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Newspaper Page TextOq ted i m es kc'kt ral Lsnr V -Qy the Saaidersville Publishing- Company, ‘LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMEST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD’S, AND TRUTH'S.”. -toL Old Semes*-Vol. XXY III. New Semes—Vol. II. / SANDERSVTLLE, GEORGIA, MARCH 6, 1874. Terms: t2 00 per a ,.Jbl, NO. §6. morning. Term annum in advance. Tnl . v ..VDBEKVU.I.E Hr.it.uj) & Geobgian- isi a temptation to her, if she isperfect- pnbliat Sandersville. Ga., every Friday jf honest.” TeS, I know it, and if 1 r ,g- subscription $1*2.00, per . , , , 5 » . \ .« No name entered upon sue is nonest, she will not take it; II she is not, I ought to find it out. nation uu» i»-«* i•••*••• a ■ ,*! Going to the sitting-room, she un- onn i.rosper imie.ss con. m. e . upon u.e i.imi ] 0C ]- e J the desk and took from her S 'Advertising accounts are due vvher. called porte-monnaie a five dollar bill. This for. nn! - in.-r.vis -agreed r.pcm. Our pn-L be dropped carelessly on the table, ciation and are^verv rea- j us if it had fallen out in closing the fin- mail book until at least a part ot a years jc subscription lias been l>aid. Ho newspaper j advertisin: i Press Asst sona Tl. tv-fi’. paper lia • hundred coj or advantage: vert is' All' sbor.I that ; the j: it. remi ; Btriid undt desk. Then she took her seat in the circulation of about ^ we )H adjoining room, to be careful that uo those rvh?wi,-hto e “l-! one except Patty entered the sitting- room. In a few moments Patty came iu. “Patty,” said Mrs. Knight, “go in to the sitting-room and dust the fur niture.” Patty left to obey. As she enter mimunicatir.ns, or letters on business, be addressed, ‘dHerald A. Georgian.” m the margin of your paper indicates - r'subscription has expired, and that Usher would like to have yon renew i XX marks, indicate that unless you an early (lay your name will be know how to reply, and she din not friend who had promised to ride money after you left the room. I feel at all relieved, when her mother with her. said: _ ! “What say you to some refresh- “My dear child, if you yielded to ments,” suggested Airs. Knight, temptation and took the uiouey, i “I have no objection,” was the re- dou't make your sin worse by tell- ply of her companion, iug a lie,Put confess your guilt, and | Divinnr ravb™ fr. l rn'ftv (wrtrl Tnrmro xrtxn 11 found it out, and made her confess it all. I am very angry with her, and, to punish her, she shall not leave her room in a week.” Patty was so -glad and so sorry that she really did not know what Giving orders to her coachman, pray God to forgive you.” “ 'the carriage drew up before the fash-j to say; but the mother was so dis “Oh! mother,” cried Patty throw-j ionable confectioner’s of the city, I tressed that she could not help try ing herself in her mother’s arms. [ and the two ladies went in. " mg to comfort her, for she knew her I do not know where the money is.] “Let us take this saloon; it is [From the Advertiser. Ao;nes’ Eewaid. BY A YOUNG LADY OF FORSYTH.. on from the list. We hope not to beedtheroomjkereyefellonthemon- neecKsity of placing a X mark np-Ly ; an[ l s ]j e instatly took it up to OTffiKStt Editor, carry it to Mrs. Knight, but, before she reached the door, Satan whis- POETRY. j pored, “Take it and put it in your ejs r 'ir.iv iiooi: softly Shut the door softly, mother’s asleep; Her fevc Look in Darling. broken, her slumber is deep, r pale face and see there no pain- • thankful, wo’ve mother again. loor softly, and come to her side, i Id we do if our mother had died? 'oved us our weary Jives through: i softly, and do as I do. Shut the door loftly, and kneel with me here, To him who has spared us our own mother AVuai She wli Shut tl Who has given her back to our arms once Horne her through danger and softened her pain. Shut the door softly, and look in her face, And see how i: authored in health and in grace. Is she not handsome, this mother of ours, AYaidng to life like the budding of flowers'? Let us loose all in this fast flying life, Sister and brother and husband and wife. Mother’s love only, all time has defied; Shut the door softly and come to her side. pocket; she’s got so much money she will never miss it, and you could do so much good with it.” Patty slip ped the money in her pocket. In stantly the hot blood rushed to her face, as she remembered