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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 18S4---TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM.
The’Home and the Houiewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone—Talk? With
Women and About Women.
IKhort letter* on Home Totilm earnestly wilii ltw).
Write "Woman's Kiti|tdoiii"oii one corner o( the
I heard ft sermon a few Sabbaths ago that I
wiuiPfl much impressed with that I wished
every woman in our “Kingdom” could have
heard it. It wft* preached here in Atlanta by
one of our talented minister*. The text was:
••And when he came to himself.” Of course it
was the prodigal son, as all will recognizo the
sentence. I wondered what our minister was
going to make of the subject. Of course I era
hot going to tell you all he said; it would not
be possible ®r appropriate, but I will only tell
you flint I was impressed with his first sentence
and that was, that the most important journey
n m.'Vi or woman ever made was when he came
to himself. How few of us recognized thejim-
portance of coming to ourselves. We live, ns it
were, in a bustle and whirld, acarcely taking
time from our daily cares and unxietics to ever
fcnow our real solves. One of the illustiations
the minister used was in reference ton mother,
who was very much provoked and fretted with
n disobedient child, and instead of calmly re
proving her, she lost her temper, and as sli
raised her voice unnaturally high to reprove
hdr child in anger she looked up and caught
eight of her face in the mirror opjtosite, and
the entire change in lier every feature shocked
lier and as it were “she came to herslf.” How
deep would be otir humility were we oftener
brought to sec ourselves under such circum
stances, and how many mothers there are that
would feel reproached to recollect how many
limca they have given away before there litUe
innocent children to had temper and ugly
words. Mothers, be patient, bo gentle, and
above all things atudy to know yourselves,that
your children may see nothing in you hut
what is lieautiful to their eyes, not only in the
lineaments of your faces,*but in your disposi
lion and daily walk and conversation.
Pkmai.k Education.—As we have given in
another part of our paper a few ideas on educa
tion in connection with schools, perhaps it
would not come amiss to say something on
giving our girls home educating. No inothe
has a right to bring up n daughter with
out teaching her liow to keep house. Wo do
not mean by keeping bouse merely instruct
ing a servant to go ami do this or that, but to
lx* able to do it tliAmselves, to take a broom
and sweep a room well, to understand bow to
set a table, bow to make a bed. And indeed
to go and get dinner or any meal, where the
emergency arises to require such a thing,
(•erson who doe* not know liow to do things
well could not instruct another. And no
iMiinltcr of good servants can make up for
want of knowledge in the head of tlm house
hold. 1 saw a little piece not long ago on this
subject and the writer said that a servant girl
was employed to do general house work. 8ho
came first at night and the first thing assigned
her tu do was to wash tlm supper dishes. 8he
washed them with cold water and without
tamp. The next morning the gentlemen sent
home a roasting piece of beef and a quantity
of rut jHirler house steaks. When licsntdown to
dinner lie learned that the new cook had roost
ed the steaks. The comments on this was that
many a boarding school miss nt the time of her
marriage might make either of these mistakes.
And this is only too true; the education of our
girls in this department is very much neglect*
••d. “Mothers, whatever else you may teach
y<%jr daughters don’t neglect to instruct them
•in the mysteries of housekeeping and you put
them iq flip way of getting good busbond" and
happy hojmf,’*
sustain her if she be a poor disciplinarian. Then
how can order be maintained? In many ways.
Dignity of the teacher Is essential to the best re
sult*. 7ty dignity I mean that graceful bearing
which Is the seal of the perfect lady or gentleman,
that varied Intelligence which is the mark of the
scholar, and that good humor which indicate a
kind ami syni|>atlietic heart. Best assured chil
dren will rend your character well, and perhaps
will rate you at your merit. A teacher has done
much to secure good order when she bos Impressed
her gentleness, firmness and Intelligence upon her
class. Monri courage Is always seen and felt In the
Riiceessful disciplinarian. There come times when
some foolish parent would dethrone law and order
in the school room and thereby blast the teacher'
reputation, and ruin her usefulness. In this exejr*
geney, the teacher must maintain order even at
the expanse of offending Individual*. Tact may
avert the difficulty, but, If It falls, stand on the
side of luw and order, and public opinion will sus
tain and vindicate you. Hut I do not intend to
devote my entire article to dlsclp.lne. One other
point and I conclude.
A teacher must teach. 8hc must put Ideas Into
the head* of her scholars. Parents must be
polled to see and say that their children have tm
proved. It Is death to any teacher Pi have It Just
!>’ '‘aid of her that sho does not impart Instruction
to her children. You should have a world of pa*
V endurance to encourage the stupid and In
tercst the indolent. You should never attempt to
teach any subject without having made special
preparation. Then you command the respect ot
your clam, save time and do thorough work
you Intend making teaching a profession, rest as
sured that good order and thorough scholarship
will crown you with reputation, position and
honor, urn! will Introduce you to any family, com
mmilty or institation of learning. A Teacher.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Fnnoy Work.
ANornn pretty panel eon lie made by covering
the board with the crimson velvet (taper that come*
for walls. In the renter put a handsome picture
card of bright colors. Above and Itelow have
small oval picture of the same size, but contrasting
subjects. You can glue, or fasten them with fancy
headed hnuw nulls.
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain,
ment of the Boys and Girls Who
Read The Constitution.
fin writing for this department, write plainly on
one side of your paper, and put "Our Young
I oiks" In one aimer of your envelope. J
Our CorrespuneuiM.
