves, you have only to note the man ner In w hich those same parents speak to each other, to tin 1 the cm: ■ of the fault. When a parent perceives a new fault cropping out in their child, it is hit or hertirstduty to see whether that chill :■> n ' r lacing its elders, and if so, wisely say nothing, lost the child's attention be at tracted to the p. r nt s fault, an I it is tints enabled to d w its own condemnatory c a.elusion. itot;, r let the fault be corrected in ti c parent and U will gm luully dhap;e.n- in the child. Ices Without Cream. By "Gwen." Ices can lx? mr.de without a drop of cream, and if condensed rfl ik i.e u llt will take a connoi: .-cur to discover its a -et.ce. lieyoud the expense of tic freezit: -■ ap; ata: is ices an ! toed puddings are a very eheap luxury. The foundation of till cream ii. -, is more or le--, rich custard. This is to be made in thi.-manner: To each pint of milk add a good tebleq-.iHi.ul of a .in 1 . ilk a:.d let it all b .. *p with a couple of bay leaves or a piece of vanilla pod or a little cinnamon. Pour the milk into a jug, add three ounces of sugar, and three well-whisked eggs. Put the jug into a saucepan of boiling water, and stir the custard over the tire, till quite thick. Then take the jug out of the boiling water and pour the custard through a fine sieve into a basin to ccol. Then flavor the custard with fruit syrup, in the pro portion of four tablespoonfuls ot syrup to the half pint custard. If jam is used, stir it to the custard before passing it all through the sieve. Kot quite half an ordinary jam-potfui is a fair proportion to a pint of milk. A little coloring, according to the fruit, should be added to the custard with the jam. It required richer, partly freeze the custard, then add to it a teacupful of whipped cream, to be sweetened with a little icing, and finish freezing. Very good iced cream for serving with fruit can le made by mixing condensed milk with a little fresh milk and freezing it. Condensed milk being so sweet of itself requires little or no sugar mixed with it. These cun be molded and served ns iced pud ding. The custard given above when, flavored with a wineglassful of brandy, a small gla s liqueur and a little essence of vanilla makes a very nibe iced pud ding, and if half frozen and then molded into a shape; ornamented with cut fruits, crystallized or dried, it makes a very good imitation of a Nesselrode pudding. Superfluous Duties. From GoodJlonsekeeping. A woman's instinct of cleanliness is so strong that she will actually squander time in unnecessary work, just ns a squirrel in a cage will store up nuts by force of his instinct of accumulation. If some housekeepers had double the time [at their di iposal that they now have, yet they would manage to oc cupy it with svq erflnous duties. But this is going farther than any semblance of a reason can at tempt to excuse. There is no sense m working like this. A woman can be a good housekeeper without taking all her time to do housework. If she can not, let her after all be satisfied to .be an ordii a ily good one and take some of the time from her pre viously self-imposed drudgery for reading, ed. c.- ptr, of her children, iclf-improvement and lor recreation. There is no reason why a long pro gramme of work should be laid out for every day, nor why it should be carried through at all haz ards. If each hour of the day is arranged ior come kind of work, one hour at least ought to be set apart for recreation, and that hour of all others ought to be rigidly observed. These housekeepers who are facing so much superfluous work every day never think of such a thing as reading a daily newspaper or gathering information that will enable them to improve the quality of their work. They do not know what is taking place in the world, of which they are so small apart. They like to listen to other people's talcs In never think of informing themselves by reading or observation. The children ask her ques tions; that anyone would le supposed to be able to answer, and arc sent to somebodyjclse for a reply, or put off with no satisfaction at all. They soon come to the conclusion that mother isn’t supposed to know anything outside of housekeeping. The reader has seen tho more agreeable house wife who is not always furbishing up something and yot has a house so clean that no sense detects anything unclean—the housewife who is a compan ionable sort of pe: son, it least fairly well Informed regarding the events of the day as well as her spec ial daily duties, and who finds time to get out of that everlasting grind of work that extinguishes a manifestation of those womanly and motherly in stincts that may make her an adorable wife and ir.o.her if they are not laid aside for that perpetual cleaning and multiplying of work that make every one uncomfortable at home. Buch a housewife is by no mean- a rarity, and her opiiosite, the one who squanders time in superfluous duties, ought to cul tivate her acquaintance. c Valuable Recipes. A Ready Poultice.—Wounds made by rusty tools or nails, or by the teeth of dogs and other animauls, are not only very painful, but gene ally quite dangerous. To allay the pain, extract the poison and hasten tho healing process, there is nothing that we know of so. wonderfully effective a, raw, fat, salt pork and onions, equal parts, chopped up together and applie 1 in a thick layer either directly to the wound or folded into a single layer of linen. Leave on until healed. Even a slice of raw salt pork, tied over the wound made by a rusty nail, will draw the inflammation all out, render the flesh clear white and heal up the injury in a shorter time than any diug known to us will do it. This is the best use that can be ma le of fat pork, as we do not believe in its free internal application, especially iu summer.