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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
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Win. B. SEAIA. Prop'rond Cor. Kill lor.
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ATLANTA. GA„ SEPTEMBER 25, .880.
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Earls^Fitzhughs;
TRAIL OF THE CURSE.
By ili'noni.
We begin a grand anil thrilling story in
this issue, under the above title. It is
an absorbing Southern story based 11 [win an
old feud 1 ietween two" powerful families of
South Carolina. See the opening chapters
next week.
We have also in hand the following grand
stories soon to liegin:
A POT OF MONEY:
—OR—
A Working Girl’s Life.
BELLED AIR;
—OR—
The Fate of a Household
By <«agr Hempstead.
Author ok “METa.”
Joaquin&His Flag,
OR THE
SPANISH BUCCANEER
By l.ieut. Felix,
Al THi)R IK “SADA AND THE DOCT< >K.’
AS WE SOW WE REAP.
By Brs. Amelia Purdy.
HARCOURT;
- OK —
A HITTER ORDEAL.
By Annie Nomers t.ilcln-isl.
Sir Paul Bradmire.
By Allred Duke.
Author of “The Fortunes ok Esther the
Jewess.”
This is an intensely exciting story, founded
on facts which profoundly agitated the aris
tocracy and gentry of Great Britain.
The Dupont Heir,
—OR—
A Revengeful Romance.
A SEQUEL TO FAIRIE BEALL.
By It ESA.
In Duty Bound.
By llewler E. Shipley.
Aunt Rue’s Legacy.
By Mrs. Bettie 1". I.wck.
The White Lilly.
A STORY OF THE WEST.
By Charles K. .McDaniel.
Jjp- In addition to the above continued
stories we have in hand many briMiant short
stories.
Mental P.wers of the Two
Sexes.—The question as to the different in
tellectual capacities and talents of man and
woman, has lieen frequently agitated, anil
it seems to be decided, that in most respects
there is an equality of mental power; and
j that, in quickness of apprehension and accu
racy of discrimination, women generally ex
cel. Their imagination is not surpassed by
the other sex; nor is their judgment less to
be dejiended on. in cases where they have
had ex|>erience and a full opportunity to
compare. For in most cases, judgment is but
another name for taste: and in taste, as well
as imagination, women have long lieen
allowed the highest meed of praise. But
they also make rapid progress in studies,
which require something more than taste and
imagination. They are equally capable of
attention as the other sex; and their memory
is also equally retentive. I11 the study of
grammar and in acquiring a knowledge of
languages, they succeed altogether as well as
men. And their composition on most sub'
jects, may be justly pronounced equally pure
and elegant, when compared with those of
the masculine jien.
In metaphysics and mathematics, their
trophies have not lieen so great. But it may
he said perhaps that they have not put forth
any efforts in these departments. And it
may lie as well that they should not. For
other and indispensable duties seldom allow
them the leisure for such severe application.
It may be a question, whether their delicate
constitutions would be equal to such long and
close investigations as those studies require.
There is little doubt, that they have mental
strength and capacity sufficient. As in the
frame and the duties, so there seems also to
tie a difference in the studies appropriate to
man and to woman. It is proper, no doubt,
that the distinction should lie kept in their
literary labors. Most branches of knowledge
and most departments of science are com
mon to both; since both have equal capacity
for advances in them. But the mor. • abstruse
and recondite sciences may well lie exclusive
ly for the pursuit of man, while most that
are useful, and all that are necessary, pleas
ant and improving may lie profitably culti
vated by woman as well as by man. If
formerly there were any doubt on this suli-
ject, the present age has given many proofs
to remove it.
It is proper for young ladies to study the
principles of ethics and moral phdosopliy.
For every accountable being should be made
to understand the difference lietween right
and wrong of actions. The conscience or
moral sense of every one is in some measure
a guide and a judge in this respect. But
like other faculties should be cultivated, and
may be improved. Our perceptions may be
rendered accurate, and less likely to mislead
us, by careful observations, and our discrim
ination more just and useful in settling all
questions in moruls. In the various relation
of society and in the changing circumstances
of life, it will be important to decide correct
ly, to satisfy one’s own mind as well as to
avoid giving just occasion of offence.
Something lor Girls to I .earn.
—The New York Weekly says: Mothers who
encourage^their daughters in a life of laziness
have very little regard for their happiness.
