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I Ui.lu.Bh, b»1 tolled it. solemn
H . vet Still the weary watchei
i“ * H « e ?“ T
fCd P .i..'«"c”P i, " h ! d “ pur
■ T 1 l her slender tingers sc
■£«iw»i‘ i ' theicy l t,,a ‘
Hg„Uriug 0» her w»M>ug •>"««>
■ Lltl.etliin.hle .hat she held were
■ tveri now and then dropping in o
Iheriap. Her delicate form was
■shivering even under the heavy
■shawl .hat she had thrown at .out
Kc Hlio.il lers, and she looked of
■ten with a wistful glance at the
■little basket of fuel that stood he.
■side ihe fire place.
■ Another hour passed and the
■clock struck one.
I "He must soo-i he here now,
■ whored she in a half frightened
■ST-I will lay aside my work
■ nake thmgs as cheerful as 1
if Sos'ie brushed the ashes from
■ the hearth, drew the coals togeth
■ or threw on them a handful of the
■carefully saved fuel and fanned
I the fa hit halite till it flashed high
liu the chimney. Then she looked
■about the room to see if ought
Irmild be mended; but the few ur
■ticlca it held were all in their wont
■<d places, and everything as neat
las the hands of love could niukeit.
| Aii arm chair was drawn from the
■ curlier close to the crackling tire,
■ the dressing gown that hung up
Inn it spread out anew and a pair
|of slippers were upon the fender.
Ithe lump was trimmed at.esh, the
■ table dusted and beside it was
|placed a knife almost as bright as
■though the blade /cad been silver
|instead of steelj
■ “I have done the best 1 can,"
|nud the pale watcher, as again she
|sank into a chair. “Oh, if I were
|only sure of one kind word," she
|routinaed. “Hark!” she started
■up and listened. “It is he--and
■how he bangs the gn'e! I shall
■have a fearful time with him ”
■ She hastened to the front door
■ar.d gently opened it.
H 1 man staggered in’ and reeling
■this way and that, reached tin ally
■the room his gentle wife had made
| s bright and cheerful. But what
■was her reward 1 A volley of
■oaths so foul that i'. seemed an if
Ban army of tiends had spoken with
Bone voice. He cursed the nig
Bgurdiy fire, though ts. make that
Bshe and her ceildr-m had been half
■frozen all day; he swore at the
■ paehed dressing-gown, though
Bout of her own thin wardrobe she
|W planned it; he raved at the
■ bread and meat, though her own
Bban lingers had earned them hod:
■ And when, angle like and woman
BHke too, she gave him a smile for
ever .v frown, -in endearing epitliel
for every oath, and would have
wound her arms about him to win
him back t i l eas m and himself,be
Raised his heavy hand and delt
hoi a powerful blow; eye, he struck
h**t till every nerve quivered with
anguish, and she his wife and the
mother of his b autioufi children !
And now, when she lay prostrate
* fin e him, he raised himself to
bc k her from dienee. A slight
y° Un b' hand pnsheo off the booted
*°ot even as it was falling on the
e| nhling woman, and a voice, ag
tones, exclaimed :
“Forbear, my father, f r though
« : T Wife ’ B * ie " s -' e h my mother,
will save her from your
she eyes of die drunkard quail
" mL ‘at before the upturned
of his tirst born, so m >nrn
y oly was the look tha f beam
1 ‘oui his tearful face, tlien a
tsh glare burned in his own,
811,1 exclaiming ;
You too! nuist I level my
ere I C an find peace f'
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he seized the glistening knife and
struck his child.
* * * * *
“Will he live? moaned the
poor mother to the surgeon, when
he had bandaged the boys head.
“He is very pale and weak."
“Its a ghast.'v and d;.rigorous
.vound, said the surgeon: “only
the eighth of an inch deeper and
it would have been fatal—yet with
care he might survive.
“Mother ! —there was a oat,lies
in the tone that drew her eyes ear
netoly to the speaker, a s/rippling
of about 17 years—“mol her 1 am
going away.”
