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CONSTITUTION JUNIORq
Conducted by tta Our Young Folks’ Page '
Mrs. William King c - > ‘- 3
The Stroll-Away Sunbeam.
A sunbeam blithe, in the early day.
Left its father and strolled away
To find tlie dark. Tint all in vain
It nestled at bedtime back again.
Drooping and tired and tearful, it cried:
"Father, I’ve hunted far and wide;
On eartli lay many a gloomy spot;
Whenever 1 reached it, lo! 'twas not.
“Oli. I have hunted everywhere;
Uy meadows sweet, by waters fair.
1 asked the breeze. I hailed the lark.
But. father. I could not find the dark.**
And the lather kissed his child, ai d said:
"Os course you couldn't, young sleepy- ,
Why, *tis the truth, as every one knows.— I
There is no da-It where a sunbeam goes!” |
We must treasure our sunbeams, each little i
on. -.
And thin!: of the words of the father Sun, |
When ...re on the home its darkness !
, throws. —
"There is no dark where a sunbeam goes."
—AGNES LEE. I
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A School Girl’s Experience. |
■“□“•“ HERE IS an old saying that where I
I "there :s a will there is away.” 1 I
n am going to tell you of a brave. 1
“ smart girl, who wanted an eduea- >
t,..n and - he had io malto her own money,
Sl , al! alone she went to work and made]
ei ,ug!i to pay h. I .-xp-nses at a college. [
How she made the money is what is so tn- ■
1 t. resting. .
I ( , n , d•- a friend .-.ime i > s-e her and tn
.I a I.' - : e 11. .1 P' anuls,
■ , to isk her to show
' h,. r to m ike <■ indy. She said, ‘'our '
■,■ iln- best they ev .
■ ;U ,’ : ,.„1 ...v I want y<u to teach me how
, ; ■ , . vhitor went on to say
1 .11 : ,. n .is g'-tting awful tit < d of malting ;
~ . . •, ■ >t and s ■ kJ. H-
f> ••[)<! t'l ft «<lto ' • :’i 1 s:i «iI l l 111-iKo
!I.: , r .., , vert w ell. ar- " iUiti". to ,
I iv f u- it.”
I ~nd th re th. little s. home ;
began Id which an e< lie on w t
; imed. As I.- r friends In isl °r ■
,H„. candy making an-i that sl>- |
was trying t> male- money to go >
,to college. o.'d. r- began to come ,
, gHVI . ... - standing ord< rs |
for a p m::.l .< week of tl’.-ir favorite kind. -
, ( ' . several pounds would be re-
qm'r. ,i .;, r a fair, am! so th- busy school
...1 , ....,,n found iter i.-tn-- w>• than .
At last iter business became so large that j
s!i. lied to name two days In tile week |
v, in n : '■ would nil orders. Next site ma.i>- j
~ list of th. kind of candy she would ,
' mak< . with the pt ice of i tch kind, and ,
writing it on tin- back of her cards, sent |
it m ini di.ci.ii: customers. Th re were ,
only iiv. kinds, Im.-er scotch, chocolate |
e. rTm . . map!-- er. .-ms, walnut creams
... 'rum tin wry lit t the '
c; ,p.|v . ;p. ... ~.'d for itself, for the most
of in r candy sin- got <4 cents a pound and
] ... Iw lys a ; .roti:.
Wil:> this profit she soon laid in a little
...... , itt t . 1 mola si s, and
ord red sevi ral hun
dred mil Whip boxes, pounds and halt
; . the . andy
N .w you must remember nil
'th:.- li-n- she W;.-- a bn -J school girl, and i
... was stirring
. lad .lie n ix d many :: problem in |
igeom. ■: in iter butt-rs. oteh. Iler orders I
tin. i. i:-'d < \ ry day. .tad wli n Christina « |
Ume til.", amounted to forty pounds.
Wh-m warm w. r’tl-.- r came she knew that
j, pi,, would not in y so much candy, so
I.slh , lought of other v.ays t.. mid to her |
I];-:!.- i.i . tl it was ..trowing very fast. She 1
.1 d draw v< ry nicely; so she painted i
lunelu cards; then she tin:.,lit a class I
of iittl" girls. So. with on., way or another. I
It ~ i. .. d I>. r nmney. and by fall ".is [
lj, .-i,]y to enter the eoilege, and a happier j
girl was no: to be found anywhere. When
. i , ■ hard l»ml worked, j
■
le Face in the Glass
■
of a!) tltir.gs!” era <1 Mrs. Braxton, when she had
ji- ' the b iter. “What brings her down here at this
tim. of the. year'.'”
‘Well, I W’j.'r’t find fault with her taste.” said Mr. Brax
, . . "s . , me c.e the Berkshire hill- are not to bo
... ~ ... :no. : or winb r. let alone in the fall. We’ve lived
I < imfortably. Sallv, for nigh onto titty years. And, .
i r. e\.>n we might give Jessie u welcome, no matter
Now, fat!:. ' r< th.- good housewife, reproachfully,
I”.." know vo>;. v.ol! I didn’t wan anything of Unit sort. But
I you must admit tiia' it is odd for a girl like Jessie Beau
'cli.imp to b o th,- oiiy in Octole r and bury herself in the ;
.. > we will give her a welci >me, and it will be |
■|o lor N.-llie and Sue, but all the same I'm .
I to ..w tl'o c.'use. O, you needn’t laugh. You men '
.: nidi , . wl ■ n it comes to studying womanhood. No,
I , . i . s'.o k or else she'd have said so. She’s
0c.., ’.I t. .on tlie secret, first thing.” said the farmer
w ■ , • .i I . a his eyes. "As for me, I’m going to be-
•>ii. lore just for a breath of fresh air
end i .1 nr- . ~ ' I'.in p.-qilo once more.”
I • : met Jessie at tho station the next I
<: ~;.d sill to th., carryall he was more than ever I
o cd to • dm t.o.diii fresh air. "Handsome as a
p, ... h." .-t <x; : , . d it, but lacking the bloom of the
I, ... . rcm face, and with something of a faded
in t,.. r _ , r kl Ing eyes. liven in her talk, once always bril-
1.....t, i i.'.’. marl . 1 by strange lapses of silence, her uncle no-
1 tit ed a differ, nee.
