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THE SOUTHERN WORLD. MAY 1, 1885.
The Children’s Corner.
Thli 4epartn«nt is intend** exclusively f-r
children under fifteen year* of age. Older per
son. will confiue their contribution* to other,
end more appropriate department*.
DOLLV9 HOUSE WORK.
Monday doe* the washl-g; put* it out to dry;
Tue*d*y doe* the ironing; lay* it nicely by;
Wedneiday doe* the mending; fold* the lock*
in pair*; *
Thursday doe* the (weeping of the room* np
■talri;
Friday sw'eps the parlors in a thorough way;
Saturday 1* baking—*uch a busy day;
Sunday hean a sermon; listen* to the choir;
Wonders If the singer'* voice can go much
higher;
Get* *o very tired that—would you believe?
Fall* asleep a-leaning ’gainst her papa’s sleeve.
-Youth’s Companion.
A Kindly Greeting;.
Tinder 'ho new p'oprletonhlp of the South-
in World, there come* a change in this de
partment of the paper, ono that will not please
some of its contributor*. But we are sure that
all rigbt-minded boy* and girls, those whohon
estly seek mental and moral Improvement, will
heartily second our well-meant efl’orts to put
the department upon a higher and purer bail*.
We shall, first of all, require our contributor*
to make their letters sensible and practical,
leaving ont al' nonsense, uninteresting details,
and love matters, 10 that each letter may show
Improvement in style of composition, force of
thought and practical suggestion. Old people
may be excused for carelessness in correapon
dence, but young folks cannot afford to grow up
regardless of the Importance of this branch of
education.
Again, we shall publish letters only from boys
and girls who have fathers and mothers Instead
of -'papas” and “mamas." Even under this se
vere rule, we have enough manly boys and
womanly girls, who wrlto of their fathers and
mothers, to keep the department alive until a
reform is worked in this direction. We shall,
also, insist that our young correspondents spell
correctly. This can b ■ done by the use of a
spelling book and dictionary, and the discipline
will be found valuable in all their afterlives. No
child is fit to study French, German or Latin
who cannot spell correctly simple English
wordspand yet thousands of youths are to-day
studying those languages who are sadly de
ficient in the primary exercise of spelling. We
do not expect our contributors to avoid all mis
takes, but merely insist that they shall do their
host to send good, sensible, well-written letters.
They will never be sorry for making an earnest
effort to do this.
Talks Wltb Use Children.
If the following named “cousins” will try
again we think they can give us something that
will Improve as well as please the young read
era of this department; “Marigold,” of Georgia;
Leon B. Sullivan, of Georgia; W. C. Alford, of
Louisiana.
“Sweet Sunny South” does not give bis post-
office address, and ho is too old for the “chil
dren's corner.” Let him write us a good letter
for some other department. Boys and girls
over fifteen years old are too advanced for this
corner.
“Christopher,” of Walnut Hill, answers J. C.
Chalkor’s question and asks tbe following: In
two books of the Old Testament you will find
two chapters alike. What books and chapters
are they? •
“Valentine,” of Luravllle, Fla., says; “I am
not attending school at present, but 1 like very
much to go when 1 can. We have an excellent
Sunday-school, and are thinking of having a
pie-nloin May. The farmers down here have
finished planting corn and cotton and cane, and
commenced planting ground-peas.”
“T. F. K„” of Atlanta; “E. F. W.,” of Ogle
thorpe, and “Z. D. R,” of Butler, seem to havo
mlstken the object of the Letter-Box. It is not
-» young gentlemen and ladles who desire to
carry on flirtations, but intended for little boys
sod girls who wish To improve in the art of let
ter-writing. ,
As this is our first attempt to get the mass of
matter left over from previous issues in shape
for publication, we find we shall be obliged
to ask .the boys and girls to wait un
til the next issue for such letters as may not be
found in the Letter-Box of this issue. We have
more on hand than we can print at present.
“No Longer a Pa”ay Blossom” will hardly do
to publish in our columns. And then it is writ
ten with a patent lead pencil, which makes it
difficult for the editor to read correctly. We
trust that none of our correspondents—old or
young—will use anytnlng but a pen and ink in
preparing communications for the Southern
World—certainly not a patent colored pencil.
“Primrose and Tuberose" write on both side*
of the sheet, and give too mueh of their commu
nication to personal matters and “light talk.”