“Away!—and where, Ernest V
she inquired,
“1 Cannot say,” he replied; “God
must direct mv steps but go
trom here I must. The curse of
the drunkards son is upon me.—
None will regard me—none even
give me work And more, moth
er, if I stay here I must forget my
Bible, for how can I honor my
father when lie so dishonors him
self
Very long did the boy t alk aud
jilead ere he won (lie tearful con
sent; but she gave it at length,
and. with a little knap-sack on his
back, his mother’s Bible in one
pocket and her slender purse in
the other, Ernest went forth in
the great world to seek, not so
much fortune or fame, as that
peace and joy whi'di a drunken
father would not give him in Ids
home,
Years passed away, and there
came no tidings from Ernest,save
that after the first one, and each
quarter brough the mother a re
mittance, and each successive qunr
ter one of a higher figure. Wei
come too, were they all; for, nut
for such generous aid the work
house hud claimed her and her
children; for downward stili down
ward, went her husband his ab
sence no longer counted by hours
but weeks and months.
In a hustling ciiy, many miles
from his native town, a stranger
cue right found him in a gutter,
half frozen, starved, weary and
sick. Like a good Samaritan lie
picked him up, and as he was 100
weak 10 walk, placed him in aeon
vevance and had him taken to his
own home. A warm hath, clean
garments, wholesome food and a
soft tied were freely ofl’ered him,
and passive as a child when worn
and languid, lie suffered them to
deal svitli him as they chose and
s oofl sank into a deep, refreshing
slumber.
It was hours ere he awoke, and
i hen he seemed as in a dre.a u.—
The filthy gutter in which he had
lost consciousness was now ex -
changed for a downy bed, with
pillows as white and soft as snow,
w’th snow-white counterpane and
dama-tk hangings. His rags had
disappeared, and in their stead he
saw himself robed in line linen,—
The dirt was washed from his luce
and hands, his hair was
and his tangled heard neatly shorn
He put hack the cur ains. (Had,
golden hun I 'cams were stealing
through the crimson diapery of an
alcoved window, and their brill
iaut light showed a lolly cli uuber,
with frescoed walls, a carp«:„ from
Oriemal looms, ami furni nro that
a prince might covet. “It is a
dream," breathed he, and he olos
ed his eye:;. Light foots epsarons
ed him soon, and unclosing them
again he saw bending over him a
noble looking man fn life's early
prime, and beside him a lovely wo
man. and is the eyes of belt large
tears were standing.
“7’ell me,” said be, eagerly, “do
I dream, or tun I the poor drun
kard so greatly cared for
“You are sit and wo must min
inter to you," replied the lady.
“Sick! ay, sin sick," he said.—
“liut yon do not know how vile I
um, or you would cast, me out at
once. Listen, I have broken ibe
Lawrenceville, 3-a. Wednesday Sept, 26 1883
heart of my wife. I have driven
tay only son from home: ay, and
half killed him first; a; d I have ilk
treated my childrer till they fear
me more than the evil one. Will
you care for me now ?”
He almost shrieked out theques
then, and .t seemed as though life
and death hung on the answer.
“We must forgive even ns we
would be forgiven,' - said the mas
ter of the house “While you can
be happy, stay with us.”
A week passed away and st ill
the old man tarried in that boauti
fnl home, now toying gently with
Lely, the wee, delicate babe, and
then playing gay pianks with Hai
ry. the pride of the household, a
boy of four summers; now dream
ing it. the pleasant chamber where
he first awoke again to manhood,
and then lolling in an arm-chair in
the parlot. tears and smiles chas
ing each other over his wrinkled
cheeks as the lovely lady of the
Inuusion sang, now a gay ditty and
then a solemn hymn. But he nev
er offered to cross the threshold
“I dare nob ’ he would say,when
'.sked to ride or walk; “there is
danger in die street, and this calm
is so very sweet, If it could only
last." And then he would sigh,
and then sometimes weep and sob
like a child.
