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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION*. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM.
The Home end the Housewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone—'Talks With
Women and About Women.
(Short letter* on Home Topics earnestly solicited.
Writ* “Woman* Kingdom 1 'on one corner of the
eurdopj
Wa sieves truly appreciate a blessing until
ere are deprived of it. And in nothing is this
truth more fully verified than in losing our
health. We think we are grateful for strength
and freenws from pain, but 'we cannot tell
how great the blessing is until we are laid upon
a bed of sickues*, or pass long and wearisome
nights when slcep'ls far from us. Then we
think of tho days when we were bright and
well, and wonder why we did not appreciate
more fully the great boon «f health I Not
many years ago wo had a homo in the lovely
city of 8avannah, and at that time was quite
an invalid. For months wo never left our
couch unless lifted Irotn there to the bed. In
the spring afternoons this couch was drawn
before an opeu window that overlooked the
beautiful promenade of Bull street, and how
often did we look at the hundreds who passed
to and fro, bouyant with health and strength,
and think what a blessed privilege it was to
walk; and we would often wonder how msny
of that bright, happy throng over gave a
thought to the hundreds of invalids, who
were tbon on beds of suffering, and shut up
away from the world and all its doings.
These reflections have been called for.tb from
reading ot a society at the north called the
"Shut-in-Society,” established for invalids,
and it was originated in this way: In January,
1877, ft lady originated tho society and gave It
this name. She had been abut in fur three
yeara# when she begau to pray that abo might
find aomc one shut in as she was to whom she
might write ami do good to, and receive good
from, She soon found one correspondent, of
whom shetpoke as ”a dear little maiden, who
is seldom taken out into the sunshine, and
never stands upon her foot.” But she wanted
others, and resolved tocontlnuo to "seek to do
good to others snd broaden their lives as well
as hers.” And so she continued until the lit*
tlo circle increased, until now there are nearly
2,000 members. "To be a sufferer, shut in
from tho outside world, constitutes any one a
member ot Ik is socloty, which has neither by*
laws or constitution. It is simply an agency
to give and receive diversion of thought, com
fort and cheer, by sending and receiving let
ters and other tokens of remombrenoe.” Wo
all knowhow much pleasure the receiving of
p letter gives us, and if wo hear of a friend or
relation who Is sick, how our heart gojS’out to
them, and we at once, if we are away from
them, feel we must tend them a line of aym*
pntliy and lovn. Ho we can imagine tho gr.*at
delight a poor, deeppndept invalid must fool
at receiving suoli letters.' In this society thero
is a regular printed list of all the piombori,
and each one is at liberty to writo to any ono
on the list or all. They have a monthly callod
tho "Bhut-in-Visitor,” and it is edited by Htj.
Kate fiuraiftr llurr, Walworth, Now York,'an I
to her all inqulrioa concerning the aocUty
should bo addressed. Borne of the letters in
this monthly are very touohing, and appeal
greatly to our sympathies, ilow many s(ck
and weary invalids we have near and arouh l
us. Let us try and cheer aud alleviate them
all wo can. And abovo all, let us daily thank
God for the blessing ot health, and pmjr for
humble submission to His will, should sickness
and distress come upon us.
A. Now Ilosn and JoHHitmino.
1 »*w an aocount not Iona ago of soint new Bow-
4 rs that I Intended to tell my lady readers about.
H e rote was Introduced hut winter, but on ao
count of the small slock used for propagation,oaly
a few ruses were to tic had occasionally, which, of
course, kept them at enormous prices. Ureal pre
parations aru UdiiR made now to supply the cut
flower trade with an ample quantity of this glori
ous rose. It la called tho “Sunset" rose. In
autumn its petals toko on the tints of the "Indian
auaunersuuM l." aud aa the rose hules Its colorsof
amber, aniimt snd crimson deeper, especially at
tbc heart, which Is the horizon of the (lower. To
show how valuable this beautiful flower is esteem-
cd, there Is a new green house being built on
Jersey City heights, over three hundred loot long
aud twenty Ivet wide, to grow the new tea ruse,
"Butset.” This houso, which Is mainly of glass
and Iron, will cost, when completed, six thousand
dollars.
A new Jessamin® appears which will create a
sensation among those .who appreciate tho fairness
and sweetness of Ibis flower, .lt-ls not as dellcato
In form as the I. Urandlflorum, but la about the
same shape; It Is heavy, white and waxy, like
Btrplisuotls. Its fragrance Is delightful, and IU
foliage a dark polished croon.
Mush and rep silks woven together In stripes,
plaid and figures of all shapes, and alao long plush
in figures upon short plush background will bo
worn by those who can afford them.
Handkerchiefs are used to match the dress In
coloring and design, so that If the dress is trimmed
with rose-bud embroidery, rote-buds should re-sp*
pear in the border of the handkerchief.
Rough block straw bats or bonnet, arranged with
feathers are the most fashionable head-gear, in
deed a rough black straw that will bo worn until
the snow falls Is the fancy, If not the frenxy, of
the time.
The /all will soon be upon tit, and as ft bar boon
such a remarkably cool summer, wo have reason
to suppose that an early fall will be the result.
Thero arc already a few items of fashion out. Dent
orcst’s Monthly says; "Arcadia velveteens for
walking dresses will be much used.”
Some of the new colors are "mushroom
gray," (which blends exquisitely with pale blue,
palenmbcrand other delicate tin ts;)"moonstonc,"
a spiritual shade of blue, lavender blue that has a
tint of wood color showing through ft; "nar-
bonne honey” Is a delicate shade of yellow that la
toned by brown, and Is exquisite with ciel blue
trimmings; "cblnney—sweep gray"—“aquatic
green," and the "leas of wine," are among the new
tints af the season to fjc seen in gros grains, satins,
velvets, cloths, camel's hairs, albatrom cloth, cash
meres aud other woolen.
