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Conaucted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
QUERHY.
When comp'ny coot s to visit us
We alius makes a lot o’ i ass,
An’ use our Hostes' china set
An' solid silver forks, you bet!
An’ nothing is too nice to bake—
Not custard pie hit angel . ike!
■ : uz the; ro But say.
Why ain’t we jes’ as good .is they?
Ma she puts on her rustic dress.
An’ pa shaves twict a day, 1 guess.
An’ shines his shoes, .-in’ I must wear
My Sunday red tie ivcrj when !
We're all polite as we can be.
An’ no one's cross er puteheky.
It’s di if rent when they'V" gone away— ;
But ain’t we jes’ as goad as they?
1 don’t see way the comp’ny is
So better’n we ourse.vcs g. whizz!
Er why wo have to go at;’ treat
Them with a lot o’ stuff to cat
That we don’t have when they ain’t ;
here!
What makes us s- ve it up -oh, dear!
Why don't we alias live that way? ;
Ain't we worth things as much as they"
-Edwin 1.. Sabin, i . Th- W.niati Home
Companion.
TWO TREES.
Poring my c> tirr bo, ■;. oil I nt all of
my holiday - either on or m ir tli<- sea- ,
cvist of id argi l I rcmemii. r one -pring i
noticing ir... i -ds < ' :mr ■ ■ si .: d fly- :
Ing in and out . ■
bringing a 1.-.nf in their bills. I< .ring it
nnd then Hying away for another. I,
(stood . : 1 wondeied a ■' ■x. ’■ meat o’
the little things as I wit.-lied them. Just .
then an old io! "red man oin.. by and i
<alled Ids attention t . it. and Im told me
what 1 repeat you.
None* of you how • and ten- ;
flrr va . t *r< . n th g'-.n.l
master and the sl.ivt . nor anything - j
of the uns:irtK?.s:-. d polit*. n -s of the hit ,
tor.
"Little Master." he said, "dem birds is ■
fiten a snake. Dey flies off to n white. >
esh tre ami git ■■ 1 .-if ■lid puts it right |
on the nest and don goes and gits anoder .
one ’
do snal s to It
t * tlie leaves ha’s ’bligi* to drop back ami *
can’t git at c y 'mg in <!'■ mat. And de ,
old biros k •;> er fiton and yellin’ at ;
him.
"Cam yer and 1 show yn :. Ho took :
rno pretty close to the t:. c and pointed
out to me ab! ink smiko iwling up the
liody of th. .'ind th" birds flying nt i
end peeking him > w • i"-tl him until ■
he got to the nest .and «\y time ho put i
his h r d up and t m -h- d th- leaves he j
dropped ; i k. At ■ - nr time tho j
birds t i.-.m- ”. a. over. lie:
made a gre . ftml m«d to spring |
on the mis , ’.hen rw:-’. d mi rolled as |
If !n zr<< r and .:i .jip* •! from the I
tree. The birds .■■ m. 1 ■-tuisti. d, hopped |
from l.mb to :'m’. m ; m if ii y '
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>Oll ’ h« « " ! <■!<•” r.iph ■'x hool, Boit 5, N» wnan, Ga
ill (JUHtti WHtHt All Uat IA it.
L-fl Rost » ough Sy-tip. ' s !no T.J
, were pleased with the result. As T have
grown older I have often thought bow
i our parents and those who loved tts did
the same tiling The best leaves to pro
, to t us from all danger as we grow older l
1 are, of course, from the Bible. Then >
they set us good examples and give us
'■ good advice which are to protect us.
i They give us good books that our minds
i may be full of pure thoughts and in alt
i thugs put ‘‘leaves’’ around us to pro
-1 teet us from evil. I never knew if the
i old man was right, but I learned the les-
■ son and the snake did not get anything
’ out of tho nest.
Now for the other tree: T was one of a
i party of boys hunting in one of tho
I swamns near the Ogeechee river. In the
distan o among the many leafless trees
w. saw a bright crimson object. Os
course we asked what it was and were
informed by a colored boy with us that
;It wis the "Judas tree." Wo, like bot-
■ .mists, bad never heard of such a tree,
i It wa- curious and we wandered there to
’ • v.imino into the matter. It was in De-
i . mbi r or very early in January, I think,
and therofori we were astonished to find ;
a tree covered with beautiful flowers |
about the size of a peach bloom.