When the time comes for a daughter to leave
the parental mansion and assume control of
a home of her own, household duties soon get
to lie very irksome and annoying. There is
no order, no system in the management of
the house; servant girls are wasteful and un
tidy ; there te not only a sense.of general dis
comfort, but the husband is soon convinced
that his wife is utterly unfit for the duties
she has assumed. She knows how to dress
and decorate herself, to smile graciously at,
or talk pleasantly and entertainingly to, her
visitors; but there most of her qualifications
end. She knows not how to supervise the
preparation of a dinner, much less ] ire pa re it
herself; consequently the food is badly cook
ed, and served in a slovenly manner. She is
as w T ell aware of this as her guests, and she
resorts to the common habit of laying all the
blame upon the poor servant. “It is so hard
to get good servants,” she says; “they spoil
everything they touch, and are the pest of
my life.” The servants are not entirely to
blame. An efficient housekeeper can instruct
an unskillful but intelligent girl, and soon
teach her the art of housekeeping. But a
poor housekeeper cannot teach what she has
never learned.
There are many wretched housekeepers,
whose homes are always in such disorder and
confusion, that the bustiand there fails to
fin<* the peace and comfort he should always
be able to enjoy in the bosom of his family.
No wonder that he has an inclination for the
pleasures of his club; or if unable to gratify
his tates in this expensive way, he may seek
the companionship of congenial comrades in
a neighlioring bar-room. Gradually and im
perceptibly the associations formed in the
club-room or in the bar-room wean him from
companionship with the members of his fam
ily, and in a few years his home is used mere
ly as a restaurant and a sleeping-place. His
wife and his children rarely see him except
when he is taking his meals, and even many
of his meals are' eaten elsewhere. The wife
complains of his indifference or neglect, and
never dreams that her inability to make
home attractive has driven him to places
where he will feel more happy than at his
own fireside.
A pretty face and an amiable manner may
win a husband, but something more is neces
sary to retain his admiration. When beauty
begins to wane, the enduring qualifications
of a good wife hold him in the bonds of love
and duty: aud one of the best qualifications
of a good wife is the ability and inclination
to make home attractive.
lAttle CSirls.—We cannot well imag
ine a home more incomplete than that one
where there is no little girl to stand in the
void of the domestic circle whieh boys can
never fill, aud to draw all hearts within the
magic ring of her presence. There is some
thing about little girls which is especially
lovable; even their wilful, nuughty ways
seem utterly void of evil when they are so
soon followed by the sweet penitence that
overflows in such gracious showers. Your
lioys are great, noble fellows, generous, lov
ing ami full of good impulses, hut they are
noisy and demonstrative, and dearly as you
love them you are glad their place is out of
doors; but Jennie, with her light step, is al
ways beside you; she brings the slippers for
papa, and with her pretty dimpled fingers
unfolds the pajier for him to read; she puts
on a thimble no bigger than a fairy’s, and
with some mysterious combination of “doll-
rags” fills a small rocker by mamma, with a
wonderful assumption of womanly dignity.
Aud who shall tell how the little "thread of
speech that flows with such sweet, silvery
lightness from those innocent lips, twines it
self around the mother’s heart never to rust,
not even when the dear little face is hid
among the daisies, as so many mothers
know.
Bui Jennie grows to be a woman; and there
is a long and shining track from the half-
latched door of girlhood till the girl blooms
into the mature woman. There are the
brothers who always lower their voices when
they talk to their sister, and tell of the sports
in which she takes almost as much interest as
they do, while in turn she instructs them in
all the little minor details of home life, of
which they would grow up ignorant if not
for her. And what a shield she is upon the
dawning manhood wherein so many tempta
tions lie. Always her sweet presence to
guard and inspire them, a check upon pro
fanity, a living sermon on immorality. How
fragrant the cup of tea she hands them at
the evening meal; how cheery her voice as
she relates the incidents of the day. No silly
talk of incipient beaux, or love of young
men met on the promenade. A girl like th at
has no empty space in her head for such
thoughts to run riot in. and you don't find
her spending the evening in the dim parlor,
with a questionable young man for her com
pany.
When her lover comes he must say what
he has to say in the family sitting-room with
father and mother, or, if ashamed to, there
is no room for him there. Jennie’s young
heart had not lieen filled by the pernicious
nonsense which results in so many unhappy
marriages or hasty divorces. Dear girl, she
thinks all the time of what a good home she
has, what dear brothers,and on bended knees
craves the blessings of heaven to rest on
them, but she does not know how far, very
far from time and eternity, her own pure ex
ample goes, how it will radiate as a blessing
into other homes where a sister’s memory
will lie the consecrated ground of the past.
