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a _ —-- VOL. 5. NO. 51. ATHENS, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 11, 1877. university of Georgia library OLD SERIES, VOL. 66 XJB.W NOTICES- THE PATCHED APRON. . aoonrcn. attorney at uw, M>18-1878-tf Ctrnoevttle, 0*. J .VCItHON «& TI IOMAS»r ATTORNEYS at law, . ---.Athens, G«. OfftoeBouth West Corner of QoJIrpe Avenne on<< Clayton Stn-oi, u.so i>t the Court House. All p »rt&*W$B«rCn mi I .ill W arrunti*, ._»u get them ntauy tiin.-.hy to hcCom.H Solicitor utTO* o/Bce. ■ dcctfeMTA-tl ArroapJEY AT LAW, Prompt' nttti vbe «««tver Atiiens, Go. n |||v«ii to ail business r.ml It)- roltcitcii. jsnU-ty BY KBS. MAHALY GOWRAN. “ Katie, what girl Were you giving bouquet to; the one haying on » patched apron.” “Jennie Land, ma. Her mother washes for Mrs. Banks. She ia the kindest girl in the school, and is never cross and hard to please like some of them I play "with. When she4*amc to school last Wednesday, she had two bunches of strawberries, and she. offered ine one of them, and the cfoster looked so red and rich I t'*ok it and thanked her. This morn- ATTORNEYS at law, .AtMik.Ga, r .Office uyer Tuhnadge, Ilc-Ugson A Co. - jun-t-ly ’ Q liLTUHASHBIb »- ' ATTORNEY AT .! AW. Wtttkinavilic, Ga. '".Office in former Ordinary’* ,^)ffloe. j«uS6»i»?S-ly For* reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. H. Witt» and lion. DayldCU'ptou, Montgomery, AI«u Office it»w Po*OHc» Atlwts, G*- OOce ever ro-i W.'OWEX. . ATTORNEY ” *7 . Tocoa City, Ga. To lira. Reed’s remarks her hus band deemed it advisable to make no reply. Time wore on, and Katie had access at school to the society ct her little friend, Jennie, and their love for each other was ns true as the love of David and Jonathan of the Bible. The summer had gone into autumn, and Katie Reed was dangerously ill of brain fever. In her delirium she would speak of her dear schoolmate, and cai! Jennie her beautiful friend— talk of her golden ringleta--of her musical voice, of her parting kiss. Sometimes she would ask her to come to lvr bed that she might kiss her once more, Now and twen iter h ing when shu: was - fitting Am aijU incoherent sentences were so patheti- llnwOT gard^n,^ h^n-n nl*r to wait a cnllv expressed that the tears would pick some ^ ^Lam ar Cobb. Howell Cobb. WiU pmrtk-c in all the counties of tho West- erri Circuit, Hart niul Mudinon ot the Nuiti^ern Circuit-' Will c»vc Fpectal ntttmion to nil claims entrusted to his care! octSO-1875 ly. m ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga Office in Peupree Buildiug, fehS3-1876-ly Alkx S. Eh win. JgRWIN & COBB. Andrew J. Coeb. attorneys at law, Athens, Ga. Office on Comer of Broad and Thomas street*, over Childs, Nickerson & Co. feb22-1876-ly ^ M. COCIIHAN, ATTORHEY AT LAW, Gainesville, Gs. f Heal Estate and General Land Agent forthe . purchase and sale of Mineral and Fanning Lands in llall, and the other counticsof North- i. east Georgia. Mineral ore* tested and titles to Spropertx investigated. Special attention given • to the purchase and s-lo °i" v ,t y P r& l'y . * ? innv-J-fim J N. DOKsfeV. Attorney. ^BUBYG. MoCUUBY, xLdrfco-moy ad; Law, * Hartwell, Geokou, ill practice in the Superior Courts of North- awt Qeo< gia anil Supreme Court at Atlanta. Aug 8. 1876 tf James R. Ltle, WatKinsville. & EllYVIN. Alex. 8. Erwin, Athen-. tew minutes and I would flower* r.nd arrange fur her a pretty iMfqifetVahd 6, mat I wish yon omtld have seen, how pleased sin* looked and Tht-ard her say so softly, * Dear Katie# I thank-you.” ?’ N»» more of such no<>sensc as that, Katie. I do not wish you to as sociate with beggars, or play with iris th/tl levity cgttfnfls^l i e il ^'CTYTTWlII IT “ Ma, Jennie is nol a lieggar. She always looks dean and l as such beau tiful auburn curls. I almost know you would like her if you only knew how good she is. She has to wear dresses and aprons with pat die* on them, sometimes, for her mother washes and takes in sewing to buy hooka and clothes .for herself and Jennie She stands at the head of her spelling class most of the time. Sfary/ Keiup, tli^'-f’rcsbylerisn nTmi: tor’s girl, plays with her and says she likes her, and told Maggie Rice and I last week that her father was killed in battle at Fort Donaldson. Her o. ly brother died a few months ajo, and ever since his death Jennie has been very lonesome. She visits his grave quite often, and when she can get beautiful flowers she carries them to the cemetery and places them in a goblet she will keep in sunnn-r time on Harvey’s grave.” “Really, Katie, you are quite a story-teller. It I would allow you to have access to such low associations you will he. by the time you aie six teen, scribbling for the newspapers. You are just like you father, and think that the poor areas good as the rich. I Very much regret that my daughter, ten years old, exhibits so little digni ty and judgment as to In* captivated by a school girl who wears a patched apron “ come into her mother’s eyes unhid den ; still she turned a deaf ear V* tho inpurnfiil pleading^ ofhtjr dyipg child. A few days previous to her death sho seemed more rational, and h -r lather chanced lo be sitting by her lied, and heard her half audibly pronounce “Jennie, dear, come!” That was enough for his tender and noble heart. Jennie was sent for immediately, and Katie recognized her playmate, her loVeTy friend, as she.had often termed her during her illness. The sweet demonstrations of mutual love by those chi dreii awakened Mrs. Reed’s maternal a * tect-ion, and found the door to her heart. She relented, and her dislike for the. fascinating child soon changed to admiration. Mrs. Reed would look upon Jecuie’s winning way with astonishment, wjienshtp would dttingby the lied ofner sick child with their right bauds clasped to gether. She did not wondei that Katie loved her, for she often thought Lost Jennie Land was the - ost lova ble child she ever sav\ That unsoph isticated girl little thought that h r sweet disposition and deep solicitude for her sick p'ayinate Was making for her a home where she could find se curity from the chilling storms of I life. Just as the night was stepping into the morning’s dawn the angels beckoned to little Katie Reed t > come where there is no riekne-s, no pain or parting hours; and that inno cent child felt the change coming over her, seemed to know that it was death; lor she looked wistfully into her fathei’s tearful eves atm said : nd my new sacque and liat, and any thing else of mine you pleas - to h-t her have. :-Xotr call mama and Jennie. u*r I want to kiss them good bye.’’ Vj" Presently They stepped into the handier of, death very softly, a d Mrs. Refd Yva* surprised to see tin- change that-eSad come over datling Katie withinj» Sew hours. H tried to retur» the caresses of her ni--tiler and Jennie, bin a faint-req test to meet lie*- in Heaven and a low good live was sill she could say. t' eu com menced her journey in that shining iad that leads into the beautiful ••reafi.-r, where the loving Savior dwells. Love, the ,-wectest gift of Heaven, hecotrioR ftofortiine*, as if by taegic, chords. binding congenial souls to gether, whatever may lie the contrast in social position, especially if money has pawled the.distinction. , Love/ sytnpathy and kindness shouid tie cultivated in evety heart hut alas 1 th«W priceh-as virtm^t are sadly negie$tt-4 hy many, imtli young and old. who forget that their ban may reach after these Rorrow-spothing qualities, without being able to t^rasp them; for “ with what measure me e. it sliaR Ik- measured »o yon again ” ' Soon after the funeral obsequies were per orttied or little Katie Reed the patVnts of the decea-e«i child mi- licitetl Mr*. L uid »o allow them to adopt Jennie and in due time their proposuls^W&fe acceptetl, and she ha- 't ^qiUhaLjiaaiUluaJt of give. A In-ad v she has taken hold literary work. and if she continues true t<> herself by In-eding the loving Voice of the Savior, her example and usefulness will juuke her a shining light in the world HE DEAD STATESMAN. tbe miaor tbiebs. Paris, Sept. 8, noon.