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1 litre Ain't No I sc.
There ain’t no use objectin’ when the
clouds begin to spread
Their wings. like tV, ':s of vultures, hoverin'
plo- -my- overhead.
Fer oa-k of ail this frownin’ there's a
Strip o' gleamin' hue.
Behind this pile o’ blackness there's a hope
fcr me an’ you!
Hi-re ain't no use o' weepin* fer the
dreams o’ long ago.
Fer the songs o’ love that tncm’ry keepa
forever on the flow —
lest raise your eyes with hopin’, an’ in
tomorrow's smile
You’ll see den- fa-es waitin' fer your
coinin' aft -while.
r.i«*re ain’t no use o’ mopin’ an’ a-stoppln’
by the way.
A'here the shadow* gather darkly—where
no joy-lit s.tnbennis play.
When you might :» well be movin’ toward
the broad an’ open plain.
Where the darkness dare not follow, where
the light breaks forth a? -tin!
—SDWAUi) N. WOOD.
The Unmnß Question.
The woman question is one that at pres
ent agitates society to - eons!d*r<ble de
gree. and we are gla 1 to pr- tent to our
readers a contrHuti-m on "hi -sbj-'ct from
the pen <-f ur gifted
ja Wessel.” who---’ article-* :..:d poetrs have
liven so much pleasure to the readers of
Woman’s Kingti -m. am sure try readers
will join with me in ex: r« ing our appe
ji ition of her effor t •': :. r r kin: -Jotn
nteresting; and we will always be glad to
welcome her info our midst:
Woman is not yet emancipated. 1 read a
fhnrt noth-e recently in which was discussed
:h<* subject: “Do men care for erudition in
women?” and. among other like opinions
from various men. was given this quotation
from Herbert Spencer: “Men care little for
burning in woman, but very’ much for
physical beauty, good nature and sound
tommon sense.”
The question is, what do these gentlemen
Tail erudition? It must evidently ba the
acquisition of volumes of dry facts. A wo
nan wh-i airs her learning may- be boring,
ju: so is a man.
Do women go through a long and severe
•ourse of study because they wish to lie
ong-nosed. ill-mannered. dry ent yclopae
lias of obscure facts? When we women go
jut in life we leave behind our histories
ind scientific facts; they have served their
jurpose in giving us a broader view of
ife. which is the object of all education.
What does an educated woman gain over
tn ignorant one? First, a noble enthusiasm
Jiat rises joyfully to the possibilities of
lie present and a rational belief in the in
treasing glory of the future.
If physical charms are of chief itnp’or
ance In woman, why were nut all wuuk-h
treated beautiful?
The female sex boasts of no more Greek
loses, line eyes or well-prop -rtiono 1 figures
lian does the male sex. This view makes
roman a huge failure. Beauty is a de
sirable gift for both man and w •man. A
veinan may be beautiful and intelligent,
iteo, but every woman feels humiliated
rith h«-r when men. worship her beauty
.nd think lightly of her mind, which alone
derates her above brutes.
I’ejhaps s -me tv - '1 w ui ! h ive u« !>• live
hat “.-ound comm n sense” it a happy
accident gained by training of mind, which
weighs and recon- idem opinions bes >re de
eding.
• Surely, learning does not destroy a
roman's chief charms, modesty and
alf-respect vr her “good nature.”
-Ither. She will see all the more
She vulgarity of a haughty and selfish
irnper.
Neither will learning destroy a woman’s
inception of her “prop r spit -re.” Her
how-ledge of anatomy will te.ch her she
I idiysically unfitted in many ways from
ong manual labor. Her train- d and logl
al mind will lead her to a-.- pt this fact,
h-.ng -b-barrel fr -in the * nqu- st of things
Miterial, will man seek also to shut out
rem her aa equal range in domains intel
atual and spiritual? Which is the war
'i.er of respect, the w man who is moral
nd cornet b s<x h-iy will have her
o and because h< r husband likes her to
e. or she who f< is --.rougly that all itn
lorality is hide-u 1 atise it breaks a
real law of existence end that its violation
tforms the soul and hinders the progress
f the rac -?
The intellectual woman trains her chil
n n from infancy for the future and ret
ards broad learning as the mightiest force
ditch will mak* them powers in the w. rid.
he instills into them that noble • ntnusi
sm. the fruit of her c-wn broad culture.
llJw can a woman teach her children to
link when she cannot think f r herself?
A mediaeval army with battle axes could
o sooner contend with a modern army than
n ur.lea-’ne-l weman with a learned one.
•h, m in! «h» y u refuse Woman tin- weapans
dth which you ft ht life s battle?
The morh-rn w «man has a kindle 1 soul,
eart ar 1 mind, and her pride rebels bitter
r wh-r. any man dares tell her she is a
lere adjunct to him—falling of her great
«t mission if m accident ot nature has is-t
tadu her be-iutiful—jeal -us if her little light
ireatcns at all to obscure his own.
Life and its pos:.i bill ties, in justice, were
lade for woman to enjoy in and through
ersolf. not t > be enjoyed second-hand or
c-l<-d out to her in bits by man selected.
She will not hav all re livhluality crush
a ~ut <f her; she wants the chance to
make herself : :* own; to give or keep, to
ve ami le ITt. and b- .”
