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CONSTITUTION JUNIORQ
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Mrs. William King 0
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A WAR PRIMER——
From The Cincinnati Post.
A’s for Alphonso, the boy king of Spain;
B is for Blanco, and brief be his reign;
C Is for Cuba, Fhe tyrant-oppressed;
I> is lor Dewey, with victory blessed;
K j s for England, most friendly of powers,
F is for France, whose aid is not ours;
G Js for Gomez, so fierce is the fray,
H is for Hobson, our (hero today;
I s for Insurgents, those bold rebel hordes,
J is for jingoes, all firing olf words;
K’s for the kingdom, that threatens to
fall;
T. is for liberty, best gift of all.
M is for Maine, remembered. Indeed;
N Is for navy, taking the lead;
O is for Oregon, battleship grand;
1‘ is for Philippines, tlio far-eonquored
Q is for Queen Christine, who battle ab
hors;
r Is for righteous and justified wars;
S is for Sampson, an admiral, he,
’P’s for torpedo, a terror at sea;
Uncle Sahi, who gives the big show.
V* is for Verde, what’s there we don t
know:
tV’a for Weyler, so cruel and nolo,
N is for Xerxes, of war metlhods old;
Y is for yellow-fake rumors of war.
Z'S for tho zeal of our "Hip, hip. hurrah!
THE REUNION =-
Dear Children—How T wish all my boys
and girls could have been in Atlanta last
week-such crowds of people camo to do
honor to our confederate veterans I hero
has never been such a sight and it wou.d ]
have been an object lesson to our young
All the stores and a great many of the
houses were decorated with gay bunting
and tho stars and stripes mingled with
the three confederate flags. The first flag
used in the confederate army was changed
because it was too much like tho federal
Hag Then we had a war flag, and later
t /real < nfederato I>anner Now these
were all waving in tho breeze in honor of
the gallant men who fought under them.
We almost forgot the present war. and
Cuba and Spain were put aside for awhile,
/nd we onlv thought of our brave old sol
diers. I wish you could have seen how
happy they were as they met each other
ami slapped one another on the shoulder
with a hearty greeting. How they re
called old scenes and went over the bat
tle grounds in imagination and how they
enjoyed recounting personal experiences.
Every child in our city had a flag and
waved it is the grand procession marched 1
through the streets—all honor to our brave j
and gallant confederate veterans— every 1
boy and girl should have been here to say
Hurrah! Hurrah!
“VIRTUE ALONE IS
HAPPINESS BELOW "
(We hope all of our young people will ,
read thoughtfully the article contributed j
hv one of our m< rribers. I am sure It will
prove ben.fic.ial to all. "AUNT SUSIE.") .
I found the above subject in an old rhet
oric' In a list of themes for debate. It
appeared to me then, it appears to me
n >w, 'to be altogether too one-sided a sub
ject. to admit of controversy. It seems to
me that no thinking person would dispute
the truth of the assertion that rectitude
is the only royal road to happiness. It is
always best .in matters of discussion to
define the terms used, then coniine our
eelves to the •defiriltion. A majority or
our wrangles and disputes, denominational,
political and social, arise from a misun
derstanding of terms. ■ How often do we
find that we have been disputing about
words! We will observe that there is a
different (between happiness and pleasure.
.Mere pleasure is of lower origin than liap
pi.'ics.s. It is a harmonious result of the
attuned intellect and body, and has to do
with them only. Happiness is of the
soul. Pleasure .has its source generally
in the fulfillment of desire. Happiness is
the odor tlhiat .per. 'times the pathway of
rectitude. Perhaps the fiends of the In
i'.. 1’ regions find a pleasure in torment
ing t .• eternally lost; but there is no hap
p toss there. H'appiness lis a. reward —and
gr. Jest reward that could be prom
I | ven by tl e Giver of all good gifts;
1 ev. jrd for right-doling. He who would
ive this reward must obey the laws
of corse. "nee, of morality and rectitude,
lb- must ‘attune ins .soul to that of bis
Maker One c r violate th<
great la.w of the soul and receive the
rd :■ I ensure he may have,
.- ** lie b -C s have; but happiness Is not
bls. To obtain the r< ward one must per- ;
1 -rm the duties for which the reward was ;
of:. .1. li .a- gr> ?t school of life w.-
nine obey the rule. In order to enjoy I
1> ilt'i we must obey the laws of hygiene; !
to lie liapic We must obey the laws o’’ !
tl." ‘mi. We cat! no more break the laws
<• th., one w.ih Impunity than we can
t s ■ • le. r. To say that cur • vll a
produee happiness is to s-iy that a worth
-- s tree produces good fruit, which is a
flat contradiction.
Jive y one born ln-to this world desires
to bo ha Ho '.. \er we maj differ as
to t.ln means of obtaining the desired end,
we agrv that Ji.ißpine;-the supremo
<le ire Os ail. The profound* sit thinkers
in moral science differ as to whether we
shouild make hap; • duty ■ great
end tow ! .1 wiricli we strive And yet,
as .1 result, it a distliwion of terms
without a real difference. \ ,-wcd as a.
I'isul'. an ‘'id 'to lie attained, they are
synonymous. As a pain for our feet,
they lead to the same goal. To In- happy
We must follow where duty loads. By be
ing dutiful we will be be happy.
All nature .and science, us well as the
gen. rd scope and trend of revealed truth
supports th. theory that liap.riness is a.
Hower that blooms, and blooms onlv In
noble de. ds, kind acts, right conduct. J r
‘ b.v world should adopt this view ~f <lv
matter at otice. and hold to this one
fui ■• .- truth nstill 1; in the
dads of the young, thoroughly ground it
Ito the in nds of youth that It never pays
,0 do wrong; teach them to behove is
- : c: ■■ y t believe that two add
ed to Hire* nnakc liv< .if dhe world sn mid do
-, who could convive of the mighty
Influence suci'i a truth would have 0.1 the
conduct of man? Quinn Quill.
Cumberland, I. T.
READ THIS NOTICE.
