The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01

homes In various directions. "a peri at
the gate of Eden stood has been my
position. At last ] ventured in to hear
Aunt Susie say, well DONE will content
me. Eleven years old.
HALLE L. Austin, Boughton. La.-Dear
Junior: AS saw my other letter In print
will make another attempt to write and
take Tor my subject Flowers They
brighten many sad hearts and cheer many
an invalid and they also bring happiness
to many weary traveller. and brighten
tnelr pathway. They arc = great gift
mat God has given us. l an great
rover OF flowers: but we haven't many In
our yard: it is too shady for them to grow.
ana there are not many in my coun-
tfy. My favorite flowers are roses hya-
cliltnS cape ieSSamines. star jcsSamnes
ana hlacs. / think the Junior page is get
tinG more interesting all the time ]
mink the first time we write we should
describe our homes. then next time take
4 subject. | enjoy reading the cousins
leitcrs very much, especially those de-
Sefiolns their mountain homes. / hope
dear Aunt Susie'S eyes will get all right
Tor II she was to get SO she couldn't read
our letters ] don't know what we would
40 had better close. as my letter is
sett!nS too long Wit: much love to
Aunt Susie and the cousins, L am your
little Louisiana friend.
Marye Scott, Yorkville, S. C-Dcar
Junior; Here comes a little cousin from
the northern part of the dear old state
OF South Carolina who wishes to be
counted as one of the Juniors. | live II
miles from the historic grounds where
the battle of Kings Mountain was fought
In lfl6 between the Americans and the
british during the revolutionary war.
we visited there a few summers ago
On the top of the mountain is a monu-
Hlent which was erected by the MasCns
OF south Carolina in memory of those
VINO lell in defense of their country.
mere is also one at the foot of the
mountain in memory of Colonel Fuger-
son. q British officer who fell there. we
ale our dinner near a spring and after
WardS commenced to ascend the noun
tam which was almost perpendicular.
we mad to rest several times in the as
cent. From the top of the mountain we
could View the country for miles around
when was covered with tall and stately
piileS. ne scenery was certainly grand.
VIII close wishing Aunt Susie and the
cousins much pleasure through life. /
would IKE a few correspondents about
James D. East Thirteenth Battery, f.
A., Fort D. A. Russell. Wyoming.-Dear
JUNIOR: Here comes a soldier boy from
the tar west to tell something about this
state ana organization which | in.
Il
cheyenne which is the capital of Wyom-
lng. Ihe fort is in command of Captain
\. W. Foster. He is also commander of
me battery. | am a southern boy. My
nome Is in Chattanooga, Tenn. The
Rocky mountains are in view from the
fort This is a windy and sandy country.
You can look across the prairie and
see several hundred head of sheep and
cattle
Farmers are very scarce In this country
n hot I'm
sheep herders than farmers. [ had rath-
er be a soldier any time than sheep
herder. We have been drilling a great
deal of late owing to the coming of the
president May 80
We have one hundred horses in the
battery. 1t is quite a sight to see us
drill with the horses and cannon. will
close, fearing this Is growing too long
Correspondence solicited
Rivers Powell, Grove Hill. ". C.-Dear
Junior: 1 want to step in a moment this
morning to tell you of a sad accident
that happened in our back yard. There
was an Old apple tree and two little blue
birds had their nest in a hollow in the
body of 1t, and had two little brides in
the nest My brother was driving some
cows out and just as the COW passed
the tree the mother bird flew out to de
Tend her young. The COW kicked and
killed the bird in a second. Oh, we were
so sorry. The other bird fed the little
ones all day and would sit out and sing
as if he was trying TO make his mate
hear him That hight it ralned and poor
brides died. The mate bird went away
for little while and brought him d
mate with him so they have four eggs
now in the same nest. ! hope nothing
will happen TO this mother bird, for
there is nothing in the way of love to be
Compared with mothers My older
sister saw the killing of this bird, or
mamma said she would have always be-
lieved brother killed it with rock. Aunt
Susie, let US have sending drawing again
for a while TINS is my first letter to
any paper. Am years Old.
If any one VIII send me a real good
drawing l viii put 1t in the paper. but |
must be the judge as to its merts)
James A. Mcraul, Kingston, N. j.
Dear Junior: NV father is a subscriber
TO The Weekly Constitution. He saw
it named i'll W. j. Bryans Club list, and
as we all hear so much about The Sunny
South through Frank l.. StantOn's poetry,
father said he would take The Consttu-
ton with The Commoncr. | am glad he
selected The Constitution. and as father
says when he receives telegram mes
sage O. X. ] say The Constitution is ..
X and the poetry is O. X, too DO
you know there is some thing about Frank
J.. Stantons poetry that makes me feel
jolly when | read it. Father says a man !
that can write poetry like that will live |
for about POO years. My Uncle James /
IIeferman lived eight or nine years in /
Granville county, North Carolina. / |
often heard him speak of the Dukes, |
LaSSiterS and JOyncrs My uncle place |
was near Henderson. | see a letter in /
the Junior correspondence written by |
Hattie Harris, Granville county. Hattie,
do you know any of the above mention !
ed people? / read your very nice letter |
You speak of the nice time you had on |
Easter. Easter Sunday is big time
with us both ut church and at home. l |
ate three boiled eggs last Easter. / got |
q lovely lot of Easter cards from friends.
In my next letter | will tell the Juniors |
about New Jersey.
Myrtice Smoot, Luckey. Ala-Dear |
Junior: 1 will take for my subject Love"
Love is the ruling element of life: the /
great instrument OF nature that soft sub |
DUNG sun, against whose melting beams
there is not one human soul in a million |
whose hearts arc hardened. Love, If pure
unseifish and discreet constitutes the
chief happiness of human life. Men and
women are not complete in their expert |
ences of life until they have been sub
dued into union with the world through
their affection The bosom that does not
feel love is cold the mind that does not
conceive it Is dull; the philosophy that
does not accept 1t II talSe, ana the only
true religion in the world has pure, I'M
dying love for its basis This life would
not be worth the living were 1t not sea-
soned with love. There is a thing that
comes to us all, both great and small
Mothers love is the greatest and truest
one ever received in this world; yet | am
one of the many unfortunate ones who
can hardly realize this facts my mother
died when | was only three years old.
have one sister She and l keep house