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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 188j TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM
The Home and the Housewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone—Talks With
Women and About Women.
But I Said to my Heart.
"B<**le, dear child.” my father said,'
"Fred has just a thousand a year;
And rents are to pay and markets to make.
And how will yon drew, ray dcarT”
And I raid to ray heart; "That’s true;
But love and a thousand will do.”
My mother sighed In her stately way:
"Ills family are poor and plain;
No friends, no wealthy connections:
You have nothing at all to gain."
But I said to mr heart: "It’s Fred,
And nobody else. I wed.”
My friend Cceilc was dreadfully shocked:
"Why, Bessie! what, marry Fred Grey!
The man Isn’t In society;
You are throwing yourself away.”
But I raid to my heart: "He’ll do;
He is loving and tender and true.”
And even my kindly brother Jack
Thought "Fred, at a desk, very well;
But dreadfully slow, withoutauy 'go/
Fit only to buy and to sell."
But 1 said to ray heart; "Never mind,
He is plover and honest and kind.”
And my heart said: "Marry the man yon lore,
A thousand a year will do;
And he Isn’t slow and he’s plenty of ‘go,’
■ And ho’s stylish enongli for you.
You know very well when all Is told,
True lore Is better than «tylc or gold.”
I married ray lovo and a thousand a year,
And we're happy and rich today;
To his highest aim the man 1 love
Has gallantly fought his way.
if hcarta have loved, and arc brave and true,
They'll find a thousand a year will do.
—Limit K. Babii, In New York Ledger.
The season of fall is to mothers and house*
keepers full of busy pares. Of eourso we mean
aystcinotic good managers. Borne mothers and
housekeepers sit idle and allow ono season to
run into another without sufficient thought
for the future, and hence they are over run
with work, “don’t seo why H Is they don’t
rateh up,"as they express it. Well, we can tell
them why; they don’t take time “by tho fore*
loek,” and get ready for ono season before
another comes in. A good manager will in
August put up all their fruits and preserves
for winter, will gotlior in the butler-beans,
and okra, and dry and sew up in bags, will
rut up and dry apples, and peaches, can fruit
smd do all those little things that are to add to
the comfort of her family during tho winter.
If the bead of the fondly does his duty, he will
lay in the wood and have It cut, and the chips
put away, or if cool buy and put that away,
hut it is wonderful how many people overlook
theac things and just let tho future toko care of
Itself, and then w hen tlioso articles are bring
ing « much larger prico, buy, when they
could have saved mnuy a dollar to add little
comforts for their families, which now* they
must do without 1 Now in October .tho
busy mother begins thinking of tho under
wear for tho children for tho winter, overlook
ing the garments that have to come down from
t>ne child to another, scomg what can be
•‘mads over”atid what made smaller or larger,
then all the white work is out and flnishod,
and the mother knows exactly what each
child needs and how little she can get along
With. Then comes overhauling winter dresses,
it is careful work, and every lady hates it, but
there is such a satisfaction when tho dress is
niitaken to pieces and cleaned and trimincdand
fixed up in a little different style, and is put
on and you goout ami some friend soys, “oh,”
what a neat dress, when did you get U?” nud
you feel so proud when you ssy, “why this is
n dress I've worn two winters,” we all know
liow ihat feels, and if we could just keep that
in mind while we arc fretting and worrying
over Hand thinking “it is of no use; this old
thing nover will look decent,” it would be n
great comfort to us ami help to encourage us
In eur*wcarlsome work. Then w hen this work
is over comes the looking at now goods, (if we
live in a town or city). It does not matter
much whether wo buy them or not. there is a
plmurnblc excitement about looking at them.
If we commence with a calico (and that is tho
best thing we can get for the cool inorniugs
rud evenings of early fail,) there is so much
pleasure in thinking how we are to mako it
nnd how nice wc will look when it is done.
l\’e should oil go early nnd cheerfully to work
and be ready for winter.
Household Hints.
Koc LevoN ADI.—White of one ogj, one table-
Si con pulverized sugar, Juice of ono Icmou. one
goblet ol water. Beat together.
* fbre.o Mii.k.—Three tablespoons sago soaked in a
tup o i cold water otic hour, add three cups of bolt-
Ing milk; sweeten ami flavor tq taste. Hlnun.T
Slowly hall hour. Eat warm.
Baked Milk.—Put halt Ballou of milk In a Jar
end tie it down with wrtUug paper. Let It sund
In a moderate ovcu eight or ten hours. It will bo
like cream, and Is very nutlrtlous.
An old nurse says that rain water, If heated very
hot, is very soothing to weak and tlml eye*.
Many persons suiter from sensitive feet—a burn
ing nudaubing without any apparvut caiue-grcat
relief ran 1* found by bathing in tepid water with
a handful of ccwrse salt dissolved lu 1L
If you tut the back logs of your chair two inches
shorter thou the front ones, lite fatigue of bitting
will W greatly relieved aud the spine placed iu
better position.
A lady says that the best method that she has
ever tried to clean a browned poivelatu kettle!* to
boil peeled potato** iu It, when the porcelain will
be nearly as white as when new.
A gray linen splasher, with the figures worked
Iu scarlet In outline embroidery, Is serviceable a*
well as ornamental lu the dluiug room, bank of
the small table, frequently used there to hold the
Ice pitcher and goblets.
A good tray to arrange fruit lu a dUh for au or
namental piece is to set a glass tumbler or goblet
tu the center of the dish, around au l over it put
rttkk later of moss; then not nearly so much
fruit will be required, and it can be arranged very
handsomely.
