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THE GEORGIA CAPITAL. MAKE ROOM FOR JESUS. BY ALEXANDER CLARK. LOCAL NOTES. Judge Hopkins will resign in January the judgeship of the Atlanta circuit. Dr. Craig and W. If. Hanleiter have purchased j the Evening Commonwealth. Colonel Sawyer has gone to Rome to take charge of the Courier. An office has been fitted up in the Capitol for the State Board of Health, and Dr. T. H. Talia ferro, the efficient Secretary, is perfectly at home. Atlanta ministers are just now reveling in glorious visions of handsome fees, there are so many weddings anticipated during the winter. The “belle of Georgia ” will be at the Centen nial Tea-Party. Her complexion is like wax, t and she will be dressed in all the glory of “tied- j backs. ” A North-Georgia editor received per express i a large wooden cake, elegantly iced. It will j take him three weeks to get through “cussin” j the one that sent it. Make room for Jesus! Boom, and heart, Beguiled and sick of sin; Bid every alien guest depart, And rise and let Him in. Make room for Jesus! Room, make room! His hand is at the door; He comes to banish guilt and gloom, And bles6 thee more and more. Make room for Jesus! soul of mine, He waits response from thee; His smile is peace—His grace divine; Both prince and brother, He! Make room for Jesus! By and by, ’Midst saint and seraphim, He’ll welcome to His throne on high The soul that welcomed Him. Movements in Southern Society, Db. T. P. Janes, the Commissioner of Agri culture, is doing good service to the cause of ag ricultural development in the State. The dis play of agricultural productions at his office is attaining large proportions. The meeting which has been in progress for some time at the First Methodist Church has been largely attended, and great good has been accomplished. The beloved pastor, Rev. Dr. Harrison, is one of the first men of the age in learning, and all his Sabbath morning discourses are rich in thought and full of earnest piety. The Centennial Tea-Party came off in the Markham House on Tuesday night, and was a brilliant but crowded affair. The rivalry between the States was quite spirited, and all were splen didly represented. We may speak of it again more in detail in our next. Our forms for this issue had been closed before the interesting event. Col. Thomas F. Lowe, an old resident of At lanta, and at one time mayor of the city, died at Mt. Airy, on the Air-Line Road, on Thursday night of inflammation of the stomach. His re mains have been interred in the Oakland Ceme tery. Col. Lowe was over sixty years of age, but was always full of vigor and energy, and his jovial disposition made him a universal favor ite. We are deeply pained at the loss of such a man from our community, and feel that we have sustained a personal loss which cannot be re paired. Many in this city and elsewhere share with us this same feeling. The entertainment at DeGive’s by the Improve ment Society of the First Baptist Church was happily conceived, and gave very general satis faction. The enjoyment of the audience was somewhat marred by the evident lack of an ex perienced stage-manager, but this being perhaps the “first appearance” of all the “ troupe,” will readily account for that Miss Dollie Sharp, a pretty and graceful young lady, sang several pieces in fine style, and Miss Annie Schmidt per formed several fine selections on the piano. She is one of the finest performers in the South. Sanders Butler, Esq., in laying the corner-stone, which was rejected of the builders, did his part finely. Swiss Bell Ringeks.—Did you ever hear the Berger family on the bells ? If not, you are be hind the wonders of the age. The soft, subdued tone of the bells is a treat within itself, but when the skill and dexterity with which they are han dled is added, the performance partakes of the marvellous. To see Henry Berger, the basso manipulator, handle the basso bells, pick them up, give them a shake and then reinstate them is a show sui generis. But all this is only a small portion of the rich and royal entertainment. Musical genius of the finest order is manifested by the entire company, and the rare if not the isolated instance of ladies performing with con summate skill on brass or silver horns and vio- lincellos, is presented. Miss Annie Berger, on the violin, oornet or kettle-drum, is a musical genius of rare versatility. Sol Smith Russell is of course sui generis. His impersonations are not surpassed. Miss Morgan has a rich and mellow soprano voice, and some of her selections are exquisite. The stage costumes of the ladies of this company are singularly rich and stylish. | The Atlanta Benevolent Association.