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THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY MARCH 11.1884- TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM
[Under thli heed wo wtU devote two or three
oolumui o week to women and.lbelr work. The
hemih on.: rcnfort of family, the propor keeping
and beautifying of the home, the care of the kitch
en, Dower; -.rd end guden, are »<clal topic! to be
treated, we aolfclt abort contribution! from wo
men on any .object that will Intereat woman,
question*.-. u: jig to the borne wilt be anawered by
■'-lltrean ]
heart loae and dally needi of human ezlalanca.
fcing'aaitntt waa aa Important aa hlacraaon.tha ring
united him to bla klngdao aa tha biahap to hla or*
or the abbot to bla monaatory in the olden daya.
wa 1 hallowed by lha teara of menrnara, ft elaaptd
tha finger of the betrothed maiden and of the b
at the altar, it dedicated alao tha widow to
Ood. Itwaadroeituponby the thoughtful for
emblema o' the uaaion of onr Lord, or for Ita
acribed holy word!. Dot It waa alao uaed aa
amulet to arert danger by the anperatltloui, t
even aa an agent in the coamlialon of aecret crime
by aril men in begh places, aa in caae of the fern-
oua ring! of the Borgia with their tiny aecret
reaerrolr of polion. The algnet ring of Ctctar
gta iastill iu exlitence. itltofgold, allgbtly
amelled, and beam the date of 16CU. On theinalde
1a a motto In old french ilgnlfylog. "Do what you
muat, come what will." At Ita back to a elide with
in which wai concealed the potoon which the owner
would drop into the wine of an unampcctlng
gneat, who happened to bo obnozloua to him.
Another Borgia, Alexander VI.. poaaeeaed a k
ring which unlocked a ciaket. Whon ho wlahed
be rid of an objectionable peraou ho re<iucalcd1ilni
to oblige him by unlocking thli caakct. and aa the
cockwaaaliitl. bard to open, tbo pin concealed
within, gar. tho fatal prick.
Mourning or memorial ring had many and various
device! and lnacriptiona. aome of which, aa ekulto
and akeletona, were alao uacd bygrave rollgloua
peraona. l.uthcr potaeawd auch a ona, a email ring
of told with death a head in enamel, which to atlll
preaerred In Dreadeo. Tha betrothal ring given by
Luthar to hla wife la atlll preaerved In bla native
country. It to of gold, elaborately wrought with
the aymbola of the taaalou of Cbrlet, and to aur-
mouuted with a ruby. Inalde arc the namca
Luther and Catherine and tho date of tbolr merit
ago; ita workmanablp ia very One. Their marriage
ring waa of the kindcaUed tboflmmsl—twohoope
Ivoted together; on one to a ruby, on the other
diamond, and their Initial! join them. Wllhln
beam thtolnacription; "What Ood doth join ahall
no man part” Theae glmra-il ring! were often
uacd by betrothed lovem-cacb keeping a hoop till
marriage, when the two wore uulted by a rivet and
uaed aa a marriage ring. A noted glmmal ring do
le rvea mention, although not uaed either for bo-
trotbal or wedding. It waa given aa a pledge
perpetual frlondahlp by Mary queen of Bcoti
ilueen Elizabeth. Two diamond!, ono on eaeh
hoop, formed one heart. Each queen kept a hoop
and it la aald that Mary lent hor'a to Ellaabeth
plead her canae when ahe aought aaylum in Eng
land, with how much aucaeia we all know, If lu
deed, It ever reached Ita domination
Womxn on SnieaoaaD.—Tho life which
romen lead on board ahlpe to uiu
ally a monotonoua one. Thtlr quartern are cloae
and their aoclal opportuultloeaie qujto limited. Tha
captaln'a wife may Ura of tha aociety of bar liua-
band or of theconatantcareof her children. It ahe
wlahea to go out to walk, ahe to conllnod to the
quarter deck. A lllrlatlou daring her airing with
„ue of Iho matea or the carpenter would be beneath
If ahe happen! to bo good looking the veracl
Several ladiea niodeatljr aend tie letters ask
ing about what degree of literary excellence
ia required iu lallera, promlalng to write ua
'‘eonielbing for publication" If we think them
capable of producinga readable contribution.
To fill auch we have only toaay; If yen It*™
anything to tell that would be likely to
Intereat or initruot any body, juet write it in
plain, atmple words without any attempt at
rhetorical flourlahee. lie natural, juat an if
you were convening with frienda. Write
only on one aide of the paper, do not use con
tractions nor abbreviations and try to have
your lotters legible ao as to avoid annoying
inisaket. It It an editor's business to prepare
contributions for the printer. Just try; let
ter writing it very easy especially when one
oonaolea borsalf that angels con do no more
than ahe who does the beat aba can. Ono
lady has written ua tbatahe intends to spend
tills year on her farm in order to make her
tenants plant what they should and then cul
tivate their crops properly. 8he eaya Ihere is
much to be done before her land will be re
stored to good condition. The ditches have
been neglected by tenants for aevaral years
and ahe will see that old drains are cleaned
out and new ones made wherever they are
needed. The dally preaenca of an overseer ia
- a great ad vantage to a tarin.
Wa azpeel letters from every woman who
superintends iter farm or engages in any kind
of work In dcors or out.
