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r A<* I. H. SEALS IU8INBSS OFFICE, No. 6, Wall Street IMIMT' gX Mon till, mr Address all letters concerning the paper, art make all bills pallet* ^ ^ Atlanta. Qa. Oar Free Distribatioas. As every one knows our grand free die tribntlona were broken np for the pres ent by the anti-lottery law, so yon will have to watch our free gifts for each re newal and new subscription and take advantage of them. Select your present when yon send in yonr money. Do not wait f. •- he traveling agents to come around l> ‘>re renewing,as it will not entitle yon i-. -my present to renew with them. We « it rot pay travelling agents to call on } .. and give) on presents besides. So r - i t look for them unless you remit to Itu office. To Local Agents. We have hundreds of local agents, and as the new year is upon us we would like to hear from each and every one of them with a club of fi re or ten subscribers. We send the paper free to all agents, and with a little effort on your part we know that you can easily raise a club of five or more. Some are at work and have already atnt in their club3. Da not de lay this matter, but send in your new names that they may start with the new stories Just commenced. Back numbers will be sent to all new aubssribers. “You f 8b*> Clubbing with Other Papers We offer again our reduced rate with ither papers. Now Is the time to take Advantage o ’ this offer and start In with I ns new year. Do not wait, but send in j ->ar subscriptions and club3 right away i icse low rates do not include any of cur Iree gifts. Delayed Books and Other Premiums, Owing to a rush or orders for books before Car.'stinas a great many were delayed, but by closa and hard work we have filled eacn order, and hope all have been rto ived. E/try one Is delighted >ith these free gifts. Our Model Cyclopedia. Wo give a model cyclopedia In three volumes, one, two, and four. Volume three we do not send because it Is history of the late war from a Northern liandpolnt and would not be acceptab’e to cur people. Odr Last Issue Was 784. By reference to the lastpap^r you re ceived you will see that it is numbered 734 and da'ed January 10 That was me last Issue. This is number 7S5 Few i ear’s Gift. When you renew your subscription send in fop your neighbor or some friend. The Sunky south is iucrea.iiig in eircu atior* a’i fhe whtle.ard if each aid every one would Krr d ii j i3r, ono new eubscrio- e/iora-N w Years (iift, you would be happy and we v.ouid be aoubly so. Try it. Word to Southern Writers $100 in Cold for the BestSeriel Story and $25 in Gold for the Best Short Story. TheSumhy South Is your organ, and we shall exjpeet every writer in the South male and female, to use its columns freely. One of ite cardinal point* la to foster and build np Southern talent, and wherever it flads a budding genlua or a matured one itclaitns it as ita legitimate property. There are hundreds, indeed thousands, of people in the South who would toon become polished and sue- cessful writers if they could .fix it in their minds and labor with patience to tbasend. Too many take np the pen with the idea of Immediate gain, or after they have tried everything else and failed. Hundreds of manuscripts come into thlB office with a note, stating that it is the writer’s first effort, and yet re munt ration is asked, and a special re quest is made that if published their name must be withheld. The idea seems never to occur to them that to write well re- quirea long practice and much study, and that they must first make reputation be fore they can hope to command a price in the literary market. Take a MS. for sale into any New York book publishing house and tha first question asked, is if by an author of reputation eg a writer f If not it is declined with thanks. But if (he writer has an established name the MS. meets with a very different recep tion. Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson told the Editor of the Sunny South that Geo. W. Carlton, the well-known publisher, paid her $15 000 for the MS. of her last book without ever reading a lin9 of it. He paid that amount for her name, know ing full well that her reputation would sell the book. It Is therefore all important to work first for fame as a writer, and if that be secured the remuneration is sure to follow. But every one who wishes to write cannot hops to succeed as Mrs. Wilson did, and her phenomenal success Is therefore no standard. But let every oue who feels the itching for literary success bend his mental energies and daily studies to the task, and if he has genius it will soon develop and make Its impress upon the public. The Sunny South stands ready to foster every bud ding genius and will lead it on to success. We have organized a board of readers to xamine MSS , and every one that comes In will be turned over to them at once and they will ducida upon its merits; and to encourage every aspirant we make a special offer of ONE HUNDRED DOLL \RS IN GOLD Due Augiasca Garaiyal. Tha carnival at Augusta has become ftu annual feature, quire like unto tbe Maddi G-as a; N >v O. leans Our Augus- tans have by 'heir open hand.cl hosp! U'ityou the e occasions entitled then selves to tbe large presence of people fro i ail over the country who flock to the Riverside C ty to share the yearly good ti ua provided by the carnival coin- mittee of t-iizans. Tne event this year Se intended to eclipse all previous efforts, aafi ofcourso vv-li d i so, and the success of