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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
IN A CLOSE PLACE.
A plump little mouse
< rept out of his house.
In search of a bite for dinner;
A hungry old eat
Looking out for a rat.
Said; "I’ll eat up that plump little .-inner.’’
Through a ragged old boot.
With a hole in the foot,
Mousse ran with remarkable quickness;
While kitty got stopped,
And the race at onee dropped.
Because of her troublesome thickness.
—Our Little Ones.
guineFpigs.
Here is something else I read! I cannot
remember, but I think some one writing
to The Sunshine Bulletin told this little
story. I thought it would Interest you
This little animal called guinea pig is
neither a pig nor a native of Guinea. Some
hundreds of years ago, when the Span
iards first came to Peru, they found for
sale in the markets large numbers of lit
tle animals looking very much like dressed
su.-kllng pigs. They were called cavies,
and the reason they looked so like pi rs
were from the way in which they wore
prepared for cooking, which was done hv
scalding and scraping them, just as pigs
are prepared for market. The sailors not
knowing their true name, called the "little
Indian pigs." As the shining and trade
was greater from Guinea than from Peru
and the cargoes were associated in the
minds of the people ns al! coming from
Guinea, and as the little animal became
( cery popular they were spoken of as
"little pigs from Guinea." and this w.<s
soon shortened to "guinea pig." This nano
has clung to them ever since, not only
in thlse country, but also in I'rnme
Spain. Portugal and Germany. Tn the i.li
ter place they are called "s->a pigs." Ir
thefr home in Peru they are e.-tllr-d ".-om "
or “cool.” moaning rabbits. Th y do i“
scmblc a rabbit a great deal more than
they do a pig. They r ally belong to th •
rodent or rat family. Did you over ln .'i ‘
the old saying, "if you hold up a guin-a
pig by his tail Ids eyes will drop out
Wop maybe they would if you could find
a tail to hold him up by. but they ;ir"
the only small animal that has not a sign
r.f a tall. They are pretty, harmless
littm creatures, but of ver.-. little use In
the wor’d. AUNT SUSIE
THE DISOBEDIENT RABBIT.
!Jr«. Rabbi: and her throe Idi'e ch.il
»’ren lived beside an old stump i:, a big
sitaw I: -’d. Sib’ bad a son and two
daughters She told them never to go
out a.-a* when she was away, be
a .-<■ i dog or > nnething might, kill
f. i- la; . when b’s rn-'ti. r was
p. nc liti'e Mr. Rabbit put on his Sunday
an 1 hat. got his walking stick and
■V!.-. are } .»;i going!'" asked his s-.s-
,-a-, >. g "it : > c something of the
world.” -aid th. little rabbit proudly.
I m tired of st yi tg home all the time,
a id can’t ev‘-ii my lead ou; of
• J:-;t 1: al.said ids sister, "you
k .'".v i.i intmy told y. i not io go out
"I ion’t .-an what she sdd." answered
the rabl.it. ' I am going anyhow."
"<>li! please don’t go." pi-aded his other
. ■ kirk eyes,
"you are so young, and suppose you
should meet a dog? Don’t g". I feel like
von will never come back."
I am not so young." he answered,
"and as for a dog 1 would like to have
a littl, .. . with one.’ Ind he went
skit ping down the path.
Ib went on through fields and woods,
stopping sum. tint' -- to rest or to nibble
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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-
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UUHES WtiEßt AIL ELSE FAILS. GJ
, at the peas or anything he saw to eat.
; It was not long before it began to get
i dark, and then he wondered where he was
i going to sleep, for he was tired and
1 sleepy, too. lie missed his little bed hi
i the old stump. He began to wish he
; was ba. k home with his mother and sis
j ters. but then lie remembered his proud
i boast to his sisters, so lie lay down and
! was soon fast asleep
I When he awoke the next morning the
sun was up and shining, and not far off
lie thought he heard the voice of a dog.
