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For The Sonny South.) “ ISOLINA.” bt wish thee m'ivor. Orion, the Warrior, with star-belt bright Was treading the path of the upper blue. And a Southern moon touched with kise of light The whispering leaves of the beech that grew By the Etowah. And my heart Bang merrily, cheerily, merrily— Though no one knew; For 'twin all to myself I sang merrily, cheerily, Thinking of you, *« Isolina I” Katy-did# chirped In the tree# growing near ; And the night-warblers answered with sweetest song— “ Je snia le Bayedere” rang in my ear. As, oheerfully thinking, I strolled along By the Etowah. And my heart Bang m ^rri'.y, oh! how merrily— Though no one knew ; For ’twae all to myself I sang cheerily, cheerily— Thinking of you, *• Isolina I” The star-light was Bhining over the stream, The bubbles waltzing to night’s minstrelsy— A voice I heard in the Arcadian dream Sang “the Echo song,” Priestess of melody! By the Etowah. And my heart sang merrily, oh! right cheerily— Though no one knew; For 'twas all to myself I sang merrily, merrily— Thinking of you, “ Isolina!” As the grasses drank in the crystal clear Gems of dew distilled from the sky. So my soul drank the music that thrilled my ear, Thy minstrelsy, goddess of melody! By the Ktowab. And my heart sang cheerily, cheerily, merrily— Though no one knew; For ’twas all to myself I sang, oh! so cheerily, Thinking of you, “ Isolina!” New Jokes and Ideas, FROM MY NOTE-BOOK. XVIII. During a journey by rail, not long since, I be came very much interested in observing the move ments of a couple on their bridal tour As a gener al rule, such parties always attempt to conceal the fact of their recent marriage by trying to act the role of experience. It is, howerer, in vain. It is a new thing and would be quite as possible for a debutante to act the part of Dundreary in the man ner of Sothern, as for these neophytes to wear the harness gracefully and naturally like old stagers. Their very awkwardness betrays to everybody their inexperience. The couple in question were no exception to this general ru'e. They entered the car carefully glov ed, and seated themselves with an air, evidently intended to convey to the other passengers the im pression that they had been traveling together a longtime. For an hour or more they maintained as nearly as possible this position—there was an occasional remgrk one to the other—the bride groom seemingly engaged in a study of the counte nances and apparel of the other occupants of the car, while the bride was taking mental pictures of the ever varying landscape. Enter the butcher (so called) with a basket of oranges, and the scene changes. He invested— drew off his gloves and commenced peeling an or ange. This finished he offered it to her. She drew off her gloves and accepted. Of course no one even, if they had been married a thousand years, or if they had never been married at all, would attempt to eat oranges with gloves on. That would result in ruin to the gloves, and per haps, s:ain the orange also. The peculiarity is, that after the orange is eaten the gloves do not go on again. The second scene it seems does not require gloves to be worn. It commences with a dialogue and ends with a panto mime. The dialogue being of the nature of Bill Ford’s solo—so low that you cant, hear it,—will not be here repeated. It would have met the same silent fate if every word had been audible to my ears; because what they said was private and con fidential. The pantomime commenced with a movement of the right hand of the gentleman in the direction of the right hand of the lady. It then hesitated; but it was not lost. Presently it moved again in the same direction and then rested. Thus by easy stages it reached its destination ; and again rested. Then clasped its objective point gently as though there might be danger of crushing it, and, finding the gentle pressure not immediately dis astrous, ventured to increase the pressure until in time the hands were clasped in firm embrace and the fingers lovingly interlaced as though they were never again to be “ put asunder.” After this they seem to care no more about be ing observed. There is perhaps some magnetic current put in motion that drowns the glare of the footlights and renders the audience invisible. Whether this be true or not the pantomime con tinues. The left hand of the gentleman finds its way along the back of the seat, and from thence around the waist of the lady, producing’ perhaps, a sensation of faintness. Her eyes close—there is a gradual leaning toward her husband until the! ead sinks gently and rests confidentially on his man ly shoulder. At this point a man, whom I take to be an old bachelor, expresses his opinion (soto voce) that such conduct is