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BY MRS. WILLIAM KING.
[All Letters to this Department and The Young Folks’ Column Must be Addressed to
Mrs. Win. King, 480 Courtland avenue, Atlanta, Ga. |
The Song My Molher Sung.
Front The Birmingham Age-Herald.
1 oft have heard melodious sounds
From the lips of beauty flow—
N >w gay and glad, now wild and sad,
Now melting soft and low,
'AT lie fingers fair the harp strings swept
And gentlest numbers flung;
But 1 never head a strain so sweet
as the song my mother sung.
At evening's hour in summer time.
While the cooling shadows fell,
1 oft have heard the lone night bird
Sing forth in the distant dell.
1 used to sit beside her knee—
I was happy, then, and young—
And, weeping, list to that sweet strain,
To the song my mother sung.
And faintly beamed the fair, mild stars
from Elysian fields o'< rhead.
While softly white the pule moonlight
Crept ’round with a spirit’s tread
Perfumes strange were scattered there
On tin- wings of zephyrs flung,
"While twilight seemed to listen, hushed.
To the song my mother sung.
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Business Trit ■■■ i tig for Girls.
I sat and listened a few days ago to a
young woman, wiio had recently been left
a widow with her children, relate her expe
rience in business affairs. She had, as she
suppos' d, I. en left Comfortably provided
for, but sin v. ~ evidently suffering from
too many advisors.
Advice is cheap, and if you will notice,
there is never any lack of those who are
ready to offer it "free gratis.’’ Now, when
a woman is left a widow and lias no idea
of business, it means trouble. There are
some few honest men in the world, but
there r a great many who live on what
they make out of the necessities of others,
and let a woman put her business implicit
ly in the hands of others and know noth
ing herself ci’ how an estate ought to be
wound up. and nine time: out of ten things
come out differently from wiiat she ex
pect -d. Listening as I did to the experi
ence of on • woman who knew absolutely
nothing about business, set me to thinking,
and I had intended to give you these
thoughts on the training of young gills in
business, when, queer to relate, I came
across an article in The Woman’s Journal
that contained ’ these identical thoughts,
expressed so much better than I could,
that I decided to'.-Jve them to you, and a
careful pcrtr-al of and adoption of them
cannot fail to be of benefit to all:
“Strive to inculcate those qualities that
shall render your daughter of the greatest
degree of usefulness to herself and to so
ciety. See to it that she is taught to pre
serve and Improve her health. Teach Iter
to extract the germ from what she stud
ies, and leave the chaff. Teach her what
books ar< worth reading. Teach her to do
pl tin and nutritious cooking. Teach her
tin routine of housework, that she may
understand tot science of some l-."p ;
even though only its superintendence de
' .five upon her; for no woman is capable
of rightly and intelligently directing ser
vants, who does not know how to do the
same work hers -It’. Teach her plain sew
ing. that she may tie merciful to half-paid
S' ims’resses. Teach her to think for her
self.
“Yon may sandwich in all the accom
plishments which circumstances render de
sirable, but make sure of the foundation
first.
“And now, before you let this darling
daughter leave the home nest for one of
her very own, fit her to do s une one thing
well. Something by which she can earn a
livelihood if need lie, by and by, and thus
ensure her against the fate of so many left
penniless by th' vicissitudes of fortune.
Th n I'l her have two or three years’ prac
tice upon her specialty in the great « old
of business. I>o not neglect this, lor.
apart from perfecting herself by actual ex
perience, site will gain in many other re
spects.
“She will come to know’ what business
means—that it is plain, hard, uphill work,
and h“t play, as some women imagine.
She wiil learn in this age of carelessness
what it is to be prompt, to be accurate, to
be straightforward, to be courteous, to be
pains-taking. '■> f,.. patent. She will learn
to im insure herself by otl < rs. She will
barn what tine mania.ed is. for she will
see men as they are, and not as they of
ten seem after business hours are over.
