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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
PIG THAT WAS OUT OF PLACE.
One summer morning a piggy-wee-wee
Chose to be as naughty as naughty could
Slipped through a crevice and ran far
away
Out on the lawn where the roses bloom
ed gay,
Meaning to have the best kind of time
Munching the grasses and clover so fine,
Just os he pleased, without any to say
What he should play with or where he
should play.
Ah, but alas for this same piggy-wig!
Bpying a tempting green sweetbrier
•prig
Laden with bloom, he determined to
* smell.
Never considering if it were well,
Till a cross honey bee, seeking repose,
Gave him a sharp little sting on the noeo.
Oh how he squealed as to mother ho fled!
"Bees never come here!" was all that she
said.
Out of our place, at work qr at play.
Oiees we may meet on each roso by the
way.
Which, if we rouse and persistently fret.
We may bo certain ‘tis stings we shall
‘-Minnie Rosilla Stevens, in Youth’s In
structor.
THREE LARGE FAMILIES.
Some years ago I had an old friend
He possessed wonderful powers of obser
vation and his judgment was rarely at
fault. Every one who knew hnn es
teemed his integrity. lie often said
sharp things and loving to hear them. I
repeat from memory one of them:
‘There’s two big families of folk- that
toroo how I can t like; in fact, there's
three, and they’s all pretty close kin.
They’s the families of ‘Heard So,’ ‘Said
60’ and ‘I Told You So.’ ”
You see their family name come from
the same sprout, and you cSn never put
'em in a corner no time.
If “Heard So’’ tells you anything, it
nearly always comes from “Said So.”
and then the next person you see is
mighty apt to b.‘ of tho same family.
Sometimes. 1 may s.iy most generally,
the “Told You S J teils lies, if
you try to follow up anything that comes
from “Heard So" y<u will get yourself
Into biisine.-s. It Will be like walking the
Boston str -t", ’ first it.lng you k»ow
you will be right ba -k where you starter!
end can’t tel’, h w you got th re. It re
minds me of it! sm.g we little whigs
used to sing about Martin Van Bur-n
when he ran ;:gii::-t Harrison for pres
Ident, in 1844, I think I vent tills way;
“Oh, Martin Van is ma:, of doubt.
He wires in and lie w.res out;
You ne’er can tel, when he is on the
track.
Whether he’s going f a ward or coming
Ihe fact is, the 'ih.tid Sfamily
never knew anything in their lie to
hear them tell it, but they br. ► 1 more
trouble than a ->wainp will musquitot s.
If you c<>uid do tie family !•:.-•• d”
mosquitoes-kill 'em—it v id be a sat
isfaction. but ■■ • ■ t i. . ; o it. ’! ■
are like tin n’.- . when y :
put your linger on him I. ain’t t); ■:■•."
For you are sure to .-trike kin.
“Said So,' j’ast ns s >.m is y ’ t : to
track him, and you get nimi I y ju
can’t lino anything. It's lik- the Ar
kansaw traveler’s retd, win ye:
to the v. 1 It just splits .ird no
where. But just about tm:i it.
to meet “I Told Y . > ;••• ■ r:;:; :
about there. 1 reckoi : . w h- is
there to meet you ev. ry time. I’ ■ ;
heap of pleasure to -t bo.:;. v...
“knows it all." and he surely
“I told you so," h< 11 ;y about whe-t
you have heard, amt “I t I ! you s-j" “. ut
your not tinding anytlilug at th- eml
your row. The fact j ! lying
it. he never told you auyil nabout ,
Somebody told one ‘ ;,.i- t:i:; b>:.l
a calf swallowing a gr,:--:; .o. ■ •
y Ipe-1 out “I tool you H he l.ad
gnmo.j-- had < -r
They are troublesome folks, and 1 ex
pect they have made more unlmppim-ss
than anybody else. Said S- wliisp rs
it to “Heard So." . - . “1 IE! )’■■:. >
just rolls it 'roi- 'd lik -a -v. t mot
pud it increases faster th; n -. y.m cake.
I don't think th- ( -.>v . i?-r •■•mi’ to
offer a reward
of them. They are worn th n ■ ybody.
J>o you belong t. edh-r of ,m-
! '
FORGIVE AND YE SHALL BE
FORGIVEN.
Eva was to have a birthd. ■ ; . • ...nd
mamma had prom’ -e r .:- l .
for the happy ot -so
"And please, deal rnrna ’said Ev ..
■‘put. six beautiful littb
tep of the big e-i’e • t • 1.1 :
may know how old I am
Mamma smiled an.; ■ >t» •
beautiful ]!ttl- candles."
