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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 3,1892,
Our Boys apd (Jirl$.
EDITORIAL CHAT.
Has Gem read Mr. DeLeon’s article
to writers? It is in Thanksgiving
number. The Sunny South of Nov.
12th contained an editorial in relation
to the same topic.
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We Heartily endorse Gem’s sug
gestion in reference to improving this
page, and hope to do our part in this
direction b.v being more careful than
has been usual as to what shall find a j
place upon if. We desire in the in
terest of of our readers not only to
publish letters, but letters about some
thing. Tell us brietly things that you
see. If you belong to the country
write about country things—the
things you are familiar with. Cat
fights, rabbit hunting, trapping par
tridges, bees, fishing, etc., and if you
belong to the city tell about city
things. A column of this paper con
tains about 1,000 words, and one-third
of a column, or 333 words should be
ample space for letters as a general
rule. There must be exceptions of
course, but we cannot judge them in
advance. Earnest Willie will proba
bly continue to claim 1 hat distinction,
but then, you know, there is no ac
counting for a man who writes on
wheels.
Those on loird the bark Gd.len Star
during cue of her voyages (ro u Ubiat to
England did not gat oft by au/ means so
| wen, aul liie C4|>uiu o( the vcurl cer-
i taiuiy had goal reasjn for registering a
] vow that h^ would uever agxiu ail nv his
passenger list to iuclude a lire bear.
Among the items of a large and various
ly assorted eaig * was a 500-pouud bruiu,
. coudubd secuidy, it was tuought, iu a
Xavier, I, too, am very fond of read- ! strong wcoieu e*ge, which was placed ou
ing, and like boys very much. I will
be very happy to correspond with any
of the cousins.
But I must desist, for fear my letter
will be too long. Lovingly,
Nashville, Tenn. Violet.
Spurs the Boys.
Ill* deck ab ut of me captain's cabin.
O n; uight as they were changing watch
Mr. Brain pried oil oua et me wuoueu bars
oi the cage aud got oil', lid stiffed the
strong salt breeze for a moment and then
began wandering about the deck.
fljdileuly he t»pie<l toe uiau At the wheel
and without further ceremony he crawled
up to him, and roiling ou his hauuches,
st» uck the j ick tax a tuv-jge blow with his
huge pa*.
Tae sailor, of course, let go of the wheel
the skip immediately broached to and ieli
off her course, the saxU H ipped wiidiy iu
the wind, ami the binnacle light was ex-
Letter Boxers :—After an absence
of a few months I again pay yoa a
visit. . . . _
What is the subject for discussion? j U ’? u odS?J&S?.‘LufS3i at the sudden
1 think some one has mentioned, “Na- i inrcUing oi the vessel, .rushed ou deck,
ture versus Art, and as I am an ardent j lo liie "heel jhe perceived a dark
CoxTRinuTioRS to this page need
not take alarm at these remarks. We
do not demand perfection at the hands
of beginners. But we do insist upon
pains-taking. If you do not intend to
be careful it is better not to write at
all. There are two ways to learn
punctuation and grammatical con
st ruclion,-from your school books, and
from the example of good writers.
You could net do better than preserve
our Thanksgiving issue for reference
as to these points. It contains poems
paragraphs and stories in which you
can study the art of mechanical ar
rangement, the use of quotation marks
and other essential details. First,
write your article with a pencil. Then
revise it slowly and carefully. Study
the meaning of your words, and use
no two words in any one sentence
that have the same meaning. When
you are sure that your capitals and
punctuation marks are right, and that
you have erased all unnecessary words,
copy the article with ink. And in
doing this arrange the words, whether
prose or verse, as they should appear
in print. We returned a poem re
cently because it appeared on the
written pages in the form of prose.
A Gift Acknowledged.
Dear Cousins: I take this as the
only available means to express my
appreciation for a surprise received
recently from an uuknown source. It
was a beautifully bound miniature
copy of Schiller’s poems.
Vainly I searched the wrapper for
some clue of the donor but nothing
was found save the mystical words:
‘•To Ueiuette, from one who admires
her, Keokuk, la., November 5th 1832.
