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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20. 1887.
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FROM KENTUCKY.
Among the Hills of Spencer
County.
A Visit to the Old Home of Mattie N.
Brown, the Kentucky Poetess.
We stepped aboard the train last Saturday
evenii g prepared for a short 'rip to one of the
most picturesi|ue and fertile parts of the “Blue
Grass Regions,” and arrived a' Norm indy an
hour be'ore sunset, where we were met by a
parly of ladies and gentlemen with their vehi
cles in readiness to convey us “ovt r the lid s
and far away.” We traveled five or six miles
among the rolling Lids with wild romantic
scenery, by richly teeming meadows, and
fields of ripening grain that stretched far and
wide for many mil s around. The pure invig
orating air, the murmuring of the brooklets,
the rippling of the rills, the warbling of gay
plumaged songsters, the induction of the even
ing sun upon the verdure, hill tops and trees
as it was slowly and grandly sinking in the
west—aid the cheerful voices of merry ehii-
dren upon the green sward near coz/ rottage-
hotnes surrounded by beamitill shade trees,
shrubbery, vines and 11 >wers—oil fashion, d
flowers, (for they are supposed to be the swed
es: )—made us f. el as if we were in the “Swtet
tiehls of Kdon,” in die “Land of c-rn and
wine,” as the Gospel Hi uin has it. This part
of the Slate, as well as in the other countries,
was known as tbe land of corn and whisker;
but mat da) has passed though the beverage
may return as tbe blue-bird in the early spring
time—and like the babbling brook gurgle on
its way for a season unmolested by friend or
fop; but the good [icoplo of Spencer and Shelby
c unities firmly say nol and show a determina
tion to stand by th ir word and sustain the
right. It is understood that these people meau
to be a happy and prosperous people in the fu
ture; local option predominates and rules as
witli an iron rod, and with every motion of her
magic wand, bound witb red and blue ribbon
streaming to tbe breeze, milk ami wafer 11 >w
in great abundance, pure and tr.sh as the sun
light from heaven. I was told that McKenna
whisky occas onally finds its way into some of
the hospitable homes of Spencer and Shelby,
^ h],d '':j. in spite of local option “Monims
l)evv” is sometimes due, and ‘'Mountain
Mist’ is not altogether missed—but that
may be merely conjecture. Nevertheless
i is now the land of corn and milk.
I have been wond. ring why the young ladies
of Spencer look so ptetty and sweet, and im
agine that at this season of the year they live
on the pe als of old-fashioned roses and drink
the pure morning dew of heaven. The five oi
six utiles we traveled from Nor mainly to our
destination, seemed twice tbe distance; but as
dust Sing, the Chinese laundryman, once said
to me in reply to a remark I m uie to him, “Me
gottee dare adee satuee.”
Our clever esrorts, or guides, Messrs James
Nolan and I.afe Cain, did everything in their
power to make our journey a Cheerful and
pleasant one. Tbe shades of night were fall
ing fast and overtook us before we reached our
destination; tbe silver moon beamed smilingly
down UP' it us as we went j ryfully on our way,
and the little brown owl screeched woiideriugiv
from its perch in the trunk of an old decayed
and storm-beaten oak; while a little farther on
in tbe dense wo. d, tbe lonely barking of a sly-
old fox was heard, and the wood bat flitted
and dodged to and fro athwart the winding
road and immediately before us. Whenever a
dwelling appeared insight, one of the party, a
young lady lull of wit and merriment, inquired
of Uncle Jim if that was tbe mansion in which
we were to rest ou: weary limbs, and eat them
out of house and home. House alter house
was passed, when, finally, a flickering light
was seen in the dim disiaucc; gate after gate
was ojiened by one ot our obliging guides, and
when near our destination we were apprised of
it by the continual barking of tbe faithful
watch-dog; tbe last gate was opened unto us
and we were driven up to the old-fashioned
stile of our grand-parents’ days, alighted and
entered the ever-welcome door of “Daisy
Lawn" farm-house, and the cheerful Louisvil
lians were introduced to Mias Ettie Nolan, a
very amiable young lady, and sister to c.ever
Jim Nolan. In a short time we were invited to
partake of a good supper, prepared expressly,
and ready for us in the dining-room. Tue
neat and tidy appearance of the table, the weli-
cooked viands, tbe cleanliness of the rooms,
and the walls ornamented with beautiful pic
tures etc , showed plainly that Miss Effie was
a model housekeeper and knew how to enter
tain and make guests feel perfectly at
home. We did ample justice to the
good things set before us. We ate, talked and
laughed, and every one trying to get in a word
edgeways, as it appeared. After supper the
conversation continued. It was then tbe hour
of nine; we almost talked ourselves asleep,
and concluded that it would be best to have it
continued in onr next, for it was time for "the
weary to be at rest.”
We awoke the next (Sunday) morningear.y.
The birds were cheerily cheering us with tbt ir
sweet notes of welcome, flitting to and fro be
fore our window in tbe rosy sunlight, and
Brown and I who occupied one of the r wms
on the first floor of the farm-house, Miked of
the vast difference between city and country.
No noisy chattering of the useless and obnox
ious l.ttle English sparrow that infests our city
parks, suburban grove, gardens and cemete
ries, to mar the peace and tranquility of rural
life.
