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THE WEEKLY COXSTtrUTION". aTeANTA. GA.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4' 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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THE WOMAN’S, KINGDOM
The Home and the Housewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone—Talks With
Women and About Women,
[Short Letters on home toDics earnestly solicited
Write “Woman's Kingdom on one comer of the
nvclop.l
A Bit of Experience,
have met with a good many people
In jogging o'er life's varied way;
I’ve encountered the clever, the simple, *
The crabbed, the grave, and the gay;
have traveled with beauty; with virtue;
I have been with the ugly, the bad;
have laughed with the ones who were merry
And wept with the ones who were sad.
tt ing I have learned In my Journey—
Ne’er to judge one by what he appears,
ic eyes that seem sparkling with laughter,
Oit battle to keep back the tears,
nd long, sanctimonious faces
Bide often the souls that are vile,
hile the heart that b merry and cheerful
1* often the freest from guile.
,nd I've learned not to look for perfection
In one of enr frail human-kind,
hearts the most gentle and loving
borne blemish or fault we cm find;
u i yet i have ne’er found the creature
bo low, so depraved or so mean,
But had some good Impulse—some virtue
That 'mong bla had traits might be seen.
And, too, I have learned that most friendships
We make are aa brittle as glass.
Jo st let a reverie overtake us—
Our “friends” on the “otherside” pass;
But, ah I I have found some few Ipyal—
~ borne hearts ever loving and true l
And ihc ioy and the peace they have brought mo
Have cheered roeiny whole journey through,
A few days ago I had a call from a lady who
trachea in one of our public schools. After sit
ting a few moments sho told me she had call
ed to see if she could interest me in assisting
her and others in establishing a public library
for their school. Sho spokejof how important it
was that proper books should be put into the
hands of children and how eagerly a certain
r]ais of children sought alter books, poor chil
dren, who have no carefully selected library
as some of our little ones have. She was very
much in earnest, and said if our people could
only go north and sco how tho children were
supplied with circulating libraries in all their
free schools wo would at once feel how far wa
fell short In supplying mental food for our
children. The conversation caused mo to re
flect very seriously on the subject and I
thought it a good time to ask our mothers this
' |ucition, what are our children reading? It
ertainly a very important quostion and one
very parent should be deeply interested in.
Food for the mind is just as important as food
for the body, and how many paronts watch
carofhlly what their children cat,and how ofton
you hear the remark, “I never let my child
cat this or that,it is to indegestible.” Mothers,
the same could bo applied to many a sensa
tional book or story that your boy or girl will
sit pouring over |ior hours at a time. A child’s
reading"should bo carefully selected by tho
parent, if possible. A mother hts the princi
pal sire of her child for many years and I be
lieve it to bo her strict duty, that nothing
should prevent her from glancing at least
over the liters lure her child maybe reading,
even if she does not have time to give it a
careful perusal, when sho reflects that reading
ocs far towards forming tho future disposition
liifjr rail'd Bf bar child. Bovg and girls will, if
fond of reading, obtain books and pspors some
way, and if wo do not help them to tho good
and useful, they will no doubt get hold of the
evil. There aro plenty of good papers and
books within tho reach of all and nothing
makes a child happier than to feel an owner
ship in snything, so an excellent plan is to
tako a magazine or paper just for tho children,
I can recall with pleasure now after a lapse of
many years the peculiar emotion of joy I had
when a child when my “Merry’s Museum”
would arrive, and so every child would feel.-
'■Tho children of the present day havo .a great
advantage, for now tho histories and books of
every description are far ahead of tboso of tho
past. I wish every child in tho land had the
“Tansy series.'’They are books for mother and
child and can not be read without elevating
the heart and mind. But there are so many
good books that it Is useless to mention them,
I only want our mothers to think upon this
subject and watch what your children read
with as much anxiety as you would tho ap
proach of «ny danger to your child. It you
have to economise in these days, don't do it at
the expense of good reading. Dress tho little
ones a little plainer, if netd bo, but don't take
away the reading matter that may be tho
means of benefitting them so much in aftor
years. ’Watch ovor tho interest of your little
ones in thii respect, for lu due souon you will
reap your reward.
Household Uinta.
New Decoration.—Get a round Japanese fan
and cover it with crazy patchwork, made of very
mull pieces of bright plushes and velvet; llnu It
w ith silk or sflesla. Around the edge put one or
two rows of peacock*’ eye*. Tie cord and tasseU
to handle and fasten It to the walk
Maiks on tables caused by leaving hot Jogs or
plates there will disappear under the soothing in
fluence of lamp 611, well rubbed In with a soft
cloth, finishing with a little spirits of wine,
rubbed dry with another doth. When the white
piano keys become discolored, rob the keys with
a white cloth slightly damped with cold water,
and dry off with a doth slightly warm. Should
the keys be sticky, first damp the cloth with a
little spirits of wine or gin. It La well to keep a
bottle of household ammonia fn the home, in
case you wish to remove finger marks from paint
or dean brushes or greasy pans. A teaspoonful
In a basin of warm water will make hair brushes
beautifully white, but care must be taken not to
let the backs of the brushes dip below the surface,
junto them with dean warm water, and put in a
sunny window to dry.