her mother’s solemn assurance to Airs. Knight that she was honest; and the lessons learned in Sunday school, and im pressed by her mother, flashed over her mind, and she quickly took the note from her pocket, and laid it where it was before. Oh, Iioav sad she felt after that siu! Her con science smote her, for she knew she had displeased her Heavenly Path Her dusting was quickly finisk- -jShut the door softly, mother’s awake, Hack from the shores of the fathomless lake; Weary with travel, but laden with charms, Longing to clasp us within her dear arms. Mother, dear mother ! we loved you before, Now we shall love you a thousand times more. AVelcome dear heart from the shadowy land; Shut tiie door softly, and kiss her dear hand. SELECT MISCELLANY. I left it on the table wlieu I went i more private than the rest,” and Mrs. out. Please believe m e, mother. ! Kuigkt drew the curtains. Childish You know I never told you a story.” J voices fell on then- ear, and one “I can’t believe that the child is strangely familiar, arrested Mrs. guilty,” said Mrs. Morton to Mrs. Knight’s attention. Knight; “and though tilings are; “Oh, do have cream, Miss Grey! against her now, I believe it will all 1 and let your glass be filled, Miss come right some day. I suppose I Lane!” Avere the words that fell on you do not Avant her to stay Avith : her ear, in tone and manner so much you any longer?” And the mother [like her own, that it startled her. sighed," as she-thought that the few : She resolved to be quiet and listen shillings that Patty’s wages had i further, brought her, must be cut off, and “I dp -wish my papa would give the scanty allowance of food be me money like yours does, Lou. shared -with another hungry mouth, j Papa is as mean and stingy as he , I do not want to be beset by [can he, and always says ‘times are any such rogue; but I see no way of i hard,’ Avlien I ask him for a half getting my money back but working j dollar even,” said one. ;t out of her. She shall stay, butj “Yes,” joined in another, “and my no pay shall she get but her board, i father never gave me as much as I know she is guilty, because I know five dollars iu my life.” The Tempter and flic Tempted. BY PERSIS. “I think she avIII suit you, ma’am. She’s as honest and truthful a child as ever you saw. I neA T er knew her to tell a story iu my life. “Oh! yes, you all say that, and I believe you, till some day I find my pocket robbed of dimes* or my best handkerchiefs all gone. You don’t msider this'stealing.” Yes,ma’am. Patty hasnever taken so much as a pin that didn’t [belong to her, in all her life; but I will try to get her a home somewhere else,” and the speaker rose to leave. But Mrs. Knight liked the neat ap pearance of the woman and her child, and respected the proud yet polite manner with Avkioh she repelled the charge of dishonesty, and as she needed a little girl in the house to go errands and wait on her, she detained the Avoman, and after a few minutes more of conversation, it Avas agreed that Patty should begin her duties at once. Patty followed her mother to the door, and after many kisses and tears and promises from the child to be good and faithful in the discharge of her duties, they parted. Mrs. Morton had been raised by poor but respectable parents, and, though she had not been blessed Avith a finished education, she had been trained by- her pious parents in the knoAvledge of those things which make Avise unto salvation. She had a hap py though humble home; but her beauty, and the report that she was wealthy, attracted to her a young musician, and, fascinated by the man ners of a city- gentleman, the poor girl yielded her heart and hand to him, and left her childhood’s home. He took her to a distant city, and for a short time life Avas one beauti ful picture of sunshine. But soon clouds began to gather; her hus band became dissipated anti indiffer ent, and finally treated her with cru elty-. Year after year the little fam ily increased, till five little hungry mouths sat around the bare table, and the mother aa as scarcely- able to- afford nourishment to the puny in fant in her arms. Every resource was exhausted, and ;he mother de- by- telling her bow near I came to being a thief, for she could never trust me again.” So Patty reached cided to put out, in some respectable I the humble cottage, delivered the child, Patty, to;message, kissed the ed, and she ran