sickening. It may and doubtless does produce that effect on him—poor miserable ignor ant soul that he is. But to me, the unalloyed sat isfaction that finds expression in every lookand in every motion—the perfect confidence evinced by tone and word and action—the full and complete happiness that each finds in the presence of the other, seems but a beautiful exemplification of what mankind would be if the three great Christian graces, Faith, Hope and Love could be permitted to exercise their blessed influence to the exclu sion of all the baser passions and the degrading vices that render obscure the vision of Faith— cast a dark cloud over the silvery brightness of Hope, and consign even Love the immortal to a grave from which there is no resurrection. XIX. Many years ago, before Hampton had so toned down the chivalry of South Carolina that they could be bulldozed into not celebrating the birth day of George Washington, there lived in Georgia a certain Dr. J. who enjoyed a wide reputation for being the Prince of hotel keepers and a humorist of the first water. One day the Doctor had fora gueet a South Carolinian who, not being accustomed to Georgia whiskey, became noisy, and troublesome both to the Doctor and his guest. The Doctor first asked him to be quiet, then insisted upon his mak ing less noise, then told him he must keep still, and, finding all measures inefficient, finally took him by the collar and dragged him to the edge of the piazza from whence he kicked him into the middle of the street. A friend of the Doctor believing that he was unacquainted with the character of the man so summarily ejected, undertook to put him on his guard thus: _ , “ Doctor, do you know who that was you kicked ft porup an( j magnificence faintly exemplified out ?” ; in the present day by the gorgeous vestments of the Bomish priesthood. The world had been [For The Bunny South.! Sneaks. Political Sneaks, Friendly Sneaks and Christian Sneaks--Severe Colors. BT ALIQCIS. My Dear Qa&Zbet :—You have frequently asked my opinion on various subjects and of various ! characters, and among them you have men tioned the sneaks. In this communication I pro pose to subject this creature to the most search- ; ing and microseopio investigation, that you may ! be enabled to detect him in all the various dis- j guises that he may assume, for Proteus has fewer j shapes and the chamelion not as many hues. | And, at the outset I find myself involved in seri- ! ous difficulty; for though fishes have had their i Agassiz, and insects their Huber, and birds their | Audubon, soience, it seems has not yet de- i scended to the level of the sneaks, but has pre ferred to treat this antithesis and antagonist of all that is noble and good with voiceless scorn, and to let it rest upon the inverted eminence of its own littleness; but I feel somewhat a contami nation and pollution in venturing to touch him. Nevertheless for your sake I will essay the task. The sneak belongs to no species treated of in j Natural History, and indeed it is hard to con- I ceive how Nature could become so dwarfed and drivelled as to produce so pestiferous a shoot. : And on the other hand, it is equally difficult | to undestand that he is the child of the devil, | for he does not rise to the respectability of vice, and his existence violates the dignity of the Sa- tanie. Jt is true that Lucifer put on his nor mal shape when he tempted our great mother in the shades of Paradise, for snake and sneak are one and the same; but instead of elevating the sneak, he lowered himself and became so much disgusted with the self-imposed degradation that from that day to this, the King of Hades has appeared in all other shapes but this. This creature, like the snake, appears in cap tivating guise, and like the snake, posesses a forked tongue, which delights to eject the slime of slander and scandal. He always enacts the character of friend toward his victim, and not infrequently enwraps himself in the panoply of Christianity and philanthropy. Assuming vir tues that he does not possess, he worms him self into your confidence only to betray you, and, if possible, to ruin you. Having given you the general outline of the odious characteristics of the sneak, let me specify by illustration. The political sneak. Love of country is the very essence of the patriot; it bounds along his veins, it permeates and rarifies every part of his being, it so fills him and thrills him that he feels himself the country; her honor is his hon or, her shame his shame. Bo filled is he with this principle, that he regards every wrong done to his country a sin for which he is personally responsible. Superior to party and party-plat forms, he rises above all considerations of mere party success, and is solicitous for the good of the