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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-22


but we should remember that every OBJ
Stacle which surmount adds new
laurelS to our crown of honor, and to be
honest in everything. How many of the
cousins will write to me? l would like
to hear from the Cousins in all parts of
the United States, so goodby.
Homer Thompson, Oconee Mills. Ga
Dear Junior: AS this is my first visit to
your page | will not take a subject. but
Will try to describe my home. | live I
miles east of Gainesville. My father
owns a large farm. Our church is only q
mile and half away. our school house
IS but half q mile away. My sister Is our
teacher. l enjoy country life. We raise
corn, cotton, wheat, oats, potatoes of
Goth kinds fruit melons and all kinds
of vegetables. We have two mules. three
cows and four eats, you see the rats
will not bother us. This is sure a rainy
day; it has rained ever since the first day
of -une. How many of you cousins love
to hunt? ] do for one. | have a single
barrel bre 1ch-leading shotgun. | pillow Il
rule named Beck every de-. You Cous-
ms ought not to quarrel about who can
write the best letter, | VIII admit IN"
girls beat. but You ought not to braS
about it. | Will close by answering EN-
1aie G. Bryan's question. Jesus Wept IS
ihc shortest verse in the Bible.
Elise Mcintyre and Nellie BoyIin, Luz
golf, S. C.-Dear Junior: our papas take
The Constitution and we always love to
read the Junior Page. We think Aunt
Susie mus be such Il good woman and
we would like to see her so much We
will take for our subject Flow ers'
There is nothing sWeeter or prettier than
flowers, we think. OuT faVOrite flowers
are pansies, ViolctS. roses, carnations and
cape jessamines. We have lots Of pretty
towers in our yards and we love to work
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Jun.JR CORRESPONDENCE.

Maurice Warren Glen, Tenn.-Dear
Junior: If you will let me enter your
band of boys and girls l will tell YOU
about my home. which is in Tennessee,
near the base of Cumberland mountain.
1t is noted for It's grand scenery. Also
for health Near my home is a nigh
bluff From It's summit you can see
many miles. There is near this a beau
tiful falls from which the water flows:
also wonderful caves nut for want OF
space | can't describe them.
Box JOG Bhlmont, Va.-Dear Junior; As
see 50 many interesting letters in The
Constitution from the readers. VIII
write and give a description Of the nat
ural bridge in Virginia. This famous
bridge is at the extremity of deep
chasm in which flows the stream called
Cedar creek. which is about two hundred
feet below the arch. whose crown -
about % feet thick and its breadth 90
feet. The sides of the chasm are OF
solid rock maintaining a position almost
perpendicular If this letter Is PRINTED
will write again some time and give a
description Cd the caves of Luray m ne
valley Of virginia Would like q few
correspondents.
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Nellie swader. Jude, Ala.-Dear Junior:
Here comes cousin from the northern
part of the dear old state Of Alabama.
/ enjoy reading the Junior page very
much | live on beautiful Sand noun
tain, nile from the top. The house
is almost surrounded by beautiful oaks.
Town creek runs in front of the house,
can go fishing any time I wish. Papa
owns a saw mill and cotton gin. all run
by water power. Papa owns farm. !
certainly like to live on a farm We
live miles from the station, which is
Valley Head. How many cousins like
to go to school? I do My school was
out in March but will start again in
July. study history, geography, gram
mar. arithmetic and speller. Love to
Aunt Susie and the cousins. Age IA.
Would like to correspond with some of
the cousins between the age OF Is and is.
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Addie p Cooper. Monterey, Miss.--Dear
Junior AS | have long been a silent
admirer of the Junior page, | will knock
AT your door for admittance this bright
June morning, while the little birds are
nitting from tree to tree and pouring
forth their song of praise to Him who
made all that is beautiful and lovely, and
the flowers OF many kinds sweeten the
air with their perfume and all nature
seems TO say in tones of sweetness, Wei
come. Welcome"' I'll open the door and
chat with you a while. ! am a country
girl. My home is II miles south Of Jack
son. the capital city our nearest town
is Florence This is quite busy little
town. with a dozen or more stores and one
of the best schools in the state. 1t is
situated on the Gulf and Ship Island rail
road. u miles south of the capital city.
People are chiefly engaged in farming,
cotton and dDrn being the principal crops.
] see some of the girls are rather rough
on the boys for being backward in writ
ing. Now girls, don't be so hard e. the
boys give them their lust dues. for you
know ii is said girls should manage by
kindness, not force. And any true boy or
Young man will never forget the good
influence of Christian young lady. l
know YOU all want to do something to
better some one else. This should he our
daily study-to help and elevate all and
cause no one to err Girls what do you
do when you are at home during vacation
from school or teaching? l was reading
letter g. few weeks past In which
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w, B. Foote, Whitevllle. Tenn.-Dear
Junior: Here comes a cousin from west
Tennessee who wishes to join your merry
band. / take for my subject, "Modesty"
Modesty comes soonest and surest to the
humble and unattractive. Modesty is not
at all inconsistent with dignity, self-re-
spect and proper self-confdence
Modesty is the balance wheel TO hold
the strong man to a conservative life.
Mere bashfulness without merit is awk-
ward. and merit without modcsty is in
solent, but modest merit has a double
claim to acceptance. | have said often
that modesty must be an act of the will.
and yet it always isnplies self-deniel; for
If man has an ardent desire to do
what Is laudable for him to perform and
from an unmanly bashfulness shrinls
away Love to Aunt Susie and the
cousins. Au revoir Correspondence So
licited.
Stella Meigs. Goldville Ala.-Dear Jun
icr: | have long been silent admirer of
the Junior page and althoug' ! know
silence IS golden" ] thought | would
give voice TO my sentiments CO. that is
if ] escape the waste basket. ] am q
farmers daughter and Ike country life
cry much. All the objections [ have Ia
country life is the ,carcity of good
schools. though | think this will be over
cume In a few years. think every boy
and girl should have object in life and
let that object be roble one. No doubt
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before special
on shorire splendid list of prizes under the
provided
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A WORD TO THE BOYS.

