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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, 6A., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1897
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Dallas, Texas.
LLTTER Lg>-
PEOPLE
Do Tou Want $100 in Gold ?
Let all our correspondents and friends call
attention to our extraordinary array of gold
and other valuable presents to be distributed
among the patrons of The Sunny South on
the first of October next. See first column on
4 th page.
Southern California.
Big Boom—Big Land Sales—Oranges
sad Lemons—Flowers and Fruits
in December.
Editor Sunny South: You will please
change the direction of the Sunny South to
this place for the present—and when I leave I
will notify you I find so much in it about
South Carolina—my old home—and about oth
er localities where I have acquaintances, that
it affords me a great deal of pleasure.
I had the pleasure of meeting one of your
lady canvassers, who impressed me with the
belief that she was doing you much good. I
know she must be for she is calculated by her
pleasant manners and fascinating ways
make friends and secure subscribers wherever
she goes.
Southern California is on a grand boom—
such a boom that I hardly dare tell it—you
readers would not believe me. Why I know of
land selling every day at from $1,000 to S3 000
per acre. Last week as much as three million
dollars worth of land changed hands in Los
Angeles alone—not to mention that sold in San
Diego and the small towns in this southern
part of the State. Lots in the small towns sell
as high as $100 per front foot, while in Los
Angeles and San Diego they seil|for from $000
to $800 per front foot.
The climate here is delightful. Even now
in this low latitude one feels comfortable under
a blanket at night; and yet, one needs but lit
tle more in the winter. Flowers are common
and plentiful everywhere—and fruits may be
gathered from the trees in December as well
as in May. The orange and lemon grow al
most to perfection But I will say no more
just now—I am getting enthusiastic, and your
readers (perhaps yourself) will think I am ex
aggerating—but one can scarcely exaggerate in
speaking of the beauty, the loveliness and the
grandeur of this particular portion of this great
country of ours
But when it is stated that
more than one hundred thousand tickets have
been sold by the excursion managers in the
east to persons intending to visit this section,
the suspicion that I am exaggerating will be
dispelled.
Wishing the Sunny South abundant success
I am Yours Truly, L. R. H.
Among the Islands
On the South-West Gulf Coast of Flor
Ida—The Beauties and Won
ders Seen There.
Editor Sunni - South : One cannot realize
how truly tropical Florida is until after a visit
South of this. There are one hundred and
fifty miles of land South of us, and in the near
future will wonderfully develop. Charlotte
Harbor is about forty miles long, and is dotted
with isles which soon will make ideal winter
homes.
Leaving Trabue in sloop-yacht Annie Belle,
with a free sheet and flowing breeze, an hour’s
sail brought us to the Myacka river. Landing
here, wo made ail ineffectual effort to kill a
deer, but succeeded in getting several varieties
of water-fowl. Dark found us some ten miles
South at Cape Haze, a solid bank of defunct
oysters five or six feet high.
Next morning we crossed over to Bocilla Is
land and visited five or six nearest islands.
The land on all is wonderfully rich, a mass of
decomposed shell, and is from five to thirty
feet above sea level. We found cocoanut trees
thirty to forty feet high on some—limes and
lemons in profusion, guavas, tamarind, date,
sugar apple, paw-paw, pomegranate and ba-
nanpo!; Iudia rubber trees, buttonwood, red
and black mangrove, rosewood, mahogany,
mastic plums, and many other trees that we
did not know the name of. Sisal hemp grows
everywhere. Aloes flourish, and we saw some
gigantic specimens of cactus. Everything is
wild and cultivation unknown.
We spent one day on the beach of Captiva
Island, enjoying the mysteries of clam chow
der and selecting shells from the millions that
are banked on the beach. We also penetrated
a rookery of thousands of water fowl. Every
species known to this coast seemed to have
nested there. I counted seven different kinds
of eggs in one tree, of all kinds and all ages,
from the fresh-laid egg to half-grown young
lings. Their tameness was remarkable, and
the whole thing well worth a visit from Geor
gia's far-away hills. In a short time my busi
ness will take me one hundred miles farther
South, into an almost “terra incognita,” as far
as the general world is concerned.
But Southward, ho! progress makes its way.
I' is expecied that in another year a line of
railway will have its terminus at or near Cape
Romano, which will give a steamer a chance to
make the trip thence to Havana by daylight.
If this should be done, the victims of the Na
ples scheme, will not he so badly off, as it will
lie a good second-rate railroad station—its
want of an harbor preventing anything better.
Cracker.
Trabue, Fla , July, 1887.
Stanley County, N. C.
The Crops—Rich Gold Mines—Eng
lish Capital to Develop Them—
“Oldest Inhabitant.”
Editor Sunny South: This (Stanley ) county
is rejoicing in the prospect of abundant crops.
The seasons have been propitious and the land
Las been remarkably well cultivated. A series
of bad crop y ears has brought our people face
to face with the hardest kind of hard times;
necessity has compelled the practice of econ
omy, and if the lesson is not forgotten when
bountiful Larvests shall be reaped as the re
ward of their labors, the experience of the last
few years may be productive of happy results.
The mineral resources of this county are
attracting the attention of foreign capitalists,
and two gold mines have recently been sold to
an English company. The amount aggregated
$23,000, which was paid in cash through Mr.