country alone. He seeks not office, he is not ambitious ot political distinction, he is wil ling to serve in tne ranks, and if he reaches the leadership he is the sought and not the seeker. Such is the true patriot. How different is the pretended lover of his country, the political sneak ! All thoughts, all aspirations, all efforts gravitate towards seif as their common attrac tive centre. He regards his country as a means by which he may attain honors and emolument. He seeks political preferment as the pathway to fame. He tells, grandiloquently, ot his “be loved land,” her “vast resources,” her “bound less wealth,” her “glorious future,” and at heart regrets that these attributes do not contribute to swell his private coffers. With brazen cheek and impudent effrontery, he pertly prates of human rights, private and political, of liberty and happiness, of a free franchise, of education, of morality, of religion, of public improvements, of enlarged ideas, of all that is great and good and practical and progressive, when in reality he is using these arts of the skillful demagogue, these ad capiandvm appeals to the dear people, for the purpose of securing the spoils of office, and a goodly share of the public plunder. Be- gardless of truth, and destitute of all generous impulses, he flings his slanderous attacks upon honorable men who may have been called upon to represent in the government the real interests of the country, magnifies their errors of judg ment, misrepresents their honest convictions, j and by all means, fair and foul, seeks t® sacri fice the welfare of the people that he may gratify his present ambition and secure his individual aggrandizement. Such a creature, instead of receiving the suffrages of true men deserves uni versal reprobation and execration. He ia a po litical sneak 1 The friendship of Damon and Pythias, whe ther fabled or real, approximates sublimity in its nature. That of David and Jonathan is re corded by inspiration, and is worthy of un doubting credence. There is, then, a friend ship which will dare all and do all for the ob ject on which it rests. It will submit to the op pression of tyranny; it will endure scorn and contumely; it will be unabashed in the presence of pride and haughtiness; it passes unscathed through the fiery ordeal of gibes and taunts; it offers life and liberty and property that it may serve its fellow. When character is assailed, it defends; when honor is attacked, it repels the accuser; when slander is abroad, it stops its ears. Knowing that man is full of weakness, the victim of powerful passions, the prey of evil counsellors, liable to err, and imperfect by nature, it seeks the good that illuminates his character and delights to contemplate his vir tues. And while it does not ignore faults, and is ever ready to condemn error, it strives to ele vate, never to degrade, a fellow mortal. Such is a feeble sketch of true friendship. But what shall I say of that individual who prostitutes this holy emotion to base uses ? The experience of man is full of false friendship. There do exifjt creatures in human guise that desecrate the name of friend; that make professions of regard to the face, and afterward, with unutterable villainy, inflict their stabs in the back; that win confidence to betray it—ac cept hospitality to violate it; that propagate slander even as a cess-pool breeds death and contagion; retailers of scandal and abuse; vili- fiers of character and traducers of reputation. Such creatures as these have no souls, or else they are so infinitesimal that the All-seeing Eye cannot descry them. Their hearts, if they have them, are blacker than the Pandemonium of Mahomed, and more prolific of evil. They are festering sores upon the community; they are blotches upon the face of humanity; they are libels upon the human race. They are to be shunned as you would shun the fangs of deadly serpents; they are the reptiles or society. The records of Christianity Lave handed down to us examples of moral heroism wonder ful in their sublimity and worthy of all admira tion. In truth, it required heroism of the grand est and most sublime character to support man in his adhesion to the doctrines ot the Nazarene The ceremonial religion of the Jews was marked [For The Sunny South.J Alarm of Fire in a College. How the Girls Behaved. | eontrary, the sacrifice of all these, the denial of all things pertaining to self; cutting off right I arms, plucking out right eyes. Its rewards were ! all of a spiritual nature, located in the future, I and in a world beyond the grave. It required, ! a h ‘Jl C o " 6fl ° 1Uti0D * *° e ? dor * 6 th T T Cb s I We Southerners have the credit-or discredit lags, and there were men and women who dared of bei far more impulsive, rash, and wanting whn 