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THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTAi GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 2Z 183*
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A LL ASBiy GRAT -
„ Thk sryxr South.
F° r hflncray. The light
The earth was f. f /through a-hen clouds.
T <>n,e brood, the night,
A doll. M"he world enshrouds.
<>ra' rl er '^ .. b e a rt with shadows gray
A' 1 "’* ‘"‘Sfflns faltered in fickle way.
The niooiiheao'
thp night the dark gray pier
Out m the n’e ,. a Hllve r gray
]l * C trZtbtthrows, gaunt and drear
8aw*here th* t ju & want0 n way.
1'e 11 ,,n V.fr, co vered in uioss reared high
And gray cliffs & w rue co ld, gray sky.
Xfleiru ,(J i gray»
, .h Q nars bv the old, gray, boat,
Tbe dip 0(1 !f the ‘waves on its old. gray, side,
fne wash ° r *“ d of a i 08 t bird’s note,
TW J’ 1 i‘ , U hnsued rob of the ebbing tide,
J ht ISTmI sounds to be heard, unless
^My hcartc/ied out in its bitterness.
_ eoAnp for our cold good-by*
* ntt :’‘L n ,jt;ht, shaded by dark gray clouds
MSXm vSn their ashen shrouds.
—Martie A. Ilallum.
Among tho Gorillas.
The following is the Literary Di-
-ggfg condensed version of an article
b y j-ro/es.'or K. L. Garner in Mc-
< lure’- Magazine, London, September :
The chief object of my visit to tbis
wilderne-.s being to study the habits
of the gorilla and the chimpanzee in a
state of nature, I shall confine myself
chiefly to them.
On reaching .Ste. Anne in the Lake
Kzhangasection, I selected a site for
my cage, which I erected at once. It
is located in the heart of the jungle, a
trifie more than a mile from any hu
man habitation, and I named ic Fort
t.orilla. It is near a grove of plan
tains on which the gorilla feasts with
the gusto of a chartered member or
the Gourmand Club, lie does not
care so much for the fruit, but takes
out the tender heart of the young
stalk which h quite succulent, aDd
eats it with an appetite peculiar to his
a low, murmuring sound which seems
to express pleasure, but I am not yet
able to translate it into English. Time
and patience, however, will accomplish
that and more.
It is a fact worthy ot notice that
some of the sounds uttered by the go
rilla and chimpanzee are identical
with certain sounds in the native lan
guage, and it is quite as easy to find
letters to represent them. —s—s—st!
—s—s—st! O, the precious moment.
As I wrote the last words a dog from
the mission was gnawing a bone with
in a few feet of my cage. Suddenly,
at about thirty feet distance, there ap
peared a female gorilla with a young
one on her oack.
Her whole attention was fixed on
the dog and her tread was so stealthy
that I did not hear the rustle of a leaf.
She was evidently bent on attacking
the dog, and advanced until she was
at a measured distance of eleven feet
from me and fourteen feet from him.
With my rifle at my elbow I was pre
pared for action in an instant, for
t did not want the dog killed.
As I cocked my gun, she
sighted me, sat on the ground for a
few seconds, and gave me such a look
of scorn that 1 almost felt I had done
wrong to interfere.
She then turned away uneasily and
retraced her steps with moderate
haste, but she did not run or betray
much sign of fear.
The temptation to shoot her and
capture the young one was great, but
I forbore.
So far I have no trace of any kind of
structure built by gorillas, nor do I
believe in the tales of their immense
strength; further the stories of their
keeping women captive are discredit
ed by the natives, who assert that they
spare neither man, woman nor child.
The gorilla is a powerful beast, but in
combat with the chimpanzee it is cur
rently stated that he always gets
whipped and sometimes killed.
An Electric Jail.
race.
Ilefore my cage was quite in order
to receive, l had my lirst call from a
young gorilla, who came within about
ten yards, as ii to see what was going
on. I had my rifle in my hand, but
did not tire at him, as 1 desired to
have him call again and bring his
friends. lie didir’t tarry long, but
hurried oil into the bush as though he
had Mimetking to tell.
