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THE SUNNY SOUTH, AT ' to sapplemact It from a county tax Tho crmntry will new bo oblo to oompoto I «ish the towns nnttl the people have ! more retools and better ones. Btmj year the country lease some of the beet o'tf z nr. Just as soon as e fanner la able to more to town be marts. There Is i | wetsare upon him firm wife end dsugh- I fm, they want social privileges end j a oho©'a >nd oharohee. Twelve families j here moves from the neighborhood where I lived, dll ofxhem ere Using here In t swn and their places ere supplied by S ’ or folk send negroes. What Is the remc- y for ttiiBill Asp. 1 P 8 Mrs. Arp read this letter and ta mer >ed that 1 did not seem to be calm and serene, and she thought I need* some User mediates. B A. iHEQUHTtfX PHILOSOPHY 1 uopyrtfMed by Ms ewMor.J iBv cpeeial arransement with the author and .as “Coniiltatloiv* Bill Arp’s letters will be published as haistofore In the Sunny South. «nd will appear the same week In each ‘paper.] I wag ruminating over those college boys; 369 Yale College boy* on a lark in New York painting the town red—boot log, howling end yelUng in tie hotel and saloons and streets Uke a lot of escaped lunatics—running oyer the police and the people and making everybody clear the track. It must bare been an awfnl time, according to the newspapers, and I had a letter from e friend who Urea there and he saya that nothing Uke it was ever seen in Pandemonium. As a Dutchman said to me: “It raa a wlot, a wo v, a wampus” And it was all because they had beaten the Princeton boys at a game of football. Good gracious what a glori ous victory, what a grand success, what a magnificent and heroic deed Boat the other fellows kicking a ball, and it took 369 drnass to complete the victory. Last yeir there was a sbameful riot at Her yard and a h nel burned up. What is tho matter with tho Northern boys and too Northern colleges? Wa don’t have any suen ciroueetnent down South. I know there are cone such in Georgia. Oar colloee coys don't n*ve any time to rail off 500 miles to kick a ball. Our Oxford boys don’t dare go 40 utiles to Atlanta except witu a special permit to have their photographs taken as a class some Saturday morning, and they go back on the evening train. 1 would like to peruse Dr. Boggs' countenance It tue Athens boys were to ask fora week's recess to go bomewhere to kick a ball. What k<nd of edneation are these Yarn noys getting? Maybe they have lust joined tuegymaas tic department and no other. 1 wonld 11 ke to ask them a few questions in mathe matics. 1 would Uke to know if 40 boys can kick an eight inch ball200 yds. in 40 minutes oo a basis of 10 drinas to the boy, how many drinks wi l it take to eoaole 50 ooys to kick a 10 inch ball 409 yards in 30 minutes. If ban kicking m to be their business they ought to know how to do that sum. Heaven help us when these boy s are to take our plact s The whole North seems to b j tainted witn this same liberty of education—mis go as you please, do as you please, study when you please sort of business. If the old man is likely to die and leave a hundred thousand to the college tit boys must be under no rules aud no restraint. These colleges have already got tnbir millions of endowment from legs iesandb quests, but they want more. Maybe some of tue boys are dolug well ana making good use ot their time, out 1 wouldn’t rise a boy of mine up tnere. I wouldn’t risk a b >y W.fffM^WV^^^r^e'nt'rroma wreck,and that oniy will be npon her be fore the end of the century. Tue morality and conservatism of tne S mtbern people is rignt now the safe guard of the nation. Tne oad men, tne profligate and tne law less will soon ontnnmoer the good, hon est, law abiding people o’ the North. 1 heard a good looking, finely dressed young gentleman say to Mr. Hugnes on the cars “1 don’t- like your town of At lanta. A man has to walk two hundred yards to getadriak. It is awtnl tire some and inconvenient. IliveonTnlrd Avenne in New York and therd are over three hundred ssloons on that avenue. When a gentleman wishes a drink there Is a first class axiom witnin fifty feet of him anywhere on the line.” “Where have yon beeu, Jonefc? ’ slid I to a fellow citizen. “I have been,” sail he, “down to the Technological institute to have some work done for my mill, and 1 tell you what is a fact, I got it done better and quicker and cheaper than 1 could have aone anywhere else. Mine was a very peculiar and particular job, and required skillful bands. Tuose boys did u and they did it so well 1 had to praise them and thank thorn. And besides, their skill they are bo gentlemanly and courteous In their depoitmeut; so ready to answer questions and take heed to suggestions that it has been a pleasure to me to visit the institution. I wish that 1 had a boy to send tnere.” And then 1 thought about the girls’ in dustrial school that we are bunding at Aililedgevllto, and how quickly it will be filled when it is finished, and how, be fore many yearn, these working girls will be mating with those working boys, and what an Independent team it will make In fighting the battle of life. What a contrast to the ball kickers and high flyers and dndes and butterflies that in fest onr cities and do nothing but pay calls and receive calls and read novels in bed and get np to break fast at 10 o’clock and change their apparel three or four tlmee a day. I have but little patlenoe with tbeee college girls who skim through