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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
SEPTEMBER.
V\ hen Indian corn is in the shock.
And southbound birds begin to flock.
And seed-plumes fly. and gossamer drifts,
Then golden-rod its sign uplifts.
Its healthful breath is in the air;
Its stores the tame and wild bee shire;
Long country roads and woodland lanes
It decks as If for kingly trains.
The farmer's boy will often stop
To puli a plume of "yellow top."
And little children fill their grni>
With this free treasure of the farms.
—EDITH M. THOMAS.
LITTLE CURIOUS THINGS.
If I give you the hour of sunset, can
you giye me the length of the day7 Or,
if I give you the time of sunrise, can
you give me the length of the night? If
you have never tried it. perhaps not.
but it Is simple and accural-.
If the sunset is 7 o’clock, the length of
the day is fourteen hours. If the sun rises
at 6, ps it must when it sets at 7. the
night is ten hours, making the twenty
four hours. You double the hour of sun
set to give you the length of the day,
and double (Jje hoyir of sunrise for the
length of night.
Did you ever watch the stars? If you j
see a very great multitude -f stars, it is i
a sure sign of rain, more so oven than )
lightning |n the nqrth. Hut be e.iycml; I
the man who has the reputation of fore- i
telling the weather ha.- some unpleasant :
nameg. applied to him. Can you find the !
north star? It is always in th- same (
place. It is tlie center of a system of :
worlds, and. like our sun. does not appar- .
ently move, if you go to th'.' north g_-!e. I
the north star i s just over head If you I
go to the equator, it can not bo seen. It
is just at lhe horizon. Near it is a col
lection of bright stars, that look like
a tin dipper with a crooked handle. Two
of these stars, called “pointers. ' always
point to the north star.
This is called tin "great dipnor.” and
is in the constellation of ttjg "great '
bear." Sometimes the dipp r is above j
and sometimes below the north star, but (
the "pointers’’ always point to It.
It looks like a long distance to ride i
twenty miles on a hot day. It looks
like a longer distance to Colorado, where
we were a few days ago But these dis
tances are like a speck on a great white
wall. Not far front the n.rth star. p
parently. is a small star called An turns.
If a railroad train, going at the rate of
60 miles per hour. Jjad br-.t st irfi d when
Adam was created, about «,■•■»> pars ago,
it would not have reached there yet ,S--
tronomers say it is 13. u mil. f- ljr .
us. and you can calculate how far the I
train t£ould be from it now. V Ise men
tell us of these things, and we beli- ve
them, because we have nothing o’tn be
lieve.
I remember mice, years ago. talking tn a
crowd pomething Qiout the moon, that
there was no air there, such as we .
breathe, that there wa s no water, that. !
nothing lived ther . it was a dead planet |
or astoroid, as these mall ones are ■
called They all seemed to be interested, '
but there was a. plain mwithout much !
education, but full of c.-.mmo 1 sense, and i
all sorts of sense, indeed When thy lit- i
tie crowd had finished their expression I
of wondr r of how much people knew, he
turned to me and
been there and come back and been ’er
fellin’ them things?" 1 had to sav no
one. He just said "Humph!” and I wish
you could have heard th- cr.-wd laugh,
and I Joined them. He did not believe it. I
but he did belleye he must plant his |
potatoes l_n the dark of the moo::
We can only s.-e ,-i ;-w thousand stars,
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but if you had a telescope, or. even a
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liut.it is really one of the smallest of all
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K ATT' HINES, Turkey, N. C.
; believe, if Aunt Susie is willing, wo will
: take our carpet and go to ogo of the :
■ largest, yet, so far off that we can.hard- :
; l.i ;ee it. What do you say?
