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[For The Sunny South.] MAY THE TENTH. “Let ns cross over the river, and rest In the shade of the trees.’ - —Dyivy Jl'orrf* of Gen. “ SU.mvaH” Jackson. How perfect the hush on him lying! And whence is the light on his brow ? Is he yet in the land of the dying, Or wakes he in Paradise now? Without, in the calm Sabbath morning, The •• Boys in Grayare at prayer For their hero, their hope, their adorning, Now lying so quietly there. He hears not their outcrying sorrow— He knows not their passion and tears; His spirit no shadow may borrow, So iar from the presence of tbeirB.' Alone, on the brink of Forever, The palms of the Blessed he sees; He cries, •• Let us cross o’er the river, And rest in the shade of the trees.” The crimson of battle is paling— The shouting, the thundering dies; In the beautiful future nnvailing The forests of Paradise rise. Behind him is clamor and clashing— The clouds of war luridly loom; Before are the life-waters plashing Through vistas of fragrance and bloom. In the flag he so oit did deliver. They’ve laid him away in the sod: He has passed o’er the mystical river, And rests with his Master and God. Oh, men who have marched to his order— Who fought with the shield of his prayer— W’hen ye come to that still river’s border, W’ill ye follow your leader, too, there? When ye’ve grounded life’s aimor forever, And won from life's battle release, Will ye cross to him “ over the river, And rest in the shade of the trees?” journeyman blacksmith, bom at Newington, England. 1791, and died on the 25th of August, 18(17, a baronet, wearing the highest honors which the British government could confer upon him. and after a well-spent lile full of benefits to his species and of 1 indness to those about ( him. When his father was working at the forge, Michael was apprentice boy to George Riebaw, a book-seller of London, where he was employed to carry around the newspapers to the customers | of his master. He always regarded the newsboys with friendly compassion, and, jn after life, when a knight, was once heard to say: “I always feel a tenderness for these boys, because I once carried newspapers myself.” It was here, while at Biebaw’s book-store, that the hunger of his genius was satisfied with the food it naturally craved, and when but thirteen years of age he evinced a remarkable fondness for scientific re search, which happily met the considerate at tention of his master. It was during this apprenticeship to Riebaw that Faraday, then but a child, commenced a series of experiments with electricity, which so much pleased his master that he gave him liberty to attend the lectnres of Dr. Tatum. Young Faraday made voluminous notes upon these lectures, some of which were published by Riebaw, who began to regard his shop boy with wonder. These publications reached the eye of Sir Humphrey Davy, then at the head of the j Department of Chemistry in the Royal Institute, who soon instituted search for the newsboy of Blanford street. At night, in February, 1810, while Faraday, then a youth of nineteen, was engaged in his studies, a footman in the livery of Sir Humphrey Davy delivered a note from this illustrious scientist. The result of this and the subsequent ENIGMAS AND CONUNDRUMS. interview is best expressed in the Minutes of Atlanta Cadets. Stumped at Last.— The enigmas in the last paper seem to have puzzled a great many who have heretofore been expert in solving them. Even Dr. Low failed on No. 2, and came in to get the answer. The following have sent in correct solutions: John, William and Thomas Gaillard and John E. Portis, of Mobile, Alabama, solve No. 3, but say 26 is left out: Lucy Bruce, Bainbridge, Georgia, solves all correctly, but says they puzzled her sadly: “A Subscriber,” at Ashland, Virginia, solves Nos. 3 and 4: Sallie M. Arnold, of Mon roe, also solves 3 and 4: Mrs. R. C. Harris, - of Butler, solves No. 4: Mollie M. Stelle. of McDon ough, gets all correctly; H. Blagge, of Galves ton, Texas, solves No. 4. but discovers mistakes in the spelling of Ciesar, Cleves and Osceola; Miss M. F. Whitney, of Atlanta, answers Nos. 3 and 4; W. P. Me., of Atlanta, solves all three correctly; little Birdie Walker, a sweet and smart little girl of Wartburg. Tennessee, only twelve years of age, has solved Nos. 3 and 4, and wishes to send ns some enigmas