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8 Uhu _ _ Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga. JUST ANYJJLD 1 WAY. Two little boys were working one day Just as all ...tie boys and girlies may; And the work they were doing was by no means a Jest, But put all their strength and grit to the test. ' And one little boy set to with a will. And gave to his work his uttermost skill; But tho other, alas! paused often to say: "What dlff’rence? I’ll do It just any old way." LATER. ! A man with a noble and resolute face. ' Os the first little boy has taken the place; And over his life men freely confess One word Is Inscribed, that small word success. But the other, a beggar, walks sadly the streets, Beseeching some alms from each one he meets; And over his life Is written today The failure that comes from "any old way.” —Mrs. E. W. Malone. UGLY, BUtTnTERESTING. (From The Sunday School Visitor.) “Gwlne flshin', llttT mas’?" asked Un jle Si one day In spring, as he watched Fletcher prying under planks and stones and saw him deposit very carefully In a tin can the earthworms he found. “No, not tills time, Uncle Si.” “Den what you' gwlne do wld dem wurrums? Yo' sholy ain’t harassin' an’ tarryfin’ de po' t'lngs Jes’ so de lub o’ debllment?” Uncle Si’s tone was decidedly reprov ing, for the old darky had a love for all i living things that made it impossible for him to see them “harassed and tarrified" with a protest. "No, indeed. Uncle Si, but I want to study them. They are really very In teresting.” "Well, fo’ de Lawd, littl’ mas', I ain’t nebber see yo’ beat. Yo’ done got de house lookin’ lak’ a managgery a’ready; but I sho’ don’t see how even you can see anyt'ing intrustin’ in dem littr slimy, creepy, ren wurrums! Ugh! Dey p’lnted ly gibs me de creeps, an* dare yo set handlin’ 'em lak’ dey ’us a lump o' sugar." "Really, Uncle SI, if you will come In the schoolroom and look at these fol lows under the magnifying glass, you a ill find out some things you never knew before. Come on. That asparagus bed can wait." ’"Yes, IDney, I ’low de bed can wait well enough, but de folks what wants dat sparrvgrass ain’t gwine ’scuse dis ol’ i nigger while he's off callarrapin' a'ter i wurrums.” "Never mind, Uncle SI. You come with ■ OvT.-itid 11l speak for you if there's any fuss about the asparagus bed.” So the old darky ambled along after t the "< hile," an i soon saw the wriggling . red captive Ji it under a magnlfyimg glass. i "Whooppee! Honey, he sho’ do exera ble a snake, so big an’ large an’ portly. My. he am all rings, slid o' bein' jes’ one littr red string lak’ he looks." "Yes, these earthworms are sometimes made up of as many as one hundred and fifty rings. These rings are called seg ments." "Yes, sir.” said Uncle Si. who always SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. 10 £ MTTITB -" e^ K E p .ch SshS ®E ESS H W® S S County in Your W I £0 Stenographer, i Bookkeeper or Telegraph Operator. Willedu- I 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. ; BENJAMIN B- JONES. Pres.. Shelbyville, Ky | 103 E. Main Street. Who does one thing well, lends. North Georgia Agricultural College for Vonitft Men anti Homen trains the mind, Ftre.igthen* the body, obtains | good habits, promotes high character, prepares 1 for business, equips reade rs It has refitted rhemu al and physical labora tories, ancient and modern languages, every day j English ami high literature. practical farming I and technical agriculture, economics an 1 history. I mathematics and land surveying, excellent dor- j mitories.the largest drill hall and newly equipped I ■ students, moderate exjvmsrs. Send postal for catalogue t > Dr. I’. AVI". I’rcs.. Dahlonega, Ga. SOUTHERN SHORTHAND /Sj ond (Q)/. i V ' ATLANTA. GA. ' - Z The Leading Business School of the * South. Enter now. Catalogue free. Ad dress A. C Briscoe. Pres., or L. W. Ar nold. Vice-Pres . Atlanta, Ga. Sullivan & Crichton’s m ' UXESS COI.EIGE. KISER BLDG. Our great “BUDGET" -y.’ -m of teaching j bookkeeping is the educational hit of the ecn tury. Our catalogue tells all a out :t. | Bje* Chain of 8 Colleges owned by business J>_ )C men and indorsed by business men.; iu V Fourteen Cashiers of Banks are on I our Board of Directors. Our diploma means i something. Enter any time. Positions secured. ■ | S Practical... t s Business... g (Incorporated, C*ipita.i Stock $300,000.00.) , Nashville. Tenn. U Atlanta, Ga. Ft Warth. Texas, c Montgomery, Ala St louis, Mo « Galveston, Texas, Little RocK. Ark. A fchreveport. La For 150 page catalogue address either place. I If von prefer, may par tuition out of salary as- | ter course is completed. Guarantee graduates i tn I>e competent or no charges for tuition. HAMP STUDY: Bookkeeping, Shorthand, | viomanship. etc., taught by mail. Write for I M 0 page BOOKLET ou Home Study. It’s free. graduates. We pay railroad fare. Write for i OK .?r ;,fp M-V-'sEY BUSINESS COL rfts Columbus. Oa.. Richmond, Va., Houe- Tea'-.’ Birmingham, Ala. E -»—««« aai Trains yonng men and <€ Xm iRI "om^nthoroughly forbußb ( g gf|i4Bw and Accuren nit tint! ona oTTh graduates of complete commercial course. r f?XTta«" « PPraun - S ° ™ a, ‘ On - < G MNES BoxXl Poughkeepßle. N. Y. or 11» West 12uth St., New York, N, Y. ALL FAILS. Km GWi frrnp. Tastos Good. Use g| JCT B t ln time. Sold by mlrl JrWr j ftßai tit Ifel JrwwM showed proper respect for a large word, especially If he had never heard it be fore; "but what ’bout dem bristles I see pokin’ out at de sides? I nebber is knowed dat littl' slick wurrum was all ringedy and bristly lak’ dat. What dem bristles good fur?" "You watch and you will see. You know how a worm doubles and undoubles himself when ho moves along? Well, all these little bristles project backward, you see?” "Yes, sir, I see dey does.” "When the worm lengthens himself the bristles on tho hinder rings of his body stick in the ground and hold him firmly there. Then when he shortens himself the bristles In the fore part of the body stick In the ground, and the hinder part is drawn up. You wouldn’t think such a simple thing as a worm’s crawling on the ground would ba as wonderful as that, would you?” “No, sir, I wouldn’t sca'cely. But dat magnerscope (Uncle Si always called it •that) do show up t’lngs most wonderful. ’ “You seo the bristles don't begin until about the fourteenth one from his head, so he can have his head free. You seo he has not any eyes nor teeth, but you can see hot lips very plainly. "How he gwlne tell whah he want to go. douten no eyes?” asked Uncle SI. "His sense of touch is very keen, and he can feel the jar of the earth when some ones comes near, and will go into the ground. Diving in the ground all the time, pretty much, he could not use his eyes very well If he had them. You know fishes that live In caves and where there is no light soon come to be without eyes. God just gives us all. people and animals, the parts that we need.” “What do you reckon dese heah wur rums eat, littl’ mas’? Dey who’ must want sumpin’ mo’ satisfylner den dlrt "Yes, Indeed. They are fond of all kinds of decaying vegetable matter They swallow a great deal of dirt, but people who have watched them say it is more to get rid of the earth as they bore through the ground than for nourishment that they swallow it. Really, worms are. good tor the ground, as they open it up for the rain and air to get in. I have heard my father say that a field where no worms could be found was of very little value lo the farmer. They go down where our plows cannot reach, and tho good they do no one can telh” “Well, I nebber Is knowed dat so much qulnseconce could be fotch f'um dem littl' critters,” said Uncle Si as he re turned to his "sparrygrass” bed. JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE. Furney Hemingway, Rome, S. C. —Dear Junior: I have been reading the Junior page for a long time. I live in the coun try, 25 miles from a town. I help mamma and sister In the kitchen. Every boy ought to know how to cook. I am going to be a farmer when I am a man. I love J to go ra!*£ hunting and huckleberry picking. Evan Bethune, Shelby, Mont.—Dear Ju- . nior. I am H years old, and as I don't J see very many letters from Montang, 1 , will try to help some. I live out In tho | country 12 miles from town. I like to . skate the best of any sport except swim- | ming, for the summer the water Is cool j and nice, and the river freezes over In the winter and It is fine, skating. This is my first letter. Maud Cooper, Simpsonville, S. C., R. F. D. No. 2.—Dear Junion: I will take for my subject "Country Life." It Is the sweetest part of my life to be at ' home or somewhere in the country en- I joying its pure air and listening to the | birds singing their sweet songs. In th- ; country you can have every advantage to make life pleasant. There you can have good fruit to eat and pure, good, cold water to drink and I believe will stay in better health than in town. I am 13 years old and can cook or do al most any kind house work. We live in the upper part of South Carolina. V> e raise corn, cotton, wheat, oats and most anything that will grow in a moderately warm climate. Lula Purvis, Stockton, Ala.