Hone ros tua Ilona -Thera to nothing that
oxorta ao elevating and refining au Inflnonce
aa music, and there lr nothing ou which
so much money to wasted. Our children
aro taught from their sla or eighth year, and until
they leave achoel Ihera to much time and money
oonsumod. Then tiler they marry how quickly
tho7 give it up, and It to lost bore that 1 want to
say a word. Tharetononocemliy for any young
woman (o quietly give up her music. I have found
front my own rz perl nice that I could always fled
tlmo to do anything I particularly doalred, and I
am aura others can do tbo same, and 1 address
this especially to you ng mothers. Don’t let the little
carat and vesztlons of home life cauaa you to nee-
lac! lha cultivation of that accomplishment lhat In
tha future to to give ao much pleasure to your own
Ultle family circle. So many make lha asd mistake
of thinking li.cause they cannot make Duo per
formers or alug ilka Jenny Lind, Ihst It to no me
keeping op their music; but tho’ you may make no
rapulaUou lu iho outside world, you may do what
Is atlll belter, you makq homa bright, cheerful, and
knppy, and y->n keep your children around you,
especially your boys. 1 bars only one ton, lie
lovea muilcat-oro all Ibinga, lam now almost an
old lady, but whantvor that boy cornea home, no
mailer what: am doing or how Important tho
work, it to all rut down, and wo go to tho parlor,
and 1 play f..r him Juat at long aa ho wlahea I
have known Mm to walk a mile from hit place rf
boaiueaswksi. he had only one hour to spare,that we
might practu i new placa, and many an avsulug I
have kept bin n home when ha might have been
out with tdl.' rotnpaulona being led Into the many
temptations (o which all vciung boya art exposed' I
waa much struck, a few daya ago, at a remark made
byayoung lady who waa atteudlog a oollage of
music. Sbe aril, ‘ I know I have no gnat mualca 1
talent, and I allt never make a lino alngor, for I
hare very little voice, but my mother la dead and
ray fathor to very fond of tnuilo aud I am aura f
can laarn lo play and slog ilmpio ballads well
enough to give dm pleasure," Bow I admired this
young girl! 8'cwu striving lo giro pleasure not lo
iho world, bnt si luma to her father. Not long ago
laaw lha full-, wlug adreritoemenl: 'Tamm,aud I
haroa broth r1 a. we came from Iho dig three
years ago. Last spring brother aud I thought wo
would buy an organ. Brolhar aud I worked iu toy
shops I had worked threo month! and brother
worked till New Year. Tha work being on loya ft to
dnll after Chrtotmaa. Tbon my father said ha
woald pay for It, but on lha Ulh of December the
machine shop where ba woikad waa destroyed by
Ura, and that ibrew him out of work. Will some pi
lha reads.s J thli paper please toll me bow
I can tara sous money to pay
for lha organ, because I do not want lo give It up!
tils ao much company. I have neter had any
bnlraclcr, but In the school 1 attended In the city
1 learned tha notes, and I ran play Iwo-lblrda ol
tha gospel hymns I will watt with patience, hop-
Ing to hoar from you aoon.-Oraoe, boa 10, cast
Hampton, Middlesex county, Conn." Thli Unload-
verttocmeut want right to my heart, and I
wished I bad riches, for t would have lent him tha
money lo pay foe hto organ, Yet, muslo la, 1 think,
eeacntlal to make lha homa clrola happy.iDouT fall-
than, young or mlddla-aged mothers lo cultlvata II
oven if It la only tha one talent." Do not bury tl In
n napkin.
OanannxTa von ntn llonn -Pretty ornaments
oau ba mado lor Ura sluing room by Inking
n large aponge, and altar It to thoroughly
soaked, rolling It full of all kinds ot
giasa and bird seed, or taka a pine cone and Iraat U
lha same as lha aponge aud pul lha cooa In lha
Mulct of the tponge. Thtocanbekopl In a deep
dish or suspended byacocd In frontof the window.
Both moat bo kept constantly wet and after tho
bore baa aoekod a few days tl will clots up lo lha
form ol a soli l cone, then the lttllw blades of great
will bagtn lo uaefgt from lha wallaof lha aponga
and oooe. making a lovely ornament,
lien la another simple ornament: Taka about
twonty wheal can, with two or three Inches ol _ , - .. - . ... —, ,
__ J many Bower beds and walks Annuals an otim
straw, us utsm together, bang them up In a warm! uredfor Ihlipurpoae. but perennials are better for
ptoses keep them sprinkled with water, and whan those who bare Mill# Urns in devote to gardening,
they commtcct to epraut, pul them In a eatery
glaaa with water. Tha top will aoon become a per
fect pyramid c! verdure and will retain ita beamy
for several weeks.
Haw coene flannel around a goblet with tha stem
broken off. put this shapely dome upooaaeucerot
water; wet the ilannel aud aprlnkle orer as much
flaaaaadas will adhere to 11. Tha flauDel will
absorb tho went Iron Iho saucer, which should
ottouhv teplrnlihcd. la about two weeks the
flsnuel will be concealed In a beautiful verdure,
which will vie with any table ornament.
Trellis;* and Hcrrena-Make a lattice work of
stool copper wire and fallen on lo the ride next to
tho window. Train on It quick crewing trios
morning glories, madcris vines or tha common
sweat potato, and yon will hare a window clothed
la Bring grata lhat will not shut oul thealr.
I'laata for Hanging Baaketa.-A very pretty plant
for a hanging basket and a muat curious one to
pUee or ar:Ulrry plant. The leaves an produced
Uka lent grounds and are covered with Horan,
aoareatyaalarge aaa pinhead. When watered,
thorn flowers crack and snap like miniature artll
lory, twice Ihe name. If you want a lovely basket
and only ono plant to do It with, get Ua begonia
glencophslle li has beautiful oraage (lowers and
the habl: of the plant to trailing. II grows ao rap.
Idly lhat tha basket la entirely c metaled la a short
time
Among onmaroua plants now lu tree for Ua orna
mentation cf hanging baskets for drspiag react or
for training loosely up oaoaatvatory pillars few
•urpaaa tha iry-laavad polar joortoae. Tha green
and bronze-leaved vsrtMlee are the moat aursctlre.
Illaes -Amongall Ua oroamtata worn by man
kind. ctrtUzad or nnctriliiad. there la not one to
which so much lutsmta hat been attached aa lo the
flaier ring, gymhollam to ao closely Interwoven
with life and death, mu church and stale. wiU
t»attract her, A paving v«a*l arouse* her Inter
Mt, end a hurricane relieve*, to a certain extent,
the monotoujr ol her exfatenoe; but thow bleMlugi
do not ccme along every day. Him haa uocue to
guerip with but tho stewardets, and they And few
nutter* of recant date which aro worth dlicusilng
•i any great leugth. Tha captain's wife may be aa
say aa ahe ehooaea without caualog any scandal,
but unfortunately ahe haa little to stimulate what*
cverdetfre for | ‘‘ L
Nome advantage* — ,
an eyo on her hntband. How or where he spends
HU evening* Is no mystery to her. a
A woman who la fond of aociety doe* not enjoy
herself on shipboard, aud consequently captain*'
wives who go to aaa are, as a nut, staid matrons
norssir a* an om tawor. one pints up mo teoonicst
terms and acquires (he art of preserving her equl'
IbBum la rough weather. If her husband la a
part owner of tuo ship she keeps an eye on iho
. latter take an Intereat In
tho InRtltutiou aa long as Its continues to be
novelty.
