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“Heigh my lad! how far are we from Clwyd
Tale?”
“About a mile, air, " answered Ben, readily;
“ Bnt you’re coming away from it now. ”
“ Yes, yes, I know, ” hurriedly exclaimed
the other. “And where do you live?” he
asked.
“At Clwyd Yale Cottage, ” answered Ben, sur
prised at the question, and the earnestness with
which it was put
“Is—is your—father alive? ” was the next
inquiry.
“Yes, sir.”
This seemed to afford some relief to the ques
tioner, who sank back in his seat with a deep
sigh.
“ Drive on! ” he called to the coachman, then
fixing his eyes upon his wife, he said:
“ His father lives, he tells me; if so, he could
not be the son of—and yet the face, features,
voice, are all so like, that, looking upon him, I
could almost fancy Bichard Canton himself
stood face to face with me. I must see into
this and be assured. ”
“Yes! yes!"
The carriage rolled on towards the “big
house. ”
Philip and Augustus trotted after it, having
apparently forgotten Ben altogether, who re
turned to his rod and continued fishing, won
dering what had made the dark gentleman in
the carriage look at him so earnestly and ask
him the questions he did.
p*lf an hour or more passed, and Ben began
to wonder why his brother had not return
ed.
Bread and cheese and beer were becoming
more and more desirable every moment.
“ Something has detained him, I fancy, ” he
thought “ Well, since my dinner doesn’t come
to me, I must go to my dinner. ”
Coiling up his line, and taking up his bas
ket he was about to proceed homewards, when
suddenly a faint shriek echoed in the dis
tance.
“ It sounds like the voice of a girl, ” he ejacu
lated.
Again the cry was repeated.
All thoughts of dinner were forgotten, and
hastily placing his rod and basket down in the
tall grass, he sprang into the road and ran for
ward at full speed. (This interesting and ex
citing story will be continued in the Boys and
Gibls of the South. )
THE BUSY WORLD.
All Around in Dixie and Elsewhere.
A pure white paitridge was killed near Mt.
Vernon recently.
A family near Charleston W. Va., have fallen
heir to $700,000.
A mass of gold, weighing 24 pounds and 15
ounces has been found in Nevada. Value $4,
000.
Missouri has fourteen active Young Men’s
Christian Associations.
Miss Minnie Gaff, a young lady, is preaching
in La Fayette Co. Mo.
A young lady in Stockton, Mo., expired while
dancing.
John Waunamaker has been elected Presi
dent of the Young Men's Christian Association
of Philadelphia.
A railroad from Easeley Station to Belton, S.
C. is projected.
A semi-weekly line of Pullman cars is running
without charge between Boston and Savan
nah.
The Dakota Southern B. B. has passed into
the control of Charles G. Wicker, President
He gave $100,000 for a two-sixth interest in
it
Oconee county Ga. raised a 15 pound beet.
Athens Georgia is using coal instead of wood
gas.
The track of the North Eastern B. B. is being
widened.
Mr. Orton of Alton 111. is about starting a
cotton factory in Shreveport La.
The Golden Gate Mining Company at Dead-
wood, have sold their four mines, for $400,000
to California Capitalists.
Hon. M. Kapperl of Galveston Texas has
been elected President of the Gulf Colorado
and Santa Fe B. B.
Pennies have been introduced in Denison
Texas.
In Falls county Texas, the dog tax is paid in
coon, fox, wild cat, and other skins.
Waco, Texas, receives 500 bales of cotton dai
ly.
The convicts in the Texas penitentiary, have
been leased to E. H. Cunningham of San Anto
nio, at $3,01 per head, per mouth, or $57,600
per annum.
The San Francisco mint coined in September,
$3020,000 in gold $20 pieces.
The Erie railroad is laying down steel rails.
A factory in Miss, is making isinglass and
glue from fish skins.
There are 725 stamps, four arastras and one
6inelter, in the Black Hills.
