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The Jaybird.
A jaybird flew in our mulberry ”**•
And was just as saucj a* he could be;
He turned about his little black hood,
and looked me over, eyeing me r~»«L
Then scolded ami scolded and scolded m .
For eating some berries from our own tree.
Now I should like to know what right
had he, , ,
To play and to eat In our mulberry tree -
lie just flirts and fusses, and frisks aroun .
Knoctdn* the berries all off on the
Then to think he ll stop and quarrel at me.
Such a “cheeky" little bird I neer did see.
When I m a bit saucy an’ chatter away. .
1 know why they call me a “little old jay.
“i will do it. do It.” saucily he sings.
Spreading wide open his pretty blue wings;
He pours out his song on the bright sun
shim’ —
Fweet and rich as sugar and ««*•
- EMMA McKAIN.
Myrtle Springs. Tea.
Dear Children: It is a long time since I
have been out of humor or written you a
►,x>ldin_ ’ ” r. but every now and then
1 have o “haul you over the coals" auout
c*r>-l. « letter*. I have received some this
week that would have tried the patience
of Job You know Tie was the most patient
man t! ever Hved. Hut he did not have
to read the letters 1 do every week. Now.
don't tl ink I do not appreciate your ef
ferts a' !• tt. r writing. I do. But 1 wish
i In this art. and so must
t-ll >ou o£ your faults. 1 think the blame
r» ,-ts in a gri-at measure with your teach
er-* for • very school teacher ought to
require the < hildren to compose and write
a h-f-r every week, and then correct
and U h •tn h..n a CM* letter should
i-e written. While our letters have gristly
improved, there is still room for greater
improvement. S.e that you don't use old
and set ronicm-vs "I lave never seen a
Irtter from this pla.-e." or “I hope this
won't cet in the waste basket; "If this Is
| win it? and do better n. xt
time!" Now. why not do the very best
ymi can while vt»u nrv writing an»l not
m lit for ti« * i am! write mi« Ii an in-
!•ti«r a> to •!»•- w :«*!•• te'«k*'t
tin thought. No m- I to !• U m* the name
••f your lea* h« r or Sunday >•iiool <u|«erin- I
Undent. It will not interest people who |
will n» v. r s- . tJ*em. T. II us something in- |
tcresti: • I«on‘t sj**ll such "sutch." or |
much "min* h." nr don't put a capital I .
a little and don't begin every word with i
a capital .-s. r when It should l«e a j
small h-tler Now. I think many of you |
know tli*-* thines are wrong, bu; you are
careless in writing and make tlwse tide- '
takes Now another great fault I tin.l is j
m tile r-i-.t.n* r of dividing words al the |
•nd of your line, ime of the best letters |
received thi* W«• k w-d| written and a go*d i
letter, but rv’ml by this fault, and I did j
not have patience to lorrect m >re than i
half of th. letter. Th- nst w* nt iut » iho I
*ast< ' sK. - * • I nt. an. When ■
* a gent*'■«*«- will n-- -•• **n lb- I.lie +
see that the la w rd •> a word of sylla
ble* and divide property. If you were j
writing the word letter, write “let" and |
th.n a hyih.-n which < » ry -hurt dash,
and then "ter” »n the otsi.-r line, but don't I
v rite "|. ttand then "er.” and n. v r I
<'-v lea word »f one svlalde. In the let- I
tee | allude to th writer would write the j
u»rd “the” in this way, “t." and on the .
o:i. line "he ” or its Is ;h. "bo" and lion
“ h." Now. this is not only wrong; but j
giv. s me a w.-rid of truulde, and you |
n.-ed not conclude such a letter with “I
t ojw- this letter won't i> avh lhe waste I
hs -keu” tor it surely will. Now. 1 have |
have something to st to say and th. n write
. n. at. e- d hit.r a'.d there will Is- no
oancvr of the waste basket. And now
whil>- I am in a oldins. honor I think
I ought to eiv. the printer a ll"tie s.-oU, •
for !asiv..ek he mix -.1 up things so you •
could not tri! wl -.’h was the letter I <-on;- j
1 linn nt.-! so h ehly, for he Is :an the I. t- ,
ter and prim d El I'asso. T.-. . and iwo ,
s* "it. .-s, and hen just nit e letters Is-- !
twe. n 111.- beginning and lhe real U tter
Whs > was ritt. It I,> Mat»l Krarkctle; \
but accidents will hapiten sometimes i;» >
i * ting *i wanted you to know who !
wro -th.- .-tier 1 la-ferr.sl to.
I want y.rti to rend the three p«.aes I
l av. sa l. .-t.-l b. on. ' A Cuu of Odd ■
Ma .r. " ' Et.ough to Mak. iajys Dull." j
..rd “Ale—i M< > r" They all have les- }
sons you may ie.»rn and i«ro!it by. Your*. ,
A Cup of Cold Water.
From l< i.- A;..:t ;• Friend.
Ifai* *t « v**t o« irr*tl t«> you. young;
P.* r .• at «!»!••> xour pft <*«•-: n»;:y .
m’!ly *•?.* ’ f*»r a drink «»f i
V.i k? -w .4 ; • asirl v.hu u>< I to think
c.» »• r • h< r S»-*»Tt-h t« rri»-r j
Frr.it' -i . • door. I eppmc' h«s young I
m>;n s t.. tm !is O w»i particular water j
jw’*> •up "t ! 1 alwa>” I** k« pi and t
uh sn h. S -h» should be ,
<• • !’*• '■>*•? >hou 4 thirsty; what i
Ar»>th* r of whkh u»* know .
