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BY AUNT SUSIE.
(This tea comer set aside for the Little Folks of The Constitution for their enter
tainment and development n the art of let ter-wrlting.)
<nui|iin( Ont.
Our tent is just a she- t on sticks.
We've barely room to get about;
M'teen I stand up I bump my head;
But then, you know, we’re camping out.
We bring out dinners from the house.
.When Fred is greedy, then I pout;
hO#
Br». oh. to ?at them on the grass
1< much fun —we’re camping out.
Foor dolly stayed here all last night;
The ram came down—a waterspout.
Her eves are gone; i»r cheeks caved in,
But the don't care—we're camping out.
9 ' —
Celebrated Animals.
A great many years ago. on a large sail
ing ship, going from England to China,
there was a little boy live years old. Ha
w » with his par nts and they had a large
<j< - named Robby. This child and Bobby
had groan up together, and although it was
. v lons journey for a dog. they were all
m. fond of him that they could not leave
him at home in England. Bobby had the
range of the ship, and he and the child used
to play togi ther on the deck and have great
fun with the sailors.
Everything went en well until they came
j>. ir the t’ape of Good Hop?. Then, one
day about sunset the wind rose and the
ship began to roll violently from side to
side. The little boy and Bobby were on
d.. k as usual. Suddenly the ship gave a
tremendous lurch and the child fell over
board Bobby was not far behind; he went
over th, side like a hsot. after his playfel
low.
One of th sailors gave the alarm and in
a minute the cn-w was in a state of wild
excitement. The sailors got down a boat
as .iii-lkly as they could. but It
was now quite dark and neither dog nor
ch 11 cjild be seen. They heard a faint
ra/V-h Bf
•
ROBBY ANO HIS MASTER,
nplashig. how. ver. and pulled toward the
•<>und. and there was Bobby with the child
ir his mouth. They were both nearly dead
when they were dragged into the twat, and
faithful Bobby sank down into the bottom
of it quite out of breath. The m> n rowed
back to the ship and the child was given to
his mother, who took him down into her
cabin. Bobby went too. He would not stir
from his side, but licked the boy’s little
cold hands and feet (ill warmth came back
to them. Tl* n. when the boy had fallen
asleep Bobby lay down and slept too.
You may be sure that Bobby was the hero
of the ship after this. Every one petted
and made much of him. but it did not hin
der th> in from playing a very cruel and
th Mightiest trick, and one which was very
nearly the death of the poor animal. When
the ship reached the cape the child and his
pan.nt* went ashore in a boat, and Bobby
was head back cn the ship to see what he
■would do. The poor dog was nearly fran
tic. He struggled and fought, but they
w>-uld not let him go until a small flag was
held up as a signal. Then they loos-d him.
nnd Bobby dashed over the side and swain
as fast as he could after the boat. He had
got al>out half th.- distance, when they
beard him give a loud, shrill howl of dis
tress. They saw a flash of white in the
Water. A shark was following the dog, and
there seemed no hope of saving him from
the shark’s cruel. te»-th.
The child screamed: "Oh, save poor Bob
by! Save dear Bobby!” His father had a
gun with him and the boat waited till the
shark came in range. Th n he fired and
killed it and Bobby was saved. They drag
s’. -I the «iog into the boat. He was nearly
lifeless with fright and hard swimming, and
the sailors on l*oard the ship and the men
In the boat shout d, and every one cheered
Bobby.
TOCXG FOLK’S CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter* of Excbawgo Amoa* The Consti
tution'* I.title Folks.
Bertha Calvert. Bremen. Ala.—l am my papa’s
only child at home, and you see I get to read the
Young Folk*' Corner all by myself. ami I eujov it
Very uno-h.
I live in a small town with three stores, two mills,
<*ne Macksudth'* sbo|>, two churches-, one school
h'-u-e and |M*?toftice. There are several young
foik> here and we have a nice time playing cro
quet.
W hat has Isecome of I— F. Ijeflore, the Indian
boy” 1 u-ed to correspond with bun.
I would like to exchange: ••I’m All Smiles To
night. Live.” and "Barney McCoy,” for "After
tin- Bad.” and "Ship 'I hat Never Returned.”
t'orresimnuents solicited.
Leila Watson. Montgomery. Tex.—Well,cousins,
you ted of y<air pets and I will tell of mine; there
an-alHiut two dozen little jays that come every
in ruing for their breakfast as regular as I go to
to mine, liver tne gate I liave a br.-ad boaru. As I
rise from the table. I take a large piece of bread,
go crumble it over the board and call my birds.
1 bey come from ev« ry dueeiion and eat and b ed
tfwir young with me standing there. That keeps
th in on the lawn and around the borne alt day.
iLen they are tree; I love tree things,even to birds.
S ue Don’t Pass tills T3y!
