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8 Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga. THE DIFFERENCE. 'TIs such a narrow, narrow line Sometimes ’twlxt Right and Wrong; And yet to keep within it wi 11. Hearts must be brave and strong! 'TIs such a filmy, viewless shade ’Twlxt Falsehood and fair Truth; And yet It casts the horoscope That maltes or mars our youth. Ah. such a trivial tiling It enema Whether we praise or blame; And yes the careless word we speak May blacken some fair name. The narrow line, the passing shade. That seam so slight to mo, With wider sweep, and darker hue. Stretch to eternity! HVA WILLIAMS MALONE. THE OTHER SIDE. A Letter From an Alabama Dove to Her Cousin, a Dove in New York. Ale.tan.’i. October 12. 1903- My Sweet < "usln White-Wing: For some time T In-.’ wished to v it.’ you. bit my heart Is so full of grief 1 an hardly l»oar to pit Into words my troubles. We who w ere so happy and row a sad tilin'- best I can 1 win tell yon of car tensile mfsfor-.nne You know I have written before of the Gra? '. our neighbors, the jof the next pl •' ■ Their fam ily and our? l. tl plann- a pleasure trip, to go by wing to Tnlima Fall: and t.i'f to spend the day. 11 e morning was benuti* t’** njr ;iKd ~< t ' with the fragrance of thous mds of flow ers, a breeze We started ' daybrenl Our two Oldest chHe-.r IT. •to an Quiver, with Pearl and Tin!;, the babies (who . have 1 ■to use _> wings), r'-.0f,. father and miso- img south ward wo were joined I the father and mother Gray and by their • hiLnen, King and Quecnie. \ gayer company never cut th« air ’■'! swift wings. Ilappf- • !» evet n tingled every i. • ;■ ■ fh<*y lonkr.] thrmigii i')e roFy g .issr.- nr Ji .'in-1 < '• r r»'‘?. The <h*ar yn.n.g rv.t •- t f •* i * i 1;• i.< ■ ;ght I■t h: the d”l!g!;' 1 ■ ’ that w ■ II -irs Slab!. :■> ■ • flight over a beautiful t rmis vol t • ng "flash! • ■ mt It: of th- tu forms, J N Plumt and Qulv r• ■ I flute’ down, aid realized | V . • ■ ’ ; The | • ■ ... - f thers on | :. . I nt ’ s< m the ground and approached 1 “ ■■ iff In 1 hand which t Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Too ler| Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED er SCHOOL'S AMD COLLEGES. '!! Y bout hrrit 1 b'unipi: Newnan. Ga BOM-KEEPIHG •■ g i J 1 TH- V.n. ' L" '• ■ ' ■■■ ■■ ■- LEARN TELEGRAPHY A'Pti. B. !'<Or\TlN>.. Our rraduatns r I'aj .trier S r»i M;:v ; I’m.ition. ■ • so,j 1 •. all rnli- r a 1 Geordi < ■ »»».’, CoHi'p*. Senoia, Gji. i SOLTHERX SHORTHAND The Leading Bustneaa School of the South. Eriwni.w catalog!;.-fre». Ad drees A. < B - *r<>r. )■■-> or tv. A.-- I p'.d. '. I’r ■ o<i Sullivan Crichton , w , t 'y. rcKU s'urt to ilnish.” I'n o»: th nr-, gh rt|A O Chain of 3 Colletts own**'! bvbtialrießß KJI-t X nun ;o.;d indors-'d by business men* W 5--4 •** r ourt» er* Co-kiers of Hanks are cu jtir Hoard of Directors. Our diploma means & miethin^ - . Ent o' any time. Positions secured. § Draughon’s S? /77 r (Incorporated, Capital Stock $300,000.90.) Nashville, Tenn. U Atlanta,Ca. ft Worth. Texas, <; Montgontcry, Ala. St Louis. Mo ■ Galveston, Texas, Little Rock. Ark. A Shreveport, La. I'o- 150 pairs catalogue address cither piece. If voe prefer, may t .- tuition ■ -it of salary af ter course is com: ..led. Guar.iub-• graduates p, b. competent - ft. > .barges for tuiti -it. HOME ■•STUDY: B ■ -!<k<-epi •itr. E.mrthand, . taught ... mail. Write for > ; BOOKLET ou Study. It's free. aßauWh^£ Al Utl ® t’ Be gj S in time. Sold by a ruggirts. EH < iiLa : afterwards I learned was a gun, and which had boon the cause of the death of our children. With breaking hearts wo were obliged to with fear hasten away and leave our dead in the hands of the boy who had ! taken their joyous life, who had stilled forever the beating of their happy hearts. Some time after a letter published in Tin. Constitution from the youth who did the shooting told of the tragedy. He wrote the gun knocked him over when he tired, and on picking filmsell’ up ho found he had !.T“bd two doves, adding, ‘•Perhaps you can imagine my happi ness. ’■ Thoso words completely’ crushed me. Happy that he had killed our darlings, the joy <.f our lives, the pride of our h’.irl -. "Wo wish to believe the boy only' thoughtless, not cruel. Had he dreamed of tim s iffering he would cause 1 am sure lie would never have done it. 1 Oh. cousin, write and tell the boys that , .'MI of (lod s «features love to live and I have a right to their life Just as much i lli ■ one who points the gun or pulls the trigger. Suppose some giant monster should say. - fun to kill boys; let's I 'boot a lew; imagine my happiness when j I tmd f have killed two." Tell them to i !, arn lim< we were taught in our ; younk -'lys, to . "Nev.-r seek tn take the life , Which you can never give.” A'ri e soon to your sorrowful cousin. £x<>w pi.i mi; (Aunt Susie hopes every boy who reads this beautiful .story will learn a lesson ■’■'■•'tom and in future bo benefited and i nr/’ 1 h °" “ ; " 1 *' ls t 0 take Ul > innocent HONOR ROLL FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. Charles Tlndcli, Kinser, Ala I Grover c Littrell. Powersburg. Ky. Iztiura M. Tyner, Americus tin Carri. Poole. Travelers Rest, S C. I el lx Garland. Stafford county. Va. Barton it. Smith, .Mist, Ark. C. Allan M irramore. Gila Ben-, Ariz. <»r< II w. Prevail. S. vllle. 