—Dear Ju- j nior: As this is my second time, I have i | written to The Constitution, I will not take any subject. I am 15 years old. and ; can do any kind of house work. I live in 1 the country, one mile from Stockton. I i have two sisters and five brothers. My i oldest sister is married and lives in Vlr- ■ vlnla. Our school is out now, and I am I very sorry, for I dearly love to go; but it ' will start in October. I think the cousins ■ write such nice letters, and Aunt Susie | puts such pretty stories in the paper for ■ us to read. Miss Pearl E. Howse, your i letter is very nice, I think. I would like I very much for some of the cousins to I write to me, from 15 to IS years old. Much love to Aunt Susie and the cousins, or he can do It with a hypodermic in- Reba Roberts, Robertsville. Ga.—Dear Junior: 1 have just finished reading many of the Interesting letters and thought I would make an attempt to write. How are you all standing this hot weather? It just overpowers me sometimes till 1 ! can t do anything but fan and get cool. Two of my brothers and 1 went to a I picnic the Ist of August, and we had a I splendid time. The band was out there ; from Macon and a lot of young people I danced, but I didn’t. But 1 don’t think i there la any real harm in dancing. Wlio ; agrees with me there? I am going to 1 have a letter party’ the 31st oi August | and I want all of the boys and girls to I write me nice, long letters. I like to , get letters, and answer them, too. ’ (No 1 cent inclosed. 1 i Etta Smith, Mist, Ark.—Dear Junior: Ims is my first attempt to write to the Atlanta Constitution. It is very inter esting indeed to read tho letters from the Junior circle. I attended school at Beauvoir college last session and it is a very good school for progress. 1 like to go to school very much for it is the main source of an education and I dear ly love a good education. What would this world be if it were not for tho edu cators? Why, it would be In a state of Ignorance. Every one should possess an Education. Perhaps some one will say that 1 am not financially able to possess an education, but I say’ any one can. I will take President Lincoln for example. He was very poor and did not have any school advantages whatever except coun try schools and he reached a high stage of education. Lillie Boon, Caroleen, N. C.—Dear Ju nior: Here comes a jolly girl from the Old North State. We all enjoy reading The Constitution up here, especially the Junior page. Papa has been a subscriber I to that much loved paper for quite a ■ while, and sometimes when it happens to j corps a day late 1 am as restless as a THE WEEKLY (XXNSTATUTLORi ATLANTA. G&, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1903. bird until she makes her arrival, and then ] lay aside whatever I might happen to be doing and.start In search of the Junior page. Papa has a large farm near King s mountain, and we generally spend part of tho summer down there. It i« a very beautiful place, but I will not describe tho lovely springs and many other things which I might mention in this letter, though if some of the cousins would like to know about them, and will write me, It would be a most delightful task for me to write them a personal letter. I am 14 years old, and enjoy corresponding very’ much, .and would like p few correspon dents of the opposite scex, ag%d from 14 to 18. Stella Blocker, Leander, La.—Dear Junior: 1 have been reading your page and I seo so many good letters that I have become tempted to write and see If Aunt Susie will allow me to join tho band. I live in the pine hills of Louisi ana, 10 miles west of Hineston, and 2 miles north of the little progressive town, of Leander. We have as fine timber as the south affords. This country has long been called tho darkest part of Louisiana, bin it is surely coming to the front and wUt soon be one of the richest par ishes of tile state. 1 will take for my subject "Music," as music is my favor ite branch of education. Music is a sound, but sounds are classified as mu sical and unmusical. A musical sound has a tone that is very easily distin guished from any other sound. It takes length, pitch, power and quality to com plete tho rich sound of music. It is like antyhlng else, it is learned step at a. time; but the top step has never been reached yet, nor never will be. In my estimation there is nothing nicer than to see a young person striving for per fection in music. It drives away all an ger and creates peace and love in every respect. Jennie Wakefield, Greenville, s. C.