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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
A LITTLE BOY’S PLAN.
Said little boy Rob to his mamma one
day:
"When I'm crowed to lie a his man
I II do. O. such very nice things for you—
The bestest that any one can!
I II buy you a watch with a chain a yard
long.
A silk dress as Hue as the sky:
And a carriage so grand shall he yours
tor all time.
Prawn by horses that thist fairly fly!
I’ll pile up the wood box way high with
nice wood
Till you say. ’Robbie, dear, that will
dn;*
Then I’ll run off tn market and mme back
so soon
That I’ll s’prise every one—even you.”
Mamm ■ paused from her baking to hear
the sweet words
That fell from the little boy’s lips:
Then smilingly said: -Would my little son
please
Bring mother a l-asket of chips?"
Bobbie moved not an inch, but his face
all askew.
Said: “M imm i. can't you understand?
I hate d- ng little things all of the time;
I want to do something grand”’
Many years have passed by. and Rob Is a
man.
But his grand things never were done
For long err bls manhissl days were
rm, bed
Mamma s race here on earth was run.
So now. dear Utile hoys—and girls as
well—
If you’re planning some great thing
to do.
Don t w lit forth. future, but gladly pet
form .
The tasks that t-slay brings to you.
Jennie Sheph. rd la-hnhoff.
Dear Children I thought you would like
to hear something about how mv little
Sunday reboot children ;«assed Easter
S unday. At the orphan's home. De
catur. they last year built si baby cottage
for poor little motherless babbles—this
year it is so full that they are obliged
to build an-ther-so they asked all the
. hildren to make an Easter off. ring to the
ImI»v cottage. anil I wish you could have
seen the dear little <.n< s bringing me their
dimes and nickles and saving. "This is
for the baby < ott..g. " W. 11. I thought
I would like my • hildn-n to have a share
in this good work, so 1 counted th.- money
many had sent me with these words:
’’Aunt Susie, put it wh.-re you think it
will do the rn-st pk|” 1 always ask
<;.h| to help me us.- your money right,
and I believed here was a good place—so
1 inclosed a live dollar bill in an envelope
and wrote these lines. "An Easter offer
ing to tlie bcibv cottage, from Aunt Su
sie’s Constitution children"—then sent It
to the president. Now here Is her I-tier
thanking you:
"Dear Aunt Susie:
How sweet, generous and appropriate
tin- gift of IS from your Atlanta Consti
tution children through you to us for tin*
benefit ot the ba Io cottage at Decatur I
feel a blessing will follow th. gift, both
to donors and recipients. Many, many
thanks, and may our Father spare you .<i
us and your Constitution’s children many
ve.irs Verv gratefully vours,
MRS. JOSEPH S RAINES. Preident.
S. you see. dear children, you are in
another good work, and It makes me so
happy to know you trust me You need
not be afraid your bank will break and
y.*ur money be wasted. I will take good
care anil only put it where It will do good.
The Bible says “east your bread upon the
waters, thou shall find it after many
days." Now you have a good many
< rumlis fl.mting around and It w ill come
back to you in a big loaf some of these
days- not real bread, but what is far bet
t*T. bl« usings.
Now let’s ,«ee. You have helped to send
a magic lantern to teach the heathen chil
dren tn Japan; you have given many
. .mforts t«> the children of the Grady
hospital: now you have hel|ied to put a
roof over pnqr little forsaken hairies and
you have helped the fro kindergarten
In teaching the little children who run
the streets with no one to care for them.
So you see how much good nickels, .limes
and «-<ff>p.-rs can .10. I hop.- my box will
never be .-mpty. don’t you?
N»w we must go ba. k and talk of
East, r Sunday. <>ur little room was dec
orated with vines and bjas’er lilies, the
• hildr. n came bright and happy, there
were three boys and three girls who had
nice little speeches. After teaching the
lesson we had singing and then the
spee. her. They were all goo.l. One cute
little tot said the piece- that bads our
■ olumn I hope you will r.-ad it and learn
a lesson from It. Don't wait to do grand
things It is the little things th it count.
To all the children who spoke w. gave the
prettiest little rabbits, made out of eggs.
They w. re on lettuce leaves made of
green paper. A lady wrote me how t >
make th. m. bu- h«-r Utter cam.- 100 late
r.»r the paper, but th. y are so pretty that
1 am going to put her letter In this paper
so all can make th. m next year. To every
child in th. room we gave a large. beau
tiful card. S«» we |tassed a happy Easter
We gave to Others and we thanked tori
that we could sing "Christ is Risen To
day ’ Your-. AI N’T SUSIE.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Frank Carey, of Broad strrot. Rome.
Ga., has a nunher of bonks, magazines,
etc., to ex« hang*- for reading matter,
would like to get th.- "Adventure* of
Tom Sawyer.” If any on.- has It. and
wou*d he witling to exchange, will give
something of equai value.
Lillie Owner. Panthersville. Ga.—Dear
Junior: I will take for my subject "Te
cumseh." an Indian chief. When the
Americans drove th.- Indians out of the
United States. Tc.-ums.-h wanted the
southern and northern Indiana to h.-lp
.he eastern Indians in war. so he went
south t» stir Up the tribes there. He
talked with th.-m and they didn't se» m
to listen to him He told th.-m if they
didn't help him in war h«- was going to
Detroit. Mich.. and wh< n he got there he
would stamp his foot on Jh. ground and
shake their wigwams down. About two
weeks later an earthquake shook down
th.- wigwams and when the Indians found
I CURE FITS
When I say t cure I do not mein merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re
turn again. 1 mean a radical cure. I have made
tlie disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy-
Give Express and Post (iflice.
Prof. W.H.PEEKE. F.D., 4 Cedar Su N.Y.
that their wigwams were falling down
they shouted that Tecumseh had got to
Detroit. My age is eleven.
