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CONSTITUTION JUNIORq
Conducted by—,
Mrs. William King
EVENING SoNGz=a
The shades of night are falling.
The sinking sum grows dim;
Birds to their mates are calling
From every hedge and limb;
The distant town is silent,
The ‘herds have left the lea,
The moon, a silver island,
Shines in a sapphire sea.
CHORUS.
Ring, ring sweet vesper bells!
Daylight is over;
Fly to your homey cells.
Bees in the clover;
Linger not, little birds.
Fly to your cover—
Whisper love's tender words,
O happy lover!
The sunset’s rosy shimmer
Is fading, dying fast;
The 'home lights brighter glimmer-
bo, it is dark at last!
Th« stars in countless legions.
Are marshaled in t'he sky.
And from night's haunted regions
Her ghostly phantoms tly.
CHORUS.
Ring, ring sweet vesper bells!
Daylight is over;
Flj !■> your homey cells.
Bees in the clover;
Linger not, little bit ds.
Fly to your cover
Whisper love's tender words,
O happy lover!
-CHARLES W. lit BNI-.R.
A STORY OF HOW A WOOD-
PECKER BUILT A NEST.
I hinted l-> yon in last wks paper that
I had t«'met king to t-11 you. It "•* ■
R pretty Sight that 1 saw while tn.'Ktt.;
visit to a friend Wi w f sitting out
, red n'-izza It was almost
on a vine ■ox -red p..i/.z..i. n .
in the country, for there v. re . ■ ■ ■
n tr. and a I" autitul s a< •. ■
road in front of the house. < n he
site corner was a very large, liic.i ' -
ur.irti pol>. Woil" we wry s.ttiug ta.kiu„
* i i w < k’ r I’* ‘i-iul sat
a r<d-capp‘ »i ‘ ■
° n
J'W'Tw minutes hl flew down the side
of the pole a little way and disappeared.
I sn |d: '•Where did ho go?" For an answer
she got up and went into the house i.-.i.t
brought out a pair of held glasses, gave
them to me ami s id: "Look. 1 did, am
tm.-re nearly to the top of that pole I
saw a perfectly round hole. If it had been
measured by instruments and cut it could
not have been more perfect. Then my
friend told me how mu rest' d tm y had
been watching that little bird build In
house. First in' flew up and down the big
pole pecking here ami there until at last
ne.irlv at the top iie seemed to tlnd a.
pl ~ .. tl at wnu all right. Th< n tin y watch
ed him as he marked a perfect circle by
peeking all around. When the circle was
all marked off. then he went regularly
to work, and far days he worked away
until a hole was made, large enough .'"t
him to get in. Torn he went inside ami
worked until the entire circle was about
as large as a small saucer. Then they
could not see wb.'t. be was doing inside,
but could hear him. When all was done
Im flew away. My friend told me she was
so interested that she sat at her window
f. days watching for him. At last «i"
came back with Ids mate and they went
in their new home. I asked how they
knew the male bird who did all the work,
and they told me by his head. His toilknot
was a brighter red. Now tO" little wife
laid her ( ggs and staid In the m st and
soon there were little young ones, and such
a happy little family. The second laying
of eggs had now e immeneed and there
will soon lie more little ones.
While w<> Were talking and watching the
hole out popped little red topknot and flew
to the top of another pole near by and
began to sing. My friend said: "Watch
now; <m Is calling his mute, it i-. tlmi tor
supper." And sure enough there came fly
ing to him his little wife and they flow
off down on the ground in a grove m ar by
te get their evening meal I new-r saw
a prettier sight and it gave me suctl
pleasant thoughts. I could not h«lp from
thinking of tlod’: goodm-.-s to <•«><• own
f.r the little birds. Y"ti know th" verse
in the Bilbo, "Not a spirrow fall- I" tn
ground without His knowledge.” ami tin n.
too. it is tlod s goodness to give t "■ m tie
instinct to work. That lit'-. bird knew by
sound there was a dr->ayed place in that
pole and he peeked until th" sound told
him where it was and was soft enough
forth. little bill to pen-ii rat". Don t you
think all this is wonderful? Now. xwiut a
lesson we may learn from the i ttb: bird .
They worked, and worked bald, to make
them a home. Any om who is earnest and
industrious can accomplish any work they
undert ako.
My friend told me that while the bird
was pecking away : t his nest they Im-!
a tiard time with the boy- who "■ re pa
Ing. A boy would walk along and hoar
til., pecking, but th- polo was so high he
did not know where it came from. At
lost he would look up ami stoop down and
g. a rock, and then Um lady would scream
out: "Don’t you hit that bird!" and the
b>y would say: "What s the matti r . 1
it laying?" and she would say: "Yes." so
i . : . - I Afte I
a while another boy would come by ami
stop and list< n and down would go his
hand for a rj»k. win n "Don’t you throw
at that bird’" would startle him ami tie
would say : ‘ls -he hatching ?” aml the
answer would come: "Ym," and down
w nt the reek, ami so these good Indie’s
v itched until tin little bird work'd inside
and was safe.
Now boys. tell me why it was el ery
b-iy wanted to throw at that bird? Are
boys naturally cruet? ; don't believe it,
but It is because th'-y ar-- not taught when
very little the importance of kindness to
all God's, helpless creatures. G'Trlg would
never think of hurting :i bird or •Inmb
brute, but boys will, I won't say what I
tl.ink of boys who at.- irm-1 :•> animals.
Won’t you try, and from now on turn
over a new leaf and show only kindness
to all of God's creatures, and especially
the birds? It will ennoble your nature and
make you better men and <-!tiz -t.is. Try it,
boys, you that ar" im lined to be thought
less and cruel, for I know many, very
many boys who are as trite as steel and
good and gentle to all dumb animals. Over
come this fault for tiie sake of
AUNT SUSIE.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Albert Moore, Keysville, Fla.—Dear Ju
nior; I am a little boy eight years old and
live with my Aunt Bessie and Uncle Bob.
We take The Constitution and 1 like to
t'-ad tiie little stories in it. We live on a
farm and have lot.s of cows. I can drive
the calves to the pasture and I am learn
ing to milk. My school win begin soon
and I will go every day.
Marie Smyly, Smyly J’ (>.. S <’.—Dear
Junior: I noticed in the last Constitution
that one of the cousins said novel reading
was injurious to one’s mind. I agree with
you. my fair cousin, to a certain extend.
