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among the patrons of The Sunny South on
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“burg, South Carolina.
ds and Crops—County
-Monument Associa-
aiter Drill Enter
tainment.
Sunny South: Orangeburg is an
storic town, situated on the east bank of
Edisto river. ’ About two years ago it was
corporated as a city, and now can boast of a
Mayor and seven Aldermen.
The city is supported by an industrious pop
ulation of farmers and p'anters. The cotton
lands of the county are second to none on the
continent. Numbers of farmers average a bale
of cotton to the acre. But cotton is far from
being cultivated exclusively. It is a spectacle
most rare to see a farmer buying corn. In
fact our merchants keep but little corn in tbeir
stores, and that little is raised in the country
around < lur population is in the main, made
up of old settlers—who have so married and
inter-married, that it is bard to find a family
who is not related to all the others either by
affinity or consangu nity.
In a word our people are thrifty, sturdy,
honest and enterprising. Bu^tbis is not alJ;
they are patriotic to the core. When the war
broke out Orangeburg furnished as many brave
soldiers, according to population, as any coun
ty in the Ssuth.
Here was the home of the brave, impetuous
and fiery Lawrence M. Keitt, whose burning
eloquence contributed no little to the zeal of
our people in the “lost cause;’’ whose life was
sacrificed to that cause, and for the principles
which he considered were just. And now af
ter twenty-two years of intermission, the fair
daughters and loyal sons of these heroic
worthies have determined to build a Con
federate Monument in the city of < Irangeburg,
To this end, about two months ago a Monu
mental Association was formed, with Miss
Agnes Dibbie as president, and Miss May I’os-
tell as secretary and treasurer.
Following hard upon the organization, an en
tertainment wsb projected, which came off the
20th of July, at Captain Shindan’s ball. The
entertainment consisted of a prize waiter drill
composeo of two companies of young ladies.
Company A being dressed in a superb costume
of blue, and Company B in a tasteful uniform
of red. Ex client music was furnished by the
Orangeburg orchestra, under the efficient lead
ersbip of Henry Kohn. A very large and en
thusiastic audience, composed of the best peo
pie cf Orangeburg, greeted these young ladies,
to give them encouragement in their laudable
undertaking.
Promptly at nine o’clock, Company A, un
der the command of Lieutenant N. H Bull
marched into the hall amid tremendous ap
plause. Waiters were substituted for guns;
and in this case nothing could have been more
appropriate. These ladies did some splendid
marching, and went through all the evolutions
of the manual of arms with ease, grace and
precision. An interval of a half-hour was
then given for refreshments; after which Com
pany B, with martial port and conquering
tread, came marching in, under command of
Captain George W. Brunson of the Edisto
■Rifles. This company, like the other, was
well drilled, and executed some very difficult
commands with elegance and promptitude.
The judges were Messrs. W. L. Sylar and Mor
timer Dantzler, who gave to Company A !K)
and Company B, 101, out of a possible 105.
Another feature of the evening’s entertain
ment was the decorating of a sham monument
by twenty sweet little girls. Miss Carrie Izlar
read also a poem entitled “At Arlington.”
The evening was delightfully spent by all who
were present, and the amount realized was
very encouraging. D. H. M.
Orangeburg, S C., Aug. 2, 1887.
era. But hold; I promised to be intensely
practical—but the spirit of the scene came over
me unawates, and I deviated. Beg pardoh.
As to the much talked of Florida insects. • I
have seen no more, nor a greater variety of
species, than in Tennessee, Kentucky, Geor
gia or Alabama. The mosquito's are trouble
some during the summer months, but every
house is supplied with wire netting doors and
windows, which exclude them entirely, and
near the lake the breeze blows them away.
These are simple, cand d indisputable facts—
a picture without one dash of false coloring—of
summer life in our fair land.
Fl'wida.
The Mexicans.
Wfaat They Eat and Drink and How
They Make Love.
BY THETIS.
Lake Weir, Florida.
Delightful Summer Temperature —
Lake Breezes---Boating and
Bathing by Starlight.
Editor Sunny South: That new, startling,
never-before-discussed subject, ‘ the weather,”
seems to be the all-absorbing topic in our
daily papers; and when we read that the ther
mometer in Chicago is 102, in New York 104,
in Lynchburg, Va., 106, in Augusta, Ga , 104,
we thank the kind Fate that has placed us
during the heated term, in Florida, and upon
shores of charming, beautiful, breezy Lake
ised the readers of the Sunnt South
i of summer life in Florida, and
redeeming that promise, they
-n, for it will be no fanciful,
-me Eljsium, existing only
n—hut the truth, the whole
i truth.
cy that because Florida lies be
nd 31 degrees latitude, it is exceed-
but not so. The thermometer at
i has not been higher than ill degrees
in the shade, on the warmest day, ana the
breezes from the lake stiff, strong and con
stant.
I am writing on board the “White Wing,”
our hanisome "steamer, which is moored at the
wharf, and for comfort have just sent my little
sable maid to the house for a wrap. A New
Yorker who is summering here says if he could
convince the people of his city how delightfully
comfortable he is now. they woul 1 require no
urging to come to Florida, instead of going
north, for health and pleasure.
