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F«nr Days Adrift—An Incident of Ihe Cali
fornia Freshet
The finding of D. B. Kendall alive disap
points agreeably public expectation. His rescue
is miraculous. Frank Stone, who came in yes
terday from Sutter county, reports that Kendall
was found at the foot of a tree with both arms
clasping its body, a little hay remaining under
his breast, and his lower limbs submerged m
tne water. His journeyings are unknown, but
he floated northward until the wind changed
and then southward until the bundle of tule
hay struck the tree he grasped. Should he
fully recover, the history of his four days long
voyage will be as interesting as that of “Sinbad
and Sailor." Though Kendall became insensi
ble from his sufferings, and his lower limbs
were badly swollen by exposure, it is thought he
will survive. One ot the parties who left the
stack of hay and took to a tree before getting
far away from Johnson’s ranch, informed ns
yesterday that Kendall had several chickens as
companions on his trip.—Marysville Appeal.
Fbt’b Murderer Hanged bi a Mob. — John
Wallace was hanged by a mob last week at Lit
tleton, West Virginia. At half past one o’clock
at night, fifteen armed men with revolvers
drawn, rushed into Black's Hotel, at Burton,
THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY
BT w. w. woonsou.
The Maid oe Orleans.
In the year 1429, there was living in the vil
lage of Domremy in the province of Lorraine, a
young woman, known as Joan d’Arc, subse
quently designated as the Maid of Orleans. She
had been, for many years, employed as maid-of-
all-work at an obscure inn, in her native village.
She had now reached the age of twenty-seven
years without exhibiting any peculiarity of tem
perament, or indications of genius. There can
be no doubt, however of the fact, that her
mental faculties were disordered, and but for
the peculiar circumstances that surrounded her,
and the mission which she pretended to assume
by divine inspiration, she would have been de
rided as a visionary enthusiast, or a fit subject
for the restraints of bedlam.
The chief subject of discourse among the fre-
qunters of the hostelry in which Joan was em-
polyed, was the deplorable condition of the
Frenoh Monarchy. Eight yenrs before, the
nobles and even the princes of France had sworn
fealty tojHenry V of England, as their sovereign,
and had acknowledged his infant son, as the
heir of their realm. But no sooner were they
informed of Henry’s death, than they revoked
allegiance to the infant prince, and they pre
pared to assert bv arms the independence of
where the prisoners were confined, and went to their country. But all the efforts of Charles, the
the room where John Wallace was kept, pr^- ; imbecile but legitimate king to wrest his country
sented pistols to his guard s head, threw|| Wal- ! f rom the grasp of the English had been nnavaif-
lace doyn on the floor, boppu him hand and t j n g The valinut duke of Bedford, the English
Toot, and put a rope around his neck, saying to re g e nt vindicated successfully the claims of the
him, “John Wallace, vengeance has overtaken ; young sovereign, and suppressed every attempt
you,” dragged him out ot the room and down , 0 f the p reDc ij patriots to throw off the English
stairs, and took him up the railroad track three j yoke. The devastations of the protracted strug-
qnarters of a mile, and hung him on an apple g] e ) lft( j gjjed the land with the direst distress,
tree, where he was found dead at 8 o clock. He Charles, with the small army that remained loyal
dangled from the tree, in tull view ot all the to pj s interest was closely invested in the strong
passengers on the trains. city of Orleans, and the English were proscuting
The surrender of the insurgent forces of Los ! the Beige, with evry prospect of speedy success.
Gillas, Cuba, was completed on the 20th nit, the It was at this gloomy crisis m the affairs of the
territory being now completely quiet. Those French monarchy, that Joan first meditated
who presented themselves areMaj. Gen. liolaff, the great design of attempting to raise the siege
Brig Gen. Maestre, three colones, eight lieuten- j of Orleans, and of ultimately driving the in-
ant-colonels, fifty-five officers, and four hun- , vaders from the soil of France. She pretended
dred and forty soldiers, with about one hun- to have been visited by supernatural visions,
dred women and children. The insurgent ! to have heard unearthly voices, exhorting
bands of Bayamo, Mazanilla and Giguaro had : her to undertake a task, that had baffled the
already presented themselves on the sth inst. | skill, and brougut disgrace upon the arms ot the
New Spring Styles.
ablest generals of the realm.
