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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1890. i. if. SEALS Editor S08LNSSS OFFICE, N'o. 8, Wail Street, *sr Address all letters concerning tlie paper, nd mate all Mils payable to J. &. SKA 1-8 A CO.. Atlanta. Qt. OUR PREMIUM PAGE. See onr grand Ust of premiums on tbe Slh pa^e. Every’body can secure just wbat tbi y want with very little money, The ufl.rs there made art standing offers and hold good all the time whether they, appear regularly In the paper or not. The Ocala Exposition. •‘The Farmers’ Alliance Semi-Tropical Epositlon” will open In Ocala, Fla., on the 1st or December and continue tor 60 days. Taousands of visitors from all the States will attend to witness the grand display of curiosities and nataral re- sources of this ‘ Lied of Flowers. 8pedal excursion rates have been so cured on all the railroads and to all home seekers extra redactions will be mid from Ocala to any portion of the State. Maddox, Rucker & Co. This old reliable banking honse, of At ianta, Gs , having outgrown its former comfortable qnor ers has just settled itself cum dignitate it to the handsomest establishment in the city; and they will pardon us for saying that there is not In all the land a set of gentlemen who would adorn such quarters with more grace and sterling worth. Maddox, Rucker, Feel, Willingham and the other members of th firm and their employes are recognised throughout this city as among our best citizens and moet reliable bankers and busineas men. Their new quarters are at the corner of Alabama and Forsyth streets. Atlanta's Next Mayor. Success in a Democratic primary tantamount to election in a Democratic city. The primary. In reality, is a Demo cratic institution Intended for fair play toward opposing candidates by securing the freest expression of the public will, Tnrongh tbe method of tbe primary Col, W. A. Hemphill was designated ast week as the choice of the citizens of Atlanta for Mayor, and their preference will be ratified at a regular election In D<cem ber. Tbe other candidates, Messrs. Konfz and Brown, were supported by a strong vote and are worthy citizens In all re spects. We doubt not C >1. Hemphill will add an emphasis to the 1 st of Atlanta’s distinguished Executives. With the forthcomi g municipal elec tion, the series of ballot contests that come altogether too oftjn during the year, will have ttrmlna'.ei fo> 1890. Death of Bishop Beckwith. On Sunday moreing last, at G o'clock, R'ght Riv. John Watrans Beckwith, D. D., of the Epitc'.pal D ocese of Georgia, died at his home in Atlanta, after «n llicess of several weeks. ’His first ail ment was a malignant abtcees on the face, from which, after repeated palnfui operations, it was coi fidently hoped he would rapidly recover. The prospect Was very gratifying, and it was generally annoui ctd that the Bishop’s perk d of danger was passed. It is said, however, that in (his view he himself did not share; and certain it is that, with ra-e and courageous forethought, he sum moned to his s'de the committee on Which would devolve his unfinished ec cleslasticai du:ie=, and that he a so ex pressed his discouraging presentiments to relatives. Ou the morning before his death he was stricken with p-ralisls. Owing to the enfeebled stale in which the second efll c ion found him, the heartful coufi Ani.cc of his close friends and of the geu ral pub ic gradually gave way. Only a brief day intervened between this at tack and his decease. Notwithstanding that the sad event was widely looked for, Its announcement was a severe shock to tie community and to those everywhere Who warmly esteemed him as a man While they revered him as a worthy ser vant oft tie Cross. Bishop B ckwith would have been six ty years old had he lived till January nexf, having been born cn the 9.h of tnat mouth, In 1831, at Raleigh, N C. Hia father was Dr John Beckwith, an emi nent physician; bis mother, Margaret Stanley, daughter of J hn Wr’ght Stan. ley, of Newbern, N. C. Dr Beckwi. h waa of Scotch descent and came to North Carolina from Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The diceased Bishop was a man of eminent ercdition, extensive travel, and abundant talents. As an orator, thinker, and reasoner he was pos; eased of excep tional powers. His personality was warm and winning, full cf cheerfulness goodness and confidence, and he was beloved by all who ever met him. He was consecrated to his arduous church work, and it survives to vindicate his fidelity and industry. In his death the Episcopal church Josis a powerful aid and exponent, Atlanta is deprived of a revered citizen, and the world will miss a most noble gentleman and gifted Christian. NEW STORIES. little Isos the product of man’s aklll than the town. There also lisa hidden away In this quotation the claim that the country la TWO GREAT NEW STORIES THIS better than the tows; that they who Jive where there is abundant epaoe,and where WEEK. We begin two splendid Serial Stories this week, and Invite special attention to them. THE OTHER MAN’S WIFE. “Toe 0;ner Mao's Wife” is a most fas cinating tale of love, from the pen of J no. Strange Winter, who is one of tbe mest charming of E nglish writers. HAWTHORN. ‘Hawthorn” was written for the Sunny South by Mr. BUmath Miller, an Americar j joruaiist of large experience and brilliant a* tali, m jilts, and it will hold the reader to tbe end. D_>n’t full to begin both stories with the opening chapters. Our short stories, original as a general thing, continue to attract favorable cr'tl clem. The abundance of this character of Hlerataie, Southern in origin and sub* stantlal in merit (with the numerons poems and entertaining miscellany ap pearing for the first time in these pages from week to week) attest the fertile tal ents of onr s* ctlon and stamp the Sunny South as the favorite medium of current Southt rn literature. Curio as Election Results. While the remarkable results of the election of November 4 continue to be magnified by later returns, they present coincidences worthy of passing notice os well as problems that must greatly tax the existence of the defeated party. Among the enrious results is the fact that the Demo rrats carried every one of the original thirteen States which com bined to form tne government under which we live, namely: New Hampshire, Massacnusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti cut, Now York, New Jersey, Delaware! Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Of thirty five States which held elec tions in November, Pennsylvania alone returned a Republican majority of Con greasmen to the Fifty second Congress. E ghteen States have not a single Re publican In their Congressional delega tlona. The N -rthern, Eastern and Western States elected 118 more Democrats than Republicans, which is precisely the nnm ber of Demccrats in excess of Republl cans elected in tbe S>nth. To accommodate this totally um qaal division of the great parlies in the Honse of Representatives, it will be necessary for at least 80 Democrats to occupy seals on the Repuoilcan side of the chamber. O.* course it is tbe merest folly to say that the active influence of any one speaker or number of speakers in the Congressional d’s.rlcta contributed to national results so clearly brought about by the volition of the whole people; bnt since it has been attempted to accredit Governor D. B Hill s half a dozsn speeches with the revolutionary over turning of lately existing conditions, it is worth while to note that tt e Govern or’s influence filled to carry his own county ( -itrklmer) in New Wa, which should have gone Democratic. This is the more noticeable because Mr Grover Cleveland’s county (Erl. ) a filch is usually a Republican stronghold, turned s Democrat to Congress, aLd that Democrat Daniel Lockwood, who four times nominated Mr. Cleveland for sac cessfulelection—as sheriff, mayor, gov ernor and president. The rival partisans of Hill and Cleve land will not lose sight of this somewhat significant incident. The more important outcome of the November election consists in the dliem ma in which it has placed the protection late themselvi s and the class of mann factnreis who were most favored by the McKi- ley tariff Ignoring that the R9. publicans are now seriously divided on the main question of the fatal bill, and that a demai d for its immediate repeal is being urged by an inilaential portion of the party press, the situation is one in which defeat looms before that organiza tion on both fl inks. A great party was never saved t y a change of front after disaster. As with armies, that is the nsnal preliminary of retreat. To repeal the McKinley bill would be to confess to a misunderstanding of vital questions of finance and government each as a polit ical party in power cannot afford to make. On the other hand, if the tariff bill remains, it stands condemned; and public sentiment, jsalously unerring in judgment, was never recorded as revers ing its once expressed views So that whether left as it is, or repealed, the McKinley bill will serve as a two edged swerd confronting the future ambition of these who enacted it into a law. One of the potent claims of its advo cates was that protection wonld increase the wages of labor—tbe higher the pro teclion, the higher the wages. No such result has come about and none such is likely. Tne claim was, of course, Insin cere. But the protective measure is a statute, while labor is paradoxically on strike in many places against a threat en< d decrease of pay. Here is a second and unavoidable di- lemm*, since the remedy lay alone In advancing the wages of labor, and the tariff does not confer that honest re course. The manufacturer will not en large his expanses for a sentiment, nor even to save a bill which was meant pri marily to enhance his own profits. Therefore, the new protective measure nature exhibits herself in splendor, are more hones*, generous and truthful than where they are gathered in masses and there is a sharp and constant strug gle for supremacy. This idea prevails very largely. They who dwell in the country may not thluk that all dwell there are pure and innocent, but think thit the proportion of them is far greater than of those who dwell in cities. There are indeed country peo pie who regard ail who live in towns with suspicion and distrust. Instead of es teeming them as worthy fellow citizens who are honestly endeavoring to advance a common civilization, they are disposed to think of them as scheming all tbe ti ne to get (he products of the farmer's labor without a j licit return. Tula sort of a feeling is widely prevalent at this time, and Is doing a great deal of mite litf. There are those who for the sake of their own selfish schemes wcu’d intensify it, and render it more widespread. Such persons ere acting a very bad part. By stimulating these unwarranted jealou sies they are sowing the wind, and a few years hence they may have to reap the whirlwind. Dean Swift. Of the names that are enrolled among the classics of English the; e are none that < xcite a more lively or more painful anxiety than that of Jonathan Swift, During the years that have elapstd since his death much of research into his his tory has been conducted, and many vol amts have been written about him. But there are still mysteries connected with bis life which thess who have studied its details most closely have not been able to explain. More truly of film than per haps of any other man who ever lived may it be