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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
got tbe cutters clear from the davits suppos
ing that Joaquin would like to entertain us in
person,
* Tbe sun went down to its ocean bed in a
fiery Dlaze, and with its last ray there slowly
rose to the mainroyal truck of the schooner
a black flag with a large red heart pierced by
a dagger in the center. It fluttered for a
moment out straight and clear, and then
wound itself around the mast like a snake,
never again to be released by hands or hal-
1 a ds.
“About four miles beyond stood out a high
rock which in the moonlight looked like a
crouching lion ready to spring upon any one 1
who dared to approach its lair in tbe dense !
jung’e of pines and thickets which stood up
like a bristling mane on the ridge behind.
The schooner was now about three quarters j
of a mile ahead of us, her deck swarming (
with men, and manifestly bent on some des
perate game. On her afterrail stood that
man, tall and erect, his feet steadied by the
coil of the mainboom, with a spygl*ss at his
eye and looking at the rock now close aboard
him, still with a cigar in his mouth, and we
tbought we could even see the smoke curling
up around his black bearded face. Well, alf
of a su Iden we saw the spyglass whirled
around his head, and at the same instant the
vessel fell dead off before the wind, the great
mainsail flew over with a stunning crash and
clattering of blocks and sheets as the wind
caught it on the other quarter, making the
long switch of a mast to spring like a hickory
twig, while the weatbershroud slacked np
for a moment in b'ghts and then came back
taut with a dap you might have heard a
mile. We could now see, as the space opened
behind the rock, another frightful jagged
ledge, on which the rollers were heaving in
liquid masses high up a steep rock, and where
the channel was not a cable-length wide,
leading into a foaming, gloomy inlet where
not even the beams of the moon could pene
trate. I heard the captain say in his peculiar
way:
“ ‘Now for it! One—two—three: fire!’
“The entire starboard broadside, round
shot, grape and canister, all pointed toward
a centre, were delivered with one simulta
neous shock which shook the corvette as if
she had struck the rock of St. Helena, while
the sulphurous smoke and sheets of flame
spouted o t from the cannon, and as the roar
of tbe concussion was taken up in terr ble
echoes from the rocks, a volley of musketry
from the marines on the poop and forecastle
made a barking tenor io the music. Mean
time, the helm of the War Horse was hove
bard down, and as she just swung, as if by
a miracle, clear (if the ledge under our lee,
and came up to the wind with her sails
slamming hard enough to rend the canvass
out of the borropts, the courses were clewed
up, and everything aloft came down by the
run; anchor after anchor went plunging to
the bottom, and before the cables bad fairly
begun to fly out of the bawseholes with their
infernal jar and rattle, high above all tbe
sounds of flapping sails, snai p ng of bit cks,
running out of anchor chains, and what not,
came another order:
“ One—two—three: fire!’
“Tnen pealed out the port broadside at a
helpless, dismasted hulk within four hundred
yard of our tieam, rolling like a log on the
top of a ruffled broad roller, and as the
smoke of our guns was swept aft by the
fresh breeze, we could see the sluggish mass
rise almost bodily out of the water as it was
torn and split by the iron wedges, while the
fragmen's flew up in ragged strips and splin
ters, with squirming ropes around them,
looking in tSe moo- light like skeletons of gib
beted pirates. A moment later, and all that
was left of the shattered bulk fell into the
open fangs of the ledge, which ground it into
kindling wood. But In all the lively music
of destruction going on all around us, we
beard no human voice, save one, and that
came in a h ud yell amidst the crunching
roar of the ledge:
“ ‘O Jesit! O Ave Maria! O MadreP
“This was tbe last human voice that ever
ascended from Joaquin’s pirate craft Pindar.
‘‘There, gentlemen, you have my story,
and I thank you for your patience.”
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
SOUTHERN
EDITORIAL DRAT.
Wants and Answers-Things to Re
member Kitchen-Housekeepers’
Helps-Be Gracious at Home.
OUR EASY SWINDLED FOLKS.
ful Indian meal, one egg, two cupsful rye Household such a charming part of The j employee would have that contract to stand
meal, one teaspoonful cream tartar, half a Sunny South, and 11 hought how pleasant it j to—or he’d get no money. Let us do like-
teaspoonful soda, one large tablespoonful ! would be if we could all meet in tbe editor’s j wise. Jackleg.
molasses; mix with cold milk about as thick j sanctum some morning during the exposi-
Richard Penfield’s Response- Bach is In
consolable- Beauty Without Paint-Re
moving Moth Patches-Meeting of
the Honseholders.
Editorial Chat.
“Belle Bright” writes a qu.int, feeling let
ter, and upon a subject of vital importance.
Glad to have you come, R chard Penfield.
You must put on your guessing cap though
concerning that sister Householder from your
own town. We shan’t help you a bit. But
you have no right to imagine she is married
because she knows how to make “tea biscuit.”