Homo skippers* wires muter tho art of navlga<
Hoi. There are a number of SuiUuce* on record
where ttao wives af captains who had died or been
Ion overboard havo token command and brought
their vetaels safely Into port A few weeks ago a
New Orleans woman, who had learned thoroughly
solicitor of the treasury at\
should
Oaingif Gosair.—Water
allowed to stand about trees and
shrubs at this ttnn of the year; care now will
tvo much future losa and dUappoIntment.
It Is a good plan to let bens tun among currant
bushes We have kuown of pa Ichet to be always
frto fronuho currant worm from this cause, when
neighboring patches were annually defoliated,
Immense Jacqueminot rosea have recently been
the floral eeniatlon in New York city. A New Jet*
■ey grower hu obtained torn* elegant apeelmeua
“ .— Ht cuts off all tho budsaave
blossoms in superb propor
sell at a fancy prlco to re
munerate Its grower.
A peculiar variety ot the wild blackberry occurs
In woods in some parts «f New York aud Michigan,
The fruit la yellowish* whits, and la known m ths
'white blaoibemr." It takes readily tocu'tlvatlnn,
acy grower ua* ouuuiuv
by severe pruning. Hoc
one, which, of course, b
tlons, and must needs i
hoe and the Ulterior flowers do not show to ad van
tage. If on a sodded lawn care nun be Ukcu not
to make flower beds too narrow, however. If they
run Into points the grass roots from the surround
ing gran will give constant trouble.
Very desirable plain* for bedding purposes are
sedan*—Plants comprising the common live for*
over. Many of the cultivated species are delicate
and profuse bloomers. For rustic rock work they
are excellent. The hardier aorta take care o| them*
' sand usually a
little "yellow
m acre, is one u —— -...
most easily procured
A tasteful plant border la a desirable addition to
Idatory in his habits. Uts food Is insects,MMHIV
much choice as to kind. Potato beetles, squt>h
bugs, rose bugs, cut worms.
i'i!*ub!o to the toad. Toad*
if imo talcs care not to atep
Ilium with a f.*w luiccti tfcvJHOTHHHIiPB
I ikon bop behind a hosr inthecoolottwlUghtimd
devour any insect which oomes near them. A toad
has been known to devour continuously a hundred
insects and then to wink for more. It la an entire
ly mistaken notion that any unpleasant results
come from handling
ties to undoubtedly th^wlii^i^ooreMdLlri
therefore becomes en Important qaeitton hmad
Iprecnre good anode. It to not enough that MM
grow; they should perpetuata and toien.lly the
peculiarities of the variety. Of most plants the
careful fanner can grow seeds for himself to ad van-
^■lle kndwi what peculiarities of tho plants
■h ItflMflMIflflMiiaaiMMflMMaM
uc -
:isrUl,-«HM
tlnuslly Improved.MMPMMM
I should fornuh tha seed. The lsixeet,faire«.
smoothrat tomatoes should be saved for s**0, and
15S
Cxi- xax axd Bice -Clean, wash and
: a foil grown fowl aa far reading, and saw It
nip snugly In spKoeot clean, w hits masqoltlo net-
ring. Bare ready a pot of scalding—oot qnlfa
HaStng—water, rut In UM fowl sod bring to a
by. bu t not violent bolt. Half an hour Wiore
dons uko cut a cupful of tho liquor, .klmsnd
Ha Itlotoettn pell end asaaoo welt. Have ready
scupiui of rfcw which bee been soaked two hours
and bollod ton minutes then drained. Put Into
the broth ta the pall, set In a saucepan fiffisiUng
■■HiH n elowly until Utt rice to soft.
shaking from time to time, hut ntvtr atlring.
rhnuld .oak npelltte brolb. When done stir
with a fork, a teaspoon!nl of better and the far
of minced paraley. Beat one leg Ilf hi and stir
the aims way: cook ona minute and take from the
Are. When Ibechleken la done undo the netting,
make a flattened mound ol the rice, and lay the
fowl on iop. Herve hot. Send aionnd a boat o
drawn bntierwltb It, using for It another copful
of liquor strained, a tcaapoonful of butter, a tea
spoonful of flour, salt, pepper, and. If prarible, i
beaten egg. Boll two mtnutee. An old fowl me]
ba made lender by putting It on In cold water ent
cooking very slowly flfieeu minutes to the pound.
Of coureo, the broth wtU be need for tho next day’i
poop,
Waxixo a FIDOS —To wax a floor properly
Ural clean It with turpentine ao lhat not a ipcck
dirt to left either on the surface or embedded
tha expoeed pores of the wood. If Ihe wood
rough we sometimes scrape it and give It a coat
shellac to DU tha pores, when It la perfectly hard
dry and amolh wo apply the wax In one or i
waya, either hard or melted with turpentine.
Ihe latter. It to laid on with a brush, left to dry two
nr threo hours, and to then noltohed wKh brushes
The wax uaed to common beeswax. Here to ona
of the brushes, very large, flat, and made with very
■Uflr brialles. They colt H a pair, and are mado
large, ao that If desired one of them can ha fixed
under the foot by meana of a atrap. and tha pollah-
Ing dona by waning the leg to aud fro. That war
,f V ‘‘— ■ ■— * * ‘ * ‘
of bu-hlng to employed In dry waxing, which i
much the hardest, and requires most vigorous pol
ishing. Dry wsxlng coats ebon t four limes at much
aa the other and will last two or three times as
Iona. In elther'caae the wax haa to be polished
right Ho the grain of the wood. It will not do ‘
R ut oil on a waved floor, aa II will render the ~
tee gummy and sticky and nasty. If pro)
dona, olllogmakes afloor nice, but never rot,
as waxing, sod oca Is nearly aa much. Raw linseed
oil mixed with turpentine for a drier to need The
_ Livixo Iisl'i—Several of 1
Con sTlTt’Tioia'a householder! bi
hit upon an interesting theme which
at the same time a Hying Irene. It ia nothing
leas than the question of woman’s peculiar fit
ness for farming and the management of ag
ricultural a (Taira. The broad assertion is
made that women farmed never fail and they
are more successful than men. The state
ment is at least near the mark. Woman has
done much in agriculture and thousands of
Instances of her brnr e exertions could be
cited. Mrs. J. W. Bryan of Lookout moun
tain took numerous prizes at the cotton ex
S ealtion, She is famous for her success. Miss
. L. Howard of Dade or Walker county, we
forget which, translated George Ville’s works
on chemical manures, thus giving to agri
culture a valuable book. Miss Fannie W.
