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WOMAN’S KINGDOMS
SOME THOUGHTS FOR MOTHER.
We have often been told that “experl
en< e is the best teacher,” but the rule
does not hold good, for a great many peo
ple In this world make no practical use
of experience, and many others never re
gard it at all.
But we will always find it true that ns
one advances in age they are apt to look
back and see the mistakes of life, especial
ly mothers in the rearing of their chil
dren see them when it is too late to rec
tify them, but always to be remembered
with regret.
Then why not help our young women to
avoid these mistakes and regrets by urg
ing them to use the many means pre
sented to them?
Since the organization of the National
Congress of Mothers and the deep felt
interest evinced in child study, and. in
deed, ■ virything appertaining to the tem
p .al. phi .’"al and spiritual well being
of a child, this subject lias grown in in
t< r at and now over our entire land moth
ers are banding themselves together into
(du!>s to study and compare notes on train
l ralsi ig tin ir little ones. For this
mothers’ clubs are being formed
p ; , iii< . towns ami villages and even in
i; , , umtry a lew neighbors live within
t . . mntry where a few neighbors live
wi’bm easy iceiss to each other.
It : s imposs-bie to tell how much good
c■ a l» i. eop,plished in this way. Th se
, ids uld all Join the mother club
; Congret ; of Mothers— only a
. uts i year is necessary to
Th.' president of the club collects
opr from each member and
to the tr aaurer in Washing on
. . mjt ‘ - tin* club to send on to th
. that meets in February their
I < and two delegates. They are eit-
1 i a a voice and vote in all matters
-Un.-r to the congress. They are
i . ;>. . ’:il railroad rates and reduced
i I while n W ' hington, and above n'l
■ y- 1 enjoy the coming together of so
; nte’-ested mothers who are anxious
tn ■ ar ill that is to be said on the
. t of childhood and motherhood.
V v '•.•••n npi’ointed y|. e president for
<: o- ‘ i hv the National Congress of moth-
■ ■ I am greatly desirous of reporting at
t ■ n< ■! eongre-s in February ns large
a •■.nnib.r of mothers’ chibs as will be
fr>m anv ether state. I therefore
ho “■ to have the co-oncratlon of the nioth
c- of our own state. It only requires
■ ergetie woman to tn ike th< ■ t it
t ■ yet rround her a ft w mothers and dis-
I -- this subject if you only have six In
, !T . |ob you can help each Other. I 1 lm<
I iinve once before told vou of a club I
mt. id d wlu n last in Washington. Ihe
. met tin parlor of one of its
n ,< ■; I ’-s; . o ~. brought their sewing and
In the most mal way they discu sed
who' was last for their children, cac:i
e as to the best mt th
ols '■ lit.'il*’.< so the varied dispositions of
■ hildren.
T‘ ct there ar" so many vital points on
widen even .I.tented, well-to-do mothers
pe.d inf.'iin 11 i"i> the structure, growth
i d r' puir of tin little human body. How
■- ... moth, r - know all they should on this
subj.e'. The prop, r food and its prepara
the m. t comfortable manner of
clotl'rne a <! ini; then with the older ones
th,, je.att. n of parent to toe seaool I’u"
o r • , .. • and story telling for
on them; t •
lihlrcn and many other
■ . studied with such
go. 1 result ■
~, I ■■■'P’c in I’m lower
{-’.--•ts of Icivc n«»: your rid vnnl •«<:< s
, ‘ , .: rerly list ‘’ .' ■’"• Think
of ‘lie good tiiat could be done by one
' e " ''
or t’ns" mu’.!">•■’, wl'.o. litra.dly k"ow
nothing ' ll su h subjects and t-mh'mg
a. ho w lo i th' children • as
. . pro.., ■ ■ .. d e l- M my a great man
b..,s r alrno.-t from the gutters with
such h Ip.
<• . n .■ then h ip.' t‘> hear from one
v ,1,1-in a. . oh town and villnee in <b or-
■ ■ : m mo to raise a moth-
ers, chib nd join with m ■ its vice presi-
■ t ■ ; n •!' Ing all th'- good
. lin. ? I will gladly giv. all
po p. '|> I can ,:i ; :iy." '-tim; b ">ks to
" .’..te 'aS i s pre-iib a l , but, of
• ■ . i im urg-
. repoit . > I v.. 11 h-artily r. <‘.>m-
, . d -h. a," ■■:>.' " to tae wmm n of
th. no. ' helpful and pro
, , |,y ■ ."
m occupation
I do ot ha vo to ' ■ -
( ,f motherhood our
I .‘I n to that without the least.
, . , . ~r. . .rm m. Then how •mi
, . male- rood mothers'.’ la ' us begin
~ end n.ye til. m the training nec-
HEART TO HEART TALKS.
a i. 11 valley or shadow Imre, all
: . n , pea. • ' Such were the dying
V ~.. , f on, wn■l.fl US a few days a m
/. . , ome. Hr. ri H. Ba.'n.tt.