Both of these girls are capable of Instructing the
“cousins” in more Important matters, and we
hope to hear from them on that line. The same
comments can be applied to several other cor*
respondents who are not prominent enough for
special mention', • ,
“A Tennessee Corncracker,” of Nut Bush,
Tenn., falls to send us his real name; therefore
we omit all of his letter except this Inquiry
“Can any of the cousins tell me what book in
the Bible does not contain the name of God in
any form?”
The following “cousins" have responded to
the Inquiry of J. 0. Ohalker. of Kenton, Tenn.,
as to what verse in the Bible contain* every let
ter in the alphabet bnt one and what letter
that is: Bettle Blakely, of Souffletown, 8.0.
answers that it is the twenty-first verse of the
seventh chapter of Earn, and "J” is the missing
letter. “Wild Bose,” of Santa, Ala., says: "It is
the seventh chapter, twenty-first verse and
is the missing letter.” She has failed to give
the name of the book in the Bible. "Pansy,” of
Milford, Ga., gives a correct answer. Also,
“Christopher,” of Walnut Bill, Miss.; Thomas
Pierce, of Victor, Ark.; W. D. Lesly, Bachelor's
Retreat, 8. C.; Mabel 8. Smith, of Fayetteville,
N. 0.; Annie 8. Bond, of Willow Branch, N. C.
LETTER BOX.
gome Timely Advice.
I have often seen boys scattering their pocket
change around like they had plenty of it, and
that, too, for utterly worthless purposes. Boys,
if you can't save the cents, you will never
learn to save tbe dollars. And if you can’t learn
to save the dollars, where will you stand, finan
cially, at the end of life’s journey? You are to
become the future law-makers and law-givers
of this broad laud, the guardians of this nation,
the impulse of whose power and progress has
swept around the globe. You are to be dtixens
ol the most enlightened and progressive nation
the world ever saw. You are to become its farm
ers, its merchants,its manufacturers,its lawyers
and its rulers, and also its defenders against
bankruptcy, and financial embarrassment, u
well as against anarchy, tyranny, barbarism and
destruction. Learn, then, while you are young,
and have opportunity, to economise; to be a
close financier and a wide-awake manager of
■mall business transactions. But, above all
things, especially if you live in the country,
don’t try to dress above your means. Some
boys seem to think a broadcloth suit, a watch
and chain, a silk tie and a pair of gold cuff but
tons are all of their being, and anything outside
of that is of very little importance. Many boys
and yonng men spend everything for these
things, because they lift them higher in the
social scale, and draw around them along
train of bme eyes, golden locks, smiling lips
and brainless brows. This, of course, is very
nice, so long as it lasts; but whatlsaucha social
position? It is a vapor which adverse-winds of
fortune bloweth away. Boys, economize in your
expenses, your clothes, smd your time. Broad
cloth suits and gold watches, cuffbuttoas, rings
and scarf-pins are not necessary; you esn do
without them. Don’t be deadheads, don’t waste
yourmqney; if you acquire a habit of scattering
your nickels now, it will be very hard to stop
after awhile. Make yourself a man. It is bet-
ter to be an economist than a spendthrift, a
wise man than a fool.
Jahks Aristotle Hall.
Calhoun, Ga.
A Texas Boy Farmer.
I am a Texas boy, twelve years old, and as I
see the little people have space in your paper, I
thought I would try to write a short letter about
my father’s herd of twelve Jersey cattle. We
milk five cows, which make from twenty-five to
thirty pounds of nice gilt-edge butter each
week, for which we get thirty-five cents per
pound. We have four pretty youDg calves.
Father sows rye in the fall and they graze on it
in the winter. We feed them bran and sorghum
hay. In connection with this, we raise fine
chickens and hogs. We killed four nice hogs
this winter, and we get about twenty eggs per
day from our poultry. Father has some John
son and Bermuda grass, which the cows like
very well. You see, therefore, that we don’t
have to pay out much tollve on. We have also
planted a young orchard.
Bassett R. Miles.
Luling, Texas.
An Alabama Boy.
