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THE BUST WORLD. All Around In Dixie and Elsewhere. The license on billiard saloons, in Stone Mountain, Ga., is $300 dollars per annum. The young men of Busselville, Ky., deoorate their lapels with blue ribbons. Telephonic connection between Busselville, and Bowling Green, Ky., was opened on the thirteenth. , , San Francisco has 300.000 inhabitants. A water moccasin was killed recently near Moulton, Ala., having ninety-one young snakes inside of her. A black snake was killed on the 10th near Moulton, Ala., measuring five feet The indebtedness of the Mississippi and Ten nessee railroad to Tennessee, amounting to $299,814 has been settled. Edward Stephenson and Hiram Dark are trav eling in Maury county, Tennessee, as missiona ries of the Mormons in Utah. James Orgain, near Gibson, Tenn., has five generations living in his family—child, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother—aged respec tively 2, 22, 40, 77 and 100. A peddler visited Humboldt, Tennessee, with no legs and could not use his arms. A black eagle measuring 0 feet 8 inches from tip to tip was caught in a trap near Rocking ham, N. C., recently. A cheese factory in Minnesota uses the milk of 120 cows. Gen. Hood, who purchased Montvale Springs, Tenn., has leased it to Mr. M. G. Wilson and J. M. Anderson, cf Knoxville. California exported to Australia, last year $707,000 and to New Zealand, $131,000. There were 200 marriages in Hawkins county, Tenn., in 1877. A tobaooo plant at Keysburg, Tenn., stripped, weighed fifteen ounces. The $50,000 endowment for Hampden-Sidney College, in Virginia, has been raised. Charlotte Bronte’s former nurse is said to live near Crawfordsville, Iowa. She has a lock of Charlotte’s hair, and a pin-cushion made by Charlotte’s fingers. . , W. Keyser, of Baltimore, has been elected temporary President ot the Valley Railroad Company. The old coin mania is assuming an epidemic form at Stanton, Va. Wild geese abound near Boydton, W. Va. Sixty-three marriage licenses were issued at Boydton, W. Va., during December. Braxton Bragg has been elected city attorney of Mobile, Ala. Covington, Ga., has voted out liquor licenses- Strawberries are in bloom at Belleville Ten. nessee. Rev. J. R. Hnbard, Rector of Christ church at Winchester, Va., has received a call to the Episcopal church in Lexington, Ky. The annual Conference of the United Breth- ern in Christ meets in Winchester, Va., Febru ary 20lh. _ The removal of the Capital to Baton Rouge is being discussed n Louisiana. Rev. J. Lewis, Jr , has taken charge of the department of English Literature in the Greens boro Ala., Female College. The Kentucky House of Representatives is made up of 47 farmers, 27 Lawyers, G Physicians, 2 Editors and 1 Clerk. The value of the cattle, hogs and sheep re ceived in Chicago last year was $99,000,000 The tax on whisky and tobacco paid in 1877 was $98,370,000. Capt. R. J. Moore near La Fayette, Ala., last year made 48 bales of cotton and 350 bushels of corn with three mules or $778,33J per mule. The feeding of prisoners in Alabama last year cost the sum of $76,096. Capt. W. W. Jenkins of Talbot County Ga., last year realized $866,25 per mule by diverri- fied agriculture. Mrs. Bush has been re-elected State Librarian of Kentucky. J. R. Flippin has been re-elected Mayor of Memphis, Tenn. Vicksburg. Miss, wants her charter abolished in order to abolish her city debt. 81,000 acres of land were entered at Little Rock, Ark., last year, under the homestead law. 325,000,000 bushels of wheat and 1,280,000 bushels of corn were produced in the United States in 1877, aggregating in value $1,000,000,- 000. The annual gold product of the world, iR about $25,000,000 greater than of silver. The United States pays annually for flax, jute and hemp imported, $30,000,000. Chattanooga, Tenn., has shipped six car loads each of pumps to Iowa and Wisconsin. Tautanite has been found in Alabama. Robert Moon, of Oconee County, Ga., made last year nine bales of cotton and six hundred bushels of corn per