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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SEPTEMBER 23 1898
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Editor Sunny South.
THE DRUNKARD'S DAUGHTER.
BY G. W. B.
Oat In the street, with naked feet,
I saw the drunkard’s daughter;
Her tattered shawl was thin and small;
She little knew, for no one taught ner.
Heart-broken child, she seldom smiled;
Hope promised her no brighter morrow;
Or. if its light flashed on her night,
Then up came darker clouds or sorrow.
She softly said: “we have no bread,
No wood to keep the fire a-burning.”
The chi d was ill; the winds were chill,
Her thin, cold blood to ice was turning.
Bat men well fed and warmly clad,
And ladles robed in richest fashion,
Passed on the side where no one cried
To them for pity or compassion.
That long night fled, and then the light
'^Of rosy day in beanty shining
Bet dome and spire and roof on fire.
And shone on one beyond repining.
Asleep—alone—as cold as stone,
where no dear parent ever sought her,
In winding-sheet of snow and sleet,
Was fonud the drunkard's lifeless daughter.
Old Sayings.
Dear Editor:
According to my promise, I will tell the
"Cousins” some more little bits of lan
guage.
The famous word, “turn-coat,” grew out
of a diilicult position of a duke.
Emanuel, one of the earliest of the
dukes of Savoy, is known to fame as the
Turncoat. He obtained this nickname for
a curious reason.
His territories were inconveniently near
to tne forces of both Spain and France,
with which powers he found it necessary
to be on friendly terms, as they were often
in the habit of invading his dukedom.
However, he had to side sometimes with
one and t hen the other, whichever was the
stronger at the moment. So he had a coat
made that was bine on one side and white
r n the other. When he took part with
Spain he wore the blue side out—the Span
ish oolor; whf*n he wanted to stand well
with the French he turned the
white side ont. There was some
thing to be said for the poor
man in such a fix, but history that has no
m«roy, only knows him as the Turncoat.
What was “Hobsons choice?” What
does it mean? Tobias Hobson was the first
men in England to let out hackney horses.
When a man came for a horse he was led
in the stables where there was a great
choice but Hobson obliged him to take the
horse which stood next to the stable door;
so that every customer was alike well
served acoording to his chances. From
this came the saying, “Hobsons choice,”
wbijh means simply this: “Take this or
none.”
When I write again I will tell you about
the “Legend of the Trailing Arbutus.”
Lovingly,
“Marqic Willie.”
Married !
‘in maiden rued
Dear Letter-Boxers:
I can no longer glory
tation fancy,free.”
Yes, for a fact I’ve descended from n
mountain height of maidenhood and bai
become the happiest little wife in tl
world. I can tell each and all that msri
age is not a failure.
Girls, it’s awfully nice to be loved so e:
ttrely by such a great, big, brave fello
like my liege lord! He advises all tl
boys to enter the happy estate as early i
possible.
^J^i* 3ust a note to beg onr kind edit<
Letter - Rox™ * OCCnpy my old P ,ac « in tl
® outb *rn Girl and m
Robin, that I’ve not forgotte
dear £
E Since I’ve embarked on the uncertain
sea of matrimony I haven't had time to
write to any one save the dear “old folks
at home.”
I hope to write an interesting letter
next time and tell the cousins something
about by new home and the “Gem City,”
on the lovely St Johns.
Thanks for the kind words some have
given Florida Girl.
Palatka, Fla. Box 505.
Starling.
Dear Letter Box: I had made up my
mind to retire from the L. B. like I am
“growing old” gracefully (?) and without
much ado about it. But there came a
message from our kind Editor (just think
of that while I catch my breath for an in
spiration) to write something for the
“Box,” telling some little story of the war,
either amusing or pathetic, as I had heard
somebody tell it.
Well, I was almost wild to write some
thing that would be acceptable in Mr.
Fairman’s sight, and I ransacked my
memory for days, trying to recall some
little incident that I had heard and could
enlarge on so as to make a little story, hat
after days and weekB of fruitless search I
have quieted down, and come to the con
clusion that all the war stories that were
told me must have been very visionary, or
that my mind was riveted to something
else while hearing them.
The L. B. is a great thing for the boys
and girls. It encourages them to put
forth their timid thoughts on paper,
and then when their letter appears in
glorious print, why, their delight knows
no bounds. I have quite a number of
young frienda that I have been trying to
induce to write to the L B , bat they lack
the moral courage to make a “start.”
