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rHESUNNYSOUTH^ATLANTA, GA-, SATiKlp^y ^^^DECEMREli 13,1890. I. H. SEALS SQ8IN8SS OFFICE, No. I, Wall Street IMTmi' gX Months, •TAddn* all letter* concerning the paper, •ad make all bllla payable to .an F-J H _ mu g 00.. Atlanta. Go. F. L Stanton's Poems. Frank L. Stanton, «f the Atlanta Con- etltntion, la raat forging to the first rank of Soutt era poets. His recent “World's Coronation” was a gem, and the ran of his work of this kind is exceptionally fine. Stanton is a native of that fertile Bohemia of newspaper talents, Cdarles ton, S C., which supplies so many gifted men to the press of Georgia and other SWUE-. ' k luai*ftoci?s lymph ia a prophylactic for lupus dorsi’t pruTO it to be a pro ventlve of death by capital punishment the first stage of which is “loop ns,” and the next is the drop of the stage itself. Droll Efforts of Little People. A class in one of the public schools in .Nashville, Tenn., was recently given the word “weep” around which to form a sentence. A little girl of eight or nine brought in tor composition, which was read: “When mother gives me onions to peel I weep!” It may well be supposed that this effort “brought down the house.” Li‘.tie tots very often make droll at, tempts to repeat what they have heard or learned. For instance, a Pittsburg paper reports a little girl's attempt to repeat a portion of what a minister said in a marriage ceremony as follows: “Ye have now enter, d the holy bends of pad lock and you twine are now one fish.” A Ha> tford paper reports that a little giri just old enough to enter the infant class in the Sunday school was ambitious to repeat a text of Scripture aa the o'dor ones did, and to humor her ambition and make it reasonably certain that she would succeed, her mother selected: “It i i lawful to do good on the Sabbath day,” and taught her until she rehearsed it several times correctly. When the su preme moment arrived, however, the lit tleoratcr electrified her audience and mortified her mother by saying: “It is awful to do good on the Sabbath day.” With wealthy youag women recipients the study of their male friends ceases at the height of the holiday season, for then the. “Know all men by theso presents.” Should Know His Owi People. There Is a bill before Congress for the restriction of emigration to those only who can read the Constitution of the United States and who come with some foreknowledge of our system of govern meat. The real purpose of the bill is po litical,and for the ehecklng of the tide of foreigner?, whose tendencies are natural ly Demoratic. There ought to bo a bill before Con gress, in the nature of a Constitutional amendment, requiring the President of the United States to know something of his own oountry and people. A narrow, Inexperienced politician whom personal observations among the ettlaens do not surpass his casual glimpses on the way to the Amer can capital from bis home and back, is pro eminently not the man to preside with Intelligence over a great people who embody vast dissimilarities of locality and interest, all of them equally loyal and nil alike contributing without stint to the growth and great ness oi the common country. If an Exeentivo himself be lacking in the patriotic wish to become acquainted with the American people through visitation and Intercourse, or disdains knowledge through the literature of the sections, then, ss we have said, the law should compel him to travel among his fellow countrymen and provide for his Intelligent study of their habits, manners, needs, etc. The annual message of the President of the United States Is supposed toincor porate the gratifying details relatirg to the general advantages of the Wi.ole country, and to be given out as informa tioa sustained by the highest authority On the progress thns shown, It is his custom to congratulate the people. The late message of Mr. Harrison, in that portion of his paper relating to the crops actually omits to mention the transcend ent American staple—cotton. Cotton and its corollaries in first bauds pro- dace In ready money nearly f5,000,000 000 annually, which Is greater than tue aggregate snm produced by all other agricultural products of this country com bined. Certainly, notwithstanding Mr Harrl son’s strong partisanship, it is difficult to believe that he Intentionally “snubbed” the “great staple of the world” merely because it is a growth of the South I How shoo'd such an omission hurt this won deriul section or help any other toward which the Preaidant's political partiali ties might happen toleau? Shall it be assumed, then, that the President is not aware of the exieteace of this marvellous fibre whose cultivation, shipment and manufacture, in the v*ri ous stages of eacb, employs millions upon millions of busy toilers the world over, and whose fabrication clothes both sexes of all the nations cf the earth? Yes; Congress should in some way c Dm pel Presidents to go abroad in their own land aud learn something about the country. Ios cream should never be eaten in summer. It is lit for use only when it is cold. The Preacher in Politics A minister of the Gtspel was a candi date for Congress in Maryland at the re cent ejection, a d le declared that he had ntered politics chiefly for the pur pose of < l ivating it “from the degrada tion li tj which it has fallen, through selfish and designing men, who seek per sonal preferment rather than their coun try's good.” There is a good deal of “bosh ’In that diclaration. If bo bad gone on the turf and declared that he did ca’.li: p. would any man have putliie 1 ait ‘ailh in his sincerity? That Is not tbe way an tone&t minister seeks to elevate a cause that U6eds to be lifted up; aid it is evident that tho church views ttc matter in this light, for the Coafei- enct of