0 witb e kni )rld if t E C {aC r ftndd ? f y lt8 ® n ® er8; in self-control than people of more Northern b J self-abnegation, calmly shut eye lati deg Is it so? I never believed it, and j „ i something that occurred last Friday, here at determination, attempted the reformation of the ! belov * d and beautifnl College Temple, has I sly and sneering devil e than ever incre dulous. It is the ear the mockmg teunt by Lrmoffire that puts self-possession to ADVERTISEMENTS. Piedmont Hotel, GAINESVILLE, GA., JNO. CJ. TRAMMELL, Proprietor. which the winged messenger , . - , „ ... , . . i the best test. See what a frightful panic the ; i “ TK SU u enn f 0f ch T ! idle cry of fire by a mischievous outsider occa- | Prometheus. They who do endure deep , . d j aj Catholicchurch in New York, recent- i ■ wrongs for man, andseorn and chains, but heap panic that sent hundreds of human be- • : thousand-fold torment on themselves and him. , > P ni pt ? sh ing, trampling, crushing over ; : Unfortunately the days of persecution have ; 8^8 p he ” Qf m P ang f e d bodies was ' P a88e ?’ Christianity is now a passport to honor; i result How differently we Southern : it is the key which unlocks the door to social the other day when the alarm of fire preferment. Hence, it is falsely professed by f „ the an d sent a thrill of wiaked impostors. Do yon know a character that seeks the high place in the synagogue; that | offers long prayers and makes broad his phylac teries? Have you seen him who ostentatiously parades his contributions; who, with Pharisai- | cal effrontery, decries his fallen neighbor and draws around him his saintly mantle lest it be | defiled ? The world is filled with them. Desti- rang through the College and sent a thrill of terror through every heart, But every one of ! us had the presence of mind not only to get j down safe in limb but to drag our trunks after us, and to gather all our belongings, even to j tooth brushes and hair-pins. Yes—Miss j , from your Gate City, ran down with her j powder-box and tooth-brush in one hand and “ Yes ; a noisy, drunken rascal.” “ But he is from Abbeville district, South Carolina.” “Well I'm from South Carolina too—and from Greenville district which is a long ways better thar Abbeville. I don’t Eee that he has any advantage of me.” “ Ah ; bat he has killed his man.” made to pay tribute to Solomon's splendid tem ple. The shrines of pagan deities were adorned with sculptured grace and glittered with burn ished gold. The old religions, both true and false, had addressed themselves to the eye and sense. The religion of Christ made no appeal j to the sensuous nature of a fallen race. It Killed his man has he ? hilled a man / Ugh ! ! placed a ban cn wealth, and linked itself with raeticcd medicine dfeten consecutive years. M bat poverty and obscurity. It promised no worldly care fora fellow that only killed one man ?” j advancement, no honors. It demanded, on the “ ,/ V* , •* e 1 her band-box in the other, though truth cotn- tute ot humility, ot forbearance, ot charity, ot ; 11 , “ , , n„ all the graces that made the life of a true Chris- ? els me , t . 0 . ad ? that she 8 f the ^ down carefully tian, they have put on the garb of saintliness I m a puddle ot water-andour sweet blue-eyed that the/may the better serve the devil. They ! music-teacher flew down the stain clasping her visit not the widow and the fatherless; they are j Photograph-album to her heart and begging deaf to the appeals of the sick and the suffer- everybody she passed “please to save her over- ing; they offer no counsel to the erring and the wayward; they strive not to reclaim the fallen. Wrapped np in self, they seek personal aggran dizement—the accumulation of ill-gotten gains, the gratification of worldly ambition. Away with such mookery! Let such hypocrisy be confounded ! Let the mask of opprobrium and contempt be placed npon such disgusting chi canery ! The sneak and the ChristianWhat a combination! Repudiated by the Prince of Darkness, he should have no countenance from honest men. Language is inadequate to express in suitable phrase the foulness of the Christian sneak ! Thus have I attempted to portray this most disgusting character. Learn from it that it is bet- shoes.” The scene was not wanting in heroic elements. You should have seen one brave little girl, how promptly she mounted the ladder and handed buckets of water. She showed the nerve to make her a second Grace Darling. Owing to our Pres ident’s coolness and promptness the fire was speedily put out, and when the crowds of people ran up to give their aid the danger was over, and but little harm done. But the inci dents attendant on the occurrance gave us some thing to laugh at all next day. Traits of character always show themselves on these sudden