Newspaper Page Text
u/onws K ! N<jt>ofn.
Letters, Recipes and Clippings for the Fair Readers of The
Constitution. •
[This is the ’a lies' column. They are invited to express their minima i.
The editress will answer questions or accept suggestions with /[* "‘■ rem — lO “to it as their own
[contributed.]
To the sorrowing relatives of Mrs. Mary
Davis and Mrs. Jenny McConnell, who died
within a few hours of each other on the 3rd of
February. These lines are affectionately
dedicated by Mrs. L. A. 8., Waverly, Texas:
Two sisters gone! two homes bereft;
Two husbands sad and lone.
Parents, brothers, sisters left—
With heart strings bleeding—torn.
Oh God! why did st Thou thus afflict
And send this double grief ?
To rend the hearts of those they loved
In time so short and brief!
Was there a need in heaven above
For some more gifted hand
To aid in music rare and sweet
The Angelic Heavenly band ?
Be still sad hearts—’twas God who sent
This sad distress on you.
He needed there, for harp strings tuned
These sisters—fond and true.
Fond husbands, parents, sisters, all,
Trust then to Jesus’ care;
It won t be lon —a few short years
When you will meet them there.
Yes—when life’s tide is ebbing fast,
Methinks you’ll feel they are near,
Beady to grasp you l.y the hand
And bid you have no fear.
Oh glorious thought for us who have
Loved ones gone on before,
That they will meet us at tlie gate,
And land us sale on Canaan’s shore !
o
Sunshine in Our Homes.
Tn physical life sunshine is absolutely neces
sary to development. The color of the leaves,
the luscious taste of the fruit, the radiant
colors of the Howers, are all gathered from its
beneficence. By their own alchemy, from the
same sunshine, the leaflet withdraws the
green it needs for the color, and while the
sunshine is tastless, the ripening fruit gathers
from it into its swelling cells the delicious
flavor which captivates our taste. The flowers
drinking in its rays fast develop these re
splendent hues and delicate perfumes, which
give us so much pleasure. All physical life is
benefitted by the sun’s bright rays; it is abso
lutely necessary to our health; we open our
windows and doors and let it in to purify our
homes; we send our children out to bask in its
warmth and gather strength from its heat; if
we are sick and nervous ourselves the doctor
tells us “keep out in the sunshine and let work
and worry alone;” and so in every condition of
physical life we find how dependent we are on
the sunshine for warmth, strength and devel
opment. As in physical life sunshine is so
necessary to our happiness and perfection, so
in our moral and spiritual nature is love tho
sunshine needed in our hearts and homes. In
nature,we are often in accordance with its laws,
deprived of the sin’s brightness for a time, but
it is our privilege to always have the sunshine
in our homes; its rays need never cease to
shine, the sun of love need never set, but shine
brighter and brighter, even into a “perfect
day.” Do we enjoy this inestimable privilege?
Are our homes made bright and cheery by the
sunshine of love, that brings in its train of
blessings patience, gentleness and forbear
ance ; or are our homes made dark by discon
tent, complainings, bickerings and strife?
How many men quench the sunshine of their
homes by taking therein the business troubles
that annoy and oppress them, when they could
so easily turn the key on these annoyances as
they do when they lock their doors or offices,
and resolve to take nothing home but love and
tenderness for the wife and children, and in
place of short words or utter abstraction, that
throws a shadow on all in the home circle,
there might be sunshine and cheerfulness
bringing happiness to all. Many a wife
Watches for her husband’s home-coming with
anxiety and dread; when it should be with
ergerness and joy. How many wives keep all
the worries and annoyances (that fall to every
Woman’s lot) to regale her husband with,
When he comes worn out himself with the
Work of the day. Why not put them away,
Bhut them out of sight, and learn as all,
Women especially, should learn, to “suffer and
bo strong.” How many children are allowed
to make tho home circle unpleasant by their
Contentions and disputes over small things;
Constant strife and dissensions until they grow
Up without natural affection for each other.
How different the homo where the sunshine of
love sheds its rays; under purifying influences
each character unfolds as the fruits and
flowers in nature; each giving forth as they do,
their perfume and flavor, that its companions
may be the recipients, and all may enjoy the
blessings that have had their birth in the love
that creates tho sunshine of our homes. Often
We fail to appreciate our privileges until we
lose them; “blessings always brighten as they
take their flight.” Let a long gloomy spell of
tain and clouds come in winter, and for days
and weeks the sun is hid from view, how we
long and wish for its presence, and yet per
chance we have scarcely thought in the month
es sunshine that has proceeded the gloom,
What a blessing was ours. And so it is with
tho moral and spiritual sunshine in our homes.
Let us cultivate and invite its presence, for
only when the shadows come will we feel
What we have lost.
o— —
Constitution Organ.
So many of the children write me that they
»re taking lessons on tho organ, that it will
hot be amiss to describe tho beautiful organ
how being offered with The WkukcY Con
stitution. Having occasion to visit the
office a few days since, I was invited to see
their organ and asked to try it. I was quite
astonished to see a beautiful ornamental organ.
I say astonished, as instruments usually
offered in this way are of the plainest kind.
The Constitution Organ, the largest size
(price advertised in another column) is an up
right ornamental walnut case; a handsome
piece of furniture for any parlor; combined
With a full sweet tone; there are eight or ten
stops, with full swell; sufficiently full toned
to fill any room, and indeed a small church.
It is beautifully finished, with a convenient
place that opens on top as a receptacle for
music; also brackets on each side for lamps.
The organ is quite high, built on the plan of
church organs, and the top finished with orna
mental work. Tho organ is all it claims to be,
and very fortunate is the young person whose
good father will present them with one. I
wish for once this was not altogether Woman’s
Kingdom, and I could get tho father's ear a
little while, that I might convince them how
pleasant it is to have music in their homes.
