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A PRAYER.
I ask not for wealth, but power to take
And use the things 1 have aright;
Not years, but wisdom that shall make
My life a profit and delight.
I ask not that for me the "lan
Os good and ill be set aside;
But that the common lot of man
Be nobly borne and glorified.
J know J may not always keep
N. v steps in places green and sweet.
No, find the pathway of the deep
A path of safety for my. feet.
But pray that when the tempest’s breath
Sha'l fiercely sweep my wav about.
I mal " not shipwreck of ruv faith
In the unfathomed sea of doubt.
And that, though it be mine to know
How hard the stoniest pillow seems.
Good angels still may come and go.
About the places of mv dreams.
I do not ask for love below. 1
That friends shall never be estranged;
But for the power of loving, so
My heart may keep its yputh unchanged.
Youth, joy, wealth—Fate. I give thee
these:
Leave faitlt) and hope till life is past;
And leave my heart's b'.-’t impulses
Fresh and unfailing to the Inst
—PHOEBE CARY.
A SUMMER GARDEN.
One never knows how much pleasure
ein be experienced from small begin
lings until necessity urges a trial of the
opportunities ' within our reach. If vou
love flowers and live in a city, where
dirt is the most valuable article to be
had. and vou own very little of it., it.
becomes a difficult problem as to how
you can enjoy the luxury of flowers
But there are many ways. I have t
veranda about 15 feet long and 8 wide
and in this 1 have a veritable little flower
garden that has given mo pleasure since
May and jyill contjjjue to do so until Octo-
On one end is a short shelf that holds
a large jardiniere ..nd two jars~"t)he
jardiniere is in the center and con
tains a lot of beautiful moss, from which
arises a. sword fern, one of the prettiest
you ever saw. Tltf other jars contain
begonias—the same name, but sc entiie
ly a different species—you jvould never
know they belonged to the same class.
One. a delicate trailing leaf, hides the
ride of the jar, and is covered wjh a deli
cate pink flawer. It has bloomed inces
sanlly all summer; the other, a grand
plant, large luxuriant leaf, a dark bronze
color," veined in red. the flower is a
bunch of small pink blooms, litis shelf
has as a rich background a vine of th”
moontiower, and when evening shadows
come the pure l white blossoms shed their
fragrance on the air.
Half way down the verandah on a
frame work outside the banister is a
box 3 feel long; tiiis box 1 sent to a
florist to fill. J. wish X could describe it,
but it must be seen to be appreciated.
It is tilled with a variety of plants,
geraniums, double petunias, crimson,
given and cream colored colias, an ex
quisite little blue flower I do not know
the name of, plumbago, and several
varieties ot Lauta.ua s many vines, lull
over this box in wild luxuriance; the
house ivy is several yards in length, now
reaching to the ground, and a very
dedicate vine that looks like a picture.
The artistic arrangement of the box
makes it very attractive.
We come now to the other end of the
verandah —here a wide shell contains an
other 3-loot long box with the light and
dark varieties of wandering Jew. that
iike its name-sake, is wandering every
where. This box is the background to
three jars of luxuriant plants—a very line
featheriy fern, a geranium, a jar ot moss,
and a splenddi caret!, all green and
flourish and repaying one for tlie care
bestowed upon them. It» one more little
corner is a rustic table with another
jar of moss. We have yet to view' the
pride of this little summer garden. On
each side of the top step are Immense
jars of ferns. They throw their long
slender leaves out in every direction, and
each passing breeze make them wave a
welcome to the passerby.
This all sounds very tame on paper,
but could you sit with me at my table
by my parlor window’ where X write all
day long, and look out now and then
to rest my tired eyes on thes» beautiful
plants and flowers, you would not won
der that my little summer garden is my
heart's delight.
We city folks have very small yards,
but we utilize every inch of space. Mr
back yard is quite small, but a largo
white, hardy dydranga, an immense
crimson hyhiscus, some rose bushes,
many cosmos and my chrysanthemums
fill every space. Japanese morning
glories and moon flowers cover every
fence. Every chrysanthemum sent me
by a kind friend lived and flourished, and
I am looking forward to U feast of beauty
when the fall comes.
Have I wearied you with my summer
garden? I hope not. There may be many
others who love flowers and have very
little space. Don’t be discouraged. Make
use of what you have, and you will be
fully repaid in pleasure for any trouble
you may experience.
MY HELPLESS CHAIR.
The Sunshine Bulletin for August gives
a little poem written by one who has
been helpless for years. We have many
such among our Kingdom readers, with
whom we deeply sympathize. These lines
seem to come from the heart, "submis
sive, meek" ami trying to gather ail the
sunshine that can come into a suffering
”e. We give them with the hope that
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to others who wait and watch in a
'Helpless Chair."
Bi- Mrs. Nellie Rand Sheaardson, of
West Superior, Wis., in a wheel-chair
for twenty-two years.
