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THE SOUTHERN WORLD. JANUARY 15,18b6 92 Our young Folks. “The world, dear child, is as we take It, and Life, be lure, (a what we make it.” OVR letter BOX. toteiy Polly Hopkins. Dear Editor—To-night, while sitting by my cozy log fire, listening to the snoring, and occasionally a "haI ha!" or " ketch him ” from the sleepers, who seem to be enjoying the scenes and pleasures of happy dreamland, I will, for a pleasant pastime, write to the dear cousins, and ask you to let me in one corner of your" Letter Box," which is very dear to me. Ida T., I would be very glad for you to answer my last let ter. Will some one in Fort Gaines, Ga., write to ub? Well, dear cousin*, I think our dear editor gave ub some nice ad vice, one which we ought to accept. Slang is very ugly indeed, and I shall accept the advice and drop the few slang words I use both in letters and conver sation. I am glad to be advised by those who know better than myself. I will try to give a description of this rocky, mountainous country in my next letter, but my head is so thick I know it will be a poor description. I hope, dear cousins, you had a nice time Xmas, es pecially you, " Big Boy,” singing your funny little songs. Why don’t you write again? You must write to Lucy T. She is a darling sweet girl. We had a Christmas tree. Oh, it was love ly. Santa Claus rang a little bell and the tree turned round and round. The beautiful dolls and toys were so taste fully arranged on the tree, which made a beautiful sight. We bad music, but the audience would not cheer ns after the first song, so some of us invited them to do so by commencing to cheerourselves. We had a splendid time. I wish "Big Boy " could have been here to Bing his "jolly songs” for us. We would have enjoyed listening at you. Write again, dear "Big Boy,” write again. I send you a subscriber, dear editor. I hope you will send January 1st to the address. I will try to get some more subscribers. Will also renew our subscription as soon as it is out- You mav consider me a lifetime subscriber. Wishing the cous ins a happy New Year, and you, dear editor, a happy and prosperous New Year, I will close by last hoping to see this in print. I am your true friend, l*oi,ly Hopkins. P. S.—Tyra Perry, I will write to yon if you will write first. Dear cousins, 1 love all of you dearly and like to read your nice, sweet letters. Write to me. Devotedly, P. H. Blount Springs, Ala. '—»•■»« Au Arcadian. Dear Editor—As you are so kind in giving all who ask space in your most interesting paper for a small publication for gratifying their wishes, and being a constant reader of the Southern World nearly three years, I have now concluded to introduce myself to the cousins. I am not a subscriber to the World but uncle iB, and I am about the first to pe ruse its contents when received. I am perfectly delighted with "The DeSaus- sures ” and " The Story of Rose Darrel.” I always wait with impatience for the coming papers. I have just read Miss Nellie’s letter boasting of her nice time and dinner at Mr. Gunter’s, and how her beau everlastingly swung her around and still she wants some of the big boys to write to her. I find she wants more than one Btring to her beau. 0 false and fickle Nellie Gray, do you not know that you can’t have two strings to one beau ? Now I know that everlasting swing around of yours would not allow you to write to the boys. But if you can make hi.m toe the mark it is all right, for the best of us trifle with their affections sometimes, don’t we? But hush, I imagine I hear the boys laugh ing. Of course I think the girls like the boys or they would not ask through the Letter Box for a correspondence with them. But I hope they are merely jest ing when they do this. There is no girl who likes the pretty boys better I do, nor is there one who likes to correspond with them more than I, but, girls, you can do more than I can when you ask them to write to you. If you succeed in getting one to write to you let me know, and perhaps I would feel more like try ing my hand. Farewell to all until 1 come again. A long and prosperous life to the Southern World. Time H. Arcadia, Ala. > ♦ . A Florida Bud. Dear Editor—I hope I am not mak ing my visits too often. Miss Polly Hopkins, you have guessed my age right. I am eighteen years and four months old. I hope you may visit Fla. sometime. We have sold our grove in Sumpter county for $5,000 and bought a place in Marion county. I may surprise you some day at Blount Springs, as I have a friend that used to live in that vicinity and contemplates visiting his old home before long. Miss Polly, I am putting out a grove for some girl, and who