Willie M. Rogers. Linton. Ga.—Dear Ju
nior: Here comes a country boy twelve
years ot age asking admittance in your
happy circle. I have a little sister ten
years old; she Is my pct We go to
school but will have vacation in two
w.eks Mv studies are gr tmniar. read
ing. spelling and arithmet «•. My un i
takes The Constitution and I read The
Junior pace. I think it is so nice. Mav
God bless Aunt Susie. Inclose W cents f >r
the Grady hospital.
Evins Sanford. Ilobbysvllle. S. C.—Dear
Junior: Here conies a boy to join the
happy band. I haw written to The Con
stitution once before when I was very
small. I have read four nice books—
Runyon's "Pilgrim’s Progress." "Black
Beauty." ’’Temis-st and Sunshine." "Ten
Nights in a Barroom ” and I like them.
I wonder how the Juniors like them? I
have great sympathy for the 80-re and
hope they will gain their Indepcndetr'e.
May Hoehllg. I’inchard. Ala.—Dear Ju
nior: As my sister has written, I do not
want to be left out. We have just got
back from Cuba. It Is a pretty country
and vert rich, but the ways of the people
are SO differen.l from Americans we did
n..t Ilk.- It. and there were no nekoola
nor < hurdles. s > mv mamma brought us
hack and we ar.- going to school here. We
had a g.wsl school here, but the grip
caused a gtwal many to stop. I have a lit
tle friend in Atlanta that 1 met in Cuba.
Carrie G. Smith, E.i rlcto vn. N. C.—Dear
Junior: I am a little girl twelve years
old. My papa is a farmer, also a mer
it h:uit. We live on the farm and every
evening 1 take a walk about the farm
after I -Jet home from school. My |»apa
tak. Th. Constitution and I always en
joy r. i.lltig th.- junior |«igc. ami Aent Su
sie’s letters. I think Aunt Hush- Is a
g.nsl woman and will guess her age to be
thirtv-s. v.-ii years. CurreS|<ond lents
solicit.-d of niy age.
Bakkie M..:«• ■. N. w. n<. N C Dear
Junior: I am a little boy eight years old.
I live near Newells, a thriving little vil
lage on th.- Southern railway, eight mll‘-s
north of Charlotte I live In the obi
historic <-ountx of Mecklenburg. It was
at Charlott May »•. 1L... that the
famous Mecklenburg declaration of inde
|H-idenee was de. ban-d. The people cel
ebrate the L'.th of May yet. They are
preparing now for the biggest celebration
they have ever had. I am going to school
now I like to go to school ami like my
tea. In r.
Lula Stone—Pilot Mountain. N c -1». ar
Junior: I am a farmer’s daughter, thir
teen wars old My |Kipa has t»-en taking
Tin- Constitution for a long time. 1 live
in th.- northwestern part of North Caro
lina one mile from th. ■>. aatitid little
town of Pilot M->unt«du. We have moun
tains all aruutid us in every direction.
I haw no pets except a little blue-.-; cd
brother. We . .11 Idm Gem-. I gu. s Aunt
Susa Is about sixty years old. Cousins. 1
wish I could see Aunt Susie and ho|s- I
;n.:y make as noble a woman as she is.
Maud IL Toms. Simsboro, La Dear Ju
cior: I am a little latuisiana girl, twelve
years old. I am making soap tmlay. I
think The Constitution Is a good pa|ier.
l‘upa his thirteen goats and I hay.- a
pr-tty e.»w and calf. I have tw>» do*ls. 1
nwer play with th. m. I never get time
to play. I h.-lp c..ok dinner, milk cows.
The cousins iiiaj know I d-> not have an
easy time. If the cousins hav. the ’’Bri.-r
Rose. " I will exchange anything I have
for ■ pi- • Me lost ours the dry year.
Tins is mv tlrst letter to The Constitution.
1 send i cents lor the Gr-dy hospital.
Iw.ve to Aunt Susie and all the cousins.
Mollie Whitman. Myrtle. Fla.—Dear Ju
nior: I am a girl fifteen y. ars old. I live
in the country ntm Iron miles from tin- lit
tle city of Tampa, and twenty mib s from
th. .oast. Mv father is a farmer and also
a dm tor. ll.'- has l«a*n a sißro rllw-r for
The Constitution for many wars. I take
great pleasure |n reading the childreiTs
i- re. i have n • tumo in-n of any kina;
there ar.- no voting folks living near us.
I am verv fond of reading and music. If
any on. will b«- so kind as to .-. nd ns
tile Words to ’ Little Ros.l Las’.et ” "Rosa
o’Grady" and ’’Clementine" I will return
the favor if I can.
Ch-lio White, Hightower. Ala.-Dear
Junior: I am a little girl thirteen years
of age. I live in a little village calhd
Hightower. We have a little postotlici.
two stores and a sawmill, grist mill and
gin. two «-hur<hcs, Methodist and Bay
list. | ,;m a inemlH-r of the Baptist church.
M-. |>a|s= Is a farmer. He tak* The Con
stitution. I like to read it very much,
blit like th. Junior imge the last. 1 ,nn
not going to school now. it is out I
help mamma cook, wash and Iron. As
this Is mv first letter to the Junior I will
. lose with a verse to Aunt Busk-: “t ih.
mav thou ld«ss«-d with all that heawn
can send long health, long youth, long
pleasure and a friend.
Cora McCrory. Pin- forest. Ala -Dear
Junto *: I am • farm, r's daught. r who nas
long wanted to writ, to this department.