Now, reader mine, this is no Munchausen
statement; and when we progress so far as to
have a summer session of our Chautauqua, I
hope very many may be induced to visit our
charming Lake, which Dr. Hawthorne de
clares “the loveliest gem on the bosom of the
earth,” and be invigorated by Florida
summer breezes. Your own inimitable
“Bill Arp”—who honored it with a visit last
spring, and whose artistic eye was delighted
with the beauty of our place—would if he was
now with us, exclaim, “it is good to be here,”
for from his letters we know he is not insensi
ble to “creature comfort,”
Another great pleasure we enjoy is the bath
ing, and as we plunge into the crystal waves
and rise like Aphrodite from the “foam of the
sea,” the sensation of pleasure is most delight
ful. One can enjoy this luxury at any hour
during the day; early morning refreshes them
for the day’s labor—and a bath by starlight se
cures a sound, dreamless night’s rest. "Many
find much fun and profit in fishing, and often
secure prizes that would make glad the heart
of Isaac WaltoD.
From 4 o’clock far “into the gloaming,” the
bosom of the lake is dotted with skiffs and
batteaux, gliding over its silvery surface, in
which is reflected in refulgent loveliness the
rosy clouds of sunset, making a picture of sur
passing beauty. Fair Italy, with its Naples,
aud Venice, has no greater charms to stir the
poetic nature atd delight the artist’s eye, than
our beautiful Lake Weir in the Land of Flow-
Editor Sunny South; As an Irishman
loves his whiskey, and the German his lager
beer, so the worship of pnlque is a national
characteristic of the Mexican. But what is
polqu:? From Frederick Ober’s clever and
exhaustive work on Mexico, 1 have obtained
some interesting informs ion on this and other
points. Pulque is the fermented juice of the
maguery—a species of century plant, the
Greek name for which is Agave, “the admira
ble;” an appellation it well deserves, not be
cause it is the source of intemperance, but on
account of its size and the many useful pur
poses to which it is adapted. The leaves of
the maguery are frequently ten feet in length,
eight inches thick and a foot in breadth. They
are used by the Indians in thatching their
huts; the pulpy part is converted into a very
gooa paper and the fibrous portion is spun
into tnread. Needles are made from the long,
thin “prickers” in which they terminate.
From the midst of these leaves, about once in
ten years, a doner stalk shoots up to the
height of forty feet, weight* d with clumps of
sickiy yellow blossomB. After efflorescence the
plant dies, but is soon resurrected from new
branches of the old root. A plantation in
cludes thousands if these aloes, but owing to
the long intervals between the blossoming pe
riods there are seldom more than a hundred
ot toem in flower at one time, and it is then
only that the plant may be tapped. If you
will ex.mine a century plant you will find that
the stein just auove ground looks something
like the trunk of a small tree. Now, 1 pre
sume, for 1 am do botanist, that the heart of
i his bark-like substance is pithy, for at the
proper time the native makes an incision, slips
his knife around the core and takes it out in
one piece. This leaves a hollow which an
swers the purpose of a rude bowl; the Bap from
the flower shaft oozes into it and is then easily
extracted. The sap-simple is called honey-
water. It is wholesome and agreeable to the
taste; but after fermentation the liquor is ab
horrent to any but an initiated palate, having
the odor of putrid meat. In this con
dition it is pulque, slightly inebriat
ing, and so much esteemed by the Mexicans
that they affirm it to be the favorite beverage
of aDgels iu Heaven. From pulque is distilled
a son of brandy known as “vino mescal,’ which
is highly intoxicating.
Tne native epicures have other strange pref
erences in the matter of dining. A marsh fly
deposits its eggs by the thousands on the flags
and rushes in the swampy districts of the lake
cjULtry. These eggs are gathered, washed in
to cakes and sold in the markets as a delicacy.
The larvae are also considered a table luxury,
and a hideous lizard is boiled and eaten, the
flesh resembling that of an eel. Foreigners
in Mexico, unless they can overcome certain
prejudices, must live principally on tortillas
and frijolt s The former are cakes made of
pounded corn, and the latter are simply beans
boiled and then fried. These, with the addi
tion of a chili, are really good.
There are but few Caucasians of unmixed
blood in the Republic, though the class termed
Creoles is scarcely to be distinguished from
Europeans. The Creoles are very proud of
their descent from the noble Aztecs and the
Spanish conquerors. The women are often
beautiful and the men sometimes immensely
wealthy, being the possessors of vast estates
and long, aristocratic-sounding names that
remind one of the old-time Spaniards and
Moors—moonlight and the Alhambra.
The Mestizos, or half-breeds (vulgarly al
luded-to in California as ‘ Greasers”) inherit
all the worse qualities of both parent races,
aud are notorious rogues and liars. The In
dian aborigines are numerous. They live
apart in villages, and are poor, hut less indo
lent and thievish than the more intelligent
“Greasers.”
Among the Creoles the mode of courtship is
rather romantic, though somewhat fatiguing
to the wooer. It is called “playing the bear,”
because the lover paces to and fro before the
house of his inamorata hoar after hour and day
after day, like a bear in a cage, until the fair
lady drops her handkerchief irom tne veranda
above or gives some other sign that his suit is
not indifferent to her, or until the bear grows
weary of the promenade and concludes to
quit—with a growl.
Our Portrait Gallery.
PQBTBAIT8 AND BIOGRAPHIES
OP DISTINGUISHED
AND WOMEN.
