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PEOPLE S Volume 1. PEOPLE'S FRIEND 8 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY A. B. S. MOSELEY, ROME, GA. STBSCILIPIION, One year in advance ------- $2.0 Al )\’Klt r ±'ISIiVGF, iii One square, lirwl - - - - ®t Siitihseq'.; *nt insertion, i nch - w 50 Lil»T ti c.int.-a -is made lor six or twelve month <in v>-rl wnniit.;. The Influence of Woman. Dj the hundreds of good mothers, wives and sisters who belong to the Good Templar.', know the responsibility that is resting ut on rjit ju ? Are they properly impressed frith. ily; magnitude of their no sition as members ? Did they take the ob ligation ufton themselves to do all they could to advance the cause of Temperance, wichou tally realizing its weight ? Have the hundreds of thousand?, who arc to-day frond LVmplar.', takes their vows before without seeing her exemplify ail of the requT-jments of that obligation in her ♦lady walk in life I Does a man go before the Lodge and take the obligation Leiore u woman who will not greet him with even a suiiiv of recognition the next day? Or, are the Lodge rooms and the formal pass on the side-walk different places? How is the man who is taken into the Lodge from the wine glas.- enabled to stand to his de termination to reform, unless he is treated like a brother, and new associations formed, more p'eaaant and attractive than those he i hasjiV't Are not the Good I Tcmplara due t./w man tor what they have aceomplirhou? and uro they ii >f now de penitent on woman for whnt they aim to accomplish ? Dear Gintert, ask yourselves these ques tions, ■nd then take your position, and let your constant, consistent Christian example exert, its power You cannot live without exerting some influence any more than you can without, breathing, and it is for you to determine whether or not your influence shall be given to this cause. Take your position, as is becoming angels ol mer cy, on the side of humanity and love, and your influence in this great reform will prove to be its anchor - and all the opposing winds will have no effect on themoorittvs of our principles, but we will conttnuo to go victoriously on in nur good work You do not know with what r<»‘|H*ct, yea. nluiost worship, your lirtle attentions and friendly greeting words of advice* and cir< urav» - Uiout uro remomberod by sll men, it mat ters not how wicked or tlmughtle*? they are. Let me entreat you to put on the whole armor; interest your.-elves hi mH the duties that he nuc before you; let no oCct siou p:v> to Say a word for your principles: Jet no >niafi inconvenience keep you away from your Is idee mceiiugs, visit all mem bers. huh or low. rich or poor, who ate indilferetu tn regard to their duties, and talk to theiu ; go us messengers of pe&c.* 10 ull (he have’s ol misery where intern per il neo oviyi tu > sceptre and dethrone th dernon, mid bring gladness to the mother’ heart, and bread to the suffering children; form yourseives into committees tor this I leave.! jp (>r .ed work: solicit the young men to sub-eribe tor (be Temperance pa per . i.U'.'ourage the strong by your efforts, and In- a- ik by your Muik-a td geut.e wools inJ never pa-sene unto i • J, on nccounr ot -ration, <.r 'icvupatiou; but go forth to the LotJ'n work with merry hearts and busy Land- Think of not fug but duty :r’ i re*; n.-ibility. and do\cm du well, tuy S -tei.-, and God will < 1 -< u:.d prosper you—ever remetubenng that mini WHAT WOaAS MAKES Hid. How cheer'tig is the simple phrase : How well it- kiudly admomtivu To woman’s -tewing eercouveys The knowledge ot her glut ou- m •--.ou '. Sue ruay not mingle with the throne When mar. to busy life betakes h:::. Yet ma. she trove bis shield frou. wrong— “A man is what a woman makes him.’’ 11 cLd.'Le.d'i days of cri-fund joy Sl.v tales his ductile mind—no other Cau soothe and uidc the vta war! !