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8 &%■ °' ”**^*■l—-~- „ ,_|,| - --, ■ - —~— Conducted by Mrs. Wm, King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga. Never Say Die. A daisy blithe In the meadow, A simple daisy am I. Yet I’ve a family motto; ’Tis “Never, never say die!” The farmer never will Jove me— I’m whiteweed under his eye— No use for cows or for horses; Still I “Never, never say die!” For children linger to pluck me; To maidens never I lie; They find my petals prophetic, So I must “Never say die!” The Sunshine colors I’m weaning— The white, and yellow—that’s why. So long as good cheer’s worth having, I'll “Never, never say die!” —CYNTHIA UTSTOVER ALDEN. RALLY JACK AND TOM. Grandmother Fididdiey will vouch for this tale and Black I’atti will hold up a handsome paw in attestation of its truth fulness. Os course, when Gladys bro’t the news that Rally Jack had caught a “really and truly mouse. Vera and Velma were on tip toe with excitement. You would have thought it an unusual occurrence, from their behavior, as Indeed it was. the first of its kind Not that Rally .Jack was unable to slay his own game. lie -was big and broad, with strong daws and firm, white teeth, but ho was like many another son of fond, mistaken parents. He was lazy, from tiie end of his hand some nose to the tip of his streaked tall. He much preferred his slender, delicate motaei. Grandmother FidicMley.by name, and not more than half his size, to supply his epicurean larder, than to be to that trouble for himself. Sac had grown old caring for him and seeing that he was well fed. Her coat of ■•-'i had turned, notex- j a< Gy gray, but light brown, In his ser vice. I I'p from tilt barn he came, marching. | with head held high victory in bls de- j elded step, every yellow hair bristling | with a . ally air of importance and the . least mite of a mouse dangling from his • grim jaws. His long suffering mother trotted meek- 1 ly behind, as though proud to be in the | procession, content, if only she might fol- ■ low iii the steps of her lordly son. happy j if but a few stray rays of his glory were , reflected on her brown coat. This first great achievement. the one I grand feat of his life, minfking an epoch ’ in the history of her boy, tilled her ma : tern al breast with pride. The scone was irresistably comical and ; a hearty laugh burst from those of us I who weraWatching from the window. "Lo. the conquering hero comes,” quoth I grandma. ”He lias slain the foe and brought tho remains for our inspection,” gravely re- , marked Gladys “Come on. girls,” called I Vera, “let's go and see wiiat he will do | next." and out dan e,l the trio. I “Oh. mama!" shouted Velma, rushing | through the door a m> meat later, “what do you think? Grandmother Fididdiey and "Black Patti are both sitting down look Ing on. and Rally Jack is making that Tittle bit of a mouse, not much bigger than my thumb, perform for them. Ho lets it go, and when it is only a little ' ways off he cuffs ft with his paw and makes it run back again. I think it is ; I just wicked.” she sobbed, while tears shone in her blue eyes, “and I’m going to , Her interference was not needed, how I ever, she was met at tho door by the.other gi:ls. who breathless.' report'd--h'*w tl-.o iltt'ie mouse had esc.toed in the grass: how Rally Jack had hnv.'"d nd hunted . and couldn't find it; haw 1-iniddloy was liWrrs When I say I cure I do not mean merely to stop them for a time a: 1 then Lave them re turn again. I mean a radical er re. I havemade the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. 1 warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure.' Send at once for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office.- Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St, v X.Y. SCHO6L3 AND COLLEGES. - ,SalU»an Crlchten 'Z-.- ■' Ihe Coinpifcte Bueinw ourw 1 . t -. r. " ' ■ ic.tua Haaiuesa ro;n finUh ' M >•*.’.hor< ■ v n t<r graduate.. M ■ pny r:t ’ • 1* cat n. logi 1»■ M A I.A ». ISI>J<S < < > I j E(‘ :uni . Tex., Bin '• a TELEGRAPHY t»nfbt thoroughly and «« ■ <'7lposit!ns .ecnrel < .tslog free. , . , . , Keor(ln Telegraph -< iioo>. »r»«!n,(;n. SUMMER LAW SCHOOL. University of the South. Three months' continuous “(<sic:i. Two classes. All other departments open. Delightto.. climate. Healthy situation. Cumberland mountains. Tuition 525.00. Board, 515.00 to 520.01). Hpecial railroad i.ates. Address A. T. McNf.AI., Dean, Sewanee Tenn. 4 TELEGRAPHY AT HOME | Q C EW* ff, wq uj for Veet-pocfcvt I •*i«yr apn-.tLJt-Jzi. and Alphabet Nn battery r«wju*. red In fctj-ucti’o and arousing- MoreoN-hwA, C incinnati. O. r>^kClTl. z Maydepoait money in bank till PUjI * IVIvJ. position i« secured, or pay or.i of salary after sraduMlng. Enter any time I Draughor.’s Z ' J Practical... I 5 Business... x ' 8 Atlant®, St. Louis, Mort-omery. f Htlo Rock, Galveston, ” w'orth/ (Cafalofieo free) -Shreveport. Schools of national reputation for thoroughness C rrllablntv. Rndorred bv business men. name 'study.YocW.U. t. -ht by mail For COp-CoK'T- •.e.or looi on Home b?udy. nd- DeP S<•? v r ™ =*- • - c ■ thef P la « ’TheTcSnsss City Veterinary College Gives A THOROUGH AND COMPLFTc COURSE. For Ftp® Catalogue Address n, S.Stewart. Sec’y, 1400 Holmes St.. Kansas