Mr. Salem Brown, of Louisville, (husband of
late lamen ed Mattie N. Brown, the Kentucky
poetess), invited me to take a walk witb him
before breakfast, a short distance, and take a
view ef the old homestead—tbe bouse where
she was born. My curiosity prompted me to
accept the kind invitation, and we footed it
through thick blue grass bending with spark
ling dew, nntil, at 1-ngth, we came to a very
high bluff with huge rocks projictiug from iu
rugged brow, tall trees rearing their lofty
heads peering, as it were, above, and stretch
ing their long slender arms over tbe top of tbe
dizzy cliff on either side. Far below runs a
beautiful transparent stream with various
kinds of fish floating on its bosom, or darting
here and there in tbe limped waters. The
wild grape-vine with its many tendrils cling
ing fondly to the stately elm and sturdy oak,
and beau i’nl varegated wild flowers were
growing adown its sloping and jagged side
While viewing the iomantic scenery round
about, Mr. Brown turned my attention to a
large flat rock, and said: “On this very rock
my wife sat when a little girl many a day, and,
through tbe long summer hours, contemplat
ing tbe beauty and magnificence of the scene
ry, listening to the melodious songs of birds,
and watching witb amazement tbe little grey
squirrels as they nimbly leaped from tree to
tree, and from branch to branch in search of
nuts’ to stow away and supply them through
the lone winter.” Then pointing to an anti
quated building to the right of where we were
standing, and one hundred yards from the
bluff, said lie, "And over yonder is the house
in which my wife was horn and reared—
“ ‘This is th» stmt where she rotnped and nlavcd
Iu tile sun m *t V* sun and winter’s shade,
Tbp c utntry seat of long ago's in ruins, and
slmws signs of having once been one of tbe
prettiest and cosiest homes in Spencer. It is
situated on the slope of a hill gradually inclin
ing to tlio W,st. Apart of the dwelling has
been torn down, leaving tbe main portion of it
standing. It, has three rooms thirteen bv four
teen feet, one above and two below. An old
rickety stairway, slightly curved, leads to the
room above. The structure is built of rough
hewn oak timber, put together very much on
the order of the old log cabin and weather-
b mrded on the outs de. The two lower rooms
were lighted and ventilated by a small window
on each sidp, and the window panes measured
four by six inches. The chi nneys were made
of rough rock quarried near by. Its whole ap
pearance shows that it was built many years
ago and by experienced workmen. A number
of cedar, apple and other trees and wild shrub
bery surround it. A little distance to the right
is tlie spring where the dairy-house once stood,
wal ed around with limestone, all now moss-
covered and overgrown with grass and weed-
and in many i luces crumbled away. And ii.
was here that the little milk-maid and gir -poli
ces and her dear mother carried pail, aid
■- oeks of new milk and churned many a pound
of fresh, golden butter, and in her glee sang
the soul-stirring songs that inspired her to loft
iesl heights of ambition.
After s-itisfi ing my curiosity we retraced our
steps to the farm-house, ate a hearty breakfei
and lin n prepared for church, which was a
quarter of a idle away. After Misses Mary
and Mattie Brown had come ill from their eariy
morning ride we were soon on our way to Lit
tle Mount Biptiat church, where we arrived in
due time. Before entering the little meeting
house James W. Brown and I strolled a short
distance to look at seretal old forest Dees t -at
bore the initials S. F K. (Simon I*. Kenton).
1) B. (IUniel Boone), E. B. (Elizi Boone)
and of oilier noted pioneers of the eariy days
of Kentucky—“The dark and bloody ground.”
Cut in these trees, aDo, were hit roglyphies
represent ing an eagle, bear claws, log cabin
and bovr-and-arrow, all of which were still vis-
i oh — ill cut thereon, no doubt, by these daring
explorers in the dark days of the gtand old
State
The hour of meeting having arrived we en
tered the church ami took a seat iu one of the
front jssws; where we listened to a very touch
ing tin nmrial sermon delivered by Rev. B. F,
j llungerford, af Sbelbyville, oefore a large cou
glegato n of friends and relations of Mrs. Mat-
lie N. Brown, lately oeceascd, who was one of
the purest singers in Kentucky. The speak-r
did great credit to himself and his subject. It
is proposed that a volume of her poetic gems he
pu lished in the near future for tbe benefit
the large family left to battle with the t.de of
adversity and stem the current of this tempest-
tossed life. After service our little party of
invi'ed guests were soon oti their way to the
old Kentucky homo of George W. Sloan, Esq.,
one of the most thriving an 1 prosperous far
niers of the County, where we pel took of a
good “old-fasti oiled” Kentucky dinner, pre
pared by tlie </uile housewife, Mrs. Sloan, who
is ever ou tlie alert to cheer and entertain
their guests an.1 make them feel happy and
contented. Among thoso present on this de
igi'tful orcas:on, were R‘‘v. It F. Hungerford
James W. Brown, James Nolan, Miss Elli
No an, Salem Biowii, Miss Mary Brown, Miss
Mattie Brown, d-ss It aviah I.mm. Zeke Henry,
Humphrey May, Tom Martin, Sir. and Mrs.
James Van >1 ter, Marshall Stout, Miss Nor;
ritou', J o.ii Coals. Andrew Cain, Lafe Cain,
Stive Marlin. Miss Ora Hunt and John Webb,
Having another very pressing inanition to
tike supper with James W. Brown, Esq , and
desiring o divide the time equally among our
triends, we availed ourselves of the pleasant
opportunity and accepted the hospitality of
this whole soaled and genial gentleman,
four o'clock we took our departure,
Some on liorsc-back, and some in chaises,
They drove along the road like blazes,
i t'er the Spencer hills, up and down,
We’re soon at the home of E-quire Brown
His residence, like others I have visited
here, is convenient and cozy, and is Rituated
near a beautiful stream where along
banks, grows the sweet mint and ox-
eyed daisies. In its waters sports fish
of various kinds, and along through the
deep tangled wild-wood, and up the steep bill
side, grow wild (lowers and ferns Among
the lat'er ate the winter fern, crow’s foot,
maiden’s hair and many other varieties. On
the crown of the high hill iinm-diav-ly in front
of his cheerful home, we stood ami “v.ewtd
the landscape o’er” for many miles around.
Such a spot as this and a great many others
through,»u‘. thisgrand old county, would cuarm
the keen eye of an artist, and inspire a poet’s
soul to its highest flights of imagination. Ear
ly on Monday morning we hade a fond adieu
to the good people of Spencer, and the little
party (with the exception of myself) drove u>
N jrniamfv station where they took the train
for Shelby ville. Mr. James W. Brown and I
preferred to lake a different route to that place
going in a buggy, a distance of ten miles on the
Shelbyville pike, for the purpose of viewing
the flue farms and beautiful residences. We
arrived in town at eight o’clock that morning
and visited Dr. Logan, an eminent physician
and surgeon. I never met him before until
then, and was glad to find in him a gentleman
of the true Kentucky type, in the prime of life,
social and entertaining, and beloved and es
teemed by a host ol friends and acquaintances.
