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HOW AUNT SUSIE MADE A MATCH A Pretty Romance of Real Life; How It All Came About. Love's labor Is not always lost, nor does Cupid live in vain. Through the dis appointments. foil!, s, crimes and sorrows that sometimes eaa a shadow over life there often comes a romance that makes the world .and life seem lighter. It comes as a rebuke to the cynical man who sits brooding over his imaginary wrongs; it cheers those who sorrow, lends h helping hand to the n who despair, and n.. ;.<:; the w.c Id b,tl<r for its coming. It is witli such love ano with such a N-.irly ci;.' t ,v. mto a little girl and a boy not mue'n her < mor began a corre spond’ mv. Tltey were introduced to each oNi t through th ly-acx- of i'lie Weekly Cam i tut ion. and it was not 1 mg before letters began to travel frequiutly from (on homo to the oil. r. The letters that we-at to the boy wer, daintily perfumed, -r - . | .&A .\ v .. I WL /7 /fi R ' ■mWSI \ 1 / : ■/- ' u u I \ ■■' W MRS. M. M. PICKETT, MR.M. M. PICKETT. Who Owe Their Happiness to Aunt Susie’s Corner in The Weekly Constitution. but it was not at the envelope or the per- I fumed paper that he looked, it was at what was written. She was Impressed with his large, boyish hand and often Wished to Bee the writer, but they lived a long way apart and they were only children. But the story runs that they outgrew this childishness and he was soon old enough to travel by him self and she was old enough to receive hhn when lio came. The letter that started the correspond ed ’e was the following and it appeared in The Weekly Constitution of October 22, ISS9: ■ Cora Johnson. Sewanee, Tenn.—l live in Sewanee, a delightful town which has a great, many views. If any of the cousins will visit mo I w 11 take pleasure hi tak fn. them to seo our vi xx.”. 1 read Cail Hamilton’s letter and I think his sugg-s --tl<. good. M:;* Nd;. v ■' \ ■ roes of ■■ m good boo 1 ' L mink she would like 'The Opening of a Chestnut Burr - mid 'The Golden Gem of Lit..’ I am fifteen years old. Would , like a correspondent.” N. 51. I’iel-att, a. young man of Madison, N C.. saw this I- r and answered. What caused ' im to do so no one knows. it may have b- -n chance, or it may have 1 an a bend of atllnity betw> it these two even b- furo they knew of the existence of the other. At any rate, Im answer, d the !• i '• r of the girl who si:ggv. t.<l Hie "GoM-n Gem of Life” as a good book to bo road by u fellow correspondent. Sac In turn answered bls letter, and so tho correspondence began to exist. it grew with tho writers and continued with but little interruption for four years. The tone of their letters had changed seme xviutt and his boyish hand r.ad det . loped Into the easy, careless writing of a bn y man. Her envelopes still continued square and the perfume was stil on them, but the contents showed that the former girl had grown to be a woman, with all the .V ault; s and sweetness ol her six. ’’They both often spoke of a butter ac quaintance now, and she had invited him to como v ami see tho little girl who had asked the abWi ti nce of "Aunt Susie” in finding a. corn.spoiident. About four years ago she received a letter that sent the Mood thrilling through her tall and slender frame, silo knew not why-or rather, she did know why, but she would not admit It even to herself. True, his letters had often con tat. ■< d tender passages and sweet sayings that revealed the trend of his thoughts, but still ho had never seen her and she would never acknowledge what ehe knew to be true until he bad spoken. As for him. he kricv. in his big, manly heart that ho loved tho girl already, and yet ho was afraid. Suppose ho should ■not find the sweet, winning girl ho had Itnag. Ito him. •If in his thoughts? And yet in doubting lie believed. H<: knew that she was meant for him through all eter nity, to share Ins failures and successes, his Joys and sorrow’s. The me. ting betw-vn these two must forex- rla a s-er-t. It is engraved on the 1 .... o r< 1 it w< t-ld be u pro! ay. Suflie. to s;y that ail he h gii : ii- aw. And w! --i ..><• tall. Imm.. ome min, :'<■ !.»>• v. that bad li i’ii kind to her, ami the lire, bine -of her fa— win n sb : . .::..<! it only •iv. d to Inei eoil , . v id * Its*. If without opp i i'.' .i soul: i h s Mart. ; Tiny sat liu-ie I. ■ -it.. ;• under the au- j tunin Inn * >’■ . Ii a .awi ox- ,- 1,.r pie; tii y |■' ... I hi . d to p: . . . i her 'from tin* cool bl’ei of the ail - I op, gml be by her side, ami they tulinil of thiar child hood I'.aid b’ tori he lift she was • -h..- promised b; ;y . Ta.-r,. w. i’e two happy h< rts in S< v. am -■ tim: n • ,i, ..mi .'.unt • b’l.i-oi would havi i> ■. ■ ■ iied hail si,, '. r ■ ' i-■ei ' m urn. i ..' during the tirm i- 'v.om th< ir nr. i and Olid ill. ling, ami with each heir love ! grew. Before Im went (r ■. <■«.it. 1 time I le pa.-'.