When, as in a case of sicknea*. a dull light is
fished, or when matches are mislaid, put pow
dered sslt on the candle till It reaches the black
I art of the w ick. Iu this way a ratld and steady
light may be kept throughout the night by a small
piece cl candle.
A (onvalcsrent with capricious appetite miy
FowtUrae* be tempted to cat of thU; To a,; two
I hie slices of Graham bread, butter them. aal on
the low er slice pour some hot stewed berries. II t
apple *au<cls also nice for this; press the upper
•Uce upon it. and. after buttering the top slightly,
four tailing water over It. ThU must be drained
cut almost as soon as put on, or the toast will be
twined and lore's labor w ill be lost
it up tightly; then cut ofT strips a* you would If
ycu were ranking biscuit; put them Into tho btk-
irg tins, put a little lump of butter on tho topof
each one, and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on
each; let them rise until light, then bake quickly.
There arc especially nice for ten.
Date sauce, wbieb if very nice with bread pud
dings, is made by stewing dates in just enough
w ater to cover them; let them simmer for thro
quartern of an hour, then if the dates arc soft rub
them throngh a colander, l»eat it until It is light,
add water if It is needed to thin it, let It como to
a boll. If you have saved the juice of fni't,
when canning It, use this instead of water to thin
the sauce. The juice of currants i* especially ap
petising.
fiir Henry Thompson says of the ‘‘true lettuce
Mtad” that the material* must be secured fresh,
are not to be too numerous nnd direrse, must be
well cleansed and washed without handling, nud
all water removed a* far as possible. It should be
made immediately before the meal nnd kept cool
until wanted. Very few servants can be trusted
to execute the simple details Involved in cross-
cutting the lettuce, endive or what not but two or
three times in a roomy salad bowl; iu placing one
saltapoon full of salt nud half that quantity of
pepper in n tablespoon, which I* to be filled three
limes consecutively with the best fresh olive oil,
stirring each briskly until the condiments have
been thoroughly mixed, and at the same time dis
tributed over the salad. This is next to be tossed
well, bm lightly, until every portion glisten*.
Fruit loaf made of bread dough I* very nice;
after tho dough has risen the first time take a piece
about tho size you would need for a loaf of bread;
roll tills out on the kneading board until it la not
more than an inch thick; on this spread any kind
of fruit that you chose, English currants, chopped
raisins, stewed figs, or Jam, may any of them be
lined; sprinkle a little powdered sugar over the
fruit, and put some little lumps of butter here
and there ou it, or spread the dough with butter
before putting the fruit on it. Roll It up very
tightly into a loaf, let It rise, aud hake It lu a hot
oven. Cut It in thick slices when done. Tula
may take the form of a plain pudding; In this case
it must be nerved hot, with sauce. The sauce
should be rich aud highly seasoned, nud the pud
ding must be cut in thin slices, nnd the sauce
should be very hot, so that It will j>enetrate and
soften the crust.
The excellence of the following receipt for keep
ing tomatoes ia vouched for by two good women
who have proved Its virtues for many years:
Choose perfectly sound, ripe tomatoes, the skin
must be unbroken, and the tomatoes must not be
soft, but should be taken from the vines at the
stag* when they have just turned red; put them
into a jar, and pour over them vtncgaf and water
in the pro|>ortlon of two quarts of water to one
of vinegar; turn a plate over them, and put a
weight upon it ao that the tomatoes will all bo
kept well under, then tie a cloth over the |ar, put
thcoovoroo and set It in a cool cellar or closet.
Tomatoes preserved In this way have been knowu
to keep for months; H is essential that the toma
toes shall bo kepi covered with the vinegar nnd
water, for If one even Is not, It will decay aud
the ferment occasioned by it will spoil all the
others.
A NOKIA’ Foon.—Make a rich custard, pour it
in a taw! and put n layer of sliced cake on it. Stir
some finely-powdered sugar into quince or apple
jelly and drop It ou the cake. Pour syllabub
on the cake, and thou put on another layer of
cakoand Icing.” Ingredients: One and one-half
tumblers granulated sugar, one tumbler flour,
whites of eleven eggs, ono tenspoonful vanilla,
teaspootiful cream of tartar. 81ft your flour
four times, then moasuro, add the eream of tartar
and atft again, but bo certain to have the right
htoaauro before adding tho cream of tartar. Hilt
sugar and measure. Beat tbe egg* to a it Iff froth
oil a flat dlsli, theu add (on tho samo dish) tho
»ugar, a* lightly as possible, then the flour very
gently, then the vaullla. Tour in an ungroased
pan and bako In a moderate oven. When done
turn the pan upside down: when the cake ia cold
loosen the edges with a sharp knife. Double the
above quantity makoaa very largo cake.
Item* of Interest.
Watches made entirely of papor arc being man
ufactured in Germany.
Cinnamon rolls are mode by taking the dough
Ju>t as In the fruit loaf. Spread the roll with but-
Uv at d sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over it; roil
A new word lias been coined. It Is "telephonic"
aud means telephone message.
Watches arc smuggled Into Canada In holes
ecocpcd In the center of Bibles.
Germany ond Russia aro both pushing forward
experiments In flying machinery for use lu war.
Franklin was married at 21: Moiartat2*>; Byron,
Watdiiugton and Bonaparto at 27; Luther at 42;
Addison hi it; and old Parr, for the third time, at
102.
A French authority states that carrots give
horses new blood which seems to restore them,
and they may bo Juslly claimed as the regenerator
of worn-out horse*.
BUtUth* show that murderers non towed to
prison for life live to an age beyond the average of
those who have to work for a living amid the ex
posure of the outside wprld.
