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THE
SUNNY
SOUTH
AM ERA FOR THE SOUTH.
The Past Forgotten, the Fu
ture Full of Premise.
Capitalists From Xml hern Stutessure
of a Warm ami Kindly Welcome.
Charleston, S. c., Nov. 17.—TIio .Veins and
Courier publishes to-day tlie views of Governor
Thompson and twenty-four Democratic county
chairmen in tills State as to the effect of Cleve
land's election on the political and industrial
condition of the South. The words of the cor
respondents differ, but the same thoughts run
through the whole array of opinion and sugges
tion. They say frankly that the election of
Cleveland means more money and less politics
fn South Carolina; that there » ill he a general
revival of industries; that manufactures will he
stimulated and developed by the application of
additional capital; that the working people will
be better paid; that the price of farm lands and
real estate generally will advance; that there
will be for the whole people, without distinction
of condition or class, an era of ]>olitical and in
dustrial progress.
Governor Thompson says: “It would be diffi
cult to overestimate the good results which will
follow from the restoration of the Democratic
party to |x>wer. The election is more than a
mere party triumph, won by a combination of
Democrats with honest Republicans. Tile elec
tion is a protest against the corrupt practices
which, in their long lease of power, the Itepule
lic.ius have permitted to Increase until the very
foundations of the Government were endan
gered.
“The relations between the two races in the
South will henceforth be those of entire harmony.
The only differences between them heretofore
have been with regard to politics. The differ
ences have been kept alive and increased by the
macl iuations of Federal officeholders, whose
only Imjie for continuance in office was by fo
menting discord between the races and sectional
differences between the two political parties.
The negroes will soon learn by experience that
their rights are more secure and their opportu
nities for improvement far greater under Demo
cratic Ilian under Republican rule. At eaclt re
curring Federal election our people will be free
from the anxiety and unrest which sectional and
race issues have heretofore produced."
Jff>*'views of the Democratic chairmen breathe
fFspirit of deepest confidence In the ability and
disposition of Governor Cleveland to administer
the Government in strict conformity with the
constitution.
The tiearing of the Democratic managers to
ward the colored |ionple is especially cordial,
and throughout the State there is a more earnest
demand that the colored people shall be treated
with the greatest consideration: that they shall
be protected in all their civil and political rights,
and that every means possible shall be tried to
improve their moral and mental condition.
The views of W. C. Benet. Democratic chair
man of Abbeville county, and one of the Cleve
land electors, may be cited as a specimen of the
whole, lie says: “Cleveland's administration
will ensure |H>lilical |>eace, and that peace is a
sure sign of industrial prosperity. The moment
the political adventurer and carpet-bagger is
banished trout llie Southern States, the colored
people will work with the white man m the po
litical field, just as lie has toiled with him in the
field of rice and cotton. The same day which
brings death to radical rule and influence in the
South will revive her commercial life and pros
perity. Instead of the Northern carpet-h gger,
we shall see the Northern capitalists within our
borders. There are no rebel yells in South Car-
oliu i. The war Is euded; the negroes are set
tling dowu into the conviction that their rights
are secured in the hands of the while people
with whom they have always lived, and who
know their necessities best.”
—Here is a chance for the American inventor.
The Australian colony of Victoria offers a re
ward of $1.2.70 for a reaping machine adapted to
the use of the colony, and invites American
competition.
—The Methodist Conference of Dakota de
dares solemnly that it will "never consent to
the adoption of a constitution for the future
State of Dakota which does not contain consti-
tional prohibition.'’
—The feat of sending a telegram through 7.000
miles of wire has just been achieved. The mes
sage was transmitted from Calcutta to London,
and tlie signals were received at the late of
about twelve words a minute.
—Of the l2.non stone-cutters in France, only 600
belong to a trade union; of 18.000bouse painters,
200; of 3.000 gilders, 150; of 11.000 bakers, 450.
Altogether there are in Paris 300.001) workmen,
of whom only 50,000 belong to any kind of trade
union.
— In the fourth century, when Bishop Theophi-
lus broke to pieces the statues of Alexandria, he
found some which were hollow, and placed in
such a manner against a wall that a priest could
step in behind them and speak to the ignorant
popular- through their mouths.
—It is snowing to-day. Nov. 20. in Dakota and
in the I, ike Superior region, and heavy snow is
reported yesterday in New Hampshire. Vermont
and portions of New Yoik. Tliecoldest weather
yet reported this season is in northern Mimie-
sola—10 degrees early this morning.
—The contractors of the new Georgia capitol
having decided to use Indiana stone in its con
struction. an effort was made to have the pro
duct of Georgia quarries used instead, but the
Legislature, on Wednesday, almost unanimously
indorsed the selection of the contractors.
—Friends of Governor Cleveland have secured
for his use for the week preceding the 4th of
March next, at the Arlington Hotel, Washing
ton, a suite of rooms, consisting of a parlor and
three bed-rooms, located on tlie second floor,
overlooking Vermont avenue and tlie statue of
General McPherson.
—The English newspapers look upon it as a
foregone conclusion that Mr. Lowell, United
States Minister at London, will be relieved alter
the inauguration of President Cleveland. Lon
don Truth states, however, that he will not lie
lost to England, as he has derided to make his
permanent residence at Oxford.
—England is at the head of the mirror manu
facturing industry of the world.producing75n,nno
square yards annually. France produces 5:10.000
square yards. In this country the principal
manufactory at Lenox, Mass., produces about
110.000 square yards a year. There are other
smaller manufactories iu Kentucky, Indiana
and Missouri.