-Charles Chaille Long.
On the 20:h of July, 1887, President Cleve
land appointed Charles Chai le Long, of New
York, to be Secretary of Legation and Consul-
General of Corea
Charles Chaille Long, known as a famous
Central African traveler, was bom in the town
of Princess Anne, Maryland, of parents whose
pride of race and high sense of honor and integ
rity were influences that combine to make “the
child the father of the man.”
After participation in the campaigns of the
civil war, Capt Long left the United States
army and some time after entered the service
of the Khedive of Egypt with the rank of Lieu
tenant Colonel of the staff. An accomplished
linguist, he was chosen chief of staff to the
late Gen. C. G. Gordon (Chinese Gordon), and
accompanied the latter in that capacity to Cen
tral Africa. Under circumstances which ren
der the result accomplished little less than
marvelous, he traced the river Nile for the first
time from the Mediterranean to its source, and
was received b> the African Monarch, King
MTse, in princely fashion. The impression
made by the' Khedive’s soldier and diplomatist
was of such a nature that it assured io Henry
M. Stanley, who visited him subsequently, a
kindly welcome by M’Tse. The king signed
an instrument by which h i formally recognized
himself as a vassal of Egypt. On his return
journey Long discovered a third bat-i i and
source of the Nile. Subsequently, at the head
CHARLES CHAILLE LONG.
Gainesville, Texas.
• j
The Horrible Murder There.
Editor Sunny South: Out city still boom-
eth.
Sirce my last commenication many flatter
ing “real-estate” sales have been made and a
number of handsome new brick buildings have
gone up.
Strangers who come to Gainesville say it has
a grand future.
The electric lights are another recent addi
tion.
< in the 3rd (tomorrow) we are to have one
of the largest prohibition and anti-prohibition
picnics known in the State. Both prohi’s and
anti's are leaving nothing undone to carry their
cause. Noted speakers will be on hand, among
them, United States Senator John H. Reagen,
who will speak in behalf of prohibition.
(lur citizens are quieting down over the re
cent murder of Miss Watkins, hut they are
none the less vigilant and anxious to catch the
fiend who committed the terrible act. Fine
detective talent is at work, and there is but lit
tle doubt that the mystery will be solved in a
short time.
Uur city was thrown into deep gloom by the
death of one of its most honored citizens, Judge
George L. Hill His illness was t f short dura
tion and bis death was a shock j li over the
State.
As for society, there is little to chronicle. It
is too warm for anything except watermelon
picnics. Last night quite a party of young
peop e went out to the “River Bluffs” and in
dulged in ice cold watermelons They return
ed by the light of the moon.
A number of weddings are reported for the
Fall. Look out for cards next month.
The Sunny South is always a welcome v.s-
itor. Texas Jack.
of a column of regular troops, be entered the
Niam coumry Wtst of the Nile, and, after
many conflicts with the savage tribes, sub
jected that country to the Khedive’s authority.
In 1877—harassed by the vacillating action
of those in power, ill in body by reason of long
exposure to African climate, be resigned his
commission in the Egyptian army and came to
New York, where he studied law; and, having
graduated, returned to practice in Cairo before
the International Tribunals in 1881. The mil
itary insurrections of Arabia occurred, and in
June, 1882, the massacre of Europeans. The
American Consul being absent, at the solicita
tion of the American residents Col. Long as
sumed control, and not only gave aid and ref
uge to the fugitives, but secured such informa
tion as led the English Admiral to occupy the
town the same day. On the morning of the
14th, with 160 United S'ates soldiers and sail
ors promptly placed at h s disposal, he not only
re-established the United States Consulate, but
for two days administered the affairs of the
other Consulates whose bui dings had been
burned. To Col. Liog—aided bv the gallant
officers and sailors of the United States navy—
belongs t'.e imperishable honor of having saved
many human lives from massacre and the city
of Alexandria trom total destruction.
Col. Long is now about torty-tive years of
age, of medium height, fine military bearing,
speaking fluently many languages, including
those of Fret ch and Arabic, aud his dominat
ing idea is Central Africa and Central African
explorations.
Col. Long can also lay claim to some literary
ability, having published a book entitled,
“Naked Truths by Naked Pro >le,” and also a
volume called “The Three Prophets.”
General Thomas E. Powell.
General Thomas E Powell, of Delaware
county, Ohio, received the nomination for the
Governorship on July 23rd, 1887. The Demo
cratic fiction is undoubtedly sure of success in
the coming tussel for the seat, thinking that
they can co tr )1 enoueh votes to secure his
election General Thomas E. Powell was
born in Delaware county, Ohio, in the • year
1842 He was educated in the State, graduat
ing in the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1863,
and subsequently entering upon the practice
of law in 1867. Entering the political arena
he, in course of time, was the chosen Demo
cratic nominee for Attorney General of Ohio,
but with the balance of the entire Democratic
ticket, met his defeat. Mr. Powell is an ex
cellent representative of the legal talent of
Ohio, having not only attained an enviable
reputation as a lawyer of ability, hut also es
tablished for himself a large and lucrative
GENERAL THOMAS E. POWELL.
Sylvania, Ga.
Womans’ Missionary Society.
Editor Sunny South: I will now give you
brief description of our little*town. Sylvania is
the county site of Scriven, with a population
of about six hundred. We have four churches,
Methodist, Baptist, Campbellite and Episcopal.
