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BY AUNT SUSIE.
[This is a comer set aside for the Little Folks of Ths Constitution for thou- entert*i»
nient and lovelopmcnt in the art of let ter-writing.]
"Straits of Mackinaw."
Just look over your geography and find
where these are.
Aunt Susie :<-iid to me: ‘‘You have
•written nothing for niy children in a long
time. Y-.n must have an article for them
next week.”
I have been well trained and don't know
how t > refuse, but am a little afraid I
have written to you previously on the
same subject, ami if 1 have she is re
sponsible.
On i.iie side of Mackinaw straits is Mack
inaw City. I saw the place, but a hotel
was marly all I saw that looked like a
city. On the other side is Sr. Ignace. so
named from Father Ignace, a Roman
t'atholic priest who devoted his life to
instructing and Ohristianizing the Indians.
1 wish I could tell you all about him,
but Aim* S isic would not give me space.
It is enough to say that though long since
cb-a I, his name is still held in deepest
rovoreii'-o by all, especially by the scat
tering Indians, who speak of him with
glowing faces as "Fere Ignace.”
i ad th'* straits a number of times,
so that I will miv summer and winter in
what > r l.ttt*. My first visit was in xvin
t r. The ;<•■» on the straits was three feet
thick. Th'* distance between Mackinaw
City ttml St. Ignt'ee is seven mibs and
this trip a large iron steamer imide twice a
day. It -was so constructed that the bow
of the boat would slide on top of the
fee am] crush it.
The channel the boat would cut in the
af'i 'toon would be frozen ‘.hick enough
by morning for a person to walk on.
I Lad my chmee of going over on a
sleigh, on :iu ie< boat that in speed equal*
the wind that blows, or on the steamer.
I did not know which was the safest, but
th<* big steamer inspired my confidence
and I went on that. I stood at the stern
'of tl.e steamer as it b.ackisl and triisl to
turn around. It would slide on the ice
and crush it down and gradually started
on its way. It required one and a half
hours to make the trip and you will not
xvouder, as it xvas crushing through
Ute ice all the way.
A mile from the steamer I saw the
boats almost flying over the ice. and the
con fortai•!<* sleighs going almost as fast.,
I saw several Indians fishing through
the i'-e for Mackinac trout with large tires
nnd a tent made of th-’ir blanket to kerf)
the xvind from them: tney fished through
Ute holes in the thick ice. Sometimes dur
ing the winter in violent storms tin* ice is
broken up and piled thirty feet high, all
frozen solid.
Men are sent out who drill holes and in
sert dynamite cartridges. a nd with thes*
tlie ice is broken up. To your right as yon
approai-h St. Ignace, you see a high island,
«■.tiled Mackinac island, on xvhich is a mag
nificent hotel, where people who are hunt
ing for a cool place Tn summer can find a
con.-tant hroi '.*, If they xvant sport, there
are ten thousands of fish, from the inuscal
-1 •age. that, tights like a gaint for its life
to the must delicate fish of th * lakes. The
railroad for some distance runs along the
.•■dore of Lake Superior. Along the road,
especially near deep cuts. are long walls
made of blocks of snow and :<’O to prevent
the snow drifting from tin* ice into the
ciit, ami thus preventing the travel of
trains.
Some time after a storm the broken ice
is j.iied upon the shore like a wall. Then
Um w. \ -s dash over it twenty feet high
i» I eoni. down as ice on top of the wall.
Ti re is no mere strange and beautiful
s: it on earth than one of these rugged
v . - sparkling like jewels of every color,
in tie win'er sunlight. All of this country
i tin* whiff pirn* region, from this section
< ies neatly all this very valuable wood.
M; rqimtte. a beautiful and rich looking
<• . In* pen o’, almost ail this country,
a: 1 from i; are shipped yearly millions
tor- of the finest iron ore
re er - t> m ni-.-squitoes in the northern
I' insula of Michigan than anv place
1
It w i June with some snow among
ti: ■ hills. I was coming from Marquette.
Son.:* el rant peopl- took the train there,
: ■ t I I i 1 < »<• -:y to another "it l<x>ks
J k“ a nios'.i bo I never thought of
t. • -. ’oat i ought those folks must
have < onio from N vv Jersey.
I t"ii■-d that all doors and windows
< 1 ->-r. :m. but it is a common way in
•t a* i;or:b to keep th* poor little flies from
g-i ■ on : in th' sunlight; they must bo
i ■•• ml-! for that, as they do not keep th"
flies out of the house.
We stopped for supper. i had' on low
«'-arter-d shots, something to began to
! ? : I thought of fleas, but in a fexv
r. orients we l ad to eat with one hand and
i ght m> quito-t with the o'her. When
1 came out to take the train I
inquired from a good nature! look-
ing citiz.:*u.. ‘‘if there was any time
during the year when people could
lu re" and 1 continued in the same facetious
nre no mosquitoes here. If you take a red
strain. "in winter there is three feet
snow on the ground. Now. in June, there
tire more mosquitoes than I over saw in the
swamps of Louisiana.” He smiled goo
humoredly ami said, "in July- and August
we hav" th ' most, delightful climate in the
world.” and then he continued: "There
fire no mosquitos here. If you left a red
cow out among the pines and don’t make
n smoke in fifteen minutes it will be gray’
with mosquitoes.” 1 am prepared to believe
that all the mosquitoes in this country are
horn here and emigrate .southward later in
the summer. Affectionately.
Uncle Will.
YorXfi FOLKS’ CORRESPONDENCE.
I.etteis of F.xcliauge Among the Conatitu
tion'a Little Folks.
Porn Burch. Eastman, Ga.—l am a little
girl ten years. 1 am not in school noxv, our
school closed in .Tune. My mamma is sick,
and I helped my papa (tail thirteen cans
of peaches today. I hax-e to cook and tend
t > the chickens and clean up the house. I
would like to correspond xvlth some of the
cousins.
