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BY MRS. WILLIAM KING.
(All letters to this department and The Young Folks’ column must be addressed
to Mrs. William King, 480 Courtland avenue, Atlanta, Ga.)
Rest or Service.
Is there for me a golden calm,
Somewhere beyond the sunset sea—
A radiance of the smile of God,
A splendor of tranquillity?
Dear God! the thought is very sweet,til
And 1 have come a weary way;
My heart is sad and tired and old;
I want that perfect peace today.
And yet—there stands without my gate
A beggar, cringing and forlorn,
The likeness of the Christ divine
Crushed out by earth’s contempt and
scorn.
Within the crowded city’s slums
Dear childish faces, worn and thin,
Are shadowed by the heavy gloom
Os poverty and pain and sin.
Across my path there flashed today
A haunted face, deep-lined with care,
Upon the ghastly painted cheek
The anguished look that lost souls wear.
O beggar, abject and despised! •
O child, who knowt t net ccol green sod!
O sister, wearing bitter shame,
Down-fallen, yet belcved of God!
Do J dare ask for golden calm.
While you know only case and pain?
Ere I could clasp that sottish peace
The heart within me must be slain:
This heart that loves in spite of wrong;
That sees the Christ fair-shining in
The painted woman of the street.
Through ail the veiling clouds of sin.
Bettor a restless, weary day.
If full of love's swee work divine.
Than long bright hears apart from those
Who. sle- ping. moan; who wake to pin?!
—Francesca Geldan in Woman':; Journal.
Woman sis a Home Makes".
We are in receipt of a very excellent art
icle under the signature of “Tansy ’■—we
feel sorry our correspondent did not give
her real name. She need not have with
held it, for she has given us a good talk
on home life and 1 wish it could be pub
lished in a man’s kingdom instead of a
woman’s, but if there are any such men
about as “Tansy’’ describes, 1 am sure the
wife wall be smart enough to manage m
some way to have the “other half” of the
family read what she says.
I said "ji” there were any such men
about. Alas, there are only too many of
such specimens. We see day after day wo
men who are neglected am! almost starving
for a kind word of encouragement, but
who are treated as if they were a
necessary piece of furniture in the home,
and are expected to drudge and toil and.
keep things nice and never grow weary
and yet smile and utter no complaint.
I have a dozen homes right now in my
just such as “Tansy’’ describes, but 1
>: speak for herself.
i- bt-eli about woman
f . uim-, that 1 iv nt to show
is: not the only element in home
. ng; mat a rate, selfish man, ■ven un
consciously so, wiii mar the happiness of
any home, i>e it ever so bright.
“Loving words and kind acts ..re the staple
of this home-maki.ig business, but it seem
hard for men to realize that love is a wo
man's existence. There are many unhappy
homes in this fa.r soulhiand of ours, and tne
general idea seems to prevail that woman is
to blame. There are many women having
sweet and lovable dispositions that ac
quire a bad temper simply through a hus
band’s neglect.
“Why saould a man treat his wife more
politely before marriage than after? True
there are many men who are ever the em
bodiment es gentleness and civility, but it
is the common every-day man of whom
i write, men who are "April when they
woo, December when they wed. It is tru
ly wonderful to note tiie difference in such
a man six months before marriage .nil six
months afterwards, lie seems to lay aside
his gallantry as a tiling of the pivst, or,
perhaps, lie is saving it for some special
occasion. Notice him when he comes to a
meal; lie .. its m suence, or gives only mon
osyllabic answers to his wile’s inquiries,
then gathers up his politics oi journals and
sits ’as grim as a bett.",’ whil? his wife
keeps respectfully silent, afraid of boring
him. In the parlor he selects the comfort
able easy chair, never thinking to offer it
to his tired wife who humbly takes the
straight-backed rocker that affords no rest
to her tired limbs. He never takes her with
him on a drive; he forgets that the fresh
air and gay nelds and the song of the birds
were once sources of delight.
“Again very few men. are careful to see
that their wives have amusements ana
pleasant companions as they are to seek
out those agreeable to themselves. They
seem to have an idea that home duties will
be neglected if they are afforded these pleas
ures. A seliich man usually fancies himself
the very pink of husbands and wonders
why his wife looks thin and jaded, smiling
it. that mechanical way, when he is doing
so much io make her happy and he at
once scores her down as ‘moody’ and ob
stinate, when it. is only the reflex action of
his own selfishness to which he is stupidly
blind!
