About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1887)
THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1887. THE HONEST FARMER. H»ppy 1 count the farmer’* life, Its various round of wholesome toll; An honest man with loving wife, An offspring native to the sou. Thrice happy, surely!—in his breast Plain wisdom and the trust in God; His path more straight from east to west Than politician ever trod. His gain’s no loss to other men; His stalwart blows Inflict no wound j Not busy with his tongue or pen, He questions truthful sky and ground. Partner with seasons and the sun, Nature’s coworker; all his skill Obedience, ev’n as waters run. Winds blow, herb, beast their law, fulfill. A vigorous youthhood, clean and bold; A manly manhood; cheerful age; His comely children proudly hold Their parentage best heritage. J UUOCMU1J W V. » Guilt—needless woe and useless i O cities, vain, Insane, Insane!— How happy Is the farmer’s life! [Fraser’s Magazine. The Allen Variety of Cotton. Sunnt South: I notice that Mr. Williams of Tennessee has sold cotton of the “Allen” variety for 11.05, which, you say, is the finest bale of the season. My father, J. S. Boone, has done better with his “blue blooded Allen,” having sold three bales this week for 12 cents; and would sell a few bushels of the select seed at two dollars per bushels. On good land its the best cotton grown, and yields full crops, though not as prolific as the Diion. Very truly, W. B. Boone. Hernando, Miss. Nutritive Value of Sorghum Seed. The report of the Department of Agricul ture at Washington for 1881 and 1882 contains an analysis by the chemist of various varieties of sorghum seeds as well as corn. His results made 100 pounds of com worth 11.30, and 100 pounds of sorghum seed worth $1 31. That is, that sorghum seed is nearly as valuable for feed as com. A Rye Beard's Travels. A rye beard, says the Clarion, (published in Cumming, Forsyth county, Ga ,) has been the cause of six months’ loss of work besides great suffering to Mr. H. C. Williams, our well- known County surveyor. A rye beard be came lodged in his mouth one day dnring wheat harvest, and remained until one day last week, a source of trouble, having, during that time, worked its way from his cheek to his neck, a distance of some six inches. Eaton Crape. At the recent meeting of the American Fomological Society at Boston, one interesting feature of the fruit exhibition was 165 differ ent varieties of grapes exhibited by T. S. Hub bard & Co., Fredonia, N. Y., being the largest collection of American grapes ever exhibited. The largest previous exhibition was by the same firm at St. Louis in 1881, when 135 vari eties were shown. The Eaton grape, which attracted much attention by its enormous clus ters has been purchased by this firm, who will introduce it. It is said to be similar to the Concord in growth, foliage, health and quali ty, but much larger in bunch and berry. Jersey Red Hoes. And now, while we are upon the subject of stock raising, we deBire particularly to call the attention of all interested to the Jersey Red, whose chief characteristics are hardiness of constitution and the ease with which they may be kept and fattened. No farmer should be without a supply of fresh pork at least for winter consumption, and we know of no reason why he should pur chase a pound of bacon the year round. The tremendous drain on our agriculture by pur chasing Western meat should stop. The sooner the better. The Vegetable Carden. The garden should be made as productive as possible by constant use of the ground and the application of barn-yard manure. The soil should be mede very rich. Garden peas may be planted in December for a general crop. Potatoes also may be risked if desired early. Tomato seed can be sown ia hot beds for forc ing. Early cauliflowers should be sown for transplanting in February; also early cabbages. Continue planting beets, radishes, lettuce, etc. Strawberries should be transplanted and fer tilizers applied during December and January, and mulch secured for the protection of the fruit later on. One Thousand Tobacco Factories. From the statistics furnished by the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the current year, it is .learned that of the 971 tobacco factories in the country nearly one- half are in the two States of North Carolina and Virginia, the former having 211 and the latter 197. The Virginia factories, however, use up nearly twice as much tobacco as those of North Carolina. The tobacco factories of Virginia consumed in the last calendar year 45,747,828 pounds of leaf tobacco, and 2,337,- 291 pounds of sugar. Pruning Crape Vines. The cold weather in December is the proper time to prune grape vines. No rule can be given for this sort of work, as all vines are not alike; consequently experience is the only true teacher. Our advice in a former issue of the Times- Democrat in reference to securing and planting grape cuttings should be remembered. Those with two or three eyes are preferable. They should be tied in bunches and buried in the earth until wanted for planting in the nursery. Mulching Strawberries. We cannot impress too strongly the necessi ty of thorough mulching of strawberry vines previous to the ripening season. For this pur pose nothing is better than pine straw (where it is to be had.) Rice straw is good, or forest leaves will answer. The main theory, how ever, is to mulch the plants. Clean fruit will keep in better condition and command a large advance over dirty or sandy berries; besides, it keeps the moisture