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4 THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1887 wwmmHKl) EVERY SATURDAY. BUSINESS OFFICE 21 MARIETTA ST J. M. SEAL8i EDITOR. Terms: r Annum. On, dollar for Sir Month,. Advertising i , p,r Line. Seventy-five cent* per lnch. J n_l-.nl— should |I«|1 give n 52? °? .JEEJfflc* to which their papers ««•«*: »>™“ £££»^nd umcurmcie, apt to ■yW- _u Amina thoaiandii of iQMcnwri it u ffj^itti, find a particular name without a certain *«» Wl " <, 5ie < hTOur ), paper 0 diecontinned or changed, tKi^ffice and not to tnjSin* |nd QIQ16 both offiof*. • TO COWTBIBUTOBS. Writ* ae plainly aspossd.le on mZmand use paper of medium. weight Dona* JXLut MSS. Fold them flatly, a rolled panels . .. ... bath to reader and printer. Letter site preferred It is well to write tA« name m. *fSS. at the top of each page, the page, *£0d be careefuily numbed according to their seaalar sequence. The writer’s real none and res- IZZ^JZld be written <m the MSS., as letters are aZZimes misplaced. 1Ja nom de plume*, used Msauld he written directly under the title, ^ mu* 1 JtZinrtlV total whethfr pay U expected for "f^e^ilwt return MSS., nor be responsible for Items when sent in voluntarily, unleu specially re- muetedtodo an and In suchcases stamps mutt be (nr .—. The writer should always keep a copy. Address all letters concerning the paper and make ,11 bUl» P«Al>le 1" j i, 8KA L8 A CO- Atlanta. Os. Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, has gone on a visit to Alaska. Jerome Kavel, the only surviving member of the famous Kavel family, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage on the 20th of June, in New York. Kev. Preston Evans, son of Senator Evarts, was married at First Church, South Amboy, X. J., to Miss Emily E. P. Cameron, on the 22nd of June, by Bishop Starkey. A British officer lately returned from Russia git es a startling report of the physical and mental condition of Alexander III. lie says it is an open secret in St. Petersburg that the l’ 7 .ar is a confirmed sot, and utterly incapaci tated for the duties of government. Boulanger’s friends in Paris made a grand demonstration in his favor on Sunday. It will be remembered that Boulanger was left out of the last French Cabinet, and this fact causes these demonstrations. Boulanger is the idol of the F rench army and he cannot be put down, lie may yet wear a crown. Queen Victoria and Minister Phelps. United States Minister Phelps dined on the 28th of June wi’h Her M-jesty, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Em press of India. Justice Being Done. Judge Phelps, of Baltimore, has sentenced the convicted judges and clerks of election, the highest penalty of the law. Five were sen tenced to two years in jail, and a sixth to the same time and .$1,000 tine besides. Crude Petroleum as Fuel. The experiment of running a railway train with crude petroleum as the only fuel for the production of stean has been tried on the Pennsylvania railroad and proved a complete success, the train coming through from Al- tona to Pittsburg on time, and there was no annoyance from either smoke or cinders. Beally Glad to See It. The Little Rock Life will issue an edition of 200,000 on the first of next October. It is very gratifying to note this evidence of prosperity and of the appreciation of “Life" by its con stituency; and it speaks well for the intelligence and progressiveness of the constituency that it thus, in such a substantial manner, manifests its appreciation. Value of Arbor Day. Nebraska furnishes a splendid practical de monstration of the value of Arbor Day. In that State of great prairies, on the first of its Arbor Days, fifteen vfears ago, 12,000,000 shoots were planted; now the United States Forest Commission reports that there are fine groves growing 300 miles west of the Missis sippi, and that 005,000,000 trees are thriving where a few years ago none could be seen save along the streams. Edwin Booth, in speaking of his capabilities as a business man, said the other day that Lawrence Barrett and Henry Irving knew more about accounts in a week than he did in a year. “I have frequently destroyed impor tant vouchers,” he added, “and in a certain business transaction I had with Boston people, and which occupied a good deal of my time in the iast week, 1 am unable to ascertain wheth er I am $8,000 out or $800 in. I suppose it will all turn out rijht.” Achmed ben Amar, the Algerian lion slayer, has reached the goal of hia ambition, having killed more than two hundred lions, in return for which he has received the order of the Le gion of Honor. The price paid by the govern ment for each lion is K)0 francs. It is estimated that a lion kills every year cattle worth $2,000, and as each lion slain by Amar m'ght have lived ten years longer, it is estimated that he saved his countrymen several million dollars. A St. Louis dentist declares that wooden tooth picks are injurious in several respects. The splinters tear the gums and effect a lodg ment between the teeth which produces irrita tion and causes serious damage to the enamel. On the throat also they have an injurious ef- . Teel. The wood is crushed into small pieces by chewing, which pass down the throat, many of the slivers being pennanently arrested by the warm soft membranes of the throat, in which they stick, causing coughing and often local irritation, resulting in inflammation. Cheering River Enterprise. Capt. John L. Day will soon have hi3 new boat, the Lumber City, ready to launch into the turbid waters of the Ocmuigee. This will make three new steamboats that Captain Day has built in a short while at the Ocmuigee de pot, and he is operating them successfully on the rivers. There are from 0,000 to 10,000 bar rels of spirits of turpentine and rosin shipped from Americu8 every month. “Turn the Bascals” In. The tide is turning. The political thieves and corruptionists are beginning to feel the weighty hand of the law, and honest, law- abiding citizens may begin to feel a little more secure. New York has already seat several of her able local statesmen to the penitentiary; and another, Jacob Sharp, will go there too, if he don’t die before the sentence can be executed. Then six Baltimore statesmen have gone from that city. Chicago has sent two—and two others have been convicted, and the indications are that there are “more to follow.” And the Chicago Mail says there is “now a whole omnibus of commissioners are who about to start over the first stage of the same journey.” Plenty of room in the penitentiary. “Turn the Rascals” In. A New War Projectile. A