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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
A VISIT TO A COAL MINE.
(Written for Th* Junior by R. K. Ixtzenby.
Claude. Ala )
It was a warm day In April a small
party of pupils, accompanied by a chape
ron. strolled out from a boarding school
to enjoy the scene* of nature by visiting
a coal mine. Th* day selected having
been Saturday, there were no laborers
In any of the departments.
After reaching the mine and securing a
guide and two miners" Lamps, we were
ready to descend the many steps lead
ing downward in the manner of a stair
case. only It was much longer and about
five feet wide
We had g tie several yards. It was be
coming damp overhead and under foot,
we could only see a small light spot
by looking backward to the entrance.
Farther and farther we journeyed until
we reached an opening where the coal
had been taken out.
We were somewhat fatigued and the
water was dripping from overhead, cruis
ing its wav along the step* which we
we re descending.
We Journeyed In this manner two thou
sand and five hundred feet, going In th*
different little rooms where the coal had
Iwn mtn. d in time past.
We were told that in some of those
divisions the slate had broken, falling In.
and killed the miner therein engag'd.
Our gaide carried us to the nlr pump
which conveyed the fresh air from the
surface of the earth to the depth of that
d’-ma? hole.
Th- con! in this mine was about three
fe« t tn thlekne<*. on each side of which
w. < a layer of slate, of which we have
all seen more or less.
There w< re roads leading in different
directions In th* mining department wh!*h
hid b* n dug out six feet wide, mere or
!, s. ami hich enough for people to stand
i.p without bending forward. After
M- nding two hours in this cave of total
darkness, save the light afforded by our
lamps, which seemed to us closely relat
. I to a bottomless pit. we were ready
end more* than willing to retrace the
steps, only to reach the earth’s surface
In safely, which •■-•miKired to this cave
would be a imradise.
\\ ben we are enjoying th* warmth re
ceived by burning this coal w* should
remember that some one has risked their
life for it.
Aunt Susie. Isn’t it one of the many
■rti«-les for which we should feel very
thankful? No doubt you would feel at
ns great a loss without it som* cold
winter m->rn as you did wl.en you were
«’ -prived of water owing to the failure
• f the wnt« rw--rk
I would be delighted to he the recipient
of a letter from some of the cousins.
BIRD LOVERS’ SOCIETY.
Nell Me! endon. Mechanicsville. R. C.
I. •!. Carglle Uly. Tex.
v ■ • , . • ■ ■ !:■«--
). • \l A’-- I: -w ! **i. «’*-*iw..y. Ala.
faladv* I s . I'.-s xham. Knowles, Ixl.
Carrie Marlow la-hrton. Miss.
Uzxi. Ay. .ck M.*s*ll*. Miss.
Mrs. J. V ITsce. Tom ITler. Ruth
111. J I- !r. * . Jr.. V*n w >r"h
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W ait« r Railey. Elmer Bailey, Chester
Balk v. J»hn Bailey. Susie Bailey* Mrs.
lan:.- i-ail. v. Wise, Ata.
Sill* .Jammfll. Janie Allen. Janie John-
Kniiiv Cull, r K .jn’ond. S. C.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Jimmie Frank Maxwell. Hartwell. Ga.—
I» ir Junior: I am staying at grandpa’s
going t the M (gdalene s-< i -*•!. My teach
er - pain is Miss lee Fatton. and I
am t r> fond of her. I am studying
y. grapuy. grammar. sp -Hing, reading
u:.l arithm* tic.
Gladys I. R. kham. Knowles. Ea.—Dear
Junior: I «m a little girl six years old.
1 have tw-en going to school. My studies
nr the third reader, arithmetic and spell
ing. I have a little si-tvr three years
i»ld. I want t«* Join the Bird 1-overs’ So
ciety.
J. -ie Farmly. Gallowdy. Fla. —Dear
Junior: I am a little boy eight years old.
I hk* The Constitution very tnach. Mam- I
ma. si- r and 1 Uv with my half-sist.-r ,
In . outh Florida. I*ai*a has Is- n dead
I bro* years. I have two uncles in •****r
g.a or Alabama. I don’t know which.
Stevie Moreland. Fort White, Fla
Dear Junior: I live in the country about
four miles from the j>os.office. 1 am go- i
Ing to school. 1 like my teacher very .
: leh. I am in t?i«- fifth grad.-. I enjoy
t ling th Junior letter. very much and
. Bill Arp - I am a gr. if lover of
r- hug I n- ver do g. t enough of It. I I
! r nd ’’The Life of Little Tom.” i
! • wishes to Aunt Susie and the cous- i
t K Fulmer. Spring!!* Id. S C -Dear I
J- I send a cents to the little sick I
; h . • I**-* n si* k for a month; I
; isl loginning to sit up a little. s«» I feel
i rr. r them. I am a little girl ten •
i. .. i. We live on the farm I hk*- |
i t • ■ . s*-h*»ol. I help mamma with ;
s utti- chickens an*l dry the ilf-h -s '
■r i r W« have had some fruit and |
r * of watermelons. I would like to .
to me of the little cousins of my
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• T <er. Jr.. Fruitville. Fla.—Dear
J : i H re comes a hoy from south
■■■_• .. n years old I live on a j
t - "rotn a stn ill Inwn < filed I
1 V. - hav- plenty of oranges!
t* trv. Th-* cold seldom injures <
tt . < There were ale-ut e.*»«f
b -rang* s pa.-k-d here last season I
an* hat-- shat many or more n *ct ,
I two !-r**th- rs • .! r
sist rals bananas, guavas, sweet I
I - . .. .i. I win answer
Ft*. .p; rlon. The other colt’s,
p-im v. ■ Bryan • ’orrespondence r<dlc-
It-d.
Wai’ r 1 Mabel Howland. Clayland, j
Fl.i-1 r Jun l -r: We are two little ’
girls, a ’ .* n and t- n years. We live '
on a 1 ■< -I hk* It very much. We
all Hk» * r . ,| I'onittlfution. My
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iji n
1 dlr
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ojMR fM|
t* riff** frra Epilepsy or Fits.
F 1-h e <:- kr.’*« r St Vitus’■ Itanee.
h«x ": «*’ •* trl.nds that do
so. or kr. »« p»o|A-that ar* afTileted. my
New Treat®*** \ ? Itt”*'-!lately relieve
and PEnd.\A' E -7“ Y «‘1 ItE th.-m. and
•'I V"; ar* • M ’ '*'* *' ,o ■■**“••’l f* ,r
try FREE TRE a 7? ,kxt “«•*> try It. It
will I- -nt In ;m- kas* absolutely
f»~ and eapr '-- X"■ •'•’ Has CFRED
thou«ar.d« jlv I'd •<■•’• I B >ok. ••Eplicp
e - ..4*l T. •* >n.Ul. I‘lesae irfva
1. .me, AGE and fu» e«!dr»s> All cam*
• pondene* nro'. eonfldenttal.
