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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY* JULY 15, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM of *kirty-three rose diamond*. Th ® ,,rofi on simplest plan, and
The Home and the Houaewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone—Talks With
Women and About Women.
[Short Letters on home topics earnestly solicited.
Write “Woman’s Kingdom on one comer of the
«vek>p.J
Having just attended the commencement
exercises of a popular female institute and see*
ing a class of nineteen lovely young girl* sent
forth as graduates into the world, I was more
forcibly impressed with the responsibility of
educating «ur young women than ever Iwfore.
There is nothing in this world so lovely ss the
young girls one sees on such occasions. Chil
dren are always lovely and interesting, and
when we look st the litle innocent darlingsour
thoughts alwsys revert W the beautiful picture
of One Who taking tbem^up in his arms bleiiet*
them and said, "of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven." But when we look upon those
older years, girls fifteen and sixteen, just
blooming into womanhood, standing upon the
threshold ef a life filled with cares and vicissi
(tides, our very hearts yearn towards them
with tenderness, and we would gladly sheik
them from every sorrow. It seems as if they
i are too fine and tender to go forth, and how
we would like to have them first stop nnd grow
no older hut have perpetual youth. But alas
as others have done before them, so must
they. And now the question arises how are
they fitted to take their places in the world
These kind teachers have done all they could
carefully have they trained their minds, their
music, French, English studies and many aC'
romplisfaments have all been attended to, they
have been a credit to their teachers and a
pride to the fond parents at the public exer
rises in which they have taken part, compli
fiiente and Bowers have been freeJy scattered
around them, the excitement of parting from
friends, schoolmates and teachers are over, and
then comes the going home, there again the
joyous meeting with home ties, congratulation
of those who have loved them from their
childhood fill up a few more bright days, and
then comes the reaction. And right here is
the most dangerous period of a young girl'i
life and the most responsible period of the
parents. If the proper course is pursued just
here, a girl's future happiness and I may say
usefulness is secured, if not, she become* an
Idle, uuhappy women and years of weariness
at retch before her.
You so often hear a mother say, ."My
daughter has studied so hard, she must rest
now j there is nothing for her to do," and she is
allowed to sleep late in the mornings (to make
up for lost sleep), she guts up has her break
fast after the family have finished, lolls around
here and there, plays a little on the piauo and
aits with a novel in her hands or roams around
listless and weary, soon a* dinner is over, to
bed agaiu, later •[►ends sometime over her
toilet and takes a stroll, and thus her days are
filled up.This may ap|war to some an exagger
ated picture, hut many mothers in this land
will recognUe it. Now you ask what is to bo
doue? I answer, interest your daughters im
mediately in all those duties that go to make JIai.f-IIim Pippins-Bent /yur tablespoou* of
a woman's life useful find beautiful. A tuothci iullor to a cream wlfh a half pint of pawdoted
__ that will succeed fn most
the summit has a rose cut supphire in the cen- . «»**. ** ***** thoroughly several times in
ter, .urrottnded l>r Tour large, brilliant dl ,. bo»ln«w.t.r : |h«^lw»». p»tob«r«d.
’ , *■ , ° _ , ... In lukewarm water adding a little lime to It, then
rounds and HW smaller onca. To raad WM |, ihe Inside of tim remel well In the solution,
these elegsnt nnd costly jewel* sound* almost Afu-rwardw scab! them severs! times thoroughly as
like fairy land, and one would be reminded of before.
tb. Arabian Sight.. Thi. orown muat beTer, I A ruatnln OhambeSburg. tail., ha, . ..
heavy, and we guess <{uecn Mctoria is hop- J marka ble rosebud. During the last three years
pier without them with it on her head, which . and including the pretent time over ten thousand
* buds were pluckod from its numerous branches.
Home idea may be had of the value of this vine
when wc state that these buds sold during the
winter at gift a hundred. At ibis time not less
than two thousand buds can bo counted on the
vine. It Is believed that with two exceptions It is
the largest and most prolific Marcschcl Veil vine
in the United State*.
Tiir. Use of Tobacco as a Remedy.—There is an
exceedingly interesting article in the “Home and
Farm" from the j*cn of the Hon. T. L. Clingharo,
of North Carolina on this subject. He begius by
saying he never chewed, smoked or snuffed tobac
co iu his life, and yet be thought on several oc
casions it saved his Ufe, and iu other respects had
been of essential service to many of his friends.
His attention was first drawn to it by seeing
man spurt tobacco juice into bis horses eye when
very much Inflamed, and he was told ho was cur-
iugjit In that way .On the loth of August,1MH,he re
ceived a severe gunshot wound in a battle near
Petersburg, Va., from which he lost so much blood
be was carried from the field in an Insensible
dltloii, and sftcrwnrds was so feeble the surgeons
feared he would not survive the fever they ex
pected would set In hrn few days, he told them be
could reduce the Intlamatlou by the use of tobac
co, and they replied it would rtinlous, but he per
sisted and os soon as they left him sent his servant
and got some tobacco In which he enveloped the
wounded leg and kept it wet with the cloths over
it. He was greutly relieved, and when the sur
geons called next day expressed their surprise and
told him to keep on the tobacco. Another remark-
abla cure, was a severe lujury received from an
cldcnta! blow In otic cye;bls suffering were so great
that before tho two physicians that were sent for
arrived he applied a poultice made of tobacco
found great relief. He gives a great many re
markable cures, in which he has tested it for dif
ferent things, among sore throat for which It is a
sure cure, applied as a poultice on the out side of
the throat nnd says “my brother who Is a practic
ing physician in North Carolina, to whom Iliad
explained the use of tobacco, told me some years
ago, when sore throats were an epidemic in his
neighborhood, be Infused tobacco In more than
dozen cases, always with success, while other
physicians hud lost some of their patients, having
treated them differently.
nly is on gruiid state occasions.
