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HIS MAJESTY THE BABY.
•Tils eyes of clear and cloudless brown,
His hair a soft and silky down.
His face the sweetest, all must own;
You recognize him maybe.
We know but one such word guuld suit
But one whose will is past dispute,
Whose sorereign law is absolute;
His Majestey the Baby!
"No mightier monarch e’er was known
His right divine we gladly own,
Hop it is based on love alone:
A right which knows no may be.
A scepter tills we gladly kiss,
And own our saddest moment this
When for the ’briefest space we miss
His Majestey the Baby!
“We know not what before him Iles.
What shall await him—smiles or sighs,
A stormy path >r sunn;, skies;
These things may not or may be.
What e’er the great unknown shall bring
We fear it
With trustful hearts. Go 1 save our king,
His Majesty the Baby!”
A “SCRAP OF HISTORY.”
Every Item of the history of this great •
country of ours should be a matter of
interest to every boy and girl, and,
therefore, I write for you an Incident
that occurred at Ban Antonio during the
struggle of Texas for liberty In 1835 and ■
1836.
I found San Antonio during my fre- I
quent visits about eighteen years ago ;
a beautiful and attractive place, but
must confine myself strictly' to history.
As you pass from the grand plaza
through Solldad street !:. search, of
course, of the Alamo, yon see before you
a formidable looking building from whose
parapets the frowning cannon show
th*'mselv- s. Natu * ;. y-u think It the
Alamo, bitlt Is a1 " grain store, |
very Innoc. nt :u.-i useful Nearly be- :
hind It, or. the corner of the Plaza, la
the Alamo In M- x'.-an days half prison, ;
Even the casual reader of hltrtory will j
remember the terrible struggle which :
took place here of 143 Americans against
4.000 M< ' 1 Anna In
1836. during the stru-gg • for Indepen
dence of tills .-I ci of th- Mexican re
public. It xx. i bo r-m e ’.!•• r>- 1 that for
years previously many' adventurous spir- |
its with t r . - • ■ ’ll ity which to a |
liber'of th' Am.-C.-an people -ought Tex- i
as A 'the law
Mat y
e fort mes, all
emit ige. It ;
merit wi h . v • of freedom :
1 nrn in 1 : i i ' :n * r homes ’
which • to • thi ’ large and .
Ie territory' from Mexico. They .■
were few in number, but armed wtth a
valor which has never been surpassed I
: . t to Santa
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cans, began his approaches against San ,
Antonio. Travis sent urgent appeals to i
General Houston and others in authority
for aid, but only a few answered his
call, there being no organized army.
Santa Anna by forced marches soon
closed In on this band, whose courage
would not permit them to refloat when
It was possible. Travis, therefore, placed >
his force in the Alamo, as being at I
least more defensible than (the open :
prairie. The unequal battle was waged j
for more than a week; then by a military
instinct Travis knew the crisis was ap
proaching, assembling his men on the
earthen floor of the Alamo, he told them
of the perils and that ho had determined
not to surrender, and Invited all who .
held the same determination to cross a '
line which he had drawn on the floor. In j
an Instant every man save one had cross
ed the line, thus testifying their devotion '
to the cause of liberty. In the darkness .
of the succeeding night the one man who i
failed to cross the line escaped, but his :
name Is unknown to history.
Among the number of those In the Ala- ’
mo were two women, one a (Mexican
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PRICIE GIBSON, Ashworth, N. C. ,
and the other an American. During the :
excitement of this struggle the latter
i gave birth to a daughter, who was ,
; known as the “Child of the Alamo” un
til her death, which occurred In New ’
Orleans not a great many years ago.
Then tender hearts, filled with the mem
ory of the struggle by Texans for llb-
i erty, forgot the sinful life of this wom
an. and buried the “Child of the Alamo"
In Texas sol!
At the dawn of the morning Travis saw
■ that Santa Anna had determined to carry
■the Alamo by storm. Standing on the
wall amid showering bullets and the
curses and yells of the assailants, he
made hfs men a speech, thrilling with
undaunted courage. Colonel Potter, from
| New York, who was a part of t tint r< vo
. lutlon and died there not many years
! ago. wrote this speech In heroic poety;
1 "Arise, man the walls, our clarion blast
Now sounds Its final reveille.