I hope you will ah read it, though it may
not prove Interesting. 1 wish you would
re.id a notice that heads the eleventh page
- that .'ll! letterg must be sent to Mis Wil-
«g t j Vs > bMmxmxu * ux* f* ■
I CWsi
| It’s ready for absorption when •
« it enters the stomach. Ade- J
5 lightful, effervescent remedy J
? that relieves indigestion at »
once. Cures stomach troubles, 4
t constipation, headache and 5
J biliousness. Sold by druggists |
J 50 Cts. and for yo years. J
Ham King, 480 Courtland avenue. Now this
little notice heads that column every week
and it Isl meant for the children as well
as the grown folks, and yet both neglect
to notice it and piles of letters are sent to
The Constitution office and not even ad
dressed to me, but only “The Weekly Con
stitution.” Os course tho editor has to
open them—then they are sent to another
room and often pass through three or four
persons before they ever reach me. They
come torn and soiled, and if written with
pencil, so rubbed out that it is impossible
to read th’em. Now I mention this because
I am having much trouble with the letters.
Many write and say, “I sent you a con
tribution and you did not mention it.” You
can see how easily a nickle can be lost.
Tho editor is as careful as possible, but
he cannot help tho losses. You need not
expect your letters to appear when they
are not sent direct to me, and 1 mean this
for tho grown people as well as the chil
dren. rie.iso take notice and write plainly
the address, 480 Courtland street, on your
letters. Yours, “AUNT SUSIE.”
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Kato Carter, Reidsville, N. C.—Dear Jun
ior: I am a little girl twelve years old, and
live on the farm, about a mile and half
from the little town of Reidsville. My
papa takes The Constitution and 1 Ilk" to
read the cousins’ letters very much. I go
to school at the Reidsville Female seminary
and like to go very well. I would like to
correspond with some of Uhe cousins,
either sex.
Calera Haynes Tyler. Tex. —Dear Junior;
I enjoy reading the Junior Correspondence
| very much. We live, a short distance from
i town, but I like the country best. I go to
school every session, which generally lasts
nine months. 1 will .be in the elghtlh grade
next session. 1 would be pleased to, ex
change the song. “Bunch of Daisies' or
“Pride Os the Ball” for “The tohip I hat
Never Returned,’’ or “Don’t Stay After
Ten,” Correspondence, either sex, de
sired.
Willie Dickinson. 1260 E. Third St.. Cin
cinnati, O.—'Dear Junior: I was looking
over The Constitution and saw some let
! ters In your columns and became v< ry
much interested in them, and l would like
to correspond with some of the cousins, it
agreeable. I live in the city of Cm< innati
and 1 presume there is no use ot describ
ing it as it is so well known. Would some
I of the cousins that raise cotton
send me a specimen, as 1 never saw aiij
and would be. very much pleased.
John Q. Hudgins. Temple, Ga.—Dear Ju
nk r: 11 ave been a reader and admirer ot
Tlie Junior columns for quite a while, and
it grows brighter and more interesting to
1 mo every time Tho Constitution comes.
I Cousins, give a cheer for the boys wh>
have gone to the war to defend the stars
and stripes. May they be victorious, on the
Island where war now exists. May it not be
long until they can return to their homes
In safety.
Alice C. McEachfn, Graham, Ga.—Dear
I Junior: 1 have been a reader and ad-
I mirer of The Constitution for quite awhile
i and think it is the best paper published. 1
i think the Junior department is nice. I
enjoy reading Aunt Susie's letters very
’ much. 1 am thirteen years old. 1 have
i been going to s' hool, but our school was
| out the Gill of July. 1 live in the couiitiy
and enjoy life very much. Ine.osed find
| 1 cent for tin Grady hospital. Correspond
-1 ence solicited,
i Eulaln. Smith, Trion, Ga.— Dear Junior:
i What Is a life without a home No place
! to go, n > father or mother, brother or sls
' ter to share your troubles with. Home s
| the. swe< test place in this wide woi d.
| We work all day and at nigh: ail of the
family gathers around tlhe lie.-irthstonc- to
tell of wh it has happened to us through
the day. Home and mother is the sweeiest
words tihat have ever b- eii printed, our
home has been made dark by the de.i. i
a.t'gel visiting it and carrying away my
dear father, but I try to be submissive to
God's will. Correspondents solicited.
Charles Fetlck. 975 E. Third St., Cincin
nati, O.—Dear Junior: 1 have read in the
Junior better Box of The Constitution
about numerous donations to th" tirady I
1 hospital, but having no Information at
hand for what the Grady hospital is, I .
' wish tthat some of the cousins would ea 1
i respond with me, informing me wnat and
I where the Gra.lv hospital is. and to whom 1
I to s. nd donations, because I aoiild like to
I 'have a hand tn erecting, if b”. sl \ ell
' a worthv institution? I would aGo
some kind inader to .-end me some sm.ill I
sea shells or write me some description ot
' places around their home.
I.oultt Spruill. Monticello. N. C.--pear
; Junior: My home is in eastern North :
I Carolina, near the lift!- town of i’lv- .
I mouth, which id sltv; ted ::t the mouth .
, of the Rcantike river. I was horn ind 1
I reared in the country, and. of course, i .an
' agree with Grummets. 1 tl ink she knew :
what she was writing about. •'ou-ms. ;
I can you not sympathize with ~ ne liv tig :
i In a neighborhood where lln re .■ scarcely ,
ttny y 'ung people? Si'. h is my ease. >.<•%%. :
! 1 don l mean to say I live in a pl: e vabi i
' tlie “back woods." but it is indeed lonely. 1
i Wo onlv have <-hur. a services onee. t I
I month at tin- Bap is: and < hristian ,
j chuvehus. Currvsp't h wantcu.
May Capt, Blanco, Tex. -Dear Junior: i I
| haven't been a reader of The Constitution I
i very long, but long enough for me to be
' come very much interested in trie Junior
I department. What is sweeter than a. hap
-1 py Christian home, whore every duty is a
: pleasure? Home is robbed of It. sweetes.
. treasure and made almost desol.it" when
I t'h-ere Is no mother to guide and to symp..-
: thize and to love. The very guiding .-'tai
I is gone. Those that are blessed witli it
I good mother should be very thought.nl :
I of h'-r. Take every burden from eer tliat 1
' it is possible for us to take. Always speak 1
k'ndlv and lovingly to tier and thus make
i yourself and the one that loves you most
i happy.