in the soil, thus prevent ing ill effects of dry weather, and lengthens the bearing season. ABOUT WOMEN. What They are Doing for the Good of the World. at Sugar Hill. The Brook. The subjoined beautiful poem, which we copy from the Woman’s News, published at Indianapolis, Indiana, was written by a , uate of the Indiana Institute for the Blini Oh. sparkling brook, tby waters gleam, And glisten In tbe snnltgbt, Tby mossy banks enchanted seem as fairy bannts at midnight. With stiver bells’ sweet rippling chime Tby mnslc on tbe pebble i In n Would mingle as In magic rbyme. As alto soft with treble. Now leaping down tbe rocky steep. And tumbling off tbe ledges, Now dancing wbere tbe willow creeps, Now gliding near tbe hedges. Thus varied Is tby murmured flow, With many a crystal shower, And welcome Is tby spray I know, To every leaf and Sower. So careless though may seem tby gleam And even rude tby singing, When sadness, sorrow, grief—all these. So many hearts are wringing. Fair nature Is by thee most blest, And beavy hearts find pleasure; And often many souls find rest, t mirthful measure. In tby sweet i Then bubble on bright laughing stream. And glisten In tbe sunlight, And murmuring In tbe moonlight’s gleam. E’en through the stilly midnight. Warsaw, Ind. —Olive Lock. California Women Farmers. What has been done in California can be equally well done in the South. Elsie P. Buck ingham writes to the New York Evening Post of what has been done by women farmers in California. She knows of one woman who, on ten acres of land, supports a family of five comfortably, with something to spare. An other woman she knows netted $1600 from four acres in peach trees in one season. Miss Helen A- Shafer. The trustees of Wellesley College have se lected for president of the institution Miss Hel en A. Shafer, to fill the vacancy caused by the marriage of Alice E. Freeman. Miss Shafer is a college-bred woman, having obtained the Mas ter’s degree at Oberlin. For several years after graduation she was associated with Prof. Harris and other well known educators in the St. Louis schools. This is her eleventh year at Wellesley College, she having been called to the chair of mathematics in 1878. One of the Harvard professors recently said of her that he did not know that woman could gain such proficiency in mathematics until he had stud ied the work of Prof. Shafer. In personal ap pearance she is slight and graceful. Swine at the St. Louis Fair. Seven different breeds of swine were exhib ited at the St. Louis Fair, but the most prom inent were the Berkshire, Poland China, Ches ter Whites, Small Yorkshires and Jersey Red. The latter breed is considered the best all purpose hog for the South, and is especially valuable for crossing with our native woods hog. The Rural World considers them rather coarse in build, but profitable breeders and also the safest, as their great vigor of constitu tion enables them to resist disease to a re markable extent. Roadside Trees In Belgium. The Revue Horticole gives the official report of the head officer having charge of woods and rivers in Belgium, from which it appears that the total length of highways in that country amounts to 4 227 miles, of which there are al ready planted more than one-half, er 2,417 miles, with 264 miles yet to be planted. The present value of the trees is now four times as much as their original cost, or have a money value of more than §2,000,000. Among the trees thus planted, elms are in the largest numbers, then oaks, next poplars, and in di minishing numbers are ash, beech, maples, Norway spruce and larch. Fruit trees are in much smaller numbers. Poultry Manure. When carefully saved, twenty-five pounds will furnish sufficient to manure an acre of corn. The plan for saving the droppings is to have a platform of boards under the roof, which is kept well sprinkled with dry earth each time the droppings are removed. In or der to prepare them for use they should be thoroughly pulverized and mixed with double the quantity ef dry earth or land plaster. A handful of this home-made fertilizer will make a hill of corn, potatoes or other vegetables. Another method of composting poultry ma nure is to fill water-tight barrels with the drop pings composted with layers of bone meal. Over thiB the liquid excrement of stock is poured until the contents are thoroughly satu rated. As scon as full, the barrel is covered with dry earth to prevent loss of ammonia. When needed, this is composted with twenty times its weight of earth and used as a special fertilizer. A Continuous Crop of Tomatoes. J. S. Newman tells the Southern Cultivaior how he has tomatoes through the entire sea son. He says: “I commenced writing for the purpose of stating a few practical facts gathered from experience, and will return to my subject In order to have the crop of to matoes continuous through our long seasons, I find two plans successful. 1. In early spring dig deep holes, apply green cotton seed or well-rotted lot manure aud set the plants a foot below the general sur face. As the plants grow fill the holes till the surface is level. The first plants set last spring are now (Oct. 4) bearing as fine specimens as in June last. 2. Continue to plant through the summer, making the last planting, transplanting, early in August. I am now gathering fine specimens from August plants. When there is danger of frost lift the vines with their freight of green fruit and hang under shelter. The tomatoes will continue to ripen for six weeks. I have had them by this means late in December. What the Fruit Grower Should Know. Dr. J. A. Lintner is credited with the fol lowing remarks at the recent meeting of the American Pomological Society: 1. He should be acquainted with all of the more common insects that occur in his vicin ity, their names (not necessarily the scientific ones), their injuries aud their habits. 