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PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY AT HO.
48 BROAD STREET.
J. H. SEALS,
EDITOR.
W. B. SEALS, TBoalncM lNanaffer.
MARY E. BRYAN,) Editorial
^ 1^ YEAZEY j Contributors.
Mrs. Bryan uses one • and Mr. Veazy
two **.
Carlyles Bad Manuscript.
Carlyle tells of an Edinburg printer employed
In the house which published Ills books who
fled out of Scotland before the terror of his
manuscript. lie found employment in London,
and as it chanced, with the house which after
wards became the Carlylean publishers In Eng
land. “Lord Almighty!” the printer said, when
the well known manuscript reappeared before
him, “you do n’t mean to say that you have got
that man here?" and he darted forth into space,
and was heard of no more.
No Hats n or Bonnets st the Theatre.
The Philadelphia progress says, I much re
gret to say it Is the sad truth that ladies’ hats
grow bigger and bigger. There Is, however, a
silver lining to the cloud, and a number of ladies
have entered into an agreement that they will
adopt the English custom and wear neither hats
nor bonnets at the opera or theatre this winter.
I would commend this determination mos t
heartily. It will increase the comfort of the
lad'-s themselves, and I wonder they did not
1 j ago reach such a decision. And what a
Stroke of luck for those seated behind them. In
addition the appearance of the whole audience
will be greatly enhanced. It is not unlikely that
In a year or so it will he thought In the very
worst form for a lady to be seen in a hat or bon
net at opera or theatre.
Clara Morris.
The coming engagement of the distinguished
emotional actress, Claja Morris will mark an
epoch In the dramatic annals of Atlanta not
soon to be forgotten. She will appear In some
of her strongest roles. Clara Morris is one of
the few actresses of otir time who Is endowed
with genius. The success which she attains Is
a\\ the more noteworthy because it is achieved
In spite of curious mannerisms, and unpleas
ant method of speech, and occasional affecta
tions. That her hearers forget all these draw
backs In the actress’ grand scenes is Itself a
most effective tribute to her undeniable power.
Christianity vs. Evolution
A Yew scientists have offered the startling pos
tulate that our earth, wlty all the wonders of Its
fanna and flora, was slowly, evolved through
countless ages from a mass of unshaped matter.
As a deduction from this they present that man
himself. Instead of having been fashioned in the
image of God, by an immediate effort of the Di
vine will, has been brought into his present ma
jestic form by the operation of a long train of
secondary causes. It seems, too, a part of this
theory that the work of creation has hot Stopped;
that evolution Is forever gohtg on, and that man
is as far inferior to hls late posterity as he is su
perior to his remote ancestry. The speculation
to which this invites is attractive. It is pleas
ing, though tantalizing, to indulge in surmises
about the certainty of which we can never
know. Most people who have thought of the
matter at all are willing to accept this theory of
evolution up to a certain point. But they soon
become aware that the conclusions to which it
leads are abhorrent alike to Christian faith and
to the pride which we feel In ourselves and In
our race. What the Bible says of man’s origin
is eminently calculated to give him a high idea
of his own importance. He is herein told not
only that God took special pains in hls creation,
but that He has all along watched over him with
ceaseless care, and cherishes the tenderest sol
icitude in regard to his well-being. He is told
that the anxiety of the Divine mind, lest man’s
perverse nature might lead him to eternal mis
ery, became so great that the Divine essence
clothed itself in humanity and came to earth for
his redemption. Those doctrines sire calculated
to give us a lofty conception of the dignity ot
man. The disciples of Huxley and Vtrcliow
reject tins teaching for something quite as un-
provable and far less flattering or consoling.
They do not put out God utterly from their sys
tem of belief, but they place Him at a vast re
move, where their cries for aid can never reach
His ears. They sink themselves from a rank
just a little below the bright spirits that minister
around the throne of the Omnipotent to a grade
faintly above the monkey, from which they have
lately descended. We will not say these men
are led to madness by over much learning. , We
would not call for bill hook and candle t0 “rive
them forth in disgrace from the ranks ot the
orthodox. They may be true prophets. We
cannot prove them wrong, nor can they prove
themselves riiriit. Theirs is «v theory only a
mere postulate, which is not at all likely ever to
become a doctrine. While they may Invite to
speculations, which are attractive to minds of a
certain order, their conclusions are so abasing.
so verv gloomy, that to accept them as a creed
will be its own punishment. It one can resign the
belief that lie is specially guarded of God and
undergoing a preparation (or Heaven, lie is in-
Aiding upon himself a degradation infinitely
greater than the worst that a p<»pe, <comic 1 or
synod can order. Let him enjoy his notion of
himself as a mere speck in the universe Impor
tant, indeed, as a consequent and as an antece
dent, but unreckoned in the pulsations of eter
nal love. The Christian has as much sense on
his2de, and lias to exercise no more faith. ^
Inducements to Be Bachelors.
