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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21

CO. pat o.. arms her for the
swtt things she wri, and for the
pen talks she lets IS hay usether. When
''our ship comes in" we win go 70 Atlanta,
but alas for the ships that never reach
port. and alas. for those who vainly await
their coming We feel sure those who en-
Joy hog-lSlling tines never have much to
do with 1t. else they would do as most
farmers wives we know-dread 1t with
dread akin to pain But after everything
is finished we feel good Now let us all keep
nothing hid that will be helpful to another.
but tell all the tricks of the trade we
have learned, thus making easier the path
way of some over-worked housekeeper.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
EXCHANGE LIST.

Frank -attersor Davenport, Ala. has
Spanish chufas to exchange for snap shot
camera or best offer Also l aUd u money
and Sch books for best offer
Mrs n r. Hicks. Farmersviile, Tex,
will exchange two yards OF Drawn work LOT
setting Of PekinE duck eggs Also n chill
recent for one-haR yard of velvet or plush
any bright color.
Mrs Matte Hester, Moscow. Tenn, will
exchange coIlard mustard, onion, water
melon and musk melon ana olhef barueh
seed for flower seed.
Miss VI. w. Burch. Enon. Ala, has seven
silk qullt square,. 14x14. ready worked,
to exchange one square for eight skens
of silk floss assorted colors.
Mrs. NJ. w. Ellis. Inverness. Ala, has a
50 cents silver coin dated 1903 and $3.50 in
confederate bills TO exchange for best Otter.
Mrs. Charles 4. smith, 1915 Welton street.
Denver, Col, has hardy roots ana bulbs ana
choice flower and Eardcn SEED 10 eAchahse
for books or best olter.
Mrs. J. 7. Lee Cold Water Miss. has
southern collards to exchange for bean and
cucumber seed.
Abbo Bcnto Troy. Ala, has Rose
Matncr" to exchange for any of Augusta
I1vans's books, excepting "Inez' and Ma
caria."
c. Ward, Jr, Trenton. s. c., will eX
change Plymouth Rocks for Buff Cochin.
or eggs. Write first.
Mrs. w. r. CoEer, Athens, Tex. win
exchange Chinese lantern plant for seeds
bulbs or cutting OF other plants.
Mrs. c. NJ. Thetlprd Acton. Ga, will ex-
change Kings improved cotton seed for
any variety of vmeIcss potatoes, bush for
bush. or one bushl for pair of pure bred
fowls.
Mrs W. u. Ray. Carlos. N. c., has pure
Havana tobacco to exchange for calico,
gingham or domestic. Write.
T. l. Boyd. care, Miss. will exchange
two volumes of Shakespeare works, Giolh
In. ! 70
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21

and tender love We ought to have ideas
on all important subjects and after careiul
reasoning form opinions anH Stanu ny
them not being obstinate. There Is quiet,
Impressive way of expressing one S opinions
and loud, commanding way. Let's choose
the moro ladylike of the two. want 10
cultivate what Is sweet and quiet III my
nature and ] think there is some OF 1t III
each of us. and crush out all that Is hafsh
or loud
/ am anxious for some geranum cuttings
from the sister of Marshallville, Ga: she
failed to give her name. have been keep
ing house six years and never had out
two gerar iums. l imagined them very ten
der and hard TO keep. but from what l
have read of their culture lately thlnk
I would have time to care for few plants
Mrs H r. Boykln. Camden, S CT have
been a subscriber of The Constitution lot
some time and would not do without IT,
The Woman's Kingdom Is especially IN
teresting to me; there Is so much valuable
Information to be gotten from its page.
would like If the sisters know of a GOOD
middle-aged white woman that would IKE
a home in the country to assist In general
fouseWOrk, sewing, etc, and be treated as
one of the family would correspond Nltn
me. ! have three rooted cope JeSSaInlueS
that Will exchange for rooted EeraniurnS'
fudhsas, bcgonias or any other pot pIah'"'
Mrs J. r. Paddison, Mount Airy, N. c.
I lust want to give our sisters (thnt take 50
much interest in the Woman's kingdom)
good handshalcc. / feel Ike we, would
know each other better. I'll suggest We
take charity for our motto The old time
hog-kilNng carried me back to my child
hood days. There was pleasure at home.
as Mrs. G. ". Ellis says, when our fathers
had log rolnnGs and our mothers outings
and no end to good things to eat. ON how
the children did enjoy it. I see our good
old friend Bin ATp don't believe in planting
IN the moon, but in the ground. | am not
superstitious, but think it safe plan to
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
wOmAM' IS GZlNIGD0IM 49,