The grand jury of Madison co. Ey. recom
mend the revival of the whipping post.
H. O. Flipper, the colored West Point cadet,
passed through Houston Texas, recently, en
route for Fort Corcho.
James A. Leonard, a Fort Worth Texas cotton
buyer, has decamped with $14000.
Buffalo meat in San Saber co., Texas, sells at
61 cents per pound.
"Turkeys are selling at 6 cents per pound gross
in West Virginia.
Mr. Stevens of Henry co. Ga. has located in
Orange co. Fla.
South Carolina owns 103,546 acres of land,
which cost $568,192.
Welford S. C., is a strong temperance town.
No liquor sold or given away, within three miles
of it.
The postmaster of Morrisonville, 111., has been
arrested for detaining and destroying mail mat
ter.
A son of deputy-sheriff McGowan, of Tipton
county, Tenn., was kicked to death by a mule
recently.
Gov. Miller, of Arkansas, has commuted the
sentence of Dick Wilson, sentenced to be hung
at Osceola to imprisonment for life.
A father and three sons, at Central City, Dako
ta, an down with mountain lever, and the fam
ily is at starvation point.
J. C. Word, of Gibson connty, Miss., was run
over and killed by the cars at Baldwin.
J.F. McCain, of Kuthcrford, Tenn., jumped
from a train at Corinth, Miss., and was killed.
Three children were burned to death recently
in Crawford county, Iowa. They were locked in
and left at home by their parents.
Collie was tried in Gibson county, Tenn.,
found guilty of murder and sentenced to the
penitentiary for 99 years.
John Tull was shot and killed at Fulton,
Tenn., by Samuel Bell.
Frank West shot and killed E. L. Scarborough
at Boydsville, Tenn.
W. G. Pryde, a detective in Memphis, Tenn.,
accidentally shot and killed his wife and child.
J. W. Casey and family of Memphis were poi
soned Christmas day by eating canned corn.
Mr. Casy is in a critical condition.
CoL W. B. Berkely, of Farmonth, Va., was
shot and killed December 26, by Captain W. H.
Kennedy, who is said to be insane.
James O’Neill, conductor on the Chicago and
Altan railroad, was shot and killed by unknown
parties in Bloomington, 111., Dec. 26.
John Pryde, brother of detective Pryde, of
Memphis, was recently found murdered near
Town Creek, Ala.
A bald eagle, 6 feet 8 inches, from tip to tip,
was killed recently in the Shenandoah Valley Va.
The “ Eastern View” Place in Fauquier Co.
Va. containing 1325 acres was sold recently at
$5 per acre.
The Coffman farm in Bockingham Co. Va.
has been sold at $60,57£ per acre.
Dr. J. W. Morton a loading physician of Nash-
nille, Tenn is dead. •
Judge John C* Guild of Nashville is getting
out a book of Sketches of the Tennessee bar far
60 years.
Movements in Southern Soci
ety.
Marriages, Parties, Balls and other
Amusements.
Shenandoah Lodge Good Templars at Charles
ton W. Va., gave an entertainment recently to a
crowded house..
Miss Sallie Chandler of Juniper, has been
spending the holidays in Talbotton.
Miss Bettie Grambling of Atlanta, is on a visit
to Miss Nellie Grogan of Aoworth.
Petersburg has a Pierian club.
West Point has a musical society called the
* ‘ Mozart-Mered i th. ”
West Point has 84 marriageble girls and three
marriagable men.
Miss Lizzie Overby of Covington is in the
iss Anna Brown a sweet young lady of
Franklin, Tennessee is in Atlanta on a visit.
Miss Mary Lou Little has returned to Talbot
ton from her visit to Macon.
Miss Sallie Lane of Meriwether county is on
a visit to Talbotton.
Miss Mollie Barnes has returned to Opelika,
after a brief visit to Talbotton.
Miss Jane Ellison of Talbot county is on a visit
to her sister in Macon.
A. C. Gilman of N. Y. was married near New
Orleans to Miss Bessie A Lawrence.