—Orchard and Garden. French Omelette.—Four eggs, three tablespoonfuls of milk, one teaspoonful of sweet herbs chopped fine (parsley, lemon thyme, marjoram; dried herbs in the winter,) two teaspoonfuls of grated cheese, three ounces of butter. Beat up the eggs, then add the milk, herbs and cheese; put the butter into a fryingpan; let boil until it sputters, then pour in the omelette, stir it round carefully one way until it thickens, then shake it a little that it does not stick to the pan, and serve up hot. Pickled Watermelon Rinds.—Peel the green skin from the rinds and scrape off all the red pulp till the rind is Ann and hard. Cut them in small pieces, about three inches long, and lay them in a weak brine made by adding a cup of salt to a gallon of water. After they have soaked in this brine for twelve h iurs remove them, rinsing them off and weigh them. Allow half a pound of sugar to every pound of rinds and vinegar enough to cover them. Stick a clove in every piece of rind. Add about one ounce of stick cinnamon and half an ounce of cassia buds to every seven pounds of rinds. I’ut the vine gar and sugar in a porcelain kettle, and whe nit boils add the watermelon rinds and cook them till they are tender and perfectly clear. It will take some time. The rinds should be simmered slowly. Test them with a broom splint. If they are clear and it pierces them easily they are done. It is better to cook only part of the rinds at once. When they are all cooked put them in a stone pot and pour the hot vinegar over them, after adding the cinnamon and cassia buds.—New York Tribune. o Correspondents. "Rita,” Liberty, Miss.—Thanking the cver-indul gent editress for pest favors and craving pardon for present intrusion, I again seek a place in Woman’s Kingdom. I notice in lust night’s paper that several of the readers ask for recipes, which will give me pleasure to supply. I. L. 8., the rule lor making icing is oneteaeupfulof powdered sugarto the white of one < gPut the white of the egg in a bowl and add the sugar by degrees, beating with a spoon. Flavor with either a tablespoonfill of lemon juice or a half teaspoonful of vanilla. "Quiz,” tomake jelly, as you ire, dissolve one box of gelatine in nearly a quart of boiling water, add the juice of five lemons and enough sugar to sweeten to taste, str in and set aside until cool. Beat the whites of five eggs and whip them into the jelly, turn into a dish. Alter it becomes cold decorate with pieces of red jelly. I have many valuable recipes for cakes and pies; also have recipes for making chocolate and lemon frosting, which are excellent. Will send them to Women’s Kingdom if agreeable. With our esteemed editress' permission I will say a few words in behalf of a very worthy young lady, wh i is desirous of obtaining a situation for the winter. She will accept the position of governess, assistant teacher, or will open a school in a good lo cality. She is thoroughly proficient in English and latin, but will not teach much. Any one desiring to engage her services may address me through the editress. Mrs. E. B. E., Rome, Ga.—“ Mrs. Cleveland's reci pe,’’ as given in isaie of October 4th, is neither for "cr k ■ nor pulling, but simply "brown bread,” I sup pose, as I have the identical recipe under that head with the difference of “quart” instead of “bowl” as a measure. "Quiz,” Logansvillc, Ga., does not say whether plain or sweet wafers are desired. I send a recipe f r each; al-u two recipes for icing fur I. L. 11, Water ford. Miss. Plain Wafers.—One pint sweet milk, one pint Hour, two teatqioonsful butter. Sweet Wafers. Two ounces butter, half a pound sugar, half pound flour, five eggs. Icing.—One pound louf sugar, half tumblerful of water; boil till it falls in short drops from the SfKxm, pour into an earthen bowl and when milkwarm break into it the w hites of three large eggs. Beat till stiff and white, add half the juice of a lemon or half teaspoonful cn am ol tartar. Flavor as de.-.ired and color if liked witii cochineal or beet juice. Frosting.—One joun 1 white sugar, white of three fresh eggs, a tcasj-oonful of nice starch sifted through rauslitq the Juice of half a lemon and a few drops of the essence. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, then add tl.e sugar and stir it steadily until it will stay where you p:t it. Il will take nearly two hours, ler'.aps more. Dredge a little flour over the cake arid hr sli It offnitb a fui'lctr. This is to prevent tie frosting from being discolored by the butter in the cake. Lay it or. s aw,tidy with a knife and re turn the cake to tl.e oven for ten or fifteen minutes. :-tra ts, N. C.-Deer Edit. I am a reader of your excellent paper, and would like to say how much THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1887. ■ pleased 1 am with it, especially Woman’s Kingdom* The Constitution is one of our xnort welcome visit ors, and we are always glad when Saturday comes, for it brings to our peaceful home one of the best papers in all the laud. 1 live in the eastern part of North Carolina, in Carteret county. The county site is Beaufort, a little town beautifully situated down by the s i. commanding at all times a view of o’.d ocean, rolling her snow-capped waves to the shore. A few miles from Beaufort is Morehead City, a famous summer resort for health and ; 1 ?asure seekers during the summer season. Throngs of peo ple visit this place every year. The delightful breezes, placid, peaceful waters and magnificent scenery tempt a great many people from the large cities and surrounding towns to revel iu their luxu ries. School facilities in the county arc very good. The people seem anx’.ois that their children should be educated, and I think in a few years, with the present prospect, that old Carteret will stand as high as any of her neighbors. Would like to know what has become of Bill Arp; have been waiting anxiously to hear from him. I enjoy reading his letters. Wil) some sister be kind enough to send mo directions for knitting feather cd;e and rose leaf trimming? Any information will be thankfully received. Please reply through Woman’s Kingdom. “Pansy,’’ Plano, Tex.