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—ir-s Conducted by MRS. WILLIAM KlNGzzm
All Communications Intended for
This Department Should Be Ad
dressed to Mrs. William King. 480
Courtland Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
“RUBY.”
(By Request.)
“I opened the leaves of a book last night.
The dust on its cover lay dark and
brown;
And held it toward the waning light,
A withered floweret fell rustling down.
It was only tho wraith of a woodland
weed
Which a dear dead hand In tho days of
old
Had placed ’twlxt the pages she loved to
read.
At the time when nows of love was
told.
And memory sweet, but sad as sweet,
Swift flooded mine eyes with regretful
tears,
As the dry dim harebell skimmed past my
feet.
Recalling an hour from the vanished years.
Once more 1 was watching her deep-fringed
Bent over the Tasso upon her knee.
And the fair face blushing with sweet sur
prise
At tile pas. ion.ite words that broke from
me.
Ah, Ruby, my darling, the small white
That gathered the harebell was never my
own,
But faded and passed to tho far-off land—
And I dreamed by the flickering flame
1 g.,tb i. I th' flower ami 1 closed the
1 aves.
~\nd I m\- hands in silent prayer
That tie r. . yr, It. aEi, as he seeks his
sheaves
JHght I n ten the hour of our meeting
tin re.
VIRGINIA GABRIEL.
A LAW TO HELP THE BOYS.
B.using along the steet a few days ago
I ...iw comill.’’ toward mo two very small
boy- they could not have been more
than sown and live years of age.
They were bright looking little fellows,
and were chatting very merrily. I vis
quite attracted by tiieir appearance some
time before they passed me. but imagine
ii y surprise when they pm I me to see
tl.e largest boy remove a cigarette from
ids u.eitli It was no play smoke, but the
boy was really smoking like a man would
J.. h r-ally caused me to feel sad to
think ■ f a child of such tender years form
ing such i horrible habit; and yet in our
lari.-o eoi-s tliin same thing is constantly
occurring.
When w> know positively from the best,
st 1 11 t tob: co causes no le than
e, lily diseases and kills in this country
some 20,<t00 persons every year, and makes
thousands of 1 thers insane, is It not time
that laws were being made to protect our
boys?
Th< r<* are laws to protect sheep and
birds, and ; ■-ietles for prevention of cruel
ty to animals, th- n why not laws to pro
tect tie rising g.-: . ration of boys’.’
Rin . ■ ■ land - ;■: .i 1 r law in 1S?2;
’’No person can sell give or deliver to any
minor under sixteen years of age any to
bacco in the form of cigarettes; a tine of
s?<i for each offense." Also that no boy
under that ago could smoko or cb.ow in
any public pl.ice, street or resort, any to
bacco In any form whatsoever.
“HEART TO HEART TALKS.”
F.fA or sixty little tots looked up into
my f.'.-e ’ ist Sunday, while I told them a
I ttl.- I’leidont. May I tell it to you; wiiat
ar<> we but uh .vn up children?
A |.:i-..iis ii’:'- fellow from the country
was wail- ng the city streets for the first
tin: ■ with lil.- father. After awhile they
inw to a crossing wh ro teams of every
■ l ipl on .. ■ passing to and fre, drivers
r : • i:ll;i..r I .1 < leetric bells jingling. The
l>. . • d iiis father’s hand.
’ ll' I . tig.H, fatheri" he cried, "and If
and pull t lie wrong way
V > tlm crowd, nl > hold
on i .i r tli.in , ver and have me go your
Need I make the application? Many of
y. ■ ■' ’no to me wi’ i your troubles, and
t ■ y to ..'ii a i' .-,'Otisive cord in my brea.st—
-1“ ' I . in oniy point i m to One who is
w l.ii.g t . hold to your hand eVen though
J'-i n.ak • mistakes and pull the wrong
w . I a. ti,'.’.liter clasp upon t lie i v rla a
. i m nil . ullic. , ri. Y oil may ’"rest
u • : ' .■ .■ ■ oi a tr -e laden with, ripe
i : : . 1 : aIo lie boughs that :-oim fruit
iii • [<■]» down and you enjoy it; so you
■ I M!;.’ at .'I !IV Vel’-Se of ’ I'i J> I U I’yOU
< ‘ •< -. ..: d s'l.ikt, us it wut, <_ vt-ry bough
ol , ind s*>in< fruit to nourish the soul
;. i I "1 shall
n- ’ . :umb< r nor sloop” -constant care
;n.«l tiiv.in watchfulness; “no wall <an bo
built hii'.ii enough from earth to shut out
.. ■ 1 bat
in.!.- v. Hi.iupi to k*ep out the Angel of
1) 1 peril,
a saint is praying on her knees.”
i Thy c >uns< I” -
a promise to I who wish to be guid. <1; and
after 1* .ng . ai«h <1 thus*; who h;i.v** believ d
“do ‘Hl* r into ! ■ ’< ! ••>-. I'a- i'c on earth
rind then rc-st in heaven.
only t -eiy tier tame to me it letter
wh* !’ he.ir. .'pak. to imari- for the w riter’s
bt.iuiii <1 fa * i •■ r< jigth* in <1 mine, and so
v. ” m !p ears! ot' :< r to bi ar up under the
burdens of ill- . t haps 'her words may
help some other faint heart.
“i’ovi rtj j my ma I annot do as I
wo.uld wish, my husband lias not !»••< a able
to work fur six years; my oldest boy is
marly blind, and 1 ain unable to walk a
hl.it min-, ba I am trus.ing in t'.u bbssed
H.'.vior, W iat < ’se ean 1 do? Many times
the future looks so dark and gloomy that L
' aiiiioi e my way, but G<»d in llis mercy
ami wisdom 'has cared for me, and I can
only lev and trust Him through life,”-
and rest assured, dear sister. He will “never
leave or forsake thee.” An intinite <»od
would not guide and then forsake; we < an
al! take that verse anti treasure it up in
our mar s. "I ! hi shalt guide mt by thy
counsel and afterwards -ri ix iv** me to
glory.”
A waj' 1 knew not, winding, rough, and
thorny;
dark at times tlhat I no path might
But Thou hast been my Guide through all
tin* journey,
Its st»epncss has but made mo loan on
Thee.
And onward still 1 go. in eaim assurance
'1 hat Thou wilt needful help ami guidanoe
lend:
Thai ni’cngtlli will come for every day’s
endurance, —
Grace all the way, and glory al the end.
SOME REQUESTS.
W..' some r.-ailcr give a recipe f r making
jldi rb'-rry wine and oblige i ibscribei.
The poems, "The Changed Cross" an !
"Whifiing in Heaven” have been forw it.l
ed to ’:ie lirdy who first wrote and ask'd
for them.
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
Mrs. J. W. Bowdon. Adairsville, Ga.—
Will some of the. readers of the Womans
Kingdom please tell me how to tako rancid
out of lard that has been put away in tin
cans? Would appreciate any information
in regard to ttie above. 1 enjoy rcailiiug
the letters in t'iie Kingdom very much.
Mrs. D. W. Thornton. Vaiden, Miss.—
I will give a colic remedy I have used for
years. It never fails; Taka laudanum,
tinefuro cayenne, compound tincture rhu
barb, peppermint ami camphor, of each
equal parks. Dose, ten to thirty drops.