, . . tor of th a First Brea byt I -
Atlanta. This man
. I V.,like lio .and out amongst us for nf
. . ~ ~|,d |,is godly life Was a bl< s-
~ eV . y one. He wa - as much bo
ot he t let .mination ;is bis
b', ... a paid him bj Jew and
, \ a .... . w. re .im-1 us nigh as tiiat of Ills
H |., ~p|, . and all because, ol his beau-
I lie ~ t words w.-re, "I see the
t>. uttJtil mountains.”
iver lim. I been so impressed as by
no vall< or t had ■
!> tit "liv iy human nature dreads t ! he ap
; i|. itli. Some of the best t'hrs-
. , ( ,f the ; ■ paration
t th< grave, ami
t i.,,. , mire pai apihernalia of death.
1 iiooi weak human
... , ..1,1, intd.nl's it. This does not.
. ,o wh. n I 'avid, a man after
eart, aid: "Yea, t houglh I Wa Ik
■ .. -a I:." valley of the shadow of death,'’
nt time immemorial it has been looked
.as entering the shadows.
shadow ■. even da rk
r . |ut t:.' di aw> 11-sp ait life there is at
, moment a glow of light eent
It 1,.., radiance dispels every shadow,
and '.lie dying (‘nristian is enabled to look
in( l behold tin’ ‘beautiful moun
:.. i from whoso heights he catches a
!■ ,nps of the lestial < lly whose "builder
and maker" is clod.
Tito- heart, flint Christian, dread not
dvlng hour, but think only of this life,
"let your light shine." Live .so others may
, ; ; ood woiks.” Walk wit b 1 lod,
nd when a dying hour comes there will
be dying grace given.
<)h! that we may all bo enabled to pay
. our dying bed. "There is no valley or
idow In re, all is light and peace."
A. C. K.
EMPRESS OF THE ORIENT.
In the great empire of China, which 1s
row attracting the attention of the world,
tin:-,, ovist institutions ami conditions pu
co iar to that country, which we, tit first
glanee, term barbarous ami so devoid of
■ ■ prom ■ of results that the possi
bility of finding b- ri'dlt from them is ho
r. rrnde as to render th m unworthy of cx-
,I, ition. TU< .”0 very customs, however,
against whose uiinaturalness we instinct
tivly rebel, often produce an end whicli is
. ■ fortunate. Thi re is the cruel
cm tom of binding the feet of the Chinese
girls, an act which cun apparently effect no
happier end than that of gratifying tho
vanity of the martyred one when she has
become a woman. Yet, In China, it is the
possession of small feet that earns for a
woman the title of "lady," whether she be
the daughter of a prime minister or a
"coolie;" and the fact that the mother of
Tuen-Tson-Hsi, a little store girl, bound
her baby daughter’s feet, will indirectly
cause a war between the great nations of
Europe, or preserve a lasting peace.
Had Tucn-Tson-Hsi had large feet, the
emperor of China would never have noticed
her, in spite of her brilliant and ambitious
mind, and her pretty face, and she might
still bo doing menial labor, for in that
country, so far behind in its recognition of
the fact that women have brains, even her
great intellect, without royal position, could
hardly 'have accomplished any appreciable
change in the intricate wonders of the
Chinese government.
The mother of Tuen-Tson-Hsl, however,
like every other mother of a baby girl, had
visions of her daughter arrayed in regal
robes, surrounded by bowing courtiers, and,
in order tiiat the vision might some day
become a reality, she bound the feet of the
lielpiess infant, and died or disappeared
from public notice forever.
Even when Tuen-Tson-lisi was the slave
of the viceroy, her first owner, she showed
her ability to obtain what she wished, even
though h'»r desire was <i most remarkable
one, proceeding, as it did, from a slave.
She asked to lie taught to read, and her
request was granted. When she was pre
sented to tile emperor, she decided she
wanted the emperor, and, although history
docs not state whether she asked for him.
It is certain she became empress. The em
peror soon died, and his wife acted as
queen regent until the death of her son,
when sh" made her nephew ruler of the
nalni, which position he occupied until a
few days . go, when Hie Empress Howager
compelled him to abdicate, and herself re
sumed the control of the government. It
almost seems as if this woman had had
some c'hoTe in the matter of her birth
place, for it is characteristic of her that
she should have been born in China, prob
ably the only country in the world where
lids state of affairs could exist.
