Georgia Historic Newspapers

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Conducted by Mrs. Win. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
THE TWO SIDES OF IT.
There was a girl who always f.li‘l
Her fate was very hard;
Fr-vn the one thing she wanted most
She always was debarred.
There always was a cloudy spot
Somewhere within her sky;
N -thing was ever just quite right.
She used to say. and sigh.
And yet her sister, strange to say.
Whose lot was quite the same.
r»un.l something pleasant for herself
In every day that came.
Os course, things tangled up sometime
For just a little while:
But nothing ever stayed all wrong.
She used to say. and smile.
So one girl sighed and one girl smiled
Through all their lives together:
It didn't come from luck or fate.
From clear or cloudy weather.
The reason lay within their hearts.
And colored all outside;
On. chose to h-»l»e. and one to mope
And so they smiled and sighed.
—PRISCILLA LEONARD.
QUIET HOUR THOUGHTS.
(Written for The Junior by Ellen Ham- •
mond.l
The study of human nature is an Inter
esting one. albeit we become acquainted
wish many facts that are unpleasant and
evi n painful.
For some time I have noted the deport
m nt of quite a number of persons, chiefly
y»ung people, toward the aged. And i
while many are considerate and acre-- i
ab’e in th.dr manners, showing those little ■
courtesies which are so <tear to the old. i
I have note.] with pain that there is a !
marked tendency to overlook the comfort I
and happiness of those who are descending ■
the hill of life, and to treat them as if
they were of little or no consequence, but |
!•-• me tell you. my dear young people, i
that is a grave mistake.
ft Is your duty to make the closing days ■
of earth's pilgrims as bright and pleasant
e« possible. It takes but little effort to !
do this. The aged like to be noticed and
made to feel that they are still needed •
e"rt appreciated by their friends.
Some j»eople seem to think that very aid *
people do not care for expressions of love i
and tender regard and believe the feel- (
ing* and affections weaken and wear out ’
I ■ correspondence with the physical pow
er.-. Nothing Is farther from the truth. .
Th.-v are quick to appreciate each loving
v ord and thoughtful attention, and just i
as quick to note the unkind or careless
word. In the weary, bent frame the !
heart still swells to the sweet music of
1 -vc. the affections still twine around love I I
one* anJ !■ ne for I«.ve in return.
As a genera! thing the old And pleas- I
tt”e in the presence of th* young. Their ;
It ght fat «*s and youthful spirits recall
happy days of one ago when they, too.
v re youne and fret from -are. They |
like tn be conversant With the plans for
amusem. nt and work of the younger
memtwTS «f their household, and are de- .
lighted to be consulted about then:.
The' are often able to give good ad- |
vic. -rd *»ff.-r valuable suggestions along
tr iny lines, and even If th—y can be of n » I
real service, the pleasure to them Is ■
My gran iparrnta d < d l>efore I was largo
r:m.ieh to know anything about them.
»n*l »ne of my childish sorrows was the *
realization that I should never know what *
It was to have a dear old grandmother. ,
I f-.ar that I was sometimes envious of |
my Tttle playmates whtn they told of
having such good times when they went |
to •■grandpa’s.” I have always had a J
deep and fervent respect f-*r o’.d people
«.:• I have found much pleasure in their
* >’iety. and am always pain- d to see
them treated lightly or flippantly.
I not*ee that s-» many young people :
fa’! to speak to tho old nt church or i
other public places. I dislike to think |
that the r negMgeticw 1« caused by in
ti fl- r* . r«. mt -*f r* <;«*ct; but I irntf-I |
rather think that the fault proceeds from j
timidity or thoughtlessness. In some cas s ,
it Is the former, judging from what ‘
I have heard aoate nay, "uh. I would Kke
to speak to that lady, but I ntn afraid i
*’>«- does not rtm*mler me. an.! then I
v uhi not know what to fay.”
Roys and giris s.n>n crow out of the I
know dge of the old and they fail to *
r»- ;n z ev-*n their n* chb .-s' ch Idn-n
nr -**■- they «»e them quite often, and ’t >
Is the duty of all young people to speak *
to them .«nd make them- Ives known
possibly y.»u think they d*» not care ft r
•uch attentions and will not notice the I
orr.' sion. If you think thus, just try th-* i
experiment the next pp .rtunity that you ;
have and you will be made glad when •
yon r* •* the dull eye brighten, th* wrink- ,
led f*ee radiated by feeling as your hand
Is clasped in a fervent grasp. *
thoughtless In their treatment of the old. !
tty ■ . . ■. r - m.* the f . . t ag s* ns ;
r.l<l«; for you may 1»* old sometime, and.
"with what measure you mete. It ,-i.all |
b- m« asured unto you.”
Bar* nts should Im- very careful to tea- h
their children to respect tho aged and |
net kindly toward them. If all were ,
brought up in this way. thcr* would not i
|. so many wh-> f«a< th- tnseives a Kurd, n 1
and say that they "are old and only in
tho way.” Many persons who have aged
Inmates In their houses get out of pa
ts. nee with them because they arc child
ish er irrlteb-.'. To all such, I ••
say. exercise charity, for they are weary
ait i travel wont; they have borne th*
burden and l.eat of the day, and have I
fought many a fierce conflict.
Such has left Its trace on wrinkle 1 brow
and snowy locks. Affliction may have |
wt akened both body and mind, «o every I
li’tle k n<l:s.-ss shown them, every tender I
r* «-urd for their welfare will help to I
rinooth the p«li tlmt I« well nigh ended, j
With them the gnal is almost reached; |
the earthly house of this tabernacle Is '
r. aring dissolution; soon they will leave f
1., sojourn in the house of many man- ■
s. -ns. "that building net mode with hands I
rnal In the heawns."
Aia.
GRADY HOSPITAL LIST.