Good Humor.
A lively and agreeable man has not only tho
merit of liveliness and agreeablenets himself, but
that also of awakening them in others.
Modi makes all things difficult, but industry all
assy; and ho that riaeth late must trot all day, and
shall scarce overtake hla builness at night; while
laziness travels so slowly that poverty aoon over
takes him.—Frauklln.
Common speakers have only ono let of Ideas,
and one set of words to clothe thorn in; and these
are always ready at the mouth. Ho people come
faster out of church wheu it is almost empty than
when a crowd is at the door.—s wilt.
The way to wealth is as plain as the way to mar
ket. It depends chiefly on two words-industry
aud frugality; that Is, waste neither time nor
money, but mako the best use of both. Without
Industry and frugality nothing will do, and with
them everything.—Franklin.
Gaycty is to good humor as animal perfumes to
vegetable fragrance. The one overpowers weak
spirits, die other recreates aud rcvfvcs them. Gay
cty seldom falls to give some psln; good humor
boasts no faculties which every ono docs not
believe In his power, and pleases principally by
uot offending.—Johnson.
Belllshness.
The highest form of Christian life U self-denial
for the good of others.
Mtlabnem withers the hoart prematurely and
makes a young man old, while a kind and benev
olent life keeps the heart young and makes old age
flourish liko a palm tree. Generous age Is deserteJ
neither by God nor man. Its own kindred and
coequals may grow few, but stranger* perform tbs
part ol kindred, and youth delights to blend Ui
morning beams with ths rich sunset of a benevo
lent life.
Gratitude and affection smooth tottering steps
and lighten the inflrmltlea of the merciful man,
God and all the good angels aro with him. Tho
rulta of his charity, In part, romaln to refresh and
nourish him till his change comes, while those not
to be found on earth are garnered for him in
biavcn.—Ex.
Usolhl Knowleilgo,
Florida Watix.—Alcohol twelve quart*, evonce
of lemon one ounce, essence of Portugal one
ounce, essence of lavender two ounces, ornenco of
cloves two ounces, canella one-eighth of ail ounce,
water five quarts.
PnrvMKav.—Spread fresh, nnsalted butter on
two plates of the samoalze. Then fill one plate
with roses, Jessamine, violets or any flower you
wish. Turn tlio other plate over It and lot it stand
for twenty-four hours. Then scrape off the butter
from tho plate and put In somo alcohol. Cork
tightly, and I think you will not want to buy auy
more cologne from the drug store.
A Good way to Build a OHuroh,
A little girl out west originated an Interesting
arbrme for building a clmieh. Her name was
llattle fcncll, and she Is only thirteen years old.
The Episcopalians were attempting to raise the
money in their town to build e new church, aud
llattle took a great Interest In the project. Mhe
conceived the plan of obtaining aid from
statesmen at Washington, tthe wrote letters to
nearly everybody wboee name appears in the con
grcwloaol directory, asking each to contributes
few bricks, list plan was so novel and her Utters
were written la such childish ingenlousnese that
the responses were Urge. Among the contrltm
tors* were President Arthur, all the members of
the cabinet. General Sheridan, vice President K t-
monds, tpeaker Carlisle, many of the senators,
and a Urge number of congressmen. Now she pro
poses to sell Um autographs which accompanied
the eontrUmtlons, and will be able thereby to
more than duplicate the sum she received. Ho
nsinh for little beginnings. What a pleasure It will
be to this little girl to think of the many bricks
she was able to contribute to the building ol this
cbnwh wftl stand as a monument o
usefuln<
Velvet aid camel's hair di
Combination.
Fall FushionM,
will be worn la
Godey’s Lady's Book recommends arced la vel
veteen ter children's suits.
English fabrics, snsh os doth, tweeds and senpt,
will be universally worn In brighter cr mow pro-
uoanced colors than last season.
Bridesmaids wear with their oostnmes the white
t make them more effective by
Plain Velvets will never loose their post of honor,
and they deserve It. They will bo worn In full
dress with shoulder capes of the same.
Camel's hair, undressed cashmere, laly's cloth
or am lighter textured goods develop into pretty
autumnal customs® for liute girls.
Much braiding in all the wkUhsol woolens In
combination of color os well as la stagte shade*
that are sharply unlike the Und of Ibf fabric.
Colored Jcvmjs will bJTvery mad® w«frn again
this faU and winter, and for cool crttttngs and
Hunky Hoar.-Cut thin two pounds of yellow
soap Into a saucepan, occasionally stirring It till It
Is melted, which will be In a few minutes If the
water Is kept boiling around it, then add g quar
ter of a pound of lioucy, three pennyworth of
true oil of cinnamon; let it boll together another
six or eight minute*; pour out and stand It by till
the next day, It is fit then for Immediate use.
HrtcsD Bosks.—Gather rosqlet vet and get yon an
old ginger Jar, fill with alternate layers of rqse
leaves, salt aud spices; firetalayorof root leases,
then a little raft sprinkled in, then rose leaves and
ground spires, cloves, elnnsmon and allspice, and
then rose leaves and so on until your Jar Is filled.
Piece in yonr parlor or sitting room and cover
tightly, wheu you have a visiter and wish your
room perfumed, Just remove the cover, aud in a
tew moments tho aroma will fill the room.
"Woman unit Truth.”
The following is an extract of a speech delivered
some yean ago by Judge James 8. Hook at the
commencement of Oglethorpe college in Atlanta.
