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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA* TUESDAY OCTOBER 28 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM
Tht Home end the Housewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone-—Talks With
Women and About Women.
(Short Letters on Lome toDic* earnestly solicited
Write “Woman's Kingdom ouone corner of
envelop.!
Charity.
The rich man gave his dole, not ill-content
To find his heart still moved by human woe ;
The poor man to his neighbor simply lent
The scanty savings he could scarce forego.
The one passed on and naked to know no more
The other's wife all night, with pity brave,
That neighbor** dying child was bending o*er,
And never deeming it was much she gave.
Oh! God forgive us that we dare to ask
h’olace of costless gifts and fruitless stghst
Scorn on the sigh that shuns the unwelcome task,
The dole that lacks the salt of sscrlflcei
No gilded palm the crushing weight can lift;
Nosoothinrsigh tho maddening woe can euro,
*TIa love that give* its wealth to aver/ gilt;
211 would the poor man fare without the poor.
TBLL YOUR MOTHER.
We find ouraelves writing a. great deal
mothers and fear sometimes we neglect our
girls, so we have a word or two df advico for
them. When you read the words that head
this article, “Tell Your Mother/* did you
wonder girls what it was you wero to tell your
mother? if you did, we would simply answor
‘ everything! The safest way for all girls is
carry every secret, every care and every
pleasure to their mother, in her confide. Inno
rent faults aro over-looked by kind mothers
who always remember that they too were
prono to make mistakes when they wore
young. It is only tboio girls who conceal
their doings from their mothers that become
targets for tho shafts of scandal. A girl will
never do anything very culpable if she is sure
to have no secrota from her mother. 1 don'
think we would hear of so many uufortunato
marriages if our girls would g«> to thoir
mother with every thought and feeling and
get her advice. Girls, it is only when your
good kind mother is laid away forever out of
your sight that you will wish that you had
trusted her more fully and shared with her
your every thought. Mauy a mother looks
hack from middlo life and sees it she had only
told her mother all that occurred to bor, that
she would have been spared many a sorrow
and mistake, and sometimes sin, in her life.
It has been said that young girts talk too
much about themselves, but it is fur better to
do that than to tell too little and to harbor
accrete which may load to sad coniequsuces,
••It is tho little rift in the lute that spoils the
music, and it is theso little defects of character
which lead (o some of tho greatest evils of
life.’* If I could only persuado my girls of
this Kingdom to follow this little piece of ad
vice 1 should feel J had dono a groat work.
Thcro is nothing in this world half so lovely
and interesting ns a young girl. From tho
time n girl is six years old wo begin to watch
her with interest, uud each suoceoding year
lends new beauty to her life. A frieud said
before us a few days since, (who has a littlo
girl eleven years old,) “Oh I it 1 could put a
rock on her heud and keep her from growing
any tnoro 1 would bo so glad, I dread so to
havo her go out iuto tho world and he a young
lady too soon/* and wo supposo that is a
natural fccliug with many mothers, but it
need not bo so if girls will make companions
of their mothers, uud in their gentle breast
roniido. Wcjiopo our girls will not tire of
this piece of advice, road it carefully, aud
treasure it up for futuro uso. Wo will be on*
couraged to come agniu to them ou olhhr sub
jects, that th«y may kuow how tenderly we
carry our girls in our hearts.
Fashion Notes.
Low draperies still prevail «m wool dresses.
Poppy ml velvet U used In blue cloth costumes.
Now ripped cloths, called falUo cloth, Is intro
duced.
Corduroy velvets in line lines, aud uncut velvets,
ate employed hi combination with plain or rough
cloth.
Doyles In delicate plna or blue linen, embroid
ered In white are now.used wltU;fiuger bowls o(
Bohemian glass.
The most stylish collars ou dresses aro worn very
high, are tuade to meet lu (rout, and fastened by
two books and loopa.
Changeable hosiery Is among the novelties. Blue
and gold, brouse uud red. and red and blue are
iavuiitc com bioalUms.
A moliere phutrou of real Yalencleuucs lace and
white crepe de Chine, which cost |l.'*0, hai just
been finished for a New York lady.
Among new faurles in dress buttons aro those
made of pearls, both black aud white. Blood
plums and ruble* are also used for this purpose.
Lbony, aud other line wood umbrella handles,
hate tho monogram of tho owner set with pro-
ck us stones, such as amethysts, rubies aud emer
ald*.
Kngllidi tailors are sgaln using the genuine
Ccotch tattam, those with blue and green plaids
bclu* favored. They form draiwics to blue serge
costumee.
It la growing more and more in favor to palut or
plain the floom of rooms when they are not laid lu
ornamental Ithe woods, and then rugs instead of
carpets coveting the entire floor are used.
Carving cloths have sprung again Into populari
ty. They coat from seventy-five oent* to ll.it, and
wre generally purchased to accoinpany.haudsome
table-cloths.
The shot effects In silks are gradually obtaining
A wider recognition of their real beauty. Tho new
dark combinations are very effective aud light up
like Venetian glass.
The latut style of oruaincul for the hair and
corsage consists of one or more very large-pink
crushed rosea, arranged with small feather tips
nnd fronds, white, piuk or blue, tho fronds always
white.
A novelty In cretonnes U velvet surfaced with
|«rintcd designs and colors that stimulate to a
roam! the strongly drawn moyenage figures of
the men, women, armor, and sytrau aud warlike
•ccnes of the old Gobelin tapestries.
