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I THE SUNNY SOUTH. ATLANTA, Ga., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1887. LETTER5 rfL °^ e PEOPLE Bardstown, Kentucky, .s Educational Institutions—Local Option—Gas. Editor Sunny South:—It is quite natural •r every one who attempts to write for the ablic to boast of all the pool qualities, and •autiful characteristics of his town or coun- y. Now Bardstown is not the most beauti il little place in the State, nor is it the most iriving; but we think it is a very pretty little >wn, doing a p od business. U is however articularly noted for its educational* advan ces. The .following commencenrents have •een held during the past two weeks, viz: Banjjnewn Male and Female [nstuu'e, June ih; Maie'and Female High School, June 10th; it. Joseph's College, June 10 h; Nazareth, une 17th; Roseland Academy, June 18ib. St. oseph's (College is well-known throughout the •outhern Slates, as many of the most distin- uished men of the South were educated at hi« college. The college at this time is doing relL We are going to try local option m our town at the August election. It would bicome all iie good citizens to exert themselves and use id their influence to beat down the liquor traf- ic. There is a prevailing no*ion that liquor raftic in a town promotes the business inter •st. But I fail to see how, by a citizen’s cooi ng into a town and gettiug drunk, and dis orbing the peace, business interests are pro- noted. Be this as it may, I hope after the \ugust election we will be able to note the :ood effects of local option. The crops in this part of the State are very ine. The farmers have been favored with :ood seasons, and the crof)s are now in tip-top omiition. There is much talk about boring for gas in his county, but it seems to be all gas and no boring. There seems to be a sufficiency of gas bere now; so we don’t need anv more gas at resent. However we would like for some one i> bore for it or else invent some method by which the gas we have can be utilized. Harvesting is the order of the day—and at early morn 1 nab on to a pitch-fork and saunter int into “the meadow green" while my neigh bnr, not a lark, yels from a hilltop to ‘ hurry n there.*' This is not the meadow the pueis mg of. I think the pie's never saw this neadow, if they did I am satisfied “Things are not what the}’ seem." However! am very fond of reading poetry, and am 1 d to believe that the great advancement our people have made in refinement and politeness is iargt-ly due to iis influence. There is something so noble and exalting in good poetri—something which ever leads our though is and aspirations to a higher plane, and, opens to the mind a brighter and better field oi thought. Monroe. K Booming North Carolina Town- Northern Terminus of the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway. Ki'iToit Sunxv Soi tii: Constancy reading I tVi50oMt.if!T, Tn JoUr-vaTUtiiiB (taper, letters giving the progress of various towns, and fear ing that if some one did not rise in our behalf we might be christened the “Hip Van Winkle'’ of the Tar Heel State, I now venture to give you a few facts and comments concerning our prosperous little “burg.” Situated on the Carolina Central lUilroad, m j]f g cast of Charlotte and 108 miles west of Wilmington, nestled among the sloping hills of middle Carolina, the thriving and beautiful little town of Monroe rears its gilded head. Monroe, the county-sest of Union, is forty- four years of age, and boastfi of 3,750 inhabi tants Locate'I midway, or between the ex tremes of hot and cold, it has a normal tem perature. and is unsurpassed in health and natural resourc-s. We have about 100 stores, including several wholesale and retail houses, among which are the Heath Hardware Co., Griffin Chemical Co., and the North Carolina Music House. three of t.ae most enterprising Co ri to rations in the South. Among our most prominent mercantile Anns ate « Heath J I! English, A. H Crowell -V Son, Stevens & 1’hifets Welsh & Welsh, Griffin & Criffin Mcbtenstein & Levy, and many oth ers all of which are who esale and retail houses, and do an extensive and P r < hiAb.e business, in addition to tho above, we ha e The Peoples Bank of Monroe, with a ersh ca;>- iial of *200 000; The. Monroe Building and I >an Association, w th shares amounting to -.VMWHi; and several others of minor mipor- re \vc have a good tire department, electric „„d a regul ar and efficient police force Toe Moutoe tire department to >k the prize at the 20th of May celebration m i narimle, for bavin" the tinrst engine on exhibition Ais) intny other ,nir.es for efficiency and dmcj; >..»• The Monroe High School, with a n 1 ol tw liundred and twen’y seven pupus. ha |u closed the animal exerc'ses with literary ad dresses bv his excellency Alfred «. Scales., eruor of North Caiolina anil Lev Mi .I K. White of Raleigh. During vacation the build ings will be repaired, r.-painted, ana prepared for the next term, when, the professor say . he is going to run bis roll up to Ibne hundred. Besides this flour.shing school we have six een free schools and numerous private one? that annually shed their enlightening rays athwart our utopian realm and the sarroiaidm, try. thereby blending mental strength and natural courage into a prosperous and -ho-pital and court house, <.