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Hews of the ScUcck.
THE BUSY WORLD.
Its Sunshine and its Shadows.
the southern states.
la.
Alabama.—An Ice factory is talked of in Eufau-
^One pound of ice costs 10 cents in Eutaw.
^ A fair association is to be organized at Troy.
Corn is selling at 75 cents a bushel at Eutaw.
' A reading club is to be organized at Lafayette.
Crop reports from Sumter continue favorable.
The crop prospects in Chilton county are good.
Crop prospects around Scottsvilleare very good.
Corn is selling in Uniontown at 70 cents a bushel.
The Alabama editors had a gay time at Gadsden
A fair oat harvest is expected in Marengo county.
Crop prospects around Prattville are improving.
The wheat prospect around Fort Payne is splen
did.
, More than 100 acres of land planted in grapes near
Troy. .
The oat crop around Union Springs is well-nigh a
failure.
In Troy, last week 2000 pounds of wool was sold in
one day.
There is a demand for farm hands from almost an
sections.
A heavy hail storm passed over parts of Dale
county. _ „
Corn is selling at $1.40 at Daviston, Tallapoosa
county.
There will be a colt and a hog show at Troy, on
July 4th.
A large wolf has been seen near Maplesville re
cently.
Quite a number of sheep have died in Barbour
county.
The corn crop around Orion is good and in fine
condition.
Wm. Kelly has been sentenced to be hung on the
27th, at Camden.
The young men of Gainesville have organized a
prayer meeting.
Marion county will vote on the location of the
county town in August.
Gen. W. W. Allen has been re-elected chief of po
lice in Montgomery.
Arrangements are being made for a grand fair at
Huntsville this fall
Miss Jennie James was sunstruck near Howells
X roads, the 25th ult.
Two sons of A. Holmes, of Escambia county,
were drowned recently.
By riding against a post, Major Miles, ofCarrall-
ton, had a thigh broken.
L. S Martin, near Ozark, was thrown from a bug
gy and had a leg broken.
Wm. Watson, of Belleville, took 1500 pounds of wool
to Evergreen at one time.
.The cotton receipts at Uniontown will fall short
about 6000 bales this season.
The next meeting of the Alabama press associa
tion will be held at Tuskaloosa.
There was a very heavy hail storm in parts of
Madison county the 21st iDSt.
Texi»*.—A sto'dc man of this state, named Staff
ord, has sold 15,000 beeves this season.
Comanche is without a shoemaker.
Dallas gas light costs over$200 a month.
Bricks are worth $5 a thousand at Sherman.
Waco is working to get two more railroads.
Baker, the horse thief, languishes in the Dallas
Jail.
Ennis shipped a car-load of new wheat on the 27th
ult.
Watermelons have made their appearance in
Houston.
The thermometer has been as high as 100 in
Weatheftord. a .A
The average yield ofcorta in Washington county,
is from twenty-five to thirty bushels.
Schulenburg claims the first cotton bloom, which
was brought into that town on the 7th ult.
Corsicana brags that she will ere long have two
more railroads, and then she proposes to be a big
town.
Texans are beginning to see that the only protec
tion of their lives is in the swift and sure punish
ment of criminals.
Capt. J. W. Pierce has been inspecting the sunset
railway route, and it is said a handsome passenger
depot is to be erected at Columbus.
The dry weather hasn’t hurt crops In routhwest
Georgia. The farmers are all ahead of the grass,
and cotton is booming. Corn* however, is begin
ning to need rain.
William Hurst, the man who was charged with
murdering Mr. William Quinton, of Wad ley, has
been found guilty of murder and recommended to
the mercy of the court. The case was worked up by
Captain Ed. Murphy, of Atlanta.
The Gainesville Eagle Fays that Thursday morn
ing, as Gen. Longstreet was on his way from his
home to the city, he had the misfortune to lose his
gold watch and chain. Two or three days after-
wards he learned that it had been f, und by a wo
man named Peeler, who said that she did not in
tend to give it up. The general got Marshal Hanie
to go out and arrest her and bring her to town. The
marshall was subjected to some most disgusting
language at the hands of the woman and her sister,
but, regardless of all this, proceeded to land her in
the jug. After spending a night and a part or the
day in the lock-up, she concluded to give up the
property and was released.
The Augusta Evening News sagely remarks that
when a factory gets so lar ahead that it has enough
cotton bought at bottom prices—say 8 cent
the market is about 13 cents—to last till September,
and 125 is asked for its stock, free bids being made
at 117VC. it may be said to be in a healthy condition,
and when the president of the Langley manufactu
ring company (for this is the factory referred to)
says that not a dollar of its stock is pledged in
bond, and enough money already °* 1 .J? a "‘L
the ,iuly dividend, it may be called something
wonderful. The management of Langley factory by
President W. C. 8ib.ey.to make such a showing
must be of the best and clearest beaded. ““ “i®
stockholders have every reasontocongratuate
themselves that their stock and property is in such
good hands.