the Methodist Episcopal cburch, Scnth, in Tennessee suspended Rev. Dr. Kelley f or s : x months for abandoning his religious duties and entering the po litical arena as a candidate for Governor; and in Michigan the Methodist Confer ence adopted a resolution requiring Rev. Washington Gardner, a candidate for Secretary o?State, and R v. J. W. Reed, chairman of the prohibition party, to wiiheraw either from tho ministry or from politics. These movements show a trend In a hcailby direction. A man who is called to preach the gospel ard Is set apart to do that work cannot lightly lay it aside. If that c ill moans anything it means a life work, and tbe man thus call.d should co mure des.it his post than shoe d a soldier ia an enemy coucirv. The farmer Governor of South Carolina was inaugurated on last Wednesday. His name, appropriately, was Till-man. To Render Country Life Pleasant. In the days now forty years agone, there was a class here in onr Southland to whom country life was extremely p'easant. They were people of abundant wealth, whose elegant homes, fitted np more for comfort than show, were situa ted in the midst of broad plantations, Little disadvantage however was felt from their remoteness; for visiting could he done with small effort or trouble. At • word cf command a carriage waa at the door, and though the roads were net re markable for smoothness, a call upon friends five or ten milei away was not felt to be a serious matter. To men In deed it was a mere trifle to take a gallop of a d..zen miles to dinner or to drink a cup of tea. With this class there wss a great deal of leisure and no lack of pleas ant, solid interconrie. But this state of things hss passed. The greater number of country people now have small time to be Idle. Tie women have too much to do at home to indnlge In the old time luxury of spend ing a day with a neighbor. The men complain that they are too much fatigued when night comes to go and sit with a few friends until b< d time. Thus they allow these good old castoms to fall into disuse, upon the plea of having too mnoh work to do. It must be confessed that in a large portion of onr Southern land country life is not attractive, and that the desire to get to town is not unreason able. Bnt the farming classes should not quietly resign themselves to hsve this so Efforts should be made to render the country more attractive, and to bring back the state of things when the best society waa to be found in the rural dis tricts. Of course this would oome to pace at once, could the majority of farm ers so thrive in their calling mi to have abundant means. A plenty of money wonld bring ooelal enjoyment. It is not neceaoary however that there should bo large wealth in order for a people to have something of ease and pleasure, a community in which the larger number have a supply of tho necessaries of life with a little spare each ean have a good deal of amusement. By the exercise of industry, economy and good common sense, the lnoomlng generation of form ats oould soon plaoe tnemaelves in this s e The Man Who Cries Stop. It is almost always an ungracious task to have to warn people that they are go ing too fast. Taey wbo are driving or running too fast at a perilous speed are not often thankful for the word of cau tion Still, if we would be true friends, we must speak if, even at the risk of their displeasure. We muBt not allow them to plungo ahead when we know that some great danger is just before them. It may be that in the Assize c cession s ^ wfc e h ttfo word might be spoken appropriately and might he of profit to the one addressed did he heed its admonition. When one seeB a friend or even an acquaintance going to the bar-room again and again until his whole demeanor wears a look of intoxication, he should call out stop! with all his energy. When he sees a young man falling into society which will at surediy lead him into habits of ex travagance and distipation, he should be loud and earnest in his warning. The one addresse d will not perhaps in either of these instances receive tte caution very politely. But none the less should it be given. The admonished one may be grateful in an after time, and the speaker may have the satisfaction of feeling that he has helped to save a foul from ruin. Not individuals only, but parties and Elates often have need to be advised to halt. Nothing is more com mon than for political organizations to set forth platforms that insist upon more than is right or re asonable. He who urges the more conservative course is apt to be unpopular. It may require no small share of courage for him to say stop, to those who are surging forward. But he should do so at the risk of being abused. A late posterity may do him jastice. * * A cat without claws ia suggestive of Christmas without Santa Claus—or words to that effect. When the Morning Stan Sing To. gether. There is no season of the year whleh does not at some time exhibit peculiar beanty. Every month has a special charm,though this charm may not show Itself each year. So every hour of the day has a loveliness of its own, though this may not be seen in its perfection more than a few times in a year. Were a number of people called on to name the hour of the twenty four which they moet enjoy, few perhaps would name that of dawn; for comparatively few rise to tee it, and of those few the greater number are too 111 at having to stir so soon to be mindful of any beauty. But when one comes out fresh and cheerful from a couch where he has enjoyed hours of unbroken rest to scent the morning air, he will realize a keen enjoy menu If the sky be unclouded, the heavenly scenery Just before the dawn is thriUlngly grand. The stars ssem to sparkle with a clearness of lustre such as they rarely present in the evening. As they sparkle and glitter in the