*hie.h is '•nly do we «i*m the « V™ aIld if not.urp.es ’asrSKsttfaFaSRS Company bave deu I af j LO run between ahern termir usof i*0^™ fit,., and ■I .lirce and At.an , _ ^ ab „ ut „jne Inin- hf-ter, S < • T , ll]llill „ fo . ir hundred convic s) ired laborers (inelud ^, ( , nin , lipnein(r ;ll j| Atkins, Pope County, Ark. Its Situation and Prospects The State’s Great Resources and Inducements to Settlers. Kditok Sunny South: Thinking tba*. a few lines from this nearly unknown and much- neglected section of the State would not be un interesting to your numerous readers, I ven ture to write you a few facts about this most favored section of the southwest. The town of Atkins was founded about fif teen years ago, and named for the first l’resi- dent of the Little Bock & Fort Smith railway. It is 8i.uated sixty-one miles west of Little Bock, and one hundred miles east of Fort Smith. The town contains some eight hun dred souls, mostly white; twelve or til teen stores, many of the ste re-houses bein' brick; two drug-stores carrying good stocks—compar ing favorably with towns of mu:h larger pop ulation. There are ihree hotels and one res taurant, several wood and blacksmith shops, a wagon and buggy factory, two planing mills, < ne steam gin and flouring mill, a masonic hall with a flourishing lodge numbering some fifty im rubers, and five church buildings, all very neat and attractive, namely: Catholic, Baptist. Cumberland Presbyterian, and Meth odist—one each South ami Noith, all having a good aciive membership VVe have, also, a two-story school build in?, in which a school is taught for about eight months in the year, and supported by State and county school funds; and besides, several private schools. Our society is good and im proving eveiy ye*r. VVe have live or six doc tors and one lawyer; two daily express trains, and a number of ft eights. This beautiful, healthy village is situated in the valley, at the foot of a spur of the < >zark Mountains On the northwest edge of the village, and on an eleva tion live hum? red feet above it, can be seen, live miles to the south, the majestic Arkansas River, on whose bosom can be seen steamers ulying between Fort Smith and Little Bock. On top of the mountain are line farming lands, where the fin st grapes in the South can be raised, also cotton, corn, wheat, oits and other hardy fruits and grains The town is sum u? iled for miles on all sides with amis as fine as any iu the soutl - west, which yield bountifully to the wel'-li- rected labor of the farmer The jield of cot ton usually is a bile t»the acre; cor i 40 to 75 bust els, wheat, o.tts, rye, barley and potatoes in like proport on. The sun shines on no b« tier country for the poor man to make a liv ing and accumulate something to lay up for a rainy day. I sp j ak from experience, as I have lived in five or six Southern States since the war. Lind is cheap—the best creek and river bottom Unds, improved, can be bought from $15 to $-10 per acre, while wi'd or unimproved lands from 31.50 to *:> 00. There is no health ier country in the southwest. VVe have but little snow, and such a thing as a tvo years failure of crops from drouth is not known here. VVe never fail to make enough to live on. In conclusion I would say to the good peo ple looking to better their condition and get a lair return for their labor, to give Pope county a tral 1 have no land to sell nor any axe to grind, the above are simple facis and can be verified Mr. Editor, if you think this worth a place in your valuable paper (the best family paper 1 ever read) put it in, if not diop it in the waste basktt. Pom:. Atkins, Ark.. June 10, 1887. Duckport, Louisiana. The Sunny South—Want of Thrift— Good Lands—The Oil Mills. Editor Si snv Soi tii: I am more ami more pleased with your intrreming publication, and only regret that so few copies come to this otlice, and I bat it is not more centrally read. Its many departments, so well tilled with en tertaining matter appropriate to each, undoubt edly make il one of the best papers in this country. It serins to me that it cannot do otherwise than bear good fruit in the near fu ture. Unfortunately ton many lo-alities. like this are peopled bv the poor and ignorant—mostly negroes—who do not appreciate so valuable a possession as the Sonny South, but prefer to waste their hard earnings in gratilying the baser tastes and the lower instincts, to improv ing their minds Whisky and tobacco absorb thousands of dollars, even in this small com munity, that should be more wisely expended. The schools are few, and, consequently, edu cational advantages very limited; but tew as the schools are, children are sent to the plow and the hoe, and given ro chance to learn, so indifferent are the parents to having them edu cated. This ignorance is promotive of licen tiousness and crime and thriftlessuess Before the war this was one of the most fer tile and productive portions of this productive region. Naturally it is so yet; but it falls far below its possibilities through sheer neglect. People and laud are poor now, and getting poorer everv year; and the mm who owns the least laud is best off. Hundreds, well to do in 1880, and out of debt, would now he houseless and homeless should his owner, the c. mrais- sion u erchant and money-lender ‘ shut down on him.” ’Twould have been well nail 'lie hbuttiig down been done years ago The commission tit* rchants would have had no ele phanl oil Ii'n hand—and the planter would have restricted himself, and not have ruiued himself by going in deb-. The effects of die erection of oil mi.ls are beginning to be dreaded, and many begin to regard them as more of a curse than a bless ing It will aff >rd me pleasure to aid in extend ing your circulation in ibis place ami vicinity, lluckpori, La., June 1887 Mapisox. Our Portrait Gallery. PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED MEN AND WOMEN. Prince William of Germany. The condition of the throat of the Crown Prince of Germany is anraciing the attention of the civilized world and should death be oc casioneil therefrom it is thought that the shock would prove a fatal one to Emperor William. Tne personality and character of the son of the Crown Prince is tb-refore a subject of gen eral interest. It may be that before a great while the fate of Germany and the peace of Europe will be entrusted to his keeping. Prince William af er his father, heir to the German Imperial crown amt Prussian throne, was born January 27, 18.711. He was married to Princess Auguste, daughter of the (.rand Duke of Schleswig.Holsiein. bv »h m be has fourebil die l, allot them suns. Prince William isafiety, try fairs, the records of such performances make no mention of the jockeys and his first actual winning mount that is of record was on Colonel McDaniel’s Lady Salyers at Jerome Park on October 13, 1877. At Saratoga the connection was first formed with the Dwyers, that memorable alliance being inaugurated on August 27, 1878 when McLaughlin rode and won on Hbadamantlius at a mile and a quarter. From that time until the present his fealty to the Dwyers has never wavered. True, Mr. P. Lorillard twice asked him to name a figure at which he would ride for the master of Kanco- cas, but each time memories of the old alliance proved stronger than the most brilliant offers that could be made him, and he continued to wear the “red and blue.’’ In that period as the records show all the great turf events have been won by McLaughlin, many of them in annual succession. His energy in riding is matter of common gossip; his ability in getting away from the post in short races has become a proverb; his integrity has never been assailed and his mode of living is an example to his contemporaries and wonld be successors. PH'XCK H’u.m.aM <>K GERMANY. dashing joint.; civalry officer, whom: a.live military spir i giv» litte assurance, in case the succession should fall upon hitu, of a main- tainance of the peace policy to which his father in common with the aged Emperor, is latterly devoted. Among the Herman people the young Prince seems to 1m regarled, in point of firm ness of character, of intelligence and general apitude as much superior to bis father, and his succession to the throne of the empire at the death or abdication of Emperor William would probably lie hailed by the majority of ilie Ger man population with rejoicing. Prince Wil liam is, 1>-sides very popular with the army, a hard worker as an officer, and a great favorite of Von Moltke. A great admirer of Prince Bismarck, who has inculcated his son. Count Bismarck, the present Secretary of Foreign Affairs, with h s diplomatic views ami princi ples, Prince William, upon his becoming Em peror, would no doubt retain the Bismarcks as his confidential conn .dors. That a speedy and sadden attack upon France would follow can scarcely be dont-ted. Prince William is short and slight, ami although military train ing has giv. it a certain hauteur to his bearing, lie likes the kingly dignity a'd impressive eyes of his equally ttmill-sized ancestor, Frederick the Great. One of his arms is unsymetrical with the oilier, a deformity which is carefully concealed by the taiior’s art. and although a contrast to his gramllather in appearance, is similar in menial characteristic!-. General Stevenson The recent disnnbince (the proposed project of the return of the captu ed 11 igs) which ireu laborers ” Com:De nctng at Mon- t7he road *..J be completed to Chester thence '■o Allan's. , authority that wc U is reported V««" 0 f d f p3 tan I the^ompany vill have s »C ra, ' d u “ , 9“ \ D i ete d The peo- Wlie eh aohamd-expecting a boom; real -le are uiueh agffaie j' an( j a cotton fac : s.aie is rapidly -■ dweilill g S are now '«y, stores ani num t0 outs ,,lers, come oiug up. N jW * e , the advantages o- the a 1,1(1 ^'Ct’wJ J»"t more capital, and cor- osmrees outwe » young to come in 'tally invite hotu «•“ , .7.^ ml help us iu, P r ; v ® pit .ble and kind, our girls " lr ueoplearahosp t |adj „ 8 fur(> , „ e -ui.surpass-dfo brawl- A u tender y ou a -and our men for cour » “rous early invitation, and win J 1>KO(;nKSS ig” welcome. . Monroe. June 28, !»»'• regular rangers ivemor trying to »rr c;ed lr0UJ tram Inch railroads may “ iue d to arai eight bhert It has been de.M' Tbe governor hi on each passenger M;rV ; CL . as regular to have them , " t , possible regu- ngers. Tbe - V ‘ a ,ned and paid oy r train-men and will t* »• tj „ ht men on e railroad companies. * four hundred ch passenger tram wni requi •n to be sworn in. THE LUCKY CHINEE. He Marries a Yankee Heiress at New Haven Van Phon Lee. of Fragrant Hill’s China, who graduat’d with high honors at Yale’s last comim-noem* lit was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Maud Joionie, a New Haven heiress o.t ihe C .ii ins ant. The ceremony was quietly performed at the residence ol the bride’s mother b. Rev. l)r Twitchell, of Hart ford. The groom was sent here to be educated several yeats ago. After his return to China he became tired of home and at the first op portunity ran away, and finally reached New Haven. He again entered in the cla-s of 87, and greatly distinguished himself throughout his college course. This wedding is the first case on record in New Haven where a Yankee girl lias marmd a Chinaman, and the event excites considerable comment After a wed- ding trip lo Narragausett l’ier, tile pa r will reside m New Haven, the groom intending to enter the journalistic field. “That Poor Crayther Yonder.” The colonel of a New York regiment tells a story of ibailie of Winchester. In the thickest ol t ie fight, when the slaughter in the Union line *.ad become perfectly frightful, he detected a stout Irishman of his regiment curled up behind a great tree. He rode up to the delinquent and savagely reprimanded him for his cowardice. But the man, with irresist ible Hibernian drollery, responded, ‘Now, colonel dear, don’t be hard with a poor felly like me! A coward is it? Faith, I think 1 am; but I’d ntner be called that every day in they ear than be 1-ke that poor crayther yonder." The "poor Cray h r yonder,” to whom the colo nel's attention w.,s uirecied, was the mangled corpse of a soldier whose head had been en tirely demolished by a shot. The odd earnest ness ot the tellow’s excuse made the colonel laugh heartily, anil llie man was left lo the en joyment of his tree. “Throe Big; Kentuckians.” Senator Beck, Justice llarlan and ex-Secre- tary Bristow were all sworn in as members of the' United Slates Supreme Court bar at the same time. Salmon P. Chase was men chief- justice, and iiumoiously alluded lo them as “three big Kentuckians.” Neither of them had then held any important i fiice, and they lilt themselves in an awlul presence when lak- in" the, oath he ore the full bench of justices of the United States Court. Now, Juuge llarlin sits on me bench himself, Mr. Beck has been for some yturs a hading Senator, and