A New York correspondent says within a few
years club restaurants are more patronized
than they were, and bachelor life seems to he
more popular than in old limes, for the reason,
I suppose, that bachelors are made more com
fortable nowadays than they used to he. It.
does seem as though every temptation were
held out to a man to lie a bachelor. The hand
somest apartment houses In New York are
bachelor apartment houses, and they are ran
with such completeness in the way of attend
ance that a man who gets used to these creatnre
comforts Is loath to take the’risk of married life.
These bachelor apartment'houses are not fur
nished with restaurants, but the lodgers can get
their breakfast in their rooms if they choose.
The rooms are rented unfurnished, and are di
vided in small suits of from two to fonr rooms.”
Britain Tinder the First George.
Justin McCarthy, in Ills “History of George the
First,” just issued by the Harpers, has abun
dantly proven the truth of the assertion that
history may he so written as to he as interesting
as a novel. In this volume the story of fifteen
years is told in a manner that fascinates as not
every writer of romance succeeds in doing.
This decade and a half was a turning-point in
the history of the United Kingdom, and from
the adjustment of the issues then presented,
the preponderance of that empire in the politics
of Europe may be dated. Of the royal person
age who gives name to this volume little is said.
There is not much, in fact, to be said except
that he was rather stubborn and decidedly dull,
fond of his native Germany, and fonder still of
of pudding, wine and ugly women. But there
was grouped about the bed of the dying Anne
and the throne of the newly-arrived George
a number of men, the correct delineation of
whom required the hand of a master. They
are hero Jrqwn bv the hand of a master. There
is portrayed'with graphic power tne conflict fbr
the succession, which was supposed to have
been settled a score of years before, but which
now had to be settled again. It was an open
question still whether the son of Sophia or the
son of Mary of Modena was to wear the crown
of the expiring queen. Between the two aspir
ants there was not much choice. The one was
dull, coarse, licentious; sensible, indeed, in a
slow, plain way, but without one quality that
even the courtliest flatterer could pronounce
brilliant. The more shining parts of the other
were offset by a lack of firmness that veered
upon cowardice, and by at least an equal averse
ness to the restraints of that religion for the
name of which he was willing to forego a crown.
The adherents of tiie latter had many advan
tages. chief of which was that loyalty among
tiie common people which the Stuarts, in spite
of their many faults, were ever able to com
mand But they lacked both tact and boldness,
and bv lack of these they were utterly routed.
Tiie \Vltigs felt quite sure that under tlicir
prince, sluggish German though lie was, the in
terests of the country would be safer than un
der one whose bringing up had been among
women and Jesuits, while the Tories, who were
not utterly blinded by party spirit, could not
promise that their prince, if brought to the
throne, would lie less bigoted than his father or
less reckless about the dignity of his realm than
liis uncle. Their councils were therefore feeble
and vacillating, while those of their opponents
were hold and decided. The electoral prince
was brought in, and though his throne was
somewhat unsteady during the whole period of
his reign it every day became more clear that
the cause of patriotism was best served by giv-
inir it a hearty support. It was, indeed, a hap-
py thing that during this period the wearer of
the British crown was one who knew little and
cared less about British politics. He left the
islands to regulate their own affairs in their
own way, while he stole away to enjoy the
society of his ugly mistress among the trim
walks'of Ilerrenhausen. Walpole and Cartiret
and Pulteney fought each other vigorously for
place and power; but each of them was zealous
for tiie establishment of constitutional liberty.
This they established so fully that when there
came to the throne a king who boasted himself
of being a Britton born, lie found the limits of
prerogative so surely fixed that his arbitrary
disposition could not work any great injury to
his people. All this is admirably narrated by
Mr McCarthy. Of wars and battles, which the
old-time historians thought alone worthy of their
pens, he has little to say. He disposes of the
uprising of the Jacobites in Scotland and of
the landing and speedy flight of the Chevalier
de St. George in a few pages, He delights more
in portraying tiie skillful marshalling of the Op
position, which in the succeeding reign was to
steadily combat and eventually overthrow the
administration of Walpole. The vigorous com
mon sense of that statesman evokes his warm
admiration, notwithstanding the more shining
parts of his adversaries. While it is conceded
that he had no gushings of patriotic sentiment
—rhat a love of power was his controlling motive,
and thathe reduced bribery to a system-It Is
claimed that he discerned the true interests of
his country and sought to promote them jnth
his hireling Parliament. It is to be doubted
whether Britain owes more to any one of her
sons who have from time to time controlled her
counsels than to this bold chief and not very
cultured premier of the First George. Without
wit. eloquence or learning, he so directed her
affairs that the blunders of his more brilliant
successors did not bring the Hanoverian dynas
ty or constitutional liberty into serious jeop
ardy.
WOULD-BE WRITERS.
How Manyof the Multitude Haro Had
this Experience?
