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The Harmony Grove Echo. • •• 5-V •" • . r • ' < - * -v * SUBSCRIPTION, ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR “it***-..£55P- . ‘ ' .. j_ A COLLI Kit POET. The Wonderful Lifo-Story of Joseph Skipsey. One of Er)K>ftß<l’ Beat Verna Writer* Koee to lit* Povtubie Position-- Stronger Than Hi* Ilarljr * h* Environment*. ■ i - Tn all the annals of literary his tory there can scarcely have been recorded a life story more unusual, and at, first view more nearly incred ible, than that of Joseph Skipsey, the collier poet. It is well worthy the consideration and the emulation of those to whom fate has been kinder. He was born at North Shields—in the “Black Country," as that part of England is called —in h March, 1832. His father was shot dead in some mining riot when the future poet was only four montbi old. He was the youngest of eight children, and the widowed mother was hard pressed to keep her little ones fed and clothed. Joseph was only seven years old when he was sent to work in the coal pits of the Percy Main, near North Shields, and •from that time until he was past fifty almost all his life was spent in the dark world under ground. Asa little boy his business was to stand beside a wide door, open it when he heard the rumble of an ap cart of coals, and close it again when the cart had passed through. “Standing there in the dark,” he said, iu telling.his story to a friend, “I saw things wonderful and strange. Sometimes I seemed to see a great ball of light, like a gigantic egg, and as I watched it it seemed to open, and I saw shapes with aureoles round their heads.” It was by means of this door which ; he guarded that Skipsey taught him- | self to read, for he had only learned ! his letters when he was sent to the j mine. Candle ends were priceless treas- I ures to him. He used them to light his darkness while he traced on his j door copies of any placards or ad- vertisements he could pick up, thus teaching himself to form letters into words until he had learned to read and write. Before he was eleveu years old he had formed a serious resolution tc commit the whole Bible to memory, and he could probably, even now, re* peat more chapters of Holy Writ thau any other person alive. He printed a few of his lyrics in 1859, and in consequence of the in terest they excited lie was made sub librarian of a literary society at Newcastle on-Tyne. But the sa.ary was pitifully small, and after a brief experience he returned to his under ground world, where he could car: 1 , six or seven dollars a week, on which he managed to keep his family in what a miner considers reasonable comfort. Tn 1882 he once more left the mines and was soon after invited to edit Walter Scott’s series of “Can terbury Poets,” and the first six of the series came out under his super vision and with admirable prefatory essays from his pen. 11l health compelled him to resign this congenial work. Then for a time he was curator of Shakes peare’s birthplace, till his wife’s ill ness obliged him to resign that po sition also. But he has always found something to do, and no difficulties have conquered his resolute am? buoyant spirit. Fancy a life of which nearly fifty years have been passed under ground, and yet out of which has como the evolution of a poet! Noth ing could be more touching than his own simple story of his boyish days and of the visions with which he peopled his darkness. Sunday was Tierallv sun day to him, for it was th only dav on which be ever saw the sun. He has published in ali some five or six volumes of verse and has now a recognized position among Eng lish poets. Rossetti said of him: “His real-life pieces are more sus tained and decided than almost any thing I know. lie is a poet of the people and has lived what he de scribes.” Skipsey himself would not speak of his life as sad, for it has had the glamour of imagination, the excite ment of aspiration and endeavor. He has won friends among the best And the noblest and he has proved than a man. is stronger than bis en vironment, more powerful than what we foolishly call his destiny,— Youth’s Companion, Measuring the Wall of China. The great wall of China was re cently measured by Mr. Unthank, an American .engineer engaged on the survey for a Chinese railway. His measurement gave the height 18 feet. JSvery few hundred ymrds there Is a tower 25 feet high. Theiounda tion of the wall is of solid granite For 1,390 tniles the wall goes over plains and mountains, every foot of the foundation being of solid grauite, and the rest of the structure of solid masonry. In some places the wall Is built smooth up against the bank, or crosses a precipice where there is g jfrfpr oCtC£j2t Of I, ( M IjWSjL w AGE AND MARRIAGE. P* Girl of To-Dv Weds at Ner.rr Twenty-five Than Eighteen. The observant mortal must cer tainly have noticed among other things that the marrying woman of to-day defers her wedding until & much more