We also have a railroad, which connects
with the Central twice a day.
The Womans’ Missionary Society of the dis
trict of Savannah held their annual conference
at the Methodist Church, on the 23d of July.
The President, Mrs. Walker, being unable to
to attend Mrs. Curwell, of Waynesboro, was
elected President protem. Miss Sallie Hobby
acting as Secretary. The following .members
were present: Mrs. J. G. Lawrence, Guyton;
Misssts Mary Wells and Emma Jones, Scar-
boro; Misses Annie Roberts Hindes and Mrs.
W. J. Wardlaw, of New Houston Church, Sa
vannah. The Society adjourned to meet at
New Houston Church in Savannah next year.
H.
Sylvania, Ga., July, 1887.
When school suffrage for women was a new
thing, a hard- working woman appeared at the
door of the polling-place in a country town, to
cast her first vote. A o al politician instant
ly bustled up to her, and offered his arm with
great gallantry to escort her to the ballot-box'
saying,: “Let me assist you, madam,” the wo
man looked at him and answered:
“If yon had been around this morning at
five o’clock when 1 was making a fire, bring
ing in wood and water, and getting breakfast,
I might have been glad of some help; but if it
is only about dropping this bit of paper into the
box that you want to help me, 1 think I can
do that myself.” And she did.
practice in the highest courts of the State and
nation. Mr. Powell has not been desirous of
political favor, although he has acted and
served the Public in many minor political ca
pacities. He is devoted to his profession and
has, it is said, refused all the many overtures
of his friends to send him to Congress.
cast off his vessel and went in cibase of the en
emy’s wooden gun-boats Morgain, Gaines, and
Selma. Liter in the war he commanded the
Pequot In 1866 he was promoted to be Com
mander, and in 1874 was commissioned as
Captain, while he reached the grade of com-
maudent of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in No
vember, 1884 Daring the twenty years since
the conclusion of the war he has performed
duties commeasurste with bis various grades,
the Jamestown. Pensacola, and Lancaster
being among the v*s a els be has commanded,
while for a short period he bad charge of the
Naval Asylnm at Philadelphia.
J. E. O’Neill.
J. E O’Neill, or “Tip" O'Neill as he is known
to the baseball enthusiast is the hard hitter of
the St Louis Browns. His work this season
has been extraordinary and should be keep it
np be will stand at the head of the batting list,
not only of the Association, bnt also ahead of
the crack hitters of the League. In 1885
O'Neill stood third on the list of batters of the
Association, being tied for that place by
Browning of the Louisville, with an average of
.339. Orr. with an avenge of .346 and Caru-
thers and Hecker with averages of .342 were
ahead of him If we comptre these averages
with the League averages we find that O’Neill
would have held sixth place in thi hatting
average of the older association. As ieft field
er O’Neill has but few e ptals. and in 1886 he
stood second in • be Association list with an
average of 927—oeing eurpas«ed only by
Kuehne of the Allegheny, but Kuebne only
played twenty-five games to one hundred aud
thirty-eight by O'Neill. Larkin of the Ath’e ics
came nearest to u’Neill, playing one hundred
and thirty nine games and making a record
.882. By this it will be seen that O’Neill is
really at the head ot the list of left fielders of
the Association. In the great world’s service
COMMODORE GHERARDI.
between the St. Louis and Chicago’s at the
end of the season of 1886 he led in the batting,
having an average of .400, whilst the best
average on the Chicago’s was made by Burns,
who obtained 333 In the fielding he was
second ODiy to Caruthers. both men having an
average of 1,000, but Caruthers accepted four
teen chances to thiit en by O’Neill. O'heili
played in all six gam is of the series. As an all
’round player he ranks with the oest
[Special for the Sunny South.]
Funeral Fabrics.
Deepest mourning for Summer may consist
of either ibin wool nr grenadine-fabrics with
slight trimmings nf English crape.
Fine nun’s veiling of pure, thinly woven
wool and entirely without lustre, is as popular
tor warm weather mourning as Henrietta cloth
is for colder seasons.
Crepeline shown at Lord & Taylor’s is a
prettily crinkled wool craps, and drapes effect
ively for Summer gowns. It is coal black,
entirely lustreless and of double width. It is
made up with plain ribbons or dull silk hands
Which are more effective as trimmings than
crape.
Widow’s dresses are made of English crape
entire over silk linings. The first dress worn
by a widow is full and straight, and of fine,
soft wen’, either crepaline or nun’s veiling bor
dered with crape.
Young widow’s caps for house wear are of
white crape in Fancbon square; while older la
dies thus bereaved wear those with crowns
which cover the hack hair, trimmed with loops
and band ot'.gauz j or gros grain ribbon.
Widow’s bonnets are of English crape
doubled and plain on the frame, with only
some simple folds on the edge for their trim
ming, as they are covered by the veil. A tiny
puff of crimped white crape forming the wid
ow’s cap is now worn inside the bjnnet The
strings of mourning bonnets are of black gros-
grain ribbon.
Ladies in black at Greenwood Like, N. J.,
one of the most delightful and picturesque
points in the country for an “outing” are
wearing little round shoulder capes trimmed
with deep fringe.
As Others See Us.
[American Cor. London Queen.]
