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Newspaper Page Text8 jfe' fr-- JSwMBSSm Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga. LITTLE THINGS It was only a little thing for Nell To brighten the kitqhen fire. To spread the cloth, to draw the tea, As her mother might desire — A little thing but her mother smiled. And banished all her care. And a day that was sad Closed bright and glad. With a song of praise and prayer. 'Twas only a little thing to do For a sturdy lad like Ned, To groom the horse, to milk the cow. And bring the w_pod from the shed: But his father -was glad to find at night The work was all well done. "I am thankful,'' snld he. “As I can be For the gift of such a son.’’ Only small things, but they brighten life. Or shadow id. with care; But little things, yet they mold a life For joy or sad despair; But little things, yet life’s best prize. ■ The reward which labor brings. Comes to him who uses. And not abuses. The power of the little things. MARY FENTON. FOR HIS MOTHER’S SAKE. The florist's boy had just swept some broken and withered flowers Into the gut ter when a ragged urchin darted across the street. He stooped over the pile of I mangled flowers, and came at last upon a rose seemingly In better condition than ; the rest; but as he tenderly picked it up the petals fluttered to the ground, leav- , Ing only the bare stalk In hfs hand. He | stood quite still, and his lips quivered | perceptibly. The florist's boy who had been looking at him severely, felt that his face was softening. “What’s the mat ter with you. any way?” he asked. The ragged lltjjo fellow choked as he ’ answered; “Its for my mother She’s sick, and pan’t ent nothin', an’ I thought if she'd a flower to smell It might make her feel better.” “Just you wait a minute." said the flo- . list's boy as he disappeared. When he came out upon the sidewalk he held In his hand a beautiful, half-opend rose. I which he carefully wrapped in tissue pa per. “There." he said; “take that to your mother." —Midland. Will every little boy and girl read the above clippjjtg and then stcj and think, “What haye 1 done toii.'iy ;.,r mothers sake?” Have I given m. mother a single pleasure today? Hat -1 .•■ ■■ ■ ! her a weary step, have I tor her sake gi’ ;.i up a pleas ure or made a sacri ~••• -pit ler day may have been spent nior< pbasantlyZ Ask yourself these questions, dear children, and if you find you have failed in any one. determine in tip* future you will for mother's sake do everything jo lighten , her labors and make life bright and pleas- , ant What a sweet picture is given us—a 1 ragged little boy. hunting among flowers I that have J>een thrown away, just to find one flower, thinking to give a sick mother pleasure. §uch love and devotion touched ; the heart of the other boy and ho sent , the iittle mother boy away happy. Did you ever think how much your i mother dqes for you? When you were a 1 helpless little baby she watched you day and night; manj a weary step did she take during the flay, and many a night | she lies awake to watch you when sick. It would take, the biggest book in the : world to write down all the things a moth- I er does for her children, and how little some of them do for mother. Children. I have had many nice things SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, WANTED Stenographer, Bookkeeper or Telegraph Operator. Wil! edu cate right party and giye Bond to furnish Posi tion when course is finished First noplicat: • considered first. For Particulars wr.ie to day. Morse School Telegraphy, Lexington Business College. BENJAMIN B- JONES. Pres.. Shelbyville, Xy 103 K. Main StroPt. - SOUTHERN SHORTHAND ATLANTA.GA. ■ The Leading Business Sei ol of ths ■ Knuth. Enter now. Catalogue free. Ad r dress A C. Briscoe. Pres., nr I. W. Ar [ nnld. Vice-Pros.. Atlanta. Ga. Sullivan & Crichton’s BI SINEWS COLLEGE. KISI-.R BLDG. Our great "BUDGET" t-.- , J teaching bookkeeping is the edn« atinnal hit of the con tury Our catalogue toils all about t - 1 - I nir l O <^r '^*> Tps Kill X men and indorsed by business men* Lrlvi V Fourteen Cashiers of Banks are on our Board of Director-. Our diploma means > •something. Enter any lime. Positions secured. ' 1 Draughon's sri I (Incorporated, Capital Stock $300,000.00.) Nashville. Tenn? (J Atlanta, Ga. Ft Worth. Texas, t Montgomery, Ala St Louis. Mo ■’ Galveston, Texas. Little Rock, Ark. '» Shreveport, La. For 150 page catalogue address either place. If you prefer, may pay tuition out of salary af ter course is completed. Guarantee graduates to becompetent or uo charges for tuition. HOME STUDY: Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanship, etc., taught by mail. Write for 100 page BOOKLET oa Home Study. It's free. TELEGRAPHY tseyht thoroughly *nd quietly:position, ••enrol. C.tßlog free. Georgia Telegraph setmol, srnom.l.n 1^ O r graduates. We pay railroad fare. Write for 4 catalogue. .MA>NEI Bl SINES,S COL- I FGES, Columbus. Ga.. Richmond, Ya.. Hous toij, Tex•. Birm inghan>. Ala. Bg gQi& £Q < >■«r yOIHtaUVIiA-rMiS trains Or political work and secures s.inationa for all graduates of cotnple'ecommercial course. No vocation*. ATlr.