Howard,of Bartow county, has mode a splen
did success at dairy farming. These three
ladies are daughters of the late Charles Wal
lace Howard, a noted agricultural writer,
They have put hla theories into practice with
wonderful success. Mrs. Wade, wife of the
Jersey breeder, is one of the best informed
women on cows and knowi the anperlor
points of an animal as well aa any man. Mrs,
John L. Hopkins is, ills said, the power be
hind the throne on the judge's model place,
Mrs, C. W, Mabry of LaGrange is noted as a
grower of fine poultry, Mias Margie Calhoun
right here in two miles of Atlanta has a large
dairy farm, one of the hsndeomeat places
anywbe.e, Mrs. Watkins in Jefferson county
heals most of the men farmlngright straight
along. There are hundreds and thousands of
such eases, and Tub Constitution would like
fo have a letter of experience from every
brave woman who is engaged in this lau
dable work.
BtitrLiasxxss —As far back
can remember I have been
troubled with that distrestiug affliction, in
ability to sleep. In my early childhood Inc-
quired a habit of building air-castles as 1
watched the shadows made by the firelight
in winter or the moon beama coming through
the leaves Into my window on peaceful sum
mer nights instead of going to sleep liko t
good little girl as my nurse advised. Later
my conscience often kept me awake for
boura, and even yet it often troubles my
sleep,Ifo pcnanco ever quite atoning for any
wrong doing of which 1 am guilty. Now In
addition many cares of family and vicissi
tudes of dally home affairs serve to drive
tired nature's sweat restorer from me, 1 have
read many and various directions for pro
ducing sleep without resorting to the use of
narcotic drugs. But all of these remedies
presume that any one can go to sleep if she
will only exert her will to do so, end no ono
seems to appreciate the situation of 'be little
girl who complained that she could not go to
sleep because her eyelids “lust would come
unbuttoned." We are advised to fix our
thougbls on a wide field of windswept wheat
or a sea of foam-capped waves; or we most
ilcture an immense Hock of sheep jumping
n succession over a fence or imagine a lea
floating down a winding stream miles and
miles long.
One very wise men gravely insists that a
room ventilated and made quite dark will
make anybody go tosieep if he shuts his ey
and slops thinking. Who can stop thinking
or earing byslmply willing to do an? What
haa darkness to do with sleep? Moon and
stars light nj> the resting places of outdoor
sleepers. I would like some experiences on
the anbjeet of how to go to sleep. I have
found hot baths sometimes iovite sleepiness
but even that agreeable remedy does not al
ways keep fired eye-lidaupoa tired eyes long
enough to transport one into the land of
Nod. Claudia.
Womsn as Fasmist.—I read A,
H. B’a letter last week with L
great deal of interest and I appreciate the
troubles that the has bad lo contend with, I
mean the real troubles that I could read or
between the lines for I do not believe that A.
H. B. haa all the trials that ahe paints to ua.
Clearly to my mind A. U. B. ia jesting, She
surely has not failed at farming. I have put
my studying cap on and I cannot recall a
■Ingle instance of a woman who has failed as
a farmer, I know of numberless widows who
have survived the devastations of war times
and poet-bellum hard times and not -one to
far aa I can hear has been sold out by the
eberiiT, and very few if any have beau sued.
It i* characteristic of a selwiepemlent woman
lo live within her Income, If the has little
tha manages to get along wi'h little. Her
•phare la ona of ultea and ahe husbands
them well. A woman who ia dependent on
her own exertion! wiil bear privation before
•he will buy on credit and trust to chance to
lay out. A farm income la made up of many
illln things that are too insignificant for a
man's attention,but that a woman will gather
UP carefully. Site makes the most of every
thing, that ia of any value about a place. In
short aha rsalixas her eituatlon and adapts
herself to it. Man ia too proud an animal to
equal woman as a farmer, that ia the secret.
See now If any ona can call to mind a woman
farmer who baa failed. Mas. Haixx B.
Lis” as to HtsaiSD#.— “Lib,”
South Attleboro, writes a pleasant
letter, agreeing with farmer’s wife in her esti
mate of husbands, and confessing that the
would not dare set a poor supper before her
lord and preelde orer it in inch a pretty dress
that he would feel compeneated for the ellm
meal by feaitiog his eyas on her comeliness.
‘ Lib" has four little children and she
promisee to tell tie how the manages them so
aa to find lima to do all ber work except tbe
washing. She haa a family of eight to care
for and wait on. She wishes to know how
long the yeast for tha three hoar bread will
I eat. Let some one who has tried it give her
experience.
"Lib" describes the style ot housed rest
which she hu adopted. She mokes a tight
basque cut evenly round and comingjust
over tha hip. A plain skirt w ith fire widths
of calico in it ia then gathered on to the
bazque with a email ettndirg raffia at tha
top for a finish. Tbeea dresses are neat and
becoming to any figure beside being easily
made and no tronbla to iron. "Lib" alao
tails us that the is careful to keep her hair
nicely dona np and a clean collar and apron
alwayi on. Wa coturned this sister u an ex-
amplary housekeeper on the principle that
strews show which way the wind blows and
bops to hear from her often.
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain
ment of the Boys and Oirli Who
Read The Constitution.
[In writing for this department, write plainly, en
one side of yourpawr. and put "Our Young Folks"
In one corner of yonr envelope.]
Open
Tour
Tour Houih and Nhnt
Eye*,
nv CISALD siAuav.
“Open your mouib and shut your eyes,”
Three little maidens were saying.
