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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. o 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. —o 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. o 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. o 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. o 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. o 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. r~H t x j I'-st: 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. o 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. 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