Adolphus Todd. Tennille. Ala., I •; Cro- •
m-T Weaver. Onalaska. Ark.. Ike. Mrs j
j;;ia Hunt. Youngsville. N. C- sc; Minnie
Joyner. i*inc Level, tin . 2 ; Buren Joy:., r. :
J’lne Level. Ca.. 2c; Mrs. M. S. Chappe.U ;
W->cdrapt ccunty. Arkai.- ;s. inc; Mar-1
cciia Byrl. Wool Market. Miss., :0 ; Man- J
die Hoimet. Ch< stervi;i< MI-a. Sc; Mtris '
Fteph nson. Tunstall. Ala.. 1c; Kmm.i
Berry. Tayttte. Ala.. 30. Nora Vqung. •
I'aritersfore. G 3-. sc; Eleanor Jenkins. |
'LaCreMfflKWWni
La Creole FJairßestorer is.a Perfect Restorer, Price; SI.OO.
He-nmlurw.-.y. Miss.. sc; Ruth Muillns.
Jumlx), Ala.. sc; Annie L. Rice. Ramburg,
S. C.. 1* ; Jewde Bishop. Middletown,
Tenn . se; M ilda Bisho i. Middletown.
T- nn . sc; Fearl San is. West Point. Ga..
?• ; Carrie Player. Spring Hill. r'la.. 5.-;
Henry T*rry. Biloxi. Miss.. sc; Eddie May
Wil-ii. Rob-rta. Ga.. lc; Teiriev LewiA
Cai don*.-. Ala.. 5 . Ev. * Met* on. t’nle
donla. Ala.. sc; latuise Shaver, Borden.
Tex.. sc; L I* Manin. Brooklyn. Miss..
sc; Gertrude Jolly, Free Mound, Tex., Lc;
Addie B-11. Share. Ala.. sc; Eunice Ham
blet. p.tr;.:. Miss.. sc; Isaac Arm ttr m<,
Sherman, Tex.. !’►?. Jo - 1>« nson, Lunar,
lut.. lc; H-Jbj Gorch« r. Sunimerileid, La..
5--. Grace br.d Edna Vestal, rtlattler. Ark..
lt>e; IxHt'u Clopton. Brvnt. Fla., o* - ; Carrie
G. Smith. E;* letown. N. C.. sc; Elois-.- J.
Harrison. Fletcher. N. C.. lc; Nera. May
Camp. Chap-l ll.il. Ga.. lc; L0..-t Rush
ing. Copenhagen, Ga.. hie; Charley R.
Houston. Not th De-.-atur. Ga., Sc
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Carrie 1 .aver. Spring Hill. Fix—Dear
Junior: 1 terialnly enioy reading the
co: .ans' letters. 1 :im ten y ars of age.
1 am a V.a lve .•! S<-.uli Cirolina and l.av.
bun living .h Florida just a little over
on- y« tr. I like Florida very mu a. We
live i. mites from i'a.lah .ss-- -. the capi
tal. il-.w many of the coiiXini lik— to
p;.v b«l'.’ I -io f. r on-. 1 gucsv At nt
Susie s age to be a tout liftv-three. Will
st uu 5 cents to the Grady hospital.
Marr Lee F-lsom-. Quitman. Ga.—Dear
J inlor: i am g :ng to s -hool. Our school
will be out the last of May. I like to go
to s-ho-1 v<ry much. Me live right near
i , , . . ach toll ouse, zo i can go homo to
dinner. My papa is a farmer and he
rar-o s cotton, e >rn. x>otato< s, rice and
si -up. I h ive two sisters living and one
dead. We take The Constitution. 1 like
to r* nd the cnildrcn’s letters, ik-st wishes
to Aunt Susie and all the cons.ns.
le*ttl* Clopton. Brent. Fla.—Dear Jun
ior: I am t Httlc Pi'' l • lev* n years old.
■ ■ ■ . bo I
have none excent a ilttie baby br »ther. I
have three sisters and three brothers. 1
alwaya glad when Tuesday cornea,
a v.e r- e.-ivc The Cmstitution on tiiat
day. I can cook, oweep Soon, wanh
ulsbes and make beds, 'litis is th- first
time 1 have « v- r w:itt<n to Tin- Constitu
tion. and h<.p to see this in print. I
s« nd 5 c< ms the Grady hospita..
Willie Smith. Randolph. Tex.—Dear Ju
nior: As I have never written to v ur
columns, 1 w-ll not take any su*»j*.‘< t.
Mamma takes The C •nsiliuti.in and i en
joy reading the nice letter* from the cous
ins. Randolph is a very pretty little
pi.iee. it has ;w.» nice churches and thr<*e
urge Sunday s«hoo.s and ■n- iiteiary
. I jol. I> . .ill o| v»u cousins attend Sun
day s< liool? 1 think everybotl? s«iou-.<i.
Ain’t v >u aii glad spring is here? 1 am
i nd of the lieautiful tiow, rs and me
sv. t -mg.ng biros. W< girls have ha*l
great fun roam.ng ovt r the woods and
g. flow<-rs thß spring. Corresp.m
dents d* sir-d. either sex.
se— so many nice letters in The Junior
. irm r ihat I divide I tint 1 wouid writ
a few lines. Spring is now unf ilding ail
her i aiii.es and everything sums so
songs that they pul away l ist v ar for
U. .« sprmg. It s< <-:rs a if ever) tiling is
gi.-d i > see tlie Wann sunshine. Farmers
.ire busy planting their crops and id i> k
is rri> -a t > io >K irm i-u-.1, forth- y
know tha. it won't be I ng before soni
body wiil be feasting off of them. <>
[reckon v *
can g-t some this vear—all th- negro.
. -e g .ne to Miss ss.prd. it will soon b
time for fruit t . get ripe.
Mabe; Harper. Three Creeks. Ark.—Dear
Joi r: I will «rite a letter. ■* there i
v-ry ft w that I t.v< r see ilia' ...me from
Arkansas. I live in tlie country ami en
j-y it mi: -a. I am not g-dng to school
n *w. but will start iri th.- in nth of July.