‘ ?■ s*» to !•> atlempling t«» I
j*uf?» bj< h* » i »» »*!• r an i»v to drink '
if m i ♦ j u !»• w bi; that >iu- k J
• t>i, -tit"’ h«- howi»«l iiiaiil one of the I
• am«* to bis as«iMtan*-e.
A i»ttiul lovt-r of .•itnnai* iia i
•hat ??**• kr»-|«®« a pail of waier on the I
grounds of b« r pl.t* in the <*ouiitry for •
to? i<hi:ur ttw- numlwr of tliat daily ,
•‘mpiy th*- I»iit oh! ilie sham** of it! I
Many of lhe d.< .«r. not stra> dogs at I
all' The? are w.il Srcl. well f. .1, and
W*H car.-! fur-with rhe . > of I
the merciful cup of «..♦•* water. «>n sum- |
mer nights a little ilog with .< Isdl around |
h;« n.ck used to put in an ap>*raraii<-e J
. regularly at aU.nt la o'clock. Ills l»n.— ;
fa.'tr.' A It t. mug f--r hint, 1.-. u ued to -
know lie- tinkle of hi- I . I. 111.. |.alt. ! .1
Is i-aws. and th.- thirsty lapping of his ;
eager little toncue in the uail.
Our young people who live in Hie roun- |
try call .Io much lor a comfort; can
they not? Tinve who live in the city may
follow the examide of the tilth girl. |«| a . .-
a cup or a bowl in somh* corner where your
dog can always ta.d it, and k.-eu jt til|.,|
with fri-sh water. I’ may ’♦ amusing to
e<e a dog lev- when you are t>n-w>-nt In
stantly to fulfill his wants, but his hour of
suffering, when you are not |.r.-<.m. when
r o one under "amis th.- thirst that is tor
tiring bm. t lins|<e:>kable cruelty.
Enough To Make Boys Dull.
Bo s ought l« as bright as gins, but
they are not. Men ought Io live as long as
women, but they do not. What Is lhe mat
ter? A California paper. Th* Palo Mail,
sheds a link- light on th.- question.
The school Issml of Santa Ana found
Drink HIRES Rootbeer
when you're hot; when
you're thirsty ; when callers
come. At any and all times
drink. HIRES Rootbeer.
ra-sTHTwOvot rise. ri m-hiw
r.x i.or SsM lut’.ric J
that for some reason the bora In the public
nchoola w.-re nowhere nearly as proficient
in their studies as the girls, and an inves
tigation was Instituted to discover the
cause, whether lhe boys were being neg
lected by their teachers, or whether a lack
of discipline was chargeable with the fact
that the lioys were not doing well. Tne
Investigation was had, and It was found
that ninety per cent of tin- lioys between
the axis of twelve and fifteen years, who
attended the public scliools. smoked cigar
ettes. The Investigation Md not r- quire
to be pushed any further. It is suflieiently
well known that cigarette smoking blunts
the intellects as well as undermines the
constitutions, and if so per cent of the
Santa Ana boyk stay with the habit. W
tier cent of the Santa Ana Imvs will b*
failures in life, and no help for It.
A Good Mother.
Humming birds are very shy and fl. < f
of wing. It is difficult to make their ac
quaintance. A gentleman who had a rare
opportunity to watch a mother bird and
the tiny nest that she had built near his
room, says that one day, when there waq
a heavy shower coming up just as tl<
first drops fell the mother came fluttering
home, seized a big leaf which grew on a
tree near by, drew it over her nest in a
way to completely cover It. then went hack
to whatever work she had been al»out
when the coming storm disturbed her.
The watcher* at the window* wondered
THE LATEST THING ON WHEELS.
The above cut pictures the latest Invention of .v. I.- mal . is. It Is e.-ilhd a quindecuplet and carries fifteen riders. It
h;!< whirls tw*» hi the rear and one in front. Tin* shvrsman sit alone hi front, while the fourteen other riders are
s? lin |’.i r TH.- ar is ]«>\. whiek en abh-s the pi ials In drive the machine ahead forty-six feet at every revolution
It IS le-mg m.iiiuf. ti11..1 in .New York spec illy f.n a bi. y. le club of fifteen m.-n and wli.n < omphted will be the biggest
of its kind in the world. *
j
why the leaf did not blew away. They
found it h*w>k.d to a tiny afick Just inside
I • • • \t ;. ; in. 'i.iiT'i v. .i* over '
. r eanw ht.nu unhooTted the gre» n ’
i curtain tba’ ie had so |>rrfe« tly put up, I
j and foutH !:• r Imilm* all dry.
•
Grady Hospital List.
. •Ti’.’v ’’ «Nai geLiir- , S. Evins
1 V. Sandi«»i I a?T. S. <’.. fcc; Minnie ’
T» :. <. llMt • : i .
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE
—_— .. ■_
fateresting Letters from Our Juvenile
Writers.
t Eunice Cilliam. Jludvn'« Store. N. «'
. Dear Junior: 1 have la-en reading with
i pleasure thq l< iters from the cousins and ■
would like to join tlicir bapp,* band. I’ap.i ]
j has rot Isen taking The C«»nstit'tt.on very
, long, but I like it very tnucti. lam f«>ur
j teen y»ai>* of age. We live In the coun-
Itry anj have a q'll-t, pleasant home, our
nearest city is n!:»- mile*. I’apa I- a
; farmer ai -I a school teacher. lie t<-acli<-a
In the winter and farms in tiie summer. I
. would like a few <-.»• resjiondeiits.
Kat!* Florence Wiggins. Hood Hope, Mbs.