-ss lorfrce ■■ataiwii. C. C.O.A INEW. i’mt SW roughkc.-ifllr.N . 1 or 119 West losth Street, New 1 ork, N. ;. Vaiidcitii'i University, KeshviDe, Tonn. ■Cost session opens September tfith. ITuil graduate *3 well nR under graduate courses. KX>" Students last year. Seven Departments, Fully equipped laboratories and museums. WILS WILLIAMS, Secretary. said about me. many more than I de serve. I have been thankful for every kind word, but.Jhe greatest compliment 1 ever had. the one I prized above all I others, was that I heard many years ago a lady who did not know me and was askin';”a lady who lived in my town, what kind of a person I was. The lady said, “She is for her love and devotion to her mother; her cate of her mother is beautiful." • I would Iwve rather had that said of me than any praise the world could give. That dear mother left me many, many years ago, and I am an old lady now, but my great pleasure Is the memory of my mother. I don’t remember ever in my life giving or receiving from her a cross word, and even after I married and had chil dren, my mother’s comfort and happiness was thg first thought of my heart. Love and care for your mother now while she is with you. and when she leaves you the sweetest comfort you will have I will be the thought, I did all Ftcould for j “Mother's Sake." AUNT SUSIE. charityTist. ■ TyOttle v. McCants, Smltl»s P. O . S. C., sc; Fannie Lacey, Birmingham, Ala., sc; William Littrell, Jr. Powersburg, Ky., ; sc; George, Clyde and Mattie Davis, ■ Mamie. Ala.. 10c; Horace S. Bauchillon, Mantan. Ala., sc. JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE. George, Clyde and Mattle Davis, Ma mie. Ala.—Dear Junior: As we have j never written to the dear old Constitu tion We decided to write today, as we I are at the store by ourselves. We are brother and sister. Our I | ages are 14 and 12 and we live on a 1 farm 6 miles from the railroad. | Our father Is a merchant, postmaster, i miller, farmer and a ginner. We have i a large mill pond near home and we ■ go fishing and seining when we want to. We have a violin and guitar and can I 1 play either. Eugene T Westbury, St. George. S. C. — | Dear Junior: I am a farmer's son and j am farming myself Crops are very poor i this year on account of so mudh rain. It j has rained this year more than ever was j known. Will take for my subject “Farm ! Else.” Agriculture Is the greatest among : arts, for It was the first in supplying I our necessaries. It is the mother of all other arts. It favors and strengthens : population. It creates and maintains i manufacture, gives employment to navi i gation and materials to commerce. Health, the first and best of all the j blessings of life, is preserved and forti fied by the practice of agriculture. Lot the farmer be led to properly estimate his i high and honorable position in the com | munity that for health and substantial ! wealth, for rare opportunities for self employment, for long life and real Inde pendence, farming is the. best business In the world. When We in I nature we go not as artist to study her ! scenes, but as children to rejoice in her I beauty, the breath of the air, the blue j I of the unclouded sky, the shining sun, i land the green softness of the. unflowcred i turf beneath our feet, are all transported j lin a region of delight. I would like a Ifew correspondents, either sex. Lucllla H. Preston. Warrenton, Va.~ | Dear Junior: If Aunt Susie will permit j I mo I would like to tell the Juniors about j Imy two Maltese kittens, Spook and i I Spirit. They are 5 months old and arc ' ■ fine hunters already, bringing in from ‘ the garden every day moles, field mice • ’ and. ground squirrels. Their amusement every evening is to perch themselves on ' tlie comb of the meat house roof, which is close to the gable of the kitchen, and I catch the bats us they fly out from ■ under the kitchen roof. They are so I quick and graceful in their movements j ‘ it is fun to watch them, though it is hard .'n the bats, for they seldom miss. This , . morning at 5 o’clock I looked out and ! I saw them circling around something in | ‘ a very cautious manner, keeping at a i safe distance, but now and then striking I objei paws. As soon i ■ is ] could run out to sei' what, excited ; ’hem I found a small garter viake which , ■ had a trig in its mouth and had nearly i swallowed it. The snake was trying to I g_eal its nead and the frog from the j kittens by covering them with the rest. . I of its body and seemed greatly fright- : enefl. My mother killed the snake and | j the kittens looked disappointed, as if ■ i they had been cheated of their fun. ; Vic Greenwood, Elkins, N. C—Dear I I Junior: Here comes another stranger . gslng for admittance in your happy i circle and hope with all my heart I will ' succeed, 1 am a farmer’s daughter and i • live in the country ' By imagination 1 think I enjoy country ! : life? I think the cousins certainly do i I write nice, letters. 