I am mi charmed with “Woman's Kingdom." 1
w Ish to tliank you for the pleasure It gives me. I
think It would lie real Interesting If ct.rh contribu
tor wott’d send some useful suggestions 11 young
housekeepers, or direction* forsome piece of pretty
faurywork. If "Dora” wishes mo to do so, will
send her name of Imok of lieautlfiil crochet and
knitted lace pattern; price,and where she can get
it. It give* full direction* with each pattern, and
Is quite useful to any lover of fancy work. Or if
she will give me her address through Woman's
Kingdom, It will give me pleanuro to send her a
fcwpnliy samples of crochet law. The novelty
Imild stitched between narrow strips of crochet In
sertion make* pretty yokes forjcld droit's drosses.
’•Daisy."
Very many thanks to "Daisy." Just such letters
will help to make our •Kingdom' a perfect success.
I.et us hear from you often, and may nil our sinters
“go amt do tiki wise."
Tm: Constitution of last Sunday contained a
riddle which 1 think I've solved. Is it not a lied?
If correct I should like to know. I will send you
«nc I think very good: "What word contains all
the vowels l|i their proper order?" Respectfully,
l.i* i.a It.
Atlanta, May 3d.
The aliovo letter did not resell us until May 24 th
or l.ula would have been the first to guess our rid
dle correctly. We are much obliged for the riddle
she M inis, and hope some one will auswer it noon.
1**1 hear from you again.
A. I.. I’., Rock I’oikI, (la, asked sometime since
liow to make taker's bread. Iloll three Irish pota
to**, take a pint of the water and masp one potato
In it, add one tcaspoonful of sugar, half cup luke
warm water, dlmolve one yeast cake In It, mix
flour to make a batter am! set to rise, then mix in
meal and work out Into small rakes ami let dry In
Hie shade, turning mvosionally. To make the
bread take one yeast cake, dissolve It In a pint of
lukewarm water, mid tablospoonful sugar, little
salt ami heaplug tablcspoonful lard. Make stiff
•lough and put In a deep pan, keep In warm place
ta rise, work In more Hour and L*l rise again, put
la baking pans ami let rise a thin) time and pit to
Isdte. Will send yeast cake to any one one on rv-
rript of 10 cents to pay postage. M. U. Swann.
«buyers, (I oorgla. y
In Ahswra to • Fannie." a young teacher, we
give below some Ideas and suggestions from one of
our must useful and popular teachers In our pub-
lie schools, and I (would be well for all Interested
In teachlug to read and profit thereby:
To a Young Tka«iiita.—You wUh some general
idea upon thesubjert of teaching. It U not your
sire, as I understand, that I should cxprtm an
opinion as to how any particular branch should
be taught, but that 1 should nsrae some general
qualities, which mu»t be possessed by every sue-
•Nssful teacher. Your position is a trying one.
You have just begun to teach, and you feel your
tvspomibility keenly. Having taught for a num
ber of years, I will cheerfully name for you some
of the objects to be obtained. The first great ob-
Ject to accomplish b to govern the school in a wise
manner. Order »u*t be maintained In the school
oom and on the ground*, in school hours and at
. All progress rests upon good discipline,
good of society, th* usefulne* ami popularity
the teacher, and the success of the school are
tolred in the order ot the school. No amount
learning or genius on the part of a tavher ran
<#KT a Tins piece of braid twelve Inches
long eight inches wide, with an oval shaped hole
In tho center four Inches in diameter. Take
yard of light blue satin in narrow plaits from the
outer edge to the center all around the four side*.
Of course you would haveto cut an oval in the
center to corre*|K»nd with that In the board. Fasten
the outer edge of the plaits on the under side of
liourd and draw them over nml through the hole to
the underside again and Iswte down. Then line
it smoothly with a contrasting color of silk or
sclicht. Over the oval put a small picture or what
ever suits you best. Hew small rings ii|m>ii the
edge to hang it up.
Tiik lighter and more uiry a sleeping n sleeping
n|mrtnu*nt looks, the more Inviting it Is. and niueh
depend* upon the window draperies. If the cur
tains are of muslin or cheese cloth, u pretty flubli
b n vnlnncc made nlsiut five-eighth* of a yard deep
of alternate stri|>us of white muslin or chew cloth
and pink or Mile lerton, then edge with n broad
antique edging, or any one who can knit Inec can
trim them with a broad pattern of that. The
stri|»e* may lie from four to six Inches wide. In
stead of the pink or (due plain lawn, gay figured
retonne may Ik* used to alternate with the white,
only lie sure it will wash. The stri|Ka must tie
sewed together nentlyt. The Inee on the valance
should match thulnti the curtains.
into the woods and rut three straight
hranehes exactly the same length, nlsiut three feet
and a half or three-fourth* of an Inch in diameter,
hit off the hninwhes to within nil Inch ol the body
of each, bet them get perfectly dry, and then if
the lairk b not smooth, scnt|tc It off. Fasten them
together almut a foot from the top. Then glhl
them all over, or If you prefer It paint them green
or mahogany color. In the eroteh set a pretty
basket mu! Inside that a bowl that will Just fit It.
This nmy be kept full of cut flowers ami vines, or
Instead pf the ImiwI, a saucer nml (sit of growing
fern* and vines may be put Into the lsisket. If
nrrrestary, the basket may be three steadied by
(Missing bright ribbons through and tying them to
the three standard*. A gilt chain may Ik* wound
around where these are fastened together. The
result b a pretty ornament with hut little ex-
pctisc.
