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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-18


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ceedingly great and precious promises Of
our God will help you on your way more
than anything else | have tasted the
bitter dregs Of sorrow; [ have seen my
dear mother and only son buried. l am
the oldest of eighteen living children.
Love &c Aunt Susie and the sisters l
will try to do better next time
Mrs. NJ A. Kendall, dlrrizo Springs,
Tex.-Will some one that has plenty Of
good hens to exchange for real nice
crazy quilt and pillow tops of silk to
correspond please let me hear from some
Texas point Wish to hear soon Do the
sisters that have croupy children know
compound stylingia is good 70, the Group?
Dose from three to six drops in water
or on sugar. 1t is also fine for sore
throat and hoarseness for any one If
any one desires seeds of wild flowers and
will send me a stamped envelope, / will
send them as soon as they mature
that l can gather them. If convenient.
YOU may send me some other seeds in
return as | love all kinds of flowers;
or a few scraps. VIII the lady from
Oceola. Mo, who exchanged with me
some two or three years ago. please write
to me, as I haze lost her address?
would like to hear from some readers
that have pure black wax, or golden wax,
beans to exchange; or if they will send
me some and will send stamped ad-
dressed envelope l Will send how$ seed
and fine medical recipes in return for
them.
Mrs. Candy Mitchell, Pittman. Ga.-As
il is time for the sisters to make light
bread, ! will give YOU my recipe for max
ing it by the cold process. Take / pint
OF warm water and yeast cake and /
teaspoonful of salt and tablespoonful
of sugar; dissolve all together and stir
-four to make a stiff batter Set it in
the safe four hours. Sift flour in tray
make a hole in the center, put in lard as
for biscuit and the above amount Of salt
and sugar Then pour in the yeast III
the flour and work smooth Place it in
a greasy pan and set it i'm the safe two
hours and then take the dough and re-
work it and divide in three pieces and
place them side and side in the pan and
return it to the safe tive hours, and then
build a slow fire. ana when you can
hardly caro- your hand inside set the
pan III and let cook ONE hour Grease
the top crust when you take it up and
the bread will be nice enough for
king to eat. 1t Just takee nine hours
and is but little troubl. All that care
to try it ! will send them a yeast cake
and directions to make them If they VIII
send me an sclf-addrcssed envelope and
postage to mail them With
A Busy Mother-I have Just read ola
Maids letter. and agree with her. I am
often amused at the exchanges. You can
get most any kind of seed from seed
houses. and more seed al much smaller
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lNQUIRERS' CORNER.

l.. C. Dorman, Dundawack \. c., wants
Information of William Dorman; was in
San Antonio, Pasco county Florida when
last heard from.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-15

company of mounted gendarmes,
who had ridden with cooked pistols,
began firing blanks over the head of
the crowd. Instantly there was
stampede of thousands of people
rushing in every direction to escape
The gendarmes then began firing
second time, their cartridges no
longer blank. shooting right and left
as the fugitives scattered in every
direction, many of them breaking
through the windows and hiding in
the hotel, while others took refuge
in stores and other buildings and
quite number fed to the cathedral.
where they were forced out by the
priests who locked the doors against
them. Hundreds were trampled and
bruised in the mad rush, and one
slender boy, apparently not over II
years old, struggled from under the
feet of the crowd beneath the bal
cony where the American ladies were
standing, waved his hand and shout
ed: "Vive Francisco Reyes" and
then went down.
Many were wounded; several killed.
Numerous eyewitnesses, unknown to
each other, write condemning the at
tack as entirely unprovoked. Yet, in
the face of this, Gen. Reyes points
to the two gendarmes who were
killed, and defends himself by declar-
ing that the police were called out
to suppress disturbance started bv
reckless rioters who did the first
shooting, and were responsible FOR
the death of the gendar mes. This is
met by the statement that the gen.
darmes were shot in the back,
Those who believe that Gen. REYES
is guilty of having given his sanction
to the raid for the purpose of awning
the Francisco Reyes faction, see proof
of this in the fact that the governor
| is causing the known adherents of
his opponent to be detained under
arrest.