“And so it is that woman makes the home,
but it will be a grand day when men real
ize that love and kindness go far in making
the woman.
“That this is a true picture of many homes,
I doubt not many of my readers could
testily to; and if I add that in some, if
nut all the cases, probably the woman is
still to blame, the assertion would create
great surprise, and yet 1 mean it. This is
the explanation: Men are naturally sel
fish, and many wives make them mere so
by making themselves slaves to their every
whim and desire. I have seen wives wait
on their husbands until it made me sick.
I am not for suffrage yet (I may come to it
in time), but 1 am for equal rights and
recognition in the home, and if a man has
no consideration for his wife’s comb rt and
happiness, there is no reason why she
should wear heself out pampering his every
whim. 1 don’t want to be misunderstood,
it is the duty of every wife to give loyal al
legiance to her husband, but sne has a
perfect right to demand the same, and
where she fails to receive it and sits meek
ly down and bears everything, she deserves
her fate. 1 really believe a woman who re
sents slights and neglect, worn : . maud
more respect. Don’t wait on and make
such a fuss over a man and make him
think he is something out of the usual or
der of beings, and they can soon be brought
to her senses.”
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TH F. WEEKLY UOMSTiTUTIOJN ; ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. MAY 21, 1894.
I THE KINGDOM'S CORRE’-vONDENCE.
A Gossipy Exchange of Views Among
*he Ladies for Themselves,
Mrs. A. 1.. Bonner, Rutledge. Ga.—l wish to
know, through your valuable p iper, the where-
• about,s of utie “Mr. Clarkston,” who was r pre
senting the International portrait union of Cin-
| citmat.i. O. I think his given name was “Willie.”
i His home is in Virginia; his address I do not
I know. I will return postage to anyone who will
I be so kind as to give the desired information.
; L-E. S.. Orange Bend. Fla. —Will some reader
: of The Constitution kindly give a recipe for mak
ing pot pourri of roses? 1 would like to know
■ wh t varieties are best.
I What will remove coffee stains from a light
• China silk without injury to the fabric?
Mrs. S. F. II rris. New Boston, Texas.—Can any
'of t l >e sisters tell me where I can get some em
ployment in pleasant family, such as assisting in
lioiiM keeping and sewing and teaching small
; children?
My children are all married, and living around
witli them I get so tired of notiiing particular to
employ my t ime. 1 would ask v- ry Ji tic remuner
ation. Would like persons to write me here.
Ihe Constitution lias been in our family a long
■ while. Now, my dangnter hero takes it and we
still have it.
Mrs. Nannie Ingram, Eaton, Tenn.—l come, too,
like a great, many others, asking for help.
Will some of the kind sisters give me a remedy
for nursing sore mouth; I have it. very bad. Aly
month is t< rribly lie rated, anil it li is gone down
in my throat and stomach; I can’t eat anything
I at all ; not. even drink cold water without suffer-
■ ing so much a I ter.
I I cannot, stand strong medicine. 1 have a little
baby three mon:hs old and I h ive wearied liiir,
[ aud it n erly breaks my heart to have to wean
i him and raise him by hand : he is doing splendid-
■ ly; lam using .Mellin’s food.
I Hallie Hammock. Lottie and Mamie McMullen,
Largo, Fla.—We have long been great admirers of
'i ll Constitution, and wanted to join your haapy
bai <l. but wen airaid to in !«■ an effort, but took
courage at seeing .-<> many nice let", rs.
We live >n tin- beautiful iaiui of flowers, and in
I spring it is so beae.tilu . I wish s.ane of the cous
i ins could Come arid see it.
We live three ami a half mill s from the Gulf of
Mexico, ami we go on the is and some, times and
i pick up shells, there are so many pretty ones.
It is thirty-one miles from Tampa, Fla., to whore
we jive. It is a pr tty city with about twelve
thousand inhabitants. 'Ute orange trees are about
i through blooming now.
I What has become of “Bov Afraid of the Girls?”
• I would like to read one more letter from him.