There is nothing so refining and elevating as
music; nothing that lends such a charm to the
home circle; it delights tlie girls and attracts
the boys. There is no surer way to keep our
boys at home than to have music in the even
ing. What more beautiful picture of home
happiness, and content, than to see the old
folks as they sit around the bright fire-side
and listen to the merry group of their own,
and neighbor’s children as they gather around
a musical instrument and hear the fresh young '
voices making melody. It keeps the old
hearts young and fresh, and (gives perfect en
joyment to the young. If you don’t believe it
fathers, just try it once, and we promise, you
Will speedily become converts, and there will
be an organ in every house that can possibly
afford it.
o
ABOUT HEADACHES.
Common Causes of the Common Complaint
of Everyday Life.
From the CasseU’s Family .Magazine.
1 robably cue of the most common hcad
aencs, a not tnc n.ostc inmoii, is that called ner
vous. liev a? of people w’no are most subject to
it are r<>r;uiiily not yt-vr out-door workers, if ever
my oi l triend the gardener had had a headache it
w< uld not hi ve been one of tvs description. Nor
does Darby, the plowman, nor.’arver, the ’busman,
nor (Pcntfo -t, the gauger, snflerfrom nervous head
ache. nor any one cbe who leads m outdoor life or
who p lenty of exercise in the open air. Hut
poor Mattie, who slaves away her days in a stuffy
drr.p<s shop, r.n I Jeannie in her lonesome attic,
ben imgovtrher white seam—stitch, stitch, stitch—
tlh far into tlie night, and thousands of others of
the indoor working class are martyrs to this form of
headache. Are they alone in their misery ? No;
for my Lady Bonbon me, who comes to have her
ball dress fitted on, often a fellow feeling with
Jeannie and Mattie. Iler, however, we cannot
afford to pity quite so much, because she has the
power to change her moans vlvendi whenever she
chooses.
What are the symptoms of this complaint that
mtKrs your heal ache so? You will almost know it
is coming on from a dull, perhaps sleepy feeling.
Acu ha\c no heart and little hope, and you are
restless at night. Still more rest e*s, though, when
it comes on in full force, as then for nights perhaps
however much you may wish to, scarcely can you
sleep at all.
‘•How my poor head does ache !” This you will
say often enough; sadly to yourself and hopelessly
to those near you, from whom you expect no
sympathy, and get nene. And yet the pain is to
bear, although it is generally confined to only one
part of the head.
The worst of this form of headache lies in the
fl ct that it is periodic. Well, as it arises from un
natural habits of life or peculiarities of constitution,
this periodicity is no more than we might expect.
If I just note down some of the most ordinary
causes of nervous headache people who suffer there
from will know what to do and what to avoid. I
will then speak of the treatment.
Overwork indoors.
Ovcrstudy.
" ork or study indoors, carried on in’an unnatural
or cramped position of body. Literary men and
women ought to do most of their work at a stand
ing, lying down i.ow and then on a sofa to ease
brain and heart and permit ideas to flow. They
should work out of doors in line weather—with
their feet resting on a board, not on the earth—and
under canvas in wet weather. It is surprising the
good this simple advice, if followed, can effect.
Neglect of the ordinary rules that conduce to
health.
Want of fresh air in bed rooms.
Want of abundant skin exciting exercise.
Neglect of the bath.
Over-indu g nee in food, especially of a stimu
lating character.
Weakness or debility of body, however produced.
This can only be remedied by proper nutriment.
Nervousness, however induced.
The excitement inseparable from a fashionable
life.
o
A NEW FLOWER FANGLE.
What the Girls Now Do With the Flowers
That Are Sent Thein.
From the Chicago News.
The girls no longer hang up in their dressing
rooms the flowers sent them by their most prized
admirers. Neither do they select especial buds or
blossoms and press them between the leaves of
books for keep-sake.
There is a deal of sentiment in the lines,
“ ’Tis bnt a little faded flower,
But oh, so fondly dear,”
while, in fact, there's neither sentiment, perfume
nor beauty in a bunch of dried roses or a posy from
which the life has been pressed. The dear girls are
now preserving the fragrance of their flowers, and
the fragrance of a bower is its soul in rose jars.
They make them in potpourri. A potpourri jar
now has place in every pronerly appo nted boudoir.
Pretty Chinese and Japanese jars are generally
used. The majority put the petals into glycerine, to
which is added perfume and spice. The best way
to make a potpourri is to put into the receptacle
nothing but the leaves of the flowers and salt.
Rose leaves must be used for the foundation, as no
other flower will hold the flavor of itself. Alternate
the layers of the rose leaves and salt, pressing the
salt down upon the leaves. When the scent be
comes evident any other fragrant flower or leaves
may be added, such as violets, heliotrope, lemon,
verbena or geranium leaves. A jar filled in this
way will remain a well of delicious perfume for
months, flooding an apartment with rare scent
whenever the lid is removed.
o
To Pack a Trunk.
Marie Gozzaldi, in Good Housekeeping.
A great convenience for packing is a shoe-wrap.
One should have as many of them as there are pairs
of boots and sli| pers togo. It is simply a square of
brown Lolland or stout gray sllesia, half a yard
earch way. A narrow hem is made all round and
feather-stitched with a darker or lighter color. At
one corner is firmly sewn on to the outside a yard of
braid or tape in such away that when stretched out
one cud goes beyond the diagonally opposite corner
of the square. The shoes are then laid together,
soles out, near tlie diagonal corner and then rolled
tightly, the other two corners being turned in; the
one where the tape is sewn remains outside and
the tape may then be wound round and round and
firmly tied. The shoes never come out and they
take up half the room in packing that they would
wrapped in pajier or put in loosely.