1 certainly do agree i with Cousin Addle Cooper about girls ' helping their mothers. I think all girls ; should help their mothers all they can. Now. girls and boys, we must be good 1 to our mothers, for when our mother is : gone the best jj’lend on earth is gone, i i so now Is the time to help her. Dike the rest of the cousins, I am 1 ; trying to get an education and I hope I i I will succeed. We are having hot weather now. J would like to meet some of the I I cousins and get acquainted with them. 1 Julia. A. Andrews, Wiriardvllle, N. Dear Junior: I am a farmer’s daughter I and live near Little River, 10 miles north jof Durham. N. C. I will say a few i words on the subject “Life." We all know that life is jlust what we make it. It. is the material of which ail great I workers have secured a rich inheritance ■ of thoughts and deeds. We should do all i we can to make, life pleasant for our : selves and those around us, and while l contributing to the pleasures and en joyments of others we are promoted to . see our own real happiness. It is in our power to make life what ' we choose and we should strive to make I II as pleasant as can. There Is an idea I in the minds of some young people that ; a. certain portion of their life should be i spent in rudeness and folly, but this Is j a great mistake. Wo should not spend our youthfuil days in idleness, for as ye i sow ye shall reap, and if we sow wild I oats In youth the harvest will be more i 'than double the amount of seed sown. ■ We do not value our time as we should, . but let many golden moments pass unim proved. Let us stop and think of how ’ many hours we have wasted in this year in idle conversation and useless employ i ment, hours of which we can give no | account and in which we 'benefited nelth- I er ourselves or others, time past can i never be recalled and “spare moments | are the gold d'ust of lime,” the portion of life most fruitful In good or evil. Let us ask Him who guides us along through life to lead us in the path of right, that wo may “leave foot prints on i the sands of time” that will 'be of last i Ing good in this and the life to come. 1 slept and dreamed that life was I beau x. I woke and found that life was ; duty.” I'l..rile Emily Culler, Raymond, S. C.— Dear Junior: We have a very nice s hool, principal, assistant and a music I teacher. We have had our principal ■ for six years a.nd he Is elected this year j for the seventh. I have been going to ! school for three years. I am 10 years * old. I am learning to cook. I have THE WEEKLY CCrNSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1903. been making ba.t'ter cakes for a long time, but I a.m learning to make bis cuits. 1 made my first liight bread last week and I wish some <tf the cousins could see it. It was so nice I had to give my aunt a loaf. Papa has a cute little pony and 1 am learning to ride horseback. Will some of tho cousins please send me two recita'tions. “The Battle of Chickamauga’’ and the other I think is (tailed “Pea.ce,” lbwt *J a,in not sure, but I remember It was a woman who Is crazy because her huslband a.nd sons have been killed in war. I have a few pieces I will send them In return. Among them are "The Last Hymn,” "The Wreck of tho Hesperus,” ai«d "Tn Sight of the Crystal Sea." , With love to Aiunt Susie a.nld the cousnls, I will ibid you all adieu. John W. Harper, Palestine, Ark.—Dear Junior: I take The Constitution and con sider it one of tlhe best weekly news papers published in America. The Junior is improving rapidly at present. I hope to s»s it become the most inter esting page of this great paper. How many of the cousins are reading "The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson," which is now being published in serial form in The Constitution? I am so deep ly in'terested in it tha-t I can hardly wait for the paper to arrive. Mr, Watson Is an expert in tho art of writing. His pen pictures are so vivid, his style Is so easy, Ids diction so precise and his tho'U'g'ht so profound as to make his writing very readable. Some of the cousins have endeavored recently to discuss an Important subject— Love. I do not think any of us can comprehend its full meaning’. It is too high and deep and vast for our finite minds. There is no other passion of the human soul so frought with blessings to mankind. Love is pure a.nd eternal. If you once love some one you will love that one through time and through all eternity. You love a person or an object 'because that person or that object pos sesses some quality worthy of your love. Befor. love can exist (here must be somellting desirable in the object upon which It is centered to arouse it. And t his de- trahle something must be worthy of th" great passion. Wo speak of God's love, and> man’s love, and woman’s love and children’s love, but there is abso lutely no difference between these, so fir as <|uali'\ is concerned. The object or person which or whom you love will In large, measure, form your character. If you love a man you will In some de gree shape your life by his life. Love shall never cease. Flowers, trees, animals, mon, continents, worlds, suns may dissolve like wax, but love shall be as eternal as God. Bost wishes to Aunt Stusle a.nd the cousins. Minnie Williams. I’ulaskl, Miss.