1totiH«*liol(l IteeeiplH.
Hosk Jr.u.T.- A very pretty dish b made with
one box Cox |ge!nt!ne soaked In a pint of cold
water. Juice of four lemons, two clips of sugar
Add to this one quart of boiling water, boat ton
froth the white* of ten eggs, then strain the boil
ing water ami gelatin over the eggs, nml bent until
It congeals. Flavor with vuiillln. Color hall of
the mixture with lltinieH's extract of strawberry,
put the pink on top am! serve with rich cream
sweetened nml flavored with vanilla or billed
custard.
ClIAHUlTT Polonaise.—Whites of seven eggs, OllO
cup butter, two of sugar, throe Hour, one teaspoon*
fill o(|mdn. one cream tarter. Hake In thin cake
pais and put between the following.
Take one pint sweet milk, two tabtcspooiisful
corn standi, two eggs, one small cup sugar, piece of
butter *lxo of an egg. Dissolve the corn standi In
a little of the cold milk and put the rest on to Ml;
have the e4g ami sugar beaten well together mid
then put the corn starch* lu it pv* the milk comes to
a boil udd the eggs and sugar, strain until thick as
distant and put In your butter, and then take off
nud flavor, and when nearly cold add one pound
of blanched alinomb beaten fine, half pond citron
fine, and when perfectly cold spread between your
cuke* and lee.
The Naughty Day,
You needn't look nt me. Puns dray.
And rumple lip yotirsilly furs
For you were naughty, too, to-day—
You were!
You stole some cream from Bridget, sir!
What um I staying here for? Why,
Because 1 hate to wear thb dress;
I didn't do a thing—but cry,
And—yes,
I stamped my foot just once, I guess!
I t's liecn a very dismal day;
They think I'm cross—poor little me!
But Jf they'd let me have my way,
You see,
How good and pleasant I could be!
First, when my tea was cold I cried
Of course; and when I couldn'tgo
Out with the other girls to ride—
And so
U'sIk-cii the livelong day, you know.
“Here Ethel stays, until she tries
Her naughty temper to forget,"
Mam inn said softly; and her eyes
Were wet,
wider If I'm sorry yet!
1 almost think— What did you say,
Dear Pussy? Let to-morrow bo
Better uud happier than to-day?
Dear me.
That's Just what I was— Well, we’ll see!
Margaret Johnson, lu the Nursery.
I know some of your mother* will laugh at
the “now” games I send you, my little friends
ns their uiemorlos bring bask sunny days in
their own childhood when these very game*
tninlon part of their sunshine; but I’ve
tired that sometimes mothers forget to tell their
hildrou about the dear old plays, and many
•f them have “gone out of fashion” and are
never played at all now. My mother didn’t
forget, and one of the best games she taught
* HTKALING OOOOfl.
Draw a long, straight line, with a circle
acb side, almut twenty feet from the line; di
vide the players into two parties and put, in a
heap in your circle, lints, bonnets, aprons,
jackets, liiiieh-bnskots, etc., for “goods.” Then
draw up in a line, and at a given word make
raid into the enemy’s camp and try to cap-
tuvr sumo of his goods, to add to your own
store. If you are caught on his side of the
Hue, you must join him and try to break the
store of your old side. Aunt Bvsik.
Hint lasted nearly all night at Hie closing of our snred that thb wool d not lx*. He hud thought a
school. \ our nelre, Lkua Greenwood. great deal upon the subject, and while listening to
Valley -Store, Cliattooga County, Ga. j Mr. Utkins' boasting t ilk In the store, had hit
Reap. At NT Hl'sie: Brother takes Thf.Coxstitv - ,,r *° n a P luM h f wW®** he would try to change the
Tiox and I enjoy raiding Betsy Hamilton and Un- , ‘ t4 ‘ te of whU ’ h * h « *»»*** had sal d could
rle Remus so much. I live nine miles mirth .of be altered only by an earthquake.
Columbus now. but was reared in Harris county. I "The pole ought to be ou our hill anyway." he
I've but one pet and can't tell you almut tluit for thought, "for it s near the road and everybody
fear my pet may see It in print. I wish some of V* wn ^h»g through along,
the cousin* would write to me. Your nelce,
Mis sit: La rrteuK
Mayonnaise Pressing.— One tablespoon fill of
mu«tnrd, one of sugar, one of salt, the yolks of
three uncooked eggs, the Juice of half lemon, n
quarter of a cupful of i Inegur, a pint olive oil and
a eupfnl of whipped cream. Beat the yolks and
Ingredients until they are very light and thick,
with either a silver or wooden spoon, or better still
with a Dover beater of second size. The bowl In
wbieh the dressing is made should licxvt in a pan
of cold water during the lientlng. Add the oil
only a few dnqw at a time until the dressing be-
••»mu*» very thick am! Imnl. After it reaches this
stage the oil can be added more rapidly. When
it gets so thick that the beater turn* hard, odd a
little vinegar. When the lost of the oil and vinegar
has been added it should Ik* very thick. Now add
the lemon juice and the whipped ervutn, and
place lit* cool place or on Ice fora few hour*, tin-
less you an* ready to use it. The cream may In*
omitted without Injury.
Nent nml Xrwsy.
Fnnn the Dalton Argus.
Tiik An ant a Constitution, In its elegant new
outfit,presents a dignity of appcaraucc that it* large
circulation, popularity and infiuem'e entitles it to.