According to promise—which we made good
by getting there on standard time—we took
dinner with Rev B. F. llungerford. He has
a beautiful residence, an amiable wife, and
two interesting nieces, who made our visit a
cheerful and delightful one. Although his sil
ver-grey hair shows that he is on the shady
side of life, he has all the vim and energy and
vivacity of youth; and his keen wit with a gen
tle flow of kindly humor has won him innu
merable frit nds. Our visit though brief was
extremely enjoyable, aud we will always keep
in fond remembrance the many friends we
made among the hills of Spencer.
Ai.i nen W. IIaiuii*.
Louisville. Ky , August, 1887.
GREAT MEDICAL CONGRESS.
Which Is to Convone in Washington
Next Month-Who Wilt be There-
The ninth International Medical Congress,
which is to open in Washington early next
September, bidr fair to be the largest gathering
of physicians and surgeons ever seen in this
or perhaps any other country. Every nation
of importance in the world will represented by
same ol tbe most distinguished scientific medi
cal men, and at least 5 000 medical men are ex
pected to be present, while the total number of
people that tbe convention will bring to this
city is variously estimated at from 10,000 to 20,-
000. The most complete arrangements have
been made for holding the meetings if the dif
ferent sections into which the convention will
be divided and for the entertainment of tbe
foreigr guests from tbe moment of their land
ing. Bureaus of information will be open in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, where the
delegates will be received, and where they will
be given tbe necessary directions abont reach
ing Washington. The registration headquar
ters wi.l be at Willard’a Hall, where all dele
gates bo'b from abroad and from tbe United
States are expected to register. Tbe scientific
outlook of the convention is regarded by tie
committee as highly favorable. From twen y
to sixty papers will be read before each seotir n
by men of world-wide reputation in the several
branches af medicine and surgery. Tbe met -
dical journals of the world are taking the great
est interest in tbe congress, and the leading
medical papers will be represented. Among
the foreign editors expected are Dr. Luteaud,
of tiie Journal de Medicine, of Taris; Dr. Thomas
M. Dolan, of the Provincial Medical Journal, of
Haifax; Dr. Grnbb, of the British Medical Jour-
lull; Dr. Unna, of Hamburg; Dr. Fazio, of
Naples; Dr. Prosper Pietro de Santa, of the
Journal d’ Hygiene, of Paris; Dr. Coni, of Bue
nos Ayres, and a representative of tbe London
Lined. Most of tbe Enropean governments
will send governmential representatives, among
whom are the following: Dr. Leopold Servais,
of Antwerp; Sir Thomas Longmore, of England;
Dr. J. A. Grant Bey, of Cairo, Egypt; Drs.
Frelat, Leon, Laforl and Villamin, of Paris.
The British admiralty and army will each send
a representative, and in addition to those nam
ed the Spanish, Italian, Turkish and I’oitu
guess governments will be represented. ])r.
Carmona, of Mexico, who has distinguished
himself in connection with yellow fever inocu
lation. will be present, and will deliver au ad
dress before the hygiene section.
Our Portrait Gallery.
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES
OP DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND WOMEN.
Gen. John Chas. Black.
Gen. J C. Black was nominated March (5th,
1885, as Commissioner of IVn.-ions, being the
first Democrat ever named f.»r that office.
The Black family were among the earliest set
tlers in Pennsylvania, and Gen Black’s father
was born and bred in that State. Gen. Black,
however, was born in Lexington, Mississippi,
January 27th. 1839, his father haviug removed
to tbit Stale on account of bis failing health.
At the age of eight young Black, with bis
mother, located at Danville, 111., and has re
sided there ever since, with the exception of
eight years, from 18(57 to 1875, when he lived
in Champaign, 111. Here he received the ad
vantages of a classical education—which how
ever was obtained through hi-* energy in work
ing at odd j >bs in the intervals of his studies.
In 1801 he enlisted in the Thirty Seventh Illi
nois Regiment and was mustered out August
If th, 1805, as a Brevet Biigadicr General. He
Church is so firmly established for the time
being, it is not necessarily essentia 1 for Joseph
Smith to be the victim of mania or supersti
tion with which his relative was so abundantly
supplied,and sight-seeing is not tbe neccessary
attribute of all the prophets and apostles of
the Mormon Church; yet notwithstanding this,
Joseph Smith also fe *ls that he is “the anoint
ed ot God and his especial prophet” and ac
cordingly his claims should be true and just.
Hon. Henry Lloyd.
Hon Henry Lloyd, the former President of
the State Senate, became acting Governor of
Maryland in consequence of tbe appointment
of Governor McLane to the French Mission.
Henry LI >yd is a native of Dorchester coun
ty, and at the time of his accession to the seat
of Governor was but thirty-three years of age.
He is, on both bis father’s and his mother’s
side, a member of families *d»ich have long
been identified with public affairs. He is the
second member of the Lloyd family who has
served in public ofti ie as Governor of Maryland.
Ilis father, Daniel Llot d, was the youngest son
of Edward Llo>d, of Wye House, Talbot coun
ty, who was Governor of Maryland in 1809-11.
Since 18(50 Mr. Lloyd has resided in Cam
bridge. His choice of vocation was t he legal
profession, and, after studying law under Julge
Charles F. Goldsborough afid Hon. Daniel M.