Theo. F. Kiattz, of Salisbury, this weekT
Specimens of ore from both mines were car
ried to London some time since and tested,
with the most gratifying results. The best
specimens yielded nearly 2,300 dwts. of gold
to the ton of ore. A bank of gravel that had
previously qeen washed several times, yielded
00 dwts to lue ton of ore. The new proprie
tors have already begun preparations for work,
and expect to spend S70.000 for machinery,
etc., necessary to work the property to tne
best advantage. Water w ill be conducted to
one of the mines, through an eighteen-inch
pipe, from the Yadkin river, four miles dis
tant.
Stanley county is rich in minerals, and there
are a number of gold mines that have been
partially developed, and indications of others
that will doubtless be developed in the not dis
tant future.
Our county has always been noted for its
good water and remarkable healthfulness; and
our citizens point with pride to our “oldest in
habitant,” William Whitley, Esq., who was
born in 1775, and is therefore 11- years old.
He is still quite active, and can walk about
with great ease. He is a small maD, but has
always been strong and healthy, never having
required the services of a physician in his life.
On July 4lh he attended a celebration at Rocky
River Springs, fifteen miles from his home,
and was the central figure of the occasion.
The proof of his great age is conclusive, and I
think he is probably the oldest man in tne
United States. E. R. Wood.
Norwood, July 0th, 1887.
West Dallas Preparing to “Boom”—
Cotton Factory—Water! Water!!--
Hew Railways and Hew Busi
ness Houses—Projected
Improvements.
Editor Sunny South: Your correspondent
has been down with Malaria fever for three
weeks, therefore has been unable to give you
even a few lioes.
Three weeks ago, yesterday, the colored por
tion of our population laid the corner-stone of
their college in West Dallas—two miles west of
the Trinity river—where before long they will
take up their residence. They propose to build
up a town of their own; with parks, drives and
other attractions of a public nature.
Dallas is growing very rapidly and in a few
years will be coanted with Chicago, St. Lotus
and New Orlians and other great manufactur
ing cities. A large cotton factory ia in course
of erection—a stock company with ample cap
ital having been organized. The four city
railways have consolidated under one manage
ment, and are doing a fair business. The
Dallas & Waco railway is rapidly progressing.
When finished it will be a part of the Gonld
system. The Dallas, Archer & Pacific railway
will also be built this summer, when Dallas
may claim to be one of the gieat railway cen
ters. Her water supply, however, is inade
quate, and of a very inferior quality—the
spring giving but two hours supply during the
day; and then the muddy river has to be relied
on for use during the balance of the day. So
poor is this river simply that factoi ies, laun
dries, and in fact, a 1 us r < of water have to re
sort to fiiterers, which is not only annoying,
but expensive—added to the already high wa
ter rent. TbeD, again, we have poor sewerage,
and in eight-tenths of the city none at all.
Notwithstanding all this, we have very little
sickness. Our new mayor, however, promises
wondrous charges; aDd if he fullfills them we
will cry in unison loDg live Mayor Connor.
The council are trying hard to solve this wa
ter problem, and much money will no doubt
have to be expended. The large and fine
brick stores of the wholesale grocery firm of
Armstrong & Co. will soon be rebuilt and oc
cupied. The new quarters of the Western
NewsDaper Union, and the Texas Farm and
llanch, and Evening Herald are very fine.
This new three storv brick structure was oc
cupied about May 15. The genial editors of
the Farm and Ranch, Holland and Ivnox, of
mikado fame, grace their new quarters.
Wii.i. Admock.
Dallas, Texas, July 10, 1887.
Our Portrait Gallery.
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES
OF DISTINGUISHED MEH
AHD WOMEN.
General George E. Pickett.
The event of Mrs. Pickett’s presence at the
celebration (1887) of the ba’tle of Gettysburg
brings George E. Pickett—the deceased illus
trious General who commanded during the fa
mous charge—into most conspicuous promi
nence. The three days conflict, which practi
cally terminated in the repulse of the Confed
erate army, needs no repetition here; as history
has heralded and chronicled the sangninary
deeds of that day sufficiently.
General George E. Pickett was boro at Rich
mond, Virginia, January 25tb, 1825 He was
received as a cadet at West Point, graduating
from that academy in the year 1846, from which
emy he was fitted for admisson to the Sopho
more class of Amherst College, but was pre
vented from eutering by a severe illness which
disabled him for study for two years. At the
mature age of twenty-two he began the study
of law at Montrose. In 1852 he went to Wells-
boro where he continued his law studies until
1854, when he was admitted to the bar of the
State. In the month of March of the following
year he was admitted to practice in the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania, and in 1856 to
the United States D.strict and Circuit Courts.
Mr Williams, immediately upon his admission
to the bar, took a high rank and won much
fame as an able advocate, being an eloquent,
fluent and logical speaker. In March 1865 he
was appointed Additional Law Judge for the
district composed of the counties of Tioga,
Potter, McKean, Ella and Cameron, and the
following fall he was elected for the term of
ten years. In 1871 he was elected President
Judge of the same district, and iu 1881 he was
unanimously re elected. In 1874 Judge Wil
liams was appointed one of a board of seven
commissioners to revise the new Constitution,
and in 1877 he was one of the delegates repre-
GEN. GhOKGE E. PICKETT.