I'm all alone In my helpless chair,
Looking away on the vacant air—
I T say vacant? Oh, dear, no!
Angels are flying to and fro.
Yet my mournful pen in prayerful
thought
Writes in tears, "Forget me not."
Did I say alone, when God is near
Sanctifying every tear?
He feels my grief, He hears my moan,
He would not leave me all alone;
Since God is present everywhere
1 know He sees my helpless chair.
Who clothes the grass with beauteous
flowers,
Who gives His rain in copious showers,
Who hears tlie ravens when they cry.
Who dwells Ju holiness on high—
Not a sparrow falls without His care—
I know He ees my helpless chair.
He sees my need from day to day,
And from the depths loads me to pray,
"Our Father who in heaven art,
I plead for holiness of heart,
I thank thee for the right of prayer.”
I know 11, secs my helpless chair.
“WALLING UP THE SKY.”
Dear Sir: Please do not wall up little
Benny’s patch of sky. it j s all he has to
look at in the daytime, and a star comes
into it at night "just for him," ho says
Hear a mother’s prayer, and make your
building just one story lower. Then you
will not shut out my little sick boy's only
| comfort—the thing he loves best in all the
. world that he’s nit long for, God knows.
| He loves it because he thinks he could
1 look Into heaven through it. I beg you, in
l Christ’s name, do not wall up nis win
i dow Into heaven.
A "SUBMERGED" MOTHER
j This is an exact copy of a letter which
a prominent capitalist and real estate
deajer in the great city of Chicago found
one morning in his mail. It was well end
correctly written, showing that the wom
an who had penned it was educated and
i efined, however "submerged" by the re
lentless conditions of life. The hurried
man of business glanced over it, frowned
impatiently, and tossed it into the waste
basket. “Confound the Impudence of peo
ple who can’t mind their own business and
[ let me mind mine!" Tie muttered. And so
he went on opening his mail, until tlie
pitiful missive was snowed under deep in
the waste basket.
, Meanwhile a wall of the great office
building went on growing against tiie
; boy's patch of sky. Presently Hie window
frames of the last and highest story we”e
i outlined against the. blue. The little slck
boy saw It reaching up to blot out in's
si ar, ami would not be comforted.
Suddenly one night the rich man was
taken sick. In his fevered dream he
fancied himself being inclosed alive in a
tomb. He cried out and begged the build
ers to stop, but they were deaf to hfs
prayers. Steadily the blue sky was blotted
out. A little longer, and he would be
entombed alive. When he awoke he
thought of the sick boy and his mother's
U.raver.
'The next day the wail stopped going up
in the square beyond the tenements, and
from his window tlie pale child face still
watched the patch of sky and the nightly
star.
j When the rich builder recovered and
; went back to his office, among the letters
on his desk was this:
"Dear Sir: My little Benny has no more
need of his patch of sky. He sees his
star now .from the heaven side. God bless
you for stopping the building of the wall!
If you care to, you may finish it now
with the blessings of
“A.GRATEFUL MOTHER."
—James Buckham, in S. S. Advocate.
INQUIRERS’ CORNER.
Charley Cottingham, Blenheim, S. C.,
wishes Information of his brother, Dan
iel H. Cottingham. Last heard from
IMay 4, 1903, at Dunelion, Fla.
A. B. Hooker, of Center, Ind. T.. wants
to hear from his sister, Mrs. Amelia P.
Anderson. List heard from at Atho,
Henry county, Alabama, in 1883.
Callie D. Wooten Hardage, 206 North
Royal street Jackson, Tenn., wishes to
know the whereabouts of Memry Farmer,
he being my mother's only brother <ho
mraried a 'Miss Driver) or any of his
family. He had a boy named. Sam, who
would be about fifty-five years old now.
They moved from Alabama, near Tal
ladega, about 1858 or 1860 to Texas, near
Dallas. Any information from any one
would be gladly received. Address as
a bo ve.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread—Urea m a
cupful of good butter and add to it
gradually two cupfuls of brown sugar.
When as light as possible, add a teaspoon
ful of soda, a cupful of sour milk, four
tablespocnfuls ginger, four cupfuls flour,
adding it gradually. Butter a large bak
ing tin thoroughly and bake brown in a
moderate oven.
Angle Food—The recipe herewith given
Is warranted to be tlie best and challeiges
competition. Beat, very stiff and dry
ten whites of eggs (one-half pint), sift
together twice one-half pound of powder
ed sugar, five, ounces of pastry flour, one
even teaspoonful of cream tartar, add all
this to the eggs, stir very gently with
wo'tden spatula, sprinkle one-half tea
ppoonftfl of vanilla powder to 11. and fill
in the regular angel food tins; soak
these molds In cold water always be
fore using, lill wl-dle weat (just rinse
THE WEEKLY OONSTETUTIONi ATLANTA. GAm MON DA AUGUST 17, 1903.
them out), and when baked turn molds
upside down, never grease or line the
molds with paper; just have them wet
and the cake will fall out when cold as
white as snow.