I —Dear Junior: I am a little girl nine years
old. I’;.pa take- The t'.in dilution and 1
' enjoy reading The Junior. We have The
* I'onstitution maciiine and mamma lias used
M V>ial diff. r.-iit k "id.* <>f machines. She
says Tile I'onst.iuts.in machine is as good
as any she < ver used. I have lived on a
, farm, but papa lias quit Hie farm and
Isnighl a store. I think 1 like farm life
belter than depending on the store.
Ella Penn, Winston, Ga —in-ar Junior:
For mor— than a year 1 have Is-eti a silent
adinirtr of The Constitution, Jr. As Aunt
‘ Susie ask. ■! us to take one .subject to write
on I thought I would take education. I
think every boy and girl should try and
! hav. a g-Hsl ..1 *i-ation. An education is the
gr.at.-s’ thing m Hie world 1 haven't but
on* pet and that is a little baby brother
two years old. M-. oldest brother is away
from hotm- going to school, but school lias
closed miw and I guess lie will be home
Evins V Sanford, Woodruff. S. C. H- sir
Junior: I am a farmer boy of eight bright
-uminers and liav** lieen r. ad ng The .lu
! niur Sett. ~, with mu. h Interest, and now I
i .one- asking to Im- one of the lioys. 1 go
to si h.Hil, study grammar, arithmetic,
Holmes's Fourth ltea.br. etc. 1 hav.- three
si-jp-rs ami on* little brother nani«-d Vance,
who is "he pl of «li.- household. I love
•ia . my grandpa lived th.-re. Next
tim* I write I will tell the lioys what 1
read. Here is 5 c.-nts for the Grady hos-
: pital.
Mb >di- Penn.. Monticello. Ga D»ar Ju'»-
f.Si i .ve’ l»-eh an admit* rof the <l< ar
old •' iilution for a long time. '.s Aunt
' S.n ie t.;<i us to write on a subject I
think mine snail Im- on "Hoot:-.' I think
laMiks ar. Hi.- l«-st tiling an" i*oy or girl
could lead. I live one mile from the
I thriving little town of Monticello. I am
I a farmer's daughter. I have been going
' to school, but my school Is out now. I will
, v \i »:...* ■ "Al i
: I send a cents for Gtady hospital. Pa st
j wishes to Tiie Junior.
"A I TGreer's, S. f? Greer's Is a
, beautiful and flourishing little town sit
; uated on the main S<»ii'h*-in railway nine
teen mil. - from the CltJI Ot S|>arl.itibur>;.
It is a business center, it has ten .stores,
iwo ot which ar*- drug stores, la-sides one
I harness shop Five d.M-tors are located
In the town. It has u population of aliout
urn. It has three . hutch, s and a high
s< hool. A large cotton mill Is lieillg built
<all*d the “Vietoi," which will soon lie
lompleted. Il will add yr. illy to the town.
Active work w ll su<>n l oiniii. nee on the
building of an oil null.
Sallie <•. Woodall. Plea: .mt Hill. Ga —We
have le-en l.urm.l out. lost everything ex
| c* i*t some of the household furniture and
I two horses, two i-ows and . .lives and sum.*
hogs. The loss was estiniat.-i at or
more. Papa had $-*•• insurance on dwelling.
All of our m-.ghliors, kitii.dk* and friends
have been so kind lo us that we can't tell
them bow much we appreciate their kind
ness. Papa is having another house built.
1 have just a few things I want to say
to the cousins; that is, I have received
some letters from grown young people ask
ing me to correspond with them. Now,
cousins. 1 am not old enough to correspond
with people over twelve or fourteen years
of age, as I arn a little maiden of ten sum
mers. I hot*- this will explain to the
cousin* why I never answer their letters.
1 am glad of correspondents of my age.
Katheleen Dale. Orangeburg. Tex.—Dear
Junior: My real name Is Katheleen. but
mamma always called mo her blue-eyed
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA MONDAY, JULY 20, 1896.
darling l>efore she died. 1 have often heard
l»eople say that we did not know how to ap
preciate a mother till site was gone. I
don't think that there is a truer saying. It
. is just three months since 1 saw them lay
my precious mother iy her grave to rest,
ah, sweet rest, which only comes when
death has closed some dear one's eyes and
hushed the soft sweet voice; that voice
that we never shall hear on earth again.
Cousins, we never say goodby in heaven;
so kt u.s all strive to reach that place
where so many of our precious loved ones
have gone before. 1 am the only child,
and 1 often get so lonely here in this great
big house with no one but tiie servants.
Papa comes home at I o'clock and we take
a ride on our wheel* I have a great many
|M-ts one little Indian pony, named Beauty;
a parrot and a large Newfoundland dog;
liis name is Gypsy. 1 wish some of the
cousins were here to play dolls with me.
Best wishes to aunt Susie, cousin* and* The
Constitution.
Note—There was no 10 cents In your let-
“Konrad," Chipley, Fla.—Dear Junior: I
want to tell you about a ’.Masonic celebra
tion held here recently. It had been known
for some time that the .Masons of Chipley
and vicinity had Invited Senator Pasco,
■who is also a .Mason, to m<-et with them
at Chipley on June 21th, and make a pub
lic lecture on the origin and work of the
ancient order to which they belonged.
Mr. Pasco accepted, and, of course, ev
ery one was all anxiety to be present, per
haps for several reasons, viz:
1. Quite a good many in tlds part of the
stale had never seen the senator, and took
this op|H>rtunity of seeing hltn.
2. Perhaps *ome thought that In an un
guarded moment he might divulge some of
the secret antics w hich that wonderful goat
perform*.
3. Last, but by no means least, every one
expe<’t«‘<l to get the inner man refreshed
by means of a good dinner. Therefore, on
Hie appointed day. at quite an early hour,
people from all parts of the county and
from several adjoining counties, began to
pour into Chipley. It mattered not what
means they employed to their sole
object was "to get there.”