A' 1 P” ff 1 * F* I A Solid Gold Filled Hunting Case F.lirin
JI t f" jTw EE i Style Watch and a Set <»t Silverware,
as We want your trial order for ll«iof our full Hired 4S
•Sr inch IIA VAN* I‘EKFEt 1<» bTKAIGIIT TEN CENT • HlaK>. FBI.K •»
Itk. %olid t.otd tilled Elgin Mil, ■ liuiliiig ca-i Wulela. and a hand
r i .In ■ I Caee■ ' nlamilig S knives ami • |o|k*. haiol e>igia«> d. guaranteed hy
k M< rune bilirr I’lav '■ *'a will aend Um Watch, silverware and Cigarata nua
Jh |m> kage.to any jMrtofthel tilled Mate*. < .11 1> tm.7*. KetneiubiT aedou'i
X M-nd a cheap ••pen tare watch. We pcmilively atllrui that weaend
a hunting < »’■ elegantly eugrat< I, bill jewelid. gold Idled \\ «t< h w ith a 20 year
f, a gtiaranlee.a? haiideoine as any solid or gold tilled watch on the market. W hen
ei"?l you e.~. it jon will say that wean - correct in making thia statement. Weara
etrictly in the Cigar l>nain<re and an - the Inrre-t < igar !>• .<lers in America. Thia
-. J ofl - -r ie made wdelv tn gain more trade and hold* giewi for <><► day a only
‘ h >••• nothing to risk and all to gain. I’m thia out. return it to ua with your full
Ver n.i ■ ■ •!>•! addrraaand we will immediately express you lhe Cigars. Watch and
F’w bilcrrware f<«r examination. After o aiuining eyerything, if eatiefuctory. |my
••T the a.,-ut 5N.73 for all". • them iw don't pay. Instead ol the Silverware yon can
.v ■►*.dt/ d - have a V iic Mtootrr X! or - . alii i. double acti u Nmith «t Wedun,
A A* a Caitndge Mcvwlvcr. HI VEKSIIIII CIGAK CO., Ikep’t. 73.
*** and 175 Greenwich St., N. Y, QlO*
Meuhvo luu ConnututloWa
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA. GA. MONDAY. AUGUST 6,1894.
for how much joy they add to some poor soul
through each day wc cannot tell. How many
wornout with life’s latter, are given new strength
through their sweet songs. They are happy mes
sengers from God to sing the song of peace and
love to earth, “lor earth would be a valuless place
if it were not for these.”
What is th<- matter with the cousins? Are they
getting too big to write to our dear old Constitu -
tion? Cousins, let us not forget our old Corner
and old friends. The boys have almost quit writ
ing. They used to write such good letters. Boys,
come (>ack; 1 know you arc having tine times now
it is vacation; tell us about it.
Who does Mammoth cave l>elong to now? I read
a good desciption of it the other day but have
forgotten.
William T. Durham, Central, S. C.—l thought I
would write, as I do not see any letter from
“OpuMuni Corner,” our vicinity.
1 am imt going to school now, as our school va
cated June the 15th. and will open again the Ist of
September, when I will resume my studies again.
1 had a nice time while attending Central high
school writing compositions, saying sjieechea, and
trving to spell in spelling matches.
Hoys, we certainly must improve in letter writ
ing. !<>r the girls arc getting ahead of us rapidly.
We should do our l>est in whatever we undertake.
We should strive to become useful men and wo
men, for the young and rising generation must
Soon take the places of the old.
W ho was sty led “The Sage of Monticello?”
Edwin It. Lett. Good Hope, Ala.—l am a little
boy nearly twelve years old. My papa has Iteen a
subscrils-r to The Constitution tor a long time. 1
am a little "country cracker;” 1 have never lived
in town, but 1 have a great many luxuries that
only a country Itoy enjoys.
My papa is a doctor and also a farmer. I am aw
ful glad he knows how to in.,nag a farm, for there
are no sick people lor him to see, as our country
is distressingly healthy.
Ido not like to work on the farm. I had much
rather help mamma in the house, as she has no
one to help her I have one brother who is two
years older than myself, but he thinks he is too
large to do housework.
W e are having our vacation. AVe attended the
high school at Eclectic, just tivc miles from home.
I will close by asking a question:
AV bo was California Joe?
Eilia Fay, Columbia, Ala.—l live in the town of
Columbia, and work in the cotton mills eleven
hours a day, and you all well know when a boy
works bard all day lie does not feel like writing a
letter at night, lint as merchants* sons and far
mers* boys have occupied the young folks' space
so long without a line from a factory boy, 1 will
knock for admittance.
Columbia is a beautiful little town of some
thing like two thousand inhabitants, situated on
the banks of the Chattahoochee river. This is
principally a farming country, but it is also a
lumber country as it is known as tiie timber belt,
but lhe indii-triou* people have sent most of the
pines along the river to Apalachicola, and turned
the land Irani aitorest into growing fields of corn
and cotton.
It any ot the girls would like to have a factory
boy tor a correspondent, write to me.