frosty air tbe beholder finds It not difficult to believe that they are rejoicing in a sense at their own beauty. Those sinking away In the west throw back their brilliant gloamings as If defying the coming dawn to dull their splendor. The approach of "morn in russet mantle clad,” cannot foil to awaken the liveliest intoreoU The gradual coming of the day, from tho moment when the first foint blush can be discerned, until the grand luminary rises np in msjsstio splendor, ean never become so common as to lose its power to arrest the atten tion. He must be dulled to every throb of poetic sentiment who can see the stars grow pals, tho moon become dim and the nightly shadows disappear, without any uplifting of the sonl in Joy. However highly he may have estimated the beauties of the frilly opened day, he Two Hudrod Toon Ago. How large the world seemed to our an eastore two centuries ago, we do not know; but if we had no batter mesne of communication than they bad, we should think it a vast sphere. At that day a journey from London to Borne wees matter or weeks, a voyage f rjm Liverpool to Boston occupied months, and news oould not pees from Calcutta to England mueh abort of a year The capitals of the two kingdoms whleh William and Mary ruled were more remote from each other than are now Melbourne and Quo bee, and aa for China and Pern, they must have been thought of mueh aa we think of the farthest planets of onr Solar system. Even the Hebrides seemed very lar sway. But onr English ancestors were Just at that time too mueh occupied with their home affairs to think very much about the remote par sof tbe earth. Tbe great revolution which had driven James IL from the throne and established the doe trine of constitutional liberty waa hardly completed. Everything wee still In s somewhat disturbed condition. It was by no means sure that tbe new sover eigns wonld be able to retain the crown which they had accepted, or that the ex lied king wonld not return to take ven geance on those who had wrought his downfall. All the men wbo occupied prominent places were exercising their wits for methods to be in power while their side was winning, and rot*to be ruined should it lose. Political bones‘y was at the lowest ebb. Patriotism was perhaps never so completely suberdi- nated to the question of personal ad vancement acd personal safety. Yet were those statesmen, selfish and time serving as most of them were, laying the fonndal ions or that constitution liberty which their descendants have so largely e j iyed. While this straggle was going on in the mother country, thoie who had left there to find homes in the wilds of America were making the beginnings of a future nation. Perhaps little dream of the grand reenlts of their enterprise stimu lated their efforts. They donbtleEs aimed at nothing beyond an i nprovement of their individual fortunes—at securing abodes where they wonld be free from the barraasments that had disturbed them in the old country. In their undertaking they had to undergo severe hardships and faie fearful dangers. To reduce the forest covered lands to a state of cul tivation was a task that demanded the most patient bravery. But this bad to be done in constant dread cf attacks from an artful and cruel foe. As these hardy pioneers advanced with slow but never doubtful stops farther and farther still Into the wilderness, no one thought that the nation that they were then planting would in two hundred years be the most powerful on the globe. Mr. Speaker Reed describes the House of Representatives as far removed from a grave and reverend body, bavlrg the faintest possible resemblance to a Board of Foreign Missions. He says that a stranger looking down from tbe gallery upon one of its sittings wonld be moved with an ami z iment not bern of compre lion slot or admiration. Fewof the mem bers, sitting at their desks, reading or talking, seem burdened by tho thought of having the destinieB of a great people at their disposal. Through all the ranks of animated na ture tbe struggle for existence is ever going on. Es ch creature/ has ltji foes by ®to?UU l L # c 2I!ilnuaUy raised above the fear cf talon or claw or fang. But he needs tc stand In perpetual dread of hieown kind. Man is to man the me st cruel of foes. letter: DFLE A Question of Taste. It has bien decided by those having direction of the matter, to represent Mr. Stephens in the monament that is to be erected to his memory as he appeared in the prime of his never very vigorous manhood. To this decision some obj ct. Many wish to see the great commoner handed down to posterity aa he appeared in his last days, when age and disease had combined to bring him to almoet utter physical helplessness. To a large camber of his warmest admirers the memory of the rolling chair is very dear, and they would like to soo it retained In whatever of painting or statuary that shall 8 :ek to keep his fame alive. We can sympathize somewhat with this feeling while insisting that it is not the better one. We are decidedly of the opinion that the better taste would be shown by exhibiting the form of the Illustrious statesman to future genera tions aait appeared before bis affliction. We all wonld like to be remembered at our beet. The portrait whioh we would present as a keepsake to loving friends, we would not have painted at a time when the c runtenanoe was distorted and all the frame waa writhing with pain. Ware there a number of portraits, we should prefer that they should have the one that represented ns in the moet favorable aspect. But in the case of many great mer>, the zenith of fame was attained at a period later than the highest point of their physical strength. Such was perhaps the case with Mr. Stephens. He was of course more widely known at the day of hla death than at any other time of his