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*>ay morning, December e, lseo. THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNIN SSSSiUPnB consumption cured. ). H. SEALS Editor SUSINSSS OFFICE, No. 0, W»ll Street, hi* Ye»r Six Months, tWi a drees all letters concerning the paper, •;nd make all hills payable to J, H. 8KAL3 A 00.. Atlanta. 9a. Money in Abundance It goes without saying that half the money crises that come to the business world have their oiigin in financial /right, the most timid of human fears and that this is stimulated by stupid reports. Idle rumor often brings more real dam age to finance that does actual clause It is doubtful iT there has been a true reason for ths twaddle about ‘’money panics’’which has lately been so indus triously engaged in. At any rate, there is good reason for It to cease, Tne Naw York Tribune quotes Mr Jay Gould, as follows. Tr e country la pre pared to accept his views fully on this subject, at least: “In regard to the money market and the general financial situation, Mr. G mid was confident that thomoBt s rlona trou hies bad been passed He said: “There will bo a plenty of money by January 15:h. It will be a drug ty that time. I do not think there has b.en any difficulty at any time in grttiDg money at six per cent, on first-rate collaterals. At any rate, officers of some of the lar gest financial institutions In the city have told me so. The trouble has been w lh needy borrowers with securities about which there was some sort of doubt. The most of those needy borrowers are now out of the market and their loans are in charge of the courts ” Wonwn As Religious Workers. We are not prepared to assert that wo men are by nature more religious than men. Th'-y are to ba found striking ex amples of earnest aud of patient self sac rifice in the history of the sexes. We do not know that we can assign to oitter the higher praise in this particular. In the work of propagating the Christian faith, men have perhaps performed the more active services, but the women have not fallen behind thsm in untiring zeal. The missionary would have many a time given np in despair bnt for ths encourag ing words of his wife. In the very be ginning, M ry was earliest at the tomb, and to her were proclaimed the first words of the risen Saviour. From that day unto this have women taken an act ive and useful part in every department of churoh work. Forbidden to speak from tfce pulpit, they have had to con fine their efi'orts at spreading the gospel to the more quiet method of personal ap peal. They have had to exert their powers of p rsuasion to small circles and in private places. In the retiracy of the domestic field they have sown the seeds of truth which have sprung np and brought forth sbund.*nt harvests in the lives and labors of good men. But women of this day do not propose to restrict themselves to so narrow a range. The increased facilities for edu cation which for the last half century they have been enjoying has given them to know that they are not so in^uor to men that they need leavo to them the performance of all the outdoor work nee e s’.ry to erangeiizs the world. They have learned that their voices can be em ployed as powerfully as those of men In the work of persuasion. Tuey hav a found out that by their songs and prayers tli y can reach sinners too hardened to be influenced by the ordinary services of the eanctuary. Having btcoma conscious of their powers, they are disposed to use them. Hence not alone in Gilds of for eign missionary enterprise, but here at home,are Cn istia i women taking a most activ. Dart in church work. Accepting it as a fact that m n’s methods have been iarg ly failures, they are trying to move upon new lines. They are withal throw ing ' ;:o it an enthusiasm and an energy that is ono o the b.sc angaries of sue css. We anticipate the very beet results from their efforts. The work of pi opa- gating the Christian religion is going to be pushed forward with accelerated speed more is not accomplished within the next decade than has b.en done in the nine past decades of the century, and women will hava very much t x do with St. * * The Gore of Goaanaptioa. It waa stated • short time ago that Dr. Charles W. Dalles, a prominent physi cian of Philadelphia, holds to the opin ion that there is hope for consumptives and that medical science will soon be able to control the disease. In a recent paper on the subject he pointed oat that while in England half a century ago there were 55 000 deaths annually among 15 000,000 people, there are at present in a population of 40 000,000 but 14 000 deaths doe to phthisis. Another authority states that consumption “kills 90 000 persons in the United Slat a alone every year, and worse still, it often renders men helpless for years before death, impoverishing their families and ic-flistlng suffering worse than death.” Upon the heels of Dr. Dulles’ asf ertion that “medical science will soon be able to control” consumption came the an ncuncement that Prof. Koch had read a communication before the late medica. corgress at Berlin, in which he claimed that he bad discovered a chemical which rendered guinea pigs impervious to tu bercu'osis. Rscent advices from Ger many state that Prof. Koch’s discovery is being applied in the treatment of con sumptive patients in various portions of that country with remarkable success, Prof. Koch himself is reported to have dismissed as completely cured soverel patients whom he had been treating. It is also stated that his lymph has been applied to patients in England, with favorable results. Of what Prof. Koch’s lymph consists and how it is prepared he has not di vulged, but “the discovery has been as expected and is not in itself improba ble,” says a New York contemporary, “It is in direct line with the hopes of pathologists. Our own Prudden, who has no superior anywhere in his depart ment, has publicly declared, not as an opinion but as the final verdict of science, that tuberculosis is a g-irm dis ease exclusively, communicable from person to person, and not in any way hereditary cr constitutional, in the ordi nary acceptation of those te rms. Acting upon this verdict of science,investigators have b en busily at work for several years in the search for means of doing precisely what Dr. Koch claims that he has found the means of doing—namely, destroying tuberculous tissue and elim iunting It from the system, or, to speak popularly, disinfecting the body of