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JOH.\ II. SEALS. Editor ami Proprietor. Wiu. B. SKAI-S. Proprietor and < «r. Editor .tIHS. nAUV K. ItRYAX. *1 Associate Editor ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MAY 3. l«9, ProC. Scomp on the Importance of the firrpk Language. A Pleasant Episode in College I.ife.—The learned Professor of Greek in Emory College, Oxford, is an extraordinary man, both as regards scholarly attainments and natural afoiliiy. A man of marked individuality. You would single him out in a crowd for his powerful physical development, even before you were near enough to catch the keen flash ol his eye, or see the VUick changes in his strong, tine, somewhat rugged face as he converses, and his conversation is something wonderful, from his perfect command of words, his incisive analysis, and the clear, pictorial way in which he sets his thoughts before you. much of which flexibility, fullness and potency 01 -expression is due, no doubt, to his research in the ■<srreek language, and his familiarity with the rich Greek masterpieces of literature. But the Professor is no dry repository of ancient •learning. He keeps pace with the times, is progres -sive, social, genial, yet withall modest almost to dcasliiulness. He showed this charac-eristic last ■week, to the delight of the Oxford beys with whom 4»eisa great favorite. They wanted to give some •expression to their admiration and affection for this teacher who makes a “dry” language so nter- •esting by his lucid and comprehensive interpreta tion of its beauties. A handsome gold-headed cane suggested itself to their minds, as a fitting tribute, though it seems hardly appropriate to the six feet and broad shoulders of the Professor. They chose as spokesman and presentee Mr. W. P. Woolley, son of Dr. B. M. Woolley, of this city—a young gen tleman ■ f promising intelligence and elocutionary •ability. At the appointed tim>,the lecture room SUed suddenly with Freshmen, Sophomores, Ju niors, and Seniors, and Professor Scomp looked •round at the unwonted assembly in surprise. Noi did he understand what it meant, until after the •roll call, Mr. Woolley rose and began his address. As he proceeded in a strain as eulogistic as it was sincere, the Professor “blushed like a girl” and be fore its close tears stood in his keen, kindly eyes In the beginning of his earnest and felicitous speech (which by the way was finely spoken) Mr. Woolley said that “the student, amid the many perplexities of college life, needs the kindly encour aging, and yet duty-commanding words of a friend- lie needs a guide to lead him along the rugged mountain paths of knowledge, and to point out the ■distant inviting landscape, and the many flowers and fruits that spring from wisdom’s path. Sir. such a kind, tender teacher, and faathful guide you have here been to us. Unflinching in your duty, zealous and devoted to vour cause, impartial to J your pupils, caring alike for the interests of each, you have proved yourself a combination of an -earnest teacher and true friend.” Taken by surprise as he was, the Professor re sponded in a very leeling and appropriate manner, expressing his appreciation of the valuable gift, and yet more of the motive which prompted it complimenting the speech with which it had been delivered, and taking occasion to allude to the dim culties and rewards of the study of his wed beloved Greek. He said: “Could the student just entering upon the study of Greek but look beyond the seem ingiy insurmountable difficulties which encounter him at the threshold; could he but see the Elysian fields in the distance; could he but know the rich ness of the noble tongue which he is beginning t( learn; could he know its treasures of history, its wopderful philosophy, its mags$4»eut <E^ic and marvellous lyric poetry, its infinite forms of the dramatic chorus which modern poetry has not •even successfully imitated, much less added to the original stock. Could the young student’s ken but grasp the wealth of Grecian literature, could his ear but be attuned to the cadence of .tcolian song; could he feel the delicate, yet majestic power 01 Grecian thought, which no power of the translator can adequately express; could he, I say, but under stand all this at the beginning, how delightful would be the teacher’s task ! But alas! The mo notony and difficulty which students encounter at the very portal of Grecian learning deter hosts of tlnse who enter upon the study and thousands turn back here. Others with inadequate preparation for the collegiate course, and looking chiefly at the honors to be attained by graduatio , seek rather to attain their object by avoiding than by mastering the obstacles which lie in the path. Only the very few who with ample preparation ai d by patient labor, master the difficuiiies of the way. at last repose in the shade at the end of the journey, and enjoy the golden fruit which rewards him who reaches the goal. 1 “The First Whip-poor-will Song.”