history. It may be doubted, however, whether he was any dearer to the people among whom he had been born and reared. For a quarter of a century or more they had regarded him with an affection that waa aearoely capable of In crease. But their admiration waa, we think, greatest about the time when the picture whleh it is proposed to copy was taken. It Is therefore altogether appro priate that in the monument erected to his memory at his old home, he should be presented as the friends of his youth and early manhood beat loved to think of him. If the State should ever honor itself by having a statue of him In At lanta, there it should be In the rolling chair. • Drunkenness, it is said, makes strange bad follows. This is tons of other kinds of intoxication besides that produoed by aloobolic drinks. They who an “off the handle” from soma political vagaries often strike hands whan their theories an very widely apart. Than would cer tainly seem no common standing ground for those who an insisting upon mon pay foe Isas work and those who an claiming mors work for Ion pay. Yet having the wish in common to agitato and to bring about a state of things dif ferent from that now existing, tho advo cates at than contradictory demands an harmonizing in a sort of affiliation. Bsfon his gnat discovery, Dr. Koch (pronounoed “ooach”) was quite an ob- will be disposed to assign to this hour of j personage who was known only by dawn a precedence over them all. his carriage. Sinoe hla gnat discovery | ha ia known by his lymp (h), ROGUE RIVER) OREGON. Editor Sunny Soutr- By birth tbe Ameriean citizen l^tfirAfberltor of some very valnable privileges which he should never exchange for a ness cf pottage; though sometimes just if ter a new Presi dent has taken possessitn of the country, he thinks he has done street deal for pot of message. * Among these varioutblrthrig tts, not by any means tbe least, B tbe right to locate a piece of Jan&ouild a cabin on it, get a title from the ienerous govern ment, and then sell it toiomespeculator for money enough to buy him a suit of clothes. , Never having ava'.ledmyseir of any of my national rights excepiog life and the liber; y to make a llvu-gTf 1 could, I at last became a victim tothe land mania. So a little previous to a ertaln time, in company with a frleui who is alreac; r tbe owner of a claim in tie wilderness, ' h-artta oat with tne fuiljntention to ap proprlate a slice fro-yitcle Sam's im mense possession. I conslaer myielf an sdept at takirg op land, for though I ntvtr owced mucb I nave taken np a great nany claims in the mountains. Tout is. 1 have taken np one side and down thfe-rtfctr. Intending to make By friend’s cabin tbe common rend- zvous lor our explora tion?, that was, of course, our first obj ;c tlve point, and we started to find it, and very foolishly without Hist taking out a search warrant. We were on one stream and the cabin on anotner, so it was neatissury to pass over a ceavily timbered ridge to the otn er creek. Neither of us sad ever been over the mountain, but.tne settlers said anybody coun. find ihe way and that we would get tuere in a couple of hours. We traveled all day, starchiag for that cabin .nligen ly till lave in the evening wl- "cu a llie same creek we bad started from in tne morning. Only we were about six mites higher up the stream I saw considerable land that day. After waning Gown the creek for two or three hours we enj yeej the hospitality or its most remote settlet. Tne next morning, baviDg first pro cured a tearch warrant from tho nearest magistrate, we boldiy entered ttie fore it again. Aoout five o’clock p m we found t io borders of my frlenu’., cairn. He knew it by the timber, because no other claim has as big lanbark trees as his, and by careiuliy using our legal document we discovered the cabin, but forty acres ol search warrants could not find anything to eat ins dauf it. My feet are worn out and n y legs so sure I can t wait; which is my apol gy for inflicting this letter upon you. We found a ranch, and it c .rners on Euchre Creek. Another is in about i mile from tne head of Lobster Creek Toe third is back of Humbug and—it is no use to tell about the fourth, for yon could never find it if you tried. We only tound one edge of it, sad that is near the centre of the els Im ar&rrau be seen for ten miles around. Thiswd jo would make a good landing port fortealloon naviga lion provided a balloon Ain ever bo con strucled to fly that hig’J We found the -hiace vacant, and left ir^Lthe same fix Nearly ail the trees have been marked with an ...T." rJ V- uvw uu* a um« a theory, that maybe some one has been JosrJand Is trying to find his way out by btaulig all the trees so that he would not tiwel over the same ground again, as frequently happens to one in that condition; knowing that if he marked all tbe trees iff the forest he would come out somewaere. The settlers are kind and clever to wandering land hunter, never demanding pay for wnat he eats, which is very lucky for instead of writing on paper, your cor respondent mlg at be wrUlcg on an empty stomach. One night, however, we had to sleep four in one bed, myself next to the wail. The carpenter hi d neglected to knock off the ends of tt e Dalis which passed throngi the wall, protruding an inch or so inside. I dreamed that I was a sardine in a box, and some one was trying to take me out with a fork. In the morning I told the boys that I dreamed 1 was a sarcine; and one of them said ho had never heard of a more realistic dream, and tbe rest all laugh, d. I don’t know whav was fanny about it. There is a new phase in the labor q-ies tion out here. The pople hunt, fish play and rest all tbe week and work on Sunday; a change which I ve always prayed for. Try to have this introduced in the next gland labor movenent. Am going prospecting next week and if anything new turns up jon’U be in formed. Ekoms. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. C., Dec. 5.1890, Few private entertainments ever given in Washington have exoeeded In ele gance, and none in originality, the ban quet given on Monday night by Secretary Tracy to the visiting Brazilian naval offl cars. It was a small bnt extremely select affair, the oval table being laid with Just thirty-one covers. The oenter of the table waa decorated with maiden hair ferns, so arranged as toVreeent an exact Imitation of a billowy sea, and floating In the midst of it were small models of the cruisers Maine and Baltimore, which are, 1 understand, to be presented to the Brazilian government. The shore line waa imitated by a wide band of brown- gray plush, strewn, aa though washed up by the waves, with roses, smilax and sea weed; and on the outer edges were im mense bouquets of roses. White tapers horning In silver candelabra nnder silver shades, made a soft dreamy light—j ns t the kind to delight the sonl of an $ i- thetle epicure. At the host’s back was draped the blue flag of the Secretary of the Navy, and over the door opposite him a tasteful draper# was formed by combining the flags of Brazil and the United States. Speeches were made at the table by Secretaries Tracy and Blaine and Ad miral Balthazar da SUviera, the guest of honor, and after the dinner was over a reception was held whleh was attended by meet of the prominent men and wo men at present in Washington. No man can make himself more agreea ble when so dlspoeod than speaker Need, and at the opentrg of Qpngrees, he seem ed to be in a particularly pleasant mood aa he circulated among his colleagues, being particularly eordlal in his grettlbg to tne Democratic members, and good naturedly replying to the guying they gave him. To have seen him thns fratore- nizinga stranger would have found it difficult to believe that he waa the much abused ‘ Czar Bead." Meeting Bepreesn tative Biggs, of California, a Democrat who waa re elected, Mr. Reed warmly •hook haads and asked: "How is it tost California wont Republican?” “Beoanse speaker Bead did not take the stomp then,” replied Mr. Blgga with a mis chievous twinkle in his eyes. “I waa there once,” said Mr. Read, medi tatively. . "Ok yea, I remember.” quickly replied Mr. Biggs: * 1 gbt two thousand majority that year. This raised a general laugh from tho group whleh had gathered, and the speaker joined heartily. Speaking of pollUeal fraternizing, I saw a striking example of it this week when OoL W. W. Dudley, who has been about as mnoh abased by Democrats as any Republican svtr waa, waa admitted to praotios la the United States Saprems Court, his sponasr being ex-Attorney rland of Mr. Cleveland’s cabl- stalwart a Democrat as ever ex- These little things furnish ex amples which should be taken to heart by those misguided men who allow po- lit leal contra versiea to mar tht ir personal friendships. PATENTS GRANTED Tolnventora in the Southern States dare lng the past week. Reported for this paper by C. A. Snow A Co., Patent At torneys and Agents for procuring Pat onto, Opp. U. S. Patent Office, Washing ton, D. C: Samui 1 M Boons, Somerset, Ky., real tor fishing rods; M A. Harmless, Scholl City, Mo., (.rain measure; James Mallon, New Orb acts, La., cultivator; Richard G ly, Griffi i, Ok, folding heaoshade or ha ; George E. Chase, Fernandlna, F.a., diiidtd sxie for railway ears; Ralph J. Patterson, Doctortown, G*., orate head; E H Pratt, Warsaw, Vn., apparatus for operating oyster tongs. BENNETTSVILLE, S C. Editor Sunny South: The Methodist ehurch In onr town was the ecene of one of tho most brilliant social gatherings that Bennettsville has witnessed for many months. The occasion was the wedding of Mr. Douglas Jennings and Miss Annie Crosland, both of Bennetts ville. The church was handsomely decorated, especially the cr*an, which occupies the place of tbe removed pulpit and chancel, with white chrysanthemums, moss and other flowers, most artistically ranged. There was a large number of ladies and gentlemen invited to witness the cere mony, and by the hour nam- d (8:30 o’clock) the church wasovereronded and tbe sidewalks without, lined. The bridal train, consisting of a num ber of equipages drawn by prancing horses ana containing bright and smiling faces, drew up promptly before the church door, where the procession was formed, and immediately the sweet chor isters selected for tne occasion (in whose melcdions voices we readily recognized onr pet vocalists—Mrs. Colonel Living ston, Mrs L J. Brucen, Miss McLamore, Miss Bruden, supported by the charming tenor, Mr. Sam Parham and the superb baas of Mr. F. M. Emanuel, with the popular organist, Mrs. W. P. Braden) received tne party with “Bridal chorus for tbe rose maiden, ’ which was most happily rendered The craning of the necks of the fair warolers in tremulous and earnest expectancy invested the mo meDt with a charm that was recherche and inspiring. The isbers entered tho church firai one walking up timer able, then ti e laoy and gentlemen attendants, in like fashion, by pain, until the last couple was reached, which was the bride and tu6 groom. Tho attendants ranged them- suives on either side of the aliar, atd the bride, a willowy girl of eighteen sum irers, ‘ A daughter of the gods, divinely tall Aud most divinely fair, ’ leaning in blushirg loveliness on the arm of the groom, a gentleman of impos iug physique, passed between thorn to the mot ol the altar, where stood Rev. J W. Daniel, tt e beloved pastor of the church, and Rev. W. Beaty Jennings, a biother or the groom, who joined theii nands and lives. The attendants were the following Miss B .lie Jennings and Mr. George Crosland, Miss Vista Dudley and Mr. T. G Matbeson, Miss E. Ervin and Mr. D. Moore, Miss