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by MRS. WILLIAM KING.
/Ail i.w.re tn tM» denartment and The Young Folks’ column must be addressed
to irl WUi”m! King. 480Courtland avenue. Ada-.ia, < ;.< >
••I Gur«< • Cam.
She washed the dishes, and made the bed.
And patiently tmt on her knee. <«» « c ™ b ’
Tn winter she milked the cows in the shed.
In summer bent o’er the Bteaming •.
She made th- garden. and swept and baker.
And cooked for boarders, and raked the haj
And never complained that her poor head
ached.
Or John was almost always away
When they asked her if she would like to .
vote*
She said with a sigh and a look remote:
• I have don. more work than my old man.
If I have the time. why. 1 guess lcan _
She rocked the cradle the while she churn
e<l
She kept the chi’. Iren so clean and neat.
And most of the living her poor hands
earned.
While John talked politics in the
When nny were sick, the watch she kept.
She gathered th. little ones feabUtfh day.
\rd walked two miles to the church aiway.
She mended and sewed while her husband
She uught the children each day to spell;
When they asked if she favored the suffrage
She timidly plance.l at her hustmnd-’ Well.
baked and
And and grumbled of ’ woman’s
KndSt r’children crew Into stalwart men.
Brave and helpful and by her »«’«•
She knew she made them, and on< e ■ - ai "’
When they asked the question. Ute said
-There s h hundred-dvllar woman some
times
Yoked to a small ten-dollar man.
I’m sure It Isn’t one of »«e crimes „
To vote gainst him. 1 guess I ‘
Monte cito. aL
—EMMA I‘LAY TER SEABI 111.
The b’«»od queUimi.
erf n™, v.;r> '""'"’J
m.eUln. slvcn t.. V« Wk ’*
of the higher life of the household, ami
we do not think there is a household mag
azine In the country from which so mu< h
useful Information can be gather. .
add to the many good articles its reaae
have heretofore enjoyed, now comes with
the October number the puoih ati>n
reries of pap. re on that all important sub
ject "The I’ori Question.”
These papers « li be prepared by some
of our nbleat writ* ■ . M■« the mrt>j< ’ wHI
to discussed from the scieiititi.- theore.i- ,
cal and pr*« t -1 tandpoinl. >v. h sub
ject. as "V.-h a»s and Wh. at. n b lour
•’Breads and Cra« aers “Meats Iwu
for Infants and Invalids,” “Animal, vege
table C. real and Fruits As Food," will
be discus-ed-lnd-ed. everything that af
fects the sustenance, health and economy
of our homes. It would l>e uurcult to se
lect a iii'.re imtertant subject, or one that
b.-ars more on our domestic fell.’itj. It is
of vital importance, and w- ow< mu< h to
the editor of the-i Housekeeping for the
valuable service that will b.; remh t.si its j
reader*. There u-.1l be a question box j
open.■d for Inquiries. ..ich a* will c »:nc
from th se interested on any practical point
in the discussion-
The “Food <J testion" will make Good
Housekeeping even more valuable as a
h.us. h- i i inagaaine than it is at present.
In my family every number is kepi, and
at the end of the year bound in a volume,
to be preserved for future generations.
The pre-s has many articles on the pro
posed dis. ussion, and is taking much in
terest in it. The editor of The New York
Mail says:
“I am glad to know that Good House
keeping is to discuss th*- food question from
the scientific and theoretical, as well as
the practical standpoint. No question con
cerns the physical welfare of the people
more than that of proper quality and quan
tity of the food w.- consume. Its bearing
on our moral welfare must also be obvious.
In my family Good Housekeeping is not only
read but fll.-d away to be reread. Your
excellent serial of papers offers a field for
the practical discussion of this question,
ar.d I ant glad to know that it is to be so
Completely hll. I.”
Mr. Samuel Bowles, of The Springfield
Republican, writes forcibly in connection
with Good Housekeeping’s proposed 'cries
of VJpens ou “The Food Question.” He
says:
"I have read with much interest the an
nouncement of your proposed series of ar
ticles on The Fool Question.’ There is i
surely no object of great, r importance to
the household of our people than this, and
such a broad, thorough and scientific dis
cussion of it by th- best authorities, as
you contemplate, cannot fall to prove of
great public benefit. There can. of course,
be no better way of making this discussion
effective than by the publication of the ar-
Government Reports
ON TESTS OF
Baking Powders.
Analysis by the Chief Chemist of the U. S. Agricultural
Dep’t proves Dr. Price’s to be superior in leavening strength
and purity to all other powders.
