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BY MRS. WILLIAM KING.
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The Quiet House.
O mothers, worn and weary
With cares which never cenie,
With never time for pleasure,
A5 Ith days that have no peace,
Witii little hands to hinder
And feeble steps to guard.
With tasks that lie unfinished,
Deem not your lot too hardt
I know a house where childish thing*
Are hidden out out of sight;
Where never sound of little feet
Is heard from morn till night.
No tiny hands that fast undo,
That pull things all awry,
No baby hurts to pity
As the quiet days go by.
The house is all in order
And free from tiresome noise,
No moments of confusion,
No scattered, broken toys;
And the children’s little garments
Are never soiled or torn,
But are laid away forever
Just as they last were worn.
And she, the sad-eyed mother—
What would she give today
To feel your cares and burdens,
To walk your weary way 1
Ah ! happiest on all this earth,
Could she again but see
The rooms all strewn with playthings
And the children 'round her knee!
Alma Pendexter Hayden.
Travel Mnde Easy for Women.
Now that the "button” has been touched,
and the greatest exposition ever known in
our country is in full blast, every one be
gins to think and talk of visiting the‘‘world’s
fair.”
I heard a lady' asked the ofher day if she
was going, and she replied no, her husband
wished her to go but she could not think
of going without him, and he could not leave
his business. I feel sorry for women who
can never go off from home without, having
G man tacked on; to be clinging and reliant
under some circumstances is very nice, but
if a woman wants to have a good time
and learn, ami see things, to advantage,
let her leave the men at home and take as
traveling companion such a one as some
writer in The Times describes—“a reliable
friend who can count money in her head in
stead of on her fingers; one who has pat ience
enough for two; one who could be interested
in sights outside of a dry goods shop, and
one who could bear and forbear.” With such
a companion one could make the tour of
our own country and the whole of Europe
and never need a man. Travel of the pres
ent day has been made very easy for wo
men. They receive every attention from
conductors, and at hotels; baggage can be
checked from one end of the country to
another, a comfortable sleeper can be ole
tamed and every tiling is done to make
-trutcjiv ■••• i
why should not our womyn > ‘ "
f!iir? if I had the m..m
stay away fol the . go together; a
women learn more if they go . fhev
man is u f,n er .i.’‘ ‘machinery hall, or
will htaj all ..m-ifultural implements;
looking at stock or ag - cileries, or tine
but when you ’’Live " ‘ departments,
china, or dccoit . i( m s hows, then
music, flowers ° • best 1()
they are bored, ><► 1 . seeil ig. It is
leave them out if piu . tv
Hover well V-* £ will never agree, nut
!ach '^nVun’a’different way. But if you
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but no more. , . oung women that
There are nut b rs < I Jou ng snlllluer .
Sil. ”“<■ l V£«' £«< •«
«h< host route for vou to take, read tin V>
Sm attentively and get the names of par
ties you can write m and inquire as to
Lard and accommodations count he < > .
make up vour mind to go .with as uuie m s
«mge as possible and there will be no dan
ger of vour not getting there safely and hav-
I' s™
some years ago. I went 'vlth two of her la
dies and I look back to the tup • *
The most delightful of my life. \V e t<><k a
room at $1 a day. and took our ima.ls w
ever it was most convenient . W
go sight-seeing‘all day, come home at night
and each one would take out her htt e book
and pencil and count up expenses, ami as w
”aid afterwards. o„r appetites were accord
ing to our finances. we allowed n ' :
lars a dtrv for expenses and watched t .
that we came out right. 1 don t know that
we had as easy a time a* rich peopli wh
did not have to count expenses, but 1 am
sure we had more tun.
I wUh evety working girl in our country
could go to the fair this summer: that is the
class 1 am interested in. f?r it ,
only brighten their lives and give theml food
for thought ami pleasant memories for
years i uno. but they would gam a f""d
of useful Information that would be invalua
ble to them for all time to come.
correspondenceVorthe kingdom
A Gosslpv Fxcbango of Views Among the
Eadies for Themselves.
Note—Letters written on both sides of the paper
cannot be printed.
N otice.
The correspondents of this department will
please address their letters to 480 Courtland
Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Read and Remember.
We cannot advertise in this ll ® pa F tlP ® P l
Several letters have been received this week
offering articles and mentioning a fixed price,
we leave out all such letters ; do not object to
simple exchanges, but other offers will bo left
out. ~~~
Mrs S J Dodd, Montpellier, Cal., wishes to
km ” where -be ekn get the “Cold Water Process
of < mining Fruit.” Will some ot the sisters »rU
to her and tell her where site can get 11 and wbat '
it would cost?