I am twelve v« ars ohl. i take music !•-.
s-iis under my man.ma. Th.- only p.-ts
that I I. iv- are canary birds; we have
six. I r- id Th- Junior p-g- every w< k
and • :>j >v it so mu *h. I w J answer
>i.*mie iawis’;: question: Washington
tr. .I the first g m of ’h- long and b'.oody
French and Indian war. Wii . was "(•id
Rmie’ ■*..! lb ad'. ?” I will send - Cents
to the Grady hospital.
L L. Martin. Br > d lyn. MBs.—Dear
Jvnlor: WiiJ Aunt Susie let a Mississippi
t.- v loin the happy band of co is'.ns? My
.- g • ,s thlrti-en. I live on a farm. I like
country I'fe p. tter than th.* noisy city. I
except i gnew
ASusie I fifty-eight. 1 think Aunt
Fn-1.. .• g . I w*>m..n I would I-.* glad
L
th- < -t dis' left.rs. I’ap.i likes to rea-1
i i. 8t .• ’• p ■ m i xend 5 emits to
ti.e G'.tdv huspit il. I would ilke to cor
r* - :.,j with .- >tne of the cousins, either
sex.
Cliff rd White. TJnwocd. Ain.—Dear J«-
■ ■ . l e -■> 1
I have a lltt'c p »nv nearly two v« ars old
and I can rid- him. I have a nice little
r. il.br < agi. My uncie !> going to s.-nd
; .’ olt- I w lit 1 >
- n read end
w-l:--. Mv pap i I k - Tlie Constitution
• d I I ’ . Th- Junior page. I think Aunt
Sus:.* is «u n a go ..| lady. 1 will guess
i. - ag. : 1 ->dnk sh« * rtttv-flve v. ir ■ 11.
1 am s . glad thai st- f ng has c -tnc again.
I wil c! s,. f,,r this time, hoping to s.-e
tr- letter tn print. 1 h >;>e mv h tter will
n-t g • to the wnst-1.-i-ket this time.
Mir R-yndds. Randolph. Tex.—l?ear
Junior; J hive ju«t been reading the let
ter ■ • The J'lid.-r <• >rr- -p ndents, and os
th. r* w.-re n-> letters from this part nt the
" did. I thought I would represent our ]ll
tl- city. We have three good Sundav
s. h ■ and a*: I. -id . it. r iry - h ...I, We
have hod ■ i teachers for the la t five
rs. hut have new ones next rear. We
hate t.. -«v- up our former teachers, for it
has b en said by the .'ountv superlnten
«!<: t they were th- l«-st in the eounty.
II >w ria-v ... you are regular attendants
•■f Sunday scho 1? I am secretary of the
-t Sunday s hool and go every Sun
d.’ if rr-ssib.e. What do you giris <lo for
sport? W- play .-roquet, roam over tho
w -ds and hunt flowers. Correspondents
desired.
11. nry Terry. Biloxi. Miss.—Dear Jun
ior; I am ten years old and live In th*
pretty little city of Biloxi. I ntr. going to
s< hool; we have five public school houses
situated in different parts of the town.
Bllnxl is on the Gulf coast and on the
back Is a bay, «o you see we arc nearly
surrounded by water.
Th-re arc * vcral large oyster canning
■ ■ 1; tn a i-r.-n•
many i-copie during the winter months,
ami during the summer they can fruit
a- 1 v. u’.-tal I. <. 1 could t< II a great manv
int. resting tilings alw.ut Biloxi hut am
afral . of making my letter t--o long.
l*.:<r Aunt Su<le, 1 guess you are sixty
< ne. am I cohl? I send live cents for the
Grady Hospital.
Ruth Kate Mullins. Jumbo. Ala—Dear
Junior: I Live in midd’e Alabama, in the
northeast corner of Chilton eounty; my
papa is a farmer ami post master; my
mamma takes Tho Constitution. I enjoy
reading the cousin’s letter* and 1 dearly
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1900.
love Aunt Susie for that is my mamma s
name. I have live brothers and two sis
ters. We will have plenty of fruit this
year; we have strawberries now. I will
guess Aunt Susie's age is sixty-three; am
I cold?
Mary. Wil! and Ciemmie White. Otter
ville, Va.—Dear Junior - Wc have long
been readers of the Junior letters and
wish to join your happy band. We are
l*o little cousins aged nine ami ten and
live near each other, so we stay together
a large pottion of our time. Our grand
ma ha* wit. taking Tlie constitution f«>r
eight years. We live near this I’cjK i-f
otter, which Is famous lor its summer
resort. Cousins, how do you like to p.ay
croqu >t? We like it line; had a nice game
this afternoon. We live mar a be.iulltui
little strca'ii and often go fishing. \\ e
will guess al Aunt Susie’s age. Mary Will
glasses fifty-seven and Cl-nimia fifty
• yht. We would like to exchange "Just
.ia the Sun Went Do-.vi.'* a.nl ‘‘On the
Banks ot the Waba-h" lor ‘‘.Mv Sweet
heart Went Down with th-.* Main-" and
‘‘X< lly Gray." Best wishes to Auni Susie
ami the tousins.
Max Walker. Fairview. Miss.—Dear Ju
nior: Seeing ami reading so ni wiy nice
and intcii-ting letters I coticliide.l to try
and write one. too. 1 like The Constitu
tion very r-iuch. I think it is ti.e best
pa|*or in the south. 1 ilke to read it.
especially tlie Junior. 1 live in tlie coun
try, but go to s.-hool al Now Albany,
Mi.-*'. We live righi near a creek and I
liive a nice time li.-iimg, but 1 usually
oatcit more turtles than anything else, i
have a wheel and enjoy riling very
miii ii. I'liere is some v« ry fine roads here
for riding 1 would like to ex> hang.- a
t<-w song*, with some ot th- cousins: "in
the Shadow -i the Pines," ’My Swe> t
h* art M• ni 1 o-.vij with tlie Maim " and
"in the i u I'o.i h Ahead" tor "Just
ns the Sun W>nt Down," "She Was Br*d
in < >ld K-ntUikv" and "Hot Time in tho
Old Town Toni-Pit." 1 guess Aunt Susie's
age is al-out fifty-five.
