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BY MRS. WILLIAM KING.
TAII letters to this department and The Young Folks’ column must be addressed to Mw
William King. 4«> Courtland avenue. Atlanta, Gau
The Clover.
sine of the Hlv and daisy and rose,
the pansies and pinks that the summer-
I the g'ssy lap of the medder, that
llnkln-W at the skies through the sunshiny
ttnt wbaM-t the lilv. and all of the rest
K the flowers, to a man with a heart tn his
y breast,
Bhat has dipped brlmmln’ full of the honey
Bf the 's've't elover blossoms his boyhood
v ' • ." lu.vpv on a elover field now.
Jr fool round a stable, or elimb In the mow.
jjm ply childhood eomes back just as clear
4s the'snnd' of't'lie clover Um sniffin' again;
iTi I wl iuler linn in a barefooted dream,
Where I ‘tangled my toes in the blossoms that
With n.e'liew of the dawn of the morning of
Kre lt°wept o'er the graves that I'tn weeping
ME above.
‘And so I love elover. Tt seems like a part
. fcf tile s.o redest sorrows and joys of my
And wherever it blossoms, oh there let me
And thank the good Lord as 1 m thankin Him
And pray‘to Him still for the strength when I
To go'out in the clover and tell it goodby.
And lovingly nestle my face in its bloom.
While my soul slips away on a breath of per
fU’Ue’ JAMES WHITCOMB RTLEY.
“What One Wmnvi Think*-
The above is Hie title of a little book
just out by Mrs. llargot Holt Cahoon,
f There is great variety of themes treat
e.l, and all with a facile pen. It is Well
Ito kitow what a woman thinks, and espe
| (billy when she thinks and expresses her
hhoughts. as well as does Ibis writer ,
Airs. Cahoon was a Michigan girl by
' birth, but married early and '' pnt
slier husband to reside in Little Kock, Ark.
I She there began journalistic work, r rent
. Little Kock they went to New lor’;, her
i present home, where she has risen step
bv step in her work. .
? ‘hi her book there is an essay on cooking,
mid she says: “Ask a woman what cook
ing means. It means the patience of Job
and the persistence of the pilgrim fathers.
It means the endurance, the long suffer
ing and the. martyrdom of Joan of Arc. It
means the steaming and the slewing, the
baking and the broiling, thrice daily,
springs, summers, autumns and winters,
year after year, decade following decade,
it means perspiration, and desperation, and
resignation. It means a crown and a harp
ami a clear title to an estate in heaven.
From her judgment ami reason, she must
v-.vlxv triumphs iJiat depend on salt, and
pepper, and sugar and herbs. She must
know how soon, and how long, and how
often, and how much. She must know
quality, and quantity, and cost She must
serve the butcher. the baker and
the candle-stick maker. 1 hen she
must rise above it all, and be a lady-a
‘loaf-giver!’ ” . ,
When I read what thia one woman thought
cooking meant 1 wondered how many other
women would agree with her. 1 -icard a
ladv sav not long ago that she would not
mind evoking if she was not required to
"rise above it. all” and “be a lady.
Yet 1 have seen many a woman come from
over the stewing and broiling with a com
posed face and unrumple 1 hair and dainty
clean garments, but it must take experi
ence to attain such perfection. 1 have seen
the neatest kitchens where there were no
servants. A neighbor of mine said to me
not long since that she had no trouble in
cooking. She cleaned each article as she
used it. Where her biscuits were made
her board was scraped off. cleaned and put
asile: the same with each utensil used
and so when she had finished her meal
there was very little cleaning to do. But
with ali the system used cooking, especially
in summer, is hard work and I fear my
family would fare very badly if dependent
upon my cooking and 1 heartily agree with
Airs. Cahoon and think that every wo
man who does her own cooking at least
deserves “ a crown and a harp and a clear
title to an estate in
A Home lor Children.
On the edge of a cliff at Tynemouth,
Northumberland, on the English coast
stands an old-fashioned, white-washed house
that has a history. It overlooks a little
bay and a promontory on which the light
house stands, the north sea dashes against
the rocks a hundred feet below and at
ebb tide leaves a little cove of golden sand,
which is a never ceasing pleasure to the
inmates of the house.
About two years ago an English woman,
Miss Atkinson, rented this house, which was
in a very dilapidate! condition, repaired,
repapered and repainted it til a large cost
until the whole house was made a bright
and delightful little home and she calls it
“Children’s Convalescent Home.” She
manages and pays for it entirely herself
and takes great interest in it.
She can only receive ten children into her
family at one time, but it is an ever chang
ing family and as fast as one set gets
well another comes. Three weeks is the
usual time she thinks best to lix for their
stay. The bedrooms are large, bright and
airy, the healthful sea air coming in at
every window. There are ten little iron
cribs painted bright red. They tire always
full and would be if there were ten times
the number. The playrooms tire bright,
sunny and full of toys and a happy band
of children greet the visitors to this home.
The children are kept at the home as
long as Miss Atkinson considers she can do
them any good or help the helpless ones
and those who have very miserable homes.
Sim e the home was opened in June, 1891,
152 children have been received ami cared
for.