Jute velour draperies for window curtain* and
portieres have been brought to a wonderful degree
of perfection. The double pile thrown upon both
aides is fully an Inch thick, aud looks as silky as
»|!k, aud mote velvety than velvet.
The finest table cloth Uncus come from Ireland,
And show many new aud beautiful pattern*.
Among the newest designs are square satin blocks
or iqoous in the center aud sides. The “Lily of
the Valley" is a beautiful aud favorite pattern.
The •■Duupbiu" cottar, wtiit'h bis been so much
worn in France lb fas pest summer, lsnowatarorite
style with our young ladlea. It Is four Inches
deep, oia'iis lu from leaving a space for a gathered
drapery, which u la*tvucd down on either iu shawl
shape.
The new “Dachcss of Albany "cord, Is so named,
because the first was made to order for that lady
In gtrnet and smoka gray. Queen Victoria dupli
cated the osier tn black, but there Is less variety
in ctdor in the Albany cord than In the style of
finish.
Crimson curtains can be made from the new
cotton plush, ornamented with a border of old
gold plush or satin, and loop*} back with crimson
■atin ribbons. They can be used for the bedroom,
sitting-room, or dining-room, and found both
warm and pretty.
A novel attachment to one of the new dolman
cloaks it an oral In front, trimmed like the rest
the garment, with chenille fringe, and also llneJ,
but by a simple arrangement of a loop and button
become* a dainty muff. Lowered, and not re
quired as a muff, it becomes an ornamental
accessory. It is the simplest idea for A muff yet
uvea ted.
Household Hints.
A salad of tomatoes and onions seasoned with
vinegar, pepper and salt, Is appetising for break-
Ckbam Case Without Eoos.—Fourcupsof flour,
three cups of sugar, one eup of butter, two onp* of
soar cream, three teasponsful of saloratus dis
solved In a little cold water, half gratod nutmeg,
and a teaspoonful essenca of lemon.
Cheese podding is made by grating half pound
of cheese very fine, mix with two eggs, whites
and yelks beaten up together, and half ounce of
fresh butter, season well with pepper and salt.
Bake in a small dish lined with puff paste, or clso
merely batter the dish before pouring la the mix
ture.
Bavcm roa Boiled Fish.—Take two tablespoons-
fulof the water which has been used In boiling
the fish, and put it In a stew pan, add an onion
and a tablespoonful of walnnt catsup. Let It
stand and simmer for a quarter of an hour. Add
a pint of good veal gravy, and strain and thickeu
with butter and flour.
Ciiibbe Sandwiches,—Pound In a mortar two
ounces of good cheese. Cut in very thin silee«
one ounce of fresh butter, a tablespoonful of
cream aud a little mixed mustard. Bprea<! tho
mixture on slices of bread neatly cut, lay another
slice ol bread on each and press together; cut into
corners or squares.
A Nice 8*ice foe Fish.—Mix an ounce of good
butter very smoothly in a sauce pan with
ounce of flour. Then add six tablespooBaftil of
cream or rich milk, a pinch of cayenne, a little
grated nutmeg and a toupoonful of lemon Juice.
Then 1/ you have them stir in two tablespoousful
of shelled shrimps, taking care that tho saueedoM
not boil. Serve whild hot.
Cl* bit Saucb ron Puddings.— 1 Tako tho yolk*
and white of two eggs and beat thorn up well. Put
thc«\ with * cupful of claret Into a saude pan,
adding to the mixture half tcaxpoonful. of finely
grated lenon rind, a little pouuded cinnamon aud
large tablespoon fu I of sugar. Whisk tho sauce
over the fire till It Is well frothed, aud just before
it comes to a boll pour it over the pudding.
The banana ha* come to be almost a necessity to
thomands of families, to whom it was unknown a
few years ago. They are fried aud served as uu
entree; pics arc made of them, with a delicate
upper and under crust, with plenty of sugar aud a
little spice; then sliced thin and mixed with
chopped pineapple, or with chopped orauges, they
are rimply delicious. Tin y are often served for
breakfast by removing the skin and cutting the
banana iu two pieces, crosswise, and piling thorn
pretty china or fancy plate.
Freckles and Dimples.
Freckles, it is mid, have, this summer, been all
tiie mgo in fashionable American circles, aud of
oouiso means have l wen devised lor enabling fair
faces to display the coveted beauty spots. To rub
the visage with a certain kind of fine sand seems
have bccu an early devlco for producing thorn;
and It Is said that a considerable trade bos been
doing in "freckle sand." This probably did not
always produce the desired result, and was found
hnve an unpleasant effe t on tender skins. Ar
tists have therefore come forward, and any lady
may uow have her beauty enhanced by any num
ber of freckles she chooses to pay for at twa shil
lings each—a reduction no doubt being made in
taking a number. Every freckle is hand-patntod,
and, provided the face be not washed too vigor
ously, is warranted to last three days, vrhon it will
require to be renewed—11 of course some eligible
suitor has not In the tueantlmo beeu brought to
surrender and to'dnly declare himself. “I havo
heard of your palutlugj too well ouougb." says
llamlct; “God hath given you ono faco nnd you
mako you rat Ives another.** That was a good whlto
ago. The painting is still going ou, and if Ham-
had been moving in # modern society In tho
same ceusorious spirit bo might not havcconfluod
his strictures entirely to the face. It was but the
other day that a lady described In the Chicago
Herald how delightfully easy ft was to haves dim-
ploor two artiflelally produced If Nature had
churlishly denied them. She had just undergone
the proems, aud was charmed to And upon her
ann "tho prettiest little dimple In tho world,*’aud
she had to pay was a couple of guiuoas. Tho
genius to whom she submitted herself first placed
small Rhus tube over tho spot where tho dimple
was desired. By sucking the air out of the tube
raised a slight protuberauco and then deftly
tied round It a bit of Rivulet silk. With a “wicked
looking kniiu” he uow sliced off this littlo plraplo
bad raised. The wound was quickly bound up
aud an inverted silver cone was placed over it
to press down exactly iuto tho contor o( it.