German chemist is credited with having invented a new projectile which, if adopted, will revolutionize the ait of warfare. It is de scribed as a fragile shell which breaks upon coming in contact with any hard substance. This shell can be discharged from a cannon, dropped from a balloon, thrown from a sling, or simply projected by the hand like a base ball. It is charged with an extremely patent anasthetic gas under very high pressure. As the shell breaks, the gas is diffused in the im mediate vicinity and brings cown every man that is within the radius of its influence. If this be true, it will be very effective in subdu ing an army, provided the wind shall be in the right direction; but if the wind should sudden ly change its direction, this new projective might turn out to be an ugly boomarang. Monument to General Dee. The Lee Monument Board, of which Gov. Lee, of Virginia, is chairman, awarded the con tract for the erection of an equestrian statue of General Robert E Lee to ti e eminent sculptor, Mercie, of Paris.* It is expected that the cor ner stone of the monument will he laid in the latter part of October next, during the State Fair. The monument will be erected in the extreme West end of Richmond. Christian Enterprise. The societies of Christian Endeavor were never growing so rapidly as at present. There are now nearly 1,500 of them, with over 100,000 members. They are found in almost every Christian denomination and in nearly every country in the world, though the great majority are in the United States. The coming conven tion of these societies at Saratoga promises to be the most important meeting of the kiud ever held. French Army Manoeuvres. Inspector-General Baird and Col. Hasbrook, commandant of cadets at West Point, have been detailed to visit France in September for the purpose of witnessing the fall man-i-uvres of the French army. This is right, for even though we don’t want to fight, and don’t in tend to fight, if we “arbitrate,” it is none the less necessary to let the nations know that we know how, and can and will, if necessary. MUSINGS0FMY EVENTIDE. Two Gray Tourists, By Col. Bichard M. Johnston. BY REV. A. A. LIPSCOMB, D. D. thirty-eighth paper. Guardians of Liberty. We do not believe at all in the theory upon which some Governments seem organised— that it is the duty of the Government to exer cise a paternal care over its subjects. On the contrary, it is our creed that people should be restrained in their liberty to do just as they please only when they please to harm others. Strange to say, however, that as much as peo ple claim to prize freedom, they constantly need guardians to make them be free. The great body of the masses are all the time in clined to go into things that will compromise their freedom. At one time they yield a blind adherer ce to some demagogue, and while under the spell of his influence would sacrifice their most cherished privileges. Again they prostrate themselves before a military chief tain and yield an assent to one after another of his ambitious schemes until they awaken, too late, to find themselves his abject slaves. At other times they listen to the voice of some charmer, who would persuade them that the best way to defend themselves against the rich and powerful is to resign their freedom of in dividual action to a secret organization. Thus their affections, their superstitions, their jeal ousies and their mistaken views cf their own interests all impel them to neglect those pre cautions by which alone their liberties can be rendered secure. To comparatively few of the more public- spirited belongs all the credit of preserving freedom where it is preserved. It demands on their part a constant watchfulness to discern the dangers by which it is threatened, and boldness to expose the machinations of its en emies. They do not always find it a pleasant task. Often they incur the hostility both of the tyrants who are seeking to enslave and of the people whom they would save from slavery. In efforts to advance the freedom of their race they have to sustain themselves solely by the consciousness of doing good. * * „ We live in an age of innovation. < me of the latest comes in the announcement that the Rev. A. Jephson, of St. John’s, Waterloo road, London, has arranged for a series of addresses in his church by lay-men, on such sub.ects as capital and labor, health, etc., and the con nection of Christianity with all these. A well- known London newspaper commends the plan and says: “If we bad bad more religion deal ing with the present life, and less speculation about the future one. more people would be in the churches than is now the case.” Mobile to Dauphin Island. The Mobile Advertiser says that the railway projected from Mobile to Dauphin Island is one of the grandest conceptions of the age, and its successful building will be a marve, of en gineering ingenuity. Those who haze trave.ed from Mobile to New Orleans by water wi.i re collect the famous Grant’s I'asa and an add: tional wide waste of water. Waen finished, rot only Mobile, but Montgomery and .Se.ma, and all the other inland cities—in fact a.. Ala bama will rejoice, as such a deep water outlet as Mobile will then enjoy, will so add to her commercial facilities and adzantage* as to really give her a telling “boom," and a tre mendous commercial impetus. The Best and Cheapest College The Commeicial Coliege of Kentucky Uni versity, Lexington, Kentucky, ranks among the highest in the Union, and received the highest honor, and Gold Medal at the World’s Exposition, over all other Colleges for system of Book-keeping and business education. Over two hundred young men from eighteen States have entered this College within the past three months. It is situated in the beautiful hea.thy, and renowned city of Lexington, Ky., accessi ble by the leading railroads. Arrange now to enter this College, as students can enter at any time. Attention is invited to advertisement on first page and write for particulars to its Presi dent, Wilbur R. Smith, Lexington, Ky. Our National Finances. July 1st begins the national fiscal year, and is of gTeat importance, as on that day all new appropriations become available. Nearly $20 - 000,000 fell due yesterday, and $12,000,1100 of pensions and other large expenditures, so that the prevailing “boom” (so-called will con tinue. As the South unquestionably presents the best field for sure and permanent profitable re turns on investments, we shall be pretty sure to get our share of the disbursements. During June the revenues were slightly in excess of $1,000,000 a day, and the