Evas next thought was about ti e in-
Wyi'Mmfflig’gKW
■JADED SHOTGUN SHELLsTI
that makes the most successful shots shoot
'actory Loaded Shells. It’s the re- il
e. It’s their entire reliability, even
n and uniform shooting. Winchester
ells, loaded with smokeless powder, r
shells on the market. Winchester
hells loaded with smokeless powder ’ ?>'■’ M
price but not in quality. Winchester
’ biack powder shells are the favorite ■ ’ W.J
load on the market on account of
; and reloading qualties. Try either of
md you’ll be well pleased. They are
LS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT.
A Cold Watch and Chain
T6 ' bwt. buv •< pwfer- <;-.yiinc lir.-rl.-Mi l» wu -ICi vUrl WRn-'. ,h»0 ere: el'erei f.-r mJ,
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iEp'AU. VMt Chain an- 1 . Cbim free <;‘.L cent’* she witch. ioe’UH’.y the r.xtMit far- «.-n en the face of th? iartb.
Address 'E7cHALMEkS T & Desriurn S»‘ CHICAGO, JLU
j vitations. ‘ You’re 9 years old. Tommy,
j ard 1 think :ou write just lovely, ro
i won’t you address the invitations for
i m " ? ”
Thus complimented, Tommy said: "Yes,
: Indeed, little sister.’’
After quite a number of the dainty in
vitations had been addressed, Eva said:
■'Xovv I want you to write Nellie Elliott
on this next envelope.”
“What?" exclaimed Tommy. “You '
surely are not going to invite Nellie El
liott to your party, are you?” ;
“Os course,” answered Eva. “Why
shouldn’t I invite her?'* 1
“Don’t you remember she had a whole ■
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lot of candy at the kindergarten one
. day, and gave all the little girls a piece ;
except you?"
“That was a long time ago, Tommy, as
.much as a whole month, and I had. clear •
forgotten all about It.”
“Well, I think this is just the time to ]
remember about it, and 1 would not in
vite. her,” declared Tommy.
Eva looked very thoughtful for a min
ute, and then, in a soft, sweet voice, said:
i “Brother Tommy, I belong to the Golden ]
Rule Band, and 1 just must ke- p on for
getting that Nellie was ever unkind to
me. Anyway, I'm most sure she lias
been realiy, truly sorry about it, and she
' las been good to me lots and lots of j
times So write Nellie Elliott on this
next envelope, Tommy.”
"Blessing.-: on u.y dear little girl!” said :
mamma. “May she always remember ■,.
th, 'lots and lots’ of good that people d<>, , ]
anil always forget nnkindnesses! Jesus i ]
said: ‘Forgive, and ye shall be for- : .
' given.’ “ MISS D. V. FARDEY r . j ,
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE, i
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Irene Cauthen, Fort Motte, S. C.—Dear ,
or: I hav ■ bee n a silent reader of . :
’! ■ Cmistiiution for quite, a while, but 1 • ‘
am ;o bashful that I could not gain '
courage t-. ask admittance into the Junior
,*•••. !•• Fort Mott is quite an old town.
■ • from here He: the remains ot old
Fort t’amiry. Our young people have a
so- iety. Tin- name of it is the Dickens )
!.!’.-rary Society. Our meetings are held ;
:a tlie armory monthly. W■. have twenty (
«.ja.it members. I go io the l-orl Alette ,
school, and am In th*? sixth grade. I am . .
fond of going to school and go every ,
is I wish to tit myself for the duties • >
of I think an education the most |
ble thing a bi>y oi girl can i>o ]
■;. ■ can be taken away, but I ,
that will remain, a comfort ami help to . ;
us In nil trouble. I am a stranger to ■ <
the Juniors, but do not wi.-h to stay so, . I
and if Aunt Susie lets me in I will soon I (
I make your acquaintance. How many of ,
the Juniors hav. been through a cotton ;
.-1 oi; mill .' it is quite an interesting | j
or < here in I >xt M >tt<
I and I 1 ve been through three tim< s. 1 1 |
rues day and night. I will b-’- pleas' d to
! coria spond wiih some Florida cousins
! about my age—l 3. .
i Carrie Clark. Doth'in, Ala —Dear Ju
nior: I am a farmer’s daughter, rind i
have a very pleasant home. W • live out ‘
5 miles w.st of tne ell; of Dothan. As
i I am a stranger to the < ■•■:i-ir:l will not
' .attempt to linndb- any subject tins time.