What noble work this woman is doing.
Eternity alone will reveal all the good from
smdi a source and how many women of
wealth could do likewise; many whose tal
ents are buried in a napkin could have
doubled them in good works and could have
heard as this good woman will, the welcome
plaudits of the Master: “Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.”
Alan's Opinion of a Woman's Dress.
From The New York Recorder.
A man’s opinion of a gown is ever eagerly
sought, and while they are supposed to never
know what a gown is worth, still they de
clare that they know when a woman looks
■well. Coming across the Rue de I was
surprised to hear a man ejaculate: “There
goes the best dressed woman I’ve seen to
day.”
Hastily turning, I saw a dark-eyed, dark
haired woman pass along, clothed entirely
in black—but such black! The skirt was of
of a heavy quality of plain satin, made to
Hare slightly, and iinished with three small
rutties. I’lic bodice was of uncut jet. and
made plainly, to show the lines of the
lithe figure. The sleeves were of black satin
and were moderately full. The bonnet was
of solid black, and close fitting, tied at the
back under a soft coil of hair. The gloves
and parasol were to match, and this in all
formed a most, refreshing toilet of absolute
simplicity, yet withal elegant to a degree.
Hospitality as I'raeliced in Russia.
From The I‘liiladelphia Tinies.
it is the custom of Russian ladies to re
ceive their dinner guests in a reception
room warmed by great open fires, and then
to offer each lady a gorgeously embroidered
fur cloak or robe to slip on during the
courses of the dinner, should the decollete
dinner dress prove 100 cool. Polish ladies
open a luxurious little room tilled with di
vans for weary guests to rest upon, if they
feel that their tired nerves require repose
before entering upon the ordeal of a long
Russian dinner, people that have traveled
in the czar's domain testify that Russian
hospitality is the most magnificent in the
world, and that the banquets given in St.
Petersburg and Moscow are unrivaled in
splendor in Paris or London.
COKKKSFONDENCE FOR THE KINGDOM
A Gossipy Exchange of Views Among the
l.adles for Tlirniralv<«
Note—Letterswrlttfn on both sides of the paper
canno: be printed.
The correspondents of this department will
please address their letters to 480 Courtland
Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Rend anil Remember.
We cannot advertise in this department
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, liut other offers will be left
out.
Mrs. Alice McManus. Columbus, Miss. —1,
like many others, come hoping some ot the
many readers of this valuable paper can aid
me in finding my brother, O. Y. Strickland.
When last heard from lie was in Arkansas
on White river. If any one will tie so Kind
as to answer 1 will return postage.
Mrs. J. L. Underwood. Rockwall. Tex.—
I am very anxious to get a recipe for put ting
up pickles so as to be ready tor use any
time, without whisky. 1 will send a good
pumpkin preserve recipe. Cut thin slices
from a good pumpkin and cut Into chips; al
low to each pound of chips one pound of sugar,
pare off the yellow rind of two lemons ai d
squeeze the juice, allowing one gill ot Juice
to one pound of pumpkin; allow some ot the
rind If yon like. ’’nt the pumpkin, lemon >m I
sugar in a vessel an t let them stand all night;
next morning put all into a kettle and bull
till the pumpkin becomes clear and crisp.
i »
Miss Jennie Southall,Carter’s Creek, Tenn. —
It has been more than a year since 1 made
my first literary excursion to the Kingdom.
That excursion was freighted with many un
expected pleasures. It brought numerous let
ters by which pleasant avenues of friendship
and intercourse were opened, and as 1 could
not answer all I now thank you for your
words of kindness and appreciation. Some
were from unknown sisters whose hearts
were burdened with care and sorrow, ami 1
have thought <>f them often in their sorrow,
and hope that today a sweet, new rest has
blossomed, flower-like. in each breast and
though we will probably never meet here,
yet I hope we “will clasp hands just over in
the morning land.”
Mrs. Ellen C. Johnson, superintendent
of the Sherborn prison for women, has
gone to Chicago to show her method of
grading the women of her reformatory.
Mrs. Johnson has been remarkably suc
cessful in dealing with her unfortunate
inmates. Each one who improves is en
couraged by a change made in her dress,
so that it is all the time evident who are
trying to do well, and they are credited
with it. Mrs. Johnson has taken to the
Columbian fair dolls dressed to show these
different grades. One doll shows a dairy
maid with her pail, one a silkworm care
taker. another at common housework in
the style of dress belonging to her grade.
Mrs. Johnson thus gives an object lesson
which cannot fail to be of value.
hxcuaxge list.
Miss Vinnie Hawley, Childress. Va„ has
“Grimm's Popular Tales” to exchange for
one-half yard of silk, plush or velvet.
Write first.
Mrs. Laura E. Mills, DeKalb, Tex.,
wishes to exchange a town lot in Leroy,
Fla., for a second-hand piano. Write for
particulars.
John F. Bowden, luka, Miss., will send
to tiny one sendinj’ six cancelled confed
erate stamps or fifty unused Columbian
stamps above 2 cents Laura Jean Libbie’s
story, 'Trovers Once, but Strangers Now.”
