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THE GEORGIA CAPITAL.
Notwithstanding the metropolitan or National charac
ter of The Sony South, we are compelled to have a de
partment for local noticet. The growing importance and
sensational character of this city cannot be ignored.
LOCAL NOTES.
Atlanta has over thirty churches.
Broad Street Bridge affords the finest view
of a sunset of any point in the city.
Atlanta is metropolitan in all its characterist
ics. Her street railway system is not excelled
anywhere.
There are a large number of buildings in pro- ;
cess of erection in Atlanta. The outlook for her
future prosperity is good.
The Young Men’s Library is the fashionable 1
resort. Their hall is splendidly arranged, and
Charles Herbst, the librarian, has a peculiar fit- j
ness for the position. He is passionately fond
of antiquities, curiosities, flowers, and ladies and
other works of art.
The walls of the Atlanta Cotton Factory are
going up rapidly, and so is real estate in its
neighborhood.
Atlanta, by all means, should have a city hos
pital. What has become of the Atlanta City Hos
pital Association? •
The Young Men’s Christian Association are
silently, but not the less effectually, “going
about doing good.”
The Atlanta drummer will go down in history
as sui generis. For making sales and making
love, he is unsurpassed.
The public schools, Atlanta’s pride, are in full
operation. It is gratifying to know of the pro
gress attained by the children.
Atlanta will have two cotton compresses at
w r ork soon, and it is anticipated that her cotton
receipts will be doubled by them.
The Atlanta Benevolent Association numbers
among its members the most active philanthro
pic ladies of the city. They are doing untold
good.
If you would study human character in all its
phases, stop awhile at Whitehall street crossing
and view the actions of the crowds stopped by
shifting trains.
Many thanks to our esteemed friend, Dr. Tay
lor, the live druggist, for two large bottles of ex
cellent cologne of his own make. He has sold
thirteen barrels of it.
The Boys of Atlanta will commence soon the
publication of a daily amateur paper, The Daily
Mirror, at two dollars per annum. It will reflect
the sentiments of young Atlantadom.
The Markham Hotel, on the old site of Wash
ington Hall, will be completed by December. It
will be one of the best-arranged in the State.
Col. J. E. Owens, the proprietor, knows how to
keep a hotel.
Saturday evening is the time to see Atlanta in
a bustle. Then the citizens are on the streets,
having finished their week’s labor. The streets
and stores are crowded, and a stranger is struck
with the life that permeates the city.
Oakland Cemetery is well-arranged and well-
kept. Yet, the hands there, in making an exca
vation, at the depth of six feet dug up a live
frog. How the frog got there, and how long it
had been there, is a conundrum. His mouth
was closed.
W. W. W.—Never give back if you would wfh. Newnan, Ga., two handsome country girls; Pat
You will be too late. T " ‘ ' * —
M. A. Smith. Smithville.—We will try to let
you know when your subscription expires.
M. C. D., Cartersville. —You should not flirt
with the young man; that would be cruel.
Paul Jones, Jr., Augusta, Ga.—Your letter is a
good one, and we hope to find room for it entire.
Willie, Greenesboro.— A chain without the
watch would be a poor present. Better give her
the ring.
Colfax, Hogansville.—Press your claims. No
L.. Cartersville; Mabel Stanhope, Buena Vista;
Willie and Eddie, Fort Valley, Ga.; Charley
Boss, Columbus; Eva Washburn, Quinnimont.
West Va.