--And rea what Ood send! you!" Little they
thought
He listened wblle they were playing;
go little we guerethat a light, light word
At llmca may ba more than praying.
"I," said Kata, wlib merry bluo eyes,
‘-Would have lots of frolic and folly;"
"I." said Sue, with bonny brown hair,
"Would have Ufa always smiling and jolly,
“And 1 would have Just what Onr Father mar
send”—
Bald loveable, pale UtUe Folly.
Life came for the two with sweetness new
Every morning In glou and glitter;
But Our Father above, In a gush ol great love,
Caught np little Folly and kissed her.
And the churchyard nesUcd another wee grave,
The angels another weo sister.
Wonder how many ot my little nephews
and nieces have tried the game of “Shadow
Buff” I sent them last week; and whether or
not they thought it was a good one?
Wouldn’t it have been funny if I could have
stepped into one of your bousea, while you
were playing, and let my alisdow fall on the
sheet; and wouldn’t we have laughed at tbe
mystification of the boy behind tbe sheet,
trying to guest whose the “strange shadow"
was?
I think I'll have to send you a “blowing”
game to begin this blustering month with! it
will bare forfeits, or pawns, in lt;xnd I think
I'll have to give you oneortwo new things for
the boy or girl to do to redeem his pawns. I
won'ttollyou how to do them though, so
you can give them to the brightest boy or girl
In the room end see if they can guess tbe way
to carry them out Another time Till tell
you some easy ones that won't require guess-
ing. . N
"Fly, Fsathsb, Fly."—All the chlldre-
that ore going to take part in this game moat
stand or ait in a circle aa close as they can
get without crowding. Then let
of them take a tnft of cotton c
downy leather and let it float above the
headsof the players, giving it a puff with bis
breath; the person to whom it directs Hsclfin
its descent uuitaiso blow it up and away. If
it falls on him he must pay a forfeit. A dezen
children playingthix garnn formavery amus
ing group, andaa it oiten is very hard to laugh
and blow at the same time, it sometimes hap
pens that the feather finds its way down tbe
throat ol the lauchlng blower, who of course
psys a double forfeit lor bis fancy for feather
diet.
Now forthe forfeits.
To redeem yonr forfeit' you muat piece
yard of twine on the flooreothat two persons
standing on itcannot touch each other. Put
your ieftbandwhereyour right cannot touch
Place aroso on the floor so that no one
can jump over it. Measure on the wall tho
height of a "atovo pipe” hat, from the floor.
Thatwill do for this time, and I'll see how
many of yon can do them. Ai'.vt Susix.
Bias Aumt Rusu.-About five yean ago my an
cle, E. Be«t>, (eve me a little lamb whose mother
had died. I brought it up on a bottle, and named
H Beck, and how many lambs and sheep doyou
suppose 1 have raised from It up to this time?
bare raised twenty-live. Psps to gqlog toglvo me
two pastures Just for my sheep, they have Increased
■| fut.
Last year I attended to two cows, fed and mllkt-I
icm myrelf. and churned nil the milk. In one
.oath 1 (old fifty pounds of butter for thirty canto
.pound, and my cows were not Jerseys either.
Next Urns I will tell about my chicken-.
Yours Truly, Bztin Nicuotx.
Gam Hprinss, Clarke County, Ua, Feb. IS. 1SSI
Wo are so glad to near of your snectse with your
sheep and cowa and hope you will write about
your chickens. Why can't some of my little
nspbews or nelces follow Bettle'n exsmplo and try
■heap raising and butter-making.
Dial Aukt Susix—1 sm seven years old,and have
never beau at school, but mama teach aa me at
home. I love to read Tat Coxsmtmox. Uncle
Remus and Bill Arpareso many and 11 has ao
D IpianM P aome corn" but It looks Ilka It never wUl
come up. Y'suis reepectiully.
kllLYOM IlKABD,
Byron, On . February 28th.
Hava patience Millie. If your corn comes up loo
soon "Jack Frost" will nip it.
Dxai Acnt Busts—I’m so glad you havo a place
for the children la your paper, and love to read
their letters 1 am eleven years old and I go lo
school every day. Tell Robbie M. I bave a pair of
bantams, and I am going loss* If my lltua ban
will not lay as many cg(l ns bla Plymouth rock
I haves hearth rug to make. Can't soma of my
Ittle "couilna” tell me how to make H? Your
■ - -lend, Asms Kitxiaaxw,
en valley. Qa, February 27th. I8SI.
You most not forget lo let ua know bow many
when It rslnspapa haa tosend ns This to my first
letter. Year little tut known friend.
Inn O. Davis.
Decatur, Ga.. February 25th. 1881.
MILLIONS IN FLOUR.
ftw.^ r ;^,,od oTZ m Wrire'n. your first let- THE ENORMOUS VOLUME OF THE
FLOUR TRADE IN ATLANTA.
tor Annie xod you mutt write again.
piA. AUXTBuw»~f amalittleglrt twalreyou. I ,, r< cram. Werth Sold fin. AnanaUx-
ola, my mothers only child, though I hare two | 0a# D## j gr sluing 100,000 Barrel*. Worth
1800,000-The Famous W«n* Mill*, of
half brother’s (hat are both married. I goto
school to Mia* Fryer, and like her ever so much.
Cousin Lizzie and I get np and clean up our
room end mama’s before we go to school, and I
make the biscuit for mama every evening when I
get home from school. Your little friend.
Lin nix Carter
Orchard TT1U Spalding Co., Ga.. Feb. 25th, 1881
Litchfield, 111.—Interesting Story.
“Very few people know anything about thovo!-
I ume of Atlanta's trade In any of its branches,’*
remarked a leading dealer yesterday in the hear-
, Annie.
Di ar Aunt Susix.—I am a farmer's son and last
year I made two bales of cotton, a hundred bush
els of corn, and ten bushels of peas mywlf—wasn’t
that Hsht good fora little boy? I go toacbopl and
am learning fast. This is the first leter I ever
wrote. 801 will make it short. Yours truly.
J. Stvkb.
Trickum, Whltfleld Co , Ga , Fab,,15 1884.
That waa splendid and wa are glad to tee that
you plant com and peas as well aa cotton.