—We I regret that we were not present at the meeting of this noble and efficient society, which took place last week at DeGive’s Opera House. We learn that a large audience was present, and that the exercises were deeply interesting, compris ing a fine rendering of Hood’s noted song of the shirt by Mrs. Mallon, an able address by Hon. C. Peeples, and a brief speech by Rev. Mr. W T ar- ren. Following this, came good music by the band, and touching songs by a number of little girls, two of whom, barefoot and ragged, sang plaintively that tearful strain, “ Lonely Through the Streets,” and a number of others, about fifty or sixty, sang “Go Seek the Little Wanderers,” in very beautiful style. At this meeting, the audience unanimously re-elected the old officers of the “Benevolent Home,” notwithstanding the request of the efficient President, Major Camp bell Wallace, that his nomination should be withdrawn. Propositions were then made for raising funds to carrv on the Home, and were promptly responded to by a moderate number of our large-hearted citizens. Notwithstanding the pressure of the hard times obliges many to re main inert in this matter, we believe there is a universal and very earnest desire among our townsmen to sustain this noble work of charity. Atlanta has no hospital—no other refuge than the “Home” for her sick, destitute, houseless, ! and wanderers in her streets. To those seek- i ing employment, and to the decrepid and j helpless, the “Home” has been an incalculable blessing. Many such cases will occur in the winter whose hardships are now close upon us. We trust that the charity of our wealthy citizens will enable the “Home” to increase its comforts and add to its facilities for doing good, as is need ful in a large and constantly growing city. Silent Influence.-—It is the babbling stream which flows gently, the little rivulet which runs along day and night by the farmhouse that is useful, rather than the swollen flood or winding cataract. Niagara excites our wonder, and we stand amazed at the power and greatness of the Creator. But one Niagara is enough for the world, while the same world requires thousands and tens of thousands of silver fountains and gently flowing rivulets, that water every farm and meadow and every garden, and that shall flow on every day and night with their gentle, quiet beauty. So with the acts of our lives. It is not by great deeds, like those of the martyrs, that good is to be done. It is by the daily and quiet virtues of life—the Christian temper, the meek forbearance, the spirit of forgiveness in the husband, the wife, the father, the mother, the brother, the sister, the friend, the neighbor, that the thing is to be done.—Ex. How to Pbolong Life.—The great foe of life is indulgence under one form or another. The letting down of the standard endangers the length of the course. To be safe one must be circumspect, prudent, rational, clear in judg ment, firm in self-control. To the command over his appetite, a man will owe length of days only, not mere continuity, but that which gives continuity, which makes prolonged existence something worthy of being called a “lease of life,” and not a stretch of drowsy stupor. As vi- talitv comes to the system, it beats off its foes, conquers one after another the advancing ! t I We acknowledge a card to the bridal reception | of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Huston, of Taladega, I Ala., which took place on the 18th. It won’t be long before the young people of : Monticello, Fla., will begin preparations for an j entertainment during the Christmas holidays. It will consist of charades, tableaux, music, etc. The delegates to the recent Presbyterian Synod of Georgia all expressed their high appreciation of Cuthbert hospitality, and the families enter taining the members were equally pleased with | their visitors. J One dressmaker of Augusta, Ga., has in hand wedding apparel for fourteen different parties. ! If the others have an equal amount, we naturally ! infer that there will soon