He git up and listened. Yes, it was a
log and it was coming toward him. The
rabbit’s heart was in his throat. Suppose
the dog was after him. He thought then
; iie f mud the dog was getting nearer, so
he began to run as fast as he could. At
last, panting and breathless, he fell down
I beneath a clump of bushes. Ik found
I the dog had gone another way, se he lay
. still and went to sleep.
i When he awoke again ft was late In
the afternoon util as he was very hun
gry he went to look for something to
He soon found a large garden, and
. | l; ,.| ja.-t seated liims. ls between two
■ rows Os tine . ibbage and was beginning to
..it. when he Ir n d somebody talking. It
was i lady and little girl
1 "<>11! mama there Is a little young rali
bit. and I am going to catch him, he
heard Hie littl- girl say. and she was
.nearly on the poor little rabit before he
• ..mid move. He bounded across the gar
' d.m and the child right behind him. He
ran and dodged for some time, but at.
l i t she . aught him and run to show him
to her mother.
Poor little follow! You can belter im
ag.ne bis t •clings than 1 cun tell you
The little girl carried him into the house
and put him in a little cage. She was
very kind t > him and gave him all sorts
good things to eat; but it all lay un
touched. couldn’t cat. He longed
t „ ge; out of that close little cage; to be
fie.’, to run ami play in the beautiful
cr-'n Held ami woods. IL- remembered
his 1 sters used to fro ■■
around the old stump in which they lived,
and how' his mammy would sit in the door
~ I wat it them, and smile upon her
■eaut.fni children. He remembered, too.
sister's wards, "I feel like you will
never com ■ back." And ho began to
think he never would, for there was no
.’.ay to escape, and he was getting weak
er all the time.
One day when the little girl opened the
door of the cage to feed her little rabit.
she didn't fasten it well, and in some
way tile door came open Now, thought
little Mr. Rabbit, is my only chance of
■ scape, so he crept out very cautiously
til! he got out of the doors, then be ran
a fast as his weak little legs could car
ry him. Oh! how happy he was to be
oiit in the bright sunlight and pure frosh
air once more, and to know that he was
The great golden sun was Just sinking
to rest I,..'hind the tail pines, when Mr.
Rabbit . ame in sight of bls old home.
When hi.' sisters iw him coming. tb«*>
ran down the path to meet him. His
mammy h . 1 gone off io look for her ■ up
per and when .-In got tuck and found her
little s hi was safe at home again she was
very happy, for she had given up ill
no), of ever seeing him again. Alter sup-
I per they all sat down and listen'd
' while little Mr. Rabbit told of his ad-
I ventures.
I After that Mr. Rabbit was very willing
i o take bls mother's advice, and stay at
; home until he was old enough to take caro
of himself.
VIRGINIA (’ROSS.
Gatesville, N. C
CHARITY LIST.
.Mrs Saliie Mountcastle. Martel. Tenn.,
Agnes Earle. Leesville. 8. sc.
Sam G- Willingham, Greenwood, Ala.,
Lee Martin. Brooklyn. Miss. Fc.
Major Coon, Oscarville, Ga.., 6c.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Lula Logan. Taliaferro. Ga. —Dear
Junior: I will take for my subject "Have
Faith in Yourself."
The wisdom of life Is to do a thing
and have done with it. Try to do the
best, rlghtost thing you can—but then
leave it. It may not be the very wisest
thing possible. Probably it will not be.
Why should we expect to make no blund
ers? But. if you have honestly tried to
make out. in the time given you. what
was best to do and have done it, that
is all you have to do. Go to the next.
This Is your failure. They stop and
are looking ba k. thinking how different
things might haw been If they had
only done this instead of that. If they
had only taken this advice Instead of
that. Il they had gone thefr own way
instead of taking anybody's advice—why
this might have been avoided, and that
affair which is giving them so much
worry would not nave happened, or that
Investment which is turning out so poor
ly would not have been mad". 1 will
close with best wishes to all. Corre
spondence desired.
Alma Ingram, Jupiter, Ala.—Dear
Junior: I enjoy reading the Junior page
very much, and hope you will let me In
your happy circle. T.hqre were some
very nice letters frora the boys this
week -come girls. let us not let them
get ahead of us.
How many of you ail have thought
about ‘‘contentment " Very few of us are
contended with our lots in life. Let us
stop ami consider. Just look at the less
fortunate people everywhere. I live at
a little railway station 15 miles from
Columbus, Ga. We have very lew neigh
bors, and, like all other girls. I guess,
1 want, some girl "chum." but have none.