knows what girl it will be? as my heart lias never met its fate, although it feels rather strange when I am reading your letters, and it may be that I am in love with you. I believe I am. Sunny Side, I wish I had been there, and P. H. too, so that we could have had the laugh together. I think there would have been more enjoyment in it. Ida E. T., you are right. Charles A. G., I am 17 x 1. Leotie Robertson, I have an nncle in Tishimingo county, Miss., viz.: Richard Per> y. I am like you on the sublimity of Nature. To sit and 100k at a forest of gigantic trees and think of what power Nature has, for all those trees sprang from a tiny acorn or a pine mass, and yet tempests come and lay them on the ground from whence they came. Or a single flash of electricity tears one of them into splinters. And I have often sat and contemplated the sublimity of the heavens. And I have also thought of springs and rivers. Not far from Ocala is Silver Springs, it is a beautiful place. Indeed the water is as clear as a crystal for fifty or a hundred feet; the fish can be seen as plain as if nothing separated you from them. I was at two Christmas trees, and oh, what beautiful presents adorned them 1 At one Santa Claus appeared on the scene and distributed a box of presents to the children, and then the presents were taken off the tree and given to their owners. With many good wishes to you and your paper and all the cousins, and much love to my sweetheart, 1 re main yours sincerely. Tyra Perry. Whitesvill", Fla. Lucy’s I.lvely Fetter. Dear Southern World—Wishing the genial editor and dear little cousins a happy New Year, I ask permission again to chat with the little friends of the World. I hope all had a merry Xmas and enjoyed themselves hugely. Mr. Charlie Gill, the answer to your ques tion is Job 19 th chapter 20th verse. "Good looking and is as highly accom plished as any big boy.” (Did you ever know a handsome boy that wouldn’t praise himself?) Ah, Mr. Ida T., you are vain too. Polly, you dear, sweet girl, do insist very much upon Charlie Gill telling us something about that cruel hearted Big Boy. As he has hon ored him with an answer to his letter, give us a description of him, please. We thought once we had touched a ten der spot in that bjy’s heart and could enjoy the pleasure of putting him upon our list of nice friends, but alas! we are disappointed. Mittie and Nina, write often and also the other little girls. We love to hear from good, sweet girls, and also enjoy the letters of good look ing cousins. Well, the farmers are busy making contracts with tenants for an other year, repairing buildings and are looking forward with bright hopes for good crops this year. I hope their ex pectations may be realized and that we will not have another drouth in the fall. With many good wishes for all, I am ever your friend, Lucy Tankebsley. Morgmville, Ala. «» • Bright-eyed Beanie. Dear Editor—I am a little girl eight yeara old. My papa takes your paper and I read the little letters; and as I have not seen one from this place, 1 thought I would write you one. We have a nice town on the railroad lead ing from Macon to Brunswick. We have two good schools and three churches. I go to school, but we have vacation now. I have two brothers; they live in the country; have a store and a farm One attends to the farm and the other to the store. The oldest, brother Willie, is married and has a sweet little boy baby. His name is Willie. I have two other little nephews, their names are Quinnie and Eugene. They are half or phans, their faiher, my brother, died three years ago. They are nice, sweet little boys; the oldest goes to school, but has vacation now. They live in the country. I have another brother about grown. Brother Jimmie was killed in the riot at Eastman, two years ago. Everybody loved him that knew him. I expect I have written more than you will print, but I love to write and will write to you again. Bessie Harvard. Cochran, On. Mittie Montgomery. Kind Editor—Oh, will you open the door and let me in again to tell the little cousins something of my past life. I went to the charming little village of Trwinton, Ga., last summer. I had a jolly time. Irwinton is a pleasant little town. I will say if any of the cousins wish to go from home to Bpend Bummer go to Irwinton, you will find warm friends there; you will be sure to enjoy a visit there in summer. Now, a few gosBipB. I will say first something about my papa’s farm. He made on one acre of land 1,115 pounds of clean lint cotton. Why go West to find a fortune when one acre of land will make 1,115 pounds lint cotton? No, never go West; but stay in our beloved old State of Georgia. Papa makes his own meat