. My p.:'-a lias b en taking 'the Constitu
tion for s. v--r.nl years. 1 enio> It v ry,,
i mil 'll <specie.i!v the Junior page. I sym- |
pathizi with ills flu ted and the shut- j
i in.' 1 hav.? ; lii !'■ nephew at this time
| ring -.eli blood poison. This is tlie I
I third ■ . our < 1 n well :
■ pl-a -,1 v. : 'h rr ■■ t acner. b' t not so v.-II |
| p|e eI (i with tho >;■ W books l.ov- io j
, led. ’
Mell V Wiiite, M estmm.ster, S C.— I
I I>.-i; Junior: I iv< in th ne;■tlfortern I
i part of the old r.-ili < tto Mate, r-ar the i
I b;.. •’ th. Blm Bi'lce mountains lime ■
I a very pleasant home, ami am v ry hap- |
i py. wl.i.h wo ;.ll could bi if We would I
control our thoughts aright, and put our j
tru in God Do not grieve over troubles. I
I Thkm th birds and listen to th ir ■
I songs. TP,ink of the trees and flowers,
i ami study ail the beauties of nature. ;
; I.e.tv- iiff thinki.,g of your fancied (for j
THE WEEKLY CON£*ITIOTION« AYLASTJU GA., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1903.
many of them are only fancied) wrongs,
and look to your inmost soul for that
sweet content which every one is capable
of enjo.vlng if they will only strive for
th" way that leads to it. And that is
through God. God and His creations are
good. Will tell when and why we cele
brate Easter Sunday. As to the t'me it
varies witli the moon. It also always
cotncs the third day after Good Friday.
Tt Is a festival of the Christian church,
observed in commemoration of our Sa
vior’s rcsiirreclion. The Easter eggs 'that
fill tho children with so much delight are
types of life, and the beautiful Easter '
lily Is an emblem of the pur - and spot
less character of Christ. Will Aunt
Susie or some of tho Juniors please t- U
why Hallowe’en is observed, and what
occurrc(,l on that day? I think an orig
inal letter, if it be not inter-sting, is
much more to be valued than a splmidld
letter coph d from some other pen. Don’t
you. Aunt Susie? AVIH leave space for a
more worthy writer.
Johnnie Murphy. Sedalia, S. C —Dear
Junior: I guess I am a new cousin, as 1
have never written before Wish vou
cousins wore over here tonight to hear
me play my corn-stalk violin. My favor
ite piece is “Johnnie Jump i’p and Kiss
Me.” J am now going to school, you
should see me carrying the girls’ luneh
baskets, etc.; that’s the only way I get
to escort tlie fair sex. As I sc - 'them
coming, I catch out my two r<d roosters
and hitch them io my automobile and
then we are O. K.
Say, it’ clcudy weather here and you
cousins had better take in your chim
neys. for fear they will catch cold. S.iy,
your house needs covering, but when it’s
raining you can’t and while not. it don't
need it.
I arn a holly terror;, m! My Uncle Dick lias
said
That I was only good at nighlt, while
sound asleep in bed.
For I g >t up not long ago, while undo
tightly slept.
And poured molasses in his shoes; and
back to bed I crept.
They say they’re going to chain me down
because the other day
1 spilt some mush and milk on aunt while
she knelt down to pray.
For I’m such a naugh-ty kid. I am; but,
Oh, 1 have such loads of fun.
And play off like a sweet young lamb,
ami fool most any one.
I’m worse than any crack of doom, I keep
them in a stew;
You’d better give me lots of fun, for you
can't tell what I'll do.
Wishing Aunt Susie and the many cous
ins a merry Christina's.
Correspondents solicited.
Bessie Alverson. Sedalia, S. C —Dear
Junior: Here comes a South { arolina girl
y band. Pa pa has been
taking The Constitution long time. L
l ive to read the Junior page. 1 think it
improves every week. 1 will not take a
subject this time, for fear 1 might reach
the waste-basket.
Ah. girls! Christmas will soon be lu re
and Santa Claus loaded down with toys.
1 am anticipating a good time. Who has
i,iv birthday, December 24? I want tho
cousins to give me a letter party that dav.
I live in the country. I like the < ountry
belt, r than the city. I am going to
school now.
Edna B Davis, Sedalia, S. C.—Dear
Junior: I have long been a silent ad
mirer of tlie dear old Constitution, but
this is iny first attempt to write. Flor
ence you write Itit--r. stingly.
I want a letter party on the 22<i of
November, so you mu.'-i not f*’rgv'i me.
What lias 'become of tin? soldi- r boys?
They write so much to interest all of us.
We never tire of reading the soldiers'
letters. We have, missionary day at our
church n- xt Sunday. There arc sixteen
Sedalia giris in one acrostic. Come over,
cousins, and just listen to us. 1 will t"ll
the cousins of our state. 'flic north
ern part is mountainous, while the south
ern part is level and sandy. 1 live
in Union county, 60 miles north of Co
lumbia, the capital. S dalia is only a
small place, with one store and tlie post
otllce. How many of the cousins en
joy music? 1 do for one. J play some,
but like the guitar best. Correspond
ents solicited.
