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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
dOW A LITTLE LOY SAYED A QUEEN
From “The Abbott," by Sir Walter Scott.
PART 11.
The earl of Murray was the brother of
the queen of Scotland, called Mary Queen
of Scots. He thought that his sister did
not rule as a good queen should, so he
sent her off to a gloomy castle called
Lochleven, that was on a small Island,
and locked her up. He kept her there
with only two women servants to waft
on her. This was very few for a queen
who had been accustomed to a whole
tra’n of them.
The queen wanted a young ma.n to wait
on her besides the two women, and her
brother, not wishing to bo too severe
with his sister, promised to send her a
page.
About this time Roland Clream arrived
with the letter from the knight of Avenel
and the earl liked him so much that he
asked hint if he would like to be the
queen's page. Os course, he wanted to
very much, for who would not like to be
page to a. queen? So he was sent to the
gloomy castle to serve the imprisoned
Mary Queen of Scots.
The queen was a very beautiful woman,
and very sweet and loving when she
wanted to be. She was sad and lonely,
locked up In that great castle away from
all her friends. She was delighted to
have the handsome face of Roland near
her. and was so good and kind to him.
and talked to him so sadly about her
loneliness that he felt she was a much
wronged woman, and thought that he
would like to die for her If It would make
her happy. He promised her that he
would free her from that castle regard
less qf all the earls in the world.
He was glad that he had learned to
make locks and keys from “Donald of
the Hammer.” He wont to the black
smith shop at Lockleven castle and soon
made friends with the blacksmith. And
whenever he was alone Roland would
work with all his might at making a
bunch of keys as near like those that the
lady of Lochleven carried as he could.
When he had finished them he wore them
under his coat and watched for an op
portunity to steal the true keys from the
lady of Ixichleven and put his false ones
In their place.
One evening when the man who locked
the castle doors came to bring the keys
to Lady Lochleven they were all in the
dining room at supper. She laid them
on the table by her plate while she ate
The poor queen looked sadly at that lit
tle bunch of steel and silver that kept
her from freedom and happiness.
Roland was watching them, too, and
thought that now was his time to steal
them. He looked through the window
and asked what strange light that was
on the water. Every one looked to see
It. and In that Instant Roland picked up
the true keys and put the false ones In
then- place. Rut with all his care they
made a slight clinking noise as he laid
them on tin table. In a second the lady
of Lochleven looked round and said:
“Who touched the keys?”
The queen and Roland held their
breath, for they thought that they had
been discovered. But Roland was very
brave and quick, and answered:
"My sleeve brushed against them.
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madam, as I was leaning over to see the
light.”
This reply satisfied her and she went
to her room thinking that she had the
true keys.
That night when everything was dark
and still Roland slipped up to the queen s
room, unlocked the door and led her out
of the gloomy castle to the edge of the
lake. They hardly dared to breathe, so
afraid were they that they would awaken
some one who would come after them
and catch them. Roland unlocked the
little boat that was chained to a tree
and which the lady of Lochleven used
to send over to the land for what she
needed. Then he and the queen got in
an«l he rowed the boat to the other
shore. Here some friends met them with
some horses, one of them being "Rosa
belle,” the favorite horse that the queen
rode before she was locked up, and
"He mounted himself on a coal-black
steed,
And her on a freckled gray,
With a bugelet horn hung down from
his side, ,
And roundly they rode away.
"VIOL ET ALEXANDER."
CHARITY LIST
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cents; Lamar Woolf, Bevlll, Ala., 10
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cents.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Josephine Silling. Staunton, \a., R. i* •
D. No. o.—Dear Junior: The Constitu
tion arrives here on Wednesday. It is the
first paper 1 ask for, and if any one
has taken the Junior page things are not
very quiet for a while. My school closed
about three weeks ago. We had some
jolly times at the seminary which J at
knew It. but of course when she enter
tainments and having midnight leasts,
which is an event that occurs in every
school girl's life. We would gather in a
room to have a feast; guards were sta
tioned at the door, but 1 was never anx
ious to act as guard, lor teachers can be
so quiet they were upon us before we
knew it. but of course when she enter
ed the room girls were screaming be
cause the stovepH'ie had fallen down or
they had seen a mouse. We supposed she
thought the guards were there to catch
the mouse as it ran out. When guards
gave a signal, something that she did not
notice, the room was tilled with Hying
biscuits, crackers, sardine boxes and most
everything thrown to lodge in some sate
place to prevent the teacher from seeing
them. It would be hard to tell how long
It would take us to get such rooms in
order. We were all full of mischief, but
while In the school room w< were liko
mice. Correspondence solicited. Age 16.