There are good packers and bad packers and those
who throw everything in helter-skelter, who cannot
be called packers at all. The good ones are doubt
less born so, yet much may be learned from ex
perience.
The hardest pecking is the leaving borne when
the many things needed are scattered all over the
house. If the traveler has several days for prepara
tion it is well to take one corner of the room where
tlie trunks stand and there to accumulate tlie cloth
ing ami other things that are to be carried. Every
thing being ready tlie work begins. First lay at the
bottom of the trunk a cloth or towel, and then put
in first shoes, books and other hard and heavy
articles. Try to keep an even layer, tilling up cracks
and corners with stockings, woolen undervests and
other small objects that may be rolled up tight
without injury. Dress skirts should be folded the
length of the trunk, and that they may not appear
crumpled when taken out should have a roll of
newspaper laid in the fdds. Hatsand bonnets go
of o jurse in the tray or box. They may have laces,
neck frills, gloves and worsted hyods laid inside
and around them, but no heavy thing should come
near them.
After the trunks comes tlie hand-bag or valise,
and here let me warn the inexperienced traveler to
leave only the necessaries for this; enough articles
will probably be found after the trunks are locked
and there la no time to open them, to fill up the bag.
A dressing bag is a great convenience. The
simpler the better. It may be made of coarse,
brown Lolland or kitchen toweling, and be as
pretty as one could wish, with light braid, Mather
sti'ching and cross-stitched initials. It should have
pockets for combs, brushes, hair-pins, a little leaf of
j flannel sewed on for needles and pins, and should
contain sleeve and glove buttons,thimble, thread, a
boot buttoner and pair of scissors, besides such
other things as would readily occur to anyone on
looking at her dressing table. Il is easiest to roll it
together lengthwise and tie with strings sewed on
to the back. It is an excellent plan to put every
thing in its place in the dressing-bag some days be
fore leaving home and to use it as if already travel
ing, then anything needed can be easily supplied.
Five O’clock Tens.
Helena Rowe, in Good Housekeeping.
Luncheons and live o clock teas remain popular
entertainments. The formal “five o’clock tea” is
entirely au American Institution and bears no tem-
I Llance to the cup of afternoon tea which in Eng
; land, is daily, and Informally served at five o'clock,
it hether'.h' ie are < allots or not. Special cards are
Issued in this country to afternoon tea. This card la
■lightly la g r then a lady's vlsi’li g card. The
word “tea >s omitted tills ■'.anon and the left hand
corner of the card la engraved simply with the
THE WEEKLY COKSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY. MARCH 6,1888.
hour, “four to seven” or "three to six” and the date
at which the entertainment will Le given; the ad
dress is engraved in the left-hand corner. The
name of the eldest daughter at home, is sum times
placed on this card under mother’s name, and
sometimes when a daughter gives a tea, and the
father is a widower, h's name is placed on the card
above tlie daughter’s, where the mother’s would be
were she living. Many ladies use their own visit
ing cards for these occasions, writing the hour and
date in the left-hand corner,
Iho menu at nlternoon tea is extremely simple,
lea often prepared in ’ho drawing-room bra
I’gfi spirit lamp with a swinging kettle. Tea is
served in the daintiest porcelain cups tho hoste-s
I'iv e-scs, and I aiffe.l with cuke and wafets. A
more elatain to menu than this is considered in l ad
so. nt. lie silver tea : all is sometimes used nt teas
for daintily “crewing” a cup of tea. Enough tea
for a portion is placed in the ball and the bull :s put
in tho cup; boiling water is poured in the ball over
the tea and slowly filters through it into the t up.
Answers and Querriee.
Planch B , Mis. Allie Brownlee’s address is
Lisbon, Texas.
M ill Mary Jones. Charleston, 8. C., who sent the
poem. "Tom in Heavin.” send her address to M’s.
Ida Mathis, Oxford, Ala., as she has information
that may be of benefit to her.
Mrs. L. C. L., Nineteenth chapter of 2nd Kings
and 37th chapter of Isiah, are tlie two that are
alike.—Mrs. C. W. Menders, Gillsville, Ga.
Mrs. Martha McCollough, Monroe. Walton Co.,
Ga., wishes information of tlie whereabouts of John
McCollough, who left home five years ago for Texas.
An aged mother who is “waiting, watching, and
praying,’’ and who litis never heard from her son in
these five years, seeks this information.
Mrs. Ola M. Burge, Duluth, Ga., answers Mrs. L.
C. L.'s Bible quo: tion. Nineteenth chapter of 2nd
Kings and the 37th chapter of Isiah are alike.
Mrs. Frand Nash, Tarboro. N. C., wishes to cor
respond with "Prairie May,” in regards to Chatau
qua course. Any information will be acceptable.
Mrs. Margret C. Bolger, Magnolia, Ark.—Your
letter received, but the book of poems has never
been received. Address me 31 West Harris street.
o
Correspondence.
Mrs. E. L. P., Cleveland county, Ark.—l usually
read everything in The Constitution except the
advertisements and fatmers department. Last week
every time I picked up the paper, tlie first thing
that caught my eye was the ridiculous heading,
“Her Jaw Clicked,” until finally I read it to get rid
of it, and it recalled something told me by Mrs. S„
of Maryland, about a friend of hers, a young lady
who one day got on a train to go In to B iltimore.
In the same coach was an old lady also bound for
the city, on rather a disagreeable errand. She was
going to a doctor to have her jaw set; somehow it
had got out of place, a regular dead-lock, tho’ not a
lock-jaw. There the woman sat with her mouth
wide open. When the young man once caught
sight of her he could not keep his eyes off of her,
and the more ho gazed the lunnicr she looked, and
he could not help laughing, and in tlie midst of a
“haw haw” click went his jaw and he couldn’t
shut his mouth. So he had to Keep the old woman
company, and both went into Baltimore like regular
“bumpkins” with mouth and eyes wide open. This
is, as my little girl says, the “weely, wily twoof."
