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A Page Devoted to the Interests O
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The Weeklg Constitution.
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MOTHERS
What They Arc Doing.
The -eon-re -s of m • tV he-J )’irlng
th.- l.i •« • >' ’' '
r..™7ry ’\v..ni I.a.' i., I-., women •
fnm all p<rt- of tn- ?" *’’* J”
> -f improving th • •••hh’Hl.m; of *■•> ».
]■ wa* a kUttfu! v. thu
the many valuable j*ap» • * r- <•!.
w»< th*? ««»ntral thought th I r* *:**’<•
► - in «*t w *»••. 1*»« • '; ’•» 1 ;’“y ■
‘ . t 1,1 . ( v,. et f | t ..f own l**»<ly
as bfurteg on the !.• ith ««f th«- < t »•! Til* r*»
iujK'- the cun* of I- •’ > “
tho* how to stenlte'* trUk. t w bathtub*,
man* new siyb-* «»f baby • rib*. ••:«. I •»- .-•*
wa> l«» B*‘ 3 l-*fto:. gtvt • to y • in-' ir -th’ r.«
].ow to b-etlm ai-<l <lr* a yonx r» t* •!
brought trom the h->-; it i. but th- ®urs.*
f>Hjt..i it*** ro*ztt* too *•• 1 al.*! xt-<ul-I nd
From babyhood to rhr L. -.1. The train
ing of . htldrvn first m th- J nv. nut In
b..n>.> they n«4 wry little :u t e t !..—l.
And hero I might tell y-»u « : «•;>■■ of the
‘ v * *t ‘ • "I’-r.m -I I: r
«n.-n aa Taunut In l. Ihhr *
l»h woman's life • -s motherhood, and it
J r?y from*. ?rllLt V.la o y-t'i.it th-y ..ne
the r»-vt-r* r• «* avol f»»r w : .1 <L»-y
the middle when a n v. .xs :<i
tn the pr.wvmv of h> fattn r ;u..: r* n -1
m beautiful j»!« lure of <!»•• bon w -n It
h .-»■! «nd revive Ids bl< -.ng- • ou-
by !*ayti'K
by aide today. ««•> » J. wUh t"r has
b-.n -k dto r- -i this |»ap r .1 :-H >«>u
us child training In llebi. .. ! «•
•• hoo> worker, naid rome y«w»J thing'*. Sha
dw-.' esgwcMbi o«» 11. - ». -
w.i’s'.ul itirhm; how mu h bvtUr «ff« t i»
w- Sd have un th. :r • hu«!r • th! >0 many
•taxf * »» ejrvwM* that they had '*•>•» mw h
to »<*>. but wh.*t «*•» ’!*• *hs> mor«t imp *ll.llll
.hn • Mllb r*a* tn mother* w.ui
to U gtn with a k?. »w* of the human
for the Immoral bo* *d th. pn en: day.
a»n«! that l<Hh m»-n and w.»rr» n. u ;»-n they
go to marry, nhoiiid !»•• phy •■..Uy «x.m
t* ’•’l. J n’t as mu h ' f.»r l.to iusur.tuce.
ft tad wh«r.» • :* - r l< . I or t here is
pi < .!1*! 1. .rr. < ‘ I
«ItfMr* n.
T: er-- wab ®no mil* r on every
«»n th«. • *r» of eh3»ir»*t»*» health fir>t. say
ing th.*.t it wa.< ;»lanmnc on r: ■di' I ••iatn
litation !•• h»»w many »*h*idrcn In this
• ountry have imperfeet !...»*!•? rd eye.
» s h« thnt oft. >. •* «-h.M hi - h.s.l is .!•- ni.Hl
t,. ulc •In b> .ri’i; .*»ii.i • uitti :h
«. ni;4.diit of li-■■l <. he. m • ..m— from lm-
I- rfvet .-yeslKht; y-t i ir-i.ts go on neg
lecting l-» hove t.-rU m .de.
He said wherever fc work unler-
fteetastl
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©Old housekeepers will ttll you that hot water “rots” 2
> glass. You know it breaks glass.
GOLD DUST
Washing Powder
( makes glassware brilliantly clean in warm water or cold. ;;
C Delightful to use for glass or silver, tin or wood or paint., [
8 Saves your ha- B your time, your strength, yourv [
£ temper. Sold everywhere. Made only by >[
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tn ne<: th., h. .lit. It could not de enough
! . | to off ■ i the misery. H- spoke feel-
i Ingly “f U*” he. < >sity of cleanliness *»«
' « ■ jh.rcH. and «ave an Instance where one
1.1 . . r it .1 was found to com eal tMjvcnt«*vn
I f a . . us us bactvrla; f«» he Inflated on c«-
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■ nails. Ho urg.-d that n child not well
«!.ould i < b «din .it< 4. If imy trouble of
lungs, lups or any part of the Isidy. then
t r. !»• perfi-. tr. 11- r th. bruin.