It Is now going the rounds of tlie press:
“Women and truth. There thoy are. Behold
them. Look at the delicate aud softening shsdas
and mellow lights that present them on the glow
ing canvas. The picture is heautlful to contem
plate. In the first we behold "the last and best"
of God’s created Intelligence—exquisite In her
Innocent beauty, matchless in her varied attrac
tions, and with a countenance gleaming with the
reflected glow of that inner light that ever illu-
mines her trustful, steadfast heart. And tn the
other we see the white-robed angel, radiant and
sublime, the bright eflluetice of the uncreated
essence of the eternal mind, whose life Is Immor
tal, whose ultimate triumph ts certain, and whose
'dsysare the yean of God.* Woratn has not been
unmindful of either her duty or privilege in this
regard; but through all times. Masons and vkUal-
tndee-aye, even when oppressed by cruel neglect
or heartless tyranny-she has disdained the false
and honored the true. Yes! In the choicest reve
lations which Impartial history ha/ vouchsafed
to us, she steads forth an au*d of light In the
checkered drama of actual life; cheering and
blessing with the sweet iasplratton of herlovet
devotion and beauty! Through all tho mutations
of time, amid all tha conflict* of earth, whether
(n the tfcM ot carnage, at the forum, (n the senate
chamber or the church, her pore spirit has ever
emerged, to allay the terrors ol the suite, direct
and u-straia ambition, eliminate error, aad exalt
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Instruction and.Entertaln-
ment of the Boys and Girls Who
Head The Constitution.
[In writing for this department,write plainly, on
one side of your paper,and put "Oar Young Folks”
on one comer ol your envelope.]
I ecus vacation Is over for most of yon, and
yon are back at school once more, so I’ll send you
a gome that will be nice for yon to play with your
school mates. I would not be surprised if
some of you hare bad to "go foot” some times
without enjoying It very much, bat I hope you
will find this nicer, as It Is
"LAVOR AND OO FOOT."
Draw a long mark on the ground—idect your
partner for the game and plaae her on one side ot
the line—yon standing opposite and about five
feet apart. When tha two line* have been formed,
let a boy go all down the line of boys whispering
each one a question to ask his partner, and a girl
down the other line telling the answers. When
they have finished, the couple at the bead of tho
lines most step up to the mark, the boy ask the
question and the girl answer It throe times with
out smiling or laughing. II either laughs they
"go foot.” “AUMTSUSIR/
Our letter Sox.
• pear Aunt Susie: I am going to school near home
this year. Last year I went to Alabama to school
and staid from January to September without
coming home. The antwor to Ola Palmer’s riddle
Is a huckleberry. Tell Lizzie Hobart® that Dr. Tal-
mage Is a Cumberland Presbyterian.
Your friend, Esima Pmicm,
Ringgold, Go.
Dear Aunt Basle: I am fourteen years old snd
lire on a farm. I am staying with my aunt now
and going to school to a nice teacher. Papa takas
Tuk Constitution, and I love to read It, espeolally
O. Y. F. and Betsy Hamilton.
Yonr friend, Cakkik Gang.
Chattooga Co., Go.
Dear Aunt Suite: I have Just returned from a
visit to my sister in Henry county, where I .had a
delightful time. The crepe In that county are
very fins, and watermelons are plentiful. I with
my cousins Nannie apd Ann'© Starke would
write to you. Your little friend,
Falrbura, Ga. Lima Las.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am eight years old to-day,
and mama's birthday present to me was a gold
pin. I go to school two and a half miles with
Undo Willard, aud can read right well. I am so
delighted when papa gets his Constitution and
reads me Onr Young Folks and Betsy H.
Yonr little niece,
MoaatrUle, Go. Sorau May Harman.
Dear Aunt Susie: lam eleren years old. I've
worked in the farm all the year, but am going to
school now. 1 love my teacher and am learning
fssL J hare a pair of fine hounds that I am goJng
to tiain to run deer.
Yonr little friend, Uowa*d Harris.
Cullman Co., Ala. '
Dear Annt Suite: I am twelve years old sud am
going to school." I love my school mates aud
teacher dearly. I love my mountain home
"Where the skies are blue,
And the hearts are true.”
Tap* takes Tin Coxnmmox, and wo cannot do
without It, for it gives us all tho news from our
old home. Your niece,
Cullman Co., Ala. Eva Harru.
Dear Annt Soafe: I think "Hannah aud Dinah,"
should have said In their letter in reference to a
possible partnership In a dairy business where
their camp-meeting was to he held, and when.
They ought also to hare glrcn me their names, as
1 fear they would have objected if I had gone all
over tho camp grounds asking for "Uauush and
Dinah." m
Tell Loud la Whiten I think she would be a nice
partner, and ask her to write again.
I think Tn* Constitution Is perfect since ft has
gotten its new press. I woftder what will be Its
next change? Your friend,
Locust Grove, Henry Co., Ga. Paul.
Dear Aunt 8tulc: I am ten years old. I'spa Is a
farmer and raises cotton, corn, potatoes, peanut®
and strawberries. I have four brothers and one
sister. Tell Eva Brannon the msu in her riddle
was named "I.” ■ Your lUtlo friend,
BJnggoid, Ga. Audi* UaxsN.
Dear Annt Susie: I km eight yarn old, and have
one brother and sister. Ws do uot take Tut Con
stitution, but Grandma Witt doff, amt we read It.
llama Is the postmistress at Uot House, and papa
glow from the store, qpd both were conscious of
sense ot hopefulness.
"Now—whst can you do?" demanded Aunt
roily, whirling around In her chair so as to face
"We hadn't got so Ur a* Unit when you came
in," replied Hetty: "I suppose we must do what
other people do In the same circumstances.”
