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i •T-. lU* J A. A - JiUj~Lr ** 1 l A A^Jr b* si V 4' W i i.4 M ^ -'-i ^ -•- C -’• &/>e SUNNY *SOUTH Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Busine/s Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA.* GEORGIA Subscription Terms: To those who subscribe to ©is Sunny South only Six Months, 25c ^ One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK Batared at (he po.tofflre Atlanta, Ga.,aa .rread-rla.. mall matter March 13, 1901 filched from old sour-faced duty after the sun is high in the heavens. It is sheer bliss to lie a-bed and hear the more energetic folk preparing break fast, jawing with the milkman, swapping more or less truthful gossip with our neghbor’s wife whose head is done up in a dirty towel and reflecting, be tween naps, what a fine thing it is to be able .to control our own fierce desire to rise from the couch and do the same things. This with grown-fdlk. But with a boy, a grow ing boy, seeking to put vigor into the frame that t* to do the world’s work some day, answering un consciously the call of nature in giving the old lady plenty of opportunity to turn out a good man—the thing is infinitely emphasized. Maybe he IS a trifle lazy. Perhaps he HAS gone to bed early enough to get a sufficiency of sleep. Remem ber your own case! Was there ever a time when you were ready to leave that delicious harbor of dreams with a glad spirit, and vault gleefully r , ... „ .. "T * down the stairs to draw water, split wood, run The Sunnp Smith la thm oldest weekly paper of Literature, ’ r ’ Romance, ran and rtm on In the Souther it Is nem re- over to Mrs. Stick-in-the-Mud s for milk—or any jtored to the original shape amt win be punished as fort other old thing that needed to be done? We merly every week JT rounded In 1374 It from until IS 99, when, am a monthly, it a form warn changed a* an expert• meat & It now returns to Its original formation as a Weekly with renewed vigor and the intention of ecllpst Ing Its most promising period In the past. guess not. Then be a little more lenient with your own youngster when you are tempted to spur his lazy morning movements with a threat, or by making " “ j a grab at a convenient switch in the corner. Don’t Biffing the Sluggish Boy j import the phonograph to hasten his rising. Think '' ° ° lover a few of your own delinquencies. They will 'afford you plenty of excuse for being charitable to ID ,t ever occur to you that from the ^ of ^ s i ccessor to short tr " users , a stub tune lie reached the pantaloon age and an invinciWe appet i te for co | icky Kree „ until he arrived at the clean-neck , rr J & apples. M M stage of adolescence, the boy is the ™ ^ target for torture on part of hi ever-watchful parents from the pcep-o’-day until the sandman sounds taps? They shadow him vigilantly at the table. If he hap pens to eat a little more than is thought compatible with health, lie is roundly abused as a glutton. If he is caught in the pantry between meals, or if there is a suspicious red streak on his face, the law is laid down to him in no uncertain terms as a breaker of the eighth commandment. If he i associates too freely with Bill Smith, the devilish i son of the blacksmith across the way, he is given I a dissertation on the evils of consorting with low j company. If he comes to the table in summer time | without th.e precaution of cleaning his feet, he is j Mr Rockefeller's Economy T is not often our pleasure or will to defend the possessors of wealth from the charges brought against them. Our theory is that the rich man and woman are, as a rule, amply able to take care of them selves, whether that process in volves defending a suit for breach- of-promise, a plea for alimony or the rare and slanderous accusation of being engaged in some occupa tion of benefit to other people. But the people of Paris—some of them, at least—have spitfully criticized John D. Rockefeller for what they Along the Sf FRANK L. STANTON Leaves from an Old, • Scrap Book i By A GEORGIA COLONEL. This Was in the West. (From The Pittsburg Gazette.) A New Tork man was talking about Ople Read, the brilliant author and Journalist. “Read, you know," he said, “founded The Arkansaw Traveler. He edited that excellent paper for ’ ten years or more, He made a great success of It. “They say that In the spring of 1885 a reporter of The Traveler died. He was a fine young chap. A visitor to the office the day after the funeral found the editor and Ills staff talking about their loss diseonsoltely. “ ‘It has been a sad loss, friends,’ the visitor said. ‘A sad loss, indeed.’ He sighed and looked about the room. ‘And I am pleased to see,' he went on, ’that you commemorate the melancholy event by hanging up crape.’ “Ople Read frowned. “ 'Crape?’ he said. 'Where do you see any crape.' “ ‘Over there.* said the visitor, point ing. “ ‘Crape be durned,’ said Read. ‘That isn't crape. It’s the office towel.’ ” Let’s Live for Joy Today. I- So much of grief we borrow Along the lonely way— Tomorrow for the sorrow! Let's live for joy today! sent in disgrace to the back porch—sometimes term parsimony. We do not think the charge just when there is company to witness his discomfiture. If he imitates his ingenious lather and fakes up a tale to cover some trifling shortcoming, his mouth is scoured with turpentine soap. If his father or mother indulge in a bit of temper and fling some remark at him that provokes a retort, he is accused or justified. The oil king, after evading process- servers industriously for several months, wrestling with indigestion for several years, and thinking unprintable thoughts about Miss Tarbell and Tom Lawson for fully that length of time, got suddenly cured of his lameness in the region of the stomach of impudence and the temperature of the bosom of j and decided to take a trip to France to celebrate his trousers rises with a rapidity that puts j the event. He went modestly, as would any other the blush to the mercury in a pot of boiling wa ter. “Oh, but all these are little faults which, neg lected, may grow into bigger ones and eventually bad habits,” says some conscientious parent. "We are only doing a just part by the child when we look after his welfare in little as well as large things.” Quite true. But cannot that same father and mother look back on their own juvenile days and see where this system of constant espionage was a useless and profitless imposition on part of THEIR pa rents? And can they not remember, without a great effort, the keen delight which these trifling lapses from the straight and narrow path brought to them, and with what disgust they regarded the incessant shepherding on part of parents too prone to forget their own youthful shortcomings? There lies the meat in the cocoanut. Our atti tude tmvarrl the impulsive mischief of children is frequently of that harsh nature that does not soften any of its asperities by recalling our own emotions in those days when we lived always in the land of make-believe, and had none of the re sponsibility for the butcher’s or the grocer’s hills on our shoulders. And now they have invented a new torment for the indolent youth. Some crafty gentleman has attached a small phonograph to an alarm clock, and when the rising hour comes in the morning, this happens: Instead of the tinkling bell ringing out the time ly warning, the thunderous tones of pa in a rage sound out on the dozy morning air, summoning Jimmy to cut short his forty winks in a hurry and get busy with the kindling wood if he does not want to feci the sting in the tail of father’s shaving strop. Now, as we all know by experience and obser vation, the sweetest sleep of all is that which is man of good taste. The fact that he could have, if he chose, dined off vessels of gold on the steamer, or chartered a man of war to guard the vessel dur ing the voyage, makes it all the more admirable that he did not do so. He kept his cabin most of the time, and aside from smiling benevolently at a few children on the deck and gazing meditatively at the fishes a few moments daily, he comported him self no more extravagantly than the veriest Cook tourist traveling on borrowed money and studying a book of etiquette regarding steamer conduct. When he arrived in Paris—the city of pleasure —he did not vary his gait in the slightest. The excitable*eaters of frogs had assumed that the ad vent of the modern Croesus would mean the scat tering of gold coins along his route, the tearing through the boulevards in an expensive high-pow ered automobile, and possibly a change of clothes every half hour. But the old man fooled them. He lived in as modest and obscure a fashion as would a retired bourgeois merchant, giving himself only to those simple pleasures suitable to people of rather elderly years, and rankly disappointing the sensation-seek ers who had imagined he would turn the metropo lis topsy-turvy with his magnificence. For all of which we commend him. We believe firmly that the very rich man or woman is under ohlgations to distribute their wealth gradually, An Echo Alarm Clock. (From The Cincinnati Commercial- Tribune.) President Murphy, of the Chicago Na tional League Club, told at a baseball dinner a remarkable echo story, accord ing to an exchange. “There was a man,” he began, “who had a country house in the Catskills. He was showing a visitor over his grounds one day, and, coming to a hilly place, he said: “ ’There's a remarkable echo here. If you stand under that rock and shout the echo answers four distinct times, with an Interval- of several minutes be tween each answer.' But the visitor was not at all Impressed. He said, with a loud laugh: “You ought to hear the echo at my place in Sunapee. Before getting Into bed at nTglit I stick my head out of the winnow and shout, "Time to get up, William!’’ and the echo wakes me at 7 o’clock sharp the next morning.’ ” Explicit. (From Life.) “Tell me,’’ requests the young person, entering the study of the gray-bearded philosopher, “what is the difference be tween friendship and 1-, The graybearded philosopher studies the table thoughtfully for a moment or two. then replies: “Friendship, my son, is a mutual un derstanding; love is a mutual misun derstanding." II. Too soon the life-tides leave us— SkleB draped with clouds of giray; Tomorrow, then, to grieve us. Let’s live for joy today! III. The shadow—let’s forsake It! If the heart breaks on the way, Why,—let tomorrow break It! Let’s live for joy today! Old-Fashioned Philosophy. Poverty is generally healthy. Hav ing no fear of thieves, it sleeps with doors and windows wide open, and so, gets plenty of fresh air. Mighty few wise men came out of the East of old, and those who are of the West are all in the dime mu seum, and can’t break away. It’s possible to be so happy In this world you’ll live long enough to wear out the patience of the undertaker. The rich have their troubles. Even when they give to charity they have to rise up and explain where and tow they got the money. A Song of Worry. Trouble is cornin', as sure as you’re born, Bound to be here in a hurry; I’m waitin’ to hear him a-blowin’ his horn. So, I think I'll whirl in an’ just wor ry! Worry In shadow. And worry in light, Till down falls the curtain And Life says, “Goodnight!’ Though there’s no cloud in the blue o’ the sky, Feelin’ Just all in a flurry! Trouble is cornin’ for sure, by and by— So, let us all whirl in and worry! c BNBRAL POLK Issued the follg i lng grand and deserved tribute • the brave old Texas Rangers: * “Headquarters, Army of the Mississip • Harrodsburg, October 7, 1862.—Gen<-, * Greers No. 12: The general command] a takes pleasure In .bringing to the non of the army under his command of y gallant and ‘brilliant charge led by C‘i ne' John A. Wharton, commanding t cavalry of the right wing, against large force of the enemy, near Bar da to-i Ky., on the 4th instant. Being pos 4 miles out on the Louisville pike, w lj SCUjlUl Worry in shadow, And worry in light, Till fhe trouble is over And Life says, “Goodnight!” Time To Leave. I. When Misery is teachin’ school Let him find you cunnin’; When he says, “Stand up in class!’ You just go a-runnin’! II. Don’t you tarry by the way— No time then for funnin’! Show him that, just any day, You can beat him runnin’! Poverty is said to be a spur to Ge nius; and even the editors in the magazine offices have hickory elube wherewith to help it out. The Financial Side of It. An Arkansas author who has been writing in an optimistic strain, says: “The optimistic spirit is all right, but you’d best. be careful how and when you put It in practice. We got so ‘happy recently, we shouted Halle- luia on the highway, and we had to pay $10 and cost for It!” Be Thankful. L Trouble comes to low an’ high— That’s the way it’s given; But when it blows you to the sky, Thank the Lord for heaven! II. When the tempest storms you down— Floods life’s fields of clover. Make for Hallelula Town— Sing: “’Twill soon be over!” III. Keep your soul a-singin’ still. Though tihe way be dreary. Till beyond Life’s sunset hill Rest smiles for the weary! Living A Waste of Time. (From Punch.) We are glad to hear from The Bir mingham Post that a New Jersey gen tleman has, after lengthy experiments, “succeeded in producing a brood of elev en chickens each having one leg longer than the other. The advantage claimed for them over other chickens Is that they are, by reason of their deformity, compelled to walk in circles, and cannot, therefore, wander far afield.’’ We think the New Jersey gentleman has wasted his time rather. He could have got the same results, at far less Inconvenience to himself, by producing a brood of chickens each having one leg shorter than the other. One of By HELEN HARCOURT. Written for The SUNNY SOUTH. Honey Jars, Nature’s Marvels s he believed, Colonel Wheeler oct and guarded the town of Bardstown < ‘ho approached. Colonel W barton receive sudden intelligence that the enemy , force were within half a mile to the ea* ward of the pike, between him an Bardstown. Immediately ordering n tottery (two 6-poundersj, to follow afti as soon as possible, lie put himself i d the head of the Texas Rangers and rot: at half spec* to the point of danger. r "In thirty minutes he passed the ♦' 1 miies, and there found the First an - A s * Fourth Kentucky, Third Ohio and Thh ** k r Indiana regiments of cavalry, four tirm R his own numbers, drawn up in the roa and behind houses to receive him. I tsi their rear, but not within supporting dii 'T 1 tdd Jr tar.ee, was a battery of artillery and heavy force of infantry. The enemy P’ cavalry was partly drawn up in columr o:' eight—prepared lor a charge, and th . rest as a reserve. The enemy were a " lowed to approach within 40 yards, whe . Colonel Wharton ordered a charge. Tfcj nj 1 fearless Rangers responded nobly to tfcjf** Ms H! con- •that t ail the ri N lie Book of Books w< Hits and Misses. (From Puck.) Dan Cupid Is a marksman_bold, His arrows tipped with kisses. And though the rogue is growing Old, Dan Cupid Is a marksman bold; For when ho hits the mark, behold! 'T Is then he makes the (Mrs. Dan Cupid Is a marksman bold. His arrows tipped with kisses. Complex. (Exchange.) Strawbar—I should think you would be devoted to Miss Casper—she la such a pretty girl. Singerly—That’s the trouble—she's alto gether too pretty to be loved by one man. Unflattering Unanimity. "Well-uh. muh bruddren and Truth sis- tahs, I’s sho’ly glad of dis opportunity to vociferate what great things salva- evenly and intelligently for the benefit of other people, but we do not think that they are under j tion' him'done” did obligations to distribute their wealth gradually,; raid Brother Quackenboss, rising ip. Ms the conventional conception of enormous riches. ! pla f, e . m , m ‘^ st of the e * peri ® n ,5® ^ , , 1 . r . | meeting. "Yo’ all reorganizes dat befo’ Rockefeller has D r "'ll accused of a good manyj I seed de urror of muh ways and turned questionable transacts is in his day. We are at onto de straight and narror way i was least glad that he did not imitate some of the more i ( ; e , “ ost mizzabie of critters, uh-waiier- flashy brand of Americans, who, when abroad, give j sa ss-poie of sin! un-yes. muh friends! find these words, “Go to the ant thou sluggard, and be wise.” But there arc plenty of people who are not sluggards, who may well go to the ants for ex amples of thrift, industry and Intelligent forethought, examples tliait would seem to belong to mankind rather than to a lowly in sect. The ant has always jeen a favorite study naturalists and much written concerning Its the average foreigner the impression that this na tion is a mongrel between a kindergarten and an asylum for the mildly insane. DOMESTICATED WOLF. (From The Anaconda Standard.) A full-blooded timber wolf runs the streets of Anaconda every day, following the horse and juigigy of Fred Gan.gner, <*r else trotting at the heeds of his mas ter like a huge dog and answering to his call or whistle just as faithfully. "Jack” is tflie name that he goes by, end almost everyone in the city knows him. He is a restless creature and sel dom xtiill, though never ranging 1 for from the buggy or his master. Strange dogs that take liberties or try to form biz acquaintance usually regTet it for Jack has strong white fangs and a vl- elous snap that teaches (hem quickly <to keep their distance, and he has been known to whip a iwdiole pack of unwise city dogs that think they are dealing ■with some pariah. Yet with all his weapons of self-defense, when not at tacked jack is as gentle as any lady’s lapdog, and Is particularly fond of Mas- lay In wait for her with loaded guns and gave up the idea, of traps, she was just as wise, and howled back her defi ance from the hills and left the lost ipups to the mercies of the foe. While these designs against the wild mother wer e belne executed all the little ones save Jack died of exposuere and hunger, and the men gave up the Idea of her capture and took the survivor to the ranch, and soon brought him to Ana- SOME WAR PRICES. (From The New York Sun.) To the Editor of The Sun—Sir: I was marooned at Wilmington. N. C., once, and spent much time In the quaint old public library. In an old file of the Wilmington Journal I found a bill for goods, dated in October, 1863, which were sold by the agent of a man who was a well-known Wall street bear not many years ago. Here It is: condia, a.nd h P become the property «T [ 40 o dozen Coates’ spool cotton at his present master. He was adopted by SI2.50 S5.000.00 the children, who fed him many times a | rolls sole leather. 