GEN. JOHN CHAS BLACK.
was wounfod at the bsutes of Ufa Ridge and
I’rafrie (5rove, in the former battle, so severely
as to cripple his left arm. On leaving tbe
army he took up the study of law in Chicago
ar.d in 18(57 commence-l practice, continuing
the same until his appointment as Commis
sioner of Pensions. Mr. Black for eighteen
years has been an active Democrat and was on
three occasions a candidate for Congress, but
his district being strongly Republican he was
defeated each time. In 1872 he ran on a fu
sion ticket for Lieutenant Governor, and was
the nominee of the Democratic caucus for the
United States Sanatorship in 1879. Ho de
clined to he a caudiiale for Governor at the
Peoria Convention in 1884, and although his
name was mo*t prominently mentioned in
Democratic cTcles for the vice-presidency «»n
the ticket with Cleveland, he refused io allow
bis friends to consider him a caudi’ale. He
never held a pnbl'c office of profit, ailhoiigb he
has been connected, as an officer, with n any
ritable institutions He is a member cf tue
Board of Trustees of thG National 11 »me for
Disabled Soldiers. As a lawyer Mr. Black
stands confessedly at the head of his profes
sion Not only is he renowned for his great
erudition, but he is one of the ablest njieakers
of his state. As a politic il speaker he ha*' few
aquahs, and therefore his services have always
been in demand at election limes. U )on ibe
advent of the Democrats into national power
Mr. Black’s name was tbe first to bo sent to
the Senate for c mtirmation, after the Cabinet
had been installed. In the great contest be
tween the Republicans and Democrats in the
Illinois L“g sUt.ure for the Uui'ed Spates Sen
ators!] in Mr. Bhck wa« one c»* the prominent
men offered as a compromise candidate. A
grand reception and banquet bv me G. A. R
men is to be tendered to Gen. John C. Biack,
white and blue. In the left hand upper cor
ner is a shield with tbe Irish harp and bust of
Erin. Tbe right-hand upper corner is occupied
by the American escutcheon. The left-hand
lower corner shows the coat of arms of Balti
more, Md., and the opposite corner the coat of
arms of Boston. An American eagle sur
mounting the whole, cirries the legend:
‘Champion of the World/ in his beak, and
Kilrain is pictured in the centre in an attitude
of attack.” Kilrain is a splendid specimen of
physical manhood, and if his looks do not be
lie him, will make it hot for the man who
stands up before him. That bis challenge was
not accepted by Sullivan is extremely to be re
gretted, and although the latter still claims the
title of champion, the New York Clipper, the
most conservative of sporting periodicals, says
that he now has no longer a right to the title,
forfeiting the same to Kilrain by his action.
NOCTES MEMORABILES.
“BY B. B”
Dramatis Persona.
The Doctor—a bachelor, age 60.
The Judge—a bachelor, age 46.
The Professor—a bachelor,(suspect) age 30.
The Madam—a widow, (landlady) age un-
lertain.
The Imp—landlady’s hopeful, age irrelevant.
Time—Night.
Scene—Bachelor’s Apartments in a Down-
street Boarding House
[Copyrighted, by Author. All rights reserved.]
HON. HENRY LLOYD
PRINCE DEVAWONGSE.
United States Commissioner of Pensions, at
Brooklyn, New York, on August 11!A.
Prince Devawongse.
The first cousin of the King of Siam, Prince
Devawongse Varopnikar, who is making a
hasty tour of the Globe, is Minister of Foreign
Affairs of that kingdom. The Prince and his
retinue Arrived at New York in the latter pare
of July 1887, direct from England where they
had been to present their country’s congratu
lations on the occasion of the (Queen’s jubilee,
the Prince acting as Special Envoy of the King
of Siam. Prince Devawongse is a very intelli
gent man speaking ?ht English language with
a fluency that is only acquired through inter
course with the choicest of writers and speak
ers. It is said that some of his knowledge of
the Eaglish language was learned from Mr.
F. H. Chandler, our, at one time, American
’onsul at Bangkok. Tbe Prince and bis fel
low-travelers, after a nasty trip to some of our
large capi'ais, embarks for the < Orient from the
Golden Gale, taking with him a favorable im
pression of a country which he admits is far
ahead of any of the countries he has ever vis
ited. The Prince is accompanied by four
young nephews wbo have been taken from
school at London to enjoy an instructive trav
eling vacation. On the presentation of his
credentials, to President and Mrs. Cleveland
at Washington, as Minister and Plenipotentia
ry to tbe United Staus, his eutire party will
be adorned in tbe gorgeous robes of tbe < >rien-
tal State, thus making a unique and attractive
appearance.
Joseph F. Smith.
The vacant Mormon presidency which was
Ilenry, he was admitted to the bar on attain
ing his majority ’it the .star 187-1. A year pre
vious to this he bud beeu elected assistant
teacher at the Cambridge A •ademy, where he
had received his education, and in 1874 was
made the principal, retain-ng that position un
til 1883
For sever a’ years Mr Llo’. d was Secretary
and Treasurer to ihc To vu Commissioners of
Cambridge and was also auditor of the Circuit
Court for Dorchester countv. In the year 1881
he was chosen to represent Dorchester in the
S ate Senate, defeating the Republican candi
date, Dr. Washington A Smith, by 224 votes.
At the last session of the Legislature he was
elected President of the Senate, and made au
excellent presiding officer.
Mr. Lloyd was unmarried at Hie time of his
election to the Governorship of Maryland.
Sigrid Arnoldson.
New prims donna’s are ever springing upon
the musical flimanent with a . aridity which
bespeaks an unfailing supply for tlie ever in
creasing demands of tbe Lyrical world. A
recent aspirant for honor and fame in the mu
sical sphere is the accomplished' young Swe
dish artist, Mdlle. Sigrid Arnoldson, whose
Midden success in London, England, was made
without any of the previous flourishes which
have heralded the advent of some of the popu
lar singers of present and past days. Miss
Arnoldson was bore in Stockholm, in 18(57,
the daughter of the late (Gear ArnokUon, who
gained renown as the leading lyric-tenor of
Sweden. When quite a child, she frequently
accompanied her father to the Royal Theatre
at Stockholm, where she eariy a piired a taste
for singing as well as acting. Madame Cfcris-
THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN.
A HEHREW LEGEND NOT FOUND IN THE TALMUD.
IX
Frowning disp'.ea-ure JMiovuti, upraising bis scep
tre, made answer:
p.-oud and ungrateful Is man. It repents ine that ]
have mailt* him.