It* Mims* Is the marvel of southern ncw*|*»|>*r en
terprise and the Argus is glad to see it.
Fmm the Berrien County New*.
Tiik IVwmtnos hasagain taken a forward step
and in it* new dress. 'donned lost Tuesday, presents
a handsome appearance. We don't see how any
Georgian can get along withoutTng«*oN«r.»ii TtoN
Yet we know of a few men wiio arc trying to «l«i
so.
Fmm the Fort Volley, tk, Mirror and AdvertUer
Tiik Atlanta Constitution looks as neat a* a
whole paper of pin*. In lu new clear type. The
realm of possibility is the only limit to the enter
prise of this live, active, wide-awake new* catcher
and dUiwuser,
From the Haralson, Ga.. Banner.
The Atlanta Constitution put on a new dress
the first of the week, and it iooki as ueat as a uew
pin. Every citizen In Georgia should subscribe for
The Constitution, for it U one of best Journals
in the south. It has done a* much as any one en
terprise lu the state to build up GeorgKand it is al-
w ay* full of news. If you 4o not take ft, subscribe
for it and the Banner at once.
Our Letter Box.
Dr Ait AuntHusik: Wo arc two little cousins in
the same chut* nt mcIiooI. Wc hail a picnic last week
nud liud u flue time. Miss Traywleh and Miss
•ns brought all their pupils nud when wo were
willed to dinner our teacher, Mrs. O'Neal, suld w
must eat at the first tabic ns It was the children’
picnic. Wc bad lots of good tilings and wore *<
glad we did not huvo to wait. The boys played
"Thu Huiitsinan” and fished some, too. Your
little friends, Lulu: and Lucy Uur.uicK.
Chalybeate Springs, Gn.
Dkar Aunt Hoik: I am nearly sweet sixteen. I
cut and mako my own dresses and do all kinds of
domestic work. If tile mustache boy of ! Mississippi
would come to Carroll he'd lie a citrloslty to us,
and In* might catch a sweetheart. Va\ni takes Tiik
Constitution and wc don’t think w c could do with
out It. Yourncico, Lizzie Hallmany
Near Carmlltoth Ho.
Dkaii Aunt Husik: I am 13 years old. 1 was bom
In Alexandria, Ala., nud («(•* practiced medicine
then* for a long time. Wu live in Georgia now and
papa farms, uud 1 help itinum cook und milk and
(mi|mi work In Hie field. What was Betsy Hamilton's
maiden mime? Yours truly, Millik II. Posey.
Conyers, Ga.
in:.\u AuNtBi sik: I have been too busy to write
to you. Grandma promised me a new white drew
if I would learn the multiplication table and I've
studied hard and won the dress. Don't you think
I'm a swwt little girl? Your nelce,
Grlfiln, Ga. Emma Barr
Dkar Aunt Hoik: I am seven years old and go
to selusil to Mbs Norn hiyne. I like her very much.
1 mu rend very well. Itipt takes Tiik Constitution
and 1 love to rend Betsy Hamilton's and the chil
dren's letters. Your little nephew,
Palmetto, tin. Carter PniLt.iPs.
Dkar Aunt husik: I am an only child, twelve
years old, and have to be boy and girl both to (>apa
and minim. I'm so glad mi ninny of tho little
cousins are girl*. Will you please print the follow
ing:
When Evil, the woman bcqtillcd,
The Hilling eternal mind.
Hunt Hope, by his darling child
To her and to human kind;
In Hope she doth still contend
Till Kdcit slu* may still restore,
Till sin and sorrow shall end,
And man can suffer uo more.
Yours, F. Lknuk Goiik.
Whltcsvllle, tin.
Dkaii Aunt husik: I read the letters very muqh
and think they are mi nfm. I am not at school now,
but help mama. 1 have a little white kitten nanuNl
IVurl. Your little friend, Jkw km. Drewry.
Bnaiks station, Ga.
Dkar Aunt Husik; One morning! had ju>t gotten
up and was at the wash stand. Brother said, "Oh,
look at that earwig.” I had soap ull over my hands
and when brother said that I Jumped over the foot
of the 1m*1 without touching It. Your Uttlc
nelei*. Gfssin k. grahy.
Atlanta, Ga.
Dkaii Aunt Hi'sii;: I am nine years old and go to
school. lWist's a farmer and tokos 1'HK CoNsTITU-
TtoN. Mama ha* over a hundred chickens, fourteen
Ia*t lambs and a plenty of pigs and kittens. I am
all the girl mama ha*, so you see l have plenty to
do. sometime* I help the hired girl milk the cow*
and hunt for egg*. Your little friend,
Nclwood, Ga. Bm»Crinson.
Dk ah Aunt Husik: I have four Imithen and four
sht.'rs and we mn slug very well. We have a nice
Hu inlay sck«*il and such a nice su;ierinU'ndent.
Our school L* called the Banner si'hool. Yours
truly. MARiiARKT IltoirruwKR.
Hallat*»a, G*.
Dkar Aunt husik: 1 am ten years old and I take
care of the little chicken*. 1 have a few little duck*
and turkey* too. 1 like the children’s letters In
Tiik CWorrrrmoN. Your little friend,
Victory, Ga. Blanche McDaniel.
