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Ww. William King «
A PRAYER IN SONG.
(Contributed by a Junior.)
Oh, never a song so sweet and tender.
But bursts from a heart as tender and
Oli. never a thought so noble and grand,
But speaks of a mind as grand and noble;
Oh. never a life lived true and great,
But it mirrors a soul as great and true;
Never a. sweet song but softens a heart,
Never a grand thought but strengthens a
mind,
Never a true life but it loads some soul.
For the deeds of one are guides for others;
Then sweetly sing, oh, my tenderest heart,
Grandest thought pour forth, oh, my no
blest mind,
Truest soul lead on. make my short life
great
That those who follow may find a straight
way!
BERNICE MOTHERSEA D.
McFall, Mo.
A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL.
I), ar Children—lt lias been some limo
sinee 1 have written you anything of tile
le spital. The weather lias been so warm
that 1 could not pay my kly visits, but
.< few days ago I heard there were many
little children there sick with typhoid fever,
so I telephoned down to the doctor to
know if there was any on- in our, little
room, and he stud, "\cs a little girl,
and 1 told him I would come right down.
It is of my visit I wish to tell you. and
1 know 1 will make your hearts glad when
you know the good you are doing.
When the!.- is any one sick in our room
1 fee) we must pay esp cial attention to
that one. When I arrived at the hospital
head nu*V" met me ami said. "The
children hav> been so ill we could not al
low any one tn there, but X int Su ! e is a
privileg' d person, and Or. Brewster s tys
must b allow d t > go when and wh* re
she pleases.” So the nurse went witii inc.
When we . ime to our room it did look so
sweet and eonl and clean, and in the little
white bed lay a little girl about ten years
o,<l. She was fast asleep. On a chair
by the side of her b ■ I was a little doll and
a lot of pictures. Wo would not wake her,
so I said We would go and see the other
children and then come back. In the next
0.,m were also little girls and by each
sat their mothers, who mid come to visit
them. They both had their hair shaved
off close and looked, oh, so pale and thin,
but the nur.se told me the doctor said they
would, now live but they hail been as near
death as possible not to die; and bad it
not been for caretui nursing, constant
,singing every three hours with cold wa
tt' when the fey cr was burning them
up, they would have certainly died. Both
ot these children had poor parents, who
. .mid not have taken . are of them at home
and so they were brought to lite hospital
and their lives spared, and now that tli-y
wire better, their mothers were allowed
to ci mo and see them each day.
We thin went Into the large room. In
there were live or six . '■ k childr n. but
«P were getting belter and looked com
fo'table tn their little beds. I w. nt from
bed to bed to speak to all. fn the la : one
lay poor little It. :..|,e I’ull. r Oil' - il.l
left in the woods to die). There the. little
fellow Is. no one to care for him but the
kind nurses. They say he has improved
since be lias b "'ll in the hospital and has
fattened; but, oh, children, it would make
your little hearts ache to see him as he
lays perfectly helpless lie cannot even
raise his hand to brush off a fie. Il brought
the tears to my eyes and I wanted to get
away, for I could do nothing fit' him.
Winn we got back to “our room”
the little girl was awake, and 1 found ft
was a little eripple who hid visited my
Sunday school class last spring. lie’
name was Rosalind Thompson, and she
was sent to the hospital some months ago
to have an operation on her foot—it hid
been cut and straightened—and it was till
well and she war able to walk, when she
was l tkeu with typhoid fever and she has
been sick for weeks; but she is getting
well now.
I was so glad to find her awake, and
asked her if she did not remember Ill
when she came to my d.;.'.-.. and her lit
tle face brightened up. She said, "Y'-s." I
then asked her if si" warn'd anything,
and she said “no;" she had all sit.- wanted
That shows you how nicely they ar. taken
I told the nurse how anxious my chil
dren were to help '•.ire forth" si-k chil
i*i-' i. "i 1 .‘■■. at m. money : > keep up “our
room.” She said she knew how much the
children of The Weekly (’oust:l uti-m had
'lone, and she says there is one thing I
wish they fould give us, when our chil
dren who have bi . n V'-ry id get w'll
enough to .it up they have m> < hair. 'I
wo just had a rolling chair for the chil
dren like they have in , lit olh-part "I
Y!
know how happy would be. They could
roll themselves om in the hall and get
fresh air. My h ut gave a groat bail,
for I thought what a nice present that
would bo for my young folks t.» make to
• ic children's ward. So I said 1 believe we
eon d" it <1 Itad to .-ount my mm. ■■ irstl.
The
Cruel Knife!
It is absolutely useless to expect a
surgical operation to cure cnncer. or
any other blood di<easi . The cruelty
of such treatment is illustrated in the
alarming number of deaths which re
sult from it. The disease is in the
blood, and lienee can not be cut out.
Nine titties out of ten the surgeon's
knife only hastens death.
Mr son 1i.i.l a most iniilii'min’ Cancer, tor
vliieli the ductors said an o’lera I - ■!! was the
’ :a whom* a ml g
•nine it a F
m at While t.he ( a W#
■ r returned, lie.! e. P.J .y',
.<> grow rapidly. 7 w M
. gave biin many \ */>'
■■’nedics without re- i '
?f. an <1 ti na 11 y . x
non ihe adv<<•• of a 4"- <'/ '•’
...c .■■fc.J’v.
h° second bottle he. •••- * ■ k '
• 'an to improve. Aftr* tw<nty boMlrs hnd
■ •••n taken, tin* < •.tnc»*r disappeared entirely,
rd he was cured The cure was a permanent
one. for lie is now > event* op yea rs old. and has
never hud a sign of the dreadful disease to re
turn. J. N dißpocu.
279 Snodgrass St.. Dallas, Texas.
Absolutely th-* only hope for Cancer
is Swifts Specific,
S.S.S/The Blood
as it is the only remedy which goes
to the very bottom of the blood and
forces out every trace of the disease.
S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable,
and contains no potash, mercury, or
other mineral.
Books on Cancer will lie mailed free
to any address by the Swift Specific
Cm, At lanta < ia.
and then she said: “Don't think me a
great beggar, Mrs. King, but we do need
some little nightgowns so much. There
have been so many fever patients we have
not enough to change them." I told her
she should have some of them right away,
so I hurried home and counted your lit
tle nickels, dimes, coppers and postage
stamps, and oh! .joy—there was enough to
send half a dozen nightgowns ami get the
chair. I was so happy I could scarcely
sleep that night. I had to write to Phila
delphia for the chair, and it will be several
weeks before wo can get. it. but as soon as
it comes I will write you all about it.
Now, your see how much good you are
doing. You trust me with your money,
and I put it to the best use 1 know.
Don't weary in well-doing, dear little
folks; keep up the good work, and don't
ever let me be without some money on
hand to help the dear little sick children.