There’s a spice of injustice in that inference,
dear Richard. Many possibilities lie witbiD
the scope of ingenious and adaptable woman
kind, and fair fingers that toy with ivory
piano keys and trifle with dainty fancy work
can wield pudding sticks, brooms and biscuit
rollers with an energy that would make your
eyes open. Tney don’t care to parade their
domestic accomplishments, however, but if
you have a keen interest in that 'direction
you will soon find out that these lilies are un
like Solomon’s.
“N. L. H., we are delighted that those two
cherubs did finally have the grace to grant
you time to send in vour card to the House
hold. Did you put the pretty pair to hiber
nating last winter while you wrote that long
and very interesting serial for— there! we
will not lift the veil. The plan you propose
of having the Household meet in Atlanta
during the October Exposition is a delightful
one. We will have the Sanctum flower-dec
orated for the occasion, and Betsy Hamilton
there in her “yaller buff muslin,” and Yan
kee Lass in her saucy velvet cap and pink
feather (she is to come back for the Exposi-
s tion), and the Colonel in his biggest flower
ed study gown and velvet embroidered slip
pers—a la Sultan—all shall assemble to do
you honor.
“Mattie S„” and “Charleston” each give
an excellent recipe for beautifying the com
plexion. The lemon juice and water before
breakfast is largely used by Atlanta ladies
whose complexions are exquisitely clear and
bright, though many of them must plead guil
ty to "Charleston’s” soft impeachment and
acknowledge the paint, it is a pity too.
“Bach” plucks up courage to show his face
Hgain. His temerity is to be admired" “Busy
Bee” is a formidable foe.
There is much truth in what “Jackleg”
says. Our Northern brothers certainly set
an example of shrewdness and method. We
are too slack and careless in our business
habits.
as pound cake; fry in hot lard; if your milk
8 sour omit the cream tartar.
Elderberry Jelly is very nice, and is of
ten much liked by one who is sick. Cook the
berries until they are soft, then strain them
through a jeliy bag. To every pint of juice
add a pint of white sugar. If you prefer to
do so you may take two thirds of the elder
berries and one-third of green or ripe grapes
Peach Butter.—Pare ripe peaches and
put them in u preserving kettle, witn suffic
ient water to boil them soft; then sift through
a colander, removing the stones. To each
quart of peach put i 1-2 pounds sugar, and
boil very slowly one honr. Stir often and do
not let tnem burn. Pnt in stone or glass jars
and keep in a cool place.
Housekeeper’s Helps.
Hyposulphite of soda is better than com
mon washing soda for laundry purposes.
If a rat or mouse gets into your pantry,
stuff into the hole a rag saturated with a so
lution of cayenne pepper.and no rat or mouse
will touch the rag for the purpose of opening
a communication with a depot of supplies,
Salt air is apt to strike out, for some peo
ple at this season, styes and boils and other
beauty spots. A simple and agreeable reme
dy is found among other salts. Put of Epsom
salts about as much as makes an ordinary
dose in a tumbler of water, cut a large piece
of the crumb of bread and soak it in the
salts. Bind it upon the place affected when
thoroughly moi-t.
A correspondent recommends whitewash
ing, and other means, to exterminate lice
from the hen house, but I think the best roy
is not to have any. I have kept hens twenty -
five years, and five years I was harassed with
the pests, when a friend assured me that on-
i ms, boiled or raw, chopped up with their
food occasionally, would keep them away. I
tried it and have not been troubled with them
since. Charles Chittendon.
Human Trees.
A most Ingenious device to escape capture
is that shown by the Btieel robbers of India.
It often happens that a band of these robbers
are pursued by mounted Englishmen, and,
unable to reach the jungle, find themselves
about to be overtaken upon one of those open
plains which have been cleared by fire, the
only shelter in sight beirg the blackened
trunks or leafless branches of small tre>s that
perished in the flames. For men so skilled in
posturing this is shelter enough. Quickly
divesting themselves ol their scanty clothing,
they scatter it with their plunder in small
piles over the plain, covering them with their
round shields, so that they have the appear*
ance of lumps of earth, and attract no atten
tion. This accomplished, they snatch up a
few stick--, throw their body into a contorted
position, and stand or crouch immovable un
til their unsuspicious enemies have galloped
by. When all is safe they quickly pick up
their spoil and proceed upon their wav. The
Rev. J. D. Woods gives an interesting ac
count of the marvelous mimics. I quote tbe
following: “Before the English had become
nsed to these manoeuvres, a very ludicrous
incident occurred. Au officer, with a party
of horse, was chasing a small body of Btieel
robbers, and was fast overtaking them. Sud
denly the robbers ran behind a rock or some
such obstacle, which hid them for a moment,
and when ths soldiers came up the men had
mysteriously disappeared. After an una
vailing search, tie officer ordered his men to
dismount beside a clump of scorched and
withered trees; and the day being very hot.
he took off his helmet and hung it on a branch
by which he was standing. The branch in
question turned out to he the leg cf a Bbeel,
who burst into a scream of laughter, and
flung the astonished officer to the ground.
