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6 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.