The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-25
ALL IN ONE SHANTY.
How Twenty-eight People Live in
North Carolina.

lima, and about seven miles west OF
Hot Springs, there lives a family by
the name of Brooks. 1t is a very in
teresting one, and many visitors to
the quiet little town of Hot Springs
have had their curiosity SO aroused by
the stories of this family that they
have hired teams and driven seven
miles to the Brooks residence. This
consists of q little, low log cabin in an
unsettled district, and is occupied by
father, mother and twenty exception
| ally handsome children. Every one
is a blonde, with golden yellow hair
and peachy complexion, and all as ig-
norant, wild and untutored as they
are beautiful. In addition to the
| above family proper, the two oldest
| girls are married; one is a widow with
! two children, and the other has three
children and a husband.
Both these little families are living
| with the old folks at home, making in
| all a family of twenty-eight, when
none are missing. The home, or log
| cabin, consists of but one room, and
that a very small one. On two sides
of this are built seven berths, one
| above another, against the wall, and
they were evidently built with the
cabin. In these boxes the parents,
| children and grandchildren lay them
| selves away when night comes on.
Three times a day this interesting
family may be seen at meals.
The oldest members seat themselves
about ON the ground in front of the
house, "Indian fashion, and are IA
vored with tin plates and iron spoons,
while the younger ones stand around
a rough, homemade table inside the
cabin, eating beans with a relish that
is good to look upon. This is the
principal diet; now and then they
have a change, but it is of the
same plain, cheap order. They are all
healthy and robust, knowing nothing
of sickness. The father of this family,
who has to hustle for the s'beans'
to fill the twenGy-eight hungry
mouths, makes as high as $18 some
months, but oftener his income will
not exceed $15 per month, which
trihing sum he earns by walking
seven miles daily to Hot Springs
TO work in the mill of a Frank
Gahagaii.
The mother, who has a baby il her
arms. seems contented and happy as
she sits witk one footon h reside ofthe
home made cradle, made of an ordin-
airy pine box, with rockers sawed out
of a rough board. which she every
now and then gives a kick to keep
the cradle moving, while she sings over
and oven again a few lines OF some old
hymn she has learned. Every one is
struck with the remarkable beauty of
the children, from the youngest to the
oldest. 1t is something wonderful.
The parents have found names for all
but one. which is without q name yet.
Sound Advice for business Women.
An editorial writer in the Christian
Union said lately in a talk with
Business Boysn:-"The boy who will
succeed in the world is he who is con
tent for a time to do two dollars worth
Sf work for a dollar Business sgirls
need to bind this precept upon
heart and hand. Determination
| to fulfill every obligation thoroughly,
in spirit and in letter, should
| Qutrank the thought OF the money TO
| be made by this particular undertak-
ing. First, excellence of workman
ship; then, what price will it com
mand? The girl who studies book
keeping or stenography as a stop gap
| against the the tide of impecuniosity
until she can wed a bread and bonnet
winner enacts the trite role of the
little HARLEM hero with his thumb
in the dixie leak.
She is like one who watches for the
morning, and, in proportion as her
heart fails at the delay of dawn, in
terest in her occupation declines.
| Judging by her standard of values
the business laid approximately to
| her hand and the wedlock that may
come. we may we'll remind her that
| faithfulness in that which is least is
the earnest of faithfulness in that
which is great. The steadfast indus
try, the discipline of speech and con
duct, the concentration of thought
and energy upon the matter set before
one for accomplishments, that are
| essential to business prosperity, are
the best conceivable preparation for
the high and holy sphere of wife,
housekeeper and mother.-Mdg1on
Hdrland In North american hepieU.
May They Paint and Pad?
Walking on Broadway Or Fifth av-
enue how many women n may see
who, by using a little thought and
care. might make themselves ten pei
CEN more attractive. For example.
Why will a red-headed, forid-faced
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