"Whst's that?”
"Teach something, or sew, I suppose."
"Sewing's slow itarvstfon la my opinion, unless
you’ve got a machine, which you bayn’t, and not
much better then. What do you know that you
con teach?"
"Not much,” replied Hetty, humbly,while Della
added, hesitatingly: “We could teach children
their letters, perhaps."
"I presume you could," responded Aunt Polly,
dryly. "But though you mayn't know it perhaps,
there are about fifty women in this town can do
the same, aud who mean to do It. And most of
'em havo got the start of you in one way or an
other, so what’s your chance worth? No, girls,
sewing and teaching are played out. My advice to
you is, to think up something you can do better
than other people-tjiat's what gives folks a real
wish the cousins could s
Your lUtlo friend,
Uot House, Os.
i dogs that
JBfNic Witt.
the truth whose fhvorite Interpreter she has ever
A Sad Casa.
From the Boston Globe.
"•fa. My HU* t'tary Burapey—Hew has It been
getting on store Its Freddie left? Does it kiss Its
little sweet self for It® Freddie every two tree min-
vae U said it would? It won't forgot to meet
its Duckay at tha car station to savin* o'clock this
evening? Please don't. Bump oo, bite oo. kiss
oo, spwen oo, pound oo (at head oo the wall.
_ stages*4a somewhat freqieut dts
"I0119 engagement." It U a sad —
formerly known to the i
i* writer as a bright young
prison. The doctors only hold out one hope now.
They 4o say a good dosa ol marriage will cure him.
"Bumi>ey ,r Is a girl called by »*ne people, *tFan-
sic.”
Storied With oLucky Number.
Fn m the Kentucky State Journal
I hear Gall Fisher, who left here a few months
ago, is asanted and living in Indianapolis. Did
ha many walir*
"Oh, yea; he married welL He was will when
be ’5Stekf»*. I mean did he get a good start by
»iM,iSSSAffi-
tUrt. II. unM .
A Small Ileslnnlac.
A Uttle ground-floor room,»lllllo Are in aiin.ll
Move, burning dull, u Arc. wo apt to do .t tlmoi
„ hen their bluo m Ight bo worth MNuatblog In th.
w.y ot chtor; outdoor, the raw gray ol ■ tprlug
thaw; on th. window wot ttroglrb crouched to
gether, end looking out with twee he dUconwlete
u the weother. Such wu the ploture preeonted
nt No. 13 Farewell street, three yean ego but
March.
•The Wlllctte." a» tho neighbor, celled thorn,
ruing the collective phnue, were twin., and Just
eighteen ymn old. Bearing to cteh other eren a
stronger p.rsoo.1 likeness then twine customarily
possess, they were lu other points curiously un-
like. Della wes raft end clinging. Holly vigorous
aud tell-reliant. Pella loved to ha guided; Uetty
to guide; the lormer bad law Independent views
and opinions, the latter was brimful ol Ideas and
(anrlra, plana and purpoaes, some crude, some
foolish, but ell her own.
A question etaorbed them now, end a perplex
ing one; how they were to lira, namely, and to
keep together while doing oo. which meant pretty
near the tamo thing to them both. Omndmother'e
death had left them with to very, very Utile—her
aunulty died with her. Them wu the old home,
the plain, worn furniture to which they had been
accustomed all their line, and about 9100 s year!
tVbst oould they do with that?
“If one ot us only happened to be otoc,"
aighed Della. "If 1 oould only paint pictures, or
you bad a lalcut for writing, how easy It would
be."
••I don’t know u to that,” responded Hetty.
4 'fleams to mo 1'vo heard of people who did Ihoo.
things, and yet didn't And It so mighty easy to get
alone. Somebody's got to buy th. picture. .Iter
Ihey’rt palntr.1, you know, and read th. brake aud
pay for them."
She spake In absent tone, and her brow wu
knitted Into the Utile frown which Della knew
betokened that her twtu wu puis ting hard over
something.
"Don't frown; U'll spoilyourforehead.”said
she, smoothing out tho objectionable frown with
"Wa» I scowling? Well, never mind, I’m trying
to think, Italy. You ean't paint and I can’t write.
The question U, What can we do?”
"That is the question," said a vote© at tho door.
It was Aunt Folly's voicoh 8h# managed on most
day* to drop in and "giro a look to them, tho
lonely little rreeiuxx” as ah© would havo express
ed it.
"You're consultin', X soo,"sho said, taking tn
tho situatkra at a glance; the dismal loom, tho
depressive and tearful cheeks of th* two girls, tho
tack ot comfort and cheer.
"Well, It's time yon did. I was planning to bar*
a talk with yon before long, for yon ought to settle
to something, rull tho blind down, Dely, and
Hetty, you light the lamp, and coma to tho fir*
both of yon. and let’s ate what wo can moke of ft
It’s a tangled skein enough. 1 don't deny It: but
most skeins aro that, and there's always a right
end somcwhece^ If the Lord’ll glvnm tense enough
to get hold of U aad keep on pulling out and
winding np."
Presently tee girls wort seated ctoae to Aunt
Polly's rocking choir. Tho room looked more
cheerful now with the tamp lighted and the ynUov
chance! Now, what Is there?"
"There Isn’t anything I can do better than other
people," cried the dismayed Delia. "Nor Hetty
either—except make ginger bread/’ she added,with
a faint little laugh. "IleUy beats everybody at
that, grandmother always said.’
"Very well; make gingerbread then. That'
your thing to do," said Aunt Polly.
Hetty looked at her with incredulous eyes,
"You’r not in earnest, are you?" ahe said.
"Iam. In dead earnest.”
