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THE SUNNY SOUTH. ATLANTA MORNING. JULY THEJNEW COLUMBUS; —OR — Narrative of the Sole Survivor of Sir John Franklin’s Last Arctic Expedition. [COPYRIGHT SECURED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] CHAPTER XL. MV MEETING WITH THE KING ANI> qUEEN. At the appointed time a chariot of antique appearance drawn by four black horses was seen making its way through the crowds in our direction. It was unocccupied except by the richly liveried driver, and was accompanied by a guard of honor, consisting of fifty picked men on richly caparisoned chargers, and bear ing lances with glittering points and fluttering streamers. Submitting to tie directions of Wona and 1 uema who were to ride with me, I went with thousand feet above the city, and the mountain rises above the river to about the same altitude A tunnel runs through the mountain and brings the water in vast and inexhaustible quantities into the town through a viaduct built under the stream that lies at the northern foot of the mountain. Fountains consequently abound, and the drains in tho city flow constantly like moun tain streams, and water can be thrown at a moment’s notice to a perpendicular height of a thousand feet. Stop where you may you are within the sound of gurgling torrents. The site of the ,. . , - , —y - soiinu 01 gurgling torrents. me siue m rue as I ni^neurlli 0 1 P E >rC ^-*^1 l f le dwelling; and city is a well defined slope to northward, and as I uncovered mv head in deference to the lion- l.i 11 . .. 1 I . uncovered my head in deference to the lion ors shown me, exposing my countenance to the gaze of the anxious multitude, 1 was hailed with oft repeated and deafening acclamations. The leader of the guard dismounted, and entering the enclosure advanced to meet us uncovered, and bowing respecifully preceded us to the chariot, in which we seated ourselves and started on our journey to the king’s house. And such crowdsof people! The sidewalks, the verandahs, the housetops—every place where a safe perch could be found was packod with people gazing at the chariot. And while 1 was being gazed upon as an ob- — -jtrtof wonder, I was marveling at not being able to find among the vast numbers around me any short or deformed people. They all, men and women, were tall, erect and comely; and each and every one had black hair, and a rich golden skin The buildings were all of stone or marble and the architecture was tasteful; but the houses seemed quaint and ancient. We turned at length into tho broad avenue before mentioned, which runs through the city from north to south. It is two hundred feet wide and is ornamented with three rows of beaiilifn 1 trees, one on either side, and one in tho centre; and it has many playing fountains and statutes and monuments. Its sides are lined with costly and lofty houses. It is six miles from the water front to the hence all the water discharged from the pipes, rushes down to the river which forms tho southern line of the city limits, and the strong current which sweeps incessantly to the east carries away at once all the filth discharged by the gutters. I should probably say more about the river down which Wona and I came in his boat. It will not be forgotten that the course of the stream at the point opposite the Metropolis where we disembarked and ascended the moun tain, was to the west, and the water which lies on the southern side of the cily moves to the east. These streams are identical: one and the same river. > This I learned by a trip I made in company with Zuami, who proposed, he said, to show me the grandest natural spectacle in all the coun try. What I saw is richly worth recording. Embarking on a boat with six oarsmen, we left the city behind us and moved against tho stream to west, assisted now and then by the sails. Tho stream, after getting beyond the lake portion of it, all the while ran near the foot of the mountains, which seemed bearing in a steady curve always to the right. On our left were frowning precipices, and on our right an undulating plain devoted to agricul ture. Wheat was ripening in the fields, and the yellow tops of the dying potato plants cov ered considerable areas. We also passed fields that looked white as snow, and there were numbers of laborers en- My assertion that the central portions of the earth’s surface have day and night every twen ty four hours, and that the sun rises and sets every day throughout the year, seemed to them incredible. ’’There is,” said the King, ”an allusion to something like that in one of our traditions, but I have always deemed it fabulous.” But I bad never given the particulars of my cave life until upon the occasion I shall now mem ion. Their Majesties, Zuami and myself were as sembled in a cosy apartment adjoining the royal library, when the King opened the con versation thus: “ Wauhama, you have said you passed a con siderable time underground before making your advent into this kingdom. Did you meet with anything of special interest during your dark journey?” “My travels through the caverns wore achiev ed by me in such a state of suspense and men tal suffering,” I replied, “that I had no time to devote to objects which under happier cir cumstances would have afforded entertain- merit. To appreciate' my almost insane condition during that period, it must not be forgotten that I was confronted every moment with the probability of starvation. However, before setting out on the great expedition that unex pectedly led to my escape, and whilst near the southern entrance to the cave, I discovered an ancient tomb which interested me very much. And in the long tunnel, more than a hundred miles from the place of startiug, I saw some petrified human bodies that I could not account for.” I now went into a detailed statement of what I saw in the Sarcophagus room, and as I progressed with the story my auditors follow ed every word with breathless interest. I brought out my note book and exhibited the copies I had made of the inscriptions on the monument. Hi re the King interrupted me with an ejaculation. “Wonderful co-incidence!” he exclaimed. ‘‘I)o you note it, Zuami?” “Aye, do I indeed,” replied the councillor with equal earnestness. “It is not long since I had the honor of r t ailing to your Majesty from the most ancient record of our most an cient traditions, the only account we have of the settlement of this country by our ancestors; and the story of Wauhania’s discoveries in the cave bears a startling resemblance to certain passages in that record.” “Bring the manuscript, Zuami,” said the Queen, who was intensely absorbed in the sub ject under discussion. Zuami read aloud as well as he could the pertinent portions. 