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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
THE BOY WHO WHISTLES.
Some people are shocked it n rollicking
boy
Forgets and whistles indoors;
And some call him idle who whistles a
tune
While doing his round of chores.
Tint, if f were choosing a hoy for my own.
There's one thing I surely would say:
“Please give me a boy with a heart so
light
That he whistles at work, or at play.”
I’d rather my boy would whistle indoors
Than sit in a corner and pout;
For a c lear, merry whistle brings cheer to
my heart.
While a sulky face drives it all out.
ROOSEVELT DEAD.
“Roosevelt is dead’.’’ shouted the small
Loy nf the, house as he rushed into the
sitting room.
••Whut!” shrieked several of the family
nt tl ' istonnding news, while the mother
up calmly from her sewing to ask:
A t you sure of what you say, Char
lif 7‘
Shi f‘ li no excitement or surprise, the
recent conduct of the president having
arouse.] :-o much comment and ire all over
:. whose people, wort- not inclined
t » p: k up the “Crums that fall from the
rich man’s table ” Rut tills was rather
suddon
mother marveled at the tears in
box’s blue exes. as she ask' d. Are
ynr s jre of wliat you say. dear’.’”
¥• s. mamma. Some one ha shot him
tin urh :he Im ad. He is lying d< id in the i
outside our garden!”
•i.-.C ah!’’ exclaimed tar other mem-!
; . o ’ :ho f.iniilx with comprehension, i
Then it dawned upon the mother that it I
v . p- t . at Koo- . ell wlia eid I
.... itlhli ssly murdered. She was atlnin"
ni'it Indignation in a moment; hei eyes
blazed as she arose to comfort her boy.
W!,.. has dared do this?” She questfon
r.\ ... roly "What harm had our pn >r
Roo cv. lt P vor done? Any one who won d I
the life of one of find's harmless’
dumb creatures would murder a child!.
There should be a law in the land for,
it brutes!”
'.'he bov began to howl and the mother :
to weep in sympathy.
Il all rushed back to her of how th-|
■t had come to them two yuars before.
'•' had been at breakfast one bright !
-O. lug morning when a little white a: d
-lav kitten bad walked into the room. I: I
rubbed against !>• r gown and so-med to,
politely ask for som. milk
... .k hid d.. !ai. . it was g .o<] Im k ■
.-*,, t :• y all |i> tt.’.l ami mule much of j
to. little st.anget and adopted it as their |
i'he kitt-'n was ■ i.t: a determined,
s•: ■-g I;ttl<- f. ; • *.» I did ml seem to ;
> . was .-••*• with a tptured rat almost
as lam . him'-If is Roosevelt was then |
• ;! : •. t small l» .id . nri.-tcned i
f.»r t>” | • iot.t So Roosevelt
i . ,i j. gul.-ii rough rider of
•• •:! . uiship not so cosnio-
j .u in I.s id .i: as our accidental ;
m i-idvut: hi* p-di v wa< more democratic .
lie w.is broad minded and liberal in |
• d g*»v- rnmeijt. ho did not seek to ;
lb «s never known tn take advantage |
<: i:i proxves’, *»r to harm the defen-e I
bloberts
When I say I cure I do not mean merely to
stop them tor a time and then have them re-
I urn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the w< rst cases. Because
others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. 4 . Sendatonce for a treatise
and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy-
Give Express and Post Office.
Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D.,
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He had been seen to act as arbiter be
tween two game cocks with spurs and a
harmless little bantam they wished to
destroy. The game cocks evidently' wish
ed to appropriate every tiling in sight and
didn't give tile bantam any' showing at
all
Our Roosevelt promptly stepped into
the breach, and by his arched back,
threatening manner and open claws terri
fied the two bullies and drove them back
to their own domains.
They do not now crow quite so loud and
Roosevelt took the bantam under his pro
tection.
Our Roosevelt believed in helping the
wetiker brother. and while he held to his
own ten.'icioiis grip lie never encroached
upon oiliers' preserves.
He had even been seen to slap the dog's
fa. e when be sought to appropriate a
bone Roosevelt desired for his own.
lie believed in freedom and equal rights
—only within decent bounds!
So the news of the cat's untimely death
stirred up gm.it indignation in the family.
A small boy of the neighborhood re
ported that a man with a gun had simply
used Roosevelt's head as a target ami
slid him for sport.
At this the mother spoke of suing for
damage . and Roosevelt's value rose in
the esttni.ilion of the neighbors as the
figures for damages increased. One Is
apt io ac.-ord others the valuation they
mil upon themselves and their belongings.
' After awhile Roosevelt had arisen to
such ominenc. that had he lived in an-
■ lent ilgvpt there would doubtless lune
bv n a te.nple er. ete.l to !,!< memory.
Finally about a dozen utile boys had
dropped in to sympathize with Charlie
in the loss of his pct.
Tile mother sent th" man from bis
gardening to assist in the preparations
for the funeral.