Home Comfort.—Upon the wife nnd daugh
ters of a family really depend much of the
comfort and happiness of home. The peace,
happiness and harmony of life arc made or
marred by what some people call trivial
things. Is It a trivial thing to a man when
he comes home wearied and harrassed by the
cares and toils of the day to find a cheerful,
■ear home, everything in order, n dainty set
testable, with its inviting display of well
cooked food, and his wife and daughters ar
rayed in tfielr best, with smiles of gladness on
their faces to welcome him. No, it is not
trivial to him, for his health nnd comfort de
pend, in a great measure, upon his home.
Therefore it is very important that the dough
tern of our land should bo trained for good
housekeeper*. Taught not only to keep a neat
house, hut how to cook, for the mistress of a
house needs a great deal of knowledge (|nl
skill in these duties.
Moiihh1ioJ«( Heeuipts.
F«ir.i» Bananas.—Fee! and slice lengthwise, fry
fn butter, sprinkle with sugar and serve. Thus
prapared they make a nice dessert. The bfctiauas
must tie ripe.
('ream Drrssnu run Cold Hi.aw.—Two table
scoops whipped cream, twa of sugar, nnd four of
vinegar: beat well and pour over cabbage, previ
ously cut very flue and seasoned with salt.
A Nub Pie Cri st.—To one pint of sifted Hour
add one even teaspoon of baking powder, and
sweet cream enough to wet the flour, leaving
rust a little stiff. This Is enough for two pies.
Vinegar Pit:.—One egg, one heaping tables|>ooii
of flour, one teacup of sugar: beat all well to
gether, and add one table*poon sharp vinegar, and
one teacup of cold water: flavor with nutmeg and
bake with two crusts.
Mkatlkr’m Tomato Sort'.—One quart of toma
toes, one of water; stew till soft: add teas|iooii
soda, allow to effervesce; add quart of boiling
inllk. salt, butter, and pepper to taste, with a little
rolJed cracker; l*oll a few minutes and sene.
Potato Hof i'.—To one gallon of water add six
large potatoes chopped fine, one teacup of rice, a
lump of butter the size of mu egg, one tablespoon-
fill flour. Work butter and flour together, and
add one teacup of sweet cream just before taking
from the fire, lloll one hour.
CitiUM I'lK.—Pour a plut of crcanf upon a cup
and a half of powdered sugar; let stolid until the
whites of three egg* have been beaten to a stiff
froth: add this to the cream, and beat up thnr-
om, nly, grate a Utile nutmeg over the mixture,
amt Kike In two pics without upper crusts.
ItAsrnciiNv Float.—Crush a pint of rl|>o red
rasplierrica with a gill of sugar; ttcat the whites of
four eggs to a stiff froth, and add gradually a gill
»f powdered sugar; press the raspberries through
a fine strainer to avoid the seed, nnd by degrees
beat In the Juice with the eggs nnd sugar until mi
stiff it stands alone.
can with a little judicious management make
Jter daughter fvcj she i» Meaj"‘nsiblq nr
helper In all her domestic affairr. I don't want
a girl put to hard work, hilt interest her in tho
lighter part of tho household iilluirs, let her
take entire cure of the parlur tu begin with
ask her to make a dainty desert for dinner to
surprise her fsther, and let her do it alone,
don't follow her and tell her uot to do this or
that but throw her on her owujresponsibility ;lt
will please her. (let cheap cloth and let her
waste as much as she wants iu learning to cut
and sew, and in a thousand ways interest her
ao that she feels she is useful in the family
circle. There is a part also for the father
make a companion of your daughter, put the
l»e«t books Iu her hands, discuss the events of
tho day with her, and instead of going ofi'alone
w ith your newspaper ask her to rend it for you
and talk It ovar with her and make her feel
ahe Is an intellectual being and not a pice
furniturcVt up in theboysefor ornament. 1
convinced if such n course was adopted with
the hundreds of young girl* first entering lift
from our msny schools and colleges, there
would iu a few years from now bo many more
usefiil,intelligent women thauthe mere butter
fiat of society and fksblun.
What Ladies Love to Ukar Abovt.—It al
ways interest, ladies to read about diamonds
ami jewels, and we have no doubt all would
feel a pleasure in having a description of
tjueeu Victoria's crown. It was msde in 1838,
with jewels taken from old crowns, aud others
furnished by command of the queen. It
•Ut of diamonds, pearls, rubies and sapphires
aud enteral*, set in silver amt gold; it lias a
crimson velvet cap with ermine border, and
liucd with unite silk and weighs shout fotty
ounces troy. The lower |wrt of the baud
•hove the ermine border consist of a row of one
hundred and ninetw.iine [war's, and the up
per part of the hand a row
•me hundred aud twelve [warIs
tween which, in front of the crown,
large sapphire, purchased for the erowu by
George IV. At the back Is a sapphire of
antaller site, and six other sapphire* (three on
each side),, between which are eight emeralds,
Above and below the several sapphires are
fourteen diamonds, and around the eight
• morals 128 diamonds. Between the emeralds
and sapphires ore sixteen trefoil ornsmeiiU
containing 160 diamonds. Above the band are
eight Sapphires, surmounted by eight din
inonds, between which an< eight festoons, con
sisting of 148 diamonds. In front of ths erowu
aud in the center of a diamond Maltese cross
is a famous ruby. Around this ruby to form
the cross, are 74 brilliant diamonds. Three
other Maltese erossee, forming the two sides
and hack of the crown have emerald centers,
each 132, 124 and 130 brilliant diamond*.