debt reduc. tion very large. The customs receipts will ag gregate nearly $218,000,000 for the year, the largest in our history, excepting li-32; and the internal revenue receipts will amount to nearly $118,000,0>.i, being $2,000,000 in excess of the preceding year. The public debt has been re duced about $100,001,000 during the year. Bloomfield Water Power Company. The Athens Manufacturing Co., through Messrs. K. L. Bloomfield, F. W. Cheney, j. H. Rucker, James Camas, A. L Hull, eta,., have applied for a charter to erect a $30i,OVi cotton mill at Barnett’s .Shoals, Oconee county, and to be named the Bloomfield Water Bower Company. The necessary publication has been made, arid work thereon will commence as soon as a charter is granted, 'me hundred and fifty thousands dollars have a.read7 been paid in. State Horticultural Society. The Twelfth Annual S.es* or. ar.d Ezh.bition of fruits, plants and vegeta ..es, w... be ne.d Dalton, Georgia, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 1th, 'Ah and dth, 1 The society has continually increased .1. mem bership since its organization—sad a* a con sequence its Inf! .encer.a* w.dened and < ver./un- eted, and the cultivation of fro.te “.wera, etc., so extended and the interest v>deepened, that each success: 7* anr.ua. session ao-w .* more .argeiy attended and ...» *7 .a,-ger and more attractive. The coming exhibition ■* ce e argewt and "brightest and nest” «r>»r .-.-.srie ar.d a very large attendance .< confide-, .a,.7 an piled. Gilmer’a Golden Grains. Near Town Creek, .:. Gutter eonnty, there lives a thrifty farmer named Byrd.ne Hwann, on whose .ar.d a re d m.-.e of rich pron.se .s be.,eved to have keen i s//, ered The report is, that as h.s da-./Ver was wa.z.ng over the crest of a hillside where an Old fence once stood, she aaw something orfghh. Gn a near approach she found .; to re. imbedded in rock —part of a .edge—ar.d break.r.g off a piece, the bright substance proved to re. gold—tre ,;ttie n ./get weighing two ar.d a half penr.7- we.gnts. The Indians are credited with maz ing statements concerning go.d depos.us in that i.mined,ate section, and this p.ane certainly ha* gold depo*.led there, and in a vein, too. The rocs format,on shows gold affinity. Fighting the Pirate*. "For ways that are dark ar.d tricks that are j not vain,” commend is to pirai.ua! book pub lishers. H. It.der Haggard .a a l/.:/'.r, a .toor who** we.rd nove.s have *0 suddenly caught American fancy that more than a m .or. cop ies of his various stories have been sold here w.tfiin a car From a., to .a popularity he get* no money, for the abaer.'e of international copyright leaves his work* to the pirate* Most of his book* have been republished by eieven different New York firm* without leave or recompense. But what makes Haggard 1 fighting mad i« a device of one publisher to , multiply the seeming bomber of his tales and I enjoy an exclusive traffic in these, Injurious to : hia reputation. He has written to the law firm of which ex-Secretary of Slate Evarts is a member, asking them to take up hi* case and if possible secure an in junction stopping the outrage. The scheme is ingeniously audac ous. The title of Haggard’s first great hit was “King Solomon’s Mines.” This New York publisher had a story written in imitation of the Haggard vein, and issued it under the name of “King Solomon’s Wives, by II. lilder Haggard” It will be seen that the semblance of words is close, and that a casual buy er is readily taken in by it. The books are now on the stands throughout the country, and their sale is es pecially pushed in railroad trains and stations. But that was only the beginning. Another Haggard boob is called “She.” Therefore, a cheap story is issued with a gorgeous cover, on i which is printed “He, by the author of King I Salomon’s Wives.” It is said that this book j is having a very large sale also. Cloud Lore. The weather prophet is a standing subject of ridicule. Those who are neither witty ! wise delight to tell how tie. : clouds refuse to suatatn fils ?. diet Philemon Perch and his Friend Major Rawls. I. One of the earliest incidents of ray life in AthenL, beginning nearly thirty years ago, was forming, the acquaintance of R. M. Johnston, then a professor in the State University, Belles Letter Department. Though he was not then known as Philemon Perch, I can testify that he had the nascent peculiarities of P. P., though somewhat latent under the dignity of a Professor. With his intimate friend, however, it was hard in private hours to keep down the genial and loving humor of the man, a Gold smith even then in the indications of genius, free from Oliver’s infirmities. Popular and charming as he was to us all—trustees, of ficers, and students—he resigned the literary professorship, removed to Hancock county, Ga., thence to the vicinity of Baltimore, Md., where be established a popular and most mer itorious boarding school for boys. Not long after, I saw the contour of Philemon Perch filling out in the author of the “Dukesborough Tales' and still later on in “Old Mark Lang- ston.” Unmistakably, the sketches were marked by a local coloring quite as character istic as Judge Longstre>‘t’s “Georijia Scenes," which, as far back as 1850, one of the Harper brothers told me was the most saleable book in popular literature that they had published. In those times. I remember how the editor’s drawer abounded in Georgia anecdotes, wit and humor being then among the staple pro ductions of intellect in our State. Always wel come they were, for I have very vivid recollec tions of the magazine as it was managed in those days. Some of these writers were effect ively concealed under the mask of anonymous. Lawyers were then the Itinerants cf the Court Districts, and, like all Itinerants in State or church were very social and fond of fun, so that their genial ways came to take on an at mospheric character from mountains to sea board. Those were the surroundings, amid which and their reproduced memories, 1‘. P. instinctively grew out of Richard Malcolm Johnston; and as Philemon Perch, he is quite as distinctly individualized from Longstreet as from the author of Uncle Remus, or the coun try philosopher, Bill Arp. In the contrast of specialized characters as moulded by the same general type of Georgia civilization, ho has a keen and vivid eye for minute diversity as well as common UHity. Col. Dick Johnston, as he was generally called, had more of the old Greek nature than any one of the above. II. But in the “Two Gray Tourists," the author is apparently taking a direction away from Philemon Perch to