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FOX OFFERS HIS PROFESS! ON- al Sorrier* to the clUten* of Athena and .irlnlty. i lift.-r at the Drug Store of R. T: Brnmby A Co., r..ll--^e Arcnue, Athena, On. SMf S M. HERRINGTON, • . ■ ’. * .ftsw^r ii Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace. Office orrr L. J. I.*mi-k ires’ atore. March IMu. P G. THOMPSON, • xN.ttorney at Law, Special attention paid tecrtmlaal practice. For r.vrem-e apply lo Ex. Oor. T. H. Walla and Hen. lurid Clopton, Montgomery Ala. Office orcr Harry'* Store, Athena, Ooorgta. Keli.3.tf. A MAP TV. » v’filhlH No. 39.1 Athens, Georgia; Poetical. ,\-a M. Jackson,. . .1*. W. Titovas, JACKSON & THOMAS, Attorneys at Law Athens, Georgia. 1 0 10I1B, ERWIN & COBB Attorneys al Ita?v, ATHENS, GA. , )i; , nil' Offi.a in the Deuprce Butldtox. w, R. LITTLE, Attorney at lair, Carnesville, qa. *" < O. A. I.OCHBANE. JOHN MILLEDGE. LOGHRANE & MILLEDGE, A T TORNEY8 A T LA W, MLANiA, ga: ;;f ; Oilier, Xo. 3J Pryor 8t, Opp. Kimball House. [For the North mat Georgian. Sabbath School Celebration. Br Mr*. Marik tun. of Charlestoa, 8. C. '• Ml u* go, this early mem, Stanley’* Chapel to adorn. For 'll* Annlreraary day," Thn», we hear a lady aay. Buggy Aril or poaiei tweet— Scarcely room to place oor feet— Off we start with garland* bright. Cheered l.y all who come in Right. Slowly pasting o'er the road. Lighter grow* the lorely load, For kind-hearted Mr*. K. Ulrc* out baqiirta all the way. And at laM, with skillful hand. Decorate* the Speaker 1 * atand, Showing by the offering fair, That her feeling heart la there. Thrilllug sounds now strike the nil Marshal music, grand and clear— 'Tia the Athena apiendld Band, None excel it In the land. Now, the gallant sheriff comes, And the Gospel’s reverend sons— The children's Mend, that follhflil one; Long live J. Q. Allison 1 Teachers, pupils, are in sight; Eighty-five we count aright. One hundred more, now meet the eyes, 'Tit an army for the skies. Soldlen of the Cross, we see. Look, their ensign fleeting firue, " Fear not little flock," we And “ tlod Is Lore,”* bear this In mind. Wave your hannen, raise them high, Angela watch you from th* sky— Jeaua smiles—then Joyful be, Ip this great helebrity. i . ■ i Opening prayer, songs, declamations— Music sweet, nod compositions, Greco and beauty are displayed,, Genius too, la here portrayed. Two great speakers arc expected. Hut their promise have neglected; Yet, none miss them in that line. For their subalitutes are fine. ,0|ieaker laal, is firr the lx-st, Voice much louder than the rest; Heard to the remotest seat— « " Dinner't remit/, come anil eat." Round too laugh goes, with a shout, All the baskets are brought out. Everybody joins the fetal, From the greatest to the least. AFTKRNOOJt. Now, the little folks to please, A rope ia stretched on tallest tree*. And a man goes up so high, It wins like walking In the sky. Wheels a barrow, cooks in air, stands upon hU head up there; Laughs to see the jieoplc quake. Crawls down like a monstrous snake. Stanley's Chapel Sabbath School, It luta been, nine yearn, a rule, To Instruct, protect and cheer Children, that assemble here. Favored little sons and daughters, ., Living near Oconee's waters, l4>ve the day, that teachers came Telling of a Saviour's name. Fear not little Flock,” and " God Is I^»ve,*’ are mottoes on the banners. Clarke Co., Ga, July 16th, 1873. There’s a house down Bio road a quarter pf a itnfle' ‘where you'' might stay all night,’ ventured tlje operatar*i listlessly, turning top pages of. tho last year’s almanac, not raising his eyes at all. Mine was tu>t a suspicions na ture, and yet I took no heart in his suggestion, and began to think all manner of things about the man with tho almauac. A house down the road! I went to tho door and looked out. Tho man who hail, looked in on us had I>cen sitting on the stop formed by tbo threshold. Itvas sure it was the-same. He got up hastily and walked down toe platfonn; qotglancing back. I observed jthehi.toat be wore a heavy capote cloak aud low hat. L BUSY LIFE. July 28, 1878. c OLD SERIES—V ol* /NEW SERIES—V' ILUME J T.TTT. m. asleep, lullciSByHS? droning voices underneath,' and [thft rai%, that foils au.J-1^ shingled root, a.sound Lusodito'iovaiumy boyhood, i-** «. i.jj,.,; j. I was awakened by thecreakiiifel of the ’.board floor under a stock-] linked foot. Tho roori undoubt edly owned aqother occupant thiiti I myself, whether legitimately sd, remained to bq discovered. What..money I had with me, I carried in tho right pocket of my trousers-, the