Little 1 imagined one so far nu?n
admirer of nature’s works, I cau not j “Hello, there, fyou {lubber!” bawled oat
refrain from saying a few words in its j the mate. *Waat do you mean by sleeping
behalf. j at your post? '
Man lias indeed accomplished many i Then he administered a second kick at
wonderful works of both beauty and ' keeping sailor,
grandeur, yet wl.cn 1 oonsidei the |*tr *“ *° “>
mountains, whose snow-capped sum-j With a snort of rage <ho brute hurled
Hilts part the clouds of liGuven j the i himself upou cUh iirst cffict;f 9 ieiiitig Lim
deep rivers flowing iu silent majesty; to the dro* with a blow ox his paw.
the illimitable forests waving in the j By this time ilie captain and crew were
there
broke
and
cross-
to a quail sitting on a scrubby tree. This
snake twisted about four inches of its fail
along a liinb if the tree and used all the
rest of its body for a hammer atd handle to
« h tek the q tail on the head mi h a eting-
iug blow that it died without a Hauer of
its wings.
The snake seemed to have the wonder,
fill p»w«r of lengthening its body out
nearly double its normal length an I as
small as a whalebone whip, tii^ heavier
part being next to the part wrapped around
the. tree.
After killing the quail and rabbit the
snake hammered the b"dy into a pulp,
hones and ail, and then swallow* d th*
whole business. The swallowing showed
that the hammer of the head could be
1 <id back out of the way w bile the swallow
ing was done.
tSveiy i ff >rt possible with the appliances
they had with them was made to ge‘; one
of the snakes, but they failed.
The Yellow Kitten.
BY ELIZABETH
8BOBT
TALKA AND THE FAIRIES.
The Story of a Little Girl Who Was a
Giant to the Elves.
awe.
But when I consider the sparkling
light of the dew drops; the gold and
crimson of autumn’8 colors; the deli
cate green tracery of an ivy leaf; the
world of color in a for-get-me-uot; the
subtle aroinanoy of a clover bloom;
and the intricate workmanship of a
snowbake, I am lost in admiration.
There is good argument on both sides,
yet 1 think no one cau presume to
place the works of man against the
works of God. The loveliest paint
ings that ever aporned the art galler
ies of the Old World are exact repro
ductions of nat ure.
1 would like to ask the Letter Box
ers a question:
Are writers trained or born? Is it
a gift of study or inspiration ?
1 would like to hear from you all on
this question. What is the matter
with ye young writers of the South?
The Sunny South gives you a whole
page, and yet often it is filled with
other reading. I notice some of our
best writers have gone over to the
Household. Let us build up our de
partment, so that it may rival its sis
ter page.
Naomi give us a bright letter soon ?
And you Malvern, Starling, Moun
tain Daisy and others, let us hear
from you.
Cleopatra—star-eyed Egyptian, I j
extend you my hand in welcome. |
Gem.
SEVERAL BEARS.
They can Laugh or Swear as Well
as Men.
All backwoodsmen who hare the brut
opportunities for studying the wajs and
manners of the wild creature* of the wil
derness, tell ns that the m rae carefully we
otsarve them the more human-like we dud
them to be.
Oae who spent maty yeari among t'ue
forests of Oatario avers that he has seen
bear babies play, tumble, laugh and cry, j the hear uuue him forget his iulendVt vie
The captain took a versus and found
hall the cre .v disabled, vho original vic
tim being nearly dead.
Enraged at tne spectacle he peppered
away with Lis revolver, ami dually B nc
ceedtd nx killing the bear, and the animal
fell to tbs deck with a loud crash; and
when the Golden Star reached the Cape of
Good Hope . tr sails were torn to shreds,
her binnacle broken, in fact, the was had-
iy damaged all round.
A stiii more ihriLiug encounter was
that which took place between the heroic
wileoia habitant farmer iu Argeuttuil
county, Quebec, and an enormous hear in
the eariy part of last winter.
Bears in»d been very plentiful iu the lo
cality, no less tnau ten having been killed
by a single hunter iu a week.
Oae flatarday Madame Lett Ian*, of La
Gare was hanging out s.m-* domes iu the
yard behiud tne nome. Her baby was in
its cradle playing happily witu loys,
while another eoild, a noy 8 years old, sal
upon the doorstep wat fifing Lii motuer.