I live among the hills of Al.Ue.ini in one
mil of Ba. kiione mountain, wiii- h is no
ted for its large and tn-autiful rocks,
lb re is one called House ro< k. -me the
Chlmnet ro.-k. b- ause of its great height,
ami also Its -hap.-. Cousins, do you
• ike dancing. I. for one. «|o. Th.-re Is noth
ing I . njoy l.<-tt. r \\ . 11. sutnin -r will soon
Im- here and how glad I will be. f..r it
brings picul- s, all-day singings, and -.here
ar. -o many pr.tty tlow-rs. all of which I
tnj-.y So mu< 11. Correspondent* solicited.
Marshall K Ellis. Round Mountain.
Ala lx ar Junior, I have 1~-. n taking The
Constitution for only a short while. I
think it is one of the l»-st pais rs pub
lish. d. I live in the northeastern part
of Alabama U’e hav.- line freestone
water to drink here; our country Is free
fr-.m malaria: have all kinds of fruits.
Tin- princl|Ki* products ruls.sl her.- arc
cotton. corn. jeitat.Ms Most of the
farm, rs will im r. ase their cotton < rop
< n a.-c.i<nt <1 tin- advan. <• in pri< «-. Round
Mountain is situated on the Rome and
Attalla railroad. It is a wry lively lit
tle town, has two stores and other build
ings. • h.-mieal works, which employs sev
eral hands. A few correspond, nts from
seventeen to tw. nty-one.
Mamie S»-ott. Indoroso, Miss.—Dear
Junior: 1 am a little thlrteen-year-old
girl; have lo ver Ih-< n to any but public
school*. I am very fond of my l»-ts. My
brothers and mys. If have three ;>et squir-
• : ate the dearest little pets in
the world. I wrote the tlrst «»f last y«-ar.
At that time Aunt Husk was away, and I
gue~s mine was among the 4.<» letters O ue
found on her desk when she returned,
ami she told us it would Ih- imposslldc to
get tlum all In. I kn<>w it rem it. .1 there,
for I saw my name in the list of <-on
trlbutors to the Grady hospital About
Aunt Susie’s age. I guess her to be tifty
om- <Am I .-old as ice?|
(You are getting warm.)
LuUa D. Harrison. Mt. Andrew. Ala
Itear Junior: I take for my subject "A
Good Nam.-." A go<»d name is the richest
possession w*- have while living and the
lest thing we can leave is-hind us when
dead How can we obtain It? It Is won
by virtue, by skil . by industry ami by an
humble ami <• nsistent Christian life. It
is lost by Ignorance and foolishness and
too mu.!, ambition and pride. It lx ever
to Is- remembered, a go.nl name is In all
cases th*- fruit of our own actions. Our
parents cannot give It to us. it Is our
own work, it .s n t 'iur wealtk or ’•< -
cuts nor our business, but the fruit and
reward of go >d principles and actions,
lienee the attainment of a g.»od name,
notwithstanding our humble business in
life. |s in the reach <<f all. It does not
grow up in one .lay like a vine, but i<
■•<kes a lifetime for it to mature, ind
then it can be killed on the last day by a
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1900.
snigle action. Without this name wealth
has no power, home no dignity, beauty
no charms, and the worst of all we hav“
no friends. It is a protection agal’/t
suspicion and evil reports and it will se
cure the confidence of our friends and
increase <ur sphere for good. So now.
cousins, let's I><- on the a »-rt. ever watch
ing and examining ou-selves and not let
any evil things enter our lives; let’s be
"noble, good and true."
Louise Carr 11, Six Rims. N. C.—Dear
i Junior: I hope you will admit me among
j the circle of your little acquaintances. !
| live In Sampson county, where the fa
' mous llUekl.-berries, .-ailed the "big
i blues" are to lie found It is said that
' Sampsonlans bell their children In huck
! Icberry season and put them in the
woods, but I have never |>e.-n belled yet.
1 would b<- so glad If Aunt Susie and the
little Juniors <•• uld come anjl help m-‘
enj >y these nice berries. We also eti ti-
Vate strawberries. 1 would like to cor
respond with some of the cousins about
tny age, which Is eleven.
Hennie Roehllg. i’inchard, Ala —Dear
Junior; 1 am a little girl nine years old.
My papa moved to Cuba last August, but
my mamma did not like It, so my mamma,
my little sister and I came back. Papa
is coming soon. There were not many
Americans th.-re, so we had a lonesome
time. My little playtimtes were all Cu
bans. but there are some very nice p.-o
--| pie there, but We could not talk to them
much. The country is very pretty, and
there are a great many nice fruits, and
We had vegetables all the time, but it
takes a lot of money to live there. We
were awful sick on the boat. I saw a
great many sights there; will tell more
next time.
Jimmy Kendall. Utopia. Tex—Dear
Junior: I am a little boy and will be live
years old in a few days. I low many
cousins ever saw an armadillo? I here
ar.- lots of tlp-m here. Did any ot you
ever hear the barking lizzards alter night
In damp spring weather.’ Here you can
hear them In -ill dll ctions, going baa.
bait!" You would almost think the motiii-
■ tain was eoVenil with little dogs all
burking at one. My papa takes The
Constitution and we nil think It a grand
pap« r. Wont some of the
.-•■lid me sotn. ni.-o >w . t gum. as there
Is none here. 11 some one will send it
to me. with a stamp for r< turn. I will
send them signatui’e, poetrv or tlow.r
sc. .1, or some other things that will re
pay them for their trouble.
Susie Maud Sliehane. Na’chh z. I-a
D. ar Junior: I have b-ett a reader •>.
till? dear. ;:a>o<! pmet* for a long tat.-
1 all. I do siueerllv wi-h 1 eolild i< el 1
always. I live .n seven mil. sos th.- 1t-
< . citj ■ : N’.tl. ii;t<’> In s The c- uni ■ >
in wliien 1 live is very thl. kly sctti 'i
Aunt Susi.- -aid she wrote on 4i<-r l> t .h
--• :.i\ ami 1 lead her J. u.r on mv t. rtndav,
' wl.i. ii Is the Mh of March. I will gu
' Aunt Susie, has ulr.ady s« ett fifty. W.ll
. some of tii. cousins t-e so kind as to -• nd
me the songs of "in th. Baggage Co.iea
Ahead,” “My Sweetheart Went I’oun
\\ ith th.- Maine” r.txl "Just As th. Sun
1 Went Down will actH In reply, "The
Fatal Ued.bng. I’, o Late." "In the
Shadow of the Pine" or any other that 1
have. t,'orresj»:>n<icm-e sdi.-ited.