a patient infested with the microbes of tubfrealosis.” The discovery of a r rnedy for a malady that kills mors people every year nthe United States alone than the severest pestilence destroys would by of incalcu lable benefit to humanity, and the re ports from Berlin inspire the hope that an antidote for this dread disease had been discovered. Tue consensus of medical opinion at Berlin is that K>ch’s treatment is pretty certainly effective in incipient cases of consnmp tion, bnt Prof. Scbnltz er, of Vienna, who spent three days In B.rlin in the study of Kobe's treatment, is or the opinion that where consumption is advanced there is danger in applying the remedy. “On the whole, therefore, there is good hope that a great discovery has been made which will immeasurably benefit humanity; but until the discoverer shall fully take nls scientific brethren into his confidence and subject bis discovery to thorough experimental criticism at their hands it will be too early to rejoice with out some misgivings.” Legend el the Piscetawa; Or, the Old Maid of the Min- newawas. Sdblim-ily Beautifal. Goncril Bradley T. Johnson, of Mary land, has just concluded in the Haiti moraar, a most graphic and instructive serial treating of General Lee’s first ad. vance into Maryland, in 1862, rep'ete with details of tho movements of the contending armies and Interesting to the last degree Having brought the story to a brilliant close, General Johnson drops into the following exq lisita lines, full of pathos and beauty : Tire causes of the civl : war are sinking out or memory, the passions aroused by itonbe'iisld a have died out, but the record of the valor, the patriotism and tbe endurance developed by it, will be perpetuated for generations. History and patriotism “will do full justice to the courage, endurance and solditrJy ability of tbe American citizen, no ma’ter tvbat section of tbe country be baikd from cr in what ranks he fought.’’ We are now abie to recog -lz - Grant as one of the great soldiers of hl. 'ory, as we always did appreciate him as the most generous. We unit’ with the soldi' rs of the Grand Array of t ae Potomac in paying our trlb ute of jcspict to tbe memory of 51c Oloilau tb Cnivalric, aud Hancock the Superb Bpt our hearts turn to thess so dear to us, and with uplifted faces we, with ae rtne confidence, await the verdict of too coming generations. A year ago I stood with y-u in that scene created by tas z_-.il, the energy and tbe devotion ol i ur women and embel lished t>« their genius and their taste. It was 24 years altar the surrender at Appomattox, and yet the hearts of this whole people went out. iu sympathy -or these who bed suffered in that cause. As We snail be greatly surprised if j ] iooKcd i t that brilliant scene it faded before me Tne dusky flig of Sumter fl ipping on the wall, the battle fl g of L ■s, of J ohn ston and of Beauregard, the golden spurs of Stu-.rl-all became obscured by thick erring shadows. I heard the beat of distant drums and the blare of coming bugles, and she air was astir wlta the noiseless tread of ths comic ghost. I thought I siw the last march past in review of the Army of Northern Virginia. Hire on the right comc-s that swart figure, blacSbeardod, bestriding his wbits Arabian, with the grace ofBaladiu. It is Ashby leaciug the Koights of ths Val ley, sad and grave. He fell that June evening at dusk close by th6 Maryland colors. Next rides the leader or the cavalries, Jeb Stuart, with his flowing plume, his gold n spuis, his costume, as if hs had just stepped out of ihe canvass of Van dyke. He fell at Y r now Tavern defend ing the guns of the Baltimore Lght. Next 1 see the iithe and active form of the most graceful man in the army—Hill, A. P., with his Light Division, as ho rode forward that trying honr at Sbarpsburg, coatiess, with a rapier like a riding switch, the light oi b ittle on his race. He died the morning the lines at Peters burg broke. The ghostly column moves on, and BY MISS H B GARNETT T WAS In the old, old days before steamers brought their whistles up the river or bad roads and snake fences scarred the woods; the old, old time when no factory smoke clouded the sunrise and deer and falri< a had not been frightened away; tbe days when led ans, unhunted and u n- taeght, smoked tobacco and ate oysters in the pleasant Rappahannock. It was be fore the silver bill and gold coins were at a discount, but alas, the love of Wampum filled the land many and a strong young Brave, who bowed to the Grsat Father of winds and waters, in secret built a shrine for Wampum only. Among these misguided devotees was Gitcheughugh, whom N enetnoosha loved All her guileless young heart she had given him, and in return he wooed her with a thought or two such as ho could coax from Wampum, for that hungry god held all his heartstrings and gnawed on them at bis pleasure. So Nanemoosha grew thin and palo, and many tears fell over such absent minded love making, and many prayers the poor girl prayed to all the gods of her tribe, but there was no help. Instead of growing tender and giving over his restless ways, her lover scowled on her tearful eyes, grew sulky and more sulky, till finally one bright morning a bunch of feathers came to her Tar a keep sake. Gitcheughugh had started off to seek adventure and wampum In ths far lands of the sunset. Then Nenemocsha’s other lovers laughed; but just the same she would have none of them. She pad died her own canoe up and down the Piscataw* and arrowed her own vtmisox aud wore the keepsake feathers in her black hair. One day, when a hundred days were gone, she S3t on ths. bank where last sits had met her lover. C o ads hung over the river and the waters of the creek mur inured restlessly. The great osko qiiver ed under the coming storm. “Surmy the wind is iho greatest of the gods! ' cried Ncaemossha as she lifted her face to his cold breath and feit her heavy hair lash her shoulders and the bracelets tremble on her arms. ‘ Surely what ho will, he c in!” Shekuolttnd reacted out her arms Tee sudden rain coming beat on them and dashed the tear i from her face. Still sbn knelt and the storm grew. P otently a little bird blown from its shelter in a near oak struck, blinded aud trembling, against her breast. Could so weak and timid a thing give courage? Yes, it did. She clasped it close and kissed its wet wings and whispered a message. Then when the storm abated she raise 1 it high toward heaven and set it free. Straight for the sunset it flrw, and Nenemoosha smiled and shook the rain from her feather crown. After days and days the little storm- bird cime to Gitcheughugh. He was sitting under a big tree munching chest nuts for dinner, and there was a frown on his dark brow and no tune of happy luck in his heart. Perching on a branch, birdie cried sweetly: “Nonemool Noncmoo!’ Poor little fellow, he could not pro nounce the ‘ aha,” but well he knew that three syllables of his lady’s name is enough to rouse any lover whose heart is not of whitleather. Gitcheughugh s heart must have been flint stone. He scowled, and snatching up his bow sent an arrow tnrough the little messenger’s throat, and then coolly roasted him with the chestnuts for dinner. Than the Great Wlud cursed Gitcaeughugh and blew against him all his days. Still he never repented. When the r collections of his sweetheart’s reproachful f-ce came he only gave an ugly grunt, shrugged his gaunt Ehouldeis and traveled further So the wind whistled in Nenef.noosha’^ ear the folly of loving a lover so lalse and so far away; hut she turned aside aud listening always tor her truant brave’s voice, paddled her lonely cv.too up and down the P.scatawa, and at last was buried on its bank, . he one old maid of the Minnewaw a i.rioe- And tae legend t -lis that whenever a false lover enauces near that stream where she sleeps, however calm the duy, on a sudden, the great wind conies rnshing and howling in his ears, and on Wilcfees-night whoever ventures" there may hear, above the moaning of the wind and the rattle of froz-n rushes, the stroke of a paddle and Njnemoosha’s low sweet voice calling, GitctieugUughl Gitcheughugh! Gitcheughugh! An old physician, retired from pi had placed In hia hands bp an Ei V missionary tlxo formula of BBBmgitabls remedy for the speedy mjinent euro of Consumption, Dallas the Redoubtable! i J In a sbej *ii Nervous Complaints. Hav- M Her In Situb, Oak OUT Ik SJ.’StagSTSSSSJTliMrS TEXAS. Editor Sonny Sooth: Y jar thou sacd^of weekly readers wfcolook at Texas on the map may perhaps idly think of what a big Slate it is^- but they don” know half its magnitude nor what great Stale it really is unloss they were, ss your correspondent is, an atom drift ing about over the State, about 900 miles away from old Georgia Speaking of drifting, these Texas winds will drift anything t at is driftobtih It ij interesting to note the points of difl’ rence between this end the older States. Especially so to ope who is de cidedly cosmopolitan and willing to love any land or people whoMKtve any lovable features. And this is a lovable land. T.iere is a peculiar deep blue belong ing to Texas skies, and added briliianc-y to the stars. ' Texas skies have anot her peculiarity too, and that is they don’t always rain when they threaten to do so, S on( times for days they lower and look giu-.n, ana have a stranger who is unaccustomed to their ways to almost wyir bis umbrella aod gum coat out. camming them in an cicipation of a momentary deluge. Then probably another time when those same skies aie as smiling and good to look at as fcls “fce.test girl,” he starts out in the morniDg unib-cliales3, and in the afternoon tramps home to dinner through the rain anti mud But then he can st jp by at “old John’*'’ the “hot to male” man, and get warmed up with half a d: zen of the deloctsb e Mexican dain ties. Th -,t “tamalo’Xpronounc3d“tomarlie”) sounds mildly musical or musically mild, but it isn't; not a bit oU-l Beef cooked and groin.u fine and hotcened witn red pepper (enough to bring the tears to one's eyes) Is enveljptd in a layer of thick mush and tbe whole of it placed iu a corn shuck which has been boiled. Then comes “chile con carne” (“chiii- coc-cirne” pronounced) and that, too, belies ils name. It is anything in the world but chilly; being hotter, if any thing, ihan ta asles It is composed of Mexican beans, besf cut fine and pepper. The latter ingredient snouid have beeD written first as it is most important. Chili without pepper wSUld be something like a soulless body. T xans area noticeably polite people to strangers, especially to ladies. In tne old Stales it is but too often the case that crowds on tbe side-walks fail to move out of the way to allow a lady to pass. That rarely if ever happens here. And they move so quickly, so cheerfully, that one feels as if there was more real polisn among even the roughest looking, most weather beat n cowboys, than amid the broad cloth models of the old cities. Even the cows are polite out here. One doesn’t have to look about desperate y for a rock to “chunk” them off the walks in the smaller towi s They de.iberately step down into the road without any invitation when they see any one com • Taere is another “new wrinkle” I have discovered, and it is right between the eyes of most people who are out in ths sun much. Tne glare L3.30 greit from be low aqei above that on.Tr its unconscious 'y inEo the (r --- Akfcl 1 Texas is rejoicing■vior her artesian wells, and well sii. ■) ,iy. Each well seems to have a diff.lfct arineral taste Being old fashioned. I Utter plain, taste less water, having, dovBp^ed an amiable weakness for it ojK-Iy ijjife One misses the grafi old trees of the older States. Somettmljs l think 1 should grow hysterical at sight of a pine tree, or a grove of the dear things, theit feathery, dark needles outlined against these brilliant sunset skies But after all there is a certain charm about the miles of open country, where not a tree is to be seen as far as the eye c »n reach. There Is a sense of freedom, a p’enty- of fresh-air to breathe kind of lealiog that seems especially lasciaaiiag to the men who come here from the Eastern Slates, Georgia and Alabama can score one Betrayed Confidences. Faith Is a mo t important factor In the point against Texas in the matter of world’s transitions. Did m n not repose | courteous railroad aod street car of . , , , . , - !t ms. Here the ladies keep themselves, a gr . at deal of confidence in each o.ner . and whateV er baggage hey may have in moat of tae business operations which j baud, off' and on trains, dummies and Pobt'numous Fame. Most persons who think of the matter at all would like to be sure that they wifi be remembered after death. There is something very pleasing to one’s love of Belf in the idea of posthumous fame. On the other band, there is something leer, pressibly sad in the words “dead and for gotten.” No one likes to believe that such will be his or her