But I have my dear mother and father
and a little brother and three sisters.
Just think how many there are Hint have
not even one of them. How many of
you all like to read good books? I don't
think there is any wrong in reading
good books, but there are lots and lots
of them that I think ought to bo burned.
Rut. cousins, let’s don’t neglect our
work now to read some now book or
learn some now stitch. us "work
while we work, and play while we play.”
With lots of love to Aunt Susie and
the cousins. Would like correspondents
between 16 and 24.
| "Alabama,” Palm. Ala.—Dear Junior:
i It has been a long time since I wrote to
' The Junior department, so ( thought 1
would write again. Now, boys, you Just
quit quarreling with the girls. That is
why they keep on quarreling with us.
Let us write of something more interest
ing. Suppose we toil of some of the
things we have seen in our travels. One
of the things that 1 have seen is that
wonderful structure known as the Brook
lin bridge. I went to New York on n
pleasure trip and that was when I saw
it. On each side electric cars crossed the
river, and in the center was a space
about, as well as I can remember, 21)
feet wide for people to walk across. And
you could stand and see far down the
river. After you had gone about half
I way across the bridge you could stop
said «e« chips coin* out to sea. Well,
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONj ATLANTA, GA*. MONDAY, JUNE IS, 1903.
. when I left Jersey City, coming south
'over the Pennsylvania road, you could
I see some of the most picturesque moun
| tains in the United States. Virginia
. is one of the most beautiful states in
' the union. But. of course, 1 can’t say
! it is any prettier than Alabama, because
|Tt is my native state. Let us hear from
some of the Juniors who have traveled.
If you haven't traveled but just a little,
tell us what you saw.
Katyn E. Bond. Dove. Ala.—Dear Ju
nior: I will tell the cousins of an enter
tainment I attended In winter. Some of
the cousins, perhaps, never attended one.
I It was .• "rainbow party." All the girls
' had apron's the color of the rainbow, and
! left a small piece for the boys to hem.
-. Our blind music teacher played a chord
four tim. s and then a march. \Ve march-
ed in the other room in couples and form
' ..I a rainbow' circle around a table on
I which stood a largo cake, which was to
be the prize for the boy that hemmed
his apron the nicest. The number was
I written on th.- aprons and then on a slip
i of paper and the boys drew for the aprons
I to hern. It was very amusing to watch
I Hmm trying to sew nice, or at least som '
:of them. Some didn't try to win the
■ [.riz.e. but I say do your best, and then
' if y .11 don't win jon will have the eon
! solation that you did .'.our best. After
tii. aprons were finished thi boys took
their partners up to cut the cake, which
. contained :> ring, button and nickel.
I am very anxious to get the songs,
: ‘ The Boys Won’t Do To Trust," "Barlira
Alien. I’he Parted Lovers,” "The Lit-
tle Black Mu-Ci li." and "Train No !•■;."
Will give in return "The Fatal Wedding."
"Take Ba k tlm Ring." "A Bit ! in a
Gild.il Cage." "Just One Little Word"
I and "I Am Free at Last." I would like
, a few correspondents, age 16.
i Maggie Dossey, Byron. Gn - Dear Jun
' lor: \\ c have been taking The Constitu
' tion for many years, but this Is my first
i attempt to join Aunt Susie's happy circle,
j I do enjoy the Junior page and look for-
ward to its coming as if it was a friend.
! I hardly know what to write, so I will
! toll you of my home this time. It Is a
large two-story house built eng before
the civil war. W<- just moved to It this
, year and have been told Hint it was
haunted, but 1 have not bad the pleas ire
of- icing one v. t The house is situated
on a little hili and is almost surrounded
by woods. As you approach It from the
north it cannot be r -on until you are
nearly to it. On the south It can be
’ seen a mile and a half away. I will try
i to do bettor next time. Long live Aunt
i Susie ami her glorious work.
