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30 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 1884. > THE' WOMAN???S KINGDOM The Home and the Housewife and GoaMp of the Hearthatone???Talk* With Women and About Women. {Short Letter* on home tonic* carnostly solicited Write ???Woman's Kingdom on one corner of the pnvelop.] Friend* In Heaven. A brown haired, blue-eyed wee one. Grown weary and tired of play. Climbed tip on my knee to aak me In her simple, rblldlah way, ???Hare you any friend* In heaven That you sometime* want to sec?" ftjryon guess how tho question thrilled me Like a minor melody? I thought as 1 sat In thtf twilight, With that wee one on my kuee, Of my little blue-eyed baby, Whose summers numbered three. She went from my arms to heaven, One spring-time, years ago. And left In my heart that sorrow That only mothers know. 1 thought bow the baby???s father Urdk lonesome, and longed lo hold Once more on bl* breast, our baby With balr of sunset gold. And one summer evo he left me, To search for our bab?? of three, And I know full well that he found her, Bat he never came back to mo. Do 1 ever want lo see them ? Oh! child of the violet eyas. My heart baa gono out before me To the hllla of Paradise. Borne day I shall feel th??ff klsrea Drop balm on my weary heart, Mine only, and mine forever, Though earth and heaven apart. It does seem that thsre is no rest in this world for women. They are criticised most unmercifully by the lorda of creation; for tho past few months every paper you take up has something to aay on the ???Mother Hubbard" drcss.The idea of ratn.who occupy the dignified position of editors of newspapers making a war on ao trifling a subject as a woman???s dress. There have been even editorial* written on Uio subject. We ran account for it in but one way: There has bwo a scarcity af now*, and the weather ha* been warm, l???erhapa some of our editors have been bilious, and their liver???* ar# out order. At any rate, it i?? very evident their brains have not been in good working order, and anything to write about is thankfully received. 8o when one atsrted the ball tho othnra gladly joined in the game. Now we don't want it lo bo sup posed we are advocating the ???Mother Hub- hard??? dress. We novtr had one, never iutend to, and don???t particularly admire them, but we do contend that it is none of tho man???s business If a lady chooses to wear one. We don't criticise their fashions, and sometimes they are just as objeetienablo to our oye. What can be uglier than a ???see*more??? (Sey mour) coat, but then the dear, conceited ftd lows that wesr them think their figures aro Irresistible, and the mere you seo of them the more you will admire, when often It if the re verse and ???disgusting" is the only word that will express it. Aud just suppose the women were to write pleeee Innumerable criticising their tight pants and coats, what would ba- cotuc of us? llut, as the Dutchman said, that ia the difference between ???tweedle dum??? and ???twecdle-deaj??? we must bear all and dross to suit the taste. The men uever made a war on ???tie-back??? drcescs. Why wae that? Rut when a simple, economical, comfortable dress comes in fashion, tlioy aro all down on it. If n woman dresses very handsomely or extrava gantly it Is at onoe commented on, ami their husbands receive thedcepcitiympathy. They ???re spoken of as ???poor fellow) be can nover keep his head above water with such a wife, film apendt all he makes on her back;??? and now that the dear creatures are trying to wear dr**e?? that only take eight yards of doth, why which was a diamond cluster ring, which was val ued at 127*. The ring bad evidently stuck in the glove when tho wearer took it off, and sbo (lor wan a lady's glove) no doubt supposed she bad lost the jewel on the street. Ho told the ring for very nearly it* value after, be says, ???In vain endeav oring to find tho owner." He said he had often beard of other member* of hts profession making some valuable discoveries among old papers and rubbish, ono of whom found a promissory note for *3,000, which tho holder supposed he bad lost. The In Her gave the finder 9100 reward. I think after reading this account of the profitableness of rag*plcking wc will hereafter have moro respect for rag-pickers. , A Now Art. We have an account in the Philadelphia Times of anew art,called the ???8cr|maebon Art" It is the art of engraving on ivory or bone. Engraving on egg shells la a distinct branch of the art. It la not known where the name came from. It is ???rt known to few except old seamen; and all that la needed Is a jack knife and a whale???s tooth, billiard ball, a bit of walrus tusk, or a piece of ivory, or bone of any sort, and a little India Ink and Chinese vernHIUon. You first layoffyonr design lo lead pencil, Then you take your knife and carefully etch It and rub In your coloring mat ter. The design will last until the bono crumbles away. An old fellow who works at ???Scrlmschon glvea the following am using account of one of his jobs. When asked: ???What do yon draw?" He replied: ???Anything, from a bog net to a one-eyed bull. Young tailors sometimes have their sweet hearts scrlmshoned, and young married women havo me scrlmschon their husbands on whs!os??? teeth. The design does not sink very deeply, and when love changes, it Is easy enough to scratch out the old picture aud put In a new ono. A pretty and sharp widow Is one of my best customers. She came to me first about eight yean ago. She had just been married. Her husband was master of a whaling ship, aud aho bad him scrlmschoncd on a walrus task. Ho was lost at sea. A few months afterwards tho woman was married again. 