3 CHAPTER XLIV. TKANSLATIO! northern terminus, which is a beautiful square i g a u e d apparently in gathering the white pro* m which sits the King 8 uiarb.e palace: a i duct. This was so strange that I could not be magnificent, massive and extensive pile. J content until I had gone into the midst of them 1 was received upon my arrival with great \ an d inspected the crop. I found it to be a ceremony by a number of dignitaries, ami | bush or weed about two and one-half feet in ushered into a large and gorgeously appointed I height, planted in rows. The body was stout audience chamber, at the end of which the an a the limbs thick and stiff, and both the iving and Queen were seated upon a platform body and the brar ches were enveloped with a or dais, beneath a glittering canopy. soft, w hite fiber that grew upon them as moss As 1 advanced toward them accompanied by I grows on trees. The plant had no other foli- Woua and i uema, they came down and re- a g e> ceived and welcomed me. Their Majesties' This fiber was three or four inches long and were visibly affected by contending emotions; hung gracefully in glossy festoons. It was be- and what with the great deference shown me, I j n g divided as it was plucked, in two separate and the difficulty of expressing myself satifv classes or grades, by two squads of hands— fact only, I was somewhat embarrassed and one squad going ahead and taking it from the confused. top down to the lower branches, and the other Seeing which the hmg beckoned to all the I squad following and gathering that which was company to advance, and I was soon surround- | near the ground and more or less damaged by ed by ladies and gentlemen, who sought mv the rains. The fiber was very similar to the acquaintance, and showed me every polite at- jj n t of cotton that is grown by the Americans | in the southern portion of the United States, ten i ion, M ona and his wife were of great assistance 1 specimens of which I remembered to have ex- • amined at Liverpool. to me in this emergency, and it gratified me to .s**e that they were attracting the favorable no tice of the King and < >ueen. The lat er did me the great honor of escorting me through the libraries, art galleries, and other attrac tions of the palace, and at length had me sit in the place of honor, and eat in company with themselves and the nobility. As we sat at the table I was conscious that the Queen regarded me with a scrutinizing glance as if trying to decipher a difficult puz- Zuami said it was an annual plant produced from seeds which grow in the pods which I observed to be pendant from the tops of the stalks. lie said also it was a crop of national importance for the reason that, next to wool, it was the best material to be had for clothing. How beneficently I thought, as we walked back to our boat, does God provide for the wants of his creatures! we continued on up the river we passed and recalling what she had said at the in- severa i thriving towns, hut did not stop at any. . * * x - ' r ~“ ~~ About ono hundred miles from the city the river spread out into a lake about thirty miles wide, and at its southern side or head we found the natural curiosity wo had come to be hold. It was nothing more nor less than tho falling of a ri-'-r, one hundred and fifty yards in width, over a precipice tix hundred feet high! It was easily understood. The river upon wards learned that intoxicants were not known j w lii c Ii Wona and I had penetrated into the ter view of Wona, I felt satisfied her mind was still running on the same subject. The table was furnished with gold and silver plate, but there was no wine or other intoxi cating li pic r served. I could not suppress my •’viri'** -■>- :i .'. this, and addressed in enquiry to **’ geir leiniiu near me with reference to i‘; but he seemed a a loss to understand my mean ing, ar.d so I dropped the subject I after- i the country. The King before leaving the table, spoke thus to the assembled company: “We greet and honor a mysterious and ex traordinary guest, and it is proper that I should introduce him L > you. This I cannot do by his name, because I do not know it. If I should give *t its sound would be strange, and you would uot understand. His white skin would seem to indicate a higher order of beings than we are, as it must country, after llovving to the west a hundred miles from the point where we climbed the mountain, forms a large lake which, breaking through the ridge that formerly confined it, pours the waters of the river over the rocks into the plain below. I have never seen Niagara, but I thought of it as I gazed in silence at tie sublime spectacle before me, and wondered if the great American falls could equal this in grandeur. We saw it from different points op the wa- be the product of finer and purer blood; but he an q ^ ien we ascended the heights above, claims no such superiority, llis story about f rom w bence we were abie to take a bird’s eye himself is as yet but imperfectly known, our language being new to him. He claims however I believe to be of a race and country on the same globe wit li ourselves, that we never heard or dreamed of untd his advent amongst us. Believing as we have always done—having nothing to suggest the vie are the only human w of the river and lake on the south side, and the terrible cataract, and the lake, river and plain in the plateau below. At the place win re the river breaks through, the mountain is much narrowed—not more than one-fourih of a mile in thickness. Stand ing on the southern verge a thousand feet contrary—that a b ove the outer lake, and looking to the west beings in ex- ; we cou ]d see a high spur of mountain runni <r jstence, it is not strange his pretence ollt iq i) lfj south. This was the western bound should cause tremendous excitement. I con- ary 0 f ^fie outer lake, and it was easy to per- tirm to the stranger a name which the populace ce j ve that the waters of the river, met by this Las already most appropriately bestowed. A impassable barrier, bad cut their way of neces- name in our own tongue. He will be known 8 p y through the mountain, among us as Wau-iia-ma. (White Man.) We lingered for days amidst the romantic When llis Majesty had concluded, there was 8Ce iury of this place, for I was loth to go .stillness for a few seconds, and Wona who sat away from it. There were a great number of by me whisptred in my ear. ' sight-seers on the water and on the height; ar.d I rose to my feet as composedly as I could as j looked at them I thought of the thousands in so august a presence, and made a low obei- 0 f Americans and Europeans that would visit sauce to the King and Queen, and sat down t j ie WO ndrous spot if the barriers of ice could again. 