About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1887)
THE SUNJSY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1887 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. BUSINESS OFFICE 21 MARIETTA ST Terms: Two dollar. twr Annum- On* dollar for Six Months. Advertising: ntt per Line. S.v«nt»-h.« eenU per loch. SlctrSndT^^-^thouta oeriain s H ( |n<i Hams both Ofhnm. ~^OCOWTHIBPTOB8. Writ* at plainly at poreiWe on one tide of the vaier and sue paper qf medium veiVht. Do not roll your MISS. Fold them flatty, a rolled pageis troublesome both to reader and printer. Letter site paper is meet preferred. It is well to write the name of the MISS, at the top of each pave-, the pages should he carefully numbered according to their regular sequence. The writer’s real name and res- sdence should be written on the MISS., as letters are sometimes misplaced, tjarum.de plume is used, m should be written directly under the title. It must ae distinctly s ated whether pay «* expected for MISS, sent in. ... , we cannot return MSS., nor be responsible for Oum, when sent in voluntarily, unless specially re quested to do so and in such cases stamps must be mieiosed. The witter should always keep a copy. Addret* all totters concerning the paper and make ail blilt payable to j. n . BEALS & CO., Atlanta. Ga. Lexington, Massachusetts—1776— XSS7. On the 19th of April, 1775, the battle of Lexington, which inaugurated the struggle which wrought our Nationality was fought. On tLe 19lh instant the 112th anniversary was celebrated in patriotic Etyie, the procession piedding through eight inches of snow which fell during the night preceding. Gallant Southrons Coming. The Elizabeth Leadir, N. J. says: The fi.mous Gate City Guard of Atlanta, Georgia, will visit Elizabeth, Saturday, June ISth, as guests of the Veteran Zouaves. This magnifi cent company will he heartily welcomed here, and their stay something for its members to remember tbe rest of their lives. The Zou aves will escort the Guard from this city to Jersey City, where it will embark on the steamship I’cnnland for its great tour through Europe. How Long 'Will Land Last? The Crawfordville Democrat says Mr. A. J. Chapman is this year cultivating a spot of ground that his grand father rented over eigh ty-five years ago. And the grandsiie Chap man said he rented it when he first came to this country, and he said that his neighbors told him then that it had already been rented for enough money to cover it ever with silver dollars. The same piece of land has been cul tivated regularly ever since, and it has been manured hut once in all these ycais; yet it now bears good crops of com or anything else that may be planted theroon. tMtuipq^^Toss tho Bloody Chasm. '*■— > ^' r,no l of nUlPMswJl cii.nnw.i- nut the most gratify ing 1 art of it is that these frequent gifts, some ot them very largo, by the wealthy citizens of the North to the va rious educational and benevolent institutions of the South, shows that “the walls of parti tion” are being broken down—that the people of the two sections are beginning to under stand each other better—and that tie frater nal sentiment is now constantly widening and deepening. Bessemer, Alabama. One scarcely gets over the astonishment ex perienced over the magical growth of one new town in Alabama, before another challenges attention, and whose growth is equally mar velous. Yet it seems that the presence in such immensity of raw material, the need of the age for the products of this raw mate rial, and the increase of capital and the abun dance of labor seeking employment, that this rapid development should excite no surprise, nor the fear of a collapse be indulged. Ev erything points to permanent prosperity. It is but a short time since Birmingham was founded, now a prosperous, growing city; An niston followed, baa developed wonderfully fast, and promises to be one of the great man ufacturing centers of the South; then Sheffield was founded, and possesses advantages which must soon place her in the front rank of enter- prising, and progressive, and prosperous cities. Id the meantime other cities have caught the spirit of development and have exhibited un expected vitality. Now comes Bessemer, a new city twelve miles south-west of Birmingham, founded, it would seem, by the joint enterprise and sur plus capital of Southern men and capital—New Orleans, Natchez, Nashville and Charleston, and, perhaps, citizens representing other cities and some capital from abroad. About two weeks ago several companies were organized at the new city representing millions of dollars—New Orleans alone $500, 000. Among these were: The Orleans Land and Building Company, capital $100,000, J. C. Morris, l*residcnt, and Thomas L. Airey, Secretary and Treasurer, This company has bought about one hundred and fifty lots, aud will at once erect twenty- eight stores and residences. The Natchez Land and Improvement Com pany also organized, capital $200,000, J. N. Carpenter, President, aud Thomas L. Airey, Secretary and Treasurer. This company has bought two hundred building lots, aud will soon erect stores and residence buildings with modem conveniences. A Charleston company has made large pur chases of building sites, and are erecting a row of handsome brick stores. Sales of five hundred lots were made ia one day, within the limits of the city proper, at from fifty to seventy-five dollars per front foot, and this, too, as it were, in the woods. There are already four large iron furuaces in operation; and the new DeBardeleben fur nace, now approaching completion at a cost of $(100,000, will start up in July. In addition, contracts have been closed for two new fur uaces of the same capacity as the DeBardele ben. Work has already commenced on the new Bessemer rolling mill, which will give em ployment to fifteen hundred skilled hands; and the foundations arc being laid for a handsome and commodious four-story brick hotel. The use of iron extends and increases every day. Iron