-No sound that announcss the return of spring greets the ear more pleasantly than the notes of the whip- poor-will. Coming upon the evening air with a dis tinctness that half startles the hearer, it still does not seem out of unison with the thoughts of the hour. For though the three syllables are spoken with energy, there is no harshness in the tones. Indeed there is in them a pathos as if the speaker himself were the poor Will upon whom the punish ment is to be inflicted, and the utterance seems more of a prayer than an order. Being heard just as the dusky shadows of night are gathering the earth In their embrace, they invite the listener to •review the day that is closing, and to pardon any ■one against whom a feeling of resentment may have arisen. These three words, spoken as if but the teaching of “some unhappy Master” may awaken a train of thought that may send one from -an evening stroll “a sadder and a wiser man.” Nor is this all that we may learn from this bird. Ungainly of figure and ungraceful of movement it shrinks from observation, and makes its abode so persistently amid thickets and brambles that it is rarely seen. It cannot please the eye—but having an ability to charm the ear, it Ireely gives usol the one talent it possesses. Hiding away during the hours of light when its uncouth form might disgust the beholder, it comes forth amid the darkening twilight and gratifies the hearing with its brief •words of song. May we not learn from this to ex ercise a studied care in withdrawing from observa tion whatever about us may be offensive while we as diligently strive to give to the world the benefit' of our best gifts? Many of us are charged with a little honey, and a great deal of poison. Let us offer the honey to those around us, concealing if possible the fact that there is any poison in our xiatore. * * Concert of the Mendelssohn Club—Madame Shultxe.—A most enjoyable feature of the delight ful concert given in Atlanta last Monday evening ■by the Boston Mendelssohn Quintette Club, was he piano performance of Madame Shultze of this ■city. Her rendering of several difficult composi tions was so true and powerful as to elicit the warmest encomiums from the critical members of the club. She shared the honors of the evening with Mrs. Knowles, who sang in her usual pure and brilliant style and received a perfect ovation cl applause and flowers. * The Prisoners of Matamoran—A Magnaili- inous Mexican.—Now that our government is forming more intimate commercial if not political relations with Mexico, anything relating to that country and people is of interest. Captain Potter in the May number of the American Magazine of History has some reminiscences of the Texas Revo lution, particularly of t e capture, adventures and trials of the twenty-one Americans, tak^n prison ers by Gen, Urua and confined so long in Mata- moras, where tney were fed principally by charity and made to perform menial offices. Captain Pot ter had made various unavailing efforts to obtain the pardon of these daring young rebels, who had been reprieved through a proclamation of amnesty issued on the e- e of their execution, when they had written their farewells to friends and kindred anu nerved themselves to meet death in a few hours But this retrieval must soon be at an end, and the victory of the Texans at San Jacinto had still far ther exasperated the Mexican Government. It was at this time that Gen. Nicholas Bravo, Vice Presi dent of the Mexican Confederation, was assigned to the command of the army of Matamoras. His name was already a sy nonym for a magnanimity rare a> that time, and with a people noted for re vengeful instincts. During the war of Mexico with .Spain, both Don Nicholas Bravo and his father had commands in the field. The eider Bravo was cap tured by the enemy; the son felt that his father's late was sealed, for Spain showed no mercy to the rebels. He had at that time a number of Spanish prisoners in his hands, and for fear the temptation to retaliate would be too strong for him to over come, he immediately released them. When.they were safe he iheard of liis father's execution. It was to this brave officer that Captain Potter trem blingly presented the petition si ned by the prison ers of Matamoras. It stated that the petitioners were the first token and the last retained of all the prisoners mude in the late campaign; that they had seen the sword three times suspended over them, when it was averted by the decree of amnesty: that they bad petitioned General Urea in vain for the liberation which that decree had pledged to al! whom it relieved from the penalty of death; and that they supplicated from the General now in command the boon before denied. The