SOMETH ING ABOUT OUR
EXCHANGE COLUMN.
There has come to us recently many
complaints in regard to our exchanges.
Many who answer ah exchange In good
faith never hear again from It. We are
repeatedly asked to publish names, but
feel averse to humiliating others, out we
must adopt some plan, or abolish the ex
change department. We think the bes
plan would be to ask through tlie column
the cause of the delay. We have two
letters now of complaint. Miss Jennie
Smiley. Goodlettsvllle, Tenn., wishes to
hear from Mrs. C. H. Bennett. Good
man, Va. Sent exchange In good faitn
lulv 10 has written once since, and hears
nothing. Will Mrs. Bennett please an
swer to above address. Mrs. J. u.
Murphy. Bowman. S. C„ sent exchange
as required by Mrs. M. M. Hay for' win
ter cabbage seed before July - .
anxious to receive seed. Doubtless these
ladies can explain the delay, and “ r
after we will give, all an opportunity ot
doing so, by publishing complaints.
J. W. Landrum, Belmont Ala.. will
exchange mineral rod for TV inchester or
shot gun.
H. B. Cagle, Cartilage, N. c >
novels (both cloth and paper bound) to
exchange for other books or magazines.
Good list.
Mrs Nora Bagley, Hlchitee. Ga., has
"Wedded by Fate," "An
Face." to exchange for good q'l-’H'X
white lawn and Valenciennes lace One.
book for one yard of lawn or sou. J
lace. Please write.
Mrs G W. Willis, Hlchitee, Ga., has a
beautiful fly brusli made -of
feathers to exchange for two J’ 1 ™" °
black Henrietta or ladies cloth. 1 lease
write and send sample of goods.
Mrs. W. 11. Bagley, Hichitee. Ga. has
Moody's dress cutting system- *
structioas, to exchange for I mt >ai(ls of
white Indian head or best offer. 1 lease
write,
Mrs R G. Hamilton, Mill Springs, N.
C will exchange ten different kinds of
geranium six kinds of sweet
william seed, varlpgated letunia. and dar
kle seed; pattern of bird pin cushion, .or
3 yards of calico or 2 yards of bleapheo
domestic and postage.
Mrs. L. E- Green. Acworth. Ga., will
furnish material and make bonnet wit.
tlie m w design of stkcbiiui for nine
spools Coats’ thread ami 10 cents f° r re
turn postage.
E E Turner, Carrollton. Ga., R. E
D. No. 4. has seeds of lovely cannas.
four kinds, and cinnamon vine bublets,
for 2 yariis m’ either lace, ribbon or em
broidery.
Miss C. M. Betts. Betts. Ala., ba« “A
Young Cjirl's WQoing,” by E. I’. R'/.
nicel’j. bound in cloth, to exchange for
"The White Rjjse of Memphis."
Mrs. C. Al. Lazenby, Emilee. Tex,, has
four pair ladies' blayk wool ha.m]-knit
mitts jo exchange for 5 yards of good
bleach or 6 yards of calico,
light or dark.
Box 35, Tuscaloosa, Ala., has sewing
machine, bicycle or anything of equal to
exchange for a Shetland pony.
Emma A. Lyle, Lincoln, Ala., It. F. D.
No. 1, will exchange the words of "In
the Shadow of the Pine" for the words
of a "Rich Old merchant” and "The
Qolden Heart" for "The Wards of
Lurie."
Mrs. Mamie Bowdon, Yellow Dirt, Ga.,
has a graphophone, good as new for
5 by 7 or 6 1-2 by 8 1-2 camera or Smith
6 Wesson revolver, In good condition.
Milton Wigley, Mynard. Ala., would
like to exchange "Ten Nights in a Bar
room" for "The Spy," by Fennimore
Cooper.
J. 11. Wheeler, St. Joseph, La., has
small snapshot .camera and complete
outfit for book or newspapers.
Fred M. Bell, Aranelle, Miss., wants
to exchange purebred S. C. brown leg
horns for purebred barred Plymouth
Rocks. Write first.
Mrs. C. A. Trent. Argenta, Ark., will
exchange full directions for making ami
using ornamental icing or frosting in
vai(fcjns designs on cake for self-ad
dressed stamped envelope and one yard
of white lawn.
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
Mrs. G. D. Griffith. Hartford. Ala..—To
dry snap beans select young tender beams,
string and break as for cooking and dry
In the sunshine Just as you do fruit. They
are much better than when dried in the
shade. To cook, wash, put on to cook in
cold water with a pinch of soda. Boil
an hour, then take up, wash in hot water
and cook as you would green beans, being
sure to put In hot water the lost time you
put them on to cook. Success to the King
dom.