< ie w ill h arn how to sympathize with arid
care for her husband, when she has one,
because she will know What it is to be tired
and worried. She will learn that it is es
pecially trying to a man to wait for his
n ;is or O have household woes poured
into his cars while he is hungry. She will
knew the value of money, because she has
earned it. If she has the rudiments of
true womanhood, she will learn to be cour
ageous, because she will know her strength.
She w ill be self-reliant, a help and not a
hindrance to till about her.
“With tiiis training, she will be fitted for
any position in life. If a home-maker, she
will attack her duties from a business point
of view. She will cut off unnecessary work,
condense and systematize the necessary,
because she will know how, and will ap
preciate that Hie bulk of Iler time trust be
given to the development of the highest,
lust and noblest in herself am! family;
nay, m re. she will reach out and bjing
into tin- light of her influence, many out
•rdde. Truly, her husband and children
‘shall rise up and call her blessed,’ and will
honor you for the wise, practical and busi
ness training which has enabled her to
make her worth 'Jar above rubies.’ ”
THE KINGDOM'S COKRED'ttX I>|IN’CE.
A Gossipy Exchange of Views tinting
the Ladies for Themselves.
Mrs J. N. Borough, Bridgeton, Ala. Will not
Bonie one ti ll me where my husband, J. X Ho
i ugh, is? and wiiat is the matter with him?
J’li-asc do not pass this by unheeded. Address as
above.
Airs. Mary I’.. Harrison, Manassa I*. 0., Colo. I
come inquiring of my only beloved sister, Cathe
rine Taylor. When last heard from she was near
Silvei Kun postollice, Tall; dega county, Alabama.
Any information concerning her by "letter or’
through th.' Kingdom, will be gladly ri'celteil by
her loving sister. Postage returned i; desired.
1 have been an ardent reader ol this good old
paper for y ears.
Airs. M. S. Shell, Latta Ivo. S. I come to a-k a
favor of the sisters. Can any one tell me w here
I can purchase fancy fan handles, ami at w hat
price per dozen?
Have any of the sisters ever used Blush of Roses
for beautifying the complexion? 1 have seen it
tried in two-cases of freckles ami liver spots, but
failed to cure in both cases. Miss Flora A. Jones'
promised to refuml rite money where it Jailed to
cure, ami she was asked to rotund the money but
she would not, ami 1 write Illis to warn the sisters
of such frauds.
Alary Gould, Blanchard, la.—l come seeking aid.
I am a great sutlerer from indigestion and nerv
ous pro trillion. Now, cannot some one suggest a
cu’.t .* lion t tell mo to consult a physician, lor 1
have been treated by the best for several months
without much benefit.
I fully agree with Mis. Jennie Walters that we
shall know each other in heaven, for “now we see
through a glass darkly but then face to face; now
1 know ia part but then shall 1 know even as also
lam known.’’ I. Cor., xiii. 12.
And so many precious promises all through the
Bible, Ido not see how any one can doubt such
truths. But we must remember that we cannot
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 20.1894. -
bring God near us, for He is ever ready and will
ing, but that we should go to Him and ask His
divine blessings on us frail, weak mortals.
Mrs. M.F. Hanes, Callisburg. Texas.—Will any of
the sisters be so kind as to send mo some hop vine
roots? To any of the sisters that will send flow
ers of any kind, 1 will send silk scraps in return.
Columbus, Ga.—ls Mrs. Fannie Dawson wiil
write to her uncle, Mr. Joseph Washington Daw
son, at Auburn, Ala., she will doubtless hear from
him, as he resides near there, and Auburn is bis
postoilice.
Mrs. Drummond wishes to obtain through Wo
man’s Kingdom the address of the lady who wrote
about making baby shoes. I put the paper aside
for future reference, but by some means or other
it was lost.
Mrs. M. C. Heed, Butord, Ga.. wishes to know
the wHereabouts of her husband, A. J. Reed. He
left home the 11th of September, 18113. When last
Heard from he was in Dawson, Ala. Any infor
mation will be thankfully received. I will return
postage if desiied. Address as above.
Mrs. Alice Albright, Boynton, Ga.—Can some
one tell me through the columns of your valuable
paper t ile address ol Mrs. Belle Gudgeon? When
last, heard from she was in Cincinnati, at tIU4 Cen
tral avenue. Any information thankfully received
through The Constitution or private letter.