An 1 wh«MVe.- woull ref us ■ her the least
f th -i- a. t>: ted by meanness, vanity
nd j< alc-usy. Fr- defies Wessel.
Lumbert >ll, N. C.
THB KIM. DOM’s t OR It LbI'ONDENCE.
I Grnaipy Exchange of Vn-wx Among the
Ladbm f«.r Themxetvao.
Mrs. I. V. .’cai.ii.g , Apple Valley. Ga.—l drxire
jbearthr » Ku:. -l«u-» tn<- ivia reatout- <>f
! !•< d'l. :••’•- t»y <d < out» coi-uty, Georgia,
u: tei.cu l*»t beard ol w.i- in Arkautu..
“W. I . H® t St.. <”i.itt.in«»-r 1. Tenn.
I>■ a«l<T ••! li>- < «.n-i i :;t'->u a c-ln-j. to know U<»w
■» 1., -born h A! •<• h-ov to 1:1 : ..h«1
Idtitm- gur-.r. -x!..*. such ;•■ our cr >n«-i;ot-i- is
ac<t t-. make. I’.eaae answer through Tuc COll
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Mr*. •!. M. Vctire. C -I!« r-, S. <’.— V> ill you kind
t ir’.-rn. tin* liow to n* i» .-in r.u <id laril. I li.oe
rver.d jars which w« rcaK< - b-d by excessive heat
bk- stiunuer.
Son.—Will some one who h: s experience
answer this question.—Editress.
J« H « .-r. 111.: ••>. Tex. -This I* v.iy first to
tin: •
et : -• t e :„. .I <1 I-y l.:c !< tt. : . I: .l< 11. I
,j . ■ ■ -Shall ve know coll
tt, rtt er-• r-’!i»"ve w* will; I ihitii. the I’l
-1 i-i 1 u ->t. tl;*t nt 1 rt-
oi .- .c in- »•-( :» •• i Rtat sonic cue vtould
H~o-t ..i.-4i -abwet fur di>t u«sioiu 1
-t.- ! 1... that wc v ill be there’.’”
f k .o'w that t.vd’ T ord is plain on this subject.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1894,
and I Iw-hevo that ought to be the greatest desire
ol our h<-.:rt to know lii it we will Im- then-.
1..: us lien trom you. si-ters. May God’s
Cltof-est Im-- :ng • t-.' uvo-i Aunt Susie. Kind
wi.slu s to the Msterr., long live The Constitution.
Mrs. 1.. W. Shaw. Quincy, Fla.—l have received
a good tu inv h-twrs inquiring after this beautiful
la 1: nt tloii :.. nnd have a: ia*i Mceeeded in re
t<> iin 1.1 all. but -orrv in-leeil I am not
gifteu with language to de.—ril»e this country as
it should be. ...
We have renewed our subscription for tin dear
old I'ou-titutsoii. which nii»ni me quite happy; I
would eerta uly is- loneiy w thout it.
I re >1 a letter wr.tten by Mr-.. D. 11. I’.ritton
from Ark m-a.'. which shows how nmeh g.iod we
e n do bi wilting 1 lew lines to Woman’s King
dom. Also UII iCirm-st etter. I could not re
fr mi from sh •bVii: t irs while read ng the e<.n
t< .-ion o| his •:<• r ill) 1 le I isti-i. and I pr -y 1 hat
<1 -d 11 1.-s oodm s- an«l ui’-rey will restore Her to
he ■ th one* more. I have li d m .bj sail atllict.ous
an ! can tru'jf sympathise with others.
“'lf'. T. I. Y.,” 11in ttena. Miss.—l am a great
aoia rer of Worn.ill's K.n:-duni. I'an any 01 the
sjst. I . ;eli 11.e it "Id revenue s amps ale v . 11l <o!e?
1 led ' ■ ■• '■ : - . ■ i •■niie tn; -
the* .-r--01 dnil-red color aiid have t' e pi< t lire
ol i. .- e .an- ton •ii them 1 will l.egiauot
inv 1: ••■ mat < nin reg nd to tlr in.
I »-. to< xch in < irthur's X- w Home Maga
zine lot ls-.fl. 1 ir P ier-on. timlr or h-iimn-.. I
have ilower ..nd e<l to « xchauge also. Please
w1 He -ctore -< mli g anything.
llotl.es,' ■ r I.mm til f e-nl oil and camphor
gin mala in ext. .'ent. liniment. I'-e all ill
amplior gum that tile oil will dissolve. It is spl-11
did lorrh iim.,ll*lll. chesand spra 11 • I all kind -.
iml it 1* ’ 1 --eai.y ret ole mended .or croup, sat
urate 1 tlania-l efoth w.tii the liniiueiit. and rub on
a tliin c.-atli.g «>t suet to prevent blisterin; and
tne;- < <>:.i:i ea -mt the ue k and over the cnest ol
tla ittlc ; uff. n-i. in a- a- 1.1 croup I would rub
tbec. cst with the liaiui* nt and then put tin- pie
pared flaiiii--l on as dir- et d above. Tin- reini dy
would lake cP,-, t ipucker.
A siMinar i lam i.iat my little ones are at all
hoars,, I put on tint 11 .nnel cloth ami consequent
ly vi ry rarely have a <■ *■■ ->( croup.