As you are so kind as to give all who ask
It, space in -your most valuable paper, I can
no longer refrain from making an effort to
write a tew lines to your paper, and should I
be so unfortunate as to fall to Interest the many
young readers of your paper, I beg them not to
view it with a critic’s eye,but pass my imperfec
tion by. I reside in a small village in the up
per part of Dale county, Ala. My father is a far
mer; he runs two plows, plants thirty acres in
cotton, sixty in corn and two in potatoes. He
gave me two acre for a cotton patch last year
and it produced fifteen hundred pounds of seed
cotton. I want to know If my of my little cous
ins can out-farm me. I am going to school this
year, as we e are having a fine school, taught by
Professor 8cott. We have preaching at the Meth
odist church twice a month. This is a very busy
season t/ith the farmers in our section of the
country. They are planting corn and preparing
their land for cotton.
I will give my young cousins a motto to go by:
“Love many; Trust few;
And learn to paddle your own canoe.”
Olopton, Ala. J. X. CovzxeTOK.
A Mississippi Girl's Letter.
A* I do not see any letters from this part of the
oountry in the children's column of your paper
I think I will write one. I live about eight
mtlesfrom Grenada. My fatheris a farmer, bu
he has not done mueh towards planting bis
crop, as it has been so cold. He has Just finished
planting corn. We have a few early flowers in
bloom, such as hyacinths and daffodils. There
are a few seeds up in the gardens, but on ac
count of the cold weather plant growth is very
backward. I go to school with my brother and
sister and we have about a mile to walk. It has
been raining for several days but looks some
brighter now. I do hope it will clear off and we
shall have some nice spring weather.
Grenada, Miss. Lidie.
A Very Mice Letter.
After reading so many nice letters from the
oousins I cannot resist the temptation to write
one myself.
I live in aldw, flat oountry where the woods
consist of tall, straight pines. Long, green wire-
grass forms a beautiful carpet, and now and
then clumps of persimmon or sweet gum trees
break the monotony of the scene.
About a mile northeast of us flows the silvery
waters of the Itchaway Notchaway creek. Very
likely most persons will recognize this as an In
dlan name, and it is said that it means silver
stream. If this be true, we who live near it can
testify that the name is most appropriate.
There are some very large hammocks on the
stream, and one of them is right near us. It is
a delightful place for picnics and fish-fries.
Turpentine and timber are the chief Indus
tries now, besides farming, in our section.
Milford, Ga. Pansy.
A Rice Planter's Boy.
As it is your desire for young folks to enter
yor,r little band, I will try and give you a de
scription of the “low country,” as it is called.
A e have a few very largo rice plantations on
the Altamaha river, and my father plants rice,
yeti don’t profess to know anything about it,
except th»t when it is cooked good I like It.
We have been living on a plantation for about
seven years and we have had to take blue mass
almost as regular as the sun rises and sets.
Now, I will also tell you about my father's
large cabbage crops. He has raised cabbage to
weigh fifty pounds and as whlto as a snow-ball.
I would write more, but I am afraid of that
dreaded waste basket, yet hope you will give
this a place in your Letter Box Wishing much
success to the Southern World, I remain your
little friend, Joe Walkex
Evelyn, Ga
POSITIVE EVIDENCE -READ IT
Tbe Opium Habit.
The opium habit seems to increase
every year, and its use incapacitates all
who use it to excess for any responsible
employment, besides it breaks down the
constitution, ruins the brain, and the vic
tim loses all interest in himself.
For centuries science failed to discover
a remedy for this fearful habit. A few
years ago Dr. B. M. Woolley, of Atlanta,
Ga., discovered a sure and permanent
cure, which has proved a great blessing
to thousands, who gladly testify to their
cure and bless their benefactor. The
writer has known Dr. Woolley person
ally for six years. He is a gentleman in
the strictest sense of the word, whose
integrity cannot be doubted, and if this
article should be read by one suffering
from this dreadful habit, we unhesi
tatingly assure him that Dr. Woolley’s
Antidote is no humbug, but will accom
plish all that he claims for it. He re
gards all communications with the
strictest secrecy.
The writer has knowledge of a promi
nent Alabama physician’s cure, who,
when placed unaar Dr. Woolley’s treat
ment, took habitually 180 grains of mor
phine and 300 grains of chloral in forty-
eight hours. This physician began tak
ing morphine under treatment for a se
vere wound in 1866, and increased the
dose until the habit of twelve years had
so fastened its fangs upon him that the
above-named stimulants became neces
sary to his life. In seven months time
he was a well man, and is now prosper
ous and happy, and attending to his
daily business.—Pike County Newt, Oc
tober 1, 1884.