V e cannot think of publishing the corres
pondence between parties; that must be done
through the mails. We will give anv one’s ad
dress if we have it. J. S. Porter says to Maud
that he, raises forty bales of cotton and twelve
I hundred bushels of corn: Texas Daisy will cor
respond with William Donald; Myrtie May, Dan-
gerfield, Texas, sympathizes with Marcellns;
doubt she is all right; and as she is tall and you Nat, Fort Valley, thinks “Peggy and Nancy
are low, you will make a handsome couple. had better collect their wits before accusing any-
Evanoeline and Kosamond, of Fort Valley, are k°dy of bothering them; Pollie tells Charit y to
model girls. Carry out your programme, and address Pollie E. Legrand, Opelika, Ala., with
you will be popular. Your friends tell you P .to; Henry Schneider, Fort Smith. Ark., is
wrong smitten with Minnie, of S. C.; W. W. C., Atlanta,
..e „ ... . .. , , , ., wishes the address of Bertie; John Bogart, Rich-
•Skrap. Atlanta.—lour note lacks consider- mont p w j s hes to correspond with Kate; Willie
able of being a scrap. Send her a copy of it Lamoine and Johnnie Trisbv, Brvan, Texas,
and it will be sure to restore confidence and set wish to correspoml with Kate Be ’ rtie; Anni ’
matters all right again. Forsyth, tells Lenoir she is several years under
S. S. S., Americus.—If the gentleman knows thirty; Guy Andrews, Conyers, wishes to hear
that the young lady recognizes him as an ac- from* Lillie Bell; Lionel 'Phillips, Columbus,
quaintanee, it is his duty to speak first, for mod- wishes to correspond with Mamie E., S. C.; Mig-
estv forbids her doing so. nonne, Macon, wishes to hear from Alpha,—her
Lena, Allendale, S. C.—Write him a letter, address is L. It. M., box 148; L. C. M. and others,
and ask for an explanation of his silence. As Richmond, box 867, wish the addresses of Annie,
you are in doubt as to his feelings, the sooner Lola, Maud Leigh, Kate and Bertie; Clarence,
" better for you. Columbus, box 233, knows Viola of Madison,
you find out, the
X. X. X. asks: “Is the infirmary of Atlanta
kept by Dr. Salter, a reliable institution ?” . .
We do not know. The best evidence, probably,
would be gotten from some of his patients.
W. C. Lee, Grantville.—We have changed our
club rates. Five subscribers, at $3 each, entitles
and wishes her to write him; Ellis, Forsyth,
wishes to correspond with Mamie E.; Fred, Mil
ner, Ga., commends himself to Clarice; Annie
and Gena, two old maids, wish to reply to the
bachelors H. E. and H. Y.; Arbelle Gervase of
fers condolence to B. H. C.; G. W. S., Colum
bus, is not afraid of the Dalton girls; Hercules,
Grocery Keeper.— Well sir, what will you have ?
Colored Customer.— Xvffin tall, sir, hut ( is ere gal wants one of dem ar “pull backs."
Ts you got urn for sale ?
Keeper.—Have not. Can sell you a pocket saw-mill, or a pair of piano-moulds, hut no pull
backs.
Customer.—7 knows yon kin, hut dish ere gid heep druiher hare a pull back than a saw-mill
or pinana any time; she do dat. ,
the party to an extra copy Get them from any Da i to n, wishes to correspond with Kate and Berl
office. Phe science of Health is published in tie; Evangeline and Brown Eyes, Fairy Dell, are
New York. smitten with Alpha and Marcellns; J. M. Ros-
G. A. McLane, Brunbridge, Ala.—You should ser, Savannah, box 116, wishes the address of
commend the girl for not wishing to leave her Bertie; Grace Rivers, Franklin, likes Willie P.;
mother. She is all the more lovely for that. R. Me., Jr., Savannah, likes Marie, Tuskegee;
Should she refuse to leave, you might also fall Madge, Carrollton, Ala., is smitten with Marcel-
in love with the mother and take up your abode lus and the Tennessee bachelor; Lorena, Bnrke
county, sends a message to Marcellus; Haidee,
Elyton, Ala., wishes to correspond with Percy
In the year 1839, two travelers were journey
ing through this section of Georgia, and halted
near the spot where the Kimball House now
stands, to seek repose and partake of refresh
ments. The meal ended, one of them strolled
leisurely some distance away, busily engaged in
viewing and admiring the scenery. Looking
toward the horizon, he saw the far-off moun
tains, and his eagle eye took in at a glance the
topography of the country by which he was then
surrounded. He was so much absorbed in his
subject that his companion took occasion to ask
him the cause of his unusual interest. “I was
just thinking wl at a magnificent inland city
will at no distant day be built here,” was his
response. The man who spoke so prophetically
thirty-six years ago was Hon. Alexander H. Ste
phens, w’ho has lived to see it verified.
The station-peg of the Georgia Railroad was
planted near where Alabama and Whitehall
streets intersect. Near it there was a small, one-
room log house, with a dirt floor, occupied by a
poor woman and her daughter. It was then
called “Terminus.” In 1842, it was incorpo
rated as “Marthasville,” and in 1847, as the
“City of Atlanta.” In 1850, it had a population
of 5,000; in 1860, 10,000; in 1870, 25,000; and
now, over 35,000.
