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5 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 8, 1879. AlphoiMr aiul Seraplilne.—A Matrimonial Card and What Came of it.-A romantic story comes from England. That fast journal the l’aris Fi'/aro, makes matrimonial advertisements a feat ure, and two years ago, there appeared in its col umns the card of a widow of twenty-eight, “hand some, accomplished and belonging toa rich,power ful and noble family, but one now reduced by ad verse circumstances to a bare competence.” The young widow desired an alliance with “a young man of noble, frank, original nature” and giving her name as Seraphine asked to be addressed by the ap plicant for the position at a postal station in Lon- A romantic French youth of sixteen, named Al phonse Delente, read the advertisement, recognized in himself the "noble and original nature” that was appealed to through the columns of the Figaro- and at once responded. A correspondence ensued which ended In Alphonse setting out for London, leaving his parents in the dark as to his move ments. Arrived at the address given, he found that contrary to the usual fashion of matrimonial ad vertisers, Seraphine's card had been strictly true- The young widow was really handsome and really titled, being the Countess Serupliine Mozoniska— the child-wife of a Russian nobleman whom polit ical offenses had sent into exile and poverty. He had died broken-hearted, and the young widow, left with three small children, a stranger in a stran ger land, felt like an unfledged bird tumbled out of its nest. Having no one she could consult, she con ceived the plan of alvertislng for a protector who should shield her and her babes in the cold world in which they found themselves. The young man’s responses suited her. They were romantic and no ble in sentiment, and so it was decided he should come to London and behold his fair correspondent face to face. He came, they were mutually pleast d with each other and the marriage took place. The young bridegroom had not a sou in his pocket, so the bride paid the marriage fee and took him to her own little home, where for two years they lived in ideal felicity—a couple of overgrown children—un til the lady’s little fortune gave out and it was found necessary to appeal to the mere Delente, for some little advance upon Alphonse’s portion of the estate, which he could not come into possession of until he was of age. His father had not troubled his brain about his son’s absence or his mad mar riage, nor did the mother do so after the death of the paternal Delente. But no sooner was there a question of money, than she waxed virtuously in dignant and rushed into court with the matter, al leging that her son had. while five years under age, been entrapped into a marriage with an intriguing adventuress. Poor Alphonse gathered together what money he could and fought his mother’s case very strenuously in court, but there is a strong probability that justice will hover over the stand ard that carries the longest purse and that the po etic countess will be declared husbandless again, unless Alphonse re-marries her when he becomes of age. * Why do yon Forget T—People are apt to say “I forgot it,” or “it escaped my memory,” and they seem to suppose when they have said this that they have offered a a sufficient excuse for any short-com ing, not seeming to realize that they are to blame r - - Is snmp rtiffsrpnnfi in th.> which many persons do not practically admit that this faculty may be improved by study or impaired by neglect. An unusually good memory will inva riably be found to be the result of close attention and study. One could hardly be expected to recol lect things which they have but slightingly ob served. It is, however, the opinion of mental phi losophers that we do not entirely forget—that the things which seem to pass from our minds do not really do so, but are only obscured by succeeding scenes or events. Cases now and then occur which seem to confirm this view. Persons have been known in many instances to recall as an effect of sickness or of some sudden shock, long trains of rec. ollections w T hich had before seemed wholly to have passed from them. If this idea be true, it would impress upon us still mo-e strongly the possibility and the duty of improving the memory. When we find a difficulty of retaining a knowledge of any par ticular kind, special efforts should be made to im prove our power in that direction. Forgetfulness may seem to palliate our short-comings in the esti mation of men, but God will hold us responsible for our memories as well as for our other faculties. W’ill Science Make Wars to Cense t—Phi. losophy and religion, separately and combined, have done little towards making wars less frequent or less destructive. Nor can it be claimed that these have not had ample time to work. From the earl iest ages have their apostles done what they might to curb the evil passions of men and make them less disposed to harm each other. Still are the mass o f men stirred by the sound of the drum and more ea ger for military glory than for fame of any other kincl. The honors conferred upon the greatest ben efactors are slight compared with those bestowed upon the hero who comes ensanguined from the field of slaughter. We need not hope that the pre cepts of the highest philosopher, nor yet the more exacting mandates of the gospel will ever overcome