1 would not advise any girl or boy to road
Julia Edwards, Mary Hay and Miss Lib
by's novels. It gives us a frivolous idea
of life. We think we can go to the fac
tory and find a Violet Lee. or go t<( New
York and make a fortune in a day. but we,
are usuallv mistaken. There is very little
real life in novels. Dickens's characters
are the only onc.s you can meet every day.
Dickens is my favorite author, md I think
I if my little cousin would read "David Cop-
I pertield." or "Dombey A Son.” she would
change'her opinion about novel reading.
1 would like to correspond with some of
the yankee cousins. 1 inclose 5 cents tor
the Grady hospital.
Leone Rauch, Edwards, Miss.—Dear Ju
nior: My father has taken The Cnnstitn
tlon a long time and no paper Is more wel
come in our home. I am ten years old. 1
love to read the Junior page. 1 went with
father to Vicksburg last week and went
riding on a boat. Belle of the Bend, and
had such a nice time. I go To Sunday
school regularly. I am taking music les
sons and like it very much.
May Shaw. Winchester. Miss.—Dear Ju
nior: 1 am a Swedish girl and have been
an admirer of The Constitution, Jr., for a
long time. Clayton, your letters describ
ing some visits in Washington were quite
a feature to the Junior. It is / busy t ine
of year for the girls—to can and preserve
fruit is by no means an easy job, espe
cially when the thermometer goes away up
yonder. I do not !• lieve those is uny harm
in reailing novels: in fact. I think it ele
vating to read a good one.
Cora Reeves. Battle Creek. Neb. Dear
Junior: 1 was looking ovt The Constitu
tion and saw some letters in your columns
and became very much interested in them,
and I would lik" to correspond with some
girls 'from thirteen to nineteen veins- old.
from Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, Florida and
California I live in the country about ten
miles from Battle. Creek I would like to
exchange the song. "Doti 1 t'tay Alt"!
Ten" for "The Fatal Wedding." Inclosed
find 1 cent for the Grady hospital.
Zelma Stitt. Wehadkee, Al t. Dear Jun
ior: I feel very much improved after hav
ing read the interesting lett'-rs from dif
ferent places How glad I am when
Wednesday eont"S around, for on that day
We get The Constitution. Some ol the
cousins wrote about keeping secrets from
our mothers. I tHiink it is so rude in a
child, especially a girl, to act in t uch t
d,graded manul'T that sb" eatill >t atloid
for her m.dh.-r to know it. I don: awk
llief - is anv harm in unknown correspond
ents. therefore, 1 shall take pile.tsure In
answering all letters n-o ;ved.
A. H. Denier, Cabot. Ga. —Dear Junior:
This place is right close to a creek, tlm
nam" of which is Fish, and there ar.- a
grea't many fish in it- People come from a
distance to fish and seine and somet’.rm-.-.
have a picnic. We had a iish fry at "in
house not long ago, which I < njoy i v>-r>
much. There are sever tl 1 Tge Mbs ta p
ar, full of minerals. Papa soul .he mm
oral Interest on one lot, tor M. 000; it v. is
low ochre, and t is very pret t > I will
tell you about the beautiful marble and
the big rocks next time 1 write.
"Gypsy." Brighton. Tenn. D<ar Junior:
I like th" dear • l-l Con citation b tt r th m
any paper of th- sunny south; don’t kn ,w
what I would do without it. 1 n
Master Tyler speaking of girls "primping
.... j gossi’pin " friend, you have no room
tot talk, for if boys don’t primp mor" tmtn
girls do. my eyes ni". I La'"
something under a hilt dozen lirotm:,-.
and I know wheri'itf 1 speak, for I h.iV"
to stand back and let them primp fit's!,
and it takes them tilt' " times as long t '
gel ready to go to some place as it do- -
ln ,. I know boys read novels, too, as
w-d as girls. There is not my thing
g., t ,d or bad for boys to my notion, esp<-
ciallj a town "dl.” Justt to se< tin '■>
r ire'l,ack, with their hats on the ba.-K "-
their 11' ."is. hair part' d in the center and
a cigar in thteir mouth is one more sign:
t,> look upon Why, lit" country boys go
II -. kelter, gr< - n and awkward, but
don't kiiuff it until in society, where, th'-'
can't keep from stepping on the:.- own
toes and don't know where to k'-"l' then
bands. Inclosed lind 5 cent tor Grain
, hospital.
i W. B. Calhoun. Climax, Ga.—Dear Ju-
I . . i , taking Tin Constitu on
I for some time and don't think there is any
better paper on earth that will give so
, much news the world over. I IL- in 'a
I extreme end of southwest Geoic.ia, only
ten mile: from ’ ' ’ ■
j Flowers. I have been rals. -l pretty mtn li on
I the gulf of Mexico, which is my home,
I but I like Georg ,a mil'll better, but often
' I tike i fU m-: trip to c - the ct.-i: - ?
water and enjoy myself very mueli lishing
| and getting oysters. The best place to go
. and • :11 •11 plenty of fish and oysters to
’go to Apal tchieola or Cai rain .. F! then
. take a sailing trip to St. Andr< ws bay. It
! an y one wishes to iish and hunt tin a hove
I places are the very finest to hunt game.
, such as deer and ducks. I would like to
Igi t a few si a-• ans and w hat is kno ,\ i a
| I'.orld - liean or K- v W<.t b.- .n. Any ol
■ -o . .-, - ■ know • -- -
| have them for . ale wi I oblige me very
I much to give me 1 : A o I Ilk
| Texas and on the coast of Florida In dose
' find 10 cents for the Grady hospital.
George Hub ft Mi-Cr.avy, AsL-r. Ala.
Dear Junior: I am glad to know that the
cousins are taking so much inter' st in
i letter writting. I think newspaper corr
spondence is a good tiling to train young
I men and women. Cous'ns, I went to a
picnic mi the 30th of July and had a good
: time. It was at Loretto, Tenn., just lit' •■■ a
miles from my home. I livi litt, '-n miles
from the Louisville and Nashville rail
road. Athens is tin,- county seat of I,'in
stone county, the county in which I live.
m ■mt < died 111 town of ma
chinery. Sugar 1 '•■- ok is half i mile east
of m< ' and has some lint i>ottom land on
1..,-.!, .--ides of it. This count'.-' i-.iimot b.