to her own little room, where, falling on her knees, she begged His forgiveness, and thanked Him that He had given her grace to resist the temptatation in the end. Mrs. Knight heard the quick, soft stop on the stairs, and said with al most exultation: “I thought so; she has gone to put it away now.” Rising hastily, she opened the door and the note Avas gone: “Honest, in deed!” she exclaimed. I don't believe poor people know how to be honest; they don’t know what it means!” Her first impulse was to riug for Patty, and make her confess her guilt; but, on a moment's reflection, she decided to Avait and watch the child more carefully, and to have her moth er present Avhen she should bring the charge against her. So she qui etly resumed her work, as though she had achieved a wonderful conquest, instead of well nigh ruining an im mortal soul. In a few minutes Patty came in lo iking flushed, aud bearing, as Mrs. Knight thought, unmistakable evi dence of her guiifc on her counte- Avhen the money was left there, and that no one, except Patty, went into the room. I didn’t belie\-e she Avas honest Avhen you said so; but one can’t always remember to be care ful aud keep everything under lock and kei'.” Did yours give you that money Louise,” asked a third. “Yes,” said Leuise, “but what’s teat to you all, so I treat you ? I wish you all wouldn’t talk so much about money. Have you all finished ? ! If you have, let us go,” and Mrs. Strict search iu Patty’s room made Knight caught a glimpse of Louise’s no developments, and though the dress, as she passed the saloon, mother subjected her to a rigid ex- Oh! what an awful thought flash- ammation, no glue could be obtain- ed across her mind! Her child a ed. She would invariably end with j thief! her darling, lvhoso every wish the same statement: “I left it on she had striven to gratify! She put the table when I went out.” i her hand before her eyes, as if to Li sorrow the mother departed, shut out the dreadful thought. A leaving Mrs. Knight very angry, and Patty very unhappy; promising, for Patty’s comfort, to come again soon. Next morning, to make “assurance doubly sure,” Mrs. Kuigkt question ed Louise, her little girl, just one year Patty’s junior. “Have you seen Patty have any money, m3- dear?” said the mother. “No ma’am;” answered Louise, while the color came to her face. ray of hope came to her. Perhaps Louise had been to her father’s of fice and coaxed from him the money. When she placed the note on the ta ble to tempt Pattj-, she had tom off small bits from three corners of the note, so she might be able to identi- fj' it. Bj- this time the children had left the store, and she walked with anxious step to the counter. “Please excuse me, sir,” she fal mother’s grief Avhen she thought her child was the guilt}- one. *<8ke knew nothing of the the thorn in Mrs. Knight’s flesh, because she, herself, had laid the net for another’s dar ling, and caught her own. During her imprisonment, Louise saw no one except Patty, and she proved such a comforter that Louise found out in that week what she ha«l.r# ■. n dreamed of before: that thiffeAs happiness without riches. She begged Patty to give her the secret, Avhieli Patty was glad to do; and, iu her own SAveet child-language, she told of the blessedness of re ligion, the “old, old stoiy” of the cross, Iioav Jesus loA-ed sinners; and modestly hinted that He even for gave a thief on the cross just before He died. Oh,” said Louise, “I wonder if he loves me any, and Avill ever for give me? “Yes,” said Patty, “I know He will if you love Him, and trust him to do what He says.” Patty lost no opportunity to point her to Jesus; and her own little Bi ble took the place of fair}- tales, so that by the time Louis’s term was out, she was a new creature. She sought and found Patty’s Saviour, and, not long after, Mrs. Knight Avas lead by Patty and Louise to consid- er the subject, for the change in Louise’s life was so great that she felt there was a power in religion hitherto unknown to her. She be came a happy Christian and confess ed to Patty the part she acted as tempter. To atone for it, as she said, and gaA’e her the same position in the familj' that Louise held. Patty never forgot her temptation; how it worked for good, both to ker- The Library wa^elegantl}- fur ed. Dark green curtains shut out a view of the fog ivhick enveloped the earth, and a bright fire threw its rud