Dxai Aunt ei’six —I am a little girl ten years
farmer’s daughter. I have two little broth*
and two sisters. My brother Maynard and sis*
Lizzie go to school. I went last year but I have
to stay at home now and help mamma keep home.
1 have made fonr quilts. One of them la aa album
qntlt, and one "the old lady's dream.' I have
knit two pair of stockings this year. Your little
friend, Lula R. CAwraxLL.
Centerville, Gwlnnette Co.,Ga., Feb'y. 2*1,1884.
You art lesrnli
rood scholar alu
dream to a ales way tbmskeaqullL
Dias Aunt ButifL—I am a little girl ten yean
and I live about eleven mllreln tha country,
WMtolGtimn on Flint river. 1 haves nice lima
fishing with my mother. Last week, while I was
playlngln lha raid, 1 saw a buzzard flying with a
bell on blm tingling Ilk* aihcep IreU. I wander
whore he got the bell. kourUtfl. totond.,^^
rooks Station. Ga . February 2sth. lMt.
aybe ihe buizerds had been having a funeral
that ona was "the sexton that tolled tha
“ Don’t you ihlnkso?
Dbas AcavBuaix -lam a nuraetymen’a son and
five miles north of Oilflln on the Central raD-
road. Wa an aniline now. and bare graftad
twenty ihoutandrcnihra. I saw a letter In yonr
'tom C. B. Thomai, Horrowi station. I wish
dwrite toms. Jtnt*
Frank turrit.
it™!™
ork Frank? Doyou hare any Wen or plants ol
yonrown?
Dias Acer Sunt.—I Uka to read the yonng
•a column. I think the way Freddie's tooth
. pulled was funny. It Is Inst Uka boys—they
_ ao afraid ol being hart. I was glad that lady
that thought monkeys wan bettor than children
We are glad to hear from little girlt that "help IngofaCoxsnTUIioxman.
mother." 1 know you make nice btoculi. I "What doyou meant" tree atked.
Dez. AUXT fu««.—lTTve written three letter. "Well. I hemd a man tay Just now •»»» »•>«£
lotto Home and Farm, but they did not think representative fora well-known floutlDg mil, who
enough of me to publish them. I hope yon wU1 bo. be.dqu.rten in Atlanta, tell, annually over
print thli one. If you do, I will write another. I WCOO worth of flour, every Invoice of which
am not going to school now, but will this sum* I comes through the Atlanta agency.”
TH«'w^ Mary V. Alford. This extraordinary speech rather earned the re*
« "rf t *L“PahUah’.“‘ttftottoS’thMV/m- P"'“ t0 „^ ea “* He lhe
He friend, write, so you must all try very hard to I who lhe flour mill man was.
-rite very nice ones. I -That’s a nut for you fo crack," was (he reply ho
*1? JouhAve'hough.of SWgtW inquiries*
the young folka as well as Uncle Ben of the Home I bsma street wholesale grocer*,
and'Farm. I liked that paper very well. But ’Ono! that’s a mistake; lb#re Isn’t any one man
Unde Ben did not publish my letter last year and I *n AtlRato who tells 1800,000 worth of flour,”
I* m failing oat with him. If you treat me that way ta Then e anotaer'man said, "your informant is aim*
I'll take off my editorial harness and retire from I ply mistaken; he his Imposed on your credulity,
the business. But mamma says you will be more m. j r avnnmrtrum
considerate, and I think you will too, for all my I who i* manager of the southern office of th« g \Ving
aunties are good, and you must be too or you would I Milling Co., of 8t. Louis and Litchfield, Illinois,
not think of so many funny game* and atoriea for I was seen. _ ^ ^ „
ns. I think the "Old Miser” will be a good game I “Cau you tel! me something about the flour
and I’ll play it I trade of Atlanta?”
I'm a/aimer boy bntlcan do anything in the I "I don’s know. Wh
boy or girl line. Mamma call* me "old maid” be* I out?"
cause I like to do girla work. I've plecM up one I "What man in Atlanta sells the mo t floor?”
a nlltandamonmy second ono now. When it 1*1 "Well, 1 suppose I sell twice as much as any other
nlshed It will contain two thousand aud sixteen I man.”
pieces- can any of the Ut’le boys my age (eight I "How much do you sell?"
years) beat this? If so let blm send me his card I "Hare are my copies of invoices; they foot np for
and we'll jrolnto copartnership and peddle quilts. I tbe month of February about f6'400.”
Yours, Waltxr 8. Collin*, I "Does all this come through Atlanta?"
West Point. Harris Co., Ga. February 25'h 1> :1, I "Yes: it is all sold through the southern office of
M, e are much obliged to you for your good opin* I our mill ”
and will try and be good to you. You won't I "What will your yearly sales amount toV”
—fbody that will beat you making quilts; I . "They will push 11,000,000, but I told a friend to*
. haps Lula Campbell will send you the pat* I day that they would go over 1800,000."
tern of one of her’*. I "I heard about it on the strneL"
"A little girl nine years old," from Heard, Ga., I "Well, I didn't expect it to be talked about"
wrote us a very nice Jittlo letter but she forgot to I — —- *
*'gn her name, aod we do uot know who it Is from. I
Write again, please! I "That's rath*r a hard question to answer Let’s
— I see a moment." Here fur. Tollcson pnt some fig*
How UXCLE Tom Ran Away -It wave rainy o'* »»>lp of paper. Tuen. resuming bis talk,
#nf a —-.a- wi t wxswl "M®• In all braDchOf, counting that sold
afurnoon and my six-year old nephew aud I were I tbrou/h brokers and dealers, there cannot be less
sitting on tho rug iu front of the fire. Frank was than 15.000,COO worth of flour told here.’
stretched out at full length on the soft white fur. I !}!» h i l iurft^p?. 8 *£. e L♦ ■
L iu my own particular chair, ml p.Uzntly fStoto oS!
awaiting the request for "a story,” which I know I and wo sell it over six stales. It is ui.qutstionably
would be very sure to come sooneror later. I ““
Make it a real true one, auntie,
planting bis chin in bis brown hands,
straight into the burning coals.