Hr. Ktanl. v Mall, of Worcester. Mass..
tn.- objects of .du- it’Mi was to
elti’iliuite fear. F. ar was . .--peclnlly Im
planted In Claldten. mid fear br.s ds dls
< ease. It was ttie chief < au.-e of all nervous
•I. < • •in cl. elten, and • no. ks should bo
< .ref .: ' av.i-.l •! 11.. ited n chtld s
beta ’ •.• . I te love of objects In
nalun. to loci and r. i. r- what G-d has
it. . t!ow-. -. trees, etc : they will through
tan rv. re ...ml b. r. . ous; that love,
wo.si,ip aud reverence ar. the basis of re-
I'u .n. A * hlld should I-* taught that
. S ; . i •■ > d< p. ads O’l a- .shing
... .:. •<» that Individualisation
sho .!•! b th., first thing taught, if you
‘ v . ' eir • t :..l I*’ n; th— fl FU • « ss o( life.
Ev.-n lh_. sub •»t of filling our children
stubs u .s hai ’’l.4 The sneak, r said
wh« re w is the child on earth that <ll.l not
■ I ar with «!■ Ught "On. • i:;»>n i time?"
|e,t I. - . .ii d jcir« .it.< to it Judicious in
the stories they t.M and try <o tall such a«
»»..•; d 1.. Ip to »s!i or point a nior.it.
i We cannot tetl vi!.at st-ries do for a child.
: but t* .alclity to till them Will Is an ac
i ■ ciiiplishincnt.
I .. :rd t. II you of nt-iny other things
!b- ir;iig on . hild’. •“i • I th- trainlrg of
• • ;|.lr. ti. but wl. re th.- w. r<> so many
I g.~«l thtnirs raid it ts hard to scliet.
I’l y grounds t •■-. b e.lts ate! everything
pertaining to cl hit ... I. was dls.-ii -.ed. and
; • •■! u ! • ’ !h- y
• k»ng •. the >.•• mory of '
th.- e wliu Wcr«- su i'ortunate a- to attend .
I it. A C. kin ;.
V- ■ V■ K’ti’.: I b•• f to undergo ths
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tbsfv» will be n Mr’ ?.TcK!n!ey hat. T?ut ono
thmg ut .c time K e.’iough. The collar is
THE WEEKLY COXSTTTUTTOX: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1897.
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part of the jacket, it goes with it, and both
count as one.
Thia jacket Is a litt!« longer than waist
length. It is tiiriit fitting at tho back and
very flaring at the hips. Its sleevos are
th— new linen balloon sleeves with all the
fullness crowded at the top.
The distinguished ch iractcristio of the
Ja< k< t is that it Is trimmed wl|h broad
bla-k braiding put on in doublo-brc.isted
etyle. Th- buttons uro placed upon small
braided tabs.
The linen collar Is rorn.artcablo for Its
height and neatness. It hugs the chin
closely. It Is desigmsl for Hlondcr-throa.ted
«om<ti like the new priwldent’s wife, and
Is not nearly m becoming to wonvn with
full, fat throats, unless the neck happens
to l»> long.
Mrs. McKinley's own Jacket Is of a dark
b!u<. and brown plaid, but others are of
black and brown; and still others have a
touch of white in tin tn.
CMHBNMBN.E
Mrs. J S. Wall. Imnrove, Miss.—l hearti
ly agree with ——’.s letter in last week’s
Constitution. It’s a great mistake that
more of the sister’s don’t call attention to
the import uni'o of “looking our best” at
home, and It's a still greater mistake flint
fill don't practice this. Home should be
not merely "the abode of p ipa and mam
ma, a place where brothers and sisters
meet." hut it should be the most attractive
place in the world. Not attractive for Its
finery; "bo it ever so humble, there's nj
place Ek. home." I fully believe this Is tho
true meaning inxl Intention of every hom-i
but Very often we find a different state of
affairs existing in the humble as well as
the more elegant h<»m< s. The first fault Is j
found In not being cheerful not trying to
"look our tH’St." Whilo every lady ciui’t
afford any extravagance, surely no one is
so poor they can't keep an afternoon
to wear while s< wine, reading, etc. But
we hear Idles s.tying, "1 Jurt em't find
time to ns'id an hour or so every evening.’’
Mere Is another fault In home happiness.