1’;.,. I Georgia V. Haymaker Anne., Va. Gila Shingleton, Hampstead. N. C. Ruby Kindled, Jefferson. Tcx Lou -Mae Cone Lodge. S. i.\ W R. Ciumblev. Blakely, Ga. George N i:)|j. s <-..lumbUs. IM .<, Flora Kogers. Clyd”. N < .Maude 1 lenders’ n. Gr.nv Court. S C. : Hattie Bly th.'. Wash i.d. N. C. I Lula Horne. Undsoy, _.\la. CHARITY LIST. ! Fred Parker, Roebuck. S. 10 cents. | S W F.’sr.t. Roebuck S. . 5 cents. Mi.. Flor. Winder. Town Creek, Ala 10 e. ms. -Mis Ltli.l Taylor, Farmerville. La.. I 10 : - I Aunlo Pearl Merritt, Ma-y. Ain.. 10 I I'loy.l Wood. Abbott. Tex., 50 cents. JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE. | Florence. Spradlin ' Lott. Tex. -Hear iJ-mlm. Will you admit a little girl of 8 ]it to y-'iit happy cir- I*’’ As this : s my I first attempt i will no; take a subject, but wifi VII you about my pet <at lie I is rrnry cunning; he is nearly black with white feet and a white ring around his !m• k. ho rule am) pi..y ; w tt.h little mice; th t ia his delight. I’m going to start to ■s. I.”- I this winter A- | n , afraid of the ; W.,., , bask, t 1 bid you an adieu. Ted Jones. < rescent, S. <n-mr Jun i ■ lam a little b”..- 9 years old p.yp, i a city I Im and I like to go with him Ito s. Ids patients’ ! ml. ' 'worn Gm m "m /'XX-X/TuTl c ! I ’ "r ■ I wish i'll ef'tho'Vouidn’b I ' ■ " tl.i - ” their waterfall vt time.s the I ir ol tim waters pouring ow r the rocks I like to g., to school and will bo glad t "'I"' 1 -'hool opens, which will be. Fills M.-'-.irgo. R. p n. 3. Reids ' th. cmslns please furnish me with the Ip ''ii. ••Som body's Hanta Claus,” which i runs like this; 1 "To di” nt dawn! And a tale Hke this, ■ Would Lav. melted a heart like min’-; ■■ | But our Captain's features were cold and j With rawer a. softening word.” I If ■ ome one r-an supply mo with that . jp< ”in it would fie greatly appreciated, I ; and I would gladly pay postage besides 'artdsMnc a y other poem i eon. I L. H. Hill. J'fferson. Ga. Flcar Junior: i Take many- others f am a stranger to this i nag . but i don • intend to hr- any longer, i T 11-. on the farm and 1 like farm lit ■ | ami I am going io b.aul wood before long. ! 1 Law to wrk very hard. 1 live IF ' miles from Jefferson. Jefferson is not a ; !.:: .; til;.bat it is n lively one. (T.us ; ins, we have tlm finest, freestone water 'in th. country; it Is spring water. ! Churches are plentiful; there are about I six in the neighborhood "Well T hope i that Aunt Susie will not put my letter ; into tl;e waste basket as this is mv tit t ■ i mpt. Corr’, spondence solfeit’-’J ; Age 12. j AVillie Spradlin, L.dt. Tex Hear Ju nior: I will take for my subject. "A ; Little 11 ’U.” She was hatched Decem- I ber 22. 1902. end in February her mother i s’t again. SI:” would stay on the nest with her mother, and wlt n she hatched ' her other chicks the little chi. k went and j helped her mother scratch for her sec . oiid brood, and v.-liep her mother weaned : her chicks, she tool; them and scrateb ' cd for them hers ( If. She would cluck to ■ them and i"ost with them at night. She I hovered them, just as h< r mother had. j ami whin she went to laying she weaned I them. I .My papa is a farmer. He lives just 2’j I miL s from the little town of Lott. I W” have gathered five bales of cotton j tins year. 1 hove ; pet dog. His name Is Carlo, j How many of the cousins have August 1 30 for tie ir birthday. I have. i am I 13 years old. With love to Aunt Susie, I I will bid adieu. ; (Thanks for your story c.f the little ' I hen. 1 wish we were all as ready to do I good j Floyd Wood, Abbott, Tex.—Dear Jun- I lev; r rPa d your letters each w ck. I I j will take for my subject our home. The | sweetest place on earth. Our homes are | ! just whnt we make them. Our homo | consists of 220 acres of black, waxy. ; prairie land, situated in Hill county, one lof tin banner counlier- ol tin state. We Lave picked forty-nine bales of cotton so ; far. find while I am rot ciuito twelve years old. yt f have picked a man's part I of that forty-nine bale.'.’, my day’s work I numbering over 200 pounds each day. I THE WEEKLY CONBTITUTIONI ATLANTA. GJu, MONDAT, NOVEMBER 16, 1903. 1 have not lost a day when it was so I j could work. <di, eom ins. J forgot to tell ton about old mamma eat and her three kitties, though 1 am not mu< h of a boy 1 lor cats. When I found them tljeie was j ;-:mh a contrast in their colors, being j two blacks and one white. I call.’,] on papa to nam e them. After papa had sized tln ni up for some time one of the blacks he named Booker Washington; lhe Other In- named Roo-. v. It am: th. kittie he named Senator Gorman. Every thing way peaceable until the little fel lows got their eyes open, which was m about nine days, and to my surprise J went down one morning to look at tie in and found Senator Gorman sitting in one corner of the box with his hair all turn ed the wrong way. I saw at one • there was war on hand and I made peace by separating the blacks from the white. Fton’t tell me cbout social equality, lor It will not work south of Mason a’nd Hixon's line. Now. cousins. I will he 12 years old the 23d of November an I I want to have a letter party. I will appreciate a b-lter from vh ol the cous ins. L’ t all who can send nie their pho tograph. Amu Susie. 