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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
A SAVIN’ UP_HER MONEY.
BY MRS. EVA W. MAIjONE.
I've been savin' up my money
For Chrls'mas all the year;
An' now my bank la empty.
An" Chris'mas is most here.
At Easter I'd a quarter
A savin' up. you aee;
But 1 was 'bilged to spend it
For eggs for Ted an' me.
An' next my bestest dolly
Jus' had to have a dress.
Or stay away from meel.u';
An' then. 1 took the rest.
*2 want but a pa*r of nickels.
An' not »uth while to save.
So 1 went an* bought some candy
To make myself beoavef
An' then. I bought some "Ban:les"
For fifty cents or so;
Mama sail they was "useless,”
But 1 wanted 'em, you know ,
luu can't 'spect inuc children.
To be like her an’ you.
An' always stop an* ateudy
Jus' what is "best” to do.
An' so. Ive 'bout concluded
Il's not one bit of use
To work so hard at savin'.
For my money will get loose!
An' I reckon dear old Santa ,
Knows all about the case.
An' lookin’ 'round for stockin'®.
Will be apt to find this place.
CHRISTMAS TOYS.
How I wish all ray young folks could
hate taken a stroll with me today up
Whitehall street end looked Into the wln
d ws at the pretty toys and all the good
things. One window was filled with
boxes of beautiful candy and each box
was tied with crimson ribbon with a piece
of ho!!v !n the b«»w.
Another was fil'«d with al! sire bottles
of nice cologne—all colors and ah scents—
but the violet Is most popu.ar. These
were marked all prices from 15 cents to
f. or U Every window was decorated
with holly and mistletoe and at every few
steps were wagons loaded down with
Christmas trees for sale.
Just to see the crowds of people was
fun; they Jostled and pushed you until ,
you were sore. There were all sorts of
men selling all sorts of things; you never
heard as many squealing noises in your
life—balloons and whistles and now and
then a boy would shoot out a long toy
snake at you that would make you J-itnp
nearly out of your skin. Fruit veitders
w. re •Tying their ware; one old man was
screaming? “Oranges! oranges! only J)
cents a dozen and Just as sweet as sweet
Can be.” •
Boys of all ages had the most beautiful
wreaths of holly with plenty of red ber
ries in them, sel.ing them at 10 cents
apiece; men stood at the corners with
toy nib-e attached to strings and they
pulled them and the mica •'ouid run as if
they were alive.
I saw a great crowd at one corner and
pe.-f»ed over to see what was going on
and a man was fighting two toy chickens
a:.d the crowd aas as amused as much as
possible; the chickens were attached to 1
elastic and the man held the end of the
string and could work them until they
b—ke»l 'ike the real live fighting chickens.
I . . :ld n«t commen.T to tell you of all
the funny things I did sec.
Next w- k I will teil you what we did
for f e . hlMren of the h tspltal. I am sure
you will be much interested. 1 have been
, ght-seelng today until 1 ain very tired, |
will say good by.
AUNT SUSIE.
-DEWEY IS HOME AGAIN.”
Th* letter given below was not intend
ed 'or ;• 1 -at’ hut it tells so well f«r
It sc f that I give It to the cousins. I have
re.-cAr.i the song and th* words written
bv our little friend are very nice. I wish
our little* folks could help h*r out; th*
music and w ■'•!« s lit nicely. Many
t . anks f«r the copy received.
I».: r Jlrs. Ktng—lgtst summer I mad*
up t se words for a song which I Intended
for Mr. Bewcy’s return, but It was de
layed in Mr. Werlein’a publishing house.
Some one there sent the pr--»f sheets to
J.< k-on. Miss.. Instead of Jackson. La.
It has just got out a few days ago. My
pana is a prea« her and he may never
have money enough to s- nd me to a fine
«-o,!esre. I want my song to make me j
erough nioo.-v to give m- a college ■
|
gin*-s when lam grown. Wil! you please
mention it tn The Atlanta Constitution, i
and if you can without any Inconvenience
please have It sung at a reception for me
Th.is w II start it to selling in Atlanta. I
named th* song "Dewey Is Home Again."
A friend I * ps toe In N*w Orleans. Or- ■
4m will be filled by M. C. Miller. ‘
Coliseum street. New Orleans. La.
1 am nine years old. Your little friend. I
CARRIE MAY MILLER.
Jackson. La.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
imuglas 11. Ball. y. Motes. Kia.—Dear
Junior; I am a little twy twelve years}
old. I am g ..'ig to e«*l:ovi now, and try
ing to learn all I can. How many of the }
cousins belong t-- the M. A.? All the
bows ought to jotn. I Use it very much.
J ti raid Ilk- to «orresp.nd with some of
the _ j
VII tide Brabham. Kerirse. S. C.—l am
<• ing to s-cl ■ ol now. I think every boy
and girl ought to go and try to Improve
their mind. There are lots <.f girls and
boys who go to school, hut do not go to
study, but to have fun. They will think of
the importance of it too late. I am very
fond of good hooks and especially the
Bible. I like to r- ad The Junior page and
think Bill Arp's letter* are grand. I will
rinse wishing the Juniors and Aunt Susie i
much success. I would like to correspond
with som* of th* cousins; age thirteen.