Wi'fut, perverse; and tbe freedom I gave unto him
ft r his glory
U - es h-1 thus as a license to thwart my eternal pur
pose ?
Fool I Would be challenge my strength and lift up
nts band against met
Touch in be» madness the bosses that»low on Jetic-
v-h'.i buckler?
Tempts he my * rath and my power when my red
r ght arm Is ex ended?
X
‘Spare him. O Father for my sake, spire h*m!” the
S >n ern-d, kutcliu£.
Pleading before the ihrune, ai.d knelt all the host*
ol Heaven.
* Cm him not off In thy wrath. His sins I will take
them upon me—
Answer io thee for him aud s:and in his stead be
fore Uice.
Let thy wratu slumber awhile ana j istlce delay '*x
tcudon
S jare tin tbe emi of thy wraih be baiij fided to the
brim with t IT uees;
Then, at one ar.uahr, in Ills stead I will drain It and
dash tt iu elec. ».
8o shall j id ice hi dune, and thy creature made la
thy image
Crowned with g ory and honor, and whom thou has',
giveu dominion
Over .‘11 things ou earth be saved, aud through m3,
iron, deuructinu.
Smd, if It please thee, <> Father, someone cf thy
angets to him;
Only of such could be found a Campanian worthy to
Mill
> lmn thou
SIGRID ARNOLDSON.
Van Phon Leo delivered a lecture in Spring-
field. Mass., Monday night of last week. He
m a very fluent speaker and has a large num
ber of stereopticon views of China and the Chi
nese. If Is wife was one of the audience and
she seemed t.o appreciate her husband's pow
ers as a speaker.
JOSEPH F. SMITH.
< aust d by the death of the late President Tay
lor, is bciug laid claim to by Joseph F. Smith,
a near relative of Joseph Smith, the origi lal
founder and star.< r of the Mo:mon Chutcii It
is reported that be will go to Salt Lake and
present his claims for the presidency of the
Mormon Church in Utah. Jospoh Smith is a
man of leturs.of wideculti re; nd distinguished
character and of great renown iu his own dis
trict; his gifts and accoinplis iwcms are every
where recognized aud bi nned, ar.d as Presi
dent of the Mormon Church at Lamon , where
he has been stationed,lie has met with me suc
cess which his pcrseverence and adherence to
the cause has merited. Now that the Mormon
tine Nillson, in one of her visits to Stockholm,
heard Mdlle. Arnoldson sing, and was at once
struck with her sympatheiic and beautiful
voice. On her return to Paris, she acquainted
M. Maurice Srrakosch with h-T discovery. He
was so favorably impres-ed with the account,
that he initm diately repa red to Stockholm and
ou hearing Mdiie. Arioldsou sing, advised her
to leave for Berlin, to study under Madame
Artot de Padilla. She made speedy progress
under her able tutor, and was invi'ed to ap
pear and sing at Court xme*rts. Her educa
tion being completed, she was tirst engaged at
a large salary, at the Italian Opera in Moscow,
where she sang in 4 *Lakme,” “Dinorah,” ‘ II
Barbiere,” “LaTraviaia,” and “Don Giovan
ni.” In all of these operas she achieved suc
cess. On completing her engagement in Mos
cow, she journeyed to Paris, where she had
the good fortune to study “Mignon,” “Laknie”
“Manon,” under their respective composers,
Messrs. Thomas, Delibes, and Massenet, wbo
have offered her the principal parts in the sev
eral operas which they are now composing.
She was engaged by Mr. Aagustis Harris, and
first became known in London by her charm
ing performance as Rosina in *‘I1 Barbiere di
Siviglia,” at Drury Lane Theatre, in July 1887.
On that occasion and subsequently in her per
formance as Zerlina in “Don Giovanni,” the
public has been convinced of her exceptional
merits as a vocalist possessed of a great nat
ural gift, enhanced by artistic cultivation.
Jake Kilrain.
Jake Kilrain, who. and whose friends and
backers claim for bun tbe title of champion
pugilist of the world, owing to the non-accept
ance of his challenge by John L. Sullivan, is a
Ba'timorean, and it was in that city, early in
June, 1887, on the stage of the Monumental
JAKE KILRAIN.
Theatre, that he was presented with the belt
that makes him champion. Kilrain’s backers
have effected >*n understanding with those who
have tbe renowned English pugilist in hand,
and tlie two men are *o meet in Spain for
$10,000, fighting to a finish. The tight is to
take place wiih.n 100 miles of Madrid. The
articles of agreement were signed July 20,1887,
in Londou. aud the fight is to take place on
January fld. 1888 Billy Madden, who did so
much for Sullivan, is to train Kilrain, and it is
reported that only fifty p.ople will be allowed
to witness the sc lie of encounter. Kilrain’s
colors aie described as follows: “A handsome
white-silk handkerchief bordered with red,
“iliou art tn> 8 >o, my beloved, In whom my delight
is lorevei!
B*in as iht u hast said, it oue among all my ser
vants
Wr.H-iR io lay aside the glory aud grandeur of
Il-aveu,
Fret-iy to lay it aside, cm be foaad cf tols mission
woriby,”
Oa! from the midst of the thiong came forth four
St-rap nin. sister*.
‘ Choose fr< in umang us, O Lord!” they cried, “whom
thou wil- We aie willing.”
“Not cf the will alone,” Jeuovah smiling, mads an
swer,
“Koow edge must dictate the choic . Reserve your
dtcisiou.aud hear me.
“Who art thou that com ant first la the eagerness
forward,
Weariug a rainbow crown and with garments be
spangled with rubles?”
“Lord.” the seraph made auswer, “I am thy servant,
Beauty.”
“Thou wouldst forsake my courts to dwell In the
eartii with ibe earthy?”
“Listen to what I will tell thee. Baliold hew excel
lent man is;
Lovely m form, now proudly he presseth the earth
beneath him.
Tbinkest thou that he will be always the proud
th*ng he s emeth?