"But, Aunt Tolly, gingerbread! Such a little
thing as that! Who ever heard of a girl’s doing
such a thing."
"All the better If they never did. A new trado
bis a double chance. Aa for the 'little,' great
things often comes from small beginnings. For
tunes havo been made out of gingerbread before
now, I'll be bound, or if not that, outof something
no bigger. No, Hetty, depend upon it, if your
gingerbread Is best, folks will want It And if
your teaching or sewing is secoud best, they won't.
It’s the law of human nature, and a very good law,
too, though it cuts the wrong way sometimes like
ail laws."
"Aunt Polly, you’re a genius," cried Hetty,
wanned into sudden glow by this vigorous com
mon sense. "I can|raake good gingerbread, and
It’s Just as you say, neither of us knows enough to
teach well, and we are both poor hands at sewing,
and we should have a much better chance if we
tried to do what we can and not what wo can’t.
Why shouldn't X make gingerbread? Dcly'd help
me, and if folks liked our things and bought thorn,
we could live and keep together. Wo could mako
a kind of shop of this room, couldn't wo? What
do you think?"
TIsn’t a bit a bad place for such a trade," said
Aunt Polly, slowly, measuring tho room with her
eyes. "Belngon a corner is an advantage, yousco;
and thcre’a that double winder on the street gives
a first rate chance to show what you’ve got to sell.
I nover did see no use In that winder before. My
father, ho had it cut for a kind of whim like, and
we all thought it was notional In him; but, as they
say, keep a thing long enough and a use’ll tura
up. It’s a sort of gain for you, too, having tho
house so old-fashioned. Folks has a hankering for
such things nowadays, tho Lord knows why.
hear 'em going on nbotli It when I'm out tailorin'
calling ugly things 'quaint,' and lovely, because
they're old. Hetty," with sudden Inspiration,
"here’s au Idea for you, be 'quaint!' Don’t try for
a shop, keep the room a room, and mako it as old-
fashioned-looking os you can, and I'll beta cookie
that your gingerbread’ll be twlco os popular with
one set of folks, and if it's first-rate gingerbread,
the other set who don’t caro for old things will
Ukc It Just os well.’
M hat a bracing thing Is a word in season! Aunt
Polly's little seed of suggestion grow and spread
like Jock's fabled beanstalk.
"Your light biscuits always torn out weU,’* sold
Della.
"And my snap*. Grandmother always liked
them so much. And you've a good hand at loaf-
bread, you know. Aunt Tolly, I scorn to smell a
fortune in tee air. We will begin at onco, just as
aoon as I can get a half barrel oj flour aud put an
advertisement in tho paper."
Hetty had a ready grit, aud Aunt Ifolly's hint aa
to "quaintness" was not lost upon her. The ad
vertisement when it appeared tho next day but
one ran thus:
"After Monday next, the Old Time Bakery, oor-
ncr of Farewell and Martin streets, will bo pre
pared to furnish, to order, fresh bread, buns, bis
cuits, and grandmother’s gingerbread, all home
made.
People smiled over the little notice, but tho odd
wording stuck In their memories as odd thlnp
will,and more than one person went out of his way
during the next week to take a look into tho
wide, low window, within which, on*a board,
nankln-rovered shelf, stood rows of biscuits, light
anrohlte, buns, each glazed with shilling amber
brown, aud loaves of glugerbread who®o complex
ion aud spiel 1 were enough to vouch for their ex
cellence. * Acting on Aunt Polly’s suggestion,
Hetty had set forth her wares on plates of the old
est snd oddest pattern which could bo found Jn
grandmother’s closet. A queer, tall pitcher flanked
them on either side, and round the window frame
she had trained the long, luxuriant shoots of a
potted ivy. Altogether tho eflect wa* pretty, and
»o one need bo told that the pitchers had for years
been consecrated to the reception of yeast and
corks, or that the plates had long sinca been
relegated to kftcheu use as too shabby for better
oocailous.
"Haiut ye no white cfasny V* remarked their first
customer, an old woman, aa she slowly counted
out the pennies for half s dozen biscuit. “It would
Jrind of set your cakes off."
"We used what wo bad," replied Hetty, diplo
matically. "But X hope your biscuits'll taste Just
as good as If they came off a white plate."
This old woman, two others, snd a Uttle boy
were the only customers that first day.
" 'Tlsn’t a bit a good beginning,’’ declared Dells,
pouring the money received out of an old-fash-
loncd china tea caddy which Hetty bad unearthed
in an upstairs closet and brought down to sorve as
a till. “Two dozen biscuits, that's twenty-four
casta, a loaf of gingerbread, and about half ths
buns. That’s fifty-three cents in all. What did
you say the materials cost?"
"About seventy cents. But then wo have our
supper and breakfast out of them, sad nearly half
of the stock to soU at a reduced rate to-morrow.
We shan't lose anything, I reckon; but we shan't
gain much, either."
Rome wasu't built all tn a minute. You'll do
yet,” remarks Aunt Polly, who had'dropped in to
hear tee result of tee first day's sales.
Btft two days, three, a week want by, and still
trade did not materially Improve, and It took all
Annt Folly’s wise saws and hopeful auguries to
keep th sir spirits np. Koch day showed the same
record, no loss, but almost no gain. Towordjthe
end of tho second week matters mended. Mrs.
Corliss, the wife of a wealthy manufacturer, hav
ing an errand In Farewell street, happened to pass
the little window, and btr bric-a-brac loving eyes
were caught at one* by Its unusual appearance^
8b* stopped, studied the whole arrangement from
the ivy wreath to the old pitchers; a rcoollectton
of the droll little advertisement over which she
bad laughed a few days previously came ora her.
