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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLAIfTA, GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM
The Home end the Houeewite and Gossip
of the Hearthstone---Talks With
Women and About Women.
[Short tetters o» home loolesearnestly solicited
Write "Woman's Kingdom on one comer ol the
enrelop.)
A I'ussle.
The story.of Pinion. [Fill the upper blank In
each seise with a word which, beheaded, will All
the next blank, beheaded again, will All the
third.]
Ills wood tor the Are itont Simon ,
And when his labor at night he —,
Icicles bans trom the cottage —.
Itctnrnlng across the meadow -<—.
Home before him and forest In —-,
The frost comes nipping, wiping his —.
But on he goes,' and the frost he —-,
Till coining to homo's own pleasant —,
How good Is the supper, stout Hinton —.
He lias only Ms little world to —,
fils farm Is hla own, ft la not on —,
What wonder BImon Is quite at bl* —.
Ills children arc sweet and hla wife no —,
lie laughs at winter with enow and ,
Aud so does bis horse, in blanket —.
•TIs no "Ash story,'' though big aa a —.
The secret of Almon, forehanded and ,
Is Unit he drink*neither whisky nor .
—tV. II. 0., In Charleston Weekly News.
In looking over a western paper, the other
day, I saw a notice of a eampinccting thon in
progress, and a little clause struck me with
much force. Itwnsthis: "To-day will also
be full of internal. It is set opart for tho re
union of tho old peoplo.” There was some-
thing very beautiful and touching to me in the
thought that n certain day was given up to tho
old people. I don't remember of over before
aeelng such n tiling. In tho present iloy thoro
is such a tendency among the young to Ignore
tho old j end they ore too often mado to foci
that they have outlived their day and genera
tion. mid that their time for usefulness has
passed away. Old peoplo ere peculiarly aen-
•lllvc. I remember my own dear mother how
oflrn when naked to come end join the younger
|Kirtinn of the fainilyof an evening, ahowould
keg lo bo left to the qulat of her own room,
and say, "I am afraid of being iu tho way."
Then I could not understand It, and would
feel that it waa over sensitiveness, but now
when aha baa lieen for mony year* a aalnt In
heaven, and my lock# are silvering o'er. Often,
very often, have coma to mo thoao words and
these feelings, anil when surrounded by tho
gsy and young, I have felt tnysolf very much
out of place. It is very seldom that wo ap
preciate tho faalinga of the old. There is
nutliing sadder than to see tho old father and
mother give up their Indopendonl Ufa and he
roine inmates of a new homo with their chil
dren. They nover fool at homo. They are
at a lose for employment, and just feel they At
iu nowhere. I heard an old lady, n few days
ago, apeaklng of a yonng girl. Hho said, "the
ia a lovely girl, and so thoughtful of tho old.
W ky," aha eaya, "aha la at my boarding house
and waa never Introduced lo mo, but onoh
morning aho cornea so sweetly, and, handing
me the morning paper, sake If I would not
like to read It. You don’t know how 1 appre
ciate It. 1 waa an only ohtlil, idolised by my
pnrenta, nml indulged in ovary wish of my
heart, I married a man who devoted hla
whole Ilia to my pleasure anil eomfort. That
alono waa consulted. Now 1 am a widow and
alono in the world with only my children, and
It comes ao hard to be sal aaido mid novor no.
tired.’’ How many old peoplo could giro tho
aanro experience. Bo kind to tho old. Wo
wou't have them with ua Jong, and we kavo
all lo ha brought whore Urey are now. Our
feet will tregil tie same lonely read. Tho
Ulna will camo when wa too will live only on
mrmurlaa of the past. Srf let ns brlghton
their last days and mako them, aa far aa lie In
our jiower, their bast.
Tna Naif pr Misaioaaaia* to Chi a A—The
Christian world seem* bn be more than unusu
ally interested of lata years In lending out
nilsaionarisa lo China. In no country nre tlm
women treated with so little ran poet, and
there are many reasons why they should be
net only Chrlslianlted but cUlUaad. t think
all who read the following account of the be
liefs of a Chinese doctor, and said to be on# of
Intelligence above the average Chinaman, will
agree they need missionaries, lie waa asktd
lo explain a few of his odd methods for con
quering disease. "Kvary sickness,” ha tald,
"la caused ky Nong Y’sav (a disease devil)
and it la the work of the doctor to And out
where Ura devil ia and drive him out. What
you rail fevar—hot akin, dry lips, high pulae,
ia the work of a litUe imp with eight mouths,
each having a hot, scorching broatb. The
Imp gets into the patienl'a stomach by llying
down hla throat, and 1s usually in the air on a
damp day. The little devil la aa Urge aa a
grain of sand, hut when ha gats into the hu
man stomach ha grows to be abtat aa large aa
a bean, lie blows his hot breath into every
vain of the victim, and causes him great dis
tress and tbiral by drinking nil lbs water la
hla stomach. The way to earn the patient ia
to poison Ura imp with a powdtr scraped from
the Intfda of a tree which grows in tha pro
vince of >'oo Chow." lien the doctor exhib
ited some of the powder, which proved to be
either quinine or einehonidia. lie then want
on to say r "Bpasata, or tits, coma from tha
earth devil, a' creature that lives under tha
ground, and aanda n shock into the victim
through hie bet. You will Aud that nearly
all persons whan Arat taken with Ate fall
while walking, but after a white, wbeu the
dreit gate tha victim waakened, the shock can
ha communicated from tha earth, through the
house and Into tha bed. It ia very hard to
run then. 1 cured a man In Canton who hoi
been subject to AU A (lean yuan, by rubbing
tha solas ef Ua bat with bl steered oat ol a
fret’s heart. Opium it a very valuable kelp
in such eases whan taken Internally, beaausc
it makes the paUcnfa bet Itch and prevail i
Ike dev lb bom gaining aa entrance."