Eula L. Fields, Montezuma, Ga.—Seeing Mrs.
Anna Prank’s letters, asking for a receipt of good
brittle ginger snaps, I send one, hoping you will
be so kind as to publish it. One pint of molasses,
one cup of lard or butter, (better have it mixed) one
quart of flour, two teaspoonsful of soda, one tea
suoouful of ginger (more if you like them strong).
Heat the butter and molasses together and pour into
the flour, and other ingredients. Let this cool; then
add flour enough to roll, very thin, and bake quick.
Will Mrs. Prank send some night blooming ceries?
“Truoheart.” Manassas, Va., desires to thank the
kind editress and southern friends for letters and
offers of just what she wanted, but is obliged to de
cline for the present on account of change in her
husband’s business arrangements; he being a
traveling salesman. If any one wishes to make in
quiries about the fancy work and painting she
teaches by mail, they can address Mrs. A. True
heart, care of Cannon house, Manassas, Va. Accept
best wishes for the Woman’s Kingdom and its
readers.
Lena, Demopolis, Ala.—ln looking over the
letters in Woman's Kingdom last week, I see some
one wants to know what causes large holes, or as
call pores in lightbread. I think it is because she
did not knead in enough flour while working
dough last time, befoie baking. I have never failed
to make good bread by a receipt cut from your
columns a year ago, called “Never failing salt yeast
rising," and if any one wishes it I can send it to
you for publication. I would like to exchange
crochet samples with some sister for those 1 have
not. I have shell, pine-apple and some narrow,
but wisn some an inch wide, Address is with the
editress.
Mrs. Ella Watkins, Mansfield, Texas—Through
the columns of the Kingdom allow me the privilege
of thanking an unknown friend w ho so kindly sent
me the address of a florist where I can obtain the
plant called Elettcrla Cardamomum. No name was
given, but the address is Vaiden, Miss. I am sure
tho hand that pinned the information was
prompted by a generous heart. Being anxious to
secure a variety of flower seed, plants, bulbs and
shrubs, and knowing of no better way than to ex
change, I have managed to get a nice lot of the
beautiful cob cactus, which I will exchange for
flowers or plants of most any kind. I have some
very large and fine, which I can tfend by express or
smaller ones by mall. Will gladly exchange for
most anything useful or odd. Will answer any in
quiry as to cultivation, etc.
Mrs. D. W. Shivers, Gallion, Ala.—l wish to say to
the sister who has the seed of the vegetable peach,
that I would like to procure seed of same. I will
exchange with her the seed I have or pay her for
them. I have dish rag gourd, Jack beans and
castor oil bean seed, that I will exchange for vege
table peach or any other flower or garden seed. I
think when the sisters have seed or anything to ex
change they ought to give their full name and ad
dress. It would save Aunt Susie a great deal of
trouble. I Imagine she does not have much time to
send the addresses of different persons after reading
and correcting so many of the little folks’ letters
and some of the "grown folks’ ” too.
Mrs. James H. Wilson, Pelham, N. C.—ls Mrs.
Anna Prank will write to J. M. Broughton, of
Raleigh, N. C., she can learn all about the fruit
preserving fluid and powder. This is an excellent
receipt lor ginger snaps; the “snappishuess" being
produced by boiling the molasses and then allowing
it to cool. Snaps—Boil one pint of molasses and
when It has cooled to about milk warm, beat into it
one egg and one teacup of butter and lard, mixed
and melted, and two tablespoonsful of ginger.
Work in Hour enough to make it roll easily; with
one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a spoonful of
warm water. Ball very thin and bake quickly.
Remove from pan carefully. When cold they will
snap.
Mrs. J. C. Rowland—Please say to my friends of
The Constitution that I think “Our Family Physi
cian” the best book ever published, of that descrip
tion. I would not take ten dollars for mine if I
could not get another.
Mrs. Annie P. J., Hernando, Miss.—l will ex
change lemon and possamor lilies and purple hya
cinths with Mrs. 8. It. Espy or any other sister of
the Kingdom for rooted roses. If any one has white
myrtle (or perawinkle) to exchange for narcissus,
bingle, etc., write to me. I want a quantity of ver
beuers in the early spring, and pansies, snowdrift
popies and phlox, indeed anything that is beauti
ful to plant on the graves of our beloved soldiers.
Many of us remember the fall of Fort Pillow; hun
dreds of our sick and dying soldiers were sent to us;
eighty of them died, and are buried In our ceme
tery. As southern people, wo have every reason to
have our hearts thrill with pride and plea.-ure at
the remembrance of our brave, true and gallant
■ tldiers. If any of the sisters have violets in
quantities please write to me; I will buy them, ns
ours were killed In the long drouth. In u word,
what you have pretty and sweet, just write tome
about it, for we want this long, long laid covered
with lovely, sweet flowers.
A writer says: “A woman's crown of glory
is a fine head of hair.” It must be a great satisfac
tion to a woman to know that a “crown of glory”
can be purchased for thirty dollars—provided sbe
has the thirty dollars.
Disease comes in by hundred weight, and
goes out by ounces. That racking cough will
run rapidly into consumption, then it will
take more of Warner’s Log-Cabin Cough and
Consumption Remedy to restore health, but it
is the best remedy. sta and #l.
YOdpiq folks.
Bright and Interesting Letters from “Aunt Susie’s” Little
Nephews and Nieces.
velo™ent'in theT"of OfT ““ C> ' N ' ,m ' T,ON '<* entertainment and do-
t* I r f
MRS. DR. KING, (AUNT SUSIE).
