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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA- SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 30, 1888.
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To society Column Correspondents.
Our friends contributing to this column
should mail their matter so as to reach us not
later than Monday morning, to insure its ap
pearance the ensuing Saturday.
LaGrange, Tenn.
TUe elite ot our little city ana of the surrounding
country gathered here to witness the Commence
ment exerc'ses this week. I believe “everybody”
was present. On account of the heavy rain In the
forenoon, the Commencement sermon was preached
last 3 inday night, June 10 b, In the LaB^lle Chapel,
by theevaDeelist—Mr. Cochran, to an appreciative
audience. Mr. Cochran was elrq’iPnt—as he always
Is. We would like to give you a full programme of
these exercises, but It would require too much space,
and we will do well If we place before you a synop
sis of the whole, for all present left delighted each
night. The rostrum was beautifully decorated for
the occasion, with graceful festoons here and there.
The public examinations were Id progress four
days, tne pupils acquitting themselves admirably,
and the Hon. Board of Trustees were pleased.
Monday night the juvenile hour was a source of
suprernes* pleasure to manv parents. The little
“toad play” with the dear Uttl** girls—Misses Bessie
I) >bbs. E Del Homes and Lillian Homes, was cute
ju the extreme and sweet as you please.
Eulogy on Robert E Lse, by will Rice, w*s well
spoken. Ernest Tucuer displayed great oratorical
powers in nls declamation, while Will Hancock de
serves much praise for his first speech.
The music, by Misses ribbons, Murta, Rce,
Graves and Herndon, was Dot forgotten.
Misses Lu>a and Nannie Holliday recited nicely.
Miss Ruth Carutner’s essay on the 4 Dignity of Li
bor,” took quite a practical view of things. There
was a declamation by Julian Mudy.
O i Concert night throngs poured in from every
quarter. The rausle was simply grand. “p-arl
Waltz ” by Allows Rirb Caruthers and Anna Gib
bons, and the “Tramway Galop,” by Misses Mary
Murta and Graves, was good aui first on the pro
gramme. “Golden Ringlet Waltz ” by Misses Josle
Gibbons and Eula Cowan, was well rendered for
two snch little Blisses. In m ss Jessie Ftanklln’s
recliatlnn ot “Peace,” her sweet gentle voice spemed
to tllos a murmur ot "peace'’ with It. Miss Janie
Anderson executed Ripples on the Lalte, wltn the
utmost sum. Fairy Freaks, with Aline Klee as ‘ Ti-
tanla.” E ties’. Tucker. ‘ Oberon,” John Wilburn as
Grumps and Shelton as Puck—possessed a fascina
tion for all, the fairies wm*lpe and wiggling them
selves out of shape. Misses Ruby R ce and .l isle
Gibbons, two tiny Misses In me Camnalgn M ircb.
showed decided talent. Miss Aline Rice’s Same
One's Sweetheart,” was most bewt'ohmg. “Jump
ing J wilt,” by M'sses I.lzz'eMarte Tucker and Mary
GIDbons. was charming. The recitation. Taking an
Elevator, was quite laughable and elicited p-o-
longed apnlanse. The s'1'ence was audible wnlle
Mr. 8 A. Rice and Miss Miggie Rice saDg a duet,
ltapsodle Hopgrotse, as rendered by Misses Janie
and Hattie Anderson, was perfect. Misses Aline
and R iby R ce’s singing was splendid, and they
also snowed great dramatic ability during these oa-
erclses. Misses Carrie Moony and Aline Rice
played the Sleigh Bel's, with much effect. Miss
1,'zz e Mall Tucker as she sang, was like a ripple of
sunlight wltn that golden, floating hair about her
bright face. “For all the P.tlns 1 bear,” as song by
m ss m iggle Rice, was rendered In a manner that
snowed superior talent and cultivation. In the
Fancy Step Brigade, with those slx'een young ladles
ti rating ’round before onr vision, a scene of unsur
passed beauty greeted the eye.
Wednesday night—Graduating essay-“Post Me
ridian “ Miss Mary Muria, as slit read the Salma-
tory, how lovely sue looked w’,th those dark orbs,
and bow commanding In appearance; while the Val-
edlctarlan. Miss Hattie'Audersoa’s subject:
“Not In the clamor of the crowded street,
N it In the shouts and plaudits of tbe throng,
But In ourselvs are triumph and defeat.”
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How calm and pore Miss Hattie looked as sbe
stood before that admiring crowd, with victory
perched on her brow—yet strong and fixed in pur
pose, her voice sounded like a soft, sweet light
breaking through the falling tears, telling others to
be brave'; each received fl rwers In abundance. "Fau-
fare des Dragoons,” was exqntsltelv rendered by
Misses Jmle Anderson aud Jessie Franklin, m’ss
Janie Herndon has a sweet voice. Rev. R W. Er
win of M unphls, delivered the annual address to a
Urge and anpreclatlve audience. We would like to
give you word for word of Mr. Erwin’s lecture; all
were so charmed with his sound logic and eloquence
inspiring his anxious listeners wltn the loftiest sen
timents of the character and nobility of true man
hood and womanhood, lifting tbe standard high
above the din aud contusion of the world, till it
reached and drunk In the eternal essence His Il
lustrations were beautifully appropriate. Tbe music
“All Bova.” by Miss Aline Klee and the “Valse
Brtlttaute,” by m ss Hattie Anderson, was soul-
thrflltng.
The delivery of the diploma’s by the president,
Prof. Rice, was very Impressive. The roll of honor
was quite Interesting. A’torney W. A. Turner, by
request from tbe Board ol Trustees, made an elo
quent speech In behalf of the dear old college, and
on every reflecting mind his words fell with great
ford. The faculty have done good work thl* term.
Etpeclal eredi: Is due Miss Emily Caruthers and miss
Maggie Klee. Prof. Klee is an able educator aDd
lust In everv sense—pity we did not have more men
like him. O )e is always better after baring attend
ed these graduating exercises, which always leave
a pure and doty Impression, which lingers long like
the echo of some beautiful evening song.
Our little city has been crowded to Its utmost ca
pacity. We have never seen as many visitors at one
time.
Mr June Sneed, an enterprising young man of tbe
dummy line, Memphis, vlslied town last week.
Mr Abe Michael, of Holly Springs, Is with many
friends ana Dome folks this week.
Miss Mason, ot Virginia, Is visiting Mrs Gaither’s
family.
Mr Smith, the drummer of tbe “South,” and si9ter,
are at Prof. R’ce’s.
Mr and M-s Wlllism Gay of M’mpbls, and their
cbarmlng nauinter, Mrs C D Ovens, of Helena,
Ark., visited friends here last week.
Ml-ses Belle and K itle Partis, two fasclnatlnc
young ladles of Arkansas, are visiting Mrs W P
Li nscomb.
Cooper Turner of m emphls, visited his parents
this week.
Miss Husle Schwarrar, a bright and lovely young
lady of tbe Bluff City, visited her aunt, Mrs Dr Jones.
Mrs Dr Murta and Mr J jhn S Cowan, of Moscow,
attended tbe concert.