Making a Stocking Bag.—Take a yard of blue
rilttia. two yards of blue satin ribbon an inch
■wide, a small piece of white flannel, some stiff
yasteboird and a spool of blue silk. Of the paste
board cut four drcular pieces, each one measur
Ing seven inches serosa. Cover these four pieces
smoothly with blue sllesta and overhang the
edges of the two together with bluoailk, the re
maining two to be done in the same way for the
opposite side. Tbe puff should be a straight piece
measuring sixty inches long and twaive laches
wide. This is to be gathered etch side to fit
round tbe edge of the circular pieces, leaving a
*pace at tbe top of the circle (three Inches! for the
opening. The puff is now to be sewed allronnd
tbe edges of the circular piece, except tbe place
left for the opening, thus forming the bag. Make
for the ontside of one of the drdes a piece of the
seme sice and shape, and embroider or applique
rose little design upon It. Then cut from the
flannel several leaves the same shape, but smaller,
button bole stitch or pink tbe edges and fasten
them to the top of the circle on tbe beg, as tbe
leaves In any needle book are fastened, then sew
tbe embroidered cover outside of this at tbe lop
Where It la fastened place a bow of ribbon. This
Is for bolding the diming needles. On the circle
the opposite side a piece of silesia Is fattens! top
and bottom to cover a little more than half the
circle, lor a pocket. In tbe casing at tho top run
an elastic, and in this pocket ia kept the yarn for
darning. The satin ribbon la used to draw the
puff together at the top, and the interior is the re
ceptacle for the stockings.
Our Correspondence.
Brooks Station, Ga.—Woman’s Kingdom: I
would like to occupy a small apace lu your col
umn. As this ia my first, I hopo you will grant
me the favor. I wish to say a few words about
children. I have often heard my mother say that
children were allowed more liberties now than
formerly. It was seldom in the years gone by that
a child ever disputed a parent's word or-Joined in
the conversation of the older folks, bat now it Is
very common. When I was a child a look genera
Ally was sufficient to stop any misbehavior on my
part. Now the misconduct of children pass with
out notice unless it vexes the parent, and then a
child is punished in anger, which really does
more harm than good. When a child Is punished
for a fault It should be through a sense of love and
duty, looking to its future good. Parents are too
often taken up wi(lr worldly affairs aud give too
little time to the raising of their children. They
must be amused and interested at home, or they
will seek pleasure elsewhere. Then, again, there
Is a great want of firmness shown to children. It
takes a firm and loving hand to guide them to
knowledge and understanding. Teach them to
love God’s word, aud “aa the twig is bent, so tho
tree will grow.” L. L. L.
Cottage Lane, October 1C.—Taking up Tub
Constitution this evening, W. E. G.’s inquiries
caught my attention. Scarcely more than a girl
myself, and an orphan, I do not feel capable of
givJng advice, but thought a bit of personal ex
perience might be of advantage. I was left to
learn housekeeping at the ago of fourteen without
any assistance. A habit of neatness was iiot ac
quired in a day. Some people can keep.a room la
good order and yet never be able to find anything
wheu It is wanted, because they havo no certain
place for anything. “A place for everything and
everything in its place” la a maxim it is well to
observe. Study in the harmony of things and
colors will make a girl take a pride in keeping her
room neat and osdcrly. Ono rule which I always
observed during my housekeeping experience, was
to notice when anything was laid down, and Ira
press it on my mind very much as you would
make a memorandum of anything you wished to
remember, to well did this plan servo me that I
had but little trouble in fludinganytbing I wanted,
cvcu In tho dark. It was not until companion
began to refer to mo for facta, and father and
brothers Inquired of me even for their hats, that I
began to notice the improvement of my memory,
which was originally very poor. If W. E. G. will
keep the love and respect of his girls, aud be
path nt, bo will come out all right. Schoolgirls
are always careless. In conclusion, I would liko
to ask some of the correspondents if they could
not suggest some employment for me. I have but
little experience in anything but' housekeeping,
and have no houso to keep, but I should like to be
independent, and would do anything I could.
Couktmbv.
Dear Woman’s Kingdom: Although I am anew
■ubteriber, I hope tho editress will not object to
my sending a few words or exchanging ideas with
W. E.G. 1 am only a young lady mystlf, but
have had left to my care a motherless niece, and I
earnestly wish to train her to be a truo r and noble
woman—' useful ns well as ornamental.” I hopo
W. E. G. will not think mo prcsumptlous if I givo
him a few words of advico about teaching girls
habits of neatness. I think it would be nlco if a
houso is largo enough to let each daughter hare a
room to herself, and let her be required to get up
early enough to put her room in perfect ordor for
tho day. Borne present or pleasure might bo
offered to the ono who kept tho neatest room. If
they all occupy tho eamo room, they might tako
each a week at a time In keeping tho room In
order, but all be required to keep their clothing
and everything belonging to them in place. It
seems as if girls have any pride at all, each would
vie in wishing their father to see who could keep
the neatest room. Children should always bo
taught what an infinite amount of trouble they
bring on themselves and others by their careles*
habits lu after years. One has cause to exercise
much patience. When my little niece first camo
to me, tbe wss in the habit of throwing down
books, banket and hat anywhere, on tbe floor or
eliew here. I taw It would never do. As I was my
father’s -housekeeper (having lost my mother), I
had too mnt-h to do to follow and pick up after
her, to I gave her a place for everything, and she
was always^ ailed back when she f Ailed to conform
to my rules, and now she seldom forgets. I would
like W. E. G. to tell mo how his girls learned to
cook and sew so nicely. I think bo should bo
Very proud of them. I hope others will write and
give me tome valuable advice about training girls.
YOUNO HOUSEKBSI'Ea.
Fashion Notes.
Fall Jackets in colored cloths arc trimmed with
Velvet ornaments, cut lu quaiut designs and out
lined with gold or silk cord.
Wing clutters mode up oi small pointed .wlugs
are much used onground hats. Aud another pretty
trimming is tcvcral small bird*.