No. For the fUe shall die out in the eyes that now
burn so brightly;
All ot the freshness and bloom shall fade from the
cheek and the forehead;
Proud as his form is now, it will bend toward the
gronnd whence came it;
White will his locks grow a»-d thin, and his stop
will be slow and fairring.”
"Say then, Lord. I cannot!' 1 and Beauty offended
turned from him.
XIII.
Q jick to b* r place come the s econd c ad ir a single
garment
Woven of threads of silver shining In dazz leg white
ness; , .
RiMre tier gentle voice, she addressed Jehovah as
follows:
‘•Lord, look thou upon me: I am Purity, one of tty
servants.
Behold, I have turned not back at the words that
offended my sister.
Ratbt-r they woo me ou, for when youth and vigor
desert him,
Strength and pride all gone ne will cling to me
closer and closer.
Age inu**t have something to leave or lend aae. and
I will support him. ’
• Something Is yet to b3 told,” Jehovah thus kindly
made answer.
“Olrt mu-d he grow and decrepit, and well would
thy presence sustain him
Wouldst thou abide who nim; tor he will sin, and
naked before thee
S’-and in thy sigh ash: med, a thing all vile and pol
lute.].”
‘Nay, then. Lord, I can not!” and Purity followed
her sister,
XIV.
Raising her clasped hands on high, a broad mantle
ov< r her shoulders,
Forth to the f oot of the throne came the third, and
then to Jehovah:
“Mighty One, two of my sisters have turned away
grieved and offended,
Grant me this heavenly mission, for I am thy ser
vant M.*rcy.
Weakness and age frill have need of me; sorrow I
know how to comfort.
Sin will I hide neatb my mantle, and be to him
solace and refuge,
Gen'i* of votee I am and tender of heart; he wil)
find me
All mat his soul longs for, and never more will be
lonely.”
“Stay I till the story Is done urge not thy petition
rashly.
Lest thou repent It too late.” Kindly to her Jeho
vah,
“Sweet Indeed Is thy pleading, and gracious thy
comforting presence;
Broad enough is thy mantle to hide all his sm and
transgression.
Would be hut hear thee and fly In the hour of his
shame beneath It.
Yet will be not. He will spnrn thee, reJxtlng thy
teodereet effm.
Trample thy snowy mantle in the mire of bis own
pollution;
Cl* slog bis heirt against thee, he will hate and ab
hor am despise thee.
Weigh then these things with thy purpose, and
Heaven will Mess thy decision ”
Holy one, I ean not go!” and Mercy, too, went
away weeping.
Whether ♦‘mu ea">*t urg»aught this burning resolve
to ex 1 gills; 1
Speiat, L rc, tV/ servant hearetb, an1 thy creature
is wai'ing ana lonely ”
XVII.
•*Well bast tbon mtfl. I will prove tlve,” J h'jvah
the seraDh iu: d * answer,
‘Lls’en; rh«*u kuowest that ne must Rrow oid and
li fl rn and dt-crepV,
Slowly as years c^eep on thou wilt see this change
come up m Mm,
Day afterdav shale thou watch his beauty and vigor
forsake him I”
“Then «lfd I stand by his side and b? to Mm strength
iu his wt-akuess;
Be to him youth in ms age, and lend him my light in
his darkness;
Yta. though he bow to the ground, I wl 1 lift him up
and sustain him,
Faileth be utterly, tnen will I bear him alone on my
bosom!”
XVIII.
“Think; thou has heard he will sin, and shameless
and polity and naked
Stand before then aud my sight, an offense unto me
and to Heaven; —
This 'bnu sdouidst nave to endure, neither thou nor
1 can prevent it!”
“Then will I gladly endure it; and oft as be sins will
forgive him,
Standing b* tween him and thee, his nakedness will
I iili.e from thee
’Till I can clothe him anew in garments unstained
and unspotted; -
Yea, though I cut off these tresses baptised by the
kb a of ihy sandals,
That of their shining threads, a cloak fer his shame
I might weavd him!”
X X
“Yet he will leave ai:d forsake thea, and fn bis In-
gratlin e spurn thee;
Settlin' at naught all u y cere, he will mock at thy
tender' st pleadings,
Turn a dear ear to thy prayers, and ft/ like a thief
from tby presence.”
Though he forsake and turn from me, in vain would
be fly from »r»? presence.
Him will f never forsake whom once my arms have
end cl rt!
Whithersoever he goeth patiently still would I fol
low.
Wh>it though his steps should cescend evendown to
the gates of the iuft-rual—
Yea, iu the nefbormoxt Hel i would seek him to
save or to sh’etd hirn,
Winning h’r.i ihouc-?, or failing shelter him under
my pinions!”
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Notes from the “City on the Edisto.”
Editor Sunnt South: Having nothing else
to occupy my time, ami having read in your
paper so many interesting notes from other
places, I concluded to send you a few from
our little city—Orangeburg, South Carolina—
which may be interesting and otherwise—es
pecially tlie otherwise. I will at some future
time send you a description ef our picturesque
place and it-s environments, novel aud histor
ical; for about it arc the battle-fields of three
wais—from tbe Revolutionary on down to tlie
present day. I 'rangeburg is “ye ancient
smalie cytey,” being founded soon after
Charleston was. In and around it are scenes
so beautifully described in W. Gilmore Sims’
inimitable novels, especially in “Kntaw” aud
the “Foragers.”
Hut coming down to to-day;—not long since
tlie members of Lodge, No. libg, K. of II , of
this place gave us one of the most pleasant
treats in the way of a musical recitation that
your correspondent ever attended. The mu
sic, both vocal and instrumental, was exceed
ingly fine, and the recitat ions were as good as
any ever given by amateurs. The following
was tbe programme of the evening and it was
fai hfnlly carried out:
1. Overture, “Foet and Peasant,”—Mr. A.
Berg, aud Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhn.
•J. Recitation, “The Baron’s Last Ban
quet,”—N. L. Pike
3. Piano solo, “Nocturne.”—Miss Lizzie
Dexter.