THE PROOF.
(From Official Records).
Leavening Gas.
Cub. in. per os.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder ....... 166
The award of highest honors to
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
at the World’s Columbian Fair was the result of investigation
by the Government authorities and leading experts in food
products, ft stamps Dr. Price’s as the best and strongest
baking powder ever offered to the public.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1894.
ticles In Good Housekeeping. The food
question is one that concerns us all vitally,
and upon which we greatly need enlighten
ment. There is no doubt that our lives will
be happier, more healthful and more useful
wh.-ii it is better understood. 1 am glad
that you see and propose to embrace the
opjwrtunitv for valuable reform work in
this direction.”
THE KINGDOM** < Oil ICEsI’OXDENCE.
A Gossipy Exchange of Views Among the
l.n.lles for Themselves.
••Sufferer," Box 37, Elkin, N. C.—Will some of
the sisters give a cure lor Mtbma, and greatly
oblige one who sutlers with it.
Miss Dorothy, Pleasant Ridge. Ala.—ls the sis
ter who inquired how to sweeten lard after it. lie
came rancid, will put the lard uno a pot, and
when it Iwgins to bod ultee (very thin 1 ' Irish pota
to. s into it. and boil until the potatoes are brown,
she will have nice, sweet lard again. About six
potato » to a gallon will be sutlieient. I have tried
this often and never tailed.
Mrs. E. May Parker, Enterprise, Li.—Will some
of the sisters tel! me where I cm gel pure
lil.sml l-mgshan and brown Leghorn fowls? lam
very anxious to get them by Decemlier Ist.
lam a great i.dourer ot The Constitution. 1
hav. <>n< live ami one fifty dol'arconfederate bills
t<>exchange for licstoiler. Write what you will
give iu exchange.
Mrs. 1.. W. Shen, Quincy, Fla. —I send a remedy
to Mrs. line, who is suffering from swimming in
head: One teuspooniul of craborchard salts
every morning before breakfast will produce a
I w ish so much some of the cousins would visit
this portion ot I’.ondi the coining winter. You
mould ceitainly enjoy our lovely climate and
beautiful flowers.
Me have a co. y little home just ten miles from
the thriving littl • town ol Quincy, which is beau
tilulh loc ited among the red clay hills. Hern you
«111 timi son I tl.i t» -st people in tl.e world, who
will always give a stranger a warm welcome.
Best wishes to Aunt Susie.
Mrs. A. N. Hughey, Hughey, Tenn.—l was much
mien* ted n Mrs. l.itton’a letter from I’eters’a
Island, A:k. 1 think she will have to do a little
missionary work in her own town there; such a
l:e;d should lie worked. Would the people care
lor a muster, ami would they welcome one? I
can see when 1 close my eyesi her flat, level homo
in contrast to the hills that meet my vision on all
M ies when my eyes are <qwu. No pines are hen*,
hot wooded hills amt long high on* s covered with
corn are to l>e sem, ns ks in aluiiiiiaiiCe and good
clear water. A huh bale ol cotton to the acre is
very good, but w.* do not r iise so much cotton.
Corn is the main er«n>; wheat ai d rye, seed
millet, anil almost anything will <to very well here,
but our in i' ~n I low amis wII not produce
anything like her delta. But every year some
crop I.- load anil clrin-hcs are found everywhere.
Sometimes I think there is too much religion in
ii.r.n aud not * i ough ot < hnattauity in practice,
.-closd system is not to Iw bragged oil like it ;s in
most ol the southern states.
Sisters, i w .s loruiuate euongh to Im* the win
net oi the th.rd prize in the cotton contest offered
by our dear < ■-list itutloii, and h v;iig wen I tear
I -hail le pue-'ing at everything that comes
along olthoiigii I cannot u-e the urire won my
self. lama very busy woman with five little
< 'i h.r ii. on a limn wl.er there is lots ot work all
the v h ie. y 1m in ige to read a good ileal and to
w :• u n x children s studies, anil lake an interest
in it.em. I tiy to U* neat aud comlortable, yet I
wage no wai on dirt, believing other things are
more luiportaut.
•■Mrs. A. ,1..” Arcadia, La.—l am a subscriber to
The Constitution, ami have read with much inter
est V ••man’s kingdom, ami the many interesting
letters. I think 11.e <|uestion: “Shall we know
eaen other n. heaven?’’ has lieen well discussed.