Mrs. A. M. steed, Idaho, Ala.-l wish toenjiuire,
through the Woman’s Kingdom, t atv II ’u>
confederate stamps, uncanceled. I Ln J
nine 10 cent stamps that I would bet » t j,, o ,i<q l
would be glad to hear from them, either throu„h
the Kingdom or by letter.
Miss S. A. Williams, MUton, Fla -If Mrs. John
Smith will send her address, and * ta '' , l”'’. l *“*
forward Florida moss, grass P'D**’ ***,}" /
Change for Hower seed sent me. She failed t g
her full address in her, and the paper that con
tained it has been misplaced.
Mrs. A. M. Cryer, Tallassee, AH - Will some one
who has experience in raising tur ' i ‘L s ’®'. , 2' h s ‘ eelll
what is the matter with mine. At first.they seem
to be blind, then droop and •*'* 1 " o l 1 £,J? el .
seems to be a thin skin over a part of tlie eye.
will bo very thankful for any information.
Bc&t wishes to The Constitution.
Mrs. T. J. Bond, Martin, Ga.—l wish the know
the whereabouts of my only b rot £cr> I,av ’* l •
Higginbotham. He was raid in Libert count}.
Georgia, a grand son of Sam Higginbotham, who
served as colonel in the revolutionary war. If liv-
ing he is between sixty-five and seventy years old.
Any information of him or his descendants will be
thankfully received and postage returned if de
sired. Address as above.
Airs. E. T. Clark, flood Hope, Ill.—Will some one
toil me what month, and what day of the month,
Easter Sunday came on in the vears 1846 and 1847?
By answering this question you will confer a great
favor as it will decide a birthday. “
I have been a constant reader of The Constitu
tion for nearly three years. Address as above.
Mrs. E. P. McCants, .slaughter. La.-I have been
a subscriber for several years to 'Die Constitution
and like it much better than any other paper. This
I? n . ,J rr , ? r!< s. ,0,, ”. r * think like a good many others,
that. Ihe Constitution ia the paper to write to to
let anything be known.
I have a good many valuable books. Some near
a hundred years old, and as I am an old lady the
books are of no use to me, but would be very val
uable to some, as the library incldes some fine
histories. J wold like to.exchange them for some
thing ot equal value that would be use to me
It any of the ladies wish to make the exchange
please write, enclosing stamp, or se!t addressed
stamped envelope. There is about three dozen
books. Address as above.
Mrs. Ada McAtier, Lewisburg, Tenn.—l wish to
ask the sisters of the Kingdom, who have sent me
various seeds and plants, to kindly wait with pa
tience on me to make returns. 4
My father was in poor health when I sent my
exchange, but I did not think that he would so
soon take such a serious change. For weeks now
we have not expected him to live from dav to day
with heart trouble, and I have no chance attend
to anything except duties connected with him, as
he and myself are all that are left in the old home.
I have received a great many more flower seed
than I wanted; and I made a mistake in not men
tioning thekmd of flowers 1 desired. It was
rooted geraniums that I wanted, though I do not
want them now.
I will keep the address and amount sent by each
sister, and soon as possible make returns, if i
cannot send lace to all, I will send something of
equal value to all. “
Will some sister tell me from her own expe
rience, if my seed will keep till another year as I
cannot use them now this spring. I am sorry that
has red to exchan B e since it has turned out as it
Mrs Lizzie White, I’elham, Tenn.-I have long
thought of writing to Woman’s Kingdom, and
thanking you and the sisters for the great pleas
ure the paper and this special page affords me.
I have often seen inquiries from sisters fora
cure ior chicken cholera. I have a sure cure and
preventive which I will gladly exchange for nmo
house plants, monthly roses a rhododendron.
I have tried carbolic and sulphuric acids and
many other things without much success, and at
last in experimental mood tried my remedy on a
hen that was past eating and was successful, and
have used it ever since.
It will not cost one cent, and is the least bit of
trouble to use; can be led to the chickens in thier
lv 'barndess 0 their watorsu H>ly and is perlect-
If any sister desires the cure, she can write me
a card, stating what plants she has for exchange,
and will .send the recipe and state what plants!
wisp, with the understanding the plants are to h*
well wrapped in wet moss and paper or cotton and
the roots an<! ends of cuttings carefully secured
Irotn drying out.
Will tiie Udy who sent me a small water hya
cinth and tube rose in March, please send me her
name and address?