mule. Henry Thurston, of White Creek, Texas, stands seven feet six inches in his boots. The silk crop of Kansas, in $20,000. The farmers near Maysville, Texas, will aban don cotton this year for sugar cane. Corn in Kansas, is estimated at fifteen cents per bushel. A Bardstown, Ky., youth married his forty- year old step-mother recently. It will cost $2 000,000 to complete the Cincin nati Southern Railway. A German Sabbath school has been organized in Lagrange, Texas. General Taylor, of San Saba, Texas, took five hundred and fifty pounds of honey from twelve bee hives and left the same amount in the hives. At a marriage in Spartanburg, S. C., the groom was sixty six and the bride sixteen. A family lives in Union Springs, Ala., the father and mother being the uncle and aunt of their own children. 373 mules and 135 wagons were sold in a few weeks at Union Springs, Ala. It is time farmers had resumed making their own supplies at home. Fresh oysters sell in Nevada at twelve and a half cents each. A telegraph line is to be constructed between Darien and Doboy. W. H. Crawford, the Duke of Madison, Ga., captured two foxes recently. A wild cat was captured alive in a trap near Clarksville, Tenn. Lawsonville, N. C., has a chair 132 years old, in whioh Lord Cornwallis sat while he drank a glass of buttermilk. A North Carolina oolored girl, dieted on cotton and milk to bieach her complexion. Little Rock, Ark., is agitated over purchasing horses for her fire department. The greenbackers of Tennessee convene in Nashville on the 18th of February. Mr. Dunn, of New Jersey, aged ninety-four, wished to wed the widow Way, aged seventy- three, but the parsons refuse to perform the ceremony. There ought to be some Way found for this couple; Dunn ought not to be done that way. Thomas W. Langston, the second chief of the Pamankey tribe of Indiana, presented the Gov ernor of Virginia recently, with a basket of wild ducks. Rev. J. W. P. Fackler, a Baptist Evangelist from Georgia, is holding a series of meetings in Chatham, Va. Movements in Southern So ciety. Marriages, Parties, Balls, and other Amusements. Miss Susie Lampkin, of Dalton, is the guest of Mrs. Iverson, of Macon, Ga. A double wedding came off in Forsyth, Ga., on the 23d. The two daughters of Hon. David Hammond were married. Miss Carrie Walker has been giving readings and recitations at Clarksville, Tenn. The French residents of Woonsocket, R. L, kiss every pretty girl they meet on New Year’s day. The attempt to introduce New Year calls in Richmond, Va., was a failure. Thos. F. Martin, of Huntsville, Ala., was re cently married to Miss Marie Bate, daughter of Gen. W. B. Bate, of Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. L. M. Hall, of Vicksburg, Miss., is visit ing Mrs. M. D. McCabe, of Little Rock, Ark. Miss Algie Green, of Arkadelphia, was in Lit tle Bock on the 14th. Miss Annie Dunham has returned to Sparta, Ga. Dr. Templeton, of Columbia, Tenn., bears a strong resemblance to Senator Hill, of Ga. Rev. Lovic Pierce, D. D., officiated at the marriage of his grand-daughter, Miss Carrie R. Turner, to Mr. R. C. Wilson, of Sparta, on the 15th. Miss Mary Deck, of Dalton, is visiting Miss Alice Pullen, of Cave Spring, Ga. Miss Alpha Milligan, of Dirttown, is the guest of Miss Fannie Milligan, of Cave Sprang, Ga. Jfiss Alethia Stith, of Cave Spring, has gone on a visit to Forest, ifiss. The golden wedding of Edmond Reid and wife, of Eatonton, Ga., came off on the 15th. Among the guests were three who were present at the first wedding. In choosing a wife be governed by her chin. A “Fernsprecher” has been put up in a Wash ington street residence in Atlanta, Ga. 3fiss Fannie Kittrell has returned to Colum bia, Tenn., from J/acon, A/iss. Mrs. R. D. Smith, of Columbia, Tenn., has gone to Cincinnati to take lessons in elocution. Misses Campbell and Douglass, of Talbotton, are visiting friends in Thomaston, Ga. Miss Cora Blalock, of Greenville, is the guest of Dr. J. M. Blalock, of Thomaston, Ga. Miss Jfollie Worton has returned to ifadison- villc, Ky. Miss Clara