• We would l.ke correspondents from any of the
states, either sex.
Mrs. M. J. Simpson, Midland, Texas. We have
i been taking The Constitution three years and like
; it so well I ready don’t see how I could do without
I it, more especial!,’ Woman's Kingdom.
Some of the sisters ate asking advie? about the
! training of small chiidrei’. 1 don't think there is
' any better way than to tcich them while young
to obey, and always be positive with them; never
tell them you will punish them ai d then not do it.
They will soon learn whether you will or will not
i make them obey.
I I agree witli Aunt Susie that a switch used in
I the right way with little boys ana girls, makes
' good old men ami women.
i I will give my recipe foi watermelon preserves:
I Take n re thick rind and; peel off the outside
, and cut In .-in..11 slic«r. ? add a-, much .-ai-
l gar as there is rind, and et stand overnight; in
i the morning put all on to c<>'*k as soon as conve-
• nient: stir every little while. They are usually’
i done a little after 12 o’clock, but I have a few
times bad to cook them nearly all da v. I have
used tins recipe live years and never hid any”>
I spoil.
If Mrs. M. F. Holcomb, of Gertrude, Texas, sees
tins, please write to the above address.
Mrs. I’. A. Aubrey. Arcadia, La.— I am deeply
■ > iterested in tlie discussion among the sifters.
•Shall we know each other there.”
I firmly believe, according to tin* reading of the
Bible, that we shall know each other there. We
i read in the scrip tires: “For now we see through
! a glass darkly but then face to lace; now I know
■ in part, but then I shall know even as 1 am
: known." I. Corinthians, xiii, 12.
There is great distinction made here on earth
! between the nations of people, and between the
male and eni.de: “There is neither Jew nor
1 Greek; there is neither bond nor free; there is
neither male nor teieale, for ye are all one in
I Christ Jesus.” Gal , in, 28.
1 “Except ye be converted and become as a little
I child, ve cannot, enter the kingdom of heaven.”
. Matthew xviii. 3.
God is our father, properly speaking. We t ike
I our children in our house; they alw ivs feel little
ami tenili r to us. :<ml don't they know eaeli other
in their fatuer’s house? “In my Father's house
are oiaiiy mansion-.” Are we to live in those
mansions among other strangers through all eter
nity? Ard then Jesus teiis its that they -liall come
. from the north and from the south, from the east
ami from the west, and shall sit. down with Abra
ham and Isaac arid Jacob in the kingdom of
heaven.
II we don't know each other there, how are we
to know when we sit down with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob?
i And if we are all to be dear children alike in our
Father’s house, i think surely we will all be known
as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are known, since
I there is to be no difference m our Father’s family
And then when Christ, was transfigured on the
I Aiount, Moses and Elias being with him (having
long been dead), were known by I’eter. James and
John.
W e read in Revelation that the glory of God
will be the light of the city, and the nations of
the earth winch are saved, shall walk in the light
of it. Don’t it seem really strange that we will
walk the golden streets of the city of our God and
meet with no one tiiat we have known on earth?
1 think that if we read God’s word carefully and
prayerfully and have the faith “of a grain ot mus
tard seed, ’we cannot help but relieve we will
know each other there.
Let us discuss Bible subjects; it will be inter
! esting; to us; at least it will be to me, and it may
; be Ihe means of strengthening the hope ot some
! poor despairing Christian who feels that her
I lamp lias nearly gone out; we may be the means
; of pouring oil in her lamps (in our simple nian
, net ), ami having their hearts lighted up and the
i grace oi God shell abundantly in their souls,
i thereby accompli lung some good,
Have You Confederate Stamps f
The Presque Isle Stamp Co. desires to buy
all denominations of confederate stamps.
These stamps may be found in old attics,
galleries, etc., and will bring a good price.
Presque Isle Stamp Co., Box 213, Atlanta,
Ga.
Household Hints.
i Cream boiled makes the coffee richer and
does not chill it.
It is well before having a room repainted
to clean the old paint with two ounces of
soda dissolved in one quart of water and
applied warm, then washing off all traces
; of the soda.
Grapes and pineapples are blessings in the
sick room. Only the juice of either should
be swallowed. It allays thirst and is
nourishing, acting upon the liver and kid
neys beneficially.