Meriden, Conn.
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Bowling Green Trust Go.
Is BROADWAY. NEW YORK.

Capital, $75)),NM. Surplus S1,5oe,osa
OFFICERS.
EDWIN GOULD. .Presidsnt
WILLIAM II. TAYLOR lat v..Presidsnt
JOHN 4. HILTON. Id v..Pres. 4 Tress,
WILLIAM NJ LAWS. Secretary.
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The transactions In the market for the week
we're "a follows:
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THE OUTSIDE MARKET.

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MANHATTAN
TRUST co.

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CAPITAL. Surplus b Undivided ProntA
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OFFICERS.
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W.k Duane, - vies.Prss. Irsss. c. u. Smith. Sec.
2. Dwight. Trust osesr. ga skinner, ASA. &c.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20


spoon for q shovel is all right, but
we are not going to have a 5 clock
dolls tea at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing" Mrs. FL. looked as tho about
to cry and Mr.. 81. wanted to kick
himself for being the cause, when
out in the kitchen such splatter-
ing! We rushed out and found that
the water had boiled over and put
the fire out! (The continuation of
this deeply interesting story will
be found in The Kitchen Compan-
ion No, 1856 for sale by all news
dealers. Price 6 cents.)
HARLEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
1askaI Wsrse Chan ciser.

It is not generally known that
the jackal is a greater destroyer
of humanity in India than the
tiger. Statistics published by the
government of India show that
while 928 persons were killed by
tigers, more than 1000 children
we're carried away by jackals.- Ma
ture.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Eow Summer courlst Rates.

Via Chicago Great Western
Railway. Round trips to Colorado,
Utah, Black Hills, New Mexico
and Texas points. Tickets on sale
daily June LIST to September 3Oth
Good to return October 3lst. For
further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or j. p
Elmer, q. P. A., Chicago.
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Wall Street and The Country.