The father had gone eff to the woods.
Suddenly the boy xuslnd toward Lis moth
tr crying: “A b*g dog is coming into the
house."
Madams LeBlanc turned her head iu
time to see a big hear da».ipps*r through
the dour.
Bidding her son rnn up the ladder into
the gran.iy and thus get out of the dan
ger, the brave woman se>zod an axe and
dashed into the house to fa se the intruder,
now almost upon the crad.e.
Tne great creature was bleeding from
the shout er, as if already wounded, aud
was iu a He humor to ffght. Rising up m
its hind legs it reared lor battle, aud a des
perate struggle ensue J, the woman wield
ing the keen axe witu mtiveiious skl.l
aud inflicting wound alter wound.
Durmg the conflict the cradle was over
turned, aud tne terrified babe thrown al
most under the brat’s paws. But before
any haim could be done the little thing,
the iighi*y eai-oid b >y showeu that he hair
Lis lUuihcr’s spirit by anal hiug up the in
fant aud carrying it off up mto the
granaty.
Presently the infuriated brute struck the
axe out ol nis antagonist's bauds with cue
H ice blow, ana with uLother felled her 10
me gruimu. Another moment and he
wonia have torn her iu pieces.
U ippiiy, however, her Iraulic cries had
ken iie.ri by her nusbrud, who was re
turning home, accompanied by two pow-
eilul null dogs. Tne dogs reac ;ed toe
be* lie first, and liurang iheinselv>s upon
children
a whole
di>.
t in unlit Al. Ldtfiauu appeared with his
bear | gun aud disposed oi him i>y a weix-atiueu
' outlet.
Oa examining the creature’s carcass it
was found tha . mad ram's axe had bitten
deep iu no less than 1 j places.
J. Macdonald Oxley.
jineJ on a so far away
cherished a kind thought for one so
insignificant. The book is valued as
a literary classic not only, but. also as
a constant reminder of tne disinteres
ted and generous giver.
Truly yours, Reinette.
A Now Member.
Dear Aunt Judy: I beg admit
tance to the Boys and Girls’ depart
ment. I have been a constant reader
of it for the last three years; bat have
not had courage to knock for admit
tance until now.
. letters of the cousins are very
interesting, and 1 have spent many a
delightful hour in reading them.
I always look forward with great
pleasure to the coming of the dear
Sunny South.
Earnest VViiiic, I am very fond of
reading your most interesting letters,
and may the kind Father who so lov-
mgly \vatcI1e3 over all, comfort you
and restore your health.
Florida Girl, I enjoy your letters
very much, and many others that I
haven t room to name, are enjoyed
equally as much.
LueiJe, has you r “Friendship’s Token
Waltz” been published? *
just us our own
and that sometimes
family would greet his eyes as
they walked soberly along together,
precisely like a family of Christiana going
lo ehuroh.
The mine authority assures us that
“Brer Bar" doss not hesitate to s wear in
the most natural way possible when his
feelings are triea over-much.
An old chip that he suddenly enr-oun-
tered in a hi ..sherry patch ou a rock, at
ones made for the other side in great imste
and, treading ou some loose moss, lost hit
fooling ami leii over a cliff neatly 20 feet
nigh, landing with a bump on tho nard
stones belo w.
As he got up to continue his flight, his c . „ 7 . . _
tone and remarks sounded decidedly jij. ; * e “ ua I rJ, o al0r i #‘0* ibn he and a party
CALIFORNIA HAMMER SNAKES.
In Bohemia, a country way over the sea,
there was once a little girl whose name was
Talka, says J. E. W., in a letter to a New
j York newspaper. It was only once ia a
long tims that they had meat to eat, aud
Talka never went to school.
Every day she bad to lead the cow up on
the mouutalDHide to L ed. There are moun-
laias everywhere in Bohemia, hut there is
a little grass,except here aud there a bunch
so Talka used to pull up all these little
hunches ol grass ami put Uxeiniu her apron
to take home with her so the cow might
have something to eat when she reached
home.
One day Talka had gathered her apron
nearly full aud sat down to rest, but she
was so tired that she soon fell asleep,
She hail no sooner closed her eyes than
there caaxe out froux behind amulleu stalk
the queaiest little miu you ever saw
lie was about as big as your thumb, and
he wore a xed coat all covered with brass
buttons, and a soldier hat, and a sword l>y
his side.