Mildred Uuimlngham. Lancaster. S. C.—
Dear Junior: Here comes :< consul from
the northern part of the good old state
of South Carolina. I have seen a great
: many letteis from South Carolina, but
have not : al ■■ d any *i om Lancaster. We
live about a quarter of a. mile from the
town. We enjoy living that distance in the
.pretty country very much, f do cn.iov
.leading the Junior page so much, but
' especially the subject of dinerent things
j which are needed to enjoy life. I will
: lake for my subject "Kindness.’ _ We
1 have organized a Kind Word Society in
; our liittc lown which has prov.-n great
: benefit to our members and n! o oth. rs
’ wllb are not momb< : . We should bi kt id
to every one. especially in our homes, for
the sake of those who love us. There can
!be no hajipy home win-re kindness . a
stranger A kind word and a. kind deed
j are so little, and > et there is nothing so
;gn at. Kindness is a great tiling in life.,
: 'l’he most hardened criminals have be m
touched by kindn ss and drawn to a not
< .er life, it is not enough to be kind to
I our friends. We should be kind to onr
enemies as well. Did you ever try do
' ing or speak.ng soim kindness to some
[ mi" who has tr.nted you badly?
: “Speak gently: 'tis a little thing
Dropped In the In nt dei p well.
: The good, the joy, that it may bling,
Eternity shall tell."
‘ I'.flic Robins m, I’ela, N. C. Dear Jnn
j lor: I admire The Constitution very
! much, but enjoy the Junior page best of
; ill. As this is the first time I have wrlt
! ’mi to an\ pa;>er I will not take a sub
ject, but will try to describe my moun
tain home. We live on a beautiful hill
in tensely surrounded by hom'ysuekles.
ivy. bine and whin- laurels and a great
many other lieautiful flowers. Aunt Susi",
I wish you could see my pretty roses. We
'ive mar the foot of the Black mountain.
I can stand in my door and see the hotel
on the Roan mountain. though it is 15
or 20 miles away. Mamma, has got some
i baby chickens and oh how cute they are.
I Jlj pets are two white eats. Our school
jis out now. Papa is a farmer. I enjoy
I country life. I never lived in a city, but I
i know 1 would rather live among the
i birds and flowers limn to be shut up in
I the noisy city. I am 10 years old. Best
i wishes to Aunt Susie and the cousins.
; "Country Cousin," Hamilton, Ga.. R.
I I". I>. Dear Junior: 1 am a stranger to
I you sill. but. it is with pleasure that I
rend the dear old Constitution, and espe
cially the Junior page. I am a farmer's
daughter and live in Harris county, Geor
gia, about 7 miles from Hamilton. I
think tills is a very pretty country. The
farmers can raise most anything they
want to-cotton, corn and sugar cane, etc.
. We have plenty of jjgaches, apples and
I plums every year, but we ape not going
I to hawe many pears and cherries this
year.
We have lots of pretty shade around
our yard which makes it nice and cool
In the summer. Papa and myself took
a trin to Columbus, Muscogee county.
Georg»i, last wack, a distance of 22 miles
I from here. 1 saw several trees of nearly
i ripe p niches down there near Columbus,
i W.- have Sunday school every Sunday
i and preaching every first, thjrd and
1 fourth Sundays at our school house. p.bout
i 2 miles from my home. 1 go nearly every
I Sunday. I will put up my letter now, as
I i have dinner to coMc.
■ W 11, I have cooked dinner, and while
I am waiting for papa to come from
■ the Held 1 will finish my letter.
How many of tin cousins love to go
to school? 1 do, for one. 1 can do most
any Kind of housework- cook, wasli
dishes, milk, churn and sew. I will asl;
tlie cousins a question: Who was the
great' - t statesman of the south? Much
love to tlie Junior cousins and Aunt Susie.
i Dollie Cleland, Newberry. S- C., R. F. D.
. No. I—Dear Junior: I’ve had a "longing
! in my heart" for some time to be num
’ !>■ red among the Junior correspondents
lof om' valuable paper. But this page
lias been and is making yet such rapid
steps of improvement I almost feared
to make a venture. I heartily indorse
Win i !i r 1 l.irdon’s sentiment on a ionn-
Dr. Lyon’s
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try home beln* the sweetest home on
earth. Guess it is because 1 live in the
country, j sufiposp the city cousins think
the same about a city home—for homo
is a sweet place, no difference where it
is situated.