City. Mo. I anxiously interested and carefully helped I look, too; how. when he found his game ■ was gone for sure. Rally Jack bestowed a sounding blow on his mother's head; i how she fled under the wood house and I Black Patti scurried up a tree, and how. 1 seeing tho whole encampment was put to | flight, he turned on his heel, as it were. I and, like Alexander the Great, lifted up ' his voice and wept, begrowling himself as the worst abused cat on Fenner Hill. “Poor Fididdiey,” said I, on hearing the r~ I | Robt. Lee Bannerman, Meridian, Fla., j One of Our Honor Boys and a Great Nephew of Gen. Stephen Lee. j , ——— I excited tale from the laughing girls; ■ “she is reaping what she has sown. She ; should have brought up her noy different ly and then, in iter old age, he would not treat her so.” “How much that makes me think of j Annie Dolby and Tom.” remarked grand- I nu ’- .. "Yes.” said I. “ ’tls a good lllustrat.cn. I We had always known Annie Dolby, l or. at least, ever since Tom was a little I fellow in kills and kicked his copper-t<:< ; I against the seat in front of him on I Sundays when we all used to attend tiro • old church on the hill. How she worked j for that boy. I His father was dead and ill the years Ih< was gr..wi:..; up )■ '• d hers- i neither labor nor pairs that !- s life I might be comfortable and ■ Tho I thing that Master Tom • ' d n- ■ wi h to do I was the thing that Master lorn did not j If ha complained that <• R - : ,« dull, | lessons hard and teach") ■ ■■ home ho I gettmg into mi-chief, :i- is th- way with ] such b-iys, his temper, meanwhile de ! ve-l-oping unpleasantly. I Annie told me once that when she was I little she had regular tasks to perform j and bits of work to do every day. i No matter what, else happened, she I must "’over and over” a bed quilt block ■ and knit, "just so many times around” I on an endless stocking. tihe made up tor ma -1 that if over she I had a child to bring up that child should I have its freedom—should nevr be re- I strlcted 'and never compelled, as she was, j to do tiring.-- it disliked. She foolishly imagln" 1. poor tiling, that i idleness made b.appim-ss; that freedom ’ meant liberty, nor dr- imed that by re moving obst tel !S from his path by ! stripping the thorns from ills roses she. I was robbing her boy of opportunities for j growth, dwarfing his intellect amide- love was depriving him of his just dues and forging for him fetters that hi' must break, ore ever lie could attain the glori ’ oils estate ol perfi-i t num I I. il.trly and lot- work-d the mother, airing su-'h help as she could, to keep the farm going and lay by a little for her useless boy, whom she loved with such i H.-r face grew lined and crossed with seams, hi-r hands calloused ami hard with rough work. Tom r> aclad young manhood. He mar ried He I'.d his V. if.' are row enjoying whi cmforts tip' old 1 trrn affords anti ■ tho son rests content, knowing that his . whi 11-ha i rod motto r has no home and is , earning ln-r living out bt the world as best Ri I s. ■ no groat difference be | twi ■ • 'L'om tnd liallj Ja k- do you! EMMA V. VAN J HICSEN. THE HONOR ROLL Ot r young folks should feel very proud i of the man.', compliments received on the i great Improvement in their column. It is 1 very gratifying to Aunt Susie to s«e the I efforts that are being made to send well ■ written. Interesting letters and to improve tho column. There have been received recentlj many careless, pencil written i tetters -doubtless the writers wonder why i they do not appear. Well, now you will j know. None but neatly written letters ! are printed. N ’r can we accept letters I eight or nine pages long; have, been com- I polled to leave out many good ones this I week. Our pages are too crowded for i long letters. VVe give our honor list for i two months. Hope all will try for the • mxt two months to make the roll longer. I l-'or March ami April: . Belle 11oiKlerson. Gray Court. S. C j Robert Ja'i- Bannerman, Meridian, Fla. '■ . Jaim.-.' Crv'st t; Springs. Mlss. | Grover C. Griggs, Elec tic, Ala. lila Hatfield, Irwinton, Ga. A. A. Mease, Dillon, Mont- A. llataway, Corsicana, Tex. I’earl Grubb, Barwellvllle, Va. M'-rle Spencer. Mee Rouge, Da. Georgia V. Haymaker, -\rni< 1, Va. M i be] Clare, Randall. Va. Nola Garner, Noble, Mo. carrye Itongeot, Dtunonrle, I-a. Eddie Thompson, Stonewall, Tenn. Willie F. Flue, Johnson Citv. Tenn. Mollie Gibbs, Celo. N. C. JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE. j Marie Williams, Davis Station, S. C Dear Junior: 1 wi'l take for my subject ■ “Hunting.” It is nice and great fun for men and boys io kill game, but not when the little birds have young ones and to ; kill them, for the little ones p- rish to I <>• ath. and if they w- re to think over It j -i * ' w ul(l not kill s-» many ■ f thorn. It is not right to hunt for sport, but it is right to hunt whon you u.iot them to <at (Jarno is very nice to < :» ami if wo wore to kill one mother bird it would ( kill f or live litth b:iby birds I»•.o , bird<, rabbits and squirn is are about lhe chief gam*. 