Fi.nr days alter the cage was com
peted 1 hail a visit from a goup w hich
came within some thirty yards. The
bush was so dense that I could not see
them, but I could easily distinguish
four or five voices which seemed to be
engaged in a family brawl of some
kind.
l'ere I’.uleon le pere superieure of
Ste. Anne, tells us that he has twice
^een a family of gorillas feeding in a
plantain-grove, and that, on both oc
casions, the fat her gorilla sat quietly
eating the fruit which the others
gat iered and brought to him. I have
Earned Ironi other reliable sources
that gorillas are often seen in groups
or families of twelve or fifteen, and
a ways have one which seems to be
( 'hiet among them, and this one the
natives call ekambo n’jina which
means gorilla king.
G tar as it can be said that the go-
n as have any form ot government, it
strictly patriarchal, and there is
reason to believe that they have some
lx cd ideas ot order and justice. Many
o toe natives declare they have seen
gorillas holding a palaver.
• ' —- -wiunig a paiavci,
k j the king always presided, whiii
fa! 0 - rs si0tK l or sat in a semicircle
; 'tig in an excited manner,
o niy mind it is quite evident tha
rlte Jfurillas is to go ii
*P>, alt hough it is a very commoi
’K to see one quite alone or to se
..fi e hair ot them. L think, as i
vmin" iei ! 5011 see one alone, it is ;
Wnrl w ma . e . W ^0 iias Set out in tb
l Hl *■ f ' )r Limself, and the pair is per
haps a bridal couple.
a«.‘ entNtvW t 1 received was fron
an , chimpanzee, who came t
*' in me bush where h
Slt /:\^took quite a look at th
alarm ^nd ^ b ^ trayed 110 si * n 0
toconie med halfv?ay te ™P te
neariv „ lltarer « but a, ter a halt o
march i 1111 nil,e ’ he resumed hi
did t, e dei!’,?} 1 a ' r <>f * rf ‘ at leisure ’ no
i followed^ I,lrn hlS bt>ad l ° 666 1
n£ 1 cara e ‘ J Sr!S'- ter . th,s a younfi: gc
my ca*e and t hln i S ' X ° r sevea yards 0
Ho stood i {°Z k x * * ood P e «P. « m<
to a bosh win seconds, holding o
relaxed o.,,- 0,le h *nd; his lips wer
siiriiri- i ' ' ls niouth half opeu, as i
beheld' u and I ,er b lex od at what h
tra\ aiti 1 , Couut enance did not be
r a . ,,£er but ut . t#
through 11* . 1 heard him creepm
nnd i before I saw bin
presen- \ he was aware of m
Dunn n 0re he was near,
as a 'turn bls short visit I sat as sti
doubt h ai L d 1 think he was i
but when h wb ether l was alive or no
bushbem , rUrned away into th
reach n f n ° time getting out t
suppressed uraph‘ b n0 sound “®P*
a Ptauf„ m .°rT,t nt ? hear on(! tearin
yards of | w , ,tllln about thirt
voice, but attlisv l' 1 h,>!lr onl r on
w hen alone 1 ! rLju, ‘m ' ta ' k ' UUC
of them not fir awa, i*" * r 1, Um '
ay. lie is utterm
In the person of Mr.William S. Hull
Sheflield, Ala. possesses an inventor,
who, in all probability, will earn both
fame and fortune. A man of fine in
tellect and a born investigator and
knowledge-seeker, he has been wed
ded from boyhood to the facts and fig
ures of science. Few men have had
greater obstacles to contend with, and
none have met them with more pa
tience and stern resolve. His fecund
brain has experimented with many
projects, the latest and most preten
tious of his devices being an electric
jail.
A Sheflield correspondent refers to
it in the following terms :
“if you could imagine yourself
in the Mobile block, on the
first floor, you would see a two-celled.
side-corridored electric jail. This is
the first electric jail ever built in the
world. It is the work of William S.
Hull and it is protected by letters-pat-
ent all over the civilized f globe. It is
simple, cheap, and makes it impossible
for any prisoner to escape. That it
will be adopted in every jail of impor
tance, and every penitentiary T see no
good reason ro doubt. Persons who
have visited Chicago say there is noth
ing to compare with it in the Colum
bian Exposition. It is to be put on
the market at an early date.”
Gold DollartToo Cheap!