Dark blue end red are very much combined this
winter. A dark red dress with a plaiting of deep
red atound the bottom and red vest, cuflSi and
collar, red in every tone and combination, is
made use of.
Felt bats trimmed with velvet and a bunch of
feathers directly in frout will bo much used,'but
there are also many velvet hats trimmed with
China crapo, that may bo plain or else embroidered
witb gold. The velvet trimming is a smooth or
folded band arousd the crown, and a lacing on
the brim. '
Feathers will be used In profusion this winter,
for there is not an imported bonnet on which
they do not appear. The fancy is for wild effects
made up by grouping together the plumage of
Various blrds-some of smooth quill# and others
much curled, while others look as if they had been
torn or blown about by tbe wind.
Black dresses will bo more worn than last season
In all styles of goods-cashmeres, Jersey cloths,
Bilks, etc. Black wool goods will be trimmed with
velvet; white silks and >atina will be trimmed with
jet passamenteires and laces. Jet is very much
worn for dress trimmings and on velvet bonnets.
Redingotes and polonaises are again worn, long
and very little drapery. They aro lined In the
front with soft rurab, sometimes bright red, either
poppy or geranlam shade.
Plaids are very much worn, and among the new
ones this season is a particular ly pretty style, show
ing a dark ground crossed off In squares by fine
lines in groups, raised in bright colored threads.
One style shows a very deep green ground, crossed
by rough lines of yellow and red alternating.
Otberstylea show large checks in two solid colors,
with a group of five or six threads in brightcolors,
arranged in parallel lines down one side of the
larger checks. One advantage of a plaid suit is
that it requires no elaborate garniture, and aa
tbe eff ect is better wheu the drees is simply made,
not a great quantity of material is necessary.
Cooking Beclpes.
Featueb Cam.—'Three eggs, two cupeful of
sngar, one of Urd or butter (it la best to use but
ter), one cupful of milk, six light cupsfnl of flour,
two teaepoonsful of cream of tartar, one teaspoon-
fu) of soda, one of extract of lemon. 81/t tbe
oreara of tartar witb the flour, aud dissolve tbe
•ode in the milk. Make like any other cake, and
bake quickly.
Griddle Cakes.—Graham griddle cakes are nice
for breakfast. Use equal parts of Graham and com
meal, mix witb sour milk, and use half a teupoou-
iul of soda to a scant cup of mlik. Add salt to
your taste, and a little sugar or syrup, as that will
make them nice and brown. If eggs are plenty,
one or two are « great addition. These cakes
should be fried more slowly than buckwheat
cakes. ,
Variety may be gained by cooking some lamb
ebop or mniton chop nntil ft Is quite brown. Re
move tbe meat to a hot plate; add a little water
and a lump of butter, with pepper and salt;
thicken with brown flour. When almost done
add a half can of stewed peas. When these
sufficiently heated, pour with the gravy over the
meat. With mashed potatoes, squash aud currant
jelly, this makes a very respectable dinner.
Breakfast Dish.—Thin slices of cold roast beef,
three tableipoonsful of butter, one tablespoonfnl
walnut catsup, one tablespoonful of vinegar, one
of currant Jelly, a teaspoonful of mado mustard
pepper and salt to taste; a little warm water. Lay
the slices of beef in a saucepan; set it tn a pot of
boiling water; cover them with the gravy made
from the above ingredients; cover lightly and
steam for half an hour, keeping the water in the
other vessel on a hard boil. If the meat should
be under done this will be found particularly nice.
Lxmok Pie Without Eocs.—There are certain
times in tbe year when it becomes expedient to
economize lu tho uso of eggs, aud the following
recipe has been kindly furnished us by a lady who
has won widespread praise for her lemon pics
For one pie use one lemon and. a half; grate one
medium-size raw potato; cue coffee cup of sugar,
one large tablespoon of (lour, one and one-half
cups of water, and a pinch of salt. Grate tho
lemons, using a little more than 1 half the outside,
then add the potato, then tluf Sugar, Hour aud
water, and etlr together. Baku’ with uppfcr aud
utder crust.
Aa To Brides.
The newest and prettiest of bridesmaids’ bonnets
arc of white uncut velvet, with a puffing ot cream
satin around tho edges and a wreath of white car
nations.
Somebody writes describing a wedding
which certainly combined the (esthetic with tho
picturesque and the “too-too” with the“ntter.'
The bridal pair stood under an awning of white
flowers, supported on twenty-fonr silvered poles,
which are held by young men and young women,
alternately arranged. Tho girls wore amber silk,
and the young men had amber velvet suits with
while waistcoats.
At the recent marriage of Miss Laurie, in New
York, the bride’s dress was of white satin en
Inline, the entire front trimmed with point «laco,
waist pointed and tripuned with ostrich plumos
boquet of white roses and lilies of the valley.
The maid oi honor wore pale pink satin trimmed
with white lace, square neck and no sleeves; bou
quet of pink and white roses. The bridesmaids
wore white brocaded satin, Fedora lace flounces to
the waist, nock"'V-shaped back and front; bou
quet of pale pink roses.
Stnge SUlirouettes*
Frank Chsnfrau left his widow S160,000.
“A Bunch of Keys” took in as gross receipts hut
season 1213,461.
Clara Moirls drew t7,000 to tho Boston Park the-
ter last week, playing seven performances.
Mr. M. I). Curtis has already cleared 920,000 on
bis season with his new play “Spot Cash.”
One of the dresses worn by Emma Abbott, as
Queen Bemiramls, cost 12,000 francs in Paris.