From the Maltese crosses issue lour im|wriai
afehes composed of oak leaves and acorns, the
leaves containing 728 rose, table and brilliaut
diamonds, twenty-two [warIs forming the
acorns, set in cup of fifty-four rose diamond*
and one table diamond. The total number of
diamond* in tha arches and acorns is 108
brilliants, 116 table, and 339 rose diamonds.
From the upper part of tfie arches are sus
pended four large, |*ndant, pear-shaped
pearls, with rose diamond raps, containing
twelve rose diamonds and sums containing
twenty-four very small rose diamonds. Above
the arch sUnds the mound, in the lower half
of which is 364 brilliants, and in ths upper 244
brilliants, the zone and arch being composed
j4'i»»hi«»A Note
Miflnr: add the yolk* of three eggs, beating them
III well, then an even half pint of corn meal, and
tho whites of rdie eggs touteii to a stiff froth. .Mix
well mid bake In a pudding dish well buttered,
Serve hot with wine same.
Tomato Son*.—sklui aud strain one gallon
stock made from nice fresh beef; take threw quarts
of tomatoes, remove the skill ami cut out
hard center, put through a line solve, nod add to
stock; make a paste of butter and flour, and, when
the stock begins to boll, stir ill half teacup, taking
care not to have it lumpy: boll twenty minutes,
seasoning witb salt and pepper to ta«ic. Two
quarts canned tomatoes will do.
Ai'CLK CoMfOTKa.—Bare the apple, cut the core
out, leaving them whole. Make a syrup, allowing
three-fourths pound of sugar to a pound of fruit
when It comes to u ImiII put iu the fruit and let
cook until dear, but remain whole. Kcmove the
fiuit ton gloss howl, and dissolve our third of
of gi I .dine tu a half teacup of hot water, and
stir brl'kly into the syrup, first taking off the fire
trnln U over the apples, and set off to cool,
cold heap whipped cream over tt. Home
mid si Iced lemon to tho syrup and serve with
vljre of lemon ou ciu-h apple.
FKiili I'VR.iMiP.—Cut a dozen line peaches in
halve*, jk’cI, take out the stone, crack half the
land take out. the kernel and hlauch; make a
clear, ladling syrup of one pound of white sugar,
aud Into it put the peaches and kernel*; boil wry
gently for ten minutes, take out half tho peaches,
boll the rest (or ten minim's longer, and take out
all the peaches and'kcnivls; mix with the syrup
left lu the kettle the Mmlued juieu of three lorn-
ou*, auilsn ounce of toltiglnv* dissolved in a little
water ami strained; boil up once, fill a mold half
full of this syrup or Jelly, let it stand uutil “set, 1
Slid i art of the peaches ami a little more jelly,
ami when this Is “set," add tho rest of the peaches,
1 till up the mold w ith Jelly. ThU makes a
beautiful dl*li.
I’kami Mkumui’K.—I'ltt^m to boll a quart of milk
omitting half a cup with which to moUtcti two
ubltfqmoiis of corn starch when tho milk boils,
add the corn starch; stir constantly till thick,
tneu remove from the fire: add one taldcspoonful
butter, aud allow to cool : then beat iu the yolk*
of three eggs till It I* light and creamy; add a half
up of powdered sugar, rover the Udtom of a
well buttered baking dUh with two or three layers
>f rich, Juicy [teaches lialfcd and stoned, sprinkle
aver three tahlcspoou* of powdered sugar; j*>ur
r them the custard and bake twenty miuutes,
then have the white* beaten lightly with three
tildespuons of [tendered sugar and spread over
I return to tho oven till a light brown,
warm with a rich sauce, or Cold with cream.
TTiIm isiAil That.
A company in Connecticut manufactures Dearly
all the liquorice u»cd iu till* country—17,UUP,lU)
pounds a year. Confectionery aud medicines take
sltoul l„’a>MkMpounds, and Iht balance goes Into
tobacco.
Tiir dressiest Jerseys this season will be of white
silk.
Ruciikm are worn for full dress, both round neck
and wrists. The sDiau turned upcolhtr I* neat for
morning costumes. *
Although flawcts arc in great favor ok bonnet
trimmings, there nro some shapes that require
feathers instead of flowers.
Tilf. newest linen collars for ludics do not lap,
but are fastened by a narrow ribbon passed through
yclet* and then tied in a bow.
.emok-yellow and bop green are fashionable
color* in dress fabrics, nnd for children and young
jieople all shades of red arc considered cu regie.
Cravat rows are not popular now. The narrow
Collar which finishes off all the high ImmIIccs is
tlwayi fnriened by a pretty artistic or fancy
brooch.
Ui henutl/ul Imitation* of Brussels nnd
i ’.wuitltly lace the designs of the old lace Is repro
duced, und eveu tho color bears the tone Imprint
of age.
Velvets will be used nil summer as bands ami
binding of lints nnd bonnets: also to combine
with the lightest ami most sheer materials in
forming drcmc.