-md through tie ord- d v. :,-i. h every i i brave if h ... | Ladies, I have Remed t t will cure I JO", if i tiff ring wiih any I' - , - I mile Complaint. Kidney and ; Z A" "I'i- r •' ' ' ■ <l> o' nil ai d ' ...ft NT'A-ms I’. b’l iy or t'/e.ikm s | ■Si’" V'.d; "f la■ !y and Mind. Terms low. j t I Large number of r I. r.oa-es A ; r't / and testimonials. Au opinion X / of your ei-. and a valuable jS tre.ilho ..at fro... smiled, and n j corri’spond. nei ■ mlidetitial. Dr. Mary A. Brannon, U>l I’r; ot street, Atlanta, Ga. i He asked the mother for her daughter and consent was given. On December IS, 1895, he went for his Christmas present—that present which he hail been thinking of for two vtars. Ills bride-to-be was In readiness end there In the home of her mother, with the soft ! winds blowing through 'he treo beneath which they had plighted their troth, these two were made man and ’.vil'e. This is how Aunt Susio turned match maker and this is how the correspondence begun live years before ripened into love, anil love Into matrimony; but this is siot the end of the story. Mr. Pickett took home his bride and the only cloud was the parting of the mother and her daughter. Bight months ago there came into the homo of these two a little one. it was a girl and received the name of “Daphne,” this name having come I from the mother’s side of the family nnd h. vlng 1... ei borne by live generations. The two young people waited four years before tlu-i -aw each otl. r. ami then two years more waited for the other, and now they are '..tiling until little Daphne is old enough ’ . .. told the story of how her father re ot. d her mi.liter and how it was that Aunt Suste turned matchmak. r. WHY MEN NEED WIVES. Written fir Woman’s Kingdom. 11. is not io sweep Ik, house, make the b< ds. darn tho n.i’ks and cook tl'.e metis cir.-tty that a man wants a wife. If this U ali lie neo<ls, : eivnnts e.ili lo ft more cheap ly than a wife. If this is ’ill. w’hen a young man calls to see i lady send him into tho j pantry to taste tire. hr. id and e.iite she ha * n set d him t A It pvt tho t < Hlewnrk i. :.. d■ iii ikins f pul a bloom hi her ha.nd and send bin/ to witness its us. . Such t! A- : t’o imp. rtdr.t and tie wl.-i young man will quick';, look after them. But what th- true, noble, im.'e'fi h rna-n wants is hi r companion hip, sx mpsithy, In :r and to, i . iraib'e, common, hom st < oarage, a courage that d.ir< t to endure all and stiff, r all fur truth, duty, honor and most of all, for lAve. b't.r her kindness to him; It is a .!• wel h. yond pri’-e. and powerful to Is al the wound, d h.-.irt and make his w. anted down spirits glad. For b- r g- nil. m .there I is magic power In In r gentle worln as lie ! sp.-aks, to tho tv. ariod husband who with anxious brow, returns iriiin the ]>■ rpl< xities of Ills daily voeation; his home is a. cheer ful. hallowd spot; he always finds huppi n' s, pi .'tee and love, which tie i .ild. ua rvmpatlilzing world ib iiii ■ its voter!. With his < mbraco and still lovi r -like kiss fresh on li' i’ lips, she is re;-", d and em enr ag'd in tho sympathy of him sh- • -> d. arly loves. Thu way of life has many d l '-- : i y yiac. •• in it. ami nriti m oils a comp mion to go with him. A man is sometimes ovcrt.iken by ml for tune ; ho moits with failure and d.f-’.'.i; trials and temptations I>-s ■; him. rind he needs one to stand by him and sympa thize. Ho lias hard battles to fight with f.'Viity, enom'/s and with .sin; and lie meds a worn.i t that when ho puts his arm around her, ho fe« Is ho has some-thing to fight tor; that will help Idm to whisper words ot couns- 1. klndm ss, Jove and sym pathy and put I,yr hand to ids heart and Impart courage. With his pray.-i- uidp’d with h< rs the gr..cu of God will In- manifest In the hearts and liv .- of < -u-h. All ihrough life, through storm nnd smiskim-, through conflict and victory; Lili-11-.:-.-,'i a Ivors-- .-i’id favorable windt n i - - - >od woman's love. T ie hi iri y. urns for it. A sister’s or a mothi r’s lovo will hardly supply the. need. EXCHANGE LIST. Mrs. A. ar. Ajnason, box 15, Rincon Ef fingham county, Georgia, will exchange ftn» palms and magnolias for nil kinds or rooted flowers and cuttings, hardy and lender; need not write. Miss Mamie Steel. Gayville, Tex., will ex change books for flannel suitable for chil dren's underwear, from two to three yards in a pi ec. Has “8.-atitk-s of Land nnd F-m." “The Duchess” and "Maid, Wife amt vVklow,” by .Mrs. Alejtfinder. Annie Warts. .Meadow, Ala., has Shake sp--.i.r.-'s works cinnpiot.. ox.-.-iuri;-. for guitar in good order. Write far purtien la rs. Mrs. Dene Hooper. Baileyton, AI.-i.. has recipe for tan and frec’Ufs t,, .-xc’mntri f-•■’ four y.ir.!-' of d"’!- o::' -:g clolu; ais., book ■ and n tvels f<>r san cancel* I Ml. s Vernor .Moore, Spar’-i. Ga., lias nov els. “After Long Years.'' “Sirtarve.” nic--- ' Iv hound in .<’l oh. t. ..vea-n-for -■ me o’- I A’l-i’.v liolmi- or Augusta livan Wilson's books; also othi rs for- .- ir.u • . I Mary 11. Noel!. Flag Pond. Va., will ex change coins, fossils, .shells, war ix-'iesi, stamps and rate ins.ets for spear head.-, fli.’d arrows or silk .-md <-alien. Mr:* W F. W ide. Kyi- I„-ir"Tng. N C.. wants a pair of f ir Is. and will exchange so • them. Writ.- wk-it you want. ’ Miss Celia Stexe-'s, Valley t're.-k. Tex., 1 will i xeiiange i-igl Arbuekle sign.-ttitres .. it yards of good indigo blue calico. Mrs. I. B. M. whom. Hamilton. N. ! ho good books to i si-lianw for others. ■ I/.-.- . x. .1. Miss Ella Tillman. Batesville. Ala., has I th., novel “A D:i:k .Marriage Mom,” by I Dora. Thorne. Io exch.iage for “Coin and I Stamp Guide.” i Mr: S. A. llalt<r. \Tlma, Aia.. will <-x --! eh.::. :e “Lily of the Valley Waltz, and M-i- I zurkti” and’ “Blue Danube Waltz.” for “Sweet Marie Waltz” or “Ripples of Ala- | bini-i.” E. A. Jordan. Carthage. Tex., has the | I “prim-ess.” by Tcnny. on. ami other books , i and two yens' subscription for a good pa p. r, to xchange tor sea. .shells. \\ rite tor j part i.’ii’ars, i Mrs. 1.. F. Capps, 20DS Fourth avenue, B r» iagha.m. Ala., has a silver half dollai, I 1536. Ui-.-.’Ht silver piece, JS7S and one TD3, to .-xeiiange for best offer. Write with stamp. Miss Mattie Willis, Lamont, Ga., lias m n's si-;ver .vateh and • -li.iin In good or i der to exchange for small lady’s watch. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1897. WOMAN’S KINGDOM CONDUCTED BY MRS. WILLIAM KING. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. c How many beautiful and loving memories cluster around the name of "Arlington.” and yet thousands or our countrymen know I nothing of this resting place of brave i heroes in tho Virginia hills so near our capital. Next to tb.e name of Washington and Mt. Vernon, there is none other that so stirs the patriotic American heart as that of Arlington, and thousands come each , year to visit this beautiful and consecrated spot and stand by the graves that He so quiet and peaceful beneath the sunshine and moonbeams with the grand old Poto mac How.ng silently a few yards away. Tlie visitor to Washington city nev r fails to visit Arlington. After crossing tho Potomac by the aqueduct bridge, a mili tary ro::d leading through Fort Myer to Fort Myer gate, or the Georgetown or Alexander road takes one to the memorial gates. There are three of these gates one bearing tho name of Ord and Weitzei; another that of Sheridan, and the third that of McClellan. It does not matter by which of these gates one enters, the Arlington house can soon bo found. It. occupies so elevated a position that it can be plainly seen from certain parts of Washington. The history of this house may be of interest to many of the younger gener; - lion, who are probably unai-quainted with its origin. In the oarly part of this cen tury tlie grand old home was bu.lt by Gcor;;e Washington Cnstls. sti’l-son of George Washington, and its fame was only equaled by that of Mt. \ ernom It was splendidly furmshed ami deco rated with portraits, pictur* ;, elegant ver and the finest, of (aide servii-”. The mansion stands on the brow of a high hill that slopes away to tb.e Potomac om< two hundred feet belo.v. From here e-'m be seen Georgetown and Wasii.ngton, and from other points the church spire.-’ of Al exandria and also the dome of the soldiers' home. A more exquisite scene could not be imagined than inee s one’s view. The pia. e took Its name from a former home of the Custls faritly in tlie eastern part of Virginia. Tb.e house was built in 1592. Tlie portico was mod led after the Temple of Theseus at Athens with its . Doric columns. After the death of Custls tho children of ills only daughter, who married the im mortal Robert E. Lee. inhei .t'd tlie pia’-.-. When General Lee < : t I.is lot with his mother state and took his family with h.m to Richmond, Arlimtion was immediately taken possession of by the federal troops. The mansion became their li.-ado uirters and tho grounds were <-o:>v> rt<-d into a. camp. Soon there was a ’ei: uit.il < stab llslied, and as the war eonmiu-.<l and many battles wore fought and ■ ei:.. • a s !•. gun to bo crowded, the order given to make these I . autif <1 gi iu'sis , a n ving pia.-.’ lor tl>e dead, ii’id here .: Is that t-> shiguir.r Im ident occurred. The first grave prepan «I in this, the former home of Robert E. Lee, was for a eonfed'-rat. sol d.« i- who di’d in the hospital. The property was sold for delinquent ; taxes and bought in liy tlie govt rum ~t iti 18<H, and thirteen years after, when p’-acc reigned over the land, suit was brought ; for tiie recovery of tlie estate by Gi-orge : Washington Custis Ise, an heir ueidi-r the . CjstlS will—though he could establish his . legal right, y. t he was barr- d by the courts ■ ; from taking possession, hut nft*-rwards tie’ ; ' claim was settled to the satisfaction of all ; parties by th*' United State - govi rnnii nt , paying bliu the sum Os J1... , for the ; property, and so today “Arili.•;t.W stanes the most noted and beautiful national <em- : etery of any country. The house now Is occupied by the sun., r liitendeni. The vtice gra’d . ..ion or diiix.- Ing room Is now devo >1 to a r .-r, where visitors leave thi-lr mi mt.-;. In this room you find plans of the cemetery, etc. The ground are beautifully ornau:-.. nted with shrubs, tr- es tid . xq-ii-it.’ 11 wer b dr. The natural sei-ia-ry add- e:.:::!y to tho b'-auty <>l tlie place. Ti -v are sloping ravim. s and lonely dells, running ; s.ireams and rustic bridges. Tii.-re is no <f f. ■ 1 at display. .Very tiling is simp. i'h ■ T- mpie of Fame statios in an open <-ir eular colonnade, with a low domed roof. ; Many ilht.-lri-• us names ci'ov.n its ttinilf”. Many of the flower: b <!.: ar- so planted as to form the names of dist.ili,-. . ’i i sol- , di’-rs. others bailg.-s of atn.x < ’fps. There .s a lieautiful syi. .-m -.- .>;•.• . a kind m - .... ■ . - i th: : support a. iatti <-d steen roof, wltii vit. s; within Is a rostrum -.. .; 11 a marble ib sk. it b< services oi "liecoi ation Day" are In hi. An Object of gi • al inier-.-st is tlie monu ment io tlie "Unknown Dead.” i.-i this spot tin re .ire said to sleep two thousand ; hundred and eleven soldi rs, . 11 in one common grave. These bones have b--. ti 1 gathered from the battle fields of Bail ' Run and tlie route to the Rappaltannnek. ; But after S’-i-ing the hour-- and grounds I that ar.- so beautifully d- .urat.’i, nothing ‘ is so impre .five as to stand and look ov< r ■ Hi. lields of the dead row after row that . str.-.eh fur away in end.-ss Im - ■ a-aii ■ grave with its white headstone io p.m; si- I lent watch beside the sleeper. A b.-autiful slope near tiie "Arlington house" is set aside for the resting pia.-o | of officers. The tomb of Sheridan and | Admiral D. Porter is in front of the house, mar the flagstaff. On monuments near by are the names of other distinguished offi cers; -then on others are simply a n iine and list of battles that history has made famous. Tho war department shows a list of those who havo died for their country. Tho names are said to fill thirty-one volumes and records 2uo,*tt> names. It well ripays one to v.s’t tills national cemetery, winch cannot really be described. A. U. K. KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE. "A Subscriber,” Java, Miss.