The clump of scorched trees suddenly became
metamorphosed into men, and the whole
party dispersed in different directions before
the Englishmen could recover from their
surprise, carrying with them the officer’s
helmet by way of trophy.”
The .Newly-Opened Pyramids.
Five thousand years ago there was a busy
scene on the banks of the sacred Nile near to
the holy city of Memphis. Men were hurry
ing to and fro with stones and building ma
terials. and on the broad river were the great
barges and floats which bore the stone hewn
in the distant quarries to construct the pyra
mid or last resting-place of the newly-crowned
Pharaoh, Merira Pepi. By that strange
mingling of present and future—:hat union
of life and death which was ever before the
ancient Egyptian, be he god-like Pharaoh or
the poor peasant —the great work of life was
the preparation of the abode of death. Si
multaneously, as the cosily fabric of the pal
ace rose above the walls of the holy city of
Mennefer, “the good iand,” there rose above
the tombs in the land of the departed—‘the
good abode” or resting place of tbe king
when life was over. Pepi, the third monarch
of the Six' h of Egypt’s dynasties, ascended
the throne of Egypt 3230 years before tbe
Christian era: and no sooner had the decree
gone forth that he was king, than there was
issued also the order to begin the life-work
of the erection of the royal tomb. For more
than five thousand years has that tomb and
pyramid withstood the ravages of time, and
now the spade of the explorer has removed
the cloak of sand and debris which covered
Wants and Answers.
So many kind friends are interesting them
selves in the Southern Household, and so
much good is beiog done thereby,that I have
concluded to become a member and contrib
ute what I can in the way of useful recipes,
etc. First let me tell “Crushed” how to make
uue egg-bread. Beat rwiJ^ggsWell,to wliicDT*bsA
add one pint buttermilk, one pint corn meal,
one teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful but
ter; stir altogether and then add 1 3 teaspoon
ful soda; put in muffin rings and bake
quickly.
I would like some one of the Household to
try my way of cooking birds and report their
success. Boil the birds until tender, put in a
baking pan and pour over them some of the
water in which they were boiled: commence
basting them at once with a sauce composed
of vinegar, pepper, salt, mustard and butter;
when brown serve on toast and pour over all
melted butter and you will have a dish da in
ty enough for a Syt arite, and [one that your
husband (if you have any) will ktep you busy
in making for some time to come. In my
next 1 will give my Charlotte Russe recipe.
1 am glad the Household contributors are
showing a disposition to let “Yankee Lass”
alone, and are interesting and amusing the
Sunny South readers in something more use
fuL “Bonnie Blue.”
I send “Crushed a recipe for making egg-
bread. Beat two eggs to a froth; then stir in
a quart of meal; dissolve half a teaspoonful
of soda in a teacupfol of sour milk, stir it in
to the mixed meal and eggs, add a teaspoon
ful of butter and bake quickly. This recipe
will make nice egg-bread. If “Crushed”
would like a recipe for making the “queen of
puddings” I will send it to her.
Would Gage Hempstead like a root of
fringe tree, or as somec all it white ash! It is
similar to the smoke tree, but the fringe is
white, I have two varieties. One bears
short fringe, the other long. The fringe ap
pears before the leaves do, and the tree looks
as if covered with a filmy white veil. After
the fringe withers, berries come, which,when
they ripen, look like clusters of purple grapes
growing on a tree. If she would like me to
do so, 1 will with pleasure send her a young
tree already rooted. Mattie S. Seward,
Thomasville, Ga.
To make good egg-bread, take 3 eggs, beat
well, but not separately ; add 3 cupsful fresh
buttermilk (sour buttermilk does not do as
well), th n stir in meal until you make a
very stiff batter (water ground meal is tbe
best), then add scant tablespoonful of lard,
and 1-2 teas poodful yeast powder, nearly 1
teaspoonful soda—the quantity of soda de-
p-mus on the acidity—salt to taste. I always
nave a baker on the stove and drop a small
quantity of batter on it, and when done,
break it open, taste, and if at all sour add a
little more soda: bake in well greased muffin
rings or pans.
Would like to know if “Crushed” succeeds
by this recipe. Mrs. R.
Anita says: “Is it contraband to ask who
“Comfort Marshall,” “Charleston,” “Crush
ed" and “L mghing Water” are? I would
like to peep under tneir veils, if admissible.”
That is for them to decide, If they are will
ing to unmask, they can send their real
names to “Anita” of Hillsboro, S. C.
Kitchen.