"tin tie- go, I suppose,” he said, pityingly, “and Bead tired
of prancing around at balls and parties all night and playing
Ignm.w aii .lay. Nellie and Sue are hankering to go to town
next year this winter, but I dunno. It's all vanity, I reckon.”
“They would enjoy themselves, I’m sure, uncle,” said she,
wb.h a little laugh. “You cannot expect girls to bo contented
; witl-.out seeing the world. As for me—’’ She checked herself
and began to ask questions without number about all the folk
in the neighborhood with whom she had made acqualnance two
years before.
“There’s something on her mind, mother,” said Mr. Braxton
that night, when the girls had gone to bed and Mrs. Braxton
was setting iho 1 read for the next morning’s baking. "I de
clare I never saw such a change. Do you suppose she’s got
anything fM.il?”
"Go long with you, you goose,” laughed his wife. ‘lf you
daln't know any more about farming than you do about g.rls ;
we’d be in the poorhouse long ago.” ]
This was ami igpous and not satisfying. Moro than once >
Vncle Aimer was on the point of calling tho doctor on his
own responsibility to visit Jessie. It did not seem possible that .
a girl in good health could be so pale and show such lack of |
| Intercut in her surroundings without cause. He kept harping |
and her friends would say; "Your path
wasn’t all roses, was it?” she would smile
and reply: "No; it was something sweeter.'
Now wasn’t she a plucky girl? There never
was a truer saying than the one we have
quoted, “Wh< re there's a will there s a
way.” Don't forget that, girls and boys;
it will help you to be brave and strong and
to accomplish all you undertake.
AUNT SUSIE.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENTS.
Eleanor Seawright, Due West, S. S.—
Dear Junior: 1 wish to join tlie Griidy
Hospital Club. Inclosed find 10 cents. .My
j 1 tlie brother. Henry Grady iSeawt'iglil,
sends 5 cents to tin- Grady hospital.
Correspondents wanted. . itlier sex.
Maud SoCles. Ellisville, Miss.—Dear Ju
: nior: There is nothing 1 enjoy more than
I reading the bright letters from the cousins,
i I intend to be one of the cousins. Would
like to correspond with some of the cousins,
j Inclosed find 5 cents for Grady hospital.
Ella. Hunt. -McComb City. Miss.—Dear Ju
■ nior: I am a little girl ten years old and
I Jive two miles south of McComb City.
I Our school is suspended on ,ie. ount of th--
' yellow fever excitement, but I go to Sunday
i school every Sunday. I send 5 cents for tlie
I hospital.
! Carrie Russell. Decatur. Miss—(Dear .Tnn
: ior: I am seven years old and like so much
- to read Aunt Susie's .-.-nd the little folks
letters. Papa bus lu-i-n taking The (’on:- i
tutiotl for a number of years. M imma says
.she can’t do without it. 1 don't think l
can. I .send 5 cents.
Annie Nell Eloyd. Empire, Ga.—Dear
Junior: T have a nice time in t-v- country.
1 vide horseback nearly ■-a ry day. M’y
( grandmother has turkeys, guineas, chick
ens. pigs and one duck. I have a beautiful
little kitten and some dolls. 1 love to read
Tic- Junior I- iters. Age eleven years.
Clifford and Ralph Dull. ZeteHa. Gm—
Dear Junior: "We are two little country
boys two.small to write, so we get mamma,
t■ i write for us and send you . • :• ■ ich
for the siek Children at th- Grady os,dial.
We haw no pets except o e Dili- pupp;.
named pass. W- h ive an uncle ami aunt
living in Atlanta. Hope tliey will see tit.-.
E. M. Ramage, Nettleton. Miss.--Dear
Junior: I live two and a n.-ilf miles trim
town and half-a mile from I'rio. idom-e col- .
lego. We I):. VC a lino s.-liool. led i. is not
going on now. W- are all anxi- us for our
j-.e -i,.0l to lie-_- ii. Our pro;r.i -- i --d m-■■ :. ig i
com tees soon at Uni< n churi h. and 1
-i •a: pa i.- having a nice time. Inclosed
find ■ nts for Grady hospital.
S d!:o Thomas, Bonita. T- x D--ir Junior: '
AVc live in tii-- U'lrliiwe..- irn part o! :.i:■
state, but we fear the yellow fi V- r. r.» it 1
I.: oily one hundred milo.s south of uo. j
and we are on tin- Missouri. Kansas m-t
'I i xas railroad. 1 It ive b< • n p.- l:.ng cotton
this year for the firs" tint'-. W-- nmwd In re I
from north Tenn-ssio list January, m n:y :
next ]e' t.-r 1 Will tell yn'.l ail -I OUt HD |
j-'iirney to Texas and my first -'i---t <■'- i
ride in tlie Centennial C ty -Nasiivdie.
Leila A. Harrow, Moseb y Hall, I- a.—
Dear Junior: Since my fateai .■ <-..it.i. |
three years ago. m imma, tny lit t le brother .
-ind mvsi-lf have resided with my grand- :
parents. Grandma takes Tlie Constitution. ■
t dearly love to read it, . .-p-. 'al'y tin- ,
children’s departm-'iu. "T I*'-*' -
country and wi children have him times >
gathi i ing i- •am . w thit . ■ - ■ ■
pins. We l.ave vac:'.lion now. ■
will beein tlie Ist of Now mb. r. I m t.-ur-
... oars old and i w ■ t to gn
I. useful girl. I C’o • .1 tot ' '-e ,
, 11 , ipital. Wish i ■ Otild divide my |
pretty flowers with the ehi.drcu.
Dick tc Rradley and Ruth Raiden. I'--'- ■
som, Ga. Dear Jim or: W- are two little :
.. .. . even and five years old. and win i ;
Oiir dear mammas told ii- about lee poor |
little afllicted childr. :t in the ho-pital. we ■
w-re v.iy s-irry for Hem. and :• ;d
W’” want to .i”-n i:;»* < iio» .in !
v. iil > - H'i .i dhw \ ■ r;. _v< •. !•I »• . i .mi
\ ~j| years ohl I nev*-i
s,-.,...,] an., but manima I- hi*- at
iiotm . 1 can rt ad ami Sfn 11, ai d tnk. I
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Story of
HaHoween.
