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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 188L : ~TWELVE PAGES.
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THE WOMAN???S KINGDOM
The Home and the Housewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone???Talks With
Women and About Women.
[Short Letters 011 home tonics earnestly solicited,
Write ???Woman???s Kingdom on one comer of the
envelop.]
An Irish Fairy Htorj.
???Good mother, from your wayside hut,
Wise with your ninety years,
Tell me a fair}* story???but
First wring out all the tears;
For I am hurt beyoud ??he skill
Of leech, hurt with a knife
That seems, in sooth, but slow to kill???
Good mother, hurt with life!???
???My lady, sure you are but sad,
Yet it's a merry day,
I'm not too wrinkled to be glad
(And you are not yet gray.)
It's long, ioug yet I hope to live,
For God Is good. I'm told,
And life's the best He has to give;
I'm thankful to be old.
???Yes, Gi??d is good, 1'in told. You see
I cannot read. But, then,
I can believe He's good to me,
He is, aud good to men.
They say he sends us sorrow, too,
Tho world would be too sweet
To leave, if this should not l*c true;
('The world tho moth can eat.)
???Ho keeps my little cabin there
Safe when the sea winds blow,
When I was young He let me wear
Upon my check a rose;
Aud then i*. was he sent a youth,
The handsomest, you'd own,
On all the fris|^coast. ... In truth
It???s much I???ve lived atone.
???My lady, since that long, black night
His fishing boat went down;
My boy that kept my heart so light
Had work thegp in tho town;
A lovely boy; such gold-like hair,
All curls;''???(Her eyes grew dim)???
???Christ keep him. Ho Is ???inlet there
With daises over him.''
She hushed and turned to go Inside;
An eartheu floor, ah, me;
A heap of straw (the door was wide)
Was all that 1 could sec.
Yet on the little window, low,
A bright geranium grew;
???That's for my boy, he loved them so,
Ho loved these thrushes, too."
???Good mother???sure, but things go 1)1
In our poor country. Yet
??? ??? Jlo gives me bread aud shelter still,
It's mo He'll not forget."
We parted, for the light was low;
I turned and lookod around;
Lord of us all! can hearts ease grdw
In such a plot of ground?
???Mrs. 8. M. B.l'lnttln the Manhattan.
Aik ok the Boors.???It seems almost incred
ulous to read the accounts in northern papers
of the craving of tho crowded populations ol
the city for fresh air. Those who cannot go
io the seasido or in the park, throng tho shady
side of tho streets in tho afternoon, and enjoy
the brightnosa of tho avenues in tho coed eve
nings. But there aro thousands who, for ono
reason or another, oannot resort to the streets
or avenues for air, and to gratify tho longing
that is in them for it they go on tho roofs of
their houses. Whero the roof is flat there in
often aeon in crowded tedemont districts quite
amusing and interesting scenes. A reporter
of the Herald writes an account of a spectacle
he witnessed a few evenings since. He says:
???It was about five o'clock. Tho sun waa de
clining in the weat, and a delightful breezo
awapt over the housetops. Almost every roof
in sight had ita little group, thirstily drinking
In the coveted air. On one a father and
mother???not very young and plainly very
poor???were reclining against tho slope that
backed dp the cornice. A child of eighteen
months or so toddled and crept about them,
playing joyously with tha breese which blew
ita short flaxen hair into ita eyes, TUv mother
bft<l tied tome sort of long band about tho in-
'tint's waist, and held the end to koep it from
wanderiug into dangerous awucm to the
edge of the roof. On tho next roof to thia
three or four young girls just in their teens,
were playing an animating game of ???tag" at
the imminent risk of breaking their necks,
while their elder sisters on the next roof con*
ducted a flirtation with a couple of young tueu
under the shelter of the ehimney. Some
older women, perhaps their mothers, were
holding a grave gossip on another house, amt
some mischievous boys on another, lay just
peeping over the parapet iuto the street, and
apparently from time to time dropping lumps
of coal, of which they had a store near by,
on the heads of the passers by." 8uch scene*
would indeed be a novelty to a southern, per
son, for even in our cities there is no need to
resort, to such measures to obtain the coveted
prize. If there were half, nay I may say a
quarter of the beautiful parks among ns that
our northern frieuds have, we would be a
,*??|W pto r U' Thcrt Ih. mvro
???ll taken by our city fathers u?? bur parka and
placet for outdoor recreation. There should
be fountains, and flowers aud everything doue
to make the places attractive for our young
people, and for mothers with their puny babies
who have no opportunity to go from their
homes in summer. H will not only add to the
pleasure, but health of our communities.
Horn and There.
Wins??????Bo try those peaches. James; you can't
Imaftue how murh richer ihsy are since I've
made them over." James (who has recently tried
atuck raisins in Wall street)???"It that's the case I
wish you'd make me over.
How Conn Shk????"My lore," said a yonn* man
to his wife, "I notice that a lady in England haa
just talleu heir to ffi.OOO.OOO." ???All lu cash?" was
the business-like reply.
"No; in real estate. What would you do It you
had such a stroke ol luck?"
"Well, darlluf, I don't know certalnlv, but I
think I would mortage the property aud buy me a
a print bonnet.
Ix Cauroa*ia among the vineyards they have a
great demand (or turkeys; they want them to
range in the vliu yards aud retch the slugs that are
attacking the vines. They And the turkeys an
excellent hand at the business. They would hire
men and set them at the work, but a sufficient
force is not attainable when needed. But the
turkeys do the workneeriyas well as a man,
and while retching the worms is earning his owu
food.
