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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE IT, 1884.---'TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM.
The Home and the Houiewife and Gossip
ol the Hearthstone—Talks With
Women and About Women.
[Short letter! on Home Tople. e«mo»tljr «ollelt«t.
Writ* “Woman's Kingdom' on ono corner of the
eqjreiop.)
A Olore.
“Ah! yesterday I found n glove
Grown shabby, full of tiny rip*,
Bat dear to me because my lore
Once through It timed her Anger-tH*.
A glove, one would not care to nee
I’pon hlanrm In public street;
Vet here I own there In for me
No relic in the world ih» sweet.
A faint far scent of lavender
steals from It a* the clover smelt
When through the fields I walked wffh her
And plucked the blossoms for her belt.
Faith! hut I loved the little hand
That used to wear tills time stained thing;
Its slightest gesture of command
Would set my glad heart fluttering.
Or if it touched my fingers, so.
Or smoothed my hair—-why should I speak
Of those old days? It makes, you know.
The tears brim over on my cheek.
Poor,stained, worn out, long wriated glove!
1 think It almost ifeidcrstand
That reverently and with love
I hold it in my trembling hand.
And that It Is so dear to me,
With Its old fragrance, far and fahit.
Because my mother wore it, she—
On earth my love, In heaven my Mint."
Or ali« Tilr. words in the English language
there is none so sweet as mother. It fills t)j>
heart with the purest, holiest emotions;
touches a chord of tenderness that vibrates
through our whole being, and opens the very
Hood-gates of our soul, overflowing it with the
holiest, most cstntie joy known to the human
heart. The n!>ove little ]»oein of a mother
glove will bring vividly to the mind of many,
how dear to the heart, is any memento of our
mother. And if thul precious mother has
been removed forever from our sight how
doubly dear these treasures heeoirfe. Ifer Ilihl<
with its well worn pages, thejglasses out of
which the dear eyes looked their last on earth,
or even a glove brings bock u thousand loving
recollectIans *f the past, and causes many
weary heart to cry out:
“Backward, turn backward, oh! time In yo
flight.
Slake mu a child again Just foi*lo-night;
Slother, come back from the eeholess shore,
Take mo Into your arms as of yore.”
I heard n man whose lock* were silvered
over, say that lie could feel the touch of his
mother's hand H(>oii his head even now.
is n pure, good, Christian man. lie could he
none other when he has to old age retained
that love find reverence for his mother which
eausea him in imagination to feel her tender,
gentle touch! God bless our mother. We
not love them half enough, and never cal
repay them by a lifetime of devotion f«i
that they have done for us.
A Fariiionam.k Wedding.—New York will
anon have u sensation in tho marriage of Miss
Carrie Astor,, the youngest daughter* of Mr.
and Mrs. Win. Astor. Miss Astor has re
reived offers by the bushel. She refused Count
dc Harnoncourt, it is suid, although his family
is 900 years old. The young man she is to
marry is Mr. Ofme Wilson n young mail 2N
years old, toll, handsome and n great favorite
in society. Miss Astor is 20 and made her
debut in society three years ago. Sin* is slight
ly below the medium height and of slender
form. Her camplexion is while, her eyes gray
blue, shaded by long lashes, her hair pale yel
low, worn in n Grecian knot. She is heiress to
several millions of dollars. The young lady
and her mother are now on the sea bound for
Paris after thu bridal tfousseait. The wedding
will take place in the fall and be a splendid
a flair. Many valuable sets of diamonds
rubies, sapphiues and pearls ure to he reset for
tlio bride, and over her white satin dress she
will wear a laeo veil of rare value. Several
Worth and Tingat dresses will In* in the
trousseau and flue laces and other apparel will
also l»e iuntried for the young bride.
Our Curr€*Mpnmt«mtM.
Will J.T. Ilutfhey please give me the pi lee of the
book, “Mother, Horae and I leaven r' Will I have to
pay the postage? Will some ono please tell mi
why Leap Year belongs to the ladles? Is It eoifcid-
errd proper for n lady to take any more prlvihvtw
then than any other time?. •'Viola.”*
Dixon, Ga. May 27,
I iiavk read much In the “Woman's Kingdom"
that has been a source of profit to me, as well as
pleasure. 1 would like to give your reader* a hit
of my own eX|H*rience. 1 do all of my own work
except washing; have the can* of two mischievous
little boys, and find ample time for crocheting,
quilt making and, in, fact all kinds of fancy work.
1 manage this by having a place for everything and
everything In Its place; regular hours for theculln-
ary department, for meals, for attending to my
children and indeed for all my household duties,
lly adopting this system, young housekeepers will
save mat h time, money and.et'*, s. H. |i.
Bowden, Ga., May, 9th.
1 Till no It very good of you, Mr. Editor, to allow
women a chance t.» say a wool In your ooluma—
pf>°r things they so seldom have an op|M>tuulty to
talk that fhls publicenronmoment will omlmlden
u <wk9 an eftyrt vw^'y. taito-
If you arcaii attention, please lei me My a wool to
you. I have a hobby—that Is quite allowable you
know, but this Is sir ha good one: My hobby is
my flower garden—why, that's nothing you ex-
claim-we nil have flower*. I answer, hut who
doe* your having and attends to your flowers? *>h;
that Is a different question—of course we dont do
that. Now theu comes in the crowning point of
my e*|H*cUI hobby—Oh, my sisters If your fingers
are stiff, and your head aching from the everlaal'
“stitch, stitch, seam, guwt and hand," thj^ ^ ?
your flowers and tute; If some paar % ualjeau*
loiv with «r fur„, ,h4( Ultr. (ho |r»h.
drlitiou, Wi ^ UmK ,
>jf A pdflaetw to run* the nllmept, don't begin tak
lag Medicine-don't travel, dont sit down and
nape -showMo* year hue, tackle the weed*. At
ft ret yon can’t do very much, but as your muscle*
gtA area^lotaed to the work you’ll love It as I do.