Fully enthused with this tremendous scheme,
she made known to the governor of the district,
her plans and purposes, and the supernatual
means by which she had been induced to at
tempt their execution. This functionary im
pregnated with the superstition of the age,
either accepted her wonderful revelations in
good faith, or acting on the pirnciple, that
drowning men catch at straws, pretended to
a . give credence to her story. Be that as it may,
°* he gave to her seemingly desperate project, the
sanction of his name, and the wright of his of-
with Modeska Diaz. So that as far as Holquin
all is pacified.
Bamberg, March 18.—Mr. R. L. Jordon, a re
spectable citizen of our community, who was
stabbed in the left side by Louis M. Ayer, on
the afternoon of the 2<!th ultimo, died this eve
ning from injuries received, and will be buried
tomorrow afternoon. The deceased, when he
received the injuries which have produced his
death, was in tne discharge of his duty ai
marshal of the town attempting the arrest
Ayer, who was drunk and disorderly. j
The Austin Statesman relates the following j ficial influence,
incident: The glad tidings of a heaven-appointed deliv-
A young gentlemam and lady were married I erer spread like wild-fire over the land. The
twelve months or more at Live Oak, ten miles ' drooping spirits of the people revived and thou-
from Austin, and having one child quarreled sands flocked to the consecrated banner which
and separated, each seeking possession of the | Joan averred had been brought to her by a
child and each had it fora time. It died ten heavenly messenger. When the enthusiasm of
days ago, while with the mother and was buried, her followers was at the highest pitch, she led
But the body of the child has been taken from them against the English host then investing
the grave and the poor mother is heart broken, j the city of Orleans. The besiegers, who were
ODe of the mills at Orange, Texas, turns ont looking lorward to an early surrender of the
65,000 shingles par day, another 70,000. Three town, fought desperately to maintain the ad van-
of them in one day last week manufactured | Ibey had gained. But their valor was vain.
220,000. Says theTribune: Moore & Swinfora’s ! ■'-* 1 © Maid, mounted on a superb charger, armed
Fhu nix mill sawed for Judge Wingates’ new | ca P- a 'P le , and carrying the consecrated banner,
mill this week some timber lNx‘2‘1 and !!7 feet ! pressed everywhere in the thickest ot the tray,
long, all heart. Their Conway’s bayou mill ! H er followers, infected with her own enthusi-
- - j asm, bore down all opposition, and thediscom-
1 fited English were driven in wild disorder from
the field.
made 200,000 shingles in three days.
A Dark Plat.—Menry C. Jarrett returned
from Europe on Iasi Sunday week. He will
produce “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” at Drury Lane,
London, in April, mainly with the cast at pres
ent used in its presentation at Booth’s Theatre,
New York. Already he has contracted with the
National Steamship Company for one hundred
colored people, men and women, and the best
singers in the present revival will be chosen.
New Orleans Times on Anderson’s Acquittal:
—Perhaps it is best tor the country and for the
cause ot the purity and freedom of the ballot-
box that the offence should remain the unexpi
ated crime of a great party, rather than be con
demned and settled by a two years’ sentence in
the penitentiary of one of the many who partic
ipated in it and profited by it.
A young German, of McLennan County, Tex.,
having had his hand, heart and fortune of eigh
teen thousand dollars relused by the lady of his
adoration, instead of drowning his sorrow in
lager beer, like a sensiblelellow, blew out his
brains with his pistol, after having written two
jetters back to Faderland and lett his fortune to
t wo little German boys he had living with him.
A Mixed Marriage.—A marriage took place in
this countyja few days ago, at which the offi
ciating clergyman was colored, the bridegroom
was a ‘heap big In jin, ngh’ of the Catawpa na
tion, and the bride was white; all colors and na
tionalities were thns represented. We are in
formed that there were no cards, but a slight
sprinkling of whiskey.—(Chester Heporier.
A special from Washington says Mrs. Gaines,
the celebrated New Orleans claimant,has offered
to compromise her entire claims to property in
the city for $2.500,000, payable in ten annual
installments. The city is in such an impover
ished condition that she is receiving no income
from the enormous property, her legal rights to
which have been established,
I
Dr. Jacob’s barn near Madison, Wis., was
burned last week, together with a number of •
imported stock, including stallions Robbie
Burns and Napolean III and short horns Haron
and Cates VI, besides an amount of grain. Loss
not stated, insurance $12,000,
An explosion of dynamite occured in Line
Gun powder water works at Montebello, two
miles fromfBaltimore, on the 27th ult., instantly
killing Micheal O'Rouke, boss of the workmen,
and fatally wounding several others.