I sorpassi-d in regard to fin" timber. Saw
mills ire i tinning tn all . iyi ing
■up tile fine poplars and Oaks. Mr. Willi"
Da kinson I wonder liaven't you ever seen
a. eotton? I " -mid send you a s.impl. .
but you ' ome down hen and I "11 s i '"
' von how to raise i:. T.h" " ir has about i-mni
,to a ' lose .and f Get —' \. - ■ r
I, ; . p to the Uniteil State alive 1 intend t-o
do i-yeryt liitig in niy powei to help put him
b. in'emigres-
W. A. Ailson. Norwood. N. C D.-ir Ju
nior- 1 liw about four mil"S from Nor
w,„,d. m-nr th' fmk of Bee D and R". k'
rivers. The laud here is very fertile and
Will produce fifty or sixty bushels of corn
: per acre. 'Che society is as good as could
I |n any eominunhy. I’icnics are all tin
I go here in the summer, and w- have a
: ..,,0,1 literary sue . : \ at Fm k academy, •#>.-
I mi" frmn mv iimii". In th" wmti-r. Os
> box , i. ■ • • :
1 our literary meetings, and what |oll\
. Dm. m we do ha'-- "tne tim-s I am a
' school teacher oil lu-ugh young in the lm
: inis.-, and accordingly I advocate th«- in
'• of good od iw •11 :< >n, for without
It -A..'cannot .iccomplish mm i good in the
world. I t i-nk th-- boys who write ought
„or r-> s. "Id th- girls so much, tor tiiej
I hav< their work to do as well as we do
I .‘urs, and th'-v should hav. th.-.r ...Imre
' "'TT-' .i'.-i'r'' old' Constitution lem hes us
, .. Ti esday ... nlng and we inxiously
■await its .oming 1 ■ nj..y.-.l th." i-.„ m
1 When f say I cure Ido not mean merely to
■ stop them for a time and then have them re
turn attain. I mean a radical cure. 1 have made
the disease of 11 PS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy.
; Give Express and Post Office.
' Prof. W.H.PEEKE. F.D., 4 Cedar St., N.Y.
j Mention this paper when writing.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION- ATLANTA., GA M MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1898.
written by “Dixie Boy.” How many of
our city cousins have ever spent a sum
mer in the country and enjoyed the beau
ties of the farm, with its waving grain,
its fruits and flowers, with its pure, fresh
air? To all who have not had those privi
leges 1 would su.y they lose u great bless
ing.
t.Mhud C. Eagg. Stoneville. N. C—Dear
Junior: Cousins, I notice that some of
you claim that the old subjects such as
• friendship” and "hope" have grown
threadbare, but please allow me to say
Just a few' words on "Hope." The word
itself is an inspiration. As a marinei
would be in midocean without his compass,
so would be in midocean drilling on lite s
sea. witli no brightly shining star of hope
to guide us on our journey. When mis.or
tunes and reverses assail us, hope bids us
look up and push mi with renewed y>-,< n
t „ rea'-h th- success that seemed wr h 1
our grasp, but like a phantom, meltid
and vanished just when we were ready to
exclaim: "I have r :b'hed < ate -m H.
II,!!" leads us mi to a biT-.hter
I life. Hou Often have "<■ >'.i<-cred the
d-spai'-ing and broken-hearted friend I y
whispering a kind word o' hope in Ills en.
How his face brightened and his 'm.
w more ioyou s i ' he was thus enco tr
;.,.,-d to "try one,- mm- -!" Dear friends, d"
nm despair, if misfortunes darken atonml
von and all ns dark and ironr\ ; re-
m. -r that “Hope, witli a .m-nt'e pi i s i
sion. whispers : comfm-tlng word. COl re
spondents solicited.
■Mlldn Gor.-,' ElbinZ Kas - Dear Junior:
1 am a farmer’s daii-.;!t‘.--r “bl am tn great
favor of the war. I Uiou’d like to go my
self ami help def nt the cruel Si>aniaius. I
read t '.e war m-ws m-arlx - very w ••-h..
,- Il ibson ami 800
some ot my favorites .u< n "■ ’■
Fv.'ns (-‘FUhting Itib"). but do not t.i' -
S.impsm . Now. girl.-', ’ think you are mi
j . • ;., the >oys. I thing there at -#a
bad girl ■ ' here arc boys. Imm t say J
li.iys don’t half t Ike your I> ift. you ano a
the girls to <l*) all the ta.k.-ir.. 1,1
m ver but a few leitet’s from tim boys No".
gil . don’t 1-> against me b< cause l --■"■
tin boys' part, because I ■!■■■'
I ,-v 11,-mv or t!m cousins rale
: u ’bike?" I can I '>t ■■“' "" « ht ’ l !
but want one- awful b -I. 1 JU >' 1 " '
hurt wmb - u-mng to •’"1". c
iikuiv linn s. 1 agie<‘ i > J -■ ■ •
MC -■ I " , ? ’J"
resiiondence, tun a teal I’
respond with sont ot ■ .vou . ive ’ ’
atm oft.-u y-m -an " a ’. lt in
A'Ting to . -mi te tea 11 '',
oth.r stat" many mil". 1 r.mi ’
live Hmm- of the emtsins "• > e sl> "king
■ - ' ' , ' am : '"
• ' ■' . " ... " mJ' -Tni
1 J " ni ‘ ' 1 ' , • i t,-,i --i are i'
(1,, lb" Road to Can '■> '- 1 h “ • a gn
.'m. i and "IL “t.l -my m return
that I have.
I’.. ula 11 Cassady. Siimt'-rvill". Fla.—Dear
Jmiior: I liv" la I 1 1” >' '-' inil ," f
ilow-s. W, Im vi m-l.v been taking Tec
Cuds: i! i:t i.»u a short wlc! . but lib” >•’»
rnm i. esp.-.-ially th- P >g<’ '!■ vol d to t'he
young pi-opl" 1 see most i.f the girls and
; . 1 subj ets, but as this is my
ti, t, will only te'd .' >ll of tn,, home. I
I V " ,-n a la’-ge farm of 20> acres. W e
• aise many kinds of fruit and v-i-mtabli ■
, , . to eat Blums P ' ■
such tilings grow wild and we take many a
ni.-e St'.-" I alter them. M e hav,- a C.""a
many cattle and it is so nice to w“-'h
the little calves feed in the pasture I ,ie\
tfecd early in the morning, and wmen it
ge;, warm t hey go to a shade and stay
.... until it gets coo W - -miv o sueh
beautiful pasture to take walks in. Some
times wii-ii my friends xi it tm- "•
• .ike s'rolls In it and -nJ y it mm -t. 1
Would not ex.-Image nn ■ .
a citv lion 1 " '' '
n the cit x we would - " ■ n.l :■ '/
pl".,sures I Imv- mentic-ned. My home is
ju ,t on- mile from the -■■■-■ n Sumter
\ ill. where I am now attenmng s. ii"" -
It is mv gt-'-ati-st desire to obtain a good
• ,i:n-at inn. " deli I shall c, rtn .n.y d" it it
lies within my power, and I think it does.