—Dear Junior: My father takes The Constitution and we read and enjoy it. so much. My brother has just returned from Senoia, Ga., where he has been for the past four months studying telegraphy. Ho visited Atlanta while there and was in The Con stitution office, i wish some of the cous ins who haven’t any fruit were here to help us enjoy our nice peaches. The fruit season is a busy time with us, as we al ways try to dry and can up enough to do till fruit corms again. Cousins, I wish x ou could all see my three little nephews. One of them recited on children’s day, and lie is only 3 years of age. Much love to Aunt Susie ami the cousins. Correspon dence solicited. Horace S. Brouchillon, Mantau, Ala.— Dear Junior: I am a little boj’- 10 years old. the only child. I live away out in tho country 20 miles north of Eutaw. J have been going to school. Our teach er is named Miss Lillie Jennings. The longer 1 go to school, the better I loved her I will send 5 cents to the Grady hospital. Fannie Lacey. Birmingham, Ala., R. F. D. No. 2.—Dear Junior: This is my first attempt to write. I live in the country. 6 miles from the city of Bir mingham. My mother died when I was nine days old. ’My aunt raised me. I hive three brothers and three sisters. My father keeps a store 2 miles from our home. | have but one pet, and that is a. little dog. J hope A.unt. Susie's eyes are 'better by this time. 1 would like to correspond with some little- cousin of my age—9. Enclosed find 5 cents for Grady hospital. Lanetta Barnett, Myrtle, Miss.—Dear Junior: My father is a farmer and lives a mile from Myrtle. I enjoy country life so much. The scenery, especially in the springtime, is beautiful. Nature has not failed to put forth her grandest work around our home. Tall, stately trees with heir wide-spreading limbs, beautiful flow rs of mmost every variety and color, deck the hillsides and plains. Stii"ly God is goo,l to make the world so b,autiful for us to enjoy. [• would be a hard hearted person in deed. who can gaze upon the beauties of nature and not feel grateful toward the giver of al! good. But I must leave you. Perhaps I shall come again if I’m admitted this time. Would like to correspond with some of the cousins about my atge-17. William Tittrell, Jr.. Powersburg, Ky.— Dear Junior: It Is easy to play the part of an appreciative listener when there is such a bright circle of writers, all with something interesting to say, and such inspires me to write again. I was especi ally interested in C. E. Hijthaway’s letter, partly because you are so near my age and partly because your subject, “Life is M hat We Mak.' It,” Is so interesting. 1 been thinking on th.' subject and I presume that to the average individual of today life is one continual struggle for prominen.e. On every hand we see men toiling onward, each working for a pur pose -miiarly his own, but all with a eomm? f aim. This common aim is the attaini."'fit of greatness In some one of Its ;'i :ny phases. Tho educator, that he may bo i .les; the business man, that he may pos i css gr» at wealth or influence, and so on. i Y.'t tli* ‘ who are marked for distinction, i those whom the world calls great are j comp.aratively few. Not every one can I be famous, however much he may desire or endeavor. We may affirm, if we like, that in an age like the present there is nothing to prevent anyone from bc- SUP fflO 90 buy« this nigh Grode Lubro Special Bicycle. If upon receipt you do not finii it tba beat wheel you ever enw for the rnoncy. return it at onr expense and wo refund your money. 70 buys our Kendrick i model, the finest wheel offered at the price. Every drjck Bicycle |tt nccom* cd by the struiHjcst !«♦»• guarantee ever Cl*fn —— with a first ckse Hcyvlc, DAYS FREE TREAL ' l requrct ko will mall yon our Klcpile , Catalogue Free. It containa doacriptlons of ftnr complete line of bicycles Heted at Jaaa than whnlMAla prirat find fui) faforrnEticn rogardlnif our Un duya free trial bfith I KUne>DnuiiDicmdMerc. Co., St, IxruU, Mo» coming just what he chooses, but the statement is by no means true. Where, in all Europe, could we find another Na poleon? Where in the xvorld could we litWl another legislator like Gladstone? Is it a mere accident of fortune or of training that prevents others from gain ing like distinctions? Have there not been others whose opportunities for distinc tion along the same lines have, surpassed these men, and vet who have made a failure of life. True success is measured not by what one takes from the world, but what he gives to the world. This life is given us for a purpose. Our life work is one part of the perfect plan of God and we are endowed with those qualities which will best enable us to perform :t. What, that work may be is left for us to discover and accomplish, so far our lives are tvhat we make them, and so far as we seek to attain ihis end our lives are truly great. And while It may not be our destiny to hoin a high position in the eyes of the world, we may enjoy a prouder triune.h in the realization ofa victory over selfisn pride in yie conscientiousness of a life well lived, because based upon the principle of a universal good. Stlss Grace Roberts, we boys are proud of your sym pathy for us, yet we do not object to your criticising us. T/oon Strickland. Mizell. Ala.