occasions, when surprise and dan ger break through the thin vaneering of “man ners,” and show the real “grain” of character. better to be traduced, better to be honest, than to acquire an infamous fame by hypocrisy to ward man or falsehood to God by enacting the part of a sneak. (For The Snnny South.) Going- to Florida—First Im- Answers to Correspondents. pressions. We were now nearing the Florida line, and had already, during the darkness of the night, been borne by the speeding train into a strange land. That we were still in Georgia, we of the mountains could hardly realize. The cars rushed onward on a line as straight as an arrow. For miles behind us, for miles around us, the country lay on a dead level, broken by rivers, lakes, and pools of coffee-colored water. The pines stood like marshalled giants over all the land; and the bannered moss, the myrtle and bay, the cypress and magnolia, hung over all the gleaming waters. We were in a sad and lonely land. Now and then a farm house, a saw-mill, a turpentine manufactory, or a cabin, broke upon our view, and we hailed it as a ship on a wide sea. \ Saw-mills may be profitable here, but provis ions are scarce and high; labor the same; and all the land is covered with water, so that roads have to be built of timber. Yet I saw some huge machinery at \voik-'$£»-or twenty saws at one time; then, at many places, large and valuable mills were deserted and idle. About fifteen miles of Jessup, they telegraphed that we were coming to breakfast; so at 10 a. m., we did full justice to their nicely prepared viands. Jessup is a bright, pleasant town. It has been built but a few years, so it looks quite new; the timber is so porous and the climate so damp that a house will decay and fall in ten or fifteen years, unless it is repaired. At twelve, we left Jessup and went speeding away through a sun- bright land. The earth was green with palmet- toes and grass, the flowers were in bloom, the dark waters glittered, the turtles lay sunning on the logs, and the green pine and gray moss waved against the blue sky; long, bright vistas stretched miles behind us, and for miles we could see the white telegraph posts and catch on either hand the gleam of far away waters. Gayety and sociability were the order of the day in our end of the car, which was occupied by a widower from Kentucky, a young man from Marietta, a queer German, a fat St. Louis gen tleman, his wife (a New Yorker), and their son, who was a pale consumptive, bound, as a last hope, for the land of balmy airs —a neat, blue eyed youth that had been in Minnesota, and a gentleman and his wife from Tennessee. The gentleman was suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs; but we all forgot sorrow and foreboding in the joyous novelty of the hour. When we passed the Florida line, a shout of triumph was sent up, pistols were fired, hats and handker chiefs waved, and I was reminded of the tri umph of those who, five hundred years ago, passed into the land of gold and youth. The only change in the face of the country was that there were more moss and evergreens. A few miles of Bowlden, we stopped to wait for the up train, and through the darkness and mist we heard a negro blowing reeds. He came to the cars, and the Minnesota youth called him in, and much idle conversation was carried on. A Northern man's ignorance of the negro char acter is sometimes disgusting to one Southern i born and bred, as is also their contempt of Southern customs and manners. We soon had a telegram that a sleeper was off the track; that we must come and help get it on. By the way, all the rail is the T iron; I saw but little Fish-bar below Macon; and from the Florida line to Bowlden, some of the rail is not more than four feet loDg. The railroad is “in law.” I would advise any one coming here to go out by Brunswick. The sleeper could not be moved even with our help until four in the morning. I walked half a mile to Bowlden, ordered a bed, and was soon at rest in the land of flowers; yet I would have called it the land of fog and pine smoke. The gayety had faded from my companions, when, after standing all night, they puffed away to Jacksonville through damp and darkness at four in the morning. I left B. at 9 a. m. The run to Gainesville was not very interesting. The country was not quite so flat, and seemed to be more thickly settled. Log-hauling and shipping seems to be the ohief employment The wheels of the wagons are a goad deal larger than the driving wheels of an engine, and the fella and tire are about a foot wide. The wagon has but two wheels. Dump-carts, with one mule to each, which the driver rides, are very fashion able. Gainesville has four churches. The court house is a fine building. Many new buildings are going up. Land is valued