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BY MRS. WILLIAM KING.
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william King, 480 Courtland avenue. Atlanta* Ga.j
Unless It Is Demi at the Knot.
There’s never a garden from blemish so free
That all of Its trees will bear fruit;
Yet the gardener never despairs of a tree—
Unless it is dead at the root.
With his knife he dissevers the old withered
limbs,
And cares for the tree they pollute;
“It will yet bear me blossoms,” he sighs as
he trims—
“ Unless it is dead at the root.”
And so there Is never a languishing life.
But may blossom again and bear fruit;
Jt needs but the touch of the Gardener’s
knife—
Unless it is dead at the root.
—Good Housekeeping.
Stray Thoughts.
Why is it that wo all have a propensity
to grasp at forbidden fruit? Possibly it
may be one of our inheritances from '[oilier !
I’ve. 1 do not know that there will ever ,
be a satisfactory solution of the simple >
question, but the facts exist. None of us I
properly appreciate what we have, but al- I
ways reach out for something else that has
been denied us. If the thing happens to be
“naughty, but nice.” we are sure to be
tempted, and stretch out our hands to grasp
it—overlooking tl*o true happiness always
ours.
♦ ♦ ♦
I had a friend who used to say that
“any one could bear adversity, but very few ;
could bear prosperity.” After a lapse of I
years, 1 question the soundness of the ■
aphorism. I think a weak mind sinks under
adversity, as well as prosperity. A strong
and deep mind, on the other hand, has two
highest tides - when the moon is at its full
and when there is no moon. Very often
the sweetest, highest tides come when there
is no moon. We may not see ii. at the
time, but afterwards, when the moon does j
rise, w<* shall see the marks of the tide, and
that it has taken much driftwood out of
our lives.
Our most refined thoughts, we find our
selves incapable of expressing; our tender
est sensibilities we cannot illustrate by any
act of kindness. It almost seems like sacri
lege to utter, even to ourselves, the thoughts
that are most deeply buried in the secret
chambers of our hearts. Not even to those
we love best can we open up these jewels of
inner life. Our softest sensibilities drawn
out by the great sorrows of others tiring
from us not words, but tears: not acts of
kindness, but. our liearts bleed' we “mourn |
with those who mourn-—we weep with those
who weep.”
Dainty Embroideries.
The embroideries shown this season ar.*
uncommon!' pi and verv sliowv. Many
, f , b ,..„ ..... . ■ ■ - cm- ..j '
Fayal needle work. Fine lawn cd. s are
sprigged with do's and flowers. A\ h ' • lawns
embroidered in colors are very much worn,
and used on the dainty ginghams <o popular.
They come to be used as ruffles for the
skirts, and also narrow ones, border colors |
and revers. There comes a while braid also
embroidered in the color to match the lloune<*
or rutile, which is used as a heading. The
effect is very pretty, ami. as they al! wash
well, it makes a very suitable trimming for
wash goods.
Mins Frances H illard.
Hundreds of hearts in our land will be
saddened by the announcement of the ill
health of Jli-s Frances Willard. It is
wonderful bow loving a place this good
woman has in the hearts of the people, and
what tin mflimiice she wields. Iler friends
have been v ry anxious on her account ever
since her return from Europe, and now
comes the sad announcement that her phy
sician has ordered absolute rest for six
months. Her appearance in public before
October may be attended with serious con
sequences. and so all of her engagements sire
canceled for the present. There will be
many heartfelt prayers go up all over this
land for her complete restoration to health.
corresiondence for the kingdom
A Gossipy* Exchange of Views Among tlie
I.Julies for "1 hemselves
Non: Letters written ou both sides of the paper
cannot be printed.
The correspondents of this department will
p ease address their letters to IsO Courtland
Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Read and liemember.
We cannot advertise in tins department
Several letters have been received this yveek
ottering articles ami mentioning a fixed price;
we leave out all such letters; do not object to
simple exchanges, but other offers will be left
out.
Mrs. AV. S. Bibb, P. O. Box 7, Waco, Tex.
I come asking if there is any one who can
give me any information concerning .lames
11. Storey or John I’. 81_orey. Any informa
tion will be gladly received ami postage re
turned. Address as above.
Mrs. M. C.— I have been a constant reader
of J he t.'onstitiUion for eight years and have
gained a greai deal of information front the
Woman’s Kingdom. Will some of the
readers of The Constitntior tell me where I
can get one of Philip Henry's, or Mei mil’s
or Doddridge’s prayer books, ami price.
I’lease answer through the paper.