In France the cooks have salad baskets
made of wire, in which they swing the
leaves after being washed until they are
thoroughly dry, tins being considered better
than serving them on the table wet.
Covers for cups and glasses used In a
sick room can be made of cardboard and
covered with a crochet cover of either
white silk, wool or cotton, as preferred, a
small loop being put in the middle of the
, top to lift it by.
Always use cotton holders for irons.
Woolen ones are hot to the hand, and if
scorched, as they often are, the smell is
disagreeable. In iron.ng a shirt or a dress
turn the sleeves on the wrong side and
leave them until the rest is done, and then
turn and iron them.
The common practice of hanging the ther
mometer on a single nail driven in a post
or wall, often leads to its break.ng by some
person hastily brushing past and knocking
it off. To prevent this drive in two nails
just fat enough apart to admit the wire
loop of the thermometer and horizontal to
em h other
Oysters, either parboiled or raw. m ike a
good salad. Use one and one-half pints of
1 oysters to a pint of crisp white celery.
Prepare as for chicken salad and cover with
French dressing an hour before using. Cut
the oysters in two and mix with celery
before serving. Serve on leaves of lettuce,
and put over the top of each plate a little
mayonnaise.
A bunion may be cured by bathing the
affected part in hot water to which a
teaspoonful of salt, a tablespounful of
starch and a few drops of arnica have been
added; then wipe dry with a soft linen
towel and apply iodine with a camel’s hair
brush. Wear a loose shoe all the t.me, or
one which has the leather covering the
bunion cut out. Bunions are caused by un
due pressure.
BRIGHT’S DISEASE
Has Been Proven to Be Catarrh of the
Kidneys.
A letter from Mrs. Mary A. Shear, of
Jennings, La., states: “I am recommending
your Pe-ru-na to every one I hear com
plain. Several people have already com
menced taking it. My disease was Bright’s
disease of the kidneys and catanh ot the
bladder. I am quite well now.”
The symptoms of Bright's disease are:
Dull pain in the back; scanty, high-colored
urine, containing albumen and various sedi
ments; nausea, and sometimes vomiting;
puffiness of the face and feet, dropsj of
the legs; shortness of breath and general
weakness; palor and dryi.ess of the skin,
chilly feelings, alternating with fever and
sleeplessness. The treatment is: A table
spoonful of Pe-ru-na before each meal, be
tween meals, and at bed time, and enough
Man-a-lin at night to produce one natural
action of the bowels each day.
Send to The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Company, of Columbus, 0., tor a free copy
of the Family Physician No 2, devoted, to
catarrh in all forms and stages.
4. A C It A .V « IJ L 1S T.
Miss Lula McClure. Landrum, Ga., has a
lot in Leroy. Fla., to exchange for good
organ, and hand painted Alasonic apron
for twenty yards of bleached domestics.
Alice C. Temple, Temple, N. C., will ex
change other music for “Clayton’s Grund
March,” by Blake.
Miss Bettie Graves, Cohilta, Ga., wishes
“Chris and Ottie,’ sequel to “Widow
smith’s Daughter,” by Julia T. Smith.
exchange any novel of equal value, or
it.
Mrs. Mcßray, Spartanburg, S. C., w
all kinds of hair work in exchange
hair.
Mrs. Vickers, Lynwood, Miss., has
books to exchange for calico fer
oil colors, bend stamp for list, of books.
Mrs. N. L. Ingram, Heath Springs, S. jf..
has double case watch to exchange for
safety bicycle. Write first. ■
Mrs. Emma Brane, Ladonia, Tex., has
powder that destroys bedbugs to exchange
one package—for four yards calico, or any
thing of equal value.
Lula Christer, Amicolola, Ga., has this y
numbers of New York Fireside Companion
to exchange for nine yards gray worsted.
Mr. Al. Nichols. Oxford, Fla., has "Stan
ley’s Explorations in Africa” to exchange
for canary, good singer; also four good
novels for Muscovey drake.
Aliss M. F. Crawford, Rives, Ga.. will ex
change one good novel each for Nos. 223,
229, 240 and 253 of Lippincott s Magazine.
