Georgia Historic Newspapers

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Watch ana. KM. 18MI CuialMc *< y^
Chrotele, Bet. 1877 (Athens Bw.er, Bat. 1833.
TERPSICHORE ON WILLER CRICK.
The (laughters of Terpsichore who sit at Phal
lus’ feet.
And overlook the festival of dancing.
In point of style and makeup maybe very hard
to beat—
As supple, soft eyed houris they're entranc
ing.
But a tan checked diety,
Living in the Used-to-be,
Could beat these maids with cards and spadee
in bloom;
For she reigned on Wilier Crick,
And presided, fair and chic.
O’er the “rags" we used to give before the
boom.
The “rags" we used to give before we platted
out the place.
Before we lmd the opryhouse to splurge in.
Were free and easy gatherings of homumade
country grace.
And ev’rybody came without the urgin.
Oh, the fiddle and the liorn.
And the organ, wheezed and worn,
Made an it.by, twitchy music in the gloom
Ol the busy workaday,
So that sorrow staid away
From the "rags” wo used to give before the
boom.
The caller off and the fiddler was a simple,
homely soul.
Who lmd one waltz in all bis repertory;
His long suit was His “cowdrills” and the over
flowing bowl.
And the “Irish Washerwoman” waa his
glory.
But he tickled up his heels
With his old Virginny reels.
Like an niry, joyful fairy in the room;
For t lien none of us were rich.
Nor were parvyneo and sich.
At the “rags” we tru'd to give before the boom.
—Will A. Whito in In iiauapolis Journal.
A WOMAN’S ADVICE.
For two whole years Captain Juropi-
son had been the idol of the spinsters of
Bunboroujch-by-tlie-Sea. Cheery, good
nutnred and good looking, his private
means were limited, if they existed a!
all, and his pay was insufficient to en
able him to indulge any of those ex
pensive tastes which lure young men
from the milder delights of tea and
tennis. He neither hunted in winter
nor played polo in summer, and lit was
Always ready to dance half the night at
the Bnnborongh halls. He really was a
very nice man indeed, every one agreed
that ho would make a very nice husband
for any one of the young ladies of Bun-
borough to whom he might finally de
terming to offer himself, and for two
years he distributed his favors freely,
but with almost absolute impartiality.
had arrived, and "on her majesty's serv- ^
ice it informed him he was expected to
proceed forthwith to a somewhat distant
portion of her dominions, where, in re
turn for a salary exceeding hiB wildest
dreams, bo was to perform duties as to
which he still felt vague. But they
probably included the dispensation of
substantial justice with lavish hand to
sundry swarthy fellow subjects, and the
instruction of the male portion of them
in the use of obsolete weapons and the
•volutions of an improved drill.
The climate—well, every rose Vim its
thorn, and Government House and his
society would reconcile Geraldine Oak
ley to a bursting thermometer and a diet
of quinine. She conld have her sister to
stay with her if she felt lonely. He wa9
quite fond of Maud, though of course
she did not care for him. Did she not al
ways retire when he came to tea and
leave him alone with her elder sister, and
always refuse to give him more than
four dances in one evening? But Ger
aldine was different. Dr. Coverdale
would do very well for Maud when
Geraldine was gone. There she was—
Maud, not Geraldine—standing on the
top step waiting for him as he almost
ran up the garden walk.
“How do yon do?” she said shyly as
she ushered him iuto the drawing room.
‘‘I will go and tell Geraldine yon are
here.”
He was delighted. Could anythin^,
have been more thoughtful? But, oddly
enough, she did not go. She sat down,
on the contrary, and began fingering a
“chair back” nervously,
“It is a fine day,” she said, and then
stopped.
“Hang it!" he thought. “I meant tc
tell Geraldine the news first, but there's
no harm in beginning with her.”
So he began, palling out his official
letter to show her.
“I have come, Miss Oakley, to tell
you some news and ask you to congrat
ulate me.”
“What!” she exclaimed,
engaged to be mar”
“Ob, no!” he answered, “not exactly
—that is, not yet—in fact I mean not
exactly.”
And he got very red, and 60, curiously
enough, did she. She looked very pretty
blushing, and with her lower lip quiver
ing a little. Geraldine was not so pretty
as Maud, he admitted to himself as ho
BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR”
I hear thy knock, O Lonl. but woe is me;
1 have been bnsy in the world’s great mart.
And have no table spread within injr heart.
Nor any room made bcamUol for thee
With burnished lamp and sprigs of rosemary;
And 8honld thy stainless hands the curtains
Part,
Thy tender eyes would miss the Joyous start.
The happy tears, the reverent ecstasy.