Each side can lind proof in the Bible, but I t>e-
I'i've th t evciy trm-< liristi-iii who bis dear olios
liefi.rc.lt - .en ly «oattdt itln h i heart,
that when she tea-l.e* that hapiiy place she will
m«*et. r cognize ml have a joyful meeting with
tUoM- sin loved oil earth.
It would not seem like going to heaven to think
ot going to a strange place, where one could not
reeogntzi any one, n >t even her own dear chil
dren. Those who believe that, should now ills
ctis tin* qm st ion: “Shall we know our ownselvea
iu lieaveii?"
I have learned many nice things from the King-
■ -. o l MW in let urn wdl
contribute a i< w items, hoping tiny may interest
.Hid bei e!tt MMM ••::•'.
home lady not long since asked for a remedy for
Chronic »< re eyes, if she will get tartar emetic
aud mix with lard or iresh butter; take a little on
Iler finger and rub wel! on the little high bone
just Iwliind the ear, once a day un'il it br<*aks out
in sores, it will relieve eyes immediately. I se it
earctiilly as it is poisonous. Just bathe the eyes
in weak salt water, ami l.<*ep them moist with
■ome soothing salve. I used that remedy with my
little girl, who had Icen nearly blind with sore
eyes 10l four years. The pl.ua s got very sore and
were verv mm h swol.en down to her chia, but 1
(Hiulti. <<l that, and in two weeks her eyes were
well. Mie is now twenty-two years old, and bus
never bad sore eyes since.
I r erysipelas, wlncii is paudul, take prepared
chalk aiid mix with spirits <d camphor until it is
the < on-isti ney of eicam : then with a feat her
cover the inflamed parts; it will burn very little
.it I'l-t. I I. n le. I < ooi ami plea-ant ami give in
s; «nt leliel. l;e|>eat as olten as necessary. This
will reucte any sore uii.rli inflamed.
1 r a burn take clean ginned cotton ami roll it
w. il in wheat Hour and cover the burn which will
i. ;i* ve it at once. V« lieu it Is-gina to grew pain
ful again, remove that and cover again with Iresh
cotton and flour. 1 have never seen the skin break
when that wks used in time.
1 or catarrh and throat trouble, take rich pine
sawdust and smoke in a clean pipe; luhale the
•moke and blow it through the nose.
Kind wishes to all.
FACZ/JAGF list.
S. H. Witherspoon, Pulpit Harbor, Me.,
will exchange nice sea shells for confeder
ate stamps, bills and bonds.
M. L. Herwig, Herwlg, Tex., has fifteen
patterns and material for making paper
flowers to exchange for calico, bleaching,
canton flannel and other things.
for particulars.
E. L. Cochran. Parker’s Store, Ga. x has a
pair of roller skates to exchange for “a good
book or best offer.
Miss Sallle Bass, Elma, Tex., has a good
brooch to exchange for four good novels
or collection of People’s Home Journal.
Mrs. Mary Haines, Leggett, Tex., has a
gen'tle gray coon to exchange for a bolt
of sheeting, also novels for two yards
green eilk.
F. B. Turner, Gaiter, Fla., has a pet deer,
five months old, to exchange for a trio of
Essex pigs or u Winchester rille. Write
first.
Miss Lula McAdams, Little Creek, Ga.,
has rooted snowballs and cinnamon bulbs
to exchange for silk or velvet scraps, for
crazy quilt, or one yard of calico.
Melvin H. Whitman, Warsaw, N. C., has
one dozen rooted sweet violets to exchange
for one yard of gingham, any color, and
2 cents for postage: also over 3.001) can
celled Columbian stamps for best offer.
Mrs. G. B. Grayson, Eastabuchie, Miss.,
has a few very fine singing canaries to ex
change. Would like a high-arm sewing
machine, if any one wishes enough birds
to go into business. Write for particulars,
with stamp for reply.
Miss Sue R. Smith, Fordyce, Ark., has a
handsomely bound book in cloth called,
“Poetry and Art, or Rich Gleanings front
Mimi an<l Heart," beautifully illustrated,
to exchange for “Life and Speeches of H.
W. Grady,” by Harris. Write first.
“For out of Thought’s interior sphere
These wonders rose to upper air.”
could well have been written of the world's
fair. There Dr. Price’s Cream Baking
Powder got the highest award.
CoinliM mid I’iiis for the Hnir.
Ono of the prettiest of feminine fads for
the coming fall and winter are combs ami
pins for the hair. Many materials will be
used, but the most fashionable is genuine
tortoise shell, handsomely carved. For
, evening silver combs (the larger the bet-
$
•
pierced 8i Ever.
ter) will be the style. Indeed it is expected
that the old-fashioned Spanish comb of
twenty years ago will be revived.