And the additional fact that, upon
hearing of the action that would be
taken by the chamber of deputies,
he Immediately imprisoned number
of the leading partisans of: Diaz and
Limartour in Monterey, is looked
upon as an acknowledgement of his
| political ambitions, hitherto well
curbed, and of his intention of fore
| ing his claims even at the cost of a
revolution.
| MILTON MARKS. :
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demonstrate at any punishment thes
men might inflict. a
It is told that the wounded among
the mahdi's men, when approached by
English surgeon or soldier whose in--3:
tention it was to attend to their
wounds, would brandish with what.
strength was left their murderousss
knives, from the cut of which victim
never RECEIVERS, and either kill or maims
their would-be helpers. Many a brave
man that had escaped the heat of bat tie:
lost his life at the last at the hands Of !,
some dying, but still bioodthi11sty, fol-15
lower of the mahdi.
The hosts of women that aocompa-:
MED the Dervishes into battle: as their
work went about the fields disfguring.
the bodies of dying English soldiers,
that the latter might enter the pres
ence of Allah marked outcasts, heathen,
to be ridiculed and scorned: When
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The laws of good taste demand GER
tain things in children's attire, and,
though, in the name of fashion, many
offenses against these laws are COM
mitted, child dressed according to
the canons is invariably we'll dressed.
In the first place, the clothes should
be childish, not mere replicas of ideas
originated for older folk. Simplicity
and daintiness are keynotes in the
dressing of children. The simplicity
may be of the costly sort, but pre-
tentious elaboration, however costly,
is out of place upon the child's- frock.
Appropriateness is as essential as
simplicity and daintiness: Pussy
play frocks are in bad form. Simple.
durable and picturesque garments
are the thing for rough wear, and
when one passes out of that province
and considers dressier clothes one
should still bear in mind the fact
that costly stuffs and elaborate trim
mings are altogether out of tune
with childhood. %- ~
In the field of sheer wash frocks
for children the choice is practically
unlimited. All the dimities, the
lawns, the organdies, the mules, the
batistes are pressed into service.
White is, of course, the prevailing
note, but the light plain colors are
used and the sprigged and Powered
stuffs make charming frocks for lit,
tie girls above six years Of age.
. ELLEN QSNQNDE.
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=
Tommy Atkins heard this he forgot
they were women; he no longer felt
compunctions in clearing the earth Of
their presence. !. x..z
Mahdi, khalifa, "mad mullah, = : IL
matters little to Tommy what elaad-
ers call themselves; he knows them all
'1bloomin' 'eathins, Z and that it is his.
duty to diminish their numbers with
all possible speed. And it was Tommy
that made possible the recovery Of the
Soudan. How long the mad mullah
will be allowed to; continue hisrayaxl
ing way one .hesitates to prophesyss
hut it is reasonably safe to surmise.
that there was considerable disap-
pointment experienced By the British
solder when he learned the order was
to desist from further pursuit Of the
mullah. KArHERTNE. POPE.
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President Diaz and His
Former Minister of War
Story of the Feud Stirred Vi, in Mexico by the
War1ike Attitude of General Reyes ~~

|2, the day of the national fiesta in
honor of Diaz's victory over the
French at Pueblo, in 1867. it became
apparent that certain prominent adj
herents of Francisco Reyes in Mon
terey wished to follow the Diaz ex-
ercises with a secondary demonstra-
ton for their candidate Indeed,
they petitioned the governor, as the
law requires, for permission to carry
out their plans. This scheme was,
of course, frowned upon by Gov.
Reyes and his friends. and was
thought not polite even by Francisco
Reyes himself.