Sunst South: Did yon ever, kind reader,
vainly imagine that your mission on earth was
to lift a fallen world back to Its edenic condi
tion by a perusal of the treasured creations of .elected, without having expended a cent for
your imagination? Have you compared them'
with,r.he old-fashioned productions of Shaks-
peare, Byron and Burns, till you were more
than satisfied that you were a genius? Have
you determined at last to electrify and astonish
the world with your grand concentration of po
etic talent? Have you robed them In garments
of faultless chirography. embellished them with
beautiful sentiment and gamnatical elegance?
Bead and reread them till your bosom thrilled
with their sublime hlghts of fancy and pathos?
Have you folded them carefully lest some beau
tiful passage might be blotted or blurred? Have
you mailed them in your innocence to some lit
erary promulgator and waited eagerly for the
next issue that was destined to make yon fa
mous? Have you crept like a criminal to the
news stand, your heart bursting with expectan
cy and trembling with delight possessed your
self of the coveted sheet? Have you carried
it away to your chamber, opened its pages and
hunted lovingly, longingly for something you
did not find? Have you on closer examination
discovered on the Editor's corner a small arti
cle in relation to your pet, headed “wouid--fce
poets," that has caused tiie very blood in your
veins to burn with indignation and put murder
in your heart? Yes, he noticed your verses did
he? Wait a bit. Your subject was spring, and
he said: “Well, no matter it was nothing :>t
comfort." Your estimate of that man changed.
You are now satisfied that lie lacks tiie com
monest kind of sense, and then you seut a co-'v
to another paper. That got lost in tiie mails un
doubtedly. You never heard from it. You tried
it several times in numerous directions with tiie
same general result, and now you don’t write
for tiie papers. No, you will add to your store
and after many days you intend publishing a
book, and if, when your time comes to“shiflle
off tliis coil of mortality,” you have been suc
cessful financially in the battle, you will be able
BILL NYE’S SPEECH.
He Makes an Eloquent Campaign
Speech After the Campaign.
I once knew a man who was nominated by
hls fellow-citizens for a certain office, and finally
that purpose. He was very eccentric, but he
made a good officer. When he heard that he
was nominated, he went up, as he said, Into the
mountains to do some assessment work on a
couple of claims.
He got lost, and didn’t get his bearings until
a day or two after election. Then he came into
town hungry, greasy and ragged, but unpledged.
He found that he was elected, and in answer
to a telegram started off for ’Frisco to see a dy
ing relative. He did not get back until the first
of January. Then he filed his Dond and sailed
into the office. He fired several sedentary depu
ties who had been in the place for twenty years
just because they were good “workers.” That
is, they were good workers at the polls. They
saved all their energies for the campaign, and
so they only had vitality enough left to draw
their salaries during the balance of the two
years.
This mau raised the county scrip from sixty to
ninety-five in less than two years, and still they
busted him in the next convention. He was too
eccentric. One delegate asked what in Sam
Hill would become of the country if every can
didate should skiu out during the campaign and
rusticate in the mountains while the battle was
being fought.
Says he, “I am a delegate from tiie precint of
Rawhide Buttes, and I kalklate that 1 know
what I am talkin’ about. Gentlemen of tiie con
vention, just .suppose that everybody, from the
President of tiie United States down, was to git
the nomination and then light out like a house
afire, and never come back till it was time to
file his bond; what’s going to become of us com
mon drunkards to whom election is a noasis in
the bad lauds, an orange grove in the alkali
flats?
“Mr. Chairman, there’s millions of dollars in
. , . ... , „ — this broad land wailing for tiie high tide of elec-
to leave to your heirs a quantity of virgin maim- *iou day to come and float ’em down to where
script. Who hath wo? Who hath sorrow? Who'-you and I, Mr. Chairman, as well as other
hath wounds innumerable? They whose great
ness dependeth upon the charity of editors.
Nosuals.
Women and War.
The advocates of woman suffrage claim that,
when women possess political power, wars will
become less frequent, and finally cease. But
their opponents confront them with the follow
ing facts:
In the last century three women in Europe
had tiie power to make war—Elizabeth, of Rus
sia; Madame de Pompadour, of France, and
Catherine II., of Russia. All three used their
power. It was Pompadour who took the lead
ing part in fomenting the Seven Years’ War;
and as to Catherine, nearly her whole reign was
war. Who doted upon La Guillotine during the
French Revolution? Tiie women of Paris!
And now wc have another case in point. It
has often been asserted that the late war be
tween France and Germany was due in part to
the influence of the Empress Eugenie, who, it is
said, used to speak of it as "my war.” Tiie re
cent publication of tiie memoirs of an English
statesman, the Earl of Malmsbury, renders the
fact certain. He derived the information from
the Duke de Grummont. one of tiie French
ministers who was present when tiie war policy
was adopted. The Earl says:
“Before the final resolve to declare war the
Emperor, Empress, and ministers went to St.