Miss Jennie D Howard, an titelllgant and acrom-
Dllshed yonng lady of M mpnts, accompanied by
three little M'sses, Lucy WMtsett, Annie and Grey
Scott, returned borne S iturday after a pleasant visit
to her old home and fond associations.
Miss Annie Bond ot Hickory Valley, is vl9ltlng
sera Jessie Staflcrd.
Pensacola, Fla.
Miss Willie Thornton, after an Illness of a couple
of weeks Is able to be among her many friends, much
to their pleasure.
Cards are now ont announcing the marriage of
Mr Scarrett Moreno, to Miss Susie Roberts, at S
o'clock on the evening of the20;hday of Jane, at
Christ Church. Rev Dr J T Jackson Scott will offi
ciate. and the ceremonies will no doubt be very
beautiful and Impressive. Mrsnreno Is a young
man of charming manners and gentlemanly bearing,
possessing excellent business qualifications; and
has tor a year past been engaged in tbe timber bus
iness here. Miss R 'berts Is a fair type ot tbe South
ern women, possessing marked Intellectual and
musical attainment- She has a large and well select
ed circle ot associates and Is much admired by tbem
all. Mr Mireno and his fair bride have our best
wlsbes for a long life of bappine9s.
Quite a select and appreciative little andlence
gatoered at the St Hilda Chapsl, on Wednesday
morning tbe 14 h Inst, to witness tne commencement
exercises by tne gra mates and members of this ex
cellent church school. The chapel hall In which tbe
exercise were held, was beautlfullv decorated In
tbe following manner, showing tbe discriminating
taste of the members and Instructors of this popular
Institution. At tbe S mth end of tbe room at back
of nnelevated stage, was a Immense easel on which
was a splendid display ol tropical plants and ever-
greens of all kinds, and Interwoven among them tn
gilt tetter, was the following legend: Quanti Est
Sapere On the right amid a profusiou of green
placed upon the ceilings, was the name of the Insti
tution; “St Hilda.” On the left was another large
easel similar to the one hick ot the stage, placed
opon the watt, and covered with greens of all de
scription. rpon this easel arranged In sun-flowers,
were the figures 18S8 At the right ot stage-wbich,
ms I have said before was at sonth of room—stood a
large and excellent toned piano. The walls around
mnd above the stage, were festooned with tropical
green foliage. At the appointed time the three
fair graduates. Miss Came Holster. Miss
Mary White and Miss Nettle Robinson were con
veved to the chapel In "a coach and two” where
they were received by the young men of the school
and escorted to the stage, among the murmurs of
admlratlOD from the entire andlence.
The exercises were then opened with the reading
nt the Creed, and prayer by tbe Rev. Dr. J Jackson
arrrtt followed by tbe following programme, which
excellently carried eat;
Recitation, “The Grave of the Greyhound,” Mr.
Hunt J Jordan. Jr. Essay. "Discovery ot the Pa-
iie?0'eii ’’Albert White; Music piano, “Tltanta,"
Jennie Woolfork; R-clUtlon, “MumUo’s
Si.Va” Miss Baby Parry; Music, piano,-Nearer
5.. rod to Thee,” Miss Carrie Horsier; Recitation,
“nidmoik os the Stair,” Miss K ate Cushman
This beautiful recitation was accompanied by a
JtHShvtbe gradnates. Miss Maggie McIntyre,
ctl0r J?! , thA VrTstftutlon’s accompllsued teachers, then
one ol tbeInstitution. by each scholar,
K^^eoIU^onme roll ofW
N ext on tbe programme were tbe essays of the
three charming graduates, which could hardly hare
been improved upon by the best Instructor in the
country.
Essay. “Knowledge Is Power,” Miss Mary White;
Essay, “ToEoconrage tbe Study of Botany,” Miss
Carrie Horsier; E«say, “Mlcoael Angelo, the great
Expositor of the Rsnaessance,” Miss Nettie Rob
lnson.
The R^v. Dr. 8cott, as rector of the Chapel, then
gave a charge to the fair graduates, awarding to
each their well won diploma, which w*»re received
with charming grace. Miss M*gfcle McIntyre their
Instructress, who is as fair and graceful as her
yonng graduates, then presented to each a beautiful
basket of flowers: a profusion of wblcl they bad
already received from the appreciative audience.
Tbe large, elegant residence of onr honored mayor
Col. W. D Cblpley, is ‘a thmg of beauty” In Itself,
and Is su-rounded by a large,beautiful lawD on wbicn
are erown some of the mos’ rare and charming
tropical plants and flowers. This loveiy place was
at its best, on Fr.dday evening the 15'b Inst., after
Mr. Cblpley’s arrival from Jacksonville. wt>e»-e he
had be«n amending a meeting of (F. irlda) Demo
cratic Executive Committee, of which he is ehalr*
man. a lar^e assembly of his good staunch Demo
cratic followers, secured the service of Myer’s
Brass Band, and marched to his exquisite home to
serenade his b*>nor, who acknowledge the compli
ment In a brief but elcqient speech, and lnviiing
them intohts Dome to partake of improvised light
refreshment.*. The occasion was enllvtDPd by toasts
from the gentlemen assembled to greet him.
Buford, Ga-
The most brilliant event of ibis season here, was
an entertainment given on the 15 b Inst, by Prof E
H S r evrD9, principal of the Buford Educational In
stitute. as the closing exercise. The building was
beautifully and artistically decorated by the young
ladles of the school, with pictures and flowers. Toe
occasion was one of Intense interest aud highly ap
plauded by all present. The tri llant and sparkling
recitations, which were mon beau'ifully expressed
by the young ladles, coropletly captivated the audi
ence. The orations by the young men displayed
floe Intellect, and close study, reflecting much
credit upon themselves and Instructor. The chil
dren also performed their respective parts of the
programme very nicely—all did so well it would not
b? J isr to personate. At Intervals the inspiring
not** of the Buford Brass Band fl >ated out on the
evening air. which was highly appreciated, and con
tributed much to the enj lyraent of the delighted au
dience. The nob e face of the Professor beamed
brightly as he entered zealously into the evenings
entertainment. That he holds a warm place in the
hearts of hi* patrons as well as his pupils there Is
no doubt. The next session will open on the l3t
Monday In July.
Mrs J L J >hnstoD, of Little Rock, Ark, arrived
last week aud wilt spend the summer with relatives
here.
Mrs M D 8mith. of White Sulphur SorlDgs is here
on a visit to her parents, iir and M.*g R a Wood.
Mr Baiiy Julian, a handsome and prominent young
gentleman from Texas, is visiting bl9 mother at this
place.
Mrs T R Gamer returned Friday from a visit to
her daughter, Mrs Anderson, of Athens.
Mr G E Smith has returned from Dablonevo where
he has been attending school. Rubie.
Dallas, Ga.
Miss Gertrude R 'bertson Is visltiDg her sister,
Mrs James L Mayson. of Atlanta; she will remain
some two or three weeks.
Mi^s Mollle O .ven has returned home after a short
but pleasant visit to friends In Atlanta.
Mr Ben 8 Drake has returned home from Dahlon-
ega, where he has been attending school.