Mr. Bristow has been Secretary of the Treasury and a candidate for presidential nomination. The Rev. Albert M. Shipp, I). D., a member of me South Carolina Conference and one of the most prominent Methodists of the South ern Church, died on Monday night at Cleve land Springs. N. 0.. where he had gone only a few days ago tor the purpose of ncuperatmg his health. FREDERICK WILLIAM. Frederick William. Frederick William Nicholas Charles, Impe rial Prince of Germany and Crown Prince of Prussia, is the eldest son of William the Em peror of Germany. The young prince was born at the new palace, in Potsdam, (lei. 18th, 1831, entered the military service at an early age, rose to the rank of general ami held nu merous important appointments. In 18(10, during the Auslro-Prussian war he led an army of 125.000 men from Silesia through the passes of the Sudetice hills, an operation of great dif ficulty and danger. His march from Miletan to Koniggratz and his victories in Bohemia, es tablished his reputation as an energetic com mander. In the war between Germany and Franee he acted a mos’, conspicuous part. In the latter part of July. 1870, he was on the Rhine frontier with 200.000 men and -7(H) guns of the Third Army Corps. On August 4th he defeated a portion of Marshal MacMahon’s corps under Gen. Donay, and on the lith at tacked the united army corps of Generals Mac- Mahon, Failly and Canrobert, drawn into po sition at Woerth. The French line was turned at two points and their left and centre broken. At Sedan he again attacked MacMabon. He entered Versailles Sep. 20th, and from there threw his troops around Paris, and remained in position until the conclusion of peace. On Oct. 28th he was created a Field Marshal of Prussia, and on Nov. 8th a Russian Field Mar shal. After the termination of the war he visited England, accompanied by his wife, Princess Adelaide of Great Ifritain, to whom he was married Jan. 25tb, 18-78, and by whom he has seven children. The Prince is the idol of the German army, and although his ruary 9th, 18118, and is the son-ill-law of Wil liam McMahon of Parksville, Long Island. In the last five years Garrison won .'121 races in 1,105 mounts—many of the latter being rather inferior stock. In the fall of 1880, especially, did Garrison distinguish himseif, and his fin ishes have become renowned, the desperate contests on the home stretch setting ail the spectators in ecstatic enthusiasm. Garrison is by no means a graceful rider, but sits very upright. In 1880 he was second man in the number of races won. During the year of 1887 he will ride for a Pittsburg turf-man and dame rumor has it that bis Balary is to be ■88 000. Iu view of the large sums of money made by the English jockeys, this is a rather small amount, but there are few college pro fessors who receive as much as this. There can be no doubt that with the continued in crease of the sport the salaries of the success ful jockeys will also take an upward bound. Bat a few years back, jockeys in this country were negroes and of these the most were owned by the sporting gentlemen of the South. They were sometimes loaned to ride for other stables than their masters, but as a general rule, rode only on the mounts of their exclu sive owners. At Brighton Beach, in 188(1, Garrison rode forty-three winners. Palmer coming second with forty. Early in tho sea son of 188(1 he began badly by riding Blue Wing in the Kentucky Derby and the deni zens of the Blue Grass State were loud in their execrations. The result was that Garrison re turned East, and at the end of the season was second in the list of winning jockt y*. Garri son won 105 races and lost 151—the total mounts being 25(1. A NATURAL WONDER. GENERAL STEVF7NSON. caused so much indienaiion to ’lie members of the Grand Army of the Reoublic, causes a de sire amone many every-day newspaper read ers to know something about the Grand Army of the Republic, which to-day numbers thou sands of members who fought sid- by side in the late civil war. The Grand Army of the R -public was founded bv Genera; Stevenson, of Illinois, assisted bv a few companions who served with him in the war. From the one Post which he organ-zed in 187J there have grown hundreds wbi-;h now number as mem bers some of the most influential men of the country. General Stevenson devoted his whole energy to the plan of constructing the order and made ttie success or the Grand Army o’ the Republic his « lin!i- ambition Tile Grand Army of the Republic is a fraternal, charitable and loyal asso nation, exclusive!r comp wed of soldiers and sailors of the United S a IS Army, navy or ina-ine corps who serv.d during the late civil war ai il those haviug honorably been discharged therefrom after snea service. The cons'ituied bodies of the unsocial on cm sist of preemer orgsmz.Lions, comuioi.lv known as Posts; State organizations known as Depart ment, and a National organization known as tile Encampment of me Grand Army of the Republic, n wh ch the supreme power is lodger) The Jrt.-h day of May (Decoration Day) iu each year is established a memorial day to be observed by he members in com memoration of their fallen heroic comrades. James McLaughlin. For seven years lain-e McLaughlin has lead the list of winning jr-ckeysol America. Mr. Hairy. W. I. Q., Byron, Ga.: A friend of mine is badly deformed by superfluous hair, requests me to write to your most valuable paprr and see if she could obtain a speedy cure. We have answered that question, or given a remedy twice we believe. Call upon your druggist for a depilatory. Poe no. R R. T., Jefferson, Texas: Will you be kind enough to inform me by return mail where 1 will find the poem on the naval engagement between the British Gunnier and the Constitu tion, written by Longfellow? We cannot find it, unless it is found among his writings. There we should thi.k of it. Get his poems, and if it is worth preserving it will be among his other efforts. A Tennessee Cavern that is Said to Ri val Kentucky’s Bis; Cave. A newspaper correspondent writing from Cookeville, l'utnaui county, Tennessee, gives the following