R. M. Johnston, ami this makes the book all the more readable ami in spiriting to some of us, with whom “life’s changeful orb hath passed full.” Tao “local habitation and name” are welcome revivifica tions of a friend nev* r too old to be young and fresh. At the same time, the volume could not be the work it is as to the personality so copiously infused into its descriptive and criti cal passages, except for the Georgia home- likeness in the characteristics of Major James Rawls and the graphic antithesis delineated in the preface as existing in the two friends— “dear friends for more than forty years, though, in some respects, quite dissimilar.” The profile view thus intimated is enlarged at once into Mr. Perch, a student, tall and slen der, who is sentimental, often absent-minded, and perhaps too fond of antiquarian research. On the other hand, the Major is a planter, stout, below middle height, practical, modern, energetic, and, on occasion, somewhat pugna cious. The volume is a record of the sights these tourists saw together and the impres sions made upon them. In these last three sentences, I have given the substance of Phile mon Perch’s preface, so that the reader may understand what he has to expect from one, who is a student, and from the other, who is a planter. Out door life and in-door life are in blood, eyes and brains. And the reader, il fond of studying character as differ- by immediate environments, will here tW'- Georgians, who are genuiLO “chips of parts ofat euuutij snare of this cr.aff. B .: .* a weather w . -.dom tba Or.e who r.j* 0:./ noted the circnmstar.ee* r.y wh tr»V*isr may go forth without I J I received from do-:* not escape a despite an this, there .* something worth, r.a.'.ges, ar.d marked rj. they are preceded and attended, *..1 not he aiwajs mere.7 guess ing when fie foretells what snail be toe out come of the cloud* for a d*7 or two ahead 1 Home .r.ffoence wfiicr. fit* fai,ed to estimate and perfiap* bee r.o*. even d.*cn?ered, may bring an hi* ea>. ..af.o-n* to na .gfit. Bit one wfio ;* ear.tio-.* of tor*go* a* wed a* keen 17 observant of eye, w . be correct more open toar. fie fa..* Almost every community has its * professional weather prof;-*, who are proud of V.e-.r office, and wfio are ever ready to give V. a r.y . * er.er toe benefit of their wialorn. These are apt to fai ar.d to fie laughed at. B ut. r.oh j ne gfi O'-rrhood* are withon t some oid men of l a.d common sense who are far ,e»* rear!/ v, voice prediction*, yet whose pre diction* wher. made, may re re. ed on with almost aoso, -.re certainty, ft ia interesting ar.d r.atr . r* to a. < to one of tfie*e, and note toe number and variety 'A indication* upon which lie predicates hi* conclusion*. It w;, *oor. oe seen tba’ hia reputation ha* not ,o»em won by a succession of . .oky g-esiea. ffarf.7 ar.y * now.edge that (me sc, ..rescr.rr.es a* toe res-u.t of more intelligent, or more pa .er.r. Study, ft cr,mes from a cose noting of s.na.. thing* through years, and a carefu. corn- par.ao;. of what preceded and what followed. w£en we oor.*ider that these rarely have any ,r. atm menu ar.C are restricted to a very lim ited range of observation, the extent ar.d cor rectness of the.r weather learning may be re garded a* truly wonderfol. • * Horae-Car Chivalry. w York paper tell* the following inci- A dent: “An e ster MMB ''lock," but yet in their fibre, veining, and pn. mb, “i/uite dissimilar.” I like lliiH in the fatiguing monotony of books of tr'a-mi. I like to see it, especially in American observers of English anil continental file. And in no form is il so pleasant as in the shape a* a scholarly and tasteful man hy the side of hi* planter-friend, and the outcome a mosaic in lib rary art, a t.esnelatlon that instates very agreeably the relations of complementary fig ure* and color*, fn one aspect the volume reduce* the 1 sttietic element, hut this is in character with Philemon I'erch, who as editor of the MHS. is essential to the background. Jim and Mill soon come fairly into view; Jim a* * good planter, thrifty and prosperous de spite of the war, and Phil with his alert tongue lor poetic allusions. On reaching New York to take the ocean steamship Gallia, we have an additional clue to the Major and his habits, quite human though not particularly Georgian, in the reference to mint julips, a couple of pipes, and packages of tobacco, all very like Georgia sociaineaa with a local accent on “a good provider." Throughout the voyage, the splendid ship, it* order and management, it* ; officers, it* company, the inevitable sea sick- ; nee*, the triumphant, rally, the eager enjoy ment of returning vigor and vitality, even to the difference of a joy-wbiatle from any other whistle, give Jim the opportunity to depict every thing available at such a time and in close keeping with a Georgia pictorial style in its own unchallenged vividness. After arriving at Liverpool, the excursion* to notable places in England began, ar.d Seamington, Ker.il- wor-h, Gray’* C iffs, Stra’ford, on Avon, War- w.ck tias’ie, ar.d other historical localities, an choring like the island over traditions of ancea- tra, b.ood m the central waters of the globe, were vmited by tbe two tourmta. III. The c.aasical scholar in Phil, which is a vital part of the character and culture, he has built up for himself on the basis nature made for him, never loses an occasion to express the man. And Jim. in hia indomitable adheaion to the Georgia planter and the rural ways of looking at foreign objects with his American eyes and describing them in our idioms and provincialisms whea he wished to put forth tbe residuary vim of the Georgia Major—the genial, kind-hearted and effusive .Jim Kawis —is, in his style, a most interesting contrast to his friend. No matter where he ia, Jim is Jim asking no leave to be what he is and real ly is, at ail times, a fine type of the Middle Georgia citizen, a courteous gentleman with out the slightest affectation of chivalry, s-iil less of its counterfeit of gallantry. < >a the whole, the idiousyncracy of Jim is better pre served in these pages than that of Phil and, I : incline to think. w..l be tbe popular element of the book. But in this, I may be merely in- duig.ng a speculative mood. Yet I cannot forbear saying, that enduring quality lies in the charming glimpses of the lesthetic taste arid cultivation of the author. Oniy glimpses: bad be chosen, he could have given “The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green.” To be critically Judged, the book must be estimated by the art shown in the execution of the purposed plan, on which, it was written. This is a satis'actory vindication of Philemon Perch. In this aspect, I like its reminders of good old days; yea, admire and love them. But when I look back through the years, whose light is mehowing down from the purple to a softer color, and see the graceful and manly form of my friend coming through the waning day with much of the former erectness and buoyancy, I confess that it would afford me a richer pleasure to have a volume from Results from Earthquakes. Extorting Consolation from a Great Calamity. Editor Scmnr South: “Not so bad after all.”