Chicago Graham Muffins.—One pfnt of
Graham fl >ur, one half teasp >onful of sugar,
two teaspoonsful of baking powder; wet with
water to make it soft as gingerbread.
Things to Remember.
That boiling water will remove tea stains
and many iruit stains; pour the water
through tbe stain, and thus prevent it from
spreading over the fabric.
That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth; also from the
hands.
That a teaspoonful of turpentine, boiled
with white clothes, will add to the whitening
process.
That boiled starch is much improved by
the addition of a little spermaceti, or a little
salt, or both, or a little gum-arabic dissolved.
That beeswax and salt will make flat irons
as clean and smooth as glass; tie a lump of
wax in a rag, and keep it for that purpose;
when the irons are hot. rub them with the
wax rag, then scour with a paper or rag,
sprinkled with salt.
That kerosene will soften boots or shoes
which have been hardened by water, and
render them as pliable as when new.
That kerosene will make tin tea-kettles as
bright as new; saturate a woollen rag and
rub with it; it will also emove stains from
clean varnished furniture.
t on. Wouldn't t ie just tool ijeif, on soi
bright October morning, when tbe air is like
new wine, and our hearts are bounding with
the pleasure and novelty (to some of us) of
being free from housekeeping cares for a
season—if, on such a morning, we could
meet with our beloved editor and know each
other personally, as we already know each
other verbally, I may say! Wbat do you
think of this thought of mine? I suggest a
day in October, because it is the King of
months and in every respect the most de
lightful for a jaunt to the Gate city. Let us
hear from you, fair sisters.
I can picture the group that will fill the
sanctum: There will be Comfort Marsha!!,
with her sweet, womanly dignity; and Gage
Hempstead, with her sti aigbtforward ear
nestness; there will be that sensible and sen
sitive “One of the People,” whom I think God
has placed “in the crowd'’ to elevate it; and
the whole list of letter-writers, too long to
be mentioned in particular.
And now, 1 must not write more; for brev
ity, I believe, is to be the soul of our House
hold letters, as it is of wit. Some time I will
tell you about a sweet friend I have whose
life is one long-continued poem. If every
member of the Household could know her,
they wonld feel her influence for good, I’m
sure. If this letter touches the heart of “the
family,” I’ll come again. N. L. H.
Foray th, Ga.
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Richard Pen field Responds Gal
lantly.
In response to your kind request to “say
something,” editor of the Household, I sharp
en my pencil and come forward, very much
fearing, however, that I could never succeed
in being entertaining in the manner that I
have been entertained. As some one pleas
antly remarked last week, “Our people are
nice—and no mistake.” Their letters all, be
sides being loyal to the core, have been plen
tifully spiced with that spirit and energy of
purpose which it is pretended is not indigen
ous to “lazy” Southland.
But I did not like the “Yankee Lass” boom
It is not a good plan to “open old wounds.”
The result is far from pleasant. I do not like
to look back upon the war period. There are
painful memories thickly clustering around
-tbeA tfsx v.hiA are 'ar ViW-—.J»«t«a^s*EFV
ed When I think of those brave gray uni
formed soldiers, having fought and lost all,
being forced to sign tbe oath of allegiance—
Oh, bitter portion worse than all!— then
tramping home over thousands of miles of
miserable, deserted, war-scarred country,
overcome and falling by the wayside, per
haps, and arising thence only to straggle a
little farther then lie dovfn and “die—
when I think of all this, it seems to me that
tbe light of Heaven must have been shnt out
from this land and we left all alone in dark
ness. I had three brothers among those poor,
broken-spirit soldiers—aged respectively six
teen, eighteen and twenty. Oueof them (the
eldest) had been a brave young captain at
eighteen. I remember naught of the agony
of grief around the fireside, when for months
no one knew whether they were living or
dying. Four year-olds understand nothing
of these things. But I remember, when one
day the three young soldiers, foot-sore and
weary, straggled up and stood ready to drop
at our gateway, how the old black nurse-wo
man—loyal still, though two months a freed
slave—screamed and ran forward, and weep
ing bowed herself down and clasped the
faintiDg travel-stained wanderers about the
knees in thanksgiving for their restoration.
No, it is “no good” to open old wounds.
They are coming to pay us a visit this fall—
they who were once such ^bitter enemies of
the South—and they seem disposed to forget
the past. Should we not meet them half
way? Let the solid South join hands with
them at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition in
October. It will be for the good of both. I
for one, intend to meet them there; but as
for joining hands lib rally, I scarcely think
there will be time to spare in the anticipated
grand rush.
Who can “Angelina Evergreen,” of our
town be? I thought at first she must be some
fair miss, but remembering the inquiry made
about the “tea biscuit,” I concluded she must
be a matron. Young ladies—those of my
acquaintance—are not generally given to
biscuit making. They havent time to waste
on such insignificant trifles. There is some
thing besides, w hich engrosses their whole at
tention, and for which they care more than
for anything in this world or the one to come
—the beaux. But it would not do for this to
go abroad. Though subscribed below incog
nito, I might inadvertently get my head
“punched.” So by all means keep it dark!