Airs. AL L. Pierce, Freeland, Tex., will
exchange “L ncle Tom’s Cabir,'' other novels
and Youth's Companion for 1892-3 for read
ing' matter and rocks and shells.
Aliss Ida Huly, Hendricks, Ala., will ex
change Bell skirt a,nd other patterns for
silk, satin and velvet scraps, or rooted gera
niums and other flowers.
Aliss Alunieo, Alcßea.rden, Ark., will ex
change a plating machine for a boil of
good bleaching, and a pair gold bracelets
ior three dress patterns, a eaileo, gingham
and lawn.
11. W, GrstdySpeech"»« .
Owing to the large demand * w'* •
es ot the late Henry’ W.
compiled them in w-.i't’
sena them to anyt' * <l/
50c. , Air. Grscly’s .... '
national reputation. They at. ■ / w»,at
the school boy wants for th< com
inviiccment exercises. Seno St> >c (stamps
taken), and I will send them to you at once.
T. J. KELLY, Atlanta, Ga.
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Seed Thoughts. f
When we make a profit in business or*
of our first thoughts should be. "Now I c.e)
do something more for the work of the
Lard.” —Anon.
Cast your bread upon the waters, but do
not wait until it is too stale for your own
use.—Sabbath Outlook.
Unquestioning obedience to the will of God
is the highest test of loyalty to Him.—
Christian Nation.
According as every" one is interiorly so
doth he judge exteriorly—Thomas A. Kem
pis.
A shut 1’ 'le is a dumb Bible.—Anon.
Today is , • a ferryboat, and carries us
act css the st. earn of time, from the shore of
yesterday to the shore of tomorrow. —Carlos.
Martyr.
Read your scripture, not only' as a. history
but as a love letter sent to you from Go>’
which rna.v affect your hearts.—Watson. >
Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom.
And heated hot with burning fears,
And dipped in baths of hissing tears,
And battered with the shocks of doom
To shap ■ and use.
—Tennyson.
Christian life has four elements: First,
admit; second, submit; third, commit;
fourth, transmit. —Canon Wilberforce.
A man may lose the good things of this
lit ' against his will, but if lie loses eternal
blessings, he does so with his own consent.—
Augustine.
In the hour of adversity be not without
hope, for crystal rain falls from black
clouds.—Nezzoumee.
Humility is the chain of the chaplet of all
the virtues. —Vianney.
Satan gave Adam an apple and took away
Paradise. Therefore in all temptation let
us consider not what he offers, but what
he shall lose. —Sibbes.
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Dressing as an Art.
It. was Renan who said the decorating nt
the person was an exquisite art; and right
ly. for dress, as far as it is not fulfilling
the primary purpose of a covering and pro
tection for the body, should be considered
and looked at from the same standpoint
as a piece of sculpture or a picture, and
its artistic, merit will be found to be
subject to the si’-me rules. If a costume
succeeds in producing in the observer a
pleasant impression, it is. we may be cer
tain, through adherence to the same prin
ciples that govern beauty, whether in na
ture or art. It should be right in color;
that is, though few appreciate the tact,
the first thing noted by the perception. If
the color be right it should fulfill two ends
—he beautiful in itself and supply, either by
contrast or analogy", a harmonious setting
to face and figure.
Fresh Air and Exercise.
Get all that’s
possible of / Ik
both, if in
need of flesh ',
strength
and nerve ’ a-
force. There's need,too, of plenty
of fat-food.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil builds up flesh
and strength quicker than any
other preparation known to sci
ence.
Scott's Emulsion is constantly ef~
fecting Cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis and kindred diseases
■where other methods fail.
Prepared by Scott A Bowno, N. Y. AB drueffiets.
SAIIGE PLUNKETT.
THE SOVTU IS THE PEACE EOR MAN
VEACTVRLXG IND VS TRIES.
Happy Homes of Country Factories —A Visit
to Troup Factory, thou to Flat Shoals,
tho Old Home of Airs. Felton.
For The Constitution.
What a blessing to humanity will it be
when manufacturing industries make a
move and settle in the roomy expanse of the
sunny southland!