Cloud. After some discussion, Granunont told
me that tiie Empress, a high-spirited and im
pressionable woman, made a strong and most
excited address, declaring that ‘war was inevi
table if tiie honor of France was to be sus
tained.’ ”
Other facts of a similar nature will occur to
the reader. If women are hotter for war than
men, it is not because they are more cruel and
revengeful, but because they are of a more emo
tional nature. It must be remembered, how
ever, that here are only four women who have
fomented war, while tne number, of
you and I. Mr. Chairman, <*o ... ... vw.„*
parched and patriotic inebriates, can get a hold
of ’em.
“Gentlemen, we talk about stringency and
shrinkage of values, and all such funny business
as that; but that’s something I don’t know a
blamed tiling about. What I can grapple with is
this: If our county offices are worth $30,000, and
there are other little after-claps and suit snaps,
and walk-overs, wortli say $10,000, and the boys
say, are willing to do tiie fair tiling, say, blow in
fifteen per cent to tiie central committee,andwhat
they feel like on the outside, then politics, in
stead of a burden and a reproach, becomes a
pleasing duty, a joyous occasion and a pic nic to
those whose lives might otherwise be a dreary
monotone.
“Mr. Chairman, the past two years lias wreck
ed four campaign saloons, and a tinner who
socked his wife’s fortune into campaign torches,
Is now iuja land where torchlights is no good.
Overcome by a dull market, a financial depres
sion and a reserved central committee, lie ate a
package of Rough ou Rats, and passed up tiie
flume. He is now at rest over yonder.
“Such instances would be common if we en
couraged tiie eccentric economy of official
cranks. It is an evil that is gnawing at the vi
tals of the republic. We must squeuch it or get
left. There are millions of dollars in this coun
try, Mr. Chairman, that if wc keep it out of tiie
campaign will get into the hands of the working
classes, and then you and I, Mr. Chairman, and
f eutlemeuof the convention, can starve todeatli.
Leep the campaign money away from tiie soul
less hired man, gentlemen, or good-bye Joliu.
“Mr. Chairman, excuse my emotion! It is al
mighty seldom that Ihnake a speech, but when
I do, I strive to get there with both feet. We
must either work tiie campaign funds into their
legitimate channels, or every blamed patriot
within tiie souud of my voice will have to fasten
on a tin bill and rustle for angle worms amongst
the hens. You hear me?”
[Terrific applause, during which tiie delicate
odor of enthusiasm was noticed on the breath of
the entire delegation.]
It is alleged that there is a young lady in En-
«i mu, iiuu^ me uuiuiHT of men v/’j Art i.p who changes the color of her kair accord-
; -—-l iu,aui».ntie * ♦*-*--FJ,). 1 to' irer Slate ollnrtta? _xms Yutli.g lauy may
Holiday Cards.
The demand for holiday cards grows enor
mously. Cards are now issued for nearly every
holiday in the year. This fall, for tiie first time,
Thanksgiving cards were offered for sale, and
a large trade has been done in them. The
Christmas cards are usually costly and elabo
rate. There is a large and growing call for ex
pensive hand-painted cards and fans. The
richest designs are exquisitely hand-painted
screens and scrolls of satin. Some of these are
Imported. Several French firms send agents
out each year. A great deal of excellent hand-
painted work Is done in Chicago. The holiday
trade promises to be large. The manufacturers
of holiday cards, having sold their stocks to the
retailers for this winter, have already begun to
turn out cards for use one year hence. Another
It Is stated that It Is becoming fashionable for fancy which the people have Is for calendars of
women to play the violin, and that young girls ingenious and pretty designs. There are now
learn the use of this instrument Just as their. eighty-five calendars In the market, and tne
mothers learned to perform upon the piano. number Is Increasing.
Major Campbell Wallace.
We copy from the Atlanta Constitution the fol
lowing handsome tribute to our highly esteemed
fellow-citizen, Maj. Wallace. His genial and
kindly nature, his purity and dignity of charac
ter, have long ago won for him the confidence
and love of all the people of Georgia:
Yesterday Maj. Campbell Wallace, of this city,
completed his seventy-eighth year. Those who
know him best have long ago come to the con
clusion that, in the mountains of Tennessee, or
in the invigorating climate of North Georgia, he
has wrested from nature the secret of growing
old gently, pretty mucti as he has discovered the
secret of warning the confidence and respect of
all who are brought in contact witli him. It is
fitting, indeed, that tiie birthday anniversary of
a citizen so universally admired and esteemed
should come close upon tiie borders of the Christ
mas days that mark tiie high tide of good humor
and happiness. Maj. Wallace has lived a long
life of usefulness, and the struggles he
lias had, as well as the sorrows that
have come to him, have served only to broad
en and deepen his sympathies. His career
ought to be, and will be, an example to the
younger generation, as showing what simplicity
of character, singleness of purpose and un
flinching integrity may accomplish. But the
question may be asked, what lias lie accom
plished? He has accumulated no great for
tune, he has held no high office. In what, then,
has he succeeded? He lias achieved the high
est success that it is given to man to achieve—
he lias won tiie love, the respect and the con
fidence of his fellow-men. He lias been true to
tlio highest ideals of honor and integrity.