3.204 lbs., day with milk from a nursing bottle till ‘ at * 9 -25 29,637.30 h e arrived at an age .when he was able j 5 ,® oIe leather - 575 % lbs - R ,, to lap the milk for himself and at last | 4 eases foolscap paper 200 "reams ‘take kindly to a stronger diet. j at $72 " 14,400.00 He wears a. collar now. and every j I case yellow envelopes, 100,000, i year a tag from the city is placed on I at ®40 4,000.00 ' it. just as is done for the canines that j ® a ^ a $g S 5Q le ** P ens . 1.500 gross, are lucky enough to have good masters. ] 4 0 & doztn apades" at $180 " " " M^ooloo Jack is a. faithful fellow, and recently ’ exhibited a wonderful homing Instinct Later, the pnices asked by successful that has endeared film more strongly I b,ockatle runners became so outrageous that has endeared him more strongly d ^f r ’. the youn S sons than ever to the family of Mr. Gangner. that the confederate government at- of Mr. Gangner. The boys have taught kirn to fetch and carry and to draw them In their ureigon or on their sleds, having fitted him with a harness that is similar to that used o-n the dugs in Alaska. As a wattfhman the wolf Is a perfect guardian of the home, and on camping trips he stays at the caanp, and trouble •nsues for the intruder that ventures too near the prescribed limits. Jack was He was given to Joseph Desjardin, who ! tempted to regulate prices. The secretary lives near the Emory mine, about fifteen j °* tbe int crior was. a resident of W <1- mlles up in the hills east of Deer j mlnston. and he did his utmost to en- Lodge. Mr. Desjardin took him in the forct ’ the following schedule- express car to Deer Lodge, and from there led him behind t'he wagon to his new home. Jack was gone from Ana conda just four days. At the end of that time he scratched at the door of j Candles, pound ids %ld lioipe. where he v.-as joyfully wel- | Coffee (Rio) Salt, bush Axes, each - Bacon, pound Apples (dried) pound Beef (fresh), pound .. 35.00 12.00 3.00 5.00 I trembles yit at de awful pomposity of muh heenyusness, for twell de light broke In on mu!i soul I was one o’ de most low-down, disintegrated, contami nated sinners dat ever cucunrbered de yearth, and—’’ “Amen! Aa-a-men! Hallelooyer! Dat’s so. Brudder! Dat's de troof!” arose a chorus of confirmation. “Well, yo-all don’t need to be so fetch-taked anonymous about it!” snarl ed the speaker. “I don’t rickolleck dat I was so eadfounded muoh wus dan some o’ de rest o’ yo’! It’s all right to welcome de lost sheep back to de fold, ‘but yo’ needn’t rub It In on him!"— Comic Paper. Waiting His Turn. A lady In a small Alabama town had occasion to call at the cabin of her washerwoman. Aunt Betsy, says Suc cess Magazine. While waiting for the article she sought to be found, she ob served a woolly head which appeared from under the edge of the bed, and asked: “Is that one of your children, Aunt Betsy?” “Deed an’ ’tis, honey,” was the reply. “Mbhat is its name?” “Dat chile ain't got no name yet, Miss Rosa,” Aunt Betsy said. “Why, It must be 5 or 6 years old; surely it ought to have a name at that age,” the lady said. Aunt Betsy noddea. “Dat done worried me a whole lot, honey, hit sho’ has,” she said. •’But ! whut Ah gwine do? My ole man, he 'done used up all de good names on de with most ‘has been queer ways and the almost human gov ernment of its communities and armies, but In spite of all the years of study, all the careful researches into the life history of the various tribes of the ant family, there was one whole race, and a very curious one. too, that has only recently been unearthed, literally un earthed, In one of our southwestern states, and probably will now be found to exist also In other sections of the aouth. Ants, like bees and children, and some grown up children, too. adore “sweet ies.” Both of these insects collect and store away a supply for future use. The bee obtains honey from flowers and builds store houses of wax in which to keep It. But the shrewd ant, so recently interviewed, does not go to the trouble of building any store house in which to preserve the honey it collects, but draws it from living receptacles. The ordina ry ant milkes the aphids found on plants and also carries them away to its under ground farms and there holds them cap tive, using them as cows that yield the honey they so love. But. as we shall see, this newly-discovered community keeps living honey jars on tap all the while. These latter receptacles are ants, real, veritable ants and until a comparatively few years were supposed to be natives only of certain sections of our neigh bor, Mexico. But one day there came to the ears of our scientists the report that these same queer ants were to be found in our own territory in Colorado and New Mexico. Hither then, to the lat ter states, liled a certain naturalist, ea- very friable, and could be easily worked by the tiny miners. It took two men four days with