* * * 0 *
“There is to be a grand rally of
the friends of temperance ta night
—the new and splendid hall is to
lie inaugurated Banners will
uivave, music ring, and ladies smile
Shall I invite yen, my wife, to ac
company me?" said the master of
the house.
“Of course, after such a pro
gramme," said she, gaily, “and
you may depend on tnv going too.
How soon must Ibe readv ?’’ ,
“In an hour’s time,” he replied.
“I will send a carriage for ycju,
and meet you myself at the dobr
of the hall. Be sure that you are
ready, for there will be a tremeud
oas crowd.” •
“I will he in time—trust me sot
that.” said she, and hastened to
perform her duties to the li'tle
ones; but what was her astonish
ment when she returned to the pur
lor, all bonnetted and cloaked, to
find her stranger guest awaiting
her.
“I cannot surely be tempted
there,” said he, in a low sad v >iee,
“hut if you will suffer me to ride
with you I will gladly go. It may
ho that I shall complete t here the
salvation here commenced.”
Gladly did the lady acquiesce in
the request, and they were soon
at the door of the thronged hall.
Not her husband, hut an
friend of his joined them there,'
and led them to some reserve seats
near the platform.
There had been stirring music
by the band, fervent prayers by
the clergy and thrilling speeches
from orat i s from distant parts of
the country, the hearts of tha'
vast uul'i tide were aroused as
they had never been before on the
dangers of the cup. Then, while
yet they were all rivited to the
subject, Hie president announced
“a void front our home.” Tlie»e
was a brea bless silence for a mo
ment, and then long and loud no
•tarnations greeted the good Santa
ritan of our sketch as he bowed
to the waiting throng. It hail
seemed ho them as die last speak
er hushed his voice, that the
them#, worldwide as it is. was
quite exhausted but so impassioned
was the eloquence that now mas
tered it,that they hung upon every
word as if lu had sp«ker» of some
thing fresh from heaven. Where
other* had generalized, he individ
ualized He did not take the mass
of drunkards, but only one out of
them all,andh6portrayed his course
in such vivied colors that the aiidi
en e seemed gazing upon dissolv
ing views rather than listen to
choien words; and so wrought up
were they that when he pictured
that horrible scene in the tragedy
ot drink, where the husband levels
to the floor the wife which once
f
slept so sweetly on his bosom, the
wife that is die un.ther of his ohil
dren. they seemed to here the gen
,le and wionged one fall, and sobs
and sighs broke forth from the as
sernbly. The speaker paused till
they were quiet, wiping, mean
while, the tears from his own
cheeks.
“Do you ask.’’ said lie, when
he again i-esumedhis theme, “do
you ask why I stand here to-night
and speak, these things? Why, I
not only speak but fool tlmiu?
Ijook at this." he Raid, lifting the
ssy locks from his left temple
“Do you see that sear on my
torch cad?” In the brilliant glass
light it was perfectly visible to
many a watchful eye; it was a
gashlv frightful looking scar, mar
ring the beauty of a brow dial
might otherwise Lave been a pain
tor's model:
Slowly and solemnly did the
speaker utter each word, then as
heete°d pushing back the iuven
hair, he continued:
“After the drunkard had felled
his wife to the floor he would
have kicked her prostrated foi m
Imt that her young son rushed be
tween the two. What did the
drunkard do then?" he exclaim
ed in a voire of thunder. Another
pause and a breathless hush.
More slowly more solemnly did
lie speak: “He seized a knife,’’ he
continued: “aye, and the one too,
his gentle wife herself hud laid
Iseside his pi ite for him to carve
the dish her worn aud weury fin
gers had earned to sustain his life:
he seized it and—did tip's!’’ and
he pointed to his forehead.
“To my grave shall I carry this
rear and not til?' / rest in my
grave shall I c_ase to plead for
the drunkard's chi'dren.
With these words fresh ou hi?
lips he withdrew. There was no
applauding but a silence us dea*h
rested in the vast ball. Ere it
was broken by prayer or human
an aged man, older though it seem
ed with grief thm yeu-s, tolered
upon the platform. Trembling
in every nerve and muscle, he
leaned against, the desk, and find
ly grasped it for support.
