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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. -aTCANTA. Ga.. 'TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11 IS84 TWELVE PAGES.
THE WOMAN???S KINGDOM
The Home and the Housewife and Gossip
of the Hearthstone???Talks With
Women and About Women.
(Bhort Letters on home tonics earnestly solicited
Write ???Woman's Kingdom on one comer of the
envelop.!
Would ure bo Willing.
Would we be williug, if the summons earn'd
To countermarch this life, to live the same
Once more?
Bay pain and joy. aud poverty and wealth,
Good days and dark days, illness and health,
Lived o'er?
The new life just as the old one had been;
To find like frieu dship and the viler men,
As yesterday?
And would it pay ? Life, like a play,
It relished as v e go, from day to day???
But stay I
Not many a play is worthy to recall:
The acton one by one come on, and curtains fall
They go away;
And shifting scenes, and mnsfc long and drear
Grates on the list'ncr a weary ear.
We dread the play I
And so, as chjldren tire of toys and sleep,
At the rlose of life comes le*??s and less to keep
Us here alway.
And then so many that have* gone before,
And carilcd hopes to a brighter shore,
Are saying, Come!
Those absent long, with anxious gaze,
Leading and lighting the darkest ways,
Would call us home.
Would we be willing to reluse their prayer?
Ah, nol Borne day we'll greet them there???
Borne day! ??? RooKirk.
Homo Dress Making.
As a great many of our ladies do their own
dress making it will not come amiss to give
you a fashion letter this week and tell you ot
few changes. These changes in the cut and
appearance of a garment are so gradually
made that one can hardly realize the markod
difference in the dress of to-day from one made
and approved last spring. In skirts there are
some marked changes, though the leagth is
the same, made just to escapo touching tho
ground yet there is greater fullness allowed in
the back for the tournure, which is much
worn. Trains are worn more for evening
dresses than they have bjen for several years,
Tucks ore very much used in the thick
vrexlen goods this winter, even the flounces are
tucked. Basques and polonaises are both
much worn, they are all made with a seam
down the middle of tho back and side gores
ucdor the arm. Shoulder seams are made still
shorter than they were laafteosou, and sleeves
ars not near so tight, this is fortunate for peo'
pie with thin arms, for it was a fashion that
was very disfiguring to small people. If there
is a seam down tho middle of the back of the
waist of a polonaise and it is desirable to avoid
one down the middle of the back of skirt, it
esn be done by laying the edge'of tho pattern
for the back part ol the skirt to a fold ot the
goods. The same rule applies to a basque that
has a pleated skirt. As both comfort and ap-
pcsrance demands that the elbow of the
sleeve shall como in the right place, it in best
alwsya to cut a lining a little longor, both at
tho top and bottom, than is necessary; try it
on at tho same time with the dress, fit the el
bow at the proper place first, and then arrange
the other parts to suit. A pretty dross is made
of black aud white shepherd plaid trimmed
with black velvet, narrow ribbon velvot on
ho flounces and black velvet vest, cuds and
cdlars, this with a simplo black felt hat trim
med with black velvet and a bird wing is a
pretty costume and not very oxponsire one for
any one. Combination suits aro more worn
than ever, so any one having a halt worn wool
dress can make a very useful and handsome
costume by combining with it aberut three
yards of plaid, aud they come In all colors.
Plain solid colored wool goods are very stylish
trimmed with braid, either plain to match the
dress or having a little gilt thread mixed in
with it. Gilt and steel are much worn, small
bonnets come (quitu cheap) with tbo entire
crown of velvet aud gilt, or velvet and steel
and the ouly trimming needed is a bow of vel
vet t r a feather.
Tiik excitement attending the prestdetlal
ekclion, and the zmetingof the legislature,
eclipH d all attempts pretty much at guyety
in social circles in Atluuta during tho week.
The influence of the general election, and the
mm mhling of the general assembly was
marked on social life. The presidency is
settled, Blaine cun say to the people, in the
dying words of Rabeliaa: ???Let down the
curtain, the show is over,??? and with the dy
ing words of Lucian: ???You may go home, the
furce is over.??? Cleveland cun exclaim in the
fixing words of Augustus: ???Give me your
pluudits.???
As to the legislature, it will now go to
work for the yocd of the state.
1 be mi tnbeis w ill kc flitting, and a sitting, still
aiming;
Fasting laws, the like of which wo never satr
before,
Aud keen eyes will have all tbo meauing of a
msn who i> scheming,
Laws which many nevtr dreamed of in our cv-
cry day lore,
So that society will once more arouse itself
and unite in the duuce and other social di
versions.
Our Curresp.iudence,
Boston, Mass., O.-tober 19.???Editress Woman's
Kingdom: Please send the enclosed to W. E. G.,
Rome, Ga., who asked advice as to toe traiuingof
his daughters. I shall be greatly obliged for the
favor. Respectfully. H. C. A.
We forward your letter with pleasure aud trust
it will reach it* destination safely.
Oak Grove, Ga., October 2!.???There are so few
letters In this department recently it looks as if
we were losing Interest in it, and I always read,
and like it more than any other. Then 'tlsso use
ful. We are country people and do not know as
-much of your city aa we would like to. Please
nil me all about the ???Woman???s Exchange" in At
lanta, where it is, etc? Also, where we can profit-
ally dispose of paper and artificial flowers. eip>
ilaily the latter? Yours, 8yt.