Too many ar- Just servants to work, either
through a <!• -ire to surp i"s th-re neighbors
1 or for some other reason equally as pre
sumptuous. Now. surely tho min i lulture
Is ol fir more Importance than any little
gain here. And just as sure as tile house- |
w ife !».-omes a slave to her household du
ties you will s-e her looking anything but
pleasant at night when the tired husband
conics homo from his dally toll, S<xin
trai es of care-worn w ill make their itppear
iinee. she will lose that sweet disposition
which probably had won her hustvund's af
le tiun in her girlhood days, and tho chil- i
droll w.II b. pin to wond-r "why don't |
mamma alw.iys look as cheerful as she '
us. to. ami what inakevs papa l<x>k so t'.rid ;
and gloomr at night.” U would suggest tho i
follow.ng programme for every-day happl
n.-su tiiroughout the year. Os i-ourse tin re I
will 1 s >me alt-rations owing to sickness, I
, m ’fortu’aof various k nds, etc. Begin
I every day's work with a cheerful heart, |
| thankful to God for all night's bless ngs, I
! . fre 1 hep protection from harm,
. have breakl i t at the regular
! hour ai 1 i> u h the children to bo ready I
I when th< • II bell rli Aft« breakfast i
area ig the house In ord t for the day; see |
that <V) ry room ! ■ prop, rly sw.pt and |
lune all unneceaaary articles remov<d.
Then comes the usual morning duties. Al
ways t .k. the afternoon for light woik. |
su. h as sow.ng. etc., and !•■■ sum to sp.-nd I
a f-w moments In that most bcnelicial of
ail work—reading.
Mrs. lb.ii.rt Smith Greene. Chenango
' County. New York.--Early last spring
. th. thought occurred to me that there
I . ig it to b.< some way of making
1 mciey ami thus eke out the small
| amount that there Is to be matte on a farm.
| Sey.-nal ways and means suggest)*! them
| selves to me ind at kist I thought of fer
rets, know.ng that my brother and I hid
l )i<>ne well ra -ing them years ago, at $2 a I
, pair A little brown ferret was purchased
I for $1 as a commencement, and as I was
I vi able to buy any more, discouragement
I s. • tn- I to : me In th’ face, w hen some
| s;H»rt-im a w .4m -to keep their through
l the summer, as the hunting w.i.s over. By
| th- w■. the hurtT'.ng season h-re for rab
. b.ts . 1..-, s March Jitii.
I At first I was at a great loss to know
I w e n to k' p tiiorn, as at that time of year
' th.- f.-male- are k. pt separate. So .an old
i: -hl'.ouse. smokehou'e, one room of the hen
house an 1 some old boxes w-re utilized.
«! i one would be surprised to see w!i it
em» woman <ll 1 with a hammer and nails
stud some wire netting. Tin y wa r- 1. .1
s ■ r• os from the t.’tde. and after mating
plenty of m.-et and bread and ml?!;. 1s t
tn. iv r : !it here that it Is not the nature
of r‘i- liftle iinint d.s to be cross or ugly,
!: ?' i .in. x ■,f a.nd gentlo with them.
Tin y know their names and w.II como as
Qui- k as a kitten.
They w.II eat anything that a cat or
dog will Th . .ire .-p. cially fond of gre. ,’i
corn and apples, mu k m. ions and wild
m- t of all kinds. Nothing « II hurt them
uiil.-s It is salt; do not gave them too
■ - ' 1i . . a ’n. I- p. 1 . ;■ \
th-m ph nty of straw mid a nice, warm
> -d for th.-.r young. Feathers make an
l.h’-.l nest for them. They will cover th. m
s-lves all up In th-m .and leave only a little
bole to cra.w! In. Th. y are naturally very
hardy and will enduro groat hardships.
Be sure and give them plenty of water all
tiiiv s of the year, for they :>r<> ‘diard
drink, rs." The average age of a ferret Is
from live to elghb years, but I should ad
vise not keeping them more than two
years, unle.u they uro unusually good
mothers.
Early one morning In early May I heard
a <iue«r n.’is.. <n one of their p-n* a.ml on
looking closely eight little ones w. re found,
and it would have b. -n h .rd work to have
found a more pleased per on than J. Th. y
ware not larger th;ut young mice and
looked v-ry much like tiie.ni. ami long be
fore Hi- r ey. s were open they would oat |
bread and milk w-Ith th* mother. Wln.n i
they wiil eat g’MMI take them away from |
Fie moth.T, ..nd when they wrro thr.e
months old th’ y were sold fnr JI per pair; ;
but the last Utter? were sold in October ’
for Shouhl two ferrets have little ones ■
the same age, size and color one mother i
will bring them up equally as well and an
oth< r can lx* r.ils-d sooner. If they are for
ratters th.-j-are fed rioh food, which makes i
them grow small; If for hunting nthbi s,
musk rats or mink, they are not fed as
often nor as rich food. It is a mistaken
Idea that if they are half-starved they will
burnt better, but if they are expected to do
good work they must be well fed und well
taken care of.