Atlanta is the highest point of any commer
cial importance in the railway system of the
South, having an altitude of 1100 feet above tide
water,—900 feet higher than Augusta, Macon,
Columbus and Montgomery; between 300 and
400 feet higher than Rome, Dalton and Chatta
nooga; and more than 700 feet higher than St.
Louis. A line stretched over the map from the
Cape of Delaware to the Rio Grande, and from
Fernandina, Florida, to St. Louis, will cross
each other near the city. She is, from her cen
tral geographical position, a grand center. She
has already won her title as a commercial center,
and will soon be known as a medical center, as it
is now a health center. The culture of music has
rapidly developed here, and few cities so young
can boast of more vocal and instrumental talent
than Atlanta. It is also destined to become a
great manufacturing center. The completion of
the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad will
open up the vast mineral resources of North
Georgia, while the Georgia Western opens up
the illimitable coal fields of Alabama. The
Great Western Canal, too, will contribute its
share with cheap coal and water power. Spin
dles and furnaces will be in active operation,
and the millions of dollars annually sent North
and West will be retained at home. The whistle
of the steamboat will be heard mingling with
the shriek of the locomotive, as the former goes
steaming by on the canal, carrying the produce
of the West to the Atlantic coast.
Atlanta, too, will become a literary center, and
the future great publishing house for the South,
where the works of Southern authors will be pub
lished. will be located here. The great model
newspaper, too, will be printed here, giving tone
and shape to popular opinion, instead of pan
dering to a morbid and sensational-loving pop
ulace. Here, too, it is proper that the literary
journal of the South should find its birth-place,
and The Sunny South fully fills the bill.
POLITICAL NOTES.
STATE AND NATIONAL.
BY A LIVE POLITICIAN.
The old remark that “politics makes strange
bed-fellows” is likely to have a complete verifi
cation if a financial plank is ] ut in the National
platform of political parties n< xt year. Hard or
soft money is the issue now in some of the
States, and is assuming such proportions as to
indicate that it will be carrif d into the race for
President at the next election. If it is, it will
look a little strange to see G<n. Butler, Judge
Kelley, Jefferson Davis, Senator Gordon and
Governor Allen quietly resting on a rag-money
platform, while Senator Thurman, Senator Sher
man, Senator Conkling and Speaker Blaine con
tent themselves with the ring ot hard money,
and labor for safety in the same boat.
Verily, strange things do happen !
( HAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS.
‘Letter” will appear amount of reading, but the digesting and retain-
Hudson; Desdemona is in love with the Tennes
see bachelor: Birdie. Amelia, Va., thinks she is
the bird for Marcellus’ cage; North Georgian,
St. Augustine, Fla., commends himself to Min
nie; Vox, Alabama, is smitten with Viola; Lou-
Some of the politicians and newspapers now
propose to abolish juries as a useless expense
and too cumbersome for the expedition neces
sary in court these fast times. Now that looks
like progress. Let’s abolish the courts, too; it’s
all foolishness.
True, long time ago there were simple-minded
people, who, poor things, never had the advan
tage of the wiseacres who live now, who thought
trial by jury of enough importance to contend
for with life, but the wisdom of some folks now-
shows how foolish that was then.
Progress ! increased wisdom ! out with juries!
It’s so much better to be tried by one man; our
lives and property would be so much safer ! And
here we have been nearly one hundred years
before we found it out! After all, we are not
certain but some people prefer not to be tried
at all. And that may be the best; who knows?
Don’t let all the wise men speak at once, for we
are young. We are not a great man, and never
have been a great man. And now that the
standard has got so high, we have despaired of
ever being a great man. Now, there is John
Buncomb, who says that Carey says, and other
writers have said, that juries are co-ordinate
branches of the courts, and that this co-ordina
tion gives to juries the right to recommend, re
port or present whatever is necessary and proper
in the opinion of the jury, without reference to
the judge, his dignity, or anything of the kind;
and further, that a judge who disallows this lat
itude to a jury is an usurper. •
As soon as we heard this proposition advanced,
we said, that is so. But to our unutterable con
fusion, as soon as we had settled down on that
as the “law of the case,’’another great man came
on and said: “Juries are nothing—they are
worse than nothing; they are too cumbersome,
and ought to be abolished.”