Bivaise ia tat Ate or Oaulik.—A party
•( jankee gira quite an intareating account of
lheir visit to OalUee. They found bathing la
the tea of Galilee delightful romps rad with
other places. The Jordan was too muddy for
such purposes. You mow out ao covered with
mad it weald have keen bard to tall than had
ever been water mind with it. Bathing iu
the Headers ia dangtreas to the eyes aud
mouth, and if you have nay rata or tone on
yonr body, exceedingly ua pleasant. Bolt bay
have this ta my efUalileei "Bathing iu Gal-
Use by moonlight, wa are prepared to vela a
great aneceet. Tha eeavaat where westsppad
at JJbriaa, abate apaa the lake near ana of
tha beaches meek frequented by modern Be.
Mmhe. On both ef tha nights which we passed
on the lake shore we took occasion to jirovn
Ihia. Only one thing marred tho perfect en
jovnuntgfind that waa tbo nature of the beach,
which was pebbly Instead of Bandy. It wai
evidently a rare treat for the Rebekalui to wit
ness our ablutions, as they Increased rapidly
in numbers when it became noised about town
that ‘real white men* were in the water, and
they tarried obviously longer than was neces
sary in order to 11)1 their jars."
Was m CiiiVA.—As a usual thing ladies are
great tea drinkers. Where you find one man
fond of tea you will find a half dozen ladies.
Such being the ease, the present indications of
war between Frapce aud China are of sorious
import to the ladies. Foo Chow, Amdy and
Shanghai are the three important ports from
which we get our supplies of tea, and already
in New York the rejmrt that France had de
clared war against China has created great
apprehension in the tea trade of tho city, and
the price of tea will go up. An old Importer
in Front streetiays: "Tho price of toaa and
silks, and other Chinese goods, will materially
advance." But wo will hope that tho war
will not really bo declared, and that tho pres
ent little “unpleasantness” will soon corao to
an end.
Household Notes.
Brass orasnents may bo cleaned by washing with
rock alum which has been dissolved in boding hot
water.
A glided wall-basket has a stuffed kitten with a
ribbon about its neck, pooping out of it. A Jap
anese basket Is placed between tbo basket and the
wall.
Black (Ouglovs*.—Ladles are often annoyed
by white streaks on the scams of black kid gloves.
They can be removed by stirring a little salad oil
Into some real black Ink and carefully touching
the white streaks with a feather, being sure that
every whltospot baa been covered. Dry quickly
In the air.
Discarded broadcloth suits can be nsed as cover-
igs for chairs In n most useful way, and particu
larly on aninll bamboo or cauo chairs that have
become worn. Work nitrfpo of popples on mo
rale cloth, to pasr down the center of tho back and
the scat of tho chair. On cither side cover
with tho cloth.
Calm leaf fans are covered with silk or cretonne
and have a loose piece of tho material attached so
to form a beg. There are pompons around tho
edge at regular distances. They are hung against
tbo well, handle upwards, and serve as recoptaclcs
for odds and ends. Tho outsides are painted,
gilded or covered with silk or satin fitting tightly.
A Psirtr Tidy.—A very pretty tidy Is made of
scarlet or any shadoof red felt; put strips of black
velvet, and on these strips embroider littlo fans In
bright and varied colors of silk. Tho body ol this
tidy 1b Anlalicd by pinking tbo felt, and let the
velvet strips run down to form a point, and put a
tarrel made of the different colored silks on each
point*
A ribbon chatelaine for sclseors, thimble, otc..
will I hi funnd very usclul. Uso ribbon about ono
Inch In width. Tako a piece of card-board three
Inches long and half an Inch wide and cover with
this ribbon. To tho card-lioard sow three pieces of
ribbon. Tbo Renter pleco should measure In
length ten lurhrs, end each of the other two pioces
eight Inches. Over tho ceuter piece lay anothar
piece of ribbou liluo Inches long. Those ribbons
should all be Annly secured to the card-board.
Make a neat little itcedli-book, cover with satin,
and fasten to the ten-luch center piece of ribbou.
Flare a full ribbon bow over the sewing. On each
of the eight-inch ribbons, add a little pocket.
There littlo pockets should bo mado to lmltato a
hedUM pompadour slipper. One Is for tha scissor*
and the other, which should be smaller, for the
thimble. On tlio ulneduch length ribbon make a
little emery bag and fasten with narrow ribbon
and loops. Tho Joining* of these ribbou are all
covered under ono bow art tho top and suspended
from tho belt by pins.
Cooklug Rerelpes.
If you wet the upper crust of a plo with milk
just licfure putting it Into the oven, It will be a
rich end yet delicate brown without baking until
the crust crumbles.
Damon rintuL—To on* peck of fruit five
pounds of brown sugar, ona pint of vinegar, half
ounce of cinnamon, one-fourth ounco of cloves,
half ounce of allsploc. Mix and boll until thor
oughly done.