J. W. Green, Acworth. Ga —I wish to
tell some of the doubting sisters about
the everlasing strawberry offered by a
North Carolina sister. Three or four years
■ ago I ordered some and now have an im
mense bed; they grow so rapidly. Have
been having strawberries since April and
they are still blooming. Any one wishing
and I will send package for anything use
ful and return postage. I paid 25 cents
per dozen for mine and know they are all
she claimed for them.
"A Friend," Branchville, Tex.—Several
months ago I noticed an inquiry in your
department of The Constitution for a
remedy for hard "craw” crop in poultry.
There was a like inquiry in last week’s
issue also, and Mr. Redding advised open
ing tlie "craw," washing it out, etc. My
sister asked me to write and tell the
Kingdom sisterhood or those interested to
feed their poultry thus affected on bacon
cut to about twice the size of a grain of
corn and watch results, which would be
sure to be good.
Miss K. T.. Box X 9, Floyd, Va.—Some
time last spring a sister gave a recipe for
making wino. She used about 1-3 pint and
2-3 water. I have lost the paper and her
address. Can some one give the same reci
pe again? Last fall I wrote to the King
dom asking any of the sister who wished
to employ a governess to write to me. I
received hundreds of letters. It was Im
possible to answer all. I will be glad to
hear from any sister in North or South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama or Florida
who wish to employ a governess for the
coming fall and winter. I prefer to teach
little girls. 1 can teach the usual school
branches, music and painting, also sowing
If desired. If any sister has the book "My
Lady I’eggy Goes to Town” please write
me.
Miss Effie C. Junes, R. R._ 2, Baldwyn,
Miss.—As the evening shadows descend
and the beauties of nature are only as a
scene behind the curtain, made faintly
discernible by the silvery rays of the
moon, 1 sit at my window in a mood of
musing, ruminating the events of the
day, and chief among tlie pleasures treas
ured in memory's casket was the reading
of so many Interesting and Instructive let
ters in the Woman's Kingdom. I am in
deed grateful to Mrs. Emerson for her
lightbread recipe, for 1 have tested it and
find it a success, 1 have tried time after
time to make lightbread, but until I tried
Mrs Emerson’s recipe my efforts were In
vain. And oil, with what pride did I
tell mamma of my success, and she. en
couraged me greatly by saying, "You are
now prepared to make an excellent house
keeper, as this was the only thing you
were deficient in in the cooking line." I
have been mamma's housekeeper for
quite a while now and believe I would
enjoy a change from acting “Dinah," so it
any of the Kingdom readers know ot any
one who desires a music teacher or gover-
ness I would be truly grateful If you
would write me. I can furnish good cre
dentials from one of the leading colleges
In Kentucky. As this is grape season, I
will send my recipe for making nectar:
Twelve (pounds of grapes; wash and pour
on them half gallon of boiling water, let
stand forty-eight hours; strain the juice
and to every pint add 1 1-2 pounds of
sugar and 5 ounces of tartartlc acid to
the whole amount. With best wishes for
all, 1 will now make my exit.
Mrs. R. G. Hamilton, Mills Springs, N.
C.—[ have been a silent but constant
reader of the Kingdom for a year, or
more. I do enjoy Aunt Susie’s talks and
the sisters’ letters so much. Now here I
come—if I don’t lodge into the waste
basket. Will first give recipe for old
fashioned ginger bread: Take one pint
molasses, one teaspoon of ginger, one
teaspoon of soda dissolved in half teacup
ot buttermilk, two eggs, lard or butter
size of egg, halt teaspoon salt; make a
biscuit dough, roll out and cut out and
bake. My flowers are very pretty now;
they have just had a refreshing shower to
awaken them out of their drowsiness of
three weeks’ dry weather—perennial
phlox, both red and white; carnation
roses, cannas, nasturtiums, petunias,
azaleas, cornflower, ten new kinds ot
gladiolus, darkles, both spotted and
striped, and many colors, all in bloom,
and make a pretty garden for me; also
numerous kinds of box flowers. I'm never
without flowers to cheer the weary and
lonely hours. Whrn my friends call, to
show them my Howers is one delight,
even though I don’t get supper until
night. Oft times when I feel tired, weary
and sad, I turn to the flowers and think
God has sent them to make me glad. I
want to ask Aunt Susie and the sisters
what would be the best plan to raise the
funds to build a parsonage? We are in
great need of one for our pastor; I am
anxious to make an effort to that effect.
Lor* to Aunt Susie and to my good
Louisiana friend who when last heard
was sick.
Miss Lula Goolsby. Dothan, Ala.—ln
reading the Woman’s Kingdom I recog
nize the magic of a cheerful influence.