I Eva Bradford, Dixons Mills. Ala —Dear
Junior: I am eleven v ars old. 1 have
three brothers and one sider. My auntie,
with whom I live, tak s the dear old Con
's station. 1 enjoy The Junior’s ptg-t so
:au. h. My s,w • t mamma t.ied a little ov.-r
j four years ago. Mv papa sold his pin..-,
! and went io I’exas. leaving us with rei
; stives -intil lie could g< t i pltu-e to
< ~rry us to. We have never se.-n him
; Inco n>r beard from him. but a few
times. He h.as broil gone, lo ir years. His
i ..me, is I'. H. Bradford. When last heard
' from was at R.dw-rt Le. . Tex. If any
one se«-s this letter that knows anything
« I his whereabouts, please, write to tm- as
I above.
Aunt Susie, please put this in your pa
per for the sake of an orphan. One cent
for Grady hospital.
Bessie and Naomi Coburn. Hunter, Ala.
Dear Junior: Here comes two little
I girls from the mountains - f north Ala-
■ b.ima. We jive at the foot of th.- tnoun-
I tain twlve miles -outh of Tuscumbia,
i • Papa
i tak's The Constitution and we like to
l read Th. Junior page. There Is a cave
’n« ir our house calk d Indian cavt. I’ve
i h> aid papa sax when ho was a young
man he went in there with two or three
I of lifs schoolmates; they saw sum. bones,
j and papa said lie believed they were hu
' man boms, ami on examining a cavity
|in the rock filled w.th dry sand they
i u: I and two jawbones; Hm y
: w.Te Indian bones burled there before
this countty was settled. We ar.- not go
ing to sclio d now. < >ur school w is out
a '"ii: a month ago, but it will commence
again this simim- r. < nir mamma is dead,
but we have a good step-mot iter.
Wallace White. Lavonia. Ga. Dear Ju
nior: I am a little l>oy t< n years old. .My
mother tak.-s The Constitution ami 1 en
| Joy reading the letters very much. I have
ti.s-n going to school, but it closed the
! last Friday in March. I was in the sev
j ellth grade, but I am going into the eighth
•
1 I hav.- read a great many l.ooks, among
them "Evangeline - ' and "Hiawatha."
Longfellow f my favorite poet. I have
; read a good many of his poems.
I study arithmetic, grammar, spelling,
history and geography. Though algebra
, Is not included In seventh grade studies,
’ I have !»-. n studying It. When 1 start
in the next grade I will commence study
' Ing laitin also.
My fath. r Is a farmer and I h.-lp him
with his crops, lint I like to read and
I study much la tt. r. I had a line popcorn
patch last year, but on-- day an old mule
got out of tile pasture and helped her
self to It. 1 am going to have another
patch this year. I would like a few boy
torr -spondents of my grade.
Mil-tie Smith. Dothan, Ala.—Dear Jun
ior: Will you td.as«- admit a country
i gir'. sixteen years of age. into your happy
j band? Mv father and mother are .bad.
! Tli-'V died in Georgia, and I came to Ala
bama two year after. I live with Mr.
Fols-mi. he is not any relation to me. but
is very kind to me. I will ask two P.ilil.
.piestions What verse In the Bible con
tains all the letters in the English nlpiia
i»-t’.’ How many times does the word
“and" oe. ur In the < »ld Testament .’ I
Can’t Stand Cold
Many children can’t
stand cold weather. The
sharp winds pierce them,
and the keen air hurts them.
They have cold after cold,
lose flesh, and spring-time
finds them thin and delicate,
wifi make such boys and
girls hearty and strong. The
body is better nourished,
and they are better pro
tected. The blood becomes
richer, and that makes them
warmer.
Soc. »nd st.oo. all druggists.
SGOTT & iIuWNL, Cutmitts. New York.
Some Interesting Facts flbout the Eclipse ot the Sun
Eleven years have passed since the last
total eclipse of the sun In this country,
cays Leslie's Weekly; eighteen years
more are to pass before the next; con
sequently the total eclipse of the sun,
visible In the United States, on the 2Sth
of next I!-"-, being the only event of its
kind within a period of more than n
quarter of a century, is to be regarded
as of great importance. Happily, the
time has come wi.en celestial phenomena
have ceased to be the exclusive posses
sion of a few wise men. Popular intel
ligence now extends to the stars; and,
while the recon lite problems of astron
omy i.-.-e still left to the mathematical
astronomers, even children are coming
to comprehend the general principled of
t.. movements ot the heavenly IhmUc-i.
There h: ceased to be any mystery
connected with the phenomena of
eclipses, whether solar or lunar. The
nmon makes the complete circuit of the
heavens once in about twenty-nine ami
one half days; the sun appears to «lo
the same, owing to the actual circuit
made by the earth, once in a year. The
moon. therefore, .nakes more than
twelve circuits while me sun Is making
one. Consequently, the moon must over
take and pa -. the sun as many as twelve
times in a year. Sun and moon both ap
pear to be moving in the same direction,
not only, but in nearly the same p-i n.
If they moved in exactly the samr path
tne moon would pass in between the sun
and' earth at every circuit, and there
would be an eclipse of the sun at every
new moon. But the paths are not ex
actly the tame; so the moon usually
goes by cither atx--e or below the sun.