J Riley flameder. Advance, S. C.—Dear
Junior: 1 have been a sub«crib*r to The
«'o>.-titution io;’ a short time, therefore I
haven r teen a reader of this department
very long. I find every ; rtee of this paper
very Interesting, but 1 think the Junior
is the most attrst tive. Let the cousins
selr.t g -“I subje. ts a.id make wise sug
gestions tii.it ;his page might he mon
bright, lively and interesting. May we as
When I say I cure I do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re
turn again. I mean a radical cure. 1 have made
the disease of FITS. EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a liie-kvnj study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
and a Free Dottie <4 my inioilible remedy.
Give Express and Post utiice.
Prof. W.II.PEEKE, F.D., 4 CedarSt,M.Y.
youngsters exercise our mental and physi
cal aidldies and train our hearis and
hand to supply the p.aces of the eminent
rm n and women who are now crossing
slowly to the other side of the river.
Pinky Smith, Enterprise. J.a —Dear Ju
nior: I'm a farmer's daughter, and 1
dearly love to read the nice letters from
the dear little cousins. How many of the
cousins Ilk* to go horseback riding? 1 do,
for one, though I have not been out rid
ing today, as it has been such a dreary
day. We have preaching on<« a montn
at our church and singing. Will some of
the cousins please s«*nd the words to
the “Pride of the Bail” and “Sada Ray?’
I will s nd In return any that I have
Correspondence solicited bet wren the agvn
of twenty and twenty-live, either s« x.
Arthur Robertson, Wynne. Ark.—Dear
Junior: My father has l»een taking Th<>
I Constitution for a month, and 1 enjoyed
reading the boys' ar.d girls' page so much,
that I condhtded 1 would try to write a ,
letter. Our town has so many saloons
that 1 think temperance would be a good
subject to discuss. If every body < •uld see
the evil effects of the use of sir -ng drink
and tobacco they certainly would quit
iioth. A lady lectured here the other wc—k
on temperance. She pictured drunkenness
and the use of tobacco tn such plain lan
guage that those who were guilty blushed. :
Hope they have reformed.
Margaret Tranlck. Lynwood, Miss.— |
Pear Junior; Mamma bus been a reader ,
of The Constitution for many, many i
years; also she has been a club raiser for ;
years. Fapa is busy making molasses;
perhaps a descriptfcm of making 11 would
bs of Interest to seme of the children.
First the cane is cut and laid in long
windrows, then the hands strip the fod
der off while others are hauling to the
mill. One man and boy stands at the mill
and grinds the cane; the juice runs from
a spout into a barrel. It is carried from
there to tt.e eva|iorat<»r. Three barrels ot
juice boiled down makes ten or twelve
gallons of molasses. Then it Is strained
inrough flannel, measured up and pul
into tile barrels. If you want to make
sugar instead of moiasses do not leave
any white on top of th* cam when it is
stripped. Cook the molasse longer—con
stantly—until eool, or while it sugars
too th'.ek to stir, put in coffee sacks, hang
up and drip thorough.y, spread and drj.
\\ ill . • me of th* ou-in- give uts a de-er
tion of how glass, crockery and jug ware
is made. Aunt Susie, mamma says str I
dearly loves you.
(it is very nice to i>e loved and Aunt ■
Susie prizes the love of every one.)
Annie Wise. Koran, U.--Dear Junior:
1 am a little girl nine years old, th ugh
1 guess lotn o; you would call me a litlie
backwoods hoosier, for I never went to
school but two weeks in my life, never
went to church nor heard a preacher
preach but once; never went to Sunday
school or to a picnic sineo 1 can remem
ber, but I can read. 1 am in history.
siH-ller, g< ogt.Ljdiy. writing, figures. 1 can
■ ride a horse, help m unma some tinu*. I
ml.k five cows ami lots of times cook din
ner for mamma. She thinks 1 am lots of
help. <>r so she says. She may Just be
tellmg me so to make me tcel good, for it
<l<* s make me feel good for her to brag
on me. Yes. 1 can s w on the inachtlie
ami make «i« II dresses. I must tell you
about my little ting. She is as huge as a
Mg rat. Her ti.u.ie is i'ory Children, do
y«.u read much? lan me tell you a good
i>ook; if you can't read, g- t your mamma
i.. •.•.>,] i- t.> yon, it la tii. Bible, i n .'i
i rath*r hear it than any book. Aunt Susie.
, will you toll me <f a little paper that
comes every we<-k that I can tat-;*? Mam
ma has s.tit after me a good tx.ok. I' Is
the ' Beautiful Story;" it is a large book.
1 will come again soon.
Ruth Caplfs. M gnenta. La.—Dear t’oiis
} Ins: I have ben thinking alwut writing
to you for some time, but was afraid tny
letter would find Its way to the waste bas
ket. but. however. I will malte an at
' t«mpt. so here I go. I am nine years
' old. 1 live on Red river. I live between
th* railroad and the river. Sometimes we
can see the boats and the train coming in
at the same time. We have a Iteautlful
ii-.me. W« would be deligllted to have
Aunt fta •• to spend the winter with us.
We w ill fe d 11. r on home-made sausage.
b:o kbor* s and ribs. .Mamma won't send
v.s to public s< h »o!s but lias a governess
for my little sister and I. 1 have only
Is-en to s< hool three sessions. I am study
ing music and •an play thr.-* pieces nice
ly. Papa has been taking The Constitu
tion for several years. As this Is my first
letter I will not write a long one.
• Would like to Ih> with you to get the
g.md things you mention. Aunt Susie.)
