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CONSTITUTION JUNIOR
Conducted by- . —~t
Mrs. William King
AUNT MATTIE’S ALPHABET.
ope you will show her you tipprecHi (•
Matties Alphabet.” She is a dear good
1 i.lx who is bed-ridden and never aide to
i k about, and can do nothing but read
■ud write. So it is very kind in her to
pi’.'c you ait alphabet, each letter beginning
a line that teaches you something good.
1 u’pe yon will show her you appreciate
■:’■:• kindness by learning it.
AUNT SUSIE."
Attention to the golden rule
Brings good results to every school;
t'lcorftil obedie*w brings a reward
I erectly front our gracious Lord.
Envs and covetousness will bring
Forever with them Satan's sting.
<;od knoweth all we do or say.
ILs word alone can teach tin’ way
l i which our feet should always walk—
.lust how to live, and how to talk;
K.ii.l words to others in distress
Lifts many a heart to happiness.
Make no . omp.inionships with sin,
\*,,. ba the Tempter enter in,
only to 1 ad your steps astray,
ITriiaps it some unrig'.ietous way;
<e,i;te often in this human state.
I; pent.inee i nines, perchance, too late,
S,. we should daily strive to live
: rusting in Gott ll.s grace to give;
I’ll!. we seek His help so lend,
Y.-rilv, co real peace w* II 11 nd.
\\ o*n we accent His love we maj
\p. .1 His guidance ewry day.
> . line, fl "’ids. be useful, true arid k nd.
/."lions to gain a t’hristllke mind.
A BOY PREACHER.
I” at Children I'id you ever hear >
!„ , ■ |.*-*l Sumlax th” Sunday s< bool
~ .. .. • ... ~d that at 3 o'el.” k that
~nd ll’ Invited .ill th children to <*"ni”
. ~1 him. f! * aid 11” was a most
i. markable little I. .y
, little boy went to hear him, and
u l„ ~ . ,m- b i. k th.s is what he told me
11, was a ti ■ ■ looking little boy. with
wn • . and bait He wore a doilb'.e
--..., , large sailor collar.
... w ilk. d on the platform with his Bible
.. . i lr m. md was Just as much at
. . - pi. . her I ev< r saw Afl-r
>, x |„ g hvmn he his Bible and
~1 . a.,p-,.. n th.- . >hl Testament and
r f,. ... t.-x; Who’ will come out and
b. ..a th- Loro's side"' 11. pi.a(hed a
■ ... i -. rmon and told what it was to I”-
. Lord's-■■:. ind what it meant to
. on tut- dev it's -for w . itlier had to be
on. ”1 the other's s de. 11. urged all
, bov . i> <l< <<l everybody and was
. ,nn< tas 1 be. 11.- began
h sermon by telling the < hildn n how he
w.i.. eonv. rte.l .t one of Sam Jones's meet-
■ and s lid he felt Hie JxjlH intended
I to pr-.i.di ■ And my little boy added.
I b. li- *.< he will do a gt. ’t deal of good
ali ’.no < hi.d'.-n I st.mil attentively
t.-i.i gr.. t many . lo.uren went up .nd
mds wh< n the meeting was over.”
Now. what do you Hunk of a boy only
nne y ears old prea< ling" Sone of the
.wn folks told me it was wonderful to
b. ar him talk. L. * us it >!>•* Hi” little fellow
> t great deal of go ><! W till
w ’k for Hie Master If w Will, arid <<•!-
t ,A it is better I I b.. on tlm Lord's si.le
1.1 on tin devil'. But I d.d not intend
to pt,-ten yeti a sermon, only tell you of
one tie ’ sermon. AI’XT SUSIE.
History of tne Gypsies.
■ i d.ino. Tex Dea r J unior:
• . * th. coir- us in 'l'll. Constitution of
y t t'l'th want’d to know .something
~f tlm origin of gypsies. Their history is a
strange one. In the beginning they had not
■ .il adv atO their t 11” .vim’ll. In-
. . id .’f choosing it for themselves, they
• forced t" a roving life. This is tile
w;i\ of it. Their parent home was in In-
i couttirv where there inis ever b’-’ n
• i/ : d class distinctions. Tln'se are the
y’eat . i t'.. e.'..’!i having i s own peculiar
’U'toms "f lr«-s, laws and forms of relig
ion. There could l> • no change In them, the
. - mb. rs of "no not being allowed to marry
• il.-. of another. To do so was a religious
well .. ’ civil o/eitsi- Even the S.’ lr i-,
owe.-t of i ■. three, wore taught to b<--
.v i* v a gre.it deal hotter .o do. no
matt.f Mow abdly th., vv tk o ftlivlr own
a- < t i-,.in to attain i gri at . nceess in Ims
. ... ,e d’die- til.l’ belonged 10 • higller
,ist’ It was as u' in one part of the
nor ■ • man F’iti’ d more honor by metid-
Hl . ~|| Ids life because his father
id grandfather had been cobblers before
lim. -tian by writing a great book or paint
:: ea tine pleture <>r making laws for his
e,intry when thei.- hid never b-.-n an
thots, artists or siatesmen in his f.iniii..
But below the Sudros there was .-.ill un-
■ u i la-s held in such contempt tnai it
■. i- given tie ,sie at all. Its people were
iriahs or out -asts. Where they
erst .ini- from i- now hard to tell. They
mm r< d 11 ibis, prisunei
. aptured in war anil lib* toted many year s
afterwards to loam Hirougii Hie country
of th** I'omtuerers; criminals woo could not
i ■ taken back in their cKStes, leliglolls
■ negad’S. despairing Sudros, who. sure
I( .y could not rise, preferred to sink rather
• aan to remain in tills stationary inferior
iiv Th” men and women without caste
ivr. not allowed o live with m-n and
w imen of caste. '1 m y would mai ofay in
- or towns, but tfn ir homes were tn tiie
jm.e.es "i on til’’ roads. I 'iffer. nt laws
W' r mad*’ lor them, and diti.'ient t elig
loii given tin m.
'l'o the outside world they were all pa
jots but among themselvis they drew
does of distim '. on or casts. .After years
of th.s -ort .f !.!•■. wander became an
. 'in ; v. th them. 'l'liey could not settle
• town in one particular place. It was nat-
egrees they wandet e 1 not
only fiom place to place in their own
toiiniry. but from their own country to
other . - I • rad< in liorses.
I k dat ■ exhlbi t trained
' tort im.-', .i d f a that matter
s oil and murder in one place as well as
■lot'ier In t t't. very littb is known of
hese wanderers in the
. irly years ■ • tin r exodus They were
■ seen in northern Europe until the be
g nning of tin- fifteenth • rrury. But if
. •> i learn sium u i g of tlnir language
yon . ■ . tell by talking to a gypsy of to
” ivli.it ountry his uni ’slots passed
.rough :n past ages. Eor on their way
•.> England they borrowed words here
d ' .”i. and t ■ *k them along when they
still further. When they speak of
■ ;...v. or river, it ,-hows they have been
* I'. r . . ...d when they offer you a
s ammon, <n .-ha.r. you are sure they have
be« it t i tlri ri-'-. Eew students now doubt
■ in Ati.< ri< a an I England
~. .e seemtant s of tile Hindoo wanderers,
though they do not tiwtiys agree about
. partietiia.r tribe from wlilt h they have
neir origdn. Inclosed find ]<> .ants for the
<1 ”ly I."spit.d. Correspondence solicited.
