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WOMAO KINGDOM. [This is the ladies’column. They are invited to express their opinions herein—to use it as their own. The edit re s will answer questions or accept sug gestions with pleiutue.J My Little 80-Peep. My little Po-Pcep is Fast a>’eep, And ! er head <:ii my 1 o irt is lyintr, I gently rock, and the old hall 'dot k Strikes a knell of IL? day that’s dying; But what care I h w the hours go by, Whether swiftly they go or creeping? Not an hour could l. e • nt d ar to me, When my babe on m. ira is sleeping. Her little bare feet, with dimples sweet, From the folds of her gown are preping. And each wee toe tike a daisy in blow, I caress as she lies a skewing; Her golden hair falls over the chair, Its treasures of beauty unfolding, I press my lips to her finger (ips That my hands a’e so tightly holding. Tick, took, tick took; yon may wait, old clock, It was ioolish what. I was saying; Let your seconds s ay, your minutes play And bid your days go all a-Maying. O, Time! stand still—let me drink my fill Os content, wii le my bale is sleeping; As I smooth her hair, my life looks fair, And tomorrow—l may be weeping. . —S. B. McManus. How often in reaching out for th© great things in life we fail to appreciate small things, most especially the comforts that sur round us. We may not have the luxuries that our neighbors possess and we may need many littlo articles that would add to the hap piness and comfort of our household, but every woman that possesses :i rocking chair is Mossed ; it is truly her “comfort of comforts.” Rome one has said ••heaven’s last and best gift to man was woman, and man’s best gift to woman was the rocking chair.” It is rest for the weary woman; she rocks her troubles away as the swinging boughs east oil the dust; it is a solace in hours of sorrow. Even a creaking rocker that driveth men mad as the ceaseless words of a contentious woman “speak comfortably to her;” the rocker fills up all social gaps; if there is no one with whom she may talk, she rocks; if she has company, she rocks and talks. She rocks and sews; she rocks and knits; she rocks and does things that a man can only accomplish under conditions of motionless death-like stillness. How true this is, what woman will not per ceive the force of these sentiments and feel their applicability. What household is there that has not an “old arm chair,” around which has clustered a heart full of sweet memories; a rocking chair that was once the personal property of some loved one, that sat in some particular spot or corner, and hence brings up recollections of some member of your house hold lone since “lost to the sight, but to memory c jar.” In my own home there is an “old arm chair” that 1 prize more than all the others; it may look out of place among those of more modern shape, and when friends come who do not know its history, and wonder why such an old-fashioned piece of fur niture is given a conspicuous place, I need only say; “It was my mother’s chair,” and the wonder ceases, and none can dare to chide me for loving ‘The Old Arm Chair? Many, many years have passed since the dear one rested in the old arm chair, but time can nover obliterate the picture indelibly photo graphed upon the heart and memory. I often fancy I see tho sweet, gentle face and loved form as it rested after the day’s work was over, and we gathered in the quiet of tho twi light around her chair. Precious old chair, it is all that is left, with its sweet memories. I would not exchange it for one of modern beau ty—nay, go! 1 could not buy my old-fashioned chair. Apart from these mementoes of the past, how dear are our especial rocking chairs; what comfort they give us; how sweet are the thoughts that come trooping through our minds as we rock our little ones to sleep; how often one little rocking chair serves tho pur pose of rockmg a whole family, and as each little one comes on and tho mother gently rocks it on her breast her thoughts revert to tho babyhood of each little darling and of the ambitions, and plans, and air castles that have been built in this same little rocking chair. Blessed comfort is our rocking chair. It is claimed that only lazy people love them. Then 1 fear many of us are lazy. I have one other chair very dear to me, the <»no dearer to me than all others, given with the thought only of m3’ comfort, and oh what a comfort it is, and how sweet, when all alone “in tho gloam ing,” to rock back and forth, and send loving thoughts to the giver, who often is so faraway. There should be a monument as high as tho skies erected over the man who in vented, rock ing chairs. If You Would bo Happy— From Good Housekeeping. Keep your temper. Gain a little knowledge every day. Make few premises, and sp ak the truth. Give full measure aid weigh with a just balance. Consent to common custtm, but not to common folly. Be cautious of believing ill, but more cautious of reporting it. Have courage to wear your old clothes until you •an pay for new ones. Think of 1 Given with hearty purpose and strong hope to get there. Do good to all, that thou mayest keep thy friends and gain thine enemies. Count your resources; find out what you are not fit for, and give up wishing for it. o A Beautiful Experiment, The following be. uiiful chemical experiment may be easily performed to the great astonishment of many a ;>arty. Take two or three leaves of red cab bage, cu them into sra.il pieces, put them into a bi b :i, and pour a pint of boiling water on them; let it stand an l our, then pour off the liquid inade c. nter. It will be of a fine, blue color. Then take four winc-giasses; into one put six dr >ps of strong vinegar; into mudher six drops of so ution of soda; into a third the same quantity of a strong solution of alum, and let the f urth glass remain empty. The ? iu.-A-s may be prepared some time before, and the few drops of colorless liquid that have teen placed in them will not be noticed. Fill up tho glasses .r >m the decanter, and the liquid poured in to the gl.iss couluinlrig acid will quickly become a beautiful red. t ,e glass containing tl«e soda will be a fine green; that pouicd into the empty one will re main unchanged. By adding a little vinegar to the given, it will iminediao ly ci.au e to a red, and on addin; a little solution of soda to the red, it will assume a fine green, thus showing the action of acids ami alkalies ou \c'etable blues. o Laundry Notes. It is essential, if we v.oul l have the family linen tanmaculute, to rinse it in plenty of cold water be fore bluing it. A strong n of chloride of lime w ill remove mildew if ip i i several times and the article then j>ut in the >un. A little bo-ax ;a:t in the water in which scarlet napkins and redd ordered towels are to bo washed will prevent them fading. Old bo* A < utinto ; . css the right size* and lined makeron-l ’ ■ . The leather keeps all heat away from ‘die 1a . . Thefolloc u be ]!?:• r d ami kept fur re moving iron jufl it:.;:.