—Having mot with a kind reception before, 1 venture to visit \o t again. How I do enjoy the lette:s from the sisters, and your gems of advice. If in doing good to others one is blessed you surely are greatly sj. Wish that I could attend the Piedmont exposition and meet with you and so many of the sisters. Did you receive the sample of wide crocheted edging I sent in my last letter? M. A. Boyd, I know you; my earliest recollections are of the “Cross Roadslam the eldest daughter of your friend Sallic C—. I enjoy the children’s let ters in The Constitution. Was glad to read the letter from Horace Neal, as his mother was our dear friend. Your sample was received and was very beautiful. Many thanks. Mrs. S. fl, Bryan, Russellville, Ga.—Will some of the sisters who read novels exchange with me? I have “Jess” and “She,” by Rider Haggard, which I wish to exchange for “That Wife of Mine” and “That Husband of Mine.” My best wishes for the successor the Kingdom. I have gathered much from it of pleasure and profit. “Reader,” Greensboro, Ala.—l have often thought I would write an 1 exp-ess my thanks ior the pleas ure and inform ition 1 have derived from the W. K. Now 1 would ask some of the readers to tell me what mouth is best for setting out rose cuttings. Also the best manner of putting them out. I shall be very grateful for all the information I can get on the sub ject. Mary, Tallapoosa, Ala.—The Constitution Is an ever welcome visitor with us. I think I couldn’t keep house successfully without it. I derive so many valuable recipes from Woman’s Kingdom. I wish to exchange seeds of the preserving-melon; it also makes excellent pickles. Tho nicest way to preserve hams is, as soon ns they take salt carve and fry, but not to a crisp; pack in jars, pour all of <ho gravy that is in the fry-pan over the meat, except the salty part, finish covering with fresh lard ; be sure your meat is always covered with grease, it will retain its freshness. I have ajar of ham that tastes perfectly fresh as when I put it up last March. There is economy in it. There is nothing thrown away. The fat, odds and ends can be cooked up into lard. The fragments of meat that remains on the bones can be boiled with the skins perfectly ten der and made into mince meat, which can be put up in vinegar and kept for months. “M. H.,”’ Georgia.—l have been reading the “Kingdon”for some time and seeing where so many have obtained pl. a>ant homes through its medium, feel encouraged to come,asking the aid of the sisters. Ain an orphan dependent upon my own exertions for my own support. I desire to obtain a homo in some pleasant family, citherns companion or house* keeper. Will the sisters please aid me in such place.” My address is with the editress. I think the kingdom splendid Success to it and its kind editress. JOAQUIN MILLER. Gath Describes His Rough Life in Cali fornia. Gath’s Letter. Returning now to Oakland, let mo say that I visited there Joaquin Miller, known as the pdo of tho Siciras a man of unquestionable poetic Ap prehension and frequent poetic genius, who might have been with education the best poet now extant in our country. Lacking original education ho gives vent to surprises, and sometimes mistakes strong language for the voice of art. Bret Harte has written the best poems of any Californian, for he seems to have been an exploring, reading man. Miller, however, has had a more consonant life with his romantic writings than ether Clemens or Harte, the other two well known coasters. When Clemens lived out here he was generally hard up, and being fond of money he was correspondingly saturnine. He has cured himself bravely of impe cuniosity, but Bret Harte, as Joaquin Miller said to me, will sonic day starve if he stays in London and tries to live upon mere literature, which is no pro fession in our day. It is a curious thing to see Joaquin Miller, living here at an altitude of seven hundred feet above the sea, on a yet naked mountain, digging with his own han Is cracks in the black mol l and among the stones to procure drinking water which trickles all around his water shed and promises to turn his land into an oasis in the skies. With his own hands, he erected tho stone steps which lead up to his door. In|this operation,it is said that be had*a|hemorrhage of the lungs, and this, added to his labors to finish a scriptural poem, gave him a rather old and worn look when I saw him, and he limped besides, from some wounds received in his body in Oregon, where he was one of the lynch-law men, yet ultimately a judge. He has a little house in a cleft of the moun tains, made of redwood, about ten or twelve feet high and perhaps thirty feet long. It Jias just one room, with alcove beds for himself and his mother, who is all leold woman, originally from Liberty, Ind. She went out to Oregon somewhere about 1852, and there had three sons, of whom she says that two were men of more ability than the cele brated jioct of the Sierras. Miller says the same about his brothers. They and his father are deceas ed. Miller is not an affected man, but one who really represents in himself most of the evidences of EXTREME BORDER MOUNTAIN LIFE. lie has