Staunton, Va. was cheered during the holi
days by a “Dicken’s Carnival.”
J. M. Semmes of Memphis was married in Co
lumbia, Tennesee to Miss Ellie Martin.
Miss Sue ‘May of Auburn, Ky. is on a visit to
Memphis.
Miss Mollie Clarke of Macon, and Misses. O.
Miller and Julia Powell of Athens, Ga. spent the
holidays in Milledgeville.
The young folks of Milledgeville spent $50 in
hearing their fortunes told by a band of Gypsies.
Milledgeville celebrated the going out of the
old year with a complimentry hop to the young
married couples,
Miss Ada Crichlow of Crockett county Tenn-
nesee, is visiting Miss Sallie Scales of Hum-
bolt
Miss Bosa Bivers has returned to Humboldt
from Memphis.
Misses Sallie and Bettie Wooten of Corinth
city and Miss AnnaBoweding of Russellville, are
visiting Miss Anna Paisley of Adairsville, Ey.
Willie Hutchings has returned to Bussellville
Ey. from a visit to Lagrange Ga.
Miss. Belle Williams of Bowling Green, and
Miss. Winnie McCuthchen of South Union spent
Christmas week with friends at Busellville Ky.
Miss Cannie Rodman of Frakfort Ey. spent
several months in Russellville.
Galveston Texas has a Euterpean Club.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. White of Athens celebrat
ed their wooden wedding recently.
Hon. George A. Wilson of Miss, was married
recently to Miss Maggie M. I^aud of Shreveport
La.
Capt. A. B. Jones of Jackson Tenn. has re
moved to California.
Major Carswell of Augusta was married on the
2nd to Miss Lucy Walker. The couple immedi
ately left on a bridal tour to Chicago.
PERSONALS.
President and Mrs. Hayes celebrated their silver
wedding December 30, ultimo, the first one ever
kept in the White House. Mrs. Hayes had a new
silk dress, from Worth’s, for the occasion.
Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, the “ butter woman ”
of the centennial, is continuing her public exhibi
tions in order to raise funds to enable her to work
in more enduring marble.
Miss S. A. Kulison, who has been selected for
associate editor of the Michigan Christian Advo
cate, the organ of Michigan Methodism, is Bache
lor of Arts, having won that degree at Albion Col
lege, where she graduated, and for sometime has
filled the position of professor of mathematics in
that institution.
Mrs. Rosa Vertner Jeffrey, the well-known Ken
tucky poetess, who is again passing the winter at
the capital, wrote a graceful little poem upon the
conjunction of Venus and the moon, called, “A
Heavenly Kiss.” Mrs. Jeffrey retains much of the
remarkable beauty which made George D. Pren
tice pronounce her, twenty years ago, the most
beautiful woman he had ever met.
Of Joseph W. Harper, recently in London, the
Herald correspondent writes: “ When he came, he
was suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism.
He arrived in London on crutches, but the recruit
ing climate, freedom from work and care, have
made him quite well again. He looks quite r <sy
and fresh, and has been visiting George Eliot.
Charles Reade, Wilkie Collins, William Black,
James Payne, and other English clients of his
house. He had a pleasant trip to Oxford, and
came back much impressed with the venerable
institution.”
Count de Paris has taken possession of the
former residence of his grandaunt, Madame Ade
laide, sister of King Louis Phillippe, in'the Rue
de Varennes, near the corner of the Rue Vanneau.
It is considered the most magnificent private es
tablishment in Paris. Sixty carriages can stand
together in the court-yard, one thousand guests
circulate in the reception-rooms, and the garden
is a miniature park, extending to the Rue de Bab-
ylone. The hause is now known as the Hotel
Galliera, having been long inhabited by the late
Duke de Galliera and the duchess.