- : rn linen and cotton. Take i n u;. cos ox ?.. 1I n fine jtowder, mix with four ounces eie.uu t.j. .r, and put up in small oval boxes. To wash lace curtains, ak them over night in warm water con uib.*;> p a.fine or washing mmla, Squeeze Uuxi out, bring t J a boll;rinse, pfes through a wringer, and pin on a sheet over a carpet to dry. Ribbons may be cleansed by wetting in alcohol, then rubbing with nice white soap; keep the ribbon stra’ght during the process; when clean rinse in alcohol, lay between clutlis, and smooth with a hot iron. Tbo Popular Science News gives this recipe for a clrf’es-cleaning process: Os glycerin?, alcohol, sulphuric ct'..cr ai d r. s ile soap powdered, one half ounce each; of am nonia, two ounces; add water enough to make a quart. Apply with a brush or sponge, and rinse w ith clean water. Laundry Starch. lake two tablespoon tab <»f starch, one tablespoon ful of s;i f ar, one tablesp oaful of salt, one tible spoor.ful of gum arubic w; t r, odd a lump of para fine, one-half as large as a nutmeg. Make these in to a smooth paste by adding a little soft v a er. Then add one quai t boiling water and boil a half ho'ir; then strain. This starch is very good for blue or black calico. o A Chapter of “Don’t” for Parents. BY MARGARET JEAN MC’VEAGH. From the Ladies' Home Journal. 1. Don’t forget that you brought your children in to the world without their knowledge or consent. You have no right to embitter the life you have thus tinu;t upon them. I have known parents to nial e absolute slaves of their children, compell ing almost constant attendance, under the popular delusion that young limbs are never tired; and like the old slave master, giving nothing in return but food and clothes. 2. Don't lau; hat and deride your children's hob bies. Remember how much brighter life has seemed to you, wh.en you could i e thze some cherish ed dn an, and treat them accordingly. 3. Don't forget that youth needs amusement. Your childien have not oily bodies but minds. Rest for the l»o ly and amusement for the mind, are demands of nature which too many parents ignore. If you do not provide for your children hea thlul and sufficient amusement, then thank God for Ills niprey on you, if your children do not take to dangerous or wicked pleasures when they arc older. 4. Don’t tirgetth t your children aie beginning life, while you, perbap.-, are ending it. Give them ti e benefit of your experience, but don'texpect that yourexperience will serve them in place of an ex perience cf their ov n. d. Don’t be impatient with your children when they doubt your estimate to the world’s allure in nts. Remember it is you who have tested these things, not they. You did not see with your father’s eyes, neither should you expect your children to sjo with your eyes. C. Don’t demand respect of your children, or en deavor to enforce it by your authority. Respect is paid not to those who demand, but to those who de serve it. 7. Don’t neglect your children’s frienls. Invite them to your house. Show your children that their friends are your iriends. and your children’s friends will be such as you will approve. 8. Don tbe jealous of your children’s friends’. If you make your society delightful to your children, they will always prefer you to any other companion. If your child prefers everyone else to you, stop and noiider whether you have not compelled him to seek elsewhere the companionship, love and sympa thy’ he ought to have found in you. 9. Don’t be ofraid to let your children see your love for them. Let a child feel that no matter where he goes, or what he does; no matter whether friends forsakp or foes slander him, his parents’ love and trust will always follow him—and that child is not only sale f»r all time, but the thought of this love will shine out like a lamp in a dark place, cheering and strengthening him against all odds. 10. Don’t forget that the great Father of all has had infinite trouble with you. You have been just as refractory, ungiaieful and disobedient as any child you have. Let this thought temper your anger, and make you wise to direct a complex human soul. A Beautiful Lady. Some time ngo, a Cambridge lady, who was as rc m irkable for her dignif.e I bearing as for her perso nal beauty and grace, entered a crowded horse-car Where there were a number Harvard undergradu ates, all of whom arose to oiler her a seat. She ac cepted one with thanks. Presently the car stopped, when a poor woman with a baby in her arms, entered it. Not a scat was offered her. The lady waited a few moments, and then finding that her young admirers took no notice of the woman, she rose and asked tho woman to take her seat. At once a dozen young men sprang up and again tendered their seats to her, but she persisted in standing, and had full opportunity’ of noticing the confusion of the young collegians. It was a quiet but effective re buke. A statement of the affair soon got over the college, and no undergraduate could be found to ad mit that he was in a horse-car that evening. o An Italian Kitchen. Marie Gozzaldi, in Good Housekeeping. Housework is much the same all over the world, but for an American to go into an Italian kitchen is like going back to the days of our grandmothers. The great chimney cap projects out into the room, and gives an antique lo »k to the newest kitchen; under it is a brick hearth raised on an arch to the height of an ordinary table, in this are two otfrthree square holes, called fornelle, for the burring charcoal; behind them is a space for the wofd fire, and on the side, stands the jack-spit for cookiig the O st. There is no oven, except a great briik affair tnat must be heated by having a fire of light wood built inside of it and that is rather costly, (.’ne can, however, send puddings, cakes and largeroasts to the nearest bakers, where they will be bated for a few cents each. Almost everything is (poked on the little fornelle. They aie three or foir inches deep and have a grating bottom; below is an open space that < an be closed by a little sliding iron door. When a good fire is needed the cook funs the open ing with a