these vans. I would be willing to exchange
a few bushels for eggs for Matching of
thoroughbred black Lanshangs; no other
Columbus, Ga.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21

r. c. H., Epes. Ala.-WNl some of the
readers of the Woman's Kingdom please
tell me how to raise April turkeys. They
seem to do we'll until they get about ten
days Old, when they commence dying. |
find May turkeys very easy to raise. We en-
ioV reading The Constitution very muCh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
Tbe Golden Gray Eye.


might pile Ossa upon Pelion in the
way of description of gray eyes cullei
from fiction. There is, however, enc
type of gray eye whose appearance IL
story 1 have not yet noted, says Nina
Allen in Lippincott's.
We have had gray eyes which ere
sembled nothing so much as moss
agates." Sea gray eyes are not uncom-
mon A1aelie Rives has bestowed upon
Iva. in TIE Witness of the Sun,
grea- violet gray eyes, like rain wash
ed an;ethysts, " while Mr.. Paul Leices-
fer Ford has recently introduced US TO a
pair of slate colored eyes.
But ut the present writing have YET
to meet with golden gray eyes in fic-
ton. They are 70 he found, however.
in nature, the most luminous of all
eyes, l think, the IRIS about the edge &
soft old gold or golden brown, gradually
melting toward the pupil into warm
gray. This lovely color l have seen in
the eyes of Il dog and of Il child-the
eyes Of the dog wisftul, appealing, pa
tbetic with unutterable things; the
child's speaking of Il soul rs yet undark-
eued b. shades of the prison house and
splendid with the light that never WIS
on sea or lang.
10 tie novelist desiring something
new in eyes would respectfully recon-
mend the golden gray.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
The Lungs and sleep.

a physician quoted by the Boston
Transcript says that acute insomnia
may be promptly cured by the practice
of deep breathing. Draw into the lungs
as much air as possible and do not ex-
hale it until obliged to. and then as
slowly as possible. 1t is somewhat of a
task when the night is oppressiveiy
warm, but if persisted in is fairly sure
to relieve that hyper9mia of the brain.
which everyday folk call wakefulness.
The tricks of the sleepless to induce
sleep are many, but none is found TO be
more Immediately efficac1ous than this
plan Of forcing the lungs TO take the
burden of the brain and nerves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
Fngots to Burn HeretIcs.

Were requests for the purpose of buy
ing these at all common? One such was
left Il speak from memory by the wild
ow of II city freeman, who bequeathed
a tenement, the rent of which was to
be applied for the purchase of fagots
for the aforesaid purpose. For many
years 1 believe the rent went into the
pockets of the parochial clergy. 1t Is
now applied for the purchase of Goals
for the poor, ';o warm their bodies in
stead of burning Them" as it was wit
tily said.-Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

Two men, German and n French
man, who met in New York, had a
heated argument over the question
whether the wife Of state governor
had an official title or not. One con-
tended that she should be addressed as
Mrs. Governor So-and-so." The other
stoutly insisted that she was simply
Mrs Blank, wife of Governor Blank. -
They finally agreed to leave the matter
to the first man they met. He proved to
be an Irishlnan. They stated the case to
him and asked for his decision.
"Nayther of yez is right" he said
after moment of severe cCgitation;
1.-THE wife ay a governor is governess.
Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
rinnfsts Practicc Too Much.