Haines, of Virginia, is visiting friends in Marshall county, Tenn. Miss Katie Smith is the guest of Miss Nettie Phillips, of Columbia, Tenn. Miss Kate Culbert, of Nashville, is visiting Miss Ella Wood, of Columbia, Tenn. Miss Katie Hargrove, of Nashville, is the guest of Miss Sallie Dunlop, of Columbia, Tenn. C. P. Cecil, cashier of the bank of Columbia, Tennessee, has moved with his family to Dan ville, Ky. Miss JfaggieSmall, of Tenn., gave a pleasant sociable at her father's residence, on the 16th. Paducah, Ky., girls require their beaux to sign the Murphy pledge or cease their visits. The Mite Society at Hopkinsville, Ky., at its last meeting tried a prominent member for love- Jfiss Helen Crawley of Macon Ga. and Miss Hattie Jay of Eufaula Ala. spent the Christmas holidays with the charming Miss Rosa Jessup alias Rosa V. Ralston. George Terry, of Hopkins county, Ky, aged 75 was recently married to Mrs. Couch aged 45. George Dyer and family, of Lagrange, Ga., have removen to Lafayette, Ala. Miss Willie Chandler has returned to Union Springs, Ala., from her visit to Talbotton, Ga. Union SpringR, Ala., has 20 widows, 8 widow ers, 26 marriageable ladies and 23 marriageable gentlemen. Knob Creek, near Columbia, Tenn., was re cently the scene of an elopement. Jim Goad and Elizabeth Goad were the go-adding par ties. Miss Ivittie Roundtree, of Carter's Creek, Ten nessee, is on a visit to Alabama. The boys of Lumberton, N. C. had a Juvenile tournament on the 11th. The prizes were pock et knives. Mrs. Ella Kellogg, of Clarksville, Tenn,, is visiting her sisters in Auburn, Ala. Mrs. T. A. White is visiting Mrs. Stanley, of Campbell Station, Tenn. Misses Georgia Nickels and Irene Hunter, of Carter’s Creek are on a visit to Columbia, Tenn. Miss Leona Huey, of Collins county, Texas, is visiting relatives in Bear Creek, Tenn. Miss Aunie Nouse, of Lagrange, is the guest of Mrs, J. C. Beckham, of Sbelbyville, Ky. Mrs. Dr. W. Bailey, of Louisville, is visiting her father, Jacob Owen, of Shelbyville, Ky. Fielding Neal, president of the Shelby R. R. was married in Louisville to Mrs. M. E. Nolan. Col. J. B. Gorman, of Talbotton, is visiting some lady friends in Sweetwater, Tenn. Mrs. Catherine Hall, of James county, and 1877, netted j Mrs. Frank Cunningham, of Meigs county, are ! visiting relatives near Sweetwater, Tenn. Rev. S. J. Pinkerton, of Marietta, Ga., cele brated his silver wedding recently. Americus Ga. is forming a library association. Claude S. Cutts, of Americus, Ga., was recent ly married to Miss Carrie M. Morgan, of La grange. Miss Alice Thomas, of Athens, is in Augusta, Ga. on a visit. Misses Julia Cloud, of Kingston and Rosa Beck, of Griffin, are visiting friends in Hamp ton, Ga. Miss Julia Burns has returned to McDcnough from Carrolton, Ga. Miss Sallie Scales, of Humboldt, is visiting friends in middle Tenn. All the clerks in the Vicksburg, Miss, post- office are females. Master Star Dunham, of Van Buren, Ark, gave a masquerade party at his father’s residence on the lltb. Miss Floyd of Louisville, Ky., is visiting Mrs. J. C. McCrary, of Nashville, Tenn. Miss Ruth Gamble, of Augusta, is visiting Mrs. Wilkins, of Waynesboro, Ga. Miss Anna M. Davant, of Guyton is visiting Miss Inez Wilkins, of Waynesboro, Ga. Miss Tommie McElmurray, of Waynesboro, has entered the masonic female college at Cov ington. Mrs Narcissa Hodge, of Burke oounty, Ga., h; > moved to D illas, Texas. Miss Josephine Evans, of Screven oounty, is in Lawton ville, Ga., oh a visit. John M. Koon was recently married in New berry, S. C. to Miss Mary E. Ballentine. Miss Lula Carson has returned to Butler from Buena Vista, Ga. Miss Annie Seay of Water Valley, Miss, is visiting friends in Mayfield Ky. Miss Minnie Richardson has returned to Trigg county from Mayfield Ky. Misses. Katie Sanford and Fannie Stephens of Milbnrn, are the guests of Dr. R. C. Mayer of Mayfield, Ky. T. C. Evans of Lagrange Ga. has settled in Fort Smith Ark. Dolph Foster of Texas was married recently to Miss Emma Allen of Manley ville, Tenn. Mrs. Winnie Robins of