Yonrflowets Will repay your tender care and you’ll
bt drawn dose to your Father in heaven as you
watch the unfolding of the leave*, the bunting of
the buds, and your tired mind will be rested, your
tingling nerves soothe! and the weary body re
freshed. Vh> excreta- w111 do you more g*H>! than
walking, driving, or even horse-buck riding, which
in the halcyon days «d "auUl lang syne”— 1 con
sidered the very acme of bibs. Your fre»h young
girls with all your ‘‘Germans,” buggy drives and
flirtations will laugh at me, I expect, but I am
talking to tired people, to women who need exer
cise and diversion and If I can induce ©uediskeart
about but for the present neck and the ends may bang unconfined below
deal more to bilk to y
ml feu. N«T a Buffl.
Seri von county, Ga.
1 have beon wishing for some time to write you
n few dots from the woman in Poverty Suburbs.
It Is iiu open question If she has any kingdom In
Poverty Huburta where there Is iui overplus of
work, not enough to eat mid less to wear, and
many hungry mouths to feed. The monotony of
the neighborhood Is often relieved by a fight
among thu boys in which, alas! the angry, tired,
overworked mothers too often bike part. They
are more to lie pitted than blamed, for they have
no help from tho fathers who are gone all day and
in all probability come homo at night under the
Influence of drink—which has brought and thrir
wives and chili*rm to this low state where there
are so few of the comforts or noeccasarfes of life,
and nothing to brighten a life of drudgery. Hut to
this dark picture there Is a bright side and 1 will
give It to you in my very next dots from
Contort Avenue.
I have listened a long time to the censure of
boys, and I want to ask the girls If they are not
somewhat to blame for the waywardness of their
friends and brothers. When your brother comes
in expecting a hearty welcome or cheerful words,
how often he Is greeter) by approaches,for not get
ting home sooner to bike them to church, or for
bringing In so much mud on Ills feet, or for having
forgotten something. If your brother is incline*
to lie rude, as most boys are, do not reproach him
•cry wrong thing lie does, or every little
thoughtless deed. Harsh words drive many boy
from home and make them go farther In the
waywardness. Kind words you will find will go
much farther. I've tried it. Kympathlsu with the
In their troubles, and enter Into their H|*ortx and
amusement*. In all things treat them kindly, and
you will never regret it. Mattie. H. If.
Milner, tin.
Fancy Work.
Artificial Ploweh*.—Tho art of flower making
has tacomc perfect. They are not only reproducing
growing flowers, hut arc preserving natural flowers
by a jieciillar Parisian procoss.Thcrc are horse chest
nut jmrr* with the shell half open and thu chestnut
ready to drop out; there are hop mid thistle flow
ers, pine burrs and various grasses, combined with
bright lined artificial flowers and green leaves.
Tiger lilies in thu colors of those growing on the
Isirders of creeks and (Minds in thu far south, and
the flowers blooming liure nr In other countries,
tho one quite ns beautiful as the other.
Crazy Quilts.—The ladles have become
III love with making crazy quilts that you seldom
And a family where some one Is not at work
one. They can la* saved a great deal of labor and
trouble If they will send to the Ladies Exchange,70
Cal lie street, Atlanta, mid buy thu most beautiful
squares. They are mude In all designs, some
gantly emboldens!, some hand painted on satin
and velvet, and others In rich silks of all colors.
They are sold at very low prices, much less than
the | k* I ecs can liegotton together for. Beside saving
work, It will Ik* helping the cause of the noblest
iUHtllutUm ever Inaugurated In Atlanta.
A Lahy's Pim'KKTBook.—Home man, ft.*r no one
but a limn ,would have written such a thing, say
It Is am using to notice how a lady always carries
her (MieketlsHik In her hand. And that there Is
generally very little in It in the way of money, but
It is stuffed with rcccl|oi for cake, memoranda of
articles to In* gotten while shopping, Jilts of |MK>try
lit from thu ncwspu|H*rs, and such like trill!
Tills Is a slander upon our sex, and if we do not
carry our poekethooks in our hands, It Is tatter
than biking money around loose in our (MK'kets
like thu men do. I suppose it being so much harder
for women to get It makes them more careful.
IIoilNehoUte Heei)its,
OUR VOTING Ffll I Papa takes the Advocate, Southern Cultivator, j a great leap. In an instant he had clambered down
^ 1 Vui\0, j j.- run j. j^ogiie'n illustrated News, Di-Kolb News ami • from his perch and was iu the engine-room.
the waist.
Nuwr.v Imported wraps with grenadine grounds _ ... r • The Constitution. Hove to sec The Constitution
embossed with velvet leave* nnd diamond shapes, Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain- come.sol can rend Betsy Hamilton and Uncle
edges beaded with cut jet and trimmings of lace, \ ment of the Boys and Girls Who | Remus’ letters. \our little friend. Joe Bond.
»ri! very effective. j Read The Constitution. - i.ltlionln, (in.