Mrs. E. W. Enochs, Pittsboro, Miss.—Can
nnv r of The Constitution give inc any
information about my dead brother’s child,
l>i\ie Warroii Wallace. Her mother hit my
father’s house about twelve years ago ami
went to north Alabama. She was about
sixteen months old when she licr
mother’s maiden name was Bettie Griffin.
Mrs Alice McGinn. Gastonia. N. C.—Can
of The Constitution tell
me' the whereabouts of my father, .Tamos
Ballard? When last hoard of. in ISJO oi
IS'.ll. was in New Decatur, Ala. Any one
knowing the present address of him will do
me a great favor by writing me. He is
about fiTtv years old, heavy built, weighs
”1)0 pound's, slightly stooped, black hair and
gray eyes.
Mrs. Alice Browder, South Jacksonville,
Fla.—l come like many others, asking infor
mation. Can any of the sisters or readers of
The Constitution tell me of the whereaboms
of Emmett Browder: when lasi heard ot was
in Philadelphia, about five years ago. Any
information of him will be thankfully r<*ceited
bv a mother and much-neglected wife. Also
any information about his sister. Mis m.i.v
Atwell; when last heard from was it
Smith Va. Her husband was a Methodist
minister. Write to me at South Jackson
ville, Fla.
Mollie May.—Many thanks to the lady who
rntioke of Dr. Harmon as a fraud. Sisters,
what would we do without the kingdom. I
alwavs read the sisters’ letters first, but alas.
Sometimes I don’t..find any and then Im
aadlv disappointed. Do all of you know ib.it
vinegar will brighten brass? Scour any arti
cle of brass with strong vinegar, soap and
wand, and von will be pleased with the re
sult I will send a receipt for Delicious
Pudding.” which I have tried and found
very nice. Bake a common sponge cake in
a flat-bottom pudding dish; when ready for
use cut in six or eight pieces; split, spread
with butter and return them to the dish.
Make a custard with four eggs to a quart o*
milk, flavor and sweeten to taste; pour over
tlie cake and bake one-half hour. The cake
will swell and fill the custard. Long live
Aunt Susie.
Mrs. M. R. Wilkerson, Ray’s Mill, Ga.—
Can any reader of The Constitution semi
me some seed of the fly poison plant. I want
to raise some to prevent the Hies from both
ering my helpless and afflicted child; he is
dumb and perfectly helpleSs and has been
so from his birth, and is, perhaps, one of
the greatest of sufferers. He is going on
twelve years old. lias always been sick and
lias but little miml. He has to lie all the
time—can’t feed himself. If any one has
any of the seed or leaves and will send them
to me by mail they will confer a lasting
favor.
.EACH.I AG/; LIST.
Annie M. Shirey wishes it known her
I address is Good's Mill, Va.
I'. N. Stevens, Richland, Ga., lias enough
quilt squares to exchange for six yards
torchon lace. Write first.
Berry Cauthen. Heath Springs, S. 0.,
has novels and other things for exchange.
Write for list and what you have.
Hattie V . Myatt, Easley, S. C.. has rug
machine to exchange for’ silk, velvet and
worsted scraps. Write with stamp for
particulars.
F.ama Bulloch. Ochlocknee, Ga., will ex
change the books, "Monica,” and “A Joy
Forever.” for "For a Broken Heart” or
for “Like No other Love.”
Miss Sallie Parker, Fort Lamar, Ga.,
has canceled stamps, some over fifty years
old. and recitations to exchange for sea
shells from the coast of Florida.
Mrs. A. A. Smith, Batesville, Ala., has
geraniums, cacti and the best yeast to ex
change for silk, plush and velvet scraps.
M rite what is wanted when you send scraps.
Mrs. A. G. Tate. Bridgewater. N. €!..
Ims a yard of chrocheted lace and an old
china cup and saucer brought from Troland
in ITS.”, to exchange for shells or curiosties
or anything ornamental.
Mrs. G. M. M-Dow. Kymulgn, Ala., has
worsted scraps, yeast cakes, latnn mat and
other things for exchange. Will also ex
elo’iitro words and music of “Dream Faces”
for “Evening Star Waltz.”
LAST NIGHT.
O comrades, let tin* song go ifinnd
And laugiiter be our guest.
Os all the blessings life lias found
A woman’s love is best.
I drink not; when tin* cup is crowned
I wi'li you all that’s bright:
My vintage lies
In la ■;uty’s eyes,
I klfaetl in' lo*-,* last.
Tlie jasmine perfumes rose and strayed
Like elfin waifs unseen;
The summer moonbeams stole and played
Iler lattice bars between;
Site shyjy stood, all white arrayed.