2 He should be able to detect new insect pests, so that he could promptly submit them for scientific study. 3. He should be able to distinguish, be tween insect foes and insect friends, so that in fighting the former he will not destroy the iatter. 4. He should be able to refer them to each one of the several orders to which they may belong, so that he can speak or write of them understandingly, without grouping them all under the name of “bugs.” 5 He should know the manner of insect feeding, whether by means of biting jaws or with a proboscis, so as to be able to employ the proper class of insecticides. 6. He should experiment with such reme dies and preventives as his own observations and experiences may suggest. 7. He should avail himself of the publica tions in economic entomology relating to fruit pests, which are numerous, and would be of great service. For Leconte and Keiffer pears, write to W. D. Beatie, Atlanta, Ga. Farmers’ Orchards. We clip the following from the columns of that sterling weekly, The Southern Live Stock Journal: No farm is complete without an orchard, and a good one. Good fruit, and fruit in va riety, and fruit throughout the term, from early spring to late autumn, how nice it is to have it? And really what a luxury when we think seriously of it. The farm is the natural home of the fruit tree and plant and vine. And who needs delicious fruit more than the farmer who grows it? Every farmer can raise a great variety of choice fruits cheaply and enjoy the satisfaction of eating it fresh from the parent stem, while city and town folks have to buy it. Good, ripe fruit, eaten in mod eration daily, is very healthful. No man is a true farmer and provider for his family who does not grow plenty of good fruit. The acreage need not be large, nor the expense of growing and caring for great. How little fruit does the average southern farmer grow! A good orchard is an exception here, but it is not the fault of climate nor soil, but of the farmer alone. Grape vines and fruits of all kinds at At lanta nurseries, Atlanta, Ga. Hay Fever In Mississippi. We publish the following extracts from a communication to The Country Gentleman, by Col. M. B. Hilliard, of Louisiana, in which he quotes from a letter written to the grass- growers of Mississippi by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, advising them, in view of the probable scarcity of hay in the North and West, to save and bale (in merchaneable condition) as large an amount of hay and lespedeza as possible for shipment to the Western cites. Comment ing on Gen. Lee’s letter, Col. Hillyard says: Here is the South going into the business of exporting hay to the North and West, and ful filling the prophecy I uttered twelve or fifteen years ago. And this exportation is to be from a country where only nine years ago 1 was laughed at for sowing grass seed out of the car windows. That is the country where, in 1879,1 had the venerable Dr. A. E. Stevenson, of Greensastle, Ind , (President of the Amer ican Short Horn Growers’ Association) go with me and lecture on grass. And at Aber deen we held one of our best meetings. They had been raising fine stock there (registered Jerseys, Short-Horns, Holsteins) for some years. And one or two have been raising tim othy, red clover, etc., for several years. And the timothy has been baled and sold. And at Aberdeen (live, cultivated place that it is) there was organized, a year ago, the Missis sippi Grass aud Hay Association. And now they are getting ready to send the West hay! They have been sending us hay all these years, why should we not send them bo me? Only those Western farmers never saw such hay as our Japan clover and Bermuda. And if the horses and cattle get it long they may become so pampered as to refuse their timothy and clover and blue joint! But, seriously, this is serious business. It is the beginning of a rev olution in another liEe of the many now in the South and soon to be. We shall soon be send ing the North and West early hay, as we now send early fruits, vegetables, ets. It will be gin by the steamers from New Orleans taking our freshly-mowed Japan clover to New York. The livery stables there will soon learn its merits. And so it will spread. When Japan clover tried to get into New Orleans last summer, it was not admitted; could not pass inspection; they did not know what it was. Then some parties interested themselves and got it in. It sold at first for §5 per ton; soon went to §10; then went to $16, with best timothy at $16.50. Then the supply was gone. And this was only one sea son’s experience. Now if New Orleans does not take it all for a while, it will soon get to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. This will convert the old worn-out fields South into mines of treasure. It (lespedeza) can always be cut twice a season, often three times. It will yield at a cutting from one to three tons per acre. We have invaded you with early fruits and vegetables, melons and iron, soon shall with steel, with cotton fabrics, and with butter and cheese. Here we come with hay. Soon we shall come with our early grass-fattened, high- grade beeves and early lambs; with our wag ons, carriages, agricultural implements, etc. Anyhow, I