in German and French, but we had better continue them in English awhile yet; Willie Waters, of Key West, Florida, sends correct answer to enigma in No. 18, but says 31 and 39 were omitted: Mrs. Rubina Hill, Leesburg, Florida, sends correct answer to the same; Mrs. C. E. Fickling, of Butler, answers Nos. 3 and 4; Minnie B., of South Carolina, makes a mistake as to the general alluded to in No. 4,—it is Ciesar, and not Jackson : Emily At kinson, of Norfolk, Virginia, solves Nos. 3 and 4 correctly. Answer to Enigma No. Cleopatra: Dickens; A. H. Stephens;Napoleon; a tattler; Dandie Denmont: St. Tammany; Y. The ladies’ pet company—the Katy-Dids, or ( HAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS. Odessa.—Permit us to retain your former nom de plume in the publication of your story. We have special reasons for not wishing it changed. Mother.— No. 1 is received and accepted with thanks. To make the series effective, condense and make as animated and pointed as possible. Heloise.—You had better send your play to some popular actor, who, if he likes it, can in fluence some manager to purchase and bring it out. “ Jay.''—We are glad to secure for a regular contributor this gifted writer, two of whose poems, together with a number of stray thoughts, appear in this week's paper. An earnest thinker, a pure and polished writer, his contributions cannot fail to interest our readers. IF. D. T.—We cannot furnish you with the real name of Faith Mills unless she is willing for us to do so. Y’ou are not alone in your apprecia tion of this promising young writer. We have received several letters from distinguished sources complimenting the depth and delicacy of thought evinced in her writings. Next week we will publish an exquisite sketch from her pen. We call attention to our stories this week. Farmer, Clayton county, Ga., asks: “Are the grasshoppers of the West the same as the locusts of the East? . . . We do not know. Would like to hear from naturalists on the subject. Helousa. Newbury, asks: “Is it right for a j young lady to go out to places of amusement with a young man yonnger than herself?” . . . Certainly, if he is old enough to wear boots. Such insinuations against young America will call upon you the anathemas of that great army of dignified nondescripts. They are men (not boys) of consequence, and consequently regard less of consequences. Eva Moore, Springfield. Va., says: “Is it wrong for a young lady to accept trifling gifts from her brother's friend and college chum, who is visiting the family and stays long enough to be regarded and treated nearly like her brother? Is not Ruth Fairfax a Chicago woman ?” . If the presents are appropriate, it is not wrong to receive them. Ruth Fairfax is not a Chicago woman. You must excuse us from putting our portrait in the paper. You and everybody else would properly charge us with excessive' ego tism. W. O. G., Madison, says: “ The young people of our little city are foolish enough to think that if a young man accompanies a lady to a party. Both the serials increase in interest. Mrs. Chap- he is in duty bound to escort her to supper. I ,’s extremely clever story is completed in this reat * a manual of etiquette, but using imber. “ Sid Frazier ” purports to be a sketch _ e c ° m ™ on sense about it, I think it is [For The Sunny South.] REFLECTIONS IN THE SHADE. NO. Ill,—SELF-MADE MEN. , BY H. D. C. Spontaneity of production forms the basis of the Daiwinian theory, frem which, by regular gradations of evolution, man is said to be pro duced, with all his wonderful completeness of physical structure and mental capabilities. This is the theory of the advanced school of Euro pean scientists; but America, not to be outdone even in theory, comes forward with the “self- made man ” as an improvement, we take it, upon Darwinianism. Up to this writihg, we have met with no for mula by which “ self-made men ” are evolved. So jealous of their power, or so regardless of the j , v „„„ wants of the age are the se modern gods, that no- tion in the development of his mind and his the Royal Institute, bearing date March 1, 1810 “Sir Humphrey Davy has the honor to inform the managers that he has found a person who is desirous of filling the situation in the institu tion so lately occupied by William Payne. His name is Michael Faraday. As far as Sir H. Davy has observed or