The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907, November 06, 1875, Image 8

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THE GEORGIA CAPITAL. Notwithstanding the metropolitan or National charac ter of The Sunny South, we are compelled to have a de partment for local notices. The growing importance and sensational character of this city cannot be ignored. LOCAL NOTES. The railroad conductors held a convention in this city on November first, and punches were in order for discussion. The municipal cauldron continues to bubble, and we shall soon see who will rise to the sur face and float into office. “Bridget,” oh “Bridge it,” say all pedestri ans who have to wait for the cars to move at Whitehall street crossing. The Atlanta Medical College opened its fall j course of lectures on Monday last, with an ad- i dress in the Hall of Representatives from Dr. J. | T. Johnson. p Another one of those shocking occurrences : took place at one of the railroad crossings in this ' city on Saturday night. A stout negro man, in attempting to go between the cars, was fearfully ! crushed, and died the next day. Judge Woods, of the United States Circuit Court, sustains the report of Col. L. N. Whittle, awarding a large amount of money to Henry Clews from the Cherokee Railroad Company. This is a windfall to Henry’s creditors. Now, that was a most artistically-arranged pyr amid of flowers which came into this office from our esteemed good lady friend, Mrs. Col. Hick man. They were gathered with her own hands, and the arrangement was a fine exhibition of her good taste. Madame Velasquez, otherwise known as “Lieut. T. Buford,” has been quite ill in this city for ten days past, and on yesterday was taken with convulsions, which lasted about nine hours. She is some better now, and the Doctor is hopeful of her recovery. Judge Hopkins has vacated the office of Re ceiver of the Air-Line Railroad. In conse quence thereof, Col. L. P. Grant goes out as soon as he winds up his business. John H. Fisher, appointed by Judge Bradley, will take possession as Receiver until it is sold. Do you wish good clothing ready made, or made to order in elegant style, and for the smallest amount they can be made for anywhere? Then go to Eiseman Bros., at 55 Whitehall street, and you will find an excellent stock, and modest, reliable and agreeaole gentlemen to wait upon you. Monday we began our first essay at house keeping—setting up our household gods in a pretty cottage under the very shadow of gray old Stone Mountain. Such a day of confusion— things forgotten, things misplaced, boxes and bundles, and the inevitable “little bill” con fronting one at every turn. But in the midst of the day’s desert of annoyance, appeared an oasis in the shape of a friendly remembrance. Some good fairy dropped at our door- not a nosegay of lilies and roses, but a huge sack of the very prettiest white flour. Not a fairy-like gift, per haps, but infinitely more useful and acceptable than an avalanche of roses from Cathay, or a ton of the bottled moonshine that fairies are said to deal in. At tea, our Pearl of a housekeeper set before us a plate of biscuit light and flaky as sea-foam, whereupon we immediately guessed the donor of the gift, for such flour could only come from the mills of Col. J. A. Stewart, who, though a poet, is a practical man of business, and manu factures flour as light as his conscience and as sweet as the songs he writes. * Oh ! what a delightful thing it is to have a hean—and a military beau at that. so fascinating about these military folks. How the other girls do envy me now! There's something [For The Sunnv South.] PLEASURE-GRATITUDE-LOVE. ANALYSES IN PART. “The preacher’s ” story of the city besieged by a great king and delivered by “a poor wise man,” whom “no man remembered,” finds a host of parallels in the world’s history. The conduct of the Egyptian butler towards his Hebrew fellow-prisoner is quite similar; for. while he was doubtless gratelul at the moment of his deliverance, he was no sooner re-estab lished at court than lie forgot Joseph and his promise to befriend him. The story of Themistocles illustrates the same ingratitude. He had added lustre to the vic tory gained by his countrymen at Marathon, hail much increased the splendor of the Athe nian state, and to his wisdom and patriotism was due perhaps the triumph of the Greeks at Salamis, yet he died in exile. The history of the “poor wise man ” is a pain fully common