Mrs. T. D. ! I cl Io way, Monticello. Ga.—Mrs. T. D.
Holloway wishes to know the whereabouts ol her
Sou, John Dabney Holloway, who leit his home in
Jasper county, Georgia, in ls<>6 for Texas; front
there he went to Arkansas and married, and left
for one of tile territories, was the last, inlormation
from him. He was born near tstandlordvllle, in
Putnam county Georgia, is about forty-six years
old. Hi-- lather was Dabney I’. Holloway. Any
information of him gratefully received by the
aged mother, a subscriber of f lic Constitution.
Mrs. I. R. Ellis, Alvarado, Texas.—Can any one
tel! me how to get rid of the sticktights, or chick
en ileas. The chicken mites were a great pest;
then came the ileas. I would be thanful it any
one would tell me w hat to do.
I also wi ll to inquire through ’Woman’s King
dom, the whereabouts of Monroe Glidewell, lie
e.une from Mississippi to Texas. Ile is about
middle aged.
Also Hugh Harrison and Finnis Marshall. The
latter two were in Parker county, Texas, when last
heard from seven years ago They, too, were from
-Mississippi.
II any one of them should see this, and will
write to me, I shall be very glad to hear from
them.
Mrs. Nola Shinn, Pope Station, Miss.-I
want to say a wont to the young folks
this time, I admin those children who
abolish the novels. Many a parent has said
that their son was led astray by reading
dime novels; that his crime was due to
his refusal to work for a living; that he
desired a life of luxury, but would not at
tempt to secure it honestly. Their imagina
tions are corrupted by visions of enjoy
ment to he secured otherwise than by the
sure methods of industry and frugality*
atid so they come to transgress all law
human ami divine. How needful it is to
train th'" voting to true independence, to
the abhorrence of unjust gain, to the habit
>li nine, honest jyork 11 ought t<> be
i: ;■ ■ ;:. ere d< ■i. or every parent s heart
Io tram their children up for heaven, amt
so fulfill the law of Christ. All those that,
have dear, kind parents love and respect
them, for you know not the sadness to be
deprived of a loving father's protection and
ad ar mother's care. Mrs. M. b. Deaton,
my aunt, wishes to know the whereabouts
of" her uncle. Thomas Pattons children;
last hoard of they were living in Gonzales,
Tex. Also wish to know of Euriah Dawson
or anv of his family; his wile was llaiiiet
Rawls, her aunt. Last beard I rom was in
Georgia. The desired information will be
very highly appreciated.
Mrs. S. I). Matthews. Hamilton. N. C.—
“Christ says love is the fulfilling of the
law Love ye one another.” We are told
th, wiy we are to know whether we have
passe l from hfe unto death by loving the
brethren. Glad to see all Christian work
going on and helping in every place we
c.m." None are perfect; no, not one. God
don’t < xpect us to be perfect, lie knows
our frail bodies; we are but dust of the
ground. Some time ago the paper was
full of “is Marriage a Failure?’’ What
makes the failure? Its the amount of love
lacking. One writer has said. “A wile
e n stand a tremendous amount ol love,
all that any man can give her. The danger
lies in not giving enough.” It is a. woman’s
nature to love; their life work is made up
of little things, while a man is broader;
here's where the misunderstanding arises
often I saw whore a correspondent wrote
tollin'" about the faults of his wife and
want. 1 to know why it was lie had got
Siieh a bld wife. The answer was, "He
di-'n’t know, unless it was because she had
got su h a miserable husband.” “Love ye
one another!" 1 don’t mean the man’s in
f lit always, but as a general thing 1 be
lieve they are. A man will always be re
paid for the love he gives his wife. Christ
civs nol le advice to the married and the
best w iv to do right is for both to work
; the! and not have a one-sided business.
Love is the great fountain of life. God so
lov'd th' world. He gave His only begot
ten Son for the iirgiveness of our sins.