Irwin did not meet with as enthusiastic a recop.
tion ot Boston as on the occasion of his first visit*
Lawrence Barrett will begin the 1st of January
to play ICO nights in Australia. He has been guar
anteed 11,0(0 a night.
Mrs. John Drew is CO years of age, Maggio Mit
chell is 1*7 and is worth S5U0.000; Bijou Iloron Is 21,
Lotto is SO and worth 9200,000; Rose Kytlnge Is 18.
John Robinson’s circus has three bands of music
—a female band, a colored band and a white band,
three hundred people and ono dozen hugo pavil
ions.
eix car loads of scenery, nearly 500 people and
more than one thousand electric lights will bo
employed by Zimmerman & Nixon In the produc
tion of "Sicba,” November 10th, in Philadelphia.
Talking of Snakes.
The Quitman Free Press says that one evening as
Mrs. A. J. Tison was in her kitchen attending to
her domestic duties, she heard atcniblonolse lu
the yard. On looking out sho saw lying ne«r the
doorahnge rattlesnake. The snake wan appa
rently charming a cat. Help was summoned and
the snake, which measured flvo feet lu length aud
had tcigmUlcs, watt killed. The cat wss unable
to move until tho snako had been killed.
A gentleman tells tho Bumtcr Republican that
Larkin Dupree killed a rattle snako that had
thirty-rcvcu rattles and flvo buttons: and that
Henry Daniel and Bob Darden got enough rabbit
fur out of it to start a hat factory, also that Jack
Dupree got enough geeso feathers to make a bed.
Hu says these gentlemen Intend to hunt up
the progcory of this snake so as to keep a supply
of fur and feathois on hand to supply Samtor
county.
In the Quitman Free Press appears tbe following
composition from tho pen of a sympathizing
friend:
We regret to chronlclo the death of our neighbor,
Mr. Crocket Shiver, who died a few days since
from tbe bite of a rattlesnake. We teuderour sym
pathy to bis sorrowing friends, and especially to
Mr. D. B. Thrasher and JeffShlver, whom wo havo
no doubt would havo boon remembered In his
will but for his untimely end. Alas! that sad
Aud our hearts leap up like a gang of twilight
frogs
Hunting for gnats and beetles In few and dismal
But forTS* welfare Jeff's prayers will dally rlso,
Like frightened buzzards Irom a carcav still up
ward to the skies,
And in hJs lonely pilgrimage pray every canine
A long°Usy of happiness be his without alloy.
Hltten by a Tarantula.
'Eleven yean ago,” aald a representative citizen
of Arizona, “when there wasn't any such pleasure
in traveling through these parts aa there is now, I
Camped out one night just acrow£tho' New Mexi
can line with a party ofjprospcctor*. We were al
cob parativcly new, and we didn’t know anything
about tarantulas. When we selected our enmplug
place we noticed three or fourdrab colored things,
looking like dico boxes with coven, lying on ’the
ground, but we paid no attention to them. It
was chilly, and we had a blaziag Are. Somo
time in the night Gus Peterson startled ns with
an unesrtby yell, and, raunlng to him, we found
that he was In a death agony. We thought be had
been shot, and I guess be did too. lie didn’t
live long enough, though to get any very clear
Idea of what killed him. n« doubled up like a
jack-knife, and then spun around like a top.
Then be would straighten out stiff for a minute,
and we’d think he was dead, bat pretty aoonho
would begin to writhe again. We couldn’t do
anything with him. He died in about an boar
in awful torment. The next day wo examined
bim and found a bite of some kind on his left
breast. Tbe breast was purple end swollen.
Borne one said it must have been a snake or to-
“ ’Did you ever see a tarantula?’ I asked one of
tbe crowd.
“One man said bo had seen one dead on a caul
once, but none of us had ever seen one aiive. Just
then Conkey, one of tbe party, picked up one of
those mud-like dice boxes, with the remark:
*Wbat the mischief are these things, boys?’ As he
held it up the cover lifted, and fcut crawled a spi
der with five or six legs and two inches loug. lie
gave a yell tnd we all ran. 1 *'
“ ‘That's a tarantula, sure,'said the man who
had seen one dead. After a while we crept back
to tbe camp, and found that we had slept in a teg
ular nest of them.’’—Boston Budget.
GUNNERS’ CATCHES.
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 vour envelope.]'
Teddy.
Teddy Boy by tho window stands,
Watching the leaves aa they downward fall—
Watching the shadows that gather so fast—
And hearing the birds to their children call.
What fs my little boy thinking about,
Standing so silently there?
And why those tears in his pretty blue eyes,
And that frown on his forehead so fair?
Teddy is trying, perhaps, to forget
That a hoy he knows of, and just h!s size,
Hon been very naughty; so much, so, indeed,
That the little boy’s mama had tears in her eyes.
But Ted can’t forget, tho’ he tries very hard,
And be thinks bla mama might speak,
Aud he wishes it wouldn't grow d^rk so soon,
And-a tear rolls down his cheek.
The little brown birds to their children call,
But no oue calif “Teddy, come here, my petl”
And mother’s kisses and twilight songs
Are good things Teddy can never forget;
But kbacs and songs are for good littlo boys,
So Tfddy must go without
Unless ho la soTry and says ao—then
Mama will forgive him, no doubt.
Ab! fast fall the shadows and fast fall the toars
Down a pair of cheeks flushing so red,
And presently—“Teddy is sorry,” sebs he,
And mother’s heart pillows a golden head.
Then fast fail the kisses on cheek and on brow;
And tho’ it is twilight, you know,
Yet to Teddy end mama the sunshine has come
Like tho warmth of a noonday's glow.