Xote--There was no 10 cents inclosed.
Grady Hospital List.
iiiiiti”. Bishop, China Grove, Miss.. 10.;;
A S. .‘settles, Itomer, Ela., fbc; t ■tarenee
White Itoek. Tex.. . Euler Bald
v ,ii. 1 t’ldo. X. 10e; I'rank Kinder, ilo
i,u i. La., Mamie Dutton. Boston, Ga.,
Xora. Dearer. Berclain. Tex., ac, X. <’.
I'crkins. Keatchie, La., tie. G W. Sim
mons. Tulip. X. sc; Robert Ix-c Du-
B”se, Lisbon. Ga . Ibc; Henry Grady Zell
m-r. floral City, Ela.. I l ','. Minnie Chan
.).< r. Heardurant, Ga., ac; Marguerite Bai-
ley Elberton. Ga.. Be; Frankie Brooks.
Coccantit Grove, Ela., T'C; Mrs. M. Watts,
LaPirens, S. C., 4c; Ada Rainwater. Rens,
Nev'., sc: S ile.tl’.a J. Hurston. Elrath. Ala..
10e; Mrs. M. Dufner, Pryor Creek, I.
T., 10c.
JUNIOR GORRtSPONDLNGE
Frankie Brooks, Cocoanut Grove. Fla.—
Dear Junior: Inclosed I send you 10 cents
for tiie Gradv hospital. I am a little girl
seven years o'd. I have lots of fun playing
with my kitty and my dolls.
Nora De;.ver, Be.-e.air. Tex. -Dear Junior:
I don': see. <mw we could do without The
Constitution. 1 am always anxious for its
coming. I have a number of pets, among
them two canary birds. We have a very
pleasant home. Inclosed find 5 cents tor
Grady hospital.
Roy Pettis. Corwin, Ark.—Dear Junior:
I am a little boy eleven years old. Papa
takes The Constitution and I like it better
than any paper we ever taken. I like to
re;ul Hie children’s page. 1 think Dee's
stories for the children very good. We live
two miles from the schoolhouse, but we
go there every day to school.
Lucile Hesstield. Bessemer. A’.a, Deal-
Junior: I have been a constant reader of
The Constitution for quite a while. It.
se ins to mo that I could hardly do with
out it. especially the Junior page. 1 would
lik ■ a few correspondents about my age.
which is sixteen. I inclose la cents fir the
Grady hospital.
Henry Grady Zellner. Floral City. I' la■
Dear Junior: I live on the beautiful M il
laehootltee. river. It is full of l' ls| t and
big alligators. 1 have a riddle for the cous
ins. Who can gmxss it? 1 hav t littl •
brot'her lorn on last h ip v- tt. lb- v. ei
11,-iv. a birthday in eight years. .\"vv gite.—
wliv it is that lie won't. How- many have a
l.r.’tli-r "I- si-tor born on last I'at’
Enclos' d, find Id cents for Grady hospital.
Nora McConnell. Anderson. S. C D at
.lmilor lam a foolishsome. boisterous girl
of ”|.-ven years. i ’.alt milk. sew. help
mamma to keep dtouse. and I can look right
we'd. too. I can catch a horse md iliums
hint, then hitch him to the buggy and driv--
to town. But what I enjoy most of all i
riding horseback. 1 ride every day. I t'-'-l
sot ry fur the city ■ ottsins, for they don't
f:m. the freedom that we in tiie < ountry
du.
Willis Harley. Ilalcyond tie. Ga.Dcar Ju
nior: I will not select a subject. Tin;
cotton crops are very much damaged by
the storm anti rain wltieli came a few days
ago. It bus been ri'.i’tine every few t! ly ■
rod sometimes a we, k at a tint'- ever sin* •
the Ist of July. I' is now sprouting in
tiie b’dls. and if the tain continues, th ■
cotton which is open now will be ruim-d.
Th” ile.tr old Constitution Is a welcome
visitor to our home every Tuesday I
think country life mmh better than city
life.
Susie Harley H deyoit I • i’’ 'la. D. :ir
Junior: I am nut going to .‘-ehool now I
am having vacation. I enjoy Ann'. Susie
Bill Arp au<l Sarg’ Plunkett's let:ef> very
much. 1 like Mr Lee's stones, t'.i'-y al”
SO fu .uy. We are having a gri at deal of
rain. The Hist "f August, tie day of the
storm, so much rain fell that iiii.e
branch near our aome rose so high until
it wa.s aid ’. I I . Tiie bridges in this sec
tion are ill gone end w,- van only stay tn
doors and watch tiie rain.
I. t u Fam haw. Taw ’.. a . ' ’ 1>• ■ "
Jinior: 1 admire Tile “Cotistitt-
tim.” very mm It- 1 am int.■rested in th '
floral growth of lie sotitnern slates and
would like to <x. h i me flower seed wr ..
anv one . The weather is getting cool and
out Howels will soon b" all gone. 1 a'so
Would like to get Hie song "I'oor Old
Maid " ii any one will send il. 1 will send.
"1 ...in living for Some One to Dove M-'
or "I Don't Want Your I’layt litigs” in re
turn. I enjoy uadlng a good bonk and
think that the history ol Ini’ races that
form tly liv d here ;n ■ very in'.'reslinv .
t'l.ir. nee Glass. White R ”’k. Tex Dear
Junior: I have been reading the Junior
flag-- a long time. We started to fdeking
cotton last Monday. Our crop Is very
quod, though th*- boll worms have de
stroyed lots of cotton in some fila'-es. 1
liv.- on th, black land, two miles from
While Rock and nine miles from Green
ville. ti.e county seat. Black land is sim
ply- line for eurn and cotton, but very dis
agree.tide to live on. When it rains the
mud Is fearful., and from the Ist of June
until frost oh. my! how the chiggers make
a fellow serati h > ntr sei ‘ will
nn-nce on the Ist of N'ovemb< r. 1 im-los’. a
Cents for the Grady hospital.
Seok MeDo.inld, Storyville. I. T. Dear
Junior. Will you admit a Cherokee girl
into your happy circle. Ih-rliaps some "1
yon will think I am wild, but 1 cm not.
1 live ”ii the b aiitiful and prairie and
would not exchange my h me lor a < i'y
ot.e. North Georgia is my native home.
1 would like to ...urr. 1 wi'!i_ :i few of
the cousins from there oi east Tenm-sse’
The Constitution has been a wi ••ornt.* vis
it.” it our home for two ye.it; and 1 think
it is the grandc st papt r ever published.
1 always turn to tbe Junior p:cg" first nna
11” 11 to Aunt Susie’s let: ■ : \\ Islt sone-
on” would setid me a climbing rose, t.->i
pt’-fet red. Will send m exchange inad.-ir .i
vine. I send .1e for the Grady !;o-i»i‘ d.