‘are you
Neglected Is the house thy love doth lend;-
The ashes of dead fires bestrew the hearth;
And 8till I hear thy voice. O heavenly friend.
Come down to snp with me upon the earth.
What if at last thou shouldst the slight repay.
And welcome me as I ilo t hee today?
'—May Riley Smith in Harper's Bazar.
APOLLO IN BRONZE.
looked at her; but so much the better.
“There is safety in numbers and the ! Geraldine would be all the less likely to
cowards know It,” said Miss Grayson, of I flirt, if, that is, there was any one at
to Matul Oaklev. fim**.?*a;*.*
the Valley cottage, to Maud Oakley, Government House to flirt with’
who lmd l»cen unburdening her soul to | “No,” he said; “it’s the-appointment I
her. Miss Grayson was the kindest cf j told you (or was it your sister?) my uncle
elderly ladies v. here young peon]a’s lovt was trying to get for me—the very thing
affairs were concerned, and Maud Oak
ley had known her since she (Maud, not
Miss Grayson) was a baby. “Cowards!”
said MiSs Grayson again under breath,
and Miss Oakley sniffed deprecating!.' - .
She had been talking to Miss Grayson
for an hour, and had told her sympa
thetic listener a good deal that was, in ]
the language of the vulgar, •‘stale-
news.”
Miss Grayson was qrsito aware (all
Bunborougli might have told her) that
■ Captain Jumpisou had quite recently
.shown a distinct preference for the Oak
ley family. He dinod there whenever
.lie was asked and had won General Oak
ley’s confidence by delicately expressing
unbounded belief in his stories—not al
ways an easy task; he had been most at
tentive to old Mrs. Oakley during sup
per time at several balls, and his visits
to the house for 5 o’clock tea had not
been limited by invitations issued to
him or confined to those occasions when
General and Mrs. Oakley were at home;
but tliero were two Miss Oakleys, and
to which of them Captain Jumpisou in
tended his attentions to be devoted was
a question which Bunborongh-bv-the-
Sea would have liked to have answered.
It was not strange, however, that the
public were puzzled when Aland Oakley
had bad to confess to Miss Grayson that
6lie had no very distinct idea whether
her sister Geraldine or herself was pre
ferred by the man to whom she had un
reservedly lost her heart, though she ad
mitted she had her fears.
"Geraldine has Dr. Coverdale,” said
Maud. “She would be quite happy
with him.”
“Quite so." said Miss Grayson. “It
never raius but it pours.”
Maud wondered whether it had ever
“poured” with suitors in Miss Gray
son’s young days and said nothing.
“Can't we make Dr. Coverdale pro-
p<*e to her?” said Miss Grayson.
“And Geraldine accept him?” added
. ’ utd doubtfully. Miss Grayson was
a .ftermined looking old lady, but even
she .-eetued to consider the project im
practicable.
“Did you ever try boohoo with any
one?” said Miss Grayson.
“What?” said Maud.
“Boohoo, boohoo, boohoo!” cried Miss
Grayson excitedly, and an elderly lady
who had selected the precise moment to
be announced by Miss Grayson’s pretty-
little parlor maid very nearly turned
and fled. She came in, however, and
her impression that Miss Grayson had
gone demented was confirmed by the
apparently imbecile langhter with which
her greeting was received.
Maud rose to leave, and Miss Grayson,
who had recovered her presence of mind
sufficiently to inquire after her new vis
itor’s husband (he hail been dead seven
years), accompanied her to the front
door. „
“Don’t yon nnderstand, yon silly
child?” she said, kissing her affectionate
ly on the doorstep. “Cry, cry, cry your
eyes out; not one of the wretches in a
baker’s dozen of them can stand tears.”
And tho kind old lady returned to pacify
a justly indignant widow, while Miss
Oakley walked home with a light break
ing slowly’ in on her as she pondered the
somewhat enigmatical advice she had
Meanwhile Captain Jmnpison was
striding down the flinty road leading
from the barracks to Bun borough as if
he trod on air. He scarcely knew how
he had transferred himself from uniform
to his newest mufti, but between his
beating heart and the tweed coat which
formed its outermost covering he could
feel the communication which had that
Afternoon altered the course of his career
forever. “On her majesty’s service^ it
trying to get for me—the very tiling
I have been wanting.”