1 do hope the teachers and Sunday s. liool
ieaehers will till help me this winter, so
many things are needed for their comfort
when winter comes (they don’t want quilts
or things of that kind', so try and send
money, no matter how little.
You s-"e I am somewii.it of a beggar my
self. All of those whose names :.re on the
list have sent money this week, and have
the sincere thanks of "AUNT SUSIE.”
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE
Smile McConnell, Anderson. S. C:.—-Dear
Junior: We children have a pony and its
name Is Dimple. Papa is a farmer and lie
is a good farmer. Papa has some colton
that lie thinks he can make two bales to
the acre. We have had some line melons
t'liis summer. We have a dog and ho
plays "mlde and seek” with us.
Claude Moore, Newnan, (la. Dear Jun
ior: I am a little boy eleven years old.
1 live in the country four mil 's from New
nan. Papa h's 'been taking The Consti
tution ever sinee I can remember. i am
helping papa work on the farm. We have
to pull fodder and pick cotton. As I
haven't any sister. I. h-lp mamma wash
dishes and sweep the yard, inclosed tin!
5 cents for the (.Irmly hospital.
A. E. (1.. Hamburg, Ala. Dear Junior: I
am a farmer's daughter. ami enjoy living
in thi- country. I ca... do any kind of work
on the f irm except mow hay. it is rttai
so much We are having a real light
time trying to get. the crop gathered, so we
can start to school as we do not bate si:i 11
good advantages to attend school like the
city cousins. Will some of (he ■■•otsias be
so kind as to give the recipe h-jW to make
muscadine wine?
Arthur Morgan, Blest, (la. D-.'ir Jun
lor: I am a farmer' boy, and like to
live on a farm very much. 1 am nine
years old, and have on • pct, ami that is
a Very gentle call. We live three miles
from tl." tlouri hing lit 1< town o Reel
mar . We have a Sunday school here
every Sunday morning. It is pretty
large. We have singings at our :school
house sometimes, ami the young folks en
joy them very much.
Nora. Brown. Santa Paula. Cal. Dea-
Junior: I h ive been r reader and admirer of
the Jun or ent t'r: pond' ac. . Will some of
the cousins who arc inti : ■ -nd in the study
of elocution tie kind enouga I" exchange
some r-citalions with me? iuie tm tile
titles of a few that 1 haw: "Tile S"llooi
maW.er's (Im-ts,” "Tin Domestic Temp
est." "Tli. C.t'' .'ll ,\l '.inlii:i .liisiii'c.
"Aunt Jeminia': Cour!.ship." "t m
tie Contest," "Tm Alat iyrid M.m m r and
man" others. Corre.-pond' n, solicited.
Valeria Wilkerson. Whole I I Xia 1 1. ar
Junior; I agree with D.n .1 I-. K.tox. of
Dexter. Tenn., on inc history q'l.'.-lbm. J.
too, bcl'evv in p tiding good books. Wil
some of the cousins please scud tm' the
words O’- "Miss Hallway's Experience."
ami "W:- k'".i Mary?' Tn-y "an 0 foul i
in a Bapt I-b hymn book eaihd 'he < lus
ter." I am very an-.ous to get i i -m.
My mot’ - r knows ' part of bote or t:, -m.
1 v. 11l gladly return tnv song J have. I
know a jtreat many
(J. B. Lokey. Hopewell, A.'. Dear Ju
nior; I think The Constitution is a. good
friend. Il has given us the war news with
much int-rest and now the news is getting
more bright and cheerful since the wir
u , . ~i over. Well, cousin-. I
cannot tell how well 1 enjoy reading the
Junior de; (Ftment. , , ,
W live tel’ miles from any railroad, but
1 Mink WI have w -y good societv. Theie
bas been sevi ral sink ing schools taught out
b( , l; thi .-iinnm i- winch nu t with great
Hassle Stuart and Bessie Gifford, Binns
y illo. Miss. Dear Junior: W" a ' two
. m in geiug to school now.
I,HI v. i I :a> t soon \\ e<nj>v r< aiimg the
little girls' lett'ts piibii-hed in 1 be 1 oa.-ti-
■ ■ fain daug' iters, and
y', i mth < <mr papas have
; • I '.' :■■'■ SI vei (1
>■ . A m. Sum writes sueli good letb .
We always r" id the <"'Uh'ms letters aim
w, r ad ng Mr. Lee s short stm . -
, , . L . . ebihireii We are ihir'.ee ’ and
tw' lvc ar- of .a'.' . We ID" a ”
halt' from i-'inn.-villv.
Julian C. Webster. I -ba 'C'lVille. \ a
I■’ lr Junior: I di ’ Ire 'o ,ot r spend with
~i ' c Juniors and wll try ion
, t How m ■ will wri to me? 1
attend (
. I . ■ 1 ' ■' ■’' ; : "
■"oi r *ar<i iv.o of my i-om-ms irom
i. hniond < ame up la ■ nu>nt i
, ~. tiie'in at ilepoi i tno ,
.mi each one a ' ■' >■ " '■ ■ '" h
set tm. blui a ng amlully. 'I n-y ;
. ■'■■. ami we. miss I hem so mtieli sm< ■
est us. I •mi " cents Im the (.rady
hospital.
Irma B. Kellam, W'.td.r, Min:. D-.i.
I liw in .' li'-tle l"V.u Hi tin
tewn there Is a blackm it h simp, lumber
yard, creamery, two stores, restaurant.,
iwo Im’,els, a colb-ge .Hid line public school.
There was a Youn.-t M -ns’ Christian As:- ,
cialion hall and nioeini." shop, but a cy
clone tore them down a id a great mall>
othi r bill dings. My papa takes The Con
slilutioii. 1 enjoy re iding the Junior p-ig
J think that the ietb rs tire all gooii I will
-end Lv cents to tin- (.li'iidy hospital. I
~ u c,,rr( port I with either sex
fem tile c-'e of th’.rteei. I" sixteen.
W. P. Wright. J. . ' loitminsv ill-, Ga.-
Li. ar Jmcor: I am t'.n yiars "I' l and live
jn the country Wi avi
ami 1 attend. I have taken up both Latin
and aigel.ra and like them very much. I
am also fond of history and ography. 1
always i.ad with interest M-. Lee’s sto
ries of Old folk lore. | am a:-o much in
ter. -I'd in 'iie war, and always look i"
S-. wli.i; 'nr soldiers are doing in Cuba
end Port" Hi o. Many tr. ins imb n with
i no implement:- of war pass by our lions"
daily, .nd it was a show to it; children
every day. but w li a the soldiers began to
go down it made u- feel very sad. Lately
several hospital trains passed by going to
Atlanta.