man's passion for power and conquest. But may it not be like some of those diseases, which, resisting all preventive and unyielding to the best cures, are conquered by poisons like themselves. In other worlds, may it not be that while men will not cease to war because it is condemned by their rea son and their reli ion, will nevertheless abandon it because science, whose aid they have called in to render it effective, has rendered it so immensely de structive. The science of oflensive warfare has far outstripped the defensive. In the collisions of hos tile armies the proportion of killed is tar greater than it was even a score of years ago. If improve ments in offensive weapons continue at the same rate, it will be the case in a few years that no battle can ensue without a total annihilation of the armies. This consideration may induce rulers to exhaust every resource of diplomacy rather than ap* peal to arms, and science, who lias loilft helped man in his .deeds of ferocious malice, may become the mother of peace. * * A Question tliat cannot be Answered.— Have all the men achieved greatness who were ca pable of doing so? An affirmative reply to this query would seem to absolve all men from the charge of burying talents or neglecting opportuni ties; for if all have achieved success who could have done so, then those who have not are assuredly not to be blamed lor not attemping what they could not have accomplished. According to this theory, all failures are such of necessity, anil were the re sult-the inevitable result of persons attempting that for which they had no fitness. Such a doctrine is not without its consolation. Almost the direct opposite of this is tlie idea advanced by men whose names carry a great weight of authority, that certain deeds had to be performed, certain thoughts had to be uttered, and that had they not been performed or uttered by one, they would have been performed and uttered by another. This creed would render man worthy neither of praise nor of condemnation; for it makes him the creature of necessity. When Cromwell rejoices over the crowning mercy that helped him to a throne and Charles Stewart to the block, he did only what some one had to do, The great songs ol Troy and of man's first disobedience and fall must have been sung had Homer and Mil- ton never have lived. The principles of the trian gle would have been demonstrated, the laws of in ductive reasoning set forth, the planets weighed and the circulation of the blood discovered had Pythagorus, Bacon, La Place and Hervey never have been known. Other hands would have been inspired to draw forth these treasures from the ocean of truth. Perhaps this may be so. We can not say. Thousands may have died with great truths struggling in their hearts for utterance and forever lepressed; or may be that something which has been long seeking an outlet, at length forces it self from the lips of an unwilling prophet. * * Rimy Bodies in K'ountry Neighborhoods and Villages.—Of course we shuddered, as any tol erably cle n-minded individual was bound to do, at Mr. Talmage's revelations of the wickedness of citie s in that series of highly colored lectures in his New York Tabernacle, to which people from far aud wide floeked as to a show, aud in the midst of which vou could hear the scratching of pencils upon dozens of note books as the different reporters for the papers took down the rapid words of the speaker with in terpolated descriptions of his eccentric gestures. Yes, he unmasked the cities and showed them to be Infernos under a gilded veil, but the country and the village—we congratulated ourself that he had spared them and repeated complacently the thread bare saying that “God made the country and man the town.” But Mr. Talmage has broken in upon our felicitations by his lastSunday’s sermon, which he opened by asserting that the country was every whit as bad as the city and that the village was even worse. “The village and the neighborhood,” says Mr. Talmage, “copy the vices of the city on a small er and meaner scale. And as for gossip, (and here, he rose tiptoe and drew in his breath by way of pro digious emphasis) the heaven of gossip and scandal is the village and the country neighborhood. The grocery and the blacksmith's shop are the grand de pot of the masculine gossips, and there are always a half dozen women, who keep their sun-bonnets so handy tliatat the very first touch of news derogatory to anybody, they can rush off and tattle it abroad.” A Poem to Order.—Mr. Thingum Bob, whose literary productions made up in brilliance what they lacked In length,assures us that he found it ‘all sorts of a job to write an ode upon the Oil of Bob’ Not less of a job it must be we opine to write an ode upon any theme. The muse can sing well only v hen she sings spontaneouly. There is upon rec ord no instance in which a poet has achieved emi nent success when his subject was prescribed. Dry- den wrote his Hind and Panther to gratify the Court of James the Second and to prove .his devotion to his newly professed faith. But whlla this was unquestionably the best production in verse which appeared during that short and inglo rious reign, it does not deserve a place in the first class of literature. In not even so high a rank as this would we place the £ a ?? p „ ig "vthim^taeever approaches poetry nearer than anything he ever wrote. But though his principles were ^n perfect accord with the task that he was caflea on to per form, the work evinces clearly that ^ was a task Prize poems are very apt to be bad they are certain to be so if the poet be dictated to »“ “’ 8 ". b d t ra n s mu tepoet ry fromabife of free and airy wing in a tS a™U?n P »r r fowl the change may fee use ful out it is assuredly not brilliant. Chamber Inin on llie Southern Negro.