And he proceeded to paint the charms
of the new career opening before him in
glowing colors. He said nothing about
the quinine. When he came to au end
of all the details sho was sitting, with
an expression of deep interest, looking
at him, and he felt that had she only
been Geraldine the very moment would
have aiTived—that precise opportunity,
not always easy to obtain, particularly
in a small villa. “And so/’ he said,
feeling he must briug his tale to a con
clusion and give lieran excuse for going
to fetch her sister—“and so, Miss Oak
ley, I leave Bunborougl^ very soon, and
have come to say goodby.’,’
“Good—good—boohoo!” ■
Siie did not hit the precise note which
had startled Miss Grayson’s visitor, but
the effect on him was even more electri
fying.
“My God!” he murmured.
“Boo—hoo, boo—hoo-o!” And sho
buried her head in the sofa cushions.
For a minute ho said nothing; his first
inarticulate entreaty to her died on his
lips before her storm of grief, so he bit
his mustache in silence. Then the front
door slammed. Miss Geraldine Oakley
was going out lor a walk, totally un
aware of his arrival. Could he stop
her? He could hardly open the window
and shout. He moved toward the draw
ing l ooiu door, but ho had to pass the
sofa, and as he did so the girl on it rose,
as if she, too, half dazed, was seeking a
way of escape, and as their hands met
on the door handle she sank sobbing
iuto his arms.
“Don’t, don’t!” she whispered, hardly-
articulating, but he was doing nothiug
from which he could desist, for he
could scarcely let her drop on the floor.
“Good God!” said Captain Jumpisou
again; “will no one come?” But the
house was still, and he reflected that
perhaps it was as well that no one
should come in at that precise juncture
—at all events, not without warning—
and so there was another pause, broken
only by her sobs. He conld see her sis
ter through the muslin blinds; she was
looking over the garden gate talking to
some one. Would she change her mind
and bring whoever it was in to tea? If
she did Maud would surely hear them
entering the bouse and retreat. Bnt
Geraldine stood talking at the gate.
Only the rector wore a high hat at Bun-
borough-by-thc-Sea and Dr. Coverdale.
“Click!” went the garden gate as Ger
aldine passed into the sonny roadway.
“Boohoo!” It was a very gentle one
this time from somewhere near his
watch pocket.
“Click!” went the garden gate as it
swung hack on its hinges.
Aud Captain Jmnpison surrendered
at discretion.—St. James Budget.
Ninette Brown was a yonng lady of
decidedly romautic tendencies.
She bad been named Nancy, but as
she entered upon her sweet sixteenth
year she decided to call herself Nan-
nette, and finally abbreviated it to Ni
nette. ,V ©
Her mother called her Ninette when
she could remember to do so, but her
father insisted upon plain Nancy.
Her father also favored George Smdtl
a young farmer, as one of Ninette
suitors. George was a tall, stroni
industrious fellow, with plenty of cor
mon sense and not a particle- of romance
about him. Because of liis lack of the
latter Ninette treated him iu a.-jimy -
wliich sometimes made his heartache^ ‘
“I shall never marry George Smith. T
look higher than a farmer,” she said to
her father one evening when he was ex<
tolling George’s good qualities.
“Then I guess you will look higher-
than yon will ever be able to tilt your
little nose!” replied her father angrily.
“I see what you are after. You have
read so many o’ them trashy novels I
s’pose yon expect to get one o’ them ’eye
city chaps—all shirt buzzoni an perfum
ery! But 1 warn ye now, Nancy, I'm
agin it from the fust! You’d better take
George, with ids decent ways and good
farm.”
Ninette did not think so. She began
to get discontented and to wish she
could get away from home. She want
ed to go to tlio city.
She confided this desire by letter to
Mrs. Elkins, who lmd once boarded for
the summer near them. Mrs. Elkins in
reply wrote: “We are going to a sea- I
shore resort very soon. If you will go
with us and take charge of little Sadie i
we may- be able to find a situation for
yon after the summer season if you still
desire it.
Ninette at last gained her father’s
consent to go. He said he “bad been
pestered long enough.”
The journey- was made. The Elkins
family were established in a suite at
“The Golden,” situated on a way down
coast of Maine.
Ninette would have been qnito lonely 1
text or another, but I can’t he pat off
any longer. Yon know yon are the only
girl I ever cared for. I will do my best
to make yon happy if yoh will marry
me.”
Then my an- wer i;. no, if yon moot!
have it, George.” j
Very well; no i: ‘s then. Will yc*
answer me one qcto .on, Ninette?”
“What is it?” she asked impatiently,
turning toward him.
“Is there any one else for whom yon
care?”
Would yon hurt him if you knew!”
she asked fearfully.
No—never! Not if yon love him. 1
love yon too well to hurt anything yon
have an interest in.”
“Then I will tell yon. I am in love
with a great singer!”
“A great singer!” repeated George
with white lips. “Who is he?"