W. 11. Hare, Cniufhinan’s S. C., has
double breeeh-loading gun, 22 caliber Flo
bert Title, books, etc., to exchange for a
second-hand bicycle.
Miss Jennie Souithall, Carter's Creek,
Tenn., has twelve numbers of Delineator
for 1892 to exchange for other old journals
or magazines.
E. (\ Logan. Jr., Greenville, S. C., has
year’s numbers of Youth's Companion to
exchange for novels and detective stories.
E. C. Logan. Jr.. Greeneville, S. C..
wishes confederate bills, bonds or canceled
stamps before '7O. IVill give something
useful. Write for particulars.
>
J. M. Chappell, Jr., Macon, Miss.,
will give a nice cloth-bound book for twelve
confederate stamps on original envelopes,
or for any kind of confederate bills twenty
five in number.
NOTES AND NEWS ABOUT WOMEN.
Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, Is described
as a sour, disappointed woman, avoided by
all except her Immediate friends. She lives
in I’aris surrounded by a select few of her
former subjects, who. in spite of Iler mis
fortunes, have remained true to her.
Miss Kate Kane, of Chicago, gives notice
that she is out for a judgeship. Shi- Is
willing to accept a nomination from either
of tlie political parties or from both of them,
but if ignored will run Independently. It
Wj/M-I unUJ SHADE ROtjW
Beware ot Imitations. . JI
NOTICE ..
AUTOGRAPH- 2 <yJid / <n.ABEL
op -« ,TI ° |c1 ’
yHE GENUINE
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1893.
Is apparent that Miss Kano believes in the
wearing of gowns by judges.
Miss Henrietta Szold, eldest daughter of
the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Szold, of Baltimore,
has been chosen acting secretary of tiie
American Jewish Publication Society, and
will soon take up her residence in Philadel
phia. She is a writer much admired by the
Israelites of this country.
Miss Mary E. Wilkins, the author, was
born in Randolph, Mass., and hastened back
from the Chicago fair that she might be
present at the celebration of the centennial
of that ancient town. But, as ali the women’s
clubs and literary associations know, the
managers undertook a hopeless task when
tlr-*y siught to persuade her to take an active
part or permit herself to be made conspic
uous.
Miss Alice Heald, who hns been suggested
as the republican nominee for state superin
tendent e’s public instruction in lowa, is
thirty-five years of age, and has for several
years been a county superintendent of public
schools, and was last year appointed a mem
ber of the state board of education. The
moventent in favor of her nomination has
been heart‘.l y eudorseu by prominent educa
tors throughout the state.
Mrs. Tsui Kwoyln, wife of tire Chinese
minister, who left her home in Washington
for San Francisco last week, accompanied
by her son, Tsui Yewtai, and sick baby,
Mae, whose life was despaired of If she was
not taken to that coast, Is now comfortably
situated at the residence of Chinese Vice
Consul King, on Stockton street. Baby Mae
was improved in health by her overland trip,
which was profusely sprinkled with luxury
and attention.
Miss Marie Louise Bailey, of Nashville.
Tenn., hns recently achieved a notable suc
cess in European musical circles. She ar
rived in this country a few days ago. after
an absence' of four years, the principal part
of which time was spent in Berlin and
Vlenra. Miss Bliley is able to play from
memory .‘>oo solos am! concertos, and her
repertoire runs from Bach to Liszt. Chopin
is her favorite, for under the guidance of her
i’ollsh teacher she learned t<> bring out all
the beavth-s of the great composer. The
young lady expects nt u<> distant day to
make a tour of the United States, and she
has already received no less than a dozen
offers from well-known managers.
Marion Harland lias been before the
public for more than twenty-five years, and
has written on nearly every variety of sub
jects, especially those concerning women.
Everything Is grist that conies to her mill,
and she possesses the very valuable faculty
of being able to winnow the chaff from the
grain, in addition to her handsome resi
dence on the heights, Mrs. Terhune has a
charming country home at Rampato lake.
Sunnyl nnk is picturesque and commodious,
and nestles on a gradual slope, surrounded
by wooded hills. The house was built twen
ty-five years ago, and although It lias been
enlarged from time to time, it still retains
much of its cottage aspect. The green of
the landscape Is emphasized bv the red r>of
and i'lended browns of the wails of Snnny
side. **
“Tlie handwriting of Ruth McEnery Stu
art,” says a young woman who has made a
particular and practical study of graphology,
“has the strongest tendency to tlie artistic
of any I ever saw. Such Ttisiutiiful, unex
pected curves and graceful lines! There isn't
a single characteristic of her charming lit
erary work that Iler chlrography doesn’t be
tray." It may be added that nil her stories,
her books even, are written upon ordinary
letter paper. She opens the sheet and writes
across it horizontally, using the two middle
pages as one.
Oscar Wilde must be a queer genius. In
a half column of extracts from his new
play I find:
“Women are splnxes without secrets.”
“American dry goods—American novels.”
“A well-tied necktie is the first step in
life.”
“Men know life too early and women too
late.”
“A girl who will tell her real ngo will tell
“A him woman is a woman of whom men
never tire.”