Dear Children : If you could hear as Ido
the praise you are receiving every day for the
improvement in your letters, it would in some
measure repay you for the disappointment you
each one (except the successful competitors)
will feel in not receiving the prize. There
have been so many good letters that it has
been very hard for the judges to come to a de
cision. You have all done well and deserve a
great deal of credit. I wish very much each
one could have taken the prize, but you know
that is impossible, and you must try and re
member that although yon have not taken a
prize, you have been greatly benefitted by tho
contest. It has shown to the public what you
can do, and your letters have been com
mented upon by good judges, and all
greatly complimented. So do not be
discouraged, dear children, but remem
ber that if you have not taken a prize,
you have given great pleasure to Aunt Susie,
who loves you so dearly, and works so hard
for your advancement and improvement in
mental culture, and let this fact, that your
efforts have been greatly appreciated by her,
console you for any disappointment you may
feel. After a long and careful reading of the
letters, tho judges have awarded the prizes.
You remember the prize was offered for tho
“best descriptive letter of one page;” that was
to teach the children to write good letters and
condense their ideas. There have been
several excellent letters, but they did not
come under this rule, so the writers must
not think their letters have not been appreci
ated. The judges particularly compliment
the letters of the following writers: “Abo,”
the “Christinas episode;” Ellie Stribling,
Fannie Cochran, Katie Barnett, Ella Wilker
son, Paulino Mason, Fannie Perkins, Mary
Riley, Bertha Mills, Lizzie McGavan, Claudio
Vanderson, Kate Stevenson, Eva Chamberlin,
Fanny Johnson and Alice Salter. Among the
boys: Jim Tom Polland, R. Jackson Ray, W.
A. Fitzgerald, T. E. Howell, Willie Renfroe,
Ernest Crosly and John Archer; but have
awarded the prize for tlie best letter among
the girls to Mabel Ezzell, Valdosta, Ga., and
to F. M. Nash, Hemphill, Ga. The books
will bo sent by mail, and wo hope the children
will write and inform us when they are re
ceived. Aunt Susie.
o
Correspondence.
Cattle Jones, Hartwell, Ga.—l am ono of three
little fatherless girls. My mother Is a poor widow
woman and was not able to keep us with her, and
site gave us all away, but I am thankful to say we
all have good papas and mamas that have no chil
dren but us. I have one little sister in Atlanta
named Lala Cumming undone in Hut t county named
Annie Turner. Ido not go to school; I live In the
country and have no ono to go with me, but mama
teaches me a home, and I am learning faster than I
would at school; I have five studies. Aunt Susie, as
this is the month for the little ones to write, I
thought I would write. Age 9 years.
Elsie Wilson, Kilkenny, Minn.—l thought I might
interest some of the little cousins a little about
Hollyrood. Mama has been there and has told us a
great deal about it. This far famed castle has wit
nessed the birth, Impiisonmeut and death of many
Scottish heroes; The abbey dates back to the year
1528 and was founded by David the I. of Scotland.
Mama saw tho dark and dismal little state-case
that Darnley and the murderers of David Rizzio
went. They had been in consultation in Darnley’s
room and proceeded there quickly up the stairs,
then suddenly bursting open tne door found tlie
queen with Rizzio, and two or three of her maides
of honor enjoying a supper. Lord Darnley seized
the queen and held her down upon her sent, while
tho others stabbed the unfortunate minstrel; Rizzio
received fifty wounds and was dragged through the
little supper room, through the largo room adjoin
ing, and then down the main stair-case into the re
ception room adjoining Darnley’s. Here behind
the door, his body laid all night, and it is at this
spot that tho blood stains upon tho Door have
proved ineffaceable for three hundred yeais.
E'sle Dußose, Lisbon, Lincoln county, Ga.—Since
I live on Ute Savannah river, I will try to describe
It. It is the boundary line between Georgia and
South Carolina; It rises in the Alleghenies on tho
North Carolina side and runs an easterly course to
ward the Atlantic. I live in the vicinity of Trotter’s
awl Anthony's shoals, which are said to be as fine
natural water powers as this country cun boast of.
The country around is hilly and there are large
cliffs and rocks all covered with beautiful green
moss and ferns of most every description, and the
ferns and mosses are so pretty I felt half tempted to
gather some and send to you. Our bottom lands are
quite fertile; some of them are covered with Ber
muda grass, which is to pretty to play on, but still
better to feed our stock. When our crops are grow
ing it is the pride of our farmers to hear travelers
pass and admire their beautiful fields of cotton and
corn; sometimes sad disappointment is felt by these
same proud farmers, for this same beautiful river
that is gliding along so smoothly and placidly now,
rises and leaves its natural bed, carrying with it all
of these fine prospects for crops that have so cheered
the hearts of our good fanners. Wo hope in some
near future day the outside world will come and
see our beautiful country and build factories and
improve the country, as only capital can develop It;
and may be some day you will feel interested
enough to come and see it—our shoals, our moss
covered cliffs and fine mineral water. I am 9 years
old.
Hattie Clyde King, Wrenn Station, Ga.—Now
cousins, you will have to resign the claim and ac
cept my signature, for I bold the claim on Aunt
Susie King. Ido not know what to write; there lias
been so much said that the vast field of something
new and Interesting has about been exhausted. I feel
sad this morning, liavingjust received a telegram in
out midst of the awful fate of one of our neighbors.
He left home one afternoon and was brought back
the next evening a corpse. He was to have been
conductor on tho Wrightsville and Tennille rail
road, and while learning something more about the
business, was accidently thrown off and run over
by the train and both legs severed from his body.
Age 10 years.