Miss, is visiting friends in Manleyville, Tenn. Miss Augusta Randolph of Blountsville, Ala. has gone to Blount county on a visit. The Literary Club of Shelbyville, Tenn. is an entertaining feature of the City. Miss Nellie Jackson of McDuffie county has returned home from Talbotton, Ga. Charles E. Dozier was married on the 9th to Miss Kitty Fuller of Talbotton, Ga* Uiiscle vs Steam Most Extraordinary Exploit of the Age. Captain W. A. Fuller’s Chase and Capture of the Bridge Burners in 1S62. Reliable Narrative of this Great Event by the only Living Witnesses. The Sunny South of February the 16th, will contain a graphic and correct account of the chase and capture of twenty-three bridge-burn ers on the W. & A. R. R. in 1862, by Capt. W. A. Fuller, detailing many faets never before given to the public, and correcting many erron eous statements concerning this stirring event. The narrative is given by the only living wit nesses in our midst, and clearly and succinctly portrays the entire chase and the importance of Captain Fuller’s daring and successful defeat of the object of the bridge-burners against stu pendous odds. It will be one of the most exciting and reada ble papers of the times. News dealers and others desiring copies shonld send in their or ders at once. The article will be accompanied by a life-like portrait of Captain Falter. STAGE PERSONALS. Answers to Correspondents. Dear Sunny South : I have been a constant reader of yonr valuable paper ever since the very first number was issued; yet I have never troubled you before. Will you now answer two or more questions, and truly oblige E. B. P.? First, about six months agone a young lady of my acquaintance became unwarrantably angry with me for no reason at all, and positively re fused to speak to or recognize my presence until a few days ago. I met her on the street, then she bowed to me, which I did not return, because immediately after she ceased to speak to me she wrote me a very insulting and un ladylike note. Now, did I do right in not speaking to her? 2d. What is the quickest or , , most successful way of obtaining a young ladies’ j f° re '. The name wasunusua love ? 3d. Do you think a young lady could en- the kind, _ trusty face I felt so, tertain the requisite amount of confidence in her lover, and at the same time refuse to give him her photograph. 4th. Is it really improper for a gentleman to insist on kissing his be trothed? On meeting a lady vis a vis—even one that has done you an irreparable injury—we do not think that your manhood would suffer any material loss by returning her bow—in a very formal way—even should it prove excessively repugnant to your wounded feelings; the lady herself will fully understand and duly appre ciate the gentlemanly motive which alone prompted the recognition. 2d. The quickest and only way to win abiding love, is to culti- (CONTINUED FROM 1ST PAGE.) I was really glad when they had gone. Some how I felt shocked and disgusted with the man ner in which these two women discussed mar riage and their admirers. There was no tender romance, no delicacy, but a kind of brisk, busi ness air, a being weighed in the balance of worldly prudence, and taken whether one would or not. I thought of what old Mrs. Sydenham had said abont her grand-niece, and confessed that her estimate was correct. How much did the man who cared for her understand ? Ah, well, perhaps, that love Rhould be blind. I do not know why I should have taken any particular interest in this man, yet it almost seemed as if I had known him somewhere be- And as I recalled sorry that a woman so narrow-minded, vapid, and ill-tempered, shonld have such a man’s heart in her keeping. There was only old Tabitha Waters and her son Jerry left in the house. Jane had been tak en with Helen as lady’s maid. Jerry was coach man and waiter in general; the gardener had a cottage by himself. Tabitha had been cook and housekeeper for sixteen years. Jerry brought a note from the post-office. I opened my writing-desk to find a large envelope in which I might enclose