• Bome, Georgia, Saturday, March 15, 1873. I W ith the calm wisdom of a mother. i The memory of her tender cares ! Never in after life forsake him ; He yields not to the world’s vain snares— ; The Son is what his Mother makes him. Anon, a dear and cherished wife lakes in his home her honored station ; She proves, amid the ills of life, His help, support and consolation, lie yields perchance to dire distress— Iler loving smile to hope awakes him ; He braves the storm —he meets success — A man is what a woman makes him. Yet to my warning lay attend— , 1 urge you. sisters, wives and mothers, Your own work follies to amend, Ere you can prove u stay to others 1 Should you be selfish, wotldly, vain, Say how can man when griefu’etakes him Aid from a heartless triflur gain ? , A man is what a woman make* him. Seek ye to serve the Lord and pray That be may give to you direction How best to win to duty’s way : he object of your fond affection, ‘A hat if awhile he quit the track— | Your influence never quite forsake him ; Your love, your prayers will bring him back— A man is what, a woman rn?kes him. We reproduce the following lines by spec ial request of some of some of our Brethren, as we cannot furnish them with the back I numbers in which this beautiful poem was i brat published. I Have Drank my Last Glass. BY LOUIS D. UPHAM. ‘ No, comrades, I thank you, not any for me; • My last chance' is riven, henceforward I’m free! ; I wijil go to my home and my children to I Inight i Wit'i no fames of liquor, Tty'lr vpn’ts to blight. I And with tears in my eye.*, I will beg my poor wife, I To forgive me the wreck I have made of her life! ‘‘l have never refused you before 1” Let that, puss, For I've drank tny last glass, boys, I have drunk my last glass ! Just look at me now, boys, in rags and dis grace, With my bleared, haggard eyes, and my red, bloateu face I Mark my faltering step, and my weak, pal sied hand, And the mark on my brow that is worse luutj Cain's brand ; See my erowtilesa old hat. and m3’ elbows and knees, A lik c warmed by the sun or chillea by the breeze, ■ Why , even the children will hoot ns I pass, ■ But I’ve drunk my last glass, b"yß, I have drank my last glass ! ■ You would hardly believe, boys, to look at me now. That a mother’- aof; hand once pressed g« 1 my bn.w, W hen she kissed me, and b'essed me, her darling, her pride, Ere she lay down to rest by my dear fath er’s side; : But with love in her eye.-, «h? looked up to the skies, Bidding mn meet her there, and whispered •fJood-by-7 And TH do it, God helping' Yowr *mi!e I let pas-. For I’ve drauk my la-.: glass, 1 hivettrank my l.<-t Via--’ * 1 Ah! I reached home last sight—it wu.-nct very late, , Ij. Id .'.'C.’it n. a . .sixpence, auii land lords won’t wait On t: ictlow who’., ‘cf; every ;r at in , I J (in. . And ’ns pawned his !a-t bed, tr.. ,i <..:kr6 II fii;; 'Oh! th-torments-[ felt, and the endured ’ And 1 vt’gvd f : .'ne gL- >— .. . J have eu;»: 1 ’ I But they .i' kvd mu cut dears’ I’< • that Vxi, pass, For l\e Crank ujy ’a;t glass r v 1 have I 4-li my last gLs» .' I A home, m. pc; Susie, with her so;t gol den t.a.r. I saw ii.ijugh wind’jw, ;ix*t *>Dce..ng ■ in i-mycr; From her pale, bony hands, torn sleeves were strung down, While her feet, cold and bare, shrtftjk be neath her £cant gown, And -he prayed--prayed for bread, just a • poor crust of bread, For one crust—on her knees, my pet dar- ! ling plead; And I heard, with no penny to buy one ! Alas! But I’ve drank my last glass, boys, I have drank my last glass .' For Susie, my darling, my wee six-year old, Though fainting with hunger and shivering 1 with cold, i There, on the hare floor, asked God to bless ' , ' I me I And she said, “don’t cry mama 1 he will ■ for you see, i I believe what I ask for •” Then (soberedl j crept, Away from the house; and that night I .when 1 slept, Next my heart lay the PLEDGE ! yo - .. smile ! • Let it pass. But I’ve drank my las: glass, boys, I Lave drank my la-1 glass i My darling child saved me 1 Her faith and i her love Are akin to my dear sainted mother’s above! I will make her words true, or I’ll die in i the raoe, And sober I’ll go to icy last resting place ! : And she shall kneel there, and. weeping, thank God No drunkard aletps under that daisy strewn i sod! Not a drop more of poison my ftps shall. e’er pass, For I’ve drunk my last glass, boys, I have drank my la<t glass! / .; Mun and Wife, j f ’Zncuias Weffcrwin H’.-ote r.r.(TfoJ.’**sg ex-' cellent advice. There is much hujrona na- ' ture and good sense in it: “Harmony in the married state is the ' very first thing to be uixo.