You will fiud a full account of Womsn???a Ex-
chi nge in a hack number of the Weekly. We can
not tell where yon could dispose of the flowers,
unless at that place. Write to Miss Roberts, So. 70
Core ???trett, and she will give you all the informa
tion deal red, as she has change of it.
??? Darien. G*. October 22.??? It Is with pleasure
tbM I greet yon. dear members of the???Woinau???s
Kingdom," sga'n. lhave been thinking that as
my first letter was so kindly received I would write
again, aa I wanted you to know how much good
we* accomplished for me through that letter. It
waw the means of ssenring me a pleasant home,
where I can support myself and feet Independent.
1 cannot And time for all my hands And t
??? You were mistaken. Dor* Kelly, when you thought
I Lad a house In view to keep for myself. 1 feel
strange in my new horn**, coining *?? I did Iro n tas
???p country where I could see the blue ???CobuUa???s,???
to the flat country where the tall long-leaf el pise
and the live oak* are bung with long mow and
within thesoaud of theses. I like the kind peo
ple here, but my heart aches for the love 1 ones
that are in the hill country. Will some one toll
me how to dispose of a pound of splo ntid new
silk worm cocoons? Truly.- Georgia.
We are delighted to hear from Georgia again,
and to know that she has a pleasant homo. There
hi ve been many inquiries about her. Hope she
wiil write olten.
Fancy Work.
V iiitk Holder.???'Get one of the Japanese reed
cufb which druggists use to cover their sleevea-
they cost very little???embroider some pretty do-
sbn upon one side. A running vine of brigtit
colors around the ceutcr would be pretty. Line it
with any bright color. Trim the upper edge with
a qoillii g of satin ribbon set on even with it,
the brush will not crush It down, aud at the bot
tom put on a gathered frill of the same colore _
sstiii four inches wide, with an elastic ran into the
lower side, where it has been turned lu an inch,
tins leaving a narrow ruflle. Do not close the
elastic tight, but leave op??u enough to permit the
handle to pass through. Sew ribbon to the top to
hang It tip by.
Bittern Holder.???'Takeaptcco of brown linen
two yards long. Hem both ends. With a pencil
draw two Hues lengthwise about throe inches sld-
the center. With narrow red braid or tape make
a row ol loops upon these Hues, large or small, ac
cording to the pattern. Now write ou a slip of
payer the name of each pattern and paste or sew
it mi the cloth opposite tho loop. Ruu a smalt
stick through each hem aud furnish the upper odd
with strings to tie like a map. Suspend by a cord
on the Inside of a closet door, and your patterns
will bo clean and well kept.
PannoR Ball.???Cast on thirty (30) stitches of any
bright colored yarn or worsted upon coarso steel
needles. Knit across onco in plaiu knitting, then
knit back plain, leaving the last stitch unknlt at
that end of the needle. Then turn the work
again and knit back until within two stitches of
tbc end of the needle. Continue In this way,
leaving one moro stitch at each end each time,
until you have ten unknit stitches left at each cud
of tbenerdlo. Then knit across, knitting all the
previous unknit stitches. This forms ono gore.
Now fasten or tio on another color of yarn and
proceed fcs before. Knit six gores, bind off tho
sixth goTe and securely fasten tho ends with a
needle. Bcw the opening about half way up on
the wrong side, then turn, and stair with cotton
batting. Bhapo with the hands os you stulT it so
as to make it round. Bcw itupa Httlo way st
time until the scam is dosed. A ball can bo made
of twine for an older child aud this knitted cover
slipped on, or it can be put over a rubber ball.
A Few Novelties.
Pomegranate red and cream color aro fashiona
ble English colors at this time.
Blockings with lacing above tho knee Is intend
ed to make Hie uso of garters uuucccKsary.*
Feather thistles appear among other eccentric
novelties in millinery.
Buckles instead of buttons fasten many hand
some dresses.
Fail wraps aro mado quite short in tho back,
resting on tho tornurc, the fronts long and?panel
shaped. Many wraps in different colors are soon;
black ones are sometimes covered with Jet and jet
fringe is much more worn than luce.
Tho ???common sense" shoo for walking is an
established (act. Tho toes arc slightly rounded at
the c' ruers aud tho beds are seldom over three-
quarters of an inch in bright.
Belts of Russia leather, alligator skin aud canvas
aro worn quito broad. Those with largo buckles
of silver are considered tbo most elegant.
Small handkerchiefs with wide bluo or pink bor
ders, with the owner's monogram enclosed in a
horse shoe In tho corner aro tho latest Paraslan
style.
Th# pretty 8pan!sh fashion of wearing a flower
in tho hair has been revived.
Palo pink aud.bluo centers with narrow
hems are the latest in handkerchiefs.
Collars aro straight or else with sharp, turned-
down the cornqr of your vUltlnx card.
Two flut loops of hair worn above tho French
twist are colled Japancso colls.
Braldtd dresses have como into favor again.
Fine dark clotha aro pretty ornamented with silver
braid.