the coming four days oTecj ryment can therefore bs better contemplated than foretold. We sha.i be there. The Year that Has Gone. Twelve months ago we hailed 1S90 as the new year, and we welcomed its opening. Now it is gone, rolled away as an old thing, and its history Is a part of the past. What men and women bave acted, thought and fait during Its days and months are all parts of a tale tbat has been told. Even now much of these thiDgs has been forgotten. Dimmer and dimmer will they become in the memory as the days come and go. Before the new year shall nave advanced far be yond its beginnings this old year agone Will seem very re mote. Not bo to all however. During tbe twelve months that have passed, many have passed through experiences of which the recol.ections will never be come indistinct. Some have been be reaved by death, and their souls are not yet oat of the shadow thrown over them by tbe mournful event. Others have had to endure cruel partings from loved friends from causes other than death. Not a few, taklDg the world or even our country all over, have marked this yaar with a white etone because it brought the fruition of son-e long deferred hope. Thus by so-row to some and by joy to others has 1890 been a memorable year. Yet it cannot on the whole be rated as a remarkable one It haa been noted for few striking occurrences or world-wide interest. No gigantic wars have dis turbed the peace of the nations. No de vastations of fire, flood or tempest have brought rain upon widespread popula tions. The world has moved forward with no serious jan or disturbances. Even in the realm of polities, upon which Important issues hung, hsvs bsen carried on with lees of than might have boon expected. Those •fee who have been permitted to see the year’s closing < ay, could return thanks lor the peacefulness or this period. A new year has coma. ’Tis vain to (peculate about what it shall bring. Bat It Is not a vain thing to enter upon it with resolves to do what we may to render it as peaciful and prosperous as was th*> last. Should every one resolve this, there would be piaoe and pros perity. F r the condition of a com- jr unity is but the aggregated condition cf its people and where each dots too best' possible, the general result cannot heoher vise tuan good. • • for the best original serial story which shall be sent to this offie j by the middle of March next, and IN GOLD FOK THE BEST SHORT STORY. The serial story must contain not lees than ten nor more then fifteen install ments cf two chaplets each, and each lapter must contain not less than one and a half columns, nor more than two columns of the Sunny South; and the hort story mutt not exceed tbrae coi urnns nor be shorter than one and a hair columns. The MSS. must be plainly written on one sideoniy of too paper, and the real name of the writer must accompany each and be published with tbe story. All the stories will be the property of the Sunny South, but for every one that is published a cash remuneration will be sent to the writer. Shall Tney Exercise Tfieir Gift? “This, my Lord, is eloquence.” Queen Caroline is said to hive exclaimed as Jeannie Deans cone uded her pathetic appeal in behalf of her erring sister. Many before and very many since have had to acknowledge woman’s power when she has chosen to practioe the art of persuasion. They of the other sex have not often proved so signally success ful in carrying their points when they had no other nsoaroe than the power of words. This oonld be said when women received little or none of the culture which is designed to fit persons for the practioe of elcqaence. But now, when many of them are trained in elocution, it has been found that they are wonder folly gifted with the powers of ear and tongue that fit for public speaking. In the rendition of pieces that require delicate perception of the nicest varia tions in tone and inflection, they fully equal if they do not surpass those who have hitherto enjoyed a monopoly in the oratorioal art. It becomes then a very practical question whether this gift shall be kept merely for the amusement ol psrlor circles, or shall it be utilized as one of tbe great agencies for bettering the world’s condition? There are those who shrink from the thoughts of a wo man’s speaking in public with something both of horror and disgust These eithei' quote Paul as though his utterance de elded the matter forever, or they speak of modesty as the most essential of fe male virtues. How far their apprecia tion of this virtue is influenced by their fear of being surpassed, we will not say, It may well be apprehended that were women of intellect and culture admitted to the pulpit and the lecturer's stand they wou d prove dangerous rivals to the olther sex. That they may be withont a compromise of those virtues that consti tute their special charm is admitted by the more candid. It is probable that a great change will take place in peoples ways of thinking bafore the close of the present century. Educated ladles will be allowed to exercise their gifts in many of the vocations from which they are now debarred. They, we surpect, ar® claiming too much who want women to vote and to go to Congress; but we are sure that the field (or the display of their powers will be enlarged. Providing for the Fatare. The Making of too Many Luws. Our American people are fond of hav inga great m.ny Jaws. Tney doom it necessary to Have a special statute fitted lor every emergency, and they who are charged with framing