W. fl MAY M D.
04 Pine Street. ew York City.
land. We are going to achool three
miles from home, but It is too far to
walk, so we have to ride. We drive a
good gentle horse named Fanny. Our
big brothers go with us. Will write
again and tell you all about our farm
and our pets and playmates.
Stewart Stout. Midget. Ga.—Dear Jun
ior: Inclosed, find 6 cents—the one-tenth
of the past month’s subscription. I’m
sorry It Is not more. I hope when the
1 schools la-gin there will la* more of us
little friends who will canvass for the
Midget, and th* n I’ll have more to send
the Grady hospital.
Olive West, Vera. S. C.—Dear Junior:
’ I live In the country and like It very
* much. My papa Is postmaster at Vera.
I do like the dear old Constitution, and
especially the Junior page.
I have three grown sisters and one
little sister nine years old. I am taking
music lessons on the organ. My oldest
sister is teaching me. We also have a
guitar.
Maud Gillikln. Cape lookout. N. C.—
IW r Junior: I am a little girl of ten
years, standing here at your hospitable
iloor begging admittance, and truly hop*
you will let nu- In your charming little
band. 1 have two sisters. Ruth and I lya,
younger than myself. ■ don t go to
school. I.ast year we livid on Cape Hat
teras and had a governess for Ruth and
myself. We loved her very much, she
was so kind. l"a|>a Is a strong democrat.
I will Inclose 5 cents for the Grady hos
pital.
Carrie Marlow. Jjchrton, Miss. —Dear
Junior: I live In th** delta, where th*
i ground Is very ri< h. There Is lots of
1 g ime. such as lx ar. deer and squirrels.
Mj mother Is dead. She died the same
w* . k that Aunt Susi* ’s little girl died.
1 Aunt Susie. I want you to put my name
on the Bini lx»v* rs’ Society, for I do love
them dearly. The m**n and cruel boys
just kill the little birds here just because
thev can. I could not stand to l»* so cruel
to the sweet little things. God never out
them here to be killed.
Abe Eugene Rush. Hyram. Ala.—Dear
Junior: I have been a constant reader
lof The Constitution, but I never have
wrot-- to it before I am going to tell
you of a visit to som* of my friends: My
i brother and I went *>n Saturday morning
: at. I stay* -I until Sunday er* n'ng. We
1 s|M-nt Saturday evening laughing anil
talking, eating fruits an.l playing games
until S;3l». a hen we went to s* c some of
i th* ir neighbors; stayed till 11; had a teal
' nice lime. Next morning we all went io
I church, saw lots of nice folks and heard
: a go*>*l sermon. In the evening started
' for horn* and arrived O. K.
Nola May Cook. Bay Spring, Miss.—
Dear Junior: 1 am a little country girl
• eleven years old. My papa takes the dear
old Constitution and 1 certainly do enjoy
I re ading the Junior page.
I * .iu help mamma cook, wash dishes,
chan up the house an*! Iron. Mamma
i says 1 can Iron starched clothes real
Well.
I have two brothers named Estes and
Roy. One sister named Vera.
I have pi*-c> •! up and put together two
quilts. Who of th** little cousins can Ix at
that?
Maude Ouseley, Minnie, Ala.—Dear Ju
nior: I live in the country, six miles
east’ of i i|H-llka; Moth* r keeps a store and
I clerk for her. I have one brother and
two ■ |st«*rs living. We have been having
a tint*- going to t rotta ted meet-
ing. this summ* r. We g<* to Bunday
sil-.0.il every Sunday. We live one mile
from the church. Our school is very*
• ■■•nvenient tor us —it is about fifty yards
from «*ur door. If any one will send no
th* .--*>ng. ’’She Is a Bird in a Gilded
Cag*l will return the favor by s< tiding
any of the songs I have. 1 would like
to correspond with sotn« of the cousins
at-oul my age, which is fourteen.
Gertie Cox. Goldsboro, N. C.- Dear Ju
nior: I enjoy th.- 1.-tt* rs you write so
much, an*! Aunt Susie's little lesson
about being thankful came to me at the
right time, for I have recently nut with
a mislortum* so very hani to b* ar that
1 was a.most discouraged. I am glad
the cousins are having such go*»d times
this summer. For me the tune s* - tn*
long ami I have much pain to bear, but I
ain thankful tiiat I can walk and am
able to help my moth-r som*-. I want
t > mate III* a stlk quilt; 1 us* small > s
as w. II as large ones. Will the couslna
s*-n*l in*- som** pieces, phase; would be
thankful, truly thankful, for a pl* *-, from
Aunt Susie, or any one who will be so
kin*! Would be glad of a few corre
sitondents.
Hattie E. Davis. Midget. Ga.—Dear Jun
ior: As Aun* Susie says not to write the
same tiling all the time I will toll you
M • n •■. Tm- first
thing t*> do is to sort over the copy and
set type; th*n we tak*- proof and correct
.ill ti.e mistakes we can find; then the
printing ixgius; it takes nearly all day;
th*-n we f**l*l an*i mail the little pap*-r.
tying up each state’s mail by Itself. i*:jz. s
ar.- given * a*-h month for the best b iter
and the lest picture story. The pap* r '
*s Mc* nts ay* ar. I live on Pine moun- I
tain. Il Is a pretty pla*-e. 1 am ten years |
old and in the fifth grade. 1 study at .
home and like niv books. I like to set .'
ty p* and can set a hail gall* y a day and
g* t my lessons, too.
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Minnie Carver. Pine Bluff, Ark.—Dear
Junior; I am a girl of thirteen and am ;
th.* only child. I have one brother dead |
Mamma and papa are both living.
I start to school In Heptcmb* r and go
until the latter l*art of May. I am in the I
seventh grade.
My mamma is sick at the present tlma. i
How many of th.- cousins love animals? |
f •!*• for one. I have a great many pets, i
Th • ones 1 love le-st arc a pony and colt.
Th.- |Hiny's name is Prince and th.* colt’s !
l-i-iy Belie.
Pa;*a has a mill out in the country and
ti*- k*-*-ps th*- little *-o!t out there. I have i
the p**ny to ride and drive.
I would rather live in the country than
In the city.
I have three such dear little Bantams. .