John Dailey, Terrell. Tex.—Dear Junior:
I have lecn reading your nice letters,
but seeing none from this part, I thmight
1 would give you a description of this
part of Texas.
This is a level country with skirts of
timber along th- cr<eks and rivers, the
rest being prairie. The prairies are very
is-autiful now: they arc covere l with tho
richest kind of grass and look like a. sea
of green v. ater rolling before tlie wind..
Tlie asylum for tin* insane is I'xai- I
her*. To one visiting It the first time,
it Is a place of great tnt<-r< st. The build
ing sire well k-pi and th< grounds sire
glassed and hedged s-> tiieely.
Cousins, i kt <>w v>u - would like to
visit the asylum, although there Is a vein
of sadness overshadowing it ull; just to
s«-e those who sire iti-ane. so much like
us. and yet how differ< nt. Col respond
ents soli- tied, especially from Georgia and
the Carolinas.
Miss Belle Irby. Energy, MBs.—Dear
Junior: As so many write on subjects. I
will choose for mine "I'nliteness." The
word "politeness" op ns to my girlish vis
ion a field as wide as it Is varied. It Is
sm clem nt of happirn ss within our
hearts tiiat makes us strive to make oth
ers happy. Dolitetu ss emanates only from
a pur.-, unselfish heart, it consists in
saeriti' ing our own wish s and plensurcs
for tin- sole pun>ose of promoting the
happai*-* e.f oil, : s and then iv ' i.hane
ivg our own. I'olltenes.- Is the gdfi n key
that unlocks the portals of soci- ty and
snece? and is th.* eternal reflection of
the noble heart which always .-’rives to
sca’ter seeds of kindness along life’s
pathway, knowing that in the e lining
y, . (he Fe <l« Wt'l bloOßl !lil<l fie ! ft llil
which will bring us untiring Joys. Po
liteness .-hould.be taught In votiili and
pra.-tieed all through life. Nothing is
more complimentary to the child <-n than
being polite to othets. especially t.. all
o! 1 people. 1 wou'd ilk to Corresp .nd
v. ith * mo of tlie cousins, as I think letter
writing is very beneficial.
Lille B. Lankfster. Taylorsville. Ga
li. i ■ .1 viior: It has l>.en two years n>w
since I ins: wrote Tho Junior. I wish The
Juni r corri'spondonts woitl.l sign th*-ir
true names and not sign initia.s an.l fic
titious nam.s Aunt Susie, don’t you
think it would be nice for the girlr. to ex-
< Id. is about their work, swh as
l.',a'» an i hou.-e w-.rk and Moral culture,
and the boys their work, sp.rts, iiutitlng
.. ; try to make !.■■•
Coa.-taut.oii Junior a page to- c.lor r-’*-
n'..’ tv dis.u.iy’d by southern boys and
irls?
V. e’ii. Aunt Susie. 1 suppose you to be
about sixty-. . ’. < ii jears of age. but please
don't get if. tided, for tin- mor* years the
voting, r in heart and spirit. 1 all) going
rpri u. Aunt Su • , th.• ummer.
. i .-v table ■ . w. .
1 w.I! send you s on* nice melons. 1 u
. n.i your beloved datigl I- r have niy and
s*. *er’s syrnp-'thy for t lie io s o' youi
pr«--ions child, hoping y our bleeding
la irts mav be soothed till you meet to
part no in-.r. .
tAunt Susie likes surprises.)
Lout <* Shaver. Borden. Texas—Dear
Junior: This is my first attempt to write
to tho Junior department. I am nine
years old; am a little Texas girl. Wo
have a pretty h"ine in tlie country. There
Is a nice little creek in front of our homo;
there are some fish in it and pretty ferns
prow among the rocks. We live c’ose to
tho place wh re Gall Borden used to
live, and . ..nd ns. d milk was inv-nted
by him her. . lie once owned a b • f fac
tory here too.
My j.ipa is a f irmer and also keeps a
little country store; he raises corn, cot
ten. waterm.’lons. etc. We also have
flowers and a good garden.
I am in t’’.. third grade but only went
t • ■ ■ ■ ni ' 1 n ■ 11.
My Grandma Shaver is here on
n visit; w<- arc so glad to have her with
us. She is marly elgilty-one years old.
and is one ot the best and dearest grand
mas tn tho World. I have a little brother
seven years old: his name is Grady for
H.-nrv Gradv. I send five cents for Grady
JlospEal.
Retry. Sharp. Ala. —Dear Junior: Tlie
Constitution is a weekly visitor at our
home and indeed it is always welcome.
I always turn first to the Junior page
th<n to Bill Arp's and Plunkett's letters.
What a good woman Aunt Susie must lie.
Her heart to h< art talks .are so comfort
ing to us .a l. Her Inst talk was simply
lovely.
I lead a lonely life and read a great
deal, i ii- beat novel I have tv-r read
is "Under Two Flags." 1 do not think
there is anv harm in rending good nov. B.
On the other hand I think it both inter
esting and instructive. I am now read
ing "Ten Years of a Preacher's Life,”
and think it good. It Is tho dime love
stories that dwarf the mind. I think a
mother should place good books in the
hands of her children, lint many sit idly
by and let their children borrow and read
ev.-ry trashy love story they may see.
1 think every parent would do well to
g<-t a copy of "Amy Herbert" and let
their children rend It.
I lost a sister last winter; the only
nister 1 had and I know how tn sympa
thize with Aunt Susie In her bereave
ment. She was all the world to me. but
God does all things well ami I trust she
is better off.
Aunt Susie, I guesa you to be fifty
nine years of ago. Am I, too, cold as lee?
I incioso five cents for the Grady Hos-
pital with best wishes for that noble
institution. I would Hko a few corres
pondents from California and Florida.
Mildred Ethridge, Montgomery, La.—
Dear Junior; As I have seen so many nice
letters from the cousins I thought I
would join them. We take The Constitu
tion and think it a splendid paper. I
know Aunt Susie Is a dear, good woman
and has so much patience to r< ad so many
letters of different handwriting every
week and we should try to have our let
ters as neat as possible to save her from
-o much trouble. 1 am n link- girl thir
t.cii years old. 1 visited Atlanta twice
luring the exposition and had quite a
nice time. I have a dear old grandmoth
r living at Hogansville. Ga. 1 live about
two miles from Ebenezer campground.