A genuine shell comb of the fashionable
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size can cost sl<D or more. These very large
combs can never bo imitated, because horn
never comes large enough.
Two very dainty combs are pien*ed gold
with pearls, and the same with amber
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TORTOISE SHETjL, ST’XN’RMi STVI.E.
i'l ER< ’EI * G< >l.: > l’i ERCED GOLD
WITH I’EALRS. AMBER I’RoNGS.
prongs, in many of these more elegant de
signs, precious stones anil especially dia
monds are used in ornamentation. With all
these combs come sid • combs and hair pins
to match, some plain tortoise shell ami
ethers mounted in .silver and gold. There
are many very good imitations, and for
those who cannot afford tire expensive ones
there are really pretty combs at very little
cost.
The Mother of Methodism.
“Mrs. 'Wesley, the mother of John and
Charles Wesley, was the true founder of
the Methodists,” says Julia. Wedgewood.
Great as John Wesley was, his thoughts
and Inspirations at critical times came
from his mother. The very name of
Methodism would seem to have come from
her. When John’s bother, Samuel, was
a scholar at Westminster his mother wrote
him, in 1709, and mentioned the won! which
gave the nickname by which the sect was
known. “1 would advise you,” she tells
him, “as much as possible to throw your
business into a certain method, by which
means you will learn to improve every
precious’ moment.” These words were the
origin of the little Oxford Methodist Socie
ty. She was a marvel of intellect and will.
Her fatiier. Dr. Annesley, was a distin
guished dissenting preacher. For all that,
she left her father’s seel for Episcopacy at
thirteen years of age and wrote a learned
account of the controversy to explain her
conduct. And yet today, the great society,
founded, named ami inspired by a. woman,
denies to women the right of ordination to
preach the gospel, or to servo as delegates
in the general conference.
Helping Iler Mother Soclnlly.
When a dinner or luncheon Is given by
her parents she should be the one to slip
away unobserved to add the last touches
to the table and see if everytiiing is as
it should be, to note the temperature of
the dining room, to put the name cards
at the places assigned and to be accessi
ble in case of emergency, writes Mrs. Bur
ton Kingsland in a thoughtful article on
“The Daughter in the Home" in tile Sep
tember Ladies’ Home Journal.
it is especially the province of the
daughter of the house to take an inter
est in the adornment of rooms and table,
tiler mind relieved of weightier responsibil
ities, it is at leisure to conjure up dainty
and artistic effects which are always ap
preciated. The arrangement of the flowers
for the table naturally devolves upon her
unless one has recourse to a florist's ser
vices. , t
Best of all, she can help her mother so
ciallv by being “good and glad.” A young
girl, with her eager, joyous outlook on to
life, full of the spirit of innocent anil friend
ly hospitality, lavish in the bestowal of
smiles and cordial greetings and with her
radiant expression of delighted interest in
everything and everybody. Is enough to
put a whole roomful in good humor.
AKP ON HAPPINESS.
GIIJND FREPAKATIONS FOR A WED-
DINO AT lIIS HIOVSE.
When Not Worrying About the Little
Arps He Im About the Country.
Tho I’re«en's Hu Hua to Buy.
Oh, my country. I thought that when
me and my wife or my wife and I had
raised our ten children and turned them
loose we would have a rest and our re
maining days would all be calm and serene.
But these grandchildren keep coming on
and every new one that comes has tu have
a silver cup or a silver spoon or something
byway of remembrance. It used to be cups,
but it has got down to spoons now and I
reckon will get down to safety pins after
while. My wite is a maternal ancestor
and is proud of her grandchildren and
these little mementos have got to come,
money or no money. And there are the
birthdays that keep on multiplying and
she knows every one and wants something
for them. “Just a little something,” she
whispers as she follows me to the door.
It is these little somethings that keep me
on a strain, but I’m going to keep on that
line as long as 1 can. She has been telling
me-for a month that I ought to have a
new suit of clothes, especially as there was
a wedding to come off in the family very
soon and 1 would have to escort the bride
adown the long drawn aisle in the pres
ence of a multitude. And so 1 tried the
clothing stores in Atlanta tor a suit with
tile tariff off, but I didn’t find it. That kind
hasent come yet, and so I shall brush up
my old ones for the occasion. Nobody is
going to look at me nohow, for there are
to be ten beautiful bridesmaids and as
many groomsmen and a church full of wit
nesses end the wedding march is to be
played, and 1 could just drop out of it and
never be missed. But 1 did buy my wife a
silk wedding dress anil she is as proud as
she was at sweet sixteen, wihen she stood
up by me with her Augusta clothes on.