Look out for the man who is trying
to sell gold dollars for fifty cents. It
isn’t always safe to trust entirely to
an attractive advertisement—espec
ially if the advertiser lives a long
way off and you don’t know much
about bim. Very few people know
much about the real merits of a musi
cal instrument, and may be easily de
ceived by trusting to appearances.
Many a piano or organ looks like a
fine instrument, but its merit is only
skin deep. Kemember that it actually
costs a reputable manufactuer more
to produce a good instrument than
some people advertise to retail theirs
at. When you wish to buy you will
be safest in at least getting informa
tion from the great Southern Music
House of Luddkx A Bates in Savan
nah, Ga. They are the largest dealers
in the South and are known to every
one.
■‘Small Talk About Business ”
A banker's business helps for men
and women.
Kich treasures for old and young.
Should be in every office and in
every borne.
Nicely printed._ Attractively bound.
Sixty pages, 5x7 l ._,. Paper 40, cloth
75 cents. At all oookstores, or scut
postpaid by publishers upon receipt
of price.
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Fremont, Ohio.
A frog cannot breathe with its mouth
open. Its breathing apparatus is so
arranged that when i f . month i* open its
nostrils are closed. To suffocate a frog it-
is necessary only to prop its jaws so they
cannot shut.
POPULAR INSTRUCTION AND
MORALITY.
The Literary Digest publishes the
following condensed version of an ar
ticle by Ludger Eossigment in Revue
Bleue, Paris, August:
PEN Schools, it has
been said,and you will
close prisons; fill
heads, and you will no
longer have t o cut
them off. These pre
tended axioms are de
stined to become cru
elly ironical paradoxes
The most carefully
compiled statistics de
monstrate that in
struction is not a guar
antee of morality, since criminality
has been increasing for some years in
disquieting proportions, among the
young people who have had the bene
fit of our latest school methods. There
are fewer unlettered persons, there are
more perverted souls; abuse of confi
dence, swindling, rape, and even mur
der and assassination have not re
treated before the diffusion of light.
It mav be said, on the contrary, that
these crimes have found in instruc
tion a precious auxiliary, an arm with
which to attack the social state, with
the greatest number of chances of
success and the smallest sum of risks
to run. This, then, is the condition of
things. Society has made consider
able efforts Jand consented to enour-
mous sacrifices in order to
spread primary instruction, and
has not obtained the expected ef
fects. The theories are con
demned by their results. The orators
and makers of systems have been well
cuffed by the facts. Young French
men, from fifteen to twenty, know
more than their grandfathers, but are
of less worth. Am I then in favor of
closing the schools, and going back to
the state of nature? Far from it.
Crime is the manifestation of ego
tism at its maximum of intensity; it
is the abnormal, monstrous passion of
the 1 under all its forms; it is the in
dividual at war with society; it is a
return to the savage state.
Now, whatever opinion you enter
tain about moral liberty, whether you
think that the will is really free or
that our actions are the result of forces
which are in us but are not ourselves,
such as heredity, the state of our
health, temperament, agents exterior
to us, ana so on, we are still forced to
recognize that intellectual and moral
education exercises no mean influence
over tbe direction our lives take. If,
then, crime is egotism, the education
of childhood should be carried on with
a view to a large and fertile develop
ment of the disinterested sentiments
which are in germ in every human
soul, and the programme of study
should be elaborated with tbis aim.
This can be done, I believe, without
interfering in the least with studies
of which the object is purely utility,
by cultivating the aesthetic and moral
faculties of the child.
It is possible to have in the primary
class of the smallest village something
which corresponds to what one prop
erly called “the humanities” in sec
ondary instruction, that is, to give the
child a “liberal education” in the true
sense of that term.
I am convinced that an intelligent
master, without fear of not being un
derstood, can speak to his young pu
pils of the harmonies of the universe;
can lift their thoughts, by gradual as
cent, to the directing thought of the
world; can make them feel that they
have in themselves two things; mat
ter and spirit; that the spirit is free,
responsible for its destiny, the artisan
of its own happiness; can show them
that the principal condition of human
life and of its progress, is to perform,
each at bis own post, the task which
falls to him, with courage, with a
patient will, with dignity; can lead
them to understand that besides
duties imposed on them by the laws,
there is a sphere in which activity
moves freely—the sphere of love, of
devotion, of sacrifice.