am glad to have lived to see an other of my prophecies about to be fulfilled; and ours will be a more terrible invasion than an army with banners. Ladles Protecting Dumb Animals. In New York the most fashionable society of philanthropic work is that called the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals. The swell leaders of fortune are its prominent members, and these elegant ladies do not hesitate to stop in the great thoroughfares and see that the laws in behalf of dumb animals are enforced and the offenders arrested. The unconcern with which some women can sit in a street car, says the New Orleans Picayune, and hear and see a driver brutally beat an over-driven and exhausted mule, the blind way in which they can pass by little boys torturing cats and dogs, the utter indifference they can display at the sight of a tortured horse in a dray or wagon and leave it to the untender care of ignorant brutality, is a shame to the sex that should be nothing if not tender-hearted and the willing defenders of suffering and ill-treat ed creatures. Edith Klnsdon Could. [Indianapolis Sunday Sentinel.] Pleasant stories are told of Edith Kingdon, now Mrs. George Gould. She was a poor girl, and by her own unaided efforts rose from a subordinate position in a Boston theatre to a commanding place on the New York staze, and it was her cleverness that attracted Mr. George Gould, the son of Jay, the millionaire, the man of many railroads and bushels of stocks. From a cneap boarding house in Bos ton she became the mistress of a New York palatial residence. She had great merit as au actress, but it required, after all, something besides merit to win a contract from Mr. Daily, the great New York manager. The New Yorker was in Boston, Miss Kingdon asked for an interview, and the boon was granted. She read the note granting the au dience and went straight to the Adams House, hired a suit of rooms, decorated them with bric-a-brac borrowed from willing friends, donned a tea gown that good Ruhel Noah pressed upon her, and then sent for Mr. Daily. He came, and before he left Miss Kingdon had her contract Just how she managed to catch Mr. George Gould is not stated, but when the big fish was hooked the clever actress secured a fortune and everybody congratulated her. Send to W. D. Beatie, Atlanta, Ga., for cat alogue of everything for the orchard and gar den. The Honesty of Women. [Harper’s Bazar.] Women are being employed more and more as book-keepers and cashiers, and one avowed ground of this employment is that they are more honest than men. Unquestionably they are so np to this time, and it is probable that they will have some permanent advantage in that way. Their moral instincts are somewhat higher and their temptafions less on the side of perilous indulgences. But it has been pointed out more than once, by the more cau tious friends of women, that a good deal of the present moral advantage of that sex in matters of honesty comes simply from experience. They have hitherto had so little to do with the direct handling of money that they regard it with more reverence than men. The bare thought of an irregularity alarms them; the conscience is wholly fresh and sensitive; they cannot conceive how a person can wrong an other out of a dime and live. Moreover, they over-rate the difficulties and perils consequent on wrong-doing. A young book-keeper told me once that whenever her accounts failed to balance, if it were only by a single cent, she felt as if a policeman were just coming in at the door. It is as we find to be the case in lending money—any prudent person would rather lend it to a woman than to a man, be cause he knows that the chance of repayment is greater. In the present state of society a debt of $5 seems a tremendous affair to a wo man and a very small affair to a man. But let the woman borrow and repay a few times and the fine edge of sensibility begins to wear off precisely as it does with a man, but more slowly. Miss Ethel Sprague, it is said, will begin her dramatic career on the stage of the Boston Museum. The oldest W. C. T. U. woman lives in Win- sted,Connecticut. Her name is Eunice Thomp son, and her age 92. Kate A. L. Gwynne, of Boston, bequeathed $7,000 the income of which is to help poor girls to get an education. Miss Sarah Burr has left about §00.000 to the Mount Sinai Hospital and the Hebrew Or phan Asylum in New York. The women of New Jersey are making an effort to have a State Prison and Reformatory for women in charge of women. The Countess of Dufferin, wife of the Vice roy of India has established hospitals for wo men in India. Mrs. S. Scott, a graduate of Holyoke Semi nary, Mass., has a large boarding school for foreign girls at Samaranpur, India. The W. C. T. U. of New Mexico will soon undertake the translation of Julia Colman’s temperance catechism into Spanish. The demand from German women for some thing by which they can understand our work has become so urgent that Mrs. L F. Grubb, National Superintendent of Work Among Foreigners, will at once prepare a catechism and hand-book for German W. C. T. Unions. The petition being prepared by the temper ance women of England, for presentation to the Queen, asking that the bar rooms be closed on Sunday, already weigh several hundred pounds, and contains nearly a million signa tures. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore maintains in her town a course of afternoon lectures by good speakers on topics of general interest. The educational effect is excellent. It would be well if there were one such public-spirited citizen in every town. Frances Willard says: “I am more tharf ever convinced that our women ought to give legislatures no rest until they make generous appropriations for girls’ industrial schools. No other single effert will do more to solve the problem of social purity.” Uncle Edom Discourses on the Hard Times. “Times ain’ lack dey useter was, no way,” said uncle Edom, shaking the ashes from his pipe as the little circle at aunt Beady’s was preparing to disperse for the night. Uncle Edom was generally inclined to take a lugu brious view of things as the time approached for him to go back home to Dilsy and her “ma; ’hence his impressions of life were not very cheerful just at this moment. “Fo’ die heer fence law was passed,” he continued, “a nigger could keep a cow ’doubt ever havin’to feed her, an’ she’d pick up a good livin’ onten de streets an’ in folks’ gyardens ef uver de gat9 was lef open, an’ a rale peart cow’d larn to jump fences an’ keep herse’f fat fnm pea time till oat cuttin’; but now-a-days, ef yo’ cow git even into a ole stubble fiel’, she’s took up right away sont to de poun’, an’ you hatter pay a dollar to git her out, which is mos’ ez much e cow’s wuth. Stidder cows bein’ a he’p now, dey’s de werrisomest critters a pusson can have. Ez fur iiogs, dey’s git'in’ scar’cer’n water np in Atlanty since de las’ pohibition ’lection. ’Taint no use try in’ to keep hogs less’n you kin turn ’em out to mek dey own livin’. Bre’r Stephen Winkler, what live out on de Perryville road, he tried to raise pigs in a pen las’ yeer, an’ when hog killin’ time come roun’, dey was so po’ tell it ’ud a took three uf ’em to mek a shadder! I members de time when hogs was so plenty tell a nigger could go out any night an’ ketch one ez easy ez a ’possum in ’simmon time, but all dat’s done changed now, ’long er die heer law. An’ whar de good it done? Folks useter mek out dey would have mo’ time to wuk dere craps better an’ could mek mo’ cotton, ef dey didn’t have so many fences to keep up, but ’pears to me lack things is mo’ behine now’n dey ever was befo’. Dar’s de nighest on to no wheat sowed dat ever I seed at dis time er de yeer, an’ ez fur cotton, I ain’ seed a sorrier crap sence dat yeer when de dry drouth struck it endurin er wah. “I doan see no sense in all dis heerlaw-mak- in’, no way. De law ainter gwineter keep away de rus’, nur de caterpillar, nur de boll murrum, nur de dry drouth; all hit’s fitten fur, is jes’ to be always causin’ folks to do wrong an’ git sont to de chain gang. Ef dere warn’t no law, nur no perlice, dere couldn’t be no breckin’ er de law, and kinsequontly dere wouldn’t be no crimes fur folks to be took up in cote fur; ain’ dat so, bre’r Jorum?” “Yeh, yeh, dat’s de loginkle delusion frum de promises,” answered hre’r Jorum nodding his head sagely. “Ef dere wam’t no law, in cose dere couldn’t be no crime, fur crime is jes’ only a breckin’ er de law.” “De law didc/t useter be nigh so hard on a pusson whott'Fjfan young,” continued uncle Edom, “as it air now. Ff a nigger got a wife den an’ didn’t lack her, he could quit an’ tek another jes’ er often er he’d a mine to; but now, when you marries a ’oman, de law hole you to it fast, au’ doan let you off on no excuse—not even ef she’s a young gal wid a ma.” “De yonng gals dey selves ain’ lack dey uster was, nuther. When I was young dey was all jes’ ez frien’ly ez could be, an’ look lack dey couldn’t do enough to show dere in tentions to me, but now de gals is all so proud an’ stuck up tell't look lack dey can’t hardly speak to a pusson, an’ stidder bein’ proud er my comp’ny, lack de gals uster be, Dilsy be have herse'f lack she think I oughter be proud er her’n. “Yes, yes, times is changed, an’ ev’ything is changed wid ’em; even vittles doan tas’e ez good ez dey uster. I members when I was jes’ growed np, an’ uster come in fum de cot ton patch uf a Sad’day night, a chunk er com bread ’ud tas’e ez good to me ez pie do now, an’ pie—Lord bress yo’ soul! I ain’ nuver seed no sich pie agin ez my ole missis uster mek. Folks dunno how to cook dese days, to mek vittles tas’e good lack dey uster. Dilsy, she ’lows its me what’s changed, but I knows better. I loves good vittles ez much ez ever, but vittles, nur nothin’, ain’ good lack uster was,” and with a lugubrious shake of the head he drew his old woolen ha: over his ears, and shuffled reluctantly homewards to Dilsy and Special for the Sunnt South. High Art in the Household—Souve nirs for Santa Claus. her “ma.” A Musical Evening. Ths recital tendered a select company of in vited guests in, the parlors of the Sunny South Female Seminary on last Friday evening, 9th inst., by the “Recreators,” was an event of unusual interest, and deserves more than a passing notice. The following select pro gramme was given: PART I. 1. “Malden Song,” Part 8on*. Mayer Helmund “Rbcbeatoes.” "Bunny South. Pol-Brle ”-- Mibb Octavia Williams. “Whispers,” Mez-Sop. - -- -- -- -- Miss Annie Belle. Wlegand Miss 1 et Willingham. , Thine My Tbougbts are Margarets, - - Helmund Miss Leona Hackney. •‘Second Waltz. Brie,” Merkel Miss Lillian Haxesly. PART II. “Polacca Bijl..” Kohler Miss May Bowden. Recitation Miss Lula Pobtee. Waltz Bril,” op. 34 No.l. Chopin Miss Eula Duncan. D’Almede “Awakening of Spring.” sop. - - Miss Lula Little. It is hardly possible to particularizs where the performers, without exception, gave evi dence of such coirect method and high mu sical conception. If there was any difference in their performance, Miss May Bowden prob ably deserved the palm for her graceful in