John W. Huff. Locust. S. C.—Dear Jun
ior: I will not stay with you long, for
this is the first time I have written to the
Junior page. I will take for my topic.
"Value of Time.”
Let us set a high value upon our time.
Time, is short and its flight Is rapid. Time
la not only short, but precious. Nothing
can impede the current of time. Whether
we are awake or asleep we do not retard
time. It is silent, but has an irresistible
force.
In the journey of life we pass from
stage to stage, from infancy to childhood,
from childhood to youth, from youth to
mature age, and finally before we are
aware of it. we find ourselves declining
toward the last stage of earthly existence.
Time wasted can never bo recovered. No
one ever possessed the same moment
twice.
Now', young lads and lasses, wo are in
the midst of youthful bloom, but soon this
reason will only exist in dim shades of
recollection, ami unless it has been well
improved it will be regretted.
We must seize the fugitive moments as
they fly. Let everything be done, in its
season. There is a time for all things.
If we wish to make the best of our time
we must learn to do one thing at a time,
and do it at once. We must learn to do it
well. If we cannot give our work the
best attention it is best to omit, it al
together for we know one of our standard
poets has said that "Twentv things lutif
done is not one thing well done. There is
a great difference in doing just right and
a little wrong." Let ns always do our
best. 'is beware of procrastination.
We must not put off our duty for today
on tomorrow. The rule of sound discre
tion is to never put off till tomorrow'
what we ought to do today.
I would like to correspond with some of
the cousins from 13 to 16 years of age.
either sex. Much love to Aunt Susie
and the cousins
"South Carolina,” Cabal. S. C—Dear
Junior: I enjoy rending the Junior page.
I live in the northwestern part of Ches
ter county, near the town of Lockhart.
My pa.pa Is a farmer and as I am the
onlv child and my mother is dead 1 am
keeping house for him. I get very lone
some sometimes, bu.t I have a great deal
of work to do and it. keeps mo very well
employed. We own a. beautiful home, slt
unted on a high hill and the surrounding
sceneries are grand. We can see tho
city of Union, which is 16 miles away,
and we can also see the electric lights at
'Chester, which is IS miles away. Our
house was built before the civil war.
and allow me to say President Jefferson
Davis and his ambulance crimped here
when he passed through this part of tho
country about the close of the war. The
president himself spent the night in one
room of our house.
Alice M. Bradford, Iz>osbiirg. Fla
Dear Junior: I am spending my vaca
tion with my grandpa, and grandma. My
grandpa. takes The Constitution and I
take great Interest in (the Junior page,
and would like to know if Aunt Susie
would take another little stranger into
i her happy band? The letter written by
i Willie and iris Pickens interested me
very much, as my little brother and my
sely helped our grandpa drop his corn
and also helped him wrap tomatoes.
Their little brother must have been a
very smart little fellow to drop 10 acres
of“~Corn and they very smart to chop 12
acres of cotton. J haven’t learned to
milk yet, but enjoy going with grand
ma to help feed the cows and like to
feed the chickens. This is my longest
stay on the form and 1 like the farm
life fine. This is my native home, but
the past six years 1 have lived in Geor
gia. Part of that time I lived in Atlanta.
My present home is in Jacksonville, Fla.
I can answer Charles B. Palmer’s ques
tion. The longest verse in the Bible is
■ Esther vili, 9. Aige 12. Love for all.
i Lucilla H. Preston, Warrenton. Va. —
■ Dear Junior—l don't know whether I am
too old to write to the Junior or not, but
I enjoy so much reading the letters from
the cousins, I thought it would be nice to
write one. I like the letter from Addie
P. Cooper, because I am a country girl
just as she is. The nearest town or vil
lage is Warrenton. Fauquier county, Vir
ginia, and I live on a small farm among
the beautiful green hills. I love to lie
! out of doors among the birds and flowers
; and smell the wild grape, of which tile
air is full. 1 am busy all day long, for
I ever since 1 can remember anything at
I all 1 have had to help about the work
i that was going on. running messages and
picking up chips when I was a little girl,
and washing dishes, helping to cook,
to clean house, to raise turkeys, to take
care of the flowers and every thing else
THE WEEKLY C ONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. JULY 20, 1903.