history of benefactions. Men re ceive favors and enjoy them, and there an end— the gift and the giver are forgotten. This is something more than wrong; it is remarkable — it is marvelous. Perhaps it is more marvelous than wrong, for such gratitude as is ever due and sometimes rendered for benefits, is based upon self-love. We love food, not for itself, indeed, but because it meets a want, and esfie- ENIGMAS. A Suggestion. A clever friend, who is fond of solving the enigmas which appear in this paper, requests us to publish no more which have “Seals ” or “The Sunny South ” for answers, and suggests that we give him something new. We second the mo tion, ani. the n*~ are t tie- ant give . _ solve it; 'he - aigma-makers’ attention to have no idea what the answers works them out, unless the par- \ famish at the same time the i< ‘ they i ddom do. But we here jiuething new,” and request him to [For The Sunny South.] THAT YOUNG MAN NEXT DOOR. ’ BY GEORGE VANCE'S BRAIN. He lives in the adjoining tenement, and, un fortunately for me, his room is separated from mine only by a thin partition. He is quite young, say twenty, and it pains me to be com pelled to put him in print. His name I know not, and I care not, but would be extremely happy if he would move to the next block, or two or three blocks off. His weakness is “vo calism.” He appears to be practicing for the opera, and—well! I can’t stand it, and I won’t. Ee is one of the most energetic young men with his voice that I have ever run across. I saw him coming home to tea last night with a bun dle of song books under his arm, and I knew right then that there was going to be trouble. I scented the battle from afar, so I hurried up stairs to my apartment, shut down the windows, put cotton in my ears, and composed myself for the affliction. I had hardly gotten comfortably seated when— “ Won't you love me, Mollie darling ?” was triumphantly thrown to the breeze. For heaven’s sake, “Mollie,” I whispered inwardly, come to him, embrace him, choke him, or any thing to silence him. You see he has a terrible voice. Did you ever hear a ragged and aged col ored female warble plaintively in the streets, “ H’yars yer cohn gwine along to-day, buyas !” Well, that’s the kind of a voice he has—my young man. “ There’s a letter in the candle for thee !” That was his next vigorous communication. I wasn’t mad—oh, no ! I was as placid as the At lantic Ocean in a hurricane. If I could have grasped his capillary attraction for a few seconds, I would have been rejoiced. Let’s see, I believe I got a bar each of seventeen different songs, be fore he gave out, and then his silence was only obtained by the rough demand of a policeman on the curb below, to know “Fliat’s the manin’ ov all that squhallin’ up there !” I thanked that vigilant guardian from the bottom of my heart. But wait till that last great day, when, before the bar of universal judgment, he is confronted by me, then will I be revenged—then will I tell how he has sung “Mollie Darling” and shouted “Shamus O’Brien,” and yelled “Sweet Spirit, Hear my Prayer.” to my distraction; then, say I, will the song-fiend suffer for his earthly out rages. But, seriously, I’ve bought a huge bass drum, and I am going to find out whether there is more profundity in human vocalization than in a taut sheep-skin. GENERAL NEWS. Kattengold & Campbell, London, have failed. Liabilities, §2,000,000. Broom handles are now painted by machinery in Amsterdam, N. Y. Fairfield & Trask, produce dealers, New York, have failed. Liabilities, §40,000. A Mr. Harris shot Mr. Cook, it is supposed fatally, at Ringgold, Ga., on the 30th ult. A final meeting of creditors has decided that the Ames Plow Company shall continue business. A Canadian agricultural society has offered a prize for the best bread to be made and baked by a bachelor. The postal card contractors at Springfield, Mass., whose limit of production is 800,000 per day, are 5,000.000 behind their orders. B. P. Shillaber, more universally known as the simple-minded Mrs. Partington, is an aspirant for Senatorial honors in Massachusetts. It is understood that the President has in con templation the removal of all the Federal officers in Utah who hold to the Mormon faith. The Griffin News says: “Extensive prepara tions for the entertainment of the North Georgia conference are being made by our Methodist friends.” It takes nearly two million dollars’ worth of beer to last the people of Buffalo one year. They might take five thousand dollars of the money and buy books. The coroners say that more than five thousand dead babes are annually found in this city, thrown into the streets, into the rivers, and into out-of-the-way places.