—The rain continues falling in torrents. VISITING DEPUTATIONS. Pap.I8, Sept. 8.—Deputations from many provincial towns have arrived here and others arc expected. Large lmtnln-ra are also here from the pro. vinces to witness the- funeral of M. Thiers Many English visitors are •ere with the same object. Not ithsta.iding the weather is rainy, a great crow • has already collect' d outside his late residence in place St. George and adj- iiung fleets. TUB ATTITUDE OF THE ARCHBISHOP of Paris has provoked much r- mark. M. Paot Reinusnt 1 ‘dn t beha.t of M Tliiers’ family, waited on him tpr ermission to havu j-ervico jit Made- lim- instead of wt the parish ehuryji of 5 N«itrp Dame I^eLorettey Maile- litte^ with its stir roundings,' was the only spot spacious enough for the thotuands, who. wUl: follow the pro- cession. Notre Dam^DeLoretty has livUe,. spacearound hit, and is small wit hout its ex^pded. froutiige. An ordinary funeral blocks up the street, and.whatever,may be done it will be diffi ult to avoid a frightful crush in the limited space a-nggned to the pro cession. Archbishop Guibert declar ed his readiness to officiate at the Itivaiid--s or Madeline, had it ln-en a state funeral, but refused to sauctior a change of parish for an unofficial burial. -: j -“ftappgj. THE PROCESSION WILL MOVE T YLE attornets at lam. Will practice in partnership in tlia Superior oort or Oconee County. »ud a*tond promptly © *11 huslnes* intrusWd to thoir care. janO-Sin. OARI3SL btvattcar drops glistened in Katie tlb-m when lie came in this work Reed’s eyes whilst listening to her s-ililnth mir Numbiv ai-Ikm mother^ sarcasm, for she loved jeu . WINN, —WITH- GUNNER, Slims ft Cl, Co1(o* Factor* and Uwral Commlttlon Horckuta, Savannah, Ga. monta’for sale or ahipment to Li or Northern port*. uneat to Liverpool mSml t|1^ A. 1LF.R, ^y^Vm'Aflr & At MioUael’etore, nrxt door to Rmvoa & I Mooo’aT Brood atreet, Athena, Gcorgte. All [work warranted IS months. •eptlS-tf. ||jl SCHAEFER, J * COTTOIT “ Papa, I shall die somi; don’t you hear the angels singing, O, so sweet ly—I’in going to that beautittil pla. e where Jesus is; ibr he lov«-schihlren, and took them iiiliis armsnn-1 h!e-se.d I. Last Sabbath, our Sunday school NEWS SUMMARY. —Blanton Duncan has started a paper at Louisville, Ky. It is cabled “ The Worker.” —The New York Sun estimates that every Indian killed in war by United States troops co-ts the gov ernment five thousand dollars. —The runlettc table at Monaco went into mourning when King Blanc lay dying. During the last ■ hour of his life ltlack came tip twenty- five times in succession, making a tremendous run on the dark eolor. from the church by Rue Lepettetier along the inner liouleYards to Chat- teau D’Eu, and thence by boulevard Voltaire and Pierre LaChaise, a route of about two leagues, and even this space will scarcely accommodate the mult it tide which will be collected. The police have taken great precau tion-, and tiie head of that depart ment has given the strictest injunc tions lo his subordinates to prevent an excess of zeal, endangering the general tranquillity. THE ORDER OF PROCE8SION. Paris, September 2, 9:30 a. ni.— The |Hilici cleared the Pace Si. George and the street adjoining the the church. The cortege left the place at noon in the following order: Bearers of orders and decorations worn l»y deceased, master of Here of mounted gens d’a mis. The crowd everywhere respectfully un covered a* the c-ffiii passed. M- me shouts of “ viva la repnblique’’ wt re raised at the lop of boulevard Mount Martre. THE END OF IT. Paris, September 8 —The city has now assumed its usual appearam Everything has passed off quietly and Yvithout political mam testation even during the speeches in the cem etery. The speeches were remarka- I hie tbr moderation. M. Grevy, ex- President of the chamber of deputies, first recapitulat-'d the decease l olit» ical career, particularly dwelling upon the treat nud porotic sacri fice lie*had made by rename ng i-is arlii-r ntonarcliial convictions in fitvor of the republic. A-.noral Polthuhan ai'il M. 