fun made of i laitcd straw or turkey feathers. Water must usually Le brought in from tho well, though in some houses there is a hydrant in the kitchen. It is a fortunate thing if one of the little fornelle is furnished w ith a s inare boiler surround ing the fire. into which water may be poured and heated. The cost of keeping these charcoal fires go ing, is from ten to fifteen cents a day for a small family, but then one must adopt the Italian method and let the fire go out when not actually in use. o How to Break our Baby’s Cold. Clarissa Potter, in G >od Housekeel Ing. When I find baby has taken cold, net so feverish and sick as to require packing, which one dieads to do because of the increased danger resulting from any exposure afterward, b it a smart cold in its first stages, with red eyes and lunuing nose and stuffed head, I take the little one in my lap several times through the day, and again at bedtime, and, remov ing boots and stockings, rub the little feet—soles and tops and ankles -with sweet oil, or goose oil, and then heat them long and well before and open fire till the skin will absorb no more oil. Then I blithe and rub the little bared back from neck to hips, especially along the spine, with oil al o; shielding baby's back from cold drafts, and letting the warm rays of tie fire light heat them just right, chafing and thoroughly heating till skin will absorb no more oil. Wrappe 1 in flannel and tucked away in her warm nest for the night, baby’ often wakes in tho morn ing with but little trace of her cold. If there is hoarseness in connection with other symptoms of un oncoming cold, for a simple remedy 1 like to give baby boiled molasses with a bit of butter or sweet oil or hen’s oil, in it, or a tew tea spoon fills of onion syrup made of sliced onions and brown sugar, which helps soothe the throat and clear the bowels, carrying away, perhapi, the aggra vating source of the cold. o Correspondence. We have to thank our contributors for many valuable recipes. Many have been sent us. For all wc are grateful, but it baa been re served for a Virginia lady to send us decidedly the most unique yet received, and I am very sure our lady readers will agree with mo when they read the article we give below. Wc hope ali will read and heed tke good advice: I have often wished lately that I had time to write to the Woman's Kingdom to say how much I enjoy it and all of The Gj.x.-.titution and like the plan of asking useful questions and exchanging re ceipts. I hop* the following receipt for “cooking a husband” will pro’ e to be pleasant and beneficial to the house buhl. I copied itfr.m a newspaper a good while aio, so I am nut able to give credit to the persm who wrote it. She must have been a good wife if she practice 1 what she preached, which ; ishardtoiio: it is much easier to write a receipt I than tu follow one; COOKING A HUSBAND. A good many' husband, .ire uticrly polled by mis management. Some women goutxjut it as if their I bustnaids were bln I and I low tocm up: others i keep them constant y in h» t w Aci. others let them I free eby their careh.-s ns ->and indit'et- nee. Sguic THE WEEKLY CGNSTITLTION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1887. keep them in pickle all their lives. It cannot bo supposed that any husband will be tender and l o >d managed in this way, but they axe really delicious when properly treat; d. In selecting your busband you should not be guided by his silvery appearance, as in buying n a kerel; not by the golden tint, as if y»u wanted salmon, lie sure to select him yourself, aqustes diiler. Po not: oto market for him, as Hie beware always hr. light to your door. It is fur l etter to have none unless you patiently learn how to cook him. A preserving kettle of the finest por celain is lies - , but if you have nothing but an earthenware pipkin it will do, with care. See that the linen in which you wrap him is nicely washed and mended, with the required number of buttons and strings on. Tic him iu the kettle by a strong cord called comfort, as the one called duty is apt to be weak. They are apt to fly out of the kettle and be burned and crusty on the ed. es, since, like crabs and lobsters, you have to cook them while alive. Make a clear, steady tire out of love, neatness and che . i u ncss; set him as near this as seems to agree with him. If ho sputters and fizzes do not be anxious; some husbands do this till they are quite done. Add a little sugar in the form of w hat coiifeeiionets call “kisses,' 1 but no vinegar or pepper on afiy account. A little spice im] roves them, but it must be used with judgment. IJo not stick any sharp instrument into him to see if he is done or becoming tender; stir him gently, watching the wuile lest he lie too near the sides of the ko.tlc and so become useless. You cannot fail to know when he is done. If thus treated you will find him very digestible, agreeing nicely with you and the children, ami ho will keep as long ns you wish unless you become careless and set him in a cold place. Tkvebeakt. If Lillian, of Barnesville, wishes hair work to do, will she please write to M. F. Underwood, Flat Shoals, Ga., stating price. Mr. R. Craig is anxious to secure a middle aged lady as governess, to teach four little girls in the country, three miles from town. Any one s. eing this that would like to accept such a position will please write at once, as he is anxious to secure one as soon as possible. Address. Mr. R. Craig, Law renceville, Gwinnette county, Ga. Paul Jones, Quitman, Miss.—My mother has just made such nice rod popper catsup that she said I could send you the recipe. One hundred pods of red pepper, stem and seed, half gallon of vinegar, two spoonfuls of salt, two spoonfuls of mustard, four large onions. Boil until pulp will slip oil’ from the skin of pepper. Pour oft’and cool; then strain, getting all the pulp from the pepper. This is equal to Worcester sauce. Montie Burford, Cookville, Texas—l have been hesitating some time to write, but could not sum mon courage until now. Seeing M. E. C.’s appeal touched me and I write to tell her that the root of the bull nettle (I do not know the botanical name) dried in the shade and chewed has cured some very obstinate cases of Epilepsy to my knowledge. It grows abundantly in this county. Hoping that her boy may be cm cd, I will close, with best wishes for the Woman's Kingdom. Mrs. Lou McGinty, Mary, Tallapoosa county, Ala. It is decidedly nice, us well as instructive for us to exchange ideas. And how kind it is in the editress to reserve