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W? KINGDOM.
(This is the ladies'column. They are invited to
express their opinions herein—to use it as their own.
The editress will answer questions or accept sug
gestions with pleasure.]
In the city of Petersburg, Va., in the eastern
portion, stands an old church that was built in
1735 A. D, of bricks imported from England
for the purpose. It is called “Old Blandford
church.” It is claimed by the citizens of
Petersburg to be the next oldest church in the
United States. It has not been used as a house
of worship since 1803, but its walls still stand
as a historic church, and in 1841 the following
beautiful lines were found written in pencil
upon the Avails which is discriptive of its
present condition:
To Old Blandford Church.
Thou art crumbling to the dust, old pile,
Thou art hastening to thy fall,
And ’round thee in thy loneliness
Clings the ivy to the wall.
The worshipers are scattered now
Who knelt before thy shrine,
And silence reigns where anthems rose
In days of “Auld Lang Syne.”
And sadly sighs the wandering wind
Where oft, in years gone by,
Pray cis rose from many heaits to Him,
The Highest of the High;
The tramp of many a busy foot
That sought thy aislesis o’er,
And many a weary heart around
Is still for evermore.
H,qw doth ambition's hope take wing,
How droops the spirit vow I — *
We hear the distant city’s din;
The dead are mute below.
The sun that shone upon their paths
Now guilds their Im e y graves;
The zephyr which om e aimed their brows,
The grass above them waves.
01 could we call the many back
Who’ve gathexe 1 here in vain,
Who’ve careless roved where we do now,
Who’ll never meet again;
How would our very souls be stirred,
To meet the earnest gaze
Os the lovely and the beautiful,
The lights of other days!
A Stringer.
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How often we meet men or women, and
their very presence fills our hearts with the
warmth of gladness. There is everything in a
face. When we see a sour-faccd man or
woman we feel sorry for thoso at home, but an
open, bright,good face takes your thoughts to a
happy fireside and pictures a nest where the
home birds love to gather. We often meet a
face that chills our heart and ropelis every ad
vance and sour all the “milk of human kind
ness” within us. There is something always
interesting in the study of a face. Did you
ever notice the faces of people you meet in a
street car or any crowd where you have the
opportunity of being with them somo little
while ? How many emotions they portray |—
ome draw you towards them and others repel.
Often a face will cause your thoughts to travel
backwards to “by gone days;” there will be
Ssome feature that reminds you of a long for
gotten acquaintance, and you cannot recall
who or where you met them, when a smile or
some expression will throw a light upon
memMy, and scenes and friends will be vivid
ly brought to mind, and pleasant emotions fill
tho heart. Nature may do a great deal for a
face; it may be very beautiful with features
and expression perfect, but in time lines begin
to mar its beauty, indicating the workings of
the mind. How often we see a beautiful
young woman become a homely old one, and
an ugly young one may grow beautiful as mid
dle life comes on. We naturally ask what
causes the change ? There is no change in
features, but it is the soul within that puts its
stamp on the face and obliterates mere physi
cal appearance. As some writer has so forcibly
expressedit: “At three years of age a fretful
child will show marks on the fair forehead and
the corners of the mouth; a vinegar spirit will
inevitably curl the lip of a beautiful girl; a
selfish thought stamps its impress over the
tightening lips; a self-indulgent spirit in the
very looseness of the muscles of the face; high
temper leaves its marks’indellibly in a line be
tween the eyes; suspicious thoughts harden
the softest looks of beauty, until her eyes have
a hard, stony look.” On the other hand, a
calm and placid spirit—the reverse of the
above—smoothes every rugged feature of
nature, and in middle life and old age, the soul
makes a plain face beautiful. When we re
member that the face is truly the index of the
soul or spirit within it should cause a most
earnest desire to cultivate those virtues that
enable us to exercise a meek and quiet spirit.
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Planting Bulbs.
The bright flowers from the Holland bulbs are
among the most interesting flowers of early spring.
After tho dreary winter flowers have a peculiar
charm, and the showy tulips and hyacinths, with
the more modest crocuses, squills and snowdrops,
have a place in the floral calendar that no other
plants can fill. Snowdrops are among tho most
fragile and delicate of Howers, and yet they often
open in a sunny end protected border as early as
Washington’s birthday. Crocuses are at their best
on the sward, which they star with golden bloom
as soon as the grass is fairly green. The deep blue
Os the scillas and chlonodoxas appear at the same
time, while daffodils, hyacinths, tulips and poets’
narcissus follow in their order.
These bulbs must all be set in autumn if we are to
enjoy their flowers in the spring. They will bloom
if they are put in the ground any time before hard
freezing, but the sooner thy are planted now the
better. Hyacinths and tulip, are best in beds, al
though the latter look wed on the shrub border.
This last is the place for the daffodils, and poets'
narcusu- ar never so lovely as when seeh among
the grass. The books give long directions as to
■oil—but any fair garden or lawn ground is good
enough to produce them at their loveliest. The
bulbs should be set at a depth equal to four or five
times their own diameter, and they may be slightly
protected. The covering, however, should be te
moved before the shoots begin to force their way
out of the ground.
If You Would be Ifappy-
From Good Housckeej ing.
Beware of the man of two faces.
Persevere against discouragement.
Take a cheerful view of everything.
In ail promised pleasures, put self last.
Trust in God and mind your own business.
Pray for a short memory as to ail unkindnesses.
Bo not talk of your pn ate, personal, or family
matters.
Put not your trust in money, but put your money
in trust •
Cultivate forbearance till your heart yields a fine
crop of it.
Give your tongue more l. ?liday than your hands
or your eyes.
Examine into yonr own shortcomings rather th in
those of others.
Act as if you expected to live a hundred years, but
Wig! it die tomorrow.