Thousands in all parts of tiie South join with
tiie Constitution in wisliingMaJor Wallace many
returns of the day. His eye is as bright, his
mind as strong, nis temper as genial and his
step as light as those of a young man of forty.
His birthday belongs to the dim past, so far as
tiie present generation is concerned, but his in
tellect, his energy and Ids usefulness belong to
the present and tne future.
or may not be a marvel. There are many young
ladies who have changed the color of their hair
many times. At any rate that has been the re
port, and it has not been denied. But I take it
that it is meant of this young lady that the color
changes without artificial aids; that it follows
her temper. It may be supposed that when she
is very angry she is red-headed, not to say that
the red-headed girl is usually of firery temper,
but red hair seems to fit best witli a ferocious
mood. There would be one rather important
advantage with this young lady as a wife. She
never could successfully get after her husband,
no matter what the color of tiie hair she found
upon his coat. He could always blame it upon
her.—[Progress, Philadelphia.
©ms of thought.
The Surplus in the National Treasury
The surplus revenues for the year ending Sep
tember 30, according to the report of the treasu
rer of the United States, were a little over $ioo,-
ooo.ooo. As the receipts were about $350,000,000,
it will be seen that nearly two-sevenths of the
taxes last year were not absolutely needed.
Every man, woman and child in the country
paid nearly $2, or supposing that the burden
came on voters alone, each vote paid about $10
more than Uncle Sam wanted or knew what to
do with, unless he spent It in reducing the pub
lic debt.
Of the standard silver dollars coined up to
September 30, the treasury held seveu-nlnths,
about 140,000,000. The treasurer finds it very
hard to work them off on the public. “The
chickens come home to roost every time,” he in
substance says.
Of tiie fractional currency, some $20,000 was
gathered in last year. Ostensibly, $15,000,000 is
still outstanding, but it is believed that fully
$14,000,000 of this has been destroyed or lost
through accident or carelessness. The country,
of course, Is so mucli In. ...
While the country also gains in the loss of
sliver coins, it loses more or less by their wear
ing out, because the coins, when not below a
certain limit, can be exchanged for new ones.
In this way the loss last year was $7,229, about
$135,000 being presented for redemption.
Bill Arp ani Dr. Felton.
A correspondent from Texas to the Sunny
South says:
Bill Arp woke me up talking about Dr. Felton
Said he thought tiie Doctor “claimed too much
honor for the Independent Republicans.” Now
I think they ought to l>e honored for pulling tiie
blindfold off their eyes so they could see. B. A.
says: “I am for him (Felton) now for anything
he wants, for he is an able man and a good citi
zen.” Well, I have been for him all the time,
and would have been glad if I could have gone
all the way back to Cartersville to have voted
for him. I was raised a neighbor to him, and he
has practiced in my father’s family, and I have
heard him preach some as able sermons, I think,
as I ever heard. Yes, lie Is “an able man and a
Ml citizen, and I love him and honor him.
aud I love Bill Arp too. although I never saw
him, for he gives me tidings from my native soil,
“the red old hills of Georgia.” T. M. 8.
Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisi
ble sun within us.—Sir T. Browne.
The administration of government, like
guardianship, ought to be directed to the good
of those who confer, and not to those who re
ceive, the trust.—Cicero.
To he impatient at the death of a person con
cerning whom it was certain he must die, is to
mourn because thy friend was not born an
angel.—Jeremy Taylor.
To enter safely into the married state, the
contracting parties should understand human
nature, and above all, their own dispositions,
and then compare them frankly and candidly.
—L. C. Judson.
Tiie detractor may, and often does, pull down
others, but he never, as lie seems to suppose,
elevates himself to their position. Tiie most he
can do is maliciously to tear from them the
blessings which he cannot enjoy himself.—
Collier.
The word gentleman, which, like the word
Christian, must hereafter characterize the pres
ent and the few preceding centuries by the im
portance attached to it, is a homage to personal
and incommunicable properties.—Emerson.
The knowledge of courtesy and good manners
is a very necessary study. It is, like grace and
beauty, that which begets liking and incline
tion to love one another at the first sight, and in
the beginning of an acquaintance a familiarity;
and, consequently, that which first opens the
door, and introduces us to better ourselves by
the examples of others, if there be anything in
the society worth taking notice of .—Montaigne.