# —Mary D. Brice, in Wide Awake.
Onr Letter Rox.
Dear Aunt Basic: Bore eyes havo broken np our
school. I am very so. ry I had to quit. 1 havo Just
school. I am very so.ry I had to quit. I have juat ^ u 1
spent a month In Newton county with grandpa, * bard voice.
From the Montezuma, Ga., Record.
Mr. J. T. Robinson, f ver the river, has been eet-
‘ Lons, and a few dap ago
n be caught a large grey
ting a steel trap to
Instead of catrhlr
fox.
From the Athens, Ga., Banner.
drowned out tbe flint crop, but tbe last one is tre
mendously Urge, although they are quite small as
yet. The hunters will bare a good time as soou as
tbe birds are large enough to kllL
From tbe Washington, Ga., Gazette.
One day last week a negro man who was at work
fn s field on Mr. M. M Sima's plantation on Fish-
Ing creek, beard his dog barking for some time in
a clump of bushes In tbe swamp. The man went
to see wbat it was when be saw bis dog run up and
jump bark several times, and finally discovered
that ft was a large red fox at bay. Tbe negro then
got some rocks and walked np very close to the fox,
when Tbe uauall} timid animal Jumped at blrn>Iso,
He struc k bim several times with rocks, and finally
killed bim, the fox not attempting to run at aif.
We have never known of another sneh "
"»fight when he had a
w the fox, and the farts are well
where I saw your paper aud rend a great many of
the little couiina’ letters. It is very dry hero. We
haven't bad any raiu here scarcely in three
months. Your little niece,
Ikbni STKTKNK.I
Stevens’ lottery, Ga.
Dear Annt Susie: I am a farmer’s daughter, ten
yean old. 1 go to school and havo more head
marks than any ono In my class. Papa takes Tna
Constitution, and I love to read tho children’s
column. Yours, Emma Withrow.
Gilmer Co., Ga.
Dear Aunt Bnile: I am a farmer's son of thlrtoon.
I am helping papa gathar his crop, and do not go
to rcbool now. Papa takes Tux Constitution. I
liko it very much. Your nephew,
Johnnii Clarke.
Rocky Mount, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am eleven years old and have
been going to school to a very sweet, pretty lady,
Miss Mattie Turner. We had a party the night
school closed, and I enjoyed It so much. Papa Is
a farmer, and takca The Constitution, which wo
like very much. Your nleco,
£mi UorxiNi.
WhltcsvUle, Harris Co., Go.
Dear Aunt 8nsie: I am going to school. Two of
my cousins spent a week with mo during vacation,
and I had a fine time with them. I enjoy reeding
O. Y. F, very much. Your nephew,
Philemon Ogi.ktt.ee.
White Sulphur Springs, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am eight years old. My papa
Is superintendent of our Sunday school, aud I go
every Sunday. I havo memorlzod tho whole of
Brook's catechism, and am now studying in tho
New Testament. Papa takes The Constitution,
and’fJove -o read ft. Ynnr friend,
Claudie Bun: Wadswoktu.
Wet Una, Ga.
Dear Aunt Suslo: I am thirteen years old, and
am going to school. I lovo to go, too. Pap* fakos
The Constitution, and I take pleasure In reading
Betsy n., Bill Arp and O. Y. F. The Constitution’s
friend, Mattie L. Coen well.
MccbanicivUle, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: Papa has been taking Tiia
Constitution a long time, and I enjoy it very
much. Most of tho cousins havo pets to tell you
about, but my only pet Isa dear lltttlo cotton
patch. 1 believe it will make mo rich in splto of
tho drought, for I havo picked 100 pounds from it.
Your little friend, Robert K. Lee.
Fsirbuin.Ga* x
Dear Aunt Basle: 2 am twelve years old, and
papa Is a farmer. Ho says cotton will bo short
this year, but bis corn crop is good. I have vaca
tion now, and help mama nt home. Papa takes
The Constitution, and 1 love to read 0. Y. 7. and
Betsy H. Your friend, Annie Henry,
Summerville, Ga.
Dear Aunt 8uafe: Wo are two boys that want to
tell you about a happy day wo spent lastweok.
At 8 o'clock oue morning seven of us started oat
to tbe woods to bunt chtnquoplns, but before we
got there our party wss Increased to thirteen. The
ripe nuts were just sticking lightly in the burrs,
and all we bad to do was. to pick them out. Wo
staid in tho woods till dinner time, and then you
should have seen us doing Justice to tho fried
chicken set before us. Afterwards we pulled tUo
wish bones and put them over tho door to see who
would com# underfillL Yon know tbe first ono
that comes in tbe door Is yonr sweetheart. When
tbe full moon rose we went to prayor meeting,
and that was tho end of our day. Your friends,
tiEAMty Huff and Luther Nixon,
Carroll, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: 1 am ten years old, and my
father ha# been dead five years. My mother-in-
law takes The Constitution, and I love 16 read it.
I send my couiJns this riddle:
“As! walked through a field of wheat,
I picked up something good to eat.
X wsa neither fish, flesh, fowl nor bone,
And I kept it till It walked alone.”
Your friend, Josie Daniel.
Morrow's 8teUon, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a farmer's daughter,
twelve years old, and can do all kinds of domestic
work. 2 have just finished making a new cash
mere dress for myeeif, the material for which was
purchased with money made by my own hands.