Very painty Is n small lace bonnet with
wreath of roses in front, surmounted by a cl inter
of bumming birds, with lustrous breasts aud out
spread wings.
iiettv rARAsofisaro mudeof satin and ruehed
over with H|»auislt uctwork of chenille. The latest
parasol handles art hovered with plush to match
the color of the dreri.
Lack to used In great quantities to trim stylish
costumes. Sometime* one hundred yards of loco
are put ou a dress and ss msny as thirty yards to
trim a mantle, Gemlaunc blue or dark-red clorh
jackets msy be wont with gray, brown or black
skirts. Jseket sleeves are made comfortably tight
and reach to tho waist.
Our Coerespondimts.
Nrw Ori.kans, June 22.-Is there not a little
room in the “Woman’s Kingdom" fora few wonls
upon sewing, not fsury work, but tho plain, old
fashion sewing—clothes making of our grand
mothers? it comprised at one time pretty much
all their occupation, amusement, cdtiratlon, ac
complishment*—and let us add—secured them,
nu almost immortal reputatlou for good house
wifely qualities. What .with the demand* of
modern education, unless more hours can he
added to our days, thto legacy from time imme
morial to women, bids fair to be dropped entirely
out of our existence, and some future Danrfn will
look In vain for that nirntdeneas of finger quick
ness of eye, nicety of detail and appreciation of
idor which the prehistoric woman is chronicled
to have pos*v*scd. The spcctnclcd, stiff-sinewed,
tailor-clothed specimen* of femininity—of the fu
lure furnish ing no traces of it. The young house
keeper now makes pitiable etforl* to hern her
sheets, am! sew ou button*, though she has a sew
ing machine for the one ami fingers for tho other
piir|H»e. Hhe can dissect an engine theoretically,
paiut, draw aud play the piano—hut somehow her
graduating diploma on sueh an occasion offers
meagre consolation. As a young lady she de
pended ou “mainuta," or weut to a seamstres.
she has tremendous pluck ami energy, she put*
herself to work, and learns In three or fours years
what »he could have picked up in one or two va
cations before. But the usual recourse is the sew
ing girl aud dressmaker, amf the beginning of a
life of long servitude to both. Will any of the
girl readers of the Kingdom accept a few prarti-
■al talks on the subject by one who ha* been
through ft all? Thimruc.
We can, I think, answer for our girl mailers, and
believe “practfca! talks" will be acceptable to
them.
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 Folks’
iu one corner of yonr envelope.]
A tenacious mucilage for labels, suitable for
bottles or glw*. may I* prepared by soaking glue
in stroug vinegar, theu heat to ttoiling aud add
Hour. This is very adhesive, aud will uot decom
pose when kept In wide mouthed bottle*.
IUwjc* -Tohave roses bloom well keep the old
wood cut buck: cover the butbe* fu winter with
straw, corn sulk* or loos* manure and work Into
the soil arouud them plenty of iron filings, or
break up old piecvsof east i/on as Hue it* possible
amt put around uext the root*.
A uh about to Ml an egg for her husband’*
break fa* t, asked the loan of hU watch to time the
boiling. -Your watch ha* stopped,'’ *he cried:
the egg i» on and 1 eau’t tell how long it ought to
remain In the kettle." The husband hastened to
the store and was horror struck to find that the
good woman had dropped hi* elegant gold watch
Into the kettle, and was holding the egg to her
tr.
To autove the nnpkwmnt ta»te which Is
frequently observable from new woodeu
c**els to a thing difficult to accomplish. The
Adown The Glade.
We rode adown the flowery glade;
Along a narrow pathway *tony;
Ipon the sward the sunlight played-
1 ou my wheel, she on her pony.
Along the narrow pathway stony
We chattered, uttering Idle words,
We chattered, uttering Idle words.
I hoped the did not think me *tupM:
Around u« rang the merry bird*.
While bidden In the copae wa* t'npld.
1 hoped she did not think me stupid;
We paused upon the velvet sod.
tt title hidden fu the copse was Cupid,
Vtuecn, the roguish little god.
tt> [lawsed upon the velvet *»id.
We talked of boating ou the river;
I chm!, the roeubh little end,
Amid the bright loaves all a-quiver.
tt> talked of boating on the river.
We rude from out the flowt-ry glade
Amid the bright leaves all a-quirer:
I'poo the sward the sunlight played.
We rode from out the flowery glade,
I oa my wheel, she on her pony.
Upon the sward the sunlight played-
out now our talk was matrimony.
—From the Wheelman.
Don't you think it is too mean to play very
"lively" games now, my little frieudit? I do!
And I think I’ll send you a quiet game that
wo played the other day with some little vizi
tors, who were very much pleased with it. It is
much easier to explain a game by saying "I’ll
show you how to play it as we go ou," that I
think I will have to tell you by repeating some
of the "loves" and "reasons" of our party.
The game is called
I LOVE MT LOVR. #
And each player must give a reason for his
love, a gift to the object, and the consequences,
each player using words hegining with the let
ter of the alphabet that comes to him iu time.
Addie conic first and tell with A—"I love my
love with an A, because be is amiable. I
took hirn to Atlanta aud gave him an apple
and he ate it." Then .John's B, came. "I
love my love with a B, because she is beauti
ful, I carried her to a ball, made her tho belle
and she was blissful." Then Julia’s "I love
my love with a (’, because she is elever, I fol
lowed hor to church, gave her a chair, ami
she was charmed." And Henry’s "I
love my lore with a D, be-
nuse she’s n daisy, I took her to Dover and
gave her a dumpling with which she was de
lighted." A l et 8r
Our Letter llox.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 ain a farmer’s daughter just
2 years old and help papa wurk in the field, nhd
uiama cook and do the housework. My little sister
and myself have spun ninety-six yards of cloth
sinco Christmas. I have some silk worms. I'apa
takes The Constitution and I like It so much.