"When your Undo Tom and I were children.* I glvenYts phenomensl suroiuS.~If iUuTbeenoniy
L/Cgan I, slowly, ”wo were ever such good friends: I equsl to the best It might havo sold as other flours
and althniffh T •m#lffhtTr»r*ntdrr!h»n hn wn I fel1 ' when erer T UOUSewlfe that trlOS It U Ob-
and although I am eight years older than be we were I j| IC4 j t0 Mn /<. H tlsat it is the bestshe haa ever used,
always together. My pleasure was never real un* I you cau roadily ice that its sales will go way beyond
leu Tom shared it too. Taffy was never sweet nor I * h ® °f. “X other G^r. The Perfect Pastry
__ ,.-1,.. mw I Patent haa had a wonderful ruu. \\ bile It Is a flour
my present! goofl unlenTom had some, half my I nos no equal on the market, and can stand
t^lt* was always saved for him. I on its own merits anywhere, it has been in the very
But sometimes Tom’s temper got the bettor of best hands here, and that has had much to do with
him, aud when provoked—but wait a little and I its general Introduction.^"
ahall see what happened to your big Unde I "What mills do you represent?"
T manage tbe southern office o( Litchfield, 1111*
“ CreMaM... flour men knowit. By tblil mean that it is a higher
p, horaia at last, I grade of flour ahd it is finer In quality than any
ands.and gazing | other. It Is the very best that can be done with
the very belt wbca», by the very best machinery,
regardless of cost. Nothing but this could have
w hat Is the cspsdty of the mills?"
•Nearly 700 000 barrel! a year, or over 2 000 barrels
dally. This immense quantity of Hour I* worth
over $4X0.,000 at wholesale, or over $5,000,000 at
Tom for letting his temper run away with him.
"Ono afternoon—a cold, cheer'
like this, dear—I sat looking out .iau
poor little meadow lark that stood shivering and
wet on tho edge of the porch, I lion called Tom to
look too, but when 1 turned to see if he waa emu
lug. and not knowing he was so near me, I acci
dentally struck him in the face with my dbow.
• "Horrid, awkward thing, growled Tnm; and I „„
received a blow from his strong little flit which l I Pastry Patent?'
am sorry to *ay was not sodden tol. Mother h*d -o a , yes; we make all grades. The Neptune
juftenme in and the saw the whole tcene, 8he I brand, which wo sell at other points ts the same
made Tom sit alone ona sofa, away from the win- | quality a* tne Perfect Pastry, aod has just as great
dow and the bird, till he should grow good natured I a isle. In Georgia, though, the Perfect Pastry leads
again. But Tom was not to be soothed ia any such everything el*o. It is our best patent aud is the
way, for he wsj really angry. I very purest flc.ur i-oatlb e to obtain from wheat, and
"•Horrid, awkward old * Vi —" v - --•*—* • v •—* **
again botween bis
houso with such a
I'll ruu away to-night,'he added in a loud voice, I are also very popular.
Intending to attract my attention and thinking to I "Wnat state* do
frighten me. . I mills?"
" • What’s'that,' mid mother, ’runaway from "Georgia. Alabama, Florida. Tounessee, North
home, and to night?’ and uouth Carolina " Bore Sir. Tolleson picked
Yea. and I am going off right now if Jen don 11 uo his great pllo of Invoices. They nnmoort d sev-
say she is sorry.’ oral hundred, and amounted to about $C0,000, or
•Very well,’ said mother, looking at me, and I nearly 8.000 barrels for the month of February
soeing no Hips ^_of repen tance j alone. Of course this will not be the heaviest
you control for the Wing
f*OB.
know
..w». .*« * allow’[ month.but tho trade will averago considerably
no ono la my nouse to tell a lie, so 1 suppose 1 must I more thau this every mouth In the year. Contin*
say'good bye’to you, Tom • ulng. Mr. Tolleson said:
"Upstalra to his room, directly overhead, wen I "Wo supply nearly all of Charleston with flour
the angry \toy. We heard him shake his long-saved I direct from our mill. One house there buys and
pennies out of his Un bank; heard him pull out I mJU twice a*much aaany houso here. Then 1 sell*
the bureau drawers, and then all was still, tilliMsa* largely in Mobile, Jacksonville, Savannah; Au*
tor Tom. flushed, angry, yet calm, trampol down I gusta, Montgomery and other places. Nashville is
the rtalrs. He said,‘good bye' toall the family, I probably my best market, though the general
except me, and started in out the wind and min. I flour trade of Nashville Is not much
1 shall never forget how forlorn the little fellow I if « U y more than Atlanta's."
looked as he walked down the path from the home I Mr. Tolleson to a young man, not over twenty*
to the barn. An immense umbrella, old and Urn. I fonry»arsofage.and it 1* a high compliment to have
he tried to hold over him with one hand, wblle in ( the management of such an extensive btulnen in
the other he held a bundlo containing bis last suit I his hands. He travels two sslesmen at his own ex-
of clothe*, clean shirt and his pennies No over* I pense, and ba* tho entire confidence of bis at. Louis
cost had be, no rubbers, and only an old straw hat I house His Atlanta office isslmply a branch of the
which ho had pulled down over nis eyes. I Ht. Louts bouse, and handles ail the correspond*
Bang! went the front door after him. Oo-oo, I enc* of Jhe tlx states named above,
roared the wind as it followed him. Splash! came | YestettUy ooe of his salesmen te>en
down the rain through his tom. worn umbrella; I for 875 barrels of flour, worth about
and even the grim, tall cypres* trees swayed their orders are coming in constantly, and the trade Is
dripping topi over the path as he passed, as though grouieg to really enormuus proportions. All the
they would send down an extra shower on poor | shipment* for these different flours are made d!<
Tom's head _ . _ a . . I rect from toe Litchfield mills to the dealer. al<
"Boon It grew dark. Bat no Tom returned. | though copies of invoices come from
Of wum none of us thought be would really go | the St. Louis office to Mr. Tolleson at Atlanta,
in order that he may traci * ' ~ * *
should happen to be delayt
i— — m; ;— 7 -~ . "I wish you would say,"r
.’Boor Tom!’I thought: ‘Its all my fault, every as tho reporter got up to
bit of It;’ and although 1 waa fourteen year* old and I made tho largest purchase of strictly No. 2 wheat
considered myself quite a woman, I began to cry . I the other day ever made by any millers in this
"But suddenly, much to my Joy, I heard Tom’s | country."
step on the porch. 1 wasabouttorushouttomcet I "How much was it?
blm when my mother stopped u
•• 'No, child,’ ahe said firmly.