'M. Sacy and Vairy then Ariously eulogized his splendid ad* urinistmivi-, literary and oratorical tab-fits M. Jnle's Simon, who made the principal oration, said the first reeling after so great a loa* was one of discouragement; but M. Thiers had taught-them by the example of his life tfever to despair and never to draw back. Patriotism shines forth hroughoul M. Thier’a hooks and the history <it his Ht'c. He served a k n j, hut only in the condition that that king himself 1 w t* a frthful servant of the i-onstitution. M. Simon con- eluded his oration as follows: “Adieu in the name of tho country, *o tlio historian of tho revolnti m—to tiie cliainpiou of liberty—-to tho liiierator of iheAerritory, and to the first Pres- Idem, tpt* tiie French Repuhjfto.’’ M. Gambetla left the cemetery just before the speeches were pronounced. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the crowd d'spersed in perfect tran quility. The funeral was very imposing. All the diplomatic corps were present, including Hon. Edward F. Noyes, United States Minister, and lion. E. B. Wash burue. A Sioux Wav Dance. —A Greek, well known to be a Ru-sinn mrent, has given the Com- [ mont'-s, taniiiy of deceased, senators, iniitee of National Defense at Athens' 1 lll.OoO Cha-si-ptts and 2,0ti0,00u BUTEB, Toooa City, Ga. d for ooUozl Agent Preee. ocaO-1676-tf 'LE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carucsville, Ga. nie Land and feared that social inter course, even at school, would be pro hibited by her mother’s authoritative influence.!'" 1 '• f Mr. Reed’s opinion was solicited l.y bis wife, hut to Jicr recital of KutifV ^epi'rifiient to a school girl who sometimes wore a patched apron he gently replied: “Jen ie Land’s mother is a real lady I have known her from child- j)g---jve qj(}e"{led; ^tc same school. leTltke many others, was unfortu nate in selecting u husband, for he had lint one hm-ine-a talent and that w'a-< seldom seen. MiC Land is a Christian woman, and liears the dis appointments and The trials incident to lifelike a philosopher. Jennie’s moral training is of a high order, mid, il she wears patched aprons there are no patches on her youthful soul, an I atu gratified to learn that If it ie has found a safe and conget-ial asso ciate.” - “ Just as I expected. Mr. Reed. I should think, you Would take u deeper interest in Ivi'ie's future wel fare, than to encourage her to cherish teacher told that J sits loved childreu iYMENT either ns a Tenner, Kngi ntcr Good rotorenoeB iriveu, ana , h :W a ukin s fi,r 8Qch low ***v*'y- 9 now, and every body, and whoever are. go>i«| here will be liai>py alter they die, and sing joyful songs. She said >ye must pray to .be kept from temptation, and if bad thought* came into bur.’ium«h« w* >T . muxt "ask the bh-sse S vior to help it* to drive such thoughts away, for wrong thought* always proceeded ’ wicked actions. J nnie Land and I Went into the grove .by the sehaoj-housq last sum.- mer,. a g«*od many rimes, and yvo wbntd kueel by a. great maple tree, and Jennie prayed that we might lie good and love all our playmates, even if they were unkind to us. 8 ! te o-.ten said that iter niother told her if sl<e wanted to lie loved site mu-t love. Please put my arms around your neck, "papa.” Her father did as she requested, then she kissed him for the last time, and ut'ered tbe following language. “ Dear papa, I want yon to pray every day, and pray that mama may love Jennie, mid give her flowers every summer to put on her brother’s grave. I want her to have the Bihle yon gave me for a Christmas present cat i ridges, and the gift has been accepted. —The* e is a talk of making Sitting Secretary