account of the discovery of an other great natural curiosity: A large cave on the land of Hop Lee, Esq., in the Tenth District of this county, has long been known to exist, three men having lost their lives in it during the w;Ir by breathing its deadly gas. A few days ago this cave was explored by Mr. Fred Kinkaid, a mineralogist of New Castle, Pa., and Mr. Hail, of New York. They found the cave larger in some places than the famous Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and wonderful in mineral deposits, having what are supposed lo ha extensive veins , . of lead and silver. The explorers found an some of our readers send it to us for him. \ ou Poem. Southerner, Decatur, Ala : Will some read er of the Sunny South please send copy of poem beginning with “Backward, turn back ward, O lime in thy flight,” to editor of Sunni South, who will forward to me. Southerner wants the poem as qurted. Will immense chasm or bluff down whi:h ail ordi nary stone of a few pounds weight being cast einitted.no audible sound. Heaving over rock as heavy as the two inen could lift, after the lapse of several seconds their ears were greeted by a distant plashing as if the sloue had struck water thousands of feet below. Feeling the effects of poisonous gas, the ex plorers di<l not go more than a mile into this subterranean world. They hope by proper preparations to be able to lean more of this wonderful Ireak of nature. It is not many miles from the line of the Nashville & Knox ville Railroad. Mr. Kinkaid, who is experi enced in his business, believes there are “mill ions in it.” This same gentleman has found what he believes to be rich deposits of iron ore extending acrosss this county in the immediate vicinity of Cookeville, the deposits being four miles wide. GEXEBAL FEBRON. james McLaughlin. McLaughlin is certainly a uhe« <uneim»i. Much has been written ot Fred Archer’* succoh but if we compare it with MoLtiurhliu’rt we can see that the latter is ahead Archer rode 513 races, winning 170 out of them, or about. 33 1 3 per cent. McLaughlin ha* ridden 1,4118 laces, win uing 545 or over 30 per cent. McLaughlin is familiarly known as the “IVide o* Brooklyn.** Like Garrison, who finished second in the list of win; er, McLaugbi.n is anything but a g--ace tal rider, as he stoops very low wh- n riding In 1880 he won 142 races and los' 253, being a tala', oi 31*5 races. McLaughlin b* i ,g the most renowi ed jockey in America h**, of course, has ever commanded the bes* m unis. James McLaughlin was born at liaritord, Connecti- mt, o i Washington’s birthday. Ft b 22ud 1801. It is not quite eleven years since the sporting column ot the New York Herald first published his name as a rider a wHl known mare called Loretta owned bv the Dalv Brothers, William and Michael. w.i< the first known mount of the now faiu us j >ck«y. Ah hough it is v?ry likely that bv ;ouo winners at cjun- views are looked upon with disfavor by Bis- mark, cherishes democratic ideas. He is of a very studious nature, but whether he will be able to put his ideas into practice when be .as cends the throne, remains to be seen. General Ferron. The Cabinc first proposed by the new French premier, M. Rouvier, excluded both General Ferron (the present Minister of War) and Gen eral Boulanger, his predecessor, from the war portfolio, giving General Saussier the prefer ence. But this proposal met with so little sat isfaction and decided condemnation, that new plans were immediately formed and General Ferron was appointed in place of the herolzcd Boulanger, who has been termed the chameleon of political power. General Ferron in an able soldier and administrator, but it is surmised that he will not hold t ffice for any length of time, as the people are still clamorous for the re-instatem»»nt of the favored Boulanger. Gen eral Ferron received ids appointment as Min ister of War in May 1887, when the Cabi net of M. Rouvier was fully completed. He posesses the high arched brow of a deep think er and will prove himseif equal to any emer gency. His offer to general Boulanger to com mand the army corps has already shown his diplomacy in this respeci, although tne accept ance of the offer has not as yet been fully de termined upon by General Boulanger, who has begged for some months time for consideration. General Ferron has ph dged himself to insti tute a series of healthful and desirable changes in the army and infuce a new vigor to the corps In earning out the army service Gen- Specialties for Small Folks. [Special for the Sunny South.] The prettiest white frocks for little girls are made of embroideied flounces—the pat ern be ing very thick and continuous; and the muslin very sheer. The preferred stvle of make-up for white dresses shown at Bests' Lilliputian Bazaar is the old English smock with deep yoke, long sleeves puffed into the arm size, short, full waist, w de belt, also of embroidery, and an ( almost long skirt reaching more than half-way to the ankle. Little bonnets worn with these jfrocks match them in quaintness: and thgre I. are little leticules for carrying therewith, which are of embroidt red swiss or mull trim med with lace, lined with pink or blue silk, and drawn with ribbon strings to match. Satino dips of delicate color may be worn under sheer white frocks, and dainty little muslin-canopied parasols over satine, tinted to match, are carried with these charming child ish costumes. The wide leg-born hats worn by little girls are almost universally becoming to young faces. For coinfort, style and symmetry, children of both sexes wear the Double Ve waist which is the most fitting and appropriate thing of its kind on the market. It is a perfect support for the figure, and asta>ing power for petticoats, drawers, stockings, suspenders and all other paraphrenaha of youthful underdressing. Little girls wear traveling dresses of the lus trous light-weight mohairs also adopted by their mammas because of their dust-shedding qualities. Sallie J. Battey Emancipation in Brazil. Dom Pedro II. the reigning emperor, has passed the anniversary which Victoria of