1 sctld 50 cents, which vou will appropriate to some char itable cause. I’dith Sparks Walker, Monticello, Ga.— Hear Junior: I am 9 year. old. My teach er, who is my auntie, gave me a. letter to v. rile, so 1 write to you. I’apa and mamma carried us to the state '.air in Macon last week. saw many beauti ful displays. W( went, to a kimlergart'eu school where they were singing a. mo tion song, “By-10-land," the same that we slug here in our school. We have Just gathered our apples that are so pretty and red, put several bushels away for winter and a lot of pears, too. 1 wish the cousins could see me feed my pet pigeons. Thej light all over me and arc ■' pretty'; This is my first letter to the pap'-r. fi.-ini”! Campbell. Jr.. Oval, Ga : My F ther I; a teacher and I have two broth ers who ar.,- teachers. They ar*’ both In Athens going to seliool at the present lime. It. will not bo morn than two or three years until I may enter there also, and when J do i wish to find some of tlm cousins. I .-mi going to enter school betore long and I hope to go through the school here before I top. I notice that, most of the cousins write like they wore from the cmitnry. Well, that Is the best place al:--Low. It s'■ ms that The Constitution Is a country paper ''anyway.” Our veran da Is full -'f flowers all the sumtm r and when winter comes I dig a pit largo , enough to hold them nr<l put them In H, •nd Whop sumni.come-: ag.'iln they nr” full bl ’m Corresi>on<St nee so licited cither scy; atri' 17. It .thio Hot t’-’ MeA'. nzi”. Ms near tunior I believe most of :!-. Juniors hriv Ideci”.. so Fl; <-■!’” for mv ’tb- I i., -I. ' ’-’riondship.” V ••”.:• are ; ■.■-.re to 1,.”.” e. mp.”- imw y .-mulct to I brivo li-cte friend."- T m'\<rw.i intend’d ' tl, it vo 1-” ltd go thr.-mgl, li-..- cl”’" Friend hip is o’ of th” falr-st flow, s ( earth 1: . fragrance and b. .uta Irnve : tl..- ■. ■' lest part ■ mm n life l. it grow - in <■-. ■• . ';•»• am! tin ■ ; .L r all ■ ”i.’l < ..relit -c.s; it I*■ I . 11.0 Skies es the tropics and ml th slopes of tin. north, tn hill" lal is i brighter and bapp!”” because of tn: ■ I trimi’lsliip What more dismal fate could befall -m’- on.- th . : be frmndless? ' n- n. >ry ■ ■ a distant friend Lt', i the falls tendm Iv a t s ,dla on th- heart " ’ Now vou would have friends, vou must * be friendly. It .an not all 1 one . • id<. Fa:: v. - ..th- > friends arc not of i when ; T ”-”d' a frt’’': , d S ’i< e in l ‘mis';: r tmw' I When your life is simnv. wh< n all the ■ ’ ■ m. . ;;; I :. tl„ ,1 is ,-w m .- ’I ...ant ••■ ti ■ boating ~: th warm la tri frl.-nd 1 ship. Imt wh. n tr.mblc m-. rmkm vmt' am! too heart brmilm In the r ,t I and pcrpl'-’ilties thru n. •!! ”e lt t 1 " for II fri. mi: < m.- that ii'sd. ■■ e 'ml ', j p ethv c.-u, ' bring r< st. 'as tl mm' l -' r ' a. 1.-r.-hildt, S!’..p upm-, I When you gm Into tim mist of dark mss and all the > ■ :rs arc gmw tin me tr <' .- Fl.-e p. ~r | Jtmi'T; 1 tm living nt present In cen- I Hal Florida This was mere th” flow m. part of the state and when the orang" Industry was carried mi t<» Gt” ' Rt’.-it.:st extent until th. freeze o: 1895. turn of the stab . There arc som."’loves !>’ I'” l aw. 1'..; I .’> soullie rte pot o’- I state hold supreme ; way at this time. } M> . n.i” Is sltiirit’d not tar from the b f 'itll■ 1 ’ll ( ir.itig.': like, so named on ai‘- ''mmt of tb-’ luxuriant groves that dot ; its shores. it is about: 12 miles long . b. 8 miles will”, and a rail”’.id traverses ' be.th shores. I 1 have p. nt some time In south Florida ' ■ nil 'ig t " gro s. In.: / - fiko it ' n* ll .'is I do ji- re. Will t”li you more in ; my next about different portions of the i M e:l. I bl llev” the com ins t.'iko a sub j* t. J will take ''lntoxiea i ion." How > many '.ives lui\’ b-mi wrt-ked by the fiery liquid. How m.iny mothers' heads hivo bren bowed down iu grief and ' ■Lime. How many of the fai ' s\ :■■'kod tears for loved ones that have bi ”n led Into temptation. B >v \ it will soon i'hrFtm.es! How m ny v-ill ; pend th;'! day In drunkenness' Boys sign the temperance pledge? It will lift < load from many a mother’s, li’ irt. Ho .T,' you can to down tim soul destroying cd. Rnme Jm-kson. Felectlc. Ala.—lJen.r * Junior: T enjoy reading the cousins' let- .: ters ver.-, much ami like to read the li’ting 1-oik's corner bettor tlmn any other department in Tim ('onstitution, al- ; though I like to read the various do iiartmenta of The < '’institution and think it is the only complete newsprippub lished. Anyone’ that 1i..: ever subscrib ed for it will never be without It. Well, boys, tile girls ar-- ab’.-id of its in the Junlt ■ cornet Tl - x--. il us in ; otli. :■ parts where diiig’-neo and i'itelL- -t. ; are brought in play. I will ask the ques- : tion i-ir information and euriositj : Wliy is it thus? Now. boys, let us strive to j rival and even r-x.-01l tlio girls, showing ! to the world, so to sp. ik. that it is not , Impossible to compete with the fair sex. li*ow many of the cousins like to read the poets'.’ I do for one. Mv favorite ! por-ni is that written .by Thomas Gray I SeWEfiTS When I siy I cure 1 do not mean merely to stop them for a time and then have them re turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long' study, i warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving •» cure. Send at once for a treatise [ and a I ret Bottle of rny infallible remedy- | I Give Express and Post Office. i Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F. I)., 4 Cedar St, N.Y. ( FALL OF NEW GRANADA; THE RISE OF PANAMA Z? z «z 4z, rr~; —— MJ N..V'E te-57 z „ t L A J'- » JICOLOMBIA / J #aaedr A f f'y b v—v x A / <*ou,r o / -7, f A > V. * j ? Ec u i > ( t-. I <t FK R u Map Showing the Situation. Colombia Is the most northwest- t ern of the republics that now cover j the contin. :j of South America. Its , coasts wvre fir. i touched by the Span iard:-:. under < >Je- in 1499 and in 1501, and the next year Columbus himself visit- - ed several oft: existing ports as far west as Porto i; -Io whl’-li was the At l.i”:, op.: of l isthmian trade until Colon. >r tspinwa!:. a- the North Ami-rl '■an:- called it, tined it upon the build ing of the isthm . railway in 1855. Colombia is al ,n nine tlm’-s the area of th- state of Georgia. Its western por tion is v.-ry moimiainous and its eastern part is mad. • .1 plains following the versants oi tin- Orinoco and Amazon rivers- fertile and magnigficenl for pas tures. In 1895 (tie p” nation was estimated at 4.000.000 peopi. >f whom 150.000 were uncivilized Ind:--. The City of Panama, in 1839. was • r- hied with 30,000 people, Imt later i.iiitni’-r- ' ions give it from 45,000 to 50.000. wh the province entire is supposed to 1: : de 100.000 persons at I least. The two cone- , ins on til” isthmus now ■ known as Faua.:. and Canto were gained ! by refill g-ani m 1508 by i ijeiia and bis : colleague, Xi i. ami in 1514 wre . j ■ j ■ k mwn as T- 1-1 I Firms. i■ • .c.n befor-. 1513, ' Ma- ’.I Munez Balboa. governor of I l>ari”U. went th” Atrato river am! i ■ ross.-d the m -untains, discovering thej This b-d to .-r expeditions whereby I ii.- narrow tstl sos Panama was made j known and F--a there.' forward th. es- i forts were In-, imt to find a. waterway ' ,1. Hl’ I .tie. The v. ,v t" In II i ! for which Colo i '.us was seeking win n lie i sail’d from I'. ' In 1492 seemed to bo through this . vow hl .kadi- that na | J- - - ••anama. betw.-.n j M: uiiiiin. Sp- ereated the vfecroyalty of New Gr . including Colombia, Mi l .’Zurla a- i» -,i.i’lo) t’mn called Quito. It rem.” I in . vt-'tonce. with one 1..0-0 and car ■ t fortunes, until 1811, wIFTi an Ii- e.-ti”ii was foment'd igalust Spain. -iiczueH .-la.rted the re volt by .'•'-.1i1t,.g ■ ’-imv-ntion at Caracas, w :-1-’-. ,-m t.-.( . ”t July, lull, a deda ration of mdep.-nd'-nco was issued. The w ir la: i- I f’ "I 18' I to 1824. hut in 1819 Simon 8.-llvar. th.- Washington of South Amen . to* k charge of ft and brought It In ■:■ lb again formed 11,. tin ■■ cow Hies to th' "republic of i' domliia." ; ■ - 1826. a .-on. r< ‘S ,f .N .rib. I' W,l .ml South American -tati-s lo iw- I at I’’llama <nd form a ■ tgue >’’T ib!: ■ mutual interests .f ' nJ. I’tTeu ami defense H( invited lhe VniG’l S .I’-: I I”’ repres. nled and When I'resl.l. .lob: Quincy Adams ac ■epted th” ir iiati. . lie raised political im uloi : Hi. - ■! - near to wr- cking "arti.-s am! i > "Ivi g the government In crllous u . D rongress, however, ,IS a fulll” ..fl In 1829 V’ t > /.)’■) withdrew from the i Bolivar .-'.mp-'i ■ .* d in 1830 Fctiador j lid likewise, i . *n a then proec’ded lo | -.■organize h- ov. . territory into the i >. r' 21. 1831 I'” mistitutlnn. adopt.”,l n 1832. divided th. ountry into eighteen > tut >■ ■ i:iio i ’ p ft ■-. but the pear# of |„. count r. -- - - ’ken by factions in j 1836 and the • \!I ” r lasted until 1841 ’. 1840 (art. .’">a seeded and in 1841 ; ".mam . ..ml '• .< m mined in forming be independent "st. Ui of the Isthmus cf \ restoration v.: - effected, however, by :l,e adoption •" , new constitution in >r. “The Cor.niry Churchyard.” Would I like to hav> - n expression from the I .. regard their favorite poems i md ,i.”'-. JI - ami wishing Amt ! siisie th,’ gr-.i : .>:ir<l that she so rich- | ;y ,i. s'T'. * .a. ■.* spondence solicited , I’lithcr S’ X- Robbie Wild- > .Maxwell, Ala. Peer j funior: I « .11 m k- a short visit this time tnd If 1 should o’- so fortunate as to j th.ir c ■ ,' 1 waste basket I will : om. aw'n - ltd I •' ” •‘ i ’ l '' l .F I- We have i toi-ti taking 1" - Constitution ever since ■ have b -on ol ! -- T I ’•'■nd ami among j fi. manv na;--' - -'"d magazm s 'bat on- i et our homo |t : by no m.-,; s the least | .1 fi.-ward d the I" Re occupied | , v -■ usually the one I turn j :' ..'. S | ' ”v « :. .’oiislns. that there I .. ".. f. -.v ]. - ; from old Alabama? j A ako up Ai d "ii-- fil'd *' 111 lnLo !i "' ■ I lousir-.s, I W” hl ill”' *° li::.' • a letter , ,-n tv on Jani; . - I will try and o.npwer i . i;. i - , 1 HR.- to correspond I vith some of •oi .1 tniors. Tornio. AVllll -T '. Fan Saba. Text.—Hear iunior: Y. s. wr.t Susie, wc certainly ■ njo; l-nelc Wil', lett-vs and I hope we n.