Alexander Oity, Ala., April 6,1885.
Dr. B. M. Woolley: Dear Sir—Within
a day of a year since I was taken with a
rising in my head. The pain caused by
it was so severe that I sought relief in
the ubo of opiates—morphine, laudanum,
and finally gum opium. After three or
four spells of rising, running, etc., the
trouble ceased. I then thought I would
leave off the use of the opiate, but I
found that worse than the disease. I
made several unsuccessful efforts to
quit its use, but the suffering incident
to the effort was so great that I would
again seek relief in the use of opiates.
On writing for your book I promptly re
ceived it, and after reading and carefully
reflecting over it I became pretty well
satisfied that you could do what you
said. I ordered and received the Anti
dote, or remedy, and commenced its
use on the 9th of last December. I had
lost in weight about thirty pounds, and
my general health was badly shattered
from the use of the opiates, but in three
weeks after commencing the use of the
Antidote I recovered fourteen pounds,
and in about two and a half months I
recovered all my lost weight. About
four weeks since, I left off the use of
the Antidote entirely without any
inconvenience whatever, and feel that I
am thoroughly cured of the abominable
habit. I have no doubt at all, from my
own experienc and that of others whose
assertions are not to be questioned, of
your ability to cure any case of the
opium habit if your directions are fol
lowed. Permit me, dear sir, to extend
to you my sincere gratitude. You are
at liberty to make any use of the above
you wish, with or without my name, as
you desire. Very respectfully,
' O. P, DARK.
I did not Believe aa I Smoked
Opium, bnt am Cured.
Conner Creek, Baker Co , Oregon,
February 22, 1885.
Dr. B. if. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—You must think me very
ungrateful asl have not wri.ten you
how I got along, but 1 have neglectee
writing. When I began I had but littld
faith in the Antidote, as I smoked the
opium, and 1 had never known a single
person cured of the habit. To-day 1 am
as clear of the habit as the day I was
born; have gained twenty-three pounds
in two months. I had taken but about
half of the medicine you sent me before
I was entirely cured, and had no desire
for the opium from the first dose of the
Antidote. Enclosed find one dollar for
five boxes of your Liver Pills; they are
a most excellent family medicine. Please
accept my many thanks for curing me.
You can use this letter for the benefit
of those who use opium. I will make a
sworn statement if any one doubts what
I have said. Yours truly,
0. 0. DAVIS.
Hoggaro’s Mills, Baker Co., Ga.,
November 8,1884.
I have never led a dissipated life, but
got in the habit of using morphine while
suffering from sore eyes. I used mor
phine seven or eight years. It ruined
my health; my energies were destroyed;
I had about given up; I would have
been willing to give up everything and
begin life over again to be cured. My
wife persuaded me to try Dr. B. M.
Woolley’s treatment. Though I had
doubt, I gave Dr. Woolley a correct
statement of my case, and b> gan the
treatment about May lBt, 1883. When
I began treatment I used a bottle of
morphine in about two and a half days.
From the first dose of Dr. Woolley’s
medicine I neither felt any ne.ed nor
had any desire for morphine or other
opiate, nor have I taken any since. I
took four and a half months’ supply of
Dr. Wooley’s medicine. By reducing
the dose, as I was directed by Dr. Wool-
ley, this amount was all I used, and I
left off the medicine the first Sunday in
June, 1884, without any trouble or in
convenience. I have neither taken Dr.
Woolley's medicine nor any morphine
or opiate in any form since. I am in
excellent health, and 1 am as free from
the habit and the disease induced by
using morphine as it is possible to be,
and as any. one who has never tasted an
opiate. As an evidence of the confidence
my fellow-citizens have in me,I will here
add that have just been elected by them
to represent my county (Miller) in the
State Legislature. B. F. JONES.
Cured, and Says Ho.
Linden, Ala., Dec. 8, 1884.
Dr. B. If. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—I left off taking your
Antidote 14th of last August, and am
happy to say that it has made a cure of
me. I had one bottle left. If you want
a certificate I will send it to you.
Yours truly, T. J. HOGUE.
DrusKista and Pliyslclana.
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