There are points, however, where these
two patns intersect; and if sun and moon
both ..nppen at rne of those points nt the
same time, then an eclipse is inevitable.
—~ -1.'.. WWW ■ws’r.K.' h‘< ' “ C..---W-. y , A
MOON
■ '■ i \
: • A*-.' : X ••’ S' \
‘ \
, A o - ■ '-a'i
Illustration Showing the Eclipse art
At such a time '-ere these two bodies
at the same distance from the earth,
there would boa collision; but, as they
are at different di 'anves. the moon, be
ing the marer of the two, simply shuts
off the view of tin sun, and the latter
is eclipsed.
If the moon we .■ actually smaller, or
If she were uu.r «ii tant and therelore
apparently smaller, then there would
simply a "transit ' of the moon, like
the well-known transits of Venus anti
Mercury, both of which planets are Im
mensely more distant that the moon.
That is, the moon would then b" seen
as a dark body passing across the sun's
do think th.' dear old Constitution is the
dearest paper t .f the south I always look
lor Aent Susie's. Bill Arp's. Surge I'len
kett's an.l t lie cousins' letters. I would
like v. r\ much to visit Atlanta. I know
it is a delightful city. 1 would like so
inu< h to see Aunt Susie. I know she is
a good lady; -It. lias ;• 100.1 v. rye. | ata
afraid to guess how old she Is I don't
goers she is very old, even if she should
I Id in years. I don't think she is old m
spirit Stu talks so sweet. 1 have heard
my mother read het* letters hefon I
could read. Would lik, a few eorrispon
<li nts about tny age, e.lh< r sex.
Eula Math. ws. Pen Hill. Ga.—Dear Ju
nior: I am a little girl eleven years old,
and ’’l live in the country. 1 enjoy the
fresh air, singing bints and pretty How
er. which we have out lu re this tlnn- of
year. I am so glad 1 live in the coun
try and enjoy these surroundings. My
little brother and sister go yviih me to
school at Mt. Gilead, yvhhh Is ai.out
on. mile from our house. We gather
yvild y nd. ts by the banditti as yve go and
carry them to our teacher. I am tn the
sixth grad' , and hope to be promoted at
the end of this term School will close
April L’oth. and 1 yvill be sorry to leave
tny schoolmates and teacher, but yvill
meet them on Sunuays at Sunday school
and preaching. .My father runs a dairy
an.l a farm He own- about twenty-tivc
load ot cattle. Mamma has very poor
health and I have to help her in many
yvays in the home. 1 cun do so much
more for iu r wh n vacation conns. 1
have read eleven books this year I like
"Black Beauty" and "Beautiful Joe"
very much.
Virginia Young, Ferrum, Va.—Dear Ju
nior: Having seen so many nice letter*
from different states and not seeing many
from Virginia, 1 will try and write and
tell you a.l a Uttie of this section .1 live
two miles from the town ot Ferrum,
which is situated oil the Norfolk and
Western railroad. Ferrum consists of
one college, which is situated <>n a high
hill; l air si res, one grocery, one ehureh
(Me’thodist). The climate Is healthful aad
mild, refined and intelligent society, mak
ing F.’irum a de ightl'ul place to live. 1
see some of the cousins write of novel
reading. Allow me to spend my opinion
on this subject. I do hot think it quite
right for any person to read impure
literature. It is better not to read at al!
than to r**ad some love rom.inee to Hl.
jour heads w'th fancies that can never
be realized Girls, we can read something
that is pure and that yvill improve the
niinds’more than novels do. I am a far
mer's daughter. th«T< tore I do not know
much of city lite, as 1 have never t:ave.e.i
anv. but hope to in the future. C uisins.
have anv d' you my birthday, which is
the 25th of June? If any one has I would
be p eased to correspond with them a
whil.e
Al io Branyon, Honea Path. S. f*.—Dear
Junior: Will you permit a "true country
KISS " to i'.m your nr.gin and interesting
.society? I have often thought of writing
to the grand old Constitution. 1 do so
ntueh enjoy the cousins’ sweet ami in
teresting letters. 1 have long been a si
lent .ml ardent admirer of the Junior
page 1 live in the northwestern part ot
th.- Old I'almetto State, near the llonrash
ing little town of Honea lath. I Hye on
the tarm. Mv D>P : « owns a large farm
situated almost on the beautiful banks of
I Itt e river 1 think my home is a beau
tiful n'ae. among the oak groves. It .s
one of Hie sweetest and pleasantest
tilings that nature can afford, to live In
the country on a dear old farm. *‘h. _lt
so pleasant to rise up early with the
little birds in the spring time and go
strolling out on the nn-adow to catch the
first glimpse of the rising sun and watch
him begin his daily journey or to be on
vour wav to school and hear the llrst
shrill whistle of the whippoorwi I ring
out on th.' Clear morning air. I am going
to school at Zarline \cademy t . my sis
ter We have a lloflrlshlng school here.
But I guess the cousins are tired to death
of hearing school, school all the time. So
I'll stop right mrtv. I see some of the
cousins ar*' itt symp'i-thy wit h the B .ers.
Well, 1 am. sympathy
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The following table will be of general interest as showing the exact hour
and tninute at various points throughout the United States when the eclipse ,
will begin, when it will be total, and when it will end:
Begins. Total, Ends. *b
d. Boston 7h. 53m. M 10h. 32m. M.
New York 7h. 4Sm. M lOh. 25m. M. A
•b Charleston 7h. 33m. -V 10h. 3m. M.
»•« Richmond 7h. 40m. M lOh. 14m. M. -b
* Raleigh 7h. 37m. M....5h. 4Uai. M lOh. 10m. M. c
••• Norfolk 7h. 41m. M....8h. 53m. M loh. 15m. M. 1
.t. Cincinnati 7h. 4onr. M Oh. 4m. M. »b
’ Chiea.go 711. 4Hm. M 9h. 3m. M. ...