Alice L. Dickens, Silver Hill, N. C. —I pre
sume you do not recognize this dignified
young lady of fifteen .summers from the little
Toin-boy of a girl xvho wrote to this depart
ment three years ago- Nevertheless lam the
same, and as Aunt Susie printed my other
letter I Hatter myself that this will be ac
ceptable.
i am not a farmer’s daughter. I hase al
ways lived at the mines, but at this time my
pip.i is tin* night machinist at the roundhouse
in Danville, Va.. consequently I do not get to
sc him very often. I have one brother and
one sister. My brother is a miner by trade.
I am ma's baby and am tall as a bean pole.
I would Os pleased to have the words of.
“Lorena.”' "Father Come Home.” “Silver
Threads Among the Gold.” and a religjoue
song cnled “Cast Thy Bread upon the Waters”
I will send tn return for these
one of tin* following: “States and
their Capitals," White Wings,” “I'll
b all Smiles tTonlght” or “Dying Nun.”
Nannie Gilmore, Memphis, Tenn.— l am a
little girl tliirteen years old and my papa
is a doctor. 1 live on the bank of the river of
rivers—the Mississippi. We have been this
summer peril-icing agl oat deal of gloomy
and disagreeable weather. The river has
been higher than ever was before Known.
1 am a stamp collector and, as a host of
the cousins have from lime to time asked
where they could dispose of canceled stamps,
I would sav that Mr. John F. Bowen, luKa.
Miss., bins for cash al! canceled stamps
issued before LSTO.Look < ver your grandpa s
and father’s old letters nnd you may find some
nnd write Mr. Boxven ami it may be to join
advantage.
J. B. Davis, Putnam, Tex.—l am a farm
boy of fourteen summers. 1 come knocking
for admittance in the children's corner.
Father takes The Constitution, and I am
always delighted to get fl. I like to live on
the farm: it is a happv life. We raise corn,
cotton, wheat, oats and sorghum, and melons
do fine here. Cousins, are you having any
melons to eat now? If not, come over to
see me. I go to school in the fad and
winter. I live near Putnam, a beautiful
li'tle town on the Texas and Pacific rail
road. near tlm center of the state from cast
to west. Correspondence solicited; either
Charley Il.irp. Berta. Ark --1 nrt *—cm,
scriber to The Constiiinion and enjoy It very
nnteh especially the young fo.kC corner. J
am a farmer boy; my father is postmaster,
also runs a farm.' I enjoy farming very ntm n.
I also am mail carried and make a trip twice
a week of six miles and return. 1 am going
to school new. but do not enjoy it, it is so
confining. 1 had rather break a young yoke
of steers or ride a young horse than go
school. J would like a eorresponiteiit fruo
north Georgia, as that is the home of my
grand parents, also my g'eat grandfather lives
there. He is near a hundred years old. Ji<
my next 1 wi.l give a description of this
count ry.
Monroe Bush Hvram. Ala.—How Is it that
the girls are ahead of Hie boys in the art of
letter xvriiing? tilrls. you are ahead in most*
things that are elevating to humanity. Me
should do our best, boys, anil that is all xve
can do, amt see if xve can’t write better let
ters. Cousins, do you ever think over tne
p easant days of childhood? 1 do ami think
they are our happiest days. Sweet days or
innocence, days that were spent without care
ami with sweet hope cheering us on and up.
And now we are elder, sweet memory comes
with the jovs and repeats them to us in such
a sweet wav it makes us love to recall one’s
young days’ Cousins, don’t you think it Is
very wrong in some boys to use bad language
ami drink liquor? 1 do, ami it 1 was a giri
I would not let any boy have my company
that drank liquor.
May Hopkins. Thornton. Ind.— l saw a lit
tie girl s <lescription of Death Valley in last
week’s paper. Site told about things tlta’
could not live there. It is true men die of
thirst with water in their own canteens, but
In this place flowers grow am! animals live.
There are rats ami mice to be seen looking
like small kangaroos, the same hind legs auu
feeble front paws, and they move by leaps,
bill thev gnaw and are like mice > !1 every
other wav, quick .".ml hard to catch. I think
memory ‘afl 'ids more pleasure than hope.
Some one said that perhaps some one blight
d i some great sin or crime that they would
like to forget all about. Now if they could
l.o'V wotiid never repent of It. then what
would beeomi' of all the people, as no w i.«
perfect except Christ, and the l*'b* e sajs.
"Kepent, believe and then be saved.
1 s-'o tin* cousins begin to look tired and
Aunt Susie is glancing towards the waste
basket, so I will close. Goodby.
Correspondence solicited.
T illi.* Spence, I’ebble, Fla.-T have long
been a s lent admirer of The Constitution
and its writers, especially Aunt Snste. and
now if she will lei n>" slop in ami take a
lit;, to bear frein I'loriiia. 1 l hi'ik Lt "
folks' corner is improving very mu< h i n
girls are ahead of the boys. 1 think the
bovs will despair \fFaid-of- h
y„ "t'i j
hope not. i •» ‘ 1 . . write nuain. I feel
bi «<dng
J;: whh'sotue’of’t'he cousins about
my age; which is fifteen years-eitber sex.