and read a com position that somebody else wrote and carry borne a painting that the teacher painted and then begin to circulate and visit their classmates, and when they are not on the go their classmetee are on the come, aid here they go and there they go and it all coats money, and the old folk* get no good and no help and no comfort from either the coming or going, and when it is too late they realize that ■ending the daughter away off to a fash lonable college waa a mistake. It has not made them tad or fastor strong minded, bat they are no account, that s all. I say it deliberately that if a girl is sent away from home to college and stays there three or four years, nine oat of ten will be no aooount when they oome home. They may be good scholars and ever so smart in chemistry and geometry and astronomy, bnt her business in life la not to use the blowpipe or to measure the earth or the stars. When the oollego is at home and the girl lives at home and helps tar mother and docs some house work every day, aooUege isagood thing, bnt work most be mixed with study. Or coarse she will come borne accomplished and will know now to stand np and sit down and walk around gracefully and how to smile and sing and recline and languish and all that, but she is not going to cut and fit and make a dress for little Bally nor help Bob with his sums at night. Worse than all, some sentimental society editor ofn newspaper will men tion her as the charming and lovely Miss Euphronia, and that will finish the Job. ahowUlvisit Atlanta or Macon or Au gusta and too society editors will .note her distinguished arrival and uae adjeet- like. sylphUk«H brUlKnt! exquisite, beau- get up a new set of words just Ip vary the or their gusn. They say, though, that It helps the paper, that two adjectives generally gets n subscriber, ■mi three makes It sure. When a poor man looks ■tf^ght at the results they need not envy the rich for able to send their children to col Ism; If bo can give bis own n good fair at homo bo is surar of their —eefnincas and their saoeees In life, and be ought to bo content. Therefore we ^ontgoodeebools at home within our „oen. Good schools U every town and euugo and hamlet. And if the State can't provide all the money the oonnttas oaght REVERT. i for tho Sunst South. Icosbj ejes—the years, receding slowly, Draw iu their train the Lethean mists away, ^ nd memory sweet, in pensive mood and holy, Unveils toe roseate dawn of Ilfe’a young May. o.i, b! itsful early days! not change nor distance Can from the mind their imprest e’er efface— < iooo ai.gefs, near this Eden or existence. Meath oounding feet, fair, thornless roses pli.ee. ‘ By tower-embroidered paths once more I’m 81 raying Through each loved nook where truant fancy leu— My childhood’s numerous pets shout me play- lot. I LBppinij the hand that erst caressedor fed. Dumb creatures all—yet oh, so mutely saying I Through soullul eyes the thougits denied by speech, Their . raleful love, and winsome ways repay- .ng A thousand fold the care bestowed on each. A dusky nurse my footsteps e’er attended, Aud with what sedulous arts my Hours be guiled! With quickened pulse and eyes full wide dis tended Oft have 1 listened to her stories wild; Quite marvelous these—and to toe nurseling charming As were, in after years, romance and song; Some were of evil spirits—their rites perform ing— Such as O’Shanter ne'er went twice "among! My favorite haunt was mother’s garden, teem ing With fragrant blooms that lured the plunder ing bee, His sombre coat with powdered gold a-gleam- ing As nectar draughts contentedly drew he; Grand butterflies, on fragile wings careering. Here lived their little day of brief delight— The law of compensation thus appearing: Joys shortest lived the more intensely bright Shy humming-birds, coquetting with the flow ers. Their opalescent tints scarce lent to view Ere vanishing—Uk* dreams of youthful hours. As beaut ful and ah! as fleet! og, too! A trcliised vine a cool retreat afforded For weariea feet and contemplative thought, White twittering birds sweet mvlody accorded Unto the clustered fruit they loudly sought. As eve approached, through hazy twilight roam ing— That interlude when day is merged with nlgbt— 1 found diversion in the mellow gloaming That marked the whirling bat aud beetle’s flight. When night's pale queen her lambent sceptre wielded 4 And moved through s tarry hosts in mood se rene, Onto all things was fascination yielded White beauty fairergrew beneath her sheen. A sheet of water, willow-fringed and sparkling, Hemmed in by sloping hills thick spread in green, Mcthouglit was fathomless—through shadows darkling Half fancied there would rise the fair Undinel No nymph, disporting ’mid the wavelets shin- lug. Her charms revealed to eyes that doubtful grew— Instead, aquatic fowl, Intent on dining Piscatorial y, leapt in view! My loved ancestral home, by hills surrounded— Embosomed here, witn sunbeams quivering through. Within thy balls, where heart to heart re sponded. The flower of happiness luxuriant grew! Brothers and sisters. joined in sports diverting, From Kindly Ups the merry jest let fall- while I, the youngest born, and self-asserting— A tiuv household despot—ruled them all! Within my 'sther s arms I loved to nestle. Soothing with dimpled bauds his snowy hair; My childhood had no care with which to wres tle, Exceot to strive with castles in the air! My future h-ld (so ran his story sweetly). No sbip-wrecke l dreams on treacherous bil lows rent— O'er silvery seas should glide my barque com pletely Happy in the winds which Ileaven sent. When pained or vexed, who soothed my peev ish wailing— >AA*^.wta.