With youth and grace bedight;
She was so fair.
How could I dare —
I kissed my love last night.
A sudden glory filled the earth
It had not known before;
A happy gleam too sweet for mirth
The quivering moonbeams wore,
To think that I of little worth
Had won the pearl of light I
No song or speech
My bliss can reach—
I kissed my love last night.
I sought my lonely couch to dream;
Sweet waftures thronged my brain;
Blue eyes and lily buds a-gleam,
And roses wet with rain,
AVith morning’s opalescent beam
'Hie glamorie took flight,
Yet waking brought
A dearer thought—
I kissed my love last night.
O Moon, laugh down your silver rays,
Smile up, 6 dimpling Sea,
O Fountain, toss your tinklßifr sprays,
O Stars rejoice with me!
With twinkling slioon ye tricksy Fays
Come guide song aright.
Ami tip with dew
Each measure true —
I kissed my love last night.
—SAMUEL MINTURN PECK.
HANDY RECEIPTS.
Swiss Nut Ci*ke.|
The solid portion of this concoction may
be made by tiny favorite rule for jelly or
layer cake. Each householder has her own
method. For the filling, cook in a double
boiler one pint of milk and one cupful of
estigiir. Make one tablespoonful of corn
starch smooth with two tablespoonfuls o<
milk, pour over the sweetened hot milk,
stir constantly, pout 4 back and let it boil
until cooked thick. Now draw back from
the lire, let it cease to boil and beat in the
yolks of three large eggs or four small ones.
Let it cook without boiling until it thickens
but does not curdle. While it is cooling pre
pare a rounded cupful of hickory nut meats
(butter nuts would do but a less quantity
should la* used, as they are rich), saving out
the broken halves to use on the top oi tin*
cake. These nuts should not be pounded
but ground in a. small mill which is made tor
this and similar purposes. When the fill
ing is nearly cold, beat in these ground
meats together witli one teaspoonful oi va
niila extract. When the cake is cold, use
this mixture for filling between tin* layers.
Garnish the top with a soft icing flavored
with lemon, and edge it with a beading of
Hie half nuts. Tut another row or two of
nuts within the outer, if you like, but it will
be suflieientlv rich without that. No more
toothsome cake than this was ever made.
If you follow the recipe,
Make your will.
Then eat your till.
Jelly Cake.
Follow the directions given in the first
paper and place ou the table everything
that is to go into the cake and ail the utensils
used in making it, and be sure that the fire
is good and the oven quick. But the cake
together as before, first the butter ami
sugar, next one-half the milk, then one-half
the flour and baking powder which have been
sifted together, then the rest of the milk,
then the remainder of the flour, lastly the
egg beaten very light.
' Fill three small tins called jelly tins meas
uring about five inches in diametim with this
mixture and bake at once. Av hen done,
turn out of the tin while the cake is warm,
ami place it bottom side up on a plate and
spread with jelly. Any kind is good, though
grape, currant and crabapple are a little the
nicest. Place the second cake evenly on
I the first, also bottom side up. spread with
I jelly as before, then place the third cake on
j top'of tin* other two with the top up; this
time sprinkle the top with powdered sugar
and the cake is done.
Stuffed Eggs with Lettuce.
801 l ten eggs twenty minutes. Pull off the
shells and cut each egg in half so as t«> form
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY. MAY 23. 1893.
two cups. From the end of each cup cub a
small slice that it may stand firm.
Remove the yolks and put them all in a bowl
and rub flue.
.Mix together In an earthen saucepan two
eggs well beaten, a tenspounful of dry mus
tard, throe tablespoonfuls of sweet cream, a
teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of pepper,
turn tablespoon fills of olive oil and! two of
vinegar. Boil until thick as custard and mix
with the line mashed yolks.
Fill the cups made from the whites with
the mixture ami set in ice until cold. To
servo place lettuce leaves on the dishes and
tlie eggs here and there ou them.
The Sweets.
You will have sweets and nothing can serve
you better than a good ice cream —the banana
cream is generally liked.
Heat slowly a quart of milk and three
quarters of a pound of sugar. In a bowl beat
the yolks of eight eggs. Pour over them the
hot 'milk, stirring briskly. Return to the fire
and stir until the custard thickens. Strain
through a fine sieve. Add six bananas cut
in thin slices. Set away to cool and when
cool freeze.
To this Ice cream must be given the choicest
bowl—some glittering piece of cut glass, re
served especially for occasions when one
“puts her best foot, foremost.”