: "Why is it called ‘.Judas tree?’ ” of 1
. voui’s.. we asked. Our colored boy friend ■
j saidi "Look on tho de ground, <!■ n you
know.’ Vi e did so and to our amazement '
I saw' hundreds, perha.ps thousands, of ,
di i.d wasps, bees and bugs. While we ;
tend there others would tly to the tree. ;
dip their heads into the flowers for tho :
honey and In a little while drop off. ;
dying Th- tree had the first flowers of
sj ting. the insects saw them, the first I
-it r their winter sleep and in taking 1
th • honey, took the poison. That was .
why th' negroes ail called it the ’Judas
; If you had met a white man on the
I i. ad and asked him what it was he
■ would have said. "It is the ‘red bud
I tf'e.’ " But if you had been a botanist
in, foe man who studies and knows ■
ind Howers), he would |
j have said it was the "circle eanedensis." 1
Those ar" the three names; you can |
have your lioice and take any you I
choose. As I grow older, 1 always called ,
I 1- the "Judas tree," for it seemed to me i
1 the little colored boy was nearer right |
‘ than the white man or tho botanist.
I have often been reminded of it When I ;
b ititiful temptations tj do some- j
i thing wrong. A piece of mischief, a lit- ■
i tie fun which might hurt some one, is ■
j tho " Judas tree."
I Jf there can be such a thing as a “little I
i lie,” If told, it is a "Judas tree" and !
i kills the best there is in us.
T shade of a ti ■ look- i n cool iIK
invitlric on a hot day and we me et i
| something we ought to do, to set there I
i ami rest, that is a "Judas tree.”
I There are ’’Judas trees” with these I
I beautiful, but dangerous, flowers every- |
wh'-re, at home, at school, in the fields, i
I along the roads. There is poison in each ‘
I one of them, and if you are to be the i
j noble man or woman our country needs, j
you must avoid them. You are making
t yourselv s today what you will be 20
: years from now. I'Nf’l.l-l WILL. ,
CHARITY LIST.
! Ruth King, Darlington. S. C., 5 cents; ;
I Mrs. M. E. Trevatt. Seville. Fla., 10 !
-.-nt i Inez Duff, M”i Iralh-ysvilo’-, \ n.. 10 .
cents, l-’annle Taylor. Equality, Ala., 25 i
. cents.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE. \
i Selma Smith, Weston, Ga.—Dear Ju- •
l r.ior: 1 live 3 miles from this little place !
' >f Weston, witli my grandparents, who
i live on a farm. My father died wlv n !
.my young-st sister was only 12 months '
| old. She i now 7. She and I w ik to
school every morning. J study gcogra- i
phy. grammar, history, arithmetic and
spelling. I like history best of all. How I
many of tho cousins like to play dolls? '
I do, for one. I would like to corre- |
s-pond with some of ihe cousins, between .
10 and 15. either sex. Best wish's to '
.Vint Susie rind ail of the cousins
! Corn Brooks, Weston, Git.—Dear Ju- I
i nic.r I will describe iny home. I live in I
! TV'- ’..i' Gn . a small village with live '
stores, postoffleo and depot. 1 have torn i
| taster-- .nil one ’.father, all younger than I
' myself, and I have on. sister and my |
brother going to school. We live in i
I sigh’, of th" -ehool lions.;, t like history .
i '.•■ ■■ of all my stuilles. If >w many of '
. the - nusitir. like to nml good books v 1 ;
i do, for one. 1 would like to correspond ;
• With som- of tho cousins, boys or girln. ;
J will answer nil letters ! will be 13 :
, yfiT- old mv next birthday. Much love I
( to Aunt Susie and all the cousins
E It Higgins. Rutherfordton. N. C.— ;
I Dear Junior: I live on a nutiful farm i
. 4 miles north of Buthi rfordton, w ith i
my uncle. My pari nts ar.- d- id. I have |
l one brother and one sister. We raise, i
corn, cotton, eano, potatoes and most all ;
. kinds of small grain. We ate makin:. ■
: mo’ussos now. That is a very sweet
i and sticky job. We have a free school i
! about 2 miles from home. School will
i begin in a short while. We llv neat
i two churches. Baptist and Methodi.it. I
' will close, with best wishes to Aunt Su I
sic tiuil the cousins. Would like to cor
ti .10'1.1 with sunn- of the cousins, cithei
i c ' x. age netween 17 and 20.