of the Interior in Bull place of Schnrz. As it is now the American Indian has no representa tive in the Cabinet. Bull has been iu Canada long enough to have quite a foreign air —8* nne of tfre’'Virginia negroes are making a new departure in pol ities. At a recent celebration of the colored people in Kiug Geoige conn ty, they refused to bear political speech 8. attd declared they favored good men for all offices, irrespective of party. - The voters of Connecticut on the first Monday in October, trill pass upon two proposed constitutional amendments, forbidding extra com pensation for public officers of all kinds, and also prohibiting city or town aid for railroads. —Several of the ladies (oil Pro- t stauta) yho were pupils at the Ursuline Convent at Somerville, Mass!, when it it was burned by the mob on the night of August 11th, 1834, propose to have a reunion in Cambridge, where many of them live. ex-deputies, me mbers of the French cing, - cademy, members of the academy ot with moral and port ical sciences and others, clashes of the institute, council gene at o’" the. Seine, ^ deputations from variou* council*, general and municipal councils and deputations from Arzin, with ,otber deputat ions and invited friend* of deceased. An hefirse drawn by six horse*,- <»n which the coffin rested, was oovered wiu palm branches, wreaths .of flower*, immortelles and tri-colored bows and rosettes. Tbe whole route was Uned by immense numbers of people, 'n-it- withstanding the rain. Suops ate dosed, and on the shutters are dis played placards beari g fhe .word-, “ national mourning.” Perfect trim qnility prevail* everywhere. The rain ceased at one o’clock. IN THE CHURCH. Paris, September 8.—Madam Triers was accotupanied by Mado- moiselle Dosne at’the funeral service in the church at Notre Dame de Lorette. M. Gambelta was cheered as he left the church after the cere mony. The deputation from Belfort was the only one in the procession which carried a banner. At two o’clock tho cortege arrived at the “Howl’* boulevards preceded by a squadron f l ,hee ** [From the St. Lonis Globo-Dctn«cnit ] A day was set and th<-D> uinmer and White Shield returned to their camp to tell their warriors to get r*a jy. At noon of one of the warmest day* a horrible pounding and screeching oris heard in the distance, ami going out we saw bedlam advancing; ofic h - dred Indians [tainted red, vellow, Vi)e and green, ornamented with .fi-a h -rs atnl strings of s n-il ; b-*ll*. werea l i i- beating a tore tom, screechieg all their'might, and 1 smoji-1; - over, danepd from w*e'fnot to 'he other. Arrived in frnn of the hoti-e they 8fop|ieii ami walked on to the pa rade, ranged themsrlyes in a -emi- circle, put their hlankets under- tV m anti waited for the mUsn-iaii* »o II «. The six or eight members of th ir hand, wrapped in ray blanke'e. e e huddleil around a ha*e drmu. e cb armed witti a ml^tantial drum -tb-k, and a* thev began their poinding die (fanner* set up a string** eftorii -J shrill, chirping < rie*. and then darting to thp middle, began dancing back and forth, around and through in a e->n» ’ fused ‘ ifia**. themselves still" .inirugiJ the r liells rattling and feather* m**V- • ingrt The »ie;nconsisted in. raising o t© •; ftvit straight up, balancing, up •< «d down on the other, sud then ehan_-ing positions, eamingiton to tiie en-1. •" Two pause* were made »•» give a jC -ntice for breaking, and they be ant with redoubled vigor. A t atheie-l arrow was stuck in the ground, mwfr cfound it they ircled and hopped inoro madly than ever, and at the se 'ltd interlude White Shield, a magnificent savage, over six feet in height, br< >nd shouldered and mu-cular a* a Hero cule*, sten^red to the centre and related some of bis own glorious deed*. Y» hi.* speech advmicedhi* he*rer* grunfecl their appr >biti<m. it'<d wmn he bad finished relating the de-»t.rue ion of ii® enemy in tho op-m .field, an atm anaiv® Cline Mon the f-*l airy- i HM S X