— Dear Junior; Permit me to converse with you a moment on “Our Thoughts." Do any of us pay sufficient attention to our thoughts? Every thought has a char acter. It must be either good or bad. Every thought also has an influence. It either tends to enlarge our minds or to cause depravity. Sin begins in thought as well as holiness. Happiness begins in thought as well as misery. How of- I ten would >t bo that those who seem to I the world most praiseworthy would dwin dle into insignificance before some sim ple action performed in sincerity and faith. The world may be deceived, but God—never! "Man looketh on the out ward appearance, ibut God looketh on the heart." What one of us would dare open our hearts and let the world gaze in upon them? Not one! And yet the Bible de clares, “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Aye, and what we would not like the world to seo lies like an open book under the searching gaze of God’s all seeing eyes. Thus unless we smother the evil thoughts that arise In us we may •become so chained to them that we can not free ourselves. Go to God and ask Him in prayer to help you to live right before Him. Tottye Scott, Alvin, Tex.—Dear Junior: This is my first letter. 1 am a physi- | ■ sian’s daughter and reside in the little I town of Alvin on the railroad midway between Houston and Galveston. I am somewhat interested In the definition of love, but my knowledge is derived al most wholly from tho Bible. Divine love and human love cannot be the s.’.me. Human love is always centered on a I slnigle object. Divine love extend to all • of God’s creation, and is not an emo | tion, nor is it elicited by the beauty of ; material things. The following is its analysis: Divine love, patience, kind ness, generosity, humility, courtesy, un selfishness, good tempo:-, guileless;:, s.s, sincerity. To learn and practice the above will make us love every tiling created on earth, especially our fellow-man. When Christ said, "Learn of Me and I will give you lest, He wanted us to learn love and practice It toward our fellowman. Illis love k' the basic principle of Chris tianity. Moses taught that divine love | was revealed In temporal blessings, and ! victories over his enemies, but Christ I taught differently, and said that it would bring spiritual -blessings, such as joy, peace, rest and happiness. Everybody should learn love and practice it- Then and not until then can we hope to en joy those blessed experiences promised by our Lord. Minnie M. Beck. Stockton. Ala.—Dear Junior: I will take for my subject good manners. They are some children who are quite civil ani olxa.lng to strangers, but among their own brothers and sis ters at home they arc often rude, selfish and unkind. They will speak in a harsh, cross tone of voice. They will dispute and quarrel about the merest trifle and refuse to assist each other even in the smallest matters. Remember that you lose nothing by being polite. Begin early to acquire this habit and it will go with you through life. Learn to bo polite at home. Be polite to your parents and your sisters and brothers. Home is a true place to cultivate good manners. Some have not b en taught perhaps that home is the first place in which they ought, to be polite. There is no place In the house where good manners can be dis pensed with, ami no place where they are more Important than among our own family’. Think of this, cousins, and when you are tempted to be rude and selfish or unkind to those about you. think how many friends your little kind acts may gain you and how happy It will make those who receive your kindnesses. Well, If this escapes tho waste basket I will come again. My age Is 10. Much love to all. Miss Katie Holsenbeck, Noto, Ga.—Dear Junior: As a constant reader and ad mirer of The Constitution 1 beg for ad mittance Into your merry banJ. I will not take any subject, but just tell you cousins something of the porr, unfor tunate victims of the state asvlutn. For ICUREFITS 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 Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise i and a Fret Bottle of my infallible remedy i Give Express and Post Office. 