Some walked, others came In ox wagons.
others still in ti.ie carriages drawn by spir
, It -d horse . some came on bicycles and
| n any came by rail.
| Vsitally. Chipley is a quiet little village
I of about M»> or l. 'i.t people, but it was quite
I iliflerent on this occasion The streets were
’ (OVere l with a set tiling mass of people,
hurrying liitix r and thither, each one ex
‘ pecting i good 11 me . a nil t ruly it'seemed as
| though they wa re not being disappointed.
, for every one had a < he -rful word or pleas
ant smile tor time with whom they met.
At al«»ut 11 o'clo •); a. m . the Masons des
cended from their secret hall, *w here, per
haps. some forlorn brother had been sub
jet <1 tv "ii*" t' lrilde ordeal of riding the
j famous goat before lie would be allowed to
I joi th*’ march, which took place imnie-
I dial* ! , after they came forth. They mal'ch
! lin double fil<- through the town and to
' tin- Baptist church, where quite a large
i crowd had already assembled.
Within an incredibly short period of time
aft* r tin- Masons had entered the church,
the house was lillcil to overflowing. So
* a"er w* r*- they that those unfortunate
| on* who were too late to sei lire positions
! within tne church, arranged themselves
on the outside near the windows, where
i tli* y might see and hear When all had
! iweonie qui* t the ,-i>eak<-r was very ap
i propriateh introduced to the audience. At
conclu lon the Introduction Senator
, I'a o aro <• and addressed the assembly
■ hi slni. qui. t and convincing manner,
tellim: briefly of tin- origin and work of tiie
•Masons.
The address wa. « 10-■* d at about 12:30
•’ I'" '■ p : i., in-1 the announcement made
liiat there would b»- dinner un the ground,
■ a . I everv on* was cordially invitee! to re
| iii.u’i a- a part.ila of tiie feast which await
.ed them. A ni< e long table had lieeti pre
riou.-i; ari mged iii an inviting oak grove
1 which stood near Dinner was soon spread,
. an-l a w< drew n* ar the table we lieheld
a sight which was indeed pleasing to the
' e.\» < o< tie- lieholders.
| One often hears tiie cry of “hard times"
' is this e tion of the country, but as w*
( ■ cixi.J ca. oil. upon the table, which fairly
i groaned unde: its 10. 1 1 of good tilings, we
: could but think that the times were not
’’ liar.l .liter all it seemed as though
I oo.| peotde of < 'hi tile v a .cl f i< in it y had
I 'trive,i ea.-h to excel the ot’u-r in prepar
, in.- a boitnfiiul rejiast. When everything
i was jn readiness a blessing was Invoked
I from on on high, and every one was invited
to help Hi* -.. , Ives, and I assure you they
| iiiM-ded no ond invitation. At aliout 3
j o i io. I: p nr, most of the crowd repaired
. to tli.- imll ground, where a game of base-
I ' ~11 wa hotly emit, -led for several hours,
.Iler which tiie; all returned to th*ir sev
l • r:,l home with happy hearts and tired
I limb-- The day passed off very |d< asantly
' ' It was a little warm, but. taki-ii
as i whole, it was a grand s-uccess. With
ll* t wi in to Xunt Susie and till tiie
I cousins, I bld you adieu.
dark A Boulder, Hoyle, Ga Dear Jun
ior: I will tell .mu eoinethlng aliout gram
i mar in rhyme:
I Tlieie an- tlr<e lit lie words jou often see,
I Are articles a. an and tiie.
| A noun's th*- name of anything.
As school or ; irden, hoop or swing.
Adjeetiv* - tell the kind of noun.
As great, -mall, pretty, white or brown.
Instead of noun the pronouns stands—
ll* r head. Ills face, your arms, my hand.
Verbs tell of something to be done—
To read, count, tug, laugh, jump or run.
How things are done the adverbs tell—
As slowly, quickly, ill or well.
t'onjun. tions join the words together.
As men and women, wind or weather.
I*l eposition stands before
A noun, as of or Hi rough *.i door.
The Interjections show surprise.
As Ah! how pretty; Oh, how wise.
The whole are called nine parts of speech,
U hit n leading, w riting, speaking teach.
Best wishes to Aunt Susie and The Con
stitution.
Martha Rivers, Conway. Tenn.—Dear
Junior: I nad all of my spare time when
I can procure good reading matter. I have
read a go<»l many books by the following
authors: lamisa M. Alcott, Frances Hodg
son Burnette, Martha Finley, Sir Walter
Scott, .Mark Twain, Shak*-sj>eare. of course,
and many others.
My favorite book of all .Mrs. Alcott s
is "Litth- Women:" Mrs. Burnette's "Hit
tie Lord Fauntleroy;" Mrs. Fenley's, “El
■k* Dinsmore;’* Mrs. Ewing's "Jan of of
the Windmill” are also great favorites of
mine. Among other books I have many
favorites too numerous to mention. Those
who have read “Little Women" <-ajinot help
from, enjoying it. I have read it twelve or
fourteen times and it Is still new to me.
I have cried with Kitty in Frances Arm
atrong's “Her Own Way;" have laughed
with Mark Twain's "Hn-’ F’enn,"
and was deeply impress* 1MM71,.' 11 1!"
less character of Lady l< If V BRcott s
“Lady of the Lake." I'UH, JL f7>‘ »t'“>
“Merchant of Venice," as ot tii*
other plays, how many g lought
ere expressed In words. never
< allows me to read dime nt yn fact,
anything but standard , vBH!Ou r * la d
rather read than eat, if ■ ao*smle.