•b st. l/ouis Oh. 3km. M S?f. 55m. M.
A st. Paul Oh. 51m. M Sh. 50m. M. «b
I Nashville Oh. 30:n. M Sh. 57m. M. A
* New Orleans.'. C>h- 20m. M....7h. 32m. M Sh. 41m. M.
A Galveston Oh. 24m. M Bh. 3km. M.
' Atlanta.. ' Oh. 32m. M sh. 57m. M. ,
* r Mobile Oh. 2Sm. M....7h. 33m. M B’n. 4Sm. M. " 5 ’
•b Montgomery.. Oh. 3om. M....7h. 37m. M.. .. .. .. Sh. 53m. M. -b
. Mll edgivl.le Oh. 32m. M....7h. 40m. M kh. 5Sm. M. A
* l * Denver 511. 41m. M 7h. 41m. M. *
•b Santa Fe sh. 30fn. M 7h. 37m. M. *b
a Salt Lake City sh. 49m. M 7h. 3Sni. M. j.
4* 4* *b *b 4* 4* ’b *b ’b *b 4* 4* *b 4* 4- 4* 4* 4- 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4*
face, and shutting off more or less of its
light according to her apparent size.
Now, as matter of fact, we do have
transits of the moon, though they are
commonly called “annular eclipses.'’
There are times when the sun is several
million miles nearer than at other times,
ami when the moon Is several thousand
of miles farther than at other times; if.
an eclipse occur at such times the sun's’
body is apparently enlarged, and the
moon's body apparently diminished, so
that the moon fails to cover the face of
the sun, and a ring of sunlight (called
In Latin annulus) surrounds the tnoon't
body.
If, on the other hand, the moon were
actually larger, or if she were nearer
d the Portions ot the Earll: front Which the !■
t and therefore apparently la-ger, there
; would be an occultation of the sun. That
i is. the sun’s bright face, not only would
! be hidden from view, but als > that vast
and brilliant corona which surrounds his
face, and which is never sen except
I during an eclipse. The sun, with all that
J pertains to him. would appear utterly ex
l tlnguished, and this state ..f things would
continue tor a period of time proportion
| ate to the size, or apparent size, of the
moon. During such an occultation all the
stars, which are as truly in the heavens
by day as by night, would come out to
view; and constellations which arc seen
i only at the opposite season of the year
is with th' in. I do hope England won’t
trample them under h< r "saucy feet."
Th.-y are fighting f r a just cause and I
think jt should be granted to them.
I Rufus Epps. Palmer, T< x—Dear Junior:
i I have read many interesting letters in
'this department <■! The th nstitut'on,
i written by the < ottslns in the different
l parts of <>ur grand union.
I will tak. for mv subje t. "What Lit
! tl. Things Can lA> ' It is quite aston
| ishing to notice the great a complfsh
-1 ments that may result from the uniting
1 of little things.
Little drops of water huddling closely
, together form the mighty ocean, just as
I little g'ains of < md l»eing pres-ed tightly
j against . aeh other compos, the massive
, tract of land.
One of those m. n would be able to offer
j little or no resistence to the foe. but so
long as the whole army employ their
| united strength in lighting, they arc able
possibly, to conquer a very strong nation
or subdue the most barbarous invaders.
So it is. dear cousins, with our actions.
The many little deeds that W" are com
mitting now, whether good or bad, are
I forming our characters. One little ug.y
i act on our part may not s . tn to etiect
1 us but !■ t tis continue to repeat and niul
: tinly these little deeds of wrong and they
j are sure to form for us a dangerous
! 'vv'hi'lc .m the other hand if we only per
sist in doing deeds of kindness all the
time, yy ■ will grow up to be uset’.il and
In muable men and women d which our
n. jghhors. our community, <>ur state ami
. our nation yvill be proud of.
I Cade Carroll. N<g«ess. La—Denr Ju
nior: I hav. seen so many interesting let
ters in The Junior columns that I have
; <1 elded to write one. As s >me of the
Juniors write from a subject. 1 will take
•Truth’’ for mine. .
What - truth? This is the question
asked by Pilot w lp‘ll Christ tola him tnat
He came that men might learn the truth,
i W hat i truth? This has be. n the qn.-s-
I tion of th. ages. What d.d Christ mean
when 11. said; "i come that 1 Should
licar witness unto truth?’ Christ m. ant
that 11- came that man might have truth
, in regard Us eternal destiny ami in
1 legiird to a higher life on earth.
When we sav that triMh is exact knowl
edge We do not answer the question in
I its fullest sense. No man living today
knows all yd the truth in regards to all
I subjects. The inventors of eleotri. tty
know more in regard to electricity than
' their yet these men concede that
■they know but little of the truth on that
great subject. In horticulture and agr -
' culture there are nu n who know a hun
! dn d t mes as much as other men, yet
> they- know but Jhttle in regard to th.sa
important stibjrots. Can we say that all
truth has be. n discovered regarding re
ligion. There are famous students of
theology, who have studied this subject
in all the books of the present and past
ages. hav. traveled over the Holy Land
and have uncovered cities in search of
buried tablets that impart knowledge
which has teen dead to the world for
thousands of years, and yet these men
will i on.'e.ie that they do not know all
of the truth of Christ or of th* Bible.
We should all Strive to learn mor. of the
truth and live accordingly. Truth crushed
■to earth will rise again.
GRADY HOSPITAL
Carrie G. Smith. Eugl. town. N <*..
Marshall K Ellis. Round Mountain, Ala ,
2c; Evins Sanford. Hobt.ysvllle. S. <’.. 4e;
Charlev Smith. Bar : -. <1... 2c; Lid:< Stone,
Pilot Mount. N. Willi. M. Rogers,
I. nton. Ga., i'k': Lena Mav Sh .tobli'i,
Ly. rly. Ga.. 1c; ,1. M. Moody. McCall. S.