M. E. W.. Glenlytm. Miss. —Dear Junior:
I do not agree with the cousin who pro
nounced the kiss Miss Arnold gave Lieuten
ant Hobson in New York recently a “grace
ful compliment.” it may have been, but I
fail to see how. True, it was somewhat ro
mantic -and quite out ot the ordinary. It
amused a'.«i amazed ill- whole reading
world. But 1 wonder if there is a girl in
■a.’t our band w*lio reallv considers it Juzu
the thing. 1 esteem our great heroe." and
admire the valor with which they fa ed
death and fought our country's buttle.-,
but, girls, don't you think our invintivc
genius '-an produce some other method of
evincing pa' riotisml suggest that w"
try one argumentative powers on some
thing else; this far instaia-o- “Should ob
stacles be considered hindrances?” Who
will be first to respond a decided no and
clearly elucidate some reasons why we.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1898.
the boys and girls of the nineteenth cen
tury, in our efforts for rapid .advancement
-ami tile general elevation of mankind,
should not eonsidr obstacles as hindraneas
to our work? Who will explain why we
should not allow opposing forces to b come
impediments to our progte.-s? Wha we
need, cousins, is more will power. Winn
we master perfectly the art of improving
time and arrive at tile point where every
moment is properly utilizd there will not.
bo so many flowers "born to blush un
seen” whose sweetness is wasted on "d' S
erl air.”
Loula. May Tiffin. Argenta, Ark. -Dear
Junior: I will tell you ot the nice little
Sunday school I attend every Sabbath
evening. It Is held tit Oak Grove school
house. I have one of the sweetest teachers.
Site makes the lessons so interesting we
cannot Imip but enjoy going and trying to
learn more ami more ot thi? Bible and out
Savior. I think if you. James, Edward and
Les vP. wotikl come in our class .'-"ti would
lie so Interested you would come , very
S UI dav and on your wa > cal! for I, a
ami J.'ihmiie Sullivan. I know they would
enjoy H also, r'ind im-losed .. tents fir Im*
(Ba<iy hospital.
Itambli r—Dear Junior: I h ive b. i-a a
reader of The < 'oils;it tit ion for a long tinv .
I in th.' August Ist the ap
peal for tile suffering. It cited us to being
, .■ iritable. R-a ling tile I'-'t, r mis put tile
studying cap mt for tm'. IM th. Hope and
(•ti. i';v of the.-,' three, Charity is the
l)( 9 y. how this has t trm k me
more forcibly than ewt before. I am
thinking we. or lite m-si ot us, will oe
Wi hilled in a balaia'. . 'id found wanting.
;w ays I" charitable to who are
i-tiff. t-ing ami th" orphan. I semi .” ■■ •'
s/ii.-il’. out! ibui i-"i Lu th‘‘ TJr.idy hospitul.
I>r.ay for the suffering that they may be
spiritually and linami.illy aided.
Sylvia. Loyd. T.c.viwa, (>. -Dear Junior:
W.' htiV " b'.'H bavin,: v- t ' warm weather
an.l the flowei-s and gra-s are not bright,
and green dke th'y w ■ i't early sum
mer. I live dose to a creek and often go
IDlting but lately ea ch anything.
I am very son 1 of fl ,w rs and would like
t > ex, i mge dowers ami flower s . d with
any of thusins. I have i wheel ami
i ik' m.'.ay tong rides D is most pleasant
in the evening because it is so warm dur
in-; i m 'I’.V.
1 would like to exchange the song “I'm
Dyinrr for S le One : > Love Me” for
"Door (ild Maids." or any other song 1
have.
T’. A. Bruner. Sedgwi 'k. Ark -Dear Ju
nior: It is almost surprising to think how
much' The Junior department has improv
ed in the past two or thle.- years, and
from present indications, I am convinced
that Its zenith is vet for In avenwnrd. My
home :s in l.awicnce county, which is di
ll ■ - rivei The west rn part
is very billy, while the i astern part, in
whi. h I live, is v-ry level and as yet al
most a wilderness, th. te being many thous
ands of lu'iis of land yet umhared. I
would m- glad if some of t'ae . >im,us from
the more improved sections could visit me.
f' t I am . nt.' moty of them would enjoy
a good hunt nr a •day's fishing. I live
ab.ml four miles from <'. eh.- river :.ml jt.
Is a splendid plae.’ sot the angler to spend
a day's outing, wliile >n the forest are in
numerable squirt-, a. aid -onie deer and
turkeys. < '-.irr. spomb -nts wanted.
.1 mrnie Adam:-'. S ' . ■ Cr.- h. N. (’ Dear
Jumor: I am a farmer's boy ami mv li.ime
is situated in tii" I'i drmmt section near the
t"-'' of th- Brushy m linitai.'is. or b -tv.-on
the mountains and the Yadkin riv :. and
some of ttie lofty peaks on the mountains
.affor.'s graml .‘-cnery. One.-an b" on the
mountain ami look away sonic six miles
ami " ft.’ 11 .-in 1 run I." m.i. s - n
sW' 'I 1 --' along near tin- Yadkin river, and
also can see beautiful ow everal miles
distant. Vie have fruits of m arly all de
script an-' ami game also a...iumls, <‘ousins,
how- do you ai’ lik. Snmi iv si-bool? I ~m
a tegular Sunday .-ehool i’oy. I hav. I, . n
tile secretary of onr school for the oast
Hire., y. ar.s and 1 enjoy u-oilig to Stimlav
scltool vrv much. I think it is the duty
of all to atle ,d tl: S tmlav school, because
i ga: ■ rise ch arch. < ’ ,rre ■
sii.in.len;s so . 1 < - , ltl t p,. f , r ~ x .
Mary 8.'.-t r.l. T-I'.'" !l. T- tin - Dor Junior:
I am a country girl of • ■!;.■.hie -n summers.
I live l.i the west. , :i part of !.,■ \ oluntc r
Sta ", tw. n'y mile, from the M ssissippi
I'Aer. I am partial io I'.iil Arp's letters
and Tim Junior columns. Think it grand
to read gI book;!, but think we ihould
be as ireful in I>j ...
ate- .a set.’ci.ng our as ' letates. I
read.tig o. our brave aeries. My favor
ite.- iiou.on. .'-ti.tt't'r it.d I'e.'.. y . mu.
will, w" pr.i.se : ie.-m w. .- i uti.l r ni"iiiir t
.our soul.er boys tiiat leu tlteir liomes,
mother and fattier a’; I r.-,s;iomi.-.| to their
country's .-a.I. i a;"’ ■■ w'ta Mt. Charles
,ia ■ ■ on - f-m men. Just look at
II ora. C:.. and t; :i ja min Era k! ■n.
two of tiie gTcatesi men of American his
tory, both seifmad men.