Sterling Dugan. Lr.xvretiee, Ji
Lone S’ar farmer boj. fourteen yeuis
tec 1 haven’t anything to do now, for
v-e have li’id our cron by. There arc txxo
vonnger brothers and myself that < ltd ah
the hoeing, and. I’l 'V'
bands full. The cnekleburrs iltdn t xx nt for
it to ram to come up. After xve would hoc
over it once and a cloud would come ox el
ami thiind-r a time or two. the burrs would
come up as thick as the hair on a dog s
back But we have had a fexv xveeks div
we'itlior, and the cotton has got the start,
ami I guess we will have no more tnmlue
with them. We have only been hi Texas
six months, ami I like th** country .'•’’’l
much. On January 2d. we hade our friends
and relatives guodbv and boarded tlw train
at Macon. Miss,, and'arrived at Ti rrell on
the morning of the 4th. I enjoyed our trip
verv much. The most enjoyaffb' of all was
that we had lots of music, ml the crossing of
the (arm of the seal Mississippi river,
don’t mind xvork, and like the girls, and
am fond of music. I have a violin and a
harp, and perform very well on both.
Marv Morrison, Cooney, O. T live in the
country and walk one mile and three-quarters
to school, but don't mind it when the
xveather is nice. My favorite study is his
tory. 1 xvill answer Elma Geddings’s ques
tion. .Tames Buchanan was the bachelor
president, and. also. Berry Price’s question.
Tbc Mcck’onburg resolutions wore the pre
lude to the declaration of independence.
Mattie Will Kimbrough, the answer to your
question. "Who invented tit" .electric light,’
Is Professor Samuel Morse. I xvill ask a fexv
questions. “What were the “alien and
sedition laws." and under whoso administra
tion were they passed? What«president vyas
impeached, and how many votes were lacking
for his condemnation? What xvas tlie Mis
sissippi bubble? What is New Orleans called,
and when xvas it founded?
Ella S. Boring, Cltra. Fla.—T live in the
country, but I like city life the best. We have
been in the “Land of Flowers” nearly nine
years. I am a native of Georgia. I have
never returned to my dear home state since
I left, but mamma and papa nnd iny linby
sister are spending the summer “up home”
now.
How many of the cousins enjoy riding
horseback? I do. T had rather ride horseback
than anything else; I am a splendid rider.
I can lope a horse sitting with both feet over
the stirrup and not have either one in the
stjrrup. Now, cousins, how many can do
that? How I wish Aunt Susie and the cous
ins could cotne this winter and help us ent
oranges. The orange trees around here are
breaking down with fruit. We feed the hogs
on oranges. Cousins, come down this win
ter and learn to wrap and pack oranges. I
have sent Ednee Brower 3.800 stamps. Would
Ilka a few correspondents, especially from
Mississippi.
R. J. Roberts. Galveston, N. C.—The
young cousins seem to In* improving very fast
on letter writing, but wi.at has become of
the oilier ones? It looks very much like they
have forgotten each other, as they so seldom
write for The Constitution. ’V.ike up cous
in#. and tell us what you are doing. 1 don’t
think there is any young man that could
neat the letter written by W. M. G.. of
Giles. Gn. He says “a hoy’s best friends is
his mother.” I wonder if al! the bovs ean’t
say the same. I believe thev can. ' I have
txvo brothers and T don’t think they Lxve a
better friend than mother. 1 reckon the
girls, too. can say the same. Cousins, we
ought to try to improve ourselves all we can
THE WEEKLY CONSTITDTIONi ATLANTA. OA-. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1893.
while we have time and opportunity, aud do it
cheerfully aud be thankful that xve have good
instructors at home and abroad and not go
grumbling every one about our nard ioi.
Me suould remember tinit the grumbler's
room is good company. Cousins, my birth
day comes the same month ami the same day
of that mouth that the Ark rested on
Mount Ararat. Now when does it come?
A Florida Girl, Chipley, Fla.—Mamma has
been taking The Constitution for many years
and thinks it is the most interesting paper in
tlhe United States. I think Aunt Susie to
be a dear, good lady to take such interest in
the young cousins. I think we all should
feel grateful to her. I am anyway. I’erliaps
some one would like to hear something from
the Land of Flowers. We live in west Flor
ida, on the L. N. railroad, which runs from
Pensacola to Chattahoochee, Fia. This lam!
is mostly adapted to cane, rice, sxveet. pota
toes ami groundpeas; also fruits, ami xve have
a beautiful pear orchard and many other
kinds of fruit. M’itit all this I enjoy city life
best. There is neat' us a rock well, called
••falling waters,” xvhich is sixty feet deep,
surrounded xvlth beautiful magnolias; the
other is a rock bridge; also a pure sulphur
spring. I wonder if Mr. ITintess has got ali
tlie ruies to govern a lady to make home
p.easant and happy? Noxv. some one should
give some to govern the boys. I wonder if
Doi'othy, of Atlanta, has found her brave
Dougias? Iler letters were very sensible,
but. J. had rather lie a Sunday school teacher.
I am very g.ad there is one boy afraid of
the giris; maybe he xvill stay in his place.
Long live Aunt Susie, Clayton aud King.
Correspondents solicited.
Jiva Robinson, House, Miss.—T have been
a subscriber to The Constitution for a short
time, and xvottld not take twice the price
of the paper and do without it. Tile iuterest
and improvement in tlie Young Folks' Circle
is advancing considerably, due mostly. I
think, to tlie kindness and patience of dear
Aunt Susie. The subject for discussion.
“Which affords more pleasure, Ilojte or
Memory?” is real difticult to decide. Good
points have been gained on both sides, and
if tlie cousins are writing for mere argu
ment's sake. I don't think either side should
claim precedence. It is a subject that re
quires much deep thinking, and, according
to (lie dictates of my conscience, 1 dare
not favor one and not the oilier, for life
would, indeed, be miserable wit limit either
hope or memory. May J be allowed an il
lustration? A younger sister, on being asked
her opinion, replied: “I can only speak for
myself: hope affords more pleasure to me.”
Surge Plunkett says tlie past is sweetest to
tlm aged. So, you see, youth has a thousand
hopes, age lias a thousand memories.