Compare our manifold blessings with the trifling
annoyances of each day.
Do the duty that lies nearest thee: thy second duty
will already have become el arer.
Be content to do tt e things yon <jan, and fret not
because you cannot do everythin/.
Never reply in kind to a sharp or angry word; it
is the second uord that makes the quarrel.
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Care of the Jr’eet.
From American Ma. zinc.
A few drops of extra* t of white oak bark in the
morning foot-bath, with a pinch of boraclc add will
go far to harden the feet, and bathing at bedtime
■with pure alcohol will quickly remove soreness.
But shoes must be looked to. Corns and bunions
come from friction and unequal pressure; and it
should be known that shoes loose enough to permit
the foot to slide about them are even more likely
than tight ones to produce those troublesome
growths. Shoes should fit exactly—a desideratum
more easily found when they are made after tho
anatomical pattern than any other way. They
should be quite heavy. Very light boots are good
cn >ugh to dance in, but for every other pur; ose the
soles should be thick enough to protect feet from
small stones or accidental blows. Heavy shoes
seem tiresome to walk in at first, but after a few
d iys th j feeling of com bit and security that comes
with wearing them is so great that they are rarely
given up.
The Care of the Hands.
Marian Brcck, in Good Housekeeping.
While a true gentlewoman has something better
than a pair of pretty hands on which to base her
claims to “gentility,” it is her right to keep tier
hands as fair and smooth as the faithful doing of her
duties will admit. "Who sweeps a room,” and
swee; s it clean, makes the action no less tine by tho
wearing of a old kid gloves during the pro
cess; and the same is true of dusting, blacking a
stove, putting down carpets, cleaning kerosene
lamps, and many of the other household duties that
fall to the mothers and daughters in homes where
no servant is kept. It is quite possible, with proper,
care, to do the majority of these tasks without
serious injury to the hands, and it is often a false
pride that prevents one from using the necessary’
precautions. Many busy housewives affect supreme
indifference to the hands, and do not hesitate to ex
press their contempt for those who try in any way to
protect them.
“Mother thinks it is so silly,” said a young girl,
blushing with shame on being found sweeping in
gloves. But why not as well wear gloves to protect
the hands as a sweeping-cap to protect the hair?
The occasional washing of the hands with corn
meal and borax soap, in tepid water, helps to keep
them soft and smooth, and glycerine mixed with
lemon ju cj is excellent to apply at night.
The faithful doing of one’s duty is always com
mendable, and the marks of toil are no disgrace, but
there is no virture in the abusing of the hands that
perform the labor, and for one’s own comfort due
care should be taken to keep them from becoming
callous and rough.
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A Mourning Parrot.
From Detroit Free Press.
It is not given to a 1 to be lamented alter death,
like orphans, by both man ami beasts. The follow
ing touching incident suggests a heart and manner
of kindness in the dead master that endeared him at
least to his family and his pets :
A well known citizen of Detroit who died lately
possessed a parrot, a bird of rare intelligence and
fluent powers of speech, who immediately upon the
death of its owner became morose and silent, a con
dition it remained in until after the funeral and for
some days later. Friends of the family commented
on this, and noticed the taciturn mood of the bird,
but no inducements could make Polly talk. One
day, however, as a servant was bringing in a favorite
chair of the deceased, the parrot began to scold ai d
mutter, in the lingo peculiar to its kind, and finally
uttered, in a mournful, disconsolate tone, the single
cry :
“Papa.”
No notice was taken of her, and she called in a
higher key :
“Where’s papa?”
She then relapsed into a somnolent statu for a few
moments, when she suddenly shrieked:
“Po-o-or papa!”
This exhausted her vocabulary, but she continued
to utter the words in every tone and variation of ex
cessive grief, until a cloth was thrown over her
( a e, to the great relief of the mourning friends,
wl o e sorrow was intensified by the apparent
sympathy of the affectionate bird.
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Which? and Why?
From Good Housekeeping.
Is it “lady” or “woman?” The discrimination
between these words in the original application of
“lady” to women in general, must have arisen
through the want of some appellation of gentility
by those whose gentility was in doubt. But the
al use of the word lady, and its constant application
to every woman has made it too common a word, so
that its applications is becoming meaningless.
When a saleswoman is a “saleslady,” for instance,
the abuse of the word lady makes it lose much of its
former choiceness. Not that a woman who sells
goods behind a counter may not be a lady. She
undoubtedly is in most cases, but to tack the word
on to her occupation is absurd. A continued ex
tension of the appellations of gentility will give us
washerlady and milkgen tieman, which will not
seem so manifestly absurd it the abuse of the words
is to go on much further unchecked.
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A Kitchen-Wall Panel.
By Nina 11. Clark.
If you are a housekeeper, and especially if you are
much in the kitchen, you will appreciate any little
contrivance to save steps. Small articles, such as
the stove- lifter, or holder, or dust brush, are seldom
in their proper places, if, indeed, any particular
spot has ever been appropriated to them. You
open the oven door, then turn to look fur a cloth
which can not be found anywhere, and all the time
your cake, or bread, or pie is growing crisper and
crisper. “Where in the world is that stove-litter!”
you exclaim perhaps a dozen times a day, or you
spend five precious minutes hunting up the dust
brush.
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Here is a simple arrangement of pockets and
hooks that you can not but find useful, and which is
easily and cheaply male: Procure a board about
two fact square and paint it brown, or use walnut
stain. Tack thin oilcloth, the kind ’used for table
covers, across the bottom to form three pockets,
binding them with braid, or buttonhole stitch them
with coarse linen thread of some bright color. Lay
three small pleats at the bottom of each pocket, or e
of which should have a flap or cover securely tacked
on. These pockets rnay hold a dust-brush, dust
cloth or any other small articles, and it would be a
good idea to keep your cook book in the one with a
cover. Half a dozen brass hooks screwed in the
upper part of the board you will also find useful.