be quite a number of marriages in that city. In Monticello, Fla., a party of twelve or fifteen “boys and girls,” most of the latter in their teens, went in a wagon to a “ sugar-boiling” in the country, where they ate cane, drank juice and “licked syrup” till late at night, when they re turned home sweeter than molasses candy. There was quite a sensation at the Kennesaw House in Marietta Monday morning, in conse quence of the appearance of a runaway couple, from Acworth, who arrived and were married at half-past eight o’clock. When our informant left, the stern and obdurate parents were ex pected down on the next train. Quite a romantic marriage occurred in Colum bus, Ga., Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. J. ' A. Calhoun has for some time heen quite unwell. I A beautiful maiden. Miss Katie Murray, has for months been his betrothed. Love conquered j all obstacles. With the consent of all parties, the youthful pair were, united in marriage in the presence of several witnesses. The groom was unable to rise from his bed. “Mrs. General J. E. B. Stuart, the widow of General Stuart, of Virginia, has taken a position as assistant manager of the Southern Female Col lege at Richmond.” So says an exchange. We believe in the dignity of labor, and honor the man or woman who makes a living by it, but it i must be degrading to the widow of one of the most gallant Generals that ever fought and died for his country, to accept a menial position, even in a college, to instruct the children of those in whose defense her husband lost his life. Returned with His Bbide.—Judge Thos. H. Caldwell returned to his home in Shellbyville, Tenn., last Saturday night, the 13th inst., with his bride, nee Miss Hopkins. They arrived on the 7:30 train and went immediately out to the Judge’s residence on the Unionville pike, about three quarters of a mile from the square, where they were met by a number of the Judge’s rela tives. Under the superintendence of Mrs. Jen nie Nixon, a sister of Judge Caldwell, and who has been residing at his house for the last year, an elegant reception supper had been prepared, which was most heartily enjoyed by those present. The following are recent Southern marriages: Mr. James S. West, of Raleigh, N. C., and Miss Emeline Thompson, of Chatham county, Mr. A. H. Winston, of Raleigh, N. C., and I Miss Laura A. Ballinger, of Guilford county, I N. C. Mr. C. C. Hornton, formerly of Lancaster, S. C., and Miss Mary M. Magill, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. P. C. Wilson and Miss Emma C. Newby, both of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. J. L. Adams and Miss R. J. Crenshaw, of Lancaster, S. C. Mr. G. A. Henry and Miss 0. C. Shannon, of Robinson county, Tenn. Mr. L. B. Zeck and Miss M. C. Wilson, of Springfield, Tenn. Mr. Scott Holman to Miss Ellen Holland, of Robertson county, Tenn. Mr. J. S. Walker and Miss E. M. Parker, of Americus, Ga. Mr. J. J. Parker and Miss R. A. Parker, of Americus, Ga. Mr. Carey B. Adams, of Jefferson county, and Miss Emma Meroney, of Montevallo, Ala.* Mr. Clarence Dunn, of Donaldsville, S. C., and Miss Maggie J. Nance, of Due West, S. C. Mr. John Marston and Miss Mary Bett Snell- ; son, of Owen county, Ky. Mr. W. G. Switzer and Miss Matilda E. Shel ton, of Owen county, Ky. Mr. John V. 'Wollums and Miss Sarah A. Shel ton, of Owen county, Ky. At Walesca, Ga., Mr. D. P. Cline and Miss Florida J. Corneilson. Mr. James Haynes, of Shelbyville, Tenn., and Miss Pattie Dobson, of College Grove, Tenn. At Lamar, Texas, Mr. W. C. Ballou, of Lamar, to Miss Margaret Myers, of Matagorda Island. Mr. C. W. Gaddy and Miss T. E. Rushing, of ■ Anson, N. C. In Bourbon county, Ky., Dr. J. W. Dora to j Miss Sallie A. McQuown, both of Mattoon, I1L j Mr. J. J. Hays to Miss Nannie E. Munson, of | Harrison county, Ky. Mr. James Melvin Oourtney and Miss Matilda j Cresswell, of Harrison county, Ky. Mr. James Gibbons and Miss Kate Jones, of [ Harrison county, Ky. Mr. John H. Carr and Miss Annie Lester, of Jacksonville, Ala. j Prof. Samuel P. Snow and Miss Annie Cannon, i of Jacksonville, Ala. Mr. Thos. C. Bingham, of Montgomery, Ala., ! and Miss Annie Schuesseler, of LaFayette, Ala. Mr. John P. Belcher and Miss Susan R. King, I of Wilson county, Tenn. Mr. John T. Holladay and Miss Sallie M. ■ Chambers, of Chambers county, Ala. Mr. J. W. Bothick to Miss