—A collection of Oriental idols, numbering
about 12.000, and a library of 12.000 volumes,
principally in Chinese and Japanese, have been
presented to the city of Paris by M. Emile Gui-
met. of Lyons. Tlie owner, it is said, has re
fused an offer of $600,000 for the collection, for
which the municipal council will provide a suit
able building.
—In Baltimore, last evening. Mr. Charles Leo
pold called upon Miss ftettie Wiiiterhaum.
offered bis hand in marriage, and was accep.ed.
Later, while handling his pistol, the weapon ex
ploded and the bullet seriously wounded Miss
Winterbaum, who. when she regained con
sciousness. claimed that the snooting was en
tirely accidental.
—So many relic hnnters break into the ancient
graves of the Pequot Indians near Stonington,
Ct.. that the tribe have appealed to the State
authorities to protect the graves. The Pequots
now mmilier less than a hundred. They are
wards of tlie State and live in a condition of
semi-civilization on a plot of 1,000 acres of land
set apart for them.
—Dr. H. F. Walker has found good reasons
for assuming that earth worms are the invaria
ble companions of man, and exist only in regions
where he has settled. After settlement they
first appear in the vicinity of the stable yard,
t lieu in portions of soil enriched by stable ma
nure. and at length in all soil, whether culti
vated or simply pastured by domesticated ani
mals.
—There Is not. according to Col. Scott, a single
bird or beast protected by game laws for which
England was not originally indebted to some
foreign country. Tlie hare came from Northern
Asia; the rabbit from Africa, whence he crossed
into Spain; the pheasant from the river Pliasis,
■d offtlipM*ititiToT511 Which nV uerives ms name,
ami the partridge from Scandinavia and North
ern Europe.
—Those who are opposed to the investment of
foreign capital in American lands will not be
pleased to hear of the mission of Capt. Bedford
Pyme, of the Queen's navy. The ruddy, fat Eng
lishman of 50, with gray chop wills .ers. now in
Washington, Is going to Montana to investigate
tlie cattle business. If he makes a favorable re
port. an English syndicate will invest $1,000,000
in land and go to ranching.
—Car loads of young carp are being taken ev
ery week from the propagating ponds of Wash
ington and sent to all parts of the country. Over
9.000 applications were on file at the commence
ment of the distribution, and they will all be
supplied before Christmas. Carp is now begin
ning to tie utilized as a food supply, and some
which were sent to the New York market
brought 25 cents a pound.
—Mine. Nilsson gave her farewell concert In
London, before sailing for America, in the Royal
Albert Hall, yesterday afternoon. The great
hall was crowded with a fashionable and most
enthusiastic audience. Theartistic eventof the
concert was a trio, which was superbly sung by
Mine. Nilsson, Miss Minnie Iiauk and Mine.
I'rebelli. The m de soloists were Mr. Sims
Reeves, Mr. Charles S.mtley and Sig. Foil.
—A man has walked on the waters of the
Seine. He liad each foot iu a small triangular
box. securely fastened with straps around his
lees, and in ills hands he carried a long balanc
ing pole, similar to those used by rope-dancers,
except that at each end was attached a large in
flated bladder. When getting off his balance, he
dipped the end of the pole, and the resistance
caused by the bladder touching the water re
stored him to liis equilibrium.
—At the battle of El Teb. Baker Pasha was
struck Oil the right cheek just below the eye. by
a lull which buried itself iu the upper jaw. The
missile, which was of iron, was afterward re
moved, and was found to weigh three ounces;
lint, despite tlie severity of the wound which it
made, the general kept Ids seat until loss of
blood compelled him to retire. A recent opera
tion iu England brought to light the terrible na
ture of the injury, but the patient is recovering.
—A New York scientist, who has collected a
museum of about 500 casts of the interior of the
human mouth, iu case of parted deafness of one
or both ears, has written a pamphlet on the rela
tion of curious, crowded and displaced teetli to
defective hearing. He has found, from a careful
Inspection of the months of partially deaf pupils
iu our public schools, that iu the majority of
cases the trouble had its starting point in the
mouth, not in affection of the ear, as would
naturally be supposed.
—A general Impression exists that, slow-grown
timber is the strongest, but tills opinion, does
not. it is said, stand the test of experiment.
There is in London a government establishment
for testing the quality and strength of all woods
and metals used for government purposes, the
chronicles of which are said to lie very interes
ting. Among other things which have been
proved there, is the fact that fast-grown limner
—oak at least—is the strongest, and bears the
greatest degree of tension.
—Tlie chief of the St. Petersburg police has
just issued an order commanding the proprietors
of all hotels, restaurants and tea-houses to re
move the portraits of the Emperor and other
memliers of the Imperial family from their pnt>-
jie rooms, because their customers do not always
show the proper respect to the representations
of the Imperial features, not infrequently al
most unrecognizable, by taking off their hats
immediately on entering and leaving the prem-
—■twelve petrified clams were found at a depth ises. Thus veiy good isirtraits of the Czar and
of 25u feet, a week or so ago, while boring for oil Czoina have had to be taken down from the
at Purissinia, Cal. ' ' ” ' *“ “ “
The South as a Field for Investment.
There is no better field for investment now
than file South. A every Southern State there
Is great need of £tl>e v to begin npw^entcrpriscs
. f'rtoc JL -jy. 1 ,n|ir. ^yj^v^wblishcu’r-rms^'
Boys & Girls’ Department.
SHORT SlORfES, SHORT TALKS, PUZZLES, GAMES, LET
TER-BOX, FUNNY THINGS, ETC.