Miss Shields, a noted Southern beauty, of Nor
folk, Virginia, is here on a visit, and will possibly
remain during the winter. She has made many
friends during her short sojourn among us, and
no doubt will prove quite an acquisition to our gay
society. Being thoroughly conversant with soci
ety mannerisms, a fascinating conversationalist, a
handsome face and figure combined to make her
desperately attractive in society. Norfolk should
be prond of such a handsome, young and dark
eyed beauty, and Washington is happy to welcome
her as its guest at any time.—Capital.
Mr. Longfellow said at the Whittier dinner:
“ 1 do not know why I cannot make an after-din
ner speech as well as other people; but I cannot.
I have made several attempts, and I have always
observed it to produce a depressing influence.”
Mr. Charles Dudley Warner quaintly began his
talk thus: “ Mr. Chairman—It is impossible to
express my gratitude to you for calling on me.
There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of
being called upon to make an after-dinner speech,
and that is not being called upon. It is such an
enjoyment to sit through the courses with this
prospect, like a ten-pound weight, on your digest
ive organs.”
Odd-Hour Oddities.
BY PBOF. 3. F. STELLE,
Editor Mobile Journal of Progress.
Humorous litter* tare. *
Humor, as relates to literature, is, according to
the dictionaries, that quality of the imagination
which gives to ideas a wild and fantastic turn, and
tends to excite laughter, or, at least, to excite a
degree of mirthful pleasure in the person who
reads. Wit is often confounded with humor, and
vice versa ; but while the two may be accepted as
twin sisters, they are by no means the same. In
genuine humor we invariably find something to
please us, and never a thing calculated to do
otherwise; while wit, though it may please us, is
very likely to be, at the same time, displeasing
to somebody else.
The true humorist affords us pleasure, and never
pain, and for that reason we all like him. We
can all feel that the world is the better for his be
ing in it. Bnt not invariably so with reference to
the wit. He may acquire a world-wide reputation
for brilliancy, but when you have sifted every
thing down to the very bottom, you will find it
“panning out” that he has, really, very few true
friends. The one moves us as the rising moon
moves the darkness, coming with gentleness, run
ning a due course, and leaving no trace behind
save that dim outline on the memory as makes one
ever recall to mind, with pleasing emotions, the
beauties of a ramble by moonlight. But the other
comes differently—it is upon us like an electric
flash from the clouds, dazzling us with its sudden
brilliancy, and splintering the object against which
it has been directed.
The humorous literature, so called, of this coun
try, may be gathered into two distinct classes;
and these classes might, it strikes us, be desig
nated as “high humor” and “low humor.”
“genuine humor” and “bogus humor” might
be more appropriate, though, since the world ac
cepts both classes at par, these last mentioned
names would not be apt to establish themselves
universally.
As belonging to the class that we have, styled
“ high humor,” we may find very good specimens
in the writings of Dr. Holmes, and J. Ross Brown,
and Mark Twain, while J. R. Lowell, and Arte-
mus Ward, and iJosh Billings have given us very
fine samples in the other class. One is genuine
humor hung out in plain English, while the other,
though it may embody some humorous thoughts,
depends mainly for. its success on a vulgar mur
dering of the Preside at’s English, in imitation of
the style of some low class of people ranking far
beneath the common level of good society. How
intelligent persons can find pleasure in such low
vulgarity, is a mystery to us, nevertheless we must
admit tnat they seem to do it. Mr. Lowell’s popu
lar Yankee doggerel, “The Courtin,” stands as
an importaEt witness in the establishment ot this
fact. It gave the writer the greatest bulk of his
fame as a poet. Here are a few of its best points:
Zezel crep’ up, quite unbeknown,
An’ peeked in thru the winder,
An’ thar sot Hulda all alone
’Ith no one nigh to hender.
Agin the chembht^ crooknecks hung,
An’ in among ’em rusted
The old queen’8 arm that gran’ther Young
Fetch’t home from Concord husted.
******
“ You want to see my pa, I s’pose ?”
“ Wei, no; I came designin’—”
“To see my ma? She’s sprinklin’ clo’es
Agin to-morrow’s i’niu.”