1 could not venture upon a worded re- j t, e removed. ply. 1 There is a comfortable inn above the falls, Prom that day forward I have been called an( j a town of three thousand inhabitant s on Wauhama. My English name is now but a j the western shore of Fall Lake, as the body of memory. water below is called before it makes off to the The King then invited me to make my home I cas t. But tl is fall, with all its grandeur as a in the palace, and directed that preparations^be startling thing to be gazed at., is a serious ob made to receive me. I dared uot decline this distinguished attention, but I grieved to be separ^d from the frieuds who had first pro vided me a shelter. However I was ?oon to bo relieved upon this point; for the king upon quitting the table, •decorated Wona in ht nor of the news he had brou^at, and appointed him to a lucrative stacle to navigation ami trade. The sheep- growers and miners of mbtal and coal, and the marble and stone quarriers of the upper slope would give vast sums to remove it. They send their products down the river until it reaches the lake above the fall. Here the voy age ends and the cargoes must bs unloaded on the western shore, where, in consequence of The freights are passed to the lo .ver plateau through a si .ping tunnel on stout cars on wheels, controlled by windlasses. The tunnel is thirty feet wide, so that live cars can be working at the same time. Owing to the con siderable distance, however, several different windlasses are used along each track, and the plase; and the Queen raised Yuema to be a j this transfer business, a town has long existed, member of ner household. It was refreshing indeed to behold the hap piness of the couple as they knelt hand in hand before the sovereigns, to accept their new and highly prized dignities. .... . . . Then turning to me the king said his chief desire in connection with myself was that I __ should acquire the language of his people as transfer is tedious and expensive, quickly as possible, in order to mike generally j /uanri said this tunnel had been known to known b> speech or writing a fu.l account of I be thus used for more than a thousand years, my origin. That the ideas he had thus far re- After passing through, the coal, marble, etc , f eived about me were indefinite and misty. I is shipped to the metropolis and other eastern was the embodiment of a great mystery which i markets. As I looked upon their awkward arid he longed to have me unravel to him in con- | primitive methods, my thoughts went back versation. constantly to progressive England, the glorious Jle introduced :ne to the venerable luamJ— country of iny birth—the envy and admiration the counsellor before mentioned—and placed | G f wor id. Tearing ourselves away from me under bis special tutelage, begging uie to i this lovely resort, we staited home again, and nass all my leisure hours under liis ins.ruction, j n a f ew days 1 was settled in my comfortable and assured me ho would often be present in , quarters once more. r«on and join us in our investigations. And before parting he said I was at liberty to re- ■ niAPTFRYTIT l urn with Wona and Yuema to their house un- j LlIAl TEIi ALII, rit my palace apartments should be in readi- | TALKS with the king and queen—traditions. • I give the best translation I am capable of. “And in the ardent time King Iliawana the Great ruled over the people. And his subjects were a numerous, and a great nation. And the sun shone warm upon them, and upon the land where they dwelt. And there was a cold season and a warm season. But even in the cold season did the sun shine bright for them, and warm also, but not so warm as it shone for them in the warm time. And the sun gave a time of light, and a time of darkness. Yea, he hid his face and the people slept. But then he showed his face and the people rose up and worked. And the face of the sun was too bright for the eye, and its light covered the face of the earth wi'.h a great glory. And the face of the earth where the king lived with his subjects, was green and full of grass, and great trees, and bread plant, and running rivers, and cities, and the king’s sub jects were rich, and they were abundant in good things. Ami the great sun that in those blest days warmed man kind as the mother- bird warmeth her young, rose in the eastern sky and passed to the western each day over the heads of the King’s subject’s. But oh, woe! woe! A day came when this happy kingdom was destroyed in the twink ling of an eye. 'The ground quaked and rent. The mountains tumbled down, or sunk into the earth, and new mountains rose where be fore none had been. The great sea-waves washed awfully over the city and plains. The earth seemed to move to the northward, and the sun fled far to the south. And at his departure, life-giving and life- preserving heat fled with him. The floods of rain that poured down, and the terrible waves that swept over the land, wfcre all congealed inio ice with,great nuickness. And the trees, and grass, and animals also. Elephants and*mammoths were encased in ice. yor they had no time to escape, and no place to run to. The world seemed turned to ice in a moment. And of the millions of our fathers who pos sessed that happy land, all perished in the aw ful cold, save the King and his family and a hundred of his subjects And they were saved on this wise: In the midst of the terrible convulsions, the great King chanced to bo near the gaping mouth of a cave that was disclosed by the breaking up of the ear h’s foundations. lie fled into the opening with his wife and his sons, and his daughters, and such of his subjects as were near. And tho walls of the cave sheltered the King and his people, and shielded them from the cold. And when the land and the sea had become calm, the King went forth into the light, and behold! all was changed. He could see noth ing but plains and hills of ice, and the sun shone like a dim golden bail in the far south. His warm beams were quenched forever, and life had perished from the earth. And the King and bis people dwelt in the cave for a long time, and mourned for the people that were lost, and their Fufferings were great. But the great ILawana died and was buried in the cave. And his sons, the young princes’ carved upon his tomb the figures of a lion, and a crown, and the ancient Ark; that it might be known as the burial place of Iliawana the Great. And the cold was so great the princes and people cjuld not live outside the cave. And they traveled a great way underground, and many of them perished in the bowels of the earth. But some survived, and at last came out upon a goodly country that lay deep sunken in the crust of the earth. And they dwelt in that land, and increased, aud became again a nu merous people.” At the conclusion of the reading, the King grasped my hand, and said: “Wauhama, your comirg amongst us is the most interesting event in our annals. 