There must lie n sweet morsel to accompany
the cream. If possible let it be the good
Homemade Sponge Cake.
Put in a bowl a pound of Hour, three-fourths
of a pound of powdered sugar, two eggs, two
glasses of milk ami Hie grated rind of a
lemon. Mix all well together, then add six
ounces of melted bulter anil a teaspoonful of
baking powder. Butler a tin mould, in which
pour vour mixture. Send it to a gentle oven
and when sufficiently colored slip Hie point
of a knife into it and if it comes out dry your
cake is done. Turn it out of tlie mould upon
a sieve. Cut it in long slices.
I do not need to say that the crowning
finish of this dainty feast, so perfect in its
savories, relishes, sweet and decorations is
tin* urn of fragrant hot coffee.
The supper is announced. The trig maid
In her pretty cap may be tlie maid of all
work, but she has been taught to wait with
care and gracefulness.
Tlie hostess, witli the eye of a general,
places her friends so that each couple will
lie congenial. In fact, the “little supper's”
success now depends entirely upon tlie clev
erness of the hosts, especially if their guests
are nqt known to one another. From the
good talkers they draw forth their best sto
ries, their wittiest bOn-mots. To (lie diffident
and shy tiny appeal witli attentive attitude
to insure that they be noticed and heard in
the conversation. In short, the tact that
mere living in the world generally develops
in persons of kind hearts completes the suc
cess of tlie “little supper.”
Cream Cake.
Alnke and bake the foundation as for the
other cikes. For the tilling tise one tea
spoonful of cornstarch, one tablespoonful
of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of milk and I
one-half a beaten egg, one-half a teaspoon-1
fill of vanilla. Stir the cornstarch, sugar
and the half of the egg together, then add
one at a time, stirring well the four table
spoonfuls of milk’, lastly the vanilla. l’ut‘
tms mixture m a tiowt amt set tins in a sauce
pan half full of boiling water, and place
both on stove, where the custard, or
tilling inusf cook till it is quite thick. -
Spread between the layer thickly and
sprinkle sugar on tlie top.
Chocolate Cake.
Make and bake the cake as for jelly cake, i
Then take one little square of Baker’s j
chocolate, add to it one heaping '
tablespoonful of sugar, but these .
in a small bowl, and set .1
this bowl in a saucepan half full of boiling J
water, and set the two together on the 1
stove. When the sugar and chocolate have >1
melted, add two tablespoonfuls of milk j
and one-half a teaspoonful of vanilla, boil I
for five minutes, and then spread between I
the layers as with jelly. |
Washington Pie.
Make the cake as for the others, but j
bake in two tins a little larger than the j
three used for the other layer cakes. When
baked spread jam between the layers and
whipped cream on top.
Whipped Cream.
Four tablespoonfuls of cream, one tea
spoonful of sugar, ten drops of vanilla.
But the cream, sugar and vanilla in a cold
bowl. With an egg beater beat this mix
ture ten minutes, then lift the light froth fj
off with a spoon and heap on the top of (
the cake. —Good House Keeping, !
NO MORE*CATARRH. f
Ag Soon ao the Truth Is Known Abm*
.w.u yet i ■- i- dte.-v o. T u< •
paratively slow. Ihe tens ot thousa
people who have been cured arc oul?
small number in comparison to the great
number who are still suffering from chrome
catarrh in some form. Many have no
time to read, others do not care to read, <
a few cannot read, and not a few do not
believe what they read. 'Those causes
continue to retard the spread of the great
est medical boon to suffering humanity
that has ever vet been discovered. But the
news travels faster and faster every month,
and no one can fail to see that the time is
not far distant when i’e-ru-na will be known
and blest in every household in the land.
A valuable treatise on catarrh sent free
by* The Be-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com
pany of Columbus*
The Trinity of Thrones.
HERB is a throne whose
base is set
Upon the Rock of Ages;
stands where Truth
aI " 1 met—
Hu' 1 ’Foreshown by holy
HkeZ /'4'y sages—
/ And on if- reigns the
Prince of I’eace
government shall
never cease!
There is a throne whose
// I li\\ kin s is Love ’
V ll’ V Whose law is sweet re- |
mission;
It stands the humble heart above
That yields in full submission,
And on it sits the Christ of grace
Who gives salvation to our race.
There is a throne whoso word is free
And none may hush its thunders,
It stands within the church where He,
The Savior, shows his wonders,
Ami on it speaks the. Christ-like voice
That makes the world of faith rejoice.
How have they faith who have not heard
'Hie gospel tidings broken?
How shall they hear except the word
Be by Hie preacher spoken?