lived among the Indians, has been a fa vorite in the drawingrooms of London, was at one time something of a success in Wall street, and he astonished Washington by building a log cabin within less than a mile of the president's house. Thia cabin he still possesses, but the la id he held in Washington has been sold at a considerable ad vance. Ho took the money and bought property in Oakland, which he has turned over to advantage, and therefore owns one hundred acres of good build ing and orchard sites only four miles back of the ferry. Miller is a blue-eyed man with warm brown hair, alrncs*- reddish in its tint, and he cun be affectionate and engaging in his manner, and is a good deal ad mired by a class of reliable men above the newspa per paragraphers and below the millionaires. He says he will never again move, but cxpec ts to die on his lofty p. t h and have his bones cremated among the stones (hero. His historical passion was evidenced from his having plant d the i.a.Muif on a step upon his cabin, where, he says, Fremont en camped at the time of his first exploration. 1 found himjsitting witii his Bible turning the story of Christ as a human man and brother in'o poetry,if that can be done any better than the old fellows did it. Ho is one of the last poets wc possess who, after tho manner of Thoreau, has given his xnaturer life to the creation of drcams in verse. It must not be for gotten, however, that ho wrote two very good plays w hich Lave been represented on both sides of the ocean, and they made a fortune for McKee Rankin and one or two others. Paid Miller to me: “I went to Washington sin cerely desired to a lapt myself to it and V) love it, but they didn’t agree with me there; I found it wus no place for me ana I came back again to my own coa.bt. Instead of writing joems hereafter I fchuil try to enjoy the raising of poetigal houses on my tract arid to study nature and wait for my time to molder away.” Mr. Miller married a few years ago Mrs. Leland, of New York, an amiable and charming young lady, and he expects to bring her out here his new pos- I bCthion and have her superintend his aflalrs and teach him the ways of practical life, - Tho Wail of Dudedom. From the Boston Corn men. a’ Bulletin. England has sent over the Gcncsta, the Gal atea aqd the Thistle; but if she wants to win tho eternal gratitude of America, let her sen 1 us a good pantaloon cutler. •'Can’t Speak Too Highly of It.” So writer a lady from Texas of preparatory treatment for prospective mothers, by Dr. Stainback Wibon. Particulars from him. At lanta, Ga. FOiJ THE YOUNG FOLKS. Fun for the Children—Tho Constitution Training School for Boys and Girls. Dear Children: Y’estcrday our great Pied mont exposition opened and of,course I went out to see the tun. All tho military companies wore out and a long process-on marched out to the grounds. After a good deal of speech-mak ing by the governor, Nir. Grady and others, tho exposition was declared opened and the can nons tired and the bells rang and whistles blew and such another noise you never heard. There were said to bo about twenty thousand people on the grounds, and that was a good num ber lor the first, day. 1 am not going to Ull you much about the pretty things to be seen (in this letter) for 1 did not walk about much— I was too busy watching a balloon that was to go up with a man in it, so I will wait until an other letter and tell you about what I saw 7 , and about tho President and Mrs. Cleveland. Now I will tell you about tho balloon; wo had to w ait a long time, but at last it started and sure enough there was a man in a basket just under tho balloon. It rose very slowly at first, but as he threw* out sand to lighten it, up it went, higher and higher, until it looked almost like a bird in the sky, and it was getting late and nearly dark, so I could not stay to watch it, but the last I saw of tho balloon it was very high up. I would not have liked to sail that high up in the sky. But tho man came down all right after awhile, and ho is getting his bal loon ready for his wife to go up in next time. I staid out so lato that when I got home 1 found everybody in the house very much fright ened about mo; thought some accident had happened to mo in tho big crowd. They said they were just about to send and get tho police to hunt for me. That would have been a joke, would it not? I have only time now to tell you that you have all been so good that I have money enough to buy my Bible now. and after this letter don’t send any more. 1 will write you all about it as soon as I get it, and have all the names printed. You can hoi]) now to finish the quilt. I want to thank all who have helped. I have tried to have all the letters in, but some have been so long this week that wo did not have room. As it is getting lato I must say “good night.” Yours, “Aunt Susie.” o Correspondence. Mcßrydo, Ga.—Little Cleveland Mazo’s letter to the President: Welcome to Atlanta, dear Mr. President how do you do, Icannot go to the Exposition, but I can write a let ter to you, I wish I could see you and your dear lady so happy and gay, I wish you could come among us southerners to stay. I have your beautiful picture that you sent me and I prize it so high, That I don’t want any one but mama to come nigh. I can’t help but laugh with childish glee, When mama lifts me up to it to see. Aly cheeks are fat, round, rosy and red, My eyes are jet black so is my head, I am a merry little rolicing country bo Full of life and full of joy. I am just three years ol«l, And more precious to mama than gliterfrft gold, A photograph of your dear lady I wish to see, To correspond by tlic side of .yours as a present to, me. Please for yourself and lady accept the love I send It is from a true little southern friend, Remember me always you know, For my name is Grover Cleveland Mazo. Ralph Fisher, Owensville, N. C.