I have be* n taking music lessons, but
have stop|M-*l for a short vacation now. ’
Ruth S. Carglle, Bly. Tex.—Dear Ju- '
nlor; I live nine ml>s north of Mt. ,
Pleasant’. We have a real cool place for
summer; th- re is always a breeze stir
ring h* re. We have been canning peach
es. We cann* *1 a gr at many ami are
drying some now. Do many of you like ;
to go to sch***d? I do. bui I have not I
got .- to n good seh**o| since Christmas be- ;
for last. We live two miles from White ;
Oak. n large cr»-*k. I have a Utile sis- <
I* r eight years eld For pets we have a *
puppy and three kittens. Their names |
ar*- Rex and Cleo, Edna and Tony. Aunt I
Susie, please pul me down as a bird
lover. My age Is thirteen.
Royce Maddox. Maddox. Ga.—Dear Ju
nior: I Just want to tell the little Ju
niors of my age televen years l how I
Ilk** hunting and killing sm*k*s. 1 have
a fine French bulldog and he loves to
cat*-li hogs and kill snakes, lie and 1
kill*-*! a rattlesnake this morning In our
rambles around the fields. Two young
ni* n on a visit to our house killed on*-
Sunday evening. Had eight rattles anil a
button. They ar*- traveling now. hunt
ing water .som** say. Major, my dog, and
I go in bathing most every day. ll**
enjoys it as well as I do. My brother
brought m<* a small gun last year and I
can kf’l squirrels and rabbits and snakes.
\\. have fto school this year. I h-iv*
b*- n rolling sawdust from th** mill at r*n
cents a day until I got tired. I love to I
make money of my own. 1 have a breech
loader and It takes a good deal of money
to keep in ammunition.
Mattie I*. Maddox. Maddox. Ga.- Dear |
Junior: I am a country girl and live on ;
the farm. We have nice times In the |
country eating fruits. We only have
js ars and grapes now Our hogs are get- |
ting fat on |w*ars. We hav** picnics oc- |
caslonally and how I do enjoy them. I
want to tell you all, and especially |
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1900.
those that helped me In our little Sun
day school last year, that we now have
a larger one lit a neighboring house
and several older people attend It. of
which I am proud. We have th** lumber
on the ground to build a house for school
and worship. Only a small band of us
yet, but you remi tnber th*- Bible teaches
' us that when "two or three are gath
ered togejh* r In my name 1 will be In the
i midst.’’ hav* th* promise of helm
! a small sum, probably, to buy doors. So
you can see now what there Is in perse
-1 vernncc.
George A. Fulmer, Springfield Dear Ju
nior: I am i little boy six years *>l*l. I
have 1 cent and I want to send It to Aunt
Susie for the little children. Pa is a farm
er, If I live 1 want to be one. I have to
help with th** horses, hogs and cows.
Nell Mcl«eudon, Mechanicsville. S. C.—
Dear Junior: I am a little girl eight years
old. My papa takes The t’onslitutlon. I
want to join the I’lrd levers' Society. 1
have tw.> uolls tin*! a cat. My inainma
Is dead, and my aunt takes care of mo. I
hav* one little sister. Have any of the
cousins ph-k.-d anv cotton this year’. I
hat.- picked u little.
IJllle Elizabeth Martin. Satartia. Miss.—
Dear Junior: I enjoy reading the Junior
h tters very much. 1 live one mile from
the littl- town of Satartia. 1 will Join the
Bird Ixivers" Society. What is it that is
as white as snow, ami snow it isn't' gr* ‘’n
as grass and grass It isn’t, red as bloo.l
ami blood it isn t. black as ink ami ink
it isn’t’.' Ami who was the first woman
to Wear a t-ridal veil?
Pauline Wightman Emory. S. C.—Dear
Junior; I will tak* for my subject.
"S'-liool Days.” How many of us realize
| the importance of going to scaool? I >o we
igo to learn, or merely to pass oil t 1 ” 1 *-
with oth’-r bovs ami girls. I am afraid
' t... many go for the latter. I must y
that I n**v**r realized the mportanc*- until
; two <•- thr-e y-ars ago. In th* schoolroom
' w*- form most of our habits an*l associa
tions. We Shoe I I*** very careful in form
ing our assac.at.-s for “A person is known
l*y th*- company he keeps.” How has ig-
I mtran*-*- proved lts*-lf one of the greatest
■ so- s t .< human progress?
J. H. f". Raswlck, Artrip. Va-—Dear
| Junior: 1 wrote a letter to the Junior
department not long ago, but it was not
1 published. I hope to -■>•••? this letter in
print. 1 sent :• cents t’.-r th.* Ilttl** or
phans in th*- Grady hospital in my other
letter anti 1 will semi 2 cents in this
Utter. Hot*.- vou will get it.
\\*> are reading several papers, but
j think that Th*- Atlanta ' oiistitution Is the
la-si paper published.
I always read the Junior page and
i think th*- cousins’ 1.-tt. is very nice.
I I will tel! lite cousins a*.out a visit to
|<'llntw I, th*- county sit,, of Dickinson
county. 1 came to this little town on
the 14th Instant, it is about thirty-five
miles from Artrip.. Va., my home. While
writing this not. 1 eati h.-ar ti e clanking
of many hammers and th*- ringing noise
of tin- saws where a large building Is
Ix-ing built. It is a mw- place, but two
stores, two churches. Baptist ami Meth
odist. Jail, ami courthouse that cost sll.-
<«*; one .-oil. of ll'i ptlpiis. bla. kstnlth
shop, etc. This little town is situated
in a b. tutlful valley not far from the
Kentucky* line.
M C. Tarver, Rural Valley, Ga —Dear
Junior: 1 noticed a letter in last w.-ek’s
Junior written by 8. A. Carey condemn
ing novel n-adlng. In his letter h- makes
sn**erlng remarks ab*>ut advocates of
novel reading knowing bett.-r as soon
they att. nd liig't school, so I wrl 1
el alm hl attention by -ling that I have
att.-nd. -t high sei 00l and am an advocate
of tiie reading of good nov* Is.
I liol.l that no mat. i-d:i< ation Is com
plete without a knowledge of th.* works
of such writers as Thaclo-ray and Dick
ens. 1 do not believe there is a man
in th.- I nfted States or England claim
ing to be well educated who has not
r*-:*d some of th* works *»f those writers.
Ev- ry library in America almost . con
tains such Itooks. ”\anity’ 1-air, by
Thack.-rav, Is one *>f th* most vivid por
trayals of the evils of fashionable life
ever written.