4 Vocal duet, “Tlie Lesson in French.’ —
Miss E. E. Iziar and Will R Lohman.
M
“Golden Chords.”—C.
‘ Lu Zingarilla.”—Mrs. B
‘Selling the Farm.”—Miss
“Trovatore.”—Miss Dina
Zither solo,
VanOrsdell.
<i Vocal solo,
P. Iziar.
7. Recitation,
Ella Fairey.
8 Piano solo,
Kohn.
!> Overture, “StradelU.”—Mr. A. Berg
and Mr and Mrs. H. Kohn.
10 Recitation, “The Hermit.”—Miss Carrie
E. Iziar.
U. Piano duet, “Sounds from the Ohio”—
Misses Lizzie Dexter and Rosa Woife
12. Vocal duet, “I Would that My Love”—
Mrs. W. L. Iziar and Henry Kohn.
13. Piano solo, “Mazeppa”—Miss Fioreide
Lohman.
14. Recitation, “Asleep at the Switch”—Au
gust Kohn.
15. Closing ode, Members.
During the evening cake and ice-cream wrre
served, and were runeb enjoyed, as the evening
was very warm. Dictator Wannamaker and
those who assisted in getting up this elegant
entertainment, deserve, aud no doubt have,
the hearty thanks of all who participated iu
the festivities of the occasion.
Our young ladies arn getting up a “waiter
drill,” which will be given for the benefit of
the fund for building a Confederate monu
ment at this place. Perhaps 1 will send you a
report soon.
The Edisto Rifles of Orangeburg, won the
first prize in drilling at the Inter-State En
campment of Farmers, at Spartanburg, this
week.
Matty of onr people are going away for the
summer months.
Misses Ethel and Fioreide Lohman are visit
ing the family of Mr. S. I). Swygert, iu Co
lumbia.
Mrs. B. F. Slater, Mrs. Ilorman Bull, Mrs.
Dr. M. G. Salley, children, nurses and friends,
form a party which leaves for Asheville, Hen
dersonville and other places, soon.
Prof, atid Mrs. Anton Berg have gone to the
White Mountains via Niagara and the Adiron-
dacks.
(kbers to follow shortly. I am.
A. Q. Klux.
August (i, '87.
XVI.
Slowly with head bent down the only remaining
serapn
Came to the loot ol tbe throne, and kneeling with
taee uplifted
Folded her bat ds on her breast In meekneos and re
signation.
White was her brow as the snow-drift on the track
les* monntslo top ’
Salt were her ebreks
rose and tbe illy,
Pieartng, her mild brown eyes with two glistening
tear-urops In them.
Golden her unbound hair that over her shoulders
flowing
Fell at tno feet ol Jehovah, and rested In kisses upon
them.
Shone see knelt, hot her bosom was heaving with
painful emotion.
iced the hosts ot Heaven, waited and watched
and wondered.
Sorrowfully urns Jehovah with looks of tenderness
to her:
Sse; thy sisters have all turned away grieved and
otf ended,
Vet had they not heard all! Why bast thou not gone
wtib them?
Hast thou more courage than they ?’’
‘Nay, my L.rd. I know not.
Whether this thing 1 feel be courage or no, I know
not.
dll thou hast said have I heard, and every word has
but added
Strength to my si roug resolution, and flume to toe
fir of my purpose.
Thou bust yet something to s:ij t Speak It that I
may try with thee
Beautiful Women as a Bane.
[London Saturday Review.]
A tendency of the present day is the laxity
of conversation permitted by many ladies in
society in their male friends. This latter evil
is one of very rapid growth, and has spread in
mauy cases from the married women even to
the girls, who think that they caD make them
selves as agreeable to the men as tbuir success
ful rivals, by adopting the same style and al
lowing tbe same freedom of conversation. This,
to a great extent, is attribuiabie to the rage for
beautiful women which lor some time now has
been dominant in London society; for now a
woman, if she is extremely lovely, and can get
an introduction, is sure to be a star in society
for a time, no matter what her position may
be, aud whether it entitles her to be feted and
made much or by the great ones of the land,
and wishing to make her reign as successful as
possible until a brighter star arises and
eclipses her, permits and e il courages that
loose kind of converastion that is so
attractive to many men. This rage for
beauty has been a great bane in London
society for some time, and bas rightly
been a source of annoyance to the younger un
married members of families who bold their
position by right, for it is an undoubted hard
ship for them to feel themselves shelved and
neglected by the men in favor of the fashiona
ble beauties, and some of the sillier of them
think that they can improve their position by
copying the ways, manners and conversation
of these piratical craft Society has lately ad
vanced a stage further, and the beanties of
London society whose “face is their fortune,”
are now finding rivals in successful showmen,
whose merits as pets of the fashionable world
are not properly appreciated in their own
country. This same worship of a successful
showman is in close analogy to the later and
more rotten days of the Roman empire, when
the gladiators were the favored ones and pets
of the Roman ladies. Society, again, is open
to all who have the golden key; and if any as
pirant who does not happen to have a beautiful
face, or to be a successful showman with flow
ing locks and wild appearance, can jndiciously
get taken up, and willing to spend unlimited
money, his or her success is alBO insured.
Don’t Miss the Grand Opportunity.
Secure the S100 in gold or some other valu
able present. Read the announcement on 4th
page and get your name in the box without de
lay.
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Poems. -.,j*
Subscriber and Reader, Fayetteville, N. C.:
Will yon please inform me where I can obtain
Louis Barnieville’s poems.
Do not know, have never seen them. Will
some of our readers give the information de
sired.
Confederacy.
II. A., Littleton, N. C.: Please answer
through the columns of your paper where I can
purchase “ Farewell to the Confederacy,” by
Sir Eiton Cook?
Don’t know. Wil! some one give the infor
mation.
Rev. Dr. Talmage.
We would say to T. D. Me , that we know
nothing of the private life of Rev. Dr. T. De-
Witt Talmagt, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and if we
did, there are certain even’s in a man’s life,
wbi;li do not concern the public, and it would
he indelicate to enter his family circle and
i to the public his domestic affairs. We do
not know how many times he lias been mar
ried, as that is a private affair of his own.