A small pine coffin was constructed,
While th" boys took the red express
wagon and went for the body of Hie c» t
'J'ho moth.r selected Hie spot tor the
grave ..nd the man dug it deep and wide.
It was in tile shadow of the boxwood
lad;:", where the purple tomb vines wete
in bl- -om ami where the evergreen t< n
«l.i Os tb.e vine would beautify the spot.
Thru . ini.' the wonderful cortege: tiie
. bad i Isen to th. importance of the
don; ex ilemcnt tired their youthful
irt# as tiny "ig in chorus, "These
bones shall rise again."
As th. m.m lowered poor Roosevelt in
to his grave Charlie's tears burst out
anew; hi. motlnr hud already drenched
her bandkt rehi. f.
She gra.-p.-d lb- moment to Impress a
lesson in kindness upon the boys. She ex
hotted them to let the sad catastrophe
tca. il th. in humanity to ev-1 y creature.
She w .vd eloquent and wished then
:ml there to establish a sori.ty for tm
prevention of ei i'dty to animals
V! W"I ■ God s creature: ad liad a
right to ;iv. she believed that only li -
who gave life had the right to take it.
Th'n ..'lino the eulogies to poor Roo
ted, never before had tliei" been such ■<
faithful, sen ible ent. He had been so
li.'iidy in habit, so ha mlsome—sucli q,
gentleman of a etit! And now It” was
icad! Murder-d by a man who should
have had pity and humanity in ills
br. ist. but he had proven himself an In
human bl ate 1
The dirt 1 "I been packed into a
mound over ilie grave; the boys had
gathered wilite pebbles to put over it,
and wreathed 1: In flowering vines.
Suddenly a familiar "me-ow" broke
upon their ears.
The mother shrieked, the boys turned
in terror; there beside them, waving bis
tail as triumphantly as if it had been
tin? "Monroe doctrine," stood Roosevelt.
The eat had come iiaek.
The Colored man dropped the Jciv.-l
and exclaimed: "I allers know’d dat
>ts had nine Ilves; but 1 didn't 'spent
Roose -it back so soon."
Yes. it was Roosevelt, in ’lie flesh;
there were all the familiar marks—one
"ar id'-k-d. a tooth out, a bitlb t hole in
one ley made by a stray s ing shot while
he was in his riotous kittenliood. The
buried cat had been exactly like this
The Imy- were for opening the grave
to , if a genuine resurrection had
taken place, but the mother persuaded
LiicTU to l‘-t well enough alone, as there
was Roosevelt, alive and well, in the.
aims of his delighted little master.
T. H. STRICKIaAXD.
Anderson. S. C.
CHARITY LIST.
i- '■■ \ :■ Anenvllle, Ark.. 5 . Wht ■1-
• ■ Hardon. Wheeler Miss.. A.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Clara Chapman, Atlanta Heights, Ga
I c i r Junior: 1 am it years old and live
in tiiu country. I’.iid lias just begun to
take Tiie Constitution. 1 like to read
th. liildren's page. 1 want to tell you
boys who rob birds’ msts or kill birds
- 'inetiiine. i’i' .ise don’t that any
more, fur you don't know tlje harm you
are doing. When you rob tile m t tile
poor mother bird doesn’t know vvn.it io
do, or if you kill the mother bird her
yming will perish to death. All of you
who sympathize with me help me keep
tile birds safe as much as you ean. I
would like to K" 1 - up a correspondence
with a boy or girl of my age.
Aniee Dean, Miami, Tex.—Dear Junior:
Perhaps some of the many readers would
like to hear from this part of Texas. 1
live about 20 miles from the plains. We
have n very good school and preaching
sometimes. But have the finest country.
It does seem strange to read your lei ■
ters about fertilizers. Dast year we
planted corn the 10th of -May, pUiwed A
over once, and never did hoe it. Made
o\ ' r 1,500 bushels of corn.
In Beax'er county. Oklahoma, you can
g! t lb' acres of land by filing your claim,
it only costs sl6 to silo It. You don’t pay
tax until you prove up, which is live,
wars from date of filing. That beats
renting In Georgia, I think. Dear reader,
ean you not look back over your Hie
and think if I had only spoken a kind
word to this one, and could have lived
mv life over from a certain time on.
how different it would have been with
me now" Now, my young readers, will
vou please take my advice and always
i.e kind to your friends?
J. G. Vise. Moore, S. c.--Dear Junior:
T will tell you all what a grand time
a crowd of us young people had the
iieond Saturday in May. We started
soon that morning in buggies and wag
ons to visit our old ancestrial home at
a .place known as Hills Shoals, on Tiger
river .After arriving and libbing as
long as wc wanted to, we, visited the
old'mill. This was down under a great
bluff, surrounded by hills on either
side, rind as we stood and looked upon
the scene our thoughts wandered back
to those days tha' have long since passed
and gone: the days when out- grand
parents played upon tiie .surrounding
fills and enjoyed the bright and lovely
days of youth. Wo then visited the last
■ sting place of those tnnt hay* crossed
TILE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 25, 1903.
the rough waters of the river and are
now resting in the silent tomb. As wo
returned home we came by a. lage hill
that was covered with white ivy that
was in full bloom. Wc gathered these
beautiful white flowers and trimmed our
hats, decorated our buggies and wag
ons, and you may be sure that wo had
lots of fiim Would like to correspond
with some of the western or Florida
girls.