G annex sings a ben they become a nutoanre,
may oaaily and safely bo abated. Distribute
pretty liberally over the garden flat pieces of
atone or bits of slate or zinc. At nightfall put n
little bran on oarh fragment, and soon tho slugs
win coma out from among the plant* aad abrabAo
feed upon the bran. When ft to dark go out with
a lantern and a paO containing some strong brine
aad remove the slug* from the bran baited nr
frees and place them In the pail where the salt I Is to takeone pint of,milk, one-fourth box gelatine
aud water soon will dispose of the pests. I whites of six eggs and one pint cream; Dissolve
Wages, on waHm etc. .rc very <Mh- 1W ' : ???'"V ? ??? ???T'
lon.bl.Ja.tnow. but one hu J??,t occurrcdwbtcb l '??? D uke ??? 1Ik 1 ln,, ??? ,e "
I. Homcthing new. M. Pirn. . pUnLtbu T'"* t ??? * Kt??Uoe ??nd put on
undertaken to piny tbc pi.no In the lion'. ??,c In "? kJ,m * " ule un,U * el ??? ,no
Pcio.,'. menagerie, Purl., and be l??c bl. bet II "???"/???.T' *?? ?????': BwM f ???
hi. ploying betray, any token, of agitation or to. S? ItYJEY T*"" " hlp ??? chu ???',??? h ?? n
ofhl.cu.tom.ry rang hold. Ite.cem. to lenvo ^'???hcwhlte.olyoureint.bc.teuto..tlfriroth.
ol account the powlblllty ol the lion, *???* be '?? re ,rcMlD * ml * ?? !1 l0 *' lh " ???<??
i freeze, etc.??? Mx??. H. T.
Athens, Ga.
Our Lettera.
Improvising a finale of their own to one of his
price*. M. IMrn discusses Chopin and Beethoven,
Pezon will put the lions through their exercises.
Ix IlxnF.Ri.vo a decision In a divorce case not | The poetry sent by "Ignoramus" 1* quite good,
long since, where the ground alleged wasdesertion I but we have not room In our columns this week
by the wife, the Judge said; "Home may be un- for It. Don't know whether It would be well to set
pleasant; there may be unexpected toll; there | music or not.
may be hardships too much for a weak or a sens!*1
live nature to bear; there may be neglect that I MV0A * Valley.-I am a farmer's daughter, nnd
wounds deeper than a serpent's sting; there may I **??? * cr Y J* ,uch * home 1* on * delight-
be broken promises that turn all anient love of I ful ??? rni an ?? 1 ???* ve everything around me to
e??rly wedlock lo unrelenting h.tctycl neither one | ????? e me ????<1 happy. I am very fond
nor all ofthcselssufllcieDt to constitute a legal
excuse for a wife to leave her huibaed.'
A Youxo Gentleman In a street car rose and
gave up his seat to a lady, and his chum, who
occupied the next scat, tendered him a position
of flowers and have a great many around
Will some one give me some Idea on fancy work
11 will be so glad to learn something new.
Ella B.
C'ataita, Ha Kris County, Georoia.???I would
on hi.???knee??? which Vie' ??I??i.red. They chiiied I Jj k<! howmueh I like The Cotwtjtotkh,.
pleasantly, and were riding along when the car I ! h , ,l 7 10 , 1 P*P er I have ever seen,
shipped aud a pretty young lady entered. The I ** x papers and felt he could
foree of habit was too strong for the young man. I a J*????? * n y more but feeling sure I could not .
He forgot h?? was nueomfortly perched ou his I tt * ou * without It, I joined a club, gotten up in our
friend???s knee; and, jumping up gallantly, said iu I ne tehborbood, and nowget tho Weekly. We take
his most persuasive tone; "Take my seat Miss." I Toleda Blade and I enjoy the articles on social
Lightning shot from the fair one???s eyes, and the I ??Hlquette. Will you please publish in the
rests of the passengers hurled their faces In their I" W????***'* Kingdom" Hood???spoem In which oe-
bandkercbelfs or looked out of the window. The cur thc Hne?????Pick Her up Tenderly," etc. I will be
friend, however, settled the matter by vacating | b?? admitted Into the "Kingdom" and will
the scat, and peace was restored. I ???*?? tn Y best. I would like to hear from ???Daisy
1 expect there are but few ladles In this country I . Maths 1. 1
that have not heard of Worth, the celebrated man I Go* vers, G a.???Dear Household???My little boys
dressmaker of Paris. His large and fashionable es- I ftrc always delighted with The (Institution ;
tablishnietit Is In the Hue do la i'alx, and Is the I "boost seem* like Christmas to them when
emporium of tho fashionable world. It takes a I co,nea * Wc ought all to be more "interested
small fortune to have one dress made by Mr. I * ucbM enterprise and write more ourselves
Worth, yet there are thousands of ladles who arc I encourage each other. I am now In tho midst
willing to give half their husband's year salary to I blackberry gathering, w*ould like some of the
have a dress made by this great artist. He makes I household to give me a good recipe for blackberry
almost all hlx fashions. He employs about seven I w * nc * I notice some one writing ou fashions; I
hundred workwomeeti, comprising cutters, fixers, I hope they will give occasionally a few dots on
trimmers, embroiderers, skirt makers, sleeve I ,K, y*. Mill* my lot to have a good many. I think
makers???four hundred in tbchouseand three bun- I ^ would be well for us to write on different sub-
dred outside, beside many trimming makers, etc.. I J^ts, it would furnish variety, which is the spice
who work ludercctly for them. Worth says women I Dfe. bet u * ??R "P*rc a few moments from our
will not accept a fashion Just when It is shown to I borne dujle* to write these letters. It will give us
them; they prefer to have what they have been ac-1 loving hearts and draw us nearer to each other,
customcd to for years past, and it is rather dlfli-1 A. G. C\
cult to make them understand that they must try
change their habits. He says he once made an
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Iiiitruction and Entertain,
merit cf the Boys and Girls Who
Read The Constitution.