BRM 5
ers want money, oustness men want money, and
those who are preparing to open up mines or to
start manufactories want money. They are will
ing to pay a good Interest for it, and they can
afford to pay it. It is a mistake to suppose that
they cannot furnish good security.
The Booth is rich in resources. Her lands
produce abundantly; her forests are valuable
now, and are liecomiug more valuable every
year, and her mines of iron and coal are equal to
any in the world.
It needs only a glance at the assessment rolls
of tlie different Southern States to convince any
one that the South is making rapid strides to
ward wealth. In 1879 the assessed value of
pro|ierty in Virginia, North Carolina. South Car
olina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi.
Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas
was $2,184,000,000. The assessed vame this year
was $2,825,000,000, an increase iu five years of
$641 000,000. This increase Is not attributable to
inflated values, hut to accumulated wealth.
Pro|«rty is not assessed higher now, iu propor
tion toils value, than it was in 1879. As States
have grown rielier the rate of taxation lias de
creased. In this and some otherof the Southern
Slates the State rate of taxation is remarkably
low.
It is only within the last three or four years
that the growth of the South in wealth has
attracted the attention of the capitalists of the
North to any great extent, and even now. out
side of a sm,ill circle, the advantages the South
offers to invest ora are not known.
in any of the States named above money read
ily commands from eight to ten per cent, with
excellent security. The great majority ot North
ern people who have money to loan are not real
izing more than four per cent, for it. They
would gladly send their money South if they
could be convinced that it could be safely
Invested. To satisly themselves on this point
they have only to investigate for themselves.
Tlie money of the North made the Western
States what they are. In 18 8 tlie insurance
companies of Connecticut alone had $50.1100 noil
invested iu tlie West. Almost all of Ibis money
was placed 011 fauns and secured by first mort
gages. What was done for the West by the eap-
talisls andjiioneyed institutions of Connecticut,
Massachusetts and otl.cr Northern States can
now lie done lor the South. The security iu the
South is just as good as it ever was in (lie West,
and Southern lands are capable of being made
just as profitable.
During the coming winter the Northern peo
ple will get a belter idea of the South and her
resources than they ever had before. At tlie
New Orleans Exposition they will see evidences
of wealth that will surprise them. Their keen
business sense will see opportunities for invest
ing their money in tlie South that, it is Imped,
they will not lie slow to take advantage of.
Tlie election of Mr. Cleveland marks anew
era In tlie material progress of the South. The
Southern |>eop!c now feel that the last hairier to
the most perleet harmony of sentiment and
feeling I>etween tlie North and South has been
removed, and they will work to promote the
prosperity of the Smith more hopefully and en
ergetically. It will be surprising if within a
year Northern capital is not seeking invest
ment in the South iu great abundance.—Savaitr
nah Seats.
Genera[Notes.
Items of General Interest Condensed
From All Sources.
_Bv agreement of the Western Association,
te capacities of distilleries will be reduced
1 w ills of first-class European hotels iu St. Felers-
1 lurg.
Aunt Judy’s Salutatory.
Your Aunt Judy takes charge of tlie “Letter
Box” and all tlie dear cousins who contribute to
it. She will be a kind and good aunt to every
one, and now let us all have some real good fun
and a jolly time generally. Clean up your ink-
stands, get a new bottle of ink, new |>ens, nice
paper and envelopes and let me see who can
write the best and neatest letters, and who will
improve tlie most iu tlie next six months. Your
old aunt loves children. She has none of her
own and is therefore compelled to love other
people’s, and she takes them all into her great
big heart and would like to squeeze and kiss
every good boy and girl and paddle every bad
one. So primp up, be good, be smart, and Aunt
Judy will have something nice for you after
awhile.
ilht fetter
house Is at least built of wood and contains five
rooms, a parlor, sitiing room, bed room, nursery,
and (lining room. As to tlie arrangement of llie
parlor, being a boy. 1 have nothing to do with
that, but it always looks pretty and inviting. I
bad a great deal rather tell tlie cousins about
theuice time 1 had at tlie rink the other night,
or bow badly f was mashed by a stout young la
dy while riding in a narrow buggy a tew even
ings ago, but 1 can do all this when 1 have gain
ed admittance. If I succeed won't some ot tlie
cousins lie kind enough to name me in hopes
that they will, I will lor tlie present he
Namki.esb.
Greenville, S. C.
Dear Cousins: (If I may so address you.)
Here is another stranger gently knocking at tlie
door of admittance. But oh! I think I hear
some one say please don't let linn in, for we are
so crowded we have scarcely room to move.
But cousins, if you knew what pleasure it would
afford me to be counted among you, I know some
of the fair cousins would welcome me. If you
wisli to know what kind of a being I am, I will
try to give you a description of myself: I am
not very old,have brown hair and eyes and dara
complexion. Well, if 1 am welcomed, I will try
to write something more interesting next lime.
Good bye, Paul.
Jim Dandy. I will write to you through the
Letter Box. Some one seems to have found
you out, are you sure. Coralette?
Mack, I dare say Mattie King could give you
the desired information.
Cousins, I believe Mack and Dick Daring, of
the Household, to lie the same person.
Alabama, you don't even deserve tlie bow. If
it were not for those brass buttons, I would be
avenged.