Thomasville Enterprise: About two weeks
the first wool came to thl \™ rk f h “ u.Tat woo
20 and 22 cents and everybody thought that wool
wonldbe exceedingly cheap this "JiVj
commenced going np at once and has continued to
advance steadily. Last Friday, one
out his crop, about three thousand pounds at ^
rents Demound, and it was still going up. In tms
connecHon we cannot refrain from mentioning a
little wool transaction that throws some light on
the question of whether sheep raising pays in this
section. Two gentlemen owned a lot of sheep joint.
ly in February: one of the partners bought out the
other paying $1,049 for his interest, and n °win May.
has sold the wool for $440.75. and has a ™ a
more sheen than be had besides. That looks lute a
Saving investment. The wool is clear profit, be
cause toe increase more than pays all expenses of
feed, keeping and shearing.
The Gwinnet Herald gathers the particulars of a
very sad death that occurred in the lower part of
That mnntv last week. Mrs. Gresham, wife of Ed
ward Gresham, a worthy and energetic farmer^iad
just finished a quilt, which she had sus^nded in
the room in the usual way by fastening tne irames
to ropes, the upper ends of which were atiached to
the ceiling. After the quilt had been taken down
one of the ropes was left swinging ..'^ .H^en^d
with a loop in the end with which the children had
been playing. Late in toe evening Mrs. ^fesham.
in passing about the house, noticed one of the chil
dren. between one and two years old,
the rope, but did not attach any I rVi^ ^rifne she
as she apprehended no danger. After awhile she
w«s cal led off for a few minutes from toe room to
attend to some domestic affairs, and on h r return
she noticed the child standing very still at ine
?one and went to it. Her surprise and grief can be
easily imagined when she found that the little prat
tler was dead. It had in someway got its head in
side the loop and in pressing forward the rope had
become tight across the throat an ^ s ‘ra n e led
the child to death. The rope was not
the strangulation had been produced by the child s
weight against the noose.
Foreign Mews.—Vesuvius is agitated.
Hot weather in Europe.
More heavy failures in England.
An agricultural crisis in England.
A couple < f tame Zulu women are on exhibition
in London.
A fatal disease oi unknown character is raging in
the Caucasus.
Boat-racing is the present excitement of Thames
river, London.
Martial law in Russia means something, and is no
Joke upon the people.
Munich, Bavaria, has an international exposi
tion in the coming month of July.
The Queen of England has a morbid foar of being
assassinated >q^me of these days. __ ^
In Augusta, Ga., recently, M. Donlon.
In Charleston, S. C„ May 30, D. Buhre.
In Aiken, S. C., May 21, John H. Ma " ge ^'
In Lincoln county, Ga., 9th inst., P- •
In Early county, Ga., 17th ult., Mrs- C ar '<-•
In Lumpkin co., Ga., 11th ult., Jesse .Smit •
In Greenville, S. C„ May 25. Mrs. M. E. Crott.
Near Canton, Ga., 8th inst., Samuel Johnson
In Greenville, S. C., May 26th, Mrs, L. A. Cobb.
In Columbia, S, C„ May 16th, Mrs. M. L. Bower.
In Charleston, S. C„ May 30, Dr. St. John E hlll |P s -
In Macon, Ga., on the 20th ult., Robert S. Tennille.
In Savannah, Ga., on the 26th ult., George A Nichol.
In Berrien County, Ga., 12th ult,, R^- H- T. Bossey.
In Columbia, S. C., May 27, Miss Nfnnie McKnight.
In Augusta, Ga., last week, Mrs. W J- Rutherford.
In Savannah, Ga., on the 21st ult., William Mclntire.
In LaGrange, Ga., on the 20th ult.,Mrs. Juliette Cox.
In Anderson, S. C., May 25, Thoma Erskine, aged 77.
In Spartanburg, S. C., May 25, Mrs. Patsv Kirby, aged
79.
In HoneaPath, S. C., May 23rd, V Armstrong, aged
29.
In Laurens, S. C., May 26, Mrs. Jac McDowell, aged
78.
In Talbot county, Ga., recently, D- William P. Math
ews.
Near Berzelia, Ga., recently, Mrs Sallie E. Lazcnby,
aged 44. %—s
In Ponaldsville, S. C., May 21, Mrs. Amelia Razor,
aged 75.
In Fort Valley, Houston co.. Ga. recently, Benjamin
Tweatt.
In Washington, Wilkes co., Ga., rcently, Dr. Neeson,
aged 68.