Ruches sro no longer fashlonablo for trim
ming. _
Cooking lloclpes.
Ric* Cake.???Ono pound of ground rlco, ono
pound of sugar, eight eggs well beaten together,
the rind and piece of s lemon. mix together, beat
ball hour; bako in a well buttered mold.
Banana Pie.???A delightful plo Is made by first
miking only a lower emit and then fill it with
alked bananas aud powdered sugar; tho fruit will
???olten sufficiently in a few moments. C >ver tho
top with whipped cream and eat at once.
Brow Cake.???Three fourths of a pound of butter
hesteu to a cream, thr< - fourths of a pound of
sugar, three fourths of a pound of potato flour,
whites of six egRs well beaten, teu drops cnenco of
lemon; add tho flour last, mix well; bake in a
moderate oven.
Breakfast Bread.???Have ready a cup of boiled
rice or houdny. Add to this two-thirds of a cop
til coru meal. Two tablcspoonsful of whlto sugar
and a pinch of salt; one-half a cup of melted but
ter, aud three eggs bestoa separately and very
Ifolit; make the batter tbin by adding two-thUd*
of a cup of milk, then bake iu a battered pudding
dish, lu a hot oven, for twenty-five minutes.
Roma for Tea.???One pintof new milk boiled,
then let it cool to blood heat; Into this stir ono-
third of a cake of compressed yeast dissolved In
one-half cup of lukewarm water, or use one-half
cup of home-made yeast; add ono-third of a cup
bite sugar, sift into a large eurtben bowl two
quarts of flonr, and Into this rub one large spoon
ful of lard, aud a level teaspoon of aalt. Make a
bole In the middle of tho flour and pour In tho
milk and other ingredients, cover with a double
cloth and let It rise over night. In the morning,
mix welland knead for ten minutes, but do not
remove the dough from tho bowl ortiddrany more
flour. At about half put nlue knead again with
out removing from the bowl; knead agalu at half
past eleven. Dust a very little flour on yonr bread
board, and roll out the dough to about the thick
ness of half inch, cut with a biscuit cutter, crease
the middle and butter lightly, folding one half
over the other. Hotter your baking tini and leave
a space between yonr rolls to allow them room for
rising. Place them near tho Are, and in sbont an
hour they will bo ready for tbo oven; they will
bake in about fifteen minutes if the oven is hot.
Bhoutd yon wish the rolls for tea, make the time
longer between each kneading should be done an
hour ond a half before the meal for which the rolls
are intended. *
As to Drfdes.
Have a good fire in the church,'' wrote the
father of a prospective bride to tho sexton the
other day, ???for from what I've seen of my daugh
ter's wedding drew she won???t have much on, and
don't want her to catch cold."
Mbs Eveils, who married in Loudon, had eight
bridesmaids, dressed In white and red. The page
were a costume of whit* satin, slashed with dork'
red velvet, r. d shoes and stockings and a red velvet
cap trimmed with red feathers.
At stylish weddings now the page Is an Institu
tion of the utmost! m ports nee, his costume being
only mend to the bride???s.
At two recent fashionable wed llngs, among the
bridesmaid's costumes were two> of satin arm aro
??? delicate blue tone with pink shading, with
plain shirts of blue and pink brocale, the polo-
nai>e of the armure being short and bottifi rat, with
square corsage and elbow sleeve*, oriental lace,
in box pfofts, trimmed the neck an 1
sleeves and bordered the pale blue silk glove*. Tn*
bets were in ibepherdf** shape, of blue, with
large clusters of pale pink roses and labot of Uce
co*the pfdcs, and upon the arms were bine straw
baskets filled with blush roses.
??U R YOUNG FOLKS.
Devoted to the Instruction and Entertain-
rnent of the Boys and Girls Who
Read The Constitution.
Pn writing for this department,write plainly, on
one side of your paper Aud put ???Our Young Folks??????
on one corner of vour envelope.)
Fortunate Furies,
Borne fort unatc fnirits once i knew,
Who lived in a palate with walls of blue,
With a roof Kiblgh that by night the stars
Came tiftiug iu through its purple bars.
Bo long were its hulls, so vast and wide,
You could walk a week were you once Inside;
You could ride a mouth o???er its spacious floors,
And still not come to its farthest doors.
Broad stairs led up; and werero high
It would take whole days its heights to try;
Broad steps led down, some far below
Where only the brave would dare to go.
Fountains to plash on the fragrant air,
' HU ssoms and singing birds were there;
tv.ry thing joyous aud sweet aud bright
To charm the senses of ear and sight.
Tavernents were laid of green and brown
And white; some soft as elder-down;
Borne smooth as glass or set with stones
lu a toil mosaic ol many tones.
???Wlmt a wonderful place!?????? perhaps you cry;
Tlitn what if you are told that it's you uud I
Are the fortunate fairies who walk tho floors
Of the beautiful palace of Out-of doors I"
Mrs. bTuMK, In Youth's Companion.
Dr. Fir?lev's Youthful Vigor Fills cure nervous
??? ??? mcc *r * *?????? ???*
, N, Y.
Cun lie Crow ?