-tv have th- pleasure o( going With ilni to visit ,n .. of the planets some imc. if all I’: iimiors are like me they nil neve.- " g. these vi-its v.e take vith him. G: tmrfl beautiful moonlit lights, who . I - ize upon the planets ny thoughts it ' away and in fancy 1 •/■ad In unk . trt paths and vl w the ovely scones which the natural eye can lot see. •Eor (hough' ar things and th.dr a try ‘ wings \re swifter than earner .mv, s. And our : otwhls oft n drift into re- j rlmm Uiikimwn We appreciate Films , liji’.r i; s 1 •; '-! llllkllOWll 311(1 3 1-0 | mj./md "Fl - itir..; Diamond-'" very much . Ilm.-rvor ■-.--■ l. in back again, lor some iIP , . :.,v si!’Tlv wondered why you , ; ” y. 1 like > ■ ; and a I t, ( n j (1 won’t you vomc iigain md give us vour true name? Indi < Ru >• r Ki 1.1 ■>’'> Bl id ><’ ob-orve .. i ”.av .a !)--:'-y forgotten your usual home. Th, run- and the briar gr‘*u . but )hev ir. wholly unlike -there . .1 broad differmico and they cannot bo ■ i,i . , ; So ;ire the girls ol to- j - tl ‘ , . -Of girls who i: --: :-rv near i:, - paths of i agtiim-ism. But j i” so gills ~u have so fluently portray- , ■ I for us ”.111 not ietd your letters, foi -■ , ~ IL’V. m* tit li.'V’ other amu.-eriii nt' han read! -■- e:C mi'eii's pages. Among the uniors vo :1 will find |PW if :!||V ’ wll ° I ■ligagc In th” numerous trifles (?) you | nentton. I hope 1 am mJ! pVcing th,* I funiors above their true worth when 1 I t 1843. and that constitution was altered in : 1853 so as to give every province the i right t<> declare itself independent and j maintain only a federal connection with | the central republic. : In 1856 7 Panama and Antioquia took I advantage of the provision ami became i independent states ami a r. union was not brought about until 1863. But. revolts continued from time to time in Panama. A treaty of amity and guaranty between : the I nilcd States and "New Granada I then, was made in 1846. and that led to I the i 'layton• Buiwer treaty over the Isth ! miain canal matter in 1850. as a warrant I of protection to the rights of the people i of Great Britain, which country at the I time was a large creditor of New Gran i ada. I About 1871 President Salazar also made a treaty with the Fnitcd States reaftirm , ing the right Os the latter to have and I hold canal rights across the isthmus. ■ In 1886 a n”W constitution created again the Republic of Colombia." with eight I autonomous provinces as to th.-lr fiscal at ’ fairs, and one, Panama, because oi her i canal advantages under the direct con : trol of the centra! government. In 1355 : Panama, on the completion of the Pana- ■ ma riilroa.i, had declared herself a sov i ercign state ami remained such until the i constitution of 1886 above mentioned In 1534 Charb-s V m-dcr.-I a surviy for a waterway across the Isthmus, but Pas <ual Andago.ta, the g.’Vernor. pro-.-tml | against It, because "it is against the de ; Crees of the Almighty, who has .-recto 1 i this barrier against navigation between I the two nc.ans." Charles was so pious las to heed the warping. i Afler centut-Fs of dis usslon over tl ” ! matter a Fr.-neh compant through Lieutenant Wvs,, of the Freeh naw obtained. In 1878. from . ob.mbla ■"n I . ”S>i'in for a canal. hl 1879 Ferdin:!”;! d” I.esseps, the Su.-z i.ia.il 111.1.■ • . b-- came president of the ,’”m;. u. . la-I 14 miles of it were comple.ed bofice the company be.-..me insolvent and >.■- atod a. great scandal In 1889. Another company was organized In 1894. obtained the Panama railway ..ml an exte: slon •■- tints to 1910 In which to r..m;,1-t t.m ,-nnal. It H the comp ' ) win, w-t-h wo now have to deal to th.- tune of $40,000. 000. The advantages of the canal to the .commerce of the world .’tic so imimii ■ ns to defy calculation. That Hie cost of It. put at $200,000,000, Is to the I nltcd Stales a small matter can be understood when our surplus revenue; now average over $50,000,000 per y--.tr and that >n four years we could snv. surplus cash to do the work. But it is to bo built by a bond Issue, which is a graft, of course, for tim Wall street mom t lend, rs. a”-) we will pay Interest on a large sum for many years and so double the cost to no good p u posc. I'-'lnml.la has no on” to blarn” for her pi’Sint predlc.-imcnt. losing the price ue oIT.-req her for the concession wc need”,!. ' She has been greedy and defiant. She j thought to make the Fnlted Statu* elth.r I stand ami deliver, or stand still o n the i canal question. Now she has lost her ! province, l”st the money .’lie needs bad j ly. and lost all future interest in the i 'anal exc. pt a right of transit when ! she cart pay the t'-l’. i The history she ha - made Is unique. I She will O’”. In her desolation, a warning i and example to other pc.