My ai-.e is lilt' -n. 1 would like , -,rresi'ond
cuts of li'm-r sex.
! , ■ . co S C. Dear
Junior: -‘('iirrcsjintuli-tt'-- seems to 1"
th- lab st topic for discussion, and I f. -1
as if 1 would lik- to 'mv.- my say about >1
~ ... . . ■".- ■■ the o ■ is. I,
lik" a go. d many others, 'think there is ab
soluti ly no harm in girl: and boys xvi'iting
t.i e.-i-h oth'-r uni .- "<■ make barm <>f
it. W-‘ may att' nd ehnreh, visit th- si- k.
and give alms to the poor, and a score ot
<i- e r things, and if "" do not do th" "
things in the proper spirit xve might as
wel ive 'hi m undone, it Is just t lie
same in corresponding with <a.h oFaer;
it we try to deceive our distant , fiends be
caus< t'iiey are unknown to us. "'■ had j i t
as W'-d try d"' eptioii among our acq'.iaint
anc'-s. I don't agree with John <’. Mc-
Auliffe and some others xx - o think th'-'
can find oil- the character of the writer on
reading a few of their letters. Sme of
tile most degraded iii-nple a-e highly edu
cated. and if they have any talent at all
in the ar: of letter writing. "'i ‘' Is to hin
der them from xvriting inieii-siing and . a
-..■■■ on '. ot hei
Mr Me Au iiff* would call "th?
,-' i.inb'ii r class ot po'.j.l .-iti- as,good as
there Is in the land. '■• e:<z-e-pt tiieir pov
erty, xvhidh lias kept them f.om b- ing"d.
ueated. Long live Aunt Susii and ?
(tonstitutiori. < ’<,rt - -p-mil'-ii' s solicited
among tin older Juniors.
IN’.?" Don’t you think if "degraded peo
ple" . an xvriT-' "entci-..-lining and Interest
ing letb rs" rim ■ you have advanced a
p-,’„i reason against unknown eorr.-spond
ene'-. It is a dangerous habit, and though
Aunt Su-'i'- has been :>lami-d for mie of
tim matches made through unknown cor
respondents, she Im I een first, l ist and
always opposed to i .i
J M. K-nnedy. M .-. lonary. Miss.—Dear
Junior: I xvill give you something on amuse
ments- i< ir .'port : ar- merely means to an
. nd. They are alleviations and b-.-lps. The
irm of :,,:! is til-- only arm strong enough
to bring tip tin- l.uei,out of th. d'-.-p
v.,dl ~f pleasure. Xmusement is only the
bower where bu-;n .m and phTaniiiropy
ri. ; while on their way to sta ring achieve
ments. A inns-men is nre o-nly the vines
that grow about ie anv.l of toil, and
nmers A . t "i- the
intin wi n is time in laboriously
doing not'iini:! 11.- days in looking up
loum • pl.i'.s and loungers, hit nights in
.... k out - .me ;■ flight.■ I foolery! Tim
mtn who a w tj - has on » s sport ng Jack
et, r . .my to hunt for the game in tae
n. mntain or th- lish in im- brook, with no
.. . I ■ ■ -I. not o well off as
; ,-■ gi.-v'’.oitnd that runs by his sale, ot
the tly' bait with «b . a he limps the
X a'mn who does no- work do,- s not know
Imw h> flax It God intended u to do
, Otliin- but l.iiigb. he would nm have givi u
~ . mid. rs with villi' i t" lilt, and bands
w ahi' ll to work, and brains with »::k >
to think The amus tn< nts ol life are
merely the orc msu ■ play- - ■ -
pr,-.u tr.'-m d.x ot 1-. t'Hmm throng.. ns
liv,. ;,eis iaf.iUey, Childhood, manhood, old
b.,,1 company if you go to any pl.me
M here ' "Il have to a: -O"l it- with th" m
ten.n.-rat" with tim uiiel'-an, with the
aIM-mimwd, however "'ll they mat I.
dressed unit it. They will undermine
vour moiml .■!ini act• r. T iev will d-5!,.,!!
;,„,'r n nor.- T." • "-’.Il dr -.. von when you
hrst, IV' .1 Th'-v " Il w. ep not .me
1, ,r .It xmir buH.il. They will chuckbi
over vour downfall. I would like m <-,,r
--respond w th some of the Juniors, espe
<-tally frmn Florida.
G. E. Pennington. Pennington Gap, Va.
Dear Junior: Li t me tell you what a nice
time my little brother and I laid a. few day.-
ago. V.’i- took our fishing rods in hand as
the sun went down and wandered quietly
through the meadows amid the fragrance
of the blooming dasic-s and budding clover
blossoms till we heard the happy ripple of
the flowing river and the merry singing of
the birds in the trees on the banks. We
walked slowly along its grassy bank, where
the water lilies slept in fadeless beauty
and many other beautiful flowers nodded
to the rippling waves and seemed to en
cline their heads to listen to the river’s
beaut'iful melody, presently we came to a
nice spot under a large oak tree, where the
water was deep and still and the basso
profundo of the bull frogs on the oiher
bank and the joyous twittering of the birds
over our heads seemed to invite us to
throw out our lines and fish a whi.e. We
accepted the invitation. Twilight was
gathering and we sat aud fished and ti.-iiioi
and fished. Then "silently one by one in
tiie inlmlle meadows ot heaven blossomed
Hie beautiful stars, the. foipei-mc-nois ot
tne ange.s.” DaiKness spread tier nroad
wings about us, but we still sat patiently
waiting, listening, looking and longing for
that happy nibble at our bait that tiiriiis
tiie soui of the barefooted boy. But we
waited and there care not; we fished but
we caught not; we longed for, but found
not the pleasures an*l the fishes that lie
hid ’neath tne crystal wave of tin- .-p.iiiv
ling river. 'Twas almost midnight's halt
hour when all nature was hue.nd in re
pose, when tne planets were rolling and
shining and the bright stars were trooping
through the heavens that we ro led up our
lilies and started upon our way horn-ward,
feeling rather enipty-hand.-.I and disap
pointed, as wo had caught nothing save an
ugly looking, green-eyed monster we call- d
a "water dog."