In McDonough, Henry co.,, Ga.,ecently, Mrs. George
M. Molan.
In Athens, Ga„ on the 24th ult..daughter of William
Williams.
In Emanuel co., Ga., 16th ult., Grdon, infant son of
C- R. Doyle.
In Montezuma, Ga., on the 23rd.it., Bhac C., son of
Mr. O. C. Chevcs.
In Augusta, Ga.. recently, Hen Denning, infant
daughter of W. II. Flynn.
In Monroe county, Ga., recentl; Nancy, wife of the
late Lemuel Lovett, aged 93.
In Smyrna, Ga., recently, Jairn Kamshnw, superin
tendent Concord woolen mills.
In Griffin, Ga.. on the 19th ult infant daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. W. B. Hudson.
In Monroe county, Ga., 17th t.. S. H. Lush; from a
wound received in the late war.
In Charleston, S. C., recently,. J., son of the late
Captain John Small of Augusta.
In Rutledge, Ga., 20th ult., Ittie Pauline, infant
daughter of T. W. and Mattie Beden.
Near Harmony Grove. Ga., o the^Srd ult., Mrs.
Freeman, widow of the late Capt.\. S. Freeman
_ _
•teamship lfnes between New Orleans and Hava
na have stopped running during the fever season.
An observatory is to be erected for scientific pur
poses on Mt. JEtna. by the Italian government.
More serious inundations have taken place in
Hungary. Hundreds of dwelling houses are utter
ly destroyed.
A brother of Tennyson, the poet, a clergyman,
who was also a writer of “Melodious verse,” has just
died in England.
The Chinese army is supplied with guns and ri
In Rutledge, Ga.,20th ult., M. AI arrow, and Georgia
Vining.
In Columbus, Ga., 20th ult., Gfge W. Cook and El-
vie Dawson.
Ih Marion, S. C„ 20th ult, Mr.ohn Davis and Mias
Ida Davis.
In Marion, S. C„ 22d ult., Mbsaac White to Miss
Lillie Avant.
In Lancaster, S. C., 22d ult., MJ. D. Templeton and
Miss Usher.
In Anderson, S. C., 22d ult ME. H, Gaines and Mias
Belle Hall.
In York, S. C., 25th ult., Mr. Cries Means and Mias
Anna Bell.
In Columbia, S. C., 22d ult., MJohn Leckie and Miss
M. E. Martin.
In Anderson, S. C.. 25th ult., r. J. Trotter and Mias
E. Carwile.
In Anderson, S. C„ 27th ult., . C. F. Jones and Miss
R. St. C. Webb.
In Lexington. S. C., 20th ulf'K Samuel Crim and
* Wiw ! * T *'!mw+
4.—Enigma.
I am composed of 28 letters
My 2, 7,10.15,12, 3. 14. is pet name,
My 5,18.12, 9,11, 16, 28, pertains to the head,
My 1, 2. 6.19. 8,14, 2y, is a kind of chicken.
My 2, 22, 26, 13, armies generally do to the enemy.
My 13, 3, iO, 24, means to give ear to,
My {7 4. 7, 14, is a division of land,
My 23, 6, 21, 12, is a 9ssure,
My 25,18, is the name of a note in mnsle,
My whole is a good book I have read.
Mbs. Ada Brown.
6.—Anagrammatical Rebus.
wTranspose the following words, and get an ancient
king :
L&F
1-4 of a pint, —
Stock. Febamobz .
6.—Enigma,
I am composed of 25 letters
My 18,12, 24, 5,19, is by Pope called '‘Heaven’s first
law,’’
My 23,2, 20, 4, is what all persons should be at all
times.
My 24, 3, 15, some often do withont premeditated
thought,
My 21, 28,1,14, is observed by some before Easter,
My 20.1, 22, 16, 7.18, 11, is what’ Swift says few, very
few will own.
My 26, 13, 14 . 27, 10,8, 4, la something little boys de
light in.
My 8, 17, 35, 14, 5, 20, 4, sometimes canses aa much
quarrelling as delight for a woman,
My 9, is to be guessed,
My whole is a short quotation from Sbakspeare's Ham
let, Act first. Wrixix Reynolds, Barnesville, Ga.
7—.Enigma Gbammaticum Latinum-
Componor ex tredecim literls.
VI. II. V- XI. III. I. V. II. V. mea, urbs Macedonie,
est,
IX. VIII. IV, XII. X. mea, ornare, intelligit,
XIII. VIII. IV- mea, nomen corporis lnminosi est,
Totas meus urbs Thraciie est.
8 —Enigma.
I am composed of twenty-two letters.