0 I cannot express the emotions I feel when I clasp the hand of a man who has stood by the tomb of ancient Iliawana, and who has lived in a portion of the globe where the day and night succeed each other a3 tradition reports them t j have done in the time oi our early an cestors.” [to be continued.] WOMAN S XGDOM. BY ETHBJS’N. " Woman's kingdom!” * knows where The walls of woman’s H>ni are? How stands her tbroofurple state, Gemmed with the gold*)* of Fate; Where Is her crown of j won, Her regal robes for pa(P spun; When inay the warden? to sleep B-side the dungeon In »ecp; What is the trthute va-pay And when the solemn uing day; How are the courtly p‘» learned, Aud jeweled Orders hi earned? Not where rude was 9 » lf I and deep, Wakens the warder Ifeep; Not where the vassal **rs gold. Or love with priestly f sold; Not where the garra«olden sheen Knows jeweled ribbon** between; Not where the courtlyses taught lu sliver accents, con: naught; Not there her kingdoi K*S IdKh Its walls rise upward^ sky. For weary souls who' her a id. For frightened soulsPk, * f aid, While sne beside the^ru stands To hold up weak autf*y hands. Her throne—the hallichamber, where Her child Is taught Ifutng prayer; Her crown—a good o*teaufast love, I’jre gold that fire sfily prove; Her warders-only lcp«ayers To guard the feet of bllng cares; Her tribute-loving t ami true; Her Orders, Faith's^ ribbon blue. Decked whh me crofd starry Hope, Horne on a sinning s -D. Tots, tf D is woman**’ o:u, left When Paradise was her refr. cr. The little Reiection r omaii’s Kingdom,” was published nearly iecades ago; the au thoress lias contributory pretty gems to wards the making of ap book of mine, but I always liked this <*st. Another poem pasted away is “-Solit” perfect in its way, but the writer bemo»e inability of woman to accomplish great t* and she says: “A man may ffgl sow, or reap, Divide the searaverse earth; She can but driu>r pray, or weep, What is her liloving worth.” Is a woman’s gamtaire when in a king dom which she callfP 8 he wears a crown of “steadfast love’’ reive a tribute of “lov ing hearts and true? 8 her life worthless Lba; she should senri her realm men and women who have jbniliaut the pages of history? Or is it ng that she may be crowned with sucfcels as George Elliot, Florence Xightinga'L idy Montague wore —can it be mere dry in rivaling the gen tle “Lucile,” who, battle fields gave aid to “frightened sin-sick, afraid?’* Wherever a woraaiigdom may be, if her deeds are good the; like the astral-lamps of heaven; and if tl r « sometimes lost in eclipse it is but to*a forth witlw^'^ater luster whe 1 lIu ^ - IfelllP 9 1 ■ Just where the shadows thrown by ^ giants of the hoary wood we have erected Years Ago” can obtain the song from Henry castle—TcWiijc and I—and lovely it seems fTolman & Co., L'ffl Washington street, Boston, the sombre darkness of its grey battlemai If some of the sisters aresfonnd of music, yet ° J ; canDOt indulge the taste because ltisexpen- turreted towers and bridged moat picrced. S | Ve> p»t them write to Hewett Bros., §t. .To- streaks of golU, while umb r stains bathe W?eph, Mo., for their catalogue of ten cent ran- mellow light ivied windows or guarded port!* 10, A’u w, don t look at ms and laugh! I have _ , , . t , . ... about twenty songs from them, and they are Our castle is peopled with the H ousehold in* ast the 8an Jg lhat retail dealers all over the bers, and in imagination wa mingle with Country sell for from thirty to sixty cents per throng—I aud Tawny, my dog. (Parchancjpopy—some for even more than that. Try dog sometimes think.) ’ his music, and I know you wilt be pleased ti un . nr- « ,. . -vith it. As a result of one of its voting com- I hear White Wings pleading for the Petitions for a list of the very best novels ever monotony to bo broken, while Leslie AfvriUen, I see tb it the PalL :Mull Gazette prints raises her hands in horror at the suggestion he fallowing catalogue: a debate. Vi-a new member-has sent “ l % Ti J® be u st b^oncal novel, Sir Walter . ,, Scott s ‘Ivanhoe.’ ff. The finest humorous some interesting literary curios; it wjuld ! 0 vel, Dickens’ ‘Pickwick.’ 3. The mostim- we 11 to do as she says, all contribute to aginative romance, Rider Haggard’s ‘She.’ 4. new corner soon to be begun. 'he best ‘novel with a purpose,’ Charles Yonder at .the open caseineatare Yum Ynif f *^ eve F ^. 00 p? - ® J? r , est tale of seatanng life, Marryat s ‘Mulship- r tonda and l ellow Jessamine. Kisses and, ian Easy » The best tale of country life, welcome to each, but—tableau! Give Awieorge Eliot’s ‘Adam Bede.’ 7. The bestsen- has chanced upon the scene. itionai novel, Wilkie Collins’ 'Woman in a . .» * , ., , f ,, . 7hite.' 8. The best tale for boys, Defoe’s As in the balcony scene-that of the 1'ra.^J Crnsoe y „ The best £i’ h noYe l, cess and Give Away—I benold the member*y Ver ' s ‘Charles O'Malley.’ 10. The best some with the stamp of maturity upon theLotch novel, Scott’s ‘The Heart of Midlothi- brow, some whose lives seem a roseate hue 1 *’ The^best novel of all, Thackeray’s and some with eyes steeped in tears of an un!