Mary J. Bateman, Speed. Alft.- Dear
1 .lituior: Will you j,lease let a little bluc
i c.v"d. sunn;, face girl in to ..ii.it -with the
| cousins for a. few moments? I want to
[ tell them about my birthday party yes
i i.rday. [ hid six little friends besides .
i Rutii Winton 'and myself, making eight in
'till. We hud a right nice party. I had
my cake in tile Center of the table with ;
■ nine little blue candles, all burning
brightly around it. one for each year of
: my life. I lu'.d the table decorated with
, ferns and flowers. The table looked real ■
ipu tty. We play. <1 some nice games i’i<l
; had lots of fun. Goodby.
Mary Eva Williamson. Stom wall. La.—
i Dear Junior: Ail of our language class
, "nave io write a letter to the Junior de
partin'nt. for our lesson tomorrow and
J it is a pleasure to me. for I had been
I in,', piling to writ, for a long time. I
j urn a little girl 9 years old. Our school
slanted the 14th of September. I am in
i ; . fifth loader, second geography, in
ii-rim dial" arithmetic, tirst language,
■■• lid ll"r. Wo have three teachers
I li’< on a farm and I know eitv lift
is not a. 'i- as nice-. When I get home
I trom school I help my sister Beanie cook
r and fe.-d Hie ehiekens. if Aunt
Sn-ie will just print this 1 will come
gain.
Ermine <’d on. K'-liy, Miss.—Dear Jun
ior: My pupa is a farmer. He takes
'Die Constitution and 1 like to read it
j ( er> much. My school starts the second
THE WEEKLY CONSTYTUTLOWt ATL-AKTAc HA-. MOJiDAE NOVEMBER 9, 1903.
Monday in November. I want to review
up in my studies so I can pass my exam
ination. How many of you like to go to
school? I do for one. i think all little
| girls like to go. "We have a very nice
I Sunday school. I go every Sunday unless
it is raining so I cannot go. 1 liave two
sisters and one brother. I am taking
music and am very fond of it. 1. hope lo
be a teacher of music sonic day. 1 will
close with lots of love to Aunt Susie and
the cousins.
Bessie May Vick, Victoria., Miss.—Dear
I Juniors: 1 will not take a subject, as this
Is my first attempt. My pets are a cat,
a hen and four dolls. 1 milk two cows,
dry dishes, sweep floors and make up
beds. 1 pick cotton nearly every day.
The highest i have picked in a day was
122 pounds. I live 2 1 /-: miles north of
Victoria. Our school will open about
tlie Ist of November. 1 will tie glad when
it opens. 1 study history of the United
States, grammar, geography, mental and
practical arithmetic, physiology and spell
ing. 1 will close with much love tor
Aunt Susie and the cousins.
I Ruby Ferguson, Abbeville, S. C.—‘Dear
i Junior: This is my first attempt to write
to tho Junior del a.rtment. 1 will ha ve no
' subject. 1 am a little girl 10 years of
. age. I live in the country 7 mill s west
■ of Abb ville, a thriving town of 4.000 in
• habitants. I like to read tlie Junior let
: ters very much. I read so many nice
| letters from little girls in different states.
. How many of the cousins like to go to
I school? 1 do for one. 1 live I mile from
I our school house. J have two pets; one
, is -a little calf; the other one is a beautiful
china doll, it was my mother's doll when
she was a little girl. I love it very much.
I have a dear uncle living In Atlanta. I
hope he will see my letter if it does not
get in the waste basket.
Dewitt Hall, Mitchell, La —Dear Jun
ior: I have been a silent admirer of this
i page, but at last thought 1 would step
I in and take a seat witli you all a few
i minutes. As others arc describing their
i homes, I will try to describe mine. 1
I live about 6 miles from the thriving little
town of Sodus, about 2 miles from Milch
i ell. I live on a dry elay hill on the pub
1 lie road. Will some of tlie cousins send
' me Hi" song of "In the Baggage Coach
i Ahead." and "Red. White and Blue;" the
I first words are “Flag of our country
i brave." I close with a riddle: There are
two men living here who are brothers.
I nnd still they are not brothers. Much
: love to Aunt Susie and the cousins, and
I a bunch of flowers for Aunt Susie.