This dawning morn will be the last
t'ttr fated band will ever see.
■ \V. 'i-ome the Spartan’s .loath,
'Tfs no despairing strife;
We fall, wo die, but our expiring breath
Is freedom's breath of life.
I "’Io life but not to hone farewell.
Your trumpets clang, and cannon ronr, j
And storming shout, and clash of steel ,
Is ours, but not our country's knell
W' l <>me the Spartan’s death,
IVe fall, we die, but our expiring breath '
Is freedom's breath of life.
Here on this new Thermopylae
<>rr monument shall tower on high,
t d \i.imo hereafter be
I t|,e Spartan's death,
I t- no despairing strife;
' V.e tai . w die. but our expiring breath
i Is freedom’s breath of life.
i’l -is Travis from the ramparts spoke,
\nd when his warriors saw the foe,
■ I Io wt .dmlng l.l' oy moved below.
At on,, cash dauntless heart replied’
I I Welcome the Spartar.':- death,
"I’is no despairing trif.’:
’ We fall, wo die. l>.it out > spiring breath
’ , I - iTecdom’s breath of life.
1 "They come, like Autumn leaves they
But horde on horde they onward rush.
» l W:H go ■ toe; the-, m '.mt tho wa 11
Till number:- tla defender:: .-rush
W. le one th'- spartan's m ath,
» Ils no despairing strife.
r W . fall, we die but our expiring breath
I.- freedom's breath of life.
l i e last was felled the fight to gain,
| W-'ll may the ruftians quake to tell
' How Travis and his hundred fell
Amid .1 ■ >u and foemt n slain-
r I They died th" Spartan s death,
’ i I .ike brethren died,
And their expiring breath
Was I’r. edotn’s bt'.i’h of life”
, If there was anything of prophecy In
• ■ this poetry, it was true and false. True
In that at the battle of San .lacinte.
. . whb h pra 'tleally mad< Texas free, the
war < th s wore, "Itemembor the Alamo."
• ■ "Remember Goliad. where a similar
ma- "le hid occurred.
: I nd.-r ” a lie' wounded to death. In
! s-.plrcd to new life, struggled to his feet,
brushed the glaze of death from his
■ eyes, to deal one more death blow to his
j enemies, and then fe'l face <low t.ward in
tin dust for which he died. No fatigue
j reached th" bodies of men whose souls
II were thrill'd by those watch word-. All
’ I that was human wa driven Horn them
ex..pt human'tf
> | Sal,: I Anna at this battle was taken
• 1 prisoner and his life was span d. The
h of tin Spat tan b ind Alamo
e I was “freedom s breath of life " But the
■ I prophecy Is false at the time of my visit,
s : In that no monument v ' its shadow on
• I the burning sands of the Alamo plaza
’ I to eomniemorat,' their dauntless cout.igc.
. ! th. ir !-■ roit det th UNCLE WII 1..
’ i (The poem given In this article would
- | make a line Yecitatlon.)
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
l.illie 8.-itt> rson, Hackneyville, Ala. —
; Dear Junior: 1 am lom-ly this afternoon,
as there is m-body at home except ma
’ | and pap. .'and I hav.-n't but on.- single
' sister and site is off at seho 1. J will take
for my subje t "Obedience.” it is the
» most Important thing wi can do. We
must obey if we want to get through
' the world. We must obey pur fathers
1 and mothers if we want them to love us
THE WEEKLY CONSTrTUTIONt ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. NOVEMBEB 2, 1903.
. and be kind to us. Wo must be good and
! kind to everybody, jf we waiil to be
’ loved by JJiein. \Vo must be obedient
i to God and give Him thanks for every
thing if we expect to be loved. I think
this page is improving so much every
‘ week. I will close with much love for
Aunt Susie and the cousins. Correspond
t once solicited. Ago 12.
. Rowena. Tarpley, Woolsey, Ga.—Dear
! Junior: J have been for a long time a
i silent but ardent admirer of the Junior
page, but could never get up courage
enough to write before. I will tell the
cousins of the great evangelist. Rev. C.