Bipg CaMTKLobri Pick lb.—Tako off the outer
rind of the fruit and all (ha Inside, and drop in
cold vinegar. Let It remain two or three days,
then pour off the vinegar, and lo every pint of
vinegar a pound of sugar, cinnamon to tha taste;
put ou and boll until done.
An excellent cream can be made of ono pint of
mam, the Juice of one lomon, one glass of sherry
w Inc, sugar to please the taste, and throe ounces of
macaroons. The macaroons must be rolled or
crushed very Ana, and then they should be boston
Into the cream. Whip both together and theu
freeze.
As this to the season for tomatoes, and they aro
very plentiful, the following la the most delightful
way of preparing them for winter use, but the
directions must be followed minutely: ChiU
haute*.-Eighteen large tomatoes, peeled aud
chopped flue, eight peppers, two largo onions,
chopped fine, four teacups of vinegar, two table-
spoonfuls of salt, oaa uhfcspoonfnl of brown
sugar, two teaspoonfuls of ginger, two teaspoon-
fuls of cloves, two teaspoonfuls of allspice and tho
rame quantity of cinnamon and uulmcg; mix
well together aud boll for several hours uutll as
thick os sauce.
Proch fritters aro delicious, and aro a welcome
moi»cl lo those deluded people who prefer fruit
rooked, and who do not really feel as if they have
made all that they should ol It unless they serve
It In the form of pies, etc. Still uo ono uoed scru
ple to help t hansel vet mice to peach fritter*, for
It Is excusable. Make a nice smooth batter of
fiour and sweet milk, add eggs and salt to your
taste; peel aud cut the peaches to halves, removing
the stones, of course; dip the pieces of peach In
tha Utter and fry iu hoi lard. U will take about
ten minutes to fry them properly. Dralu them by
placing them on a very hot plate, scatter powder
oft sugar aver theta, and tend them to the tabt
hot _
An Bxpsrimsnt.
It was a terribly was-begone face that Mr.'Jtea-
•on presented at the break last table on that bright
summer morning.
"It'sof no use, Hattie; I'm about dteeouraged.
I've been awoke nearly all night worrying about
that debt, aad I can't eee any way of ever paying
It Our family expenses take ail my salary, and
In the future, the expenses are likely to increase
much faster than the salary does.''
"Chert up, husband, sheer up; we'U pinch n
little more, far the debt must be paid."
"What enn wa do? Wo don’t have any luxuriei
now. I'm sure we don't drees extravagantly, and
this table doesn't look as U we could spare much
in the eating line. Clothes and food ef some sort
yrt must have."
"That reminds me, "Robert, that I want you to
order some groceries when yeu go dewn street—
roue flour, butter, lard, crockets, and n pound nr
two of cheese."
By the time the breakfast things were cleared
away and the children randy lor school, tho gro
cery boy hod deposit*! a number of pork egos In
Urn kitchen; and son* aflce Mr. Benmso came la,
the gloomy expression still ou his teen.
“Robert. wouldn’t U have been bettor economy
to have bought a barrel of flour? Those bags
nercr scorn quite equal to an eighth of a barret,
and It would havo saved a dollar In prieok”
••But, Hattie. X couldn't think of paying tight
Collars for flour now, when I’m tryiug to saro
every cent. There! I forgot the lard, aad I didn't
know how much cheese you wanted, but I thought
ten pounds would do."
Mrs. Benson did not tell her husband he wa* the
moft thoughtless man In tho world, and never
could do a thing right. Oh, no. Bhekncwth&t
far weightier subjects than groceries were on his
mind.
"My deer, about how much are our table ex
penses a.week?”
"Oh I I don't know—anywhere from five to ten
dollars, oftener ten than five, I guess, but wo do
w ell, spend 1cm than most of our neighbors."
"But don’t you think I might help you a littlo
by taking charge of the table expenaes? I don't
mean that I could do better than you"—that was
just wbat the sly woman did mean—"but I ought
to know somcthlug about the cost of things, and
I never shall if yon always do the buying. Will
you allow me six dollars every week to furnish the
tabic? Try mo for awhile; do, please."
Mr. Benson "poobed" and "pshawed," said she
would repent making any such bargain,and Anally
yielded to his wife.
With a stated sum of money how at her com
mand, Mrs. Benson studied to make It purchase
the greatest number of needed articles. No general
with a limited number of troops over planned
more skillfully than did she. Always a prudent
housewife, now more than ever did she show her
marvelous tact for concocting pics and puddings
from scraps which in many families would hare
be en thrown aside ss useless. She rarely exceeded
the six dollars. On one or two occasions a large
number of visitors compelled her to ask for an
extra dollar, which waa willingly granted. A little
tin box on the top pantry shelf served aa a bank,
and every Saturday night this was made tho recip
ient of the week's savings. Sometimes It was only
a five or ten cent piece which was dropped In,
sometimes a quarter of a dollar, or even more.
Blowly but steadily tbo box filled.
The family had no reason to complain of lack of
food. One and all declared that they had* never
lived as well before. Economy la i.otsynonymous
with meanneM, it Is the opposite of wastefulness.
Mr. Benson was delighted with the arrangement.
It relieved him of some care, and was threat help
lo saving money.
At tho end of the year the gloomy expression
had all dhappeared; for tbo dreaded debt was
paid.