the laws seem to vie with the tvll-dispo: ed in ability to think of newoff.Dse.il. He who has an ambition to keep all the acls of Congress and of his Sjate Legis attire ready In his memory, has no easy task. This desire to have maDy laws and to have them often changed, begets in tbe public mind tbe notion that law-makir g is not a very serious or very difficult business. The impression prevails to a large extent that almost any one may be a legislator. Wi lie it is admitted that careful study is necessary for a full understanding of the laws, it is cot deemed essential that one should have any special preparation to fit him for making laws. It has gener ally bsen supposed that the trouble about a correct interpretation of statutes is owing to the fact tbat they have been framed by persons who did not wiBh them to be understood by plain people. Perhaps there is some truth In this. But we suspect that it may be as truthfully accounted for on the supposition that the law-makers themselves did not know wbat they were dotog. It is lamentably time tbat very many who are charged with the business of legislation study but slightly the bills that they are asked to pass, and as a consequence apprehend faintly their purpose and tendency, Hasty and reckless legislation is one of the greatest evils of this age and coun try. Yet. time and money enough are spent for us to have the very best of laws. Oar Congress sits almost for the year round, and the General Assembly of onr State follows tbe example pretty closely. Tne cause of the trouble is with the peo plo. They are not careful enough about ■electing the men whom they choose for law-makers! They will send a man to the Legislature if they happen to like him, without much thought of his fit ness, and they will refose to send one of eminent qualifications should he happen to incur their displeesure about some la very many instances (hi candidate has not one single reeommendatton for the position save his ability to get It, As long as the people choose their law-makers In this oaprlolons way, they cannot ha expected to have good lews. • • It is greatly to the credit of the friends of Irish Home rale that they have refused to serve under Parnell as n leader after the baseness of his private life become known. But all frlende of humanity most lament the disappointment of a gnat cause when it seemed so near a tri umph. Poor Ireland seems doomed to many more jeers of soft The man who by diligent labor can scarcely place himself in the position of having a week’s rations ahead is apt to suppose that oid he have supplies for a year he would be completely happy. He who thinks that by rigid economy he can make out on his stuck of provisions until another crop snail have been made and uarvemed, regards with something cf en vy t ib man wnu wuuid not be apprehen ivo of stlforing snouui tnere cornea succc-bsion of nliguts and droughts. Tub last named is Indeed in a uappler cunui non lean tae otiiers. Yet id he nut hudy without his sources ol appruheu slou, H.s lunds Uiuy nut he invested in ucn a way Us to be ausoiutely secure from the risk of loss. Fiarnea may con- umo his bulluiugs; storms may snip wrecu aic caigues. H.s banking house, alter ex 1 .ending ns business to mi par the cum at.d making ltsuif a power in ail fi-iaiicial circ emay go to pieces wuu t terndc crasii. Against all suun calami ,ios tnere ,s no absolute security. The r.oli may become poor despite sagacity a..u prudence. Tney wDu do not experl enco great reveisesare perhaps uonsium auttviclb Xroin apprehension ui tuoin. A snort cessation ol effort may invoice ut tor raiiuro. Tne unrcmitsul laoor o tnose already rich is olteu cousuuea to indicate a greed lor greater wealth. It is nut duo so muon to mis as to a fear icfti, wm.t Lttib be~u gaim-U will bo iuHl .vniiouk coiifciauL C-irw. A few luaeiii sveuiUi pus lalo a iorrn tUdi pie CiUtico liic turmuci Vk*tCiiua.rtj. iuebu &fo LUb moat loriuilaLe oi Uio t afiu. HivQii tutj property, iiuwetfcr, We call real, la lo auiluii- lixa.l may rcuUfcr iia value moiaiy uviuxii«.i. \Vu live lu a woria 01 fictioiib l jjl YVUicU I til til id Lilt) iiiouir nil pur Lain L laC- iKj£. 2<i j out: CuL h.LiO M tuixl lio ixHVC oud, dUcite-r or raimuut in a year, or .Ven lu a UiOotu, tUuU^n at prtbout lie iub-y Do ubuuGani.y buppiiea wain an liiedo ebdoc-Uttid. lie wno iioarud up for laiuy uuy and dtniea biaidtif luxuries Iasi in izit) coming ti^e ho may want neCehSariO'.*, m.iy Do ac.ing aa luoiisa ad tne ono who indulges in every gratified non. .forethought may promise out can not ihburo proVkbioa for fcaa lutuio nor guarantee protection against mlsfor tune’s blows.' * * The Conventional Gentleman. Should some minister of the gospel apeak of Jesus C-irist as * modal gentle man the expression would strike the larger part of his audience as very lr reverent. They have been accustomed to having the word gentleman bring up before the mind’s eye a plotare tar differ ent from the quiet Nczareas who made it His meat aud drink to do good when ever He found a subjest or an opportunl ty. Mot a few apply the word to those who have pleasant manners and wear fine clothes. Others raise the standard somewhat above this, and claim that whoever would bo admitted to this rank shall not be guilty of any outrageous vices. Few restrict the term to the small number who are kind, gentle, honest, truthful. Very few indeed insist ths* without these virtues no amount ol wealth, intelligence or culture can entitle one to be