Sadie Irby and Mr. Jack Crosland, Mies Lou Weatherly and Mr R. B. Crosland, Miss Mary Weatherly and Mr. J. T. Dai g-as. The ceremony was brief, and the wed ding march, which bad been played in a soft low strain all durir gllscoutiausnc now pealed forth lntu a triumphant burst ot melody as tho bridal party passed out. This ends the most brilliant event of the season All joy and nappiness go with the new ly wedded pair. May their life be as bright as their weddir g day, and may each oachelor prove himself as worthy as this one of some day winning as charm ing a bride. Rev J. W, Daniel tbe pas tor delivered the c osing prayer in his wonted characteristic am^elcquentstyle Mr. Daniel has been in charge of this in ....n.n..nr-v for fear years.ffnd is the only the chnrch, by and wlth\he good will and love of the entire membership, with- out a single dissentirg voice. Mr Daniel has mide his presence felt so impressive ly in all enterprises looking to the moral advancement of our people, that his con nection will be severed with/this charge bedewed with the tears of onr entire peo pie, Irrespective of denominational lines. The usefulness of such noole men as J. W. Daniel is not to be circumscribed by the narrow limits of code or creed. He will attract attention in any assembly. Tntre is in bis physiognomy the sharp, keen expression of inventive genius and prompt Intellect; this j lined to quick and brilliant eyes, a well formed moutn and an intelligent smile, lends, at all times, a grace and interest to features which in vlte confidence assure and esteem. Refined himself to soul, to curb the sense Aud almost makes a siu of abstinence, Yet has his aspect nothing of severe, But such a lace promises niui sincere Nothing reserved or sullen is to see But siveet regard and pleasing sanctity. Mr. Daniel’s inflexible devotion to his calliDg, supplemented by rare oratorical and Inolltciual ability, has increased the memoetsblp of the church from 153 to 26S and tue salary from |700 to $1 000, and In addition raises $2.600 tor other reiig ions purposes. This church under his administration, has been vitalized to an extent above any in my acquaintance, and the above facts are a neiltage of which any minister might justly feel prond. Mr. Daniel has, in addition to his pastoral work, entered tt e literary ranks with “The Girl in Checks,” a very readable book and one that inculcates many moral lessons. In fine, his lire is one of ceaseless activity embodying Mil ton’s grand invocation: “Whatin me Is dark illumine, what low raise and sup port.” Persevering on this line he will join the band “Of tho9e immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence— In pulses stirred to generosity; In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars And with their mi hi persistence urge man’s search To vaster issues. R C. McIntyre. the people united in a general thanks giving dinner. I was with my church at Bagdad, and truly we had a pleasant gathering. The chnrch service consisted of a beau tlfnl praise s< rvice, with sermon from 1st These 5:18, “In everything give thanks.” Then the grard anion dinner in the grove eloee by. All left re joleing and thankfnL More soon. E 8. Tyner. HICKORY, MISS. Editor Sunny South: As many of yoar readers might like e few lints from this booming town and have expressed a desire for me to write It up I will do so. Hickory Is twenty three miles west of Meridian, on the A. & V. rallwsy and has a population of about 500 inhabitants, three churches, viz: Baptist, Methodist and Christian; about nine storea, two drag storea, a weekly newspaper, a milfnery store, bather shop, shoe shop, livery stable, handsome two story hotel, large 48 by 80 town hall and opera house now in construction, a flourishing school that employes four teachers, a new and handsome passenger depot finished off In the latest design (not quite done), e building and loan association, a large public square, a saw, planing and grist mill, and as clever lot of people as one mid find anywhere. Onr merchants are aggressive and all co opt rate ;in everything that tends to build up the place. Tbe freight receipts are double what they were last year, there have been many residences erected lately. We live in the sonny South, and therefore I write this to your paper. It displays remarkable ability in every de partment. Our people are a reading people, and take lots of papers. Hickcry is just the place to move to if one wants to educate their children. Now, Mr. E ‘.itor, thanking you for giving me space in your valuable paper, 1 am yours respectfully, George W. Wheeler HOPE, ARKANSAS. On last evening, with a few other friend?, we attended a musical treat at the residence of onr estimable friend, Mrs. Kate Forney. The music was dis pensed by the Hope Orchestra, and to say toat weappreclated it wonld In nowise express onr delight. The thought recurred to me several times that if such soul stir ring mnsic could be made by human bauds, what must that be which is made by the heavenly choir, with God as their leader? About ten o’clock we repaired to the dinner-room, where we were served to the daintiest o’ refreshments, which were partaken of witn a relish by all present. To describe the dress-s of the youcg ladies ivou.d be iiuposslole, as all looktd so fresh aud lovely that no amount of adorning would have added to their charms. 1 clo -.e by saying that every one had adeiigutful time, and hops •Vlra. Foreey will give us many happy re turus of tile some. A GUEST. 