Humorist Bnrdett, who leaves the Hawk-
eye to make his home in Ardmore, Penn.,
says he has had no qnarrel with the Hawk-
eye : “We still speak as we pass by; bnt the
Hawkeye oan’t comedown here to be edited,
and I won’t go to Burlington to edit it.”
The Grown Prinoees, of Germany, Queen
Victoria’s eldest daughter, completed on
the 21st ultimo her 44th year. The Emper
or William and all the members of the roy
al family called to present their congratula
tions at the Grown Prinoe’s palace, where
in the evening, a mns oal soiree took place,
for whioh about 100 invitations were issued.
All the benevolent institutions and socie
ties of wbioh the Princess is the patroness,
celebrated the day, and nnmerons public
and private bnildinga displayed flags in
honor of the event.
A New York letter in] the Troy Times says
“Mrs. Paran Stevens, who, next to the
charming Mrs. John Bigelow, wife of the
ex Secretary of State, isthefmost popular
and brilliant society woman of onr nation
at the present day, has already began giv
ing her Sinday evening reoeptions in (this
city, to whioh only onr genni e bine-bloods
have an entree. Outside the nsnal feminine
ohit-chat whioh invariably characterizes all
assemblages where women are in the ma
jority, these aristooratio reoeptions are some
what stiff affairs, enlivened only by the ele
gant toilettes and glistening jewels of the
attendants, and occasional spioy quotations
from the gossip of the day. Giara Morris
and Lotto are the only actresses ever invited
to those or similar gatherings of onr elite.
Mary Anderson’s name was never visible at
any time among their visiting earde. These
patricians seek more after the sooiety of
literary men and women than for histories.
John Savage, the Fordham poet, and Mrs.
Mary L. Booth, editress of the Harper’s
Magazine, are now the most favored litera-
teurs by onr city patricians.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Geaeral COueato with Fnranil
wad ficiiaers.
Financially, the opera season in New York
thus far has been a failure.
A catering company organized In New York
to supply and deliver warm meals to families on
an extensive scale has tailed.
A New York baker makes it a practice to sell
bread at half price to poor people every Satur
day night, and he has plenty of customers.
The news that the first telephone in Japan is
now building at Tokio, gives evidence that
Japan is not the half-civilized country she is
often thought to be by the outside world.
Cook Teets, a blind man, who about a year
ago poisoned his wife, in order to get the insur
ance in her life, was hanged on the 3d at Owen
Sound, Canada. Served him right.
There Is a preference among the ultra-fash
ionable ladies in New York this season for
brown furs of all kinds, from the coney to the
Russian sable. The latter is next to unattain
able for ordinary mortals.
Women in Paraguay have exactly the same
rights as men. They farm, manufacture, buy,
sell and in fact do all the work. Paraguay has
a population of 300,000, of which 270,000 are women
and 30,000 are men.
There were 600 Freshmen at Oxford this term
—quite an unprecedented number. Tiie general
style of living demands less expense than form
erly, and no man finds it now incumbent on him
to give wine parties as of yore.
Tne Ancient and Honorable Artillery Compa
ny, of Boston, have voted to attend the inaugu
ration of the Wiishington Monument, and will
act as an escort to tiie orator, Hon. Robert C.
Wintlirop, who is a member of the corps.
The Portland Oregonian says: “The vote of
Washington Territory was about 42,000, of which
number the women contributed perhaps one-
third. It was found a mistake to say that
women would not vote. Very few omitted to do
Victor Hugo has consented to allow "tiie fol
lowing sentiment from him to be engraved upon
the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue: “La mer,
cette, grande agitee, constate l’union des deux
grandes terres apaiseuses.”
A Western editor tells about a mau confined
in jail for stealing a cow, who opened a vein in
ills arm and extracted enough iron from the
blood to make a crowbar, with which he broke
his way out of prison. Munchausen’s mantle
has not yet gone to the paper mill.
Shakspeare killed two-thirds of all hls char
acters with cold steel. A dozen died from old
age, seven were beheaded, five died from poi
son, two of suffocation, two by strangling, three
by snake bites, one from a fall, one is drowned,
and one is thumped to death with a sandbag.
Herr Spltover, a German publisher, living in
Rome, bought Sallust’s house and grounds,
some fifteen years ago for 60,000 francs. Now
the property is valued at 7,000,000 francs. There
has been a remarkable advance lately in the
value of real estate in the famous town by the
Tiber.
One day a friend came to Gen. J ickson/and
-a*. ,4 uiit-|nu4* ,/iOAc »*,** Avis* ouoQfyVU JttJkos
Buchanan. The next day the name of James
Buchanan was sent to the Senate for confirma
tion as Minister to Russia. Moral: If a Presi
dent has a dangerous enemy dispatch him on a
mission to the other side of the world.
The work of demolishing the remainder (east
ern) side of the historical Jew Lane in Frank-
fort-on-the-Main is being rapidly proceeded
with, and within a few weeks the Rothschild
homestead and the house in which Ludwig
Boerne was born will have disappeared. The
former is being taken down very carefully to be
put up again in the Rothschild Park.