May Gordon. Blanco. Tex.—Dear Junior:
I take for my subject “Intemperanc ■"
■ What is more destructive to our land
' today than intempcr.ll.ee? It brings men
' down from liigii character to th" very
depths of shame and sin. if men and beys
.0u',.1 only realize the .'.anger in which
they are placing themselves when they
tai-'" tin first drink I think some o! tlmm
would let it alone. Oil. iiow we should
I 1 11 strive to abolish this poisonous drug
: from our land, for what is more pitiable
than the half-elothed. half-fed wile and
children of a drunkard?
G. C. Phillips. Fall Creek. N. C—Dear
Junior: My father takes The Constitution.
I r.-ad it with Interest. 1 am agent for it
at Fall Cr.-k. and I don't tiilnk you can
find another agent, as young as I am -
thirteen years old. I take “War as jny
subject. In tile present war with Spain '
I how many lives have already been lost. I
and how many more will have to slu-d
th. ir blood and die for their country's
sake, and the horror, tile pain, Ifie agony
of a bloody battle! Who can tell the . :.:o't
loss "f life that has been wrought by
war? Thousands upon thousands, yes.
millions, of lives have been lost in bat- |
tie. I would like to correspond with any
of the cousins.
Pansy, Eatonton, Ga.—Dear Junior:
Cousins, tlie dear old Constitution has
been coming regularly to my home ever
since J can remember. I don't think that
there is another paper that comes here
tliat Is appreciated more or read witli
more Interest than this groat southern pa
per. I will not take any subject this time,
but will tell the cousins about my country
home. -My home is a regular old-fashion
ed southern home. The house Is near tlie
center of a large oaK grove with a large
yard of grass and Howers in the front
and right-hand side. On the left is a large
vegetable garden. We have also a large
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1898.
I chicken yard. I wish you could hear the
little turkeys and chickens calling some
time. Just before the feed time they make
I Jots of fuss. Sometimes there arc two bun- i
dre.l and 1 can assure you that they make
I enough noise, but that is all right when
they are brought to the table. We have a
largo orchard of peaches, apples, quinces,
figs, etc.; also lots of grapes and seupper
nongs. 1 wish some poor little, child from
the city could spend a summer at my
home. Correspondence solicited. Postofllce
• box 60.
Mamie Lee Howard, Reedy River, S. C.—
Dear Junior: I am a farmer's daughter
of seventeen summers. I live in a happy
Utile neighborhood of jovial hoys and girls.
We have picnics, lawn parties, etc. We
spend many happy days, afternoon and
nights "until 11 o’clock with such exercises.
W<> have an organ; boj-s and girls bring
their different instruments and piny. Tho
most of us like dancing, but papa will not
allow' that. Our school will open 'Monday.
Wo had an exhibition at the end of our
last school. A gold modal was given for
oratory. I won it. Charles Bowers, of
Flag Staff. I think I am an expert corn
bread maker. Emma 1.. Gable. I will
gladly exchange “Too Late” for “Fatal
Wedding.” 1 would llko a few correspond
ents. I seiid 5 cents for the Grady hos
pital. ’
A Junior, Newtonia,Miss.—Dear Ji tilor:
In reply to your “Observer” I will say
you are mistaken. You ought to see the
letters I write and receive. I never ask
any one to write to me. Charles H. Bow
ers must bo an industrious Junior and as
ho wants to hear from some of the older
Juniors who can make good cornbread I
suppose tliat he wants them to toll him how
to make it good, too. I know quite a
number of pretty girls who make delicious
cornbread. I do not count myself on the
pretty list, but if ho really wants to know
how I can tell him how I make it. 1 do
not think a dinner is complete without
good cornbread. If Emma L. Gable will
send mo the words to "Sweet. Bunch of
Daisies” 1 will send her the words to "Too
Late." The Methodist eampmeetlng will
commence August 'lth. All young people
look forward with pleasure to the time.
I save a minute description of the camp
ground last year, but I do not imagine
the Juniors remember anything ol so lit
tle importance.
Ollie Klveman, Ruston, La.—Dear Junior:
I take for my subject, “The Charm of
Friendship.” How sad and dreary would
this world be were It riot for those I'i.rge
hearted people one meets In life, whom we
wish to term “our friends.” 'the very no
bb st of impulses are brought to tlie surface
of our natures by coming in contact witli
tlieir congenial spirits; Ihow unforfunaJo
any miserable mortal who realizes that
they have no friends. We believe and hope
t'k.-i; eaS" where God's creatures have
sunk to sueli loatlisome depths are few. but
de we who claim triends, ai <1 have num
berless tokens of tin :r loyalty to us ap
preciate their priceless worth? It you have
a good opinion of one, if those friends don t
wait until they are dead and then pay it
as a tribute to numory. The eo.d. liteless
<■' tv is insensible, and eannot appiecial"
your kind regards, though lavish it ever
so fondlv. Can wo not it least cause
Sum" kindly ray of sunshine to Oil! acro-s
a darkened pathway, s.'alter hrigh. Mini s
in som, my I fe? Do v.e improve out
opporiunities to do the little acts ot good
Samaritans?
Cammie Evans, iiarpoth, Tenn. -Dear
Junior: 1 liv<- in the country el. ven mi.".'
south of Franklin, tlie county seat ot
IViili: n -"ii county. 1 ha.l rather live in
til" country than in the city. Os course
you have s" many more advantay.es in
tlie city, i ut you don't have I; a:r, "i
--chartls and gardens in tile ety like you
q<> in tlx country. 1 liav.-n't much say
about unknown correspondents, lint I th.nh
if a girl enjoys corii sponding with one
she has never seen, i: is her own business,
and other people can just let it alone.
How do vou ail like :iu stori'-s that at"
written we.'klv ! •:■' Hl" eiiialrc.i? I like
them very well, hut I don't til nk there is
,'inyliiiily tliat can excel ‘Aunt Susie” in
writing letters and stories, o the hor
rible warl You ■ in t hear an> filing but
war now. A great many men :iav" gone
from here, bin I fear .heir I"’ will he
mill'll ii.ard r tin re than it i. ii' i . 1 have |
i read a great deal thi. year. “1“ "k Beau- .