Tiif traveling cloalu this Mason are preferred of 1 ,, wrliln" for thluricnirtmcnt ,.,n„ „i ... Dear Aunt 8nife: Ian, a farmer - , 'laughter,
plaids mid checks, bars and stripes, in dull colors, ' one side of your paper, ami put "Our Young KoVka'• tMvvc • veftn ‘ °^* " c * ,Jlve vacation now and I urn
in one corner of your envelope.] »)#»! in h*vo « iihia i>.n« oim. Tmr ,l/>vim -
cate Cake.—Throe cu|mftil flour, two of
gar, three-fourths cupful n|. sweet milk. whites of
six eggs, half eupof butter, tcuspooufiil cream of
Urbir, one-fourth tcus|tooufiil soda. Flavor with
lemon. Good and easily made.
Extra Nick Pie Crust.—Three cupfuls sifted
Hour, out* cupful lard, half cup cold water, little
salt, mix, roll out two under crust, take the re
mainder, roll thin, spread a very little butter,
sprinkle with flour, divide ami use for uppe
•rust.
HuaratsK Cake.—One egg, one cupful sugar, one
half cup butter, olio cupful sweet milk or If you
have no milk,water; twotcaspoonsfu! baking pow
Flavor with lemon, suflleleiit sifted flour to
make It proper eotislstency, and you will Imv
nice cake for tea.
Hmunrai Eons.—Boll hard six eggs ami when
cold, separate the yolks and whites, inash the yolks
very smooth and cut the whites im tine ns pmslhlc,
have a taking dish ready and crumble In stale
broad then a layer of eggs some of each, whiles,
and yolks, a small lump of butter. |H*|H*r and salt
(a little citycnuc |>cp|»cr I* in addition,) then broad
ninths ami eggs nitd etc., nml so on till the dish Is
filled; let thccliop|>cd whites boon top; add a tin
up of water, and then take.
Orleans PutmiNo.—The Juice of one lemon and
oneornttgcmixed with halt cup of pale sherry;
(shir the whole over one ami a half pints of stale
sponge cakoenimta. To one pint of tailing milk
add half eupof sugar and half In»x gelatine,which
should Ik* soaked In a gill of water two hours
When the gelatine Is dissolved In the milk put iu a
tasln of water to cool, and when perfectly odd
Id n quart of cream whipped to a still* froth. Pour
into your mould iu which have some candled fruit
l*art of the cream nml gelatine. Pour the remain
der over your cukc. Then pour all Iu the mould
>r the cream nml fruit, and pack In hi* and salt
tr two hours. This is a delightful pudding.
Knnhion Notes,
Violets ami immdcs are the favorite flowers for
corsage Itoquvds.
CRM’E trims many of the new bonnets. The
colors are pretty and dainty.
DKAitEp shoulder i*api's made with high shoul-
•n» will be much worn over black drowse*.
Linen colors and cull*, with plain blue and
pink lawns are very fudilouablc for morn^ t|t 1
wear.
House dresses for country Vieaf Art? iutulvol Uuf
lawrn, pHnteil and w #ft ||e* talton laun, batiste,
white ami printed. 4l |,| z , - ,,hyr* and ginghams.
Cravat rows ^ Q0 ( fashionable now. The nar-
row-collar«AlchfluUhc*olTall the high bodice*
is always^ aitsMil by a pretty artistic or fancy
brooc^
For the strict or out-of-door wear the plain lap
ped tan.I of ribtsm for the collar ami a severely
simple clasp or small velvet knot or bow is the cor
rect wear.
In the beautiful imitation of Brussels and Chan
tilly lace the designs of the old lace arc reproduced
and even the color bear* the tone Imprint of
age*.
Till; umbrella Is «uppo*cd to match the suit this
year, and the surah, ottoman, gros-graln and old-
fashi«mi*l changeable silks ap|a*ar iu all the uew
colors.
Velvet will be u«cd all summer as hand* and
biudiug of hats ami Unmet*; aL<*o to ixnnbine w ith
the lightest am! most sheer materials Iu formal
drove*.
Lace U u»e*l In groat quantities to trim stylish
e«*>tuuu-*. Sometimes 100 yards of lace are put ou
a drow, and os many as thirty yards to trim a
mantle.
enlivened by a few threads of bright red, blue, yel
low, green or white.
Thp. plastron of lace, muslin or lbue, attached to
it neckband of ribbon, covered with lace, and some-
times edged at tho top with same, will be much
worn this season.
The favorite form for the popular white lawn
suit is the Mother Hubbard yoke and belted waist,
with a tucked skirt, not gored, but gathered or
plaited to the waist band.
Gold braid, gold lace, gold heads and a variety
of yellow flowers, from daffodil* and buttercup* to
dandelions and yellow asters, occupy a largo place
in bonnet trimmings.
Bio oilt darning needles and big gilt pins are tho
lutest fancies for bonnet and hut decoration*. They
are thrust through one side of the crown diagonal
ly and at right angles, forming a cross.
The dressiest Jersey* have white silk Jersey cloth
wulsteoats, nml ure made of silk Jersey cloth for
the Jacket In all colors and block, ami these are
frequently decorated with embroideries of ’lino
heads.
Black will be less used this season than for
ernl previous, and the reason doubtless lies In the
quiet elegance of smoke greys and blues, the
mouse and fawn shailbs, and the variety of wood
and bronze browns, of which weavers never Bcefti
to tire.