^»tawuLitafltraymo/ 1 ffj tfutf mru tilCU! O, mother mine! thou gavest thy devotion. Compared with whi :h all other loves de cline; Though but a weak return tie first em ition This heart e’er knew was lavished at thy shrine! My thoughts rectiled, I nrise upon the present, Ill-starred and sad, contrasted with tho past; With upturned glauce, I meet the faces pleas ant Of those with whom my early lot was cast! ’Tis but a remnant joy that greets me ever: But one remains whose presence is most dear— Parents brothers, ’yand the swift, dark river. In su-mier homes some others mate bright cheer. My cherished home! the soul of mirth, de parted, Revisits not it* once familiar haunt, Nor song, nor shout of children, merry-hearted, Thine echoes wake, as erstwhile was their wont. Dear (though drear) as when thy well-tilled meadows, A. cornucopia teemed with copious store — Thy lands partitioned lie in shrouds or shad ows— And memory weeps for days that are no more! Elmer Dermot. Vaughan, Miss. How 3Iosos Picked Up a Bear Trap. I bad Just eaten dinner with a Missis sippi planter, and ere sat on the veranda smoking when a colored man came up, pulled off bis hat, and said: “Majah, Ize dun hoard somebody shout in' ober by de lower oo’n crib." “Sound like game?’' “He do, sab. Reckon it dun hurts his feeltn’s.” “Very well, William; I’U go down there pretty soon.” I didn’t ask what it was, and the Major didn’t explain for some time. By and by, after we had thrown our cigars away, he said: “The niggers have been stealing my oo’n, and last night I aet a boar trap. William thinks we’ve got soma game, and wo might walk down that way." The crib was half a mile from the house. As we got near it wo heard a shout, and a little later caught sight of a colored m.w sitting cm the ground at the door. His right leg was fast in the bear Map. “Good evening,” saluted the Major as we came up. “Good evenin’, Major Bush.” “Floe weather for cotton.” “Mighty fine, Majah. Has yo’ dun got freu ploughin’ out?” “Not quite. How’a crops on tho other side of tne bayou.” . , ,, “Only tolable, Majah—oniy tolable. Bln moss’ too wet wlo us ober dsxl” “Any talk about election?” “Jasso tootle bit, Majah, but not nuff to hurt anybody.” . . . “You came over to see me about work, I inppoief” “Yaa, ash, I did. Some of do hands waa a-aajjta’ you oould put on a man or t '“8oIcan. What’s that on your leg, Moaea?” “Oh my leg? On whleh leg, Majah?” “On tne right.” “Oh, yea, I’d don forgot ail about it. I stopped In lit down in de woods, an’ waa bringing it np to da house.” “That to vary kind. Wa will taka it off.” It took both of us to spring the Jaws, and the man’s tog seemed to have bean eat to tho bone. Ho scrambled up, how ever, picked np n stick for n cane, and *^‘Mooh oUscged, Majah. Whan shall I earn?” “About Monday next, Moasa.” whistle and aeam at earn. “Will ha ooms?” I asked of the Major. “Not next Monday. Ho waa in taat trap twelve hours, and ha won’t do a stroksof work Iso three long months.” A new stenographic machine in use by the Italian parliament is capable of record ing 250 words a minnte,.and can be readily manipulated by a blind person. It is said by an eminent physician that no child under twelve should be permitted to study outside the school room, even one h.if hour out of the twenty-four. Still a Hale Old Mao. DESPITE CONTRARY REPORTS BAR- NUM RETAINS HIS VIGOR. V RDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1890. He Waa 111 for a While, hot Is How En gaged in Transacting Business and Has Hew Will—His Advertising Some time ago the report went out from Bridgeport that the veteran show man, Phineas T. Baraum, was on his deathbed. This waa soon followed by a second statement that he had partially re covered, was on the high road to health, had made a new will and considered the feasibility of several fresh business enterprises. Then his affectionate and relieved constituency—the entire United States—queried and remarked, “Another PHINEAS T. BARNUM. advertising dodge, hey?” Probably not, but the incident compels attention, nev ertheless, to the old gentleman’s abilities in that line. “Be careful to advertise in some shape or other,” said Baraum not long ago, “because it is evident that if a man has ever so good an article for sale and no body knows it, it will bring him no re turn. The whole philosophy of life is, first sow, then reap. This principle ap plies to all kinds of business, and to nothing more eminently than to adver tising. If a man has a really good article there is no way in which he can reap more advantageously than by ‘sowing’ to the public in this way.” Baraum possesses a genius for ad vertising, not only in the newspapers and by posters, but in many other ways calculated to attract attention Another element of success which he has, and whicli goes hand in hand with his faculty for advertising, has been his assurance. He has humbugged the pub lic and then written a book recounting his methods with remarkable frankness. These methods of his more active life he did not seem to regard as anything to be ashamed of. They were to him brilliant strokes. “Preserve your integrity,” he said; “it is more precious than diamonds or rubies. The most difficult thing in life is to make money dishonestly. Onr prisons are