The climax of this argument was such that
our enthusiasm got to where we forgot our for
mer position, and then and there swore this last
was the thing. Time and reflection brought to
our mind our unfortunate dilemma.
Now, we submit, in the name of all that is
good, if great men ought not to get together and
agree; else, a common man will never know
which side to take.
under the same roof.
Oscar, Conyers.—Read the history of the Uni
ted States, and Hume or Macaulay’s history of
England, Shakspeare, Byron, Milton, and then
a general variety of books on different subjects.
But remember what you read. It is not the
.4 Mother."—Your first “Letter” will appear amount of reading, but the diges— e .
in our next. The article on “ Spiritualism ” re- ing what you read that makes the well-informed lf ? e Randolph, Richmond, has had palpitation
ceived and accepted. man. since reading Porter’s letter; Annie T. and Lula
Kstel Vehse.-Your signature was; unintention- Annie, Decatur Ga., “wishes to know if it a tmviler!’fee^'nu
ally omitted in the sketch “A Night of Terror. would be proper to give a gentleman an answer interest in Nancy and Peggy; Herbert B. Clay.
The neglect wasnot noticed until too late for cor- immediately after his propounding the question , Bnt]ftr wishfifi T ,nla fa, a ,L1re«« ii
rection. ol matrimony, or must she wait awhile before
Mrs. T., of Brunswick.—The poem is very f e Pb ' n K • • • • It all depends upon how anx-
good indeed, but rather too long for the subject ious you are. If in no great hurry, you might
and our columns. Send a shorter one. Will ask for a little time to reflect; but if you are anx-
w-rite you privately ious, then and there is a good time to close the
j V ‘ 3 ■ trade
M.C.T.—Thanks to this gifted contributor and __
whole-souled friend of The Sunny South for the Kathleen, Berry Forest, \a. It is certainly
club she sends and the fine, thoughtful essay I t ke duty of the young gentleman to see to it
Butler, wishes Lola to address him—thinks it
will be to her interest; Kate, Mobile, says the
last news from the Tennessee bachelor is very
sad; J. C. S., Davisboro, Ga., casts himself in
rhyme at the feet of Mrs. Splutterdash; Joseph,
Bartow, Ga., commends himself to Hazel Dell:
she wishes a lawyer,—he says he is not a lawyer,
but thinks he will do as well, as he is an awful
she contributes to the paper.
privately soon,
ber.
Her essay appears in this num-
H „„ _ _ liar; Katliie, La., sends a taking description of
Will write her that liis deportment toward you should not com- herself for the gentleman from Byron.
We are constantly reminded of a want of en
terprise in people. Failures are attributable to
that more than any other cause. The want of a
new bloody shirt in Maine has been clearly
shown by the result of the late elections there.
Morton and Blaine held up the old one and
pointed to the blood stains, but they were so
dim the people could not see them.
Pinch back is not a stirring negro, or he would
have furnished the shirt, blood and all. The
truth is, Pinch is thinking too much of his
standing color.
To get up a taking campaign document like
that, affords a scope of fancy. We are con
strained to record our regrets that it was neg
lected.
Serenade.—Scribbling away by our solitary
lamp on Monday night, we were recalled from
fancy’s regions by the near sound of music; and
throwing aside pen and paper, we listened to a
delightful serenade from the Stone Mountain
Band. The music was very fine, and the com
pliment timely and highly appreciated. The
Stone Mountain Band, conceded to be the finest
in the State, is composed of young men of the
town, with Mr. Summey as their leader. It re
flects great credit upon their talent and indus
try. The motto of Atlanta is “always ahead,”
and she boasts pardonably of her water works,
her canal projects, her ice and her cotton facto
ries; but in the matter of a band of music, she
yields the palm to her little sister of Stone
Mountain, and upon special occasions has to
call in her aid in making the “ concord of sweet
sounds.” *
Inyarlable human experience teaches us that
we hate whom we have w-ronged, rather than
him who has wronged us.—J.
The report that John Smith had been hanged
in New Hampshire is an error, and started by
his enemies. For the truth is. he has lately es
tablished commercial relations with the man in
the moon, and has declared himself a candidate
for Governor of Georgia on the strength of it.