X declare, tela is tho very place," ahe sold to her
self, and opening the door she entered; precisely
as Hetty came from tee kitchen through the op-'
poalte door-a hankerchief tied over her shiny
hair,Is white apron with a little ratted waist pro
tecting her print gown, her cheeks flatbed rosy
pink with heat, and in her hands a tray full of
crisp, delectably smelling ginger-snaps.
A teal study—like a Flemish picture," Mrs.
COr Use raid afterward. She fell Inter* at oaee with
tea quaint room, tha pretty statasa, th* old ehlao,
stayed twenty minutes nibbling ginger-snap® and
bought a dollar's worth of
"as she i
evert thin* "on trial." as tee said, aad swept out,
leaving a wakeof rase-colored hope In the air, and
Della and Hetty curating a wild walls behind
h «a{sam»ira.
Hetty.
I it,”
Luck bad turned. Mrs. Corliss raved to every
body she knew about the room, the twin listers,
and tee excellence of the gingerbread. It becatne
a fashion to go to Farewell street for buns and
biscuits. Uetty and Della had to work early and
late to filltbeir orders, but what was that
sewing their fingers off fora bare living!” Hettle
Mid, and toil wu sweetened now by a gradually
increasing profit.
At the end of the first six months they had not
only "lived end kept together,” but hod a little
sum laid by, which, os Annt Polly advised, wu
treated os "business capital," part of It being in
vested In the purchase of on awning for the win
dow and an extra stove to Increase their baking
capacity. Very rarely were there any stale things
left now to be sold next day at half price,
the regular orders and chance custom copsumlng
all.
We shall have to hire a boy to carry things
round, I actually believe,” declared Hetty. Mr*.
Malcomband Mrs. Sayres both sold that they
would order our bread regularly if we could send
it home.”
"I’ve been expecting that would be the next
6tep," remarked Aunt Polly, "and I guess I've got
Just the boy you want In my eye. It’s Widow Cul
len's lad—Sandy, u they coll him. He's a good
little chap, and it'll bo a real help to hla mother to
have him earning a trifle."
So Sandy McCullcn wu regularly engaged as
"bread boy," and business grew brisker still.
"Aunt Polly, we’ve got another notch," said
Hetty, at the end of the first year. "You don’t
happen to know of a girl, do yon, who could help
us in the baking? Delia and I can’t keep up with
the orders. She gets so tired every now and then
that she can’t sleep, and that worries me so that I
lie awake too.”
“That'll never answer; no, I don't know of any
girl; but there’s a nice, kind of an oldish woman,
if ahe'll do, that I’d like to recommend. Yes—I
mean myself," she went on, chuckling at Hetty’s
amazed look. "It's coma to me more than once
lately that it'd be kind of good and restful to
make a change, and not go on tailoring forever,
all the restof ray days. I used to boa muter hand
at bread and pie-crust, too, when I wu your age,
and I've a little saved up which can go with tho
business If it Is needed; and If yon girls say so,
we'U just make a kind of family firm of ths thing.
How docs it strike you?"
"Oh, Aunt Polly, tho very thing, only it seems
too good to be true. Do you really mean It? We
did so hate the Idea of a taw girl to whom we
should hare to teach everything, and who would
spoil half she mode for tho first month, and I’ve
fought It off os long u I could; why, ft will be liko
having grandmother come back to have you living
with us. There’s the wrest room all ready. Dear
m c! How delightfully thi ngs seem to turn out for
us always!"
"That wun't your view always, It seems to mo,”
rejoined A un t Polly. ‘ 'A year ago you wu pretty
down in the monte, if I don't mistake. Ginger
bread Is good for something, you see."
'The Old Time Bakery” still goes on in Farewell
street, but it has grown, far beyond its original
proportions. If you were to visit ft to-day you
would find a room double tho size of the lormer,
and which has been made by taking down a parti
tion wall between the sitting room and the spare
bed room, and throwing them Into one. There
are two windows on tho street now, one fall of
bread, biscuits and buns, the other stored with
Hetty's now famous gingerbread, and with deli
cious looking pumpkin pies and apple tart® with
old-huihioncd flaky crust, which are Annt Polly's
specialty, and have added greatly to the reputation
of tee establishment. Still it Is uot a shop. Hetty,
with wary good tssto, has scrupulously preserved
the "quaint” look which first gave character to the
little enterprise, and by judicious rummaging in
neighbors' garrets has acquired sundry old-tlmo
chairs, bottles, jugs and plattera, which help In
the effect. Everything Is scrupulously clean, and
bright, as all things must bo where Aunt Polly
fUpcrrJzcs, bnt the brightest things in-the room
are tee faces of the twin sisters. They have tested
and proved their powers; they know now what
they cap do, and they taste the happiness ot sue-
2 (ell their little rtory, in which thoro is nothfnr
remarkable or out of the way for the soke of other
girls who, perhaps, aro sitting to-day with fold9d
hands, And puzzling and wondering. Just os Hotty
aud Delia did, over what they arc to do and how
they are to set about ft. 2 do not mean at all that
these girls should all make gingerbread—that, In
deed, would be "overstocking the market," as
Aunt Polly would say, but only that they should
hearken to her words of wisdom, "find out what
they can do best, ami do that," whatever it Is..
Secure that good work, and hearty striving will
win some measure of success, soon or late, even if
Its beginnings aro small and Insignificant aa a gin
gerbread loaf ora batch of bDealt.—Susan Cool-
idgk, In The Congregational 1st.