1,-t us not be so hard on the box s. though, because e\ ory hoy is bound to be bad ami I think the giris ought to bo an example for the boys. I em 10 years old. Will exchange the THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONi ATLANTA. GA*. MONDAY MAY 11, 1903, ! words of “Good Morning Carry” for the ; words of “Whistling Rufus.” Love to j Aunt Susie and the cousins. I \\ An ton Gordon, Roopville, Ga.—-Dear ' Junie,r: I am a little 'boy 12 years old. My papa lakes Tho Constitution and has been taking it ever since 1 can remem ber. 1 ha \ c one brother two years older than mvseir. \\> live 2 miles from the ! ttle village of ftoopvllle, and 12 miles from Carrollton. We do not go to school, but "tudy our books at Imine. I am fond of hunting and shoot rabbits and some times J kill a squirrel. Areola Mae Raines. Lamison, Ala.— Dear J- nio: I'd toil the cousin.s about our so< iety. W< m< <’t every Thursday and each onv either <-orries an egg or eop | per cent. W r * are trying to get a. Bible I for tho Mothodi ' episcopal and Baptist I churche:'. We ’. tvt- m ar'.v $2 already. Now don’t x "j think that is ;• real good : plan, dear Am t St: • ‘ I don't think any oin- should <‘Vi r gi t tir' d of working for the church. I do think onr page is get ting {more interc -iing and we should strive to Improve it more ea< h week* Horace Bellamy, Dryer, Tex.—Dear Junior: 1 -m a little boy S y-ars old. I am going- to s* hoid | etn studying the ’ third iiHtdi ; , ariinmi lif md spoiling. My ! papa is a fa rim r; he misos cotton, corn, \\ ...a ni Tin'-' br< >th ; cis and one j-i-;t< !. My brother Wilmot 1 accidentally sb -t him -If in January and i on’jv lived a few da.vs. Oh! how sad it : makes mamma. f< • i to think about him. j We all miss him so mm h. He was 16 xtars old last September. He was once : a. writer to (his page. So hoys, be care i fill with guns. ' M i mic P}. Kizer. Brod'!?, N. C.- Dear < Junior.' I am a litt’o orphan girl. Will lie i 11 yi’.ir.' old the U3d of next August. I am ' going to li.tx •• in w doll then. J liavo j some ti.iwi-r si cd. some Sunday school j paT" i nice and clean, and a lot of pretty j books I xv.int some doll rags, some ( thri-.id to s'-w them with, some lace and some ribißtu f ir me and the ball, too, and I xvill name In r for the one tirat sends !th j ret::• m things. I i..ive lived with "gra ndma ’’going on 7 years, but she la no kin to me. I go to school and have a h< bp of fmi. My sister, two years the oldest, is here too. 1 w:’l pay postage on j all the things that, f send. ; Julia. I'h' ids, K'-mp, Kmanuel (bounty, • G-tir.-'J.!. Dt-ar Junior: T am a little girl II xe.ars ti’d. 1 have one sister and four \br ithors. th’ is my first letter 1 xvill i >L take any sm-je- t. I live in. the coun try My fi t hoi is a farmer. I live half nT from th thriving little town "f 1 Kemp. 1 can do inany things on the ’ farm; 1 can o ink, xvash dishes and help . tend io fh< ; i«nltry, et'-. I went to school in tiie winter, bat I im not going now, , hut wi'l start again in July to a ton j months school, i am a fifth grade pupil. If any of the cousins will send me the ‘ words of “Si'- Was Bi <*d In Old Kt n -1 tacky*’ | wiii send them any of tho • gs 1 hav*‘ that they should like. With I nine)) love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. < ’• c respundonce solicited. j Thom os Harris in, R. R. No. 4. Dand . ridge, Tt’ii!,, Dear Junior: W ill you ad i mit a T. boy in your happy band? I lixu in JtoffeT mi county, east Tennessee, , near tho little town of Dandridge, cmin ’ ty «oat o" said . ■•uu‘'., I'ho cmintry here ■ o- hiiW tnd is boiinli i ullx' furnished with | fine miia-ral wabr and with nearly’ all l inds <»: fruit. Our grain products are of ■ <: !1 kin is that can be raised . where; in : fact W-- cun honestly boast, of «-ast Ten ! . • being tlm garden sj>ot of tho ' world. Jutdors, 1 have read your rn.mx' j b ri'-rs with nmeh delight .mid have j long d t • elites your bund. Hope Aunt i Su .o will let me in. Adieu, i.'orrcspon ! <:< nee solicit'd. ; Mary Dixon, SumterxT'o. Ala.—l : thought you would let mo In, as my aunt, ! r.-i.o i.\os with us. t.ikoa your paper. Wc . ail low your pap-r. I'm a little country | lassie, walk a mile and a quarter to ! s-•ii".>l every day, my sister, myself and , brother. There are only three of us. Our i teacher is a Jewess. I like her so much. i I !• V’ 1 io go to school, for I want to be ; a sm i.’ f woman, and boos some serx Ice i i-i tin world. Mys< If and a few of my ! little frimuis hive a socjciy. Wo. are. try . ing to make some money for the benefit lof our 'cho •’ boas’-. | have a parrot. i Siu ('.an 'U.v a heap of things, but she doesn't s■-v anything bad. I wish some • of tDe cousins would write to me. I'm 13 I Kenneth fine, Jonesboro, Tenn.—Dear : Junior; I have long been a silent but : ardent udnuj'r of The Af.anta Constitu tkm, ospi eiallx the Junior page, hut have ■ never written a letter for Its columns be i fort . As I am no debater and as most all I subjects have boon thoroughly discussed 1 In various wax’s I shall not. endeavor to - take a subject, but will ordy give you a few comments about that part of Ten- ’ nessee in which. I live I. live in oast. Ten- • lessee 3‘b4 mi - s from Jicusboro, the old- ■ est town in the state and the first capital i of Tennessee and Is now the county seal j of Washington county. 