She diilent have but one bridesmaid, either,
and there wasent much fuss made over it.
There were no presents at all, but a few
days after qt e went to housekeeping seven
likely darkies came tramping up to the
house and sat down on the front steps
until I came from t'he store. My pretty
young wife was sitting at the window pre
tending to sew. She had a mischievous
smile on her face as I stopped in front of
the smiling darkies. "What are you all
doing here," said I. “What have you come
after. Tip—you and Mary and ail?” And
Tip said: "Old master sont us up here to
Miss Octavy and she tole us to sot down
here twell you come. Old master tole us
we all b’long to you and Miss Octavy
now.”
Well, I never felt as helpless In my life.
What to do with them 1 didn’t know. I
had no plantation and no negro houses and
it never occurred to me that I could hire
them out. So after consultation me and
my wife or my wife and I sent them all
back except Tip and Mary and begged the
old gentb rna** to k* op them until later.
He enjoyed the joke and said he only
wanted to make a delivery ot
them, for they had long declared
that when Miss Octavy got married they
were “gwine wid her.”
No, we didn’t have our share of wedding.
My wife cost me just sll.so—slo to old Broth
er Patterson, the preacher, and a dollar
and a half for the license. Cheap, I
tell you. A good wife is the cheapest thing
in the world, for she has done been raised
and clothed and schooled when you got
her. Old Jacob had to work fourteen years
for the girl he loved, but he got some of
that back by cheating old man Labon in the
cattle trade. But nowadays a wedding costs
as much as a funeral—costs old folks I
mean. From the way things are going on
at my house it looks like the whole family
are to be married, even d>wn to the lit
tle granddaughters, who !><•• to bo dressed
up as cherubs and mingle with the angels.
It takes dry goods and lace amazing. And
the kinfolks are coming and some dear
friends, and all have to come in bridal
array, and the cake baking business has
begun and old Aunt Ann is as much excited
as if she was to be married, too, and de
clares that “nobody’s cake ain't gwine ter
beat” her cake. The house has been swept
and garnished—not a cobweb or a speck in
it. The rooms in the cabin have been
cleaned and carpeted, and for a while one
of them was assigned to me, but 1 am
ruled out now and will have to hang up
somewhere or sleep on the hay in the barn.
It is a mighty big thing, 1 tell you, for
our baby girl is going to step off ami leave
us—going off after a young man who is
no kin to her and never did anything for
her but give her a ring and a book anil
some French candy now ami then. But it
is all right and according to nature and we
can die more happily if the girls are happi
ly married before we go. But our time will
come yet if we live four years
longer. We will have a golden wed
ding no silver in ours. We are for the gold
standard right now in advance. Just a
gold dollar from each of our friends will
do, for we are goldolateiw now in anticipa
tion. We don't want to break nobody.
These silver wedding presents from the
generous donors are mighty nice and highly
appreciate 1 by the happy donees, but they
give the old folks fits—l mean the paternal
ancestors who have to foot the bills. If an
old man has a. popular son or daughter
who has to play bridesmaid or groomsman
to somebody three or four times a year its
ns aggravating as town taxes. I know a
handsome bachelor over in Rome who died
insolvent, and it was making wedding
presents that broke him. He wanted to
marry to get out of the business, but
coukient make up his mind, and all his set
of girls married while he was making up his
mind and he had to give every one a beau
tiful present. At last he died and not one
of tiiose girls went to his funeral. But it is
the fashion nowadays to make wedding
preset)ts, and it is all right if they come
willingly and don't strain the old man's
pocket. It is a sort of tax on income that
lias to be endured. In our young days we
dident get presents, but we had as line a
wedding supper as can be had now, and
next day we had an infair, that was as fine
as the supper. The infair was a swell din
ner at the house of the groom’s father, and
both families and all their kindred were
there. That ended the show. There was no
London or Paris or New York or Saratoga
in it, but the young couple went to work.
Me and my wife—that is to say my wife
and I—did go to Tallulah falls about the
close of the honeymoon. Tile honeymoon
is the first month after marriage, and it
closes about the time the young man quits
calling his wife honey. We went in an old
fasioned carriage that swung high and had
folding steps in the cas’ng of each floor
and hml a high diekey seat for the driver
and a place behind for a little nig to stand
on. Ohl Virgil was the carriage driver, and
was proud of his vocation. He was then
over fifty, ami is living yet, as gray as a
rat ami blind as a bat. Yes, we went to
Tallulah when it was a howling wilderness.