Frank M. Lowrey, Hiawassee College, Tenn.—
Though a nonresident of this place,J cannot help
remarking what a splendid site this'is for a sight
seer. Ly ing at the loot of the Alic;, ii uiy moun
tains, which tower their venerable old head-1 ar
up into the misty Clouds, and fill the description
Rip Van Winkle and hi-environments to a letter.
Down in the valleys, ditissiinua el fertilisaimus,
are waving wheat and corn Helds, beautiful stock
farms and verdant meadows
I town the mountains’ sides run streams of clear
est water, "winding their way like a silver thread
through lhe forest.”
It is amusing to notice here how equally the
democrats and republicans arc divided, and how
they are continually fighting and opposing each
other, while further south 11 is solid democraey.
U ishmg your pajier and “Our Cornet” success,
I shall close.
Correspondents solicited.
Lizzie Hobson, Robinson, Texas.—l have long
intended to write to the cousins and tell them <u
my Is-autitul state in which I live. My home is in
the central part of Texas, three miles from the
little village of Robinson. It is surrounded by
gentle rolling prairies, and only on the south side
can the distant outlines of a forest lie seen. The
clouds are so fleecy anil white, and the sunlight so
bright that it almost dazzles my eyes. I know
some of the northern cousins would like tube
down here in this "land of the skies and Howers."
We have not been taking lhe Constitution long,
anti I have never found out what was the matter
with little Edna Brower.
I am glad our corner is interesting and instruc
tive, and think it-the brightest page tn this paper.
It any one knows -Boy Afraid of the Girls,”
tell him to Colne to Texas and see us girls, and lie
will change his opinion.
Would like correspondent* from all the states.
If I am allowed to enter this time, maybe 1 will
call again some tune.
Best wishes for Aunt Susie and cousins.
Julia Longmire, Henfour. Texas.—l am a little
countrv girl, ami have never known what it was
to la-sick or afflicted, and when 1 read in The
Constitution of the trouble and sad condition of
poor little Edna Brower my heart melts and 1 feel
like I want to do something to help her. I have
collected a good many stamps for her, but after
reading of the great number that was sent her
some time ago, mine seem so few- that I feel
ashamed to offer them, but mamma says my two
or three hundred stamps added to those of some
other little girl will perhaps make a thousand, so
1 am encouraged to s«nd my small sum along.
Please tell me through The Constitution how to
address her letter. I would like to send them
right away.
Through the kindness of grandmother w-c read
The Constitution every week, and I think then- is
much information to be gained from the little
folks’ column.
Send stamps to Hot Springs, Ark,
Ida Hodge, Cairo, Ala.—l wonder how many of
the cousins enjoy gathering and eating blackber
ries? I enjoy it as much as anything 1 can do,
and as there‘is no other fruit here this year, we
have to work hard to see who can get the most
bei ries. . , ,
Do \ou all enjoy going to picnics. There has
been sever.il in this part of the country, but I have
not had the pleasure of going to any yet, but will
try to go to tin- next one.
j was reading the cousins’letters this morning
and found that one question was answered wrong.
8. r. liaits-n said the "stamp act” was passed in
177; and it was in 1765, was it not?
|{ MM'iiiS tli.it the IwiyM in*! t-ik** mtlCil inter*
est in the childrens’ Corner; still, we girls had
better watch them for fear they take a notion to
get ahead of us.
- If some one will lie kind enough to send me the
song: “tine Year Ago Tonight,” “It Is
give the Hand where t!»«- Heart can Never Be.
1 will wind in return, “Alter The Ball, ' “Barney
McCoy." -Too l<afe." "Do They Miss Me at
llouie.” w
I will close by asking a question : In what battle
was Mollie Stark the watchwoid?
Corresjfonilents solicited, either sex.
Katie Hutton, Falling Creek, N. C.—l live six
miles from Kinston, N. in the country, right
near tin-mill pond, where we children goatish,
ing ami have such a nice time. Then there is the
church right by the side ot the creek, and we have
such a lovely Bunday school, and it is only about
twelve miles from Seven Springs.
I winh you and the children could lie with me.
we have such a good time there. You see why
they are called Seven Springs. There are seven
springs all boiling all the time, and they an- min
eral water every one. and all different mineral too,
ami alley an- a<l enclosed in one little house about
lourieen feet square. .Sometimes I do not think
nature ever did so much anywhere else in the
world. You know- down east here our land is level,
and these springs are situated on the banks of
the Neuse river about twentv-two miles from
Goldsboro, and twenty miles irotn Kinston, six
from LaGruuge, half a mile Iron* White Hall, and
where the springs are is level, and the hotel is
about one htiuiired yards off, and one hundred
and nity feet above the level ot the springs. One
would think down east here they were imiking a
tour up the Blue Ridge mounain, anu this season
of the year you will always find a crowd there,
some for one disease and some lor another, some
lor consumption, Bright's disease, gravel, indiges
tion and all urinary troubles, etc.