If we do go. we will only toll what
other people, wiser than we, ojy about it,
and not jyhat we really see,
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JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Farmer’s Girl, Columbus, Mis:?., R. F. ;
I>. No. 3- Dear Junior; My father has |
been a constant subscriber to the dear I
old Constitution as long back as I can I
remember. Cousins, any of you that
have the songs with music of “Put Me in
My Lillie Bed." “When You and I Were
Young. Maggie.’’ “Gypsy’s Warning."
| “The Orphan Child.’’ will please let me
I Lar through our Junior department. I
’ will pay all postage and exchange any-
I thing desired. 1 am extremely anxious
i to get them, as they were my mother’s
’ favorites v.hen she was a girl.
■ ■—
Tina Livingston, North, S R. F. D
No. ?■■ Deal Junior: As all select a sub
ject I will take for min? "Love.’’ Love
in one form or another Is the ruling ele
ment in Ill's, ii ma’- the love of do
minion or power which, though utterly
I selfish in its aims ntui r.n tho .s. has been
’ most marvelously for .;■»>.! in the world’s
I history. Without love, life r unlinlsh-
I • •<! and la.ee is without aim. Lo'.e blends
young hearts in blissful unity and for the
time so ignores past ties and aft’eciio,
as to make a willing separation of the
son from his father’s house and the
daught- r from cd] the ■ wvt endearments
of her childhood’s home. Correspondents
solicited; age 17.
Essie L. Ehler, Macon. Ga -Dear Jun
ior: As this is my first attempt to the
Junior iri'le 1 hop ' m . letter will not
: find the way to the waste basket. It is
! very interesting to read the letters from
the Junior < M; pni.'a is a
and Hies 5 mib-s from Macon on a high
i hill wlw ■< w.' ecu hear tt.e birds sing
and frogs croak. I have four brothers
and two sisters. Our school is ;; mites
from our home. My two oldest brothers
and my smallest sister and myself go
from home. My papa, runs a. Pda and
brother and myself Irtve p. oa.rry his din
ner. Love to Aunt Susi.- and cousins.
i Silly Billy. Yorkville. S. C., R F. D.
No. 6.—Dear Junior: Ido not remember
I seeing a fitter from Lus section before,
so I thought I would write one. I am a
| country boy and live save: tl miles from
ty seat
I of tie: dear old county of York.
I I haw: been battling wood for about
I two weeks this summer. I like the
I work tine. When hauling wood one has
to rise at 4 o’clock in the mornirg to
get a soon start and then may be out
late that night. In the long, hot days
< £ summer when one lets a load of wood
to haul a long distance over a. dusty
lead before he .an get his dinner it is a
most taxing ordeal.
School will start soon and I hope that
1 can go.
(A bay who can write aT good a letter as
this ought not take sveh a ::illy name.)
Charles TL Hadley, R. F. D.. No. 1.
Chlnley, Ga.-Dear Junior: I have never
written a letter to the .Junior page before.
| so I won’t take any subject this time, but
| will describe my home. 1 live in Harris
county, 6 tnil< s from < ’hipley, 7 miles
I front Hamilton. Both of these a.r; small
i towns of a.ao it sil' inhabitaats. This is
i a la autiful farming country. The farmers
, . :cane, potat,>es, melons
' I and all kin Is of fruits. We have eight
, I . hai . ii--.- In our community, so we can go
church . very Sunday if we want to.
IWe also hav good people as tli'-re a.’e
1 s:i. win re. We a! ’>ha. ■ a. I ‘ phono line
I that runs all ovt r ’.he country. We
I y-iimg folks are having a good time
down here in old Harris county. We are
going to church every day. have
Ipi pies, hav rid.-s and all sorts things
Ito have a good time. Have any of l >u
I ,-ousius ev;.-r attend.-.1 a cumpmeetiagl
1 have. 1 went to one at Warm Spring-
I and .me at Catou!ago. So I bid j
' adieu. Correspomler.ee solicited.
