The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-08

Covan. s. C.-In your issue of the 18th
OF June an inquiry for "cockroach eXtermi-
nator' appears. Get your correspondent
10 thy the following: Wheat -four ounces;
powered sugar, ounces; powdered boraN.
4 oUncc; unsiacked lime, 1 ounce. Mix
thoroughly and keep dry Use by placing
portion of the powder on papers in the
places infested, taxing care to protect food
Repeat the process several nights in sue
ctSSlum aud report result.
j. X. MCCORMACK. MD.
Editor " 3man's kingiom-Will you al
low ne just few words in your interest
ing and instructive columns? 1 have just
reau q book by one OF our Georgia women
who is very wei known to ne ana to many
81 you perhaps. l wish To say that / hope
you viii All set "A copy. 1t is "A book you
VIII an prize. / cannot tell you where IL
cam be gotten. An / know is that the au-
thor is a., wife OF the president OF La
Grange Female college. Perhaps you could
ma ont something about it were you 70
write them. This is not an advertisement.
Ia this day and tine a good novel is rare
thing. SO 1 only wished 10 suggest al as
line book Cor any one. No one can read 1t
giG NOT De better, or Try To De Al least
The name OF this book is The Novice"
hy Mrs. RUFUS W. Smith. and this is the
dedication: ITO my pupils" Each chap
Der contains a lesson for them"
ADA NOOTTEN SHAW.
Tokuyama, Japan, May, 1875.
AIRS Rose S. Smith. Yorkvnle, $. c.
II any Of the readers OF The Constitution
l.. Hobbs / want them 10 please let him
know that our dear mother, Mrs. ". i.
Hobbs. is dead. she died April 18th. after
a long and painful sickness. She had been
sick nearly year and suffered 80 much
I-l him an the children got home TO see
her buried but him, and she srieved 50
muen lor him. III he VIII write home to our
father and Jet him know where he rs u Will
b. great comfort 10 us. She died
Christians death, as SHE lived "a Christians
lie and her parting words were Meet
.as fHf.r ~
nome a.. Jet Ds know whore hc Is. Moth
~ called ou him before she died ana said
iE VIII ever came home 10 tell him 10
meet her there. Dear readers OF The Con-
sti,s iou. do all you can 10 let him see this
lor when living she brleNed 20 much for
Nill auI Ng ali want him 20 know she is.
.lra4 4... One huoNs where he Is,
please write 30 me.
Mrs NJ. r. Hood. Code. Texas one of
the sisters asked FOR recipe to keep green
beans I viii send one. Break your beans
i'm small pieces. put Them on with water
sufficient TO cover them; let them boil thir-
ty minutes, seal while hot They viii keep
ami are very nice Tor winter. VIII send
a recipe for making choW-chov. Slice one
salon OF green tomatoes. sprinkle with
salt. let stand over night, drain OF BRINE
m morning; take one medium size cabbage,
four onions. three pepper pods, one horse
ladish ana One teaspoonfu OF black pep
per and chop all toEe Their. II is better
ground in sausage mill. Take one-halt
gallon OF vinegar. pat II on the stove, let
a
let boil twenty minutes 1t VIII Keep an
winter. Press all the brine out before put
tins it iu the vinegar VIII some u the
sisters tell me how TO get rid Of chicken
mitcSy They are a bad little pest. / have
tried various remedies hutsall have failed.
We an read The Constitution and think u
q good paper.
Miss L. A. Lawson, Custom. KY have
been taking The Constitution only few
months, but feel if it should fail 10 come
2 -HH ID MS 1 a n M
dear friend. SO much do / enjoy reading
il, and especially Womans Kingdom.
For the benefit OF Mrs. II. Il. omega,
La, and others, 1 VIII give recipe for keep
ing tomatoes, both green ana ripe, and
green corn Lor winter
For ripe tomatoes. Put them I'm a vessel
ana pour boiling water over them. Let
them syt uGul cool enough 10 handle, then
Peel with the fingers; put in preserving
Kettle thoroughly heat them ln tnelr own
Juice. Have ready your frult cans, nll with
tomatoes AND seal at once When cool
wrap each can ia paper and set iu d dark
cool place: green tomatoes may De canned
IN the fail for making pies, but they should
te sllccI without being peeled and cooked
until tender For corn, cut Off and put in
iat trs OF corn ana sait until the jar is
filled. salt las, and pat on weight, cover
aad put IN cool place.
Please ma inclOSca one dime, which 1
send for my Ltue cousin, Herman Elwood
Lawson. for the chiidrcu's ward in the
GIa0y, hospital Wishing to contribute
by buying the two pictures.
Mrs. II. V. Kaatz. Huntsville. Va.-Dear
Sisters: ] have never entered the King
dom before and just dropped in this morn
ing TO tell you a good joke on my husband.
No doubt some Of you have had a similar
experience and viii know how 70 appre-
clate IT. Although l used to be constant
T. adler OF The Constitution several years
ago. we never subscribed for it until this
year. II came about il this way Last
January my husband received sample
copy. He read and re-read IL; pronounced
il Il ''Spieudid' paper and said We must
take H. So l sent tor il three months on
trial. Now l want 10 tell you the good II
has brought about. We live away out IN
the country, With few neighbors and ! am
devoted 10 readlnG anu MLtlhs, couse-
ocantly my chief pleasure Is looking for
ward 10 the mails. My good man has rath-
ar rIiiied my feathers ~ always tWlttlhG
me about writing AMI receiving letters ana
papers. lie would say. Look at me;
care nothing for the mail try 10 make
The farm 40" But a change has come
over the spirit Of his tastes. for long be
fore our paper is due on W ednesday after
the. postolhce goes. i don't say a word for
J am too pleased u SEE him 60 Out / can Z
help httlc twinkle IN the lar corner OF
my eye that he catches SOMETIMES. our
time was ont in May. one day he came
homo without his paper Next evening he
went With the same result. SATURDAY
morning he sent before breakfast and was
made happy by getting II. lie tod me
that as he was busy ] must renew MS SUD
scription at once, that he could not get on
wit out it, I think il will ever be against
his constitution TO live without our good
paper. 50 lac may be considered lifelong
subscriber. Sisters, are amy oI you men,
hers OF our Shut In Circleg II not L
win be very glad 10 have you join. II don't
cost anything 10 join. 1t has only been IN
operation about one year. believe We
have nearly 100 members. Its object is to
trs 10 help lonely sufferers by writing them
kind letters, sending reading matter ana
So on and III destitute try to help them
our president is a cripplc-can neither t",&
nor walk and has not tor twenty 1--WE yea-:,
a,ut he is helping in the work braveiy. Per
haps there are some who would Ike to hear
more about II; if 50 j viii gladly answer
all letters with stamp Enclosed. i receive
so many letters l cannot afford To write
without the stamps. Wishing you each