ore abounds in Alabama, and the coal necessary to convert it into metal lies be side it; and, with these natural resources and advantages and increased consumption, we may reasonably expect the prosperity of Ala bama to be permanent. We see it staled that over 59,000 metal ties have been ordered from England for the railways in Mexico, to be de livered and laid on their extensions during 1887. Many of these ties are to be used hun dreds of miles inland from the point of diliv cry on the coast of Mexico, after being freight ed across the ocean. Now, do not the mar kets South of us naturally belong to us? Aud cannot we make iron cheap enough, with well paid labor at that, to compete with England in Luis branch ol manufacture? Who will say .ous am. nTamlfftcruriu goods, if we hut send them to them. Then why should not the pros perity wo enj >y he permanent and progress ive? Who dare assert the “boom” w ill i.„ A Tramp Trip Through Europe. In his volume of how he saw Europo for fifty cents a day, Mr. Lee Merriwethcr not only affords some very entertaining reading, but he imparts a good deal of information in regard to the manner of living among the working classes in the old world. Of the phase of society to which be confines his ob servations almost exclusively, ordinary tourista tell us very little. They who pass through the country on the railroads, and stop at fine hotels, see next to nothing of the hard struggle for existence which everywhere claimed the attention of the pedestrian. We are very glad tc hear tbe information which he furnishes re specting these matters; but we must prefer ob taining it through the medium of his readable book, than to purchase it at the cost of the many unpleasant experiences through which he had to pass. The lodgings and fare which he had to take in order to confine his expenses within the prescribed amount were not very enjoyable. But the leisure afforded by this style of traveling for observing noted pieces and interesting scenery compensated for much inconvenience. When he stopped to view some old castle or to climb a mountain, there was no inexorable schedule to hurry him away before he was half satisfied. Considering how ample wire his opportunities for observing places and tilings hitherto little described, wo are a little disappointed at finding so small an amount of really new matter in his book. Ue could, we thiuk, have swelled bis volume to its present, or even greater size without in troducing any of those episodes which, how ever much they may impart to the vivacity of his narrative, add nothing to its value as a book of travels. It is agreeable reading, and we hope will be extensively read. The plain though painful descriptions of how the labor ing classes live on the continent of Europe, ought to make those of our people who study his accounts, satisfied with their vastly supe rior condition. From Mr. Merriwether’s showing there are those in Italy, Germany and Russia whose miseries are unquestionably due to bad government, and they are not to be blamed when they plot revolutions. But in this country ho who plans to upset tho exist ing order of things is not only unreasonable, but wholly without an argument. MUSINGS OF MY EVENTIDE. assert the “boom” will not be perpetual? If we are true to ourselves, our advantages, cur opportunities, why should it not be" TownPolks Canno: Know Every thing. The Macon Telegraph says, If the Georgia farmer ever wants advice he should go to the city man and get it. The city man knows how to make a profit by growing 7 cents cotton at b cents, how to raise corn without fertili sers, buy fertilizers without money, and raise ogs and cattle upon air and faith. Bless our knowing souls, we have the matter reduced to science; which brings us to the point- We have for years told tho farmer how to live and grow fat, and charged him nothing for the in formation. Will not the farmer drop iu Sat- - ^ ? XI ’ lain b ° W 10 Ja * dust i!1 a city of wo.000 inhabitants, and on a boom at that’ And we hold that since our advice has been rendered with the utmost gravity, the farmer should be courteous enough to restrain his smiles. It is not to be expected that town iolks should know everything. Votes for Sale. A convention of colored men from the vari ous Southern States has been called by T. A. Randolph, a leading colored lawyer of Vir ginia, to meet at Danville in that State. The object of this convention is stated to be “to organize the colored men as independents po litically, upon the principle of voting with the party only' tLat will agree to advance the i: dustrial interests of the negro.” It is perfectly right that the negro should use every legiti mate means to advance his industrial interests but when he sets himself up in ihe market to sell his vote to the party that will make him the best promise in that direction, he is cer tainly ad opting a very demoralizing experiinen t. He is a freeman and should vote iu all elec tions as conscience and judgment dictate, and enter into no combinations to extract from a political party promises that are not likely to be fulfilled. Ilis experience in this line ought to have taught him wisdom in this matter. H e has voted and talked, and worked lor one po litical party ever since bis investiture with the privilege of voting, aud what has that party done to promote his industrial interests, or, in truth, any other interest*? It has been said that “republics aro ungrateful.” There can What it is to Be Socially Ostracised. A hit of history shows how fearfully wild— should we not say crazy’—people had grown at the national capital during and immedi ately succceiing our civil war. Tho recital of the social ostracism brought to bear against Gen. Eitz John l’ortcr almost challenges be lief. Here was an officer of the army who was charged with the commission of a grave crime, tried by a court-martial and declared guilty, and barely escaped with his life, but was deprived of his commission and declared ineligible to hold any office under the Govern ment of the United States. He made appeal after appeal to have his case reopened, declar ing his ability to prove his innocence, but par tisan feeling was so bitter against him that his efforts were treated with scorn and con tempt. Twenty years after this court-martial which appears to have been organized to con vict, had declared him guilty of a crime for which he deserved to be shot or hanged a board of army officers investigated the matter thoroughly aud they declared that he was en tirely innocent of the charge preferred against him. Here was another victim of circumstan tial evidence manipulated by partisan mali»- nity. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times tells the story of Gen. Porter's ostracism and his triumph as follows: Not Conventional. It is sometimes said of people, with the pur pose of paying them compliments, that they are not conventional—that they do not hold themselves hound by conventionalities. This may be praise or it may not. It is certainly not commendable in any one to disregard ail tho laws of society. Nay, wc think it must be aduiitted that in the main society is correct in the rules which it jirescribes for the govern ment of its members. The man or the woman who decides that these are unsound, and pro ceeds upon this decision to give them a practi cal setting aside, will act most unwisely. But at the same time it is truo that one may be too particular about following the liue of conduct which society prescribes. There is found now and then a difference between propriety and sound Christian ethics, and in all such cases there should be no hesitation about following the latter. Sometimes men, and tolerably of ten women, are placed where they must either refuse to do what Christian charity demands of them or go coutiary to the generally ac- cepied notions of propriety. At such junct- es it is an indication of true manhood or womanhood to rise above these conventional restrictions. To withhold aid from the needy or a word of kindness from those woo are suf fering from the strokes of adverse fortune, up- _ -I.. *i-* —. n s mTmstkrcan- praise. But .there are those who evince a pride m being unconventional—who are actu ated by no motive of benevolence; but who on the contrary, merely wish to show their Talk with a Lady-Friend About her Foreign Tour, BY REV. A. A. LIPSCOMB, D. D. rwasTi-xiouin riraa. I. A few days since, a lady-friend who is a fre quent and always a welcome visitor at Wee Willie Cottage, called to see me. Her face and manner had that bright, communicative look which she wears when she is in her most genial moods and I instantly read in that un written language the promise of an entertain ing hour. By nature, she is an admirable talker, and by practice, she has carried her native endowment to the perfection of a fine art. On this occasion, aided by the beautiful weather which spring was ushering in as Ethereal Mildness, I found her in more than usual sympathy with that delicate and half- hidden quality of impersonation, which Thompson adopts so frequently in verifying our own fainter experience by his poetical en thusiasm. A great good it is to see material nature through the finer eyes of gifted people and to feel its deeper meanings through the warmer pulses of their hearts; and, in this in stance, 1 was eager enough to catch inspira tion from one who had brought so much of the gentle season that had already betokened her fuller advent in the melody aud beauty which the poet celebrattb.— < wnile music wakes around, veiled In a shower ol shadowing roBts.” Knowing how sensitive my friend's intel lectual structure was, I tcok care not to let her know in so many words what topic I wished her to expatiate on, for, woman-hke, she talks much better if left to her spontaniousness. Volitional talk is always more or less stilted and artificial; and I find that the only way to get the best out of people, is by indirect and circuitous modes of approach. She had spoken of her return to London from the continent in time to spend Swuday. Aug. 22,1880, and I pulled gently on the leading string of au asso ciation she had furnished in one ot her letters, viz.: “It was quite a pleasant coincidence that we had been recommended to a boarding house which Mr. Spurgeon had lived in when lie first came to Loudon as a preacher not yet eighteen years old. According to his own ac count, the youth, hardly a man except in nius and consecration, had not a very agreea ble time of it, as some of his people were not much in sympathy with him and engaged boarding for him, the little room ho occupied being scaicely big enough for him to say his prayers in. Literally, it was his “closet,” small, very small.” I happened to remark: “Well, M , lie had growth in him, and, like tbe Nautilus in one of your paroside poems, added on to his ac commodations.” Indeed, he did, and he soon grew to be the biggest preacher for his size in London." II. “Of course, then, you heard him preach. Tell me something about him, for he has long been a most interesting character to me. Come now, let us compare notes.” “Well,” resumed she, “Mr. Spurgeon had scut us tickets ta his tabernacle; and so, after an eight o'clock breakfast, we went to tho of fice of the house to inquire concerning the hour to leave, tbe route to take, and tho etcet eras useful to strangers.” "Bit you need net hurry,” said the landlord; “teu o’clock wifi be early enougn to lea?e. London is empty at this season, there not being more than four millions of people in the city.” But tbe start ling information about the four millions in creased our anxiety to hurry off, and, as it turned out, we reached the tabernacle none too soon. The tickets were simply envelopes to contain the contributions, which we were expected to drop in the box at the gate. 1 wished to kci .iilie envelope as a memento, so I tool out theVmtribution and dropped it in the box; but ttijgaie keeper observed me and asked that I sLimfe deposit the envelope with tbe money in ■ box, which I did. Entering the church, Jwere conducted up inu first galleiy .jf J" mid that ve should h tve a seat) but afi ? l “ ,, dmgio|m occupied—and I wasvividly onWfmr nfiffi j“f ,0rd ,’ 8emptJ ' Lont, ° n "lib only four mil.ufs of souls. Just think of it— membership of ever five thou- The Original Billy Patterson and Who Struck Him. (he church has i defiance of I-ublic opinion. They delight in I sa, ’d..aud the eiormons a^ffitorium is said to doing things out of the ordinary line merely I C °?. vy 11 ,. 