Mt : ■ ■ . 1 r J
My fattier has been a. subscriber sot Th.-
Con; titut •-n tot several years., and I al
way- enjoy read :.g t ■ 'ill-ins' letters;
al. i Bill Arp and Surge j’iunkeit. i have
only I" livin ’. livie H thi pi ■■ ■ short
while, but like it w..'.L My fata.-r is in
bust.':". , .’ i'.. am! I a. . t him .n the stot"
and I. '. todii I iik. i I el' t'k lir " late,
but had mm'h rather be uni driving or
liav i11'..; a nice l.me us spurt v.ltn ..udoor
exe." i. e. We jusi hive om.' slur" h.-t ■.
n m.o'l. mil .-ho:. ilm eb. util ami will
scon have anol.a: shop and church. Hi
fact. : .lv i'l'.'.ir...'li is 'lie .->:!• .olhrn-i-.". 1 will
exchange ilowi rs ur anything vise I have
with tiie cousins. I vvou.d I K very mint,
t , g v; ,vhit' "ola’.d’ .' 111 ■(' '"I" r.-o
, Ibl exchange < uU ngs w. t n any ot you.
1 will coi'tcspond wiin gir.-s -.r Imys I'.n
<■’. •”•■‘l, sou ii hnu .* (cJiis ior tnv
liospilu 1.
y.l mi.. A Hill nijurg. Quitman i la. U ar
Jumm: W. taki 'l'm' < 'o'.i.-t itu tion and
think it is tiie best paii' f publish.-d, ' ous
ins. I wan: lo t' li '"U all about our de. r
oid gri n i-grandma. Sb" di' d August 1-.
j.SHi*'. Shu vus ieß’• * y-1 hi • •<■ yuui s uld \vii» u
.'•he died. She was Ji<‘- inutlu i of !. G.
(JoidhiL,, V. . T. G udins and M. i*. Blavk.
i•. j .■(•• 1 ' She iia ■ • '' •■ ' i
living 1 now in Selma, Ala. When slu-
w. lir.-; married -hu had Ib r furtuin bdd
;i:! l ini' ()L! told ll T th.II sh • would
.
S<> it has < »ine true al last. She movd
from. Hdudh-id, S. in :u- fall of
and ]iv»'d with her youngest son, VW T.
Golding, until hi d’.i!::. Hu di<*d :>;.i
years and two day.- I*. i ;r - sh» died. Sue
wa< h» •» : v ami had good lp i a'.til up to a
fi-w years hack, waun skie took rheumatism
I im lose !<» u' Ul.s for the Gr.uis hospital.
C- ra Wallace. (’entennial, Tex. D< ar
Junior: 1 will tell you of a barbecue that
I attended this sumnu'r. W • had heard !■
was to be t grand affair, and as w<* iiv*
quite a distance from the pl.ico wh»-re It
was to be held, we started early. When
we arrived wu would have thought w»* wru
mistaken in the plauu had it not been for
the gathering crowd. We supposed there
would be an arbor or it least a cleared
spot where there would be a stand bui't
for the speakers and seats arrang' d around
it for the niuititude We found nothing
of this kind, however, but aft<*r walking
around awhile wu saw i small platform
right in the woods with not a single seat
for anyone. We stood or >.ti on the logs,
stumps, ground, and listened to tiie
speaking. The eand'.dates, ranging from
land uomniissiont*r to county judges, stood
around. • oh anxiously awaiting his turn
to present his superior qu.aliticntions to
the "dear people. '* 'Thuy held the crowd
quite well bufen- noon, but it would have
required more than eloquent speakers than
HI ’! !’Li: < VC'AK llil <•< H E.
I hav*- H|c’!il renriy fifty y ars in the treatment of
< atarrh, have ('tie it I more can's th in any
oialist the nihtory el aH-ili-ine. Ah I must Boon re
tire fi-DHi arliv.- me, i v til, (i-m this time on, send the
inenns »if t rentinent anduare as used m m « pract ier.
Free and past paid to rv r a n r ol this paper v ho
uflers froi'i th s loiithcsoni'-.<lantf«Toußand dibgu-tiny
disease. This is a sineotter winch anvone •« fn»u
to accept. Addr-?. PROFESSOR
J. A. I*hm rrncr, 11 4 Went St., New York
they to hold the attention of the people
while there were lemonade and ice cream
stands, a phonograph, a graphophone. a
negro playing a banjo atid singing old
plantation tunes, a game of baseball, and
late in the evening a dance--all going in
sight of the speaker's platform. There
were people there of all classes, dressed in
every fashion, from the town-bred ladies
and their escorts, dressed in latest style,
to the red-headed, freckled girl, dressed in
orange-colored satteen, trimmed with na
vy blue ribbon. We reached home about
sundown, tired and very hungry, too, for
the barbecue was not a success. Corre
spondents solicited.
I Dollic Trent, Leaksville. N. C.—Dear Jun
lor: I think letter writing is one of the
sweetest cammunn v,‘h’uh friends
have. It just seems that all the chords of
remembrance vibrate at onue, ami lp‘ dear
one c*<*em»s almost to be talking to us.
Now. cousins. I think we ought io deter
mine the way in which we should write to
makci our letters w- L•••ni". W e should
write just as we would talk if Hi" Irt -nd
was sitting with us: always rcmemoetmg
that perfect ease is the grac" ol !l ' l, ' | r
writing. A passage v.'tii '!» D ;>t "m e bril
liant and brief enrhhes the letter; it must
be artless and appear to flow without <?r
fort from the writer's pen, and not seem to
ii.,v" e.,.(t any labor '■ 9 prodm :ion.
Respect and frankness, with phntv ",
fuu, are nevi r obj-< tionable. I should l ite
t.» corresnond with - 'me ll"' grown
up” cousins: elvhci x. 1 have mu. ■■ to
exchange for music or books
(Aunt Susi? thanks you for your sugg .s
--f'ons on biter writing, and hopes the lit
tle folks; will profit oy them.)
S. J.. Aubrey. T'* -l-’“ar Junior' Al
though some smart rn' t' write so as to d -
, . ivo for a whi! yet li!<“ Robespierre, ot
tl'.. El'..neb revolution, their real character
Wi 1 ' '■ W " ha '’ P m , !iny
tnstances on record as Judas though a
follower Os Christ, v.t hid W'.tlim lent that
... ■: , it: of whie ’ we all know. I think
edu.'.bmn sh.mM high-st alm n
life, but we should no' form: an" '” l,n
. rrreet emicept ion "I w :ne:i
means. Edtv-atma m-ans nmre than .-.n
pie instrmtieti, tte . > ructmnt t" ? <> b
d 'tti. nl .'I edit- .I'mn. have lo but
look in our eounti . hisforv at Atno .