A correspondent semis us the following for util
izing old dresses: Tasty ami comfortable garment*
may In* made for children from two to four year*
of age from the tack widths and flounce* of the
east off dresses of the grown-up member* of the
family. Gash mere, delaines, etc., If not too much
worn and a bright color; they will look a* well as
new. Expenditures will not Incur, and a penny
save*! Is u penny
The latest fashionable craze Is what Is styled
symphony costumes. Everything about the
dress must ta vague, dreamy, fanciful and cling
ing. HymphonyooBtumca must harmonize. They
are generally iu otic color, In which all the shades
are blended,and sometimes as many a* sixteen
shades are used. It Is almost necessary that these
costume* must Ik* made by a color artist,or the ef
fect may ta ludicrous. A nocturne costume seen
at a fashionable modiste's had n skirt of dark gray
camel’s hair, with three small pleating* about the
ilgc, shading from the dark color to a medium,
Abovo these and extending to the waist was a deep
side pleating. The front (dents were of white-
gray color, shading on either side Into deeper
tints until the darkest shade was reached iu the
back. The iMisque was of dark muterial, with a
ext of the Ugliest shade and reverse of the medium
shades. The back drapery mingled all shades In a
t fanciful and indescribable sash.
Velvet grenadine* are rich and showy materia!*,
\onodmrouumto.bo' U.I I ’ ««*«bb,«»o»njroc«do B .«tly
do ( —why, tin - modfoU world will be rtuMU'd ol « •?**«*' * lnWr ***"*■ T *'S r * re *>»* luT «‘
portent, and tha “Woman'. Kingdom - " will wwit ( m>nU-
on* triumph for itself, lam not done with you Tiie new face scarfs an* throe yard* In length,
yet my sisters like dear old BUI Arp. 1 have a great They are tied In a large bow on the front of the
I7H4-IHH4.
Itcv. II. P. Walker, D.B., In Central Methodist.
Organized Methodism In America is one hun
Ired years old this year. “Behold, what hath God
wrought!" In ITHIshe was an iufantln tail a full
grown adult. In 17*1 she had ubout fit preachers
in Ihhi nearly .V.»,7*i0. Iu 17*1 she hud l’*,000 inein
tars; Iu 1**1. 4,000,000 members. In 17*1 less than
half a dozen Sunday-schools; In 1**1,
29,000, schools. In 17*1 no colleges;
18*1 she lias between *2:10 mid 210 col
leges. academics, seminaries, and theological
schools, male ami femnletln 17*1 no missions prop
er; in 1**1 she has several hundred missionaries,and
missions established Iu France, Germany, Italy,
Spain, Portugal India, Chinn, Japan, Palestine,
Egypt, Hyrla. Turkey, Africa proper, Mexien,
Mouth America, Australia, the West Indies,
Sandwich Islands, mid many other places. The
Methodist church lit America I* one
hundred and seventy-seven years younger than
the Baptist, church, into hundred and sixty-three
years younger than the Presbyterian church, and
hundred and eighteen years younger than the
CoiigregiitlotiiillMt church. Yet she has 1,000,-
oo more memtars than the Baptist
htiroh, nearly fl.ooo.ooo more than
he l’rcshytcrlnii church, and nearly
nno.nno more than the Coiigregationalist church. In
INTO she hail church property amounting tofu*,-
OOU.OJO more than the Biptfsts, fAl.OOO.OOU more
than the Epl*co|atlInn*, yjo.ooo.ooo more than the
Presbyterian*, and fo.ooo.oo more tlimi the Roman
Catholic. 1 give round number*.
Hudson say-; "Tho census table
shows that she has one-third of all the church __
giiiiiziitloiis In the United stutej; one-third of all
the church edifices; preacher* to one-fourth of all
tlieehurch-going (nquilatlon, and has built, on an
average, nearly two churches per day for the last
twenty years. The MethiNlist papulation In the
'lilted State* is estimated to be 23,440,40.?. Ir
twenty-two of the thirty-seven state* of the un
the MethiNlist church is first in number*; iu
leven other* she I* second; In three others *hc
third. The Roman Catholic church is first In five
statist; the Baptist l* first In six states, and the
’ongrcgutloiittllst* I* first in four states. Method
ism in this country stands first In the number of
her communicant*, first in the number and capac
ity "flier church building*, first in tho value of
hurch property, ami first in the amount of
money collected nml exiK'iuled for church pnrpo-
l”
A Catch.
Oh? brightly fair and wildly free
The brook slipped onward to the sea.
In easy curves, through channel* deep
Where shadows nodded, all asleep,
And singing, singing, soft uml low.
The song aucli happy water* know. •
Prone on the gross beneath the shade
The crowding nld^ tmihcx made,
With chin propped xquarely in my hand*,
1 watched |be water lap the sands,
pll*h the woi?rt fringing down
lkuq\vq the nmtlets, darkly brown.
in long-drawn swell! of drowsy glee
The locust*' drone eaiue In to me,
And Just above the water’s flow
Black, long-legged files skimmed to and fro.
While ’ncath the ferns, eUwe to the brink,
A frog peercM out with solemn blink.
A stump, outpnshlng. made a po»>\
Where waters deepeue I, dark and cool,
And glancing In with half-shut eye*,
1 saw my scaly, finny prtafc
Ju»t rocking in an easy way,
Like ship at anchor in a bay.
Ah. no such puny, worthless thing
A* small boy* seek with hook and string!
Ills ample side* of silver gray
Darkened and lUviod (n gorgeous way.