He looked around a moment,then gave a
shrill whistle.when from behind ro les acd
thistles aud flowers .there cauie a whole
array of little men.all dressed like soldiers,
florae of ttiem rode ou ponies no larger than
your mother's thimble, and many were
armed with sprats of grass.
Suddenly there was heard in the dis
tance the sound of music, aud as the sing
ers drew near, there appeared in their
midst, riding ou a little white pony, a most
beautiful fairy. She wore a necklace of
diamonds and a crown me.de of rubies and
other pr* clous stones. Her ey«i were
blue and her hair was so long that it al
most touched the ground.
When she came up to where the people
were, they bowel themselves to the
ground, and lh« little man whom we first
saw drew his sword an<4 cried iu a loud
voice: "Hail to the Fairy Queen!” Teen
all the people cheered so tnat the mouu-
tains shook as if there had been an earth
quake.
Wli-n it was quiet the Queen raid
“Good fairies, it is a law iu fairyland that
on oue day in the year all good fairies
shall be free to come out from the rocks
and caves where fairies hide, and do just
as they please, so you have my p ;r urns ion
today to go where you will and be as
merry as you choose.”
CAVAZZA—FROM
STORIES.
In the atelier t f a certain French paint
er there seems to be a congress of yellow
cats, cr, rather, the same cat in portraits
innumerable. A pair of hint crowu, like
an armorial bearing, the doorway ;heplays
wi;h petals of falling tear< sea; he sleeps
w «iie a sparrow' * y*.s him askance; he sits
. rave at. a sphinx; even a procession of
him forms the iiieze of the cnimuey piece,
and be pet-pi between purple aud golden
pa us u s ou the Sevres tea sex vice iu the
corner consecrated to Mxdaruc.
E'ght years ago Maurice Benoit dwelt in
a gairet, earning his brea i by copying
pictures, non. lulling his soul witu dreams
of great classic canvas •. t bis own. Need
les* to recount thed siilusions, privatioLR,
rebuff) or the nervous reactions of the
days wl en he r< c ive*i a few francs. Tne
nnielieved pressu-e cf poverty, the unre
mitting blow * of ul luck—Lap, tap, like a
pavier's mallei—became unbearable. The
thin blood oi s. rat-starvation mounted to
his bead, creating visions « f suicide.
One evening he bought poison It j-en-
taring Lis room, some thing brushed past
his iet-.t. He lighted a cxii iie and began
to wr>te a few hues, merely to save trouble
at the inquest. Suddenly there sprang
upon tUe table a iir.sle yellow kit en;it
rubbed caressingly agaiust nis face Evi
dently a woif, one of the ktxrpius ninefold
lives of nobody’s cat. It wan thin and
faini-hed, its wet iur frayed by the jaws
oi mine dog.
Oue may bo fired of life," said Mtit*
rice, “but oae doss not leave a guest
hungry."
With bread andniiik all he had, he fed
the kitten; then warmed it within the
breest of hie coat, where it caressed with
its toiigou the hand that htli it, then
purred itself to sleep.
Maurice rtfliited:—"Suicide is the
refuge for one who has no long *r hope*,
Ues of kff ctiou or responsibilities. Iu
receiving this kitten I nave assumed a
duty. To pi ace this little creature fer
warmth upon my heart aud then
turn that warmth to ice would be a be
trayal. At least I will live until tomor
row."
In the morning the little cat appeared
so pretty Maurice painted and was able
to seli its portrait. Another was ordered,
and another.
M. Lanoir’s pussies hecam) the fashion,
lie deferred his cream of a clesdc can
vas aud painted only cats, iu all postures
and colors, yellow, black, white, gray end
tabby. He studied cats; he divined, under
their masks oi drowsiness or eapriee, the
-ubile charm aud wisdom adored in old
E^ypt.
The yellow kitten that saved his life
also made his fo. tune. Aud Mr. Lenoir
proved Lot ungrateful; the yellow cat,
now patriarch of a lube, has his cushion
and his cup in the atelier and wears a
gulden collar inscribed “To My Benefac
tor.”