- wee peoples I who think they can play the Joshua act and command the sttn of civilization and tbo wheels of world progrss stand still until they have gotten nil their de manded candy tn hand and pocket. ■ ---i-- that most of our girls are pure and 'ru. striving onward in the r-ttli of d it; laud high endeavor. "As tim twig is bent e-- the tree's Incline I" is an old adage, j Ami Aunt Susie's noble influence, cannot, ill'll to lead the children In the better way. To f"ad her letters Is t’j love, ami i respect and few Indeed will w.in/er from , th”, better way who read and observe the I advice of Aunt Susie. \W-- striving for success alone or I shall w - unite our efforts and m ike our page brighter and better still? Rather let 'io as 1 .im sure Aunt Susie would have u.s ..ml line the sc\e.n brothers, unite om- efforts together, thus forming a haml wnr.s,. alm is Tfiiprovement, and strive t" glv,. Aunt Susie pleasure by makin.;: this page more' interesting and lustre- live. If Aunt Susi” does not -astt. this little mis sive into the overfilled vast” basket I t will promise to write upon a subject another time (You may be sure f never cast good let ters in the waste basket.) S. W. Foster. Roebuck, S. C. - Deal- Junior. Here comes n boy from down on the farm. I am a farmer's son and am I proud of it. .M.v home Is situated 7 miles from Spartanburg, which is the leading i city of upper South Carolina. I ;>in th” ■ youngest son of an old confederal., sot- I dier and the only one at home, i have urn: brother in Florida, and another in j the Fnlted States navy. He has been j there nearly a. year. He lik.-s it very i much, but 1 think lie had rather lie at 1 home Jl« makes SI9 per month and : firn s not. have to do much '..ork, but what count, is money to you if you are de prived of a right to enjoy it.? I will 1 i.ike the farm for mine every time, of : course you have to work hard mi the i '.arm and don't make very much, gut j . ’.I iuive the privilege of enjoying what : you do'make. I think tile iarmer lives i the most independent life of anybody. I lb: has no boss over him to older him about, and he can quit his work and go fishing or hunting when he chooses. 1 must congratulate some of the cousins for writing such nice letters. 1 think our page has improved a great deal, and hope it will continue to .o so. Now, cousins, I don't mean to judge any one wrong, lint 1 do think there have been some letters on our page that were copied. I don’t believe in copying lettets. I think wliat one writes should Ibe original. A person does not learn ■ anything by copying other peoples writ- i lugs. I think it is belter to writ, two I TamkiUer c “" I vnl,,s (PERRY DAVIS’) U lines and be original than to copy a whole | page. I dug this out of the back of m> lead, and there are plenty moi’© like n- Please find inclosed live cents to use | as Aunt. Susie thinks best. I would a few correspondents between the ages , i of 16 and 18. I (You are quite right. If one cannot | : write their own thoughts, don t at all. Tim young folks think A " nt i I Susie don't Iqtow. but she does, and can | i tell every copied letter.) I Mollie Strickland, Carrville. Ala. —Dear I I Junior: I thought T would come in and - .-hat with you awhile this morning. As I most of the cousins take a subject, I , will take for mine “Solid Reading. I ; don't think fiiat young people could do ; anything that could be of more benefit, to them than to devote more of their ’.He. | time in reading some solid and whole- ; some books. It is a fearful fact that i the pas.-ionate craze of the reading class - of young people is to spend their idle ; Fine in reading sloppy literature. The j exclusive reading ot fairly sensible rc- , ■ spectabie light literature is to be de- I i piored. for no young man or woman : can develop vigorous mentality by .ue;i . reading. Goou light literature may be ■ profitably read. What I mean by light . literature is that which is thoroughly i pervaded by a truthful, ennobling mor- I ality, wholly devoid of evil suggestions. ‘ One quiTe serious defect of most of th” , pure light literary works of the day is I that they don't set their readers into ! deep, close Thinking. The young people of our church and Sunday school need to ponder such books as will cause them io exert all of their mental powers to grasp the thoughts of the writers and master them. Os course this is hard and weary work, but If you will try it jou will be greatly benefited by if One I day wasted in indolence. If saved, will 1 ' make a man in ten years, If he will take i its opportunities. I bid yon all adieu. J M. Moss. Eotlne Ala.—Dear Junior: I take great pleasure in reading all the letters, especially the descriptive ones. ' .Sonic of tlie cousins write such excellent ’ letters. They are very interesting to 1 read. I lived in Birmingham the past year, and can truly say that I like to J live there very much indeed. There is I always so much to see and learn m a 1 j large city. If one will only be very care- 1 ful in the selection of th”ir associates and be very sure they are the right kind > it will prove, verj beneficial to them. A • young man is always judged by the kind o_f_eomp;tny lie keeps So then, bo;?. IcTs be very, very careful in tiie ( .-•ejection of our friends and not lower ourselvi-.-’ in the estimation of good and I’roniineiit people. I am kept very busy most'of my time now. Am staying in the office with my brother, who is agent at. i this pi ic”. and am learning telegraphy. I like the work i.