I have been a subscriber to The Sunny
South about seven years, and I can say
that it has brought more sunshine and
happiness into into my life than anytbing
else Try my experience, boys and girls,
write a nice letter (the best yon can) to
the L. B., and after a little while yon will
begin to “talk aoross the table” to the
cousins, and they will “j*w you back.”
Why, you don’t know what a nice time
you will have!
I am glad to see so many of the old cou
sins “hanging on. There is Cyclo—(same
if yon remember, our mutual admiration
society—but that is O. K since it bears
the test of time,) Italie, Gipsy Girl, Florida
Girl, Eugene Edwards and Earnest Wil
lie that used to gladden the L B. in days
agone, that are still constant and true.
There are many new faces among us,
and we are glad to have them, but we call
for the absent or ex-L. B’s.; where are
you hiding?
I think “Iva Jones” will have to step
over from the H. H. with another “Blonde
letter” to make up the L. B.
I have learned, however, that there was
more truth than fiction in that letter, and
I am willing to submit to the “peculiari
ties” of the blonde—in self defence. With
best wishes to all, I am as ever,
Your devoted
Starling.
Mind It* Own Kingdom.
T Essay of Miss Clara Webb, read before
the class of 1893, Normal School, Win
chester, Tenn.]
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven cf hell, a hell of
heaven.
Like the thousand streams that flood the
ocean, are the mighty influences of the
world pouring in upon ns with the force
of a torrent. The prevailing current de
termines as it were, the type of character
thus iormed.
As to what constitutes this predominat
ing force who would not say “it was
mind,” the crowning glory and chief attri
bute of rational being.
Although its nature has been a question
of consideration and contemplation for
Metaphysicians and Logicians for ages, all
opinions converge upon the central
thought that Mind is supreme.
Mental science tells ns that human voli
tion is the controlling power, but how in
significant becomes this sovereign execu
tor without the guidance of an intelligent
counsellor. Homan life would be one
vast chaotic realm, yet under this superior
direction, will is influenced to promote
man’s highest well being, and unlike that
of the warrior, its triumphs derive all
their luster, not from the evil they have
wrought, but from the good. How' essen
tial then it is that we realize the potency
of intellect. No faculty of the soul, when
cultivated can occupy so great an emi
nence in the influences of the world.
If we ascend to the palaces of kings; if
we view the great works of art; if we con
template the explorations of science; if
we look into the lives of the world’s great
martial heroes; if we consider the grand
achievements of this devout we reach the
general conclusion that these heights have
been scaled through arduous toil, and that
Mind in its sublimity looks upon ignor
ance from an eminence, and would it at
tain its dignity, there must be painful
footsteps up the rugged steeps, for no
saining railway track cutting through
the cliffs and bridging every valley leads
the way.
The triumphs of Mind have been indeed
marvelous, fcr its supremacy has annihila
ted both time and space, as is illustrated
in the flash of thought across the elec
tric wire, and with the speed of the elec
tric car.
Our own blossoming land of America is
an eminent illnstration of the magic pow
er of intelligence to transform the wilder
ness into the fragrant garden of civiliza
tion.
In former years the only recourse for de
ciding points of difference between the
rude and barbarous inhabitants was the
sword and battle axe, now weapons
forged in the mind, keen edged and
brighter than the sunbeam supplant
When we think of the powerful influence
that superior Mind haa wrought over the
prejudices of Nations no example is more
striking than |that of Martin Luther, the
great reformer, whose light was destined
to flame as the beacon over long centuries
and epochs of the world.
His entire life was one of almost super-
natural energy and suffering to secure the
bases of the reformation, that subsist to
this day as the only durable preserver of
all liberties, religious or political
Such productions of the press as we have
from him and many others, fast as steam
can make and oarry them go abroad
through the land, silent as snow-flakes,
but potent as the conflicting elements of
a raging tempest. They have agitated
courts, and revolutionized kingdoms.
Mind is the great equalizer of mankind,
which must of necessity be the growth of
intellect and not wealth.
But while the conquests of mind have
been marvelous indeed, there are victories
far more triumphant still to be achieved,
for
“Rowing hard against the stream,
We see the distant lights of Eden gleam.”