Scotch notions of breach of promise of mar
riage are even more remarkable than those
which prevail elsewhere. A young woman who
had been discarded by one sweetheart married
another one, and then brought an action of
breach of promise against the first. The magis
trate before whom the case was tried refused to
graut the request of the young lady for damages.
He would not regard her as the possessor of a
mildewed heart.
The next American author to be introduced
iu the French schools is Emerson. Unlike
Longfellow, whose works were especially
adapted for the girls' lycees, Emerson, as a more
difficult author, is to be reserved for the pre
sumably more robust intellects of young men.
The task of editing and explaining the writings
of the philosopher will naturally be greater
than that of illustrating the narratives of the
poet.
Two years ago a large water spaniel, called
Black, the property of a bathing machine owner,
was the means of rescuing eight sailors, of Biar
ritz, France, by carrying a corked line to them
on a rock. A dog fete was organized in his
honor, the municipality subscribing $10, and he
was, further, presented with a silver collar.
Ultimately, he was bought by the Grand Duke
Vladimir, and taken to Russia. He lately was
seen at Paris, fat and well, with the Duke. He
had silver bracelets around his paws.
Wordi and TMiiffL
BY CHAULXB MACKAX.
Warrior* and statesmen, priests and kings.
AU give- gi eat names to little things*
To charm and dazzle boor and down,
They call a monarch’s bat a crown I
They put a cudgel in his hand.
And call it ssepter of command!
They seat him in a chair alone,
And say he fills a mighty throne.
Tiaras, mitres, croziers, stoles,
That sound so big to little souls,
Are only caps, and sticks and rags,
When disencumbered of their brags.
And wielded in the Aereest strife,
A hero’s sword is hut a knife!
Things may be very great or small,
’Tis words that govern, after all.
What the Minuter Preached Aheat
“Were you at church to-day?” asked the
landlady of her wicked boarder last Sunday.
I was.”
“What did the minister preach about?”
“He preached about two hours and a half.
Pass the potatoes.”
“The potatoes were passed In a silence as
deep as an editorial on tariff.
He Wanted a Dozen “Steers.”
[St. Louis Critic.]
One of the New Mexican delegates to the
Cattle Convention went into a Fourth street res
taurant, sat down at one of the tables, andhung
his hat on the caster.
“Waiter!” he shouted, “bring me a dozen
steers!”
“How do you want ’em?” the trembling waiter
inquired.
“I want ’em raw, and I want ’em quick.”
“It will take about two hours to fill your or
der. sir,” said tiie waiter.
“Wliy will it?” demanded the cattleman.
“Because we never keep as much as one steer
on hand at a time, and I will have to telephone
to the stock yards for them.”
“Look here, young feller, you don’t know
what kind o’ steers i want, do you?”
“Iam afraid I don’t, sir,” said the waiter.
“What kind, do you desire?”
“Wliy, I want oy-steers, and you’ve got’em,
for I see ’em on tiie counter there.”
“Well,” said the doctor, “to me it’s plain, then,
That the bu -iness of a lawyer don’t make angels
out of men.”
“Well, doctor,” said the lawyer, “in that I must
opine
That tlm medical profession's just the opposite
of mine.”
The Two Orphans.
[Chicago News.] "
We have it upon good authority that Benjamin
F. Butler and Belva Lockwood contemplate re
tiring from tiie practice of law and forming a
theatrical company for tiie revival of the famous
emotional melodrama of “The Two Orphans.”
“What dish do you tiie most prefer?”
He fondly, sweetly, said to her,
As by the kitchen fire they sat,
And talked of this, and talked of that.
“I greatly like,” she answered fair,
“When all tiie leaves fly through the air,
And outside blows the hunter's horn,
A heaping plate of good pop corn,
It is so pure and snowy white.
It teaches man to do what’s right.”
He took the hint without delay,
And she did never answer “nay.”
Why His Father Let Him Off
[Arkansaw Traveler.]
An Arkansaw father saw his son come home
with unmistakable marks of a fight scratched on
Ills face. “Aii! I have caught you, eh? Haven’t
1 told you that you must not fight? Go bring me
that strap. Look at your face and hands how
they are scratched and bruised up.”
“Yes, pa; I know I am scratched up some,”
wtiimpered the hopeful. “But—ooiioo—booboo
—you—a-a-h-li—ougliter seen the other boy—
o-lioo! M-ee-a-aJih-oo—when I got through with
him-bohoo.”
The father let him off.
Science and Faith.
Science in sounding phrase can tell
Just how we live, and why;
But never yet hath science told
How 'tis we die.
Hew .Jattct Is .esolVed; —
How light to darkness fades;
How mental chaos over wisdom mounts,
Amid death's shades;
How vital force that rules the world
In mid career is checked;
How storm-outriding barks on waveiess sea
At last are wrecked.
