The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-07

brIlnancy. We may often see line Of clouds loom.
ing up around the setting sun like range of noun
tans, the base of which VIII be of o sombre hue.
changhg into The richcst of purple, while the upper
H"'gh WIZ DC shining out in gorgeous splendor,
Shading into golden and crimson violet and rose
amber AMI pearl; then looking higher in the
galaxy our eyes rests upon sea of heecy yapor
SieamlnS with peaTly whiteness forming q silverv
wreath which hangs like crown over the beautiful
scene beheath 1t. And should not we strive 30 to
I'VE that when lie's Journey has been performed,
ana tho evening OF ouh1iie has come as come TWILL
tIiat we may depart surrounded by q halo of glory
no less than that which encircles TIE setting sun
Age15.
Willie T. Giles. Livingston, Aa.--Tho story isa
true one and have written it all by myself SO SIM
ceTey hope You will find it worth publishing.
THE LOST CHILD.
IN sones throw of the Mississippi river lived a
widow and her two children, Sue and Chris Ono
uiy She went To town, leaving Sue with an old
family servant. After dinner the Old dorkey fell
asleep The little girl became tired and II, hiking IL
was time for her mama 10 come, she went to meet
her. 1t was beautiful summer day ant, az the sun
went down and darkness came on S 10 soon dis.
covered that She lost, for she Ind wandered
lfom the right way in her effort to gather flowers
Instead of returning she was frightened and ran on
oeeper INTO the woods, until, worn out She tell
asleep under tree. All efforts to fndher were in
vain, for every day she wandered farther away For
ie'trly u week she lVed on berries the liver
bank. heavy rainfull caused the river to rise
sofn her effort to escape the water she climbed
large tree, whose limbs grew near the ground and
screamed until she was hoarse An Indian heard
her and came in skill TO her rescue She was
afraid of him and would not come down at his bid.
ding, so he went up after her and took her 10 his
camp the next morning he carried her home on
his back aud was greatly awarded by the grateful
mother. II am Is years old
MALTA Si,,,,,o, MAJ.
Ventura county is in southern California bounded
ON The north by San Luis, Obispo ana Kern east bv
Los Angeles, south by Pacific ocean Till here in
the past few months railroads have been a stranger
to Ventura, the line running from Los Angeles to
San Francisco. The Santa Clara river runs about
the center of the county; the land on the eastern
side is very fertile and rich Hucweme on the
eastern side on the coast is thriving little business
place being the lhrgcst shipping port on the coast
The county is considered the best waered ooanty in
southern California. Nordhof is situated in the
southwestern part about fifteen miles from Ventura
being nine hundred feet higher than the level of
the sen. The valley is small is closed in ty noun
tains on all sides and is thickly covered with
annual and evergreen trees. There are u great
many oil wells up here. The chief productions arc
barley, corn, wheat, beans and other grains Iha\e
described the county / live in. viii lie IS years
old next March.
Olive v Teaford, Alone, Va: come TO tell YOU
Will WlNl SuCttss NY 1rleHu s hlDnm net with.
Wcll cousins, we have large size, sixty-page
album, pretty well filed. think il is beautiful and
oil that have seen ii express themselves in the same
terms. sent IL to her the evening before Christmas
by papa. lie said she was so oyerjoyed she could
scarcely keep from shedding tears. She said she
would not take thousand dollars for it, so Won
know it was highly appreciated. Her papa talks of
taking the dear old CONSTITUTION for her and then
she is going to write you all lettero of thanks She
has poetry enough to make her a scrap book OF that
kind sent by the cousins. Had several original
pieces written for the album, which I put in with
the pictures Now, friends, thank you all for your
kind assistance and hope you will meet with sue
cess in all your undertakings ] sincerely regret
that Il is impossible Tor to Il the cousins
letters,
Kate + Stevenson, Stilesboro, Gal am going to
tell you of my visit to Atlanta, which made during
the exposition, went down the 18th OF October
but didn't go to the fair grounds until the 18th aud
10th. was visiting relatives there, and went out
sightseeing; the city beautifully decorated in
red white and blue, in honor Of the Presidents
coming, Sunday morning went TO Trinity Sunday
school, heard Major slator deliver one Of his clio
quent lectures. At II O'Clock a. m, / went to the
First Baptist church to bear Dr. FIawtharn preach;
his subject was "Our Country" he is n fire speaker
Then at night went TO the Central rrcsl ygelian
church, which is magnificent affair." lt\oked
beautiful at night. The new capital is IN Trcpress
it is o massive structure. Tuesday Hooked unfavor-
able for going to the Jar We started, and OH snch
q rush at the train. We got on after so long n time
and away we went, and soon arrived 1T the Pied
mont fair grounds, another such q jam never saw,
30 many pretty things to be seen, 50 much ma
chinery, marble, stones of all kinds and tic ancy
work was lovely but best of all was the president
and his lovely wife. When they were first seen
from the amphitheater tie cheers ofthe people
were immense Then came the racing but didn't
like II much. There was no fire works that night
so we thought we would get TO Atlanta carly in tho
afternoon but we had to wait so long to get on the
train that We didn't get there Till O'Clock We'd
nesday il was still bad, but We went That evening
we lost our escort and had to walk 10 Atlanta but
we didn't care, We had so much. guess Betsy
Hamilton was with us. but we did not know her.
had enough Of the exposition for tAe ] was
sorry had TO leave the city without seeing Aunt
Susie. want to 90 some time when there is no nm
usual stir there when can make her god long
call. am just 10
Ada B. Gustin, Carlisle Ky.-The Graded schools
First the primary room. We learn our Is Us and
spell small words from ralnted charts with curous
pictures and sing nice tile songs, making gestures
with our hands keeping time with the singing.
Next Intermediate room. Where we learn TO spell,
read and write and move around the room grace
fully; after which we study arithmetic, geography
and composition;afcr attaining suitable proficiency
in these are pIomo.ed into the grammar 10 m:where
we study the higher branches of mathematics and
geography, still reviewing spelling, reldiug writing
and competition, taking IN addition, the irstcoufscs
of grammar, and upon examination iftoand COM
pctcnt are promoted TO the graduating room, whore
we receive a thorough knowledge Of book keeping,
physiology, rhetoric, algebra, arithmetic phioso-
ply grammar civil government aud history, and II
You choose astronomy and botany, all of which be-
ing completed we receive diplomas 10 tcaoh The
length Of time required depends upon own ex-
ertiong and ability Age Ia years and months.
Mary Norris Calhoun, Aia-saturday InoIping
dawned rainy and muddy this was the long looked
for day hat an my cousin awaited 50 inpatient
ly We did not have TO wait long after breakfast
before the train and bore away 10 Fort De-
post where grandpa lives. Arriving at grandpa's
we ehatted while and then with knives in our
hands scampered of to the sweet gum trees: nfter
getting as much as We wadted we continued our
walk down into the woods where We gathered q lot
Of red berries Discovering little water fall in the
fair stream that close By the trees Of berries we
left the berries and held gum under the fall so
as to harden H. Returning back to the house, 40
enjoyed our dinner finely In the evening we wsnt
over TO our old home and gathered such things as
we thought was pretty. returned home Sunday
night (aiter enjoying myself in the town sunday
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