Paragould, Greene Co., Ark.
Location—Growth—Resources— Tint'
ber—Coal—Oil—Schools—Churches
—Education and Prohibition.
Editor Sunny South: This young and rap
idly growing city is situated on Crowley’s
Ridge at the junction of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern railroad, and the St.
Louis, Arkansas & Texas railroad.
Five years ago the virgin forest was broken
to find a location for a future town, and the
wild deer was startled from his native haunts
by the first shrill whistle of the locomotive;
but to-day we have a town of near two thou
sand inhabitants, and it is rapidly developing
in wealth and population. No part of the Sta e
has finer natural resources. Fine forests of
oak, poplar, gum and cypress are yielding
handsome incomes to our citizens, and the vast
area of rich soil needs only to be touched by
the plowshare to yield rich returns of corn,
cotton, grass, wheat and oats.
The only reason why this vast region of rich
country has remained so long undeveloped has
been because there was no market Now we
have quick communication with all points
North, East, South and West. Immigrants
are cornirg in rapidly from the North and
East, and the busy bum of industry is heard
on every hand. In Clay county, adjoining
Greene, a rich vein of coal has been dis
covered, which will soon begin to be worked.
It is reasonable to believe that this vein ex
tends on into Greene county, as the same ridge
crosses it.
Considerable excitement has been caused by
a well in this place becoming strongly impreg
nated with coal oil, and a company will soon
be organized to bore in search of oil.
The Methodists, the Baptists, the Christians
and the Presbyterians have Church organiza
tions here. The Methodists and Christians
each hive houses of worship, the Baptists
have their building commenced, and the Pres
byterians will build soon.
The educational interest is growing rapidly.
The school population amounts to near four
hundred. At their recent school election a tax
of five mills on the dollar was voted for build
ing a school house, and next year an elegant
brick building will be constructed for educat
ing the young.
A $7,000 jail is now in process of construc
tion, also a three story brick hotel.
Greene county has enrolled her name among
the counties that have raised the prohibition
standard, and the good results are already be
ing realized. At the present rate of increase
in the sentiment of prohibition, the State will
soon drive the traffic from our borders without
an amendment to the Constitution.
The prospects for crops i hroughout the en
tire county are better than for many years,
and the farmers are jubilant. One strong in
dication of progress among the farmers is the
decrease in mortgages. This despotic monster
has had its iron heel upon the neck of the
Southern farmer long enough, and if he would
ever expect to be free, he must rise in his
manhood aud assert his rights.
time his war service soon began. He partici
pated in the war with Mexico from the battle
of Vera Cruz to the capture of the city of Mex
ico. He wa> Brevet, First Lieulenant and Cap
tain for gallantry at Contreras, Cherubusco and
Chapultepec. He was placed on frontier duty
from 1848 until 1801, when he resigned on June
25th of the latter year. In September General
Pickett was appointed Co onel in the Confed
erate army, aud Brigadier and Major-General
in the following year. In the Virginia Penin
sular campaign of 1862 he led a brigade, and
was wounded at C">id Habor. Continuing with
the army of Northern Virginia he participated
the battles of that army. At Gettysburg his
division led the assaulting column, ’which suf
fered so severely on July 3i, 1803.
General Pickett also commanded in North
Carolina at the capture of Plymouth. In the
campaign of 1804-Go he made the final stand at
Five Forks, wnere his division was completely
surrounded and broken up. General Pickett
was not devoid of a certain sentimentality, for
he said the hardest act of his life was to give
the order to the division to fire on the old flag
under which he had fought in foreign countries.
General Pickett died at Norfolk, Virginia, in
July, 1875. H's last words, which he utfored
shortly before his death, were “good night.”
David R. Francis.
President Cleveland’s refusal to attend the
Grand Army of the Republic encampment at
St. Louis, has made the residents of that city
only the more anxious that the President
should pay a visit there, and Mayor Francis,
to whom the President’s letters were chiefly
addressed, is being besieged by solicitous im
promptu committees who insist on reparation
of what has been brooded about as an insult to
the head of the nation. Mayor Francis is in
deed anxious that the President should be fa
vorably impressed with the courtesy which the
city’s inhabitants wish to confer upon him, and
is most anxious that the President should en
joy a hearty welcome at the hands of St. Louis.
David R. Francis, although young in politics,
is old in the dignity of masculine vigor, with
which he grapples the tangled lines, such as
occasionally occur to every one holding his
position. Although of slight build he is phys
ically strong, and his mental capacities are not
to be under-rated. Mayor Francis did not for
one moment permit the impression to exist
that the President would be subject to harm
either by personal violence or by misrepresenta
tions, and it is but due to Mr. Francis to say
that he has judiciously acted in a manly, digni
fied way in dealing with the troublesome ques
tion in hand.
The Mexicans—Their Polite
ness.
MRS. PICKETT.
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg.
The province of Bulgaria, which has been in
a state of anarchical conflict in regard to
ruler, since the abdication of Prince Alexan
der, ha«, through the S bran j3 elected Prince
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as its future
ruler. The announcement was received with
great enthusiasm. Prince Ferdinand Max
A. A. K.
Paragould, Ark., June 30th, 1887.
Change in Religious Thought.