full of men who attempted to follow this course. No man can be dishonest without soon being found out. and when his lack of principle is dis covered nearly every avenue to success is closed against him forever Strict honesty not only lies at the foundation of all success in life financially, but in every other resjiect.” One who is familiar with Barn urn’s exhibition of the negress Juice Hetli, the alleged nurse of Washington, 101 years old, his woolly horse, his Peejee mer maid, and other manufactured or par tially manufactured curiosities, may be surprised at this explicit statement of the ^In^aft'^fe^&TmKlenp curiosities on the public he would have scorned to do anything beyond what he regarded mere shrewdness. Baraum has never done things by de grees. He has uttered some good words about economy, but economy and par tience usually go together. Whether Barnnm has possessed these faculties or not he has certainly declined to wait for avenues, by which to reach the public, to open up to him. Ho has opened them himself. In tho days when Barnurn was en deavoring to establish the American museum, and later when in the circus business, ho used to do a great deal of advertising in the then prominent New York papers, The Courier and Enquirer, The Times and Messenger and The Her ald. “Night after night,” he said, “at the midnight hour and later, I crawled | np these several newspaper staircases to put in these journals some fresh and . startling announcement about my busi ness. I even did this after the editor ! had gone home, but the foreman in the 1 composing room had some authority then, and would often put the matter I offered in type or make an announce ment for me.” Barnnm still looks back with pleasure to his friendly dealing with editors. blooming The golde^dn Is tfcinjng Over the nstaly earth, G Aether 5k *re*ntrees; And the leaves are whMpCTlRMQ* a r» Answering the Whelm oreess. The pleasant low of cattle (An be heard Jro As they grass ttaj ’ruths 1— The sir is fall t Gentle Feme L _ Ho shadow of sorriw seem* to rest On our beautllul world today. INFANT HEIRS TO MILLIONS. Charlotte Bermin*toe,.and Everett L Crawford Very YlA Children. [Special Corraapoodence.l New York, Dec, 2.-Since the Davidson sisters and the Goods!* sisters cams for ward as the youngeetpoets there have been many ambitious But l"*s gifted chil dren who have tried their dimpled hands at writing, but few of them have the tal ent, not to say genius, of Miss Charlotte Remington, who is now nearly 14 years CHARLOTTE REMINGTON, old. She is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Remington, ami lives in Brook lyn in a magnificent l!sme, for her parents are very wealthy. Lottie, as she is called, has a lovely room, all pink sntirumd white lace, with windows and deep seats all itcross one side, and here she sits and writes, preferring to “scribble,” as she calls it. to any form of amusement, though she is a healthy, happy girl. She has a whole pile of books filled ■with her writings, which consist of plays, stories, fairy tales and verses, nearly all of them marked by a delicate grace and sweetness peculiarly Jier own. Her most ambitions fairy tale- ran through seven numbers of a monthly publication as a serial, and this, with several unpublished fairy tales, will soon be published in a handsome volume. Everett Lake Crawford, the handsome boy whose portrait I also give, was born with a very big golden spoon, in addition to having first seen the light in the old home of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, who was his uncle. Everett is the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Crawford and a grandson of Mrs. M. E. Crawford, who was the mother of the late Mrs. “Commodore” Vanderbilt, llis grandmother was an Ev erett and his mother a Lake, which gave the combination of his full name. He was born at No. 10 Washington place, New York, June 12, 1S80, is consequently but 10 years old, butBc is unusually large for his age, very healjfcy and with a refined beauty unusual in l>4Js. He is dark com- targe dark eyes WHAT HE PROPOSES AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY. Thera la Wealth Enough In England and Land Enough In the Colonies to Give Homes and Comfort to All, bnt Can It Be Done Without Great Daager T [Special Correspondence. ] . New York, Dec. 2.—“In Darkest Eng land: And the Way Out,” the book by Gen. William Booth, head of the Solvation Army, now exciting so much attention, to a truly sensational work. Beginning with the oft published facts on vice, crime and poverty in London, and estimating there from what those factors are in the whole nation, with little more than the usual ex aggeration of social reformers, he presents an appalling picture. The vicious, the criminal, the hopelessly intemperate and the honest who are in actual want, he thinks, amount to some 3,000,000, or near ly one-tenth of England’s population. Of course this is an overestimate, bnt the reality is bad enough. Unlike most writers >n the subject he has a remedy to propose; le sets it forth with singular clearness, and nany whose opinion is entitled to respect tay it is quite practicable. He starts with these axioms: There is wealth enough and far more than enough iu England to make every per son in tho United Kingdom comfortable. There is vacant land enough in the world to furnish a good homo and lavish abun dance of food to every human being and their natural increase for thousands of