David sang when in the gloom of deep
est affliction. Much precious time is
squandered, valuable labor lost,mental ac
tivity stupefied and deadened by vain re
grets, and useless replnings. A cloud has
darkened the spirit, a weight of sadness
oppresses the heart. How many bright
eyes grow dim, how many soft cheeks
grow pale, how many lovely forms fade
away in the tomb, and none can tell the
cause that blighted their loveliness. As
the dove will clasp its wings to its sides,
and cover and conceal tlie arrow that is
preying on its vital, so It is the nature of
woman to hide from the world the pangs
of wounded affections. Many lose the
opportunity of saying a kind thing by
waiting to weigh the matter too long. To
some souls an atmosphere of love Is as
necessary as the vital air to the physical
system. A person of such a'nature may
clothe one in imagination with all the at
tributes of goodness and make his heart’s
sacrifices at the shrine. Let us not cruel
ly destroy the illusion by unkindness.
What a blessing it is to have a friend
to whom one can speak fearlessly upon
any subject, with whom one's deepest
thoughts come simply and safely. The
world Is So full of selfishness that true
friendship is seldom found.
“Disguise sO neSr the truth—
Doth seem to run,
'Tis doubtful whom to seek—
Or whom to shun;
Nor know we when to spare—
Or when to strike,
Our friends and foes they
Seem so much alike.”
E. J. C.— Th, re i.-. no season of the year
that is so trying for the housekeeper a«
tlie summer months. The heat saps the'
energy until tlie most willing worker finds
everything difficult. A little management
will do wonders in relieving your work
of its disagreeable features and making
It easier to accomplish. One hour in the
morning is worth two in the afternoon,
so it is wise to rise early and do the
most of the cooking for tlie dav while the
weather is cool. A gasoline stove saves
time and worry. Fruit may be canned in
the morning and pudding and pies baked.
Live simply, providing an abundance of
fruit and vegetables. A variety of food
Is more necessary at this season than
any other time, and is easier to obtain.
There should be a sink in every kitchen,
whether it Is the city mansion or the
plainest farm house. Water should be
supplied by a pump, or in some easier
way than carrying it, and the waste water
carried away by means of a drain pipe.
Dish water and wash water thrown on
the ground makes an offensive spot, which
breeds disease and causes the files to
gather. An oft-repeated scalding with
boiling water made strong with borax
will kill the germs which collect in tlie
driffn pipes. In fact, a liberal use of borax
about tlie kitchen an pantry cannot fall
to have a beneficial effect upon the health
■of tlie family.
An Invention which is a great help In
warm weather Is the odorless steam
cooker in which vegetables, puddings and
other articles are cooked. They save time
and labor of watching several vessels,
cook the food to perfection, and retain all
tlie nutriment. When everything is ready,
one burner of a gasoline stove furnishes
the needed heat, which is an economy in
fuel.
In the Port Receipts Contest you
may file three estimates for SI.OO,
without taking a subscription. The
nearest estimate received during “the
first period is to have a special S2OO
prize.
Bobby Defeated by Caldwell.
Boston, August 11.—Harry Caldwell
and James F. Moran easily defeated
Bobby Walthour and Joe Nelson In a
one-hour motor paced team race nt
Charles River park tonight. Nelson was
clearly out of form and lost his pace
frequently. Walthour also appeared to
a disadvantage. Caldwell finished in the
load with a record for one hour ot 48
miles 1.533 yards. Moran made 47 miles
3<X) yards; Walthour 42 miles 1.040 yards,
and Nelson 40 miles 330 yards.
AL Hail to Chief Tohee.
Guthrie, Okla., August 10.—Dave Tohee,
only brother of the late murdered chief
of tlie lowa Indians, has been elected to
the chieftainship of the tribe. The place
has been in the Tohee family as long
as there is any record of the tribe. The
new chief is a member of the church,
well educated and progressive.
Mme. Robinnalre’s
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X J iie of beautiful hair
has been discovered in the
juice of the walnut, which is
now converted into a delightful
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Three to four applications a year will keep
your hair to its natural color and keep your
scalp in health. Small size 2.5 c; four times
the quantity, 75c. Order direct from us-r-or
from your druggist; but remember the
name- Robinnaire’s.
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40 Whitohnll St., ATLANTA, OA.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Twelve-Cent Cotton.
Editor Constitution: The people of the
south, and especially the farmers, never
had before them a more Important ques
tion than, What will we get for the cot
ton In our fields today, that is getting
ready to open for the markets of the
world?
It Is a fact that no well informed man
will attempt to deny that the business
of producing cotton for a period of years
has been a starvation business. Because
of this fact, the negroes, who constitute
a largo percentage of our laboring
classes, have left the field and gone into
the towns and cities in large numbers.
