Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

‘•Pone Gono Dead!” On tho Catawba rive, in tie moun tains went ot Salisbuiy, N 0., I came one tni< 4 !ofecon to a hamlet of seven ■ eight hun.\H. ivo or tbiso mules "fi'o hitched in front of theaters, but the nly person iu sight was a g rl of eleven or twelve y< ars, ecateJ on the door step, with elbow on her knees, and her chin in her bands. I saluted her with good morning’ Mutin’, she raid without raisiag her bead. Anything wrong? I She pointed toward the house and choked back a sob, Somehoy sick? I asked. Dad’s orful. lit Ml be wine befo' night. At that moment a woman appeared at the door of that bouse, and beckon ed me over. She had been weeping, but she choked back her tears aad said: “I am glad you has cnm. The 010 man argwine to leave uo. Cutn right in.” The country doctor had coma and gone, and seven or eight people had gathered in the ono big room to be v/ith the dying until tbo last. On a bed in the corner lay an oil man. lie had the frame of a giant, and bad stood up under old age like an oak tree, lie was a rpccimen mountain eer, born and uared among those mighty hills, and without education ana polish. He bad M v ed out his days without knowing the world around him. He was propped up in bed, with pillow and chair behind him, and as be shook bands with me he said: “I’m glad, stranger, mighty glad. I reckouad the folks down be low might kasj| on to yer till toolata.” He’ll read the Bible to you Jim, raid the blacksmith, with relief. “After a bit, Jim. I want to talk a leetle iu6t. And say, Jim, if yo hev got a mewl to be shod, or any other work to do, go an’ do it. Its mighty good of ye to cam in, bnt yo can’t help me any.” Jim went and the other man went, hut the women remained. Three had their knitting and one was making a hickory shirt. The wife was most of the time at the other end ot the room, and after a bit ths girl, whoso name was NanGy, came in and sat down on tha floor bseide my chair. The old man was given a brandy sling, propped up anew, aud then he said to me, “They say I’m dyin’, and I reckon they’us is right. I (eel wo manish, and that shows me I’m dun f >r. Thay’uns hire hov bin telling me to get ieady.” Yes, it would bo well, I replied. “I’ve beam about this yero Heaven an' ’tother place, and 1 reskon I orter hov paid mo’ ’teushun to what folks said. It’s purty late now to begin, hut I’d like to ax a few qusshous. Its all straight ’bout that ar heaven, haiu't it?" ' “I believe it it is.“ “Its writ down in the Bible that all we'uns orter to be good, hain't it?“ Yes. “And all of we'uns is done told that if we is bad we‘ll go to that t’other placed* Yes. “Wall, Tve beam it often 'miff, but I never gin arty heed, it was so much easier to he oaery that I kinder drifted that way. I kinder depended on my livin' to boa hundred years old, you know, and yore Tin tooken away at eightyone. Its kinder snd dn—like meetin’ a b‘ar as veu turn a corner, snd bain ! t got no gun." Ido sot think you have been so ! very wioked, I said, as his bony fingers 1 worked Dammsly on the quilt. “Wall, rnebbo not —nrebbe not. I haift't never shot anybody, nor leau a tobber, no mt fire to a xneetin 1 house, like some. Dow the Lord cal! it a sin to get tbo host of a feller m a mow! trad* Probably not. “I traded a dog for a gun once and that dog, he'un died in two days. 1 geo now that 1 orlerreturned thst gnu, but in ihem days 1 wan s'iff-necktd. Hev 1 got to answer for tba ?” “1 took up a stray bog onco, and didn't say a word about. it, and attor Ward killed him fur bacon. It was onery. as 1 k : n see now, and *he Lod's gwine to bring it up agin nr;. Wnat shall 1 aay stranger? 1 fit with Tom Wheclor ones. 1 begun tbo quariel, and I was to blaroo. l‘m a thickin' the Lo'd has got that down. And say, 1 haven't ailus dun right by the old woman -1 ' ■ Jim, eh, Jiu>! don't serious nuthin' ‘bout me said the old woman, as she came to the bed with a tin plat in one hand and a wiping towel in the other. “But, mammy, Tva been shackless and entry. We could hev had roo if I'd worked and taok kaer of things. I kin sea whar l‘ve dun wiong. The Lo'd’s got it all down agin ms, and he's gwine ter make me holler for it. Stranger, ye kin read, 1 reckon? Then tead me a leetl#euten the Bible. Lucy git it lur him. We hain't none of us, much on the read. Don't remember that 1 ever looked into that book, but 1 never used the leaves for gun wad din' like seme Tre hearn the c’rcuit rider talk about. Dan'l in the lion's den, Moses and the sarpiut, the chil dren of Israel and sich, but 1. never tuk to it much. Thought it might hev bin writ by a city chip, who wanted to show oIT his smartness. D'ye think it was all true?’* Every word of it. “Then the Lo'd's gwine ter judge me fur it. Bead to me, siravger." 1 t >ok the Holy Book and read to him the 17th chapter cf Luke,, and such passages from other chapters as 1 thought might cora ort him. The women gathered about, crying very softly, and whan 1 closed the book the old man opened his eyes and said, “That's sorter soothin' and jit it makes me see jist how onery 1 hev bin. Tui gwine ter hev a scrapin' time with the Lo‘d up thar stranger. He'n will hev a heap ot things laid up agin me, that l‘ve dun gone forgot ten long ago, and when 1 cam to be jedged, Ue'un will say, ‘Look yere, old Jim, what did y 9 do this and that fur? Didn't 1 command ye, and didn't ye walk off by your own trail aud do as ye liked?