John R. Sic sip.-rd. Big S. ndy. T.-x, D a
Junior: I have la-’it reading about Hob
son, t'.ie i.’-ro of the M. rrimiu (merr:
smack.l B”.'-; don't y.. : t oak an,, of -s
cot:! I .-ink a ship? Why i think I < 0.,. 1
snk iz.e if my girl would give m :i kiss. I
want’d to go to the wat and now 1 wish 1
h:.d gone. T,e war <;id ao lost a. ,o:p as
in..st :n uple t Itought it won!.:. Consuls, haw
would you lik” to liv.- in M:c il:i ? I .v mid
like very mi'ia'i. but I t'link Cuba would
disagreeable. I read the !e; t
fi m Mi. Gore ■ : E >lng Ka.- a I
thank her in artlly for her Words in b. :.-t!'
. ■ • . boys, . ■ ai■■■ one ’ ■
hi-ip l!i<-ni out. Se.ms as :le- bow did
ti',: take as much inter.-.-t ; :i lids page . s
the glr!,s.
Mary T. Mathews, Snaem. N. C. !>■ .■ r
Jen.or: 1 am interested in Mia Ila : . a
f..r e01!’ cling a mu., tint. Be: will Mt. li.
t’-turn tilt favor of our aelet i.: 1 h.m si"-,
tmens? No doubt theta- arc plant ; :,d
in.nerals peculiar Sou'.h Carolina Li.u
W”'a!d U'l-I very mu.al to I::” vol ■■ i
North Caroi'.ni tn's priva'.” mus. um. Wli
smi” of th” cousins give directions for
playing tri” gam. of basket nail? I hav”
tri”.l lor a long time to learn something of
tne game. I«ui can’t find any one wiio
litn ws how. t'ou.dti.-, 1 wish 1 .’.ere . on:
p lent to give y "it • pen picture of sorn.
ot ”• ■■"' nery we >..■■■■■ a,■• ■ ■ I lon'
Switzerland could boast of many griin.i
vaews th.<ii those of central and w-stiin
North Carolina
Maud Johnson. I'ayetle. Mis- Dear Jun
ior: Pap . has b’.eti a subscript r to T.i,-
Constitution for several years, t live j n
tiie country three miles Hum tin- thriving
little town of Fayette. I like the country
V’ty minai. bui 1 think J. would lik. the
city heiter. 1 ride hot seb.i’ k to .seitool in
town and have lots of fun sometimes. I
love to read good b A.'ks very mue'l, and
when I am lone.-pme nothing is be'ter t han
to pick up the d’lir Constitution and r, .id
the nice letter.- on tile J.ti.Tur page. Will
some of tiie cousins please send me the
Words of the following song: ”1 , the l-'d a.i-
®4 BOGGY WHEELS 56.5 G
lUultbiUrK, HAIiVES H PAIttXT, tired
hsndrd, height 3ft4in , 3 8 in. ■< i ft.
Spokos 1 J-16 or 1 J-H in- For any other
G7.ts Fend for < Cut this ad out
nnd pend to ns witli ONE DOLLAR. • tnto
riztt w!jaol wanted and we wiP «’pndth<;Di
by freight <. O. D. FXAIIIMCI HXI nt■ ur
freight depot and then pa.t freight agent
bn'ancf*. f 5.60 and freight charger.
A»VS, ROFRUCK /' C'O.dnnCHICACCJLL.
Ment on The Atlanta Constitution.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY,SEPTEMBEB 2(>, 189 S.
Our Young Folks’ Page
I ovv of tho Pines.” “Fatal Wedding. ’ and
•'His Dust ThougTits Wet” of You.'' 1 can
1 send anv of the cousins “Down on the
I Ohio,’’ "Flirting” or any others I have,
j Correspondence .solicited; eitiier sex.
Luvle Hall. Cromers, Ga.—Dear Junior:
I live in tiie northeastern part of old Geor
gia. among the hills ami valley.-, about
twenty miles from the Cttrrahee moun
tain. but we can g”t on a. Itill a little way
from home and see il towering far above
tile remaining country, backed a part ot th’’
Blue Ridge. 1 don't think that we could
| improve our time in any better way than
I by writing to The Constitution and corres-
I ponding witli each other. It gives us such
I broad splice to express our thoughts, ami
I then it seems to bind us nil into a closer
I union. We have a large vineyard. I wish
that von (Aunt Susie) and tile cousins
could li.iV’ helped me eat tiie gtapes. They
: were very mee this year. I would like
I correspondents.
j Jennie Dance, Atiiens, La. D”.ir
I Jimi”- I am a little girl of thirteen sum
| mers, have been a constant reader of the
I Conslitution lor some time. I enjoy read
ir.g the Junior’s le" let's. L”C’s Stories
; and . specially Aunt Susie's letters. Did
i you know you had :i great influence, one
I that, will last to tbe end of lime, it will
n, I stop when you are asleep in our grav •.
it will go on and on. I feel so thankful
that wo’-an talk in so many homes through
this dear paper, and instead of eomplain-
I ing with dear Aunt Susie for not printing
I ail th” h ta rs just lik” we want them, ask
I God to help her di n :i rg. her duty. Would
I like a little girl correspondent my age—
I thirtei n.
Bessie McCormick. \ assburg'. Mis-.—Dear
Junior: I will take for my subject “The
History- of Our People.” It is the great
est history of any nation known. We have
had more wars than any other country.
Wo have hoi seven wars. The French
and Indian was was tiie first and the rev
olutionary was the second. Tiie battle ot
Yorktown was the close of the war, I ’>'
Cornwallis surrendered on October Ji'l.
;tn General W astiington. W" have b””il
, ver since. It makes my- heart full
of jov to think of how the old sexton rung
1 ti;,.' 11 of Liberty. I writ” V'-ry j”>or.
i pm | have never had any chance, for I
never saw in a schoolroom until I was
: fourteen years old.
(Your letter shows tli.il you are deter
; mined to ],• irn. Thi: D right. Strive hard.
.Ltid you will succeed. Al'N 1' SI SIL.)
, Tin la, Hogansville. Ga - Dear Junior.
Si.ce m.v • irli ..-t recollections I have be n
' an u-ilent admirer o' the south's tr i.-ure
heli-’. the dear old Constitution. I was at
i tending ’. teaeh is' institute at Warm
i Springs, tin., last summer. Aunt Susie was
i al :he hoi’ !, hut 1 did rot know It in time
to £<•(? I’cforp her departure.
, D.ar Cou.-in.-, I wish you I! ””U'd have
enjoyed my summer outing with me. I
1 spent the meiith of July visiting in O. elikt,
y.. Columbus, Barnes vil amlA<a . a.
1 The most profitable week in that tl ne was
I -pent attending th” Chautauqua an I ir
I eoti’iiv institute, at Bartlesville. Such tut m
it, I”,-tn .1 t.-a.-t as WC b. 1.1 would i e impo.--
; ,d ~. 1., d’-.a t itle. I 'id many d you a: !■ d
' ; i” n union in All inta'.’ I 'i d. and I wi -
n”sse I manv patlti ti” ami amusing s- cnes
i tli.it I sbai m ver forget. 1 enjoyed stmly-
|,|... Hi,, fa-.’-y of the old warriors as . i’ y
I ’(inversed o’Ue with another, for tii.-tr
, bright' happy fam.s showed their love and
.-ynipaHty for each "th' i.
James P. Harley. Halcyon Dale. Gi.