M. Dunaway, wjio j/? going to visit our
little town, Inman, and be with us the
iirst week in November. No doubt cousins
' some of you have heard this great, evan
gelist and of the great work he has done
! throughout the state for there has been
i a great many, both young and old, con
verted by this noble Christian worker.
. Cousins, ii is almost titu l ' for school to
I begin again and if you are all like me,
! I suppose you will bo (bdighted, for school
i days a.i*- the happiest days of my life.
• Balneation is th- 1 g!'-at m«>tor power of
tho car of progn-ss. R ■ at the wonders
: she lias wrought ill around you. Kdu
i cation took Rooker Washington from the
j hut and placed him at II • head of an
Institution that wellds an Influence
! throughout the laud. It brought the light
i into Helen Keller’s darkened life and
; made a new lif- , as it wer.-. It is more
■ than all the gold in the Klondike, rc
i gion. It is m u-.- P' in tho far-famed
I ndnop of Golconda. It is more
! presidential chair. It is more than King
I Edward’s crowr. 1 think wo should all
! Strive to gf*t an education. I would like
1 to hear you write on the subject, ‘"I ho
1 Happiest Time in n. Person's Life.” Cor
! respondericc solicited with either sex from
! 14 to 16 years.
’ Estelle Mills, Whigham, Ga.—Dear Jun
-1 for: I have been reading your page and
j see so many nice letters (hat T have be
come tempted to wilt- I live In tho coun-
I try. 3 miles from the little town of
; Whigham and 16 miles from Bainbridge,
I the county seat. I enjoy country hl-- very
■ much I help marnm - and my sister work.
, I can sew, milk. cook, wa.sfh the dishes
and do anything o: that L necessary to
:be done about tlm hous* I have flve
i Lrofhers ami four sisters My school starts
tho first <>f the v<-ar and lasts five months,
t T Went every d.a v this y* ar ex. < pt one.
I j won the prize this y. ar, a gold modal.
IMuc»h love to Ann Susie and h e cousins
Correspondens
Maude TTendcrson, Gtmyeoiirt. Laurens
| County. S. C I»-ar Junior: There arc In
■ numerable ehannoly through which tho
‘ poorest of us ran give more valuable
gifts than Solomon with ail bis rlrhes
i could bestow or than thm-e ho >'‘rHved
■ from the queen of tho sout i. \\ r can give
th* to not .inly on red l -ttor days, sn h
as Christmas ar ; d N”\\ Y ir’s, but on ill
days of 1 Vi.* '.;-ar. Kind wo'ds. littl« d’< ds
Os Ir'lpfill U’-i'S. bri.-hi smiles, cherry,
hopeful wrds. a rm dial grasp, such g its
as 1 1p > • aj .• always ip • . -n , fr"in Jan
‘uaiy to ("somber, ami are always wel
come Yet h'«w many ’p arts art hunger
ing for them. To give of oneself is in
linitely more gem ton an,] oft- n more
. no i s'-ary t ’an mats ;al gifts. ’Wh.-u can
wt do foj- you?’’ ask’,] some good Samar!
tai's of a poop wi’iKin whom they found
:>ing on a uretch’d pallet In a rare H-
J tii W hat do ’ ■ j n* ’ d m-• t "People.”
was th’- startling r* ply. ■‘S’ nd S"nn- one
to talk i” me. I am lonely.” Oh. how
the world hungers for width which even
the poorest of u ran bestow. Sympathy,
w.i m. lo\ ing h< Ipfuluess. ch« i rl’ul •
• ■out ageni 'i.t Money is not everything
ami we make a mistake in thinking it is
’ the nnl\ thing to give, oneself is often
jof infinitely gr 'ii<t valm-. ”Who gives
blms'lf with his alm !>-. ds thr him
his hung r.ng m igh’r «r and me.”
i Wil! aux of the . ..usi,,- phase send me
1 ti.e word ; of ••] |e||... < ’rntral. Give Me
Heaven." Hid T\. Only I’- -:i O -wn to
• the Club',’” Wil! give i, return any that
1 I ave. Corn -p >mbnts mu object!'ma bio.
' Marie Gregory. Camion, S <’ Dear
[Junior: M\ papa, takes The < ’oust itutlon
■ and 1 love to read th’ Junior png-* I am
a llttb- girl 8 years old. I go to tile graded
: ■ !!.i"l and hive my b'> >ks and my i.*j. h
! <amd’!i is .• prill? pin., and bds
ji >rt!e • ners -p* nd iheh - v. nt» is here,
i With love to .\i.ni Sn-.. and the •••usins.