advanced season in life than did her grandmother, or even the girls of a decade ago. The question-arises, what is the cause of this putting off that time so many declare is the end of all women’s ex istence? Perhaps mothers are more sensi ble in these days and the young daughter is not thrown upon the world, either in a social or more workaday fashion, until she has had a thorough schooling, which means, ! In these days of long terms, a com munion with books until she is over twenty-one. The girl herself may be wiser in her day and generation and realize that gayeiies and the happy-go-lucky existence before marriage must of necessity come to an end when she is led to the altar. Then, again, this is an age of in dependent women. They enter the field of labor with men and find in such occupation less time for senti ment than was allowed the lacka daisical girl of the past. It is our earnest conviction that many girls have been led into tho error of a foolish marriage through a lack of occupation. Busy, active, intelii- i gent women have no time and less inclination for the making of ro mances. They are absorbed in art, ! tn music, or in more hum-drum oc- ! cupations that return an excellent remuneration and which they are too wise to give up until they are certain that the man who asks them is able to compensate for all j that they put away for his sake. Many a woman defers marriage ! because she feels that her duty lies at home in the care of an aged father or an invalid mother or helpless brothers and sisters who depend j upon her aioue for support. Per- ; haps someone argues that all this 1 tends to the establishment of a vast spinsterhood. but let us whisper that after all when the right man comes along, when real love creeps into the heart, and wily Cupid makes his presence felt, then it matters not what specious argument may l av, been advanced heretofore, engage ment and marriage appear to be- tin truest art and the noblest duty; for after all we are but women and are governed more by the heart than by tlie brain, independent and self-re liant though we think ourselves.— Philadelphia Times. SHIRT CUFFS. Many Men Use Them as Pads for Jotting Down Things, A London lauudrymau says that the uSe of shirt cuffs for jotting down memoranda is more common than is. perhaps, commonly sup posed. He related how one day at young fellow drove up in a cab and rushed into the office in great ex citement, asking whether some shirts deposited in the name of L had been washed. We found they had not, and as the owner turned them over in feverish heat he fairly yelled with joy, pointing to a little column of figures on the left cuff of one, which he explained were the numbers of eight ten pound bank notes which had been lost or stolen, and had the shirts been washed all hopes of ever getting them back must have been abandoned. They were, however, successfully traced and recovered a few days later. The cuffs of stock exchange men are often covered with mysteri ous characters, presumably indica tions of the stock market, and the “tips" found on the wrist linen of racing men were actually taken ad-' vantage of by ironing girls on one or two occasions with success. It is not yet recorded, however, that the mannish yo*ung woman has taken to “cuff jotting,” as she has to cuff and shirt wearing.—N. O. Picayune. They Have No Corns. MdllcoCerale, a premiere assoluta, was asked by a Boston reporter whether it was true that ballet dancers suffered intensely from corns, as, he said, it had been re ported. i “I have traveled with ballet troupes off and on for fifteen years all over the world,” said she, “and have had lots of opportunities to hear all about their woes and ailments, but 1 never heard corns mentioned. Dancers are least likely of all women to be so troubled, fer they make no secret of looking out for the comfort and well being of their feet before everything else. I can pick out a ballet girl in a crowd by her feet every time. * ‘When chorus and ballet are mixed together in street dress lean readily tell which is which, for the dancers all wear larger shoes than most of their sex. They go in for comfort in footwear, because it means bread and butter to them. The chorus girl, of course, has the common weakness of her sex for squeezing her foot into the smallest poss ; ble shoe’. The dancer can't afford to; she must wear an easy, wide shoe." ‘ * Harmony Grove ancl Nortli-East Georgia First. HARMONY PROVE, JACKSON (Sll NTY. GA., FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1804. Mr. Childs' Paper and Esta'e. The death of George W. Childs will not affect the policy of the Pub ; lie Ledger nor will any changes be | made in the management of the I paper. By an agreement entered into between Mr. Childs and tho late | Anthony J. Drexol, and in -accord* ! anee with a provision of the latter’s will, tiki Drexc l estate will now pur chase from Mrs. Childs the interest Mr. Childs held in the Lodger, lino