ham mer and chisel to uncover Che nest and make measurements, sketches and plaster easts. For, you see, It was no careless, haphazard undertaking, this visit to the heme of the strange ants. Their unin vited guest was a thoroughbred scientist and he had traveled many hundreds of miles on purpose to learn all about their ■ways and tiheir home. Whether they ap predated his interest and his call mat tered not ait all to him. It was enough that he himself was satisfied. So he and his assistant hammered and chiseled until the Inner secrets of that curious home were laid bare, T:ho interior of tihe n.nt city sloped to ward the base of the hill. That was to S'ccure good drainage In case of heavy rains or floods. Ants can think and plan, you see, and exercise forethought as well as man. The nest took up a space of 8 feet in length, 3 In height and I 1-2 in width. That meant that these tiny ir.irers, witli no tools but their jaws and ftet. had actually honeycombed the rock with gallery after gallery, and chamber after chamber, each one carefully con structed, and making a harmonious whole. They had not on-ly cut all t‘hls rook and earth away, but had carried the debris through the Intervening galleries, up the steep tubular stairway, and dumped it cut by the gate. It was surely a marvel ous piece of work for those little miners to undertake and carry through success fully. And they had neither pick nor shovel nor crowbar with which to work. How much oould proud man have accom plished under similar circumstances? GUARDING HONEY TREASURES. But When this wondrous subterranean home was laid open to the light of day, lor the first time in its history, it was Sfen that 'the greatest marvel was yet to he discovered. The vaulted roof was found to be densely covered with amber colored spheres. What they were? How were they fastened on the root'? They were ranged close together, row upon row, and the astonished scientist won dered of what those queer yellow bags were composed and what they contained. A closer examination solved the mystery. From the end of each amber sphere pro truded the yellow body and slender legs of an ant. They were clinging to the roof which 'had been left rough and un even tby the miners, while a.ll the rest of the chambers, as well as the galleries, cider, and in a few minutes the who! force of the enemy was driven in cor f e fusion from the field, with a loss on thj pan of the enemy of fifty killed and fort’ I j itoners, among the latter a major. t| this gallant action, not only were ih j dangerous consequences of surprise <A viatea, but a severe chastisement was lr dieted on the enemy, and new iustt ,'sdded to the confederate arms. In corr pilinen'ting Colonel Wharton and th brave men undier him lor this daring fea of aims, the general commanding cannc but mark the contrast with that whic ntM>]ied so discreditably at New Have a sihort time before. Colonel Wiharto and the Texas Rangers nave wiped ou that stain. Their gallantry is worthy o the applause and emulation of their con: raties of all arms in the army. “By command of Genera! Folk. “GtXJRGE G. GARNER, A. A. G. The affair -which resulted so discredit rtbly at New Haven, to which the genera alludes in general order No.‘12, was tin surpise and capture of the Third regi ment, Georgia cavalry. I! bat rat t lioi _T les; of n-a ger to verify the truth of tihe state- _ ment, and to study the strange Insect had been made smooth and even. And corned by the children. He had come' Flour, barrel 45.00 ' dawgs, an’ now dat chile des hatter •tench, in theTHo'l'ocirv 0 ’Toni \ across the country neariy ntty j Horses^or mules • ’ e miles, and, though wet and dirty, foot-j two years ago, when he was but a day I 0 * la ’, TI r - ard ‘ » oun<1 old. His mother had come down from j sore and . la ™ e ’ to<s ? a M e 6very d . em< ?": I.Leather (sole), pound «h* hills in search of a lender calf dur ing the night and gave birth to her fit ter in the corral. She succeeded in oar- rylng away several of her young and hid them, but daylight came beifore she carried off all of the family, and four ■were found by the cattJemen when they went out to feed the rows. Stratton of Joy on being again in bis x-ails (out), keg did quartern, and it will be a long time i Onions, bush beifore he is banished again. Potatoes (sweet) .. . | Pork (fresh), pound 1 Colton cloth, yard .. | Shoes (army) uap (rosin), pound 1,000.00 1,000.00 2.75 6.00 100.00 3.00 4.00 wait twell one ob de dem die so he can git his name.” The Doctor Knew. A young laborer went to the regis trar’s toffice to record bis father’s 2.25 |death. The registrar asked the date of 1.30; the death. who’s Sugar (brown), pound ' Tobacco (plug) bank, jiuck (10 ounces), yard .. .. HIS SINECURE. The Farmer—.My son Reuben, in N'oo York, toils me there's They set tro.pe and left Jack and i down there thet keeps open day an’ j Whisky, gallon brothers in the place where they had night bean found, if the hopes that the mother would return and fail into the •nare from her love for th- young. 