safest by Imeahrf. - I also carried a large and clumsy j^k-kuife, such as sailors [cut tobacco wijth.: I don’t know why J should fiavjq remembered the knife, bpt I. did-. Pfbe waiting had ceased, v tmt I fancied I heard ■stifled: breathing in toe room; this might have ' been' only fancyi! > " |L gently‘drew myself nor Hi to the side next toe jfrall.betweeh which and the * The wind, blew'a hurricane and. there was not a star visible; 1 ns to However, road, .1 could see none', noriii fact anythiug, but about twelve inches of frosty rails on which the operator’s lamp-light fell. I closed the door suddenly,, as if I had retired within. I cannot that moment, then creaking jrecotn-. say that it was my purpose to menced, followed: by aamotocred watch the man in the cloak, but I- oath, 1 and I kdew* that 1 tome one , closed the door. J?" f was 1 softly apptoaichmgjjlie bied; 1 It was veiy dark on the plat- I jiad,'ceased td smile. , j »Iia not JOHN T^OSBOR#, Attornoy-at-Idiw ELBERTON, GA, Will |.wtl» in the counties of the' Northern *.-i.n. Hanks, Franklin and Habersham * the ".•Mon. Circuit; will Klre *pecUI attention to ailrhiui, entrusted to hi* care. " J..., 10.187*-il,.v -- J. S. DORTCH,! Hi'* ; 1 -no "r -I :r. Attorney al Z/aw, CABXB8V1LLB, GA-• fi. \TWILLIAMSON, PRACTICAL ■ i'Ator.'xsJi’obniisaw,"' ‘ BROAD STREET ATHENS, or All work dona In a superior manner, warranted to clvo satisfiutlon. !—:■■■, ■..» i ,'i -- GA SSni A..- Al. G ROOTER, STUBBS A; CO. Cotton : <” -RND^ Ln 0 J ; Savannah, Ga. Northevn ports. I Livery, Feed and Sale Stable . ATHENS, a- A.: , J r.\NN & 11K.VVES.. • ■ I’ROPJUKTOHS \xriLIs RE POUND AT THEIR SUSS C. S. POTTS, FaiRiwWflwwtlM OVER UNIVERSITY BANK, Jf' 1 “• Broad Street, AUiei do i‘£«aakln«in theM«elo*l*"d meat Fashionable Styles. Ma,ftj«W. Boot and Shoe Manufacturer COLLEGE AVENUE, NdA D<x>r to Port n^SSSSSsiSSSSm- . „„„ and you Ol Alberti. 'itlTrUel'* 1 ,’ 5 '' 1 June 80, xpress Miscellaneous Selections. A FIGHT FOR LIFE. It was in the latter part of No vember, in the year 1874, that I found myself at sunset, on one of the dreariest days I ever saw, jailing my .chances at a little Ar kansas. station for a seat in a coach, which the telegraph'opera-’ tor assured me would start ia a pouple of hours for the town of . ■—, my next destination. \ j ; I sat in thaoperator’8 little cage, beating a tattoo with my feet, and for the first time in a week, feel ing utterly jaded and worn out. “rhe door, facing the dense and gloomy forest ontsido, looked like some yawning aperture to a'cav ern, the oil Tamp inside seeming naturally to intensify the inky blackness outside. The operator, a weary,, pale- faced man, seemed glad of my company, as ho no doubt was, ior old chap, and delayed me ith questions about the busy ^oAd tb’ Which M Wife attached ohly through his instrument and an occasional newspaper. ascertained that the coach generally made its trip in an hour and a half or two hours. i I suggested the probability that, as the mght promised so baa, per- SiaDS tho coach would lay oyer 5 in SgLX rather hoped that this might he tho case, as I began to tote the idea of being whirled through that dark woods with a fierce wind twisting the branches together overhead, and smashir the dry limbs and twigs wr great noise. Tho operator de clared that, as it was the mml coach to C-—, it would undoubt edly go, whatever the prospect; ns to. company, though, he fancied I would have it pretty much my own way, ns there did not seem to bo any pnssongors besides ray °Ho walked down the platform to the station room, and caino hack with the intelligence that it was empty. Just at that moment a man push ed the door open and looked in; the glimpsoThnd of him was not enlivening. Re was heavily wrap ped, and his face very nearly cov ered with a thick, black beard. Tho operator, busy at his tablo, had not obsorved the intruder* and I made no comment except a yawn df general' dissatisfaction. form, except under the grimy window. ; The man came liack softly, and I scraped n wax -taper to light a cigar. The black beard and a pair of glittering eyes were within two feet of me. Was he disconcerted ? Ho walked, on top other side of the platform leisurely. ' ‘ The rain begun to fall in big I splashing drops, chilling me thor oughly in ten minutes. I went back into the operator’s room; he still idled over the almanac, scarce ly lodking up as I entered'. Soon After, there was the distant rum bling of wheels, the trample of horses and a few bugle tones canie down mournfully in the wind. There’s tho coach,’ said the operator, 'and Bill Woodford’s horn. Thero must be something wrong ; tois is not his run,’ Lights gleamed at the outer end of the platform. Tho clumsy oldj coach rumbled up, top driver, in a grey overcoat and -wpo}y cap,, helped to get the .mail-hag in Lhe boot, shouting out, ’ This way if you please, gentlemen, and not an inch o’ time to’ said a deep votto.’" 