dy glow over all the room, ligkting up the pictures on the walls, and driving the shadows out of the corners. A piano occupied one corner of the room. Music was scattered over the •instrument and on the floor, as if some one had been trying the merits of the different compositions, and, becoming displeased Avith them, had thrown them aside impatiently/ There was a fair little lady sitting on the rug before the tire. Evident ly it was she who had been endeavor ing to hasten the slow minutes by music’s magic power. She tossed back the hea\-y curls which fell around ktfc-, and the tattoo A\-as increasing in rapidity, Avhen a peal from the door bell rang through the house. “There is papa now,” she exclaim ed, rising hastily. She was very small, this little lady, and she had the brightest, bluest eyes you ever saw, while her smile hi up her face like sunshine. She was the kind of a woman with whom we all involuntarily fall in love, and for whom Ave find ourselves inventiu; pet names. “So you’ve come at last, have you?” said she, as a middle-aged man came into the room. So you’ve come at last. Well, better late,than never. I am really provoked with you, because you didn’t come straight home from the office. Honor bright now, didn’t you stop? Oh yes! so you did stop, did j'ou? What business have you to loiter on the way home, when you knoAv that }-our little daughter is Avaiting for you? Take that for your punishment, and that, and that.” Then she perched herself upon his knee and kissed him re- “She has stolen a five-dollar bill from tered to the clerk, “but will )-ou ex- me. I left it ou the table iu the sit ting-room }-esterday morning, aud it was taken off.” Oh!” said Louise, “I forgot to tell j’ou. Y'esterday morning I Avas sitting in there in the window, read ing, aud the curtains were drawn so I could not be seen, but I could sec through a little opening. Patt}- came change this note for the oue that lit tle girl paid you ?” and she laid down the bill. “Certainly, ma’am,” said the clerk, after thoroughly examining the note to see that it was not counterfeit, aud he placed in her hand the identical missing uote. Ob, horrors! there were the bits torn off the corners, “Patty,” she said, “step to your mother’s and ask her to call here this evening. I wish her to call here this evening. I wish to see her on business of importance ” “Yes, ma’am,” said Patty as the color rose to her cheek, for she thought perhaps Mrs. Knight had seen her, in some Avay, she couldn’t tell how, take the note up and put it I in her pocket. Suppose she had been ( ‘-p) ou q mention this to Patt}-, Lou- wa telling through the key-hole. \\ hat j se or j- 0 au ,- oue e l SCj till J give you it the aoor had been ajar. All these p erm [ ss i on . I must see her mother thoughts passed so rapidly through| * rrabl » Patty’s mind that she stood still, and; ‘ ' ' move to obey the command.!, T ‘ erc n ,° need of thatcanfaon, tor Louise had not told the whole truth, and, though reared iu affluence, in to dust the furniture; I saw hei; and the mother could not shut out put something in her pocket, and, as from her mind the fact that her dar- soon as she had finished dusting, she; ling was a thief. Hoav differently she ran up to her room.” ; felt toward Patty and her mother “Why did you uot tell me at once, j UO w Avhen she had, so to speak, al- my child?” demanded Mrs. Knight, most changed places with them. Louise hesitated, started several j Oue hope yet remained. She might sentences, and finally said: “I for-j have received it from Patty in some got it. I thought I would come when | way, and she tried to make the evi- I finished my book, and tlieu I went' deuce of this clear to her mind, but to Avalk and did not think of it any. in vain. She could take no refresk- Besides, I thought she Avas j ment, but, as soon as possible, she excused herself to her friend; and start- forgot to “Do you hear, Patty?” “Yes, ma’am,” said Patty iug quickly towards the door. “Well,” said Mrs. Knight to her self, as Patty closed the door, “Iuoa-- er saw any one betray guilt more clearly I almost Avish 1 had uot put returned home. While these events were happen ing, Patty was sitting in her moth er’s humble cottage unburdening her full little heart to her mother. She confessed hor temptation, aud begg ed her forgiveness. Then she told she had not received the training of i about the note sbe had seen in Loui- a pious mother, and Mrs. Knight hadjse’s box, and asked her mother’s ad- yet to learn that dishonesty is not vice. The first thing she bade her always the handmaid of poverty, or honesty, of riches. the temptation inker way; it is so T “Patty, Patty, come here,” called to bo mivorlnn with Louise next day, and find ruy gloves 1 t L It forme. I am in a terrible hurry; these poor people. 