1 also live 7 miles ■ southwest of Johnson. City, a ver.v pros- i porous and enterpriD'ng town of 7,000 in ; habitants At this pla< is being buiit the ; N;t Hona.'i Soldiers’ liome, which xvhen I done will certainly be a beautiful place I for 1'“ '. I soidiers to rest and be taken I care of until they arc called to the Sol- I diors’ home above, tho “one not made I wi'h hand -, but < ternal and in the I heavens." Wli- n this is done hundreds i >f ■.( (,ph will visit ihl - place every year ■ to see the beautiful scenery. East Ten nessee Is no*. •! fe’- Its magnificent scent ry, its mineral resources, Its hoaltli frd climate, its pretty girls and also its law-abiding and its G 'd-honorfng people ’|oSW w® • We will ser.d any bicycle to an/ address with th ■un i DAYS’ FREE TRIAL ui; 1! • T<b-n«-t flfl ii • .-..-Hr run : j ui;,' .st rt.iizerJ.t '.G f f’nL-.’n-d and equipped. , j Jti , iip Li <i’G- .H.d I- !■! H 1 - than any bicycle i , , i .... )•• a: ■...;. ii'iiii irMnt'nr.’.U'UCon f Buys our new HIGH GRADE 1903 SZjF* Oh NLWTON BICYCLE, v.hicit w. gunr- S B <&> »)!(••• non riding, baior ! < i iipi.c-i; bctt<. frame. "heels, hubs and hearings tli.i*! •• uU <an get h >i nv . h»-r bb ' ••!« b.i less then *OM)U. OUR 1903 NAPOLEON BICYCLE is price.’ at About ONE-HALF n- : • Ae-d pn-<• ahked be others. 1 Free Bicycle Catalogue. hnndi- ds <■! pric.- -nrprr-e.- • .. -.nd KU I |.; our Free Trial and Guarantee , Proposition end our Most Astonishing Offer, cut this ‘ nr'u'.o SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., ™icago —althoug'h thnre are some who are not law-abiding' nor God-fearing—but such is - tiie case in all states, countries and king doms, but Tennessee, and especially east I Tennessee, being blessed with the above blessings. It can bo called, as it has been i called, “she Switzerland of America.” • Now, Juniors, let’s quit this novel re.iti- I ing discussion and let’s discuss something I! else that is more important and by doing so we will make the Junior page the most | I interesting page of the entire paper. Cor respondence solicited, either sex. j H. H. r. Neathers, High shoals, Aln.- ; Dear Junior: As this is my first attempt to write I will only try and give you a description of my home. It is situated among tiie hills of east Alabama. We have some of the most beautiful scenery here that can be found in Alabama. There Is a large shoal here, over which the water goes whirling 60 or 70 feet downward, landing In a tiasin-l'ke poo) which nature lias so beautifully formed. After the waves have chased each other , for a while they break off down through a canon like gorge, the banks of which rise to the height of 200 or 300 feet. At this time of the year one can go strolling down the opposite bank gazing in wonder at Hie other, all laden with the sweet smelling Howers hanging in clusters from Si i. «& i * fa DeWitt Maxwell, Kyleton, Ala. the walls and wond.r if there is an ar tist. anywhere gifted with the genius to paint such a pietur- 1 wish some of you cousins were !:>■: '• to go with me those hot. sultry summer days and ex plore those banks. I am papa’s mill boy. I guess you might 11 mo boy. I am I n-nnima’s baby anyway. ! Myrtle and Marl. Dixon, Panstone. Aia. -Dear Junior: V- are nnli country I lassies and live !, >■ among the red . hills of the grand old state of Alabama. : but we feel that we must tell the cousins i how' much joy and inspiration their nice I letters give us. Wo should lift up our : hearts to God in li.'tp;.-- thanksgiving lor I the gift of such a fTb-nd as dear Aunt ! Susie. Now for a w -rd to Edward Evans I an.l Jones Nabors. V.mijoyed your d«- ; scription of southv.' -a rn Alabama very i much, but say. ■■■ boys had better i gather frogs green ■<t season and not ! V ait for them to rip tnd then h .p off. ; ’Ye have a. good many tame mosquitoes i here and they are ■ ..miliar enough to j come up In your ear and call you I c-o-u-s-l-n, then sting you and say, “I i ain’t n-o k-i-n.” John Halifax, what has i become of you? Have >'i gone where the . woodbine twineth ami the whang doodle I moaneth or have you shuttled off your 1 mortal coil? We had been building great I hopes and antleipat ->ns upon going to a ' fish fry and to think old Jupiter Fluvius i cheated us out. too bail. We will ex- J change “Brown Fyes" for “Just as the i Sun Went Down.” . Glaydysse Patterson. Moseley Hall. ; Fla. -Dear Junior: Hero 1 come with my i prediction that winter is about over; the ' bright, warm sunshine, the flowers and I birds have told us that th- golden suni | me r is here. How 1 hav. been looking toward with fond anticipation to its ar : rival. Wo have 1-. d a very mild winter. Don't look too surprised •.■'him 1 tell yon , that 1 have never seen any snow but l twice and then wo certainly had a de : lightfnl time making s: oW balls. It ’ snowed here four or live years ago. 1 cn- I joyed Pearle Grubb’s letter and as she : .