—The article of Mr. James Parton in the North American Review on‘Antipathy to th|e Negro’ has been fol- ir>wo.i nn hv n tinner in th'i same Review on the Chamberlain, late Carpet bag governor of South Carolina. As might be expected, his views on a very grave subject are much colored by partisan ship. He throws on the Southern whites all the horrors of reconstruction, while of the blacks he predicates suen an amount of honesty, loyalty and patriotism as prove him possessed of a vivid imag ination. In fact, nothing in the writings ofNortli- ern politicians sounds so intensely hypocritical as their talk about the negro’s ‘loyalty to the Uniont when in truth the average Negro cares not a fig for the Union, but rejoices only that he cannot be made to work. But Gov. Chamberlain paints him as en tirely honest in his political convictions and quite earnest in his wish for honest officers, and thor oughly opposed to those who show themselves dis honest. Had this latter proposition been true, Mr. C. would have been writing articles for the North American some years ago instead of playing at be ing governor of South Carolina. Mr. Parton says that the induction of the negro into politics has been a misfortune to him, and hints that it has been so to the country. Mr. Chamberlain, on the contrary, argues, or at leastasserts, that he played his part well in the days of reconstruction, and we would infer that his sum ming up would be that the negro is more fit to gov ern the country by his vote than the white man. We suspect that the South while under the control of negroes who kept New England carpet-baggers in office upon fat salaries with plenty of good steal ing, presented Mr. Chamberlain's conception of Utopia. As a party document, we presume this pa per will not be without weight; but it is wholly un reliable as a history of the past taken by colored men in the work of reconstruction. * *, We often have occasion to censure American la dies for their dispisition to follow blindly the fash, ions and habits of European society. But the First Lady of America, the young daughter ol Victoria, who has come over to play the Vice-Queen in her mother's dominion of Canada, sets our ladicsan ex ample which we would gladly see largely followed. It is said that Her Highness may be seen every day when the weather is not too severe, walking about with firm and rapid step wheresoever her will may lead. It has long been known that Queen Victoria has never made herself the slave ol etiquette, and her daughter shows that she has independence enough to do what may be necessary for her bodily health despite what people may think or say of her. It is a good example and being set by one so high in station, will not be without influence. American women, and more particularly Southern women do not walk enough. There is nothing like a good long tramp in the open air to set the blood in motion aud free the mind from unpleasant thoughts. ** Having; Two Businesses.---It is a very c im mon thing in this country to find men, who, to us a familiar expression, have several irons in the fire Often we find a professional man who is also a mer chant aud farmer. Common as this practice is, it is not one approved by sound sense. Most intel lects are too limited in their capacities to give the requisite attention to a diversity of interests. Some are apt to suffer; usually all do when the preacher has to divide his time between the pulpit and the field, his flock will not be so well watched over nor his crops so well as if he were devoted wholly to one. When the lawyer varies his study ofBlackstoue by looking after the culture of fruit, the probabilities are that eitheir his clients will complain of neglected cases, or blights will render his orchards unprofitable. It is not at all surprising that they who engage in farming as aside business while their chief atten tion is directed to some other* pursuit incur losses which render them embarrassed despite enormous profits arising from their main vocation. Any bus iness that is worth following at all is worth follow ing exclusively, and it is not often that one is prof itable that it is not followed exclusively. The least remunerative occupation if pursued with patient diligence will in the end prove more lucra tive than the best paying business if it shares the attention with two or three others. It may be re garded as a misfortune to any individual to possess or fancy he possesses an aptitude for a number of things. He will be likely to change from one to an other, without giving to either that diligent appli cation which is essential to success. It is quite probable that the son of Jacob with regard to whom he made the prediction ‘unstableas water thou shalt not excel’ possessed this capacity for doiug many things, and the consequent indisposition to stick to none of them. * * SPECIAL J8ENTI0N. Who is to Blame?