It has been so long since l???vo sent you a now
game, my dear children, that I fear you will tbiuk
i didn???t core about your having fun; but I do. I
send you a game this week l hope you will enjoy as
much as 1 did when I used to play with my broth
CAN HE CROW?
Wo all sat In a row, and the first player asked
second: "Can he crow???? receiving the answer,
Crow he can;" the second, the third and so on
down to the end of the Hue. Then tho first asked,
How does he crow?" aud the second stood up,
flapped bis w ings (arms) and crowed, saying, ???Ho
ju??t??o.??? Every ono of the players had to
give bis idea of ???how he crows," aud tho ono who
???m 1H d w bile giving it bad to pay a forfeit, which
was told at the dose of the game.
Aunt Susie.
Our Letter Dox.
Dear AuntBusic: lam a farmer???s daughter, seven
years old. I have been to school a little in my
life, but nm helping to pick cotton now. Papa has
some pretty J?? nvy conn and calves. Wo takoTiix
Constitution and like It very much.
Your little niece,
Newnan, Ga. Virgik Bailey,
Dear Aunt Bueic: I am a farmer???s son, elevon
yean old. We b&vo vacation and 1 am helping
) apa pick cotton. I have a little mule 18 months
old, aud 1 can tide him auywhere. Papa takes
Hie l< hkTiiiTJON, aid 1 love to read O. Y.F.
Betsey II. and Bill Arp.
Your little friend,
???Carter???s Grove, Ga. Nxvtib Lcnceford.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am not going to school nor
Papa takes The Constitution, and 1 love to read
O. Y. F. ond Betrey 11. Tell 8. V. Benton that cof
fin ia mentioned twice??iu the Bible??? Genesis,60th
chapter and 6th verse, aud girls twlce-Jocl 3d
chapter and kd verso and Zach.,ftth chapter and
6>h verse. Can any ono tell me how often and lu
w hat places tho word ???cat" Is found In the Bible?
Your little friend,
Wooley???s Ford, Ga. T. A. McClure.
Dear Aunt Suaio: I nm twclvefyearaold. Iam not
at school now, but help mama with her work aud
try to to useful. Pupa takes Tux Constitution,
and 1 like it very much, especially O. Y. F., Betsey
II. and Bill Arp.
Your Jmud, Lola Guilders,
W insboro, Hood Co., Texas.
Dear Aunt Susie: I am a constant reader of Tni
Const n ut ion, and like it very much. I am
none, and help htr with the smaller children, I
wish jour jaycr great success.
Your little friend, Georgia M. Chillers.
WJukboro, Hood Co., Texas.
Dear AuntBusic: Iam ten years old and go to
ichool to a good teacher. 1 help with the cows
aud take them to the pasture, 1 draw water for
mother, and when ??ho wants to go to church my
bio.ther and I make tbo beds, sweep the housoand
help her all wo can.
Your little friend,
Palmetto, Ga, Loxy Talloks.
Dear AuntBusic; I am fourteen yean old.
don't go to school now, but will begin soon, l???apa
takes 1 iie Constitution, and I like to read It very
much, I have a book called "Mother, Home and
Ilesvrn.???' Isn't It a dear uamo for n book?
ir t ue friend, Mary Lou Paukman.
Collins, Drew Co., Ark.
Dear Aunt Buslo: I am ten yean old. lam at
home now helping (papa pick cotton, but have
U tu going to school. Papa lakes The Constitu
tion, eud 1 am very fond of reudlng Betsey IX. and
>. Y. F. Your little filoud.
Tyre, Ga. Annie Lou 8.
Dear AuntBusic: I am a mechanic???s daughter,
nine years old. 1 won the prize at school this
year. It was a gold dollar. Papa is superintend-
lug a handsome brick academy that tbo citizens of
Buford are laving built now. I wish some of the
cousins would come and go to school with me when
is finished. Your llulo niece,
Buford, Ga. Ora Lex Tig ole.
Dear Aunt Busie: I am a little girl, ten years old,
and have stopped school to help pa pick cotton.
We buve a carp pond, and when I throw crumbs of
bread in the water, tho little flab como up to the
ace and cat It. Grandpa takes The Constitu
tion., and thinks it is the beat thing iu the world.
Yonr little niece, Uknly Buyers.
Near Whltcsburg, Ga.
???<nands-ln-Ills.Poeket.Ham,"
???And who???s that boy???? asked Berths.
'Boy, where???? replied be mother.
Coming across the field."
Mrs. elevens raised her eyes from her work and
locked across the road.
Out of the woods, down a slope leading to the
road, came a stout boy of fourteen. Ho was
roughly dressed, and his clothes were mean, either
on account of bard times or a lasy temper. HU
feet were bare, but they walked upon a carpet of
emerald graas starred with the brightest dando
loins. Not for a king himself would those flower*
bare put on gay robes. The boy, though, did not
belong to a rich, regal race. Mrs.8teven* plainly
waa of that opinion, for ahe anawerel Bertha's
question by saying:
???O, that Is nobody. I call him Hands-in-biv
pocket-Bam, for that is where he always carries his
hands. O, he la nobody."