-'.sk' d if any of us were fond of birds, 1 i will tell her about a little bird mamma ■ and I found near no home al ' most two years ago. We hail been i searching for vl ets t 'arly all the ; morning and had an immense bouquet, ■ when we concluded that, we would go heme for dinner. We Tin 1 almost, reach ed our destination when we found a poor j little birdie. We decided to carry it homo with ns as it was a.l alone. Mam ;ma told us we must try to find its i mother and we promised her that we I would, but wo put the. lit e birdie on the i bed until we could got our hats and, oh. I emsius, try to Imagine onr horror when I wo saw the cat tun it in the fire. We • tried to rescue it. but it. had burned to i death ore w<’ could get. it “in of the fire, i Wo dug a little grave under an olive tree in the front yard and made a little : casket out of a little pasteboard box and I laid It to rest. Correspondence solicited. DeWitt Maxwell. Kyleton, Ala.—Dear I Junior: I didn't think when I wrote to your page some time ago that I would be i called upon to stand before you all so soon. Hope you'll not. "view me with a critic’s eye, but pass my Imperfection by.” Many thanks for the kindly wel -1 come I received, also for the many kind i words of encouragement offered. Will say to my little friend, DeWitt, of Holly I’ond, Ala., who wished to know who I | was named in honor of. If I was named I in honor of T. D- Witt Talmage. It was impossible to answer the letters. AH were i appreciated. Sweet Maria, your deserlp i tion of east Tennessee was grand. Teddy, i it has just been 103 years since an an i cestor of mine lived and died north of the i noted Sevier county. In Jefferson county, | among the beautiful hills and fertile val i leys of east Tennessee, I have only one grandfather and two grandmothers liv : ing, all of which are Maxwells. Grand ’ papa was a confederate soldier. Great | grandfather Maxwell helped to drive the ' Indians away from here In 1536. My great grandmother is 81 years old and very feeble. Farmer Boy. I will tell you what i I can do. I can ride a disk harrow and i drive two young horses all right while pa.pa and grandpa cut the briers and clean around stumps. You see they are too heavy and I am just right. Aunt Susie, may you live long to bless the world with your bright presence. Oak Hill, Granville County, North Caro lina.—Dear Junior: I read all of your nice and good letters in The Atlanta Con stitution and 1 do enjoy them very much. You are doing a great and good work and may the good Lord spare you to do much for the advancement of His kingdom yet. Aunt Susie, 1 have just read the Easter letter that you wrote for your little grandchild. How good and how pleasant it j s to have a grandmother or mother for a teacher and comforter. I thank you sin cerely for putting your letter in print for many ■ ■ <iii.t:.■ •>, like hc thai have no grandparents or parents to teach them of the good Lord. I toll very sorry for you when 1 read that your eyes were giving you so much pain. I hope, they are much better by now. I received a wonder bag from Miss Bella AL Wonder- ily, Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. Anna, L. Cotton, of Philadelphia. Pa., sent me a book 'and a. Chinese ring puzzle. Now. Aunt Susie, you know why tho ladies ate so kind to me. it is because I am i afflicted. I am paralyzed from my chest down. I have not walked a step in seven years; have to sit in one position all th” time. I am an orphan. My parents died before I was -1 years old and 1 have had no advantage of an education. Aunt Susie, I can rejoice with you. for on Saturday before Easter I received a nice wonder bag w’ith fifteen separate pack ages. all nicely tied up. One package con tained a nice napkin; one a ni e pea stalf; one with 25 cents, Inside was written. I “This is to buy writing paper.” All the ' packages are nice and I was thankful. Ada Little. Trimble, Ala. Dear Junior: , My home is situated ’mid the mountains of north Alabama. I live in Cullinan I county, 10 miles west of Cullman City. There are many wild and rugged beauties of nature here still untouched by the ! hand of man. I will take for my sub , ject the “Worth of Time.” We should . meditate more carefully on the subject of , time, for on the use of it depends tiie : whole success of our future lives. How swiftly time is Hying. The rapidity of her flight is hard to realize. We can s..lively believe that as the sun sinks low in the west it is numbering another day to slum ber and mold in the silent grave of eter- I nity. Our time, if improved, is wort'i money to us, so when wc are spending it in idleness we are spending our money foolishly. Our lives are but -iie-ts •>f blank paper and th- nmnnei "n which we spend our time will prove whether these sheets shall be left blank, blotted !>.- errors, or gilded with golden letters. This i a very serious thought. Sometimes we think this life 19 not worth living. But live not for tlm<s alone, but for eternity, for it will not be long until we will all bo numbered with the dead. But I would say to all to be in possession of that hope that will carry you through this vale of tears that when we ■ t .• river of death will land us safe on tin other bright, shore. With much live to Aunt Susie and the cousins, 1 v Hi do e. G. C. Warren, Arkadelphia, Ala. Dear ■ Junior: I have never written to this page I before. 