I>, ;,r Jtrii’tr: 1 take or my subject A
M ; Boy.” First of all " ! hou db ’
obedlt : 1 ami dutiful to tn pareute and 1 i
rytiling try to phase them. When a h id
l”>y a-k.s him to srnoki w l-k" a dr'.ik m-
■ .-->(.‘>ul<l at ill '.ini’ - say "n”.'' He ought
I ulwi.yrf to be kind ai d affectionate to his
■ in.pliers ami sisters and live such a life as
i only become.- a true Christian. When at
i seliO’j. he should study haul and try to be
i \un” an educated ami .ullured man. At
i ~. . ; (broad he should ways
, and oh ging to a Pti.s I ha
lei boy.” A L ' '' '
I 1,., lodged I’J bis clothes. ” Pis not tn. . oat
, . the man, but the man that
in ikes tin* coat." A boy has no mote right
1 t.> take a drink of whisky or -moke a eiga
...t-e titan his sister. Some boys think it ts
' manlv to drink whisky and smoke ciga.-
| will ask lit" ’ ' • a qh'' sll '’"
' ;. se “When I atn
' tiny are for war found in the
Male Dui.' ir. Pulton, Tex—l am sweet
, sixteen I go I" S’ boot ten months and
i’■ , V| . to go v.-ry much. I love music and
' as well as liier.’t ir. . I lov ■ nature,
hat j,« more beautiful than nature.
What ! s prettier t tan a yard full of pret-
■ (y flowers and trees? Do many of the
. Juniors love pictures? H.-ive anv " f vOll
kodaks ' i :iv” "tie and womd love
j ,” tge w th some. Let me tell YOU
i about a picnic 1 went on n.’i long a-..'”-
: 1,11,. w.i" Saturday even ng four of us
were coming from town when one ...u,d to
I a . :..wd Up and lets go on a pa nie.
i So we g ’i "Ur "fowd up- sixteen girls m
; Gv.t married ladies and Trnsila* morn-
i ><• • I hc-'ofp s »' •' I .’.3u
<•
- went ■." fish and w- ” i' :
■ .
U do.. I '?,' I’-'i' a snake At ■ ’ we over
' ” .-■ d”..d’-d o some pia. ”
I " l!r ’” \\ ~'l W e found two more
lor pielute.. Vt ’. ■' d nn.r we
1 -e-’k’--- a.id after W" ■■" °" r
, U| t” corre-pO". d w ith some of
J wott.d Hl 111 for the
; tb. Juni‘»rS; I ne L
... W. Va.-
! enwhyit
: Hear ■ 1 ■ .... ”it “Old."
wa- given I■■ ” ' . , j. o f
. | -uppo- . from the ” t ‘ . T) „.
P , ; dis r. d about ■:.■■ mid-
. ■' : ; " Ft'he
w 'th 'A t'-' iitgt<.’lt m 1
I . , , . ..loll.in nd t ’ Wl..Ul' a
wars and t t 1 ■ . 0 , • ...
' 'l'li’ i- a" many
J 'fi ow Hu splint; was tbs; ds-
Xw.d .ml H.u is I * il! ”‘ v "' p
■ v -I told IO m Lt wi-. who was ■ gt< -
' ' . ilu tima sni. was pur.-i ed
' 1 . . | dim: having !”"-
'• \ n. eonimiitd bls journey,
his g'reat siirpiis'-, found that be
'“ . .nt re'vfme’l of’ hi- rheumatic com-
I ■ •! ; is in- thought, tn smh
1 ' n. mu. i it was not long un-
- . , had i mHional reputation and
' .. \vould tome froi ■ ' . o ■■“
! > , , j,.!. tbe water awl to .ak” ttt
s” 111 ' - | ~l lre .l of tin- human ,ils
\l‘l d‘h IDA' were subject in an unhealthy
’ (IdJKItC.
I ; .j, m ( ’•. <; id- . t■. Ala.-1)’ ar Junior:
I ;the oulheastern part of the state ot
IW , , V e ail. - from th- eily of Bmling
i t ; vil igi known a Danville. I s
1,|.’,p,0 ..(<• Utrlfty and well-to-do. I onee
. ... in t his plat . ::■'■ tiding sell >ol.
I i,.| :’■•. home in th. .-outlt in Hie month
I>. .., in'” r. : nd the day I boarded the
train forth” nor: >1 t o weather was ilk”
i iia'mv d-dr.-. Airiving at my destination
; , , let r I wa- e.mfront’d by huge
: ’:' now on ev. ry side. Seemingly I
. had !’■ e.i sud.i- u!y transported from Bte
I S ”;.t’v .- , ili to 'ue frozen no' tb. But kind
: t’ 1. live-' wi re awaiting me. and 1 was scon
i n;y i ■ .m.lf ■ flier's. I ’ .earned to
I til. ei’tiutand oh. what jolly fun It
was to me to go skating and sleigh riding,
two sports I was not . -• tisioim-,) to in my
I s >ut!i. rti home I h.-.v<’ Hie words of many
j sr.nus :o ex.'l'.angt If you wish Bieni send
Ime a -tamp'd envelop.. Let me tell the
cousins of my "Remembrance Album.” i
! ask all mv friend.- to give ni” a lock of their
1 Innr fastened on a slip of white paper, and
lon the paper the) are to write a verso or
some familiar quotation and their name and
address. Then I paste each slip with the
accompanying lock of hair in my album.
In this way can be made :t very pretty and
unique "Remembrance Album." Now. cous
ins. I ask you all to send me a lock of your
stair arranged as 1 have described above,
and I sb ili place them in my album under
the titie, "Constitution Junior."
Box JOS. Senoia, Ga. —D. ar Junior: 1 take
for tn.v siii.j.’ct "Pleastint People." it is a
pleasure to meet people who are pleasant,
affable and kind: who do not seek to ex
tinguish you with disdain or humiliate you
with indifference. People can be over
pleasant, a s well as overbearing, but the
former is infinitely preferable. Habit lias
something to do with a man's bshnvlor, al
though disposition is the strongest ele
ment when men have contracted habits of
pride and insolence that are almost brutal.
Money enters into the life of some men
and makes them haughty and overbearing,
who, lacking it, would have been kind and
eons.’lera 'e. Jesus inveighed most strongly
against pride and iiaugh tint sspt nd said the
publican was justified ratt.er titan the
proud pharisee, for all lite lengthy prayers
of the latter. lu view of ini’ shortness
of life and its many unavoidab.e cares and
troubles, we tiling it is a wise tiling to
cultivate a pleasant manner toward all.
There is in pride an 1 hauteur a. disenno
bling of men beyond computation. If pride
is not vice, it. can lay little claim to virtue.
W hey then be proud and haughty ? Rich
or poor, high or low, should shun its nar
rowing spirit and b-aru to practice a pleas
ant manner, a courteous spirit of kindness
toward all whom we may meet in this
transitory world
SETTLES THE CONTROVERSY.
Ex-Governor Knott's Rabbit Story Ap
plied to Sainpsoii-Scbley Claims.
From the Lot isville Evening Times.
Lebanon, Ky., September t>.—Ex-Gover
not I'roetur Knott ami a distinguished
ptofe.-sionai gentlemm of Danville were
diseussing tne telaitns of Sampson ami
S’ hley to the credit of smashing <'ci vera
nt Santiago. Th” professional genlieman
took Hie ground that ..it tile honor of that
nu morable conflict belonged to .Admiral
Sampson, and wa.- ,m t jied to Ignore < n:ire
ly Commodore Schley's part in the affair.