Ironard Carlisle. Killeen, T*xas— Dear
Junior: It has been quite a while since
I've made my ar;trance among this in
telligent crowd of y. ung folks. Ait! It has
even been a long, long time since I have
' read any of your Ins ructive letters. But
I presume I'll p*ru.- • them (your letters)
i weekly in the near future; I'm sending in
my subscription to the grand o d Consti
tution right now. I am a!tending Killeen
high scheol at present. We have a tine
; fwiiool and leat hers. 1 am in the ninth
gr e . ■ .•! ha V - x Ci.i.c- N ‘Ce
'• tng I enjoy more supremely than going .to
’ school. I walk three miles, but of course
it Is worth tenfold that price—an < du. a
tion-ai . t it ’ We are almost through cot
i ton rath- ring, i picked 10,278 pounds al
i togetaier this fall.
| We had som* grand campmeetings
(around h-re this summer. H"W many of
‘ you Juniors ever attend an old fashioned
campmeet mg? If you have, I'm sure you
wn- wry well Interested.
our l"-< an < rop here was not very fair
this ve ir tor some unknown reason.
Wnat are Mis AdelU Folsom. Zaida
M on ar.d too many others doing? i think
. they are splendid writers.
Why my corn:-;»ondents, whom I appre
ciated so superlny, h.i .•• given nn- the
!'G. B." or deserted m- rather. What,
the matter. I Womb r? Would !»e ph a»ed.
If you want a c rres|Min<ieiit, write to me.
Herewith I im e.se le <-ents for my
. fee to the ehlldron's w ml.
Ben O. Knight. Enfield. N. C.—Dear Ju
} nior: While many hearts ar e »ad »ver the
war and other troubles there Is some
pa.istire left for others to • njoy. The
happy !.olid..ys are only -t name to me
in my humble country nnme nil shit in
my little c.rmr never free from pains
and the way looks dark to ever
stand u|*on my feet again. I ant at
horn* marly all the time and I put on
'my wish tap and a-k e ich and everyone
to call on me, I will be at the door to
welcome all in. I am far from being a
f
MMnetlung bi tbr« the worlii. .<<el I Mt
and i.u Id castles in tile :.<r, but have no
foundation and they fall. I have no
wealth to call my own and find it a hard
it- to be a poor l< nt cri| ; le. i
' semi XI cents lor the Grady hospital. I
sold the .‘I I pa|>ers that had be n rent
nte. I live six miles from the <i< pat. one
nii from the publi ■ roa<., on a little tarm
with mother, who L seventy-six. Will
! somebody pleas* send me. old tare can
. «-eled from IMWs t > IStiu’s. .-ill
1 kinds; uls . confederate bills. loreign
i stamps of all kinds, and old i-oins. 1 an.
' so .-nxioiis to have something of my own.
Will som,. one please tell me about Dr.
M. L. Ward’s infirmary, of Kirksville.
I Mo., please rememlw-r m - In ycur happy
j lives; I will appreciate all remembrances
• and cordially !nv te all that will to come
: : and make life worth n. little more. The
: mail Is all I have for pastime, and I feci
awfully l.'t-.cly without it. Who will be
my r.e'ghl*»r as Christ calls them in
1 Luke x, 1? to S7. Please come nnd
. s<-e if you can't revive me in this lonely
I life.
Byron Rarrl-h. Pav.», G ’.—Th ar Junior:
I will take for a subject "N^sssity of an
I Education.” Although it may have l>ccn
• on discussion Iwforc. but I feel that there
| cannot Ire too much said in regard to
i the subject of education, because It Is
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1900*
something we are going to find our
selves greatly in need of when we get
oldw; and now while we are but boys and
girls is the time for us to lay in store
all the good instructions and examples
laid out by |*rofessors for our ov> n bene
fit. for then’ is nothing more beautiful
than good morals and gentle manners.
We Will soon hud ourselves in the prime
of man and womanhood, ami if w* have
not lilted ourselves with an educ.nion,
then we will 10.. k back on the dajs gone
by with much regret. In many instances
it may be that our chances are sliin. by
iHiug destitute of means. But seldom is
It the ca.-e that a r< al earnest or faithful
bov or girl lacks for an education be
cause if they have the will and deter
mination the way will plainly present
itself; and now In our school days we
kno: what branch of industry may fail
to ottr 101, so let us lx- prepared to do
just what is put before us all through
life's journey, and make out selves use-
’ i i
I wish some of the other cousins would
express their opinions on litis point. \\ hy
not more of the old.w ones write nnd
make our page as interesting as we can.
I notice there is Isdiig a right smart sai<i
about correspondents; well, tor one I en
joy and tai;, a great interest in it. I
think any one's time is well spent in writ
ing nice letters and receiving letters °f
th- same quality. I believe this on* val
uable i.raneh of education. Best wish*s
to The Constitution mid its many readers.