Fasten this convenient little affair on the wall near
the kitchen stove, and you will undoubtedly find it
such a handy arrangement that you will be glad to
take it with you when you move.
A Few Good Recipes.
To Remove Ink Stains—Rub spot with green to
mato, lay in sun. By scT.ral applications the ink
will entirely disappear.
“Betsy Hamilton’s” recipe for soft gingerbread—
One teacup molasses, one teacup sugar, one teacup
butter, four cups flour, three eggs, two tablepoonfota
of ginger, one teaspoonsful of cloves, one teacup of
be l ing water added last; after which sift in one
tablespoonful of soda. Bake at once twenty
minutes.
Veal Olives—Three pounds veal cutlet, cut into
slices about six inches long, by three wide.
One pit t oysters.
One cup of forcemeat, made of fno bread crumbs
and a little fat salt pork minced very small, moisten
ed with the oyster liquor and seasoned with pepper,
salt and sweet herbs.
Spr.ad each slice of veal with the forcemeat, lay a
couple of small oysters, or a large one in the center,
roll p thj meat with the oyster inside and pin the
roll wi h a small skewer. I/iy them In a dripping
pun, pour over them a cupful of boiling w ater in
which has been melted a tablesfxxmful of butter,
bake covered for an hour, baiting frequently with
the r -y. uncover and brown. Keep the olives
warm wLil j you thicken the gravy w ith brow ned
flour an ! season it with a couple of tablwpoonfuDof
tomato ketchup. Pour the gravy around the olives
in the dish.
Chicken Melange Pie-1 ■ 1 s'xeggs hard and slice
them; cut ad the in a m the bones of tho
chickens cooked Fu ..iking a g:avy of the
bones. In this stew ha . a dozen petal' e nut
in quarters. When they are tender place a layer of
the chicken on top. Over this comes a stratum of
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1887.
hard boiled eggs, followed by one of bacon, cut into
very thin slices. Repeat the order of ingredients as
long as they last, and cover all with a good plain
crust, first pouring in all the gravy left from the
chicken bones. Lake until the crust is done.
r ultice for Sore, Inflamed or rainful Eyes—
bite of egg put in China plate, rub one w ay round
and round with apiece of alum until it becomes
thick as a poultice; make tw o bags of sumo w'.aie
goods and bind over tho eyes. Repeat application
until dr sired effect is produced.
To.lie— Half gallon of whisky,half ounceof fiFftfbc
tida, half ounce of alves, half ounce of gum
guaiacum, half ounce of gum myrah, half ounce of
pulverized rhubarb, one and a half ounce of
sulphur.
For Nervous or Siek Headaches—Take a pill of
asafetida at bed time two or three times a week, or
whenever the headache is felt to be coining.
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Correspondence.
Airs. S.illie Clark, Waldo, Arkansaw—l can sympa
thise with the sisters who have lost their loved ones.
1 too have loved ones that are done with the trials
and troubles of this world. I do not ws i them
back, but pray 1 may live right, so when I come to
die I may die right. I have three children, 1 hope
the good sisters of the Kingdom will help me to
pray, that I may raise them for heaven. I was a
Georgian by birth and would have been so glad to
have visited my old home and gone to the exposi
tion. To the lady asking a remedy for croup: Take
a hand fill of cotton-seed, mash them with a hanf
mer, boil and make a strong tea, sweeten very
sweet; let the child drink as much as it will while it
is warm. lam a farmer’iAvife; do all of my house
work when 1 am well; have five children to work
for, and then find time to do any kind of fancy work
I wish to do. Wishing our department much suc
cess, I close.
Airs. Sallic G. West, Abner, Texas—Will you allow
me to become a member of your circle? lam much
pleased with your contributions to the Kingdom;
indeed I am charmed with them; they are so home
like, so fresh and useful. I feel so grateful for the
neuralgia pad which one of the sisters gave not long
since, for I am a great sufferer from neuralgia, and
have derived quite a benefit from the pad. I’leasc
accept many, many thanks dear sister. I’m a native
Georgian; moved to this state nearly two years ago;
1 was quite homesick for a while, but my daughter
wouldn't allow me to have the “blues;” she is so
cheerful and full of life. I feel doubly attached to
the Kingdom; first, because it is worthy of attach
ment: si c nidly, because it is published in dear old
Georgia, so you will discover that 1 cannot forget
my a 1 ‘glance to my state, although I like the lone
star state. If this proves acceptable to the editress,
will in my next endeavor to interest yon with a
description of this part of Texas.
Mrs. (’laic Mayberry, Fair Mount, Ark., wishes
to thank those kind ones who responded to her re
quest for magnolias. I have all that I want now.
But I have just been reading The Constitution of
September iO:h, a gentleman tells of his success with
Spanish peanuts. Now my husband has two acres
of poor land; made thirty bushels of corn this year,
ami if 1 can get the Spanish peanuts I expect to
take three Poland China pigs and an old cow and
this poor piece of land and sec what I can make. I
expect to hire the plowing and gathering; but the
trouble is, 1 don't know whereto get the peanuts.
Can any one let me have some, if only a few, 1 will
buy them or exchange flowers from my gt.rlen for
them. I have ten kinds of roses, three honeysuckle - ,
crape mix tie, springa, altheu, yellow jonquill, flow
ering ammon, two kinds flags and stars of Bethle
hem.
Mrs. AI. E. C.—l come lor the first time soehing
admittance into your Kingdom and hope ycU will
not say nay. Aly husband has been a sul s Tiber to
your paper for some time. Dear sisters, if any of
you who may chance to road this know of any
reliable remedies for epilepsy, please inform inc
through Woman’s Kingdom. I have a dear little
boy that is afflicted with the above disease, and oh,
how it burdens my heart to think he may never get
well. Pray for me dear sisters that God will give
me grace and stronger faith and also for my d ‘ar
child. Is the Wilsonia Alagnetic Appliance com
j any reliable? Will some one be to kind as to give
tin ir address.