1 Hear thet ’ Jason? An ’ sometimes yew Madam Wolfe, however, was too wise, j Srowl becuz yew have tew work only •nd though on the second night they | frutn 6 a. m. tew 10 9. m.—Exchange. The Storekoepe- (turning to his clerk)— 15.00 l.OC 3.00 3.00 1.50 10.00 7.50 350.00 Wheat, bushel Wagon The wages to be paid for labor were fixed toy this order at $45 a month, with board. THIRTY-NINTH MISSOURI. New York, May 29- “Well, father ain’t dead yet,” was the reply, “but he will be dead before morning, and it’ll save me another trip down here if you’ll put It down.” “Oh, that won’t do at all,” said the registrar; “your father may be well be fore morning.” “Ah, no, he won’t,” said the young laborer. “Our doctor says he won’t, and he knows what bo’s given father.” —Exchange. and Its life habits, on the spot. H found that the report w as true. The ants were there in propria persona, the true “honey ants or. as the scientists have named them, Myrmeeocytus hor- tus deorum,” a ponderous name that would seem to be enough to crush the poor little Insects beneath Its weight. WISE LITTLE MINERS. The outer sign of its presence below tlie ground was a low mound of pebbles and earth, the latter chiefly coarse sand. This mound was not a premeditated ele vation, -but rather a sort of by-product, as it were, the natural .sequence of the uumpings from the excatation of the galleries and chambers of the ant city below, to which one gate, at the foot of the mound, gave entrance. It was from this gate that the rock, earth, pebbles and sand had been dumped out, the little miners wisely dropping their leads at the nearest outside point, care being taken that it should not be near herein was another evidence of the intel ligence of the little insects. How did they know that if the roof of ‘their chamibers -were not left in its natural rough state, the precious honey- bearers could not hang themselves up there In safety, but must remain on the floor, in constant danger o>f” being rup tured by some careless passer-by among their kindred. That the living honey jars were not in- sersible to the sudden burst of sunshine let in upon their dark retreat was evi denced toy a faint swaying movement that tl rilled through the mass. But in spite of all the light. In spite of all the noise and dust of falling, crumbling walls, in spite of the scurry and confusion among the terrified comrades, who sought safety in flight, not one of these guardians of the honey treasure lost its hold, not one dropped to the floor. The precious store of honey, the very life of the community, had been committed to their charge, and A QUARTERMASTER'S STORY. The Augusta Register contained Ha fol lowing: "We ha/ve just had a call from an old friend from Virginia who, by the way, is a quartermaster. And among the many good things ho told us is the following harj hit at the quartermasters, which our friend aissures us occurred on the train between Richmond and t-his city. "At a point on the road, it is not neces sary to say where, a colporteur came abroad with his arms full of religious reading for distribution among the sol diers. Among the passengers on board was a young soldier who had much of ti e s-pirit of Momus twinkling In the corners of his eyes. As soon as the colporteur made his appearance at the door of the car t'he soldier rushed to him, took Ins hand and gave him a cordial greeting. ‘How are you. my friend, how are you.” said he; ‘I am so glad to see you en gaged in this good work. It is just -what the soldiers need. You, su“h as yo; are, have done an Incalculable amour,: of good by the distribution of religious lit erature such as you bear In your arms I am a member of the Nineteenth Mis sissippi regiment. They were a good se: of fellows when they came out. But alas! t/he temptations of the camp have been too much for them and now they are full of all wickedness and Immoral ity, and are sadly in need of reformation. I would like to have some of those tracts to distribute amongst them. And if you are willing, I will help you now by dis tributing for you In this car, while you go into the others.’ “The colporteur, pleased with, the man ner of the young man, immediately gavs him a goodly portion of his burden, and passed out to his labors in another car. “The soldier then commenced the work 'of distributing. To the first passenger he came to -he said, ’Here is a tract on * “The Way of --.