1) .comber, 2. J,|TO*V$ This 19 the way Judge Bleckley replied to an invitation to be present at the ded ication of Savannah’s new oourthousc: May justice here, upheld by law, Protect the good, the wicked a ve; The judge be always pure and wise, Have sight lu both judicial eyes; The j ary fair, but firm and strong For truth and right against the wrong; May all nnwortby causes fail, And every righteous suit prevail. L E. Bleckley. The Christmas numbsr of Harper’s Magazine is a gem both in the exquisite beauty of its illustrations and the ex cellence of its reading. Amid Its varied list of contents we are pleased to notice one of Col. R M, Johnston’s charming stories, and one by Thomas Nelson Page. An old journalist sayB that when times are hard newt pipers flmrlsh. People read more In order to forgot the cares of the day, and they fill the advertising columns with advertisements designed to increase their trade. In flush times when men are making money rapidly they do not care so much about reading or advertising. The office of Parliamentary leader not one that admits of much ease When he is not in attendance on the sittings of that body, which continue for more than half the year, it is necessary for him to be traveling about and mak ing speeches In different parts of the kingdom. It is marvelous indeed that Mr. Gladstone should be able to per form Buch arduous tasks now at his ad vanced age of 6ighty-one. A WURK OF ART. Mrs. Bessie Miller Oton’s PurUit by Mrs. C P. Core. OT course a woman may speak in pub lic on the stage without lrjury to her modesty; but the chances are rather against it. Not a great many have figured pramineatly before tbe public without a falling elf in thos^ qualities which constitute their chief attraction. The benefit of a course of training which fits and encourages young girls to exhibit themselves to promiscuous crowds is to be seriously questioned. Ono of the most artistic portraits among the many exhibits in the art gal lery of the Piedmont Exposition was the beautiTul f uli length oil portrait of Mrs. Betsie Miller Olon as **J Jllet ,, in tne far-famed ‘ B ilcony Sjene’ »rom R »meo and Juliet. Tne artist, Mrs. C. P- Cone, of Pratt, Kansas, is certainly a superior one. The stroke of genius Is depicted In poee, coiorlrg and expression. As a noted critic said, ‘‘Tue portrait is flesh ana blood, ..nd one expects the noted lady to burst into a merry laugh, or speak in those tones of melody that have moved thousaLds to tears. 1 ’ Only the gr< a k . masters through their creation, ana the gentle artist who io7es her fair sistor arilst acd desired to give to the world tier wonderful croaiion of ‘*Juliet’ ; on canvas, have suc3tedtd beyond all criti cism and deserve a high pooiii »n ia tne “temple of fame.” No belter subject could be caosea than this idol of an ad miring public, to speak tho fame ol Mrs. Cone. Mrs. Oion oy her gentle, generous nature and uuiversai kiuduess to all, has ■yu-.^ rar enviable place in t»ie Mis. Oton left recently for a tour through North aud Souta Carolina, acd has the best wishes of a legion ef friends. AH, no YOU KNOW? For the Sunny South. Ah, do you know Who has my heart And n akes a part Of me? You know? OH, do you kuow That 1 Jove you'.’ What would you do If you did kuow? Alas, you know That I love you! You love me, too— Alas I know! Yes, swtet, we know V\ ho has our heart— Who has each part Of it. We kuow! CUAKLC8 Deums Goolh. Thera is no sentiment from tte indul gence of which we realize a large r amount of happiness than gratituds. When one feels sincere;y grateful for benefits con ferred it diffuses a serene joj through tte whole soul. It is well that there be a day set apart especially for the cultiva tion of this feeliug. One cannot excite himself into grateful emotions at tb e bidding of a ruler. But all of us need to be stimulated to the duty of returning thanks. BONIFAY, FLA. Editor Sunny South: Since my lost letter the situation of things in this part of our busy, rushing, roaring world Is decidedly more encouraging than ever before. The churches under our pastor ate have all put on new life; and we can truthfully say that It Is the church that represents all that Is most beantifol, powerful, useful and beloved of earth, The church that is faithfully fulfilling her mission in this world has done and is doing more today than any other lnflu ence or institution to diminish the suf fering and to Increase the happinees of the raoe. The church has made human life sacred *d humanity an object of rellclous care. Tula world of ours la everywhere richer and more noble for the ehurch; and there is nothing on earth th«t oould not be better spend than the church We have just had Bov. O.W. Frazer, Sunday-school missionary for Georaia! Alabama and Florida, with ns in Weat Florida, and wherever he haTgonohe has in rased new life and given errand Impetus to the Sunday scluJblwort We nays sneoMded in getting Prof. P. G. Woodruff of Woodbury, G., and his estimable wife to onr pi»e». Prof W. opened the Bonlfay HlglfSetoolonyool tertarday with veiy flattering prospects. We himsslf to aUiif us, and the citizens are uniting with him la building np a first olaia aonooL Wa have a moat exeelient >»«—Mwr hows with well furnished rooms for any who wish to patronize the echooL Good health, good water. goodraUgioasrt: vantages, and a first class gentleman and lady to overlook the pupils. Our church at this plaoe has had aulte a useful and attractive apprada«?or tate in the way of one of LhddenA Bates’ nioo Mason A Hamlin church on ana. Thanksgiving Day was nicely observed by two of my churches, which resulted in greet good. Prof. Woodruff oonduoted the church services for me at this "J- delivering a moet interesting andlm? presaive Thanksgiving swnon, and all The Detective from Baltimore. I was approaching Washington In the ! ton have provoked many a side shaking There has been much complaint about tha mistakes of the last census. But we have heard of no village, to wn or city that complains of its population being reported too large. Ail the murmuring is about being credited with two small a number of people. The apprehension of becoming tou densiy populated has not yet b come very stiorg. It dots not de- tor many from conceiving that they have more persons in their communities than - rt-nreelwwgft# •«!