As I walked on home I thought Low
many old maids and bachelors have lived
all .the days of their life fishing, intertly
lishing, and. catching naught, they g i
up at last In despair and start for tl. Ir
home in th? skies fee ing disappointed mi l
disbr artened and that their lives iipmi
earTh have been a failure, and I wonder 1.
this would I." my lot. Correspondence so
licited. .Ago sixteen.
Markle Masters. Kock Mills, S. C.—D-ar
Jimiort I will take for my subject. "Swe
den." If yon were to go to Sweden anil
ask the first boy you met where yon wer-.
hi would'nnswer jp a, strange language. If
you were to give him a penny to mak" him
speak more plainly, ho would take off l"S
,-:ip mid shake hands with you. Suppos -
he takes you horn" with him. rind you sit
down to hi" .k aist with his I'al’mr, mother,
brothers and sisters? A little flaxen-haired
girl, the young-st child of the household,
that can talk, stands at her father’s side
and says a little verse in Swedish, while
ail ho iv their loads .'.round the board.
This is what she says:
"In Jesus’s name we sit a-me.at.
May God bless the food we eat."
When the repast is finished the same lit
tle one returns tit.inks in another verse
to the Giver of all good things.
Tho animais oi* Sweden are very trim"
and gentle, and you do not have to wonder
long why this is. for the boys never throw
stones at -bast or bird or ever scare or
torment them in any way. They feed and
pet i a ni. mid make much of tiu-m ins.c.au.
Animals after all. have mueli the < ---
fl .-ling aS WC-; they knoxv their friends, and
love them. , ■ , . la
Om nndsummer s eve, xi.iicli lu bii.ii' ii ~
the 23d of June, ; , all ‘h "
into th" nearest village Tiiey drive in a
great long hly cart, thickly trimmed all
round with tne bnght «>'• ". h'-ugl.ri ot t 1"
b::, 11. The nors. - ar. --■ k< -1. ■"'• , >"J
birch too, and th- driv'-r sits m a. ... i>• .1
l-ir.-h' biw. in ■ middle ~r the suua e.
is Mav pole sixty l""t h.-gli, 1 F
trimmed with birch I".:.x' s ”■ s
-,,,.! «n-.iths of It--"' is b-ii'g ,l " "
cross tre< . Th. him and yellow u-.;;*
g-. . ,i. •• s living Ir on th" tor ■'> ■■
! ■ . idl. ■ ’i Rang
■
im I'".'- HU - 1( ...t;.,n: build snoxv
1 ' -- ' ; . N r,Z
1- id. s. eo.it and -,s. ■ . CO on
o, shim the At’>• ~,-k-
V . - a::' .'. . >
UmNerv darl;< t of th- the
' ‘ . . t's’om '
Ihh’d receives'aS mm'y as 100 Christmas
presents.
"Delegate," llaih-rsm !<’. '1 ex - ‘’’ ,Lr ,
nior: Wh. n last I "rate to th- •
,|..partm.-nt of Th- < ’om ntutlon 1"■ s
Th. (’"nstitm.on I s- and
A i; ,-wry t me 1 visit horn. . but that,
s i‘.t what I ".'in ’ ‘ thP Y‘' ll,hs ’ n
this 1-tt-r. I have iuu
give the y.mtbs ,n id-a of how the
l;,rg, st stat" in the union nominates
B, Th ,'g'- Amun people built an enormous
1,, a,..,;,ng ■ "as and ex >rj
",.‘it y, , s ,„■■ ui'i"d. Dvr I-" counties "eie
',-,.presen’ted I" d. legates and each
clmirs w. r< mdiea d by ■ ' '- hu tg
, , , : . h tiie name of the
countv writun on
M-'.’r Mr Bmke XX i.s elected permanent
chmrtnau. the .liffeix 1H committ'-.-s ap
i.t.mi. d and ass.gncl to duly, spn’ud
. ... p M; n> xv ho xvill
Ilieir , ap.s, but lae ni"St popular men im
.. ■ ' ' ‘ :
' . .. kver»* ex-Govcrnor
and d« i a U-ning <.u«. I>.
(i..\.ruor Charles < ulbtiboli and
h \',m’liav'-’aU'.hiubtl. ss seen P‘‘“ires -t
ex-G'.vi mor Hog :, but the aimsi.- an.- kind
to it tin. Due " "ii id never i, • o-, n-z-c 11 al
d only si ’ ' '
J-; imagine th- biggest, i“ t’ -T
,n v~u • \ '-r saw. '■ Uh a fa< • it K' ■
J ',,' ,-',/,! i-b-mi- ..av.-d and attired In th
- kind 't el-tiles ami y-m Uav.,-
, X Ih.y. 1-nor lb Am r th. air had D n
tided with loud hurrahs, huts, nanua i
-m- is i"'- full.' " t \'ie
,1 in - out to ansv-.T a -all to addn s» the
. .ivuii.n on t tritorial expansion and
di - is rt-: irm. ~
ii. k"i>t the crowd in a spasmodic roar
Os laugh!"!', tlsaid a great many
sensible things. ...
1.. b'-ii'i' S in the United States retaining
wrested t'' -m
Sj-,i in in the war now b ing waged, cspe
, . - - Rico, and the crowd
spli: the roof of the Wigwam when he
b '"'\Vhy, til" islands of Cuba and Forto
RieO have alway s b-en ours, anyway; they
are of our soil, for they are no h,ng b ,-h
than tin- seilimi-nt nt tin Mississippi river
vi ishi-.l out tiler, and lodged.”
.-'"im" om' then callci out: "lake oil
your <-o: -, governor and tell us something
ah it . ■ dr reform.”
He answered with a few minutes’ strong
talk nil th" folly of O\e' ires -d people and
c, by saying that any one who ex Tid
ed an Honest young man or woman from
thi a society on account ot their cloth< s
was "a low down stinker and not. w it’Jiy
the good n un ■ of democrats.” and while
th,- multitude cheer'd 1., took up th- large
pi: -li‘-r of water sitting on the table and
d, k out of the spout.