Little Bertha was old enough to be carious, but
too joang to understand the best way of obtaining
knowledge, and she harried over to meet ???Hands-
In-hU-pocket-Bam," and ask unhesitatingly a very
plain question-
???Be yon???be yon???"
???Wbatl??? said the boy, good-naturedly.
???Be you Hands in-his-pocket-Ham,???and???be you
nclxdj r???
Then Bertha fastened her deep blue eye*on him.
Tbtre was a thick coat of frown tan on Ham???s fooo
but tbroujrb itall^be felt that ho was blddiing,
and be pulled his baud* out of his pockets as If a
dart had shot out of each big blue eye and they
had j ainfully penetrated poor Ham.
Bertha, child aa she was, saw that the boy was
hurt somehow, somewhere, and she said with open
snmiiath u for this picture of streogh, oonpmp
mint end good health:
"J don???t believe you are nobody."
???Who sold I was nobody?" asked Bsm, abruptly
???almost savagely.
The boy'* manner frightened Berths, and turn
ing on her heels, she began to ruu from the spot.
t>be bad taken only a few steps wheu she stopped
and looked again at ???Hands-lu-his pocket-Bam."
"I didn???t mean nothin???,??? she said, sorrowful
ly.
hut Bam had cotton wool or something else in
his tan. for he did not seem to be conscious of auy
address to him. He was now striding back into
the woods from which he had Issued.
Bam Pcavy was a lump oj laziness. Ho carried
his hands lu his pockets because he was too liuy to
carry them any other way. Ho did uot like to
study, he did uot like to cut wood, he did uot like
to hoe in tho potato-patch, aud he did uot like to
take bay lu the meadow. But lazy folks some
times have a great deal of pride, aud somehow
tboH^woexpressions."Hands lu-liis pocket tiam,???
and ???Nobody,??? were like new swords with very
shaip points to them.
???And she was a girt, too," thought Sam. "If H
bad been a boy, I wouldn't have cared So much.
And a girl too, not much higher than a bumble
bee!"
Nam fait that bis troubles were mountain-high.
???What bare feet I???ve got!" be said, lookiug
down. ???W'bat a bad b 11 wear, rim all gonol???
He stopped.
.???1 will be somebody,??? be oxclalmcd aloud, aud
be took his hand out of bis pockets aud flourished
bis fists as a bam drummer would his kuobby
sticks. Then bo resinned his walk home.
???Who's that???? be asked, stopping ugalu, and
looking through the rapidly thiuuiug forest upon
a field, brown, loamy, aud ready for the sower.
???Ho, there's old Gtoddlus planting potatoes,???
cald Bum.
Ouco ho would not liavo looked at ???Old Grad-
dlts??? at all, if ho had plauted potatoes week after
week, but uow Bam said to biutself, ???I wonder If
he wouldn't give me a Job, aud I might earu
enough to buy mu a pair of shoes.???
???Don't you waut some help?'' ho asked aloud
when he met tho mail. ???I will work cheap.???
???It is pretty tiresome work, Barn. Do I want
tome help? Well, yes, I guess I do. You might
begin at that row back of mo aud drop potatoes
where I have been at work." Thrco days after
that Bom weut homo with a pair of shoes.
???Going to be somebody,??? said Sam, as he covored
his bare feet.
The next day, passing a farm-yard.ho heard a
great buzzing of saws aud an occasional crock of
an ax.
???Job!" said Bam, cxultlngly. ???I will ask
John Berry for one. Ho boa tho bossing of the
Job.???
John Berry and several other men were busy
about Squire Graham's wood pile.
???You have got more sawyers than you havo
wood-choppers, ouly ono mau to split for *11 yon
fcilowe. Don???t you want somo help at splitting????
asked 8am.
John Berry eyed Sara and said to himself, ???I
don???t know about this boy. Ho loafs too much,
and carries his bands lu his pockets.???
John began to shake his bead, but stoppod in a
moment.
???He has not got his hands in bis pockets to
day," thought John, ???that is a good sign, but,
tut??????
"Buts??? are tho bullets that kill many poor fel
lows??? chances for success, and ills death-ball
was, ???But Saw hasn't bcen-much at a job in tho
part.???
???Hullo, John, how aro you prosp'ring????
It was an cnorgotickind of voice saying this.
???Ho, Graddles, that you? Well, It is something
of a job on our hands and I am short of help at
splitting."
???Well, now. John, you try that Bam going away
from tho gate. He helped mo lu <ny potato-plant
in', or I might have been nowhar. You giro him
a job, if he will tsko it."
Tako It? It was tho very thing Bam had boon
asking for, and when John csliod him back, he
went to the wood-pile with a happy heart,
???Going to bo somebody," he said in a low votoe,
ss he-swung hts ax over his first stick of wood.
"TOtM, tako that!??? <
???WhackI??? sounded tho ax, and open came tho
wood.
In two days, Ssm went homo with a good-looking
hat.
He had never been anything at sohoolssvo a
dunce, but when the door of the old rod, battered,
whittled, education-box was opened for a short
???summer term,??? Bam was ou hand, bound to be
???somebody."
???The class in spelling may take the first row on
the fifteenth page,''.saug out tho school-ma'am
that day.
Bam was In tho c???aa??, and very naturally hta
stout form loomed up at the lowor ond of tbo class.