at $100 per acre; corn is Si.00 per bushel; bacon 121 cents per pound; beef ditto; pork lac.; potatoes 75 cents j per bushel; syrup S30 per barrel; eggs 40 cents j per dozen; butter 40 cents per pound; milk 60 j cents per gallon; apples, dried, 20 ceats per i tound; green, 25 cents per dozen. The soil seems to be productive and easily ; cultivated: yet the consumption is much greater than the production. E. C. j " Etiquette”—Your questions belong to fashion and fashionable society. With an old and familiar lady friend, we would not pnil off onr kid gloves, especially if they were hard to get on. A man’s politeness is not in his glove, but manner. As to bowing, take off, tip, touch your hat, or move your hand in recognition. Your hyper critical or over-fashionable people have nothing else to do but to think about bows, manners, etc., and if you try to keep up with such, you will have little else to think about. True politeness is iu the look, the manner, and last but not least, the heait. Be naturally, but not fastidiously polite. The old axiom is true in all kinds of society: •’He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” Tom Lucky, of Nashville, wants to know, if a girl re jects a man becanse he is poor, or unable to support her in the style she always lived, if afterwards, said man should fall heir to a nice sum of money, and the young lady should give him to understand that his suit would re ceive a favorable consideration, should he again propose, ought he to renew his suit? . . . Nice question, Tom, and such cases have happened, and perhaps you may be another one of those cases. First, if the young lady is fond of fashion and show, and values position more than love, we don't know that we would again propose. Sec ondly, if she is a thoughtful girl, she looks at life as some thing real, and knows something of the struggles of life, then that might alter the case. Her love, or judgment, is based upon after-thoughts or conditions, and it was not so much for the mere money as the ability to meet the wants and cares of married life. Asa thoughtful girl, she would make a thoughtful wife. Thirdly, if you kuow that it was money the girl wanted, and that men etood favorable in her eyes only as they were able to laviBh lux uries npon her, I think I would not go. within cannon- shot of her. H. B. P., Palmetto, Ga.—Oiling is perhaps the best remedy you could adopt. That would keep the leather backs from breaking, and would also keep the worms off. In the case of the gentleman and lady, his love was not very deep, or he would not abandon her for violating a single promise. She did quite wrong, however, in break ing her promise, hut may have been somewhat justified by the attendant circumstances, and be no donbt would pardon the offence if she was allowed to explain. Cecil Bosse, Madison, Ga.—Demand of your betrothed an explanation. He is doubtless laboring under some mistake, and should give you a chanoo to defend yourself. That other lover may have said or insinuated something against you in his hearing. Yon are entitled to an expla nation. Correspondents Wanted.—Ml letters for this department must pass through this office in stamped envelopes unsealed. If there is nothing objectionable in them they will be immediately forwarded to the parties designated. Remember that it requires a stamp to bring the letter here and another one to pay the postage from this office to the parties addressed. We do not pro pose to pay your postage. Two heart-smashers, Coral Wayne and Violante Ricco- bacco, wish to correspond with some charming young gentleman. Coral Wayne is a lovely blonde, aged seven teen. Violante, a dashing brunette. Object: improve ment, fun, and perhaps matrimony. Photographs ex changed. I am twenty-one, black hair and eyes; have the misfor tune to be single and unloved. I now feel exceedingly anxious to correspond with some nice young lady, ob ject, matrimony. Address Joe Hart, East Point, Ga. John Jr. wishes to correspond with some Southern ladies, those between the ages of sixteen and eighteen preferred. Would like to hear from Maggie. Eva, Greenwood, La., will be most happy to hear from Manfred Marguth, Nashville, Tenn., once again. Archie, of Florida, desires to open a correspondence with some of the young ladies of the South. Object, amusement. Please state in the column of your paper devoted to corresjiondence, that Kate Clyde, of White Oak Springe, will be pleased to receive a letter from either. Down hearted or Forsaken. The one aged twenty-three will suit best. Prince Hal, a gradnate of Yale College, twenty-one years of age, and of course agreeable, would be delighted to secure several lady correspondents. Olengo Shelby would suit me. Nannie Glenn would be pleased to hear from Harry Lyndhurst. Mary