fate. Though most of us are convinced that we will achieve no fine that will extend far or last long, we love to think that some few parsons will keep the memory of us alive in their hearts. We cannot divest our. selves of the idea that we shall know something of what the living are think log of ua and will in some way realize a pleasure therefrom. Tuis is a fact of the immortality for which we plno. _ We may be sure that the kind and ' ccmi J iS a corps with quick step ana , ,,, . „ . . light tread as if going to a tlance. At, its good will bo fond.y remembered by some t, ead rIdtB Elz y, the gonerous aad open after they have gone from earth. But • hearted. Alter him c lines Ridgely Wo may not feel certain that the most; Brown, tender and true. Then William virtuous people will have the largest | mlrf0r 0f £entle caurle ^' share of pcs humous fame. They who There Is’ the foot cavalry, have reed .red themselves sptcialiy noted Look at that swing that carried them by the gr^af ness of their wickedness cc *n lrd t iu tho valley, round J e : McClellan’s flank on the peninsula, to What i pipe’s rear at Becobd ManassasI At first, most of the houses seem strangely bald without, blinds, but one doesn’t wonder, when rt-rnemb -ring that this is no lumber country, and muc i economy is u-ed in building. Another basis upon which the ! thiug that one soon grows accustomed to -Otriss rests Were there • ia thinness of the walls. No plaster , ® Tests. vterej,htjd at all, save in exceptional cases. 1 fait . i-.iu ii u i-- ~ lifee giving an affectionate pat of treat ing to a genuine wali, uupapered, that 1 happened upon unexpectedly. If people have secrets in this part of the country they should never git into the bad habit of talking iu their sleop, as every word can be heard if any one is iu the room adjoining. Pats P. Freeman. or spoken word of the man in auother city or state, ths merchandise which is at one place a id is want-d at the other is made to exchange places. Business honesty is the traffic of all couutri no such thing as faith there could be no such thing as trade. All this is true, notwithstanding the constantly repeated assertion that men are greatly given to cheating, swindling and deceiving each other in various ways. Beyond denial, men are greatly given to lying But while the aggregate of un truths is very large that of truth is larger still. For every failure to come up to a promise there are a score of instances ia which the obligations are met fnlly and promptly. Now and then we hear of merchants going down in business be cause these whom they had trusted did not pay. But though little talked about, the cases are much more common where commercial houses do a vast credit busi ness and realize handsome profits. Yet there are many who deplore the credit system, and some very sensible people pronounce it an evil. It is som >• times made so. Some give their coufi- dence unwisely and thereby incar great losses, and some are lured by the credit Miraculous. A Texas City which, Li^ Texas I self, Will Brook no Limits. 4 Editor Sunny Sctth: While Oak Cliff is supplying the people of Dallas with new homes quietly and unostentatiously, Mr. A N. Mann is also supplying ail who need a New Home (machine) Not on'y Dallas, but the whole State of Texas, big and grand as it is, is supplied from the capacious stoieroom in rear of the New Home Company's large and a 1 .tractive office on Main slrtet. There i > something magical about the name oi the machine that seems to win it a foremost place in tbe ranks of first class machines. Mr Mann’s sales for O -tobsr at whole sale amounted to over 500, and at retail sixty. He has a number of men working in the city of Dallas, and many sub agents all over the S ate. Many people wonder how it is possible for so many machines to exis:, and keep on selling, whun it seems that the de mand would have been exhausted long ago That this is a fallacy, any one may prove who sees the amount of shipping going on from the Now Home office In Dallas, aud the steady, plodding work It requires to keep track of tbe large nun her of sales reported to tots office; this b -iug headquarters for all suboffices in Texas. These subagencies remind one of a great system of railroads. At every point desirable for other bust ae3s interests, the New Ho eg puts in its claim wit t a modest “me, too,” and who is it who could refuse a New Home? Tue people of T-. xas do not, evidently, by the number of machines sold ia tneir 8Date. It is hard to say too mnch in favor of a good nnchina. Its mission is one that only a woman can appreciate. To her It is hardly an inanimate pieca of rnachiu try, out represent so many hours of labor -iavsd, so much moniy arued; in fact, one of her dearest friends, always ready to help her earn an honest dollar. At some one time or another we chance to disagre > with even our best friends, and so It is even with the best machines. 1’hey, too, get cranky a’ times, the ladies say; but it seems to be the universal opinion that the New Home is, as it were, more even-tsmpeied than the rest. At least, one would judge so by the fact tuat the offices have few complaints made to them, tbe ladles nearly always being abie to ric.ncile any differences existing between them and the New Homo. t Dallas Is made up of sut-cessful enter prises, ,nd none more so than this. L >ng may the good work go on—and that is practically 1 mitless—lor here in t s grand State of unlimited resource:, aud wuere so many hun treds are yearly night; oveiStar nawori seeking new homes, the other New Home is sure to be in demand; and Mr Mann seems, with his unfai.lng c >artesy, pa clence and energy, j «t “the mann” of alt others to keep it at the head of the list of first class machines. About seven yearn ago a young mm left Georgia for Texas—on a visit, not even bringing a trunk with him, so short was to be the visit. Four years afterwards he went back for the trunk and to tell his friend j how ne had fallen in love with Dallas and ex ptcDsd to make it his home. That young man was Mr. M. W. Vaughn, who has by energy, persever cnce and a never .ay die pi c , estab fished a growing and thriving business in musical instruments. Mr. Vaughn’s first experience was a quser one. His first sale of an organ was to an old minister who was bitterly op posed to organs in churches, but who was so thoroughly converted in favor of the instiument by Air. V.'a dexterous manipulation of tue keys and nls slug ing, that he