Cherish then, the little girls, dimpled dar
lings who tear their aprons and cut the table
cloths and eat the sugar, and are themselves
the sugar and salt of life! Let them di<jSi
„ 1It i uudi-css id:-.:* doll l^Oica tu JA—.
content, and don’t tell them Red Kidinghood
is a fiction but leave them alone till they find
it out, which they will all too soon. Answer
all the funny questions they ask and don’t
niuke fun of their baby theology, and when
you must whip them, do it so that If you
should rememlier it it would not be with
tears, for a great maay little girls lose their
hold suddenly before the door from which
they have just escaped is shut, and find their
way back to the angels. So be gentle with
the darlings and see what a track of sun-
sunshine will follow in the wake of the little
bobbing heads that daily find a great many
hard pi oblems to solve.
The Maine agony ended on the 20th, says
the Philadelphia Times, by the Republicans
conceding that Piaisted has a small plurality-
over Davis. The special dispatch from the
Secretary of the Republican State Commit
tee to the Times is a surrender of all claim
to a plurality for Davis, and the popular ver-
kict is settled. It is possible, as intimated by
Secretary Smith, that when the Republican
Legislature comes to canvass the vote, the
irregularities referred to in his dispatch may
lie made the pretext for rejecting enough of
Plaisted’s votes to return Davis; but it is of
no consequence in the national count, outside
of Maine, whether Plaisted’s presumably fair
election is to beset aside or not; but it will
be of vital moment in the November election
in Maine. The doubt on the subject will
assure such unity ami effort on the part of
the Fusionists as must defeat the Garfield
electoral ticket and end Republican supre
macy in the State. It is true, as stated by
the Republican journals when Davis was first
reported as beaten, that the Governorship is
an empty casket to Piaisted, but whether
Davis shall be counted in or out now, the re
sult is an irretrievable disaster to the Repub
licans in Maine and more than probably in
the nation. The adoption of both Constitu
tional amendments by large majorities will
take Maine out of the list of early voting
States, there will hereafter be an election
but once in two years and a plurality of
votes will decide the result.
The following curious advertisement ap
pears in the London Times: “Mrs. Victoria
C. Woodhull, tieing compelled again to com
mence libel suits against spiritualists and
American mediums who are constantly cir
culating malicious slanders, offers a reward
of £30 for every letter that contains enough
liliel to enable her to proceed criminally and
civilly-: and £5 will lie given to any ami ev
ery person who will give information that
can be used in proceeding legally against
persons who are circulating these foul stories
by word of mouth.”
The wife of Lord Lytton, the novelist, is
s'ill living. She led him a most unhappy
life. They separated, and site wrote a shame
ful hook about him. She has now written
another book called “A Blighted Life,” in
which she reviles not only- him, hut his son.
She calls her former husband ‘‘a loathsome
brute.” and the present Lord Lytton, ex-
Viceroy of India, “ a miserable hound. ”
Some charitably-disposed person should put
Lady Lytton in a lunatic asylum.
SPECIAL MENTION.
■■EXFIE A AD S4ISSOKS.
Guibollard had been a father just five min
utes. His servant entered with a letter in
his hand.
“What is that?”
“A letter.”
“For whom?”
“For you.”
“How is it addressed?”
“To M. Guibollard.”
“How do you know, sir. that it Ls not for
my son?”
America will ere long he quoted as the
great horse-raising country. Some splendid
specimens of horses were brought into This
port last week to go West for breeding pur-
Moody says that ‘ ‘it is very hard to report
the Holy- Spirit.”
The power of the press is great. When
Tom Hughes landed the New Haven Register
suggested that he name his Tennessee town
“Rugby,” and accordingly Tom did so.
“Deter Cooper” is th<* name signed to a pe
tition asking his son, Mayor Cooper, to em
ploy- actively all his large power in suppress
ing the sale of lottery tickets in New York
city.
It has lieen decided to name Alfonso’s baby
Isabella Christine Belladonna Sancho Pedro
Marie Allegro Manon Troppo Abracadabra
Colorado Oscuro Santiago de Cuba.
BEAUTY AND TIME
Time met Beauty one day in her garden,
Where rnsee were blooming fair:
Time and Beauty were never good friends,
poses, and a number were a few days since j P l% he , " '> at brought him there.