going on about the house since 1 have
grown larger. Anil now that my teacher
has gone home and I have vacation 1
help to make my clothes. I have always
had good reports at school and stood at
the head of the classes and studied hard,
because 1 love my books and because I
want to be a teacher. But I cannot do
that, for to be a teacher one must grad
uate at some school, either a public school
o;- some other good school, and I live too
far from Warrenton, which is 4 miles
oft, to attend school there. I could not go
by myself; It would not he safe for me
to do so. and there is no one to go with
me and we have no way for me to go
away from home to school. My father
was In the confederate army for four
years with Ashby and Stuart, and I love
to hear him tell of those exciting times
and the narrow escapes he. made. After
the war ho worked hard until his health
became too bad. Now he is sick nearly
all of tho time, and his daughters have
to .help him in every way they can. In
summer my mother takes boarders and
then we are kept busy! If a girl is bright
and cheerful and puts her whole heart in
all that her hands find to do she can be
tery happy herself and make all around
her both comfortable and happy. We
arc a happy family of six—father, mother
and four girls, of which I am the young
est and 15 years of age.
Sadie Elliott, Moundville. Ala.—Dear
Junior: Here comes a little girl from
western Alabama who would like to join
your band of cousins. 1 have written
to The Constitution before, but gues* my
letter found its way to the waste basket.
Hope this one will not share a similar
fate. My school is out. It will open
again In September. We had a nice
picnic when school closed. My birthday
was the 3d day of July. I was thirteen
years old. Inclosed find 5 cents for
Grady hospital. Correspondence solic
ited.
Hattie J. Bryan, Trenton, S. C.—Dear
Junior; I save never written to this page
before, but as Aunt Susie suggested
some time ago for some one to write
on fish or animals, 1 will give you all a
short description of the eel. They are
very much like a snake, about a yard
long, are very strong, have bright eyes
and tins on both sides their body, and
when you catch them you put sand in
your hands, as they will slip back In the
water. My sister Emmie caught one last
week that weighed 3 pounds, which broke
her pole, th she caught the other
end and brought it to land. I live near
a large pond, which was sold this year
in shares tl mean just the fish) to some
.Edgefield num. They come down and
fish two or throe days at a time, which
of course they enjoy very much. Barton
R. Smith 1 think your ideas on educa
tion very good. Will close for fear this
may prove uninteresting to some.
Katie Fite, Lumberton, Miss.—Dear
Junior: As it has been such a long
time since I wrote to The Constitution
1 will write again. I will describe our
little town. Lumberton is in Pearl River
county and is situated on the New Or
leans and Northeastern railroad and at
the junction of the Gulf and Ship Island
railroad. S miles from New Orleans, and
has a population of 2.500 Lumberton has
one national bank, two hotels, newspaper,
machine shops, electric plant, brick yard,
telephone system, water works, ice fac
tory. wood working plant, wagon and
repair shops, shoe factory, bakery an*;
about twenty-five mercantile houses
that will do credit to any town. Our
little town keeps growing. There is a
largo brick school house which has two
hundred and riftv scholars and seven
teachers.
Nogle E. James. Moore. S. Dear
Junior. As most of the correspondents
take a subject 1 shall take for mine
"Finding Fault." Although I may not
give it ,i thorough discussion. If I were
to ask tho question, "How many of us
find fault?" what should the answer
be? Cousins. 7 don't suppose I’d find any
more than one out of ten who did not
find fault. We all Hud fault through
life, some one tiling and some another,
and some of each other. Wo have a. sen
tence in grammar which tells us it is easy
to find fault. Oh! yes, easy, very easy
hide, d, and more easy to find in other
people than ourselves. We often, very
often, hear people complaining of the
faults oth< s, when at the same time
they are just as faulty themselves if
they would only take lime and consider
them. But ah! they never d'hlnk of that
We have a verse in tile New Testament
which says, "First pull the mote out of
thine own eye, then thou eanst see clear
ly how to pull it out thy brother's eye."
That is true. Le,t us first search the
faults of ourselves and then we can see
<4early how to search the faults of others.
Some people gel up at morning and re
tire at night speaking evil of others, but
that is wr mg, very wrong, for if they
can't speak well of their brothers or sis
ters they shouldn't spei.ik of litem at all,
for "silence is (golden,’ 'and as Shakes
peare says, the least said is soonest
mended, i'll close with a quotation for
the. many readers:
"If wisdom's ways you wisely seek
Five things observe with care,
Os whom you speak, to whom you speak
And how and when and where.