1 ■’ * What’s' up,’-said a deep,' bins voice, ' and where is Sam to night? . .. .. ' He’s done gone and gave his ankle a baddish twist; that’s all. Come, look alive there!’ I but toned up ‘‘mj’ coat, felt that my pistol was all right; ,1 had takeu it from the black bag just before the arrival of the coach. I clam bered in, took a forward seat, aii^ as somebody swung ,a< .lantern backward and forward, discerned that save a very old gentleman,- Who seemed to be dozing in the back, that I Was- the only pftssen- tpgethet fixing me in short Order* geir.,J--.<'• MiWqiBMiflitM irt^Uetoioiius : The driver cracked tus Wjiip < &)<F ipw, was to seiattefipifiiljpllkt with a terrific jolting, yv<j 'stuited Wy.shwcp^ims.iraot J¥ff|th at.a^ furious rate of speed, We the flip of apeuny; yet, jf »qy- had, perhaps, accomplished, five thing would be calculated to lend or six mile* m this way, wbeu the jp; nuaat super-natural' strength, it rickety old affair gave,* sudden WaHi-coedWone'-like.these, vmd-I and toe driver .appeared attoe' hUmaa,cfiorts ;! I. gptuon.topjaild window dripping With ram. plantiijg: my ,jjgpt .kpeerjo^m^ J * Wo’l 1 linvn te% fnmLIh liurn fnT J ----- -- A lurch before coming to 4 full stop gtoD, Virginia: 1HE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER W« extract the following handsome and well deserved compliment to the Confederate Soldier, from the address df. Col. W. Preston Johnston, made 'on the occasion of the decoration of the and Jackson, on Jane .re ihe 'idea’ of a struggle in % tMEf l ‘^jinforVipately jny tapom;. werp t( m my waistcoat, Which I had.. throwa ; oivo chair when retiring.. Noverthbleaa I had-no notion bf'being a 1 quiesoent party to H | HfurdeV’^ arid I bc":m to woik my'* hjtv tb tHfe'fodl*oP,tho bpdf ; m , i *ri ii.^1 Left ;i - j doing yeiy 2 quietj^. , r#ft . : I toougut of tlie knife .again, okd opening ’ if, stuck,.it:iu.my waists hand, a thiug l would not do agaiu under any circumstances.:- tlf I hiid ohly • rertldvcd the pistok 11 > As the novelist* Would say, aH this 'oeofu^d[’1fi much ’ less tidie than’ Jt'^takcjf : t^ j^rite ,itj o^r tp read it either, ami .oply a'vprjr few mompiits had elapsed since my-firshwaking-.i ...if .^tilstLaua My, next, move Was mther. sin gular: I had noticed a light print spread oh the : bhdf'h'gfhidy‘piece of callhci' like ofir attic w^ildow ^cuftaliis alj h'Oine. I snat^icd this ftmii a'lirf/sprap" to^d side from whence the noise pro ceeded. ,,.a A plan Ipancd pyer the Ippd j -^ip turned with :i growThif, rage/bul being lithe as a cat, I enyclopea his head with the 1 tea!lieo, my liatids nt his throat in hh : instant. - Then began a dreadful struggle,'119 We rolled on-the floor together. My assailant dragged <nei nearer the bod, and!it tlashed -upon^roe in an instant* that! theijwcqyory of, the knife was in hiajniud.| ,, : lu ngFi. Wk i**wt w l« ft hm for mine ^ ]t wax, gOne.It had slipped put during toe scuffle, and I was'.lh'ahkful thai T had hot been thi'own on its Aarp pblnt;’ ”' J! The bhrly ruffian had'thru'the muffler from his Bead; abd was hi- ere was a third soldier to must teniay render our horns courage, his patience, his have never been surpassed, of the Gaul he joined the i of the Britton. Irresis- ultand dangerous in de* the foemau who withstood ira. His jacket was a rag. his bed, the moist earth; hiirobf, the starry "tides; his dinner, a oust—if: ho got it; his dame—ah 1 yuUj*IUoKH>,hia name, though some dfyju nill call him by one name, and me by another; it is whispered in vry household, it is iPmemoered in wand, it is uttered with tears of pride. . brothers are here with armless walking a little halt, short- thed with some grievous hidden ound;. broken somewhat in health spirits and fortune, but 1 with the hid fire in their eyes, the same uncon querable manhood in their hearts, and the same sagacity in their clear heads that made them fight to the end, and thin return to quiet pursuits of peace, determined to make the best of a bad bargain. TheConfederate Soldier was worthy of the. Confederate General— When Mr. Davis wa$ at Greensboro, North Oarolina, after Gen. Lee’s sur render, an eminent gentleman and gallant soldier from Virginia