Then they have a large pavilion building about
twenty feet from the springs, and it Is tilty teet
square witli benches all around, ami they’ have
music and dancing in the day tune, ami when they
have a hall at night they go up tin- hill to the hotel
to that forty loot square room they have up there
and have such a pleasant time.
Well, sometimes 1 think if you and the rest of
the children was here, we would be as happy as
we will ever lie until we cross the river to that
glorious place beyond.
Lena Matlock, Redfield, Ala.—Some cousin has
suggested an instructive subject: “With equal
desire to do good, which wi 1 do the greatest
amount of good, a woman of culture, or a woman
of wealth?”
This subject will lie rather hard to decide, as
there are so many of both classes that do a great
deal to relieve the unfortunate. Miss Helen Gould
had a tine residence erected for little crippled
boys, ami for all poor children, to go and breathe
the pure country air. It Miss Gould had been
a poor woman with ever so much culture, she
would not have been able to have constructed the
fine building, and enabled the children to leave
the dirty city,
Think ot the Millionaire’s wife of New Y'ork
city, who on last Cris mas gave 100 poor children
their breakfast. A cal.med woman is a blessing
to her country, to home and to .society. Ot course
her charity is not on as large a scale as the heiress
or tin- millionaire's wife, nevertheless, she will do
her duty.
1 presume the women who reared the monument
over the grave of .Mary, the mother of Washing
ton, had both culture and wealth, which are two
great things.
1 think that a woman of wealth, with equal in
clination to do good, can accomplish more, for
there are so many physical sufferings whiuli noth
ing can relieve bin money.
1 will answer Frederick Winter’s question :
Tin- first settlement in Georgia was made in 1733,
by General James Oglethorpe at Yaiuacraw Bluff ,
now called Savannah.
1 will be charmed to have correspondents.
Berta Brooks, Ashley, Ga.—As 1 rarely notice a
letter from wiregrass, Georgia, 1 concluded 1
would write. I would like to write an interesting
letter, hut the cousins have an advantage of me,
most ot them having scenery to describe, while
there is nothing here but pine trees and wiregrass,
alligators, rattlesnakes and gophers.
1 will answer Mamie Randal's question: AVho
was Lycurgus?
He was a celebrated Spartan lawgiver, whose
history and legislation are involved in such ob
scurity, that many modern critics believed them
to he mythical. The account usually given is:
Lyctil gus, who flourished about sso B. C. (or ac
cording to some about 1,100 B. C.), was descended
from the old Doric family ot the I'rodida-.
Grace Green: The largest bell in the world
weighs 103 tons, and is twenty-one feet in bight
and diameter. It is the great bell, or monarch, of
Moscow, east in 1734, but fell down during a tire
in 1737, was injured, and remained sunk in the
earth till 1037, when it was raised and now forms
the dome ot a chapel made by excavating the
space below it.
The great bell at I’ekin is fourteen feet high,
with a diameter of thirteen feet, and weighs Hlty
tliree ami a h.ilt ton-.
From remote antiquity hand bells and cymbals
were used in religious ceremonies.
In Egypt the feast of Osins was announced by
ringing bells. The Jewish high priests wore gol
den bulls in their vestments, and in Athens the
priests of Cyble used bells in their rites.
The mtroiiction ot liells into Christian churches
is usually ascribed to I’auliiius, bishop ot Nola in
Campaiiia, (400 A. D.) That they were first made
in < ampani i, is inferred from the name given
them—Campana-.
Cousins, describe the grotto of Adelsburg.
\\ a- Napoleon greater in field than lit the cabi
net?
David Lee, Thomasville, Ga —lt seems to me
that the correspomlert■> ot the Young Folks' Cor
ner, should discuss some question. I think that the
subject: “U inch does more toward the formation
of character, education or environments," is
highly characteristic ol the things winch we
blioulif study tor our educational development.
Thanks to Mr. Fletcher lor his suggestion, and
I hope that others will join, and tb.it tins corm.r
may become mon-and more interesting.
1 think that education has the greatest influ
ence over the formation <>l the genuine character.
Social life, the home circle, and every environ
ment of life, are undoubtedly strong elements in
the building of character. Yet. the qualities pro
duced by thc.-e surroundings, are ol ten corrupted.
Many a social circle is infested by injurious com
panionship, which often leads uiingiit people into
many evils, and from doing something good in
the world, they are drawn mio dishonor, while I
t-ducatii u has no faculty tor drawing men into i
degradation, and it Ulis them with a desire to
spend time well.
It is true, that good environment is one of the
most important factors ot the formation of cli tr
ader, but so much ot the companionship ot soci
ety-and otucr affairs are evil, that it cannot but
have its evil effects. This, education is tree ot; it
is always a good friend. It may seem hard, but it
is belter to be alone, than in bad company.