years to dome. Let the benevolent well to do combine and raise a cash fund— 61,000,000, let us say—let the directors be men of approved judgment in hon esty in dealing with poor, and let them es tablish three colonies of refuge: The city colony, the farm colony and the over-sea colony. The first is to be a preparatory school for the second, and both for the third. The missionaries already at work among the wretched are to open registers for the unemployed; these go to the city colony and work simply for food and lodging till they obtain permanent places or are fitted for the farm colony; in that they learn all the details of farm labor, the women learn ing their appropriate duties, and then they go to tlie new country where land can be Imd for the taking, and are overseen aud assisted till self supporting. He has converted many. The Earl of Derby starts the fund with a gift of £1,000. Tlie Marquis of Queensberrv subscribes £100 a year. Clubs are being formed of one hundred men to give £100 each. The clergy of all denominations have welcomed the scheme warmly, and many have an nounced their intention to retrench from their ordinary method of living in order to aid the fund. It is also gratifying to note that tlie more radical reformers generally plexioned, with beat lows. He is the uni his disposition is has never attended tion at home, whei French and Germai branches. Tlie old ■j, v, v. active body. !,<it affectionate. He mol, having instrue- he studies music, ,as well as English onderbiit mansion where he was born is(iow being torn down, and his family have bought a house fur ther uptown, but when he lived there he made a general play house of the old star ble where the old commodore used to keep his fine horses, and which is as handsome as an ordinary house. Here Everett had every plaything fond parents with plenty of money could find, and the little heir to millions invited his young friends to play here witli him, always offering the choicest to his visitors. His two elder brothers used to print a bright little paper called The Diamond, and Everett was the Regulation “devil” at a salary of one penny a week, but lie final ly struck for five, as he declared he could not possibly provide for the needs of his particular foreign mission on so little. He got the raise without the intervention of Mr. Powderly. Everett-, for one so young and knowing GEN. BOOTH. welcome the scheme. Dr. McGlynn, for instance, in his address to tlie Anti-Poverty society in Cooper Institute, gives it his warmest indorsement. Gen. Booth is indeed a remarkable man, and probably no other man of this age is so well qualified by experience to speak on the problem of pauperism. He is 60 years oMstewfl Int COi w»wfmlj“*.,n!r-ms wife, a woman of considerable talents, aided him in preaching.! In 1865, however, they desired to introduce more radical methods, and so their denomination re fused them a license. They went to London, and for three years preached in the streets and in such halls as are frequented by the poor. This led to the organization of the Salvation Army, which, after being for a dozen years a theme for satire, has compelled recogni tion by all the churches as a powerful evangelizing organization. Gen. Booth is tall, long haired and a trifle sallow—the appearance popularly attributed to relig ious enthusiasts; yet no man is less a fa natic in speech and writing. Many doubts and difficulties will, how ever, suggest themselves to the student of society who realizes the tendency toward dependence. Suppose the three colonies well established and the work begun. The first effect will lie to withdraw some por tion from the, say, 300,000 in London who live by beggary, viee and scavengering—let us say a tenth. That operates at once to make the situation easier for the nine- so little of the miseries of the poor, has a • ^ ^ The competition in their peculiar tender little heart, and he wants to .. . KNOWN TO TELEGRAPHERS. TOM FINNEGAN. Death of a Famous Old Western Union “Watch Doe-” The operators at the great central room of the Western Union Telegraph in New York city mourn the death of “Old Tom” Finnegan, as he was famil iarly and affectionately called, who had been doorkeeper there for twenty years. Heentered the service of the company over forty years ago, and for many years was the “grinder” — that is, he turned the crank for the old House printing instrument until the electric motor was invented. He knew every one of the 900 and more employes, knew a good deal about most of them, and had a faculty for recogniz ing and excluding any one who might “dun” or otherwise annoy any of them, which amounted to a sixth sense. It was part of his business to conduct visitors through the building and explain differ ent parts of it, and he did that for Dom Pedro, President Diaz, the Pan-American visitors and many other distinguished persons. If a visitor knew enough about electricity to ask troublesome questions “Old Tom’s” Irish wit was always equal to the occasion, and the boys hare a rich fund of anecdotes about his repartees. He died of typhoid fever at the age of 69. A San Francisco undertaker has fitted npa large and handsome funeral parlor where funerals may be held. It is intend ed to meet the needs of families who live in hotels. A burglar was neatly captured in Houns low, England. He became fixed in the panel of a door, through which he had en deavored to make his way, and in this posi tion was secured. To