Mrs. R. 1,. K., Arlington. Calhoun Coun
ty, Gi irgia. I wish to tell the sisters of
somi iapoiiieas I saw a few weeks ago. I
had heard these japonicas spoken of so
t'l' qii' iitly and had occasionally seen a few
of the blooms at the homes of my neigh
bors, and so was prepared to see some
thing nice, lint had no conception of the
grandeur of the sight that awaited me. It
was late in the afternoon when we arrived
at the old Taylor homestead, eight miles
below Arlington, and were met by the lady
that owns the place Imagine a large
grove of oaks that look as If they might be
a hundred years old; tn the midst of them
a large old-fashioned house with broad
veranda, a wide open hall. Back of these
the japonii as grew, were planted, perhaps,
forty y.-ars ago by hands that have long
sin e crumbb-l into dust in the little family
burying ground near by. We paused before
them spellbound. They were simply im
mense. between fifteen and twenty feet tall
and jiroportionately broad; two of the white
and i'ink v.irieg.ited •nd one a lovely soft,
delicate rose color. I do not think 1 ex
aggerate when I say there were S,<X»O buds
and open flowers. It was the grandest
flower show I ever witnessed. The ground
was literally covered with millions of the
delicate petals that looked as fresh and
pure as if just scattered there by fairy
fingers. We were awed into silence by the
magnificent spectacle. It was a sight never
to be forgotten. No wonder the people
come for miles around to look on their
wonderous beauty. Breaking an armful of
flowers, that seemed a desecration, though
they euuld never be missed, we turned
slowly away from wiiat will ever remain
one of the ple;.«tntest memories of a life
time. How many of the sisters are in
terested in flower. ’.’ 1 think it is safe to say
ninety-nine of every 100. Unfortunately
many of us are unable to pay the high
pr ce asked by most florists for their
flowers, hence are forced to deny ourselves
Awarcieci Mignest Honors— huitu s rair.
□"PRICE'S
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes —40 Years the Standard.
this great pleasure. I have often been re
quested to send seed of our cotton plant
of commerce to sisters who never saw -the
plant. I will take pleasure in doing so if
all who wish them will send a self-ad
dressed stamped envelope. Will also send
Russian sunflower and the nicest six-week
peas I ever saw for table use. Best wishes
for Aunt Susie and the Kingdom.
EXCUJXGK LIST.
Mrs. C. E. Holland, Algama, Miss., has a
Worth’s dress chart to exchange for eight
yards knit lace, 2>/ a or 3 inches wide. Write
first.
Mrs. S. B. Smith. Cascade, Ark., has spi
der and day lily, jonquils and narcissus
bulbs and many other plants tor exchange
for magnolias, holly, jessamine, geraniums,
swanby violets and other flowers.
Mrs. F. McKee, Demopolis, Ala., has
trained fox and deer hounds to exchange for
gun or guitar.
Mrs. J. K. Trussell, Graysport, Miss., will
exchange June lilies and narcissus, tor
double pink, yellow and red hyacinths, two
bulbs for one hyacinth.
Miss Gertrude Miller, Meßean, Ga., has
collection of songs to exchange for the
book “Lost and Found,” or anything suit
able for an exhibition.
Mrs. A. M. Walker, Caysonville, Ga., has
a line Holstein calf to exchange for any
thing of equal value; also bronze turkey
eggs for exchange.
Miss Mollie Moch, Cairo, Ga., has Lady
Grace,” “Averil,” “Under the Red Flag”
and the “Scarlet Letter” to exchange for
rooted Japonicas or banana s hrubs.
Mrs. Harvey Brown, Paschal, Ga., has
eggs from splendid brown leghorn, bronze
turkeys and Pekin ducks, to exchange for
registered Roland China pigs. Write with
Stamps.
Miss Ada Adams, Vinson, Ga., will ex
change five varieties of chrysanthemums
for worsted or satteen to make a twenty
inch square.
Mrs. M. J. Renfrow, Sturges, Miss., will
exchange a lot in Perry, Fla., for a new
sewing machine. Write for particulars.
John Doller, St. Helena, Neb., has Gem
roller organ, almost new, and four rolls
dance music to exchange for white guineas.