ValcOjta, Ga. Richard Penfield.
Re Gracious at Home.
e each have a work. The greater num-
miss their vocation by not accepting it.
ieir mission may seek them out and fasten
its burden upon them, when it is apt to be
regarded as a misfortune; hut wbat better can
one do than merge their being into their life-
work, and make of their souls a lamp whose
light must pierce the darkest recesses? Ev
ery human being who does this with his life
is an artist.
I have no room for complain*'. My acre
age was appointed me in a rich if difficult
spot. One should not dream of a field of
greater capabilities than that of developing
children; but when to this is added that they
are handsome, vivacious, intelligent and
amiable, how is it possible for one who thin! 8
and who is conscientious to be an unwilling
guardian? Rather rejoice, and by vigilance
and wisdom and industry (searching for wis
dom as h d treasures], undertake the work!
To be great of soul enough to be kind, even
when people are disagreeable; merciful and
slow to anger, even when they are stabbing
you with ruthlessness; to be cheerful and
helpful and hopeful at all times—this is
what it is to be gracious.
With children, graciousness is the great
fertilizer that develops all beautiful and rich
growths. Put it about their faults more
lavishly, if anything, than about their vir
tues. Faults metamorphose under this treat
ment into piquant, quaint, magnetic attrac
tions, from which all harm has been extracted
and good embedded in its place.
Notwithstanding, we who know this, live
in an atmosphere of baleful words, acts and
feeling. Children are toughened and wrought
over by this process of unadvised treatment
until their first spiritual composition, so ex
quisite in all details, is no longer recogniza
ble.
Of all things this is tbe saddest to me: a
child hardened by ungracious usage—a child
who has learned to ensheathe its spirit in a
forced obtnseness to escape wounds. It is
so—it is a mercy, but a sad, pathetic mercy,
that it is so—that human creatures, in early
years sometimes, oftentimes, nearly in fact
always, instinctively weave, by slow degrees,
a c'oco.n for their truest natures that thickens
and hardens, as years pass by, until it be
comes as adamant. Why should I call it a
mercy ? It seems a strange and terrible mis
fortune. 1 speak of it in regard to children.
This retiring of their delicate natures saves
them from hurts and wounds they could not
endure in full force. Do 1 hese best natures
die so encased? Do they? Ah, God alone
knows. I think not. A summer may come
in this world, when soft airs and rapturous
surroundings may call them out to life again;
If i^tiifcircirey a wake in eternity. •——
Trenton, Tenn. . Belle Bright.
Removing Moth Patches.
A strong solution of common cooking soda
and water, is said to be a remedy for moth
patches. Wet a bit of soft cotton cloth in
tne solution, rub tbe patch with it, then lay
the cloth over the patch for two minutes. I
have never tried it, but have heard it highly
recommended.
Lemon juice rubbed on the face is good for
the complexion, and will also whiten and
soften tbe hands. The juice of a lemon,
squeezed into a glass of water, and drank
just before retiring at night, before break-
last, and occasionally through the day, will
not only clear the complexion wonder
fully, but will prevent sickness.
Look out! “Busy Bee.” Like as not some
body will be telling you that it isn’t lady
like to write about “banging” people—too
much like shaking fists! In case you get cut
at, “Busy Bee,” I hope you will accept my
sympathy and best wishes for your recov
ery (?). I like yon, “Busy Bee!” Wish I
could be ne.r enough to hear your wings
bum. “Bach” is a brave man to speak his
mind as he does in a meeting of females.
Would it be impertinent for me to ask
whether “Eugene Hall.” of Louisburg, N. C.,
is a gentleman or ladj ? I would really like
to know. Mattie C. Seward.
Thomasville, Geo.
Bach is Inconsolable.
“Is there no balm in Gilead?”
“How doth the little busy bee,
Improve each shining hour?”
Alas! I have put my fcot in it, for sure. 1
do tremble within the aforesaid immense
brogans” (number sixes) and feel that I would
have been silenced forever had not the “Busy
Bee” expressed a desire to know if I had read
tne old edition to which I reply, yes, but I
have not profited by its precepts, so perhaps
a banging would do me good, 1 hough I will
never consent to bang myself, for I consider
it adverse to nature. Yes, my dear Bee, you
are right. I am an “old one (eighty-one mi
nus fifty-six) but I do not part my “curly
locks” iu the center nor sport “spit curls.”
Oh! “Ann Eliza” beware. Take warning by
me: send her the recipe and perhaps she will
accept them as a peace offering.
“Whisperit low; why should she wish to be
come “fair for his sake?”