It was a matter of wonder to some peo
ple that, the great statesman, 1.1 Hung
Chang, with ais knowledge of diplomacy,
| should have clung to the dowager always,
i and courted her favor, instead of the em
i peror’s. But this great master of state
affairs knew the power of the empress, and
appreciated her position, tor he had Hsen
to ids high estate through th.' exercise of
alality and genius n it unlike her own, and,,
although the Chinese minister to
the United States is quoted as saying
that C'liang will probably not be
reinstated in his former position,
there is every reason to suppose tiiat the
dowager, witli Iler knowledge of his genius,
will not fail to add this element of strength
to her conduct of the empire. A former
United States consul to China said that
"the wonderful structure of Mongolian
civilization depends today upon the genius
of a single man’ (Li Hung Chang), it is
not probable tb.it the dowager would re
linquish the services of a man like this
because the only re: son which could in
fluence a woman of her inti lb ct to dispose
with bls advice and aid would be jealousy
of his reputation and Hie empress ot' China
lias a sure cure for inis dis ase in the
executioner’s ax. which could quickly put
an end to the works of a man who she
feared was thought to be more powetfui
than herself.
it is to be hoped that the empress, dur
ing her period of partial repose from the
affairs oft.;" nation, did me cease from
tier study of till- condition o’.' her country
women ind wll coniinue t » inecea het
efforts tor their relic'' and improvement,
which she began many years ago it is
painful to contemplate the great number
of suicides which occur an uig the wo
men of Clilna, and this state of affairs
cannot be altered until the lives of t'hn
women are made less miserable
If the empress of Clilna would abolish
tin- custom of betrothing girls when they
are infants, untold gold would no doubt
result to the nation, for a more indepen
' <Jent fe< ling would be engendered among
I tlie women of the race, and through them,
the liberty-loving spirit that is necessary
to the fullest development of the good that
is in a people would be communu ated to
their sons -the factors who nominally make
or mar a nation. .Many stories are re
lated of Chinese girls who have been
educated suflicientlj to abhor 11m thought
of marrying the men chosen by their pa
rents, and their instruction not being thor
oughly enough to show them the greater
evil of suicide, they have chosen death
rather than compliance with the marriage
I contract made at their birth. As an in-
I :-tanee of tlii.-. not v, ry long ago three
young girls belonging to the imperial house
hold wi ie made so unhappy by the mar
riages which had been arranged for them
tiiat they bound themselves together and
drowned tlmmsclves in the imperial gar
dens. When their bodies were found an
other reason was giv n for their death,
but. no one doubted Hie real cause. A
correction of abuses like these must come
through imperial edicts, for lite parents of
I tlie girls and boys of China find the cus
tom 100 beneficial to themselves from a
financial standpoint to relinquish without
a struggle this habit which is as ancient
Women,
jttKEy* Consider the All-Important Fact,
WV J''-.
\’ <F ' That in addressing Mrs. I’inkhain you are confid
] ing your private ills to a woman —a woman whose
JjcSJirx.. x< experience in treating - woman’s diseases
///< V * S preater than that of any living pliy-
f —male or female.
U A*'Jy ' 1 \k. You can talk freely to a woman
\ it A.. 5 J i v l ien > s revolting to relate your
X. Xz* 1 I ,r ’ va^e troubles to a man -besides,
} a man does not understand —simply
because he is a man.
Many women tsufl’er in silence and
x- ' A' drift along from bad to worses know-
Wl ‘ll that they ought to have
immediate assistance, but a natural
modesty impels them to shrink from
X exposing themselves to the questions
/ / »iHa an d probably examinations of even
/ i/llj '/SR their family physician. Itis unnec-
f Ijili essary. Without nionej r or price
f i/nS you can consult a woman, whose
/ fa knowledge from actual experi-
'S Ity/ii??. cnee is greater than any local
S 1 physician in the world. The fol-
' lowing invitation is freely offered;
accept it in the same spirit:
MRS. PINKHAM’S STANDING INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letteis aie leeeited,
opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her
private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence be
tween Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken.
Out of the vast volume of experience wh ieh she has to draw from, it is more than
possible thatshehasgained the ver,vknowledge that will helpyour case. She asks
nothing in ret urn except your good-will, and her advice has relieved t housauds.
Surely anv woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of
this generous offer of assistance.- Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
“ The present Mrs. Pinkham’s experience in treating female ills is unparalleled,
for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime
past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great busi
ness treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women a year.’’
THE WEEKIT CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1898.
as Confucius, and the power of an emperor
or a foreign conqueror will bo necessary
for its abolition. L. O. D.
•b ❖
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
Susie, Ixmvalc, Ha.—From the number of
l complaints that have been received at this
office, we are of the opinion that the ad
vertiser you inquire about is not trust
worthy.—Editor.
Mrs. J. M. Nicholson, l.uxora. Ark.—For
removing mildew rub green tomatoes and
salt on mildewed garments and lay in the
sun to dry. If it does not draw it out
with first application, repeat until it does.
The same process will also remove fruit
i stains without injury to delicate colors.