"And now my systematic little treasurer, or
treasure," with an accompanying kiss, "I can be
gin to sav'e towards buying those hooka I've want
'd so long."
The blush and smllo of the wlfo showed her
piatltudc for well-earned praise. Just then a ring
at the door-bell called tho husband aw ay. A
mluute more and be rushed into tho room hold
ing several handsomely bound hooka in his arms.
Why, Hattie, what does this mean? Tho fellow
rays these books aro paid for, aud ho was told to
deliver them here. Just what I wanted! Do you
know anything about this? It can't bo! Yes Ills.
I see by ypur face that you wero the purchaser,
and you bought them for me. Where did you got
the money?"
And Hattie Benson, with a pleased smllo and
satisfied look, only replied: "By our experi
ment."
With the Name Suit On.
As a gentleman passed through tho hotel corri
dor the other day, ho heard a lady scream: "Shut
the door, quick, there's somebody coming." She
had put ou her bathing suit for a trial trip in her
mother's room, and waa horrified that a man
should see her In that (lx. An hour later she and
her friend were lying on the beach, tho waves
washing over them at every throb of the set, Mini
she was writing her liaino In the sand with hir
tots, wklio her merry laugh souuded above tho
roar of tho sen.—Seaside Letter.
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Inatructlon and Entertain*
ment of the Boy* and Glrit Who
Read The Constitution.
fin writing for this department,write plainly, on
one side of your paper,and put "Our Young Folk*"
on one corner of your envelope.]
"Mother's Dear ComfoTt.”
The kitchen ia clean and cozy,
And bright with the sunsh' gay.
And "mother's dear cot . .jr mother's take
Is busy working away.
Paring potatoes, aud Clinking,
"It’s humdrum work to do;"
But little Mbs Comfort Is willing and quick,
And the sunbeams are belplng her through.
For mother Is sick and sleeping,
And baby Is quiet at last;
And father'll be wanting his dinner soon,
The minutes are flying so fast.
Ob, she knows he will kiss her and love her,
And call her hla "busy bee;"
And mother's pet name Is the truest of all,
For "mother’s dear comfort" Is abe. —Sel.
Kyea.
It If sold that very quiet eyes, which'Imprest
and embartaM oue with their repoao, signify not
only self-command, but also much complacency
and much conceit. Restless eyes that cannqt look
on steadily In the face deuote a deceitful, design
ing mind. Eyes In which the white has a yellow
ish tinge and fs streaked with reddish veins, prove
much of strong passion and hasty temper. Very
blue eyea bespeak a mind Inclined to coquetry.
Gray eyes signify dignity, Intelligence and excel
lent reasoning faculties. Greenish eyes, falsehood
and a fondness for scandal. A malicious mind Is
often Indicated by greenish eyes. Blaokeymshow
a passionate, lively temperament, and ofteatimes
a most deceitful disposition. Brown eyea are gen
erally teuder and truo, Indicating a kind and
happy disposition.—Mx.
Answers to Correspondents.
Thomson, G a., August an.—I soc you are giving
tomo excellent household receipts In your valua
ble paper. Will you be ao kind as to furnish ono
for making apple butter, and oblige
Yours respectfully,
fiUBSCglBIR.
H a largo quantity Is to be made, take tho fol
lowing proportions; If not, half them:. Tako a
barrel of elder and boll down to half tho quantity;
have peeled and cored three bushels of applos, put
iu and boll uutU soft, and continue to ztlr and
boil for ten hours. When done It will stick to an
Inverted plate; put in earthen Jan, (uot stone) and
dimIi down firm; pnt white paper over the butter
and then tie up the Jars with thick brown paper.
Littlo Thing*
I once taw a young married woman show on old
lady a j>alr of ear-rings, and tell her ft was a
present from her husband on the annlvcnary of
their marriage. Bho aeomed so pleased, aad said
it was a little thing that he bad thought of It, but
It gratified her very mueh. 1 shall never forget
the old lady's reply. She looked at her so sweetly
•ud said: "My child, a woman’s life Is mode up
of little things." And'so It is; each day as It
dawns brings new caret and perplexities—here a
little, and there a little, end wo go on doing, and
nt the dose of tho dey, os we ley our tired beads
upon our pillow, And nothing has been done after
all, aud we have worked all day In vain. The fact
Is, but few lives ere remarkable for great thlugs,
but are made lovely aud blest by many Utile du
ties well performed—by Uttle Jojre often repeated,
or little troubles, reel or Imaginary, overcome be
fore they cause a frown upon our facet. We can
make our lives very happy and beautiful by per
forming faithfully many of the little dnUes of life,
aud always remembering nothin* la too little that
will add even a moment of happiness to those
around yon.
"We cannot measure the need
Of the tiniest flower.
Nor check Iho flow of the golden sands
That run through a single hour.
But the morning dew must faU,
And the suu and the summer rain
Must do their part and perform It all
Over and over again."
Fortune Telling.
Win be come this year-will be come the next?
WiU be come today? she lightly blew
With sweet red lips the thistle-down,
W hispering, tell roe—oh. tell me true!
Docs be love me well-does he love me waH?
No doubt In her heart the maiden knew;
But In ntlspcre soft she said again, *
Thistle-down, thistle-down, tell me true!
For every maid In the wide world knows
That sweet, sure prophecy. Dolly drew
Her little mouth into rosebud shape,
flaying, oh, thistle-down, tell me true!