Mrs. V. L. Bonsall, Laurel Hill, Alias.—“Quiz/’ of
Logansville, Ga., asks for a recipe for making jelly
with gelatine. I can give her an excellent one.
Soak one box of gelatine three hours in a pint of
cold water; then add one pint of wine, the grated
rind and juice of two lemons, one pound and a half
of white sugar and a little mace; stir these ingredi
ents until the sugar dbs dves, then add one quart
and a half of boiling water, quickly stirring until
well mixed, then strain at once through a flannel
bag. Can give her some other nice recipes for gela
tine dishes if she desires them. If Mrs. AL C.
Barber, who asked me in July for sample of rose
leaf lace, still wishes it, 1 will send it to her with
pleasure if she will send me her address, and I will
be greatly obliged if she will scud me directions for
knitting the insertion. I cannot knit by samples. I
will send her directions, if she wishes th m, for the
edging. Would also like to get directions for knit
ting edgings deepi r than the rose leaf—anything
over thirty-four stitches. 1 know some one will say,
“what a veritable olive twid, still asking for non ’ ’
And that just reminds me, I want to ask for, but no,
I have asked enough for this time, so 1 will let some
c ne else have the iluor.
Mrs. A. C. Ivy, Thomson, Ga.—l have written to
your valuable paper before, and as the kind editress
gave space to my letter in the columns of the mueli
appreciated Kingdom, I will take courage and write
again. When I wrote before the printer by some
means got my postoflice wrong, w hich mistake I fear
caused some one to think unkindly of me. I wrote
that I would, if written too, give information in re
gard to canning and saving fruit for winter use.
Some letters reached me, after having gone to the
dead letter olflce, and others no doubt never reached
m? al all. If this meets the eyes of any who wrote
and did not hear from me, 1 hope they will no
longer entertain unkindly feelings towards one who
is, and always will be, a well-wisher of all sisters
and Woman’s Kingdom. I any of the sisters would
like a recipe for orange jelly, I can give them a good
one. Will Airs. L. Kinard, of South Carolina, write
to dk‘and give me her postoilice address; I wish to
correspond with her in regard to the vegetable
peach. I expect before long to send in my name
and a dollar and get your valuable pa;>er for u year,,
and have my name go in your Christmas box, with
the hope of drawing a prize, and if 1 do not draw a
prize 1 will get the jmper every week for a year, and
that in itself is a valuable prize. lam a-, anxious us
the children to see the kind editress, but as I can
not see her, 1 hope she will accept my best wishes
both for her elf and the Kingdom, over which she
presides.
Note—The recipe for icinu have been given before
and we never reprint a recipe.
The Fall of the Feavcs.
From the French of Millevoye.
All silent was the nightingale;
Fair autumn, with a graceful hand,
Stole from the tre* sthat shade our la
The leaves, to carpet hill and dale.
A sick man wander d ’midst that scene;
It imaged to his dying eyes
The hopes that fade like summer skies,
The sweet spring days that once have been.
“Farewell, ch ar woods,” he cried—“farewell!
In each seared leaf that falls I see
Another moment io ic for me;
How many more 1 cannot tell.
“The fatal oracles foretold
Aly d<x»m: ‘Once more the leaves shall turn
From the tender gn on to brown, or burn.
Like sunset, with a ruddy gobi.
“Then, as thou Best, above they head.
Their branches, tiembling in the breeze,
Will rise through eternal cypress trees;
Thou willt be numbered with the dead!
“ ‘Like vine branch shalt thou fade away,
Or flower that bloometh in the spring;
A fair, a iterishable thing,
None can thy fleeting momenta stay.’
“Arid so I die; like cruel blight,
The wind has touched n:e with his breath;
I fed the bitterness of death
Upon my weary soul tonight.
“Farewell, farewell, then, radiant skies!
Fall gently down, ye autumn leaves,
Cover the grave; my motirer grieves.
Oh, hide it torn her weeping eyes!
“But if that other crimes a lone
At eventide to pray and weep,
Oh. leaves, then rouse ine from my sleep!
’Twill case my soul to see my own.”
He died; they laid him down to rest,
Alas, ahis, she never came!
For/<tt-n is his tomb and name,
The leaves He golden on hit breast.
Only the shepherd boy’s light tread.
As homeward, at the close of day,
He jrtutxis slowly on hta way,
Shull e’er disturb the quiet dead.
rail THE IW FOLKS.
Fun for tho Children—The Constitution
Training School for Boys and Girlj.
Correspondence.
8.. Minden. La.—Autumn is here again; and in
her train corncs the bright hued leaves, the scarlet
pomegranate, grapes of the woods m temp ing
bunches and nuts: yes nuts in profusion. Fa< h
zephyr that - w.iys the loaded boughs brings them
down t<> mother earth, stripped of their close titling
cloak. But only for a moment do they enjoy their
repose, little f< Iksorpigs are always on the lookout.
Perhaps tho little cousins would like to know which
nute I refer to* Well, one kir.d is the ohincapin;
some of you may never have seen them. They arc
something like tho chestnut, only smaller. They
are encased in a burr and very sharp indeed do
they prick, so when you shoulder your fishing polo
an 1 start on a hunt bo sure you wear yonr shoes.
They are very nice; so niCJ that now for several
weeks (uut’l they are gone) the young folks will
spend all their spare time gathering them. If any
of the cousins or sisters would like a few I will send
one hundred to any one who will send me a rare
bulb, such as double hyacinth, tube rose, lily or
any other rare flower from which they can spare a
bulb. Send name of flower on bulb. Address, 8.,
P. O. box 49, Minden, La., Webster parish. Many
good wishes for all.