(in writing tor tlil.dcpartment. write [.'..inly,...
one ride of younmper, and put ???Our Young folks'
iu one comer of your envelope.]
Our Letter liox.
Dear Aunt Susie; I received ten cents from
tie boy nine years old, of Farmlngtou, Ga., who
sent it to aid little Willie Smith's education. He
made it by watching wheat. His name is Boy O.
Marablc. I am very thankful for it, and I reckon
Willie Smith is, too. . Yours,
Daniel W. Green.
Constitution Office, Atlanta, Go.
Feminine .Anility.
entirely new style cloak that was peculiar looking. I From tho San Francisco Kxumlncr.
The first season he only made twy or three of these I Did you ever see a girl trying to climb a fence?
cloaks. What a peculiar thing It Is, said each lady I It I* more of a show than a circus with a white-
when she saw it for the first time. ???I shall never I washed elephant. This is the way she does it:
wear a cloak like that." But thc???ucxt season they I "be looks around to find out whether any
sold from two to three hundred of them, aud three I body is In sight. Then, If tho coast is clear, she
years later every woman you saw In tho^treet* had I puts oho foot otr tho second rail of the fence and
i, and all tho second rate establishments put I look! around again. Then she gives a little hop
them forward os novelties. Usually when tho I ??'??<! K??ts her other foot up on the second rail,
Paris season closes, a quantity of clothing remains I Here she stop* for n moment to rest and straighten
which is sold at a reduced price and shipped to I ber hat.
America, whero It Is sold again os a novelty the I The next maneuver Is thc critical onc-to get
following year. | one foot up over thc top rail. She steadies herself
for u moment, then gives a quick little upward
kick that does not quite reach the mark, but
Handkerchief* with colored embroidered I caUM- ber to Jump down on tho ground again
borders In crimson and bluoare worn with morn- I w bh 11 Bny scream and tuck her clothes in all
lug toilets, fastened iuto the belts, so as to form a I nro,,,, d her. Again she surveys thc surrounding
sort of rosette. I country and again hops up on the second rail.
I This time she Is Imldcr nnd throws her foot clear
' ounu i.Atuxs do not now wear largo bunches of I j 0 jjje top of tho fence, where It catches by tho
flowers at their bosom or belt. The latest style Is I heel on the tap rail. It is now or never with her
a single rose on the shoulder or three In a row dl-1 then???something must bo done instnuter. Grasp-
ngonally across the breast. I j???g t j, e | 0 p ra || with all her might sho pulls her-
Toilettes of black or cream surah silk, nun???s I * cir t,n "bo sits astraddle of the fence, with the
veiling or albatross cloth can bo made to serve I kndscape spread out beneath her like a map. If
double purpose by liclug changed and varied by I anybody appears In sight she Just drops ofT the
tho Judicious appricatlon of two or more sets of M enc ?? ^ she hud been shot, and gathers herself
these handiomo adjustable accessories. I U P when she gets there.
?????? I If tho coast continues dear, she proceeds In
Black and wiiitk plaids nre vory much worn for I very leisurely manner to get dowu on the other
street dresses by young people. The plaids come I gidcof the fence. First, she turns around, faclug
In all sizes, from the small pin head that looW like I tho way she came, and feels backward with the
gray at n distance, to tho large sbepard plaid. Ifoot which is already over tho fence for .a good
There dresses are vory pretty and appropriate for I * t eady, reliable rail. Having found such a rail,
outdoor wear aud when worn with long tail gloves I *i 1( < plant* herself upou it and sets to work to get
ami a black and white hot, nothing prettier could I tho othertoot over thc fence,
be asked for. But unless one cun aflonl to have This Is a very difficult and embarrassing piece
many difliuent dresses it Is wisest not to got one 0| I of strategy, and a good many girls will sit on tho
the large plaids, as it swu becomes conspicuous. J ;o p vi a fence half a day before they will attempt
Ties and 8ASllER.-On7^f tho prettiest and most will even stay there till a horrid man
graceful acceasortes to summer toilettes aro frlugcd I corac " ???'bmg and lifts them oil. Not so the truly
ties ami sashes. They come In rerloui widths and I courageous glrl-she who fruo more afraid to
lengths, aud all tints aud rich hues, with charm- cl,mb ft f ????? co 1,mn ?? ln the ** mc roonl with ???
ing combinations in Homan stripes and moorish mousetrap. She will never give up the foit till
colonit I ???be gets otr that fence lu thc ancient aud hgnora-
On ehlldten the wishes aro arranged about or bo* I hie manner of her sex.