I (.Many thanks!)
i I-iula Horne, Lindsey, Ala.—Dear Jun
, ‘or: I will take for my subject ' Cont
i pany." though 1 know I can't give it
W< had b< tt« r be alone t han in
I bud company, for when unre.- trained we
: are prom.- to choose and associate with
i those whose manners and dispo.sitio’i are
; agreeable and congenial with ours. So
when we. see persons frequenting any
! company we are disposed to believe that
such company is congenial with their feel
ings. not in regard to their int- licet rii
j capacities and accomplishments, but a’so
! th"ir moral dispositions and particular
i manners in life. Good company not only
1 i iproves our manners, but our minds
1 for intelligent associates will become a
I soureo of enjoyment. if they be pious
j they will improve our morals; if they be
i polite they will improve out manners; if
j they l>e learned they will add to knowl
-1 edge and correct our errors. On the other
j hand, if they be ignorant ami vulgar
! th'-ir impress will most surely be on our
i minds. It therefore is a matter of no
' trivial concern to .-"lect and associate
; with proper company. We should always
i seek the company of those who are known
;to possess superior moril. Good eom
' pany is that which is composed of intel
i ligent and well br il r-ons. Correspond-
I enee solicited. Age 15.
' Ruth King, Darlington. S. G.-Dear
i Junior: This is my first ome to write
I to th-- Junior page this v.-ir. 1.-ut have
I written three times. Well, spring and
' suiv.m. r hav. gop", and f ill is here aeain.
\ but I ean't realize that w-jno-r is so
(near. My school staried the’ 12 th of
i this month and I haw be- n going a
; week. I will try and give you a descrip-
■ tion of our town, which is Darlington
I it has inhabitants of about 4 000 nnd is
■ situated in the l’"e Dee .-' "■.'tion of South
Carolina. I’ also contains a large cot
t.-n mill and four ware houses, prize
I houses and stemmery, ami the tobacco
; inli'i'i-st is wry large, tlnmgh the prices
fare poor this year and tlie farmers are
, som'-wliat discouraged, it has two rnil-
I roads, but both are operated unib-r the
I Coast Line system. They have just com-
■ pitted a $22,000 seliocd building and a
: fim' city hall, and are’ now going to
i bui’d a $45,000 court house. There ar"
.1 great many mor- things tall I could
i say but for the jack of space and fear of
j the waste basket 1 will close. J send
i 5 cents for charity.
Lillian G. Bland, Ayden, N. (*!.- Dear
Junior: May I come In for a little chat
with you all this morning? I’ll tak"
for my subject "Character." We all
know that it. is the dearest thing on
earth to us, and how car'fully it should
i tic guarded, for a pure an noble char
acter is more precious than wealth, a
t li< ii isa nd times, forth- 1 'sometimes,
when lost, can be restored, but our char
acter, Win n once lost, is gone forever.
! You may notice a person with dark de
signs which, if known, would blast him,
is perpetually shrinking dodging
, trom public observation and is afraid of
, al! around arid much more of all above
I him
Again notice the clear, unclouded brow,
tin open countenance, the brilliant eye
I which can look an honest man steadfast
'v wt courteously in the face, the health
fully beating heart, th" firm e'.-istic step
belong to those whose bosom is free from
guilt, and Whose moiiws are p;ire and
i loocl. There is a morality on a larger
sealc. perfectly consistent with a just
■ attention to your own affairs, which it
I would be the height of folly to neglect,
iOUBERTS
When I say I cine I do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re
j turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made
i the disease of FITS, El ILEPSY or FALLING
: SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my
' remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
I others have failed is no reason for not now
i receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
| and a Fret Bottle of my infallible remedy.
Give Express and Post Oilice.
I Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St, NjY.
a generous expansion, a proud elevation
and n conscious greatness o> character
which is the best preparation for a de
cided course in every situation into which
yon may be thrown. And it Is to this
high and noble tone of character that we
’ should all strive to aspire. Gorrespond-
I ence solicited.
j J,ena Cabiness, Willow, Okla.—Dear
i Junior: If Aunt. Susie will permit me, 1
■ will give a few of my thoughts on "Po
j litcness." “Politeness is an easy virtue,
| costs little ami has great purchasing
I i'owi-r," is the sentiment which thorough
| ly expresses th<. meaning of Ulis word.
