The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03


Atlanta on the last rain, let us hear from
him through the Woman's Kingdom. l
know Aunt Susie will give him room TO
speak for himself.
Mrs. J. Clymer, Rock Springs. rex
Having sent my onions TO so many, now
give my recipe for picking same. feei
the small potato onions and pour over
them boiling hot brine, strong enousn 10
bear an egg. Let stand twenty-loIur
hours then drain and pour over poiInB
spiced vinegar; tie closely when cool. ro5
sweet pickles. add sugar TO tne s Spiel
vinegar drop the onions in ana Doll
minute or two then can and seal. can
not furnish onions to any more TINS ST. Sa.-
son. 1 see In The Constitution OF july
10th a sister gives the recipe or canhlng
with salicylic acid. She says fruit put
up with the acid Is very healthy ana also
says the acid is perfectly harmless now,
II / am not mistaken, there Is a law
against using this acid for prese,rVihg;;
and / know IL has been well settled OF
late that salicylic acid Is really delao
FERROUS drug. Now, sisters, iet us O5
very careful I'm giving our recipes ana
be sure we give nothing that IS uelete-
rious to the health. Now, Aunt SUSIE,
II you will permit me- ! WIN warn, warn ' IN
sisters against answering the letters IL.
G.. Tatum Riverside, n. C.. Is senuihs
To the Kingdom sisters, as he does not
give value for value received A mint 10
the wise is sufficient.
Note-We have warned others often
against tho use of salicylic acid. IL Is
pronounced by all reliable druggists as
dangerous.
Dolores, Selrcy, Ark.-It wasn't the
right thing to do. neglect a duty, but
just had to. 1t was a hot morning III
August and I had just finished making
sweet pickle and sat me down I'm the cool
south window OF the sitting room and
took up a pair old pants to mend. While
L was darning away on the refractory
penis and wishing with all me heart mat
all the men were in China or somewhere
else U do hate To darn pantSl, me eyes
fell on the Weekly Constitution. Now L
am very partial to the above mefr-
tIcned paper. and especially Aunt Susie
department so when | turned to WOO
mans Kingdom down went the panta-
looms, and In a moment l was reaulnS
the letter of "Nobody's John. Not often
do l feel called upon to talk back to a
man." but by the time I'd finished read
ing that letter | was ready TO say my
wCman's say. and give him ginger blue'
Il could have got In word Just theh
why the north state bachelor would nave
had n regular Scotch-irish tongue lash
ing from nm Arkansas hoosier. HOW
ever as dinner was waiting 10 Ice cooked,
ard "a hungry man at my house waiting
to eat IT. l could hardly stop 10 write
al article for the press. even II h;id neg
lectcd the pants to read the North caro-
lima mans letter. What world We nVe
In! Now here comes a man thirty-elght
yef rs old, and a bachelor at that, "fuSsy
Cause girls hal rather so 10 pl,hlc
and have a nice beau than to bake SCRUB
ard brew. And to think that man liVcS IN
the grand "Old North State too, the
lend / love next to me "ain countree
Why, John, I'm urprised at YOU lndeeu
l am. And you actually admit that you II
gather the fruit Why. of course you
will and help eat Il. too, as your grand
ather Adam did before you. and then
TUNED states evidence and laid IN" "llole
blame on one poor, pitiful little woman.
Oh. man. thou dids't in the very begin
nihg blame womani How | would love 70
tell you what / think an the womans
subject, but this small woman must STOP
and cook supper. OF course I'd rather
keen on talking: it's n heap more nicer
than going to that hateful Old kltch'n,
hut women must work. follow duty pain
and do the work hat nocdcth TO be done.
Mrs. u. z. Fuller Tampa. Fla have
been a silent reader OF the Woman's
Kingdom Cor some time and enjoy what
the different ladies' say. l find we may
be of much help 10 each other by giving
our experiences I'm chicken raising l Will
try and be brief and tell you all my eX-
perience with incubators and chickens.
NV husband seeing my great desire Tor
raising chickens purchased me an in
cubatOr-aGO egg size. l set ana hAtchtu
seventy-fiVe out of my first. l was
Obliged TO buy my eggs. so. OF course.
bought anywhere. one kind old farmer
had twenty dozen. SO l thought 4 was
soon To have my machine tull or eggs,
but not knowing that Ii would ruin eggs
for Matching that were allowed 10 gel
grease on the shells he always STANDS
his eggs end ia his smoke house ana
grease is on the ground. SO ! never bot
one chick from those eggs. Inc b'ldhce
/ got anywhere and not thinking OF
anything but eggs /. OF course, procured
some who had one or two hens and had
been saving IA month or SO TO get dozen
or two. Well bought experience IS the
best. SO not being easily discouraged l
cleaned and determined to try again. This
time l found a dear old lady three miles
from home who could furnish me with
nice fresh Plymouth Rock eggs every
time l wished them. as she had a nun
dred nice laying hens, so l Matched Boy
this time OF fine chicks. OF course all the
books on chicken raising advise after
TIVE nty-four to thirty hours to feed tho
chicks every two To four hours or several
times "a dav and being anxious to rush
them and follow the advise of poultry
Journals / killed nearly All with oNyrtCed-
ms. but kept on trying ill ! Matched
$500 nice chicks and. dear readers, let
me tell YOU right NOW. never feed chicks
hut three times day and Dc regular
about Your feeding hours. but give them
nice fresh water every two hours all
through the day ami wash the drinking
dishes each time. In my first drinking
EPSON salts 20 each gallon OF water and
/ find IL Keeps them healthy. feed all
the clabhcred milk they VIII eat 1t is
seldom / have a sick chicken. If any
signs of sorehead gets among them give
one teaspoonful of pulVcrized bluestone
10 every twenty-five chicks In mash once
a day for three days and all is over the
places show gns of forming "a scab and
healing at once. ! find there are many
ills that Will trouble chicks i'm Florida
that the northern sisters never have TO
contend with. For fear my letter is con-
signed TO the wastebaskct 1 say gOOdby.
Miss RoXie Streets. Lexington n. g.
! know that every member of our king
dom was more than delighted this week
10 have Aunt Susies sweet features and
the short sketch of her life as given in
The Constitution. / expect to take extra
care Of that number oi the pabCc, and
am sure many others will do likewise.
How many of the sisters have ever put
up whole peaches? They are very nice,
indeed Take NOur peaches. preferably
cAnSstOncs. wash them carefully and put
into a vessel containing Rolling water.
When they come 10 boiling point, put
boiling Sirup made or half "A cup Of Su-
gar 10 waller enough TO cover peaches IN
hall lllun Jar. Pour over peaches, and
seal at once. am glad 10 see that the
discussion Of John IN our column is not
so frequent as q was. / have no John
and ii j did have, L would not talk about
him publicly. even II he deserved it, Rut
there must be some cause behind all the
talk, and ! think much OF II lies III the
tact that in many homes The wife IS eX-
pectat 10 work day after day, ana the
only compensation thar she receives Is her
board ami few clothes. and seldom, IL
ever, a word of love or appreciation from
him who has sworn TO love and care for
her. ! do think that the wife should bo
given money she could casl her own, o..
have free access 10 her husbands. a
true wife vii! not mind working ana saw
ing, when it is necessary for her To do SO,
If any benefit comes TO her after doing
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