called a gentleman, We should not by auy means estimate these small endowments as of small worth in making up an estimate of man. They assuredly impart an increase of dignity to moral worth. But they can not snpp y its place ir it De wanting. They seem indeed to render the deficien cy more strikingly apparent where one is innerenUy bad, tbe possession of high intellectual gifts may enable him to be tenfold more a villain. The exhibition of exterior graces may throw around one a glamor that conceals the real baseness, But where he is wholly destitut, of sound moral principle, tae want will sooner or later display itself. But it must be admitted that in the making up our estimates of men, we re gard too much what sro called gentleman ly graces audestimatetoo lightly what are the essentials of a gentleman. We place a high valuation upon his ability to talk well, to dress, well, and to render himself pleasant in society. But we ore less careful to note whether or not he loves mercy and practices justice and truth. Should he oome up to this latter standard he ought to be reckoned a gentleman though his speech he rude aud hts dress be rags. Is tlie Money Power a Foe ? “The money power of this ciuatry and of Europe is our foe,'’ Is a remark said to nave beeu lately made by a speaker who Is certainly a politician and reputed a demagogue. The words beyond question smaqk of demagoguery. The holding up of those who have money and are em ploying it, as lots to all the balance of mankind, is assuredly a very narrow and unjust view ol the matter, in the great majority of instances the money power is being exerted for the benefit of society. By tne great schemes which it is origin ating and developing the world’s pro gress is being advanced. The great com binations of capital ore constantiy'bring- iug new comforts and conveniences within the reach of people of moderate means. While it may be true that the people who are controlling these enter prises have not an ambiiion to do good as a leading motive, still they do good. Though possibly not at all benevolent, they are beneficent. But wbile not being nor pretending to be philanthropists, it is unkind and untrae to brand them as foes to all other classes. Two considera tions ought to repress all such utter ances. One is that without combined and concentrated wealth no great enter, prise can be carried on successfully. That we are today enjoying the conveniences of on ad vane id civilization is dueto|the fact that men of brains and money have combined to do what they eoald not do as individuals. Another consideration that should forbid any such severe con - demnaton is that all desire and many hope to enter this moneyed class. It is merely a question or ability. Everyone would be a capitalist If he oonld. Ths owner of thousands may have no morn disposition to act unjustly towards those leee fortunate than himself, than the poe* sor of hundreds. Indssd, h# who can bsopprsssivsonlyin nsmallwny is gen erally most tyrannical. Of ooaree ha who flings his debtor in prison far ton dollars, white his creditor forgivss him a debt of a hundred, will plead his smatter ability to loro. The dlfferenoe however lies largely In ths spirit. The man of largo wealth may hava a large heart and a generous nature. There Is nothing in the capacity far making and keeping money incompatible with the cultivation of liberal sentiments. Some or those who faavo accumulated enormous for. tones have been men who were built large in every way. To denounce the whole class of lieh men as foes in ons sweeping sentence, is manifestly uqjust. Who Will do the Plowing. The remark is often made (bat farm 1 er’s sons are generally disposed to tarn their backs on the vocation of their fath ers. Of our white youth, the great ma jority elect some other calling. Many a vail them selves of the numerous faciii tits for higher education and enter the learned professions. Othtrs choose mer cantile life and a great many or those who have availed themselves of the few est advantages for education, adopt some other form of manual labor than holding the plow. Tue exctptiou is then when me uighest mark o f a hoy’s ambition is to have as bis own a litle larm well tiiled. The same disposition snows itself in the incoming generation of negroes. Every one fl ea the fi id as qalctly as he sets a chance to ao so. They are ever Waltin witii eager tars to Lear ol joos for wtien ready e.sn will t>e paid and are heat pleased when these juDS are to be found in some town. It- seems probable that ii this tendency continues to inure,sc that the farms will oe nttarly deserted in a few years. There is already an alarming shortage in the number of field laborers in many sec tions. While one wno wishes to hire hands fur any other ki. d of work is beset by applications, he who wants pi j wing or hoeing done has hflgo abroad and look for laborers. The [termer has indeed come to bo tte rjinr-i^v, man in politico. Tne candidate wuo is asking for votes can oiler no better pita than that he smells of the fields, and can talk of dif- ertnt methods of crtri'A = tbe soil. But he fails ol Inducing young men of either labor to believe his vocation the surest way to an asaared aud comfortable for tuue. Y t such we believe it really to be. Tutsa boys who are abandoning the larins are making a great mistake. Wu do not sry that some wno enter upon othtr vocations will not succi ed. A few we expeofc will rea izr laigir fortunes than tiny could acheive in too pursuit of