^^" s some curious questions and shed woe. The philosophers, anliquarian»sc Uss ions to enthusiastic readers cf good scholars, cynics, critics, are seen, but I lookoks. I know the Household contains many for familiar faces that will not rise at thc c b* fl 115111 consider it pro and con. f r-M i * a H7 S of course the members have read Haggard s touch of a Glendoveer s wand. Where a« oks X have just finished “Jess.” It seems they—Belle, Grandma Love, Dick Daring, author must have in his books plenty of Viva, Kit Warren, N. L. II. aud Reckless Tenfong passion, plenty of incident, thunder- The scene vanishes and Tawny lays his cold ,rlus ’ n 5 r ™ w escapes, murder—in , , , ,jrt, it must be “dash and go ’ all the time, nose upon my hand as a gentle reminder, and rt .; illlyi “j eas - fiU s all these requirements. homeward we wend oar way. uc^s to receive me. CHAPTER XLI. SSTAUUSliED is THE I'ALACE-THE WATER WORKS—A SLHLIME SPECTACLE. For a period of time equivalent to about a week after tho stirring events last narrated, I ^mtinued to be the guest of my original friends Wona and Yuema. My time was devoted •oartlv to amusements, hut mostly to study. I ^t socially a good many new people, among , aka nafefttfl of Wona s wife. Then I was notified that my rooms in the nalace were in readiness lor me, and I took iiosscssionof them. They were good enough **! ^ established tU t? reh 'P ?Llewr but Often drove or walked ^nt the cRy! accompanied by Wona or ed us ' nto t £« ,n “ d ° o} the mountain range «“ , th . e T ^ the two plateaus I have men- Uo£d ffd of the stream is at least one The King and Queen often invited Zuami and me to their rooms where we were required to lay aside ceremony, and engage in free con versation. A disinterested observer would have been amused at the sort of contest which general ly occurred at these meetings To explain: It must be seen that my curiosity about the land I had discovered was very great, and the interest of the sovereigns in the coun tries I had strayed from was equally keen. Therefore each constantly questioned the oth er. Each labored to keep the other in the at titude of narrator. A record of the conversations we had would fill volumes. When it was my turn to talk, I usually di rected my remarks to the description of the countries and people of the south. By the term south I mean of course everything out side of the North Polar region. I would dwell at length upon the different forms of govern ments that prevailed, the religions that attain- ed, the several races of men, the climates and productions of the earth, etc. My auditors would listen with unflagging in terest like children to a nursery tale. Nor is it strange they should, when we consider that they knew of no oceaos, or continents, nor of any race of men but themselves until informed by me of these and a thousand other marvel lous things. About a Mortgage. The editor of tho Santa Anna Standard, hav ing just succeeded in paying a mortgage on his ranch in Orangcthrope, rejoices in the full ownership of “ill acres of as tine laud as Cali fornia boasts.” His ’experience with the “dead pledge”—now 6o happily past—moves him to wise reflections, as follows: “A mort gage is a queer institution. It makes a man rustle and keeps him poor. It is a strong in centive to action, aud a wholesome reminder of the fleeting months and years. I( is fully ns symbolical in its meaning as the hour-glass and scythe, that represent death. A mortgage also represents industry, because it is never idle and never rests. It is like a bosom friend, because the greater the adversity the cloger it sticks to a fellow. It is like a brave soldier— it never hesitates at charges nor fears to close in on the enemy- It is like the sand-hag of the thug—silent in application, but deadly in ef fect. It is like the hand of Providence—it spreads all over the creation, and its influence is everywhere visible. It is like the grasp of a devil-fish—the longer it holds, the greater its strength. It will exercise feeble energies and lend activity to a sluggish brain, but no matter how hard the debtors work, the mortgage works harder still. A mortgage is a good thing to have in the family—provided always it is in somebody else’s family. It is like a boil—always a good thing on some other fel low. It makes one sour, cross, selfish, unso ciable and miserable, and rarely does him any good, only to exercise him. In that respect it is equal to Vigor of Life or the latest patent medicine. We’ve had our last one as far as w« know ourself. We would rather have the ague than have a mortgage. Adieu, old death pall, a fond adieu.” A piece of tallow wrapped in tissue paper and laid among iurs or woollen will prevent the ravages of moths. Mother Un Clio No. 2, Retires. Young and middle-aged men suffering from nervous debility, premature old age, loss of memory, and kindred symptoms, should send 10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treatise suggesting sure means of cure. World’s Dis pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. The first eager glance at the Srx.vr South, and behold my identity is lost, and my musical nnm appropriated by another. No more Clio, but one of the Clio’s, I become. I raise mv hands and cry peccavi, but unintentional, I assure you, dear rightful Clio. During Airs. Bryan’s regime my visi's to your circle were rare, and 1 had no idea that I was a jackdaw, strutting in borrowed plumage. But then if I am not. Clio, who am 1? As the gold and rc.se of the new day peeps through my half-closed shutters, that bewildering thought floa's thiough my dreamy brain. “Leslie Avon,” whispered tho beautiful queen of Dreauila. i, and so Leslie Avon begs to fill the place that Clio No. 2 has abdicated. After weeks of sunshine, the heavens to-day look as they meditated revenge. The rosy tints of mom have given place to purple hues and whirling smoky clouds. The air has be come gratefully cool, aud the parched earth seems to listen eagerly for the whispering rain. Cornflower has come back to us with the gentleness of her blue eye, and Veritas—ab, Veritas, you little know the pleasure I find in holding communion witha c. ng'-inal mind. And your thoughts echo tb rough the rever berating chambers of memory, fill the present and soar on, with a dash of sunlight in front. How could Mother Hubbard, cultured and kind, suggest a debate in our social circle? “Ve powers who rule tbe tongue, if such there are And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me rroin the thing I dread and hate— A duel In the form of a debate.” But the fiat has gone forth and much I fear me will come Southerner with his “mouth full of cabbage and contradiction” lauding Milton, and perchance in the same breath proving Ho mer to be “the bright peculiar star.” Musa Dunn’s life is one long reproach to the butterfly existence, “A perfect woman nob'y pi nned.” Ah, in the silver twilight consci ence sometimes knocks loudly at the portal of a life whose days are given to pleasure. And then in the subdued light how easy to distin guish the false from the true—the pure geld from the counterfeit. Yet under gaslight these weird fantastics take to themselves wings and fly away. And, dazz'.ed by glittering pleasure, we eagerly seize the little handful of “fool’s gold," leaving the true gold, the deep well- spring of pleasure, for Musa Dunn’s. Give Away, will you not accord the same bright welcome to Leslie, that you gave to the poor jackdaw? Ahl why should this tender melancholy be felt as Clio glides from this charmed circle? God grant that only a record of