preserve iron work from rust mix some copal varnish with as much olive oil as will make it greasy, to which add nearly aa much spirits of turpentine, and apply. The winning candidate for clerk in a Kentucky county died just before the polls closed on election day. His competitor now claims the office. very I do something for those who need, and feel that he does it himself, so he keeps all the papers, rags and bottles, and sells them himself and gives the proceeds to such charities as he prefers—a rum not incon siderable in a year—and he watches over his clothes with a jealons eye and always has a hoy waiting for them as soon as he la allowed to give them away. His dress is always plain and comfortable, but never showy. His beautiful young sister, Mire Frank Vanderbilt Crawford, was recently married to Mr. Frederick Talcott in the old Church of the Strangers by the Rev. Dr. Deems, and Everett qaa page, carrying a bouqnet of lilies of the valley almost as large as himself with A quiet dignity and Everett l. crawfobd. grace that wonld have done credit to a «—B man. He wore on this occaMona ntoadid black velvet costume, with real lace collar and cuffs and white silk sash. He fa an ideal little Lord Faantlevoyto looks. manners and sweetoteo. Where he lives now is near Central Psrfc, my afternoon he wsy he seen with I whole crowd of children around him riding on his “safety” or playing some active under the watchful eye of his tutor. Aar W ESTER V ELT. Cheapest and beet-Dr. Bull s Cough ^•SowefltoHnge are to awwtato riven much of earth and none of heaven.” as for example, headache. n*mralgi»and tho llko. OeohOi^ofSaJjrattoaOII—-*- Ohl totneta joyteL lines is 10 per cent. less. All w ho linger on the edge of this morass and struggle to avoid it because of its miseries will see those miseries perceptibly lessened and their motives for struggling somewhat lessened. The pressure will continue to be downward; the resistance being less will not many now on the margin he drawn in? The work of redemption increasing, as they promise, may next go so far as to withdraw one-fifth of the miserable. Life is then made very much easier for all the rest. Eighty newsboys, or flower girls or street pickers have the field once occupied by a hundred; four “girls” receive the patronage that went to five; there is more room in the tenement house and probably at less cost as the demand is lessened, and so on through all ranks. The general con dition will now be quite ns good as that of the respectable very poor. Will not many of the latter pass over the line and into the easier life of the dependent? We may assume that the work will go on till one half of the “sunken tenth” are re moved. As the available resources now maintain all, though in misery, will they not sustain the half in actual comfort? Will not a current set in from all the ad jacent social sections to take advantage of this? As the next higher section is de pleted by this drift, will not the next above recruit that section, and so on throngh many successive grades up to those who are determinedly independent in feeling, where, we may assume, the tendency will stop? In short, will not Gen. Booth finally have to reform and transport all the En glish people below the line of proud and self respecting laborers? J. H. Beadle. A Pretty Christmas Gift. An exquisite bureau or buffet scarf can be made of plain hemstitched handker chiefs and linen lace. The handkerchiefs may be arranged in a straight row, with strips of insertion sewed between, and lacs overhanded around it all, in which esse four or five handkerchiefs will suffice. Or they may be sewed cornerwise, as in the figure, the spaces between where the cor ners meet being filled with three cornered pieces made by catting handkerchiefs diagonally in halves. In this arrangement more handkerchiefs and lace will be need ed. The end squares will form points to 8«ng over the edges of the furniture on which the scarf is placed, and may be dee- orated with outline work in wash silk. If desired the scarf can be lined with colored muslin, a square satin pincushion to match bring covered with a small linen doily edged with lace. Such scarfs are rather expensive at first, bnt think how well they will wear. A. L W. TO THE SUMMER SEA. For the Sunny South. Oh! Sea, thou’st a heaving breast, and under thy whi e, white crest B jnes of the dead lie at rest And still in that dreary nest. Oh! Sea I’ve a bosom deep,] And all in a deso ate heap My deed hopes lie and sleep; And oh! ’tis a grewsome keep! Perhaps from thy darkest cell— How deep never man can tell— On the breast of a pnrple swell Thon haat sent me s rare white shell. Oh! the waves quiver and dart! ’Tis a dainty thing thou art. Oh! rare white shell; in thy heart A precious pearl lies apart. Oh! heaving, Of the Past! What havs I of thee? On a pnrple wave of memory Thon hast brought my dead love hack to - Mf>! May Tobin, CHARLES STEWART PARNELL. Something About tho Irish Leader and His Personality. [Special - Correspondence.] New York, Dec. 2.