En land has just celebrated. He technically took the throne in 1835, upon the abdication of his father, the son of John VI. of Portugal. The second Braganza has done much to endeai himself to ihe people and to commend his ad ministration to the favor of the civilized world Upon the question of slavery his attitude has been one of the utmost discretion, liberality and good statesmanship. Though an emperor with large personal powers, be lias permitted himself to be hemmed about with considerable constitutional restrictions. His empire is prac tically and wisely ruled by a senate, whose members hold for life, and a chamber of dele gates, elected evt ry four years. Upon the con vening of the laiter body last month a bill was intr* duced providing practically for the libera tion of every one of the 1,200,000 negro slaves iu the empire. The way was already paved for such an in novation. In 1871 a law was parsed requiring the liberation of ail slaves not registered by their masters by a certain date. The slaves a r - tbat tune numbered 2,(KK) 1 tHK), but under the operation of the law up to the present ye&i 800,000 h ive been freed. The new measure contemplates the liberation of those who re main in servitude within the next two years. In effect it declares ail slaves fr^e forthwith, though imposing certain conditions which amount to a delay of two years. Thus all ireedmen will be required to remain two years with their present masters upon a just salary. From this condition are exempted slaves over fifty years of age, others who are able to pur chase their instant freedom, and also those who meanwhile inter marry with ireedmen or women —Chicago Herald. EDWARD H. GARRISON. eral Ferron will maintain a rigid discipline aud will be inflexible in having the orders and laws carried out to their fur hest limit. As rumors of wax troubles for France are .hickening from time to time, and anon dispersing; these pre cautions for the •naintainauce of discipline are not onh prudent, but also urgent. The France of to-day is not the France of the Napoleonic Era, but a weakened power, wuich has need of men who can display discreet statesmanship and diplomatic skill when the occasion calls for such action. Edward H. Garrison. Edward H. Garrison, although but nineteen years of age, is one o f the best, if not the. best jockey in America. With tbe increased inter est displayed in the running of races, the ques tion of having good jockeys is an important one, and as the jockey is made and not born, we doub less will develop men to rival the la^e Fred Archer and Wood. Garrison, who is known as ‘ Snapper Garrison,** vas born Feb True, but Kemarkable. [From the Dakota Ball.] 4 Yes, I’m fiom Dakota,” he said meekly, as he g.*t mio conversation with a man ou au Eas ern train. “Ah, is that sc? I am thinkiiig of going cut ther* myself to invest in some farming land " 44 We have some very fine land.* 1 “So I understand but are not some of the stories they tell of its fertility exagerated?” “Why, my friend, I am sorry to say some are downright untruths.” “That’s what I thought. Now, what is the most remarkable instance of ibe fertility ol Da kota soil which ever came under your obser vation?** “Well, I believe tbe case of my pump might go at the head of the list " “What was it?’* “I dug a well about forty feet deep tli9 first season I was there and put down .a wooden pump. It happened that it was made out of a s»nall cottonwood log which was a little green and the soil at the bottom tf that well, forty feet fr im the surface, was so fertile that the pump look root, and it also grew up and branch ed out, and now while roy children play in a swing attached to one of the branches, 1 pump water through the hole which still remains in the trunk?” “Do you tell that for the truth?” •‘Why, certainly, sir; 1 never tell anything else.” '■An* you in farming or the real estate bus iness?’’ “Why, I’m engaged in neither, my friends, neither. I’m a preacher. I went out there as a missionary sevea years ago, and though my work has been bumble, I trust it has had a bene ficial influence on our people.” will find the poem in the “Library of Poetry and Song,” a work of several hundred pages. Telephones. P. E. Millheun, Texas: Please answer me through your Quiz Column, if the Little Bell Telephone and the Wilcox Vibrating Telephone will telephone a three-fourth mile satisfac torily, and which is the best, and where good telephones are to be had ? P. S.— Please have my questions answered by your subscribers. Will some of our subscribers answer P E., as he desires to hear from those who have tried both kiuds. Coins. F. A., Pleasant Retreat, Ga : Please let me know in the next Sunny South the value of one cent copper coins of 1858, with eagle fly ing in place of the head; and also if there is a dealer in old coins in Atlanta, and where I can get a price list for old coins. Send 25 cents to Manager American Ex change and Mart, 17 Congret-s street, Boston, Miss., for “Rare American Coins,” by E. L. Mason, and for any information about coins. We know of no dealer in Atlanta. Etiquette. J. B. L., Bristol, Tern.: Please answer through the Quiz column of the Sunny South if it is considered etiquette, and proper, when a young man makes a call upon a young lady and gets up to leave, for her to ask, “What’s your hurry? Can’t you stay longer?’’ and other similar questions. Not exactly improper, because often there is a compliment implied in the questions. It is to saj , “you are so agreeable, 1 dislike for you to leave just now. I eni>y your company much,” etc. But to come down to real nicety and thoroughbred etiquette, perhiyps it is not exactly the proper thing to ask any questions, but let the visitor go upon his own motion. A too soon leaving implies, sometimes, that the young lady is not agreeable. King Murat. Enquirer, Salisbury. N. C.: When, where and f„r what was Napoleon’s great cavalry commander, Murat, shot. By answering through the quiz column, you will oblige. Murat after he was made King of Naples, and finding that Napoleon was losing power and influence, in 1814, he joined the allies. In the following year, however, he was expelled from his kingdom; and having made a despe rate attempt to recover it, he was taken pr s- oner, ami shot at Pizzo, Oct., 13,1815. Murat was the son of an inn keeper at Bastide, and was intended for the church, but he took to the army as his natural element, and his taste and talents were in the right direction. He was a very vain man, not origiual, but had talents for command in a certain degree. We gave a history of his life from a correspondent in a few issues back Questions. Subscriber, Way Cross, Ga.: Inform us through your quiz column: 1. If Goethe was an infidel, a id also the cor rect pronounciation of his name. 2 Where, when and how did the term “beard the lion in his den” originate and what its significance. 3. Do you think books as heathen mythol ogy suited for pastime reading of young men? Goethe was a free thinker, and he would not be called a believer from the orthodox stand point. • All great thinkers view truth from their individual stand point, and are not echos or retailers of other mens’ opinions, hence, difference of opinion is many times branded as infidelity, etc His name is pronounced Geh-ta. Gehta, he would not be called ortho dox by our creeds known as such. 2. Scott writes in Canto 0, Slanzi 14: “And dar’st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall.” 3. Heathen mythology when understood is a beautiful story. Y r ou must understand the esoteric meaning of the stories of the Gods to comprehend the beau y of thought taught. The exoteric idea is nonsense to some, and sounds and reads vulgir and outrageous. Temperance, Etc. W. W B., Fort Worth, Tex.: Please inform me through the columns of your inestimable paper, 1st.: Why the hrrse-shoe is used as the emblem of good luck? 2ud : Please give some statistics on the temoerance question. What. I want to know Is, do**s prohibition pro hibit? Tbe amount of whisky sold, and the amount of money that is paid into tbe U. S Treasury by the high-license law. The phys ical injury incurred by the use of alcoholic stimulants. Any statistics you can give or any information you can give on any of the above questions will bo thankfully received. 1. The hor^e-shoe was thought, in the days when there were witches and devils about, to have a peculiar magic about them. An old story is, that a witch was about to catch a drunken fellow one dai knight who rode among them when they were celebrating certain rights, and was about to catch him, when his horse cast a shoe, and it hit the wi'ch in the face So sudden was the b ow, and unex: effed, that the witch gave up the chase. From that time to this, t e horse-shoe is a g :ard against witches, and emblematical of good luck. Nine- tenths of the world are superstitious and the more ignorant the person or people the more superstitious. As to the temperance question, write to “The National Temperance Society,” No. 58 Readestreet, New York; and ask for “Alcohol in History,” by Richard Ectdy. I). D. That will give you everything you may want to know. Fac s, statistics, effects of drink, etc. The Sunny South FEMALE SEMINARY, 150 and 152 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Faculty: i*2n.riL£F£?‘ 8 ' M -' Fre»Ment, rrofemor of sunrhi and Moral Hsu-nct n. «S R *'reSon.T l001,ET ’ A "’ C * , ‘" r t^JlmMCBdiim.iiA. Cbafrof Engltin utero- »Jtf D ? M0IS 5. LLE Victoria Kontz, Cbzir at Anctrnt aim Hoc ern Languagee. p»rre*«.nf H 8ba “’ Prlce| P 1 ‘ 1 ot Preparatory De- Ciutn> F ® F 8KALB - Director of Music. Voice OrS*n ,AM V ° N DEB Ho,a Fchultze, FIibo ud Prof W f Clark. Violin and Comer. ^Miss Minnie Woodward. Auiatant Violin and Prof Wm Fvi-ette Art IUpa-lment. Phok A ii Briscoe Srencgrap* j. Miss Jennie Rushing Telegraphy. Foreman of Hunny south Office, Teacher M Type Betting. Miss Lily May Danforth. Calligraphy. Mrs W F Seals. 8'>pi. Boaidlng Department. Mrs Geo C Looney, Matron. THE FALL TERM WILL BEGIN ON 1st MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER 1887. The departments are well nigh full, and an early applb at Ion 1* Important to set ore a goo place for tb** next term. O lr orject Is to meet, a« far as practicable, a long- f- it want In tbe South, viz: a thorough literary and practical btifttnpss education for temales. Every member of our faculty Is ao cx/wrienceded ucator. All are acknowledged to sfana abreast wltn the best teacr ers of the S ate. In their respective departments, while some er J >y even a national rep utation. Anyone haying eirls to educate Is respectfully re ferred to tne State at large for character, scholar ship and management. DEPABTMENTS.I The College Curriculum will be divided into sis schools, vis: English, Mathematics, Moral Science, Natural Science, Langaugee and History, A young lady may graduate in one or all of these according as she has time, mesne, inclination and ability. Ifot * r ULL graduation, she will have to manifest famili arity with all of them. Should a pupil prefer it, eith er music or art may be substituted for either of the above, and will tie regarded equivalent. NEW FEATURE*. With a view to maki .g our course of study emi nently practical, Telegraphy, Calligraphy, Phonogn- phy. Book-keeping and lyv*-eetting, or Journailfin, will be introduced as specie departments. A grad ate of this school takes along with her a profession adapted to her sex, and which fits her to enter AY once upon an active business life. In no othei school in the South will she tind these advantages. ATLANTA AS A LOCATION. Of all points in the South, not one combines ao many of the essentials for a school of the chanctae proposed, as Atlanta. It is 1160 feet above sea level. It is blest with pure water and good air. It is healthy. It has never been visited by an epidemic of any kind. is out of the range of storms and cyclones. _ _ is the capital of the State, where pupils can iso and hear all the celebrities of the day. It is a progressive city, where everything new la science and art is sure to come. is a city of churches, aud is withont a peer In the observance