—l am a little blind boy thirteen years of age. I go to school at Raleigh; have been seventy-four sessions; will start the 17th of September, lean write with a pencil; I am writing this myself. I will send you the letter in print and write the alphabet at the begluing. 1 will close; much love to Aunt Susie. Mamie Snowden, Mims, Ala.—Aunt Susie, I read your letters with much pleasure and think they are quite interesting; I hope you will write often and continue to give us good advice. I also enjoy read ing Bill Arp’s letters, they arc quite pleasing to the .ear. I have not been to school any this session, there being no school in our vicinity, but I hope we will have one next year. You will find enclosed five cents, as I wish my name to bo put in your Bible, if I am not too late. Annie Stewart, Camilla, Ga.: lam a little south west Georgia girl, eight years old. My father is in Atlanta, representative of Mitchell. 1 want my name in your Bible, so I send you ten cents for my self and little sister, Daisy Bell; want both names to go in. I send you a square for your quilt. Aunt Susie, you must think a heap of it, for I have hud a time getting it made. Aunt Susie, when you get your Bible, please print all the names in your letter to us. Cousins, lam going to have me a memory quilt; it is the double T, nine inches »piarc, made of white and red. If you will send me a square it will be appreciated. I have a crying machine to nurse. Do any of you know how to nurse crying machines? If you don’t, come to see me and I will learn you how. When you get hero 1 will ..how you tho prettiest little blue-eyed sister you ever saw. I will close, with love to Aunt Susie and the cousins and Uncle Will. Your squa;e is very pretty. Emma and Nettie Franklin: We have for sonic time had a <*oslre to be your little nieces. If you will accept, we will do our best to have a good letter, Wo live four miles from Thomaston. We live at a home whore we have all kinds of berries in their season. First, wc have strawberries, then dew berries, and then blackberries. All these grow on papa’s land in abundance. We gather them and dry them to make nic» for winter. There is a brook that runs near the house. Wh n our cousins and schoolmates come wc take a ramble on the banks and gather wild flowers and rushes, and when |they ore gone in come wild grapes; they are eo nice! What a plea:uro it would be to us if we could set a large waiter cf those grapes in your window for you, and take you by surprise. Wc go to school one mile from home. Wc go to Sunday-school and have a nice time, we have so many nice songs to sing, and a number of nice little girls. We send you some flowers, as a token of otf love, Jennie Lee, Palmetto, Ga.; I nclelnkiß your val uable pa]/cr and we all like to read it. I think it was very kind of the editor to give us a place in ?o great a paper. I know Aunt Sus'.e has more pa tience than Job, for 1 know some of the cousins’ letters are very badly written, at least mine is; this is my 8.-cond one. 1 guens Aunt Fu-ie could not read the other one, for I never taw it in print; but I thought 1 would try once more. Like some of the cousins, I have hud mcr-; work than schooling. J. L. Garrett, Lafayette, Texas, wants to know if some of the cousins don’t want a Texas sweetheart. Yes, I do, if he is a nice one; but you must not drink, chew or smoke. Oh, I guess you will think J am particular, but 1 d <n’t think so; do you, Aunt bwde? Love to Aunt busie and the cousins. Missouri A. Harris: I have been thinking of writing to the Young Folks’ column a long time. My reason for not coming Uj the front before fs that 1 was afraid I might not make a success of ft. We have been residents of the country for about six years. I like country life, but enjoy a in town as well as any country girl. We had our Sun day-school celebration September 15. The pro gramme consisted of dialogue, recitation ami sing ing, I recited the “Church Walking with the World.” We received a great many compliments on our success. Well, cousins, our vacation has ended; scho< 1 ojx n; for another term, which many of us may never see close. Wo are having beautlfiil weather now for the farmers to gather in their har vest. Little Mollie, my pet sis, Is nc» r me, teasing and begging me to stop writing and listen to her while she recites her dear little speech. She is our household pct, also the pct of the community. She was three years of age in July. I Imv one brother, Willie, thirif.n years of age. Will some cf the cousins please correspond with me? Lula Clifton, Kaufman, Texas: As all the cousins bring their trouble to Aunt Eusic’s sympathetic heart, of comse you will excuse your Texas niece lor doing likewise. Aunt Susie, when I tell you we do our own cooking, you will no longer wonder at the sad expression that is ever present on my careworn face. My particular trouble at present is about u cake I Lulel the other day. It ro»c m g nlficcntly and—well, it fell the same way. When 1 offered my cousin a piece of it he drew himself up haughtily and said contemplu >usly: “No, I thank you, dear; if I ate that slfce of cake I should have the blues for six months.’’ Now, Aunt Susie, 1 know my cake was b. d but 1 do n< t think he s muld have given me such a broad hint of the tact, do you? J. L. Archer, you remind me of 11. Rider Haggard. The very idea of a common-sized boy swallowing tl.e greater part of the Atlantic! Next to Mr. Hag gard, 1 know of no one that can draw on the imagi nation more than yourself. Samantha Jane, Ido not think you need the sympathy of any one be cause you have never had a beau; they arc worthless rubbish. Now, Master Paul Jones, you needn’t chuckle to yourself and say, “Guess she was s -rved like 1 was.” Yon would be mistaken, tor, like S. J., I never had a beau. Now, Aunt Susie, do excuse this nonsens». You know, “variety is the spice of life.’’ One need not expect us to talk common sense and look as wse as owls all the time. Cousins, let us exchange crochet patterns, recipes for preserving and jellying all sorts of fruit, bread making, etc. I know the young folks do this, but they would scarcely welcome us to their Kingdom. I want some of the cousins to correspond with. I am sixteen. Aunt Susie, I send you a nickel; please put my name in your Bible. Irene Jackson, Lockett, Texas: I am a little girl between five and six years old. lam all the child papa and mama has. I have four studies—Fourth 'Reader, Geography, Aritlunetic, spelling an I writing. I have never been to school; mama teaches me at home. Lockett is a nice little place. My papa is a merchant and farmer and keeps the postoffice. I read the little girls’ letters, and mama roads Betsy Hamilton’s letters to me, when she writes. 1 must tell tho little cousins about my dolls and what pretty names they have. First, Hattie Bello, a wax doll as large as I am; then Katie Maggio and Rosa are china dolls, and I 1 >ve them very dearly. Aunt Susie, 1 send five cents for the Bible and hope my name will go in. Love to all. Bnt’ie W. Carroll, Concord, N. C.: Because of my age, Aunt Susie, 1 have been rather timid about writing to you, for fear of being teased by my friends for joining tho children s column, but I want my name in your Bible, an 1 lam not very old. Aunt Si se, will you accept this dime from mo, for 11 >ve you as much as the children or cousins do? You will have a real fine Bible, will you not? 1 think 1 have counted a few dollars and have not counted all. So, Aunt Susie, 1 close, hoping you will put my name in your Bible. Write again, Bachelor, Aunt Susie and Uncle Will, also I’aul Jones and Carker Black. Rabon r. Mazo, Mcßrydo, Ga.: After a long si lence, I will again ask for admittance. 11 >ve to read tho cousins’ letters s» much, lam going to school and am trying to improve tho time all that 1 can. I love my teacher very much. Can all of my little cousins say that? 1 have four real little cousins down here from Macon. W1 at a nice time wc do have playing and running through the green woods! 1 have a little brother named Grover Cleve land. Mama sent the president his picture and he seut his photograph in return. I send a letter to the president from my little brother. Bloase print it the week of the ox]K)Sltion. I think ho will take the premium for the best letter to the prosidont; don’t you, Aunt S isle? Please accept this nickel and put my name in your beautiful Bible. With much 1-jvo to you, Aunt Susie, 1 do hope you will enjoy the exposition. Maggie Haynes, Notasulga, Ain.: You really don’t need another Correspondent, but I want to write to you anyhow, as I have never written, and 1 know some of the little cousins have written sev eral times; I think they ou lit to stop and let some one else in. 1 wonder wl at has got the matter with Uncle Mill, tl at lie doesn't write; I expect maybe the little cousins did not appreciate his letters as they ought to, for I notice that there are but few that a-k him to write again; 1 will give him an in vitation, all tho same. 1 did feel so sorry fog poor Paul Jones. 1 do think his sweetheart could not have been much cf one; 1 know’ 1 would not have done him that bad. Will some of the cousins cor respond with me? Emma Nichols, Athens, Ga.: I wrote to you once before, but 1 did not s -e it tn print, so 1 will write again. lam a lover of reading the Bible, and 1 love it so well that I get one verse by heart every day. My father is a merchant and loves to read the Bible very much. Hu tolls mama and I many precious things about living a happy life and what he reads in tho Bible. I wish 1 hid one of Aunt Susie’s letters to read every day, for the/ are so nice. 1 want to tell Dula E. Harrison al Marlon, La., that God is not mentioned in the book of tho Song of Solomon. Now, there is another book In the Bible tint has not the name of God In it. I would like for some of the cousins to tell me where it is, also what book tells where God came from. Aline Cumming, Camden, Ala.: Aunt Susie, I wish you could come to see us. The woods are so pretty all around here. Do you enjoy walking in the woods’? There are a great many muscadines and wild grapes hero. I will send you a dime to have my sister’s and my name put in your Bible. My sister’s name is Lottie. Lottie and I have picked 817 pounds of cotton this year. Don’t you think that Is a good deal when we never have picked any before? I would have liked to have seen the queen’s jubilee cake and sit by it a week. A thousand pounds is a half ton. Will some of the cousins please write to inc? Much love to Aunt frujtf and the cousins. Lee Thomson, Ocnaville, Texfis: Thftvc Loen at tending protracted meetings and picnics all this summer and have had quite a nice time, but do not find it quite so pleasant picking cotton; have p’cked about twelve hundred pounds. Our school will begin in two weeks. Our teacher boards with my ]>apu. We have had the same teacher for four years. He is a jolly old bachelor. Ho calls wo schoolgirls mustangs, because we ramblo all over the prairie and through the woods in search of flowers, grapes and plums, and I will acknowledge that name suits us very well, for at times wc are rather wild. We all like our teacher very much. Wc have a good Sunday school at O