closing ap peal was as follows: “Appealing to that heart which has known the agony of a father's martyr dom, and trusting in the generosity which refused to retaliate so cruel a blow, we call on your Excel lency to consider the woes of our own parents and kindred, who have long bewailed us as dead, and would now view our reappearance among them as a return from the tomb. For the sake, not of us. but of those beloved mourners, grant that we may behold them again, and their prayers shall call down Heaven's choicest blessing on the head of the magnanimous Bravo.” Captain Potter says: “When I presented this pe tition I got my first view of the tall state.y figure of Bravo, with what might be called a Spanish ver sion of .Washington’s face. He motioned me to a seat, and taking another himself, proceeded to read with apparent close attention the paper I had handed him. How intently did I watch his manly impassable features as he read down one page, and turned to another, till he came to the end. His face told nothing, but I thought or imagined there was a slightly longer breath when he came to the line which alluded to his father. Having finished the slow reading, he as deliberately refolded the paper, and turning to me said: ‘This is Tuesday. 1 will answer this communication on Thursday.’ On Thursday I again called, and in reply to my inqui ry he said: ’I have reported on this matter to the Government.’ My hopes sank. ‘When,’ inquired I, •may an answer he expected from the Govern ment?” ‘Perhaps’ said he, ‘in twelve days.’ My hopes did not rise. It was only three or four days after the second interview that, when I had lain down for a siesta, a friend bolted into my room, and cri^d out, ‘The prisoners are free^’ I said ‘let me see and I will believe.’ I went to the door, and the liberated men came flocking around me- Bravo, I have no doubt, had determined, when he HrSIJ'eaADie petiLio*i,to libflrfttfl the jsriaoAoTS, irne found that their memorial gave a correct statement of facts, and his report to the Government proba bly stated that intent. The friends of the prisoners in the course of a week or two enabled them to secure passages to New Orleans.” Captain Potter bears testimony to the better side of the Mexican character, and shows them capable of kindness even to an alien and hostile enemy. The daughter of the distinguished General Allende was worthy of her brave sire, who gave his life for his country; aDd her husband, Don Lojero showed a kind interest in the prisoners' wellfare, which is all the more to be commended, since, as Captain Potter admits, quick retaliation is characteristic ol the Mexicans; and as a rule they save the nselvex the trouble of forgiving their enemies by doingas a Spanish prince munster congratulated himself <>n having done. He was ephorted in nislast moments by his Confessor to forgive his enemies. “Father,” said the dying Christian, “I have none to forgive; I have had them all shot.” * existence, to be ahead in all things. Ills this am bition that has given him his reputation as one of the leading men in the R: iiroad Passenger busi ness of ihe United States. When but twelve years of age, Beverly W. Wrenn assumed his own support, becoming telegraph operator in the Post office Department of the Con federate States Government. Subsequent to the war he became the Corresponding Secretary of the Southern Express Company—in 1868 Superinten- dant of the Telegraph of the Western A Atlantic Railroad. On the 21st of April 1869 be was appointed to his present position of General Passenger Agent of that road, and for seven years has held the same position for the Kennesaw Route. And now in ad dition to the two responsible offices named, he is Secretary of the North Georgia 8tock and Fair as sociation. His several offices devolve upon him a vast amount of work for hand and brain. It is doubtful if any man in the Railroad Passenger bus iness in the country accomplishes a like amount of work, and when added to this, the labors of the office of Secretary of the Fair Association some conception may be had of the amount of work Mi Wrenn gets through with. His positions bring him in contact with men of all classes, and among his co-temporaries he is per sonally, as well as officially very popular. Yet not one can state that Mr. Wrenn was ever known to indulge in liquor or even to smoke a cigar. Is it assuming too much to say that to this, more than to any other cause is due his success in life? His brain never muddled by intoxicating drink—but always clear for “business,”—may account for that prompt attention, and that rapid dispatch of wo,k which have placed him, unaided by wealth or other extraneous influence in the very first position in the Passenger department of one of the leading highways of railroad travel, pi the world. His industry is no doubt greatly due to his tem