I would soften the dryness of this
philosophical and moral instruction
by msthetic instruction. Art would
be represented in my programme I
would bang on the walls of the. school
room good engravings ot the master
pieces of great artists. Instruction
in the elements of drawing and music
would aid in inspiring a love of equi
librium, of symmetry, or harmony.
1 recognize easily that to bring
philosophy and aesthetics within the
comprehension of children is a diffi
cult and delicate task. Would it be
culminating a large number of in
structors to suppose them incapable
of such a task? Though the question
be answered in the negative, it would
not be an accusation; for if they are
unequal to their mission, as I under
stand it, the fault is BOt in themselves
but in the nature of the examinations
which open to them their careers. A
candidate for a place of instructor is
not examined as to his mental quali
ties, his judgment, his pedagogic apti
tudes, his capacity for drawing a mor
al lesson from the smallest facts, his
talent for giving instruction which is
truly alive and vivifying, but simply
as the servile interpreter of books
which professionals compose u for the
use of schools.”
It is, then, the master on whom will
turn tbe course of instruction I point
out. Everything depends on him.
People imagine that a well-written
book of morality or rhetoric suffices to
make a good instructor.
The fact is that the best book of in
struction is of but slight use, unless
it be interpreted by an able master. A
les&on thus given lrom a book is but
the pale image of a foreign thought,
lacking in accent, in originality, in
variety. If the scholars go to sleep
over if, can they be blamed? If, how
ever, the master, penetrated with an
idea, impregnated with feeling, speaks
out of his own mind and soul, that is,
if he thinks and feels what he says,
then all is changed; the scholars, in
place of an “author,” “finds a man,”
and this man interests these little
men; he is no longer a phonograph
which lets fall the phrases learned by
heart; a sore of magnetic current is
established between the master and
his disciples, which turns all these in
tellects in the direction of his thought
and makes all their hearts beat in uni
son with his.
Finally, there is an important ques
tion. Should society entrust to a
young man a work which requires so
much maturity of mind and charac
ter? It is often almost a child whom
we elevate to the function of teacher
of children, when there is need of an
accomplished man, that is to say, irre
proachable in his dress, his man
ners, his life, preaching by example
on all occasions. Scholars refractory
to syntax are very much awake, if
they can aiscover in their master the
slightest contradiction between his
words and his conduct.
Let me say, in conclusion, what has
already been in the mind of all my
readers, that it will not be possible to
have such educators as I have de
scribed until tbe position of educator
has been made enviajle and envied.
We have not the right to ask for a
man of impeccable virtue, of exten
sive erudition, with the knowledge of
a psychologist, tbe tact of a director
of conscience, the dress and language
of a man of the world, and offer him
in exchange a pecuniary situation
which affords him just enough to
keep his children from starving, and
a moral situation which is sometimes
wholly without independence. Un
der present conditions, we are very
fortunate in getting instructors as
good as those we have.
LiUrarr >'«te from The Century C'».
Mark Twain's New Stories.
The Century Co. has bought well
nigh the complete literary “out-put”
of Mark Twain during his year of
residence abroad, and both The Cen
tury and St. Nicholas will have serial
stories by this popular humorist
among the attractions of the new year.
For The Century he has written a
novel which is said to abound with
humorous and dramatic incident, and
in some chapters to be a revelation of
tragic power. Its plot includes a most
ingenious employment of science in
tbe detection of crime. It is called
“Pudd’n’head Wilson,” and like
“Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Saw
yer” is a story of a Mississippi steam
boat town.
For the boy and girl readers of St.
Nicholas he has written “Tom Sawyer
Abroad,” being the adventures of Tom
Sawyer, accompanied by Huckleberry
Finn and the negro “Jim,” in the
Eastern Hemisphere,—which is not
reached in the ordinary way, but acci
dentally, as it were, and in a flying-
machine.
“Doctor,” said little Emily, “do you
know that a baby was fed on ele
phant’s milk gained twenty pounds in
one week?”
“Nonsense!” exclaimed the doctor;
and asked : “Whose baby was it?”
“It was the elephani’s baby,” re
plied little Emily.
Said a very old man : “Some folks
are always complaining about the
weather; but 1 am very thankful when
L wake up in the morning and find
any weather at all.’ We may smile
at ibe simplicity of the old man, but
still his language indicates a spirit
that contributes much to calm and
peaoerul life.—The Presbyterian.