Frances Milburn, Sedalia, S. C.—Dt:ir
Junior: 1 am 10 years old. I live in the
country on a farm. 1 go to seiiool. I
am in the fifth grade. I went to Earl,
N. to see my sister. 1 enjoyed my
trip line. Christmas will soon In here,
and Santa Claus, with all his presents.
Wi- ar.- all going to grandpa’s Chri.-lmas.
1 will close, with much love to Aunt Sli
de.
Floren,Morgan, Overton, Elbert Court
ly, Georgia.—Dear Junior: I enjoy read
ing your letters viry much. 1 live in
the country, 20 miles from Elb. rtoi.. I
once was a little orphan girl at the
orphans’ home in Decatur, but some kind
friends took me into their home. I like
my new home v- ry much. 1 have a
goat, cat. dog and some chickens. We
have much fruit in tho summer. I en
joy hunting sweet gum. My ago is 13.
I am in the fifth grade. I will close
with love to Aunt Susie and the cousins.
W. C. Hull, Ashland, W. Va.—Dear
Junior: As I have been a silent reader
of the Junior page of The Constitution
and liave become an admirer of the many
letters from the various cousins in differ
ent parts of tiie country, will say that I
think there is and can be great benefits
derived front corresponding. Either by
letter or through the columns of The
Constitution on the Junior page, and as
1 scarcely ever see a letter from a cousin
from t is dear old state, West Vii ginia,
or the Switzerland of America, I will try
to interest, you tor a while, if 1 can find
space lu the column lor a letter like
this.
1 will try to tell you southern girls
and boys 'something about this little
town. It is right in the famous Flattop
mountains v/liere tower the lofty moun
tain peaks, hi inio k, spruce, pine and
all other kinds of forest giants, and the
principal products of this country are
coal, coke, iron and lumber. Mining is
the chief industry. I will try to interest
you cousins more in my next letter if
this one meets with favorable results.
Correspondence soliei ted.
Mary Wright, Moorefield. Ark.—Dear
Junior: We are having real fall-like
weather now. Autumn is spreading her
beautiful golden coat everywhere. We re
cently had our first frost. I like to read
the cxiusins’ letters very much. Our school
will soon commence. 1 like very much to
go to school all the time. How many of
our band have traveled? 1 have for, I
think I've traveled more than ten thou
sand miles. I have been through Mis
souri, California, Colorado. Kansas, Ne
braska. Illinois, and the largest city I’ve
been in is St. Bouis. Kansas City is a
pretty place and Imporo, Kans., is very
pretty, and now you all find this little
girl of 9 years away down here in Ar
kansas. I am an orphan, so all you that
have your own dear parents be kind and
good to them, as we do not know how
long they shall be spared to us. My dear
papa died when I was but 2!i years old
and my mamma has had a very hard
time ever since. I would like very much
to find some of my papa’s peor.de. My
papa’s name was ‘Moses B. Wright;' his
Ol Lyesi’s
PERFECT
To®th Powder
Usad by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century
PREPARED BY
cf.
| papa’s name is Uriah. I picked my first
■ cotton th> s year. I never saw cotton grow
| before. I can do many different kinds of
1 house work, also outdoor work. Mam
! ma's health being so broken so long that
I have learned to do many household
dulies. such a s skimming milk, churning,
sweeping, dusting. ironing; can cook
some things and can make pies and can
knit; have washed dishes ever since I
was 3 year,- old. 1 am very anxious for
some good lady to offer me such a home
as she would make for a child of her
very own, ;i home that thero is no other
children in it. With love for all I bid
you adieu.
Emma Hutto. Alur, S. C.. R. F. D
No. 2—l will be delighted to chat with
you ail once more. It has been some
time since I gave you a call. As it’s
raining this afternoon and I'm shut in
I'll try my hand again. I enjoy read
ing tlie nice interesting letters from the
cousins from different states and discuss
ing various subjects. Li’s so nice to have
a page of their own. o;>l - in this sec
tion are about done gathering crops and
schools are opening. Our school has been
going on a month. Guess the cousins
are anticipating a grand time Christm: s.
’Jopc they will not bo disapp-n-tied. Best
w ishes for all.
Anna- Foster. Burke. Miss. —D, ar Junior:
Papa takes Tlie (.’onsljtuti -n and 1 like
it so much. This -being my t. appear
ance into yonr happy bund, I won't stay
king for fear 1 will find my way to
v.astc bask t. You will ask v,here I live.