Annie Miller, of Robertson county, Tenn. Mr. Joseph J. Printup, and Miss Jennie D. Linton, of Rome, Ga. Mr. Anthony Peter Scanlan, of Rome, Ga., and Miss Maria Burns, of Marysville, Ky. Mr. Benj. H. McKneely and Miss Eva Adams, of Henry county, Ga. Mr. JohnC. Griffin, of Henry county, Ga., and Mrs. R. E. Wilson, of Griffin, Ga. Dr. Vim. Donnally, of Georgetown, Ky., and Miss Martha Elizabeth Schaaff, of Prince George county, Md. Mr. R. M. Cook and Miss Amanda C. Hall, of Davidson county, Tenn. Mr. W. J. Sowell, and Miss Ophelia T. Dob- | bin, of Maury county, Tenn. Rev. W. T. Rowland, pastor of the M. E. j Church South at Danville, Ky., to Miss M. Eva I Conn, of Carrollton, Ky. Mr. Frank Harris, to* Miss Lou I. Lambuth, of , Muhlenburg county, Ky. Mr. Wm. H. Toombs, of Washington, Ga., and ■ Miss Julia Butler, of Mitchell county. Maj, James F. Smith, of Washington, Ga, and Mrs. Maggie F. Mertz, formerly of Thomasville, i Ga. Mr. Wm. H. Clay, of Caldwell county, and Miss Kate Kaylor. of Burke county, N. C. ! Mr. E. J. Powell and Miss Mary A. Hoover, of Caldwell county, N. C. Mr. R. S. Younge and Miss Maggie M. Ken- | nedy, of Fairfield, S. C. Mr. R. S. Crawford, of Knoxville, and Miss i Bettie Steffner, ol Bristol, Tenn. j In Goodson, Va., Mr. Wm. C. Coat, of Mem phis, and Miss Mary Lancaster. Mr. T, Chalmers Gaston, of Chester C. H., S. j C., and Miss S. Adelaide Lee, of Sumter, S. C. I Mr. J. F. Kelly, of Darlington, and Miss A. R. i Dixon, of Bishopville, S. C. I Mr. C. L. Stuckey and Miss Jennie Dixon, of ; Bishopville, S. C. Mr. G. L. White and Miss Rosa M. White, of I Hickory, N. C. Dr. W. B. Withers, of Davidson College, Meck lenburg county, and Miss Mollie M. Stacey. Mc Dowell county, N. C. [For The Sunny South.] Southern Chivalry—Woman’s Bights. The prevailing custom of popular writers and speakers seems to have constituted it “ quite the thing ” to attribute to woman and her influence “whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;” but, believing that the good and happiness of society rest necessarily upon a reciprocal basis, I feel constrained to say a few words for the other side. Southern women have grown accus tomed to eulogistic comments upon their non- participancy in woman’s rights movements, and because it is pleasant to be the recipients of un limited approbation from the other sex, appro priate without scruple the praises so lavishly bestowed, complacently ejaculating, “ We thank | our stars that we are not as those Northern women are.” Without one grudge as to the plaudits j that rightfully belong to womankind, I am moved | in behalf of justice to expostulate. “Honor to | whom honor!” If “the sex” south of Mason I and Dixon’s have never thus far clamored for their rights, why is it ? Because, indeed, I ween, those rights have never been denied us, but have I found their most ardent advocates in those from whom alone we could demand an enlargement j of our sphere. “A petition for the extension of Southern women’s rights !” What a reception | would it meet from our gallant legislators ? j “What wilt thou, Queen Esther, and what is thy request? for already it is granted unto thee, even unto the half of our kingdom.” Thus might our Ahasuerus alter the query of the ancient, and with reason. It may be in some degree attributable to the | former existence of our “peculiar institution,” I that Southern manhood regards with so much of | deferential tenderness the deserving of the other sex. Accustomed from his earliest days to see ; his mother reign as a queen over her household domain—his sisters lower in rank only as “maids j of honor,” their hands restrained by virtue of , their position from even the most trivial of me nial service—it was but natural for him to regard I them as of too high quality to descend to aught that is ignoble in labor. Therefore, in “ accept- | ing the situation,” the most “bitter pill” for him has been the necessity that forced upon them the household drudgery, thereby necessi- I tating a subversion of all his most cherished views as regards what constitutes feminine deli- j cacy. As was but natural, this considerate ten- j demess found its intensified reflection in the hearts of those towards whom it was excited. Seeing that the new duties devolving upon them bore most heavily upon their husbands, brothers or sons, how lightly they were assumed