Miss Laura Weaver, of Cedartown, is visiting
friends and relatives in our little town. Miss Laura
has a host of friends and admirers here, who are al
ways glad to see her.
Mr Eddie Smith, of E ien, Ala., visited friends and
relatives here the first of the week. F.
Plant City, Pla.
Married, at the residence of the bride’s father,
Cap’t Thomas 8weat, of Hillsborough county, Fla.,
on June 12th, 13'3 by R*v E S Tyner, xu* Willie A
Draaboo, of Jacksonville, Fla., to Miss Calista (
Sweat.
While “Willie” l9tbe stately pine,
That overlooks the ocean shore,
“Miss Calista” will be tbe lovely vine,
Whose graceful tendrils shall cover it o’er.
Married, In the Methodist chnrch at Plant City,
Fla., on tb*» evening of Juae 13 b, 1888, bv Riv E 8
Tvner, M'VF Strickland and Miss Ella R Burts, all
of Plant City, Fla.
Let others now roam the world around,
In search of wealth or pleasure;
My j >ys within my home are found,
For “Dear E.la” is my treasure.
Then—
To you, my old bachelor friends,
1 beg you all to make amends;
Do go at once and do like me,
Get you a sweet bride and happy be.
Adieu.
Wilmington, Dal.
pn Friday evening last, the Chora! Literary Soci
ety, of St. Andrew’s church, gave a varied and in
teresting entertainment, in tbe school room of the
church. The following programme was rendered:
Address of Welcome—Tbe President.
Anthem, ‘ Come Uuto Me**—The Choir,
Declamation, “The. Bootblack”—Vernon B. War
ren. *
Solo, “Tbe 8ong That Reached My Heart”—Mrs.
Julia Adair.
Declamation, ‘ Dir Ins Green and His Flying Ma
chine’*— Robert Adair.
. JJpclamatJo.r. “The District Schoolmaster”^Adel
bert L. X jrftaCp.
Declamation, “R enze’s Address to the Romans”
—John W. Barr.
Hong, 4 The Old Bngler’ —8. McAdams.
R ^citation, “OnlrA Boy”—Harry Van D3venter.
Duettlno, * Io Vivo et -Mr and mss Drabble.
Reading, “ai the Llterarv”-v‘ , “'* ,< ® Emily West
brook. J '
Reading, “The Eraljip^a », tf ^ry”—Mrs Jalla
Analr.
Reading, “The Schoolboy’s Apples”—Miss Sallie
M Turner.
Mock Debate, “Who deserves the greatest praise,
‘Krlnerfer Kerlumbus for disklverln’ America, or
Mr Washington for defendin’ on ’t* ”—Hon Felix
Garrote ana Ebenez ^r Slabslde, E*q.
Song, * The Nightingale’s Trill—miss Bowker.
After the literary and musical exercises, which
were very much enj >yed by tbe large audience,
there was a strawberry ana Ice cream festival for
the children.
Ira N J fferis and Miss Annie Palmer, of Chester,
county, Pa., were m*rr«ed at Landenbery. Pa„ on
Thursday. Tbe R *v R B Cork of this city officiated,
and the ceremony was witnessed by a large num
ber of the Wilmington friends of tbe bride and
groom, m* Jeff arts Is employed In the office of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad company at Philadelphia,
aud Is well known In this city.
The regular fornlghtiy tea of tbe Tennis Associa
tion of tbe Delaware Field Club, took place on Mon
day afternoon on the grounds of the club. A large
number of the members were present, either play
ing mr as spectators. Among the latter were Misses
May Ward, Mattie McUomb, Bessie Huves and
Msssrs John Hlgg«. J Frank Biggs, George Hoffe-
cner, H irlan Scott ana others. There was some very
pretty playing between tne Misses Hilles against
Miss Pyle and Mr Curtis, and Messrs Nlelds and
Smalley against a Riymond Smtb and brother.
After playing the tea was gtvan by the ladies, and
tne afternoon was thoroughly enj >yed by a!l present
St. Georges, Del.
Oi last Tbursday evening carriages, flacks and
vefllcles ot all descriptions mlgflt have been seen
coming from Wilmington, Middletown, Odessa, Del
aware City ;.nd other adjacent towns to enjoy the
rare musical treat that was to be given at the Pres
byterian church. In this town on that evening. For
eign and local talent ot merit bad been secured, and
the church wa9 comfortably filled by a select and
appreciative audience. The following was the pro
gramme;
Plano Sho—Miss Amalia Busch.
Solo, “Break: Break I” (Gelbel)—Mr William N
B million
Znhern Selections—m- Otto Winnie.
■At Eventide,” from Falka-Mrs Virginia Newton.
Duet, "On Mossy Banks’’—Mrs Newton and Mr
Hamilton. _
Solo, ‘ O Thon Sublime Evening Star,” from Tan-
hauser—m: Otto Winnlg.
FABT SECOND.
Trio, “O Restless Sea.” White-Mrs Newton and
Messrs Hamilton and Winnlg.
Atr, from Marttana—M's Newton.
Z rbem Selections—sir O to Winnlg.
• Romany Lass,” Adams—Mr Hamilton.
Piano Soio-M'ss Busch.
“The Wolf.” Shield—Mr Otto Winnlg.
Dnet, “Adieu,” Nicolai—Mrs Newton and Mr Ham
ilton.
Strawberries and Ice cream were served alter the
concert, ana thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
June 21. Eybtwhebb,
01/RPllLPIT
“Portraits” as bridal presents are becoming
qnite the style in some of our Northern and
Western cities. At one of our recent society
weddings in this city, among the many ele
gant and costly bridal gifts were two magnifi
cent portraits of the bride and groom, which
attracted much admiration for their excel
lence. They were presented by the mother
of the groom and shipped from Atlanta, Ga.,
and were the work of Mrs. Gregory, whose
reputation for beautiful “art work” has
reached our city.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
You All Want It.
For 50 cents I will send a recipe for making
the stuS jewelers use to clean gold and plated
jewelry, and which makes it as bright as new;
also, a box of j ewelers’ saw-dust to keep it in,
with full directions how to use both. Blue,
97 and 99 Peachtree street, Atlanta, Ga.
Can a mill-race be properly classified among
aquatic sports?
Distress after eating, heartburn, sick head
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saparilla. It also creates a good appetite.
A lone hand—A widow’s.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor:—
Please inform your readers that I have a
positive remedy for the above named disease.
By its timely nse thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. I shall he glad
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Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C.
1S1 .Pearl St., New York.
TALMAGE’S SERM.0N.
Winfield, Kan., June 24.—Uncounted mul
titudes were present today at a great outdoor
meeting held in this place, where the Rev. T.
DaWitt Talmage, D. D., was the preacher.