asserted that the views we get of him under different clrcu nitarces do not harmonize. Ac one time he appears gentle, kind, gentr. us, faithful; at another he seems as unmistakably coarse, crnel, treacherous, brutal. They who suppose him governed by the same sen timents that control ordinary men in their treatment of the other sex, wili pronounce his conduct towards the two women with whom his name is connected cold and heaitless. At times too he seemed merciless in hia grasping aftar power and money. Though he induced some of his contemporaries to rely upon him as one of the truest of friends, he spared none In bis momen* s of rage. Upon tne one point, all critics are agreed There is no question about the extent or force of his genius. Though compara tively little of bis writings have come down to ns, all of that iittls is excellent of its kind. It may be doubted whether any man ever pooaeaaed a more thorough knowledge of human nature, and it is certain that no one ever had the power of tellirg what he knew in more strong, earnest, belief-compelling language Condemn as we must the half atheistical and wholly cynical style of his ‘ Tale of a Tab,” we must still allow it a merit that will entitle it to a place in our literature as loeg as that literature shall survive. Many of the keenest thrusts in bis Gulliver are now little understood; but the story will be enjoyed by young »na old for ages to come. We suspect that Swift did not aim at doing good in mnch that he wrote. To sting and to wound, was his most manifest purpose. But despite a malevolent disposition he contributed to the sum of human enjoy ment. • • Dylan Word*. There Is an idea In the mlnde of many people thet a p. collar solemnity attends one’s latest utterances, and that an tndl vidnal wi I speak the truth when dying tbongh 1 e has not been in the habit of dei jg so while living. It would s>tm that this ought to be so. One when about to bid adieu to earth and ail Its interests, and believing that fce is going to be ushered iaio the presencs of his Maker and Judge, ought to be most sol emnly impressed. It would seem that nothing but the most daring obduracy would cause one at such a tiaio t» pin-ist iu the assertion of a falsehood. We will no: say that this idea is altogether erro neons. Sstne hardened criminals do yield at the lest moment and c mfess to deeds that they have all along denied. But we may not tiwr. from conc’ude that all to so. Thsre are mar.y u fineness that may impel the guilty to crntiaue the assir- tion of ionoceace iu the face of death. First and fore mot t of these is an ohsti nate determination not to admit what bss once bjeu denied. This is a power ful influence with mist of the class who are guilty of violations of law. The pride that inducts one to stand to what he has onee said Impels many bad men to persist in the asstrtloncf innocence, even when there is nothing to be gained by d *ing so. Vindictive natures, too, realize a grim satisfaction iu the beilef that they are bequeathing to the living something of remorse for patting to death an Innocent- ma i. When we take all these things into consideration, we will be forced to the conclusion that the last expressions of A-ctrademned man are not entitled to implicit faith. If he has been given to lying a'l of bis life, the chances are mnch in favor of his lying ss ho dies. * * Georgia’s New Senator. Following upon the excitements of the recent general elections in tne States, the animated and somewhat acrimonious Senstorshtp contest in Georgia afforded the principal in teres*. This was lat ly set tied by the choice of Qon.Jibn B. Gordon as United States Senator for the term of s 'xyearsbeginningon March 4 1891 Hs election was secured, on the first ballot and against a fi aid of five other cancl dates. In the long and heated canvass pre ceding the legislative session which was to decide the issue, and even before that body ere the date of the balloting, the claims of the aspirants kept the ca t paign at a continual boil, while the confident partisanship of each l«ft- the public mind very much in doubt up to the last day. A strong opposition was crystall’z d at one time against General Gordon, and his defeat seemed foregone. The result showed the faith and devotion of his friends and the influence of popular sent! ment. His election gives eminent sitisfaction to tbe people of the whole Stats; In fact, such general popular demonstrations as everywhere were made over his victory have been seldom witnessed in Georgia It is pleasant to fl id that all the bitter ness ot the contest has been swept from existetes, and that the new Senator is certain to take his exalte d seat with the greatheartof the Empire Commonwealth solidly at his back. Tne opportunity be fore General Gordon Is fall of promise for himself, his State and his country. For the Sunn y Sooth. TWO TEA*S Two tears lie nestling in an autumn rose That bloomed where flower girt paths In fra grance start, Kefleetiog each the ros-j’s passion tints, And telling each the story of a heart. ‘ I came ” said one “from out my hazel home Because a oeauteous maiden weeps, forsooth, That her false lover from her side doth roam To wed another, who believes him Truth. ’ • * * v * v v “No maiden’s eye cast me ” the other spake; “I eaic from out the depths of wifenood's eye, Who weeps because thro’ life she needs must take Her wsy beside not mia, bnt living Lie!” ’Twas thus two women’s lives were a l undone; One wept be ause her lover, in some whim, Had left iier lone; the tear that other one Let fall that she, alas! had wedded bin ! Heii.f.m vn Wilson. Means, for bis gallant and patriotic ser vices in oo operating with Governor Hampton, In 1876, In freeing the State , from the pillage of carpet baggers, and