I come asking helm Onr um— —«—'
ai ls anLum ot the knovv of any practical
&^LK*ammnu^th^ ,
wrestnsandgive added zeal to oar work, wo would
’“we have make a number of quilts and
when sold, add the money t'*
if wm fin m the scraps, we Mill make a a<hiu
Carolina county quilt, and a United States quilt,
in addition to those we make oil sei s.
Wo would thank any one who reads this ana
feels disposed to send us a tew calk o pieces,
enou.'h to make a block 12or 15inches square. Me
wanfone white piece In every collection on winch
we can put the name ami address of donor.
As we know The Constitute!! goes into every
county in North Carolina, and every state and tei
ritorv'in the l.nited States, we hope we will have
no d7n”ulty in getting pieces. It £ll not be much
to vou Maters, but it will be a great deal to us
1 please send soon. Every piece will be highly
Address, MISS ROXIE SHEETS Pros’t,
' uu ’ Box 62, Lexington, X. C.
Mrs Samuel Bowdon, Gordon, Ala.-Aunt Susie
sa'id several weeks ago there were a goodl i any
ihead for her department. It ti.ey b‘ lV€
continued to arrive in such numbers, I fear it will
be sometime before this gets into print, provided
U Everything is the merry springtime
tb-it one is inclined to write about the beautiful
woods, green fields, singing birds, bright flowers
““I'ainsor’/^Bm'those who have to economize
since in planting gardens as Aunt Susie says she
does 1 have long rows, and rows of green peas,
potato, .. onions, cabbage and many other vegeta
bles and mv flower garden, now radiant with its
blossoms ,d’ various hues, would look immense to
gives in Wonian's K ingdom her clock -
imosi i k ve-ir 1 live in town and cannot
homV.but'we have a farm three
quarters of a mile from us. and there our agent 8
‘iVi’fe, Mrs. Neely, and 1, are rais ng c.hmke ns n
Jour" W \ve hive btul poo. lock in
hit h ng eges and getting the chickens started
;it "tkeeareof themselves. The season is not
over yet, though, ami as the weather has grown
which are still to
hatch. We have hashed 210 chicks, but only about
one bundled and eighty five W eaten 145
are thirty or forty broilers. Mohave ea.i.niu
write about their pets, I a ™
iid\hh “ bHglit^^s.
cheeks and curlv liar.'. Her name is Kathleen Bow
don. She is the oldest grand-baby and the sun
shine of the household.
New Magizines,
“Tho American Woman" is the title of
an illustrated weekly devoted exclusively
to the interest of women, published m Aew
Y< This is a new magazine ami will be read
with interest by all. It is edited by Mary
and Margaret Bislaml. and its list of con
tributors will alone assure its success.
The first number, just out, is full of m
teresting reading matter, and beautifully il
lustrated. It has, many help f fu L i . l . r ‘ lc V^.s i r
women. If the best. copy of The Aim n
<..in Woman,” is a fair sample we prophesy
fop it a great
KicinW? r tsr.
1' Kibbe, s<i Bell street. Hampton, Tex.—
Hrs cancelled United States and foreign
stamps ami stamp albums to exchange lor
poultry or confederate money.
Mrs Maggie Boring, I’oderly, Ala.—
Will exchange remnants of calico, gingham
or doinestic, or will paint on velvet or silk
for rooted Howers: geramGms, begonias,
heliotrope or roses.
Mrs \L. Lane, Lisbon, Fla.—AVill ex
change ‘ line poultry, flowers or any lung
of equal value for a pair of peafowls or
peafowl eggs.
Miss Lena Craig, Easley, S. C.—lias
confederate money to exchange for silk,
velvet or worsted scraps and diamond dust.
Mrs G A. Osborn, box 32G Birmingham,
Ala —Has calico, worsted and gingham
scraps to exchange for turkey eggs. Write
for particulars.
Mrs II W. Haynes, Enigma. Ga.— Has
si-veral Pieces of old-style furniture to ex
change for something of equal value.
Mrs. A. G. Borders. « h " c r co , l ”® C % 1 A1
His Youth’s Companion for .*>. ■'i
’92. Demorest Magazine for
years and Woman’s Kingdom for live
Tl| E WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY. MAY 16, 1893
years to exchange for something useful or
ornamental.
Mrs. F. M. Jones, Hornsly, Tex.—Will
exchange narcissus bulbs and seed <>f Acas
sia, an ever blooming shrub, for confederate
money and cancelled stamps.