A telegram from Vienna received in Paris,
states that Ronmania has refused to receive in
dependence at the hands of Russia, or permit
the passage of Russian troops through her ter
ritory during the occupation of Bulgaria.
In the last hoars of the late Pope, almost at
his death-bed, there was brought to him two
lambs, in order that he might bless their wool.
This holy wool is to be spun into palliums for
the new Scotch archbishops.
Disastrous Fire in Danville, Va.—An ex
tensive fire occurred in Danville last week,
burning the buildingB in a space of 150 yards
square, and inflicting a loss of about $80, 000,
insured to about $55, 000. No lives were lost.
For sending their children out to beg, a New
York pair,have been sent to the penitentiary—the
man for six months and the woman for three
months.
This signal blow destroyed at once the prestige
of the English, and raised the hopes of the
French to such an extent that a combined effort
was made throughout the kingdom to drive out
the invaders. The Maid of Orleans was now
clothed with a high commission from the royal
hand of her grateful sovereign, and the ablest of
his captains ranged themselves under her stand
ard. The dnke of Bedford, in despair at see
ing his well-earned laurels fading from his brow,
displayed the greatest ability in trying to main
tain his ground. But his own followers became
infected with a superstitious belief in the su
pernatural powers of his female antagonist, and
could with difficulty be brought to withstand
the shock of her legions.
Post after post was lost, province after prov
ince was restored to the authority of its rightful
prince, and the French arms were in the full
tide of success, when the Maid of Orleans fell a
prisoner into the hands of the duke of Bedford.
He had never for a moment been imposed on
by the young woman’s pretentions to divine in
spiration, but every sentiment of chivalry and
generosity should have prompted him, to treat
her with the consideration due to a prisoner of
war. It will, however, ever remain, a blur up
on the name of this distinguished warrior, that
he chose to inflict on this defenceless woman, a
dire punishment in revenge for the stigma she
had been instrumental in bringing upon his
arms.
By his direction she was treated with the
greatest indignities, and after a mock trial was
condemned to be burned as a witch. This in
human sentence was executed in the great
square of Rouen, in the spring of 14J4. The
duke did not long survive this crowning act of
barbarity, and the English never recovered the
ground that had been wrested from them, under
the leadership of Joan d’Arc.
Pin-head pattern* and cunning plaids are the
designs in cheap silks.
Extra fine plain silks are marked at $1 and
$1 25 per yard.
Self trimmings are in vogue, and may be said to
be one of the ruling dress garnitures.
Tinsel fringes are introduced—the effect is glit
tering, and reminds one of theatrical bullion.
Bands of passementer.es and arc.tn-cid tinsel
range in price from $1 to $6 per yard.
Zephyr fringes are also intermixed with tinsel
and clair de lime beads ; some few steel and silver
beads are mingled with this style of fringe.
Black silks wrought in brocade patterns are
beautiful; this style made up with solid hlack silk
velvet forms an elegant costume.
The “Griselda” walking skirt is a picturesque
design. The front is a plain apron slightly draped
at the bottom. At the back is confined all the
dressy details.
The “Rowena” jacket presents the square
French yoke at tLi back. The skirt is put on in
box pleats. The front of this nobby jacket is cut
with a Continental vest. Patch pockets and wide
cuffs are on the sleeves.
There Is much of the fanciful displayed in mode
shoes. Uppers exactly like the costume is the rule
in all first-class promenade circles. This fashion
of dressing the feet has caused the wearing of
dress skirts quite short in front.
The “Laveuse” overskirt is the Most artistic
model yet received in the world of dress. This
attractive pattern has been introduced by the
Demorest House of model designs. The front of
the Laveuse is plain to midway the skirt, where
the drapery begins, and is met by a wide upturn
ed fold, that has the Hpper edge garnished with
mode trimming. The complications of the pattern
are all presented in the back. Such grace and
exquisite expression of art beauty cannot be found
in every design.
Colored embroidery in lovely jardiniere effects
is used on children’s white dresses.
Bonnets of gold or silver braid are shown at
some of the wholesale milinery houses.
Alternate stripes of blue satin and antique lace
are the new designs for window curtains.