-Dea.r Junior: Having taken so much i.i.teres't in tho Junior page since coming to my grandpa's will now endeavor to write a few words and join the merry cousins. My home is in Eufaula., Ala., but a.m at present spending vacraitlon with my grand pa and grandma Strickland. Have vis ited them every year since 1 was 2 years old. Will stay about two months this summer. As they live 1* the country I enjoy all tho fruits and have a good time fishing and hunting. I have one sister. Her name Is Luna, Belle, alge 8, and one little pet brother four months old. His name Is Raleigh Dewitt. My age Is 10 and in fourth grade. Birdie Jones. Palmyra, Ala.—Dear Junior: I am at my grandma's now on a visit and you know I am having a jolly good time. 1 long for The Con stitution to come because I like to read the Junior page so m’U'eh, and I think it improves every week. I received a medal in school this x-ear for getting the high est per cent in English. There were about thirty-five In the medal contest of whom were four or five teachers J live in a little village. Highland Horne 30 miles southwest o,f Montigom erv, the capital of the a college at oar village, also a ( hrist an , church. My father is a , sometimes hns to be off in *i' e n “ wheat it is tanking. , | I received a ring in school two or three years ago for getting the most pet feet marks; also a book In music. As this Is mx first visit I fear I hate tarried too long. Love to Aunt busic and all the oonsins. My a £ e is tue xe ’ Maggie Lee Butler, Clarence, La.— | Dear Junior: I have been reading The i Constitution for some time, and I like the department more every time I read the cousins' letters. I live in Natchito ches parish, on the banks of Red river, about S miles from the county seat, which Is Natchitoches, and 1 mile from the lit tle village of Clarence, which is sit uated on the banks of old False river. This ’lttlo village has four stores, a and a number of residences, j The Shreveport and Red River A alley ; railroad passes through the place and i has a depot. 1 have three brothers and j a sister, and am the oldest child at home, i Our home Is surrounded by tall cedar, pecan and oak trees. Have a right nice flower garden and a nice vegetable gar den. R. D. Algee Whltthorne, Tenn.—Dear Junior: 1 have been resisting the temp tation of writing you a letter Tor so long a time that. I am just weary of waiting. Now, do not bo timid when I enter your cosy corner, and let. me do all of the talking There i< something for us ail to do or say. There Is a cup of cold water to be given in Christ’s name, and a. word of encouragement to bo spoken to every one. no matter what their sta tion of’ life is or what they have done in the past, and now cannot undo, but we all should put forth our best efforts It: an honest endeavor to rise above our surroundings. Always try to know and do our duty and help others to know theirs. Now. cousins, how many of yon went to a picnic oh July -I? I did not, al though there was one close enough by for me to have walked. I was glad that I did not go, f t many of those that did go got caught In a very hard shower, and I felt so sorry for them. I am a farm er's son and live in tho western part of the Volunteer State. "When did the Charter Oak blow down?" If you want to find my ago. solve the below problem: If to my age there added be its half, its third and three times three, I will be 42. Would like to correspond with some one that is studying shorthand. Lula Fortner. Mt. Unicri. Ala.—Dear Junior: Having been a silent reader of the dear old Constitution for a long while, at last I have ventured to chat a while with tho happy cousins I always turn to the Junior page ami Woman's Kingdom first. I do enjoy reading them so much. My papa has a beautiful country home, sur rounded with shade trees, situated in the southern part of Alabama. Papa is also a farmer ami raises most all kinds of grain and vegetables. I have never lived in tho city, but have visited there and think I would rather live in the country. We live 2 miles from our church and can’t attend every Sunday. I don’t think there is anything nicer for young girls and boys to go to Sunday school. I think it Is a. mother’s duty to go with her chil dren to Sunday school and church. Much love to the cousii, and dear Aunt Susie. May Go dbless her wonderfully for her grand work. Would like to correspond with some of the ’ousins from Florida. Virginia Mount, Dear Junior: Since Aunt Susie likes to have you read or write of animals, birds, etc., and also likes to hear of mother love oven among animals. 