Hertha and Effie Haisten, Tatum. Ala.
Dear Junior: Wo are little girls fresh
from tin- farm. We live in the country
1o miles from Brundidge, and It Is our
market. Troy Is the county seal. Wo
do like to live on the farm. We can
stand in the door and see the corn and
cotton grow and we can have so many
nice flowers. I haw some nice pot flow
ers. They arc in full bloom now. Wc
have some sard flow-rs, but they are
not so nice as my pot flowers. They
will not grow on account of the shade
Hees. We have sonic nice roses. Wo
do like to go to school. We live half a
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mile from school, tmt it is just good
I exercise. i\ e ‘ titdy eight books. W"
I would like to go Io Sabbath school, but
! it is so far tl it we can’t go and we will
i not join them, be. :i iso w e n't attend,
i Wo are going io have i fish fry: "iir
' father:-' are going to give us a picnic
and we wisli Aunt Susie .Hid the cousins
I "Uld be with US as we will have a
ioliv time We wmhl be v orv glad if
I some of the cousins would be kind
t "bough to •x■ ai " ■ us i I lbs and An-
I ',!"■■ I".IV. i. "T .e Ups That Touch
! Uq-i". S! .11 X"v. r 'Dm 'll Mine. '
Euni.-o Andrews, Vineent Store. Va -
' I tear .1 mim I - tpa nt d mamma .<re in
[ the fiont yard digging up the borders
i and etting "tit flowers and 1 think
mamma sweeps :i little every now and
■ then, ami I liavo been left to attend to
| the younger children and the store. f
j am standing by tiie eour.ter writing.
I Dittle E.nii lias a twine string with a
i tior-v (mill) tied to each umi, told he Is
| going to I‘amplilln lour depot; a sfast
as ins ima yin.i tion can 'irry him Net
tle tnri.niina a! - lb r I‘yelone) has been
ai'.und on om .de <u Hi" store and got
ten down a bn of Hn toys and on tlto
other std ■ and gotten some sugar and
cakes, and is having a tea party with
a ch'ir lor the tabic. Wai', let s see;
sh" iia:- most everything to eat you
could call for, and everything to cat nut
of even t" a dust pan, candlestick and a
■ I-load is standing by begging for
some of Nettie’s cake. Will is sitting
by the stove reading and little Alary is
in mamma’s room with whooping cough.
. M.imma will conic in presently and
throw up both hands ami say, “Why,
I'■ mice. . tl ht we : : you to atteiid
to everythin;'!" .iml then vve will seain
l>"t' "'ll to t.ie swing and stay' just lung
enough for tier to get composed. Here
she om. -■ now Will ■ ome of the littlo
eou of my age tl" years) write to mo?
A int Susie i pro of a 10-year-old
r-i'l th.it can vvrit" uch a good de
scriptive letter. Honor roll, sure.
i Wli-el. r H.irdon. Win e:er, Miss. -Dear
Junior j;. nii'ig th" many, nice letters
in the Junior page, con ins, w should bo
thankful that Amu Susie gives us a
l' igo t i ourxi 1. es in The (,'onstitntion.
I i o' )r, this page we ,a:i express onr
■ thougilts Oil \ nice subject. And wo
| can improve in o:,r penmanship and
spelling. Ali.l W" can get the desirip
tioil o' ditbrciit j.irts of lhe couniry in
which ’.■• ■ live. W, can learn the descrip
tion of our dift'•l ent nonies through tiie
Junior page. Cousins, 1 think a coun
try home is the sweetest homo there is
j w<- c.in enjoy . p i i.. tarni. J think a.
| city hie w.m,d Je a dull Jif... Us farm
! boys .;i»» livi and enjoy the fresh air
I and .'riyal unsliine. With all the iilco
I vegetables and fruit and big water
i meh.ms. I .■ i ,'ooi; out ,u my window
and s--e the .... .iiilui biros of all kinds
as they imp . : an on - lim i to another.
Wlii 1 ' the sound o: their sw.er songs
:an see the mother
buds as t‘i". '. irry tool to their little
on's; some ire building their m-st with
straw ami !■ i:lier> Ail would be dark
and lon, one witiui : . .. birds to sing
around our doot
Cousins. W" should all strive to improve
our lives mori v. : y day. We should
try to edit ... We sliould i" tri
ail of our .spare moments reading some
good took, sti.-h :i - the lit.- of |., v , Jack
son, \\ asiiington Dine dn. M 'Kinloy and
others and above all we. should read the
Bibl". '.lhe Wellarui canal is in the ex
treme soutiiern part of < mtario, between
B.iim Ontario and J-.Ke Erie. .Aunt Susie,
find enclosed tiv e cents; use as you think
best. Correspondence solicited.'