ascertained, he appears very well fitted for the station. His habits seem good, his disposition cheerful and active, his manners modest and intelligent. “ llesolvtd, That Michael Faraday be engaged to fill the office lately held by Mr. Payne, on the same terms.” From this, the humblest station in the Insti tute, did Faraday, by his untiring devotion to his studies, and the force of his superior intel lect, become the representative man of science and the worthy successor of the great Davy. Now, here was a man who might have boasted of being self-made, had he been less than he was— a truly great man. The poor newsboy of Blanford street, the son of an humble blacksmith, rising over the pres tige of rank and wealth in an aristocratic gov ernment, achieving not only fame as a man of science, but receiving from royal hands the highest honors England could bestow, might, indeed, boast of achievements. But Faraday did not belong to any school of materialism. He was content to have been made by God, and to have served the end of his crea Answer to Enigma No. 3. Bier: javelin: Uranus; Dry den; urn; stern; time; pica; stamen. Justice may sleep, but never dies. Answer to Enigma No. 4. Cmsar; Cineas: David; Joan of Arc; 'Annie of Cleves: Oeeola; Dickens; Seals. Jacksonville, Florida. where can we find that one of them has been considerate enough to give to the world the rationale of their creative genius. Hence, if we are mistaken in our attempt at discovering the elements of their constitution, we are to be placed in the list of unfortunate chemists who have blundered in an attempt at analysis. We have no difficulty in finding-a specimen sample of the “self-made man,” go where we may, in our American rambles. They are in every conspicuous place, whether city, town, village, or hamlet. Let us, without much ceremony, pass beyond the drapery of circumstances, which always in vests these wonders, only pausing long enough to note the fact that there is a glitter about them which proclaims in unmistakable terms the ex istence of "flash,” and if we can survive the din of the horn-blowing and trumpet-sounding with which this n odtrn Jove is surrounded, let us reach the pit st nee of his creative omni science. We note that to all appearances, he is in all respects like as otl er men. He eats, drinks and sleeps, the only ] eculiarity being that he does these very natural things just as if he alone could appreciate them. If he speaks, there is no thunder in heaven like unto his utterance of the pronoun I. If he converses, all the attend ants about his majesty are silent as they hear of ‘‘my stocks, my bonds, my houses, my wonderful achievements.” We listen in vain, hoping for some other use of these personal pronouns, until we become satisfied and retire to make our analysis. This boasting “self-made man,” we find in his assumption to be a fraud. He is not of his own making, but a creature of God’s, with but a small per cent, of divinity in him, and a large amount of the du>t of the earth. We boil him dottn, roast him in our crucible, filter him, and fr< m the remaining elements we have this wondeil'ul creature expressed in the following ratio of pioportions : Egotism, 25 per cent.; speculative shrewd ness, 25 per cent.; unscrupulous energy, 25 per cent.; gold, 25 per cent.—100paits. The fumes from these elements sicken us, and we turn away in disgust. The fact is, that the term “self-made man ” has been used, tolerated and coined into the currency of our American thought by those who would be pleased to find some other Divinity to shape our ends than the God of creation. That men differ in the strength of their minds, in their constitutional endowments of every character, is true, and that all these peculiarities indicating this difference are impressed upon the creature by his God, are likewise true. Every great man, as the world has recognized true greatness, received the elements of his character in the very inception of his being. For him to have achieved the career which his tory preserves, of which poets sing, and the enduring granite commemorates, was as much a law of his being as it was for his associates, with superior advantages, to have filled humbler spheres in life. These reflections have been suggested by read ing the charming sketch of the life of Michael Faraday, by Dr. Bench Jones, of the Royal Institute. In