“I don’t know his name,” she stam
mered. Somehow it seemed harder to
talk to George about him than to Mary.
“Don’t know his namel Where did
you see him?”
“I have hardly seen him—I have
heard him.”
“Ninette! Yon don’t mean to say yon
have fallen in love with a voice—just
that and nothing more?”
“Yes, I do!” said Ninette, half crying,
“and I wish, George Smith, yon would
.go away and not bother me any more!”
j And she turned resolutely from him.
George turned toward her. He had
great courage and perseverance, aud
.said between his set lips: “I will not go
away. I will stay here and watch over
yon. If tho man is all right, well and
rgood; if not, 1 will not let you come to
harm.” And he hnniedaway to a pile of
rocks and seated himself to think the
matter over.
Nearly a week passed. George re
mained at the Golden and occasionally
joined Ninette on the beach. One would
have thought he had forgotten he evex
loved Ninette. He was simply hind and
helpful, and Ninette began to enjoy his
society now that he was apparently no
longer her lover,
It was nearly time for their departure.
Ninette and George were looking over
some shells together. George heard
Ninette catch her breath in a short gasp.
H« looked down at her qnickly. Her
face was flushing and paling by tarns.
Following the direction of her glance,
he saw a man standing cm a rock at a
| little distance from them. His tall, fine
form was clearly outlined as he Stood
there, looking away over the ocean.
“Ninette—tell me—is that the man?”
Ninette blushed. George needed no
other answer.
’''Looks well as he stands there! 1
wish he would turn around so 1 conld
see his face.”
So did Ninette. Instead of turning
around he swnng himself down the
rocks and was hidden from view.
George arose and looked over the
SA _.
And so betide r a silent sea
lVtiltlnms led oar;
No harm from I d can come to I
On f~ce\ ..re, ''.ore.
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•ndet.
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:..s lv.
ills Islands lift
itins in air;
mt drift
and care.
O bn>
Ifh
1 if rc> faith is vain,
like these betray.
Pray . ■.» mo that my feet may gain
The ',ure and safer way.
; —Whittier.
B ITSY’S SLIPPERS.
but for the company ( f Mary Duncan, pledge- Ninette sat still, but watched
the young woman who was Mrs. Elkins' Georg 0 anxiously.
Excused for Deafness.
Recently Mr. Justice Grantham ex
cused a man who pleaded that he was
deaf in his left ear. No sooner had he
done so than another sought similar re
lief on account of deafness iu his right
ear. He, too, had to be excused, bnt the
learned judge wittily remarked that had
he known beforehand that two such ap
plications would be made he would have
kept both men in the box to supply each
other’s deficiencies.—London Tif-Bits.
maid
Mary was romantic u.-'o, with a dash
of something wo: ,£• iiont her, aci
quite horrific 1 Nim u- !• rrhdi.^aom--
of her M&aupadisz- Jiwe-'e thur
oug’uly gooii. hue si y
“Mary," said N.rm-tc* or*.- morning
when they were alone, “1 :.uve not yet
seen my hero, but I U. uk 1 have heard
him!”
“Why, how is that?”
“Well, last night i was sitting by
Miss Sadie while Mrs. Jilkins was enjoy- ■
ing herself at the dance, ai»d I heard a
piano in the next room, r.nd oh, such
glorious singing! 1 don’t know what it
was, but it was grand! 1 have heard
him once before, and I am sure he must
be splendid to sing like that!”
“How do yon know bnt he is already
married?” asked Mary, who was seldom
practical.
“I don’t believe he is. I watched to
try aud see who came from the room.
But you know Mrs. Elkins does not al
low us to keep our doors open, so I don’t
have a very good chauce.”
“If you hear him again, just let me
know, will you? I will come to listen if
I have time.”
That night no melodious sounds issued
from the room, but on the following
evening the grand voice broke forth and
Ninette and Mary listened with breath
less attention.,
“I just wish I knew who has that
room,” exclaimed Mary, “but I don’t
dare ask anybody. It would cost me
my place if Mrs. Elkins knew that I was
prying aronnd anything or anybody.”
“We must watch all the time. I feel
sure he is my hero!’.’ and foolish Ninette
thought of the unknown singer while
she basted Miss Sadie's raffles. Day
after day passed, and Ninette fed her ro
mance upon the snatches of song which
came from the room of her hero.
One morning Ninette was passing
through the corridor. The door of her
hero’s room- opened and she saw a form
pass out. She conld not see his face,
but be was tall, admirably proportioned
and carried himself gracefully. Ninette
caught her breath in suppressed admira
tion. ,
“Oh, I’ve seen him! I’ve seen him!”
she whispered excitedly to Mary.