establishing borne rule, j Ass memorial ef the patriotic service ; of G ivernor Gordon, the South Carolina ' legislature procured a li'e slzs portrait of nim. and keeps the same hung in the H»i] of the House of Representatives. Would that Governor Hampton may a. ain meet with the same success, and re returned by the present legislature to iiJs seat in tbe Senate Chamber, and sit «ii.h Gordon of Georgia, and Voter of North Carolina. It would be ; ingra i’ude or the highest degree ■ o n the part of Sooth Carolina to refuse to re elect Hampton. And it is to be hoped that, there will be pa tr'otism and gratitude enough in the N utii Carolina legislature at its coming cession to send Governor Vance back to ♦ he Senate. Gordon, Hampton and V nee will be fit compeers in the United States S mate, and they will add greater re .own at this time to their respective States than any other three men that could be chosen. I was favorad with an invitation from my friend and schoolmate, Miss Kathleen Gray Smith, of Atlanta to witness her maniage at St. Luke’s Cathedral, on the 3i ;oi Dece a. bar. May her espouse 1 prove worthy of her heart and head, and may the happy couple enjoy a long and prosperous life, Mamie C. Allison. WASHINGTON LETTER. To Right or Left? Death of Ex Chi ancelior Lipscomb Another pre eminent Georgian has dropped from the ranks of men. On last Saturday midnight, at Athens, Ga., An crew Adgate Lipscomb, ex Chancellor of the University of Georgia, died after a short iliness, aged seventy four, having been born in 1816, at Georgetown, Md. He was the son of a di .tinguished Meth odist divine, and spent h’s youth iu Vir ginia, where he was educated. At an early age he was ordained a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, and filled the pulpit for several years al Alex andria, Baltimore and Montgomery, re spectively. Thirty years ago he was called to the State University, where as Chancellor he served with distinction for fouriet n years, retiring in 1874, but retaining his residence in Athens. He was a learned man, profound thinker and gifted magrzioisi. Hi bore the de gree of LL. D , and was Eminent Pro- fessor of Vandeibilt Udiversity. He was twice married—at Baltimore to Miss Margaret He irietta Blanche Richardson, and, some years after her death, to Miss Susan Dowell, of Alabama. Two off spring followed each union, and one child of each survives him, Mrs. Ella F. Green and Andrew D. Lipscomb In his death a great light has gone out. Tbe Elections Are Over. must endure, to become more and more By a series of high-handed measures— unpopular, and incalculably mors de- wnich now that they have failed will be ' strueiive of its founders. Yet the men notsd as blunders—the Republicans have j who framed and coasted it can not- re- brought upon tue.nseives a great defeat 1 peal it! iu the late national elections. The vie tors in this contest will if wise enjoy their triumph in great moderation. The parties in our conntry are so evenly bal anced that it takes but a small mistake for the one in to be thrown out. This is as it should ba. While e&ch is contin uously striving for a firm grasp of power, it Is best for the country that the hold be slippery and uncertain. It would not be well for tbe party of tbe best princi ples to have a tenure of the govern ment of which it did not fear the loss. An active and vigilant opposition does as mnch towards securing good rule as a wise administration. Town and Conntry. •‘God made the country and man made the town,” is an expression that has ac quired something ot authority from * gs. Like many other favorite quotations, it carries in it something of falsehood as weU as something of truth. It implies in the first place that life in tbe country is a more primitive form of existence than life in town. Tne history of man kind does not sustain this proposition. In the infancy of the race men had to congregate for protection, and they con st quently began to build cities at a very early day. The farm house, where a fam- The meddler is a character whom ily spends days and weeks without see- nobody likes. Whi e there are others of ing any other human being, became a whom some good may be predicted as possibility only with an advanced civili- well as much of evil, he is one of whom zation. Long before men had become nobody has a word or good to say Even ! countrymen in the sense that we now they who may at some time employ his use that term, the lands had been brought service- have nothing to say in his praise under cultivation and the country had and little in his defence. N ext to the . lest most of its wild aspects. The fields, slanderer be is the vilest or God’s cre» whether covered with growing crops or tuM ' i spread oat in pasturage for cattle, are Elections are necessary in a popular government. By many however, they are felt to be necessary evils. There are temperaments that delight in this kind of excitement, but to others it is exceed ingly unpleasant. There are those who realize a delicious form of intoxication from having one report after another brought to the ear, and the whole air Ailed with rumors of accessions and de fections,of the dirty tricks of party lead ers, and of convincing speeches of great speakers. But the people on the whole are much more happy when the poUtlcal atmosphere is serene. These great stir rings up mayinduoe a livelier interest on the part of the people in their govern ment. The effects of the throes through which the body politic passes every four years may be healthful to the whole country. We shonld certainly deprecate a dead calm in which every one wonld be content to remain aB he is without any effort to try to improve. But we also de piore the demoralizing effects of an ex citing