will, accordingly, own the paper ab solutely. The four surviving chil dren of Anthony J. Drexcl —John It. Drexol, Mrs. John R. Fell, nee Sarah prexel; Anthony J. Drexol and George W. Chikls Drexol—will hold equal shares iu Ihe property. (loorge VV. Childs. Drexcl was installed as publisher of the Ledger early in Oc tober last and he will continue in this capacity and have sole charge of the plant. Mr. Childs’ fortune was a large one. He. was in receipt of a very large in come for years and he made* excel lent investments iu many ways. But, while his income was so large, his expenditures also were great, es pecially so in support of educational dnd charitable institutions and in indirect charities. The profit from the publication of the Ledger is said to have averaged as high as one thou sand dollars a dev. \ DIRECTORY. CHCKCIIKS, BifTIST. Rev. W. M. Coil*, pastor. Services on second and fourth Sakbatlm at 11.00 A. M, and 7,30 T. W and *1 11.00 a. m. on Saturday preceding,confer ence Friday preoedintf at 7.4 r > *. m, Kuuday achool 9,10 a, m, and prayer-meeting at 4,00 r. m. •very Sunday. FRKKBYTKUIAX. Rev. If. 8, Allytt, pastor. Services every third Sunday at 11.00 a. m. and 7.10 r, u. Communion o* third Sunday in January, April, July and October. Sunday-school every Sunday st 9.10 a. m. Prayer-meeting Wednesday* at 7.10 ?. M. U KTUODS3T. Rev. J, IV Milton pastor; Harmony Grove service on every first Sunday at 11.00 A. X and f.OO r. m. Sunday-school 9.30 a. n. and prayer meeting Thursday at 1 p, m. "Mt. Bethel—-Safurday before the first Sunday and first Sunday, 8 P. m. Mt. I’ioasHiit —Second Sunday and Saturday before. Homer —Second Sun-lav 3 p. m. Ebernizer—Third Sunday ami Saturday be fore. New Salem—Fourth Sunday ami Saturday be fore. CUKISTt AN Rev. J. M. Wood pastor. Services every second Sunday at 11 a.-in. JUSTICE COURTS. - BISTBIT. KAtBEOFJ.P TIME OF CCTJE? JACKSON COUNTY. Jefferson, A. J. Bell, 3rd Monti ay. Harissburg, TV. N. LaMastcr, Ist Friday. Clarks boro, Jno.L Smith, 4lh Saturday. New Town, Jesse 1.. smith, 3rd Saturday. Minishes, T. C, Pittman, 3rd Wednesday Wilson’s, Hanford Wilson. 3rd Friday. Miller's TV. . Pa}rick, 3rd Saturday. CunninKhiini’s, iff M. Duke, Ist Saturday. Randolph’s, TV. O, Jones, 2nd Friday. Ho:Schton, TV. M. Smith, 3rd Friday. House’s, ti. M. I). Moon, 4th Saturdry. Chandler’s, J. G. Barson, Ist Saturday. Santa Fe. W. J, I’ottcr. 3rd Saturday, FRANKLIN COUNTY. Carncsville, S. J, Oliver,, 2nd Monday, ited Hoilow, T. H. Knox, 3rd Monday. Stranges. J, H. ITiekctt, Ist Thursday. Gunnells, 8. A. Langston, Ist Saturday. Gam Log, It. Fallbright, 3rd Saturday, Bryant’s, J. G. W. Sewell, 4th Saturday. Canon, Puui Owotr, Ist Saturday. Manley's J. TV. Osborn. 3rd Saturday. Dooly’s. TV. I?. Westbrook, Fri before 4th S’day Middle River. TV. F. Phillips, Thu ” 4th S’day Big Smith’s R, R, Volts, 3rd Saturday. Wolf Pit, A. TANARUS, Davis, 4th Thursday. Flintville, If. TV, Hemphill, 2nd Saturday, Byram s J. A. MeCay, 2nd Friday. MADISON COUNTY. Danielsviile, E. IYMc-Gowan, 2nd Saturday Brookline, T. F. Christian, .Ist Saturday. Fork, J. D. Wynn. it'd Saturday Harrison, G, T. Nichols, 2nd Saturday Mill. ]„< , Brockenridge,3rd Saturday Poeataltgo, J, ti, Allen. Ist Saturday, ritltuuu, H, H, Tolbert, 4th Saturday Gr*v* Hill, ’ TANARUS, U. ilitcheor.k, 3rd fcrturday Kasouie Notice. R. A. Chapter meets every 3rd Jl/omlav night in each month *t Masonic Hall. Lodge over bank buikling.- \V. B, llaygood, High Priest. (). K. Dkadwylkr, iSect’y. Bin* Lodge first Wednesday night in each month. T. P Hudson, W. M. TV. W. Jordan, Seet’v. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T X KIND, * A i J OItNE Y- A LL A TV, ■- Carnes\ tile, Ga Bucklin’tsArnica Saiva, Tin-: Bust Salve in ihe world for ( ’til s, I Inuses, Sores, Vlcer iL Salt Kheum. t Fever Sores, Tetter, * happed Hands, (’hilhlaiiD, Corns and all ; Skin Eruptions, and po itively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar | anteed.to give perfect satisfaction or money refundc l. Price 25 cents per box. For Sale by l). L. J. Sharp *fc Bro, OrV; V ' * " ■„ ■ . V Review Of The week.- 1 • ' ’ • - - - . ■ Tg- Thousands of Dollars Worth ——OF- CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, Disposed of During the 'Last Ten days. Northeast Georgia lias never seen events to equal in importance the incidents of our Hundreds of people have flocked here from every section to avail themselves of the unprecedented opportunity of buying* first-t lass clothing This sale ill continue from day to day until the entire stock contained in my store is disosed of. Do M want a Suit For what it Will Osot to Jake ti? 1 '• - : > ' ' -.- Don’t think about it too long or somebody will he wearing it for you. Come quick or you’ll miss what you want most, and an opportunity of a life time. CHAS. MORRIS, , . V* - \ '• . * GENTS’ CLOTHIER, HATTER AND FURNISHER, ~• • " * • % 218 BROAD STREET, - - ATHENS, GEORGIA VOL. -J . NO. 20