My home is in old Mississippi. You have
read of my st ate or perhaps be n here. I
live on tlie farm. 1 like ti.i. life very
much. Here we have natui- in all Its
phases. I’m proud of being i southern
girl. I make my pin nnn y teaching
school. My school will begin next Mon
day. 1 like; teaching very w-11. I try
every dae to impress the little pupils
about tilings divine as well as literary
training. I like to read the ■ isms' let
ters from Georgia, as my father came
from there. J long. oh. I long io visit the
old state of his birth and ’meathc the
balmy air that comes from tlie old south
ern fields of his childhood, t will ap
preciate letters from any of
Pearl Thompson, Gainesvili Ga., Route
4.—Dear Junior: J vi.-ited your happy l and
once before and enjoyed my visit so
much I thought I would >me again,
i Rowena Tarpley, I v.-ill join you in tlie
love of school. Our school will begin by
the first of Deccm’ber. 1 thick education
is one of the grandest thine - on earth.
If it was not for education we would
know nothing of the gn at <;.. . on which
we live. There are a. great many things
that cannot be ai-eomyllshed without edu
cation, so J think we siioui strive to
obtain one. 1 have no pets - x :ept a cat
whose name i- "Tabby." H--.. m ny of
‘ the cousins have brothers or ; ter living
; far away from home. i I n a brother
i in Delaware. He has just b< ; gone two
I weeks and we inks him wry a ich. With
! a lot of love, a kind .farce -il. Would
i like correspondence from D<-!.ivvare.
I Garland Thompson, Gainesville, Ga.,
Route 4.—1 am 9 year, old arid can do
ja great many little things t-- help my
father with his farm work. <mr school
will begin the first of Decern -1 love
to go to school and am in the - .r-l grade.
Ho-.v many of tho little b ■ s 1< , - l o go
hunting. J do for one, <-;■ cialb- - am
hunting. J have no peas ">.w. t little
pig. it is black, with yellow spot, on it.
1 attend two Sabbath .schools c-vi-r;. Sun
day. L b- long to Ijebanou -M iiodlst
church. The inhabiinnis of wlmi state
are called the “blue hens chick-i;. ’’ and
why so called?
Edlii- O. Turner, Moorefield. Ark -Dear
Junior; And this is another bri;,at. and
sonny October day, but win or will soon
b-- here witli its dreary months ; -i cold.
And Christmas, the dearest tin; ■ of the
year, will soon la- here to gla : : n the
be iris of the children, both far and near.
Then comes the beginning of a i: .v year
—a glorious 1904. Yes, I’m from the
country, too, where the birds sing so
sweetly in the falling of the y--.ir and
where the air is pure, tho d-:an place
of ad. But now tho trees are iding
their autumn coat of brown in. the lit
■tie birds, 1 know, are wishing that tho
cold, bad times of winter would never
come. 1 think that every boy and girl
i should spend all their idle time, in r.-ad
: Ing some good books or newspapers. I
I like to lead good books an-.: no’. also,
I rn-ws and story papers, such as The Con-
■ stitution and The Sunny South. I wilt
I close by asking a question: Wlcit verse
■ in the Bible contains all the alphabet
but th, letter JT Com. ;■ lc> solic
ited. either sex, about my in a boy
of IC.
Delia M. Haymaker, Armel, V.-i.—Dear
Junior: Oh, say, aren’t di-; , ; ,‘ai.ments
provoking? Especially when ■ .a’s just
“bent” on a certain thing, I sow.
There’s a protracted me ting in prog
ress In a town near here and a. crowd of
us Intended going tonight, I- -.. cs usual,
it’s raining. and now w-’l! have to
call oil the trip till anoth-r but I
shan't get the blues about j;. for I'll
call on yon Junior boys and ■ tonight
anil see if any of you r> ' or re
, . member me. Its not been v-;ong ago
. ' since my first and last let .-. .i.'peared.
Oh. no, ir hasn’t be n a y r t. so I
, guess some of you have a faliic recollee
j tion -of me anyway.
| 1 haven’t long to stay, but while I’m
J here, if you don’t mind Ils ,nj - I'll tell
I you something of myself as : “girlie”
■ sportsman.
, 1 Our hunting season has ju.- opened,
you know, and to be sure I 1:-Iped cele
j brate the occasion, though I haven’t any-
■ thing to show for the day i port but
; a badly used up hand. There were only
I two girls in our .-rowd ard iiini"St the
j first thing tiie other girl did was to
1 walk right through the middle of a
sv.a np. “just to get som.-i on." she
-aid. addlim, "It wouldn’t ok half like
: hunting without them,” but I--t me toll
■ you, befo.’e she had gone s’..-; realized
' there was no necessity of wading through
' nips to get them, and was glad
’ ere ugh for us to sit down while she pick
, ■ ed some off.