Cousins, I have but one hope a great and
glorious hope—hut I have countless memor
ies interspersed with gladness ami sorrow:
and. were I to be deprived of either, of
course. I would leave it to the discretion of
one who has experienced the many vicissi
tudes of life, as in this case, and I join
Bertha Havens in asking Aunt Susie’s opinion.
A question to Die history-loving cousins, and
I’ll worry your patience no longer. Which
character in history do yon admire most,
and why?
Fannie Sandifer, Tylertown. Miss.—
“How readily we wish time spent revoked.
That xve might try tlie ground again, wnere
once
(Through inexperience, as xve now perceive)
We missed that happiness xve might have
found.”
Tills summer two years ago, I wrote a letter
to Tlie Cbnsiituiion and tlie great wonder is
that it t.'Scaped the waste basket. Tlm reason
I began my letter with Hie above little ex
tracl from Cowper's “Task" is because 1
think it so very true and pretty. 1 spent the
last two years in college and as they xvere
passing by I thought 1 xvas spending them
profitably but now 1 see many moments that
1 did not spend as I should have spent them.
If I could spend the past two years over I
xvonld spend them '»ry differently. 1 can
now look back over my life and see many
hours 1 spent unpleasantly that I could
have spent very pleasantly. J graduate at
Whitxvorth college. Brookhaven. Miss., next
session . Tmmji t realize that my school days
are so near over.
I have been having a lovely time tilts sutn
n er. boat riding, horseback riding, going to
picnics, etc. The summer is passDtg away
entirely toa rapld'v for tne. Die of my
schoolmates from New Orleans is coming up
to spend a xvliiie with me soon. Not a small
number of girls from New Orleans are spen.t
ing the summer in our little town. Usually
girls of seventeen summers do not have pets,
but I have one. and xvliat do you suppose it
is? Weil, it is a chicken, amt is not exai>’."
like nil other chickens, for chickens
have two legs ami mine lias only one •
half. 1 would like very much if son,
cousins would suggest away to m
a Half leg to take the
one.
With Heads Like Snal.es. e* ‘fi;
Milledgeville, Ga., August 18.— (Special*)*, '
The champion snake of the season xx’.ks
brought. t<> the city this morning by a gentle
man down the river. A tew muscadines, a
busiiel of shriveled peaches and tlm dried
skin of his snakeship xvere the only occupants
of a "piney winds cart,” which was leisurely
draxvn by a little mule frescoed with confed
erate war brands.
The snake xvas about six feet long and his
superiority to the oilier snakes comes from
the fact that his career xvas flavored with a
romance that cost him his life, and yet it had
an important part in the hatching of a dozen
chickens.
The snake xvas killed about ten days ago
and three days after it had sxvollowcd a dozen
eggs xvhich were under process of incuba
tion. The snake was ent open, tlie eggs re
moved and put back in the nest under a faith
ful lien. A day or two ago, tlie little chick
ens crawled from their shells aud it is a
strange fact that they make up a covey of
fullv developed chickens, so far as bodies are
concerned, but stranger still that their heads
very much resemble tlie head of a snake.
This Makes the Heart Ache.
Milledgeville, Ga., August 18.—(Special. )-
One of tile most pitiful processions that lias
exer passed ti,rough Milledgeville xvas that
®f Charles Carston and family, xvho xvere
throvvu out of employment by the closing
down of a mill in Savannah about three
xveeks ago. The family consisted of hus
band aud wife and four children, the small
est of these being about two years old.
They claimed to have walked from Savan
nah and are jgoing to Macon in search of
xvork. Thev carried their effects in Hour
sacks ami had no money at all. They were
apparently people of good manners xvho had
Seen prosperous days. They were all bare
footed anil their feet Were blisterd from con
tinuous *. ravel. They xvere not begging, but
their condition aroused the sympathy of
some of the citizens, xvho contributed sev
eral dollars to aid them in reaching their
destination.
THE COMING OF COTTON.
Barnesville Gazette: Cotton will soon be on
the market ami this we hope will improve the
financial condition of this section. Cotton
men say they will have money to move thi»
crop promptly.
Ringgold New South: There xvill be plenty of
money in the south to move the cotton crop.
Our farmers need not be uneasy on that ac
count. '
Columbia Sentinel: The cotton and potato
crop is tine. The corn crop is off one-third,
fodder one-half. The farmers are picking
cotton and xvill soon rush the market with the
fleecy staple.
Elberton Gazett: Better times are now in
siglit The cotton crop will be the best we
ii-ive had in this section for ten years, and it
the price is even as good as it xvas last year
the country xvill be greatly relieved.
A SURE* THING.
Old Cane# of Malaria Need No Longer Be
Invalids.
There is no use in trying to dodge the
fact that quinine will not always cure
malaria. While it is doubtless true that
large doses of quinine or some other de
rivative of Calisaya bark xvill cure more
cases of chills and fever than any other
drug, it is equally certain that in chronic
malaria it is, in a majority of eases, a
flat failure. In every malarious district
there are thousands of people who contin
ually take quinine and yet continually have
more or less frequent attacks of malaria.
These facts need no argument. Every
person xvho lives in a malarious locality
knows them to be true.
A remedy capable of curing these cases
of chronic malaria that quinine will not
relieve would be a great blessing to humani
ty and produce a genuine sensation in medi
cal circles. This is exactly what the reme
dy.—l’e-ru-na—xvill do. It cures all those
old and stubborn cases of chronic malaria
that have taken quinine perhaps for years
without result. A thorough course of Pe
ru-na is sure to remove the malarial poison
from the system.
A publication containing the latest in
formation concerning the nature and origin
of malarial poison and the cure of malaria
in all its forms is being sent to malarial
sufferers in all parts of the civilized world
by the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com
pany of Columbus, O. It xvill be sent free
to any address for a limited time.
HELP THE POOR
IN THE HOUK OF EESTILENCE AND
NEED.