Not only this, but adj lining states were repre
sented in the congregati jn, and the occasion
will be long remembered. The text was
“They that turn many to righteousness shall
shine as the stars for ever and ever.” Daniel
xii. .0; and the subject; “The Constellations of
the Redeemed.” Dr. Talmage said;
Every man has a thousand roots and a thous
and branches. His ro.ts reach down through
all the earth; his branches spread through all
the heavens. He speaks with voice, with eye,
with hand, with foot. His silence often is
thunder, and his life is an anthem or a doxoi-
ogy. Tnere is no such thing as negative in
fluence. We are all positive in the place we
occupy, making the world better or making it
worse, on the Lord’s side or on the devil’s,
making up reasons for our blessedness or ban
ishment; and we have already done a mighty
work in peopling heaven or hell. I hear peo
ple tell of what they are going to do. A man
who has burned down a city might as well
talk of some evil that he expects to do, or a
man who has saved an empire might as well
talk of some good that he expects to do. By
the force of your evil influence you have already
consumed infinite values or you have, by the
power of a right influence, won whole king
doms for God.
It would be absurd forme to stand here, and
by elaborate argument, prove that the world
is off the track. You might as well stand at
the foot of an embankment, amid the wreck
of a cap-sized rail-train, proving by elaborate
argument that something is out of order. Adam
tumbled over the embankment sixty centuries
ago, and the whole race, in one long train, has
gone on tumbling in the same direction. Crash!
crash! The only question now is, by what lev
erage can thecrusned thing be lifted! By what
hammer may the fragments be reconstructed?
I want to show you how we may turn many
to righteousness, and what will be our future
pay for so doing.
First; We may turn them by the charm of a
right example. A child, coming from a filthy
home was taught at school to wash its face. It
went home so much improved in appearance
that its mother washed her facs. And when
the father of the household came home, and
saw the improvement in domestic appearanae,
he washed his face. The neighbors happening
in, saw the change, and tried the same experi
ment until all that street was purified, and the
next street copied its example, and the whole
city felt the result of one schoolboy washing
his face. That is a fable, by which we set forth
that the best way to get the world washed of
its sins and pollution is to have onr own heart
and life cleansed and purified. A man with
grace in his heart and Christian cheerfulness
in his face, and holy consistency in his behavior
is a perpetual sermon, and the sermon differs
from others in that it has but one head, and
the longer it runs the better. There are honest
men who walk down Wall street making the
teeth of iniquity chatter. There are happy
men who go into a sick room, and, by a look,
h'elp the broken bone to knit, and the excited
nerves drop to .calm beating. There are pure
men whose presence silences the tongue of un-
cleanliness. Thfe mightiest agent of good on
earth is. a consistent Christian. I like the
Bible folded between lids of cloth, of calfskin
Lor nJOrocco, but I like it better when, in the
'-wehap’of a man, it goes—nut into-th ; tt —Id—;
Bible illustrated. Courage is beautifnl to read
about; bnt rather would I see a man with all
the world against him codfident as though all
the world were for him. Patience is beautiful
to read about; but rather would I see a buffeted
soul calmly waiting foTthe time of deliverance.
Faith is. beautiful to read about; but rather
wonld I find a man in the; midnight walking
straight on as though he saw everything. Oh,
how many souls have been turned to God by
the charm of bright example!
When, in the Mexican war, the troops wore
wavering, a general rose in his stirrups and
dashed into the enemy’s lines, shouting, ‘Men,
follow!” They, seeing his courage and disposi
tion, dashed on after him and gained the vic
tory. What men want to rally them for God
is an example to lead tbem. All your com
mands to others to advance amount to nothing
so long as you stay behind. To affect them
aright, you need to start for heaven yourself,
looking back only to give the stirring cry of
“Men, follow!”
Again. We may turn many to righteousness
by prayer. There is no such detective as
prayer, for no one can hide away from it. It
puts its hands on the Bhoutder of a man ten
thousand miles off. It alights on a ship mid
Atlantic. The little child caanot understand
the law of electricity, or how the telegraphic
operator, by touching the instrument here,
may dart a message under the sea to another
continent, nor can we, with our small intellect,
understand how the tonch of a Christian’s
prayer shall instantly strike a soul on the other
side of the earth. Yon take ship and go to
some other country, and get there at 11 o’clock
in the morning. You telegraph to New York,
and the message gets here at 6 o’clock in the
same morning. In other words, it seems to
arrive here five hours before it started. Like
that is prayer, Gid says: “Before they call I
hear.” To overtake a loved one on the road,
you may spur up a lathered Bteed until he
shall out-race the one that brought the news to
Ghent; but a prayer shall catch it at one gal
lop. A boy running away from home may
take the midDight train from the country vil
lage, and reach the sea-port in time to gain
the ship that sails on the morrow; but a moth
er's prayer will be on the deck to meet him,
and in the hammock before he swings into it
and at the capstain bar before be winds the
rope around it, and on the sea, against the sky,
as the veseel ploughs on toward it. There is a
mightiness in prayer. George Muller prayed a
company of poor boys together, and then he
prayed up an asylum in which they might be
sheltered. He turned his face toward Edin
burgh and prayed, and there came a thousand
pounds. He turned his face toward London
and prayed, and there came a thousand ponnds.
He turned his face toward Dublin and prayed,
and there came a thousand pounds. The
breath of Elij ih’s prayer blew all the clouds
off the sky, and it was dry weather. The
breath of Elijah’s prayer blew all the clouds
together, ana it was wet weather. Prayer, in
Daniel’s time, walked the cave as a lion-tamer.
It reached up and took the sun by its golden
bit, aDd stopped it We have all yet to try
the full power of prayer. The time will came
when the American chnrch will pray with its
face toward the west, kbd all the prairies and
inland cities will surrender to Gad; and will
pray with face toward the sea, and all the isl
ands and ships will become Christian. Parents
who have wayward sons will get down on
their knees and say: “Lard, send my boy
home,” and the boy in Canton shall get right
up from the gambling table, and go down to
the wharf to find ont which ship starts first for
America.
Not one of us yet knows how to pray. All
we have done as yet has only bsen pottering,
and guessing, and experimenting. A toy gets
hold of bis father's saw and hamir#r, and
tries to make something, bnt it is aj^or affair
that he makes. The father comevtnd taking
the same saw and hammer, and* builds the
house or the ship. In the childhood of onr
Christian faith, we make bnt poor! work with
these weapons of prayer, but when we come
to the stature of men in Christ Je«ns, then un
der these implements, the temple of God will
rise, and the world’s redemption will be laun
ched. God cares not for the length of onr
prayers or the number of our prayers, or the
beauty of onr prayers, or the place of our
prayers, bnt it is the faith in them that tells
Believing prayer soars higher than the lark
ever sang, plunges deeper than diving bell
ever sank; darts quicker than lightning ever
flashed. Though we have used only the back
of this weapon instead of the edge, what mar
vels have been wrought! If saved we are all
the captives of some earnest prayer. Would
God that in desire for the resene of souls we
might in prayer lay hold of the resources of
theLord omnipotent.
We may turn many to righteousness by
Christian admiration. Do not wait nntil you
can make a formal speech. Address the one
next to yon. Yon will not go home alone to
day. Between this and your place of stopping
yon may decide the eternal destiny of an im
mortal spirit. Just one sentence may do the
work. Just one question. Just one look. The
formal talk that begins with a sigh, and ends
with a canting snuffle is not what is wanted,
but the heart-throb of a man in dead earner!.
There i3 not a s ml on earth that you may not
bring to G id if yon rightly go after it. They
said Gibraltar could not be taken. It is a rock,
sixteen hundred feet hish and three miles long.