low the waist Hue and knotted or tied In a large | She grasps the top tail ami Irens am far hack as
bow at aide or In buck. Again the sash is tied atl her arms will allow, and then triea to coax the
renter in large rosette knot, which is secured on I refractory limb over after her. Alas! It is too
the left shoulder of the child, and the ends are |lon*,ana??h??Jttmpabtck astraddle, with a little
then passed diagonally across body, back and I bwglb and tucks her skltta around her again,
front, aud fastened, Highland fashion, under thc I brief test, she tries another wrinkle. She
right arm, or the arrangement la reversed and thc I Ure down flat on her face on the top rail, and tries
renter of tho scarf Is under the right arm, while [??> Mlde off sideways, as she has often seen her lit*
the ends fall loosely from knot over the left shoul* | Mo bMther do.
der. ????*carfs put on In this tnauncr arc worn by I This would bo all well enough, and would place
???mall lads in kilts, as well as by young girls and I bcr 0,1 lorrm flrm * lf * ho "???'y lm ???* tbe cour-
misses. There sashes are called Newport tips. I *** ?? rr r out hor Intention. But Just as she Is
I tulles utilise those Newport tire In many ways I about "??P otr t Pallid fear seize* her. She
to their own adornment. Some wear them simply I * cro * m ??* rl ibt?? up. and straddles tha fence once
passed about the neck and (fed in a large bow lu I more -
front at thtcat. or at the end of a Van Dyke of I This kind of thing continues for five or ten min-
???carflblds over bust. I utes. Th en the lair acrobat hcglna to get wrathy.
?? ??? I ghc looks at the ground, only three or four feet
HouneholilJHtntx. I away, and makes up her mind she will reach It
Ink Stains on a tablecloth may l*c removed if I *???? # wn y or #he bxve to, sometime,
milk I* applied the moment the Ink is split and I
the spot lUtarWard wMhed.
X Nevada woman prefffitd eggs by brrekiug
them aud putting their Contents Into a bottle,
which she tightly corks and seals, after which they
are placed iu a cellar, neck down. She claims the
contents of the bottle come* out as freah as when
put iu.
It ts not generally known that codec placed upon
lu??t coals or upon a hot plate the flavor arising is
oue of the Moot, eflectlve. aud at the unc time
agreeable disinfectant. If no heat is obtainable,
even the spreading of ground cortec on the object
to be disinfected is most satisfactory.
IT hmnu Hau z.???Beat to a white ctvam a cup of
butter aud two cupa of pow??lere??t ??ttgar. Add one
at a time the unbeaten white* of two egg*. Then
stir in slowly quarter of a csip of boiling water,
heating all the time. Set the dish til a bowl of hot
water and stir to a froth.
Ip a uoose that is to be roasted is allowed to He
In a deep pan with cold water over It, in which a
tablrapoouful of zoda Is dissolved all the oil can
be scraped out oi the skin and the coarse flavor
which is greatly objected to may be entirely re
moved. The goose must tint be perfectly cleaned
by rluslug with clear, cold water.
Cits xkd EtioV???Boll six eggs twenty minutes,
make one pint * ream mure. Have six altre* of
toast on a hot dish. Put a layer of sauce on each
one and then part of the white* of the egg*, cut in
thin stripe; rub part of the yolks through a sieve
on the toast. Repeat this, and finish with a third
layer of the mure. Flare In the oven for about
three minute*. Garnish with pandey aud serve.
Fkixcrs* IVdpixo.???Nook for an hour in a pint
of cold water one box Fox's gelatine, aud add oue
pint of trolling water, one pint of wlue, the Juice
of tour lemous and three large cups ful of sugar.
Beat the white* of four eggs to a sUiT froth, and
stir into the Jelly when it begins to thicken. Four
into a large mould and ret ln a cool pUre or lee
water. When ready to serve, tuns out as you
would Jelly, only have the pudding In a deep dish.
Four one quart of boiled custard around Hand
aerve.
lot CngAM.???The my nicest redpt for Ice cream
flo th$ settles her hat on her head with a deter-
Valued look, steps lock on tho reliable rail, and
with a mighty cflbrt draws back ber other loot to
the very edge ol the top rail, like an srclteir draw
ing an arrow to the head.
Oh. if It only were not for that From U heel she
would be free. Bnt. alas, it holds her there with
the dull persistency of fat*. A look of terror and
despair comes over her countenance: her
eyes stick out Kfce button*. Sho give*
a quick backward leap and let* go.
What surprise, What delight! Hhe And* henelf
alighting, right aide up with care, on thc soft turf
wllh*>ut re touch as a feather Jostled In her hat.
She enn't imagine how it happened so. 8h?? fully
expected to be picked up a complete wreck and
retried tl-mus to die among ner sorrowing friends.
But up* that stje U really safe and sound upon tho
drarVdd earth again, she looks up with unspeaka
ble gratitude to the clear blue sky; Urea brushing
her skirt* aud beating them down so that they
wilt hang straight, she vow* that should she ever
have occasion to go cross lota again aho will chbrr
go in a balloon or else have a young man along to
pull dowu the fence.
CrOHHii> About Women,
Woman to the masterpiece.???Confuclu*.
Woman to the crown ol creation.???Herder.
Women teach usrepore, civilly and dignity.???
Voltaire.
Au. that I am my mother made me.???John
Quincy Adams.
Women are a new race, recreate since the world
received Christianity.???Breeher.