.' .. .; highlv ins’r mted in n car.v - ■ ■
ties, w not . 'i'i" ' I” that toye f>r h -
.. I. , ... have be' n '9 '■ * :
So !• ' us strive to k. ■ P nur mstruetlon am
good moral: minghM together ■ vye m >
reach the goal "a ;• : ’" ■-<" : ' >r ;
. .. r rnxtt en ye tn ot:
age. Bostofliee box •
India Greene, G!< ‘ Ala-Dear Ju
nior : Perhaps it wil inter, st some ot :he
no-thern emsm- sot me '"'tv something
ll,‘regard to .mr •> ini! Alabama. Its
climate is v< ry •!• .1; • - ■ 1 thc
southern part. In tl> e< ntral and so ith< rn
portion of the state farming is c.tri'h.l <m
prosi-rously and .xt mdveiy. M-.-t of t m
labor on the farm D done !, y the negl •
T1,,. .mtlmrii ' Tibmed homes witti
' '. . dim 1 »tat( eoltii
fie grand old o >ks r ” ' over. .1 vv tn
m. b- autifnl Spam noss are 1.- .'iuti.nl
11,1... ,| Tl:.- prodm Alabama at.' cot-
1 on n Th"
to, northern part n t.mg ' ” ri 1 ”. JL ",.
O'.k magnolia, bav '.pt'.-b, tml.J a-. 11
!'9 t t- " 9'”
' , to r. I good books and it
e.l( v uting to iia t g<
iu a bi'.y that mori boj.-> in.l 1
‘‘ 1 • 4 . i• .u ins go<»<i b'>ok.s
♦ nturt.'.in thu-.ns' • 1 ; »
’ 4 <l us lt»u. RU'i going i‘ ti
thmg.ing so mu.h . I th”
' il<i! ,. i :' le "or’<-' Th. w iki .mt\mly
, ouut'.x •-toK.'-' 9 . h , h.-nofited by
. noble v n and
! J : T.l with some
one from <'allforn'.i. ■' ' l ' JV ' l -
..- Bov Oal nd, Fla D( ir
nioi" We I'" Imvil mine tine autumn
vv-ath. r in this, onr b mtilul land of fb’W
ers orang.-. veg.-la!.."S. fish, align ors
and nm 'lt> t” ' million. <>akl md is
h.'the'mnlr.d portki . • f th" "tate. in < >r
... .... ~,,t !| ,n . It has t o railroads, win.-a
i s verv convenient to us. as it gives us
but little trouble durtf. th" shipping sea
son. (in the north side of town is a huge
tl-.. I ak- \popk i .; t welV" mil(-• wide
and ' lift' 'n" m .. m-' On th- ■ >uHi :<
I ,k,. l-diii I* : s 1 '■ * * l c‘iH:i of lakes
.' j n, .. ;. . m on- i > nve miles
vv Id. Now. .- ms.; . ’ m.' tell y.'U. w.'
have gay times li.s 'ine and boat ruling on
ile -;,. lake-;. We son;. : mms go fire fishing.
Now soirn.- of yon will want to know what,
thtl 'i-t <HI a’dml. 1!;hi we to tr boats
.an.l a few 'mig!" Jgm and row slow and
thi ' " lake, and w icn
th" lis'u see th" light they jump in ad
ilit. eti-ns.’ and many tli-m lam! in th"
;. ,: You bet it : fun to see a live-pound
trout jump right ‘n : clap ot : ime girl
that is at’.".ii<l of bugs. Some of yon b.'.vs
from up I; irtli com*? down and i'll take you
on an illlgator mm T b" yon hav- a
<-'f.a>i.'.. to shoot ■: deer. There arc lots of
deer bear and turkey guth of here about
'., 0,1,, .... I wo nd like a lew eorre
.-poii.i-nis from the v. '.st, <’alifornta and
T’-xas, espei’i illy. I- or the Grady hospital,
Eva Hunt, Foi Deposit, Ala. I lear Ju
nior: 1 have ■ i 1 -i .'i's written on va-
• : . • . have not seen any
on "Thought,” 1 will take that for mine.
Although I -an m ver do thought justice,
fur there is no broad field of knowledge
that cun give tit ", word its full meaning.
\V■ can : ' ice vet iy article t lit* t has
been written ant vv< s-e some one’s
Pei ha ey have long since
passed from earia 'out their thoughts still
lemain as a recot ■ o! their lives. We have
so m iti.v of our own great men's thought.,
recorded on paper. 'Ugli it seems as if
■ uld Soon w y witii tile t erilt
waste ol .ve.t.s 0.1 toreotli.il or would
be consumed by the golden moments of
tlni". They av t: >: Time may steadily
i id y f, but
thought still reit dr. There is nothing
so er. al .is thuu; t. !->r every speecit that
Is r. verberat'd, • b 10k ••' s< m- m e
Inti is written t, k- ilmut'.ht to make it
complete. There . n ■■ hing so holy as pure
th—uabt and no'.lti -o vile as evil thought.
VV. should tier ■ 1, .any kind lint pure
thoughts enter on- r nd-. So many noble
d". can be d. ■ . v having noble and
pure thoughts. Il would all practice
l-aving holy thoumT.s many cheerful words
. . a mid
be scattered and vv. would no' b- spending '
m'lan.'liol. dav.. : Hl of lif- would
seen like the Mu J " \ ■■ ft
would be like poet- .. ten paint It a social,
joyous life. Let u n be guilty of pojson-
■ 11". evil tlio I
am an orphan. liv I with my uti-l.'. 1
would like to have a few • orrespondents.
I ; ■ ■ ■ Mi.-:
Dent Junior: Who <i not admire a hero?
1 do. and I think th' of om- greatest in
our present vv.ir Hobson, Dewey and
Joe Wh'd'-r; but S I will
writ', but will ml 1 : my subject "Beau
ty.” The veet thi tlo vvers, the
melody of imis’. . ■ . -a thin us t., love
and gloe' ot I e li- ’ t.Hll. I’":.-, say.s,
“la.-.iuty draws ~. w: ? ■ single l:a.r, and
I'atf.ai decltH's: "i! < 'l' "patra's nose had
of been a i.ttle ,■ er 11 Would have
clianged t'ne world . .lory.' With sueh
opii . ms as ■ i'".- safe t ■ intj
,- a duly of woman, tor woman s enarin:;
ar., her beauiv. vvnel ■ : pay-leal, mental
or moral. A. ;;a i to b- lieaiui.ul must not
elaso'-l wtht "' ■ I ' :, l. pretty, Wit ch
... b-a il. vjtj personal a
-
t'.n: on ot Hi" : d, .Hid as 'll beauty :s
povver, it should . ■ ut iliz ! t'oi good L'lie
he. Pitiful Ilow i' mt:. I'.'.de < :i"h season,
, . i \ a a.
but the rem-mbi < ol t ieir Ir 'Htv and
sw'eet odor st ill ■m. i. does o.d tige
co ni *■ ami all our : ■ t.- O : 111 1 ' ii 11 m s I. t. I c into
wrinkles ami gr.iv It id. ‘ ,ul 1 1”'''j'. Il '
membrane— of be.iti :; <1 vuuth will r* m i.n.