1 i . ' is otn of my favorite books, and I |
| think “ I Ivang' line. ' ‘Tllizab' th” and j
I “Mi ' S Stand sb's Courtship" are some of
I J,ongfHow's I-st books. I li,ave read “In
| M"mo: iani’’ and "Enoch Arden," by Ten-
i Lizzie T’ruott. Skirum. Ala —Dear Junior:
' Although grown from a t hii'P n a r-eld
I selioolgir! to a. country school, m inima
i and I still pursue the. Young Folks’ iepart
-1 ment witli the deejn.-t jnteres:. 1 think tho
I di-'ll.*': < n on intel" >■; -aowed that there
! was briiaant inte'i "t In longing to both
i sexes all over this fair -tinny land of ours,
i which on'.y need to b ■ eultiv.i ted and iken
‘ care of Education is not learning; it is
i the exercise and <let' ’.opment of the >ow
' ers of til - mind. Tin i' are two gn at
methods by wiiieii thi.- end may be aeiom
i plished- it may be done in tlie halls oi
I te.irirng, or It is more often done in the
I conflicts of life. Laborious 'raining is a-,
10, si ssut'v for tli" ib velopment of the
js'of tile bode. Such training gives
the miml solid and lasting strength, when
• js • iriblud to be i’ ,!■ ivy biir'b iis. Il
n irs of weary
toil in his udy w1 o can see to the bo tom .
o t | 1..-. ..si at a glance. No. hlng
j more lata! to storngth of mind than I" pmt ;
•a an Individuality or to try to fashio i .
'., ■ . model. 1 tl
seif r. ianee is tierfectly compatible w:t.a
humanity.
Wild Rose, Sharon. Fla.—Dear Junior: ,
Cous'ns 1 wonder how many of us realize ;
the' inllu. nc. W" have ~v. r our const int 1
companions and a.-soeiates influence as i
minister, teacher, brut ier, sister, every c.i
--p-ieity of life. Then let us no; have any I
o;.port uni: V pass by in w i'ei> w may I
I ak kin I word ..r p-rform any act of I
I kindness, that would encourage th" tatt.i
ful, relieve tlie suffering, cheer Hie d!.--
eom-.dat or rouse 111" s'.ugg.-'a. It may I
be to administer ever a. cup of cold wab 1 I
one ianeuislilng upon the l-d of afihe- I
(i , )n t.> speak words of comfort to the dy
ing ‘to speak words of encouragement and |
ne'er to a. backward student, to administer
t t'.e wants Hi" wunded and dying out
.I ■ battle field. He who hath
"E"'n a cup of water in my name
shall not lose ::s r. ward/’ will Rr.’.’ieusiy
life wiiieii affords a br.i.mej D< 1«’
Illi.neo than that 1 "' 1 ’ "'' ~ ,
uor' in’ tea’ our infliien. ' mil flu tin
. V >r Puds I" inspired bv th" -ng.h"*’
for it is during these tender ye ■
u mn’VPMr VmX
I ai l as£dl contribution
to the Grady hospital.
Sunderland, Free Union. Va.-Dcar Ju-
■ nior Girls, don't • t ll ’’
i much. R-membor you have brothers and
would not like to hear other girls speak til
of them. 1 im not taking up for lie boys
at "11 though if We girls would do nil
we could toward making she boys happy
wo would not find so much fault with them.
I For instance, when they com.' home from
I their work have something refreshing for
them. Giris who live in the country can
generallv find some nice fruit or even a
ca,,t drink of water, and see if they won’t
appreciate it. 1 have two as ir.ee, good
brothers as any one could find, end though
they do not stay at home, they come fre
quently and generally want “Sunny” to
sew up a rip or on a button. If we pout
and fret over what we do for, them, how
can we exj.ect them to do otherwise? Do all
OPIUM, MORPHINE ami WHISKY
Habits cured in ten to twenty days No pay
till cured. Hook of particulars !■ ree. Address ,
Dr. .1.1.. Stephens, Depl. E, Lebanon, Ohio. I
Mention The Atlanta Constitution. i
you can to make things pleasant for them.
an<l you will seldom find a boy who will
stand aside and see a girl imposed upon.
Girls, open your eyes, look around you.
and seo if you can't find “bad girls” as
well as “bad boys.” But being a girl, of
course I must take .up for my own sex,
and ask Master Tyler not to think all girls
"primp and gossip.” Don’t boys read
novels, too? All girls know tlie boys can't
do without us, no matter how much they
think. For instance, here's a boy’s recipe
for making bread: Take ono quart flour,
as much salt as you have flour, as much
soda as salt, as much lard aS you can
spare; add. water accordingly. Who will
try it?
John C. McAuliffe, Appling. Ga.—'Dear
: Junior: I will take for a subject “Corres
pondence.” There is nothing more delight
ful than reading nice letters, and only an
hour ago I finished a series of letters from
two of my correspondents whom 1 think
would rank among the best in the list of
young American letter writers if they were
put to a test. It is true that some may
be among tho most common classes, but
one or two letters will reveal hire character
of the writer, and woe is unto them that
are weighed and found wanting, for the
pleasures of correspondence will not be
given unto them. Among the correspon
dents wiho wrote in answer to the solici
tations of my last letter in The Junior
were boys of twelve and old men of sev
enty and girls world without end from
sixteen to twenty. Some of the old men
wished to know where they could obtain
a patent churn, otihers desired information
concerning tlie hydraulic rams ami of oili
er matters spoken of in my last letter.
Tlie information was forwarded to them,
and as a result Texas has at least one
hydraulic ram and Mississippi and Arkan
sas have some of fine fast butter-making
churns. Now as to the girls, I can truth
fully say that every letter 1 have received
has inspired me with a nobler, higher
thought. The aspirations of my life have
been placed on a grander scale; the emol
uments tliat I ih.ive gained in the sight of
my correspondents among tho gentler sex
have not caused me to halt upon the plains
but rather they have given me fresh cour
age and caused me to begin anew the strug
gle to reach the heights. Now. d".ar Ju
niors, T ask you the question, "what (harm
has resulted to me?” Correspondents so
licited; age eighteen.