Mv 5,16.19, 9, 2. 21, 14, 18, was a great philosopher,
My 17, 20, 3, 12,1. is a public place in Rome,
My 114,15, 6, 22, are often used to live in,
My 11, 7, g, 4, is a wharf,
My whole was beheaded. Leila W.
9.—Vkbbal Puzzle.
Two M’s, one A, one S, and one T.
Three O’s, one H, one R. and one E.
Put these together and then tell me.
The name of what poet you quickly see.
To Correspondent*.
Miss Elly, Bairdstown, Ga.—No one sent any answer
to the Mystical Spelling Bee.
Zokomore, Bairdstown, Ga-—Who gets the Shark's
Egg.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Ail communications relating to this department of the
paper ebonld be addressed to A. F. Warm, Atlanta,Ga.
Chess headquarters, Yonng Men’s Library Associa
tion. Marietta street.
Original games and problems are cordially solicited for
this column. We hope our Sonthern friends will re
spond.
PROBLEM No. 93.
Third prize.
“3LUE BONNETS.”
By C. M. Baxter, Dundee, Scotland,
BLACK.
1 lie ai III J J« Blipiiucu wim ‘ *
j lies manufactured in this countrv, and all the ofli
A State paper says the people of Texas are the 1 ««»■»• rvut’s revolvers,
lible in the world, and that is how they
The silver wedding of the Emperor and Empress
of Austria, which took place in Vienna last week,
was a royal affair indeed.
im“suicided” ^ „
i new suit
cers with Colt’s revolvers.
nost gullibfe in the world, and that is how they
:ame‘to be taken in by that bogus baron in Hous-
OD.
The discovery of silver at Brownwood is said to | a boy only thirteen years old "suicided
lave arisen from the sinking of an artesian well on , lng the other day in London. Cause, his
he place ofMr Loveland, who has refused $50,000 lor . 0 f c lotlies had no pockets in them,
ris premises. Seventy families near Montreal were rendered
It is said that Gen. Ord has, at his headquarters homeless by a fire, caused through children being
it San Antonio, the marbletopped centre table on I permitted to play with matches,
vhich Gen. Lee wrote he famous capitulation of j f. R]als France, for so many years in possession of
he con federate armies. . the English, is to be fortified and made a place of
Waco had a balloon ascension the other day, and arms—a fortress of the first class,
vhen the balloon, which contained Prof. Cevor, a very destructive fire has occurred at Poonah,
same down, a couple of field darkies went in con- | neHr j{ oln bay, India. The government offices and
iption fits, thinking it was the “debbil hisset. ’ military barracks were all consumed.
It will cost a fellow from $30 to $50 to have horse
racin°-or gambling on Sunday, in the Lone Star
State hereafter. Wlio dare not say toe morals of
1’exas are not on the improve—provided the fine is
-eally imposed.
The price of property has advanced one hundred
oer cent, at Brownwood, owing to toe silver mine
iiscovery at that place, and there is no end to the
jxcitement among toe miners and strangers who
ire gathering there.
A Waco man has invented a freezing apparatus
"or families that will supercede the use of ice for
irinking water altogether. It consists ofanordi-
lary water cooler with another vessel Inside, the
:pace between the two being filled with a freezing
Mixture of potassium and the sulphates of ammo-
ilia and magnesia. The water in the interior is re-
luced to ice temperature, and kept so.
Louisiana.—^Tne Red river was falling last week
it tue rate of six Inches a day.
Public schools in Lafourche parish will have a
current session of six months.
A refreshing rain has fallen on the crops in Baton
Etouge parish, and raised the drooping spirits of the
planters.
Jean Baptiste Cosinard, at different times chief of
;>olice, sheriff and mayor of Baton Rouge, and a
valuable citizen of that place, died on last Tuesday.
Mr. Jonas Platt, living on Bayou Lettswortb, in
Pointe Coupee parish, has one of toe finest crops in
toe parish, and bets that with a squad of five bands
he will make seventy-five bales of cotton.
Georgia.—The papers are commenting upon tli e
-urious fact that Cartersville men all have tremen
dous Adam’s apples in their necks.
The Talbot county fair is to be located at Talbot-
on.
Crops and gardens good in the neighborhood of
Dawson.
The wheat crop of Oglethorpe county is the best
iince 1845.
The Dalton axe-handle factory has settled down
,o business.
Mr. Alsey Fuller, an old citizen of Meriwether
:oun’ty, is dead.
Dr Watkins, of Hancock county, gathered eighty-
ive bushels of oats on one acre.
Miss Betty Hall, of Gordon county, is making rye
traw hats of superior beauty and finish.
The Wynn gold mine in Oglethorpe county has
,een sold to a Chicago company for $5,000,
The tax collector of Meriwether county says he
las never seen the crop, prospects in that section so
ood.