Ami so Christ seems to richly own
T,.„ .s Uls
Uic Ins and Outs of It.
From Truth.
A,
Tommy—"Ah, there, my breakfast!”
“Hully gee, but you’re tough!”
“Groat heavens! I didn’t think he was so
tilling. . .........
; SARGE PLUNKETT.
? WHY IFH DISSirATE AND ITS HANY
l DIFFERENT FORMS.
j
Life as It is Seen and Played—No Use for a
l Man to Mourn and Fret Away for the
j Darkest Clouds Have a Silver Lining.
For The Constitution.
i Every man has his weakness in some form
1 or other, is the notion 1 have come to.
A remedy tor the greatest weaknesses is
what should be sought for. A night spent
i in a barroom with watchful eyes and open
. eyes, would not give to you tlie must pru
dent insight of life but it might give you
the most truthful picture of man’s worst
weaknesses. You watch the different
forms in which these weaknesses take
shape and to see with what looseness
, whisky causes men to air
themselves is a study, a mystery, perhaps
a shame.
Some “fill up” while others, “blow off,”
some get cunning while others get open,
some get generous while others grow closer
with every drink and as mean as they are
close.
Watch them as they come and go or
loiter in the room. All have their conceits.
With one the waters are troubled, with
another the sun shines bright. One must
pose as the picture of sadness, while another
is the soul of wit and humor. The air of
business is not absent from these resorts,
for here comes in a man who would im
press you with his business importance, and
it is wonderful how well he plays his part.
He wears a business suit, walks to tlie
counter with a business stride, brushes a
little flour from the sleeve of his coat in
an easy business way, spits like a business
man, takes a sip of water in a business
style, drinks, pays his money and away h e
goes out of the door —all business, ami you
might think he was rushing to his business,
but it is only to the next bar he is going
to go through the same thing once more.
This business conceit is one of the most
fortunate turns that the drinking weakness
could take. It. would not be business for
him to get extravagant. He must hold his
balance, his dignity and vim—he is happy
in the thought of doing this, and it will
save him from the gutter long after the
witty fellow, who sits over in a chair by
a table, has fell to be a common bum and
arrived, at the stage where he can neither
Unugh himself nor wring a smile from others.
I ,Ah, how many of these witty* men could one
' i ee go under if he would watch through a
■ mg life like mine, for at last he finds that
is jokes are-'only tin* conceits of an ad
led brain. No reflection upon barrooms
intended by me. The barkeeper fills a
emarnl. The weakness of this very wit
emands a bar. No drinking from a bottle
a j’ng would suit this fellow. One drink
.ignilies him into an Artemus Ward and he
- iust have listeners and companions. It is
*asy to have them along with plenty of
aoney, and how they do laugh at all the
fcjokes between drinks. These laughing peo
’■ ile are a part of barrooms, or they always
■ i nger there.
7 Last Saturday we hustled around and got
•up a nice load of marketing. Our little
• wagon looked inviting as we drove along
•Atlanta’s streets. Fresh milk and butter,
Wiome eggs and a few chickens, fresh from
‘■he country, was in demand, but we had
• locked our wagon off with "green truck,”
Fstrawberries and currants, and these caught
• the eyes of the children at the houses where
’ ve stopped. It was late in the afternoon
• iud the working people were gathering to
• heir homes and we sold out easily. At
■me place where we stopped the inmates
«rom three or four of the little houses
Blathered about our wagon. Husbands with
•.heir week’s wages tingling in their pockets
came out in a romping way with some of
the chilrden and they bought generously
of what we had. The little ones skipped
from us on every side with arms full
and happy hearts. Among them all 1
three little fellows who never came
‘•utside their yard. Two of them sit upon
'the gate post while the third swung upon
Ltlie rieketty gate. This was as near our
"■vagon as they came, but we could hear
shorn talk and saw their longing looks,
*" the happy children who h;iiLJ)'*en
’ Just as we started off they looked
.Xvish our -I’M’, wav tm.l •■■■v ,
suspected that these were the chil
dren of some man whose weakness was
drink and who lingered too long at tin* bar,
*so v. e stopped again, found out their names,
• let them have such of our "truck as they
chose and went away feeling happier our
selves, while the sound of their merry
voices tingled in our ears as they, ran with
their load into the house wita their
mamma. . ...
When we had put away our team at the
wagon yard we sauntered up town and into
a popular barroom, just to see ii we could
not get a sight of the father ot those chil
dren He was there, there in all his glory,
and he was not one of the sad, woe be-gone
ones, either. He was what they call a
generous fellow in these resorts. Reckless
of money, he seemed to be, as he would
knock upon the table and call for the drinks
for his crowd. 1 pitied him as 1 thought
upon the three little fellows at the gate
who watched up the street so anxiously
for his coming and uttered so pitifully;
"Don’t you wish our papa would come
home too?”
