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8 I 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. _SCHOGL3 AND COLLEGES. n An I K.U S t e n ographer. Bookkeeper or Telegraph Operator. Will edu cate right party and give Bond to furnish Posi tion when course is finished. First application considered first. For Particulars write to-day. Morse School Telegraphy, Lexington Business College. BEHJAMIM B. JONES. Pres., Shelbyville, Ky- 108 E. Ma*n street. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Law Department. Next session begins on September If.th. 1908. For circulars, catalogues and information, write to SYLVASTS MORKTS. Athens. Ga. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Next session opens September Iflth. Full graduate as well as under graduate courses. M 0 students last year. Seven Departments. Fully equipped laboratories and museums. 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If vou prefer, mar par tuition out of salary af ter course is completed. Guarantee graduates be competent or no charges for tuition. WOMB STUDY: Bookkeeping, Shorthand, TjfLmanshio. etc., taught by mail. Write for £) BWKLET on Home Study. It’s free. Sullivan & Crichton’s rr-iNEss < oi.i.egf:, kjser bld<;. creat •‘BUDGET" system of teaching , Vc-L-oening is the educational hit of the cen IX''ACr"rntab■ i ah-m it. * SOUTHERN SHORTHAND Leading Business School of the Z„,oh Knternow. Catalogue free. Ad c. Briscoe. Pres., or 1.. W. Ae „o7d. Vlce-Pres., Atlanta, Oa. 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 Lizzie Michhumes. Bessemer, N. C., 10 cents; Emma C. Bryan, Trenton, S. C., 5 cents; Lamar Woolf, Bevlll, Ala., 10 cents; Arthur A. Cobb, Gordon, Ga., 10 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 Or. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED BY c/. 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. 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Address all orders and remit by safe methods to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA. GA. 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.' 1 inclose 10 cents for Aunt Susie. (No 10 cents inclosed.) Better Than Spanking. Spanking does not cure children of bed wetting. If it did there would be few chll dre.n that would do it. There is a constl tut*unal cause for this. Mrs. M. Sum mers, box l'Y>, Notre Dame. Ind., will send her home treatment to any mother. She asks no money. Write her today if vour children trouble you in this way. Don't blame the child. The chances are it can’t help it. 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. THE PREMIUM BIBLE. I Our Customers Are Always Pleased Mr. C. C. 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