“What does he look like?” asked Mary
curiously,
“Oh, I didn’t see his face, bnt he is
very tall and dark. He ia splendid! A
perfect Apollo!” and Ninette ran back
to her duties and to think about her
“Apollo,” as she continued to call him.
He is coming ont this way, and 1
think he will come out by this opening.
There is no other place for him to pa
©utdhi.t fide.”
— 'M*giirarc-droT»y>o4 beck into the vric'i
wlie .--.he iuyl.beit t itiiug, and Nines:
awa.icv me ear. ice of her Apolk.
A little jnovemc.it near her can- c
Nine’ ta to turn her head. She saw Mi
. I
I w i traveling in Ireland with some
frienc s. We were in the southeastern
part of the island and were traversing
Conr< iiara, the poorest part of that
poor c ountry. If nnything can give a
horrible impression of drought and
misery it certainly is Connemara.
A profound dolor seems to rest upon
that corner of the earth. Low plains
desiit ate of verdure extend at the right
to a chain of mountains, which are hare,
as though they liad been ravaged by fire.
These immense spaces are without a vil
lage, often without even a single dwell
ing.
The few which we pass at long inter
vals consist only of four stone walls
piied up without cement, and with a
black roof. From the back of these
dreary cabins issues a thin thread of
blue smoke.
In front of them one sees children
from five to twelve years old with naked
fec-t, tun scorched skins and ragged
clothing. They niter uncouth sounds
iu a language which is partly Irish,
partly English. They usually ran after
the carriage for several miles. With a
supplicating hand they extend to you
seme sort of rude merchandise; it may
be roughly hewn wooden shoes; it rnav
be woolen stockings; it may be a little
bunch of flowers plucked from the
mountain side. They ran shouting,
hurrying, hustling each other.
“Penny, pleaset penny, please!” they
repeat over and over. A penny is finally
cast to them.
Immediately there is brawling, strug
gling and fist pounding. The conqnerer
deser> a the ranks of our followers, but
the Olliers still pursue the carriage.
One by one the email flock drop away.
First tho youngest become exhausted
and step. At List there are only three—
tlien two—then only one, who in his
turn rolls in tho dost raised by the
wheeluttering a last “Penny, please!"
with 1..bored and panting breath.
About 11 o’clock we arrived at
Ougtciard, near Lake Corrib. This
lake is said to contain as many islands
and also as many inhabitants as there
are d; vs in the year. Here we took
breakfast.
For a long time a little girl of about
twelve followed our carriage. She alone
had p rsisted of five or six children, the
rest of whom had dropped away as we
passed along. Tall and slender for her
age, she had a charming face of the
true Irish type of beauty. Her com
plexion was iM’kly-browned and she had
large blue ey ?. Her long run had put
roses into her cheeks; her parted Ups
showed her brilliant teeth. A ragged
brown linen waist and skirt composed
her costume. Her naked feet, which
board covered with a very white Unen
doth, beneath an image of St- Patrick,
and between two bunches of white
flowers, I perceived—the little slippers!
The poor child looked at her shrine of
beancy with admiration and even with
reUgions awe, as upon a precious relic.
But yon should put the slippers on
your feet. They are for you to wear,”
said L I could not help laughing to see
them set np as sacred objects of devo
tion.
She appeared astonished, almost an
gry. “Oh, never!” she Baid earnestly.
They are too beautiful!”
We slipiied some money into the
pocket of the obi grandma and bade
adieu to Betsy; but she could not bear
to leave us yet, and followed us quite to
the carriage, and looked after it with
eyes full of tears as long as it could be
seen.
A month later we passed through the
same place on our return trip and made
halt there as before. We did not see
Betsy. Before quitting that country, to
which I never expected to return, 1
wished to see her again, if only for a
minute.
I sought out aad knocked at the door
of the poor little cabin.
No one opened it.
I lifted the rude latch and entered.
A sad spectacle presented itself to my
eyes. Around the little bed of Betsy,
lighted by three smoking candles, some
old women were kneeling and reciting
prayers i a a monotonous voice. Upon
my entrance the chant stopped and one
of the old women arose and came to me.
It was the grandmother. She recog
nized me immediately, and two large
tears ran over her wrinkled cheeks.
Betsy,” murmured I; “where is
Bets}-?’’
In a few broken words sho explained
to me that Betsy had taken a fever and
had just died.
I approached the cot. The pale face
of the child wore a peaceful expression.
Her long black hair lay over her shoul
ders in heavy curls, but her beautiful
bright eyes were shut. Clasped in her
thin, blue veined hands and pressed
closely to her heart were the image of
St. Patrick and the two little slippers.