and bread Not long since he slaughtered two hogs that weighed 372 and 380 pounds, mak ing 750 pounds of meat. Now, for fear my letter is too long I will close, won dering who will ask me to come again. Much love for the cousins and many good wishes for our beloved paper. Mittie Montgomery. Howard, Ca. • Oscar’s Mote# Dear Editor—I have decided that I would write to you again if you would allow me space in your valuable paper. I have not any news that would interest the little cousins. The farmers down here did not make but a half a crop on account of the wet and dry weather. It was so wet that the farmers could not cultivate their crops and then it turned dry. I now answer Miss Aman da Smith’s question. The word mule is mentioned in nine different places, Genesis 36th chapter 24th verse, I Kings 10th chapter 25th Verse, II Chronicles 9th chapter 24th verse, II Kings oth chapter 17th verse, I Chronicles 12;h chapter 40th verse, Esther 8.h chapter 10th verse, Ezekiel 2d chapter 66th verse, Nehemiah 7th chapter 63th verse, Isaiah 66th chapter 20th verse. Is that correct? Now I will ask the cousins a Bible question: Where in the Bible is the word mole mentioned ? I will close for I am afraid I might get my letter too long. I remain the Southern World’s <rieud, Oscar E. Adams. Butler, Ga. Fovely Leila. Dear Editor—I have seen so many nice little letters I thought I would write one too. I hope the editor will find space enough for my letter as I haven’t written before. Papa takes your paper. He is delighted with it. I like it too, and oh, how I like to read the letters the girls and b"ys put in it. I am a girl between twelve and sixteen and weigh 91 pounds. Now will anyone gupss my sge? I live in Florida. My papa is a farmer. He plants corn, cotton, oats and cane. The orange groves were most beautifrl. They had a very full crop this year. I had a nice Christmas. I went to a Christmas tree. I enjoyed it splendid. I like apples better than oranges, but we can’t raise apples here to do any good. The writers must tell ns about their part of the country. Wishing the Southern World a long life, I am its little friend, Leila Perry. Whitetville, Fla. Sweet Genevieve. Dear Editor—I like your Childrens' Department very much, and mamma says perhaps some of your young read ers might like*to hear about my silk worms. I began to read about them a year ago last spring, and I told papa I would like to raise some, so he sent for one dollar’s worth of eggs and I made a few trays from old laths to hold the silk worms. I rested some boards on chair backs and set the trays on them, and when the eggs hatched I gave them leaves from our oBage hedge three times a day. The fifth week they Bpun nice cocoons and I sold the eggs and cocoons, for $35. ThiB year I have raised eight times as many and have taken most all the care of them. If any of your little- readers would like to try their, hand at. it, if they will write me enclosing-two stamps for reply, I will send them full! directions for making the trays ana managing the worms. Genevieve Aylmer Farwell. Arlington Heights, III. A Boy’s Idea of Whisky, Whisky is said to be in its place one of the best medicines in the world, and when used out of its place it iB one of the meanest things that human taste can relish. It is said in many cases to save life, but how often does it result in the loss of life. When we say " out of place,” we mean when people drink till they can’t drink any more, and then comes the abuse of bis family from the husband’s lips; then the family comes down from good standing and easy cir cumstances to beggary and disgrace. I compare whisky with a snake, for to use it continually, in a very short time it will sting like an adder and bite like a serpent. I would urge all my young friends never to enter a bar-room, or taste the stuff, if they would escape ruin. Your honest friend. L. F. Fulton. A Farmer Boy. Editor Southern World—I am a farmer boy. 1 live in Emanuel county. My papa takes your good paper and likes it. I like it too. I see so many pretty girls names I thought I would write. Now, you know I love girls and I can’t help it. I thought I would write soon to keep them big boys from getting a head of me. I am old enough to be big, but I ain’t very large. 1 am between fifteen and twenty (guess it) and my weight between 100 and 200 (guess it). Will some of the girls write to me. Your friend. W. D. Cowart, Jb. Bay Branch, Ga. «—• ♦ « -■ An Fast Tennessee Lass. Dear Editor—As I have Been so many letters in your valuable paper I thought I would write one. Brother takes the World and we a<l like it veiy much. I wish it would come every week. I like to read the little folks’ letters. Wish