A most refreshing rain fell here to-day, the
the
from 36 to32 percent
—Li Hung Chang and Gen. Gordon are well
known to be fast friends; hut that Gordon once
. . offered to make Li tlie Enqieror of China will
—Igtrcequantities of African peanuts are im- neWH to ln0 st readers. It was at tlie time
ported into France, where they are used in the | w | lell Gordon last visited China, and when, after
m uiufacture of olive oil. j an ius|»ectloii of various brandies of official
. ... wi |_ due to m-anite service, lie had become disgusted with the ueg-
—Tlie cataracts of Urn Nile are dtB e ^ ;ind s t,,|»iaity wliidi were apparent on alt
veins, which Hie river, while J... , y sides. Seeking the viceroy. I10 drew him aside
through the sandstone, had Deeu uuauie a||)( eanle9t iy proposed a revolution. “Give me
destroy or vemove it. | g.ooo men, ’ he exclaimed, “and I will march on
The noted vacht Henrietta crossed the At- to Pekiu and declare you emperor.’-’ But LI dee
. feStZSdin and four hours. She dined, and now has the pain of seeing all of
inchedoSbMTmd, December 25, 1866, and Gordon’s fears realized.
won a priee of $S».«M- J __At the corner of Washington and Eustis
time.
executive m;— - -
Fillmore’s administration.
—An elegant
street New Y<
known*to be strictly respectable,
Ttu? w.irps of 5.000 emi
car|et mills at Phlladelph „
able*tlfearu only $12 weekly instead of $15.
“How oft the wand’rer’s heart turns back,
To those lie left behind.
’Tis then lie knows and feels tlie lack
Of home and friends so kind.”
Dear Cousin Boys and Girls: I feel somewhat
like a wanderer to-niglit. way off here at the , first for two dry months. I am a drenched
State University, away from lioma, and obliged I * Dove.
to rough it through by myself. I only wish I
could express my feelings 'In again addressing Who will welcome an old member of the Let-
you. dear cousins. ' ter Box? I was a member of tlie Boys and Girls
Since my last letter I have left my borne and Letter Box.
entered college—a college thoroughly charged I attend the Boys’High School, and am thir-
with military—and though I’m not exactly home teen years and nine months old.
sick yet wlnle I view those dull old barracks, ! I have three dogs, Zip, Filz and Pickwick,
and tlie stillness around is broken by tlie rat- They are all black and tan, and are trained to
tliug drum and squealing fife, in place of that perform feats.
love music, reading and painting.
Who will write to a sparkling
Gem?
Dear Cousins: I am a housekeeper now.
Mama has been sick for a mouth, and I have
had a delightful time keeping house.
I know Cousin Lillian would not send me over
lively tune they play. 1 would rather "inarch to
tlie tune of Home. Sweet Home.” iu other words
towards home. But such is for my goi«d, and I
consider it a blessing that I am still allowed to
seek comfort among you. dear cousins.
Cousin Ellen—pardon my liberty in address—I
agree with you. It is an awful task to begin a
letter; but after tlie start is made one thought to the household if site were living, but would
calls on another to help it out, and thus makes say, “Come, dear girl and sit by me.” Now,
easy what in beginning we count a hard task, dear cousins, please dou't say “pass over to the
That is wliv I always take something like a text Household,” for I feel more at home with “the
—to draw ideas from. j dear little ones.”
By tlie way. Miss Ellen, I would like very | Nan, I know you will open the door for me. I
much to knew you. If vou believe in pen pic- guess I could and would send some nice recipes
lures will you not give us a description of your- to any one who wants them,
self in your next letter? I attended Park High I Tlie Kid, I would li .e to correspond with vou.
School nearly two and a half scholastic years, If you will accept me, please direct your letter
and quit tlie year he did. It seems from that as you will see iu Lilac in tlie same issue of the
that we wore each other out. I don't know how Sunny South that your letter is in.
it was witli him. hut lie never wore me out in, Herd Times, please write ofteu; I admire your
anything but Greek. 1 letter’s. By tlie way. I have answered your letr
I think my other cousin. Eileen Atwood, could ter, also some of tlie other cousins,
she have seen me tlie other night on guard. | All who have written to C. V. H„ Dumas,
walking the post all buttoned up 111 bright, glit- Ark., please write again. The reason I ask this
teriug uniform, would have thought me a “heart I thinkjone was lost that I did not see.
smasher." sure enough, for nothing helps a boy I promised in my last letter to describe some-
iu looks like a uniform. They are pretty, but tiling. So I will commence with Si. Louis,
hateful to wear. j St. Louis is situated on tlie left hank of the
1 would like to correspond with some of you, I Mississippi river, about twenty miles south of
but am tiki bashful to make a start. Will not the mouth of the Missouri. It is tlie most pop-
some of you help me? ; ulouscity of tlie West. Its prosperity and rapid
Black Eyes, recount tlie past and correct mis- growth are due to its being tlie depot of the
takes, or tell me how a blues eyed girl can pre- vast region, rich iu agriculture and mineral re
tend she is not pretty. I know what's tlie mat- sources, and to its admiral situation for domes-
ter: you've got one correspondent and don’t tic commerce, great rivers and railroads, af-
want another, I guess. fording it easy communication witli all parts of
Welcome Hector, would that I could welcome tlie Union. It contains several thousand in-
you more, not for your compliment ;ilnne, al- habitants, tml has a {treat many beautiful build-
ihough I, li ,e most girls, appreciate them; but ings and rapidents. The streets, for most parts, j
because we someyh.it resemble each oilier in are pa^ ajgreat |
tom I do, and I’ve seen the lime when I would fountains, f Out \n tlie suburbs'of the city tlie
go three blocks out of my way to keep from fair grounds are situated.
meeting one. But now I'm improved, and when ] Hard[Times, who^ is your favorite^ author, or
I’m able te sprout a mustache I will be dead
stuck on one at least.