During all the time she had been sick,
the old dame told me, she had held them
in her hands. I begged the old woman
to bury theu^vitli her.
A tear came to my eyes. I leaned over
the poor Irish child and imprinted a kiss
npon her forehead.—Translated from the
French of Jacques Normand by Harriet
L. B. Potte? for Romance.
Lewis, a gentleman who owned a Las | wore ; uinerkabiy small and pretty,
Meanwhile George Smith was grow
ing heart hungry. He wanted to see
Ninette. He suddenly decided “to go
down the coast a spell.”
His old mother looked astonished. She
knew George did not need sea breezes.
It was “that Nancy Brown he was after.”
George arrayed himself in his best and
went to the hotel where the Elkinses
were staying. There was more of affec
tionate demonstration in his greeting
than Ninette cared to see. She responded
very coolly, “How are yon, George?"
•and tilted her nose a little higher.
George followed Ninette down on the
beach, where she had. gone with Miss
cottage near the hotel.
“Excuse me, bnt I am looking for
Marcus Marshall. I saw him dissappear
here somewhere. Have yon seen him?’’
“I don’t know tho gentleman,” said
George; “do yon, Ninette!”
“No, but I haven’t seen any one near
here for half on hour.”
At this moment the hero emerged
from an opening in the rocks.
Ninette' and George heard Mr. Lewis
exclaim:
There he is now!” and tamed back
again.
Was this her hero? Her Apolk!
George’s face was blank with amaze
ment. Ninette felt like skrieking.
He was dark—yes, it most be admit
ted, very dark. He was a mulatto.
He was .Marcus Marshall, the fine
looking conductor of the famous Mar
shall minstrels, staying at the Golden.
Ninette arose hastily, and George like
wise. As they harried away they heard
Mr. Lewis saying:
“By the way, Marshall, I want to en
gage youf‘ services for my swell dinner
next Thursday.”
The rest was lost in the rapidly in
creasing distance between them. Ni
nette hurried into her room with Miss
Sadie, and George wisely concluded to
keep ont of her way that day.
Next morning he went down on the
beach. Ninette had to go with Miss
Sadie.
George marched straight up t*» Ninette
and took her hand and looked into her
tear swollen eyes.
“Now, nfy dear Ninette, let the past
be forgotten. Your Apollo is in bronze
and no good to you. You are safe enough
now. lam going home today, and when
yon come back home next week I am
going to ask yon the same question 1
asked yon the first day I came here,”
and George turn ad and hastened away.
Ninette had learned a lesson by the
It
seemed to fly through the dust. Poor
litll'-oae! Our hearts ached to look at
her!
Sud enly she uttered a cry, extended
her at; -is and fell forward. We stopped
the carriage, but fortunately nothing
serious had befallen her. A projecting
stone had slightly cut her foot, which
bled a little. We asked her who she
was aud from whence she came. She
called herself Betsy and said that she
lived at Ougterard. We told her to
climb into Ibe carriage and we would
carry her to her home. She looked at
us in l awildorment, as though she could
not nnderstand what we were saying.
We repeated ojir offer. She blnshed
with pleasure and - gave us a look which
although full of inquiry and wonder,
waa j ■t Tiii»t grateful. She seemed to
be ovt -joyed at ridiug in a carriage,
was h; r first experience of that kind.
Te n minutes later we were in Oug-
teraid. a poor village of forty houses,
We , - - vo two shillings to the child as a
par; n; present. She looked at it as
tho - , , i she could not believe her eyes.
It ccc- rred to me that the wound in her
foot might be inflamed by a walk in the
dost. I therefore entered a shoemaker’s
shop, the only one the place afforded
and bought a pair of slippers for the
poor child.
Bet v watched this operation in pro
found perplexity. When I extended the
slippem toward'her, saying they were
for her, she was dnmfonnded, intox
icated, dazzled. She dared not take
them.
. Firrlly, as I firmly insisted that the
slippers were for her and her alone, she
seized them and' fled with a bound of
joy, and without even saying “Thank
you
“Little savager thought I; “she does
not oven know.hSw to thank anybody,
1 rejoined mv Companions, who were
already seated aronnd the hotel dining
sad sea waves, and when she went home i table, and we had soon finished our
it was with a trustful respect aad affeo- break f-»t and were about to climb into
tion for the yonng farmer.
She married him on the next time hon
ored Thanksgiving day.—Chicago Even
ing News.
The Products of Land.