They will have from one to seventeen e.t
« little und Kwnetlmes have three litters
tn a sotson. Jjast year I sold over seventy
five dollars' worth: of course, that was not
all profit, but with only $1 Investfxl who
can show a larger Increase. In the mean
time 1 <IId my own work, beside taking care
for forty hens, fifty chickens and milking
five cows twice a day.
This year I have eight ferrets of my own
and lio|x" to purchase as m-iny more; have
built ru .it houses for them and expect to
so Into the business quite extensively.
After mine were all sol ! 1 bought all I i
could and still had orders for fifty pairs I
more. I
As Aunt Susie says there are so few wajs (
of making money at home. I'm anxious to
let others know what I <lld. Providing a
stamped xelf-suldressed envelope is sent I'll
wnswer any questions or help any one. but
have none to sell.
Wishing every one success who may en
gage In the ferret business.
S F. Parker. Cherokee, N. C. —Will some
of the sisters pleaso Inform me, through
The Constitution or by private letter, where
1 can get silkworm eggs?
Mrs. W. H. Pridgen. Creek. Warren coun
ty. N. 1 so often see inquiries for an ec
zema cure that I will give my remedy. I
think It rather selfish In some to offer to
send remedies for different diseases for so
many yards of calico, lace, or something
else. 1 am always glad when I can give a
cure to liny sufferer; ami here Is a sure
cure for that awful dlsiase, eczema: Equal
parts of tar and lard stirred together ami
spread on the affected parts every night
will certainly cure It, If tho use Is contin
ued long enough.
This cured my little girl of a terrible case
when three physicians bad failed. 1 have
known a number of others cured by the
same treatment.
Now, 1 want to ask if any one can or
will tell me what will prevent asthma, or
relieve It after the attack comes on. My
little slx-ye.irw’ld daughter suffers with it
real often during winter, and especially
wlo-’i sho has a cold. It Is distressing to
seo and hear her breathe so hard ami seem
tn suffer so much. She has had it often for
about four years, and as yet 1 have found
no cure, ami very little relief for her.
Po all the sisters realize and appreciate
that wo can ami do subscribe to a paper
that will publish little things f »r our ben
efit without its belli*? any special benefit to
the paper? We have just let our subscrip
tion run out to a paper that would fall to
publish things for the b-nefit of Its sub
scribers unless It b-ncfit’d the paper, too,
but th<! dear old Constitution does not ap
pear to be so selfish with us
Let us all try to make Woman's King
dom more interesting tills year than ever,
if possible.
Note—Wish all the sisters would fed ns
you do. What a suo'css we would make of
our kingdom I—Editress.
Mrs. M. C. Gardner. Gram! Vk-w, Texas—
Dear Sisters: I have long been a silent
admiret of "Womun's Kingdom.” and very
< fteti pet good and useful receipts from if;
therefore I felt I'ko 1 wanted to write
and give tho s.'sters one or two of my re
ceipts, which. If they try, will pronounce
t’-ry good. Hal! In layer cake: Make bat
ter as for any other cake, only a little
thicker, and put it Into one pound of chop
ped raisins and currants, or the currants
rm y be omitted if m t wanted. Bake in
’elly tin* und put together wltti Icing.
White cake: Whites of ten eggs, one cup
of butter, two of sugar, three of flour and
on* of sweet milk. .w<> te (spoonsful of
baking powder, flavor witli lemon or or
ange. Long live the dear old Constitution
and Aunt Susie.
Exchange List.
Miss r>. G. Wall, M i’lison, N. C. wishes
to exchange "Macarta” for "Infellca" or
''St. Elmo,” also two books by E. I*. Roe
for “Quaechy" and other books.
Mrs. T. O. Smith, Alexander City. Ala.,
has Arbuckle's signatures. "Mollie Bawn”
■ and other good hooks to exchange for
I good piano method and old popular music.
Write what you have and want.
J. Whitworth. Lavonia. Ga.., has dulcimer
nnd parlor bells, musical instruments, to
excange so a No. 2- 1 * autoliarp or mandolin.
Mrs. Anna Pritchard. Brodie, N. C., will
exchange ten pack :s of Hower seisls or one
i of sweet early corn for one yard good call
| co. gingham or shirting. Write what you
I want.
Mrs. T. F. Cliildre, Ellerslie, Ga.. wishes
| to correct a mistake mudo Itt last we.-k's
pap. It was tl’o 1’ Irs of Willi imson
' Rickerron, and not R1 'in rson, as printed,
| that were asked for.
Mrs. S. W. Walker. S!H Church street.
■ Americus. Ca.. has a Climax dishwasher to
I exchange for s iiutl Im, of co'.ial value.
Miss Sallle Ta Williams, K-lthvllle. La..