I Eu<’y Bolt 'll, Marietta. Miss.. R. I’. I>.
■ No. i Jjear Junior; | am • little girl 14
|>. ars old. ] will take lor <t ;bj< m "Mis
. i"; i ’ Mississippi was explored in 1539
Iby I>• s 'to, a Spaniard. Jfll '.xi was llv
i ’ii't it !• mem .tnd was 'til'd by the
; I’. ;; h I.' i< !' 11" i . iih .a 1699. it was a
! p‘rt Georgia until 1798. It was lh<m
! States government. Jwas admitted into
i Ln union as a state' In 1817 and speeded
I in 1861, but was r< olmlttcd in 1870 Jack
I s >ll is Hl.' .-;,plt:il. It Las I|., V. ry
rill's As to men it e.in Least of
several, Xnnmg its great men wat tile be
j lov' d -if.-r.'- .a Davis, the- president of the
I l>".ist ( ,f som" tim- -. bools, the nnivorsity
I at iixforil. tin- SiaL- Agri ultnral ami
lAh '-I:-i; .. al <■■ llcg< . t Starksville and the
I.St.it" Iml.istrii Crjlh-g: for girls al t’o
! liimbns. and mam others of loss im
! |>.'i-t.ine<' than tlm ■ m> ntione.d. 1 will
. ;■■■■ by isking I'n- le Will io pie ise write
1 HJi. his I. it. rs, .• -p''"i.iUy a visit
ito S.il iii’. I only wished it was a little
Mrs. I* W. R. Dear Junior: As a great
(!• al has be< n written the past year about
bird life. 1 want to r.-late to you a true
incident that oeenrr. 1 at my father's
home Sitting one beautiful summer day
lout on tin <’ ‘ >1 .crarvia with a favorite
I aunt, we notic' d the jay birds kept living
‘ back and forth Presently one Hew into
tli top of a larg' xk and made several
qm < r "'-alls." 1 said to my aunt: "Let
: us watch now and see jf he is calling to
1 his mat's." I was right, in -a few minutes
! Hirds began to answer here ami there and
j also began to fly to this tree where the
bird was who call'd them. In a little
while quite a number had gathered there
land began to '.it acorns and also drop
ping i. cm o nth.- gromid. I was told that
. they wel' quite l"iid of acorns, sometliing
I I did not know b'lorv. Al't'-i- awhile the
. following was I 'ial.-d to me by a mem
• la;- of th.' I'amili. Neu- i:... v.-randa is a
' young wat r oak and In it a jaybird built
in r nest the pa-t -'imni'-r. When the
j young om s hatched the old birds had be
■. A io mem-
I bers ot the family amt each 'mo watched
I them to Ha in h ive the nest. Two "f
> tin- four lefi, tile thud flew to -a nearby
j tree late In th.- afternoon and sat there
. till late next morning. The. fourth little
f'-llow would sit on tho c gi' of the rest,
I afraid to try ids little wings. The mother
i bird would talk and talk in her bird lan
guage to it. trying to persuade the little
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one to go, but he was afraid. The
mother left the nest and returned. After
a while another bird was seen sitting on
the nest also and upon investigation it
was seen that this bird was a week or
ten days older than these nestlings, it
staid there with the mother bird a couple
of hours, talking In their way. and to
all appearances trying to persuade the lit
tle one to try his strength. So after about
two hours’ persuasion on the part of the
mother bird and tho other one the little
fellow raised his wings 'and flew away. So
you see the more we study bird life the
more Interesting It becomes’. We ought to
bo more gentle with the little birds, so
they will stay around our homes and sing
their lovely little songs to us. A mocking
bird s.tays In my scuppernong vino at
night and all through the n!gh\ I cqn hear
it trilling out Its iovxly song.
George Rogers. Fort Casey, Wash. (Co.