Yours, Luma Per*all.
Thoshton, Gm.
Dear Aunt Huslc: I uni 12 years old. I work in
Ihc farm and pa says I eon plow nlipost as
n man. I am going to school this summer. Papa
takes The Constitution and thinks it Is a good
pa|K*r. I love good boys. Your little friend,
Thomusville, Gn, Frank I., smith.
Dear Aunt Susie! Papa takes The Constitution
and we think It Is the best paper printed. I don’t
go to school now, as I have to help papa work on
the farm, but he says 1 may go all next year.
Your little friend, Eddie Wright.
Zcbulou, Gn.
Dear Aunt Susie: I nin 8 years old. Papa's a
farmer ami ha* a mill. I carry hi* dinner to him,
wash the dl*hcs nnd churn. I've pieced a quilt
called the bird nest, niul mama's going to have it
quilted on rny birthday. Ask M tunic Lay field how
she taught her pet to read print; I want to tench
ray pet calf. Your little nclec.
Walnut Grove, Al*. Lobetto Craio.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer’s daughter. I
can crochet, sew nnd help inama keep house. 1 go
to Sunday school every Sunday. I’ye read the
Bililc through once and I am trying i<> be 6 flood
girl. Won't all the cousins try too? Brother takes
JJIE Constitution aud I like it very much. Your
itolec, Love smith.
Thomson, Ga.
Dear Aunt Huslc: Papa Is n sulaerlbcr to The
take a ride in bis steam thresher. Tell Babe Murry
I thank her for her invitation to visit her, and
would like to have her make me a visit. I wish
she nnd Jessie Nraith would write to me. Tell lit
tle Jimmie Smith to write us how he is getting
with his studies. Fruit is very fine here and
great many strawberries were shipped from this
county. Yours truly, Ai.uk J
orysa, Lauderdale county, Teiin.
Dear Aunt Susie: I live with grandpa, and he
takes Tin; Constitution, which I like very much
indeed, e*i*ccially Our Young Folks. Will
one please send me the Istllnd “Home, Hweet
Home"? Yours affertloimtelr,
Beaver Jtale, Ga. Lu Etta Hoemrkee.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am N years old and help pa
in the field. I don't go to school now.
FannieHlmpklns. of K«*opvl1c. would write to you
Grandpa takes The Constitution trod I love to hear
him read it. Your ueplicw,
William T. Dvkh.
Near stone Mountain. Gn.
Dear Aunt Susie: J urn 1C years old, six feet an
two inches high, weigh J«l pound* and wear a Si
9 shoe. Pa takes The Constitution and likes it
very much. He says the letters of the Georgia
humorists ore worth the price of it, Yours truly,
Jimmie Smith.
Milner's Store, Fayette county, Ga.
Dear Aunt Husle: I am nearly 19 year* old nnd
have never been to school in my life. J
farmer’s son and have never had any thing to do
but the bar c*t kind of work. Your friend,
Calhoiiu county, Alabama. A. B. Story.
Dear Aunt Susie: J am i:i year* old and am a
farmer's daughter. J milk tho cows and help ma
ma cook. Papa takes The Constitution and 1 love
to read It. Your friend, Lillie F. Ooletrek.
Sunny side, SiNtldiug county, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a little Pike county girl,
7 years old, aiul walk two miles to school every
day. 1 love my teacher and schoolmate*. Papa’
a farmer nnd has a good crop at this time.
Yours, Anna Hudgins.
Zebu lou, Gn.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am the only child mamahAs.
I have a wax doll and a little house full of toys. I
can cook, wash dishes, Iron, sew, sweep and do
anything useful. Your nclce,
Lkla Madalf.nk Strickland.
Lutherville, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I ain a farmer's son, living iu
the rich Choccolocco valley. Wc raise pleuty of
good corn, cotton, out* nnd wheat. Will some of
the cousins tell ine bow muny books there arc in
the Bible that have not the name of God in them
Your nephew, K. <’. tt*.
Jenkins, Ala.
children’s letters, and want to write one my
am 12 years old nnd go lo school every day. tt’o
have nearly seventeen hundred scholars In
school. The weather Is cold enough for us to sit
by a big fire. Yours truly,
New York City, N. Y. Jennie Elmendrof.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am 11 years old. We hnv
vacation now. Our teacher gave us a picnic and
wc cn Joy ml it so much. 1 milk two eows and help
mama cook. Papa bikes The Constitution aud
are think we could not do without It.
Near LnG range, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: lam nearly fiOVcu years old,
My mother Is dead aud 1 have not seeu papa since
the day mother was hurried. I have six brothers
and sisters, but seldom sec them. I live with my
amit, aiul she to like an own mother to me. t’vo
never liecu to school. Cousin Annie teaches me
nnd says I rend splendidly for such a little girl,
wish Minnie LayflcJd would tell me wluit hor pet
. Your ntlee, Corinne Davidson.
Mountain Hill, Ga.
Lear Aunt Nusle: 1 am I t years old and nm
farmer aud stock driver. 1 am going to start to
Atlanta In the morning with sixty fat »hc<-p. nnd
lio[ie to get a good price for them. Fat her t* a in*»i
chant and postmaster at Boy, Ga. He takes your
paper and likes It very much. Yours,
Boy, Gilmer county, Ga. Willie Hmitii.