Alasl she will not marry a man who is
averse'to bangs. Oh I this “unkindest cut of
all!” "Is there no balm In Gilead ? Is there
no physician in the Household ?
Huntsville, A!a. “Bach 1 ”
Wesleyan Female College,
MAIO.V, GEORGIA,
W ILL begiu Forty-fourth Annual Session
Sept. 21. A full Faculiy of experienced
b achers. Advanced course of study. The
best (Wantages in Mnsic, Art, Literature
and Science. Careful attention to all the
wants of the people. Prices moderate. Ap
ply for Catalogue to
312 st REV. W, C. BASS, D.D., Pres’t.
WARD’S SEMINARY^
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE,
C LOSED its 16th year with 250 young ladies
and 32 graduates. Parents wanting a
school of Progress. Experience, Careful Ma-
tronage, aud Thorougu Drilling in its many
Departments, iuc'uciiiig Cutting and Fittr g
Cloihes, will s-nd for a new Catalogue. Next
year opens Sept 1. Address
312It DR. W. E. WARD.
University of Mississippi.
OXFORD, VIISS.
V[FXT SESSION opens September 29, 1881.
1’ Tuition still free toall students from any
State, except $50 to Law students. Expenses
per session of 9 mouths: Board $108; washing
$13.50; fuel fee $10; lights $3: matriculation
and incidental fee $2 50—toial $137, Many
students board ou the mess system lor about
six dollars per mouth. The University is in
all res pec s prosperous. The Board meet at
Oxford on 2d Monday in September to elect
three additional professors—one in Modern
Languages, one of Natural History, and one
of Metaphysics. Apply for catalogues and
iniormatio 1 to Gen. A. P. Stewart.Cnai.cellor,
H. M. SULLIVAN,
313 It Secretary Board Trustees.
meeting of the Household.
Is there room for one more in the House
hold circle? I would have asked for a place
long ego; but head and hands have been so
full latterly that I've had to choke down a
strong desire to send you a greeting. But it’s
bettor late than never, isn’t it, sisters mine?
We housekeepers and mothers have little
time to spare, even for such matters as the
Household. And it is a delightful venture,
this Household one. I am writing now with
“baby’s” “coo-coo” making sweet confusion
of thought, and my “big boy”—a dear little
three-year-eld man—is screaming the while,
“Mamma, can I have just a little sugar?” I
am sure the mothers who have joined the
Household can appreciate the situation.
I wish I could give you some idea of what
my days contain.
Beauty Without Paint.
The witty reviewer of Helen Campbell’s
“Picture of a Southern Girl” says she never
saw any ladies who painted their faces, and
Lily Bell Hastened to echo “nor I either.”
Well, like the Father of his Country, I must
tell the truth, and own that I have seen la
dies that painted their faces—nice ladies,
handsome matrons, pretty young girls, to
whom cosmetics are (or ought to be) as su-
pei fluous as “painting the lily.” Yes; I have
seen it here—in this Gate City, with its pure,
mountain-bora breezes which should bring
rose hues enough to young cheeks, and would
if they were as careful about observing the
plain rules of health as about the fit and
trimming of tbeir dresses.
Let me advise My dear lady friends to
banish all cosmetics from their toilet tables
and use instead pure cold water once a day.
Bathe thoroughly, using castile soap and
water. This opens the pores, preventing
pimnles and flesh-worms. A teaspoonfui of
bayrum in the rinsing water brings the color
to the face, and is refreshing, too. Never use
“lily white” or “bloom of youth;” for any
p wder, even starch, will obstruct the pores,
thereby impeding perspiration and making
your complexion in a short while dry and
sallow, with a drawn look upon the skin that
nothing ever removes. As to rouges, leave
them, my dear [girls, to the class who first
introduced them into public use; they con
tain poisons always, and remember even
should you not succeed at first, that friction
with a coarse linen towel after a cool water
bath and moderate exercise, persevered in
daily, will bring the blood to your cheeks,
and you will not need artificial appliances to
make you attractive in person. It has been
my favorite theory that no odo need be ugly.
Young girls especially have it in tbeir power
to make for themselves a kind of beauty of
person which can be retailed eyen to life’s
three score years and ten. There is such a
thing, dear girls, as moral sculpture, though
some of you perhaps have never thought of
it. You til hold it within your power to
cultivate the mind by reading only that kind
of literature that will refine and elevate, that
will tend to give you noble and beautiful
thoughts, and what eye is so charmingly
bright as that which flashes with the bril
liancy of intellect! You can all acquire, too,
that charming quality, good nature. Sweet
temper is a powerful magnet, winning all
hearts, even the most perverse. Remember
that the fine chisels of thought and emotion
are ever at woi k upon your face, engraving
in lines ineffaceable the thoughts of your
heart which are most habitual
Charleston.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
A youDg man in Abbeville, South Carolina,
bears the name of Green Cora Cobb.