Alice Chaffin. Holland, Tex.—Dear
Junior: I have been a reader of The Con
stitutlon for a long time. and have
thought many times 1 would write, but 1
am a little timid, but I have decided to
write this rainy afternoon. .How many
of the cousins enjoy rambling in the
woods’.' I do, for one, especially in tile
spring, when there are lots of pretty
flowers. We have a great many flowers
of which I am very fond. If any one
sees this that has my name, I would be
glad to correspond with them. I will llko
to exchange the following songs; "A
Bird in a Gilded Cage." "Annie Rooney,”
I’ll tell my Ma on You," "Single Life."
"In tho Baggage Coach Ahead," "Nelly
Gray" and others to exchange for "Kitty
Wells." "Alice. Where Art Thou?”
“Without You Love, Oh, Let Me Die,"
“Dearest of Chums," "A Picture No Art
ist Can Paint," "Just Before the Battle,
Mother." I would like to correspond
with some of the cousins about, my age,
16.
(Many thanks for your kind words; they
are too flattering to print. Aunt Susie.)
Annie Davis DeSoto Parish, Butler,
La.—Dear Junior: I will try to describe
Mineral springs: It is about 2 miles from
my home; it is said if any one seeking
health will drink the water from these
springs, they will be cured, provided
they drink it long enough. The water
tastes bad enough to cure or kill. The
spring is lined with brick and cemented,
both inside and out. There is also a
large pink pond at the spring. Out in
the pond is a bath house and there are
several boats. Some one Is camping
there al! the summer. People have a
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great many picnics thpre. One will be
held there on the 27th of July, There is
a large shed on top of a hill not far from
the spring, where they speak. It is sur
rounded by large oa k trees. Would liko
to know the whereabouts of W. T. Slcep
leton; when last heard from was in
Texas. He married my mother’s sister,
Lizzie Green. Any one answ’erlng ths
above will do me a great favor. I will
return postage if w | S h. [ would like to
correspond wth some of the juniors, be
tween 16 and 20 years of age; would bo
pleased to get their pictures.
Ruby Kindrod, Jefferson. Tex.—Dear
Junior: I have been a silent reader of
the Junior page for a long time. The
page is improving very fast. We have
very many birds down here, but I think
uie humming bird is the prettiest of all.
I hey come here in April and stay until
fall. The humming bird is the smallest
of birds and has the greatest rapidity of
Hight to its size than any of its feathered
friends. It darts In and out our Howers
hunting its food. It lives on insects and
honey. Os 4<X> kinds of humming birds
there are six found in North America. J
have never seen a humming bird's nest.
Love to Aunt Susie and all.
"Ark. Hoosier." Village, Ark.—Dear
Junior: I have decided to contribute a
few lines to the Junior page. Though I
have never written to the page I must
confess that some of my greatest pleas
ures are derived from its contents. 1 will
try to describe a pleasure trip which
comes very vividly to my memory, jhast
session while in school we were not al
lowed to associate with the girls except
when the rules were suspended, and that
usually happened Sunday afternoon,
when it happened at all. One Monday
morning we were assured that the rules
would he suspended the next Sunday so
we planned for a stroll to the mountains
which lie some 2 miles south of town.
It seemed as though the time would
never come, but when it. did not only
the students, but some of the teachers
as well were ready to start early in the
afternoon. It wis one of those lovely
May afternoons that seem so well adapt
ed to the pleasure of such a stroll. All
nature seemed clothed in her best as we
passed here and there to make "goo
goo" eyes at .ur partner or to pluck
some wild Howe that grew by the path.
When we had gone about a mile and
after crossing a lovely little brook be
gan to ascend the loftiest mountain of
the group. After an hour of wearisome
climbing we reached the summit, which
furnished a splendid view of the sur
rounding country.
On the east could be seen the Iron
Mountain railroad threading its way be
tween hills and over valleys; on the west
far down) in th,, valley was a herd of
cattle quietly grazing and the tinkling
sound of their bells was wafted to out?
ears on the soft, evening air; and to the
north was the town we had left just a
short while before.
It was not until the sun was sinking
low in the west that we thought of re
suming our journey. It is enough to say
that we reached town very, very tired,
but with a happy recollection that will
long remain with us.