Dk \r Aunt Husik: We have vacation now and I
have nothing to do but take rare of the chickens
and turkey* and help mama about the house. I'd
like to go on the mountains with Jessie Smith to
hunt turkey nest*. Our teacher said when she
opened school that the one that had tho best lea-
sou* •luring the term should la? the May queen at
our May |>*rty. I studied very hard aud was
crowned queen. We take The t'oximmox and
I like the Young Folks column. Your nelce.
Drayton, Ga. ANtiisTRirrc.
Dear Aunt Su*ie: 1 am fourteen year* ohl and I
waut to join your band. Grandpa takes your pa
per and likes it very much. We have vacation now
and 1 am *o lonesome. We had a big exhibition
Cottage Mills. Hit.
Dkar Aunt Himk: Tell Marshall Kmlth that the
crow's feather are blacker than the crow, and the
other half of the moon b as large ns one half of the
moon. A*k some of the cousins of write to me.
Your nelce, 1 t»A Lor elm: Hinolkton.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a fanner's daughter an<l
I urn going to help chop cotton next week. I am
taking music lesson* now from a splendid teacher
that come* every Hut unlay to give us lessons. Papa
takes Tin: Constitution und thinks it is the best
paper in the south. I don’t see how wc could do
without It. We have lmd seventy-five or eighty
little chickens hatched this spring, and we have a
beautiful flower garden, but don't get much time to
work In ft. Your friend, Amur. Perdue
Milner, Ga.
Dear Aunt Husik: I nin eleven years old and we
live In Murray county,m ar Gohutta springs,
to school and to Sunday school and have the same
teacher In both and love her dyarly. My pa has
been sick for a long time and I have stopped school
to help ma wait on him, but Move him so well
that T don't mind giving up school for him. I have
two baby nephews that 1 ,ovc ftn ' ! wl,h aI1
day. I have n splendid swing and sometimes
swing them to sleep. I have some of the sweetest
pet sheep yo* ever saw. I took cure of them am'
my calves all winter, but now that spring has come
they stay out In the ridges, as we call the hill*
around here. They get so much grass that they
don't care to come home for their food. They came
a few days ago though, and tho little lambs were
almost as big us their mothers, and I love them al
most as much aa I do my two babies. Pupa takes
The Constitution und I am so glad when It comes.
Grandma lives In Texas and we are going to see
her in the fail if papa Is well enough, and If I go
I'll write you oil about Texas. Your nelce,
Toughrigde, Ga., May *J1. Dosia Trimmikr.
Dear Aunt Susie: I wonder if Frank Adams did
not have to shave pretty hard and often to get up
mustache at fifteen years of ago. I'd lie afraid to
try to robe one so early. It might serve me as the
freshet did the wheat and onts-it nearly filled
them. Papa takes Tub Constitution.
respectfully, JIknjamin K. WoikorhT
Cortemvlllc, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am thirteen years old and
farmer's daughter. I walked three miles to school
hut broke down and had to stop. 1 go to Hundny
school though, and we have such n nice school and
such a nice pastor. Wc take Tiik Constitution and
think It's one of the greatest papers. Your little
friend, MittikM. Peurue.
Milner, Gn.
Dear Aont Husik: Wc arc little sisters eight nn«l
ten years old. We don’t go to school now. Pupa
Is a farmer nml we help him and mama all we can
Wc don’t take Tiik Constitution now, but we want
to take it next year. We like the children's letters
so much. Vour little friends,
Mary Eliza and Halltk Harris.
Magdalena, Gn.
Dear Aunt Husik: I am fifteen years old and go
to school to such a nice teacher. Papa Is a mechanic
and makes buggies and wagons. The postoffice is
in his shop and we get TilK Constitution tho day
nftor Its published. I am much Interested in it,
especially In Uncle Remus mid Betsy Hamilton.
Your nelce, Pklue Walker.
Lowell, Ga.
Dkar Aunt Susie: Papa has been taking Tiir.
Constitution ever since I could remember and I
think it's the best and chen|»c*t pui>er I ever read.
1 have vacation now ami can help pa plough and
do other work fit the farm. Ma ha* gone to sec sis
ter ami I have to help Hitter Emma take care of the
cows. I have two pet kittens. We have two colts
named II. II. Hill and Bottle 11111. Your nephew,
Coweta County, Gn. Frank .Shell.
Dkar Aunt Husik: We have vacation now and I
hope to have a merry time of It. ( have three
pretty kittens named for my teacher and two
schoolmate*. I've pieced three quilts nml am on
my fourth. Your little friend,
LUhonla, Ga. Pearl Anderson.
Dear Aunt 8i'*if.: I am seven years old. 1 don’t
go to school now. I help miuna wash dishes, sweep
the house and piny with the baby.. PR|« takes The
Constitution. Yours, Lela Stamp*.
lloxcoc, Ga.
An Earthquake ok a Boy.—In the early part of
Rcertain slimmer the selectmen of u Utile Ne
England town determined to erect a high pole, on
which a new ting was to lie raised on the coining
fourth of July. According to the ordinance which
they passed, thb polo was to lie set up on the high*
est point of land within a mile of the town hall,
provided the owner of such land should consent.
The town people were very ghul to have the pole
and it was expected that the rabfugof the new flag,
with the attendant speeches ami other ceremonies,
would i*e a very interest eventing, aud would at*
tract not only tho (own folks, but many persous
from tho surrounding country.
But after the matter had been talked over for a
•lay or two, some of the more thoughtful of the in
habitant* of tho town began to find an obj cction to
the ordinance.