It is estimated that twenty-two acres
of land are necessary to sustain one imrn
on flesh meat. The same space of land,
if devoted to wheat culture, would feed
42 people if to - h. mM. and ta ta
The Ufa of aa Incandescent Lamp
From the consumer’s point of view,
one of the chief chargee that can be
brought against the incandescent electric
light is the fact that its efficiency falls
off with use. At the electrical labora
tory of the Ohio State university, a pro
longed inquiry has been conducted into
the “life” and efficiency of the incandes
cent lamps of ten different American
makers. The results show that the mean
caudle power falls off with use approxi
oar c rriege, when 1 felt a little hand
withii mine whichsought to detain me,
“O ia, sirr she said, “comer
“Ar. l where do you wish to lead me?"
“Tc rtw house. It is very near.”
I foi.'.iwed her. My companions were
not a I. tie puzzled. She led me to the
hot to,. of a narrow street. There we
pause before a humble cottage. She
pushe.. the door open and we entered,
The interior consisted of a single room.
It was without a floor and contained
scarcely any furniture. It was dimly
lighted by the feeble rays which entered
tlircu h a paper covered window, near
which at an old woman spinning. She
wasLcsy’s graudmetaer. At our en
trant* titree lictle black pigs scampered
man r her W itch granting. In the cor-
WINTER LUL
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CLASSIC CITY CHAT. H
BRIGHT AND BRBBZY NEWS-
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS.
WHAT GOES ON DAY BY DAY
The Gossip and of Athens fo.,
Si. Day Caught on the-Fly by the
(Banner Reporters—Side
walk lEchoes. J
In a Dying Condition.—Mr. Tom P»
Oliver received* dispatch from Mr. O’,
A. Bain, of Birmingham, stating that
his son, Mr. Bob Oliver was in a dying
condition. Mr. Tom Oliver left yester
day evening to attend his son fin his
sickness.
COLLHCTCR OF INTXBNAL RkVXNUX.—
Dr. N B Cash of Jackson ceuaty, it
will be a candidate for Collector of In- :]■
ternal R evenue for the State of Georgia* 1' ■
The office could not fall into better ||
hands. Dr. Cash has been a life long
lemo-rat and has businees qualifications
that would enable him to fill any office
in the government
By the Wag"n Load.—Jackson coun
ty is always in the toad especially when
it comes to downing the Third party,
killing birds and squirrels Yesterday
a wagon lovd of partridges, squirrels
nd rabbits were brought down and sold
on thes’reets The gentleman says be
makes more money kiliing game than
he does making cotton.
Wobk Will Begin Soon.—Work on
the erection of the new water worka
will begin at an early date. Mr. Neely,
contractor, is getting everything in
readiness to start, atd when he does a
great deal of money will be turned
loose in Athens, and our people will
feel the good effects of it in many ways.
They Are Drilling.—Col. C. M.
Suelling, the efficient Commandant of
the University Corps Cadets, has di
vided the boys into different squads,
an l they are now being put through the
preparatory movements. This depart
ment of the University is being kept up
to a high standard, and is very bsne-
fi rial to the boy3.
An A gncultural Col
liehO;
The Universit, will take a step for
ward towards furnishirg to the sens of
the farmers of the state a belter educa
tion in all t e braLcl e • pertaining lo
azric ilture.
It is o le of the wisest movements
made iately by this h.st.tu icn.and will
result iu great goed.
Toe resolution proposes to < stablish A
winter agriou tural collet e in the uni
versity, wh ; oh shall l« l eld during the
wnter, so that any y< i;ng man in the
s ite wi rking on a farm and whose du
ti c preventh : m fr m attending college
ex :ept in the winter, m^y then have an
opponunity to do so.
'The university ia at present better
equipped than it has been in yesrs to
instruct in those bra ches of knowledge
that would be neciss»<y in such a
course. In agriculture, chemistry, bi
ology and other sciences the university
is prepared through its able instruct©!s
and splendid la’ o atories to give a i bor
ough training and the proposed depart
ment, if established will be one of the
best in the college.
$5,00) Damages.—Mr. L. L. Ray, one
of our rising young attorneys has just
filed a suit against the Moss Warehouse
Co , for a damage suit of $5,000. The
suit was brought iu the name of John
Minnefield, Sr , whose son John Min
efield, Jr., was the one hurt in the
warehouse. John Jr. was employed to
sweep out the office and to do other v
j bs sronnd the warehouse, and ,, y
p it to rolling cotton. One rf the br
of oottonfell on him, mashing him up s
very badly and for this the snitis
brought.
Peopl»■ call it backuctie and do nothing
for it until the doctor is called aud he pro-
"i ueces it rheumatism If'bey had used
Siivation Oil in lime the doctor’s bill could
have been saved.
MAER WAS HANGED.