In case of diarrlhoea, take a dose of tern
to twenty drops ill three or lour table
spoonfuls of water. WiU some one tell me
how to keep cucumber pickles all winter?
Neelies, Tex. Please allow me to In
quire through your columns in the inter
est of ti little orphan girl for T.erov John
son (her grandfather), whoso d.iighbr,
Nannie, married I'd Butler and after his
death married a Mr. Moore, at M<’Xia,_ I < x.
Doro.v Johnson is supposed to live in tho
vicinity of Charlotte, N. C.
Address Rew W. A. Moore. Neches, T<-x„
ami you will bless a little orphan and be
blessed In return.
Mrs. R. H. Hardy. Jason, N. C.—l want
to give my remedy for colic. Take a botllo
of sweet oil or about a. half cupful and
tw. ills-live drops of laudanum; if it does
pot relieve repeat in all hour. It will re
move t'ne cause if taken when you have
the colic, I have not had a. bad spell in sev
eral years and that Is what I took.
If the farmers who are having trouble
with nutgrass will plant the ground in cot
ton all" let a gang of geese run in it all
the year they will destroy it in two years.
I hope some of them will try it.
Mrs. M. Stevenson, Dixie, Ga.- My post
ollie,, is changed from Stlhsboro to Dixie,
Ga. Some of the sisters have written and
sent for the never-failing buttermilk y. nst,
but sent their letters to the former place.
1 have answered and sent to till 1 have
he ir,| from. If any one has sent and not
he ird from me, pl use. direct as above.
Please inclose stamp’d envelope, t liavo
put up fruit by Hie receipt Airs. Spear
man sends, only 1 smoked the water as
well as the fruit Don't use the vessels.
It keeps nil l.v.
■Mrs. K. A. Barron, Castleberry, Ala -I
enjoy wry mtich the various discussions.
Many good thin:.’, are is Ing aid, and much
in regard to training children, all of widen
I read wilh Interest, for 1 have five dear
little ones to train, and it. I.- my greatist
desire to do my .Inly .is a. m ither. 1 always
turn to tin Kingdom the first place when
1 ge the papii. and always rad Aunt
,ie'.‘ chats tilt, thej are o h < sting;
en I read little tori
i Illi’.’.in that are in th" Junior. If any of
the sister who sire bother d wi h
tables or rules will move I b in from the
wall ami put . ring of ashes around each
leg. I will as-sui. Ijeiu tliiey will not
trouble th--m any more.
Mrs. E M Gr tham, Ari. tvil’e, 'la
Do i". y of you io < p copies of The Consti
tution? I do, and would be very thank
ful if sonic of you would send me a copy
of June 21, ISlfi, containing a poem by
Margaret S. Gr.iii.im. of .1 i >, da., about
my little girl. Ro.-a !’. arl Graham. I have
lost the paper and would like to have it to
keep until my little Rosa Pearl i- grown. I
will return tho favor in some way. 1 like
The Const it u ,ic>:i spiendidl'.’ and do o much
on .y t.i. Woman’. Kir.-dom. I will givo
a re 'ipc for burns tlhat 1 have never known
to fail: Tak" alder b ’..ls. boil tln.in down
low. then take out the buds and stew the
juice in lard: when eo'?ke.d it his a deli
cious odor. Rub on bur ; once a. day.
Mrs El ■: ; . |- ■■ . ; I <im
very am.i e to g,.< t’" l> ,I- numberK
of The Sunny South Is ginning May 1,
INK, up to the present date. If Ann; Mat
Mill fend to my address her old Sunny
South papers from May fl I will rippte
ci.ile the klridm-.-s very milch and will re
turn the postage and favor in any way
I ean. J wou'il have written to Ann:
Mil her-.-If if she had given her minn
an l address. We have been taking The
t'ons! it ution .' in.' firm and take gr. t
P ui <3 in I . ,i.I ;ng : lio si. ; ••' lett. rs
ai. i appreciate the many e.....i receipt
I’ll . ell me wiiat bei
Will. 11.. used to write ver> illt eres ii n.g
1.-l tors.
(Uncle Will ,e .1! right, only lazy.)
Mrs. A\- H. Tridgen, Creek, N. C -Tn re
ply t,> P.tii.-y, Old Eurmu y N. <’. 1 w.sh
to state I do not claim, to know where
paradise is. but will sav I look upon the
d to pt
l.s he.iyi'n ■ 1.
can fln<L In Ihe Bible to prove it to Ln- the.
grs.vo, nr not h. aven, al ). .. t, b.-.-aus. as
she says. He said to the thief on tin- cross.
“Verily 1 say unto thee, today shall be
wilh me in piiri.di.- -ind then after He
bud risen, three days later, II- said to
Mary, "Touch me not, for 1 am not yet
ascended to my J'.iiher." So we know He
did not mean the thief would b? with Him
in heaven, as He did not go to heaven that
daj ; but we know they did go in tin prats ,
or paradise, that day, l> cans.. 11.. said so.
1 also wisii i,» any to Mrs. J. C. Barton
that I agree with her In most things slio
said in reply In my b tt. r. and I d.d not
nman to in«!a tile impression Cmt I think
the son! remains in the body after d. i i.
any more than tm* hr. ath do 's, bee.-in. • 1
b. ’ :<■■.. i ;i.T;. ,o I.- , ■ i d ■ in ■ thi >
After Go<| mad" man iI. "In it >n into his
. . I a. , . I. .■.iine
a living soul." Why. eormlnl.'. . win n we
die the life, breath ■>:’ oul 1 ives tli. I. >dy
and goes where tho light from a lamu d es
wlwn ".ii blow out tii" blaze, and ile re r. -
TO MRS. ITiWIAM
From Mrs. Budd, of Pat
chogue, New York.
Mrs. Budd, in the following letter,
tells a ftuniliar story of weakness and
suffering, and thanks .Mrs. Pinkham
for complete relief:
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—l think it is
ui.Y duly to writ.!'
I or ‘ an, Uellyon
N m hat. 1./dia
A 1 E- i’inkham's
U > Vegetable
Compound
111 VAI/ has done for
I, | another woman.
11 U'/ 1 iiad siK’h dread-
\ I"! Ib’fiilaehes
ESI \ through my
, ..'5/ 1 ten pies and
K// on top of my
‘,lst tm' head, that I
V' // tu V nearly went
M ■ ! : I crazy’.was til so
I troubled with
< >
side from my
.shoulders to
my waist pain
ed me terribly. 1 could not sleep for
the pain. Plasters; would hi Ip for a
while, but ns soon as taken off, the. pain
would )>e just, as bad as ever. Doctors
prescribed medicine, but it gave me no
relief.
“ Now I feel so well and strong,
have no more headaches, and no
I :uin in side, and it is all owing to
yo.'r Compound. I cannot praise it
enough. It is a wonderful medicine.
I reco.’tmend it to every woman I
know. ”
THE WEEKIY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. AUGUST 8, 1898.
mains until God returns Jt to tho body,
when tho body rises from, the grave at the
resurrection When God answered Elijah’s
prayer by returning the widow’s son’s soul
to his body, of course he was alive again,
and. the very fact of hik reviving ami being
alive again is proof that, his breath or soul
had been returned, because he could not
have been alive without It. and when we
relight a lamp the light i;> returned, hut
where had it. been, and where did it come
from? one thing Mrs. Barton says 1 do
not agree, to. and that is, she says we are
taught in the scriptures that the soul never
dies. Now, I would like for her <>r any uno
else to point out to mo the place in tho
Bible where there Is anything said about
an immortal or never .dying soul, except for
believers, an them only’after the resurrec
tion.