—X Y. Sun. What is styled a “National Railroad Conven tion” is announced to meet in St. Louis this month, to which members of Boards of Trade and political bodies, as well as railroad officers, are invited. The Board of Education at Union Hill, New Jersey, voted to prohibit the reading of the Bible in the public schools. Some of the citi zens openly threatened that there would be bloodshed before the Bible should he removed. Several children born in St. Helena have been expelled from a public school in Natal, an En glish possession in Africa, on account of color. Some are nearly white but not enough so to qualify them for the right side of the “color line.” There was a terrific storm at Little Rock, Ark., on the 30th ult., prostrating telegraph wires in every direction. Several houses in that city were unroofed, the State House among the number. At Carlisle, on the Memphis and Little Rock railroad, several houses were blown down. The London Times published this item re cent ly: “We learn from the Drapers’ Trade Jour nal that a Manchester firm has begun to import calicoes from the United States. This fact is significant, and as the importers say that the goods are of much better quality and appearance than ours, Manchester, it appears, has found a competitor at last, but that must depend upon the price.” Edwin Forrest’s desire to found the “Edwin Forrest Home,” at Springbrook, near Philadel phia, for which purpose he left the bulk of his fortune, will probably be carried into effect soon, all obstacles having been removed by the settle ment of the right of dower which Mrs. Sinclair claimed in the estate. The executors are James Oakes, of Boston, and Mr. Daniel Dougherty, of Philadelphia. Good Enough.—And now it is reported that of the §4,000,000 to be disbursed to claimants un- ider the Geneva award, §3,000,000 have gone into *the hands of a ring of lawyers. cially do we love delicious food because it both meets a want and pleases a sense. So of the beautiful, which we love, not for its excellence of beauty, but for the pleasure which it imjTarts to us. So, too, of melody and of each other thing that affects us pleasantly. We love our selves, hence, we love these personal affections of delight. This is concentric selfishness. Out of this grows, sometimes, a love for the procur ing causes of these affections. It is an expan sion of delight—a redundance of joy which, when the heart cannot contain it all, flows back to the source. This is eccentric selfishness. Men call it gratitude. It is no rare soul-plant, but appears in many natures, yet not in all, for some are such perfect parasites as the mistletoe, that feeds upon the generous oak, and lives self- joyant on its gracious sap, but never seems to say, “I thank you for it;” and when its benefac tor’s children die, when the oak leaves grow sickly and fall off, wanting the sustenance which it extracts, the graceless mistletoe, ungrieved, puts on its gayest vesture, decks itself in pearls, and holds high revelry above their graves. It returns nothing to the source from which it draws its life, and strength, and joy and loveli ness. When the poet says: . . “ A grateful mind By owing, owes not, but still pays," I fail to see a truth, unless he means another sort of gratitude than that which has been called eccentric selfishness, which only pays what it lacks capacity to hold, and owes still for its full ness. To have remembered the poor wise man with pleasure, would have been no liquidation of the saved city’s debt, nor would Greece have can celed hers by suffering Themistocles to dwell in peace in his native land, loved and honored by his fellow-citizens. However base the conduct of the city and of Greece, the reverse of it would have been, in each case, only the refinement of selfishness, and not, therefore, meritorious, any more than is our love for delicious fruit, and for the beautiful, and for the exquisite harmonies of sound. Such affections are virtuous, but to be virtuous is not to possess merit; it is only to be human and to practice human duties. To be destitute of such affections is to be vicious, and to be vicious is to be inhuman. Thus far gratitude has been considered in its most vulgar sense—an affection begotten of pleasure