and with what alacrity performed, if only to prove how bravely they could bear their part. So dainty hands labor perseveringly, and tender feet plod on in spite of weariness, and slender frames bend cheerfully over unaccustomed toil; for is it not to administer to the comfort of loved ones, and, in many cases, to maintain that de gree of luxury which habit has rendered a ne cessity to them? The most distasteful task be comes endurable and even delightful when cheered by the consciousness of loving sympa thy from husband, brother or son, while without i such assurance would be evoked a sense of abject ; slavery. The thought that “he neither knows j nor cares how much I have to toil,” will tell j upon a woman’s strength far more than would ! constant toil, embittering thought and engen dering the rebellious, unloving spirit which j bursts forth in the utterances of those who are | striving after “a higher mission,” “a wider sphere.” Nor does this chivalric regard confine itself to pleasant words or deeds of useless gallantry, but far oftener incites our true knights to the per formance of actions which would most likely have provoked the contempt of the ancient he roes of lance and shield. There is nothing very j romantic about it, of course, but when I see General C. unbending from his stateliness, as sume, as his regular matutinal duty, the assisting of his delicate wife in making up the bed and setting their room to rights, I must confess I honor him quite as much as though he should break a lance in her defense. There, too, is Mr. B., by no means a “lady’s man,” who would scarcely consider it necessary to assist his wife j up the steps, or pick up the glove or handker- j chief she might let fall, but who would, by any j means in his power, lighten her actual labors, and even sets at naught the sacrifice it costs him to go out and cook the breakfast when the j weather or indisposition on her part would unfit her for the easy performance of the duty. So could I multiply instances of this thoughtfulness which, even if it effects nothing more, furnishes food for kind remembrance while absent from each other during the day. If, then, O Southrons, ye would save your wives, daughters, mothers and sisters from the pernicious doctrines that threaten to blight the well-being of society in some portions of our country, in some septions of our land, be to them in the future as in the past. Let them continue to realize that you would, if in your power, spare them from every species of consuming toil; that, however servile may be the tasks which stern necessity may assign them, they are still within your hearts enthroned as queens. Such sympa thy, such regard will more than repay their every sacrifice. The bar, the pulpit, the ros trum, the ballot-box will they most cheerfully resign to you, reserving to themselves, as of old, the proud, exalted privilege of ministering to your home happiness and rearing their children for lives of honor and usefulness. Such non-progressive views are calculated, we know, to awaken in the “strong-minded” of our sex either pity or contempt towards those who entertain them—perhaps to provoke them to the good work of sending into our midst apostles to enlighten our benighted understandings. We warn them that such a mission would be but lightly esteemed by its intended beneficiaries: for, thanks to Southern men, the women of the South are not prepared for woman’s rights, nor any of the repulsive doctrines with which it de lights to fraternize. Lightning Fancies.—It is a popular belief that that lightning would not strike a beech tree. In a recent thunder-shower at Gosen, Mass., a beech and maple standing near together, with branches interlocking each other, received the electric bolt, which shattered the maple and passed into the earth through a prostrate hemlock tree lying near, which was stripped of its bark nearly the ] whole length. No trace of the lightning was left upon the beech. CHAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS. ENIGMAS. “ Jlaud Sumner's Lovers,” appears to be incom plete, breaking off abruptly at page 20. We should be glad to be furnished with the rest of the manuscript. Mrs. H. C.