this corner for us; we should love her as much as the children say they do. All is well that ends well. Ido not advocate washing with kero sene; I think a protracted use of It will prove in jurious. it has a tendency to soften tho bor.os. Wc should pay attention to hygiene. It is as essential as to practice economy or labor saving. I wish to exchange seeds of the preserving melon for clinging ivy or grape cuttings. Miss Maggie Boyd: I re ceived! my einamon vine bulbs. I return many thanks. Long may The Constitution prosper. Mrs. A. I. McLarty, Hammond, Texas, says to Mrs. M. E. C., in answer to the question in The Consti tution November Ist, a remedy for her dear little boy afflicted with epilepsy. Take one ounc eof bro mide potasum put in one pint of r iin water; give a tenspoonful three times a day. May God bless the means and give the mother grace to bear up under this trial as Ho did while I suffered thus with my son. Mrs. O. D. F., Fort Stephens, Miss.: Reading Governor Gon on's speech in Ohio, where he speaks of his old serv; ns, especially his wife's old “mammy,” made me think how little the northern people know about the way wo treated our servants when they really belonged to us, before the war, and how many of them remained with us after the war. Amongst ours was one who nursed all my mother's children. Tho y< unger children called her Mam Lucy. Wo all thought as much of her ns if she were white. After the war some of the negroes tried to get her to leave, but she said, "No; I’m going to stay with old marster and mistress as long as they live, and then I’m going to stay with my children,” (meaning us—she had none of her own, and always called us her children). Audshe did stay until they both passed over the river, and grieved as much for them as any one, I believe. After that she lived v ith one of my sisters at the old homestead, until she too passed away. Dear old soul! How wc all do miss her! We always felt safe if we left our little ones in her charge.' Some time before she died she wondered how she would be buried. Sister told her she would have her put away veryhiccly, and would have her buried in the cemetery with our white family. She broke out in a laugh and said, “Won’t the negroes open their eyes though!” It seemed to please her very much. A few hours before she died she said, "I shall soon ■he with old master and mistress.” She always seemed sure she would meet them in heaven, and I be lieve she did. They buried her iu the cemetery, 11' it far from “old master and mistress.” A large concourse of people, both white and black, fol lowed her to her last resting place, and many tears we.\e shed for her by us all. There is another one in t;ds neighborhood—old Aunt Dinah, as she is callee; by every one. She too stayed with her old mistress, and after she was dead she continued to stay wiifh her stcp-chUdren, and when old Aunt D.n '.lf dies they’ll bury her the same wi y. Oh, tho north? don’t know anything about it. Our slaves worj always called in to family prayers, hud every advantage of going to the house of God, and as a general thing they were treated well. Os course, there were some exceptions. Mrs. B. fi. A., Waverly, Walker cs”»ty, Tex.: In a beck number of The Constitution I saw where one of the sisters had seed of tho vegetable peach. I have seed ot the vegetable orange, which is a per fect resemblance to the fruit, which I would like to exchange for seed of the peach. 1 ai o have seeds of the following: White jack bean, pure white blooms; catulpa, which has lovely blooms and grows to good size tree, and beans of coral red, beautiful for seed work, also seed of a gourd that will hold a half bushel, inch as our great grand mothers used for salt and soap receiver.’. Did any of our sisters ever see “grass beads” growing on some kind of grass? Only once In my childhood I saw these wonderful straw colored beads, of natures growth, with holes to run a string through, and how amused I was to arrange a string of natural beads, and wore them with childish pride! I would be real proud to obtain seed of same, if they can be found. Those of us who were deprived the privilege of going to the exposition have to content ourselves with reading accounts from able pens; among them Betsy Hamilton's amusing description. Wishing many bright days for cur kind editress, end redoubled circulation for The Constitution, I must give space to others more gifted. Mrs. W. G. Bradshaw, High Point, N. C.; Have any of the sisters “Tramway Gali p’ for four hands, or “Happy ThrjUght Polka,” that ti.ey will exchange for “Home, Sweet Home” (variations), “Sweet Bye and Bye” (with variations), “Black Key Polka” for tour ban'll, or “Hazel Klrke March?” I have quite a number of pieces of music, both vocal and instru mental, that I will exchange for any artielo either useful or ornamental of like value. I have a pretty set of toilet mats—three—made of rose-colored zephyr, that I will exchange with any of the sisters fora calls Illy mat or any other i totty ornamental article. Would be glad to receive embroidery mu tor lai; arasene, etc., to exchange for music. Write direct to the above address. Tar and Feathers Suggested. From the Lynchburg Virginian. If the people of the metropolis wish to see Herr Most dre-sed off so that bls friends won't know him, let them Induce him to come south on a lecturing tour. The Test of Trial. From the San Frnnci-co Alta. Colonel Grant said it was much easier to handle a surplus than a deficit. Ashcis justband» ling a deficit of votes he knows that what he said Is the frozen truth. No Time Like the I'lesent. From Tid Bits. “Mamma,” said a Boston young lady, “is it proper that Clarence should Mzs me before wc are married ?” “Certainly, you are engaged to him, and besides, if you care to have him kiss you, Penelope, you bud better let him do it now.” FOR THE IOUNG FOLKS. Fun for the Chlldrcii—The Constitution Training School for Boys mid Girls. 