ION the morning of the holiday"
said an eyewitness, ''the Zaragossa
plaza was gaily decorated in honor
of DiaZ. To the east stands the ca
thedral. The municipal palace is OPP
posite, on the other end of the square,
with the Windsor hotel standing be-
tween. A crowd of American ladies
watched the celebra ton from the ho-
tel balconies. The plaza and contig-
uous streets were crowded with peo-
pie in holiday attire. After a demon
stration in honor of Diaz, the pro-
cession marched to Gov. Reyes pal
ace, requesting him to send a tele-
gram of congratulation to President
Diaz, after which it moved to the
Zaragossa plaza, the band playing the
national air, where it disbanded and
the people began to gather around
the speakers stands.
Then came a signal shot from the
balcony of the municipal palace, and
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HAT a world of woe it is
to the woman who cannot
get all she wants i'm the
way of lovely clothes!
Though just exactly what
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dency of this republic in case of the
retirement of President Diaz, or at the
expiratio of his present constitutional
period, and it is said that he would, in
such a case, be succeeded by the pres
ent popular and progressive minister
of war, Gen. Bernardo Reyes. \
1t is now known on unimpe achable au-
thority that Gen. Reyes, in case of the
presidential succession being open for
the causes named, would give his cor
dial support to the candidacy of Min
lister of Finance Jose Yves Limartour,
statesman of demonstrated aptitude
for the highest position in the govern
ment and strong and able man."
1t seems homogeneous to think of
Gen. Reyes as being at the head of a
possible new revolution. During the
revolution of 1891, against the Diaz ad-
ministration, which found many SYM
pathlzers and supporters in Nuevo
Leon and other northern states, Gen.
Reyes directed the operations of the
troops of the Mexican government in
a most loyal way.
1t would be interesting 10 know what
has now caused Gen. Reyes to take a
position antagonistic to law and order
and against the present administra-
ton, for that is what the accusat ton
that he had part in the Monterey affair
amounts to. The accusati is sup
ported by very strong chain of cir
cumstantial evidence forged from the
testimony of eye witnesses. These tes-
timonies, as printed in American and
Mexican papers. do not agree with the
version Gen. Reyes gives.
TO get at the bottom of it all
the political situation in Nuevo Leon
should be understood. 1t was in 1877.
after the revolution which unseated
Lerdo de Fejeda and placed Gen.
Dlaz, instead, in the presidential
chair, that Gen. Reyes was appointed,
by Diaz, governor of Nuevo Leon.
he has since been reelected periodi-
cally and has ruled with a firm hand
This year, however, an opposition
party of some strength has developed,
whose candidate for governor is Fran
cisco Reyes, prominent lawyer of
Monterey. This political struggle be-
tween the new party and the old.
which will eliminate with the cleo
tions in July, began to grow heated
under the surface in the latter part
of March, although outwardly all was
calm Upon the approach of April
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perfectly made, carries a particular
cachet all its own. A model in a
delicious shade of rose displayed an
arrangement of box plaits, and
a single broad box plat just above
the head Of the figure in front, under
which the. ends of a hem-stitched
white cambria eravat were passed.
Another, in an equally pleasant shade
Of pale green, was tucked, broad
BOX plat running down center front,
Shirtwise, with three turquoise studs,
! cravat of the same silk, cut on the
cross, being tied in bow beneath
the chin, the hard line softened at
the top by the most incidental film
Jest collar of embroidered muslin
Imaginable
Nor are, foulard shirts accompanied
by cravats en- suite by any means
to be despised, though, as is ever
the case with studied simplicities.
Linen and lace, lace and linen is be-
coming a very chorus. Happily this
is an alliance of admirable flavor, one
offering at the same time considera-
bic scope for individual inspiration,
together with an infinity of varying
effects. We are showing two origi-
nal coates, the one of sack persua-
sion in white linen, set on to a long
shouldered yoke of ecru filet lace,
strapped with the linen. Essentially
# the moment are the elbow sleeves,
with their long lace ruffles falling
over close-ftting cuffs. And the
thought has just come to me how
chic would be the same model car
ned through in ecru linen and en-
,roidered ecru lawn, the sleeve ruff
les formed of a deep lawn edging,
he embroidery occurring only at the
dge.