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: “No! Surely, it was a face in t - glass,”
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY,NOVEMBER 1, 1897.
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sons on the piano. I can’t write well |
enough to write to the Junior, so I get
mamma, to write for me. I (Ruth) am five j
years old. I live near Dleksie. and we play >
together and have such nice times.
Txtti Norman AVilliams, Vicksboro, N. c.
—Dear Junior- Momma reads Lite little '
folks’ letters to me. I want to join the
band. 1 flicked cotton and made this I
nickel for the Grady hospital. I’m seven
years old. I'm going to see my grandmoth
er soon. 1 was there last Christmas. My
.sleeking was so little Santa Claus left me
a bag. Aunt Susie, I hope he will do you
so til’s year.
(I hope he will, but I am getting so old he
forgets me sometimes.—“ Aunt Susie.”)
Marie Cheatham, Warrenton, S. C.—Dear
Junior: 1 live on a farm six miles west of
| Abbeville. We. have a nice neighborhood
of about one hundred inhabitants; a good |
school and a Presbyterian church, both jn ;
sight of our home. We have Sunday 1
school every Sunday. My fat Iter has a
large pasture, and raises sheep and cattle
for market. I have made two quilts and
am tiow learning to cook. I inclose 10 cents
to join tlie Grady Hospital Club. Long
live Hie dear old Constitution and Aunt
Susie.
Laura Crutchfield, Veazey P. 0., Ga.—
Dear Junior: 1 have been a constant and
appreciative reader of your columns. 1
am el< ven years of age and have spent all
my life in tlie country, then-fore my life
has been devoid of any thrilling a-lven- ;
tures. I am in school and am studying to
be a iiie-fiil woman. My sister lias offered ]
nr- a. diamond ring if I excel in Latin tills ,
t< rm.
| How long was Hie Suez canal in construe- I
I ti<-n? How much is saved to commerce j
j annua Uy by reason of tnis canal?
I I’-, irl Edmondson, Tallokas, Ga.—-Dear I
Junior: As we are requested to write on a i
subject. I will choose "Country Life.” I |
think country life is tlie sweetest life of j
all. It maltes me fell sorry for tlie conn- :
try cousins that write and say tiny wish I
t'.y lived in Hie city. Just to think, they .
I can't enjoy rtaming over tlie woods, gatli- |
I ering wild flow- rs and go out limit .ng, eb-. |
I don't like tile no’.y, dusty city at ail. |
I I had a nice time in the woods this morn- -
• gath -ring wild flowers, golden r ul, Imt- 1
- t< .-cups, star grasses and many other flow- !
i ei's tin iinme.s I do not know. How I w.sli I
, si me of the emisins could have been witli
I ' V I
Efile Croi-kett, Rockdole.Ga.—Dear Jun’or: ■
. I :.m -I little girl in my teens. live in a ’
s mill country village. My papa and mam
ima both t.-iki- Th.- < 'on t I nt- i. and I do
tliink it tin- lies! pa|i-r publislied in
i America. 1 will take "Love to Parents”
I lor my snbj ct: Roys and girls. I f- ir it
' will lie w‘ <-n we gei old fl : i we will know I
. tin" to rightly appreciate a mother's love |
iat horn--. I can e tin- trouble a mother I
- lias with the little om-s nrohilily bett-.-r i
■ than some of you, 1 am the eldest of tlie I
I foin’ly, while some of you of my age ore
, fi-,- xoimg. st. If «n ire not smarter loan -
I tlx- boys, I know we are kinder to our j
! mothers than som-- boys are to their -
I fathers. 1 like correspondents aliout my I
i ag--. I send 10 cents to tin- Grady hospital. |
I 'i'iiei e was no 10 cents inclosed.
"AIINT SUSIE.” I
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Ri bi rt J. Ellis. Cotton Plant, M ss.— ;
I D ar Junior: I Lak. "Stars” for i subject, i
H ive you ever watched those shining orbs
l and thought of the insignificance of this ,
i i-artit ns •-onip.-iri d with them? Surely it is |
I .-■■! awi-inspiring thought. And. again, i
I wb< ii we try tn comprelnmd th- dist.-in --- I
- to tin ncaf'.-t stir w.- find it utterly im- I
■ possiiile. Some astronomers II li< ve the
' num!-, r --f stars to bo inlinlte. Stars are ■
nd ■ liave good rea ■ ieve
- iil .iiofs r.-voivo around tlum the suit- as I
I this planet revidv s around the sun. Prob- ;
i abij all these si.-ns involve around some ■
ent eh we are ignora .
- and this whole system cl’ suns and plan- I
1 . ts, witli many more systems of tlie s imo j
I kind, round a mtn Ii gre.it.-r • enter, and -m ,
; on io intini'y. I w : sh all would take up tlie
| study of astronomy.
i Di : r .Tumor—l live in Fishbeiid vail-’-v. -
- Tr.i-lit I- a t- lls us that it took its name !
from in old ind an • li'l- f whos, dusty •
j-. m -bis lie upon «m«' of its barren hills, j
Through this beautiful valley flows the j
Let lu ll nlargo creek, which is also an In- |
■ dian name, and means "black mortar." I
will discuss for a moment "Trulli." Truth
should be one of our highest ambitions.
Truth is of a consp cuous nature. We may
crush it to dust, bur it will rise again.
Show me a land Where truth abounds tn
every one’s iieart and i’ll show you a
land of unalloyed peace and prosperity.
Allow me to ask May Lyner, of Dallas, I
Tex., a question. In what book of tin- Bible I
and what verso contains the assertion of !