George W. Truitt had promised me and
Brown for a long time that if we would
stray down in Troup county we should
have a good time and be instructed on the
visit. We went last week and have notiiing
to regret, but everything to be thankful
for. A visit to Troup factory" was one of
the pleasantries. Here we found content
ment among the “working class” that has
grown to be a rarity almost everywhere.
So different is the life of these operatives
as compared with tne operatives of city
factories that Troup factory might be
called a blessing to man, a heaven to wo
men and little children. There is an ab
sence of anxiety among the men; the
women are nut careworn and feeble, while
the little children play in grassy places by
cooling streams and shady trees. No house
rent to be met, for the factory furnishes
the house, and they are neat iittle cottages
witli gardens attached. No hustling out
on, hot streets for a pitiful dinner, but fresh
vegetables are in their own patches, meat
at Land and pans of milk cooling in tiie
spring branches. 2YII these people can have
their cow and their pigs in the pen, raise
their vegetables and get their cloth al
wholesale factory prices, house rent is free
and firewood costs scarcely anything, then
why should they nut feel blest and the
whole place smile with contentment?
'ihe girls who weave at this factory took
my eye and Brown’s, too, with pretty
homespun frocks, white aprons and a neat
ness and freshness that reminded us of
tne Sundays at church in the days of the
confederacy. We spent more time looking
at the girls than at the machinery. I don’t
know how old a man has to get before he
quits aumiring such gins as these, but it’s
older than me and Brown. There is no
night work among these operatives and the
littic homes are lighted and cheerful when"
tne day’s work is over. The chiniren play
in the yards by moonshine, the aid folks
smoke tiieir pipes in peace, while the grown
up young’sters sing ami court and dream
of tne happy days to come. Ale and Brown
nave often remarkeu upon the good looks of
the girls wiio work in Atiama and we have
lingered along the streets to watch them
as they nurry to and fro. They are mignty
hard to beat, but they lack a freshness and
bloom which can only be iiati by" tne cooling
streams and shady groves so abundant over
the south. Along these streams and amid
these groves is tne place tor manufacturing
industries to setlie dcw.i. There is no iacit
of room and a plenty of power to run mil
lions of industries that are now crowded
and jammed in much less desirable places,
t neap lands wita water powers, seasons so
iluvoruble, living cheap and a iieulthfuiness
distressing to doctors should cause u rush
from everywhere. How happy would it be
if the capitalists everywhere would deciue
that in tiie comforts and contentment of the
home life of tne laboring masses lies the
best s.-teguard to wealth, and go to work ana
dot. the south ail over with such "environ
ments, ’’ as are found at Troup factory.
From wiiat I know of town life among
poor operatives, there is no comparing
the aavantages oi’ living as the people
of this factory. Not a single face did 1
see that gave a painfu. impression, and
not a single young girl who must work
for a living did 1 fee! could be benefited
by going into tne towns. Tiie deportment
of the people about tins factory is such as
to impress one that there are" many people
in otner walks of lift who could profit by
-looking upon them and imitating their man
ners. Tne owners or this faetory are in
ii.q.jiy toucii with the operat; v rs. and so
... ... i 1..M.15C tvi- tiie '.ugh mora:
stmjdurd of the place. Not a person can
enter these possessions as an operative
until his character has undergone the
must searching inquiry. If bad characters
should get in by chance, they are removed
at once when complaint, with evidence, is
given to the proprietors. Ail in all, Troup
factory is a model place and of just
such places i wisti to see capitalists turning
their attention to the building of. The j
south is full of just such natural powers ■
for the running of machinery; just such
sloping hills, shady woods and rippling
streams —plenty of room, good water, good
health and the material for good morals
at hand. What a blessing to humanity
would a be if the manufacturing industries
of crowded places could be scattered here.