Fapa has promised to take me to the fair In Macon,
papa takes Tex Constitution, and we like It eo
much. Tell Mr. Arp X think it will take 48.llf.M0
cribs bolding a million bushels each to bouse the
philosopher's corn. Yours truly,
Hallie Mims.
nawkinsvllle, Ga.
Dear Aunt Bnsle: We are four girls that havo
met at tbe Good Templars lodge to-night. We
bave thirty-eight members in our society, and are
having great success In onr work. We think The
Constitution Ua splendid paper, and like Betsy
Hamilton best of all. We are very near tbe same
•ge, and bare always been great friend*. Your
friends, Alma, Annie, Louise and Pauunk.
Cherokee Mills, Ga.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am going to school to Miss
Passmore, and love her very much—she is so
pretty. 1 bate five brothers aud sisters, and as I
am tbe toby. 1 gets great deal of petting. X am
ten years old. Your little niece,
Annie burner. Daniil.
Western, Ga.
Dear Annt Susie; We are friends, aged fourteen
and sixteen, and our fathers are physicians and
farmers. W© love to read Relay If., Bill Arp and
O. Y. F. Ask G. 8. Barnes and Bessie Candler to
writ# to os, please. Your loving nieces,
Caiaie Underwood and Fannie Aden sold.
Carnesville, Ua.
Dear Aunt Basie: While I was going to school I
wss bitten by e rattlesnake, and it frightened me
very much, for 1 thought I would die. X Uvo near
Thundering Spring* and Dripping Rock, and will
write you about them if the cousina would like to
have me do so. Papa takes The CoNrmunoN, and
I like It so much. I am nine years old.
Yonr niece, Della Means.
Bltckville, Ga.
Dear Aunt Snsie: I am thirteen years old. My
married sister is on a visit to us now, and we havo
quilted until my fingers aro sore. Papa takes.
The Constitution, aud 1 like it very much. Ask'
some of the cousins to write to me. Your niece,
Fannie Thornton.
Elbcrton, Ga.
Dear Annt Susie: I write because I haven't seen
any letters from this place. I wish some of tho
cousins would write to me. Tell Minnie Layfield
to name her nephew Cecil Clyde. Your niece,
Bkula A. Crouch.
Tallapoosa, Ga. -
Dear Annt Susie: I lovo so much to hear mama
read tbe little letters, and I hope you will pnbiish
mine. I have a pet kitten aud a dear little brother.
Your niece, Reqina E. Haboett.
Two Shades, Harris Co L , Ga.
Minis nt tho Window.
“Better ho at work,” grumbled John 8pcnec, as
he passed the minister's house and saw Jenny, the
minister’s daughter, feeding the birds that camo
every day to her window. “My girls have some
thing else to do. I'll not give a oent to support
such lasy doings.”
'.'Good morning, Mr. Spenoc.” said a friendly
voles. “I want to know how much you will put
down for Hr. Elder’s salary this year? Wo waut
to increase it to f50u It wo can.”
"Not a cent;” was his slow, emphatic answer.
“Oh! you’re Jesting, Mr. Spenco," said his good-
humored neighbor.
“No; I’m In earnest. My girls have something
better to do than feeding birds. Humph I Do you
see that?” and ho pointed to a wiudow wfiore Jen
ny FJder, the minister’s daughter, stood feeding
half a dozen birds that flew close to her band; ono
or two of them even lighting on her shoulder.
"Well, that Is beautiful!” exclaimed Mr. Eg
bert.
"Beautiful?”
• Yes; don’t you think so?”
"I think she'd better bo at work,” replied Mr.
Spcnco through and through. Tho delight of this
moment was greater than anything he remem
bered to have experienced for years.
"X am glad my little present gives yon so much
pleasure,” he answered, subduing his voles that
he might not betray too much of what he felt.
“It’s a good singer, the man said.”
“It’s a beauty{” returned Margaret, feasting her
eyes on the bltd; “and I'll lovo it if it doesn’t sing
a note.”
“Such a little thing to give so much pleasure!”
Mr. Spence said to himself, as ho sat and pon
dered hia new phase of life. And to his thought’
came this reply: “A cup of water (s a little thing,
but to thirsty lips it Is sweeter than nectar."
And then, as if a window had been opened to
his soul, a whole flood of new iJeas and thoughts
came in upon him, and he saw that the mind had
needs as well as the body; aqd that unless these
were supplied, life would $6 poor and dreary-
just es his life, and tho lives of his wife and chil
dren, had for the most part been.
Mr. Spence never shut that window but let tho
birdaflyinandout at pleasure. When Mr. Eg
bert next saw him ho received him with a joyful
heart and pleasant smile, and doubled his sub
scription to the minister’s salary.—T. 8. Arthur.
JEFF DAVIS’S SADDLE.
Mr.’Egbert turned and looked at his neighbor In
mute surprise.
“I mean just what I say,” addod Mr. Sponeo.
“My daughters have no time to waeto after that
fsibion, and 1 can’t see that I am under any obli
gations to support other people's daughters in
idleness.”
“Jenny Elder Is no idle girl," said Mr. Egbort, a
little warmly.
“Don’t you call that idleness?”
“No. It Is both rest and lnvlgoratlon. Tho ton
minutes spent with those birds will sweeten bor
life for a whole day. She will hear them twitter
ing as she goes about her household duties, aud be
stronger and more cheerful in consequence."
Mr. 8pence shook his head, but not with the
emphasis of manner shown a little whilo before.
A new thought had cemo Into his mind. A bird
hitd flown in through a window of hs soul.
“Work, work, work, every hour and evory min
ute of theday," said Mr. Hubert, “Is not best for
any one-not best for Jenuy Eldor, nor for your
daughters nor mine.”