Coast Arty.).—Dear Junior: This fort is
about forty miles north of Seattle. Wash.,
on the Puget sound, and just nt the en
trance to the straits of San Juan de Tu
cas, on Whldby Island, so If all you dear
cousins will take your geography and
find the map of Washington state you
will see how far away from dear old
Georgia I am. This Island Is about slxiy
two miles In length and about thll’ty-flva
miles wide at its widest part ar very
thicklj- wooded. In fact, this is .nd is
just, one vast forest standing out In Puget
sound.
There Is quite a good lot of small game,
such as pheasants grouse, squirrels arid a
few deer, and occasionally a black bear,
to bo found on this Island, and when
du'ty Is not very pressing quite a num
ber of the men In the post avail them
selves of hunting pass privileges and
spend ten days in hunting, usually being
very successful.
East night four of the men came hi,
after spending ten days in the woods,
bringing a deer which they shot, and
after being dressed it weighed about 100
pounds and today was served for dinner,
on ell man receiving a goodly share and,
incidentally, being very thankful for the
embyro hunters’ success.
We have our drills every day. rill of
which we have to attend and which oc-
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INEZ WHITE, Manning, S. C.
c-.ipy all tho morning and In the afternoon
A" are free to either read or sleep and
as everything is so quiet here we gen
rally spend quite a few afternoons in
■ . >rget all the I'ttle w
lies which the flesh and mind are heir to.
\\ . have guard duty to do about once
every flve days and which consists of a
man having to walk post and be on guard
for twenty-four hours and during that
time he i« responsible for the safety and
nreservaHon of everything on his post.
The next day after being relieved from
guard he Is allowed the whole day off to
sleep and rest in. for as you .all well
know, nothing is so wearing or disastrous
to a person’s system as the loss of sleep,
and as the officials of the army know
and realize this, they allow the day's
I .Jo wish all th' cousins could be bere
and spend a field da> with us. for I
am sure you would all enjoy it very much
for | know we always enjoy them.
Now-, 1 will take you all into our quar
ters so vott may .i’ll know how we live
wlum at'home, j ust Imagine, if you can,
entering a. long building holding about
forty beds, all of which are neatly made,
so fhaf not a wrinkle shows tn the blank
ets and the sheets nice and clean and
sloes s'-inding at th. foot of them all,
nice and polished, and placed evenly in
a row, lall pointing one way. clothes
all m’atiy folded on shelves with tho
buttons poli-lv-d and out in view and
floors all clean and nice and you see a
soldier's quarter- as they are every day
in the x.-nr. Cle.inliness is one of tho
first things a soldier learns, so anj of
you cousins if you see soldiers march
ing nil spick and span along your cities’
streets marvel no* for that is ope of the
army's first laws, namely, "Cleanliness."
Oh, I r'.-illy forgot to tell all the dear
cousins the news'
Cousin S rg< ant Crawford, who wrote
tn the corner about his visit to Japan,
is going to bo married the 14th of Octo
ber to a young lady in this state; just to
think a soldier meeting the fair enemy
.ind sarr'ml ring so easily and uncon
ditfon.’illy.
If not. .i-king ton great a favor I would
b, pleased to eorres-pond witli the cousins
of tli*- opposite sex.
Will promi.-'' to answer all letters and
try to make nry letters interesting. Trust
ng t on ’ottslns soon
I remain only a SODOIBR BOY.
Minnie Bennett, DeDa.nd, Fla. Dear
Junior: As there arc so few letters from
this stat' 1 thought I would try and help
a little, that is. provided my letter don’t
find Its way to the waste basket. 1 am
keeping house for thi rest of the family
while motile: and my eldest sister are
t'-.i-i'liii’g school. .1 wish s"mc of the cous
ins could c-'ine and spend the winter
xi.siting ni' 1 .1 know they would enjoy
the lovely weather we are having now,
just cool enough to be pleasant. I hope
it will be like it was last winter on ac
count of tiie orange groves. The weather
was so mild we scarcely noticed any coin
at all, wearing our summer dresses and
seeing the flowers bloom all through De
cember and January. There are being
quantities of oranges and grape fruit
shipped from this section, beginning this
month and continuing right on for two
or three mon tits, nl the spring there are
a. great many peaches shipped also, as
that ami gardening ire rapidly becoming
one of the loading Industries every year.
