The Atlanta constitution., 1896-08-31

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Deep?- and "sweet Man,
return the words and nSs' viii send In
Beauty and "Pride OF the to southern
10 cents for Grady hospital. "all." send
Minnie Dawkins, New Site. Ala
nior: As il has been my wishes pear Jul
, w-aiIo n write TO this interesting quite
and having never seen a letter rom 'Saiill'
I write. | live I'm the country fifteen np,te.
northeast of Alexander city My faMe.
has been teaching school here nearly Sevea
years. / attend school some every year.
! think attending school Is the NetF NV NV
er of a young persons life. we ""H
lived IN Georgia and i'm Tennessee. pre-
fer the plains of Alabama to those russeI
mountains of East Tennessee S.'bts'ei' !
second the move tnst Aunt Susie nave
her picture put in Tho Junior. There are
n number of uttle nie1es who would Ike 10
see her. as she has been such a 1aithlul 'h'
affect.onate editress. Pine levcl girls, p'-
lieve the boys are discouraged, sure enough.
Most of the correspondents are girls.
have been a silent adurcr of The Con-
stitution for a long t,mc. ] read the tenth
and eleventh pages first, then Bil Arp
Sarge Pnnkctt and then the pohticai
pieces Politics is about all tl1at you can
see in a newspaper now. Such men as
Bryan. Mckinley. Sewall, etc. have long
speeches in every paper would hkc 10
correspond with some school girls ih ONO
and in California. Ny very best wishes
are for our kind editress.
Maggie :. Norris. Link. s. C-Dear Ju-
nior: ] Ike to read the letters in The Con
stitution. Jr.. and have wanted to WRITE
but was afraid. ! am a little girl ten years
OF age. ! like 10 ride horseback very muca.
We live about half a mile from Link and
we make ice cream every Saturday after
noon to sell out there. My school Is closed
now, bat viii open again in September. 7
Ike to read very much. i ana reading
swiss Family Robinson now. have
reed THE Wide. Wide World" and like it
very much. ! soud cents to the Grady
hospital.
Fannie c. Norris. Link. $. C.-Dear Ju-
nor ! have been wanting 70 write long
time. Papa has been taking your paper
long long time. 1 do not think he could
DO W.thout IL. I am thirteen years old and
live in Macon, Ga, in the winter My
school opens IN September.
How many Of the cousins have been %
Florida / have. for one, and think It a
lovely place to live. We had vegetables all
through the winter Papa had an orange
grove. but all OF the trees got killed during
the hard winter. Mamma went rowing on
The lake one time aud came very near
rurn.ug over. The climate is delightful in
the winter. ] have never been there In
the summer. / like this place, too. 1t is
4 small town with four or Eve stores. a
depot and one church. We live "a the pines
ana L IS so cool and pleasant Best wishes
40 Aunt Susie and The Constitution.
inclose cents for The Grady hospital.
j. A. Williams. Maggie. Ari1.-This part
of Arkansas. Of which ! am going TO write
Is very much broken and rocky but very
4r.rg al sons an
in this part of the country the cree ks
branches and lots OF wells have been en-
tir,ly dry FOR two months. / want TO cor
respond with some of the young cousins
that are taaching. about the age Of TWEEN
~ or twenty-five. That is my occupation
and do got SO tired. especially when ther,
gre protracted meetings going on and
can't go 40 them. I want correspondent
from the different southern states. especial
IL Florida and if they VIII ask ii ] vii
| giv, "a FUN description of this country D.
! every particular. This is very healtha
country. the Magazine mountain iS J.
| sight OF where I live the distance OF eish
raGes The Magazine mountain ls "'V
fatt above the eca level and Is noted iol
its summer resort and cold water.
fact. I.oaan county is very mountainous
and d, .u.. rt,tit ,-,,antrN, svttiv,i ru,if r'-
! bv white people. very few colored popula
! tion in this county. ] VIII close hy asking
! correspondents among the young teachers
| of either sex.
Eunice Jones. M-auetile. Cal have Of
| ten thought OF joining The constitution
! Junior / Will make an attempt now
| bringing Literature" as my subject.
The influence OF literature upon coun
/ fry is well-nieh incalcUlahlo. The litcra
| turc Of "a nation molds the thoughts o
/ "a whole people. guides their actions an'
| iiupresses its. iudclible mark upon the live
| ard conduct OF its citizens.
Even 90 the resolute and perseverin
| ones there are h1Vrs OF weakness am
! wcarincse no all such literature come
! with it's helping hand Foo hours of discour
! alcmout. Books are a guide for Nouu
/ and an inspiration for age. They suppor
| us under solitude. and keep us from be
| coming a burden 20 ourselves. They lesser
our cares and lay our disappointment
| asleep.
Iu our libraries we meet great mind
| on an equality and feed at ease with them
! W. come TO know them better. perhaps
| than those Who bear their names and ST
/ al their tables. Literature is the soul o
/ action. the only sensible. articuate Voic
| cf the facts OF the past. The men OF an
! tiausty are dead. their cities are ruins
/ The temples are dust. their armies hav
! disappeared. yet AN these exist in maei
| preservation in the literature which the
] have Ie4ueathcd 10 us. and their dee3s ar
! ass familiar TO us as The events OF yea,or
| day.
! Papors and books are really teacher
] and lawgivers OF the world today. Thei