aericuiture. But all of tneie pursuits are crowd d, and tne number of those ho can achieve eminent success is nec essarily limited. But there is no dauger of oting too much beset by competition in the fi id. If the earth be courted with energy, perseverance and good common sense, it «ili bo sure to yield a subsistence. Wuen a nmn brings these qualities into exercise in tilling the soil, he need de pend on no one save God and nimselr, and though he may not build up a vast fortune, he can feel as iudopsudent as though he wera a mil.ion&ire. * * ^ .31 -n N LETTERS PEOPLE LAMPASAS, TEXAS Editor Sunny South: Lampasas is crying to be mentioned in tbe Sunny South, and .1 have hesitated for some time for fear that I am not tbe one to do it. The first thing is Centenary College. It is situated a mile and a half North of town on tbe brow of a bill, the top of which is covered with iiveoak trees and bushes, forming protection for the two bulldlng-i. There is no healthier place in the State of Tt x as than Centenary College. From the time it was founded there has been but one death, and that was i ot a pupil. Thera is a faculty of eight led by a very worthy Methodist minister, Pretiff ent M. D. Reynolds Next is the Snlphar Springs, which are noted for their medical properties. There are two good bath-nouses which are ever ready for une. Near at band also is the Park Hotel, a beautiful and pleasant place for both sick and well. Lampasas Is well supplied with churches. Among tbe newest are the Episcopalian and Baptist churches. Tney ore both ornaments to our to wn. Anot ti er new bnilding is the opera house, where Tank Key, not m*ny weeks ago,delivered a series of lectures which were enjoyed by every one. Tbe subject of the lee tures was, Cnina and It’s People Lampasas Is the county seat of Lampas as county, and hasn't a case of sic all pox in it Clabea March, NEGROHEAD, N, C. Editor Sunny South: The farmers are r*j >icing over bountiful crops of corn and cotton. Several horses throughcu'- this section have died during the last few mouths. Two of the families who moved to West Tennessee two years ago have re turned to Union county with the intc-n tion o’ making the Oid North St ,te tn, ir future home. Others are expected t-o return eru another two years. Several p-rsons from Union county hav3 emigrated to Arkansas. Tacru is talk of laying off a new town ship in this county, to by composed of parts of New Saitm and Lines Creek to vnshtps. Marri-.d, in LanrlnburEr, N. C , on Thursday, J mu ry 1st, 1891, Mr. ivalter Wallis of Monroe, N. C , to MUs Lula Grunain of Luuruibuig. We extiod our congratulations to cue happy c tuple and may their voyage over life's stormy s.a ) a Died -ant ono. There was an election held in the tnwn of Monroe .noth Dgslnc -todeeide whet - er or not tee town shouid Issue bonds for electric lights aud otner puolic i.uprove- mtnts for thr.t town. Tne result was a smalt m-ijoriiy agaiust bond-. Thb sub ject uas M.n greatly agitating the mines of some of th-j U.-adlng cllizaus /or some time. • The Cfoorgia, Catalina and Northern raiiroao'^the northern terminus of whicn is at Alouroe, is b,ing pushed through to wares Atlanta Tnere has recently been a through pas sengcr train put ou the S. A. line rom Norfolk to Charlotte, which wilt be a great caaveuieuce to tne traveling public. Mr. E. W Pointer has sold his interest i the Monroe K gisier to Air. AI A Underwood, wuo uo.v has entire control or that paper. We wisu him much sue UNO. Lr ach, Dr. M. ». White and Miss Lessfo Witherspoon, Mr. M. M. Boss and Miss 8. J. Davidson, Mr Bob Allison and Miss Saliie Davidson, Mr. J.S Brice and Miss Daisy Gist, Mr. A G Hart and Miss Fannie Rrbertaon, Mr. Tommie Claws >n and Mls-i Daisy Hart, Mr WiliU Gist and Miss Annie Law, Mr. Paul McNe-1 and Miss Helen Young, Mr. Frank Hart and Miss Huldah McNeel, Mr. T. F. Mo Dow and Miss Mary Hart. The occasion was on exceptional pleas ant one and all were profuse in their thanks to Mrs. McNeel for her ki dnees and hospitality, and went away fe ding tbat tbe occasion would be an o-sls of pleasure treasured np in their minds in after years. “ And still on each evening, when pleasures fill up , To the highest top sparkle each heart and each cop; Where er our path l ies, be they gloomy or bright. Our souls, dearest friends, shall remember this night.’’ Cyclo, YorkviUe, S. C. WALHALLA, S C. Editor Sunny South: Crops were very good last year, especially cotton ai d people would be prosperous if cotton would sell like it did twenty years ago. During the Christmas holidays, the people ei joyed themselves immensely. Serenades, fireworks, Christmas trees, sociables and balls combined to make it a joyous occasion. Tue Clemson Agricultural College, of which we made mention in these columns is now being erected, and the work is being pushed very rap dly. It is intended that it shall be In operation by next Octo ber, and it has every prospect of success. Tne money has been raised, and there is nothing but plain sailing, as far as tbe human eye cau see. Governor Tillman, who was elected by the farmers of the state against a bitter cpposltioa, seems to oe a very acceptable magistrate to all, except those who were knowu as the ‘ Aristocrats” and their Satellites. Tne Legislature of this state which adjourned recbtiy, has patsed some very excellent laws, and It Is generally thought that the farmer Legislature is an “average team.” Mr. V. L Norman goes to Bock Hill, S- C , to assume management of a hotel in