! I must tell vou that 1 enjoy the Kingdom
i page of The Constitution so much and
have g tim'd much valuable information
i fiom its editorials .and letters. Canned
i beans yesterday by Mrs. Bradleys recipe,
i A Subscriber. F. O. Box 117, Morche id
i City, N. C.—l wisth to say to all who do
, not understand how to make the catart h
{ cure of the horse chestnut that it is made
I of the kerne) and not the brown bark or
I bull. J receive dozens of letters of in
‘ quiry, so many that I could not B’inß
of answering them except through I lie
Constitution. The bark is not good f"t
; anything. Will send them to tHiose who
! have written for them as soon as they
I get ripe. ~
I Mrs, M. A. Moore, Whigham, Ga.■-1 saw
1 a sister 'had asked for directions to tan
I okra. I will give my plan of saving it.
| (lather with a stem. String with a stout
' needle and ball thread; have a. pot of
■ boiling water strong with salt; drop in Hie
I string and let it scald thoroughly; then
I dry in the sun; or during wot. weather
'! hang it near tlie stove till tally dry. Mien
j vou want to eook it put ’T*-'* ll
I at night and it will till out. I think it H
I real nice. Hope some sister will try it. 1
| have been reading ’Pho Constitution many
I years. I love it. It is a part of my house
i hold. , . ~
(Notice-It is too late now to give Miss
I Dennis tlie cake recipe; time Is out.)
! Mrs. D. 11. Britton, I>hinan, La.—l of
fered flower seed litis spring to all who
would send a self-addressed, stamped en
velope. So manv wrote tiiat 1 am tempted
to make the offer again, as I have saved
a great many seed, right fresh. I have
i now. for all who send, seed of a lovely
I red eaniui. ’l’he blooms are- large red and
I the foliage is striped and edged with red.
>1 It Is cite of tlie tow pi.'tits t'hat can live
I through an overflow. Also have seed of
' very large red hibiscus. It stands the ov< r
llow ton it lias a kind of bulbous root,
lahl'ias, dies down In fall, comes up
I early in spring and is a persistent bloomer
, until frost. 1 think I have saved > nough
1 seed for all, so, sister:,, send ahead. I am a
' sincere admirer of The Constitution and of
j Woman’s Kingdom.
(Tlie editress would lie glad to have a
i few of tlie eanna seed.)
Miss Josie Crane, Franklin, Tex.—We
I anxiously await the arrival of our delight
' ful paper, The Constitution. 1 have just
I finished reading tile Woman's Kingdom, of
! course the nice letters were read and re-
I read, for in titeni we get so much desira-
I ble information not to be forgotten. Will
some of tl>e sisters please tell me what to
• d<> for geri iliums that don't seem to be
growing scarcely any at all? Their leaves
| are continually turning yellow and drop-
I ping off. 1 have not much experience in lite
I art of flower culture, as 1 only began to
1 grow them this year. Will tell you how
1 we baki layer cake: Grease pans with
I lard, S|H Inkle heavily witli flour, strike
pans upside down in the tray, so all the
fl.,in wit! '’-ill io 11"' when tile lay r
has baked, strike the pan against table and
i it will fail out. This is better than cut
i ting papers for your pans each time. Try
i it. Would like to exchange crocheted pat
i terns for drawn work patterns with some
of tho sisters. Have some beautiful pat
terns.
EXCHANGE LIST.
Notice—. Many exchanges ami letters this
Week written in pencil were ?<> erased when
recetv d tiiat it was impossible to deci-
I pher them.
' T. G. Bishop, Nettleton, Miss., will ex
' change a. Cornish Indian game cockerel for
Plymouth Itock cockerel, Or pair ol .Mal
: lard ducks for Flymouth Hock er buff
(ocliin pullets.
| Mrs, W. ,1. Lloyd, Social Circle, Ga..,
1 lias violin sixty years old, in good condi
' tion, 'o exchange for cqutii value; want
. pure bred poultry; also eight varieties of
i strawberry plants -for anything useful.
A. H. Itoper. Blest, Ga., lias bound novels
' to exchange- tor other novels. Write rml
giV list.
Mrs. H. Jacobs, Utica, Miss., has sev
! era.l hundred canceled stamps to exchange
for calico or gingham quilt scraps; also
I old coin, date 1777, to excltallge for best
offer, and papers for good books. Write
for list.
Miss Manila. Frei man, Fort Lamar, Ga.,
has "Wild West March" to exchange for
Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and ti, in shaped
notes, or "Triune Hymnal."
W. S. Tyler, Conyers, S. (.'., lias "Paul and
Virginia,” "Tlie Lamplighter,” “I’ionc. r’s
' Laughter" and some bluine to exchange
i for anything useful. Write.