“Old I .uh.” Box 'X Timmonsville. S. Five
years ag" I «n li mj on.y letter to Th.-Constitu
tion. llan i« s eu am: my children arm.nd me.
X. .ah ol my birds have hit the home nest, and
!ar aiv.iy tn ii. me arc tigiitlng li.e’s battle, save
one trail little sparrow, she <-mrp- in and out. ..nd
he t*s to < leer tin- o .1 t-di.s at uono , and 1 thank
i.,h'i tor her ami matiy other daily in rei. s.
I h.,ve had rIM iiiu.,tisiii off ami on since girl-
Ikhxl. but wotiid get v- ll ot it. 111- Ve ban It m w
■rvi'ii moutiis, mu euial r leumatisiu, all over in ••
Soin -tmi s I am mi lied, again aba* to sir up in my
riHUn and • ven to walk ai< >u .
.My he.iitll otherwise i-gwd. so I may live tor
yeais. but oh. to suiter ai.d l« strong, io be
•d, a-art Mild ;.md to the lew iri.-uus aioiinu ne.
Io sec thing'neglected tl-.t my lands have al
ways straightened, how h.u I !
i’l.-ai Si ter-, give mi-year 1 raiets ami syn.pu
thy I Cali any ot you !••<. i n ol .tuytliing tii.it lias
In-lpvd 111 like'Ul!-ri:.g’.’ liow bout tin- •■Elee
tiopoi-c? ’ My ro< in li u to o.' k> p: warm and
tile Illes ale so ireiu 1.-eu;. at times,
\t ill s 111,- <-l .!>• -.- ml 11.- a tew sh wee-1
seed, and tel imein -a toemitt- te ai.d us<- it I will
return thi» k m t.- in any wa, I<■ n Ulmu my
h.,:.,.s ate b- Her. I work eli <j'Hits ami wr.te; w hen
in bed I lead. .My eyes.,re g ,-><i with glass-s, an
other blessing. Sister-, W. cli you le- I d.seour
ayed, do you ever sto|- anti co ait your td---sings’.’
’ly < h dreii li ive ill t urm-d on’, wed. I will s -y,
tberelore to motlM-ls, iny pl m was :■• study eacu
cliild's disposition : Hath them to confide in me;
-1O eouti s.s- d l.ui' was, ver pun 'bed. UUt i Would
r ■-< it; I loom, instead u. put aehld to tied a tew
hour.-. o,ien <iid lai b--tt-, Mo.t imi>or;.int -t
all I ,-toie try-i.g to control others, control yotir-
Mr-. Minnie .Maniiiu-. i ,re<-nvllle. N. C. - With
mue'i interest 1 hav read the letters in the Wo
man's Kingdom, cspiciady th- ><• about raising
cliodreu.
1 cannot agree with Sister i’n’ch ird about using
tin- -w itch. I Oder cert.,tn circumstance:., and al
ow mg our child*eti to associate w.t h other chil
dren. I think aliu< st imjm.-sible to raise one with
out tisii g the switch some,
I want -ume one t<- Uli what else to do w hen my
little three y< ar oid girl is doing something I <lo
not Ilk-- ami j«i. her ;-• st-ip live or »ig times, and
--oiiiuiand h--r to stop three or lour times and site
Wil- not, out »" I * on an i laugh- at me as if she
thought 1 w - playing with hei?
1 tie reason for It is l-< cause her grandma has
b«s n treating h* r ib.it way. 1 must tell you that
graiidm i-- am, aunties are last riiiiiiiig th,- rising
generation fhey ale fiat piinetu il Willi the little
on. , a-.d till..hi the child loses coiiiidi nee in
everybody.
U < lioiihl never gn »w ay for a chi bl to have its
o, uw .y alt-r correcting if. It makes the child
m-rc stub born each time we do it.
1i..11l Up I < 111 -, : . til-- way 1’ -Imu'b o, an.;
w!:- nii is old it will not <;ep.,r. from it.” it- sure
in hailst al, o;her means, and ih. n it you c.tn
m i make them miuu, use the rod.
Me have .-:>id something ibout reforming way
v. rd bii'l a-i,;-. Ju- I l,a\e not seeii luucii good
a, vice gin i> i,y tin sisters yet.
I wou-d I e glad to lie ir Hom the editi- ss on the
sui met. *-ly opinion on it Is tins: it a negligent
•: .o .or drm>k .r t, n,s a good, kiml, industrious
wi.< ami I. ■- me love cnou li l<,r her and hischil
dlen to turn lw 1. ■•? ret •rm. tuat little otherwise
can I • dune to r* lorm him.
So; a;i.,< s a man ti.rough shame or poverty
siops many ol his bad habits, but such cases are
ill < ai • ' ti-it*. ’’lew and tar between.•'
IWiiiik i.ne-s, i..-- greatest euise in America.lias
claimed so many • ! the otherwise would b-* kind
husband*, fathers an-l brothers, that it is impos
-I to Ice aim them lilt life demon is wholly ex
terminated. 1 can .*,i- mi way <4 doing this unless
ii, g veri-meut would take the bn-ilicss m ii.itid
as t lie Ke, • • cure ba* j roveu to b” a totnl tail are >.
; want to he-r trom sniue oilier sisters concern
ing the subject.