"While studying with Rubinstein,
Josef Hoffman, prac;iced three hours a
day writes Mary b. Mullett of the
famous pianist in The Ladies' Home
Journal. He believes that most stu
dents make the mistake of overpractic-
ing. When he came TO this country the
first time, he was practicing an hour a
day. For two years after his return to
Germany he practiced two hours a day
During the next two years he averaged
four hours daily, and after that, until
he went to Rubinstein, six hours daily
This he regards as excessive.
Ones mind gIows stupid and con-
fused, Hoffman, says, and ones fingers
follow the confusion of the brain. An
other mistake of young pianists is that
they use too much force in practicing.
One should play just hard enough to
keep the fingers and wrists from getting
stiff. One is not aiming for artistic re-
suits as one is i'll concert playing. Il is
the fingers which need constant prac-
tice -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

The cause Of the general disuse of
hair powder was the high price Of flour.
1t was thought little less than criminal
that -four, which was almost beyond
the reach Of some CT the very poor
should be used by the rich as a mere
fashionable luxury Of dress. Voluntary
associations were formed, the members
whereof bound themselves not TO use
hair powder. In a similar way the
abolitionists bound themselves not to
use any sugar whose production involved
the employment Of negro slaves Notes
and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
THE CYCLONE.
How This Wonderful and Destruc-
tirr sir Fury Is Formed.

To get an idea of a cyclone s fOrIna-
ton imagine large circular pan or tub
with quite a large hole III the middle
of the bottom. With this hole plugged,
fill the vessel with water; then draw
out the plug and watch. There is first a
rush of water from all directions toward
the hole and a turbulent effort to get
thr ugh. Then the water surface above
begins to sink and swirl, the PARTICLES
gradually circling around and around
and rushing, ever faster, toward the
center. ct last there Is actually hOl-
low space through the center, around
which all the water in the tub is whirl-
ing, Sluggishly near the rim, but with
more and moro violent rapidity toward
the middle until it rushes downward
through the bottom. Now, if that water
were air, you would be watching Il little
cyclone turned upside down, for the air
rusheS upward instead of downward.
In the cradle OF cyclones during the
summer months, when the land and the
water grow hotter and hotter because
of the longer days than nights, a layer
of air, hot, light and full of vapur, is
for 4 time held down by denser air
above 1t. Restless, expanding, tUmultu-
Gus. it moves about like a beast at bay
until 4 thinner place in the air above is
found. Then up it madly rushes and
into the vacuum left behind the lower
atmosphere hastens from all directions,
pushing and twisting and pouring up
ward until it has fallen into a regular
spinning around common center.
The cyclone, once formed, rushes
away from the tropics toward the pole,
and begins its career Of destruction,
bruisinE, w1ccking and sinking the
lucklcss ships which happen TO be IN
its path. More and more of the sur
rounding atmosphere IS drawn into the
whirl until the storm often covers an
area nearly ECO miles in diameter.
Sometimes it filings itself upon OR At
Iantic coast and tears fierCely through
forests, fields and cities. Then again it
sweeps away across the broad ocean and
dashes itself upon the coasts of Europe.
Once in awhile it so adIOitly avoids
the land that we never know it has
passed until ships come in torn and
broken. st. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

\ little girl who makes the stems Of
artificial flowers for living was sent
TO the country by benevolent woman.
On the day of her arrival the child was
taken into the garden. She marveied
at the growing pansies. She felt of
their petals and shifted incredulously
at the purple and golden blossoms. Il
never knew that they were reel flow
ers,'' she said. Il didn't know that
velvet could grow" y giant rosebush
in full bloom was greeted with: "Ain t
they lovely: They're much better than
Felice could make, and she's the best
hand il Flourette's factory
She picked rose and carefully pull
cd 1t apart. I'm going on flowers next
year, but wont make roses like this.
They don't give you time to stick 'em
together this way" The benevolent
woman thought this good opportunity
to awaken the child's soul and pointed
out the why and wherefore of the rose S
perfection. The child sighed when she
had finished and said simply, Il should
think he'd be angry when he sees the
flowers they make at Fleurette's. -
Paris Messenger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

y young foreigner had recently arriv-
ed in London from his native country,
and some friends of his family arranged
q dinner in his honor. The evening ar
rived, the guests invited to meet him
were assembled, but the young fellow
did not appear. 4 friend called on him
the next day and, reminding him that
he had accepted the invitation, inquired
why he had not been present. His reply
was ingenious.
AZ vas not hungry" he said Lon
don Tit Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
Verdi and The Pricst.