Yes be loves yon well. Ob, he fovea you well!
When will become? He will oeme to-day!
This to the answer the thistledown
Gives to her heart, as it files away.
And Dolly, that night, at the garden gate.
And Harry, the lamer, breve and brown.
Look lain each other's eyes and rey: ~
"A prophet true la the thistle-down."
—Oarlotta Terry.
JcKKTecnoiTebnd hack wltb'Tbe Continent"
Will surprise nobody. Aa a carpet beggar be waa
a decided sneeomtn a state the sloe ef North Osr-
otlr**, but bis abilities when spread out over the
surface of * - Ibe continent,” were very thin, la-
Our Letter IJox.
Deer Annt Busio: I love and thank all the boys
and girls for thinking of me, and sending Mr.
Green the dimes for my books. When he geta
enough, I hope he will send me a dictionary and
word-book, a copy book and a pen. My school
mates lend me their books, and I write on my
slate. Grandma Is sick now with chills. She is
too old to work, but she lx good to me. When I
am grown I am going to do all the good I can. If
Mr. Green sends me the books, tell him to send In
care of Mn. Wilson. Your little nephew,
Jimmijc Willie Smith.
Chalybeate Spring*, Ga.
Dear Annt Susie: Since JImmlo Willie has writ
ten to you we will write too, and tell you that he
Ja very smart, Indeed, and studies hard. His
teacher thinks so much of him. He Is a good boy
p and we like biro. He has pretty blue eyea and
light hair. His Schoolmates.
Chalybeate Springs, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: We nrecouslns, aged thirteen
and twelve. Our fathers tako Tire Constitution,
and we lovo to read it—especially O. Y. F. We like
Betsy II. too. Can any of the cousins guess this
riddle:
I n a garden there strayed
A beautiful maid,
As fair as tbo flowers of the morn.
She became a wife
The first hour of her life,
And died before she was bom.
Your loving nlecea,
Alice Branan and Mattie Patterson.
Near Stevens's Pottery, Ga.
Dear Annt Sasic: I am fourteen years old. I am
very delicate, and can’t go to school. I have no
father, but I lmvc the best mama In tho world, 1
think. My uncle lives with ns and we run alarm.
Ho takes The Constitution, and I liko It very
much. Ask tomo of the oouslns to write to me.
Your loving friend, Wilder Ozdorn.
Stepheusvllle, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am thirteen. Papa Is P, M.
at this place. He has a ferry on the Chattahoochee
river too. He takes The Constitution, and wo
like It very much. Tell Bailie Heusleo It sho will
write to mo and send me some samples of darnot
1 will send her a sample of crochet la return.
Your friend, Helena Aderuold.
Sandtown, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: Wc go to school and have a
splendid teacher, Professor Pcndergrtst. We hare
had' a great revival at the Methodist church.
Twenty-eight members wero added to the church.
We both Joined, and aro going to try to livo Chris
tian lives. Wo are ten and eleven years old.
Your loving nieces,
Jennie Sewbl and Jennie Seaole.
Lutherville, Ua.
Dear Aunt 8us!e # : I have been going to school at
Calhoun, and take mnslo and drawing lessons.
The answer to Suslo Ware's riddle is: "When the
cow jumped over tho moon."
With best wishes, IIattt Garlinoton.
Oostanaula, Ga.
Dear Aunt Sualo: I am seventeen and a farmer's
son; but I had a mechanical talent rather than a
tali n t for farming. Tell the cousin that worte the
enigma on tbo bird's nest that I think tho answer
Is "Oriolo." Yours truly,
Goahen, Ga. Thomas Ware.
Dear Aunt 8usie: I am a farmer's daughter, ten
years old. I go to school and love my teaeher.
Papa takes The Constitution, and I like It Tory
much, especially O. Y. F. and Betsy II. Can any
of the coualns tell me how much barley Ruth
gleaned, and what she gleaned It In?
Your little niece, Watts Williams.
SUlesboro, Go.
Dear Aunt Snsle: 1 am four yean old and help
mama take care of my little brother, and pick up
wood for fccr to cook with. Grandma to making
me a beautiful quilt with 1,970 pieces In It.
Your little niece, Luxie Brookimo.
Milner, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: I go to school, bat will have
vacatiofi in three weeks. 1 lovo to rodd O. Y. F.
and Betsy H. 1 am six yean old and am la the
Fourth reader, geography and arithmetic.
Your little niece,
Monroe Co., Go. Lixzis Clyde Abeematha.
Dear Annt Susie: I am eleven years old, and do
not go toachool. Papa Is a farmer and takes Till
Constitution. We like It very much. I bad sore
eyea for a week, and papa wouldn't let me read
The Constitution, and I did not like it.
Your little friend, Mast A. Carter.
Friendship, Go.
[Your riddle had been sent by another "eoaiin"
before your letter came.]
Dear Aunt Snsle: lam thirteen yean old. My
father la dead, and I’ve one sister and brother. I
like The Constitution. The answer to Minnie
Bayfield's riddle to "A Cock."
Your friend, H. C. Webb.
Rockingham, N. C.
Dear Anntflntie: 1 am a termer’s daughter, ten
ycan old. My birthday was August 51, and I re
ceived a beautlfnl drew for a present. I go to school
aud like my teacher. I've bad a nice time this
summer attending fishing parties aad barbecues.