801 l of Honor. Hepsy and Susie Reynolds, Lonla Grogan, Johnny Covington, Eva Moure, Annie Gay Brooks, Grade M. Johnson, Neva Alexander, Bettie Wilkie, Hallie Mc- Caleb, Jam s Padgett, Rosy Wise, Lizzie Warner, Lena Haralson, Willi ■ Remington, Callie Etheridge, W. W. Mathis, Talulah Carson, Rabie and Erie Dawson, Emma Walton. Willie D Lea. o Dear Nephews and Nieces: I hope you have not thought that Uncle Will was neglecting you. But all my letters wore written while I was at home, but for a month or more I have been traveling constantly, and therefore have had but little time to write. When I last wrote I think we had just returned from Key West, and though Aunt Susie told me I might weary you if I took you with me all over the country, wc must go through Florida together mid then wo will llyjjust us far the other way as possible. We roach Tampa by steamer from Key West, and it is not at all an interesting or pretty place, so we wilt pass through. Wc came across from Palatka to Tampa, and now wc will go back by Samord so that we can go down the St. Johns river at night. One of the prettiest places wo pass on our route is Kisslme City. The huge, lintel there gives us an excellent breakfast. Klssltno is nt the head of a lake of the same name, a very beauti ful sheet of water, on which in w inter may be seen steamboats of almost all sizes and any number of sailboats with their white canvassglisten’n ; in the sun. This is one of a chain of lakes that extends 1 think, nearly to Charlotte harbor, about one hun dred miles below Tampa on the west coast. Many of these lakes are simply springs and tho water boils up and you can see a nickel dropped into tho water forty feet deep. It seems strange to see a steamboat plying about in a spring and a river flow ing off from it. Not many of us have seen such. Wo next pass “Lakeland,” which is a series of lakes with villages and oiange groves scattered all through the pine forest. One of Hie brightest places through which we pass is O. lando, built like a city and lias a thriving industrious look. Tho houses of course are almost entirely of wood, but their many colored paints give tho place a bright, cherry look. Wo reach Sanford at last—a very pretty and thriving place—and here wc take tho steamer for Jackson ville. Almost all these places and hundreds of others in Florida were built up and arc largely owned by noitliein people, who: pen I their winters here, either searching for health or the enjoyment of hunting and fishing. The river St. Johns is unlike anything yea have ever seen. It is just n succession of nanow lakes, connected 1y a rather narrow river. Tho Indian name was much prettier than ours; they called it We-la-ka, which means “chain of hikes.” The water looks almost black from tho boat, but If you take some of it in a glass it is nearly clear. Tho place where wc take the boat in tho afternoon is io wide that you can scarcely sec the other shore, and the widest part of the Mississippi is small compare d to it. As the stream goes out into the hike the sky is dark, so that you can only see the bright, sparkling foam under the bow of tho boat, and away out in the distance you think it is darker where tho shore ought to be. But as the steamer ploughs along wo get nearer tho other shore, and it looks to us that there is no way out, but suddenly from above our heads a bright light shoots out far over the black waters and we see tho entrance to a narrow river, lam not very nervous, and yet the first tiino that bright light gl an.o 1 over my head, I jumped. It is an electric light and managed by tho pilot, who turns it from side to s'do so that he may see how to steer his boat. While he is doing that wo stand at the side of the boat and see millions of water lilies floating all around it; in fact, the boat just seems to be resting in a bed of them, with their white flowers nodding and dipping in the water as we piass. We arc passing into a narrow river, and tho boat goes very slowly in this crooked stream. Wo go against the marshon one side, and tliobowof tho boat almost touches tho low-hanging boughs on tho other. Wo turn slowly and wind our way alongside of tuo dark swamps, and the electric light is moved from side to side, and we can look far out into tho swamps. Sometimes the bout crashes into a tree and you will tlilnk the boat is being torn to pilcces, bnt wo will be all right. At Jacksonville the river is very broad; Indeed it is the last of tho chain of lakes. Jacksonville itself is an old place, but has taken on new life as a winter resort, and Main street is one of tho most busy business streets I know. The city has about 30,0C0 people and more hotels and larger ones then any city three times Its size in the country. Tho water for the city Is sup plied by several artesian wells which are in a Uttlo park. There arc a number of i retty residence#, and in winter when the visitors arc hero It is a bright place. In the show windows you will sec hundreds of stuffed alligators and hundreds of stuffed birds of beautiful pilumagc, nnd oilier a:tides which arc offered for sale as Florida curiosities, though most of tho fish-scale jewelry which used to bo thought very beautiful is made in tho Bohama Islands. I suppose it does not matter, so tho rich northern visitors buy them. But lam writing too much. 1 wanted to tell you about St. Augustine and Pablo Beach, But 1 heard Aunt, Susie say she was going to Florida this winter, and I know she will love to tell you of what sho sees. Affectionately, Uncle Will. Correspondence. Andrew M. Ros’. Hogan’s Bluff, Ga.—l am n little be:'eleven years old. I have never been to school, but mania tenches us at home, that is my sister ami myself. We have no playmates, but do not get lonesome, as we have lots of fun hunting hickory nuts, ehlnquepins and sparkle berries. Wo have a pretty place on the littlo Satilla river, and we get fish, ciabs and oysters. My sister sends you a patch each for ; o.ir quilt. I send a dime to put my name in your Bible; I hope you will kindly do so, though it is late. * Your name shall go in; the squares aro beautiful. Mollie Creel, Nor’, orne, Mo.—l have finished all my duties about the house and will enjoy a few moments in the delightful tusk of writing to Aunt Susie and the cousins. This is my first attempt at writing to this corner, and I am knocking ever so timidly for admittance. Would Like to correspond with some of tho lively cousins between sixteen and eighteen years of age. L -la Stewart, Amberson, / I sm a little girl twelve years of age. I don’t go to school now, but will start soon. I tend you a nicklo to help buy your Bible. I hope my name will go in it. Crissie Gatrett, Balt Springs, Ga.—l live near the famous Bowden Lit Ills springs. Your paper is a welcome visitor to our household. Wo enjoy your letters so much. I will close by askin ' a question. What book iu life has done you the most good.' Blanch Hearin. Hillsboro, '■ rk.—J am a little girl eight years old. My mother died when 1 was three years old. lam living with my brother John; he takes The Constitution; lie likes your paper very much, and 1 love to read the children’s column. I send you a nlcktoto help buy your Bible, and hope ruy name shall go in. Anna F. Taylor, Elberton, 3o.