Our young white men go away front
the farms, because they have hope of
becoming Independent, filling the demand
for honest, competent help in other call
ings at lucrative pay. This is a condi
tion brought about by the fact that cot
ton, our money crop, the crop upon whlcn
we spend most money and labor to pro
duce, has for years been selling for less
than it cost to make it. No business cm
this earth has suffered ao much from
this cause as the business of growing
cotton In the south; nothing else could
have stood the strain like it. We may
ask the question. How has the business
of producing cotton been kept up on a
losing basis? Merchants, bankers and
others have lost heavily by advancing
to planters, who in turn were unable to
repay. Again, planters and laborers on
the farm as a rulo have lived very poor
ly, in thousands of instances eating
plain bread and meat bought on a credit
at a high price from the town store, and
wearing scant clothing.
People of the south, this is all wrong.
The man who goes into the field and
labors himself, or superintends others
who labor in the production of cotton,
should have a price for this cotton, pro
duced at such great palnr and expense,
that would encourage and sustain the
business decently. H has come to pass
that the business of making cotton is
laughed at by intelligent and progressive
men. simply because tt don't pay a
profit. Good men will farm, and gladly
do so, if they have assurance they will
get a profit on the outlay. In view ot
these facts, the man who can wish or
hope for Cotton to go down, the south
ern man who can help to keep the price
nt respectable level and refuses to do
so. ought to be ashamed of himself.
Tlie president of the American Manu
facturers’ Association is on record as
saying that it makes no difference with
the mills whether cotton Is 6 or 20 cents
a pound; what the mills want is a uni
form price for the raw cotton, so that
they can take contracts and feel secure
against an unreasonable advance of the
raw material by speculation. I want to
emphasize that the price should always
be sufficient to amply remunerate the
producer for his time and Investment.
Fluctuation in the price of cotton de
moralizes the planter and paralyzes the
manufaetitriY-. It is not good for either;
but the manufacturer should not want
the producer to sell cotton at starvation
prices for his particular benefit. This
brings us to the point of asking, What
ought the price of this crop of cotton
bo to tlie farmers? We unhesitatingly
say that it should be not less than 12
cents per pound for the entire crop. We
base this opinion on the ground that
the cost of making the crop has been
unusually heavy. Labor, mules, supplies
and Implements have been very high,
and It is an undeniable fact that the
crop cannot be above 11.009,000 bales of
American cotton, when the world needs
at least a million more from us. We
need this price, and we want it. The
manufacturer can pay it, because he is
certain to advance his price for goods
when the time to make new contracts
comes, it may be that many manufac
turers are winding up old contracts at
old prices with high prices for the raw
cotton, but the amount of raw cotton
used by tlie manufacturers at the high
prices is comparatively small, and the
average price of the last crop will not ba
much more than 8 cents per pound. If
it be necessary’ for the planters to hold
their cotton off tlie market In September
and October to assure the proper remu
neration for their product, by all means
do It, and to this end every loyal south
erner should bend every nerve. We ex
port nearly two-thirds of our cotton,
and when the price is down below a
proper level we are simply enriching
other nations. There is no sense in It.
no patriotism in it. so let the people of
the south demand 12 cents for the crop
of 1903. We have three-fourths of the
world’s supply to furnish; the mills can't
stop; there is nowhere else to get Hie
cotton, and we will be a lot of imbeciles
if we fall to got the plum this time.
W. P. EDMONDSON.
I.aGrango, Ga.
Roster of Walthall’s Brigade.
Editor Constitution: Rev. E. A. Smith
pastor of tlie Presbyterian church at this
place. Is endeavoring to complete a. roster
of General Walthall’s Mississippi brigade.
He wants a list of all the survivors. He
stated to your correspondent here that he
would bo 'glad If you would publish tills
note and thereby assist him.
The brigade was composed of the Twen
tv-fonrth, Twenty-seventh. Twenty-ninth,
Thirtieth and Thirty-fourth Mississippi
regiments.
Mr. Smith’s address is Brewton. Ala.
CORRESPONDENT.
Facts About Peru.
Editor Constitution: Inquiries which
reach me, from time to time, show that
many erroneous impressions have ex
isted till recently as to Peru (at least
in Europe), not merely in regard to the
political, financial and economic situation
In tho republic, but also in respect of
its physical characteristics.
Peru is often spoke of as the "Little
Republic." Relatively to the United
States of North America that is true, but
tlie fact remains that Peru has an area
approximately six times that ot the
United Kingdom of Great Brltlan and
Ireland, or three and a half times that
of Germany.
What the republic needs Is more popu
lation, the density of which is as 1 to
70 compared with that of Great Britain
and Ireland, and as 1 to iio compared
witli that of Germany; more Industrial
and agricultural activity for which the
opportunities are many and immense,
and mote capital employed in developing
the natural riches so plentifully bestowed
upon It.
The emigrant who needs to choose his
climate cannot fall to find in Peru a set
tlement fitting his requirements at any
part of the temperature scale; enterpris
ing manufacturers may find facilities for
the employment of their skill unrivalled
In any other state; the capitalist has
magnificent opportunities for the Invest
ment of his wealth, and Its profitable
employment.