8eVL ' a thousand persons.” that they may cause people to stare and talk, of Zi i L° U J v ? e not ,accustomed to f he sight T here is nothing worthy of commendation it the freedom of these from conventionalities. It lacks altogether the honest loyalty to truth and right that causes one to prefer dsing; good act, for which he will be censured, to fol owing a beaten track where no risk of blame is incurred. The boldness that prompts one to outrage decency bears no resemblance to the moral heroism which performs unpleasant duties in tlio face of obloquy. question as to the justness of the chare© WtsA in be no i f applied to political parties. They will throw a sop now and then to a faction or an individ ual where such action will benefit the party not the individual or the faction. If the negro wishes to advance his industrial nterestshemustdoit as other classes have by inmnL Per8i8tent ,abor > directed ^intelligence and a determination todo right 1 r^ ‘“I™ iDtere8t8 ° f action nor of a race can be promoted in any other way. Only the industrious and frugal succeed in the path thTwh l t0aU - t0tbe «o Jess than to te man. There is no manliness in the negro putting his vote to b "iSSSX!?- Wbea lbe negro - as mere votes cannot “There can not be many persons in the world who would begrudge Gen. Fitz John Porter aud his most agreeable wife and very attractive pair of daughters the good time that they had in Washington this winter. For twenty years the general’s family have care fully avoided Washington; and tho general himself has visited the capital only when obliged to. They had enemies here whose coldness or hostility they did not care to ex pose themselves to, and they had friends whom they did not wish to embarrass or com promise. The ostracism that Gen. Porter's sentence carried with it can hardly be de scribed. Not only during Secretary Stanton’s life, but under successois of his, if was not safe, or at least it was not at all convenient for an officer of the army to be known to be on any sort of personal terms with Gen. Por ter. The sentence was one that compelled army officers to drop his acquaintance, at least by si ay light and iu the presence of other peo ple, aud it is only within a few years that an officer could be.known as a friend of the gen eral without suffering for it Now the gen eral comes back to Washington with his vin dication by the Schofield board’s report in- Liability of Telegraph Companies. The Supreme Court of Tennessee has ren dered a decision holding that telegraph com pauies are responsible, in damages, for neg.i- gence in their operators in the transmission of messages. It appears that Thomas S. Marr banker and broker ot Nashville, sent an order by the Western Union Telegraph to his cor- respondent m New York to buy for him one thousand shares of Memphis & Charleston railroad stock. The order, as received in New fork, read one hundred shares, which were purchased at 02 cents on the dollar. The market rose rapidly on the day of this pur chase and closed at about 07 cents, and re- mamed at about that figure the day following. Mr. Marr was not advised of the error ia his message until the day following the purchase of the one hundred shares, but he did not re new his order for several days, by which time the stock had made a further advance, so that the stock actually cost him about $3 000 more than it would have cost him but for ’the error in Ins message. Marr instituted suit i u the Circuit Court to recover damages upon the ground of the negligence of the Telegraph Company in the transmission of his message The cause was tried by the Circuit Jutfoe without a jury, who found that the mistake was due to the negligence of the agent of the defendant at the receiving office in Nashville but that under the printed regulations of the Company, contained on the blank used by plaintiff, he was limited in his recovery of damages to a sum not exceeding ten times the price paid for transmission, which was thirty cents, and he accordingly gave judgment for only three dollars. The case was then taken by appeal to the Commission of Referees, which tribunal re ported that the stipulations or agreement r , • “ -- Ut-vuniumcu in l Ilf* SItrhI f ™ a “ ass of people,” I remarked. “But 1 just lrom the Alps,” she replied “and Imbituaud to colossal scenes? sLu-thewfod wc . re Provided with excellent seats—tlie whole of our party—about ten feet from the speaker, and a little on one side.” ,ar ’ K0 / ;0< “ 1 - Vour preliminaries whet my desire to hear you further.’* m. ‘‘ Vou w‘»h me to describe the sermon. Did )on ever know e-woman that could analyze a discourse?” “l e8 , some, not many; the rnos theR oiefi°° Slr ° ng aud exu beraiit with their pictorial aojectives. Hut I can trust J” tou "4 e without the least fear of over- muchncss in the sketch of a Sunday sermon S,"' SP'wgoon. If you make no effort, you p e certain tc succeed.” “To begin then; every expectation was more worVlfjrt Ke I s lhe ^ Preacher t*he wor.d tvei knew. Possibly, this may be ex travagant, hut certainly one century 'can only- produce one such man.” 1 “IVhy, you have heard Mr. Beecher, ard «nL£ PU J gUOn 1,as 88id; Beecl ‘m- is the Shak- speare of preachers.” f-‘! 1 ’® 8; ,?, he " <i -' Ir - Beecher hut he didn’t af- vou foi l J !n lr ' • t ’P ur K eon - The man makes ?i? U „ 1 tbat he ls - vour Personal friend—talks mat way—prays that way!” "5° Ubt ?