■ ■ I'or nearly an hour game was invis
: ible. there being nothing in sight that
I wore feathers except a bn: -h of rawing
| c:ows, so, to break tho tin.- otoiiy I tired
in their dreetion—but—-they didn’t
seem to min. l much and coined in no
’ hurry what, -.’or, n; they soared lazily
■ away overhead. Rut S'.-irecly had the
I , r inging report died when onr dog
" ! ——- —— s ——i
MEI • S
, When I say I cure Ido not mean merely to
stop them for a time ami then have them re
turn again. ! mean a radi :al cure. 1 have made
> the disease of FITS, FI’ILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study, i warrant my
i 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
i and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy
i Give Express and Post Office.
i Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St r
raised just a lovely covey of birds, at
which we were allowed two shots. And
Hie birds? Oh, well—they’ll get over the
shock, I guess.
Wc came homo about 4 p. m., tired,
hungry and I with a very painful hand.
It happened coming homo. My cousin
thought I couldn't shoot, you see, so
just to prove to him I could I took alm
and sent the contents of my gun into a
telephone pole, and that’s when -my hand
was burned bv the powder, but, anyway,
I know we had a swell time; am equally
sure I had a “swelled” hand.
Leslie L. Stilwell, Griffin, Ga.—Dear
Junior: I will try and compose a piece
on “Our Great Fair Next Year.” April
30 will be the one hundredth anniversary
of the Louisiana purchase, and it will
be celebrated by the president of the
United States at the dedicatory exercises
of the world's fair at St. Louis, which
; will be opened next year. The fair Itself
is in commemoration of tlie purchase
whereby the vast territory of Louisiana
became a part of the United States. It
included what are now the states and
territories of Montana, Wyoming, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, lowa,
Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri,
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
and Louisiana. It was the most impor
tant peaceful transfer of land perhaps
that was ever made. It contains the
great garden granary of the world. This
vast empire cost us $15,000,000, a sum
that will not pay for tho grounds and
buildings of the great fair that will cele
brate its purchase.
The fair Is planned on a bigger scale
than any of its predecessors. It will
cover a space a mile wide and two miles
long; there are now going up fifteen
great exhibit liuililings, besides which
there will be hundreds of subsidiary
buildings of foreign countries and of
states of the union. The great buildings
are arrange .1 in fan shape and eight of
them are so grouped as to be seen at
once. Their construction is now going
on at a cost of half a million a month.
The fund with which the fair started
consisted of 55.0C0.000 from private sub
scriptions, $5,000,000 from the city of
St. Louis and 35,000,000 from the United
States government. Including the build
ing expenditures that will be made by
thirty or more, states and by foreign
governments and great corporations, the
cost wiil be so great as to dwarf the
cost of any preceding fair. The United
States government exhibit will cost $!,-
500.000. Japan will spent! $1,000,000,
'and China, will for the first time take
part in a world's fair. So large a. space
will permit what every great fair has
wTshed for, but none has achieved—an
exhibition of processes. Hitherto wo
have had exhibitions of products. But
at St. I,onis th.-re will be room nnd
power enough for machinery, great and
small, to bo in operation. Thousands of
the most ingenious machines which will
make delicate and beautiful tilings will
be in operation. The instruction of such
a fair will be "alive." not "dead.” It
will boa groat object lesson in industry
and evervbody who can should attend ft.
The "show” features, such as electri
cal displays on land and on water: a
groat contest of flying machines; land
scape, flowers, forest, architecture—all
these, nre included in the generous plan;
but the possessor of skill and precision
. i-fl r o'-isl whert ny we have won the in
<’u.--tri:il supremacy of the world, will
make the fair, in d’greo to which this
plan shall ho carried out, the most in
structive exhibition ever seen. What a
hundred venrs of tinman history have
ncoomnlish"! v-m bo thus told on tho
banks of tho river that Jefferson bought
for a pittance nnd that many great
statesmen of the time thought a useless
;i: 1 foolish bargain. Correspondence so
licited.
Jarnos H. Bowling, Ashland, W. Va.—
Dear Junior: T have long been a reader
and n silent admirer of The Constitution,
am! have taken particular and especial
interest in the Junior columns and tho
many beautiful, breezy and interesting
letters that have appeared from week to
' e-k In The C nstitutlon written by the
•'■emsins throughout the southland Yes;
I am about to forget to mention Bill Arp,
whose writings I have always loved to
read. But, alas! he has gone to lie num
bered among earth’s departed millions.
Vi’c-11, 1 don’t know who can write such
sunshiny letters as Colonel Smith did.
As till- is my first attempt at writing for
tiie Junior column 1 will tell the cousins
something about West Virginia. This
is ;i great eonl mining region, second to
none in the Unite.! States, Pennsylvania
lending. West Virginia next. Most ot the
many thousands of cars that are an-
I r,uilly shlep' 1 are from this field to the
n: . it coaling piers nt Lombert’s Point and
’ N-'if ilk. V.i.. which nr- two of the Irig
: . ■ t natal coaling stations in the world.