T-Bading is my favorite pastime atid T
have read a groat many good books I
don't think a person can more profitably
employ their leisure moments than in
.studying the works of some good author,
for I know if all were like me they would
ser.-icoly ask for any bettor amusement.
Will say goodby for this time.
Ruby R. Struther, Johnston, S. C. -
Dear .Imilor: Well, the beautiful and
nerve rejuvenating autumn is wnh us
again. Oh! how full of life and ambition
It makes most of us feel. How could
Bryant speak of it as being the "mel
ancholy days?" I ’o-el like expressing
myself with that loveliest of poets, Koat.s,
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
Close bosom friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and
I .less
With fruit the vines that round the
thatch eaves run."
Wlij do wo look on nature as dying In
tho fall, anyway? I think it so much
nicer to think of her as doning her
brightest and most beautiful robes before
she takes a much deserved rest to come
to us again next spring as lovely as ever.
1 certainly enjoyed Observer's letter In tills
week’s p.'Ter. If she Is a. girl she knows
well how to defend her sex. and If a boy
-•Well, still better. He retains what our
dear old southland lias ever been noted
for- tli. gallantrv of a gentleman. Why
could not Kid sue ik of something nice
~b .at tie girls without hunting out th. ir
t 'lilts? For alas! poor mortals, boys ami
girls alike we ar.- all full C's faults, but
assured!} Hie girls are not more so than
the boys, and I am afraid it was sour
grapes with poor Kid. If you would help
any one convince them of your slncerit} :
tell them of their virtues and they will
often see their vices and overcome them
by this unmentioned contrast. I think
this is a point, that so many of us make
a fatal mistake in. I Jive in Johnston,
a picturesque little town of 2,000 inhab
itants. Situated on the famous ridge conn
trj- between Augusta. Ga.. and Columbia,
S. C., wo have all modern improvements,
nice churches, banks, schools, etc. Our
-town is situated just 20 miles from
Aiken, the great northern winter resort.
I am a comparative stranger to The
Constitution, as 1 have never been a
reader of It until the last few months.
If the young people haven’t too many
letter .parties on hand I would appreclato
one on the 6th of November. Best wishes
to Aunt Susie and the Juniors.
Eunice Cooper, Scotland. Ga.—Dear
Junior: As this is my first attempt I
win not take a subject, but tell a little
about the surroundings of my home. In
front Is a large oak grove, which is very
beautiful when it has on its coat of
, green, but fall has come and It has bc
| gun to shed off its green leaves. The
land In front is very sandy, but on the
back it is very rol.ky, especially when
one gets down on their knees to pick
cotton, as people will do sometimes when
they begin to get tired. 1 am a farm
er’s daughter ami help father pick cot
ton. peas, etc., every bit I can.
How many of the cousins like to work
al drawn work and all little fancy things
like that? 1 do for one. I think I’ticle
Will’s letters are very instructive and
good. Don't you?
Well. I guess the most of tbe cousins
are glad to see .the schools open. I want
ed to go this fall, but it is Impossible.
With bi-t wishes to Aunt Susie and ths
cousins.
Alina Z. Johnson, Zetella, Ga. R. F.
D. No. I.—DDear Junior: I enjoy reading
The Constitution, especially the Junior
page with so many nice letters from all
over the union. Will take for my sub
ject "Grumbling." But 1 can't do it jus
tice. We ought not to grumble for it is
wrong, you know. But some people grum
bio all the time and never k. ow when
to quit. And I 'hope there are none of
tiie juniors that way, for it is one ol
the worst things any one .an do to be
unhappy, and w,. all ought to try not
to gruin'ble. 1 see some of tho cousins
have been grumbling, or quarreling ratti
er. about which writes the best letters.
J thinks tiie boys; and. girls, yon ought
to let the boys alone for they have al
ready taken the front seat and left the
girls behind, and so, girls, just come
I along and let's take the front and not
be so fussy.
| Barto-.v it, Smith, Roena C. Pridgen
| and India Rubber Kid, come .gain, Yout
: letters were excellent. .'tly l it' r Is very
! 1.-ngtliy and I fear it will find the waste
basket. Would like a few correspon-
I dents between the ages of 13 and 17.