I Paul that was quoted some time past:
"\\ lien m Rome act as Romans act?” Suc-
I cess to all the Juniors. Correspondence so-
I licilcd.
| Lola May Hacker, Pine Mount, Fla.—Dear
Junior: I am sixteen years of age. P.tpi
I takes The Constitution and 1 always look
I anxiously for it. and read it when it i
| comes. Some of the cousins speak of th- ir |
pets, and 1 enjoy reading of them, but I I
, liave never had time to enjoy caring fol-
pets. 1 am a missionary’s daughter, and
[ at the age of thirteen my heart was touch
ed witli sympathy for tlie people who liave
no house to worship God in, and 1 deter
mined to devote myself to the work of
building mission chapels. I have li-'lpcd
quite a number ami nave almost tiuisin ii
one that I liave had entirely in my own I
hands. 1 have a quilt that was piaced in I
my hands by a good old iady seventy y- ars
of age to make it bring in as much as
possible for chapel work. 1 am taking
names at 10 cents each to print on the
quilt—that is, any one who sends 10 cents
J will print their name and address on tlie
! quilt with indelible ink. I have o'o names
I now and have paid on: s(io to heip build
! houses at needy places. Who will send 10
| cents and heip me make th-- good lady's
quilt bring in .*100? Every c-eut will be j
used in building chapels. 1 ask no pay for |
my work.
Gertrude Garrett, Springtown, Ark. —Dear
Junior: I will take for tny subject "The
Worth of Time.” We ,-hould meditate more
carefully on tlie subject of time, for on the
use of it depends the whole success of our
future lives. How swiftly time is Hying!
The rapidity of le r Hight is hard to r- ai
; fce; we can s.<-ar<-e!y believe that as tlie
J sun sinks low in tlie west, it is numb ring
! another day to slumbi r and mold in the
I silent grave of eternity. Our time, if im-
I proved, is worth mom y to us; so win n we
i are spending it in di.-a.-ss we are spend.:ig
I our money foolishly. Our llvc.s are bui
| sheets of blank paper, and tin- matin- r in
; wliieii we spend our lime will prove wneth
' < r Itiese sheets sli.ill Ii - left 1,..-ink. blotted
i witli vriors or g.l-i'd wiin golden te t- rs.
I Young men, jour li-a. I.- ton precious to
j be spent over the gambler's laid -, in 1-iaf
-1 Ing around the str« . t corners, wiiitii-ng
I away the g ---! box- or in th< grog
: <>li boys, think more of yourselves.
Young ladies, are we r. adj' for tii- broad
future which lies before us? Are we pr.--
! pared for the labor assigned us? When >
I our work is don. ein We look hick and '
| say that our time l>a,s b-on spent b.iih i
I profitably and usefully? Oh, I fear we
i Would like a correspondent about my
age, which is fifteen, who lives along tlie
i coast of Florida.
} T’carl N. Corcoran. Slaughter. Lt.—D--nr
Junior: 1 am an old member of th s <le
r . ili,.-.-:. d< ■ - not one re-
memliers me as such. A. j way. I hope to
lie weicomid after my long ah -nee. But
for papa. I might rot liave thought of writ
| ing <ven now.
j He has a dime coim <1 in IBS and I aring I
| tho name "J. •>. Joiinst-oi” in Roman )•■■-
I ters across its face. He wonders if lb’s ;
J dim.- Ims a history wl It makes it ol
l ti-rest to the person wiiosi name it bears.
; Ulli n it Hr. : e.ime into p.ip.i'.- p-iss-.-sion
I In- gave- it to mamma and she sent it to .
i town oin- day amt b-nig-J two ; pools <-l
I thread witli it. in a few days sir- got it |
I back witli sonic otl-o r eliaii-,--, string-- to
I say. 'i'll- n slie put it Sue lies had ::
I s- veral j ettrs. If .1. O. Johnston is j
! still living a-d w.s’ies to have "in- prop
: < itj” restored ii-- m.>j do s-i by wilting
I to Mr. T. H. (’ore-nail SlaughtiF, 1.::.
I 1 hope the y- How f.-\er so ;.n-v d-nt -long I
; the Mississ ppi eoast .m-l many oilier pta- < s
has not reaelu d an our Constitution
| Juniors. So far w- ar.- lorlunatc m having
| it no nean r t > us tlm- New Oriean-. a
I little uM-r I'd mi’es. Only th-- quarantine
1 ri-strictions arc Io: m-rim.; us. 1a m. su.-t ain
a d. ep disapu in-ment In can ■ of
I 'ln in, as oth.-rw sc I - : d now b«< .it on:-
I state normal selioo.i. '. i r hooi will op n,
| though, os soi'ii as 'Uto i; i-ir inline is r.. sen.
; I like tile idea of willing on inter.-s'i ng
' subjects for the depart mont.
| Gertrud.- Nelson, Regulus. Va.—Dear Jtt
i nior: I have for a loni time been <i ilent
admirer of the d. ir oil Const'tiition , nd
net'd wth pic sir te i.-nprovernem of t
pag For mj sttldi - ' ive
i "Th-e Four Great S -i- itors.” T : v are
j Calhoun. Bi nton, Clay -ind V> ••ii-- - r-wre
I called, "the great four" ind w.-re indicated .
I by -il.i lr treatni' nt of '.rangers who w. r-
I introduced to them. Forty-n no years go
j John C. I'alhntin, of South Caroline, ■
’ on this strain until Mrs. Braxton lost I r patience and blurted
' out:
I “You seem to hive lost nil ttw sense you ever had, Abner.
' Can’t you e that the girl is in low?”
“In love?” Fiddlcst eks!” heto-’ted Abner. "You was in
: love with mo once, at least you said you were, but i didn t no-
I the that you pined away any on it.”
I "There wasn’t any reason. 1 km w you w. re .lying tor me,
ami there wasn't any chance of am tm. r girl g. tting
“Ho! So ther.’s aro'l.'r girl go: her b. :ii, : 11 ■’ ■ .
i "There you go; jumping at “ “ b.' . '■ ' ” r ”
wa . ..1.'.. p rl? Couldn’t then have I aI ! <■’ wlth-
| out ano'li r girl’.’” ,
-Not vary well. Unless there’s anoth r fellow after her. May
be that’s it?”
Morey on the man! How he goo on! I’m almost sorry 1 told
you anything, and if you breathe a word of what I’ve been say
ing I’ll never speak to you again. She hasn’t told me anything;
I’ve just sensed it. But she will tell; girls can nev. r ke. p that
kind of a secret. But, mind you keep quid’ "
11.