and born of self-love, yet reaching out to embrace the immediate cause of pleasure. That the offspring of such parents should be ex cellent is impossible; its virtue has been admit ted. But that there is a kind of gratitude more excellent than this, yet perhaps as much more rare, will not probably be doubted. It is an emotion that includes and surpasses this as this includes and surpasses self-love. It is pleasure awakened by an agent in view of its own intrin sic excellence, and is independent of any benefit which the person affected may derive from such excellence—a delighting in the good for its own sake, and although the delight will undoubtedly be increased when the good which causes it shall inure to the benefit of the individual, yet it will not cease should that good be freighted with in jury to him. Such a good was republican liberty, in the estimation of Lafayette. He might have been actuated by a hope of personal benefit, to con tend for it in France or as a universal principle; but to contend for it in the American colonies, where he had no interest, to leave his home, ex pend his wealth, and cast his life into the fearful balance of war, for the dear hope of establishing it here, only a delight in this good for its own sake could have prompted him. Patriotism is generally selfish, yet it affords some illustrations of the purer passion, as when a patriot father gives his sons, gives all who bear his name, all whom he loves, as offerings upon his country’s altar, and in return is wronged and robbed by an ingrate government, but, even yet loving, true, leal, offers to cast himself, all bowed as he is with years and wrongs and ruth, upon the tide of war, a patriot to the last and ready to perish—that man’s delight in what he deems the good is of excellent degree; it is God-like. “He is kind to the unthankful.” A Puzzle. If th-. H in t, put : When it is . putting : How can 1 put : when there is such a -der? Poetical Enigma—No. ‘41. In Newnau, I once saw a man,— ■ Judge Warner saw him, too,— And what I write concerning him You may be sure is true. Just fourteen letters spell his name; And strange as it may seem. Erase them from the alphabet, And it leaves seventeen. His I, 13, 2, 7 and 10, is a bird indeed; His 4, 11, 8, !• and 10, is what some people need; His 14 and 12, his 3 and (i, a place the birds do claim. Now place these letters in a row, and they will spell his name. Enigma—No. ‘4‘4. T am composed of twenty-^hree letters. My 12, 8, 17, 22, is a geometrical figure. My 18, 19, 25, is pleasant. My 1,-2, 3, 4, 5, is always black. My 7, 13..J.7 10. is tha-Jurst principle of all high-toned men. My 23, 21, 6, 18, 16, 20, is generally had by boys. My 11, 19, 14, 21, 9,19, 20, 21, 10, 11, are places of instruction. My 15 is the first letter of the most disagree able month of the year. My whole is a celebrated work by onq of Eng land’s greatest authorities. Answers to Enigmas. Enigma No. 18.—Rhone, Thames, Stockholm, James, Genoa, St. Johns. General Thomas J. Jackson. Enigma No. 19.—Jester, Duty, Tray, Shield, Fish, Hound, Sound, Of. J. H. Seals, Editor of The Sunny South. Enigma No. 20.—Adam, Tallulah, Seals, Grat itude, Well, Lingle, Learn. General A. Austell and William H. 'fuller. Charade No. 1.—Hermitage. The following persons have sent in correct solutions to enigmas 18, 19 and 20, viz: Allen F. Hall, Cuthbert; Edmondson <fc Woodward, Ath ens; Mrs. M. J. S., Dalton (says 16 is left out of No. 18, and 18 out of No. 19); Mollie L. Christ ian, Toccoa City; Mrs. J. A. Smith, Rome (she also answers Charade No. 1); J. A. Ambrose, Athens; Mrs. L. W. D., Toccoa City; Mrs. Fan nie C. Estes, Gainesville (she joins “Old Bach elor” in advising enigma-makers to avoid mis takes); Alva C. Rooney, Acwortli (answers cha rade also.) Sallie H. Arnold, Monroe, answers No. 17; Norma Jackson solves Nos. 18 and 20; Katie Cheatham, Dawson, solves No. 17; Miss Emma Wiggins solves No. 18 (thinks “Rhone” should be “Rhine”); J. P. Perdue solves Nos. 18 and 20 (says “lingle” should be “single”), W. P. Me., Atlanta; solves Nos. 