I Olive King. Magnoll.i. Ark. Dear Ju
. | nior: Like many others 1 am a stran
ger to t7i.’ page and as I have never
seen a letter written iro.m around here
1 sttppos. a stranger to the cousins. Often
have 1 stood on your threshold, but was
afraid to cross over, and now as 1 have
summoned up courage enough to cross
ov.-r I hope that 1 will l>e welcome, oh.
let me tell yon about a nice time a crowd
of young folks had not long ago. We
went down on th. lake about 9 miles
from here. We fished, we-nt boat riding,
but that night It rained as it never dar- s
to rain again. We had to sit up all
night t<> keep from drowning, and so,
of course, all the creeks had turned to
rivers (seemed to me). We had to swim
THE WEEKLY COMSTJLTUTIOISt MOJNJDAX, SEPTEMBER 14, 1903.
nearly all of them and the water came
up to the seats of the surreys. We would
h ive to sit on the back of the seats and
ilwn get w-'t all over except our heads.
This Arkan.-.'s lassie would be highly
pleased to have correspondence, especial
ly from California. Colorado and Florida.
Either sex.
Merle Pete. Millhorn. N. Dear Jun
ior: It is no surprise the boys don’t write
often. The girls criticise them so much,
but the girls can't help It. They are
naturally a criticising sox, so, boys, don t
worry about the "problem." If the girls
get too rough for you just say "that is
their nature ai.d they can't help it. but
they can t do without us-." When there ts
any wood to cut it is “Jack, go and cut
some wood." The boys are ne< ded in the
corn field, lie Is needed in the cane p'i - h
and anywhere else there is work to do.
Some boys help cook and iron cloth's.
That is too bad. Boys, be patient with the
girls; they are queer animals at any rat..
Wol! just the same when tin- boys want to
marry they always go to the girls they
like the best; if site refuses him he will
go off crying. “Would not treat you so."
Well. I gu.-cs he would not, for he never
gets the chance of it. Guess my sex.
Hughey Blanton, T,ake Bird, Fla. -Dear
Junior; My home is surround' d by pili©
forests which are just beginning to be
turpentined. This is a tine country lor
fishing, yc-u can get a mess most any time
you try. Game is not very plentiful;
plenty of coons and 'possums, howiwi’.
Tile rang, is good not far from here and
there are a good many stock owners
around here. Farming is our principal oc
cupation. Our formers ar.- geiietally pros
perous. Our school is running,’ and lias
forty-live pupils. We have about thebc-'t
school In lh ■ . "’ini.’- outside of the county
Seat. I enjoy reading tit. Junior letters.
Am sorry to hear of Bill Arp's death. I
know hi.-, letters will be missed. With
best wishes to Aunt Susie and the
Juniors. I will close my first attempt. .\>y
age is 16. Correspondents solicited.
Emma L. Donelson, Sioux City, lowa.
Leeds Station Rural Fret Delivery No
2. —Dear Junior: Hero comes another
northern girl. There are not very many
who write from here, so I thought I
would increase the number. We live
about 4’ 2 miles from Iw'ds, a station
about 3 miles from Sioux '"ity, althougn
Ix.eds is a part of Sioux City.
I agree with the cousins in having an
education. I think it will be useful to
us: all In the future. 1 should like to visit
the sunny south, but I do not think 1
should like to live there among Hie ne
groes.
I will take for my subject "Forgetful
ness.” Just think how much trouble has
b< ’ n caused by forgetfulness. If we woe! I
just stop and think when we are told
to do something we would net be so apt
to forget it. rhe pencil is always so
handy that when wo are told to go down
town and buy something t"i m ircna wo
got apl •-e of paper and pencil and write
them down, so we never give our minds
a chance to think. I would lilt- to co:-
rtspond w tn some of the cousins my age,
which is 16.
Carry Farley, Madison. Ala.—Dear Jun
ior: As this is nr. first attempt to write to
the Junior page, 1 will not take a .subject.
I have been reading the nice letter'- from
the cousins a long, long time, and think
they write sump n d nice letters.