As many of the cousins write on sub
jects, l will choose for mine, "Procrasti
nation ’’ ’fow many of us squander away
our time i n idleness, never realizing the
harm we are doing to ourselves and
others. \v 0 should not be ashamed to
work. Thomas Carlyle, one of the great
est men of his age. said: “All true work
is sacred; In all true work, were it true
’Kind labor, there is something of divine
ness. Labor, wide as the earth, has Its
summit ig heaven.” How, then, can we
sit and let procrastination, the great thief,
.‘-leal from us the golden moments, one
by one. when we should be improving
them every one to the greatest of our
ability.
People who Idle away their time never
accomplish anything. But a man who
knows how to work and is not afraid
to do ii is the man who is respected by
the community and the one who is going
to be of practical and beneficent useful
ness to his fellow-man.
There is nothing by which the troubles
and difficulties of .this life can be resisted
better than by work.
Procrastination never brings content
ment and happiness. Therefore, let us re
solve to sjiend no more valuable time in
idleness, but improve every optioi tunity
and in after life we can look back and
see where we have acted wisely—
" Who. looking backward from his man
hood’s prltpe.
Secs not the spectef of his misspent
time?”
Essie Wright. Beam's Mills. N. C.—Dear
Junior: 1 certainly do enjoy reading the
cousins’ litters. Our page Is Improving
very fas:. 1 Jive In the country, on the
farm. We all like farm life best, as papa
and mama were both reared on the farm.
Papa owns half-interest In the Banner
roller mill- saw mill and cotton gin, near
here. IVp iivd there until six years ago,
when me moved to our farm on wihlch we
ore now living. I don’t get so lonesome,
as som.- \on may think, for I have
a dear ft!.-nd living near me. I also have
other j’rj.-inis living near. How many of
the eou.-t’i like music? I do, for one. 1
have an ...gan and can play some pieces
Very web; but f do not find much time
to play, as mamma doesn’t have good
health ami I help to do all the house
work, ceobing, sewing, etc. I think we
should ajl help our dear mothers all we
can. Perkins Cheney, come againyour
letter w muite interesting. Nellie Caven
der. you bove a. very sweet face. Emmie
Bry.'ie. will try to answer your ques
tion: I ink "Jesus wept" is the sortest
verso I:, Bible. I would bo delighted
to have letter party on the Gt of Au
gust, wh- li is my birthday.
J. f. Williams. Rolesville. N. C.—Dear
Junior: I .‘i.n a stranger to you all. never
having written to the page before. I will
take for m. subject “Changes in Country
Life.” T: are tlie changes in country
life Star! a A few years ago we had
many of tb" good old country gentlemen
around but they are swiftly passing
away st. with them gone we have lost
seme of most remarkable characters
the wor'b has ever known. Also wita
thorn is musing away the old-time
nitalitv "it was so prominent In all
Li ithern ones In their homes we par
took of a -.lain but substantial fare, con
sisting of home-raised hams. eggs, chick
ens corn bread. I. milny cold buttermilk.
... >;■!., pi. and good Old apple eider to
s.iv noil.- gos the ’’’tater pies. Ihe
jnsfuie gs tilled with big fat cattle,
ni-incin:.' 'lts and neighing horses.
The i i vard > esounded with the crow
of the . 'he cackle of the hens, the
liot rai-k the guinea, tlio gobble of the
turkey nr.l qum’k of the ducks, and
everythin;: bore the mark of plenty and
prospcrli
T>ut f 1 ipproclate the home fully, we
must . I: to the parlor and be enter
tained the daughters, trained In the
wavs f soviet by the old-fashioned,
sweet-f.i'-.'d mother.
But tl ' . e conditions have passed away,
tl." ni. v old • o "t.;- home is falling Into
ruins The silts are rotten, the large
■ no s' ps have long since been replaced
! .-'ln-I !’ woode: ones, the corner of the
ie house-top is covered
m i . t- windows are patched witli
..’d ti isos ami tlie whole place looks
desolate and forlorn.
’l’he i.imil'. burying ground, onee well
is growing up in
w. -d-'. and someiinies in summer a. lank
W can be etn tied to one of the
marble slabs that marks the last resting
I,!- !-.- of som.-l.iibii's loved one.