The only warehouse in Thomaston was burned
jst Saturday night by an incendiary. About seven
,ons of guano were destroyed.
The LaGrange Reporter says that the residence of
Hr W. P Lovelace, known as the Lovelace home-
itead place, located five miles south of LaGrange,
ivas burned la-t Sunday night. The fire began in
he cook-room which was attached to the house.—
’t caught, in some way, from the stove, after sup-
>er had been cooked, about half-past eight o’clock.
ifhelD could have been obtained the house would
lave been saved, but no men were present except
fir Lovelace and his brother,and their efforts were
inavailing. About half of the furniture was saved,
rhe house was one and a half stories high, with
;even rooms, besides the dining and cook-rooms.-
fir. Lovelace estimates his loss at $2,500 or more
England, after spending millions of money and
thonsandsof lives in a useless invasion of Afghan
istan, is now trying to withdraw from that field-
Politics are mixed up in Germany, and trouble
seems to be looming up in the near future. Bis
marck’s powerris certainly on the decline.
General New*.—Six prisoners were publicly
whipped at New Castle, Delaware, last week.
Oil wells vary in depth from 100 to 1100 feet.
A heavy fruit crop is expected along the Hudson
Great Britain annually consumes 214,000,000 tons
of coal.
London has 220 dry days in toe year, and Dublin
but 150.
In Paris, 18,800 people live by rag-picking or rag-
selling.
Kansas expects to raise 32,000,000 bushels of wheat
this season.
And now the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank has
been enjoined.
The loss by fire in Massachusetts, last year, ag
gregated $3,683,265.
The'increase of the population of this country is
1,000,000 a year.
English capitalists are projecting railways in the
interior of Africa.
The Weymouth, Mass., Savings Bank has been
officially enjoined.
Great Britain had more than 2,000,000 less cattle
In 1878 than in 1875.
The number of producing wells in the oil regions
is at the present 10,782.
It is 3323 miles across the continent from Phila
delphia to San Francisco.
Wheeling, W. Virginia, claims to be the largest
nail centre in the country.
The celebration of the Queen’s birthday in Mon
treal was a brilliant affair.
It is claimed that our coal can be delivered in
Australia at a good profit.
The farmers in Rockingham county, N. H., com
plain of a pest of grub worms.
. Uncle Sam is defrauded constantly by the use of
postage stamps the second time.
Over 80,000 pounds of eggs were shipped from
Omaha to San Francisco last month.
Heavy and destructive frosts occurred in North
ern New England and New York last week.
Conanicut, a beautiful island opposite Newport,
R. I., is quite a fashionable watering place.
Lynn shoes now find markets in England, Ger
many, South America, Australia and Mexico.
The Maine Prohibitionists are preparing for a
great temperance gathering at Old Orchard Peach.
Two Indian tribes in Dakota have been fighting
and killing each other. We have no sympathy to
waste between them.
It is found that one-half the population of New
York city live in tenement houses, while in Phila
delphia such a thing is hardly known.
Archbishop Purcell’s indebtedness has been
footed up at last, and amounts to the sum of $3,-
697,562, assets less than one quarter this sum.
It is barely possible that the bridge between New
Lovelace estimates his lose at $2,500 or more. | York and Brooklyn will be abandoned as an im-
h«d no insurance. He has suffered severely by pediment to commerce, and a useless aflair alto-
3 oi late, having tost his ton yard by fire last j gether.
He has the sympathies of the community, I
In Laurens, S. C., 21st 'uIuYMiwiit Shangbolt and
Miss Ivie Phillips.
In Beaufort, S. C., 24th ult., Mil. F. Belzeman and
Miss B. M. Sledge.
In Marion, S. C., 20th ult., Mr,. A. Chrietzburg to
Miss G. F. Game.
In Anderson, S. C., 11th ult., YJ. H. R. Yown and
Miss Mar} - C. Kay.
In Darlington, S. C.. 24th ult.
Miss Jesse Middleton.
John E. Russell to
In Cuthbert. Ga., 14th ult., airy T. Nichols and
Mrs. Rachel Pollock.
In Blacksliear, Ga., on the 21snlt., by Rev. W. R.
Steely, N. S. Nixon and Mrs. Racl E. Wright.
In Calhoun, Ga., on the 15th u by Rev, M. L. Un
derwood, C, C. Harlan and Mattit. Freeman.
In Franklin county, Georgia, 14 ult.. by Rev. James
O. Verncr, Edwin W. Coker and fry E. Bramlett.
In Chattooga county, Ga., ontlillth ult., by Rev. J.
B. E. Lewis. J. N. Taliaferro and iss Ella Henly.
In Hart county, on the 20th t., by Rev. J. T. W.