campaign. The amount of false hood, duplicity and corruption practiced in carrying an election, is frightful to contemplate. A great many young men have impressions for evil made upon them during these excitements which remain with them for the remainder of their lives. When youth hear men of age, ability and high official position pro claim that politics Is a matter quite apart from the Decalogue or the Sermon on the Mount, they cannot fail to have their moral perceptions dolled. It has become common for men who are not ordinarily rated as scoundrels in the zeal of partisanship to ntter words and per form acts altogether inconsistent with sound morality. This Is no argument against Democratic government, nor even against tne frequency of elections. But it is a strong argument against the intemperance into which many suffer their interest to hurry them. It cannot be denied that we have too large a class who make a business of politics—too many who are trusting to office getting mainly as a means of subsistence. There would be a healthier tone in our public men were they generally engaged in pursuits which they leave with re luctance to give attention to afiaira cf the State. • • •‘Whichever course we decide to take, we will wish we had taken the other” is fj rt fi ction which o4bi;jLasses through Vui Mi’iuu H nc Nuuio-j tiott. There are many uVftags of ways in life where the whole subsequent career is to bs determined, and yet it is not easy to make a choice. Iu a great many instaccas the decision is the result of caprice rather than of judgment. We sometimes discusi a number of measuies long and anxiously without being able to reach any decision. Waen at last some thing has to be done we act es impulsive ly as if we had just thought of tbe matler for the first time. It is said sometimes that this is the way of weak people and that the strong are not troubled with any of this hesita tion. Perhaps this Is so. We may not know always, however, by how much of deliberation tbe most decided actions may be preceded. The general who in tones that indicate nothing of indecision orders a forward movement may long have debated whether he should advance or retreat. The young in m who ac> nounc s his determination to engage in the work of preaching the gospel may have bad a bard struggle to overcome his ambition to be a great politician or his desire to become a famous actor. The young lady who with a candid smite of love plights her troth to an earnest suitor may have been nndecided for many days whether this one or another had the larger share of her affections. The weakness, we think, lies in a vain repining over a step that has been taken. This often leads one to attempt a course b .-tween t wo ways which has the evils of both and the advantages of neither. It were better for every reason that he coaid decide that one of the ways is the right one. But tbs next beat thing is to believe it so, and to waste no time in thinking of wnat might have resulted had he actsd differently, tt is very unfortunate for a man or women to come to the conclusion that they are just as liable to go wrong as right, tt causes one to be distrustful of self, and, producing the beilef in the mind that he Is going to blander, may really make him doso. * * (From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. C. Nov. 19,1890. For some time it has been known in select circle that Count (I will not use bis name, but should you hear iu the near future of a foreign diplomat being recalled at the request of enr Stale de partment you may know that it a the man) bad become engaged to the grea' heir-es, Miss (I shrink from being tne first one to expose her, sol will not use her nsme), and although no forma announcement had been made, congratu lations were complacently received by both parties. About a month or six weeks ago t he mother of tbe heiress, who is considerably ahead of her daughter in the possession of a lot of good hard horse s*nse, accidently discovered that the Count was very mnch entangled with a handsome and thapely billet dancer. She informed her daughter, and she in turn informed the Count, who indignant ly deuied the impeach ment and blustered it out so well that he convinced his bride, that was to be, of his innocence. The old lady, however, was so far from being convinced that she employed private deb ctive to secure toe proofs, which she was certain existed, of the Coant's pe 1 tidy. The detective, not hav lng to work from a clue of his own do vising, had not the slightest difficulty in running down tne facts It was well known among the associates of the bat let girl that her ‘ dear Count,” as she called bi n, had Informed her of his ap proachi'ig mar.iaue to an American for tune, with an encumbrance in the shape of a rather plain woman, somewhere in the high thirties; and it is also well known that the Const had made an en gigement to meet the ballet girl in dear, de'ightful, wicked, “Paree,” whither he was to so on his bridal tour, and that the ballet Venus was figuring upon countless diamonds, seal-skin Barques, etc., as soou as tbe Count came into possession o' the fortune. Affidavits, tnlngs always troub lasome to somebody, were procured by tha detective setting forth ail these things, and when presented to the heiress by ber mother, the Count was no longer ”ln it," to use a^slang expression, dine double dealing were placed before him. The marriage is off, and the family and friends of the heiress are bringing all the social and political influence they can command to bear upon Mr. B aiue in ord r to get him to ask the government which the Count represents here, to re call him. PATENTS GRANTED To inventors in the Southern S lates dur ing the past week. Reported for this paper by C. A. Snow & Co., Patent At toineys aid Agents for procuring Pat ents, Opp. U. S. Patent Office, Washing ton, D. C: A. A. Anderson, Somerville, Tenn., car coupling; G. K. Anderson, Memphis, Tenn„ type writer; J. O deiknap, Mobile, Ala., car signal; J. C. Cease, New Or leans, street car brake; J Clear, Abder- son vine, Tenn., churn; S. T Ejkew, Su gar Valley, Ga., harrow; H. T, Farns worth, Manchester, Va , reversing me chauism for steam engines; B B. Farri°, Rocay Ford, Gi, boiler flue header; H G Hall, Shelby, N. C , manufacturing bands for splnmg machines; W. J. Henuersoa Sycamore, Ga., leversiug gear for saw mi l carriages; J. H. House, W.itOD, N C., mechanism (ur operating c urns; J. A. Lee, Jr., Cnattanooga, Tenn., spring mo tor; R J. Lemmon, Jr., Mt Airy, Va., > suing jack; S. T M. McPherson, R-d Huff, Va., car coupling; G W. Morris, R chmond, Vs., boat rtflctlcg dev’ce; P. H. Ntfflon, Keyser, W. Va., wa ch-hand remover; G Pettar, Jr., Paducah, Ky, drum; M. A. Stewart, Crystal Springs, Miss., leveling instrumeni; M. H. TU- ghman, Norfolk, Va., baske>; F. A. Um bach, Athens, Ga., harrow; G. P. Webster, Lipscomb, Tenn., seed potato cutter; M. Wneless, N .shville, Tenu.,electric switch; P. F. White, Western Port, Md., exhaust mechanism; J. A. Wilson, ChurcuvUle, Va., stove snelf. NORWOOD, G». Editor Sunny South: Our new and beamirul M. E. church, with its tall gray spire, which can be seen at a dis tance, will bi dedicated the fi th Sunday in this month. A wide and spacious street has been recently opened, leading directly by ex Senator Msssenga e s handsome new r< sidenca and on which many private residences are rapidly nearlug comple tion under contractor Norton. Tile members of the Y. M C. A. ten dered a social tea to their lady friends on Monday evening, which was an eojoya o e affair. Tue hall was abuzu with the suit light shed from mauy chandeliers. The lame was tastefully decorated with autumn fliwers audtueviacds were de ilcious. Tue health of our to vnspeople is very good; no sickness wltn the exception of our pastor’s son, Chaney, who is very low with fever. Our farmers bo st of an abundance of sweet potatoes, but they are not keeping well. A chicken disease seems to be pre v. i ing throughout the country. Tuelr ceads swell, and are covered with sores, which soon lorm a dry scab. We offer recipe to your readers which proved very effective with several that we tried it on: Equai parts of sweet oil and spirits tar peulint-; anoii.t their heads, and it will cure them. We heard of a man once whose friends had tried every way imaginable to creak him from drinking, and failed. He wonld have his dram; finally, they took him, duri; g one of his sprees, ann, while he was stupid from the effects of wnisky, burled him, leaving his head out Stationing a friend near by, when ne became conscious of his surroundings be looked about ai d a9ked, “WUere am IT” • You are d-.ad ’ nls friend replied. “And wUo are yonT” •‘1 am dead, too,” his friend said. “Well,” said the man in the grave, “ac you are better acquainted around here than I am, I wlsu yon would get me drink!” Leona. WHITE SPRINGS, FLA- Mr. J. E Reynolds and Mits E. Avriett were married at the residence of the bride's father November 18, at 7.30 a. m., Rav. Dr. Hinton officiating. Tbe happy coup e were attended by Mr. W. E. McGill and Miss Estelle Avrictt, Mr. Wm D.caty and Mlsa Emma Har dee, Mr. I. W. Martin and Miss Mollle Cone, Mr. K P. Wright and M ss Ra ineile Nicholson, Mr. W. M. McIntosh and Mis- JuliaS.uita. Dr. L. W. Acderson and Miss Lizzie Thomas. The ceremony was under a hene-shoe of white roves. Tne ioveiy decorations and exquisite music were evidences of the skin of Miss Gisbon and Miss Poole, while the perfect accord of the large party waa due to the fivneas ot Messis Nat Ada ns and J. W. Bracken for (lie places of ushers. . f widely 8catteK , 5?ffenifi r v^SS‘?netSff this occasion bore witness to tbe high esi.ee-a in which tbis couple are held. Mr. Reynolds is the popular agent of the Southern Express Company at Too- masviile; hil bride is a lady wbo is sin gularly endowed with the qualities that form ‘ a perfect woman nooiy planned.” Owing to the early hoar of the marriage an inlormal rtception was held on tbe evening of the 17th, and an elegant sap per was served. Mr. and Mrs. Aviiett are left only one thing to regret—that they have not four or five more giris, and we that we would be fortunate enough to bs at each recep tion. The fntnra will fled Mr. and Mrs. Rey nolds at Thomasviiie, and the city is to be congratulated. May their brightest anticipations ba realized. May the sea of matrimony con tain no rougn waves, and so let|ihem glide beyond the “golden wedding” Into tbe port of che Blessed. amicus. ‘‘Almost Persuaded” This is the title or a new novel which the Minerva Publishing Company of New York announces, written by Will N. Har- ben, the young Southerner who wrote White Marie,” a book that was highly spoken of by the press last winter. The new work is entirely unlike White Marie. LANCASTER, S. C. Editor Sunny South: I availed nry self of the opportunity of visiting Colum. bia, for the purpose of attending onr State Fair, which cams off on the 10th Inst., and continued for five days. The attendance this year was larger than it had ever been, and on Thursday the number of people is said to have exceed ed fifteen thousand, the attraction that day being the parade and drill of the cadets of the South Carolina Military Academy, under the superintendency of Colonel Asbury Coward. The poultry exhibition was the best that I have ever seen, and the display of The author handles one of the great . _ . _. - . . questions of the day in a most original | “Oiwe wu indeed floe. The racing was and unique manner. It is a deep pay- quita interesting. GOOD-BYE. It came again tonight, that same sad feeling Tnat long ago I thought had passed away; Tha: one old wound thatstiilrvsi.