8he came back with the tusk and bad No. 1 scratched cut and No. 2Rorloi*choued In. She wept sadly as piece by piece No. 1 was whittled away. But all the same sbo Insisted that I should touch up No. 2so much that the plqjure didn???t look a bit Ilka the original. Hhe enmo back one day and angrily told me to scratch off No. 2 mighty quiok. ???What???s the matter???? says I. ???Divorced,??? says she; ???the odious creature.??? I didn't see her again for several months. Then one dark day, In the midst of a dismal drirzio, she cmne tripping down those steps sud Into this cellar, with a little hit of a fellow, as fragile as a soft-shell crab. 'My busbjuid, sir,' says she, proudly. ???Glad to meet you, sir,' says he, in a voice like the sound of a light fiddle string. 'Can you scrlmschon form nature?' says she. 'Yes, ' says I. 'Then I would like to hsvsyou icrimschon my dc-nr husband,' says the. 'I waat to have his face wlioro I know It will last forever and over.' DJd I scrlmschon hint? Oh, yes. But poor man, he only lasted two months. I'm ex porting lo see that woman come In hore any day fast married to No. 4." Cooking Itecelpes. OftAkox Arrow.???'Take the Juice of fonr large sweet oranges and the grated peel of one, tho Juice and half the grated peel of one lemon, ono pack age of gelatine soaked iu a cup of cold water; v It lira of four eggs, whipped stiff; one large onp of white sugar, three of boiling wator. Mix tho juice and peel of the fruit with the soaked gela tine and sugar. Leave them covered one honr; ponr on the boiling water and stir till dosr. Strain through flannel, and, when quite cold, whip in the frothrd whites very gradually till the whola Is a white sponge. Put iuto a wet mould and set In ice till wanted next day. Finism * Pronina.???Line a deep and bnttored pudding dish with scllces of spongecake; slice some pineapple In very thin siloes and put It Into the dlsli; cover a layer of pineapple with a layer of rako. and so on, until the dish 1* fall; scatter sugar plentifully over tho pineapple; the top layer of cake should be moistened with water and havo sugar scattered over H. If you are the happy pos sessor of a pudding dish with an earthen cover, put this over the pudding, otherwise cover it with a dinner plate and take slowly for an hour and three quarters. The cover or t>lato should bo but tered. tho ???bo! 1 Rut itwiu rtteh noth now lilen< and i aawi to Hersheba 1 oking costume.??? ??? y will soon ba ml polities ami wo it will not be t we do. It is me of Kve, wo- latter of conve- eels fail, women p a newspaper A' knos whal out <i wo w Now Tus Into death new Spo]- thet It is girls W,??? miss have fcw l ???All- to ???I ha* 1 u* th Wei wa v trust ???pelt have calve bask at loi futui DSSTM.???Wo all vingls, and how 'keeper can get Sveryihiug get) r 11ml anything -pear altogether, are aware that ly bean moved . All havo no iha???WaaxLvV' nt of this some wepotidenU. In ?? moving I am havo been lost, ???ow any of our sorgia,??? ???Alice rows. We have ;b, and long to tn one and all. A received from publish! letter address. There md that make* st others have, her addross, as dice May. We 111 aooapt this i again, for we lat has been re- Hate our waste continue to be ini letters in the Ills nothing should ???n be turned to believe that rag ble, yet the Flits- burg Leader gives quite an interesting account of an iul and ci of that city. He m nearly twenty horse and wagon 1 lot, purchased /seat the proceed* of sales of hundreds sad Ikon ???ends of pounds of rep. Yet he started in the business with nothing but tho hag la which he carried his paper and rogasod the clothe* he had oo, which were very Utile tatter than rags. He goes oo to tell that he worked alx months before he mode what was called a lucky find. He was sen In the eM ready, and while hank bill* bald This he quickly Cornua PrnniNfi.???Half pint of sugar, one pint of flour, half pound butter, two egp or more, half pint milk, one tsatpoouful soda, and one of eream of tartar, put Into the flour dry; a few eurrants or raisins sprinkled in; bake In a tin pau. By adding roora sugar it makes a nice cake. For a pudding eat with wine mure. Talk to Children. ???Children hunger perpetually for new Ideas. They will learn with pleasure from the lips of parents what they deem drudgery* to study in books; and even If they have thomUfortunetobe deprived of many educational advantages, they will grow up Intelligent people. We sometimes see parents who are tho life of overy company which they enter, dull.silent audunlutarestlugat homo among their children. If they havo not montal activity and mental storloa sufficient for both, let them first use what they have for their own households. A silent home t* a dull place for young people???a place from which they will cacapo If they can. IIow muck useful information, and what unconscious but excel lout mental training la Imparted In lively, social argument. Cultivate to lbs utmost tho art of conversation at horns.??? A friend told me tbe other day that ho had been In the country for a t UH. It was the first time his little thrcc-year old sou had ever been outsldo of the city. Bo the tint evening at tea, when lit* cup of milk was set before him, alter tasting It, he said, ???Pa, what kind of milk la this?" ao J was told it was cow???s milk, aud he artlessly