The World is Getting Bette T lights Sug
gested to Bill Arp by At.lm. . s Invita
tion to the I'ensucohv Kelugees.
“The pestilence that xvalketh in dark
ness!” Time xvas xvhen Cod punished his
people for their idolatry by the sword and
by famine and pestilence. Idolatry xvas
the chief sin of the nations —the one most
abhorred by the Almighty—the violation of
the first commandment. “I am the Lord
thy God,” and for this he sent upon them
the most terrible of all afflictions. The
prophet, said unto the Jews, “Because of
this, one-third of thee shall die by the
sxvord —one-third by pestilence, and one
third 1 will scatter to the winds.” That
prophecy xvas literally fulfilled.
It seems to me that 1 a man could risk
anything with less danger than infidelity
or atheism or agnosticism. That is the un
pardonable sin for xvhich the Jexvs suffer
ed such awful curses. They do not suffer
for it now for in the whole race is not to
be found an infidel. They believe in God.
But the world is getting better. Wherever
there is a Christian civilization famine and
pestilence have almost ceased to be. Just
as Christianity progresses so does science,
and the time seems to be near at hand
when the sword shall rust in its scabbard
and all the conflicts of nations shall be
settled by arbitration, just as tne iiid r.ng
sea fisheries have been settled. I believe
that the time is near at hand when the
pestilence that xvalketh by night will be
annihilated by scientific remedies—when
people will not have to fly for ihe.r lives
to cities of refuge, and the poor and help
less will be as safe in Brunswick and Pen
sacola as those who have means to get
awiiy. , , , . ,
The saddest feature in poverty s hard fate
is the utter helplessness of the poor in
time of pestilence—a time xvhen even pity
sleeps and charily grows cold. We who
live on the highlands open our <tooi*s to
the refugees and say come and abide xvlth
us, but no message is sent to the poor xvho
cannot come. Once 1 saw them tumbled
into box cars by the hundred and in the
dark night they were hurried away from
Memphis to go they knew not where. Every
town and city along the line xvas guaided
and the sentinels said, "not here, don t
stop, keep moving.” 1 rode on the phit
fortu of a cab all that long and vxeary night
aud uniil we xvere stopped within a few
miles of Chattanooga, where the quaran
tine officers halted us, and 1 covertly hid
myself in their car aud got away. The
train of the poor refugees was hurried
through the city and ou to the mountains
of East Tennessee, but wnat i,o< a.re of
them 1 never knew. Lt was an avytul tune
and L hope that such troubles will never
happen again. 1 don’t believe tney v.ill
happen, lor as science advances to does
safeguards against all kinds of danger and
ihstress. There was a Hine xvhen New
York could have been destroyed bj a «i(<it
fire, but not now. The horrors of lite aud
sxvord and famine and pestilence aie gi.tau
ally being ameliorated, lhese lion s aie
terrible upon the poor, and are reliexi I
only by death. The rich cun und refuge. I ut
the poor make no new friends. The st. «
or the city officials may hurry them away
from an infected ciiy. but find no
open doors, no welcome, no houses ioi
Sh f h xx“K thinking last, night how much
nd cotton and raine ch e CK* ns
/ hrc-H n<• *uure fiir und drink good ■miter.
rs Ba.ik! S'4»X 1 ...’.».l Franklin and
Hall xvhere he preached to the piople in
eountry churches and broke bread x h
them in their country homes. Hovx Im n
ble, how unpretending and yet how happily
thev lived. Everybody dropped everything
a <1 went to church-men, women and
children Everybody in the neighborhood
belonged to the church and tliere Mas no
materia! to work on untii it u * '“
was old enough to join. Even the babies
ha/1 to go. and if they wed in the good
old wax nobody took on about it. AV lit n
it got right bad the mother took it out al *' l
abo t that time another began, but lo
bodv seemed to think it an outrage Ihe
preaeher had to preach a li’t elow er so
as io drown out the clnld-t! . it «•»» a •
lie savs the front seats are the fiist ones
filled tinil the young men he p to fill them.
Nobody seemed to fancy the back seats,
■led thev were only taken as a last 1 esort
bv those who came late. He says he has
preached in finer churches where the seats
were more coiufortable and the. lights
brighter and the singing more harmonious,
but he never mingled wdh a better people.
’l'hev are till farmers and work hard and
live humble and thankful, and would never
have found out there was a financial panic
if thev han’t read it in the weekly paper.
One old man said, he never found out there
was a panic in 1873 until about two years
after it was over. These people love to
go to church. They have nothing else to
go to. They go for instruction and enter
tainment and not for display. I hey feel
as much tit home in .heir church as
thev do bv their firesides. It a mother
wants water for her child she walks np to
the pulpit and takes it from the preacher s
pitcher and nobody is horrified. Ihe sing
in- is rather ancient, but is unanimous.
Ev”erybody sings and they like long hymns
and'long merer. They sing every verse
of “How Firm a Foundation, and are
sorry’ there are but seven. If tlie tune
hyster” makes a mistake he tries it again,
and nobody smiles or giggles. They all
go there for business and that business is
to worship God.
I remembered all that. It xvas just so
at the old Fairview church, where I was
reared: the old church xvhere old Dr.
Wilson used to preach and we little boys
always xvent to sleep before his hour and
a half was out; where old Brother Noel
used to stand up in front of the pulpit and
xvrinkle his broxv and raise his eyes beaven
xvard and open his mouth, and, having
read out two lines, xvouhl “hyst” the tune
for the congregation. They didn’t know
there was any better music in the -world,
and I am not sure that there is any now
that is more sincere.
Our preacher said very’ truly that, these
country people xvere the very best reliance
of the’ state for good citizenship. They
are peaceable and industrious nnd violate
no law. They’ are contented—that is. most
of them are, but occasionally a politician
conies along and tells them hovx* oppressed
and downtrodden they are, and that raises
a rumpus for awhile, but they get over it.