insisted upon buying that very organ and no other. It was only a sample organ, and in the rale Mr. V. actually lost money; but the pleasure of conquering the old gentle man's prejudice was wori,n something, if not in hard cash. Mr. Vaughn has the latest departure in pianos, something not yet br.mgntSoath by any ono ,aise, and that is ths ‘ R gal” pifcuo mads'ly S nlfch’w A nencaulPiano f r.f R v-tnr _ p»>- yJ J fyiU Mfid railway ancTworff-an the m --- tsi. M will commence In * few days, whlcir light the city and famish power A beautifal ho#, large and commodl ons, and costing f100,000, has been in operation since last J ane. It Is so con structed as to be easily heated in winter and well ventilated in summer. Tne hotel is, in the way of appoint ments and furnishings, unsurpassed by any in tbe Sauthwest, and the manage ment is certainly excellent. Tne hotel is four stories high. „ . . A distinguished feature of Oak Cliff is the unanimity of purpose characterizing its people. Though cosmopolitan in cuaracter—containing scholarly gradu ates of every university of note in the S ates—the well beiugof their city stems to be the leadiag thought of all. Aud among those disposed t>» be liberal, there are none to equal in lib ral’-ty the orig Inal founders of Oak Cliff—C jtonel T, L Marsalis aud Mr. J T. Elliott. Oak Cliff has the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, on one side and Texas and Fa eifij Railroad on the other, also Cedar Creak as south bouncary furnishing sites for all kinds of mai. ufactur.bg. its park has about 150 acres of cataral beaui y, vai led here ana there by culti- vat d shrubs aadfijvvets. Its hills and dales, Us c amps of rugged old Irees and its well kept drives, maze it what the s >ft Indian tongue called an “Alabama— here we rest.” N Jt the least charm of Cak Cliff, is its suuset vi.w from the park. And wuat can be more peaceful than an hour of a summer evening spent in drifting about in a comfortable boat on the placid surface of the lake, watching tue sunlight on the water, fanned by che coolest of breez.-s—bruez s all innocent of mot q ill toe?! If anything could add to one's felicity under sue: circumstances it would be ehe thoaght of the dwellers in the swel tering glare and heat of the great cities making valiant fight against armies of mosquitoes; and with the Pharisee, one is forced to devout thankfulness that • we are not as tney.” O ik C ff is to Dallas what Brooklyn is to New York, it is not intended for a great basiuesa center, bnt a place where parents have all the advantages to be derived from good senoois for their children, and a pleasant desirable place of residence. In pciut of population and schools, it will soeii bo a city second only to Dallas In the State of Texas. Its natural attractions are hard to compote on paper. There is a charm in me Deautilul, level country surrounding it. Nature lias sent out her invitation to the world at large it seems, to come and build a city there. There are no ob stacles to overcome, no stubborn forest to hew down —just a vast level plane with beautiful dwellings clustering closer here acd there, becoming more and more friendly as the weeks go by, for it is Co. of Boston Tue “R gal” Is clothed in a garb of richest silk flush, iu wnatever cj or one deiir.s. Fancy what a thiug of beauty it !p, sp. entire piano c ivered in el.-ft old oli plush, that takes up every ;(oint of ight, and is the fitting dresi for .ho soul of mu’ic within! Mr. V.rugbn has the general agency for the Smith Americ m piano over the State of Texas, and he has established sub agencies In all desirable points. it is difficult to compu’e the numi-er of homes in ths lone star State in which this eiegant piano has been placed. Its beauty and bc-1 -like clearness of tone, and the general finish of tnis piano make It a univereat 'avorice. Ac the Fair Mr Vaughn’s exhibit at tracted much attention. Bssid s the beauty and novelty of ths R >gil” tnoro were many others in his stand deserving ofspecial notice. The Sohmer andBshr Br s pianos in particular were mue l ad uirrd for their high finish and sweet tons. Mr. V.inghn handles several other ■iuos and a number of re'i&blo makes of Hardly possibly to keep up with the gro wth of the place. Work is commenced and pushed so rapidly that wuere one has once noted an unfriendly space between dwellings, • little later cau scarcely recognize tue sain ; neighboraoc.de, for lol like magic, uave the distances been bridged with handsome hou es. Oak Cliff is not only a piac j of resort in summer; winter and summer alike it has its attractions even to the visitor. It is lovelier now than in springtime, even a very Arcadia seen ia the light of this perfect October sunshine. No day shows less tuan 1.500 tic ets to Oak Cliff’ sold, and on Su ada d s there is a groat increase. Naturally the people of Dillas, bust ness peooie, with brain, heart and hands strung all the week, cravd a place where it is possible to find a breathing spell one day out of the seven. It is res ful even to make the trip on the dummy ail the way around, pleasant to take in deep breaths of the frtsn pure sir, to see a limitless expanse of sky ( not tautabz’ g glimpses over the tops of massive buildings ) Your correspondent has ssan, nowhere in Texas, G orgia or Alabama, so far. a place of so many possibilities as beauti ful Oak Cliff, and possibilities that are to become prosperoui certainties iu the near future. The newly elected mayor of Oak Cliff, M.j H F. E ving, belongs Y to the old schoo of courtesy and-g ace, . It is l-efrts -ing to be ao reminded tha' there are yet extant living illustrations of the good old explanation of that much abused word—gentleman— 1 gentle as a woman, and manly as a man.” Majcr E ving s charming family under stand ti'orougaly the art of hospitality, which is after ali not very high art, but heart. Foremost in ever/ plan for the advance • meat and bright future of O ik Cliff ap pear the able ideas and substaniiai aid of Messrs T L Marsalis and J T. Elliott. With their aid and taat of good schools, good society, pare wafer and ali tne ad vantages of a city, O k Cliff' In a few years may i 0J k forward to a population f 50.000. M. P. H. Mr. Speaker Reed is eminently correct in using the expression plain people rather than common people. People of plain good sense are by no means com - moo, and many very common people are anything but plain. Apart from this distinction there is something offensive in