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THE ATHENS _X GEORGIAN V FEBRUARY 20, 1877. EVE. She had promised him that she would mend the liuing of his > new overcoat, if. he wo Id wear auother and leave that at home, And so, as he had left it, she look it from the hall-rack and carried it into the sewing-room. She was Airs. Wilton, and she had been married live years,-and never— never—never during that time, had had one unhappy moment. Mr. Wilton had been very attentive, very kind,|very generous, and nevei made her jealous. She often said she was the happiest woman living. Now, as she looked at the lining and compared the silk with which she was about to replace the torn portion, she was thinking these thoughts: They had never had any children, but when people are all in all to each other, that is no very great grief. All her care was for him—all his- for her. “ And lie is just the dearest, best, truest fellow in the world,” said Eve Wilton to herself “I’m not half good enough for him. I wonder what this is in his pocket—it bulges it all out of shape.” She put her hand into the breast pocket as she spoke and drew out a little package wrapped up in silver paper ami tied with blue ribbon. “ Something he has bought tor tile, I expect,” said Eve. '“I wonder what it is. I think I won’t open it until he comes homethen she laid the silk across the hole aud cut it out, and llasted it down. *• I wonder what it is,” she said. “Tom did mean to get mean opera glass, I know; hut that is not the shape of the parcel. It doesn’t seem like a hook. It might l>e lace wound o.i a card —real lace—*’ , She looked at the package again “ I do wonder what it is,’’ said she, and hemmed the patch down. “There wasn’t much to mend, after all,” she said. “ I thought the tear much longer. lie tonight it on a nail at the office, I know. Now, I do womler what that is in that package.” Eve put the eoat over a chair aud took up the little parcel. “Torn wouldn’t mind,” she said “I will just take a peep I’m sure it is tor me.” Then she undid the ribbon, mu folded the paper, and saw letters. - “Dear Toni;” said she, “he must keep my old letters next his heart, and he never has told me.” But the writing was not hers; .she saw that at a glance. “His mother’s letters,” she said. *• He loved his mother so.” Then she began to tremble a little, for the letter did not begin—“My dear son,” nor anything like it. She cast her eyes over t hem. They were love letters. “Tom has loved some other woman before he met ns<\” she said, begin ning to cry. “Oh, what shall I do?” Then she cried out: “Oh, foolish, foolish creature that I am! Of course she died, and he only loves me now. It was all over before we met. I must not mind—” but there she paused, gave a scream, ami threw the letter from her as though it had been a serpent and had bitten her It was dated the past week. It was not four davs old. “Oh! Oh! Oh!” cried Eve. “Oh, what shall I do? Oh, where shall I go ?” At every cry, a thought pierced her breast like an actual stab. “ Tom, my Tom! What shall I do? Tom! Tom! He to be false—Tom! Oh, I have gone mad! No. There they are! They are really there—those letters. Why do I not die ? Why do I not die? Do people live through such things as this ?” Then she knelt down on the floor and gathered up the letters, and steadily read them through. There were ten of them. Such love letters! No other interpretation could he put upon them. They were absurd love letters—such as are always produced in conrt in cases of breach of promise. And they called him “Popsy Wopsy,” and Darling Parlingy,” and “Lovey Dovey,” and “Own Sweetness,” ami •“Angel of my Soul,” and they were all signed “ Your own Nellie,” “It is all true,” said poor Eve, wringing her hands. “And it is worse than anything I have ever heard of I trusted him so. I be lieved in him so. Aly Tom—mine!” Then sho wiped her eyes, gathered up the letters, packed them -up, wrapped the silver paper about them, tied the blue ribbon, put them back in the awful breast pocket of that dreadful overcoat, and hung it on the hall rack again. “Tom shall never know,” she said. I’ll not reproach him. I will never see him again ; when he comes home, I shall be dead. I will not live to bear this.’’ Then she sat down to think over the best means of suicide. Site could hang herself to the chandelier with a window blind chord, but then she would be black in the face aud hid- eons. She could drown herself, but then her body would go floating, floating down the river to the sea; anil drowned people looked even worse than strangled ones. She was too much afraid of fire-arms to shoot herself even in this strait. Site would take poison. . ij.*!;.- Yeo, that would be the best; and though she never would see Tom again, he would see her, and remorse would sling him. Here, she made a great mistake. . 'l • A man who is cooly treacherous to women, never has any remorse. Re morse in love affairs is a purely femi nine quality, and even the worst of the sex are not w ithont it. However, it is natural to believe that remorse is possible to 4 man whom one lias heretofore believed to be an angel in human form, and Eve; took a little miserable comfort in the thought that Tom would kneel besidtT her coffin aud burst into tears and passionate exclamations of regret, which |»ers haps she might 6ee from some spir itual post of observation. So having put on a hat and a thick veil. J ve betook herself down the street and around the corner, to the nearest German , druggist. - The dtjtggist wa» an old'than, a/ benevolent looking one, with red cheeks and a smiling mouth, and when she asked for “ poison for fats,” he said: “ So!’’ and beamed mildly upon her. ^ - “ I want it very strong,” said Eve. “ So !’’ said the druggist. “But not to give more pain than is necessary,’* said Eve. . “To the rats?” asked the drug gist. 1. , “ Yes,’’ said Eve, “of course; and it must be quick and not make one black in the lace ’’ “So!” said the druggist, slowly. “ Well, what I shall give you, shall not make de rat black in de face.” And with a grave countenance, he compounded a powder and handed it across the counter. Eve took it, passed the few cents he asked, and walked away. Once home, she went at once to.her room and undressed herself, and retired to bed, taking the powder with her. Once or twice she tasted it with the tip of her tongue, hoping it was not very disagreeable. Then, finding it sweet, she bravely swallowed it. “It is over,” she said. “Oh, Heaven, forgive me and forgive Tom.” And then she laid herself down upon her pillow. Just as she did so, the familiar sound of a latch key in the door below startled her. Tom never came home at noon—but there he was now; no one else but Tom would walk in that cool way, and now lie was callig her. “Eve—Eve—Eve—where are you?” Never before had she refused to answer that voice. Why had he come to torture her dying moments? Hark— Now he was bouncing up stairs. He was in the room. “ What is the mailer ? Arc you ill, Eve?’’ he cried. “No,’’ said she, faintly—“only tired.” “Ah! you look tired, little oue,” said he. “I came home to get the overcoat. I suppose you’ve found out by this time that that in the hall is not mine. , I wore Johnson’s overs eoat home from the office last eight by mistake, and lie is anxious about it. He asked me if there was any one in the house who would be apt to meddle with papers or anything in the pockets. I said I thought not. I hadn’t a jealous wife—eh ? What’s the matter, Eve ?” “ Ob, Tom,” cried Eve, hysterically. Oh, Tom, say it again. It was not your coat? Oh, Tom, kiss me.” “ Why, wlmt is the matter, Eve ?” cried Tom. “Yo must be ill.” - Then Eve remembered all. “ Oh, I am a wicked woman, Tom!” she cried. “There were letters in the pocket—love letters. I read them. I thought you f ilse to me. I —I took poisoti, Tom. I’m going to die, and I long to live so. Oh, Tom, save me!” “Yes, yes,”-cried Tom. “Oh, good heaven, what poison ?” “ Air. Hoffman will know. I bought . it of him. Perhaps he can save nfe,” cried Eve. And away went Tom* white as death, to the druggist's around tiie comer. He burst into the shop like a whirldwind. “JThe lady*” he gasped. “The lady who bought poison here an hour ago. She took it by mistake. Can you save her? Have, yon an anti dote ? She is dying.’’ “No, no,” said the old German. Be calm. Be at rest. No, .no, she cannot die of dat. When a lady asks me for poison dat will not turn, a rat black in de faee, ,1 say to my-elf, “so!” I smells something ; ;( juid I gives* her in the paper just a little sugar and sometiegs. She could take a pound. Go' home and tel] her so. I-never sell poison to womens dat cry and do not wish de rat to become |>laek iii de face.” , So Tqffi-flaw home again, and,Eve rejoiced ; and,hearing^thatJohnson was a single ipaty who admitted Idm- self to la* engaged, she did not rip the patch oil' his coat as she had at first intended. - ■ !L • your mouth with your handkerchief (which never examine—nothing is more vulgar except spitting on the floor). X. Treat all with respect, especial- the,poor., Be careful to, injure no one’s feeling by unkind remarks Never tell tales, make faces, call names, ridicule the lame, mimic the unfortunate, or he cruel to insects, birds or animals. Boy’s Religion and Etiquette George Francis Train, biography, gives the followings ser mon to youth which he entitles 11IE NEW RELIGION. Don’t drink. Don’t smoke. Don’t chew. Don’t swear. Don’t lie. Don’t steal % Don’t deceive. Don’t tattle. Be polite. Be kind. Bu neat. Study hard. Play nest. Be jest and -J'he Cartersville Express says: A young woman giving her name as Amanda Aforgan, made an iiiimicccke- ful attempt at suicide at the Etowah bridge on Friday of last week. She had divested herself of her shoes and hat and was standing almost on a balance on one of the beams when a son of Mr. Eddy man, the bridge keeper, rescued her. She had writt n a letter and had given it to a negro boy in which she stated that she was destitute and rather tlian enter a life of shame, would kill herself. She further stated that she was from some tcflvu on the Air-Line Railroad, but for some time had been living in At lanta and was a member of the First Baptist church in that city. She i atf present at the house of Mr. B. Schofield, who has given her employ ment, and it is to be hoped that life will yet hold out some charms for her. The Treasurer of Muscogee county is required to give a bond of $50,000, and yet is paid a salary of only $500, at which sum it has been fixed by the County Commissioners. This looks like retrenchment and reform in earnest. A Hew Mammoth Establishment. son <£ Co. NOW OCCUPY THEIR NEW STORE. Wholesale Department Flour a Specialty. We are Agents for Two of the Best Mills in the Country, and Guarantee every Sack Sold. o Corn, Meat, Molasses and Sugars, AT WHOLESALE PRICES. IF’EIR.TIIXjIZIEIR.S. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COMING CROP. W...CO*. jot. THovrjos, jr. T:tLe> Best Is tlfcLO Cheapest! COX, IllLL & THOMPSON, ^ CASH OR COTTON OPTION AT 15c. Wholesale Dealers in Fon and Domestic liquors jc,, No 29 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA, GA. And Distillers of t>a Slone Mountain Corn Whiskey. oct.81.ly. ■ . , / Be generous. Be self-reliant, hard. Bo enr- fear not. Love your fellow men. Love your coun try and obey the laws.—Love truth. Love virtue and be happy. lie also gives the following “ Child’s Pocket Etiquette,” in ten commandments for which he claims the paternity; I. Always say yes, sir. No, sir. Yes, papa. No, papa. Thank you. No, thank yon. Good night, Good morning. Never say how or which, for what. tJse no slang terms. Remember that good spelling, read ing, writing and grammar are the basis of all true education. IL Clean faces, clean clothes, clean shoes and clean finger nails indicate breeding. Never leave your clothes about the room. Have a place for everything, ami everything m its place. III. Rap belore entering a room, and never leave it with your back to the company. Never enter a pri vate room or a public place with your cap on. IV. Always offer your seat to a lady or older gentleman. Let yotrf companions enter the carriage first. V. At table, eat with your fork; sit up straight, never use your tooth pick (although Europeans