"There are two kinds of women—plain and
colored.”
“Life is an unhappy experience with ex
quisite moments.”
"If I weren't in debt I should have nothing
to think about.”
"My husband Is a kind of promissory note;
I am tired of meeting him.”
“Men marry because they are tired; women
because they are curious.”
"Tlie happiness of a married man depends
on the woman he lias not married.”
“To get into society it is necessary to feed
people, amuse people or shock people.”
"Women have a better time than men—
there are far more tilings forbidden them."
"Tlie Book of Life liegins witli a man and a
woman in a garden and ends with Revela
tion.”
“If I lived In the country I would become
so unsophisticated tbut nobody would notice
me.”
“How can a woman be happy with a man
who treats her as if she were a rational be
ing?”
married men nowadays live like
bachelors and all the bachelors live like mar
ried men.”
“When I was young I Dad everything I
wanted: now I have everything that other
people want.”
“If I have no temptation in tlie course of a
week it makes me quite nervous regarding
the future.”
“Tlie difference between a saint and a sin
ner is that, the first has a past, the second
a future.”
"Nothing spoils a romance so much as a
sense of humor in the woman or a lack of
it in the man.”
“All men are married women’s property;
in fact, that is tlie true meaning of married
woman’s property.”
Catarrh is undoubtedly a disease of the
blood, and as such only a reliable blood puri
fier can effect a perfect cure. Hood's Sarsa
parilla is the best blood purifier and it cures
catarrh.
SCISSORED EUN.
It won’t be long until the coal dealer's vic
tims find him lying in weight for them once
more. —Buffalo Courier.
The man who knows it ail is generally tlie
man wiio accumulates the least as a result of
bls knowledge.—Troy Press.
The fly that tlie spider wove a web for was
not so very fly after all. He was curious
about the weaving and got taken in.—Pica
yune .
“Do yon do any magazine work, Serlbb?”
“Yes. My magazine work is tlie hardest I
have.” “What do you do?” “I read ’em.”—
Brooklyn Life.
Late revelers singing “There’s no place like
home" always stop their melody just before
they get there and creep upstairs in their
stocking feet.—Boston Transcript.
“How is the table at the beach this summer,
Hicks?”
"Same as it was last year. Fact Is, judging
from tlie bread, 1 imagine some of 11 was left
over from last year.”—Harper’s Bazar.
“What have you really learned in college,
Hurry, tliat is useful to you?”
“I learned tliat 1 don't know how to play
poker.”—Brooklyn Life.
“How did your fishing excursion turn out?”
“O. it was a perfect failure.”
“No bites?”
"Worse than tliat, no drinks."—New York
Press.
The attraction about small superstitions is
that they give a man something besides his
own stupidity to blame for his misfortunes.—
Washington Star.
Winks—What an unbearably conceited fel
low tliat Liglitliead is!
Jinks—Yes: 1 think lie must have left col
lege in the freshman year.—Good News.
Brush So you’re going to give up art and
study medicine, eii?
Pencil—Yes, it’s easier to be a doctor; you
don't have to bother about anatomy .—Life.
Transinigrstlon of Souls.
From The Boston Gazette.
“Do you believe in the transmigration of
souls?”
“Certainly! The dead and gone humor
ists are appearing constantly in new 'shapes
in the dally newspapers.”
SARGE PLUNKETT.
a JPBirosopnicAi. niscussioif of
ATMOSriLEItIC CONDITIONS,
Reminiscences of the “Fifties,” and the Sim
ilarity of Atmospheric Conditions
Then as at die Present Timo
For Tlie Constitution.
if signs hold good in olden times
J can't see why they should not now.
I have beeu studying the weather and
calculating atmospheric conditions upon tlie
human disposition. And I have been watch
ing the “signs” and refreshing my memory
upon what the same conditions produced
at other periods. Going back into the “fif
ties" and dealing with that period, because
so many are yet living who remember the
times, one will be struck in the similarity
of that date with the present time. Old
folks in the “fifties” were laughed at be
cause they assorted that the "signs” point
ed to war, just as 1 would be laughed at
were I to assert that the “signs of the
present point, to some great upheaval—to
war, if you please.
Take the date of 1859, and you who are
old enough, remember the atmospheric
conditions of that year and call to mind
tlie unsettled state of the public pulse.
The weal her of 1859 caused Ihe expression
to grow common—“did you ever see the
like of it?” This “did v<>” -•ver see the
like?" grew monotonous, bur the conditions
justified tlie remark. Great black clouds
would gather in the northwest while the
panting people would watch them with
bated breath, anxious to be deluged by the
Hoods they promised, but never a ilood.
Black and heavy, these clouds would pass
over Georgia without so much as a
"sprinkle’’ to cool the parching earth, but
instead, a withering wind scorched the
vegetation and filled the elements with
•siitling clouds of dust and sand. The
"dry storms” of 1859 can well be remem
bered by many Georgians, and tlie terror
they caused could not be exaggerated.
