The Atlanta constitution., 1896-05-18

years OLD. ana mas Only Decn 10 sShoVi
three months.
Alberta Davis. Fashion Ga.-Dear Junior:
7 am a little girl eight years old. we read
In The Constitution where you said you
would give some pretty cards 20 the one
that would write the best letter. l have
never read much OF anything but my school
books and the papers, except book OF
.'Bible Stories" 1t is all about Adam and
Eve and Cain killing Abel, Noah and the
ark the building of Babel, tho sacrince or
Isaac, Jacobs dream, Joseph's coat dlp-
ped I'm blood. about Moses when he was hiu
I'm the bulr1ishes when he was baby-and
until nc died and was buried. no one knows
where but God.
Then about God calling Samuel, David
and GolIah and Daniel in the Lions den.
and q great deal more, hut 1t would make
nv letter too long to write any more
Mamma said I wrote so bad you could
not read my letter. so Will print II. Hope
you can read II.
Note-Every word Of this little letter was
in largo letters-pr1nted. AUNT SUSIE.
Charlie Boyd. Carthage. Miss.-Dear Jun
ior-I am such n lt:le boy-have never rean
very many story books but will tell you
about a fairy tale read not long since call
ed the .Ciant Hands" The principle
characters were little boy, named Willie.
and a great giantcss. called the Ogress. VII
lie WAS the son of a poor widow. fhey
find il hard to make living, 30 Wine
leaves his poS~ old mother at nome anu
goes out into the world 10 seek Work. TIC
meets up with the Giant Hands soon after
leaving. They prove to be his friends IN
every need lie encounters a wolf. They
are ready 20 slay il. They form a bridge
for him to cross a large chasm. They make
a tent over him at night to sleep under, so
no sIecps as safe as If he were at home IN
his own little bod. He goes on untll no
comes TO the castle of the Ogress. and she
employs him 10 cook and wait on her; ris
task there would have been TOO heavy II
The Giant Hands had not come TO help hiH-
He finally gets work with n good, kind
f,r,ner and. of course, in the end marries
his daughter. whose name is Nellie. lie re-
turns to his mother rich and happy Ne
could all have the same kind hands 10
guide and protect us if We would only trust
in a blessed Savior.
LOWE Smith. Vienna, La.-Dear Junior:
! viii tell YOU about tho best book ever
read the one that interested mo most.
II was The Young Folks Bible" ] read
how God created the world and made the
first man and woman, md how the people
became sinful and God sent a flood 10
destroy them; and about Noah and the
ark. and that good man Abraham: how
strong his faith was: the beautiful story OF
Joseph and Moses. ard Samson. the strong
man The story Of Daniel is a beautiful
one tb, great feast and the handwriting on
the wall. and Daniel in the hons den.
How the beautiful Christ child was born
and why lie was sent here to save people
from their sins. ard how wicked people
cr,lcified Him and how he rose on the
third dav and ascended into heaven. Nam
ma saws he is there until this day ana II
am good and 30 like the good book
teaches, l will go there when | die.
po,I,b walraven Bartlett. Tex.-Dear
Junior: | viii Try and write a very little
letter ] have "A little Christmas book. II
has several stories in it. one IS about some
little boys afraid of an old white Morse.
The lit e toys were marching ard the no Sc
N,-as afraid Of the faEs and ran away. The
hovs Thought the horse was after them ana
some of them fen down. and they all threw
their guns aud flags down aud ran away aS
fast as thcv could rua. J will close Tor TINS
tsua". -.
This ends the letters for the prize contest
Several others were received. but the rules
were not complied with.-Aunt susie
Claude Mullen. IIa.chio. Tcnn.-Dear
Junior: 7 am new subscriber TO The
Constitut on. and think 81 ono Of the best
papers i'm publication. our little town IS
situated on Hatchle river. Nashville, Chai-
tauooga and ST. Louis railroad.
I viii g.ve you description Of a hshing
snr,-,. I took recently. \ lady. a couple of
kids. two gents and myself started out
for Pigeon creek one afternoon. While on
my Journey there my eyes beheld some of
the most picturesque scenery imaginable,
the woodland was completely decorated
with wild flowers and Chlrping birds fit
ting here ana there Occasionally Ia hear
th.. bark OF "a squirrel and an old croaking
frog croahiuE out. You'd better stayed
"a home bgt 1 thought that uoscEsc. ""
"a
"A pole ia hand, bounced upon an old slick
log that seemed To haV" lam there Tor
quite number Of wears. while All al once
my attention was attracted by some niue
FISH uOUpug their little heads up out or
the water when along came an old gray
snake I'm a most furious manner, and na3s
one and dcVourco IN moment W hlle
watching this J turned away and all at
once my foot Slipped and down l went
splashing into the water. Finally ! re-
gained my hold and drew myself upon the
ln. again and In most ludicrous man
nor The old frog was sim croaking.
"Nou'd better stayed az home. Core
sponderce solicited with girl sixteen.
j. NJ. Howington. Hilaryton. Ala.-Dear
Junior: ! have Just finished reading the
cousins letters to this department, and
] think they have improved so much since
Aunt Susie advised us TO write on one sub
1ect-
I wonder how many OF tho cousins read
nOvcls2 I read them sometimes, but ! do
not spend very much time reading them.
a great many people think il poisons the
minds OF young people. and possibly It
does very often No doubt there are some
boys and girls, too. that read nothing but
novels. and perhaps a great many times
very inferior ones. / think reading good
novels improves any one to certain eX-
tent. VIII some IF the cousins express
their opinion I'm regard 10 IL? I have
novel. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Seas" BY Jules Verne. that I would
like to exchange for "The Ioosier School
MASTER or some other good novel
VIII some OF the cousins send me The
Constitution dated April 20th. 1895? We
failed to get that copy. I win send in
turn "A story paper. I wrote to this de-
partmcnt some time ago and sent cents
for children's ward. but II was not pub
lished.
Alice Tomlnson, Wenona- Ga-Mamma
SAYS I can't write good enough to write
but I'll try. We have a good home. l go
To Sunday school and try to be n good
girl ] also 30 to a literary school and
study hard and try TO learn fast. We
had a storm last night with hail I'm II
and the Wind blew hard. I am thirteen
years old and can cook and milk the
cows. Ny papa is n farmer and ! can
pick cotton. I want to know II any OF
the cousins can tell how many gold dol
lars IL takes 10 make pound. 7 can see
much improvement in the Junior.
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