I has copies of Home Journal and Farm
' to exchange for l-adies' Homo Journal or
| Ladies' Companion.
Mrs. Sidney Cook, Marshall, Tex., has
i two fine beagle hound puppies, ready
I trained, tine rabbit dogs and ratters, to ”X
--i c hange for equal value. Write what you
| have.
Miss Alma Bridges, Shr-tlmound. Tenn.,
will exchance a Coe rug embroidering ma
chine for a IHo of thoroughbred chickens
and confederate money for Arbuckle’s sig
natures or sea shells. Write, with stamps.
G. W. Newborn. Kinston. N. C., has Dick
ens's and Sb. k’speare's works and other
books to exchange for Maury's Physical i
<;< orgrapl y. l ilc k. ns's Child's History of i
' Ei.giaml. Went worth's School Algebra and j
1 a tvligruph ins trument.
Mrs. J. A. Harris, Algood, S. C.. hns a
hard soan recipe to . x. hange for live yards
apro’k cheeks. Blackstone's Commentaries,
by <'nitty, for a shepherd puppy, and other
txchunges. Write for particulars.
Mrs W. A. Rttshln. I’avo. Ga... wishes to
exchange calla and milk and wine Hiles for
rex begonia and double fuchsias and other
flowers, or anything useful.
Miss Ada "Pryan, Marlon. Fla., has In
strumental music, "Carmen." “Patience."
or "1 turn borne's Pride,” and schoolhcxiks
to (xch.inge for chrysanthemums. Illy
bulb;, geraniums or any kind of pot plants.
J. T. Cofer. Shady Dale. Ga.—Will some
of i ii,. sisters ot ■ of t if- in inj readers
of Tile ''■ n (t-tir on kindly give me the
~.1 . of Captain Aurie T its? W'i> n taut
heard from he was in Virginia I am m
obi veteran of tin* 'fi'is and was with him
at Mm on. C •... during 18C1. I Ml very anx
ious to hear from him.
Mrs. Z. B. Tharp. Turnersville. Tex.—
Sim , w riting to The Constitution asking an
exchange I have received soI (V letter’
I will answer through the K'nguom. Mv
offer was tube roses, sweet violets cacti
timl ( hry-'.mth "iitims for bunch yarn <>r
Snanish potato fl'iis. not bunch grass.
There -w-as a mistake in tho name. It was .
7. P. . not T R. I will ,o ,h ’j
ladies that wrote to mo. If they will send
stamps t > nay fxastag” oml a seif-a’blr- s.-e
st',imi’“*l envclooe f will semi as man’, o. t
the (hove n.-o”. 1 flow rs In <h” 'f ’ .
can spar”. Will some old ladv k.n<ll< tel!
h’*w to rive cotton a fast black, such as
they used to dyo during Jho_w.tr?
CURES CATAIUITL
A Medicine That Cures Catarrh Wher
ever Located.
All Hasses and conditions of people have
chronic catar-h. Old mon have It; young
men and votin'.- women have It. wli ■ h soon
makes them old men a.n<l women. Mothers
nnd grandmothers have It. It spares neith
er strong nor w. ik, old or young, healthy
or sickly. All ranks of people have chronic
catarrh. Rich mm, poor mon. beggar men.
thieves, lawyers, doctors. merchants,
p-'iests. Not only catarrh of the head, but
catarrh of the throat, catarrh of the lungs,
catarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the liv
er. catarrh of tho kidneys, catarrh of this I
bowels; and a multitude of women are as- .
flirted with catarrh of ’he p.-lvic organs. I
t'at-irrh is word w-hi • a Includes a multi
tude of diseases. Nearly ono-half of the
diseases to which the human flesh is Hable
are In reality nothing more or less than
catarrh In some phase or location.
When It is said therefore, that Pe-rti-na
cures catarrh wherever located, a much
larger fact is stated tlun ot first appears.
If It !»• true that Pe-ru-na really does cure
catarrh wherever loe-ited, what a multi
tude of diseases Po-ru-na wll cure. Who
<s it that says Pe-ru-na will cure catarrh
whtwever located? Doctors sav it. lawyers
«ay (it, preachers say It, a vast army of
men nnd women say 1t who have tried It.
The old and the young say It. They say It
in the east, !n the west, they say it In the
north and the south. All these say that
Th-ru-na will cure catarrh wherever lo
cated; .-.nd they say ft, too, without any
solicitation, hesitation or remuneration.
Never was a greater assertion crowded
into fewer words: Pe-ru-na cures catarrh
wherever located.
ISeml to the Pewni-nia Drug (Manufacturing
Company. Columbus. 0.. for Dr. Hartman s
latest free book on chronic catarrh, la
j grippe, etc. ... .
t REASONS FOR USING J
I Walter Baker & Co.’s |
I H Breakfast Cocoa. I
♦ *• Bemuse it is absolutely pure. ♦
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1 which chemicals are used. 1
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ARP'S NURSERY SONGS
Cherokee Philospher Passes His Seven
ty-First Birthday.