Mother Braxton showed her knowledge of human nature—
that is, of feminine nature. Only two days later she confided to
her husband an explanation that shed light on the mystery.
"Jessto told Sue in the strictest coiifidence—”
"Then how did you know it?” demanded Mr. Braxton.
•'.Well, Abner Braxton, you do beat all!” exclaimed Mrs. Brax-
was one of the most noted
men on the American continent.
He was called tho great South Caro
linian; Thomas Benton the great Missou
rian. Benton was matter-of-fact, statisti
cal and practical; Calhoun sympathetic,
sensitive and considerate. Henry Clay was
tne tallest of the great senators of his era,
; ii.s height being s.x feet and one .ncli. He
i was also the most brilliant and by far
| tlie most popular; was both democratic and
| aristocratic in ids manner, accommodating
I in friendship, but unyielding in principle.
Last, though greatest, s "the God-I.ke
Daniel Webster.” Benton and Caly were |
gr( at men. Imt groat as they were. Darnel
Webster, it Ims been said, in intellectual
power was equal to all three taken to
gether. Clay was called "Harry of the
I W<st.” was nominated for '.lie pros,deucy
in 1x14; was beaten, as a broken-hearted
| wh'g poet said:
"By little Jimmie Polk, of Tennessee;
Ooiali. alab, oolah ce,
Let’s climb the wild persimmon tree.”
Maytnee Smith. Westbrook, Ga.—. Dour Ju
nior: 1 take for my subject "Mother's
Love.” Mot Iter's love should be regarded
as tho griatest lilessing and the holiest
gift in-stowed by a divine being. A motli
-1 er's love is not clouds and sunshine in the
same moment, imt is clear, calm and con
stant, shining to tlie latest hour; therefore
It should not be cast carelessly aside, imt
should be watched and courted with a
vigilant eye. It is not a treasure that can
be thrown away and then lie found or
replaced by another. It is a love that sur
vives tlie grave and whleh eternitj' eannot
oliliterate. A mother's love lias staid many
I a child in tin- course of vice. Wliat would
I tii-e felons in our |.r sons give to liave < ln-y
--ed a mother’s wise eouncil and returned
her'love? Think of the mariner on tlie
ocean wln-n storms and tempests are
around him and his fortitude is nearly gmie
- the remembrance of a mother's love an.l |
of a happy home nerves his lieart to bat-
t l -. with peril. When ho nears ills native
shore 'iis cheeks glow and his eves spar
kle. for lie knows that happiness dwells
there But there is a closing scone to ov-
life; the hand of doatl. will smmr.-ite a. j
child from a mother’s love. M h'-n wo
mourn over the grave of her we loved so
well there is a melancholy joy In tlm -
♦ botip'nt th'" love was rot’trnM and ;
ttwit the ’pfiw neo of that m ither s love
11 guard and tirntect and be our star
'".HilllliiLJiiL’llAe.MtAiS- ib-H'"' i
Club Pit* me down ns a ni- mbor tor life. ■
Cm-respmidents solie'ted. either sex.
J. Claiborne McAuliffe. Leah. Ga.-Dc.ar ,
Junior: I think that a person who is c'iro
fl * s'l'iilji lie esteemed above ill others. ■"
• careful how you speak, you may injure .
I some dear one’s fec'ings by speaking c-ire- i
I levs words. Be e-ireful as you walk ymir ;
I daiiy way; see tliat no unsuspected snare |
I envelopes you in Its binding arms; see .
1 that no monster, small in appearauee but j
really frightful, leads you to its abiding
place; ami once you enter therein the way
, 01 . xit is barrt <1 forever from your signt
. and you sec the foi.y of your eare.e-.-m-.j
i and <:. " im: "Oh. had I been i •'*' 11
whe:- l v, is wandering this m-wr would
haw- l.i-.-n.'' Ml. Arp giv ■ us a good b --
-on wuen be asks us youm: 1" "P-e "■
"dra.w a hickory leaf wdhout lookmg at
it” He well knows how -s w.- are
and p. rhaps 1' may prov< useful to som
, . i ireful how von oiis.-i j e i.l
- uld th. d ty " You
| . d to describe them you can <io so
nv, for you o. ; -erv.d t hmn ■ a r--t-i Iy.
and When Ilrnt d,y does < ome be mieli I
tn.it v<»u tell the truth. Ihink
\\ ■ ton w< nt to the topmost round I-.
; 1..-Illg ear-fill and truthful. It must m
1. . n providem e that mad-- him so ea reitu
. w ii-n In- went with Braddock s expedit.on
' ' ’ ■ great words:
--Gene -ill Bi 1 dock, y oil had I -t b
careful or our cv--r watclif-t- -dm < art i 1.
enemies may take u.s unaware.- .
II : s wo-ds provid true, as yon know. >oi
I th.-“ British regulars lied b. lore a earetui
And if you will notice every ari'lclo you
read where a m -tnk. oecui
ear.-fullv von will see where tlie ni-d ike
could li.ive been avoided by being, care. ul.
C. 11. Austin. Cusseta, Ga.—Den r < 'on ■ms :
T am going to tell you my expel.. m- m
bicyc e riding a : - '■ s
friend.; start- .1 on their wilds from ''o
ium.-us at I o . I-., k in tlie morning lot my
imcie s, a distune, ol twenty-four miles.
I la .: rd of the news in due time, and l.k '
all other county boys who want to s. e ,
‘ every thing that com. .- from town. < sp. ■ ;al
' ly bicycles, 1 was there on tlm?. About 1
i io o'clock our guests arrived, pf. tty I. idly |
worried, in the meantime several of tny
country friends had gathered on tin- scmio
to :, ?'wli:it was up. We crowded around.
- ■ . . ■ ■ t, to hi ' ■ . ■
relate lii.-ir trip. Tin y had s-v ral wr. eks.
two or three tlr.-s punctured, but no s ii-
A rood old, nice, country fashioned din
ner ".is served at 12 o’. lock, w ilcli all
certa inly did enjoy. After our fr
, it.dul::. <1 in their after-dinner smoke they j
| ton. "Os course there ain't any harm In a girl telling a secr.'t I
that another told her. Now, if it was a man that would be dit- !