Wall street, fountain head Of the
financial activities of the United
States, if not Of the whole world,
is little understood by multitudes
of newspaper readers. Many re-
gard it as chiefly hugh gambling
institution. The language OF the
financial reports published daily
is not fully comprehended even by
the average business man we'll in
formed on other matters. The tech
nical terms are as Greek to the
uninitiated. The real functions of
Wall street, its stupendous i'm
portance to investors and to the
welfare Of the nation are but dim
ly realized.
This has prompted the Chicago
Record Herald to furnish in its
Answers by Experts" department
a series Of articles entitled "Wall
Street and the Country" which is
designed to furnish liberal ed
ucation on this vastly interesting
and little understood subject.
They are written by a Wall street
expert and are published IN the
Sunday Record Herald. How Wall
street builds a railroad, how Wall
street promotes trust, how Wall
street moves the crops, how Wall
street clears the worlds commerce,
how Wall street gets the news, how
Wall street studies values, etc.,
will all be explained in this val
liable series.
Lovers of nature will be de-
lighted with the articles now run
ming every Wednesday in the
Answers by Experts department
on Summer Birds in City and
Country" The writer is Edward
B. Clark, associate member Amer
lean Ornithologists' Union, author
of "Birds of Lakeside and Prai-
rie," etc.
Every Friday there appears in
the same department a story in
the series, Amusing or Adven-
turous Experiences of Well
Known People" related by them
selves.
Other features of the Answers
by Experts" department include
articles concerning important prob
lens of interest to women, pub
lished Mondays, methods of devel-
oping health and yigor of body on
Tuesdays and 'sGood Health and
Good Looks for Women" on
Thursdays.
Every article is written by an
authority of national reputation
Adv.
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A Few Advantages.

We have many visitors to this
institution who no doubt look up
on the prisoner as one who is con-
fined and who does not enjoy any
advantages of life. For the ben
eft of those who may be interested,
/ will casually mention few
points of advantage prisoners have
over many civilians.
In the first place, during our
soiourn here we have separate
rooms, electric lights, steam heat,
and while we do not have running
water, the water is freely given us
in punches. Our landlord never
serves us with a notice to move on
because we do not pay our rent;
we are never bothered by the gro
Ger OF his collector at the back
door, or by the size of the bill.
We always have three meals day
waiting for us. Our neighbors are
never troubling us with the gossip
of the neighborhood and we sell
dom receive social callers and are
never in duty bound to accept in
vitations to any social functions,
especially those that require late
hours with few mixed drinks.
Our tailor is never hard up and
never asks for a payment on ac-
count. He always has fair stock
of the latest plaids, stripes or plain
goods. You can always get the
kind you need.
We are never asked to act as
delegates to financial or political
meetings, especially those equiring
our absence from Saltwater for a
day or so; and we are never troubled
by the reports of our labor walk
ing delegate, as we always have
plenty of work for all the members
of the union, and as such we are
never asked to make donation to
any other union to show that we
are in sympathy with it, even tho
it is thousand miles from here.
y While at church we are never
asked to make any special collec-
tons for home or foreign missions.
We are always able to get to bed
early so as to feel fresh for the
next days work. This is certainly
a change. We have no worry about
getting to work on time as they
get us there. We seldom are
obliged to 60 to the barber shop
and get cleaned up, as it is strict
rule of the BARRIERS union here that
they bring the shop to us. There
is no worry about our laundry get
ing around on time. Our rooms
are we'll ventilated and the doors
safely barred, thus securing our
valuables and coin. We are never
obliged to watch our company as
our company is always watched.
We are never asked to smoke nick
ell cigars to keep down the ex-
pense, and we have no dog>licences
or taxes to pay.
About the only trouble we have
is deciding whether or not the
poet is accountable and human.
- 1 -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
BASEBALL.