And minaow*. huddling a* in fear.
Viewed hiut with awe. iur venture I n«ar.
Oh! lazy as a fish roul«l be.
He swung witliiu his mimic sea:
llis fins, with idle flap and flip.
Moved with each forward, backward dip.
Till slowly, slowly, he ami I
Were caught by the same lullaby.
-Laura Garland Carr:
Boston Transcript.
A Long.Felt Want Filled.
From the Toronto Globe.
"Shortage” is a brave word, and fills a public
want. It* immediate predecessor, •’defalcation/'
was getting somewhat disreputable.
Taking Ills Bird.
From the Sl Louis Globe-Democrat.
Republican crow b better than democratic tur
key any day in the year.
I tug* and Jug*.
Rag* and Jag* two roguish boys..
Left their books and left their toys
And wandered away, one pleasant day
Much to their dear good mother’s dismay.
Past the shops, and past the store*,
Past the men about the door*,
Up and down, on to the town
To find a circus bringing a clown.
Now who should stand on the city street
But the boys* own father tidy and neat
And he opened his eye* wide with surprlso
For dirt and disorder, he did despise.
(tnil they were ns dirty as dirty could ta;
Huts all tore, pants out at the knee;
“Tho beggars have come to to town," said he
Rags and Jags, come here to me."
They came, and were Justly punished that day.
For a truly good boy will not run away;
A short “If you please” puts all at their ease
And if they love mother, who wants to tease.
—KatrTannant Woods.
If I were to nsk every little boy or girl thut
has played “ChidJcaniy-crany-crow," to hold
up his hand, I wonder how ninny hands
would go upl If I was the man in the moon,
I might ask you, for then I could look down
and count the hauds; but as lon£ ns I am not,
I'll take it for granted that but half the little
hands are uplifted and will tell them how to
play tho game. I guess some of you call it
"Mother Cary's Chickens,” but I used to call
it
"CftlCKAMr-CRASY-CROW."
And I like that name best. Select the two
tallest or most active players for the ''mother"
and the "witch." Then put the witch iu. the
center of a ring, and let the mother take all
hor chickens and put them in a row hack of
her, each one holding fast to the one right in
front of him. Then let them march round
tho witch, saying:
‘G'hicnkiny, chickainy-crany-crow!
I went to the well to wash my toe;
Wihen I got back one of my chickens was
gone;
What o'clock, old witch?"
The witch answers "one," and when they
have marched round five times, and the witch
has answered "five,” he jumps up saying, "I'll
catch another chicken, too," and darts after
tho little chicks hack of the mother. Sho
jumps aside to protect her brood and they all
follow, first on one side and then on the other,
trying always to esenjie the witch. When ho
catches a chicken tho chick must sit down,
and when all aro caught the witch becomes
mothers, nnd the play begins over again.
Aunt Susie.
Our Letter Box,
Dear Aunt fluslo: We have vacation now, hut
our teacher asked us to study
homo all the spare time
wc had nnd I have cojnmenced Latin anil algebra
aud am anxious to master both, a* Dr. Tnlmuge
says "good books aro tho chorus of the age.” 1
like his sermons and Betsy Hamilton and “Our
Young Folks." I’ve mado eight quilt* nml can
knit, cook, milk and fecit-chickens. Your* truly.
Whltcsburg, Gii. Dora Johnson.
Dear Auut Susie: I am going to school. I am
ten years old. 1'apa Is a farmer and a merchant, I
think Pd rather ta u merchant. Mama Im* brother
Bob and myself to sweep the yards every Saturday.
Your little friend, William E. Jordan.
Jordan's Store, Ga.
Dear Aunt Husle: Papa Is a farmer, nnd also
raises fruit for the market, hut lie will not have
more than a half a crop this year. The fruit is
several weeks later In ripening this year, and we
will not begin shipping until June.
Your ueicc, Ella Bu*:i.
Terr)’, Mis*.
Dear Aunt Husle: I nm nine years old nnd help
mama do many little thing*. I can draw water
anil wash dishes nnd holy Aunt llettle Iron and
sweep. I’ve pieced two quilts since Christmas
with dear grand mama to cut the pieces. I go to
school when there Is one near. Papa Is n black*
smith nnd farmer. He takes The Constitution
and we like it very much.
Your little friend, 8ai.i.i»: Robert*.
Jonesboro, Gn.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer’s boy fourteen
yean old. We take TilR Constitution and I love
to rend Betsy Hamilton, Uncle Remits and the
children's letters. I like the game* you sent us,
and hope you will tell us some more.
Your little friend, Amur. Story.
Near D nnielsvillc, Ga. ,
Dear Aunt Susie: I am ten years old. My papa
takes The Constitution ami I like to rend the little
cornin’* letter* very much. Your little friend,
Milner’s Store, Ga. AuausT K. Milner.
Dear Aunt Susie: l am twelve year* old, and a
going to school to a lovely teacher. Papa takes
The Constitution and 1 think it I* the best pnj*?
wc take. I’m so proud tlmt you give us a place in
. Your little nclce, Laura Pittman.
Roanoke, Aid.
Dear Aunt Susie: lam an only child, and am
nearly tlftecu yean old. I have pieced ten quilts
and have two more started, lean cook, milk, do
any thing of house work, and crochet. Papa takes
Tut Constitution and l often lay down my crochet
and read it. Your frleml, Lovklla F. Whiten.
