The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-08

Texas is grand and noble state and it
certainly makes me feel proud to think
Joe w. Bailey lives. What state can
/ guess most of the cousins will think
because | have girls name that | am
"A girl. but l guess you Will miss II be-
cause l am a boy and you bet l am
proud of 1t. Alva DeBow Lawler. come
again and tell us more about your coun-
try. | will answer Walter Bailey's ques-
tons and then | will ask one: Benjamin
Franklin was Poor Richard" and "Po-
cahoUas was Lady Rehncca." Who
of republic and commander In chief of
an army? will close for fear of the
waste basket
Norcom shepherd, Darlington, s. c.
Dear Junior: We have been taking The
Constitution for a short while and even
now we feel that II would be impossible
TO DO without Ii. l delight i'm reading
sketches from the cousins and would
like TO correspond with a few of the old
err ones. to learn more of them. / am
not graduate. but it is the dream of
my life to become a kindergarten teacher
or an artist. / have had some little expe-
rlence in art, but not near enough to sat
isfy that longing" which seems to take
fun possession OF me sometimes. l am
perfectly devoted to little children, and
that Is one reason why | should take such
how | will acquire the knowledge with
out going off somewhere, but | certainly
would like to. / live in town and always
have, but think ! would like the country
about as well. There isn't as much fun,
but there Is such an exquisite demonstra-
ton of NATURE" which isn't visible in
town. | have already fallen In love with
Aunt Susie l feel that she is such a
beautiful and noble character. i know II
isn't right to be covetous, but 1 almost
envy her position in life. | enjoy reading
very much and am never satisfied with
out something on hand Please put me
on the list of the Bird Lovers Society.
would like to correspond with a few of
the cousins about my own age, Whlch is
seventeen years. If any one has the
words of sunny Tennessee" and viii let
me have them. they viii he greatly appre-
ciated ! am a girl and not a boy as my
name would signify.
Texas Holloway. Plant city. Fla.-Dear
Junior: I hail from the southern part Of
Florida. ] live IN the orange belt and
VIII try 70 tell the cousins something
about them. They are planted in squares
fifteen feet apart Tho body Is from six
to ten feet high. The limbs branch out
very thick, and make an oval shaped
Tree. In March the fruit ripcns: in No
vember they are gathered by means or
a ladder set against the tree. They are
clipped off with clippers. leaving snort
stem on them. They are gathered in
sacks, empt,ed into baskets and hauled
to the packing house. There is a sizer;
il is a large, square box with cutters n
tached. In the cutters there are holes,
the smallest hole first the next hOIe
larger. and 50 on the way down. me OF
anges are rolled down these cutters untll
IL comes to a hole II will drop through.
This determines its size. II IL then
wrapped in tissue paper and packed IN
crates, all of one size being put III crates
I'll. a. i- q
sizes. $50 the largest size. The smallest
bring the biggest price per crate. y crate
holds; lust a little more than a busnel
An txucripnced packer can determine
their size Just by looking at them,
The industries Of this county (hllSDoro)
is oranges. Strawberries. vegetables. JUS
below here is known as the cattle couh-
try IL is very low ana entirely covered
with saw palmettoS. The cattle are IN
herds by the thousand. TheY are ptnheu
only once "A year. To mark and brand The
calves ana consequently tnty are VIII,
they will not attack any one afoot, Dat
a horseback rider might look out. One
never undertakes to drive bunch alone.
While the COW is charging one rider, The
other comes M and " hips her tlii ne gets
her turned on him. They keep this u2
till she is tired down and will drive All
right. A man on a wheel was travelling
along there not song since: lie was some
distance from a very pad Sandbed. lie
was attacked by six cows. and he UNDER
took to outrun them He ran several
miles and two turned back; he ran on
and three more turned back, He was now
one mile from the sandbed and he knew
if the COW kept on till he got there ne
was gone for there was no tree he could
climb. After a while ne saw the sand
bed ahead. but Just before he reached it
the last cow turned back and he was
saved. | have an uncle. \. X. Folsom,
who went 10 Indian Territory about thr-
" years ago. His people received sew
cral letters from him and then letter
81 fiFrsr h.a a tni,
heard that he is stu living. If any one
can give me any Information concerning
him. living or dead. il will be gratefully
with the Holloways and FoIsoms from
other states.
"a. II. E." Bascom. Tex-Dear Junior:
Work is essential to human happiness
and the pursuit Of happiness is the chief
occupation Of man. It is only through
the medium Of labor that we NAV attain
any degree Of prominence in life. or
having attained it. hold II. 1t has been
aptly said. IAN idle brain Is the devils
Workshop This | believe TO be true
Why? Nan, being born I'm sin. Is prone
10 evil ana the natural tendencies of man
are extremely hard to overcome. The
power of man alone is unable to combat
the evil which so besets him on every
hand. ldleness is almost as great a curse
to humanity as drunkenness. The man
who has no employment for his brain IS
left free TO think along any line which
first suggests itself and as the natural
tendencies are toward evil his thoughts
and actious-as actions are thoughts ex-
amplitied-are not e.eyating. The hands
may remain Idle, but not so with the
brain. II must work: ii must think. and
when our mindZ dwell for any length of
time upon a thing that thing becomes Il
d b. at IL he =
lhcn To guard our thoughts if we would
keep our lives free from the cOntami-
mating Influences of evil men and women.
II bchOOVcS us To he working boys and
girls. When we have something to en-
pioy our minds with that will keep evil
thoughts FROM finding a lodging place
there We are proving ourselves worthy of
life. Work honest work, Is the only
thing that will keep rs free from evil. As
said before. the pursuit of happiness is
the supreme object of man. 1t Is only
through the medium of work that We can
ind any hiSh degree of pleasure or nap
pncss.
some find happiness in making money.
Can ne accumulate money without labor?
Some find pleasure in one thing. some in
another. But few men work simply for
he sake of work 1t is always for the ac-
'omplishmcnt of some purpose or object.
Happy is the man whose work is honest
iud whose motives are pure and upright.
He is the man who has lifted the world
,ut of darkness ana ignorance and raised
civilization and Christianity 10 the level
hoy now occupy. lie Is the man whose
services are always in demand in So
.ietv. in church. as well as state affairs.
lie is the man I'm whose hands the safety
If every republican form of government
les.
Let us then. as young men and women,
10 up and doing. The responsibilities of
ife are upon us. and the perpetulty or
,ur government depends upon our elforts.
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