replied: ???Well, pa, l like cow's milk better tbau the milk msu's milk." The Tired Housekeeper. ???Dear me! bow tired I am;and bowiittle I have to show for my day's work!" Bo paid young Mrs. Bcntly, at the close of a warn summer day, assbe seated herself languidly in a rocking chair on her neighbor's piazza. Mr*. BbeJdon smiled a quiet, sympathetic smile, which was very soothing to Mr*. Beatty's over tasked nerves, as she said: ???It seems to me, my friend, that you have a great deal to show, not only for this day, but for every day???s work. 1 ???Mm Bcntly shook her bead, ???Well, I don???t know???I waa thinking Just now, os I put tbe children to bed, how my time was all taken up with little matters???trifles, but yst they left me neither strength nor opportunity for any thing better," she said slowly, and her look grew more despondent as she spoke. ???You are almost too tired to-night to reason correctly, my dear," replied Mrs. Bheldon. ???Sup pose wc go over your day???s duties and occupation, however, and see If they are as insignificant as you may Imagine. Now, what waa tbe first thing you bad to do this morning?" Mr*. Bently considered a moment and began: ???Wby, my cook was sick???at least, she had a bsd betdschc??? and I hurried down stairs to help her With tbe breakfast. I made an omulette and some rice cakes, because Mr. Bently???.is so fond of them.' ???And were you not rewarded for your trouble by your husband's appreciative praise?" question ed her listener. ???Did be not say, as I have often beard biro say before, that you were the best little wife In the world r* ???Yet; I believe he did say something of the kind," owned Mrs. Bcntly, smiling in return, a?? she met her friend???s eye. ???And of course I don???t mind doing suoh things, or, indeed, anything to please him, for he deserves it." ???Then your first care to-day waa for your hus band's comfort, and in giving him a new preef of your devotion, you wore adding another link to the chain which Mnds your hearts. Was not this a worthy end?" answered Mrs. Bheldon. ???But???rice cakes and an omulette I" objected Mrs. Bently. ???They are so???so????????? ???Bo unberoine, 1 suppose you think, my dear, 1 answered her companion. ???But after all, can w count anything small or Insignificant If it adds to tho hqppincss of those we love?" "Well, you have made my day???s beginning seem more important already," said Mrs. Bently. "Bow will you Interpret my next work, I won der?" ???What did you do next?" asked Mrs. Shel don. 'I washed and dreased my baby, and then put the bed-rooms iu order, besides dusting and sweep ing the dining-room. Then I made a pudding for dinner, fluted my pillow shams???becauaa Ellen???s head was still aching, and 1 knew ahe had anough to do without them???mended all the stocking*, and spent half an hour'playing tea??? with Mamie, who was not feeling well either. Tho poor ehIM lonely, now that the Bourdons Jiave gone, that she has to depend on mo for a playmate." Then what?" asked Mrs. Bheldon, as her friend paused for some moments. Mrs. Bcntly laughed as sha said: ???Well, I re memtared Just after dinner that I had promised Jobnule some sugar cakes with currants in them, of which bo Is very fond. Bo I went down to tho kitchen again to make them, and bad just finish ed, when he came in from school. lie was so pleased that 1 could not regret the tlmo I had spent, although It kept mo from going out. Next, and last, I cut some aprons for a poor girl whom I was Lying to help, and gave her a sewing lesion beside. Then It was time to dresa for the after noon; ao I got the children ready to mtJttbelr father; after tea I read them a story. As aotra as they were in bed I came over here." Well, my dear, you havo proved tho truth of what I said before- that you bavu a great deal to show for your day's work. Just to think of it a minute! You have made your children happy by entering Into their pleasures aud pursuits, and Is not that a mother???s best privilege? You have per formed the small but IndlspenslblodutUw, whose omission would have made your orderly, comfort able homo lea attractive to husband aud children. You have assisted a poor girl to be more Industri ous, neat and self-reliant, and who shall measure tholnflcnceofyour teachings on her future wel fare? What would you havo had; or rather, what could vou have been permitted to do more ucces- ???ary and important than the varied occupations of this one day ? To minister to your family in so many ways???tofhow to your servant woman, as to your poor protege, the kindly unselfishness of Christian character???are not trifling or insignificant ends. It seems to me, my dear friend, that you have a wide sphere of Influence, a very Important lesson to tearh. There la no room for discouragement of the kind you feci." "I la g In to believe you are right, dear Mrs. Shel don, and you have mado me feci a great deal hap pier," said Mrs. Bently, os her friend paused. Henceforth 1 shall try to remember that even the little things are great in their way-each allotted task has its value and Importance.?????????Selected. OUR YOUNG FOLKS. Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain ment of the Boys and Girls Who Read The Constitution. {In writing for this department,write plainly, on one side of your paper,and put ???Our Young Folks" on one corner of your envelope.] An Old Saw. A dear little maid came skipping out In the glad new day with a merry shout; With dancing feet aud with flying hair > She rang with joy in the morning air. ???Don???t sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night;" What a croak to darken tbe child???s deljj&itl And the stupid old nurse again and again, Repeated tbe ancient, dull re/raio. , and timber very much. School will close soon we are going to have a pound party the last day of fcbool. I wish you could be with us, for I know we will have a nice time. Your nieco, fiLarpfcburg, Ga. Florexce Noble. Ned The child paused, tryingto understand; But her eyes saw the great world rainbow-spanned; Her light little feet hardly touched the earth, And her soul brimmed over with Innocent mirth. ???Never mind???don???t listen???O, sweet little maid! Make sure of your morning song," I said; ???And If sorrow must meet you, why, all tho more Be glad of the rapture that came before. ???O, tears and sorrow are plenty enough, Storms may be bitter and paths be rough, But our tears should fall like the dear Earth's showers That help to ripen tbe fruits and flowers. ???go gladden the day with your blissful *ong, Bins on while you may, dear, sweet and strong! Mskesureof your moment of pure delight, No matter what trials msy come before night." ???Cilia Tuaxtkx, In Wide Awake. Oar Letter llox. Dear Aunt Susie: I am a former's daughter, thirteen yearn old. I do not go to school, but help mama at home. Papa takes The constitution, and I like it very much. Yours truly, llocky Mount, Ga. IIattje Chambliss. Dear Aunt Su*te: I am fifteen years old. I go to school to Professor Cowrins. I like to read O. Y. F., and Bill Arp and Betsy II. Papa is a farmer. Your affectloBSte friend, Lutherville, Ga. Lbila Owkm. f Dear Aunt Susie: I go to nehool to Mr. Taylor, and we have a good school. I have twin Bisters, six years old, aud they can tell their own pictures apart. I can milk, wash dishes, etc. I am tea years old. Your loving niece, Toonlgh, Ga. Maby E. Roberts. Dear Aunt Busie: I am nine ydars old, and walk a mile and a half to school. I have four brothers and sisters that go with me, but wo help mama do tho bouse work before we go to school and after we como borne. We livo with grandpa. Betakes Tux Constitution, and we are so glad when it comes. Your little niece, tiubligna, Ga. Ella Hamilton, Dear Aunt Susie: I write to ask if some of tho little cousins will correspond with me. I am a little girl with blue eyes and golden hair, and live iu tbe country. Your little niece, Bxssix Caudle*. Rcbobotb, Wilkes Co., Ga. Dear Aunt Susie: I live in tho country, a long, long way from town during the summer, but mama lets me visit my-city cousins in the winter. I love to go shopping with them to buy nice Christ mas presents for papa and mama. When you were a little girl and gave your papa and mama pres-., ents, didn???t you feel happy If they smiled aud looked pleased? Tel) Joftcch Fowler ho had bet ter send you a photograph of himself, If ho is so handsome, and you can let as see It. Your Uttlo niece, Avis Lovsior.. Rocky Creek, Ga. Milk v*. Tea nnd KUmalaats. ???Tbe greater my experience becomes,".writes Dr. Clouston, in the annual report of the Royal Kdint urgh asylum for the Insane, ???I tend more to substitute milk (or stimulant*. In very acute cares, both o( depression and maniacal exal'atlons, where tbe disordered working of the brain tends rapidly* to exhaust the strength. 1 rely more au<l more on milk and egg* made Into liquid custards. One such case this year got eight pints of milk and sixteen egg* daily for three months, and re- coveted under thl* treatment. I question I! he would have done so much under any other, lie waa almost dead off admission???accutely delirious, absolutely sleepless and very nearly putsalcM, The cup of tea. so much iu demand by many women when tired, should be exchanged for milk, eggs aud rest.*??????Exchange. Remedy for I'olson Oak. 1 came across tho following very useful recipe In the Medical Record a few days siuce, and give It fot the benefit of many who know what a dreadful thing it is lo get ttofom oak on you. The spedAc for tfel* poison has been found to be bromide. Dr. 8. A. Brown, of the United Stales navy, states that ho used ft In at least forty eases with unvarying snecea*. Take from ten to twenty drop* of brom ide to au ounce of olive oil, eosmoline, or glyce rine. Rub tbe mixture gently on the a fleeted parts three or four time* a day. The bromide is so volatile that tho solution should be renewed every twenty-four hour*. Tbe eruption never ex ited* after the first twenty-four bourses J prompt ly dbappaare within twenty-four boor* U the ap plication l* pemitted in. it to bl ???mall article* of tug* and ???shin- its. Hlsnaxtbtg loro kid glove, Mr. ltlatna nhoold study Local Law*. From Ike New York World. In traveling about the country Mr. Blaine should ???equaltit himself with the local lain. Things that ???re tolerated in Utah are held to be offense* in rtmsylvanla, and a great deal of human vexation UAm * * *??? tillable to grow entot inattention to the various ???late statutes, owing to their rtdimkms adversity. A fiolld Hanks Farm tke Chicago Tribune. There Is one hank tn tbe country thst hasn't fared and sriR not fall. That U tbe bank la Welcome nouie. Iu tho mountains of Tyrol, it la tho custom of tbe women aud children to oome out when It is bed-time, sing their national songs until thay hoar their hustands, father* and brothers answer them from the hills ontbelr return home. On the shores of tho Adriatic, such a custom prevails. There the wives of the fishermen como down about