the use of the word com moa when sp oiled to people, which does not attain to the word plaln^ Culture, not knowledge, is claimed by same latter day prophets as the true end of education. But how, pray, can one be trained by books without studying them, and how can he study them without learning what they contain? There must be something poured Into the mind be fore its powers can be brought out. It is idle to talk of a man or woman’B being highly cultivated who has not a large stock of information. That it is more blessed to give than to receive is one of the maxim t of th8 New- Testament which people assent to readily in theory but are tardy, about accepting in practice. That they who give cheer fully derive a pleasure from so doing, is proven by the testimony o’ all who have ever tried the experiment.. But their words have never yet induced the larger number of people to test the pleasure giving power of the practice. Whether he favored or opposed General Gordon in his late canvass, no true Geor gian can fall to feel proud of the illustri ous hero who has j »st been elected to the National Senate. Most signally has he adorned the history of our State in field, in council ard In the Magistracy. H s name will stand pre eminent among the citizens of our State who have won a world-wide reputation. There were good men who honestly opposed his late elec tion; but these cannot deny his many claims to glory. It has been announced several-times that a cotton picking machine had been invented. Now, more confidently per haps than ever before, it is said that a contrivance has been produced which will do the work of flff-y men. We doubt the truth of the statement; and if wedid not donbt we would hesitate about re joicing over it. We cannot help having a pity for the forty-nine who wool i lose their chances of earning a little money did this creation of sinewless arms and iron claws come into general use. SAVANNAH COTTON EXCHANGE, Savannah, Ga., Nov 28,1890 At a general meeting of the Savannah Cotton Exchange, held this day, the fol organs, but- no organ does he find that Mowing preamble and resolutions were will take the place of the ‘ Carpenter ” unanimously adopted: In many a home are its sweet Btreins Whereis, A bili has passed the House hoard, and did the demand is for more. 0 r Representatives of tne State of Geor- Ti>a three years of Mr. Vaughn’s Dual gia, known as the “Twitty Bill,” which ness ye ture in the music line havele n substantially declares illegal, emtraers singularly successful ones. A id his sue. J made between parties for ths pay neat of cess has Seen d ro to his enterprise in : attorneys’ fees, i p >n notes and other carrying a varied and elegant Block, a contracts, to ba recovered against the large and complete stock of sheet music— debtor, in case of suit, in addition to el so his never failing courtesy and kindly treatment otall those with whom he h«3 been brought iu contact. H - is a Georgia coy, and we cannot wish him too mnch success. oak cliff. Step on the dummy with me at Dallas, NATCHITOCHES, LA. Editor Sunny South: The Thlr- t on club, an organization composed principally of society young gentlemen ' . , r ‘ , . less, breathless nights at Oak Cliff even of Natchitoches, was given It: ex.stance in the heated term. For hn dfeds oi miles last January and has made rapid pro gress. No institution of thi i kind has ever existed here, aud as well as a novelty it contributes largely to the social and literary desire of both young and old. While of no religious construction its code of by-Jaws and regulations Is of such a nature that naught but innocent amusements can be indulged in within its walls. Unlike many establishments of its kind, which tolerate and escou.age gambling, in this all kinds of betting is prohibited, and the ni.bfality of this c ub i childish beliefinmigic.whenoneremem- Which thev find themselves r-niovine- into : acts as an iilumlnator to beckon it on- b„ rs t uat its first house was completed wn cn they hna themselves enjoying into ward , or ever ln tlle p V (h of prosperity, twenty-seven months ago. It has now a reckless extravagance. But tnese are * I-, gave its initial grand ball Thursday, as population of about seven thousand abuses which do not prove the thing I a modeof celebia'ingTaanksgiving. Tue \ largely composed of the best psop'e from abused bad. When the merchant credits hal , la '•'ere decorated regardless of.cost, ! thedifferent towns of Texas and all parts principal aud interest of the debt; And Whereas, Tne passage of such a bid tends to disarrange credits among the people at large, and to retard the prosperity of the S:ate of Georgia, and it is proper that the commercial bodies In , this State should express themselves and ten minutes of exhilarating rush upon this measure, so that the General t hrr.no u nna -nil. nf innoin Aes jmb y may have all possible informa tion, in passing intelligently upon this question; Tuerefore it is Resolved, by the Savan nah C.’tton Exchange in meeting as sembl-;d for this purpose: First. Tuat the merchants of Savan nah, represente 1 in this Exchange, here by protest against the passage of said bill, as an unwise pieca of legislation, which would benefi; neither the lender nor the borrower, but would stop the flow of money into the State of Georgia from without, ana from the money centers of the S ate to the Interior, and from the country merchants and local banks to the planters, Tue passage of snch a bill would not be a blow at lawyers, who would get their tees out of the amount collected, in any event, but would directly injure the bor- ro-ving class, because they could not make their credirors secure in the col lection of principal and interest, fehich would result in higher rates of interest, through one mile of lovely, open country will bring ua to O.ik Cliff. Why Oak Cild? B .cause its cliffs are tipped with ever green oaks, and no ether name would fit it. Oik Cliff is about one hundred feet above and to the southward and west ward of the city of Dallas—overlooking the city. There Is nosuch thing as sleep less, breathless niirhta ll.B illifTnv.r to the south and southwest stretches a level prairie over which sweeps bree z.