One of the greatest engineering enterprise* of
modern times ia the Pauatna canal. It will cast
61.V,00.000 or more, nud is to be completed with
in four years. It will bo chiefly 'advantageous to
the United State*.
A Census ol a boarding school or forty eight
girls, 'bowed that one could make bread, one
knew how to fry oysters, throe knew how to brojl
beefsteak, forty-eight could embroider and forty-
tcvcu dnucc.
Incandescent gas light U something new which
is tatng tried In England. The light Is produced
by tbe mixing of air, under pressure, with com
mon gas, and the Incandescence of a platinum
wire Rtuxc cap which forma tho apex or the burn
er. There Is no fiaine or smoke, the light Is steady,
less gas U used, while double the light of the or
dinary method is produced.
Cooktug Itrripr*.
A tc%<r°onful ol lemon peel chopped very flue
and added to tho gravy of fowls organic is consid
ered a good addition.
Tomato chow chow la made of six targe toma
toes, one large onion, one green pepper, ouc table-
spoouful of eaU, two of brown sugar, and two
small teacups of vinegar. l¥ct the tomatoes, cut
them into small pieces, and chop the oniou aud
tipper very fine: stew gently with the vinegar,
etc., for an hour.
Excellent breakfast cakes arc made of three
eggs, ouc teaspoonful of sugar, one coffee cup of
sweet milk, one cup o! warm? water, three table-
spoonsful of yeftst, flour enough to make a wtlH
batter. Leave the whites of the eggs until the
trailer has iImui, then add them. A pinch of salt
is uevded. If started the night before, these cakes
are delicious. They will be as light as pul!*.
There are man? way* to vary and make nice
omelet*. The omelet with fine herbs Is a favorite
with thewe people who like high seasoning. Pars
ley alone rubbed very fine, Imparts a delicious
fla\or to a plain omelet; tomatoes added to the
cruel*.t ju>t before It hardens, those having been
already cooked, give an cxccllcut relish to it; later
in the sea«on oysters chopped fine, render an
omelet a di-h to be longed for, and to be eaten
with much relish.
Sootxcrtp Tomatoes.—Scald and skin two quarts
of firm ripe tomatoes. Cat them Into slices. Taka
a half pc nud of bread crumbs, a quarter of a
pound of best butter, one ounce of flue sugar, a
teaspoon ful of salt, half t**«poonful of pepper,
small onion, chopped fine. Pat into a baking dUU
a layer of bread crumbs, upon which place a layer
of tbe sliced tomatoes; upon these place a few bits
of butter, a little of the choppedfraiotund a
a prickle of the pepper, sugar and salt: now an
other layer of bread crumb*, and soon, until your
dish Is filled, Idling the 1-st layer k Weal crumbs.
dotted over with small pieces of butter and spin-
tied over with pepper and salt. Place it In a good
oven and bake for one hour.
Jellies nnd Preserves.
QrijM i; Jelly.—'Wipe the the fruit carefully and
remove nil the *tems and parts not fair and sonud.
Use the b&t par If of the fruit for canning and pre
serving. and the skin, cores and hard parts for
jelly. Tbe seeds contain a large portion of gela
tinous substance. Boil all together iu enough
water to cover till the pulp is soft. Mash and
drain. U.«e the juice only, and when boiling add
an equal weight of hot sugar, and boil till it Jel
lies in the spoon.
Pn&EAVgn Qciiwes.—Use the orauge quinces.
Wipe, pare, quarter and remove all the core aud
the hard part under the core. Take an equal
we ight of sugar. Cover the quinces with cold
water. Let them come slowly to a boil. Skim,
and when nearly soft put one quarter of the sugar
on top, but do not stir. When this bolls add an
other port of the sugar, nnd continue until
oil the sugar is In the kettle, tat them tall
slowly until the color you like, either lighter
dark.
Cheap Vinkoar.—Those families who use but
little vinegar can make their own with very little
trouble nnd expense, especially such as have abun
dance of fruit. After making jellies of any kind,
take what I* left in the bag after the juice is
strained out, and put in a stone Jar. Cover ,witb
soft water and set In the sun, placing a plate or
board over the top of the Jar. As jellies and pro-
cs are made, take skimmlngs of both, rins
ings from the preserve kettle or pan, nnd add to
the jar. Let stand till soured thoroughly, aud
then strain. Put to it a little vinegar or "mother,”
and set where It is warm. Juice from apple par-
Inga makes - excellent vinegar also. Putt little
water to them, steep well, and strain through
coarse doth.—Country Gentleman.
Fashion Notes.
Velvet ribbon loops and a bunch of feathers in
front arc almost the only trimmings seen on round
hat.* 1 .
Dark green velvet hats with wreaths of nastur-
taJus are ut once handsome nud stylish for autumn
wear.
A lint of black straw for fall wear Is ornamented
with a golden pheasant aud a tuft of green and
ripe oats.
Daisy reaction of narrow, orange-colored ribbon,
with hearts of brown plush, are used to trim
brown felt or velvet bonnets.
Among the newest handkerchiefs arc those made
with red and black borders, on which are printed
grotesque little Imps in colors.
The newest slippers for house wcarare made In
garnet and crimson alligator, kangaroo or angola
skins, which arc durable as well as soft.
Dresses of black sewing-silk grenadine are pro
fusely trimmed with cscurial lace flounces, aud
have a vest and a petticoat front placed over red
satin,
Amnug the new fancies are the Italian aprons,
made of silk or linen, with bands of lace insortion
and edging, nnd Greek aprons of satin or surah,
richly decorated with embroidery.
Little veils of colored illusion arc still worn over
the face. They reach to the end of the nose.