Me bale ~e> n dtsi u. smg the question: ‘’Shall
we k.ii-w eaci. other :l ,-r I Hunk we will know
as wi are known. < it nlv. wh- n our ignorance
1* • : i glitcm ,1 w.-wi:< know more than we do at
present, ind we k.k,w >-a.:,i oilier noa, and then we
shaL knew others bd.«a.r.
Best wishes lor Auut Susie.
Mrs. A. ,1. Arrington, Houston, Texas.-I have
Imm n a constant reader of the >VOman’s Kingdom
lot quite awhile.
In my opinion, the subject of training children
merits mir deepest consideration, and we must
woik for <on! i. w;-e,,-r succeed. Some have al
ready expl essad their opinion upon tins subject
in tne XVoiuan's Kingdom, and I beg pardon ll in
expressing mine, i give otlense.
it make* ii.i'-ei very sad to witness the impie
ty "1 cbi'-treii in these days’. I have noticed, as a
gi-iiiTii rm-*, tuad boys make very bad men. ami
b;.d girls m ik- ug y.’n nighty w-omt n.
'lii- r ■ s * -metlm.g wrong som< where, and I Imj
lieve the wrong to I-e a hidden secret impulse of
tie-heart win. h promp-t very ugiy lieiiavi-u in a
child, and more olteu than otln-rwise the child is
m-t so inm hto blame as it s evil prompter. It the
child alone was ail we bail ■■> emit nd witii.it
wmilfl be a picasi-ut task io lead them into the
jiatl.s <d truth.
sb L. itow-v- r, is not the case; therefore, we
m-.. t i<M,k fhepiy into a child’s nature ami there
a-- rtato lie - att*,- of disobedience and stub-
.- • i v. 1.i.-h a: i■.s so i.-meti trouble.
h iii--\• -i t-- affect .< n rma
nent ■ ■ -- t>-< i wmMtopru-
tluce a good result, but generally it is as biirtlul
as tiwi mticii indulgence.
W-- i. i*t dr..iv the one ui-on a solin basis to in
Mire ratety. The Itlblc says: "‘Parents, provoke
n ■ our eiiildt. ii to wrath. 1 ’ Are we quite sure
•ve oltev i in- dll inc re-piireiiieiits.
K;u-j .’>■ h-nioii s y- --the rod was made lor the
fiMu’s b.u ...” lat i have never read v.lier. lie
< a.'s. d children with loms, atid tiii-ielorc 1 am of
tie o; inion the king v> is very kind and coiisider
:.t ir, the mana enr. nt ot children.
i.: th -■■ ■ may - ‘I - aumit order
my iio.i-i li.-.-i wilboiit tne swileh or whip, lor I
l.av- irieti it."
J : y.,ur •n- ri-nced sis.t r give you a bit of
r. <- .. '-•I 11l- il eli'.ll. ... iqitoJesm.
A- 11 ini to rr’-H-le the call-e ol 1 :i< ir persistent
b- -ui-m.-'. He ah.e is aid, to do the wot k, and
it m-«I,M not ii e work ihc sc :*ame hour, <io not
lot la in to I icl- trem 3 our pm -
• , -• 1..-..1 . pi- VC to Jerli: tllit .'-•U
pa ;'i li-.i'i- . - ; t -i - fl.'s-ul people Hu calls
•-M-. IH Op'f."
' Himi ”» yonrclnl-
,r. 11. ..mil' ■ ieligton-
<c»v<* Uh* ’ •• ‘pifv upon
tbi'» gra« *• * ' .
I vo ..Ho ■ ' iV.al.ia y
, ..-i- • . . < H . . <’O<»«i W!.*UC3
t*> th'* <.f.r i? **« 4 Aunt
.Mr* X. I. Hamtiy.Oak Uidge.Ga.-l am soglad
Hi t ah opportunity »» granted me to respond to
»<> many calls that have awakened such tender
i in my anx oux be..tt.
V hen you speak ot the rcaponsibilties attend-
ing married life, I know what you mean, hav
ing borne these responsibilities for more than
twenty-two years, 1 can talk with a sympathising
heart, and am rejoice or weep you; rejoicing for
tile blessings receivi d. sorrowing because there is
need tor sorrow; because our many infirmities
and many short comings
'Hie more we led our responsibilities the more
we arc coneei ned about them. As to the training
ot childn n, your example, dear mothers, is what
impresses the child. V» e should be what we would
have our chiidrin be. Are we that sisters?
You would have your children becha.te in their
language, gentle, lovirg, patient and everything
th it is lovely. Wh.it say you?
1 would not be surprised if we had not better go
tlirougli a caret in examination with our own
seivc-and pray to God that He may show us
Wherein we are deficient and our inconsistences.
l*o we talk to our children with that interest
that we talk about them?
lam mother of eight children, all girls, ami 1
given every one ot them to God in baptism. lam
willing lor'Him to use them in any way he sees
propel, and try to teach them that they were cre
ated to i>e ables-mg to mankind ami lor God, to
love Him and to serve Him by doing dis will. 1
said tooiie ol them while talking around tile fire
side, “What would give you more joy than any
thing your mind could conceive ot She re
plied (hesitating a moment): "To see the world
come to Christ.”