The fair patient weut to havo it dressed on five
MKcvtkive day*, and then tho wound was found to
inplctely healed, aud tho sliver couo was
removed.
Blsvri tn Pettleonts.
In Germany women do most of tho menial out*
door work.
Switzerland Is the only country In continental
Europe where peasant worncu are not obliged to
ail the hard work.
A woman wasseeu recently In Naples carrying
her bead, chatting gayly with a man who
we iked empty-handed at her aide*
Not infrequently a woman aud A cow are socn
together pulling a coal cart through tho streets of
north German city, a man touching them up,
gently to he sure, with a whip as he walks besldo
them.
In Denmark it la not unusual to see a woman
high up In a cherry tree picking the fruit, while a
man lies at the foot, waiting to placo the Udder
when she be ready to come dowu with her bur
den.
In upper Austria.'* writes a correspondent,
saw a very pretty young girl carrying the mortar
to the second story of a building, while a
mau waited there to put It in place when shear-
rived."
A correspondent reports having seen a woman
Holland drawing a canal boat, bent nearly don-
with the leathern harneu as site truilged ataug
tow |«tb, a man sitting at his ease iu the boat
smoking.
Fashion Chat.
I.lttle girls are wearing their d.ernes very short.
Birds wings are now the craw and from three
to twelve adorn one hat.
Bed velvet broche will play a very Import&nt
rote tn the drama of fashion this seavou.
Olive greet! and pole lavender U a new Parisian
unblnatiou in dress and bonnets. Caleu you
pretty, do not wear It,
This season the shoes toe* are slightly rounded
the corners but the beds are seldom over three-
quarters of an Inch In height.
The latest designs iu writiug paper are made to
represent hemstitched handkerchief*, and the
mono*ram is placed tn one corner as if embre-
dered.
Handkerchiefs now are of fine linen In blue,
gray, crimson, and other Mots, with white hem
stitched borders embroidered with quotations
m fchaksjware. ^.
Preference* of Women.
The sense of u*te is more delicate and oxqntv
e iu women tb*n mm. therefore young tu tu,
tuite soup and beefsteaks aud onions, may be
agreeable to you. but u*e out your lady frieud*
veuiugs, and bate ke cream or oysters set
CUR. YOUNG FOLKS.
Davoted to the Instruction and Entertain
ment of the Boys and Girla Who
Read The Constitution,
fin writing for this department,write plainly, on
•ae side of yonr paper,and pat “Our Young Folks*'
on one corner of your envelope.]
tbsn man, and she is disposed to those Dle«u
w hi«b have relations to that sense. Therefore,
when you bet with them, let your wager be some
of Walter Taylor's cologne, sad bet so as to lose.
In wernsn, the ear U more sensitive, bat more
feeble than in man. btreag sounds, load noises,
are agreeable to the ear of man, they Are offensive
tofeir- M»e prefers soft and louder, gay aud pa
thetic music to every other, and whatever may be
the perfection* of her musical mlaraiion. when
you go to srrewade her. bear In'miud that she
prefers sweet sad leader melody, to the oust com
plicated Sclavonic barmopy.
A Little Hoy’# Troubles.
I thought when I learned my Utters
That all my troubles were done;
But I fled myself much mistaken—
They only have Just begun.
Learning to read wax awful,
But nothing like learning to write;
I'd be sorry to have jreu tell It,
But my copy-book is a sight!
The Ink gets over my fingers,
The pea cuts all sorts of shines,
And won't do at all as I bid it;
The letters won't stay on tho finer,
Bat go up and down and all over,
As though they were dancing a jig;
They are there in all shit pea and sixes—
Medium, littlo, aud big.
Thero'd be some comfort in learning
If one could get tbrrough; instead
Of that, there are books awaiting.
Quite enough to craze my bead.
There’s the multi plication-table.
And grammar, and, O dear me!.
There’s no grod place for stopping,
When one Uu begun, I see.
My teacher says little by little
To the mountain tops we climb
It isn't all done In a minute,
But only n step at a time.
She wiys that ull the scholars,
All the wlso nnd learned men,
Had each to begin as I do;
Jf that’s so—where’s my pen?
—Wide Awake.
Our Letter Hox.
Dear Aunt Susie: We are schoolmates, sixteen,
thirteen nnd sixteen years old, and ore farmers’
daughters. We help our mothers cook, sew on the
machine, wash, crochet nnd knit. Our fathers
take your most excellent paper. Wo wish some
of thecousius would send us some flower seed.
Your friends,
Anna Smith, Gallic Wilson and Manda Hall.
Absolom, Go,.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a former's daughter, liv
ing in a sparcely settled, but very beautiful and
picturesque country. We have a few excellent
neighbors, and an Interesting Sunday school, in
which wo nil take great interest. 1'npa takes The
Constitution, and we like it very much. I would
like to correspond with some of the cousins. '
Your loving niece,
Camden, 8. C. Daisik Barnes.