‘r but , you were fresh from Lu cerne, and Thoniaiden’s Lion and Mont Blanc h b f? g ' ,t t0 Bmidon and, perchance, thev nau loft their inspirations unawares in yon- blood. But your possibly is a saving clause .,3 be moment, fcc rose to prayer there was' silence like that of death over all that vast multitude; and all through the reading of the scriptures, the hymns and sermon, the audi ence seemed spellbound. Now, I may have been somewhat t xtravagant when I spoke of saw ^mt^T ■ firealest Preacher the work over saw, but I ignore even the “perhaps'’ when I speak of the intense and almost breathless si lence which lasted through the exercises heard him 1 ’ 1 n ? liced ,hat T ,® ry when I neard him .wen'y years ago." brow fi re ‘‘'rn Ut i L10th 1,sallu ’ ^ the 7th of "e- hymns were good, old fashioned BY “TOM YARD.” Ringing down :hroagh the ages, mingling with centuries and coquetting with decades, comes the old and decrepit question, “Who struck Billy Patterson.” It was asked by J. Iscariot, L. Q. C. Herod and other footlight favorites of o den times. Go if you will to the oldest inhabitant of your town or country and wake hiui at midnight when the stars are shining above and the dew-drop glistens upon the cabbage-leaf below; ask him who struck Billy Patterson, and he will get up, glide to the nearest window, raise it gently, relieve bis throat of accumulated tobacco juice and other drift wood, wipe his mouth with one corner of the piano cover, step on the cat and exclaim, “Sir! I have been asked that ques tion from my youth up.” As far back as I can remember into the distant heretofore, even into the one-suspender days of boyhood, I have heard that question asked, and so it has ever remained the one great unanswerable, unexplained, and that fadest not away ques tions of both the past and present time. I have before me a copy of the “Jerusalem Ohbe- durn,” a daily paper published at Jerusalem in the year 103 aud one-half, B. C., in which is published a biographical sketch of the life of the original Billy l’attcrson. From this sear and yellow leaf of ancient literature I glean the following in regard to the renowned Billy and the lick that laid him low and at the same time laid his name upon the dusty shelf of im mortality. Speaking of his sudden demise, the Ohbedurn says: “Billy at the age of seven was au orphan boy. This was caused by his parenis being deceased. But Billy, like all orphan boys, had a good aud kind uncle who seemed to take great interest in him. lie was also liis guardian and had a controlling interest in the barn and other out houses left to Billy by his lamented father. Billy’s uncle was noted for his far-sigbtednt68 and bad breath. It was said tint he was at one time employed iu a fertilizer factory, his duty being to blow his bieatli upon the guano and give it that pecu liar odor which enables you to easily locate a sack of it in any crowded freight depot. This kind uncle thought that Billy should learn some good and useful trade at once, lie di-J not wish him to become a dyspeptic dry goods clerk, and have to use a diet of angel food and crackers with an occasional powder taken with cathartic intent. But he desired him to be a strong and muscular man, whose only sugges tion aB to diet would be to give me some more of the same. So he told Billy that he must learn the blacksmith’s trade. Billy remon strated with a large size kick at first, assuring his uncle that he sighed not for the lonely re treat of the blacksmith. But his uncle told him he must sigh. So Billy arose up early in the morning, when none but the early worm was astir, and wandered down to the dingy old shop by the roadside. Being naturally of an industrious turn, Billy began looking around to see what his hands could find to do, so that he might do it willingly. IIis eyes rested upon the cooling tub filled with dirty water and scrap iron. The thought struck him that it would at least he a sanitary bless ing to empty this and fill it again with fresh ram water. He accordingly aid so. He then noticed upon Ihe rostrum—in the fire-place near Ihe mouth of the bellows (autopsy speak ing)—slight traces of where charcoal had once lain. He thought it was about time to lay on another handful. He did even so. The black- smi-li came in, and seeing his refiection in the cooling tub lie called Billy *o him and asked him what had happened. Billy explained as how he had emptied the contents of the tub in the back yard and filled it again with clear wa ter. The blacksmith shook his head and admon ished Urn with an awful warning never to do so again, saying that it was not only positively forbidden by ail blacksmiths of good stanu- ing, hut that it was a bad ouieu, and that it was generally believed that the blacksmith who ever in life emptied or allowed his cooling tub to be emptied, would some day be sudden ly yanked into eternity with the emblem of good luck carved upon his cheek. The black smith then noticed the fresh layer of charcoal on the fire. He removed il quickly sav.ug tc Billy ln*l it was only necessary lo pqt one lhe amount of charcoal 'used as upon ^he 1 ^ ,r earil,g , < r l0 "°' llu ‘Ben informed billy that they would give an open air enter- ' wasTo be shn 1° ° Ck ’ a f Wl ‘ Cb time a mtiIe was to he shod upon whose hind feet shoes had never before rested. Ifo toM B.iiv tha) this was the one trying time in b very ''black smith's career, and that many would come In o a L aud then hack. lie said he would admit that it was discouraging to a vomi" blacksmith to have to scop while hammering a soine it L b j'n„ P ° W - a !l d , tura tlj e hose on his m o ’, Baung ignited from flying snarks 1 his, however, he could get over in tin,/ But when ic comes to taking a mule’s hind foot in jour arms and caressing it iu the open air i- was altogether different P 11 ‘Be appointed hour came, the black- limi-- h nnri 1 emfi tb?b0SUer ‘ oa Pi» 0 ach with the mul., find gathering up a large tea grass rone from the corner of tho slmr. i,« ... ,o.. „ “From yarns and kindly hearts And eyas wh.re gentlest mean ing born, Ruoneet tbe liaht of life dope- ts Bat lingers with tbe cold and stern.’