an age like the present, when it appears that money is at once the motive power and the ultimate object of all human action, the contem plation of such a mind as Michael Faraday's may be fraught with the most beneficial results, and may save some youthful pilgrim from wrecking his character in the effort to become a mere sham, in attempting the role of a “self- made man.” It is indeed pleasant to know that a man of perfect simplicity of character can succeed in life, and still more so to watch the career of such an one. when crowned with the honors his genius had won, and to find that he maintained to the last his original plain-dealing and truthfulness. Cynical philosophies may divide the world into the cheating and cheated, or the oppressors and the oppressed; but the simple incidents of Faraday's life, and still more, the bright spirit that gleams forth from his correspondence, will convince every candid inquirer that a man may be honest and independent when he is fighting the battle of life, and modest and benevolent when he has won the victory. Let me make a short review of this wonderful life. Some mother who reads The Sonny Sooth may have a boy who can be encouraged by it. Michael Faraday was the son of a very poor God-given attributes, knowing that in doing this he was but yielding to the law of his crea tion, beyond which he was as nothing. PARAGRAPHIC. Even a telegraph cable cannot be laid without a great deal of wire-pulling. When does a cow become real estate? When turned into a field. Three hundred passenger trains daily enter ! and leave a single depot in Jersey City, opposite | New York. Friendship is never completed till men are bound to each other by the common experiences of sorrow. There can be no fashion devised that women j will not meekly follow, from wearing no cloth- | ing in winter to putting on bear-skin overcoats in summer. A lady, the other day, meeting a girl who had lately left her service, inquired: “Well, Mary, ' where do you live now?” “Please, ma’am, I don’t live nowhere now,” rejoined the girl; “I’m married! ” White a Second Adventist in Oshkosh, Wis consin, was busily engaged in watching for the end of the world on the 10th ult., a brother Ad ventist maele love to and eloped with his wife. I clasped her tiny hand in mine, I vowed to shield her from the wind, and from the world's cold storms. She set her beauteous eye on me, and with her little lips said she: “An umbrella will do as well.” A Maine girl left her clothing in an open boat and hid herself, and when her parents were crying and saying if they oDly had her back they would obey her slightest wish, she ap peared and said she wanted to marry Jake. Said a colored Georgia preacher: “Dar’s rob- bin’ and stealin’ all around. Dar's de Beecher j business, deWoodhull business, Sumner is dead, tornadoes come whoopin’around, theFreedmen’s ; Bank is busted, and it ’pears like de end was nigh, mighty clus at hand.” “Is Miss Blinking at home?” asked Mr. Saun ders of the Irish girl who answered the ring at the door. “Yis, I b’lave she is, sir.” “Is she engaged?” “Faith, an’ I can’t tell ye, sir; but she kissed Mr. Vincent last evening as if she had not seen the like uf him before, an’ its engaged I b’lave they are, sir.” The best premium system to stimulate farm ers has been adopted in North Mississippi. A Grange lodge numbering forty members re solved that the owner of the best acre of corn should receive five bushels, from each of the thirty-nine other members, and he who cured the most bacon should receive one ham from each of the other thirty-nine members. Enigma—No. 5. The following enigma, from a friend at Char lottesville, is very acceptable, and we want every body in the South to work it out and carry the answer into practice: I am composed of twenty-four letters. My 8, 9, 14, is an insect. My 23, 9, 9, 12, 13, is a part.of the body'. My 15, 22, 18, is one of the heavenly bodies. My 13, 9, 17, is a bird. My 10, 21, 19, 1, is what all little children are fond of. My 23, 16, 3, is an article used by house keepers. My 4, 7, 18, is what we should try never to do: My 10, 14, 18, is a number. My 24, 11, 2, 20, 9, is what we would be bad oft' without. My 5, 14, 18, 10, is a coin. My 6, 21, 9, is an animal. My whole is what everybody should do. Enigma—No. 6. I am composed of thirteen letters. My 8, 5, 11, lives in