The governor listened until Ids companion
had finished, and then, with that character
istic twinkle in hi- eye, said:
"My di , r .sir. it is < xceedingly gratifying
to me to hear you take tile position you
it.ive in litis matt'-r. It is like a balm to
m.v conscience and settles a point tiiat has
worried me many a day.
"1 was walking through Hie woods with
a boy friend of m.m when we saw a rab
bit run Into a sinKlmli . AY, stood around
I lie hole :i while , tiled I told Hie boy to
keep watch whi'e i went to get some lire
to smoke tne rabbit out. VYlten I return
ed tin boy had t:i” rabbit. I promptly'
took it away from him. claiming that it
belonged to me because 1 had told him
to ’-ateh him if he came out.
"That was fifty years ago and you ate
the fltet man who lias ever agreed with
me that tin rabbit was mine. I feel now
tiiat I was rir..t ..i taking it ami m.v <-on
seiene.e is at rest.”
Tiie gentleman looked solemn for a. few
moment-, then .-tn'b’l a feeble smile and
changed the subject.
Do yon seek saf. Investment ’
There’s nothing n >n certain to yield big
returns in nerve - r. ngth. pure Idood and
good inaltli titan Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Wealth of Pope Leo.
T.co XIII js repu i to I tie wcalihiest
pontiff who has ev, ~-euoi. ath cl air of
St. I’eter. :>iid ev. n ■ opting I* it.- ix. u no
left tiie handsome -urn of JIOjUYIOOO. Ac
cording to wha: s. ■ ms to be reliable au
thority. Leo XHI has enrich’ d th.- Vatican
witli costly present and wit i revenues ag
gregating twice tiiis -um. Says The New
A ork Son: "How mueli of the mom-v
• •ollceted by Leo XHI, was :<ivn to him
for'his personal Im n !lt and how much for
tiie roly s' ” is me known Tie value of
personal presents nude t<> him sitiee he
eani’. to tiie pap tiir uie is .-aid. however,
to ’X’ > ,'d .sitijim j:'.”, and lite objects are
so numerous as to const tute t collection
worthy to be |,Li> d in a museum. I ins
IN received possibiy as many, but ho is
"aid to have given them av. ay as i.,pl'.lly
as he receiv’ d tin tn, and for t'hat reason
he never aceumulaied as many as are own
ed by Leo XIH. w ire has kept all his.
"Some idea of :he value of them may be
ga th< red from . t . t t tat Fre ident Kru
ger gave him a diamond worth $,1,000,000.
Sucfi gifts ir. of course rare. But 'his
colleel am contains 2s tiaras of gold set
with all kinds .>■' precious stones, 310 cross
es of gold orna” tit. d in the same way and
l.L'fHt chalices in gold and silver, engrave I
and ornamented with precious stones. Os
the eighty-one valuable rings that he owns
tie sultan guv oi. tha’ cost 3100,000. He
lias sixteen pastoral staffs of gobi set
With stones and s I ostensorll for the ex
position of I ... .-. • rament. Seven statues
in gold and slivr ..v part of his posses
sions, In addition t.i more than 1.000 other
"bi’-i-'.s of gr- I artistic value. The
Kruger diamond -aid to be the largest
In tiie world.”
Iv orth.
Go north from Atlanta, Jacksonville. Mn
t<)ll Savannah Birmingham, N< w Orleat s
or Chattanooga mi through Pullmans ami
t i-t train.- of 'JU'- 't and Cre-i ent route
and d- conne ■n ■ Finest trains in tne
south.
THE BOYS' OWN KNIFE.
Easy To Oi”-.. Hard To Break.
1; ).as I a mg tlm, Iti you had a
nice new knifi from os. We have received
now the very hinf yo>u have Iti looking
lor- a good. to';t l.nife that you can open
without breaking nil your finger nails off
trying it. Near tbe end of the handle is a
round ’-nt to a!'.”W you to • ateh the end of
the blade, and open ,-ii” comes as easily as a
penknife. Our No. '.'211 jat k knife is stout,
double-bolstered, w■ 11 finished. of good
metal handle in whit”. black, buck or
brown. Order now 1» fore Ute assortment
is gone so you ma J K et y» ,ur own »lek-
Pv e of' th” knit bv registered mail 75
~, i:;s, wit s Th. At • . kly Con.-titutiou one
\ ear only $1.70.
But tl." I”" - " be it that. St nd threw
1)W( , ii )t r . s u ( icl» and order no other
pr. mium and the knife will be s -nt you .3
lieu of comm -."ion. Any boy can get uu
lhr ee subseril” r- to Th” I'om/itutlon right
.it his ov.i kin l” get him tne knit”.
I the : x In farmer boj s pocket.
SII ,-taction gi ir.iiit”"’!. Addt’ >s all ot
ders to The Atlanta Constitution.
The Post of Honor the Post of Duty.
From The Augusta Herald.
I’re ident M Kin!’ y. In respo.t-e to a
query from Tht Atlanta Constitution's
ei rrespontient, Mr. Cramer, why southern
soldlirs were no: sent to Santiago witli
Hie army of invasion, b*-' g'V 'ii out nn
inteiAitW tl.at contain- much good iiard
To begin with only three volunteer com
panies were sent to Santiago, but the
pi. ... nt wisely and truly says, “the post
of honor to a .. ddier is :he post of tiuty,
and wlict'iier 1<• was assigned to Chick
amauga or to Santiago, ite stands in tae
same r ilationship to bls government. Every
encampment iti the I tilled Stales during
tiie reel nt war was :'.n outpost of tiie gen
eral movement against the enemy.’
The south contributed her share, h-r
lull quota of soldiers under the call f"t
volunteers, and it is only proper that the
president, as well as our own people,
should realize that the soutlh has done'het
part nobly and well. Because it was not
<UI tile tiring line at Santiago, was one of
(lie fortunes of war. But there Were
southern soldi -rs at Tami>:t, Jacksonville
and Chickam.i'tg.i ready and eager to o'ney
any orders that should be given. In mus
tering* out the same rule will he applied to
all states, the same percentage according
to population will be followed. In every
sense this lias been an American war and
Hie people and soldiers from all sections
have given a loyal and patriotic support.
•
Flax has been successfully grown near
Victoria, Tex.
BONANZA SEEKERS
ARE DISAPPOINTED
Porto Rico Has Not Proven the
El Dorado That Many Were
Led to Believe.
IT IS A DELIGHTFUL PLACE
More People Reside on the Island Than
Live in the State of Mas
chusetts.
Washington, fj"p',etnb»tr IS.— (S|> • ■ al.)
Some of those who wont to Porto Rico ex
pecting to find it a bonanza land have
come back disappointed, but those who ex
pected normal things—who remember that
the island is small and already thickly
populated—are more than pleased with this
new acquisition to our national territory.
“As a. delightful winter resort, a valu
able tropical garden and an important
strategic point. " said Mr. <>. I'. Austin, a
treasury official, wit” is just back from
there, “Porto Rico is a valuable acquisi
tion.” Mr. Austin is chief of tiie treasury
bureau of statistics, and, naturally, bis
visit has resulted in some highly Interest
ing figures.