American ladies entertain each other more
than English women do, and ladies’ luncheon
parties are much in vogne. These, from the
breakfasts given by the Sorosis Club (for wo
men) to celebrities of tbeir own sex, where as
many as 300 sit down to'the girls’ luncheons
of six or eight, imprest one as a most charac
teristic phase of the social life. We will pass
over the gorgeous luncheon parties for twenty
or thirty ladies (of all ages), at which the com
pany is frequently seated at four or five small
tables, and give a short description of the girls’
smaller luncheons. Many young ladies give
several in succession, having six or eight visit
ors at each; and if one of a set has s friend
staying with her, luncheons, as spec al atten
tions to the guest, will be given during the
visit by other members of the set. It is doubt
ful whether an English girl would consider the
coining to lunch of five or six of her friends as
sufficient excuse for the giving of an elaborate
repast, with the numerous costly accessories
that are deemed necessary by her American
sister.
Of ail nationalities the American girl is
surely the most pleasure-loving. She is genu
ine, warm-hearted, witty, and has a perfect
genius for enjoyment. She loves fnn, she loves
flirtation (innocent withal), she loves dress and
fashion, she loves dancing and the theatre, she
loves moon-light sleigh-riaes and tobogganing,
but most of all she loves a “german”—I do not
mean one of the large army of Teutons who
have found their way across the Atlantic and
built up fortune and happiness in the home of
their adoption. No, a “german” in this sense
is the cotilion Americanized. There seems to
be a glamour surrounding it that places it far
ahead of the most brilliant ball. To he able to
“lead” a german well is an accomplishment
few possess, and one greatly coveted by all as
piring youths who long for society to smile on
them. “Oh! do you know Mr. So-and-So?
He is a splendid fellow. He leads the german
beautifully,” is a high praise bestowed by a so
ciety girl on the idol of the hour
J. E. O’NEILL.
Commodore Gherardi.
The retirement of Rear Admiral Franklin,
which takes place August 24th. 1887, will re
sult id the promotion of Commodore Bancroft
Gherardi, now Commandant of the New York
Navy Yard, to which latter position be suc
ceeded Ralph Chandler. Born in Louisiana on
November 10th, 1832, Commodore Gherardi
entered the navy from Massachusetts in the
summer of 1846, during the Mexican war, as
Midshipman, before he had fuil.v completed his
fourteenth year. He was attached for abont
four years to the frigate Ohio, of the Pacific
Squadron, then to the steam sloop Saranac, of
the FI rme Squadron, and then according to the
custom of those days—the reverse of the pres
ent—having been half a dozen vesrs at sea en
tered the Naval Academy in 1852 He was
made a Passed Midshipman that year, a Mas
ter in 1855 and was conmissioned a Lieuten
ant in that year. The outbreak of the civil
war found Lieutenant Gherardi attached to
the Lancaster of the Pacific Squadron. Re
turning to the Atlantic coast, he was made a
Lieutenant-Commander in 1862, and took part
in the bombardment of Fort Macon thgt year.
Next he commanded successively the steamers
Chocura and Port Royal, in the Western Gulf
Blockading Squadron in 1863 and 1864. In
the latter vessel he took pan in the battle of
Mobile Bay, August 5th. 1864, under Farragut
Captain Thornton A. Jenkins, commanding
the Richmond, thus speaks of his conduct on
that occasion: “The Port Royal was lashed
on the port side of this vessel. To Lieutenant
Gherardi I am greatly indebted for his cool
and courageous conduct.” He adds that all
his directions to the helmsman of the Rich
mond and to the officer at the engine beil, were
seconded by Gherardi on the Port Royal with
a promptness and coolness “that could not hut
excite my admiration.” Daring the course of
the action Gherardi, by the orders of Jenkins,
Sewing-silk grenadiaes smooth and plain as
taffeta, yet verv dull are favored for warm
weather wetr by ladits in monrtring. Grena
dines in tiny, b.rds-uye designs are of great
durability being all silk, and are chosen frr
best dresses Mixed silk and wool grenadines
are in ireshes of different sizes, some being
very fine; others, called iron grenadine have
canvas like meshes large and square. More
dressy fabrics are striped grenadines resemb
ling silk muslins and gauzes. One novelty
has 2 iDCh crape like stripes alternating with
those of armuse grenadine, same width.
There is a wide latitude in parasols for
mourning purposes and the specimens of the
Canfield Raober Co., are marvels of elegance.
Sallie J. Battey.
The Largest Vase in the World.
[From the Jewelry News ]
Whatever supremacy may be truthfully
claimed by America in the line of all kinds of
implements, wa'ches and jewelry, England
leads the world in the line of art pottery. A
well-known English manufacturer of pottery
has the honor ox producing the largest and one
of the most beautiful vases in the world. This
vase consists of a pedestal, which rising from
a square plinth, supports a globe representing
the earth surmounted by a figure of Ceres
who together with a ‘group of Cupids,
are showering gifts of fruitfulness upon the
earth. Around the center of the globe runs a
frieze divided into four panels, on which are
Cnpids busy in the pursuits typical of the four
seasons. The subjects are separated by brace
lets, on which are other figuies emblematic of
the season. The pedestal contains a splendid
frieze on which are represented something
more than sixty Cupids occupied in rural work.