Foulards are shown with polka spots, diamonds,
Greek squares, and other small figures.
White pique waistcoats fastened with red or
blue ball buttons will be worn by young ladies.
Gold braids are introduced at intervals in seme
of the new straw and chip hats and bonnets.
The most fashionable and the largest reception
and dancing parties will be held after Lent.
There is a war between high and low coiffures,
but both fashions require much additional hair.
Straw bonnets in shades to match toilets are in
vogue among exclusive classes of French women.
Chinese fringes tied in the hem or edges of the
garment are seen on some of the new spring
wraps.
Scotch homespun, twisted, brown gray, mixed,
or in stripes or plaids, is just nowin demand for
ladies’ nlsters.
Shakspeare dinner cards have a different flower,
with an appropriate quotation from Shakspeare,
on each ■ i-K'
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Answers to Correspondents.
Stage Dots.
The murder epidemic has broken out in Texas
with more violence than ever. Eight or ten
were committed last week.
A Rhode Island sparrow has whipped a rat.
The fight occurred about some crumbs, to whioh
each laid claim.
“Fain wonld I climb bat that I fear to fall."
Written on a pane of glasB in Qneen Elizabeth’s
presence. Her reply was: “If thy heart fail
i thee, why then climb at all ?"
Imogene, a young actress who has plaved suc
cessfully through the West, has a play'written
for her called ‘Gertcheu; or, the Shepherdess of
the Jura.’
‘A Celebrated Case,’ at the Union Square,
shows do abatement in the interest excited or of
the throngs that attend.
Miss Louise Pomeroy is now appearing at the
New Park Theatre, Brooklyn, in the ‘Sea of Ice.’
Lotta closed her three weeks at the Walnut,
Philadelphia, on Saturday evening last. It was
the most successful of her life, and added
several thousand dollars to her already largo for
tune.
Little Maggie Mitchell, although thirty years
upon the dramatic boards, looks upon the stage
not a day over sixteen. For the fiftieth time in
Baltimore she has played all the week before
crowded audiences. It is remarked by the ticket
sellers that a class of people turn out to see
Maggie, who are never seen about the theatre at
any other time. She is now worth about $1,250-
000. Should her life be spared another decade,
she will boast a fortune of three millions. Mag
gie has but two dear children, and a husband
who thinks all the world oUhis little treasure.
About Men.
Ex-President Grant has been cited to appear
in Misso’j^-.ind pay his delinquent tax of seven
years accumulation,
Peter Cooper will soon take a trip to South
Carolina to look after the educational institu
tion which be proposes to establish for negroes
in that State.
Mr. Edward Jenkins, who has tried about
every kind of literary work, is now going to try
the drama, and is preparing his Christmas story
‘The Captain’s Cabin ’ for the stage.
Mr. Daniel Higgins, an employe in the Rich
mond, Va., gas-works, has just received inform
ation that he has fallen heir to an estate in
Sidney, Australia, valued at $100,000.
Paul de Cassagnac has fought fifteen duels
and never killed anybody. He refused, howe
ver, to fight Lieut. Lallier, who slapped his
face, and Mr. Clemenceau, the famous left-
handed swerdsman.
Hon. George P. Marsh, the American Minis
ter at Rome, gave a grand dinner and soiree
lately in honor of ex-President Grant. The
foreign Ministers, some members of the Cabinet
and most of the American residents were
present.
The Indianapolis Herald’s obituary editor
says: ‘Mr. Doggett, of AnderRon. converted his
cun into cash, converted his cash into whisky,
slaked hi’ thirst with the whisky and then
lay down and let seven railroad trains run over
him. They put his remains in a candle-box.’
Near McLemoregville, Tenn., on the 26th ult
a dreadful tragedy took place. Squire Scale’s
beautiful daughter, Elvira, shot herself with
her father's gun, She had given no previous
warning of her intention. A little while before
the act, she had been qnietly sitting with her
sister reading a book. Suddenly she rose, say
ing: Tm tired’quitted the room, went into an
other where the rifle was kept, and shot herself
in the breast, by pushing the trigger with her
foot and suddenly letting it fall. She was sev
enteen years old, very much beloved, and no
reason is assigned for the aot, except a love-
quarrel that took plaoe some time before.
About Women.
Miss Bessie Turner, the celebrated witness in
the celebrated case of Tilton vs. Beecher, is
playing in ‘The Celebrated Case’ with a New
York theatrical company through New England.