T-la Wells, Palatka, Fla.—As we arc at liberty now
I thought that I would write again. I'alatka, the
gem city of Florida, is situated on the banks of tho
lieautifnl St. Johns river, which is about a mile and
a quarter wide at this point. Tho educational ad
vantages of this city alto not very good, but, it is
rumored that Palatka is soon to have a high graded
school. Palatka has very good railroad facilities, it
being the center of four railroads which extend in
all directions; three others arc projected with
favorable chances for tlieir completion in the next
two years. Palatka is at the head of deepwater
navigation on the St. Johns river and is one of the
most desirable points in the south for manufacturing
industries, and a population of 4,000; we have five
churches besides the colored. Russell Moore, in
his praise of Florida forgot to mention that we had
chills, fever and s uid flies in abundance. Papa has
been having the chills and fever for sometime and
would like for somo one to give him a remedy to
break them. Wnat a pretty letter that was Beatrice
Means wrote. Beatrice, I would like to correspond
with you if agreeable. Wasn’t that sad about the
Wook folk murder, Aunt Susie? I enjoy your own
and Uncle Will’s letters about yonr travels. I can
almost fancy I was then. We live near the county
jail. I expect to go to Sunday school this evening if
it docs not rain. I will close, asking the cousins to
correspond with me.
J. B. Whit?, Rienzi, Miss.—After a long silence I
again ask for admittance. I am an invalid, and
have been all my life. I have never gone to school
a. day. I live with my grandpa and grandma on a
farm. Aly dear mama lies under the B id; papa lives
in Hoxie, Ark. I send a r’ddle to the cousins.
“What is blacker than a crow?” Enclosed find live
cents, I want my name in your Bible. 1 wish some
of the boys and girls would write to me.
Georgia Belle Gilbert, Pinckneyville, Alft.—Do
you suppose any of the cousins have any charm
strings. 1 have one four yards long and have five
hundred and seventy buttons on it. Can’t some of
the cousins send mesomething for my charm string?
Enclosed find live cents for your Bible; hope I am
not too late.
Inez Minor, Mcrrhvcther station, Ga.—T have long
been an admirer of the young people’s column and
iiave now decided to join them in their happy life.
My father is a farmer;! live in a beautiful oak grove
auoui a mile from Alerriwether. 1 go to school at
Alerri wet her but it will close today. Ixive to Aunt
Susie and Uncle Will. 1 send you five Cents for your
Bible.
Henry J. Taylor, Adairville, Ky.—T am a little
boy nine years old. This is my first attempt to write
to The Constitution. I have no pets but a dog. I
am going to school and like my teacher very well.
Papa used to live in Atlanta. Aunt Susie, I send
you a n’ckle to help buy your Bible and hope my
name shall go in.
Alay Belle Lovett, Quitman, Ga.—l can not resist
the temptation to write you and the cousins a few
brief lines tin’s beautiful autumn evening. All
nature seems robing herself in her autumnal dress
of gold, the lovely green trees and beautiful flowers
that a few short weeks ago seemed loving gems of
life and beau'y are slowly and silently passing away
with the waning summer. 1 live eight miles from
town in a lovely country home. I have one little
brother three years old; have no sister. 1 would
Eke so much to send Aunt Susie a menu nto to show
I cr how much 1 appreciate her kindness to us, but
can't make up my mind what to send her. I send
you ten cents for your Bible, five for myself and five
tor my little brother Gussie; hope we are not too late
to get our names in. Carter, 1 hope you arc down
from that tree am! that those cruel cows have found
something greener than you. Would like very
much to correspond with some of the cousins.
Charlie Carleton, Sansaba, Texas—l see a gn at
many of the young r>eopk- are writing letters to you
and each other through The Constitution, and I
know you have more letters than joa can publish,
but I want to say a word to the cousins and my ob
ject is that,they and 1 may be benefited.! want somo
booksand have not got the money to buy them with
and I make this offer:! will send a nice block of forest
agate in exchange for books or money. I will set
no price on the stone, but will send a block largo
enough to show the scenery of mountains, trees,
rocks, etc., with at least one side dressed.
Eula and Emma Rushin, Thomasville, Ga.—We
have just finished reading The Constitution and
fuel that we would like to express our high apprecia
tion to your valuable paper. We think it the best
paper in the world. We enjoy reading Young
Folks' Column and Dr. Talmage's sermons. Aunt
Susie, we think your letleis are so instructive. This
is our first attempt to write toTHECoNSTn ui ion and
hope little mousse will not get it. Wonder how
many correspondents Kob Roy has? Would like to
hear from him again. Carter Black, we sympathize
with you in hous- keeping, as we are keeping house
mid it is a great deal of trouble without mama,But we
don't milk the cows, for we are afia d of them. The
reason we are afraid <>f cows, one time we had a one
homed cow, and we thought we would not be afraid
to ini Ik her because she did not have but one horn.
We went out to milk her one morning, never think
ing anything kicked the girls, but the boys, and
when we found ourselves we was out side the cow
pen gate and the milk all spilt. We decided to let
all the cows alone after that. Would like to corres
pond with some of the larger cousins. Love to Aunt
Susie and the cousins.
Etta Walter, liry Run, Miss.—Sorghum making
time has come again, and reminds me that sister
and J wrote you about this time last year asking for
correspondents. Well they come, a perfect d< Inge
of beautiful letters, from the beautiful peniusula
state of the south to tbe cold regions of lowa on the
north; from the old north state on the east to the
lone star state on the west. Let me thank you for
publishing our letter. It was the means of bringing
us much pleasure and also of acquiring much use
ful knowledge of our country and its {K'Ople. Do
you remcmb -r we told you that we are poor girls and
work in the fields on the farm. Now just pcnnltme
to say to the many thousand poor girls of the south
similarly situated not to be discouraged with their
condition. Do your appointed work cheerfully;
read and study all you can that you rnay become
intelligent and useful and depend ujxm it; there are
thousands of intelligent good people who will re
spect you none the k as if you do work in the fields.