Vernon, Rev. Asa Avery and MrElizabeth Parker,
In Cfarkecounty. Ga., on the II ult., by Rev. T. M.
Foster. Thomas .1. McElhannon id Miss Lucy Sims.
In Wilcox county Ga,, 15th u, by Rev. James W.
Mashburn, George R. Reid, Jr.,al Fannie E. Fuller.
In Chattanooga, Tenn., on the th of May, Mr. Wiley
H. Riden, of Athens, Ga., and .*ss Mary L. Doty, of
Greenville, Ohio.
In Greene county, Ga.. on the th of May, Mr. R. B.
Weil, of Athens, was married to iss Nannie Jordan, at
the residence of the bride’s fathe
Puzzles, Chess, Conuidrums, Prob
lems, Charades, ad Kinks of all
Kinds for Kinkers;o Unkink.
Puzzle* are cordia’lv solicited tff*v-all. All puzzle*
must be accompanied by the aneiers, and the parts must
be fully explained. The true nare must always be sent,
even if a nom de plume is used. Direct letters to ‘"Puz
zle Parlor,” Sunny South,
Answers will be published evef three '-eeks
ANSWERS TO PUZZLE iN NO. 203.
1. —(D over straight line minutline) = Dover straight.
2. —“There’* a divinity that sapes our ends,
Rough hew them how w will.”
3. — I— L —L.
G— OAT —S.
S—LAVER—S.
S— TEA —M.
A— R -C.
4 —LIMB
O E
O E
NEAT.
5. —Cecrops.
6. —“Though lost to sight to m«n’ry dear.’’
7. —(Published incorrectly.)
8. —1, Toe—tore—toast. 4, G<—gore- Ghost. 3, Fee
—fear—feast. 4, Lee—Lear—least. 5, Poe—pore—post.
6, Bow—bore—boast.
9. —“And reason raise o’er instiict as yon can,
In this *tis God directs, in that, ’tis man.”
New Puzzles and Enigmas.
1.—MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE.
I am * word of four letters, the «nm of which is 1101.
My 1, -f- (my 4 X 1-5 of my 3,) = 2.
My 2, X my 4, = my 3.
My 3, X my 2, X my 4, = 21-2 times my 1.
2—Enigma,
1 am composodof forty-eight letters.
My 18, 31, 47, 6, 40, 9, 37,24, was a great military com
mander,
My 43, 17, 22, 2, 27, 35, 32, is a chain of mountain* In
Syria,
My 34, 23, 3. 41,13, 32, 44, 39, is a guard.
My 11 29, 21, 6 42. 28, 47, is a capital city,
My 15, 40,38. 45. 12.19. is a minute part,
My 26, 36. 6.14,3, 25. 33, is a piece of furniture.
My 4, 13, 48, 30, 31, 1, is a hnt,
My 7,18. 20. 40,16. 45, is to pierce.
My 8,10.17, i* to prosecute,
My whole is from one of Goldsmith’s poema.
Leima W,
3 Double acrostic.
A kind of stone A reptile. An adverb. Something
useful. A small instrument A kind ot tree. Primals
spell the name of an ancient goddess and finals her son.
WHITE.
White to play and give mate in 2 moves.
[Cfte»s Century.
(’lie** Intelligence.
N. Y., May 26th ’79.
Manhattan Chess Clnb.
The score of the Delmar-Loyd match now stands: Del-
mar 4, Loyd 0, and one draw. The: sixth game will be
played at the rooms of the clnb on the eve of the 28th.
Yours, etc.,
J. W. Logcling.
Delmar is a first-ra’e.
3h - oblctus.
frirCorrcot answers, with proof of solution have been
received to problems recently published in the Sunny
South from A. H. S. Day, Trenton So. Ca., W H. Simp
kins, Harmony Grove. Ga.. and Mrs. I). C. Casey, ,llot
Springs, Arkansas. They will appear next week.
We are glad that this department of our pajicr is at-
tracting so much attention. Let the interest therein in
crease.
^.tluevtisciucnts.
This is So.
Richmond’s Amsrican Beef Tenderer really tender
beef, rendering it sweetand juicy. Send postal card for
price and endorsements. „ „ „
p H, E. DYKEMAN, Gen. Ag’t,
198-3m-8p No. 27 Whitehall St„ Atlanta, Ga
fSailvtrad ©Hide.
THE GKOBOIA RAILROAD.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANT, )
8upebintendbnt’s Omen. V
Augusta, Ga., June 6th, 1879 t
COMMENCING SUNDAY, 8th inst. the following Pas
senger Schedule will be operated:
No. 2 EAST—DAILY.