CAESAR'S LANGUAGE QUOTED
Bartow Sage Declares that Moses Had
the Blues and Lots of Trou
blesome Times.
•'How many miles to Milybrlght?”
’"Three score and ten.”
I can't help thinking of that old nursery
Bong, for | have Just passed my seventy
tlrst birthday and am therefore Just seven
ty years old. It is like crossing the Rubi
con. and like Caesar I may say "The die Is
cast.” 1 have reacln’d the allotted ugc,
nnd now ( very day tiial I live Is a personal
privilege—a favor not promis’d nor de
served. There is something solemn und
s-tlouh in the word, for scripture and an
cient history seem to have made It sigalii
cant. There were seventy elders ot Israel
and the sent out seventy missiona
ries; seventy learned men translated the
Old Testament, and man's uge was cut
down by degree’s from W to seventy, and
there tiie Lord called a halt, and Moses
salth that all the excess is labor and sor
' row. Moses was feeling very blue when he
I wrote that. The old man lived to be IJO
, and had a troubled time, but 1 know some
I men and many women who lived past
' eighty and whose last days were their rust
I uays. Those who have lived right or tried
I to mid have been unselfish und are blessed
with a good wife or u good husband and
loving children can take mt the risks
that attach to four score years. Labor and
sorrow do not necessarily follow old age.
Sydney Smith said, when he was seventy
four. "1 am at ease in my circumstances;
| in tolerable health; a tolerating chureh
l man- niucTi given to talking, laughing and
noise, I am. on the whole, a happy man;
have found tiie world an entertaining world
und ant thankful to Providence tor the
part allotted me In IL”
Ixmgfvllow livd to bo seventy-five.
When ho was seventy lie wrote his friend
Childs: "It is like climbing the Alps: you
reach a snow-crowned summit and see be
hind you the deep valley stretching miles
luiu miles away, and before you other
summits, higher and whiter, which you
may Lave strength to climb or you may
not. Thea you sit down and imsiitate,
and womier which It will be. This is the
whole story.”
Dr. Holmes saw so much fun In every
thing that ho couldn’t help making funny
rhymes about un old matt.
“But now his nose Is thin
And It rests upon his chin
Like a staff;
And a crook Is in hfs back,
And a melancholy crack
Is In hls laugh.”
Then ho was sorry that he wrote It, for
! he eays:
”1 know It Is assn
For me to sit and grin
At hint here.”
The do.’tor didn't expect to live to bo
etgnty-tlve, for long ago ho said: "Our
mains are sevi nty-yi ar clocks: the ang> I
; of Hie winds them up once for all, then
i clos< s the case and gives the key to the
i angel of tne resurrection."
But :,n old man is not obliged to have
it crook in Ids back nor a crack in hls
latign. We see many aged men who are
straight as nn Indian and have not lost tiie
musical tone of their voice. Habit and
prill.* of person have much to do with this.
1 know an aged matron, a neighbor of
ours, who when she Is sitting hardly touch
es tne back of a chair, and yet she is not
stiff <>r awkward—always graceful, always
beautiful. Siio ts kind and gentle In her
age, and has a warm welcome wherever
sue visits. If sho cannot hear all that Is
said she is not embarrassed, for she says
what si ' lucks In hearing she makes up in
seeing and reading and is thankful for
the lacuilt) * mat .ire still left her. I never
saw her with a troubled look, though I
know she lias had trouble und iTe»l» grief.
Now. contrast such a woman with one who
ts always complaining of her hard lot, or
sayim something disparaging about her
neigh hors!
But the old-time mothers had some excuse
for bent shoulders, for it was tiie fashion
to sleep on pillow nnd bolster, and it was
tne fashion to lean to the child while it
was nursing. Habits begun In childhood
nnd continued In motherhood will never
be broken in the decline of life. I believe
tnat tne hnbns of the girls of this genera
tion are an improvement on those of the
past. They do not lace like they used to,
wild they carry themselves more gracefully.
They have better fitting shoes and corsets.
They have more comfortable seats nt
School and are not allowed to lean for
ward to their books or slate or writing pad.
The life Insurance companies have nt last
discovered that women live as long ns men
It not longer, and policies are Issued to
tnetn on equal terms. The longevity of
both sexes Is Increasing, slowly but surely,
and the only drawback is Intemperance—
whisky and opium. Were it not for these,
tne three-score-and-ten limit would soon
be advanced to four score and give us a
stronger nnd handsomer race of people.