The plinth is artistically ornamented in keep
ing with the general design. The color of the
globe is a shade of green called celad n, the
figures are china bisque, and the other decora
tions white china.
The whole stands 11 feet in height, and the
diameter is six feet four inches, and notwith
standing its proportions, this vase is elegant,
chaste and thoroughly astistic. The cast of
this huge ornamented piece of pottery is $16,-
500.
England and Borne in Decline.
[London Saturday Review.]
We cannot fail, if we direct our thoughts to
the subject, to be struck with the analogy be
tween our great empire and that of ancient
Rome, and at the same time, without being
pessimists, to feel that there is grave caose for
anxiety lest we should share the same fate and
crumble away to nothingness and become a
mere name and a page, thongh a large and im
portant one, in history. It seems as if we are
destined, as the Romans were, on reaching the
zenith of our fame and prosperity, to relapse
into a state of apathy, indifference and luxury,
and to commit that most fatal error of living
on the reputation we have gained and the suc
cesses we have achieved among the natioi.s of
the earth. There can be no doubt that when
most obstacles have been overcome, and when
the struggle for existence and for greatness
has been triumphantly concluded, nations are
apt to give way to a longing for rest, the accu
mulation of wealth, and the enjoyment of lux
ury.
“For My Mother.”
Queen Margherita, of Italy, possesses a coral
necklace which she always wears day and
night. If the Queen wears a dress with which
the ornament does not harmonize, she keeps
the necklace on, although hidden. The
following story is told in connection with
with the necklace: Five years ago the Italian
Crown Prince Victor Emmanuel was out walk
ing in Venice with his tutor. He noticed some
corals in a jeweller’s window which pleased
him very much. “I shall buy those for my
mother,” he said, and so saying entered the
shop to ask the price of the corals. On hear
ing the sum, he said: “I have not so much
money at present, but I will make you an offer.
I will buy five corals to-day and yon keep the
rest for me, and as often as I have saved some
money I will send it to you and you will send
to me as many of the remaining corals as the
money will buy.” The bargain was concluded,
but two years elapsed before the Prince had
the pleasure of presenting his mother with the
necklace. The Queen, on hearing the circum
stances of the purchase, was very much affect
ed and said to her sod: “This iB now the most
precious of all my jewels, and I will never cease
to wear it, for it will always remind me of your
tender love for me.”
The Queen—The 'W omen—The Baby.
Speaking of the Queen on the occasion of
laying the ionndation stone of the pedestal for
the new statue of the Prince Consort, July 16,
a New York World correspondent says:
From the first moment of her arrival to the
last the Queen’s face was radiant with pleas
ure, and tne most interesting sight of the day
wa3 when this great female potentate stood
talking to a group of hnmble women, one car
rying a baby, who came as representatives of
many hundreds of their class, who had contrib
uted sixpences and even single pennies to show
their loyalty to their sovereign. The aged fea
tures of the venerable Queen bore an express
ion of almost seraphic sweetness ss she smil
ingly assured these poor working women that
she was glad to see them, and how that she
wished that more of them could have come.
An American’s Dilemma in Mexico.
The population of.tbe city of Morelia, Mex
ico, is 30,000, of which 800 are priests, says a
correspondent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
In this the most Catholic city of Mexico, the
priest is almost worshipped. Devout women
meeting a priest in such a public place as a
railway station, will stize his hand and raise it
to their lips with a joyous expression. Boys
passing along the street and seeing a priest will
dart after him and kiss his hand. When the
carriage of the Archbishop roils along, people
of all ages and conditions go down on their
knees in the street. An American walking
along leisurely and looking into the shop-win
dows, saw men and women crooking their
limbs about him. In a moment there came
three or four warning “hints” to the foreigner,
and as many Mexicans pointed up the street
and motioned earnestly. The American, not
fancying the posture of reverence to a human
being, hesitated. The “hists” changed to loud
hisses, aud the American found half a hun
dred pairs of eyes shooting angry glances in his
direction. Fortunately a shop door stood
open, and into this the American moved, and
the disagreeable situation was relieved.
Wonderful Humanitarian Work.
Miss Jennie Collins, well known and identi
fied with charity work in Boston for many
years, died July 20. She first came before the
public in the capacity of a lecturer. Soon after
the war she took upon herself the duty of edu
cating soldier boys. She founded the institu
tion called “Boffin’s Bower,” the principal
features of which were to aid girls who have to
work for a livelihood. It is said that she did
more in aid of the working girls of Boston than
all of the charitable societies of the city put to
gether. It had been the purpose of Miss Col
lins to found a Dickens library, where the poor
children of the city could go and procure gratu
itous literature.
The eldest daughter of GeD. Sherman exer
cises daily in a boat on Lake George. She
rows extremely well. The cottage occupied
by the Sherman family is one of the prettiest
on the lake.
Wonderful Thread Work.
[Austin (Nev.) Reveille.]
A young lady of Austin, who has much time
to spare, and who is very skillful with the
needle and excels in all fancy crochet work,
has made a unique dress. The material is
common spool thread, white, and the entire
dress is band-crocheted work, beautifully flow
ered and strongly made, and abont 10,000 yards
of thread were used in its construction. The
sleeves are crocheted in the proper shape and
are fastened in by a lock crocheted stitch. It
is a very beautiful dress, and the young lady
tells us that it took her three months to com
plete it.