J ferent!”
"Would it?” asked Abner, considerably mystified.
“Why, e. rtafnly. But land sakes, do you want to hear tho
start or don’t you? TT. 'T, ToSsle has had a falling out with her
“Sho! Is that all? Teaux ought to bo plenty enough to a fine,
handsome girl like Jessie. I wouldn't bother my head ovr
tha
“Bc' .auso you don’t know what you’re talking about. You do
provoke me sometimes. This was a. real beau, and not one of
those flirtation fellows you read about, and now that she has
lost him she is just breaking her heart over It. They had .me
sort of flare-up,- about nothing I dare, say, and he w. nt off one
way and she the other.”
“And she came down here so forget all about him. and she
can't. That’s a tine story," said Air. Braxton, derisively. ”1
could .settle that affair in twenty-four hours. I'd just bring
both these voting fools together, lock them up In a room, and
"Abner Braxton, don’t you dare interfere in this thing." cra d
the good dame, In dire dismay. "Jessie will never forglv you,
and I’m sure— But there! you never could be so hateful!”
Abner laughed a groat, good-natured laugh, which relieved
h's wife; If It did not thoroughly convince her. But slm made an
inward resolve that she would keep her nows to herself here
after.
Meanwhile sho was pleased to notice a. slight Improvement In
her niece. Jessie was a trifle more lively in conversation, and
not so much inclined to go to bed with a headache right after
supper. She ev< n appeared to take some slight interest m the
visitors that were so frequent in tin- Br ixton horn- .•■<• id. There
fore Mrs. Braxton was not entirely surprised wlnm .b-ssie gave
a languid acquiescence to the project for a Hallowe’en party at
the house.
"You needn’t take any part, unless you like,” said Sue, who
was half afraid of her City cousin.
"It won’t hurt her to have a little old-fashioned fun for one
night.” said Uncle Aimer, bluntly, and Jessie smiled assent.
111.
When the night came there must have been three dozen young
folks in the big kitchen, with Uncle Abner as niasb r of ceremo
nies, and he was a success in that line. His knowb dge of super
stitions connected with the observance of th'al night could not
have been surpassed by an auld Scotch gudc wifi, and some
of the younger girls almost went into hysterics over the ghostly
tests h<- suggested. They were quite willing to duck for appb s,
throw tlie peel over the left shoulder, run melted lead through
a key, walk backward three times around Tho room with a
mouth full of water, but when It came to going out and sowing
s< cd In the road, creating an apple in the cellar with only
a single candle to dispel the gloom or any other of tho "creepy”
tests of courage or credulity, it was the general opinion that j
such actions were “silly. ’ ]
"You are a poor lot.” said Uncle Abner, with his customary I
frankness. "When I was young a boy or a girl wasn’t thought
much of unless they’d seen .it hast one ghost on Hallow.'em !
Now. I’ll just give you one more, and 1 dare say there ain't a
girl in Hie room that’s got the spunk to try it. it's a ; ire thing,
j too. You take a candle— lights, of course—and when you’ro
j alone you stand before a mirror and say:
"Before this candle ceases to burn,
I’ll see my true love ere 1 turn.”
“And will y>u see h'm. Uncle Al net ?” cried a half dozen.
“Sure,” said be. grovely. ”N<vr km w ,t to fail. Os course
sometimes a g rl so s a lace she didn’t expem, but there’s no
going back on fate, and that’s the mm she lias just got to
marry. ’
"And if she doesn't see any face?”
"She ought to know what that means; s'ae'll die an old [
maid. So you girl* that have got your doubts had better not
try it.”
There was an incredulous laugh at this warning. What I
g.rl in her teens ever believed in such a fate? Bxccpt, per- j
i
and up -1.0 L-si manu PHANOi
ZJ and Up. ./‘jf factory in lli»* world from
i o°Z' "■ || "'bl'":’ to th Vx-$• A
ft /y Rtun»-r at wh-IcHid * |trn'us. Unia ‘iiihi iiti’
» /j Hikj tin'profits “t tin* <U*al» r and the coin gßj
x missions of Un* a’4»*nis ><• money i<’<|ir.r«d Wt A
A [9 Uhlil insirnnient has Inu-ii thmoiiKlily tested Ik :
x ‘ ; ’.l jvfaAß si in y»»nr own house. Mapped un :jj (Jays’ trial. A
Ta(KSg)Si?’
& Vk Im’ aml.nim ai me-. H y.u v urn I-* ..l.tain P]
§ BEETHOVEN |
S A Washington, N. J. 5
were ready for a nap. We country crackers I
consent"”, and gave each other the witili |
Our gu< st.s were soon slumlh t-ing p- ae. im- |
ly in the land of nod. and we boys w.-re
out In liie road witli tii- ir bieyi le. . Om- ol
our crowd knew .Hl about riding, so he
straddled om- of the bicycles and I'm.’ out
down the. road at a lively speed. He was
doing line, until the bicycle got tlie advan
tage, tlir-'W him off on the ground and the
wheel, riding him. lie did well not to get
his neck broken. We decided that a. young
mol,- is nothing to manage to a. bicycle in
tlie hands of on.- that don't know how t >
ride it. It can out-run and out-throw any
young mule we ever tried.
Our town friends ha*l no notion of riding
th-ir Wheels back, and were glad when the
old train rolled up to lake them back hom>-.
W.- could ride a. bicycle if we bad one of
our own that wouldn’t throw and run over
shingio piles, and In gullies, when we told
It to Stop.
Ellen Hammond. L.-ifette. Ala.- D-ar Ju- ■
j nior: Ev r since early childhood I have |
d< rived great pie isure from r- ndu.g 1 in- ’
j Constitution. For several months past tlm I
1 great improvement in this department It”-’ I
J both impressed and de’ijgiited me. When a '
' "wee girlee” mys. It I penm .1 with child
I care my first letter to tois pag". Looking
! up eaen doubtful word to s<-" that 11 was ;
I corf. ctty s;.. .1.-d, wrestling ov. i' capitals
I and imnetua 1 l"ii marks; then how rly .