On our way back home we came by Flat
Shoals, on South river. This is another
place of the same kind, and the people
there love to speak of it as the childhood
.home of Mrs. Dr. Felton. Airs. Felton's
: father, Major Latimer, owned Flat Shoals
a long time ago, and there are old people
there who take pleasure in pointing out
tile old home of this lady, but they all
yonder—one old negro auntie in particu
ir-why such a lady married a man with
ich a. big nose. A big nose is all the
iniplaint they bring against the doctor,
ad 1 heard him charged with that when
was running for office, and heard, aiso,
at he was pigeon-toed, but he got
'••re on election day, and there are plenty
peoplj in Georgia who would vote for
now if lie were to come out, despite
sc drawbacks. The scenes at Fiat
~ls afforded us much gratification, and
.ve turned away Brown remarked that
is no wonder such a place had sent
into the world a woman of such a
4 character. Brown believes that cli
“environments,” etc., has somewhat
with tiie formation of character,
te mentioned just these two places
of my recent visit. There are
ds of just such places in Georgia,
■ i in the south —now idle. Like good
a I would be a comparison of these
pk as sites for manufactories, to the
crov i districts of New England or to
ci tie? anywhere. These crowded places
could be purged of much suffering and
danger by turning these idle water powers
of the south into places of usefulness and
homes of comfort and of virtue. It seems
such a pity that people should be crowded
so, when there is so much room; such a
pity that women and children should be
pale and haggard when every brush of a
Georgia breeze is freighted with health
and bloom for the cheek; such a pity—a
God’s pity—that one sweet innocent should
be besmirched by a contact unavoidoble as
matters now run. It is time —a “problem”
worthy the best thought and action —for all
the world to join together in striving to
see what may be did for working people.
It is time to contemplate their conditions
in Crowded places and study out away to
make them better. Like Brown, I believe
that our surroundings have something to
do with the formation of character.
We must rot slight Truitt, in making
mention of Troup county’s good things.
He is a good man. and you will Darn
something by being with him every time.
Last year he planted a quarter of .an acre
in castor beans, because I wanted him to
try it. He pressed the oil from the beans,
put it in bottles and set awav to surprise
me with the pleasant result. When be
went to get bis bottles out, the oil was
all gone. It was mysterious to all of us
as to how the oil got away, but it L; now
plain—solved by Truitt. Rats like oil, and
it was rats that emptied Truitt’s bottles.
With their long tails, they can soon draw
the oil from any bottle, if once they get
the stopper out. It is a sight to watch a
big rat, Truitt says, as he rears his hind
feet up the bottle, sticks his tail down
into the oil and then pulls it out and licks
it. This is a pretty good rat tale, but
Brown saw it, too. This great farmer is
already preparing for Atlanta’s exposition.
He says that he will have the finest indi
vidual display at tho fair over got to
gether on the American continent. Every
product that Geori"’.> soil can be mad ' to
produce will bo studb-d, raised and brought
to the exposition in his display. He is
almost as big a crank now on the planting
of the “unknown” pea as he used to be on
cotton seed. He says that bogs can he
raised with profit by this pea. I believe
hint.
Along the roads going and coming we
saw so many opportunities for fortune
making—so much room, so many pleasures
being missed. Brown grew poetic, and
fr >m the top of a long hill he exclaimed:
Th" scene is mighty in its scope,
Made lovely by the shady nooks
Ar foot of hills that gently slope
To meet and kiss by babbling brooks;
The springs, the breeze, the birds, the
flowers,
Invite the weary “come and rest!”
The tumbling, rumbling water powers
Invite the rich man to invest.
SARGE BLUNKETT.
I'HE STORM IN MINNESOTA.
'Vater Did Great Damage to Property.
Seven Lives Lost.
St. Paul, Mlnn.j May 16.—Half a million
dollars will scarcely cover the damage
done by the great storm of yesterday and
last night in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Tne downpour of rain was the greatest ever
known in this section of tiie northwest and
in many places was as destructive as a
waterspout. The damage is greatest along
the St. Croix, Eugalle and Chippewa
rivers, where the rise in the waters was
so rapid that bridges could not resist it
and dozens of them were washed away.
In several places also dams were washed
out and the swift flowing flood did large
damage to business property.
The death list so far includes seven, one
being killed by lighning near Anika, Minn., ;
ami another near New Richmond, Vv is. ;
A woman and two children were drowned i
in the Eugalle river near Spring Valley, ■
Wis., and two men were drowned near i
ATindon, Minn.
Railway traffic was in a state of paralysis !
all day because of tiie bridges and wash- !
outs on the tracks.
A New ’ u •• i. 11l ma.