Beauty is not to i>' .dolize<l. 1 o' i; must
f . aiid idolatrv a -'a. \bsalom s b .ci
te was unfortun I ( - ' t 1 11 '
hearts of th- peop.e mil caused his della.
1; is an unfortu’i ite tiling tor ant in to
),e beautiful, tor he : SIII ' C *° l ”’ ■'
or a vi'lian, but Hod lias made most men
ugly, ami not many pt'. t: v girls. A goo.l
maiiv beauties tor th'
vv mi of S' nse ami -r'. tulnesy. for pe.'i ."
Os taste are attr . tel bv mH ■ l '”9 r y’ anil
ro!i!u Tiu'nt. ('orruspouUt t>t- s sodHiuu.
Charles D. Tonev. Fayetteville. Ga. -Dcnr
Junior: Si-tee writing t- this corner last
1 hav- learned from th' den' s«'l'""I °> -x
--perie- something about Hie trials of th,’
one who presides over the literary d. patt
nu nt of a newspaper, imd wh-n I think
of the m tiny thousand letters received bv
Aunt. Susie and the e.ir-less'i. -■ "f many
of th- writers in regard to ort liograpbv,
punctuation, capitals tied the general make
up of thc composition. I am made to won
der why she does not give up in despair.
Only a few days ago I received a com-
WE OWE OW TO WE OWW
• n . n n T Written For The Constitution
Saturday, Oatobar Esfc, Us th® Day Which £11)® Charitable | —by—
People are to Dewte to a Worthy Cause.- * sar<?e piupkett.
Saturday, October Ist, the. day set to
work for. the home at Decatur—the cause
most makes it .a hallowed day.
Perhaps Hie time set. for this work day
for the orphanage would have -scaped my
mind but for the circumstance that caused
me to uverh-ar some uttle children while
at their play. All unconscious of any
liv .ng soul being in hearing but them
selves, these children discussed this occa
sion and Impressed me that little om’S
hail larger notions than grown folks give
them credit for and that, we might often
profit through their simple faiths am!
sayings. 1 am stir- that these of yesterday
Impressed ini' with what weight simple
training lias to do wttii the ideas of child
hood.
“We can all do something—every one
of us.”
These were the first words I overheard
and they were uttered by one of the larg
est of the children without any one ceas
ing to work—their little hands busy plac
ing moss, pretty white rocks, pieces of
glass and other things around by the roots
of the tree whore they had chosen their
play house. .
"Mamma has promised me all the eggs
I find on that day anil 1 am going to listen
so that no hen will cackle without my
Ik tiring her.” said another of the little
"I dost didn't know what I could do till
I thought and thought and thought. But
1 have it fixed now—l will black papa's
slioes, and mamma's shoes, and big br0th
,,.... a,i .HI tiie shoes, and this will
make me safe,” was said by a very small
boy, as his eyes twinkl-d and his face
gushed.
"1 shall cut the weeds and sweep the
yard," said another.
"And what can little Mary do?”
Win'll this was asked it seemed to stump
th- crowd, for little. Mary was surely a
small individual and had never ceased to
piace the moss she was handling nor even
rals-d iter eyes from her work till—
“ What will little Alary do?” was asked
again.
"J knows what I'll do.” said Mary, stop
ping work for a moment.
"What? What?” asked all the crowd In
chorus.
”I’ll dest pray to God,” sh- said, simply.
"Bray!” exclaimed the children, soma
laughing and some looking serious.
“1 11 dest pray!”
“I'sliaw.” said the large boy of tho
crowd, is ho resumed bls work, “did you
ever know anything got by prayer?”
I don't know where the question would
have 1-d to nor wlliat would fiavo been the
evidence In the case had it not been for
the cracking of a twig under Brown B
foot ami calling the children's attention to
our presence. As it was the children ap
pealed io me to know what 1 thought of
little Miry's chance of getting anything.
It was too big a question for mo and to
eseapo th- responsibility I agreed to tell
them a little story, the truth of which
can be verified by many people yet living
In Alabama and Georgia.
"The story, the story,” agreed the chil
dren, us they prepared to listen, and I be
gan .
It was In Randolph county. Ala., at. the
littl- town of Wedowee, on a creek of
the same nnine.
It was not so long ago, for Randolph
mmiicatbin of tvv-nty “some-odd" pages
written : , bool teacher on the “Value
of an Education and the Progress of the
United States Since 1533.” The writer ol’
that article did not know tho difference
bet ween the verb "are” and the co
tion “or,’ or tiie article “an” and the
con iiuu'iion "and.’ You may know he knew
very little about his subject, and that I
could do nothing more than consign it to
th- waste baskrt. Can you wonder, dear
cousins, at so many of your letters reach
ing that d-t-stable place?
When I think of this age of literature,
when th- world Is flooded with books ami
newspapers i can’t sc- why everybody,
young and old. .should not be able to ac
quit- a go al vocabulary—one they cm use
p< rfectly a t will. I know the Engl
gu tge Is hard and many knotty places in
t . but it is easy to master to some extent
If you are a reader ami an observer. Wh-n
1 was very small 1 noticed a rule given In
some newspaper of how to become a good
speller. 1 ; tid read everythtag you can
get t.> read anil notice l aret'ully how each
word Is spelled. I tried it and think I
h.’Vo been amply repaid for my trouble,
ami , heerfully recommend it to you, dear
readers.
1 don't xvrite this to discourage any one.
I v. ill say that "it at first you don’t suc
ceed. try. try again;” and strive to d<s
better every time. If you fail the first
time, don't civet up In despair. Corresp ':ai
cuts solicited
Grady Hospital last.
Mrs. A’. G. M.tlivin, G. orc-town. Ga.,
10 cents; Mrs. F. M M-Afo". W-'ith-rford,
Tex., 1> e-nts; Mrs. E. T. ( ammack, Wa
co. Tex.. 10 cents; Irma B. Kellam, Wilder,
.Minn 10 '.■nls; Mrs. E. Baker. Pittman,
G 0... :« r.tits: Mrs. H. C. Mitchel!. Pitt
man. a I'ciits' Miss i'. M. H'irdmg. St. f.oti
fs. Mo., 10 cents: Eva limn. Fort Deposit.