E. Lindwood wonld also enjoy a cor respondence with Wilber Moss. They are both young ladies of “ sweet sixteen.” Lotta Norwood will confer a lasting favor npon Hill City by writing him a letter immediately. Mamie and Annie, of Rock Hill, S. C., wish a limited number of gentlemen correspondents. Paul Hart, twenty-one years, light hair, bine eyes and fair complexion; six feet high, weighs one hundred and fifty, wishes a lady correspondent—blonde preferred. Object, amusement. Any nice young lady, desirous of obtaining a corres- £ undent that can be vouched for, will please address ancaeter, care Sumhy South. All letters received promptly replied to. Two yoUDg Jajies of Shreveport, La., Brunette and Blonde,'sixteen and seventeen, desire to correspond with two Atlanta gentlemen. Will exchange photographs. Object, fun ana improvement. Please inform Owen Melville and Bachelor, of twenty- six, that Ira Hart desires to hear from them, if they have no special reason for wishing a correspondent that re sides in Athens or Baltimore. Yonng ladies between fifteen and twenty, do take com passion on Simon Soapsuds, and indite him a letter forth with. Any amount oi amusement, as well as improve ment, promised. An Atlanta lady wonld like to correspond with Tristam Shandy. Something important to communicate. Ad dress David Copperfield’s Cora, care Scn.sy Sostil Letters remaining in this office without proper address, stamps or envelopes: Lonely Will, 1: Liliie of the Valley, 3: Messrs. Eoj- and Knarf, 2; Lillie May, 1: Pat Malloy. 2; Eugene Stanley, 1; Arthur Ciif'oa, 1; Leslie and Lee, J; Don Comeio, 1; Downhearted and Forsakeu, 3; Eleonora. 1; Nannie. 3: Ethel Lyn, 1; Miss Lillie Gay, 1; Pattie Ruggles. 1; Maud Cliuton. 1; LiUie Hoyt, 1; Mark Arondaie, 4; Merry Twin kle, 1: Harry Glyndon. 1: Mabel Earl, 1: Olive Pearce, 1; Claud Detyumd, 3; J. if. Rosser, 1; Bob Ridley, 1: Charles L. Louche, 1: J. H. Leon, 1; Nervn St. Clare, 1; Billie But ton, 1; H. E. Lanutus, 1. T HIS magnificent Hotel is now open for summer guests and travel. Perfect in every department, fine large rooms with fire-places, regular meals, everything neat and elean, and the most beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains, from the fine observatory, to be had in upper Georgia. This splendid Hotel affords as good summer quarters for Northern people as can be found in the Sonth, a; very reasonable cost All communications answered promptlv. apr 7-tf JNO. G. TRa'mMKLL. MISS KATE NORTH, O F 29 Whitehall street, continues the purchase, on or ders, of Dress Goods, Millinery, Notions, Lacos, Em broideries, Ladies’ Underwear, Paper Patterns, etc., etc. Parties living out of Atlanta, and entrusting their orders to her, will receive satisfaction and save money. Goods sent C. O. D., unless the money accompanies the orders MRS. McCORMICK I S receiving daily, at her store, 31 Whitehall street, all the latesUnoveltiee in Millinery. She invites the atten tion of the ladies of Atlanta to the most complete and elegant stock of goods ever brought to Atlanta. She will have a perfect assortment ofLadies’ Underwear and .Suits of every description. Also, Fancy Goods and Neckties in the latest styles, selected by Mrs. McCormick. Mrs. Durand's friends and old customers will find her there, and ready to give them the benefit of her good taste. All orders promptly filled, and satisfaction guaranteed. apr7-2t EUREKA! NO MORE GRAY HAIRS. ADIE8 AND GENTLEMEN who have tried the many worthless preparations now in vogue are solicited to ter to be obscure, better to be unappreciated, I don’t think our good President ever appeared j - - - - to better advantage, even when bestowing a di-! ploma on a “sweet girl-graduate,” than when he mounted the ladder, dashed buckets of water over the flames and suppressed the fire and quieted the fears of his school with so much coolness and energy. Obiolb. FREEMAN BROS. CANTHARADINE CREAM, at once a restorer and exquisite Hair Dresser. Eaoh bot tle contains a money gift from 26 cents to $10. Ask yonr druggist for it, and have none other. Price, $1 per bottle. Tlie Gem of Novelties. Freeman Brothers’ Golden Prize Cologne. A FRAGRANT AND ENDURING PERFUME. A money prize with each bottle from 6 cents to $5 Only 25 cents per bottle. Freeman Eros, Mt;Tmty-7jo Coat Store, G old and silver watches, watch chains, fine meerschaum pipes, cigar cases, silk umbrellas, aud other useful articles given to every purchaser of twenty-five cents worth. Don’t fail to give our new sys tem a trial. 