Mrs. E. 0. Campbell. Halton, Miss.—Has
variety of Howers and light hair braid to
exchange for calico or bleaching.
Mrs. Ida E. Henry, Adairsville, Ky.—Has
3-cent cancelled stamps and old war stamps
to exchange for best offers.
*.’• W • Knowles, Commissioner, Gn.—
'»'ll exchange good violin for No. 22 Win
chester or Marlin rille. Write first.
Miss Addie Carroll, Jonesboro, N. C.—
Has instrumental music to exchange for
other music. Write for list.
Failure from False Aim*.
Bev. Joseph Krauskoph, D.D.
one “V °f e i ai \ ! ,ot !l brooklet—on which
d rff y , str ‘‘ tv 1 ,) . nuself 1,1 I‘‘* boat, and
I t g -. aluil ''ssly. It is because so few
m befon: that *■’
inn ’l'u ’f 18 because so many aim at
impossibilities, that so few succewl. It is
because there is too much wishing for suc
tor \ 8 ° ltt,e unri 'mittcd striving af
< i it, that so many end with wishing. Jt
InZiv I<SL' 1 < SL ' ' , 'T C M to ° luuvh eagerness for
speedy triumph, that so many end in de
leat. lhe unsuccessful often forget the
intermediary steps that lie between the base
and pinnacle ot glory; they storm the tempt
ing heights at once, and sink exhausted at
the base. 1 hey that toil with the right,
means, at the right time, in the right spirit,
lor it reasonable and possible success, gen
ttally attain it if not in one form, then
in another, even if in no other form than
in Hie satisfaction of having nobly striven—
and nobly tailed. Few men have ever earn
,*£, striven after a competence, after
health, home happiness, love of erl
atives, respect and confidence of fel
low men and not attained it. Few
men that have so lived have had
occasion to part from the old year
with regret and to greet the new with tears.
If tears there were at all, they sprung from
the memory' of some recent bereavement.
I hey were tears of sorrow, tears of affec
tion, not tears of a conscious-stricken mind.
1 hough not free from pain, still free they
siiii'lhv IU CouscioUßUess of personal respon-
Thus to live means living. Thus to
strive means succeeding. Thus to stand
on the threshold of a new year means grat
n4 u e to tbe means honor to the new.
I bus let us live; thus let us strive; look
ing forward to the new year's end without
fear, reaching it without regret—with the
help of God.
~ Tansy Kills Moths.
I' roin Good Housekeeping.
1 here is one sure preventive of moths,
aud one which I have never seen mentioned.
It is tansy. .Sprinkle the leaves freely about
your woolens and furs and the moths will
never get into them. When I was a child
my grandmother used to send me to ilie
tansy patch on the hill with a large basket
in which to bring home plenty of tansy'
leaves In the garret were live'large hair
eovered trunks studded with brass nails,
nllcd with her best blankets, coverlets, llan
nel sheets, etc. Some of them had never
been used until my grandmother had grand
children, notwithstanding she always had a
large lamily to provide beds for. But the
supply of her bedding, linen and other house
hold artnles was in excess of the demand.
Ibis large amount of bedduig, tablecloths,
towels and hneii .sheets was spun and wo
ven m her fathers house and tin* girls wort*
given full liberty to take all they were wil
ling to make up for themselves. That was
part of their marriage dower. I can well
remember how grandmother took the extra
supply- out of those trunks in the garret
once a year, hung the articles on a clothes
me <lown in the orchard, heat them and
then pm them away again to lie amid the
tansy leaves until another year. The fourth
generation of her posterity are sleeping unde.
those same blankets and blue and white
l ,r '’'es the etlicacy
of that remedy ot the olden time,
—j-r . nruiiiio*' ■
Leagued A,v , .. r '
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
'Phis forming leagues of themselves to pro
tee themselves against themselves is the
most amusing thing women have done in a
decade. Why not lake a leaf out of the
man’ book on dress? AX hen the east het ic
craze for knee breeches broke out live or six
years ago there were no leagues and guilds
of men formed to prevent the contagion.
’The average man knows that his nether
limbs are more of an ornament to the world
when draped in such away as to disguise
their outlines. Consequently he wore his
regulation trousers without a word., ami be
hold the craze died a sudden death and was
I burie without obsequies in an unknown
i grave. If women do not want the crinoline
there is no power that can make her wear
it once she makes up her mind she will not
disfigure herself with its tip-tilting skirt and
hoops. _____ __
Ol<l-Fa»hioned Drosses.
From The New ork Sun.