—Quelqutfois. Good and evil lie so thickly strown together in this world, that no great event can occur without leaving both sad and happy traces be hind. No one will deny that the terrible earth quake in this State on Aug. 31, 188»>, was a great calamity, and yet I propose to show that even from this convulsion of nature several crumbs of comfort may be derived. In the first place this earthquake has im proved our architecture. Charleston houses were constructed, without counting on earth quake probabilities Houses were loosely jointed, bricks merely plastered together and aU decorated with heavy ginger-bread work. The shake taught the people a severe but profi table lesson. Now the people demand that their houses be built not only fire-proof but ear.hquake proof also. It is safe to predict that hereafter, fires, cyclones and earthquakes will be far less disastrous than hitherto when new structures, erected on earthquake contin gencies shall occupy the place of the effeminate architecture now in vogue. In the second place, tie earthquake aroused a scientific enthusiasm, that will contribute to the advancement of knowledge. When the shake subsided the air was thick with theories, the mere school boy could discourse glibly about land-slides, about radial contraction, conjunction of planets or internal explosions. Theories plentiful as autumn el leaves sprang up in obedience to the absorbing why. Now I admit that the discussion was confined to one scientific question, though that one question involved ail the branches of sciei.ce; I admit that the pursuit was shallow and superficial, but nevertheless much educational good result ed. Wto can tell that the seed thus planted may not bud, blossom and bear another South Carolina scientist like Joseph Le Conte? In the next place the earthquake weakened the influence of the prophets. These human vultu es who live upon the fears of the ignor ant, by foretelling disasters dire, found the earthquake a very tricky and unreliable phe nomenon on which to base prophecies. The most illiterate have learned that even Stone Wiggins does not possess the golden key that unlo ’ks all knowlepge. The magic spell of the prophets is broken, and the public is benefit- led I might call attention t >11. A. Proctor’s view of the usefulness of earthquakes. He main tains and proved by innumerable instances, that earthquakes elevate the land, and is there in an opposing agent to water which is gradu ally eating the shores away. While this posi tion is doubtless correct, I find il hard to suck much consolation from it. Who is wil ting to have the land rock like the waves of a treacherous sea, to sou palatial residences crumble into a shapeless mass, to see the land tilled with moans and misery, in order that the lattvl might last a few thousand years longer. Lastly flic earthquake has done religious good. Many u man who hud never before prayed, when on that terrible night he heard the subteranean thunders, like the sepulchral groans of a dying world, fell upon his knees to implore forgiveness, Many a dram-seller roll ed his liquid lire into the street, and resolved never uguin to traffic in the stuff. Rivers were muddy with baptisms for a month afterwards. Unprecedented revivals were in progress throughout the earthquake area. It may be doubted whether it is genuine piety to be terri fied into religious harness, and it is further more true that numbers of these emotional con verts proved backsliders, but many still stand Hteady—doubtless regard the earthquake as the instrument of their salvation. Do not understand me in drawing these con clusions, that 1 regard the earthquake as a blessing in disguise. 1 simply mean, that, like the burning house which discovered to the Chinaman the way to roast pigs, it has done much damage and some good. I do not wish any more. Let me endure present evils, rather than fly to those I know not of. All considered, the earthquake was not so bad after all, when we add to the above mentioned reasons, how the great heart of the generous North was opened to the South, and the golden bonds of spmpathy and love strengthened be tween the two sections of a country which only twenty-five years ago was crimsoned with the blood of a fratric ; dal war. 11. Allendale, S. C., May, 1887. Canon Wilberiorcs is reported as saying in Philadelphia that when a physician prescribed alcohol for him he prescribed the door for the physician. The American flora has received an attract ive addition recently In Xew “Jersey Lily;” the celebrated English beauty, Mrs. Langtry having taken out naturalization papers. The knights of the olden time were distin guished for their gallantry no less than for their chivalric bravery. It is not strange, then, that when he wanted to protect his lady love he put his armor round her. The Sunny South FEMALE SEMINARY, 160 and 162 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Faculty: NSm»iann ,E M l fra| A 8e“nc^ re ‘ ,<,ent ’ rro ' e8sor <* s n d R Af.ro^n. C v LOONEV ’ A M ’ Chalr o'Mathematics ture K8U D tKOWL,tv ' M *• Chair of English Liters- Madejioisellk Victoria Kontz, Chair or Anctrut auo Mocern Languages. or panmeoL H 8KAL *’ Pclhc '^ 1 of Preparatory De- C^t B u°r F W F 8KAL9 . Director of Musrc. Voice Organ*. 