Harmony Grove, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am u farmer’s daughter living
two mile* from Fairbum. Pa take* The Constitu
tion and I am very much pleased with It, special
ly the Young Folks column. I have pieced eighteen
and quilted fourteen quilt*. I can crochet. I’ve
crocheted some right pretty trlmmiug aud u towel,
have started to reml tho Bible through.
Your friend, Jknnte Be.
Fairbum, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: We have a nice country home,
one and a half miles from WhUesville. We have
vacation now and 1 expect to have a good time.
Aunty has promised that 1 shall visit my cousins.
vc just come home from a visit to West Point,
that I enjoyed very much. We have thirty young
turkeys and hail one stolen from the roost last
week. Will some of the little cousins write to
Yoorlittle nelce, Donie Madox.
Whltesville, Harris county. Ga.
glad to have a little rest. Papa takes The Consti
tution uml I like to reud Our Young Folks. I like
Betsy Hamilton, BIR Arp and Uncle Remus, too.
Your little friend. Dolme Gap
Cobb county, Georgia.
Dear Aunt Husic: I've been wanting to write you
a letter, but mama keep* me*obu*y, I haven’t ha
time. Papa take* The Constitution an<
like it. Papa say* It Is the best paper he has ever
seen. Your little friend, Bonnie Hornluy.
Handley, Ala.
Dear Aunt Nusle: I am a little girl five years old
ami have been to school three and a half month;
Have been through my spelling book und
the second render. Gramlpnpu nnd mams think
I am very smart. Your little nclce,
Ella, Ga. Clovis Faulkner.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmers daughter eleven
years old. Papa take* The Constitution and w
like It very much. Cora* McIntosh wanted
know what the seven wonders of the world were.
They were the Egyptian Pyramids: the mausoleum
erected by Artimlsta: the temple of Diana
Ephoxus: the walls und hanging gardens of Bah
ton: )he CoIIommus of Rhode*: the statue of Jupiter
Olymplns: and the Pharos or Watch-tower
Alexandria. Your little friend,
Thomaxton, Ga. Mattif. Mathew.*
Dear Aunt fluslc: Wc arc fourteen nml ten year*
of ago. We go to school together, arc In the same
'lassesand are learning rapidly. We have fine
time* playing nnd studying together nml hope
make useful men. We are farmers, luw and lov
to read "The Constitution.” Your little nephe
Willie 11, Lynch,
Euln, Gn. Duward Pye.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am mama’* oldest son nnd
nm five year* old. * We've been living on a farm,
but live in Ncwimn now*. Papa is mall agent. He
get* Tiie Constitution nml n)f mn read* me the
little folks letter*. I think they are very smart.
Your friend, Little Karl Griggs.
Ncwimn, Ga.
Dear Aunt .Susie: We live at a cross-roads, In
the wihmIm, nnd every morning wake nt the singing
of birds, to breathe pure air and drink good water,
such a* you hud In Atlanta when it was In the
wood* like our home. There is a large family
living near iis that came here many year* ago,
when the Indian* lived here. Their name
Bell; nml when the Indians wanted to talk of the
Bell’s they would say "Dingle, Dingle", nnd the
few white people tlmt lived here used the same
word* to make the Intlluns understand called them
that nnd the family are always railed Dingle now.
They much told me this nml he says some of the
great-grandchildren don’t know thut their name
ever was Bell. He said I must write it to The
Constitution tacuusc it was the ta**t (taper In the
world. He wants to know the name of the first
erson who subscribed to Tiif. Constitution und
here lie lives. Your little friend,
Lyre, Ga. Julia Pif.rue.
Dear Aunt Husic: I nm eleven year* old. Mama
and I live with grandma and papa Is iu thu asy
lum. Grandpa ha* been dead three weeks nml w
very lonely now. We take The Constitution
and it 1* a heap of com puny for u*. I rend Betsy
Hamilton, Uncle Rent us nml Bill Arp, to grandma.
1 like your paper better than I do my book*.
You melee, Lkla M. Strickland.
Luthcrevlllc, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am n farmer’* son nnd I help
father work vezry hard. We have thirty acre* In
cultivation twenty-four of which are planted in
cotton. I taKo The Constitution myself nml on*
Joy It very much. I like Betsy Hamilton nml Mr.
Ciimmlng's letter, and ain sorry Bill Arp quit
writing to us. Sister likes Our Young Folk’s eol-
mn. Yours truly, George Edward Bucketon.
Little Vllle, Clayton county, Ga
Dear A unt Susie: Inin ten year* old. Papa’s
farmer nml we used to live iu Georgia. 1 do nil
mama’s sewing on the machine. My brother take*
The Constitution ami 1 love to read the Young
Folks column nwi Betsy Hamilton. Your little
Texas, nelce, Hattie Rodins.
Valley Crock, Texas.
Dear Aunt Susie: We arc farmer's daughters
twolve ami sixteen years old. Wc are not going
to school now. l’apa takes The Constitution nml
love to rend Betsy Hamilton nml the Young
Folk* column. We wish some of the cousin#
would write to us. Your loving friends.
Enny and oi.ly Story,
Near Danlclxvllle, Gn.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am five years old. 1’apa take*
The Constitution nml I love to hear him read
the cousin's letters. I like your paper so much.