, . . . T , , _ . J I oor beauty exclaimed with a sorrowful air,
anded at New Y ork from Liverpool. Clydes- "I request. Father Time, my sweet roses
dale and Percheron horses were the best rep
resented—the latter seem to be the favorites,
from their superior grace, docility and
strength.
you’ll spare.”
For Time was going to mow them all down.
While Beauty exclaimed with her prettiest
frown,
“Fie, Father Time!”
"Well,” said Time, “at least let me gather
A few of your roses here.
over the absence of their obelisk I ” ri ,V* a , rt of ,"’ y P ri,le > to I,e alvva >' s supplied
' ! H ith such roses the whole of the year.
Poor Beauty consented, tho’ half in despair;
And Time, as he went, asked a lock of her
hair,
And, as he stole the soft ringlet so bright,
He vow’d ’twas for love—hut she knew ’twas
for spite.
Oh, fie, Father Time!
The people of Alexandria, Egypt, are la-
mentin
which, by the way, is now on the Marine
Railway, at Staten Island, awaiting transfer
to the definite site assigned to it in Central
Park. The English possess one, the French
another, and the Romans a third, the last set
up opposite St. Peters. It is not likely Egypt
will make another such a gift.
A Eigli I ■■■■■” Flush.
Crime and sentiment are often found
united. “Prisoner,” said a London judge
lately, addressing a culprit whom he had
sentenced to death, “have vou a last wish to
express?” “Yes, your honor,” said the cul
prit with a sigh. “I should like once more
to hear the evening breeze sighing through
the Summer foliage!”
They are about to erect a monument to the
memory of Rouget de l’Isle, the author of
the music and words of the immortal Mar
seilles Hymn. Garibaldi has just sent his
subscription towards the object. No one
who has not heard Rachel recite this hymn
can understand the thrilling inspiration of
vengeance aud liberty.
Time we”t on—and left Beauty in tears;
H“ s a tell-tale, the world well knows,
So he tioasted, to all, of the fair lady’s fall,
And showed the lost ringlet and rose.
So shocked was poor Beauty to find that her
fame
as ruin'd—tho’ she was in nowise to blame,
That she droop’d like some flow'r that is torn
from its clime,
And her friends all mysteriously said, “It
was time. ”
Ob, fie. Father Time!”
GOLD PREMIUMS.
$500 IN GOLD
FOlt CLUBS !
Tlic Abyssinian Mbrary.-A
statement of the condition of this admirable
institution for the colored people is before
us showing that in six months it has accu
mulated over 121X1 good books, 2000 maga
zines, a good supply of current newspapers,
many handsome pictures, and ample library
furniture and it is out of debt. Books and
papers of all shades of opinion are gladly re
ceived but no political or denominational
discussions are allowed in the rooms. The
Library is at No. 43 South Pryor Street,
open on week days from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m.,
and on Sundays, from 8 to loa. m., and from
4 to 6 p. m. The officers are colored men,
and a vast amount of good is being accom
plished. Our people should visit the rooms
freely, and generously aid in carrying for
ward this most benificent work for the col
ored people.
Dig'nily ol Labor.—Lalior is a
school of benevolence as well as justice. A
man to support himself must serve others.
He must do or produce something for thc-ir
gratitication or comfort. This is one of the
lieeutiful ordinations of Providence, that to
get a living, a man must be useful. Now
this usefulness ought to be an end in his la
bor as truly as to earn his living. He ought
to think of the benefit of those he works for
as well as for his own; in so doing, in desir
ing, amid his sweat and toil to serve others
as well as himself, he is exercising and grow
ing in benevolence as truly as if he were busy
in distributing bounty with a large amount
to the poor. Much a motive hallows and be
guiles the humblest pursuits. It is strange
that laboring men do not think more of the
vast usefulness of their toils and take a be
nevolent pleasure in them 011 this account.
This beautiful city, with its houses, furni
ture, markets, public walks, and numberless
accommodations, has grown up under the
hands of artisans and other laborers; and
might they not take a disinterested joy in
their work ? One would think that a carpen
ter or mason in passing a house that lie had
reared, would say to himself, “This work of
mine is giving comfort aud enjoyment every
day and every hour to a family, and will
continue to be a kindly shelter. A domestic
gathering place, an abode of affection for a
century or more after I have slept in the
dust.”
And ought not this to be a satisfaction, to
spring upon the tongue? It is by thus inter
weaving goodness with common labor that
we give it strength and make it a habit of
soul.