* The Markham House in this city has been closed for repairs, and will not be re-opened till the 20th of June. It is said that the Delaware peach crop will be very large, but it is sad to think that in Georgia we will scarcely see a peach fit to eat It is predicted that Delaware will produce 10,- 000,000 baskets of this delicious fruit. The Chattanooga Commercial says: No other city, nor any alleged city, need claim the cog nomen of “Queen City of the South.” That title was copyrighted by Chattanooga long ago, and all infringers will be dealt with ac cording to law. There is said to be a genuine case of leprosy at Louisville, liy. 'J'be victim is one John Haskins, who contracted the disease at Hono lulu three years ago. llad it made its appear ance in San Francisco the Chinese would have been charged with it, of course. According to the statistics just published by the government bureau at 'Washington, we are spending in this country for malt and spirit uous liquors, seven hundred million dollars a 3 ear, or twice as much as it costs to support the government of the United States. The New York lilar says General George II. Sheridan’s characterization of Colonel Iuger- soll as “a moral and intellectural anarchist,” was the most idling i hrase iu a lecture re markable for beautiful illustration of a close I and well-sustained logical argument. Extraordinary Club List, The Sunny South and Any Other Paper or Magazine at About the Price of One. Clubbed with Dailies at Lesa than the Frice One. “No less a person,” says Mr. Kiddie, “than the late M ss Charlotte Cushman told me with her own lips that Boston never supported nor gave her encouragement, nor God-speed even, till London aud other cities had set their stamp of approval on her merits as an actress. ” The railway interests of the country and the business interests, as a matter of course, are embarrassed somewhat by the Inter-State Commerco law. Nobody knows anything about it-hut the Commission, and they do not know as much as the provisions of the law re quire. The Rome Duiletin justly says, much is now being said about tbat follow Knapp of Atlanta. We should think that a bouquet should be made up and sent to him, a card, etc. I’ieaee do not leave the impression that he is a mar tyr. We presume that he is nothing more tiian a common thief. Always call things by their right names. It is reported lrom Zanzibar that Emin Bey went to see King M’wanga; of Uganda, last November, and asked to be allowed to go through his country to Zanzibar. The per mission was refused, but Emin got off without injury. This King M’wanga rivals Solomon **•—wive*, alilionah he is corner of tho shop, he made a run Ding noose at one eml and, taking the other end in ins hand, he climbed the old rionlar tree near the door, allowing the noose fo rest on he ground. When the mule stepped his foot in the noose he drew in the on i one hind huff of the mule swung"'out’ into spate. Bdly rushed forward, and, catching the bent twig of the i>..>fi> i— ---..'8 blacksmith to descend. The Galveston A’ea-s has become a convert | to this great truth: “Tho hahit of puffing anything and everything, from a poodle do- to a poinmian, is the crying newspaper evil of the day. Every speaker is not eloquent be cause he is a Democrat, roriseveryjoui.-as- pmant a genius. It is insulting to the iufeffi- genee of the public to tell them so.” It has been not^d^^iy all deaths of prominent piople reported in this country of late years have been sudden and unexpected Death is always sudden and unexpected,” ■sa.d Henry Ward Beecher, ‘-whether it strifes , a man m the prime of life or in old age in ShelP a a y T ° f Sick,Je «'" Alexander I Mitchell s demise is the latest addition to the I he New 1 ork Mail and Depress says there will be a deep and melancholy interest in the official statement of those who were present .... as witnesses of the opening of the . began operation at once. ^ ** “e ttfor' dorsed by both branches of Congress and the I talD£d ‘ u ‘B e printed blank are invalid, in President. He and his family attended a re- far 38 tbey limit 1116 recovery of plaintiff for ception at the White House immediately after damages resulting from the negligence nf *i. Has?* swn ass cs d r a “ i -,«*« ££££ judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the dif ference between the market value of nine hun dred shares on the day the message was re ceived and their value the next day. The Su preme Couit affirms this opinion, holding that _ _ ) army and had a right to wear the uniform and dec orations of his grade, but he sought to avoid rather than attract attention. He was of course very generally recognized, and was greeted with much cordiality by everv intelligence Qlrected I w »o knew him. He spent little time here but c inrinattUai aud a determination todo right Mrs. Porter and the Misses Porter were here a month, and civil and military officials Re publicans as well as Democrats, took pains to pay them very marked attentions. In every way their month in Washington was made as pleasant as possible to them. They were con stantly invited out, and wherever they went people treated them with a courtesy that was more than Ihe mere civilities of the occasion demanded. No one can fail to admire the struggle for justice that the general main tained against tremendous odds for so many years, and sympathy with Mrs. Porter and the young ladies was inevitable. Now that the official record has been made to correspond all <1 ex f jdil, iiocuoir ail tile deacons sat on the platform, called here the p u ]p it . one of them came’to ,ho Pfo8an“ d ^‘ 8ed ‘Be hymn, when all the poo- Pie sang. Gionous church music it was. Once “Mv & lit le , wh f n Mr ' 8P“««w said: my friends, large bodies move slowly 1 ,, su fi5f 8t ‘Bat you quicken your time a nixie. 