These conditions should not be. The
prime cause is tim flocking of people Into
the towns and cities in their crazg for
tm-my . No om- is content; all people are
•li -.itislb-.:. no.' ■■'•• do we find happi
ness.
I itn no pc: iirdst. but speak from an
unbiased and unprejudiced ,view, and
know whereof I speak.
<'.>rre.‘-'ponderc.. with the fair sex Is de
sirable.
R. S Jamev Crystal Springs, Miss.—
Dear Junior: With best wishes for all
I come for m> tlr.-'t time. 1 notice some
of the cousins take subjects to write, on.
which I think is very necessary, as 1
don't think there can be much good ac
complished from a letter without a sub
.l' Theretor" I will take for my sub
ject "Influence" I don't expect to set
forth all of th" points regarding this sub
ji ct, though 1 will endeavor to give a
few. ’i’he lie-: to bo considered is a
full understanding of the meat,ing of the
subject, and so the question naturally
arises: "Wliat is influence?” it is that
which ;■ :ir<-. action of any kind wheth
er good or bad. There is not an act of
any kind committed that is not prompted
b;> intlu.-m-i from some source. Influ
ence has been the making of our great
ir. ti Tim hiflU'-nea that ( wish to talk
,about is pe: nal. What influence do
yi u and I l ove with our associates.
Just think for «• moment of your pa?t
life. Has yon: Influence been for good
or bnd? If for good you have done well.
You have m ■ -use for regret. Think of
one whose life has been so ns to
;n influence of bad. What if your in
fluence is the cause of some poor soul
b‘ing cast Into that bottomless pit to
. forever tortured by the demons of
boll. You may not have lived a wick
ed life. Nay. you may be a Christian
and yet you can so live as to cause
others who arc not Christians to have
ve,-y little faith in your profession of
Christianity.
You may •■•ny I have no influence. This
is a- mistake. Every one 'has an In
fluence whether It lie great or small.
You may think your life has nothing
to do witli others, but it does. We all
have an intluence either for good or
bad. It is b-ft with us to choose for
■ourselves which It shall be. Wo can
make it for good or for bad, just as
we jilease, .•m it behooves us as voung
people just starting out Into real life to
be careful how wo act as our lives will
have its influence, and after we are u |d
we cannot undo what we have done.
It will have to stand just as we have
made It.
Edward Love. Partlow, Ala.—Dear Ju
nior: I see some one describing the
country In which they live. I live In
the northern part of Alabama, St. Clair
county. It Is « very hilly and rough
country. I live In a valley by the name
of Shoal creek, which Is a mile wide. On
one side of us Is a little mountain called
Shoal Creek mountain. On the other
Beaver mountain. This is a very good
farming country, especially for cotton. I
belong to the Baptist church. I would
be glad to correspond with any of the
girls between 12 and 14 years of age.
Sam J. Willingham, Greenwood. Ala.—
Dear Junior: As I have been glancing
over the Junior today I have decided to
try and write a short letter on the subject
of "Opportunity.” 1 think that every
body should take advantage of every good
opportunity. When a person is young I
think he or she should develop their lives
by every good opportunity. I advise
everybody "to take advantage of every
good" iqiporl nutty, and I think when they
miss the opportunity of an education they
miss about the best they could. I myself
have been off from home to the thriving
little town of Newberne. going to schoo..
I have a very tine teacher. 1 have just
begun to realize the good of an educa
tion I hope to have the opportunity of
finishing For fear that. I will make my
letter so long that it will find its way to
the waste basket, I will bring it to a
close. I sefid 5 cents to Aunt Susie to use
as sho thinks best. I -would like a few
correspondents of the fair sex of Ala
bama.
Grace R. Hemphill, Abbeville, S. C.
Dear Junior: Since the publication of the
pictures of those who are fortunate
enough to be on the honor roll, an idea
has occurred to me, and I would like to
suggest it to the members. It is this: As
the pictures appear, cut them out ami
paste them on card board and tack them
m one of the corners of your room, cak
ing this corner “The Constitution” corner,
or paste them in a scrap book, which you
may call "The Constitution Album.” Os
course you will leave his or her name be
low the picture and date each one. 1
hope all of the Juniors will try my plan,
and at the end of this year let me know
through the Junior who has the greatest
collection. An accident has occurred by
which 1 have lost the. address of John
Connor, company I, Island of Mindanadio.