terpretation of Roller's beautiful Palaces, and Miss Leona Hackney, we think, was in the best voice of the vocalists, though Miss Little received a positive recall after her song, and gave the “Lullaby” from “Erminie” most prettily. The “Recreators,” as they denominate themselves, is a select twenty five of the most advanced singers of the Seminary, who devote a certain amount of time each week to the legitimate study of vocal music, from the pri mary black-board exercise, to the best of classical Part Songs for female voices. The Club is separate and distinct from the regular singing class of the Institute, and the Musical Director, Mr. W. F. Seals, reports that the young ladies feel a great pride in their work, and esteem it a decided honor to be a “Recre ator,” inasmuch as an admittance to the Club is based upon musical scholarship, individual deportment, etc. We were struck by the fact that the “Recreators” hail from such a num ber of different States of the Union—some six or eight we think. The musical department of this school is fully up to the best standard, and we unhesitatingly pronounce the rendi tion of the above programme, on Friday even ing last, the cleanest we have ever heard at the hands of school girls. Accustomed as we are to award Foreign painters the palm of precedence, it is really s comfort to know that the American embroid eries displayed at the rooms of the associated artists in New York certainly challenge com petition, and comparison with the products of more pretentious schools. The tapestries on exhibition do for modern art, what the Gobelins did for Watteau and Boucher. They translate their technique in comprehensive fashion, reproducing every tint and tone, to a degree of accuracy that dissina- teurs who make a specialty of new color effects, are sure to profit by. In this syndicate of souvenirs, which seems to take the widest range, there is a cloth of silver portiere, unusually flexible in texture, formed by ribbons holding pink and yellow roses in graceful design; with pretty arranged knots. Another of white silk canvas, has a gold net swung across it like a festoon, its glitter ing meshes overlaid with water lillies, and fall ing on one side to the ground. More conventional are portieries of old red plush, wrought in old English designs, and pinkish silks. Among other beautiful examples in Moorish work are seen appliques of shell-like-tints, of plush to cloths of gold and silver; and table cloths in ribbon work, with exquisite and com plicated designs, repeating tbe art in vogue, during the days of Marie Antoinette. There are chef d' oeuvres representing the arts in many cities, prominent among which is an old Italian design from the Hub, represent ing some interesting examples on leather such as horse-chesnut leaves and fruit. The Rochester and Baltimore schools show a finefilo floss on linen; while the portiere in chamois skin from Indianapolis, is a triumph. It is a significant fact that catarers in dain ty stitches, show a preference for the old-time cross-stitch, such as was indulged by Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, specimens of which seen at Flanders, repre sent the conquest of England and other devices of the mediaeval ages, in which all arts and elements and agencies are brought to bear. First and foremost is Mrs. Farnhams recent importation of Bolton sheeting, which oomes in white, old-gold, Gobelin-blue and olive shades, 72 inches wide, and costs $1.30 per yard. Beautiful cushions and other toilet accessor ies are worked in Burgarren art thread which seems specially adapted to the broad sweep ing designs of a popular school. Among exquisite designs for tray cloths destined to occupy a prominent place in the social world, and the world of art is a midget of a clock, its hand pointing to five. A table scarf of PeacocK-blue plush, at Mrs. Farnham’s Art Emporium, no. 10 West, 14th street, shows oranges and blossoms in high relief, embroidered in filling silk, the leaves in chenille or arasene. These and other novel ties just out make one feel as though there were no more worlds to conquer, in the line of Art needle-work. Exquisite conceits in celluloid, such as card receivers, needle books, plaster holders &c., are suitable for all seasons. Then there are Canadian snow shoes, which come in all sizes from 5 to 18 inches, and are utilized for all manner of dainty conceits; and wicker baskets by the exercise of skill and ingenuity are con verted into all sorts of pretty and useful orna ments, and cost but a song. Then there are sachets and slipper cases of Bolting cloth, tinted with tapestry colors, lined and perfumed with Colgates violet pow der and other essences of this connoisseur in sweets. There are slate keys suspended by a ribbon, pretty hand-painted blotters and other accessories to the Sanctum, ia which you and I are interested Mr. Editor as well as the readers of Mrs. Farnharm’s Holiday supple ment to Home Beautiful, in which one gets a thousand and one ideas of just how the thing is done, and the cost of it all for the nominal sum of 25 cents. So I will omit the little mar vels in metal and other dainty devices which set off a modem home, to the perfection of in genious art Suffice it to say, of such gratuitous informa tion, as I have leceived on this subject, much more will be given to you dear readers, if you statejust what it is you wish to know, and will send your name and address, to this unobtrusive lady, who leads the lines in those niceties of the needle, to whieh every home is indebted for some