Tell Marshall Smith its feather* are blacker than
•our and the other half of the moon Is as large n*
lie half. Your little friend,
Fayetteville, Ga. Joe Dosmam.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am mama's baby, and I have
juft returned from a trip to the country that 1
enjoyed very much. Didjyou Jever hear a whlp-
povrill whistle? I delighted In bearing them in
the country. Papa take* Tiie Constitution and 1
leilght in reading Betsy Hamilton and the Young
Folk’* column. Yours truly, KatidRarkon
Neurnan, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am D year* old and dout go
hoo! nour. We take The Constitution and I
like it better than any paper I’ve ever seen. Joe
Emma Allen wanted to kuosr what would keep
the hawk* otr. We hnng an old tin up In the tree*
and let the wind fan Hand the hawks have not
been back since then. Your friend,
Fairbum, Go. P- A. V.Allkn.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am eleven Tear* old and go
to school to Mr. Smith whom. I Uke very much.
Dour Aunt Susie: I am a little boy living in
Texiu on a-broad prairie where there ure lots of
bright flowers. I can ride papa's pretty mare
Nellie” when he letuls her und I have u big dog
named "Rover." Papa take* The Constitution
nml rends mu the children'* letters nml Uucle
Remus, nnd I think they are Jolly. Your little
nephew, Author H. Spring.
Del Valle, Texas.
Under a Fly-Wheel.—It was ten o'clock In
the morning: everybody was nt work. The click
ing and rattling of the lighter machinery, the
groaning of heavily laden shafts, the oily thud of
hundred* of cog*, mingled In busy din. The huge
engine sighed a* with it* brawny arm of polished
steel, It im|M>lle«l the muin-shntt to turn the wheels
of the factory.
Tom worked by the door near the englneroom.
He could, therefore, easily see the engine anil all
It* surrounding*. The interest of it* rapid ceaseless
motion (tartly reconciled him to the fact that,
while most boy* of thirteen were enjoying full lib
erty outdde, he was shut up withindoors.
Till* morning more than usually he had been
watching the forbidden splendors of the engine-
room, for the engineer allowed no one in his sanc
tum. The grout machine fascinated Tom with it*
easy grace of movement. Hi* eye* dwelt long on
the neat finish of the hexagoual bolt head* thut
gleamed about the cylinder. He tried to tell from
hi* position how full the gloss oil cups were as they
flashed to and fro on the polished arm; and then
hU eye* rested on the fly-wheel that revolved so
gracefully in Us narrow prison. Only one half of
the wheel could be seen at once, the other half be
ing talaw the floor almost filling a narrow, n>ck
lined cavity called the "pit.”
A* Tom watched the whirling spoke* ft seemed
i if the mas* of infti stood still, so swift was it*
motion. He remembered that once the engineer,
seeing his Interest Iu the machinery, had invited
him in, and that he had stood leaning over the
fratl wooden guard his face so eloselo the fly-wheel
that the wind from Us surface blew back his hair,
whlge he looked d«
dread, lie remembered asking the engineer if he
supposed anyone could climb down there while
the engine was iu motion. The answer come.
There Is not a man Iu the factory that has nerv
As he p.t--:ed the doorway he was Just In time to
see the child toddle forward und fall Into the pit.
With mi awful shudder he waited to see the mon
ster wheel spurn the baby girl from its cruel aide*;
but no such sight came.
Hu dadied forward and looked Into the pit. She
sat on the hard, rocky bottom sobbing to herself.
The fall had not liarmep her. yet she was still In
great danger. Any attempt to move from her posi
tion would give the relentless wheel another
chance.
Tom slipped out of his brown “jumper," tore off
hi* light shoes and stood Inside the guard. One
eager look In the direction of the Iron door through
which the engineer would come and then he began
the descent. The great mass of iron whirled diz
zily close to nls eyes; the inclined plane down
which he wo* sliding was covered deep with dust
mingled with oil; the thick, oily, damp air, fanned
from the heavy breeze from the wheel almost took
hi* breath away. Where the curve of the wheel
was nearest it almost brushed his clothes. With
hi* back pressed tight against the rock* he slid
down until his feet touched the bottom, and now
came the worst part of the ordeal—the ponderous
wheel, sweeping In giddy curves above him, so
affected Ills nerve* that his strength began to fall.
There was one space where the wheel curved away
from n corner, so he dropped on his knee* there
and foran Instant shut hi* aching eyes.
The child was in the other corner of the pit sitting;
In un open space similar to that in which Tom
knelt. As he looked past the terrible barrier she
made a movement as if to stand up. That brought
tack Tom's fleeting sense*. If *hc should stand up
the wheel would strike her. Lying carefully flat
upon the tattom of the pit, he began slowly am!
cautiously to work hi* way beneath the mass of
flying Iron. He could feel the awful wind raising
his hair u* he crept along. Nearer and nearer lie
mine to the child, nnd nearer to the curve of the
wheel. A* he passed bcncuth jt un Incautious
movement und a sudden burn on his shoulder
showed that he hud touched It.
The little one had not seen him at all, yet as she
had been sitting und rubbing her eye, but she
looked lip now und seeing the face streaked with
oil and dust coming toward her she covered her
face again with her little hand* nnd sobbed harder
than ever. Tom crept on until he came no near to-
the child that he could lay hold of her dress nnd
then he stopped ami a strange, dizzy blur kept
throwing a veil over hi* eyes and he tried in vain
ercomc n longing for sleep. He could feel the
ceaseles* whirl of the great wheel and it made him-
almost wild, curious, ragarie* and half delurioti*.
fancies danced through hii head. With an effort
he threw them off. aud raising his nice from the-
rocky couch, culled aloud lor help.
itly u dozen mocking voice* from the pit
flung tack the cry into hi* very ears. But the*
wheel caught the cry nud whirled it away up into-
Ine-room, In disturbed echoes. The little-
girl tried to get up, but he held to her white dres*
id soothed her the best he could.