— As I am a new cousin and have never written to you before, bojxi you will admit me to your children’s column. lam thirteen years old. Papa takes The Constitution, and we all like it so much. I am not going to school now, on account of mama being sb k; sho is better now, and I will start to school again soon. Annie Crymes, Wayneslxiro, Ga.—l have been reading the children’s letters for two years, and think them very nice. Sister and Igo to school at homo; our cousin teaches us. lam not like some of the cousins that have so many pets;l have only one, that is a kitten. I think the answer to J. W. Gilll. kin’s riddle is a baldhead. Am I right? I send you asquarc for your memory quilt. 1 wish some of the cousiusto correspond with me. Bmlthcy Stubbs, Haddoo Station, Ga.—l wanted my name iu your Bible, but am too late; was wait ing to get my cotton out and sell it. I have a cotton patch. Elster Annie and myself send you a sipmrc apiece for your quilt. I guess Mr. Henry Grady is Uncle Will. lum uot twelve years old. Artie M. Baldwin, Paschal, Ga.: I vo had tho measles. I was at tho fish pond playing In the branch when I found that I was taking them, and Vxjk cold, of course. I was glad that the rest of the family had gotten well befoie I took them, for It pKik every one In the house to wait On me. My throat troubled me worse than anything else. I thought I would choke to death, and every time I would complain mama would bring everything she cijiild think of that « us gixid for a sore throat anil make me take a little of all, and none of it gave me any relief. So finally she said, “I will try your grandpa s remedy,” and she wrapped my throat up In a ■ old wet cloth, i thought that would kill me sill'’, but tbo nert morning wheu I woke up I was i broken out all over and uiy throat nearly well. By the time I got well I thought as Walter did —I was glad that folks did not have measks but once in a lifetime. I would like to hei r from some of the cousius whose mothers have four children, to see if they have to wear their sister's clotl.oi that she has outgrown, as I do, and if the third child is last in every thing, as I am. Buddie had to go to Atlanta to ti e exposition, because he was the oldest child and only boy. Sister must go to Macon to the state fair, b.'eause she was the oldest girl, amt tho baby has to be humored more than I am, because she is the youngest, I would like to hear from some of the cousins, that is the tliiixi child, and sec if they have the same to contend with that I do. with the promise ti.ut 1 shall have the same ndvi n’.ages that the older children have when I get their age. lam just eleven years old, so 1 think my lime will como yet. Celia Boswell, Talladega, Ala.—Please put my let ter iu the paper. Put my little buddle’s letter iu tho paper. lam writing to you today. Send my buddle back to life, lam going to send you n beautiful baby boy; you’ll bo'ligh cd With him. I siw Ra chel i:n I Relc?ea in the Bible. I saw Goliath; that ain't a good story, its a l>ad one. I saw littlo Jesus in another book. I put my finger on him when ho was sleeping, on, Aunt Susie, ho Is ■ uch a sweet lit tle boy. Raphael made the picture. Fornarina is his sweetheart. I am going to send you some of my golden hair, from tho gulden spring, Send me some of your silver, old hair. lam going to send you my precious pet lamb—oh, my! Sir ( level mil is a nice mat', and Mrs. Cleveland is a nice lady. She was the swe. test li dy there. She is the sumo lady that lived in Washington city. Aunt Susie, yon must como to sec me. 1 am throe years old in July. 1 think Hint’s all. Note—This little letter is from a dear little girl only three yeara old, and was written just as she talked to her aunt. Paul Jones.—l sec so many cousins wants to know if I am existing, and about the baby, of course 1 am, but not to nlirse another baby. I have throwed down the gauntlet—youngun I menu. 1 will tell you how it was: I went down to the courthouse meandering, and there leaning on the gate post at the public pump, was a fellow about my size, red linirand freckled live. Ito had five young brats with him, and the youngest wits silting on his hip in quiet conteiiiin.'iit. His back was screwed up to suit the convenience oftlic ridtr, in fact, it looked like a crooked t ok. As I gazed on this queer acene vis ions of homo swept through my’ bruin. Cousins, I wits born again. I mentally pondered-IT.ul there you are. I could see myself in this l.od Moon, (bis name,) and there I vowed, and I have kept it too— but troubles never end here. Frying greasers, l arch itr; coffee, and hotisekeei lug, oil me! I will tell you the cause of my trouble, I menu work. It is neu ralgia mid a thousand aches and pains, in the gen* cral malinger, 1 see such hot. times that 1 have con cluded that when i take u notion t > marry the girl must bring along u eertilieiitc from a reliable physi cian Hint she is sound, 1 as neither a liuuo back nor neuralgia, nor hystines, nor—nor—misery In the toe, nor every misery that “flesh is heir to,” I would like to pay a tribute to my dog, Abraham, whoso bones bleach on the hillside, over tho branch, lie fell a victim to Hie fate of nil suck-egg dogs. What Is it the poet says about “writing faults in sand?” I’. B.—The longer "old Ed’s” mustaeh grows, the meaner he gels. Lena Belle Dnncvcnt, Madison, Ga.—Well, cous ins, the exposition is over mid I did not go. I was very glad 1 didn’t, though I wanted to tee Aunt Susie and The Constitution’s olllce. My papa \vent and he says he Is glad lie didn't carry me, for I would have got lost. I have no pets except two sweet little sisters. I would like to exchange retu rnee seed for daisy seed with some of the cousins. I went to see my great-grandmother not long since, and crossed the river hi a I atau—tho first time I ever rode on (he water. Oh, how dillglitl’ut it was. I do wish some of tho cousins 1 a l been there to ride with me. Aunt Susie, I send ten cents for my little sister, Mary Blanch, mid myself to put our names in your Bible. Also, a dollar for my papa to renew bls subscription to The Constitution, 1 scud a card for your scrap book. Love to all. W. C. lluniil, Walnut Gro'o, Miss.