The destructive effects of lightning are fa
miliar to all of you. All the more ordinary
effects can easily be reproduced by the help
of Leyden jars on a small scale. How small
you may easily conceive when I tell you that
a three-foot spark is considered a long one,
even from our most powerful machines,
while it is quite certain that lightning flashes
often exceed a mile in length, and sometimes
extend to four end five miles. One recorded
observation, by a trustworthy observer,
^ ,seems to imply a discharge over n tots]
length of nearly ten miles. When a tree is
struck by a violent discharge it is usually
split up laterally into mere fibres. A more
moderate discharge may rupture the ehan-
nels through which the sap flows, and thus
the tree may be killed without suffering any
apparent external damage. These results
are usually assigned to the sudden vaporiza
tion of moisture, ami the idea is probably
aceurate, for it is easy to burst a very strong
glass tube if we till it with water and dis
charge a jar by means of two wires whose
extremities are placed in the water at a
short distance from one another. The tube
bursts even if one end lie left open, thus show
ing that the exrreme suddenness of the ex
plosion makes it aet in all directions, and not
solely in that of least resistance. When we
think of the danger of leaving even a few
drops of water in a mold into which melted
iron is to be poured, we shall find no difficul
ty in thus accounting f. r the violent disrup
tive effects produced by lightning. Heated
air is found to conduct better than cold air,
probably on account of the diminution of
density only. Hence we can easily see how
it is that animals are often killed in great
numbers by a single discharge, as they crowd
together in a storm, and a column of warm
air rises from the group. Inside a thunder
cloud the danger seems to be much less than
outside. There are several instances on rec
ord of travellers having passed through
clouds from which, both before and after
their passage, fierce flashes were seen to es
cape. Many remarkable instances are to be
found in Alpine travel, and specially in the
reports of the officers engaged in the survey
of the Pyrenees. Several times it is recorded
that such violent thunder-storms were seen
to form round tne mountain on which they
were encamped that the neighboring inhabi
tants were surprised to see them return alive.
Before the use of lightning-rods on ships be
came general great damage was often done
to them by lightning. The iiumlier of Brit
ish ships of war thus wholly destroyed or
much injured during the long wars toward
the end of the last and the beginning of the
present century is quite computable with
that of those lost or injured by gales or even
in buttle. In some of these cases, however,
the damage was only indirectly due to light
ning, as the powder magazines were blown
up. In the powder magazines of Brescia, in
• 7^1 lightning set fire to over 2,000,000
pounds of gunpowder, producing one of the
most disastrous explosions on record.—Na
ture.
■low to l»e Miseriililo.—In the first
place, if you want to lie miserable, be selfish, the track* and did noit move "until*t he**en rine
A Foolhardy Young Lady,
The W appingers Chronicle relates the fol
lowing; Several young ladies from Wap-
pingers Falls paid our quiet place a visit, and
after satisfying their curiosity by “sight-see-
ing,” they took the track aud went towards
the drawbridge; when a short distance from
the first bridge the Saratoga express was
heard approaching, and oueof the girls wish
ing to display her corn age placed her head on
Think all the time of yourself and of your
own things. Don’t care about anybody else.
Have no feeling for any one but yourself.
Never think of enjoying the satisfaction of
seeing others happy, but rather, if you see a
smiling face, be jealous lest another should
enjoy what you have not. Envy every one
who is better off in any respect than your
self; think unkindly towards them and speak
slightly of them. Be constantly afraid lest
some one should encroach on your rights; be
watchful against it, aud if any one comes
near your things, snap at him like a mail
dog. Contend earnestly for everything that
is your own, although it may not lie worth a
pin; for your “rights” are just as much con
cerned as if it were a pound of gold. Never
yield a point, be very sensitive, and take
everything that is said to you in playfulness,
in the most serious manner.
Hans Makart’s latest big picture, “Diana
and her Nymphs,” which is on exhibition in
Munich, is said to have been sold to an Amer
ican. It is twenty odd feet long, aud would
make a delightful parlor ornament.
had blown twice, and then it was nothing less
than a miracle that she escaped, as she was
but three feet from the track when the train
went whirling past.
This is a foolhardy, senseless kind of per
formance, which it is worth no one’s while to
immitate.
IV hen in passing a stately mansion the
only thing out of order is the front gate, it is
evident that there is a marriagable daugh
ter in the house.
Milton was asked if he intended lo instruct
his daughter in the different languages; to
whieh he replied: “No, sir! one tongue is suf
ficient for a woman.
There seems to be uneasiness in Europe
about the exportation of gold to America.