“Nobody says It is," replied 8peuce. “But-
but—" Ills thoughts were not very clear, and so
he hesitated.
“The rest that gives to tho mind a cheerful tone,
that makes it stronger and healthier, is tho trne
rest, bccauso it Includes refreshment and Invigor-
atlou.”
“Nobody denies that,” said Mr. Spence.
“And may not Jenny’s ten minutes with the
birds give bor Just the refreshment sho neods, aud
mako her stronger for the whole day? If not
stronger, then more cheerful; and you know how
much comfort to a household ono choerful spirit
may bring.”
“Yen have such a way of patting things,” re
plied the neighbor, In a changed voice. “J nover
raw it in this right before. ChqerfulneM-ob.dosri
I am weary looking at discontented faces. If
feeding birds at the windows is an antidote to
. fretfulness, I shall recommond my children to
begin at once.”
“Let the birds come first to your window,” said
Mr. Egbert.
“Oh, I'm too old for anything liko that,” was
replied.
“To the windows of your soul, I mean.”
Spcnco shook bis btaJ. “Yon shoot too high
for mo.”
“Thoughts are like birds—right thoughts liko
doves aud sparrows; wrong thoughts ilka hawks
and ravens. Open the windows of your mind,
and 1st truo thonghts coins In. Feed them, and
they will sing to you and food your soul with
music. They will bear yon up on their wings;
they will lift you Into purer regions. You will
see clearer and fed stronger. You will be a wiser
and a happier man.”
“I never did hear any one talk Just as you do,
Fgbertl” said tb# neighbor. “Yen look into tho
heart of things in auch a strange way.”
“Jf we can get down to tho heart of things, wo
are all right,” was tbo smiling answer. “And
now we want to know how much we maycouot
on from you towards Sir. Elder’s salary. Open
wide the windows; let Just and generous thoughts
come in.”
“As much as last year; perhaps more. I’ll think
over the matter,” was replied.
While sitting at dluucr with bis family on that
day, Mr. Spcnco broke tbo constrained alienee, tbe
usual accompaniment of tbdr meals, with tbo
words:
“I raw a beautiful sight this morning.”
Both the sentence and the tone In which It was
spoken were a surprise. A weight seemed re
moved from every one-a shadow foil from each
dull countenance. All eyos were fixed in inquiry
upon him.
“Jenny Elder at a Window, witb wild birds feed
ing from her bends, and sitting on her shoulders,”
added Mr. Spenco.
“Ob, yes; I’ve seen It often,” said Margaret, his
oldest daughter, e light breaking over her face
“Jenny fs so good and sweet that even tbe birds
lore her. I wish they would come to my win
dow."
“Yon must ask Jenny her secret,” said tho
father, witb a gentleness In his voice that was
such a surprise to Margaret that she looked at him
in wonder. Mr. Spence noticed and understood
the meaning of her look. lie felt it as e revela
tion end a rebuke.
Tbe dead silence soon passed away. Pint ono
tongue and then another wae unloosened; and la
e little while the whole family were In a pleasant
conversation—a thing eo unusual at rncal time
time that each one noted the loot in a kind of be
wildered surprise.
Mr. Spence opened tbe windows of hts soul still
wider, and let tbe singing birds come in. All Ua
boars of that day be pondered the new Idea sug
gested by bis neighbor, and the more he consid
ered them the clearer It became that there was a
better way to seen re the bappftre* of himself and
family then the bard aud narrow one he has been
pursuing. Minds needed something as well as
bodies. Tastes end feelings bad their especial
needs. Boul-buuger must be attended to and sat
isfied. *
As he came home from his shop that evening be
parsed a store, tbe windows of which were filled
with cages of singing birth; and as his eyes rested
on them be remembered bow often he had heard
Margaret wish tor a canary, and how he bad as
often said, “Nonsense; you’ve got something bet
ter to do than waiting your time with birds.”
Mr. fipencc saw things Id a different light now.
“She shall have a bird,” he said, speaking to
himself, and turned Into the store.
“Oh, father! not forme?”
Mr. Spence was taken by surprise at the sudden
outturn of delight that came from Margaret,
whin she understood that be had reallv bought
her tbe blid. Tears filled her eyes. She threw her *
aims around bla neck and kissed him.
“ Itsowsa kind of you-wnd I wanted a bird s)
much!” ihe laid. “Oh, I’ll be eo good, and do
everything for yon I can.”
Wbat a sweet feeling warmed the heart of Mr.
llie True History of ft Notable Event In the
War.
Ferry, Ga., October 29.—[Special.]—Tho Home
Journal of to-morrow will pjjbiish tho following
interesting account of Jeff Davis’s saddle ia
which Mr. Fcagin tells his own story.'
Feaoin, Voimoit Cowty, Ga., October 21.
1884.—Editors Home Journal: Having seen several
letters In the Macon Tolcgraph and Messcntror, al
so in the Home Journal, In regard to the saddle of
ex-lTesideut Jefferson Davis, all of which being
more or less erratic, I herewith give you tho facts,
as circumstance* at that time placed me In a posi
tion to know thorn juat as they occurred. iats6
ineloso a letter received by rao from Mr. Davis la
regard to it, in which he gives the history of the
famous saddle—which makes it valuable to him,
upon receiving which I wrote to Mr. Davis, tolling
bim it was In the poucMlon of Dr,\V. L. Jones, of
Fort Valley, to whom I also addressed two lotters,
giving him Mr. Davis’ wish In regard to it,
neither of which was ever answered.
Now to tho facte relative to tbe saddle: Ou the
night of the 22d of May, 1865, the captors of Ur.