Shakespeare gave us some types of old
age that seem to have titt’d the times in
which he lived, but they are very rare in
ours. Prince Hal said to Falstaff: "Have
you not all the characters of agi—a moist
eye. a dry hand, a yellow cheek, a white
beard, a decreasing leg. an Increasing cor
pi.rosity? Is not your voice broken, your
wind short, your chin double, your wit
single and every part about you bloated
with antiquity?"
I deny the picture. As someTxxly said.
I deny the allegation and defy the alli
gator. There Is some of It that does not
fit me. 1 know. These poets are too fond
of poking fun at old men. The she bears
ought to come along. The scripture says
that old age Is honorable and that tho
young men shall rise up when the old men
come in at the gate. The old men are
the balance wheels of all the machinery I
of government. If it were not for them. |
th" boys would run away with the wagon. ■
There must be wheel horses with breech
ing on to hold back when going down
bill. What are we here for? We can't
climb a tree or Jump a ten rail fence any
more, nor kick a college hall nor ride a
bicycle, but these things are non-essentials
i and don't have to be done. We can look
after the grand children atxl point a
nioral and tell them a tale and teach the
young idea how Io shoot without carrying
a pistol in a hip pocket. Solomon says that
the glory of nn old man Is hls children’s
children, nnd he might have said that the
children who have no grand parents did
not have their share of happiness in this
world.
But old age has Its triumphs nnd conso- i
latlons. It has passed all selfishness and
vain ambitions and takes comfort In
memories and philosophic meditation. It >
realizes the wot derful progress of art I
and Invention, for we old men remember
when there was but one little railroad In i
the I’nitrd States and no telegraphs: when
the old stage coach carried the malls and
postage was 25 cents a letter: when there .
was no kerosene oil and no matches, no '
steel pens and but few books of any kind.
Old ago Is not alarmed about polities or
the downfall of tho government, fur th) se
same periodical exclti ments have agitated
the country as far back as we can re
memltor. It Is the same old song, but It
does not disturb our serenity. When our :
old cook concluded to quit. *he advised my
wife to look round and ”g»*t a settled
woman to take h< r place.” "Dese young
niggers hasn't got sense enuf to stay any- I
where long and dey will l«* runnin’ off
atter every scurshlon and funeral and •
pienlc dat come along. Better get a set- ,
tied woman.” Age does settle us wonder- j
fully and It looks like a pity that w<* have
to shuffle off this mortal coll about the i
time we have gotten some sense and learn
ed tho lesson of life.
But we must accept our iTestlny with
grace and gratitude, and may the Lord
give us
"An ago that melts In unpcrcclvod decay.
And glides In modest Innocence away.”
BILL ARP.
Chic
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Any woman with any charm at all enn i
look pretty on sunshiny days, but rainy ,
days have the • ff.ct of bringing out limp
and bedraggled costumes, the off-casts of
better days.
A dark blue coat looks positively light |
when trimmed with tiie dull bl:u’k of Per
sian lamb fur. Perhaps that Is the reason
of the popularity of Persian lamb, because •
of the contrasts it makes.
1 Fur storm, a coat of blue face cloth. ,
with waist < tit with cape. Is most admira
ble. It resists the weather and is extreme- i
ly becoming, something that cannot bo |
said of all storm eoats.
A vest of Persian lamb Is delightfully :
effective on this blue coat, as Is also a .
tiny edging of the f tr upon the Medici '
collar. If the flaps of tho skirt are lined
with a strip of tiie fur. so much the better.
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the latest modi* with squirri 1 skin, can be
slipped over tho blue -term coat and a
muff of the lamb carried. These cuffs are
adjustable, being capable of wear upon any
stfi et garment. The cuffs are buttoned In
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A lining of black doth is liked by those
Who wan*, warmth In a storm coat.
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garment and “tack” along the edges of the
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THE LEGEND OF THE LZLEES.
W liy the Chinese Hope for Their
Bloomin f? on New ear’s.
From The San Francisco Examiner.
All little California children, and especial
ly those in San Francisco, know all about
Chinese New Year. How’ all the little Chi
nese girls and boys and their papas t,nd
mammas dress In their very bait, m.tke
calls, and have good things to eat; ;vrd
most of them know about the China l.lics,
for they nioom In the windows of the
white little boys and girls a*, wail •« in
those of the Chinese. They kn.i.v a- > that
they are V’ry superstitious Flout their 1
lilies, and think that they will have bad .
luck if Ilin lilies fall to bloom at New .
Year's D.tson.
Now. how many know the legend of thetr
origin? Not mat y. I think, eo I will tell
you about It.
Once, a long, long time ago. there lived I
in China a very rich man who owned a I
vast estate. He grew tea on this land. ■
sold it In the city, and made a great deal ■
of money.