But the English and Datch did take it Ar
tillery, and sappers, and miners, and fleets
pouring out volleys of death, and thousands of
men, reckless of danger, can do anything. The
stoutest heart of sin, though it be rock, and
surrounded by an ocean transgression, under
Christian bombardment may be made to hoist
the flag of redemption.
Bat is all this admonition, and prayer, and
Christian work for nothing? My text prom
isestoallthe faithful eternal luster. “They
that turn many to righteousness shall shine as
the stars forever.”
As stars, the redeemed have a borrowed
light. What makes Mara, and Venus, and Ju
piter so luminous? When the sun throws
down his torch in the heavens, the stars pick
up the scattered brands and hold them in pro
cession as the queen of night approaches—so
ail Christian workers standing around the
throne, wiii shine in the light borrowed from
the S in of R ghteousness -Jesus in their faces,
Jesus in their songs, Jesus in their triumph.
Christ-left heaven once for a tour of redemp
tion on earth yet the glorified ones knew He
would come back again. But let Him abdicate
His throne, and go away to stay forever, the
music would stop, the congregation disperse;
the temples of God he darkened; the rivers of
light stagnate; and every chariot would be
come a hearse, and every bell would toll, and
there would not be room on the hill sides to
bury the dead, of the great metropolis, for
there wonld be pestilence in heaven. Bnt
Jesus lives, and so all the redeemed live with
Him. He shall recognize them as His comrades
in earthly to 1, and remember what they did for
the honor of His name, and for tbe spread of
His kingdom. All Weir prayers and tears and
work will rise before Him as He looks into
their faces, arid He will divide His kingdom
with them; His peace—their peace; His holi
ness—their holiness; His joy—their joy. The
g!ory of the central throne reflected from the
surrounding thrones, the last spot of sin struck
from the Christian orb, and the entire nature
a tremble and a fl ish with light, they shall
shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Again: Christian workers shall be like the
stars in the fact that they have a light inde
pendent ot each other. Look up at the night,
and see each world show its distinct glory. It
is not like the conflagration, in which yon can
not tell where one flame stops and another
begins. Neptune, Herschel and Mercury are
as distinct as if each one of them were the
only star; so our individualism will not be lost
in heaven. A great multitude—yet each one
as observable, as distinctly recognized, as
greatly celebrated, as if in all the space, from
gate to gate, and from hill to hill, he were the
only inhabitant; no mixing up—no mob—no
indiscriminate rush; each Christian worker
standing out illustrious—ail the story of earth
ly achievement adhering to each one; his self-
denials, and pains, and services, and victories
published. Before men went out to the last
war, the orators told them that they would all
be remembered by their country, and their
names be comifieinor»ted in poetry and in
song; bnt go to the graveyard in Richmond,
and yon will find there six thousand graves,
over each one of which is the inscription, “Un
known.” The world does not remember its
beroeB; bnt there wil. be no unrecognized Chris
tian workers in heaven. Each one known by
all; grandly known; known by acclamation; ail
the past story of work for God gleaming in
cheek, and brow, and foot, and palm. They
shall shine with distinct light as the stars, for
ever and ever.
Again: Christian workers shall shine like
the stars in clusters. In looking np, you find
the worlds in family circles. Brothers and sis
ters—they take hold of each other’s hands and
dance in groups. Orion in a group. The
Pleiades in a group. Toe solar system is only
a company of chi 1 Iren, with bright faces, gath
ered around one .great fireplace. The warltis
do not straggle off. They go in squadrons and
fleets, sailing through immensity.
So Christian workers in heaven will dwell in
neighborhoods and clusters. I am snre that
sense people I wily-^r^ -ia heaven agreaL.'ieali
better than others. Yonder is a constellation'
of stately Christians. They lived on earth by
rigid rule. They never laughed. They walk
ed every hoar anxious lest they should lose ^
their dignity. Bnt they loved G id; and yon
der they shine in brilliant constellation. Yet
I shall not long to get into that particular
group. Yonder is a constellation of small-
hearted Christians—asteroids in the eternal
astronomy. While some soul3 go up from
Christian battle, and blaze like Mars, these
asteroids dart a feeble ray like Vesta. Yon-
det is a constellation of martyrs, of apostles,
of patriarchs. Onr souls, as they go np to
heaven, will seek ont the most congenial so
ciety. Yonder is a constellation almost merry
with the play of light. On earth they were
full of sympathies and songs, and tears, and
raptures, and congratulations. When they
prayed their words took fire; when they sang
the tune conld not hold them; when they wept
over a world’s woes, they sobbed as if heart
broken; when they worked for Christ they
flamed with enthusiasm. Yonder they are—
circle of light! constellation of joy! galaxy of
fire! Oh, that yon and I, by that grace which
can transform the worst into the best, might
at last sail in the wake of that fleet, and wheel
in that glorious group, as the stars for ever
and ever!
Again: Christian workers will shine like the
stars in swiftness of motion. The worlds do
not stop to shine. There are no fixed stars
save as to relative position. The star most
thoroughly fixed 11 es thousands of miles a min
ute. The astronomer, using his telescope for
an Alpine stock, leaps from world-erag to
world-crag, and finds no star standing still.
The chamois hunter has to fly to catch his
prey, bnt not so swift is hiagame as that which
the scientist tries to shoot through the tower
of observatory. Like petrels mid-Atlantic, that
seem to come from no shore, and be bound to
no landing place, flying, flying, so these great
flocks of worlds rest not as they go, wing and
wing, age after age, forever and ever. The
eagle hastens to its prey, bnt we Bhall in speed
beat the eagles. Yon have noticed the velocity
of the swift horse, under whose feet the miles
slip like a smooth ribbon, and as he passes,
the four hoofs strike the earth in such quick
beat your pulses take the same vibration. Bat
all these things are not swift in comparison
with the motion of which I speak. The moon
moves fifty-four thousand miles in a day.
Yonder Neptune flashes on eleven thousand
miles in an hour. Yonder Mercury goes one
hundred and nine thousand miles in an hoar.
So like the stars the Christian worker shall
shine in swiftness of motion. Yon hear now
of father or mother or child sick one thonBand
miles awav, and it takes yon two days to get
to them. Yon hear of some case of suffering
that demands your immediate attention, bnt it
takes yon an hour to get there. Oh, the joy
when yon shall, in fulfilment of the text, take
starry speed, and be eqnal to one hundred
thousand miles an hour. Having on earth got
used to Christian work, you will not quit when
death strikes you. You will only take on
more velocity. There is a dying child in Lon
don, and its spirit mast be taken np to God;
yon are there in an instant to do it. There is
a young man in New York to be arrested from
going into that gate of sin; you are there in an
instant to arrest him. Wnether with spring of
foot, or stroke of wing, or by the force of some
new law that shall hurl yon to the spot where
you would go, I know not; bnt my text sug
gests velocity. All spate open before you,
with nothing to hinder yon in mission of light,
and love and joy, yon shall shine in swiftness
of motion as the stars forever and tver.