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 and 20 (says No. 10 “gets away” with him); Birdie Walker, Wartburg, Tenn., solves Nos. 12, 13 and 14; Tommy Hubert, Warrenton, solves No. 13; A. P. Danetield, West Point, Ga., solves No. 17; Esther Morgan, Memphis, Tenn. [ solves No. 17; Miss Mary Haynes, Jonesboro, 1 solves Nos. 18 and 20 (says 16 is omitted in No. | 18); Mrs. Rubina Hill, Ellagowan, Fla., solves j Nos. 12 and 13; G. T. Clark, Atlanta, solves No. I 20: Annie E. Stine, Huntsville, solves Nos. 11, 12 and 13; Robert Lee West, Richmond, thirteen years of age, solves Nos. 15 and 17 (thinks No. 16 neither instructive nor amusing, but calls The Sunny South a “bully paper,’ and hopes it may have 500,000 subscribers before Xmas); G. D. Lebeau, Oxford, solves Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Problems, “Lawjer,” Atlanta, gives 36 oxen as the cor rect answer to th*; problem in No. 23. This cor responds with the answer given by “A. E. E.’g But “Engineer” gives quite a different answer, and says he knows he’s right. His answer is 219 oxen and a fraction. Of the example given in the last issue, “R. A. M.” says: “ It is what is known as an indeterm inate example. An indeterminate example is one in which the number of unknown quanti ties are more numerous than the fixed and de terminate equations that may be derived from the examples as stated. For such examples there is no certain method of solution, except by re ducing to one equation containing ten unknown quantities, and then supposing the value of either one of them. In this example, the equa tion will be 5x plus 3y equals 70. Now, suppose j; equals 2, and then y is equal to 20, and 48 is equal to the third quantity. In like manner, * may be supposed to be equal to any other num ber. There may be an infinite variety of answers, all of which may be correct.” Thomas S. Hubert gives the following as his answer: 48 books at 50 cents each, §24; 20 books at §2 each, §40; 2 books at S3 each, $6. Total number books, 70; total cost, §70. [For The Sunny South.] CONTEMPT OF COURT. In a Georgia village, there was a Justice of the Peace. Other villages have been blessed with functionaries of equal rank, but not always with those so punctilious in the matter of decorum. One or two of the writer’s acquaintances receive, without murmur, a cursing at the end of each case, from the immature limb of the legal pro fession representing the losing party, as a part of the burdens of the office. The Justice under consideration had less pa tience, and of course fewer of the qualities of a true Justice. This officer was a shoemaker. On one occasion, an attorney had business with the shoemaker, but none with the Justice, and went to his shop to transact it. The parties soon got into a dispute over some question, when hot words ensued, which culminated by the attor ney calling his Honor a liar. The Justice, never losing sight of his prerogative, said: “I will enter up a fine of one dollar against you for contempt of court.” T-ke lawyer protested he could not do it, for he was not on the bench r a court, and argued at length and learnedly t< show his remark was for the shoemaker, and not the court. The shoemaking court’s reply was: A Subscriber says: ‘-If Miss Bertie Bell, of Magnolia, Ga., who is without a sweetheart and pretty according to description, will forward a photograph to Willie Mclver, Richmond, Va., she may certainly expect one in return. L., of Thomaston, says: “Will you please set tle a little dispute that some friends of mine had? One party contended that ‘I feel bad’ (meaning I do not feel well) was correct, and the other that ‘ I feel badly ’ was correct. Now, please tell me which you think is correct, and oblige your friend.” . . . I feel badly is correct. Bail would be an adjective, with nothing to qualify, whereas it should quality the verb feel, and must therefore be an adverb—badly. Both, however, are poor English expressions. C. A. Jones, of Savannah, says he is in love with a girl, and they once loved each other, but he and her father had a “falling out,” and he forbade her having anything more to do with him, and since then she refuses to speak to him. He asks, what shall he do to get her to speak ? Write her a polite note, expressive ol your feel ings and regrets, and impress upon her that it is not just for a whole family to dislike a person because one member does. If you really love her and are worthy of her love, you should seek every opportunity to cultivate a better feeling between yourself and her father. No doubt, she would gladly become a mediator between you. S. C. R., Jr., of Augusta, says he has been going with a very nice young lady for four months, and loves her dearly, but she don’t seem to like him much. She says she does, but he says when in company she don’t show it much. He thinks of discontinuing his