"Dorothy," South Carolina—Dear Jun
ior: Jfere comes a longing cousin from
the Old Palmetto. Will you admit her
Into your cherry baud? I have been a
constant reader and admirer of The Con
stitution for quite a while and scan its
(dear old pages every week. 1 enjoy the
Junior letters, especially those which de
scribe pretty scenery. I think the most
beautiful scenery I have ever had an op
portunity to gazi' upon was in western
North Carolina. It is a very mountain
ous country and I always enjoyed taking
rambles over the big hills. It is some
times very hard work to climb them, but
when .von do get to tho top you are well
paid for your work. From the summit of
some of these mountains the scenery is
, grand. Looking below we see a deep
; green valley covered with Howers, shrub
| bery, etc., and still farther on wo see
■ rising in splendor peak after peak. When
■ ascending these lofty peaks we suddenly
: come tinon a beautiful little babbling
: mountain stream gushing over the rocks
1 and precipices an I emptying into the
beautiful . green valley below. While
foaming over the rocks ,-itid pouring from
one descent to another these streams
make pretty little falls, some of which
are miniatures of the r- al Niagara. Usual
ly these valleys are very productive and
vegetables, corn, apples and other tl'/igs
j are raised by the farmers, who live in tiny
I little cabins built beside the mountains.
On one mountain there is a little cottage
'built just for its “pictnresquoness.’’ It is
, built with logs, dobbed with mud and
i the qhimnevs are of roughest mountain
(rock. It is finished up very neatly Inside
and pretty vines trail around the ve
randa. and indeed if is real picturesque.
Some of those smaller mountains are
covered with many varieties of wild
flowers, honeysuckles, ox eye dasies and
others. Hark! I hear Aunt Susie saying,
“Time’s up,” so goodby. Much love to al!
Age 17.
Alary F. Johnson. Sayersvllle, Va.—
Dear Junior: I am farmer’s daughter,
living in the southwestern part of Vir
ginia. I will take for my subject our four
seasons, spring, summer, autumn and
winter. First comes the beautiful spring
with nature awakening in her arms. Then
we rejoice at. the first (tiny blades of
grass which come peeping through, tile
grand and the beautiful and fragrant
apple blossoms, then the farmers begin
to plow and plant corn and are we not
happy when we see the whole earth cov
ered with a soft green oarpet of grass
and the fruit begins to ripen and where
we see the great fields of green corn
waving in the soft breeze and their tas
sels towering high above our heads. Are
wo not happy again when wo see the
[ fields of golden grain standing ready to
' be cut and the fruit all ripe and ready
(to be gathered? When tall winter comes
I witli its ice and snow and we do so
| much enjoy skating, making .snow men
I and snow balls. Ini so sorry for the
i invalids, because they cannot enjoy .the
’ beautiful world as we can. May God be
I evtT with them through their suffering,
j I would like, to correspond with any of
i the cousins, age B
Henry Chester Par Due, Lancaster, S.
C.—Dear Junior: Will you admit a little
8-year-old boy to you "little band)?” This
is my first, attempt to write for publica
tion and hope it won't find the path to
the wastebask, t. I live in town and
go to school to lho granded school. Have
only been going eight months. This is
vacation. I was promoted from the first
to the second grade. Our family forms
a trio —papa, mamma and I. Now you
must not. think me a spoiled “kid,” for
I am not. 1 a,in the only grand baby in
the family, too. 1 live near my grand
father Pardue. I have three pets—a pup
py and two sweet aunties. 1 have two
lovely grandmammas and one grandpapa.
Lancaster is a pretty old town of about
1,400 people. Can’t you come to see us.
Aunt _Susie? 1 will try to give you a
•good time, take you to ride, feed you on
ice cfeam and swing you in my ham
mock.
I (Thanks for your invlta.tlon. I know
• I would have a nice time. Don’t you
; think you ought to have put. your "two
j sweet aunties" before the puppy?)
j W. (Walker Arnold, Rolesville, N. C.—
j Dear Junior; I come again land take for
my subject, “Some Lessons We Ought to
I Learn.” This little poem expresses my
| thoughts:
“Over and over again.
No matter which way I turn.
I always find in .the book of life
Some lesson I have to learn."
Patience is one lesson wo should mas
ter. In times of anger this little lesson
put Into use may keep you from saying
cross words, which if spoken we would
give anything to recall. These angry
words may be forgiven, but they are
never forgotten. The lesson of religion
should die thoroughly learned'. “Love
thy neighbor as thysel.” "Remember
thy Creator In the days of ,thy youth.”
Be moral, join tile church of your choice
and whether you believe every- one to be
good 1 or not, you do your best. Also the
lesson of being content is valuable. Con
tentment is the secret, of a. happy life
and a happy home. Politeness goes a
long wa.y and should l' e cultiviated. Smile
and the world smiles with you. Last
but by no means least comes the great
lesson of knowledge- Every one should
have the rudiments of an education, so
that we mljht have at least the semblance
of a key to unlock knowledge Tennyson
says:
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers,
and I linger on the shore.