Leave Atlanta 7 45 a a
Arrive Athens 3 15 p m
Arrive Washington 2 00pm
Arrive Camak l 08 p m
Arrive Milledgeville 3 30pm
Arrive Macon 5 20 p m
Arrive Angnsta 318 p m
No. 1 WEST-DAILY.
Leave Angnsta 9 45 a m
Leave Macon 7 lo a m
Leave Milledgeville 9 08 a m
Leave Camak ll 41 a m
Leave Washington 10 45 a m
Leave Athens 9 15 a m
Arrive Atlanta 5 00 p m
No connection to or from Washington on Sundays.
COVINGTON ACCOMMODATION.
(Daily except Sundays.)
Leaves Atlanta 5 30pm
Arrives Covington 8 00pm
Leaves Covington 5 25am
Arrives Atlanta 7 40 a m
No. 4 EAST—DAILY.
Leaves Atlanta 6 00 p m
Arrives Angnsta 6 20 a m
No. 3 WEST—DAILY.
Leaves Angusta 5 30pm
Arrives Atlanta 5 00 a m
Trains Nos. 2,1, 4 and 3 will not stop at Flag Stations.
Connects at Augusta for all points East and Soutt-eaat.
Superb Improved Sleepers to Angusta.
Pullman Sleeper* from Augusta to Mew
York —either via Charleston or Charlotte.
d3“Only one change Atlanta to New York."8$
S. K. JOHNSON, E. R. DORSEY,
Superintendent. Gen. Passenger Agent.
Reduction of Passenger Pares.
GEORGIA RAILROAD IS SELLING
STRAIGHT AMD EXCURSION TICKETS
Between all Stations on its Main Line and Branchei
’deluding the Macon and Angusta Railroad, at the
following
GREATLY REDUCED RATES:
Straight Tickets at 4 cents per mile
Excursion Tickets at 6 cents per mile,
(Good for Ten Days.)
Minimnm for Straight Tickets, Ten Cents ; Exonrslon
Tickets, Twenty Cents.
To secure the advantage of the Rednced Rates, tickets
must be purchased from the Station Agents of the Com
pany. Conductors are not allowed to charge less than
the regular tariff rate of five (5) cents per mile.
Excursion Tickets will be good to Return Ten Days
from and including the date of issue, no Lay-over priv
ilege attachesto these tickets, nor will any be granted
The company reserves the right to change, or entirely
abrogate these rates at Pleasure snd without notice.
E. R. DORSEY,
lov 9- Gen- Pass. Agent.
1.000 MILE TICKETS.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. )
Office General Passenger Agent. [
AugustA, April 5th, 1879. )
C OMMENCING MONDAY, 7th inst.. this Company
will sell ONE THOUSAND MILE TICKETS, good
over main line and branches, at TWENTY FIVE DOL
LARS each. These tickets will be Issued to individnals,
firms and families, but not to firms and families com
bined. E. R. DORSEY,
198-5t Gen. Pass. Agent.
Memphis & Charleston R. R.
Memphis ITenn.—On and after April 16th, 1879
t he following passenger schedule will be operated.
YOUNG MEN trof r Iusi r n»s
by attendiog MOORE’S BUSINESS ]L ER-
SlTYe Atlanta, > one of th© best practical ®chcol8
in th© country Circulars mailed free.
UR DISUSES!
Dr C. F.. Shoemaker’s Book on Deafness and
Diseases of the Ear and £ A 1 TA DDII
their premier treatment, cape- UH I HM1I1
ciallr Running Ear. How to get 1 mmeiha/r relief
from all annoyances of these diseases,and a sure,
harmless and permanent cure. A book every
family should have. Sent fret to all. Address
Dr.C.E.Shoemaker,B’lralAiirg^on,Heading, ra
WANTED
One Live Man for eacli State to sell goods
by sample. Fair salary paid.
Li BELLE —“
LK HFU 10., 8S Clark St., Chkaga.
0
PIUM
HABIT
CURE
By B. M. WOOLEY, Atlanta,
Ga. Reliable evidence given,
and reference to cured patients
and physicians.
Send for my book on The
Hab’t and Cure. Free.
Office No. 33}4 Whitehall St
Mrs. J. R. GREGORY,
ARTIST.
STUDIO—Corner ALABAMA AND BROAD STS,
ATLANTA,
GEORGIA,
Portraits from Miniature, to Life Size, in Water
Colors, Crayons, or Oil.
Q C CARDS, all Chromos, or 25 styles. Snowflake, Da-
ww mask, etc., with name, 10c. NASSAU CARD CO.,
Nassau, N. Y.
50
Perfumed, Chromo. Lace, etc., CARDS, in Case
name in gold, 10c. RAY k CO., B. Wallingford, Ct
GOING WEST.