love be garnered for Leslie Avox. Is difficult for mo to understand whit it is his books that some people rave about. Mr. ggard is, to put it in a German way. noth in a less degree than he is a writer cf good dish. ;iio, your “Confederate Dead” found a re- nsive chord in my heart. Recently I heard i. tV. Cable address the literary uocieties of iderbilt University. The invitation was iered him as a tribute to his genius and pience. Imagine oar surprise a id dlsap- ituient, then, when he chose, on a purely ■ary occasion (if I may be allowed lhat ex- ision), the race problem as his subject. I 't know how others felt, but I experienced r disgust at what he felt “called upon” to aud mortification that we should have n him the opportunity of taking advantage ac’u a position as the one lie occupied, have sent Mother Hubbard a few sclcc- k that 1 think would make an interesting tun entitled, for instance, ‘ Literary Ch i’’ It she thinks weil of the idoa, let the Ibers add to the lit tle store she has now, 8 more selections of the same kind, either Cnal or r ot. ive lone, I enjoy your pen talks. Do not like us. ■lie, you have a warm fi iend in me. asy, j'our (1 Twer name is one of my favor- it-tbo “thought-flower,” as the Germans «t. How I love all Ibwers! They are like si thoughts to me. oar Mother Hubbard “rapping” at me, so 1st away. I am irrepressible, when once a rier is broken down, and so you may ex pire long to bear from Vi. ihville, Tenu. •n afraid to enter your realm to-day, for ‘hlousenolders” are such a merry body, tk fear I will be de-lrop for I do not leel as f(ir light hearted, as I did that palmy (lay w|I wandered though your lovely kingdom, ii ■ presence of a Princess. Ah! Princess, it L - ond my power, to tell you what a world ok d that sweet welcome did me. int say much to-day, I bad far rather Ha te , Viva, Veritas, Sylvania, Rosa Alba, C! ffusa Dunn, N. L. H., and those gifted oi rom whom I glean many ennobling and in dive thoughts. io again, Nixy. By the way, somebody defied you to me as being very lovely, what do i think on the subject? I for oue havo alvfc admired your’piguant, spicy letters. Q of Montgomery, you write from my old hoatherefore, I have a warm spot iu my heaior you. I wonder if you are some one tiiafcnow; you say we need an “earthquake to skip the Household.” “Them’s my sen- timA tew.” You members Mack, Kerr, Oliarne, Don Carlos, Leal Kiminer, Lee, ’ate City, Girl, Eclaire, Vaurien, come rout and enliven our kingdom with youterry chat, as you did in the days of old. I Woman s Work aud Woman’s Love. Glancing through a number of papers recent ly, my attention became riveted to tho number of working women. It seems, in this age of progress—nearly every woman has some occu pation, and instead of being sneered at and discouraged for one’s industrious propensities, one receives the smite of approbation and the words of applause. But think you fellow- creatures, would it not be more commendable for one and more appreciative for the other if there was jmt a little more remuneration for one’s services? Methinks woman’s work is depreciated, and most niggardly rewarded; and particularly if the so-called “lord (?) ol creation” is to reward her for her services. Why does not woman’s labor require a re compense as well as those descendants of the Chimpanzee (amen!) tribe! She is necessita ted to eke o it her own livelihood by her own exertions, as well as the common herd of man kind is compelled to earn his daily bread by tho sweat of his brow. Work is a pleasure when rewarded and appreciated; and I think employment is the true secret of the philoso pher’s stone—contentment; for no unemployed person can be happy or contented. Man expects on entering the portals of his domain, after a hard day’s work, to receive the kiss of affection and the smile of loving kindness from his “dearly beloved.” What ehe has she to do but wreath her face in smilt-s, and always havo a cheering word for her,“liege lord? ’ What she does is not considered work —it IS only “killing time”—although her hands are ever busy, she never knows an idle mo ment, yet woven and thrown over all the ills, disappointments and heart aches encountered during the daily’ routine of household duties is a net of oblivion, and with heart vibrating with love, eyes sparkling with the dew of unshed tears and c luntenance beaming with the radi ance of supreme joy, she hastens to extend a cordial welcome to that male viped! Adele. Vaiden, Miss. Dr.ar ILmschohl: Is there room for another member? It is only a “wee, tiny” flower that asks admittai.ee to your charmed circle. I have so long read and ei, joyed the Household letters that I feel I must add my meed of grat itude to those wiio make its columns so enter taining and instructive. Rural Widow, your account of your Cincin nati trip recalled pleasant fnemories to my mind. I was onco delayed in the “mammoth city” for a day, and I saw many of its beauti ful sights.. Someday—»b! Lhat blessed time! I shall visit friends there. Now, do not fancy from that interjection, dear friends, that I do not love to work. Indeed, I do, and I do not think we can be happy unless we are em ployed. But there is so much I would like to do—so many sights I would love to see. Some times—it is not always so—it is right hard to he content to be “commonplace;” and vet most of us must. Aud I think that if we do every duty promptly as it comes iu our way, if we act and speak kindly as we have oppor tunity, if we mike life easier for others; in short, if wa do what we can to make the world ■>. pleasant place to live in, we wili win some- ! '-ling, far more precious than fame—the love OI tc.se around us, and the approval of God. —131^ ’ m in? If I asii not too late, the inquirer of “Twenty Yum-Yum, to you I extend my hand warm ly. I like you, and read your letters with de light. Sweet Cornflower, you won my love and ap preciation by your kindly greeting to Sigma. Sigma, will you accept my friendship too? I feel the deepest sympathy for those who Pave been wounded in the battle of life. Some, lerhaps you have met them holding life’s rose ,nd kissing only its sparkling dew-drops, think it all brightness and beauty, but to others it contains many blighted and bruised petals, and i.bey can but see it is only a frail thing ’that the winds of time can mar at pleasure? But dgina, you must not be cynical because you iave to bear the marks and bruises of disap- uointment.pain and affliction, there is a blessed tomforterfor all who come across the marred leaves of life’s rose, a peifect trust in Him vho holds our life, will ease, aye, cure