Tills vast amount of black diamond Is
transported over the Norfolk and West
ern railroad which extends from Cin
cinnati to Norfolk. The mountains liere
or" very rugged nnd high. There is some
small game in the dense forest of the
Greenbrier mountain region, such as wild
turkey black bear and some deer. Cor
respondence solicited, either sex, 10 to
21.
Forbin c. Graham, Waynesboro, Miss
I', ar Junior: I live among the pine hills
ot old Mississippi, which I so dearly love,
but please don’t think because I said
■ pine hills that the pine is the only k’nd
o’s trees that grow here, for in the swamps
of the different creeks and r’vera that
surround my home grows all kinds of
swamp trees such as the poplar, ash, gum,
:'i,i beech. While among their leafy
aoughs lire the home of the squirrel and
' rnc-'oen. while old br’er rabbit makes his
! home down among tiie brier patches or
‘ any thicket that he thinks will afford
pretty good shelter from the hunter and
■ l.ig. Would be glad some one would
Send me through the Junior page the
words to the song “Playmates.” The
favor would bo appreciated.
James Lockhart Hardy, West Green.
Ala. Dear Junior: I wonder if Aunt Susie
won’t I t me join her jolly band of boys
and girls a little while. Please give me
a seat among the boys who pull tlie "bell
cord" for I. too. belong among that cir
cle. I have never lived In town. let all
go to town who prefer, but tho farm is
good enough for me. My older brother
left home this year, so I had to do my
best to fill his place Papa's health is
not very good, so I tried to take all tho
work off of him I could. I am going
to school now, and 1 study hard, as 1
only gi t to go in winter. 1 live near the
grand old Tombigbee rive:-. Mama died
when I was only 7 years old, So you see
I can truly sympathize with ail the little
orphans, but I am thankful that I have
papa, my brothers and sisters left. It
was hard to give mama up, but when
wo all gather over the river we will then
know why ’twas best.
Jimmie Lay Brady, Winona, Miss.—
Dear Junior: Hattie 8., we are kindred
spirits. 1. too, think the ideal homo must
be in the country My first ambition is
to be a successful farmer. All tills
country needs to make It blossom like
the rose is more farmers and better far
mers. Too much of It is left to the nig
ger and the mule. There is nothing so
jolly and frolicsome as life on the farm,
especially when we are second boss. Wish
I had time to describe my old home, but
It would make my first visit too long, if
my pen were to start out on a subject it
would be sure to run off on the side
trick. I will just chat a little on home
lite. I am not only the baby, but tlie
only child at home. Ail my lovely com
panions have left me and gone, but I am
happy at home with my good father and
mother. They are my best friend-, if I
d<> tease. They know they could not get
on well without me, but my! don't a boy
have a hustling time, it is son here ami
there, and baby everywhere, but if any
boy enjoys life more than this kid. just
let him stand up. Summer is gone with
its toil and pleasure, its tempting fruit
and juicy melons. Our cribs and barns
Painkiller
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s r'
list 1 IWlif
Hl
Hey! Santa, where s that |
M /// / Don’t disappoint the boy at Christmas-
® /f / '"S / time —buy hnn a rille cr shotgun and
9 /L F < I 1 ' '--U teach him how to use it properly. lempt
H ' ■= s *n' him to a fresh air life - Let him feel the
S 3 ’/ ! ( I | I I ' I wholesome influence of the finest sport
KS in the world. Train his eye and steady
0 his hand before a target or make his blood run taster in tlie hunt for game.
I SEW FBR O<JJ? BCOS OF !28 P2GES
It tells about the ■ ‘ Stevens,” gives pictures and prices. Contains gl
[ \ BTticlos on TTr.nt.ing-, Fishing, Canoeing, Targe-, Shooting, eto. :
K Send 4c. in s’smiis for a teasing RIFLE PUZZLE. It Is Sats of fun -"easy when
I ? CU Know haw," but everyone can’t solve it. Can you ? Address Puixfo Dept. |
We make Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, We make a specialty of these Rifles :
Mor,l good dealers will Llfteu a "Stevens" I “ St9VSrtS- !Vs B^ Tt Sf €?; Jh”
sfl —some will tiy to talk you into taking a poor , . k - , j
B SWtSFASJSS **Cr«ck s«n , ’«>4,ot) g
| “Favorite” Ko. SI, SC-.CO ij
jJI IFr vm! sell to ycu direct (and pzy the express charges jif your deatrr -o:-.-:' t su/ply tke-'Si-er-.-
J. STEVENS ARMS AND TOOL CO., SJiMain St,, Chicopee Fails. Mass, g
are filled with the fruits of our labor, and
we hear the music of tho hunter's horn
and dream of fat ’possum and sv. et
'taters ail around it. Old possy mu--t
look graceful swinging to a Simmon limb,
head down, eating his supper. Thanks
giving day will soon be here with its
milky pumpkin pies, etc. Such a jolly
time." Next. Christinas, with its feast
and presents. When a boy is too old to
enjoj- a. barlow and not old enough to
need a shaving, and yet he wonders what
old Santa will bring him. There will be
more fun for us when tho earth is cov
ered with snow, chasing br’er rabbit. No
use to hoist his white, flag when a gang
of boys and dogs get after him. Min
nie. your letter was melodious; come
again: Mamma wiil be tickled when she
sees her bad old baby boy’s letter In her
favorite paper. Aunt Suri ■ is g< tting
restless; 1 had better get my hat and be
’gwlne.