Dixie. I will be glad to correspond with you,
and shall do my best. My address is “Cadet
G. B. M., University of Alabama, Tuscar
loosa. Ala.”
Minnv May and Texas Eloise, your letters are
ever welcomed and read by one and all. As I’m
a boy. I can only say come often.
I think tlie boys ought to buy badges for them
selves and the girls they correspond with. Who
wtil second tlie motion?
Ellen and Eileen A., come soon; I am anxious
to hear from you.
Goodbye, dear cousins; next time I come I’ll
try and bring my knitting and spend tlie day.
Alabama.
authoress? Augusta Evans is my favorite. I
have read all of her works, except one or two.
I think they are splei did.
I have read “Jane Eyre,” “A Terrible Secret”
and a great many others which would send me
to the waste basket, which I am afraid it would
if I were to name them.
Have any of the cousins ever read “A Terri
ble Secret?” It is just splendid.
Tlie Kid. won't you write and tell us about
your beautiful city. I say lieautiful. for I have
a grandfather who lived there, and he thinks it
is beautiful, therefore I think the same.
Adieu,
Lilac.
Dear Cousins: Here I am at the door again;
please let me in; I won’t stay long, and will try
and be rigid quiet.
My Dear Cousins: I have just been reading “*' isi,,s ’ how ,,!ive you enJoyed your vaca -
B ° yS and Girl3 ' ! I »>••“» * "on delightful time. Just re-
H-ive’Len reading^Yarkand Pec ” Pec re- turlled from < l lli,e a pleasant visit in the Country.
miYidi me of frimrn of minelfi’ NorttfcaT There were several beautiful lakes near where l
"{ !! she h lust Hke her in nearly everything'■ s|,ellt m,,st of ,ny ,ime ' J,wt 1'naglne what
but rav dari ng Peggie Pofiie neverwas s^ uglv tl " 1 ® s 1 h: , ul aml boatrriding. Oh!
as Isis's wasYe presented to hi * Oh no“ she’s m Y' * ,ow i ol| y to l,e »•> tlie country.
U?.I 1 be- no ’ S le * | stir up a little and let’s have some fun. Hem;
‘consul Moustache Dardon me for si vine so wait aminute and let me clear niy throat. Now,
wI hid•!real^ coi’J leetnrri lid ill. fo? 8 vou’ to be 8 1 "’ * Ain going to tell you tlie experienae
put 1 liad a real good lei tore laid up for you. 0 f a little girl. When she joined the church she
was asked if she thought her sins were forgiven.
She replied:
“Well, yes, I reckon, for I cried a long time
when mamma whipped me.” That is just as I
expected.
Dear Beatrix, I wrote you that “something
funny” long ago and have never heard from
Anybody that would go back on farm life!
I never lived 011 a farm, but really think it is
the nicest life of all.
I intend to he a farmer when I get old enough
to distinguish wheat from oats.
Cousin Laura. I always like to read your nice
letters, though I never bother nty bead about
flying away on the airy wings of nothingness to - vtm t | l( . 1,r will i,e so
imaginary worlds unknown, and there in some y, . m - l .'“i,i 1 you g. 1 mi p uei ? 1 win ne so
secluded spot, with grand old Sol pouring his
Imt rays down upon my burning head, make up
rhymes about tlie “Beautiful Moon,” or tlie
“Breezy Evening-”
No. 1 am content to eat the substantial food of
tlie poor mortals of tlie earth, provided there is
plenty of it. Then I am not a scholar, for I
never ask myself tlie all important question,
why 1 lie "thin ness” of the''this” is so unlike
tlie "tliisness” of tlie "here.” Anil notun
tlior. for uiy thoughts will never get shaped into
words. It"ver.
So untiling remains but to be a merry old
maid and live on a nice, pleasant farm, with my
music and art. and a pet dog, and a parrot, and
invite all tlie cousins to come and see me, espe-
pleased to correspond with you through tlie
mail. Now, won't you please write to me right
soon?
Mustache, where are you hiding? I am real
sorry you can't train your mustache. Cousins, I
know he carries a piece of mirror witli him to
see bow much liis “mustache” grows every hour.
(tipsy Jtile, where have you wandered to?
Please coma forward anil give ail account of
c yourself,
v v /'
R. N. C.. of N.. I am still “watching and wait
ing” for a letter from you.
Call.a L:lv. dear, please come oftener; I ad
mire your letters so much.
My dear Hard Times, your letters are sadly
missed. Dear, why don't you write? You are
ciajly the poets and authors. ' ‘ | Snt^i'Simo S* US ’ are you? U ym t, °’ 1
Perhaps you are getting tired of tlie personal
pronoun "I,” cousins, so witli a heart full of love
for ill, I will go.
King James, I would really like to know your
opinion of me. Yours till death,
Peggie Pollie.
I wonder If any among tlie cousins have any
will get “ite
Rosebud, didn’t I hear you say yon liked car
dels? 1 have many cadet friends. “I like ’em.”
I liad quite a pleasant chat with one a few days
since. Oh, he just looked like a “raving angel”
in liis uniform!
Town Tackie, Ronnie Leslie and Tiger Lily, I
hope you will put in your appearance soon.