Your affectionate niece,
Morgan Co., Ga. Matte Lqu Feaoock.
Drer Annt Susie: I am twelve yean old. Papa's
been taking Tur Constitution, but hto time has
expired aud 1 want him to rooaw U. I go toachool
and am learning tesL I help to cook, clean up the
house, etc. I've.three brothers aad eight sisters,
•o you see there Is a house fall of us.
Your friend. Hams Abxscrombik.
Chapel Hill. Go.
Dear Aunt Snsle: We are all termen* daughters,
and are going to the reino school—to Mr. and Mrs.
White—and we love oar teachers. Our ages dtfifer
foo mueh for ns to write them. Oar tethers take
Tim Constitution, and we Uke It very mack.
Your loving nieces,
Anna, Ella, Maude, Molub and Gibtrude.
Sunny Side, Go.
Dear Annt Snsle: I am a termer's daughter,
thirteen yean old. I go to school to a eweet lady
and lovo her. Brother takes The CONfrircrros,
and I lovo to rred it. can anyone tell me what It
is that is block and white and red all over.
Year niece. Mix nix Lee Harter.
Long Cane, Go.
Dear Aunt flute: PapoUkes Til Ooxvtmmow,
and I lovo to read Oar Letter Bex. lamtlevea
years old aad help ms wa Moan up the house aa!
take care of Baby. I west to Collage Temple to
school last term anAliUd It very mueh. 1 lore
logo toachool but fore to halp mama foo.
Your Uttle friend, llama B. Sraixaxx. .
e: Papa takes The CoNimunoN,
and I am always ready when he tells mo to saddle
••Charlie" and ride in town for The Constitution.
1 nm ao fond of reading Our Letter Box. I’m ten
years old, and go to school, but my brother aud I
have a cotton patch that we will pick every Satur
day. Your uephew.
New Providence, Ga. Idus L. McNair.
Dear Aunt 8usle: We arc both fourteen, and are
Jn the same class at school. We love each other
dearly, and love everybody and everything except
arithmetic. We’ve the nicest teacher In the state,
except that he gives too many ' demerits." Can’t
you write a letter to "teachers" about "demerits,'*
and help us out We take The Constitution, and
like it very much. Some of our schoolmates write
better compositions than we do, and are a little
stuck up about It; so please publish this and let
us show them that we can have a letter in The
Constitution. Your loving nieces,
Mart Watts and Moselle Park.
Cave Springs, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: We are sisters, ten aud seven
years old. We go to school and help mama too.
Papa takes The Constitution, and we love to read
it. Tell Mettle Nicholson her bird was an "Ori
ole." Your nieces,
Pine Log, Ga. Bertie and Dora Bradford.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a termer’s daughter, thir
teen years old. Papa takes The Constitution, and
I lovo to read O. Y. F, and Betsy H. I wish all the
cousins could have been with me to eat watermel
ons this summer. I am going to school this win
ter. Will some of tho cousins write to me.
Your niece, Georgia Slash.
Orchard Hill, Ga.
Dear Aunt Snsle: Papa takes your paper and we
are all delighted with It, especially O. Y. F. I
don’t go to school now. I con do all kinds of
domestic work.. Auntie says I am a smart girl; so
you see it to not self-praise.
Your little friend, busts.
Lincoln Ce.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am twelve years old, and am
going to school. Papa says I am learning fast
Papa takes four papers, but we like The Constitu
tion best of all. Your little frleud,
Crawfish Springs. Harry D. Myers.
Dear Aunt Susie: I read Tne Constitution con
stantly, and don’t think I could do without it.
Wo haven't a good school here and I want to go to
Colnmbus the first of October to attend school.
Tell Susie Ware beefsteak was highest when tho
cow jumped over the moon. Ask some of tho
cousins to send me a nlco namo for my little
nephew. Yours lovingly,
Cottage Mills, Ga. Minnie Latfield.
Dear Aunt Snsle: We aro ten and eight years old
<VUd are going to school. We like our teacher.
Papa takes The Constitution, aud we love to
read Betsy II. Wc ore going to have an exhibition,
end wish some of tho cousins could come and
assist us. Your n'eces,
Jasper Co., Ga. Hattie and Allis Tyler.
Itone Mary’s Flower Garden*
Miss Rose Mary Orme, Amcsbury, M—, care
Thornly Orme, Esq:
"Dear me!" said Aunt Prucllla, reading it over
again, "who can be writing to our little Row?"
"Ircrner, of course," Interrupted Dr. Orme; "ho
always remembers her birthdays, you know.
Wednesday to the twentieth, and, If I mistake not,
her elet enth birthday."
"Soltis; dear met" and Aunt Prucllla bustled
out of the room to order luneb, "for the doctor
must start on his rounds precisely at twelve. Don't
bo behind, Harriet; It makes mo quite nervous,
you know."
Mrs. Orme was gono on a visit, and Aunt Pru-
cilia was keeping house. Rose was an only child,
and her ways were so sweet and womanly that her
tether often called her "little mother."
Not long before that Rose had asked her father
for a flowergsnlen, "all my very own," and nenry,
the gardener, had laid out two immenso beds on
the borders of the kitchen garden, for there was
where Rose wanted them.