“But," continued Mr. Austin, "it must
not lie expected that so small an island
can me a large factor In supplying the
$250,1 NHl,ot<l worth of tropic il productions
which tlm people of the I'nlt’ 1 States an
nttailv consume, or that it can absorb a.
very large percentage of the $',.20n.000 < 0)
worth of our annual productions-Smaller
in area than tiie state of Connecticut and
with a population less than that of the
city of Brooklyn, it may not be able to
meet the soinewlint extravagant expecta
tions which enthusiastic people have found
witli reference to it.
More Dense Than Massachusetts.
"Settled by Spain more than a century
earlier titan tiie landing of the pilgrints
at Plymouth Rock, i s population i- now
more dense than that of Massachusetts
and the prospect of tn:tterlally in r "tsing
its productiveness is not nattering. Moun
tainous from center to < ircumferenee. the
I.Otie.OOO people who occupy its 3.7(10 square
miles of territory have put ini l”r cultiva
tion most of the valuable soli, and while
th’-ir methods of culture and transporta
tion. are in many cases very primitive, it
cannot be expected that the productions
of this densely populated and closely cul
tivated area, can be largely increased or
its consumption greatly multiplied. lite,
valleys and coast lands are now well oc
cupied witli sugar estates, the area ad
joining these is devoted to tobacco, and
tiie mountain sides to the very peaks ate
occupied by large coffee plantations, with
patches of cocoanuts, bananas, plantains,
breadfruit, orttnges and other tropical
fruits scattered among them. While the
2<>0.000 of its population who live in cities
and villages enjoy some of th" conveniences
to which our people are accustomed, tiie
largo proportion of the rural population
is of extremely simple habits in Hie ma'-
ter of food, clothing and habitation, and
with small earning capacity and a small
per capita of a depreciated currency, can
not be expected to soon become large con
sumers of our products. A little t it' . a
ver,’, little Hour, a few bean- and plenty
of bananas, plantains, breadfruit and veg
etables satisfy their physical necessities:
a few yards of cotton cloth for the adults
and nothing for the children, meet their
principal requirements for clothing, while
a few tough boards and a plentiful supply
of plantain and palm leaves supply the.
material for the humble dwellings through
out tiie interior and in many of tbe vil
lages. With but about one-fifth of its pop
ulation aide to read and write, the knowl
edge of Hie outside world ir t-xtremely
ti I. and with on y IE > miles of rail
road and less than 250 mile:' of good wagon
road on the island, the means of inter
communication are not such as to enable
a prompt stimulation of iis production or
’.on-umption. Most of the good rods, and
some of th.-m are very tine, tun fr >m
town to town along the eonsi. though
there is one exception in the military road
connecting Ponce, on the south shore, with
San Juan, on the north shore Most o'
the Interior, however. Is only reached by
bridle paths, over which transportation is
effect'■, 1 by packs carried on : mall pout’s.
In tiie i lties and towns most of th” trans
portation is le. bullocks yoked in piimitiV'
fashion to two-wheeled carts and urged
to their work by a sharp-pointed pole in
the hands of a. native driver, who walks
In front o’' his team, turning to give them
a, vigorous punch when they do no’, follow
With sufficient speed. The cattle o! til"
island are of a superior class, similar in
appearance to the Jersej cattle, but with
l)i*o.id horns. Hie cows being driven from
door to door In the towns an 1 milked into
bottles in the presence of th* customer,
while the calves stand patiently upon the
sidewalk awaiting Hie removal of the peri
patetic dairy to the residence ot the next
customer.
Spanish the Popular Tongue.
"Education on the island is not of a
high order. A sort ot public school system
prevails in some of tiie towns and cities,
but in Hie interior reading anti writing,
except among th” plantation owners and
managers, are rare. Spanish is the popu
lar t mgue, though the natives of France,
of whom there are quite a number, retain
their language, and there are in the towns
some English speaking negroes irom Si.
Thomas and other nearby English coloni -s
■who prove useful as interpreters to the
Americans already on the Island. One of
the two dully newspapers published in
Ponce prints one page in English out of
compliment to tiie new conditions, most oi
the matter s«» published being 1 extracts
from the constitution of the United States
and .-ketch’ s of the lives of our distin
guished men. Tb’te are t’atii.die churches
in rill the cities and large towns, some of
th.-m Tiling back over a century bnnd
sornelj finished within anti representing a
large expenditure of money. There is one
Protestant church at Ponce, -aid to hive
been the only one in the Spanish West
Indies, but ft Is at present unoccupied.
There are theaters in tiie prineip ti cities,
and several of the leading towns have tel
ephott’ S and are conne’ted by telegraph
lines :tggree:i t ing about ItHI miles In length,
while cable ’•ommimieation is had with the
Fulled States .‘it $1.1" pel* Word.
The Money in Use.
"The currency and finances of the island
inc subjects with which "ttr statesmen will
liave t” deal. Tito Spanish government in
ls‘js took up all the Mexican ami Spanish
coins in circulation and substituted special
silver coins struck in tbe mint of Spain
leOBEFSTS
When I say I cure I do ivt mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re
turii again. I mean a radical cure. I have made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
othei v l-.ave failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
and a Free Bottle of mv infallible remedy-
Give Express and Post Office.
Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4Ce<larSt.,N.Y.
for this purpose. They bear on one side
tiie Spanish coat of arms and the words
"Isla de Puerto Rico.” and on the other
tiie face of the boy king and an elaborate
inscription in Spanish, l ite largest of those
Is the peso, of K»» centavos, corresponding*
in appearance with our silver dollars,
weighing 355.6 grains, and generally spoken
of as it 'dollar.’ There are also smaller
silver coins of 5, 10, 20 ami io centavos,
the 20 centavo piece being known as the
'peseta,' also copper coms of I and 2 cen
tavos. The Spanish government makes no
attempt to maintain the standing of these
silver coins and they represent little more
than their bullion value, tiie banks and
merchants gladly exchanging $1.75 in tills
coin for $1 in our silver or paper, ami ' x
cbanges being sometimes made at. two
for one and even higher. The native
drivers, boatmen and venders have fli
rt atiy learned the superior value of our
coins, and a 25 cent piece in United States
coin is readily accepted at from 45 to 50
cents in payment for their services. That
it will be necessary to take up this fluc
tuating coin when our permanent measure
of value permeates this island is generally
conceded, but just what plan should be
a<lo|ited in fixing Hie rate at which obli
gations made in Porto Rican coin shall
Ito paid in that of the United States Is a
matter for statesmen to determine. An
other interesting question in this connec
tion is whether or not tiie plantation labor
which has in the past been satisfied with
to fit' tints )>'■:* day in I'.irto Ri’*:ii’
money will !,.> content to accep: 25 to 30
cents per day in our coins in its stead.
The silver money coined and sent to the
inland by Spain amounted to six
million dollars or pesos, and
there lias been added about oil”
m'liion in money by cert tin of the tiv
banks of the island, some of which stands
at par witli the silver ami some at dis
count. but it is seldom seen in ordinary
business transactions. Tiie fact tiiat our
own government has just sent in a .ship
ment to the island a sum equal in tillite
to one-tenth ot the entire currency and
tiiat it will be fmmediati ly put into circu
lation through its payment to tiie troops
scattered over the island furnishes a sug
gestion as to the probable increase of the
currency and increased disparity in value.
Investments in Porto Rico.