imvlllc, emsisting of about seventy scholars. We recite verses from tho Bible, and the one who recites the greatest number of verses at the dose of the year is entitled to a prize. I send you five cents for your Bible; pltuse put my name in. EvAChapman, Newton, Miss.: I live in a liennti ful country, three miles from the town of Newton. Our country is level and ims most any kind of timber yot; C>uld name. I go to Mabbath school every Sabbath; I Lave not missed a time since it started; wc started it last winter some time. There is not a man there. Mama acted as superintendent once. My papa is a preacher, (Baptist), /armor, miller and ginner. I sometimes help to make mo lusscs; I can do most any kind of work that comes my turn to do. Aunt Susie, I think you mu t have the patience of Job, to receive, read ami print so many letters from all over the United States. 1 send you a square for your quilt and ten cents to help buy your B hie; hope I’m not too late. Love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. Vernana Thatcher, Rudd, Iowa: Aunt Susie, I will send you a block for your memory quilt, i’lease put my name on it, as I have no indelible ink. Tell me whether you flke it or not. H. G. Collins, I think you are mistaken about girls having no hearts. Will any of the cousins be so kind as to send me the song entitled, “A boy’s best friend is his mo‘her.” I have no i»ets, except a pig; I am no! so for unate ns some of the rest of the cousins. I tin going to school now; I walk two miles to school. How many of the cousins study bookkeeping'? Ido. I think it is a nice study. I intend to be a schoolteacher, if nothing happens. Much love to Aunt Susie and Uncle Will. I think your square is very pretty, J.Oiis A. Wellborn, Edna and Wilda f’rutnp, Blairsville, Ga.—-Wcaro throe little cousins between twelve and sixteen years of age. We live up hero in tho mountains and neither of us ever had a B]mjll of si' km H 4. How many of i' roiiriiis can wy that? Wc Lave been together all ’ evening ami as ft was near time ior us to part v. <• thought w c would write a letter to Aunt Susie; h< p .ig this won’t find Its way to the waste basket, ns we have w ritten before, but never saw our letter In print. Wc i.opc some of the cousins will write to us; will promise to am were vi ry letter that will come to uc W • will close for this t l me, and the next time wc write wo will send Aunt Eusic fifteen cents for her Bible. rinldo Montgomery, Norbone, Ma.—Here Tam again, though almost discouraged. 1 w rote in March and my letter found the waste basket. I would like for some of the cousins to amid me the words to “Lips tlmt Touch Liqu r Hhall Never 'i ouch Mine.” AuntHusic, I send you a square for your memory quilt and a niekle for your Bible; please put my mime in it. J am going to n lmol now. don’t want to be troubles >mc, Ho*will close. Your square is very p;etty and neatly made. Maggie M. Daniel, Bowman, Ga. 1 am twelve years old. 1 have .ivc sister ,ami bir oio brother. I have no pets ris most of the cousins i.a-, , but J have asw eet Huie baby slsiex; her name is Chua. 1 tend you five cents for your Bible and to get my name in it. lam not going to school now. Best wishes to Aunt Susie and the cousins. Milton McL. Bcrlewell, Wim na, Miss.—We have averypietiy town here, situated on the Illinois Control railroad 644 miles from Chicago ai d about 200 miles from New Orleans. This town has about 1,700 inhabitants and is about equally divided be tween the whites and the blacks. We have five white churches and two schools and two colored churclus and one school. I would like to corres* pond with some of the cousins. Little Tot tie, Woodlawn—l send you a dime to help buy your Bible. Mama and papa lets me help in Ri I good works if I am a little girl. Please tell Ora Smith I can beat her twenty-three first cousins a long ways. 1 have thirty. I send my card to go in your scrap book. Mattie A. Suber and Suellie Suber, Greer’s station, S. C.-—We are two little sisters aged nine and lour years, the only children our mama has living. Wo too love Aunt Susie and would like to have our names in her Bible, so we send you ten cents; hope' • it will not be too late to get in. As this is our first time We w’ill drop in our dime And be off in a hurry As fast as wo can scurry. Love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. S. D. Freeman, Oxford, Ga.—Dear cousins of the waste basket: The waste looks so tempting that I cannot possibly pass it by, but will just step in and say howdy do and bow myself out. Does any one recognize me? I’ve visited the waste basket before, but have never had the good luck to get even a ]>eep at the correspondents’column. I want some of tho larger cousins w h > love fun to correspond with mo. Mollie George Cooper, Cuthbert, Ga.—lt has boon quite a year since 1 last wrote. I am eleven years old. My papa is dead, but mama and I live at uncle’s. lam not going to school now but will start after Christmas. 1 live in Randolph, four miles north of Cuthbert. The association will come off th ‘ first of next month at Benevolence and we ex pect to attend and have a nice time. Love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. 1 enclose live cents for your Bible; please let my name go in. Fannie Justice, Denton county, Texas—Dear Aunt Susie, I am a subscriber to The Constitution. 