Now, you will readijy see, if^ you reduce the
foregoing lines to^UpaEIiglisfiTthat there is noth
ing in them. The young man comes to the house
unheralded, and, looking through the window,
sees the young lady alone in the sitting-room. He
goes in, and the young lady, supposing that he
has business with her father, is about to summons
the old gentleman into his presence. He gives her
to understand that it is not her father he desires
to see, and leaves the impression that it is her
mother. The old lady is in the next room sprink
ling clothes for the morrow’s ironing—a fact which
the young lady apprises him of—and that is all
there is of it; and yet, the production, as worked
up in barbarisms by Mr. Lowell, has attained a
prominent place among the immortals—a thing it
could never have done had it been worded in pure
English.
With a design of more clearly illustrating our
two classes of humorous literature, we call the at
tention of our readers to a little poem which went
through most of the papers about twenty years
ago. We don’t know who wrote it. Here it is:
JENNY.
On a sunny summer morning,
Early as the ^iew was dry,
Up the hill I went a berrying,
And I’ll tell the reason why:
Farmer Davis had a daughter,
And it happened that I knew
On each sunny summer morning,
She went out a berrying, too.
Lonely work was picking berries,
So I joined her on the hill;
“ Jenny, dear,” said 1, “ your basket’s
Quite too large for one to fill.”
So we set about to fill it,
Jenny talking—I was still—
Leading where the hill was steepest,
Picking berries up the hill.
“ This is up-hill work,” said Jenny;
“ So is life,” said I, “ but we
Climb the hill so well together,
I am thinking you and me
Would do well to try a life-climb—
What say you ? ” and came and went
Color redder tkhn the berries
As she gave a sweet consent.
We find a lively vein of humor running throegh
this little effort, and belonging to what we have
called the right class. But for all this it has not
been so popular as td prevent some person from
harboring the notion ihat he could improve it by
utting it down to the lower class—tra minting it
from the original English into something else.
And h re it is as ground out from his mill—take
your choice:
GINNY.
On a smash in’ summer mornin’
Long afore the weeds got dry,
I poked up the hill a berryin’—
Mout as well jes tell ye why,
Old man Davis had a likely
Gal, an’ I’d the luck to know,
Every day the killin’ critter
Berryin’ up the hill did go.
Stunnin’ work was pickin' berries,
So 1 met her on the hill:
“Gin, my gal,” said I, “y’er basket’s
Mortal big for one to fill,”
So we both pitched in to fill it,
Gabbin’ she—1 nary gab
Gettin’ off, but pickin’ berries—
Gobs of berries every grab.
“This ar’ climbin’ work,” said Ginny;
“Nothin’ short,’ said I, “won’t wo
Splice an’ allers climb together—
Hitch our traces, you and me!”
Redder nor a busted berry
Grow’d the gal—jest as she ort—
Redder nor a pile of berries,
As she answered, “Nothin’ short!”
Answers to Correspondents.
Minnie A., Americus, Ga.—There are so many
applicants always on hand for every kind of em
ployment that we could not advise you to come to
Atlanta to make an “ independent living,” as you
desire to do. It is commendable in you, and we
only wish it were in eur power to assist so lauda
ble effort. Pardon the delay in giving you this
reply.
R. H. P— “ Can you inform me where lace or
naments can be obtained, for trimming cake. I
am a constant reader of your excellent paper, and
look anxiously each week for its coming, and 1
will be exceedingly obliged if you will give me the
desired information” ... .We think the trimming
and lucid directions can be obtained from any
large cake bakery. Try the firm of Jack A Hol
land, or Agricola, of this city. Many thanks for
your appreciation of our paper. We would that
its sunny rays could penetrate, or find entrance
into every household.