There.was not enough corn made in the
state for seed the next year—lSGiL
Hie year of 1860 was ushered in under
tlie most excited condition of the public
mind that had ever been witnessed, “i’rob
lems, too familiar for me to make men
tion here, held the political caldron at red
heat, while the distress of the times caused
the strongest to tremble for the consequen
ces. Amid the “panicky" condition of the
year, the great northwest was drawn upon
lor supplies lo feed man and brute. West
ern corn had to be used for seed corn, and
it is well to state that this was the first of
using western corn in Georgia in any way--
up to that date Georgia had lieen self
sustaining in abundance, and lias never
been entirely so since. On top of the corn
failure of 1859 came tlie disappointment in
the western corn as seed. This added ter
ror to the existing depression, as the corn,
which, by this time, had taken the name of
“Lincoln corn," began to “tassel" al knee
high.
Who can say but. what the anxieties of
1859-60 had much to do with bringing on
the war that followed? The atmosphere was
out of joint, people’s livers got out of lix,
men got desperate and were ready tor any
thing for a change. This “anything for a
change” is liable to take a hold on people
when the liver is tore up by depressing at
mospheric conditions, and, together with the
anxieties that these conditions create, stand
a menace to everything tliat is, and gives
the bold, bad man his opportunity to "get
there.” Revolution is bred out of the dis
tress of the masses. Hungry folks are dan
gerous, as well as are the folks who have
too great a load of anxiety about their
financial or social stnmling, and the ptessuie
mu-i lie relieved. When a damp gloomy
east, wind is blowing you can safely count
o , r.-'nv disordered livers; theretorc, an
east wind is h sign. w*™ ‘P
burlling U|l vegetation tn 1893 is is a si ..
that W e are to bo withou cot as i ISm ■
•10,1 as Ihe discontent ami restless spmt ot
‘the masses in 1893 so closely resomb e the
days of 1860, unless a crosstie gets mi th
track we may look out for the same si u
Ul 'l have read in the newspapers of a great
drought in the northwest. Andll
the agitated people are adei t< < • • jK ort
I,le b " r ' ,r ° *t’?pm 'it'this ritne. th-mgh th. re
Sumter won the t f . editions
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air '.iiiuri it be
watching t’T () ;. th west would have
something it Ihi n r
corn in 1894.
to draw on us ’ f<l .d, but so
wxx— »-iu
ever slip up on nie. q.q.fiv this agitat-
lt is nothing to ftea jtgv ’tether with
ed condition of th. ut our eVes a „d
the signs. Mans S()nie went so far
refused to see in J^?‘ woul a drink all the
as to sweat that t J wisdom to watch
o'nd *trv to' counteract the at
the signs and try i > 2 overnment is
iw'spheric con'bttoK . tel ]\ v h;it changes
ponderous and you i. oppression and
i.ny I'onie over D-P -our rights
depression. Mvn h r fifties who
in the terntoiies • t of having goats
had just as much prosper t out
in the moon tin . non ul ir as it. grows
west. Aintatmn, P*”” always t( , be
dangerous, and a_il. i wiIbl)! , to listen,
ently, he told m s ,i. lV s to hear
It is the common t:uk tin . e ia •
of tlie oppression of the people. Tn the
oi uh oil 1 , iinmxination, or the
fir S t. ”7' S "th?n ni > nighty small, yet.
R it heps on.'l will soon be verified as a
I‘sig'n” of a great upheaval -war and revo
lution This talk of oppression should I e
he nature of danger signals, and
‘it is the part of wisdom t 0
Recently the governor of a .-Jial stak
has pardoned t-he I lay t . ■
who were in prison. 1 his P :l 1 ' “. ;
color to the idea that, there has .
ble cruelty and oppression somewheii . it
these anarchists are patriots of a just
cause oppression cannot keep them i ovv n,
but. if they are bad folks they should never
receive the pardon of a great state.
mention those anarchists for the
that it suggests a very corrupt method.of
politics in the state of Illinois, if so hi—i
a personage as the governor of a great state
will prostitute his oilice tor voles then
this is a -meat Ing "sign” that the times
are out of joint and that we are imanng
a calamity. The same will apply if these
nb‘ii were convicted through prejudice and
chicanery. Corruption in polities is a much
louder complaint throughout this land than
was the voice of Jenkins as he went from
man to man showing his ear. and it must
be corrected or the calamity comes upon
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us. The voice of the loud-mouthed adven
turer is easy to distinguish from the earn
est protests of “the people” against real
grievances, and in all justice and in all
wisdom their demands should receive, at
least the thoughtful attention of the think
ing men of our government-
Xl’hile 1 know, from my own observa
tion, that the demands of mobs will not
do to cater to, for they arc liable to hang
a fellow today and build him a monument
tomorrow, yet I doubt, if a long continued
appeal of the masses was ever far from the
line of justice and right, and I doubt if
their wails of wrong and oppression, con
tinued for length, were ever without u good
foundation in fact. But after long suffer
ing, and with a patience that amounts to
prostration, they are liable to lireak forth
at last like a raging volcano, uncontrolled
and uncontrollable.
The “signs” warn us; let iis heed the
warning and avert the calamity.
Saroe Plunkett.
FAN OF PEACOCK’S FEATHERS.
The Evil It Wrought for One Woman Until
the Spell Wan Broken.