Every candidate so lar is running on a spe
cialty. We are looking for one who is a candi
date on general principles. Where is our man ?
Mr. 77.. who is a tLoughtful husband as well
as railroad conductor, wishes to know the proper
method of crystaliziDg alum over the beautiful
dried grasses he has collected for his cara sposa.
He has failed with a solution prepared in the
usual way. We refer him to our accomplished
Mrs. Hill, who understands all about the pretty
arts of home-decoration, as may be seen by ref
ence to her interesting department in this issue.
Sue Duke.—Your suggestion, that “The Sunny
South should give us portraits of distinguished
women as well as men, ’ is a very good one. We
have thought of it before, and can safely prom
ise you that it will be shortly carried into effect.
Our country can 1 oast of many noble and gifted
women whose “counterfeit presentment ” their
many admirers w ould be glad to look upon.
Thanks for your cordial appreciation of our
paper.
“ Epsy.”—Your nom de plume and writings are
by no means unknown to us. Send us a sketch
upon some topic of the day. Thanks for your
kind appreciation. Many of our correspond
ents— some of tlii m of distinguished standing-
write to us, as you have done, that “The Sunny
South is far ahead ot any journal of the kind
published in America, in its literary matter anrl
its moral tone, while its mechanical ‘get-up’ is
a model of neatness.”
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
promise you in any way in public. Actions
sometimes speak louder than words; and if his
conduct has been such as to make certain im
pressions upon your mind and that of the public
he should see to it that you do not suffer in
public estimation; and we have no doubt he is
a gentleman, and will do so.
ROMEO TO SAPPHO.
Sweet Sappho, of my native town,
With raven locks and peepers brown,
I saw you in The Sunny South,
And would reply by “ word of mouth,”
If I but knew beyond all doubts
Your neighborhood and whereabouts.
I am my mother’s handsome son— *
Blue eyes, brown hair, and full .of fun—
Longing to find a maid divine
Of all the graces you combine..
Say, fairest— tho’ we have not met—
That you will be my Juliet;
Then all who read our lines shall know
That you have found a Romeo.
M. J. TO SAPPHO.
“ Sappho of Richmond,” maiden "fair.
With big brown eyes and raven hair,”
In kindness stop and here my prayer,
And make a bachelor’s life thy care.
He is neither young, nor is he old;
He has a home, but he has no gold;
He has two strong arms, a spirit bold—
Well, the rest had best remain untold.
He has clear eyes of azure hue,
That speak a heart both fond and true.
For a correspondence he would pray,—
Be not “ sweet-heartless ” from to-day;
Send your address, without delay.
Care of The Sunny South, to M. J.
The following young men, boys, old men,
widowers, bachelors, girls, yonng- ladies, old
maids, and dashing widows, wish to correspond
with each other or somebody else for fun, mutual
improvement, and perhaps matrimony. Most
of the girls are “sweet sixteen,” with dark, curly
hair, black eyes, pouting lips and rosy cheeks.
The old maids and widows are mostly seventeen,
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special to Advertiser*.—We have uniformly de
clined to insert advertisements in this paper at any price,
but the pressure to secure even a small space in it has
been very great, and we have reluctantly consented to
open two columns to a few first-class advertisers. None
others need apply. Fifty cents per line will be charged for
each and evei'y insertion. There will be no variation from
these rates. The matter will be set and measured in
solid nonpareil, with an average of from nine to ten words
to the line. A few responsible, first-class houses can se
cure a little space at these rates.—[Prop. Sunny South.
Our First Advertisers.—We take great pleasure
in presenting Messrs. McBride & Co. and Madame Speigle
as our first patrons in this department. They have man
ifested great wisdom in securing The Sunny South as an
advertising medium. Through it they will reach tens of
j thousands of people every week.
A visit to the magnificent establishment of McBride k
Co., on Pryor street, will convince any one of the truth
fulness of all they say in their advertisement.
Madame Speigle and Mrs. Durand form the very finest
combination of millinery skill and taste that could have
beeu made in the State. Both have an extensive reputa
tion already, and their store will become the bazar of
fashion.