Verdi, WREN boy, had a gilt for
Latin, and the village priest advised
him to become = priest. Meanwhile the
lad became al c-ice boy in Barezzi :
wholesale or, cety store, and for Il little
over 81 year u aged the organ in the
church at Roucolc, but one day it hap
pened that Rev. DIR. Seletti, who had
decided that the boy should be a monk,
was officiating at mass while Verdi
played the organ. The priest was struck
with the unusual beauty of the music,
and at the close Of the service expressed
a desire TO see the organist. Verdi APP
peared, and the priest recognized him
as the pupil whom he had sought to
turn from music to theology.
Whose music We're you playing?"
asked Seletti lit was beautiful
Verdi said shyly that he had brought
10 music with him that day and had
been improvising. $50 I played as 1
felt" said he.
"Ah!' exclaimed Selotti. Il advised
you wrongly. You must be no priest,
but musician.
After that the way was easier. The
priestly influence on his side opened
many a door TO him.-Youth's Com
DluiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
BACKBONE OF OUR NATION.
The Brain Power of Our Country
Comes from the Fnrnns.


at is from the farm and the country
districts that the great brain power Of
the country has come, is coming today
and must come in the future, - writes
Edward Box i'll The Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Instead of depreoating country
life and saying that to live in the coun-
try means to live out Of the world, in
teIIigent people know that the free, IN
trammeled life of the country uuques-
tionabIy gives broader views. The hu-
man mind always grows 10 suit it's out
ward surroundings. Originality and q de-
velOpment for great things have naught
to check its growth where one can look
with earnest eyes from nature up TO ma
lures God. To speak of the ignorance
of the rural regions is 10 stamp oneself
as an ignOramUs, not the country peo-
pie. There is Il sOundnGSS OF core and
an intelligence in the back country of
this nation of ours that people who live
IL cities and think themselves wise
never suspect. We can talk all we like
Of social revolutions and kindred evils
that are supposed 70 threaten this na-
ton. When they do threaten our insti-
tutiCns, the danger signal will not come
from the back country. Such thoughts
are born and fed amid the foul atmos.
phere of the cities. In the clear coun-
try air of the farm nothing threatens
this country, and when anything in the
shape of a sCcialistiC. anarChistic Tevo-
luton does menace this land the true
voice which will stamp il out will como
from the country. The backbone of this
land rests III the country and on the
farm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

New Subscribers since Last Book Was
Printed.
1002-Apple, j. s.
2-Bahnsen, +. w, res.
4092-Burkhart IL Burkhart.
4371-Collum, John & Co.
3-Ellenwood, L. w. residence.
4IS1-Gregg. Mrs. Sarah L, res.
4O43-Healey. John, res.
4I42-Keller. Charles. res.
434S-Kerns, George NJ, res.
1336-Lockney. Rev. j. F., res.
4O93-Looney * Kelley.
I956-McCaskrin * McCaskrin.
4472-Palace of Sweets.
4IO4-Reed X Bollman.
4l44-Robinson NJ. b. Il Co.
4OS2-Summcrs. r q. & Co.
1332-White, /. S. res.
4444-BrittOn & Paulsen.
44O2-Cash, George w. * Son.
12S0-Kerns, 5. A, res.
4S9I-Lewis, Simon
42O2-Nebeker, Mrs. NJ. w, res.
44S2-Pearsal, George & Son, res.
1275-Ullemeyer Charles.
1276-Wilcher, Phil 5
1351-Connelly, John.
1266-Loeb, l..
y B.-Cut out the above and paste
on inside front cover of your telephone
directory for ready reference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

The extraordinary precocity Of the
children Of India has called forth the
establishment of a recent traveller, who
says that many Of them are skilled
workmen at an age when children are
nsuIly learning the alphabet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
ChIna's Great C,rden

There Is an immense garden in China
that embraces an area of 90, 600 square
miles. 1t is all meadow land and is
filed with lakes, ponds and canals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

In tie orange fields Of New Zealand
the crop mas been known to net as high
as 81, 600 an acre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
Not Days EnouEh.