The selectmen did not think what they were
alMiut," said Mr. Hilo* Markle, the schoolmaster,
when they voted to put the pole on the highest
point of land within a in lie of the town hall. 1
have surveyed pretty much ull the ground nlsiut
here and I know that Mullein hill, on old Jimmy
Haskins' farm, b higher than any other land in the
neighborhood. The next highest is the hill on Mr.
Upton’* place, but that I* at least six feet lower
than the highest part of Mullein hill. Now It Is my
opinion that if that pole b put up on Jimmy Has
kins' property lie will levy toll on everybody who
goes to the celebration. We all know he don’t al
low people to walk over his fields, but he will Jump
• chalice like thb to make money."
That's so,” said a bystander. "1 believe he got
the thing passed himself. Just to screw pennies out
of his friends and neighbors. He knows very well
that lib hill b higher than any huul ticur the
town."
The day after thb Mr. Jimmy IItt*kin* was in one
of the stores of the phut*, where then* wen* a good
many people collected, when one of hi* neighbors
asked him a plain question. "Mr. Hoskins," said
he. "if the pole b set up on your land you’ll let
very body go five to the hill, won’t you?"
Old Jimmy Hoskins smiled and did not immedi
ately answer, and then he said: "When the Hag
pole Is set up on Mullein hill I want everybody In
thb town and every one within thirty miles around
to attend the celebration, and they'll all l*e free to
come through my big gate and to walk up to the
hill, provided— And I’ll let you all know the pro-
vblon when the time come*.” And theb he smiled
again.
You seem to feel pretty sun*. Mr. Ua*ktn»," said
neighbor, "that your hill b the highest point of
Uud lu the neighborhood."
•Of course 1 am sure of it," said the old man. "I
know just os well a* I know anything that Mullein
hill b six feet higher than any other ground in
these parts, and nothiug can change that smte^d
affairs except an earthquake."
•Or a boy," said a youthful voice from the out
side of the little group.
Thb voice wa* not very loud and few person*
heard It. Certainly Jimmy Haskins did not. The
youthful voter belonged to George Upton, and lay
between thirteen and fourteen years old. George,
as well as the other boys of the town, wa* full of
enthu*ia*ra about the flag pole, and he hail strong
hope* that the hill on hb father’s farm would be
found higher than Mullein hill. But on talking
the matter owr with Mr. Markle he hail been os-
dirty lane. Beside* I’in not going to Ntand by and
h ecold Jimmy Iia*k!ns taking two or three rents
from every person who goes to the flag robing."
It must be admitted, however, that Master
George's plan was promptedagood deal by personal
feeling. He would lx* no very proud to have the
.great polo set up on his father’s laud.
Mr. Hila* Markle who was the surveyor of the
town a* well «v> the schoolmaster! had been Inlorni-
ed by the committee having the mutter In charge
that on the twentieth of June, which fell on a Hat-
urduy, they would employ him to ascertain the
proper point of land on which to erect the Uag pole.
This gave George but one week to carry out his
plan, and he therefore set to work with great en-
ergy. Having first obtained hi* father's permission
he called together a number of his boy friends and
announced to them what he intended to do. If
Mullein hill was six feet higher than the hill on
their place, he would make the latter seven or
eight feet higher than It thou was, and If the other
fellows would help him, he believed that thb could
lie done without the assistance of an earthquake.
Hb plan, as explained, was wildly approved by fhe
boy*, and as thb wits vacation time, George aud hi*
companions began their great work early on Mon
day morning. Wheelhorrows, crowbar*, shovels
and sparde* were borrowed, and Upton's hill soon
became u scene of great activity. Everything was
done under George's directions and he began oper
ation* by wheeling all the large stones that could be
picked up In the field to the.top of tho low, round
hill. These were spread over a space of fifteen to
twenty feet in diameter, and formed the louse of the
mound to be built. Earth was wheeled up to fill in
the spaces betwen the stones; seals and smaller
stones and earth were piled up, layer upon lay
until, toward the end of the week, the top of the
mound was about eight feet from its foundation.
There were more than twenty boys engaged In the
work and they labored every day with great enthu
ziaam.
George built Ills mound ngood deal smaller at the
top than nt the bottom, ami as far us possible he
made it conform to the general shape of the hill.
The outside of it was covered with sods and earth
and when finished it presented a very creditable
and solid appcumuce.
When the committee, with Mr. Markle, started
it on the following .Saturday on their tour of in
spection, they were met at Mr. Hnskins'gate by that
gentleman himscli. "You are welcome to measure
Mullein bill," lie said, "but of course It is a mere
matter of form. I mn perfectly willing to have the
pole set upon my land, lmt I Intend to charge each
person coming here a small toll to pay for the wear
and tear of the ground. There fs nothing In the
ordinance to prevent that."
When the height of Mullein bill had been ascer
tained, the committee started off toward the Upton
farm.
"There is no use going any further," said Mr.
Haskins. "We know all about the other hills round
here."
There’s a point of land on Mr. Upton’s place I
wish to measure,” mid Mr. Markle.
".Stuff and nonsense,” said Jimmy Haskins, but
he followed the party.
Nearly all the boys in town and a great many
>thor people were assembled at Upton’s hill when
tho committee arrived there, mid when Mr. Jimmy
Haskins saw the mound that had Tft*cn raised, his
surprise and rage were very great. He Insisted that
the height of this mound should'not be measured,
for It was not a natural formation. But the com
mittee declared that the ordinance called for the
highlit point of land, without reference to the
manner In which It was formed. The measure
ment* were made and the top of the mound was
found to be nearly three feet higher than the
mltof Mullein hill.