Standing Of the Clubs in the National
and American Leagues, and
American Association,
August 10.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

awful lOt u tAlAAAAS NAA wy
cooking I ever did was to make
coffee when three other chumps
and myself went camping one sum-
! mer; but after Lhad said I could
cook. I didn't dare back out, for [
/ would only discourage my wife.
The first we lived in the house
was on Friday night. [ was due
at the office at 8 a. M, SO as we
came to our home, I said 81 sup
pose you have everything in the
house for breakfast p
"Yes," my wife replied, Give
got some bacon and eggs and COT
fee and all kinds of good things
for our first meal in our own
home"
"Well, I find it takes nearly an
hour to get down town from our
house, SO we will have to get up
early" I replied.
"How early?" asked She.
ooh, about 5 O'clock" I said.
Give o'clock! No indeed, six
will be plenty of time," she said.
Gall right" I said, lust so [
am down town by g."
At 4 a. m. was wide awake. I
couldn't sleep, I was trying to fig
ure out how many tablespoonful
of ground coffee it took for each
person. I used to know the rec
ipe. It was SO many spoonsful OF
ground coffee to SO many cups OF
water will make enough for so
many people. AS near as | could
come to it, it was -four heaping
tablespoonsful Of coffee to one
tea cupful Of water will make
enough for three people" I wac
worried. Yes indeed. [ asked
aloud: care you sleeping?'
'No, I'm not, I've been awake
since midnight" my wife said.
81 can't sleep either for I'm
worried -
| "What about?"
"Why, I've great deal on my
mind, weighty business matters,
you couldn't understand" I said.
swell, let's get up said she.
might as WE'LL" I replied. So
there we were at 4:15 a. IN. dressed
and ready for the first culinary eff
forts of Mr.. and Mrs. FL. We lit
the gas in the kitchen and started
to make a fire in the Lilliputian
range. Say, that fire box wasn't
any bigger than good sized cigar
box. The idiot who made it fur
nished shovel; the shovel was
two inches wider than the fire box,
and it was mighty little shovel
at that. Well, I took a few strips
of paper and a handful Of shavings
and not being able to use the shov-
ell, I was about to use my hands to
put the coal in, when my wife who
was watching every move of mine
said: "Don't use your hands, I'll
get something to use for shovel!'
And so she did. She brought a
big spoon, such as is used to stir
cakes. And from that very first
day until [ moved from that house,
the big spoon did shovel duty. Yes
indeed.
After [ had the fire going Isaid:
"Now the next thing to do is to
make coffee, and you get little
skillet and put in about six eggs
to fry and TIL peel the potatoes
and get the bacon ready"
"Ain't this fun" said the child
wife.
"Ain't It'll" I said, "you bet!'
"Beats all the old boarding
houses, don't it?" said she.
"You betT" I said again, and
filed the coffee pot to the brim
with cold water.
"Now while the water boils let's
/ uo in and set the table, So into
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two foolish children. but
we did not care for we
were happy.
We,had arranged to board with
a lady who had been recommended
by a friend of mine, and so, the
wedding over and our bridal tour
at an end, we became domiciled at
Mrs. Franklin's select boarding
house. Boarding was no novelty
to me for our family had been
broken up years before. after the
death of my mother, and Mrs.
Franklin's house was as much
home to me as Mrs. Jones'. Mrs.
Browns, or Mrs. Smiths either
for that matter. [ knew all about
hash and prunes, and was Past
Grand Master of the art of sepa-
rating portions of gutta percha
chicken with an antiquated case
knife. Mrs. Harley was delighted
at the prospect Of having nothing
to worry about in the way of get
ting meals, "for,'' said she, "all we
have to do is to be on time for
breakfast. dinner and supper"
eyes, I responded, "that's true,
boarding houses are not SO bad as
the alleged comic papers pretend. :"
We boarded for nearly a year
with Mrs. Franklin and l was we'll
satisfied: but one evening when l
returned home from the Office my
wife said:
"1'm getting tired of living here,
it's too monotonous; same old
thing day in and day out, never
any change"
"Well, my DEAR" said l, Il am
sure Mrs. Franklin is very moth
erly sort of lady, quite a paragon.
Eyes, that's another thing" re-
piled my wife, "she's too motherly,
she treats me as if I were a child,
and here I'm nearly nineteen years
old and have been married nearly
whole year. The other day she
called me a poor baby, just be-
cause I said I'd like to learn to
cook"
"Oh," I said, "don't mind her.
I'm sure she only said it in a
friendly (motherly, was going to
say way" But my wife couldn't
see it in any way, except an insult
ing one, and for a week or two
things were not just right. One
night the climax came.
"This settles it," said my wife,
"Mrs. Franklin introduced me to-
day to a lady caller and after | had
left the parlor I heard her say,
yes, poor child, she's too young
to be married. [ can't see what
her mother was thinking of to let
her marry that boy; they both
ought to be in school, So I'm
not going to stay here any longer
than it takes to find. some other
place. [ want my own home,"
she continued, ''and I'm going to
have it, and if anyone comes there
and makes remarks about my age,
I'll look to you to throw them out
of the house"
"Oh, [ can do that all right, Ct
am 5 feet 8 inches tall and weigh
nearly 100 pounds). Yes I am
not afraid of anyone, for what I
lack in size, I make up in science. .
Mrs. Harley always had a notion
that I was pugilist if I wanted
to bel think she got the idea
from what I told her of my ex-
traordinary strength.
And so it was settled that we go
to housekeeping. I advised TAX
ing a fat, but my wife said "no"
and when she said "no" l general
~ said it also.
"What do you proposeY' said /.
"Well," said she, there's just
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A THRILLING STORY
OF MODERN LIFE. =