How could we live wltho. ks? I'or
fear of staying too lobs, j|ling °n
my favorite subjects, 1 w , you all
adieu.
ON THE TOWAWf
The cold December dav ,lu «" e n*- use<i * t,le
men who hud been working* the tall
tower in the public square ffonton to
leave their posts, and with exception
of the foreman. Stephen I- «*»*y hnJ
all found shelter in a neigl <g tavern
just before nightfall. 8
Facing the stiff breeze | t jhe north,
with its stinging snowflakes, evo at
the base of the granite tow* ni . o deeply
absorbed In his own gloomy th„|p-: hts that
he did not feel the freezing
He was a middle aged ms.— , f sturdy
flume, and his smooth, resoluitriiaie Indi
cated strength of character und fearless
courage.
"A curse upon John Crafton und his
tower!" he muttered as he glanced upward
to the summit of the tall structure, tower,
fug some three hundred feet above the
ground. "A curse upon him and his. He
has shown me no mercy, and I will show
'him none.”
Holt had been all day on the verge of
madness. Although the foreman In charge
of a work in which Mr. Grafton was deep
ly Interested, he was about to be com
pletely ruined by the greed of his em
ployer. Various misfortunes amt sickness
In his family had burdened the foreman
with numerous debts, and Grafton, who
was his landlord, had ordered him to vacate
his cottage on the following day. The
rich man had also bought some old judg
ments against Holt, and held back the
' greater part of his wages every week.
With his mind inflamed with resentment
' and rage, as he thought of these matters,
the foreman gave himself up to a revenge
ful mood. But he found It difficult to plan
the punishment which he was determined
to inflict upon his employer. Grafton was
rich anil powerful. He was the founder
of Ironton, and tin 1 owner of its mills. He
Wa*' the head of a proud family and a
man of influence, Tiie tall tower, then
nearing completion, was Intended to glori
fy and is-rpetuate the fame of the great
manufacturer.
".My father pave lilrn his start In the
world,” said Holt, speaking aloud in his
exeitement, “and now he proposes to wreck
niy home and starve my family. If 1 only
had him on the top o; his line tower for
live minutes!”
Just then a burly figure In a heavy cloak
came plunging across the square through
the snow to the door of the tower.
"Hello. Holt!" was Grafton’s greeting,
"why in the devil's name have you knock
ed off work so early'.'”
Holt explained that the men had refused
to work in lhe snow storm <>n the summit
of the tower. It was a dangerous job,
and they dared not risk their lives.
Grafton listened with a frowning face.
He was a man of about fifty, with hard
features ami cold, gray eyes. He heard the
foreman's statement with a look of min
gled anger and contempt.
“Follow me to the top,” he said shortly.
"I want to see how the town looks.”
Holt protested. He suggested th.it It was
snowing and would soon he dark. Besides,
it was very cold and windy.
"t’orno on!" was Grafton's only reply,
as he clinilted up the winding stairway.
The foreman followed, a n<l after a long
and toilsome Journey they reached the
end of the stairs. From this point a tem
porary ladder afforded access to the top,
which was encircled by an iron railing.
The two men made their way up the
ladder and looked down upon the snow
clad mills and houses of Ironton.
“All this is mine!" shouted the iron king
in Holt's ear. "Don't you think I ought
to be happy?"
“Happy as any man who Is on his way to
hell!" almost shrieked the other, as he
darted down the ladder and closed and
locked t!i«- trap door.
Grafton screamed and yelled, but there
was no answer.
After listening a moment. Holt descend
ed tiie stairway, carrying the ladder with
him. At the base of the tower he paused
until he was satisfied that he was unob
served. Then lie hid the ladder in a pile
of lumber at no great distance, and then
fastened his eyes upon the summit of the
tower.
Far up. almost among the stars, the
watcher could see in the twilight tiie
dimly outlined figure of a man catching
at the iron railing on the top of the
tower.
Hark! was that a cry tip there In the
clouds? The gale blew so furiously that
it was hard to hear anything above its
Nor could the prisoner on the tower
signal for help. The snow was falling
thicker and faster, anil In less than five
minutes after the foreman had left the
tower it was Impossible to see its sum
mit.
Holt turned away with a shudder, and
took a walk around the square. Not a
human being was to l><- seen, and tin- sus
picious watcher felt more at ease.
He was almost tempted to look in upon
the men at the tavern, but lie was afraid
to trust himself.
"I will go home.” he said to hintself.
“It wifi not shelter u- much longer, but
old Grafton will not oust ns tomorrow."
And with a grim smile he plodded through
the snow to the cottage, where his In
valid wile awaited him. ♦
The next morning the people'of Ironton
wen- astonlstied to see what , ( ;is appa
rently a statue of snow surmounting the
tower. .
Later in the day the disappearance of
Grafton attracted attention. 'V.e missing
ladder excited suspicion, and when at last
the top of the tower was reached by the
w orkmen the detectives were t*"'-much sur
prised to find that the snow'Matlie was
the frozen corpse of tiie millionaire.
Nobody suspected Stephen Ho a. and his
part in the utTair was never k«own until
he told the story with a smile • >*his death
bed. WALLACE * REED.
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When she was a Child, she cried fZ ” oujria.
When she became Miss, she chingh • >ria.
When she had Children, she gave' “ «*llly':toria.
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NOTES OF THE CURIOUS.
There Is a relation between the color of
flume and the energy of the combustion
causing it, says a writer in The St. Louis
republic. The more vigorous and complete
the combustion the higher the refrangibility
of the light. A flame burning in a tardy
and restricted way emits rays that are
red. When burning In a more complete
und effective manner the emitted rays
Change to violet.