On the Fourth of July the flag was raised on the
pole, which was firmly set In George’s mound. The
pole was high, the flag was a beautiful one; every
body cheered and was happy, nhd no one paid a
cent for the privilege of being present at the cele
bration.
i thought nothing but an earthquake could
make any of these hills higher than mine," grum
bled Mr. Jimmy Haskins, "but I forgot that there
were such thing* os boys." Frank K Ktockton.
OUR ANTI-LIQUOR FIGHT.
AGAINST TIIK DEMON OF INTEXPE8*
AXCK.
[We solicit short letters giving the evil effects of
liquor in communities, n* witnessed by the writers.
Wc don't cure for arguments. We want facts and
figure*. Hend them iu, mothers, fathers, wives,
son*, everybody, and help in the fight against this
terrible und growln gevil.J
The progress of prohibition under the Iqcal
option plan in Georgia has excited great in
terest in the high license and total prohibition
stAtes. It i* to Im* regretted that in zonie sec
tions there is n disposition to make prohibition
a political issue. There is some talk of nomi
nating a presidential ticket at tho national
prohibition convention which meets in Pitts
burg, I’a„ July 23, but it is to be hoped that
the friends of the cause will see the folly of
such a movement.
BLACKBURN'S BABY.
How the Kentucky Senator Met Her After
Three Years Absence.
The following story is related by United Htate*
Senator J. ('. C. Blackburn:
•Four days before I went to the front with my
regiment wc had a little girl baby. Hhc is now
grown, and you always zee her with me at any so-
dal gathering. Well, In our army the furloughs
came very rarely. When we got Into Hue there
wa* no great chance for n man to get home. It
about three years afterward that a few of us
no night going down the Mississippi on a
river steamer. I hail been sick and was returning
to my command, but pretty well broken up even
then. As for money, we did not have any, and
the night was hot a* I laid down on the deck
throat almost parched with
thirst. Pretty soon a little girl carac along with a
•Ig glass of lemonade. I tell you it looked good
She saw me eyeing it, stopped a minute,
ooked doubtfully at me, nml finally ennte up to
my side. "You look a* if you wanted something
irlnk," she said, and offered me the glass. It
•n't the square thing to do, hut 1 took it und
handed ft buck empty, it wu* like nectar to me.
Then I thanked the little creature and sent her
nwuy. Soon after, Just like cvcsf child, the came
l*u*k leading her mother to sec the poor soldier.
By Jupiter, It was my wife, uml the girl was the
baby whom I had last seen as u baby Just bora.
ou cun imagi • u the reunion. They were with
iny brother's family and hnp|»cncd to be going
n the river. That was the only time during
the lour year's fighting that I saw ray wife and
baby, and under these circumstances what man
would ever forget it?”
Walking Down lu Georgia.
From the New York Herald.
The city of Atlanta, Ga., ha* the reputation of
being the third city in altitude iu the United Htatcs,
the other two being Denver and Lcadville. Col. It
may be this fact which ban given this thriving and
biLstling community iu enterprise and ambition,
but some other clement must have awakened it to
desire to compete with the rest of
world in the matter of pedes-
triantsm. To us who have been frequently zur-
rendered to all the associations of the too frequent
walking match such an ambition is inexplicable-
Atlanta broke out with ft first among it* Journal-
UU; then the railroad men disputed the supret
macy of the newspaper men—and successfully,
and finally the dry goods clerks took to the track
d beat the score of both the other profession*.
And now all Atlanta Is sighing for' other
world* to conquer and ha* challenged
sister city of Macou to a
walk around, the gate money to be divided be
tween the public libraries of the two cities. The
railroad* have promised to make special mt**s for
the occasion, and Macon park, where *.he contest is
take place, will doubtless lieeome celebrated on
account of it. Well, may the best men win. We
do not believe very good time will Is? made, how
ever, for the experience of the north during the
war showed that a Georgian's leg* were the least
iceable part of him—he made a very much bet
ter tighter than runuer.
Observe the Day Appointed. ^
On the 17th of June will occur at New Or
leans the Grand Extraordinary Drawingofthe
Louisiana State Lotterv Company, under the
control of GeueraL fleauregard and Early,
when $J22,500 will be distributed. See full
scheme elsewhere, or apply to M. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La.
Marshalling Tiikik Forces.-—Jhe United
State* Brewers' association 1ms lately bold its
annua! convention nt Rochester. It decided
to establish a literary bureau, and to offer or
ganized resistance to the high license and
other temperance measures in flgitAtiou. Tho
advocates of temperance were assailed in n set
•f resolutions «.* “hypocrites,” “zelfiKh,”
"fanatic*,” und so fourth. Theso resolutions
further contained a statement which does not
appear to be true. It is to the effect that tho
ratio of insanity in this country caused by
drink is only seven per cent. We do not know
where these figures were obtuined, but we do
know that Mulhall'a dictionary of statistic*
puts the ratio of dipsomanta in the United
.States at twenty-six per cent, and makes this
country second in the list, Scotland alone ex
ceeding us, with a record of twenty-eight per
cent. The same authority gives the mean
average of dipsomaniac* for England, France,
J>enmnrk nml tho United State* nt fourteen per
cent. Now, if the percentage for this country
ulone is twenty-six, instead of seven, as asserted
by the brewers’ association, it ninkes a great
difference. Mulhall puts the whole number
of insane hi the United states nt 108,. r >00. This
would give about 35,000 as the aggregate of
dipsomaniacs iu our asylums.