perate habits, that leave his fresh energy and bod ily and mental vigor untainted and unimpaired. No man ever complains of his neglect of business, and if his promises to the public are ever unfulfilled, it must be due to causes unforeseen and out of the or dinary. Corporations may not deserve the popular re proach of being “without souls,” but they at least will not long maintain in positions men who do not deserve their confidence. Mr. Wrenn’s long continuance at the head of the Passenger Depart ment of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, under the management of such able, shrewd and observant officials as exjtifcrvemor Biown and General Wm. MacRae, attests his faithful services in his official capacity. His second election to the Secretaryship of the North Georgia Stock and Fair Association, com posed as it is of the most prominent, wealthy and influential business men of Atlanta, show the ap preciation in which his talents are held among the "folks at home.” He is truly a man of the age, full of life, vigor and sagacity, and his temperate habits, and industry, render him well deserving this voluntary prediction of yet greater success in life. * Autobiograhy of a Florida Orange.; SOCIETY NEWS. Fashions, Amusements and Gossip. Bayard Taylor's Method of Composing.— From the beginning to the end. always and every where, he was the man of letters, consecrated to the task of putting into literary form the observations, experiences, emotions, and aspirations of life. His ideal artist was Goethe, whose calmness he sought to attain, whose universality he aspired to emulate. He never forgot that he was an author- author by profession, not from necessity, but from love of the craft. As a traveller, he had a th--tight to note down what he saw, in letters and U - ks, and he was untiring in his diligence to master verything that went to make his letters and boots worth reading—languages, historical facts, local peculiari ties, national traits, antiquities, arts, the influence of institutions and men. His method was rather the method of painstaking labor than of quick in sight. On one occasion, after listening with great interest to a lecture on Moscow, a hearer said to him that his method recalled a visit he had made, a few days before, to the studio of Church, who bud on his easel the celebrated picture of Niagara. The painting was considerably advanced, and the visitor put to the artist the obvious question, “How soon will the work be finished?” The artist measured the canvas with his eye, and quietly said that, at the rate of his proceeding, so many days in the week, so many hours in the day, the picture would be completed in about two weeks. He worked teadily, gaining ground inch by inch, and was cer tain that, if each detail was conscientiously exe cuted. the final result would be harmonious to the eye and true to nature. Mr. Taylor was struck and gratified by the comparison. “Yes,” said he, “'hat is the way; Put the parts together, and you make the whole.” But this is not the way of geniu-*; and genius, it is commonly allowed, Mr. Taylor had not. He may have had what was more serviceable, bat he had not that.—Frothingham in yorlh Ameri can Review. A Man of the Age.—An Eastern tourist arriv- 4g recently In Atlanta, remarked: “I want to see B. VV. Wrenn, the General Passenger Agent of the Kennesaw Route.” “He is the man for you to see if yonr advertising medium is a good one,” responded a bystander. “Thank you, I have no favors to sk of him,” the gentleman replied, “but I want to see the style of the man who has excelled every other I have any knowledge of in advertising his business, except the proprietor of Drake's Plantation Bitters, S. T. 1860x.” Some one explains the latter to mean, “Started trade in i860 with ten dollars.” But Mr. Wrenn is slightly ahead of P. H, Drake. It is a part of his The death of Gen John A. Dix, at his residence in New York, on the 20th Inst. clo«ed a remarkable public career. The General, who was eighty-ono when he died had served as an ensign in the war of 1812. had held the office of Adjutant-General and Superintendent of public schools in New York i- 1833, was United States Senator in l#l5, Assistant Treasurer in 1853, Secretary of the .Treasury in 1800 after Howell Cobb's resignation, which office he held when he telegraphed to Mobile (then virtnally seeeded from the Union) the famous message, “If any one attempt to haul down the American flag shoot him on the spot.” During the war be was a Major General of united volunteers, w»s placed in command of the Maryland Department, was after wards transferred to Fortress Monroe, and then made coipmandsji^ of the Department of the East. In 1866 h^wiis’ publican Gov- years has be la the Idris time lor literary Stn e papers published “The Resources of the city of New York” (1827,) “Decisions of the Superinten dent ot Common Schools of New York and the Laws Relating to Common Schools,” 1837. “A Win ter in Madeira,” 1851, and “A Summer in Spain and Florence.” 