The articles on the life and character of
Rev. John B. McFerrin, and an Old Book, in
your last week’s paper, remind me that the
plain, pious men and women of the last gener
ation, are no longer common to the churches
of any part of the country. The preachers
most in demand, are those who can raise the
most money. The singers sing opera tunes
and words that the congregation do not know;
and pomp, parade and show are toe prevalent
in all fashionable churches. Few of the con
gregation know or care anything about reli
gion. The socials, missionary teas, oyster sup
pers, progressive euebre parties, etc., given
under tbe auspices of churches, are mere
shearing peDS, whose managers use the social
instinct to get the sheep together for the sole
and only purpose of fleecing them. The con
sequence is, there is a universal distrust of
church corporations of all kinds.
Fifty years ago Cleveland, Ohio (near here),
a city of more than ordinary intelligence, was
largely guided in morals and religious thought
by the First Presbyterian church. That old
church has not had a conversion or revival
since 18£9, and has far less influence than a
theater that has been built against one side of
it by one of its wealthy members. The New
York Independent lately likened the churches
of Cleveland to the church at Laodocea.
Alarmed at their condition, last winter five
of the dead churches united with some rich
men and hired Rev. G. H. Pentecost at a
weekly fee of $300 and expenses, to revive the
religious sentiment. He did his best—threat
ened, scolded and pleaded—but no revival.
After six weeks’ effort he left disgusted.
Week before last a minister, not of the five
churches, preached a caustic sermon—showmg
up the sham and want of religion in the whole
thing and that it had proved a loss in all
points. He showed that the evangelist had
preached a whole week on a verse of the old
version of the New Testament, which the new
version showed to have been an interpolation
or forgery. The New York Evening Post sent
a correspondent through New England lately
to find out the true condition of the churches.
They were found to be deplorable beyond be
lief; many had less than seven members;
others abandoned and rottiDg down. Tbe
same dry rot is here; two churches will hold
all that usually attend, and in the villages
round, many churches are abandoned; none
are really alive. What is the cause of this
very marked change? Piease explain.
Corry, Penn., May 24, 1887.
PRINCE FERDINAND OF SAXE-COBURG.
The Bishop of Argyl and the Isles (Scot
land) was recently arrested as a spy, while
journeying in Algeria, by a French officer. He
was so on after released with complete apolo
gies.
railian Charles Leopold Marie of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, Duke of Saxe, is a cousin of the reign
ing Duke Ernest, and a son of the late Prince
Auguste and of the Princess Marie Clementine,
daughter of Louis Philippe. Prince Ferdinand
was born on February 26i,h, 1861; he is des
cribed as a tall, slim young man, with thick
hair, a fair complexion, firm clean eyes, and a
prorounced Bourbon nose, which gives him
some resemblance to his uncle, the Due de
Nemours. He is regarded as one of the wit
tiest members of tbe Vienna society, speaking
German, English, French, Italian aud Hun
garian with some fluency. He is, by his grand
mother, (the daughter of the wealthy Prince
Joseph Kohari,) partly Hungarian. His eldest
brother, who will succeed his great-uncle (the
latter being childless) as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, is married to the Princess Louise,
daughter of the King of Belgium. His older
brother, Prince Auguste, is married to
daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro II, of Brazil.
One sister, Princess Ciotilde, is the wife of the
Archduke Joseph of Austria, and the other,
Princess Amelia, is married to Duke Maximil
ian of Bavaria. Prince Ferdinand has always
taken the greatest possible interest in his mill
itary career, and in order to make himself
thoroughly acquaints with the various
branches of service he exchanged into the in
fantry, after serving with the cavalry. He
now belongs to the Hungarian Honveds, of
which bis brother-in-law, the Archduke Joseph,
is commander. He has traveled a good deal,
and is universally renownei for his hospitality,
it being stated that when he was in the garri
son at Luiz he occasioned some slight' annoy
ance by frequently entertaining his brother
officers at his palace, a thing which the Arch
HON. HENRY W. WILLIAMS.
duke deemed incompatible with his position as
Lieutenant. The Prince possesses large Hun
garian estates, is noted for his valuable collec
tions of precious stone s and for his generosity
in making presents of jewelry to his friends.
Moreover, he is a great ornithologist, owns the
best collection of birds in Vienna, and is known
among his personal friends as “Ferdinand the
Fowier.” He has been twice to Russia, and
was believed to be a favorite personage at. St.
Petersburg, and this probably accounts for his
proposed election for the Bulgarian throne.
Hon. Henry W. Williams.
Among the foremost judges of the present
day is the Honorable Henry W. Williams, wh*»
is also the most prominent candidate,before the
coming State convention, for the Supreme
Court Judgeship. The Honorable Henry W.
Williams of Wellsboro, Tioga county, Penn
sylvania, was born at Hartford. Susquehanna
county, Pa., July 30,1830. At Franklin Acad-
seniing the Presbyterian Church of the United
States at the Pan-Presbyterian Council at Ed
inburg, Scotland.
Mrs. Pickett.
The heroine of this year’s celebration of the
battle of Gettysburg, was Mrs. Pickett, widow
of the Confederate General, George E. Pickett,
who was made so additionally famous by what
has been termed “Pickett’s charge at Gettys
burg.” Mrs. Pickett before her marriage was a
Miss Lasalle Corbell, of Chuckatuck, Nanse-
mond county, Virginia, where she was born.