It Is ali very well to condemn certain
product I* ms which are placed on the
market, but tin y find th. ir way to th**
hbr.iri* s of no w*-ll edit* ated people, it
is not fair to accept them as th repre
sentatives of a cl.-’ I should Ilk.- to
h*ar some more of Mr. Carey s advice
«>n the subject. I .should like to corr>-
spond with some of the cousins.
■Walt* r Ball* y. Wise. Ala.—Dear Junior:
I have b.-< n thinking for som* time of
writing a iett r to Th** Junior columns,
.-iml also wish to * xpress my thanks to
th*- e«lit**r lor allowing us space in h:s
valuable paper tor correspondence with
*a* h other. I am thift-* n y ars old, live
on th* farm, can pick 212 pounds ol cot
ton ami t* rform til the other various
kinds of labor on the tarin. I am going
, ■ ■ y it very mu :h. \\ ••
shoul.i r*-memb-r th* maxim. "Tn.ie lost
is iii-v- r regain*-*!.” and apply it very
rightly in *>ur youth while in school. I
wish to ask two questions: Who was
•’l’..or Ricliaid ’ " h<> was “J .my K*--
I il *> wish to make Inquiry
ebout th*- wh-r.-alsmts of my uncle. \\ il
li.itn Bail*' When la:t heard trom he
was at Bratt City. Ala. Will return
thanks to any o-.- furnishing th* in
formation. I wish to Join tin Bird l,ov* rs’
Bo< i* tv Also s. nd list' of others who
W | h to i • n It. Now. a f. w words about
killing bird f*>r sport and to d-. orate
milliner'. 1 think it very li* artless and ]
cru-I. God g ive us tit* birds for our ,
use and pleasure, and not tor sport and ,
vain ornam-nt Corr.spmidencc solicit
ed trom Georgia and Texas.
Will J. Brie*. «lbson, Tenn. —Dear Jun
ior: S< Ing so many nice and Interesting
letters from the Junior cousins 1 deter
mined to venture a short 'letter on the
subject of ‘’Reading.” I will notice three •
gre.l- cl- 'of r. Itb 1 . Som.- read to
think tin s* a’, rare and usually derive
gr-at pl-a -r* fr.-tn reading; some read to
writ* those form a alrge clast;
and some re.id to talk . lies,- ate j
gr-atly in me majority. The first |
pag.- of a b->o|; generally an- .
sw< rs the puriios. of ’his last class, of
whom it lias l». • a said. "They treat books
.; - om., do lord ; th- y inform themselves
of th- lr titles and th* n boast of an inti
mal*- acquaintance.” They talk glibly of
tin- works of such ami such an author, of
which th ' h m-\ * r r* .*! more than a
few ;»ag- . of th* beautiful rh. tori.- of
another, with whom they ate on the same
fam liar footing. 1 abhor this kind of a
reader. Cousins, do not tail into the
habits of this class. In your reading
choose that which Is good ami read to
think. Tl**- r* iding of good liooks is om
ot th*- greatcat pleasure of my life. I
think *'• t-. on. slmiJd cultivate reading
until It becomes a tiablt. I would be
glad to correspond with any of the Junior
cousins who love to read good books,
either sex.
Alb* rta Suddreth. Gamewell, N. C.— i
D*-ar Junior: Although I have long been ‘
an admirer of your most delightful col- 1
uinn, I have never before tri. <1 to apeak
at hast one word to you all. 1 live In 1
tin- country am! enjoy it very mpuen. i
Iml*-, *l. 1 think 1 * njoy country life bet- 1
t< r than 1 would city life, although 1
have never lived in u city. 1 live with- i
in a mil-- and a half of Gamewell, a very
pt. tty little village, and our nearest
tow n is j.enolr, about six mil* s away, at
which w<- do all of our trading. My imine
i v* ry pr* ttily sttuat* d. 1 live close
. nough t*> Table Ro, k. Blowing Rock and
Grandfather mountain to reach either of
them within a day’s drive. We girls
around here are anticipating a trip to
those points tlds summ,r. How I wish
Aunt Susi,- and the cousins could Join
us. * specially thus*- who have never s*-*-n
any mountains, for 1 know they <*ertain
|y would enjoy the magnificent scenery. I
W** ar*- having some very dry wenther
now. Wli,-w! how hot it Is wh- n there 1
Is no wind stirring, though it is not as '
warm h< r, as it is furtii, r south. By the
way. how many of the cousins were ever
at a <-hautaii,|iia ? Then* was one at
Ix*nolr Inst week. I attended several
days. T,> b sure. I think the Bird Lov- I
< rs’ Society is quit'*- a good tiling. 1 i
think 1 wili try to got up a .list of names |
to send to Aunt Susie. Aunt Susie I
enjoy your heart to heart talks. 1 w*sh
you would write every week. I s-ollclt
correspondents, either sex, from eighteen
, to twenty-two.
Einlm El Timmas, Mocks. Ala.—Dear
' Junior: We have a very nice little town
here. Our school will start tile first of
September, and oh! my, I will bo so glad.
We have a splendid teacher. He is so
good ami kind. 1 wish I could see Aunt
Susie. 1 have no pets except my mamma.
| <»11. girls, ain't it nice to have a good,
sweet, nice mamma? 1 enjoy the Junior
lettirs, so much; also Bill Arp. I think
he writes Just splendid. I am fourt, . n
years old. 1 enjoy horseback riding very
' much. 1 like to sew and read good bocks.
For fear of making my letter too long,
will close with love to Aunt Susie and
the cousins. Would tie glad to com
spond with some of cousins from any of
tiie states.
Southern Girl, Brandon, Fla.- Dear
Junior: 1 have been a reader of this
paper for several years. My home Is In
th* "Land of Flowers.” Here we have
sunshine and roses ami happiness always.
How ungrateful we would be not to be
happv in a land blessed with all things
bright ami beautiful. So many lovely
flowers and so many varieties of delicious
fruit's. The climate is one of our great
est blessings. While northern friends are
cooped up in the house to keep from
freezing to death, we are sitting on our
porch s enjoying the sunshine. 1 wish 1
could invite you all to come and spend
til* winter will: me, hut too many ot you
might come at one time; but 1 would be
delighted to have some of you. We will
I have a gr*at many oranges this winter
lor the first time in several years, and
I know many of you would enjoy the
pleasure of going to the trees and pull
ing all you wanted. Florida ha-s many
attractions besides the orange groves. I
would like sonic correspondents. Would
enjoy nice long letters. To the one whose
letter 1 receive I will send a souvenir
of Florida. Write as above.