Ina E. Ab*rnathy, Lafayette. Ala
Denr Junior: I have just finished reading
the many nl< e letters on vour page of
Th* Constitution, and thought 1 would
write to see If Aunt Susie would let. tiie
printer's Ink find mine. I live four miles
north of lAfayette, which Is the county
site of t’h.iml* rs. My father has been a
subscriber to The Constitution for many
years, and 1 think it is one of the lies’
pa-|M rs publi h»-d in the south. My
moth r i. i! been dead nearly nine years,
l. 1 am tile op. iOf live children, who
were left to be ra s- d without that pre
<i -us jewi , "a motlu r « I •v>-." 1 ~a.'c , .a.'c
one sis’er, who is th-- dearest human on
earth to me. We k <-p house for papa,
and what a nice, I tme we have to-
gether. We sh ite each other’s joys and
furrows, lor what one knows the other
knows. My father I st ids left arm in
the civil war in the bittie of tiio Wtlder
i« ss. So, my dear Jtini >;'s, you can im
agine how I am si:Halt'd-"m itherless"
and a ene-arm lather. I love to read
Aunt Susie’s letters tn Wonian's Kmg-
: «. in and to tin Junior: also B.li Arp. I
would l.ke Io hear t. om Willie Ayers
Rowland, of North Carolina. ..ly nmtner
was it. Kowlaml. I noth e the cousins are
oiscu; sing d Iterent sobjet t-. I thick it
is a nice thing to wri.<• on, and gives us
ail nt w ideas, “i telermination" was a
i'ttind subject n las; w< k s issue, .nd i
think a tyi«e of it was shown in th' iel
t< r from Daisy Pierce, a tletermiu.itiou
w.ih a big responsibility. She has my
sympathy and l< st wishes. 1 will clos ■
with love to Aunt Sits!,, and the cousins.
Corres; ondence solicited.
Clara Walker, Mount Olive, N. C.—
Dr ar Junior: I live in the country, six
' miles from Mount Olive on the Wilming
ton and’Weldon railroad. 1 > njoy coun
try life very much.
1 wish to teil ihe juniors of a trip to
Halelgh, the capitol ol our s ate On
the niorndig ol beptember Sdi we boarded
the cars tor Raleigh. 1 viljoytd th ■
ss-encry aloi g the way very mtn h. We
arrived there about 9 o'clock a. tn. We
secured a carriage and drove out to tile
asylum. The attendants were very kind.
.They show < d us through the entire build
in*. i I- I grateful tna.t .. hav« itueh
[ a grand hisututiun lor th- j»o r unfortu
nates ol our Stan. Th l» aiding is 8.1-ualed
ualed in a bt.iu mil oak grovi Alter
pending two hour, at tin asylum, v.
leturncu and v.sited the caprtul, saw
W asiiiiigton s statue and many other
1 tilings ot hilt rest. The capitol grounds
'are very prel-ty. From tin- c tpitul we
went to the museum. There I saw many
tilings of interest, such as fish, lowis,
' birds, animals and leptlies, et«-., al ,> the
.-kelcton of a whale, measuring six.y
| five ft • t in length and a turtle weighing
' Mm potu'ds. .'.Liny k lids of Very lit. •
tent and grain. All kind ■ pi u
I stones. A Spanish gnu captured Muy 1,
1 IMs. I saw the ske.elo.t of aa Indian,
•lt d also many Indian relics; ni .ny pi
lures ol beautiful set nery in our state.
t I.it' bet n pi--1 - d to l.te.-i v
■ ited the grave ol our noble hero. Ensign
Aor;n P.agiey. ot r iu -t American otiicer
• . ■
After spending the d tj so pleasantly w<
■
m. In conclusion, I will ask imw many
• d the junh.rs like music? 1 fur one cm
very oml of it. and have many songs I
would like to exchange.
Ora Barnett. Cove City, Ga.—Dear Jti
mor: My subject. “How fiction may
serve to cultivate thought.” is an Im
. jrortant one. S.nee fiction Is certain to
:>e widely read. It is Important for u.s
to know Imw It may be made to cultivate
the thinking powers.
If we would real a novel with as much
I care as a history much mental discipiine
might result. The injury caused by novel
i reading is not due to the characters
j introduced into the story nor to the con
struction, as many think, !>••• it is due
to the rapid devouring of novels.
Digestion, mental or physical, takes
time. The inveterate novel reader fin
ishes one novel and begins an .tn.-r.
No time is left for pi-rieet digestion;
i the mind rushes on from one exciting
scene to another In as quick succession
as possible; thus the mind is ruined for
severe thought. •
If oii'< wishes to make novel reading
; profitable, every move of the characters
in fiction should be compared with ;>c
. t ons in rea4 life. Would real persons
d. ve op n.-w emotions and change old
i ones as qn. -kly and for the same reasons
those on the printed page? The read
< r should ask himself this question, and
tidng w! at he would do or how he would
-t if he wero the fictitious character.
V.’ten the hero and heroine are plunged
I into difficulties, as the actions In gene
‘ ral seem to be taking the wrong course.
| the reader should lay down his bock ami
ask himself how he would set things
1 right: how he would avoid a certain
<:it .strophe. By doing this he will devel
<> • the power of con«trii dive thought.
Th ! s practice wil] serve him in the actual
i difficulties of his life.
it may bo considerable trouble to rent!
a novel In this w-iy. to forecnst each
It's Scrofula
Those little kernels in the
neck ! Has your child ever
had them? You know some
times they swell, become
painful, soften, and end in
a scar. Give such a child
just as soon as the kernels
appear. The little swell
ings will grow less and less
and soon will disappear alto
gether. Continue the Emul
sion until the child has jood
j Hesh and a healthy color.
to*, "cd I'.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT A BOWNE. Chemists, New Vork.
chapter to devise as many ways as P 1 ’ 8 "
sible of unraveling the plot, but the
results will l>e Wor*h the trouble.
It nerally takes more work to do
o.nvt. : rle*" th in to do It wrong. But
It takes more work and trouiWe, too. to
do a thing -wrong, then undertake to do It
right.