visits, but don’t like to do that. He wishes us to imag ine ourself in his place and tell him what we should do. Well, we should bring her up to the chalk line in short order, and make her declare whether she was “for or against us.” We should look way down in her bright little eyes and in spect her heart, and if it did not heat responsive to our own, we should hid her “good evening, Miss Nancy,” and retire for good. Lillian, Zuleika and Iola, Fort Gaines, say: I “We are three scliool-girls, who are anxious to know your opinion of girls smoking cigarettes in the presence of gentlemen ; also, while riding ! out, should the horse become frightened, do you think it woulcl be anything amiss for the young man to put his arm around the girl? By an swering these questions according to your views of propriety, yon will have our gratitude.” . . . We are astonished at both your questions, but , as they seem to be asked with sincerity, we an- I swer them by saying that young ladies should ! be ashamed of smoking cigarettes anywhere, and we hope the girls of the quiet little city of Fort : Gaines have not yet become so “fast” as to be guilty of such a habit. It so, then it is unneces sary to answer your second question, for you doubtless prefer riding behind a horse which is easily “frightened,” and if you had the chance, you would no doubt frighten him yourself. Too bad !—too bad ! And scliool-girls at that! Broth- . ers D. and K. must look after you. Carrie L., New Orleans, says: “A talented and ; dignified lawyer of our town, who is no longer young, asked me, a girl of seventeen, to be his wife. I had not thought of him as a lover be fore, though he often visited our house. He came to me where I was sitting in an old moss- grown summer-house. Pointing to a solitary rose, I said, ‘That is all the old arbor has left to brighten it.’ ‘It is more fortunate than I am," he replied. ‘I have not even the single rose to brighten r-y waning life:’ and then he presently asked me to be this solitary flower, and to cheer him. I was so surprised I could only ask for time to think it over. What shall I tell him ? I have a high respect for his character and a great admiration for his talents." . . . Respect and admiration are a very good foundation for love, and often merge into the tenderest affection. If your friend is as estimable as you say, you will do well to accept his offer. A few gray hairs are “I will let you know, sir, that this court is a ; nothing when the brow beneath them holds proper subject for contempt at all times. It does not appear that this was ever dis- and warm thought and wisdom, and the heart is truthful puted. Abnot. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. What a Waste of Sentiment !—The postmas ter at Macon, or his clerk, informed us two weeks since that he had already forwarded some twenty-odd letters, addressed to “Midget,” to the dead-letter office at Washington, saying he could not deliver anonymous letters unless they are addressed to some box or in care of some one. Now, isn’t it too bad for Midget to have lost all this fun ? Correspondents should make a note of this. Midget and such names are anonymous, and should be addressed to some box or in some one’s care. A Kansas court has decided that a man and his wife may go to a circus on a ticket that says “admit one,” as they are of “one flesh,” and considered as a unit, Birdie, of Amelia, Va., will please send her address to this office. Abbie will find her question, or a similar one, answered in a previous issue. Coral, of Franklin, will exchange photos with Oscar Mayton, of Virginia, and thinks she will suit Jim, of Texas. North Carolina Boy, who never had a sweet heart, wishes a correspondent. His address can be had at this office. Fred and Hilliard, of Griffin, would like to know the address of two young ladies with whom they could correspond. Undine, of Rose Hill, comes to the front, and would not object to some pleasant correspond ents. We can recommend her. Harry, of Savannah, with sandy hair and mustache, blue eyes and twenty-three summers, is in the same category with Bertie Bell, of Mag nolia, and is pleased with her style of beauty. H. J. Dixon, Marion, Va., wants a limited number of lady correspondents, for the purpose of mutual improvement, and perhaps something more interesting. Full particulars given by ad dressing him. A Subscriber, Marietta.