Many times did his lips move
ere he could utter an audible
sound, and when he did speak his
words were raTier felt than
heard.
“The sou has spoken,” he said
‘‘now let the father. \Y T ith the
scar on his forehead yet bheding
my Ernest, my first born, my
4aoble boy, went from bis home to
seek among strangers the peace
his father would from a gutter,
and instead of spurning him as a
fallen sinner he took him to his
home as though he bail been he
angle ins'ead of the demon of his
youth. Deep is die sc a r on
his forehead, but deeper are
die scar* mmy heart. Ye have
heard him ye see me.
Let the story and the sight be
yoiH’ salvation, ate it even now is
my own.’’
The old man was exhausted
and fell back in'o his son’s arms*
A lto.i ** Economy.
A hoy seven ot eight yerrs old
was passing along Elizabeth street
Detroit, recently with a dime in
his lingers, when another boy ac
costed him with :
•What ye going to buy t
‘Camphor,
‘What for ?’
‘To keep the moths away.’
‘Vav.’ said the second boy as he
came nearer, ‘l’ll tell you what 111
do. If you 11 speed live cents o’
that for camly I’ll lend you my
dog ail one day to hunt down the
moihs and if he don t catch em
all I'll lend you the bossest rat
trap in the city ! You can just as
well save five cents as not.'
The cholera in Egypt is on the
decline.
CORRESPONDENCE
We are not responsible for am \io< ■*
held or sentiments expressed by out
correspondents.
From fellow Kivcr.
K<l it r /feral t :
Yon will please announce that
from information of Esq Edwards
of Harbins District, there is some
contention as to the day of the
changes of holding Justices courts
for Harbins district. T hereby
certify, as secretary of the conven
tion held, that Harbins court was
to bv on Thursday before the firm
Saturday in each month.
I will say as to Yellow River
dots that nothing very particular
is transpiring. There is a great
deal (f sieknoMs in the community
among children—colds their pi in
ciple con plaint
The intense dry weather is mak
ing the cotton bolls pop open rap
idly, and the groat cry is, will pe o
pie push for the debts? If they
d > we can’t, more than pay for oiir
guano and we will be hard up.
“Hog ami Hominy" would be the
h st nolle for this a.ountiv here,
after.
From the best information we
understand that, our merchant, J
T Snel', is able to return home.
Thanks be returned ton kind
Providence for this kind favor.
Now and Then.
Gouher Town, Craighead to. Ark.
September IHh INK 3
Editor Herald :
Please allow me space in your
valuable paper for a few items
from this valuable part of Arkau
bus. I scarcely ever sen anything
in your columns from this part. If
I were competent I would furnish
you with some itenn from here oc
casionally. I am satisfied that
the most of the readers of the Her
ald would like to read letters from
this part of the world.
Two years ago I wrote a very
distressing letter to your paper.
I will say uow that it was a seri
ous time with ns then. Our crops
were almost a failure. We were
here without crops, and without a
railroad to supply us from coun
tries where provisions were raised.
It seemed to me at that time that
it never would rain again, hut, it
did rain, but not in time to make
crops ’or us. we were bless
ed with the greatest of bins lings.
The work began on the building
of three railroads through our
county. The woik moved on rap
idly, the trains f -llowed the work
with the supplies we needed. The
writer had a contract ou one of
the roads in which he supplied
himself and a great many others
that helped me do the work, with
all necessary supplies sufficient to
do us until we made crop. We
did not have to go in debt for
anything. What a blessing the
budding of those roads was to
us They are running throe trains
day end night, bringing us many
things we need and carrying om
such as we do not need.
Last year we made good crops
and have a line chance of old corn
on hand now. This your our
wheat crop was about an average,
the oats crop was good, the corn
crop is good. We now think we
will ship a fine chance of corn
fiom here next winter mid spring
Our potato crop is good also. Sor
gu.n making has commenced—
this part of the country will be
swee'ened wi'h it soon for the
crop was never better. Our cot
ton crop is not as g.,0 1 as I have
seen. It has been too dry for the
laHt ten days for cotton on up
land. Our bottom lan Is have fine
cotton.