that town, and his brotber, G. A. Nor man, comes to Walhalia to take charge of tbe Norman Drug Cos’, elegant hotel and drug business. “Mr W. P. Terhune, the genial boarding houte ketper, late of Hackensack, N. J , contemplates the erection of a handsome residence on Faculty Hill, West Togaloo street. Mr. Gregg recently from Michi gan, has erected a handsome residence near Walballa. He came South to es cape the vigorous winter climate of his state. Many Northern people have come to Walhalia and vicinity for their heaitb, and generally like the country ano peo pie so well that they take up permanent residence here. Ail good ptop e of the North an 1 otcer sections are welcomed to come and be citizens of our thriving town and county. Tae Souta continues to thrive wonder fully, and tue story of progress is to/d weekly by that grand old Southern Journal, tr.e ‘ SUNNY SOUTH,” verily tne cl'NNY Sooth is orignt, as lt-s lu-nu un piles, and bhouid he read by every south cruer. Long may she tbrivr! JAMEb I> Massey. We are accustomed to speak of ■errant* as the defendants of thefr employers. As a matter of fact, the relationship is often the reverse of this. Many persons who have money fail into such habits of idlenees or self indulgence that they feel as much need of being waited on as their servants do of being paid. Amid a very attractive table of con tents which the J anuary number of Har per's Magazine presents, one of the moat striking is the beginning of a story by Miss Murpby, who Is known as Charles Egbert Craddock. This brilliant aid forcible writer nas chosen tbs mountain districts of Tennessee and North Caro lina as the locate for her charming sto ries. Her pen will render the region around Lost Mountain as classical as did Irving’s the country around the Tappan Z a. The day may come, and tbat not very distantly, when what has been known as the Sahara Desert, will bo a widespread scene of fields, groves and gardens. The industry and ingenuity of man will probably before Che lapse of half a cen tury, rescue this portion of the earth from sterility and make it the abode of a large population. The Artesian Well Is already doing wondrous things and we may reasonably anticipate the time when It will no longer be the home of a few tribes of wandering Arabs. We are now entering upon the last decade of the Nineteenth century. S iort as the time seems until we may write 1900 at the head of our letters, a great many changes will \ robabiy occur betore tbat period. Among those which we may predict as most probal la is the ex tension o.' railr-isd lints that shall con nect (J lebec and Buenos A)res— thi two extreme cities of our continent. It is also probable that the trails will be bur- rled over these roads, not by steam, but by electricity or some now undiscovered motor. CHIEF ARCrjI TEC f- YGRKViLLE, S. C, Editor Sunny South: ‘ So will the shine Of soul that strikes our soui m ike lair and fine .-arth'y tenement. Toou shaft extol Tne inner, tuat the outer lovelier seenx.” “A few days since,” said Mr. Jake Haas, in conversation the other day, “a man walked into the bank and threw down a $100 oill. “ ‘Give me gold for that, please.’ “I counted out fl ve $20 gold pieces and handed them to him, aud with a wink he put them is pocketbook and closed it with a snap. “What are you going to do with it, I asked. “ ‘I’m not going to be left,’ he replied with another wink, ‘I was jastpald that $100 bill, and I’m going to lay the gold away so that I won’t be liable to be caught in an emergency.’ “Now,” continued Mr. Haas, “suppose that in this district there are 5,000 men who each have $103 hoarded in tnat way. Don’t you see that ms ins $500 000— half a million—withdrawn from circulation? “Five thousand is a low estimate, to say the least of it, and this great sum of money lies idle and does no one any good. Ii bat increases the scarcity of currency in circulation, and is just so much of an impediment to those who re quire money with which to carry on their operations in a growing and developing section like this. “On that estimate figure a Uttle. There arc ten congressional districts in the State of George, and when you multiply $500,000 by ten you have $5 000,000 with drawn from active circulation, and op* erati ons are embarrassed in every town in the State to a certain extent by this idea of hoarding, which is unbusiness like and causeless, besides being injari ous in n time like this, when money is so badly needed."—Atlanta Constitu tion. A progressive conversation puty wes given compl imentory to M/ts HUt-u Young, of Union, at the residence of Mrs. b. M. AlcNael, on ttte evening of the 9 h inst. Owing to the exois-ive incle mency of the wealher f-.ara hud oaen t x pressed by some that tuci might prevo detrimental to the pleasure of the ocoa sion, but s^-ch fears Were squelched by tire assistance of tne liv.iry ruen, and the affoir was in all poiuts au complete a success as ingenuity of conception and though trul hearts alu d by wiiiiag hands cou d connive. Wee l all the guests had assembled, the hostess delivered to tacn gentleman a card on one side oi which w..s written th- subj-ct upon which he was to con Verse, and ou tue ravorse the names ol all the laoies present, beginning with that of hiu partner. Oar enterprising correspondent in Cnicaqo has sent ua some interesting and informing letters from the wonder ful city about the preparations for the vast Galumbian World’s Fair, and t e noble buiining—now going up—as the temperance