The treasurer of Saginaw county, Michigan,
is called on every few days by a harmless old
lady with a check for $1,500, purporting to be
written in letters in gold and to he sigued by
the Deity.
Seventeen ladies graduated last Friday even
ing from the Woman's Medical College of Phi
ladelphia. Six of these fair physicians are from
Pensvlvania, three from New York, one each
from Massachusetts, Ohio, New Jersey, Dela
ware and Utah. Canada, England and Russia
each had a representative in the graduating
class.
Cincinnati amateurs have been ‘playing with
edged tools.’ On the 12th ult, Miss Ida Pack
ard, a member of the Clio Dramatic Club, who
were then playing at Pike’s Opera House, began
playfully snapping a revolver, supposed to be
unloaded. All of its chambers were vacant but
one. That had a 22 calibre bullet in it; it is
now in the head of Miss Packard. It entered
through the left cheek, under the eye. Shoul 1
she recover and the ballet be extracted, she
will still be disfigured for life.
Bertha, asks: “ Will the editor please tell a
constant reader of the Sunny South, the original
significance of certain colors, such as black, blue,
pale-blue, green, pale-green, gray, etc. ; also the
symbols of gems ? Please, dear editor, answer
immediately, I am so anxious to know, and will
feel ever so much obliged.”.... It certainly affords
us genuine pleasure to give the desired informa
tion. Black—typifies grief, and death. Blue—
hope, love of divine works ; (in dress) divine con
templation, piety, sincerity. Pale-blue—peace,
Christian prudence, lore of good works, a serene
conscience. Green—faith, immortality, the res
urrection of the just. pale-green—baptism.
Bray—tribulation. Purple—justice, royalty.
Red—martyrdom for faith,- charity, (in dress)
divine love. Rose-color—martyrdom. Saffron— j
confessors. Scarlet—the fervor and glory of wit
nesses to the church. Violet—penitence. White
—purity, temperance, innocence, chastity, faith, !
(in dress) innocence and purity. Significance of 1
gems ; Amethyst—typifies humility. Diamond— |
invulnerable faith. Onyx—sincerity ; sapphire,
hope, gold, (of metals) is synonomous of glory and
power. Silver—chastity and purity. Next week
we will give you the significance of precious gems,
as applied to the different months of the year,
and the good or ill, which ancient mythologists
attribute to them.
Cora says : I have two lovers, one whom I have
known sinee
dustrious seemingly, he is deplorably impecuni
ous. Yet nside from his poverty I very much ad
mire his chief characteristics. The other one is
several years his senior, and possessed of a hand
some annuity. Yet he is jealous, arbitrary, and
extremely egotistical. Now, I am an orphan,
anil deem it expedient to accept one or the other
before the coming summer. 1 candidly admit
that I dread poverty. Even more than Azrael’s
gentle signal, and I could not be happy, united to
the best man living, did I occupy the unenviable
position of his household drudge. Now what am
1 to do ? Please advise me . . . Many old maids
are made out of just such material as you confess
yourself to be. Perfect love is unselfish—it is suf
ficient unto the day. It points the future in rose
tints of beautiful promise. Without it, all the
wealth of Golconda cannot buy a single moment
of domestic happiness. Remain as you are, un
til love usurps the place in your heart which is
now occupied by self-interest, and learn to esti
mate the feelings of others as well as your own.
“ Wanted-to-know ” says : I have been discuss
ing the merits of our Stone Mountain, and here in
the North, some seem to think it quite insignifi
cant. Should like to hear from you in regard to
this wonderful freak of nature. .. .The gigantic
proportions of our stone monument or mountain
certainly speaks for itself. It is the largest mass
of solid granite in all America. It will serve as
substantial proof for all you can say in its favor.
Ruth, says: What is meant by the assertion
“ that a person is cursed with the original sin
Original sin, is the corruption which is born
with us, and is the inheritance of all the offspring
of Adam. As Adam was the federal head of his
race, when Adam fell, the taint and penalty of
his disobedience passed to all his posterity.