I Molllo Derrick, Burton, Ga., has brown
hair eighteen inches long, McGuffey’s
Header chart, books and other things for
exchange.
Miss Zalia Doughtry, Mcßae, Ga., has
novels and songs to exchange for "My
Sweetheart is a Soldier Hoy,Foo Lat' .’
end the novels “Lucile" and "Tempest ami
Sunshine."
Miss Ida H. Griggs, Kola, Va., has for
exchange "Conscript" and "Waterloo,"
“Barnes’ History of the United States" and
"Harvey’s Higher Grammar."
Miss Katie Montgomery, Stennge, Miss.,
has novels and flower seed to exchange for
worsted and velvet scraps; a gents’ bicy
cle foi an organ. Write with stamp.
Mrs. C. W. Moss, Louisville, Ga., has
Wilkie Collins’s works, nicely bound, to
exchange for coffee signal tires and books
for boys. Wants "Siottish Chiefs.”
Miss Mamye Wall, Forest Home, Ala.,
has a square piano to exchange for best
offer.
Miss Jennie Barringer, Cleveland, N. C..
has Japanese morning glory to exchange
for nd or white cypress or other pretty
flowers. Write with stamp.
Miss Pauline Weems. Union Springs, Ala.,
his double blue hyacinths bulbs to ex
change for silk and worsted scraps.
Mrs. W. B. Brewton, Castleberry, Ala.,
will exchange dish washer and wasting
machine for baby buggy.
Mrs. J. I’. Betts, Opelika, Ala., has Fault
less dish washer’to ex hange for best of
fer. Will send cut with information. Write,
with stamp.
Miss A. White, Gleniynn, Miss., has a
rug macliine, with lull directions, new, to
exchange for plain red flannel.
M E White Glvnlynn, Miss., will ex
ch'aiige’twenty varieties ol flower seed tor
“Evangeline,” “Vi< tr of Wakefield or any
of Marion Harland’s or George Eliot’s
works.
Miss Dcvona Smith, Berry, Ga., has cure
for cuts or sores, reelpe .o remove mildew
and ink, to exchange for scraps or any
thing useful; aena atamp.
Mrs S C. Moore, Slocum, Ga., will ex
change Imperial dairy machine for best
offer; one 10.-il c.mfederate stamp of -IM'l
prete’rred; bonnet pattern for rag doll pat
tern.
Mrs Anna Sours, Pellelontaine, Ohio, has
fifteen pieces llrst ■ - tsi sheet music to ex
change for sea shells. \\ rite fust.
Mrs. Ella Lamb. Joshua, Tex., will ex
change rceiirt' for m iking bloom of youth
for live, yards of good bleaching or sea
shells.
Miss M. Pearce, Hazleton, N. C., wishes
to exchange good copy of "Steele’s philoso
phy for White's eh mi nt • of pt dagogy; also
"Smit Il’S March” for “.Maxinkuekee
March.’’ Write fust.
Jeannie Uzzell, Hr. df.n, N. C„ wishes to
exchange "Dora Tlniine" for "Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush” and ‘ John Halifax
lor "Samantlia at Saratoga."
Mrs. 1. T. Rainey, < onant, Fla., has large,
rooted begonia to . hange for silk floss,
silk sc raps bust quality or soap signatures.
Lula Patterson. Lib -rty, <’., has Dick
ens's works, ‘‘Bleak Ho: ■. ’ * >ld Curiosl-
c. Shop.l’ale of I'w.i I'itiis" and “Nicli
o’las Nickleby;” a. > B"b Taylor’s book;
all to exchange for ■ u tai value.
Box 10X, Greensboro Ga., lias four valua
ble toilet and laundry recipes, a printed
laundrv list, cushion . lo exchange for full
blooded Maltese k:. n or yellow canary
singer.
Mrs. G. B. Thou, n, Dean, S. has
pure bred v liit' pl. outh Hock cockerels,
hatched in the to exchange for
guineas or best offer: write first.
Miss Casey, Oxfo.il, Ma., itas hyacinths,
jonquils, butti narcls us to ex-
. for • alico, n ■ flic, g nghams or
lawns, in one to livi ■ ird pit-e.-s.
'l’. E. Logan. Agm ’ .Miss., lias one Bry
an student's micros n perfect order to
ex.-i’.-. age. Write V.- t you have.
W. Daniel, Fine Lo . ‘la., will cxehango a
good ni. J. I-pi: I'd v . i': I 'Samantha
Bill fltp’s Letter
That Roosevelt family is a marvel.