; Philippine Islands. If he should happen to
| see this. I would be very glad to hear
i from him.
I Agnes Eargie, Leesville, S. C., B- 1 ? - IL
, No. 2—Dear Junior: I will not choose
■ any subject, but will describe onr coun-
■ try. This part of the state is fertile. It
produces many cereals and other prod
ucts, such as cotton, peas and potatoes.
It Is not mountainous, but hilly. We
hay,’ a nice church, a good school, which
I attend during the school months. As
it Is Sunday, I ask Aunt Susie this ques
tion: Is it any harm to write on Sunday.'
1 will answer Robert C. Togue's question.
What word Is it of five letters, of which
two being removed only one remains.
Love to all. Inclosed find 5 cents to be
used as you think best.
Mabel (toilette, Melvern. Kans.-Dear
Junior: As most of the Junior letters
are from the south I thought perhaps
the cousins would like to hear from a
western girl. I was born and lived
eighteen years In East Tennessee, within
a half mile of the birthplace of David
Crockett, that celebrated "hero of the
Alamo. 1 have only been in this state
one year. 1 will not attempt to write
on a subject, as this is m.v first visit to
this page. 1 enjoy reading the cousins’
letters, especiallv those of the older ones,
and hope the children will not think we
are too old, as ’we are all but children
grown." Kansas Is a great state, and I
like it. There are more advantages here
lor those who are taking a start In life
than In the south, though 1 can never
forgot my old home, and know that there
is no country with better citizens or more
beautiful scenery than the sunny south
land. Wo came to this state in good sea
son. as last year was the best crop year
this state has seen in years. It has
rained so much since we have been ”' le -
Melvern, our postoffhe, Is situated in
the eastern part of Kansas, tiear the
M.'i’-fas dos Cvgnes river. It is q lite a
large town. Mrs. Nation, the celebrated
"saloon smasher,' 'is to speak there Mon
day night. This country is not so wild
as" manv think. There Is not. much
prairie land now near here. The coun
try is dotted over with beautiful homes,
and when the roads are good people go
for miles in their buggies. Let more of
tha older cousins write, and strive to
make this page more interesting and In
structive each week, 'i’he children write
good letters; surely wo older ones can
help them Wo should make good use nt
our time and trv to make others happier,
for life Is hard at. the best and the
selfish are the most unhappy.
“Count that day lost whose low descend
ing sun
Views from thy hands no noble action
done.”
Well, if this does not reach the waste
basket T may come again. Thanking you
all for your kind attention, I bid you
adieu.
Miss Ll,l'de Warren, Georgiana. Ala. -
Dear Junior: I have wanted to write for
a. long time, but like most of the cousins,
been held back by timidity Most of the
cousins say they like to go to school.
I do not know' whether I do or not, as f
have never been but a few days. Ihe
nearest public school Is three miles from
my home and you see that it is too far
to walk, but I study at home. 1 am wry
.fond of reading; have read several nov
els but tl'-y are to > numerous to men
tion My favorite authors are Charlotte
M. Braeme. Mrs. Harriet Lewis ->nd the
Duchess. I take nine papers. Will some
one tell me If The Yankee Blade i
published and If so, where!’ Please al
low me to correct the mistake in my ex
change. It should have been Lillie War
ren, Georgiana. Ala., instead of George
•town, Ala.
Minnie Lorena Knox, Good Hope. Ala.—
Dear Junior; I have never written a
letter to the Junior before, although I
do not feel like that I am a stranger,
for my brother. Edgar, has been taking
The Constitution for some time. t am
a little girl it years old. My mamma’s
health Is bad and 1 try to help her all I
can. I can cook, wash dishes, sweep
and sew. 1 have made four quilts and
mv majmma has quilted one of them. I
have a nice time eating berries. Mamma
and I took a ramble through th" swamp
yesterday evening gathering berries and
we had a nice pie for dinner today, and
papa, and my three brothers seemed to
enjov it after a hard half day’s work.