She married General Pickett, September 15th,
1863, at the age of fifteen yeais. Mrs. Pickett
accompanied her husband through the portion
of the war which immediately followed after
the date of her marriage, going into the hard
ships and trials of camp life. She was under
fire at the re-taking of the lines at Petersburg.
The last review of her husband’s old division
was at Chester Station, between Petersburg
and Richmond. The General’s men were
ragged and bare-footed, and General Pickett
said that every life lost after that time would
be murder. At this review Mrs. Pickett was
on horseback at her husband’s side. At the
conclusion of the war General Pickett and his
wife went to Canada and lived there under the
name of Edwards. They were poor and Mrs.
Pickett got a position as teacher of Latin and
elocution. This position, she stated, she owed
indirectly to Mr. Lincoln, who, in 1842, ap
pointed General Pickett a cadet to West Point,
from Illinois. Without telling the General,
Mrs. Pickett answered an advertisement for a
teacher. She was so young-looking that she
was informed a teacher was wanted, not
CHARLOTTE WOLTER.
scholar. She was asked lor references. Sue
had a diploma but was afraid to produce it, as
it would show who she was and that she hailed
from Virginia. Finally, an examination re
sulted in her receiving the position. Return
ing in course of time from Canada, they
stopped in New York, engaging small apart
ments; but old friends of the General put them
in better circumstances, ard did so much for
them that feelings of friendship were estab
lished which could never be broken. General
Pickett, accompanied by his wife, soon after
this returned to the South, where he estab
lished himself in business. His death occa
sioned Mrs. Pickett the siucerest bereavement
of an eventful life.
Charlotte Wolter.
Charlotte Woiter who has for years been
connected with the Barg Theatre, of Vienna,
is expected to be brought to this country under
the management of Messrs. Conried and Her
mann, during the course of the winter of 1887
or 1888. The German tragedy^queen has re
cently celebrated by a jubilee performance,
the twenty-fifth anniversary of ber engage
ment at the Royal Burg Theatre. The Empe
ror, Crown Prince, and other high dignitaries
were present, aod the house was literally
packed. The play was “Sappho,” with Mad
ame Wolter in the title role. She wss received
with an encore of enthusiasm and was over
whelmed with flowers. The Emperor present
ed to her a diamond brae slot, and other gifts
came from all parts of Austria and Germany.
At the close of the play Madame Wolter made
a touching speech of thanks to the Emperor
and to the audience at large. She was pre-
V’-AW
DAVID R. FRANCIS.
sented to the Austrian Empiess by her right
ful title as the Countess O’Sullivan. Bat the
Empress in turn presented her to the Court ns
Madame Wolter, saying, “I am proud of you
as ‘the Wolter 1 as that is the name I like to
present you. I have so many Countesses at
Court that your other title conveys no distinc
tion.” Madame Wolter was bom in the city
of Cologne in 1834, of poor but respectable pa
rents, and had to overcome many difficulties,
and battle through innumerable hard times
before obtaining the recognition her talent de
served. She now occupies the undisputed
place of the first among German tragic ac
tresses, and only her objection to play in for
eign couLtr.es has prevented her name from
becoming one of world wide fame. In 1875
she married Count Charles O’Sullivan, but
family considerations ob iged her to keep the
marriage a secret for many years. Not only
Vienna, but all Austria may be said to be at
her feet, and although she is over fifty years
of age, she is s nil young looking and attractive,
Editor Sunny South: In his intercourse
with his fellow man, the Mexican is the em
bodiment of punctilious politeness. Even the
poorest peon, when he meets his fellow-man
upon the street, will raise his hat as he bids
him good morning and assures him that he “is
at his service;” will inquire after the health of
himself and family aud how he passed the
night; and will, as he leaves him, express the
wish that he may proceed in safety.
Some diplomat has said that language was
made to conceal thoughts—the Mexican idea
seems to be that it was made to be polite with.
When you are introduced to one he will, be
fore leaving, inform you that “you have your
house” at such a number of such a street—the
place of his own residence. If you express ad
miration of his horse, or any other piece of
property, he will at once reply that he holds it
at your order, aud if he is at all acquainted
with you he will not sit down to a meal in
your presence, even in the most public restau
rant, or take a glass of wine, without first in
viting you to share it with him. Go into one
of their stores and, as the great majority of us
do, ask for anything in a dialect which to them
is equal to what that of a fresh arrival from
Germany talking broken English would be to
us, and there will not be the least sign of
smile pass over their countenance or any act
that shows you are speaking anything but the
purest Castilian. Ask one of your servants s
question and if you have not made your mean
ing clear he will be too polite to tell you so but
will answer you, “Si Senor’’ (Y.es Sir;) an an
swer that may be relevant and mislead you, or
so irrelevant that, when you think how yon
might have been misled, had the circumstances
been different, and what the consequences
would have been, you are inclined to tell him.
in good round “undesulphurized” Anglo-Sax
on, he is • everything bad you can think of.