A. Ferrand Fllhiol, Bl inkston. La-
Dear Junior: Rapidly J-voices the unre
lenting wh**el of Father Time, and al
most before 1 w’as aware ot it four long
years had sped by since we first began
! io tak*- th*- welcome Constitution. Well,
what shall be the subject of my dis
i course? Say ”A Mother’s Love.” Seareli
this illimitable globe and you will find
■ not on*' inotlier who does not love her
offspring with an imperishable affection.
: Brotherly love, sisterly love and the
love of an engaged couple, etc., are not
i to be compared with the deep and noble
; love a mother bears to her child. Seareli
through tiie annals of the civilized world
j and you may find an occasional father
who forsook ills child, but not on - moth
,r But alas' how few children know
how to appr, elate and reciprocate this
deep, nndving lovo * f their mother. 1 li*‘
average child of to.iay. I am afraid, re
turns to its mother u cold and forced re
spect. Boys and girls, eh* rish your pa
rents and you will never be sorry tor it;
but do otherwise, and you will have oc
casion to regret it. Correspondence so
licit. <l.
Alva Deßow Lawler. Brownsboro. Ala.—
Dear Junior: I am a little boy and take
Th.- Constitution. .My father has tak* n it
' for years and I take now. I think all
! bovs ought to take some good paper. I
i will trv to write alxiiil tny-county. 1 live
< in Mad Con county, nortli Alabama. ih<-
j I’h-n *f the sovth. llunisville is the
' county site. W.- hav* a fin.- courthouse.
I posiotti,-** ;-nd county Jail, all tine build
l Ings; churches ol all denominations; cot
i ton f ii-tori* s and fai'torles of all kinds;
! work sot all that wants work, our cli
' mate Is pleasant most ail tit** y* ar. Hunts
ville Is at the foot of the tar fam* I
M.mte. She am! h*-r lover were sitting
w< have a hot.-l with all modern im
provements ami different kinds of wa-
I ter. An old Indian chief one*, liv**d on
' i hat mountain '.ln, had a daughter nunrd
i Mont* -. She an*l her lover wr* sitting
on the edge of tile bluff on suns.-t rock
watching the lovely sunset and he was
begging her to marry him and go to ids
far away horn*, when her lather, the
stealthy Indian chief, steppe*! out from
behind a rock amt said. ".Monte, say no.”
am! so wi- h *v< th* natn* of Monte Sano.
1 could write more of interest about my
county, but wait until another time. W 11
say goodby. ’ God dess th.- e I‘toriai staff
of The *' >nstit U’l,, . and especially Aunt
Susie. W.mid Iki few correspondents.
Belcher C'l.-.rk. 'i'e v Ala.—DJar Jun
ior: I whl irv . il*r s> long a delay .<>
write to the deat old Constitution again.
My rheumatism is not so bad as It has
l»een. I do not st’ffer so much pa m now
but can't walk any yet. I wish to thank
all th* cousins w in, have b* ,-n so kind
us to write to me. Your letters have Hi
de, *j been a pleasure to me, and 1 do v. n-ii
1 i-ould answ*r them all personally, but
could not. so vou all must not think hard
ot me. but write to me again. 1 am m
receipt ot a nice l*a. ket of peas from my
little friend. Daw on Alexander. 1 am
all th,- time getting sonn-thint nice ftoin
som. of tile good pc.-pl*- ot this settle
ment. I had the pleasure of attending
the quai tei ly me* Ing. w hich " ■ b< • I
at White *'<tk th* third Saturday in Au
gust and certainly did enjoy it, lot I
don't get to go Hom horn* often. 1 wish
to thank .Miss Bessie Smith for her k'.nd
offer of crutches. 1 certainly do appre
ciate it. but 1 can't walk on them. 1
« an't go only as 1 am carried. 1 hop*- it’
tn* littl,- bov in St*.* ar,l. Tex., sees this
be will pl, a.,- send ,h, papers as he prom
is'd. as I h ive in ver received but one
copy and som,- of the other subscribers
have never reeeived any. Cousins, 1 think
1 will learn to crayon pictures before
long, ami if I do I will have a fine time
enlarging pictures.
Si'ldie Wilkinson, Lauderdale, Miss. —
D»ar Junior: 1 am very much interested
in all tli- cousins and dear Aunt Susie
have written about th,- birds. 1 an* a
littl,- country girl and would get lonely Hi
de, ,l it it w, re no; tor my books and
beautiful :i.-o. King birds who build at d
raise* *ii, ir young unmolested tn ti„- vc
d.ir.- m ar the dour. I think the birnu are
wiser tliAa we imagine. I navo been
studying their haoils and reading a.,o,ii
til* foreign birds a well as our lovely :
hot.-ie >ii. s. -Mr. Pennant In his "Indian
Zoology, ’ suys had ptovldence left the I
I,.at 11. r i tribes Uli, ■ dowe l with any pat; .
ticuiar nstinet, Ut" bittis of th* tori id i
/..li-- would have built their npsls in the I
same unguarded m inner as those ot' i’.u- j
I.pe; but there, the bsser .->r- e- hav
ing a cert tin prescience of Hie dang* rs
lln.t surround them, ami of their wm
weakness suspend their nests at the ,-x
--treim-, brancli'-s of th* trees. They are
cog clous of inhabiting a ,-11-.n;.te rep'.eie
v ith en- •ill* s to them and their vouag,
will* snakes that climb up the bodi'-s ot
tile tr Cs, ami apes that are perp*-t.tally
in search of prey; but heav*.n instructed,
they elude the gliding "f the one ami the
t..-tivlly of the other The brute creation ■
ar,- m >re at enmity with one atijtii. r i
than in oth. r climates, and tin- birds are
obliged tu exert an unusual artifice In
placing their little bromls out of ivu.a
ol tile invader. Lat h amis al the same
, nd. thj’.tg.’i by uiftereiit means. dome
lorm their pensile nest in ta* shape of a
purse—deep and open at tiie top; oth, rs
with .i hole in th,- side, and jtiiers still
u, re -autions w tn an entrance at the
very I o-.tom. forming th, ir lodge near tile
summit. Tiie t..ilor bird makes one m, re
advance io safety. It picks up a uead
leaf, and surprising to relate, sews il to
tiie side of a living one. its slender bill
being its m. dlo ami its thread some tine |
libers, the lining I'eath. rs >’.n*l down. Ks
eggs ar. white; color of the bird, yellow,
its weigh* three-sixteenths of an ounce.
So that the material of the nest amt its
own size are no: likely to draw down a
habitation that dep, nds on so slight a ten
ure.