the water; but if trans posed, we prefer that side when the wind is cold. My 13, 6, 7,1 3, is the farthest part from my 1, 10, 6, 6, 4, 13. My 3, 2, 9, 8, we wish to do as long as we can; but if the first three letters be transposed, those who are such are disliked by all good people. My 6, 10, 13, some people would rather never do. My whole is a city in Georgia. Enigma—No. 7. I am composed of twenty-seven letters. My 7, 16, 15, 7, 18, 6, is the name of the man who tied three hundred foxes’ tails together and set them on fire. My 1, 6, 16, 6, ,25, 1, 7, is the name of the man who history tells us was struck dead for a liar. My 9, 13, 14, 2, is a place that all men should fear. My 4, 23, 6, 5, 11, is something for which all men should care. My 12, 17, 12, 26, 8, 19, is the name of a man who wrote history well. My 21, 25, 24, 7, is something which all young ladies tell. My 24, 13, 6, 24, 10, 12, 14, 27, 19, is a person, who, by stealing spoons, became a rich man. My 3, 1, 14, 22, is a tree, and also a part of the hand. My 23, 9, 6, 20, is what a stingy man says when asked to do a good deedi. My whole is a ruler of a Southern city, who, for his merits, deserves great meed. Enigma—No. 8. I am composed of thirty-five letters. My 12, 15, 9, 34, 28, 31, 15, 10, 16, is a humor ous writer. My 24, 26, 14, 2, 4, 23, 5, 35, is a renowned poet. My' 27, 16, 8, 2, 16, 19, was a great general. My 18, 6. 20, 17, 22, 12, is in every well-regu lated household. My 21, 1, 29, 25, 10, 30, 29, 31, 32, 33. 7, 1, 10, 13, 13, 22, 30, 35, is one of the poems in “Lalla Rookh.” My 30, 11, 3, 22, is what methodical people live by. My whole—Atlanta’s greatest pressure since the panic of 1873. number. “ Sid Frazier ” purports from real life, and is written by a gentleman at tached to the daily press of this city. “ Myra Dodson ” is a true Southern story, and the easy, natural, graphic manner in which it is told evinces experience as well as talent. “ Vive L’Amour ” is sprightly, graceful and touching. The poems this week are also of a higli merit. We have taken an “inventory” of our stores of manuscript previous to transporting the well- crammed pigeon-holes to their present quarters in our new and elegant sanctum, and give below a list of the greater number of those now on hand. Those marked “received” only, have not yet been examined. Of rejected manuscripts, we make no public note, but inform their authors privately by letter. * contributions received. •v “Eric Urquhart;” “The Wanderers;’ ‘“Madge;” “Ralph Linsley;” “The Creole;” “Married in Haste;” “A Woman’s Revenge;” “The Lucky Accident;” “Manita;” “My Story;” “ The Man of the Twelfth of May;” “Fickle;” “Oliver Goldsmith;” “Earth’s Paradise;” “Early Dead;” “Bells;” “Auld Lang Syne;” “By and By;” “Past, Present, Future;” “Dreams;” “Human Nature;” “Dead in Jail;” “Farewell;” “Alone;” “In the Morning;” “Requiem for Summer;” i “ Answer to ‘ Seven Years Ago;’” “ To Miss A;” “A Woman of the World;” “The Lunatic and the Lily;” “Compensation;” “Superstition, Old and New;” “Old Mammy Chloe;” “What’s in a Name?” “Rosseau;” “Sunset Gold;” “Tyranny of Fashion;” “BeUp and Doing;” Twenty-five;” ! “VadeMecum;” “ Power of Love;” “My South ern Home;” “Death of Jackson;” “The First Picnic;” “Legion of Fairy Dell;” “Wanted—A Letter Written;” “Origin of Cape Jessamine;” “Woodland Flower;” “A Story of Gettysburg;” “Song of Irish Emigrants;” “Love and Pride;” “Looking Backward;” “Old Bed of a River;” “Soldier’s Reverie;” “Lone Bird ” and “ Mock ing Bird;” “This and That;” “Iron Captain:” “Gallery of Memories;” “Ruth’s Lovers;” “Es says by Rosa R.;” “Letter from a Mother;” “A Reverie;” “Window Observations;” “All About It;” “Howattan’s Treasure;” “Tried in the Cru cible;” “The Miser;” “But it Does Move;” “Sap pho:” “Aim High;” “Charity at Home;” “Con tempt of Court;” “Cupid;” “Eglantine;” “The Haunted House;” “Widow’s Cap;” “The Hid den Home;” “Deacon Kempsen’s Minister;” “A Picture;” “The Orphan’s Cry;” “Crossing the Potomac;” “Lillie Eric;” “Fair but False;” “A Brave Boy;” “Life Pictures;” “Some Domestic Facts;” “Spirit of the Clock;” “Ethel Myrl’s Mistake;” “Lillian;” “Legend of Nagoochee;” “Portfolio Scraps;” “Maud Sumner’s Lovers;” “Howit Happened;” “Until Death do us Part;” “Lost Friendship;” “Aubriana;” “Evening;” “ Heart’s Secret;” “Monieka, the Choctaw Chief;” “My Guardian and I;” “Bachelor’s Dream;” “ Lenora’s Fate;” “Death of Summer;” “Stick;” “ Marrying for Spite;” “Lina;” “Miller's Child; ’ “The Indian War-Dance;” “Evening Bells;” “Stonewall Jackson;” “Musings;” “A Story;” “Those Postal Cards;” “Poems by Kitty W.;” “Equal Work—Equal Rights;” “What to Teach;” “Isabel;” “Adventures of the Early Settlers;” “ Visions of Smoke;” “A Midnight Adventure;” “Estranged;” “The Eunuch and the Negro;” “Moral Heroism;” “Belrieve;” “Motherless;” “For Politeness’ Sake;” “Eminent Georgians;” “Gipsy’s Prediction;” “Power of One Idea;” “Literary Mosaic;” “Unity of Races;” “Hell Located;” “Getting a License in War Times.