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(CONTINUED FROM 5th page. ) “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.”