And then, if you have done so, as you lay
back and watch for the effect—it comes—in a
shrug of the shoulders, an outspreading of the
hands, a ‘ smile that is childlike and bland,”
anc—‘ Si Senor.” It is very trying to the pa
tience, but the man who shows that he has lost
his patience only succeeds in making himself
ridiculous in their eyes. They don’t under
stand it.
When two of them arrive at a door or nar
row passage at the same time, they will each
insist upon the other preceding him and the
request and counter-request will be repeated
till one of them will beg “as a favor,” that the
other go in first and then the latter, presuma
bly not to refuse a favor to his friend, will do
so.
If they ask you a question they will first beg
to be excused for troubling you and if they
wish a light from your cigar, or other such trif
ling accommodation they will invariably pre
face the request by asking if you “will have
kindness,” or “will do them the favor," etc.
Bear in mind I am not speaking of the edu
cated ones only, for these traits pervade the
whole people down to the poorest classes.
There is also their recognition of strangers,
when by accident placed in close proximity to
them. Let us suppose, for instance, you are
dining at a hotel when a Mexican lady (or
gentleman) enters and is given a seat at the
same table. She (or he) will recognized you
with a bow as she takes her seat, and, if she
should leave before you do, her adio senor
detracts nothing from her dignity, whilst it
exemplifies her good breeding which has been
defined as the art of placing others at their
ease.
These are some of the features of their po
liteness. Others might readily he cited did
space permit.
In all this the Mexican has been accused
of being very deceitful, but when we stop to
look into the matter, I am not sure he is to
blame or whether it is to our being unaccus
tomed to his manner.
It is true that if you were to propose to take
possession of the most humble room in that
house which he has assured you is yours; if
you were to ask the loan of that horse which
he has declared is held by him at your order;
or if you were to set down and assist at the de
molition of that repast; in short, if you were
to take him at his word, the expression of his
face would be a study; but what would you
yourself think, if, having finished a letter
to some one with the words “your obedient
servant,” you were to receive from him an
order to black his shoes or curry his horse?
When you call at a friend’s house and re-
cieve the answer “not at home,” though you
have seen her peeping through the upper blinds
watching your approach, would you feel better
disposed towards that friend if, instead of that
answer, the servant had said, “my mistress is
occupied just now with something more agree
able and does not wish to be bothered with
you." Now, whilst the servant’s words are
not literally true, still your friend cannot be
said to be deceitful, for there is no intention
whatever to deceive. You who are accustom
ed to the forms of society know that the latter
of the two expressions is what is really meant,
but the former form is used in order to convey
the knowledge of the fact In a manner that
will not offend your dignity nor otherwise hurt
your feelings. But a person not accustomed
to the forms of society, would, in all sincerity,
indignantly cry out against the lady of the
house as lying and deceitful.
So it appears to me; is it wi h the Mexican?
By those unaccustomed to his ways he is at
once accused of being an inveterate liar, etc.,
whilst to his own people, though insincere in
the literal translation of his words, he is sin
cere in what is understood by these words
amongst those accustomed to use them, and
they are simply received by them as expres
sions of politeness without conveying any
deeper meaning.
Some English author has said that “society
is founded upon a lie,” and whilst in the ab
stract I have no particular liking for lies or
black-oil, st 11 as lubricators of their respective
machines, they are very convenient and ser
viceable.
As to whether these people deserve or not to
be berated for their deceit, you may taue your
choice of opinions, but I think there can be no
question of their politeness, and whilst polite
ness costs nothing it saves the giving of many
a wound which rankles in the bosom none the
less because the recipent is of that sensitive
nature which hides it from the world.
Pool K.
Don’t Miss the Grand Opportunity.
Secure the $100 in gold or some other valu
able present. Read the announcement in the
first column on 4th page and get yoor name in
the box without delay.
Pimples.
Sufferer, Winchester, Va.: Like a good
many other readers of your quiz column, I
would like to know a sure cure for pimples: as
a constant reader of your valuable paper, I
would like to know in next issue of the paper
in the quiz column.
Read Queen Mab’s letter, she gives the in
formation desired.
The Wearers of the Iron Crown.
The iron crown, il sacro chiodo—the holy
nail, as the inhabitants of Monza call it—was
worn by Charlemagne and by a long succession
of German emperors alter him, ending with
Charies V. Napoleon Bonaparte was the last
sovereign upon whose head it rested. With
characteristic audacity he put it there himself.
It was in May, 1805, that he gathered about
him at MilaDo the dignitaries of the empire,
the foreign diplomats aud his generals, and, iD
the presence of his victorious army, set the
crown upon his otto head with the words that
stand engraved on its rim: “God gave it to me.
Woe nnto him who touches it.”
In 1850, when the Austrians were driven
from Lombardy, they carried the iron crown
with them, first to Mantua and afterward to
Vienna, where it was kept until Venice was
ceded to Italy by the peace of I860. Then it
was returned to the cathedral at Monza, and
there it remains still, jealously guarded with
Queen Theodolinda’s other treasures and the
crown ot her royal husband.—yew York Mail
and Express.
Taxidermy.
J. B. W., Waskom, Texas: I am very anx
ious to learn Taxidermy, butlive in the coun
try where my instructors must b» books. Can
we learn it from books? What is the best
work on the subject.
Will some of our readers who are posted in
such matters give J. B. W., the information
wanted.
Speeches, Etc.