1 want my mime in your Bible and will sends nlckle and a square for your quilt. lamnlittlo girl nine years old, but I love to read the children’s letters. This Is my first, and for fear it will lo<igc in that much dreaded waste basket, I will close, with much love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. Rose II •mmerling, New Hartford, lowa—Tills ia my second attempt. My ]»api takes The Consti tution and we like it very much. 1 have no peta except a little niece ten weeks old. I have two sisters and four brothers. My oldest sister is married; she lives a mile from our house. I would like to correspond with some of the cousins. I will close by sending the cousins a riddle. What ship is al ways hub’ll with knowledge? I send Aunt Susie a card for her scrap book. Love to Aunt Susie and tho cousins. F.ula L. Billingsley, San Marcos, Texas—l am fourteen years old; have eight brothers and two sweet little sisters; one curly headed just two year* old, the other ten months old. Enclose please find ten cenlß from L lia and I : hope it is not too lato for our name to go in your B.bl_*. May God bless you and your work Aunt Susie. Etta Barnett, Okolona, Miss.—Wc are having some right cool weather now. Our school is out My sister l.ula is going t<> school nt Tr <y, Miss. My friends, Sallic, Stella and and Ada Atkin -n Imvo gone to school at Houston, Miss. lam very lonely; £ wish Aunt Susie would write every week. I also love Io read Paul Joncb aud Uncle Will’s letters. I will sen I you aqu It square. 1 would like to corres pon 1 witii some of the cousins. Anna Billington, Hardison, Tenn. -I am thirteen years old; I have one little brother and a sweet little baby sister I love most dearly. I have no pets, so 1 spend my idle moments in reading the Bible. I began reading lust autumn; 1 have read from the first of Genesis to Becond Cornntheans. 1 hope to get throt gh by Christmas. How* many of the cousins w ill join me ami rea l it through again next year? Aunt Susie, 1 semi you a nlckle fur your Bible; also a card fur your scrap book. Lena Stewart, Averasboro, N. C.—Have you room enough Id to admit one more little couiin? I en close live cents so as to have my name in your Bible. Like Horace Neal, my sixteenth year still lam not too old to try to do good. Much lovo to Aunt Susie and the cousins. Mattle Milan, Fairburn, Ga.—Rave you room for another little niece? I am a little girl not quite six years old; will be six n *xt Saturday. Inm stay ing nt grandma’s, and she says I must have some thing nice fur dinner on my birthday. I will send you a s<piure for your quilt. Do you think it is nice enough to put in your qtillt? I made it all myself. Aunt Susie. Mama will bcsiirj r.sed to see my name among your nieces, but a little girl must write a little letter, so please Aunt Susie, try to get room for my letter, aud when 1 get larger 1 will write you a nice letter. Your square is very nice. Mollie Brock, Hill, Ahi.—Dear Aunt Susie: See ing so many of the cousins have been willing and describing their hemes, I thought I would say some thing about mine. Ills situated six miles west of Giulsden and five miles north of Attalla, in Wills valley on the Alabama Gnat Southern railroad at the little station of Reesville. I must tell the cousins about what a nice trip wc had on last Bunday, There was a cio.vd of eight persons visited tho Black creek falls. It is jusl three miles from our house and is a beautiful place; some of the most interesting scenery 1 ever saw. Cousins, you ought to see them, they are so magnificent. 1 cun t begin to describe them as they should be. The water fails over a bluffof rocks over a hundred feet and goes rolling and tumbling into the depths below. You can g<» all nroung under them and not get even sprinkled by the mist. Wild Howers grow ten and fifteen feet overhead o i tlie ruck. One hundred yards below tho falls you ran step the crook on stones. Wh* nwc had looked as much us we wished to we went to the clifik, about half a mile above and took In the city of Ga Ihlo Wo were about one mile from the cly and over 0 feet above tlie ciiy h.vel while we were at the cliffs; the church bell rung and it seemeu as if telling us to come. Note—-Your square is bcautil'ul and different from any I have. ■i i 1 * - The Kclipto In lliusla. From an Kxehanzo- When Professor Mondelaieff was desccn<!!fcg in Liz military balloon near Moscow, after olwerving the recent eclipse, several ponsanta ran out of tho village of Oderkoff with guns to shoot "the evil beast that had darkened the face of the sun.” There was a general fear among tho Russian peas antry that the world is coming to an end. This ide. wes strengthened by the curious coincident!, that on Sunday preceding the eclipse the go*p 1 appoint od to be read in the churches lisppencd to be tho 21th chapter of Matthew, in which o curred tho prediction th it the sun shall I.e darke r d arid tho s'arssliall fall from the heavens. Ten days after the eclipses In the province ot I’erra theie ivm a r. markable fall of a rolltca. Ono piece of the tne torlc stone weighed about a quarter of a ton, and . caused au carta shook iu its full like au ciuuli quake. Very Particular. From th. revision (Me.; Journal. Freddie Glcdhill. the young embezzler from the Citizens’ Relief society of Portland, writes frora Montreal to the Portland Press to indignantly deny the story that he was »«i iu Montreal looking very seedy. The statements concerning his dishonesty did not seem to worry 1.1 n any, but when the papers cume to say be looked e dy he resented it. lie wants It understoid that wbile he may be a thief lis is not guilty of the crime of wearing poor clothe«. ■■ .nr -j- e r —i nr~TT r.--" — r ~-~~ l —■■■— r Byspeßsia is the tone of the nroaeut irencralioti. riirc hikl its ul tNh'k Hyaik hclio, t'ountipuliou uad I’ilvw* liiai toll’s lls have become »<> famous. They act Huecsiily rintl wonfly m» the til trestle® ora an*, rrl vln« them tone uutl via or to assimilate loot!, ft’o griping or nausea, Bold Everywhere. Office, 44 Murray St., New York. 9