said to uira',,in jay hearing, “ I-shall return to Virginia, and with my men take to the woods and mountains and marshes, tod-wage eternal'war upon the enemy.” Mm Davis replied rattier dryly: "I would,be glad, .Generali if you could jbking those men here, and help Gen. Johnson strike another blow for inde pendence; bnt if you begin a guerilla war the Yankees will hang you; and if they do not your own people will.” And he added to me afterward, “ and they might to. GuerriltaiB become brig ands, and any government is better thud that.” ' He understood our peo- pie, who are wilting to die for liberty, but will uot endure license. With such a race, hope never fails. ■ The following is a just tribute to the Confederate*'private,' extracted from the impromptu remarks, uf Sergeant 0. B. Barrow, of Company D, 3d Ga. Regiment, on the occasion of their re union in last Joiy. In puMishingit, we commend its justness and endorse its sentiment, with all the earnestness of an er^Confederate soldier: As a humble representative of the common soldier, comming from the ranks, it is hut. natural that I should ask a place in the harts and raemon- of our people for Private Smith. He had no stars on his collar, no stripes on his coat; but he had strength iu his arm, and courage in his bosom, and a fieart to do batue for his country at theWtdf his blood. He was found uptm the skirmish field when the gath- ering douds of battle reverberated the first muttering thunder, of the coming (conflict. When cloud met doud ana thunder met thunder, conspicuous in ,the blaze of his owu lightning, he 'gorged!his piece with another fiery charge. When columns mfld uppnpol- -umus, like opposing waves upon some defiant rook, his radiant form was ap parent ia tho sheet lightning which blazed along the line.- Forced by num bers to retire, be lingered with the roar guacd to dispute with the vandal foe’ each inch of ground. I have selected Private Smith as ray exemplar on this occasion -because he yrito de8pfputdn,.,sopn haattie satisfaction . of feeling. his cluwj relax; until lie was powerless toild! "' ** iMyovVn -strength bcgahHd fail nowjubturiMk cold,: [brokd;OHti of'flny liody. tit every glimmered on i the ceiling us toe glim old man* anditwoot tirade others asceiided the stairs, brilig- inff candles;* “"1“ »>■°■ astouishodmyself.Withu superr is descended from a long :line of iUus- ter,r We’ll bave to tumble bere^foy the night, I*reckon, genta-i for tlm storm jlias blown xii tree right square in the road, and toe leader lias got a rock in his foot and can't go on any way.’ - , i J ; Pleasant prospect truly: ’There’s old Job'Silvor’s cabiii'yonder; wo can put up with hini, 1 gu'ess,'iip- jpojre>.. >/ ■ £>.; r tilmorobft:' .afX^Lif Jl, _ As,too* S ft to unhitch^ tbeui wm swtlMngJ^toero^^fe^Wm, . do .but beg hospitality of Mrs. There was a Tmraea tramj Silvers) end the old gentleman of feot beloW) .and}® pale and myself scrambled .out, the former growling savagely when he found , tiie raid aukTcWleep ip a sticky mire, and th§ rain pouring in torrents. » •/-.- • I should like to tiirottie that villain, and shoot -that cursed leader on the spot,’-6aid toe old gentleman, making off towa miserable shanty; to; the right tome thirty yards. After atop- , v per of. frizzled bacon, .fried-eggs iriflfe ftather'w] and excellent coffee,, ,whjch was pud dropped'b* not to bad a supper, oaten before andex mm a spanking fire of biroh legs: The My mao,^iU host, a tall, grim old man, with who. had.|follp.wt too fiice of one of Napoleon Pe withauintent 1<ltake my life; be- soldiers, albeit With a certain lo6k Nevi of simplicity impossible to a itol- (thii dier, conducted mo'up a rude'pair held 0 — r J of staipa to.a sleeping apartment, the coach-driver and Joab SjJvers, Thorooip-JNepto low ill the ceil- ami at last astonished these wor- ing on two > aides, .being jnstun- tides ',by tno^Jung 'th^in' both dor the roof) and was fhrhished down and mukiug good his escape, -with two narrow beds and two ; X have this •knifq .j’et; a keen chairs. ' V \ rl '■ Italian t stiletto, ‘a. perfect beauty I took off my coat nud waist- in temper and carving, and keen coat, and .flung myself hito bed, as a razor, puttiug my pistol and watch under There are many pit my head. . i,.. ( 'jq , V >» tores' lit .too .life of a commercial The grim old man excused his. traveler, or drummer, as they are poverty and took away the candle, called, >biit there arc also draw- his cowhide shoes creaking on the backs. , " stairs as he asceiided. On second thought I took my watch from * Most people are' liij'e eggs—too full itbe- of thetnselve* to hold anything else- l | ‘ ' .eAindm, buhhijt •ski $?L- m i is derived word “Smiden,” tho sraitere in the ’Confederate army. Though/our cause was lost the country ^wes * debt of gratitude to the whole g rofsmitere, whether they .smote ipusket .or' cannon, with sword, or javelin. High or low; livihg or ; ridi or poor, let the name of my Smith,have a place in your memories. Redeem your, promises fo him when to left his home without hope of re- hard or fame, to peril his life for yonrs -find his. Hunt up his widow and or- if 'they are among you, and edm nem in the stern virtues of their I. We shall need them again. THE MAN WITH THE COON SKIN. * Tr,< - ’ He halted in front of a grocery store, and drawing horn under his coat a small parcel, tied around with a string, he inquired of/the. grocer who sat by tho door: , . , , ‘How’s trade?’ ‘Pretty fair, Tor hot weather,’ was the reply. • Are you op to bargains ?’ continued the stranger, as he untied the parcel and took ont a coon skin—a coon skin which Beemed to have been kicked about the house ever since the close of the war. . .< • HumpbX angered the proper, Mto ‘ You may ‘kur^h!’ and * humph!’ and ‘humph!’ all you want toP ex claimed the stranger in a loud voice, ’but if you want a coon skin to sell again, this is the article!’ . Vi don’t think I waul to invest.’ ‘Youdon’t Great Heavens! bnt I took yon for a man of talent'and en terprise!’ . ,.-i ‘ No one ever buys coou skins or fun in the summer,’ said the grocer. ‘ I know it’s a little late in the seas son. and therefore I’m wflling th throw off something. I shouldn’t nave' the face to ask over fifty cents for this ’ere coon skin.’ ‘I shouldn’t want to pay that price,’ replied the grocer. ‘You wouldn’t? Merciful stars! But is it possible that you would take bread from the mouths of my starving children, ray innocent darlings, who don’t know a coon skin : from a cow hide?’ , M-'iiriiijni i The grocer was silent, and the stranger smoothed the brindled hair with his right hand and continued: ‘ I will go before any court in the land and take a' solemn oath that this is one of the best coon skios offered ha this market for the last fifteen years. Observe the variegated colors! Be hold the tender softness! Just put your hand on this coon skin, mister!’ ‘ I don’t think I want to buy any furs before November,’ quietly replied the grocer. 4 You don’t ? Is it possible that you will deliberately let this great bargain slip through your fingers? No! I cannot believe it! Dozens of grocers in this town want this coou skin; want it so badly they can’t keep still; but I was recommended to come to you, and lam here.’ ‘It isu’t a prime skin,’ said the gro cer, as he glanced at the flesh side a second time. It ain’t? Here, mister, shoot me! Draw yoUr revolver and send a bullet in here, right through my quivering heart!’ , , t , He dropped his coou skiu and held his coat and vest open, but as the grocer didn’t shoot, he presently picked up his merchandise and continued in a sad voice: SHUwtnrfHSf ‘ Mister, do I look like a pirate, ora robber, or a liar? Do you you suppose I’d go and tell you a deliberate, lie und peril my chances of ever reaching Heaven, for the sake of selling you this coon skin?’ ‘No, I suppose not,’ replied the grocer, leaning bock in his chair. • Ah, no, I wouldn’t. I ain’t purty, nor I don’t wear many store clothes on my person, but I’m honest—yes, as honest as the day is long, If 1 should so far forget my early training os to tell you a lie about this coon, skin, I never could enjoy another night’s rest —never I’ ‘ WeU, Iguesf. Idoa't pant it,’ said ‘Seaveii ! but is it possible that you will let me return to mV loving Wife and fend children without bread to appease their hunger? Will you de liberately aud wilfully sit there aud see me tie this coon sun up and walk awsv, when I am offering it to you at one-half its matket value? 4 ‘ You can, perhaps, sell it elsewhere/ * ‘I know 1 can. I know a dozen men who want it, but they are not men of your reputation. When yon hand me fifty cents I know it is of'the genuine scrip, and.1 go away satisfied. The others might pass counterfeit money on me and I might be arrested and jailed, and my family be e to the sown of this cold world.’ I. don?t wanUbe coon skinj said the grocer, ‘ but if your family; are Buffer ing fer the want of food, Til give you fifteen cents for it, and throw it back in the loft.’ - ,,! ‘ Fif—fifteen—fifteen cents 1’ ex claimed the stranger, dropping tho fur and springing off the step. ‘New let the ungels lock down and weep! Let THE MAN WITH AN ITEM. It wasn’t right, and future genera tions will say it wasn’t. He came tramping up stairs, tossed his*hat on a table, and as he sat down in a chair he carelessly remarked: Suppose you’d like a big item? Yes, of course, replied the lone re porter. I haven’t been lo any other paper with it, he continued, as he leaned fer- ward; I’ve taken the JFVee Press for twenty-nine years, and I’ve walked foormiles to give you this item. Wdl, Fm very much obliged, in deed. What is the item? Well, you know the Grant Trunk Junction? Yes, out here about three miles froin the City HalL Well, it was about a mile beyond that. Me an’ another fellow was com ing in on the track. He was a stran ger; And:: seemed down-hearted and gloomy; said he didn’t care two cents whether he lived or died. Poor fellow! Can you describe him? ’ ’' : Yes, he was about five feet six; had red hair, big feet, coarse clothes, blue feyes and, no whiskers. Well, go on. We’d got within a mile of tho junc tion when the Express train from the East came thundering along. Yes. And of course ive stepped off the track." ' * " Yes.• I wasn’t looking for nor expecting any such thing, you know, for the man didn’t let on nor betray himself by word nor look. If I’d only sus pected, it, why, I could have grabbed • Ye*! Ieee. - >?«• J ;W*U, we stood facing the train. I was a leetle; ahead of him, and what did he do ns the train got within 300 feet of us. Rushed on the track? ( No; not that He made a jump for the rail, kneeled down, and— Great blazes, but it was awful! in terrupted the reporter. Awful? I guess it was. I was never so, weak in my life. He delibe rately laid his neck on tfie rail, shut hU eyes, and— And the locomotive took his head clean off, shouted the reporter, spring ing up. . No. As I was saying, he deliberate ly placed his neck on the rail and held it there— And was mashed ? No, sir—held it there for a moment and then— And was then struck by the pilot? No, sir—and then he deliberately took it off again, and is now in a sa loon around the corner inquiring fora ftix , • , if . ( • The reporter leaned back and looked At him for a long time/ " 1 ' The stranger leaned back and looked at the reporter. Nothing disturbed the deep silence bat the ticking of the clock. By and by the man with the item looked up at the skylight, down at the floor, and softly slid out into the hall and was gone.—Detroit Free Press. ftotijjmi Georgian PUBLICATION OFFICE; ATo. 7, GSAJriTU /ROW, (Un-Stairs,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. Rates of Advertising: Transient advertisements, ofone equate or non <1 40 per aqaare for the flratlnaertion, and 78 cents for esfeh subsequent insertion. exeept when special contracts are made. Twelve linn space of this type (or oi •VFor contract prices, see schedule. a —— WATER RINGING FOR THE BOY. A good story is told of a verdant one who was passenger in a railroad ex press train, and became thirsty. “Where’s that ’em boy with the water can?” he qoerisd ol his next “ He has gone forward to the bag gage car, I suppose,” was the reply. “ Wall, d’ye sTpose I kin git him back here agin?” “ Certainly,” said the other, “you have only to ring for him;” and he nodded toward the bell-line that ran above their heads. No sooner said than done. Before any one could prevent it, Rustic had seized the line and given it a tremend ous tug. The consequences were at once obvious; three shnil whistles were heard, half a dozen brakemen ran to their posts, and the train came to a standstill with a suddenness that startled half the passengers with aston ishment, and caused every man near a window to hoist it and look out to see what was the matter. In a few minutes, the Conductor, red nud excited, came • fixuning into the car to know who pulled that bell- rope. “ Here, mister, this way; I’m the man,” shouted the offender, drawing ‘What litorty against despotism is eter nal.;,.. r .. A Prophetic Toodles.—Yester day morning a young man who was on , his way up the river, having a satchel B 14 H.I y:,IS-1..nr,*? j filled with a remedy for corns, a lotion As I am not of a fighting charac- 1 to remove freckles, and many boxes of r*i'and my icournge liothin^ td! tooth-patte, succeeded in selling a ne- I think I may snfelyW gro resident of Clay street, a fifty cent ’ s “sliflWjd; ; 'tIu| $ blackboard, ■Let throe days e of the freckle remedy. The pur chaser was exhibiting it to some of his as an oyer,' f^nda, when one of them exclaimed: exhaustion “Shoo! you has bin swindled! What does niggera want of dat stuff? ■s nebber bah freckles!” ’sJfurmy wife,” explained the ■ wife hain’t got freckles— tell what’ll happen,” . . . ‘,‘Fust, dar wasde mancerfashun bizncs3; den cums de freedman bizneas; den de Civil Rights bill; and who kin tell dat the next thing won’t be white niggers wid heaps of freckles all over der faces!” His line of reasoning was too heavy fer them.