' 1 .scanned < ...-n paper t'.r its I", app at'aib ". ;
; And 0)1, wu.ll wmi.t Joy did 1 b-iiold my |
1 tirsl attempt :ii print! No queen wa. cw f
pr—udcr than i.aibl although since that tini"
Kind editors ol otln r papers as w-H as ;
1 tins have pi:'::iisl:"d my writings, Ido no; (
i tii id; tnat I have • ver felt that exquisite 1
C. light W hi< it my lir st letter ocea loneo.
. r.'iu time to I ini. through my chiidnood
I again wrote to tills column, but wiien 1 '
; ent. red college my tu.ie was too much oe- |
I cupied for writing, and when J became a :
I dlgnlli. d (?) sejiool ma’am, J feared that .
' I might not be welcome among younger |
boys and girls, and tnat I might t.n>. up .
suace which rightfully belonged to them. |
So I began writing lor Woman's Kingdom. ,
Hut 1 loved you ..11 tlie time, and oft-times
longed to give my opinion on certain sub-
J 1 have had some funny experiences con
n*->‘t‘ <1 witli mv correspondence to \\ oniau s
Kingdom. Some people s—. m to titink tli.it .
column int. nd. d only lor < Iderly or marri. d
lad:, s. At I.;.st it s-ems so from the loti"
I of the letters that I received from unknown ,
friends, "no weie kind enough to say tliey :
liked my writings.
During my three years' experience as a .
; teacher, it was my good pb asure to be
associati d with quite a number ol y oung
p.'.ple, 'l'.iu liing had been my id.'il sine..
cliildlioOu. I loved children and was never
so happy as when instructing 111.111.
Dear liovs ami girls, yon will never know
how . \. rv li;t!" m t ot kindness is appre
ciated until you are situated as i have
Hoping that von may som- 'imes think of
your unknown invalid friend, I will bring ■
'tlii.s lengthy letter to a. close. 1 s-nd my '
"mite” to Grady hospital.
Grady Hospital List.
Clifford Bull, Z- tella, Ga.. se; Ralph Bull, ■
Zct.-lla, < ia.. Carrie itm •"!. ■"
Miss., .‘.e; H- ray Grady S awrnial. Du-
West S C 5--; Lou Norman Williams,
V eisboro, N, ' s<-; May Mayo, T:pp< tt-
vii’e <! .MI-s G.orgi.i Nt-'liolson. Elm-
,j s c "5< • Henrv Grad ? Ezell. Elk-
■ (n.,. Tern..' ■; W. Em : r■ >n Wood. K.-lton,
S. Hie; Mrs. E. G. Jon--s, Eastabm-kie,
: .Miss..’ Brigh; I ly- -. Oak Ridg-. .Miss., :
Rosa Wait--. Eastman, G:i.. se, Herbert
’ ll- rruig. Rodnev. M ■<. Hie; Rosa E. Ran- .
. di-ipli. Hill, N. i’.. •?-: J. H. Redd, Pleasant ]
Hili M’: a, I".-; E. M. Ramage. Net’leton,
.Mbs. Ella. Hunt. MeComli City, Miss., ■
fr L- Ila Annie Bat-ow, M-.s- ley Hail,
l-'ia., se.
Grady Hospital Club.
Eleanor Seawright. Due W.-st, S. paid:
D' Bri l!"V. Folsom. Ga.. paid; Ruth
Ral<l<-n. I'olsom, Go., paid; Alary- Cheat
ham, Warrenton, S. C . paid: Laura I,Hi- |
Bell< Sumter, Ala., 1 ■-. ■'
| Smith, W < stbrook, G 1., paid.
I haps, Jessie Beauchamp. Within the past month she had told
j herself thirty times that she never would marry at till, and
| her only doubts were as to whether sho would boa sweet old
1 maiden ladv in a white cap or go on the lecture stag.-, and have a
“mis.-hm.” Gil was so very dull and stal. , am: how people
could find amusement in it was a wonder. Sho tried her best
to be agreeable for liar they would think she was haughty,
but she was much relieved when the last visitor said good night.
"Ale you go irg to try the. charm of th mi.Tor?’’ ask- 1
Sue, as th. se two stood in the hall before mounting the stairs
to bed. "I am—l'm not afraid; aro you?”
Before Jessie could answer she was up the stairs and out
of sight. She smiled faintly as sho took up the candle that
stood on the old mahogany table and lighted It. As she did so
she unconsciously looked into tho mirror and sighed as she
noted tin- paleness of her face.
“Ah. If looking in the glass would bring me back my own
true love.” she said soft ly to herself, “how long would I look!
As long as this candle burned? Ah, if there was any truth
in—”
She caught her heart in her hand and the white face turned
whiter. It must be imagination, and yet —surely that was a
man’s face reii-'ete.l in the mirror! It was a foolish supersti
tion -licr nervis had b-'ii unstrung- pi rh:i|>s it was a sign
th it her mind was g.vlng way from grief -. No, surely it
was a face in the glass, and— She turn' d witli ti scream on
In r lips, and was clasp. <i In tic arms of a man.
Ctily for an ins ant, tian she ib.iew him off indignantly.
“You!” she said, sharply. “Hew dare you?”
“How dare r pres, at n.j (If to you?’’ lie said. "Be.’ use
1 have a perfect right. 1 am your true lave, J.ssie."
“Oh, Prank,” she sobbed, "if 1 could only think so. Bi t
you must Know what Mrs. Carter said, and how you aci. d
when—”
"Mrs. Carter is an old busy-body,” he interrupted, “but > !a}
is honest enough to tell you that she was entirety m.-t k. n.
And 1 never act I in any but an honorable way, M s arle,
as you might have easily discovered if you had given m< a
chance to explain. But you sent back my letters and t e .1 to
sec me, and—Jessie, the whole miserable affair is a ni im.lcr
standing that 1 can clear up in live minuies, and I • . i.r
heart, you know that you want it cl ared up as n uch ' do!”
This time he put li s arm around her without r- u a
and was about to speak again wh< n l.'ne!o Abner m.. liis
appearance from somewhere in a state < f great suryat
“The idea!” said that worthy g.'ntlmnan. “Why if it
ain’t Mr. Davidge! How did you get h. re at this time fi ?