I think Hie ji::.i'>r page improves each
week. 1 v.- in the country and enjoy
country life very n ueh. 1 hav-- n.-ver lived
tn a city, but think I would like it very
well. I live two mib-s from Madison: rar
postofii. e is nine miles from Hunt-vile,
the county scat. W? .ittend ehurea at
Madison. We have four chur. hes. Metho
dist, Baptist. Br. eti.vtt't ian and Gambhell
jte. I have lust returned home from a
delightful visit to my coitsim-': lied . ie|-, a
jolly time attending a pr"traeted mci'ing;
went day ami night. Wlub- I was T.-re
my uncle, who is a physician, a e usin
arid m ■'■ ' river in
a canoe to s ■ a ’-lek man. 11 cert:.ini; was
a nice tid. on tl water: however it was
v.-ry warm, tor it was about 3 o’clo k in
the afternoon. I will close now. I.o' e to
A mt Susie and the cousins.
A. <’ Ho'kman, K 1 >v diga. Ala.-.’tear
Junior: With Aunt Susi“'s permision
I'll be please.l to join the cousins this
week. Ev. ry tiling about here is ritln r
dull just now. Everybody is kept p ty
busy, however, trying to keep cool. I’ho
weather is extremely warm at I -W; iga
this wee!:. A fri'-nd of mine says. It's
< xcruciatlngly mal.igorgous.” And one '
has to have the “cons -ientious scruj.es’’ !
to keep still while some one else hat the :
stand. And I thin!', t1... ’ fits th.' .a; to
a “tee.’’ Crops are looking fairly well
I
all *’<••■! v-ry thankful, for last yt'.i’s
crops were almost a failure here, low I
man.'- of tl:.- cousins have I-ail I
White Slave Girls of Chicago”? If ibis |
:: ■- story. it
I
should be thaid'.f d her lot was not
in a large city like Chicago. New >rk
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Ma t tie Be' ' a I
cousin of Dabney, Ark., never writ to
th-' Jun lot deparimcnt? ft’s I t life
a will’' since she has written, and I’m
■ mid |
her any time. Miss Lena M Tyicr.
allow me tri comnlfment your sole-.lid
letter. Ir- ’i'sed 10 cents for ehari'V’:,'
“Aunt Tabitha’s Nieces.” Pratti!!?.
Ala. Dear Junior: Wo five are Sy-rid
ing the day together a little distaneo r.-m
the little town of Prattville and a we
have just been reading- some of the.lun
iors’ letters, wo thought we wouif g, t
so bold as to write one too \\ o a.T al
most afraid if grape vines porsinmon
trees- aii.i watermelon vinos . .mid i.fil
i th-y might throw out Utt!-' : - : j.-mn
that we have visited them too ofte to-
. but what mor.- . an be • xp.-'-'- d : -mi
a little i-.-owd of girls ;’rt?m 12 to 17 cars
of age together in the eountry? W< are
g.h’d to know “Ind:-. Li.bb.-r Kid" ba
cid'-d to come bnek to the Junior >age
again and though ho and w. ar.- r.f: -
of th. same town, w.- do not knot i-.i ■
i name. Cousins how li-:v. you on .yed
I your vaiation? We haie enjoyed our.
I fine and can ■> .
'it -d.,-. B'it o’ course w- don't e ■ t
; play alt tfi.-. tintt We - amid s,.r | : e
'il l of il v..- ar-- s'li'o. M’< ho : ?;i
ho so glad v.o can I: ii ■: ,■ ? le ..mi
siim-n. r months of r.-.-i-- m, f. :•
ii.'-tt'-r nrep ire :is for our v. Intel’s fa ■■
As It ha: be. n said life is to a o.i ,
extent what we make it. Then why
; s-lion’.dn’t v. ■ trv hard'-” every day r
I lives to mak- it t."t only m.-v. ; -, e mt
i for ourselves, but for otic vs wiii'se? :u hs
1 may not be as bright as ours. W. :I re
[ sure that it does anv one good to ,
: bright sunnv face Then lot ns nr sit
around moping with a face which -.oks
I a:- if the wearer never laid dozen peas-
lOBiRB
j When I say I cure Ido not mean inerly to
I stop them for a iima and then havetlidii re
' turn again. I mean a radical cure. Ihavenade
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I others have failed is no reason for notnow
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| Prof W.H.PEEKE, F. I)., 4 Cedar St
ant thoughts, but rather many dozen un
pleasant ones. We feel sure that not
many of the juniors ate of that kind from
the cheetl'ul letters they write. Our paper
is deprived forever of one dear sunshiny
writer, but we liope that we may remem
ber many' of his sweet words and be
profited by them.