A llegular Down Kaster.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Some time ago, lu Now Hampshire, on old patri
arch of nfnety-flve winters, was gathered to hla
fathers, and acouplo of temperance elders from a
Massachusetts city j happening to hear of ths cir
cumstance, and thinking it a good opportunity to
pick up facts for a venerable example, watted up
on his surviving relative, a hard-handed old form
er, who was found in his shirt sleeves, leaning
over a five-rail fence, thoughtfully chewing a
wheat straw.
We called to ask you some questions about
our grandfather. He must havo been a remarks-
1c man?”
"Ya-aa—jcaa so; he was a very reg'lar man—"
"Ah. very temperate In hii habit®. I suppose.”
. "Yas; he gen’ly got up 'bout five in summer, 'n*
six in winter, and altars took a glass ofJamaky
rum first thing, 'fore doing his chores.
“What! did he use stimulants?”
’•Hey?”
“Was he addicted toalooholle beverage?”
“No, he wasn't an cdillcatcd man, but he alien
took a little more Jamaky and smoked a pipe Jest
after breakfast—he was a very rcg'tar man, was
gran'slr.”
“Well. I suppose a little liquor might have been
required at bis old age.”
>: Ycs, so gran’slr often said, and This 'levcn
o'clock vu a horn of rum an' molanes, tho’ he
gcn’ly took a little clear sperrit after it Jc®’ before
settiu' down to dinner."
"What! and did not all this dram drinking af
fect hi* health?” *
“Lor* bless ycr.no, but I used to tell him he
lUghten to drink a mug of cider at dinner, but he
said a pipe of nigger head terbaooer arter dinner,
au hla four o'clock grog on’ a Uttle gin an' sugar
afore supper set him all right.”
Great heavens! Why I thought you sold your
milfflihor • r*rr rmmliir ittitn. •
Report of tho Georgia Itnilrond Commissk
—Suggodionn About Amendme
The commissioners par* always thought that
few changes os wo® considered consistent with
public interest, should be raado In the schedule
rates provided for the railroads of the state,
have felt teat 'stability In rates was an Import®
feature to be considered. In prescribing schedu
and making changes therein wo have ever kc
this Important feature In view. This accoun
sufficiently for the very few circulars changl
rates that the commission has found it necessa
to moke since the date of our last report. M u I'
questions arising out of the varied Interests of tl
railroad® and the people have been presented to
commiMlon for Its decision, lu most of th
eases, however, we have uot found it neotas
or proper to order charges of rates. In all si
case® we have not publishe<l tho action o(
commission. We have frequently been cal
upon by the people of other states os well as
our own state for information in reference to v,
action and its results Jn the Dgbt ol experiem
Whatever we have done la shown by the recor—
and papers of this office, which are ai ways op<
to inspection and to which we respectfully Infi
n
Complaints
that the
the courts docs not He from *
cialons and rulings of the commission. This hi
, right
appeal
: «i
in some Instances, been made a pretext for a
sailing tho commission itself. It has been claimt
that tee decisions of the commission were aut
commission were aut
hMdlylhinkitnraorarytocxtl TWMnUracj .
attention to the erroneousne*® ofsuchaelaii 1
So far ns the commissioners themselves are co wc
ccrucd, u far l*ck m M.y, tssl, tn . report, tht
submitted by the governor
the state, they took occasion to ct
attention to this subject. They then felt, a® the
still feel, that the want of tho right of direct a
peal tom their dccUonx greatly Increased the rc t
responsibility. Acting upon thfir conrlctlon th 1
have been ever careful to so rcgulute their co ant
duct in all cases.as to do no Injustice either to t<
railroad* or to the public.
We would not bo understood, however, as I
tending to admit that the right to have the de<
sions of tho commission reviewed by the cour
doc* not exist under the law. Any decision raa-
by thi* commission, which does injustice to
cellcucy’s attention to the I
our last mentioned report:
[The commissioners here
give a fall report
At the summer session c
a bill wa* Introduced luto the house of reprt-v_- -
tativea having for lu object the scttlomeut of th :>e
question. This bill, wc would remark, wa* n C r
submitted to the commissioners before it® lntr
was referred, requested tho commissioners to pr
sent their views ns to the propriety of recommcn o i
ing the bill for rosMge. In response to this i
quest we submitted the following changes in tl , ;
bill for the consideration of the committee, a: 11
Wc have always thought that parties ctalmli
to be injured by a ruling of this commission migt
under the law aa it now* stands, have a remedy
tbc courts. But thi® remedy, at the law w
stands, is not easily available. Hence we have I
vored and still favor suen a change in the taw
would authorize a direct appeal to the courts fro
the decision of the commission. Bat anr 1*
authorizing such change, should be so
the oommtJii
by a frivolous and wanton exercise of that rlgt
Persons familiar with the practice of onr cou
know how cully coses may be continued fro
term to term, and how frequently such contin
anccs result in gross Injustice. In the matter und
consideration such an evil should bo strict
guarded against. Impressed with the importsn
oh this, we do uot hesitate to recommend that
nuperscdciix of our decisions should uot be work
think that great injustice would result from
short delay In toe enforcement of U
commissioners’ rulings. Under tho la
os it now stand* we are required (o publish for
certain period any schedule of rates adopted I
the commit*ion, and pending such publlcatii
such schedule is not of force. Tire period requlr
... .. ... .. atcil by the courts. With prop ...
legal provisions for prompt action snd spee-
hearing before the court, we see no reason wl J*
the right of appeal should uot bo given, so th
complaining parties, whether railroad®, indlrldu
citizens or communities might be allowed toe HP
joy a highly valued constitutional privilege, whJ . ir -
the public Interest 'would not necessarily sufl ^
thereby. But we dudre to press upon your exc M
lcncy the very great importance of having su<
—Ijapmlly decided within the shortest peril
apt* a
of tim
itent with justice to the parth „.y
the practice of the comralv-lone •*.