However, you’re welcome; only as it's midnight it wo ■ J t
be a bad notion if you wen! to b«d, and w. 1 you
around the place in the morning."
“Thank you," laughed the young man. “I'm no: it all
sleepy, but it ain’t fair to k< ' you up, so I'll adopt y.-tir s ig
j gestion if you will show me my room. Good ’ a.ht, J. - <
] SI:.- detained him for an instant. "I didn’t know that you
| and Uncle Abner were friends?”
I “Didn’t you? Oh yes. lie’s the best friend I haw In the
J world," he raid earnestly.
Uncle Abner was busy polishing h s eyegla -.s and proba
bly did not see the way Mr. Davidge pressed her hand as he
hade her good night again.
Nor. strange to say. did he pay any attent'on to Hie wry
many close c :nfere re. s held by Jessie ..■:•! l-’rank fal-
lowing day. and not once did lie offer to show him the fine
eow-s, she. P and horses of whica he was so justly proud.
Mrs. Braxton was in 1 gh spirits over tlie visit of Mr.
Davi.lge, but exceed ugly mystified withal. At din: >■ sl> ( > ir: d
to <at.ii lur husband’s eye in sain,’ and not. tint 1 sic had him
corner..l that night in bed did she succeed in l-aving her say.
“I saw you and Sue winking at eaeil other three tinns to
day." she declared. “Do you know anything about th s mys
terious arrival? You’ve been up to something, Abner Braxton,
and don’t deny it.”
But the only reply ho made was to rimark, with real
i nr assumed sleepiness, that old men occas onally kn-w a tiling
I or two about straightening out lovers’ quarrels. An 1 then she
I fancied that she heard a chuckle, but it may have been only
j an incipient snore.
THE CURE OF ASTHMA.
NERVOUS AND BRONCHIAL,
Prom Dr. Hunter’s Lecture on the Pro
gress of Medical Science in
I-tuig Diseases.
Nervous asthma is; ciiar i. i. > l,y wheez
Ing resp.ration and gri . xp< li-
ilig tn-. ;<;r from the lang.- I, u.itm .s de
rued from Hi-- Greek, and n. an.s to gasp
for i>re.l tn. It occurs in pa tin u tits,
whleh g- nerally come on .fn-r midnight
and last until morning. Th.- w :■ z.i:,.; : ou.-id
is pr<xiuced by a con rictlon fth laller
lir inetiial lubes, can. .by .-j, i-m 'I ..- ex
pect >raiion during the a g-m-raily
frothy, but becomes thicker us tlie attack
p.is.-’- .- oil.
There are many varieties of asthma, but
in pur- nervous cases ap-rsin p " to bed
feeling as well as usual drop, oft qui
etly to sleep, but is suddenly awakened
afa r midnight by a mosi di. tr< ing atta-k
of want ol breath. His .In i fe.-s eoin
;>r- ssi -1, he breathes w > - illy, and
witli a rattling or wliistlan- . nind; « dis far
fresh air; his face b< comes turgid or livid;
lus ey. staring, and liis skin b -a- d in
perspiration.
One set up, asthma is v nd
temu-lous in Rs iioid. It i.< . returning
in ren-w.il attacl::-. It o--ur .<t _. 1.. ages,
but is more fr-quent in women than men.
. thma l.r p. opl< , for tie n.0.-t 1 .: l. arc
n< rv.nis .nd excitable, but ..1 , -. 1' > en
ergy r< olu tion la in nn it > > id
t 11. V-t a'.-'. I 1 el'f "t.s U -. . tic- : r.'lil
ar< v■ ry serious. 11 impoveri.slics th biootl,
.ii r.t n.; . t. ireiilation, 1 up: 11 r- .nd di
lal i‘c tub.--, producing -mphy. ma. and
ends in dan ni; enlarg.-m. nt of in- right
side of tii" heart.
Brom li il aa.linna is th.- chronic condition
in which n< rvous asthma usually ends. As
the br nchial mucous membrane be< omes
alter".l in structure by Hie repetition of
Hi.- asthmatic itta<ks, if pours forth it
Hi:, k and tenacious sputum which has all
il). characteristics of chronic bronchial
d;- 1.-- whi":> may m-rge into inv ot Hie
f .rms of chronic, .iry or consuniptiv. bl.in
ch i t 1 ■ w 1 ha v. tii imo
varieties of asthma tli.it wo have of bron
chitis.
The tr. itment me- ss-iry to cur.- nervous
and bronchial asthma must be applied di
rectly to th.- inflam'd linings of tin- bron
chial tubes W< mu t a-t on th" air. and
through tin- air which tho patient breath, s.
it must be made th- carrier of healing
remedies directl.v Into the sore lungs and
wounded bronchial tubes.
The cure of asthma by my medicated air
treatment is rapid and p. : mam nt. The
spasmodic iittacks ar. quickly arrested by
it. Hi.- inflammation of the bronchial tub s
subdued, and their abrasions and ule ra
tions healed. Immediate relief results In
all purely nervous e. and radical euro
by p.-tsever.iiici? tn almo■' - very case of
bronchial asthma. No other -treatment
known to m. di-al s-' nee has ever b, . n
attended with such success, and it is not
pos-ible for me io • Hie. ivi- that any other
is rational or can 1.
Th- r-- re hundreds ot thousands of peo
ple tn th s country atlliet-d with asthmatl
all <1 l>ron<• hfal <lis . ■ 11ened v,
consumption because of it, who ear
saved from that ditic-r and restor
health by nntis- ptfc .Hr tr -atment, w'
surely doomed wit! -ml I'.
I hav. writt-n a book on the
wh'.-h 1 d- '-'erfbe tho tr.-itment of.-
complain's, and t-U people who suffer
th-rn just what th- y r-quire to knov
must do to regain health
(Signed) ROBERT U ENTER. M D..
117 West Forty-f th ■' Nct York. *
te—Readers of 1
receive Dr. Hunter's I' ■ >k ir. < on applying
to him at above addr- •.
(To be continued.)
Every man should read tin advertisement
of Thos. Slater on page 9 of this paper.
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v: 1 r: <■ .nuv.i., caju, ..H.l.
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