Dear Aunt Nude: I uni running a crop for mj
self and would tel! you nUmt my fine wheat aiul
cottou.hut you might think 1 was braging. 1 want
to run a dairy next year in connection with my
farm, and stock my pond with carp. I don't think
H is good for a Georgia hay to engage in an enter
prise alone, and would like for one of my fair
cousins to Join me. Your nephew,
Henry county, Ga. Pai l.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 16 years old and lent and
make my own dresses, knit, crochet and do any
kind of work. Papa take* Tiie Constitution an.
likes It very much. Papa is a farmer. 1 wish
some of the cousin* would write to me. Your
nclce, * Nai.uk Niiaki*.
Hickory Flat, Ga.
Dear Aur.t Nusle: We are twin sisters. 8 years
old. Wc go to school and Hunday school. I'apa
takes The Constitution and we love to rend the
children’s letters, Bill Arp and Betsy Hamilton.
Plese tell us where we can get a good children'
[taper. Your little uciccs,
Isabella, Ga. Nellie and Trellik Tiiton.
Youths Companion, 41 Temple Place, Boston,
Dear Aunt Nusie: 1 am 9 years ol d. 1 go to Sun
day school and am In the grown boys class. 1 love
to go. 1 think your paper is spleudfu. I am de
lighted with Uncle Bern us and the children's de
partment. Yours truly, Edgar Poe Laftin.
Red Dak. Ga.
Dear Aunt Nusie: I’m 10 years old. Pa pa takes
Tut Constitution and 1 love to read It. We have
vacation uow. 1 have the ex|>ectation of being a
teacher some day, and the way 1 will whip Buie
boys and girls. I have a* kitten aud huddle a dog,
and huddle’s d«*g gets more whippings than my
kitten. Your iieice, Lvella Long.
Paul I. Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am a farmer's daughter, 1.1
year* old. When The Constitution come* wc nil
want the same sheet at the same time. Mama for
the Woman's Kingdom, the Imtjts for Uncle Benin*
nnd Uet«y Hamilton, and I for Our Young Folks.
I go to school and take music lessons. Your lit
tle friend, Annie Ponder.
Stibllgna, Ga.
Dear Aunt Huslc: I ant not quite ■> years old, but
can read aud write some. Auntie teaches me aud
love her dearly. My pn[Ni and mama live! at
West Point, but J've been with my grandparent*
aud auntie for nearly n year, and I do love to stay
with them. ! have a store and a postofllce, and
you ought to sec me selling goods nnd mailing
letters. The mail comoa to our house twice a
W97k, and nuntic is postmiitross, and boa taught
lue to be n little postimutitf. >fy nncle takes TiiP.
Constitution and I love to listen to Bill Arp
ter*. Your little nephew, Heksciikj. Jones.
Hurgct, Harris county, Ga.
Dear Aunt Nusie: I ain 10 years old and am otic
of iHipn's babies, but I have a half brother now.
Your nclce, Claudia Estelle Elliott.
Newton, Gn.
Dear Aunt Husle: I am a farmer’s daughter,
years old and am quite large for my age. 1 help
mama do all the housework, nnd help papa hoc
sometimes. We take The Constitution nnd
think it Is the best [wiper In the world. I couldn'
do without Our Young Folks and Botsy.llnrallton,
Your loving friend, Mattie E. hmitii
Milner's store, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am thirteen years obi.
went to schoollast year, snd loved my teacher,
but now my health is very bad, and 1 can’t go.
Brother takes The Constitution, aud I love
read the childrens’ column* very much.
Your little friend, A. Burtie Forbe*.
Grove Level, Bank* county, Oa.
How six Boys Helmed Buy an Organ.—“Now
Chester, wc are all here; what is It? Let us hear
your'bright Idea.’ " and Fred Atwood, the tallest
of the party of six boys, swung himself, as tho
others lu quick succession had done, through a lit
tle cobwebby trapdoor Into the loft of Deacon Hay-
good's stable, and like them, was soon comforta
bly stretched on a pile of musty hay that had been
le't to “summer over" under the stable eaves.
go ahead. Cheater," called Htcvie Andrews
from hi* quarter of the loft, hi* face so near the
sharp-sloping rafters that strip* of loosened hark
might have grazed hi* curly beau, had he not felt
too comfortably lazy to lift It.
tt’ell, boys, It’s ubout that organ. You know
our Sunday school need* one dreadfully, and the
girls (arc you sure, Fred, that trapdoor is down?)
and the girls have beeu busy a* bees all winter,
making pincushion* and ticedlcbooks and sue
like notions for their fair; and now’thc fair is over
and only $20 yet toward that organ, and nothing
but a hulled corn supper or two to which to look
forward for another dollar: and unless we boy*
take hold of flic matter, we sba'u’t have .an organ
for our school for one year at least!’’ aud here Ches
ter, in his cnruc*tne*s gave the heap of must hay
on which he lay, sueh an energetic pound with hi*
. a suffocating cloud of dust rose and choked
further words just theu.
•How I wish we could have Just sueh an organ
they have got In the cbapcl at the north vil
lage," plpad little Frank Messer, as sonu
thick du»l bad settled sufficiently to allow Ups to
unclose again.
“There I* nothing to binder, tmt the money,"
drawled a sleepy voice from the other side of the
room. “Come, Chester, If you have caged u* here
to listen to a bright idea how to earn money to help
pay for that organ, we might as well go home, for
the church women, with their suppers, and the
girls with their fair, have raked up eveey spare
cent ill the place. The fact Is, our Fabbath school
to too poor ta buy an organ."