When placed over In urnets and hats they are drawn
up neatly iu the back nud tucked undorneath the
bnm.
Nan’s gray, that Is, a soft shade of gray with a
suggestion of cream In It, 1* handsomely combined
with a rich shade of Neapolitan red this season in
pretty French toilets of Irish poplin, corded silk
and cashmere gray, with kilt facings, panels,
waistcoat and pelerine of velvet in the red shade.
Stylish traveling dresses are made of fine Afls-
trlan wool In gold and blno shepherd's check,
trimmed with vest, panels and flounce bands bt>
Russian blno velvet. The square-crowned Henry
II. hat comes well over the eyes, shading the face,
and I* made of gold satin braid bound on the
brim nnd bauded round the crown with blue vol
vet caught with tiny gold pins. No feathers or
flowers arc worn.
BED THE It AGE IN MILLINERY.
VERY RICH MISS ST. PIEItRE.
TFbat ft Woman is Doing to Develop tho
Bidden Wealth of the South.
From the Chattanooga Democrat.
Mira Maud Et. Pierre, the lady who ha* become
somewhat prominent in this vicinity from the
fact that *-he It dealing extensively in mJniDg and
mineral lands, Is In the city. Yesterday morning
a reporter culled ou her for the purpose of learn-
ing something of her private secretary, John A.
Neal, who dlsapj-eared last summer, aud so find
out her plans of operations in the voriou*
industrial pursuits upon which she ha* em
barked. Miss St. I'iere is a rather tall, fine-look
ing Indy, with erect carriage, a keen eye and*
perceptible something about her which uumi*
tiikobiy means business, fc’he advanced wfthoui
hesitation, shook hands with the reporter aud sat
down. To a question concerning Neal she replied:
"I have never been able to lenrn anything defl
nite about Mr. Neal, although I have left no stoue
unturned to discover Lira. He was
last seen seated upon a rook
near the top of the mountain, two or three miles
from Anderson. There we found «»n the ground
sprigs oi oats and flowers which he had worn on
the lar>el of his eoat. This wa« the last real clew
we have had. I have had detectives working up
the case, have ransacked every nook and cranny
in the mountain* for him, but have never been
able to find him.”
"Toll me of your mineral laud In Franklin
county.”
"Well,I htTe purchased about 22,000 acres of hmd
in Franklin county. I have in that property endless
quantities of Iron ore,coal, marble, satd*tone and
timber. There are all.through the south number
less white families who, through force of circum
stances and ignorance, are unable to make a de
cent livelihood. I intend to form colonic* nud
give them homes and employment. I will give
each family tho timber to traild a house and then
give them a lease on twenty acres for ten years.
These families arc to be from the south, I have
an utter abhorreuce of convict labor.”
"What will be the estimated cost of your various
enterprise* there?"
“It will bo about one-tentli what it would cost
this?”
other mineral land besides
ltobln lUilbrcfiMt Red—Love-Apple Red—A
fifty World Painted Red.
From the New York Evening Post.
Red, prominent in costume* and trimming!
early last season In Pari*, ha* burst out this side
tho water, and tho gleam of the brilliant huo it
seen in every shop window, brightening every
combination in dress fabrics aud shining out upon
the costumes from the upturned sides of the hat
brims to the ti|*s of tho dainty turkey red kid
hotiM) shoe. Red triumphant, red absolutOnrcd a
la Pharaoh, In tone* and semi-tones, help largely
this Reason to enliven tho dull, dead appearance
of the “melancholy days” Just upon us.
The new tirade* of this color Aro rich and verb
otu aud burst forth gloriously In velvet and bro
cade or glimmer charmingly through bronze, ma
hogany, bUmuth-bro»ru nnd tan uutll tho color,
dying out in tho material itself, breaks out agaiu
in co?d(ngs, fnefugs, ribbon garnitures, paucls
and Jacket and waistcoat adorning* ad infinitum.
Pomroc d'amour, love apple, or tomato, aurora, a
clear velvet gurnet red, shading to deep wine,
rouge sorgo—robin red breast color—aud red vul-
rain, lultaiuelufemale and coqucltcot are some
of the leading Parisian shades of this color, with
endless cross tint*, whiclt appear in all tho se*-
son's high-dyed productions.
QUBnn BITS OF FEMININE GOSSIP.
Women who have not flue teeth only laugh with
their eyes.
Bclva 1 oekwood is the onlv candidate in the
presidential field who is not a father.
Ktta l.nrrabcc, a handsome young woman in
New York, I* serving her third term in the peni
tentiary for burglary.
English women of fashion now wear a ruby In
one car nnd an emerald lu the other, aud rarm
Hum "danger signal*.”
The horse of a Russian peasant is first lu hi* esti
mation. then rotne* hi* cow, then his dog. then his
- hr. ana if he has any left It is bestowed upon his
He slid children.
A vote taken among the young ladle* o| Wellas-
Icy college* resulted; Blaine, 270; Cleveland, 62:
8L John, 47. Ben Butler did not receive a vote.
In a short time the republican girls are to haves
torchlight parade.
An N-Vyear old lady Attended a Newport dinner
patty the other day in a dress of electric blue, crlm*
Min '(cokings, blue'hoes, crimson fan anti ribbons,
with s bow of combined blue and crimson ia a
point-litre cap, which was fastened with dUrnoud
ins in bcrtuowwnUo hair.
Men have many vicious habits—tippling, srnok-
..if, playing billiard* andfrequeutiug pool rooms.
Tbe chief feminine vice consists in looking la at
made up.
Extravagant Women.