FRENCH’S HOTEL,
O N the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park, Court
House aud New Post-Office, NEW T YORK. All modern
improvements, including elevator,
T. J. FRENCH k BROS., Proprietors.
Special to Correspondents.—We bud hoped,
by condensing, to dispose of all the letters and
questions on hand in this issue, but find it im
possible. Many ol those here answered, and overflowing with gushing sentimentalities, and
many still unanswered, have been on hand a j possess all necessary and useful accomplish-
long time, and we only bring them out at this me ots. The males are badly mixed, large,
, . , . . . , ,, , small, tall, short, cross-eyed, spindle-shanked,
late day because we desire to give all a hearing. , ftnd ] ean . Bu t all have good incomes and
There are letters in this office tor the following | can support wives. We can recommend all
parties: Clarice, Atlanta; Lillie Bell, Norcross; : these parties to each other. They will give full
Mary, Augusta; Midget, Macon, two; Sappho, satisfaction, no doubt. We regret that we have
Richmond, \a.; Blanch, Brunswick; eight for or Ber multifarious attractions and accomplish
Mamie E.; May Norseredna will find a letter for ments; but these letters have accumulated so
Elegant Millinery and Fancy Goods.
MRS. O. A. SPEIGLE.
N O. 60 WHITEHALL STREET, having associated with
her Mrs. M. F. DURAND, so long aud favorably known
to the public for her taste in Millinery, begs leave to inform
the ladies of Atlanta and vicinity that she has just re
turned from New York with an elegant stock of Millin
ery and Fancy Goods. She will receive all the new styles
as they appear in Northern markets.
To the Ladies.
B EAUTIFUL CHANDELIERS; Hall and Parlor Lamps;
Plain White, Decorated and Gold-Band China Dinner,
Tea aud Chamber Sets; Baskets, Elegant Vases, Toilet
Sets, Parian aud Bronze Statuary,—the finest and cheap
est stock in the South, at. McBride & Co.’s China Pal
ace, Atlanta, Ga.
Housekeepers, if you want fine Table Cutlery, Silver-
her in Bristol post-office.
satisfaction, no doubt.
not the space to allow each one to set forth his Plated Spoons, Forks, Castors, Fruit Stands, send to Mc-
‘ ' “ ~ Bride & Co. and get best goods at lowest price. Toys for
the million.
We will take back goods and refund money to any pur
chaser not pleased with articles we send them.
McBRIDE CO., Atlanta.
That is a mistake about its being a “patent
tooth-picker.” The mountain people will never
take to a man who has no higher ambition than
that. It’s a trap he is running, that man in the
mountains, to catch gulls. “Walk into my par
lor, said the spider to the fly.”
“ Engineer,” of Atlanta, and F. Werber, Jr.,
of Newberry, South Carolina, put us right on
the cannon ball question of the last issue. We
were clearly at fault in our answer, and a mo
ment’s reflection would have prevented the error.
Thanks to these gentlemen for the correction.
“Engineer” says: “If you will pardon the pre
sumption, I beg leave to differ with you. Under
the circumstances mentioned, the ball, having
already acquired the velocity of the car, would
leave the gun with double the velocity with which
itwould be projected from thegun atrest: hence*
at the moment it struck the ground (the car
continuing to move"), it would be exactly the
same distance from the muzzle of the gun as it
would were the gun fired while stationary, leav
ing out the resistance of the atmosphere. If,
however, the order of things be reversed, and
muzzle point toward the rear of the car, the gun
would leave the ball, and the latter would drop
to the ground in a vertical line from the point
at which the gun was fired.”
F. Werber, Jr., writes a clear and full exposi
tion of the point involved, and from it we take
the following: “It is a law of mechanics that if
two forces are applied at the same point and act
in the same direction, their resultant is equal to
the sum of the two forces. (Peck’s Elements of
Mechanics, page 25.) Now, we have acting on
the ball on the train two forces,—first, the force
of the steam engine, and second, the force of
the powder, either one of which acting alone
would give it a velocity equal to that of the train.