Anna Vance Pock. Mars HUI. N. C.—Dear
Junior; I do not wish to boast of our wo
men too much, but I do not think that
purer, truer, braver or more patriotic wo
men over lived than our own American
women. They are ready for any emergency
and are willing to make any sacrifice for
public interest. Some ono said:
“There is not a woman in the country
who would not have voted against the war
had ft been left to a vote.” I do not think
wo are all of that opinion. I believe our
women are as jealous for Pur nation’s
honor as the men are and arc willing to
stand by the sons of the republic in main
taining it. One writer said she did not seo
the good tho war would be; that it would
only rob our homes of our loved ones. Y’es.
it will rob many homes of of their idolized
sons and fathers ami husbands, but there
is a silver lining to the dark cloud tliat
hovers over us, and let’s try to look
through the darkness Into the light. We
should remember that while sadness is
brought io us as a result of interfering
on behalf of Cuba that those Cuban h ones
were being made desolate by the spoiler
and those Cuban women and children have
tender hearts and loving friends as well
os we. Anotiler tiling, tills was lias result
'd in leal ng tlie wound which the ,-ivil
War inflated and whi< h alienated th. north
and south, but. thank God. the war witli
Spain ii.is been a precious ointment poured
upon i'l wpund w tich has healed it at
"mo. Then, too, when Cuba is freed the
principles of republif anism will be spread
and it will be keeping in motion tiie 'w.ve
that I- |.. ,a. . p „n ; , b . „, tisn , (s
throned mid the banner of the fr.wavs
<»v r till tli.* earth. It is for these principles
th.it llobson and our othor homes h.-ive
i; c.' n tln nisei ves. God bless them and grant
them success.
Grady Hospital List.
Blanche Posser, Sharon, Fla.. 10c; Miss
Lucy W. Horner. , ’. ngrion, Va.. 10c: Alice
<’ v. Eaeidng, Gr.fii.im, G~, 1 C ; Mamie
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THE ANCESTRAL LIME
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Editor Constitution—ln answer to ques
tions as to tlie ancestry of George Wasih
ington. I can but do so by repeating, aS
fo'iows, a. previous letter on tliat subject:
“I’l-rmit me to correct some of t:he errors
i of Cleveland Moffett’s article on "The
I Washingtons.” in The Const.tution of July
I 3rd.
lie goes far astray, chronologically,
when he makes 1..i Fay etto otic of the ad
mirers of Mary Bill. Tlie rose of Epping
forest.' She was married to Augustine 1
M ishington and was the moilher of many
children before L.iFayette was born. He
did not come to America until after her
son. George, was flic commander in Chief
ot the American armies.
“He treats words of very different mean
ing as synonyms, when he says that s'Yi to
I,ol'o claim to b.' lineal descendants of
Georg' Washington, in spite of the fact
tihat he died childless. Many rightfully
claim I‘lood relationship; no one claims
lineal descent from him.
"He says: Washington's father bad a
brother and sister who left issue, but th"
l.nc of this descent lias never been fairly
traced, and has been the subject of much
dis pute.'
“No lineage Is more clearly traced or less
open to dispute than tlie lines of descent
from tlie brother and sister here alluded to,
: 'John and Mildred.’ To those unacquaint
i cd with the family, or its history, Uh re may
I Have liei n some eonfusion caused by there
I being so many of tlie same baptismal
I names before tho time of G-urge; several
i Johns, Lawren.'s and Annes, and especl
i ally two Mildreds, eousins, one tlie daugli
, ter «f John and the other of Lawrenee,
v. 1.0 were, in su> • e-sion. the second and
i third wives of Henry 'Willis.
“The name Georv-. in the Washington
family was derived fr. m Gtorge Reade,
l who came to Virginia in 1637. II" was a
I younger son of a noted family in England;
I his brother. Robert Reade, being a secre
tary in tlie cabinet of Sir Francis Wiii'le-
I Hike, secretary of state to th. first. <'i'.iarios
i nf F.i'gland, as appears by letters published
j ia the ’Life and 'limes of Charles I,' and
I I ’S.ilnsburg’s Calendar of State i’apers,
J;.x4-Ji:i;o.’ On his arrival in the colony he
i ii.is tlie honored guest of tlie governor, I
I Jolin Hai vy. During Richard Kemp's ab
sence in England- 16*10-41—lhe acted as sec
retary of the colony, lie was burgess of |
James City from 1649 to 1656, and from 1657 i
to 1'560 lie was a member of the royal coun- |
<■ll. But bls chief American distinction is
that lie was the greal-gt'e.".t-gr indfather of
Gcn.*rai Washington, who was named for
him at baptism, ills aunt, the above-men
tioned Mildred, then Mrs. Gregory, acting
as gedmother.
“Gtirge Reade left four sons, Robert,
Frati'is, Benjamin and Thomas and a
daughter, Minted. Mildred Reade married
Augustine Warner, whose baptismal name
first appeared in the Washington family in
the person of his grandson, the father of
"Augustine Warner's career was bril
liant. hut brief. Born in Gloucester county,
Virginia, October 20th, 1642, lie died June
19th. 1681. Educated in London and at Cam
bridge, England, and returning to \ irgini.i,
lie was elected to tlie bouse of burgesses in
1666, and soon became famous as 'Speaker
Warner.' Colonial tradition describes him
as having been in person as beautiful
as Apollo and mentally as gifted. His sis
ter, Mary, was :m ancestress of Light
Horse Harry Lee and of General Robert
E. L< e.
“Colonel Augustine and Mildred (Reade)
Warner had sons who have transmitted tha
name of Warner, and three daughters, Mil
dred. Mary and Elizabeth.
'"ii.* c.des; daughter, Mildred Warner,
married Lawrence, son of John Washing
ton, who, with his brother, Lawrence,
came to Virginia in 1655, or, as some con
tend, in 1657. They were royalists and
cthurch of England men. to whom the
I domination of Cromwell had become in
tolerable; well educated, having fair es-
snort stories lor Liitio Giumren
Specially Written for The Constitution Junior, by Mr. G. T. Lee, of Tennessee.zr: _
THESE STORIES are written bv Mr. G. T. Lee, of Johnson City, Tenn., n nephew o
General Robert E. Lee and a first cousin of General Fitzhugh Lee. They are familiar
in many southern households, as the series—one being published each week—is a com
pilation of old-time southern stories, of which Mr. Lee says; ‘‘Many came down from the
negroes, nnd some of them were told me by my parents.”
THE FOX AND GOAT.