—l nm n south ern farmer boy. I live on a farm, love the farm work. Wo raise corn, cotton, oats, potatoes, water melons, peas, and ninny other tilings to numerous to mention. Tho cotton crop this year lulls short, tho corn crop very good, sugar cane very sorry, yeas a full crop. The farmers have nut sowed any oats yet, but will soon. The farmers liev •nn or 'a'liza t.'on they cull tho Farmeiu’ National nWmieo, which is growing very fast, and it seems to be help ing the farmer out. Well, boys, lets do all wo can on the farm, and make our few dimes, mid live ns happy ns wo can, mid sit up at night to rend The Constitution. Girls do all you can in tho kitchen, and about tho house. Boys, lets keep good company and live honest mid truthful, and you w ill I.a-c a good character. A good character Is above all things else. Y’our character cannot bo essentially injured except by your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life he so that no one will believe him. always earn money before you spend It. Never run iu debt unless you see away to get out. lucy Jolllffo, Boyce, Va.—l am a littlo girl twelve years old, and would like to be one mon: added to your list of correspondents. I often read the little cousins' letters mid enjoy them very miieh. 1 started to school lost Monday. I often go out In the woods and gather hickorynuts. I have a bug full. 1 wish I could divide with you. 1 went to the fair last Thursday. Agricultural fair In Winchester; saw a great many nleo things in tho ladles' department; and saw the beautiful little Shetland [xinlca Have any of my little cousins been to the Luray cave? 1 think it is I oyund description. I was iu the eave two hours and a half. Tho cave was lighted up with electric light the dty I visited the cave. Ask some of the cousins to please write to mo. 1 have been attending a missionary meeting.* Dr. Mnghlm was the minister's name who carried on the meet ing. Isi nd five cents for your Bible. Eimmo JI!., Enn, Gn.- My ether letter either didn’t reach its destination, or it went to explore the contents of the wa-te basket. Dear Aunt Susie, ain’t you somewhat severe with your nieces, to think them aslimuc lof their nmueii, because they slgji fictitious ones? We value yourgood opinion too higlily, to allow you to think that of us. Aunt Susie, you know you have a real good group of girls. Sweet cousin-, you ought not to annoy Aunt Susie, by perpetually H iking tor the address of the other cousins. Why do you not make It known, through these columns, that you wish the address of that person? lam couvinced that you would obtain It. J. Gibe Duggar, I have read “She,” mid also several other works of Haggard's. I was quite disappointed In “Dawn” though, as It was nothing but a common novel, ido wonder what Las become of “Nila. ’ Ludlo Beane, a”Willie and Blaneho Rushfn, Thomasville, Gu.--We have decided that It is better to write late than never. Os course, you know we appreciate Tim Constitution, above ull other pa;,i We must tell you übi ui a trip wo intend o take to tho bay. We are going to get a young man to lake us, In an ox cart. Now It must bo nothing but an ox cart, for wo want tho trip to last us long as possible. One of our number intends to do nil that if in her power to captlvafo film, but one in tends to help him drive and talk to him ull the way down there. Now don't you think the third party will have a poor showing? A party of young men went fox hunting lids mornlug. Os course, they had a iack of hounds, but a'young man In the crowd won all the praise by catching tho fox him self. If Carter Black is up tho tree yet, in such weather as this, he Is certainly getting n drench ng. Neither of us arc extra cooks, wo only help a littP. Our horseback riding conics next. The first rides well, tho second tails oil', mid the third does not ride at all. Wo do not have to drive up the cows, wo are not very smart any way. Wo would Hire to cor respond with some of the older cousins,. With much love, wc close. "jolm T. Hardy, Siloam, Clay county, Miss.—l am a little boy. and a farmer’s son. Wo live seven miles from West Point. If o have a grxx! healthy country. It produces very well. Corn and cotton are tho priii<l|ad crois, I have two younger brothers, and wc raised a good crop of plnders and pop corn. Wc have a pony, he Is a perfect beauty, not a blemish about him. Ho Is us futasemi be, weighs toll pounds. A northern man who has Kit tled near us, saw him (the pony) one day an 1 raid ho was not a Mississippi horse, papa said he was. I’ll toll In my next letter al out our fat hogs. My sister takes Tin: Constitution, and I l ave lx ■ n reading It, but I en< 1 .se you one dollar, for which you will s ud Uto me Ono year. I hud rather read myownpupir. And 1 sliall look eagerly tosco if my letter ok apes t ie ugly waste hu'k't. If it has, I’ll be encouraged to wri o again before a great while, i wish my name to go In the present box. M. N. Letizm, Gotha, Fla.—Tho weather Is very pleasant In this pm tof II .nd t now. <na g'.s me alxmt ripe; they havu lx en goixi to <-at for n month or two. Our home is beautifULy situated, surround. cd by tx-mnii'ii'd‘- r w..:er 1:.!<- 'I. . wu<x!s are lovely now; ti e wdd lloweis iuc in full bhxim. I 1 here lx most nil colors ol wild flower* in Florida. Wc live away out in the country; our nearest town is four miles. The town I speak of Is Oakland. It is situated on ti c south side of lase Ojopka, Probably some of the consii.s have heard of it. t w ould like to correspond with sumo of the cousir.sj also would like to eorrcsp ind with some one in’ Texas, California, Arkansas and Indian territory, j send you a square for your memory quilt; itis 'rciL w hite and blue. Sharlcy McCarty, Rogersville, East Tenn.—ls I wJI only make it short call won’t you please allow me t»enter? liogersvilk is surrounded by hills and mountains; and now that the rich and mellow' nu'umn hits come, they stretch around it like is girdle o! enius m mid gold. A crowd of us went to the river, which is about three miles from here, day before yesterday mid had a splendid time. Tho railroad bridge is three hundred feet high—next to the highest bridge in the state. I wrote to James Carleton, ol Oxford, Tenn., but my letter was not answered. Don’t you think that wits rather bud cousins? 1 would like to have some nice corre-' SI o ulents, e- poeially seme .oily cow boys from tho lone stair shite, for 1 am a Texas girl and think that 1 Texas is ifltlecd tho “star state” of the union. Marion Hulsey. Decatur, Ga. -Wlll you admit In* to your cliaiming circle a little boy who comes to relate to you Ids adventures with his ox: yes a regu lar id I fashioned Georgia ox. I derive niv greatest pleasure from driving him. My little brother and' myself have a jolly good time hauling wood and! occasionally papa lets us haul a load of cotton totho 1 gin. I.ast slimmer my little cousins Irom Atlanta’ camo down to see me. Wo all wanted to go fishing,i so I harm ssed up Buck and we got Into the cart and. went down to the river and had a jolly time, though we didn’t cutch many fish. Natalie Allen, Oak Bowery, Ala.