Mrs. W. J. Crlsler, Jackson, Miss.—As T
need assistance, I will come to tlhe King
dom. Now, as Ido most of my own work.
1 want some of tho sisters to recommend
a self-healing iron that Will heat fast
enough: the ones I have used heat too
slow, so you cannot get on fast with your
work. 1 get on well enough in tlhe old
wav but as we live in the city, wood is
expensive. Besides, the heat Is insufferable
to keep tho itcheti heated all the morning.
} lave about tlitei n varieties of nice muscle
shells, some of them very rare, that 1
would like to exchange for books or some
thing useful. B< arl river has vi ry Imo
shells that are not found el:-"Whore ’
send a recipe for sweet peach pick es that
(has been tested, and I know ty , n !‘„ c ’
Take eighteen large pea”hes (pieled), one
pound . ugar. one pint good vinegar; boll
sugar and vinegar and a tittle al.in to
gether. then drop peaches in and cook till
tender; flavor to suit taste. J use cloy s
and seal In glass jars. They will keep for
years and be good.
Miss t’eellle Jones, Knox Point, Da.—
Sist.rs, you .’ain’t realize the comfort we
worn out lit lb’ lions keeper.’ get from
reading 'he sweet, cheering letters from
some of the sisters who are rl 'h In expe
rience. J know some of you snatch your
time from your work to write, anil it is
surely worth It. How’ many of the sisters
have a Constitution Kingdom scrapbook
Why, sisters, eomm. aee rlf-.tht away; make
it out of one of "John’s” account books
and .you .an keep it in the kitchen or any
. onvenieiit pla. Save the sad and happy
letters, a- w II as the r< ipes. Sisters, 11
you .ne bothered with chick, n mites, store
your oiii uis in ymir h"U hous» and make
li.-n nests .d onlt n stems and you will
find thial mites will disappear. Mrs. E.
GilTeii, Arg. iiia. Ark.. I would like to ex
.■ii.inge shells fur your design to stitch
I ii.■:< by. Can any of the sisters tell
through t'he Kingdom what will keep zino
buck is bright?
Airs. A M. Haley. Arkabutla, Miss.—
Your valuable paper reached me on Tues
day. The Woman’s Kingdom is the first
to be read, enjoying the many interesting
letters. I will give a few recipes, hop
ing some one will be benefited: I always
give my baby pastor oil and laudanum for
a cold; it is also good for a child that is
teething. When my baby shows signs
of teething the first thing I do is to give
her oil and laudanum; teuspoonful oil and
one drop of laudanum from four to six
months old is a dose. The dose should
be Increased as they grow older. Chil
dren three years old, tablcspoonful of ‘>ll
and two drops el’ lull I mum. 1 will give
Hie C.illforniii recipe for cooking potatoes;
at least, tber. 1 whei ■ I learned to cook
them this way: Peel and slice; slice two
large onions with jiotaiocs. ami salt to
ta.-de; have skill, t with some f fed ne it
grease, boiling hot. But your potatoes in.
pour over this little hot w ater and let
stir.’.' down to gravy. It is natural to
suppose anyone would know what to do
with them then.
Mrs. Anna. Pritchard. Brodie, N. C. I
h V" just taken up my onion crop, which
amounts to seven bushels or more. Tiny
are the whit" hill or potato onion; they in
crease at th., bottom ami are very prolilic,
but not a. very large kind. .1 will give them
to tiny one who w ill send a strong bag ad
die.-, ed an.) postage paid OU it. This on:.oi
ls a good keeper, and th, small, r otr. s |
make nice and pretti pick’' s, and a :
jar of tin s., pickles, or i big-mouthed bot- '
tie full look - ni' e on t ■ d r: ng talde, s. i- !
■ ■: .; . ... plums, red ■ pples.
waito peai'lie.s and yellow years. That is |
Wlull is on m; I
tin. pink erap" myl.le ami the "turg’s cap"
l.iy. [ plain my onions in spring or fall,
as most • ■ m i ne nt, ami alway. a.. \ ea good
tmpplj. flu v ar., a good imdl.me for a
cough; choppi . up and inadi into a poul
tice tli, ■» a:, good for croup ami |< v. r m
eiiildren.: Nicely sllvyl • ad fre d tin y are
I b’r "k.:: d;s:, Beef l ook'd in any
way, "... duck an 1 g ■ ■ much im-
proWd bv an onion dressing, a id .1 a
wlioli om'e vegetable in any form, cooked
or i i w
M gladiolas te elegant now sunflow-
' and many
vith idy 1 lie;. all attain
luxuriant, beauty.
l.orraine S. Erierson, pi ierson, Izi I
not.- a refill si by Airs. Minnie We.ixet
asking for a method by which 'o keep
gre. a corn. In the same lei ter, Mrs. W‘av
er gives direct ions hew to keep, or can,
pcacihes. eb . Her method of canning
pe.ii. aes will k' . ~ anything on
earth but for one misstep. S'.ie
say : "Preji..re the fruit, pin k in jar,
put nil cap, screw on tigni, put th" jars in
the boiler, .ever with water and bo.i until
done.” So tar, cO good. The lais.' step in
her re. ipe conn s in now. and 1 warn the
s.s'.i ;. of Wae continues: "fake off
cap. fill and »• -r.-w on cap." Rigid here
is w:. re th,* mis’hlci comes in. l.e’ me
give you line pert i t I’"' ipi : i- ill yi.ur jars
full of the sui,: : r..c, you wish to p: ■ serve
or keep. l'u'. .-ii ill,' iiiiiu ,-erew <n
cap. pat in boil. r. cover wit h waler. ) "il
ten or lil : n i linulcs. take Jars out of
Watei . possib.c, give tl'.e top
an additional screw ami put up on your
pantry' sic lv,, . When you arc ready to e.it,
ope.:, youi j.’.ts, but m-yer until I uen. l.et
111. give you a g.iod id i. -n nis .-aiifect.
When more soup is made lor dime r man is
needed for dinner, fill up one or more jars
wilii the remainder; ser-w on top iw.t'h
rubber), put the jars in tho pm, boil five
minutes a,mi put away until winter. It will
keep perfectly. Os course >ncs, ..t- ..
should be made beforehand, and when
done pu: in jars ami boil the jars five or
ten minutes.
Clara Hammond. St. Louis, Mo.—Some
excellent advice has been given concerning
the care of babies ami 1 would like to tell
of a lew things that 1 have I .arm'd while
He ones. Wi :
one has a good baby or a bad one depends
very much upon Ui, first few mouths o: his
Ilf", for habits formed then ire not easily
broken. If you begin by rocking him to
sleep he will , xp. , f you to eolllilllle to do
so and no matter I'o.v busy you nriy be
the chances are that Im will m.:ke it so un
pa..i--.i nt for you that you wi i be giad to
drop everything ami take him. If a baby
is given lii.s own little bed from the tirsl
ami placed there, whether seeping or not,
it is surprising how comfortably ami sw.- ■-
ly he will rest without the aid of dngim.-.
rocking or other unnecessary <■ it-. The
I . "t mattress for t m; b d is made of hair
am, th" feather pillow should be sin tli and
fla: T:ie best c vernig is a s-’r.-i >:l LI.:11k
which i .in be washed freqm; ly, so that
the lied ean always be kpl i. i: ind 1, aa.