Generrus fellows can always be found
in these resorts. So to give their little chil
dren one poor nickle would be like pulling
their tooth. Thus they feel in their sobe>
moments, ami it is strange that in this
feeling they an? perfectly honest, while
they will linger in these barrooms and throw
money away with reckless abandon. I know
that the weakness of these generous fellows
I is strong drink, but. in them I can trace
no reason for so doing but that they are
natural born fools—without excuse or one
redeeming trait.
Because I have mentioned barrooms m
connection with these weaknesses, it is no
SORES FROM HEAD TO FEET
Skin Dried Up. Could not Shut Her Eyes. Weighed at Six Months leas than
Seven Pounds. Spent SIOO in Druggists and Doctors. Completely Cured
in One Month by CUTICUKA REMEDIES at Cost of ®5.00. Now
a Strong, Healthy, Full-Weight Child. Seo Portrait.
When my little girl was one month old, she had a scab form on her face and it
kept spreading until she was completely covered from head to foot. We doctored
„ for it, but she did not improve, and finally
the scab started to fall off, and then she
kad boils. She had as many as forty on
I her head at one time, and as many more
\ X: ' ''l on her body. After a boil would break
tlie scab would form again. When she
’ / / !'■> was six months old she did not weigh
A seven pounds, a pound and a half less
/■•Til V** than she did " hen she was born ’ and her
f, N'. A skin started to dry up and got so bad that
’XA I*'i U>\\ \ : ’’ts! t she could not shut her eyes to sleep, but
• 'y. Vj'i ■ *". IB'!’ iaid with them haif ° pcn ‘ Ab ° Ut this
.? ' '.A .’4vv' ■.'.<£ j■' tinw. at the earnest request of friends, I
I / 'J j started using the
t ''K; fbcUTICURA
i j I Remedies, and in one month she was
' l-Yc ' ■. ■* *■'v"L.\ • i'-"?' ’’■ S C I; I completely cured. ’I he scab and boils
I' ’' ./ XjgA were entirely gone and she slept and ate
S I another bnby. The doctor and drug
1,111 were over °" e kundred thc
Cuticura bill was not more than Jive
'— I dollars. My child is now two years old,
' "1= I i I and is as strong ami healthy as any child
of her age, and I can truthfully say it is all
owing to the Cuticura Remedies. See photograph inclosed. I will willingly write
to anv motlier whose child has skin disease, giving full particulars of how I used them.
Yours with a Mother’s Blessing, MRS. GEO. 11. 1U(. KER, Jr.,
335 Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, vvis.
Pimples, Blotches, Blackheads, Red, Rough, and Oily Skin,
Prevenud and cured by that greatest of all Skin Purifiers and Beautifiers, the celebrated Cuticura
Soap. Incomparably superror to all other skin and complexion as well as tmlet soaps.
reason that I mean to reflect on bars or that
there are not weaknesses otherwise. The
baseball weakness and the theater in the
amusement world have their devotees. Re
ligion has its fanatics. Some men eat,
some smoke, some one thing and some
another, all of which might be encouraged
into weaknesses. It is my notion that we
have all got to have something so “relieve
the pressure”—something to “blow off” on
or “fill up” with. Let us take the least
weakness that we can make out with
and the best one that our natures will al
low.
I sat off on a stump at the picnic of the
Orphans’ home the other day and watched
the happy movements of the good women
and men who have been active in.helping
along this sweet occasion. One of the men,
“Air. Bob,” I will call him, and single him
out. because I knew him well, was there in a
perfect state of intoxication, from this
standpoint. He was drunk, blind drunk, as
drunk as ever the “witty man” or the “gen
erous man,” spoken of above, dare to be.
But it was not a whisky drunk, nor a base
ball drunk; it was a drunk on gooduess,
intensified by his happy surroundings. He
was "full,” the pressure must be relieved,
ami this was a most hajqiy way to do it.
Blessed is the firm whose weakness is
goodness! They should desire no plaudits
from the world nor thanks from the un
fortunate. Just thank the Lord for the
quality of your weakness and be as happy
as you should be. is the advice I would
give every one who is blessed Avith the
lesser weaknesses of whose weakness is
charity and goodness together.
Sarge Plunkett.
Owed to Commencement.
O. the sweet commencement season,
With its rhyme an’ with 11s reason.