Oli, 1 had forgotten I promised not to stay
recollection of there being one among them who long. I have something funny to relate next
owns the sobriquet of Palmetto? Time lias time I call.
flown in its flight toward infinity with rapid Now. won’t some of you write me a letter? I
wings to me. and I fiud upon taxing my memory will reply as pleasantly as I can. If you have
:c little that it lias been more than a year since! forgotten my address you can get it from the
have seen my name among you, though I have head of tills department.
been there in imagination qiiite often. I notice 1 As night lias “drawn her sable curtain and
that many changes have taken place in our lit- pinned it with a star.” I will hid you all a loving
tie circle. Several have died and many of tlie adieu and be off before I tumble into the waste-
meuiliers have dropped off one by one, and I basket. Sincerely, Lynnkttk.
suppose that ere tins, some of them (I mean of I —
my own persuasion, though I am not one of tlie
ford te (?) ones) have a better half at
home who will not allow them to indulge in the
pereginntions that they previously enjoyed.
either ill person or by pen. Tlie fair ones I
suppose, are too much occupied with tlie novel
ty of a home and husband of their own to take
up lunch of our space. As far as concerns my
self, I am still in tlie “Land of Flowers.” hut ex
pect to pass I li lough the Gate City tills winter,
and hope to meet many of tlie cousins.
Gan any one tell lue if 1 lie band have adopted
badges? If so 1 would like to have one before
I go to Atlanta, so that I may identify and lie
identified as one among them. I cannot imag
ine a more romantic introduction.
Cousin Rosebud, will you grant me the favor them into her parlors—these frail “what is its’.
o f corresponding with you? I s-" and admire s „ rlol huiuaiiiiy-dudes, and condemn a young
toil t ioubt but that man who is a young mail, simply because he is
Once more I appear among you, perhaps for
tlie last time. It seems from tlie view I now
take of it. that it will he many months before I
come again. I have at last :ip|ieared. My non-
appearance is due, not to laziness, nor, as one
precious dear rein irked—“too much time to
primping,” etc.—hut to my absence from the
“Crescent City.,’
i Billy believes in the saying: “Combine pleas
ure with business;” Imt be had found out that
too much indulgence in business transactions
cannot fit a man for the sphere of business. I
have no patience with a man who takes liis ten
beers a day and smokes his Havana's in some
hotel's arcade; and more than this. I cannot re
spect a girl who encourages these men—invites
vour letters v> ry muci , nut do 1
1 could tell you of many things, customs, etc., iu 8tr ietlv business and spends a mouth of the year
the "Land of Flowers” of which you are not oil a vacation at the sea-side,
conversant. My address during the autumn Is 1 a m indeed sorry that I have incurred the
Tampa or Peru, Fla., after then, Greeuville, displeasure of some of our fair cousins (who in-
iir, , . , _ , . , „ . deed do not know me and consequently cannot
Where is Johnny Tuberose? “Dudeism be- 8e e me make my toilets) who have censured
ing on the decline I suspect he thought he was nie „„ a ll sides for being a dude. I fear they
not appreciated. Who will volunteer in his are 0 „i y novices themselves iu the line of du
st e.a«l? The dude must be represented. dines.
Well as there is but one of the requisites of Dear girls (lam not angry with you), some
wit about me. and that brevity, I will not forfeit day let me unmask, and iierhaps then you may
it, and say vale! Palmetto. . blush for your condemnation of a worthy L. B.
„ „ , _ I Uuless some friend, who lias ltenetraled my
Dear Cousins: I have been trying for some ' mask, rises and defends me—then forever say,
time to gain admittance to the Letter Box, but Vale! vale!
, , .. ^ far my efforts have lieen in vain. But seeing j New Orleans, La. Billy Barlow.
1633. Tlie oldest remaining gravestone bears , a little piece of advice in the Issue of the 15th I I p. 8.—Can our editress, to whom I paid a bus-
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fftailroad (guide,
GEORGIA R. R.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY.)
Superintendent's Office, >
Augusta, (ia., ,Nov. 17, 1883. )
Trains run by Doth meridian time, 22 minute,
slower than Atlnnta time
Commencing Sunday I8th instant, the follow
ing Passenger Schedule will be operated:
No. 2, East Daily—Leave Atlanta. 8:25 a. m.; ar
rive Athens 5315, arrive Waahington 5:55 p. m.,
arrive Camak 1:57 p.m., arrive Miliedgeville 4:48
p.m., arrive Macon 6:45 p.m., arrive Augusta <315
p.m.
No. 1, West daily—Leave Augusta 10:80 a m.
Leave Macon 7:00 a m, leave MilleilgeviUe 9:10 e
m, leave Camak 12:29 a m, leave Washington It:
20 a m, leave Athens 9.-05 a m; arrive Atlanta 5.-45
p m.
Fast Line—No. 27—Leave Augusta 7:40 a m
leave Athens 83)5 a m, arrive Atlanta 1pm. No.
28—Leave Atlanta 2:45 p m, arrive Athens 7:15 p
m, arrive Augusta 8:10.
Covington Accommodation, daily exoept Sun
day—Leave Atlanta 8:10 p m, arrive CnvingtoD
8:80 p m, leave Covington 5;20 am, arrive Atlanta
7:40 am
ClarkstonTrain—Leave Atlanta 11:40am; leave
Decatur 12:10 pm. arrive Clarkston 12:25 pm; leave
Clarkston 12:37 pm, leave Decatur 12:53 pm; ar
rive Atlanta 1:25 pm
Decatur Train—Leave Atlanta 3:50 pm; arrive
Decatur 4:20 pm; Leave 4 JO p m, arrive Atlanta
53X1 pm
No. 4, East daily - Leave Atlanta 8 JO p m, ar
rive Augusta 6:20 a m
No. 3 West daily—Leave Augusta 93JU p m: ar
rive Atlanta 6:40 a m
Trains Nos. 27 and 28 will stop at and receivr
passengers to and from the following stations on
ly— Belair, Hurzelia, Harlein, Thomson. Camak
Cruwfordville. Union Point, Greeneshoro, Mad
ison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyerf
Stone Mountain and Decatur.