A Hardin County, Kentucky belle bears
tbe name of Pink Shins.
Pamlico County, North Carolina, will pro
duce 75000 bushels of rice this season.
Two thousand hands are at work on the
Paint Rix-k and Ducktown Railroads.
Florida has a splendid rice crop.
Texas has 151 counties.
J. R Ralston of Scottsboro, Alabama, has
a calf one year old weighing 700 pounds.
Fifteen thousand persons have visited
Mount Vernon, Virginia, the past year.
Charleston, South Carolina, is to have a
cotton seed oil mill.
Tbe editor of the McDuffie (Georgia) Jour
nal is advertising for rags. He must nave
just commenced business. He’ll soon be in
rags!
William Ah Sang, a Chinaman who has
been here for 21 years, and employed in the
tea store at Charleston, South Carolina, for 9
years died in that city on Thursday night.
The Millenium Springs near Greasy Creek,
Arkansas, yields 4o gallons per minute of a
fluid colored like apple cider and tasting like
apple jack, and intoxicating.
Camden, South Carolina, consumed during
July 6912 bottles of beer.
Charleston, South Carolina, is experiencing
a business boom.
Wilcox Couni
Our Easy Swindled Folks.
Say what you Householders will about our
folks in Dixie being as smart as those in
Yai kee Land, but I know one thing. We are
not as sharp in looking after our own inter
ests. We are easy and slipshod and afraid to
seem fussy and picayunish, and so we fall
behind. I am Southern born, but 1 sojourn
ed up in the big North a good many years
and I could but notice the difference in the
people there in a matter of looking sharp af-
After all, tl ere lies the | ter their interests. They knew what good
secret of a really readable letter. Letters J work was, and nobody could impose shuddy
ought to be pieces out of one’s life. I think ' things upon them for best. When sharpers
they should reveal to our friends our truest want to play their swindling games they
Ginger Snaps —Oae-fourth pound each of
... „ » ... „ . 1 bu ter, lard and brown sugar; one pint of
its entrance, and the walls and corridors are ,,,0!^. one cup of sour milk; two table
found covered with tex 8. »hich will reveal s/ocnsful of gi’ger: two teaspoonsful of soda. . . . ... „ „ —„
to us the pious praytrs to be offered to the , j thoughts and highest life. The best of us live practice on the easy going Southerner. They
gods b r the spirit of the departed king. Side Apple Butter.—O ie quart of milk, three two lives. Isn’t that true! I think my sis- j send him their bogus jewelry, their Eureka
by side with tne tomb of this monarch rose : eggs, and flour to make a batter: pare, core ter Householders will understand that awk- j tricks, their iron-toothed gins, their worth-
that of his son. Merenra, or H iremsaf, and and chop one dozen large apples; mix and ward stating of the case. There are thoughts i less washing machines, their paper-soled,hog-
tbis house of death, which bore the name of , drop with a spoon into hot lard, and fry as and aims, and even ideas, which make up leather shoes,their glued patent buggies.their
the Kba-nefer, or or “fair arising,” has you would doughnuts. the life apart, which cannot and will not; manufactured silk and broadcloth. Me will
guarded more zealously the treasure com- Delicious Muffins—Eggs one- milk ' enter into tte every-day, work-a-day life, buy such things because they are cheap. He
‘ C gg ’- 0n -- “ii*’ DJ you begin to see my meaning? And yet, : is great at saving he imagines, though he
the two lives do hoc clash. Rather, the one j “saves at the spigot and was-tes at the burg.”
lends beauty to the other. It is a kind of A Yankee “architect” comes South and they
D ... J . .. V . . * UtL.lL”lULS JULFFUiS.—One I
mitted to its keeping thousands of years ago. Qne ( salt half ^p^nful. Beat the
The spoiler had entered the house of the de- p ligMi a ’ dd part 0 f the milk, all of the
parted, and stripped the bodies of the jewels, t ^ en ’ aU £ remaining milk. Bake
and the talismanic ornament* The saroo- min utes in buttered tfns and serve
phagus of Pepi was empty, but that of the ^ J
son still contained the body which, so many * _. ,
years ago, was assigned to its keeping. Milk Lemonade Dissolve six ounces of
, , , loaf sugar in a pint of boiling water and mix
. _ I they
duet in the life melody. " * ’ ' snap at the his cheap offer, and he puts up
That irrepressible monarch, the Babj, ; a “house of cards,” inferior lumber, ii ferior
called me from my letter-writing. Now that workmanship. Then comes the painter prom-
she has been rocked into slumber-land. I will \ ising to do a job up square—and cheap—so
He puts bare two coats on the out-
loat sugar in a pine 01 oomng water ana mix make an tffort to begin where 1 left off . But 2hea p.