We have canipnietting there every sum
mer. it is quite a summer resort. 1 *im
very fond ot reading and music. I have
read several good books. 1 will guess
Aunt tiusie's age. I guess her to be lif
ty-nine. (Am I hot?) I would like to
correspond with some ot tlie girls about
my age.
Minnie Leila Hogg, Hoggs, Ga.—Dear
Junior: I have been trying a thing in our
school that I never tried before—that is,
helping to write a newspaper.
Miss Alice Webb, our teacher, had the
pupils to fix up a paper with siyne gene
ral news, community news, school news,
and March und April observation. 1
think it is a great tiling, 100. fl helps
the pupils u gieat deal. How many of
tin- children Know that tho author ot
Frye's geography is the superintendent
of the schools in Cuba? School will close
tho Ib'.h of this month. We will have
recitations and read compositions the
last day. The fruit trees are full ot fruit
in tinsection. 1 guess that will be
much canning done this year. Some .Mor
mon eld< rs passed through in re a i’< w
wet ks ago. We live mar Kir.chafooneo
erei-k. which was named by Indians. A
few months ago a man camped mar the
creek and set out a trap to catch beavers,
lie said he was going t" :*ail down the
creek to Flint, riser. My brother tod
him that tlie creek .wasn't cleaned out
well enough to go down, but the man
.aid tiiat ho woual ent «he trees and
iogs out. I don't know wiiat became ot
him. The people around here thought lie
was a revenue otlleer. I have been refin
ing some Greek stories. They ar* very
interesting. I am twelve years old, ami
I am in interest in Milm- Stam'.nd I lnni
Arithmetic. Aunt Susie, I wisli’v.-n could
be In-re to S'“* the pretty woods, dressi <1
in their green dresses. I am always p:'"”'*
when soring cn-.es. it is so much pleas
anter then than any other mm o Ihe
year. I wrote an imaginary 1.-t era '•
weeks ago from Berne, Switzerl.i ml.
Miss Alice wrote one from Paris. 1- rance.
Tlv- cotton -.ml some corn crops are
ItH.khij v* ry well in this community. 1
5 cents for the Grady hospital.
I, A. Barrow. Mosely Hall. J-la-
Dear Junior: Bright Aurora has just un
barred the golden gates of day and while
j write -am ch. red by
of our southern mocking bird. IMs 1- t
lovely -.ring! me. and all nature seems
bright and glad. Our fiowets are blooia
ing profu-eb. the an .- s .
grant. 1 ha\ ben busy at school, ami
have not had tltm ®'not‘fatled
ment in a l-mg time, but 1 h iG' >‘H O'
to read all vour nice lettels eV< r.v
.and 1 l.av- tli mht so many times how
nice ami plea-ant it would be loul.l wc
ad meet with Aunt rin*m In her sr.netun .
Wotildn l that m- a 1. u- >y t'm*' 11 1 • v 1 '*
of us and in th. lor. ■ y. irs to coin- w ant
; t m.-morv it -voul.l b- . 1 am s ru
in-' for an < lue itien, an I when one is in
e’u,.. -t they h- ve httle un.e.ior pl.afiure
out;-de tlm s.-hool to. nt. iouth is the
,se. .1 time of lit'-, ami iu , all o', Y 'o'r ' l'\' s
. in the harv. . iml it 1- wtlh s
what th.- harv. -t will be; then let us im
prove the gol.len moments. M. .liouid
•", ..:1 ■ I c ' ' 'll ■■ a 11'1 -.:i .1
Vs \ml Susie r-iys. "Kimi words co. <-
nothing, hut unkind words ‘UI to tne
heart." Take il to ourselves. Me «i.
know how it wounds ‘i 1 *;. V 1 ?!,, ".' t<\
spoken to unk mlly. and it is s.ntui to
willfully wound anoli-is li.li.i~-.
cannot have too many ft- nw if
not act and speak in 1 klm* wa. and
make friends a WC go? Aunt t>usie,
felt r. .1 sorrv for you when i rea l ot
the trouble von had with your biscuit,
and i hope your k no* '■ ' " *" ‘
anv mure. 1 wi?h you < ■ •’*
Florida on a vi-b ami come to s-e u*.
\V. would tr.at you :>> well -nd give you
such n-• thim.' to . t t.iat 1 am sine
you would enjoy every 1 te of your
stay. 1 wonder liow many ul the „.mu-t
girls like fancy woi’;? 1 do for one. and
I have just comp ted on •-half dozen
lov.-l. iiamiK r.'hlel; fol' tny-eli. be. id. s
S. v.-ral ' mad -for s >m- iri- nus. Int j
arc easily m ide and are v.-ry s<-. vtce.iole,
Bi.-IJ r.- r- I wish to th nk all t! os- who
wrot> to me last v.intir. 1 -ynr-clat-d
every one of your 1* 11* rs, and it gi b v.-n
in.- b< < .ivsc 1 could mil reply, but I wa--
suffering then with a broken arm. and -t
w.is iinpos. ible for n. mwr ■' . jlovv. ver.
I have all vour iett. rs among my k- ep
.*. k.-s, and on dark. I > ‘Y" wi. i •f’
lom'ly I take out m> "G'y ure box" and
r. th. letter- over .and in fancy I se.
th.* faces of mv kind unknown irien.i..
Some little birds hav- ’mill a m st in om*
of our plum tr.-es, and one afternoon 1
went to gel some flow- rs. When I came
to the tree I notic'd how uneasy th. little
mother bird apo and. Her mate was
p. r> 1-d or. a limb mir her. amt a- I ap
proached elo-.-r 11' ruffl-'d h-s feath-is
and darted off to a large oak tr-s* near ny.
In a few seconds h eante ba.-k with a
eompani >n. ami together th. y li.-w at r.ie.
