The Atlanta constitution., 1902-12-22

Claudia II. Caldwell. Moore. $. G.. X.
l.. II. No Dear Junior: ENJOY r''"-
ing the Junior page so well. | Will now
attempt to write "a short letter ! am GO
ing to school and am having both a go"d
and bad time. | live in a beautiful part
of the county. II miles from the city oi
Spartanburg. IL is 40 nice to i've IN 'he
country, for We can go flower hunting ana
go fishing. have nice fat hogs and good
old sausage to eat. | like any kind OF
sport such hunting and bicycle rld-
ing. What are you cousins going I" 40
for Christmas? am going 10 nave an
the fuu | can. | think some OF the glfis
are TOO hard on the boys. ] think tieN
write nice letters and some times better
than the girls. So don't bc too hard on
them. Write up soldiers. do love 10 rcad
your letters I haven't any brother
help mamma do q great deal. such as
cooking. sweeping. ironing ana most
everything. / would like for some OF the
cousins To- send me the words of Hello.
Central. Give Me Heaven" and VIII
bc greatly obliged.
cousins from the AGES Of i6 70 20. and
won't Won all send me wour picture. !
do like to have photographs. ! nave an
album. Wishing all a merry Christmas. !
must say goodby.
Elvic Alice Ruff. Bienvitle. La.-Dear
Junior: I have been reading the Junior
page for long time and have marked
been taking The Constitution ever since
| can remember and I love To read the
many nice letters. ! nave never visited
anything more curiolts than cave Whlch
was supposed to have been made by the
insects called ants. I suppose everybody
knows what they are. II was about -
feet deep. 2n feet i'm length and about -
feet in width. I win tell You something
OF the ciimate Of this country. II Il some
what like that Of some parts oi IeNaS.
.nan
was very warm. rather warm. In TACT tor
fail. and clear until about ! p m. \
cloud then began to rise IN the southwest
and what was our surprise Wncn NdkillE
i'm the morning to find everything covered
in snow. our winters are mild. the snow
never more than feet deep and some
winters il doesn't snow ut all. The rest
of tho year is very pleasant. with the cN-
ception Of July ami August. which are
very sultry.
PHILIPPINES Your letters are read with
much interest one of the cousins ASKS
what the meaning Of Philadelphia was
it is the city OF love
johnny buckeye. cambridge. Tenn
Dear Junior: I'm a Tennessee boy ana
delight in reading this page. Some write
on some subject. Pardon me and / II
write about Tennessee. From 1890 to lN'
it might be said Tennessee almost ruled
the United States. Her senators and
and able men. Her great statesmen uiied
important places in the cabinet and IN
foreign ministries. her lawyers were
judges Of federal. circuit and supreme
courts, and TenueSsecans were presidents
during twelve years in a period OF TWEEN
~. No state except Virginia has ever
held 50 commanding an INFLUENCE IN IA
tional affairs
Andrew Jackson was president Of the
United states from lS29 To 1857. lie died
at his home near Nashville June \; lsla,
and rarely. if ever has "a man llN''l 49,
had such lofty patriotism. such bitter
DrciudiceS. such daHutlcSs courage ana
such uubcnding will
tennessee has produced several noble
men and ! think IS nonlc "ln Itdte;; =
is not as fertile as Somc star :. bui " =
blessed with fruit and sunshine East
Tennessee is a hilly country, nut mas
many fine springs.
Come aEain)
Iobn +. Terror Mount Park Ollla.-Dear
Junior: Il is with thankful heart 'l'tl
| take YOU out of the postotiice ana carry
YOU away in triumph to my home WheIe
I can i'm one or two hours travel i'm my
mind almost from pole to pole. where l
can he changed in a moment. in the twinkle
of N, ey,-onc moment I am I'm the cotton
fields of Georgia. the next on Greenland ;
lev mountain: then To the battles front
i'm foreign lands. then among the Junior
correspondents: then with Bill Arp; then
on an opossum hunt with Punk Il ana
Brown. then i'm WOmdn'S realm, tneu with
the farm CORRESPONDENTS Yea. IN Few
moments We are acquainted with the nap
penings OF the world. We might tiaEei to
the ends of tbs earth. We would see
things on every hand mat Woulu almost
look natural to We would HtGln 40
wonder why, then. the old ions tutt7it
would cry out: Behold. / have told you
refora. Which is the most instructive.
reading or travelling. is q question that
has often been discussed. 1t is one
sided question. For 81 per year. the
Constitution comes Ia your door with ali
rhe news If the world. which one can
read at odd times. and not Interfere with
our daily vOcatons ot Ntc-Sce- v mic
81 worth of travel would not take you ont
Of tho ucigh bcrhuod. tomorrow Is
Thankseivfng day. and the great south
and the great north will nh cat TIE same
kind of turkey. they VIII cat ih" same
Kind Of catr and pie. all than" me same
God iu THE same kind Of churches. out
their views win always he different on
political and social problems: VIII eI-Se
my fog horn. with best wishes 4" The
Constitution and al its correspondents ih
all Of its departments.
Anna Il. Good Harrisonhure. Va
Dear 5uuior: l come from the old his
toric valley of Virginia. the scene of
many hard struggle during the mem
orabIe sixties
This the old Dominion, ali the great
Shenandoah valley have many natural
curiositics singular - themselves. The
natural bridge of Rockhridge county,
numbered among the seven great won
derS of the world. occupies one ot the
highest places If national interest in
the way Of a natural wonder I'm the
state The cave Of Luray, in Page eoun-
tv. and C;rOttoes and Nassanuttea, of
this Rockingham county. are all
worthy Of note ana possess wttnin them
selves underground palaces ot gorgeous
beauty 80 myStltG ing ana hedIiiiu ul are
the strange Hrm1tious. thc dHzziae stall
actr1es and the huge StalaEuiiivS litat toe
sie Nf-ccr simply views them Wlt.t awe
ana wonder. Th, towering mountain
peaks whIcI confront the valley uu east
and west form a most beautiful and u.c-
turesatic appearance ln summer they
lr, clothed as with e mantle of vtlyety
green. ana i'm winter tAey ar- covered
with "A carpet ut snow. causing breezy
wave % hover over THE village below
and the Wild beasts OF tGr forests to
sigh and mourn Tor the approach II
Man springs of fine mineral water
are 10 bee seen huhblius forth 0ut ol these
fnouutail, sides. aud th, hills in fl. r.t.-
Jews. on every hand. which are clear a.
CRYSTAL and rejuvenatuG 90 Tho weary
5. .stL r- .. tstss-s +. ,.4u -.4fle-t 81
intoxicauts. tobacco. ttc Neither has
ever made q gentleman Of snv one and
newer Will Where is - c.utI.n1saly
BOY who would be rouuH ~ company
with Il girl under the influence Of ,IriuS
staggering .und. with tobaccu iuire
streaming doWuher cheeks like some ba,-
/ have seem / dare Sdv there il not
one. But then. ~hy is Z, that So many
iris