Perul also offers exceptional opportuni
ties to Scholarly gentlemen, with a lit
tle capital, to establish more private
colleges and schools for the study of the
English language.
politically considered Peru offers every
security which accompanies stability of
purpose and a wide franchise; In munici
pal and taxation matters there is elas
ticity, and—to suit the needs of young
industries— generosity, whilst in respect
of personal liberty there are constitu
tional guarantees unsurpassed for their
effectiveness and comprehensiveness.
It would' cause me to trespass too much
upon your valuable space to justify by
chapter and verse these generalizations,
but If they excite the Interest of some
of your readers, through your courtesy in
giving publicity to this letter, may I
also be permitted to say- that I shall be
happy to forward an up-to-date map and
sketch of Peru to any persons who may
furnish me with their names end ad
dress.
I thank you in anticipation for any as
sistance you may thus afford to me in
making mv country better known.
' EDUARDO HIGGINSON,
1 Consul.
Southampton, July 28, 1903.
Picnic Luncheons.
JosephiuA. Grenier, in Harper’s Bazar:
In preparing the luncheon, lay out first
what will be needed to spread the informal
table. Count out plates—wooden ones, un
less you have the enamel; stout tumblers;
cups without handles, to avoid breaking;
knives, forks and spoons of no especial
value; paper napkins; a small tablecloth,
Miss Alice M. Smith, of Minneapolis,
Minn., tells how woman’s monthly soft ering
may be quickly and permanently relieved by
Lydia E» Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
“Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I have never before given my endorse
ment for any medicine, but Lydia IL Pinkham’s Vegetable f oni
pound has added so much to my life and happiness that I feel like
making an exception in this case. For two years every month I would
have two (lays of severe pain and could find no relief, but one day when
visiting a friend I run across Lydia E. Finkharn’s Vegetable Com
pound,— she hud used it with the best results and advised me to try it.
I found that it worked wonders with me; I now experience no pain and
only had to use a few bottles to bring about this wonderful change. I
uje it occasionally now when I am exceptionally tired or worn out.”
Miss Alice M. Smith, 804 Third Ave., South .Minneapolis, 3linn., Chair
man Executive Committee Minneapolis Study Club.
Beauty and strength in women vanish early in life because of
monthly pain or some menstrual irregularity. Man> suf Ter silently
and see their best gifts fade away. Lydia Pinkham'-. Vege
table Compound helps women preserve roundness of form and
freshness of face because it makes their entire female organism
healthy. It carries women safely through the various natural
crises and is the safeguard of woman’s health.
Tl»e truth about this great medicine is told iu the letters from
women being published iuthis paper constantly.
; Mrs. C. Kieinschrodt, Morrison, 111., says:
“Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I have suffered ever
since I was thirteen years of age with my menses.
They were irregular and very painful. I
doctored a great deal but received no benefit.
“A friend advised me to try Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Coinpot. , whi h I
O’ did, and after taking a few bottles o. ii, 1 found
W great relief.
TC* 0 “Menstruation is now regular and whhout
/ pain. lam enjoying 'nettcr health than I b.'ve
P y- -for sometime.”
/How is it possible for ns to make it plainer
f llllinl' 1 I that LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable ( om-
I ji’i ; 1 pound will positively help all sick nomen
11l All women are constituted alike, rich and poor,
I high and low, all suffer from the same organic
' troubles. Surely, no one can wish to remain weak
and sickly, discouraged with life and no hope for the future, when proof is so
unmistakable that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will < -re
monthly suffering—all womb and ovarian t roubles, and all the ■I Is peen; ;:tr
to women.
V FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith prodn.-e the origin il letters and • ..res 4
■ 9 0 3 I R I * esf which will prove their absolute p* i. ;• bpitk .
yUUUV Lydia F. Finkhuin Medicine ( <».. l.vnn.
and shakers for the salt and pepper. Take
the cold coffee and lemonade in glass
fruit jars with tight tops, and get earth
enware jars for tho salad, with heavy
oiled paper to tie over them. Have paste
board boxes for sandwiches, and others
for cold meat and cake; put only one sort
of food in each receptacle. Be sure ami
take a good-sized piece of ice in a covered
tin nail if yon are to have a. noon meal;
If tne picnic is toward evening, then in
stead of any cold drink have hot tea. by
all meat* Take a kettle and boll it over
a fire', .for tills is half the pleasure of
the occasion; if you are going to some
place where you are not sure of wood,
take a small bottle of alcohol and still
have the tea; a heavy earthenware teapot
Is a wise thing rather than something
frail. Do not forget the loaf sugar, a
bottle of cream, and some lemons; put
these last, with the dry tea, In a box by
themselves.