J. T. D., Dallas, Tex.: Will you be kind
enough to advise me where any of the follow
ing late literary productions can he had, in
what form and at what price: Grady’s Ply
mouth (or Pilgrims) Speech at the New Eng
land Banquet; Wolseley, on Gen. Lee; Davis’s
criticism on same; Sherman’s criticism
same; Davis and Beauregard’s controversy
about the battle of Shiloh; Lamar’s address in
Charleston on the occasion of the unveiling of
Calhoun’s statue.
You will only find them in the newspapers.
We do not think that they have been put in
pamphlet form. Perhaps Mr. Lamar’s may
hare been, and if so, write to “Bookseller,
Charleston, S. C. You will find it there, if
anywhere.
Circumcision.
Editor Sunny South: I see that Chas. T.
Arnett, of Arkansas, wants to enlighten you
about circumcision. You were right as to the
origin. It is an old heathenish custom prac
ticed before Abraham was born, the story in
Genesis to the contrary notwithstanding. The
ancient Egyptian monuments show that the
Egyptians circumcised before there were such
a people as the Hebrews, Israelites or Jews,
just as you please to call them. The Phoeni
cians circumcised, also the people in Arabia,
the .Ethiopians of antiquity. If that is not
authority enough for Mr. Arnett, will he please
tell the readers of the Sunny South why it is
that at this day—and how much farther back
in the dim past we know not—the Teamas and
Manaos of the Amazon river; the three distinct
tribes in the South seas; among most of the
tribes of Australia; among the Papuans, the
New Caledonians and the inhabitants of New
Hebrides, and widely among the African tribes,
that circumcision is a custom to this day?
Did they borrow the idea from the Jews,
whom they never saw, or did God make a spe
cial covenant also with those savages and hea
then tribes. It is a heathenish custom as his
tory declares, and among many practiced as a
sanitary proceeding. Allow me to say, if you
please, that I take this Bible and sift myth, al
legory, histsry, poetry, etc., and put them
where they belong in the region of thought and
investigation. The six days creation, the ser
pent and the apple, the unity of the human
race, the ark, the flood, Jonah and the whale,
and Samson and his three hundred foxes, etc.,
are very open questions for discussion and be
lief, Don’t be afraid of the truth, Mr. Editor;
tell it and let your readers be the judge as to
facts. On circumcision your head is level.
Perhaps Mr. Arnett can learn something about
circumcision if he will read the article in the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
New Orleans, La. Volney Varen.
The Sunny South
FEMALE SEMIMKY,
\U\\T\, GEORGIA.
FACULTY:
W. B. SEALS, A. M., resident,
Professor of Natural and Moral Sciences.
Prof. GEO. C. LOONEY, A M.,
Chair of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Mrs. C. D. CRAWLEY, M. A,
Chair of English Literature.
Mlle. victoria kontz,
Chair of Ancient and Modern Languages.
Mrs. L. H. SEALS,
Principal of Preparatory Department,
Prof. W. F. SEALS,
Director of Mnsic. Voice Col tore.
Madam VON DEB HOYA SCHULTZE,
Piano and Organ.
Prof. W. F. CLARK,
Violin and Cornet.
Prof. Wm. LYCETTE,
Art Department.
Prof. A. C. BRISCOE,
Stenography.
Miss JENNIE RUSHING,
Telegraphy.
FOREMAN OF “SUNNY SOUTH’’ OFFICE,
Teacher of Type Setting.
Miss LILY MAY DAN FORTH,
Calligraphy.
Mrs. W. F. SEALS,
Supt. Boarding Department.
Mrs. GEO. C. LOONEY,
Matron
THE FA no TERM WILL BEGIN ON 1st MONDAY IN
SEPTEMBER 1887.
The departments are well nigh lull, and an early
application is Important to secure a goo place lor
tlm next term.
Oar of ject Is to meet, as far aa practicable, a long-
{■ It want in theSootb, viz: a thorough literary and
practical busln- ss education tor ft males.
Every membir of onr faculty Is an experienced ed
ucator. All are acknowledged to stand abreast wltn
the best teachers of tbe State, la their respective
departments, while some enjiy even a national rep
utation.
Anyone baying girls to educate Is respectfully re
ferred to the State at large for character, scholar
ship and management.
NEW FEATURES.
With a view to maki onr oonrse of study emi
nently practical. Telegraphy, Calligraphy. Photogra
phy, Book-keeping and Tyi-e-setting, or Journal ism.
will be introduoeaas specia departments. A grad
ate of this school takes along with her a profession
adapted to her sex, and which fits her to enter at
onOE upon an active business life. In no other
school in the South will she find these advantages.
ATLANTA AS A LOCATION.
Of all points in the South, not one combli es so
many of the essentials for a school of the chaiacter
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 epidemlo of any
kind.
It is ont of the range of storms and cyclonsr.
It is the capital of the State, where pupils can see
and hear all the celebrities of the day.
It is a progressive city, where everything new in
science and art is Bare to come.
It is a city of chnrchss, and is without a peer in
the observance of the Sabbath.
Its people are cultivated and refined, and its mo
rality ia phenomenal.
It is the music center of the South, and its very air
is ladened with music.
It is convenient, being a railroad center.
GENERAL INFORMATION.
This school is not denominational. Boarding pu
pils will attend the chnrch specified by their parents.