From The Chicago Record.
“I am not superstitious,” said an actress
recently to a reporter for The New York
Tinies, “but I don't believe that I shall
ever care to have peacock's feathers in my
possession again. A few weeks ago 1 saw
a fan made of them in one of the shops
here, and, thinking it was Just what I want
ed, bought it. 1 gave a teu-dollar-bill in pay
ment, saying I would get the change on the
way out; the fan was tfh.GO, and when I
vveut back to the counter the money had not
yet returned.
“1 was iu a desperate hurry, for it was
nearly rehearsal time, but, as it was Satur
day and we were going out on a short east
ern tour Sunday morning, I iiad to wait as
long as possible. There had been an error
and my ?1.4U had gone astray, 1 was finally
told, liut it would lie forwarded to me, the
girl said, ami 1 rushed up lo rehearsal just
m time to incur a line.
"Alter tlie trouble with the money, being
consequently a little short of cash in my
purse, i. sent home C. O. D. a small pack
age, whose contents cost sl, This $1 I gave
to the maid at my boarding house, telling
her to pay for something tliat was coming
for me. While 1 was al dinner the manager
sent for my two trunks to go to the station
and tlie stupid maid assumed this to be the
place for my $1 and paid it over to the
expressman, who, not understanding, pocket
ed it as tlie expressage for the trunks. So,
when the package did come it took another $1
to get it. and there was no way to get tlie
first one back.
“Nothing happened on Sunday, except that
my berth was over the wheels, and I left a
package of late papers I had just bought in
the New York waiting room, but on Monday,
not feeling well, I bought a nottle of an ex
pensive tonic, and had hardly got out of the
drug store when it slipped from >ny hands and
fell, breaking to bits. As the tonlj <ms not
for external use this outward application
only soiled my gown, and I had to go right
back and pay over another tjil-Jh for more of
the medicine.
“We were to play three nights In the place,
and 1 left some of my things around the dress
ing room after Monday night's performance.
“When 1 opened the door Tuesday evening
a cloud of Hying down floated toward me. it
was my powder puff, which had been chewed
by mice, as I thought, but I soon found that
more than mice had been st-ytil in ha roein.
A little search showed a big rathole m one
corner and in it was sticking a half-gt awed
slice, one of a pair of red silk ones, made
from a piece of a dress I wore in one act.
'lhe other was never found; the rats had dis
posed of that entirely, and of a pair of long,
red gloves that went with tlie costume. Os
course they had eaten ail tlie grease paint
around, and had even jumped up from the
shelf and chewed a pair of red silk Inces that
laced my dress and that I had hung up on a
nail: these were chewed as far ns they could
lie reached.
“I had to go on that night without gloves
and in a pair of old white kid boots that the
property man hastily painted red as well as
he could.
“The manager of the theater told me the
place was overrun by rats; that a short time
liefore he had shut a ferret up one night in
one of the dressing rooms, and in the morn
ing he could not tie found anywhere, but
that didn’t console me for tlie loss of my ex
pensive ami not easily duplicated shoes.
“Wednesday morning in my room at the
hotel I spilled a bottle of ink over tlie front
of a now tea gown, and then I cried. One
of tlie girls ran In. mid In telling of my list
<>t x oui,. „f tho'.r dating from
«».e porc-nast. of ,uho f., n ‘What fin'C siho
asked, and I showed it to u'L nat lau • s ’ !u
“She instantly seized It and broke it over
her knee, running to tlie window and throw
ing the pieces as far as she could. I learn
ed then for the first time 'the superstition
about peacock feathers, mid, though I can’t
believe in it, 1 had no more woes, 'beyond
those of the average mortal, after I parted
company with 'that fan. And I've never
got back the $1.40 change.”
The Thought of Bar.
I care not whether the skies are blue,
Or the clouds bend black above me—
A sweet thought, comes with the thought ot
you—
You love me, dear, you love me!
When the world is cold, mid its friendships
few,
And toil seems a vain endeavor,
A sweet thought sings to my soul of you
And the world is sweet forever!
And love—my love—with the bright eyes true
And red lips kind with kisses,
There F no love like my love for you—
No joy in the world like this is!
And whether the skies are black or blue.
With stars or storms above me,
My life will shine witli the thought of you—
You love me, dear, you love me!
FRANK L, STANTON.
Renouncement.
I must not think of tnee; and tired yet strong,
I shun tlie thought that lurks tn all delight—
The thought of thee—and in the blue
heaven's height.
And in tlie sweetest passage of a. song.
Oh, just beyond the fairest, thoughts that
throng
This breast, the thought of thee waits, hid
den vet bright;
But it must never, never come in sight;
I must stop short of thee the whole day long.
But when sleep comes to close each difficult
dav.
When night gives pause to the long watch 1
keep.
And. all my bonds I needs must loose apart.
Must doff my will ns raiment laid away—
With the first dream that comes with the
first sleep
I run 1 run, I am gathered to thy heart.
—ALICE Mi., iNEI.L.
Bilcd Owl Talk.
From The Louisville Courier-Journal.