—Pieksburg Herald. The Albany News does not think that the statements published concern ing Dr.' Tucker’s conduct towards the students can be true. If a tithe of the story be true it says “ he is no more fit for the place he occupies than a drunken sailor is to be'a lady’s hair dresser." Dr. Tucker might see the propriety of making some statement bn this subject.—Atlanta Herald. ough hostilities have ceased, the war- that bright sun be obscured by clouds J — s - blacker than midnight rolled in tar! If life has come to this, let me die at once!’ The grocer picked up a newspaper^ and the stranger waited two or I three minutes, sighed heavily, and then handed oiit the skin, and sadly said: * Take it, and give me the paltry pittance! I am going home to die in the bosom of my famdy. Til gather them around me once more, take a last farewell, and then Fll drop into the turbid river and be seen no more!’ The money was handed him, and he passed down the street two blocks, tamed to the left, and, os he kicked open the blind door of a saloon, he said to the bar-keeper: ,,. ‘Juleps for one, and fill the glass chock up!*—New York Sim. 1 * - * I * i oi* - The Columbus Enquirer says that young gentlemen should not dress gush ingly, but if they wijl wear a hand kerchief in the rear pocket of their pantaloons or coat, it would be an or- dinaiy favor to a blushing public to select such as have ornamented borders, so that they can feel sure it’s a hand kerchief. ' ' “ ' Old Lady (who sleeps badly.'/— “ Now Maty, if I should want to light my candle, are the matches there ?’ Mary—“ Yes, ma’am, there’s wan.” Old Lady—“One! Why, if it missee fire, or won’t light—” Mary—“Oh, niver a fear of it ma’am. Sure I thried it!” The First Bale of the Season. —The New Orleans Price Current of Wednesday gives the following history of the first bale of cotton received in that market this season, which was announced by telegraph: .Our cotton circles were completely taken by surprlte this morning, by the receipt of a new bale of cotton, arrived Itot evening, not from the Rio Grande As^ usual, but St. Laundiy parish, shipped bj! Mr. Jos. Be rand from his plantation’on Teche. As this is con siderably in Advance of general expec tation, it, has occasioned unusual ex citement among factors and brokers, the more so as there can be no mistake about the bale’s being all of the new crop, well ginned, of good staple and color, classing middling fiur to fair (new classification), and weighing up wards of four hundred pounds. We learn that this cotton is mostly from Berand’s plantation, but received libe ral contributions from his neighbors, who were furnished by him with the seed planted, an unusually early vari ety, known as the Herlong, selected with anticipation of getting an early yield. Under the circumstances this arrival must be exceptional, and very much in advance of the general Loui siana chip. In fact, owing to recent rains no moire can be expected fer some time from the same locality. The bale was purchased by Col. Win. Owen, at the fancy price of twenty-five cents, the right for a premium to be awarded fer the first bale to be reserved to the planter. The owner forwards it by express today to, Mwsr*. Bliss, Ben nett & Co., New York. This com pletely eclipses'the Rio Grande hales, which will bo due to-morrow. Our first receipt of the Louisiana crop last year was on August 12, and in the year before August, 1. The Twirler of the St Louis Re publican says: “ In the country, now, Maud Miller is raking bay every where. And the judge, riding down, doesn’t see her at all, bnt is figuring upon his chaqces for a renomination.” - A.Coronet’s jury of New Orleans gamblers, brought iu a verdict on a man found drowned that “ he died on the square, without a split or stand off.' A venerable physician of Philadel phia, Dr. Condie, the author of a book on Diseases of Children, would never keep a carriage, notwithstanding his large practice, and is made responsible for this mot: “If a doctor drive one horse, it indicates physical weakness; if he drive tajb, mental weakness.” Quin, the actor, being asked by a lady why there were more women in