W e should <d ten talk to our children about their
immortal souls, and impress them with the un
certainty of lite and the necessary preparation
lor a better "lite lieyoml.” of the evil couse
qtiem-l-s of sin in lids lite and its everlasting pun
isiiim nt alter death. I liiguty commend the sister
irom I'i xas, (Mrs. C. C. Beverly), lor her wise
counsel to tue iiio.hers seeKiiig iiHoniiatioii in the
tra-ibiig ol ciimiien, and pray that it may oe
lieeued, and liiai G >d wnl tc.l her something
luore mat will do our hearts good. Sisters, tin re
is no telling ot tile good we may do in coiiibiuiu
ea.iug oui uioiigiits t-> c„cii oilier, such thoughts
as wi.l le id u to a higher ll,e, enabling us to live
above the perisuing things of time and sense.
;he g.gh nisi., you snow, is Thanksgiving day.
How suali we observe it? By leastang ami in k-
n, men) while so many hearts are bowed down,
so many sullering ior tiic coiiilorls ol tile? May,
lot Us lu the name ot *-.K-us" r mem-wr the .-m
--teriug and needy one.-, not by saying, I'm so sun v
lor itiein, but by helping in some way to relieve
their sullemig.
All other baking powders arc shown by
the world's fair and Calitcrnia midwinter
lair r< porta to be inferiiM to Dr. I’nce's in
punt), a-rengui unu exc.iivtice.
♦
.’lrs. J. it. Bailey, Steins, N.C., will ex
change Shakespeare's works anti I’otiaru s
IV t k-.'U.'C AVx V.vl'AtC’U U- ‘ k-.- gUOUs,
unci blue. V* rite lur particulars.
Miss Pearl Watters, Aiiiiie.nee, Ha., has
tun- rose binbs to exchange t'or zephyr.
Miss K. i£. M., Linwood, N. C’., would
liKe - - <-uua.ig ■ iao i- oivaliou books tor
vv ■ * iieii canco scraps. tv rite lii'St,
Mrs. Lottie Richards, Orlando, b’la., has
coa ns, begonia sups, oxal.s bibb.- unit
n-..v.i sueu, i a varieties, for exchange.
Write vvnat you have.
Mrs. V.'. W. Monk. Sumner, Ga., has Wil
son’s strawberry plants, 1.-irge >-z.e, to <■>•-
cnange ior sib,, velvet and plush scraps.
Vv rile lirst.
Mrs. A. D. Cheney, Cheney, Ga.. has
11... plush jacket to exchange tor ten
yards all-wool. lii.hl gray or black dress
goods, or fifteen yards nice white lawn.
Mrs VV. D. Silis has instrumental ami
VO--al' mu• ie to exchange f-.r a good quall
t} of ginghams. Write tor partieulais.
Nannie Watkins. Bradford, C”*.- ’’•*«
e l ilt--a numbers ot Health ami li n..
n-igrzii: • to exchange f-.t t weive yards
o. red ea’ico or twelve yards black calko.
Write first.
Jdrs. E. G.. Sparta. Ga.. has silver w:,ri ’
to exchange for f ight yards a I-''** r ' •' .
tlann- l. r fourteen yards dar-. th-.- • •
abase an I i.ati-l Latin an t Er-gl.*h •’>
iH.aks for twelve yards creton. Write with
stamp. ,
Marv A. Haley. AlVe. Ala., has viluable
r.eipes to e: ■h:.ag< f-"’ ’We yaids ot ging
•aai.i*. any e lor, and postage for same.
Write for particulars.
Mrs M E. Bell. B-Ivey, Tex., has eight
p-'.'.-r’ b -.in-l nav -ls bv go d n" ! h ' ,rs . to
..i- irge for other novels; also several other
ex'-bang- '. Wtite for particulars.
G. W. Rob rls, Springtown. K)-. has hi?-
t -> rv i.f the civil 1’ to excl a « I•> W. d
Life on the Plains,” or ‘lndian Wars.
W rite first.
f- itlv’is at ■’■ nts a i mad.
G. vv. HEARD.
<1 North Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.
HLEI H TIJ/M.S IN Gb.Oia-lA.
Citizens of I.tn: a Vist 1, in Marion comity,
are mystilie-l ver nunierogi- killir.g-- in that
sect i. in recently, a id no lit tie excitement
ex.sts there. There is no clu • to the mur
derers, and so far the guilty parties are
breathing th air of tr,ed >ll’., unharmed and
unmolested. Three or four days ago the
body of a farmer tiy the name of Edwards
was found near his h.-nie, riddled with buck
shot. The discovery of the dustaniiy crime
created great excitement, but the perpe
tratf rs of the deed left no traces b -hind that
vv-.-uld ,e;'d to their detection. Oniy a few
days prior to this horrib) ■ discover;,', some
one fofind the body of another farmer, a
Mr. Moore, hanging from tne rafters of a
barn. This might have been a ease of sui
cide, but coming as it uid, just before the
last murder, causes many to believe that
Moore was killed Ly the same band guilty
of the murder of Edwards. A resident of
Marion county says that one of the above
m ntt- t.ed crime. - , was coinmitt- d just across
the line in Taylor county. These killings
like tin- terrible murder of Mr. Grei n VVlels
only a few weeks ago, whose dead body v. as
found shot into doll rags, is evidently the
work ot “regulat ,rs.” though tl. -ir motive
for crime is unknown. Many think it the
work of "m on-fit itiers" while ethers profess
to Letieve that sonic political clique is at tiie
bottom of it.