Dear Annt Suslo: Wo are sisters, ten, eloven and
thirteen years old, and aro going to school. Papa
keeps the Long Cane station. Ho takes Tub Con
stitution, and we like It very much, especially O.
F«, Betsy II. and !>r. TnltnAgo.
Your friends,
Ida, Maths and Sallis Samples.
WcstPcint, Go.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer's daughter, four
teen years old, and keep house for mama. Papa
takes Tub Constitution, and we are delighted
with it, especially O. Y. P„ Bill Arp and Betsy H.
Your nlcco, Lizzie Pauline Butler.
Drayton, Ga
Dear Aunt Suslo: 1 am a farmor'sdaughter, nine
yean old. 1 study at home, and have a little twfl^
year-old sister that Is the iweetust little thing joa.
ever saw. Papa takes Tub Constitution, aud I
like it very much. Your littlo niece, f -
Monroe, Ga. Luzie E. Cabithers.
Dear Aunt Basle: We nre brothers, and though
only four and six years old, we can help, mama set
the table, sweep, and make bods, and sometimes
pick cotton for our dear, good grandmother. She
pays ui n cent a pound for all wo pick, and wo’ve
tamed thirty cents. Wo think all boys ought to
havo a grandmother.
Your loving nephews,
Hex and Jdus McKellar.
Sumter Co., Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I go to school to my pastor,
Rev. J. W. Wilson, and I wish yon could hear him
picach. I read Tux Constitution, and think it Is
tho best paper published. I wish some of the
coutlus would scud me somo crochet patterns.
I'll scud some pretty ones In return -
, Your loving niece,
Catawba, Ga. Dbatbicb Walker.
Dear Aunt 8nsle: I am twelve years old, and am
not going to at hool this year, but have a nice time
at home. I have a pet duck that has laid 40 eggs
this yenr. Don't you think she's dono well ?
Yours truly, Idxlla 8. Cook.
Red Oak, Go.
Dear Aunt 8us!c; 1 am eleven years old, and go
to school aud holp mama at homo too. Father'
takes Tiie Ci^stitution, and I love to read O. Y.
F., Betsy II. and Bill Arp. Toll Minnie Uarpe’ the
answer to her riddle ought to bo “The Constitu
tion,” for It comes nearer to being read (rod) "all
over” than nny paper 1 know.
Your niece, Lillie m. Ckawfoud.
Mouutaiutowu, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am ten yean old, anil I work
for papa and mam*. Papa lake* Tub Constitution,
aud 1 like to read O. Y. F., Bill Arp. Betsy U. and
Dr. Talmage- You nephew,
Long swamp, Ga. Buss Mew born,
Dear Aunt 8usle: I am a farmer's daughter, ulnt
yean old, nud can cook, sew, crotchet and knit,
have a little curly dog named Priuce, aud a sweet,
blue-eyed doll named Polite. PapaU pauuudor
at this place, and also has a store. He takes your
paper, ami we think it's splendid.
Your niece, ViCToaiA.SMrrit.
Dear Aunt Suele: We are nine, twelve an*l four
teen yean of ago and are brother and sisters. We
are all picking cotton, aud have eight bales and ono
sold. We take The Constitution and think thcro
Is no paper in the world as good. %
Yours truly,
Salub, Annie and Georqe.Buckeleu,
Lutherville, Clayton Co., Uu.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am twelve Tears old. Wo
tako Tub constitution, and 1 don't think 1 could
do without U—especially O. Y. F„ Betsy U. and
Uncle Remus. Yonr frieud.
West Point, Ga. Nettib W iener.
Dear Aunt Susie: W# areconsltu, ten years old,
and go to tho same school. We send a riddle for
thecousius:
"riix set—seven sprung—
From the dead the living comes.”
Your friends,
Mattie Bulloch and WillikColi.
Collins Statiou, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am eleven years old. and go
to school. Pupa take* TheConstituiun, and w«
like It very much—especially Our Letter Box and
Bttsy II. *Your niece,
Carrel’ton, Ga. ^ Salub Pskrt.
Dear Aunt Susie: I'm a farmer’s daughter. Papa*
take# The Constitution, and I don't think wo
could do without 1L Toll Minnie Layfield I think
Herbert would be a nice name for her littlo
nephtw. Will some of the cousins write to me.
Your niece. Chaxub Stabs.
On-bard Hill, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am fourteen yean old. Ruth
gleaned tn Boas's wheat and barley fields, and
gleaned seven gallons and four pints of grain.
Your niece. . Minnie Wail
Goshen. Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am nine years old, and am
going to school. Oar teacher boards wiih'as and
I ilka her very ouch. My grandma la In Louisians
‘ on a visit, aud I think it is a long msyto go to
mike a visit. Your niece,
Brookiiuc, Ga. Laura J. York.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am twelve year* old and my
only lister is fifteen. Sliternud 1 formerly lived
Ju Atlanta, but “0" wllb P*** ’ WA Y d<)Vfa
ISc among the Hlllabco mountalus. 1 llko tho
country much better than a crowded city. I help
pspa In the farm. He gave me a cotton patch for
my own, and when I sell my cottou I will mike
sister a nice present.* We went to school last win
ter, and will go again this fall. Papa takes ins
Con?htution, and It's a race every night between
sister and I to see which will get It fi -?C
Your friend, T- .. J. LovElEM.
Idaho, Ala.