With its black an’ golden tresses,
An’ its creamy, dreamy dresses’.
O. the sweet commencement season,
With its pretty girls an’ pleasin’!
With its ribbons an’ its laces.
An’ its sweet, expectant faces!
O, the sweet commencement season,
With its tenderness an’ teasin’!
With its essays, fi •amed completely
For the red lips readin’ sweetly!
O. the sweet commencement season,
V s rll .vme an’ with Its reason;
With its smiles, tears, kisses, laughter,
Au’ its bills for cash hereafter!
WHY I’OIiK IS HIGH.
Production Has Not Kept Face with the In
crease in the Number of I'ig Eaters.
Houskeepers have noticed that their gro
cery bills have been larger the hist month or
two than formerly. The increase has been
on pork and lard.
The common explanation given by gro
cers when an article goes up is that the
crop is short.. For instance the sugar crop
is always short about the canning season.
Housewives have observed that each sum
mer.
The hog crop really is short this year and
the prospect lower prices is not bright.
One thing will bring the price of hog pro
ducts down and that is for the south to go
to raising its own hogs. Statistics show
that the west is not raising any more pork
now than for years past. But all the lime
the number of pig eaters is im*r»‘asing.
I here tire 11,000,000 more pig eaters in
this country than there were eight years
back. Prices are just one-fourth higher
too than they were then.
For many years the crop of hogs has
kept pace with the corn crim. There has
b<*en a relation between the two crops.
Ihis varied some but it was not large and
generally speaking there has been a certain
number of hogs to a hundred acres of corn
year alter year. The corn area in the west
is standing still. Away up in the north
west the farmers are wheat growers ana
they do not raise hogs for the packers.
In the big hog Ohio, Indiana. Illi
nois, Missouri, lowa, Kansas and Nebraska,
only three-quarters of a million more hogs
were raised this year than in 1885. and
the corn area is three-quarters
of a million acres more than
in 1.8.85. This is a small differ
ence and doesn’t figure considerably. So
neither the corn crop nor the hog product
is going to increase in these states. Both
w ijl.be apt to stand »■*“•*■ ■ ••*■ •■■*• .•••'-•• •* •*
ffi > R « 1 .* /'Seems piol able, wit h
the exception of the southern states, where
the bog will flourish if attention is given to
him or if lie gets half a snowing. The
rapid increase of the urban population neces
sitates the increased production of dairy
anil market vegetable products, and the
pork crop is shortened.
It is suggested seriously that if the south
ern states and especially Georgia would take
to growing hogs, for packing purposes,
good money would be made out of it. Here
are the yearly average export prices of pork
running baeji. over period of twenty
three years: IS7<>, 15.4 cents; 1.875. 12.1
cents;*lßßo. 6.9 cents; ISSS, 8.6 cents;
18!K), 7.4 cents, and in 1893. 10.3 cents.
So il appears that the price has increased
considerably in the last thirteen years.
This increase has been steady, and it is
a guarantee that, hog growing will be profi
table. Georgia could well raise a couple
of million hogs a year for packing. That
would require two and a half million acres
more to be planted in corn than the farmers
grow now. In the west corn pays better
fed to the hogs than sold by the bushel.
Georgia’s razorback is not tin* packer’s
ideal, but. the breed coulil be quickly
changed. V. itJi the increase in the number
of hog eaters, The market price of the hog
inttst advance unless more people go to
raising pork. The corn area cannot be en
larged in tliQ west to any extent, hence
the souttds opportunity for a profitable in
dustry is all the better.
Sometimes First Alter First.
From Vogue.
Gladys—lsn’t It odd that the honeymoon
should last bub a mouth?
Ki.'ll—Not so very odd; bills are sent out
on the first, you know.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings coinfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world’s best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of tlie pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists i/i 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
IT PAYS TO READ.
What The Constitution Has for its Sub
scribers.
The Constitution offers subscribers the fol
lowing articles first-class in every respect:
They are from 50 to 100 per cent lower
than they can be bought, from dealers, hav
ing bought a large quantity direct from
the factory, thereby saving our subscribers
the profit that middlemen have been charg
ing.
We commend these articles to our friends
and guarantee them just as represented*
Our Faultless Razor, No. 30.
Our faultloss razor No. 20 is handforged
from the very best steel tempered by pro
cesses known only to the manufacturers,
which renders it faultless in every respect,
but in addition to this it is full hollow
ground, which, with proper care, will make
it last a generation.
This razor has a world-wide reputation
among barbers.