The gift or talent which the |Lord pats into
our hands to use is proportioned to every
man’s “several ability.” He does not require
os to cut without an axe, or carve without a
chisel; does not load the child with the bur
dens of a man; does not require us to use five
talents, having ability to use only one. We
should do that thing, however lowly, which
the Lord lays to our hand, and do it faithfully
and well.—James Culross, D. 1).
Syvlanus Cobb, the great story writer, died
on the 20:h ult, in New York.
Don't Miss the Grand Opportunity.
Secure the $100 in gold or some other valu
able present. Read the announcement on 4th
page and get your name in the box without de
lay. _
Double Love Affair.
M. A. P., Mobile, Ala.: I have read your
Quiz column with interest, and as you can give
advice about love affairs, please help me out of
a great trouble I am in. Ism engaged to two
gentlemen and do not know which to choose.
I am no coquette—far from that; but I am
looking out for tpy future happiness. I en
gaged myself to both, for both addressed me
nearly at the same time. My object was to
find out more about them as an affiance. I
could then see them in a different light from
wooers. My intentions were good, and bad
something of a touch of diplomacy in them
Marriage is too serious a business to enter into
without xuch and serious thought. 1 esteem
both, though different in dispositions. One is
sober and quiet, practical and to the poin%
The other has more humor in him, free, frank
and open—somewhat impulsive. Now, which
is the best disposit ion for a husband ? As com
pany, of course the humorist is entertaining;
but which one will wear best in the race ot
married life?
Hard to tell, unless you were a good reader
oi character. The sober, quiet one will no
doubt be a safe man and make a good husband,
but at the same time he may be an exacting
man—a kind of autocrat in his family; and if
he is a great lover of money he may be close
and stingy about the common comforts and
pleasures of life. He would value a dollar
above comfort or pleasure. If a religious man,
he might be puritanical in his notions. Yet he
may be a very domestic man and would make
home happy.
As to the other, he would throw sunshine
over his home, look oa the bright side and
pleasant side of life, perhaps be free and easy
with his money and live up to his means with
out looking ahead far enough. He would he
known, perhaps, as a good, loving, cheerful
husband, and take things easy at home. If a
religious man, he would be liberal in his
thoughts and enjoy life with his religion.
What should most interest you would be
character and principle in the men. Look
close as to their characters, their sense of hon
or, truth, integrity and fair dealing. See if
principle—not policy and expediency—predom
inates in their mental make-up. Take or make
a suppositive case for them in some money
transaction, or some code of morals, or a ques
tion of honor, interest and self respect, or a
question of a moral but not legal obligation,
and then see how they would reason, argue
and act. You then have a pretty fair index to
their characters; and character is everything,
both in married as well as in the social rela
tions of life. Ah immoral man in his domestic
relations is also immoral in other relations of
life. To betray private confidence is to betray
public confidence; to be untrue to a wife is to
be untrue to a friend; to deceive a wife is to
deceive any one else. A man cannot he vile in
ODe position and a saint in another. A man
who will lie to his wife will lie to any one else.
A man who disregards his wife’s feelings will
disregard the feelings of any other.
Sound their characters by all means, and
take the man of the most character and princi
ple and you will be happy, if not rich, for some
unprincipled men are many times rich, and
they made their wealth by lying, cheating and
defrauding.
Indians, Etc.
Eddon, Scranton, Miss.: Please answer in
your columns the following* Was there ever
a tribe of Indians in Virginia who, while their
babies were quite young, would toss them in a
river to see it they could swim ashore. 2nd.
Is there a nation of people who never permit
their women to dress only very plain until af
ter marrying.
Indians are not fools by a long ways, and it
is hardly to be supposed that an Indian with
his common sense and natural observation,
would be so foolish as to throw a child into
water over its head. We have heard such
foolish stories when we were a boy. The In
dians teach their children how to swim, shoot
and ride at an early age; as self-reliance is a
notable Indian characteristic.
Don’t know exactly about the notions of all
the nations of the earth. The Turks and some
of the Asiatic nations may have very economi
cal ideas about how a girl or young lady should
dress before marriage. In the East, yon
know, wt men have but few rights or privileges.
They are not allowed to show their faces, or to
be at all upon social terms with men. Hence,
not much necessity for fine dressing, or street
display, and certainly not at home. We would
say, yes, there are a number of oriental na
tions who are very economical in their ideas
about how a woman should dress, not only be
fore marriage, bnt after; we cannot give any
particular nation.
Questions, Etc.
L. T., Camp Tranquility: Can you tell me,
through the Quiz, the Chinese method of count
ing. Two of your subscribers have aBked me.
I mean the method in which they nse buttons.
Tell the subscriber that spoke of the warts,
that castor oil applied night and morning will
remove them. I’ve seen it tried successfully.
We cannot describe it to yon, unless we had
the instrument and yon present. Bnt you
may rest assured that they count exactly oppo
site from the way we do. The Chinese have
nothing in common with us, in thoughts, man
ners or customs. Their faces tell you that
they are an original and peculiar people, as
much so as ever were the Jews in their day and
nationality.
Thanks for the wart recipe. Nitric acid will
take away a wart in a day or two, and no harm
done. One drop is enough on the watt, and if
it does not eat it out, then pat on % drop until
the roots are destroyed. Only be careful.