Bpys and girls, If you wifi read your
fiction right, go out Into the world ana
keep up suoh practice. When confronted
With the real difficulties of life, you will
forge ahead of those com-anions who
started with -' - same abl’lt* as your
self.
Wilber Walker, Grandview. Tex.—Dear
Junior: I think Texas is the finest state
in the union for farming and raising
stock. Some of you junioro s'hould come
I out here and see the pretty green pastures
ot cattle and these large prairies decked
with beautiful flowers In spring—such as
daisies, tuberoses, violets and pinks. The
land in Texas—two-thirds of It—is all
black and one-third is sand. The land
here makes from three-quarters to one
i hale ot eutton to un acre, and if a good
; crop year will make onu baie to an acre
■ vvny time, aml wu du nut use uuy fertil
izer. We have a good uooi ui timber in
some parts of Texas, liefo where 1 live
tuei'u are no pine trees, sweetgum, poplar
or Hii'Koij cuebtuuis t.nu walnuts, but wu
are wen ..leased with pecan*. Vv'e have
good people here and ail work from one
. • m.si«uua io another*. VV e uo not have so
mue.it enjoj inent here us soiuo of jou
Juniors uo, lor farmers wurK so ham
they do not leei like enjoyment, in sum
mer wo have plenty ot protracted meet
ings uud picnics and someinmg lti.it win
keep us revived up While crops are laid
by, so we can go to gathering our crop*
without hurting us. v» u do not have
very good water here, most of it is haru ;
water, but can gel soft water by uigmg :
leet ueep. Iho town ot uruliuvlew na»
about l.tivb mnauitanis. he nave olio large
brass band that supplies me town wiin
plenty ot music every naluraay evening.
Ao nave also u conege wilu about u>ai
pupils and eight tern tiers; one oil mid
and lit teen busme.-x> Imuses. A railroad
runs through our town. Grandview is sit- ;
dated about inirty-six nines soutn of
Fort Worth and me best cotton market
in Texas. 1 am a Georgia buy and came
trout Georgia Here one year ago; have al
so lived in Tenm-sseo and Alabama, but
would not give lexas fur all of Hie three
states put together.
Fbotus Phuuts, Chillicothe, Mo.—Dear
Junior: As a standpoint from which to ;
say a few words, 1 select the eagerly j
looked fur headline, "The Constitution, i
Jr.," and all that it embraces. Thia is ■
saying very much, coming from a strong- I
er, but when we remember that we are
all cousins, and that we have just one
aunt, it is nut saying so much as thought .
at first,
1 have not been reading The Junior
very long, but 1 feel assured that f have
added a largo profit to my investment ot
knowledge in so doing. There are in my
usetui gems to be found in the writings ol
otuers, though tile gems are nut neecnaarr
ly diamonds.
By reamng The Junior for only u short
time, I nave become awate tnat it often
contains stolen literature—writings of an
omer without giving due cremt to tm.
original writer on uio part ot me cousins,
burn is known as plagiarism, ami it
. would be a great improvement to Thu
Junior if it were not mas.
Another improvement could be brought
about it all lite cousins ware to seo-ct
• some unthoughi oi subject. There tire
several subjects whleu appear m Tne
Junior from timo to time mat have been
written "out ot countenance." one ot
these is "innuence," which is nearly al
ways looked al in the light that it we do
wrong our wrong doing lias a tendency
to mduelice some one else to uo the
.-...-it' . ma . it w« ao right, iiy so doing we
inlluence another to right, lat us mink
fur awhile.
Wrong <an be done in but three ways—
: by talking, acting and thinking. 1 am
' with a group of uoys who are cursing,
' tormenting a dog ami thinking vne
thoughts; t'hey are doing wrong in each
of tne tnree ways. Dots tuts imiu. nee
me to do wrung. No! on tn»> contrary.
1 abhor it all the more, as I trudl woulu
every coua n But i am doing right in
trying to persuade them to leave oil their
wrong doing'. Does this intliieneu them to
do right? No, they do wrong all the
more. How many people were intlut-nced
to do good through the efforts of Jesus?
Not as many as abhorred His t'-aehings,
i for a vast niuititi.de sanctioned His <ru
elfix.on. lx>ng prosper The Junior, the
cousins and Aunt Susie.
W. H. Holcombe. :*t;i Pine Street. San
Antonio, Tex.—Dear Juniors: I am not a
little boy <>r a little girl. 1 will not tell
my age. but the ligun s of my years addi-d
together make 11. Now guess how old
1 am. But this is not wnat I want to tell
you about. On th- loth of this month
1 went up to Dallas and attended tile larg
est Baptist eonveniion ever held in the
world, and Buckner's great orphan home
is six miles from the city, and tiiis is
what 1 waul to teil you about. On Sat
urday Dr. Buckner brought 11'2 of the
orphans to tile convention. Tiny ranged
in age. 1 suppose, iroin five to lilleen
years old. 1 ii.-re were about 10" girls, all
iiri-SMul in uniforms. They inarched in
double file down the aisles and lormed in
rank on th ■ stand al the end of the hall.
The orphan girls sang "On Jordan s
Stormy franks 1 Stand," and 1 don't think
mortal man ever listened to such soui
stu ring music. It sounded like one voice,
so welt trained ware they. Dr. BucKnvr
t‘in invit'd all who wot Id to go out on
un excursion that lie had arranged. Sdme
thing OV'T one thousand people visited the
home <>n Sunday. The Home consists ol
two large two-story brick buildings, ••■te
tor tile girls, tile other for the boy,., the
latter not entirely finished. Each building
has two w ide nails crossing < ach other
above and below, which gives a Hee
circulation ol air through tne buildings.