Medical science at last reports a positive i
cure (for asthma .n tiie Ko a I’iaut, found on ;
the l ’oligo r.ver, VveM .i’l’ea. So great ,s their
faith in its wornl rful cu a. ive powers, ihe Jvila
Import.ng Comp.my. <1(51 Broadway, New
York, are seaid.iig out large tri.ii case, of the
Kola Compound fr e to ali sufferers from
Asthma. Semi your n..me and adilress on pos
tal card, and they will send you a trial case
by mail free.
I’Gl R STI DENTS DROVN NED.
They Hired a Boat for a Sail and the
Boat Capsized.
Boston. Mass., May la.—Edwin Stanton
Bach, of New Y’ork city; W illiam Camp
bell Truesdell, of Newark, N. J.; John bar
num Brown, of Philadelphia, and Franklin
■\Vbitall, of Philadelphia, all students at
Harvard college, were drowned in the up
per harbor, near Thompson’s island, this
afternoon. They hired a catboat for a sail
and did not return. Today the boat was
found overturned with the bodies of Brown
and Bach in it. The others have not been
found.
The Loss in Boston.
Boston, May 16.—8 y yesterday’s fire 137
buildings were totally destroyed, twenty
two partly burned, 467 families burned out
and about 2,300 persons rendered homeless.
This is the report of the district fire chief
after a poll of the district. 'lhe loss is
about half a million.
A MYSTERIOI S SI It IDE.
lie Sought a Secluded Spot anil Took
Poison.
Bridgeport, Ala., Alay 14. —(Special.)—
While some parties were hunting in Doran’s
cave on Cumberland mountain last Satur
day they saw a raised umbrella over an
apparently sleeping man in a comfortable
nook. They called to the man, but as he
did not respond they approached and found
that he was dead and had been for about a
week. The body was faultlessly attired. {
A gold watch was found in his vest pocket j
ami money was found in his trouser i
pockets. The man was about sixty years j
of age. There were no marks of violence
upon his body, his death and his identity ■
are mysterious. The bod;.’ was removed to
a village near by where it was viewed by .
all th neighborhood and nobody had ever i
seen the mar. in life. It is believid that he, ,
with suicidal intent, quietly sought out the ,
sequestered spot, took th poison, raised i
the umbrella to hide him from the sun as
he fell into his last long sleep.
Stanton’s Poems.
Mr. Frank L. Stanton’s book of poems, i
entitled “Songs of a Day and Songs of the j
Soil." rn iy be obtained from us. Price 81,
po-t paid.
Air. Stanton is perhaps the most widely i
quoted man in America and his poems are
gems of rare merit. A copy should be in
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Atlanta, Ga.
A KtATICK V ’IOG UTORY.
After Hilling a Calf and a NVonian a
Bulldog Hangs Himself.
Harrodsburg, Ky.. May 13.—The Rev. and
Mrs. Joel Chandin attended the silver wed
ding of Air. and Airs, Simeon Hartman in
the adjacent county of Washington a few
days ago. Air. Chamlin was the owner of '
a ferocious bulldog, and before leaving tor ;
the wedding he attached a large block
to the brute’s chain to prevent him from ; j
running away. When the couple returned
home the first thing that attracted their
attention was their faithful watchdog hang
ing over the yard fenc ■, the block securely
fastened to the top rail, his feet nearly
touching the ground, ami hung by the chain
until he was stiff in death. They walked
into the yard, and there found a young calf <
that was in the yard also dead and con
siderably mangled. Mr. Chimlin took the
horse from the vehicle and led the horse
to the barn, and his wife went into the
kitchen to kindle a fire. Her screams
alarmed her husband, and he hastened to
her relief. He ran around through the fi u k
yard to the kitchen, and there a terrible
sight met his hoTrified gaze.
On the back porch, near the kitchen door,
lay the lifeless and mangled form of a
young lady. It was so mutilated that it
could scarcely be recognized. It was the
corpse of Aliss Alary, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of Mr. John Brand. Aliss Brand ; '
had, soon after dinner, walked over to ;
spend the afternoon with Airs. Chamlin, |
and borrow some patterns, and her delay ;
had not alarmed her parents, as they did i
not expect her return until after supper, i
The opinion generally prevails that the I
animal was afflicted with rabbii s, and killed i
the young lady before making the attack ■
on the calf.
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