And now for the house dresses, the pretty,
old-fashioned surplice waists, crossing in
front, but plain at the back, the round, full
skirts, the big, old-fashioned sleeves are
sweetest and simplest. A changeable China
silk, witli fireworks of green shooting across
a dark surface, has a flounce of green on
the bottom about six inches wide, over this
a flounce of lace with a scolloped edge and
above this, four rows of green satin ribbon
run on. The flounce mav be made of net
with a narrow pattern lace for a border
and the whole thing put qu with a beading
with the ribbon threaded in and out. Hie
surplice waist is edged with a lug rutile of
tiiis lace trimmed in the same way with
green ribbun and opens over a V of the
fulled in over green. A green velvet, collar,
a green velvet twist oil the edge ot I lie
round waist, a back made with a little tui
ness across the top. all plaited down into
little plaits in the center, full sleeves ending
in black lace rutiles above the elbow, deeper
on the outer edge than in the inner one.
over long, close sleeves and there you■ aie
and you have made it yourself iur hall as
much as the modiste charges. _
The Great Popular Route to the World’s I air
and to the West.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad is the only line running double
daily sleeping car service, and through
train service between Atlanta and tnein
nati, making close connections lor the
world’s fair. Tickets sold and baggage
checked through; the choice of seven routes
offered to the world’s lair. ,
Low rate excursions will soon be plat d
on to the west. Maps. r< ’
schedules ami information of ei< st
garding either the world s fair or 11 v *t
mailed free by addressing Jr‘,> )\;. l ( l .‘ | ’I’|ll.s: 1 ’ |ll . s :
soutben stern passengoi u# a tbinta
see, Virginia and Georgia railroad, Atlanta.
Ga.. V „ _
Popular Superstitions.
that' old slow wbicbjs
Xnl Ladg Hmne
n,USt ”, it in’ e ;h wbo rowm! from a girl
some Hilling a i s o some-
friend as a ,?of f 'ilver’’in one shoe.
l ?n'i l M U ’’4dect' l rejoice when the marriage
dJ!- dawns brightly, remembering the old
Blest > the bride upon whom the sun doth
amf’ail' are equally wrUiin < Jt . fu , r
* he belter '
Bible Inspiration.
ai If you are 1 just a littk- strong-headed, go
ftl lf you Suiting weak-kneed, take a look
at H Hie h re is son £ in yoUr h ‘‘ art ’ USt ‘‘ n
to David. _ ,
The Constitution and South
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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
H'OKJi or Till! OK EAT CONVENTION
Wll ICE METIN NASH VILLE.
Educational Societies In Session with Fromi-
Inent Educators from ail Parts of the
Country Present—The Proceedings.
Nashville, Tenn., May 11.—(Special.)—A
thousand delegates aro here ready for the
Southern Baptist convention, which convenes
tomorrow at the tabernacle. The session bids
fair to be the greatest, as well as the largest,
in the history of the body,
The Jb. <lu cat io ual Conference.
Yesterday the American Baptist
Educational Society and the South
ern Baptist Educational conference
me.t in joint session at the
First Baptist church and were called to or
der by l>r. W. B. Bothwell, of William
Jewell college, Missouri, president of tiie
Southern Baptist Eeducationai conference.
After prayer by- Dr. George Cooper, Rev.
C. S. Gardner, of the Edgefield Baptist
church, of this city, welcomed the visitors.
Dr. Rothwell responded to this address, fe
licitating himself and his brethren that they
had met in Nashville. The delegates were
then enrolled.
In the afternoon the American Baptist
Educational Society met, Dr. Edward I
Johnson presiding. After a hymn and a
prayer by Dr. M. M. Riley, of Kentucky,
the delegates were read and Treasurer
Joshua Levering made his report.
The report of Corresponding Secretary
Rev. I' 1 . T. Gates, of Brooklyn, proved a
paper of special interest. The objects and
policy of the society were outlined. Only
eleven colleges out of sixty-seven white col
leges in the south were endowed and only
seven had endowments over SIOO,OOO. The
society raised last year $331,000, below
the, average of the first three years. He
spoke «f the university of Chicago, which
ha<! ovment of $7,000,000 and was
-’ding to tl.;i_s \a.-> sir-. • i
deul ’ ° W
vice preset,, Georgia: re-
n ’ r" 1 seeretarv,’ H. Al.’ AAT.arton. of -Marv
land? Acting ' ‘tp-'muror;
1 Abiorohoiiso of N au( iitor,
wmht U M.' Isaab. of New York.