Governor Chari, s ('nib rs-n, he who gave
till" priz" lightei s "in ov r the h -art and
for.-ver knocked them out of Texas—tor
which lie received the b-iptiini of the
<'hristi:in governor next address-d us. giv
ing an aec-unt of hits four y- ais' st-ward
ship; how he mid found tiie state treasury
empty, now full: deple-.,-d school fund, now'
ample to pay teachers on demand, etc.,
and advoi ated territ n’ial expai sten.
Th- prolong--I ,<!'-,-i-- showed that he has
lost m u,- of he popul uily by his conduct
in the mil., rnatorlal < I’.alr and he is not
self on tl., platf.rin if a trolley car while
returning to th. hot--!.
Graiy Hospital List.
Gorge S. Attmore. Ji . Stonewall. N. C..
In •■ nts. V I'. -1 , Tmlg.-n, Ros.i. Ga.. .I
cents- I’.nrl Mei’rorv <•• d irw.lb . Ala. 5
cents ’ ' i : nd. 'i ‘ , Un X .'i'' ' . Ga„
10 cents; Anna Km-'. > m. Fanshawe, I
T. 5 cents. Miss Maui.- Berry. Marion.
Miss .10 c< nts; 11. B. Cal in Clitnax Ga..
t" .. nt Maril Smvlv. Smyly, S. <.. 4
cents' Maggie Morris.-tt. Brighton. Tenn..
—nts Fora Reeves. LatHe Creek.
Neb.. I cent.
Dvspepsta. Cause and effect:
"Fat in haste anil suffer al leisure.
Dvsp.-p-mi. <’ .at "ti ami cure. Take caro
of your diet anil take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
NortU.
Go north from Atlanta. Jacksonville. Ma
con. Savannah. Birmingham, N' "' Orleans
or Chattanooga on through Pullmans and
fast trains of Queen and Crescent route
and its connections. Finest trains in tne
south.— -
snort stories lor Litt Ghiidrcn
Specially Written for The Constitution Junior, by Mr. G. T. Lee, of Tennessee.z=--
THESE STORIES are written by Mr. G. T. Lee, of Johnson City, Tenn., a nephew of
General Robert E. Lee and a first cousin of General I'itzhugh Lee. I hey ate 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, and some of them were told me by my parents.’’
UNCLE BILL AND THE HEIFER.
I have already told you one story about
Undo Bill and will tell another that is
also true In its main facts. The one that
follows was told by a son of Unco Bill's
former master, who saw what happened.
But you must not think that this negro’s
name was actually Bill, that he belonged
to tho d fferent persons named and that be
actv.-il'.y did all the things told of him.
Tills story and the one about "Unde Bill
and the Black Thing" are actually true in
so far as u big, strong negro did do the
things told of. but they were different ne
groes and belonged to different masters,
and I have pretended that they were the
same and belonged to the same, masters in
otd-r that I might tel) th" stories in a
manner that, I think, xvill be more pleasing
to you. In fad, in telling these tales I
du not. in an so mii-h to show that certain
n- ..r.'i.s did tile tiling, told of, aS to tell
.'.ni smi of th.- tabs that 1 used to hear
al "lit tiu-m.
A. w- il as I t w remember. I'ui negro
about .'. m thi tory is told was teally
ri-.i" . l.dl. lb- was a. very large and
sir. Ina-, and bd.mged to a gentleman
wl .. • d ..." farm in a beautiful lit-tlo
v.ill"-, and mother ba-k out in the moun
t n , ar ! yon must in.ike believe that I
am Fiat gentleman's son. and that 1 am
tiding vou w ,at 1 actually saw.
Th- tn.am-. !n farm was used almost en
tit'di to- gi.iz. ii -, cattle, tl.ou-.-li some hay
was m.-ido there. Ex ery spring a good
many i-attle were driven up there, and ev
ery fall a good many were, driven down to
tli". valley farm, but the calves and very
young cattle were left th-ro all the time
and not brought down to the valley farm
until they w-re either n-ady to be milked
or old enough to be fed for market. Thus
th j' used to run about ill the grass, woods
and bushes on the mountain farm for two
or three years and became ilmost es wild
a.-: deer, ’l lie . attle iaa "-l there xvero very
largo and strong, though they were not
dangerous, except that, when the heifers or
young eoxv.-i had caix-es they were some
times very savage an i would fight any
body who went near them.
Gn. spring a. heifer and her
young calf were brought down to
tint valley. The farmer wanted
to break her In to being milked and keep
her; but she was wild, and fought so that
he was afraid he would have to sell her
for a beef.
She xv.;s brought, down from the moun
tains with some other cows, and all were
driven into the farm pen. The milk cows
were in tho lot. next to the pen, and when
it xvas time to milk in the evening they
wen- driven up close to the house, where
the women milked them without going In
w-here the heifer was. Tho little boys
climbed up on tho fence, as they always
do. to sit there and see tiie milking done;
but the heifer shook her horns at them
■n: I bi lked savage, so they jumped off
in a hurry and ran away.
She hiked so handsome as she stood there
shaking her head that the farmer deter
mined not to make a be "f out of her if it
could be. helped. The next morning lie
called some of the men, saying that they
w< i.'M go and catch the liei'fer and make
her gentle. Si . ot course, the littlo boys
xvent i. lone to peep through the fence and
Unci- Bill got over into tho pen and
started toward the barn, where he xx'as
going to get a rope, which the men in-
Plunkett’s Letter
For The Constitution.
Beace has 'been declared, big meetings
are everywhere, six couples have married
at Indian Creek church within th ■ past two
weeks—so now. let the procession proceed!
1 xvis studying over th'- great amount
of marrying that has been lately, and is
to be soon, ami it impressed m<- -with the
effeut that seemingly small causes may
have upon tin- human mind and also with
tim importance of being guarded in our
impressions upon the yming people.
There Is not a bit of doubt but what th"
good wh'-at crop and th- cheerful mood
that it pi:: people in. is r. sponsible for all
thi marrying at Indian t’rei-k and every
where els- in Georgia., I presum.. It is
not tiie good eating that naturally cam"
with the wheat which brought tlu-s.- re
sults. but it. is more because people have
come to thank Ihe Lord for these sort of
things and smile and be cheerful rathei
than t 1 grumble, grumble, grumble, and
crossing the bridges ten thousand times
before we arrive at the.m. There is not
but mi* grumbler in all the neighborhood
of Indian Cr ek now. and he lias been
known under tiie sobriquet, of Grumbl-t
till he grumbles wlicth'-r or no, but xv?
have < veu got him to admit that there is
no big gr! vance now- or in sight, while
he shakes his head and whispers, “Little
ones, little ones, little ones."