1 will now attempt to do so, hop ! ing I will be admitted. I li\i tn the ; thriving little town of Arkadelphia. My I father Is a merchant a nil a farmer. i j have two guns and a little brown water 1 spaniel dog named Barnie. Several part- I ridges and rabbits abound in this coan- ' 1 try. A few species of game are almost extinct, such as turkeys and deer. 1 I would like for some of tiie cousins give 1 a description about the “Dirk or Fe-la.rk" ■ as some call it. Where it raises its young. ; what its nest Is made of and whether it i builds tn trees or on the ground. Th -y ' come here early in the fail and as spring ' approaches they recede farther north. For I fear the waste basket is empty I will : close, wishing Aunt Susie and cousins i I good health and many pleasures. Corre- I sopndence solicited, either sex. I Averll—Dear Junior. This is a lovely i spring day. It surely must have been on i a dav like this when Bryant wrote: ' I i “Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, ' I When our Mother Nature laughs around; i When even the deep blue heavens look glad i And gladness breaths from tho blossom ing ground?” i Tet we see some people going about ; looking as sour as if their mouth were : • full of vinegar, seemingly all unconscious iof the beauties of nature. Even the ; grass Intermixed with delicate starry | faced flowers and spread like a soft green . carpet over tho once brown earth, docs i not receive one glance of admiration as i it Is trodden Into the earth by their ' heavy footfalls. We should all endeavor • to cultivate :< taste for the bea There are hidden beauties In every ol>je< T I no matter how uncomely It may ajipeur i at first; all we have got to do Is to search 1 for them. But if one cannot, see any ’ thing beautiful In the spring without searching for It I can only say they are ■ either a mole or a bat. Papa has been a J subscriber to The Constitution for more than a ye.ar. Wc could not. well do with ! out It. I see some of our old cousins are i coming back to visit our page again, I Country Boy for one. Will close by ask i ing a question. Where Is the Welland | canal'.’ i Maud Anders, Arcadia, la.—Dear Jun ' lor: 1 am a stranger to you ail, but have I read the Junior page enough to know I that, you are not selfish and that your : door is open to all who can r ead and : spell well enough to please Aunt Susie, I so I am going to try this once and I will I do my host. 1 want to talk a little about our national flag. "Old Glory.” as some ; officer in the navy lias nicknamed it. It i consists of thirteen stripes, six white ! ones and seven red ones; the red, of course, on the outside. Those stripes ' represent the thirteen states that were at I first In the union. In the upper left hand ! corner Is a field of blue with forty-five 1 white five-pointed stars on it, represent !| Ing forty-live, states now in Hie union. j Soon after the United States were con ■' stituted tiie congress appointed a commit : tee to have a flag made. They wont to a i seamstress, Betsy somebody, I don't : know her other name, and asked her to j make the flag; they gave her their plan I that they wanted the flag made by and i on the plan were six-point stars. She I agreed to make it. but she said other na | tions have six-pointed stars; lot us have OldTimssinCeorgia GOOD TIBIES AND BAD TIMES. By SARGE PLUNKETT. WITH THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ONE YEAR . ONLY SI.OO The edition is almost exhausted, when it gives out the offer stops. Order at once If you want it—“first come, first served.” This Is the only book of Sarge Plun kett's inimitable sketches that has over been printed. It does not contain any of ' his later letters, but Is filled with some of his best earlier productions. Among I them are his war stories, stories of tho i home, the customs and some of the ■ quaint Ideas of the cracker, and his home- ■ made philosophy and observations well ■ worth the reading. 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Case ’ with introduction by Rill Arp. and containing as an !>■' ■ :11 ' ■ 1 ”’’ DP 0 ? S . pr ?fcT; t V a Ad wi’l be «e. t postpaid f . ' /’D Jitoscription to Tho wrek . Im- clubbing pap-rboing allowed when tn.s is order, d i ■ a Souvenir Confederate Canteen, ■ Two and a half inches. In diameter, h’.lfan inch thick. . a , 1 f .. Vl ,-t representation of tlv soldiers' eant< .( . n boal.tif..! l’k.“.'- s”f ”'. ,v '• •' ■' ' federlcy; tin nth pr ! 7?'d,. an ( ‘±[bernfr9 SOU We wiH s nd the canteen postpaf 1u f »r< 7 ' ' a S Send ri vn.?r n fl for Tho W-'eklv C-m-til'. n .Gating which yon v. "h The , are separate, if you wish both premiums s nd fl Address all orders o THE ATLANTA ATLANTA. CA. J thorn fl'' -pointed. They said all right. I but asked who could out a live-pointed i star? I can. said She. so she got .a piece i lof cloth and doubled it up in a•" rta.n ’ way and gave one clip of the scisso.s ■ ; and opened it out and tli was a ! pointed .< t.r sur. ■ nough. . I cousins cal. do that now? Th" reason we . I have forty live stars now is when an> w I state comes into tile union a new .-tar is ' 11. d i-, th.- flag. At fl'-st ev.-inow ■>t.< t. uas 1" I'l'l new stripe to tin- flag I i,ui th-, soon found out that It would 11 a g to o : i bai-k to their same old number thirt eii. - 1 Win n:i great statesman oi soldier di- > | the flags are partly rolled up and float at : what is c died "half mast” and often the , coffin is covered will, a flag. Som< time L I a flag is wrapped around the body of a ■ i soldier when lie is buried. I like to go -| to school. I am fond of my books, . i especially history and geography. L I Relza Wells and Myrtle Elliott, Swan ' sonville. Va -Dear Junior: Here come.