—As we opened one of our exchanges the other day, the first words that ar rested our attention was the following sentence: “We think the assertion susceptible of proof that a large proportion of business failures arehrough t about by the extravagant habits of the wives and daughters of business men.” Now admitting that the assertion is susceptible of proof who is the more to blame in this matter Some will say, “Why, the women, of course.” It is true that women love to dress and not many have the moral courage to be out of the fashion. But there are not many women who are so recklessly fond of display as to be willing for its sake to ruin their husbands’ business prospects. When wives and daughters dress extravagantly it is very apt to be the men’s fault. They do not tell their “woman kind” plainly that economy is a necessity and that their success in business depends on living plainly Would they do this, that self-sacrificing spirit which is so prominent a feature of woman’s charac ter would impel her to forego all vanities for tha sakes of those they love. We have seen women re tire from society almost entirely and seclude them selves in the privacy of home because their hus bands’ means did not authorize their dressing as did the ladies of their circle. Of course we wish wo men would dress more plainly, so that the worthy wives of men of moderate incomes would not be foiced thus to seclude themselves. In bringing this about, however, men have much m^re to do than is generally admitted. • • The International Review for January comes to us with the announcement that henceforth it will be Issued monthly; that each monthly number will contain nearly as many pages as the bi-monthly numbers contained; that the annual subscription will remain at 85.00, and the price for single num bers will be reduced to 50 cents. The January number is fully abreast of the great subjects that at present command the public atten tion. The poem, with which the number opens, Frustration, by Mr. Edgar Fawcett, justly placed among his best things, is in every way worthy of the place of honor. In the article on “Suffrage, a Birthright” which follows, Mr. Julian of Indiana, continues the subject upon which he has been re cently writing in the Reviews, and here more es pecially replies to Mr. I'arkman’s postulate, “Uni versal Suffrage is a failure.” F. H. Morse, formerly il. S. Consul-Gen^raV presents-an im how to preserve and iu'jjtease the present gratifying growth of our “Export Vrade.” Karl Blind the cel ebrated German Anti-Russian agitator, now resid ing in England, contributes the first of a series of papers on his “Recollections” of the views of the great Italian leader Mazzini on the Eastern ques tion and the relations of Russia to other European States. Dr. Edmond de Pressense, the famous Prot estant preacher of France, contributes to this num ber a chronicle of some of the recent important French publications, revealing the present moral and literary condition of France. Mr. Barnett Smith describes the literary movement as indicat ed by recent books published in England, and a competent hand is seen in the very full aud inter esting paper on the literary movement in America. The article, “In Conflict with Science,” is a rap up on Mr. Tyndall’s knuckles, by a mechanic, who dis plays rare analytic powers, and evidently compre hends Mr. Tyndall's inconsistencies aud contradic tions better than any purely theological critic has done. Finally the number contains an article which de serves more than passing notice, as it reveals mo t forcibly and clearly the present and future political situation in the young giant—the Republic of France, from the point of view of “The Left.” The paper is from the pen of Mr. Alfred Talandier, Dep- utie de 11 Seine, of whom his friend and colleague, Louis Blanc writes: “No one is better able to write with power and exactness the state of things in our country than Mr. A. Talandier.” Thus this initial number of the new volume is filled with interesting matter of lasting value—lit erary, theological, social, political and historical. The number may be obtained of newsdealers and booksellers everywhere or will be sent, postpaid, by the Publishers, A. S. Barnes & Co., New York, on receipt of oO cents. Let all who read this subscribe for this Review, which promises great things lor 1S79. The Dramn.-51 oiljesUn and Printer's Ink. —We are really much relieved as we have actually seen aud heard this living wonder (so called) who travels in a private palace-car and wears thousand dollar dresses. But we are not satisfied somehow. We failed to see the miracles and yet we watched most attentively. Nor did we hear the accents of any marvellous voice, and yet we listened earnest ly. Surely there was some mistake thought a very large and elegant house of eager and waiting hear ers. The first act passes, then the second and the third and yet we have seen nothing unusual. We have seen audiences much more deeply moved by the same three scenes. But by tli" time the fourth scene is reached any audience will be interested in the play itself even when acted by novices. It is simply an overdrawn love affair which never oc curs even in amorous French life. But it is the ‘old, old story’ and never fails to interest both sexes The ‘Countess,’ however, exhibits entirely too much of the d.vine passion after she consents ‘to be loved.’ All her diguity, self possession and personal identity are completely obliterated and no lover, hewever ardent his passion could enduresuch over whelming demonstrations on the part of a woman. Instead of that delicate subtlety of art which the partial newspaper critics pretend to discover in the acting of the Countess it is difficult to discover any art at all. It is simply the oulgusliings of a love sick woman all the way through. In throwingaside all the dignity'of a woman with so much experi- rietice as Camille had we think she makes a fatal mistake in her conception and representation of fe male character. Even in the interview with Du val's father she p ay's the child instead of the wo man. And when iu her changed and faded condi tion from the ravages of consumption, she loons at herself iu the glass how much more impressive might she have been had she spoken of it to her self with dignity and trickling tears, than with a loud shriek. She certainly makes a mistake and her acting falls far short of the measure of public expectation. She has a face rather pretty, hut slen der form and irulisstinct falsetto voice, and we are forced to the conclusion that her reputation is the result of sharp and judicious advertising, and not of superior acting. People will run after bit/.shows, whether humbugs or not and shout great is Diana. Her support is very inferior. In otu-or two scenes Mr. Frank Clements as Armand Duval, rises to the diguity of a clever actor. We have not intended these remarks for severity at ail, but what we con ceive to be just criticism From the noise over the Countess Modjeska we expected something bet than ordinary. Miss Genevieve lingers.—We are delighted at, the coming of this pretty and sweet little actress who melted us all into tears on her first visit. As Maud Muller, she wins all hearts and has made a wide and well merited reputation in this character. We give a very correct portrait of her on the oppo site page which shows her youth and beauty. She is a Kentuckian, not quite out of her teens, and the highest praise of her interpretation of the character of Maud Muller is found in the enthusiasm which it created among the fastidious Bostonians- The cast by which she is supported is said to be unusual ly good, Mr. Aiken, the leading man, being an ac tor of high reputation. Her advance agent, Mr. David W. Van Deren, is a polished aud agreeable gentlemau. Tlie Gorgin Railroad.—This popular old line which was so long under the excellent manage ment of that great and good man, Jno. P. King, is continuing to flourish under the new administra tion. Gen. Alexander makes a most admirable and popular President and Col. E. R. Dorsey, the general passenger agent. Is filling the bill to the en tire satisfaction of all concerned and the traveling public generally. Too Many Books.—There is a great complaint of the dearth of originality. Fresh books are plenti ful but fresh thoughts are few. Imagination jogs along in well worn tracks. Novels are novels in name only, not in plot or method.-^People talk platitudes and each man’s ideas bear a strong fami ly likeness to his neighbor’s. Is it not because we read too much and think too little, observe too lit tle, feed our imaginations from printed pages in stead offrom the broad page of nature and of hu man life? Reading is to the mind as artificial heat and light is to the plant. It does not give such strength of fibre such breadth and richness pfertabMV tWoilf.Stuns tine of observation and in. Je- which has drawn its chief element froni books "'Its conceptions are pale and lacking in vitality and clearness of outline. The thoughts that take hold ol people’s minds and hearts with strong, nervous grasp are not inspired by books, do not smell of the close studios and the midnignt oil, but are evolved through the magnetism of human contact and sym pathy, orare born of the individual brain in stron-, solitary throes, creatians, athrob with life and not pale photographs of other’s thoughts. * The Publishers of the North American Review an nounce that they will hereafter issue that Journal monthly. Its contents, while usually of a political bearing are of a high order of literary merit. The January number contains a very able paper from Judge Hoar on the order of business in Congress, and one from D. H^Chamberlain on the Negro and Reconstruction, and a number of others, all on sub jects of interes:. No periodical in our country can boast of so distinguished a listef contributors as the North American Review. An Explanatinn.Three short pieces of ours,‘Horse Phrenology,-’ “A Rabbit Cat” and “Christmas in a Deaf aud Dumb Asylum,” were copied into last week’s Sunuy South from the young folks’ paper— “The Boys and Girl* of the South,” published last w ek. The pieces were merely bits of gossip for the children and not meant to be served up to the ma ture and dignified readers of the Sunny South. But if copied, there should have been an intimation that they were written for and takeu from the children’s paper. • A large and fashionable assemblage of both latte’ites and Christians met at Raine’s Balt, to witness the interesting spectacle of a double wedding. The contracting parties were Mr. Etnmannel Berliner, cf Lynchburg, Va., and Miss Mary Hermann, daughter of the late Sam’l Hermann; and Mr. Julius Frank, of Lynchburg, Va, and Miss Gertrnde Hermann of Baltimore, the brides are first cousins, and the bridegrooms are intimate friends. The ceremony of marry ing the first couple was performed by the Rav. Dr. Schneoberger, of the Loyd street synagogue. The uniting of the second couple was perform ed by