I We should hat i. a pieasant word for
every one; a kindly feeling for the re
gards of others; should never be selfish
in our ocliorjß should be ci w teous and
polite to those who most need it- Polite
ness develops a high and noble character,
it makes our society for others more
pleasant, it cheers and gladdens the
hearts of the poor and needy.
“Little deeds of kindness.
Little word: of love.
Makes our < arth an Eden
Like the heaven above."
"The Blue Bonnet,*' Sherman, 1 ex.-
Dear .Junior: Dare I ask the pleasure o*
j a. short visit with you behind tlie bar
; r:’.<ks of this brilliant army of merry
■ boys and girls. I have very often thought
i I would write t<> the Junior department,
but have too ofl r n indulged in that “in
: evitable" time thief, procrastination. And,
i too. 1 have thought 1 was most too young
1 (?) to tresspass upon the possessions of
little lads and lassies until some one audi
bly whispered for more grown-ups to
come among "u-." So I’m here await
ing admission. May 1 come, can't I come
in, Aunt Susie? But now what must I
say that might interest you? So many
of you write very charmingly, and to one
who has neither (act or talent for en
tertaJning—like "The Blue Bonnet"—are
in all likelihood under the strain of ex
ertion. However, to avoid this, 1 shall
take no subject this lime. Just write first
to “get acquainted." Then I will, per
haps, tell you, hi a sort of Peter Pinder
style, many little stories of more than
momentary interest; also something of
our beloved prairie land, with her beauty,
wealth and oiu Ttunlties galore.
May Edwards, you write very interest
ingly. Call again soon. Florence L.
Turner, give us, at an early date, a spec
imen of your pen. L. L. Stillwell, Al
fred Wootten and India Rubber Kid, do
likewise. Observer, of Nelson, Ark., to
you 1 say "bravo.” Arkansas Is my
birthplace, and 1 am always truly loyal
to that state ai; ■ her people. Space will
not permit me to say more, but I wish to
; compliment earn cousin for their very in
teresting and instructive letters.
j Arsina Foster. Olga, S. C.—Dear Junior:
;It has been a it one year ago since .1
wrote to this ! teresting page, and I am
so gl.ul to s'. nd say that it has im
proved wonderfully. H always gives
me so much p> isure reading the cousins’
letters. I like housekc"ping cry much.
I have six bro hers and three sisters.
My oldest sister Is tea. fling school, too.
and my oldest brother works in Green
villi'. My grandfather, of Carlisle, has
been visiting . this summer, and he
was so much ■ irnpany to us, especially
me. that 1 dic’.’t want him to go home;
ami you can’t imagine how lonesome I
am since he left. Our nearest town is
18 miles li"l .w hero, ami we ean't visit
the city often. There Is only one girl
around here that is my size, and she Is
going to movi Christmas and you don’t
■ know how sony I will bo, as wo see
each other neat ■ every day. I will tell
I tlie cousins a little about my country.
We live very near the mountains. Table
Ru-'k ami C.msar’s Head, and this coun
try is very hilly and very rough in some
; parts. W- have good many neighbors.
Tin re are also five or six i-Kurches
I around here, ns near ns I have always
1 lived to mountains. T have never been
: c'.' ir to tho top of them vot. but if noth
: ing prevents I am anticipating a fine trip
jup there next summer. On top of Table
j Rock there is a soring wh! h pours
: e’.-nr to the liot on, which forms a pond.
vhi 'i I hope some day will be a lake. T
i in i love to the sun set on Table
i R.i.-k. The srn shines on tho writer
nnd it is a low v scone. Love to Aunt
I g.,-io nnd -nil o' tho cousins. T would
i tike f'""- some r.i the cousins to write to
i mo. My age is 16.
■ T’li-i 1 Boylo, CooDilgo. Kans.—Dear
i r,.Tho Jmilo" n-igo has certainlv
: tmnrov' il. Som- i>f tho enusms seem to
'hlnk the eirl ' fl Iters are tho best. I
I n-driV «nmo o r th-’ bovs wrim very In
:*.".o"tin" and vc’lvo letters. Allan
’ : i'iv ...I" t ■■■ii "'I ah' mt A rizon.n and
■la cow bovs. I have lived in Arizona
■nnd know son Ih’mr about it myself. I
( know a ■ : ■ ■■' ' ■ " iiconic ■■ '■ nt Ar‘-
; zona, but it i :11 O K Mv homo Is
jon a ranch in w stern Kansas. All tlie
i eiriu nut h"ro >■;>.• horse back. Thov
w ar the “div ■■ skirt" and ride their
j fa tie r’s or br- h-r’s saddle, or if thov
iT" fortunate ■ ■ ■•• ah to possess one of
i their own, so mm fl. tho better. T think
it a most •Kdig: ;iul as w- 11 as healthful
1 amimemont.