Once a mother fox lived in a den in the
aide of a rocky hill. Every night she went
out to find something for her herself and
her baby foxes to eat. As she was very
sly and quick she almost always brought
back a fowl of some kind, or a little lamb
or pig, or a hare or rabbit. However, the
farmers soon found out that she was catch
ing; their lambs, pigs and fowls, so they
set traps for her, chased her with dogs
and hunted her with guns. She came so
near being caught or killed several .times
that she became afraid to hunt around so
much and her little foxes often missed
their suppers.
One night her babies were very hungry
indeed, so she determined to find some
thing for them. Site trotted for many,
many miles, hut tho farmers had put their
lambs and pigs in their folds and all of the
fowls were either in houses or in trees
where the fox could not reach them. At
last she camo to a barnyard, the gate of
which was open. She crept in and looked
. around, but. could find nothing to eat.
However, she saw a bucket hanging over
tho well and, as she was very thirsty, she
went to it hoiiing to get a. drink. She put
her paws into the bucket and reached down
to lap up the little water in the bottom, but
she was so heavy that her weight made
that bucket go down, ns tlio other came
up, so down went both fox and bucket to
the bottom of the well.
The poor fox was scared almost to death
and, oh, the water wtts so cold. She sat
in tlie bucket, up to ner neck in water,
shivering with cold and fear. She knew
that when tlie farmer camo to draw water
he would find and kill her unless she could
got out, and she did not see any way to do
that. At last slio became so very cold and
so frightened that she began to cry.
An old nanny-go.. t heard her nnd looked
down in the well. “Why, Mate Fox." she
said, "what, are you doing In the well?”
Then" tho sly fox a.ild: "How-d'ye-do,
Mate Goat. Don't you see that I am eat
ing a find cheese?"
Now the moon was up In the sky. just
over the well, and shining down into the
water, where it looked like a big cheese
with a piece off on one side; so the goat
believed the fox and thought there was a
cheese in the well and that the fox was
down there eating it.
“Oil, Mato Fox,” she said, "I doar’y lovo
ch""so. Do l-'t mo have some of It.'
‘■fortainly,” said tlio fox, "lint you must
come down at once, it is so good that I
can't stop eating for a moment.”
"But 'how am I to come down. Mate
Fox ?”
"NoThing easier. Jump into that bucket
up there and you'll come down. That is
what I did. You will have to hurry, or the
che. se will all be gone.”
“Flease wait for mo, Mate Fox; don’t
eat it all.”
So nanny goat jumped into the bucket,
and, as she was much heavier than .the
fox, down sihe went and up came the fox,
who Jumped out upon tl’.t ground and ran
off. while tlie goat begun to cry: “Bali-h-h!”
with all 1..T might.
First a cow went and looked into the
well. "Bah-ah!” said nanny-goat. “Moo
oo-oo!” said I'.be cow: but, as she could do
nothing, she went off to the meadow. Then
her calf looked in. "Bah-h!" eri. .| nanny
goat. “Mah-h!" said the calf and ran to
its mother.
Next a sheep looked In. “Ba'h-h!" cried
fates and excellent connections in Eng
land: middle aged and both widowers;
Lawrence having a daughter, who remain
ed in England, and to whom by his will,
dated February 26, 167", and proved Janu
ary 10, 1'177, he left his whole estate in Eng
land. while to his American wife and to
John and Anno, his children by her. he
left the large property lie had accumulated
in Viri inia.
' In Ills n r, w home John Washington pros-
I pored even more rapidly and conspicuously
I than his brother r>a,wrence. ii". too, took
' a second wife. At.no Dope, by whom ne
i gained the handsome property on which
> they lived between Brydge’s and Pope’s
: creek, on the Potomac, and had iliree chil
dren, Lawrence, Joan and Anne, among
I whom, by bis will proved on tlie 6th of
January, 1677, his property in England,
las well as in Virginia, was the
I homestead on P.rydi’a's’ creek going to the
eldest. Lawrence, who. us above stated,
married Mildred (Read) Warner. Law
rence ami Mildred (Warner) Washington
had three ciiildrmi, John Miildred awl
Augustine, who was the lather of Gen
eral George Washington. John married
Catharine Whiting, u wealthy heiress of
Gloucester county. His daughter, < atha
rine, was tlie first wife of Colonel I'leid
ing I.' wls, of Fredericksburg, and his de
scendants intermarried witli the I'airfax
'cs Thr.'ekmortons, Nelsons. Thackers
! and other families of tlie northern nek.
••Mildi d ni erit< d tht i>< a .ity and talents
: of her Grandfather Warner, as Miss Wash-
I ingten. as Mi's. Gregory and as Mrs. Willis
j sh" was the recognized queen of 5 irgini.i
j colonial society.
“Her first husband was Roger Gregory,
one of the wealthiest land owners in Vir-
I gmia, by whom she had three daughters,
1 Frances, Mildred and Elizabeth, who
married three brothers, Francis, John and
Reuben Thornton.
“Cok nel Frara'ls Thornton, who marrlei.
Frances Gregory, was proprietor of Fall
Hill, near Fi edericksburg. where seven
generations of the same name lived in
luece -ion Their daughter, Mildred Thorn
ton married Charles Wa-aington, brother
<„■ 'th- general. Their son". Francis, mar
ried Ann Thompson, daughter oi Rev. John
Thompson and Lady Spottswood, and h.s
son, Francis, married the daughter ot
Judge Henry Innes, of Kentucky.
I ■"’’.oiiel William Thornton, of Montpelier;
' Colonel John Thornton, of the revolution
(Who married Jane Washington, daughter
lot' Yugustine. elder half brother of lie
general. and was the ancestor of the wlt"
of th.' late Senator Beck), and Geoige
Thornton were sons, of Colonel I ranc.s
Thornton, of Fall HUI.
••Colonel John Thornton, who married Mil
dred Grego'rv. Had by her four daughters
Mildred, who became the second wile ot
Samuel Washington, brother of th gen
.ciUdi. . / . , 5 revolution, and
linn \V(*odioru, ou ui , i
J the ancestress of tlie Woodfords and
• I I WHO JlKUrluu John
Os colonel Fielding Lewis and
Catharine \Vashington.