The flame of a candle or a lamp con
slats ot a series ot eccentric, luminous
shells, surrounding a central dark core.
These shells of flume emit light of different
colors, the Innermost one (that In direct
contact with the dark core) being red. and
having a temperature of exactly 1'77 de
grees Fahrenheit. Upon this, and in their
proper order of refrangibility. are shells
of light which are orange, yellow, green,
blue, Indigo and violet. The reason that
such a flame does not appear to us as a
nest of cones of different colored light is
this: When we look upon such a flame, all
the rays issuing from the different layers or
strata of concentric luminous sheels are re
ceived by’ the retina of the eye at one and
the same time. This can only Impress with
the sensation of neutral or white light.
Male and Female Oaks.
Mr. Knight, the eminent English botan
ist. has made some curious and interest
ing investigations on the production of
flowers of different s« x in various species
of the oak tree. He shows that as a rule
that species of tree bears the male and the
female flowers on separate individuals, but
that these different Individuals may be
made to produce flowers of either sex at
will. In forcing the female oak to produce
male flowers, and vice versa. Mr. Knight
employed light heat, regulating the supply
of both to suit himself and according to
the end in view. Tills remarkable series of
experiments proved that if the heat was
excessive as compared with the light, male
flowers only appeared. On the other hand,
if the light was excessive and the temper
ature comparatively low. nothing but fe
male flowers were produced.
In other species of trees which bear the
male ami the female flowers on separate
Individuals, the experiments of tiie botan
ist were not so conclusive as in the case of
the oaks. However, it is believed that
these investigations will finally lead to the
conclusion that in the majority of trees
and plants the cultivator will be able to
produce sexes at will. Many curious In
vestigations are now being made along
these lines and we may expect surprising
’-•suits.
Air in the Bones of Birds.
It is often said by persons who are not
well enough acquainted with the science of
ornithology to know whether they speak
the truth or not. that th* bones cf the
turkey vulture are hollow air chambers, so
c< nstrueted as to admit of continuous
flight with but little effort on the part of
the bird. Os late years It has become the
g-i « raj beliefethat the bones of almost all
varieties of birds are simply air cylinders,
and that the lordly tvikty vulture and the
condor are not better provided for in that
I articular than a host of smaller birds. In
older to get some s< it i.tilii light on the sub
ject. Dr. Crisp dissected fifty-two species
of birds, great and small, but only found
thirteen in which Hie wing bones were hol
low. and only one, tli • sparrow hax’k, ap
peared to have the bony air chambers per- |
for::ted. In thirty-eight others examined i
by the doctor there w re no signs of air in I
the bones, although In this list there were I
CHINA'S BLUE BLOOD. .
Rich Young Chinese in America to Be (
Educated.
Thirty-six aristocratic young Chinese, j
nil of rich, blue blood, fresh from their
palatial homes In Hong Kong, arrived in
Atlanta Monday morning en rout:; to New
Yo.k. liiey remained for a very short
while, just long enough to have their Pull
man car transferred from the Atlanta and j
West Point to the Southern railway.
It was the most distinguished party of i
celestials that has ever passed through I
Atlanta. The young nu n were members of t
the upper ten in the Flowery Kingdom and
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they has come to America to be educated
for high stations among their own people.
Most of them will be Presbyterian mission
aries, but some of them intend to enter
the field of politics and it is possible that
the successor of 1.1 Hung Chang was among
the number that paid Atlanta a visit
It Is a matter of regret that unlike most
of Atlanta's visitors these Chinese were
not pleased with the Gate City. One was
unkind enough to remark;
" 'Lanta nigger town."
This opinion came from one who wore |
an idiotic expression, however, and his I
remark was accompanied by a giggle which '
led the negroes who were near enough to I
several birds of long and rapid flight. Hr
Crisp’s conclusions are that there are bu>
few birds which have been provided witn
natural air chambers, and that in cases
where the provision in made it is not of
such material benefit as has been generally
supposed.
Greatest on Earth.
The highest . teeple in the world is that
of tl.e Cathedral at Antwerp—4l7 feet.
The dement coal mine In Prance, that at
Andre du Poirier, is 3.083 feet in length.
The largest plate glass window is in a
Milwaukee church—24xsO feet.
The highest priced medicine is metallic
g-itlium which is worth JIHI.DMO per pound.
"The longest paved street is Washington
street. Boston-seventeen and a half miles.
The deepest coal mine in Belgium is at
Lambert—3.TJo feet. ...
The largest hammer Is in the Krupp Gun
Works. Essen, Germany. It was made in
IJsS-t; and weights 150 tons.
The largest jug was made last year by
a firm of potters at Atherstone, England.
It holds 210 quarts.
A belt in one of the big flouring mills at
Minneapolis is L6W feet long and is said to
be composed of 207 complete cowhides.
The tallest chimney In the world is at
the Royal Smelting Works, Saxony. It is
twenty-three feet in diameter at the base,
fifteen at the top and 460 feet high.
A wagon made by the Miller-Knoblock
Wagon Company. South Bend. Ind , in 1892.
wciclis omi pounds, and has a carrying
capacity of titty
Sense of Smell in Fishes.
The sense of smell and taste appears to
be well developed in the great majority of |
the fish species. Tobacco thrown overboard
from vessels is often seize’! by mackerel
and halibut, but is immediately r jected.
Nearly all varieties of fish, and more es
pecially the “ground swimmers,” have a
choice of food. Halibut and cod are at
tracted a great distance by certain kinds of
bait. Herring, when fresh and In good con
dition, are splendid bait for cod. but are
of no use whatever if they have become
stale from long keeping. Catfish, buffalo
and one or two varieties ’of the bass will
bite bacon when they will pay no attention
whatever to the luscious anglewfonn. The
above and other facts which could easily
be cited in proof have caused fishermen and
scientists to come to tho conclusion that
the senses of smell and taste are both re
markably developed among the finny tribe.