—l want to | talk about that old but ever-fruitful sub ject. religion, flow many mistakes Chris tian people fall into, and one is tho Idea that alter God has given them so much of Hi- Nature as to !><• admitted into His fold they can five without Him. Oh! Dear Christian friends, you eau’i do it. Y>-.. m-. .1.1. :.t ;.our I < -. V.’hcm i joined the church of Chri.fi 1 know that I was a Chris lan. God's spirit bear ing me witm But 1 did not obey J. mi's eonim.ind of .ontinually watching and playing, anil gradually I came lo believe that I could walk the straight and'narrow path without aid from high. I tried it and tin result was that I w.-nder.j ; away in.’i forbidden path . Then I v.a- cover.-I witli eonfti.-ion and slunm- on aecnint ■ f nix foil’ I'or many days I was si’-aiidod upon a .-.-at of doubt, uni the m:-t- were . gi. al licit 1 couldn't the face <;f my Sex ier. Despair wa< fa.-fi settling down on my heart, when with one last effort 1 stretch' d forth my hands to J. .us ami cried: “Lord save, or I perish.’' And ii ■ did; dri-w m.’ up out of the miry clay and j gently asked: “Child, why did you dull’!.' ] I >id you not know that your lie.iv. >.!y | Father is ever ready to forgive nnd that : His forgivc-nmss is full and •■ompi t?" I Aral now I have written this ifi hopes that i il may find Us way into the 'i* art of some I stricken "tie and cause tin in to look up | into Cue kind, loving fa< •’ of J.-sus. He Will hear them. He he aled every pusf ’’.er that camp to Him whili’ here on earth mid 11. Is the same Christ today. I send a dame to the Grady hospital. Miss Emma H igtte, Shelby, N. C.-There Is one branch of i woman';; education that is sadly neglected—tiie .study of medicine, which is interesting, pleasant and profit- 0 able. If a woman understands the preven tion and care of diseases and governed themselves by tb.e laws of health there would rot be so miny uidc and suffering ones In the land. There should be one woman physician in every family where there are females. Parents can select tho cue who has the best talent for medicine and send her to college, and when she gets j her diploma practice. .But all should lead I medicine. ! Mrs. Lula E. Turkette, • Citronelle, Fla.— Recently I have experienced a very great j sorrow in the death of my dear little baby. .She was <.nly til l’ . ;i months old. but, oh. , how 1 miss her. Th-re is one thought that hr presses mo. 1 know I ant the mother <n a bright little angel in heaven, ami may this knowledge In-piro me to 1< id a more godly life. Sisters, in tills dark hour of trial, pray for me. If any of 'li-> sisters will send me soni. flowers suitable for planting in the grave yard 1 would be very thankful. j Mrs. M. E. Perry, Rosebud, Tex.—My i husband lias been i; subscriber to The Con stitution several years and I like It so much that 1 fe* I I could hardly do without , it, and especially the Woman’s Kingdom. , It has so many Intt ieating letters from the old states. ! was born tn South Carolina, ami l;k--‘ It. pm -h b- iter titan I do Texae We l av- no fruit here except peaches nnd tli,.,- are vi ry a it e his \ ■ I am •' r;. fond ol Ih’Wers and want to get some from the sisters. I have worsted and • illco scraps, .’’.si. r . mue’.'.n.'. Jo exchange for any kind of flow i-. hi nils or b«’<-■!. I am so :-.nx;"'i.s to gi . n.•’ a flower g i.i. n start*-..!. Mrs. Walter D. N- .'mini, Onclitta, Ala. It is a great s ? to i- I BG ii‘. Bi' 1 '- !» .':■ t ’*!<• slittel'S. .‘.’JV- fng 111< .r lArt’.y ' ■ j;:' "■ • bp.-’. for Aunt SulMc. hoLV' * o *.'• e.iu i” w.tr<l her for th<* woi doing. There do btb’Ss awaiting h'r a crown of rig hteousii*'ss. \\ *’ll. the sis ters have ■> very in lie utly <ll - u--. d various nbj that I ' feel competent to say anything of v ry much importance. Howe'.’e”, I W..1 dr.'ll tew hints t:iut I hop.- will 1.- of sum- !- '--t ’ > yei tig wives in r.-’s d to Ikflug lova.l to thtlr . husband:’. 1 thin’, ft Is vry woman’s j duty when she mnrrl. s a man to com mence life with a. .a- ermin ;1 resolution to make him happy. Ik- lox il, eo-.irteous, gentle arid kind. N. v r reprove him of what you think Is a. iault before company. If you tiiir.lt he is in ir <1 of reproof, wait till a prop* r time, win ■> you in r- ns--i.i with l.Ui.i. Don’t go ov r the ii.-iyabor hood and toil cur «ii’!e.i.i?or- of yo .-■ trou bles. Go in your cle.- ’-i ami . <-ek God, wiiti is able to ineit a hvti’' ■ ; ...to. I wn’lld I-.-'. ’ ’ !' be like t!.e d< . e that cl isps f’.s wises ’ > its side .':nd eov.-rs and ou- ais 11’-- a re. .w is ”>• < -:i its vitals and hides from the v.c.ild lie pangs of wcuraled aficetion. 1 cm't help hut lliliik t ■ wi mid b i than there are if wives an'! mo.tiers could ! i:. . the discretlt ’’ In tic ir famiii's as tin y ; os id. I .- a s::y. i ••a.rfli. of i-goti.-ni, ; : t w' ■ liave a li.’ : ;<y !:■ -m-‘. 1 ' ■ •'• <■!> ' my cliildi’-n to lox -. honor ami respect ' their father. Young wives, I bid you cling to tim' hop-’ tl-.:it is based m mercy of charact r f . a rials at i dis j ay;, li.'pn.--i ’ ; on'' despond for de-p-.m- . | deucy » . f all evils; - but let’s t’li:.- t b-W’;.. iigi.l. - star, tiie <•;...1n ", ithat e’-ii't I" si v- ■ ; ei’d till fie.- a end. Unit and lets the | spirit go free. ' Mr?. Ij. F. Capp Fourth Avenue, ' Birmingham, A'a.- - J Ing -cad tne litter - published in your d. . . I'ul p tper conecrn- Imr the “N -r Worn:, ” 1 m- t , u ’" that 1 o; :■ ' in r;. <b-'.ii' wl.ii ”t ■ d Worn i:i.” of J armcrsviili-. 'fix. 1 thud; a a .man’s : ; la-’O is at home; ti c Is In-; sphere; to make I"me pl- n.int f. r her li'i. band and children ami attend to the num tom; du ties of a careful 1;.I;I ’. wif ■ ."