Intelligent, energetic, good women will never be
under par.
Huslc !’. Phillipa, Delaware District, I. T.—l have
been thinking of writing again. I have got the most
headHuirka in spelling. We had a dozen pictures
taken of our school; andpaja had pictures of our
home token. There was a wedding in our neigh
borhood Jost Thursday, Miss Lula Ward and Jeff
Edmondson; they bad a nice good dinner. 1 wont
my name in your Bible, I send five cents. Aiy
two oldest brothers were at school; the oldest has
been at school three years; he left the seminary* and
w ent to the Choctaw nation. Much love to you and
all the cousins.
Ogla and Iris Barksdale —Here comes two country
girls who wish to have our names in your Bible, nn
we will iO’id ten cents. We do love to read yours
and Uncle Will’s letters; abo the Young Folks’
column. I wish Uncle Will would write every
week, and you also.
M. J. Tribble, Mazej/pa, Ga.—Trns is roy third
letter; neither Os the other two apjx ared in print,
but the fault, J think, wy, my ow n, for if J remem
ber distinctly I wrote on both sides of my i*n*er,
however, J Lave mu'b another attempt, periiape I
will be more successful this time. Ido think it is so
nice and kind in you to allow us space in your
valuable paper to express our thoughts. 1 take a
great d lb hi in reading the cousins’ letters. I w ould
like to corr 'siMind with some of the nice boys be
tween eighteen and twenty years of age.
Belle E. ell, Eatonton, Ga.—l’ll endeavor to obey
the rules, if Aunt Susie will promise not to overlook
“l <h r little r.ie.” 1 attended the reunion of Third
Georgia regiment in Eatonton the Ist ■ f September.
Il was a complete success, and oh, I d.d have sueh
a nice time. Several speeches vzere delivered and
tho band played very sweetly, especially “Dixie.”
The military company was just lovely. I heard a
good many compliments passed on a number of the
young men of the company. Cousins, I also atten 1-
cd a ‘tacky party” a few* nights ago. You had to
dress like a “tacky.” I wish you could have so n
some of the costumes, especially the one that wrs
dressed in his papa’s clothes, I think I laughed
enough to do me “an age.”
Jennie Mcl.endon, Weston, Ga.—Well, tins is my
first attempt to write to the dear old Constitution.l
am delighted with the Y’oung Folks’ column and
desire to become a member of your happy 1 and.. I
also like to read Bill Arp and Betsy Hamilton’s
letters very much. 1 would like to exchange crocbet
samples with some of the cousins, and will like to
correspond with somo I eiween fourteen and sixteen
years old. Aunt Susie, if this should find its way
into your circle, I will write aga’u sometime and
try to be more entertaining. Much love to ycur
dear self and Hie cousins.
Eula Britt, Hoik nvillc. Gi. Is any one going to
smile me a welcome? Uncle Will, how perfectly
splendid your last letter was. I would that I could
take in the reality as well as your description,
especially the crescent city. “Wild Rose,” I guess I
know you, and 1 guess that friend of yours is a cer
tain brother of mine. Carter Black, every one
doesn’t use “Carter's Raven Black Ink” in writing.
Have I guessed rigid? 1 anxiously await your next
letter: 1 waut to take another good laugh at you,
poor boy.
Rena Brown, Alt. Tabor, Fla.—l wrote in the
spring but my letter was not published, though I am
an acknowledged cousins, for I saw my name in the
roll of honor. Aunt Susie, don’t get jealous, we like
Uncle Will’s letters very much, but we love you the
best, for we have known you long, r, and enjoy your
letters every time. Tell Uncle Will 1 think tho
people in Louisiana are real stingy, or they would
give tho children juice from the barrel and the pigs
the crushed cane; that is the way we do. Sugar boil
ings are a time of rejoicing among the young folks.
Some of our neighbors have been making sorguin
syrup, but we don't like it as well as cane syrup.
George T. Hunt thinks Georgia is the best state, and
I think Florida. We have so many nice tropical
fruits here, and our summers are not ns warm, or
our winters ns cold as in Georgia. Our county is
excited over the whisky question, and the men say
it will go dry; the 13th of this month will decide.
When I know what size to mane tlie square for your
quilt sistc.-Bessie and I will make you one. Aunt
Susie, won t you exchange visiting cards with me?
Love to Uncle Will, the cousins and your dear self.
Alildred Joyner, Clarksville, Ga.—l wrote a letter
to The Constitution once before, but did not sqe It
in print, so 1 thought I would try again. 1 live away
up here near the Blue ria mountains, among the
hills and valleys. Near where we Iho is the &»que
river, on which arc two factories, one which is in
operation and the other is building. The o’d oije is
a woolen factory and the new one is to boa Cotton
factory. Mr. Joyner, of All mta, chief of the fire de
partment is my father’s brother. We have an every
day school and Sunday school up here, and I attend
l»oth. My grandmother, from Marietta, Ga., has
come to make us a visit, and we are so glad to have
her with us. lam eleven years old and have seven
studies at school. Love to Aunt Susie.