' lh« Night Session-
At the night, session. President dbam
R. Harper, of the I ’‘L'pietm’nl- -f ctl
i-ead a paper on Ihe K - 1 / passers.”
legiate Education and «. siiecia|ists
He referred to thi n fifty years
which had grown up • IS in the «>ut-
a nd said its only danget was m
gl - wth of lllLister 1 ll Lister to Spain
“ not done in a po
’.nUt ’He only wanted to defend
tin?'s?uth.‘'dhu- linger' of scorn was p.-mC
.L llU lL±ui;i O faet-hat
sehoms. ne u i tb| , lior thern
more money went b- <1 Illinois,
states than tae.v and received
for ei.auiple, pa < -, • y-uHIO.OOO and
SH,HYO<K)^h. ( l’ajd (l^eS( )le su i,.,
gOt nld imvm-’ reach their highest develop-
all who desire to witness its d<
e d the convention to
The devotional y a) j th( . greaC throng
Riley, pt K 1 n." 1 -. ’ , , m-nm. ••Amazing
joining in -aging « >< etc. Dr
(.race. Ho" . « (jeor'iu, called and
Nmtl-'n ot . Whitsitt of Ken-
Missouri, Dr. VMaryland,
v“S > presidents t ’; Dr. Lansing Burrows and
Joshua 1 adpoted raising a
u resolution wl nil m i
me colored organization, an n
‘ 1 Wd-iblv anion* tiK»t ‘Bt
attendance. Aotanty York who baß
Ur Montgomery, ot New iqin. u
in. .'toms. ... in.’nished missionary and
some , 'kiml ’’for the convention befoi» it
Pn’ Edward Judson, pastor of the -I’"’*™
b, ' lists all over the land to the mein-
2 rv 'of Adoniram Judson, whose toi
1 suffering as a foreign missionary aie
pi-iled and ‘ cherished throughout all Uhns
t, ‘ I r l ' ,n .''s.n.re was received from the trien
greetings. Foro j BII Missions.
Proves’s school m < anton. .
I Mr Bierce, missionary, says that in
Yang ('how "one of the greatest needs at
<1 ; id-ice is a missionary physician. »l is
? m-eat city of 51)0,DIM) inhabitants and
there is no doctor. Hundreds to whom
(, L i,,vo lias never been revealed
Vm d ti'lv" for want of medical treatment.”
1 The foreign board extended its sympathy
to the Uhinese residents m this eountiy
i, ReSvid. lg That 'the board is In sympathy
with nil legal efforts to do justice to the
< limese m this country, and to prevent tiny
retaliatory measures against, missionaries in
Lhina by the government of that country.
Hie report of the home mission board
was read by Hr. Tichenor, of Georgia It
is a most satisfying exhibit. The board
is out of debt and Ijas a considerable amount
on hand and owns property ;l t a low esti
mate worth $'.15,0G0. It has BGS mission
aries employed, 155 churches have been
constructed and ninety-two Imuses of wor
ship built, and 412 Sunday schools organized
during the year. Total additions to the
church, !),(»04.
Ihe report of the Sunday school board
was also presented.
All these reports were referred to com
mittees.
Dr. H.ilcber, of Virginia, preached the
convention sermon last night to perhaps
the largest audience ever assembled in
Nashville.
Work of the Day at the Convention.
Nashville, Teum, May 13.—(Special.)—
Hie great convention met in the tabernacle
at J o clock a- m. today. The report of
tiie committee on the centennial was sub
mitted by Dr, 1. 'l'. Baton, of Kentucky,
chairman. Speeches were made by Drs
Eaton, McCall, EHi s , Pickard and Ford on
the report, and it. was adopted. The report
<d the Southern Baptist Teological sem
inary was submitted by Dr. Broadus, of
Kentucky, and alter addresses by Drs.
Broadus and Whitsett, it was also adopt
ed. I'lfteen hundred dollars was raised
immediately for the seminary.
nnian’s Missionary societies mot
at the First Baptist church at 9 o'clock in
the morning.
All departments of woman work show
a marked improvement. Miss Heck of
North < arolina, presideil. This is an in-
Gispensibltf auxiliary of the convention. It
will meet again Monday at 9 o’<‘lock.
e A great mass meeting is now being h(‘ld
jo tin* interest «>f fonngn missions,
in the tabernaelo, Governor Nortlien lire-
I>! - t-aroll, of Texas, and Dr. Bell,
of iennesseo. are to address the meeting.