The baby’s bath is an important event
in his existence am! should Be given once a
day. Di at tin water until it is a.-; warm as
new milk ami ba.he him ii'Ui-kiy. it w.i.
not be necessary to use soap every day.
Wipe him dry with soft linen and have
ills cimhln.-, ready to put on him , s . oou
a. his bath is finished.
’flu mother's mi.k iias always been con
sideri u Un lor tin baby ami i£
it is of good quality’ and sullicient quantity 1
no I vHcr diet can be devised. But tlieie '
are tnoi. 'lids of mothers ail ov r tile coun- ■
try who (.like mys.-.l; cannot nurse th"ir i
babies, ami tin ;, w..l find nictated loud an
excellent substitute. 1 epi ait noia ex- ■
periei having raised three fai, healthy j
babies upon it. Cow's milk n \. r safe. I
e. ~ci.la liy .f you mm i depend upon the i
dairy way on tor your supply, fur you ean- !
not be sur.- :iial the cows are hemthy, nor I
ti nt the t' .'d sin eats and the water she I
drinks wl i * . to be. I alway s !
pre >ar< : ■ food mys ... . t |
what 1 mi c. sary for a meal at om time. •
After th." baby is fid the bottle is rinsed
and the rubber turned wrong side out and
t noroUghly cleansed with a .-if- brush.
Thon, is then m> danger of acidity in til ■
b. e. At tli" age of , :..ht months a little
beef broth, w ell cooked ri< e, sago and
barley' gruel were given in addition to the
lactated food, but very little of such food
must be given at a time until he becomes
accustomed to it. Do not forget that he
needs water a.s well as food, for the little
mouth gets very dry' and hot and a drink
of cool water will often quiet a restless
child when nothing else will.
The material for the layette may be as
plain or as handsome a.s <h sired. China silk
In white or delicate colors trimmed with
silk lace makes a handsome robe. So also
docs the sheerest white cotton goods with
a six-inch hemstitched hem around the
bottom, but whatever material is chosen let
it be used without starching, for starched
garments irritate the tender flesh.
Mrs. G. Moon, Buckrange. Ark.—T see In
the last issue that Mrs. (Minnie Weaver
asks for recipe for canning corn and
beans. T have seen both successfully
canned just as she does fruit, only the
jars must lie closely packed at first and
not opened after choking. As to myself.
I never can either corn or beans, yet
keep them both perfectly through the
winter. '1 he beans I pick while tender,
string and rinse as for immediate use. In
an earthen vessel place a layer of beans,
about two inches deep, then a layer of
salt, say half an Inch. In this manner
continue until the vessel is fill d, placing
a wooden cuver directly against the beans
to hold beneath the brine that forms.
Eor corn, gather plump tender ears and
remove from cob with a sharp knife,
cutting fine. Pack away the same as
beans. No sealing is required. The wood
en cover must hold. lirmly, the corn be
neath the brine, while a cloth tied over tiie
top keeps out the dust and insects. The
brine is taken out when wanted tor use
by cooking slowly and changing the water
several times.
J enjoy the Kingdom's correspondence
with it : domestic, social and literary hints.
My only objection to what is written of
books—that it is not enough.
I have also found ple.isure In reading
the excluuige list.
I have several '.arl tbs of flowers and
fine vegetable seed that 1 will divide with
those sending postage; also have native
flow-ring shrubs, young fruit trees and
grape vine i-uiifm’ In tli’e autumn. Would
like lo exchange for quilt scraps of either
calico, wool or silk.
Tn tlds. the southwestern section of our
state, wo have lia l flue seasons, and gar
d. i s'and on-liards are all that could bo
asked.
Mrs. ,M. J E-in.’b. r. Bolt'n, Tex-.—B"ltnn
is Uie county seat of B' ll county, about the
cenl' rof the stat", and has about l.JI’*’ 1 ’*’ in
habitants, situated on Noland crock. The
sail 1H black, wavy and rocky, prairie land,
fortil-, well watered, natural streams,
skirted with timber, running throughout It.
It is a pretty' country and healthy, though
the climate is hard on women raised in
timbered cotntry, and hard also "n flowers;
the wind blows so hard, the soil dries out
so quickly only those hardy and adapted
to the climate thrive naturally. The buf
f.'i'.u clover, wild rose, sage and otiiers
b! ml their blossoms like a solid bed on the
u ;. ■, Itured port! uis. 1 see. in imagination,
ot us in a clubroom; smae look happy,
sem i striving to be s and others sad.
Why ? 1 judge your fact s by your l' t
tiis, though I belie.V" only one lias ex
pres!-ed her. ■ If happy, and ri "W didn't it
<l.l us all good; happy, yes, to be so -.ind
: others so, i. what we arc living for.
1 am an art.-I and would like to draw you
all m a clubroom and v, .;k out the expres
sion of your faces, as your letters have de
picted them in mind. Aunt Susie 'at the
ii-ad; lin n next : indmi’.s, one who learn
ed to writ co fat' in Hie. another who
s:aitl: “Let them take to the wheel if they
want to," : nd "J ...t' "i:'t much eontideiiee
In the men’s al 11 - • ' this govern-
ni"Ut .'tbui' . Tli' .’i, on and on. I see so
many 1 v> >uld ike to bow lov. before and
shake youi I. inity of ■ ntiment.
G cierally , they .. cuse all old people of
ii-.ng against tb wheel, but Grandma
Scott ii om open ontradictlon. Why I say,
of couise. I. t ti:* m, in my mind, only those
who ret rk a ire loyvereti, for all
' li’tiuls ihou'.d I." iiiimtl In a higher and
! pur. rc: itiin 1 "f ;■ night than to put a low
' eoii.-i riH-tiiin i ■■ n actions of otherp.
jlf ■ \ b,Hlt^l, ( JUS.
m criticism; a
. iro p m will emain so, whether on a.
wheel or iiywii' ' ■ lei,., lady remarked
that she didn't w .at was meant by
women's r’’’iifs or emaneijial|.m of women.
In my -.pin ,11. to be iree fr »n critl.-.-sm,
s-I'’ll . :■ the :l le ■. ■ :nchl; .le . I i.lid women
Mill niter gel tic r•. until trie.- live it
ihiwii. I do nut want to rd • one, tint I
• II:.- ‘it tn S", 11.. ■ '|. do so, and if 1
rod ' .' wheel 1 would feel better tli.air any
one who remark ,1 ab it It A m.m who
m niiii ui a I* \ .in :ru lion ue,,a any
my dear girli y< i had bet ter leave
, him alont’.iim ,! yo ■ s - that mothers
! ' t e.spoiisl!>b f. r the actions of men
and boys, by m :l,<i.n to watch and cul
tivate th. ir mnd in lit le thing;, in youth
an.l Illi the. way to manhood. Just as you
would expe ; a planti I garden to be at
maturity, you may' exp ct tin mind of a
' ! id .it"l ” • kn w. n n : uJ! ,i ,?