of the Sabbath. Its people are cultivated and refined, and its mo rality is phenomenal. It is the music center of the South, and its very air is ladened with music. It is convenient being a railroad center. BUILDINGS* The schorl Is located at 150 and 152 Whitehall street. In tbe elegant four story brick nuild ing op posite Trinity cburcb. It Is finely adapted to schcrt purposes, having about 35 large, well ventilate J rooms, which furnish ample accommodations for all the departin’ • ts. In addition to the school rooms, there are ntunreen sleeping apartments, wltUaate rooms, all of wbich are supplied with new furniture of the latest and most expensive styles. Gas. het and cold water carried thre ugh tbe entire building, Our girls drink the Atlanta Artesian Water, whies Is brought to the door. GENERAL INFORMATION. This school is not denominational. Boarding pu pils will attend the church specified by their parents, The number of pupils will be limited to sixty, and i no event will more than that number be received Tuition must be i>aid monthly in advance, and nc deduction will be made except in cases of sickness •rotracted beyond two weeks. An experienced house keeper will take charge of the boarding department, and a skillful physician will look after the health or the pupils. The daily sessions will be six hours, beginning lx the morning at eight o'clock, and dismissing at 4 Jt in the afternoon, with two hours' intermission at noon and two recesses. We do not like the one ses sion plan, as now taught in our popular schools. The government of the school will be humane, bnfi firm. UNIFORM. In order to prevent extravagance, a uniform to bs uru bi the pupils to church or ou the street fisa been adopted, which will be made known to any out i application. For course of Study, Charge, dc., see private cir cular. TESTIMONIALS. We append a few certificates which have been tec dered us by friends who have either been patrons, ox been in positions to know something of our teach-. ed with his manner of teaching, and of conducting educational establishments, I can say with pleasure that he is not only a gentleman of varied talents and culture but a first rate teacher, and an excellent ad ministrator of female schools and colleges. Jno. T. Clarke. LL.D„ Judge of the Pataula Circuit. Columbus, Ga, June 16,1886. Mr. Win B. Seals: Dear Sir and Fnend: I am glad .) know that you have decided to resume teaching. J think when you retired the cause of education lost one of its most polished, prominent and accomplish ed teachers. I knew you when in charge of Levsrt Female College at Talbotton, and can truthfully say that your management was highly satisfactory, ar.C as a disciplinarian and teacher unsurpassed by any one who has succeeded you. 1 patronized the schoo! when you were in charge of it, and while living it Talbotton. as you know, made repeated efforts to g*c you to return. Your friend, J. T. Willis, Judge of Chattahoochee Circuit. Cuthbert, Ga., June 16, 1886. Prof. Wm. B. Seels, while President of Bethel Fe male College, in this place, taught rev children qniig to my satisfaction. A thorough scholar, g >oddiscip linarian, a moral, Christian gentleman, I consider him equal to the best of teachers. It gives me greet pleasure in commending him to any community in which he may be placed as entirely capable and tinrt- worthy. Those having children to educate could rot trust them in better hands. A. J. Moik, a former tatron. Macon, Ga., June 25, 1886. Prof. W B. Seals has had tho experience of a life time in teaching and conducting first-class institu tions of learning ile has ability, scholarship, cult ure and much tact. I predict for him great eui ceat in ku6 management of the Sunny South Female Sem inary A J Mercer, President Mercer University, Macon. Ga. Atlanta, Ga., June 25,1886. 1 have Knowu Prof W. B Seal6 since 1866 I have had the beat of opportunities for knowing his quali fications as a teacher aud his capacity for conducting a schoo! of high grade, it atlords me real pleas ore 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 and young ladies. CUMBERLAND ISLAND, The Gem of the Atlantic, O FFERS MORE ATTRACT JONS THAN ANY seaside res< rr in iheojuifi. To me budness man, whose mind and train need test, and to the inva lid, dyspeptic, asthmatic and nervous sufferers there is no plucs like Cumberland with its bracing salt air. suit b ibine, coating, fishing, shooting and out door sports. W« have here THE FINEST BEACH IN THE WORLD, 350 feet in width and extending to old Dunglness 22 nines, Mntd with r>e.iutunl shells of every descrip- <ior«, and forming the handsomest drive on the Amer ican coast. Toe bathing <n tbe surf bere Is delicious and invigorating and the gently sloping beach makes it pei fectly safe even for little children. THE HUNTING AND FISHING Are unsurpass?c. E?»»ry variety of salt water fish aoouoos i ere, as well as every species of game from tbe deer, bDcx hear and pelican down ro the rice bird and sand pipers, anu tne visitor can flud royal sport with rod or guu every day In tbe year. THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Are now ample. In addUlor to the former buildings and cottages, ihe proprietors have erected a large and handsome two story building with 12 to 15 large rooms, aud a double colon^de on ah sides, and a dining ball 40i60 feet, with a sealing capacity for 300 guests. RAILROAD AND BOAT CONNECTIONS Visitors can reach bere vlu Brunswick and Savan- nau. Cl Jse connection is maue at Brunswick dally with the staunch and first class steamer “City of Brunswick.” Ample conveyances with good drivers meet the boat daily at roe larding Sait bor.ts, fishing boats and racing boats always at the hoiel wharf. tsy-R'tes of board, only $2 per day or $io per week. For further information W. H BUNKLEY. Pronrtetor, Himkley P. O., Cumberland Island, Ga. June, 1887. tf habit Q otfRiy ana Permanently Oired by Dr.TANNER'8 OPIUM AND MORPHINE CUBE. For sale by all druggists. $1.00 PES BOTTLE WnDDUTUP For elrcDUre and Information flUttrillM yggja-isgsry <*• (M«m) ' OPiOl AND