<-I . our - I ran as f ist as I could ..nd
th >j follow -dme>■ t ■ di: tan chi "ping
ami Ila:.ping their little wings. Now, I
1.. til.- little bird he called to help
protect his mute B a "bird policeman."
It rtainlv : < ennal is if I:.- held .-emo im
portant olllee. I v -ttld not distress or
harm th- birds for anything, but 1 <1 d
want tin* mums. They looked ro tempt
ing. I have to cont- nt my.* If with plums
off the other trees, for I will not annoy
that i'l.av.- Ilttie "otiieer." 1 wash some
of tlie votir.ir lolks l:<> live in th- black
hills w- uld write and give ns a des rip
tion of tlu-ir far a’ ay mountain horn s.
1.. ami i - t wish s for Aunt .Susie, the
Juniors ami tlie good old Con tituiion.
J. A. Sartain, Matanzas, Cuba.—Dear
Junior: 1 am a constant reaxlcr of vour
columns and It occurred to me that a
little note direct from Cuba might n it be
uninteresting. 1 myself am a junior,
thoii-h older than r-mic if the rest of the
famny. 1 have been in Cuba tifteoa
months ami I am in love with It. The
Howers are always blooming and the
I « . - way* f ■ ' »• ■ ■ n .
i 11 ves t
and dies a natural q. i.th. Nature is sc. n
to perfection nere. . : ■ pr i .. • : ■
not..:it .aid superstitious to a large ue
gi ' w ai - klm. and obliging. '1 n< v ate
very polite, they use a great many
"tiiank you’s" and "if you please's."
They all make motions, to . wntn they
ta.k, in f o-t. •>m th< m. 1 !.>■ lit v..
coulj e.ii ry on .. limited <-o|iV' .s. :!on w it.i
their hands and face b) means of i.-.'taln
W'-;i umii rstoo l uiutions. Ik r im lane.- a
peculiar shrug of the should' rs a. 1 m.ik
ing an ugiv lace means "1 dun t know."
The children are just like tlm Aim-Lean
children in their 1; ibit . They play bail
and marbies and hide and i ek a.id some
times quarrel and light and tie cans ami
sticks to the tails of cats ami dogs and
piav pranks on thy s.’lio I tench' r. and
s. plav tm mt an.l so forth. They
lov.- to hear ,i;t!e st -rt'sof the children i:;
America. The people here don’t rev..r. nee
th <Sabbath like we do at home. They
have never b en taught to do so. So the
bays, ami men. too, often go dishing on
Sunday. The little girls don't care s >
inucli for dolls here ;<s the giris in Ameri
ca. T)i< g.rls and boys are not allowed t •
go to school together. They have a scnool
f"- bovj and one for girls.
The houses are nearly all built of rock
and are usually flat on top. j suppose
these are the kind of houses they had in
Bild.* time* when Peter went up on the
housetop tn take a nap and siw his fa
mous vision. Th.* people here often go on
the house and sit and talk and 1 expect
they Sometimes, like Peter, fall asleep. I
know the cousins would like to see a cof
fee tree. Coffee Is raised In Cuba. The
bush is usually about eight on ten feet
high. Th.* l.errv when near'v ripe turns
red and look--, very much like our haw
bus’, full of rod, ripe, sweet haws in Oc
tober. One berry usually contains two
g'rains of coffee. If Hie cousins will ex
amine a grain of coffee they will see that
two of them seem to fit and grow to
gether. C-ffee Is not hard tn raise, but
Cuba Is not so well adapted tn coffee as m
sugar cane and fruits. Sugarcane is king
in Cuba just as our fathers used to say
that cotton was king in the south. Then
we have here in Cuba oranges, lemons,
limes, pineapple*, cocoanuts, bananas, etc.
all growing in profusion ami to perfection.
The most prominent feature of a Cuban
landscape is the royal palm. It grows
In profusion almost everywhere. It pre
sents a statnly, "royal” appearance, as its
name Indicates. It usually grows about
sixty feet high, but sometimes much
higher. It is a valuable tree, as the .na
tives use it for a variety of purposes.
T could write much about Cuba, but my
letter is already too long. I love to read
The Constitution. Tt is like petting a let
ter from home. I love especially to read
Bill Arp’s letters. He writes with good
common sense, which is getting tn be a
scarce article in some quarters. May he
live many days to dlffus* his store of
knowledge among the people.
EXPORTATIONS FOR APRIL
BREA£ALL RECORDS
Washington. May 29.—(Special.)—An ex
portation of forty million dollars’ worth
of manufactures in thirty days is a record
unparalelled for American manufacturers.
Tiiat is the record for the month of April.
1900. The details of the April exporta
tions, Just completed by the treasury bu
reau of statistics, show that the exporta
tion of manufactures during that month
were by far the greatest of any month in
our history and within a fraction of forty
millions dollars. Tills gives assurance
tiiat tlie exports of the fiscal year which
ends with June will considerably exceed
$40u,000,000 and be nearly three times as
much as a decade ago. This phenomenal
increase in exportation of manufactures
is especially striking when compared with
the progress made by European nations,
our rivals In the attempt to supply the
world's market with manufactured goods.
Great Britain’s exports of manufac
tures show but slight increase since 890,
and an examination cf the export record
of the principal European countries falls
to disclose a.iy instance in which the in
crease has been as much as 25 per cent,
while that of the United States, mean
while, has been more than 150 per cent.
An examination of the detail* of our
own exportation of manufactures shows
that it is in tho production, manufacture
and exportation of metals that we seem
to excel. The history ot nations and peo
ples siiows that great groups of people
frequently excell in certain Industries,
and the growth of our exportation, as well
as our domestic production of manufac
tures, seems to point to metals as our
most successful line of work, especially
at the present time.
In 18S9 manufactures of metals formed
less than 20 per cent ot our total expor
tation of manufactures, and In 1900 will
Ik* about 45 i>*r cent of our exports of
manufactures. Tlie increase in exporta
tion of metals and manufactures thereof
In the decade of ISS9-ISHS was 339 per cent,
while the increase in the exportation of
all manufactures In that time was but
110 per cent, and the Increase in manufac
ture* other than those of metal during
tiiat time was but 55 per cent.