That minute the front door boll rang—thon it
waa not Tom after all, 1 thought. a
‘'Mother went to tho door, and there Indeed waa
"218,000 bushels."
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
'°0^ srciinV ms'deme. Will yon be**2&ndi‘uS h wrek 0B Jf 1 lSS*lkd !Tm£?th!£&
coml ness to tell mo the shortest way to B—-?" I l! n th.' 5 nSS
"Wo were, then Uvlug at AMenvood, ia the A 8 ??* J5 1 *. “HA? ft®
»nWd b^.’wS* &*sssnjua i
* “Oh! certain^, mother said. Take the first read I wpondln* week of
to the right. B— is threo miles from the turn-1 ' W "* '
-v,—m— — - — i whose caDltal was under 15 000.
*Th.nk yon, madsme. came the answer from U ,rit,uUr ' 10
Tom's proud lips; but bis moist eyes said plainly: I Au*®** * n “• “»*• JJJF ■
*1 m so sorry, mamma. J Bpringville—L. C. Moiclsnd, general store, sold
He lifted np his hat once more and walked! ont andlclt town. Liabilities 14,000; nossrcls.
calmly down the porch, off tbe stepe into tbe I okoxoia.
dark garden and among the moaning cyprtn AOanta-J. J. Baker, general store, offers 40
"Ob. mother, mother,how could you!” I »ob- **Atlinta-John MUler St Son, stair buUderx,
bed, no longer ashamed of my tears. Tom will I foiltd.
d l ~1, ^ j.,.., I Augusta—Richards & Little, general afore, as-
with
1883. About 85
small traders
riuuuu iu, ..a k.- I * • worry, for jiuw. ue nai ioiu out
do nnihlng but think how I loved Tom. snd how I sli bis iwu to his letter tt-lsw, J. J. Bredenberg,
lonely It wss without him end how dreary he I to prouct hlsowncredltoissssgslnst the ludorse-
muii bo feeling. . ... . I meats.
"But another boar bed ticked lie slow way rontd f w n.iis
the clock before we hestd ttosn stops on the porch I £•*J; ®“*!h-“ocs. ^*!iSSSK2
ssstn- Then iho bell rang sgsto, ss before. Thfi J , Dirien-.NsthsnJscobson, general store, closed by
time I smut to the doorw’.th mother. Tom stood I ,n i"5- „ ....
there. Hls hst wss gone-hU umbrella too—hU |
frowsy hair was wet end hU hands purple with
I ; PotttjMmtln A Allts,gmisrsl rtore.mort-
I gen s men fitly cento yesterday that booght I “J££J N - H “* hM '*roceries end liquors,receiver
““•Wfflyou Semo P Khereto-ulghtr asked Tom. . J ' *“ e "* ,Wte ' «*«*•
tanWf JSSnlre" 4 be 00011 '' ,0 ’ ,ed m °"‘ er “* Lh-W. D. Wsples. rice. IUM
•• -No.’ mother replied; 'we don’t take In tramps I xoktr casouxa.
hde. Perhaps they woald st Nichols’ across lhe I Jsckson-D. A. Jordan, drugs, failed. LlsbUl-
roed.' I ties about II,COO.
" 'But,' mid Tom, hU Ups trembUng, 'I—l—lore I Rocky Mount—Thomu ft Hart, general store, ss-
you.' I signed. Llsbllltlcs 120,001. •
"Molh'r's llpe trembled, too. -Theft s very Turnpike—J. C. Bmstheia general itore, aligned,
strsnge thing for setnngs men to eey.totse Wbst I l.lsbUltlexllfi,C00; nseeti 113000; no preferences,
< lo you mean' sir?’ end tnen somehow ihe shat the I H" his s brunch st WsynesrlUe,
door tn poor Tom's face. Wsirenton—W, J, Norwood, general store, rc-
"Ohl ah!"broke In Frank. “How conld she do I ported ssslgnsd.
it? How coaid yon let her, suntle? It was Just I Windsor—W. B, Leigh, general store, failed,
moaner than—Oh. auntie, hov mean it was!" I *ouni Carolina.
But by that lime mother had gotten back Into ths I Bzmwcll-G. W. Bosweil * Co., general store,
sltungtoom end Into her chtir, locking eo pete 11 turned over etock to mortxege.
begin tound.nund ttstihe wseglrlngherdsil-1 Blockvllle—W. J. Msrtfii, general store, obtained
Ing boy s letun. Bat she nearly broke my heart extension. . .
ss well ss Tom's end her own In doing It. I Gilbert Hollow—'W. E. Crawford, general store.
Eight o'clolk come end with It fsltcringly, alow I reported felled,
ly cams Tom's step In the porch. He rang the bell | Langley-Alexander Cranston, general store,
bnt It only tinkled feebly. Thli time we ell | mortgageforecloncd.
cKentle, general store.
would yon-wonld yon let me come In end worm |
“ y poor Utile bends? I sm—Jennie, I sm so sor-1
In s mlsnte, in s second, Tom wss folded In I "Tzoant Plesssnt-WUUsms fit Ricketts, dings,
mother's emu. sobbing, repentant, wet, draggled— I tailed. Uxbunica >t 500: assets tt.cw.
kU.bUldss 11.000; s
J KnaxTtlU—J.
I ssslgnsd.
nL "I think
"No, 1 think mother wss ths 'Mick.' ss you say.
t least sit she ever had to dost ter that ts 'db-
klulnWlde Awake.
hsCuir Mato.
Cincinnati Commrrdal Gaastto.
Conirtsstsiimuiaqatrstats ao thn subject of
pensions 'Efforu are being mads to lemlon nearly
.very body who was alive daring any of our wars.
Tbe pension bills Introduced by ocamemberof
congress would. If pemsri. cell let over two hun
dred million, ot dollars, end Ire Is not s very p:om.
meat candidate for ths presidency cither.