I 1 am toachir,'- ■ y first term of school
I <>ut her:' on t. ' Tiirie. seven months
■ ami five pupils. 1 enjoy tho work very
! much. H ive rp. of the "Ousins even
i been in .a "bll-■-.. 1." 'Yell, it is any
: thing but plea inf.
The wind blm.il.';.- snow and the ■ther
mometer about t :irty-six degrees below
1 and '••V' t-ythim. : .it can freeze Is frozen
i solid, while j. ,i are trying to get as
close to tho firi as possible, while warm
ing "ii" side, ' . "ther is freezing, ami
SOU feel like u would enjoy being
•■away down th in Dixie." My mother
■ and father are fl ..rgiaim, and 1 am from
the 1.-'i:;. t and ■ -st state, T.xtis. My
sister and I iro ml to make Georgia a
visit next summer and may I call on you,
Aunt Susie?
! (Aunt Susie will be glad to see you.)
' "Margery." I: L D. No. I. Monticello,
j Ga. Dear Juniors’: Have you a vacant
■ chair in yemr < irrn'i’? It so. please give
■measi at ami i mo say a. few words on
■ "Noble Living ' Noble living requires
■ work and effort on our part. There are
i evil habits to : •.ibdued. passions to lie
flromiiit limb:’ t. " aitrol <>l inciples,
temptations to resisted and life itself
'to be consecrated to noble purposes. We
i are to avoid .-ililm- an aimless life, and
■ one with a- low and sordid aim. No mat
ter what our talents may be, with no
: aim or a low ■ lie we are weak and de
' s|i -ablo. Wi'e i high aim we will not
l, al of being is:>..■(■ table ami influential.
' I’nless w ha ■ s one definite object in
view, we canimt expect to attain to any
great height, < ither mentally or morally.
| We must lift up our heads and gird our
selves tor brave and cheerful toil. The
i reward will coim Though tin y may not
be riches or honor, they will be pleasures
arising from a sense of duty done. We
' cannot accomplish everything; but few
at best can accomplish more than one
tlx g well. I: uwe can at least accom
plish one uset' 1. important, worthy pur
pose. It is not within the power of all
to enjoy the bl> swings of health, to gather
riches, or to ■ famous; yet ft is within
our power to b autify ami adorn our lives
a-cording to tin station they till, so to
live that our lives may be an inspira
tion to all. God has so constituted our
nature that we cannot be really happy
unless we are. 01 - think we are. a means
of good. How earnestly should we seek,
then, to live a noble life. I know Aunt
, Susie is saying, “I a-m needing that
chair." So I will say "Au revolr," nnd
perhaps 1 will come again.
W. R. Crumbley, Blakely. Ga.—Dear
Junior: I live In south Georgia, the land
of song and sunshine.. The sunshine
seems to have a golden touch, while the
birds sing their sweet songs almost
throughout the entire year. On every
side the pretty wild flowers greet tho eye
and delight tho olfactories of the person
who Is not blind to their beauty. I think
I live in the garden spot of the world.
I will take for my subject “Books” and
tell you of my home some other time.
Books have played an Indispensable part
in the history of the world, and their
importance can’t be overestimated. In
the earliest parts of history, away back
in the dim and misty past, we find books
slowly but surely corning Into the homes
of the people. It Is to study
their history and see how the wicked
rulers tried to suppress their circulation
in order to keep them out of the hands
of the common people, that they might
rule with a free and tyrannical hand.
Wicked rulers realize that their success
depends on keeping their subjects Igno
rant "like dumb driven cattle." Wherever
books have gone civilization and good
government have followed close In the!"
footsteps. Books are the conveyors of
culture and Intelligence, which are the
very bases on which all republican forme
of government are founded. If we want
good company we can have that of kings
and queens by going to the library and
there spend many a pleasant and profit
able hour listening to their words of
wisdom. I am truly glad and thankfu)
that J am living In this age. where we
have the freedom of tho press for which
men have fought and died. Now that
the great store house of knowledge is
within reach of all there Is no excuse for
any one being ignorant In this age of
books and culture.