Coict lioddey, Catawba, S. C., R. F. D.
No. I.—Dear Juniors: - You no doubt
have forgotten me by this time, as it has
been about a year, since I last wrote to
the Juniors. Well, cousins, how are you
getting along these hot days’.' t am
going to School every' day and like to go
very much. We have a new teacher this
year. Her name is Miss Ida Ormand.
Me all like her very much. We had a
nice entertainment in .May. Wish some
of the cousins could have been with us.
I heard that our superintendent of edu
ce tic,n said lie never attended any better
ente: t.'iinmeni in the country. We had
a picni ■ at the school house August I 1
and hail a nine time: I see some of the
cousins toil a..out their homes. 1 live
close to the Cat.iv. ba river. People go
there in the summer and stay two and
three days and catch fish. I live in a
large oak grove in a. long house with four
rooms, two on each side of a long hall,
and a piazza in front. Our postoflice
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DONNA OSBJ KN, Alexander City, Ala.
box is about I mile. We have free de
livety. 1 wa.s, so .-- irry to hear of the
'le.-ith <>! on: iTjond Bill Arp. Mamma
.-.nd we never will have another writer
that ein t.ire his place. Well, cousins,
1 would lil-.e for you all to give me a
letter i-:rty on '.be 29th of September,
and liope you will writ.? me a letter that
day. Correspondence solicited.
Jimmy Kendall, t'-irizo Springs, Tex.—
Dear Junior. ] will write again to the
>l-;'i' old Constitution. It has been a
long time since J wrote, but hope there
ar.- some that still remember mo. 1
Went with papa to Eagle Pass. It is
about 50 mi'les from here. The people
almost ah fa.lk Spanish, out there are
many .> ■ . md jpa there*,
al-o white citizens. I could across
the Rio Grande into old Mexico. Hope
seme time to cross over and have a
look nt Mexico. Cousin Annie Wellman,
Ai ite t- mo : gain. Cousins Emma anil
Clara Dorsett, please write, as mamma
can't hear from you. Does any one in
Missouri kn. w anything oi John T.
Wilis or fam!l\? H. married my pipa’s
only sister. Miss Nancy Kendall. If
alive, they • both ..■•■Hing old. as papa
is the youni’e.'-it . hi1.,1 and he is 58 next
January. Hop to hear, if any one will
v rit. t., nt.' or my m-imnia, Mrs. M. A.
Kei.Lill. v will l>- glad to hear. 1
lave two ristiis older than myself and
two brothers yoimc.er.
Cousins, we have many fine watermel
ons, It any cousin will send m. a
st.imped, ai’dr.-ss.-d • uvelope in.l any
thing usi-ful lor a boy, I will send him.
some tine melon sc: d of melons that
Aeigh from <to to 70 pounds or more.
W i:ld like some ::i - ■ chewing gnm. and
Hire for melon r-.-ed 1 can son.l them
somethin"; If ny hit!.- Kendall
beys, or i.lrls, eithi-r. r 1 this, I would
be glad to get a b-it-r from tnein, as
wo IC'ndalls arc v< vy proud of nir
name and always like to hoar from each
other.