Alligator Hunting.
In Florida, the flsminole Indiars hunt
alligators for their skius Kixk Mouroe join
td the red meu iu one of their expeditions
aud described his experiences iu the Sep
tember number of the Cosmopolitan Mag-
direction. One little fairy climbed upon
the t« p of a dandelion stem aud made a
funny ep ech. Another hid himself iu a
clover biossom anti went to sleep 1 can't
begin to tell you all the games they
p -*> e*I, nor how they sang and danced
uutil oue little chap espied Talka fast
asleep.
“Hellr, *eo what I’ve found!” siidhe
“Here's a g ant just as sure as can he I
Teen oto. r fair.* s came and walked all
around Talks, talking in wbisp-r-, an.I
wondbiing wbat they should do. Fiaallv
f ne said: "Let’s tie her hands and feet s >
that she can’t stir, and tUen we’ll climb
way up to the top of her head.”
So they made rop:s out of spiders'
web*; made them Mr,rag with wax from
the b itnbie bees' nest, and tied her hand
and loot.
Tiien tiny made ladders out of tall mu!-
Jen stalks aud b gau to climb. Same w* r«-
armcd with spears made uf thorns; soino
with pickers from thistle leaves, and some
with clubs of daudtliou wood.
One, bolder tbau the rest, crept out to
the end of Ttlka’a nose aud art down
Wiien he did this lie looked aroned, aa
much as to say : • I an-ns I’m smarter than
any body else,” but jistthen he brought fi-
I am 01 a Kings River Ex- spear down with a wliackcn Taikas uose,
plorer.
A letter from Dr. E E. Brown, in The
Then such a scampering as there was up I f' zi “ e ’ > *J e “ was to “ * ato 10 k®
and down the mountain side, and iu every ( ? >. wa8 . to bo
direction. Oue littla f*irv . ii.nk M l ® a m K“*-. following is au extract
Wild
humored aud profane
! have made a most wonderful diicovtry up
Anotbex time this observer met a year- ; i n King’s river canyon. In crossing a
old hear iu the height of the muaauito sea-! , , , , ,
son. He was walking on thiee legs and j 8m * li cr6 ‘ k lh ** came to a beautiful can-
using the spare paw to rub his itching uose j J ou or basin of about three acres of level
all trie wnile giviug utteranue to liis
opinions on the mosquito plague with a
luic-j and ftrvor wortu/ of au s>ruty mule
driver with his team hopelessly mired.
meadows, surrounded by perpendicular
walls some 300 feet high.
A fine stream of t old, clear water was
Some time ago a big bear took posset* | U*® little meadow* but there
sion of a deserted railway camp at Squaw ! setmid to tie no outlet. There was no way
Hill and held the fort for three years, iu ! of getting down into tho valley, but quail
spite of being fired at by men passing on ; ana rabbits seeuxed to inhabit the little
hen/laaM A *
A pair of opera glasses brought to light I
number of snakes basking iu the sun ou
Tuey were ons to tnree L:et
whicn tickled her so that it made her
Hoecze. Down fell the little fairy, and
from her head and siiratldeis they cram
tailing into her Jap, where they climbed
over each other iu their haste to g« t
away.
Just as the last fairy climbed cut oi
her apron liitle Talka awoke, and tnere
was the cow eating the last bit of grass
that had been iu her apron, aud which she
had worked so hard to g .liter.
A Mew story from Mary E. Bryan!
handcars or lorries. One evening a French
Canadian cook was creasing a trestle
bridge not far from Bruia’s castle, when
he was heard shouting by those behind:
“Getaway! Get baoai Get off! ’ His
companions hurried up. They found him
ojn the centre of tho trestle heating two
tia plates like cymbals and dancing like a
del visb. At the other end of the bridge
appeared the cause of his excitement—a
huge beer coming at him, stepping stead
ily from tie lo tie.
But for the timely arrival of reinforce
ments the const quences of the meeting
might have proved serious for Jean Bap
tiste. As it was, Mr. Bruin decided that
discretion waa the better part of vator,
and, with what sounded suspiciously like
an aaibi effected a reluctant retreat.