1 will, if she permits, write you the following: A little girl had a white eat which she called Bob White; and when she saw Bob with three pretty little kittens I don't know which was the prouder, the child or the cat. But. alas! the kittens only lived one day, and then poor Bob went about crying ns mournful ly and hunting for her babies. On the second day following their death the lit tle girl's playmate, older than herself, found three baby rabbits in their bed out in the field and brought them to the house to have as pets. Now, it. seemed a great pity to take the poor little babies axvay from their mamma—don’t you think so? especially when they would be in danger of being devoured by the eats— and I would have sejit them back to the soft bed where their mamma left them, but you know rabbits are so destructive to gardens a.nd other things, that farmers are obliged to kill them and. besides, they have such large families that I would not be surprised if old Mother Rabbit, had plenty of grown, married children and great-grandchildren While the two children played with their pets, Rob ker» close to them, crying continually, till finally they drove her off. telling her she, should not eat their pets. But she re turned immediately and slyly caught a rabbit by its skin, which, being very ten der, tore off, leaving w<’ poor; little animal’s back raw and bloody. “Poor little thing," J said. " ’twill be obliged to die, and the sooner It. is out of suffering the better." So they let the eat have it, and off she went About an hour Inter I chanced to go near the spot where Bob had formerly kept her kittens, and imag ine my surprise upon beholding Bob as she fondly caressed the rabbit instead of making a meal of It as we all supposed she would. Then we gave her the others also, and she loved and nursed those ugly, large-eared babies as If they were her kittens. The wounded one soon died, but the others lived some time, keeping well an.l fat. and Hob might have reared them had not another cat devoured them. Then again poor Bob was so lonesome, I felt very sorry for her- But one morn ing soon after the disappearance of the I rabbits a little tot said: "Brimlie eat hatched five kittens last night. T don’t know where her nest is (cook said she had a. nest», but she has brought her kittens to Bob’s shed.” Again the lonely, kittenless cat was happy, for she now had something to love. She lay close to Brindle, drew some of the little ones to her, nursed and caressed and clasped them with her paws like a human mother clasping her babe in her arms. Brindle was willing to divide honors, though Bob was inclined to be greedy, often keeping four kittens herself, leav ing only one for Brindle. The kittens Joved both cats alike, for Bob was as affectionate and attentive as Brindle, ana we sometimes see dear human adopted, mothers as kind and loving to adopted children as own mothers are. Well, 1 will say in closing that those kittens grew rapidly and are now nearly sized. A lady told me the following about her little niece: When the child saw a cat trying to wean the kitten, boxing its ears, she said, “That old cat Is Just like mamma—always whipping her children. Guy E. Smith. Trafalgar. Ala.—Dear Junior: With Aunt Susie’s permission 1 will tell you some of the curious Chinese customs that 1 have been reading about. We call the Chinese heathen. They look upon us as little better than savages. They think we are very impolite and Pity r.s because we do not dress, act and lixe as thev do. When two Chinese friends come together they shake their own fists at each other and if they are going in the same direction they walk off in single tile like geese. The Chinese let their finger nails grow long, and long nails are witH them the sign of a lady or gentleman. A.I those who do not work with their hands are proud of their noils and tho scholars officials, doctors and other professional men often have nails from 1 to fi Inches long. The Chinese gentleman keeps ms hat on xvhen he enters a house and he never asks after the wife and daughters of his friends, as they would consider such questions Insult. The ( hinese girls am not courted. Marriages are made by parents through professional match makers, and a husband seldom flees bls wife until he is wedded. The Chinese women are proud of small feet and they bind the heel down into the foot by tying tlio four small toes under it so that thrlr fact are much like the end of clubs. Tho Chinese wear white when they go into mourning. They begin their books at the back Instead of the front, and in dating their letters they put the year first then the month and then the day. They boll their bread instead of baking It. and are verv fond of an expensive, soup made of birds’ nests. They never drink coid water and their wine is SPr '’ f,fl ' Ing hot. The Chinese have theaters, but the performances are carried on during the dax-tlme. and instead of lemonade and peanuts they have themselves served with watermelon and pumpkin seeds, at which they nibble while the acting goes on. i am quite sure, Aunt Susie, that we are. all ! thankful we don’t live In China. ( orr spondence solicited. ' Katie B p ll Fite, Lumberton, Miss Dear Junior: 1 hope Aunt Susie’s eyes are bet ter 'by this time. I don’t know what we will do when Aunt Susie gets tired of her position. For we may hunt the world over and we will never find a better woman than Aunt Susie. I go to Sunday school i every Sunday. 