Surely this army of human beings whose
humanity has been killed by drink offers a
sufficiently sombre subject for thought. Surely
those who think it a duty to agitato for what-
ver measures may prevent the increase of
this army of lost souls deserve somewhat bet
ter treatment than to bo railed “hypocrites,”
“selfish,” and “fanatics.” Is it fanatical to
desire to save the perishing? Is it selfish to
wish that men should be prevented from drink
ing themselves into the asylum or tho grave?
Is it hyjKieritieul to noint'to tho facts of the
situation, to show the enormous evils which
drink produces iu modern society, aud to de
mand that the reform of this gigautic and
strongly-entrenched abuse shall be under
taken?
The brewers’ association represent* a great
deal of capital and energy und determination.
Let it be frankly admitted that the brewers
who belong to it nmy lie men of humane and
generous instincts, and honest believers in tho
innocence of the business they are engaged
Nevertheless, they will have to meet the
popular sentiment which is growing on tho
subject of intemperance by more serious meth
od* than vituperation or the putting forth of
bogus statistics. Tho friends of temperance
are t«*o well informed to be caught by such
tricks, and the facts of tho situation are too
serious to bo thrust ou t of sight, or to bo dealt
with in any other than u candid aud honest
way.
The evils of drink are assuredly not imagi
nary evils, and those who are interested in up
holding the drink traffic are not acting sensibly
in trying to make it appear so. Evory man
with common intelligence can see for hininolf
the real and widespread harm that drink is
doing continually. Who is there, on tho othir
hand, that has ever succeeded in showing a tier
contra fit to be put in the balance against this
mischief? Yet that is w’liat the drink traffic is
called on to do, and if it cannot do this, if it
cannot justify itself before tho nation, those
who are lighting most stubbornly for it may ns
well recognize the handwriting on the wall,
nnd make up their minds that though convic
tion may not bo instantly followed by sentence,
the judgment of the country is certain to be
carried out eventually in tho interests of pro
gress and civilization.—New York Tribune.
The Presbyterians and Temperance.—
Among the noticcAble tendencies of most relig
ious bodies of late is that of practical work m
the temperance cause. Formerly preachers
were content to preach occasional sermons con
demning tho liquor dealers in a sort of hap
hazard manner uud leaving their congrega
tions to go their way to the saloon or beer shop
unmolested. Of late, however, tho organized
authorities of the various churches have taken
up tho matter and gone to work in a system
atic way to gather statistics showing the ex
tent of the business nud its relations to tho
crime nnd poverty «»f tho country, ns well as to-
agitate for tho establishment of temperance or
ganization nud the passage of temperance legis
lation.
The general assembly of tne Presbyterian
body, which is now iu sessiou at Saratoga, has
lias a permanent committee of fifteen mem
bers which devotes its attention to the tempor-
nuee subject exclusively. This committee has
furnished a report on the subject of the magni
tude of the liquor traffic oft he eouutry, which
is of interest. The Presbyterian plan of fight
ing intemperance includes the keeping of
figure* of wn*tc and useless expenditure con
stantly in public view. It also contemplates,
the enforcement of existing license and pro
hibitory laws by the founding of law and order
societies and recommends the teacbi’ig iu the
public schools of the laws of physiology ami
hygiene, with especial reference to tho effects
of alcohol on the hmunn system.
To the thoughtful observer the course of tho
Presbyterian body appears eminently wise and.
worthy of adoption by all religious bralie*. Tho
enforcement of existing lows, tho projicr en
lightenment of the public mind on the extent
of the evils of intemperance and the training of
f the youth in habit* of personal temperance
.re all essential preliminaries to the final suc
cess of any great prohibitory movement. To
this work the Presbyterian nnd all other
church organizations can legitimately devot#-
their last energies, and the more systematical
ly and thoroughly this is done the greater will
bo the success. It i* doubtful if men can bo
made temigrate by act of assembly, but they
can bo made temperate by proper training
from their youth up.—Philadelphia Time*.
Ptos as Drunkards.—Men of low intellectual
endowment with a tasto for strong drink will
derive much comfort from the result of one of
the latest experiments which, nt lhcsugp?*iion
of the ex-brandy king of Hwedeii, the French
temperance society has been making on the
alcoholization of pigs- The experiments,
which were commenced in 1879 on a number
»f pig* of the so-called Anglo-Chineae breed,
have been continued ever since. Each pig
was kept in a separate sty, but twice a nay
they were ull fed together in au adjoining
yard. Alcohol was mixed with their foodt and
after each meal they nil fell into a deep sleep,
but showed no sign* of excitement, except now
and then a slight muscular trembling. The
differenee of the effect of alcohol on human
brains and pig* i* believed U> arise from the
smallness of a pig’s brsin*, for the larger the
brain the nioreuntigerou* the effect of intoxica
tion. Hence, although the companions of 8t.
Anthony may occasionally indulge intbeir taste
for juniper, thev are in no danger of. heing at
tacked by delirium tremens,—Pall Malb
Budget.
Waste no time; delays have dangerous end*.
If a member of your family i* suffering with a
slight rough or cold, don’t wait until it devel
op* itself iuto consumption, but procure at
once a bottle of Dr. Bull’* Cough Syrup and.
care that cough.