Mrs. Y. B. Yarron, Y. Z., Tenn., has ex
cellent? recipe for keeping all kinds of fruit,
to exchange for four yards of any kind of
goods.
Mrs. John Purtee, Stryker, 0., will ex
change two pair hand-worked pillow shams
for parrott and cage, or one pair for cana
ry singer and cage. Write first.
Mrs. M. D. McAtee, Shrock, Miss., will
exchange a npved, “A Wife's Peril,” and
canceled stamps for bulbs of tube roses,
and iluoble sunflower seed; filso other ex
cnanges. Write first.
Mrs. J. IL Kennedy, Francisco, Ala., has
a mad stone to exchange for an incubator;
also valuable recipes for books. Write for
particulars.
Miss Lula Mct’iue, Landrum, Ga., has
hand-uainted Masonic apron to exchange
tor best offer; stamping patterns for any
thing useful.
Mrs. M. Y. Stone. Canton, Miss., has
Stahl’s incubator and brooder to exchange
for best offer. Would like to exchange
something for a Newfoundland pup.
Mrs. R. A. Burman. Marble Falls, Tex.,
has coin book, water hyacinths and acorns
in cups to exchange for dry goods or quilt
pieces.
Mrs. E. H. Kelsey, Monkton Ridge, Vt.,
has flower seed and fine cabinet specimens,
to exchange tor canceled Columbian stamps
of the higher denominations.
Mrs S. A. Quarles, Hatchett Creek, Ala.,
has lace pillow shams to exchange for
Swiss embroidery, or silk and velvet scraps.
Mrs. W. R. Gaines. Hulmeville, Ga.,
wishes to exchange instrumental music for
music arranged for organ, “Mocking p.i ’
altz” especially desired.
M'S: ’>!. C. DuHose, \ tie, Ala., has
ed geraniums, chry: mthemums and ri
tn exchange lor violets, and a roe'ed wmt 4
moss rose.
Miss Mary Young, pea Ridge. Miss., Mill
exchange a lot in Belmore City, Fla., for
a gold wacli or a second-hand piano, or
anything of equal value.
Mrs. 1». A. Carroll. Booneville, Ark., has
music, vocal and instrumental, to exchange
for old songs and calico scraps, for worsted
or silk. Write first. f
Mrs. D. B. Searcy, who has Wyandottes
leghorn and bronze turkey eggs for ex
change, lives at Baldwinville, Ga.
and hyacinth bulbs for a setting of mam
moth bronze turkey eggs. Write for par
ticulars.
Well-Dressed Mothers.
Anything that tends to make a girl look
down upon her mother is fatal to the best
interests of both. For that reason a wo
man should try to keep abreast with the
times, that her notions may not seem anti
quated. Her dress should be as tasteful
.■nd well chosen as her means will allow,
writes Mrs. Burton Kingsland in the first
pallet- of the attractive series. “ADaughter
at Sixteen.” in the March Ladies’ Home
Journal. It is a gratification to a girl’s
pride to present her young friends to a
mother who is well dressed, gracious and
versed in the requirements of good society.
Bulwer says that "nothing increases love
like pride in the beloved object.”
7 hki:i: icec’u-es.
Plain and plump and rutile twenty-five
oysters Skim them out and chop tine. To
one gill Ol liquor that exuded from the oys
tets add an equal amount of cream, and
vh'-n it boils thicken witli two tablespoon
fuls ot flour rubbed into a heaping one of
a m e ii aUd S i s , V Co ’ lst! Mitly until it is smooth.
Ai.'l Hie well-beaten yolks of two eggs; let
boil uii once and remove from the fire. Add
" , ' l t ’ , ’ , ery salt, a tablespoont’ul
i 1 " ' a bit of Cheyenne pep-
ner -ind t seasoning of white pep-
• ' l ai ' li SI H i' 1 "! return the oysters. W hen
c'old torm into oval or round croquettes,
'nd "frv <: | ten then into bre ad crumbs
one / H bntT fat <’omposed of
one pait butter to two of lard.
fin rsh ma Hom n.
