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■j. 12 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.-—