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Rosa W. Leßow. Blackmon, Ala. 1 cent;
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HARD JOB TO GET TO TACT,
No Easy Task for Correspondents To
Reach the Place.
New York Sun: Tien Tsln, June 30.—1 n
Hong Kong they said:
“Oh. you can get a steamer from
Shanghai to Tien Tsln almost any day.
I dare say you can get on when you like,
don't yon know. I mean to say the
I steamers run almost dally.”
I That was the general opinion. In
Shanghai it was much the same in the
public notion, but Investigation revealed
i that it was very different in fact. Hong
Kong had had no thought of a selge of
Tien Tsln. Shanghai knew of the taking
i of the Taku forts. Tien Tsln was cut out
;of the run. Then It was this sort of
I thing that was said:
| “Why don’t you go to Cho Foo? There
: will be plenty of steamers over from
' there. Dispatch boats will be plenty in
: any event.”
The Canton got into Che Foo In the
morning and two little merchantmen
there were Hying the blue peter. We
thought we were going to be able to g t
on tn a few hours. But at the last min
ute they changed their minds, or th, Ir
agents or owners did, and they sailed
for some other port than Taku. Then
It war: a case of dispatch boat. Two Jap
anese men-of-war came In and the Jap
anese consul sent word to his colleagues
1 that one would leave at 8 o'clock that
evening for Taku. We went to see the
j consul. He was very polite. The Japan
ese always are, unless you call them
i Japs, lie assured us that It made him
very sorry to think that we could not
I go on the Kasagl. Wo told him she was
i built by’ Americans and we had special
j Interest In her welfare. He said he would
consult the captain and let us know.
Later ho regretted to be obliged to say
I that the captain had no orders from the
government to take passengers of any
nationality whatever. The French at
tache at Pekin was most extremely de
sirous of going to Taku, and they greatly’
grieved not to be able to take him. But
th,-re was the fatal lack of orders. It
was Impossible without them. The cap
tain was profoundly’ regretful.
The British dispatch boat Humber was
due in from Wei Hat Wei In the after
noon. It had gone down the evening be
fore with refugees. We went to the
British consul. He is a very direct an,!
businesslike young man, who seemed dis
posed to be agreeable, although a bit
uncertain about his own powers In the
I matter. After he had asked each of us
“Are you an AmerlcaYi?” and to the af
firmative had remark*-*! "But that doesn t
make any’ *ilfi'erence," ho gave us collec
tively a note to the captain of the Hum
! her asking him to take us along. We
hurried back to the hotel where our bng
: gage was stored, piled it into a sampan
and started out. Tiie Humber hud come
i In and was lying clear across the road
stead, outside the Terrible. Tho road
stead was a little rough, with a line fresh
: breeze blowing, and the never-swlft sam
pan was retarded very much. The men
1 work*-,! their best and we urg,-d then!
i constantly to greater efforts. The Iltnn
i ber began to swing with the changing
tide and we thought she was getting
under way. For a littl** hope sank, but
we hung on and soon saw what ft wus.
| Che Foo made a fine picture. The jag-
I ged hills beyond the town stood out dis
tinct and sharp in the clear light of the
lato afternoon. Their seaward slopes
were green with waving fields or spotted
with orchards. Right and left stood the
two big forts. On the high bluff almost
midway between them were the consu-
I lutes and the signal station with their
bright display >f bunting. Oh, it's a line
tiling to see your hancisomo liig snap
ping in the fresh breeze, when you are
so tar from home. The uir was like wine
after the long months In Manila. We
almost forgot our anxiety to catch tiie
| Humber in the pure enjoyment of the
' moment. Boats were all about us, yawl
rigg "d, cutting across tiie wind or smash
ing down it. Great tun for tiie sailors,
and never a thought of war.
Then up w,-nt a string of signals on
the Humber. The ansvv, ring pennant Hew
on tin- Terrible. We had been out from
tin- b,aeh more than ua hour and were
still h,lf an hour from tiie Humber. A
four-llag hoist showed on the Terrible.
Th,- single pennant on tin- Humber show
ed her reply. We wondered what it
meant tutu urged tile sampan men lite
harder. But it was no use. When we
wen- still a mile away tiie white dis
patch boat got her anchor and st< • d
I
pan men in Che Foo could have follow*',l
inT. There was nothing tor it but to
drift buck in a.id watch the stars ~>:ae
out an,l tak* what < uintort there was to
be had iti ki 'iwt' g We had done our best.
Hut it was hard to bear. W e had left
.Manila in tile afternoon. That evening
came the ord, r to the marines and th. y
1, fl at midnight on lit - Solac*. If we
ii.,d staid a few hours longer in Manila
v. ■ might have pained days tn arriving at
Taku. We ha,l h*-ar*i in <’he Foo ot th*-
landing ot .Major Waller and his men and
som, tiling of Die gallant part they ptay. d
in * lie uli.'i’ ol Tien r.an. Now tile hope
vva to g-t hire tn time tu go witlt tiie
relict’ column to I‘ekin.
To i r at la- « ol air w ith oxygen In it
instead of water; to take som tiling into
your lungs on which they can get a grip;
to wr-tu yours* it up in a blanket, and
s.• p. Y*ai don't know anything about ail
this ba* k th, r, in the states. But 1 do.
1 have I in Che Foo. Som,, day 1 shall
be a inilli* nair,- and have an or, ii.ird and !
a vineyard on the ■-■■!• \■■bu kof ■ !he Fo -,
and all mv friends shall ko there every
summer, t c*io,,su Che l 00.
Th, y to"k up the. evening telling us ail ,
about Hi* mission.tries in Shantung and j
1 echill provinces. I'he consul declared
he ha l been in tiie service , leven ye trs
"and never lost a mlssionaiy.” th ins I
sionary agent said th,- story of tin t* w I
remaining bricks" was a contemptible I
slami, r Wo turned In under blankets on ,
tiie floor *T the hotel parlor and there I
w ere several flags on tb< h
signal station when we awoke. That <!>v
we tried to charter a : ', oner for Taku
'I n,- agents look, *1 a: us and grinned. They
did not neeu our mon*y. A ,'htn.itnan in
tile native city hud a eood-s.zed launcn
lie thougnt would i>, able to make the tun
in two ind on -half or three days for
We went to the telegraph station.
Th,- cninaman in charge locked through
a big pile of messages that had not been
sent, tislied out two that had b,-,n tiled
Hi,- day before an.l tin < ri.il.y told their
writer that they should lx- s, nt inim ,11-
ateiy. The consul camo in and told the
Clunanian t<< be sure to see that his news- ,
taper ms.latches w*-r** auw&vs *he Very
first sent. The obliging Chinaman agreed
to do it. Tiie consul said he had to gel i
a kumsfia out of th, war somehow.