Leave Chattanooga 8 40 pm. J
“ Stennsonn 10 35 pm.
“ Decatur - 2 50 am.
“ Corinth 7 50 am.
“ Middleton 8 50 am.
«• Grand Junction 9 35 am.
Arrive Memphis 12 00 noon
£g'“Great changes have lately been made on this line.
This road has been newly ballasted, and the track
repaired with steel rails. These Improve
ments make It second to no other
road in the South.
TO THE EAST.
Close Connection Is made for all Eastern
Southeastern Cities.
and
EgfOnlyline running through Palace Sleeping Cars
and Day Coaches between Memphis and Chattanooga
without change.
TO THE WEST.
Close-connection made for ail Arkansas and Texas-
points. A full set of First-class and Emigrant Tickets
on sale at all principal s tationg- Round Trip Emigrant
Tickets at greatly reduced rates now on sale at Chatta
nooga, to principal Texas points. Day Coaches run be
tween Bristol and Memphis, and between Montgomery,.
Alabama, and Texarkana, Arkansas, without change.
For further information, as to rates, schedules,
etc., address either
JAS. R. OGDEN.
Gen. Pass. Agent. Memphis, Tenn.
T. S. DAVANT,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
L. L. McCLESKY,
Gen. So. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga
Magnolia Passenger Route.
PORT ROYAL k AUGUSTA RAILWAY, I
Augusta, Ga.. April 15, 1879. (
The following schedule will be operated on and after
this date:
GOING SOUTH—Train No. 1.
Leave Augusta, 9.10 a m : Arrive at Beach Island 10.15
am; arrive Jackson’s 10.28 a m; arrive Ellenton 10 47 a
m: arrive Robcins 11.01am. arrive Hattieville 11.15 a
m: arrive Millett’s 11.28; arrive Martin’s 11.38 am; ar
rive Beldoc 11.47 a m; arrive Appleton 12 m: arrive Al
lendale 12,11 p m; arrive Campbleton 12.24 p m; arrive
Bronson 12.35 p m, arrive Hoover’s 12.48 p m: ar Varns-
ville 12.56 p m; arrive Early Branch 1.25 p m; arrivs
Yemmasee 1.42 p m.
Leave Yemassee 1 50 p m; arrive Savannah 4.35 p m;
leave Junction 1.20 p m; arrive Jacksonville 715 a m; ar-
rive Charleston 6.30 p m.
Leave Yemmasee 2.12 p m; arrive Beaufirt 2.29 p m;
arrive Fort Royal 3.14 p m.
GOING NORTH—Train No. 2.
Leave Port Royal 11.15a m; leave Beaufort 11.38 a m;
arrive Yemassee 1.15 p m; leave Charleston 7.15.
Leave Jacksonville 5-15 p m; arrive Savannah 8.20 a m;
leave Savannah 10.00a m;arrive Yemmasee 1 22.
Leave Yemmasee 1.45 p m; leave Early Branch 2.03 p
m; leave Varnsville 2 - 35 p m; leave Hoover’s 2,43 p m;
leave Bronson's 2.57 p m; leave Campbleton 3.08. leave
Allendale 3.21 p m; leave Appleton, 3.32 p m; leave Bel
doc 3.45 p m; leave Martin 8.53 p m: leave Millett’s 4.03
pm; leave Hattieville 4.16 p m; leave Robbins 4.27 p m;
leave Ellenton 4.43 pm; leave Jackson 5.01 p m; leave
Beech Island 5.24 p m: arrive at Augusta, 5.15 p m.
Connections made with morning trains on C., C. & A,
and Central Railroads for Charleston, thus making this
the best route to that point.
Connections made with Georgia, South Carolina, and
Cha'lotte, Columbia and Angusta Railroads’ morning
trains for Savannah and Florida points. Trains throngh
to Savannah without change, making close connection
with A & G. R. R., thus avoiding Omnibus transfers.
Baggage checked through.
tSTThrough ticksts for sale at Union Depot Ticket
Office. Augnsta, Ga., and at all principal Ticket Offices.
R. G. FLEMING,
J. S. Danant, General Superintendent.
General Passenger Agent. (205)
HAVE YOUR OLD PICTURES
Copied and enlarged by the
Southern Copying Co,, g.".".'*'
Agents wanted in every town and county in the South.
Do yon desire an agency t Send for terms to agents
If you cannot take an agency, but have pictures of yonr
own you wish copied, and there are no agents of ours .n
yonr vicinity, write for retail prices, and send pictures
direct to ue (either by mail or express), and thov win re
ceive onr best attention. Addrees SOUTHERN COPY
ING CO.. No. 9 Marietta St, Atlanta. Ga.