Dr. Bell showed that in south China the |
inissimmry work is spreading l,.rg. R- through
the instrumentality of the native preachers
just ns it spread in the early centuries of
-Jie Christian , era . During all the een
of‘.’il 1 misstot'is in o-..
long dxiktience as a former missionary Tn
that comil ry peculiarly fits bun tor he
arduous and responsible labois' f that post.
At the conclusion of Dr Bell s address.
Dr Hutchin told the f'dh.'wing hieldent.
-More than fifty years ago, in a Small town
hi Alabama there was a prayer meeting.
;Hl d the them.- was missions. A man e- ni<
in with a little boy. He was called on to
prav and in the midst of a holy enthusiasm
Im clasped his child in his arms and said.
•Lord, make n s willing to give our chddren
to the mission cause.’ That prayer was a
pronheev. The little boy was J. B. Hart
well. now the niissionary so China.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCES.
The I’lan of Episcopal Visitations for the
Coming Year.
The following is the Phm of visitation
adopted for the coming year b> th. bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal eiinrcli. south.
First District —Bishop Keener.
Tennessee Conference—At Lebanon, Penn ,
October 18th. . rL .
Arkansas Conference—Clarksville, Ark.,
A ’\Vblt 1 - eC RIVIT ’clmferenee-At Jonesboro,
Ark., December 13th.
Second District— Bishop Wilgon. _
Brazil Conference At. S.an, Ihm',”;tlV'
W’.-si Texas Conference At l.itvui’.
'.Mission Conference— At Grassy-
Fort
Wichita Falla,
Tex. November 29th.
Ihird District— Bishop Cranbory.
Virginia Couferenee-At Danville, A a., N»-
V, BaHimor:!' Conference At Fredericksburg, .
Va., March 22d.
Fourth District- Bislmt-
Illinois Conferenee-At Ausliville, 111.,>0c-
Conferenee-At Colum-
Sumter, S.
C.. December 6th. ... »>..
Alabama Conference—At Opelika, - •,
December J "th.
Fifth District— Bishop Duncan.
St. Louis Conference- At West Plains, Mo.,
September 27111. Broad street
Holston Conferem e At i»> >
Conference At
Tr\mn streei. hnreh, Charlotte. A C. Ao
:.;;'-'reh’. Wihnington. X. G, I>ee<anb ; a- 6th.
North Carolina Conlerem-e At 1 ifUi
Sixth District-Bishop Galloway.
Western Virginia Couference-Ashlaml,
K--K,p
--‘"SiU”' isna,,,,, K.V..
September 2.l'>; V t Central church,
Memphis < onfei; w < At
t'lmrgia, VMnferetiee At Dawson.
Ga ’ Seventh Di-H ict- Bishop Hendrix.
Northwest Mexican Conference-El 1 aso,
•>> S"”-
4 / <i November - ‘i. _ x ,
1 Tdx'as'coufuvnee -Navasota, Tex.. Xovem
bEa^tt Texas Conferenee-At Orange, Tex.,
1,1 1,1 liitrblh District— Bishop Key.
lapan Mission Confereuee-Htroshima,
•'"t'-himi 1 " Mission Conferenee-At Shanghai,
°New‘Mexico Conferenee-At Eddy, N. M.,
Conference At St. Paul’s church.
lb lml’ian ‘ Missb"?' (MtHercnee-At Vinita. I.
T., November \ s ,’, nee _At Hazlehurst,
Misissippl lonfuniL
llomr. u... DC
Km ..
Western Couterenee—At Rnu> " J
•'ffiSnrt Monroe <W.
September 6th.
Southwest Missouri Conference—At Boon
ville, Mo., September 20th.
North Georgia i oufcieiieo At Gainesville,
Gn., November 29th.
Florida Conference At Palatka, I'la., Jan
uary 3d.
Tenth District-Bishop Fitzgerald.
Montana Conference Al Butte < ii v, Mont.,
August 16th.
East Columbia Conference —At I’endleten,
Ore., August 30th.
Columbia Conference-At Myrtle Creek,
Ore., September 13111.
Los Angeles C'ljiference At Los Angeles,
Cal.. September 27th.
Pacific Conference At Fresno, Cal, Oc
tober J Ith.
During the summer The
Constitution, and Southern
Farm both for $1.2?.
A STICANGE DEATH.
A \ otinjj Man Dies in Terrible from
Hydrophobia— CartgJit from a Wildcat.
Rome, Ga., May 12.—(Special.) A v<>ry
i peculiar story comes from JJvingston dis
| trict in the lower part of this county. It
tells of the death of a young mau in a very
strange manner.