Again: Christian workers, like the stars,
shall shine in magnitude. The most illiterate
man knows that these things in the sky, look
ing like gilt buttons, are great masses of mat
ter. To weigh them one would think that it
would require scales with a pillar hundreds of
thousands of miles high, and chains hundreds
of thousands of miles long, and at the bottom
of the chains basins on either side hundreds of
thousands of miles wide, and that then Omnip
otence alone conld put the mountains into the
scales and the hills into the balance. Bat pu
ny man has been equal to the undertaking, and
has set a little balance on his geometry, and
weighed world against world. Yea, he has
pulled ont his measuring line, and announced
that Herschel is thirty-six thousand miles in
diameter, Saturn seventy-nine thousand miles
in diameter, and Jupiter eighty-nine thousand
miles in diameter, and that the smallest pearl
on the beach of heaven is immense beyond all
imagination. So all they who have toiled for
Christ on earth shall rise np to a magnitude of
privilege, and a magnitude of BtreDgth, and a
magnitude of holiness, and a magnitude of joy;
aHd the weakest saint in glory becomes greater
than all that we can now imagine of an arch
angel.
Brethren, it doth not yet appear what we
shall be. Wisdom that shall know every
thing; wealth that shall possess everthing:
strength that shall do everything; glory that
shall circumscribe everything! We shall not
be like a taper set in a sick man’s window, or
a bundle of sticks kindled on the beach to warm
a shivering crew; but yon must take the diam
eter and the circumference of the world if you
would get any idea of the greatness of onr es
tate when we shall shine as the stars forever
and ever.
Lastly—and coming to this point my mind
almost breaks down under the contemplation
—'ike the stars, all Caristian workers shall
shine in duration. Tne same stars that look
down upon ne looked down upon the Chaldean
shepherds. The meteor that I saw flashing
across the sky the other night, I wonder if it
was not the same one that pointed down to
where Jesus lay in the manger, and if, having
pointed ont His birthplace, it has ever since
been wandering through the heavens, watching
to see how the world would treat Him. Wneii
Adam awoke in the garden, in the cool of the
day, he saw coming ont through the dusk of
the evening the same worlds that greeted ns
on onr way to church tonight.
In Independence hall is an old cracked bell
that sounded the signature of the declaration
of independence. You cannot ring it now;
but this great chime of silver bells that strike
in the dome of night ring out with as sweet a
tone as when God swuDg them at the creation.
Look up at night, and know that the white
lilies that bloom in all the hanging gardens of
oar King are century plants—not blooming
once in a hundred years, but through ail the
centuries.
The star at which the mariner looks to-night
was the light by which the ships of Tarshish
were guided across the Mediterranean, and
the Venetian flotilla found its way into Le-
panto. Their armor is as bright to-night as
when, in ancient battle, the stars in their
courses fought against. To the ancients the
stars were symbols of eternity.
But here the figure of my text break down
—not in defeat, but in the majesties, of the
judgment. The stars shall not shine forever.
The Bible says they shall fall like autumnal
leaves. It is almost impossible for a man to
take in a courser going a mile in three min
utes; but God shall take in the worlds flying
a hundred thousand miles an hour, by one
pull of his little finger. As when the factory
band slips at night-fall from the main wheel,
all the smaller wheels slacken their speed, and
with slower motion they turn until they come
to a fuli stop, so this great machinery of the
universe, wheel within wheel, making revolu
tion of appalling speed, shall by the touch of
God’s hand sljp the band of present law and
slacken and stop. That is what will be the
matter with the mountains. The chariots in
which they ride shall halt so suddenly that the
kings shall be thrown ont Star after star
shall be carried onttohu i.il amid funeral
torches and burning w... I is, Constellations
shall throw ashes on the'• ueads, and all up
and down the highways ot space, there shall
be mourning, mourning, mourning, because
the worlds are dead Bnt the Christian workers
shall never quit their thrones—they shall reign
forever and ever. If, by some invasion from
hell, the attempt were made to carry them off
into captivity from Heaven, the souls they
have saved wonld rally for their defense, and
all the angels of God wonld strike with their
scepters, and the redeemed, on white horses
of victory, wonld ride down the foe, and all
the steep of the sky woul i resound with the
crash of the overwhelmed cohorts tumbled
headlong out of heaven.
BOYS & GIRLS’
DEPARTMENT.
TWILIGHT.
BY SNOWBIRD.
Tbe evening shades are falling,
The red sun is sinking fast.
And over the distant purple hills
His farewell rays are ca9t.
And floating on the scented air,
Sweet evening sountfs are heard;
And sadly throngh the distant woods
Calls the lonely woodland bird.
Uys like the sun’s are cast—
The golden rays of memory
That light the sad days of the past.
I glance Into that lovely land.
Overgrown with memory’s flowers,
And see the friends of former days
Wandering among Us bowers.
They smile upon me once again—
They gently press my hand;
In sweet re-union, are once more
A cheerful, happy baad.
And now I meet a loving gaz*?,
My heart is throbbing fast;
I h*ar dear Mother’s voice—but oh!
The happy dream is past.
The sun has 9uuk behind the hill;
And, like a funeral pall,
The fa9t descending shades of night
Are smiling over all.
Only Tender Memories Left Behind.
Dear Aunt Judy: The hour of dying daylight has
faded from view; twilight has deepened over the
earth. There was no beautiful sunset to night—no
sitting out on tbe door-step watching the stars as
they came out, one by one, slowly—tranquilly.
Tnere was no brilliant moon seen rising “over the
pallid sea and tbe silvery mists of the meadows,”
only the dark and lowering clouds, with the inces
sant drip, drip, drip of the rain-drops as they dash
against my window. The Digbt wind walls and dies
sighing away In tbe deep dark forest. Now and
then I hear the “lone aDd melancholy voice” of the
owl hooting far away in the distance. Strange
sounds are beard on this “stilly night.” Novi and
then a rat comes out of bis hiding abode and races
across the celling. O would expect to meet some
ghostly Druid, or some witch of “ye olden time”
stalking abroad to-night. Hush! what Is that l
hear—a wild shrill shriek that came np out of the
woodland like a human cry for help? No, only the
faint sighing of the night-wind as It ales away In the
distance.
Listen! the old family time-pl#Hje chimes the mid
night hour. “Silent night!’’ Every one has long
ere this sought *• tired nature’s sweet restorer-
balmy sleep;” and no doubt are now enj ^ylng peace
ful visions in slumber laud. The calm angel of sleep
has deserted me, and “left me alone ia my glory.”
Won’t Ewnest Willie come again? He ba9
wrought a kindred feeling of sympathy with me.
“Into each life some rain must fail, some days must
be dark and dreary.”
I am charmed with “KUhleen Douglas.” Aren’t
Doslr a curious piece of “out-spoken” humanity.
A regular “brick.” I ’splsee Miss Hallie. Malcolm
Is a perfect s-a-i-n-t. What do you tulnk of “Caste
Cursed?” Mlsa Cadet, give us your opinion—speak
frankly. I havs a tender spot in ray heart for ca
dets. A Q ie? echo ans— Qiel Remember “faint
heart ne’er won fair lady,”
Monk, don’t you feel omnipotent?