All know the terrible effectsot drink. This habit
which demolishes homes, imbrutes man, destroys
lite, and dethrones reason, is one ol the greatest
errors of the world, it carries its stain every
where. Many drunkards are titled lor this de
graded office by the evils of faulty associates.
If these men, when they were first partaking of
the poisonous fluid, had considered that they were
injuring themselves so much by heeding tlieir as
sociates, they would have listened to the voice of
education and refinement, and instead ol destroy -
ing their lives, would have endeavored to better
themselves. The environments of lite have their
good, but also their evil.
Education is truly a great power. Other things
have their evils, but it lias lew. it leads our minds
to higher levels, and creates a desire lor the in
crease of knowledge. It impresses our minds
more fully w ith the need ol a pure and elevated
character 11 was tue cultivation of the mind
that brought us out ot the darkness ot ages, and
placed us on a higher level ol existence, anil gave
us a puier conception of character. l>ut 1 must
stay my wandering pen. Age til teen.
Dear Cousins—l am a little boy, fourteen
years old, and live on my father's ranch,
which is about twenty miles irotn Otnahu,
Neb. 1 saw several letters in The Junior
from boys of tny age and 1 decided to write
to you.
The overseer of the ranch, Mr. Boyden,
is a great friend of mine, and every even
ing 1 assit him and several cowboys to
bring in the stock.
The corral is about fifty yards from the
house in which we live. Sometimes the
cattle stray as far as five miles from the
corral.
Lust week Mr. Boyden counted the young
ponies, and ther.e were forty-two, from the
age of four months to a year and a half.
He told me 1 could have the pick of twelve
that were about a year old. 1 took one that
had a white tail and white hips. 1 think
he is going to make a beautiful horse. I
am going to train him so that 1 can take
him back to the city with me.
I hope The Junior will continue to print
the stories that are written by- Mr. Joel
Chandler Harris, us 1 enjoy them very
much. JAMES M. BKAGLER.
Brugler’s Ranch, near Omaha.
Dear Cousins— lam staying with my cousin
at Fort Caden, Fla. There is a naphtha
launch that belongs to the fort and my
uncle takes us down to the mouth of the
river when he goes.
1 spend most of my time in tishing and
bathing. The cranes are very tame here
and i killed one the other day with stones.
1 have pressed its wings and i am going
to take them home with me.
I will return home about the 25th of this
month, to get ready for "chool.
HENRY RICHARDS.
Dear Cousins— After a day ’s hard tramp
up the mountain, being too tired to sleep,
with your kind permission i will write you
a few Hues, which i hope will be fortunate
enough to gain admission to your columns.
Arising early this morning, accompanied
by two of my friends, we proceeded up the
mountain tor about two miles and untying
our lines we went down the stream, drop
ping our lines in every few minutes. But
in all the two miles we did
not catch but two fish, and 1
happened to be one of the lucky ones. Both
the tish together <lid not weigh two pounds
an 1 as we had seen a single tish weigh
as much as five pounds we were not much
overjoyed at our success. But we are
going to go tishing with an old mountaineer
tomorrow’, uiid w’e hope to cutch a good
fct \\"hh kindest regards to The Junior, 1
remain one of Its wyNNE
Tar Mountain Inn, Tar Mountain, N. C.
Dear Cousins.—l am a small boy, just ten
years old, and I am visiting my aunt- near
Shelby, Ga. She has a large farm and
there is a creek about a half a mile from
the house. My aunt will not let me go to
it by myself, but tny unde took me fishing
the other day, and I --njoyed it very much.
They have a beautiful little calf and he
is very tame, for when I call him he will
come and eat out of my hand.
I am going to return to my hftme, in
Macon, Ga., in about two weeks.
SAMUEL HASTINGS.
Shelby. Ga.
For some reason, girls who are engaged
■nplain most about their vaccination
i iarks hurting them. . .. .
LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER
And His Queer Country—What the Children Saw and Hear
There.
By JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, (Author of “Uncle Remu«.”)
Copyrighted, 1894, by the Author.
PART VIII.
Brother Terrupin’it Fidtile String.
Mr. Rabbit moved his body uneasily about
and scratched his head and crossed and
uncrossed his legs several times before he
began:
"I declare it isn’t right!” he exclaimed
after awhile. “I don't mind telling about
other folks, but when it comes to talking
about myself, it is a different thing.”
“Don't you remember the time you tried
to get Brother Terrapin to give you a
fiddle string?” asked Mrs. Meadows, laugh
ing a little.
“Oh. that was just a joke,” replied Mr.
Rabbit.
"Call it a joke then,” said Mrs. Meadows.
“You know what the little boy said when
the man asked him his name. He said,
says he. ’You may call it anything, so you
call me to dinner.' ”
“He wasn’t very polite,” remarked Sweet
est Susan.
“No, indeed.” Mrs. Meadows answered;
"but you know that little boys can’t always
remember to be polite.”