it. The house was very still with the peculiar hush of summer evening Something in the handwriting struck me as be ing familiar, and I began to turn over a bundle of old letters. There was Mrs. Mercer’s, here a little note from a school friend, and in its buff covering Mr. Ruricson’s reply respecting the advertisement I had answered. How odd not to vate all the ennobling attributes which belong to man. The victory does not consist in the | have thought of it before ! Was it the same Mr. mere winning the love of a lovable creature; ’tis ' Ruricson ? in the very rare faculty of retaining it in all its | /.compared the handwriting. It was straight, J ° j plain and strong—the very same. What if 1 had freshness and purity. “Love, like money, | j3 een writing to-day in Mr. Rnricson's office? I Ruricson Queens and Kings of the Modern Stage “Two weeks ago, says Octavia Hensell, writing from Vienna. Schiller’s “Marie Stuart” was given at the Burg. Frau Wolter, probably the finest actress in Germany, took the celebrated role, that of the lovely queen. The whole piece was splendidly east, with the strongest and best talent of the Burg Theatre. Never before have I seen such acting; it is indescribable. Time, place, country, were all forgotten, I was living in centuries gone by, a silent, helpless spectator of one of the most fearful tragedies on earth. In the last scene, where Marie Stuart, in her re gal robes, takes leave of her weeping maidens, audible sighs and sobs were heard all over the house. The actresses themselves were really crying, and Wolter’s queenly calmness was fectly majestic. per- Madame Modjeska, now acting Adrienne Le- couveurin New York, wears costumes as histor ical as they are splendid. Her first toilet is a train of pale blue satin, above which is a genu ine polonaise of velvet, hanging without drape ry, and very different from the corrupted bouf fant garment now worn as a polonaise. Tne dark velvet fronts are embroidered with gold, and the flowing angel sleeves disclose tulle puffed undersleeves. An oriental scarf of striped silk is tied loosely around the skirt. A jeweled cap rests on tbe powdered wig. The jewels of diamonds an Yfoearls are most brilliant. In the remarkable s'tfne where Madame Modjeska re cites from “Phaedra,” she wears a white satin dress, in Louis Quatorze style, with Watteau train, square neck, pointed bodice, elbow sleeves, and lace tablier. In the death scene, her robe-de-chambre is of white cashmere, with front of mauve satin and white lace. Her natural dark hair is seen in this act for the first time. Modjeska's power to flush and pale show that the words come “not from the lips only, but from the heart.’, Max Strako3ch’s latest importation of an opera prima donna is Marie Roze (whose real name is Mrs. Perkins, she, though a French woman, be ing the widow of an American. She appeared in New York last week for the first time at the I Academy of Music. The play was La Favorita, | and Madame Roze made a lovely Leonora. She ! is a beautiful woman, a well-trained singer and j an accomplished actress. Her rendering of the tender passionate music of La Favorita was al together charming and succeeded in thawing a cold and critically disposed audience. Edwin Booth opened for a six-week’s engage ment at the theater which bears his name. He played Richard III., the original edition, Shaks- peare’s text, with the Cibberisms cut out. The gallery missed their favorite “Off with his head ! So much for Buckingham,” and “Richard’s him self again.” Richard appears a much better sort of a fellow, morally, under the new treatment. William Winter is Vnonnced as editing the present version. Of course Booth’s house was jammed from pit to dome, and his reception and recalls were enthusiastic, tumultuous and numerous. _ It is just^jne’ yJErs<since Edwin Booth open ed the magnificeift k <^tamatic tomb which has sunk so much of bis and other people’s money. It was on Wednesday night, February 3d, 1869. The play selected was ^fl^omeo and Juliet—an unfortunate selection for Mr. Booth, for he