But the individual withers and tho world
is more and more."
Knowledge helps men to rule this na
tion as well as to guln suocess in a bus
iness life, etc. When I cease to feel
warmly the injury done to others wh<, o
I cease to detest wanton cruelty and'
when my soul no lunger rises against op
pression. 1 am unworthy to be a cl
of this grand commonwealth. Alm h’gn.
Attain to better, greater and nobler
things. Some one hris said I would deem
mv life a failure had I not an aim to
be of service to mankind] Think of your
(possibilities. Eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty. The portals of tomor
row’s promises open only to thofie that
.turn the key of today’s opportunities
Correspondence with the Junior gi Is *
solicited. Every letter will be answered.
Roy Lyons, Hargett. Ga. —Dear Junior.
I am on orphan boy 12 years old and have
been living here at this pleasant home
with Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hargett four
years, and like my. home hetter and J* l '
tei every day. Each one of family
tieats me with all the kindness that is
‘T assist on the farm, but have been
cutting stove wood all day, and am get
ting ready to start to school next week
i.Mv sugar cane patch is fine and I
scon be through laying by my crop. I
like the country and farming more than
I do city life. I lived in Go umbus. Ga.,
all mv life until I came out here in Har
ris county to live with Hargett. My
mother died in Columbus last fall. Her
last words were "Roy. be a good boy and
stay with Mr. Hargett. Now hand me a
drink of water and let me go. I am
going to a better world than this and
want you to meet me.” I am a member
of the Methodist church and am trying
to meet my mot,her in heaven.
Dora Morrison, Glennwood, Ga.—Dear
Junior: 1 think the Junior page is im
proving and I certainly enjoy reading
the. many interesting letters from the
cousins. , , . .
My mamma has been dead eight years.
J have a step mother, four brothers and
one sister, single, two married.
I do think Aunt Susie a lovely woman
and hope the dear Lord will spare her
many more years to brighten some one's
pathway through life.
Well, I will tell you all of our celebra
tion of Independence day, which was
held at Mount Vernon, Ga., about 5 mlh's
from here. There was a large crowd
in attendance. Our congressman made a
fine speech there. The fantastic ride
was quite amusing. Some of the br?ys
were dressed in girls' clothes.
Wishing von all much love and happi
ness. Would like correspondents of
either sex between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-one.
Mary Ellen Waters. Hutto. Tex.—Dear
Junior: My papa takes The Constitution
and Home and Farm and I enjoy reading
both [Tapers so much, especially all the
letters from the children. My papa is a
farmer. We came from Kentucky. e
lived in New Concord, Calloway county,
Kentucky, before coming to Texas, We
bade our relatives and friends in New-
Concord farewell January 27, 1900, and
landed in Georgetown, Tex., January 30,
about 9 p. m. How sad w<‘ all felt when
we part'd with our dear Kentucky
frietids. But we have found Texas to be
a finer country than Kentucky and better
people cannot be found than we have
found here In Texas, so we are satisfied
here, though we can never cease to love
Kentucky and our dear friends there. Me
live 4 miles from Jonah and 4 miles from
Hutto, but Hutto is our postoffice. We
have line corn and cotton and a good
garden this year, imt last year we did not
raise any corn and not much cotton. We
have fine watermelons and muskmelons.
Come to sec us. Aunt Susie, and we will
give you all you can eat. There is going
to be" an ice cream supper on the 9th to
help buy an organ for our Sunday school.
I'apa and mamma are teachers in the
Sunday school. Hattie Thompson. I have
your birthday. August 30. J am 12 years
old and my sister is 10. M e love pets,
but only have two cats and a few chickens
ami several dolls.
“Blundering Billy.”—Dear Junior: As
Miss Kate Hines lias the rocker, 1 guess
I will just take the stool over hero by
tlie pinn(>-no, I will just exchange with
Miss Kate and site can play some of those
beautiful songs while I chat a while
with those “loving" girls that £ see sit
ting around the room. So I will just
move mv "rocker" over there in that
cozy corner by Miss Onle and take my
first (no. I'll not be so sure of that, but
1 won't toll her so) lessons in that mys
terial, indescribable feeling—"love. ' I
’liink Miss Onie’s subject a well chosen
one and don't think it could have, been
written to better effect. Love ami friend
ship constitute the whole of man's exist
ance without either of which this world
w ml'dr t be a very pleasant place The
word "love" embraces all that is good,
pure and true, but is not friendship
classed under a different heading? What
is greater than true friendship? But
great as it may be. easily procured as it
may be. there are those who do not pos
sess it. How many have mistaken false
friendship for the true! We should be
careful in the selection of our friends,
we should not choose them too hastily,
for what, is done in rash moments is oft
repented ?t leisure. Friendship is as old
as the formation of society, and there Is
rearcelv an ancient writer now extant,
who has not said something in praise of
it Os this we have a fine example in
tho stow of David and Jonathan, as
re’ended in the second book of Samuel.