The paste is really gum-arabic. Dissolve
six ounces of the gum cubes into a little
boiling water; about a teacupful is enough;
strain ami add a pound and a quarter of
sugar; put into a bain-marie ami stir over
the tile until stiff; then take from the fire
and stir for at least three or four min
utes and then set aside to cool. Beat
together the white of one egg and a
tables]montul of cold water; flavor with a
tablespoonful of vanilla essence; beat until
frosty, then add sugar to make a stiff
paste. Now set over the fire in boiling
water and when it is liquid enough dip
almond-sized pieces of the marshmallow
paste with the cream; turn over with a
fork until fully covered and lift on to but
tered paper.
Brown CuromelM.
To make delicious ones use more molasses.
Take a cupful for two cups ot grated choco
late and two cups of sweet cream; mix the
molasses and chocolate to a smooth paste
with half the cream and boil half an hour,
adding one cup of brown sugar and one of
white powdered, a teaspoonful of flour and
vanilla essence to taste. Pour the mixture
into buttered flat pans and mark when
neatly cold into small squares.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
THE OLD MAN LINOEItS ALONG WITH
THE HOAD iroItKEHS.
How I'nblic llonds Should be Worked—A
Great Difference of Opinion Among
the Men Who Work Die Roads.
For The Constitution.
Smoke is on the mountain, the birds
sing sweet and the sun shines bright, but
the hickory buds are belated and I’m afraid
she is not here —spring, I mean.
This morning down in the field I watched
the dogs race with a rabbit and saw them
roll and tumble in the plowed ground as
they ran over him and got turned back
only in time to see him scoot into the
briars at a little branch t<» one side. The
boys stopped their plows and yelled in such
manner as to call back the spring morn
ings of years lotrg agone, but I am sheared
to count on such signs. A better sign I
thought I had at noon today, as I watched
Brown saunter along up the spring branch
with his hoe on his shoulder. He lingered
on the little fence just back of the house
long enough to leisurely bite ot his finger
nails in-fore he started for his seat on the
back porch, where he always stops to pull
off his shoes in warm weather. When I
saw him frail his socks against a post
as is his way during work time, I was
almost ready to think that spring was here,
but the summer grin was lacking" on his
fasp and for that I shall watch before I
announce that “she is here.”
1 lingered along with the roadworkers yes
terday. Roadworking is another sign of
spring—of course they will wait till pretty
weather and a busy time to warn hands to
the roads. The matter of working the pub
lic roads has grown to be. a much-talked of
“problem.” To see wl. it a scanty force is
in attendance at these road workings is dis
couraging to the few who must work and
removes all cause for a surprise at the
I bad condition of public roads as one travels
along them. Under some spreading tree
along with these roadworkers is the place
to find the correct way of doing most any
thing you may name. The average road
worker has plenty of time to study and
discuss any “problem” that may come up.
On the green grass under a tree along the
road they are supposed to be working is the
best place I have ever seen to gel opinions
on roadworking. They are all opposed to
the present system, but hardly two agree
as to just how it is to be reme
died. Most all are in favor of turning" the
chaingang to advantage in this way, but
many disagreements come up about their
management and of the moral effect upon
the * criminally disposed class. Some say
tlnifg Hie most of these criminals, if worked
ottiiihi' public roads in their own counties,
would lukve no horror of being convicted,
and that a younger set becoming familiar
with tin- gangs along the roads would be
ready to embrace it at the first opportu
nity.
Tlie expense to taxpayers and the inse
cuj£ty of keeping the worst criminals, is
another question with these road workers.
One suggestion, I had never heard be
fore, was to build good roads and charge
toll. The advocate ot’ this plan stated as
his position that the state should build
good thirty feet roads—one-half macada
mized, the other dirt, side hy side, but so
built that vehicles could not change from
one to the other except at stated places.