Three Harvest Excuriiont
Via tbe Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway to all of the best farm
ing sections of tbe West and North
west, will be run on August 22, Sep
tember 12, and October 10, 1S93 Re
turn ticket good for 20 days. Low
rates. Apply for further information
to nearest ticket agent, or address
Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago, 111, or D. C Brady,
Southern Passenger Agent, 237 Fourth
Avenue, Louisville, Ky.
The deepest gold mines in’Australia
are the Magdala at Staweli, 2400 feet,
and Lansell’s at Sandhurst, 2040.
NOT WHAT WE THINK
BUT TEAT OTHERS SAT.
We have said repeatedly that tha
Sewing Machine which we sell with
Thk Sunny South is equal in every
respect to any $50.00 machine usually
sold by any agent. We have repeat
edly said that no other paper in tha
United States attempted to handle at
fine a machine as this for premium
purposes.
It costs too much for the use of
most papers, as they generally want
to handle a cheaper machine on whioh
there is a very large profit. General
ly speaking, cheap machines, while
they may wear for five years, do not
give satisfaction for the reason that
they are not ornamental but present a
cheap appearanoe, as well as in mech
anism is not often found in premium
lists. The machine we sell is perfec
tion in appearanoe and unsurpassed
for durability. It is light running
and this fact alone should commend it
to every woman since a heavy run
ning machine will kill a woman quick
er than anything in the world.
Our machine is beautiful in appear
ance, and the longer yon use it the
better you will be pleased. The
freight on it to any of the Sonth At
lantic States will be about $2.00.
If, after you try one of our maohines,
you do not like it, we will take the
machine back and refund your money.
Read what others who have bought
our machine say of it.
XQVAL TO ANT X A CHINK.
Walnut Gkovn, N. C., May 25, 1893.
Thk Sunny South Publishing Co.—
Gents: Thk Sunny South high-arm
sewing machine I bought of you is
giving entire satisfaction, and I think
it fully equal to any machine made. I
think my machine will cause others to
buy. Yours truly,
W. B. Vaughn, Agent.
FXBraOTLT DKLIOHTXD WITH IT
Gilmxb, Tkxas, May 19, 93.
Sunny South Publishing Co.
Gknts : We received our machine a
few days ago. Come in good order.
My daughter is perfectly delighted
with it. -Says she has just as good
machine as she wants—regardless of
price—and would no-risk an exchange
for any other. Respectfully,
J. W. McDonald.
it iijkpaiied Hie KiraoTA*
TIONS.
Littlk Rock, Ark., May 22,1893.
Thk Sunny South Pub. Co.
Atlanta, Ga.
The sewing machine we purchased
from you sometime ago, arrived in
good condition, having been well
packed, and is oertainly a beauty, in
appearance it is beyond our expecta
tions, formed from reading your ad
vertisement. The reason we did not
acknowledge the receipt ot it sooner,
was because we wished to thoroughly
test the machine first, this we have
done, and find it to be the most com
plete and satisfactory one we are ac
quainted with. It is all yon claim for
it, and even more, being unusually
light running, and nearly noisless.
Respectfully,
G. A. Mkbrick.
No. 315 East 5th St.
A BAYING OY SM. „
Nkwherry, S. C M May 23,1893.
Thk Sunny South Pub. Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dkar Sirs : The High Arm “Sunny
South” Sewing Machine Was received
exactly on time, as you wrote—and af
ter about two weeks use of it I very
willingly say that it is very similar to
a $45.00 or $50.00 machine of the stan
dard kind, and in every particular
{ ust as good in my opinion, and as
good as any woman needs.
Your cnarge of $20.00 is an actual
saving of $25.00 to me, as that ampnnt,
$45.00, is what I would have had to
pay for one equally as good.
You are certainly doing a great
benefit to the users of sewing machines
by selling such a good machine at
his low price.
I am glad to be able to add my
recommendation to that of others,
about Thk Sunny South Sewing Ma
chine. Yours, Ac.,
Mrs. Lambkrt W. Jones.
P. S. Before I bought the one from
you a lady of an adjoining county
wrote me she had been using one of
yours for ten years and it was all aha
could wish.
The distance from tbe farthest point
of polar discovery to the pole .is said
to be^ss than 500 miles.