J. R. Christian. Jr. \lbertvillo, Ala-
Dear Junior: 1 am a farmer boy I’apa
takes tit. dear old Constitution and 1 like
to read it very much, e.-:-e-. i.iilv the .Jun
ior page. I b-v to rr id tlie cousins’ let
ters. A boy like myself that don’t go to
school can learn lots by >, 'iding such let
ters, Bap.:i take's Tie- Rani's Horn, which
I thii:k is o:i. of tit-- b'-c psinisiied in
Amorita. -My older brother and I lake
The Orph.ins’ Cull, a I tie paper published
by the orphans at Ala. It is
only 25.- a y. ar a d everybody that sub
scribes: helps the poor little orphan chil
dren. Won’: you all do that nt'jeh for the
littb- orphan -I ■!<!•. n’.’. I a ill try to tell
-. ea'-I.llil1■, .about I’ll , jcirt of th- country.
It is a nie.'. pleasant place to live, from
1,100 to 1,900 io * .'i':ov - s.-a level; the
soil is light and s: nd; . easy to cultivate,
and makes .-d cr-'p.- We mol; - corn,
oats, wh'-.-it. eoltou and nil kinds of vege
tables do tii'll hero, in fact, wo can raise
everything that peopl. and stock need to
cat. V'.’< live 2 I-2 mii. s from town and I
mile ftori church and school. Wo have
Sunday school ey.-r,- Sunday I like to go
very much J learn so many good lessons
th,'it will be worth . o much to me when
I g.-l, grown. I’o'io: thy father and thy
mother is one of tlie lest lessons a boy
can learn. If evry hoy w-nild honor his
father ami mother th to would bo less
tiiji'h-le n: the world. ..ly momma teaches
mo not to barn up mon.-y; wli m you burn
fir.’ i ranker,' and eig.i p-t los you burn the
Lord’s money. Instead of burning money
J give what I got to snare to the or
phans’ home, t will .-F, .-• with love to
Aunt Susie and the cousins.
John STndlln Wilburn. Ala -Dear Jun
ior. It has been quite a while since I
hr ve written to this j .■-.■ . I will ste- r
1-igh of the waste ba. ket and try my
luck again. '' here ’s nothing like trying
to do something il it Is in the right
Wo let a great many good opportuni
ties pass by, not trying to grasp them
while they ..r<- in r ,i- h. W don’t value
our time as much as it is really worth.
Too many young people are idling
away their tine' when they ought to b:
ir school. 11 is a si.l str-ry to heir a
ur<',.'U u:> j.erson say they can’t write
tlu ir name.
1 don’t see any r> .mo inb’c excuse for
ycung ncople pot learning something
about bool.k Public r 'hoojs ar- open in
all places. it seems that the ehanc-s
arc good for everybody to get a ..'ommon
school education. "Where iln-rc is a
will tliet'o is away.”
W::-hi:i'.’ for success never gives it, but
wt'.ling foi' . always turns out
v ith good results.
s'emc P' '.pie have the idea in mind that
there is only a certain number of good
positions for competent people 1 ■ fill.
'.Chen this number i- s i;c>ii.-,1. the ice t
is we can't do anything, tor there is no
And ug.-ii i. when em- man i- prosper
ing making m< nev ■ trno one els* is loos
u-g. We!;, it this b. the wli- Ji 'S
lc.it the r’..i:'.y millions the t’nit---: States
is '.voi th now*.’ Six hundred y t. i s ago It
wasn’t worth .".nytliing. Now is ii p','--i
--11c that sonuTody has lost ill this? This
1-. only .-in excuse •••«•• people have for
not trying to d > son.ething.
A person who is willing to w"t'k Is
■■ilv s want'd, aiid <ne that . not will
ir-g to work stands a poor show; for no
body wants him.
A - good occupation awaits us all. -\II
you need to do I - to make ready and take
:;-,lil. With my best wishes. 1 will bid
y u all a-lieu
Charles Tind' H, Kinsey. Ala. Dear Jun
ior: 1 am always glad to see The Consti
tution and read the Junior letters and I
have found them to be so interesting t’aat
I have d'elded to write and see if I, too,
r.u ;bt join your happy home circle.