We were s.tting in front of the hotel,
waiting, is* me one .shotted: "Tiler* s an
American coming *n!’’ Tiie stars and |
Stripes Healed H an lite, nortli signal ha*- !
yard, and the ball below- showeq tiie new
comer was a man-o'-wai. Then slowly I
appeared around the point the while hull ■
and tali butt runnels of the Nashville, it
w. Oiliv a tew steps to th,- beach, and
the Nashville had liardlv "el, chared the I
point when our santbun was under way.
As she let go her port b.,Wer we value
alongside. How good it seemed t<, see a.il
her men in the blue uniforms again! Cap
tain Rodgers said lite. York.own was to
go ba k to Taku as soon as she couid get
up steam. Captain Taussig ha*i told us .
h«- would take u.s if the Yorktown should :
go. But v - had left our biggage asiiore
and could never g, t fl with n sampan, il
lakes lima to travel bv that conveyance,
i’aptain Rodgvrs gild he wouldn’t wait a
minute alter the shin was ready to get
awav. ami we started ashore for our
li ggage. it was like the time Georg,
Elnlitig took tlte fire engine down tn, hill j
Single handed, and "uren v near ran him- I
self almost to d-. ath. ' The c. xswain of
that laun.lt earn,,! one distinguished ser
vice order right then. His order wa~ to
return to the ship at on,-.- after laud ng
us. There was no t'me to wait for bag
gage to be lugged down from the hotel.
But the .oxswain has a I,it of -porting
blood himself, ami he took a chance. It
was a quarter of a mile from the quay to
flu- hot-.-l. In i*ss than a quarter of an
hour our baggage was -iix,:<rd ~, ,mi a
and we were off for the Yorktown. ’*Vc
were half way out when sb t swung
around, ami til" white to,m under (lie
counter showed that she fef started. \\ o
w,re in iespair. but the eixswa-n hung
on and k. pt after the hit*. Gradually ..e
gained. Tiie Yorktown was not going full
siH-,-,1. She had to p iss a British war-hip
and two or thr, * Japanese. As she slow
ed down tor them w.- caught up. Il: ''
h-aved us a line, ami w ith the gunb 'at
going along on her wav we climbed
aboard, our baggage was hoisted up, and
we were actually off for Taku.
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I Bill Arp’s Letter
(Written for The Weekly Constitution.)
How time files—tempus fuglt—the an
cients likened It to a bird that had wings,
and so did we half a century ago. Rut
wings will not do for a simile now. Time
has been condensed—steam and electricity
j have almost annihilated both time an
j distance. I was ruminating about tals
because In last week's paper I pub
, lished a request for a copy of th* poem,
"Tell Me, Ye Winged Winds.” I thought
' that perhaps I might, during the week,
1 he favored with one or two copies fr,,m
som* kind, cultured friends —some lady
or ladles who had long years ago pasted
, the poem In a scrapbook, like my wife
did this one, but some yankee thieves
i came along and stole hers (may they
i live always when the devil gets them.)
Kind friends responded promptly ami
j freely and I now have forty-one copies of
! the poem as.xed for. and I am very grate
i ful for their kindness.
I am glad that I made the request for
i these numerous responses are th* best ev
| Id* nee of the culture and literary taste
' of our people—most of them ar* fr«*m ■
' gentler sex, for women are the salt of
' the earth. They preserve things. And
‘ that reminds me to say to some of my fair
correspondents who wish to know who
Is that heroic person referred to in my
■ scriptural enigma. She was Lot's wife,
of course. Her body never saw corrup-
■ tlon, and her name is never spoken. M hat
It was before she looked back, we cannot
| tell, but after that I reckon it was ‘ Sal.
for Sal means salt.
Rut the letters that Inclose*! th* copies
of the poem were very comforting to me,
for there were kind words in everyone.
I am just human, and Ilk,* words of praise,
of commendation —I want them while I
| live. As Eugenia Smith <ay * In h*r
i tlful r>o*m, "If I Should Die Tonight.
, “Keep not your kisses for my cold, dead
brow, t>
Th- way Is lonely—let me feel them now.”
Epitaphs and obituaries are for t* l ®
Ing mourners, but we do not know that
: our departed spirits will heed them or
i need them. Solomon says that *‘a living
i dog Is better than a dead lion."
Recently I received by mall a neat Ht
| tie hook of pages Illustrated, that has
; provoked my earnest attention, for It is
the history of the acts and deeds of the
First Louisiana cavalry during the civil
war. It Is well written and as entertain
ing ns a romance and abounds tn Interest
l Ing facts and anecdotes. Only one who
was a part of It could have written It,
and that one was Lieutenant Howell Car
ter, of company E. I note that our Colo
; nel Morrison’s Georgia regiment was a
part of the same brigade, and fought side
by side with Colonel Scott's in many
, conflicts. The author does not stint his
! praise of Colonel Morrison’s command.
■ What attracted my attention Is the, com-
I pl< te muster roll In the close of the book,
, and the d* aths, resignations and promo
! tlons of every officer and the present
■ whereabouts of every survivor. Now
where did Lieutenant Carter get all this—
and whv have not our Georgia regiments
got such a historian? Why did they not
choose one long ago and put him to work?
Why Is there not a record somewhere of
every soldier’s name, company and reg
iment who was In service? Colonel Byrd,
our adjutant general, told m* the oth’-r
day that he had no muster rolls !n his
office, and knew not where they could be
procured. H- did not know of Colonel
Avary’s valuable catalogue of the of
ficers In his history of Georgia C:V> to ’81).
The generals, the colonels and their staff
and all the captains are there, but this
record falls to tell what became of them.
Captain Twiggs’s company, of Augusta,
had nine different captains during the
four years' service, and the record ought
to tell what became of them. Are any of
them living now besides Captain Twiggs?
Who knows? This catalogue shows that
of tin* litty-one regiments that went out
in '6l-62, only one brought back the same
colonel It took out—some of them ma le
six changes. The Eighth Georgia, that
xs first commanded by Colon*! Bartow,
made live changes, and the last. Colonel
Towers, of Marietta. Is the unlj' sur
vivor.
It seems to me that a systematic effort
should be made by the state to complete
the records ar,d file them. 1 was talking
to an old weather-beaten veteran the
other day. Walter Young Craddock, of
Captain Selman’s company, in the Twelfth I
Alabama. He is on charity; was shot all 1
to pieces at Seven Fines in 1862; Is para- I
lyzed in one arm and one leg, but g*ts
about and sells pencils for a living. He
says he could get a pension If he could
prove his service, but he does not know
of a single survivor of his company.