Teddy couldent help being a great man,
for he inherited nobility and charity anil
Independence from his parents and grand
parents and urtcles and aunts. Ho. is no
hide-bound republican partisan, for his
grandfather and his uncles were all dem
ocrats. Mis father was a republican mug
wump, and though appointed by President
Hayes as collector of the port at New
Yi rk, could not be confirmed. He was tco
honest. His greatgrandfather was tho
first inventor of vertical wheels for steam
b< ats. Robert Fulton managed to capture
his invention, but it is on record than
Vim Wirt and Roger B. Taney and Chan
cellor Livingston all asserted that Roosevelt
was the real inventor. He was about to
enjoin Fulton, but a compromise was ef
fected and they became partners. Teddy’s
grandfather, Cornelius, was a successful
New York merchant, for forty-seven years
and devoted his large inc une to charity,
llis son, Robert Barnwell (a South Carolina
name), a distinguish' ‘ lav. '. er, founded the
state fish commission and served without
salary. He also organized the Citizens'
Association tiiat broke up tho
Tweed ring. He denounced Tammany
corruption and was elei ted to congress.
He established the paid fire department
and was a commissioner to build tlie
Brook Iyn bridge.
Teddy's father devoted much of his
large income to charity; established the
newsboys’ lodging lieit-e; founded a hos
pital; organized a bureau of charities and
gave large sums lo the Young Men’s
Christian Association. He was an active
and liberal director of tlie museum of
art and museum of natural history.
Teddy's Uncle James founded the hos
pital in New York tiiat bears his name
and left it about Jk’.UUO.OHO. The inscrip
tion on his monument is "a true son of
New York; a man upright in his aims,
simple in his life and sublime in his bene
factions.” And there are other kindred
of renown close akin to Teddy. All of
them had great big hearts and abounded
In etiarity and charities. What else could
Teddy be but a great big hearted man? Not
a gentleman of leisure by any means, but
always doing something for the good of
his fellowmen. He lias spent some time
in the west exploring the country and
hunting big game. He continues his lath
er's work in tlie newsboys' lodging house.
He has published a hist'Tv of the naval
war of 1.512 and tie.' “Life of Thomas H.
Bi nt' n,'*’ "Life of Gouverneur Morris" and
“Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail.”
He is a genial, cultured, busy gi ntieman
in peace and a gallant soldier in war.
What could New York republicans do but
nominate him, though it is said that Tom
Flatt's hatred of Black and not his love
for Teddy was the motive. He is afraid
of Teddy, and well he may be, for he will
find him a mugwump. This is all right.
What the country needs is clean men and
clean methods.
I had rather overlook a good man's mis
takes than to risk a corrupt man. tom
Flatt may be a Tallyrand, but Roosevelt is
a Chevalier Bayard.
Now there’s a man lhe country will miss
—Thomas F. Bayard. We need statesmen,
and whether they are in office or out the.r
Influence reaches far and wide. Their opin
ions carry weight. The people are already
divided on great issues growing out of the
war and on these issues will coming elec
tions depend. Politicians are plenty, but
statesmen are few. Now is the time for men
like Webster and Calhoun and Nathaniel
Macon to rise up and steer the good ship
through the breakers. Shall we hold tlie
Philippines or not? Sometimes 1 feel like
we are bound to do it. and then when I
read the other side 1 hesitate, for I have
a horror of war—not for my own sake, of
course, liut for the sake of my children and
other people’s children. The country is
full enough of widows and their voice is
not heard.
No more of this. GreJit men have to die
just like common ones, or as the old cat
echism 'used lo say:
“Time cuts down all.
Both great and small.
Xerxes the great did die.
And so must you and I.”
But no death for many years has grieved
our southern people like that of Miss Win
nie Davis, and no tributes from the north
have ever been so tearfully appreciated as
those that have come to her. Who could
help loving a man or woman who said
kind words of Winnie Davis? How our
hearts are drawn to that. Mr. Chandler, ot
Ohio, who sent, his cheek for ?10b toward
tho erection of a monument to her memo
ry. No, there is no -Mason and Dixon line
between such men and us.
During our civil war there was a touching
poem written about private—a soldier
who was shot while on picket—“only a pri
vate.” 1 thought of that yesterday when
our faithful old servant, old Aunt Ann.
died. She was only a. private and death
caught her suddenly while on duty, as it
were. For many years she has been our
dependence in the kitchen and the dining
room—a. little, short, round, dumpy, Guinea
negro, who never got tired and seldom got
sick, and had rather please us than gratify
herself. She had sense and good manners.
Site could make an old-fashioned “curtsy”
and wear a clean handkerchief on her
head. Day in and day out, rain or shine,
cold or hot she was ever at her post and
bad breakfast‘ready before we were read v
for it. Aunt Ann was proud of her skill in
cooking and would show her cake w.th
anybody’s. Her devotion to her children and
grandchildren was the light of her file.
She lived for them and all her work and
wages was for them. They were all beau
tiful in her sight and no clothes or dress
ing, or jewelry was too fine for her girls.