Speed tlie president on to his duty, let the
cowards loiter where they may. Be the wis
dom of the serpent in his brain, the giow of
passion in his heart, and God over all! Let
him nail to his bed-post tlie democratic plat
form and every night as he kneels to pray,
let his prayer be this: “Reftre I yield a
word, or blot a line, may yon woods deny me
shelter, earth a home, tlie grave a resting
place, and eternal life the gates of heaven.”
Some People Are Very Hard to Sult.
From Tlie New York Times.
They are trying to get rid of the driver of
a hearse in a Kansas town on tlie ground
that he gets drunk and falls off at funerals,
and they say that because of his misbehavior
people are more reluctant than usual to ride
in his
A Bint to the Poets.
O, poets, as you write your rhymes,
While all of us perspire;
Beware tlie tokens of the times,
And shun poetic fire!
REVISED OFFER.
WONDFFFVI ItAItOAINS FOR CONI-Sf
TUTION SVBSCRIBJEKS.
WALTHAM AND ELGIN ONLY.
Every subscriber who has purchased a
watch under The Constitution's offers has
been thoroughly pleased with 4t and has won
dered at the low price we charge. We ex
plain it in tills way.
The Constitution offers watches for thn
benefit of subscribers only. Nobody else can
buy. There is only one condition attached
to the oilers—you must be a Constitution sub
scriber. Any subscriber may buy all he
wishes at these prices, and may furnish all
the people iu his county with genuine Wai
thams and Klgins, but they must be ordered
in a subscriber's name. When a subscriber
receives a watch, if he doubts its genuine
ness, he should submit it to some person in
whom he has full confidence and if it is not
as represented it should be returned within
three days, in which event his money will be
refunded in full. No watches can be sent
C. O. D., p.nd no samples can be sent. Every
watch is guaranteed to be the latest product
of the Waltham and Elgin factories, which
ever the purchaser may select. These offer*
may not continue long, and on this account
subscribers should order promptly. Every
person receiving a sample copy trf this paper
should subscribe at once so as to be able tfl
purchase these goods to such advantage.
OFFER NO. 2". J’iucE SP.GO. fl
MEN’S SIZE GOLD WATCH,
oo • OPEN FA CM
'ci? 0 ' *■“ un el , e Sant watch for men’s wear,
lie case ts made by rolling a heavy sheet of
solid gold upon a sheet of very stiff composi
tion metal lhe works are thorough!y jeweled
and may be either Waltham or Elgin, accord-
V,-” o U ’i -i'riee lo subscribers, including
free delivery, only\ .S9.GO?
u - i’RICE $lO.
JEW ELED WATCH. '
WALtHA-W OR ELGIN, OPEN FACE.
V* , is , a genuine Waltham or Elgin flf
tteu-jeu eled open face watch, containing ail
uie great patents, such as compensation
balance, safety pinion, stem-winding and pen
diuw setting apparatus, Breguet hairspring
haideiied and tempered in form, patent regu
lator, etc., fitted into a heavy niciek-silver
case, open lace rhe works alone in this
vatch usually sell at from sl2 to sls. We
send it by registered mail to any subscriber
for
OFFER NO. 15. PRICE $15.50.
MEN'S SIZE GOLD WATCH.
FULL JEW EI.ED, OPEN FACE.
No- 15 is a fiftceuyear guarantee, gold
filled, open face Wall hum or JClgiu watch,
lhe woiks contain ufieeu jewels and ali im
provements mentioned under offer No. 14
Die case is bi autifully engraved and is made
jy placing two plates of solid gold over a
plate of line composition metal. This is an
elegatit watch, and we cannot recommend it
too highly. Sent to subscribers by registered
mall for 0n1y515.50.
OFFER NO. 18. HUNTING CASE.
MEN’S SIZE SOLID SILVER WATCH.
„ PRICE $lO.
No. 18 is a genuine Waltham or Elgin watch
in a solid coin silver hunting case. The works
are full size and they are beautifully jeweled.
The case is hunting only. Sent to any sub
scriber, delivery guaranteed aud prepaid
for slo.
OFFER NO. 17 1-2. PRICE $24.
THE DIAMOND SPECIAL,
GOLD WA'i i 11. JEWKLED GOLD HANDS
HUNTING CASE. ELGIN ONLY.
No. 17 sells tue best of any watch ottered
by The Constitution and it gives perfect satis
faction. it is a magnificent Elgin watch, has
the very latest improvements, including the
world renowned cut balance, patent safety
pinion, stem-winding and setting apparatus,
nickel works, jeweled balance, quick train,
dust band, etc. The jewels are real precious
atones. It has a genuine double sunk dial
with elthej Roman or Arabic figures lin d gold
hands set with sparkling gens. These hands
are made in Europe by processes yet unat
tainable In this country. The gems’ have nil
the appearance and sparkle of real diamonds
and in the trade are sold as diamonds. They
are extremely handsome and give to tiie watch
the appearance of a S3OO timepiece. The
case is made of solid 14K. gold in two plates
stiffened between with a thin sheet of very
stiff composition metal. The gold warranted
to last twenty years. The ring, joint plugs
thumb piece and all parts subjected to con
stant wear are solid gold. Tlie works are good
for at least fifty years’ wear. The list price
of this watch is $37.50, but we hare an option
upon a few. and for a short time we will sell
them.t deliver y prepaid at>l guarantee#
$25.00.