1 Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St, seventeen months I was a nurse there and learned to love many of my patients. This class of humanity Is enough to melt a heart of stone. The agonizing cries of some, the shouting, praying, singing and cursing, all heard in these places, are the most blood curdling sounds that ever reached my ears. Some may think ail the patients are of unsound mind, but they arc not. Nearly all are indus trious. It is a (great sight to see all the patients in the dining room, about three hundred eating at once. Georgia has a good hearted, kind and sympathetic band of officers. The front yard, with its green house, beautiful mounds and flow ers are -beautiful. The nurses, wearing blue dresses, with white caps and aprons, carry the patients out on this yard to take exercise. Fruits and vegetables ol all kinds are raised for them, and on Christmas day they have a bountiful dinner of meats, cakes, fruits of all kinds. For fear of waste basket I will just bow myself out for the p.esent, would like to correspond with some ot the grown up cousins. Magnolia, Port Tampa City. Fla.—Dear Junior- I have, been a silent admirer of the Junior page for quite a lorn; time. No one knows how much I enjoy reading the different letters, and J have often thought I would write, but have not had the epiy'age to do so, 1 am going to take for my subject. “Indoor Gardening.” No articles of homo decoration are cheaper or more effective than llvng pants, not is there any means of diversion more with in the ceity of all classes of people. It must bp admitted, also, that nothing is quicker than an indoor plant to resent neglect or other bad treatment. In the warmer months of the year almost all kinds of plants jHat can be cultivated in p.ots njity be successfully grown on window ledges; to give sufficient water and to avoid the baking of the soil by the fierce ray.x of the sun is almost th" only necessary attention. The cheapest, most enduring and most, flourishing plants are the flowering geranium, which may be obtained in jnany varieties of color. For indoor decoration the palm is the best, for a mass of foliage .the german ivy js very pretty. I could mention a number of different plan's that are very pretty for the house, but 1 can hoar Aunt Susie say "Time is up!" so I will bid you au revolr. Inez Duff, Mctjaheysville, Va.—Dear Junior: I have been reading the Junior page tjiis morning and I feel Like having a ilttle talk with the cousins. With Aunt Susie's pei->w»3lon I will say a few words on “Lltte Things.” Some, of us imagine we can not do good unless we do some thing great or make a great display. I think if we will wo. may always find plenty of little deeds as kindness in our own horjy; and around us. Oh. If we could only realize the little things we are leaving undone and learn to do some kind thing every day and every oppor tunity by helping to lift the burden from some weary soul, by making some one happy, g the sick, by helping sorpy fallen brother or sister tp rise, how much good we all might do while the days are going by. 'Tis the— “ Little drops of water and little grains of sand That makes the mighty ocean and this wondrous land" “So the little deeds of kindness, every where we sow, Mav help to )>tiihl a. mansion In the heavenjr, don’t you know 7 " I live In the beautiful valley of Vir ginia. lying between the Blue Ridge and tb-> Massaniitin n-.ountains, a very beauti ful country. Incle-’-l. We take The Con stitution and I enjoy reading it. Much love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. I remain, very slnc-rely. with 5 cents for Grady hospital. Correspondence solicit ed. Emma B. Van Deusen.—Dear Junior: May Aunt Emma be present again at your weekly meeting? I have something lovely to t- ll you. of one of the little cousins already known and loved by you. It is this: On th- 2Gth of this month (August) Neva Imo of Columbus, Miss., will be Ifi years old. uid you are all invit ed to her birthday party. Before, when I asked you to writ-- to her. you respond ed so beautifully It made Neva and her people very happy. They did not realize sho had so many friends. This time let’s show her she has ni :iy more—fairly snow hor under with letters—write so many It will take her mamma two days to read them all to her. Wouldn't that be a joke? Inclose stamps for replies. I expect It will take considerable money to pay the postage on the ans’wers to Nova’s birth day missives. As it is a birthday party, no one would appear without a gift. Lot's each send her something by which she will always remember the day. 1 can imagine tho shine in Neva's- eyes as tho rcmembrancos arrive, and Ilttle Hollis will be fairly wild, perhaps will break out. singing his "Eskimo song.” Then sweet faced Virgin will calmly got the scissors and cut tho strings that h -Id the birth day parcels, while Birney and Grady, in their gentlemanly wa. . will help, too, and be glad for the love shown their dear sister. Remember th date. August 2ti. We must not let ths opportunity for sending sunshine pass- us by. Neva will soon have hop wheel Chair. Those help ing her to that receive her glad