tbe aching wounds that are received in life’s fierce conflict. Maid of Athens, true friend, I have had a great trouble lately and I long to see you and tell you about it, for I’m almost hungry for yonr sweet words of sympathy. I’m going to read “She” shortly, and we’ll discuss it together. White Wings. Jesup, Ga. A Gentleman in Texas Writes of the preparatory treatment for pros pective mothers, by Dr. Staiuback Wilson of Atlanta: All her friends were surprised at the wonder ful effects in my wife’s case, and believe had she begun sooner, she would have had no pains at all. We consider him a God-seml to wo man kind, and he has permission to refer in quirers to me.” A Tcrrililej Surgical Ojeratian. A FATAL MISTAKE. ~ The Cleveland (Ohio) Press}' of February 23d, 1883, pub- lished an account of a fatal surgical operation which caused a great commotion among med ical men throughout the whole country, Dr. Thayer, the most eminent surgeon in Cleveland, pronouncing it scandalous. It appears that a Mrs. Xing had been suffering for many years from some disease of tin* stom ach, which had resisted the treatment of all the physicians in attendance. The disease commenced with a slight de rangement of the digestion, with a poor appetite, followed by a peculiar indescribable dis tress in the stomach, a feeling that Las been described as a faint “all gone” sensation, a sticky slime collecting about the teeth, causing a disagree able taste. This sensation was not removed by food, but, on the contrary, it was increased. After a while the hands and feet became cold and sticky—. a cold perspiration. There was a constant tired and lan guid feeling. Then followed a dreadful nervousness* with The Sunny South FEMALE SEMINAEY, 150 and 152 Whitehall Street, Atlanta. Georgia. Faculty: W. B. Beals, a. m., President, Professor tf. Nanini! and M tral Sciences. / Prof Weo 0 Looney, a m, Ctulr of MUbemuiee and A trruuufi'V. [u WrsU D Crowley, m a, Chair of English Llterv Mademoiselle Victoria Kontz, Chair of Ancient ana MiKJern Lauguages. \ pann^nir ^ 8eals * Friaclpai of Preparatory Do* Ci?tur F * F SEAL9 ’ Director of Music. Voles Oiw* 411 VoN DeB Ho?a rCHcLTZB, Piano ami Prof W F Clark, Violin and Cornet. Cornet M, * VVIK Assonant Violin aad Prof Wm T ycette. Art Dma'tment. I Rof A c ISkiscoe Hmnugrapny. Miss Jennie Rushing Telegraphy. N ” r bunny south Office, Teacher at Type Setting. JJiss Lily May Danforth, Calligraphy. Mrs VV F Seals. S"pt. Boarding Department. Mrs Geo C Looney, Matron. THE FALL TERM WILL BEGIN ON Ht MONDAY Of SEPTEMBER 18S7. departments are well nigh full, and an earl* appiir-atlon Is Important to secure a goo. place for the next term. rhorouga literary < Ml want in tiieSoiuii, viz: practical btietn-ss educatin'! lor f?maies.“ .T ery ?S mb,r of our faculty Is an experienced ed- 1‘rator. All are acknowledged to stand abreast with the best teachers of the State, In ttielr respective utaUoD meUt8 ’ WhUe Some en l ,y even a national rep- Anyone haying girls to educate Is respsct/nll* re- ferred to the state at large for cUaracter, scnolar- ship and management. ’ DEPARTMENTS| sch.K?l?ei^.'?T ri f ul M m . l wiU ,l0 divid9d Into Mb Nutn.ii « ' I lKl T h ’ Mathematics, Moral Scisno*. Natural Science, Lannaugee and History, A yuan* lady may Rraduate in one or all of these ^cording*! she has time, means, inclination and ability. Fob till graduation, she will have to manifest famili arity with all of them. Should a pupil prefer it, eitt- music or art may be substituted for either of th« ovo, and will be regarded equivalent. NEW FKATCBES. With a view to maki ;k onr mime of study ami. nenUy practical. Telegraphy, Calligraphy, Phonom- phy, B ,, .,k- k 7 pin j; H ,"l lyce-Betting, or JonrndlK will be introduced as specia departments. A end- ate of this school takes along with her a protestor adapted to her sex, and which tits her to enter Ay ?H CB HT L actKe busmees _ life. In no othe. ill she hnd these advantages. school gloomy forebod Finally the patient was unable to re tain a::v food is haievoT, there was constant p.-nn :athe abdomen. -All prescribed rem edies failing to give relief, a consultation was held, when it was decided that the patient had a cancer in the stomach, and in order to save the patient’s life an operation was justifi able. Accordingly, on the 22d of February, 1883, the opera- lion was performed by Dr. Vance in the presence of Dr. Tuckerman, Dr. Perrier, Dr. Arms, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Capner, and Dr. Halliwell of the Police Board. The operation consist ed in laying open the cavity of the abdomen and exposing the stomach and bowels. Wheu tiiis bad been done an examin ation of the organs was made, but to the honor and dismay of the doctors there was no cancer to be found. The pa tient did not have a cancer. When too late the medical men discovered that they had made a terrible mistake; but they sewed the parts together and dressed the wound that they had made, but the poor woman sank from exhaustion and died in a few hours. How. sad it must be for the husband of this poor woman to know that bis wife died from the effects of a surgical operation that ought never to have been peiformed. If this woman had taken the proper remedy for Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration (for this was what the disease really was), she would have been liv ing to-day. Shaker Extract of Hoots, or Seioel’s Curattvb SyiItjp, a remedy made ex pressly for Dyspepsia or Indi gestion, has restored many such cases to perfect health after all other kinds of treatment have failed. The evidence of its efficacy in curing this class of cases is too voluminous to be published here; but those who lead the published evidence in favor of this dyspeptic remedy do not question its convincing nature, and tbe article lias an, extensive sale. the South j ATLANTA AS A LOCATION. Of all points in the South, not one combines many of the eeHentiala for a school of the charsntM. proposed, as Atlanta. It is 1160 feet above sea level. It is blent with pare water and good air. It is healthy. kind ha8 neV6r been by an e P*demi© of at.