Honor. Ae.ilti), p .’.vr i,. -iity In sw. • t
• ontintnrnt, is '.e.r- wina possessed of
t t Gml e.l- . n uni’’, of (-■ ml. true love,
without which marriag is a failure.
EXCHANGE LIST.
Mrs. 1,. Sutten. S ■ i.. <; . :, 1S “Roe I
Path of Life" md "Bilgrim’s’progress" to
exchange for work' d pi, hams ~r f.uwv
! w ‘ ,rk '
Jt. 1.. Lewis, J loriy ■ 'itv. Ela.. w'll ex
change bronze or whi ’turkey’ gob.ilers
for trio of inimuea chickens, two inns
, Al. L. I tiller. In. eri ..... I '::; . has old
f-:. ::i;s.: coin nd confefleru te bill to
ex. hang ■ for good seeond-hamt guitar; also
isong" for ixeh.’ing' .
Mis. i'. L. Gunnels, Bal! Ground Ga ,
M ill expiring’-' M lin-.v’.. Al1:.•» for
Worn in’s Home t'umpanion for May. June
and July of is'..?.
Miss S. Al. Ery. Gilvo, M s , h.-,s four
varieties of fern.s for .-xch i i,; write.
Mrs. Ira Parker. Tupelo. .Mists, has holly
hock s. .d, differen: ce.ot . . to exchange
for woolen scraps; other < xeha.iges.
Aliss A’nmie Graves. E.iycttevilli.-, Ga., has
sw, et williams ami sw, • t pink’ seed to
ev-'.i.ing'. for double white and pink hya
cinth bulbs.
Miss Roeno. Stephi ;on, Heflin, Al t., will
exchange system of <lres a cutting wilh in
structions for best offer; write lirst.
Mrs. A. AV. Clement, Irby, S. will
exchange brown nair switch lor something
u.-etul. write wbal you have.
Exchange of July ls:h should have, read
Mrs !■'. S. i.eicli, Columbus, Aliss., not
G eorula,
Mrs. <’. H. Bennett. McDonalds Mill.
Va., lias ducks, while I ’lym utli r-iek .ind
S. i'. brown i.'ghorn chickens ami bronze
turkeys, a’ pure breed, to <x. aatige for
Mie. A. 1 rledrieii, Kerrville. Tex., has
receipt f.,r in ; ~g < . ri-iini to excli.uige
for three ids p..,.nts. ny color.
Miss C. 1.. 'I" ■>'•••, '■ ■ : t. Li-, will ex-
ch. nge sc’ it go<". m. ■ i. i" u drawing in
strument or a 'O.l vi.-iin.
Ixu raii S Eii< rson, Et :■ rson. La.,
w -i.:s .sh‘T ! from KcHiucky to
I’annmii canal, good cm. i.i ingv offered;
Mil’ I. .
■i r - G V Johns, ui, '■■l'.’iiigti, TI. Tenn.,
w f mi mmoth
bronze ::irl.. ys or em iry birds tor a pair
of 'i.iol-c .elii're.l phep'l' rd J>Up:l.
Mr« E A. Barron 1 ’ < >erry. Ala..
;! iciiira :i s.ik:it diamond
ring fer I 'dy ■ buttum d ho, s No. ti, and
m: ■ ses’ N ■ 1.
. .. , , t nil! i, Ela., ad-
i' ,• i t] 1! 11 ‘ r<'• ;iii; * I >i• ■"r<■ < L •!\ -
.. not black. Addri . L’matil-
Vfrs A E. Badgett. Sai >bel, Flu. has
. ’ ' . ..... fm beet oiler.
Miss Earn •’ >'i s
exch'in > lee ;>
< E Boyett. Morris Station G.l„
h.,s f r.is earn.. M’d moss t- exchange
For’one doz. n spools thread, or anything
| VSrf’lL
i n’t. I‘iits WilK imston. S. has
■' 1 / '■ ... , Ivo vc.irs old, English sot
| tl'r. to ex h inge for brecelilomling gun.
<’ Bostick. Dexter. Mich., will ex-
I ~ th .nmgltbr.d poultry for Indian
j ami Lar redes, or old hr. urns; any kind.
; Letters answered.
i Xl| ... y \| Haley. Arkal utta, M ss., has
| the p >em ’Lucile.__to_ ex. liang.- for ten
<»I’H >L Aioltcm > j- and WHISKY
Jp.bi's cured in ten to twenty days. No pny
till cured Beck "1 pirtieuhirs Tree. Address
Dr. J. I-Stephens, Dept. li. Lebanon, Ohio.
Mention The Atlanta Constitution.
yards lawn or calico, fast colors; also
directions for using dn’alcomanin for two
and one-half yards bleached domestic.
Write for particulars.
Miss gallic Mclntyre. AVestey. S. C., will
exchange Hawthorne’s "Scarlet Letter,"
lor "Hilt to Hilt,” by Cooke, or "Vashti,"
by Mrs. Evans.
iMrs. B. G. Binns, Pleasant Hill. Ga„ has
"Beside tile Bonnie Briar Bush" ami
copy of New York Herald of April 15,
18(15, to exchange for best offer. Write.
(Miss Ceilic Jones. Knox Point, La., will
exchange "Samantha at Saratoga." for
"Uncle Tom’s Cabin," and sea shells for
ono of Marlon Harland’s books
Annie Ingram, Byhalia. Miss., has elo
cutionary pieces and instructions to ex
chango for recitations, dramas, etc. Write
with stamp.
Mrs. W. H. Willy, Burnett. Tex., will ex
change pattern of gabrielle apron, child
ten years old. for one yard either red or
green oil calico and 1c stamp for postage.
Miss G. Ray, Antia, N. C., has double
petunias, white begonias and hyacinths to
exchange lor worsted, silk or velvet scraps.
Miss Ida Mitchell, Dillon, N. C„ has rubv
set ring, No. G. to exchange for ten yards
of nice bleaching; also "Home's Ilaid,”
for "David Copperfield.”
Mrs. D. Miller, Sweet Springs, W. Va.,
has "Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” “King Solomon's
Mines" and many other books to exchange
for 2.> coffee signatures for each book.
Miss Alice Overakor. Hillsboro, N. C.,
has new camera outfit to exchange for
ladies’ bicycle in good condition; other val
uable exchanges; write for particulars.
Aliss Elma McClurkie, Springtown, Tex.,
will exchange shorthand method of paint
ing for dry goods. Write with stamp for
particulars.
•
SEAL HUNTERS RAID ROOKERIES.
Absence of Revenue Cutters from the
Sea Offers Good Chances.
Unalaska, July 25. via Victoria, B. C.
August 4. -Well founded reports are in cir
culation that a concerted attempt will be
made next month by a fleet of Canadia'ii
sealers to raid the rookeries om the Islands
of St. Paul and Et. George. There is but
one government vessel, a gunboat. to
guard Bering sea against pelagic sealers,
and tlhe department lias ordered her to
visit the various fish cainneriee along the
Alaska coast and see that the fishing laws
are not violated.
Around Unalaska and Dutch lharbor,
where the larger portion of the sealing fleet
rendezvous before the season opens, are a
score of vessels, and it seems to be an
open .secret that iin tlhe event of the ani
mals being scarce In the present zone al
lowed for sealing purposes tho captains
contemplate raiding the rookeries. The ab
sence of revenue cutters, they declare,
seems to imply a tacit invitation to invade
tllie sea a'lid kill seals wherever they may
be found.