—I met Charles Stewart Parnell when he was last in this country, pnt in some time in his company and observed him very closely—studied him, in fact. I have since followed his career, noted carefully what the cor respondents said of his personal appearance and kept up a sort of distant familiarity, so to speak, with him. Of ail the public men I ever saw, English or Irish, American or European, Mr. Par nell is the very last one of whom I should have expected a social escapade. I cannot set before the reader’s mind the reasons for this feeling as they are in my mind, for there is no analysis of form and features which will convey the complete impres sion; but I can give a few separated facts. Mr. Parnell is, or was when I saw him, a man who answered completely to the old rhetorical description of Pitt beginning: “The secretary stood alone. * * * The features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity. * * * No amiable or do mestic weakness disturbed him; he seemed a being of another sphere who came occa sionally among us to counsel and decide.” He appeared to me a little above the medium height, and though broad shoul dered there was an air of physical delicacy about him; his hair and beard were dark CHARLES STEWART PARNELL, brown, and his eye, though not at all piercing, was singularly clear and calm, meeting bis fellow’s eye with an impassive look iu whicli there was not one trace of passion or even of ardor. Indeed, if there is any one trait pervading the whole man it is impassivity. No man looks less like the typical Irishman. As to poetry, humor, the ardent expression of warm emotion, I should as soon have expected it from the bronze statue of Franklin, in short, Mr. Parneil presented himself to me as merely a cold, pure and relentlessly logical intellect, using a body only because it is the neces sary vehicle of mind, severely just in all his doings, and therefore wholly devoted to the cause of Ireland. I am moved to write these reminiscences by the recent disc unions as to Mr. Parnell bers; Mr. Gladstone’s letter practically re questing Purnell’s retirement, and subse quent developments History is full of in stances of great men thus “deludered” who lost no part of their political influence thereby. There was Lord Nelson and the lady whom while dying ho “commended to the gratitude of his countrymen.” There was the great duke of Wellington, and tlie great Somers of the time of Will iam of Orange, and Henry of Navarre and scores of other French and English heroes and statesmen. And in our country it is not recorded that Alexander Hamilton lost political prestige by bis remarkable confession, while two of the great senators who supported President Grant might equally be cited. So it must be admitted that the Irish patriots have good prece dents for rallying around Mr. Parnell, and they certainly have stood to him with unity and enthusiasm. If Not Already Familiar to Yon, All we ask ta try a bottle of Msfttlrs’s Candor- onto when sustain*. Headashe ...C Disordered Uw Cleopat ra. Cleopatra being now a good deal before the public as a topic of theatrical interest, the Egyptian coins struck in her reign, which are in the numismatic department of tlie National library, are greatly run upon there. They show her when she was respectively wife and when queen regnant. One sees her at all ages, from her early teens to almost the close of her reign. Cleopatra on these coins and medals is far nearer to Sam Bernhardt than to Mrs. Langtry. She is almost spare in figure when young, and at all times lithe. The neck remained young to the last. Had she lived to 80 she might have looked a little like Prince Napoleon, the month and chin having a Mother Hubbard tendency to meet. The full, luscious lips, resembling those of a Somali woman, do not mitigate much the hardness of the physiognomy. It is strange countenance and one easy to read. The forehead bulges at the eyebrows. Its prominence here gives it singular' irregu larity, producing the effect ftlmpst of a smaller growing up out of a larger one. Jove tv.'is represented by Greek sculptors with such a forehead, but on a more mass ive scale. The eye is greatly iu shadow, and almost sinister, having the expression of a snake's when a bird is to be charmed. The aquiline curve of the nose is at once strong and delicate, and the nostril is well open and finely curved. Taken with the lips, it gives an impression of a woman prone to sensual joys, cynical, fond of a cruel joke and contemptuous. Her firmly molded and advancing chin shows volition. She was willful to the last degree, and not to be turned from any purpose. The hair is dressed in the Greek manner, and twisted up in a knot on the nape of the neck. She is bad and bewitch ing; All the men she fascinated saw throngh her, but were too intoxicated by her charms to break away from her. She wore the royal diadem, which is represent ed on some of the coins.—Paris Cor. Lon don Truth. Close of an Honorable Cnreer. Dr. C. A. Miller, for many years past superintendent of Longview asylum, near Cincinnati, recently died quite sud denly after an active and exceedingly useful career. Al though not noted for any remark able discovery in medicine, he wan still widely known aa a suc cessful adminis trator of Long view and as a hu mane and skillful physician. He was born in 1839 in Athens county, O., taught school at a very early age in Ohio and Missouri, graduated from the Ohio Medical college and was surgeon for two years of the Thirty-fourth Ohia He leaves a widow and two children, son and daughter. OUR QUIZ COLUMN. THB LOST WOMAN. Miles Btandiah, Marietta, G> : Who is the author of “The woman who deliber ates is lost? ' Addison is the author of the trite pro verb. JOHN O. WHITTIEB. Maude, lows: Where to the blrthpleee of Whittier? John Greentoaf Whittier, oar fbmona American poet, waa born 1807, at Haver