A. Notre Dame Lady.
I will send free with full Instructions
some of this simple preparation for the
cure of Leticorrhoea, Ulceration. Dis
placements, Falling of the Womb, Scanty
or Painful Periods, Tumors or Growths,
Hot Flashes, Desire to Cry, Creeping feel
ing up tlie Spain. Pain In the Back, and
all’ Female Troubles, to all sending ad
dress To mothers of suffering daughters
I will explain a Successful Home Treat
ment. If you decide to continue It will
only cost about 12 cents a week to guar
antee a cure Ido not wish to sell you
anything. Tell other sufferers of it. that
is all I ask Address Mrs. AL Summers,
box 105, Notre Dame, Ind.
The Bible Suits All.
The Premium Bible came three or four
weeks ago. but do not think it is lack of
appreciation that 1 have not expressed
my thanks sooner, for I assure you that
It came In good time, as I was wishing
for a new’ one. and one of that size, it
Is the nicest I have ever seen.
MRS. A. E. HUDSON.
Paris, Tex., January’ 21, 1903.
YOUNG WHISKY GOING ABROAD.
Twenty Thousand Barrels Will Be
Exported for Storage.
Louisville, Ky., August 12.—Kentucky
distillers are making preparations for the
exportation ot 20.000 barrels ot whisky
to Hamburg and Bremen for storage
purposes. It Is principally’ of tho crop of
1903.
This is tlie first time in the history’ of
Kentucky that any’ large amount of
young whisky was exported and matured
In Europe. Heretofore, whisky has only
been exported when about to be forced
out of bond. This will bo the largest ex
portation since 1897, when an Immense
amount of whisky was about to be forced
out of bond, At that time the. distillers,
rather than pay the tax when prices
were depressed, sent ship load after ship
load to the ware houses in Hamburg and
Bremen. At this time there Is no de
-pression In the market, and the exp ort a-
DON’T BE HAIRY
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ins ♦ Removes superfluous hair Wj «» ST
IK. . instantly and painlessly 1C
S from any part ortho body. M y
w SI per bottle, by mail. X
Rampies 10c. Write for testimoniaJs.
Mme. Josephine Le Fevre,
12O8a Chestnut St.,
rniLAnELPHiA, pa.
i tion is to be made larg. ly on ace m’ of
; the lower storag
The whisky to be rent abroad is in
tended largely foi
nla and other western states.
i Distillers have, found it costs 1< .■ to
• Bend whisky to Bremen and Ham’ «
and ship It from there to San Fr.ui”i.-‘■>
byway of Cape Horn than it osts to
ship it from Douisvillo to San Francisco
hr rail.
'file annual report of < hies Depmy <■■»!-
lector Edmiston showed that "•■■ :•> sra
53,i‘)53,fi19 gallons of whisk. Ln ' : In
this district.
•
Masculine Beauty.
Harper’s Weekly: The male UtTuty
show at Vienna was an Inglorious fizzle.
Nobody but admiring relatives and friend,
would go to Inspect the collection. It fit
painful to see our .pulchritudinous breth
ren ■ the pr<
that spurned beauty. For th-- c■<• sola tion
of the ugly, the "deprived,’’ as tho Ital
ians say, these undoubtedly handsome
moralists tell us that beaut;.’ Is rr’y skin
deep, and that divers great mon h om been
homely enough to stop tl et "g
clock:
"What is the blooming tliict ' • ,o
skin
To peace of mind and barm ny v tint
What a sweet satisfaction a • 1 .'•
tion it Is to feel that those »f ns :o are
not handsome are of either go od
ness or brains! put the rea
the Vienna exhibition of Prince Charmings
did not draw is that hands uno men mo
so common, that a•% ■' h Isome
men stirs no more interest than a con
gress of Jerseymen would wh< : •
gress of homely men would "p tive.y
turn money from ti. ' d ••.” I ' so
briety of men’s dross marks tir.ir sense of
their sufficient beauty. The. k:. w t icy
need no adornment. The ent 1 -m -str tvho
introduced this summer a rad'-int ‘-oat. 3
sort of Jaipanose kirn■ l nil frm.ee and
picture, have found no wdcri’'. Men are
too splendid to wear splendid clothes.
Oil Cure for Cancer.
The Dr. D. M. Bye Cm. >f IFb.m. Tex.,
reports the discovery of a commnatmn or
soothing and balmy oils which readily
cure all forms of cancer and 1 micr I hey
have cured many very bad cases without
■pain or disfigurement TF ir new hooks
with full report sent free to the afflicted.
The Peek-a-800 Season.
We read In the papers of peek-a-boo
waists
And openwork peek-a-boo socks—
It’s peek-tv-boo here
And peek-a-'itvo there
Till the reading ou r modesty shocks,
But no one e’er sings,of ye editor man
In lilting poetical counts
Who modestly sits
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Hate Always Bought
Bears the ' "
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