thanks. The dear cousins and Others, whose let ters to me await replb: . will forgive me, I am sure. Not being able to write, the messages have had wait. Each one was dear to me, was enjoyed ami appre ciated. and will be answered. Did Miss Mary Wood, of Dixiq Miss., receive my thanks for her beauiful jassamlnes and other flowers? Will she write? I wish to say to Mrs. Mrffett, of Evergreen Mills, Va.: Do not >e discouraged. The Father Kias pages recorded of your thoughful deeds for ft hers, of which you do not dream. ”Le' not your heart be troubled." George E. Crawforl. Fort Casey, Wash. —Dear Junior: Wont you please allow a soldier buy away oim here In Washington to join your happy Srcle, for he is very lonely? We receive Die Constitution here ' once every week and eagerly read every I one of tile Junior let'irs and 1 have found them to be so intepsting and cheering : that 1 have at last i- cided to write and I see if I, too, might oln your happy home i circle. No doubt a fereat many of you - have never been to -0 far distant a coun- I try as Japan, so I -nil try and tell them all what I saw whlll in the “land of the mikado.” 1 left Mar|.t on the sth of July and arrived in the k-irbor of Nagasaki. ! Japan, on the evenjg of the 12th, and ' just imagine, if youkan, the scene that was presented to ink Before the trans port had dropped let anchor all up the sides of the boat swaipied dozens of dimu tive brown people al 'anxious to sell vari ous articles and soyenirs of Japan to the "boys in blue." (from them you could buy almost anything from the most in tricate puzzle to thd finest of silks, and here let me say tlid the Japanese are very skillful In the Inanufacture of tne finest silks. 1 obtain'd permission from, the doctor to go a lore, for I was in-; valided home from tw Philippine islands; 1 sickness due to seveflj colds contracted in the campaign. 1 tl»i looked about to find some means of flng and was at last enabled to do so. bdig rowed ashore in a native boat called • "Sampan” and it. is propelled by one oarCastened to the back of the boat and it S worked from one side of the back en, to the other. It is sometimes rowed byjwomen. On landing at tho dock 1 and 81/ chum were ap- proached by at least thirty or forty of the little Japanese men who all were jab bering and talking and gesticulating to ward a conveyance which looked like a baby carriage on two wheels and which we learned from an English gentleman who resided there was a “rickshaw,” which in that country takes the place of cur usual mode of travel, the cab. This carriage is drawn by one of these sturdy Ilttle Japs, who for "60 sen,” or 30 cents in American coin, will draw you around all day, pointing out to you the various points of interest. They can run up hm and down and never seem to tire. The men who follow this for a living do not as a rule live longer than five years, for it causes the heart to be affected. After leaving the wharf we were taken up a long terraced hill to the first point of In terest, one of the largest and most mag nificent temples in Japan. The temple of the Sacred Horse. The interior of this temple is very richly carved and a large horse that stands at least 14 feet high is Inclosed in a cage-like affair. This horse is supposed jo have some especial power over evil and consequently is great ly respected by the Japs. This horse is made of some kind of gold and silver compositlcn. Now as I have written just enough to gain this admittance to Susie's waste basket, I will close for this time and if allowed to come again I will try and tell you of the rest of my visit in Japan. If not asking too great a favor I would like to correspond with some of the cousins and I will try and write in teresting letters to all. I especially like Vashti’s and M. H.'s letters. I will have to run and drill now, so will bid you all adieu with best wishes for long life and success to all the cousins. I am just a soldier boy. 