A note has bceu received at The CuxsrrmrfiO!*
asking that a short lecture be given females for
their extravagance.
Why? There who can a (lord it, will have nice
and elegant houses, carriages and horses, dress
writ, travel, keep good tables, are not entitled to
It? As a matter of course, no one should Uva for
herself, or himself asonc. but all do, more or less,
tbe best they can for themselves. As
to the “extravagant women.” there are some ideas
thrown out by an authority, "Our Fashion” ha-l
not been thought about by the writer to Tux
Const itvtiox.
"Fashion" rays: "The extravagant woman.”
sat* an authority on fashions, "make* trade good,
keeps up the revenue*: sets the looms ant ran-
i-Mi,cry of a thousand cities in motion, and keeps
Ibtm running st their fait capacity; furu 1-hen
work for the earth's millionsof skilled laborers
and pours treasure* into the lap of industry. She
incite* the d-clyneis *rt err-ater effort* ta tiNvInm
exquisite materials i
keep* the merchant at his beat l
wares of the world to place before her, and in the
gratification of her own luxurious tastes U tike a
Mcne thrown in a pond, the ripplcafrom which
extend fram shore to shore. The whole civilized
and nncivtli^t world iaysits offerings at her
feet." Much of tbe oitldm about the extr*va-
nnt e of fine dre-*e* l* misplaced and absurd, and
•thy ladle* who indulge themselves lu cTety
'Well. I have under my control RW.OOO acres la
Cumberland county, this state.”
"Were you originally irora England,* MI«* St.
Pierre?”
"Oh, no; I was bora in Louisiana, but having
*pcnt most of my life abroad a great many people
arc of the opinion that I am English. My father
died when 1 was about seventeen years old and,
having been in his confidence, was thoroughly
iquaiutcd with his business and consequently
aturcly took choree of matters. My mother died
iter on and then I went to Europe.”
Mbs fit. Pierre spends most her winter* In Wash
ington nnd New \ ork. She conics south during
the summer to attend to her business In thu
mountains.
“Gathering up the Fragments.”
Jt has often come to me with peculiar force that
after our Lord had multiplied flic loaves nnd fed
five thousand men, he comauded his disciples to
gather up the fragments that nothing should be
lost. It is this disregard of little things which is
the secret of many n wasted life. Great opportu
nities are waited for in vain, while small ones arc
suffered to go unimproved.
"I have not much of a voice," Mftd a young girl,
and not being able to sing like the best, she sang
not at all, and the little circle around the piano
missed what would have been a real assistance,
nnd Its interest in the sweet Sunday school songs
was chilled by the silent figure seated at the other
sidcof the room.
"Half-worn clothe* arc of no great value. I
would rather make new ones than to bother with
them,” says one housekeeper, while hot neighbor
over the way, with a careful eye and skillful hand
secs the possibilities, iu the basket of "old clothes,"
and mends and remodels. Lo! In a few years the
one is scarcely able to buy what she absolutely
needs, while the other, cheerful and busy ms ever,
like the good woman in the Bible, "is not afraid
of the snow for her household: for all her house
hold arc clothed with scarlet.”
"I have very little time for reading,” said a busy
mother, and so she gave up reading altogether;
aud bye nnd bye, when her bright-eyed babies she
bad delighted In dressing and waiting on had
grown to be school-boys and school-girls, she said
to herselft radly enough, "It seems to me 1 have
forgotten all I ever knew. Icau’t help my chil
dren wheu they most need me. I am afraid they
aro growing away from me.”
Wo need not multiply Illustrations. Every fam
ily furnishes them. Thrift In time, in money, in
talent, in opportunities—and a successful, happy
llfo rounds oat Its sphere of usefulness. Waste in
little things, and the idle dreamer at last secs van
ity written upon all his hopes and all his effort*.
Literary Notes,
It is said now that Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the elo*
qiient Ntatcsinan-prcnclicr, I* the original of the
’’flt. Elmo” of Miss Evans’s novel of that name.
Speaking of books published anonymously, tho
Appletons will *oou bring out a volume called tho
"Money Makers,” which Is said to be in answer to
the “Broad Wiuuers,” and guesses us to Its author
ship will be lu order.
The "Century” magazine announces a scries of
papers of a popular character ou the ' Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War.” to ta written by oflicers
of high rank on both sides of the struggle, includ
ing Generals Grant, Beauregard, McClellan, Rose-
cratis, Admiral* Porter and Walker, And others.
Tbe icries will be plentifully aud carefully Ulus-
dock. will be tho leading serial
during the coming year. The Christ nn* number
of this niagsxliic will have a frontispiece in olgb
dainty contributor of imems and society novels to
them—— ’* ~* **—'
atorie — —
appealed anonymously. For thl> secret work he
cels $270 a week or $:»,0i)0 a story. For his preten
tion* magazine work and books be gets about a
Hard to tTnriorstaml.
Why an eudless proeesslou of driuker* from a
public dipper will; without exception, drink dose
io the handle.
Why i>cop!o will go into society to get bored
when they can get bored just as well at home.
Why the young lady who will eagerly chow
boatdiuu house uiluce pic will carefully eschew
boaidiug house mince meat.
Why a woman will make excuses for her bread
when she knows it is the best she ever made, and
knows her company knows tt.
Why a "young gentleman” swears so much
louder aud more copiously when strange hulks
arc within ear shot ; or, iu other words.
Why the desire to make a fool of one’s self
spring* eternal Iu the human breast.
Why a man who claims to hsrcVound marriage
a delusion will again embrace that dolusiou upon
the first convenient opportune)’.