In this same sacred oracle we are told
that love is stronger than death, and
even the great Redeemer of the world
had a beloved disciple.
Some one lias finely described friendship
in the following words.
"Friendship, thou charmer of the mind,
Thou sweet deluding ill; r-
The brightest moments mortals find.
And sharpest pains we feel.
Fate has divided all our shares
Os pleasure and of pain:
In love, the friendship and the cares,
Are mixed and joined again."
The same ingenious author in another
“’Tis dangerous to let loose your love.
Beneath the eternal fair.”
And I guess that Aunt Susie thinks if
1 wish to remain on friendly terms with
her I had better "ring oft" and get to
"pulling the bell-cord over old Beekb
and I think so too. So an revoir till
I call again!
Pearl E. Howse, Ijficey, Miss.—
Junior: It has been over a year since I
addressed your column. Since that time
I have moved to a new town called Car
riere tlie postoffice, Lacey. My former
home was Savoy,. Miss. I like my new
homo splendidly. Carriere is situated .>0
miles north of New Orleans, in the p ney
woods. So you see. boys, I am a piney
woods girl." The last time I wrote tlie
dear Junior I took for my subject tat
tling." Now I will say a few words on
the subject "Thought." First what Is
thought? Thought is properly that which
Hie mind thinks. Thought is tlie act
or operation of the mind, when attend
ing to a particular subject, or thing, or
it is tlie idea consequent on that opera
tion. We say a man's thoughts are em
ployed on government, or religion on
trade, or arts, or his thoughts are ern
ployed on his means of living. By this
we mean that his mind is directed to
that particular subject, or object, that
is according to the literal import of the
verb think. The mind, the intellectual
part of man. is not upon such an object;
it holds it in view or contemplation.
Thought is idea, conception. If I wish
to convey my thoughts to another per
son. I first think deeply over my subject,
preparatory to discussion, then I employ
words that express my’ thoughts so that
he may have the same ideas, for after
I express mv thoughts my friend will
think over my thoughts and compare
them with h's. We cannot.help thinking
any more than we can breathing, but we
can help expressing evil thoughts just
as easily as we can think. But. oil!
how many of us fail to do this day by
day. How often we express evil thoughts
oniy to regiet it in after days, when if
we had onlv thought before we spoke we
would be happy, in beautiful thoughts.
Cousins, isn't it nice to enjoy beautiful
thoughts? And they cost absolutely
nothing. Why don't we refrain from
evil thoughts? Some say we. can't help
it. No, 'tis true we can’t help thinking,
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but if when we happen to think evil, we
would exercise our mental faculties to
some nobler thought, and consider how
wicked we are, and think of God. and
his goodness wo would soon overcome a
greater part of our evil thoughts, and
establish within ourselves purer thoughts.
Just flunk of the poor crazy people wlm
haven't the power to think clearly. Oh!
how very thankful we should feel, for
the sweet blessings our heavenly father
so generously bestows upon us. We can
not be too grateful, nor our thoughts be
not too pure. I could write more on
this subject, but I do not want to make
my annual visit too lengthy, for fear
dear Aunt Susie won't ask me back
again. So I will say goodby this time,
wishing for ali "Beautiful Thoughts.'
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Don't blame the child. The chances are
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THE GREAT NILE DAM.
Completion of the Greatest Engineer- I
ing Feat in History.
Cairo, Egypt. June I.—The Nile dam. |
which is the greatest engineering work of
its kind in the world, lias just been com
pleted at a cost of nearly $10,000,000, its
construction having kept 10,000 workmen
busv for a period of four years. It is
70 fret high. 6.400 feet long, 23 feet wide
at the top, along which a roadway runs,
and contains 1,000,000 cubic yards of solid
masonry. Located at Assuan just be
low the first cataract, it will store water
uiirlng the winter for the months of scar
city, holding enough to cover 1,400 square :
miles to the depth of 1 foot, and thus I
will add, it is estimated, $11,000,000 an •
nually to the wealth of Egypt.