There recorded at our courthouse
las- week the papers in a transaction
wilieh took H of Stamps to ,-omply
witli the law. Tills means Hint people have
c,,me from a distance witli great loads of
ineii'-x and Imv- invested it in our county—
it means confidence and prosperity. This
transaction represents the bargain and s.ue
of tne fertilizer interests ot Hu
Sent U.mip.iny, ..nd was real, substantial
and mon gratifying as being the first boom
after the war.
Mr Scott represents ct type ol men wh
have’done and are doing a. gn-.-it "ork for
tin. smith. In Atlanta tney had th. n Klm
b;lll. their lum.'.us. th" Hemphills -he
Howells, English, Beters. (ml" r,. .i.".-
(it-tps that s. t wheels to turning and
machinery to zcotiing, ..nd films tha m- le
tlll . ~ |v foremost in busin-ss. and I.tains
tlmt pl.mind gr.-i’t l>u»lie utilities and Set
tl „ ~ ltl ,js to wmk. .11 of whom ‘l'Ferx-.-
.is,, but DeKalb had but one Scott.
i ii,,- ilh-v lol" as perhaps no other
w-i". •-'■•'i- loved within her borders.
He has made, xv . le pla< es to blossom and
•e.-o to grow he has been ..11 that 'S loxa-
We .nd he is loved. Noxx that he is to re
tir.'- from busings he should take a knowl
edge of the people’s I'-GiUKS with him and
1- St e,<v on tile wealth be lias made and
on Um love be ha- builded II" has never
S \ l tr i :°^arTb/Kbed bt lm h^s h gm:
ihr'uugh the world doing goO.l and inviting
admiration for the truly ( ’bi istian •h<- - ■ -
ter. and I. for om- <m m lavor of (j u aid
ing Os these things "hili' a man .xet 1 v<>-
praise after death is too tardy and .' • t too
i . tiii i Hkp to Kt‘t some now
common. I would like
and so w.mld Brown, but ".- "out.
Os ~o llrs„ hav been attending th. bl
meeting? ami have b.-.-n to one ~ m.
meeting. To say that we are hax ing a
g.i.'d time is putting it mild, very mild.
Brown and me both have gained txvu.ty
pounds in th- last three weeks. It we
had remain'd at camp meeting as xi
intended to we would have been lieayier
still, but Brown, as usual, made a bad
break on the first morning we were at the
camp ground and nothing would do but
Wiiat we should leave. In the morning
In- xvas the tinst one up, and in nosing
around as ho always noses, lie discovered
a right pretty indy’s foot that had worked
itself all unconsciously under the sheet that
bung to divide tl)? males from the females
in the tent. It was nothing to make a
to-do over, but Brown thought that every
fellow In the tent would like to see. a
tended to throw over the cow’s horns and
tie her up with while she was being
milked. Nobody thought the cow woui'«
run at him unless he went toward where
she was standing with her calf, which h«
was not doing, so he did not have even so
mill'll as a stick in his hands.
As ho walked along the heifer stood
quietly for a few moments looking at.
him; and then, like a flash, she lowered
her horns, threw her tall into the air ami
rushed at him, hellowing like a mad bull.
Uncle Bill did not turn and run. as we
all though ho would do, but stood stock
sßll.
“Run Bill, run!’’ shouted the farmer.
“You can boat her to the fence and get
over.” But the negro did not move. It
was awful to see him standing there in his
shirt sleeves, ids arms bare to the elbows,
hanging down by his sides, with an old
black slouch hat re-sting on tiie back ot
his kinky head, looking for (ill tiie world
like a. great black man cut out of stone
or wL>od.
"Merciful God!" exclaimed the farmer.
"Tho man is paralyzed with fear, and
the brute will kill him before we
can do anything" But at the same time
tiie farmer aud this men caught up sticks
and rails and jumped over into the pen
to do wiiat they could.
It has taken some time to tell tills, but
It all happened in a very littlo while
in too short a time for the others to have
helped Uncle Bill la any way.
On rushed the mad animal. Closer and
closer she got to Uncle Bill, but he stood
there, fixed and rigid. In a second more,
a.s it seemed, her sharp horns would lie
thrust into his body and he would tie toss
ed, torn and bieedi-ng into tho air. Tho
hearts of the littlo boys peeping through
bile fence seemed to stand still. They
could hard’.j br. tthe. fhey grew faint
and sick, and yet it was impcssiblo for
tiu-m to turn their eyes away from the
dreadful and horrible sight that they ex
pected to see every second.
1 low it. happened we could not tell, but.
everything was changed In a moment
in tiie twinkling of an eye—and the first
thing we next understood was that Uncle
Bill was leaning against the heifer’s sldj|
bolding om to one horn with his riglti
.hand and grasping her firmly In the nose
witii the fingers of his left. Tiie cow
struggled and bawled, but he held her fast.
Tiie muscles on his forearm stood out
like great cords, his hat had fallen «J1
and we could see the veins and muscles
of his neck and face swollen and stretched
as if ready to burst.
Tiie other men rushed up to help him,
but he said: “Stan’ back, boys. Somebody
git a pail an’ milk de huzzie. I’ll hold de
111-conditioned brute an’ larn her not to
run at dis nigger agin."
The struggl" did not last, very long, for
Uncl" Hili held her nead and neck around
in front of him, leaning up against her
side, with his right log la-hind and betw.-i-n
m-r ’ forelegs, and with such a grip on
her horn and nose that she was soon con
quer. d and stood still wtlille one of th"
other men mli-lted her. Then her calf
was driven to her, and when Uncle Bill
let her go, she stood quietly by it, lick
ing it on the back.
i ini-lu Bill was not at all scared when
ran at him, but waited for her
to get close. He then stepped out of the
W.-I.v, let Iler p iss and - night her as she
did so. 11.- came out all right and don
qu.-red tin- h'ifer, but none of us ever
"ant to see such a thing done again, lot
it. was awful.
pretty foot and ankle and so he waked us
up. Os course we had to look, and while
we w.-r.- looking Brown dc'-ided that be
ee who.Hc foot 1
He sneaki-d to the door and peeped in at
the sl'-i'l>itig woman, and lo and behold! h"
", .. - : ■ t till pretty foot t < 1
taken sni h pains to show the hoys belong
ed t.i his own .i ar .' if' . H" rus’i' 1 back
to stoii the looking and gently pushed tho
foot, back on the other side, but the boys
h id it on him and teased him to such an
• xtent that nothing would do but that we
should return home. He has promised me
a. good half gallon not to tell why he
hurried us away, and I won't if he stands
to his word.