* It is out of the range of storms and cyclones. It is the capital of the State, where pupils can ses and hear all the celebrities of the day. It is a prograBsive city, where everything new In science and Hrtieeure to come. It ie a city of churches, and is without a dm ti the observance of the Sabbath. p *“ ,E Its people are cultivated and refined, and ita mo rality te phenomenal. It is the music center of the South, and ita ver* air is ladened with music. It is convenient, being a railroad center. Tbe schorl Is located at 150 and 152 Whitehall street, in the elegant four story brick oul'dlng op posite Trinity church. It Is finely adapted to schorl purposes, naving about 35 large, well-yentllata J rooms, which furnish ample accommodations for all the departments. Iu addition to tbe school room* fhere are nineteen sleeping apartments, with ante rooms, all of which are supplied with new rurnltore of the latest and most expensive styles, (las, hot and cold water carried through the entire building Our girls drink the Atlanta Artesian Water, which Is brought to tbe door. GENERAL INFORMATION. This school is not denominational. Hoarding pu pils will attend the church specified by their parent*. The number of pupils will be limited to sixty, and in no event will more than that number be received Tuition must be paid monthly in advance, and no deduction will be made except in casos of sicknaaa protracted beyond two weeks. An experienced house. keei>er will take charge of tne boarding departmeat and a skillful physician will look after the health of the pupils. The daily sessions will be six hours, beginning Ir the morning at. eight o’clock, and dismissing at 4^0 in the afternoon, w»th two hours’ intermission at noon and two recesses. We do not like the one sea- sion pian, as now taught in our popuiar schools. T he government of the school wdl he humane, but firm. UNIFORM. Georgia Railroad Company, NOTICE/TO THE PUBLIC. Tickets to Hillman, Ga. Notice is hereby given that Tickets have been placed on sale at all regular stations on line of the Georgia, and Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad to HILLMAN, GA., a flag station on the Washington Branch. Par ties desiring to visit HILLMAN and go to the “ELECTRIC SHAFT,** can now purchase Tickets to that point direct, instead of stop ping at Raytown (Sharon), and taking private conveyance from that point The SHAFT is located just half mile from Railway Landing. Trains stop at Landing only when signalled, unless passengers on board desire to stop there. E. R. DORSEY, General Passenger Agent In order to prevent extravagance, h uhiforra tj be worn by tho pupilb to church or on the Htreet has wilt ha maria irm.-m For course of Study, Charge, dc., nee private -.ar- cuLar, TESTIMONIALS. We append a few certificates which havo been te*, dered us by friends w 10 have either been patrons, or: been in positions to know something of our teach ing. Cdthbeut, Ga., June 19,1883. Having for many years known Mr. Wm. B Seal* now «»f Atlanta, and having been intimately acquaint ed with his manner of teaching, and of condaednf educational establishments. I can say with pleasor* that he is not only a gentleman of varied talents &c<t culture but a first rate teacher, and an excellent ad ministrator of female schools and colleges. Jno. T. Clakke, LL.D., Judge of the Putaula Circuit. Columbus. Ga , June 16,1886. Mr. Wm B. Seals: Dear Sir and Friend: I am glad to know that you have decided to resume teaching. 1 think when you retired the cause of education T»*it one of its most polished, prominent and accomplish ed teachers. 1 knew you when in charge of Levert Female College at Talbutton, and can truthfully s»v that your management was highly satisfactory, ana as a disciplinarian and teacher unsurpassed by snv one who has succeeded you. I patronized the school when you were in charge of it, and while living In Talbutton, as you know, made repeated efforts to get you to return. Your friend, J. T. Wimff, Judge of Chattahoochee Circuit, Cuthbert, Ga.. June 16. 1886. Prof. Wm. B. Saals, while President of Bethel fe male College, in this place, taught my children qcu§ to ray satisfaction. A thorough scholar, g >oddiscip linarian, amoral, Christian gentleman, I consider him equal to the best of teachers. It gives rne greet pleasure in commending him to any community In which he may be placed as entirely capable and tract- worthy. Those having children to educate could not trust them in better hands. A. J. Mote, a former patron. Macon, Ga., June 25,1886. Prof. W. B. Seals has had the experience of a life- tiraoin teaching and conducting first-class institu tions of learning. He has ability, scholarship, cult ure and much tact. I predict for him great succes* in his management of the Sunny South Feraaie Sem inar y. Atlanta, Ga , June 25. 1888. I have known Prof. W B. Seals since 1866. I h:*vt» had the best of opportunities for knowing his quali fications as a teacher and his capacity for conducting a school of high grade. It afiords me real pleaaura to say that he is a Christian gentleman and an accom plished teacher of large experience, and that I know of no man more worthy to be entrusted with the edu cation of girls aud young holies. J. B. Hawthorne, D. D„ Pastor First BaptistChurco, Atlanta, Gf. All communications 1 CUMBERLAND ISLAND, The Gem of the Atlantic, O ffers moke attract;ox3 trax any seaside resort In tliesuuui. To tfid business man, whose mind and Pram need rest, and to the Inva lid, dyspeptic, asthmatic and nervous sufferers thers Is no place line Cumberland with Us bracing salt air, surf b thing, Doatln?, fishing, shooting and out door sports. We have here THE FINEST BEACH IN THE WORLD, 3T.0 (eet In width and extending to old Dungluess 22 miles, lined with beautitnl shells of every descrip tion, and forming the handsomest drive on tbe Amer ican coast. The bathing in the surf here Is delicious and Invigorating and the gently sloping beacb makes It peifectly sate even for little children. THE HUNTING AND FISHING Are unsurpassed. Every variety of salt water ash abounds nere, as well as every species of gaue from the deer, black bear aud pelican down to the rice bird and sand pipers, and the visitor can Had royal sport with rod or gun every day In the year. THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Are now ample. In addition to the former building, and cottages, the proprietors have erected a large and handsome two story building with 12 to 15 large rooms, aud a donnle colonade on ah sides, and a dining ball 40x60 feet, with a seating capacity tor 300 guests. RAILROAD AND BOAT CONNECTIONS. Visiters can reach here via Brunswick and Savan- nau. Cl sse connection Is made at Brunswick daltv with the s’auneh and first-class steamer “City of Brunswick.” Ample conveyances with good drivers meet the boat dally at the landing. Sail boats, fishing boats aad racing beau always at tbe hotel wbarL tar-Kates ol hoard, only |2 per day or f to per week. For further Information address W. H. BUNKLEY. Proorietnr, Bunkley P. 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