sun set, and singing the first sunsa, they will listen ???while for an answer!ug melody from ott the water, and coutluuo to sing and listen till the well known voice comes borne ou the water*, telling that the loved one la a)mo*t homo. How sweet to the weary fisherman, as tbe shadows gather aroand him, must be the songs of tho loved ones at home, th*t sing to cheer him; and how they strengthen and tighten tbe links that bind thoie humble dwell er* hy the sea. Itegtnnlng tn Life. Homebody remark* that little fish *cem to have the most sensible ldfas of a start In life. They alt begin on a small scale, and there Is as much truth as wit In the saying. Begin small. Countless ser mons have already been preached from that text, hut uutll the practice como* up to the preaching, there would seem to be need o( more yet. It is not so easy for a young couple who have been brought up In comfort and luxury to go backwards in the social scale and begin according to their means. Better that it should he done, however, at first, than to have to come to It after a brief period of luxurious living; lor, In that case, the last state Is apt to be worse that the first Emu late tbe little Ashe*, therefore, and begin on a small scale.-Exchange. A Long Lane. ??????Wa," casually remarked Pluder tho other even* log. as the two stood at the from gate waiting for Filzgootar to come home, ???what relation is there between you aud a lane?" "Me and a lane?" asked the lady, a puzzled look crossing her face. "Why do yon ask such a quea- tKpr 1 ???Well, nothing much," replied Plnder, "only I heard pa talking to the widow BUeover about you." "What did they say?" demanded Mr*. Fitx^now quite interested. ???She told pa that it waa a wouder to her how be managed to get along with you." lie sorter winked at fret, my pretty laaa, it???s a tong lane that has no turning. " HU First Case. "How are you getting along r' asked an dl judge of a young lawyer. "Very will thank you." waa tho reply. "I got my first rese to-day.??? ???Indeed! and what was It?" "A book-rest." Ob, the girl with the rick-reek dress. With many a smile and stairk, tbe flashes ont tn the aerial rout. Arrayed la her handiwork. AU winter she ricked and racked: Dees her toil repay her? Oh. yes: For now she declares that every one stares At the girttn the rick-rack drees. Toledo Blade. Dear Aunt Susie: lama fanner???s son, sixtoen years old. 1 like South Carolina* very much, for wo make such good crops here. Fapa takes Tau Constitution, and 1 like tho Georgia Humorists aud 0. Y. F. very much. Jennie Burpee's riddle Is the 8un. Ask some of tho cousins to please writo to me; and tell them I will answer their let ter*. Your nephew, Camden, B. C. G. 8. Barnes. Dost Aunt Busie: I am eleven years old aud go to school to my brother. 1 help mama keep house. Iren cook and can play sevoral pieces on the piano. 1 love to read Our Letter Box, sad wish some of the cousins would write to me. Your niece, Nannie Hooa. La Grange, Go. Dear Aunt Busie: Tell "Paul" I can milk, churn, raise poultry and cook, and might possibly super intend a dairy. 1 am a country girl. Wc take The Constitution, and think It la splendid. Your niece, Cuo. Bulloch Co., Ala. Dear Annt Susie: I am a fanner's daugbter, twelve years old. I go to school to Mr. Ham, and liko him very much. I lovo to read Uncle Remus Betsy II. and 0. Y. F. Will somo of the cousins writo to m c. Your* truly, 8harp*burg, Ga. Lizxii Fakmkk. DearAnnt Susie: lam a carpenter???s daughter, ten yean old. I help mama do all kinds of do mestic work. Tell somo of tho cousins to writo to tno, for 1 am so lonely, except daring school hour*. Your niece, Bharpaburg, Ga. Rosy Arnold. Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am eleven year* old and am a farmer's son. Fapa don???t raise much cotton, but raise* corn, peaa and clover. I have about fifty sheep that 1 attend to in the wluter. Our school close* next week with au exhibition, aud I wish yon could be there. Wa all love to read Tux Con stitution. Your ucpbew, Bubllgna, Ga. II. Milton roNDit. Dear Aunt Susie: I am twelve yean old and go to school. I can cook and clean up house for mama. Can any ono solve this riddle: Always in a house-top, never in a vale; Always tn prison, yet never in jail. Your niece, Emma Ha in is. Bharpaburg, Ga. Dear Annt taste: I am nine yean old. I hare a little brother six year* old,and wo both go to#chool and lixc our teacher very much. Papa died when 1 waa three years old. Your nephew, Bhupsburg, Ga. Jox Uxxsa Cols. Dear Aunt Susie: I am ten year* old, and go to school to Mr. Temple. One of the cousin* wanted to ttaow where tbe first candle was lighted. Tell him ???on the end." Youn, Blapdwortht Ga. A. Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer???s daughter, six teen years of age. I go to school now, but school will soon be out, much to my regret Tell Betsy II* mil ton I hope she will write every week in the future; end tell Mettle Moore that papa says I am distinctly related to her, and I wish she would write to me. Your niece, Magoix JaaNiuAN. Foster's Store, Chattooga Co., Ga. Dear Aunt Susie: X am fourteen yean old, and can cook and clean up the house, and am very fond of all kind of domestic work. I can knit trimming. I go to school and tike my teacher. Your little friend, Bharpaburg, Ga. Emm Bxxton. Dear Aunt Susie: I am fifteen years old, and can crochet, knit an sew, but don't know much about cooking. X havo been at school all the year but have vacation now. Pupa taken Tux OoNsrmmoN, and we all like It very muck. I love to read O. Y. F. and Betsy H. Tear friend, Lumpkin, On. K. W. Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am still with my grand* mother and love to stay with her. lamgoingto school to my ends, but am sorry to say school will doeesooe. Your loving niece, LaGrange, Ga. Fanxix Kooj. Dear Aunt Beals: X am a farmer's daughter, thirteen years old. X go to school and like my Red Merrill???* Boot-Jack. ???Please pull off my boots, mother," said Merrill, as he held up a muddy boot in front of his mother's face. ???Where Is your boot-jack???? she asked. ???0,1 split it up for kindling-wood to-night replied Ned. ???Split it up for kindling-wood!" exclaimed h mother. ???What did you do that for? There ai plenty of boards in the wood*hed." ???I was in a hurry," said Ned, ???and I grabbed bold of the first thing i came to." ???You are the laziest boy I ever saw," aald Merrill, as ??bo took hold of the muddy taol pulled it off. "You be sure and make youself new hoot-jack to-morrow." ???Yea, mother, I will," said Nsd, aud he bade hot good night and went off lo bed. ???You???ll ruin that boy," said Aunt Louise, who had bean sitting In tbe room busily sewing. "You wait on him entirely too much." "His boots, you know, are rather tight for him, and being wet, were really very bard to pull off," bis mother replied. "1 don't intend to do II again for him. _ He will make a boot-jack to-mor 1 Mrsj ; and ???I doubt it," replied Aunt Louise. Ned Merrill was a boy who always put off every thing in tbe shape of work until tbe lost moment. The old adage, ???Lazy folks work best when the sun is in the west," was true lu his case. lie had the kindlings to split for the fires, tbo water to bring from tho well and tbe cow to feed three times a day, but his mother often mid It was such hard work to get Ned to do these things that she would rather do them herself. He could have easily stepped Into tho woodshed and split up kindlings enough lu a few minutes to last two or three days, but he always, as his Aunt Louise said, dreaded everything In the form of work. He would wait until dark before he got about It, and then he would split up his boot-J'ck, or something else that lay near him, saying to htoself??? ???1 can easily make another." The next night, when bed-time came, Ned look ed all arouud the kitchen as if he had lost some thing. / ???He has not made that boot-jack," thought Annt I,ouhe, as ahe saw the boy try to pull off bis boots on the chair rounds and then on the wood-box. ???I wonder what he will do," thoughtshe. Ned???s mother was in the pantry stirring up buck wheat enkes for breakfast. When aho came into the kitchen she said: ???Haven't you gone to bed yet, Ned? I thought you had gone up stairs long ago." ???1 can???t get my boots off," said Ned In a fretful tone. ???ThereM kuew yon wouldn???t make that boot- jack to-day, when yon said yon would," said his mother. ???I forgot It," replied Ned. ???You didn't forget to go to Tom White???s for your ball, nor to go skating with Willie Rounds; but you always forget to do anything that yoji consider work." Whllehis mother was talking, Nod was pulling and tugging away at his boots, and soon a word which he knew he ought not to aay, escaped his IJps and made tbe tears come in his mother???s eyes. She silently went to her boy and pulled off his hoot. While aho was tugging at the second one, Charles Brown, a neighbor's *on, came in to bor row some yeast. He looked with amazement at Ned, as he sat tn a chair, while his mother palled oft'his muddy boot. "Docs your mother pull off yflur boots, Ned?" he asked. ???Wby don???t yon have a boot-jack? Your mother must be very good to do it. I would not dare to ask my mother to do such a thing for Ned looked quite ashamed, although he was such a selfish boy that Uio fact of his mother's do lug such a menial sehrice-for him wu not what shamed him; it was the thought that Charles Brown bad seen the transaction and rcsontod it Tho next day Ned seemed to have, forgotten all ???bout tbo event of tbo evening; also, tbe making of the boot-jack. Ho went off skating with a crowd of boya, without so much as bringing his mother one pailful of water. ???Where la your boot-jack, old fellow?" shouted a dozen voices, as Ned went down ou to the Ice. ???1 never heard of making a bootjack out of a mother, before," exclaimed Henry Jonas. ???My mother would apply it to me externally, I guess, if I stuck my muddy boots up into her face." All tho afternoon Ned went by the name of ???boot-jack." He tried to laugh It off, but In hla heart he wae very much ashamed, and resolved to leave tbe Ice In time to make himself a boot-jack before bcd-tlme. As ho come Into tho gate, his mother came out of the door, and said: ???Hurry up, Ned, I want to see you." Ned was used to this kind of welcome; bis moth er always wanted to sea him, and ask a multitude of questions, such as: ???Did you water the cow this noon, Ned?" or, "Did you feed herf??? "I have not a drop of water ora stick of wood In tho house; wby didn???t yon get me somo before you left?" Ned was used to such questions, but wheu his mother showed him. a very uloe box, which the expressman left at the house that afternoon, di rected in large letten to "Ned Merrill, Ttptonvllle, Maas.,??? be waa astonished and delighted. "It must be from your Uncle Joshua," hla moth er said; ???it ia your birthday, to-morrow, and he has remembered it." "I???ll get the hatchet and open tbe box," said