Queer Family Statistics.
Tn the human family more males than
female are born into the world. In Europa
the proportion of IflG to ;00.
The latest anthropological statistics show
that the world’s birth rate exceeds Its death
rate at a ratio of 3 to 1.
High-grade microscoprs show that the
human bedy is covf rod with minute scaled,
each scale covering 3TO ports.
Only six persons out of each 1,000 live to
be seventy-five years old, ind cnly on*
reaches the century mark
Huxley's tables of the weights of man
show that the human frame is made up ol
thirteen different chemical el. ments.
The statistics of IR!*5 show that, taking th*
world over there are 10!» adult females to
each I<«* adult females.
* The estimated population of th* world
In ISSS. savages included, was I.GOO.O'JO.'WO
persons.
Bombaugh says that only one-half of all
the human b< Ings be rn into the world
live to reach the age of seventeen years.
Th* French medical journal, called T.a
Practician, says that an average of 4.M7.-
500,00) persons die in the world during each
century.
Tiie average weight of the bialn of the
adult male of th* human species the worhl
over is 3'L’ pounds; of the female 2 pounds
and 11 ounces.
Storm Viewed from Above the Clouds.
Professor John Wise, the eminent Ameri
can aeronaut, who lost his life in making
a balloon ascension from this city on Sep
tember 28, 1579, gives the following ilescrip
tion of a thunder storm which he once
viewed from the “topside:”
“The view of a storm cloud from above
Is one of the most Interesting sights ever
beheld by mortal man. A storm viewed
from above the ' loads has the appearance
of ebullition. The upper surface of the
cloud is bulged upward and outward, and
has the resemblance of a vast sea of ladl
ing, upheaving snow. Immediately aliove
the storm cloud the air is not so cold as
it is in the clearer atmosphere above or in
the cloud itself. The falling of the rain
can be distinctly heard, making a noise
like a waterfall over a precipice. The
thunder heard above a storm cloud Is not
loud, and the flashes of lightning aiqx-ar
like streaks on Intensely white light on the
surface of the gray-colored vai>or."
The Ants Talked About It.
Tt Is becoming the general belief among
naturalists that all living creatures have
some comm unication with each other, at
least to the extent of making their wants,
fears, etc., known to others ot their spe
cies. A writer on ants recently investigated
| the matter as far as those Interesting lit
-1 tie insects were concerned. He saw a drove
I of ants of a small, black variety, which
I were apparently moving to new quarters.
. hear the remark to believe that he was
| joking.
I Otherwise there might have, been trouble.
I As it was. th* negroes congregated in tho
i carshed and ttie Chinese seated in their
i Pullman did not get along well together.
The celestials s* enn d to regard the colored
youths as curiosities and they giggled in the
faces of the black b’other and made so
many monosyllabic comments about him
that the negroes were inclined to be indig
| nant.
The strangers wire dressed In the cost
' best garments and it was evident that
I they did not lx long to the same class that
I one sees In the laundries about town.
There w as one Chinese woman in the party
but from her dress ft was not an easy
matter to distingush her from the men.
The party seemed to enjoy more than
anything else the sight of the negroes who
were gathered around the car. Though
they bad been more than a week on Amer-
I lean soil, they were still very much im
pressed with the strangeness of the Ameri
can dress and manners and were gazing
around with wondering eyes at everything.
They went to New York on the midday
vestlbuled. The remaining summer month's
will be spent at a home which has been es
tablished by the foreign board of missions
at Rock Hill, N. J., and in the autumn
' their regular course of studies will be
i begun in New York city.
those going in a certain direction all carry
ing eggs or sick and helpless relatives,
while those moving in the opposite direction
appeared to have just deposited their bur
dens and to be returning for another load
of "household effects.” They were probaldy
pretty well along with their work, judging
by the leisurely way in which they jogged
along, and upon meeting they would fre
quently put their heads together as though
chatting about their new quarters, or sone
other interesting subject. It being a ques
tion in the naturalist’s mind whether they
were really talking or not, he hit on the
expedient of murdering one of their num
ber to see if the others would run and tell
wiiat had happened, lie says: "The eye
witnesses of the murder hastened away
and laid their heads together with every
ant they met, whereupon ail would turn
and stamper away. • » * No more ants
passed along that path during the day.”
Little Curious Notes.
It Is estimated that a lightning flash Is
only visible 1-3U.0U0 part of a second.
it is believed that the temperature of the
earth at a depth of 3to miles is not less than
IS.fft) degrees fahrenlieft.
The exact distance to either the north
or south pole from the equator is 6,tM)O
miles.
If a cannon ball could maintain its Initial
velocity for twenty-four hours it would
beat the sun in his apparent journey around
the world.
A block of best steel four feet square
would be reduced to a cube of little more
than nine Inches if it could be taken to the
center of the earth.
i The water entozo is but one-tenth of an
• inch in length. It lays "■ '.•>'<» eggs | n a sin
gle season of less than seventeen days.
Jit has been discovered that the coloring
matter tn the emerald Is of organic basts,
and that it is easily destroyed by heat.
J. Dubois, a French opera house man
ager. has invented a rainbow that shows
up naturally on the stage.
A Gigantic Advertisement.
Near Ardenlee. Scotland, there is a won
derful advertisement, made ci flower r*eo >.
The beds are each a gigantic letter, forty
feet in length, the whole forming the words
“Glasgow News." The to'al length *f the
line is 123 feet; area covered by the letters
H.MS feet. The advertiseim-nt
on the side of a hill, and. being of bught
colored flowers, can be read Horn a <ns
tance of four and a half miles.