Much interest is already being evinced
by people from the United States in t'he
matter of investments in Porto Rico and
on this subject there is a variety of opin
ions. t'offee plantations arc first consid
< I’ d. a- they have a r ",’iit.ation of having
paid front 1> to 25 per cent profit annually
upon their cost. They are ’.eld at l*.:gh
prices, however, front $75 < > J2’,D p. r -(.re
in Porto Rican money, according to loca
tion, quality of coffee »>r.«l •>.’•<l. ai-o of
trees. « ie. The wes'.’-rn p> * of the island
is considered the best for coffee ar.d pro
times Him e,.bl,rated 'Cafe Car acolilla.’
which is all sent to Europe at the export
price of 32 cents per pound in Porto Rican
money. Sugar plantations ite considert d
next in importance, and are lively
higher in price because. ( ,f the mere tx»
pensive machinery required, while their
attractiveness as investments is reduced
by tiie fact that many plantations
have of late been abandoned as
such and turned into cattle ranges. Tobac
co has been w ry protitaole of It.” I’.canse
of rhe shortage in t'nh.itt toi,.i *. o for whie.a
it has been substituted, though wiiether it
will con lopularitj when the Cu-
ban article resumes its normal position in
the market is uncertain. Tropical fruits
have had little attention, clt'her among lo
cal ’..xporters or American Investors, but
might prove more profitable than the other
interests more dis’*usse’l, as they are read',
for shipmeiit at a time of th” year when
the markets of the United States have not
begun receiving the Florida or California
fruits.
".As to the increase whidh may be ex
pected in the production and consumption
of the island, it wII th t>”tid somewhat
upon tin* improvements made in harbors,
roads, transportation I'aeiiii l'*s. etc., and
tiie energy with which tiie Americans may
push tie work of il.. <1 *■'■ lopment. Til”
land in the valleys is extremely rit'li. and
t.iat of Hi” mount t n sides, . ven to the v- ry
to;,, is of good color and productive ’s
p. .daily for coffee and some of the fruits.
\Vi;!i the op'-ning of roads loathe interior
it is prob.ilee that considerable land not
now till’d would b’ brought under culti
vation, and th” general consensus of opin
ion among intelligent residents ol the
island is that the products can be Increased
5o per cent, anil I” rliaps more, and i'i” pro
li- greatlv Increased by modern methods
of cultivation .md transportation, .md -i’i
consuming power of th.-Jsl.m'l " I, ' r !‘*'\”. .
in about t iie same proport loti. Lveti t hot Id
this hapiH'n howuver. tib inland r.i»-
nish but about 10 per cent ot our annual
consumption of tropical products, and con
sume but about 2 per cent of our annual
exports.
May Be Successful.
“Tbe business enterprises most likely to
be successful in E’ofto Rico .ire those re
lated to the tropical productions wlne.i
flourish tli’-rc. and 'annot flourish in the
Unit, d States, while to our own temperate
eim.te and well-establis'aetl indu.ltrws
should be left th” task Os supplying th”
general food products and m.mm i,.’tyr. a
required by the people there, sending them
t 1” products of our grain helds and faeto
ri , 1,.- rhe vessels which return I.men
with their tropical growt is. At. .*. r-of 'and
in Porto Hi’*” can produce mote of value
in sugar or coffee or tobm-eo or fruit Lian
p , , n tod in corn or pot > or '' —1
pasture, while mere ■"'”
. . .- n-ger than all 1
i*. ■ w •h • ' - ” 11 * ,b ’
duetion Os these general I ** ” 'I' I ’'
.ii,. t'ner,. S a g.n r.,l uenum’l so.
manuf t uers in Porto Rico, they can be
nlore >• vaply supplied bj g
i ... at home than to atternp •> ■
’ ,P °b‘ ■' " 't'
probutilj 11 j ih« nrm
pl would be successful, while
IltflUtHl' ‘ a. 11l . ,
the cigar industry would . 1 • * .
the must impound n ;' '“ h u '
nu-nt "i 'l'” island ar. a 11 ' ' * -.
""TfY.Y”..?”-'/,;?,;”'..,,. nt.-,
leisuretv and ••.ir-ful stmlj ,>r it- t ontii-
Ituns. conditions w.iien naw "
carefully stmlied or developed
islt government, w neh has continued tm.
island since I-'"'
As a Winter Resort.
••As t winter resort for pleasure seekers,
or‘these desir ng a delightful winter cli
mate. I'orto Rico will b. very attractive
so soon 'S <1 i’.’<-< 1 .md fa-t st’*.im..hq> 1 ne
and Ainerie.m ot.-is supi’.y -oni” •’! thy
comfort? to v. ii the people of the! nlted
SIhG S h:ive bet oino accustomed. Ino con
,,,peZ,.‘; f, ' On ' I 1 ' 1 ; ■7,';. l ( i ' y „> i m* a' I ftirlv
land nt nigat, reiid’t.- m < .m.n .< in
comfortable ym- •■w-n m Angtts . and the
opportunity to obtain .mi.,”.. -m>
altitude coupled with lit” mineral spring.,
v, ill'll are said t” abound, wifi make the
island attractive to thom seeking lie;.lth
as well us recrea
• in tii” citi'S .md towns t ie succession
of strange sights and sounds presents a
kaleiduscopi. ami alw.tjs inter,‘sting spec
tacle. Tiie -tret venders, carrjing leeir
-tores niton their h atls or in huge pan
niers upon diminutive ponies, .mnounee
their wares ill string’’ ami not unmusical
cries long lines of rude carts diawn by
broad-horned bullocks crowd the streets,
native women smoking black cigars flit
hit !u’* .md thither, nude children of all
e.dors and agt”. below eight, disport them
selves imeoneernedly upon the sidewalks
and streets, will!” soldiers and officers are
everywhere, busy with their duties estab
lishing order and new conditions. On tiie
eoiintrv mads the succession of mountains
and willevs covered with tropical growth,
dashing mountain streams and overhang
ing cliffs .md th” larg • sugar and coffee
plantations dott'tl witli the liny homes of
: i'eir native workmen present a panorama
of constant Interest.
Catarrh and Female Troubles
t’ured at your own honi, by the leading
physicians of thi.- ’Oinitr.v. AVr'te Dr
Hathaway A Co., 22'j Soul i Broad street.
Atlanta, Ga.. for free particulars.
There are ibout 110,<XM Chinese on our
Pacific coast.
FARMERS HAVE
HOT EP Os IT
A Scheme Which Stands to Cost
the Cotton Planters Many
Million Dollars.
SIZE OF THE BALE REDUCED
The Cotton Growers Appear Not To
Have Seen Through the Scheme
Until the Crop Was Ginned.
Montgomery. Ala., September 22.-(S;m
Cial.- Some Intelligent cotton producers
of this section appear to have discovered ,
deep-laid scheme on tlm part of the con
sumers, the middlemen mid the transport ’
tiou concerns to rob them of a con ; *,<lei:m!o
part of the meager profit on their crops
If the scheme has worked as well as 1’ i.
•understood here to have done the farm,
of the south will be losers by >■ asoii
it to the extent of some twenty mil.ion o
dollars.