4 hint was enough. Instantiv tlm volume of music swelled to such a degree as lo ? lake ‘Be welkin ring and I was almost lifted from iny seat. ILs subject was the Ever-Liv- “ g "cb, vii, 232M vs. Presenting^ ,.r • ‘"‘Pressive introduction the superiority of Christ 8 priesthood by contrast with the Aaronic order of priests, and that like Mel- chieedec „ order, it had neither beginning of days nor end of life. Then came in order (v; BBr'st as a priest with an endless life; 2 nith endless priesthood; 3. Endless iuterees- seemed about to drop a crown upon the undertakmg a sweat bee alighted on P Billyh £ e f. k > B' s Bold on the mule loosened for an in- . taut there was a loud crash followed by a sound like beating an old carpet in springtime mttW f n kt f ? gl « Ud a ' ld al1 ' vas sti ' 1 save the rattle of mule hoofs on the stony hillside three quarters of a mile away. Kind friends gath ered up the scattered remnants of the biack- sinith and placing them in shape in a fine coffin mid him in state in the woodshed. Weeping relatives carried Billy into the house and laid him out upon the clean conn terpane, where he soon manag.d to shake of the few remaining mortal coil and passed awn- just as the sun slid down behind the western clay bank and twilight clasped the afternoon were somewhat shrunken, but the feathers ere quite natural, and we could readily " cognized them as tho features of the former illustrious President of — our Nation and our lm h *L d “ k I- a .i'“ S ’. "'B* 1 ? oi the 1 outside peo- former friend and feilow-citizen An exchange says Washington is becoming I terribly pious. The Sunday laws are enforced ' there with a striciness hitherto unknown All the bars arc closed both in front and i„ the rear, and their proprietors are notified that a&mssw"*-«•»« w By special arrangement with the leading publishers we are able to offer the moat liberal clubbing rates that have ever been presented to the public. Examine the list and see for yourself. Any leading paper or magazine may be secured with the Sunkt South at very nearly the price of one. For instance, the reg ular subscription price to Puck is $5 and the Sukhy South $2, but we furniah them both for $5.75. No subscription for less than a years will be forwarded for other publications. AU complaints in regard to other papers must be addressed to the publishers of those papers, and not to the Scssr South. The Sukst South must be included in each and every order for any other pubUcation. That is, a person cannot.order one copy of tie Sunkt South and two, three, or a half adozec other papers. The Sunkt South must be or dered with each. We give our old subscribers the benefit ol these clubbing rates when they renew for a year, but they cannot renew their subscriptions with other papers though this scheme. They can only get the benefit of these rates when ordering publications to which they are not al ready subscribers. Examine tho list and secure your re.Bing matter at these reduced figures. The offer is unparalleled. The list includes about all the leading journals and magazines in the United States, and the figures opposite each include that publication and the Sunkt Soutu both for one year. Sunkt South ut American Agriculturist. ..lt.lt ■ “ “ Alta California Z78 ‘ •* “ Atlantic Monthly ask • “ 11 American line Journal.... £.50 • •* *• Arkansas Gazette 2.7D • “ “ Arkansas Dt mot-rat 2.75 ■ “ •• Arkansas Traveller 8.15 » " “ American bueep Breocer.. 2.25 • •- “ American Pouiiry Journal 2.4c • “ “ Boston Globe i.ao ■ “ “ Boston Globe Dally ($6.00j 6.26 ** “ Ballous Magazine 2.S0 > “ ** Baltimore Telegram 8.15 • “ “ Baltimore Mani. Record... 8.75 > »* •» Baltimorean s.m i n •• California Fatron 2,75 . •» it Century Magazine c.28 • ‘ “ Charleston News & Courier 8.00 i •• Charleston News and Goc- - Her Dally ($12.00) 10.7T • •• “ Chicago Inter-Ocean c.GO ■ »> •• Chicago Journal 2.55 1 •• •• Chicago Ledger 2.75 1 Chicago Times 2.7D 1 n ii Chicago Tribune 2.36 1 •> •* Chicago Union Signal 8.15 1 •« *• Chicago Standard 3.76 1 •• •> Chicago Currant 4.66 1 •. “ Chicago Sporting a no The atrical Journal... 4.76 1 - *• CtucinnalWEnqulrer..""' 2 06 1 n “ Chicago Herald 2.50 ' “ “ Cincinnati Graphic * 4.75 1 ** “ Courier-Journal 2.63 i »« •• Christian Union * * 4.25 ' “ “ Christian Evangelist.'. 3 a 1 •• “ Christian at Work '40c 1 " “ Detroit Free Press " ' 2 60 ■1 n Dairy World 2.25 ’ •’ “ Dentorest’s Magazine".'" 3 26 : »i •• Donahoe’s Magazine 3.00 1 “ “ Eclectic Magazine . 5 75 ‘ “ “ Farm, Field aud Stockman 3.00 ■ n “ Lcsdes Sunday Magazine 3.75 1 H ii Leslie s Popular Monthly. 4.15 1 “ Leslie’s lllua. Newspaper. 4 S3 ' “ “ Family Magazine s.ac 1 n n Florida Ximes-Union 2.50 1 *• “ Galveston News. " s 00 1 n •• Gleason's Companion!"’" ‘2.26 1 • n Codey’s Lady’s Book....3.25 1 “ “ Harper's Magazine "4 75 •* •* Harper’s Weekly 4.03 •1 a Harper’s Bazar 4.25 ■■ •• Hall 3 Journal of Health." 2.50 •• •» Home Circle o mi «: Jilns. C’Drjaaau rfckkf~,\' ;; “ inrefan- Mre - LA .1 te rary World.” •• * Llppmeott’s Magazine"** liS foppmeott’s Sunday^Magl i'i « Lit.ten's Living'Age f'S “ " Wacim. Telegraph h! f'S ;; ;• Magazml of f aS' ** " £a»hvj]]e American irS u American” bail u .a wr £ iwauwj... * “ Nashville Baiinpr • : IlfSlSi§l “ “ 2 - Ti “ " New " " £ ew Fork Ledger S New Turk Week-f “ “ New York Herlm 4 -L3 “ New York Herew 2 ' 6S •*' :: .. £ ,ew .>°, r , k Graph,,. ;; “ “ NewYorkOhserverVn^ ( *‘‘> « “ New York M^ T < sub8 17E “ m K e w Ynri 7* <1 - Journal... 6.75 : •- Ne e :?sf 8 ^s&g •• North American RF4vf’«m** {Jl? rland , Monthly / view * * J-g •• Peterson s M&vartrL 4,73 “ “ Puck ($5.00)******* s.25 M •• Phihldttlniiia 4.95 SBUadelphiaT^V,— S!!!..?.?®, PB'a Times Dally! 6A6 Pbrenolimpicai Jam-mi; F- Poultry World.. „„ Quiver Ei pie were hurrying to and fro eagerly inquirin who struck Billy Batterson. * J J ' „ii?