Both the St. Paul and tho St. George is
lands have a. few government officers, les
sees, employees and a couple hundred na
tive.-, but this force Is inadequate to frus
trate' a. well planned raid. The officers
tlietnsi lv s expect the laws will lie flagrant
ly x iolated unless revenue cutters ar., seal
lip to rend, r patrol service.
Tiie |>lan of branding female seals, gov
ernment officials say, is proving a success,
'i’licse that were branded last year ami
emigrated south during the winter are re
tiirnimg to the feeding grounds. Tile work
of branding will be continued this year.
THEIR DREAMS PROVED TREE.
Presentment of Young Tennessee Vol
unteers.
Knoxville, Tenn., August 4.—(Special.)—
"Bud Davis and Sterling Robinson were
killed wbil ■ cutting wire in front of San
tiago or July 2d,” was tin- brief letter
reaching their relatives In Claiborne coun
... rnoon. These youths w< re ex
pert riflemen, who enlisted here with Lieu
tenant War boro, of th" reeular army,
who wa.- also killed In that fight. The
ni-l" before th.v left Knoxville Davis
dreamed that both Were killed in battle
an , [2o >it son had a stm lar experii nee,
i,i-- nieiii.,l ] ti diction giving a like fate to
Wi.nsboro.
FEMALE SPOTTERS.
Employed by a Brooklyn Street Rail
way Company.
From The N -w York Sim
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company.
I .rs , ’m y ;b.’ : eL;sL; v ;;'s , nne:
am; keen tabs •a t eonductoi-Y registers.
All of the women s-> employed are young
ami comely. Tm’.v dross fashionably ami
al" well p.'ld for tho work they do. "Lady
snotters.” ti: - conductors call them. Each
cotter carries a small grin or hand satchel.
This is to make them look like ordinary
t .. y, 1,.,-s the conductors say. The spot
ters rl li-' across tho bridge and Jot down
the number of fares register'd, togetlher
tvith ear number ami time. They also
miike'iui: entry in their not-books of the
number of pass.-ngi rs on the . ar.
-They nave been working only ‘ l .f'-''’
■ • on ,i of t!»*» conductors, but
< \c v man running a car lias become fa
in liar yvith c, ir faces. We know them
all. and of couice ke p our registers right
up to il:- pr*p. r mark. But sa;. , you ougnt
to s.i hoc. swill they 1.10 k! Why. there is
one ot them w io cresses in black satin
and rhe has re.il diamonds in her < ars.
W ■ «..’i’.l her ’Diamond Maggie.’ Then
there’s am tlier w'i'.o is a regular Goney
Island summer girl. She always dresses
in whit’ and has a big i»d ribbon sash
about 11 r waist. Tiie conductors call her
■Seaside’ Vv’e’ve got a mime tor every
one of them and a code of signals to tip
/aeh other off as to the spotters’ where
abouts. one of t'he spotters ha.- red hair
ami we call ini’ the ‘White i’. il’.-e. But
m. matter what pari of the road we may
be on yv • know ju.-t where the spotter Is
ill that p:u;.i. tilar time. I guess the m w
snotters are Increasing the company’s re
ei tnts. however, for the conductors don’t
take ilie olmuce’s tli"y used to In monkey
ing witli tim fare register."
THE PATIENT WAS HYPNOTIZED.
Surgical Operation Performed While
Higgins Slept.
Watkinsville, Ga.. August 2.—A very suc
cessful surgical operation was performed
hi re yesterday evening yyl'nile tlhe patient
y\ as in a hypnotic sleep. County Solicitor
R. Al. Higgins lias been troubled with a
tumor in. his -side for some time and its
r: pal growth made him deci.l" to have it
removal, ill’ objeeii d to ether or chloro
form being administered and expri seed a
d' sit’“ to bo hypnotized while t'iie surgeon
performed tlhe operation.
Dr. S. S. Smith culled In Mr. Claud An
derson. es Tile Oconee Enterprise, a hyp
notist of loc i’ reputation. In a short time
Coloml Higgins was put in a hypnotic
sleep and was made enliiely insen.-i'ile to
tiie Work of the surgeon’s knife. When he
was awak'-ned he expressed no surprise at
finding t’ o' tumor gone and Ids side sewed
, ami dri sued. Col >nel I iiggins says he
w.m ~ir i .t.s of several nu n being around
i.iim :’.ln tumor being removed, but was
entirely Im ensible to pain and felt no ill
(•fleets’ from it afterwards.
I)r. Smith says the operation was not
oniy satisfactory, but that he had less trou
ble'tl’.an any operation ho had ever per
formed. lb’ says lie wi.« convinced that
w'iiero ’iyi "otis.ni could be im-'d it was
much preferable to an anaest'hc;ie.
Drowned in the Cumberland.
Nashville. Tenn.. August 2. lSpeci.il.)—
Mibs Sanders, a well-known sporting man
ami former criminal court clerk of Day id
son county, was drowned while bathing In
the Cumberland river near the lower island
this aft. rnoon. Sanders was ovorhe ited.
and cramp ’d. The current was swift and
<wep. ■ bodv awav. It bus not yet been
diseovered. S.ii.der- was forty-fivo y. ars
old. and leaves a wife and three children.
Census of Indians.
Ardmore, I. T.. August 2. Tho Dawes
commission arrived hero today uml " ' n
talviii-’ ;• ' f'nsiis of Gio Inilians. I :»is is tiio
Li t roll es the Indians prop.iratory to nn
allotmoiit of their lands. r I he < ’liorokoe
council convened nt Tnhloq’-ialt, I. 1 to
day to act on tile Cul tis bill, it is likely
that the Indians will pass a bill alloting
the land in severalty, Birch as chief Mayes
favors.
Bill Arp’s Letter
If this war was waged for humanity's
sake—that is, for the purpose of feeding tho
starving Cubans —of course it lias faded of
Its purpose, for they have not been fed.
But even though our gov’ernnu nt made a
blunder In assigning a cause—a casus belli
—a:<l instead of feeding tin- starving have
killed a thousand Spaniards afar off In the
Philippines, and 3.WW more at Santiago,
nevertheless tiie war seems to have been
the culmination of many grievances and
has already resulted in Inestimable good.
Whether it be manifest destiny or the will
of God and the fulltillment of prophecy, yve
cannot tell. i>ut can only say, as ot old. “It
this thing be of man it will come to naught,
but if It come from God we cannot fight
against it.” Ono thing is certain. It has
exalted the prowess, the genius and tho re
sources of the American people more than
anything that has ever happened. The
United States now stand acknowledged by
tho great powers of the world as equal to
any of them, and her only rival has solic
ited her hand in fraternal union. At a.
banquet given the other day in British Co
lumbia to Lord and Izidy Aberdeen, Hon.