The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from At
lanta to Charleston.
Trains Nos. 2, l, 4 and 3 will if signaled stop at
any regular scheduled Hag station.
Only one change from Atlanta to New York.
JNO. W. GREEN. G. M.
E. B. DOBSEY. Gen. Pass. Ag’t.
Western Railway of Ala
— - - - •
The Quickest, Shortest, Best and Most lAret’
Route, to Neu> York, Philadelphia, Balti
more, and Washington.
With choice of Bootes either via Piedmont Ail
Atlantic LineCoast Line, Kenneaawor Cincinnati
Southern, all making through connections.
ONLY 42 Hours and 10 Minutes from Mont
gomery to New York, and only 39
Hours ank 20 Minutes from
New York to Mont
gomery.
Trains leave as follows:
TIME TABLE NO. 14
Taxing Effect Sunday September 28, 1888.
No.51—Eastward—Leaves Montgomery7a0a m:
Arrives—Chehaw 8:35 a m, Opelika 9 J6 a m. West
Point 10:21 a m, Atlanta IJ0 p m.
No. 50—Westward—Leaves Atlanta 2:85 p m.-
Arrives—West Point 5:48 p m. Opelika 839 p m.
Chehaw 7:47 p m, Montgomery 93* p m.
No. 58—Eastward—Leave Montgomery 9A0 pm
Arrives—Chehaw 10J8 p m. Opelika 1158 pa
West Paint 12:44 a m, Atlanta 4:10 a m. No. 52-
Weetward—Leaves Atlanta 13JU am. Arrives—
West Point 4319 a m, Opelika 4 J8 a m, Chehaw
5:48 a ra, Montgomery 7 310 a m
No. 5—Eastward—Leaves Montgomery 1J0 pm
Arrives —Chehaw 4JO p m, Opelika 7J0 p m. No.
6— Westward—Leaves Opelika 5-JO a m. Arrives
Chehaw 7:55 a m. Montgomery 1130 a m.
No. 58—North—Leaves Washington 7:40 am.-
Arrives—Baltimore 9:30 a m, Philadelphia 12JO
p ra. New York 335 p m. No. 52— South—Leaves
New Nork 8:40 p m. Arrives—Philadelphia 5-55
t> m, Baltimore 9:10 p m. Washington 10:85 p m.
No. 51—North—Leaves Washington 930 p m
Arrives—Baltimore 11:25 p m, Philadelphia 83*
h m. New York 630 a m. No. 50-^Snuth—Leaves
New York 9j<l p ra. Arrives—Philadelphia 1231
Baltimore 435 a m. Washington 835 a in.
Puli.man Sdekpebs on Trains 50 and 51
between Montgomf-bt and New Yore, with
out change. Pullman Sleepers on No. 52
(XD 53 BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND New
York.
Western Railroad Sleepers on Trains
12 and 53 between Montoomebt and At
LANTA.
Trains 50,51, 52 and 58, make close connections
with trains to and from Mobile and NewOrleaus
Train 52 connects at Montgomery with trains for
Selma and Enfaula. (Vinnections made at Ope
lika with East Alabama A Cincinnati, and the
(olumhua A Western Railroads. All trams ex-
cept 52 and 53 connect at Chehaw with Tuskegee
Railroad.
Trains 5 and 6 run daily except Sundays.
ru n 44 AHH»:r •. 44. M.
Till-:
GEORGIA PACIFIC RAHWAY.
nils nrnw wiioitr i.i.vk
- BETWEEN THE —
NORTH and
South sin ♦ S'uithw^t
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV. 2, 1884.
(Central Standard Time.)
WESTWARD.
WESTWARD.
No. 50.
N. Orl'ns
Ex/nrest.
Daily.
... 7 1 5 a in
... 8 51 a m
..11 42 *
Leave Atlanta
Villa Rica
Oxford
Anniston 12 I" pm
Leave Birmingham 3 10 p in
Arrive Tuscaloosa—A. G. 8.. 5 48 p m
Meridian “ ..102npm
Vickshunj—V. M 5 H) a m
Mobile—M. AO * 00 a m
New Orleans—N. O. N. E. 6 10 a m_
~ No. 51.
Atlanta
EASTWARD. Express
Daily.
Leave New Orl’ne—N.O.N.E. 8 41 p m
Mobile—M AO It 45 pm
Vickeburg- V.M 8 <10 pm
Meridiaa—A.U.S 5 20 a m
Tuscaloosa " 9 50 a m
Leave Birmingham 1 10 pm
Anniston 8 55 pm
Oxford.... 4 19pm
Villa Bioa 7 uopm
Arrive Atlanta 8 41pm
So. 54.
Daily
Aectrm-
nuetntiO’
4 SO p m
6 23pm
So 55.
Daily
Accom
modation
6 55 am
900am
—There is a fireman who. except for a short streets, Boston Highlands, formerly Roxhury. is
me has been continuously employed at the olieof the oldest burial places Iu Ne v England,
leenllve mansion since be Srst went there in the flrs , interment iu it having been made in
Ministration. 1633. The oldest remaining gravestone bears ,
. „ ww Twentv-eighth due 16.13. Here, side by side wlththe apostle am going to try to make it tlie key to my en- (ness call some weeks ago, testify as to who I
it house on West Twenty-eig twi K u, (t :im i Robert Calef, were laid the Dudleys, trance. Well to begin, first, let me see. I must am? B. B.
brk, has been fitteo up as - " the vVarreus and others of lesser note. Here write about my home, tell what kind of house i„rf PP a ,i 14 . ran and Is nntv too win! in
r. It is |»atrouized only by those all d I, unit lie down together iu fraternal 1 live in. whether made of rocks, sticks, bricks, Indeed she can, and Is only too glad to speak
harmony, peacefully commingling their ashes logs ; plank, or whether otherwise constructed, in praisewv ,b y tones of her boy. I shall feel
"* '■ *■’ '*'“*■ " ‘ you desert us. for I am sure your
and knowing you as I do, I
and accept no farewell.