Oscar Hitch, Lionaton, Ala.—Dear Aunt Susie, I
was so sorry for you when 1 read your kind letter
telling of tlie death of your little dog. I know what
It is to loose a j>et dog. Aunt Susie, do you know
that I kissed your sweet picture on the paper. I
have been to see the promised subscribers; I don't
know 111 will get but one but lam going to send it.
Enclosed find ninety cents for one Weekly Consti
tution for—
Mamie G. Fuller, Grasmere, Fla.—Well I will tell
you all something about Florida. The little cousins
who live in some parts of Alabama and Georgia can
have some idea of Florida, of the tall green pine
trees with gray moss hanging on them, but the
the cousins who live In Kentucky, Virginia, Ten
nessee and Ohio don’t know how pretty the orange
groves and the beautiful clear sake lakes and
wire gross. Tho winters of Florida am delightfill;
when yon all are shut up In the house wo can play
out doors; wioto year Howers are in hot houses and
pits ours are blooming in the yard. McDonald is a
small healthy town with two stores and a depot; it
has ten houses and one church and one school
bouse, if my grandma, who live ein Alabama, was
only with us, I would be happy. Age 10 years.
Thomas 11. Benton, Ripley, Tenn.—l will tell you
about the death of my cousin Arnie. Sbe was n
lovely young lady and we loved her so much. Oh!
why did the Lord take her so soon? bnt He knows
best, and we have to submit to His divine will, and
be consoled with the blessed hope that she is wait
ing to welcome us home. Aunt Susie, I think your
picture is very pretty, and if I ever come up there I
will call and sec you. lam 12 years old.
Howard L. Roberts, Courtney, Texas—l have one
Bister and two brothers. I have five cuts and three
dogs and some cows. I like to read your letters. I
have lots of nice books. I have not been to school
any, but mama tea lies me at home. Age 10.
Mary J. Ford, Begonia, N. C.—l live in the
country three miles from church andone and a half
miles from school. lam not going to school now,
as 1 have to cross a creek and water is usually high
in winter. How I would like to go to Atlanta and
see yon Aunt Susie. Aunt Susie, do you love music?
My little sister and I can sing “Deliverence will
come;’’ she is 8 and I am 10 years old.
Mary Conner, Slate Springs, Miss.—Slate Springs,
Miss., Is situated about thirty miles east ot Grenada.
I live about two hundred yards from Hie school
house. There Is ten stores and one livery stable
here; the cabinet shop was consumed by fire. Igo
to tlie Methodist and Baptist Sunday school every
Sunday. The Baptist is in the morning and the
Methodist in the evening. Age 10.
Georgia Bell Cooper, Oakland, Ga.—l will write
on the subject of “rain.” It is very useful to the
farmers; it makes the corn, cotton, oats and wheat
grow; if it was not for the rain there would be no
water for us to drink and the little brooks would
dry up; nothing would grow and tho earth would be
parched by tho sun and nothing could live. Age 9
years.
Delllc Whitehead, Granbury, Texas—To rend and
write is my special delight, especially good books; I
think they are the most appropriate gift that friend
ship can make; their pages are ever ready to
amuse, interest and instruct. My father has the
story of the Bible, and I have read the touching
story of Joseph, who was sold by his brothers to the
Ishinaclites. Every family ought to be well sup
plied with a choice supply of good books; from
books we gain our most useful knowlekge. I am 10
years old.
Emma D. Boland, Big Creek, Miss.—My home,
which I dearly love, is situated upon a hill, and
down at the foot there is a brook; on its banks are
sweet gum trees. The house is painted white on
the outside; there is a long gallery in front; the yard
contains cedars, Howers and shrubs of various
kinds. In front of tlie gate are two large oaks, in
which tlie birds love to sing and build their tiny
nests; and just in front of these oaks is a long open
ovenue, in which it is very pleasant to walk at tho
close of a long summer's day. On tho east of the
house is the orchard, where the fruit ripens in the
sunshine. At the back of tlie orchard is an old
field, where once the golden grain waved in the
breeze, but now instead, are persimmon trees and
clover. 1 have now given you all a frill description
of my country home. Age 12.
Mertio Mathes, Bloomingdale, Fla.—Two years
ago I left tho “Switzerland of America," known as
East Tennessee, with Its towering mountains,
beautiful and fertile valleys, lovely rivers, the
waters of which are clear and cool as tho springs,
iroin which they emerge. How lovely the
dear old place seems in imagination, only, as I left
that old home for one In south Florida, My new
home is quite a contrast; here are no hills, all one
broad mid unbroken plain. You could see for
miles if it were not for tlie innumerable bay heads;
tall pines are in their native home hero, and they
do thrive well. The Oder of tho delicious orange
blossoms now are wafted on every breeze, and that
is such a comfort, for if wo cannot see a variety of
forest trees, we cun surely boast of plenty of pines
and large magnificent orange groves. Age 12.
Hlnchle Boulware, Brooklyn, Conecuh count),
Ala.—l live away down here in south Alabama,
near the little village of Brooklyn. We can boast of
many fine houses, as we have very fine timber and
several steam mills now in operation; we look
forward to having good-houses In the near future.
I have neither brothers nor sisters and papa and
mama are both dead, so I live with my uncle. 1
won't tell you how smart I am, for it woubl shock
you so you would never survive it. I send you a
square for your memory quilt. Have you another
one like it? Tell Uncle Will he must write often, for
I think his letters are so instructive. 1 would like
to corresiKind with ono of the northern cousins.
Note—Your square is very pretty and quite dif
ferent from any I have.
Jake W. Cooper, Oakland, Ga.—l am going to take
the "World’s Wonders" for my subject. It Is a large
book containing eight African explorations and a
good many northern expeditions. The first expe
dition was mad by John Franklin, he going to
Greenland, ami next cxfioditlon was by Lieutenant
Greely; he went as far as Congo. When he first
reached there it was eighty degrees below zero and
many of his company was frozen to death; they
were wrapped up In their blankets, laid on the
snow ami then snow was thrown on them. The
lost expedition was marie by Captain Do Long; he
went ns far as Greenland and never returned until
a search party went and found bis body and
brought it tack to America and buried it at New
York. Ago 11.