Mr. Mackintosh, tiio lieutenant governor,
paid to Americans the following beautiful
tribute:
“To our American friends who are pres
ent we cannot refrain from extending our
congratulations for t.ho recent a< hlevements
ot their army and navy while waging a
white man s war for the extension of mod
ern civilization, and wo Implore them to
cast their influence for a vVliite man’s pol
icy of an Anglo-American alliance. (Loud
cheers.) There can be no legitimate civili
zation where a Bible is carried in one hand
and a drawn sword in the other. When tho
great English speaking nations link
their fortunes together, then the
war drum will throb no longer
and the battle flag will be furled and a union
be perfected that will be siinctloned and
blessed by the Almighty. (Immense ap
plause.) Then will bo written by angel
fingers the brightest page in history, on
wlhich will bo recorded the union of the
powers owning the same origin, speaking
tin; same language, but long severed by
passion and prejudices for whieli the older
must accept responsibility. (Applause.)
Tiien will be established the greatest con
federation of freemen tiie world has ever
dreamed ot. Eaea star upon the flag of
the United States will tliien repres nt a
civilizing power and each British colony an
auxiliary force, all working togetlier in
concert—all honoring tiie flag of our fath
ers and all revering tiio banner of liberty
and patriotism. (Loud cheering i Air.
.Mayor and gentlemen, i give you the stars
and stripes and tiie Union Jack. Long
may their varying tints reunite and form
in heaven’s light one arch ot peace."
Isent that fine? Could it have been bet
ter said? Are we not all for that—an alli
ance witlh grand old England, our mother
from whom we have bean long estranged
—a white race who now asks for an ai
ilanee with tho white race of tills country
for the Christian civilization of tiio world.
Our recent victories on sea and land
have done this. Old solid, sturdy England
has long had doubts of our ability and our
stuti .'-mansliip. She l.as lx ■ u prejudiced
against our republican form of governm* nt.
but is now convinced and converted, and is
forced to admit that the people can be
trusted to govern themselves. But the
str< is and emphasis that Mr, Ma< kinto
pays to a white man’s govcriirn'iiL must
be a withering rebuke to Mr. -McKinley,
who still seeks to humiliate our people
by placing the negro over U.S. The New
York i’ress is now the most infuriated or
gan of the republican party, and in a re
cent issue says; "We want no possession or
control of the I’lillippine Islands or of any
other islands that neve a hybrid, mongrel,
lawless population. It would cost ns mil
lions of m mi y and a century of time to
civilize them and educate t*. m to the bless
mg b ot good go', ernment. liignt mro with
in our own domain We find it itupos iblc to
control mid regulate the condui t of some
es cur own people, for in Smith Carolina
and Georgia we cannot punish the pi oplo
for killing one n< ;:ru posttnasti r and maim
ing another." Isent that funny? That party
still si rks to humiliate us with tiie in gro
and tn keep us the strife. We were Hoping
ilia'. thLs war would wipe out all l'lis bit
terness, and if it md ii v.’.: a war worth
lighting; but i look.-' now like pclitl.-s is
shaping itself to continue tho section il
strift Mr. Hemphill has been invited up
north to make a spi ■ m on fi it.-rnal union,
and maybe he an stop this agitation and
help io give us fraternnl peace, but. I am
afraid not. If it were left to the soldiers,
we would have a white man's government
such as Mr. Mackintosth desired, but al
ready the contention has begun- whose war
i, It -who killed cock robin what party
is to have the political benefit of the glory?
But we shall sec wllllt we will S' c Til"
smoke is not ch ired away yet. 1; may
be that pr ice Is still afar off. and if tl. *
preachers v. no are w riting about t'ie
prophecies are not mistaken, th- w.i: ,i..s
jus: begun. The fifth vial of St. John is
not near poured mi’. Tin pr. > ■ i ,m
ir.e. When I was a young m.m Napoli on
■ Bonanre was proclaimed as (lie bi .ist. and
his number was six hundred and sixty and
six. They found the number by giving a
tiumerleal vi ue to each 1 ter
and then add'd tlhern all together mid u -
tually did make their sum to be (IGil. But
now the Rommi Catholic cliureh is
said to b" the beast, and this war will
will not end until the pope mid his i huro’i
are all annihilated and then conu s th •
next vial which Is to be pout'.-d out on
Turkey and that kingdom Ls to be a .
lated I heard a preacher say ab 1
time our late civil war begun tnal i. L
should turn out that the Lord was not en
our side he ’
But he lived to see his holies blasted mid
did not forswear his religion either. But a
humbled him and took away his conci.it.
But whether the war must, go on or not I
will pray for pence, for I know that pc
is i l!■ . I‘ea.c
peace abroad. We want no war for glory
when it Is all mixed up w
stop it just as soon as pos.-ible, prophe -y
or no prophecy. Bismarck is and ami not
long before he died hesa-'l: "I lake no com
fort In aiiytlilng that 1 h:ive d "ii 1 ■ 1 litiv.
provoked mi l fought three wars, in win ".
t here «ere killed So,
brought rivis of tears. 1 non •" ■
these wars couid have bi en ho..' ra .y
avoided and 1 have no ph amir, in :. <
memory of them. But 1 li.'’ n,..,i" inf
prAie with God and have h..s tor. :vn
What an admission for an o.d man. a
great man, to make. How difi'c ] '"in
that of Glad - Bild; ARI
Vacation Titna
Is at i’.mid and is glmliy '■.elcomed by ml,
esp"elally those whose duties in Df<• hive
cautscl them to greatly nm down tin ir
system to meet the requirements, physical
mid niuntiil, forced upon thvin. \\ h■» «o
and others, il is important, whether at
home, at tile seashore or in the .’ountry
that some thought be given d •■(, mid
as fort!.er as istanee to nature, a goud
bullding-np m'dicine like Hoods Sarsipi
rilla had best been r—rted to. I! the
digestion is pool’, liver deranged and ire
que.nt headm.'lies seem l', lie the nil".
Hood’s will change all tills mid enable
everyone to return to tiieir home and bus
iness in a refreshed state of mind and
bodily health.
Woman Kills a Negro.
Wichita, K i .. August ,'i. At Anadarka,
Okla., a mgro named Barret! ivis b n
killed while try ng to enter the >■ ,om of
Miss Phoebe Stokes, a . chool ten, n r at
that place. Miss Stokes heard him at a
window and tired six shots into his body,
killing him instantly.
Every Woman Should Read This.
[ will gladly tell any lifil et ■,! woman Imw
I was ciiriil miir long :-ufi’ ting. I want
no monev. Address, with stamp, .Mrs. 11.
p. Stevens, Wwrnss, G:i.
Stricture and Varicocele
Permanently cured. Particulars free, Dr.
Tucker, Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
Plunkett’s Letter
For The Constitution.
Now that peace is to come, the beet
tiling to do Is to quietly await the dawn
of the new era and see how things are to
shape themselves, and what will be the
popular trend of thought.
1 think this is wily Brown is having such
a bad spell of sickness—just to avoid being
a false prophet. 'He swears that current
events have knocked out all sectionalism,
even nationalism, and will turn us into
tlhe channel of universal brotherhood before
we are. through with it. He thinks that
we will take it upon ourselves to reform
the world and bring all peoples up to our
standard or to our way of thinking. This
may be a hard tiling to do. he thinks, be
ing. as we are. more than apt to have some
little differences to just sen liow the tiling is
to be arrived at, but he finds cheer in the
thought that the wider the field and the
more the heatjliens, the less time the "re
formers” .will have to devote to him indi
vidually.