Binford Smithy M'Deod. Ga Dear
Junior i am a little farmer hoy, 11
years old. I plow a yellow mule every
day and enjoy it. Farmer's life Is hard
in some rep. els, though I think the
hardest work brings us the greatest re
ward I will describe this part of the
country. 1 live In Emanuel countv. one
and a half miles from Ab Ueod Ga. 1
have only lived there three, years. J
fine; it 1 so leva 1 and
'•t'tile. Th- main jeoduet Is corn and
cotton and sugar eaue, although other
thing-' are tals d in smaller quantities.
Aly father was a • o tl f, derate soldi- r. He
enlisted in the Fifth Georgia regiment
in May. IX6I. from Warren county, and
served until tin close of tiie war In the
glorious southern cause. I am deliglit
ed to got him to tell over his old war
stories, for they ar, new to mo every
i Dr. Lyon’s
PERFECT
iTeoih Powder
I Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century
PREPARED BY
time, j w m c iose, with much love to
Aunt Susie. May she live long to
cheer t| lis world with her bright pres
ence.
Birdie Simmons, Myrtle,. Miss.—Dear
Junior: i will try to describe our home.
We moved to Union county, Mississippi,
ami have been here four months. It is
dis.'tgiieai,],, O ut here in the winter. I
like farm life very well and there is a
great many pleasures to be had on the
farm. We should all strive for an edu
cation and try to be of some benefit in
Il ls world; to help others who need help.
Will close, with love to till.
Ellison Pound—Dear Junior: I am a
little boy, ll years of age. My father
takes The Constitution and J like to
read it very much, especially the Junior
page. 1 have four brothers and one sis
ter. My oldest brother is going to school
in Barnesville, Ga. He will be home in
June, mm j w j]l be very glad to see
him. 1 will close by asking a question:
Three rolling, one sliding, two walking
one riding. Best wishes to Aunt Susie
an dthe cousins.
-I. Sandlin Garilson Point, Ala.—
Dear Junior: I have admired the Junior
page very much. 1 will not take a sub
ject. this time. I live in the northern
part of the state, am a. farmer's son and
like to live on the farm. The soil is not
very fertile, although the hustling farm
ers can make a comfortable living. Cot
ton, corn, oats, vegetables and many’
kinds of fruits are raised. The climate Is
mild, very seldom > ver snows. There is
mmh natural scenery which has never
been touched by hand. Wo have some
good schools mid several churches. I am
fond <-f i ading good books and literature
Would lik, correspondents. Ago IS to 20.
Hillie Y Jones. Rapley. S. C.- Dear
Junior i ifve 1" the upper part of South
Carolina, where we raise the nicest
peaches and the sweetest melons. Tills
is also a cotton growing section. _ Wo
raise ■ unm, corn, peas, vegetalilos.
melon . fiiiii, grain, sorghum, and "very
other product that can be grown in the
same -I-of latitude. I ilk" farm
work Hid pull the "bell cord'' over old
"Mike " , efv day.
I own i small farm of about 52 acre-,
yet I . lint cultivate it myself. I am
a school boy and have received honors
from i!i. te.inlier of the fifth grade de
partin'nt We have four literary teach
ers In the Gray Court Owings institute,
and on- music teacher. The prospects
o fa go it S' liool seems to be very good,
tyh.i: iiip carries th" gn atest crew?
t’orre- p .ndonee solicited
I.in y I: Edwards.-- Dear Junior: Will
you adiuit a little Surry girl to your mcr
iv ciiele'.’ | mn a little girl 11 years oi l.
1 live ill \ irglni.-i The products are corn,
[■"■mill: .'..'l grain. We cun rats' marly
. I! kind: of vegetables, including cab
bag-. 1...,.:- potatoes, turnip... boots and
raddish St veral kinds of n its grow here.
Tliore i: chestnuts, walnuts, hickory,
< hinquapins and pecans. Wo have three
pecan Im on our firm, and I enjoy
picking tii'in up and "ating them very
mu li I , iV" i. s. ieral very inter-
esting b i.', and among them was "No
body's I'.ci.: iter. flie Bridal Eve." "A-l-
lomiire '■• a Bashful Bachelor. I'he
Hand of Hu. Diligent" amt am reading
"Wbrit <; bl <' nnot But. Mv favorite
••iiith • ■ I'lara Augusta, Bertha M.
c'lay and Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth.