The Florida Central and Peninsular rail
way fast train, which lias recently been
put on betwn-n Florida a.ui tne north via
Savannah, is said to be a llyer. As evidence
of this tact Soliciting Passenger Agent
Finning anil Trainmaster Williams, of the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad,
tell this story: The secund day the train
was put on the man in the mail car, as
the train was drawing up to Way’s station
at the rate of about seventy-five miles an
hour, ran to the side ot the car and pre
pared to throw out the iron arm to grab
the mailbag which was suspended from one
of those patended gibbets that can be seen
at all stations. The mail agent misjudged
his distance and threw the long iron arm
out just in time to make il strike the mid
dle of the bag. Quick us a Hash the mail
pouch was cut in two. The train had been
going so rapidly that the force of the arm
striking th ■ pouch had severed it as clean
as if it had been cut with a knife. Mail
matter was scattered all over the little
town of Way’s, and the railroad officers
say if you were exptq-tlng a letter from
any one in that locality and it hasn't ar
rived yet, rest assured it is still flying
through space pri.-pelled by the force ot the
iron arm. To prove their story the two
railroad men mentioned above, have the
tnatlsa-’k in their possession, and Mr. Wil
liams has a letter from the "’steenth” as
st taut postmaster general, or some other
oiitcial equally :m important, wanting to
know what in the thunder’s become of that
mail poach sent down for use on the Flor
ida. <’er.;.\;l and Peninsular fast mail?
One of the most unique structures in
Georgia is the dwelling of a negro man out
< n the Ogeechee road, near Savannah. At
first it looks I 1 !’." a mass of boards thrown
together around a persimmon tree. "The
boil •• that Jack built” seems to have stood
the torm of ISH3, at least it is there yet. A
pictute of this quaint c.oinposite heap should
a torn Tne Architect’s Gazette.
A Chiincc to Mnke Money.
I have had wonderful success selling
Dish Washers. Have not made less than
r day and some days .515. Nearly
every family buys one. They are cheap,
durable ami do the work perfectly. You Can
wash and dry the dishes for a family in
two minutes, without t luching your hands
to a dish. I believe any lady or gentle
in:-n, anywhere, can do as well as I am
doing, as 1 lia-i no experience. Anyone can
sell what every one wants to buy, and every
family seems to wan: a dish washer.
Wide’ to the Iron City Dish Washer Com
pany, E. E. Pittsburg, I’a. They will send
you full particulars ami help you as they
did me. 1 do not write my experience
boastingly, but because 1 think it a duty
1 owe to otherz in these hard times,
MARTHA B.
ARP IN THE SURF.
HE CHAPEBOK EH THE EADIES TO
THE ISLAKD
Wlier« They Don Bathing Suita, and After
Watching Them Awhile Bill Conclude*
to Try a Few Breakers.
I had the honor of chaperoning ten wo
men to the island yesterday and they were
all lovely. I thought that I knew them
all and I did until they came out of the
undressing hous , transformed and trans
mogrified into water nymphs, and then I
dident know anybody, not even my own
lifelong wife. I stood off at a respectful
distance and ruminated. As they toyed
and struggled with successive waves and
screamed and shouted with hilarious glee,
even the older ones renewed their youth
like the eagles and bid defiance to rolling
years and rolling billows. Suddenly the
dream of my youth catne over me and 1
wandered away down beyond the curve of
the beach and all alone in my primeval
glory I laved and bathed in the green
waters of the gulf of Mexico. ft carried
me back to the rude and crude frolics of
my boyhood when the springboard and the
mill pond were my delight. Half a century
has passed since 1 saw that mill pond, but
it is there yet, and the water is still fall
ing over the dam and singing the same old
song—
" Men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.”
The sea, the gulf, the lakes and rivers and
brook" are the only living, moving things
in all nature that suff-r no change from
the iron hand of time. Such as they were
at creation's dawn they are now. But
I am not as brave as I used to be, and so
I kept within easy reach of a long, pro
jecting root that reached out sotn • twenty
feet in the water, ami rose and .ell with
the waves. 1 was afraid of the undertow
and grabbed the friendly root as oft a=. the
breakers came. Oh. it was glorious. But
all pleasures must have an end ami m due
time the ten and 1 were invested ,n those
usual garments of which we had be v n in
vested. an-l after picking up a few shells
departed t iese coasts homeward bound.