The number of pupils will be limited to sixty, and
in no event will more than that number be received.
Tuition mast be paid monthly in advance, and no
deduction will be made except in cases of sickness
retracted beyond two weeks. An experienced honse-
„eeper will take charge of the boarding department,
and a skillful physician will look after the health of
the pupils.
The daily sessions will be six hours, beginning in
the morning at eight o’clock, and dismissing at 4:30
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, but
firm.
UNIFORM.
In order to prevent extravagance, a uniform to be
worn by the pupils to church or on the street has
been adopted, which will be made known to ary one
on application.
Send for a catalogue to
W. B HEALS, President.
IUKA
National Park.
M. C., Brownwood, Texas: Will you please
tell me where I can get a history or a descrip
tion, with map, of the National Park?
Get “Through the Yellowstone Park on
Horseback,” by George W. Wingate, New
York, 1886. Price, $1.60. Write to Leggat
Bros., 81 Chamber j st., New York.
Tin7
P. B. C., Kulla Chaha, I. T.: Please state,
through the columns of Sunny South, infor
mation regarding tin—where first found and
how manufactured. Please give all informa
tion concerning it.
Tin occurs in crystals, grains and masses;
high lustre; powder gray or brownish; brittle.
Localities, Jackson, N. H.; Tesmescal, Cal.;
Boonville, Idaho; also near Fredericktown,
Mo. Get a work on tin or see an encyclope
dia. We cannot write essays on such subjecis.
The quiz column was not intended for that.
Question.
The quotation “Artist” refers to, is from
Tennyson’s poem of “The Two Voices,” and
reads thus:
“The prudent partner of his blood,
Leaned on him, faithful, gentle, good,
Wearing the rose of womanhood.”
A. Mexicano.
Port Gibson, Miss.
Continental Money.
H. E. Harman, Greensboro, N. C.: Can you
tell me the value of Continental money? I
have a $10.00 bil'. dated 1778, a $35 00 bill
dated 1779, and a $60 00 bill dated 1779, which
would sell at reasonable rates. Ail the bills
are in an excellent state of preservation. You
will oblige me by stating the value of these
bills through the Sunny South.
There is no fixed value for such things.
Those fond of the old or historical, offer ac
cording to the value they put upon what they
want. Some one fond of such things may offer
you a price when they see what you want to
sell. Old pictures, books and such like, have
value as one wants them. Write to mana
ger Exchange <£ Mart, New York. Book, price
25 cents.
Largest Clock.
J. W. D.: The Sunny South is taken at
the house where I board here, and I being a
constant reader of your paper, I have taken
the liberty of asking you a question, which I
wish you would arswer through the “Quiz
Column.” The question is: Which is the
largest clock in the world?
We cannot remember all we read by a good
deal; our memory is not carefully charged with
all facts we read. There has been in a year
or two past in Europe the putting up of the
largest clock in the world, but where we have
forgotten.
“By Nebo’s
Normal Institute
(BOTH SEXES.)
Mathematics, Anelent Language, Abstract
Sciences, Natural Sciences, English Lan
guage and iu Literature, Theory and Practice
of Teaching, Music and Art, Theory and
Practice of Business.
Board per month, in private families, $10;
In dubs, t7; with the Principal, (10. Next
session, first Monday In September.
Address U, A. DEAN. Iuka. Miss
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To B. M. B., Austin, Texas:
Lonely Mountain,” was written by Cecil
Frances Alexander. We cannot find the piece,
but it is one of those that has true merit in it,
and will live as a master-piece of its kind.
Col. Tom Ochiltree, formerly of Texas hut
now of New York city, announces his intention
of running for Congress next year from Mayor
Hewitt’s old district.
Peggy Dow.
T. E. P.. Routon, P. O., La. As I have not
taxed the Sunny South for any information,
want to know: 1st, What was Peggy Dow’s
name before she was married? 2nd, Where
did she live when married? 3rd, Where did
she die and when? 4th, Where is she bu
ried? I have heard some disputes on this sub
ject and thing it interesting to many readors.
A short anti-biography of Peggy Dow, was
published in New York in 1856. Write Leg
gat Bros., 81 Chambers street, N. Y., to get it
for you. We canot find anything about Peg
gy, but something about her husband, who
was considered a sort of religious crank in his
day.
From John H. Coyle, D. D. S., Profes
sor Operative Dentistry and Den
tal Materia Medica. Balti
more Dental College.
Having been shown the formula for Holmes’
Sure Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. I will
say that from my knowledge of the therapeu
tic action of each of these substances entering
into its composition on deseased mucus mem
branes of the mouth and gums, I believe it to
be a specific in a large nnmber of the ordinary
deseased conditions for which it is recommend
ed. I say this on theoretic grounds and am
satisfied that a practical test of this mouth
wash in my own practice has more than justi
fied my expectations. I therefore reccommend
it for general use and would be glad to know
that every man and woman in the country
would try it for themselves, believing that it
will result in great good to those who use it as
directed.
Athens, Ga.—I have had occasion recently
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H. A. LOWRANCE. D. D. S.
Georgia Railroad Company,
Office General Passenger Agent,
AUGUSTA, GA., Feb., 1, 1887.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Tickets to Hillman, Ca.
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
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