* That'e hew He'n will talk, and old Jim will stand thar with his head dpwu, aleelin' guilt/ all over. I've been thinkin' it all over. 1 know 1 hain't atten. aud Tm not gwine ter deny that Tm cuery, but l m up to the Lo'd and aay, ‘Oh, Lo'd, ole Jim cums vcie ter own up ter all Ye hev got agin him; but jist reuember that bo can't read nor write, and that he's lived wnss than a b'arall his days. He hain't had no mo' chmco than a mewl, and lie's been wicked through his ignorance. (J in the ole feliar a lit tle show lur hissedf and see if be don’t cum out on top ‘ That's what ole Jim is gwine ter say. Me’ibe He nu will low (hat ole Jim is worth savin:: It was a long afternoon now and as the old man seemed to fall ioio a sleep, 1 went out for a short walk As returned to the gate his wi a mot me, crying and wiping her eyes in h r apron She said the ole man is Done Gosc Dead. About £ar Kir.es, There is a custom, a relic of savage life, by which tbe women ef to*day seek to and attraction o their beauty; tbo piercing of the lobe of the tar am weaiing in tho hole some, form of < m menf—an ear ring. This operation it performed as a rale, as soon as tbe lit tle mies has arrived at tbe ago of ac countability, and it is relegated to lb hands of artisans—jewelers. A picc of flesh is flinched out of tbe loba so tbit a small caDal remains; a piece of siring, a straw, or anything conven ient that will go through, covered per haps by grease or vasaline, is pushed into tie bole. The little girl way go around for a week or two with a dirty string or straw in ler ear, tbe lobe is swollen and looks ugly, but never mind, it will add to her beauty in the end. Tito wound may become very much inflamed, so that on abcess of the lobe may take place, and when this is cured tbo ear may be disfigured for life. The lobe may be shrunk* and in consequence, or the bolo may be too large, ibis, perhaps, does not happen very frequently, bnt it nevertheless happens, and the work has to be re paired if possible, by tho surgeon. It is a pity that this operation can not be relegated to surgery. Surgeons op erate daily for cosmetic effects; wby may they not do this? It would be prqpbylexis rather than cure. Some women will insist upon wear- ing heavy pendant ear rings. These, by their weight, will # enlarge the hole and make the lolro unsightly. The surgeon’s knife has also been required to remedy this evil. Thee# pendant ear rings are very apt to catch in dra pery. Iu this way the lobs may be tom tlnough, and such accidents have been known to happen. It is gratifying to know that pendant ear rings are loss frequently worn now than former ly. xhe concensus of opinion seems to be in farqr of those that lie close to the ear—that do not hang down. A silver leaf or a diamond drop eet into the pink of a well shaped lobe is a “thing of beauty aad jsy forever.”— [Medical Classits. The gunboat, Y o rktown, built for the United States Navy, by William Cramp & Sons. Philadel phia, Pa , is complete, and is wait ing for the government t© give her the trial before she con be accept ed. She is the first ot a group of three, all similar in design. She is 226 feet long, her maximum speed is calculated at 1G knots per hour, but it is thought she will do better than that, her crew will consist of 100 men. The main bat tery is composed of six 6 inph breech-lcading rilles, two in the forecastle, two in the poop and one on each side. The secondary bat tery consists of eight rapid fire guns, and revolving canon; she has also eight torpedo guns fixed in the stem and stern, and three train ing tubes on each side; she has al so two Hotchkiss guns. If we should get into difficulty with Ger many about Samoa, this addition to our navy will be of great bene fit to us, The game of hare and hounds has been revived at Yale arid Princeton. It is successful. The total immigration for the past seven years reaches 3,819,167. The proper time to correct what is a fault, is before any evil results have been felt. Hardman & Gomp’y, 'dealers in HardwarES. CutlcrY. Our Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, B 0., cau a v. b? found in hotter Quality and Durability, elsewhere. We also keep a good 1 > n't*, of guns for tbe Fall trade. Call and examine our stock and pries. Id. Consult your Interests by Buying your DRUGs AND MEDICINES from Wade And Sledge, ATHENS, GEORGIA. We sell at the lowest possible price, and gnrantee every article to be abso lutely Pure, Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention, IE mem tier tbo name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Between Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 1G W. A= Quinlan So Go, (*■*- HARMONY' GROVE, DEALERS IS GENERAL MERCHANDISE And Plantation s upplies- Oar stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots an! Shoes can cot be sur passed in Durability and Law Prices. We keen in Shock all that the farmer needs. Our Line of staple groceries are complete. We keep a full line ot Fancy groceries, DOtions, etc. Also Bagging, lies and Country Piodacej taken in exchange for goods. Call and examine onr aoods. 19 Athens Musis House, 4 114 Clayton Street, Next Dcor to Pcstoflice, Athens, Georgia Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors. Keeps always cu hand the oest makes of .... ' * o A 1 ' 1 ' 0 .< • • J VIOLINS AND BANJOS- And all kinds of Masical Instruments at the very lowest prices for Crsh, or on tbe Installment plan. Written guarantee on a 1 ! ins rumcD-fi sold. Special reduced rates to church es and Sunday schools. Pictures and Pic nre Frames a specialty. All sises and styles of Frames marie to order ots short nr>’ice. Boy from us ai:d sav# \ accntsy commiss oas. IG.