Daniel Boone, Popular Corner, Miss.—l am named
alter the great hunter Daniel Boone. He was born
August the 22, 1734; he had three sisters and five
brothers; his father moved to the mountains of
North Carolina and he grew to manhood. He
married Rebecca Bryan, uud he came very near
ending his lair bride’s existence by mistaking her
bright eyes for tliat of a deer's. Ho was a farmer
and most successful hunter; at one time he made
his escape from four Indians by jumping from ids
tobacco house witli his arms lull of tobacco and fill
ing their eyes full. Now do any of the cousins
think they can be as brave as old Daniel Hixme? If
they do I would like to correspond with them. Age
12 years.
Minnie 11. Montgomery. Burlington, N. C.—The
sleet begun to fall early this morning; It is falling
yet, and everything is getting so slick that you can
hardly stand up. Jam sure there is nothing more
beautiful than when tho glorious sun cornel out on
the sleet, and all the trees are bowed in crlstal Ico.
One night tlie wind was blowing and all the big
trees were breaking and wo were afraidofono blow
ing down on tho bouse, and we went down in tho
smoke house and stayed there till morning. When
it got light and we could see we looked out and an
the yard was frill of limbs and brush. Papa hat! to
cut away through before we could get to the house.
I tell you It was a searey time. I wrote this all by
rnysely, and I hope you will print it. I was glad to
see your picture in The Constitution. lam 12
years old.
Fannie Lou Eddins, Omaha, Texas Wo have a
nice home In the town ol Omaha, which is situated
on tho St. Ixiuls, Arkansas and Texas railroad. We
have a fine school of about I’o pupils; we have three
good teachers, two lad.es and one gentleman. I
want to try to make a useful woman. I am taking
music lessons; I play a good many pieces, but my
favorite song is "I'm Going to Write to Papa.” My
S3OO REW ARD
Only those who buy ft Box of fitatfnnrry can try foronr Prottiiumg. Give Book. Chapter and Verna
where in the Bible in found the word wile, first and second time; wo will pay-first correct
answers SSO; second; $25; third. $10; fourth,ss; fifth, $3; sixth, $2; next twenty-tnree, $1 each;
n< xt Hixty four. 50 cents each. Each Customer cun. try for Hucond premium free. Kecond oiler—
Wherein tno Bible doos thu word Advertise appear, first and second time. (Jive Book Cbaiiter
and Verse. The person telling the nearest will receive S6O; next, $25; next, $10; next ’ss* nttri
$3; next, $2; next twenty-three, $1 ; next sixty four, 50 cents each. A printed list of names ro-’
eoiving premiums mail' d each cußtorner. Third oflter-Fr»*« to every truhtomor Charges pre.
{mid Carefully packed (Cannot l>e injured by Express- Copy size por trait Mrs. Grover
Jlrveland Painted In oil. This beautiful picture Io ahandMome ailt frame in a work of art.
which every family can have, who will buy ft sample tx>x of our Stationery. Cun weaftbrd our pre
miums? yum, to secure customers who will always buy Stationery after • xanilnlnj' quality.
Aio we reliable? Ask any bank, newspaper*pubilMhvr. or Express Company.^Remit 2 cent
Stamps* Express or Money Orders, Blistered Letter or Postal Note. Every letter numbered iu
order received, and answered with receipt for money Rent •Price per box, one quire of paper and 24
envelopes, of Htylisti Htntioncrv./s<) cents: cent free xm>hUf<’pro-paid, to any address on receipt of
price. We 4fuarant4M? to r< fund money, five u box free, if not as reprcHcmUid all replies must ba
received on or before May 15. AddixM, CIHCAUU MTATIOMEHY <X>.» OU tallaUe Utrcct,
papa was a lawyer and died when I was just begin.
Ding to lisp his name. Ik* always told muna that
he wanted his little girl to be good and smart, and I
am trying O, so hard tn < arry out his wish. When I
am not at school I help mania with her house work,
and then 1 sjiend a good deal of time crocheting* I
have finished me a hood, and now I am crocheting
me a circular. Sometimes I get very lonesome, as £
have no brother or sister, except one grown brother,
and he is away from home; bis name is Sum, but I
call him Bnbt a. lie sent me such a nice Christmas
present; it was a beautiful gold pen and ink stand,
and for a birthday present, a pretty ring. I was IQ
years old in November.
Tommie Taylor, Americus, Texas—l am a little
boy 9 years old. I have never written for n paper,
but some day I may make my living that way, so i
will begin early, lam going to school and havo
six stud les. I have one brother and one sister, both
younger than myself, going to school with me. In
the spring I help papa make a crop and in the fall
help gather it. Brother Charlie and 1 can pick over
two hundred pounds of cotton in a day. I must tell
about our possum hunt, one morning aft, t break'-,'
fast we heard our Pont and Sunday barking and
papa said, "boys, your dogs have got a possum
treed. So we got an ax and went by ourselves, cut
down the tree and the dogs caught him; lie was
awful heavy, but 1 swung him across my shoulder
and brought him to the house, thinking lie was
dead, and when I laid him down he paced otf ns it
nothing had happened, but wo caught him again
and pupa killed and dressed him, and three days
after we had possum aud 'tater for dinner.