—We guess he has called before this time and brought the engage ment ring. But if not, get out a search warrant for him and bring him in to a personal explana tion vi et armis. Georgia Farmer says he is twenty-five, strictly moral and a great reader; has a nice mustache, knows how to cook, milk, and make' up beds, but is anxious to raise corn and cotton for some ! nice girl, provided she has the farm. Loulie, of Thomasville, wishes to be recom mended to the young men. She says she is a handsome blonde, well proportioned, fine fig ure, young, and can cook, knit etc, and is ready to take charge of some comfortable home. She likes black eyes and hair, and tall, fine-looking gentlemen, but he must have a horse and buggy. A. F. Cooledge, of Norcross, says: “Having seen in your paper inquiries from several rela tive to stenography, and being a short-hand writer, and almost an enthusiast on the subject, if such will send me a stamp with address, I will gladly give information about procuring books and the method of studying this highly-useful art. Pearlie H. H., of New Orleans, is sweet six teen, still in school, but wishes some intelligent correspondents. She has seen much fashiona ble life, has attended the leading literary coteries, and is a general favorite. She don’t like slim, small men, with fair complexion and light hair and mustache, but above all, likes intelligent men. Did you ever ? What is to become of the young girls ? Only sixteen and still in school, where she should be; but she says she hopes to graduate next year. Evangeline, Fair View, asks: “If a young lady and gentleman were engaged, should dif ferences in point of religion make it best to can cel the engagement ? When neither could re linquish their belief, would it not in time pro duce unhappiness? I leave it to your good judg ment.” . . . We do not think so. Religious beliefs should have no weight in such matters. Matrimony is really a business copartnership or contract, in which each party is under obliga tions to discharge special duties, and whatever may be the faith or creed of either, it can have no effect upon the proper discharging of these reciprocal duties. A woman may make a good wife and yet differ widely in her religious views from those of her husband; and a man may make a good husband and yet profess no religious faith of any kind. These matters rest alone with the Creator and the creature, and poor finite, mortal minds should not attempt to handle or settle them. We are all responsible to one great God, and every intelligent creature must prepare his own report for the final day. Religions dis cussions are wrong, in our judgment, and do much harm, and especially is this so in the fam ily circle. ADVERTISEMENTS. Special to Advertisers.—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 every insertion. There will be no variation from these rates. The matter will be set and measured in solid nonpareil, w ith 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. EISEMAN BROS., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, 55 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, - - - GEORGIA. SITUATION WANTED. A YOUNG MAN, a graduate of the University of Vir ginia, with some experience in editing and teaching, wishes employment in any honorable business. Not par ticular as to location or wages. Address , ‘H„” Sunny South office. MISS HELEN J. HAAS, P URCHASING AGENT, 158 Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. Will purchase, on commission, for persons out of the city—Dry Goods, Ready-Made Suits, Children’s Clothing, Millinery, Human Hair Goods, Jewelry, House-Furnish ing Goods, and any other articles desired. All orders promptly attended to, and sent per Express, C. O. D. Address all letters to Miss Helen J. Haas, care Hogan & Co., 158 Fourth street. References—Wm. Kendrick & Son, Cannon & Byers. To the Ladies. B EAUTIFUL CHANDELIERS; Hall anil Parlor Lamps; Plain White, Decorated and Gold-Band China Dinner,’ Tea and Chamber Sets; Baskets, Elegant Vases, Toilet Sets, Parian and 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- Plated Spoons, Forks, Castors, Fruit Stands, send to Mc Bride & Co. and get best goods at lowest price 1 . Toys for the million. We will take back goods and refund money to any pur chaser not pldksed with articles we send them. McBRIDE k CO„ Atlanta. FRENCH’S HOTEL. O N the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park, Court House and New Post-Office, NEW YORK. All modern , improvements, including elevator, T. J. FRENCH & BROS., Proprietors.