Willis, and the mother of Mary
who married Captain Hancock l.'-e.. s n of
Hancock Lee. the. bu’lder ot " ' *’
and grandson of Colonel Richaid L-e. One
of the sons of Captain Hancock and Mary (
Willis Lee was Major John Lee, who 1 'Ugtit
gallantly through tlie revolution and af
terwards settled in Woodford county, Ken
tucky. ids daughter was the ti'-st wife
of Hon. John J. Crittenden, and the moth
er of General George B. Crittenden, id
the confederate, and of General Thomas
E. Crittenden, of the federal army, of
Mrs. Chapman Coleman and of the widow I
of tile learnc.l Dr. John C. Young, presl- I
dent of Center college.
“In 1733 the Widow Gregory became the '
nanny-goat. “Bah-(h!” said the sheep, and
then went to talk Io the cow in the meadow.
Then her little lamb looked in. “Bah-li!
cried nanny-goat. "Ba.h-h-h!” said tlie lamb
! ami ran to its mother to ask a thousand
t questions about bow the goa.t got in the
I well and ihow sihe was to get out.
Next a duck looked in. "Bah-'h!" cried
t nanny. "Quack-quack!" said th educk and
, waddled away.
Then a turkey gobbler looked in.
"Bah-h!” cried nanny. "Gooble-ooble
. ooble!” said the turkey and strutted off.
Next camo a guinea. "Bah-h!” cried the
’ goat. "Cat-rack! Cat-rack!" cried the
guinea and went away.
Then came a mother pig and her little
.' ones. "Ugh-ugh-ug'h I" grunted tlhe old
1 sow. "Oig’h-olgh-oigh!” said the little pigs,
and then (they all went to wallow in the
r ,
mud.
Next a hen came wit'h a brood of little
chickens. "Bah-h!" said nanny. “Cluck,
' cluck!" said tho hen. “P<"'P. peep!” said
the. little chickens, stretching their short
’ necks ou>t and trying to look down into the
. well.
“O, my!" cried the hen. “Get back, you
naughty chicks! Get back; you will fall
in and drownlO, w'hat shall I do witli such
foolish children?" Then she turned, jump
'■ j e<l over them, rati a little way and called:
' , “Come, chickie-biddies! Com»\ cliiekiy
-1 | biddies! Here’s a fat worm! Here’s a fat
; ' worm!" And the greedy little (things ran
l to her as fast as they could, each one try-
! i ing to get the worm first.
’ The rooster was strutting abou't, and
I said: "I wonder what is the matter with
' | that hen and her babies?” So lie w.'Dt anii
: looked in she well also. “Bah-h.'" said
’ I nanny. Then the rooster clapp'd his wings
’ | and crowed: “00-o-ooh-000-ooh!” and kept
j on strutting about, cla.pping his wings ami
1 j crowing: “00-o-ooh-00-ooh!" until, ut last,
' ! Trav heard him.
1 I Now, Tray was the large dog who watch-
i cd over tliat farm yard, so 'ho said: ' I
1 ' wonder why that rooster keeps up such a
! ! noise? I must go and see." He was siii-
■ pris'd ‘to see the animals and fowls talk-
■ Ing as if something dreadful had liappen-
' I ed, while the rooster kept looking in the
' well and crowing.
• ! Then Tray ran and looked in the well
' : also. "Bah-h!" said nanny; but she was
' j SO weak and hoarse now that ‘he J -00 ' 11
' hardly hear her. “Bow-wow!" said 1 ray,
I and ran to his master.
1 I “Good morning, old fellow, ’ said tho
farmer, patting Tray's head. “Bow-wow-
1 | wow!" said Tray, and then he ran toward
I the well. Next lie ran back to the fanner,
jumped up and put ills forefeet against
him. licked ills hand, and said; “Bow-wow
v.owl” again and ran toward the well; and
' when he got to it. »<' io" 11 ’ ' 1 down and kept
saying “Bow-wow-wow!" until ms mast't
came to him.
1 'The farmer looked in and when lie saw
nanny sitting in tlie bucket and up to her
| mek’in water, he said: “Why. you silly
' old goat, what .ire you doing down t'hcie.
I TH. n he drew up the bucket, and out jnmp
j (<1 th( . g .,a'. and ran off to dry her coat
; in the hot sun under a warm hillside.
Trav look'd at the farmer mid said,
i "Bow'-wow!” His master patted him mi
I tlie head and said: 'Yes, fta>. JMi ,l,c ‘ l
tine fellow and we all love you very mtirt .
■ ' Run off. now. and take a nap, and win n
' / finish breakfast you shall have a good |
dish of scraps. ■'
i rrn | niea <<l Tray very much; so h< sud
i “Bow-wow-wow!" (meaning “I thank you”) !
' and ran to the front pm'.-l',, "'J |
■ on his. ma", turn'd around thre. t.m ~
laid down and went fa ■
1 GI.'I v ifo of Henry Willis. had
him two children tsn, L w >d ,
i tor \'in". Their residence 11,1 |
! htigin now kn>wn as Marys
I General Robert I!. l-‘" hls j
| Victory over Burnside.
“Lewis Willis, born in 1734. married Mary. |
daughter of Colonel John Chamm-. whose ,
sister, Jane, was the first wife of Samuel .
Wtishhington I
"Bvrtl son of Lewis ami Mary Champe •
Will's, married Mary, daughter > f .
Lewis tii'l granddaughter of Colonel bl
ing Lewis, by ills second wife, B"tty
Washington,, the only sister of ttie gen- ,
eral. Bj rd’s Willis’s daught. r, 1 inj
married' Achille Murat, son of Caroline .
1 Bjnaparte and Napoleon’s great mar- .
shal.
“Ante Willis married Duff Green, whose
first wife was a Miss Barbour, and by him
had three sons-Willis. Henry and William
—and one daughter—Eleanor.
“Duff Green 'lying intestate before the
rev'lution, ills eldest son. John, by his
first wife, took tho bulk of his large prop
erty. leaving a scam patrimony forth"
children by the second marriage. By the .
advice mid assistance of relatives (their |
cousin the general being most Intlufii i il».