-tsall healing; That pain not even time can quite allay. Tae mists cose in, but faintly through them stealing I catch au echo which will never die. For ail tne memories of the past unsealing Come those two tearful word of hers, “Good bye!” A touch of hands, few hasty words in parting— I see and hear it all again t night; A host of recollections now upstarting Bring the whole scene again before my sight’ Good-bye!” the low sweet voice that spoke it faltered; The eyes were dimmed that shone so bright and shy. The memory of those words has never altered— Those two sad w his pert d words of hers “Good-bye!” On the 31 of December onr popular and handsome young friend, Le7i Nelson, Superintendent of Fulton County Elec tric Line, will appropriate auto himself one of the brightest and loveliest of At lanta's daughters, Miss Kathleen Smith. The ceremony will ba perf >rmad at St. Luke’s Cathedral and we congratulate the happy coup e in advance aud wish them all the good luck that ever falls to mortals. Dudley Warner locates the Italy of America far away on the Pacific coast, in the lower part of California. There with a climate whose warmth is tempered by overflowing breezes, there is a land ex empt from most of the diseases to which other countries are subject, tt is also bleared with a fertile soil, which from gentle stirring yields in great abundance the most needful crops. This remote corner of our national domain wonld seem from his description to be a most desirable spot of earth. For a cantury or more, a great deal of interest has attached to African travel lers. What Mungo Park and Bruce had to tell sounded like chapters from sime exciting romance. Tha tales of Living ston and Du Chailln were as thrilling as any that novelists have woven about knights and warriors. But Stanley sur passes th ;m all iu his appeal to the hero- worshipping Instincts of tbe Engl’sh speaking races. No scion of royalty has ever received such admiring attention as he will receive on our continent. That the thousands of a city may spend the hours of night in unbroken slumber it is necessary that some ban, dreJs should exercise sleepless vigilance, These quiet sleepers think little of how much they owe to the patient watchman- The same remark may be made in regard to hundreds of other relations. Hs who is served enjoys the service of a skilful, diligent, punctual servant. Bnt he per haps rarely thinks of the sacrifice of ease and comfort it rc-q lires to be such a ser vant. One accustomed to living amid the world’s but It r scenes, la apt to think of the homes that are hidden far away as spots where it were a severe punishment to be forced to dwell. But the dwellers in those homes do not realize that they are banished from earth's highest joys. Since it is unavoidable, in the nature of things, that some must live in remote spots, a kind law of compensation has rendered it pleasant to them to do so. The madding crowd is as repugnant to some temperaments as is unbroken quiet to others. There is no great pleading for mercy, but the cry for j ustlce grows clamorous. Class is bringing against class the charge of in iquitous dealing. Aud those of one vocation are clamoring against the un kind deallage of another. Loud com plaints are being ottered against those -» - — w. - (1 innosed to wield tbe power which it gives oppres sively. Beyond question, tbe world is full of injustice. Never perhaps in all history was tnere a time when people so much needed to be impressed with the importance of this v.rtue. Between six and seven thousand books were published in England last}ear, and it is said that fully a half of them are already forgotten. From the vast amount of fiction a leading Review selected only nine novels it pronounces valuable c tntributions to permanent literature. All this sounds gloomy enough to the great army of scribblers. It msy be how ever that many of those who have fallen short of lasting fame, won the means of subsistence by what they wrote. One who considers the matter philosophically knows that while many may make money, few can And fame. What mUht have been! God only knows; we never Can draw the curtains from the dim unknown; And yet aud yet, bffore me rises ever— But fainter since the shadows deeper grown Have fallen on my heart and brought it sadness— A vision of her face the one strong tie That carries with it somewhat of the gladness I knew before those words of hers, “Good-bye!” Tbe music in my soul can never brighten,- Tbe miuor chords are all that sound today; And mournful strains, which nothing seems to lighten My life, my soul, my very being sway. The harmony is incomplete; her lingers Could touch the chords aud swell the music high; Now, in the notes a painful discord lingers, The sweetest strings were broken thus— ■ Good bye!” * * chological study worked out with ten derness and lnstgbt that charm the reader from tbe beginning of tbe book to the end. A famous American novelist, who was "naked to give bis opinion on the manuscript before aocrptancs, wrote: “It impresses me more strongly than anything 1 have read since reading The Story of an African Farm. In fact 1 can not keep it out of my thoughts. With out assuming to be an ‘eminent critic’ I know there has to be a great deal in a novel to brand itself on my mind as this does, for I have read so much fiction.” The Minerva Publishing Company will also publish eany in Novemb-r -The De cline and Fall of the British Empire,” a book calculated to be much talked about, tt will b9 published anonymously, but it is said to be from the pen of a man who for years has occupied