At these places there should be a toll gate
and a “nickel in the slot” for fare should
be collected if the macadamized side was
used. ’Of course, in good weather there
would be no collections, as every one would
travel the dirt road, but in bad weather,
on the other hand, every one would pay t lie
to’t and take the solid road. A toll gate
every live miles under this plan would not
l be extravagant and would pay all the
fnenses of the ehaingang system. It is
■ opinion of this advocate that there will
no grumbling on charges, as every one
- r oUid rather pay for a good toad than to
It stock on a bad road. I thinknt would
’"■mighty hard to keep people from grum
:g and I know not wi.at would be the
st jilan, but that the present system of
wfcfking public roads is unsatisfactory.
One only has to linger al'Jiig with the road
vfirkers to lie convinced.
Tiorne are already planting corn in our
settlement and to judge by what you hear
tin re will be a large acreage planted and
a small acreage of cotton, but it is hard
to tell how this will be, as “talk” is not
sustained in many instances. It is hard to
make many farmers believe that there is
any more cotton made in these years than
in years long ago. These argue that it is
just the bales made smaller now than for
merly. It is a fact, they say, that 300
pounds is the average bale now, where it
used to lie 500, and that the men who fix
up the statistics give no credit for this de
ficiency. Tlie truth is, that witli all the
talk every year about this time, the farm
ers put in about all the cotton they can
handle, and a further truth is that When
you come to calculate on the price paid fur
seed now there is just as much money gaes
to the farmer from the crop. In old times
cotton seed were worthless, now they are
good for more things than any other one
thing grown and new developments come
every day. 1 might add another truth here
by stating' that farmers generally are eom
lielled to raise cotton. Nothing, outside of
wiiat is known us market gardening, will
bring tlie money he is compelled to have as
easily as does cotton —cotton is money when
you get it in the bale, and no thing else is.
There was a cloud thrown over the dreams
of our settlement about tlie exposition tlie
other day, but it has cleared away and it
is again all the talk —outside of politics.
Os course, politics is the foremost question,
and it is mighty hard for me to steer clear
of it, but 1 will, for it is most as uncertain
as the weather.
The last mule Brown swapped for will
stop every time any one speaks to you, no
matter now you frail. 1 started from home
the other morning at ti o'clock, and with
all the flailing 1 could do, I had not trav
eled but three miles by noon. I turned back
! for home and managed to get there by
dark. “Good morning, old friend,” form the
corner ot’ a fence, and the mule'would stop.
“How are you, Plunkett?” from under a
tree, and the mule would stop. There is no
getting the mule to go till you’ve passed
a half-hours talk. Many of these fellows who
called me “old friend” 1 never saw before,
and many who were glib witli “How are you,
Plunkett?” never noticed me before in all
their lives. I got mighty mad witli tlie mule
and for a time 1 wondered at meeting so
many people and such clever people, but af
ter a while it struck my mind that every
one of them was running for office. Every
office from bailiff to governor was repre
sented by these clever fellows, pro arftl con,
and I don’t know which one 1 will vote for,
but one thing I do know, I will never start
anywhere with that mule till this election
is settled.
Up the road or down the road,
At the bridge or by the foiG,
Going up or down the hill.
At the store or at the mill—
The office-seeker has a stand
To shake a fellow by the hand—
They never shook before.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
IX THE STREET CAR,
The Thin Little Woman Had Good
CanHc to Re Careful of Her Money.
From The Buffalo Express.
A thin little woman, with a pale, pinched
face, blue lips and general air of poverty,
got on a West avenue ear at the corner of
.Main and Niagara streets last night. She
wore a black shawl and a faded black
dress. She had no mittens and her hands
were red with cold. Her hat was an old
one and her stkoes were badly worn.
She got a seat at the front end of the car,
ami, when the conductor began to collect
the fares, she attracted the attention of
everybody in the car by the complicated
process through which she went to get the
money from her package. First she untied
a string which had been wound around the
mouth of the pocket in her dress, ami then
sue took out two ordinary pins and a safety
ran. This left her free to get into the
pocket. She fumbled around and pulled out
a ragged handkerchief. She untied the
corners of this and extracted a purse. The
mouth of the purse was tied with a string.