J’will take for my subject "Value of
Time and Knowledge, ’lite infinite value
of time is not realized. It is th.- most pre
cious tiling in all the world; the only
thing of wlile'.i it is a virtue to b“ cov ’-
tons, and yet the only tiling of which all
men are prodigal. In the first place, then,
reading is a. most interesting and pleas
ant method of occupying one's leisure
hours. All young p oplc have or may have
time enough to read. The dltlUiulty is they
are not careful to improve it- 'Their
of leisure are either idled away or talked
away' or spent in some other way equally
useh.ss; and then they coiiqiiain that they
have no time tor the cultivation of t’ueir
i minds and hearts.
It is a consideration of no small weight
j that reading furnishes material for intor
i esting and useful conversation. Those who
•lie ignorant of books must, of course,
have their thoughts confined to V'try
narrow limits. A taste lor useful reauing
is an effectual preservation from vice.
Next to the fear of God Implanted in the
heart nothing is a better sale-guard to
character than the love of good books.
They quicken our sense of duty, unto.d
our responsibilities, confirm our habits, in
spire in us lite love of what is right and
teach us to look with disgust upon what
is low, groveling and vicious.
Th ■ liiglt will:,- of mental cultivation 13
another weighty motive for giving at
tendance to reading. What mainly diMin
guislies a m.i> from a brute? Knowledge
What forms the principal difference be
tween men, as th. y appear In the same
society? Knowledge. ‘ Knowledge i“ pow
er." It is tile philosopher’s stone, the true
secret that turns everything it touches..
Grover C. Litircll. Rowersburg, Fy.--
De.'ir Junior: 1 have been a : llcnt render
of your excellent letters and now muk'-
my first attempt to write. < 'on dns, did
you over hear of “the dark and bloody
■ground?" Very likely you have, and a.s
that is only the :■ 'briquet of my native
State I hop ■ you wid not think its ground
is really dark and bloody. On the con
trary, Kentucky is a b aii'il’ul state and
her -people -are very' loyal and sociable
citizens.’ The sobriquet originated from
the Indian battles, which were fought
during the times of Daniel Br-one, many
years ago. Kentucky' was admitted to
tiie union in J 792, during Washington’s
administration. It possesses great indus
trial advantages. In the blue gross re
gion are to be found -’o'lie of tlie ri-'hest
kinds in the world. The eastern part Is
mountainous, but produce's excellent for
ests of oak, poplar, walnut, etc., and
great quantities of coal and Icon are
mined. The petroleum industry’ is deveb
oping very f ist in the southern part of
th., state.' J live in tile oil fields of Ken
tucky- and it is very amusing to watch
the men .shotting wells. This state
abounds In natural curiosities, among
which the Mammoth Gave is distinguish
ed. It is about 10 miles in length and In
cludes several apartments, the largest
of which contains 8 acres, and Is entire
ly overspren.il with one solid arch 100 leet
high, but destitute of any pillows for
its support. The banks of the river
Kentucky is In some 'daces sub.im-- be
yond description, being :l(X> feet in per
pendlcul.ir height, composed of solid limo
stone. The -batiks of the stre.-ims. in gen
eral, arc very high and picluresqno. in
some parts of Kent’uc’ky hundrecs of huge
bones and enormous tusks of the el
pliant, mastoilon and mammoth beve
been dug up from the depth of ?o feet
below the surface. They are supposed
by some to fie th.' relics of an antedilu
vian age. All i:t .HI. Kentucky is a gr ind
old state, i’llmhiicd, gen-'ra.lly speaking,
by honest, industrious mon and. best of
ail, by wood, pretty women. Now my
North Carolinn fri'-nd. y. : may indeed
think vottr state the grandest in the
union, but I rather think otherwise. .If
to my' age you add its half its .. .cd
minus 5. plus 12. I would be forty.
Hallie L. Austin. Boughton, La.—Dear
Junior: It. has been quite a while since
I last wrote, but I have been reading
the Junior page every vv.ek since, and
have enjoyed it greatly. 1 am very sorry
that I’ttcle Bill Arp lias died. He was
one ot the smart' st men in th, south. '
sympathize with Mrs. Arp and family
gieatiy. Don’t y°u cousin.-? Good old
summ.-r has almost gone; autumn is hero.