1855, * Colored Sentiment and Romance. When I first opened my eyes and saw the light of this world, I heard a lady spe.-kiDg to her nusband, saying, ‘My dear, here is the first bloesjm: it is the bud of car coming fortune.' So say ing, she drew me rom my place of conceal ment, behind two leaves, and showed me to her husband, who stooped and pat his nose right into my face, which I considered a great insult. The n xt day a little girl came with her mother, who Ptoopod and pn! her nose right into my face, and then lifted up the little one, w! o did the same thing; I was very much iffronted and could baidiy contain myself, •What a lovely fragrance,’ slid the lady. ‘Mamma, what does fragrance mean ?' said the little girl. ■Fragrance, my dear,’said her mother, ‘means sweetness of smell: when you smell anything sweet, it is fragrant,' I then understood their actions, which I uud thought so queer, and was mneb obliged to her for the explanation. The sick lady, who was the first to disoover me, used to come every day and sit where Bhe could see me, for the physician told her she must sit in the sun as muoh us p ssible. Every now and then she would look up and say ‘My sweet little blossom, how muoh I think of you you are so beautiful that I do not wonder that you are the chosen flower of the bride.’ One day my beautiiul leaves fe 1 off, and oh how sorry I felt, for I did not grow as beautiful as I was before. Despite all my striving and hard work, I was only u small green thing, a lit tle larger than the head of a pin, and I began complaining: Is this all I have come to be aitex all my striving and hard work? 'My little orange must not complain; som day, if you do not, I promise that y on shall be the fairest of the fair, and crowds of people shall come to admire you.' I looked np and saw a little man about three inches high, dressed so d; zztingly bright that it hurt my eyes to look at him. ‘What is your name,’ I ast ed, with fear. ‘I am an angel of the Sun,and am usually cal! ed San beam.' So say ing, he left me. I began to feel better, and decided to take a new start and grow as fast as I could. One day I noticed that the lady did not corne as nsual, and missed her very much; for two weeks she did not appear; and the day after 1 saw a coffin borne by four men, and followed by her weeping h; sband, pzss along by the side ol the grove and go np the road. 1 felt certain it was the lady who came and sat by me every pleasant day, and a ttar rolled down my cheek as I thought how kind she had been and how much she thought of me. A few days alter this. Sunbeam came again to me and said, 'you are now large enough to be painted. I will begin this morning, and as you huve teen uncomplaining and patient, I will not paint you brown like the oompl ining ones but a bright golden yellow.’ So saying he began to paint me. He came every morning, and at les^iwas ready to be picked. I was wrapped in soft paper and put in a box all by myself and sent away. The next thing I knew my wrappings were be- ing taken off, and I was placed on a stand wit! one of my common-sized neighbors; this was to show my un> sual size. Every day crowds ol people stop to look at me, and the prophesy ol Sunbeam is fulfilled. Grant’s Receotion in Japan. How Grant Is To Be Entertained-The Palace Pre pared For His Residence. The Enrio-Koran, the palace now being prepared er to Franffee, In 1873 was Re- -for.the des’ipguished gue^f, a very near the Tokio of New York, and for some Railway station, and is surrounded by a small park, mtroller of Trinity Corporation beautifully laid out With walks, ponds, shrubbery of hie -official business he limn,I ******* aI1 f- picturesquaAmgn, artificial mounds “ l d covered with flowers, and, indeed, with all the ork, and besides his numerous agreeable accessions of Japanese landscape garden ing. This enclosure adjoins and opens upon the Hama-goten, the beautirul park on tho sea shore, long the favorite resort of the Emperors dui ing the summer months, affording unlimited facilities for pleasant exercise and quite exclusive. The palace is now in the hand of an army of workmen. A suit of rooms is being prepared for the General and his friends; new bath-rooms are being fitted up, bi liard and smoking rooms furnished and a splendid dining room, newly decorated and supplied with modern furniture for the entertainments which the govern ment des.res him to give while its guest. AH the furniture is of European make, and the carpets, ta ble linen, equipments, etc., are the finest that France affords. A magnificent American grand piano just imp- rted, adorns the saloon, and Amer ican billiard tables afford opportunity for play. The paper on the walls is Japan, se, and a beautiful example of the exquisite production of the best ar- t sts in the country. It is generally of gold, with figures, landscapes, birds, fans and quaint devices, in brilliant and varied colors, painted upon it.