Dear Aunt Suslo: Wo are brother and sister
aged six and uino years. We have vacation now
aud arc having a fine time with our pet cats aud
our baby sifter. We think there's no paper like
Tub Constitution. We send this riddle:
“Look at my back and I am nobody.
Look at my face aud I'm anybody.”
Your little friends,
IJASSIB and CONNIE SAPP.
Cottage Mills, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: Wo aro a farmer’s daughters
and help papa in the field and mams In the house.
We have vacation now, but go to Sunday achool,
and love to go very much.
Your little friend,
Canton, Ga. M. L. and Lula Chapman.
Dear Annt Susie: I am an only child, twelve
years old, and live on the C. and W. R. R., near
Weverly. I was very badly burned last Scptem
ber, and sfneo then hare boon such a little invalid
that 1 could not walk or go out at all. I am much
better now though, aud can walk and ride all
about Lovingly,
Wavcrly, Ga. Lula Pearl Maddox.
Dear Aunt Susie: My lltt|e sister Cora and my
self have a cotton patch of our own, and are now
picking cotton in It Papa takes The Constitu
tion, and we all love It. We like It bettor not
glued, because we can all have a sheet at the same
time. Can any ono solve this puzzle:
Three-fourths of a cross a^d a circle complete—
One perpendicular two circles meet—
A right angle triangle set upon feet,
Two semi-circles and a circle complete.
Your niece, Ada Knox.
Brick Store, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am twelve years old. I've
been going to school, but have stopped to Dick
cotton. I go to Sunday school. Papa takes The
Constitution, and we like It very much.
Your little friend,.
Columbus, Ga. CiNCiMNAiua Overoy.
Deer Aunt Susie: I am twelve years old—a farm
er's daughter. I go to school and help mama
cook and wash d'shes. Papa takes The Constitu
tion, and wa llko It very much. 1 love O. Y. F.
and Betsy II. best Will some of tho cousins write
to me. Yonr friend,
Mun’s Station, Ga. Geta Johnson.
Dear Aunt Susie; I am a farmer's daughter and
kuow how to work. Papa takes The Constitution
and we all like 1L I would like to correspond
with some of thecousius. Tell Minnie Layfield
to name her nephew Johnnie. I send a riddle:
Black on top ol black, and black ou that,
Three legs up and six legs down.
Yonr niece, Hattie H.
Dorr, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am nine years old, and am
on a visit to my cquslns, Albert and Clyde Pope.
We -are having ^uch a nice time driving their
goats and taking tho cows to pasture. Sometimes
we all three ride ono horse at tho same time, and
go a mile to tho ofllco for Tiis Constitution.
Your little frlond,
Washington, Ga. Jounnie Callaway.
Dear Aunt Susie: I wrote to you onco and some
boys laughed it mo and said they knew you wero
an ugly old bald-headed, groy-halred, big-eyed
man, and not the nice, sweet lady that I think
you are. Please tell lia who you arc. *
• Your little niece, ^ *
Anon.Ga. Minnie Mvut Pope.
, Dear Annt Susie: I am a farmer's son, fourteen
years old. 1 help papa work lu the fields, and he
calls mo his little plow-boy. I go to Sunday school
regularly, and love to go very much.
Y’our frieud, W. M. Chapman,
Canton, Ga.
The Captain's Pippins*
It wasn't just tho thing for tho captain to set out
apple trete in that spot, especially when apples are
so rare in Minnesota, and boys do "hanker” after
them sol Of what use are astono wall and astcop
descent outside, when a boy really wauls an apple?
As for tbe notice, it seemed absolutely insolent to
Tommy Forrester as he stood gazlug up, biting his
finger nails with eagerness, and muttcrlug lu a
thoroughly exasperated tunc—
“Oh I I ray—and pippins, too.”
It wasu't a very high stono wall, anyhow, and
Tommy, being an excellent climber, knew that it
.would be but the digging ol his toes into a crook,
then a long breath, a fierce littlo strugglo, and ho
would be at tho top,' with -a comfortable seat
astride the wall, nnd unlimited pippins. Such
pippins, too! bright yellow, with red cheeks of
satiny smoothness, and full as big as baby’s head!
His mouth watered, and he sacrificed his last nail
in the struggle—for thcro was a strugglo. It would
Be easy, ol course, to get up there—but after
ward*?
Tommy had a conscience, and it already began
to torment him. What would his mother say?
Uow would his Sunday-school teacher look?
Abovosll, supposing tho captalu should corns
along, what vfonld he do? These questions came
so sharp and quick that Tommy could not answ«
them, and half turned away. Then his eye fell ou
tho uotice again—
“TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED.”
It looked almost like a personal challenge, and
made him flash.
“Ohl Indeed! You don’t say so? We’ll see absut
that! I’d like to see you prosecute me!” and up
went Tommy, hand over fist, till he sat in triumph
astride the garden wall, with plenty of ripe pip
pins in easy reach.
“Ah! ha!” he laughed. "Going to prosecute,
<b? Never mind I I’ll help myself to some of these,
see If I dou’t, Mister Notice!”
He buried his white teeth in tho biggest pippin
be could find, and took a long, delicious bite.
“I don’t see but it tastes good, if it It stolen,”
be said aloud.
‘ Do you think so, my boy?" asked a voice, so
close to hi* elbow that Tommy uearly fell off the
Wull, In his surprise.