the Rev, Dr. Szold, of the Hanover Street Synagogue. The ceremonies took place in the large had of the building, and were witnessed by over two hundred guests. After the wedding a sumptuous banquet was served, and at night the floor was cleared, and dancing enhanced the pleasure of the festivities. The newly married couples left on the early evening train for Lynchburg, their future home. What do our Children Bead ? The reading, which, unknown to parents, finds its way into the hands of their children’ is often of the very worst kind. It is stated that there are twenty-five pernicious story-papers for boys and girls published in New-York City, alone, and their popularity is shown by the fact that these vicious sheets have a circulation of over 375,000. They are printed on cheap, poor paper, are widely advertised, and are offered for sale at prices which enable even the poorest children to obtain them. As to the ‘dime novel’ code, Prof. W. G. Sum ner, of Yale College, speaking of the effect of dime novels upon the young, says: ‘We may generalize the following, in regard to the views of life which these stories inculcate, and the code of morals and manners which they teach; The first thing which a boy ought to acquire, is physical strength for fighting purposes. The supposed code of English brutality prevails, but it is always mixed with the code of the re volver, and in many of the stories, the latter is taught in its fullness. These youngsters gen erally carry revolvers and use them at their good discretion* ‘A boy ought to cheat the penurious father who does not give him as much money as he finds necessary, and ought to compel him to pay. A good way to force him to pay liberally, and, at the same time, stop criticising his son’s habits, is to find out his own vices (he always has some), and then to levy blackmail on him. ‘Quiet home life is stupid and unmanly. Boys brought up in it have to work hard and to bow down to false doctrines which parsons and teachers, in league with parents, have invented against boys. To become a true man, a boy must break with respectability and join the vag abonds and the swell mob. " ' ° ‘No fine young fellow, who knows life, need mind the law, still less the police. If a father is rich, the son can easily find smart lawyers who can get him out of prison, and will dine with him at Delmonico’s afterward.’ The richest man now in New York is Wm. H. Vanderbilt. A. T. Stewart's fortune was $80,- 000, 000, and the Astor estate in 1873 was esti mated at $90,000,000. Mackey, the bonanza king, is said to be worth $130,000,000. ‘Reverence is not ‘Young America’s’ strong poiat. Your average boy or girl of ‘the period,’ is quite superior to most of the traditional forms and, we regret to add, traditional civilities of the past! Perhaps the stately of a half century since, were a little more stiff and mechanical than this active matter-of fact age demands. Still the tendency now is all in the opposite direction. Forms are the decorous garb in which feeling clothes itself. They have their place. They cafanot with safety be altogether laid aside. It is no sign of genius or independence in young or old to bid defiance to the recognized proprieties or even minor civilities of social life.’ The Jewish Record innocently inquires why the Jewish Messenger does not join it against the Jewish South s efforts to defeat the pav- meut of the statue ? We will enlighten the em inent editor and member of the Statue Commit tee. The managing editor of the Messenner having lately been successful in procuring the honorary title of Ph. D. he looks upon public questions with a philosophic eye, henoe he is not inclined to run his head against stubborn facts and irrefutable arguments. Besides has not the Record stopped talking against the Jewish South after our second leader "l—Jewish South. ‘Forty Years Ago. Drifting Sands from the Moun tains and Foot .Hills ot Georgia. This is the title of a grand Mss. now in hand and soon to begin in the Sunny South. It will be read all over the South with great interst. The Arkansas and Red River Regions. SCENES AND INCIDENTS FORT! YEARS AGO. Thrilling Adventures of a Young Georgian. BY COL. WM. H. SPARKS, AUTHOR OF ‘THE MEMORIES OF FIFTY years/ We shall begin the publication of a thrilling narrative by this distinguishid Georgian, but now of Lousiana, giving his personal experiences when a boy in tlie early history of the Arkansas and Red River Regions. The Boys and Girls of the South. This bright little paper is now issued on the 1st. and loth, of each month for only one dollar a year and contains 32 columns of reading matter with hand some illustrations. Every parent should take it for his children as it is intended to improve their minds hnd elevate their thoughts. Clubbing With Other Papers. Tlie Sunny South and any other Paper or Uaxa/inc for about tlie Price of One. Let every one avail himself of the following remarkable propositions and secure his reading matter for the next twelve months. Such inducements have never before been offered to the public. Any paper or magazine may be seenred -w'—iiotirai with flipSuvNY South jt. very nearly the price of one, and spe cial attention is invited to the unparal leled offer. Other publications will be added to this list. The amounts oppo- posite the papers mentioned will secure both for one year, postage prepaid. 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