Mrs. G. H. C.—“Please inform a constant read
er of your valuable paper, where the name
‘Mount Shaster,’ originated ? I do not remember
to have seen the name before reading Bishop Mar
vin’s eloquent sermon on, “ God in the old Testa -
ment Scriptures.” “From the misty atmosphere of
a vain conceit, clouds and fogs may arise, and ob
scure the Mount Shaster of the facts of life, for an
hour, but evermore will it re-appear supreme amid
' urrounding grandeur wrapped in the white man-
tie of purity, and glowing in the everlasting sun
shine of Truth.” I cannot express my admira
tion of the gifted Mrs. B , or the eloquent Mrs.
P , we miss the chaste words from the pen of
S. M. A. C., and why has Florence Hartland
ceased to write those pathetic sketches we all so
much admire”... .The word “Shaster, ’ is derived
from the Hindoos, and is a treatise from an authori
tative institution among them—a book of insti
tutes—more especially, a treatise containing re
ligious institutions and precepts, written also
sastia. You will soon hear from all of your fa
vorites again. Like the famed warriors of old—
they are r :sting on their laurels. Soon the tocsin
of friends will sound, and they will march upward
and onward to new victories.
Beautiful Susie.—“ I send still another photo for
the matrimonial lottery. Now, be sure and as
sign m i to some handsome, intelligent young man,
and I know just “oodles’ of girls that contem
plate sending you their’s. Won’t we have fun
though, when the day of distribution dawns. It
will be like the Fourth of July (almost the declar
ation of Independence) for us girls. Thanks-giv-
ing-day, Christmas and New Years, stewed down
into one glorious day of endless fun. Next time,
Mr. Editor, just reverse the order of things. Fill
your sanctum with photographs of the masculine
gender, and permit us to subscribe for the paper,
and draw for them.”....We will see about that
Miss Su i . Your photo is beautiful, and no
doubt w 11 prove magnetic.
Sarah Shelton says—“ I have for the past
twenty years been in the habit of lying, and I
want you to advise me just how to break myself
of it. I can not think of anything else save tell
ing some lie on my neighbors, and consequently
causing a constant disturbance throughout the
entire neighborhood. I tell scandalous lies, and
it positively comes jHst as natural to me as eating
or sleeping. Other times I take things that dos
not belong to me. And if you can tall me anyway
to break myself of these horrid hatits, I shall be
everlastingly obliged to you.” . . . Your case is
certainly an extraordinary one, and requires an
immediate remedy, not only for your own protec
tion, but that of the community at large. “ Lying,
and theft”—like the “Siamese Twins,” are in
separable. A few days since an eminent Judge of
the Eastern Bar, rendered in a decision, “ that
kleptomania was not a disease, but a pernicious
habit,” like any other contracted, nurtured, and
carefully cultivated by the depraved instincts of
the human family, until it fastens its poisonous
fangs into its victim, and becomes a mania. Study
the Sixth Commandment: “ Thou shalt not steal;”
and the ninth: “ Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.” Better the tongue and
hand were palsied, that cause one to break these
Divine Laws. The remedy depends upon yourself
alone. Only resolve, with the help of God, to
bridle your tongue and withhold your hands from
touching anything that belongs to another, and you
will soon find that the awful propensity will leave
you. Read the twenty-first chapter of the book
of “ Revelations,” eighth verse—no liar shall en
ter the kingdom of heaven. If these things don’t
cure you, get some one to use the cow-hide on
your back every morning.
Widow, wants to know if the matrimonial lot
tery is so exclusive as not to admit of a few that
are positively young, intelligent and irresistably
handsome, even if they are widows: . . . “ That
depends;” should any young man securing a chance
(either a bachelor or widower,) signify his will
ingness to abide the consequences of drawing a
nice little parcel, (such as you specify,) of love
warmed over, we certainly enter no protest. Send
on your photographs, no doubt the demand, mas
culine, will be equal to the emergency, feminine,
nousverrons.