I A superiority of tucks performs the
decorative piece de resistance of the
companion model, the which I would
suggest is expressed in biscuit-colored
canvas linen, ornamented with strap
pings of red linen. The little vest is
of the latter and is stitched with
small white pearl buttons, some red
flax pendeloques breaking the sever
ity above, and red leather or suede
belt encircles the waist. The ruf1es
disposed to soften the hard outline
of the sleeve are of red and biscuit
plisse chiffon. Linen, chiffon and
leather, i faith a triple alliance of
amazing daring. But La Mode, the
Oracle, has spoken.
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ferceness, the enemy, though pos
sessing the proverbial pluck of the
British soldier, not infrequently has
been overwhelmed. Some 10000 Abys-
sinians have been cooperating with
the British in their present trouble
with the Mullah. AS the Abyssinians
are good warriors, soldiers of expert
ence and great powers of endurance,
and familiar with the country, their
help has been of decided value. They
have proven desirable allies also from
the fact that their friendship with
the English has prevented the Mullah
from moving across the frontier, has
forced him to policy of strategic
movements to the south.
1t was several months ago that
Great Britain decided to take a posi-
tive stand against her troublesome
enemy, that the Somaliland expedi-
ton was arranged and the advance
begun. Whilst much of the way lay
through a barren country, the: life
giving wells scattered only here and
there, occasionally the British sol
diers have found pleasant spots in
which to make their halts. In tina +
thirsty land the wells are. coveted
by the fighters of both sides, and bat
thing frequently takes place near the
points of water supply. The exigen-
cies of the present campaign have
been those to be expected in such a
country; sometimes the camp being
flooded, sometimes water being SO
badly needed the natives got down
on the ground and dug out the dirt
with their hands. The camel, burden
bearer of parched lands, has: been en-
ployed by both the British army and
by the Mullah's warriors to aid in
transporting men and equipment.
The heat has told so. on the foot soil
diers of the former forces, that not
infrequently advance was made by
night. Sometimes, on six-days'
march there would be four days with
no water except what was carried
The Mullah's forces are said to
number about 5000 mounted men and
$4,000 spearmen, an army of sufficient
size to appal>: And when one takes
into consideration the fact that the
Mullah's followers are fighting on
their oMn ground, that they are
moved by the fire of fanaticisnA one
is able to appreciate something of
the seriousness Of opposing them. Fl
seems to make no difference that the
British have the deadiest Weapons
known to modern warfare, the wild
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suits for the very little men and wona-
en-. Linen, of course, or fine mesh,
rough or smooth finish, has, to a
great extent, superseded pique for
children's wear: and though white
linen stands first in favor, all the
cool blues and green's and pinks and
ecrus are much liked.
These lin zen frocks are, as rule,
made rath er severely, though, occa-
sionally, ohe sees upon even little
tot linen combined with heavy lace
after the fashion affected by her
elders. Contrasting bands or bands
stitched lin color give a more child
like effect and the wash linen or cot
ton with embroideries in designs not
too elaborate are distinctly success
full. e 80
Russian cross-stitch embroidery in
frank reds and blues is particularly
favored in the making of children's
clothes, and delightful little models
in white linen are shown, with Rus
sian, blousesi or Russian smocks
trimmed in bands embroidered in
blue and scarlet Russian cross stitch.
The ecrue linens, too, take this trim
ming we'll and often piping of either
red or blue adds to the effect. u
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Great Britair1's Battle
With the Mad M11lah
The Punitive Expeditions Sent Into Sonna1i1and
and Similar Occurrences Of the Past Recalled

been written, and one authority says
it never cam be. The government was
obliged to pay no heed to whispers Of
Tommy Atkins" deeds 80 deeds So
shocking that they seem impossible
in these days of avowed Christianity.
for the government was mformed
that those same deeds were prompt
ed by the direst necessity
Kitchener did mot arrive ait Khar-
tum over any rose-strewn path, or
by even the ordinary cruel methods
employed when civilized nations en-
gage in battle: If you remember,
in the dispatches reporting engage
ments between the English and the.