—The verses you send are not orig inal. They are published in Gillmore Simms’ first volume of poems entitled “ Southern Pass- j ages and Pictures.” The humerous sketches I will be very welcome, provided they are not : overdrawn, and are witty without being coarse. “ Legend of St. Ogg,” and “ Tried in the Cruci- ! ble ” crowded out of this issue. “ A Summer Flirtation,” by Floy Fay, will be found a very pleasant story. “Kitty’s Sleigh-Ride,” by a new contributor, is a pathetic little sketch. We hope to hear again from the writer. Miss yfary L., Richmond.—The keys of a piano may be whitened by rubbing them with a mix ture of Spanish white and alcohol on a piece of chamois skin. But the mixture must be care fully applied, or it will injure the tone of the piano. Dealers in musical instruments usually remove the key board before rubbing them. “ Let us Cross Over the River,” a beautiful poem from Mrs. Weiss, came too late for publication ; in this issue. It may not be known to all our readers that Mrs. Weiss is Susan Archer Talley, j the poetess, whose verses are so universally ad- 1 mired for their pure imagination and graceful | style. Mrs. Weiss is also an excellent prose writer, and her sparkling and sprightly stories ' are delightful reading. Two of these, of the j humorous order, have lately graced the columns of The Sunny South. j “ Myrta,” our “youngest contributor,” whose j departure from this city has left so many hearts in mourning, has sent us from her new home in j Petersburg her first long story. “Treachery, or j the Tanner boy of Caswell,” which is not only founded upon the truth, that is stranger than fiction, but is true even in its minor details. I “Myrta” has very carefully collected the facts of a singular and almost incredible fraud practiced upon many leading citizens of county j (Gov. Moreliead among others), and to which [ two innocent and loving hearts fell victims. | With the assistance of her father, “ Myrta” has | searched the court records of the trial of her chief character for testimony bearing on the case, and for full particulars of dates and names. The story has, therefore, the merit of being a trans cript of real life and the record of incidents as strange as they are true. It has some of the de- j fects of a very young writer, but it is full of promise, and shows no ordinary constructive j ability. Its originality of thought will redeem any crudeness of style, and we wish to publish j it as it is. ! ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Fred and Hilliard, of Griffin, box 113, wish the addresses of Edith and Maud. Lillie Bell and Annie May, of LaGrange, box 104, wish to correspond with Fred and Hil liard. Walterine, of Macon, will find a correspond ent by addressing Texas Jim, at Chapel Hill, Texas. H. H., Nashville, Tenn., will find a corres pondent by addressing “Texas Pearl,” Chapel Hill, Texas. Two letters here for Pearlie H. H., of New Or- j leans (one stamp required); one for Fred and Hilliard, of Griffin (one stamp); one for Miss i Lora Mortimer. H. C. Lamar, Snowdown, Ala.—Stephen A. Douglass died during the war. He took no act ive part in it. We think he was favorably in clined to the South. Kittie would like to know why cats lick their paws and then rub their faces. That is their way of washing their feet and faces, and what a pity that all little boys and girls, and big ones too, are not as cleanly in their habits as the kit ties. S. W. Corbett, Randolph county, Ga., says: “Napoleon was once asked if he could have ac complished a certain military feat. He replied: ‘Able was I ere I saw Elba,’which reads the j same back and forth. Will you please inform me what such expressions are called ?” . . They are called anagrams. Chas. F. Warrington and Robt. J. Colville, Atlanta, say: “We are desirous of obtaining J some nice young lady correspondents. We are | respectively between eighteen and twenty-one j years of age. Should you oblige us by inserting j our names, we shall ever remember your kind- j ness and continue to work for The Sunny South, the pride of the South.” Jim of Texas will exchange photographs with Miss Coral, of Franklin. His address is Dresden Jim, box V, Navarro county, Texas. If Dresden Jim is half as ugly as we imagine him to be from his name, he had better keep his photo graph at home. All “Jims” are homely, else they would not be like their names, for Jim is one of the ugliest of all names. Dresden Jim re minds us of “Dandy Jim, of Caroline,” just from the Bowling Green. Reginald, Atlanta, says