The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-15

proving very much. We agree with L. IT.
Blair in SAVING hope 1foras US 1d more psas y
could we five without it! Correspondents
solicited.
Ellen Long. Kings Mountain, n. CT live
in the southwestern part of North Carolina,
in the town of Kings Mountain. l hope Aunt
Susie will he so kind as 10 not throw This IN
the waste basket. as it is my first attempt.
| have beautiful view of Two mountains.
Our town has eleven stores and two cotton
factories. | go To Sunday school every Sun
day. | have Il splendid teacher. l hope all
the cousins like 10 90 to Sunday school |
have been reader Of The Constitution for
some time and | ike it very much. | am
very fond If reading the cousins letters and
Aunt Susies words Of advice
Georgia. The dividing line between mid
De and southern Georgia IS marked by great
changes in the ievc of the country. and in
the soil and surface features On ths line
located some of the mos. prosperous
towns in the state which owe their growth
and wealth mainly TO the unlimited water
power furnished by the rivers IN this part of
the country. The climate OF Georgia is sub
tropical in its characters but the heat is
greatly modified by the prevailing winds from
The Atlantic and thc gulf in jtlc southern
part. For fear my letter is getting too long
l will retire by asking question: BY whom
was the discovery of Australia made?
o dhrnS" co S8nF are bcns made by the it.
tr fG IL t" mr@yG nrT or GornT rd ihd
sands Of little folks will remember and ap-
preciate her kindly efforts in their behalf.
Some of these little folks will soon have
to meet the grave responsibility and stern
realities of manhood and womanfood take
part in the affairs of the worId,and they
the training Of the Little Folks Corner of
The Constitutions Does Miss Goiln< skncad
Grrengrass and Bluehrar brave? We have
n notion Of sending an "lngun turnip. and
il they will write Of another such adventure
with so deadly a reptile we will send two.
Wright Matthews. Thomaston, Ga.-My
father has been a regular subscriber to The
Constitution ever since | can rccollcct aud
I turn to the tenth page the first thing.
one s'n mile "' from he 1hriying ltte Village Of
ThomaSton. DO any Of the cousins like
baseball? 1 en- VERY fond Of it. am , far,
this year. | have been going TO school.
NV studies are grammar arithmetic, writ
will close by asking the cousins riddle:
There man who had no eyes: he
tree with apples on It: he took no apples
off ard left no apples on il. How could he
SEQ the skies if he had no eyes? And how
leave no apples on? Who will be the first
to answer,
J. H. Robin. Lawnviuc. Tcnn.-I enjoy
reading the youns folks letters ever 50
much. and wish il was IN my power to write
g niro letter | live in East TonncSScc. where
we have pure water good farming lands. and
coal. iron. etc. in abundance our mountains
cured near our village. \ few days since
two boys were struck ny lightning Wmie
moving in Il hay field. One of the boys
was Killed. instantly. while the other, one
still fingers between life and death. | am
Of the opinion that Hope" affords more
real pleasure than memory, in the above in.
stance rs we'll rs in other cases. Hope will
ever cheer us' mp to meet our friends in the
TO bring sorrow and dsappoin ImentS 10 our
homes Although it is greet pleasure To-
reflect over the enioymontS of the past, if
we could only blot ont the sorrow and sad
disappointmrnts. |. too. think W" should
try TO improve this 'rorner,' though i is
Patsy again: also l.. T. Blair, of Pigeon
Forge. Tenn. Correspondents solicited from
the south and west.
Minnie G. James, Grays. Ark.-Though I
am not an advocate Of Gaining kin with uttor
strangers vet | suppose ! can resign my Will
this once and become enlisted in the merry
band Of cousins, who weekly write such in
t"restin= and social letters to the Young
Folks corner. II has not been my good for
tune TO read many of Your letters until re
Gently, when I returned from school. Since
then ] have read many of your letters and
can highly compliment thcm all. Ny home Is
under the soft blue sky Of Arkansas (thc grand
est state in the union) near the pretty little
town of Augusta. | am now boarding with
some friends near Grays who have a pretty
country home with Il lovely grove in front and
= crowd Of young people there nearly Ill the
time. OF course have jolly. good time
attending fiSh-fryS. entertainments and play
ing croquet. ] agree with Mary Castle about
reading good books. magazines etc. Nothing
tends more to intellectual and marol develop
mcnt than good standard reading. Let us
read such books rs viii produce an clevating
effect create desire for more knowledge
and love Of the true. beautiful and sublime
in nature ana art II we adopt this plan and
choose Clarendon's rue az regards our as
sociates can never he called pcdantic or
superficial. for all agree with Alexander
popc that a little learning is a dangerous