Al U Virtln, A'iuoii". N <' -Dear .lun
i"t Thinking some of the cousins might
lik" to re id i letter from North Carolina,
I thought I would write. I live In the
western pan of the State among the
niountaii some "f which are several
liiotisand high I'rom tie- lop of
some of tie lofiy peaks bT'.'i nklln. th"
eountv - it of AL'ieon, can be seen a
di.-tam-e f from 15 to 20 miles The
highest p ik is lhe Wahyah Ball. 5 miles
from A<i ■me Dn the top of this ba.l a
hotel h e be. n built, and in summer it I
crowded with I'-asnr" seekers, 'lliete
1-. also :::i:ii; game near by and those
who wi '. to e.1.1 liav- some tin" sport
shooting 1 v. i I not. make my letter too
long. If ..tty of the girls would like to
eorre pi. i with a young man of 21 I
would In j.'e.i r.i to hoar from them. Will
try to answer all letters.
Robert C Togate. 'Woodbury. Ga..—Dear
Junior: I will at. emirt. to write again
I have written several times before, but
mv letteis Were never In print.
But Aunt Susie said there was some
good reason, and to try again. So .1
will try.
Well. I am a farmer's son and live on
a tine farm, wh- re 1 can hear th'* birds
s.ng arid I can hunt, and t prefer this
to city life. Well, I want to ask the
limiors a question, and anyone answer
ing it please answer in the Junior page
Hiro it is: What word is it of five let
ters Os wllle.il two being remove! only
one remains? Anybody ean answer it.
Witli At it Susl'-’s permission, 1 will
,-k anoth'-r. What two members of par
'll.mient W.m'd form a favorite Indian
,]■ m i v. !l clo- * for fear of the waste
basket. t’orre irmdenee solicited, either
sex. Love to all.
Ernest Williams, I’liea, Miss—Dear
Junior: As my father is a subscriber to
jour paper, I i? ■' that 1 should write and
tell tin Junior page a few tilings about
my travel?,, i will mention that I started
from New Orleans August ti. 1900, for
South Airb'e I’’' our v. iy out we called
in at Havana, Cuba, Kingston. Jami *)*
and St. Helena, visiting Napoleon the
Great’s tomb. On arriving in Capetown
Wi* discharged our '"irgo and steamed
around tiie eape oi Good Hope to Dear
born. the seaport town for Natal.
To tell you all about my travels would
lie impossible, so 1 will say' that I have
1, ■ n on every continent and have been
around the w'.irld and back home before
I v,.is twenty-one years of age. I have
been traveling constantly since leaving
New Orleans, in my last tour I visited the
holy city of Jerusalem, also Dondon.
I’a.ris and other cities of note.
Mattle Dello Curb and Emma Dew.
Greensboro. Ala Dear Junior: We read
your pug., and enjoy it. We suppose you
imi them eou -ins at e not enjoying spring
like we an*. Yo i certainly' miss a pretty
: gilt by not having pretty flowerg. We
like your y line of "lions." W'e are going
to trv to answer some of Elizabeth lx.cn-
Te.'brew's ipv stious. Education ruins a
negro, we think, and every one likes to
re vive attentivm Aggravation Is what
the old maid felt when her false teeth
•■..il o ,h imagination enables us to >-n
--j.,’. tnmgs that m-ver happen. Affection
makes the b- art grow fonder. Inaugura
tii.n will take place March 4, 190'1. We
hope these are right. See if you can an
swer these. The laginning of eternity,
the end of time and space, beginning of
<vrv end and tile end of every race.
What is tin* difference between a sewing
machine and a kiss?
Emorette Shivers, Weston, Ga.—Dear
Junior: 1 am a stranger to you all, but
truly ihope that 1 will soon be acquainted
wil.li you. Girls, how many of you help
your dear mothers? I do for one. Some
g rls set m to think it a disgrace to work,
but 1 think it more of a disgrace for
them to sit about and read novels, dress
and go all day, sit up late at night and
then sleep until S or 9 o'clock In tiie
yther is up cooking,
milking and doing all the house work.
I know just such girls, but hope none
of our Junior girls are such. Tliere is
no pleasure m gin'll homes. Det us help
dear mother do everything; learn how
while she is here to show you, for she
will not lie with us always. We may
never have It to do ourselves, but then
we will know how to have It done.
I could not resist tiie temptation of
saying something to the girls. Corre
spondents solicited.
Schmidt Moore. Abercrombie. Ala.—
Dear Junior: I believe some of the Jun
iors write from subjects so I will say a
few words about veracity. Veracity is
a liabitual olis.-rvance of the truth. Oh,
how dangerous to deviate from the truth,
forth" onl; enduring success Is that
which we gain through the strictest ob
servance of tiie truth. '1 ruth is beauti
ful, for all beauty is truth. Without this
virtue nut* friends will not rely upon us.
Tiie love of truth is the fountain head
of integritv, f,, r there can be no virtue
which does not derive its origin from
truth r on tiie there
vice which has not its beginning in a
11". So. mv dear young people, beware
of deception <-f any kind, and try to
live an honorable, upright life, for one
Another Big, Prize
iStory Contest
IVILL BE JWNOUNCED BY
THE SUNNY SOUTH
IN ITS ISSUE OF
This forthcoming contest will be the largest yet pondm'tul L.- J ll ■_ ’’’ 1, . r
South, both in the size of prizes and scope. It will be especia I" J
for amateur writers and conditions will boon a liberal ba.-is.