-lie wiil be , th. mat • ’ - ' ' clat lift '■ ' ’ ’ her rights . t home i I’ :nk it 1' i’.•‘■L’s.s to » ! look f- r them in a clnbri om. Tin- Almighty : v .., .... ; < r, r< |i. l;uiv->’t to t’ti’.n and ! not to g.'X-rn th affairs o' s' it’’. I may . : I>< old-rm dice,, d, but 1 love my homo too : w r Hl : ■ I'l.’.'flle ’.'. ’tli pol:!: - ”C any other i . hasp’; . on:of my immediate surround- | tr . ~n d r !■ lie t. ■ spa Hfon i.i to bo ; ’.|-.ii’-u of my ow n small domain and IriVe a <•< fortn'pit. ” • ire.i for my b.u.- t ); .’.d ’.-I” n e<•• s at nieiit w .’iri. I w::'i i'lboi'.; of tim 'lay, and to anui •• ciiildri . T is. in my i I agination, !.• in ii " > f wom.in’s right.;, and witli meh I .am -mi !i"d. 1 do no: W'orry ov<r the pot fie,-I unt .nil ot the : ' con :.rv. I leave that for tlie m m io at- j | t-.'l to. __ | Mrs. Florence IT ”'s. S' bleton, Miss.— M no : ; will over know h*»w nr- . * I .'ppreclnte the I dear old Constitnt' m if I never write, fin- i 1 die W-.-Tht, of South C-rci’ letter did ' : me a p.'ont d ;l of g ••>•!. '.rite again s •*- ' t s l . Bl!] \ri>'.- !c;:or OS i ’.me I:a' .pin’’ -* , uas ii ■• ■-'.*- 1. I .’■•>’ <• who wa.n- ■ j to co with him where C-ere i.; no pain and suffering, for that is nil I liave h-r. . wh.!-’ other" are going to church nd ot’-.’ pl.n of enjoyment I rim at home i offering. I : can r. ad when not suffering too bad, and that is all I have to mer in*’. I hive good kind neighbors, bn: they do not visit much. I would like to have a good Chris tian lady to live witli me for company and v >... —r ———- NERVOUS PROSTRATION. A Now Jersey Woman Expresses Her Gratitude to Mrs. Pink- ham for Belief. •‘Will yon kindly allow me," writes Mls-s Mary E. f e lt to Mrs. Pinkham, “the pleasure of expressing l my grati tnde for the wonderful relief 1 have expc i'-nced by talcing,vonr Compound? I suffered for a long time with nervous .jiW'Trf'i.- prostration and 4?" : :.'fi general deliility, | ■ V..’ i.'yLi’N caused by falling f ' . A e i : fs ;; as though V ■ ’ \ fiJ. A <; j baek would v-‘ ■''wf ..'-”''-,ek ; » never stopach- L- ? .;7'■.. ..'if}?* Icould y*' ' ' ,<Jy. '.\ not Si I ' •/h;’.<id'.ill ’ ; ' i'-v-A headaches, ; t ... . i - \’. ■ n /VeJ ■ till the time, i ami Hi’e v>as a in- *burden to me. 1 sought the / .J.. ' setishore for V-'-’’ . ■ 'A relief, but all i / ' ~V‘ „;V ' I' f give your medicine a trial. 1 took two bottles i and was cured. I can cheerfully state, if more ladies would only give your i medicine a fair trial they wou'd bless ■ the ik'y they: :i w lheadvc: tiseineni, and ! there wm.il,’be happier homes. Imean : to do all I can for yon in tlie future, j I have you alone to thank for my re covery, for which I am very grateful." •—Misa Map.y E. Saidt, Jobstown, N. J. 3 TO LIVE IS ENOUGH. Just to live is enough—to see the blue domed sky Unclouded on a drenmy summer day; To view tho earth wrapped in Its robe of green; Tho changing sea, now blue, now green, now gray; To see the silver rivers lace tho lands; The- frowning mountains, capped with gleaming enow; The jeweled prairies, sliadowless and bright, The opalescent dawn, the sunset glow; To live and see is enough. Ju: t to live is enough—to hoar ttie torrents hip Un trammeled from the overhanging wall; To hear tho surging and the sobbing sea; The thunders roar, the avalanches fall; The twitter of the wren at early morn; The sighing of the breeze as tho eve grows late; The peal of laughter from the light of heart; The gentle talking of the lover to his mate; To live and see is enough. Just to live is enough—to smell the rose ut dawn; To fi*’i the rain upon your face at night; To brmii the <b xv from hedge ami j<-weled To w:. ch tho skylark in its heav.-nward 11l’;lit; To drift and dream upon the rivet's flow; To 11.-.t< n to th” cooing of the <Jov> ; To noil a tender rose-leal’ h.uid .n yours; 'fo ki; s tin- dewy lips of ot • .• ou I 've; To live and love enough. hi:' If an." of the sisters Ims a euro for fi ,a ile trouole I will be very glad Indeed to have it. I am willing o pa,.- for It. It is so bad to -fiil’f' I al! tlie lime and no hopes of b - tig any better. I found some reintivi’s in T’-xus by writing an exchange to the paper. Mrs. S. A. Haller, Veima. Ala.—l see many sisters asking for a recipe to make ce’ron preserves, so I send mine for pub lication. as 1 think it the best I ever tried. Citron preserves, four pound r.ud, soak tw< nly-four hours in salt water; on ■ and em-’i.-iif teaspooi’.ful ot salt, enough to cover soak again in alum water, one j and one-half ten spoonful of alum. Souk j twenty-four hours 'in tu sh water. Take I an ounce of ginger to one half gallon w:i- | ter. boil until you can stick a fork into It. ! Add three and oii' -half pounds of sugar, boil until transparent. To remove warts ; on the hand, try walnut juice. Jlrs. R. L. Surles, Surles, Ala.—l would , s.-i’- to tiie “irter who asked if any of th'- I k.t’.-cd’im correspondents had tried sugar ■ m.. .■■ bark for neuralgia. I have used it and lit 1 it very good. There is pb-nty here. Will s -nd It for the postage. Have lost her ! address or I would reply personally. Per haps this will . ter'-st some one < Ise. 1 ad- ; mire e spirit of id! 1- vert' letti r. Would that w<- all '.‘OU.’* bear and forbear j mor;- patiently, but W" forget the cross of j Cl l ist when <> its eorne. I think patience . t ’ n traits of ;i' ;; '' - Will semi receipt m-xt writing. A. M. Thomas, Elk "m, Tenn.- Will sorrm of your readers toil me if pearls in messels . are valuable? And what color and shape is the most valuable ones and when- sold? ' S. T. G„ Buckrange, Ark.