-ry much and will have learned enough in a few months to hold in either of my own. How m.'iriy of the con T? ;i:it'’'ii.af< a pleasant time i Christmas - ’ I do. for one Though ft ’ makes me feej sad so see some who com memorate Iliristmas with drnnk.mnes’ sinful ' ■:: -|C - Boys, Ict’l . ourselves or til” girls will take the <i;.-. and It would never do to let them b<-”‘ ■ ’’a '’■’’fiGionf even an effort on our part. \V”i”d like a ,',’W eoiT”.-pond’ iiis among ' th” fair sex le- we- n ages of 16 and 20 I R”nn Spann. Holly Grove. Ln Dear I j Junior. 1 have long been a silent admher i "f the dear Junior page, but have never ! | Leon brave enough to join Hie happy band. I I am going so take for mv subject ’ ■ "Fri, mis." It Is so nice to have friends i and n.” enemies. You must b. friendly (ourself, treat every one the same and ■ you will be sure to have lots of friends . am! ””jny ymir life mil’ll hett.:-. The old : •eaymg Is. "T’ oi't .’hang” an ..Id friend for I : a > -v.. H friends to all you nicer; j never art like a stranger Some -a.r tbit i i they would rather have friends’ than ; ; money. T have often hoard this debated. , out I think friends and tnonev will help any one greatly in this old world | rf .."| ' Iv think it s-> nf-e ".)- (om.g peopi. to ; correspond ,|| o V e r the Fnit-,) States f ; certainlv appreciate friemilv letters from I fiber sox V ... ,t t -.-. t f - - .q,- ■ see ary letters from Lmtlsla nti" Sax. ; girls, we must al! wake up ami t.-fi the , w-.rld what a. nice country we have. I ! | will prize any letter from either sex very ■ ’ bight v. M y age ir 17 Annie Tk >’l Merritt. Mary. Ala. Dear : Junior: I have been a. silent ndmir.-’ <>•' , our page for many years and linve «.) t< ■•. thought ~f writing tu the Junior and t'-ll ' | Ing voa all and om- dear, kind aunt how j | mu. h J enjoy y<m r letters and b.-i g0.,1 I advice. The Weekly Constitution has i i been a visitor at our homo for many 1 jsia 1 s. \\ o. cotlhi not keep hoi:s, wl111o::t ’ i i! L vrr y a •’ !'. we hail our dear old pa- I p’-r with delight and pL-astir” as much | iv w. did when we first begun taking it ; i T miss the letters from Hill Arp. I en , ijotc.l r”.-i.ling l-,|s fitters s--, much 1 j . would like to hear from s.-m. - ’ the I com-ins. J am a young 'adv of eighteen i , summers. M■. b-mi- is i- , ast X la‘-arr:-. : the garden of :'■■■ state i have five : ..nd two bro’hert ’>ur par-iits i ■ are Loth dead. o live ■ t Lome except I i one :.!s;.r. wl-.o Ilves in Montgomery, and , I visits us oxery summer. I inclose 10 j ' cents for Aunt Fttsio to ase as she ni'iv j ; think best. Adieu. Fred Farber l'oeln:<-1:. S'..' Dear J ' ior Pardon mo if I do wrong in writing i to our Junior page tins hoi .'-'a b .a(ti I i morning, for truly it ts about the only ( | time 1 get. I hav- not been -a. reader t The Con iitution v< ry long, but nevert! ■ - | I'-ss I enjoy the cheering columns just th.’ , : sum--. Boys, wo must r.-’t let tl:»- girl' j get ahead of us in writing (like they u'o : in everything else), -but we must yield io : the fair sex. Now. girls, don’t get mad, : for I don't mean to be. impolite, but you . know boys will tease 1 suppose yon : would like to know what sort of a. bump i stump I am before I go any farili- : . Well, my age is 15 and I go to school j when there is any here. 1 live In the I country and don't g”t a chance to go ' much, but I thin" I will go off tn college by another year. Causlns, did you no i tfec a Ftter written to the Junior page j of last week (fietobcr 26. signed Sailor i Boy, from I’ S. S. Brooklyn? 1 know j tlnit' boy. He is a friend of mine from , tills place and he is a good boy too. I i ' want to thank Fl. 1.. Kugley. of Gi'-en. [ : vifie, S. for writing that temperance : j letter to the Junior page of September j I 8. 1903. and I hope many of you. yes. all ! > of vou, will follow his splendid advice. I Robert L- Goolsby. Box 16. Shellman, i Ga. -Dcar Junior: Since my name last ' appeared in these columns many changes 1 have transpired in most every respect. ; I Although It hts only been t!%: space of a I few years, yet. the rapid life that, we are | now fix ing a few years means a great i many, as compared with those of even a ‘ | quarter of a century ago. When I last i - wrote I was then living on a farm, think- ; I ing only of the duties and pleasures that | - pertain to a farm life, never dreaming or J T O O EZ | —a magnificent doubie offer This splendid offer combines the newsiest of weekly newspapers with the most progressive illustrated agricultural weekly published in the South. It gives you the biggest and best dollar’s worth of reading to be obtained in America. <b 5 AO The Weekly Constitution. . I ,OO > both 0 nA 4> I■ W 1 The inland Farmer iweeklyi 1.00,’ for Sa Uv This is a limited offer and must be taken at once. So don’t delay. Send yourSl.INI promptly. TI-3E: 9tM L_A r\s D FARMER. Iho Inland l arnu'r is published in Eouisville. Kv.. is issued weekiv riftv-twntlmes a year nn.l eonlHins from sixteen to tuenty-f.mr p.