Stories -Diomede.
Elia M., B iwman, Ga,: Will you please tell
me through the quiz column where 1 can dis
pose of short stories?
Who was 1) omede?
Look at tbe “club list” of papers published
in the Sonny South, and you will find the
names o'a number of magazines, and month-
li.s, write them, and tell the character of your
stories, aud you will hear from them.
Diomede, was the son of Tydeus. He was
king of .E olia, and one of the bravest of the
Grecian chiefs in the Trojan war, ranking next
to Achilles and Aj ix. G-t An [ton’s Classical
Dictionary, and read all about him Of course
there is any quantity of fiction in the stories of
tlie old heroes of antiquity.
Insects, Etc.
C. T. W., Tunnel Hill, Ga.: I have some
fine grapevines that are covered at the end of
the runners with some small insect, about the
size of a flea, dark brown in color. These in
sects are literally covered with common red
ants. Will they injure the vines? Can you
furnish remedy that will destroy them?
Get a work on grapes, and perhaps you will
find out all about the insects complained of.
It is a fact, that the ants have cows in certain
insects, and they milk them. Get a work on
ants (Sir John Lubbock is good authority),
and you will see it stated that tbe ants get
milk from their cows, but do not eat them. Tbe
small brown garden ant ascends the bushes in
search of aphides. The ant then taps the
aphide gently and the aphis emits a drop of
sweet fluid, which the am drinks T i '“ ““ts
may be said 'f rsivy-■ - „ 436
aphides.
“Largest Clock.’*
July 30th, we answered query as to the
“largest clock” in the world—which answer
has elicited the following note from a subscri
ber in < thio:
“Dear Sl.vny South: Accompanying arti-'
ele (picture and description of the “Engle
Clock’ 1 speak for themselves. I saw at Cleve
land, Ohio, recently, this comprehensive clock.
It was wonderful—showing the betrayal by
Judas—the denial by l’eter and the crowing of
the cock after the denial. The clock is as
beautiful as the picture I enclose. In trans
porting it, it is packed in five cases.
“I take pleasure in presenting picture and
description to yourself. M. C.
“South Ivirtland, (>, Aug. 4, ’87.”
[The dimeusious of the “Engle Clock” are—
height, eleven feet; width, eight feet; depth,
three feet. It hits forty eight moving figures,
all operated by tbe clock’s machinery, as na
tural as life, and is described as “Astronomi
cal and Apostolical.”—En S. S.]
Pegsy Dow.
For answers to queries about Peggy, the
wife of Lorenzo Dow, we are under obligations
to subscribers—P. W. H., Orange City,RFla.,
and to Miron J. H., Campton Village, N II.
The two agree where each mentions the same
fact, but each gives a poiut the other does not
—together they give the following result:
Peggy’s maiden name is no where given.
She was born in Granville, Mais., in 1780; her
mother dying when she was only five months
old. She was adopted by a Mr. Miller, whose
wife was an elder sister of Peggy’s. Lorenzo
Dow and Peggy were married at Mr. Millers
house, in western New York, September 3d,
1884, by a Rev. Mr. Willis. Peggy died at the
house of Lorenzo’s father, in Hebron, Conn.,
Jan. 6th, 1820, and was buried in the Metho
dist burying ground in that town.
Lorenzo Dow was born in Coventry, Conn.,
Oct. 16th, 1777, and died in Washington City,
D. C., Feb. 2nd, 1834.
Here is an item introduced, without com-
ment, for the benefit of tbe young men of
Georgia: “Oat of twenty young men who
competed for a West Point cadetship at West-
field, Mass., ten were rejected by the physi
cian because they bad ‘the tobacco heart,’
brought ou by cigarette smoking. They were
unfit for West Point service.”
Professor Elisha Gray’s new discovery is
called auto-telegrapby, and it is claimed that
it will be possible with its use to write upon a
sheet of paper and have an autographic fee
simile of the writing reproduced by telegraph
300 miles away, and probably a much greater
distance.
Annie Louise Cary owns the collection of
music formerly owned by the Poet Gray.
Gen. O. B. Nettleton, a millionaire of Min
neapolis, peddled Bibles in Philacelphia before
the war.
Fruits, Etc.
N. B. Hardee, Eustis, Fla., writes as follows.
We would say to him, in answer to his inqui
ries, that Prof. Joseph LeConte’s Compendium
of Geology, published by D. Appleton & Co.,
New York, Price $1 50, may give him some in
formation relative to Florida, as the Professor
paid some attention to that State and its geo
logical formation. He saya the coral had much
to do in the formation of the soil. As to get
ting levels, we do not know of any instrument
for that purpose, but would say that any sur
veyor who understands his business could a*,
sist you. Says Mr. Hardee:
After forty years experience and observation
in tbe orchards in Georgia, Carolina and Flor
ida, I found that certain elevations and certain
latitudes had more to do with the success of
growing certain varieties of fruits than is gen
erally admitted, and that failure or success iu
all varieties depends in a great measure on
proximation to these points—and that to grow
fruits most successfully in Georgia the State
should give various lines of elevation and the
nurseryman find out and furnish such varieties
of fruit as are kuown to suit that elevation and
latitude. I think this will be of more impor
tance in orange culture, and other semi tropical
fruits in South Florida, than the di e d tons fruit,
in higher latitudes. This point not only has a
wonderful effect upon the constitution of the
tree, bat the productiveness and amount of
saccharine matter in all kinds of fruit
At the risk of giving quite too much of mv
kind of writing, I will add that I have some
strong evidence to show that the lakes of Flor
ida were never made by fire, wind or water"
but result from the work of some animal or in
sect iu the past. or ln ~
A Chicago firm uses from 8,000 to 10 000
gallons of blood daily to mate button* ‘ w
stdes breast p.ns, combs and trinkets EvamL
ration leaves pure albumen, which is dri^
..ito thin sheets and broken up and pri^ ‘re
getter it various shapes. * pvessea to-