She untied it and opened tlie purse. There
was an envelope in it and she unfolded that
i and took out a piece of white paper. This
was unfolded also and then a $5 bill was
brought to light. Wrapped up in the bid
was a silver quarter.
The thin little woman took the quarter,
wrantieu the bill up again, put it back in
the. envelope and the < ? nv^, °P e qt S ’about
nurse Then she tied the anout
tlie purse, put it in the handkerehm . I’ la
the two far down in her pocket ami pinn d
up the mouth of the pocket.
’’l guess you don't want to lose that mn
very bad, do you?” asked a woman "' tba
seal cape, who sat next to the thin, little
WOTYIcLII. H W<’ 11
The thin, little woman smiled a
smile, and replied: “Indeei , I don t ma am.
There’s four besides „. onl d ” I
have got to live on that bill for a montn.
GENERAL EARLY’S RO.MAX E.
The Interesting; Reasons Why He
Never .Married.
Early never married. A pretty romance is
told about him by The Baltimore American.
When he was a young lieutenant m I- I
he appeared at tlie Greenbriar White bu -
phur Springs in brilliant uniform and rid
ing a splendid black stallion. One daj,
shortly after he had gone out for a ride,
a beautiful young lady from Philadelphia,
a debutante spending her first, season at
the “White.” drove off in her carriage.
She had never met the young lieutenant.
Near the spring is a small creek, usually
only a few feet deep, but on that afternoon
it was a swollen stream of mad, muddy
•waters, sent down from lite mountain side
after a long rain of the day before.
Towards the stream the carriage rolled, ami
just before reaching it, passed Hie lieuten
ant. At the banks of the creek the driver
paused a- second, and then, thinking that be
could make it, urged his horses in. Before
the team had reached the middle of the
stream, however, they were washed off
their feet anti witli floating carriage went
wildly along with the mad waves. Early
was near enough to the stream to see the
driver’s mistake, and, realizing the lady,s
danger, buried his rowels in his hotse s
side and dashed into the water.
The carriage was tossing and rolling upon
the waves and the lady was screaming.
The situation was desperate and Early,
realizing it, bent his energies to save her.
The young soldier reached Hie carriage
just as it. toppled over. The water rolled
over the beautiful girl and Early thought
she was lost, but a second later sin- came
up almost beside him. f teaching down he
caught her liy the skirt, and a half minute
later was holding her motionless body In
his arms. Then, guiding his horse as best
he could, the-lieutenant made for the shore,
(nice on dry land, he gave his stallion Hie
spurs, and in a few minutes galloped up to
the hotel with the almost lifeless body ot’
the belle in his arms.
She was carried to her friends, and then
the story of her rescue Mas learned. The
lieutenant Mas the hero of Hie hour, and
that evening monopolized tlie Quaker belle's
dancing list.
From that evening’ until the close of tlie
season lie was her almost constant compan
ion. She received his attentions with ap
parent delight, and when the cool, frosty
air warned the visitors of approaching
winter they went away promising to meet
each other there the next summer. The
lay went back to her home, her heart full
of the conquest she had made, wane Harty
reportetl to his troop for duty. At Fort
Monroe he remained until the Florida war,
w hen |ie went to the Everglades. There ho
distinguished himself, and, as lortune smiled
upon him, his love for tlie girl tar away
in her northern home increased. For her he
I was full of hope amt ambition.
Hut both were doomed to an early and
I sad disappointment.
i With the approach of spring Lieutenant
I Early’s thoughts began to dwell upon the
j pleasant meeting so near at hand.
Early in th" spring he applied for a leave
j of absence, and it came, but the same mail
I brought, him a paper. The handwriting upon
! tlie wrapper was familiar to him, anti as lie
! tore it aw’tty a heavy black mark upon the
. paper caught his eye. Glancing a\ it. he
! read the piece which it marked. That piece
told him of the marriage ot the lady he
i loved so well, anti as he read it lie realized
for tlie first time that sue had been tuning
1 witli his heart. Alter reading it lie ent
' the piece from the paper, placed it in a book
| and kept it.
Tfiat is why, it is said, Jubal Eailv never
married.
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tTie March Ladies’ Home Journal. Former
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