But the old man is too sick to deal In
liis usual strong way with such gn at ques
tions, and I put very little importance, to
his utterances. A man us sick us lie Is,
and one who has had such a hard time
trying to get well, Is In no condition to do
anything but groan, and groan he does,
and ho Is not to blame much, 1 reckon.
In the first instance he broke oul all over
and, and some of the neighbor old women
said ho had the itch, and for tho itch he
went to doctoring. 1 helped him, and ac
cording i■> the directions of t I o’■
woman doctor I ever saw, we soon had
a wasihpot full of pokeroot gathered and
had boiled it down till it was strong
enough to stand alone. The direct imis
said apply tiie stuff as warm : the patient
could bear it, and to this end we kept it
on the fire till Brown hud his clothes oil’
ami give the word, wlien J was to pour It
on while Iho rubbed, lie stood up in the
tub while I diPl>ed out a > >urel full,
ut> on a block and beg in to pour. 1 did nt
pour long, the stuff wus entirely too not,
and ns the first tip of th. gourd started a
stream down his poor old buck, he gav" an
unearthly yell, jumped ten f. i t and made
tho quickest linn- to Hie creek ever know a
In this settlement. As lie went througa
th- yard chickens scattered, the dogs tek
him and the w>n >
doctor woman anil three of her assistant.>,
Who always go in car s of sii kne-s. t. •••
to the doors to see what was tine ma. ■ L
but y only saw a blue sti
lit over the fence and plunged i”i > ’ i’’
creek. He lay in the creek all the altvr
noon. and from this he took a cold J-“ ’J
1 am sure would have elided -s
but for the kindness of colonel M"n- _
In giving him a sack of ms L.
E M. tobacco whi”h cut the
removed the pain
phlegm and nmovea 1 *
lrem his side and throat. J.efoii ... t'
the tobacco, though, the good old women
i . i...,i tried everything she knew <>t.
Including some porous plasters that I think
must have been prepared w.th the stidig
est sticking sluff ever Invented by man.
'Alien we went, to get th" plaster 01. ■ •>
Had times. We had never known that
the plaster should be dampened to g-t it
off. and so tiie trouble was. 1 undertook
the skinning of th" plaster off. 1 work, i
the edi'B up till I I’ould get a hold on it
w.th my ling, r and ti.-n 1 pulled. Some
times I tl.ink Brown put on some, but he
swears lie didn’t. 1 would pull and lie
would groan and frown till, pulling a little
harder, he would give a. flounce and jump
clear out of bed. Then me and his folks
and the old woman doctor and all the
neighbors present would have a time get
ting him back in b d and turned over so
that I could skin him again. W" had a time,
but w- will know better next time I
have been trying since to g-t him to try
tiie pokeroot juice again, but lie swears
he will rot with the itch before ho will
have anything more lo do witli it.
The iru’4. is tn.il Brown liad no iteli.
It has d-voloped that ho lias only a i.evero
case of poison oak. ami from this day he
will tier proela ni himself against old
women doctors and all their herbs.
Troubb s never come singly, says Brown.
He had just got so be could creep around
when ho decided that he would haul up
a little wood. Ill' yoked the oxen to
the old cart and seated himself upon tiie
tongue in his usual way, when his old
woman warned him to remember that the
oxen were mighty snuey since grass was
so abundant. It always makes him mail
lo advise him. so ho made no answer, but
Jerked his lines and moved off. muttering
that some folks must tako him for a child.
When he struck tiie loti ot’ tfie hill and
started down to wli'-ro til" wood ves, the
oxen wanted to go one wav, while he
wanted to go another. '1 lien the trouble
1,, gan. He jt rlt■ ■ with all hl ’ 1
hollered "Gee!" with all hi: lungs, but
the oxen had their heads set, and down
through the ticket they tore. Brown
held "11, but lie had some terrible jolts aS
the wheels hit. stumps and nearly turned
the eart over. The 1 tislus hid whip! d
him severely already, but at last i sapling
somewhat larger than the rest, bent down
at the yoke and scraped along the ton
till it caught Brown’s left leg and stripp-d
it of skin from tiie km e to tile het 1, drag
ing tli l ’ old man under tin cart and leav
ing him on tiie ground. W- rushed dow n
to tiie resell,’, .md overyon.- of us thought
th,- old felow was dead; but he was not.
We gathered him up. ins old oman and
ono oi his girls u-hoid of ills f. - t wane
me and another one of Hie girls took
his head and shoulder I, was
a luav) load. but under the
house beivre tin youugisi daughter «M
--lived witli the ""in;: . ".k. ‘
tie was a t"i'i.iu" bl;;-m..'ii’. hed J .ng any
way but w hen .Mrs. Bi.' i’n, in li' i' ' xciu-
a waole umipond vl isimi'iiot 1111,1
and nose and i.iouth. It w pie A
verts < u him, but it >ru ght iin 100 and
at this uniting lie >• doing ■ .a
every tning, but lie don t want to tim x
<-d up in tho . ompii ns of w to
be w.ieii the war , o’. ■_ 1 i • ■ ■■ “i:W c.a
dawns, and so ne -u -e oruing.
i expect my 010 Blend is abo .. rtglil ol
wishing to wait for <i'w elopim m Ke
will soon have a new ci • ■ •* • and
a new budget o’, pi’u.ol. in ■ ma a m ' ip
-01 politics. L was m hop 1
plvilll llis W ! ’ • I
Mill iind our oil prtib.i ni.< a... pa.o
into ilisignlticane,.. As to l.olitiis Hroivn
sweats they have <J ;? • liuUium .a a- 1
but niunufaclurv puati*' v , > ‘1 tul '
n tv heroes, of course the; ire I 1 t I
say and Brown says that • ••• ese:ip".s nave
been .is close as his from t!u- "X e. 't. no
. iff ering has ben gr< u i h n Ills . >m
the plaster, and no bl . sing to h mll t■■
h is been superior to tl:c iliscwery e. Mo:-
rlson’s I’L E. M tobacco. lag ri ■■ vith
him In some of it, s.mio 1w j : out
anyway I almost ( ivy n..- op.io: , u.i.iy to
keep "T. Os tin eompli'. a t ms that are
noon us. ... . . ,
Berimes the grand race <>' North Ameri
can Indians who struggle.l i aid to sus
tain their right a id pro:.-: t:o r bom -s
will have jusiiee .lone them. \ny v:iy there
will be a wild fad to see that p ev*
crvwhcre are governed humam ly and
there will l>' no more foreign!
no more sectionalism and lim- will i a up
to U , enormous prii’e in w > mm; t
negro find . iving. them tin polish t it all
makes men great and entitle’ them to ex
tra. honor.-
I stlfi -:.v. tlcmgh, t ■ it is imlust::il
heroes that is the 1 ■>!’ t!i. south, not
warriors. SAKE!’. I'!.' N K 1-, 1 I .
There Are Others.
From Tho Roan-'k,.. \ i . I ini'-.
Atlanta Is suffeilni’ from i m idy that
Is similar to our own i at of t'.m inade
quacy of Its passenger station.
. North.
Go north from At' nt i Jacks.mvill.’', M.a
con. Savannah, ' ■ ;ham, New Oi leana
or C.'iattanooga mi throiieli i’ullm.aus and
fast trains of Queen and Cri scent route
and its connections Finest trains iu tiie
south.
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