Nobody lived there but a man by the name
of Beall, w'no was in the war with Mexico
and had named Lis two boys Churubusco
and Monterey amt h’s little girl Buena Vis
ta Tallulah was then awfully magnetic. 1
reckon ii is yet. 1 held on to my pretty
y it-.ng wife desperately when she ventured
a look over the awful precipice. 1 read a
few years ago about a is autiful bride los
ing lief consciousness right tiiere and in a
swoon she fell over the brink and down,
down, down until she was gone from
sight and her husband became almost in
sane, and the people ran down there in
horror and despa’r—and as they descended
by the winding and dangerous way to lind
her mangled remains, they saw her hang
ing in a thornbush that grew from out the
rocks a hundred feet down. She was alive,
and they got ropes and rescued her and
found that she was saved by the strength
<f a hoopskirt that she bought at Dough
ertv’s store, on Pea lAree street, in Atlanta,
ami it cost only $1.75, and he had plenty
mor*' of the same sort left. That carriage
ride to the falls and from there to Toccoa
and back home was a delightful episode,
ami I continued to call my bride honey ami
sugar and darling. It beat a railroad car
where every envious fool is looking at you
and pointing you out, ami these newspaper
gimlets tire their little squibs at you and
think it smart.
The wedding, the marriage, the nuptials
is the biggest thing in a man’s life, espe-
cially a woman’s. It ts bigger than being
born or dying. We look back and wonder
at the eagerness with which we tooK the
risk, the peril of happiness or misery, the
very word wedding means a bet, a wager,
a chance. Nuptials means a veil, a. covering,
as though a man couldent see what kind or
a wife he was getting, and conjugal means
a yoke, and the law tells of the chains of
matrimony. Nevertheless, the young folks
make the leap as though they would mil
on a bed of roses and all their friends, old
and voting, look on with smiles and c°n
gratulations. There is no weeping or wail
ing. That comes later, if it comes at at).
But marriage is nature, and nature is the
safest guide of all. I would marry every
time. I would rather have an uncongenial
wife whose children loved me than no wite
at all. It is the woman who takes the great
er risk and she had U tter remain single
than bo bound to a bad man who will en
tail misery upon herself, and her ch,, '*^ n ’
Iqq. BILL/ Alii .
An Increase in the United States army
is advocated by General Schofield. Rations
for the present force are cooked with Dr.
Price's Cream Baking Powder,
Heins of Interest for Women. Gathered
from ‘•The Woman's* C'oltinin.”
Mrs. E. B. Leland is the basso trombonist
in 'tho orchestra of the First Baptist Sun
day school of Baltimore. She began the
study of this instrument some time ago,
for the benefit of her health, and she has
not only made a success of it musically,
but has expanded her lungs and improved
her health generally.
Miss Helen Peel, a granddaughter of the
famous English statesman, has taken an
arctic voyage from England to the Kara
sea . , ,
Mary Wilmer Smith is one <of a firm of
jewelers and opticians at Westerly, R. L,
having graduated at the optical college,
of Philadelphia.
A grandniece of Daniel Webster. Miss
Kate Sanborn, was professor of literature
for four years at Smith college.
j Mrs. R. B. Leathers, of New Orelans, who
j had the honor of representing Ixiuisiana
I as commissioner at the worlds fair, has
| applied for a captain’s license, for use on
' the Natches, one of the finest boats on the
Mississippi. There is One other woman
captain on the river, Mrs. Miller. Miss
French has a commission and acts as a
pilot on a Mississippi steamer.
In Japan there 1s but one lady lawyer.
Her name is Madame Tel-Sino. In Eng
land, as far as we know, there are none.
In this country there are about ICO.
WANTED.
Confederate Local or City Stamps.
These stamps were issued by postmasters
of various towns in 1860-51 before the regu
lar cont’ed'rate stamps were used. They
are in various colors of print and usually
bear the name of the town and sometimes
the name of the postmast«T by whom issue.!
with amount of postage paid. We also buy
all denominations of confederate and Co
lumbian stamps. For full particulars ad
dress with stamp,
STANDARD STAMP COMPANY.
Box 481, Atlanta, Ga.
A Jnpnnese Clock.