Tli- holies sang "l.ife on the Ocean, and
"Go Tell Aunt Hallie,” and "VV ho
Killed Cock Robin,” and other water;
horuses, when suddenly a hit with gay
r bbons flying took a notion to sail away
into the vessel’s wake, and we thought it
v as gme for good, but the phrisant Swed
ish boatman smiled and said: ’ I find heetn
again,” and so he had to round t > and star
board and larboard and ship ahov nnd do
otter nautical things to get it. It was a
Ii; ppy aftem cn an-l the five little ch:l-i r e-i
were the happiest of the lot. Mothers come
here for frail and sickly children—m.n
come for their wives an-l wives for their
Im-band*. Every family has an invalid. I
saw a sweet little girl of three years asleep
ui>on a shawl that wtts spread upon the
sandy beach. She came sick ami pair and
with a consumptive cough, but I believ •
will get will. 1 saw a young lady who has
m arly lost her hearing from long-continued
grip, and she is improving every day an-l
is as merry as a lark. 1 met a man from
Cincinnati t- day and h - comes to spend an
other winter because his asthma was sG
relieved while here last winter. The winter
i sidents have all returned and brought
more with them. People are getting moi
nd more like the birds, wiki ducks and
;iese and -n H king birds and robins and
wild pigeons—all migrate to escape the
rigors of a wint r climate and why should
i-ot mankind, especially those who are as
tlieted with some di*’ease that six m uiths
-if winter aggravates? What is wanted by
tin- oublic are < heap-r rates fi r winter
tourists. The railr >a<ls ought to give round
trip rates for nearly on-.* fire an-l they
would make money by it. The t- c.rlst ought
to have as mu-*h fav >r as the excursionist.
The small discount the railroads make is
no encouragement to trav -1. The fare from
Atlanta to Sanford is $13.70 and it is $25 for
a round trip t ; cket. It shoul I not be m- r
• lian ?~t», <mu I am »m«- me I: -vui won- ,
be doubled. Fit what is wanted on th
gulf coast I i more ace mmod.itions for win
ter visitors. Clear Water will soon have a
alee new hotel anil it will be iilb-d, but
there are many people who want cottage
privileges and would rent them if they were
here. Every mall brings inquiries. “Can I
r» nt a < i.ttage?” No, not now. Every one
is occupied. Dr. Blount, of Macon, and his
son ami his son's wife rented one last win
ter and remained all sunim r, and say they
never s[x-nt a pleasanter summer anywhere.
The old doctor has been all over the world
am! sojourned in many countries, and de
clares he has at last found a resting place
that suits him all the yar round. But if a
man had a thousand dollars to spare he
could buy a let as elevated as the bluff nn-l
only one block away am! build him a cot
trge and have two or three humlr- tl dollars
left. These bad: lots are generally 75x160
ami on tile san** elevation with tile blu-f
ami can be hid at prices ranging from
."i.nu to S4OO. The bluff lots that over
look the bay are getting scarce ami com
mand from $lO to sl2 a front
foot. Six ot' them have been sol-1 since 1
came here and four of them improved with
handsome residences.
The little town is looking up. There are
two good schools with competent teachers.
More boats have been built for pleasure,
ami some of the wealthy residents own
naphtha launches. The rent of a good oar
boat is about $1 a month, but this is gen
et ally shared by at least four persons. A
Chinese laundry has just been opened. Ne
groes are scarce and they charge high for
their labor. The white country people are
very friendly ami kind. They bring milk ami
eggs ami chickens ami fish and oysters and
peas and beans an-l euctnnbers ami toma
toes ami other vegetables to your door every
day. Winter gardens take the- place of
summer gardens in Georgia ami it will not
be long before the market will be supplied
with strawberries. So many persons write
to know what they can get to do here while
seeking health ami paying board. Nothing
that I know of unless they improvise some
thing. A genius might work up something,
but the town is too small io encourage ar
tisans or professors. A book agent would
perish. A minstrel show would hardly pay
expenses. A blind tiger couldn’t earn the
water he puts in his whisky. The place is
a winter residence ami a sanitarium—that
is all. There are three stores with verj
kood stocks, ami several boarding Louses
and people come and go. Some stay a
week ami some only a. day. Three Georgia
drummers called on me yesterday, and one
ot them from Atlanta saw the air plants
’in the trees, and innocently inquired did we
put those pineapples shrubs up in the trees
for ornament. 1 had to tell him about tho
Ohio lady who admired the piney woods
below Macon and asked me why the trees
were trimmed so high. But everything here
is strange, wry strange, to those who have
never been in the tropics. A Virginia lady,
who is witli us, sai'l last night as she vi, w
ed the moonlight on the bay: “oh, it seems
just like 1 am in a fairyland.” Then I told
her about Tom Ochiltree, who said to the
northern lady at Galveston, "Oh, madam,
vou should have seen our moon before the
war.” BILL ARP.
Never a taint of adulteration is found in
Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. The very es
sence of purity.
BORNE TO SLEEP.
The Ashes of Georgia s I KiiKUitcd Son Com
mitted to the 5,»,l io Onklaml.
At the base of the marble shaft in Oak
land cemetery that has long kept watch
over the dust of his children the mortal
ashes of Georgia’s lamented statesman,
ex-Senator Joseph E. Brown, were tender
ly committed to tiie sod Aiondav afternoon.
His hands folded across his bosoni and
his placid features upturned to the blue
open sky, he peacefully sleeps in tiie soil
of his adopted state—in the state which,
for more than fifty years, he illustrated
at the bar, !n the gubernatorial chair, on
the supreme bench, in the national senate,
and, best of all, in the dignified and stain
less pursuits of private Ute—the state that
gave him a home in the little valley of
Gaddistown and witnessed his early strug
gles on the steep and rugged slopes u£
Blue Ridge mountains, when, a poor and
penniless country lad, he began the battle
of life, and the state, too, that, after the
toils and triumphs, the fever and the
splendor of his long career, receives him
lovingly into her breast and sprinkles
above his pale ashes the brightest emblems
of her autumnal glory.