of its best effects, and whose prowess is acknowledged by the first people in the metropolis, and at points remote from the great centres of trade and fashion. Standards and Specialties Green cloth dresses trimmed with gray krimmer are very handsome. Cashmere gauntlet gloveshaving plush backs are splendid for Winter wear, shielding the hands from cold. Those who have fur, plush or beaver hats, of former seasons, laid by can now convert them into stylish headgear for street wear by turning them up in the back and ad ling two or three eagle feathers and a few loops of rib bon. The Liberty cap was first brought out at Ridley’s. It is made of plush or millinery brocke loosely folded on as Fanchon frame. Tbe trimming consists of pyramidal points above the brow formed by drawing up the extra fulness of the material. An ostrich tip, a few loops of tinsel or figured ribbon, some feather points or curled CGcks’ plumes may be added. By the way: The “Little Duchess” who is a power in the Ridleys’ province of pretty head- gear, states that to ten large bats and bonnets bought at their vast millineric mart there are at least one hundred small ones sold noth with standing the long predicted preference for the former. A lovely lace pin occurs in a long bar of frosted silver, where-on are huddled together different kinds of birds in th6 style of the owl who, “for all his feathers was a-cold.” Be low is a pendant bar bearing the legend: “We’re happy this weather because we’re together.” Plush is the best paying material of present fashion; and the almost unprecedented demand for it has brought it to surprising reasonable figures. Elegant dresses and wraps are for mulated of this material which, with its soft, rich pile is univerally becoming. The colored Priestley fabrics are fixtures. They are by vistue of their exquisite softness, so susceptible to the classical styles of draping in vogue as to receive general and special favor: and the color impressions they convey are delicious, to say the least. Sallie J. Battet. The Mexican Jumping Bean. Mr. Edgar L. St. Ceran, a prominent hor ticulturist residing near Pontchatoula, La., ex hibited at the office of The Times-Democrat a short time ago specimens of that vegetable cu riosity known as the Mexican jumping bean, a description of which having been published, it is hardly necessary for us to repeat it. Mr. St. Ceran desires us to say that he has receiv ed a perfect avalanche of letters and postal cards in reference thereto; a farmer in Geor gia desiring to know the price per bushel; a merchant in Texas wishing a dozen for his show window; a lawyer at Tampa, Fia., was anxious to learn if they were useful for any purpose besides amusement; a lady asked if the Mexicans eat them; also, if they were obliged to cook them in covered pots; botanists desired some for scientific purposes, and a pro fessor of legerdemain offered $25 per pair, if Mr. St. Ceran would guarantee their longevi ty, etc., etc. This bean is said to retain its powers of locomotion for six months, and is valued, so far as known, only as a curiosity. Having but two specimens, Mr. St. Ceran pro poses so plant them next spring, and endeavor to raise a crop therefrom. 2,000 HANDSOME PRESENTS! TO BE F0BLIC1Y DISTRIBUTED AMONG SHIRT SOOTH PATBOOS. Gold and Silier Honey, Watches, Sewing Machines, Silks, Furniture, Books, Etc., Free. SECOND GRAND DISTRIBUTION JAN. 14, 1888. #100 50 25 20 50 25 75 50 45 30 40 30 20 20 50 50 50 15 3 3 3 3 300 Our first distribution of presents, which took place on the ist of October, last, was so popular and satisfactory to everyone that we yield to a general wish for another chance and will have one more distribution on Jan. 14, next, and on a much larger scale. Every body enjoys the fun and excitement of a public contest whether he wins or not. But, regretting that so few out of the great number of contestants received presents in the October distnbution, m have added over nineteen hundred valuable presents to the first splendid Ust making in all two thousand and aggregating over three thousand dollars in value. % The Following Extraordinary List will be Distributed in Pub lic Among SUNNY SOUTH Patrons on January 14,1888: One Present of one hundred dollars in gold One Present of fifty dollars in gold One Present of twenty-five dollars in gold One Present of twenty dollars in silver Five Presents of ten dollars, each, in gold Five Presents of five dollars, each, in gold One Present of a fine gent’s or lady’s gold watch One Present of a handsome set of furniture One Present of a high arm sewing machine One Present of a low arm sewing machine One Present of a handsome silk dress pattern One Present of a China tea set, 58 pieces One Present of a double barrel breech loader Five Presents, each, a Waterbury watch Twenty-five Presents, each, a fine gold finger ring Twenty-five Presents, each, a set gold ear drops Fifty Presents, each, a nice pocket knife Ten Presents, each, a nice photograph album One Present of a set plated tea spoons One Present of a set plated table spoons One Present of a set plated forks ... One Present of a set plated knives ... Fifty Presents, each, twenty pieces of popular music - Forty Presents, each, a copy of “Law Without Lawyers,”— see contents of this work on fourth page Forty Presents, each, a copy ‘What Everyone Should Know 1 One hundred Presents, each, a copy of “Knitting and Cro chet,” by Jenny June—see contents on fourth page Two hundred Presents, each, a copy of “Usages of the Best Society” One Grand Present of twenty-seven