—l agree, dear ■ sisters, with many of you In highly up- | I ■ ■ -. W Kingdom It gives to . y .U Inter; hanye of ideas not other- i ,v. , had; d. In w dening our : vi -.; " fuln* ■ and good. The remllng of the avrage . newspaper rs a diet I bold should be taken sparingly. And n corrosimndence club sei-ms to me m - ssary to the comple- : i tlon of a home paper. I will give Miss Vlrgi.- Brunt my recipe for j-r* .-■•■rving I the r,i:d of th*- watermelon ma.l'- into meek ’Pt-on. Witli mo it is a favorite ' pres.-rve, and I pad; it away in brine j each st mn er as a re« In ' ■ " wilder for sweet pickle and pr< i-.Tves when . fruit grows . <’ar<-..-. Take raid ol a dear gi’onish cast a.id good firmness from a ■ - melon -not overripe. Remove the pulp I carefully ind with a sharp kn :<■ cut awa> ! th” out.fide i-oating. Cut into at y d< -ure.l ; s'li ip*', pL'i.it or • i' l'K <lowd in n. < sume ? h-n v s-1. Altertmie layers of lit’, and salt. There will be enough water in the rmd to form its own I.tine, j To about two gailons of ri.’.d add one ' heap.ng t ill’!'-spo >nful of alum. This lielps to i-1.-irlfy mill firm tho rind. Allow 1: to I remain ini brine from five to e:;:'it days. | Remove the brim’ and put in dear water, i i Change the water sever'd times daily and ; scald the rind eadi morning. To thor- | o'.tg’dy remove the brine, and one cannot i b” too certain of thi". will require from ! three to six days. Test by chewing P■ee of rind. Weigh and allow two pounds of I • :-t gtanula'i il sugar to one of rind. Pl.i. - pr< ei ving kettle and s<-i.ld until ■' ■;’i:ly t’-nder. Bi move and allow 1 tile : to drain from It Well. X k .xx the sugar into the kettle with | jt:-’ < ;- ■ u h waler to keep from burning i xx r . Hi. sirup Is forming. Bring to a i boil utid skim off any impurity. Put In ! the rind nnd cook until perfectly tender I and brittle. It will not taste .perfectly sweet when first taken from the kettle. Tills comes with age, and I have eaten it three years old. Orange peel and any de sired spices tied In a little bag and dropped In w’hile cooking or afterward serves for flavoring. Put away in stone* jars or pitcher, securing merely from ants and other insects. Would like to exchange with Mrs. Maggie B. Richards for some of her roses, but have lost address. B. 8., Byhalia, Miss. —I must first pay my respects to the dear editress of this page, whose words of wisdom I enjoy and xvho Is so patient with and good to the circle; th n a word of praise to The Con stitution: that paper xvhich enlightens and !i t> rests so many hundreds. If we all would make it. a. point to bo just as temperate and cl.ar't ib!. in all respects as w<- possibly ciiuhl. we would basil must of tb.e time In th.- glorious sunshim.’of pari’ love; even our ei’isses being touched with that beautiful 1 golden light would seem much lighter and I'. sii’r to l>. ar; our bodies would bo Imal tlii’tr. our fusofter and brighter and our steps morn alert. Let us all try to bo more b inp.-rat” anil charitable, for temper ance holds out and builds up ;nore virtues than must any one tiling, and charity iti i chides more than anything in this whole ! world. Lit us all look deep into the mean- I I tng ot" these two words and see if we will ; net ho benefit'd liy the results. Here is a. I dime for Grady hospital. SvnligTt jWicks. fu ordinary lamps m-’’.-’ winter evenings light as flay. >v or read in comfort. Otto wick lasts a .vear: m Ms no trimming; equal to • ’’trie light. Sample It’ i.iits: 3 fur a. quarter. Carbon Wick Co-, 83 Martin street. Atlanta, Ga. TWO AUTUMN TOURS. Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Watkins Glen. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will run two per.-onally conducted excursions to Niagara I'alis, Buffalo, Rochester, Ge- | nova and Watkins Glen on .Mi tiday. Octo- j ber 4th and lllit. at tlie low round trip rate of 811.50 from Norfolk, via Baltirnor. . and sl3 via. Washing:on. Tickets valid for eleven days from date of issue. For fur ther information apply to Arthur G. Lewis, southern passenger agent Baltimore nnd Ohio railroad, under Atlantic hotel, Nor folk, \ .-i. sept 2(1 sun wed THE FIRST FROM THE KLONDIKE A True Story of Life at the Capital, by Maude Andrews. When young Jack Stuart threw up his C government Job and left Washington last iprlng without telilng where he was going evcrjbody naturally concluded mat. he had “gone to the devil.” People are always eager to say that any man, especially If he is young and hat dsome and hasn’t a rerny In the world, has gone to tlie devil. In fact, it is the one way people have for accounting for a follow who turns up miss- Ing; ami then regarding each other tn a | greedily citric us way, they inquire: “Who’s the woman?” The fact that a fellow can go to “the i l '" 1“ without the help of W-ome woman tie; r enters the human mind, although, be It noticed, that when a man reaches a high degree of prosperity, when he makes fame and name, people never turn upon one another and ask; “Who's the woman?” ; Now, as ndbody could prove by which | route Jack Stuart had gone, there tlie mat- : ter rest’ d; and if a newspaper reporter had 1 followed his career where it is now he , would throw down his pencil ’witli a i “pslaw,” or something strong-r, adding 1 In tones of dimppointment, "It was a wo- j man. but she didn't s.-nd him to the J. ill; tiie story’s no good.' Tiie r. ..t would be tint Hie new.-pape:- woubhi' -:x. it a I paragraph; wl- re.ns. had - >e <■ ■■ • I hhn 1 to 1:111 iter. him.-, if ”, the otl.- : m.m. v.’- would have had a 'perbly illu :r:i:. .1 pg- . The Gory as it stand ha . lio'.’.’ vr. -orn* - thing besides virtue to r ■ mm nd It, and maybe 1' is worth th- t< Him; . .- u if the h . viral p.-op',. com m.