C., |o< . Grover Jemisoa. Glennville. N.
4c; Mrs. E. G. M ms, Dixie. Ga.. s. Musa
and Ludia Uaycroft. Manse, Tex., 2e; Bes
sie md Naomi Coburn. Hunte". Ala.. se;
.Muhel Koml.aeher. iTinel:. ;te I’ostoffi. •?,
La., sc; Millard C. Barton. Mathiston,
Miss., 2c; Mamie Scott. Doleroso. Miss.,
2c; Virgel Barnes, Cleveland. Lt.. ’>••; On
ear Fisher, Crane Hill Ala.. sc; W trr-n
E. L*'as, Hodson. Ind . Wallaec White,
Lavonia, Ga., sc, Mattie Marrs, Haglund,
Ala.. Jc.
| would be on full exhibition. Planets
which, by reason of their apparent prox
‘ imity to the sun, could not ordinarily be
' seen, would shine forth with their proper
' glory; and this latt-r fact would be a
I consoling evidence that the sun had not
\ actually been annihilated, since the ra
diance of the planets Is nothing but the
reflected radiance of the sun; if he were
I
r ...
■
are Phenomenon Can Be Observed.
destroyed, they, too. would cease to glow. 1
Now. it is a remarkable thing that the >
distances of sun and moon are so propor- |
tinned to their size that usually the moon |
tits quite exactly over the face of the sun.
Hence, instead of a transit or an occula
tion, we have an eclipse; it never can last
but a few minutes, and in the present in
stance a minute and a half is the limit ot ,
totality, for the moon hastens on an.l the
sun shines out once more. However, for a
long time it can be seen approaching ana
receding; thus the duration of the en
tire eclipse will be ai.out two hours amt
a half. At Denver it will begin at sj!b
a. tn.; at Milwaukee and Ixiuisville at
DEATH OF NOTED CHARACTER.
JOHN F. COWAN HAD NERVE
AND DISPLAYED IT.
He Discovered Gold in a Montana
C-ulch and Located the Present
City of Helena.
Helena. Mon.. April 23—(Special.)—
The recent death at Aew rth. Ga.. of
John F. Cowan, removed one of the most
noted early-.lay characters, as we . as
the founder ot’ this city, and unlike most
men who opened ground that produced .
millions of dollars, he left the mines with :
a fortune, which he kept and added to in I
later years. Cowan was even In those
days considered an unusually brave man.
In the language of a friend. "He wasn’t
afraid of the devil," and this trait saved
him his wealth on more than one occa- I
sion.
Cowan was a native of Georgia, but be- ■
came Imbued with the gold fever and
crossed the plains from Fort Leaven
worth to Pike’s Peak in 1859. where he [
was unsuccessful, and upon hearing of j
the discoveries In A der Gulch, started i
for Montana.
Here, too. fate was unkind and. learn
ing of the Frazer rber discoveries, un- ,
daunted by his previous misfortunes, he ,
started for British Columbia, but upon
reaching what Is now* Missoula, lie was
met by returning argonauts with unfa
vorable reports, and the party decided
to return to the "states” via Y irginia
City. While thus en route they prospect
ed all the streams, but In vain.
Provisions were running low. gold w*t
nut to be found and the party was on the
verge of packing their preparatory
to abandoning all search, when they
reached the present site of Helena. They
decided to make a final effort in the' litt.e
mountain stream that is today Helena's
main street sewerage system. Before a !
pan was dipped the name "Last Chance (
Gu ch' was bestowed and w hen tile
•’color” was seen in the bottom of the
{Kin, three happier men would have been \
hard indeed to tind.
From this little stream over $75,000,900 |
In gold was extracted. Cow.in sold out |
his claim for a large sum and with his ,
two nephews, started for his treorgia
home. 'Hie trip down the Missouri river
with $75.1«W in gold dust was a peril >us
one. but they iina ly reached Philadelphia,
where it yvas coined. ' While in Washing
ton, Just ns the sacks containing the gold
were deposited with the clerk, a detective
yy ho thought he had discovered some bank
robbers, essayed to arrest Cowan, and |
seize the g ad. Warning the clerk to ;
keep the money, he told the officer that he |
yvas prepared for the emergency, and j
quickly drawing i revolver, pointed it at !
the detective with the remark that if he (
moved some undertaker would have a job.
Just tht n. Montana’s territorial represen
tative. McLain, who knew Coyvan. enter- |
cd and explained to the ollie r his error j
and c ngratulated him upon his esca;<e. j
Cowan invested his gold in successful I
southern enterprises, such as farms, flour- ;
ing and cotton mills and died quite
wealthy. His sear-'h tor gold was a long ■
one and unti. the last moment promised ’
only failure. He w»a never downcast, ;
however, and the old timers at their an- '
nual gatherings always recounted his j
cheerful nature and persevering spirit. ;
He die.l from natural causes at a ripe j
age. _____
"There is no little enemy.” Little Im- i
purities In the blood are sources of great
danger ami should be expelled by Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
The largest match factory in the world
is at Barberton, O. Its capacity is 100,-
mO.eiX) A day.
about C 655; at Chicago. Cincinnati and
Detroit at about 7; at Cleveland and
Pittsburg at about 7:20; at New York at
about 7:50. and at Boston at about 8
o’clock. The leading places In the path of
totality are as follows:
Ix>uisiana—Houma, Poydras. New Or
leans. Paincourtville, Napoleonville, Cen
treville, Franklin.
Mississippi—Pearlington. Bay St. Louis,
Biloxi, Ocean Springs. Americus. Leakes
ville.
Alabama—Citronelle. Latham. Mount
Vermin. Mobile, Bay Minette. Castleber
ry Pine Apple. Greenville. Fort Deposit.