We have a fine chance of hogs
in our country now, hut lam sor
ry to know diat they are dying
from cholera or something else I
dragged a line one from rny place
yesterday—the only one that has
died in my neighborhood. If they
jVol XIII.- No. 27
do not die pork will be very
low lu re -some think not over 3
cents.
I will sav to some of the reli
efs of the Hi'HAf.p that, this is
good country for them and that
mlw is a good time to come to it.
I have not got spice to tell yon
the advantages that this country
has ever that. I will say th it eve
rv man who comes from there
here and is not satisfie 1 and goes
back there, he is never satisfied
until lie gets back here, aud then
he says “I am at home."
I think now that 1 will visit my
old fuilier ami all relatives and
old friends in Gwinnett sometime
next winter. 1 get the HlUAt.n
regularly now and read it with the
greatest of pleasure.
Yours Respectfully,
Geo. A. .Johnson.
OIK MU lOKM I.FTTFK.
few few Ml.vie*
The man data respecting the til
of all garments is infl \ibla as the
laws of the .Modes and Persians.
Irrespective of tlie labii**, fashion
finish, or combination, iho umderii
symmetry inns* lie in a measure -
perfect.
At, Lord A Taylor’s hey have
brought, the science of dressmak
ing to a fine art. (dostumoo made
there are certainly superior in
style and finish to ilumo imported
and that is perhaps why many
•oileues worn by noted Indies who
grace the “fetes" of the creme de
la creme of New York and Wash
ington are designed and executed
a 1 this famous house Moreover
their modis esonly require an accu
rate measure in fitting out, pur
chasers from a distance. They
me alwavs ready to give any in for
ination respecting styles, send esti
mates on • pplication from the
greiu store, corner Broadway and
Twentieth street, or semi samples
of the new fabrics of which cur
rent industries have produced this
season in infinite variety Materi
als run all the grades ir. die tox
tite calendar from the ganziesl
grenadine to the most substantial
silk, satin velvet and velveteen in
vogue.
The * Nonparii I’’ brand of vel
velteen introduced introduced in
to this season last yea” has be
c >me a standard frabt to of fashion
When stylishly made the quality
at $2 per yard is equal in appear
ance to the best Lyons velvet at
$lO, and the fibre, thong! supple,
is strong us iron.
SEW BKOCHE VELVETEENS.
The manufacturers of this brand
have succeeded tn producing a
broche fa >ric in the riche it de
signs, and in all the fine shades of
myrde, plum, dare', brown, ruby
black ami others so much admir
ed iu he plain “Nonpareil" vH[vet
nens These fabric* have the vel
vet figures woven iu. not stamped,
s > their beamy jontinues to the
end, and die cost compared with
the cost of figured silk velve', is a
mere trlle. and the efleut equally
rich and tine. Boau'iful cos nines
are made of the broche velve s.
Ladies should, however, be sure
'beget die genuine article, which
has die name “Nonpareil” stamped
on the hack of every secoud yard,
and not be persuaded to buy any
o her. This is found on the back
of the plain and broche, both.
AMERICAN SILKS,
Those introduead this season
are undoubtedly lnndsome and
will outwear two imported cos 1 -
nines of similar grade. The new
style Ottoman is a silk of large
cord an 1 rich quality. It is single
faced, fast woven back that will
not pull nor slip, and is shown in
’AO, ‘22 and 21 inch widths. They
are highly recommended for dura
hi!ity,aml forms a rich, elegant cos
fume for little m ney ; the retail
price being $1.50, $1.75 and #2
the latter quality quite as rich and
handsome looking iih the import
ed goods for which twice the price
is asked, and which will not begin
to wear as well or give as good
servic tin any way. These goods
are manufactured at the extensive
■ilk mills of John N Steam A Go.,
on 42d strict, where arc uls.. the
new toned brocades that are such
an attractive novelty this season.