The biggest boy was at Us foot. 8am had not
cared.
???1 make a good bob for the kite,??? he had said
one day, looking up and down the long line of
spellers, ???gome ono must bo bob.???
But be did care now. Ho wm not going to bo
???bob," down at tho foot any iougor. Ho he strove
to master that word ???conceit;??? that struck him as
the toughest word in the lesson.
The class was fluaHy called out to spoil, and had
gone successfully through the columu of words
until ???conceit??? was rescued.
???Con*ceit,??? rang out the sharp, pop-gun voice of
the school-ma'am.
???C-o-u???con, c-e-c-t???conceit!??? shouted tho first
candidate.
"Next!"
???C-o-n-cou, g-e-a-t???oclt, conceit."
???Next!???
???C-o-n-n???con, s-c-e-t???celt, conceit."
Victim after victim fell before tbo fire of the
fatal pop-gun. All the while Ham wan grinning,
as if trying to meet bis doom with a smile of dis
dain. At last tho marksman aimed at him; "con
ceit!"
???C-o-n???con, c-e-l-t???celt, conceit!"
???Go above Thomas Jones.???
Bsm stepped up to tho merited posltiou proudly
aa an officer receiving the colors of a vanquished
enemy. Tbl* was a comer in Bsm???a life, and hav
ing turned it, be wcut forward iu a succewfu fuT*
rccr. "Hands-in-his-pocket-Baia??? was bound to
be "somebody.???
A dozen years went by. One day, thoro sat In
the counting-room of a manufsetdring establish
ment the juulor partner. Ho was about twenty*
six, and had gone up to bia place beatue ho hod
kept bis bands out of his pockets, and patiently,
cheerfully striven to do his best and be somebody.
It was our old friend, Bsm Peavy. The counting-
room door opened, and a vonog womau neatly
drereed walked up to the duak and said:
'I called to see if yon could glvfc me some kind
of a situation In yonr factory. 1 have had some
experience in this work, aud think I could give
satisfaction.???
???May I ask yonr name?"
???Bertha Htcvens."
Bertha Btevenst Tell me, please, where you
lived when a child."
"In N ???
Bertha Stevens, living when a child in N 1
At the aound of these words, bow Ham???a thoughts
went drifting far away I He saw himself a bare
foot, meanly dressed boy, carrying bis hands In
bis pockets and desendfng a grassy slope that led
to a road. He saw Buie Bertha coming to meet
him, and then he heard inquiries. What a change
since those far-away lays!
???1 think I <an afford to give you a situation, Miss
Elevens, for I owe yon a good deaL"
???ir?? she asked with astonishment.
SETTLED!
Continued from Eighth Page.
and denied that ho had como
New York on election matters. When
asked why he had returned, he replied an
grily i
???Damn it, don???t I live .here."
Postmaster Manley, of Augusta, Me., and
Congressman Miilikeu, two of Blaino???s right
bond men, arc expected with persoual instruc
tions from Blnine himself as to the technical
methods to bo employed in couuting Cleveland
out end himself in.
blaixe???h personal part in the oame.
Blaine is reported to be the author of the
last address issued yesterday by the national
committee*, in which fair play is urged
and ???don't refuse a sick mnn" Is read between
tho lines. Tho democratic stato committoo
calmly confident of .the ultimate result,
though it foresees in tho Biaino movements
the possibility o! iutcrminublo legal strife bo'
fore Cleveland shall receive what ia acknowl
edged to be his own.
THE LEGAL RQITARRLR.
Counsel has keen retained to represent tho
party at every county seat iu the statu. When
tho county canvassi-ra begin thoir work uoxt
Tuesday. Many lawyors, somo of thorn r.
publicans,havo volunteered their sorvlcos, and
they will be dispatched to those counties in
which contest aro reported as likely to occur.
Filly democratic lawyers mot at
bsr association rooms to-day, aud
thoroughly familiarized thcinselvoc with
every feature of tho eloction laws,
as well aa diHcursed those
points which might be considered loop holes
through which Blaine might creep. Tho
democratic committco has issued another a t
dress, reassuring the doubtful, pointing out
the probable courso of tbo republicans,and urg
ing democrats and indepomioula evory where
to bo on the alert. The only hopo tho repub
licans have, and they fully realise it, is in
tampering with tho boards of canvassers and
in reporting for judicial orders to partisan
judges.
BP.Pirill.tOAN tiiuor in peison.
The inspectors of Johnny O'Brien, who were
arrested for gross irregularities and violations
of the law were again remanded to tho tombs
to-day, and their bail doubled. Tho republi
cans find with considerable astonishmout that
the democrats havo anticipated every move,
and aro awaiting tho result with decided sat
isfaction. Detectives havo boon placod
the heela of fiteve Elkins, aud
thoso Blaine managers whose
political record warrants the boiief that thoy
are willing to ongago in any conspiracy from
tbo robery of an Arkansas smoke house up to
the stealing of the electoral vote of a stute.
Georqr F. Hpinnry,
Now York Timet
THE TIMES, SUN AND HERALD.
1 ben be went back toThedlstan dsys, and re-
mfnde*! her of ???HsndM-ln-hi<-p'*cket-HAm,'??? and of
the ???Nobod|??? that the seemed to imply might bo
??????gomekody.???