"You ought, like Us, to have holi-
days in honor of your great men," said
the Russian beauty.
t'But IN the American year" said
the major, there are only 800 days. :"
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08

Russia has about /, 900. 900 titled per
sonages Ont of a population Of 100, 900,
BOO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
Dentist

once hours TO IL q n. 80 TO so D. m
als Eshteerth street Opposite Union once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-08
Professional Cards.
ATTORNEYS.
MCCASKRIN & McCASKRIN,

Rock Island and Milan Rock Island once
over Kren & Maths store. Milan once on
Main street.
The times., 1898-01-02
BISMARCK is RECOVERING
Takes New Years Dinner With His
Family at FREDERICKSBURG.
Renorts of His Death Disproved by
Advices From Various Sou rces-
In His Usual Health.

Berlin. Jan Prince Bisma rex is recover :
ing from the gout and rheumatism from
which he has been suffering.
New York. Jan. The New York Stats
Zeitung received a cablegram from us
correspondent in Berlin, La,sd z o'clock
this yening, Berlin time stating that Prince
Bismarck was in good health, anu tie
dinner With his family ut FreidrichsrIhe
tbis evening.
London, Jan. 1.-The Berlin correspondent
of The New York Sun telegraphs at III 10
o clock tonight that dispatches sent 10
Frsedrichsruhe. inQuiring a TO le truth "I
the report of Prince Bismarck's death, re-
n,:,it, unanswered. This, however may ne
due to the fact that the day is Eoiidas-
The dispatch adds that the rumor is not
b.. lie ved in Berlin. and that the Loxil
Auze;oer publishes nothing on the subject.
The Evening News publishes disEaich
from. Berlin, saving that "A report mas
been receiy ed there that Prince Bismarck
is dead. This dispatch says That tins :e-
mort has been rcCeiy ed from several sources,
hlt adds that the rHmor is discredited IN
OF lcr quarters eaua liy reliable. The Ger
Eau ent,a ssy has nothing coniirnia'orS Gt
the report The foreign office fas received
no notice of the death of Prince Bismarck
and discrelits the rumor.
The times., 1898-01-02
Mr.. yam WYCK K,TAKESOFFICE
New Mayor Of NeWi York Now
at the Helm.
Multitude Witnessed the Renlai-
sence of a,anlmany
Yesterday.

-
New York Jan. 1 Robert A. Van Wyck
has been installed as first yor ef the
Greater New York.
Mayors Strong, Wurster and Gleason
wer. ~ esent at the formal turning over of
the new municipality to their successor,
and there was the most democratic kind
Of revolution in the administration Of tue
affairs of the second city of the world.
IL all occuued at noon today, and there
was n great gathering Of politicians aud
policemen to help tie new eXecutiv: e.
gin his official duties.
Retiring Mayor Strong arrived at the
city Eall early in the day, but not before
the first floral offering for lbs successor.
Tanlulany, too, was astiT early. and while
Mayor Van Wyck was still In his morn
ing gown In Ills home in East Fortysixth
street the district leaders and subordinates
had commenced to gather in the city hall.
While the throng lounged about awaiting
the arrival of Mayor Van Wyck, Mayor
Strong fled TO an inner room OF his office
and allowed the visitors TO overrun the
main office.
Deposited. on and banking the mayors
desk were half a dozen floral pieces. An
immense chair OF roses and ferns lore the
inscription:
The times., 1898-01-02
BLADDER TROUBLES.


The bladder was created for one pur
pose, namely, 4 receptacle for the urine
ana rs such it is not liable to any form OF
disease except by one of two ways. The
first way is from imperfect action Of the
kidneys. The second way is from careless
local treatment of other diseases.
SAMPLE SENT FREE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid
neys is the chief cause of bladder troubles.
1t is comforting to know that DR.. Kimer's
SwampRoot fuifils every wish in quickly
curing bladder and urinary troubles. Itcor.
reefs frequent calls. ina bility to hold urine
aud scalding or singing pain in passing IL,
or bad effects following use of liquor Wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to urinate
The mid and extraordinary effect Of Dr..
kilIner'S swamp Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases. Iftyou need
a medicine .,ou should have the best At
druggists fifty cents and one dollar. You
may have sample bottle and pamphlet,
10th sent FREQ by mail. Mention the sun
day Tines and send your address to Or.
kiiner Co., Binghamton, y Y. The
pruprietors OF this paper guarantee the
genuincness of this offer.