Since the velocities are proportioned to the
i forces (the mass of the ball being constant), it
— „ T l follows that the velocity imparted to the ball in
The State Fair m approaching. TV e announce thig ease will be eqnal to F the velocity of the
it that horse-racers, gamblers and politicians j train lus the ygiocity 0 f the ball when shot
may be on hand. It s folly to waste such oppor- from a Btate of rest . or j since these two are equal)
tunities as that. The races that will be run, the j ts abso i u t e velocity will be equal to twice the
money that will be won. and the ring that will i velocity of the train -. and it of
course leave
be spun, is a Bin to Moses. 1 - -
rapidly that we can never catch up without mak
ing a summary disposition of them. Many are
handsomely written, and would be interesting
reading to those who like this style: Rena Hurt-
man, Macon-pretty and educated; Mystery and
Fairy, Fair View; A Subscriber, Montezuma—a
young farmer; Jenny Lind, Madison; Myrtle
and Eva, Brown's Station—blue-eyed nymphs,
both blondes; Charley B., Atlanta; Estelle War
ner, Clarksville, Ga.; Charley, Columbus, box
243; Irene Camden, Talbotton, Ga.; Maud and
Lucile, Columbus; Carlisle Latenac, Eufaula,
Ala., will send photo to first, second and third
who write; Laura Venice, Augusta; Peggy and
Blinky, Thomasville, red-beaded, freckle-faced,
and blind in one eye; May B., Newnan; Fannie
Fern, Fort Valley; Zoe and Zona, Macon, are
very anxious; Pearlie. fifth ward, Atlanta—only
daughter of wealthy widower; Jewel, Gainesville,
would like a young widower with no incum
brances; A Wretch, Warrenton, box 73; a lonely
young bachelor desires to correspond with pretty
young Jewesses; Irma and Vivian, Griffin; P.
W. Arlis, Savannah; J. Q. James, Corsicana,
Texas; Nancy Ann and Amanda Jane, Montgom
ery; Minnehaha, and Ruby, Auburn, Alabama;
Neilla Leslie and Alma Ray, Gallatin, Tenn.,
box C, two charming young ladies, wish four
hundred and seventy-five correspondents, and
promise to answer all; Willie, Hatchechubbee,
Ala.; Subscriber, Richmond, Va., box 853—he
has a
“Voice like the warbling of a bird,
So delicately sweet, so softly clear;”
Dresden Jim, Texas, wants a Georgia girl; Irene
and Gertie. Warrenton; Clodins, Glaucus and
Diomedo, Madison—all worthy, industrious and
successful; Eustache Lovel, S. C.: B. C. W., Co
lumbus; Subscriber, Perry, box 53; M. and N.,
two young men of Montezuma, box 42; W. C. D.,
Jacksonville, Fla., wishes to correspond, but
not for matrimony; Rev. Karl Luckenough, ex
editor, Opelika; Geraldine, Gainesville; Bonnie
Blue and Elia Fay, Madison, wish to correspond
with other girts from Danville, Va, La Grange
Sunny South a Weekly.
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WRITTEN IN BLOOD ;
—OR,—
THE MIDNIGHT PLEDGE.
A Story of tile Lost Napoleon's Reign.
By M. Quad, of the Michigan Press.
EDITH HAWTHORNE;
OR,
The Temptations of a Factory Girl.
By One of the Most Popular and Brilliant
Writers of the Age.
RI L L A R 0 S C 0 E ;
NORTH
SOUTH.
A Thrilling National Romance—Based Upon
the Execution of Mrs.-Surratt, in 1865.
By an Old Politician.
THE MYSTERY OF CEDAR BAY.
By Mary E. Bryan.
the mouth of the cannon.”
B. of Union Springs is in love with four girls i and Cartersville, Ga., etc.; W. W. Brownsville,
and can marry either of them, but can’t decide, Missouri, contemplates coming to Georgia, and
and asks what he must do. He thinks they love , wishes intelligent lady correspondents; Toccoa
him terribly, but don’t like each other. We and Tallulah Ford, Dirt Town, Ga.. make much
advise him to court the first he comes to, and butter, and can bring up the cows; Maud Clav-
she will doubtless take a little conceit out of him ton, Macon, prefers a bachelor or widower;
The Khedive of Egypt has adopted the Grego- and show him what to do. All four, we think, Oscar W. Mayton, Richmond, Va., will send his ; By Col. H. D. Capers, the First Private
rian calendar. ’ will give him a lift when he gives them a chance, photo to any girl sending hers; Anna and Eula,
Geo. Francis Train came near being mobbed
in San Francisco, seven years ago, for saying in
a public speech that the people of that city would
live to see the Bank of California collapse in a
single day.
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Unwritten History of its Civil Service.
BETARY OF Mb. MeMMINGEB.