he is engaged to two young ladies and is corresponding with the third, and wants to know how to get out of the trouble with the first two without “hurting their feel- | ings. ” The best plan that suggests itself to us I would be to get a cheap shot-gun loaded with | slugs, and get some one to blow the top of your head off for being such a deceiving wretch. No doubt, either of the young ladies would gladly pull the trigger. Enlgma-Xo. 31. I am composed of twenty-two letters. Mv 10, 20, 6, 15, 17, 10, is a legendary king of England, who is said to have built the city of * Bath. My 20, 9, 17, 3, 1, 14, is an article of furniture. My 10, 22, 6, 5, is an animal. My 15, 6, 18, 1, 7, 2, is a prominent character in Sheridan’s farce, “ The Critic.” My 5, 14, 15, 21. 11, 8, is an animal. My 13, 4, 12, 18, is a long winged aquatic fowl. My 16, 22, 1, 4, is to immerse. My 10, 6, 22, 11, 6, 13, 22, 8, is the name of a bird. My whole is the name of a Southern general. Enigma—No. 33. I am composed of forty letters. My 2, 19, 25, 25, 28, 5, 12, 38, 30,16, 10—“The father of Medicine.” My 9, 23, 14, 7, 27, 37, discovered the Missis- j sippi river. My 17, 3, 18, 11, 22, 20. 27. 13, 34, 9, 11, 22, j was the first name of New York city. My 35, 31, 32, 6, 37, one of the seven wise men : of Greece. My 5, 28, 4. 40, 27, 38, 24, 30, 19, 29, 23, was the first Christian Emperor. My 1, 21, 15, 39, a division of time. My 36, 8, 36, 26, is a girl’s name. My whole is an extract from Richard the Third. Enigma—Xo. 33. I am composed of forty-two letters. My 28, 10, 17, 26, 18, 32, now claims to be the musical centre of the world. My 35, 7, 38, 11, 40, 38, is the birth-place of Adelina Patti. My 3, 2, 28, 30, 34, 26, 16, is the second tenor of the only quartette club in Augusta, Georgia. My 21, 19, 41, 5. 22, 20, 32, 40, 1, 26, is looked forward to with pleasant anticipations, and will I be a time of general rejoicing. My 37, 6, 13, 11, 40, 21, 27, 41, 20, 10, 31, 8, 15, ; 1, 2, 16, 11, 38, 40, 17. 13, 21, 36, 23, 11, 34, is j an epitome of newspaper history. My 33, 37, 25, 4, is one of the parts of singing. My 24, 18, 11, 12, 29, is a number. My 9, 27, 21, 39, 42, walk with their heads down. My 14 is a letter in the English alphabet, j My whole is an amusing and interesting story j in the columns of The Sunny South. Answers to Enigmas. ! Enigma No. 23.—“Idurstnot?” “Iamdying, ! Egypt, dying;” “What’s in a name?” “Go, stand within, and let me alone with him;” “All’s j well that ends well;” “’Tistrue, ’tis pity, and pity ’tis, tis true;” “What’s he?” “Into my grave.”—“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.” Enigma No. 25.—“Love your enemies.” Mrs. M. H. Smith, Fairburn, solves 23, 24, 25 and 26; Lula Patillo, Cartersville, solves 27, 29 [ and 30; A. P. Danefield solves 30; A. K. Acker man, Madison, solves 23 and 25; D. S. Jones, Clayton county, solves the puzzle and enigmas 24, 25 and 26; Yirginius, Richmond, solves 23, 24, 25 and 26; Mrs. T. C. McLendon, Atlanta, solves all the enigmas readily; Miss Mollie C., of Toccoa City, solves 22, 23, 24 and 26; Jesse C. Young, LaGrange, answers 25 and 26; W. H. Baker, Carrollton, answers 23, 25 and 26; Jennie Smith and Blanche Robinsqn, Hogansville, solve 23, 25 and 26, and detect the same error with McD.; Jake Walker, Key West, Florida, sent in some time since answers to 18, 19 and 20, and also to problem No. 1, charade and puzzle; E. Morgan answers the great B puzzle, also No. 22, and thinks it far-fetched—and seminaries is spelled summaries; W. P. Me.. Atlanta, solves No. 22 and finds two errors; T. S. Hubert, of Warrenton, also solves it; Oolycio, of Americus, solves 18 and 19; Birdie, of Wartburg, Tenn., 17, 18 and 19; Ella Riley, Macon, solves 18 and 19; Allen F. Hall, Cuthbert, solves 23 and 25; Alva C. Rooney, Acworth, solves 24, 25 and 26; Arthur L. C., Fort Gaines, solves 23, 25 and 26; A. Vesta, Tunnel Hill, solves 22, but detects er rors; Mrs. F. E. Walker, Reynolds, solves 23, 24, 25 and 26; L. E. R., Thomaston, solves 24, 25 and 26; Ella Riley, Macon, solves 22 and the puzzle; W. P. Me solves 23 and compliments the author, and hopes he may get up others as good. 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, 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. MME. GURNEY’S YOUNG LADIES’ JOURNAL. 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