Tin- buildings are lighted by electricity
and heated ny steam. All the machinery
on the ground is owned by tile home.
here is about 2>o acres ot black land be-
I longing to Ute home. There is an orchard
of some 7,00 i trees donated to the home
bv fr uit grow rs. They have about forty
head of cattle, some of them thorough
bred Jerseys and other grades. The prop
erty all amounts in value to something
over s2UO,ttOo, with not one cent of incum
brance on ft. on the ground is the old
original building in which the home was
first dedicated. It appears to be about
HxlG and would hardly be a comfortable
j stable now. I saw two little tots, one
about two years and the other only a few
months old. whoso parents lost their
| lives 111 the fioo<i on the Brazos river last
spring.
“Experience mikes even fools 'wise.'
People of all standards of education have
come to know from experience that the
one true blood purlflier and health restor
er is Hood's Sarsaparilla.
FAMOUS PINNACLE ROCK FELL.
Was Well-Known Land Mark Over
hanging Cumberland Gap.
Cumberland Gap. T-nn.. December 2fl.—
I The <•< lebrated Pinnacle rock, w hich over
hung Cumberland Gap and was a noted
natural spectacle, fell from its lofty
height today. The town was awakened
as If bv an earthquake as the immense
mass, weighing hundreds of tons, cam*
tumbling' down. The course of the rock
was from th" town and no lives have
been reported lost, although considerable
property was destroyed.
DRUNK MAN DIED IN FLAMES.
He Had Been Locked Up and Per
ished in Burning Building.
Bald Knob. Ark., December 26.—Fire to
i day destroyed tiie iron Mountain railroad
I freight house and four smaller houses. All
of the contents of the burned buildings
! were saved and the loss ig light. An un
known white man. who was locked up In
an icehouse by the city marshal on a
charge ot' drunkenness, was burned to
death.
Killed Six-Year-Old Sister.
Columbia, S. C.. December 26.—(Spe
dal.)—Walter Brown, aged nine, of Klng'S-
I tree, finding an old pistol tn a room
where he was sent by his mother to get a
pair of scissors, snapped It at the head
■ of his six year old sister. The ball pen
-1 ettrated the brain.
Blew His Eyes Out.
Columbia. S. D-eember J6.—(Spe
cial.)- Dr. S. VV. Gamble, of Kingstree,
' dropped a spark in a can of powder last
j night and blew his eyes out.
The People’s Forum
The Fanning Outlook.
Editor Constitution: I have been wanting
for some days to commend The Constitution
for the fight It Is making for the farmers and
the cotton growing: states, but 1 have been so
busy that I have delayed until now. The
argument and advice relative to the market
ing of the remaining 40 per cent of the
cotton that is Mill in the hands of the farm
ers is both logical and sound and if followed
would add from |5 to $lO more per bale to
the value of the cotton unsold. The wisdom
of the course suggested Is so patent in the light
of the experience through which we have Just
passed that It almost seems a loss of time
to emphasize It or to Insist upon its Adoption.
Hut even at the semblance of doing a useless
thing, I Insist that the balance of the crop
bo not hastily nor unwisely forced upon the
market, and on the contrary only sold on an
active, firm demand. The facilities at our
command for holding cotton and getting ad
vances upon it together with the sympathy of
the bankers and moneyed men In the fight for
better prices makes the proposition both feasi
ble and practical, easy to carry out.
My purpose in writing this letter was two
fold namely to thank Tiie Constitution for the
great fight it was making on this line and
to urge you to press on, to keep up the
fight. And to make another suggestion. It
seems to me that the time was never so op
portune as now to make a departure from our
old method of all cotton and not anything
else. The farmers, the merchants, the bank
ers, the press, all recognize the great neces
sity for a change and will be In sympathy
and co-operate with any sound, common sense
effort In that direetl n.
The present system of acreage In the cotton
growing states, so far as my experience and
knowledge goes. Is approximately from fifteen
to twenty-five acres in cotton to every mule
or horse on the farm. The average mule or
horse cultivates about thirty acres more or
less, and there are a very great many more
mules that cultivate the maximum amounts
stated in cotton (twenty-five acres) than those
that cultivate the lesser amount 1 feel very
sure that the average number of acres cul
tivated in cotton to the plow would nt least
l>e twenty seres, so you see that leaves very
little land and time to be devoted to
crops and besides cotton being the chief crop
and as above stated such a large per cent »f
the f.irms planted in cotton that the general
h.iblt Is to care for the cotton first and then
the other crop afterwards. C >tton gets firiU
attention; every thing t Ise gives way to cotton.
If anything Is i.« elected It Is the other crops.
1 am stating the rule. Os course there may
be nnd ar** «»xc ptions. It is the common jra*'-
tl«•», the rule, that produces the immense cot
ton crops.
Now, the suggestion Is this, that an < ftort
be made to persuade the farmers not to plant
ni< re than ten acres in cotton to the plow. It
would take no prophet to foretell the result.
Tresp. rity would Just as certainly follow such
a coinse as day follows night.
It would make this article too long fur me
to go into detalU. therefore I can only sug
gest E«»me of the r» suits that wut.hi follow the
aeopth.n of such a policy by the farmers.