handsomely bound vol umes of the household poets: Byron, Burns, Bryant, Elizabeth Browning, Robt. Browning, Dante ? Goethe, Longfellow, Meredith, Milton, Moore, Poe, Shake speare, Pope, Swinburne, Tennyson, etc., (these all con stitute one present) 45-50 One set of Chambers’ Encyclopedia, six vols., bound in cloth 18.00 One set of Carlye’s works, eleven volumes, in cloth, gilt - 16.50 One set of Washington Irving’s works, 10 vols., gilt cloth 15.00 One set of Dicken’s works, fifteen volumes, cloth - - 18.75 One set of George Eliot’s works, eight volumes, gilt, cloth 12.00 One set of Scott’s works, twenty-four volumes, cloth One set of Goethe’s works, five volumes .... One set of Macaulay’s History of England, five volumes, gilt One set of Macaulay’s Essays and Poems .... One set of Plutarch’s Lives, three volumes ... Two hundred presents, each, a large and beautiful painting of the famous Saratoga Springs—size, 15x21 - - 200.00 Two hundred presents, each, a spledid picture of the great “Central Park” in New York City—size, 15x21 200.00 Two hundred presents, each, a copy of “Life’s Dream,” a handsome painting, illustrating the dream of life— size, 15x22 200.00 Two hundred presents, each, a picture of “Sunny Hours,” striking and beautiful—size, 14x17 - - - -200.00 Two hundred presents, each, a painting illustrating "Con tentment—size, 13x16 - 200.00 Four hundred presents, each, an exquisite oleograph. These are the largest and handsomest pictures ever offered for premiums and far superior in style and execution to those which now adorn most of our homes 400.00 40 40 75 150 30.00 7-50 6-75 3- 75 4- 5® SPECIAL PREMIUMS! To the lady or gentleman who will send in the largest number of subscriptions by the 14th of January, next, we will give a special premium in gold of #50. To the lady sending in the next highest number we will present a handsome lady’s gold watch, worth #40. _ (@“Our regular traveling agents are not included in thus? propositions. A FONT FOB THE BOYS AND GIBLS. To the boy or girl who will send in the largest number of sub scribers by the 14th of January, next, we will present a handsome pony, saddle and bridle, worth #60. To the girl who will send in the next highest, we will give a handsome silk dress, worth $30. The Plan of Distribution. Herbert Spencer is now living at Marine Pa rade, Brighton. His health is precarious and he receives no callers For some months he has hsen preparing chapters of autobiography. One of the sights of Fifth avenue, New York, is the daily promenade of a set of triplets, all girls, who are escorted by two nurses. The children are five years old, and as alike as peas and always beautifully dressed. It takes rich New Yorkers to do this sort of thing. French papers say that M. Wi’son will not get one cent of Papa-in-law Gravy's fortune because of the recent disclosures. The bulk of the fortune will now be bequeathed to his little grandchild, Marguerite. But if Wilson should get whitewashed it may change mat ters. How the 2,000 Presents will be Dis tributed Among tbe Subscribers. Every one who subscribes or renews or sends in a new subscriber for one year, before the 14th day of January next, will have his or her name and post-office written on a small, thick card or tag, which will be dropped into a sealed box. If yon send in only your own subscrip tion, your name will go in the box once. If yon eend your own and another subscription, your name will go in twice and the new sub scriber’s name once. If you send in five names, your name goes in five times on separate cards and each of the five names go in once. If yon send ten names, your name goes in on ten tags, and so on to any number. This privilege is extended to every one ex. cept the regular traveling canvassers. Bat every name which they send in, for one year, will go in. All local agents will have their.names put in once for every subscriber they send, and will be allowed their regular commissions be sides. But no commissions are allowed on club rates. On the 14th day of January a disinterested committee of three will shake up this sealed box thoroughly, when an opening will be made and a little boy or girl will pat his or her hand in and take ont one card, or tag, and the per son whose name is on it will receive $100 in gold. Another card will be drawn ont, and that person will receive $50 in gold. The next five names drawn ont will receive $10 each in gold. The next five names will receive each $6 in gold, and so on till the splendid list of presents on the preceding page shall have been CThMiitai, and in the order nameA CLUB RATES. We would like to have a good club from eveiy locality and have fixed an exceedingly low rate as follows: One subscription i year #2.00 Five subscrip’s 1 year, each 1.75 Ten “ “ “ 1.60 Twenty “ “ “ 1.50 All the names and the money must be sent in at the same time, but after a club has been sent in, any number of names may be added to it at the same price. For a club of 6 new subscrib ers at $2 each an extra copy will be sent free for one year to the one sending the club. jg^-See the suggestion in sup plement for sewing machine clubs which will make it easy for every one to secure a splendid sewing machine. Every name whether single or in clubs will go in the box. Send money by post-office or der, postal note, registered letter, check or by express. U@“No commission will be at lowed on club rates. j®*Send for sample copies, re ceipts, subscription blanks, etc. Address the Sunny South, or J. H. SEALS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.