"1 think we were at your house,” sug
gested Mr. Rabbit, nibbing his chin.
“Yes.” replied Mrs. Meadows. “In the
little house by the creek. The yard sloped
from the front door right to the bank.”
"To be sure,” exclaimed Mr. Rabbit,
brightening up. “I remember the house
just as well as if I had seen it yesterday.
There was a little shelf in the left hand
side of the door as you came out, and there
the water bucket set.”
“Yes.” said Mrs. Meadows, “and there
was just room enough up there by the
wsS?
Played the Liveliest Tunes I Could Think of.
bucket for Brother Terrapin."
"That's so,” Mr. Rabbit replied, laughing,
“and when he used to go to your house to
see the girls they'd set the bucket on the
table in the house and lift Brother Terrapin
to the shelf so he could see and be seen. I
remember it used to make him very mad
when I’d tell him he would be a mighty
man if he wasn't so flat-footed.”
"Oh, you used to talk worse than that.”
cried Mrs. Meadows, laughing heartily at
the remembrance of it. “You used to tell
hnn he was the only man you ever saw that
sat down when he stood up. I declare!
Brother Terrapin's eyes used to get right
red.”
“Well,” said Mr Rabbit, after a pause, "I
remember I went to your house one day
and I carried my fiddle. When I got there
who should I see but old Brother Terrapin
sitting up on the shelf. I expected to find
the girls by themselves, but there was
Brother Terrapin. So I began to joke him.
“’Howdy, Brother Terrapin?’ says 1. ’lf
you had a ladder handy you could come
down stairs and shake hands, couldn't you?”
“He began to get sullen and sulky at
once. He wouldn’t hardly make any re
ply. But I didn’t care for that: Says I:
’Cross your legs and look comfortable.
Brother Terrapin; don’t be glum in com
pany. I've got my fiddle with me and I'm
going to make your bones ache if you don’t
dance.’ ”
“Then I whirled in," said Mr. Rabbit,
"and played the liveliest tunes I could
think of—'Billy In the Low Grounds,’ ’Pos
s-rn Up the Gum Stump,’ ‘Chicken in the
Bread Tray,’ and all those hoppery-skip
pery, jiggery-dancery tunes that make your
feet go whether or no. But there Brother
Terrapin sat, looking as unconcerned as if
the Addle had been ten miles away. He
didn’t even keep time to the music with
his foot. More than that, he didn t
even wag his head from side to side.”
“1 always knew Brother Terrapin had no
ear for music," remarked Mrs. Meadows.
"If that was a fault, he certainly had more
than his share of it."
"I ought not to tulk about people behind
their backs,” Mr. Rabi.it continued, trying
to shake a fly out of his ear, "but I must
say that Brother Terrapin was very dull
about some things. Well, I played and
played, and the girls danced and seemed
to enjoy it. I believe you danced a round
or two yourself?” Mr. Rabbit turned to
Mrs. Meadows inquiringly.
"I expect I shook my foot a little,” said
Mrs. Meadows with a sigh. "I was none
too good.”
"They danced and danced until they
wore tired of dan -ing.” Mr. Rabbit re
sumed, "but there sat Brother Terrapin as
quiet as if he were asleep. Well, I was
x -exed—l don’t mind saying so now—l was
certainly vexed. But 1 didn’t let on. And
between tunes I did my best to worry
Brother Terrapin.
" ’Ladies,’ says I. ‘dbn’t make so much
fuss. Let Brother Terrapin get his nap
out. You’ll turn a chair over directly, and
Brother Terrapin will give a jump and fall
off the shelf and break some of the fur
niture in his house.’ This made the girls
laugh very much, for they remembered the
old saying that Brother Terrapin carries
his house on his back. ’Don't laugh so
loud.' says I, Brother Terrapin has earned
his rest. He's been courting on the other
side of the creek, and he has no carriage
to ride in when he goes back and forth.
S-h-h!’ says I, ‘don’t disturb him. When a
nerson sits down when he stands up. and
lies down when he walks, some allowance
must be made.*
“Brother Terrapin's eyes grew redder an<l
redder, and the skin on the back of his
head begun to work backward and forward.
What might have happened I don t know,
buJ jus? as the girls were in the middle of
a dance one of my fiddle strings broke and
it was the treble, too. I wouldn t have
minded it if it h» d been any of the othcr
strings, but when the treble broke I had to
stop playing.
"Well, the girls were very much disap
pointed and so was I, for I had cotne for
a frolic. I searched in my pockets* but 1
had no other string. 1 tried to play with
three strings, but the tune wouldn’t come.
The girls were so sorry they didn’t know
what to do. ,
"Just then an Idea struck me. Ladles,
says I, ‘it's a thousand pities I didn’t bring
an extra treble, and I’m perfectly willing
to go home and fetch one, but if Brother
Terrapin was a little more accommodating
the music could go right on. You could be
dancing again in a little or no time.’