Yw, ??be recalled It, adding an apology for a
child's Ihonphtle n plainness.
???Let list ell go. | feel that I owe you a situa
tion and you shall have it"
He pave her a dtairable place of work in the big
far-ttry, and the acquitted herself to well, that
what wonder In the alter days when neediog one
to care for bis home attain, if fie gave that tltoa-
tfotn a good and lifo-longoue to th# person who
ltd him to t ke bin handa of of his pockets and ho
u-mtUAy?
All Unite In Testimony of Cleveland's Vic
tory.
New Yore, November 0.???Tho New York
Times this morning, commenting upon tho
election, says:
'Repot t* received from the various state* youter-
tiny do not chango tho general result of tho pros!
dt ntlsl election, but only confirm tbo ohoiao of
Governor Cleveland. In New York stato a ton
chungri r enured by recounts in three counties, re*
due?? the democratic plurality to 1,280. The eloc
torsi college, therefore, remains as given yedeniay
morning???210 for Cleveland and 1H2 for Ulsino.
From other states more full details are given of
the result, especially In the election of congress
men,"
Deferring to the charges of fraud mado by
the republicans, the Times aaysi
???Any proper steps they may take to ascertain
the true result of tho voto cost on Tuesday will
he hcsrtlly seconded by all interested parties, but
Should they yield to the strong temptation they
are under to resort to darker mothod*, even
should they succeed in finding a partisan Judge to
alx-t their dishonest detigtia, tho consequonoes to
thcnm-lvc* rimy he extremely uiipleasant. The
laws of New York are singularly clear iu defining
crimes of that sort, aud tbo penalties they pro
scribe an- not ut all mild."
Tho Herald says:
Our returns this morning do
alter tho result as heretofore given. Grover
Cleveland (selected president of tho United Ht-ites
by a majority of thirty-seven electoral votes, as wo
aiiuouiued on the morning after the election.
Nothing cau change there figures. Ills plurality
In thfsstatu is nearly two thousand. Complete
returns are In. The figures havo all been carefully
irupared, added and ro-added. The 38 electoral
votes of New York will be cast for President
Cleveland. Precautions Imvo been taken at Al
bany by the governor's friends to havo coplos
taken of all the lists received from the county
cleiks throughout tho stato. If any return* here
after sent lu by mall should differ from the figures
already received, a rlgomu?? accounting will bo
demanded of tho porsou who may have tampered
with them.???
The Bun sayst
A few slight changes wero mado in tha election
returns from three counties In this state yester-
doy which reduce Cleveland's plurality, aa shown
by the Bun???s table, from 1,2U0 to 1,198, Blaine's
plurality in Livingstone comity was increased
lie, and lu Essex county two; and Cleveland'*
plurality In Queens couuty waa deoteosed Are.
The imaJnesn ol the * changes
which are the result of clerical errors, tenda to
strengthen tho probability of the substantial oor.
Retires* of the figurey which the Huu has been en
abled to present to Its readert. lu the returns from
all the other A7 counties, nochangra have boon
made, although in aeveral instances correctness of
figures given yesterday has been retested aud con
firmed.
rUEPAIUNO TO HUUKEXDKB.
The Sew York Tribune Iteady to do the
Handsome Thing.
New York, November 9.???The Tribune referring
to the list associated press dispatch, which it says
???hows an apparent plurality of about i'll for
Cleveland In New York, adds:
If this announcement had been the Anal one we
should have been Inclined, with whatever reluct-
ancy, to accept It aa probable that the state hod
really, been carried by Cleveland,???and| must,?of
course,??? be so counted. But it cannot be final, for
almost every hour brings news of some change
that must keep up the fluctuation, A recount of
votes In ibis city, completed yesterday, at
the police htadquarters, mode a difference of 425
fn favor of Mr. Blaine, exclusive of the fact that
then turns from one election district are missing
altogether. A dispatch yesterday from Albany to
the Evening Prat announced thedboovery of a
glaring fraud In the J2th ward of that city.??? To
unt out the republicans, a change of ID votes-
Ltd been made. If the vote of that ward is thrown
ut Cleveland must lose Soft vote*. In the 5th
ward of King*ton, 91 more hollots were found lu
box than the poll Iht called for. In that ward
levelsnd hsd a plurality of MJ. In Brooklyn, by
hedUccvery of alleged errors, Ihc democrats oa
ridgy incteaned ??h?? Ir plurality by 3M. Those
fomes wue slightly reduced yenterday by another
uni. From KolliVau county word was
rent yesterday that the corrected returns reduced
levelsnd plurality there by 70 votes. Ia
Qm tns, Ws ??U he*ter.siid other counties there have
wide HuctURillMii iu the reported democratic
Utica. Under this state of things, It Is obvi
ous folly to dispute about the accuracy oQonc news
paper's special dispatches over another's, or to set
up anyone???s judgmeat about)! tho figures as
Infallible. The official count is at hand. It will
be most closely scrutinized in every county in
tho state, and in most of them the republican
voters will be represented by counsel. In this
City Mr.Evarts, Mr. BUm, Mr. Sewell and other
tminent and skillful lawyers have been asked to
undertake the work. We have faith that
what can bo done will be, and
we think we have ample reason
to know that, if the errors and frauds already dis
covered can be legally corre-t**d, this state, has
given what Mr. Manning would call a ???safe and
sure" plurality for Blnine and Logan, which even
Mr. Manning's ???democratic board of canvassers"
will have to recognize.???