«;« great wRjSfKy of religionists do not real'zo an, pleasure from their religion, A great many of them spend their days in anxious doubt as to whether or not they are in the ex ercise of the faith that will insure salva tion. Others who suffer no great un easiness on this score are strangers to the joys of religious ectasy. That piety that renders one ever submisatve to the Divine will and serenely confident of Divine protection is rarely found. The death of Mr. Shillaber, who won a reputation as the author of Mrs. Parting ton’s sayings, calls up the reflestion that few men have contributed more to hu man erj syment. The man or woman who writ s anything that excites laugh ter deserves to be rankeu among the world’s benefactors. Tne odd conceits and blundering language of Mrs. Parting- night from Puiladelphia, aud should have been entirely alone in the smosiug car but for a man who got on at Balti more. He had a bundle aa baggage, and he sat down three seats ahead of me and smoked away without a word for twenty miles. Then he turned and asked: “Ever do any detective work?” “No.” “It's very romantic and exciting. Let me introduce myself as Detective Wads worth of the Baltimore police.” Ws shook hands. I gave him my name, and after some general talk he said: * I hops to catch acrook at the depot in Washington who knows ms well by sight. I have got;to disguise myself to nao'bim. ” He undid the package and took from It a wig, a necktie, and a coat and vest, and from a pocket he drew a pair of bine spectacles. He made the c hangs in three or foot minutes, and I had to compli ment him on the transformation. I should never have known him to be the same man. “It’s a part of our profession, yon know,” ho explained. “I want yon to render me afieervioe when we enter the depot. Oj to the back end of the train and worR forward. If yon meet a fat man wearing a check suit end a stove pipe hat, whistle so, and I will be there In three seconds ” I agreed to xollow his Instructions, and I kept my promise. I saw no fat man, however. Neither did I again see my Bal timore detective. 1 went to a hotel and went to bed; bnt a Washington detective, who compared my face Kith a photo graph, growled: “D—n it, you ain’t the man after alii” “Who are you looking for?” “A bad man from Baltimore who gave ns the slip at the depot.” “Describe him. When he had done so I replied: 'Why, that man rode with me In the smoker, and he was a detective. He dis ■ guised himself to catch some one here at the depot.” “The he did! And he got you out of the way like the idiot you are! Hang ft man, you had better go and soak your head) Here, man, I put you under are nt. Oome along to to the station.” Bat they didn’t keep me long, and a month later whan Iran across tue bad man from Baltimore in the City Hall at Philadelphia I just exchanged winks with him and passed on. roar. The wit displayed in them is not indeed of the highest type; but it is al wajs good natured and easily compre hended. Why He Could Do Nothing 1 . In amusing incident happened one day last summer at a form house in one of the Interior counties of this State, ■ays tbe New York Tribune. The form er had a houseful of summer boarders, end one morning he waa busily engaged in killing ehlekeue for dinner. Just aa he waa about to decapitate an old black hen the house was discovered to be on fire, and a eoene of eonfoelon immediate ly ensued. The former rushed almiseatr about in all directions, holding the boo under his arm and doing nothing toward assisting In patting out tha flames. At last his wife caught sight of him as ha i prancing about, and, rushing np to i, wanted to know why he did not help put out the fire. Looking at her With astonishment, he exclaimed: . “Why, Maria?, how ean I do anything? Alat I holding the old Meek hen?” * There is a power in the perfect beauty of innocent childhood to snbdne the strongest and rongheat natures. Tho aoldier who shrinks from no other act of cruelty wonld falter In the act of hurting a child that smiles with a look of confid ing trust. When tyrants can, like Herod, attempt the gratification of their selfish ambition by the slaughter of helpless babes, they have reached a depth of baseness that defies all powers of concep tion. To inch barbarity one may be driven by love of power, jealonsy and fear. One should study tho art of giving while he la cultivating the spirit, for giv ing In an ungraoefu! way may not be recognized as a good deed. When one bestows a favor in a gradglzg way, the recipient is sure to feel hurt and falls to appreciate It as a kindness. But there ere those so graceful in their charities that they half delude the receiver into the belief that he is beetower. When giving la done In this way. It is doubly blessed. It brings pleasure to the giver and no feeling of humiliation to him who receives the gift. In pronouncing eulogies upon the dead, It is often asserted that the deceased was a sincere lover of the truth. Yet perhaps the one of whom this Is spoken or written continued aU his life in the same line of belief in which his parents indoctrinated him, without discarding a dogma or ovannspooting a proposition. His love or truth never lad to the exam- l^tahVLL? 1 "* 1 * pro P°* Itton «Pon which his creed rested. It is something ^ Wbmt U * eT "boot the motives whleh may have impelled a murderer to the commission of his deed, it ■ftnme a a'rtSsPsees n&SJXSSSSSZ •JMendraflMag that to spue him Ijrthwwduranoe, would woompltoh ‘bat the draih^f f” wishes the ® friond; And tht aftmh <■ wav* ■hort from wishing a thing to tmdIotIm »o bring itabont. P ^* ln