“When dey is dressed up lino and nice. I
jest loves to look at ’em.” said she. She
has one boy away out west and when she
beard he was sick, she talked to my wife
about getting me to lend her $25 to send
to him and said she would “work it out
shore.” How devotedly she loved her church
and the baptlsings down at. the creek. She
paid the preacher willingly and sent her
children and grandchildren to Sunday
school. She gave nobody trouble and was as
bright and cheerful as If she was rich.
What will Undo Sam do now, for she was
a good wife—faithful and true always.
Only a private who died while on picket,
but Aunt Ann did what she could. She
fought a good fight and kept the faith.
After she died I wondered that Uncle Sam
dident conic to me for some help In some
way. but on inquiry I learned tiiat Aunt
Ann belonged to a society tiiat nursed their
sick and buried their dead and gave the
family $25. Besides this gift a coffin worth
sls was provided 'and a hearse and two
carrlagtsi for the funeral. That is progress
—progress in tho right direction, and I am
told that this society never fails of coming
up to its promises. We shaft miss the good
old woman at our house, for she had be
come one of the family. In all our acquaint
ance 1 do not know of a woman who ran
fill her place, though she was only a pri
vate. BILL ARP.
Later P. S,_ N. B. —Have just lheard the
news dident know there Was anoliii r Yan
Wyek. Hurrah for Gus! Im obliged to lie
for him. South Carolina stock and mar
ried a Richmond girl—and tho Van Wyeks
all breed after the dam and are born dem
ocrats. Excuse me this time, Teddy.
B. A.
rull Ruby Jeweled. Elgin Watches
have genuine ruby bearings—their other
points of superiority can be told by any
jeweler—ask him about tlie Elgin.
HER DEATH WAS PEACEFUL.
Denmark Is Now in Mourning for the
Deceased Queen.
Coperili.'igen, September 22. Tho encl of
the queen of Denmark, who died at 5:30
o’clock this morning, was peaceful. At
her bedside were the king of Denmark,
tho dowager empress of Russia, tho king
and queen ot Greece, the princess of
Wales, tlie duke and duchess of Cumber
land. the crown prince and crown princess
of Denmark and all the other members of
the royal family.
This evening the court chaplain conducted
a brief mourning servle in Uho room hi
whih the body of the dead queen lay. All
the members of tho royal family were pres
ent.
King Christian has ordered that all
pines of amusement bo closed until after
(the funeral and that the b< Ils of Hie city
shall be tolled two hours daily.
Official Notice of Queen’s Death.
Washington, September 25. 1 ifliei.il no
tice of the demise of tho queen of Den
mark was received at the state department
today In the shape of the following tele
gram from tilie Danish minister in this
country, who is temporarily stopping at
the place named:
“Bar Harbor, Me., September 29.—Sec
retary of State: I have the painful duty
to inform your excellency of t’.n' death of
her majesty, tin- queen of Denmark, de
ceas • d thia morning ,
“BRUN, Danish Minister.
McKinley To Denmark’s King.
Wa.-'hington, September 29. -Too president
lias sent the following telegram of con
dolence to tho King ot' Denmark:
'■'l'o His Majesty, Christian IX, King of
Denmark. Copenhagen. 1 offer your maj
esty my * sincere condolences in tlie be
reavement you suffer by tho death of your
esteemed consort.
"WILLIAM M’KIN LEY,
"President of the United States.’’
Must Find New Use for Cotton.
From The New York Financial News.
Cotton is our one great crop from the
soil that Is produced In such excess as to
swamp the world’s markets. According
to Vhe report of tho secretary of the New
Orleans cotton exchange, production in
the United States last year amounted to
11.199,991 bales. We consumed in our north
ern mills 2,211,710 bales, and in those of Hie
southern states 1,231.M1, a total ol 3,113,.W1
bales and had to export or store the bal
ance.
The world's cotton crop, so far as it
comes Into report, was 14,294,000 bales, and
tlhe world’s consumption 11,2(>3,000 bales,
or about 63.000 bales more than the produc
tion of the United States alone, leaving a
surplus of 3,600,000 bales to hang over and
depress prices.
Tho world In general and the United
States in particular are growing too much
cotton. 'Pile problem that, should be given
most serious attention is not to produce
less, for that has been so long an appar
ent and hopeless need that it is useless to
waste time on it—but to find new uses for
it. At present it forms, in spite of rapidly
•growing diversified Industries, lite one
great staple of the southern states and the
magnitude of the crop is sufficient to con
stitute a great drag and burden on tiiat
part of tlie country. Science and practi
cal! men in the south—or elsewhere—who
can find new uses for cotton, will deserve
to be canonized by not only the planters
but by all the people of tlhe southern
states.
Ex-Slave Pension Club.
Nashville, Tenn., September 29.—Vaughn’s
ex-Slave National Pension Club Association
began a. national convention in Clarksville
today to continue five days. P. F. Hill,
national general director, of Nashville, jn'e
siding'. About fifty delegates are in at
tendance and many are expected from all
the southern slates.