Just as soon as I find one to suit,
both of us can 60 and look at it."
"But," / said. "of course you
must remember that rents in the
city are high and I am no Steel
Trust magnate, SO you must gov
ern your selection according to our
income"
ooh yes indeed, I've thought OF
all that" she replied.
For several days she looked for
houses and then for several more
days, and so on. At the end of
two weeks she was about Disguised.
"Here I've been out every day and
can't find the right house; it's here
in the city somewhere, if [ only
knew just where," she walled.
"Well, my dear, next Sunday we
will both go and we won't come
home until we do find it." said 1.
Behold us on trolley car at 10
a. m. Sunday, both confident of
finding our future home. My wife
had exhausted the territory for a
considerable distance and we de-
cided to look at row of houses
just on the edge of the city. The
advertisement was a glowing one;
Lit said in part: See that row of
houses just completed in $500
block of Montrose Street, bath,
gas, kitchen range, handsome little
garden, cement cellers and side
walks, on car line, good neighbor-
hood, etc., etc. ''That's just the
place." [ said after we had read
the advertisement for the twenti-
eth time. Soon the car turned
into Montrose Street. The $500
block is right ahead two blocks, -
so the conductor told us as we left
the car.
eyes, there they are, amt they
cute?" said Mrs. Harley in a per-
feet ecstasy.
SWELL, I should say So" I re-
piled. And they were cute! The
agent was on the premises and
showed us through.
They we're two stories high with
pressed brick fronts and marble
steps. Everything up to date.
We took the corner house and the
next day I signed lease for a
year. Then came the buying of
furniture and cooking utensils.
My, my, what fun! Yes indeed.
We bought everything small, little
bits of plates, little cups and sau-
GERS, little chairs and tables and
skillets! I really believe the man
thought we were going to furnish
a doll house. I took whole day
off to help fix up the house, and
such time! After the furniture
was placed, we began to see how
small our house was. The parlor
had two front windows, and two
widths of carpet covered the floor.
Our bedroom was the second story
front, and I could lie in bed and
reach clear to the bath room at the
rear of the house and turn the wa
ter on. Yes indeed. And the
dining room! My, my, if you
walked in straight ahead, you'd
have to back out to turn around.
After we were settled a brother of
mine called one evening and we
showed him the house with con-
siderable pride. We reached the
second story and I said, "That's
the bath room at the rear" Eyes y
he said, "but what's this?'' point
ing to the hall. "Why, that's the
hail." we said, what did you think
it wasp "Why,' he replied, II
thought it was crack in the
wallr Mrs. Harley never spoke to
him during the remainder of the
tour of inspection.
Now nv wife was always a varv