Mahdists, the numbers given of the,
enemy's wounded were noticeably
small. And why? Because. the
wounded were put to death. Not, as
I understand it, owing to any pre-
viously-arranged policy, but to- the
dire exigencies of the time. Sz=
In reviewing that advance of Ntch-
ener's army to Khartum and reading
the account of the battles marking
the advance; one cannot so much
blame the. British soldier for his
atrocities as pity him that they
should have been, as it were, forced
upon him: One that marched with
the army and saw the deeds of which
he speaks, tells that Tommy Atkins
in the beginning intended doing the
right thing, that he at first was hor-s
ritied' at the thought of staying wom-
en-, and of: killing wounded; but at.
last grim justice impelled him to
commit both of these unexpectedS
enormities. Even the army doctor
than whom, it is agreed, there lives
no kindlier man. when he saw the ma.
ture' of the savage enemy could mott
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W W Though just exactly what
all our wants comprise at
this present moment it would take
volume to tell. For desires COM
mencing with simple serge frocks
and concluding with satin, silk and
sequln seductions, are neither told,
decided upon, nor acquired in a day.
Relating to silk, I am completely lost
to the seductions of some small
checked, softfnished taffetas. These
lend themselves with much amiabil-
lty to the feeling, for gaugings about
the waist, and frilled effects about
the hem. Although, for my own part,
found the most pleasing model
merely resting its decorative saliva
ton on graduated crossway folds of
the Silk. disposed their own depth Or
Whereabouts apart. There is usually
bolero movement of sorts above
such jupes, worn over a muslin or
lace shirt, while one creation I was
graciously permitted to behold boast
ed elbow sleeves, with turn-back cav
alier cuffs, completed by double hem
stitched and plated ruffles of Fren CHI
lawn these heavy ruffles are writ
ten down supreme novelty, and are,
moreover, allowed to find sympa thet-
ic alliance with cloth, in the latter's
most souple qualities.
In regard to foulards, fashion is
waxing more than ever appreciative.
Though I sur1nise she will not aeri-
ously dissent when choice falls upon
one of the pretty fancy Louisines or
soft finished taffetas that abound.
But a silken season of sorts it is; a
tendency running to old chintz and
Powered effects. Tussore, too, is to
enjoy a resuscitated share of popta-
larity both in plain and fancy quail
ties. In order, moreover, that this
may receive tempering to, ich of
modernity it is to be strapped, piped
or hemmed with linen, a further al
tentative being a harmonic ing alli-
ance with coarse braid lace.
There is a type of tusF lore silk
called shantung that is being dyed to
delicate colorings to meet particulart
~ the exigencies of the shirtmakers,
who are accepting the obligation ID
the most appreciative split. A neat
little shantung shirt, rdvided it be
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Reyes, governor of the northern state
of Nuevo Leon, which is gradually
widening and may end in hostilities. 1t
is asserted that Gen. Reyes has lately
conveyed 5000 rifles into Monterey, his
capital, for the purpose of resisting any
attempt on the part of President Diaz
and the chamber of deputies to drag
him before judicial assemblage to
answer concerning his position in the
Monterey riots. tits limited, moreover,
that President Diaz is increasing his
army in order to make his demands
upon Gen. Reyes effective.
Apparently no serious rivalry has
existed between President Diaz and
Gen. Reyes, although the latter has
many times been mentioned as Presi-
dent Diaz' possible successor. In 1896,
indeed, Gen. Reyes publicly announced
himself as candidate for the presidency,
but he withdrew when he perceived
that the demand for the denomination
of Diaz was irresistible A year ago
the Mexican Herald in reviewing posi-
bic candidates to succeed Diaz in the
event of there being change, said:
Recent kilograms from points on
the frontier to journals of weight and
prominence in the United States deal
with the important and indeed vital
matter Of the succession to the presi-