These brocades are the cheapest
and most beautiful goods in mar
ket. The quality is rich, and the
combinations in colors reveal the
most artistic taste. For pellisses,
basques and house jackets they
are the most durable goods made;
-AS i
An Advert in in u Mt dia in
The 11hHALV is UnetjUaled ly
reason of its extensive circulation unit
remarkably low rates. Business nun
should nmember this.
BLANKS BLANKS! BLANK
(am. kinds nkati.y printed)
FOR SALE AT THE
HERA LI) JOB OFFlffr
the quality compares favorably
with an imported fabric at twice
the price.
THF. NEWPORT SASH.
The “Newport Sash” is among
the fashionable novelties in New
\»fk this season ft ic brocaded
after an Oriental pat torn m the
same color us (lie background,
and fringed all around, the fring
cured with narrow selveges. It
's very graceful worn as a corsage
scurf, is two yards und seven
eighths long and comes in two
svid'hs. one of eight the other sis
teen inches. All the fashionable
shades arc represented, flic pink
shades being lovely, while the gu
llets, blues and browns aie also
greatly admired. The narrow
ones are extremely pretty for chit
dren s s islie-', and can be utilized
in various ways for ladies weir.
The wide ones form a most beau
tH'il finish to a plain toilet, while
it, i ,bailees the richness and style
of a dressy eistume. Ttey eyu
be had a every first, class urv
goods house in all the principal
cities. (j_
4>enei-iil \i‘hn.
The IL incock county courthouse
has been complc ed.
The hill providing for private
e\. cations was defeated.
Hiram Jay, aged 73, was killed
mar Ward’s Station last week by
tlie falling of a tree.
Edward Smith, of Jcfl’erßoncoun
ty, advertised his wife its having
died in Arkansas. She writes
that she is well.
The general average of the cot
on cr.qi is reduced now to 70,
A drunken sailor at Jackson villo
Fla, assaulted a four year old
child.
A Canadian Judge lias decided
that a man has a right to whip
his wife if lie thinks she needs it.
Constantine Mundi, a wife mur
derer, committed suicii o in the
jail at Statu ford, Ky.
Pif'y per cent, of the yellow fe
ver oases at the Pensacola navy
yard are fatal.
Jay Gould once worked it s*2oa
month.
Prof. Fail predicts another earth
quake at Ischia on the 15th of Oc
tober.
In New Orleans it is made a
punishable offence to carry fowls
head downwards.
Over a million cat tle have died
of the plague in lliusia during t he
past four years.
John Jacob Astor lias deeded
his entire istate to Ins son, reserv
ing only a trifling aumii'y of.fl()0,
000.
Tennyson can take a worthless
sheet of piper and by writing a
poem on it make it worth $5,000.
The Ororgia Pacitßc will com
mence running through iraitis to
the tunnel on the 15th inst.
Three ai tempts at incendiarism
in Savannah Friday night.
\ French teronaut crossed the
C .tunnel in a billoon.
Nat Thornton, of Birmingham,
Alabama, has gone crazy on relig
ion.
A Texas editor killed a friend in
a bar room and has gone derang
ed.
An escaping i.egro prisoner was
snot tie.id officers in N isli
ville.
The Mormons at Doadhani, Mass
have been convicted of immorali
‘y-
Itev. Mr Hoiscr lias to pay the
girl whom be betrayed in heading
Pa , SI,OOO.
A sominimubnlist ia Phihulelpia
w.ilkad.from a second story win
dow and was killed.
There is a man in Acworih who
it is said wiiirps Ins w fe faequent
ly f>r the m is frivolous pre ext
Coweta jail is empty—one of
the results, it is claimed, of prohi
bition.
•I W Perry, one of the best men
in Lowndes county, was killed in
bis gin.
There are over a dozen persons
in Hall county, who are over 100
years of age.
An inquest in Savannah oecupi
id sixteen days in taking the teiti
mony of 130 witnesses.
Six thousan I oar loads of water
melons have been slnppe l North
from Georgia this season.