Highland Home. Union Springs, M'-tt
th-ws. Montgomery, Tallassee, F ort
Mitchell, Loachapoka, Auburn, Smith s
Station.
Georgia—West Point. Columbus, Talbot
ton Macon. Griffin. Covington. Athens.
Crawfordville. Carnak, Leverett. Elber
ton.
South Carolina—Mount Carmel. Troy.
Watts Saluda. Hodges, Greenwood, Cross
Hill. Chapels.' Prosi>erity. Trenton. Little
Mountain. Santuck,
Cheraw.
North Carolina—Monroe, Wadesboro.
Rockingham. Laurinburg. Fayettev.llc.
Moncure. Pittsborough. Raleigh, Auburn,
..-o
7/V
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SUN 4
Selma, Louisburg. Spring Hope. Nash
vil e. Wi son. Rocky Mountain. Tarboro.
Scotland Nock. Weldon. Winton. Gates
ville. Willeyton.
Virginia—Wallacetown. Norfolk, Capa
Henry. Hampton Institute.
But while the eclipse <an be seen over
| the whole country, it is only within a
' path of about fifty-five miles’ width that
it appears as a total eclipse; this runs
' from New Orleans in a northeasterly dl-
I rection across the southeastern states, and
■ passes out to sea at Norfolk. In the old
i world it touches at Portugal. passes down
into Spain and Algiers, and ends at the
' Red sea. Outside of that path the sun
j is only partially obscured, yet throughout
a large part of this country the sun's
face will be nearly covered.
Scientific men are making great prepa
i rations to station themselves within the
‘ path of totality, and. with the use of their
1 instruments, to make the most of the
i bare ninety seconds within which they
i can observe and take impressions of the
i corona diffused millions of miles into
i space, and of the red flames towering
thousands of miles from the. sun’s sur
face. The ignorant blacks of the south
are likely to be very much perturbed at
the pall of darkness suddenly galling up
on the face of all nature, in the midst of
i which stars will glow, planets emerge
from obscurity, a shill strike through the
atmosphere, dew fall, and animals pre
pare to resume their night s repose. Rat
the average intelligent person will occu
py himself with viewing through his
smoked glass the. progress and culmina-,
tion of the eclipse, and with noting the
' rush of the on-coming shadow. It w I
lbe the experience of a lifetime. And he
! who can pass through it without a new
conception of the majesty of the Creator
of the worlds must conclude that he has
I only half viewed the great phenomenon.
FREDERICK CAMPBELL.
’ STRANGER DIVES INTO
WHITE HOT COKE OVEN
HIS LEAP TO DEATH WAS WIT
NESSED BY COKE WORKERS.
Only a Charred Mass of Flesh Three
Feet Long’ Was Found Where
the Man Dropped.
Connellsville. Pa., April 23. —Leaping
high into th* air as an expert diver
would In taking a fancy plunge into the
water, an unknown man c mmitted sui
cide this morning a>t the foundry works
of the 11. C. Frick Coke Company by
diving into a coke oven. In less than a
minute what had been a man. apparently
in the full vigor of life, had mingled with
the curling smoke of the oven, distin
guishable onlj* by its bluish brown color
and nauseating odor from the gas smoke
; of the burning coal.
| A more tragic death never occurred in
I this region. The coke workers saw him
’ only for an instant, as he prepared for
the leap. He was w’< 11 dressed, of medi
|um height and weight and smooth
I shaven. For the slightest possible spae
i of time he seemed to pause on the slop
; Ing ground behind the ovens, then quick
as a flash he ran down the slope, taking
I the quick short steps of a trained athlete
’ who gauges them precisely for the jump
• he intends taking. Eight-feet from tl.e
I oven tops the man shot into the air. his
hands poised above his heau in the fash
ion of a diver and. descending swift;,,
dropped haul first into the tunne] h* a i of
an oven that had turned to the sizzling
white heat of coke just before it is drawn
For an Instant the body cogged the tun
nel head and the legs wriggled as though
a desperate effort was being made to
squirm through and meet death quick y
' in the blazing oven pit. A rush was mad -
for the oven pit by the horrified oven
, drawers. All there was to show of the
I man who but a few seconds before had
been in life was a charred mass of fl,.- *
| not three feet in length. There is noth
ing about it that could serve as a means
, of identification.
, Indigestion is the direct cause of dis
eases that kill thousands of persons an
nually. Stop the trouble at the outset
with a little Prickley Ash Bitters* it
strengthens the stomach and aids diges
tion.
DIE IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS.
Husband and Wife Leap Into a Canal
and Drown.
| Dayton. O„ April 21—Albert J. Deadv
i an inspector for the National Cash Re.-'
ister Company, and his six teen-vear-ohi
■ wife, tonight jumped from a bridge into
I the canal and were drowned, each tightly
i clasped in the other’s arms. They Vivo
' ba u K ’ r Tonight they ate’supper
; and were cheerful. It is suppose.! D.-.ae
' had financial troubles ‘ 1 L>t «‘dy
I B® se i^» r k 7 U l nß X ? 2 <* The
, r.--i 1.0..K5. is all about berries A
whole encyclopedia of berry lore, bailed
X?i" “•■ T 1 ,nanner <» FARM JOLr!
. NAL. I ells about varieties about n! nt
ling, growing, mulching, cultivating ,1.2"
|ing and marketing. It gi22s .‘h
I |« inters from the pens of seo’res Ts itad
ing berry growers from all parts ? ’
country who hav- contribu’e.’ . .
columns. It has colon.’ r.‘ rese„A° lts
of berries true to size and ndnr
three portraits of pkaeuU ’tnvS'
and thirty-five other hand’
somely bound in cloth The price is ti
cents, by mail; address th* imhlidiL,. ’
r Atkinson Co.. Pimade4£