Not too poor, Ned, It we can earn the money
ourselves. When 1 was coming home from the vil
lage yesterday, I noticed one old fanner was plant
ing a big patch of .pop com along the edge of hi*
wheat field. I asked him what he wa* going to do
with so much, and he answered, ‘O, sell it; sell It.
Hobbs, the confectionery man, will pay a good
price for all he cau buy.’ Now. boys, to not here a
good chance for u» to give a Uft on that organ?
Each one of our fathers ha* a farm large cuough to
spare us an eighth or a quarter of an acre to work
we ptua«e, and they will be glad to do so when
Dear Aunt Nude: We have two colts ami four ' they know for what we want the land."
goats. We have the stock law in this county, and | •-father told me this morning 1 might have that
we take our colts aud cows to the swamp for foot J patch of ground by the orchid wall, where the
rive hours every day. then take them to the [ms- j sugar beets grew but year, to plant in anything 1
ture aud come home to recite our lessons to mama, j c ho*c. If I would take hold a little better with the
Your little nephews, j (arm work !’* exclaimed Ned, roused from a reemn-
Don, Ga. ALBERT and Cli de Fore, j bent posture under the eaves. *
ftoar Auut Kinfc: J tuv.lwo.Ul.n. hut th.r.r. ' muM b* «n>t rate Mil for com; rich >ad
too blc to ploy » Uh me. **> I pUy with my JolU. “* ll< ” r - “* 00 ,h * ,ann > r * k> «* lh * wu " “ lJ
■even kitten. .0 J my little Jot. I am 5 year. oM. *'««>• »•* «•>* *>' • wcccmful, proctld turner.
Vonrndc, X.xmc Mvnt Pon. j "Tlmt Und otmhi 10 produce well. Let a, .Uroox
Anon Go. I our kthtn to glee u. tho urn ot one-fourth ■>w nl
Und equally u food lor we ain m*k« lt»by the
Pear Aunt Smlc: Now, I would like to hare been w o/ fmlllren ■. and we will completely best the
with Jemie Smith In the oat Held.. Par* won't ,irl» in niitn* fund, lor our orinn."
Id u. tie up wheat became we art lu the way. but -Agreed: ayiee.ll'• .boated the hoy., and wain
he leu u, yo to the Hew and watch the new reaper, the du«t Hew up end the rohrrebe down, in ruflb-
taet year a gentleman let thirty ot u> younyrien fotioy.lou.l*,-"on!yler»noilclltbet!rt*,oreny
one else, for whnt purpose we are raising vurh
quantities of pop corn.”
“Why not try and raise melons and squashes, as
well as corn?”
“Ho we can, Frank; that's a first rate idea!" In
terrupted Fred, in his quick, decisive way. “Mar
ble head *qn-i*hcs aud mountain-sweet water-
melous—isHb will readily sell next fall at the
North village, and L’ncle Nila* wifi give iisrII the
*evd we require, for he uiw.iy* raises more than ho
wants f-This own use."
• Then followed u long, mitmrtcd discussion,
broken by eager questions and exclamations, as to
the best methods of preparing, dressing and caring
for their little plot* of ground. Ill ra*e their fathers
acquiesced to their plan-which they did very- read
ily. glad that their boys h i l ut List dovclo|«d a
decided ta-te for /arming.
From June until late September the greater
part of the boys’ leisure hour* w.ts kjientin their
thrifty little garden p itches; keeping insects from
devouring the tender vines and the weeds In sub
jection. Idea* were exchanged: reasonable hint*
from practical farmers were acted upon, and the
result* were plainly visible in the well-filled
shock* of ripening corn and great yellow and green
mottled spheres that covered the ground.
.Sometimes, in the boys’ presence a wish would,
be expressed concerning the much needed Sakbsth
school organ, nnd regrets exchanged that “wemust
wait so long before our school will be able to pur
chase one," but a quick glance of sympnthety In
telligence that shone brightly in the boys’ eye* for
an Instant, wo* all the sign given that they Ivere
interested in the matter.
A harmless spirit of rivalry rose between
boys a* to w hose plot should net the mo*t mi ins,
nnd many a brisk bargain with coufectlohc and
grocer ended in another little pile of dhncland
quarters being added to tho hoard each bo; was
accumulating for “our organ."
At last It earne—one of the best so full of i usic
it required but skillful touches to fill their Jttlo
church with the fullest and richest of chord
The first Sabbath school session whose exe rfneg
commenced and dosed with sweet music, rom
their own new organ !-do you think those six boy»*
III ever forget it?
Don’t you think those young girls, whose t ger,
willing fingers had fashioned useful and [ etty
trifles for the fair, must have felt very prom anil
happy when those rich, sweet tones led the 1 ucIc
of their own clear, y*oung voices?
And then, how glad nnd approving nil tho
mothers nnd fathers looked! It wa* worth a ’in-
died times nil the efforts they had made to m iro
sueh n help In their Sabbath school.
But the best of nil was when their gonial st wr-
iutendent stepped upon the platform at the use
of the session that day, and after a fow plet tint
remarks to the listening classes that filled i cry
scat before him, motioned that a vote of than * be
fflveji the "six boy farmers," whose gift hn se
cured for them this beautiful organ, earlier >• a
year than otherwiso could have been—and i a
trice every- hand was up, and every face tnr ing
ith smiles tow-aril a class of six conscious at
happy-faced boys.