1 am my. mamma's baby and only girl.
I will close with much love to Aunt Su
sie and cousins.
Major Crow, Oscarville, Ga.—Dear Jun
ior: I am a little boy 10 years old. J
have two pets. They are two little
brothers one month old today, June 5.
Dear Juniors, If you all could see Gaines
ville it would make your hearts sail.
The cyclone which passed through Mon
day. A cousin of mine was killed. It is
so sad to me. 1 would like to corre
spond with Juniors.
Irene Mitchell. Sumter, S. C.—Dear Ju
nior: As this Is my first attempt to
write to The Constitution or any other pa
per I will not take any subject. My
home Is in Savannah, Ga.. but I live
the most of my time In the country with
my grandmother. I like country life very
much. I go to school all the time while
school is running, but our school has
stopped. My uncle takes The Constitution
and I like to read It. 1 was very sorry
to hear that Aunt Susie’s eyes wore bad.
because mine were bad once and 1 know
what it is to have bad eyes. T am 11
years ami 9 months old, and I have two
brothers and three sisters younger than
I am. I have one little sister, 5 months
old, that 1 nave never seen.
Lock Box 8. Charleston, Miss.—Dear
Junior: Having seen so many nice let
ters from the cousins 1 will try to write
one myself. For my part 1 can’t see
any harm in unknown correspondents.
Charleston is the county seat of the first
district of Tallahatchie county.is a town
of about 600 Inhabitants and is 10 miles
from the Illinois Central railroad. AVe
'nave eight nice stores here and a phar
macy, one bank, two churches and con
tract out for a third, two newspapers,
three telephone lines, two local and one
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long distance, a munger gin, five arte
sian wells and as good a public school
as you can find anywhere for the size
of the town. Tallahatchie county has
some as fine land as you can find in
the great Mississippi basin. Tallahatchie
river runs through the central part of
this county and is navigable. We have
several lakes in our county and all you
have to do to get fish is to go and catch
them. Game is plentiful; have every
thing here in our cane brakes from a
musk rat to a black bear. Don’t you
cousins think Aunt Susie holds her job
well? There are very few people these
days that could hold a job for twenty
years. Would like for some of the cous
ins to tell me my age and sex. Corre
spondents solicited,.
Jessie Hauser, Pfafftown, N. C . R. F.
D. No. I.—Dear Junior: 1 have often
road the nice letters on the. Junior page,
but this is my first attempt to write. I
live on a farm near Yadkin river. It
has been so dry the farm won't be much
this year. I wonder how many of the
cousins live In tlie city. I believe I would
like city life better than country life.
The Constitution has been corning in my
home ever since I can remember.
I am very fond of reading It and es
pecially the Junior page, i would like to
correspond with some of the cousins
about my age, which would be 10 years.
] will close with much love to Aunt Su
sie and all the cousins.
Janie Yeatts, Whittles Depot, Va. -Dear
Junior: 1 would like to add n little more
to what the. cousins have said in regard
to education. The word education means
to train, to Instruct, to awaken our facul
ties to action.
It ajms at the growth and highest pos
sible culture of the whole man, and the
most valuable means for securing this
grand result are found in books of useful
knowledge and Information.
These are the tools with which the
rough block is chiseled into symmetry and
beauty.
Education Is a friend which no misfor
tune can estrange, an introduction
abroad.
It is the helper of the poor and un
fortunate, an ornament in every walk of
society.
If wo take the correct view of this im
portant matte:-, we shall hold that educa
tion is never finished, that there is al
ways something new to learn, that the
highest summit has not been reached and
we shall still, in the spirit of Longfel
low’s "Excelsior," press upward with a
noble resolve and a determination that is
daunted by no difficulty or failure.
With best wishes to Aunt Susie and all
the cousins. Correspondence solicited.
The Naval Expansion Era,
Boston Herald: An epoch in the his
tory of the naval academy .will be mark
ed by the alumni dinner at Annapolis
Thursday night. The event, which will
have an unusually large attendance, will
celebrate, the close of a period in which
the expansion of the academy has lagged
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I work of Gorge Moore's.
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I “T don't know', sir."
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