-s from ihe Gulf, free from infection, from any insalunrions c3ndition. Tne Oak Cliff elevated railway forms a belt of nine miles, encircling Oak Cliff, but is at no place more than three miles from the business portion of D Bias. Cars run every 15 minutes day and night, fare five cents. L mking at the beautiful little town, one is inclined to lean toward the old cupy the largest space in history, names occur so often to the minds of the great mass of eiviiiz d men as thoae of Alexander, Cic=ar and Napoleon? No At their front comes the silent figure with the weather-stained cap palled down over his eyes, with the worn and faced c ,at, with the sun burnt beard, raier whose impulses were benevolent with tho close pressed lips, with tee and whose aims were for the benefit of the race achieved a more lasting notorie ty thanLmis XL, and no Zealot, all aglow with a generous love of humanity, has secured a more permanent place in histo ry than Philip II. Many of the most famous people have won a fame that was neither good nor desirable. Not a few, too, have won imperishable fame from passing through scenes of peril or suffering which we must consider fearful prices to psy for a renown which they never enjoyed. Those who have acted parts in painful tragedies have not doubtless found lessening of their agonies from the reflection that their stories would go down to the latest generations. The beautiful and high-sonled Mary Stuart did not find her prison Jess tolera ble because persuaded that in the c.ntu riee to come men and women would weep nt the recital of her wrongs. Many, very many, found no joy in making the histo ries which wlli continue to be talked sttrn and fixed lace. He bears the look ho woro at Cold Harbor, when, with bis right hand raised to heaven, he prayed to tbe God ol Baltics for that aid which he believed would surely come to the pure in heart. He passed over the river at ChaucallorsviUe. Closing the column rides the Com mander of tae Army of Northern Vir ginia. That grand figure, solemn, grave, bear ing great responsibilities, has no peer save tnat of Ptter Palme In fortitude, in courage, in geuius, in fl Jelity, in pa triotism, be fills as high a place as any hero of whom record has been made. He and his army, his achievements and his motives,have passed in review before the Judge of nations and of hearts, of success and of aefeat The Army of Northern Virglni i has passed into history. “Its splendor remains, and splendor like this is something more than toe mere outward adornment which graces the life of a nation. It is strength, strength other than that of mere riches and other than that of gross numbers—strength carried cautiously and pru.lently, he often in creases his profits; and by making a good use of credit many men have arisvn from poverty to aiiiusace. Thera i3 however a great deal of dis honesty in the world, and ihe too coam ing are apt to find their confidence be am! no one thing was Jaoiing to win the j of the United Stares. success of t ie entertainment ___ I Tney are an energetic and prcgrisslvo I people. O tC iff uas ja3t ba.n iucoroor- ! An ambition to enjoy the dignify of motherhood is not a leading motive with the young women of our day who are enjoying the advantages for higher cul ture. They d j not covet the refl ;x glory of shaping the characters of son3 who shall become Illustrious. They rather cultivate the desire to be something great themselves. It may be that tho higher cultivation of womin will lead to a practical adoption of the creed of Dr. Malthus, and solve the problem of the loo speedy over-peopling of our planet. Tney who employ all the powers of inventive brains in perfecting labor, saving contrivances are doubtless st.im ulated in their efforts by the hops cf making Ufa easier for their fellowmen. We can hardly pronounce tuat, it has had t (istff jct. We have niny conveniences that our ancestors knew not of; and ln many callings one can now do wnat once employed the labor of half a score. But it is just as hard to live now as it was of old. It- may take less muscle, but it requires more b:aln, and the wear and tear is even greater. The adage that men value little what costs them nothing fiuda a verification in the present attitude of our people in re gard to education. Since the day when the S:ate began to assume any share in the Echocliug of Its boys ami girls the willingness of tho parents to make a y saciincesfor that end has steadily de creased. It would 3aem from statistics that the amount of illiteracy becomes steadily greater as more and more money is appropriated to common schools. Par ents did better when they ane w that they had to pay for tuition. Among the ladies present were Misses The Lamp-Lighter, The Wide, Wide World, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin are men tioned as three novels written by Amer ica® women which have survived for a third of a century and still enjoy an undiminished popularity. Toe first two owe this long continuance of life solely to their literary merit; the latter—while it might have bien kept alive by its worth—doubtless owes mnch to its sub ject. We believe no novel written by any man of this country has had so many readers as these. Those of Cooper, Haw thorne and Simms come next to them iu popularity. Some one who has bean figuring up on the subject, says that before the year 2100 our world will be as full as it can hold. Almost simultaneous with this announcement comes the news that a great German physician has found a way to baffls the greatest destroyer of human life. With consumption conquered, the time for the earth's filling up would be hastened, and it may bo that ln the year in order to piovide for tho contingency! I 2000, instead of snch a state of happiness lng C ex e D e O ns d e 0 s r ofci°Llimr ent ’ ° f | as Mr.Edward Beliamey depicts,there will Sec >nd. Resolved further, That we a strQ Sg 0 for existence exceeding in protest against the passagj of this bill ' fierceness anything that has ever been for the additional reason that Georgia I known, is fast bee uning a manu’acturing and i ’ B rtua Hill, Adelame liill, Ainolle Lich-, aied, and one of the first moves or the ! railroad building S ate, and the passage i T „ rtnmi. i.,n , tenBtein, Maud Pierson, E'la G itrica, l city government will be the building or ! of tbts bill would tend to check such de- 6 °‘ Canada, which is Jaffa Cosposi, Maggie Cage, Caffie Jones, ■ several large aud commodious irlck and 1 velopraent. so material to tho prosper!; y J nominally aportimfsf Q: Willie Pogen, May Pierson, May Bro | Slone pablicschool buildings.and provide ' of ths people at large and the enhance zeale, — Rhodes, Millie Hughes, Trine j a large fre: school fund. ’ I ment of tha values of land a 1 over tha . F’-asher, Maud Bates, Lulls Draugent, Oaa Cliff' is firsd with a noble ambition. State, for it gosa without saying, that trayed. While the false are connaratlvelv ' Dfuhilenx, — King, Emmie McMlnda She proposes to be tho Yate of herosva ' the rapid completion of the lines now iess uumerous^than the taue tta 1 ^ ri0 & F ^ ny W v ’, Mr A B \ w - an1 ^? 