Dollie—“ You can procure the article specified,
at any of our fashionable dress making establish
ments. No; “ light green,” like the beautiful fo
liage of spring, is a thing of the past, and a dream
of the future. All shades in dress goods, are
dark, almost invisible as to coloring. A gay dress
on parade, would now cause hilarity.
little coldly and haughtily, and he left me seem
ingly quite angry, telling me that he would never
believe that I really loved him unless I permitted
him to kiss me. Now, dear editor, what must I
do ? I cannot give him up. Please tell me truth
fully, do all engaged people kiss when they meet
or part ?”.... We think the young man altogether
unreasonable, even arbitrary in his demands, and
did he love you as much as you profess to love
him, he would not ask suoh a privilege. Of course
we cannot answer for everybody, in regard to
what they do or did during their engagement; yet
we do not approve of kissing before marriage, be
cause all engagements do not culminate in matri
mony. Again, the more dignified and reserved a
young lady deports herself towards even her affi
ance, the more he will love and respect her, not
withstanding he may appear angry, and even
threaten to break the engagement, his better sense
will soon return and teach him the true value of
his “Evelyn.”
Correspondents Wanted.—All let
ters written to parties in this column must be ac
companied by an extra stamp and a blank envel
ope, so that the editor can direct them himself and
remail to their proper destination. Unless these
rules are observed, the letters do not reach their
destination. Those who are not subscribers to the
Sunny South (and all should be) must send 10c.
for every line (10 words make a line) intended to
secure correspondents.
Stella would like a few intelligent young-lady
correspondents. Object—improvement. Will give
real name and exchange photographs, if desired,
after first letter. Direct in care of Sunnt South.
Would be most happy to secure a positive bru
nette correspondent. Must be pretty, and under
the age of twenty. A view to business. The ap
plicant is a young man of unexceptionable refer
ences in every particular. Good circumstances
pecuniarily. Apply at once. Address
Dalkhoy.
Please state that “ Longfellow ” solicits a cor
respondence with some pretty, witty, lively girl of
sweet sixteen. He awaits anxiously a response.
Address Sunny South office. Photographs ex
changed if desired.
“ Silver Bell ” would be delighted to correspond
with John J. Marion, provided he will write the
first letter. Will give true name and exchange
photographs. Pen-portrait: fair, with light-brown
hair and dark-gray eyes, and five feet three inches,
longitude. Solicits an immediate response. Di
rect “Silver Bell,” care Sunny South.
By a young Virginian : To form the acquaint
ance, through the medium of a correspondence, of
several young ladies. Anywhere under the age of
twenty. Address “ Edwin Clauden,” care Sunny
South.
“ Ethel Raymond ” would be pleased to hear
from “Jonathan and David,” the two young Tex
ans, at an early day. They must write the first
letter. Description : violet eyes and golden hair.
Will exchange true name, photograph, and address.
An immediate reply desired.
A young gentleman of culture, education, and
innate refinement would be pleased to secure sev
eral young-lady correspondents. Object—im
provement and fun. Direct all letters to “ Eugene
Carlyle,” care Sunny South.
“ Jennie June ’’ requests the inestimable pleas
ure of a correspondence with “Camilla Clover-
dale.” She is rather fair, with wavy brown hair,
and dark-blue eyes. Please write’the first letter.
Send true address and real name, and she will do
likewise.
I should be most happy to correspond with
“ Ernestine and Wilberta Wilde,” and several
other ladies. Habits good. Standing in society,
unexceptionable. Address “William Henry,”
care Sunny South.
“Violet”—Please write immediately to “ L.
Curtis,” and secure a prompt correspondent of
twenty—handsome and intelligent.
Will Norma please grant the honor to a Tennes
seean of a correspondence 1 He promises any
number of references. Will give his true name
in the first letter—also send photograph. Answer
through the correspondence column, and address
Ansley.
I am a young man just twenty-one. Intend
traveling all over the South, from South Carolina
to Texas. All ladies desiring a lively correspond
ent, with the assurance of prompt replies to all
letters, will please address “An Admirer of the
Ladies,” care this office.