Florence Hammack, Industry, lll.—Ella and
Fanny—Ella was a very nice and neat girl and al
ways looked like a queen in her pretty pink dress
(she had only one) aud she always wore it wherever
she went,and she was poor. Fanny w'as of a different
disposition from Ella. She always wanted her
own way at home and at school. But some of the
girls didn’t blame her, for she was rich. Whenever
any of tho girls or boys wanted any body to help
them they always went to Ella. She was always
ready to help them. Fanny didn't like Ella. Ono
day she did something and the teacher wanted to
know who did it. Funny said, "Ella did it, for I
saw her.” Then the teacher told Ella to come there,
and what did she do but switch Eila on her hand
as hard as she could. Then one of the boys said ho
had seen Fanny do it herself; but tho teacher be
lieved Kila did it, and she would not whip Fanny.
So it went on for a long time. Pretty soon Funny's
mother got sick and Funny went for Ella to Como
and stay with her mother, and Ella said sbe would
go and take earo of her mother. She thought
Fanny acted queer. Pretty soon Fanny took tho
same sickness (scarlet fever), and Ella nursed her
| and she got well. One day after she got well she
said, “Dear Ella, If you had not nursed me I would
have died, wouldn't I?” “I suppose so,” said Ella.
"Well, I feel sorry for the way 1 have treated you.
but if you will stay here always I will give you a
home and plenty of money to spend, as mother is
dead,” said Fanny, with tears in her eyes. So Ella
lived there and was well loved and treated kindly
by Fanny. Pretty soon a pretty young man came
along and asked Ella if she would be his wile, and
she said she would. Then another young man
camo along and married Fanny. And now you
will find them in two pretty little cottages In Staun
ton, Va. 1 wrote this all myself. Ago 19.
Jennie Ezzelle, Valdosta, Ga.—l am going to tell
you about the first time my sister Lil went fishing.
It was when we first moved to the country, and wu
lived near a large watermill with a wide-spreading
pond, which is very shallow around the edges. Lil
had never been fishing and did not know how, but
she thought she did and wouldn't ask any body.
Well, one day she got a rod and hook and line from
tlie mill and sallied forth. Mab (my other sister)
and I had already gone when she camo home from
school, and she didn't know whore to find ns, so sho
went by herself. We caught a nice string mid were
coming home, when who should we see but Lil,
perched upon a stump under a tree fishing away for
dear lite, where tho water wasn't more than miklo
deep. I immediately went over to investigate, and
told her there wasn't any fish there; it wasn't deep
enough. She said she knew there was, lor there
were lots ofllttle young fish and llieoldones must bo
somewhere near. She thought Hie minnows were
Hie young fish anil tlie old ones stayed around to
mind them, like the hens do their chickens. As
soon as I could stop laughing I told her her mistake
and showed her how to fish. She had Hie hook
baited with bread dough and cotton rolled up to
gether, because she couldn’t bear to handle Hio
nasty worms, and had a nail tied to the line near
the hook to make It sink, and about two feet of tho
Hue lying on the bottom. Lil hired me not to tell,
and I didn't, but she is getting so grown-up now
that I think Blie needs a setting down. She wears
Howers and calls tho rest of us "children," and is
above riding on our flying-jinny any more. 1 will
tell you about the Hying jinny next time I write.
Mull and I made It mid it is splendid. lam 12 years
old.
Roy Lee Glover, Thornton, Texas—l very often
rend letters In the dear Constitution from other
little boys and girls. 1 have longed to be able to
write, in order that I might call you auntie 100. I
am going to school now for my second term. Mr,
Chambers (our teacher) boards with us, and 1 love
him almost as well as I do my papa and mama. Ho
Is offering a prize for tho one that gets the most fiend
marks In our spelling class. Inin trying awtul
hard for It; will let you know If I succeed. 1 I avo
two ]iets, a cat named Tom and a dog named Shep,
Shcp is a good rabbit dog. When shcool Is out we
will have a good time; he can catch Hie cotton
tails, but cannot run fast enough to catch tho Jack
rabbits, but there Is lots of them here. Papa Home
times shoots them. I wish some ot tho coushia
would come to see their lone star cousins; we would
have lets of Ain hunting and Ashing. 1 am taking
a paper called "Sunshine for Little Children."
Auntlu 10, this is my own composition, i am7
years old.
Montine Cash, Jefferson, Ga.- Jefferson, my homo,
Is a nice little village of about 800 Inhabitants. We
have three churches, several stores, a fine court
house and tlie Martin institute, which 1s said to be
ono of the finest school buildings in tlie state. Many
years ago a wealthy kind old man left nearly all his
money to Jackson county for the purpose of build
ing a house and educating the children of that
county. A few years ego Hie old school house was
burned and now wo have a splendid brick building.
At our commencements we do not fail to rememtar
our kind benefactor, W. D, Martin. We decorate
his grave and place upon our walls such mottoes
as "lie ban built a monument more dtirabie than
brass,” “When shall we see his like again.” 1 ura
9 year« old.
Claudius Thomason. Cowles Station, Ala.—l live
two miles from Cowles Station. Tallassee issituated
six miles north of Hie station and is a thriving
place, with three factories, a grist mill and foundry,
a ginliouse with eight gins; they can gin eighty
tales per day and Is run by one water who I. it Is
•aid that Lowell's mills cannot excel it for waler
power- Age 10.
1— ■ —'• 11 ——
Governor Martin, of Kansas, sent a straw
berry blonde doll to tlie Grund Army fair In Wush-
Ingb n, and a note explaining Hint ,'she Inch caught
In the meshes of her hair the light of Hie Kaunas
sun, and In iier eyes tlie viuletsliadows that girt the
Kansas sky at evening.”
■J - . I . B .
Tutt’s Pills
CURB
Malaria, Dumb Chills,
Fever and Ague, Wind
Colic, Bilious Attacks.
They produce regular, natural evac
uutloiia, never gripe or interfere wills
dully huHliieMs. Anu family medielue,
they uliould be in every houueliold.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
9