” ’Oh, i* that so?’ says the girls. ’Well,
we know Brother Terrapin will oblige us.
“ ‘l'm not so sure of that.’ says I.
“ ‘What do you want me to do?' says he.
IDs voice sounded as if he had the croup.
“ ‘Ladies,’ says I, ‘you may belieVe it or
not, but if Brother Terrapin has a mind to
he can lend me a treble string that will
just tit my fiddle.’
“ ‘Brother Rabbit,’ says he, ‘you know I
have no fiddle string. What would I be
doing with one?’
" 'Don’t mind him, ladies. He knows just
as well as I do that he has a fiddle string
in his neck. I can take my pocketknife
and get it out in half a minute,’ says I.
"This made Brother Terrapin roll his
eyes.
" ‘Be ashamed of yourself. Brother Ter
rapin,’ says the girls. ‘And we were having
so much fun, too.’
“ ’lf my neck was as long and I as tough
as Brother Terrapin, I’d take one of the
leaders out and make a fiddle string of it,
just to oblige the ladies,’ says I.
"The girls turned up their noses and toss
ed their heads. ‘Don’t pester Brother Ter
rapin,’ says they. We’ll not ask him any
more.”
" ’Ladies,’ says I, ‘there is away to get
the fiddle string without asking for it.
Will you please hand me a caseknife out of
the cupboard there?’
“I rose from my chair with a sort of a
frown,” continued Mr. Rabbit, laughing
heartily, "but before I could lift my hand
Brother Terrapin rolled from the shelf and
went tumbling down the slope to the creek
heels over head.”
“Did it hurt him much?” asked Sweetest
Susan, with a touch of sympathy.
"It didn’t stop his tongue,” replied Mr.
Rabbit. “He crawled out on the other side
of the creek and said very bad words. He
even went so far as to call me out of my
name. But it is all over with now',” said
Mr. Rabbit, with a sigh. "I bear no grudges.
Ix-t bygones be bygones.”
"I never heard betcre that Brother Ter
rapin had a fiddle string in his neck.” said
Buster John, after he had thought the
matter over a little.
"In dem times,” said Drusilla, as if to
satisfy her own mind, “you couldn't tell
what noboddy had, skacely.”
"Why, as to that," replied Mr. Rabbit,
"the fiddle string in his neck was news to
Brother Terrapin.”
There was a pause here ami the children
seemed to be somewhat listless.
"I'll tell you what I think,” remarked
Mrs. Meadows to Mr. Rabbit; “these chil
dren here are lonesome, and they'll be get
ting homesick long before the time cvmes
for them to go. Oh, don't tell me!" she
cried, when the children would have pro
tested. "1 know how I'd feel if 1 was
away from home in a strange country and
had nobody but queer people to talk to.
We are too old. Even Chiekamy Crany
Crow and Tickle-My-Toes are too old, and
Mr. Thimblefinger is too little.”
“Well, what are we going to do about
it?” asked Mr. Rabbit, running his thumb
in the bowl of his pipe.
“I was just thinking,” responded Mrs.
Meadows. "Hadn’t we better bring out
the laiokingglass Family?”
"Well,” said Mr. Rabbit, ”1 leave that to
you.” To hide the smile that gathered
around his mouth, Mr. Rabbit leaned his
head over and scratched his left ear lazily
with his left foot.
'That's what I'll do,” Mrs. Meadows de
clared decisively. "These children want
company they can appreciate, poor things!"
She went into the house, and presently
came out again, bringing a mirror about
three feet wide and five feet high.
(To be continued.)
Napoleon’s " H'-C a’io."
A detachment from one of the French
armies under Napoleon was once passing
through a small town in a Roman Catholic
part of Germany, when the troops being
in want of provisions, the general sent to
require a certain amount to be furnished
by the town. The principal inhabitants
came to him. assuring him that the whole
town could not furnish what h< required.
"And what must be done, then?" asked
the general. "My army is in great want
of provisions.” Tiie deputies replied that
the only place in the vicinity which could
supply any quantity of provisions was a
convent at a very short distance from the
town.
The general thereupon wrote a very polite
letter to the superior, stating his wants
and praying for a supply from the stores
of the convent.
The superior consulted with the monks,
and all agreed in not complying with the
general's request, but, as he seemed dis
posed to be civil, they thought that a
refusal couched in polite terms might be
ventured upon. But how should the answer
be sent? A verbal reply to a written re
quest would not appear respectful; their
French would probably be so bad that
they would be exposed to the ridicule of the
general and his officers, and German these
Frenchmen probably would not understand.
So at last it was resolved that the let
ter should lie written in Latin. It was an
elaborate apology, couehed in very polite
terms, for not complying with the request
and was consigned to the messenger, who
immediately delivered it into the hands of
tiie general.
Napoleon opened it, but. unluckily, not
having had a classical education, did not
understand a word of it and gave it to his
secretary to read.