The real real Japanese clock, one of the
kind in use among that brown-skinned, al
mond-eyed race of orientals before they
came in contact with timekeepers of Euro
pean pattern, is the oldest horological in
strument imaginable. They are of many
kinds and patterns, of course, but are all
alike in one respect, viz., in recording the
flight of time without that seeming indis
pensable adjunct—the pointer rotating on
an axis, in these queer Japanese time
keepers, the scale and figures (characters)
are arranged in a fashion more resembling
a Fahrenheit thermometer than anything
else, the pointer or "hand" being attached
to a rod, which is continually sliding down
ward in the “time tube," thus pointing to
the hour and minute as it slowly but im
perceptibly falls towards the “bulb" or
weighthouse.” A square-linked chain is
attached to the upper end of the roil, to
which the time pointer is affixed, and
when the clock is "wound up” it is done
by simply eoiling the chain around the
toothed wheel. A heavy weight fastened at
the other < nd of the rod continually puds
rod and pointer downward, thus jilainly and
simply recording the flight of time.
I WILL DO YOlll IHYIVG,
And Save A'ou Money anil Worry.
If you wish to dress in the most fashion
able style send to me for samples of the
latest and most fashionable materials. 1
make a specialty of buying goods for out
of-town customers. It makes no difference
what you want. 1 will purchase same and
send to you at lower price than you would
secure if you ma<:e the purchase direct.
Atlanta is the fashioiiaoie center of the
south and I have the very best facilities for
looking after the interest of my customers.
With years of experience in New York
and I’aris, I am thoroughly acquainted with
all kinds of materials and know the value
of goods. Bridal outfits a specialty. Address
madame Josephine dessiant,
Box 435, Atlanta, Ga.
Household Hints.
Any application of spirits will crack leath
er.
Acid phosphate will remove Ink stains
from the hands.
Canned sardines carefully browned on a
double-wire gridiron, and served with lemoife
are appetizing.
Canned tomatoes are more dilicious baked
than stewed. About ten minutes before
removing from the oven spread buttered
bread crumbs over the top.
Silver or steel thimbles are the only kinds
to be used. Other compositions of which
cheap thimbles are made are very fre
quently of lead or pewter, and their use is
likely to result in serious inflammation and
swelling if there is even a slight scratch on
the linger.
Something new in the way of albums is
tlie dress album. It consists of a blank book
of good, thick paper, and in It is pasted a
scrap of about two inches square of each
dress the owner purchases. Under each
dress is written the date when the dress
was first worn, and the cost may also be
added in ciphers for the owner's private
reference.
Pineapples and Edam cheese should be
cut so that the top will fit on again in
good condition. A large piece of any other
kind of cheese is preserved by wrapping it
well in a large square of cheesecloth, dipped
ami then wrung out of cidet vinegar. When
sending cheese to the table with the silad
or any other course, see that it is laid on
a fresh napkin.
».
Stanton's Poems.
Mr. Frank L. Stanton's book of poems,
entitled “Songs of a Day and Songs of the
Soil," may be obtained from us. Price it.
postpaid.
Mr. Stanton is perhaps the most widely
quoted man in America anc his poems ara
gems of rare merit. A copy should be in
every home. Address all orders to
THE CONSTITUTION,
Atlanta, Ga.
A Bottle of Old YVine.
A bottle of wine seventy-five years old,
is causing much annoyance to Mrs. T. B.
Smith, of Bloomfield, N. J. Mrs. Smith
was once pre-ideat of the local Women’s
Christian Temperance Union, and lias re
cently been active in defeating Mrs. R. N.
Dodd, a candidate for the office, on the
ground that as Mrs. Dodd owns a hotel in
which there is a bar, she is engaged in the
liquor traffic. Thereupon Mrs. Smith h r
self was accused vs keeping wine in her
cellar, and owned up to one bottle seventy
live years old which she said was prized as
an heirloom, but would never be opened
during her life. Since tiiis statement was
ma le thieves have twice ai tempted to break
in and steal the precious bottle, «,me pois
oning a dog. so as to have a, bettei chance,
an<l many persons have 'offered to buy the
wine and have hinted that the owner's dis
position is like that of the dog in the man
ger. -Mrs. Smith absolutely refuses to sell,
and has thus far successfully defied bur
glars.
Aliour OUR U IGll-ARMF. WACHIXU.
Groveton, Trinity County, Tex., Septem
ber 10. 1894 —The Atlanta Constitution--Dear
Sir: I have received your high-arm premium
machine and have tested it satisfactorily.
1 never thought of getting such a machine.
I have been using st wing machines twenty
four years. Yours beats anything 1 ever
saw tor light running and tine finish. I
think it best your description of it. I
don’t see how you can send such a machine
an<l attachments for s2l and your valuable
paper for one year. 1 could not get such
a one here for less than $35 or sio. I
will say to all the readers of yourpaper
who want a machine t.ow is the time to
get it and save 75 or 100 per cent. Your
friend. S. HUDSON.