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A fellow in Kentucky ran away with a far mer’s daughter and horse, and was hotly pur sued. The farmer got within close range and flourished a revolver. “ Don’t shoot, for Heaven’s sake!” shouted the lover. “I won’t,” was the reply, “ ’ cause I'm feared I’ll hit ther hoss. Just leave the hoss and take ther gal.” That compro mise was accepted by the young folks, who walked on to a preacher’s house, and the father rode home on his horse. A farmer on the road to Worcester, Mass., [Communicated.] Straws show which way the wind blows. And Strauss, not Straurs, for right spelling goes. Mrs. N. Laurens is certainly mistaken in re gard to the enigma in No. 18. The musical com poser’s name is in that spelled correctly. As for poor dear Marie Antoinette, John S. Jenkins, in his “Heroines of History,” gives October 14, 1793, as the day - of the month and the year in which she was guillotined. I trusted to his memory instead of mine; it’s some time ago, and my retentive powers may possibly be im paired. I am obliged to Dr. Low for so kindly coming to my defense, and agree with him, as all read ers of The Sunny South must, that it is daily in creasing in popularity. Scrimp. [For The Sunny South.] Incomes of Professional Men. The Constitution says there are in the city of Atlanta one hundred and thirty-five lawyers and sixty-five doctors, and adds: “And yet—this is the climax of our story— having been terribly annoyed bv drummers, put ® D ^y * w0 °* the medicine men and barely a up a sign: “No sewing machines wanted here. d° zei b we believe, ot the disciples ot Black- stone possess property to the value of ten thou sand dollars!” Will the reader be good enough to add this to what was said by the writer in these columns a few weeks ago ? If the facts could be further learned, so as to show how many of these men are to-day making bread, and just what per cent, oi them are not doing that, the lesson would have additional val“e. The crop of fools in-.reuses every year, and w’" f -ntinue to do so till parents cease to en- c .<> their sons to take professions in which they exchange comfort for show and poverty. Arnot. up a sign: “JNo sewing Got one.” It was no use—the next drummer wanted to see the machine, “and perhaps he’d hitch up a trade.” So the farmer put up: “Got the small pox here.” This worked well for a little time, but then came tu :ag a drummer frightfully pitted with small pox. who suddenly said: “Seeing you’ve got it bad here, they’ve p... me on this route.” The ingenious French have contrived a novel | way to impress the barbaric mind. M. de Brazza, who has charge of the expedition to Senegal, carries an electric battery in his pocket com- ; municating with two rings on his hand and ! with other apparatus scattered about his person. When he shakes bands with a savage chief, that chief will be very much astonished, for an elec tric shock will run up his arm and he will see lightning about the head of his visitor. Natur ally he will think that he is being interviewed by the devil, and will be ready to ct. T ’.