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. Sne 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. To take the special S2OO prize for the nearest estimate received during the first period of the contest you compete only with those who have filed estimates for that period. Should yours be the nearest the S2OO will be won. PRACTICAL IRRIGATION. The address of F. J. Merriam, editor of The Southern Rurallst, before the farmers’ institute at Clemson college, South Carolina, was of especial value to the farmers, as he spoke from actual experience. Mr. Merriam is well known in Atlanta, being one of Fulton county's largest and most successful farmers, and an authority on this subject. “Any one,” he said, "who will take the trouble to observe will soon become con vinced that water Is of preeminent Im portance In th'e growth of crops, as plants take up all their nutriment In a liquid form. As a rule, the rainfall over the southern states is sufficient for ordi nary farm crops; but the season of 1902 when scarcely any ram fell In many sections between April 15 and September 1, made many a farmer wish he had some means of watering his crop.” He urged the farmers to do all In their power by deep plowing and after-culti vation to make, ther soil hold water, whether they ha-d an irrigating plant, or not. "Some idea, of the storage capacity of the soil for water,” lie said, "may be derived from tho fact that a soil broken 12 inches deep may contain 20 per cent, or 360 tons of water per acre, and still be dry enough to cultivate while a soil broken only 4 inches deep would contain but 120 tons.” Water in Plants. The importance of water In the produc tion of a crop, especially in the ease of fruits and vegetables, was forcibly illus trated. "Analysis shows," said he, "that green corn contains S 2 per cent of water; tur nps. 90 per cent; strawberries. 90.8 per cent, and cucumbers nearly 96 per cent." He quoted E. F. Roe as having said: "After you have done everything you can think of to make fine strawberries, give them a little more water," and stated that ho had found this to be true. "We very often have dry weather in May when the strawberries are ripening." he ■ ontinued, "and one good watering has frequently added over JSO an acre to our crop." Methods cf Irrigation. Taking up the rthTerent methods of ir rigation he went on to state that the simplest and least expensive way was to dam up a natural stream of water at some favorable spot and divert the water into a main irrigation ditch from whicn it could be distributed over the land be low. He then proceeded to give the his tory of his irrigation on The Ruralist experiment farm, which he now has per fected to a high state of efficiency. He emphasized the necessity, when using thl« method of irrigation, of having the work well done; having a sufficient waste (jc :i to carry oft' surplus waler, and having a sluiceway through the dam where the pond may be let off, and the stream allowed to run clear when not in use. This, he said, would remove all possible complications. 11,. adMCated very strongly the use of the gasoline engine for pumping water for irrigating purposes, and instanced a number which were in successful opera tion around Atlanta. Methods of Application. "Land to be irrigated," said Mr. Mer riam, "should be thoroughly underdrain ed. Otherwise, it is liable to become too wet In places, which would Injure both the land and the crop. When irrigating wo run a furrow across the upper eml of the rows of vegetables. Into tills the water is turned from our main irrigating ditch, and from this is run down be tween the rows. A here the rows are over 200 feet in length another cross fur row is necessary, and a new distribution of water. "We have injured clay land by run ning the water over the surface and keeping it there too long at a time, causing the land to puddle and run to gether. To obviate this, we have found i it best to open a deep furrow between 1 the rows for the water to run in, and even running a small subsoil plow . through, also, before the water is turned in. The water being let into the sub- j soil acts in a measure like sub-irrigation, the moisture rising to the plant from j below while the surface soil is left loose I and mellow. "The market gardener who must, bring ■ his vegetables on at a certain time i in order to meet the demands of his | customers finds It necessary to plant at i a certain time whether the weather is | wet or dry. For him, Irrigation Is often . Dl Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED BY c/. IEW RJVAL’* Black Powder Shells nger and reload better other black powder the market, because mEM loaded more carefully || | J 3 more scientifically. CT They are gj/ JNTER’SF necessary In order to bring up his seed I have had considerable experience along this line and find that the best plan Is to apply the water to tho land before the seed are sown. If you wait until afterwards your stand will be very irreg ular. We prepare our land, lay off our rows, run the water througli them, let it settle; then plant our seed. It Is sometimes necessary to cover with a hoe. but we get a stand every time. "Just how far irrigation can be made practical and profitable for the general farmer at south remains