1 missed one Sunday dur iug- last vear. And one this year. 1 never get tired going to Sunday school. Composition on Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was born tn Virginia; he was one of the greta men of the revo lution; he was not a soldier and he was not a great, speaker, but he was a great thinker; and he witfl a great writer, lie wrote a paper which wa§ the very begin ning of the United States, When he was 1 a boy Jefferson was fond of boyish plays; i but when he was tired of play he took up a book, it pleased him to learn of things. ' As a young; man he was a fine Latin and i Greek scholar. He soon became president of the United States. Jefferson was presi dent for two terms. When he was inaugu rated president he would have no pomp or show. The best thing of his administra tion was the purchase f>f Louisiana from France; this made tho United States Its size. Mamie Williams, Pulaski. Miss.—Dear i Junior: I enjoy reading The Constitu tion so much and especially the Junior page. It is both interesting and in structing. 1 live in the country 6 miles from the thriving little town of Morton. The first Sunday in July was children s d-iy here, and, It was very much en joyed by all who attended. The tious and music were nice. I’uhiski has iwo chur.'he.s, Methodist and Baptist. Protra.cted meetings begin August tno i first and fifth Sundays. There is to b<: a picnic on the 22d of this month (Juiy) I in which both the county and state I candidates are invited. I'm sure, there will be a large crowd here on that day. 1 Fruit is ripe now and we enjoy it on. i so much. We have so many nice peaches. ; 1 forgot to sav in the beginning of my lett'-r that 1 am a farmer's daughter, I and like farm life because we can baye I manv luxuries that otherwise we would not have. Much love to Aunt Susie and cousins. Correspondence desired. ' Herbert Fambrough, Elberton. Ga.— I Dear Junior: Elbert county holds a dear place in my heart, for it was within Its i borders that I first saw the light of this ■: grand old world. 1 have watched with ! eager interest her great development dur ing my short life. 1 have seen her red : hills and gullies transformed into magnili cent orchards of the luscious Elberta and ; other varieties of peaches; her barren fields made fertile by the use of modeln ! implements and rotation of crops. Ine i word of God has been carried into ex et y , I little nook and corner and her people Jare no longer ignorant of the existence i of an Almighty God. They attend church regularly and are endeavoring to lead a I life that is worthy of the name. Educa tion has made great progress and her boys | and girls are well up in their studies She i has no bar rooms within her limits to • ensnare her young men and blight, their lives of usefulness!. AU in all, the people Os Elbert county arc prosperous, law abiding citizens. 1 hope that the ma- . , jority of the Juniors are blessed with as i good moral surroundings as the youths i of Elbert county are. Wishing Aunt Susie I and the cousins much success I will bid I you adieu i George E. Taylor, Muscogee. Fla. Dear Junior: At Aunt Susie’s consent an old 1 member of your merry circle will call 1 again for a little sojourn after several ■ years' absen.ee, and while I might justify i some specjal subject this eveni_;, I'll say ’ that the Junior p.age is subject enough, so I will begin to pour out my ehastlse -1 ment. boys and girls tor not try- I ing to improve this aspiring page, by leaving oq£ the word “wasje basket." i which in itself is enough to send a left' r j to its destiny that probably might have j escaped, and. too. it is eno' — h to cause ! our captain. Aunt Susie, to ince at the I latter part of a letter t z > find it there lie lore reading the first, and dump it its Just department. Stop your fussing at each other, »tnd when your presence is recognized let it be a "pleasant, good morning." Cheerful and interesting to all and let some unfortunate one alone who perhaps has done his best consistent : with opportunities and let your letter be i a. more elevating specimen fur him. kind j and interesting q.nd encouraging. J see so many claim to be aiming at ( i something, well that’s goof., and if you "aim” to stand in the foremost ranks of the Junior department, then get to busi ness and be not discouraged. I am not making a public example of myself at all when I mention that I once fixed my aim aud owing to various circumstances 1 was so unfortunate as to fall, heart broken and discouraged, but after reading "Little Spinner’’ and other very Impres sive incidents and inking on the other side of th(ngs (the brightest side) I am resolved to restore self-confidence and be a m.w. :ir<l while building un ill" "hi icuiiEFifs When I say I cure I do not mean merely to stop them for a time and then have them re turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Fret Bottle of my infallible remedy- Give Express and Post Office. Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St. N.Y. IMIIy/ACTjrjrg/? I down repeating shotguns | A Winchester Take-Down Repeating Shotgun, with Kj ” a strong shooting, full choked barrel, suitable for W M trap or duck shooting, and an extra intcrchangeablo I f '/TaMS § modified choke or cylinder bore barrel, for field shoot- K rafl S ing, lists at only $42.00. Dealers sell them for K lid' ilwO t less. This makes a serviceable all round gun within w bra* 1 ] F W/ fa ’ reach of everybody’s pocket book. winchester Kk ( Shotguns outsnoot and outlast the most expensive ■BiJ It Ijitif ..aaijw E double barrel guns and are just as reliable besides. 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CHALMERS & CO.. 352-356 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL wreck I ,-im going to send up something heavenward. 1 wonder if the Junior and Kingdom readers preserved the poem entitled "We've Builded With What You’ve Sent Up,” of the Kingdom de partment? WhaJ. a good lesson, and it came to me like a sermon our pastor presented only a few days before. For fear I am using too much space I'll not say more. Correspondence solicited, either sex, between 15 and 20. and espe cially tho.«e of the stuiwberry and arti chokg bells. 'With best wishes to our no ble Aunt Sitsle and cousins, goodbye. Better Than Spanking. Spanking does not cure children of bed wetting. If it did there would be few chil dren that would do it. There is a consti tutional cause for this. Mrs. M. Sum mers. box 105, Notre Dame. Ind., will send her home treatment to any mother. She asks no money. Write her today If your children trouble you in this way. Don’t blame the child. The chances are it can't help it. HOT FEUD OF BANKS. Ossining, N. Y.. Rivals Settle Dif ferences with Silver Dollars. New York World: Only heavy lifters or men accustomed to moving pianos or safes can be bank runners at Ossining, where the First national bank has star'ed a feud with the Ossining national bank. The First national bank has had a monopoly of the banking business for years and Its collection rates were con sidered high. Five months ago the Os sining national was started. The new bank hustled for business. As customers considered its collection rates liberal, it got much patronage away from the First national. The two banks agreed that at 2 p. tn each banking day they were to settle with each other. The collector of the Ossining national went to the First national to get the money due. "Here's your money," the First national cashier said, as porters began throwing out bags of silver dollars, a hundred weight in all. "Haven’t yon bills?" asked the collec tor. "I can’t carry that.’’ “That’s legal tender.” answered the cashier. "You can take it. or leave it." The bank runner had to take it to his bank in trolley cars, and then he felt like telling the officials that what they needed was not an educated bank runner, but a horse and wagon with a good, strong driver. The Ossining national officials, of course, send back to the First national all the silver dollars they can. but they can’t THE AGE/VTS’ Otter i& Workers. S3OO For Summer &ulbs. The special summer offer, “AH Summer for a Quarter,” has attracted wide attention. 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Lancet: We have more than once di rected the attention of our readers to tin remarkable preserving properties of so - üble' glass or silicate of soda, nd It is surprising that this solution is not uc.d mor, getierallx’ I's the preservation of eggs. it is confidently stated that a newly laid egg will keep for many months .vhen completely immersed iji a 1" 1 "T cent so lution of the silicate and will then be in distinguishable as regards appearance and taste from an absolutely fresh gg It shows the tlankiness of the fresh -g . and there are no signs of staacu-ss tvliit -1 ever or of any aisagr- cable prop"'tv which commonly characterizes the “shop : ’tin.” ; We have ventured to give an explan : I tion of this remarkable preserving effect Iby assumlng that th< solubh : forms a hard, glassy, imp'-rmeable tn.'is.- | with the lime salts in the substance a' i the shell, a real in nlubl- glass, s ■ that i the contents are literally hermetically I sealed against external influences ! That, is a remarkable enough fact, but i it ps now reported that chickens have been hatched from eggs preserved for twelve months in this wax This extraordinary r silt shows that not only are chemical changes preventeb. but that also the conditions of the vital processes In the egg remain unimpaired. The chicken thus I..itch • 1 from, a twelve month-old egg is reported to be a quit-1 ■ strong and attra tiv bird. , The recertfiy reported s.v.i-cess of this I method, by xx Inch life would appear to be suspended, so to speak, would seem to open up many possibilities In regard to the tra nspo t a lion and - apply of food. Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT ITootfi Powder Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED BY I "