Ned, rushing into the woodshed. As usual, Ned had to look around for some min utes to find tbe hatchet, because he threw his tools down wherever he used them, and never remem bered where he had them last. After hunting about some time the hatchet wa* found, and Ned pried open tho box. Imegine bl* disappointment and astonishment to find a hoot-jack inside, with a card attached, bearing these words: ???To Ned Merrill, from a friend who thinks moth ers are made of too good materials to bo converted Into boot-jacks." Ned wa* so vexed that he cried, hut It taught him a good lesson. Instead of neglecting his work until the close of the day, he did it up at the proper time; and Instead of making hla mother wait upon him, be waited npon his mother. It wss some weeks before the matter of tha ex press box was alluded to by either mpther or spa; but one evening, when they were sitting sloao to gether, with the wood-box piled full of wood, %nd the kindlings lying by the store, his mother ???Ned, yoa don't know how happy I am nowa days; I don't have to keep asking yon if yonr work 1* done, and worrying all the time for fear you have forgotten something." ???That boot-jack business cured me." said Ned. ???He that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taktth a city,??? replied his mother.???Susan Teail Perry. _ He Enjoyed It. ???Howdklyou enjoy my sermon yesterday?" asked the new minister of Fitxgoober. ???Immensely.??? answered Pits, ???it was a delight ful comfort to me, the cause of a great recrea tion." ???I???m glad to hear It," spoke the pleased clergy man. "but. sir. I fear you Indulge tn flattenr,??? in. Dut. sir. i rear you manure in bsuctt. -Not In the least." emphatically replied Fits, ???ycu put mo Into the sweetest slumber when you began, that 1 ever experienced, and kept me uiiiu, uui i uuixu. ??? there, too, until yon had flaUhed.??? Itntl.r PropoM. |t o b. The r*. From the Philnddpkin Pram. Goml Bn tin trotu God will iptre him to wit- no. th. triumph oI the prople???tdMnocrEUc puty. So do ... it wUl insure the mol'i stteadsne. .1 our reoond renlennUl tspMlUon- Two Well Informed Cttlien. Co mills, 8. C??? September ??.-(8peei*l.}-h well informed citlien of ColumhU, bet one bun- dred dolisn to-dsy with > atfU better Informed citizen that cotton would (ill to wm cents . pound by the flmdsy of next Jsnotty. FLETCHER???S AdOOfTTAI.. Tbo End of tho Celebrated Bom. Harder Trial. ItoMrfin., September 23???lSpeciiil.]???in toeiu . perior court to-dmy argument. In th. cue of the t inter.. Fletcher, chsrged with killing John Grib fin in Eut Borne, were concluded. The jnry ni ter a briel deliberation returned a rerdfet of not guilty. Fletcher???, wife hat Blown great constancy and devotion daring the trial and .he,' at well a. her husband, was overjoyed when ihe verdict was rendered. THE .TORY OF THE KIUIKO. The story of the killing wu thus told by an eye witness: ???1 was driving down the road, coming to town and when nenr HtMjJan'sstore 1 noticeda man oii a horse just beyond the store, in froutof the Rone- man walked ;m??n*??f foot. From tbo actions df the man on the horee 1 could see that he wuaoerv or excited. At lost the horaemqn drew a revolver and shot bis companion, who nut acres, the road and down the slant towards the railroad. The re port frightened the horse,so that he threw his rider But the horseman, who was noue other than Fletcher, jumped to hi* ieet and ran back to Scan- Jen's store and attempted to break la the door row end pe??.ed on. Before I had gone far Fletch er bioke down the door and nulled Into the house eud 1 heard a woman???* voice crying, ???Marder! help!?????? ??? 1 ??? * - - Ip!" When I hear a woman cry for beta go, so I Jumped out of my vehicle ana ???i back. As I reached the house, Fletcher. Mr. granhtn nnd hi* daugbter, Miss Mary Bosnian cume out ut the door in a bunch, an9i called to ticanlan to knock Fletcher down, which be promptly did with a weight or rock. I then told fectmlnn to go for an om?? ??? ' Fletche r. I did r ior ru omcer ana i would keep not know that he had hit Griffin when he shot at him just before, and supposing that Griffin bad gone off about hi* business. 1 advised Fletcher to skip out and have no further row, but he declined 1 out ana nave no runner row, but he declined to do bo. After awhile some onecame up and said ??l. n ?? nih...,. WEE Iwlnw Jn.,1 ??...?? . down the hill. When Fletcher heard l raw - poM-d to leave, bnt I told him no, he must!remain with me. Ho Insisted on leaving, but Ikapt him until Mr. Ed^c. the marshal of Eust Rome, arrived and took him in charge." Officer Edge and Mr. Gibson brought the prisoner over to the city and placed him in jail. A reporter reached the scene twenty mi flutes alter the en actment of the tragedy, to find Griffin???s body stretched out on two planks, just where he had fallen when the fatal bullet did Us deadly work. After being shot he ran 60 or 60 yard* before fail ing. A little black hole, about the size of a gar den pea, found to the left of the unfortunate spine, just over tho klduey, the course of the murderer???s marked . blood. bullet. There ___ The skin aiound the hole looked as fair as a child???s, and we came to the conclusion that alt the bleeding must have been inward. Mr. John Grif- in tho yards of the be leaves a wife and two childreu to mourn bis lie too is a married man. Religious llevlval In Georgia. Tbe post four months have witnessed revival 1ji various parts of Georgia that in fervor and ef feet may be