The Atlanta constitution., 1896-06-08


her divorce, The child and mother live.
Poor child! poor motheri Is there no rem
edy for this great social evil? Uncle Toms
Cabin" startled the world and helped to
free the southern slaves. Every one could
sec the purpose for which the book was
written. All the world recognized the evil
of slavery, except the southern planter,
who owned the slaves, and the poor slaves,
who knew not that their condition could
be improved. The wrongs that woman and
her posterity suffer may be read in those
realistic words. The world reads; some wo-
men cannot see their wrongs, and men,
north, south. east and west, hold them in
subiection.
'aThe hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world"
BY woman's submission 10 man he estab-
fishes the moral code of society-a double
standard.
To whom do we give our daughters in
marriage? Can we answer? Only by re-
suits.
Sarah Grand says: How like mind is
to river; both may be pure and trans
parent and lovable and strong to support
and admirable; each may mirror the beau
ties of earth and sky and still have
wonderful beauty of its own TO delight us;
both are always moving onward, bound ir-
resistibly to be absorbed in a great ocean
mystery. TO be swept irreclaimably with
ont hope of return, but leaving memories
OF themselves IN good or evil wrought by
them; and both are pure at the outset,
but can be contaminated when they in
turn contaminate and being perverted in
their use become accursed and curse
again with all the more effect, because
the province OF each was to bless"
Enlightened and noble women are striv-
ing TO free the world from tradition and
prejudice, that have so long retarded civ
ilization; conflicting sentiments oppose
their progress in tine world OF action. For
nifty years they have struggled and at
last the light is breaking through the
darkness of the past. while He watching
over Israel. slumbers not nor sleeps"
Marion" Cotton Ilill. Gait IS a morn
ing Tn early April. and ! stand on the front
veranda and look down over tho gentle
slope that stretches in front Of my house,
and think how lovely the delicate grass.
which covers the earth like a carpet, looks
in tho dim. silver light of the dawn. The
trees are touched with green. and a sough-
ing wind. soft ana gentle as mothers
lullaby. whispers through their tender
leaves The east is now all rosy and gol-
den with approaching day. \ silver mist
lies softly over an, rendering all things
indistnct. Especially it lies like pail
over a humble home. recently made desc
late by that grim visitor. death. The
indlstinct, in the mist, and my grand
fathers house at the foot of the hin with
its gloomy cedar trees is hardly discern
ible. l bring my thoughts back TO nearer
SURROUNDINGS and think how sweet is the
perfume of the spireas in tho yard, which
are laden with dew, and look like veritahle
banks of snow in the dim light their
graceful. heavily laden branches lying mo-
tiouless / think Of a night fortnight
ago when my sister and ] sat on the door
step i'm the moonlight and spoke together
of the then BUDDING bushes, ana wondered
what changes would have taken place by
the time they We're in fun bloom All, how
little we knewi a great and sorrowful
change has taken place for me-but 1 am
aroused from my ponsive thoughts by a
rapturous burst OF song from the throat of
a bird in the dense foliage of a pear tree
near hy. ] look up and fnd that The mist
is rising. a beautiful golden light euwraps
the waking world, the east IS wonderful
with gorgeous colors, for King SOL has
appeared above the horizon. behind the
dark pine trees. The faint. sweet music
from the throats OF q thousand birds. d"
the distant wood, falls swcety and hope
fully on the iragrant trCmuious morning
air Sounds pf liIc ana ftes1 lerfu- ll''
chickens give "a ltst lusty crow as They
scratch iu the sweet. cool grass beside the
fence The lowing Of cows falls in the
from the farm yard, and the shru, sweet
whistle Of lhe farmer boys sounds che,rily
amidst it al. The dos harks It a lonely
man who comes into the yard for water 10
prepare his frugal breakfast. Tho dew on
the green grass ana white flowers tremblcs
and sparlles ia tie sunlight like countless
diamonds. The ol1 church windows reflect
the rcd leht Of The sun. which IS giving
The trees a rosy, wonderful bath. sud
ff ln
trcetops. flooding the world with glorious
lrht. and another golden day is begun,
giving MS another priceless opportunity Of
rendering ourselves TO God. Cousins 1
wrote this letter to you i'm April, and neg
lccted To mail il. SO it has grown old. You
must excuse that.
Mrs. -. A. w" CRYSTAL Springs Miss
7 consider the Wumau's Kingdom great
privilege 70 woman. greuted 10 her by one
of the best and greatest southern papers,
ana we should certainly appreciate the
liberty allowed MS 10 express our opinions
and views ou various subjects undisturh-
ci. How helpful the kind sympathy and
good advice given by the dear sisters the
exchange az such good receipts, aN Of
which makes The Constitution house
hold necessity. an3 7 welcome the paper
as au agreeable friend.
J ann mo stranger 20 the paper. being
subscriber TO il in the lifetime of the great
aud mobile Grady. Then we lived iu Louisi-
ANA. lut LETT that state after the '93 over
How. and for sometime did not renew our
subscription, waiting to get settled. We are
now located at CRYSTAL Springs, having
given up cotton for truck. for which this
place is 50 noted. but the business is not
profitable to- the farmers generally. II has
been so long since ! kept house, have got
ont Of good ana tried recipes as Wen as
flower aud vegetable seed, but trust i'm