James L. Anders, Magruder, N. C. -Dear cousins,
I suppose the many hundred of you who sent to me
for cavils are g tting out of patience. Cousins, i will
toll you why I have not scut your dozen visiting
cards yet. 1 ordered a certain kind of proUy card
type for printing your names nice, and the man 1
ordered it from made somo mistake, and did not
send any card type at all, but 1 will have it in a few
days and will send you all your “treat,” Cousin ,
what do you think; one of the dear cousins living
near Elint, Ga.7wrote me a very idee letter and
asked mo if 1 had ever mu any pine rosin. Yus,
dear cousins, I have run over one hundred thousand
barrels at one time. This is a pirn country. Tho
cousins offered to send me a piece of rosin.
Lizzie Westbrook, Villanow, Ga. lam my mama's
baby. I have two sisters, and one of them is mar
ried; she lives fifty miles from us I do not get to st c
her often; I have been to rec them end enjoyed my
visit so much; am going again Christians. Dear
Aunt Susie, you luive no idea how 1 love you and
how bad I want to see you. 1 am coining throneh
Atlanta the last of this month and 1 want to s c
you. 1 want you to come to our compmecthig. 1
send you a card for your scrap book. If yon think
enough of me to h ive this printed I will send you a
dime next time. I want you to print it and lei my
papa sec what his baby has written. Muy the angels
of heaven smile on you.
Lizzie Black, Camilla, Ga.—l will tell you where
we live. Our home is situated . even mile*; from
Camilla, five miles south of Newton, one and a half
miffs from Elint river. We have a lirge a| p!e
orcimi'l west of the house and u p ach orchard
nah. 1 will til you what I have to do. Ih< Ip
milk, cook, wash dbl.ci and go to school; I have
been to school sixteen months and r;. e n days in
all. 1 think It would be a nice subject for the
nieces and nephews to tell what kind of books they
have read during the summer mouths; don’t you.’ I
have not read any, as I have been going to school
the past f »ur months. 1 enjoy reading very much.
The Constitu i ion is the most intcre. ting paper I
ever read, end especially the Yeung Folks’ depart
ment. Aunt Susie, yours and Uncle Will’s letters
aie the bust of all. I think I cm guess who Uncle
Will is; 1 think he is your brotle r. Carter Black's
ild:lie is letters. Am I right? Will some of the
com Ins se.nd me the ballad of “No Body’s Darling;”
if they will it will greatly oLlige me.
J. Grice Duggar, Reynolds, Ga. 1 live on the
“Throneteskii” (Flint river) eight miles north of the
pretty town of Reynolds and near the agency found
ed by Colonel Ben Hawkins I have vi-ited the
hislori: spot wbe e it. is said that this nobleman was
buried. There Is mar here a large mound built by
some pre-historic race, it is circular and covers
three fourth of an acre and is more thum fifty feet
high; It is thought to be an Indian burying ground;
quantities of spear heads, broken pottery and bones
arc found in the vicinity. My home is centrally lo
cated between the Flint river end I’aisilaga creek,
and from its peculiar slmj o our nc is
culled J’iiiriuindlc. '1 here arc lots of pi city girls ami
gallant Boys. 1 have only uno j et, a colt; she is a
l/cauty, and will follow me around like a dog. Wil)
some of the cousins suggest a name. But let us quit
talking about our pete and talk of what we read. I
am reading “Around the World in ’St,” by J. B.
Gorman; it is very Interesting. Who of the (ou-.lns
have r ad “ohe?” The idea of a beautiful woman
living two thousand years and then shriveling up
and turning to u little monkey. Would like to eor
resj/ond with some of Hie cousins over sixteen years
oi age. especially ixom the lone star state.
A. Weville, Chapel Hill, N. C. —Cousins, do you
like picnics? Well I do, eo I will tell you about one,
for the little ones only. 'I here were about twenty
five little ones. 1 asked the s/nallest little Jumbo in
the crowd, are you tired? yesuni was the reply, so I
gave her a ride, and she thought it much nicer than
walking, but ! didn’t, for she was not as light as a
feather. Wei), it was not long after we reached the
spring before they becunc very hungry. C. It., and
myself sj read the cloth and helped to empty the
baskets; then we ried around the first course, but
they all wanted cun<ly and cako first; butaftcrcat
ing their fill of that they were ready for ham and
chicken and other things. I shall not say anything
about C. R., setting to tne bum and rolls if He will
not say anything about rny making the peanuts and
candy hop. Will some of the cousins write to me.
Jxjvc to all.
G. T. Clarke, Yao sville, N. C.—Dear cousin- You
have many admirers of your department of The
CoNsn ruiioN, and among them is a hard working
• tar heel” from the old north state. An old gentle
man, who more c ommon y told the truth than wrote
povtry, raid ihit if this slate was a horse, this par
ticular county would be that part mostly needed in
fly times, but J cannot agree with him, for Beau ford
county has advantages over many of its sisters in
that we are in a section where stock nlrnont natural
ly exist; can raise almost anything wo need for homo
pur|g#ses; fish and ny>t ;s bkss ns In their wa* n.
With all these natural advantage**, there is on thing
necessary to make me contented. I have to work
for asuljsfftance, and wage*- are such aswllnot
warrant me in continuing such work as will not
reward me. lam in receipt <>t a pap r published in
(.’aliforuia,‘•l'lit Fan Francisco (flnonicle,” and it
contains some attractive advertlst inei.U for l iNjr.
Advtutisemcnts are so treacherous, I urn afraid to
leave a home and go ro far among strangers without!
some assurance of getting a situation. Will some of,
the cousins from the far west corresp >nd with me,
giving me a general description of that state (Cail
fornia) and its advantages for a poor boy. I hope,
kind Aunt Susie, you will pardon me for so long a
letter, but pertaining as it does to so mu h impor
tance to me. Um sure you will. God I less the
cousins and th jirgr; at and noble leader, cn 1 if you
heed the frequent a ivice given by one who loves
y<m, I believe you wid grow up in the paths of
virtue and truth.