11 Peachtree St. ATLANTA. GA Effects Truly Wunderfal, Cabtersville, Ga.,‘April 26, 1369. This jvill certify that two members of my immediate family, after having suffered for many years from men strual irregularity, and having been treated without ben efit by various medical doctors, were at length, com pletely cured by one bottle of Dr. J. Bradfield's FEMALE REGULATOR. I therefore deem it my duty to furnish ihie certificate, with the hope of drawing the attention of suffering womankind to the merits of a medicine whose power in curing irregular and suppressed menstruation has been proven under my own personal observation. Its effect on such cases is truly wonderful, and well may the remedy be called “Woman’s Best Friend.” Yours respectfully, JA8. W. STRANGE. DU. STAIN BACK WILSON’S Hygienic Institute and Turkish Bath, Loyd street, opposite Markham House. Atlanta. Ga. The only Turkish Bath in the South. Besides the Turk ish Bath—the most delightful luxury and the greatest curative of the age—the treatment cm Braces all the “Water-Cure Processes:" Electricity, Machine Move ments, Health-Lift, etc., etc. Cures ail chronic diseases radically, without injury to the constitution, invigorating the whole system. Prevents acute attacks. Especially successful in Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia. Scrof- nla; Liver, Bowel, Lung and Kidney diseases; Female Complaints, Skin Diseases and Blood Poisoning, whether from drugs or disease. Removes Tan, Freck.es and Sun burn, making the complexion dear and beautiful. Best “ Antidote ” for Opium, Whisky or Tobacco. Open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Ladies, every day from 9 a.b. to 5 p.m., in elegant separate aparmeuts. Directions for treatment at home when patients cannot come to the Institute. Send for circular. No. 21-tf. L. DE SAULLES. State of Georgia, Pulton Co. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. All persons interested will hereby take notice that the undersigned have severally signed a certificate as re quired by law, for the formation of a limited partnership under the laws of Georgia, and that said certificate has been duly acknowledged, filed and recorded, as required by law in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court oi Fulton County. Said certificate shows that said firm will do business under the name of LOUIS DE SAULLES; that it will deal in Notions, Fancy Goods and Staple Dry Goods; that Louis de Sauu.es is the general partner of the firm, and William C. Morrill is the special partner; that each of them resides in Atlanta, Ga.;tbat said William C. Morrill has contributed three thousand dollars to the common stock, and that he has actually paid in said sum in cash; that said partnership is to begin on the fourteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-seveD, and will terminate on the first day of January, eighteen hundred aud seventy-nine; that said William C. Morrill is to have at all times an interest in said firm to the amount of three thousand dollars, and that he is to receive eight per cent per annum on Baid sum, to be paid semi-annually, and at the termination of said partnership ha ia to receive said sum of three thousand dollars in cash, and that these payments are guaranteed to him by said Louis de Saulles. , The affidavit of said general partner has b'eeD made and filed as required by law. This March, 10, 1677. LOUIS DE SAULLES, general partner. W. C. MORRILL, special partner. I certify that the certificate above referred to has been duly made, acknowledged, filed aud recorded in niy office, and that the affidavit has also been filed thereiH. This March, 12, 1877. Jas. D. COLLINS, Cierek S. O. ? C. 0w No. 93; per day at home. Samples worth $£ free. t0 epiw" Stissok & Co., Portland, Maine. $66 $TJ a week in your own town. Terms aud $3 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., Portland, Maine. TTda^MiomeT^gent^Jwnteffi - Out3tan3^rrms free. TRUE 4 CO., Augusta, Maine. rOLXG MEN. Prepare for business by attending MOORE’S BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, Georgia. The beet practical Easiness School in the country. Send for journal, terms, etc. B. M. Woolley's 0 Pais less American PIUM Cure or Antidote. I The habit of using Morphine, :Gum Opium, Laudanum or Elixir • of Opium, cured painlessly and speedily by this Improved remedy. Manufactured at Atlanta, Geor gia, at reduced prices. Test ed in hundreds of cases. Guar- ; an teed. Valnable particulars free. Address B. 31. Woolley, Atlafita, Georgia. T HE SUBSCRIBERS still continue tv carry on the busi ness of ENGRAVING ON WOOD in all its branches. Their facilities are such that they are enabled to execute all orders promptly and in every style of the art, upon the insist reasonable terms. All kinds of book illustrations, ziews of buildings, ma chinery, landscapes. portr He, societies' seals, druggists' labels, nerespaper heads, billheads, etc , etc., drawn aiid en graved in tfiemost approved manner. V. ORR A CO., * C2 John Street, New York.