There Will Be No Subscription. Requirements
To Mar the Effectiveness of Competition.
The Netv Contest .Announced May 50th.
Watch Out for Prizes and. Conditions.
■lav great responsibilities will rest upon
us lie carrying on of the great works of
modern time.
1 Si, let your name go down on the
I pages of history for .-.our sterling in
tegrity. then your name will be reiterated
I in day s to , ome. Lord Bacon said. "No
• vice so covers a man with shame ns to
i be. found false and perfidious.
I I will close with a beautiful rhyme:
I Truth crushed to f-artli shall rise again,
: The eternal years of God arc hers,
I But error wounded writhes with pain
I Amt di.-s amid her worshipers.
I Correspondence solicited.
Billie Loftin. Midland City. Ala Dear
Junior: I have never written a letter tn
the Junior before, although I do not
feel that 1 am an entire stranger, tor we
have been 'taking Tiie Constitution sev
eral years, and I feel that we could
not do without It. 1 have often thought
of writing to the Junior page, but my
courage would fail. Cousins, did yon
1 know that Is the cause of many wrecked
lives today? We should never become
i ilio-ouraged at anytliing ta.at we undcr
; take if we expect to succeed through
life. Tliere is no better rule than "If
at first you don’t suo id. try, trv
again." But 1 am afraid some of us
don't, always do that.
' I low many of us are preparing our
selves for Hie great hereafter? We
I sho ild be r‘*ady at any time, tor we
: know not how soon death will call us
: away from this world of sorrow and
I disappointments.
Well, as this Is mv first letter 1 will
! not make it very lengthy Wishing Aunt
: Susie and all much sunshine and happi
’ ness I bld you goodby.
F. N. Pettigrew. Rusk. Miss —Dear
Junior: There Is nothing picturesque or
, of much note about this part of tao
country. 1 live in Lee county, which is
, situated in the northeastern part of Alls
I sissippi. This is principally a farming
'country and embraces many acres of fer-
I tile land that can't be excelled in tins
I part of tho state. , .
I W’e <’an i-iise must anytliing here that
can be raised in a temperate ciimate.
i and the farmer and truck grower Jia.l
i have a little ''get-up-and-get" and make
i a (Kir l foro>t l 'land is nothing to boast of.
I though we have sever i.l small saw mills
Id< Inga profitable business in our county,
'ami Liet" will be wood in-re to comfort
■ tiie next generation.
• Our county is attracting tiie attention
of manufacturing interests, a* we have
a. cotton mill doing a good business in
Tupel. which is our county seat.
; I sc* in tho la t copy Th" its
tion one of the cousins signed her name
I ‘ Sweet Marie" ami in the letter (*on
i damns unknown correspondents, and then
1g0.,; on and advocates novel leading.
| N 'W. I for one can’t see. that unknown
j correspondents are any more hurtful
! titan novel reading. 1 never read any
i r , vcls but never tire writing or r'-ad
i'n.' letters whi *li are pleasant and in
teresting to me. Best wishes to all,
Emma Breland. Wisdom. Miss—Dear
Junior: It has been some time s'nee I
have written to your interesting page,
but I have read each copy with great
interest, especially the Junior page. H"W
many of the Juniors are glad to cee
spring silently approaching from her long
sleep beneath the wintery carpet ol
brown. I think spring is the most pleas
ant season of th* year. I Imre is noHimg
] enjoy better’ than a stroll In the woods
during the springtime. Everything is so
111 'l.tlfui and the balmy breeze from the
gulf coast is IndeneJ with sweet smelling
DldTimesin Ceorgia
GOOD TIMES ANO BAD TIMES.
By SARGE PLUNKETT.
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been printed. It does not contain any of
bls later letters, but is filled with some
of his best earlier productions. Among
them are his war stories, stories of the
home, the customs and some of itho
quaint ideas of the cracker, and his home
made philosophy and observations well
worth the reading
The book is in paper cover, 200 pages,
well printed, anti will lie sent postpaid
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As a premium with The Weekly Consti
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ATLANTA, OA.
I odor gathered from tin swot flowers r
I chaliced to pass. How mail) of the Jun
iors ' III'I" attending Sunday school.* I go
ev< ry Sunday that it isn't r lining. 1 mi
':i member of tlm Missionary B:: j>■.i
church and teacher of th" intermediate.
i class in Sunday school I think there is
1 a groat respoiisibility resting upon th"
Hart of the Sunday school teac’mi. lhe
salvation of lhe young is lb gun tn Sim
[ .i.i;- school, to a certain extent, a id ■■■
! who arc teachers should be verj ■ r< tl
' what we teach, f notice most oi tic
' Juniors take a subject, but 1 f*'ar i am
i inadequate to the ta k of loing a > : >.!■ ' t
I justice, so I will d' f- r until a. i'utiin: time.
| j ask' d for i-orres"ondenee in m" .a. .