A moment later, he distinctly heard footsteps In
the engine room, then he felt that some one wa*
looking into the pit, and then the chattering of tiie
piston in the empty cylinder showed that the
nglnc was soon to stop.
Less swiftly, and at bust slowly and more slowly
whirled Tom’s mighty jailer: fainter and Inlutcr
the elattar of the piston, until both ceased,
and the engineer, with great bead* of perspiration
on hi* white forhend, swung himself tatweeu the
harmless spoke* of the fly wheel and got down
lose to the prisoners.
“Is she hurt Tom?" he grasped.
“No, sir” said Tom faintly. “If you’d only stop
the fly-wheel I’d lift her out."
“It Is stopped, my lad—It Is only your dizziness
that deceives you. Let me take my little
May.”
The engineer reached down and lifted his durllng
up from thejlust, and, holding her fast in one
arm. climbed out.
Tom lay still. Ho did not seem to care, since the
little one was safe nnd the fly wheel had stopped.
He felt a weariness stealing over him. He would
like to sleep n year.
The engineer was by his side a moment later
asking If he was hurt.
I think not;—only a little tired"
said Tom nnd slowly and wearily his eyes,
closed.
Without another won! the strong man lifted the
boy up from the rocky floor and Its foul air and,
climbing again by the spokes of the fly-wheel, bore
him out of Tom’s dungeon. The air from the open
window soon cleared the sleepiness away, and
he was able to tell the whole story. The engineer
grasped his hand but he eoutd not speak, and there
ere tears In hi* eyes.
Many were the words of praise from the sturdy
workmen that crowded In from the steel works "to
see why the engineer had stopped." Tom wa* the
hero of the day.
When the superintendent heard of It, hc*ent for
hack aud sent Tom home In style, with a com
fortable little present in hi* pocket, and the per
mission to be out until he should feel all right
again. It took about a week to clear the dizzy
feeling entirely away, and at the end of that time
he wa* working nt hi* machine Just a* if he had
never been under a fly-wheel.
Political Xoten.
Tut; republicans of Maine have nominnted
all their present representatives in congress for re-
election.
It would be just as well to remember in the
present crisis that though times have changed
since 1876, Samuel J. Tihlcn has not.
A St. I'etekarurg correspondent of the Xew
York Sun Is convinced that Bus*in’* greatest weak
ness Is her size. That can not be raid of the green*
k party.
Tiie democratic convention will be smaller
than that of the republicans by is, ns no delegates
admitted from the territories, but under the
two-third* rule It will take .VV> vote* to nominate.
The Louisiana house kills a bill submitting
constitutional amendment to do away with the
lottery company, by it vote of 47 to 42. There wa*
hot debate, in which it was said that Lottery
Manager Howard had boasted that he could buy
the legislature, and the vote was at least eloso
enough to be encouraging.
LlEUTKNAXT.GoVKRXOR PlXGRRR U still the
most prominent candidate for the republican
gubernatorial convention in Vermont. Mr. Fred
erick Billing* peremptorily withdrew from the
ranvnx*.mnnihs ugo, but he has many friends In
the state who would be glad to nominate him. The
strife over the minor places on the ticket is warmer
thuu that over the governorship.
Mr. Cox says that Mr. TilUen will be the
democratic nominee and that Mr. Hendricks will
nominated for the secoud place. He says If the •
democrat* are going to have the old ticket they
must Uke it all. It is nonsense to talk about split
ting It up. It must ta all of the old ticket or none
of it. and he thinks it will be all. He ray* Tlldeu
will accept. New York, he rays, is all right for the-
democruts this year.
General T. L. Cling man. of North Carolina,,
contemporary In polities with Clay and Harrison,
was a prominent whig more than forty year* ago.
During fourteen year* he wa* elected to congress
surface blew hack his hair, without ever having a nomination by any convcu-
in the pit with wonder and tlon, always running as an independent candidate.
He ray* that though each canvass lasted five or six
months, he did not spend a* much os fcTiO in any
one campaign, that sum being more than sufficient
mMvmnnniw., jr i'jiw'y*?- »e mh
. .... „ , . . Idea tho» more money U needed in elections now
enough even if there wa* r.*m»: the space between • than in his day. and rays it i* the politicises and
the wheel ami wall being hardly a foot and a half | not the people that are corrupt.
i width. I One of the most interesting feature* of the-
The boy's eye* next wandered from the objects of ^ programme sanctioned by congress for dedicating
his thoughts and rested on the bright bra** domes the Wa*bfngton monument next spring, is an ora-
of the force pump* that occupied a brick settle on * tioo to be delivered on the 224 of February. Ira?,,
one side of the room, and then up to the maze of (,* the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop. who pronounced
pipe* that crossed and re-crowed above the toiling the oration at the laying of the corner stone in I*i*.
mLmmm He was sometimes called young Mr. Winthrop. in
mat hint. ly. those long bygone day*, and until the spurt ot en-
Suddenly glancing down he raw a little child enry in completing the shaft male during the last
standing beneath the guard close to the great fly- fcw yean, it hardly seemed likely that anybody
.b~L Tb«cnrfnMT WM jiowhwt In .fcb. »d EISS^'JSQTUSl'S: -
little May was bis only chib!. Tom's heart gave dedicated work.