He looked over Into the fine orchard, aud there
stood the captain himself, switching the clover-
top* with Ws cane, big and hurley as ever, aud
with his shaggy eyebrows drawn close togsther in
a quizzical frown. Doer Tommy turned all sorts
of colors, and hadn't, even sense enough left to
slide back the way boetmo. The keen eyes of the
captain seemed to hold him as If with a chain of
stccL The pippin suddenly grown Usteless,
and whether stolen fruit was sweet or uot. Tom
my could not have told for his life.
“Well," said the captain again, lu his quiet way,
bow do you like pippins, anyhow?”
Tommy looked down a moment at the mutilated
apple he still held, then threw U angrily away,
and, coming to himself, began to prepare for de
scent.
“Stop!” said the captztn, sternly. “Get djwa
this side!'* Then lu a pleasanter tone, “You are
my guest, you know. 1 want to show you somo
better fruit"
Tommy looked up defiantly, but again those
eyes compelled him, and ha slid slowly down upon
the inside of tbe wall.
They walked together through the beautiful or
chard. and up the gentle slope which led to the
rear of tbe house, the captain talking with perfect
courtesy, pointing out bis best fruit, and handling
oeuny a sample now and then—UU hlz pockets
ere fulL
“I set this orchard eat myself.” he said, then,
“when I waa only twenty-fire, and I'm free to cou-.
fc*s I'm very proud of it. It's a rare thing to see
applcs'growing in this climate, but the wall to tho
north, and those Hues of poplars east and west
protect it finely. I had a Uttle daughter who used
to enjoy it so much, but she's gone now—no, not
dead, only married-and I send her a box of those
very pippins every faU; that’s why I’m so choice
of them. I've tad wretched work to keep ’em ou
tbe tree, though. I've tried everything, fre; 4
" wires and bells, to a dog. Poor Major l. * ue *a?
splendid police officer, but he died "a martyr to his
sense of duty. Yes, they poisoned him—poor fel
low i I'd have given <jv«tTy pippin on the place
save him,”
The captain's voice sank, and Tommy looked up
in his faco with real aympotby. for he loved dogs,
and felt a kinship towards tbe man who oouid
speak so tenderly of one. *
“After that,” continued the captain, “Icouldn 1
risk another life, so I put up the noUce. I beUeve
you’re tho first to call since.”
A quick flush, that was not fear, flamed up
Tommy's checks. Unconsciously he had beguu to
take aides with the captain against the offenders,
when suddenly he found himself classed among
them in a way that made him more ashamed than
ho bad ever been In his life. Yes, he, Tommy
Forrester, waa a "trespasser”—and a thiei It was
no longer a matter ol bravado, but of actual,
shameful stealing.
“Captain/* he said, huskily, “I—I didn't think
how it reaUy was—I thought it would be smart,
but I see it was only mean. Oh! I wish I'd never
seen that notice!”
He threw down the applet which the captain
had handed him, as if anxious to be rid
them.
'Here, sir, I couldn't eat 'em—they'd choke me!
I'm Tommy Forrester. Prosecute me if you like,
but I tell you true, sir, I was never here before,
and 1’U never come again 1”
Tho captain looked down at the honest young
lace, working with emotion, and held out his
hand.
Well, Tommy, I guess you're a pretty fair boy,
after all, and perhaps I’ve been a trifle too hard on
you youngsters. Come-let by-gones he by-gones,
and let's be friends In fnture. I've a mind to give
a sort of apple-bee, and talk sense and reason to
the boys, and I wont you to help ine. What do
you say?”
“Oh! sir, I'd like it!” cried Tommy, radiantly,
as he wrung the outstretched hand in boyish fash
ion; “and, I tell you, If you’ll do that, you'
never lose another apple, I'm sure!”
8o the apple-bee came oil, and I think It answer
ed better than bell-signals, dogs, or shot-guns, for
tbe notice has been down these three years, and
the apples hang till they drop for very ripeacss,
quite unmolested until the annual frolic at the
captain's, to which the boys look forward as they
do to Christmas.
As for Tommy, when be told his mother all about
it, he said with deep conviction:
“I’ve found out all I ever want to kttfJw abont
stolen frultl" And she sincerely hopes he has!
Funnic £. Newberry.
“AN APPEAL TO CJE8AR."
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A young lady who was blamed for allowing her
glove to be discovered in a young xuau’s pocket
stated that she had wo baud iu it.
'Sing tbe upper notes?” said a friend of oars
who was enthusiastic over the accomplishments
of a renowned soprano; “she sings so high that it
would make a woodpecker dizzy.”
The novel of tho fatnro will begin: “The full
bright moon was just silvering tho treetops when
a solitary coachman, with a rope-ladder under his
arm, was seen wending his way,” etc.
They were sitting ou the porch of tho Grand
Union at Saratoga. “Are you fond of works of
art, Mr. Browne?” she asked. “Very,” ho replied,
gazing at her with undisguised admiration.
“What is more awful to contemplate,” said a
lecturer, glaring about him, “than the relentless
power of tbe maelstrom?” Ami a henpecked look-
ilk nan in tho renr of thebujlding soltly replied,
“the femaicstrom.”
Mis. Bounaerby (who Is excessively flesh?):
“How good of you to come nnd see me, Mr. Pin-
Well, you know, Mrs. Bouuderby. tho
./ouldn’tcome to Mahomet, so Mahom
et had to come to tho mountain.”
Oh, I do so dote on the sea,” sho gurgled.
'If you only bad a “ ‘
“I have no yacht,
had flown out ot a bottle.