In another editorial tho Tribune says:
While we believe that Mr. Blaine bos.been elect
ed by the honest vote of this state, and that an
honest count and an honest canvass will prove
this to tire ??Rtisfaction of *11 fair minded men, wc
???hallbb ready to acknowledge our mlitako in
judgment if tho decision ??f this final court of ap
peal ho In favor of Mr. devt-laud. ??? ??? ??? e
It is almost unnecessary to add that it Mr.
ritveland be officially declared to bo president
elect, wc shall judge of him by tho future,
and not by tho past. All past
???cores will bo wiped out. Wo shall
begin afresh, and jndge of him by his official aotSj
It will be onr public duty to watch his adminis
tration closely, but it will tie equally our duty aud
privilege to give a loyal support to his administra
tion whenever bis public acts will warrant ap
proval. This wc pledge ourselves to do in advance
of the fiual decision,???
REPUBLICAN RASCALITY.
Intended to EnibnrrnnH an Honest Court of
the Vote In New York,
New York, November 0.???The state demo*
erotic committee hot just issued the following:
Headquarters Democratic Bute Committee:
IIoflYntn House, New York, November 9.???Wo
deem it our duty to announce to the peoplo of tho
state that the republican managers have, within
tho lost forty-eight hours, conceived a uuw scheme
for throwing again into disputo tbo result of tho
election in cur state. For many day* alter the elec
tion they, In entire bad faith, claimed for
the republican candidate Kevern! states which they
knew they had uot earrled. lu the tame faith
when every source of information. Including tho
a>social(d pnts, ha* dnnou??ir*t<-d that the voto
ol New York lias fo cn g.veii to the Cleveland elec
tors, they still claim tho stato. No fact of
history la now better known than
that tho result* of the election a*
ssrertnhu d. declared and certified by the election
officers, and of the public record throughout tho
state, give New York to Cleveland electors by a
the result has been removed. I
now propose, a* a last desperate resort, to make of
the brands ot county emnva??aura throughout tho
???late, where controlled by iht-in, so many return-
In* hoard*, after the pattern of those not loug
since used by them In the- southern state*.
Wherever the boanl* foil them,Judicial order*are
to be* pp I led for. Thu*, relying Ution the parti
sanship of the board*, in the Aral place, and
tbe judges of their own political faith,
in the aetond, they Intend and expect to throw
asain Into dispute the result of the election, and
to involve it in interminable litigation. To this
(ml priuted papers have been sent by them to
their SRPiitB and representatives In every county
In the state of New York, to be nsod with tho
court* whenever an nocaslon can be manufactured.
Of the entire reliability ol tbe Information a* to tho
scheme, there can be no question. We call upon
the rcpreseuUtivo* of the p*rty iu tho various
eountwsof the state to bo shot, and by every
proper method to resbt and defeat tills last dm*
pirate devise, ami mindful of the grave coiihc-
quuirca to the business intercsu of our stato,
which such conspiracy u??cc*K*rlly Involve.-*, we
deem It our doty to assure our poopto who nave
now gimrally acquiesced lu tho result turn tucy
may confidently rely that by no sucii
scheme or device will the stuto be deprived of tno
remit ol Its deliberate choice. It may disturb
and protract the determination; it will not
e-tiango the result.
NY. K. HMim, chairman executive committee.
Jubilate!
This day tho glad tidings are flashed o'er the na
tion,
Our long watch iso'cf, tho glad sun mounts tho
???kicflj
Flash abroad tbo swift message, in grand jubila
tion,
'Quick, tby country Is calling thcc, Grover
arise I???
Ring out the wild bells, set tho bonfires a flam
ing.
Let tbe quick cracker map, and tbe load canon
roar;
They could not, they did not, they dared not count
Blaine in;
Let tho bold rooster flap, aud the proud eagle
???oar I
Quick, lend me a quill, O, proud bird, from thy
pinions, #
While I call to tbe pooplo, throughout this broad
land,
Bbout alsud at our victory, o'er Gould and bla
minions,
Our country Is one???north and south hand In
baud.
Lei tbe loud notes re-ccho, from valley to moun
tain,
On the prairies of Texas, 'mid tbe bleak bills of
Maine, # ???
Our Grover's tbe man In. despite tbelr false count
ing.
Our flag can float proudly, o'er froe-mcn
tin!
Now a dirge soft and low, for R*ld and for Dana,
For Elkins aud Jones, an elrgUo strain; ,
Ono by one, aa their prospec-u grow vainer aud
vainer,
They gave up tbe (host-and have gone to meet
Blaine l
-W. K. M.
Fifteen Men Killed,
Lokdok, November 9.???An explosion occur
red to-day in Tredegar coal and iron Co???s, col
liery, at Hbckin, near the towu of Tredegar,
Fifteen live* were lost.
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