-d au Nothing can preserve affection umnterupted but a ! firm resolution never u< differ in will, and a ' determination in each to consider the k>ve of the other of more value than anv cbjecc i whatever on which a wish had been fixed ; How light, in fact, is the sacrifice of any } other wish when weighed against the affec- , lion of one with whom we are to p..t>s our whole life! And though opposiiion in a single instance will hardly of itself produce alienation, yet everyone has his pouch into which ull thc«e little opposttiou- are put; while that it filling the alienation is insen- I sibiy going on, and when filled it is corn- i plete - It would puazle either to tay why, : because no one difference of opinion has I been marked enough to produce a serious effect by itself. But be finds his affection wearied out by a constant stream of little i check i ano obstacles. Other sources of dis- t content, very common indeed, urc the httie trots purpose? ol husband and wife iaeoxE mon conversation, a diejlOtifion in either to criticise and question whatever the other Says, a de-ire always to demoa.-trute and make him feel Limseif in the wrong’. e»- pecaaLy in company. Nothing is *o goad ing. Much better, therefore, if our com- < panioti views a thing in a light different ' from wfiut we do, leave him in quiet pos eession o! Li- views. Wha:the of : rectifying Liru if the thing be unimportnar; | let it pu.-s for the nrc-cn’. end wait a softer - moment and more cunciliutory occasion <d reviving the subject together. It is won der ui bow man}’ p«T.-onr are rendered un- ■ happy by inattention to there ii’tij rii»c« of prudence. ’’ e sdtot \ s. X lie;. hY A. OAYLt'KIi SPALLUMJ. The ballot is destined to supercede the bu.H_: u.:ogetner aa the governing power o: mankind. A g>ortous cay for (he werid wu: t:.a: tc wnen it arrives. Aogeis only can tuiiy realize or fitly descnb~ its gran deur and beauty. But why is the ltd.- de layed ’ I here i? no reason why. The pres ent is always ’.he time for good things; and t: ede is.cn ct the qut-’.ion hes whody wkh the Lest u-tui and women of civilized society, U tatever they want and will ccm rnaud can bt had to-day a- well as to-mor row. >av A gc uu.jjus and barbarous peo- ' pie have nothrng to do about it. W e lead, and whenever <r« shall say peace, they will say iLe Suiat. Leu Wc •bail pl vice the FRIEND; i ballot as the final arbiter, the bullet will cease to ha’ve further attraction or use. — Let us who boast of the pen and the print ing press, scatter millions ol olive leaves, accompanied with practical demonstrations of confidence and brotherhood, and the thunders of war will be forever hushed ; tho implements of blood and destruction will be buried eut of human sight, aad re membered only ia hfiAoric record. The true governing principle among men ie mental and moral, expressed by the bal lot; but so low and imperfect are our con ceptions of man’s moral nature, that brute force is still preferred as the executive ba sis of al! law and government, and bullets as the reserve force behind the ballot-box. Ideas are not yet trusted to stand alone.— “Trust in God, but keep your powder dry, ’’ is the cowardly motto. So the universal war system prevails, which works with ap parent Hatisfactiou io the ruling classes <>l mankind. These are the favored few who stand L’chiml the scenes ia ci w il and mili tary command. But woe to tbe great body—the soldiers—die y«eople ! To them it is an unceasing burden, destruction und death. And these are the workingmen— the oowmon people of every nation. V\ ftfe avail is the ballot to them ? Nothing but suicide. Come out, brothers, and stand by yourselves, and make your ballot mean fieace, equal rights and fraternity. That, will be M?lf-preservation and to humanity; otherwise your vote* are neu tralized. I hey mean nothing and effect noth ug but self-murder. Y T ou constantly vote yomwives down, and the leaders up, which never can jiossibty result in peace, freedom, or equal rights, Woman’s ballot, which mean* equal rights, must inevitably result in universal peavO. F.rst. because Woman s subj iga ■ tivu'is itren k ««i Ort nuuiHß UHiure. tS-w --onj, beoaoae women me generally more 'quiet, domestic, afecdonate, and shrink from brutai uod bloody antagonism. Third, because temperance is one of woman’s vir tne-8, which is all important in the preser vation of morai order. Fourth, because the exercise of that right will tend to pro duce more genera! and thorough intelligence women. Fifth, because its intiu eaee wiii iuiusc greater intelligence in the humble working ciass of men, Hnd inspire politics with a more fraternal, unselfish and philanthropic spirit. A condition of har mony and union will be established in our own homes, society and country, the beau ty of which, no doc: tan. well exagerate. What B<<-ch«r Thiuk« ot Death. I Lave known morbid people to speculate as to how they were go ing - to look in ilteir coffins. I have known grown people who were full of imagination about the grave. Death is not only heath enish. but barbarous in their thought. 