Davis camped at Sandy Run church, within four
or five hundred yard* of my house. One. Adam
OTry (and not Adam Jones, as it appeared In tho
Telegraph and Messenger a short while since),
went into the camp to see our much-loved rhief,
and thereupon Mr. Davis asked him if ho would
not like to have a nlco saddle. Tho young man
proudly accepted the gift, with the understanding
that if It was ever called for, it should be returned.
Accordingly it wss wrapped in a blanket
siul tk on put In a bag and given to
tho servant of Mr. Davis, who had
been instructed to shoulder it, and upon phasing
tho guard to say, “i’ll maks them folks up-yon-
dor cook some nod bread,” and to Mdo the sad
dle In my kitchen which place young OTry un
derstood ho was to tako It, provided ho could elude
the throng of ynukces In aud around my yard and
houre. This ho successfully did, after procuring
another blanket * *
it. He than earri
/nr awn
ttfilBI d
brouch
wards. When he left for Texas, where ho now
lives, lie turned it over to the said Dr. Jones, of
Fort Valley, lti whoso possession, with theexeep-
tlon oi h short time whew it was In tbo library at
Fort Valley, It has ever since been.
On tho inoruing after It was taken from tho
camp the yankees arrested me, charging me with
having taken it, but after much parlance, and
many threats to take mo with the captives, they
turned me loose, seemingly satisfied with tho pos
itive statement. “1 did not tako It”
Yours truly, Geo. M. Feaoin.
verbatim cory of a letter most won. jeffersox
. DAVIS.
Beauvoir. Harrison county, Miss., March 7th,
1880.—Geo. M. Fcagin, Ksq.. My Dear Sir: Pleaso
accept my thanks for your Kind letter of tho 25th
finished, and mode on the famous Hopo tree;
had a largo plated pommel, with a compass in is
corned with glass. Its hUtory la that a youth
named Andrew Jackson Klee, was aided when a
llowell rode on...
attracted tho notice oi our captors, and their pur*
poso to appropriate it, caused it to
IK) left nt tho houso of ono of our
friends and countrymen on tho road to Maeou.
Tghf'
1 tin
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the home as to identify it. Colonel Johnston , is
mfMaken as to ;its having been stolen, perhaps
confounding tho Intent with the deed.
Beauvoir fs a station.on the New Orleans and
Mobile railroad, where them Is rii express agout,
and 1 will be very thankful to you if you wilt have
the saddle sent by express to to mo V. O. D, lie-
spectfully and truly yours,
Jefferson Davis.
_ . 8.—Tbe letter of Colonel * *
cdf
Couldn’t Hell Him Any.
’Can’t I roll you some dry goods?” asked tho
drummer of a countryman, who ho was valuly en
deavoring to get In his establishment.
“No, yo kalu’t, got all I wants.”
“Nor boots or iboesf" f
f'Nary a bute ner a shoe.”
“Maybe you’d Ilka to buy somo notions, then,"
continued tbe salesman, “for tho women folks at
home.”
“Nary notion,” crlod tho trlod rustic, “that’a
whatallsumiiow, they’ve got oomenny durnod
fool notions.”
Tho Engine n Total Wreck.
Baltimore, Md„ October 29.—Tbe freight engine
of the Baltimore and Ohio road exploded at Lo
cust I’olnt this morning, instantly killing Engin
eer Joshua Dixon and Fireman David Burko. Tho
cngfno Is a total wreck,
Tempernncn In UanadA.
Toronto, October 80.—The Scott temperance act
was carried fn the counties of Bruos by 1,000 ma
jority, In Dnfferln 700 majority, lp Huron by 1,500
majority, In York, N.B., on the question for re-
mi, by 800 majority, aud
dwaru by 1V0 majority.
Night.
The day Is gone, and Night lets trail
Her Jeweled skirts Across the sky,
While soft her feat are gently pressed
Upon the crisp dead loavca that lio
Ia whispering crowds upoi) tho wold,
And o’er the vast unbounded deep
Her silver ship is riding high
O'er olondlet valley, hill and steep.
And I alone with yearning heart
Bo full of sadness, care oppressed
Look out upon tbs slumbering world
And sigh for something like its rest.
And then my heart rebellious seeks
To question God’s mysterious ways,
Tho Justice, mercy, meted out,
In our allotted span of days.
Why need ws live? The way lias dark
O’er which our bruised fast most tread,
And guideless through 1U mazes dim .
Our bleeding hearts must ceaseless thread.
“Why need you live?” And Nature's voles
Beplies in tender, soothing tone,
"Look out upon tbs sleeping world
From which tb# right of Day ha# flown,
And mark the gently falling dew
That on each grateful leaflet lies—
Each fragile flower't bending low
Its tired bead with dosed eyes,
And thick yon Night with her long train
Oi glinting atars,brings naught butgrlsf,
And abode, and dsrknc-M? Ab, poor heart
Fair Morn will change yonr sad belief. -
For when bar sheaves of sunbeams fall
Through portals pink and pierce tbe mist
That vails tbe tender eyes of Dawn,
Eyrs deep aa violet amethyst.
You’ll see the wonderous changes wrought
By her cool fingers, star-gemmed—bright,
And then yonr heart will feel the sweat
Influence of her golden light.”
Tie so. A laughing fees peeps through
The eastern gate. My heart no mere
Questions the “wherefore” of His will,
It is content to have It so.
And thus it is whenever we
Are burdened with a mighty grief
The darkness makes more bright the right
The sorrow swecur our belief.
-By LoUle Belle Wylie,
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