—l havebeettj wanting to write to you for a long time, but I eauno* write myself, I cannot make all the letters. Inu five years old. 1 know what I want to tell you. r,o P have asked to have it written. I have n little siyter who is very pretty. She has dark eyes and looks like tho pictures of Mrs. Cleveland. Her name ist Julia Mary, but mother calls her Frankie Folsom, t would like to toll you about my little brother who' bridleseats for horses, but I am afraid my letter will be too long. Ido love to hear the children’s! 1 tteisreud. Alabama Ogier, Oakville, Ala.—Will you allovzi a Hille Alni aina orphan girl to join the merry band! of cousins? My good mother has been deal two! years. 1 sympntliize with all the little cousins have lost their best friend on earth. I live with my' sister on the fnrm. If some of Hie cousins will comoi and visit ns wo will go whortleberry and hickory' uut huntuig. Hattie Murray, Newport, Texas-I live in tho vil lage of Newport. We have a church and Sunday 1 school; wo have also just organized a literary society! here, in which all take a greet Interest. My ls ip rt Is postmaster and 1 assist him in ids business; lie is also an agent for The Constitution. It has been about a year since I joined tho happy bund of cousins; my name was on the roll honor. Fannie Bello, Potecasl, N. C.—lama little girl nine years old. I do not go to school now, but I read The Constitution and take greet pleasure in rending it, and especially the cousins’ letters. I have several pets to play with, a nleo lot of good books to read aud I have a jolly good time. I am a little rip any way. Bald head is tho answer to J. W. Gillikin’s question, or I think that will do. Alice and Herta Burges, Dawson, Ga.—We want to Join the eon.-ins' bund. Wo read The Constitu tion and think the eliildren’s letters are very nice. We go to school to the South Georgia Malo and Fe male college and stu iy seven studies. We live iu town. Our ages are eleven nnd ten; one has been to school ns much ns the other. We wish to corre spond with Fannie W.illaeo and Maud E. Sand. Wo have no pets. Wo send you ten cents; please put our mimes in your Bible. Mary E. Clark, Clio, S. C.—l am a little girl ekven years old, have one sisier nnd two brothers. My father takes your valuable paper, nnd will as long as lie cun. I enjoy reading The Constitution very much, especially tho children's column. I am just out of a seven months school, but wo have a very Interesting Sabbath schiMil; I am in Hie Bible Class. Toil’s Pills enect««Ky , c ir r ® ,u * < * 3r **® vor to Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And all diseases arising from a Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion. The natural hmiill in K<><xl unnelito anil noli:! 1 lewli. hunt Huiall; ou-irniita ly suur routed unit enny to sw'allow. SOLD EVERYWHERE. A Sk i n of Beau ty is a Joy Forever DR. T. FELIX GOURAUD’S Oriental Cream, or Magical Beanlilier. «1 • O _ „ B<‘ '» 0 v M " -~ a Tim, Patches Ra«tt ttfiS-'*' vw u, “* sklh <H»* h « r & . if eases nml ev- TF /Kleryhleinlah . =5 ■S WR 0,1 benuty.ami S 2 'war defies ileteC' sxh. < u ’V ,^>n * z*£/ _■' ja.’j Pt<Mxl the te**C //< QUJ of.'JOy cure ami wSf' ' ' '•/hnrmle'-H •CST'*LW7V \ w ’-‘ tu; 10 11 t,r \ l>e S,lre th 0 [ ' 1 preparation It \ ABPSilv 'VK / properly niado zXjjWjJfe Accept no •..J. counterfeit of *■" . MiL. -i-i fdmlhir names Tncdlbtlngnlßhed nr. L, A. Payer mid to a lady of thehaiit ton (a patient): “As you ladles will uro them, i recommend *< iourn ud'x Cream’ nathe least hnnnfa lof all the skin preparations.” Ono bottlO will hr-t six months, using it everyday. Aino Foil* drt: Subtile removes superfluous hair' without in* Jurv to the skin. FERI). T. HOPKINS Manager. 48 Bond St.. N Y. For sale by all druggists and fancy goods dealers throughout the l.'nih d States, Canadas and Europe. 15' a arc of base imitations. tI.WX) reward for arrebt and proof of any one selling the same. decl 9 dly sii hoc p -wk vow ly wo king CROCHET OUTFIT FREE. Our now Crochet Onintln jiut. up in u hiindnonm __ rnrdln h I colored chm> imd cnifHh'N t wo Hiikllmli steel crochet hooks nnd One I»Vn1 IVOI’V (look Hiro. With II wo . ’* •end thr«o VHlnnbia, ug. ruiftiidcomplete \ V—n bookflor intiriictlon roiitfUnlnaftll th« pnttcrilgyoucan popidblr 1 f if 'if need for »i v- «r. Th 0 Jnwk g M ff are t evil Ie« «V JT (’ \* f ’ ( Zr lloifktt andwhot v* \ t» nia-io with them X aft -x-3 s «n ift for Kaibrohh rinu. w«»o. <1 I hi* entire outfit, (tM * bookuMlonw nttail sorta corns ) I to mH who rend » threemonlhn tilnleubfcrlptlon toil < ll usf rnted <«m ininhoi and 9S<*ts.Di Himupn. ThoC* nnpaulon i» iti i i«n dld story end f.imllv popcr. Kllairg pHg» ».<; i col., filled with enter* Mining etoi i« u, Iloamncve.nednl Mrorlct. n<>elt V» •hurt-'ketchcii. etc. It in the l>-4 paper of the kind hi the U H H«.tidftl(<nce and name thle paper Only tl.*S<*lw. for allilmab* «. fit and pnprr th r< «t month*. Kivooutfiig •nd five b ' C.'iimoiiNonly 51.00, Htampn taken, E-F.NAJ ON,Publisher, 111 Nmau St.. N.Y r r 11 for private Hies. Holdout Telephones 1 U>o la Salle st.,Chicago,lilt Name this pnper, w it 'CH ASED^BAMDAHS IWEDDIHS RINGS The r. lid app< mauce anti artist Io flnlah to thc*e mug tilth cut rlngHtnuafcbe aeen to be appreciated. 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They aro heavy rolled «;uid plate rings, wood asculldgold for actual wear, and marked ln*ldu IH K, No one n«*< <1 bo tudiiti’ivd to w< ar one of tb« tings ; they ore no very liMtMlMome that thou-ai>d'< take pndo in enowintr but keeping th matter of the price to tiMsm* *h ■-v Wd will send one > f theMi rings, any eizodroir-d, F I<FF to ah who Mend 2U ernteto pay for tlm Hcuaehold panlor lor 3 months, a popular rtdinble na;a.r a famt’y psp Huhn fullest w-ri .f., v»u h I—m» profusely and Imjuu- Ufully lllmitr..:< <l, and containing many <.'>mpb l tc ami w i f rtorlex of laxcimiting interval, and a l.nyv variety of funny sketch'.r, m;. cd' *• **. n- •..:, '.o/.d< nrt i noU ? <ut fa-dilon, art, imlu lit* t atm<, A ~and standsoon» h, . ■ . f fl A ■ miiui:*»..i|.J .■ I X'l o-Pl iXl.or etUI I." h?'.m ■ >- <3 i •.• ■- 1.1 • • sal K.nd .n,l t!. ~ 5 , ' ' 1 ■■ --3 lON,Sro.dwu/, Avw Ivrk.U'vx HV4VJ, 9