One of the most extensive and Inte . *.' n*
farmers of Lowndes county brought me
matter to the attention of Tiie Gon.- r i
tio’ii's correspondent on yesterday,
scheme was. lie said, worked :tfl**r thi
fashion:
Some months ago a elf’ ul:tr w”. sent *.
the warehouse men, as the agent
cotton factors, requesting the ginm'i
the country, in the lnter< sts oi 1 '
ducers, to adopt a uni 'orm prt ss b”:-.. o
that the bales Would be of one siz* Tm>
dlmt n (lons o! Ihe pt op >sed liox wert
~. . 24x51 int ■. . It was reprft
by making all of the b.'lies the same / a
considerable saving could be effected :•
ocea fit iglits, a.* ■ ■ ■
could bo more conveniently handled :m
stored o*n the v( ■ ■ Mo; tof 1
In I * soul 5 per < estimated
aequie:* d mid built tmw press boxes <■
tbe regulation size.
It now develops that the new box holos
about 20 per cent less than the old one and
that tile new bales are about 20 p r cent
smaller th in the old ones, weiglimg. when
dry. about 400 pounds instead of ..(D as
formerly.
The result of this, as far as the produ ■ r
Is concerned, is apparent. Tho charge , to:
ginning, for packing, for storing, for sei.-
Ing. for drayage. for local ra.lroad ra'cs :>r
estimated by the bale md ty” by th
pound or the hundred pound'. T'!”*-• r.t’’
have contemplated a st»t-pou’id bale, bu
while the size of, the bale has been reduc’d
20 per cent, the charges enumerated haw
been allowed to remain th” same. This
means an additional cost to th- farmer of
20 per cent in marketing his cotton.
An Example Given.
For Instmiee. take a farmer who raise
< 000 pounds of co.ton a year. Last vea: li
made eight 500-pound bah s. Approximat.ng
that he paid $5 per mile to have it Elni:-*<:,
stored, weighed and sold, lie wa. out $4” t”
these ■ x >em ts. This yar he has the . *m*
amount of cotton in ten bales. He pays th”
same price per bale for glnnung. storm*.:,
weighit.g mid selling that no did on tho
larger bt’es and is out of pocket SSO in
stead of $1"
Estimating* that the same amount of cut
ton will b product ■■■ ■as wa 1
ing* the last season and that the seiliag
Di-ice per poand is tho same the fa.rni-rs o
J would be out ..* pocket sll,tf)o.oW.
Os SI per b ile on the U. 000.000 bale crop.
This Will bu seen, how. ver. to by no
means represent the actual J , '* , s iU
southern farmers by reason of tl”. reduc .i
press box. When the factors wno
manufacturers of England and AA .m
q 1r ,...l ~.ilcuiat« .m the price t:i”
will pay for cotton they estimal
the visible supply by bale. 11 tne bi.ni.
amount of cotton is produced tins season
as was last, the bales being reduced 2D j’< *
cent m sir-'* H.-*rc will be a 13,2')0.WX) bale
crop, instead of an tl.iMO.Om bales, .md th-..-,
together Wll'l Hie 2.’«H',"W' Lib'S surplus from
last year would make it appear that m
visible supply will I*” in th” neighbothood
Ol js,u()o.Co(> bales. This would very nat ’
rally furnish an exceedingly eomfottab”
predicate <m "hkdi to hast an extH-meL
low price and 11 is generally understood
H’.’t the f’.mign fa. tors m v r allow a good
thing like this to go by unnoticed.
Tiie consideration of local railroad frclgm
rates has been left entirely out of th*
above calculation. There has been no re ■
du. tioii tn rates per bale. :md 1..” transpur
ration concerns will then fore 1 . m■■
for hauling the. 4t)o pound bale as they
t\< Livid for the 500 pound b «L‘. I his will,
as will readily be understood, Increase tn*
~,.;■ of moving me crop, lot illy, to ma
ket 2<> I” r eent more than it. used to.
Dra’vmen will also make tln ir 20 per cent
advance, and these two items will be
charg' d up against the prodm •r, not I.
rectly but in tlio establishment of the
mark”' price. , -
r rh«‘ iK'W regulation bidv. It thcrofoi© ."ip
pears, is a good t'hing for everybody wh ■
handles it. ' xeepting th. producers of th”
staple ami the men from wli'mi they reii
their land and buy Uholr goods.
What Warehousemen Say.
A visit to sew ml of Hu cotton w: :*<■
Imuses her. tends to indicate that the sue-
tn tills immediate section to th- ext<
Chat Hie Lowndes farmer intimates or tha
the cotton has been mon closelv pack’ 1
ns a rule, than heretofor. For in-:m ■
t , e welg it of .m- bales received today by
ll,e Alabama warehouse, the largest et”.
cern of the kind in this city, averag’d up
per bale about the same as those recciveu
the corresponding date a war ago. 'l'l.■
same thing wa.s found to bo true of tin*
Union w.ireli”*,: I ”• only other war ■
house that was visited. As a mattet o
Caet. howmer. it « is ;u knonlcdg’ d that
the moisture in this year's cotton w.i.s ex
cessive. mid that wlien it dried out th*
boles would ite reduced n good many
pounds each in wight. Tho warehousemen
Insist that a unii.im bale became alni” t
a i e essity w ith the shippet s and that in
order to secure one. :i uniform pre.— box
had i” b< adopted. They ay that at some
gins the box li id n arged to met
the 1. ’quirt ments, w a lie at others it v. -
re’!*. in size. The fact should be stated
Hint at nt iti.er of t ie warehouses visit”.!
today was tin re receß la * e bait
e'.itU’n which weight’! as Itlle as 4”"
pounds whet-eas a iiumber w Igl in * m
thau .Wo w- re receipted for. The wee
housemen were umthlo to my wit. th
me alleged scheme w is I” ing worked eh
uhete to th” exteli*. tiiat tle t-”W. I <
farm.:- intimated .nd insi- :-.i tt lit- *
tlmat’ - ” the injury <|.’m the farm, r b
lop ion ”t the 24x I inch j res bot
were w ry wild, as far as .be pm. ticc hi
573 A/rvv S//VGHA
High-arri inij r<»y< i Singcrsi'w.
,r,;u •' ,! •< werS l ‘ r 'i
f all nttachnH'ii: Warrant'd 10
years. •. tPinndrd if ir.a-
S chino i>t not s itis'.HCtory in 30
v ** <layß. Itahlishcd 15 years. Hc-
£ti f er ,o '‘ lV or anybody in
j le Louis a ille. ('a*h with or.lvr.
il- WHAYNG MFG. CO. .Louistiila, Kjr-
?.i Mition Tho <’’onsiit nt t »n.
a Day Sure 5
übst>linvly sure, w”
'Ki*’ furnish tho work •ir;l bli \>>h !!»•»•, you work tn
the locality where yon live. S<*ti>| id yotil and w<* "i'i
explain th« busnn' •» tuliv . reTTn-u-h* r h« - gu ir.it f* < .iclear j t'>tit
ot $3 f<u «*\• v <ti v‘- «oi k , at>M>l iif »•! $ '-uro, write nt one*
RO* AL It INI iAtItHIMi <O. Pox IH.IIUHI, MH IL
Mtiiuoii tne iA>n&umu<>M
pr $5 t 0535?..\ r ’^'? M r' N
zScjAu, in America. V»rito for contldential otler.
rwll wfokj ' 0,1 can Parn wheel acting as our .azent,
IvZ'/ Mr Brown-Lewis Cyclo Co. D. Chicaao,U-S.A.
Mention The Constitution.