The editor of the'
Is in trouble.
ao Posey County Weekly Falsifier
„ lady gavo him two young canines
and be acknowledged tho favor by saying that Mrs
Jcrusha Perkluron prefonted us with two sweetly
interesting pugs. The printer made It "hugs,”
and the lady's husband stirred np tho unforttinato
editor with a hickory hoop-polo and a cuspldore.
LITEARY NOTES,
Mr. Mallock is about to publish a small volume
entitled "Jiiway* on Topics of the Day.”
1 he lato Henry J. Byron wrote altogether about
sixty plays, for which he received nearly 1130,000,
*"t will wns proved for $20,000.
In the Haunts of the Nightingalo” end “Tho
Ncsro Problem" will bo of *j>ecial interest to tbe
ketches of the
wnich hnve hitherto been kept private; several
peerages in Poe’s career will bo for the first tlmo
Judge Tournee's bo'k, “An Appeal to
Crenar,” reached its fifth thousaud in less tha
two weeks after its publication.
Fords, Howard A Hulbert. of New York, wil
publish next Wednesday, “The Field of Honor,
a history of dueling, by Major Benjamin Truman.
It will contain a history of all notable duels from
tbe earliest times down to August, 1&34.
Another attempt will soon be made to establish
a first class literary magazine In Nashville. Oon-
tributior s have already been secured. They were
more easily obtained than the financial backing.
Spirit uni Stoppings*
At one of the club meetings this week In theclty
spiritual rapping* were discussed, and The Con
stitution has been asked when these tappings first
attracted attention.
Sir Thomas Tre?ham wrote a letter 1584. In it he
refers to a knocking on his table by spirits. Iu
Glanville’s "Blow at Modern Sadiicism, ’ he says,
"chain walked about tbe room in the presence of
the company on the &th November, 1CCL”
la There?
Minerva asks Tits Constitution if all sympathy
hns died ont In the world.
Perhaps not. If sympathy Is asked for In regard
to any love matter, It la best not to expect It.
a very wise plan to bear in mind tbe words of £11*
Wheeler—
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Wetp, anti you weep alone;
The Md old earth wil! borrow its mirth,
But has sorrow enough of its own.”
A Mad Goat.
From the Monroe, Ga, Advertiser.
Pome weeks since a dog run into town from the
country, which acted as If he was mad and he was
killed, after biting a negro boy, a little goat and
two dogs. The goat belonged to Mr. J. D. Proctor’s
little son, and a lew days ago Mr. Proctor noticed
it acting strangely. He kept it tied aud watched
It. It had been very tome, but now was furious—
would bite the fence, dash at anything £h*t
came near, and butt its head violently against tho
fence. It wns undoubtedly mad, and Mr. Proctor
had it killed. The t*o dogs which were
bitten ought to be killed. We understand
that the city marshal wen’t to kill
tht-m, but desisted on being told by tho owners
that the dogs were uot bitten. We submit that tha
mayor ought to order the killing to bo done. Any
d<ls sl»|*i ted of being bitton by amad-dogought
There is too much danger in waiting to see
whether the dog will go mad. They will btto
somebody before their madne&a i* discovered. If
the city council will not order these do^s killed,
any citizen will be justified In killing them. The
wishes of the owners ought not to be considered;
the danger to others is too great.
It waa Slot Insured*
From the Amcrlcus, Ga. Recorder.
Monday morning, about one o'clock, the cotton
gin of Tom Powell, cdlored, three miles southeast
of El 1st ill c. was discovered to be on fire, and be
fore assistance could be rendered, ft and Us entire
contents were destroyed. Fourteen bales of cot
ton were burned, fire belonging to Powell, three
to J. N. Scarborough, two to
consumed. No insurance.
to Geonre Grantham,
to G. L. fiassy. Besides
7 of cotton seed was
A Pertinent Bequest Concerning a Very
Impeltlnent Work*
Subscriber. Barnesville^Ga*: Please summarize
tbe main points In Judge Tourgee’s book, “An
Appeal tp Ceesar,” and give your opinion of the
work.
Judge Tourgee long ago threw off the habiil-
meuts of a carpet-bagger and revealed himself a
crank of tbe first water. In “An Appeal to Ctesar,”
he undertakes to show that before the close of the
present century there will be aq Immensely pre
ponderating majority of . negro popu
lation In a belt of states be
tween the Potomac and tbe Mississippi;
that the.population is densely ignorant and liable
to be fraudulently and violently deprived of polit
ical power, and that education at tbe expense aud
under tbe protection of the national government
is tbe only woy to secuie the future negro major
ities in the senthem states their political rights.’
After giving a number of tables compiled from the
census reports showing the rsteof increase la the
colored race, Judge Toargeo says:
“Tn thn t purl Of Ml nr at rfiun vo*n
we shall have eight minor republics ol tbe union
in which either the colored rice will rule or*
tn.Jorltj will be dUfruchlMd!"
Thetuthercuk.ee nothing that will tend to
check tho lncreaw oi the negro race, nothing that
will prevent them from outnumbering thejuath-
era white, in the next sixteen ream. II*
take, no .took In the theory that Immigration bom
other atatee and foreign countries will give tbs
Muth a preponderance of whlti. over black.. On
the contrary he guota tho ceniaa atatlitlc. of 18Mt
1670 and UU to prove that
"RitignitlnaMott liar r
fourth the number of foreigners In theso states la
IfeCO!”