From among this humble ciass have come
most of the great men of the nation.
From among them have come the most
progressive and thrifty merchants nnd
manufacturers in our towns and cities.
The country churches are the memories of
successful men and of xvomen xvho make
good wives and good mothers. Long may
they live and prosper. Long may they*
love to sing “How Firm a Foundation”
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thread which all lovers offanev xvork —FOR—
appreciate at once. The tvvilly appear-
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kJ? sort fancy work, from bed spreads to 11 iI*S >
tttt ting and point lace. It is also equal !
fen* V j-’i-jtd tl’-c very best threads made in the {
country for all sewing purposes, whether by hand or
machine. Ask your dealer for it, orsend ICc. for sample
r’" spool, 500 yards. Illustrated Crochet Books, Nos. ifa,
0 \J a«d3, 10C. each. 12 nice tidy patterns, sc. each. 12 bed
E:%•' - 'k; spread patterns, sc. each. All postpaid. Either of
above books sent free with an order for 12 patterns.
—GLASOO LACE THREAD CO., (ilitsgo, Conn.
Mention. The Constitution. e-o-w
and “From Greenland's Icy Mountains,
aud may all their people “read ; their title
clear to mansions in the.cities.
Bill A rp.
RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Five Thousand Men Attack a House and
Demolish It.
New York, August 17.—The first of the
riots which labor leadens and others have
been predicting for some time as a resuit
of the large number of men out of employ
ment, occurred this morning.
A crowd of more than a,OOO attacked
Walhalla hail, on Orchard street, because
admittance xvas denied them. They smash
ed the plate glass xvindows into atoms,
forced in (lie door which had been turned
against them and forcibly took possession
of the place. Several persons xvere cut
by the flying glass. All sorts of missels
xvere used and finally the police reserves
from the Eldridge street station xvere or
dered to the scene and succeeded m part
ly dispersing the crowd.
Those forming the crowd xvere mostly
Hebrews and represented principally the
clothing houses. They xvere cutters, gar
ment makers, hat makers and cloak mak
ers. When they saw the* police they be
came more enraged than ever and proceeded
to wreck the hall. Nearly everything in it
xvas demolished. Finally the mob xvas
driven out of the hall and dispersed.
Fifteen or twenty rioters xvere arrested
and locked up on the charge of disor
derly conduct, but they xvere all discharged.
When brought before the police court
this afternoon the proprietor of the hall
xvouhl make no charge against them. He
xvas afraid of a boycott if he pressed a
charge and preferred to stand his losses.
Club# Hud to Be Used.
The mob xvhich xvrecked Walhalla hall
became more bold and defiant to the police
after three of their number had been dis
charged by Justice Voorhees in the Essex
Market police court today. The mob xvouhl
not budge an inch and clubs had to be
used to drive them away. On almost all
of the east side street corners stood 'groups
of unemployed men with angry looks and
determined faces. They said that hunger
had made them desperate.
“We have hearts,’’ said one man, "and
when xve hear our children crying for food
xve feel it. We love our children as well
as the rich man likes His.”
The police found it a difficult task to
drive the mob away and xvere compelled
to arrest seven more of the disorderly
crowd. The prisoners were arraigned be
fore Justice Voorhees in the Essex Market
court mid were remanded until tomorroM’.
There was great excitement attending the
arrest of the prisoners and they were
quickly sent to the station house and tin*
greatest excitement prevailed xvhile the
prisoners were being led through the
streets. The rioters have numbered over
1.000 people and when the prisoners xvere
remanded, they followed them back to the
station" house.
DEMANDED A LOAN.
And on Being Refused Shot the Ex
Minister.
I’aris, August 13.—M. Lockrey, a former
cabinet minister, xvas fired at yesterday by
a man named Moore, a notorious socialist.
Loekroy, at the time of the Shooting, xvas
ascending a staircase in a house in the
Rue Charrone, where his electoral commit
tee xvas sitting. Moore, xvho xvas unknown
to the ex-minister, stopped him and de
manded a loan of 10 francs. Loekroy re
fused to give him the money xvhereupon
the man rushed nt him and' fired at his
right breast xvith a revolver. Loekroy
fainted. He was taken to his home as soon
as possible. Moore xvas arrested. He had
made himself notorious by attending polit
ical meetings and hawking rhymes of his
own composition.
Upon making an examination of the
wound the surgeons found that his flesh
had been badly torn, but they could not
determine whether the bullet had located
in his breast or not. They have ordered
him to have^ a rest for ten days. Moore,
who is a socTallst, had lain in wait for his
victim for two hours. Lockrey had re
fused to identify himself with' the cab
men’s strike and Moore shot him in re
venge.
A RIOT IN FRANCE.
French and Italian Workmen Fight—Twen
ty Men Killed.
I’aris, August 17. —French and Italian work
ing men fought in Aigues-Mortes, department
of Gard, today. The fight began in (he
street at noon and was carried on intermit
tantiy for nearly txvo hours. The police made
repeater! efforts to restrain the men, but xvere
not strong enough to restore the peace. Ten
men were killed and twenty-six more were
xvounded severely. A disturbance xvas threat
ened again this evening, but was prevented
by the police.
Later dispatches from Aigues-Mortes say
that troops ami police xvere taken from Nimes
to Aigues-Mortes this afternoon to restore
order. After the light the French xvorking
men xvho had beaten tlie Itaians, started a
man-hunt tor the ostensible purpose of exter
minating the foreign workingmen in the
town. They attacked xvith knives and clubs
every Italian they caught. Italians fled from
the town and most of those xvho had been
in the fight took possession of farm build
ings and barricaded the doors. The troops
summoned to restore order rescued them ear
ly in the evening, drove away the French
xvorkingmen and escorted the Italians to tlie
railway station xvhere most of them took a
train for Marseilles. The number of wounded
is now known to be about forty. Ten dead
bodies have been found and others probably
will be picked up in the fields tomorrow. All
the killed and most of the wounded xvere
Italians.