411 VOif DKK Ho,A 8ch ^tzr, Piano ana Prof W F Clark. Violin and Cornet Coring MtSNIK * toward, Assistant Violin and Prof Wm I.ycette Art n->pa tment. Prof a c Briscoe 8’enigrapi y. Miss Jer.vieRcshdjg lelegranhy. bwl,1<¥ BOUTa OFFIC “. Teacher ol Miss Lily Mat Danforth, Calligraphy Mrs W F Seals. Snpt. tW,olng Department Mrs Geo C Looney, Matron. enl ’ A fire recently occurred in the building in which the side splitting Puck is printed. An investigation indicated that it originated an ong the dry jokes—spontaneous combustion or an explosion of laughter as it were. A negro fellow was asked— "Johnson, whom do you take after in height, anyhow?” “W’y, I doan no, I’s su-ah. Dar ain’t none ob my fokes tall ’cept dat oldes’ boy ob mine —an’ I recon I mus* tek arter him.” DeLand, Florida, seems to be subjected just now to a series of serious inflictious. It is said that a newly organized company is being drilled there, and, also, that an artesian well is being drilled—two such bores at a time are as much as one town can bear. THE FALL TERM WILL BEGIN OS 1st MONDAY C» SEPTEMBER 1817. The departments are well Dlgh lull, and an earlv application G Important to seuire a goo place for the next term. ” w Iur Oar otject isto meet, a« far as practicable, a long, f it warn in toe South viz: a thorough literary anT* practical bustn-ss educaiio , for Gmales 104 Every membrr of our faculty is an experienced erf. ucator. All are acknowledged to s:ana abreast wlm the best teact ers of the S ate. in their respective departments, while some ecj >y even a national rep- Anyone haying etrls to eduea’e Is respec.fullv re ferred to the State t: large for chanuier. scholar- ship and management. DKPABTXZXT8.J The College Curriculum will t>e divided into bIb schools viy. English, Mathematics. Moral Scienoe Natural Science. Langaugee and History. A tkaxrm lady may grHduate iu one or all of these accordira m she hae time, means, inclination and ability. Fo* ,F ULL graduation, she will have to mam feet famili arity with all of them. Should a pupil prefer it, eith er music or art may be substituted for either of th# above, ana will be regarded equivalent. SEW FRATTBE3. With a view to making our course of study emi- lAnflv VTMJOtitVQl f'-1! L _ UL The prohibition contest is waxing warm in Texas—so warm that the “antis” have adopted ] blue as their color—some of the papers, it is said, being printed in blue ink. A majority j of the papers are for prouibitiou, a number | neutral, a small minority anti. The opinion prevails amoDg the people that 1 coffee cures headaches. Doubtless this is true; yet is said that recently it caused intense head ache with many in Chicago and New York— however, maybe these belong to a class which considers itself not of, but above the people. Salim Morse made a great sensation in New York a few years ago by his persistent efforts to produce the “Passion Play.” Morse sank a great deal of money in preparing his play but was never allowed to produce it. Last Monday the play wi ,h all its rights was sold at auction in New York for $45. . >.riy ar.d i.j n't means beautiful n p.r into* crowded Broadwaycar tbe other Cay Ail the sea’.* were occupied, half a dozen of ’.he paescr.ger* heir.g men. She moved a.owiy np the car, hangingon by the strap and standing for a moment in front of each of the men. None of them seemed to see her. They were busy with the:r papers. Then a tis’er from sone con vent came. She, too, passed unnoticed .ar.d *tood meekly in the m.ddle of the car. T wo or three mir.utes later ar. eicerly lady and a rather pretty and extremely vigor ous looking young woman entered. Somehow they n’t/nei to he visible at once, ar.d a young man *. .Li.g near the door got up and offered h.s seat. The elderly .ady thanked him and sat down. 1 hen another man got up ar.d mo tioned to the young lady. Bat the elleriy spinster got there hrst and slipped into his seat without a word of thanks or anything else. Ob7.ou*iy it was hers by right of priority. Another gallant passenger was on his feet at once, and again the attractive young woman WM abo.t to take proffered place, when, notic ing the sister standing, she touched the latter on the shoulcer and gave her tbe seat. The three men who had been thus snccessfuLy cheated looked very fooLsh as they went out on the platform, and the others who had seats n all the . , _ . lady didn’t seem to care, though she had to mg of Richard Malcoim Johnston wou.d g.ve to the remark of a gentleman standing by he stand ail the way, ani there was a merry themselves an ampler expression in a higher ., c Admiring the Greatly Bad. “I have always been an admirer of Frederic the Great," is a sentence we lately found in a book which we were reading. On the title page of the volume, the name of a distin- | guisbed minister of tbe gospel was given as the author, arid of course the expression above quoted must be regarded as his honest senti ment. We cannot say that we were surprised. Frederick belonged to the class whom many think it an honor to admire. He was bom to a great place; he was ambitious: he had-eu- ergy; he had military genius; he was success ful. Al! these have thrown around hia name a glamor through which the really base selfish, ness of his charamer cannot be readily dis covered. Bn: though not surprised, we are pained that one who professes to be God-fear* ing and man-loving, should cherish and ex press an admiration for one whose skill in de stroying was the sole ciaim to greatness. Bom the absolute master of millions of human be ings, he did not seem to entertain for a mo ment the thought that he was responsible for the happiness of these. On the contrary, he regarded it as altogether according to the fit ness of things that hi3 subjects should suffer and die that hia schemes of ambition might be advanced. The wars which occupied a large portion of his reign and from the conduct of which he won the title 'treat, were undertaken in gross disregard of the rights of his neigh bors, and pursued with a heartless disregard of the miseries they entailed. That by his gu f ce3s in these war3 he rendered himself al most an object of .doiatry tc his subjects, need not be taken into the reckoning. Wars, how ever cruel or unjust, are always popular with the masses, and no one can so command their homage as does a military hero. Nor is it won derful that they who, with Carlyle, think that he who can rale, should, and that suceess in an enterprise atones for any wrong in its pur pose, entertain an ad mi rat on for Frederic. Destitute as he was of any sentiment of benev olence, he could govern men, aud though gen erally on the less righteous side, he nearly al ways won. He was bold, brave, enterprising and efficient; and if one can admire these qualities when they are exercised in purposes of pure.y seirUh ambition, then ne was admir able. But one who has assumed the office of persuading men to goodness, should be care ful about expressing such admiration. One such word may undo the work of a dozen ser mons. The wor.d needs no encouragement from preachers to make them praise bad men; , it needs, on the contrary, ail the help they esn give on the other line. „ A Missouri town is said to be infested with an insect whose bite raises a blister said to be intensely painful and long-lasting. But that is nothing to be compared with the bores, bum mers, sponges, and dead-beats