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AItGER TAItlfS OF
SOUTHERN TRIP
The Secretary of War Has Swung
Around the Circle of Mili
tary Camps
AND IS AT HOME ONCE MORE
Found No Flaws That Could Be Traced
to the War Department—Visits
President McKinley.
Washington, September 2s.—Secretary Al
ger has returned to Washington. He came
to the war department immediately after
breakfast, and was soon besieged by a
number of persons who have been waiting
for his return.
Tho secretary looks much Improved by his
trip, although it was filled with hard work
after he left Detroit. He said tiiat lie had.
gained a great deal of information as to
conditions in tlie camps and hospitals by
his inspection which might take shape in
official action soon, lie went to the white
house and had a, long talk with tho presi
dent about army conditions.
Tho secretary made a verbal report to
tho president on the inspect ion of the
army camps which he has just concluded.
During tho interview Secretary Dong camo
over from the navy department with a
friend and joined tlie party In the cabinet
room.
He Was Gratified.
On leaving the white horse S'et'idary Al
ger said he was much gratified witli tho
condition of tho camps generally. Ho re
frained from speclfii ally charging ex.i.,-
geration of conditions of camp lile, but
said the results of tho trip of Inspection
were quite satisfactory. Mo had visited,
he said, every one of the < imp
pitals and tho sick. Ho was gratified < spe
cially to find the men in the hospitals stead
ily improving, and that theri
convalescents wiiere the odds against them
from their maladies laid been great. Most
of tlio men in the hospitals, lie . rid. were
in good spirfcS, « hoerful and happy, bright
ly looking forward lo tlie time when they
would bo well again. In ag< neral way. tlie
camps were kept satisfactorily, but there
Were, he conceded, niimi rotis things wits "
might bo improved upon, citing esp* nally
tho unsatisfactory condition of the sinks
at some points. At Jacksonville, ho said,
tlie reports seemed to show a fairly largo
proportion of slek, but lie said the percent
age of sickness was accounted for by the
fact thai tile, men sick of all the regiments
departing and mustering out were kept iti
tho camp.
The Main. Trouble.
“The main trouble,” said ftecretery Aly r,
“which 1 found was pi thtips Hie matt' r <’>
the troops taking care of iltemseives. ’I his
was one. of Ini: great difficulties encounter
ed. At some points tlie eating tent-, out
side tho camps . onducted by private enter
prises proved too tempting for soldiers,
and the results of impropi r and injudicious
taking of food soon manifested 111 II> :-<■ 1 V• s
in the getter.ll condition of the. men. These
are tilings which sometimes cannot be
helpc.d, and where tht re was a. niost <1
discipline along these lines the’improved
state of affairs was v< ry evident.”
The Scene Denied.
Secretary Alyr ■ -I ti I ,'* report of a
scene in General Brec 1 . ■ ■' ■'
ters at Lexington, when he was inspecting
tl at c tnp, is al.'soiut- Iy witli iflt founda
tion. Then . 1 ' words
and no excited language. F'"- secretary
says the st- y was mode of whole cloth.
Secretary Alger n d Generals Ludington
and H ‘
etal Wiley' who was reported ,r, having
made accusations against them, < xpressing
his regret that any such report was cir
culated.
That to Secretary Alger said: ”1 hear tiiat
sotno of the north' rn papers are making a
great display of hi -idlim s showing how 1
•pitched into’ Generals Alger, I ,tt.i .ngi."ii and
Sternberg at General Breckint idge's In id
quarters on the 201 h instant; ’h i I caHerl
yon down.' etc., Is a lot of untruthful
• : vord 1 said v
to you personally and we Wi r ■ within t nir
or five :■ et ol each other, and you n > dou
heard every word of it. Not t word or a
sentence was uttered at that or any other
time with reference to yourself, General
Ludington or Gen ral Sternberg ■ xei pt in
expre sion of tlie Ingit -t regard '.nd re
spect for your successful and faithful p
lormani'o of a great task.”
STARVING
Inti t of Plenty.
r rhat*s what people with p*»or digestion
laro doing- every day. They li \’ 1 no appe
tite, or if they do have an appetite and
eat what. th«-y require it <!<>• s them no
good, beeause the stomach does not <ligest
it and tho fermenting nice of I ’od l -
conics a soiirco of disease, of m daehc,
B’
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I ate. Man ; '
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but have hail a great deal of inco ivenience
from indigestion. Since I learned of tae
merits of Stuart’s Tablets I, keep them in
my disk or carry them in my poeki
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EROM A TERRIBLE HABIT.
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MBS. KATIE LYNCH.
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Jv ci,i seal my r:-itatloii atirl fear !• ss jin
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