In this statement of the exportation of
manufactures of metal: , only those arti
cles composed exclusively of metals are
included; those made up in part of met
als. such as railway cars, agricultural ma
chinery, etc., being includ'd In the other
manufactures. Tlie rapid increase in the
exportation of manufactures of metals is
shown by tlie fact tiiat the exports of
br ss and nanufactures thereof in 1899
Were l ot $321,1117, and in 1900 will reach
: sl,7‘iinstruments for scientific pur
i pos-s Increased from $1,033,338 to $2,770,803,
' and in the year about to end will reach
: m arly copper and its manufac
■ tures. which amounted In Ixß9 to $2.348,9;>4,
i will be more than $50.*h.'0.000 In U"’"; iron
and steel increased from $21,15*1.077, in 18S9,
! to $70,4i»>,885; in I*'.'B, while in the fiscal
j year I?M>. It will exceed $100.000,(W.
Go to European Countries.
I Another interesting fact developed by
! tho examination of the figures is that the
' European countries, in which manufac-
I tun s have been long established, furnish
' ns satisfactory a market for our manti
: factured goods as do the countries where
| manufacturing has not yet been largely
i develop' i In r< ipers and mowers, clocks
' and w tt’ches. sewing in ichines. bicycles
I and the various manufactures of iron
I and st* I. and many other articles of the
; - | des manuf cture, the Eu-
I r-.‘ an countries in which manufacturing
’ plants and machinery and skilled work
men abound, furnish a market for a
' large share of our exports, thus failing to
I Justify th- exi re-sed tear tiiat a dcvel
; opment of manufactures in countries
where we are now seeking a foothold for
our commerce would destroy their val-
I tie as a ] rmar.ent market.
i In this attempt to show the growth of
! tli - exportation of cash article in every
| direction, it lets only been practicable
I to measure the growth by values, as tlie
j varying value of the units of quantity
designated by a common name would
prove coni using and misleading. A
I statement of the number of watches,
1 clocks, sewing machines, typewriters,
I electrical instruments, mowers, reapers,
I carriages, articles of glass and eli*.na
' w. re, builders’ hardware and niiscellane
-1 ous articles of cotton and woolen goods,
' f r Instance, in which the value of units
ranges from a few dollars to hundreds in
, a single class, would convey no informa
' tion lor comimrative juiposis and does
not supply any facility for me.isur.ng tlie
rial growth of the industry or the com
i merce in it, u- <1 >es the simple statement
lof total values by classes. On the othei
I hand, th*' weii-known fact tiiat prices of
marly ..il classes of manuf.ietui' 1 go- /
have greatly decreased by reason oe
cheapened and improved methods of pro
duction, renders u mere stat' no nt of vai
-11. s somew rat misleading In an attempt
to determine the actual ineriaa* in tie-
1 exportation of numbers or quantity us
, lauriy ail articles.
Big rigtires in Metals.
As already indicated, tne largest growth
in our export of manufactures is in tho-e
of metals. Tlie largest class of manu
factures of metals exported is that ot
iron and steel. in 18S0 the export of
manufactures of iron and steel was $14,-
71'1,521 and in I'.iJO will exceed fIW.V'O.OOi),
or more than seven times that of l.'Xti.
In no feature of our export trade has
tin ro be-.-n a more remarkable growth
during the decade than in ra.ls for rail
ways, especially those of steel. Tlie to
tal exportation of iron rails in 18x9 wns
but seven tons, and in 1898 2.7K9 tons, th*
value rising from $240 in 18.89 to $37,150 j n
189 x In steel rails, however, th* growth
was even more remarkable, tho nutnlxr
of tons exported In 18'9 being 7,398, and in
1898, 229.783, while the value iru-rease.l
from $235,387 in 1889 to $4.613,37« in IS9B and
in the fiscal year 1960 seems likely to
reach sß.«M>.(<>o. This increase has been
especially marked during the past three
years, the exports of steel rails in tho
fiscal year IN'd being ♦540.797. (ho?* of
1897. $2.4'.’.2 f B. and those of 1898, $1,613.37f>,
those of 1899. $5,298,125. while the first ten
months of tho present fiscal year show a
gain of about $2,000,000 over the corre
| sponding months of last year. While
! this rapid increase is due to a generally
increased demand, tne countries showing
the most marked growth tn their pur
chases of steel rails from the t’niied
btatc-s are Russia, Canada and Japan.
OH L.
———
Contagious Blond Poisoning, or Syphilis,
In all stages, cured permanently and
si'cedily, without use of dangerous drugs.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 22’- E South
Broad street, Atlanta, Ga., in a few weeks
by a method entirely his own.
Tribble Declines To Run.
Columbia S. C., May 29.—(Special.)—
Celom 1 James Tribble, of Anderson, re
cently nominated by the prohibition:, ts
for lieutenant governor, has declim-d to
make the race.
Seymour, Johnson & Co. Fail.
New York. May 28.—The failure of Sey
mour, Johnson <*i Co. w is announced to
day on the New York Stock and Cutton
Exchanges.
GR
“NEW RIVAL’*
FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS
WiHCHESTER BEPEATWG ARMS CO. - - few Hnen, Cciiii.
Iffl Ws O=®'&ft®0 0
So many letters come to me of late ask
ing about The Confederate Veteran that
I am constrained to answer through the
press. It is a monthly published in
Nashville by Captain S. A. Cunningham.
This reminds me to say that Sam Davis
Is not the only hero of his kind. William
M. Formby writes me from Lewisville,
Ark., that there is in Little Rock the
grave of David C. Dodd, who when only
eighteen years of age was arrested near
there as a spy and Important papers
found on Ills person. General Steel was
Ijl command of that post and offered him
a pardon if he would disclose the names
of tho.'p from whom he got the informa
tion. Like Sam Davis, he refused and
said he would die first and he did die.