to be proven; for the truck grower, however. It Is practically a necessity.. Our seasons are so variable, running from one extreme to another, that he must be prepared for all emergencies to reach the highest degree of success." THE PREMIUM BIBLE. Our Customers Are Always Pleased. Mr. C. C. Stanley, of Siloam, Ga.. writes on May 1: Editor Constitution: You do not know how glad I was made when the mail came that, brought nte the fine $2.50 Bible, which I received with The Constitution. It is so much nicer than I was expect ing to find It. The thumb index and the many large pictures are worth a heap to a person. I return many thanks 'or this Bible. It is worth $3 to anybody. Women and Music. Harper’s Weekly: An erudite and in dustrious German lias recently compiled a list of almost 1,000 women composers who have from time to tinje published music of their own composition. We have gone over Herr Ebel's list with scrupulous care and the keenest interest, and out of the 1,000 names, garnered from several centuries and many nation alities, we have abstracted those of a dozen women composers who have achieved a certain measure of recogni tion in the practice of their art; of the other USS—and Herr Ebel lias listed the names only of those whose work is definitely known and recorded—fame and the living world know nothing. Here is an extraordinary, a fascinating prob lem: How comes it that during four cen turies -from tlie time, roughly speaking, of Palestrina to the present day—only twelve women have made their mark upon the history of creative music, and that not one even of these twelve has accomplished anything approaching first rate excellence? The fact, is, of course, indisputable: musical history has known no feminine Bach, or Wagner, or Schu bert. net' even a feminine Dvorak <>• l’u..;cinl. Women have wrought admira bly, at times incomparably, in letters, and in painting they have worked, lo honorable ends. It has been urged, and doubtless win be urged again, that the woman com poser has had. as yet, scarcely a fair chance to prove her mettle; but it must be conceded that she lias had at least, equal opportunities with her sisters in literature and art. Certainly there are today no insurmountable obstacles in her path; for only the other day Miss Ethyl Smyth compassed the amazing feat of achieving the production of her music drama. "Dor Wald," on the august and inhospitable stage of the Metropolitan opera house, New York—not to mention her previous conquest of Covent Garden. London, ami, before that, of an operatic stronghold in Berlin. One is finally, then, confronted with THE USEmS’ Samrae#' SpSentSeid! 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Upton takes of the matter • i his “Woman and Music.” Conceding, says Mr. Upton, that music is the most intense and potent medium for the e\ pression of emotions, and that, woman is emotional by’ nature, "is it not one solu tion of the problem that woman does m.r musically reproduce them, because sho herself is emotional by temperament and nature, and cannot project herself du;. wardly? .’. . The emotion is a part o herself, and It is as natural to her .< breathing. She Ilves in emotion, ano acts from emotion; . . but to tn at emotions as if they were math.'mat’ .-. to hind and measure and limit tneui within the rigid laws of harmony and counterpoint, and to express them w .i arbitrary signs, is a cold-blooded opcr > tion possible only to the sterner and more obdurate nature of man.” All which, to our mind, is exceedingly’ con vincing and explanatory. W. A Yeats who is as subtle in wisdom as he is . - complished in poetry, has written some, where of what seems to him a typlcall.’ feminine defect in woman's practice or the arts; "a flitting incoherence." ho calls it, "a fitful dying out of the sens-' as must needs be when life is the mastei and not the slave of the singer." There is. we believe, the fatal disqualification, so long as woman’s emotional relati u: to life Is that of the slave rather than the master, so long will her creative work in that art which is preoccupied, above al! things, with emotional utter ance, be Inferior and ineffectual. There are three waters In th“ state of Indiana which actualy Im.nar- m. netlc powers to needles, knife blades •■: I the like. One Is at Cartersburg Spring Hendricks county; another Is derlv <i fr a well driven at I/ebanon. while the third Is from a well driven at Fort Wayne. These waters contain large proportions of carbon dioxide gas. which is slowl released upon exposure .to tho air. 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