the world than men, replied, “ it is in conformity with the other arrange- - rqents of nature—we always see more I o Heaven than of earth.” all eyes upon him. “ You!” said the Conductor, did you do it for?” “ Cos I wanted some water.” “ Wanted some water?” “Sartiu; I wanted the water boy, and my pardner here in the seat said I’d better ring for him, as we do at the hotel, an’ so 1 yanked the rope. Will he be along soon ? An’, by by the by, what in thunder be you stoppin’ fer ?” The shout of laughter that greeted this honest confession was too much fer the Conductor, and he had to wait un til he got his train unde? way before he explained the mysteries of the bell- rope to his verdant customer.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. A Baby Romance.—This from the Leon (N. Y.) Republican: A girl baby, apparently about two weeks old, was left upon the porch of the house of Mr. Richard Kellogg, who lives in the north part of the town, on the night of June 2d. Accompanying the child was the following note: “ Is there room for me? I have come to the door of this house that the Lord hath blessed in the hopes of find ing it open. My little wiugs are weary, seeking the crevices in the moun tains, and forsaken by father and mother. I am a little wanderer, a tiny baby girl, and, like tho dear Jesus, have no place to lay my head.’ So, ‘ as not a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father’s notice, I have been directed here. Take me, love me, protect me, and hear the Gentle Shepherd: Hungry and ye fed me, thirsty and ye gave me drink, naked and ye clothed me, a stranger and ye took me in.* ‘ Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it unto me’ Then, O turn me not away, but let me nestle dose to yonr bosom, and when covered by your love I shall cease to be nobody's child. You can keep me ; my parents cannot. Pa rentage respectable, healthy and not low in moral character. The child was well dressed, and with it was a good supply of infant** cloth ing. The child has been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, who are well pleased with the unexpected present. Americans in England.—The London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury, an English provincial paper, complains that nine-tenths of the vim- ting Americans in England have the peculiarity of a profound self-con sciousness of their being Americans. Spealung of the typical representative this class the writer rays; “He seems to be haunted by the opinion that the English people have a poor opinion of America, ana that he must on all oc casions prove the superiority of every thing European. This is patriotic but tiresome.” Mr. Smalley, in his last letter to the New York Tribune, does not deny that the correspondent above quoted is right to a certain extent, and says: “In most cases the habit ia on ly amusing; in, some it is offensive, when it takes the form of direct attack upon England in the presence of Eng lishmen ; or of supercilious comment; or worse still, of innuendo and sneer. All these I have heard, not often, but sometimes, and almost never from the best class of Americans. I have known Americans who take pains to treat an Englishman uncivilly because he had the misfortune to posessa title; though the unhappy man bad, for his part, taken pains to be civil to his American acquaintances. It is a little remarka ble that American snobs who are ready to break their silly necks to do servile homage to a titled Englishman -who may chance to visit their own country, should make asses of themselves by treating an Englishman uncivilly in England simply because ho happens to possess a title. This was not so for merly. Americans ip times past mau- ifested no such vulgar weakness. Biit now, since the tide “ American citizen” has ceased to be a passport to good society in England, when it does not even give assurance that he who claims it is either a white man or a gentle man, it is perhaps not so surprising that American shoddy should pat on airs when abroad just to make stran gers think they are “ some pumpkins!’ at home.—Chronicle andSental. In one of tho French departments there is a “ Society for the Protection of Birds Useful to the Farmer.” All nests found arc reported to the society and protected by it. In the past year the society protected 214 nests, from which came 904 birds. The occupants of six hundred shan ties along the lines of New York rail roads make a living by planting com and potatoes between the rails and the fences. It is raid 700 acres arecultiva- I ted in this way. m