Bleeping cars on night trains between Atlanta
and Birmingham.
CONNECTIONS. . „ „ „
Westward—Connect at Oxanna with E. T„ V.
AGs. B. K.. and at Birmingham with C. N. O. A
T. P. and LAN. . „ ^ „
Eastward—Connect at Atlanta with B. A D..
Ga. B. K.. Central K. B. of Ga.. B. T.. V.AG.. W.
A A., and A. A W. P. B.K.
Purchase tour tl. a la via *h“ 8hort Llne-
Hafest t Quick it! Beet I Making sure con
nectlou with all Lines at Birmingham, AU
DI ton and tlanta.
I. Y. SAGE, L. 8. BROWN,
Gen’l Rop’t. Gen IK. AP.A.
Office: Birmingham. Ala.
Piedmont_Air-Line.
iUCHMOHD & DIKTIUE
K.4ILWAY NYaTFM.
72 miles shorter than ary existing route to
Washington ami iheEsst. 350 miles shorter than
ary route via Cincinnati.
Richmond and Danville Railroad timeonehour
faster than Atlanta city time.
Schedule in Effect
Oct 12th. 1884.
Mai
[i and Ex-
prew*
No. 53.
time)
7
40 s m
1. time)
8
40 a m
10
55 a m
t
31 p m
6
3' p m
9
22 p m
11
10 m
7
(0 a m
1
5" a m
8
UO a m
9
35 a m
12
45 p m
3
40 pm
Express
No. 51.
6 00pm
6 0. p m
7 46 p m
11 45 p m
5 311 a o
9 U) a m
11 20 a m
4 .’8 p m
2 35 p m
10 ;5pm
12 25 p m
8 40 a m
8 4j a m
GAINESVILLE ACCO’DATION.—DAILY.
Leave Atlanta 4 30pm
Arrive Gainesville 6 40 p m
returning.
LeaveGsineevil e 6 00a m
Arrive Atlanta 820am
Two daily trains for Athens, Ga., except Sunday
Only tr.irty-one hours transit from Atlanta to
New York.
Two Fast Through Trains Daily. Pullman
Palace Buffet Hleepiug Care, Atlanta to New
York without change, vis
Virginia Midland.
Berths secured and numbers given ten days in
advance.
E. BERKELY,
Superintendent,
Atlanta, Ga.
C. W. CHE ARB,
Southwestern Agt.
Atlanta, Georgia.
M. SLAUGHTER,
Gen. Pees. Agent,
Kiohmnnd, Va.
C.E. SERGEANT.
City Passenger Agt.
Atlanta, Ga.
Gk H. U.
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ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPERIORI
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ORGANS SOLD BY
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
They are selected from ten of the best makers,
and are much superior to others at pricea so much
less that purchasers save from
$10 TO $100
By visiting or writing to
O. O. ROBINSON & CO.
L 1.1. IA P. 0. S.
G. O. Robinson A Co., pay all freight and
save money to every pnrohaser.
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Cotton is Rolling in!
MONEY
Is Loosening Up.
HARD TIMES ARE OYER.
It has been a glorious harvest, and prosperity
now prevails, 'i housands of families who have
been wanting Pianoe and Organs for many long
years are now ready to buy. consequently the de
mand for these fnairumentswill be Urge. Antio.
ipatiug this we have in the time of peaoe pro.
pared for war. Our CONTRACTS with makers
have been DOUBLED.
We are putting in an immense stock of
Superb Instruments from Ten
Leading Manufacturers,
which ws shall offer on our usual easy Install
ment Terms. To accommxlate those who are
holding their Cotton until later, but who wiah to
buy an instrument now, we make this special
offer to Piano and Organ buyers:
Casli Prices, Witli 3 Montlis Time.
During the month of October. 1884 we will
sell Piauoe and Organe at our Lowest Ruck Bot
tom Cash Prices, requiring only
$25 CASH DOWN ON A PIANO.
$ 10 CASH DOWN ON AN ORGAN.
And allowing three months time on the balance,
Without intereet or advance of price.
Those who hny under this n's”, and fiud them
selves unable to complete payment after the three
monihs. will tiegieeu further time, try agreeing
to pay our regular instalment Pries, aid com
plying with our installment Terms of payment.
Should tney pay one-half the am-rant due at three
months, or make a large cash payment, an equi
table price for > he Instrument will be arranged.
All will be tested fairly, and eharged prices in
accordance with the time req ired for purchase*
All purchasers under thin Special Offer are re
quired t<> sign our usual form of Isus Contract,
and furnish reference, as to their responsibility.
Instruments will he sent on the usual fifteen day*
trial, when references are given.
Lndden ft Bate*’ Southern Music Homo
Seva-mah. Ga.
CANCER CURED
W NO CURE, NO PAY ! ”
NO PAIN ! NO BLOOD ! NO KNIFE I
Writs for i Irratsn.
DR. W. H. CHRISTOPHER * SOW,
Arc,i*rx, Ga