t their orders requiring publlcatii "
!v dc(
It has been the
to provide that their orders laquiring mHi
shall not go into operation short ol thirty (
days after their adoption. Experience has *ho
to u® tbc wisdom of this practice. This period
time we thiuk sufficient to secure to appesllt Q tl
aartlea their rights In the courts. _
We would therefore respectfully suggest th
any amendment of the law giving tho right of a
Bo"so" guarded "as noY to allow a suspenslcl ...
of the action of the commission fora period Ion
er than thirty day*. We do not venture to su
gest all the special provisions which wo«)d neo rBl
sartly ciTtcr wto legislation on this tub!vet, \\
deem It sufficient that we should very clearly 1 en
dicate to your excellency our opinion as to t tic-
propriety of giving the right of appeal to t! i
courts, and the necessity of incorporating in ,
the law provisions guarding t.
public against the evils which mig
wjMibly result from any attempt to abuse t!
ujyUsfl*.
The commissioners have lmd under consider
lion the propriety of recommending ot
In the law establishing the commustc
grandfather was a very regular roan.
vai< reg’lar am bi»w»,niu
n or two arter supper, and
was scttln' afore the fire over a night-cap of old
Jamaky, smoking hfs pipe, my gran'Tather—” _
"Hang your grandfather! The old msu mast
ve keen preserved in alcohol and tobacco or he
„ould never have lived so long"—and the elders
withdrew, Mtisfied that tney had neither a remark
able illustration nor frigbtfal example to suit
their purpose.
A Divorce Item,
Man Fits," murmured Dan, thoughtfully, as
his face assumed a troubled look, "I'so In a pow*fnl
alto of trubble."
“How so, Dan?”
“Dat ar wife ob mine hab sooed me for a rtroco
and all do money I got, too."
You're mistaken, Dan, eho can't get all of it."
'But dot’s what dodockymint sex,” replied the
negro, pulling ont a roll of paper.
Fits took it, and after ftadlng it, burst oat
laughing:
*£be don't want all of It, Dan; only a port She
Is racing yon for divorce and alfmony."
•Ob. dat's ft, am it. WeU, do ole man’s moughty
glad dat ho called on yon; kaaedat niggah Andrew
read it, an' sea as how It wus for revoce an' aU-o
money.”
Tho old darkey walked away, chuckling merrily.
A Mortifying Mistake.
From the Now York Sun.
-Conductor, will you pleasodeU mo at what tlmo
this train will reach Boston r*
WeU, really, madam, I cannot my,” be replied,
punching her ticket.
“InU it a Uttle singular, sir." she asked, some-
haumrprtscd, "that you cannot give me this In-
s at *:*>.”
* sank back la her scat taortl-
Boston girl, should hive matte
our annual report, which will bo submitted
your excellency prior to the next meeting •' *
general assembly of the state.
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
Tlio End of » Gainesville Elopement J
Allnpalia. *
GAiNfAYiLLE, Ga., September 5.—ISpecIal.l- Tl »n
dispatch from AlUpaha, In Tub CownrUT:
September 1, finds Its solution In this city.
dispatch stated that a man who gave his name
John Jackson, with a woman suppoied to be h
wife, took up their abode In an unoompiod hou
In Altapaha. They were In very destitute
cumstanccs and the woman sick with fever,
citizens of the town furnished them w
1*ddlt)g anil provisions nnd Dr. Fogle ga;
them medical treatment. On the 20th i:L-taut t
woman died, and waa gtaen a decent burial at tl,
expense of the town. 8hewa* of small stater
black eyca and hair, high cheek bone?, and sallo
black eyca and hair, high cheek bone®, and sallo .
-pparently twenty-four or fl
a fall .set at natural teeth
_ „ said »he was his second wl!
they had been
two years: that they .werojj
way f— * '
ront.
nd
that
Jackson county, whereYhey had Im?<
lui-uiTDiu tor the last twelve year* he had jg
near Orange lake, Fla., and thither they
going. The woman stated before her »h :ith th
her name was Lizzie Wilson,
j »»iiMAu, and that of hoi «
posed husband wa* John Little; that he fowl
►erted his family In Hall county and ran off wi<
Three circumstances and this description
recalled Mbs Lena Maguire, who ran away with
man named Jonn C. Little la*t fall. Little left
wife and five children who have the ' ‘ '
tar and leathers.
% good C
A Thrilling Tragedy.
From the Philadelphia Call.
Mrs. Blank-"Ah, ha! Mr. Blank, you said
woman could writ* a good tragedy.”
Mr. Blank—"WeU, 1 say so again."
Mrs. Blank—“Indeed! then Just listen to thi
proved so thrilling that in aootaaacnea tl'- -
Alsoee actually skivered.' Now, uhat hav
to say?”
AUreexy llab/y^
From the St. Louis Republics#.
CydonJa Is tee name gjjg^f <•> an In-liana
who waa born during toe frightful eyebw
Jamacla two year* ago, which swept away vlllag
•nd forests. Th* house inwhieh thorn altar, k
was demolished, all except the four walla ac
ceiling of tire room In which she was.
Not Good on That Road*
From the Boa tea Transcript.
Conductor (contemptuously)—“Wot’® thi
s*nger-"My ticket book.” Conductor-
good on this road.” Ptufcnger, looking at
book, discovers teat ho has har.dnd ont hL» TV
mint by mL-takc—“No, X should say you had
use for H here."
Tali
A Nut for tbe Men of Science to Crack.
t : a. t:. J.. a: . :.•! h.
It b hoped that enough electricity will be gc
(sated at tho Philadelphia Electrical exhibition
start tec Eoeiy motor.
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