Everything invites cheerfulness In these
par’s. We arc having a lot. of rain, but
crops are good and the Joy over the ending
of the war i-xi-eeds any drawbacks that
could be imagined. So-nn- of our sett'ement
so ks were in doubts about the war being
over, but "-hen 1 had watched Brown a
few hours I knew it was. I know Brown so
wei-That I am sure he could feel it in his
bones if there was any doubt about peace
being upon us it is strange how complete
ly and suddenly people can change. Since
peace has bei-:t dr-.-lared my old friend has
taken unto himself the most famous mili
tary air that you ever looked upon. One
that never knew him would think now that
ho never dodged from a. bomb in his life,
nor ever skeltered around through the
woods to keep out of the clutches of con
script officers, nor would they ever dream
that just tiie day before peace was accom
plished he was drooping around with rh"U
tnalisni, spinal affection, dimness of sight,
dropsy us the chest, heart failure, dizziness,
softening of the brain, hereditary Insanity
and lift.' ll or twenty vther ailments. He
even had the impudence to allow mo to
overhear him say that he was sorry tho
war was over—wanted to go. and so on. It
is a comfort to hear Brown and see him in
this present state, for 1 would ask no bet
ter evidence to prove that everything it
settled and peace is upon us.
And now that the war is over, the whole
south should go to work for the benefits
natural In the changes incident to thu
great bust e that was ca tsed The whole
world has been stirred up' over this war
mid lik" bees the people will settle down
to the tinkle which attracts tiie most.
1 doubt if the soldiers who have come or
the impressions mad. upon the country
repre.-ent the south correctly as to climate,
people or opportunities. These should have
left the cities and come out in the country
to hale got the best: impressions.
Our county town, Decatur, is only seven
miles from the . arshed at Atlanta, but the
impressions made al one would be entirely
different to that of the other. A.s soon, as
you land in Decatur the shades of the.
courthouse square will invite you to rest,
to cool and to drink of the water. Tiiere
you will find a population gathered en
tirely tho opposite of what you would see
in any city, and in whom you will find a.
much nearer approach to the typical Geor
gian mid to those people who Inhabit the
rural portions of tiie state. You might lie
impressed that there was some smatter'ng
of indolence in this specimen, for some xvill
be playing chei-’keis, sAnie marbles, some
mumble peg, while some win be running the
government mid handling problems of .state
as i-.-isilj- as some Washington diplomats
would handle a choi'-e bill of fare, in ev
ery tIL ng, tilling!), you will be satisfied with
the contact and li-'fote you hav" tarri-.l
long you will think th s is the pcopli- for
me -this the country. Good people, good
water, good health and lard that responds
generously to the touch of industry. This
Is Georgia, this is the south, when 'you are
once out upon the hills and among (he
countrymen. Once come to know this
land as it is and circulate among the peo
ple and you xvill soon dismiss all ideas of
its being what a trip through tho coast
cities or the lowlands of just a small sec
tion might impress. Taking all things to
gether, tiie south is tiie most favored land
on earth and is just now. especially, a land
of opportunities.
SARGE BLUNKETT.
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to have it a plain, clear picture from
which a solar print can be taken in
enlarging it. Dot not send a faded
picture or one that has been bent
up and practically spoiled. Care
will be taken to return the original
picture when the portrait is sent to
you.
If you order a water color or pas
telie be sure to state the color of
the hair and eyes and of the drapery
so that the artist may have a rea
sonable chance to please you.
We do not pay express charges,
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This offer is made on 60 days’
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THE ATLANTA
DO YOU LAUGH?
Don’t You Want To Take a Good,
Hearty laugh That Will
Make You Feel Better for a
Month—Well, Then,
Here It Is.
GOVERNOR 808 TAYLOR'S TALES
This book Is mod? up of Governor Tay
lor’s three superb lectures, "The Fiddle
and the Bow," "The Paradleo of Fools”
and "Visions and Dreams.” We call t >
mind no lecturer who has ever won such
wonderful popularity In so short a while
as has Governor Taylor.
All over the nation he has lectured and
everywhere all classes and conditions of
people have thronged to hear him. And
none went who did not fall in love with
our genial "Bob’
mor, his tender pat 10
philosophy, and his (lights .if eloquence u .-
surpassed. Those many thousands of peo
ple ha ve learned to •'J • . *
they will be glad to learn that l. s 1-cture.i
—those brilliant, soulful, sparkling children
,£ his genius and lovt 1 put
book form. Now he can go into evry
home and sit by every tires,de, and ei -y
home will be belter and every fir ■sid.a
brighter for his being there. Ta, tie
book hould find Its way into every fan
in the land, for wherever il goes and
read lies happy philosophy, its satisfying
humor and Its nob.e lessons of patience
and humanity will be as seeds of hope and
love to bud and blossom and burst into
sunshine and song in tiie human heart.
We will furnish thia book and Tin- Week
ly Constitution both one year tor sl, No
other premium being allowed when this ,s
ordered. The book alone mailed lor L'j
cents.
But think of It—all the news of a year
and all the humor of Hob Taylor's three
lectures tor only sl. Address all orders to
THE CONSTITUTION Atlanta. Ga.
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Baid Her To Remain Single.
Sacramento, Cal., August in. Amanda P.
Austin has sued the estate of Mitilomilro
Jefferson Wilcoxon, her un.dt
She cl.i.ms that \\ leoxon indue. 1 h'-r to
come from Missouri ami care for him ,n
his old ago, which she ,1 d for .mt, n
years, remaining singh at his request. It®
promised iter s!.’>'> 1 a. After his death $170.-
ot«i was found In his safe, which sh cla
had been sei aside for hi t.
Grave Despoiler’s Trial Goes On.
Washington, Xugust hl. Xdolph Gung' 1.
a corporal, was the first witness in the
courtmartial 'ria' at Th rough fare Gap.
Va., today of C'ap'ain Dune in, of the
Twenty-second Kansas regiment, charged
with desecrating graves in that vicinity.
His evidence fully corroborated that giv
en by Captain Ross yesterday.