Maybe there are some who will see this
and write to Craddock at T illad, ga, Ala.
There Is another record that needs spe
cial attention. Th* Daughters of tha
American Revolution earnestly desire to :
re-establish the last colonial records that
were burned in Professor Scamp’s house
at Oxford a few years ago. These rec
ords were procured in England about sixty
years ago by Charles Wallace Howard,
after long and diligent research, for which ,
the state paid liberally. They were loan
ed to William Bacon Stevens, and then to
C. C. Jones, and then to Professor Scomp,
and now they are gone forever, unless the
state will take measures to duplicate |
them. Mrs. R. E. Park, who represents ,
th* Daughters of the American Revo’u- '
tlon, will bring this matter before the leg- I
tslature. and we hope will succeed In her '
effort.
And there Is still another record that |
ought to be made —a brief biography of ’
our state governors ami the notable men '
for whom many of the counties and towns
were named. While I was at Mt. Vernon '
recently, I asked a score of well-lnforined
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men'to tell me something about General
Montgomery, for whom the countv wag
named, and all that they knew was that
he was a soldier of the .revolution. They
did not know where he was from, nor
what ho did, nor when he died. Such a
book should be compiled, and let each
school board subscribe for a few copies.
' White’s statistics are out of print, and
1 they are not up to date. Appleton's Cy
-5 clopedia of American Biography contains
r much that Is valuable to us, but it coats
I too much—the six volumes bring ©6. Wa
» ought to have -a book within easy reach
* of the rising generation for about 75 cents.
, Who knows anything of Floyd.or Glynn,
t or Taliaferro, of Quitman. or Murray, or
, Whitfield, or Dade? I wrote a paragraph
about Commodore Tatnall, who sail that
* "blood was thicker than water.” and an
I old man away up In Nova Scotia read It
> and wrote to me a long and careful letter
’ about Tatnall, and corrected a tnbtako
' that I made In saying that he commanded
* the Grampus when In the China seas. I*
was In the war with Mexico that bo com
manded the Grampus. He referred m* to
Colonel Kell’s recent book, which I have
not yet seen. I believe that If we ” ■*..
gin even now. we can collect much bl - -y
that will be prized after our genr-mt! a
has passed away. 'RILL ARP.
f Look out for an early frost th!- f- : T!ie
I ‘ yellow buttcrfl!*'- have b-gun to m -e
. southward, and It Is ten days earlier than
, last year. B. A.
The Inquiry.
Charles Mackay,
t TeR me. ye winged winds,
t ; That round my pathway roar,
| Do you not know some spot
i ’Where mortals weep no more?
1 lone and pleasant dell,
. S*me va’lev In the west
■Where. fr*e f-om toll and pain,
- Th- weary soul mar rest?
' The loud wind dw.ndlcd to n whisper low
And sighed for pltv as It answered ”No ”
Tell mo. thou mighty deep.
1 Whose billows round me play.
Kncwest thoti some 'avored spot.
; Bern* Island far away.
■ ! Who”* weary mar may find
The bliss for which h« sljhs.
Where sorrow never Ilves
And friendship never dies?
The loud wav**s. rolling In p-rpotual flow,
■ | Stoped for awhile and sighed to answer.
); -Ko.”
* And thou, serenest moon.
> That with such lovely face
1 I Dost look upon the earth
. Asltep In night’s
. Tell m-. In all thy round.
, Hast thpu not sesn some spot
i Where miserable man
’ Might find a happier lot?
Behind a cloud ths moon withdrew In wos
l And in a voice sweet, but sad, respond-1,
* "No!
Tell me, my secret soul.
, i O! tell me. Hope and Faith,
Is there no res : ig place
From sorrow sir. and dtgith?
i Is there no happy spot
Where mortals may be blest.
i Where grief may find a balm
j And weariness a rest?
Faith, Hope and Ix>ve, best bxmstomor*
; ! tals given.
Waved their bright wings and answered,
* . “Yes, in heaven.”
, , *
Contagion*. Blr ->d Poisoning, or Syphilis.
lln all stages, cured permanently ard
1 epc-edlly, without us* of dangerous drugs.
J. Newton Hathaway. M. D.. 22J* E. SoutD
Broad street. Atlanta, Ga.
WOMAX WAS LOST ON YKKC7L
Desperate Effort of Mrs. Hewitt To
Join Her Husband.
Seattle, Wash., August 28.—A thr! In;
trip down th* Koyukuk river recently '
I to the lot of Mrs. Hewitt, wife of a
I Chicago physician now at Nome. A’ '• <*’
I and lost for months In a drear'- w
she managed to reach the Yukon r!v*r .i
a. log raft. There she was rescued and
1 sent to Nome to her husband.
| Mrs. Hewitt left Chicago two veart- c'
I to join her husband. He was Io ,t*-d
J St. Michael at first, but afterwar: v it
|to Nome. Late In the fall she r * 1
Seattle and started over to Ikiws *
i a party. When they reached Fort H ' -
I t*>n they heard of ri*h strikes th-*
headwaters of the Koyukuk and -'i”!
1 across country to join the rush f r '
place.
After reaching the Koyukuk Mr-*. H. ’-
I Itt became lost on a branch oft: ■ r
1 With her dog team she mp.de a :!c
| effort to get back to camp, but onij - -
ceeded In further bewildering 1 • r - *.f.
Finally she was compelled to cam - a
deserted Canadian hut.
The party she was with made effor to
find her, but dtd not succeed In do’.n. so
and about the Ist of June, the r • r
breaking up, she constructed a log •” *dt
and floated down 750 mlics to the Y-. l.
THE SOIL IS BURNING.
People of Bertie County, North Caro
lina, in Danger.
Raleigh. N. C.. August 37.—(Special.*—
Dr. William R. Capehart, of the state
I hoard of agriculture, arrived here ’ ar
from Bertie countv and says the ~’n
ous fire In Hyde county continues a: ■ !s
destroying trees and soil.
The soil Is peatv and bums like ?!’. *r
One farm valued at SIO,OOO is so t .m 1
I away that Its owner says It is not now
1 worth The lire is burning far ur. ’-er*
! neath the surface in many places.
Dr. Capehart Is Informed that as a far*
t mer was driving along a hlghwa ’-*•
: fire undermined sol! gave way under
j him and he and his horse, falling into the
| fiery pit, were burnod to death.
| The smoke extends many miles at se*
: and bv obscuring th* light at Oreg- r. a
j let has caused two wrecks In a fortnight.