Hitherto Egypt has been a land of al- j
ternate flood and drought, depending upon
the condition of the Nile. But. there is no
reason why this should continue to be
the case, inasmuch as the overplus cf
water furnished by the Nile during the
winter is sufficient, if stored in suitable
reservoirs, to moisten ali of the arable
land in this country through tlie dry
pc’iod. When tlie requisite works have
been established—the great dam above de
scribed being an important step in this
direction—all of the tillable fields of
Egypt will be Irrigated and cultivated
throughout the year.
Source Long a Mystery.
The Nile is one of the longest rivers
in the world, being in that respect in
tlie same class with the Amazon, the
Congo and the Mississippi. For ages tlie
secret of its source was regarded as a
geographical mystery, but recent explora
tion has proved that the White Nile
rises in Lake Victoria (central Africa)
and flows northward until at Khartoum,
2,100 miles from its place of origin, it
unites witli the Blue Nile, which origi
nates In the mountains of Abyssinia. Not
until it has pursued a course of 3,300
miles does the mighty stream empty it
self into the Mediterranean.
By September of each year the Nile
has become a mighty torrent, its flow
augmented from a minimum of 12,000 cu
bic feet a second to 400,000 cubic feet a
second. Upper Egypt is largely trans
formed into a lake dotted with Island
villages—in which condition it continues
for thirty to forty-live days, the waters
thereupon retreating. But once in fifteen
years or so the river rises unusually high,
doing an Immense amount of damage;
while, on the other hand, occasional years
of low water bring Incalculable suffer
ing. During the great plague of the book
of Exodus the reaches of the stream be
came stagnant pools swarming with dy
ing fish, and the Nile stank—a disastrous
situation which was repeated less than
1,000 years ago. when a water famine re
duced tlie people to such extremities
that human flesh was for some time an
important item of food supply.
Further Schemes Discussed.
There has been much discussion of the
feasibility of converting these vast sheets
of water, Lakes Victoria and Albert, in
Central Africa, into storage reservoirs, in J
•which water might be held back at the
season of flood, but as yet no surveys
have been made with a view to ascertain
ing how far such a scheme would be
practicable. The dam at Assuan can be
made to hold three times as much water
as at present by simply increasing its
height 30 feet, and this will doubtless be
done before very long. As one result of
tlie building of tlie dam, tlie ancient tem
ples on the Island of I’hllae, in the middle
of tlie river, which possess such great
value in tin- eyes of archaeologists, will
be partly submerged; but, In order to
protect them as far as possible against
damage, tho British government has boon
spending a great deal of monej- in
strengthening their foundations.
The Great Dam.
The dam has four locks, each 266 foot
long and 50 feet wide, which will enable
small boats to pass at almost any time
of tlie year. There are also 185 sluice
ways, which, as tlie river rises, will be
gradtally closed, beginning with the low
est one. Thus tho reservoir will gradual!'
fill, without appreciably affecting the flow
of the stream. The upper gates, on th"
other hand, will bo Iho first to bo opened
when the water is turned back into the
Nile in May.
The most serf”'is engineering difilcn ,t v
encountered was to find st.materi >
I on which to place the foundation of
I the dam. In one part <:' the river bot
tom the granite was so far il.-.-.iinpi . '!
that it had t<> bo dug oat for a depth of
! (X) feet and filled in with fre u !i and solid
granite blocks from th ■ queries near
whence the ancient !■!.
with their primitive appliances, immense
amounts of the same building materia!
The irrigation problem in the United
States has assumed such go at impor
tance within the last few years that tl'.-’
department of agriculture has thought It
worth while to make a s-p lai investiga
tion of tlie subject in Egypt, when irri
gation has been practice,! since th< e-ir
i Host historic times. All the information
I collected will soon be published in a book
I The most striking pos.-ibie illustration of
i tile profitableness of irrigation is afford,' !
I by Egypt, where a tr ie, of agricultural
! land no larger than the irrigable area
I of California supports 6.'",".""" of peoi !■■
I pays the expenses of a easily cov
can d built by Josi p,'n. rhe .sagacious He
ibreiw premier of Biblical fame. It is as
long as the Hudson river, has an average
width of 175 feet at the bottom, with a
depth of 20 feet, and. thanks to lev. . s
on both sides, is able to contain a stream
30 feet in depth at the season
Nile, when its flow amounts to 30.000 :
bic feet a second. Al Medinet al Fayum
it separates into many smaller ditches,
thus watering a large part of the prov
ince.
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