,”Hls Carriage Driven by Naphtha.
From The Springfield Daily Republican.
C. L. Simonds, of Lynn, has made a steam
or.rriage for his oxvn use that xvill make ten
miles an hour. The carriage xveighs only
400 pounds, and can carry two persons at a
time. It has the appearance of an ordinary
carriage in front, except there are no pro
visions made for a horse. The wheels are of
cycle make and are four in number. Tlie hind
Wheels are forty-three inches and the front
wheels are thirty-six inches, xvith rubber
tires. The boiler and engine are just in the
rear of the seat and give the carriage the
appearance of a fire engine. The steam gen
erates in xvliat is called a porcupine boiler,
xvhich xveighs 100 pounds. The steam is
n.ade from naphtha flames from three jets.
The naphtha is kept in a cylinder, enough
to last for seven hours, and there is a wa
ter tank that xvill hold ten gallons. Hie
steering part consists of a crank wheel ou
the footboard, so that the engineer can
steer and attend to the engine ut the same
time.
Ingalls for Example.
From The Omaha Bee.
A statesman out of a job Is sure to run rap
idly to seed.
Cures Scrofula
Mrs. E. J. Rowoil, Medford, Mass., says her
mother has been cured 9 f Scrofula by the use of
four bottles of after hax had
much other tra atmenv, and being
reduced to qul tea loxv condition
of health, as it was thought she could not five.
INHERITED SCROFULA.
Cured my little boy of hereditary
Scrofula, whi< 11 appeared all over
LJaslv*”.' his face. For a vear 1 had given
up all hope of his recovery, xvhen finally I xvas
induced to use A few bottles
cured him, and no symptoms of
the disease remain. Mks. T. L. Mathkks,
Matherville, Miss.
Our book on Bloor! axD Skin Diseases mailed free.
bwipr Specific Co.. Atlanta. Gx
REVISED OFFER.
jrONDEEFEU If ARG AINU TOR CONST!
I'UIION SVItSCRIIfERS.
WALTHAM AND ELGIN ONLY.
Every subscriber who has purchased i
watcli under The Constitution’s offers hai
been thoroughly pleased xvith it and has won
dered at the low price we charge. We ex
plain it in this xvay.
'Hie Constitution offers watches for tin
benefit of subscribers only. Nobody else can
buy. There is only one condition attached
to the offers—you must be a Constitution sub
scriber. Any subscriber may buy all Im
wishes at these prices, and may furnish all
the people in his county xvith genuine Wal
timms and Eigius, but they must be ordered
in a subscriber’s name. When a subscriber
receives a xvateh, if lie 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, iu xvhich event his money will be
refunded in full. No xvatches can be sent
C. O. D., end no samples can be sent. Every
xvateh is guaranteed to be the latest product
of the Waltham and Elgin factories, which
ever the purchaser may select. These oilers
may not continue long, and ou this account
subscribers should order promptly. Every
person receiving a sample copy exf this paper
should subscribe at ouce so as to be able ';p
purchase these goods to such advantage.
OFFER NO. 22. I’IUCE $9.60.
MEN’S SIZE GOLD WATCH,
OPEN FACT..
No. 22 is an elegant watch for men's wear.
The case is made by rolling a heavy sheet of
solid gold upon a sheet ol very stiff' composi
tion metal. The works are thoroughly jewelt il
and may be either Maltham or Elgin, •record
ing to choice. Price to subscribers, inc'uding
free delivery, 0n1y59.60.
OFFER NO. 14. PRICE $lO.
MEN'S SIZE, FI LL JEM ELED M ATCH.
WALTHAM OR ELGIN, OPEN FACE.
No. 14 is a genuine Mallham or Elgin m
teen-jeweled open lace xvateh, containing ail
the great patents, such as compensation
balance, safety pinion, slem-xvindiug and pen
dant setting apparatus, Brcguet hairspring
hardened aud tempered in form, patent regu
lator, etc., fitted into a heavy niclek-silver
case, open face. The xvorks alone in this
xvateh usually sell at from sl2 to sls. Me
send it by registered mail to any subscriber
for sjo.
OFFER NO. 15. PRICE $15.50.
MEN’S SIZE GOLD M ATCH.
FULL JEWELED, OPEN FACE.
No. 15 is a lilleen-year guarantee, gold
filled, open face Waltham or Elgin watch,
Tlie works contain fifteen jewels and all im
provements mentioned under offer No. 14.
The ease is beautifully engraved aud is made
by placing txvo plates of solid gold over a
plate of line composition metal. This is an
elegant xvateh, aud we cannot recommend it
too highly. Sent to subscribers by registered
mail for 0n1y515.50.
OFFER NO. 18. HI NTING CASE.
MEN’S SIZE SOLID SILVER M ATCH.
PRICE $lO.
No. 18 is a genuine Waltham or Elgin xvatel
in a solid coin silver hunting ease. Ihe works
are full size and they are beautifully jeweled.
The case is hunting only. Sent to any sub
scriber, delivery guaranteed aud prepaid
for sio.
OFFER NO. 171-2. PRICE s2l.
THE DIAMOND SPECIAL,
GOLD M ATCH, JEM FLED GOLD HANDS
HUNTING CASE. ELGIN ONLY.