-'nt to anything to get away. G. A. R., Rome, says: “Will you please tell me who Annie M. Barnwell, that wrote "Parting Words,” in The Sunny South, is and where she is from ?” .... Get a copy of “ Southland Writers,” by Mrs. Tardy, and it will give you full information. W. P. H. asks: “ Is there any arithmetic giv ing a rule for such questions as the following: A tree 128 feet high was broken in a storm so ; that the top reached a point 64 feet from the root, the other part remaining on the stump. What height did it break?” . . . Sanford’s Arithmetic, under the head of “Mensuration,” j analyzes such problems beautifully. Amice, Cusseta, Texas, says: “Please inform me who the blind preacher was that William Wirt heard in Orange county, Va. He writes so eloquently about him that I am anxious to know who he was, and if his biography can be ob tained.” ... A correspondent of the Lynch burg Virginian says it was Rev. James Waddell, who died near Gordonsville. Marion, Americas, asks: “Where there is a young lady boarding with a family, and the gen tleman of the family is in the habit of having some of his family to scratch his head, is it proper on the part of the young lady to scratch it for him ?” . . . Instead of scratching his head, it would be better to use a fine-tooth comb, and that would obviate the necessity of scratch ing. Little Alfy, Selma, Ala., says: “lam called little by the ladies of our town, and it is very hard for me to stand; so I ask you if you know of anything that will make me grow faster or prevent them from calling me little?” . . Eat “pot-licker” and turnip greens, or swallow cow- peas and drink water to make them swell. If that doesn’t do, get mad. A mad little man usu- ally weighs a thousand pounds. B. Y'. Turpin, Herndon, Ga.. says: “I am anx ious to retain my natural head-covering, if pos sible—not only because I think it more becom ing, but because the ladies seem interested,—at least, one of them. A sure preventive against the coming out of the hair will oblige a reader.” Use cold water and a stiff brush freely, and be sure not to marry a fierv-headed woman, nor one with a thunder-cloud in the comer of her eve. rong. I wish you would give your ideas about it.” • . . It is the duty of the gentleman to see that she is provided with an escort to the table. If no one else goes with her, it is clearly his duty to do so. W. H. W., Macon, says: “ Where I board, we have waffles for breakfast and a number of ladies to assist in getting away with them. The waiter first passes them to the ladies, and as there is always a certain number of them brought in at a time, only one is left when the plate reaches me. Would you consider it impolite to take it?” By no means. Take it every' time, and thank those voracious lady waffle-eaters for leaving you even that one. And besides, the old idea of leaving one pea in the dish for manners doesn’t hold good in hotels and boarding houses. R., Eatonton, Ga., says: “Please let ns know through your column of ‘Answers to Corres pondents ’ the origin and meaning of the words ‘bonanza’ and ‘ carmagnole,’ the first now used by advertisers, the latter prominently used in the Stephens-Hill controversy last year. ”... The following lines, by Carl Brent, answers hap pily your first question: '■ You wander through the mountains of Nevada, Forlorn, alone, and think how very sad a Life lot is yours; then strike deep, getting madder, When suddenly, as if your heart to glad, a Big golden nugget pops into your pan, sir— That’s a bonanza.” Monticello, Fla., is certainly correct in the j position he takes, and we wish all Southerners entertained the same ideas. “Will some of your readers please give, through the columns of ] your paper, the address of a responsible and re liable Southern manufacturer of paper, envel opes, etc. I too am a lonely wretch of twenty- six winters, and besides wanting to write a great many letters to the girls. I have use for a large quantity of paper and envelopes otherwise, and would like to buy of a Southern manufactory, if practicable. This I believe to be the plain duty' of all true Southern people: to endeavor to spend their little mites—no matter how small— in a manner to build up and sustain home en terprises and industries. S. B. S., Americus, says: "The Furlow Ma sonic Female College has resumed exercises, and it is a rule that none of the girls can even speak to us boys. I have a sweetheart in the junior class, and she will not speak to me, al though she has confessed that I am her favorite. . Do you think it proper for me to write to her and beg her to recognize me, or not? I think, as we are lovers, it is—or should be—her duty to speak. Please waft me some consolation.” Let her alone during the book season. You will only appreciate her the more after she acquires a good education, which she cannot do if you get her miDd from her studies. The rule is a good one, and yon should not wish your fa vorite to violate it. X. Y. Z., Galveston, Texas, says: “I