! Hattie Blythe, Waxhaw, N. C.—Dear
Junior: I want to compliment you, one
I and all, on writing such nice and Interost
| Ing letters. The thought which enters
| my mind this morning is "The ideal conn
I try home," for I believe the idea] homo
must ho in the country. Nothing is more
beautiful to me than a. farm hyus-e. sin
j rounded by beautiful shade ind fruit trees
j and a yard lull "f lovely flowers. Wh<>
, would want a. better home? Not I. And
do we country people appreciate such a
home as Hits? I v.JJI take he liberty to
say that many do not.; they are longing
for something better and more attractive:
but. they will not find it. We will soon
[ tire of artificial life, qjid long for our
I quiet home In the country, where we can
have every enjoyment that nature pro-
I vides. I believe every m;m ought to be
| content that has such a home as this,
: ami a family of promising boys and girls
Ito keep tilings lively. The wideawake,
energetic boy or girl who is always ready
' and willing to help their father, or moth
er in any w;v they can will always get
. the praise of which they s( , mm-h d"-
! serve. The man that raises his own
; corn, wheat, hogs a.nd cattle ought to be
independent; m;d not until lie does this
will ho. keep his b. ys on the farm. And
i the mother that makes homo, pleasant
i and toadies her girls to work will never
have cause to regret it. There is noth
■ ing like "an ideal country home." With
: lovo to all. 1 close.
("oralis Morri'to. Big sane, J.a Dear
! Junior: Well, here I am, kp king for
1 admittance to join your happv band I
have iteen a silent reader of The Consti
tution for some. time, and have as last
! come to the front. I suppose the cousins
| would like to know my jyhereabouts. I
! am proud 1 can say 1 am a liHle southern
girl and IJve on a farm, where nature is
its own artist, and winaj- all kind f’ wild
flowers grow In abundance. There are.
several lakes near my hmm', where we go
fishing quite often during the summer
months. But as cold weather is approaeh
: ing tho fishing season is at its close..
But will say i f.-w words on "thankful
ness." I think we all should bo thankful
for the bi'ssings. which God bestows upon
ns. We should always lie content, will:
what we have, as God gives us what He
thinks best, and in the end. it is for our
own good. We may sigh over our sad
I fat": Imt it is a blesgir.g in disguise.
W ere we I" stop and consider the beauti
ful things which God has mmio for us,
that would convince us of His love. I
wish to h ive a. letter party n Hie 10th
\ ; I
letters from either sex Please send card
or piioto. Dove to Aim' Susie and th"
eotisins. Find inclosed 10c for charity
Bertha K. Humphries. Sedalia, S. C.—
I’, ir Junior: Here comes another new
cousin asking admittance. Now, If I am
so fortimate as to get in I shall feel very
grati fill for escaping that Inevitable
j wusie-b.iski t. for I do not think a now
i cousin should be able to yvrito as inter
esting listers as tile tested cousins should.
Now. new writers, do not lot this dis
hearten you, for I Just mean to justify
; mvsclf.
Come again. Leslie L. Stilwell. Your
letter was just tine. Soldier boys can
write so much that will interest both
young and old, and you know Hie girls
Hovel like the soldier boys:.’). And girls,
what about that "Observer?” Can't he
write interestingly? If 1 mistake not.
he’s s’on.e mother's pride. Come. :tga:n.
Observer, you’ll always find a willing lis-
> ■< you. too. Fiori n ■ Turner
Say there, i'lorence. 1 would be. deligiped
j to have a letter, from you, asuring you I
would take more than pleasure in an
i swering it.
Christmas rvill soon be here, drifting so
slowly but surely away, and what gay
times we are all expecting. Hope no one.
will bi- disappoint 'd ami may Aunt Susie
and each of tin cousins have pleasure
oeyond describing. Elsla 1,. Horsley, yon
: said "you would like to visit some of the
southern cousins and listen to the sing
j ing birds," etc.; eorne ahead and we will
i listen tog' tb.er. Bost wishes to Aunt Su
s', and ihe cousins. Correspondence so
j lieited.
i Mary W. Neel. Gresnwood. Fla —Dear
Junior: There Ims been many’ changes
since 1 last wrote, but the dear old i’on
' stitutlon has not changed. The saddest
change in its columns is that we miss the
; weekly letter of "Bill Arp." But, alas!
lie has gone to his eternaj rest, and our
i loss is his great gain.
i I am going to school. Our school will
| close in -mi month. We should all strive
I for an education while we have the op
i portunity to do so. We should not let
i amnsemi nts of any kind interfere with
' our Studies, for Hye tim. of school days
! is short anyway and we will, ere man"
' years, be debarred of tiie pleasures of
I attending ■ ch< d. So. cousins, lot us
ICWffITS
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. Ihavemade
the disease of Fl FS, 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 rny infallible remedy-
Give Express and Post Office.
Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4Cedar St. N.Y.
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not in our youth pass ip idleness and tun |
the golden opportunity of life.
My answer to the Biblical acrostic in
The Constitution of September 28 Is:
Henry W. Grady. With much love to
Aunt Susie and th" cousins, I will close.
H. C. Franklin. Roba, Ala.-Dear Jun
ior: As it has been quite a while since 1
wrote to you, I will try to let you hear
from me again. I live in the southeastern
part of dear "Old Alabama." Tuskegee ■
Is the county seat. Tho. Seaboard Air :
Line railroad is right in front of my '
'home. I will soon commence school, ns
our new building will soon be near com- ,
pletion. I attend Sunday school at Fort j
Davis, about 5 miles distant, but we will
try soon to have one here. The hunting |
season will soon be here and I expect I
to go hunting, but not to kill many |
birds, as I am such a poor shot. Sun- 1
day. October 4, Colonel C. W. Thompson ■
gave our Sunday school a fine lecture on !
"The Relationship of the Sunday School
to tho People. Nation and Church." Kv
erybody was delighted and hope ” will
do some good. Wake up. Alabama boys :
and girls.and lot us hear from more of
you. Will some one please send the song,
"Kathleen?"
TJttle Gypsy, Brady. Ala. -Dear Jun- i
tor: I have been a silent reader and a
most ardent lover of the dear Junior for '
a long time, but am « , o bashful 1 haven’t
had courage to face the cousins before, i
I read such nice letters and the edi
tor Is so kind I thought I would come '
in and tell the cousins about my little :
guineas. An aunt of mine sent me one '
dozen eggs from Florida and I have
right sweet little guineas now. Had ten,
but two of them died. Oh, cousins. I had
rather sit and watch the little things
play than to eat when 1 have fasted all
day. I haven't but one sister at homo.
Have one little sister and olio dear broth
er In heaven. Our protracted meeting
started the fourth of September and ran
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I by saying "I would give anything to ses
Suo Horne." for she is a girl I think I
would like very much.
Maud Toms, Simsboro. Ta.—Dear Ju
nior: Quite a while has gone by since I
last visited your page, and then my let
ter reached the hateful waste basket. T
road the nice letters every week from
the boys and girls. How our page hag
: improved hero lately I think we ought
I to try to make it as interesting as pos
! sible, because it is so kind of the editor
' to give us a page. I was grieved to hear
lof Bill Arp’s death. Oh, how his folks
' must miss him. and the readers of The
i Constitution. I am glad winter is com
ln" I prefer it to summer. Correspond-
I ence solicited, either sex. especially from
I Florida. lowa and Nebraska. Age is 16
' A Friend—Dear Juniors: Your birthday
greetings and gifts to little Neva Im- <
! were greatly appreciated. She wishes you
all to know bow glad she was for them
all. She was in a flutter all day as the
! remembrances kept coming. She laugh
i ed and cried both over t-hem and her
wheel chair. <’-in any one furnish Mr/
lines. Columbus, Miss., with a copy • ■
1 the paper containing the invitation to you
I to Neva’s party?
CHARITY LIST.
I Mary Ardis. Starlington, Ala . sc; Cola
1 lie Merrltte, Big Cane, La., 10c.
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Better Than Spanking.
Spanking does not cure children of
wetting. If It did there would be f"w
children that would do it. There Is a
constitutional cause for this. Mrs M.
Summers, box 404. Notre Dame. Ind .
will send her home treatment to any
mother. She asks no money Write her
today if your children trouble you l:>
j this way. Don t l.lame the child. The
j chances are it can't help it.