— Some hunting scenes, with groups of meu and hor ses, all of the olden style, are particularly fine and attractive. When I visited this delightful palace (which has broad, lofty and comfortable porticos, not unlike those of the White House in Washing ton, looking towards the Potomac), carpenters and masons were holding the left wing, while the affairs of the Foreign Office were going on in the main building and right wing. Now the office is removed and the immense establishment nearly ready for its occupants. A coi-ps of of French and Japanese cooks and servants have been secured and the wine cellar has received particular attention. Forty thousand dollars have been set aside for Grant's entertainment, while the Princes of Italy and Germany, w ho will occupy other quarters, are allotted *15,000 each. A modest suggestion that the youngest grandson of Emperor William was “a bigger man than old Grant,” and ought to have the summer palace, was not fudy appreciated by the Mikado, who has heard of the great fighter of the American war and recognizes his worth. The Americans, and, indeed, all the nationalities here, will tender Grant either a banquet or a bull, it has not been decided yet which. He is reported to have expressed an intention of visiting Pekin, China, be fore coming here. In that case he will be here in the summer, and a grand picnic or dinner will be the mode of testifying the popular feeling toward him. All the East is is quite alive to his visit, and Hong Kong and Shanghai and in fact, any of the outposts, will give him a first-class reception as far as may lie in their power. That a rose can be as sweet by any other name was proved a fallacy in Judge McAdams’ court on Thursday, when the judge gave Miss Josephine Hose $1,200 damages for injured affection and bro- en heart, caused by a fascinating colored gentle man of stalwart proportions, but of color which to call gingerbread, would be base flattery. But Mr. Mer.sor S .unders—that’s the dec- iver’s name— is a real double barrelled, back-action colored masher, and no mistake, as the tears and love let ters of Miss Rose attest. Miss Rose is of a delicate buff color, and of the millinery persuasion, accus tomed to the colored walks of fashion, and, withal, poetical and sentimental. It was proved that the gallant Saunders had caused the Rose to droop, if he had not plucked the same, and his amative epistles were produced and read in the most Beecher-Tilton manner. In one letter the lover swore that “My sweet Rose is lov- lier than anything at all, and the scales of ignorance has dropped from my vision, which I now behold you the finest lady. I do know, and intend to,‘ which I promise if you would do the same and go to meeting with you on Wednesday night,” &c. And the lady’s final document, after she d scov- ered the falsehood of her swam, sets forth, that waiting beyond the allotted time, she “returns the tokens of esteem of former days. A month ago you taunted me causing y..u to becoming my bit terest. eueiny. I am aware 'tis dangerous to” tres pass or bivouac on enemy’s domains, which you have. And, sir, Mr. Saunders, if you are a gentle man, which I took you for such, you will return my letters and tokens, of which you have 1 scarf- pin, smoking cap, shaving paper-holder, slippers I worked, port-money and photograph of self, and comb and brush. Your pledges of affection—hair- comb and tooth-brush—I also scorn to keep and return, but have lost timbre 1, which was much wore. “Indignously I remane notyoursas once were, but now am not. “Josephine Rose.” “P. S. The blue zephyr slipper-holder I have packed somewhere and forgot but will send at con venience.” These touching but simple words insp : red the lawyers and moved the jury, so that they made not much ado to find the debit and credit of the love account between Miss Rose and Mr. Saunders, and ; struck a balance at once. They put down, as jurors generally do, each one for himself, somewhat thus : Injured affections, so much, each one at a d fferent sum, from $5,000 down to ten cents; dis appointment, in the same manner, and then, strik ing an average, arrived at the sum of $1,200, which Mr. Saunders will have to pay. PLEASE STOP MY-WHAT? “Times are hard, money is scarce, business is dull, retrenchment is a duty—please stop my—” whisky 1 “O, no ; times are not hard enough for that yet. But there is something else that costs me a large amount of money every year, which I wish to save. Please stop my—” tobacco, cigars and snuff) “No, no, not these; but I must retrench somewhere ; please stop my—” ribbons, jewels, ornaments and trinkets) "Not