1 never think of dying except with pleasure, as I would of trans- Ittiiou. To me the mere pussing through is nothing; it may be a little longer or a little shorter.- ! I have always hoped it would be very short. I may bonify some people by saying it, but I pray God will give me sudden and in stantaneous death. I would rath er die by being struck by light ning than die with consumption. If it be God’s will that I should I become old and tottliug. and grow ; feebler and feebler before I die, I am willing that it should he so; but if I wen: left to my choice I should like to break off short and die ;» strong man, in the middle of i Lattle; but that is for God to de cide. and not forme. Dying, to me, is iiotal! the hu miliation of the bedy. It is the : cxaiuiliou ul the >pir::. It is the emergence ul’ the semi from this ' oiilwurd loim. It i?» oar develop ment out ot this sphere into a higher one. It is not the ushering of men into a state of weakness and gloom. It is the inaugurating of a condition of power and joy. Jt is the moving of the soul in the direction of amplitude and glory. II is the endowing of the avuij Number with the riches of immortal life in its highest forms and in its greatest beneficences. I do not know that a nightingale sitting in the twilight and singing with all its little soul, has the least idea that the whole neighborhood is charmed with its song; but I can conceive that a soul may be in such a blessed state of experience that it may, like the nightingale, charm the .wide circles in Heaven with inspiring music. The apostle did not care to be unclothed; he did not care to get rid of his burden, except by er coining it through divine grace; but he desired to be clothed upon. He desired a better manhood— spiritual manhood, heavenly man hood. He did not take a gloomy view of suffering and death.— Some risen think of dying. I do not think of anything black or smirching when I think about death. I think of gold and pre cious stones and flashing wings. Some men thinK of an iron gate with an ugly, grim jailor, who, with a big Key that is not rusty, turns it often. I thiriK of a “pear ly gate,” as Milton callsit, which turns on golden hinges. Some men thiuK oi dying as I bey thinK ol disease. I thinA: of dying as the Hight of a bird—higher and higher into the pure ether. Now, it seems to me that no thought of death is valid or right which does not leave you stronger, more joyous, happier. lam not going to die downward - . 1 if/i not going to die toward hell. I mean, by the yracc of God, Io die toward heaven- And lam going to thiiiA of it so as to ta*e some com fort of it beforehand. I am going toslimce the tree of life so that if I do not get the golden fruit here, some leaves will drop down for the heal ing of my heart. Always Neat. Some folks are very charming at evening parties, tmt surprise them in tbe morning when not looking for company, and the en chantment is gbhe. There is good sense in the following advice to young ladies : Your every-day toilet is part of your character. A little girl who looks like a •‘fury” nr a ‘‘sloven” in the'moririiig, is not to be trus ted, however finely she may look in the evening. No matter hov humble your room may be, there arc eight things it should contain: —A mirror, washstand, soap, towel, comb, hair brush, nail brush, ami tooth brush. These are just as essential as your break fast, l»efore which you should makegood use of them. Parents who fail to provide their children with such appliances, not only make a great mistake, but commit a sin of omission. Look tidy in the morning, and after dinner-work is over improve your toilet. Make it a rule of your daily life to “dress up” for the afternoon. Your dress may or need not be an; thing better than calico; but with aribbonor some bit of ornament, you can havean air of seif-respect and sat isfaction that invariably comes with being well dressed. The time will come when re flecting men will ] IM more think c4’ making ;ni<l vending ardent vi of ciccting ami renting bops .<s a inrajs ot gain, rhaii they would now think of poisoning a well from which a neighbor obtains water for his family, or of arming a maniac to destroy Lis own life.— Cha.i- Ltuur Ir aiicu/'t/t.