temple of fourteen storits, or the masonic temple of twenty stories It is probable that our correspondent did not know, and that most of our sub scrifcers do not know that the architect of nia. y of these great bulldiugs, and the chisi architect of the World's Fair, is Georgia boy, born in an 8 by 10 un mastered room in Lumpkin, S.ewart Count} , and large y educated r,y Prof A. IN. Wilson, in Atlanta. Commend his business life lu C icago soou after tae great firs, and withont any capital except an education,-he la now one ol the leidiog aicaiiects of the world, His n me—after the late Judge John T. Clarke and Judge Marshall J Wei-born i< John Welloorn lfoo', sou o.’ our bo nsvol-ut fellow citizen Sidney Riot of Atlanta, Mr. Root’s partner, D. II. Burnham, a man of great abltiiy is chief of construe t-ou i f tbe World’s Fair. A noble building will sooa be errcled in Atlanta from plans of M<ssrs B irn ham & R iot for the East Atlanta L-ind Co , ana the Equitable As-ur-mce Ch., of New York, to cost some $>00,030 Mountains, which in'erpore the great est- hindrances lo ready intercourse, are great obstacles to tbe progress of civiii zation. In the districts where high ranges force seclusion, the speech, tha habits of thought and the customs of liv ing all b come peculiar In many instan ces in this country a lofty ridge haa separated people as widely aifforent iron: each oilier as though thousands of miles intervened. It is in regions thus cut eff from the world’s rushing currents that human nature exhibits itself in forms pecn-iariy attractive to lovers of the gro tesque. We regard it as a matter for congratu lation that S ttiiig Bill will no longer ba a terror to our W = atern frontiers; but we would like to be able to feel tbatthere was nothing of wrong doing ou the part of the whites in the manner of his death. vili, we four, bave to be admitted that the Indians of late yetrs have been goaded into cruel warfare by the unjust treatment that they have rece vod at the hands of Government agents When the full hi-tory of tie R-d Man’s disappear ance from America comes to be written, there wi/1 bs a heavy incictment pre ferred sgaiLst the white man. Fretticg Overtime Sins of Others A new book from toe psa ofOoLB, M. Johnston boa jut been issued by toe publishing Hsu* of D. Appleton * On. Like alibis stow works, this new vol wno, “Widow Guthrie,” 1* e. plotare of life In Georgia in too rood old days bo- fen too war. It, of eonrso, contain n groat abandonee of riok humor, bus It wlaiM also much of tub interest, and proves OaL Johnston to bs n nut powerful delineator of hamM manners. Taos* woo bar* not yet reed It ban a neb treat In Iton. The Bool Estate Exchange cf Knh* vlile, Tenn., ie about ta issue a fctli for a convention to meet in that eity next February, to be composed of delemtes from all tu real estate txehanjres or too United StalM aud Canada Toe par- ■’ is to organise an Intar The announcement was thed made that each gentit man mast talk to eacn lad/ for trie space ol five minutes upon the subject aat-fon-d ulm lor Due evening, aud tocuangeto he next on his list at the tapofa bell. Tue topes lor conversa tion embraced quite a variety,consisting of sclent.fie questions, current afltlrd, sentimt nia em , e g Evolution, Cuau teuqua. Music, .Poetry, Lo re. Tae late of yourhumoje correspondent was to le.l what ne knew of poetry, and for the space of one uour, time flo-v ail too quickiy on nimoie wings, aud it was with extreme reiuc tar.ee that he changed the Course of con - vermilion wuen the time had expired, though once when talking to a lovely giri with large, lustrous brown eyes, he cams near branching efi to a kindred topic and repeating tuose lines in Lalia Rookn: “Oh, look not so beneath the skies, I mw tear uoiuiug but tnose ejes. It aught .,u eartu count charm or force My spirit from iis de-Ciued course— If aughi could make my soul forget Tne "mid u, which its seal is set, ’Twould oe those eyes they oniy they, Could u ell this sacred se.l away!” The prizes for the best and poorest^con- versatiouist, respectively, was a hand some collar box aud an enormous red- strip. d stick of candy. Tbe form .-r was awarded by a popular Vote of tue lad>eB to Mr. F auk Hart, and the latter to Mr. T. F. M D i», who j cosely said on re ceiving it that os bis subject, was “Love,” tbe laoies were all nrad ‘because be would not make a downrigat proposal to them, and had voted him the Dooby prize all for spite. Being under restraint, that is, confined to one suoj ot, ones mind naturally re fuses to wore Its best, and when such re straint was removed many there worn * „ ‘Bemoaning the fete Of the wit that was tardy and spsrsieu too face; Of tne teen repartee tbat wsasirictly one’s own, Nat came lino view when the occasion had flown,” Whew toe time for conversation upon too presortood topics bed expired and to* nnxee hod beeu awarded, toe door of the dra wing room wee trnrown open, sad all w.rs invited to toedlalag roomjwkore on etenant and sumotuous repost woe ta-tsfally ‘Frit not thyself because of evil-doers’ is an oft-quoted injunction of the Psaim ist, which has recti ved the approval of tue wisest men and women. Oa the same line foliowthe assertions thit more people die from worry than do from ais ease and tbat we are more disturbed about the wrong-doings of others than about, our owu misdeeds. Ail these wise saws and modern instances are intended to impresj upon us the folly of vtxing oursel',es about the failure of our neigb. bars