]• armor John <’olieely lives on a. big planta
tion on the Coosa river about fifteen miles
b&low Rome. His fiel . g the river
ami extend back to a range of low, rocky
hills. Below the fields ami extending for
miles down the river a vast streli h of dense
ly wooded "bottoms.” This is partly a jun
gle of eanebrakes and brambles ami swamp
growth and partly a dense forest of while
oak and liquid amber trees.
Nobody except, hunters and trappers ever
ventures into this jungle, and deer, wild
va *; s > raccoons and other wild things abound.
rhe two sons of John Cobeely were great
hunters and frequently took long tramps
through this jungle and brought home
many wild animals. Several weeks ago
they took their rifles one Saturday after
noon and went out for a hunt. They had
proceeded a considerable distance into the
jungle when thev discovered traces in the
mud of a lat;ge wild cal. They followed
the tracks, and after tramping some distance
tjiev discovered the den of tnq, r ,’
h:idß' 1 < > v '. ' s ' ',
I look like the cat was tMcape. when
Joo t'obeelv -trm-k tin- animal on the head
with the stock of his gun and ki.lod ir -
After it had lain dead lor some time Joe
took out his pocket knife .and ‘' nt t ‘ l ®
long teeth of the dead cat to J} «_
a memento of the adventure I r -
the teeth Joe made a small punctiue i ■
of his fingers. It bled a little, but he paid
no attention to it, ami in a few weeks t
sot all about the matter.
Hydropbobia Appear*-
A few days ago Joe begun to complain of
severe pains in his head and latei h< wa
seized with a terrible spasm. 1
a fearful contortion of the nerves and t .e
man raved and foamed al the nioul.i n
an enraged beast. There was a wild, green
look in his eves and the suffering man show
ed every sign of hydrophobia m i s most
violent forin. The contortions <d the boi y
were terrible, and after sullermg untold
agonies yeslgrja.y he died.
Two prominent doctors attended ,nn
through all of his illness, and say it was
hydrophobia beyond question, and ihat lie
conirm nrd it from the cat's tooth. Joe
Cobeely was eighteen years old
and was a hard working
and most estimable young man. His death,
under the terrible eirciimstauces. has al
most prostrated his family with giiil.
Two children died from hydrophobia in
this same community last summer. I hey
were bitten by a dog aud wore relatites ot
Fred Stephens, who was killed by rrai®.
Williamson. . . - >
Jim Stork, a former citizen of Gordon
countv, where he was formerly well known,
but who, for. several years past, has been
postmaster at New M-.o i, just over the line
in Alabama, is in trouble. He has been ar
rested and carried to Birmingham by fed
eral officers. He worked a peculiar aud
verv slick game. Near his place is an
other office called Stnrkville.. When the
returns were sent out frotn this office they
had to pass through Stork's office and he
would intercept and open them. IK won Id
then make out a new report and greatly
increase the amount of stamps cancelled.
When the cheek came back he would also
intercept and open that and pay to the
other postmaster his part of the ainoupfi
and keep the balance for his own use.
Stork married the daughter of Mr. Sanford
I lover, one of the best citizens of Gordon
countv.
THE FAKAIEItS’ INSTITUTES.
Successful Mork by the University in This
Field.
Dr 11 White, head of the agricul
tural department of the State university,
passed through the city Iriday on his
way t<> Lawrenceville ■where he addresses
a farmers' institute today. L" -has just
from the meeting of the board ot directors
of tin* experiment station, neat <>ntnn. (
During tin week he itmugnr:.''■ d farmers
institutes at Barnesville, McDonough ami
1 institutes.” said the well known
educator "are doing groat good among the.
farmers.’ nho are readily emn
jn..- to their support. We li.n>
iie-t with splemhd success, and
before the 'ear is over, hope to have flout
ishiug institutes establi-lmd throughout the
statm The work of scientific agrieultiirc
Wl ll thus be greatly b-.-netited. l'' ( ’se m
stitutos are purely educational ass' .
;,f farmers, organiz'd for no other purpose
than to acquire a more practical knowleumj
of scientific farmiic-- It propel 1\ mnn.iued
l,v th.- farmers the' can be to
work a wonderful benefit to the state.
W hen Baby was si>'.k, we gwa her Castnrla.
Whenshew.wa OMI I, sl» cried for Cwtiria.
Whensliebaoatne Miss, she clung to Castor! i.
WlicnHhe hut Children, slw gavo them C*swn*
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