“Lives of groat men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time.”
Correspondence solicited. I will an
swer all letters received.
Angle Faler. Portland, Ark.—Do.ar Ju
nior: It seems almost as though I was
acquainted with you. 1 have read so much
about you In tho Junior columns and so
many of your letters. I have read some
of Uncle Will’s letters, too, nnd enjoy
both very much. My sisters go to school
and study hard. They have a good, well
ie formed teacher. The school house is
a line, large brick one, containing two
well-furnished school rooms, a music
room, furnished with piano and organ, a
chapel and library and halls. There are
eight rooms, counting halls and all
There Is an attendance of probably 150
or 200 pupils. I went to school three,
day:-- of the first week of school, hut baa
health forced me to quit. I am sorry
that 1 cannot attend school, but content
myself with reading Tho Constitution,
helping mamma and writing. I write
some almost every day. 1 am trying to
got so it Is easy for mo to write with a
pen. I have always used a pencil. This
is a very beautiful <!»?tintry, but it Is not.
a healthful one; I think It will be though
when It Is well drained so there arc no<
so many slews and pop Is and swamps. I
live near a little country town. Tt has n
saddle factory, two drug stores, two
churches, tb.ron moat markets, a hard
wood store, and eight grocery stores: also
nostofflce. cotton gin. oil mill and saw
mill, and lots of nice residences. There
is quite a good deal of game in the
swamps: plenty of opossum coon, squlr
rel and partridge, and a good many deer,
with a bear occasionally. There was a
doer killed in Portland a short time ago
It came up in a peach orchard on the
outskirts of the town and a man shot it
I have been reading “Tho Life and Times
of Thomas Jefferson," ami am sorry it Is
ended, and hope they wifi have some
more of that kind of history I like Mr.
Watson’s style of writing Much love to
Aunt Susie from one who wishes Io be
one of her nieces.
Miss Ella Shingleton. Hampstead. N. C.
—Dear Junior: T guess you rill have en
tirely forgotten me, as it. has been so
long since I last visited you. As most
of the cousins take a subject. T will take
for mine, “Character." Our character
is our house. We must bill’d it on our
honor, and in It we must, dwell forever.
We can never get away from ourselves,
and however we build, wo must inhabit.
That is worth remembering. D> we wish
to dwell in a house of idltness. fear, lies,
dishonor, impatience. unkitidness: or,
would wo rather reside in a structure of
work, courage, self-control, duty, truth
fulness, honor, patience and love of God
and fellow-men. Tt Is a choice for us
to make. The latter giveth a taste of
lieaven, the first savoreth of the way to
holl. Now. to find an example if tho
highest character, wo look to the life of
Jesus Christ, in whom wo trust. If a
man wishes to build a noble character for
himself, let him study the life of Jesus
Christ to find tho principles that lie at
the root of ft. Os course, his life was
governed by the one word. love, which
covers all. But how was that universal
love expressed tn him? FJe was full of
sympathy for his fellow-men. That is
a. good basis upon which to build char
acter. Not sympathy that sorrows only
with the sorrowful, but which rejoi." »
also with those who rejoice. His life,
indeed, taught that by patience and s-’lf
contro] the truly heroic character is per
fected. I wish to say that character
is what you yourself arc In vour inmost,
hidden soul. It is there we must, look
for character. It is the truth about you
written on your personality, the, essential
fact concerning you. Mv charactet Is
not. what I may want you to think of
me, not what you may think of me. nor is
it the appearance that 1 may endeavor
to k> ep up before th" world, but what
I am myself In tlie actti.-J facts of my
being. You can discover man's character
only when you have become familiar with
temper, tone and spirit. Character is
that hidden feeling in the soul which
underlies and prompts the thoughts and
actions of our Ilves, as a whole. But the
best character can not be formed without
strong effort on the part of each individ
ual. The fllea that what we are we are.
and can not change, is false. \Ve can
improve; we can make ourselves better
by severe self-discipline, by work, by
watchful care. All things point to the
fact that we can largely build our own
characters. Character ouco formed, good
or bad. is tlie house we dwell in. One
day the Master will approach us individ
ually and present us with the house of
our building, saying, "Take it: it is yours
forcvir." Hence, the importance of guid
ing honestly and well. The structure Is
your own forever
Correspondence solicited.