‘Vatlon.” That, my dear friend, I am sure you need, for we have all need of salvation. Take the tract and read it, and I am sure it will do you good.’ “Passing to the next one, he said, ‘Here is a tract on “Repentance.” You, inv friend, look like a serious man. You look as If you needed the Instruction fchai is (contained in these pages. They are written for Just such as you. Take the book anj read it carefully, and may you profit by its Instruction.’ “Thus he passed on to several othe- ■passengers. At last he held up one tract ■a.ml said ‘here is one entitled “The Dyinr Thief.” w-hat shall I do with it?’ Th n looking over the passengers he called out ‘Is there any quartermaster aboard’.’’ No one answered, of course. ‘Well.' sail he, ‘I will put It in my pocket and give it to the conductor whep he comes through. Perhalps he needs It.’ and went on soberly with his good work, to the Intense edification of the passengers." enough to the entrance to roll back Into I steadily they held fast to their .post of the sloping tunnel. The mounds 'thus Incidentally formed are shaped like an inverted round bak ing pan. They are about four inches high, and thirty-two Inches in circum ference at the base. There is only the one central gate. This Is a sort of tubu lar opening, funnel-shaped, and less than an inch in diameter. It descends through the mound perpendicularly, and as it reaches the galleries below Is de flected at a -sharp angle. The galleries are branched and ramify in every direc tion, all leading Co chambers. The lat ter are Irregular In shape, and have vaulted roofs. They are usually five or six inches long by three or four wide, while the vaulted roof rises to rather more than an inch in the center. One of these honey-ant nests was thor oughly Investigated, no doubt, to the in tense terror anid disgust of its unlucky owners, who were literally dug out of house and home. But then It was done in t'he Interests of science, and that Is a cloak that covers a multitude of sins. This particular nest was tunneled In red sandstone, which is of a soft nature duty. They left It to the honey col lectors, the three classes of majors, mi- rers and minims, or dwarfs, to run away on the approach of danger. To be sure that feax would have been beyond the power of these owners of the aldennanic abdomens, tout they could at least have dropped from their ceiling perch, or In some way have shown perturbation. But beyond the momentary swaying referred to. the living honey jars gave no sign The nest having been explored, meas ured and sketched, a searching lnvestlga tlon into the life history of the little in sects who had built it was next In or der. First of all came the question where did these ants get their honey? As a rule, ants, common every-day ants, procure their sweets from the aphids,’ those queer little honey manufacturers that these other queer little Insects have appropriated as their cows. But a care ful search of the nearby shrubbery re vealed the ourious fact that there were no aphids there, not even on their fa vorite camping ground, the wild rose Continued on Fourth Pago. AN ORDER FROM JOHNSTON Headquarters Army of Tennessee. Cass- ville. Ga., May 19. 1864—tleneral Orders— Soldiers of the Army of Tennessee: You have displayed the highest qualities of the soldier—firmness In combat, patience •under toils. By your courage and still you have repulsed every assault of the enemy. By marches, by day and by night, you have defeated every attempt upon your communications, which are now secure. You will now march upon the foe to meet bis advancing columns. Truly con. tiding in the conduct of the officers, and the courage of the soldiers. I lead you to battle. We may confidently trust that the Almighty Father will still reward the •patriot’s tolls, and bless the confederate banners. Cheered by the success of our brothers In Virginia and beyond the Mississippi, our efforts will equal theirs. Strength ened by His support those efforts will be crowned with, like success. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, General. Official: Hinlock Falconer, Major A. A. G.. 290. CAPTAIN DIXON AND HIS CREW. Said The Mobile Register in 1864: “■It will be recollected that since the destruction of the Housatonic, nothing has been heard of Captain Dixon and his crew, by whom the gallant act was ac complished. The following letter on the subject la addressed to Major General Maury: “ “Office Submarine Defense, Charles ton, April 29, 1864. General— • • • • The United States sloop of war Houea- tcnic was attacked and destroyed by Lieutenant Dixon and crew on the night of the 17th of February. Since that Continued on Fourth Pago.