-pres i, m s ,p. H „d.'pimnuo.ts Hit'rest to the I nrmer. >tneknian. Emit (4ro«i r. Dairvnian and I'otiltrvtn.'m Attraetive sections lor the W omen, for the Hoys and the Girls, its contributors ar. T>ra<t .a i n and women ulmu rm ss,ve and com mon-sensc language. It i- ;, paper that should be Remit by safe methods and address orders to ffl THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ca. 3 -fill- | There's Firearm to Equal it : ihp We Want to Mail You | OUR FREE BOOK g : lsa w hich tells a'l about tiie "Stevens,” P i ■ h/wtocareforit.largetsliooting.etc. f r.-,- 4- atan'.pa w* mat; a Cl«var Rifle Ira ts yazzU that will maks yoaUiinL hard It t* ® K a aovoltv. AddreM CvzLla Department M 1 -.mr deait' '.ivn't supply the J® we i'l! direct, r.rpretl pa’d 19 fe J stj-’VENS AHM* a' l ’™’*’ 'O' H ■ ” 934 Main St g jX Chicopee 1 all*. Mae*. ” & D S RAWF URS wanM For Lindon Jr.nnarr H«1o«. Opoeeuin. M.-slrnt. Mir”; i Skunk, Raccoon <W'i orbere. Hiirlwß: c.-i«H pricoe pa- ■ I Write A. E. B<irkhn-d» V.’.lnJ ■■ ».«». I t.lctnnn’t. «> caring then much about anything ”• nor giving a single thought to t "' f' ' f don't, believe, or at. least ) .i-in't niemb'i ever i-ing ...ry xt i'il-rs to : ’ ’ page who xvork hi Fm* ra.liii.id or :• I graph S’Tviee. That S’-emingly w..::ld I dleate that r iilroa.i ni-.u are not lit- : i: y I Inclined. I s iaposi- it is .-aas’-d tr-in, I fact that they hav> less i.ile time, tli i: time being mor. generallx o■ - iij.i. d by ! their work That is about lie w.c. | ; ■■ it. however i gem-rally find time tn r- : i a little, .-spei-ially this departm nt ; Til” .'oust it nt ion. Ami I think, a a you will find them to be .1 well 1 I "las - oi' peopi’ on .Ti important •-., i How manx- of you think you W’-'.i : to be a r .iiroad' 1. H r I ! fi,- it very much my.■■■l:. I; Is ni ■ lie ' ' I live, till! of excitement and .-haioi- s, '.I- I being something to SC” and learn at a" I times. Tiler" is a great .L al t - Larn • this work, some very important wlb outsiders know nothing Hu..it and : a ] are sometimes very essential :o 1 ■.r I safety. I If any of the Q. R. T. 'v, T ,-.s set ti :? | write to me. Would also Hk” t" : - spond xvfth som,- of th” .Junior i-.-.- either sex. who .ire J.I.- < getting ait of I their teens, esp. i-ia.ilv in th. le-r I states ami Mexi- o. as I am tU’.king j taking t,j; mx 0,-.- ipation ia Hint, di :m-i j dress fir.'”, let ter as a iiovi Better Than Spanking. Spanking -iocs n-• < i” -hildren of I-- wetting. if it did there would bs fe'v I children tli.-H would do it. There is a constitutional cause for this Mrs. M. i Summers, box 404. Notre Dime. Ind., j will send her home treatment a- ar. mother. She asks no money. Write ’ ■ ■ today if your children trouble vou : I this wav. Don't bln me th” child. Tha ! chances arc it can't help it. A Latter Day Lullaby. ■ Hushal’.v. -ga to sleep new; j There is your patent seif rocking crin I You've had your milk from a eteriltz”” coxx . I From microbes and germs you hi'-fe riot hing to f a■■ j Hushaby lulL.lx, I A babe of today X'i'vcr wbimp. rs nr erics! ’ Hnshn'.y, lullaiv. th' food th nt. yon FM I Game straight from tb” chemist pre payed just for you. : Fed by ma -hinery. arc you not glad j That -- - is ta ■ ‘ 1 the - metl ■ I (Crying is out of date. I must repeat!! | Ha-.'mbv. Tllabv' If ”u nrn good I M"*':”-r will e.i" on ”i ■ ■ -■ ' •'■ry fl-”" | Ah slm is r. '-r ' <■>•; i’. t»- Vgl’' wn ” i Hushaby, ’ull-'hv. Dear little t'Fn. t vo.- t ” -i.it* Tricking the Bartender. (From The P-iii >-!’■ 'pl-.ia Re-e-il 'l tn Atlantic i'ity hart'mier rdu:t*» I this to the symposium '■ vpioi:'m: j d.ir and sax's; 'lix- no a gins' of !>' -■' ! I draws tb- r bet - b ■ he says: ’That's too Lie G:v.’ m-' ’ short one.' 1 'ira w.- him a .’.1.-.’ ’ •” ■ : ”-i jhe locks a.t ir suspicions ii .- ’'an y: 't 1 fight. ’'A lli you exehai’.g. it for i 1 eV;;?.?,/ ■'./ ;' I whisky and star's far the do'”’. - a I back and seitT.' I a;.- He < ! I rill right, bit says: ’f d-m 1 ow. . ’ anything. You cxeiinngod th.H lirinl: whisky for the short bee:.' I t'ialit.’ says I. 'but. you di-iii't pri y the short be,'l'.’ T know.' ho sn vs ‘1 I gave you tim large b.-er for It? Th” you didn’t pay for the large beer.' f s.a ’I didn't drink it,' says he. aiiil i”’gin< r Laugh. W'II, say. ho Lad n>” a’l r:\:' : and I bad t , laugh, too. I gave him r quarter and told hint to go i.-ro’-.c ” Street and work the same gam- ox r there. He took th. quarter, ami th • says: 'l've worked th"! pia-o a 1.1 l- The bartender <?x’or tfioro rave -.io " quarter to com" ever here a-,”' fry, fli« game on you ' " Britain Ruined by Soap. (From Tlie Chicago Trib :neD London—A short letter print”.! Th* Timos this week emerges triiim”' . t from among su.'h all al.snr'c.i-g to: ’• ' as 'the possibilities of war In 1m ’ far east, tlie fiscal question, ct” Till writer of this letter refers to Hm an nouncement that a royal eommf.-sc ” m about, to be appointed to Investigate t! 1 physical deterioration of the KngHsh people, and proceeds to I'ecbire his --.n vietion that this deterioration is duo tn the excessive use of soap, which remove* the natural oil given by th-.- Almighty to protect the body, thus exposing ft to rheumatism, chilis and disease from dirt The writer boasts he has not used soap in thirty years, while doing ti e hardest work at sea, yet he never lias had o twinge of rheumatism or any other ail ment.