" This rich merchant had two wives. The I
first was verv handsome and bright, and :
had two sons who were also very hand
some and clever boys. But the other wife
was ugly and stupid, and had two sons
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who were not at all promising, but were
unpleasant to look upon as well, and stupid
and dull as could be.
When the merchant came to die he was
In great trouble how to leave hls proper
ty. If he left it equally to his four sons
he knew that wicked men would soon have
all the share of his stupid sons, and the
share of the bright sons would not be
enough to k«<p them all.
Ho pondered over It long, and at last
when he cim» to die they found that he
had left all of his property to hls two
bright sons, except a small barren valley,
which was bequeathed to his two stupid
j sons.
i This barren valley, as every one knew,
wr-uld grow nothing at all. or. as an Ameri
can boy would say. ”H wouldn't sprout
beans.”
It was one trass of stone, with hardly a
square foot of soil upon it.
Flowing down this barren valley was a
little stream of water which was noted
through the country around for being such
<le.tr. clean water.
It ran splashing nnd tumbling over the
' rocks, but rothlng would grow- on its banks,
! for there was no soil in which the plants
i could take root.
, The stupid wife and her sons were so
<ll ;,1 pointtsl. and their friends felt very
I sorrv for tliem, but every day the mother
i and her two sons would go to the valley
; to talk over their troubles and cry over
! the’r late am! tho tears fell Into the stream.
”Wl’.'<: shall we do? What shall we do?”
they srid. “Ou. brothers are rich, wt-lla
; v.i must beg for our daily bread.” j»
Soon, however, the tears that they "
shed spr-uite i in the water, clung to the"
rooks and came up long green shoots.
"Ti;<* great Father will make us rich
yet." they ct'.ed. and though they watched
dally nothing ever came upon these plants
but beautiful white lilies.
' They are beautiful, indeed.” said the
mother, “but how they are to make us
! rich I do not sec."
It was just nt the season of the New
Ye; r. and seme of their friends suggest) d
that they sei! the blossoms, which th-y
1 dll
People bought the Hiles tn decorate their
j houses tor the festival, and the stupid wife
j and her two tons bet-arne rich from the sale
I of the bulbs and blossoms that grew in
1 their barren valley.
FACTS ABOUT GREECE.
The kingdom has a population of 2.187.308.
Thu flag of Greece is a white cross on
a blue ground.
About one-half of tho people are farmers
; and shepherds.
The area of the country 1s about 24.277
square miles, or half the size of Pennsyl
vania.
No part of Greece is forty mlies from
i the sea nor ten from the hills.
About <O.OOO of the Inhabitants speak the
: Greek language only, and ail but 29.000
j profess tne Christian religion.
The < hies characteristics of ths average
Greek are hls kiquisitivejiess. fondness for
■ excitement, love of discussion, desire for
! knowledge, an aptitude for learning and
I aggressive patriotism.
There are three distinct races within its
' coniines. speaking different languages,
' wearing differ) nt costumes and holding
‘ little social intercourse with each other—
the Greek, the Albanian and the Waliacn
! lan. or Roumanian.
The present king, George I. came to
j the throne in Jm”,. Jn hls eighteenth year.
J li*i draws an income of annualiv.
Including I2o.W>i from Gnat Britain, France
and Russia. He is the son of the present
•king of Denmark. Charles IN, nnd brother
of the princess of Wales and the d .wager
empress of Russia. He married in IS®7 the
Grand Dm-in-s Olga, eldest daughter of
the grand-uncle to tho present emperor of
Russia. She has had six living children—
five sons and one daughter.
The king has a palace at Athens, built
by Otho, at a cost of 52.7XJ0.1K*), and a sum
mer resid. in .< at Corfu. He shares the
1.-gislati) n with a single chamber, called
the boule, the members of which are elect
ed by the people every four years.
There are seven ministers of administra
tion. whose salary is K. 140 a year each.
For purposes of local government, Greece
Is divided into thirteen under
officers culled nomarchs. It has an ex
cellent I’-gal system, based upon the old
Human law.
Its regular standing army consists of
infantry, 3,120 cavalry. 3.M2 artillery,
■ l.ttKi engineers and transportation men.
3.4i»i officers a.’.d men. making a total ot
22,470 troops In the land forces.
A Little Brown Seed.
A little brown seed, 'way down In th®
ground.
Was sleeping so hand he heard not »
sound.
• Till the robin called In a voice so shrill.
He sleepily said, ”Oh, Robin, be still:”
"Wako,” said the robin; "Oh. Johnnie-
Jump up.
You're late; It's most time for erweet but
tercup.
You must come first, dear triolet, you
know;
Johnnie—jump trp, Jump up and grow!”
; So Johnnie awoke and pushed out of bed
First hls g-een leaves, then yellow head.
It made him so happy to see the sun
light.
Ho bowed to the robin and said, "You wer«
right.”
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