The Atlanta constitution., 1900-03-26

Inc alInOlu anu DtdtH littS Ntip p'S
many of the wild flowers were blonm'ns
then also. The prettiest Wild Hover we, we
are dark green with dark brown Spots |
on them and the flower is pale cream
color. almost white, with yellow Spots III |
the center. Maidenhair ferns and these |
lilies make the loveliest bouquet you
could imagine.
| think would like to live in the
south very much though of course no
state is quite so nice as California. Geor-
ga is my fathers native state.
AS this is my first letter | VIII liot
| make il too long. | would Ike TO corre-
spond with some of the cousins about
my age which is seventeen.
$. T. Bales, Pleasant Valley. S. C
! Dear Junior: | thought | would write
| about the Beers and the Transvaal couh-
| try. The Beers settled in South Africa
! about 20 years ago. They fought tle
savage Zulu and established the republic
Z of Natal. but they abandoned Nltal anu
established the Transvaal republic. 1he
| Boer is lighting for home ana nreslde ana
I native land. He believes the God OF Dat-
I ties is with him. Victory or death -
I his motto. lie is fighunG' for his rlch
Z country. II Is possibly the rlcheSt country
I i'm the world The diamond mines turlllsn
- per cent of the worlds supply. Belore
I the present war began the IransVatl W39
Welding annually Sj0Vt0.00o worth OF gold
/ Now can YOU blame the Beers for hSht-
ing? S,roujes surrender Wes NNp~ctel'
and II was all that could be expected.
when A force of 800 holds out, Tor O"e.
!, yrlaI< a~afnsf a force of 5000 trained
troops. The effect OF CronJ"S sun
der will strengthen the cause OF tne
Trar>vaal patriots. We cannot help bul
admire those brave Beers, no matter
I where our sympathies may be. nut VINO
/ ever is i'm the right we must admire thc
3.ooo patriots who stood up ior zen ud9
! against .0.00D of the British army.
Eta Chappen. woodlawn. Va.-Dear
{ Junior: / viii tage for my subject
Time" Moments. how precious! They
chase each other through the circlins
hour and the hours toll away the day by
one. TWO. three. four five, six, etc. Nhp
stops 10 think as time rolls US on towarl
the great and awful grave about oiu
Father Time? That if we lose one OF hls
rnoments il is too late then tc eau a.
I Irain oh, time. timci you hurry by 50
fast We lay a babe in its mother arms;
today youth and manhood; tomorrow @ @olu
. age and the grave. We sItHu -, U", irnn
like a dream. Death cuts the sre;nI IN 4
chain that Joins soul and body. we ny
away. Pause a moment anu tl'iih M a. -
Ia spend one moment IN idlcneSS' dliu -
'',,, Jo you Will regret il and be crying
when old age, with his altering ~
, comes. oh, beautiful days OF youth - =
: tll~n I would like To receive 4 lC1uC'
. from Polly Packet and viii vote tor I'm, nm
rorstituti1n Charity club. Long may you
i've aunt susie. for / do not think any
p ,,,. v.nllId br 10 iill your position. 'p' :
. > cents for the Grady hospital
d v.,u;, + Fielder. Parlcr. $. C.-Dear Ja-
! nior. Wen mere is the son of one oi ne ne
constitution subscribers, from the 'lu
south state" who wishes to join the band
. of cousins. M.
N,. father is a constant reader OF Inc
I Constitution and regularly find its pages
, interesting, especially 50 It's junior cor
umns.
! I am a country boy. of course. our post
. office, here being "A very small town we
-,.---...-s -r-~-.-t .~1 ara 'f. t;-t town.
While / have not Travelled much think
We liNt iu ohC ~ ne best sections of the
country. Our crops are usually good. the
principal one beng cotton. Aside from
this, We have in our section a few places
OF historic interest. the most notable of
F which IS the famous tutaw Springs. Here
was fought the battle OF Eutaw springs
with thv brave Marion AS ~ confederate
leader. The springs and surroundings are
most beautiful. The water is clear and
cold. The place Is a favorite resort in
summer for crowds who 30 there foI
p.cuies and dancing.
Z Ike correspondents ana would like 10
exchange a few letters with some. of the
cousins between tine ages OF eighteen and
twenty-five.
Mollie Eiland. Syhl,ton. Miss-Dear Iu-
Eior. have beel a silent reader of The
Constitution "a great while. and now have
"A desire To Join the band Will take tor
my subject ''Tha Value of Time" The IN
nnite value of 1ine IS not realized. II is
the most precious thing in All The world.
Ina the first place. reading is a most in
ter,sting and pleasant mcthcd Of occupy
ing cur leisure hours. All young people
have. or may have. enough TO read. The
. difficulty j. they are not careful To I'M
prove IT, Their hours of leisure are either
ldlcd away. or talked away, or spent in
81 me other way equally Ndiu and useless
ana thcn they complain that they have no
time Tor the cultivation ot their mind ana
hearts.
Time is so pre ,ious that here is never
but tne nome II in the world az once, ana
. that is always taken away before another
is given. AMI n what way can We spend
our unoccuri"d hours more pleasantly
than i'm Eoiding converse with the wise
and good through the medium al IA,
writirISy u is "a consideration of no small
weight that reading furnishes material for
interesting ana asrful conversation. The
cad to wealth. 10 honor, 10 usefulness
and Ldf pin"sS is omen To All. and an who
Will may enter upon il, with the almos>
certain prospect ot success.
\ With m ich love to Aunt Susie and the
4 cousins. bid you au revoir. Correspond
ence desired.
ETA ShutIcworth. Tolarviue. Miss
Dear Junior: This is my first letter 10 The
Junior department. ] come To have "a little
chat with you all this evening. as / have
just read The Constitution over and like
The childrcns page the best of all. We
live ia a coy little cottage facing the |
4 east ana about one mile from the swamp, |
which is our place. We live in the hills. |
but our place extends about three miles !
west I'm the swamp. and we 20 there fish I
ing in summer and camp out. We have a /
Jolly time. Wish Aunt Susie were here /
to 90 with us know she would enjoy it. /
She asks US to guess hcr age. / will guess |
thirty-siN. Wel / Will tell you an about /
a place burning on our swamp place. IL |
has been burning for nearly nve months |
and Is stiil burning as big as ever. Some /
say % Is "A coal mine. You can smell il |
. about three or four hundred yards before /
YOU get to II. People come here from 9TH |
tr counties and bring dinner so they can |
nave a Jolly time. | can SympathiZe with |
Aunt Susie, for l. too. have lost two dear I
sisters IN one year-one in July, 1875 and /
the other one i'm June 1896. No one can
realize what death is until they have lost
"A dear one. How many of the cousins
have my birthday? IL is the 4th of Janu-
airy. j noticed some of the cousins speak
ing Of novel reading. / don't think il is
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