Better Than Spanking.
Spanking does not cure children of bed
wetting. If it did there would be few
childn-n that would do it. There is a
constltutfor.al cause for this. Mrs. M.
Summ-.’fS, box 404, Notre Dame, Ind.,
will send lier homo treatment _to any
mother. She asks no mom y. Write her
today if your children trouble you in
this way. Don’t blame the child. rhe
chances are it can’t help It.
Stanzas.
(An Old Favorite.)
I may sing; but minstrel's singing
Ever ceaseth with his playing.
I may smile; but time is bringing
Thoughts for smiles to wear away in.
J may view thee, mutely loving;
But shall view thee so in dying!
I may sigh; but life’s r* moving.
And witli breathing endeth sighing!
Be it so!
' When no song of mine comes near thee,
i Will its memory fail to soften?
: When no smile of mine can cheer thee.
Will thy smile be used as of n?
When my looks the. darkness boundetn,
Well thy own. be lighter after?
When my sigh no longer »oun<i- ui.
Wilt thou list another's laughter;
He it so!
—ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
Tiiß Kind You Have Always Bough!
THEIR VILE ARMS.
’ Shall Not Clasp Waists of Venezu
ela’s Girls .
(From Tho Chicago Chronicle.)
Willemstad, Curacea.— By order of
president Castro, of Venezuela, th. news
papers of Caracas continue to make bit
ter attacks on foreigners, particularly the
■ umpires in the foreign claims arbitra
tion and the attacks have now assumed
a condition in which the Venezuelans feel
that they must guard the belles from
the encircling arm of the “impious" for
eJgner.
“Let. them take our gold,” rays El Com
bate. “but let them not celebrate at a
social gathering the consummation of
itheir infamy.
“Let them load themselves with our
country’s money, but kt them not least
with us as an apotheosis Os extortion.
“Let them with impious hand rifle our
treasury, but let them not take the smiles
of our women and tlie friendly words of
our daughters.
"Let them feel our bank notes, but Ist
not their speculators’ hands encircle ths
flexible waists of the queens of our draw
ing rooms.
“Let them dizzy themselves with the
chink of our coin, but let not our volup
tuous waltzes and native music reecho
in their ears.
“Let them drink champagne and drown
tlie mseives in tlie foam of liquor, but lot
them not clink their cups with those of
the victims whom they have come to sac-
The attacks are directed against all
foreigners in Caracas, but the situation
than drew forth this most recent denun-
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elation of the arbitraion tribunals and
foreign umpires was tiuc to the action
of the Mi-xicans:. Tiie Veiicziie‘a:i papers,
having learned that Scnor Otero, wlm
umpires tlie M< xican cl'tims; Senor I nn<
the com mi ;sion< r, and 3< nor Guzmnt
; agent, all of the Mexicmi timunal. ami
all leading figures in Mexican society,
would give a dm:i"r and ball to I’ricmls
1 in a house belonging to t citizen of the
• United States, p;.<l virulent articb-s
. 'threatening to publish the names of six
■ tei i, leaders of ("amens society who had
accepted invitations to ho present, ns
“anti-patriots” ami as guilty “of an net
of lose patrie” in mung to a ball giv.-n
by foreigners “during to claim money
from Venezitela.”
Besides this, menacing letters were t
' to the n-.'-rnbers --.f :lu Me.'ib ::i '
sion. A popular demonstration against
th" commissioners having been premedi
tated. th" Mexican <-ommlssir'ii witlulr- w
t'n.. iir.-i; ■! • i<u’.: to i » bail so :n n-.- ■ ■
cause a conflict.
’What the Winds Bring-.
Which is the wind that brings the cold?
Tile north wind, Imeddie; ;.nd ah tnu
snow;
And tin- sheep will ecamper into the
fold
When the north begins to blow.
Which is the wind that brings the heat?
The south wind, Katy; and corn will
grow.
And peaches redden for you to eat,
When the south begins to blow.
Which is the wind that brings the ry.n’.’
The eajst wind, Arty; and farmers know
That cov.es come shivering up the lane
< When the er st begins to blow.
Which is the wind that brings the flow-
Tlu west wind. Berslc; and soft and
low
The birdies ri ig in the summer hours
When the west begins to blow.
—EMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
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