He wrote a letter to ills mother, who then
lived in Atlanta. Cass county, Tex., tell
ing her of ills untimely fate. My friend
says lie has a copy of that letter and has
seen the grave in Little Rock, which
some friends have marked with a plain
white shaft. I have written to him to
send a copy of thi* letter to The A etcran
and if possible a photogrnph of the mar
ble shaft. Such loyalty and fidelity must
be preserved and put on record.
We are all demoralized at our house
and home, for the maternal ancestor has
gone off on a trip to Rome and will stay
there, I reckon, until I write to her that
Jessie cr her little children or some other
mcmlier of the family Is sick. Then she
will come on the first train. She has got
kindred and friends over there, lots of
them, and they will keep her until she
goes the grand rounds, for she lived there
twenty-seven years. She and I were
among tlie pioneers of the Hill City. In
fact, we are the only living persons who
were living in Rome when we movel
there fifty years ago. Just think of It
and pond* r it. How surely and stealthily
a population passes away. How Insidi
ous is Time, the unrelenting old ras
cal. Only fifty years, and not a man
or woman left but my wife and I. There
were then about 1,5*0 people In Rome anil
now there are ten times that number.
Every old settlor is dead save Colonel
T. W. Alexander, and lie came three
years after I did. Every lawyer, every
doctor, every preacher and teacher, every
merchant and mechanic are dead. Ob’
Judge Underwood. J. W. H. Underwood.
Judge Wright. General Black, Alexan
der, Sloan, Shorter, Dr. Battey, Dr. Un
derwood, ail strong and notable men. I
could write a book about each of them.
And then th- re was Old Jake Herndon
and Big John, the Munchausens of th**
town, who were ready to swear that
when th* y first settled there away back
in the tbirth s the Coosa river was a lit
tle spring branch. Old Jake declared h*
had seen a freshet that rose to the gum
tree on courthouse hill, and the ther
momet-r was 210 in the shade. He al
ways sai l therrr*im-eter and accented the
first syllable. My little boy had an old
fashioned rubber ball and showed it to
Uncle Jake and he remarked that he
once had a ball made out of "shore enuff
Injun-rubber,” and It would bounce out
of sight, and on.* day be bounced It on
common hard and it never come down til!
next day, and then his little dog grabbed
it and it rebounded und took the dog up
with it and lie had never seen the dog or
hall since. Old Jake believed his own
lies. I heard him say once that when
hog killing time came round he heated
rocks on each side of his millpond an.l
threw them In and drove the hogs
through and they came out clean on the
oth- r side. Big John kept th- only sa
loon in town. A saloon was called a gro
cery then and Big John's grocery was a
landmark th*? loafing place—for he kept
a comfortable bench on each side of the
front .lour. They were outside on the
sidewalk ::n*l w-re generally occupied.
Old Jake Herndon could be found there
half the day and Big John gave him his
whisky free an an attraction. He was a
drawing card and drew the thirsty men
like molass* s draws flies. Sometimes I
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wonder where they are now and what
they are doing, for Swedenburg says that
folks will pursue the same occupations
in the next world that they do in this,
but with greater diligence and to greater
perfection.
My venerable friend Major Ayer lives
on Howard street, the reachtree of
Rome. It extends from Broad street to
the bridge and was thickly settled thirty
five years ago, and is yet, but this Is the
only family that lived there thirty-two
years ago. when he built his house. Think
of it. All gone within thirty-two years.
Rome Is thirty miles distant from Car
tersville and the river lands are all oc
cupied by farmers, but not one of th*m
lived along the line before the civil war,
and the river still sings as it flows.
"For men may come and men may go.
But I go on forever.”
My wife will com* home to spend her
birthday next week, I know. She knows
that many of her numerous offsprings
will gather at the paternal mansion and
have a gift of some sort and kiss h -r
classic brow and stroke her raven hair.
That B where she triumphs over me.
Not a gray hair on her head, nor a dark
one on mine, but she it catching up pret
ty fast. I remember when I was six
times as old as she was and six years
later I was lust twice as old, and now I
am seventy-four. New let the school
boys and girls do that sum and tell how
old my wife is.
But the sensation of the day Is about
the negro. Like Banquo’s ghost, he will
not down. Dr. IJlIy. the able secretary
of the Stillman Institute for negroes, at
Tuscaloosa, reports to the Presbyterian
general assembly that no progress has
been made in colored evangelization, and
that Industrial training is a failure, and
out of 1,243 negroes educated to mechan
ical pursuits, only three are following
the trades they have learned. He d- -
clares that agriculture In the only call
ing open to the negro and the only one
that will keep him out of the cities and
out of crime and the chaingagng. These
are the results at Stillman’s and Booker
Washington’s schools. We are glad to
find one preacher who has got good hard
sense concerning the negro and dares to
speak It. Os course, we can’t stop Book
er Washington from teaching, nor tho
north from giving him money, but we can
stop tlie Presbyterian church from wast
ing our money on the negro. There are
4.o’*) in the prisons and chaingangs of
Georgia now. to say nothing of those we
have lynched, and most of them have
been educated. Let them get to farming.
That suits his better nature and will keep
him out of crime.
But the biggest sensation Is the sermon
of Rev. Henry Frank, of the New York
Metropolitan church, preached last Sun
day. in which he declared that giving
freedom to the negro has proved a disas
trous failure. That he- is rapidly lapsing
into barbarism and will soon become ex
tinct. He speaks of him as a brutal
beast, more dangerous in a community
than a wild bull. He advises that a terri
tory be set apart for them and there they
must go again Into slavery and choose
their masters, and in the meantime the
franchise be taken from them. That out-
Herods Herod. I don’t know what to
make of it and I am afraid of anything
that comes from a yanke* preacher. I
liavent forgoten Henry Ward Beecher
yet. Maybe those people would Ilk* to
own them again and work them lu a
more c ongenial clime than New England,
and they would go to making cotton and
take our laborers from our farms and
coal fields and iron mines. We will have
to watch them fellows, for they are al
ways up to some devilment.
BILL ARP.
“Out of sorts” is an expression peculiar
to many thousands of people beside print
ers. Any little weakness, or run down
condition of the body, quickly yield* to
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.