at all : pride must be fostered, if times are ever so hard, but I believe I can see a way to effect quite a saving in another direction,— please stop my—” tea, coffee, and needless and un healthy luxuries) “No, no, no; not those, I cannot think of a sacrifice ; I must think of something else. Ah ! I have it now. My paper costs eight cents a month; one dollar a year: I must save that. Please stop my paper. That will carry me through the panic easily! I believe in retrenchment and econo my, espec.ally in brains.” The Baptist Church in Vicksburg; Mississippi, having lost their house by fire, the ‘Jewish Temple’ has been offered them free of rent, and uncondi tionally, until they rebuild. Honor to the generous sons of Abraham ! There is good reason for our being so often ad vised in Scriptures to “be strong.” Christian char acter has two sides. We cease to do evil. We also learn to do well. But doing well is impossible if we are not strong. The older we grow the more it is proven that we only live by the minute. We cannot plan for the future. We must take up the first duty that comes to us," leaving results and the future with him who knoweth the end from the beginning. This Christian life is the soul’s great warfare. It begins with a struggle, it progresses amid hostile ranks, it terminates with victory over the sting and grave of death. Deacon R., of Paris, Tenn., “says he is now sat isfied that the church organ does not frighten the Holy Spirit, for he has recently witnessed the con version of several persons while the instrument was being played.” If you 'have found the sermon dull and tiresome, keep back your complaints of weariness ; the mes sage which has not reached you, may have touched a tender chord in the hearts of your companions. Little mantles rounded in the back and at the ends are to he worn in the street this summer. Judge R. P. Tripp, with his accomplished family has returned to his former home in Forsyth. Wedding presents have been selling rapidly since the close of the Lenten season. Queen Victoria wore at her soil's wedding the great Koh-i-noor biazing in a brooch on her black dress. Skirts are noticeably short in front, mving an excellent opportunity to exhibit fine hose and handsome slippers. A rich damask of a clear straw-color has small palm leaves and pink flowers scattered over the pale-tinted ground. The • Belles of the Kitchen” is ail organization for the promotion of the culinary art among society young Throat bows are made of long loops of gay Persian ribbon. Some of them are fastened by a tinsel lizard or bee. Secretary Thompson, of the V. S. Navy, accompanied by a dozen pretty young ladies, atjelided a performance of "Pinafore" in Washington the other evening. lie greatly appreciated the point when the audience looked over toward him and smiled during the allusions of the chorus to “his sisters and his cousins and his aunts.” Blue in ail tints from sky to ultra marine, will be the most stylish spring color; but if you enter a store that happens not to have the blue, they will tell you that cer ulean is in decided bad taste. If a man really wants to know of how little importance he is. let him go’ with his wife a dressmaker. A love of a parasol had a border of flowers above a fall of wide lace. No bridesmaids, but as many ushers as desired seems to be the latest fashion for weddings. Miss Elbe Angier, daughter of Dr. N. L. Angier, Mayor of Atlanta, was married oil the 22d inst., to Dr. Frank Eastman, of Atlanta. The marriage took place quietly at o’clock at St. Phillip's church, Rev. Mr. Foute per forming the sacred rite with much solemnity. The bridal party left for Savannah an hour afterwards, carry ing with them the earnest good-wishes of their many friends in this city. Miss Katie P. Wynn, a popular and talented young lady of Atlanta was married on the 22d inst. to Mr. Cl)as. F. Weathersbe, the efficient business manager of Slides A Co.’s Georgia State Gazetteer. The marriage took place at the residence of the bride’s mother. Mrs. W. B. Wynn, in the presence of a concourse of friends of the contract ing parties. Dr. Spalding, of the Second Baptist church performing the ceremony. The bridal pair then left for a trip to Macon and Columbus, preparatory to settling in Atlanta as their home. Miss Wynn was a leading spirit in the musical circle of Atlanta, beinga prominent member of the Beethoven Society and the contralto in the Baptist church. The social circle of Atlanta has lost a prominent attraction. New York gentlemen fear that they will soon he ’troubled by ttie scarcity of coachmen. The market is fast being stripped of young men in that line. On Friday evening William A. Townsend, a publisher of some means, learned for the first time that his daughter. Miss Catharine, aged 24 years, had married James A. Weeks, his Jehu and table waiter. Weeks is a young fellow of 23 years, with a small, light-brown moustache and bright hazel eyes. Dnring the winter he frequently drove Miss Catharine out in a single sleigh, sitting by her side. On January 30 they drove to the house of the Rev. G. M. Blauvelt, in Nyack, and were married. Returning to the residence of the bride’s father on Washington avenue, she again took up her seat by the parlor window and he once more trudged wearily 'twixt table and kitchen. Last week a reporter caught the mouse. Miss Lizzie Gartrell, eldest daughter of General Gar- trell, of Atlanta, was married on Wednesday, 23d inst., to Dr, J. B. Baird, a prominent young physician of the same city. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. Dr. Tucker and took place at General Gartrell’s residence, where a number of friends, representative of the most elegant society in the State, were assembled. The beauti ful and amiable bride was attired in a rich, white silk, made with exquisite taste. A handsome collation fol lowed the marriage ceremony. The bridal party left for a Northern tour. Personals, What-People are Doing and Saying all oyer the World. Miss Virginia French, a young lady of New Or leans, wrote such a pretty poem for the Picayune some time ago that a yonng Tennesseean fell in Jove with it and her. He went to New Orleans, pleaded with the Picayune queen (a lady) for the name of the poetess, got it, bobbed Jdown on his knees before Miss French and before long made her his wife. "Darliugtonia,” a novel, is from her pen. The Rev. George Bowers, a young man, who for the six years past preached to the good folks ot Coonville, near Plainville, New Jersey, has stolen away from wife and flock in eompany with Mrs. Leecroft, a singer in the choir. Mr, Bowers was much loved by his congregation—Dutch Reformed but alarmed them some time ago by his fondness tor fast horses. From fast horses he got to dodging creditors, and ‘rom that meanness easily slipped into squeezing the hand of Mrs. Leecroft. Then he was what the unwashed of his flock call “a goner.” Congressman Newberry, of Michigan, is said to be the wealthiest man in Congress. His income last year was $250,000. General Fitz John Porter is inclined to smile at the newspaper statement that lie wants to send his son to West Point. His sons are all daughters. When Chief Moses and the other Indians called on President Hayes on Saturday afternoon, they wore long, new feathers ir their new silk hats. Moses gripped ihe Presidential fist, but the others took a weak shake. Paul H. Hayne, the poet, is ill at his home. Copse Hill, near Augusta, Ga. John Habberton, of “Helen’s Babies” fame, is writing a play on New York city politics. Suppose General Grant declines. What then?— Chicago Journal, Not a supposable case. General Grant never was known to decline anything except a bull-pup, and that was because the charges on the animal had not been prepaid. Mrs. Catharine Sweitzer, of Harrisburg, amused a crowd on the streets of that city on Friday night by cowhiditig Mr. George Krickbaum. He threw the woman in the gutter after he had recovered from his surprise, and then made information against her for assault and battery, which he sub sequently withdrew. The State of Texas had offered $8,000 for Guerry’s picture of Lee, destroyed by the late fire In Green ville, Ga. Miss Juliet Earnest tripped in her, stage slippers while playing Hebe in “Pinafore,” at Holly Tree Hall, Chester, on Saturday night, and was serious ly hurt by the fall. There is one house in Louisville that spends $30,- 000 a year in paying drummers. Cyrus W. Field has purchased the land at Tappau’ . N. Y., where Major John Andre was executed Octo ber 2,1780, and is having prepared to be placed on the same a stone, on the front of which will be in scribed the monograph furnished by Dean Stanley, in fulfillment of a promise made to Mr. Field while that gentleman's guest in this country. Daniel F. Beatty, the well-known organ manu facturer, is elected Mayor of Washington. N. J., by Democrats. Garibaldi does not appear to be very nearjdeath after all. He has published at Rome an energetic letter in favor of universal suffrage, and called a meeting of Republicans to take measures lor the agitation of the question. .Mr. S. T. Jenkins, the enthusiastic and successful Geor gia horticulturist and editor of the Enterprise, states that the fruit crop of his orchards near Cuthbert is not ma terially injured. The fruit upon 6,300 bearing trees it uninjured. He says that Marshallville, another frui- —“ j—- x—center, reports its peach crop as promising to be som i Then any disrespectful remark about the minister what short, but still tolerably abnndant. may render his labors useless, just when they were mi.„ .. , , , , taking- effect ’ J T “ e consummation of our honor and bliss will be ^ ' to spend a holy eternity with God.