* e J Bntteau De I’attasson was shrouded in f h‘« f n r tw j and seven hours, then they rook Billy and the blacksmith out and UiW onm, l ^a eSt J n ‘. be cen * e,ar >' beneath the shade of the o d cedar tree w here the sunflower blows to Uiovvestern ^b^But^'V'XT whether it was the heavily fined, and their licenses will be for- w‘w °l t i e :^ C °. nd ° ffeD8e ' Tbe of soda water is forbidden. It is questionable whether mules foot that struck the fatal blow or a fly- agf f a ?r>“ of . ‘Be blacksmith laid him low we shall never know. Let us dwell on that chorus. Ii e shall never know. claim such recognition purehag, Their leaders' «"CtiTmto h!v, mT S .°. ^ 1116 faCt tLa ‘ when they the lamf Lhpv^n tlVe * S * U intelii & ent power in / with the historical record, and the fighT for and they will not need to dicker and bar- i ustice is won, Washington society without gam with political parties for the purchase of r ? gard 10 P oli ‘ios, was glad to make things as their rotes under any pretext. j flofu' 3 *” SS P oss ‘^ e ‘Bo general aud his the same reasons which make void the con- tracts of a common carrier, by which he seeks to be wholly exempt from the consequences of his own negligence or that of hia servants, ap- ply with equal force to similar agreements contracts or stipulations or rules or notices by which a telegraph company seeks immu nity from all responsibility for its negligence.” The Court ordered a judgment entered ggainst the Western Union Telegraph Com pany for $1,125 with interest, and for all the costs of tlie cause. .L ■ cciy Olie luese general divisions consumed over eight ur ten minutes, and they were subdivided into paragraphs that made them seem briefer, liis art Of address is singularly fine; laueuaee chaste and refined; nothing coarse’or 2! sional about him. [conclusion next weak. SOFTLY,CENTLY. nr GEOUGfc AUGUSTUS lb YAKS, ^ st voice arcuje A throb within that breaat: Tw*°i my ’ ! f 8t tLy et «P disturb That sleep, for It ts rest! Abt it at last Is rest! >er £ a i? kDOwa (ts power; 1 Rhl n l L!i r ^' lad ? we ^' >hado*e<l life Bae bad no quiet hour! Mrs. Eunice Darling of Hersey, Me., aged one hundred and one years, knits a pair° of stockings every day and attends to her house hold duties. Spring in Carolina. BV I1ENBT TIHBOll. “I enclose a few other line* of Henry Timrod’ imposition and hope you will be so kind a r? allow ‘hem to appear in your columns a ““I are appropriate to the season. Miss Clauuins Bhbtt.” WM-fO with that nameless pathos in the air 8*5?™ dwell; with all things fair. i* until wi th Il ® r geldsu subs ana sliver rxlu, ™ with us ones again. gJM 11 ‘B* loiely woods the ] iimlne burns • M irugrant lamps, ana tnrus Tb. i a royal court with green festoons me bjiuk, of data laguous. Thl b w d *ep heart of every forest tree iBeMoodissIlaglee. iiri,, 8l< **“ o11 shoutthejesflji*bowers 41 “ hity dreamed ot flawers. Henry Ward Beecher Memorial Sor- rices. - T B, e Ee J- Joseph Barker, of the City Temple London has consented to deliver the eulogy on ths ltev. Henry Ward Beecher at the mZ He wBi S fi V1C * m B rookl y n . N- Y., on JanexT Rr JJt! 1 hk T 80 del 'ver several sermons in Sl^5 k ..'?! D .T5( ter . , w B lc h he will make a Iectur- afent? Dt °* Pond - Uie ^ Beecher' Monument to Lee in Richmond. we«ter^ e °r^?' name / 1 , t , is tobe l“ated in the | western portion of Richmond. The corner efMaJ 118 1 ® n PP°sed,wiU be laid abjut the3i at w^ Cn tb f Sou “«em troops will be on eir way home from the national drill. Hold the Port, We are Coming ” nSs^aarfi-aa; % 1 riod,’ 18SG? St for ‘Be correspanding pe- Third Georgia Begiment Eeunion. IG^nextl^t. WUI Washington i s not attempting too much iowever it is a comparatively easy thing for Washington to be pious when Congress is It seems probable that tho large railroad corporations will coaie to like the inter-Siate commerce law after they get used to it. Their ch.ef relief will fe from the necessity for keel ug up secret arrangements with thousands^ individual shippers for irregular rates, which under the present system each road has been obliged to adopt to protect itself. The theorv was that if one road did not cut raS another “ l the*' 11 f ^ C °“ pClJiug ffuiform rates to a„, the arduous and worrying busi nessof radroad management will be greatlv simplified. greatly - pWSSSfer- u * £ raflcls co Cafi i)4liV S7R : • |ijffiSsasjSfcg “ “ Savannah Morale 3 m •“ « Southern Cm?vl£,r ^ •1 2 Bt. Lout, Rep uw , ca r n ** 8t. Louis Globa yy——* * *• *>58 The standard age at which little New Workers put on their stays is said to be 8 years, said a woman physician in busy prac . ties to whom was submitted Miss Booth’s view of the irrepressible clothes question. “Call it Dame Fashion or call it Dame Folly suits are much the same in the long ru n to me. Ask any dry-goods dealer, and he will tell you that he never sold corsets for babies " “ •• Bt. Nicholas U 2 2 Wavrriy Magazine 1 ”” sssBsssMieis ja-n» s™ »d W ^ weekly will be sent for $3.26. PRINTING MATERIai en. — SasfriSiSMyfcf. condensed title l it 55.. “ 1 It. brevi.7 d « ubl «Eng.,eondensfc'd'tjtJe 5°?. cle f wd tltl- itu extended title, l ft. Dies R?5hL ,t ' brevier Roman unin rules, brevier. 14 fteSE“JV^'ended, 15 c£fi * ie, ; , »bo r -«»ving rules,25Mverri5o <;e ‘ f 'l’ nid "■ bre- Csshes, plain, 6 double rulea™/2D brass leads aud slugs. 6 stn»ii”d.r d ? nw e head role. P*h»£®ws cases, 6 Job cajss a {®m,i , i ra , 8 * K»l'eys, « hOD SbOOtlDg Itjck, 300 ounln. i I Dialler 1 stIcM.'fettie'Giant lead and rof 80 young or women so old before. The stay habit ia spreading at both ends of life and df rectly or indirectly two-thirds of my patLte come to me through the dressmaker,^ “ | % Cal,ar ' ,gbt “Pon two subjects—the^number of unexplained dtsappearances, and the certainty of human testimony. The murdered woman was f nUT ,j , v I.»er. identity. At least twenty-five of them ssra^tr TrethT f nCral appearance 01 ‘Belne fold Truth is stranger than fiction. seutt at « «««« »3«*g7b«wu 8ouTmAriauta,Ga. Patent Medicine Inter BUSH cm «.!•*. BiSMmv A TI ££i WALSH * pat. Scotch udAmaruMn q . PUo^AtUnU.ST^ ewnitM. Mo. TJ Wawff from daily two ur AUoomSun“S^°, 1 ' “»• Bit Aa^wSb® •uu.TtS.** D - AGENTSsSf^&TL&^s-