First, it would double the acreage in supply
crop.-, such ;.s ( . in, p> as, potato’s, oats, wiu at
and everything t Ise consumed on the farm, it
would make tiie farmers of tiie cotton grow
ing states not only self-supporting as to fo< I
crops, but 1 vurlly believe that Georgia W’ould
be If sustair.lna in that her farms coni i
supply her old* with all the corn, oats, wheat,
sheep, cattle, iu’gs, mules and horses that
they need. Os course I do not mean to say
that could be done in one year, but I do
no an to say that it would come in time under
the system suggested.
Second, our guano bills would be cut half;
what a saving!
Third, tin ieduced cotton crop would bring
as much niotiey as the largo cotton crops uo
Now, can tiie suggestion be put into pra’ tie ’
I do n< l know; but I do know that it is worth
the effort. Imagine this fair. <Jod bles-ed
southland of ours raising Its own supplies
raising and manufacturing Its own coal, iron,
and gold. A condition to be hoped for, to be
worked for. Why not? No other part of the
would with so many nnd so gnat natural re
sources.
Let it be the work of The Constitution to
arouse the people of all classes to jiositiv*’
and d« finite action in the matter. It is a great
work, and I b’dieve it ran be done. The
press Is the mirhtlest single factor to a pco
pi in a work like this. If a majority of the
newspapers, bi th dally nnd weekly, could
be aroused to unit’ I effort on this question,
surrfss u >uld b» assured, and a glorious fu
ture would certainly open up to us; so again. I
earnestly urge The Constitution to continue the
fight, the I is great, the cause is worthy.
Supliose The Constitution calls on the farm
ers in every county tn all the cotton growing
states to meet in county convention si-me time
in January, 1900, and obligate thorns* Ives not
tn plant over t» n acres in cotton to the p' c.v.
If thought wise, The Constitution might name
tiie day for the meeting, far enough off to
give time to discuss It an<l adv< rti: • It an I
urge It. C*. H. ELLINGTON.
Thomson, December 22. i 899
“The Man with His Hat in His Hand”
Editor Constitution—Acting on an Irre
sistfble patriotic impulse, I rise up in the
calm still air ot my sequestered study
and lift my hat to “The Man With His
Hat in Ills Hand." All hail to him and
his type of contemporary Georgians. The
man with the Bible In his heart salutes
him as a hero and claims him as a
brother.
Marvelously beautiful and Inspiring Is
that imape of the brawny, brave moun
taineer uncovered before the colors of his
country. I wish I could see him sculptur
ed in bronze rising in heroic proportions
in the finest open space of the city aa a
significant object lesson to the youth of
the commonwealth. Georgia boys in
Georgia colleges and high schools hunting
for a speech to declaim at commence
ments have one on “up to date” issues In
the noble address before the Independent
Club of Buffalo. The scene at Fort Mc-
Pherson was a veritable inspiration. The
portrait drawn is a thing of life and
pulses with power And the idea which
the mountaineer Incarnates is loftier than
the peaks of the Blue Ridge, more beau
tiful than the azure of their crests and
more stable and enduring than the ada
mantine foundations on which they stand.
So h>ns ss "the man with his hat in his
hand" abides with us we have a stronger
defense for the republic than may be
found in constitutions, courts or con
stabulary.
The man and the hour met at Buffalo.
It was not the sectional partisan, the
1 prejudiced politician, the "mossback" tra
: ditlonalist of a defunct school of demo
cratic doctrines. It was one who puts
patriotism above party and principle
above policy. It was an American who,
in the grasp of a pressing. Impertinent
problem of worldwi<le importance, boldly
sketches the online of his country's cos
mopolitan campaign on Ix-half of civiliza
tion ami Christianity. The orator him
self was th' "man with his hat in his
hand” peering far away into the fu
ture of the great republic when her fit ets
shall be missionaries of liberty and com
merce n every sea and her Hag the sym
bol of peace, prosperity and fraternity on
all shores.
“The man with his hat 1n his hand"
is preaching a gospel the south needs to
hear. Our congressmen and senators
should con num- with him; our bankers
and business men should consult him; our
teachers of political economy should con
sider his maxims; our mechanics ami
manufacturers, our farmers and laborers,
our young nu n and maidens, our country
men everywhere should hear an I heed
and help in the realization of his beatific
vi<ioii.
For fear of dropping Into a sermon, 1
must cumo abruptly to a close. 1 believe
In God and I believe in the American peo
ple. WILLIAM W. LANDRt’M.
Atlanta, Ga., December 22, 1599.
Aboriginal Musical Instruments.
Editor Constitution—Much controversy has
sprung up recently with reference to the origin
| of certain forms of musical Instruments found
iln different parts of America. It Is now
settled that, prior ’o the discovery of Amerl
| ca, no stringed Instrument existed In the
western hemisphere. Several varieties of the
I musical bow were brought from Africa, es
| pectally to Spanish-American colonies.
In the list of stringed instruments played
by the lower races Is the banjo, whose home
■ is largely in our southern states. The ques-
I tlon arises whether this also ts eno of the
stringed Instruments brought from Africa tn
America, or whether it is a degraded form ■<{
I the guitar, which was played extensively in
; the slave states a few centuries ngo. Grove,
i in bis dictionary of music, asserts that this
i Instrument came from Africa, but 1 have also.
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In my younger days, heard a man say that he
kn. w the darky who Invented It.
I shall be very glad if any of your read-re
are informed Upon this subject and can en
lighten me upon I lie origin of that most de
lightful instrument "f music, the southern
! banjo. Very truly yours. O. T .MASON
<,’unitor. Div. Ethnol.