-, : two Strang* rs from the Old Dominion. I We seldom, see any letters from here. '' We are going to school now. We are ‘ ■ taking drawing lessons. "We will tell you of our Christmas exercises, which ' I consisted of recitations, dialogues and ’ i drills. The wand drill by eight little grils ' I dressed in white and carrying reel and ! i white wands was especially good, also ■ I th" cap drill by the same number <>l lit- tle bovs The little men marched and ma : neuvered like little soldiers, and when old • i ’Santy” came in witti his pack he cre .|at d much amusement. The room was I beautifully decorated wi'h evergreens and silver stars to represent a scene out of I doors at night. \ large bell mauh of , I white and pink roses with several tiny 1 -helis ill-' I- mi.l ms Christmas chimes. ! After th-- exercises nice refreshments : were serv. d to pupils and audience. I Kate Hines. Turkey, N. C - Dear Jun : lor: one of tiie esteemed privileges by ! which chance has favored me Is a visit .! on paper to the many interesting i ■ youths and maidens of tiie Junior page. . I And since 1 come bustling in from a hot ' | kitchen with flour on my soiled apron and retaining afaint scent of the delicious , i rolls that lie baking In the oven I would ■ like to say a few words concerning the . “cook." 1 think it behooves every young lady, especially in the country—beg par don, there are some exceptions—to learn the art of preparing successfully the fuel which k.-ps tiie engines of life In vigorous ''operation. On the cooks fa.! the burden of a large proportion of the funny men’s • : jokes and she is always considered a ‘ necessary evil, but for all that everybody . l is dependent upon the cook, bur Owen Mereditii says, “We may live without leaiTning. live without books, but civili zed men ca.nnot live without cooks.” And Aunt Susie. I appeal to you to know what > 'is more admirable than the fair pos- sessor of the culinary art '”.’ I nm making ! a scrap book and would like so much for i as many of the Juniors as will to send • me s<>im. nice selections suitable for a i scrap book. Ecliey Houston, since you : are so fortunate as to be a poet I would ' be much pleasod to have some of yours. , |G. A- Hataway. Ben Mote and Charlie ; Mitchell, I can I:- ar you grumbling that ' the g-irls arc always wanting something, ' i however. 1 trust vou will favor me this i | time. As for the girls, you may always : trust to them to help each other, ith ; best wishes goodby. Cora Shaw, Bishopville, S. C.—Dear Junior: 1 uni all In a. flutter, for now I ■ |am surrounded by tho bright smiling faces of tiie cousins In dear Aunt Susie's cozy corner. 1 am a stranger to the cousins, but they are not strangers to me, for I see them through the Junior page I once a week while sluing out among the ■ roses in my bright home. I live in tiie ; country where nature is her own artist. [ Out to the east of my home there is a hill covered by stately trees, where na ture has hung her mantle green. Over the hill and down hte vale, then we climb the steep ascent to gaze upon Lynches > ■ ri-.e.r. where t lie willows sway in the : ’.-ummer breeze; they droop their heads j i .as If to whisper to the little mermaids that hid' among the water lilies messages ‘ iof hope, love anil faith to be carried on ; by the never tiring stream. This Is a ' favorite resort for the picnickers, for ■ i there is a epring of clear water that rip i pies over the pebles, then takes one wild i leap into the bathing pool, out again j among the fi rns and in the shade of the I beech trees it goes Its winding way to i join tho riter. Now wo run down the ' nill, following anarrow path that leads ' through the forest; we clamor over i trunks of the. fallen trees, push onr way i among the hanging vines and find our : selves on the beach or sandbar; this is where the river curves and it has formed i a nice place for the. little ones to wade ' in. Farther on down the swamp wg come ! to tho ruins of an old stave factory. ! Her" wo enter into a perfect garden of rliododendrous. wild azaleas, ferns, violets land bay trees with many other pretty I wild flowers. It brings to my mind this : iittle verse: ■ ’’Bright summer comes along tho sky, j And paints the glowing year; I M'hore’er we turn the raptured eye I Het- splendid tints -appear.” Now as I have tried to give the cousins ■ tin idea of the. beauty that surrounds .lame- Mill, so called because there was ; an old mill there, I will close with love to i the cousins and a kiss for Aunt Susie. ■ Age 13. Barton R. Smith. Mist, Ark.—Dear ! Junior: I have just been reading The i Constitution with its several depart : merits, al of which I admire, very much, j Especially do 1 admire the Interesting i and instructive letters which the little cousins write from the different sections I of the I'tiited States and from abroad. : They rue a source of much desired in i formation, giving characteristics and en vironments of different localities. | am 19 j years old ami live on Fine prairie in i southeast Arkansas. My parents died I when I was s y.