Lillian Lee, didn’t you graduate at CoL F. C. S. C..
and haven’t you written several stories? Honor
bright. Say, arn’t you getting awfully ancient.
Enormous—as old as the mountains, for instance?
“Silver threads among the gold?”
Billy Cucumber, what prevents your ears from be
ing sawed off?
Is Starling and Dearie reported among tbe lost?
L. L , am glad you are again 4 ‘merry, wild and
free.”
I think I bad better cease to be a thorn in yonr
garland of roses, or I’m afraid only frowns will greet
me. Dunus a et bonus nox.
Mosquito.
Dear Letter Box'. “Forgotten” Is such a sad word
and I most send you a gentle reminder ere oblivion
claims me for Its own.
Annt Judy, I like one of yonr new rules so much—
that of giving the postofflee address. I think all the
L B s. should put their postoffl’e—or State anyway
—at the bottom erf their letters.
Clarence Eugene, I wanted to be the very first to
tell you that I wanted some of your silk and satin
pieces, but several have already spoken and I am
afraid I’m left.
Nydla, dear, you mustn’t feel slighted because I
did not mention you—It was au oversight—next time
I will mention yon just lots to pay up for that omis
sion
Is Earnest Willie and Village Will the same. There
Is a similarity that makes me think so.
Ellen Starwood, your “Trouble and Sadness” oc
cupies a prominent place la my humorous selections
for ferap book.
P«calto, your gilt-edge letter was clipped and has
a place among the “lightest and best.” How I
would enj jy a visit to Yosemlte!! I have read de
scriptions ot It and know that It Is grand! I nave
lODg wanted to visit Yosemlte, and will some day if
only In my dreams. You must come again in spite
of tne “probabilities.”
Dllsle, I havs been‘'watching and waiting” for
you—do not delay, but come anl tell me about this
real cousin.
What has become of Nettle Loveless Klerulff? I
had learned to love her letters and miss tnem from
“correspondents column” so muen. Can’t you, won’t
you resnme them?
Leal Klmmer, Is your tender corn growing “beau
tifully lew” under the kind treatment suggested by
one of the L. B’s? Tne Boys and Glrrs Depart
ment may be (to the Household) Inferior and Insig
nificant but you must remember that “Great trees
from little (a) corns grow.”
Yes, Imp R>ving, Oofe B 4 and I are cne and the
same.
‘ 8weet Dream (s) across my soul Is driven—
Almost thou cometh between my heart and heaven.”
1 was one among the many that drew pictures at
the “picture distribution” and as I look at my pic
ture— that adorns a conspicuous place In my little
room—and think of tne trouble and vexation lc
caused our good editor, and think that it is a pre
mium from tne Sunny 8outh, a reverence that is
almost divine gathers round ic and I would not part
from my picture for anvtning—uot even for tne slik
dress that Craddock Evans Is weaving such bright
fancies about.
School duties and school rales have kept onr
Snowbird from ns a long time, bnt a few days more
and sue will leave those '’classic balls of learning”
for a delightful vacation. All through these busy
days her sweet unique letters came regularly to my
box and In a letter received a few days ago, sbe en
closed me some of her “Twilight” and I will send
them to Annt Judy for my publication.
I have a severe attack of heart disease to-night
and can’t write any more, and I do hope you all will
excuse brevity (?) this time and I’J try to “write
up” something more Interesting next time; so with
oodles of love to Aunty, Uncle and Cousins,
I am lovingly yours,
Shorter’s Depot, Ala. stabling.
Dear Aunt Judy:—
“The day la done, and tbe darkness
Falls from the wings of night;
And as I sit in my room all alone, tbe wind blowing
drearily without, somehow a feeling of sadness
comes over me that my soul cannot resist;
“A feeling of sadness and longing
That is not akin to pain.
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles rain.”
But no! I mast cheer np and look on the bright
side; U will never do to come In your midst with
such a long face. Days have glided Into weeks aDd
weeks into months, since the last time I entered
ycur charming circle of boys and girls, so you may
know I have beeu real anxious to see their bright
faces again.
I believe l will tell you about mv correspondent I
obtained through writing to the runny South, and
see if you are not immensely Mealed over it, and
will not also tend your sympathy to me. He was a
genuine Cow Boy, but wrote such nice, Instructive
letters I erj >yed them so much, ana we were the
best of frtenus. We continued to write for some
time, the« all of a sudden his letters stopped; could
hear nothing from him until finally came the news
“he is dead,” was run over by the 'train and killed.
Ah! sad fate for one so young; but now listen to
the next part of tbe drama! On writing for further
particulars of his death, iu answer comes a letter
from/iis wife. Only think, he had really married-
after having said so many sweet things—; there,
now! 1 came near telling it all.
’Twas ever thus from childhood’s hour,
I’ve seen my fondest hopes aecay.”
My oDly cmsolatfon Is “There is as good fish In the
sea as has ever been caught.” But the funniest part
of tt is, his wife 1* awful jealous. She wrote real
saucy about the ail Ur and waured to know every
thing about It. I a fact. I think if we had met right
then, we might have “fit, bled and died,” but am
thankful to say we were many miles apart. 1 won
der tt any of you girl9 have had similar luck with
unknown correspondents. I might say soruethlug
about Leap Year aud the importance of we “old
maids’’ taklug advantage of It, hut It has been dis
cussed so much, and some one is crying "Ratsso I
will desist on that subject.
Minnehaha, why is ic you do not make your ap
pearance now-a-days? 1 would like so much to see
you. Would you cot like to be in my place, where
you could see My Own sweet girl whenever you
chose to do so?
Spicy, when was the last time you went to ride
wltn a “certain young fellow” who is mortgaged
to two girls?
Aunt Judy, I wish you would stop that boy over
there in the corner from “making eyes” at me. I
never could talk much when anyone is looking at
me real hard. Tell him I am determined to be an
old maid, etc.; jostanything to stop him from far
ing. Oh. my! omy see! he has comp'ete’y flm'ra * rt
me so that I caunot write more. Well, it i > b. »t.*r
so; an end must coma to all things. Therefore with
nr*ny good wishes for all, I make my departure.
Ferote, Ala. agnes Dare.
Dear Cousins: On this beautiful, quiet Sabbath
eve, I’ll jast drop iu and chat with you all. “Oh,
my soul and body; but ain’t it hot! I feel sometimes
as if I’d melt. If It gets muc i warmer, “thinks I to
myself, I will hunt a creek aud waller jast a little
for a change.”
Caroleene, your’e quite mistaken when you say
I’m a girl, rm a boy l
I’d like to know why a boy can’t, crochet, play and
sing just as well as the girls. Mischief, you area
ca?e. Boys, she’d make some man a capital pard-
ner;” and she’s j ist as sweet aud pretty as the days
are long. Oi, now she can dance! Just as she
sars, she’s a veritable creole.
Oh, I received such a long sweet missive from my
little creole girl last week; she’s J ist graduated, aud
only sixteen. She’s a darling, so she is, H^gorra,
I’ll just do myself the favor to graduate to , *ure I
will.