can not play Romeo any more than Louis James, nor better than Louise Pomeroy. It was though I suspect, an act of gallantry to little Mary Mc- Vicker, now matronly Mrs. Edwin Booth, who made her debut before a New York audience as Juliet. Fanny Morant was the Nurse, and per fectly she played it. Poor Edwin Adams was the Mercutio, and he played that night as though charged with electricity, entirely drown ing Booth in the applause and easily carrying off the honors of the night. Mark Smith assum ed Friar Lawrence. Of coarse all yonr readers know what a mellow, finished performance that must have been. J Hind and Augustus W. Fen- no were respectively Montague and Gapulet. It was a fine cast, but, like a defective line of bat tle, weakest in the center, where it shonld have been strongest. If money be power, says the Whitehall Re view, what a force is Mr. J. W. Mackey, who, thirty years since, was a penniless boy in Ire land. Twenty years ago he traveled throagh the United States as a speculative salesman, and sixteen years ago he was a bankrupt To-day, at the age of forty-five, Mr. Mackey owns three- eighths of the great Bonanza, the richest silver mine that has ever been discovered, and draws ont of Nevada, a yearly income of £2,750,000, which is the interest at five per cent on a capi tal of £55,000,000. must be judiciously managed, or like snow, subjected to a tropical sun, it soon melts away. 3d. Whilst it would not be amiss for a young lady to bestow her photograph where she had already given her heart, yet ’tis to us exceed ingly refreshing to hear of one who disapproves the custom. We cannot see wherein her refusal i shonld imply lack of confidence in you. The lamentable tronble now-a-days consists in the other extreme. 4th. A true gentleman will never insist on even his betrothed kissing him in opposition to her wishes. A refusal to per mit the questionable liberty, implies self-re spect, dignity, and commendable modesty. “Little Bessie” asks : Will the dear editor of the Sunny South tell me the true meaning or origin of “Mother Carey’s Chickens ?” The term is said to have had its origin from a certain Capt. Carteret’s sailors, and was supposed to be an ominous bird, which heralds a storm at sea. When it snows, they say “ Mother Carey ” is picking her geese. A myth of German mytho logy describes the snow as the feathers falling from the bed of the goddess Holda, when she shakes it in making it up. “Mother Carey” is the name of an antediluvian witch. Maud S-, of Barnesville, says : I sent you an advertisement in answer to one which I saw in serted for “Dixie,” will you please tell me if he ever replied to the same ? Also, where a friend of mine can procure (by letter) a bridal hat, veil, gloves, etc., in your city. Not having your proper address, we were compelled to retain in our office, the past six weeks, a letter for you from “Dixie.” Send on your address and we will take pleasure in forwarding it to you. All the articles enumerated, can be procured by letter from Mrs. McCormick’s reliable establish ment, on Whitehall street. This store is replete with everything that is beautiful and useful, and in point of artistic taste, she has no supc- should perhaps have heard it said, has gone to be married. The lady is Miss [Sy denham, a beanty, and has been a belle. Quiie an heiress too.” I smiled over it, re-directed the letter, put on a stamp and carried it down stairs, standing it up in plain sight on the dining-room mantel. The south was clouding over fast, with every appear ance of a shower. Tabitha came in to arrange the table. “I’m afraid you’ll be lonesome, miss, before the summer’s over,” she said. “Oh no, I think not,” I replied. “I shall search the country round for every little nook of brauty—then there will be the sewing and the reading,” “It is well that we old folks do not need so many clothes,” she said, smiling. A ring at the hall door startled us both, and at that moment the threatened shower began tc pour down. “Miss Dundas !” Tabitha called. I was surprised to see Mr. Ruricson. He