It is only necessary to grow old to become more
Indulgent 1 see no fault committed that I have
not commuted myself.???Goethe.
A Negro Sunstrack.
Darunuton, 8. C, July 21???(Apodal.)???A wl
oral preacher named Camming*, was sunstnsck
near this place last Monday, whilst working on
his dwelling. He rennot get well, tho do* bus
say. This to one of the few reaea of a negro being
fatally injured by the sun. HU adamantine skull
l?? usually thought lobe proof against tho ana???*
fiercest raj*.
Dear Aunt 8usic: I am 0 year* old and have made
two quilts. I help mama darn aud do other lit-
tlo things. I'apa has a pottery aud works convicts.
Every afternoon my little sister and 1 go down
and see them make pipes, flower pots and a great
many pretty thlugs. Grandpapa takes your paper
and will be glad to see my letter. Your little
friend, Ivexe Stevens.
Stevens Pottery, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer???s daughter, and
live near Wards, Ga., in a pleasant home. I with
some of the cousins would write to me during va
cation. Yours truly, Emmie Crittenden.
Wards, Ga.
Dear Aunt Husle: We think The Constitution to
a good puper. I cun sew on thc machine and cr
chet. Will some one solve this riddle:
Flour of Virginia and fruit of Spaiu,
Met together in a shower of rain;
Fut ln a bag, tied round with u string,
If you solve this riddle I'll give you a pin.
Your nclcc, Linnik Carter.
Orchard Hill, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 7 years old and live In
the mountains. I go to school, help mama cook
and sister milk, and play on thc organ. Pupa is
postmaster at Boy, and takes The Constitution. I
have a little dog uamed Fldo. Your little
friend, Nettie Smith.
Roj*, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: We nre 12,9 nnd 7 years of age.
Our father to n fanner and we help him work In thc
fields, and carry dinner to the hands every day.
We take The Constitution and like it very much.
Yours truly,
John, James and Edward Jackson.
Mulbcry, Ark.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 14 years old. Wo have
vacation now and I help do tho housework and
piece null to. I can play on the accordoon. One of
my cousins wrote you a letter. I wish sho would
write to me. Your friend. Ida Jackson.
Mulbery, Ark.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 11 years old. I don't go
to school now. My father to dead. We live thir
teen miles from the railroad. My uncle takes The
Constitution and I like it very much.
Your friend, W, O. Oguurn.
Wilkins county, Georgia.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 14 years old and am fond
of farming, although I am not doing that much. I
have a watermelon and onion patch. I love to
hunt very much. I kill birds and skin and stuiT
them for sale and make money at It. Tho crops in
this soctibn are all tho farmers could want, arc the
best I've seen. We get The Constitution regularly
and it to tho best paper I ever read.
Yours truly, James H. Beaton.
Stonewall, N. C.
Dear Aunt Susie: I nm 0 years old and havo not
been going to school this spring. I'apa takes The
Constitution and I'm always%lad when it comes.
I live on the Comessanya river. Your friend,
RonKUT M. Baker.
Beaver Dale, Whitfield county, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am n years old. I board with
my uncle and go to school at Terry vllle to Profes
sor Stokes. I love to stay with uncle and uuutle.
Your little friend, Maud A. Henry.
TerryvIUe, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: lam 11 years old, and now
that we have vacation I help Aunt Fannie cook,
wash dishes, sew, crochet and knit. Cau any of
thc little cousins cook n vegetable dinner, and
make pics all by themselves? I can.
Your neice, Allen Du Free.
Byron, Ga,
PflAr Auut Susie: I am a farmer???s daughter and
have lots of chickens. I sold seven last wecl
going to give tho money to get some Sunday
school books. I have three quilts quilted on tho
machine. Wo have a patent frame, and cau quilt
whole quilt ln one day. I have a cotton patch
and love to work ln It. We havq lively flowers
too, and as I look out tho window the dear pansies
look up to bright and smart, and I feel like they
arc readlug my letter. I wish some of thc cousins
would write to me. Your nelco,
Lafayette, Ga. Neva G. Fursley.
Dear Aunt Susie: My father to a millwright ami
takca The Constitution. Many of tho cousius say
they like Bill Arp and Betsy Hamilton, but I like
Unelo Remus best. 1 am eleven years old. 1 have
brothers and sisters aud wo work the farm
while papa works away from home. I am going
to school as soon as my work to done. Your lit
tle nephew, GkorokW. Simmons, Jr.
Dear Aunt Susie: I ani six year* old and have
been going to school, hut havo vacation now. 1
went 1U8 (lays. 1 help mama cook ami clean house.
Papa makes furniture, and next year I am going
palut for him. I havo a pet cow that tries to
talk. He can say, "Maud, whero Is grandpa,??? aud
several other words. 1 love to read Our Letter Box.
Your little friend, * Maudie Moore.
Stone Mountain, G*.
Dear Aunt Susie: We have vacation now aud are
having a delightful lime. We can milk, cook, cro
chet, etc. We wfch Allie I-oftln would send us,
through the mail, some samples of crochet work.
We wish too, that Jennie Brecb, Joel Gilbert and
other cousin* woold write tou*. Our papas take
The Constitution aud we like it very much.
Your little friends,
Lrla Watson and Bmx Thomas.