; letter. I received a number of nice let-
I ters. all of w hich 1 gi'-atly appreclat' .1.
Os course I cannot correspond with ail
, t’n m whom I received letter. As 1 lt.ai
: my letter may I " too :engtliy I will d".-i.it
I and leave room for some other good
I Junior.
I Addie ami Bessie. Hillside, S <’ Dear
■ Junior: Here comes two country cousins
I knocking for admittance. Please let us
i in this once, f"'' wc have come in de
! sense of the country boys and girls. Go
! ahead, buys, witn yo if lioe ..ml pl""’,
for you will com" out ahead oi your city
i cousins in the end. Remember some of
j our greatest m-n were plow boys wHeli
I young. What about our first president .
■ Was lie not reared on tiie farm? Dal
lie not start al tiie very bottom of tiie
' ladder of fame and go to the top? Ami
you can do the same, it you will try.
You may not get to be a president, but
| you can bo just as good and do as many
■ good deeds as It! you 'were. Some boys
' may say. "I am poor and have no
■ chance." but you can take a chance if
you will Maybe you can’t go to sc!i"ol
ad tiie time, but you ean study at home
nights and rainy days. Virgie Crow,
: come again. Don’t be quite so hard on
the boys next time, but come. And now
: to you, farm girls stay at home and
1-arn to cook, milk, sew. churn, sweep
I and dust, for you may have a home of
I your own some day. What man wants
‘ a Woman that can’t du all tlia.t, end
I more, for there are many, many tilings
I to I>e done in the house or home that
no om* but a good housekeeper knows of.
, Belle Henderson’s letter on farm life was
i good. Coni'- again. Belie. What has b«?-
■ come of all tile soldi-r boys? Tell us
' more a bout wh t i ■' ii. r’s life is like
■ We Will now tell you a little about our
selves. We live 1 mile apart, go to the
: same Sunday school, sit on' the same
I bench, go to the same day School -ido by
side witli each other in i vcryt'.iing. Both
■ sixteen.
■ Gertrude Lloyd, Appling Ga —De ir
: Junior: Appling, the county seat of C->
l lumbia county, scorns to be growiiig verv
fast. We have two telephones iil*ie imw
and expect to have an .th r this summer
Aly school closed three weeks ago. We
had an exhibition on the night of tiie
day. A. largo crowd was masc-nt
and ail said it was real good, 1 at le.ist
hope it was, for 1 did all that. I could
How many oi the c.rjsins ilk- to Iu
Sabbath school? I for one, for W e have
such a. sweet, good woman for our
teacher.
I certainly think we all should be kind
to dumb brutes, for they can’t talk .".nd
tire imposed on so much. Peoole e,n
in.tki' t.a ir wants ami wisib-s known,
while a poor dumb animal has to b ••■■i r
■what is thrust upon It without a mur
mur.
Al! the cm sins should read "B'aek
Beauty" ami ‘’Beautiful J 0..."
” tifii going to have a missionary en
tertainment and children’s div imr.-. Sat
urday before the fourth Snnu:i-'in jp-L
and wish Aurtt. Susie and some of He
cousins could attend. Love to Am:: Sus.,'
and the cousins.
Correspondents solicited. Age -4.
Tdmmie Burch, Chesterfield, S < I). ,ir
Junlor: As I sit here at my window
writing, all nature seems rejoicing in tiie
beautiful sunshine, tiie little birds ar.*
pouting forth tlieir songs of praise to
God. seeming to thank Him tor the
blessed morning. 1 peruse tiie Junior
page evi ry week and enjoy jt very much
it. J. Nl-hols. 1 agree with you; j think
too. that It would be more beneliciai to
the boys and girls to describe th< ir coun
try or some beautiful scenery than to
quarrel about which can write the be-;t
Fliers, or which are worth the most.
Now it is an old adage, “The k. til.
shoula not laugh at the pot for bHrn
smutty." so, let’s w rite ab mt - >m<
more interesting. Well, 1 will try to .b
--scribe South Carolina, it fronts the At
lantic and slopes from the mountains to
the ec.-m, Rs shores are frlng. with
ttie Sea islands, which are celebrated for
a kind of cotton called th.- Sea Island
cotton; it Is among the finest in the
world, has a long, silky liber, ami 1-
chtefly u—d for manufacturing la-es amt
other fine fabrics. We have a. miltl cli
mate. Our leading products are coin cot
ton peas, potat .es and small grain.’ The
’tide-water" region lias unrivaled .-. 1
vantages ior the cultivation of rice
Irm-k farming is also an important in
dustry. lhe palm.>to (a kind of pain ,
grows nere. from which the state deritos
its name—the Palmetto State, As I am
a new cousin. I guess 1 had better take
tny exit for feat I Cl , nie m contact with
the waste basket.
Ifizzie E. Carmichael. Morristown, Tex.