11 - State and the Tame of her schools shall j project d will not only increase land less numerous tuan tue true, tae number i, pgi Mrs. Tom D. B yd, Mrs. Ling, Mrs. go out into other states. values and the fortunes of tae agricul of the treacherous is absolutely pretty Guuorx large. One who lends his ducats upon r > A i? 0, . l{ ’ gentleman present were ,, . ,, , , ,7 , I B. E Lichtenstein. Dr. Joseph b aie the most well-drawn bond, cannot feel phens, U P Brozealn- P- A. Sowpoyvac, positively -sure of getting them again, j Valerie Drabiiux, It ' S Caepatr S. H. While it is exceedingly annoying to the Scruggs, Ambrose Hntzr7, Ban Draa- creditor to be deceived, it is perhaps j ffw.' HiW Simotf’A^ltmon?!: well for the world that such betrayals ; atrauss, Albert Smith, Dr McClung, D. The free schools will be supported by tnral class, but by the rapid enhance- these oai fund of Texas, an; an addt- meat of the values cf property will de- tion thereto by local tax. Four ward ! crease taxation. Tne railroads being schools and one high school building are ! constructed, and to be constructed, are sometimes occur. Too many men get very rich with all their drawbacks. Did the lender always get back his own with usury, the money might soon get to be all ln the hands of a few. Rascals per haps do some good without at all design ing it. • * It has been often said that Ell Whitney gave a longer life to African slavery by his invention of the cotton gin. We do not know. ’Tis hard to say what wou'd have been had something not been which was. Tae opinion above quoted was that of those who supposed that slavery was simply a matter of dollars. This was not the case. Tne institution had its bust C. Scarborough and many other*. Speaker Reed’s Methods. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, in a resent article on the United States Sen ate, says: “Experience has shown that however calm and dignified and wise in dividual men may be, they become easily subject to passion and excitement when assembled in large bodies. Janies Madi son said that ‘had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assem bly would have still cein a mob.’” Mr. Hoar was too polite to say so, bnt his characters vtion applies with stinging force to tne House of Representatives under the rule of autocra t Reed If there never was in this country an assembly in contemplation. A complete university course can be taken at the high school, and pupils may graduate with as high honors as at any university in the la: d and this is not ali. In course ot time, in the not far off future, perhaps, a school of law ana medicine will be located in Oak Cliff. No Intoxicating liquors are tolerated within tbe borders or the beantlfnl little city; no evils of any sort are allowed to canker her heart. In the local option vote, 20 only voted liquor. Oak Cliff has from 1 500 to 2 000 resi dences, costing from $1500 to $50 000 compelled to issue bonds, which are largely taken by capitalists North and E tat, and if no provision can be put in the trnst mortgage, protecting the col lection of these bonds ln case of default, with all expenses of court and attorneys’ fees, then tbe bonds cannot be sold. Third, Resolved farther, That copies of these resolutions be immediately trans mitted by the Secretary of this Exchange to the Governor of Georgia, the Presi dent of t e Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senator from the First Dis trict, the Representatives of Chatham county, and to ail of the commercial have ] bodies ’of this State, requesting these been let and the population will show a wonderful increase in the next twelve months. Along the line of the railway and easily accessible to the people are distributed stores where one can nad all artioles required for family use. Another great desideratum of an ideal dwelling place is’ water—pare, tasteless water, and that Oak Cliff possesses in an that coaid jastly be stigmatized as a mob ' limited supply. She has a successful it cannot be said that a thing does system of water works, famishing clear ries wu.cu by proud descent from oae generation to ness side; It hal also its sentimental. We , -- about and written about until the end of I anotner—strength awaiting the trials do not know which influenced people the not now exist. So much for Reed and i spring water. time. • * I that are to come.” | more, I his methods. I She has thirty miles of paved streets latter to take action upon these matters immediately, and transmit tue same to their local Senators and Representatives, and that the Savannah Morning News and the Savannah Daily Times bs requested to publish these resolutions, aud tne press of the State generally is respectfully requested to give the same publication, tne importance of this mat ter not being confined to any section, as most be manifest to all thinking people. J. P. Mbbrihrw, Secretary and Superintendent. ieea Victoria’s Empire, hangs on by so slendor a thread that it may be called essentially an inde pendent power. "When it snail assume a place formally among the nations, it will not be a weakling. In population and every other element of strength It will ba fully equal to what Great Britain was when George I. ascended her throne. Stretching from ocean to ocean and pos sessing a fertile soil, abundant facilities for transportation by water, and an enter prising people, there is nothing to pre vent her from' becoming one of the great powers. In the issue of the dally papers last week came the announcement of the death of two of the moet distinguished of Georgia's adopted sons. One, the learned and eloquent Beckwith, had been for nearly a quarter of a century the highest dignitary of his denomination, bnt had not rea -bed hn age that forbade the hope of many years of usefulness. Dr. Lipscomb, on the contrary, had at tained to a period when there was faint prospect of farther service or enjoyment, and when his best friends could hardly desire his longer stay. Tney were m«n whose names will always be mentioned with respect and will be pointed to by our people with venerating pride.