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan’s story “At the
Eleventh Hour,” ends with this num-
! her, but the readers of The Sunny | b JF ughtuiug all at once—-mat is, i mougnt
i UlU. •
following is au extract
from his article:
Darkness had hardly fallen b« fore the
bellow.114 of alligators was beard—a sound
much liae the ruar.ot an angry hull. Mic-
cocnee listened with evident aatnfaction.
“Aitapalta ( dligatoi) plenty. .Me catch
era, U ucali 1 *
We uad killed five of the monsters when
wo turned our prow upstream. Miccocbee
wielutd hit puan-po.e iroiu tne stem.
Kowika sat in Hie middle of the canoe,
«vt*iie i, witu jack-iignt on my btad and
tifljiu my baud, occupied taeposition of
Uouor in the Low.
Tne alligators had .ceased their mutter-
iug», anu i had begun to tLiuk that we
luukil.eaa itiglilcued them all. Just
then t was elartieu by a slight moli ra on
tne hank but a lew yauisaway At the
aauie installi two coats of lire gleamed
luruugu lira b.ackneSi. WhatcaUid tucy
be? i was aboiu 10 speak, win 11 a sharp
•■mot" 1 rou. behind tola me lint the mo
ment fur action nail ct 111 j. Taking a hasty
aim at oue ol tne itiriu coals, 1 Hied.
Tne report of tic xitls was loitoared by
sucu a wild lush into tne liver, sucu
warning anu tpl.shing.su h showers of
eqiray anu biouuy luuui, that it was us if a
mail cjrOioue u 4.1 been dropped i.o u the
tic a vena tuiu that q del spot. Li.tie Kun-
k i act cam. d m in* (Xoa.ukLl t tut Mid
cocuce only tap.coaeu ms uispicasafe at
my baa snot uj AiUiltring, “JAc-.e-Wa-gUsI
Xaeaji bau!
Toe Harry lasted a few minutes, and
fhcit the inoustcx’ sauk. it cou.it uot n<*vo
been such a bai snot alter ait, xor ne Wat
dear at last. I'luii tninaiug, i lax . uowu
ray iiti) ami puked up .no ha;pjou. Feei-
ing cautiously along mo Loi.ooj, i suuU
came lo Sumtthing toiler tnau iuo rocks,
ana proddeu it witu all my st.cngtu.
1'uo u-. xt xnsiaut u iiu^e b.ack ferux
leaped lo me suiirae wilL a v.cious lUsh,
the jack-;Jg t disclosed u pair ct horrid,
wiuc-open j .«s hiica wait g.earning itetu,
lucre w-s a bellow nae iho toar of a
wounded lion, and JL ie»t my &ciX Ueiug torix
and mangled ana awaiio wed anu stuXck
the Hat rock,
in length, aud had heads shaped exactly
lake a oiacksiuitu's hammer.
While tne party were examining with
the glass the max.oeuvres of a number ol
the snakes crawling through the grass a
very large one WkS noticed making a sneak
on a coubu-tail rabbit. When within about
two fset of tlxe rabbit the snake stiffened
the front bait of its body aud bent into a
right angle.
Then his snakesliip straightened out sud
denly, b.ingiiig the rabbit as winging blow
on the side of its head which laid bunny
out completely.
Another snake was observed to creep on
South will be gratified to know that
we expect to begin anew and thrill-!
In reality that last effort of the inoxisttr
was only »uiiL.ieut lo hixug Lira to ihi
• . , , . , bow's oi tiro cauoe, which j.u struck wilix
ii)£} serial from the pen of this fiivor* | vijicuco to tuiubio iuo ovtii* on iuy
ite Southern author in our issue of
December 10th. The very taking
title is “THE MYSTERY OF THE
BLACK MINE.” We trust that the
friends of The Sunny South every
where will make known to their
neighbors who may not see the paper
the fact that Mrs. Bryan’s writings
may be found in its colums.
lace, 'iho thunder dap luai ucciinpauied
uiy involuntary actum was the report ol
rayown gun, Hred close bcsxue iuy head
by u'jwiii. _ its uuizzio was wiruat uowu
tho alligator s throat, and before 1 realized
w , * Waa Lappoaijig, tae affair was over.
I iueasuxeu tne creature the uexs day,
and lound him wiihin two inches of four
teen feet long.
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