A more impressive funeral ceremony, a
longer or more solemn pageant or a more
general outpouring of Atlanta’s citizenship
has never been witnessed in this city.
The \»neniurial exercises at the slate
capitol were not only appropriate, but
eloquent and touching. As the testi
monials of sorrow fell from the lips of
those who participated In the exercises—
all of them the personal and intimate
friends of Senator Brown—there were few
hearts in the vast assembly that did not
throb in response to the impassioned elo
quence of those who in life had been as
sociated with the illustrious dead.
To condense the homage thus paid to this
great man in a single paragraph of eulogy
it may be summed up in the simple decla
ration: “He never deserted a friend and
never deceived an enemy.”
He Left n Will.
The death of ex-Senator Brown left for
division one of the largest private fortunes
owned by a single individual in Atlanta.
The exact valuation ot the estate that he
leaves cannot be accurately obtained. Ev
ery one knows in a general way that the
dead senator was very wealthy, but few
men know the extent of his material pos
sessions. His property is situated a * s°
many different points that it is impossible
to. estimate with any degree of accuracy
what he was worth. !
His personal fortune has been variously
estimated at between ?1,5W,000 and $2,50Q,000.
In a will, executed sum time before: his
death, the senator gave directions as to, the
disposition ot' iiis entire iortune. :
'tiie will will be opened in regular f-orm
in about ten days. it will go through the
regular channels, and will in that way be
made public. Not until then will the public
know just what bequests the dead senator
made in his will. No haste will mark the
opening of the document.
Senator Brown’s property was not more
than half located in Atlanta. He owned
at the time of iiis death considerable real
estate of value in this city, b sides per
sonality worth nearly SSO,O*JU; but the bulk
of his estate is outside ot Fulton county.
He had targe interests in Dade county, in
DeKalb county, and owned a large tract of
land in Texas. His property in tne Lune
Star State is said to constitute no small
item in tiie aggregate of ins ownings.
His city property w.is given in at $2,5,000,
which includes his residence on Washing
ton street, the Brown block on Wall street,
property on Alabama stre.t and other
realty in Atlanta. His personality is rated
on the tax book* at $3i»,25u, slocks and bonds
$30.000, cash money st>,U(iO.
Les.des this he owned the Block building
at tiie corner of I’ryor and Alabama street,
which is valued at S3O,<MO. It is leased by
Mr. Block and does not appear on the
tax books as Senator Brown’s property.
Hia l.nst Act.
A story that illustrates beautifully the
character of the dead senator is told of the
la: 1 act of his life. A day or two before lie
<l. d, while perfectly conscious and in the
enjoyment of his faculties, he signed a
check with which to purchase a Christmas
present for Mrs. Henry McDonald, the
wife of his pastor, a near neighbor and a
close friend. It was the last time he ever
wrote iiis name; in fact, the last act he
ever performed while still in the posses
sion of his senses.
As those who knew the senator during
h:.: last days know his form was painfully
b nt during the last two years of his life.
H s shoulders curved over until his ch;n
almost touched his breast and it wa.s next
to impossible- for him to look up. i his
trouble was caused by a peculiar mijscular
trouble, a species of rheumatism, and
gav e the senator great Inconvenience and
pain and his friends great distress. Jt is a
>, --nit-ir feet that the moment tiie senator
■ lii 1 tiie drawn muscles relaxed and his
form straigl'tened out as it was in The
days when lie was in the vigor and tprime
of • arlier manhood. Death loosened the
tension that warped h’.s frame durU.g so
many months.
Baking powder keeps much better when
the cans are not quite filled. sel tin? pow
der should always be full weight, as is in
variably the c-.i'e witli Dr. I’nc-.’s.
A Brave Old Man.
Tallapoosa. Ga.. Deeemb r 8.-(Sjeclal )-
About 7 o'clock last night a man cahe-i
at the home < f W. T- Summerlin, who re
sides four nib s northeast of this plae
and asked to be allow, d t- g-t warm. Os
entering, he shot Mr. Summ.-riin, the sho>
entering iiis b >dy b« low the stomach. N- ’
with, landing this Mr. Summ. rlin grab:.-
a kn I ■ and closed with the man, a;; ,
wounded him. The sister of Mr. Summer
lin, who lives with him, handed him a gut
with which he shot the man in the thigh
Both parties by this time were out cf the
house, where the man fell and <ii I m thir
ty minutes.
On examination the man pt -ved o
Buck Thornton, who resides in an •th. r part
of the eou>:ty. Hi-* face, neex and hai.es
had been blackened an.! to all appearances
he looked Ilk.- a negro. After nv fp ll two
other men. Sam Cole an-l .! u -ts
had remained on the outsl.D, went to where
Thornton lay an,l talked to him for a few
minutes and then hurriedly left. The shen.
an l otlu rs, with fcounls. aie in pursuit
th.- other men. Mr. Summelin is not ex
pected to live. He i< over seventy years of
nff. Th»‘ purpose no doubt to rob Mr.
Summerlin.
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if one crossed the ‘‘dead line. ’ rhe hunters
had proceeded about ten steps when a
saucy looking little jack rabbit ran leisure
ly across the road, and, stopping in front
of the rabbit shooter, slowly raised ids left
paw and shock his list in the fellow’s face.
The rabbit is still alive.
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