do). VI. Never put your feet on cush ions, chairs or table. VII. Never overlook anyone when reading or writing nor talk^ or read aloud while others are reading. When conversing listen attentively, and do not iuterrnpt or reply until the other has finished. VIII. Never talk or whisper aloud at the opera, theatre, or public places, and especially in a private room where any one is singing or playing the piano. IX. L°nd coughing, hawking, yawning, sneezing, blowing, is ill- mannered. In every case cover For Sale. second-hand .Wheeler & Wilson Sewing ; hss been bat little used aud is in per- t or ****® rjbeep for^ash.^at -or i WE HANDLE ONLY STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS K3. Fun for the Boys and. Girls- The Illgh Fly Kite, the Dinuu-nti Kite, Skip- S ing Ropes, New Styles, ({race Hoops, Tops, [arbles, Croquet Sets. Base Bulls, Ac., for sale Cheap at BURKE’S BOOKSTORE. , muy2?-tf. FAIR NOTICE! ^ From this date, I cannot coutiuue to charge goods to those persons who do not FAY PUNCTUALLY ON PRESENTATION of their bills. This rule is impera tive, and my clerks are instructed not to depait from it in any cane. If volt know that your last month’s ac count has not been settled, don't ask for credit, as it will not be given. Circumstances force no to adopt this rule. T. A. Burke, Bookseller aud Stationer. oct31—tf. MEDICAL NOTICE. At the solicitation of ninny.of my former pat rons, I resume the ^Practice of Medicine from tills date. I will pay especial attention to the disease of Infants and Children, and the Chronic Diseases ot Females. WM. KING, M. D. juno 18,187S—83-ly. CASK FOR WOOZ., —OR— CLOTH FOR WOOL. The Atheus Manufacturing Company are now tnakiug a much larger variety of Woolen Goods than ever before, aud propose to - , Exchange them for Wool, believing it to be more to the interest of the Planter to Exchango the Wool for Cloth, rather than have it Carded and Spun at hrfrae. Call for Samples and Terms ol Exchange. * R. L. BLOOMFIf Come and see for Yourselves. f . ^ \ . \ 'J : r 3 ‘'The proof of the pudding is the chewing of. the bag-” PLANTERS’ HOTEL, . - .. ! -. , *„*..• AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Hates deduced to $3 per Day. HAVJNG LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I enter upon its management by Reducing Rates, and a'sking of the Travel ing Public, especially my friends of Carolina and Georgia, a continu mice of that liberal support they have always given it. B. BR.OWM, jan23-5ra FORMERLY OF CHARLESTON, PROPRIETOR. John Merryman & Co.’s, AMMO-MATED DISSOLVED BONE AND ACID PHOSPHATE, The Cheapest and most popular Fertilizers in use. ^Prices in Atliens, Georgias Ammoniated Dissolved Bone, cash • $o0 00 •• •• bone,time with 15c cotton option 72 00 Acid Phosphate, cash • 40 00 Acid phosphate, time with 15c cotton option 00 00 Time Sale Payable by First November, Withont interest, with option of paying in cotton of n grude not below middling at 15c., de livered in our Warehouse in Athens, Go. jan23 REAVES A NICHOLSON,. Agents, Athens, Go. may 19, 1875-29-tf I ELD, Agent. c. S. DUSE’S Rue Whisky and Brandy. Parties desiring to purchase, by wholesale, purs Bran ly or Whisky, will find it to their in terest to nurebsse from the undersigned, sole agent of G. S. Dnke, to sell by wholesale his Fine, Pure Whisky »nJ Brandy. The pipes through which the G. S. Duke Whisky and Brandy are distilled, are made of wood. Every gallon warranted pure.. Addres^ • . dec5-tf Jefferson, Ga. To Kent I THE beet, Stores, Offices, 8hops, Warehouse, Dwelling Houses Ao. " P. Bisuur. ,a-g.l.tf. ;No. 1. Broad St., up stain. VJAXj I THE ATHENS OFFICE FOR TfiE SALE OF Singer Sewing Machine / , * Removed February 1st# 1877, to Lester’s Building:, (Upstairs) pver Talmadge, H. & Co., was mu MWAW8 mme&w. 2,000,000 in Use—Sales in Excess of all Others. THK SINGER MANUFACTURING COM PANT, G. 11. HOPE, AGENT, AUG l ST A, GEORGIA. Ask your neighbors whifch Machine is the best; then buy the Singer. R. T. MEANY, Agent for Singer Sewing Machines, Lester’s Building, (Upstairs,) Athens, Georgia, jnly.d.ly. - . • ' v .