Why it i* so much easier to tie polite to people
whom we shall probably never mm again than to
those whine good opinion we have every reason to
cultivate.
A Fiulftlitng Behoof.
Neiv York will Weep ahead In this country in
fashions, c* well a* In some other thing*. A corre
spondent writing from that city to the Inter Ocem
describes a "finishing” school, where girls get the
ilnsl tuucbcsof polish to fit them for exquisitely
graceful society, tactures arc delivered to the girts
ou the ait of slumbering present.ably, t.'fri* are
taught to sleep w UU their month shut, and pre
vent snoring. They arc taught so that their jv>«*
on the couch shall be no more awkward thau those
of their uakiux Lour*. In fact, the object Is to
teach ilnmfceren* comeliness.
A Weary Hour.
There ere carpets of plu-h aud curtains of Itee
And mirror* lra
T tele ere chain
f wit
bat multiply! ..
cf cushions and
And picture* of pausict alt done on a panel.
And mimic- castle* and mountains ana farms,
And patterns of leaves brought out in enamel.
i.ikc a ccr.'Hui over use cuuvv.i s»»u.
And the yellow dials tiank the* brook
And the silk weed flo» and the golden rod.
Where ycu ere-* on a log to a tryrting noo%;
There v. here the whispering maples toss
1 would lay my head on a pillow of moss,
W ith a geutle wiud to fan my face—
Forget the weak wtaty woik-a day world.
With its tbifsof warfare all unfurled.
With it* din oi drums and it- steady beat
~ * imfng, going, hurry ing feet:
_ ,.«.et tbe throb of tbe lire*! brain.
Forget the sweet that was turned to gall.
Forget the bliss that was drowned in pain.
Forget iball and ail and all.
Just lie with my cLeek to the ioft, cool mess.
Where the minglingtaugh* of the maple tow,
With r, gentle wiud to fgu ray fcrce, .
Aid the Ant*- - ! of alienee to guard the p>e«.
—Barbara Moss
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Advire to Yonuff People—The Pollution of
Water Course*-^Iow* Mr. JJlnlae
Takes Care of Himself—Burn
ing Criminals.
Yot'jfG people who think of goining into litera
ture or journalism in order to inakomoney should
read the "Life and Letter* of Bayard Taylor.”
Undoubtedly Taylor was n typical successful
American author. He turned out an immense
quantity of solid and brilliant work, and there
was always a demand for the products of hL* pen.
Yet Taylor’s letters show that he was always press
ed for money, nnd it was only by extraordinary
exertion that be wa* enabled to keep afloat,
died practically penniless. Some of his best works
brought him comparatively nothing. Of "Lars”
hejwrote in 1*73 that the sale was Just 105 copTSs.
Ills translation of "Faust" coat him years of labor
and returned him only 1300. Taylor’s talent and
industry turned in other directions would proba
bly have made him n millionaire. Tbe youug
man who proposes to live by his pen must be sat
isfied to do something better than mere money
making. Even ii he meets with exceptional suc
cess he cannot hope for the Income of a third-rate
lawyer or physician. It ia well to look facts in the
face, and these are fact*.
Thk pollution of watercourses by turning in the
sewage of towns and cities is a crime against pub
lic health. The sewage should be diverted to
neighboring farms tvhere it could ta utilized for
the crops This is done iu the town of Pullmau,
111., where remarkable results have been obtained
by forcing the sewage Hi rough tunnels to land
miles away from town. The sewage of Paris is
vtiiizcd in the same way. Tho sewage fa nos at
Genuevilliers take up a good deal of this refuse,
and similar farms are to be started on the edge of
fc't. Germain. In this way tbe sewage is made to
serve a useful purpose: whereas, if turned into the
watercourses it would become a factor of disease
and death.
Heretofore the New York policemen have had
nn easy time of it. They have been, in every sense
of the word, masters of the situation. They have
clubbed uuoflending citizens, broken the heads of
mi>aU boys, stood in with the gangs and had things
their own way. But at last a Nemetis has appered
upon the Ecene In the shape of a Miss
Mary Irene Hoyt, the heiress of a
well-known millionaire. This young lady
is gifted with fully ns much temper as wealth, ifhd
one of her peculiarities is au intense hatred of po
licemen. Whenever the opportunity ofl'ers Miss
Hoyt abuses the guardians of the peace so volubly
and with such a perfect command of billingsgate
as to render any attempt at reply out of the ques
tion. The other day she paralyzed a 2-V)
pound policeman by whacking his proboscis
with her parasol. Under ordinary circumstance!
the average New York policeman club a woman to
death for such conduct, but even the bravest mem
ber of the force hesitates to resort to such tactics
with the daughter of a millionaire. Miss Hoyt,
therefore, not only holds tho fort, but she weeds a
wide row ail around it. She looms up as a terror
nnd a problem.
The Loudon Lancet gives a remarkable case of
resuscitation after apparent death by hanging. The
person operate^ upon was a woman and sho had
been cut down alter hanging eight minutes. Her
neck was not broken, but so far as tbe doctors
could nceshc was dead. Even the application of
galvanism failed to contract the muscles. Tho
physicians resorted to artificial respiration accord
ing to the Silvester methods. The movements
were performed slowly, ten times a minuto, and
in about ten minutes n feeble attempt at natural
respiration was noted, and- very weak pulsations
of thebcart followed. Artificial respiration was
maintained for two hour* before tho natural
breathing was {sufficiently established. In
About eleven hours the patient be
came imperfectly conscious. but for
two days her memory was a perfect blank. In tho
course of two weeks she was restored to good
health. This shows what can be done by persever
ing and judicious treatment. No doubt many
people who apparently died from strangulation of
drowning could have becu revived if tbe proper
means had been applied.