called unprecedented. At Walesca, in Chcrokeo county, , a revival has just been ended thatlltomlly converted everybody in that section. The enthusiasm Is indescribable, and the roads wero filled with groups of men aud women singing the praise of Christ as they went on their way. A band of fifty young men went among tho congregation at tho campmectmg carrying people to tbe altar. The altars were packed. Whole* families wero converted, and joined the church. Ou Sunday night, three weeks aince, a thrilling scene occurred. Mrs. XTttman, an aged lady, who had often expressed the wUh that she might die while shouting, was very much excited. She was shouting vehemently ???ud proclaiming the glory of God, when she fell back suddenly and cessed. Friends approached and found that she waa dead. This awakened pro found Interest, and scores wero converted in the death of this old lady. AtNewuan a revival not leas remarkable has been In progress. Thousands have attended tho seiviccs and hundreds hare been converted. Court waa In session, and every officer of the court, from judge down, went to the altar. The grand jury paused in Its labors, sent for the judge and court Officers, sad changed Its session into alovt feast Each member gave his experience In conversion, and a most remarkable scene of religious enthu siasm followed. The profoundest impression has been made on tho whole community. _At Cartersrille a similar meeting now fii pro gress, and It equals either of the others noted. A friend writes of this meeting. He says: ting up the wonder- nx things of lifo, I would rend you a description of tho Bosh Arbor religion* services InCartsrevUle that would enthuse and electrify Georgia. 1 am now passing oyer the summit going down towards the sunset of human life, but I never saw the like before. On Thursday nJght I attended tho service and tho whole scene was magnificent beyond description, apart from the religious element so prominent iu it. Dr. Hayguod preached ouo of Ms bait dis courses, the altar wa* crowded with mourners, and the colored pcoplo did theslogluK. It wa* the the grandest music you ever heard from mortal throats. They sang by request, and a* I drew away from the hill the sconce pointed iuelf on my mind in a way that I expect to remember to my latest hour, There seemed to be au element of tho supernatural In the whole thing, aud I felt giddy with.tho exhil aration that impressed me and everybody else. I enclose a clipping thst will tell you about one discourse, which has made as deep an impress as. Bishop Marvin's famous sermon on the???C???hurcn as tbe Bride of Christ." The newspaper aged men at the altarr The clipping alluded to was from the Carters- vllle Free Frees, and is descriptive of a sermon by tbe Rev. Dr. Felton. Woqnotelt: , But Dr. Felton has left the matter of his election entirely in the hands of the people, and day after day hui venerable figure maybe seen mingling with the people at the brush arbor. I beard him preach last Saturday, and such a sermon ! Iam iappy over it yet. No man living could have listened to It without being touched. The reifgfon it yeL No man living < without being touched. ? . of Jesus Christ ws* burning in every sentence. When he commenced bis grand old .forma ..re ..... text, tboword*: 'He la able to save unto the uttermost," fell like magic on the hundreds beneath the arbor, and a stillness_Uka death crept over the throng. As bo wanned witn his subject, bis voice became strong, and rang ont like the dear blast of a bugle; his figure was alive with activity and vigor; Ms face waa illuminated with a heaven-born radiance, and the very spirit strong mm trembled, hardened sinners wept. Every heart was touched, every eya waa dimmed, r every bosom swelled. Buch a scene! Buch a scene! - - ??? -- grand haaven nto the imp of the devil. And as tbe shells would burst, --bat havoc was made. I have seen Dr. Felton on the itnmp???and be has no eqnol in Georgia there??? but I never before heard him preach. In the hwt of a political fight he h wonderfnl. bnt in tbe pulpit he Is grand End irresistible. I wish every man. woman and child in Bartow county??? nay in Georgia???could have heard that sermon. meetings and revivals ekewhere, all t their fervor. Tbe miraculous cure by faith of Mrs. Wimpy in Norcrow, and Mother Angidf in Macon, art but incidenu of what appear Id fee a great move of religious enthusiasm and awakening that seems to be sweeping over the whole state. needier Stands Up For Cleveland. A few days ago the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher received a letter from a young man, a member of hi* congregation, asking why, in view of the frightful immoralty that Grover Cleveland Is conceded to be guilty of," he should advocate the election of the democratic candidate to the presi dency. Mr. Beecher made the following reply to his inquiry: ?? part of mor??lll,f Tfutitory il ilEniter. Not', putirlc of rridne. hu bomodducM to prove tb.tcUr.luid I. now an fmmon! mu. Till b. toll In on. iniuan twelve jeeie eeo be fitnUr edmlu. All lb* (tori, of continued dkrip??Uon bSTE been MEKbed tad traced to the gnietbap tad brothel ... If 1 believed CleveUnd to be a libertine, I wonld drop him f oittall believe IL I lEEtnl him ee a . IWMb ItrlVtkab ???tttd of altering E ??? ??? tiling lo aloLter ever, uu>t faith iul! j aul loj- Ir.lfcte. not th. alight, t doubt. Up tnetutte to young man ia. twware of hU tnUtakc of mco and imitate his virtues to-dav. Ego. tna t.itaie SSWan, LIN DISTINCT Print")