Our present speed of progress is bat the
dawn of a more glorious day when all that
is imperfect and incomplete shall be trans
formed into the ideal. Onr earth’s uni
versal government shall be one in which
peace, quiet and harmony will reign, a
paradise, and nations will be as one great
family, happy, contented and free from
care.
“Monrn not for vanished ages
With their great heroic men,
Who dwell in his history’s pages
And live in the poet’s pen.
For the grandest times are before us,
And the world is yet to see
The noblest worth of this old earth
In the men that are to be.”
Fortunate, indeed, is he with whom
Mind predominates, since he possesses a
never ending source of pleasure and hap
piness. It enables him to surmount the
moBt formidable difficulties with facility.
In the li’e of Milton we find the verifi
cation of sublimity and dignity of mind,
and its supremacy in all adversity, for he
created for himself his own earthly para
dise in the realm of his own thought.
Sad, sad were the domestic environ
ments that encompassed him, yet he re
alized that happiness must come from a
mental or spiritual source. Had he, in
the hour of his dire misfortnne abandoned
hope, and plunged into the deep of des
pair the world would have failed to pos
sess that exalted type of human imagina
tion, grandeur of thought, and brilliancy
of imagery which characterizes Paradise
Lost.
As a work of imagination it has no
superior. The very creation of the two
worlds with the insurpassable delineation
of character assigned the inhabitants
thereof is beyond the grasp of the ordi
nary mind. All those who have enjoyed
its rich fruit have plucked it amid toil and
study. In grandeur of thought it is a
masterpiece. Even Sitan and his fallen
tribe give utterance to expressions, are that
from the awfnlness of their nature sub
lime, while through its brilliancy of im
agery we are led to view sights of woe, re
gions of sorrow, and doleful shades where
peace and rest can never dwell, but tort
ure without end, and a fiery deluge, fed
with ever burning sulphur unconsumed.
It is a dungeon horrible. On all sides it
flamed as one great furnace. And there
overwnelmed with floods of tempestuous
fire lay the mighty Chief and his peers,
weltering in the surging billows.
How nnlike the place whence they
fell. A region of transcendent
brightness, and happy realms of light
were happiness and bliss eternal reign
supreme. Here none but the noble, pure
ana innooent dare ask admittance. A
glorious haven, canopied by the blue vaul
ted dome, begemmed with glittering stars
of diamond. Cherubim and Seraphim
chanting the divine music of heaven, en
circle the throne where-on we behold the
Prince of many powers.
Then with this view of the Ethics of life
how great the responsibility with which
our own destiny encumbers us since the
bliss or the woe of eternity must of neces
sity be that of onr own choosing.
As Lucifer created for himself out of his
evil desires and rebellious will a Hell, so
those who share his destiny inherited it
alike from these same characteristic of
mind, bat those who wonld create out of
love kindness, sincerity, gentleness, self-
renunciation, temperance and justice, a
heaven, realize with the Apostle that, “As
a man thinketh, so he is.”
Miss Clara Webb.
Forrest City, Ark.
The Daring Ride of a Newspaper
Woman.
“One of the most daring things that I
ever did in all my life,” remarked a wom
an journalist the other day, “was to ride
in a Broadway car from Fifty-ninth street
to the Battery at the time of the strikes.
Except myself, there was not a passenger
in the car, and my companions on the ride
were several pistoled policemen and the
non-union driver.
Lots of stones and staff came crashing
through the windows as we made onr ad
venturous progress through the city
streets, and some shots were fired. I man
aged to escape these delioate little atten
tions by a skillful dodging and ducking,
and if the policemrn saw something com
ing that I did not, they wonld courteously
warn me:
‘Look ont there!’
It was very exciting, but I was rather
glad to get to the end. What did I do it
for ? I was correspondent for a Philadel
phia paper at the time, and I thought it
would make a good story. It did, too.”—
New York Times.
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PROFESSOR Boys can you tell me best route to the World's Fair ?
JIMMIE—Yes sir^ The East Tennessee by all odds.
PROFESSOR—Why ? Jimmie—Because it has two Vestibule Trains leaving Atlanta every- uav-
7-00 k.m.; 2:10 p.m.
No other line runs through trains or cars to Chicago via Cincinnati,
It puts you within 50 feet of 100 hotels where rooms can be secured at from 75Cts.
a day and upward.
Its trains stop within seventy feet of World's Fair gates.
Stopovers are permitted at Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis.
PROFESSOR—The class will buy tickets by East Tennessee Route,