Ala., r. enti--; Jillian C. W : Tnl - ■
viile Va cent Annie C F 'min We
Billy Bo; ■ ; Sweet
Springs. W. Va.. 10 cents: L-ula May Grif
fin Arg-nt i. Ark., 5 cents; (T.iti.l" M- ire,
Newnan. Ga . 5 ents. Mamie A. Ell m
t.iirg Qui-man. G. . 1" c.'nts, Bat-li-cr
Bov.'re.i-mn.l, Fla., .'.cm-: W. T. Wrlglit.
Jr.’, G • ■ Hile, Ga.. cents
DWIGHT MILLS TO ENLARGE. j
The Mills Will Be Run Up to 60.000- I
Spindle Capacity.
GadstDn, Al t.. September 13 (Special, t - [
ht Mannl'ac uring 'ompany will
, ottble its eapacity lo re. The addition
will be an -xo.-t duplicate of the one now
b' lng so slice' -stully run under the inan
agcinent of R. A Mitehi 11. The matt
was officially made public this evening.
This meat ’ ? ndit ir- if $7( 0"H) tl
year, Jbt.OoO addition to the monthly pay |
roll, .I,'' 10 mor- peop’e employ*-1 and J 1 " 1 i
more (•' si'l' ln cs i re-tcil. Tile .'id'litiona! j
mai i building will be l?'i lo l by i.ti" ;
feet, t':l'"’ six ' Cll-foot Stori-S. Tile cot- j
ton warehouse will b- tireproof LTx-lW [
cloth wai'.'house 150x3'10 fe—t. The boiler j
bouse, et.gi’ie loom, etc., will us- up th.'—• i
~ ~ . • <>f lumber and ten million I
brick. Their present plant lias lIO.OOu spin- j
,11. s. T ■■ addition will make a. plant of j
G'.iieo .spindles. j
Mills Shut Down.
Fall Riv-r. Mass., S-pt. mber 13. As a re
milt -I' th" weav.-rs' strike at Borden ('it.
cotton mills, the management has clos.-d
the entire plant. The weav* rs in the ilir.-c
mills number 500 and the o; .a r half as |
many more.
An Improved diving bell of great capacity. !
moving along be sea bottom by means of i
s, raws moved by electricity, is on exhlbi- !
When I say I cine Ido not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re
turn again. 1 mean a radical cure. I have made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study. 1 warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because ;
otherx 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.PEFKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St., N.Y.
1 [ Is quite tl new county in comparison with ,
■ I some oile r counties in that state or, es-
I peci.'lly, in Georgia.
' | AVedowee ereeli Is a swift mountain
' j stream that runs about througli the cen-
I 1 ter of tlo county ani empti-s Into the
' I Tt. Ilatioos i river some eight miles from
’ ! the ootmtv seat- Wedowee. When the
■ I county was first established the county
' | it wa: | -1 .'• rd tmme'l la lely along, tile
1 j banks of Wedowee creek, at a. place
' 1 known to old people as Merrill's mill.
1 I The first iwo courts of the county were
' ' held under trees at. this site, with only
logs for I encl es and the branches of the .
> trees for slhelter. Subsequently a log I
' coiirt hom-e was built a mil" t; way, and ’
■ was th- starting of the prosperous town
' 1 now known as Wedowee.
1 Jiad most forgot to state that the first I
' . jail of the county was simply a large hoi- I
low poplar tree which had fallen along i
the banks of tho creek and here had been I
i siwed smooth at th" ends, dressed out on
( . the inside and was considered (t very ,
’ good prison at th" time. My story '.s j
; about flic first man who had occupied this .
! prison, accused of murder and the crime I
■ was the first of th- sort ever committed I
, . I
In tihe nnw county a.s, no doubt, the r*'*
, I cords will show.
I .A most dastardly murder had been coin- !
' milted down on the Tallapoosa river arid j
' a e .roner’u inquest had put. the crime ,
1 upon <1 young mtn whose mother lived ,
- I on the ridge road about half way between
. the riv-r and the town of Wedowee. This ■
: poor widowed mother lived in a lonely j
, cabin home, but s'lie It d gone there from -
; an old-r county and had seen a. better
day and. perhaps, if 'her husband had not ,
i bi -n killed by the bite of a rattler soon
after their arrival in Randolph, there
’ would have been many more comforts
around that home. Anyhow, a murder ,
i had been committed and this poor wo- ,
! man’s son, an only chill, was charged with
; the crime.
I Big court came, the trial was had, aver- ,
■ diet of guilty was brought In by the Jury
■ and the young man was s-ntenced to be
I hung upon -i certain Friday in the n-tr
i future. All the . vidcnce. was cireumstan
i cial, but. e.• 'ry link was so joined and com-
plet ’ o t h tht people wi re inflamed an 1
i a lynching was almost accomplished When
! tho iaw'.-ers talked of delay. Tho poor
j mother had sold her horse, her cattle, her
- hogs, everything that would sell, to defend
1 tier boy, for be • lalmed to be innocent, and
i she, of' all the world, believed him, but
' nothing could prevail, the prisoner must
i hang, mil a Scaffold was built, and arrange
i merits made.
■ The fatal Friday was at hand. Long be
i fore daylight upon the day people began
I to pass along tho road by the mother s
1 cabin. Tiie poor woman Beard them and
’ kti-w thej- were gathering to see the hang
ing. Hangings were not so common in r
those days and people came, from other 1
counties, from long distances, to see the ,
sight. The mother would listen and the ■
rumble of wagon was Some on 1
horses wont, galloping by. some on foot ;
and in crowds and drinking went by in a :
fussy manner, and the poor mother in I
the cabin knew that they wore gathering I
to take tho lif- of her boy about as they ,
would gather to see tiie sights of a. circus. ■
At last she could stand It no longer. Na-
1 YOUNG LADIES MEET DEATH, i
1 Terrible Tragedy on a. Virginia Rail- ;
road Crossing.
. Winchester, Va„ September 12.—A most :
I distressing accident occurred shortly be- j
' fore 10 o’clock last night on the Washing- I
: ton arid Harrisonburg branch of the South- i
: era railway near Bowman’s station, in ;
1 Shenandoah county, .and as a result two
’ young ladies of the neighborhood are dead ;
' and their escort lias received perhaps fatal
| Injuries.
! The victims were -
j MISS LAURA DELLINGER, aged twen- 1
1 ty v.-ars; her sister,
MISS ALICE V. DELLINGER, aged
eighteen years, and
' MR. SISLEB, of Mount Jackson, aged
twenty-four years.
* Tiie c.itasiroplie occurred within sight of
! the young girls' residence. The party had ;
1 been attending church and were returning !