the foremost place among the public men of England. For the Sonny South. IMPERFECTION. No gem but that a bleu? ish small doth mar; Mr. Walter Moore, of Yorkville, the President of the Carolina Buggy Com 8 any, took the first premium lor the nest and best made vehicles. Tne display of chrysanthemums was beautiful and the music flue. The lltu minatlons at night, on Main street, ex cited the ad alratlon of au. ' • te pleasure of meeting the Rsv. prosp' ctor oreilvn Under, and I took him A. W. Moore, of the Centenary, and bis i n to the Inneroffic’, where he quietly sat l a “ i l y ra’ra^ e ^ re * L r l ? a * *8** j down and began: here tnat tne Centenary is worthy of tne j *‘i am no hand to beat aronnd the bash, 1 think ail woo : but believe in coming straight to the do not taae this valuable paper would do tmini»» well to suDccrlbe for it lmmeolatelv Os.dCi AAsis a ur kv V.WW.J, A Golden Chance. We had got through to Silver City by stage without adventure, says a New York Sun man, and perhaps I had more reason than any other passenger to fell citato myself on the fact, as I was carry ing $8 000 in greenbacks for a friend who was going into business. Toe day a't sr arriving a strange man came to the office and asked if he c mid have a te w minutes’ private conversation Some scientists, or those wbo pass for such, have propounded tha theory that onr planet is growing smaller, by reason of the gradual shrinkage of its parts. This may be true, or it may not. But it is unquestionable that our globe grows smaller year by year to many of its In habitants. Steam and electricity have so much lessened time and space that they who were once widely removed are now near together, tt has not been so long since an occnrrenoe in Calcutta was fresh news in London three months later. Now, should a mutiny break out in India, it would be known all over Europe in less than an hoar. We wonld all like to recline in palace cars and be drawn along over smooth roads without even the exertion of will ing. We would like to have knowledge imparted to us without our making the effort to take it in, and we wonld enjoy having euteiiigence and culture without paying tne price exacted for these attain ments. Not many people are living who would not at times gladly escape the re sponsibilities of life. In selfishness we seek to Impose upon others the burden of onr existence so far as we are able. We believe strong ;y that others should be altruists for ns; we are slow to admit our duty to be altruists lor them. Send $1 00 to Mrs. A. W. Moore, Florence, S. C , and profit by the reading of tnls excellent paper. I was also glad to meet the Rgy. A H. Lester, one ot the finest scholars in the i 000 with you point. : •WellT” “WeU, you brought in yesterday.” Suppose I did?” “I knew you were coming, and for three days I was posted to intercept you. IS SS* "•IV House, whlon Is considered tbe finest iu Au enormously improved morality Is named by some one as a probable feature of the future. Morality will have to im prove at a wonderfully rapid pace in order to render possible the state of kTioVteTuxe a ! wMch Mr. Edward Bellamy has Piloted for the year two thousand. We are by no means sanguine about this accelerated improvement. The purest re ligion that the world has ever xnown, sanctioned by the highest authority and exemplified by an Illustrious exemplary, has in the nineteen centuries of its his' tory fallen much short of making all men good. What now factor oan ba brought in that will do more in one century than Christianity has done In nineteei,? Toat’s woat I’m coming to. My infer- tho Month huin.! —:—*“ nal burro stumbled with meats bad iiMtam liihta ind ?he comp eted, and p u oe and pitched me off, and for a whole i mar; electric lignts ana tne strte- gars add s»i hariiv moved a rod T m an The queenliest rose win prick you with its ( J to i? 1 ® **£»"*£ B * n «!'convenLpca and lame now that I can scarcely ^et thorns; The gentlest strain that greets the ear afar Some faint discord its sweet perfection scorns! The warmest heart one faithless spot conceals; The firmest friendships by a word are riven; The purest nature some SI<1 flaw reveals— There is no perfect thing tnis side of heaven. Olive Kobateau. aoout’ WellT” of tne city. Tne Penitentiary, the Lu natic Asylum, and the Agricultural hail all Stein to Oe in good condition. The 1 “Tn- kernel n'f.his thimrie insi hm Methodist Female College, , under the You ^ my meat fafr* squ2S: patronage! «°J!e Stow The “ e ' g “ thou ’ a 3 9 ^ University Is eucoaraglng. if you desire a couvt ment and a deeira hie boarding Diace, for a length of time stop with Mrs. Wlntmop Williams, ou Plain street, one squuro irom Mam my own pocket. O ting to circnmstan- cts beyond my control yoa pulled through. It was a stroke or luck. I lost my animal and both my revolvers, and am hurt besides. Are you honorable enough to give me a per cent, on that money to go into business again? ‘ A wife was complaining bitterly of her crnel husband. A friend advised her re “AhJ Uiat will not do, fer I have tried ' arfd^ome^ianxeta* with°*t and went^sff ^ «d B5MS£5» w * ter °“ ““ h “ d j SSftSSm tne esteemwf SoutatW I though •mMOrjimMod by intelligence end Individuals from every intellectual grade contribute to the liat of suicides The strongest minded and cleanest headed man has in himself the possibility of self-destruction, while the imbecile frequently hnrries upon this doom. It Is believed by many that e tendency in this direction runs in families; but we do not know that this belief is well baaed. Sta tistics wonld establish this theory and as dearly prove the opposite. But the son of one who has committed suicide must not suppose tt a decree of fate that he shall go in the same way. Though there