with which some towns we know of are infested. We forgot the back-biters which are probably the most nu merous, venomous and dangerous. It is estimated that there is a per capita cir- j culation of $22.37 in the United States. $22.37! Let. us see. There is the "old lady,” ourself, “Quit” and seven other kids, i making ten in all. Ten times $22.37 makes just $223.70. Send along the per capita for our family at once ! "We need it in our busi ness.” We see it stated that Mr. Lincoln’s notice ] was once attracted by an outbreak in the our- j j serv where the boys were having an exceeding | warm controversy because Bob rt fused to give i Ted an apple he bad. “Bob,” said Mr. Lin- i coin, “give Ted the apple to keep him quiet.” J "No,” said Bob, *1 want the apple to keep me quiet.” Mr. Lincoln said he thought it as strong a piea for justice as he ever heard. department*. A grad ate of this school take* along with her a pn.feesion adapted to her sex, and which fit* her to enter ky once upon an active business life. In no other school in the South will she h:: 1 these advantages' ATLANTA AS A LOCATION. Of all points in the South, not one comblnee »c many of the essentials for a school of ths chaimcrer proposed, as Atlanta. It is 116>-' feet above see level. It is blest with pure water and good air. It is healthy. It has never been visited by an epidemic of an* kind. It is out of the range of storms ard cyclouse. It is the cat .t&l of the state, wnere pup:_e can see and hear all tae celebrities of the day. It is a progressive city, where everything new In science and art is 6ure to come. It is a city of churcnee. and is without a peer in the observance of the Sabbath. Its people are cultivated and refined, and its mo rality is phenomenal. It 18 the music center of the South, and its Tery *1* is ladened with music. It is conveuienL being a railroad center. BUILDINGS. Southern Possibilities. The Atlanta correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, a few days ago wrote to that journal that on that day a styiish looking gentleman, attired in a white coat and waistcoat, appa rently fresh fr:m the hands of a fashionable tailor, was conversing with a group of friends kept them all the way down town. The young him, in which, the genius, education and ieam- in the Kimbaii House rotunda, and in response twinkle in her eye when she left the car at the city hall." This reminds a friend of an incident in a horse-car in Nashville. The car was full, and as it proceeded toward Vanderbilt one gentle- man after another gave np his seat to a lady | until only one geDtleman remained seated—an elderly man, so badly crippled as to necessitate , the use of a crutch. Then a young lady en tered the car, when the old gentleman gave up bis seat, which she took without a “thank you.” Immediately two ladies on the opposite side eot up simultaneously and insisted upon the crippled gentleman taking their seats. There was real chivalry for you. sphere of literature. Wee W.ilie Cottage, BY LIZZIE I* A VIS FIELDER. He muen may speak, who Utile thinks or feels The depths of life are held by silent seals; A* weightless siTaws upon the moving stream, So £ oat our words that even ligcter seem ; The holier thought, the tender, sweeter part— Toe real UleUes speect .ess in the heart. said: “You are not the first one who has been sur prised to learn that this coat and vest are made of plain cotton sheeting. Most people mistake the goods for linen or flannel; tut they are of Alabama cotton, manufactured at . the Montgomery mills, and made np by a Montgomery tailor. I am on my way to Chi cago, and intend to wear this there to show what we can do with cur Southern products. I By the way, I have a friend in New York—an We bear sometimes in Idle, passing play, Uttered tbe thirgs we strove In vam to say: And wona'ring hear the words that lightly come editor of one of the leading newspapers—who Tila^hVn^^^^^ , i* having a suit made of these g.ods, and ex- iitpear ng o'er the unknown words of prayer; pects to introduce it as a new stj le among his Another walta In silence cairn and swett r , J = And loves the prayer the Ups dare not repeat. s wei. acquaintances. It is generally understood, and we reckon correctly, that a woman will have the last word. At any rate it is corroboratively affirmed that when a rural editor recently remonstrated with the principal contributor to the “Poets Corner,” for writing on both s.ies of her taper ehe quietly retorted: “Wed. and don't yen print on both sides of j curs'" There now. that settles it. Some waggish to^tcca. .ndependent his at tempted to fix odeum oc some innocent man. by applying u.m cue following description of the hideous embocement of the two great po litical parties. “The statement cs made that in Portland, Me., there is a man with a false nose, a glass eye, but three fingers and one thumb, one ear. false teeth, false hair, and a cork leg. Consid ering that he has been married three times, hes dilapidated condition is not to be wondered an” Prohibition. One of the overshadowing coming qnestions of the day is prohibition. Three or four Stares are to vote on it in the next two months, and it is generally believed, almost conceded, that prohibition wi”. be triumphant But, should ( it not be at this time, it is only a question of time as to when it will be. It has gained largely in the last twelve months—the prospect is that it will gain much more largely in the next twelve months. Those who have been most addicted to drink are convinced of its damaging effects on person, purse and charac- | ter, and are more than glad to abandon it; and ‘ former opparents, recognizing the beneficial results of prohibition, will now oppose the re moval of restrictions upon its manufacture and sale. While the Knight of Labor Order is not a temperance organizi.ion, its principles incul cate sobriety—its teachings temperance. Its i Chief—Powaerly—says: "Had I ten million tongues, and a throat for each tongue I would say to each man, woman and child to-night: ‘Throw strong drink aside as you would an ounce of liquid hell.’ ” And the Executive Committee before enter- ind upon their duties voiuntarily obligated themselves each to each, and each "to afi. not to drink anything alcoholic during their term of office. "Thrift and drink,” says the New York Tri bune, “are incompatible and without thrift the highest wages in the world will not bring competence or assurance against penury. There could be no nobler, more practical aim for the great labor organizations than a cru sade agaimt the drink evil.” As to the effect on public morals the Iowa Stale-Register is responsible for the encourag ing statement thi t in fifty counties in that State where saloons have been banished, the jails have been empty for a yeaq And, in Kansas, it is authoritatively stated that abandoned breweries have been converted into canning factories. In Atlanta the closed-up saloons have been transformed into restaurants.barber shops.and into places for conducting other reputable bus inesses. Many prominent in opposition to prohibition have been converted by its practi cal results, and would either vote for it or not vote at all. The principle of prohibition is “marching on,” and must ultimately prevail. purposes, Paving about 35 larg?. wen-vraaialAj rooms, wnlch furnish ampin accommodations for all the departments. In addition to tbe school rooms, there are nineteen sleeping apartments, with ante rooms, all of which are supplied wi:n new fumlmre of me latest and most expensive styles. Gas. hoi and cold water carried tbn ueh tne ecr-.re tcldlng Onr girls drink the Atlanta Artesian Water, which is brought to tbe door. GENERAL INFORMATION. This school is not denominational. K se-ding p~. pits will attend the church spec-.hed by their j arena. The number of pupils will be limited to sixty, and in no event will more than that number be received Tuition muet be paid monthly in advance and no deduction will be made except in caeee of =-:xree» protracted beyond two weeks. An experienced house keeper will take charge of the boarding department, and a skillful physician will look after the hea.re, A the pupils. The daily sessions will be six hours, beginning In the morning at eight o'clock, and dismissing a: 4 in the afternoon, with two hours' — o- - al noon and two recesses. YVedonot Kce me - - m sion pian. as row tanght in our popr_ar scrolls. The government of the school will Oe humane, bn firm. UNIFORM. In order to prevent extravagance. » ir.J rts to be worn by the pup ils to charcn or on tne street t- - been adopted, which will be made kn. wn tc any cct on application. For course of Study. Charge, dc.. see pritate tvr. cufar. TESTIMONIALS. We append a few certificates which have teen ten deredos by friends who in»ve either been patron*, os been in posiaons to know Something at ocr tears ■ ing. Cutheest. Sa_ June 13. Havingfcr many years known Mr. Wm. 3 real* now of Atlanta, and having teen intimately acquaint ed with his manner of tee-chmg. and cf b.rducmrg edreariorai establishments. I can say wtth p.-ese-nre that he is r t only a genmeman of Tamed ta-ects and culture but a first rate teacher, and an exoA-ect ad ministrator of female schot-.ls and cv _egee Jso. T. ftitn I T. D, J udge of ths Eatan-a Circuit. Cotntnrs. Ga. Jnre li. isse. Mr. Wm B. Seals: Dear Sir and Friend I am i -t to know that you nave decided to resume teaching. I think when you retired me cause of edicam Jckwl one of its most polished, pr mmect and ace-onplisfc- ed teachers. I knew you when in charge :f Lever! Female College at Talbott-, n. and can m.- r j ^ — a disciplinarian 1 and tear he-' inaprp—*d Jl, one whwhas succeeded you. 1 parronaed the scfcccx wnett you were ih charge of in and whne -i—g <m Talbotton. ss you kn : w. made repeated -if cte get yoc to return. Your fnend. J. T. ffrr* Judge of Chsrtah,...cbee Circuit. Pro' Ccteeirt. Ga-. Jure 14. 1SW. . Wm. B. Seals, wttue President of Bethel Ie- ma-s <_■ ..e-re. tn mis place, taught my cmhirec pune to my satisfaction- A thorough sen mi. g.vd irecip- linar.an. amoral. efariatiaE gentleman. X ccnsiie* him e-pual to the best of tear here. I: gives me greai pieasm-e in commending mm to any community in which ne may be p.aced as entirely cap-si^ and trust worthy. Th -se having children so educate could no* trust them in better hands. A. J. Mots, a former patron Macon. Ga-. June 3E. IS*. Prof. W. B. Seals has had me experience of a uf*. time in teaching and cocuuctirg nret-c.sss mexrcw- tions of .earning He has anil.ty. sen Acsnip- n»t- ure and much tact. I pred.ee for him great su.-oea* in his management of me runty s-mth. F-mvs Sem inary. A J MioOli President Mercer c niTersity. Macoc. Gw. Atlanta Ga. June 35.13*. I have known Prof. W B seals since 13* I have hsd the best ,? opportunities for knowing nis ; l- fications as a teacher and hie capacity f..- cc-cdnctmg a school of high grade. It ah mis me real p-ewure to say that he is a Christian gentleman and an acotm- planed tewener of large expense ce. and teat I kn ew of no man more w rthy to be entrusted w-.tc me edu cation of girls and young ladies. J. B- Hawthorn*. D. D- Pastor First Baptist Cnuren. Amanta. tre. CUMBERLAND ISLAND, The Gem of the Atlantic, 0 FFEK8 MOF.E ATTRACTIONS THAN ANY seaside res. r: la tae > utn. I toe it- — * mat. wnese mind and train n-ed res*, and to the :;n. ltd. dyspeptic, as'tmr.c xad nerron* s.fferers mere Is no puce :*e Cnir ter.Acd with : racing fa.! air. serf b»ta;ac. Dcatmi. fislmj. sh.*uc on.. door sports. We have here THE FINEST BEACH IN THE WORLD, 3j.i I-et la width and extend.eg to chi D-ui nesr hi rm.es. ,;aed * :h beaucfal ste..s of every cescr.p- tion, and formingtfiefixnison*?- ir.ve.n :£r Amer ican coast. Tte taUufig h the *-:f here s ce..c.-.“h» and invigorating and tte gent.y -.i t; -tica makes It perfectly safe even for utile eh-.iren. THE HUNTING AND FISHING Are unsurpassed. s be-»r and pelican c. wu to me r..e I pipers, ana tae visitor can find rcya. 1 or gua every daj la the year. Every variety cf salt water isfi abounds tere. as vt- as every spec.es cf rare tr m tbe deer, black' bird and sand sport with rod or gun THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Are now ample. In addlfloc £f> the former buildmc « an* cottages, tbe proprietors have erected a large and bxncsoae two story building wtth li to i: large rooms, aad a double eo.ooade on a_ sides, and a dining ban 40xS0 feet, with a seating capacity for 300 guests. RAILROAD and boat connections Visitors can reach here via Brunswick and Sav, a- nan Close connection Is mane at Brunswick daily Wtth the s’aunch and first-class steamer “City of Brunswick.'' Ample convevances with good drivers meet the boat daily at tbe landing Sail boats, fishing boats and racing boats always a’ -he hotel wharf. r*—Rates of board, only f: per day or $1J per week. For further information -doress W H BUNKLEY, Proprietor. Bunkiey P. O., Cumberland Island. Ga. June, 1SS7. tt HABIT (Juicily and Permanent y Cured ojr Dr.TANNER'3 OPIUM AND MORPHINE CURE. For sale by aU druggists. OPlDM AND MORPHINE $1.00 PEI BOTTLE For circulars and Information address Tanner Opium Cure Co. P. O. Box 105. Atlanta, Ga.