Dear Junior: 1 Ims been almost three
years since I last wrote to this depart
nient, while the greater part of that time
i have been deprived the pleasure of read
ing The Constitution, i must tell tlm
cousins the greatest Christmas present l
received last Christmas was a subscription
to lhe < onstitution and Woman's Home
< ompamon. which I certainly apprei-iat! d
I enjoy reading the many interestin'’ b-t
ter s contributed to tlm Junior and Wop,
ans Kingdom each week ’| he last time
I visited Ims Charming circle thi
dlscussmg tho bird subjects, and many of
■ Hl.' e.-.usins wem. joining the Bird l.m- «'
j Sori. tv. 01 w nch 1 v.ms one of Hm ’. ■
I Wond.-r if all have prund true '
pledge they made when they joim-d • ,
! so.-ii ty. 1 notice a goodly nupiber of ■’9
I f ousms select ' itl'i. els and writ-* ■- »
I ver-, int'-ri stiny letter.-, while oti-•
s-ribe their i-mnitry or s-nne note )
lili'-y have visited, which Is more mt-
I ing to im*. 1,. I! Josep.i. come .1;
I ' our .I.- "iipti .ii "f California w:s g 1
. I ■1 . ■ !>. ami pi-< big me . wo !-n
|and would .■pnrociat'. a few pi-ees. 4 ;
j so I.lfrom nnv of th' -'usins '
of this department? I notic-il a !■ : ••*
Horn one .T the cousins, saying th"y il
:■ leit. 1 that th-ir mamma, had wt!t
you several years ago. With love mti
1.-st wishes to all. I will say goodby
| il have been editress of tills d-purtrr -•
I tw. nty years )
j Bonnie Tabor, Keener, Ala. —Dear r r
! ior: 1 will tell you of a nice trip T
with p.'ipa amt mamma to Birmlngha*
|We visit'd -i friend of mamma's and ■*
I ■•ertainly enjoyed our visit. They b-i 1
I Utt:.' bov ai. out my ago His nan-
I was Tomrni". His papa’s name vias 'I
and my p ipa's name is Tom, so mamrt" 1
ami her friend had a time trying n
distinguish the Toms apart. Tommie e"
! t.-rt iln.-l mo the first night looking •*
moving pictures of heaven. About S
o'clock lie carried mo over to the flri
department, hoy had some lovely p<
la cages—guine.i pigs, gr-'tinl siuir.-.s,
white and spoiled rabbits and oh! e.--
so many other things- I can't think st
toe names—and then wo came back . -d
talked till time to retire.
The next, day’ mamma's friend carried
us out sightseeing. W- stopped . rt
tiie lee cream parlor. A blind mn*; •
I t. rfained the guests with music
piano, it was certainly fine. T.. ; .t
ternoon we drove out to the fair
and saw the cowboys la.sr<i tho ! ■ -
horses that would dive ever so’fur ’
horses would ki: - th-lr mast": .’
mils from his hand a:..; get 1
and nearly prsh him down. 1 r le
little train- the s-ats were ■ :
little tbln-s. 1 saw the I HI- .- e
ari'] Llip ikircr.
W. xvent u'f t. r ’:-t T>3■ ■ p ■»
il! olosf- I f r !T > x« t
' slinnt the rhuG'-.” I Im '‘■z!y: c i t\- ' 1
■u-nri-'I eo -Inxv,’’- cm j’. W- ■
T’.“'|.» .V’.-. -VH.t -;M.s ♦. -r -
11n lof ■. Y ,n if ;1 ’ y ]»-» p!’’! k ■ ’ 1
dishes, sweep and sew. '
I Susie's eyes are w-o. I ‘
Susi" mi; - t i." tin* ’■ ■■ ■" v. *. ‘ .
world. I send five its to . ■ ’>
day. walking, and -i:i).> ba i-
gluomv. i hope I have ■writ!*.*"
I wl h of’the COU.-';:’,.: >..
will close with love to Ann* S '■•■ ••■■H
Annie Tarrant. Piedmont S *
Junior: I thought you would ’* ’
as my pi].,a takes ; ~;r p:.:.’; ' «
country girl I walk a mn. *
I like my teacher so m : ' '
dishes and iron, and do . : ■_
f.*ed 125 chickens. We i. . ■ •'
enough to fry. Wo have a gi'v't
of nice fruit, i have* b *n : r : a
e.in and preserve straw . ■ ■
you will allow me space to writ. "
in your paper. "With much :i•' * ’ '■'
Susie. 1 will close.
Better Than Spanking.
Spanking docs not cti’-e chlld'-t* f '•' | i
"'"'-ting If it did there w
dren that would do tt. Tli to :
■ ■ ' ’ for this. Mt
mers, box lid. Notre Dan - T’ ’ '
send her home treatment t ' ■’>
She asks no moricy. Wi ■
jour children trouble vou In ' -s w .
Don’t blame the child I■ ■ ■' :B
»l can't help it.
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