As to northern Immigrants, he quotes front
the census of 1870 and 1880 to show that in the
eight southern states under consideration there
was a lots of nearly *2,000 northern born population*
He tlieq proceeds to draw from bis migration sta
tistics tho following alleged facts:
1. A greater proportion of the native whites i
of tho south than of the native wnltes of the
north emigrate from the stato of their birth.
‘2. There nre a greater number of nativo whites of .
as of white natives of tho north residing i
south.
4. Tho proportion of southern whites who are
removing from the state of their birth Is rapidly
Increasing.
r». Tbe percentage of colored natives of southern
states who migrate from the state of birth is per
ceptibly diminishing.
The judge quotes and adopts Professor Gilliam's
conclusion that in tho southern states the blacks
double every twenty years, whereas the whits
population only doubles every thlrty-flvo yearn.
Alter dwelling at length upon these
sombre facts ho condenses a batch of
statistics into tho statement that forty-five per
cent of the voters in the south cannot read tho
names on their ballots, and theso illiterates con
sist of seventeen rcrcentof the whites and sev
enty-eight and one-half per cent of the blacks*
This illiteracy be regards as a standing monace to
tho nation. He alleges that the blacks aro unfairly
treated by the whites, and that they have no
chance of knowing and maintaining
their rights unless they aro educated. Hero he en
ters upon a wide field of argument and outllneen
plan of education under the asplces of tho national
government. Ho is not willing, however,.to havo
tho money paid to the states, but would have if
paid out by a federal official to school authorities*
This is the sum and substance of Judge Tourgee'B
much talked ol' book. He simply proposes
to fill tho south with thousands of hireling agents
ot the federal government who, in addition to
teaching tho “threo R’s,” will stuff the negroes
with tbo Idea that it Is their intereetand duty to
rule wherever tboyhavoa majority, peaceably if
they can, forcibly it they must.
There is but ono way to reply effective-
• to Judge Tonrgee, tud that is to
deny and disapprove his alleged fafits. Fortunate
ly, this can be done not only with case, but with
signal success. Tho author of “An Appeal to
Cesar” made a fatal mistake in relying upon tho
census ot 1870 os his groundwork. To do him jus
tice he admits that tho census was incorrectly
taken at the couth. This admission alono kills
mauy of his most important state
ments and conclusions, for they aro
based upon tbo figures of that
census. In 1870 the taking qf the census In tho
southern states was In the main confided by par
tisan favoritism to Incompetent and careless per
sons, and the result was a grotesque'mass otto-
tally unreliable statements and figures which aro
never quoted without an apology. In view of
this fact it Is wildly absurd forJudge Tourgee to
assert that northern immigrants are dimin
ishing aud that tbe. negroes aro
increasing much more rapidly than tho whlteA
He 1b merely giving tu guess-work, fancies, aud ho
is estopped from planting himself upon tho only
basis he could have stood upon, the census of 1870,
because Le has admitted itsjattor worthlessaesA
People who live in this section know that north
ern immigration is on the increase, bocausothey
sec tbe country and the cities and towns gradual
ly filling up with settlers, from tbo eastern,middlo
nnd western states; nnd they know that tho negrote
are not increasing more rapidly than tbe whites^
because their death rato Is terribly against them.
All over tho south tbo negroes have flocked la
largo numbers to tho towns and cities, where their
improvidence, vico and neglect of sanitary condi
tions are killing them off by thousands. In Near
Orleans, where negroes ought to flourish, tho
death rate for many yean shows tho propor
tion per thousand to bo about 84.38 blocks* *
-to 22.wi whites. Similar figures are reported from
other southern cities, and in Boston tho rato
among negroes Is 11.10 to the thousand greater
than the whites; In ITovldcnco 9.75greater; In 81.
Louis 15.75 greater; In the state of Illinois 3.33
greater, and In New York 3.43 greater. With sneh
facta staring us in the face it is nonsense for Judge
Tourgee to talk about the probability of tbe uo>
grocs outnumbering the whites In the south in the
course of tbe next sixteen years.
A word in reference to other points. Judge
Tourgee admits that the negroes of the south have
accumulated millions of dollars tvorth of property '
since their emancipation. This does not look
like unfair treatment The statistics os to illit
eracy In the south are bad enough, and tho gov
ern ment is doubtless under obligations to aid oar
public school* but any national fund appro
priated for that purpose should bo
distributed through the machinery of tbe stato
governments. The federal government most not
lie penrfiucd to take the education of ourchii
dren iuto its own hands. Each state most regu
late its own school system. Bat we mmt not ac
cept the tbcorv that education will care the evils
->f poverty sud crime. As education haa dh>-
retsed among our negro population crime has
rrased.
S
argument «... ««• .««• - —r—r-*r~- —rzz
statements aud Incorrect figures. It begin* with
the prejudices of a carpet-bagger and ends with
the errors of a crank.
He Won His Bet*
From tbe Pittsburg Telegraph.
Managing editor—Where's the funny man?
Local editor—He’» sIca
Managing editor—Wot's tbe matter with him?
Local editor—He won an election bet ou
Ohio.
Managing editoy—What bet?
Local editor—winks.
Bad for Bolvu.
From the Chicago Mall.
Mbs Mary Walker has declared her Intention of
kb*ing every man who rotes for Mrs. Lockwood.
Thus is destroyed Selva's last chance of getting a
single vote.
What One Ouart of Whisky Did.
From the Ifeysvil!e Georgian.
One ucart of whisky erat Banka county
$1,SC0, the live* of two men, two widows, sev
eral orphan children, and an enormia*
amount of labor and trouble, in the Selma