"You must have a plan or something of that
sort,” sold her father ono morning, as ho saw her
carefully planting verbena seeds in small wooden
boxes, and putting tho tubo row bulbs in the hot
bed which Henry bad made tho day before. Row
was as full of plans as a nut to of moat, but they
were not selfish ones. 8he was one of twolve littlo
girls who had formed on aid society callod the
"Helping nands." The object of this society was
to help poor children In any way which they most
needed. Row called her father aud mother and
Aunt Prucllla her "advisory committee," becauw
she always asked their opinion and advice bofore
tbo society undertook anything.
"Mama knows all about It* and you will know,”
said Rose, smiling and blushing, as she pressed tho
earth carefully around the tube row crowns.
"All right, Puss; don’t bo lato to school,” re
turned her tether.
That very morning the let ter came, and although
the postmark was "Boston," and Mrs* Orme was
visiting there, It was not her handwriting; be
sides, she bad written once, and It was not tlmo
for another letter.
Rose found It under her plate when she sat down
to dinner. What a start she gavo, and how her
eyes shone with happy light when she was read
ing it. It closed with:
"I have sent you a box of plants and a package
of seeds; also, an excellent work on floriculture,
which I hope will help you very much. Mama to
well, and Joins me in much love. Your aunt,
"Bertha Hiooenrotiiam."
Papa drove to the express office for the box that
very evening. Instead of one there were two, and
good sized ones at that!
"It'll ram to-night, miss, and It's Inst the time
to put them out."
Rose lost no time In going alter India Baird and
Sylvia Moore, who were to help her about the
plants. Even Dr. Orme came out aud bedded the
geraniums and potted the pelargoniums, of which
there was a choice stock.
"Wbat fine tea roses; you’ll have a bushel of
budsffor bouquets," eald Henry, as ha set the
thrifty young row trees In place.
"Heliotrope and mignonette enough for a flower
•how," said Rose, laughing.
"Pansies and fochlaa In bloom, and tube roses
already sprouted. Such lovely carnation plnks-
fonrsbadcs!" exelolmad Sylvia. "They are bud
ding, too; why, in two weeks wo can sell our first
bouquets."
"Now, Betty the milkmaid," said India, un
wrapping a fine tropical fern, marked, "To be pot
ted," "a'pos'n we wslt a few days and tee if they
all grow, and tl we sell any."
"You can sell the fern right away," said Dr.
Orme. "Dr. Marks, the druggist, said he would
give three dollars for a good specimen of that
species. He was speaking only yesterday about
1L"
"How nice! Just the thing!" echoed the three
girls In a breath, and Row said softly to herself,
"Annt Bertha to just the nicest auntie in the
world."
A full fledged April shower came that night,
such a one as generally cornea about tha last oi the
month. How those flowers grew! They seemed
to know that they hod a mission to perform. Those
who were not in the secret kept wandering what
the "Helping Hand" was about now. 8uch nice
treys of button-hole bouquets as they sent to all
the concerts gnd literary entertainments! Ames-
bury was a famous place for cueh things, and the
"Helping Hands" controlled the busfnem, for
there wasn't a single green-house there. They
rooted cuttings and sold them as test aa they were
potted oft Thrifty verbenas went Uke hot cokes;
phlox and pernlee from the egad ware toon all
and a call for more. Cot flowers for wed
dings and crosses for funerals soon came Into de
mand, but the loving care which the plants re
ceived brought a rich reward. For every bud cut
off, two seemed to grow In its place. Mrs. Orme
wee an adept la making flower designs, and tha
Helpers" soon learned the art under her
patient tuition.
Crippled Jamie TrambeU, the minister's Uttle
hoy, often begged on Saturdays to be wheeled over
to Dr. Orme’s, to see the girts work. They would
pause between times to give Jamie a pleasant word.
playfully tom him some fragrant blossom.
Jamie had curvature o^the spine, caused by afalJ,
end Dr. Orme, .who treated him, had said that he
might bo cured at thesurgicallustltute, which
use in a town some seventy-five miles distant.
But where was the money to come from to pay the
fees, and Jamie's and hto mother’s board? Mr.
Truro bell’s small salary was barely sufflcleut for
everyday needs, but hto heart was sore and sad
when he looked at patient, suffering Jamie.
A bright thought struck India Baird one day,
not long after the garden was started. Her father
was in the south, and had sblpoed home a barrel
of large shells. They were Inteuded for a fernery,
or something of that sort, but Iudia concluded to
convert them into hanging baskets. After they
were all nicely cleaned with weak lye, hanging
wires were attached by her brother, and the socie
ty spent a day fitting them up with trailing vines
and dainty maiden hair ferns.
"They are perfect beauties, and entirely new.
Papa aays they are worth a dollar apiece," sold
Rose one day, when they were nleely started.
Four weeks later the baskets were gone, and ON
teen dollars were added to the treasury. What
next should they think of but rustic vases! A
friend donated a hall dozen wooden butter bowls;
Harold Baird and Brace Moore got forked stand
ards, which they ornamented with grape vines
ready for the bowls. These and pine burs wero
soaked In water over night, and tho burs fastened
to the bowls with small brads. When dry, they
were varnished with common varnish, and firmly
nailed to the standards which the boys had pre
pared and varnished for them. Geraniums, ferns
and vines were used for these, and they were read
ily sold at two dollars each.