No. 17 sells tlie best, of any xvateh offered
by The Constitution and it gives perfect satis
faction. It is a magnificent Elgin watch, has
the very latest improvements, including tlie
world renowned cut balance, patent Jat-.-i y
pinion, stem-winding aud setting apparatus
nickel xvorks, jeweled balance, quick train
dust band, etc. The Jewels are real preciou
stones. It has a genuine double sunk uia
With elthej Roman or Arabic figures and - (l ' c
hands set with sparkling gens. These liandi
are made in Europe by processes yet u.’iat
tainable in this country. The gems have ,<J
the appearance and sparkle of real diamonct
and in the trade are sold as diamonds. Thei
are extremely handsome and give to the w.;t< L
the appearance of a S3OO timepiece. The
case is made of solid 14K. gold in two plate*.
stiffened between with a thin sheet of verv
stiff composition metal. The gold xvarranteii
to last twenty years. The ring, joint, plugs
thumb piece and all parts subjected to con
slant wear are solid gold. The xvorks are go.-d
for at least fifty years’ wear. The list nri-f
of tills watch is $37.50, but we have an option
upon a few. and for a short time wo xvill soli
tnem.t deliver y prepaid ai|d guarani, *o r
f0r .525.00
OFFER NO. 18 1-2. OPEN FACE
MEN’S SIZE SOLID SILVER WATCH.
PRICE $lO
No. 181-2 Is a genuine Waltham or Flein
watch in a solid coin silver case, open face
The xvorks are made according to the latest
designs. 'lllis is an open face xvateh nnd it
will prove satisfactory in every inst-inee
Price to subscribers, including free delivorv
only
OFFER NO. 19, LADIES’ SIZE
SOLID GOLD HUNTING CASE WITCH
PRICE $17.25.
No. 19 Is a lady's size Waltham watch
neatly engraved. The works contain seven
jewels, compensation balance, safetv pinion
and all improvements, and the ease (huntina
only) is made by a celebrated gold ease com
pany. We xvill send this watch, delivery
guaranteed and prepaid, for only, . . .$1705
OFFER NO. 20. LADIES’ SIZE.
HUNTING CASE GOLI) WATCH
PRICE $13.50.
No 20 is a lady’s size, seven-jeweled watci
in an engraved hunting case, the gold o’
which is guaranteed by the manufacturers tc
be standard and good for nt least fifteen
years’ wear. Any lady In the land who
fortunate enough to get this watch will be
proud to carry it. It is a magnificent time',
keeper, and usually sells at from $lB to
Sent by insured registered mall to anv sub'
scriber for only$1? 15
OFFER NO. 21. LADIES’ SIZE
SOLID SILVER WATCH. PRicE 59 ™
HUNTING CASE, WALTHAM OR ELGIN
No, 21 Is a solid coin silver, hunting ease
Waltham or Elgin watch. In the works are
seven jewels, compensation balance safetv
pinion, plain regulator and ail improvements
Like all the watches xve offer, it is a stem.'
winder nnd setter. Sent to nny subscriber
safe delivery guaranteed, for . ‘ . . ,sp-A
OFFER NO. 10. PRICE $18.50.
MEN’S SIZE GOLD AVATCH.
1- ULL JEM EDEL, HUNTING CASE
No. 16 is the same watch as No 15 but
hunting case. By registered mail to'any sub
scriber for jeje
All our prices iu our watch offers'ine’mle
safe delivery at our expense. Tii,- ri . g~,
extra charge for postage and packing.'
OFFEi NO. 17 1-2. PRICE 824.
DIAMOND SPECIAL OPEN FOCE
No. 17 1-2 is just the same as No. 17 but epen
face. Price, deliveredgWi
OFFER. NO 24. LADIES’ SIZE.
HUNTING CASE GOLD WATCH
PRICE $lO.
No. 24 is a lady s size seven-Jeweieu w.-tten
In au engraved Hunting case. Ihis case is
made by rolling a heavy sheet of very sun
compensation metal. It is just like a 850
solid gold watch in appearance, this j s a
great bargains and xve canuot recommend this
xvateh too highly, ft gives any persta wli.
has a small amount to spend a chance to own
a gold xvateh. Price by insured riglstered
mail
WATCH CHAINS.
The Constitution offers a splendid assort
ment of xvateh chains. The rolled gold chaini
are made by wrapping a sheet of solid g»d
around a bar of composition metal. This j b
drawn out to the proper size aud cut off in
pieces just the right length for chain making
All our men's chains are full length and
beautifully finished. All the ladies' chains
have a bar and a beautiful charm.
No. 21 is a man's handsome open link or
trace chain, warranted 14K. rolled gold plate.
Price, delivered, only
No. 22 is a solid rolled gold plate man's siz«
watch chain. The links are close togethet
like a curb chain. Price, delivered. . .$2.40
No. 303 is a solid aluminum watch eh till
for men's wear, it is as light as paper,
handsome as silver, strong as steel, incor
ruptible as pure gold. Science ttwbes ihat
aluminum will soon displace many of the
metals now iu use. Price, delivered. . ,sl.si;
No. 25 Is a rolled gold plate Victoria elui’ii
for ladies’ xvear. It has a charm made f
gold beads in the shape of a muff. Price, de
livereds2.oo.
No. 26 is a lady’s Victoria chain made of
woven wire xvith handsomely decorated charm
In the shape of a fan. Price, delivered. .82.25.
OFFER NO. 23. PRICE $10.90.
MEN’S SIZE HUNTING CASE
GOLD WATCH.
No. 23 is just like No. 22 but huutiug case.
This watch presents just as good an appear
ance as a SIOO solid gold watch and it xvill
bring a handsome sum in cash or exchange.
Sent to any subscriber bv insured registered
mall for onlyslo.9o.
POINTS TO REMEMBER.
1. Only subscribers can buy at these low
prices.
2. Every watch is guaranteed to be an
accurate timepiece.
3. We use only Waltham and Elgin xvatches
and every xvateh is stem xvind and set.
4. No watches sent C. O. D. We guarantee
•atlsfactlon' or else you may return the watch
and get your money.
Send nil remittances to
THE CONSTITUTION. Atlanta. Ga