Ayei's Ague Cure should te in evtry with it a quarter or a pint °t lemon juice and did it ever occur to you how almost impossi side,[grains upon the primary coat inside and
household in regions where fever end ague tBe quantity or sherry; tnen add three-, b ; e it jg to carry on the very same train of varnishes nothing bnt the door panels. Think
prevail. It should be taken as a preventive quarters or a pint of cola milk, stir the whole thought after an interruption? a Northerner would stand such work—no
by every resident and traveler in malarii 1 wel1 together,and pass it through a jelly bag. ! While j was roc king the baby I was think-
districts. | Brown Bettys for Breakfast -One cup- j ing of the band of sisters who are making the
sox County, Georgia, comes to the
ered with down.
The oldest man in Alabama is uncle John
Stuart of Sbelbv county, who is 102 years
old and has 200 living descendants.
The South Carolina Presbytery meets at
Anderson S. C. September 51st.
Lewis R. Redmond, pleaded guilty, in the
U. S. court at Greenville, S. C., to ten
charges of violations of tbe revenue law. The
maximum of punishment is 28 years in the
penitentiary and the minimum five, jt is
thought he will be sent fur ten years; par
doned out and placed in tbe revenue service.
Charlotte, N. C., has invested $1500 in bi
cycles.
Pleasant Halifax (colored) of Oglethorpe
eonnfy, Ga., paida few days ago $32,000 for
2100 acres of land.
The Mayor of Raleigh, N. C., fined a color
ed boy $7,35 for swearing on the streets.
Ticksburg, Miss., is buoyant with a busi
ness boom.
Gen. Leslie Coombs, the veteran whig
politician of Kentucky is dead.
Sixty-two thousand whites and 73,000 col
ored attended public schools in South Caro
lina last year.
Four little boys in Wheeling, Va., started
a little fire and the fun cost the city $60,000.
Rawley springs, Va,, has 550 visitors.
A line of steamers is to run between New
port News, Va„ and Liverpool.
Richmond, Ya., is to have a large grain el
evator.
The term of John E. Poindexter sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary for killing
young Curtis in Richmond, Va., will be out
in November.
C. H. McCormick of Chicago purchased the
Dorn gold mine in Abbeville, co., S. C.
Darlington, S. C., prohibits cattle, hogs
and geese from running at large.
Horae thieves are abundant in Yell county,
Ark. They should be made to yell I
Arkansas City, Ark. claims 2000 inhabit
ants.
The ladies of Fort Smith, Ark., object to
the telephone.
Tennessee has an assured property of $300-
000,000. Railroads included in this foot up
$26,000,000.
In Memphis Tenn., recently in the same
house on the same day a bouncing baby was
bora, a young couple were married and an
old lady died.
A Jacksonville, Fla., firm last year made
and shipped eight million cigars.
Mormon missionaries are operating in
Mitchell county, N C.
Porterfield Taylor, of Nashville, Tenn, 8
years old was frightened to death by light
ning recently at Bt-ersheba Springs.
Ben Blanton, ex sheriff of Cook county.
Texas and James Todd in a personal rencon
tre were killed. Todd was shot through the
heart in! the top of Blanton’s head was blown
off.
Sixty thousand Masons will attend the
Yorktown centennial.
The Courthouse at Lonoke, Ark. has been
destroyed by fire.
A 15 months old girl In Laurenceburg, N.
C. weighs 173 pounds.
Cured ol Drinking,
“A young friend of mine was cured of an
iusatiable thirst for liquor, whieh had so
prostrated him that he was unable to do any
business. He was entirely cured by the use
of Hop Bitters. It allayed all that burning
thirst; took away the appetite for liquor:
made his nerves steady, and be has remained
a sober and steady man for more than two
years, and has no desire to return to his cups;
I know of a number of others who have been
cured of drinking by it."—From a leading
railroad official, Chicago, III.
TABOR ACADEMY.
MARION, MASS.
4 FIRST-CLASS SCHOOL—tits lor college
f\ and gives a thi rough English education.
The Principal w:ll receive a few students into
hi fatni>y: a home,and not a boarding house.
References : Prof. F. B. Dexter, Secretary Yale
College; Hon. R. R. Bishop, President Massa
chusetts ■ enate; N. J. Morrison, D.I)., Presi
dent Drury College. Send for information to
C. P. HOWLAND, Principal, East «.i:ithfleld,
Penn., uniil September 1; after wards, Marion,
Mass,31s it
BAYAHD TAYLOB, Poet & Traveller,
Said: “I take great pleasure in recommend
ing to parents the Academy oi Mr. Swithin C.
8bortlidge.”
Hon. FEBNIND0 WOOD, M. C.,
Said (1880): “I cheerfully consent to the use of
my name as reference. My boys will return
to you (for their fourth year) after their vaca
tion.”
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re tea.S*X A ANDERSON agent
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