Mabel Humphreys, Huntsville,Texas—Alay I havo,
a little chat with tho comins this pleasant morning?i
I have wan o 11) join them for some time, but was
afrnid 1 might be intru ling. The coudns write such
niceletteis, and 1 think the “Letter Box’* such a
good institution. Cousins, what have you dono
with yourselves this vacation? I have been enjoy-:
ing the summer to the uttermost, and am now pre- 1
paring to settle down to my school duties. I) o you’
all dread the idea much of starting to school? I’
don’t, at least not so very much. Our school days,
are our hapi 1 st days. How do you egree to that,
saying? I think I see somo shaking their heads. 1<
wont say what I think. Won’t some of the cousins'
between sixteen and twenty years of age correspond
with me. •
Katie R. Sheldon, Napoleonville, La.— As this is
my first letter I hope it will escape the waste basket.'
Afy grandfather takes The Constitution and I love
to rend the Woman’s Kingdom. I have one sister
and three brothers. Well I will close; love to Aunt
Susie and the cousins.
Reddick Wheeler, Eatonton, Ga.—My vacation
closed the Ist of August and I had to give up my fun
and go back to school; but I am going to study hard;
mn now head in every class. I have lots offuu
sometimes driving cows; wo have a big herd, but I
am not a cow boy. I attended the reunion in
Eatonton the Ist inst., and heard some good
Beeches,had a big dinner andag o 1 time generally,
but seeing Uncle Remus gave me more pleasure thau
anything; but cousins, he ain't black a bit.
Hnttlc Ellft Howard, Jamestown, Gn.—Now I have
reached home from a delightful visit to one of my
neighbors and have finished all ot my duties about
tho house, I will employ a few moments in the de
lightful task of writing to Aunt Susie and tho'
cousins. This is my first attempt at writing to thia
corner, and lam knocking ever so timidly for ad
mittance. lam achy girl but am vis ting relatives
near Jamestown. I have never enjoyed anything
half so much as I have this visit. Would like to
correspond with some of tho cousins between six
teen and twenty-five years of age. Ixsve to Aunt
Susie and the cousins.
Gertrude Kenney, New Boston, Texas—l urn a
little girl ten years old. I havo neither brother nor
sister. 1 have one pet, and that is a cat; His name in
Dock and he is tho suO’test cat of all the cats.
School was out last June and I am enjoying myself,
but time is drawing near for school to begin again.
1 like the Young Folks' columns. We have a very,
nice Sunday school here; it meets every Sunday
evening. Campmeeting commences in four mih s
from hero next Thursday; I nm : n-.icipating a good
time. Love to Aunt Susie and the cousins.
Lillie Henderson, Senatobia, Miss.—Wouldn't It
bo grand it ail tho young people would organize a
literary society in their neighborhood? Let each
one have c u tain parts assigned to them,such asreci
tatlens, essays, speeches and dialogues. I think it
would be quite improving. Now won't some nf tho
dear little cousin - give me a name for my pct bird.
Afy school closed today, so I will have
for several monlta. I have a little sister named
Busic; she has red hair ana blue eyes. 1 w : ll closo
by asking the cousins a question. “What animal
has its eyes in th * cn 1 of its horns?” First correct
answer sent me will receive iluwer seeds, two colors
of snap dragon.
Susie Daw on and Erin Davis, Ferule, Ala.—Wo
me great hii n-l.i and are spending tho evening to
gether. We are twelve years old and live in tlio
country. We wish we Ihul something int< resting to
tell t • C >usim> but will tell them about the district
meeting. The bishop cam •to our meeting, and of
course that made the meeting interesting; ho
preached on Friday and it was one of the finest
icrmons we ever listened to, and our preacher said
he would give him a hundred dollars to preach tho
same sermon again. We h -’.p our mamas about tho
domestic work; we love to feed the chickens and
hunt eggs. We would l ave been glad fur
you and some of the cousins to have been here to
have eaten our fine fro t: we have some fine pome
granates down here. We Mould like for Home of tlio
cousins to write tn us. We will close with much
love for the cousins. Goodbye Aunt Susie.
The DiMiniil Swamp.
From tho Detroit Free Press.
I noticed in your paper, which I read ©very
week from the headline to en<i, that the Dismal
Swamp of Virginia was no longer dismal, cranberry
patches und clover fields taking the place of the
once muddy ground, and Hie merry whistle of the
farmer’s boy as he wades knee deep in the hay.
Your correspondent is greatly mistaken, and lain
sure lie would not like to be following th it farmer's
boy through the swamp. If he did attempt to pass
through any portion of it he would probably bo
equipped with a pair of rubier boots n a hlng to hia
waist and a full storrk of pot names to throw to tho
snaps that lie would run against ami the vine that
would trip Idin,r. nd not with that merry whistle. Dodg
Ing green, slimy pools that would let him down in
mother earth deeper and quicker than quicksand,
making about half a mile an hour, not Including tho
stops lor refreshments.
Tin- farmer’s b y never goea In the “desert” ex
cept to look for a stray horse or cow, or, pr >bably on
a hunt for coons or’possums ami then lie Is very
pm licular to keep on the edges. Parties are often
made up to luinl tim hems, of which the swamp is
full, and then sometimes push Into the heart of tlio
swamp to camp, and camp on the high grounds.
Thus** high grounds are beautiful little plafes. They
are fully two feet higher than the swamp proper,
and while all around them is nothing but stunted
cypress and sycamore trees, the hunter finds hero
large flourishing oaks and sweet smelling pines, uil
der which to spend the night. They are to them as
the oasis is to the weary desert traveller. It was on
thege “iilgh grounds” that theesioiped slaves spent
tl.eir <lays, and v.o <j safe from ail pursuit from
th( ir masters. The bloodhound soon loses the trail
among the pools and ditches. The swamp is tho
same now as it ever was and likely ever will be.
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