hill, Maes. BOTTOMRY. J. V. H., Iowa: What to bottomry?” It to to* net of borrowing money and pledging the keel or bottom of the ship (that to the ship itself) as security for tho repayment of the money. Bespoadenfta to where t e money is borrowed upon goods shipped instead of the ship lteelC i 8TINGS OF WASPS OB BBE8. Willie Bernard, Tenn.: What is good for a wasp or bee atlng ? Stings of wasps or bees may be treated by bathing the parts with ammonia or hartshorn, diluted with an equal amount of water. In case of the honey bee sting, if there is mnch swelling, a flax seed, poultice should be applied. BULLS AND BE&R3 JOF W * STREE T. T. V., Ala.: Who are the balls and bears that play such a prominent part in Wall street proceedings?” A Boll is one who, having purchased stock for speculation, exerts himself to increase its demand and price, so os to sell at a profit. A Baar ia one who, wish ing to buy for speculation, strive a to de press the price. He will himseir became a Ball when his object has been gained; and the Bull will probably have become a Bear. PERFUMES. Lady Raader, N. C.: Give me some idea about using perfumer. I am very much opposed to them? Choose a perfume fragrant without being loud, delicate with sweetness and freedom from sharpness. There is no objection to the use of perrumes, though that use can be abused. A lady of refine ment can easily be detected by the qual ity of the parfume ohasen. Sia will In variably eschew anything loud or com mon. May Blossom, Lily of the Valley, Heliotrope, Violet, Whito R>se,S:epha notis, &c , are among the most popular in flower extracts. A MAN’S EDUCATION. John Gowan, Ga : Who is the author of the saying, the best part of every man s education is that wnicb he gives to himself? Sir Walter Seott. Gibbon also has wel 1 said that “Every man has two educations: one which he receives from others, and one more Important which' ho gives to himself.” The mind has been endowed with no more laudable ambltiou than that of self-improvement. An education Is a certain capital, a sure investment, the best legacy that cau be bequeathed to children, and this education in many cases man “can give to himselt,” GLYCERINE JELLY FOR THE COM PLEXION. Fannie Brown, Mis*.: Give me some formula for making glyctr ne jehy for the complexion? Galatino, 20 to 30 grains, Glycerine J, ounce fluid, Water, l 1 , ounce fluid, Boric Acid, 30 grains. Perfume to suit the taste. The perfume must stituted for the water if desired. DR. C. A. MTTJXR R03A BON HE UR. Reader: Where is the home of Rosa Bonheur and what is her age? Rosa Bonheur, the world renowned animal painter, lives in the little village of By at Thomery. S ie is sixty-nine years of age. As Barblzon is peopled with memories ol Millais and Rousseau so Thomery be longs to Rosa Bonheur. At every step beneath the oaks and elms and chest* nuts, where the golden sunshine sifts through the russst leaves,one expeots to start a family of deer crossing a rise, or to meet other inhabitants or tne boautl- iul woodland she has painted so often and so lovingly. TRE iTMENT OF EPILEPSY. Anxious Mother, Atlanta, Ga: Tell me what is the most effective treatment for epilepsy? The bromide treatment is at present the moat popular and considered the most efficacious. It must however be continued for years. The elzp of the dose is to be determined in each oase by careful trial and observation of the pa tient’s condition; even as much as twenty grammes dally may be administered for a considerable Urns without injury a During the bromide treatment partienlar care must be taken that a large amount of food be ingested, and at not too long intervals examination of the longs and of the skin should bo made. DIFFERENT PAPER USED. W. C. Jones, Washington, D. C.: Give me the names of the different kinds of paper and when used in writing? Legal cap is nsed in writing all legal documents, articles of agreement, etc. The characteristic of legal cap is a red line running from top to bottom of the sheet. Bill paDsr is used for bills, etc, and is ruled expressly for the purpose. It usually bears the name and business of the person using it at the top. Foolscap is used in writing notes, orders, reoeipts, compositions, petitions, subscriptions, headings, etc. Letter paper is nsed for the ordinary letter. Note and billet paper is nsed for all brief communications. It is the smallest sheet paper made. Ocmmerdal note is nsed for bnsiness totters and is generally narrower than ordinary paper. “RATS I” Schoolboy: Can yon toll mo tho origin of tho along—“rats?” We will be oompelled to procure a slang dictionary If onr readers persist In re quiting os to giro them tho origin of every vile slang phrase flooding the ooun- try. Can’t you make your queries a little more elevating and refining for the thou sands who scan this column for asefal information? Bnt lhr the origin of the elegant “rate.” A flow years ageaceto- brated polo team waa playing a match with a team from a neighboring city. Tho visiting team, ealtod the Star, wore ita name oonspicoonaly embroidered on the breast of the shirt. As the gam# programed it became evident to the tpeo- tators that the referee, who was in sym pathy with thanfrjttaff team, was nnfeir in his decisions. This caused greet IU feeling, and soma one in tho andlsnoa shoaled “rats,” spelling the Star badge backward. Instantly the ere was taken to. rats,” resounded throngh Thencaftorth the word “rate” CfOOto- apaad “rate, rats,” the I