called on some young ladies a few evenings since with a friend of mine. He was well acquainted with the young ladies, but I had never met them before. When the clock struck the hour for re tiring, he waited for me to propose leaving, and I w’as waiting for him; consequently, we came very near spending the night in the parlor. Now, what I want to know is, whose place was it to propose leaving—his or mine?” ... It was his duty in the first instance, but as he failed to move in the matter, it became your duty to remind him of the impropriety of re maining so late; and as neither of you made a move, it became the duty of the young ladies to remind you both of the lateness of the hour by no uncertain hint. As stated, we intended discarding from this issue all communications from love-struck cor respondents; but “Sappho of Richmond” puts her case in such moderate rhyme, that we can not refuse her a showing. She says: “ Dear Sunny South, you’re never slow In helping a girl to get a beau; So, trusting to your goodness now, I hand in my credentials with a how. I’m just eighteen, with raven batr, Two big brown eyes in a face so fair. I can sew and dance, can cook and sing; In short, can do almost anything Except fall in love. Now. since yon know it, (I'm sure I’ll some day prove a poet). Won’t you try to bring about that change Which makes the heart feel ‘sweet and strange? ’ For remember, I am young and artless. And oh! far more, am still sweet-heartless. So now this favor I implore, And after this I’ll say no more: - Tis that you’ll hasten to impress On all young men my deep distress.” Auld Lang Syne, Opelika, Ala., says: “I am engaged to a beautiful blonde, and have a good farm and a pretty cottage for my pretty bird; but the pestiferous chicken mites are in every nook and crevice, and are so annoying that I am in a quandary whether to bring her home now or postpone the marriage until winter time. But if you can devise some plan by which I can get rid of this pest and let me know through your valuable paper, I will send you a spring chicken every Sunday morning after I am mar ried, with the mites all killed.” . . . From your language, it seems that the mites are in what you call your “ pretty cottage,” and so we must conclude that yon are a genuine old rooster and propose taking your bird or hen right into the chicken house. If so, don’t do it, for while the mites might play with impunity upon a tough old cock like yourself, it would be cruel to turn them upon a tender young hen. But if you mean they are in your chicken house, whitewash them thoroughly with lime and use carbolic acid freely. If this does not rid you of them, then chase each one down with dogs, hem him up, cut him off', and after capturing him, shoot him with a musket. Either of these remedies, and particularly this last one, will rid you of them; so send along the chicken without the mites. “ Yes, sir,” yelled a preacher in a Dakota church one Sunday morning, “there's l> e l^ing and swearing and stealing and general deviltry to the square inch in this here town than in all the rest of the American country;” and then the congregation got up and dumped the preacher out of the window. E. T. Andebson, Marietta, asks: “If a cannon is placed on a flat car, mouth of the cannon pointing in the direction of the running engine, would a ball shot from the mouth of the cannon ever leave or distance the mouth, if the speed of the car was equal to that of the ball ?” ... It is not a supposable case, for the car can never attain that velocity. If it could, however, the ball would not leave the barrel of the cannon. IV. S. Clikehugh’s illusive wigs and toupees, bands, braids, curls, etc., wholesale and retail. E. McNahee, No. 5C4 Broadway (opposite Ball, Black & Co.,) New York. The illusive wig is the perfection of fit, elegance and na ture, and is pronounced by all who have tested it to be the only one that gives entire satisfaction. The illusive toupee, fitting just where the hair has fallen off, is a mar vel of beautiful workmanship, defying detection by the most critical observer. In both of these articles, the hair appears to issue from the skin. The partings never stain nor show any mark where they meet the brow, being en tirely distinct from the heavy, clumsy, ill-fitting articles . usually made. Send for syBtem to measure the head, and^ price-list.