Chapel Hill, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 0 years old and live on a
small torn; papa, being a physician, cannot culti
vate a large farm, as it takes the moet of his time
attend to the sick. I have a pretty kitten aud
yoke of small oxen. Father takes Thk Constitu
tion and we Hkc it very mueh. Your little
friend, C. E. 8eoTT.
Tompkins F. O., Camden county, Ga.
Dear Aunt 8us!c: 1 am au orphan, 1G year* old
and live with my grandparents. Mother died
when 1 was 2 years old. 1 go to Sunday school
every Sunday and work on the farm during the
week. We have a nice crop. Wc take The Consti
tution and I like It very wach, especially Betsy
Hamilton and Dr. Talmage???s sermons. Will one
of the cousins tell me how many books, chapters
and versos the Bible contains? Your friend,
Hardeman P. (X, Ga. Edward s. Moxcaxxr.
Dear Aunt Susie: We are 12 and 13 years old.
School began the first of July, and we had a con
cert that night to raise mouey tor an organ for our
Sunday school. We went to Atlanta and Carroll
ton daring vacation and had a delightful time.
Our papas take Tax Constiution and we like to
remt Betsy Hamilton and Our Young Folks.
Yours, F. A. C. and L. V. F.
Villa Eire, Ga.
Hamilton*. 1 can???t read Uncle Kemus, but sister but she never could play unless she was in good
reads it for me. Can anyone answer this riddle:
Some red, tome white, some blue, some green,
The king can touch it no sooner than the queen;
But Jack in his room can touch it as soon.
I'll frP you this rbldlc to-morrow at noon.
Your little neice, May chrimtian.
White Sulphur Springs, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: We have vacation now. nnd I
am having a delightful time at home, though I
have all kinds of housework to do. I enjoy that
too. Ifone of the corn-ins will send me a paper
pattern of the "Old Lady???s Dreanf?" I will send
a sample of crochet. I have done some that wok
beautiful. I am learning how to draw and am
very fond of It, but don't have much time for It.
Your loving friend, Mary L. Durham.
Woodstock, Gn.
Dear Aunt .Susie: I am seven years old, nnd do
many little things for mania. I nurse little sister,
but when she cries I don???t know what to do with
her. I love to sweep the yards, and can knit, sew
on thc machine aud piece quilt"
Your neice, Lizzie Ca rtek.
Orchard Hill, Gn.
Dear Aunt Susie: We are little friends k and
years old. We have vacation now nnd are spend
ing It together at Carrie???s home, and have a splen
did time fishing and frolicing. We do lots of work
Wash dishes, make beds and sweep. We
to Sunday school every Sunday aud always know
our lessons. We enjoy reading The Constitution,
especially Betsy Hamilton and Our Young Folks.
Your friends,
Addil Vekdery and.C'akrie Rivers.
Chapel Hill, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am eight years old. I am
going to school and love my teacher dearly,
help mama find thc little chickens every morning
ami evening. Your little friend,
Stcarnville, Ga. Patience Z. Hutchison.
Deer Aunt Susie: I am a fanner's son, 11 j-ears
Id. I plow, hoc and do other things on the farm
have vacation now. Father bikes TllECoXiTITU
tion and I love to readO. Y. F. Yours truly,
Philemon Ogletkee.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am 10 yean old and am not
at school now, as we have vacation. 1 made a dress
lor our cook U*t w????k nr??rl, ertty bit by mywIL
M<uo* bud lo brip me a UlUo a* I lud norcr aud*
oh alona batore. 1 low lo nad O. V. T. aad Beuy
Simple Addition.???When Carol Morgan received
one day a letter from her old teacher, Miss
Cameron, proposing to pay her a visit on her way
to Baltimore, she danced up and down for jo>*. It
no wonder to anybody who knew Miss
Cameron that Carol should love her thus dearly
aud now they had not met for a whole year and
half. So the guest-room was put In daintiest
order; Mrs. Morgan saw that tresh muslins were
hung in the windows and her own shaker rock
ing-ebair brought In. aud Carol emptied her little
purse at the florist???s to buy Msss Cameron 1
favorite Marcchnl Neil rosebuds, that were to
greet her, when she entered the room, from the
slender vase on the toilet-table, and the pot of
blooming heliotrope that, standing ou thc
window-ledge, would make the whole air full of
luxury*
It was pleasant to meet her friend at. the train,
and escort her proudly home; pleasant to share
her with the family aud see how they all appre
elated her, from father down to his baby majesty
who hadn???t any name'yet. But when the house
hold was asleep, to sit talking alone with Miss
Cameron, thc door of thc guest-room being shut,
and to keep on in all the delightful recklessness of
hot caring what time It might be???Carol had had
few enjoyments all her life long in which sho had
reveled more. Even in oightccu months a good
deal had happened. Carol could astonish Miss
Cameron wsth unexpected tidings of some who
had been her scholars. M tos Cameron hud uews of
others that Carol hud lost track of. Many
incrty reminiscence made them laugh, and when
Carol???s tears dropped fusion the last letter which
Helena Everett, who died abroad, had written to
Miss Cameron, thc familiar touch of her teachcr???i
around her innde her cry again for the
comfort of it. Then Miss Cameron had been out
to Colorado the previous spring; and Carol's undo
had taken her to thc White Monntuln*. But
when they began on the books they had read, Miss
Cameron, in spite of her interest, caught herself in
unmistakable yawn, and Carol spraug up, saj*-
iug, i>cnitcntly. "1 haven't been thinking at all
how tired you must be. I won't stay another
raipute."