- irs old. leaving me with one brother and two siters to be reared by our in, I - and aunt. I like the prairie I V"rv much be.-ause it is alive with bir.ls. ! rabit:-. cattle. , sheep, goats, hogs ami i to rses. It is also decorated with numer ous bc e.itifu wild flowi rs. I worked on the farm until two y ars ago, since which I time I h;i ’ been engaged in teaching. I , like, teaching very mueti. it affords an opportunity of doing much good, for there is nothing to be desired more and en couraged more than .'in education. I!.i t eation elcwites to a titter and purer life. The n.-cssity of an education is .•■ ( I -' cu by all. For wto n we slop t • ■ i contrasting the lit" "f the ce <1 ■ i I with that of the educated. W" see ) • 1 I adwmtag-s of th, former a r " .’ar ; of those of Hie latter. The former - i while the I.liter rules. As a i. r i at- il so will tho nation h--. 'i . I education. <’orrespondenci' , espo -ially of those interested in b ' of education. , I I .aura T. Da nlcls, Si ; ■. . Dear Junior; The Jin .or. ' ; .. ; Woman’s Kingdom are m, fat •• '■ ■■ ; though I like every part of the ■ . | Constitution and always look foro ■ I its coming with pl- .isure. How m ’ the cousins went to Dalias, T< x., n ' ‘ reunion la -:t : pring? I did and ■ my visit more than I could was sponsor for the Henry L. V. camp and the people of Dalias sur-cy ■ tertained us royally. .My visit over t ■ ll ■ Stitt n ", • ■.■, that ; and pleasantly remembered. Now ••ou ' if ever you have the opportunity ro 1 a large dairy why take my advice .e : I I over to Fort Wortli while I was at l> I I and visited tiie Ideal d.airy and ;-a« • I largest and nicest cows 1 had cwt and 1 enjoyed seeing the cattle drive.: , the pastures, each seemed to know ■ < plac< so well. I think I will g > to N< ■ 1 i Drleans to the r- uiiic;: and J hop--, to ■ ■ Bill Arp, and Aunt Susie also, f will ■ I with b< t sh to Aun I i cousins. Would like a few corres; ■ I dents. • i • I I H. T. Franklin, Garland, Ark.—l - Junior; 1 spoke of the alligator and 1-. ; re. eived a numb- r of letters from ferent ones asking about the all!;.; c . and also asking for young ones tor , but the river has been all over tiie bo" land almost continually for five mo:.', tho lakes and lowlands are all uu le water now. so it is Impossible for me get any little ones now. They do i hatch out until May, or at least I In. never found any little ones earlier ti May, however, j will try and get s . I later on if 1 can, if the eggs was :. destroyed by high water. I camnot ■ I sw-’i- th-* Jotet l by mail, as rone thought I to s -nJ .-'amp. Some asked what 1 wojif | charge for little ones, t’hey need i t I worry about any < n.n .if I -an. : a.ay nest., j will send 'eggs to a'.. 1 " The allgator makes a small hole a-..- . like a guinea's nest on dry E-uul neat ' water and deposit th.dr egg -', then ? them with trash, making a sma.il mo Any one could hardly find a nest ui taey knew how to look tor them. ' deposit their eggs in summer; tb< out next spring and g j water, usually to a small holo -f w: Ihe old ones does not know tla-ir I ' ones, though I have s-eii ■ numb- ' sixty little ones in one li->1- w.'.’- - Out by the obi one on the edge of t lake, but the old one is apt lit tie ones, as they have - are supposed to grow 1 toot ea :: until they are grown, sometimes ni. ing is feet, but as 1 statei! tn : iy b-ist ter. they tire ti"t as » ,is • pl - think. Th-- ground, but not in water, they start at the edge of ta ■ wat- r . ' dig out from the lake as fa)' ■. ti ■ dormant state. Will answer a” lett<:;s where stamp is inclosed. CHARITY LIST. Mrs. Ellen Milne, Othumwa, lowa. 1C cents; Lula Logan, Taliaferro. Ga . ." cents; Wesh ■ ' < lom mch< cents; Alison M.'.mtcastle, Martel, east Tennessee. 10 cents. Better Than Spanking - . Spanking does not cure children of bed wetting. If it did there would be few dren that would <k> it. Th- '" is ■ ..-:j. tutional cause for this. Mrs. M. S:;. ,- mers, box 105, Notre Dam". In-.I . will send her home treatment to any nii.t’u-r She asks no money. Write her today If your children trouble you in this waj. Don't blame the child. The chances are it can’t help it. He Was N"o Tom-Cat. London Answers: Jonathan Q. Larrabes meant “doing Yurrup pretty slick like,” and when he landed at Liverpool he to'. 1 got his list of towns worth visiting made right -bang up to date. Liverpool didn't take much doing, and, according to list, Chester was the next place to go to. Jonathan (j. was there up to time; but after dinner he found himself somewhat at a loss to pass the time' before bedtln He knew nothing of the famous wali" ami rows of the dear old city, and so b" followed the usual rule, “when In doiib-., ask the waiter.” “Well, sir,” said that worthy In r< . “seeing it's a fine niglft yon can’t do bel ter than take a. stroll on the wads.” “Look here,” said Jonathan, a trifle rasped, "I’d hev you to know I ain't ■ prowlin' tom-cat! Durn your walls a:.’.- way!” The Truthful Captain. Chicago Tribune; “I have been t -.-l captain,” the fair passenger said, when the water is calm one can '-mk the side of a vessel and s- ■ ” Commodore Ferry sunk so long ag “It's true, ma’am,” responded th: mander of the Lake Erie steam." are going over them right now. 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