Mr. Buikk not only takes rare of hlsmonoy
but ho takes remarkably good care of himself. Ills
tastes are very simple. During bis long public
life ho 1ms given and attended many elaborate
dinners, but he always passed over the rich dhhes'
and if be took any wine ho nover went beyond a
single glass of ehampague. At home lie retires at
nine o'clock, aud in Washington at tcu of eleven,
He always takes ebjlit or nine hours sleep.
In the matter . of dress he suits
himself. He does not dross iu
broadelutii, but wears business suits, lie wear*
no Jewelry, except n pair of gold sleeve buttons,
no ring, no studs, not even a watch and chain.
It is well for Mr. Blaluc that be takes so much
sleep, nnd lives on a simple diet, because his days
are given to laborious work. He writes like
steam engine, and it is said, that for rapid writing
he has no equal lit this country. Ifc is a great
reader of newspapers, history, the old classic! and
the old comedies. With such habits nnd t-
Mr. Blaine ought to enjoy good health, aud it is
probable that he docs as a general thing. IIo Is,
however, of an emotional nature, subject to fits of
depression and elation, and is the very man to
fall n vJcttm to apoplexy, paralysis or Bright'*
disease. These who know him well believe that
hi* defeat in this campaign would kill lilm.
Oxr would naturally suppose that there would
be no difficulty in fiuding tenant* (or all tbe land
in England. Such I* not the case, however. Iu K-wcx
no leu than 20,000 acres vainly demaud tenant*,
and within tlibty mile* of London 170 acres, held
ten years ago at five thousand pounds sold recent
ly for twenty-four- hundred. Lady Catherine
Gaskell thinks that she has discovered a remedy
for this state of afl'alr*. She suggests that farm
ers aud their wive* aud daughters should cea*e to
be educated. By keeping the masses io utter ig
norance, LAriy Catherine thinks that they will be
shut out from commercial pursuit* and the trades
snd ta compelled to dig their living out of the
ground. When members of th« British arLtocra-
cy write and publish such iuhumau stufl their
heads are in danger.
excitement, and those who work late at night ua»
dcr the influence of rea, coffee or tobacco enjoy ft
remarkable mcntAl elation which is generally fol-
owed by depression or complete prostration.
Undoubtedly some of* the greatest thoughts are
tarn in these unnatural moods, but it cannot be
claimed that they originate in perfectly sane
minds.
When foreign Immigrants come to ns male and
female It is a good sign, but when only males
come it is a ta i sign. Within ten years we have
received fror« China 1.12,237 males and only 1,752
females: /.ora Italy. 103,081 males and 21,480
females, and from Hungary .*>*,277 males and 12,938
females. The explanation is to be found in tbe
fact that wealthy syndicates in this country are
son ding their agents abroad and importing great
herdi- of males to work for lower wages thaa
Americans are willing to accept. This is one
cause of the latar disturbances in Pennsylvanin,
Ohio and elsewhere. And the trouble is only be
ginning. The greed of dur monopolists will cause
them to flood the country with male immigrants
who have no intention of becoming a permanent
element in our population. There is danger in all
thi*.
The battle ts now in New York, nnd It will be a
hot one. New Yoik, however, is a democratic
state. ^
The (lose relationship between geniu* and in
sanity Is proverbial. This has been acknowledged
from the time of Plato down to the present day.
A celebrated Frenchman Raid, "Geulus U a Ul-ease
ol tbe nerve*,” ami a great po*-t ha* assured us
that
‘direst wits to madness rare are near allied.
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
Among the men of genius w ho !>ccime temporarily
or pcrmRncntly insane may ta mentioned flehu-
maun, Donizetti, Swift, tauthey, Lucretius, Tor-
queito, Tasso and Comte. Richelieu onci imag
ined bim&e!f a horse and ran neighing around a
table. P.ou-»cau badjhfs spells of derangement
DUU ret, Byron aud Beethoven were sometimes
next door to insanity. Ca-sar was epileptic and
Peter the Great bad nervous attacks, during one
of v.bUh be Uy motionless three days and nights.
PaKal snd Schiller had nervous convulsion*. Al-
ficri suffered from deep melancholy. Newton,
Ki.ni. Linnaeus end Boerhane lo«t the normal me
of their faculties in old age. Many men of eeniii-
Lad relatives who were Insane. Byron’*
auudot* were noted for their er-
eeniricity and passions; Diderot's'abler died ia-
fate' Richelieu's sbter was a lunatic, aud Beetho
ven's father was a drunkard. Illusions are common
with men of genius. Even Luther saw tbe devil
cr.d threw au inkstand at him. Pope once saw
an arm come cut of a wail. The creative work of
the brain naturally leads to such mental condi
tions as above Ascribed. During the progress of
literary work the train is in a state of abnormal
It 1m evident that it fc the settled purpose of the
republican leaders to revive the "bloody shirt'*
again. They arc continually objecting to {the
solid south, bm they advocate just such measures
as will keep itsoiid. For some time past tho New
York Tribune lias been printing a serial story
which turns upon the hiring out of convicts un
der the lease system in the southern states. The
Tribune calls it "a system that menace* the
future of the south, being characterized by Iniqui
ties so monstrous a* io suggest savagery, not Chris
tian civilization; the dark ages, rather than thft
effulgent nineteenth century." The point im
pressed by tho Tribune story is that the negroes
nrejthc sufferers under this convict system, and tho
lact that it includes white men is ignored. On tho
same line is a bock just issued by Green B. Baum*
This book is leveled against what Mr. Baum hi
pleased to call "the southern oligarchy,” and It
consists of a lot of stuff about kuklux, Dan
ville ond Copiah outrages, rifle clubs, tissue ballots,
etc. The la*t and most respectable, ns well as the
most dangerous attempt in this direction, Is Judge
Tourgee’s book, "An Appeal to Ciesar.” This
work treats of the colored people of tho
south, predicts their numerical prepon
derance over the whites by the year 1900,
aud dwells upon the duty of the nation to ed
ucate them. Judge Tourgee's scheme Is to dis
tribute 81,600,000 a year among the southora states.