PRICE- $lO.
No. 181-2 is a genuine Waltham or Elgin
watch in a solid coin silver ease, open face.
The works are made according to the latest
designs. This is an open face watch and i‘
will prove satisfactory In every instance.
Price to subscribers, including free delivery,
onlyslo.
OFFER NO. 19, LADIES’ SIZE.
SOLID GOLD HUNTING CASE WATCH.
PRICE $17.25.
No. 19 is a lady’s size Waltham watch,
neatly engraved. The works contain seven
jewels, compensation balance, safety pinion
and all improvements, and the case (hunting
only) is made by a celebrated gold case com
pany. We will send this watch, delivery
guaranteed and prepaid, for only. . . .$17.25.
OFFER NO. 20. LADIES' SIZE.
HUNTING CASE GOLD WATCH.
PRICE $13.50.
No 20 is a lady’s size, seven-jeweled watch
in an engraved hunting case, the gold of
which is guaranteed by the manufacturers to
be standard and good for at least fifteen
years’ wear. Any lady in the land who is
fortunate enough to get (bis watch will be
proud to carry it. It is a magnificent time
keeper, and usually sells at from .$lB to $25.
Sent by insured registered mail to any sub
scriber for 0n1y513.15.
OFFER NO. 21. LADIES’ SIZE.
SOLID SILVER WATCH. PRICE $9.50
HUNTING CASE, WALTHAM OR ELGIN
No. 21 is a solid coin silver, hunting case
Waltham or Elgin watch, in the works are
seven jewels, compensation balance, safety
pinion, plain regulator and all improvements.
Like all tlie watches we offer, it is a stem
winder and setter. Sent to any subscriber,
safe delivery guaranteed for . . , .$9.50.
OFFER NO. Hl. PRICE $18.50.
MEN'S SIZE GOLD WATCH.
FULL JEWEDEL. HUNTING CASE.
No. 1G is the same watch as No. 15, but
hunting case. By registered mall to any sub
scriber forslß.so.
Ail our prices in our watch offers include
safe delivery at our expense. There is no
extra charge for postage and packing.
OFFEi NO. 17 1-2. PRICE s2l.
DIAMOND SPECIAL OPEN FOGH.
No. 17 1-2 is just the same as Nv. 17 but open
face. I’riee, delivereds24.
OFFER NO 24. LADIES’ SIZE.
hunting case GOLD WATCH.
PRICE $lO.
No 24 is a lady’s size seven-jeweled watch
in an "engraved hunting case. This case is
made bv rolling a hea\y sheet of very stiff
compensation metal. It is just like a SSO
solid gold watch in appearance. This is a
irreat bargains and we cannot recommend this
witch too highly. It gives any person who
luis a small amount to spend a chance to own
a. gold watch. I’riee by insured registered
mail. * lO -
WATCH CHAINS.
The Constitution offers a splendid assort
ment of watch chains. The rolled gold chains
are made bj wrapping a sheet of solid gold
around a bar of composition metal, lais is
dr-iwn out to tlie proper size ami cut oft in
u e?es just the right length for chain-making,
our men's chains are full length and
beautifully finished. All the ladies’ chains
have a bar and a beautiful charm.
x ”1 is a man's handsome open link or
trace chain, warranted 14K. rolled gold plate. I
I*,-!,-., delivered, only. .... .sl.b,». 1
4 , j s . t solid rolled gold plate man's size
\.ji~"cbain. The links are close together
IK ! , curb Chain. ITice, delivered. . .$2.40.
11 V- ..(!■{ is a solid aluminum watch chain
f ( w me 's w“ir. it is as light as paper,
7 ~.ic -is silver, strong as steel, incor
rnnHble as nure gold. Science teaches that
nmniinm will soon d’sNaee many of the
ne • s ow in use. Price, delivered. . .$1.50.
mitals ro ned gold plate \ ictorla chain
r wear. It has a charm made of
gold beads iu the shape of a muff. Price, de-
a lady’s Victoria chain made of
J, nnwir<> witli handsomely decorated charm
of a fi " l Ul^ r, 7 lo ‘ b o ,lVOr< ' d " ?2 ' 2s ’
OFFER HUNTING’CASE
GOLD WATCH.
Xn 23 is just like No. 22 but hunting case.
mhiTwiteii presents just as good an uppear
-1 .®. ns a$ WO so lld «' ,ld wat, ' h nIHI u wU *
bring a handsome sum in cash or exchange
< anv subscriber by insured registered
maH for onlyJW.9o.
POINTS TO REMEMBER.
1. Only subscribers can buy at these low
P 2?? e Every watcli is guaranteed to be an
a Sf u^-e e u l ße7mlV Waltham and Elgin watchee
and everv watcli is stem wind and set.
4 No watches sent C. O. D. Me guarantee
satisfaction or else you may return the watch
and get your money.
"send all remittances to >
8e “ THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta. Ga.
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