The secretary remembered just enough
of his Latin to gather that it was a re
fusal of the supplies.
“How!” cried the general. “Do the rascals
dare not only to refuse my demands, but
also to write me in Latin?” He then di
rected his secretary to write them as
follows:
“Friponibus de moinibtis si vous ne m’en
envoyibus instantibus, je mettrai le feu
a votre conventlbus, et je vous feral pendi
bus, toutibus.”
This is pretty good French “Hog Li tin,”
and may be literagliy translated thus:
"You rascally monks, if you do not send
it to me instantly. 1 will burn down your
convent and hang you a'l.”
The monks understood the grot:al’s
Latin extremely well, though he had not
perfectly compreherided ;n-im, -.•i-l, Mired
wi’b a mortal panic, the supplies required
we.a immediately sent.
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THE PLAN.
The prospective size of this year’s supply
is the de term i mag factor ot this year s
prices, iteace, everybody is interested in
the probable size of the cotton crop of
ISU3-U4 —the crop winch .s already hardest- *
ed and which is now being marketed. The
official announcement* of the s:ze of this
crop will be made alieut Septeml»er 1, 1894.
and the figures accepted in <iet« tunning ibis
contest will be those of tho New Orleisns
’cotton exchange.
The prizes will be awarded and
TIIE SI,OOO DIVIDED
among the successful guessers just as soot
as the official announcement of the New
Orleans cotton exchange is made.
THE PRIZES.
There will be SLUM) in prize*,
divided and hsinbuled us follows:
First Prize.
SIOO IN GOi.D to the person making the
nearest estimate of the etiicial announce
ment of lhe size of the crop.
Second Prize.
S2OO IN GULD to the next closest
guess.
Third Prize.
A S2UU SCi lUI..VRSIIII' and board iu a
leaning uuivetsiiy lor out- year, ti unsfera'-H
if the winner desires, and available f»r
mule or female. This prize for the third
nearest guess.
Fourth Prize.
A SIUU TKIF Id HAVANA, Cuba, ami
retut’u, this amount iue.utiing railroad
and steamship, fare from the heme of the
winner to Havana tad return, and allowing
enough for e.xm uses tor a delightful week
or leu uays tup lor me fuu.m nearer;
guesser.
Eli ill Prize.
A SIUU IKIA* TO THE CH Y Oi'
jlnXitU, U'UVeUUg expenses to be borue
by The Cousuiuiion. tuciuuiiig a., lainoad
transportation to lhe above amount. Ihia
prize for thj fifth nearest guessec.
THE CONTEST.
xue tins contest art
Very simple, JUmeU. Every peisuu wau
senus n*s oen UuUic or uny other name,
or a renewal, tor one year s subscription to
£he Weekly Constitution will be entitled
to make au estimate in mis coUtesL
He can make a guess lor every' sub
scriber sent, and the names so sent will
also be entitled to a subscriber s guess.
JL'lius, if a person semis us the names of
six subscribers, he can make six guesses,
uml each of lhe names he semis will be
entitled to a guess, lie can send a guess
with every additional subscriber.
All clubbing subscriptions are entitled to
participate in this contest.
Every guesser is required to write his
name and addn-ss on a separate piece of
paper, on which should be v ritteu hi*
guess in legible figures.
No guess will be entered that is not
accompanied by cash for the subscription*
sent.
Other Crops.
In order ihat the guessers may have a
fair insight into the statistics concerning
past cotton crops, we present herewith th
total crops from the year 1877 to 1891,
inclusive, ai follows:
Year i Bales lea ■ •
1877 ... ,| 4,485,42.*: U A-nm • • - -I
.878 .. . .( 4,811,2051
1879 .. . .1 5,0.3.5311' u
!880 .. . .1 •• • -t .-f
1881 .. . .| G. 589.32:. | ; J o-2
1882 .. . .1 0,43.»,84.» .. . . 7.3 b-4
1883 .. . .( «.:r.i2.2.u 1 IS!n • j,is
1884. . . . .| 5,«14,U52|| r*y2 ~|
THE CONTEST NOW OPEN
A special clerk has been assigned to the
Work ol uump.nug me Lnuusuuus ol guesaos
that will be received in mis coumsl be
tweeu now and next Septcuioer. Special
books have been prepared, by which careful
recurd will be kept for every guess, so tuat
there will be nu possible confusion in the
award of the one thousand dollars which
The Constitution offers, and which will be
distributed iu .settlement of this contest.
I'he contest is now open, hnd every new
subscriber or renewal of a subscription is
entitled to a guess m accordance with the
conditions above stated. It is not every
day that a paper gives away one thousand
dollars in one contest; but The Constitution
noes Uns to interest its readers. This i#
but one of several contests that The Cou-
Btnution will run during ’he coining year.
The contest above announced is the moat
interesting that The Constitution has offer
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portunity for iis subscribers to make a teat
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