I home in a buggy. While crossing the I
i tracks of the Southern near Bowman's |
thuy were struck by the engine of a. north- .
| bound freight and thc two girls were In- :
| stantly killed, their bodies being horribly |
j mangled.
Young Slsler was hurled a distance of I
, twenty yards ani sustained a fracture of |
I the right leg and right shoulder besides be- |
Ing Injured Internally. The buggy was :
crushed lik" an eggshell, while the horse
escaped without a scratch
Just how thc party failed to notice the i
approaching train is not known, as it was I
; 01 -veral bund red 5
and the crossing is on a heavy grade. They
a .re evidently engaged in conversation and
did not observe H>e train until it was upon
th* m.
Engineer Stoble. of the freight, says lie •
wlilsti-'i lor the . rousing and Just before It
wa.- reached noticed the team driven upon :
the track. He reversed his engine, but too
lai-
Tha 1 il.it struck the buggy squarely be- ,
j tween the iron: u id i-ar wheels, hurling j
I the occupants in all directions. |
The Misse.s Dellinger were the daughters
of J. VV. Dellinger, a leading resident Os !
■ the county.
j "Blood will tell.” fn a man's life and con-
I duet, say th- " iologists.
1 "And Hood's Sats .parilia will tell on thc 1
blood,” sax the prop'.- thankful for health
to this great medicine.
Tiie Contract for Smokeless Powder
Washington, September 12.- Tho contract ■
for supplying tiie navy department with I
1 cm:>k»'l-.-.» p'.wd-r has been uwnrdod to j
I th- ('aiii'orni t Powder Company and the ;
I Dupont l ow'der Compartv, each to supply ■
j 1t.,!; a million j und. . Tile cointract price '
I is st) cents per pound, the government to i
furnish alcohol nee.-.-.'.1 ry forth- prodtic- ;
' tiun of th- powder. The two companies
• were notili. a late lust w. -k that tho con- ,
tract had been awarded them, but the con- j
| t racts ha v< ot yl•t b' e n
Nor tin
I Go north from Atlant,., Jack onvlllc. Ma. :
Icon. Savannah. Blrniine mini. New Orleans i
or Cliatt tnoog.i <m through Pullmans and 1
fast train; ot Qtte 1 and Crescent rout-
I am! its comi-etions. Finest trains in the i
I south.
Loss of Lives by Fire.
Prescott, Ariz.. September 12. Vosterday's j
I fn. in Jerome was one o tho greatest ca- l
| kimities nt he loss of 1 ven and destruct ion
1 of property that ever occurred in Arizona. ;
, Am.mg those who lost their lives are the
j MEXICAN WOMAN ami her two chil-
I di'cii.
| WH.FORD, an umb rtaker.
1 A DRY Goods I‘l.EiIK. name unknown.
I TWO I ADORERS, names unknown.
No Revolution in Pent.
Washington, Septi über 12. The Peru- I
vian l"gal:"n at Washin..ton has receive.l ■
a cablegram from lama slating that t'here
is no revolution ,11 the oi'intry In s -me I
plae.-s t.ands of maraud, rs Dave appeared, ■
wlio di: per: ed on th- api>ro:>eh of Hie gov- '
eminent troops s-ut to pursue them. [
The Re’ Men Meet.
Indianapolis. Ind.. September 12. The na
tional council of tin Order of Red Mett I
began its annual 1 '-invention biro to.lay. I
(inly some routine matters received at- '■
tentlon. The council will continue in ,scs- j
sion during the week and some important j
business will be disposed ot.
turn gave way and she fell exhausted upon
her kne sby a little bed—the boy’s bed.
"Oh. God!” sh- scr" inied. “have mercy,
hav- mercy!” but not a sound came to
disturb her loneliness.
“OH. Lord, have nnrey upon my poor,
poor iioy!” and away from the north earn*
1 a faint rumble of distant thunder.
"Ob. (lod, I pray you, have mercy, hav?
mercy!” and the sound of tho thunder
rolled up nearer ami clearer.
"Oil, God, I pra.V you. save my boy, gave
my boy!” and the thunders rolled, tha
lightnings flashed and a terrible storm had
! come In all its fury.
Such a storm was never seen before. The
: thunders roated, t«ic lightning flashed and
the wind swept trees like straws, but the
! poor mother h-efled It not upon her kn-es
: she j-.main, d calling upon th. Lord -' havi
j m rev. have imrey, have miry!”
Daylight had come, the cloud ; *tad passed
1 away and tho sun's bright rays had found
■ their ,way through thi clilnks of the cabin
but the mother was still tdiein praying
! to the Lord, for the hour of t'uo hanging
I was close at hand.
: "(Jit. Lord”— there was a tap at
i the cabin door which disturbed the
I prayer, but the mother never raised An
i other tap, louder and .stronger, but still tha
I mother prayed. Another tap and--
j "Mother, it is me!”
’ SIIO heard that voice she knew that
Bound, ami sci'-aming. she fl-w to th ■ door
I “My son, my son!"
■ Tho story is short. The storm had ril-n!
Wedowee cr'ek as it had never be it raisad
: before. It swept the poplar log in wlti-h
; tho prisoner had been confined down thc
■ stream and toward the riv-r. while to
guards who were stationed over It bad to
flee to the hills for Hteii- lives Tho pr;--
. oner had a narrow escape, but In som
mysterious way the log floated to the hill,
. tho prisoner broke th- door at the en 1 and
; was now .-tanding at hi.s mother's door.
The story does not end here. One of th*
. worst men of the county had been fatallv
i hurt by a tree in th- storm. He was
. found in almost a dying condition when tho
storm had passed away, and knowing tha'
he must die, h- wanted to make a contes
sion. A preacher camo at life request, th®
sheriff (time. a. judge and many people
came tend there before them all he told how
Liat he hail cornmitteil the murder, and
our young man was saved
Some said he was saved by a storm
some said he wa.-: saved by the prayers of a
mother.
“What do you say, children?” I asked,
and left them in a. study.
But. to return to little Mary. Who
knows but w l it Iter pray-ts may get more
than all the rest? Anyway, 1 have, till"
to ask of al! the 'ltti- children and of nil
grown people who t'-el them.-lv - I 10 po-r
Ir help tiie orphanage, if all such will fl
like little Mary says she is going to do 1
shall have, no doubt of the result. If 10','00
1 people will arrt-i' ot, Saturday, v. totter Ist.
i resolved to give a prayr if nothing else, I
I live in th- faith that $20,000 will bless the
i efforts of the managers of the home on
; the Sunday following.
I havo a great desire to do '■orri.-thlt'g
' good for tnis home It Is right h-r--. at us—
j wi sc,- its work, we know Ils character.
Especially will I lie glad to <•- Georgia
make the best showing and hope, that De-
Kalb will head tiie list ct counties,
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