Note. —Wo are still offering this machine
as a premium. The Cokstltvtivn.
Driving the Brain
at the expense
of the Body. f
While we drive j-;
the brain we '
must build up f
the body. Ex
ercise’, j>ure air
—foods that
make healthy flesh—refreshing
sleep—such are methods. When
loss of flesh, strength and nerve
become apparent your physician
will doubtless tell you that the
quickest builder of all three is
Scoffs
of Cod Liver Oil, which not only
creates flesh of and in itself, but
stimulates the appetite fur other
foods.
_Pr u.ared by Scot* * Bnwnc. N Y. All drnre
WANTED
Confederata Local or City Stamps.
Those stamps were issued by postmaster*
of various towns in 1860-61, 1 u<
lar confederate stamps were i>- *] v
in various colors of print and ire; dl;, ' b* .ir
the name of the town and som»-ii . s the
name postmaster by w'nor.i i>su<<i
, with amount of postage paid. We ;■<-■! buy
i all denominations of confederate :md <’ ’ten-
Man stamps. For full partii ulars a . s.
with stamp,
STANDARD STAMP CO.. Box !si.
Atlanta, Ga.
'Woter is '■ •
Fl it should not he drunk f •
unless proper precautions j J
are taken. More diseases £ 7
p j arise from drinking ini- / ,
pure water than people / y
imagine and yet in the { ,
r'i face cf warning they con- V
Ffat tinue to absorb the dan- „ \'ft
fcl gcrous fluid. If you have
Vi any doubt—if you are^ K #<'
V® travelling—if you move? ■
TH to a new locality—take <
f j no risks but put a tea- V \
spoonful of
£/ ' •
B * roa "
in the glass of water, /
T 4 as it makes it licalthy and
vj On a journey it is ’
always dangerous to j
Jus drink much water—take
uA Bbown’s Ikon Bitt;.?.;
F l along—some people would
not start without it, for it
KJ keeps them in health. A, -
V i BIIOWNCHCM. CO., EAi.ro.. MO
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“Our Friends”
Sa\ s I'.:. er Wenae H ur _'S
mile-stones whereby "e measure our
progress th- -h Lfe.”
De you van: to be somel ’ •? 1: \ u do,
there is no time t ■ lose. T'. •
age oi “ Tl. m.ir. ■■ ? -r. •
know things will be as sorel; :• -rt in th. r. •
•s a horee who s’.;: ’s -re.- ab. -••• <••
water in his interior Jepa-re. r.’. Yo r
friends will be sorry, *• t t ca:- p
to wait for you. There is n>rv ’M c>
We must go forward rb i . :J. in
crisis of life, the r in
WJso Hesitates
Is Lost
How to succeed—thatisthe great qves.i a.
The most important thing is to w
what you want to Jo, and then do it v.x il.
No half-measure.
Whatever your business, trade cr
profession oiuke yourself mas r • f it.
N.n. Study
the pm •: aI ■ art ■ >ur bu ess first an 4 f
ornament your mind a: :e rward. Bute
will saj: I work hard
I have no room nor mo ■ • t ?r a library
wherewith to educate myself, and no lima
for lectures or lessons.
Now Listen:
It vour room is only six feet by four and
your income the smallest. y< ucan fuinih
it with the test library in he w.. ,j at a c st
that will surprise you by its insi,;-.’. . .:e.
That library consists ot one work only.
But that one work covers the entire :i ?t i of
human knowledge. It is a work worthy to ba
your guide thr 'u,;h !i It is the new
up-to-date editii’r. <•! th' Great Enc.clor- dia
Britannica, and if you are a subscriber to
The Constitution sou can have it as your
own by the simple saving of io cents a day.
Write tor ap- n ation blank.
Tile Constitutin' st,
ATLANTA, GA.
SEED WilEAr
Early red purple straw. Tappaha: •••.■k
white, early red Moy, Fuletre r red '■ .ird
ed or bwrt vai ietles for the • -T
bushel; 100 bushels for J’.’s. Al-o t’o" y's
; ■ ’S
swing churns. $7. Mark \V. Johnson Seed
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Mention The Constitution.
Clairvoyance Fre
Send stamp to Dr. A. T. Carpenter. •>" •■«
114 l om building, 325 D arborn St.,Ch : . 000.0 0 0.
Mention The Constitution.
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