There is no such feeling here; this country
pays gold for whatever it buys, unless the
seller prefers paper, as usually he does.
During the first six months of the present
year :>!*o ships were registered in England as
unseaworthy, and were in consequence de
tained from proceeding to sea, while 125 of
others were prevented from sailing because
J overladen.
Absalom, the reprobate son of good king
David, wore his hair long, after the manner
of the maidens of Judea, and for that hit of
folly got entangled in the branches of u tree
and lost h:s life. If he had lived in these
times and adopted the fashion of our maidens,
he would not have run that 1 isk. A lady in
Burlington, Iowa, was riding beneath the
spreading branches of some trees the other
day, and her hair was caught even as that of
tho handsome prince of the house of David.
She was not hung, but left her chignon dang
ling in the breeze.
The only place the wife of a congressman
can fairly trust him—and we write this in
behalf of virtuous innocence—is the Wash
ington Club. The Washington Club is com-
I>——n "I'.'.-.r at Is .,f taniiltu,
sober, steady, quiet business men, who meet
in elegant rooms for a little relaxation from
their many cares. The club is always open
ed of an evening with prayer, and then
these pious gentlemen sit around and read
good books, or discuss light, doctrinal points,
such as “Transubstantiation,” “Infant Bap
tism," “Can a man marry his aunt?” or “ls
it moral, or in any sense in accordance with
revealed religion, to kill your mother-in-
law?”
A Cambridge, Mass , mother sent her small
boy into the country and after a week of
anxiety has received this letter: “I got here
all right and i forgot to write before: it is a
very nice place to have fun. A feller and 1
went out in a boat and the boit tipped over
and a man got me out aud I was so full of
water I didn’t know nothing f*r a good long
while. The other boy has g«t to be buried
after they rind him. His motler come from
Chelsea, and she cries all the (me. A hoss
kicked me over anil I have got to have some
money to pay a doctor for ftiu’ my head.
We are going to set an old bam on fire to
night, and I should smile if ve don’t have ,
bully fun. I lost my watch sul I am very
sorry. I shall bring home so* mud turtles
and I shall bring home a tame woodchuck if
1 can get em in my trunk.”
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As a valuable inducement for earn
est and efficient work in extending
the circulation of The Sunny South
the Proprietors have determined to
offer large premiums in gold to the
most successful workers Every one’s
time aud labor should be valued in dol
lars and cents, and instead, therefore,
of offering chromos, jewelry aud oth
er articles of questionable value, we
propose to pay in cash, and now make
the following propositions:
First—To any one sending us the
largest list of yearly subscribers hv the
FIRST OF FEBRUARY NEXT,
1881, we will pay
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN
GOLD COINS-
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next largest list by that time we will
pay
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Gold.
A dispatch from Provident, R. I.. to the
Boston Post says: “That Gov fiprague en
tertains any enmity or hatid toward his
wife is utterly false. Never, trough all the
troubles to which the familjhas been sub
jected of late years, has one v>rd of bitter
ness or ill-will escaped his lips. This is no
doubt, the truth about the atter. Those
who are intimate with the G turner say that
he would readily forgive his Mfe’s thought
lessness, and that he is deefc- grieved at
Conkling’s interference in the imily. If it
had not been for Senator Coding’s insinu
ating conduct there would Ire been no
trouble.
Anna Dickinson’s new play thought by
competent critics t o have in it ie elements
of success. It is an America comedy of
good society of the present tinu There are
four acts and the scenes are till in New
York and the neighborhood, “tte Vivian”
is the leading female part and iX a charac
ter that will tax the capabiliti of a good
actress. Two of the people are lsiness men,
one is a journalise and one is a dtor. There
are only eight characters in thplay. Al
though a comedy, it is a good de of a dra
ma and has a serious motive.lt will be
brought out at the Fifth Averi Theatre
aud Fanny Davenport will take e leading
part.
The cause of M. Emile Zola’s thdrawal
from the staff of contributors to ) 1 ottair e
was a feuilleton which he wrote lently on
the baseness of the political press d the im
becility of all without exceptioivho wal
lowed in p Jlitics instead of wrig about
literature. The editor of the Volt-g which
is a daily political newspaper, }U ght it
right to inform his readers thavir. Zola
was giving his own purely persontpinious
and that they were not shared by I journal
itself. Hence the wrath of the re*.
How saucy American girls abetting,
anyhow. Miss Vanderbilt has jq Lord
What’s-his-name, over in England,id Miss
Flood has jilted Prince Grant.
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