At questions such, proud science halts
Her ineffectual breath;
But Faith cuts through the Gordian ]kuot, I
cries
“There is no death!”
An astonishing case of devotion to the cause
of foreign missions has just occurred in Lon
don. A famous gentleman cricketer, Mr. Studd.
who is a member of the First Surrey Eleven, re
cently inherited an enormous fortune, which bad
been left to him by a relative, and was given to
him, according to the terms of the will, when he
became twenty-five years of age. He has now
given the whole amount of hls fortune to a for
eign mission society, and is himself going to
China to labor as a simple missionary.
Spurgeon Insists that there is no sin inlsmok-
ing. In a discourse at the Tabernacle he de
clared that if anybody could show him In the
Bible the?, command, "Thou shalt not smoke,”
he was ready to keep it. “I find,” he says, “ten
commandments, and it’s as much as I can do to
keep them, and I’ve no desire to make them
into eleven or twelve. If a man may think it a
sin to have his boots blacked, let him give it up
and have them whitewashed. I wisli to say that
I am not ashamed of anything whatever that I
do; I don't think smoking makes me ashamed,
and therefore I mean to smoke.”
The Bonapartists are coming again to the sur
face in France. A publicist named Garmier, a
supporter of the Bonaparte dynasty, has recent
ly been elected to the Chamber of Deputies
over a Republican candidate, and the event is
regarded as of the greatest significance. An
overthrow of the Ministry, it is thought, may
follow, precipitated by this portentous event,
and owing also to the disaffection in regard to a
deficit In the revenues, the clamor against the
.sigh price of food, and the poor success of mill
tary operations In China. ’ An Important Cabi
net council waa to have been held today.
The Advantages of a Highly Cultivated
Wife
Albany Press
“I tell you what it is,” said Jones, “there’*
nothing like having a highly edacated wile.”
"I am a great admirer of cultivated women
myself.” replied Smith, “and hope when I mar
ry' I will get one.”
“Take no other, my friend; take no other.
You don’t know liow much uupleosautness I
have escaped ou account of inv wife’s accom
plishments.”
“You don't say so?”
“You see, tiie first time she welcomed me
with a curtain lecture 1 whispered to Her that
tiie servants might overhear. So, ever siuce
that she lias always doue her scolding in
French.” *
“A good idea, certainly, but how doe* that
relieve you?”
“I dou’t understand the language.”
"^ast Ax the Driver”
An Irishman who was a dealer in a small
way aud kept a littledoukey and cart, came on
one occasion to a bridge where a toll was levied,
but to his disappointment found he bad not
enough money to pay it. A bright thought
struck him. He unharnessed the donkey and
put it into the cart. Then gettiug between the
shafts himself, lie pulled the cart, with the
donkey standing in it, on to the bridge. In due
course he was hailed by the toil-collector.
“Hey, ma man”’ cried the latter, “Whar’s yer
t*iin>” “Be^orra,” said the Irishman, “Just ax
toll? 1
thedroiver.
Too Mach Like His Mother-in Law-
[Chicago Tribune.]
The darling baby was doubled up with cramps,
and yelling at the rate of a mile a minute, as
the happy father and idolizing mother stood over
the crib, with the laudanum bottle .between
them:
“No, Marier,” he said, in plaintive tone and
beseeching manner, but in a firm and decided
voice, “no Marier, you pour it out. That child
is growing so much like your dear, angelic moth
er, that i can’t trust myself.
At the Grave-
This is the end of him, here he lies;
The dust is in hls threat, the worm is in hls eyes;
The mould is in his mouth, the turf on his
breast;
Tills is the end of him. this is best.
He will never lie on his couch awake.
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak,
Never again will he smile and smile,
Whenihis heart is breaking all the while:
He will never stretch out his hands in vain.
Groping and groping—uever again.
Never ask for bread, get a stone instead.
Never pretend that the stoue is bread.
Never sway and sway ’twixt the false and true,
Weighing and notiug the long hours through.
Never ache and ache witli the choked-up sighs;
This is the end of him—here he lies.
Thoughts in Church.
HB.
"She kneels beside the altar, now,
Mi earthly angel, pure and fair.
Would I my troubled head could bow
And join tier in that silent prayer.
Lights falling thro’ tiie stainless glass
Are changed to rainbows as they pass,
And charmed, about my loved one lie.
Sweet saint,what is thy whispered thought?
For thou art praying now, while I—
Unworthy of the, 1 am not.”
Good gracious! there is Sam. I vow!
I wonder if he sees me.
Yes, he is watching me. Oh, how
That fellow tries to please me!
I hope he likes my hat and dress;
But then he thinks me perfect, ie*
I like him, but he’s poor, and aoC 1
I fear I must refuse him.
He’s awfully nice to flirt with, tho’
I really hate to loee him.”