Where Stamp Clerks Lose
From the New York Times.
Give me teu twos," remarked a well-dri <*1
gentleman In nn absent-minded way, ns he j *p- 1
I»ed up to the single window at the postofflee -j»t
open at night for the accommodation of late ' ;y-
farers, and threw down a ten rent piece.
The ten cent piece tendered lay for a mlt ;Jb
untouched. "/So you’re another, are you?" In ji-
unted the stamp dispenser.
"What'* that, sir?" said the patron of U: :p
Sabi. "Aren’t you here to wait on custom «
Lot me have ten stamps—no, five, I mean," w i
quickly corrected himself.
The five were passed through the glass-1 i t
window, and tbc clerk liecanu- confidential. .
flood many people," said he, “thoughtlessly •
for ns many stamps ns they lay down peuu
calls out when they step to the window the i
ber they want, and nine out of ten have tb
net sum ncccssaiy, so that no change Is if
Unless a sharp lookout Is kept a clerk l* ll„
In n rush, to hand out tho number of st, y
called for and shovo ssldo only half enou/4
[Hiy for them without seeing his mistake.,
I didn't discover my mfrinko foe . ..
utes, and tho stranger pocketed the stain
tiemnuly as he looked. I iva* out Just L.
Oh, there's no ciul of this sort of thing goltifj
sadlv exclaimed the clerk as he thought ycii
!y of the lost half-dollar. ~L
work?" 1 ^° C * the *° vernm eDt lose by thl* ILj
"Thegovernment! Why, God bless yoir
we’re the poor fellows who suffer." «
"But doesn't the receiver ever correct
take?"
'Not much, young man. Men who w|.
_ jaI a penny take the stamps for wP*'-**
on’t paid slinply because they are
thecoicrnmeut. There’s nobody
world, anyway—not a condemned soul," _
state of melancholyif, r»e
huir.it.oiriP
A Magic City In the Blue Ridge, )
From the New York Herald (Editorial).
The south during the [»ast ten years has bfh
trying It* strength-ami skill in various dlrecti/s
of social economy and public policy, and by Ms
time evinces considerable surprise at finding fiat
It has risen out of the ruin of the war "like a gmt
refreshed with new wine.” Its tremendous slides
In manufacturing Illustrate this, and not^isa
sudden cities which, like Jb[ah’*
gourd, spring up in a night, rowing
fruitful the desert aud the waric places betveen
the Ohio river aiul the gulf. Such are Ruga-, in
Tennessee, and that new Holtairc, now erectiir on
the line ot the Cincinnati Southern railroad ami
such will be, doubtless, the unexpected indugrial
centre which has arrested the attention of Gtorty,.
nf Tiie Atlanta Constitution. Ita namelaAn-
P I* ton. it is aituuted among /the
foothills of the Blue Ridge. foDd
p«)**e**e* a population of about four th<mnd
active, industrious workers In Iran and cotton, and
by and by with machinery- of the moat inmwt’ed
northern pattern*. A hotel, a national bank amt
forty miles of railroad are amongst the wsefcof
Anniston; and an Episcopal church and as opera
house may be counted among iu luxurito. The
general Idea of this "model city" to thy of
Holtairc nnd Pullman, in which fhe beantle
and amoultie* of life are cultivated for the bctiefli
of the “hewer* of wood and drawcw-of water."
It is a very noble concept lo tv-nod'll jmj'U-At'aJJ/r
the south continues it* line* of prag%rfi£t
advanced civHizatiq^Wiirvctlons such a* these H
cannot but succeed iuai the success which has
marked the advantage of a similar course!* |»a«v
tioed by it* sister state* of the north.
Trouble In the Company.
From the Chicago News,
A discouraged looking Walk-Over met an old-
friend.
’What’s tlie mutter, Walk-Over?"
it’s all up with me."
“What’s all up?"
“Lost my summer engagement, amt here f atm
on the town."
“Wbkt engagement did you havc?>’ - ^ *
■“Why, hadn’t you heard that J bail aignedssr-
tlcle* of agreement to [day heavy part* In the uew
re P«hUcan play. “Tragedy of Knots?"
• Well, I did."
“Then why don’t you do U?"
"CaiUi. The company has gone to pieces.*•
"tt hat was the matter?"
“Oh, the manager insisted on having a tat
tooed man cast for the leading part, and al! the-
t-nmi.nv fcnt ih« inpen mid rhnnu and tho
•pongled Ijalli-t rifiiH.il tnmpiiort him.
Writing the Letter..
Go«l morning, Mlw Dodge."
•Good morning. Mr». Logan. Uow mv you get
ting .Ion, with your letter?”
•Very noorly, thank yon. It*, hard to under-
ri* 011 un about the tariff quwtion ami the other
jJJKi Ul * n *' 10 the platform. How are you do-
"Ven- nicely, thank.. I .halt lire the letter I
wrote tor Jarae» In ink."
"pn't that nice? 1 wirii I had anme old Idteni.
U 5.1!2 r . h f “"huo.-e to write. Von know buW
eked John i» over hU war record. La-^ight
in-hte<l tm leldiii*-omclhlngahoat II- -id thi,
-What he wrote: ‘1 hare went through h enrol
blood for thfo union, ami I hare nererdid twth-
>"* '-omtltuent, had to bhnh ton- lttdd
him that wouldn't d», and h. got mangry tint be
riepi on the lounge all night. Ok. dear on. I
G phifCre w aa tm .itch thing aa polite.-—