Johnny Germ in a New Dance.
(From Life.)
The bacillus sport still remains popular
on both sides of the Atlantic. The Medi
cal Brief, acording to The Iximlon Zoo
philist. “describes a new abomination;
'Typhoid bacilli are crushed In liquid air,
and the product Injected into animals
This is the "charm" part of the business
designed to impress credulous mankind.
When tlie serum of the decripit old horse
is thought sufficiently depraved, it is
drawn, thoroughly sterill ;ed with power-
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tion in a disease notably amenable to
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The Zoophilist then pays, incidentally,
a. touching tribute to Ilastsur’s immortal
discovery:
“Thia wonderful now serum is not only
a cure, but a prophylactic. That is. If
von take it and do not have typhoid
fever, it is all due to the serum, just
as J’asteur’s Inoculations against hydro
phobia prevent tho onset of the disease,
if you are not In tho least danger of
being afflicted with it.”
It really does seem about time for
Johnny Germ to leave tho center of tho
"scientific stage" ami give the next fad
a. show. The hour has coni'- when the
audience is neither Impressed nor scar
ed. and there seems to be no use in laugh- ■
lnff ’
Better Than Spanking’.
Spanking does not cure children of bod :
wotting. If It did there would be few 1
children that would do it. There is a :
constitutior.al cause for this. Mrs. M. i
Summers, box 404. Notre Dame, Ind.. '
will send her home treatment to any ,
mother. She asks no money. Write her I
today If your children trouble you in
this way. Don't blame the child. The I
chances are it can’t help it.
WORLD WONDER.
Vivid Impression of’the Grand Canon,
of the Colorado.
T had seen the Grand canon nnd was
seeing It still In my mind’s eye. and may
hap always will in the future, writes
Benjamin Brooks in Scribner's I had
seen it red as blood and yellow as saffron
in the afternoon light, with purple naz
clinging to Its gaunt Hauks and deepen
ing in Its ravines. I had seen it under
'he full glare of the Arizona day, with
Its infinity of palisades, pinnaebs. long
terraces, great plateaus buttressed round
with ancient ruins of the cliffs, frowning
walls all drawn clear and plain before
me, but intangible, unlearnable and im
measurable still. And it had faded .Jow
ly away from me into the gray moon
light and become a mile-high vacant
wall; then put ftself togethi r piece by
piece again, ns the red dawn crept into
it. Then I had dropped down into it by
a zig-zag trail 3.000 feet, which is only
half way, and sat (Town with my mil
dangling over the fearful bottomless
places where the sun never comes, ami
looked back at the yellow heights, gulden
in the first morning sun abov. the .-.had
ows; and listened to the rocks fading,
falling with hollow echoes, as the .tight
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ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
I frost melted away. Hours and hours
went in merely sitting very still and
looking Into it. trying to make the oppo
site brink look 10 miles away, as It is;
trvlng to Imagine how the whole city of
New York would look scattered along Its
terraces, after one had succeeded in pick
ing out its buildings with a telescope;
trying to learn it, to be familiar with
Just one little span of It; thinking of tho
eons and eons the river took to fashion
it. of the- brave daredevil who, with ca
noes ami other daredevils, first went
through it to explore, knowing not how
manv Niagaras lay in his path, nor If.
as tlie Indian legend said, the river ran
sometimes under ground, nor anything
about it. save the on" fact that, once
started, he could never turn back. And
after all. though I have seen it and felt
it (and no man could ever learn it) and
will remember, still to tell it or describe
| it to another who has not seen is as :m
--j possible as though Pegasus and I had
j never reached it by a thousand mill s
j After all. my wooden-legged engiii -er
1 had been ns lucid as- I or any other man
I could be when he’d’ characterized it Ju
j his one sentence.
Where ohe Excels.
(From Smart Set.)
Grace—Do you not admit that a woman
I is the best judge of another woman’s
character?
Gwen lolyn—Yes. a good judge, but a
hetter executioner.
This Is No Joke.
(From The Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Brown—A man’s nerve sometimes makes
a coward of him.
Green—How’s that?
Brown—Well, when he sees a dentist’s
sign, for instance.
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