Everybody seemed to take pleasure in patroniz
ing tho "Helping Hands." Thero was work, and
plenty of ft, but there was profit, too. How fast
the spring and summer sped I September was at
hand, and the church members were talking of a
"surprise" for Brother TrambeU. Some unknown
friend, the "Helpers" never knew who, sent them
twenty-five dollars to be added to their fund, mak
ing In all one hundred dollars.
"Now Jamie can go to the Institute," said tho
happy Bose on tho day of the "surprise."
There were tears of rejoicing in the minister's
household, when the envelope containing tho
money was opened. "From the 'Helping Hands,'
with the hope that Jamie may get well," was
written on tho outside. Ood had blessed Rose
Mary’s flower garden with an abundant success*—
Mrs. E. 8. L. Thompson.
A Rainbow at Midnight.
The comparatively rare but bcantlful phenome
non of a lunar rainbow was seen at Mendota, IU.,
at about 11:80 on tho night of August 4th. Tho
colors wero by no means ss distinctly marked as
•rethosaof a solar rainbow, but yet were sufficient
ly so aa to define an orange tint on the outer edge,
with a gradual mixture of the prism of colors,
and terminating with delicate blao within the aro
It lasted for nearly forty minutes, bat was twlc.
obscured by clouds for a tew minutes.
A Fool Friend.
Blunt truths are more exasperating than sharp
lies. Mr. Paler called on the editor of the Hand
8aw, who in consequence of a severe wound, was
confined to his room. "Ah," said Paler, "I am
glad to see you are getting along so welL You
have had quite a siege." "Yes, aud regardless of
pain I have kept up my writing for the paper.”
"Ah, but my dear fellow, bad it been as exerutla-*
ting to you os it has been to the readers, you would
not have exerted yourself."—Arkansaw Traveler.
The First Requisite.
Hero to a story of Mr. Laurence Jerome, tho
great New York stock broker. He was passing tho
shop of on undertaker during a ramble at the East
End, when he row displayed this sign: "Every
Requisite for a Funeral." Solemnly entering,
Mr. Jerome observed in a sepulchral tone: "I wish
to procure a corpse !'* "Whose corpso?" stammer-
mered the attendant. "Any corpse will answer,’*
retorted "Larry," aa he was called by hto friends
Jn Wall street. "You see, I wish to get up a funeral,
and as your, sign says 'Every rcquslte of a funeral
furnished,' and as tbo first requisite is a corpse, I
thought I would inquire."—San Francisco News
Letter. _____
That Goat.
"Where are my slippers!" yelled Fits, as ho
jnmpcd out of oed, and struck the offcnjlvo end
of a teek, "where are they Isay?"
"I'm sorry, honey," answered hto wife, "but
they were in tho back door this eveulng, and Fin
der's goat got hold ol them."
"He did, did he? Well, where are my pants,
then?"
.. "You tee, ritzy, I cleaned them up lost night
after yon bad retired, and to dry them, 1 hang
them in the back yard. This morning I went oat
there, and and—"
"The goat again, hey?"
”Yes, ,r answered the lady, "he was just getting
on the outside of tho last stitch."
"Whero Is my shirt, to that gona too?"
Before Mrs. Fits could answer, the door opened
and the reply to hto question struck him pain
fully.
There was a muffled cry, a scrambling, and from
on the bed a voice cried:
"And—and—where is my Fftsy?”
"I'm sorry," came the agonized tenes of Fits-
goober from behind tho wash-stand, "but—but—
that goat—” here a dead silence ensued.
Kindness.
"Ma,” remarked Plndcr FItxgoober, very grave
ly, last Sunday at the dinner table, "our Sunday-
school teacher gavo us a good lesson on kindness
to-day."
"She did?" smilingly asked Fitzgoober.
"Yes, sir; and aba wound up by asking as boys
to give an Instance where kindness would bo
shown."
"Did you give an Instance?"
"No, sir; that kind of buzlness stack me, and
when she saw I waa In the mud, she said: ‘Tin
der, suppose Mr. Fltegeober should come homo
very weak and sick, what would your mother
show him?"
"What did you tell her?" questioned Fits,
pleased at being remembered by the teacher.
"I told her," anawered Finder, with the air of a
boy who felt that the thermometer was about to
taka a sudden Jump, "that ma would show her
ugly temper, and ask wbat kind of licker you’d
been drinking this time."
It to safe to conjecture that the room did be
come suddenly warm.
The country Is now full of redbogs and candl-
Tun moonshiny nights are hastening forward
the career of Brer Possum.
Patience.
Hold thou mine hand, beloved, aa wa sit
WIthiu the radiance of oar winter fire.
Watching the dainty shsdows as they flit
On wall and ceiling, as the flames leap higher.
Hold thou mine hand, beloved, with the calm
Close clasp of love assured and at rest.
And let the peace at home, a blssttd balm,
FaU on us, folding faithful breast to breast.
Hold thou mins hand, beloved, while I speak
Of all thy love bath done and borne for me,
The stronger soul supporting still the weak,
The good baud giving royally and free;
Tha tender heart that put man's roughness by,
To wipe weak tears from eyes too seldom dry.
I touch this thing aud that, the pretty gifts,
The silver zone, the Jeweled finger-ring.
The out wart symbols of a love that Ilf to •
My tele and me beyond Ufa's buffeting.
Yet, oh, thrice generous giver! there remains
A thing for which 1 have not thanked thee yet.
Thy patience—through the long yean with their