The Edible Dog of China.
The Chinese do not slaughter every dog
that is fat enough to make a good as
some persons think, but have a
edible variety of “man's best Iriend. Tn*
eoible dog lias several peculiar marks- bv
which he is known to Chinese epicures, the
chief characteristic of whzrh he is “.s
--tinguished being his black tongue. These
bla< k-tougued dogs never bark. It is said
that over S.iMin.Wri of them arc annually
slaughtered for food in the Chinese empire.
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Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef
forts —gentle efforts—pleasantefforts—
rightly directed. There is coinfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not *iue to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the on ly
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is tho
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating tho
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that yon have the genuine article,
which is mauufa-turetl by the Califomia
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
anil the system is regular, then laxa
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease., one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but. if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the lies’, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrupof
Figs stamis highest and is most largely
used and gives most general sa.tisf action
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Information Upon the Method of Con
ducting the Presidential Election.
There seems lo be some confusion in lhe
minds of our agents ana su:>s< riber as co
how the electoral vote will t»e cast.
At the November election the electors
will !>•■ chosen by the people. In each state
the different parties will name the electors
and these will be voted for directly accord
ing to th- iH>litical party they represent. :t
b*-ing umlers:ood that the electors of ea-’h
party will, if elected, cast th.-ir ballots
for the num we of tiuil ; art., v hen ’••*
electors l a’ the capital of turn sta.ttt
to jnnk** th«-ir baJl' ts. *r’
Th* re are to tie «7 electors named. Tne
question is what proi*orti**n of tn* se
tors will b efrom the different parties..
In order for any party to ele.-t the pres
ident it must have a m ij-nty. or mora
ti an half, of tl e 11< el* tor::! votes. In
Xuini: the vote of the winning party
t is useless to aav it would haves ewer than
"t electoral votes. We are receiving
euess. s ev«-ry day from parties who pr
tosi’- to state th* vote given to. tne su'-
«<--ful party and they gne figures ranging
from fifty to I*-” t“ an a majority ©f
the electoral college.
In order for the electors to name the
president some party must receive a ma
jority of the 4»7 ele-roral votes Act more
than half of the estimates of the votes
are that the election of ’he pr* sfdent will
' not be d'usiw . and t.t* pr. sident would
have to be s>* Jected by the house of rep-
T 'in 'order for every one to have a full
Idea of the contest and know what to esti
mate unon wc r. print, for information of
all that portion of he constitution of the
United States r fieri g to the presidents
I e we°commen l to all a carofn! reading of
. the constitution of : ' "ited States it is
! the fundamental law of the whole lard
’ and everyixxiy should know exactly wnat
■’constitu-ion of th® United States.,
Article 2. -e< lion 1: “The executive power
sh ill b- V* s■d in a pie-ofi 'A of * Unit*.l
I mates of An • ri< a. H« - i ill ol 1- o«<
during the t. rm of four years, and, to
gether with the vice president, chosen tor
the same term, be elected as follow’s-
“Each state shall appoint, in such man
ner as th* h c'slaturo thereof may direct,
a number of electors equal to the whole
ntrniler of senators and representatives to
which the state may be entitled in the
congress but no senator or representative,
or nerson holding any office, of trust or
profit under the United States, shall b*
appointed an elector "
(The rest of ’his clause of Section 2 th*’
refers to how the electors shall ballot tor
president and vice president was sun*--
seded and annulled by the twelfth arnend
' ment to the constitution of the Unit-d
Stat*" The twelfth amendment was sub
mitted' to the legislatures of the several
states there being then seventeen states,
bv a resolution of congress passed Decem
ber 12. ISO 3. at th* first session of the eighth
congress, and was ratified by the legisla
tures of thr *e— foutths ot the stat*s in l v 4.
according to a proclamation of the secre
tary of state September 2.3. 1801.)
The twelth am-ndment is as follows:
\rticle 12: "Th* electors shall meet tn
their r* elective states and vote by baHot
for president and vice president, one of
whom at least, shall not l>e an inhabitant
of the same stat* wish themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person voted
for a» president, and in distinct ballots
the person voted for as vice president, and
of th* number of votes for each, whn’h
lists they shall sign and certify and trans
mit s. rdcl. to the scat of government of
the I’niteel States directed to the president
of the s* nate. ....
"The presillent of the senate shall, in the
presence cf the senate and house of rep
resentatives. open all the certificates and
the votes sha'l then t*e counted. The per
son having the greatest ntmibtr of votes
for nnsident shall be the president if
such number a majority of th.’ whole
number of electors appointel. and ;? *o
person have such majority, then from th*
persons having the highest numbers not
exceeding three on the list of thos. voted
for as president, the house of representa
tives shall choose immediately, by ballot,
the president. But in choosing the presi
dent tho votes shall be taken by states,
the representation from each stat, having
one vote: a quorum for this purpose shall
consist of a memiier or members from
two-thirds of the states, and a majority
of all the states shall I-’ necessary to a
choice. Ami if the house of representa
tives shall not choose a president, when
ever the right of choice shall devolve up
on them. Iwfore the 4th day of March
next following, then the v< e president
i shall act as president as in the ease of tho
death or the constitutional disability of
the president.”
The remainder of the article declares h”w
the vice president shall he chosen in case
the selection is placed in the house of rep
resentatives.
If there is still any doubt In tho mind
of the reader as to how to direct his esti
mate upon the electoral vote we are at
a loss to explain.
Note th* s2,3dl’ contest publish’d else
where and send in your subscription and
gm s.-s at on. *■.
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.