-ii W;il not I!;, to see It In print. It began, or at least the winter of its discontent culminated, on- tv< i;lug last March In the cosy little living room of a gu-at, impressive house on Dupont circle. Jack Stuart was sitting in one of those corners which invoke flirtation al He be ginning and i- or- s-rlotts im-ntlon-’ after close intinm-y. His hands wci’-.stuff’-d <le' p i down in his pockets and his I andsome 1 brow bore a <!• ■•• p. dismal frown. The g:rl 1 sitting on the little stool In front of him I and :■■ ' :an elbow familiarly on his kn-e, looked upon him with tender, anxious sym ! pathy hi her <-y. They hid evidently I Ik-'-u disi-ii.’--fitig som-- grave xub.'-i t :i-'l tim youth broke forth aft-t' hi-- moody sil.-m-- - “Hang it ad, little girl, i c.i .'t imteli ’ blam- your mot!: -r for not liking m- around." “She wouldn't like yon around if ymt I.ml •- cord- and -ords of money. Jack. You know i mamma. She's .!■ t-rmined I "nail marry I a foreign tit'e and I'm just a- <l< ; rm.u ■! ! J shan't.” [ The girl closed hi r pretty lips in away ’ that slioxved tli.it she '-:ad not had a fatlmr xvho 1, id plowed i:>rou;’!i poverty and ” setn Ity and dre . - fortune for notifi -: That, forum - Pit • t !■■• m'd | foolishly left to Ills fondi-L iv! low. -'ll- I was ' 1 r a '■ ' ' ‘ h m< ans ; i, t ... .O' i rill-. ■ ■-. ” J'" ” ’ ' . has none of any sort or tout -ir- h is too 1 much of an objeet ioiiai;.!-- de- " p ion. I Ills : particular woman bel*fi.fi<’d to the la: er ! class. , “Well, I t'H von, Polly. I do low in ! spirit.”. You sc-my [irosp-ets ■:--n't good." Jack took her hand :> -•! -ari -a-d it, | smiling that hop-loss, bitter smile t.iat. me.in- so lit!!- it;*! looks .•• nr:--'i on th” face of a boy of t w-nty-tiir. ■ “Til. mime of Stuart." lie wnt me “’’an’t I -..try a chap :!irou;:i> lit' : il i .-id: nrik j him rich or famous; it .an : give him ' tii” girl !>■’ wants, an-1 m '- not going t" i st-.il w!r- ii sin's i 1 :-it fi ir -I iia wm I ■! , ' look like highway robbery, grand lai'e-iiy, ! i or :-onu’titing of tit- sort. Os < oui-s.- t.ia' .- ■ wiiat your mother would ; ay.” : mamma” . ’ts’ ■ ’ - -'' ' ’ v ' ! !l! won Id say, too. H. re I ha ve ■. n < ; gov-rnment ; alary of 1- ~s than a month for two years. I < am- here and found lots of old fr.’.-U’ls nr..| I went Imo society. 1 tell you I'm fi-k of il. It's a sawdust life i ds tliitig ”t a iellow's t i fug a room and livim; on sandwa-li’-s a: afternoon teas at'.'.l counting mi tin- dinners j he’s tisk'-'d to for his square rm tls. I wanted to stop ami tlra: I m-t you and 1 ,■ tiltin’t; and here I am. worse oft than ever. If Igo away, 1 will los- you; if I stay here and try to sillily a. prof' sion, it will take y< ars and y.-ars, and I - utldn't j ask you to wait for me.” I Site patted his hand t-nd- rly. “oil, ■ Jack. she said, "it would I.- dreadful ! for you to ga awful lor y..u to le v- im j with mamma, and the count; think ol it! Why, it would b- brutal!’’ Tears w-ii-d In lier eyes. "1 could be true; 1 wouldn’t forgot, and I would be brav< ; but think of mamma ami the count." "Yes," said Jack, touching the soft love locks about her foreh-ail: "but think of the hole I'm im You see, that plantation of mine—” “Oh. Jack, do you own a plantation? Why of course you do; all southerners have plantations.” "Yes, and mine Is tlie worst of the lot, and that's saying a iin.-at deal. 1 un-ver told you about it because I get hot. W lieu ever I think of it I want lo tight. I xxaut to tight a woman, and that's ungallant. Tho scarlet mounted to his brow and his vole- was low ami ti-nso with hatred. --Well. I will tell you.” he wnt on. “It's a line Virginia plant.iTion am! it’s all I have in the world. It was my mother’s property and when she died my l it -r married again—an old maid, his house keeper—anti xx hen he died my stepmother being a shrewd woman and as mean as the mischief, employed some tricky lawyers, who got her a widow's .lower out of thu rent of my mother’s plantation—a widow's dower of $2,000 a y. ar out oT my mother’s | property. That'S all the inconu the plan tation affords. Y 'it wouldn't think I'd stay there ami work it. would you'.'” “I sooukl think not.” “It's my property ami every cent of tim Income goes to that hawk-nosed old harpy.” "But. dear, she will die some day." “Die!” witli bitter incredulity. “Never! never! Tlie knotty variety of parasites like mistletoe, live forever.” •'And so you have nothing—absolutely nothing—out of what is rightfully yours through your mother? Shameful! shame- I fill!" said the girl. j “I'm a. big coward to tell you all this,” ho went on. "but I felt so down in my [ luck that 1 bad to talk. Now. 1 might have made money out of tlie plantation if I had stayed and worked it instead of leaving it to the tenants. I might have made five hundred, p-ilmps a thousand dollars extra | for myself out of It. hut 1 eouidn t do it, I Dolly; 1 just couldn't stay there and clothe | t 0 and feed that old woman with my own hands. She lives in tho house, and—ol>, Well—” "Yes, dear, I have mamma.” “Yes, but your mother Is—excuse tne, Dolly, but youh mother Is fat—plump, I mean to say—and portly women must be more endurable than thin ones with claws and beaks.” I “Jack!" "I’m thinking of that plantation. I'm so glad you’ve got It.” “Well, I'm not.” “Git, but you will be. You see I didn't know you had property, ami that was mak ing it hard for me. 1 thought of that col lection of old family miniatures of yours you showed me, and I thought that might I do.” “Do? Do for what?” he ejaculated. ! “Never mind. It really wouldn’t anyway, i What I want you to give me now is a ' mortgage—a genuine mortgage fur J.’UxO on that Vlrgi...a property.” ' “What'.’” I "Hots much Is that property worth?” “Oh, p-rhaps $1.5,000 1 should say. But i what on I. “W’-11, It’s Just tii:-." said the girl ex citedly. “I a'U t 1 'on $ .jnu. 1: is tho income I have sav ■) from .some property l-ft im lam to giv - - -.u ami you at.