Miss Cameron still detained her as she returned
thc good-night hug nnd ktos. Those loving brown
eyes of hers looked deep down Into Carol???s eager,
pink faee. " You look well and happy," she said;
nil's well with you then, isn't It?"
"1 sOppose so," answered Carol, slowly; but sho
sighed and grew a little pale. A sort If worried
look came over her face.
1 haven't the least thlhg to complain of," sho
went on, frankly. "I haven???t any elegant miser-
Don???t you remember Clementine Smythc,
and how Charlie Brock used to mock her drooping
aud her sighing, nnd say that she kept elegant
miseries Just as her auut kept poodle dogs? I
have good time, and everybody to kind to me,
and 1 cau do just as all the girls do; but???but, after
all, dear miss Cameron, I???m dreadfully afraid I
don't amount to much, and that???s my trouble."
Haven???t you enough to busy yourself about,
then?" Asked Miss Cameron.
Oh! it isn't that my time hangs heavy," re
plied Carol. "In the house there to always plenty
of work???you may trust his majesty for that???and
've only one servant, you know. Then, out
ride, there are so many of bs girls that, between
German classes, clubs, mission circles, little
parties, fairs, and so ou, sotnct!??ng Is continually
hurrying me. But I don???t feci satisfied lately. I
enjoy it all, and still, as I said before, 1 know I
don't amount to much. I havo a guilty feeling
that somebody ought to come along, take Carol
Morgan up and shake her, und then harness
her iuto some missionary work that's really worth
while."
Maybe I???m thc one," returned Miss Cameron,
gravely; "so go and sleep peacefully, ray child,
tor if 1 am l shall surely do it."
The loving browu eyes, without seeming In the
least to spy upon Carol, after this watched her
attentively. TBoy lost no look noa motion of
Carol's, for Mis* Cameron wa* making a stud of
the thing.
Carol was not a remarkable girl. She was a
rank, warm-hearted, wholsome oue, who told the
truth, liked to share iu whatever was going on,
mourned honestly that her hair wouldn???t curl,
and wanted io bo a credit to her Lord and Savior,
because Ae saw plainly that he had a right to ex
pect it of her.
She was always down stair* promptly in the
morning. "For I wake early," she explained.
and my sister is not nearly as strong as I am."
So she naturally attended to the dusting of thc
sitting-room, brushing up the hearth, and setting
the breakfast table-garnished alsa, whenever a
leaf or a flower could be had, with lu morning
bouquet. She liked to be active. It was no trial
to her to run up stair* for something her mother
had forgotten, or go down town on an errand for
Sue. or t arry her father's mail to the postoffice.
And she took such Interest In everything interest
ing to the rest that her eider sister Sue sometimes
complained bitterly. ???Positively Carol wastes her
time abominably," she would say; "she???ll stand
listening to Dick???s description of his ball match by
the half hour together. As If it were any account
about his ball match, yon know! And when ped
dlers, or book agcnU, or beggar* come to thedoor,
actually I dread to bare Carol the one to attend to
them. She will listen, she will get interested and
throw away time on them as much as on people of
some consequence."
lf hto majesty fretted. It was the most natural
thing In the world that Carol should throw by ber
Kensington Hitch and rattle off Mother Goose
rhymes to amuse him???yard after yard," as Dick
declared disdainfully. "For my part, 1 never
could tee," added Sue, ???how any sane creature
could either team or remember Mother Goose."
But hto Majesty adored Mother Goose, all the
practice, and she never would sing unless the piano
and her throat were ln perfect tune. She shivered
over incorrigible Carol, who would oblige anybody
at any time, be it her father who wanted the old
hymn tunen on Sunday nights, or Dick asking a
rong. "Because I???m the kind that practice make*
no difference with, and as to my voice, I have so
little that It* at nobody's service," she apologized.
Miss Cameron heard of her, therefore, as slipping:
into the organist's vacant seat in emergencies, or
serving as a modest accompanist when more dlie-
tingutobed ones failed.
"The handiest little person to hove round," nod
ded one observant lady across to Miss Cameron,
upon such an occasion.
Thc brilliant girls of Carol???s set were officer* iu
the different societies to which site belonged, and
often showed real executive talent as leader*.
Carol never set up a way of her own. She only fell
in with thc way of somebody else, and sometimes
meekly confessed, ???I don't amouut to anything
particular here, either."
But really >-ou have no Idea, Miss Cameron,???
remarked the anxious president of the cooking
club, "how valuable the comfortable member of
a club to???that one, like Carol, who don???t set lip
views of her own, nor aspire to criticise, but i*
always good natured and willing to approve, to
fall in and to help out."
Nobody was afraid to ask Carol for any aid or
favor. She carried burdens to nnd fro, or under
took errands continually that, though homely or
trivial In themselves, made her step quick with
desire to accomplish, her face bright with hope to
help as she went.
"Doyou know my girlfriend, Carol Morgan?"
asked Miss Cameron oi an invalid lady on whom
she was calling.
No; butj'ou don???t know what real good she
does me," replied the invalid; "I sec her pats every
day, and she looks so happy, stroug and bright
that, bless her! many a languid hour has lost Its
gloom at thc sight of her. I???ve often wondered lf
she knows how much good she can do by Just
carrying that cheerful, healthy face through the
world."