look ed rather disconcerted, I thought. “So the ladies have gone! Was there any word for me, do you know, or if Miss Syden ham received a letter?” “ They left this morning. The letter came ic the late mail. I intended to send it to-morrow morning.” “ What stupid work ! I posted that letter on Monday morning, in order that it should reach Miss Sydenham on the next day. What must she have thought? Was she disappointed or provoked, as she had a right to be ?” and he flushed with a boy’s eager fervor. “A lover, sure enough,” I thought “I must pour oil on the unquiet waves.” “She was a good deal disappointed,” I repli ed. “She asked me to send the letter if one came, and supposed that yon would meet them at Bournemouth. “ As I shall. Is there another train to-night ?” he asked. “The last train went half an hour ago. You cannot advance yourself one jot on your journey to-night, and it is raining in torrents. I know rior either North or South. Advise your friend j jf r g, Rothsay would wish you to accept the hos- to send on her order, and prepare for the mar- i pitality of her house, so I tender it to you, Mr. vels of beauty which will certainly greet the | Ruricson, since I am left in charge,” I replied . .. He considered for a moment or two. appreciative eye. j -Thank you,” he said. “I believe I will. I Rufus, says : Will you please tell an appre- j have been hurrying about all day at railroad ciative reader of the Sunni South what is meant by the “Altar of Moloch ?” Tis the name of the chief god of the Phenicians, frequently men tioned in the Scriptures as the God of the Ammonites. “Human sacrifices were offered at speed, and shall be glad to rest. ” We had stood in the hall all this time; now I invited him in, and went to inform Tabitha, who shrugged her shoulders, but made no comment. Presently I summoned him to supper. It . ., gave mean odd feeling to be there alone pour- his shrines, and it was chiefly in the valley oi > j D g on t jjjg an( j chatting as if I had always Tophet, to the east of Jerusalem, that this bru- | known him. He was so easy, gentlemanly and WIGS—TOUPEES. Established 1849. Established 18(9. <*, EAUCilFIfSS Practical Wig and Toupee Maker. Hairdresser, and Im porter of Human Hair and Hairdressers’ Materials. Wigs aud Toupeea for ladies and gentlemen a speciality, All kinds of first-class Hair Work, Switches, Curls, In visibles, Saratoga Waves, etc., on hand and made to order. 44 East Twelfth Street, New York, Between Broadway and Univtnity Place. 137—fim tal idolatry was practiced. ‘Moloch ’ is also called prince of the realm of tears. Read Mil ton's allusion to ‘Moloch.’” Disconsolate asks: Would you believe that in this beautiful God-fearing country of ours there is one little mother utterly bereft of all sunshine (metaphorically) save that derived from the weekly advent of the dear Sunny South? Some ten years ago—under the controlling rays of a malignant star of my destiny—I was united to the idol of my heart’s affections. Ere the hon eymoon had waned, my idol turned to clay. Step by step he descended from the lofty pe- deBtral upon which my infatuated heart had placed him, until blackened by crimes innu merable, a fugitive from retributive justice, he dared not even retain the honored name which had been given him at the baptismal font. All this only served to tighten the cord which bound my heart to his. Porhaps ’twas sympa thy that took the place of love—but with me they j certainly proved synonymous terms. Friends l had fallen off like autumn leaves. Poverty as sailed us; yet I felt not its sting. At last my cup of woe was filled. In a strange city, with three little darlings entirely dependent upon my daily exertions, I was taken sick—then he deserted me, (actually fled with an actress.) Now that I have sought refuge with relations, he endeavors surreptitiously to obtain posses sion of my children. Now dear Editor, tell me candidly—Can I not retain my darling babies without dragging my name before a divorce court? What would you advise me to do? Anx iously I await four