Washing!- n. December 15. 1899.
Making of Steel Rails.
Edit r Constitution What was the origin
I of making steel rails. IRON.
5t...-I rills for r.'i'r. ■'s were first n- i.le in
England ii 1857.* They were found to be so
much sup. rior to the ir n rails that the rail's
; , ■ make them fast enough to supply-"
the demand. In suit -of th'Tr greater cost.
!■: 1865. however, r'- <>. nier perfected a pro
, ~s , , |, v whl-h they were produced from the
I puddling furii.i'-' . and this materially reduced
' their -t. While, at the same time, it tn
crea--'’d the faeilites for supplying them. The
I first Iks-.'mer st"<-l rails made to order in this
country w re roll’d at the Cambria Iron
; works Johnstown, Pc In 1867, but we do not
I know' wb.'.t they ■ st. From that time on
I thee wero gradually Introduced bv the roads
I having the heavi'-rt traffic, and now all Im
portant new r-i ds nre built of them. In
IROI the railroads of the United States had
82 per cent of their mileage lab! with steel
rails.
How to Count Cotton.
Editor Constitution I notice tn your Issue of
December llt'i. ‘'How To Count the Crop."
Lorn W. P TI dale, and "Let the Ginners
Count.” from T. Williams.
Now I will gi' * you my views. I have been
a public glnn r for thirty years. I run three
public gins. Let th’ state pass a law to re
quire any one 'hat gins any cotton outside ot
his own individual cotton b- looked upon ns a
public ginner and la- required to "take out a
gainer's license, pay $5 for each gin stand lie
' or she runs, the mon*y to go to keeping up the
' roods 11’ WM« I r 1 ri--t : I
is worked In At the time of taking out saw
1 license from the clerk of the court of ordinary,
require th.- ap'iiear.t for pinner's license to
take and ; nl.scribe an oath that he w ill make
n 'rue stat-ment to the commissioner of ag
r culture , v rv Saturday night of the number of
bales ginned and the total number of pounds
gross w ight and mi te it a heavy fine not to
I comnlv with the above. l» B. CADE.
Pistol. Ga.. Ik-'-, inlmr 16. 1899.
OA.BTOTLIA,
Bears tbs Ai*3>S
Distances in Africa.
Ftom The Ar ny and Navy Journal.
' The distances In the South African scene
' of operations can be better estimated if
1 they are comp trod with those between
j New Ycrk city and outlying places. Tak
! ing the route of the British from Durban,
i their landing plac*, to go to Pletermaritz
! burg, 70 miles, would be approximately the
same as to go to Pon; hkeepsle from New
Ycrk. i'ro-.n Durban to Ladysmith. IN'
i miles, is about the distance from New
I York to Baltimore; from Durban to
' Laings Nek. the Boer frontier on the
I Natal side, is 301 miles, or New York to
I Concord, N. IL; Durban lo Johannesburg
or Pretoria Is about 500 miles, or New
York to Wheeling. AV. Va.
On the western side the distance from
Cape Town to Kimberley Is 647 miles. Nev/
York to Springfield. O.; from Cape Town
to Vryburg is 774 miles. New York to Ann
Arbor. Mich.; from Cape Town to Mafe
king is 870 miles. New York to Atlanta,
Ga.; from Cape Town to Johannesburg
and Pretoria. 1.014 miles. New York to St.
Louis, Mo.
TORPEDO BOAT IS LAUNCHED.
me Stcektcn Takes the Water at
Trig-g Navy Yard.
Richmond. Va., December 27.—Despite
the fart that It was snowing heavily, a
large crowd assembled at the Trigg ship
yard here this afternoon to witness the
launching of the torpedo boat Stockton.
The Stockton Is a sister boat to the
Shubrick. which was launched at the
Trigg yard some /weeks ago.
Miss Katherine Stockton, the oldest un
married daughter of the oldest son of
Commodore Stockton, christened the boat
anil the affair went off without lha
slightest hitch. The Sto-'kton is 175 feet
long, of 17 feet beam and 4 feet 8 inches
draft and Is expected to make on her
trial trip twenty-six knots.
~•
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BOY KILLED BY HIS PLAYMATE.
They Were Playing with a Gun When
an Accident Happened.
Columbia. S. C.. December 27.—(Spe
cial.)—At Bennettsville yesterday Rob
ert. the sixteen-ycar-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Chaffin, was shot by a play
mate. Edward Johnson. In the excites
state of everybody connected with ui«
affair it is difficult to get at the facts,
it seems that while several boys
playing in the Street, near the resident,
of J. A. Drake, with a gun for a play
thing. young Jchnson said that ho
thought he could shoot an apple off of
gun at him and. not knowing that it was
cocked, pulled the trigger. To the hor
ror of all present the load of shot took
effect in Chaffin’s face. The unfortunate
boy was taken into the residence of Mr.
Drake and a physician summoned. The
boy’s mother was in Laimberton, N. C..
spending t le holidays with relatives, and
the young boy himself had returned from
there only the night before. His heart
stricken mother reached Bennettsville
at 7:30 last evening and within an hour
after her •>.'-i?>l her son died. Robrl
was one wf brightest and most manly
boys Ip »>«xjtf*'*tsv!|ie. Ho has been man
aging Ute D.Sadard Oil Company’s 1,
ness.
*~* * * - I. ■
Tn childhood we are taught a great
many things that we are compelled to
unlearn after reaching maturity.