The West Virginia Wife-Murderer Paid
the Death Penalty In Wheeling.
Wheeling, Nov, 19.—Wilhelm Maer
was hanged here for the murder of his
wife, Marie, on April 5th last.
Maer was a native of Wertenberg,
Germany, and but twenty-five years old.
His wife was aged about 20, and the
laughter of William Yohe, a prosperous
laruier of this county, formerly of
Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
The couple had been married six
months when the tragedy occurred. De
velopments at the trial proved their
married life had been far from happy.
The Parts Anarchists Indignant.
London, Nov. 19.—The anarchists of
Paris are indignant over the extradition
Df Francois, who was surrendered to the
French authorities by the English mag
istrate to answer the charge of blowing
up the restaurant of M. Very in Paris in
April last. The prefect of police has re
ceived warning that if the decision of
the English magistrate is confirmed on
appeal, there will be fresh explosions
there. Specified threats were made
against the British embassy.
Accident to Gladstone.
London, Not. 19.—As Gladstone was
crossing Picadilly he stepped directly
under the heads of a team of horses at
tached to an omnibus swinging aronnd
the cornier. The driver pulled the horses
back on their haunches, bnt Mr. Glad
stone was struck a light blow by the
horses or pole on the shoulder. He
straggled, recovered himself and es
caped to the pavement uninjured.^
mutely at the rate of 10 per cent, tot
each 200 hours; that the life of 90 ont ol
127 lamps exceeded 11,000 hours, and ner t;cod the lowly bed of the grand-
tha| the average initial efficiency was mother; i t its side the little cot of the
1.2; after 600 hours 5.6 and after 1,200 child. Jnst above her pillow Betsy
corn and-rioe, 176; and if to the Pjf nt f in ! favdav I hours 7 watts per candle power.—Pitts- showed me a kind of rough staging lean-
gri tree.over6,000people.—Yank— tog Dtoftob. _____ taf.etatth.indl. Dpo.th.nidU.
Italians Going Home.
New York, Nov. 19.—The Hamburg-
American packet steamship Fuerst Bis
marck, on her initial trip to the Medi
terranean, will carry 1,000 Italian steer
age passengers. Most of them are re
turning for the Christmas holidays,
while others have accumulated small
fortunes and are going to live in Italy
again.
torn
Many people stiff-r for years
troublesome and repulsive sores, bolls, at d
eruptions, without ever testing the tnarvel-
rm curative properties of Ayer’s Saisap>-
rilla. The experiment is, certainly, worth
tr/ng. B sire you get Ayer’s Sarsapa-
till aand do other.
A GEORGIA DECISION.
The SuDreme Court Makes an Impor
tant Sunday Law Ruling.
Atlanta, Nov. 19 —la Georgia tele
graph companies wil l hereafter be ex
empt from penalties for failure to de
liver messages on Sunday. The Su
preme court his decided that by secion
4571 of the code it was made unlawfal
tor any person, and this includes a tel
egraph company, to pursue his business
cr the work of his ordinary calling upon
the Lord’s day, works of necessity of
charity only accepted. It follows that
a telegraph company is not put by this
law, and cannot put itself by contract,
under any duty to transmit ahd deliver
messages on that day unless by reason
of the subject matter of the messages in
question thiB transmission and delivery
can be fairly considered as a work <
necessity or charity.
A message from a son to his mother,
informing her that« particular person,
a friend of the family, is to arrive on a
particular train, the object being to ap
prise her that he,, in company with the
son, would be with her to take dinner,
is not a message whioh can give to the
work of transmittirg and delivering it
the-oharacter of necessity, and a failure
to perform the work on the Lord’s day,
with reasonable dispatch will not sub
ject the company to the statutory ]
alty, and an action, therefore, is no
maintained,
The Electropoise.
The EUctropoise is a scientific in
strument for the cure of disease without
medioine. Based on new theories as to
the cause and cure of disease, it deals
with the eleotrical and magnetic con
ditions of the body and gases surround
ing it in the atmosphere. Toe principal
and most common need of the sick, is
Oxygen—pure Oxygen—and this the
ElectopMse supplies, by putting the
system in such a condition that it ab
sorbs Oxygen from the stmosphere,
TheEleetropoise is not a patent me-
nicine; not a battery or bdt, nor in any
way akin to the many “electrical cure-
all.” advertised.
It is a reliable and truly wonderful
treatment, endorsed by the best people
of this and aflj ioing States. The Com
pany owning the Electropois* is com
posed of Southern gentlemen and some
»f the most prominent men of Georgia
Alabama and adjoining States are in
terested in it-
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treatm-nr, giving testimonials from
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