S. hool >i;<nave comi' . How many ot
the cousins like to go to school? 1 do
lor on . Aunt Susie, how at" your eyes
getting? All tight, I hope. How many
of the cousins like to read? 1 had rather
t. ad than to do anything? if any of
the cousins have any good books tiny
have read l*would appreciate them great
ly. and I would like some of the cousins
to I mi- lim following songs: "Tim
Gyi.sy's Warning. I’ne .answer to It.
“Tw.. Little Giris In Blue," "I’ll Be Al!
1 Sinic'S Tonight, Love." 1 will return their
! t:;vor any way 1 can.
i India Rubber Kid, Prattville, Ala.-
I Dear Junior: Since I ventured my last
contribution to the Junior column the in-
| satiate reaper has visued the south, and
I ha: borne away one who was loved by
I eve.-y trit” southern, r-Bill Arp.
: When the icy hand of death touched
i .’.l.i.jor c. H. Smith and benumb'-d his
| brain and >l. id- ir d his lingers, winch for
! mor,, than half a century had voiced the
i iments of millions oi’ our people, the
Is. tilh lost the one man who wa ■ always
. ready to champion le r cause and defend
i her rights. Bill Arp’:-' letl rs found th-ir
i way into thousands of homes and always
I .Tried with ti'.Tn .1 i:iy of light which
i bound true sou! l>ertiors closer to the south
and lightened the burdens of the weary
I all over our hind. His every word and
i< very deed stood prominently out, and
| shed about him a light which brighten, d
' ids persona) charaeieristies ami drew
i from everyone tlie exclamation “True io
i himself, tin.- to the section lie loved and
. true to his C 0,!." Maj.. Smith was loved
■ in the south ts'cans.- he was a friend of
! ours in times of distress and depression.
;as well as in times of prosperity—he wept
I with us when we wept, and rejoiced when
. we rejoice.’: h< was honor. .! and revered
| in tlie north because of his superiority,
noth ip intelligence and in humanity. Hj
: was the first who dared to draw a pen
: rJ.'tur.-' of the irtte facts in the south
. alter the war. The reading public and
; tiie thinking public shall now miss him
j as no other man oi literature in the south
; would be missed. ’The lovers of home am 1
; ■ true soufliTnism will cling to tire
memory of Bill Arp, and Ills name and
i I’ic sentiments will b.. handed down Info
the comfttg generations as the one matr
i of his style.
Am! now, .juniors, let's joint hands and
last fond farewell to Ma
i .ior Smith, and extend our sympathies to
; Mr:--. Smith, who, disconsolate and alone,
i stands far out upon the western slope of
life, waiting and watching for the signal
which shall summon her to join Major
Smith in that home which is fairer than
tli. land they both loved so well.
Bettor Than Spanking.
' Spanking does not cure children of b»d
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 l.'J, Notre Dame. Ind., will
send her home treatment t.> anj' mother.
Sue asks no money. Write her today if
your children trouble you in this way.
Don't blame the child. The chances are
ft can’t help it.
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Direct Appropriations Preferable. [
(From The New York Sun.)
When ?.Ir. Clcvelnnd was president be
was a little lax in the matter of applying
the public property to his own comfort
and persona! advantage. The Bun took
him roundly to task for It and was quite
right in doing so. Wo must admit that it
Is difficult to understand, in tiie light of
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first enlarged and then abused.
That Mr. Cleveland had robust views of I
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his administration variously attested; but
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away from Washington, and lie liked tlm
comfort and. perhaps, the dignity of a I
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a tiu'P' of positive, indelicacy in Mr]
Cleveland’s conduct in paying the full;
regular railroad rati' for his private ears.
It .-amiot be helped; he was blind, ini-I
penetrable to modern ideas, anil if he ;
couldn't pay his fare he wouldn't ride.
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upon tn set th. matter right. It Is in the ‘
power of congress to do so, and the doing'
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