Disconsolate, says : Several months ago I pos
sessed the aff ections of a beautiful young lady—and
we soon become engaged. 1 expressly stipulated
that she should not accompany any other per
son—not related—to any place of amusement,
she most cheerfully acquiescing. One week ago
I met her on the street in company with a strange
gentleman, dressed for the opera. Deeming the
case a plain one and thinking myself for the time
very much abused, 1 repaired to my office and
penned her a very reproachful note. Even statin^
therein that an explanation from her was neither
necessary or admissible, as I thought her con
duct had amply proven her incincerity. And now
comes the “ winter of my discontent.” I am
reliably informed that her escort was her own
brother—one whom—although she had ofien spok
en of, I had never met—he being a resident of an
other State, and only a visitor here. Some hours
since I wrote her an explanatory note, which she
has not responded to. Now, what am I to do,
under the deplorable circumstances? 1 really
love the young lady, and very mueh regret my
unwarrantable haste. I await anxiously your
advice, and will be governed accordingly.... We
candidly think the young lady has made a happy
escape. No person living should adjudge the ac
tions of another, without positive proof of their
insincerity, and we think her perfectly justifia
ble in ignoring your note of explanation, which
you denied from her in the first place. Had you
the unselfish love or confidence in her which she
possibly merits, you could not have acted so has
tily. In the language of the illustrious Napoleon,
we say, “ The troubles which a man brings upon
himself—he must endure alone.” Should you
still persist, in opposition to the wishes of your
Humor.
A Hartford hotel olerk has had his hearing
considerably affected by the lightning striking
the wire cf a telephone at which he was listen
ing. Perhaps his mother-in-law was at the
other end of the line.
A news item says that an English traveller in
the Holy Land has discovered Jacob’s Well.
The Oil City Derrick says: ‘ We are glad to hear
it. A rumor has been afloat for some time that
Jacob was dead.’
The editor of a child’s paper received a letter
from a lady subscriber recently in whioh was
written: * Our Annie died last week, after read
ing the last number of your valuable paper.’
Simpkins refused his wife a new hat, and soon
after his little girl came in and said: ‘Mamma,
won’t you bny me a monkey to play with when
you go down town.’ ‘No, my darling; wait till
you are older, and then marry one as I did,’
said the grief-stricken wife, her tears bursting
forth afresh.
A woman rarely knows what it is to yearn
after the infinite, until she falls in love and de
tects her sweetheart slipping peanuts into an
other girl’s pocket.
A man saw a ghost while walking along a
lonely highway at midnight. The ghost stood
exactly in the middle of the road, and the way
farer, deciding to investigate, poked at it with
his umbrella. The next instant he was knocked
twenty feet into a mnd hole. Moral- Never
poke an umbrella at a large white mule when its
hack is turned,
‘What is a carnivorous animal?’ Professor
Miller asked the hoy with seven warts on^one
hand and a sprained thumb on the other.
This
childhood, but although quite in- ; b who gto £j near the head of the class, when
! it formed ‘left in front,’ and who had played
hooky the day before, paused, stood on one foot,
I looked up at the ceiling, glanced anxiously at
the professor, and said, in a tone that indicated
! Rome doubt on the matter, ‘A carnivalons ani-
I mal is one that eats mardi grass.’ Then the
school went into a short executive session, and
the professor passed the rattan hill over the
! boy’s veto. Several times.—Hair.keye.
A Yale graduate of a dozen years' standing
j went back to New Haven one day last week, and
I paid a tailor a bill of $16 and interest, contract-
j ed while he was a student at the college.—£&.
What was the price of the suit he got trusted
for ‘on account of his honesty ?’
The cable dispatches say Russia has a ‘ tacit
| understanding with Turkey;’ and Gns says that
I is just what he had last Thanksgiving, as neither
j of them said a word.
Spriggins says that his wife, seeing an adver
j tisement of a lady’s boa found, said she found
l a bore years ago, and didn’t advertise it; and
: Spriggins is trying to find out what she meant
Courting Under Difficulties.—They were
| courting under difficulties. It was in a room
through which the members of the family were
j continually passing t© and fro.
‘ Dear Alice,’he said, ‘I cannot longer labor
I under this sus—’
(The old man appears.)
‘ —pension of banns is due to the unwise pol-
| icy—’
(Old gent passes on.)
‘I was going to say, my dear girl, that I hope
j you will promise to be mine and name an eariy
day for the bonds—’
! (Old woman happens in.)
‘should never be paid in gold alone.'
(Exit oid girl.)
‘Name the happy day when I may call you
my own, for I cannot believe that you will think
it pre—’
(Old man slides in again.)
•sumption cannot he so soon accomplished.'