answer. Yonr case is de plorable in the extreme, and we heartily sym pathize with you. Yet there are thousands sim ilarly situated. Only be resolute, the remedy remains with you; the human heart very natur ally repudiates even the thought of a divorce. Yet while you remain allied to such a brute— his claim to your children is equal to your own. As they are all under the age of ten, the law will give you pre-eminent authority over them, shonld you overcome or set aside your scruples and apply for legal protection. And remember their fntnre as well as your own peace of mind depends on immediate and judicious action. ’Tis a very delicate matter to deal with; to ad vise a wife against her husband. Yet, from your own pathetic statement, he does not deserve the name of man, and you should deal with him accordingly. Rebellion desires to know if a young man has a right to demand of his bterothed that she re main away from all places of amusement when his business prevents him from accompanying her; even if her lather or brother is her only es cort. No, Miss “Rebellion,” we cannot indorse the right to “demand” snch a sacrifice on yonr part, yet, we sincerely hope this trivial “bone of contention” may not prove prophetic of other disagreements which might prove more difficult to vanquish. unaffected. Withal he had a kind of impulsive truthfulness that was charming, while it did not suggest any lack of discretion. “Ah,” he said when he had risen, “here is the unlucky letter ! What a beautiful hand you write, Miss Dundas.” “Not beautiful for a woman,” I replied with a half-smile. “Butsoclear and plain! You would be a treasure ” He paused suddenly, and looked at me with his breath in suspense until the color mounted to his face. “I wonder if I ever received a note from you — on a business matter? Dundas—the same name, and it is rather an unusual one, as well as my own. I seldom forget a peculiar handwriting.” “I think I did—in answer to an advertise ment.” “I kept the place open for a week. It seemed as if you must come. I do not know why, ex cept that I wished you would. I came to be companion to Mrs. Sydenham.” Then I explained what a mere chance had decid ed me. He laughed. It was such a clear, low, mellow ring, that I caught the spirit, and smiled un- voluntarily. “I have half a mind tc give you another chance, Mrs. Sydenham being dead. I learned yester day, confidentially, that our youDg lady would leave on the first of October,” and by his flush, which was like a girl’s, I understood that there was a marriage in anticipation. “The duties of the place are taking charge of correspondence, and occasionally copying some legal documents. You can have a pleasant office to yourself, where no one is admitted except my partner and myself,” “I will consider it, and give you an answer in the morning,” I said. “Oh. you may take a week or two, so that you consent at last. At least—if you are not expect ing to remain here.. “I am only engaged for the summer,” I an swered. Then we fell into a friendly and most enter taining conversatian. He had snoha rich, well- stored mind, and had traveled considerably. I confess I felt rather conscious-smitten when the •lock struck eleven. “You must retire immediately,” I said, with gay authority. “Your train leaves here at half past seven, and by that time yon must have had some breakfast, and have ridden over to the sta tion.” “How peremptory you are. I often sit up un til past midnight” I summoned Jerry—Tabitha had gone to bed at nine—and the guest was conducted to bis room. I felt unusually wakeful, and went over tbe pros and cons of my case. I was mistress of nearly five thousand dollars. In the course of tbe nt-xt ten years, with my interest and the little that I could save, I shonld be quite an independent woman again. And somehow, after a while, Oakdale, with simple Mrs. Rothsay in it, would become dreary and intolerable. Bat it was not likely she would want me to stay after the girls were married. It waa best to take this situation that had come to me without any trouble.