to d > as we think beet, and certain ly our Deace of mind would ba promoted did we heed these monlsions. Bat there are temperamants that cannot ba schooled into this kind of patience There are those who cannot be calm aud serene when they consider the follies and perversities of those about them. They cannot sit still and see things going wrong withont making an effort either with band or tongue to set them aright. Nor do we know that they are the best people who can come nearest to doing so. If we are to,benefit tbe world by onr own acts and words, we must sometimes vex ourselves about the ba 1 doings of people. If we are to induce people to quit acting badly we must first feel dis turbed about their bad conduct. We will hardly plead with a great deal of earnest ness for them to leave off sinning if we do not find their sins a matter of griev ance to us. As a matter of fact, a great deal of time and of money is expended in effort to convert one portion of man- kiudfrom what another portion conceives to be erroneous ways. Many who are rated especially good suffer much an guish of teartand shed many tears be cause others will not regulate their con- dect aright. Still an indulgence in what is termed fretting is not wise. This is a style of disapprobation which may harm the fretter withont hurting those who excite the dissatisfaction. There are those who can diligently seek to win others from ways that they dislike withont express ing and perhaps without feeling any great annoyance. Those who con aet tons will prove most successful in at tempts to effect conversions. Until within the la3t tvo or three centuries, it was never suspected that there wa3 a history of cur planeD or of our race other than that recorded in tha ( first chapter of Genesis. E'ea to this j day, many are loth to believe that the I rocks tell of the times before man came to dwell upon the earth, and that in onr languages as now spoken there is some thing to be 1 -arued of the rams who lived before Homer wrote poetry or Herodotus history. But the geologist aud the philologist are year by year bringing out new facts from these two sources of deduction. Yat it were wholly amiss to Bpeak of these rs though they wera rualhtmati -al demonstrations. j By toe death or Mrs. Mary n-iji* Harley, Hancock county loses another one from a generation of men and wo* men who mad* her history illustrious. Far booh la too forties Poweltoa was noted both as an educational sad i«U> gious centre, or toe citizens who gave tone to the society of to* Uttle village non* were more prominent toon to* two artlaueaUy spewed. At D'-Ouuon ood Reuben Bsttte. an unique sotivwaier ot ?-o descendant* of neither of these are ***• * beensnut hood painted cord with an appropriate quotation and a bunco of artiaacauy painted fl/wers In Teat watch fall to the lot of yonr scribe was one wlta a sprig of exalte and tue timely quotation: “ When shall we meet again— lu Ihuuder, ligktuiug or In rain?” After supper ailreiind to thedrawlng- very numerous, but among them ora some of too worthiest people of too When a bookie at one* able and time ly taking holdofrabjeetslnwhieh toe pab lie sie keenly Interested and dlsenssiog them with broadness of view and strength of grasp. It may be expected to leave a large aud lsatiag popularity. Bat one The pessimist who insists that the! wor/d is ail the time growing worse canf' make a better showing for his case thaijt- they who try to hops to the contrary art willing to admit. That men are btcort* ir.g bitter and their environments irt» proving la not so evident as to admifctif no dispute. But we believe the present an improvement on the past. Hundreds of oid abuses have been swept away. Life Is more sacred, property more safe than In the long ago, and iignt has been let into plac-cB once reeking with the foulest odors of sin. The rich and pow erful are less able to oppress the weak, though capital in the control of corpora tions is as masterful, as tyrannical, as hard-handed as was ever the feudal lord. The French failed in their effort to es tablish a great empire in North Amt rica. Before the policy of Pitt and the arms of Wolfe, their attempt in this direction came to an unfortnnate close on the flights of Abraham. But these people wno laid tne foundations of what under another flig Has become a great domin ion, made a history peculiariy rich in ro mantic interest. The Poet and the Novelist have found on the banks of the St Lawrence subjects that furnish abun dant scope for tue exercise of genius. Of the material there found, no one has made a better use than Aubert de gm fl, who has treated the tneme with thusiaam of a lover in his cuoi mng story, “The Canadians of Oid,” ja t is sued by the Appletons. At the recent c invention cf writers in Nashville, Colonel T< non, of Sheffield, Ala., said ■onto is now able to support t tore. He spoke of the nee text books in southern school pters/d the fact that much oft ferae of southern newspapers from tha north. Ho said that ie today in (iterator* where it Joan ego In manufactures, enern rode to railway •oatkom materials, but atatea. Too Iron rails northern Iron, while toe to a superior quality, won slothes made from at northern mills, things all tola was eban, ba* become a saooaasful too north to man nfact’ we give np and eay, of “the south will not sop] suno wee said of factoi years ago. Time and room, and oonver»ation on subj ots of may fall much snort of this, and stUl not tk. Djxairi&sns bs btbs I “***■ i “■