Will S. and D- nry made contracts to loe ito
land warrants in Kentucky, leaving then
youngest brother in charge of his mother
and sister. Henry died voting and unmar
ried. Willis married Surah, eld. -t daugh
ter of John Reed. Their oldest son was
Dr. Duff Green, who was the father of
Dr Willis Duff Green, of Alt Vernon. 111.,
.Hid of Judge William 11. Green, of Cairo,
111. I.ewis Warner Green, th" learned and
eloquent, divine, was Willis Gre- n’s young
est ison and Uie father of Mrs. M. 'l'-
Scott of Bloomington, 111., and of Mrs.
Adlai E. Stevenson, wife of the ex-vice
president.
“Tlie oldest daughter of Willis Green
married Maj c James I‘,arbour, of the war
of 1812, and was the mother of James Bar
hour, president of the Bank "f Maysville,
Kv.. mid was the mother of Dr. Lewis G.
Craig, of tlie Presbyterian seminary ot tho
northwest, at Chicago.
“William, youngeist son of Duff and Anne
| YVlllis Green, was a pet of ills cousin, teio
j general, mid at lifteeen j<ars of age, was
witli him at Valley Forge. At eighteen
he was with Morgan in the battle of Cow
pens. He married Anne, daughter of Mark
hum Marshall, a first cousin of tlie chief
I justice, by whom he iiad four sons mid two
daughters. General Duff Green, who died
lit Dalton, Ga., in 1875. was I lie oldest son;
Dr. Willis Green, tlie see'ml son, died
without issue at Vicksburg, Miss., many
years ago; William M. and Henry Willis
Green were twins. Tlie former had ono
daughter, who married William H. Spen
cer, and tlie latter left two sons, Donald
Robinson Green, of the Kansas legislature,
and William S. Green, of Colusa, Cal.
“Sarah, daughter of William and Anne
Marshall Green, marri. d Rev. Willi.im
Ncaie and resides near Glasgow, Ky. She
gave her two sons—William and Duff as
volunteers to the confederacy. They fougnt
gallantly and William w..s kill'd in tho
skirmish a; Jon* sboro, Ga., before lie was
twenty years "Id
“On page 217, s *con<i volume, ’lxissing’s
I’ictni'l.il l''lcld Book of the Revolution,’ I
find :lii brief notice of General George
Washington's ancestry:
“'lie i- <l* sc nd* i from an •>'<! family of
th" English a ristoeraev. Tlie name of
YVashington as a family was first known
about tlie middle of the thirteenth century.
Previously there was a manor of that name
in tile county of Durham, owned by Wil
liam de Hertburne, who, as wns tlie cus
tom in those days, took the name of his
estate. From that gentleman have do- (
seended tlie branches of tlie Washington
family in England and America. The name
is frequently mentioned in the local histo
ries of England ns belonging to persons of
| wealth and distinction. Sir Henry YVash
-1 ington was renowned for ins bravery at
I the siege of Worcester against the parlia
• mentary troops and at the taking of Bris.
tol. Monuments in church with
tho name of Washington upon tl, are
proofs of their opulence. Tlie ancii seat
of the Washington family is said t.» yet
well preserved. It is built of stone 'peat
solidity. Tho timber is chiefly of oakjd in
several of the rooms, particularly the
large hall or banqueting room, are Inins
of rich carving and gilding in the ciices
and wainscoting. Over the mantel »ces,
elaborately carved, are the familyrms,
richly emblazoned on cseutclioom-Tlio
walls of tho house are five foot thieTho
old family monument, erected to theeni
ory of “Sir Laurence Washington, te,”
grandson of the first proprietor < the
name, of Sulgrave, and the ancest of
General Washington, is in tlie ceineti’ of
Gardeon church, two miles from M-ns
bury. It is of tho mural style ami beaitho
family arms. Sir Lawrence Washlion
died in May, 1643. Two of Ills sons, ,fin
and Lawrence, emigrated to Virginia ~ut
tlio year 1657, and settled at Bridge's < ?k,
on the Potomac, in Westmoreland couy.
The eldest brother of the emigrants,}ir
William Washington, married n. half Sier
cf George \ illiers, duke of Bu. kingh.in
"C'dcncl Wlili im Wasliinaton was >■
eldest son of Daily Washington, of Rtf
ford county, Virginia, and a cousin if
General George YVashlngton.
“Tin. general took hi.. e..usin, YVilli >.
Green, youngest son of Duff Green :i i
Anne Willis, into his military family t
fourteen years of age as a volunteer wit
out pay. He was well grown for Ii s ,-m
and having been raised on the banks f
tlie Rappahannock, well skilled in mann
ing a boat. f»n page 20, second volume, Lo
s.ug's '!■ .-ui niwK,’ ue ji; r. icrred to mt
note as follows:
'Ammia iti< most prominent and . -t
men in ferrying tlio army (across tlio D"!a
ware. December 25. 177'1). tradition Iris pr<
served tlie names of I'riali Slack, Willi.in
flri'ien and David Lining.'
“At Valiev I'orge lie .ind La f'i vet te. T.'l
volunteers witliout pay. met around nreuui
Washington's mess table. Naturally i!i.*y
were attracted to each other.
“Whet' :hi' - at oi active war Was tran
forred to the s utli, th" general entrustel
ids .young protege to tlie care nf ('"!*.t,. ,‘
illaim Washington and they were to
gether witli Jlorgan at the Cowpens.
~z , , “Bi-lN !■;. Gitr.JdN.
Greenhurst, Dalton, G i.“
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
Some butterflies have as many as 201:00
distinct eyes.
The barking of a. dog on the earth can
be hoard bj- a balloonist at tin elevation of
four miles.
When the sparrowhawk is swoop"-g
down on its prey it ch-aves space at the
speed of Jso miles an (hour.
As to the lengUh of life of fish, it is s'iM
that the ordinary carp, if not interfcr-4
with, would live about five hundred y.U's.
William Neff, of ('r.lot ido, umai'tlied
baby coyotes on his ranch, and trail- i
t'hem so that they follow him like 'logs.
Codfishes welgtliing twenty-six pounds
have been caught lately In tho Pcno'bsec*
river, whence tlieii . ponies tlisappeaii-d
fifty years ago. driven away by sawdust
from the iuml" r mills.
The skin of tho r' d.d'•. r is so Impervious
to the cold tliat any "tm ddli' d in su--:! i
dress, witlh the addition of a id "ik" "t
.m crial, may ■ tens :
rigors <>f an Arctic wlnti :
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