In about two more weeks, somebody win ' • here,
am looklnv forward to that turn wltn bright ^-.tlci-
parloDS. Vaea ion has c »me, and all the g.ri have
gone home. We poor boys will have to make the
bp«t of it that we can. until their return.
Tuberose, you surely haven’t forsaken u*. have
you? Dicome agalu. Where are all the old \. B’s?
Minnehaha, am patiently, oh, so patiently v-iirtng
for my answer. I wrote to you last in Marci-. You
are bo dilatory. I don’t think that I have c^use to
grumble do you? so I’ll stop.
Bernie RUeims, why don’t you ev.?r visit us now?
Ojr sanctuary hasn’t beeu lit up for a long time by
your red head. Wild rose, and Wood violet, wnere
are you? Bless you, come out of your woody retreat
and let the zephyrs waft t > us your sweet perfume.
Patsy, how are you and tbe school progressing?
How many have you made “jump Juber?”
By the way Caroleene, aren’t you and Patsy sis
ters? I have a boy friend by the nick-name of Pat-
sey; but I know who he Is. I’m “run out of soap,” so
will stop my gab. With love to Auntie, and my love
doubled, twisted and tied with a blue ribbon for tbe
pirls—wbat’s that you don’t warn? well you needn’t
take it then. 1 am, Yours truly,
Minden, La. • La.uriE Stuart.
Dear Cousins: Again I am among yon. How Q(f
you all do? Have nothing new to tell you—nothing
at all that wonld be Interesting, bat that will not
keep me from writing to yon. Aunt. Judy, I am
kinder “stuck” on some of our new cousins; do yon
care? (girls of course, for “I hate boys, they are so
mean”). Max, yon are one of the number, do you
care for me telling yon of It? If so, jast give me a
raking in your next letter, and I will keep It to my
self hereafter.
Snowbird, again I ask you to join ns. I know you
would be a favorite among the cousins (with me).
Rod Head, have you deserted our department en
tirely? come now, that will never do, let ns hear
from you soon.
A Qae, bow many albums have yon scribbled In
since you drew the hen In that young lady’s album?
How many of the cousins play the violin? I have
been playing six or seven year?. I only play for
amusement, and do uot play for any dancing at all
(too good of course, for that). Don’t think new be
cause I said 1 have been playing tbe violin six or
seven years, that I am twenty-six or seven years
old, for I have yet got to reach twenty one-^but 1
will tell you it is not very far off.
Peralto, you wrote U9 such a nice letter. How I
wish I could come out there and visit the Yosemlte
with you.
Centennial Girl, here Is a welcome for yon, also
for Irish Norah. With love to all, I will make my
departure.
Alabama. Peanuts,
Dear Cousins and Awit: It has been some time
since I wrote to you, Aunt Judy, I am Indebted to
you greatly, for giving me such a good correspond
ent as I find Tete-a-tete to be.
I have been having quite a good time, for a week,
since onr school closed, going to picnics, fishing,
and In fact everything that could afford pleasure.
My father was a delegate to tbe Democratic conven
tion at St. Louis, and since he has been gone, I have
been chief and boss, and have been riding in the
country, looking after the farm, or the fruit or
chards.
Cousin Cecil, how are you and Tete-a-tete pro
gressing? Tete-a-tete told me about your cousin
John. But please don’t let your cousin John “cut
me out” of Tete-a-tete,
Well III ever see this Id print I’ll be surprised, so
I’ll close. Lovingly.
Billte the Kid.
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e Druggists. BEWARE OF IMITATING FRAUDS.
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I am frequently allied by tbe readers of tho
Sunitt South the 1.0WKST possible <■ h price
of different articles of Jewelry toivertised;
also, am often req ies ed to sen? t' Jogues.
Now, as I publish no CI ii.ve de
cided to publish a 1'iica L st of 'b. obe pest
articles that are tnoet Hougit after. To is will
appear bnt a few lim a, so take 'vantage of
it at ones. The priee.of these g.svis are con
stantly fluctuating and will not n-tnui at t is
low figure long.
THE PRICE asked for the gn.ds named
means Spot Cash, money with order.
NO ATTENTION wi!'. bs pai ! t > communi
cations unless a 2-cent sump ia en rosed. No
goods sent C. O. D. Send the money with
order. If goods are not satisfactory, I wil: re
fund the money, less the Lecc e-ary , xpense of
shipment.
Remember thisiistis of the eery cheapest
goods. If you want better, set d along the
amount of money you want to invest, aud rest
assured you will get val ie rec-ived for every
dollarsent.
Hoping to hear from you all so u, I remain
Your Friend aud Benefactor,
E. W. BLUE,
97 & 99> Peachtree St.,
Atlanta, Ga.
THE LIST.
Three roil gold heart rings
One solid gold ring (my own make I -
Roll gold plate cameo, gold stone or
onyx or rhine stone set rings
Two roll gold plate collar buttons
Ladies solid gold “ “
Gents “ “ “ “
Ladies “ “ cuff “
Gents “ “ ■" “
Ladies solid gold vest'chains
“ .roll “ “ .*•
Gents solid “ “ -
" roll “ " "
Ladies roil gold necklace) wear 20 yrs.
“ “ “ bracelets “ 10 “
“ silver bangle “ per pair
“ solid gold “ “ •*
“ “ “ ear drops “ “ - 2
“ “ “ pins each - - 2
“ “ “ front pins each - 1
“ “ “ “ ear drops - - 1
Childrens gold “ - - - l
Solid gold baby rings - l
** “ “ pins 1
“ “ front baby pins -
“ “ “ “ ear rings 1
Ladies roll gold or silver hair pins
Masonic, Red-Men’s, Odd Fellows’,
Eagle, Iv. of L., and B. of L. E , and
B of L. F., solid gold badges - 1
BADGES MADE TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.
Ladies’ solid gold double-case stem wind
watches, Elgin works ... Rj.j
LadieB’ double-case stem wind and set
silver watches (beauties), 8
Boys’ silver watches 8
“ open-face nickle-silver watches S. W. 4
Ladies’ “ “ “ “ “ - 8
“ “ “ solid gold stem wind
diamond hands, chatalaine - - lo
Gents' solid gold double case stem wind
and set Elgin or Waltham works,
watch guaranteed live years - - 25
Gents double case gold filled watch,
warranted to wear for 21 years.
Works Bame as above - - - 19
Open face, same as above, screw back
and front dust proof 17
Gems open face solid coin silver stem
wind and pendant set watch, E’gin,
Waltham, Illinois, Hampton or Seth
Thomas works, heavy case - - 12
Double case, same as above - - 12
Gold points, $1 extra ... 13
All guaranteed for five years.
Gents “Florrine” open face watch
with same works as above - - 9
Key wind, Illinois works - - - 7
Gents open face stem wind nickle
watch, “Victor," Swiss movement 5
Key wind - - - - - 4
Write plainly your name and how yen warn
goods shipped.
Send money in any safe way. I refer to any
body you want to aak about me that knows
me. I don't care who it is. If yon want an er
rand done, outside ol my line in the city, I
will take pleasure in doing it for yon and not
consider it any bother. “Try me once.”
E. W. BLUE,
97.& 99 Peachtree Street,
ATLANTA, GA.
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