(The intruder retires.)
‘ I say I can’t believe you are entirely indif
ferent to me, hut will soon grant me the privi
lege of calling you wi—’
(Old lady on deck.)
* ife giving the financial question much study.
(Old lady slides off.)
‘ If you love me just nod your head. You—
and, oh, one sweet kiss to seal it—cne sweet—•
oh, hell!—’
(Prospective father-in-law.)
‘according to eminent divines, is a myth, a
superstition.’
(They were again left alone. )
The old folks conclude that Alice is safe m
the company of a young man who can talk of
nothing but finance and theology, and sc reiau
their vigilance.
Propositions for 1878.
Xow is the time to begin with the new
stories.
For a club of six at $2.50, we will
send a copy free for one year.
For §5, vve will send two copies one
year.
For $3.50, we will send the Sunny
South and Boys and Girls of the
South one year.
Each subscriber now on the books can
! have a year added to his time for $2.50
by renewing now and sending one other
! subscriber at same price.
For a club of four, at $2.50, we will
lost love, you might become unpleasantly acquain- I gen( ] a copv of any of the Standard poets
ted with that brother of her’s. , 1 - , ,, / i j •_ i
or any novel that may be desired.
George Eliot. Why she wrote Daniel
Deronda.
There arc some people unappreciative enough
to assert that she wrote it in order to bid for
the support of the Jewish world.
It is not so. She wrote the book because she
became interested in Jewish history and Jewish
men and women, wtiose record aB a race is fnll
of the most dramatic interest to an artist like
herself. Moreover, she was led into it by a
chivalrous doeixe to right a wronged people,
just as she was led to taking charge of Lewes’
motherless children.
Her work is in entire aontrast to Disraeli’s.
She has elaborated the genuine qualities of the
Jewish people. Disraeli is a snob. He could
handle only princes and people who occupied
high soeial positions. She has elaborated char
acters which Disraeli could not even under
stand. In short, I believe Daniel Deronda to
be the highest production of an inspired artist.
Matrimony, asks : Should a gentleman become
engaged to a lady—each being members of the
orthodox church—but of different denominations,
is it necessary for either to give up their church
in favor of the other ? If so, which party is called
upon to renuuciate? Second—In making the ar
rangements or preliminaries consequent upon the
marriage ceremony, whioh of the two has the
vested right to decide in regard to a public or
private marriage, and who selects the officiating
clergyman, the Jady or the gentleman ? Third—
Do you think it positively essential to have one or
more attendants? By deciding these mooted
questions you will very much oblige a true friend.
First—We think jour difference of opinion—
provided it prove to be with your bride elect—
evinces an incompatibility of disposition which
presages anything but a happy future for either of
you. Neither party is really expected by any
oonventional laws, to relinquish their ohnrch.
Yet we should think when two hearts become one,
this question would settle itself. Second—’Tis
the especial privilege of the lady to select the offi
ciating clergy. Whether or no the ceremony
should be private or pnblic, is a debatable ques
tion which should be amicably settled between the
two most interested; however, a gentleman even
in this will nit oppose his betrothed, as the
fair sex really attach more importance to such
preliminaries than the men are expected to do.
’Tis optional concerning the attendants. Whilst
they are admissible, they are not essential, and
can be easily disp ;*>sed with. Yet the number is
not limited. Sincerely hope these preliminary
breakers in the sea ot matrimony may prove the
only ones which yon will ever have to contend
with.
For a club of six, we will send a hand
some photograph album.
For a club of sixteen, we will send a
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary.
For a club of twenty, we will send
$10 in gold. (All the names must be
sent at the same time when premiums are
demanded.)
OFERA HOUSE.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5th, 1878.
MR. F. S. CH AN FRAU
Will appear, for first, time, in Atlanta, in
K I T,
The Arkansas Traveller
The great Drama of Southern Life, witnessed in Booth's
Theatre by more than 400,000 spectators, as
played by that great American actor.
MATINEE
SATURDAY, APRIL 6th, at 2 O’clock.
MRS. HENRIETTA CHANFRAU
will appear in the beautiful emotional Society play d
WAS SHE RIGHT ?
Both these eminent artists wyi be eopported by that
most excellent
Tayleure’s Combination,
which accompanied Mrs. Chan fra n on her first visit
onr city. Reserved seat* for sals now at Philli
Crew’s. Prices $1.00, and Me.