The Sunny South
FEMALE SEMIKABY,
ITUOTl, GEOtCIi
FACULTY:
W.B. SEALS, A. M., resident,
Professor of Natural and Moral Science*.
Prof. GEO. C. LOONBY, A M.,
Chur of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Mrs. C. D. CRAWLEY, M. A,
Chair of English Literatim.
Mlle. VICTORIA KONTZ,
Chair of Ancient and Modern Language*.
Mas L. H. SEALS,
Principal of Preparatory Department,
Prof. W. F. SEALS,
Director of Music. Voice Culture.
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 DANFORTH,
Calligraphy.
Mrs. W. F. SEALS,
Snpt. Boarding Department.
Mrs. GEO. C. LOONEY,
Matron'
THR FALL TERM WILL BEGIN ON 1st MONDAY IN
SEPTEMBER 1887.
The departments are well nigh full, and as early
applI-atloD Is Important to set nre a goo place for
the next term.
Our object Is to meet, a* fir as practicable, a long-
t it want in tbeSoutb, viz: a thorough literary and
practical business educattoi for fi-malcs.
Ever; memb >r of our (acult? Is au experienced ed
ucator. All are acknowledged to stand abreast wltn
the best teachers of the State, iu their respective
deportments, while some enjoy even a national rep
utation.
ADyone haying alrls to educate Is respectfully re
ferred to the 8tate at large lor character, scholar
ship and management.
NEW FEATURES.
With a view to maki our course ot study emi
nently practical, Telegraphy, Calligraphy, Fhar ogra-
phy, Book-keeping and lyi-e-scttiog, or Journalism,
will be introduced as specie departments. A grad
ate of this school takes along with her a profession
adapted to her sea, and which fits her to enter at
Osoe 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 ee so
many of the essentials for a school of the ohsi actor
proposed, as Atlanta.
It is 1160 feet above sea level.
It is blest with pare water and good air.
It is healthy.
It has never been visited by an epidemic of any
kind.
It is ont of the range of storms and cyolonet.
It is the capital of the State, where pnpils ca- eee
and hear all the celebrities of the day.
It is a progressive city, where evsrythirg new in
science and art is ears to oome.
It is a city of churches, and is without a peer in
the observance of the Sabbath.
Its people are cultivated end refined, and Its mo
rality is phenomenal.
It is the inusic center of the South, and its very sir
is ladened with musio.
It is convenient, being a railroad oenter.
GENERAL INFORMATION.
This school is not denominational. Boardiig pu
pils will attend the ohnrch specified by their parents.
The number of pnpils will be limited to sixty, and
in no event will more than that number be received.
Tuition mint be paid monthly in advance, and no
deduction will be made exoept in cases of eicki eee
protracted beyond two weeks. An experienced house
keeper will take oharge of the boarding department,
and a skillful physician will look after ths health of
thepnpile.
The daily sessions will be six hoars, beginning in
the morning at eight o’clock, and dismissing at 4:30
in the afternoon, with two hoars’ intermission at
noon and two rsossses. We do not like the ana ses
sion plan, as now taught in oar popular schools.
The government of the school will be humane, bat
firm.
UNIFORM.
In order to prevent extravagance, a uniform to be
worn by the pnpils to chnrcn or on the street has
been adopted, which will be made known to any one
on application.
Send for a catalogue to
W. B BEALS, President.
IUKA
(formal tetiliite,
(BOTH SEXES.)
Hatbamatiaa, Ancient Language, Abstract
Sciences, Natural Sciences, English Lan
guage and iu Literature, Theory and Fraction
of Teaching, Musio and Art, Theery and
Practice of Business.
Board par month. In private families, SI0;
in eluba, $7; with the Principal, glO. Next
Session, first Monday in September.
H. A. DEAN. lake. Miss
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NESS CUBED BY USING
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E. D W. B , Clarksville, Ark.: In a com
munication to your paper sometime since I see
reference made to “Mr. Jefferson’s Corres
pondence.” Where can I get them and for
what?
Yon can get one set, in 9 volumes, by H. A.
Washington, and published by Taylor & Mann,
Washington City, in 1853. Another set of 4
volumes, by Thos. Jeff. Randolph, and pub
lished by Gray & Bowen, Boston, Maas., in
1830. As to price, we do not know. Write to
Mr. Spofiord, Congressional Librarian; he can
tell you.
T. A. H , Uptonville, Ky.: Would you be
go kind as to tell me where I can obtain a list
of premium on old coins?
Write to the American Exchange and Mart,
New York. Yon will get a work by E. L.
Mason as to the price of all kinds of coins.
Price 25 eta. Address Manager Exchange and
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more Dental College.
Having been shown the formula for Holme*'
Sure Cure Month 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 gome, I believe it to
be a specific in a large number 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 he glad to know
that every man and woman in the country
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will result in great good to those who nse it a*
directed.
Athens, Ga.—J have had occasion recently
to test the virtues of your Sure Cure Mouth
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and ulcerated gums, with most gratifying re
sults. I find that I can accomplish more in a
short time with Sore Cure Mouth Wash than
any other one of the many similar prepara
tions I have evernsed in my practice of many
years. I wish that every one, old and young,
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tist would be able to accomplish more good for
their patients, and do it with more satisfaction
to all concerned.
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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 Baytown (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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