The custodian ol the fund is to be the United
States commissioner of education, and he is to
pay it over not to the states or to their officers,
but to the teachers them solve*, it seems that the
scribblers picked up tno "bloody shirt" when the
politicians temporarily dropped it, and ;they are
flaunting it with a zeal worthy of a better cause.
The people of New* Orleans fear that the Missis
sippi will one of these days make an exeentrlo
and headlong rush to the gulf through the Atch
afalayn snd leave the city stranded as an island
town. The steady enlargement of the Atchatalaja
outlet excites the gravest apprehensions. Bach ft
deflection would Irreparably injure* New Orleans
aud the many towns, and hundreds of plantations
between the Atehafslaya and the present mouth
of the Mississippi. Congress has ordered the river
commission to deflect the waters of tho Mississippi
and Red from the Atchafnlaya, but ns yot It has
(lone nothing. The New Orleans produce exchange
Is moving in the matter anfl has addressed the
governor on the subject. This is it matter of
natfonal Importance. Thu country Is not prepared
to sit down quietly and seo Uio crescent city tamed
into tut inland town w ithout making a determined
effort to prevent It.
Bi p.ning criminals ut the stake was a very com
mon thing in old times aud wc do not have to go
very far back in English history to And this pen
alty frequently put In force. In 1789 a woman
named Christian Bowman was burned at tho
stake for counterfeiting. George the Third, after
this interfered and ordered that in future women
sentenced to death should be hanged, in the
sixteenth century criminals were boiled to death
England. Thu Anglo-Saxons
had all women who wore convicted
of ttealiiig drowned, and In Scotland a man was
drowned si late as Bill for stealing a lamb. As
civilization advances tbo death penalty is divested
of all unnecessary cruelty. In many localities •
criminal under sentence of death is feasted and
petted until the Inst day, when he la dressed in
holiday costumo nnd gently lannchod into eter
nity. Our criminal classes would shudder at the
prospect of reviving the old methods of burning
and tailing.
It is said that there are more atheists In Paris
than ever before existed-In any great city. But
things arc fully os bad in Germany. Iu many
districts of Berlin there is only ono church to
r-0,000 of the population. In New York there are
2(0 places of worship; In Berlin only fifty. Oat of
the entire population of Berlin, say 1,000,000, only
20,cco, or two per cent, attend church. Hamburg
still worse, for out of a population
400,f«0, only 5,009 go to
church. In certain German provinces there are
forty suicides a week. The working classes read
skeptical work*, aud the middle ond upper classes
are led away by scientific discovery and Invention.
Oilier largo cities make a bad showing. Out of
2.>0,cco In Edinburgh there arc 40,000 who do not
atteudnuy place of worship; 200,000 In Glasgow
out of a population of 700,000, and about 1,230,000
in London out of a population ol 4,000,000.
Hexry A. Wise, according t<» a Washington cor
respondent, could talk like a telegraph, chew to
bacco and write letter* nt the same time. He was
a great tobacco chowcr, and when very much ex
cited averaged a plug an hour. He was a brill
iant talker, and In a circle of twenty noted men
would monopolize the conversation. _
Dr. Leona nn Bacon* Ufa and says that Blaine
was a thief. Tills is a treat and not inaccurate
way to put it.
Mr. M. Hai.stf.ad is mad now because’he said
some years ago that Brother Blittne was dishonest.
It is very hard for a great editor to be confronted
with opinions that have cooled.
A voiAX* of Dr. George W. Bagby's writings has
just been published In Richmoud, and will proba
bly be followed by other volumes. Dr. Batby was
not only one of the greatest southern humorists,
butiie was a philosopher, a genuine lover of art,
and a polished writer. The doctor's descriptions
of Virginia life have never been surpassed. John
Erica Cooke Mid of him, "Never iu Virginia let
ters cball wc K'C bis likft again.” Dr. Lafferty
wrote, "There is no man left in Virginia tU to lift
the lid of his inkstand/’
In tbe northern and western, cities the large
business houses are employing private detectives
to shadow their clerks. The detectives follow the
cltrls Into saloons,billiard rooms and other places
and watch their cx|»cndUurc«. If the clerks spend
money lavishly the fact is reported to their em
ployers and they at ouce take the alarm. Many
clerks know that they are watched. They succeed
In spotting the detectives and hence are on their
guard.
The Carolina! are beginning in a small way to
attract foreign immigration. Tim Greenville
News says that the Table Rock tract in Oconee and
Pickens counties bus been sold to a German colo
ny: there is a French colony alongside, and a fine
Irish settlement not far di-tant. Then there are
the Scottish crofters. This is only an earnest of
what Is to follow^
The republic sns have made one discovery, name
ly: That Mr. Hendricks is in good health and full
of fight.
Eleven Bc*fn republicans have decided to vote
the democratic ticket because Logan chunked a
man with a chew of tobacco, tat tbe good work
go on.
CoERE*FOxr ENT<> need write ux no more inqui
ries in regard to Colonel Peters’s great Americas
Sir William gent. We have no further scertti to
divulge.