???I will axk her," responded Mtos Cameron, soft
ly-
Ou Saturday night she sat alone with Carol
again. It was in Carol???s own room, and the girl
counting up tho Sunday school money, of
which she was treasurer.
At last the long, slim column of her sum In sim
ple addition was completed, and she folded her
bunds behind her head rather wearily for u mo
ment before she went on to add It up.
Well, so it goes, Miss Cameron," she said,
thoughtfully. "My life 1s all about like this that
you see???u little music, a little Kensington, some
dusting, some mending, some nt
tendance on hto Majesty, calling aud receiving
culls, going to lectures, concerts, clubs, or parties,
and doing as everybody does. But Isn???t It true
that, after all, I don???t amount to anything? I don???t
have time to amouut to any oue thing. I???m not
fit to be a city missionary. It don???t seem to be the
thing for me to give all my goods to feod thc poor,
cither. Aud yet I did want, I did mean to ainouu
to something, for???for?????????
"I know it; for Christ's sake," said Miss Camer-
tenderly, takiug up thc sentence where Carol's
oice faltered. She drew Carol???s head down Into
her lap. and, stroking the rather rough hair that
would not curl, continued:
???My dear little true heartl???ve watched your rare*
fully, aud now you may take my word for it, you
have no need to blame yourself. You say that you
don???t amount to anything. Very well. It is only
because you aro uot added up yet. Here on this .
sheet of paper is your long row of figures, waiting
be put together. None of the numbers separately
lurge, but there are so many that you
can see the sum of them combined will be no iu ~
considerablc one. Now, by dohig the duties near
est you, taking them just as they come, In this
patient, cheerful way of yours, Carol, you are set
ting down the figures that will make a noble total
when j'otir life to added up in the end. That time
not come yet. You can trust Him to do it accu
rately, and at thc right hour, who never makes
many mistakes. To carry a blithe face, to lend
ready hand, to have au Attentive car, a quick sym
pathy, to be faithful to all the minor claims of
life, these seems to you dtocouroglngly small
thlngsln ono who wants to live os Christ lived.
But do you only go on iu painstaking with these
parts of hto ways,??? as fast as He gives them to you,
and wait till Ho shows you some day what you
amount to. Remember you are only lu process now
like you sum here; you are not finished; so be fair
yourself, as st. Paul was fair. ???Yea, I Judge
not mine own self,??? he says. Walt till the full time
comes, and you are 'complete to Him'???the tiny
ministries, tho humble efforts all counted in with
Hto great and sufficient merit."
???Oh! how beautiful you make it!" cried Carol,
with an irrepressible sob of relief. "1 knew I pre
ferred to be Christ???s, but I was growing terribly
frightened lest I might be mistaken; because I
couldn???t see that I was helping anybody, ami Ho
helped people all the time. 1 wanted to be doing
work to help and comfort, too."
My child, it to by what the heliotrope Is, not by
anything it moves from its place o i the window
sill to do, that ray whole chamber to penetrated
with perfume. It is what you are that will make
you valuable and useful; for, as has been truly
said, 'No man or woman of the humblest sort can
really be strong, gentle, pure and good without
thc world being better for It, without somebody
being helped nnd comforted by the very cxlstcnco
that goodness.??? "???Christian Union.
Sue was a fine musician, on the scientific plan.
Why he Moved.
Moving again, Fits?" asked Pullet, as Kite
goober came out of the gate with a stove pipe
tightly clasped in his arms and trailiug a mirror
behind him.
Yet," moaned the afflicted man, gouging a
of soot out of hto can, and swabbing hto per
spiring brow. "Pm going to leave this hole."
What for, don???t like the neighborhood?"
'Oh, no, not that; thc neighbors are all righb"
Water aint good, maybe."
No better can be found in Atlanta,"
The rent hasn't been raised has it?"
No, and that???s the reason I???m going to seek all-
other residence.???
'What!" exclaimed the surprised Pullet, "mo
ving from a place because the rent has not been
raised; surely you don't object to that, Fits?"
No, I do not." sadly replied Fitz, os he started
back for a kitchen set of furniture, "but thc rent
ing agent does, j'ou know."
Couldn't Stand Ita
look mad, Plunkett," remarked Pullet;
what's the matter?"
Ob, nothing much; tut I don???t like so blamed
much foolishness oa some people's got in 'em."
Anybody been joking you?"
No, it ain???t a joke; worse than that; if it wax
just a simple joke I wouldn't be so mad."
Well, what was it????
That fool friend of yours," angrily howled
Plunkett, ???circulated a report that there was small
pox at my house; that he'd seen the sign at roy
frontdoor. Now, I want you to inform your friend
that I can stand almostanything; but when a man
trie* to make out that my nose can???t be distin
guished from a red flag, he's got me to whip???d'ye
catch ou????
Pullet caught on???to the street car???and left him
boiling over with indignation.
A Mail llulldog Killed.
Manning, 8. C??? July 2S.???[Special ]??? A large Rnd
feftirious bull dog was killed near the colored
Methodist church yesterday. It was thought to
be mad and had bitten two colored women and a
small white hoy. None of those bitten nave
shown any signs of madness.
A Georgian in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, July 2A???{Specie.}???Colonel J. P.
Sawtell. of the Cuthbert Appeal. Cuthbert, Ga.,
purchased John J. Littleton's half interest in the
Daily Democrat of this city, and the latter today
retired from editorial control of that paper.