The great beauty of the razor is that you
are not. required to have it honed as often as
other razors- We can furnish you this ra
zor sent by registered mail for only $1.40,
or with the. weekly one year, $2.40.
Our Faultless Razor No. 28.
Our faultless razor No. 28 is just like the
above with Hie exception that the blade is
not, as wide- It is a smaller razor, but is
warranted to give perfect satisfaction.
M e will send you this razor Cor $1.25
or with tin* weekly one year, $2.25.
Our \\ rule and Butcher ICazors.
Every one knows what the old Wade and
Butcher razor is. It. is imported and first
class in every respect and is fully guaranteed.
We can send you this razor by registered
mail for only sl.lO, or with the weekly one
year, $2.10.
you w.u. . Ii is “ur'ift'eft' ",n _ v arjuc.uw
stop No. 22 with patented tension.
A few strokes on this strop will put a
keen edge on your razor which makes shav
ing yourself a luxury.
We will send you this strop by registered
mail for only 75 cents, or with the weekly
one year, $1.75-
Something for th© Ladies.
Our scissors and shears are warranted
to be tlie very best and of superior cutting
quarity. We can furnfsji you with a pair
of six-iuch scissors for cents, or with the
weekly one year, $1.65.
We will send you a pair of eight-inch
shears for 90 cents, or with the weekly one
year, sl-90.
In selecting this style and size we have
aimed to get for our patrons that which
would prove of greatest utility.
Both blades arc pointed alike, thus mak
ing them serviceable for every purpose that
small-sized scissors arc used for.
b'or strength, durability and cutting qual
ities they are positively unsurpassed. We,
of course, in endorsing the quality of these
scissors warrant them as represented and
to give entire satisfaction, or we return
money to the purchaser. We also have nine
inch shears which are warranted as above,
which we will send for sl, or with the
weekly for one year, $2-
lint ton Hole Scissors.
Every woman should have a pair of these
scissors. They can be regulated to any size
desired and are the greatest convenience
known to housewives.
We will send a pair of these scissors to
any subscriber for -75 cents, or with the
weekly one year lor $1.7.>.
Pocket Knives.
No- 9,055 is a ihree-biade, double bolstered,
genuine stag or be k handles, highly crocus
polished blades and L ind-forged, from, the
best razor steel. .1 he price oi this knife to
subscribers is $1.05, or with the weekly one
year, $2.05.
* No 9,102 is a two-blade Jack knife, double
bolstered, with black .boat handles, highly
crocus polished blades and ha’ d-forged. from
the best razor steel- The price of this
knife by registered mail, postage paid, is
cents, or with the paper one year, sl.Bo.
No. 9,217. This is also a two-blade jack
knife, double bolstered, with imitation stag
or buck handles, bladt s glazed and hand
forged from razor steel- The price of this
knife is the same as \o. 9,102.
jj 0 . 9.C14 is a two-blade jaeit Knife with
otn- bolster, black eb ay handle, blades as
above. The price of tins knife by registered
mail, postage paid, is 75 cents, or with th a
weekly one year, $1.75
No. 4152 is a three-bladed knife, double
bolstered, Germa!', silver linings ami bol
sters with fine pearl hardies highly polished.
It is one of the finest knives ever brought
to this country, 'fhe price of this knife to
subscribers is $1.15, or 1'215 with the paper
one year.
Texas Hunter's Knife.
The Texas hmder’s knife is a superb
piece of cutlery ami the \ei,\ tiling i>.t the
use of a farmer. There are no small blades,
no middlemen’s profits, no humbugging m any
shape; just a fine, practical and useful keto
at the lowest juice. Vvc send tt to ati.v
jiart of the country, postage paid, tor hj
cents, or with the wei-kl, 1 . one year,sl-80.
We cannot describe fully the above pre
miums in this short article I'lease send for
illustrated premium list which will be sent
you free. I'l 11. t 111 11 ION.
THE MARQUISE RING-
Solid Gold, Set with Eleven Jewels.
Every lady ami girl in the United States
should own a marquise ring. The mar
quise ring we offer is one of tile most beau
tiful that has ever been made. Il is
formed by joining a pointed marquise head
set with ten real pearls with a beautifully
wrought circle of gold. Inside of the pearls
it lias a long pointed stone, a genuine doib
let. ruby of beautiful color. Every part of
the ring excepting the stones is solid gold.
The marquise ring is popular and will re
main so because it shows every precious
slone with which it is sot. This ring is very
rich in appearance and will prove a most
acceptable addition to any lady's jewel
case. Price, including free delivery, $2.70.
Send your orders at ouee with strip of
paper giving measure of finger to
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