- to borrow It from mo bi fixing up a mortgage on your plantation for that amount. My l-i.xy-r will attend lo It in , n atilar form. Bapa <1 dn'i I u- me his i business lb ol for not!,io-. Jack. <l--ar." "And what am I to <1 > wit t th- mon y?” i asked tlie youth aghast. “Now, five been thinking on: all tbit for months. I thought it out when I was dat '-ing and 1 had long, re tful, delicious 1 thinks ove; it wlt'le stupid men wer- twad dllng tlb'lr nonsen”- at me. Papa ma.l li'a pile minint;. you know, an-1 what h:>x. you studied mining and engin ring for if you <■ in’t mak- yours that wav. to ,'.' You re member lall. 'ng .-> in-' aii-iUI mid |’o -iiilll- , ties in Alaska? W. 11. 1 wan' you lo take I tins money and trv your luck t.i-r-'. Ar.d ' Oil. Jai 11. don’t l> 1-11’I and don't k! -s j m- while I'm talking, and xlon't look a mo ‘ as if you’d cry wita f- lit-.;- 1 if .- oa w- -n’t I six feet in your stociHm: ■ ..-<ur icks. I - mean. You ar- to ■ ■ lo a I i; i •! m. ke ; a forium- a gi a:. I.:;: ortum. .I.■<■!{, big enough to ni 'i; mamma - jot anil t o e. .a , V ' b • '- I: Ii l I' - T 1 t.t 10. Ijtael;, :r . |<i --. .- r ..-<•<• .•m. .■ 'Hy j feet.” Dolly Radnor was ,; 1,::;. I. <lj ;> id - io ■ xx ; a i:a. - t !>i • al! i' ■ • and <1 • ..!• Uly t uni 1 lil-’l and out of or.br xvh-n she -rnergid fr>,m hi.■ < nlliu ■ :i-> ’fini!|on ol la r devotion. Tii- b:;; li'll-.w stood up and held lier at arm's li-n,h a bl look- d at h-r o!i, I can't b-gin to t'-ll you how In- look-d at her and th n he gathered her up in his ; uriii” .main and presently they both sit dowt and !.<: . I. Dolly." in a voice ho- ’i- <i with 'coder < ’r.ot'on, “Oil, Dolly, 1 , . can’t accept.” \nd then sin put li -r little soft, white : hatixi across hl- Ups and -a:d in liledicislve I wax- beloiigini.-, to small wom-n: “You are < accepting nothing. 1 am making j’ou a lo n. sir. If a gal < an'l help a. chap she loves before sli - g.-ts him, sin shouldn't ev-r have th” right to do it afterwards, that's .ill. And, well, it' you don't let tn- i’ll . I’ll marrx tie count or tbit beastly old Olli- er with t:i” w.io.b-ii ii - or a ('hinese at tt’-bi- or sometliing iil-:e. a jaek-in-thc-box from Corea.” T't< y infill lain:-. ;l -it’.d there was murni i per ouai tali; amJ ar;: 1 . :i: mt and many < a ri -s-s that i.-ed not in recorded a-r-. . . . . .... .... coiivli si; ;<»n J ick uai t threw up his job and v\ ■ ut lo Al.islci, ii'Sb ad ut .o t?K d<-vil ■ :■ - thought. His cum panions d” log !’,;. sta.x re b ;m: n-’t th- o-’ViTs ,’rvan’.-' -wom-n. wise, ea.;- r<-lte- ami cards but ...s.-ad. a mmialu.-’ ; b\- Amaiia Ku.sner of a v-ry b.’.aut.l'ul e girl smiling irom a tram - ol tuiqeois-. a face al Wasiiinyfio:-. s'-’icty woubl r- og nlze, and to k. -p it- m-mory bright in tim heart of its owner tlieri- were i-tters—.ong, deiici-.ns. crossed at.d re. r .ss-d lett.’: - scented witli violets an ! ornam nt-d with a modest monogram. IJoll.v Radnor did 1' | curt and impatient. It read; I Dearest Jiu k-You it got goM enough to startle -ven Mark Ha.ma v.”:li. mueh !• ss mamma amt the . on .' M rs . Hetty Green would I it - ; to civ would be gi”. -it with envy, i ■ ■■ miserable and y-u must conn- i.ojm’. 1 can't stand them any longer. Mamma s bad grammar increasGs witn her an-R'-f at.d tiie count's broken English am. oriental perfume become more un< n durable as ids love intensities. 1 m g - ting low ami vulgar, you would not kn Hie count. 1 f-cquentlj I'.’in ■ d"' l when he calls mo with my haa done up in curling kids, and I em-xt gum la b s pr< ,<oth seems o work w.th him though. He is one grande loafer' out l ore at our count: y place He 'ouii’’ all my littb tricities as -y.- - .’-r."- of on*’ petite I He —oharming—gen : :I<-. ill Hie 1-1 en< n epithets of approval. Come home or I wil; run awa.v win* him Just • >»» measure of murdering him neatly on our wedding journey. Your own for et-rnity, DULLY. She didn't add that sho was wearing all of her last summer’s frocks, that she hadn't a new gown or a new hat to her name; that everything hid been cut olf from tlie first of the year at least, a! the spending money her mother gat- her —on account of her disobedience about the count, and as for her own income, she had taken the wholo ot that for a year in advance to lend to a certain young fellow who has i-' cently dug a fortune out of an Alaska gold field. Tills young fellow has no idea of how mean ev> n ti fat mother can bo when site is stupid an,' vain and ambitious, nor will bo ever 1 ,ow from Dolly’s lips the extent of her sacrifice, so I am determined he shall read it here. He came homo ten days ago and there was tlie happiest girl in tiie world to greet him in a certain big country house near Washington. The count was not happy and Mrs. Radnor Is as yet barely recon ciled to tlie situation, for she felt that Im had enough money for tlie count as well as for Hie girl who ma y be named as one woman who did not send a. missing man to tlie devil. .. • Equal to Any at Half the Cost. Boston. Ga.. September 21.—Editor Consti tution: i’lte new machine that I ordered of you a few days ago has been received and gives entire satisfaction. Tills summer wo had agents to leave on trial two differ ent machines of standard make, both high priced machines, and after examining Hie xvork and looks of your machine I think it I equal to cither of them and at less than half the cost. Yours truly. I J. J. WILSON. 11