Any number of young ladies under twenty years
of age, wishing a handsome, lively and agr eeable
correspondent, will materially enhance the happi
ness terrestrial of “Niven, Jr.,” by writing him
instanter.
Please say to “Maidens Fair” that Charlie, of
twenty-three summers, with dark-brown hair and
blue-gray eyes, wishes to correspond with a few
interesting young ladies from sweet sixteen to
twenty-one. Object—fun and improvement.—
“Bessie Vashti,” “Bulah,” and “Louise,” of Ken
tucky, write and make my bachelor heart perfect
ly happy.
“Charlie Ross” solicits a limited number of
lady correspondents. Object—pastime; he does
not offer “mutual improvement” as an induce
ment, yet will endeavor to amuse all that honor
him with an early response.
List of letters remaining in this office without
stamps or blank envelopes. All the parties inter
ested can secure them by sending stamped envel
opes for them:—John J. Marion, 1; J. A. L., 2;
Louise of Ken., 4; Sybil, 1; Benjamin, 2; Rose,
1; Stemie Lynn, 2; Kelsington, 4; Fred Howard,
1; Floyd Jenette, 2; Ernestine Raymond, 1; M.
R. E., 1; Raymond Lessings, 2; Petite Daisy, 5;
Louis Vivion, 1; Guy Livingston, 1; M. J. Rich
ardson, 1; Mr. Lassoni, 1; Viola, 1; Fred R. Og
don, 1; Perey DeQuand, 1; Will A. Bokus, 1; Bil
lie Button, 1; Violet, I; Pansy, 1.
Pauline says: “This is the very first time that I
have ever come to you for advice. Will you please
be so kind as to direct me just how to act under
the following circumstances: When a young man
candidly expresses his love for a young lady, and
she feels that her esteem for him by far exceeds
that which she ever could entertain for another,
now is it positively requisite for her to admit the
same in just so many words? Should not her acts
prove to him her siucere partiality 1" .... We can
not see how you are ever to become engaged to the
one of your choice without the time-honored con
fession of your love for him. “Acts,” ’tis said |
“sometimes speak louder than words.” Yet ap
pearances are deceptive—and we know a great
many young ladies, who, judging from their ac
tion^ alone, we would think really loved all their
gentlemen acquaintances. If you love the young
man, we cannot see the impropriety of modestly
admitting it to him.
Evelyn says: “Please answer this letter at your
earliest convenience, and oblige a constant reader
of the dear Sunny South. 1 am a young lady
eighteen years of age, and I am engaged to a young
gentleman whom I love more than all else on earth.
Strange as it may seem, 1 have never been left
alone with him until last evening. When about
to take his leave—after a visit of two hours, he
asked me to kisB him, which I declined, perhaps a
FUN FLASHES.
Enamored writing-master (to a young lady pu
pil); “ I can teach you nothing; your hand is s
already a very desirable one, and your I’s are th<
most beautiful I have ever seen.”
Two little boys did the only thing that raised at
honest laugh at a variety theatre in Louisville the
other night, when they threw a cabbage upon the
stage, but the next morning they were fined $5 foi
their diversion.
The color of a girls hair is regulated by the sizi
of her father’s pocketbook. If the latter be pie
thoric, the girl’s tresses are golden or auburn. 1
the old man’s wallet is lean, we hear the daughte:
spoken of only as “ that red headed gal.” Yot
never saw a rich girl with red hair.
The court reporter of the Virginia (Nevada
Chronicle, commenting upon a recent verdict, per
mits his warmth to expose his weakness in thi
saient style: “ It is not^unnatural to expect that i
woman with sparkling black eyes and cherry lip:
should find it easy to get on the blind side of i
jury in this county, but when a vulgar, unkemp
female with a bleared eye, red nose, and moutl
like a gash in a water-melon—when such a crea
ture comes up and gets a verdict, it leads the spi
tator to think that juries are running the susec
tibility business into the ground.”