1 was confident ^ -n ^ -rr i *V A ^ • i - L - - I the girls will leave me. Here, look she Avould take it. 1 in this box!” Aud Louise thrust in Patty walked slowly down the stieet: , , of ribbons, laces. ,1 i ,, „ • iher hand, a box of ribbons, laces, and trying to decide whether she o , r . T . „ • i i, ,, ,, ij n . • “Oil Miss Louise, cried Patty, would tell her mother. Her first lm- . ,, ’ , .. 1 ,, J ’ , , c -i. n i . ji “here is your mothers five-dollar pulse was to confess it all; but then .... T J , ,, lmd sfie not been a thief? And hoiv *i U p! S0 ” r • • v Hush! cried Louise, m dismay. had she uot been a thief? And koiv could she tell this to her dear moth er, w ho had such implicit confidenc in her? No,” thought Patty. Mother’s five-dollar bill, indeed!” Papa gave it to me, my birthday. There there’s a dear, good girl; please perhaps ] don’t say anything about it, and I Mrs. Kuiglit knows nothing of it; at• e „ ou a n ; ce present.” any rate, when she sees the money And she seiz " " " any rate wnen sue sees me money | Aud sb(J scized tbe boXj and tbrow . there, she will know- 1 did uot steal b j n (; 0 t. be drawer, rushed down it, and I ivill not grieve poor mother: sbdrs w itkout any gloves, leaviug Patty dumb with amazement. Gould it be possible that Louise had taken the money ? No, no, it could not be ; children, and was hurried back home by her moth er, for fear she might be w-anted. Evening came, and with it Mrs. Morton. Mrs. Knight received her in the dining-room, and dispatched Patty on an errand that kept her busy for half an hour or more. At leugth the bell rang, and Patty an swered in the dininig-room. “Patty,” said Mrs. Knight, with storness, “did you see a tivc-dollar bill on the table in the sitting room family, the- oldest whom our readers haA-e been intro duced. Being directed by a servant to Mrs. Knight’s, she took Patty there, and the result has been told. Mrs. Knight, reared in affluence, married to a Avealthy banker, and blessed with a single child, had no knowledge of the sufferings of the poor, and looked upon all of that class w ith suspicion, and the charac ter of the Irish “helps” she had em- _ . ployed had not done much to remove' this mornnig. this feeling. | “Yes, ma’am,” said Patty. _ Patty proved very faithful and ef-: “You did? A\ ell, wkcie is it? ficientfior ever since she was a little | “I don t know ma am, said Patty; '-. s he had helped her mother in ‘/l left it on the table, and I reckon i>~Ytlie duties she had to perform jit is there uow. now, so that she was-quite a little 1 “Well, aviII you please be so kind mistress of the arts of llousekeep-jas to go and bring it to me, Miss, j nfT said Mrs. Knight, with mock polite- Still Mrs. Knigbt’s feelings of dis-1 ness. trust were not removed, and Patty; Patty went to the sitting-room, often found herself watched w hen i and searched carefully all around the slie was not thinging of it, and she desk, on the floor, on the table, and was never trusted with the keys alone. ’ under the the table, but no hill was One day a happy thought, as she there, conceived it to be, occurred to Mrs.! “Oh!” if I bad only not touched Knight. On the table, in her sitting it,” she said to herself: “But I know room, sat her writing desk, in which j I put it back, and I cannot tell them she kept her porte-monnaie. She; that I did take it at first, because had often neglected to lock the desk| they will not believe that I put it when she w ent out, but she had nev- back.” In great distress, she return er missed even a dime. j ed to the sitting-room, and reported “Ah,” thought she, “it was he-! that she could not find it. cause she was afraid of being sur- “No, I don’t suppose you can find prised if she opened the desk, but if ! it there, you little lying thief, when I were to lay a note out w-liere. she vou have put it away up-stairs,^or could easily pick it up, she would spent it for cakes or candies, ~ take it. Consicience whispered, “I plied Mrs. Kniglit.m a rage, wouldn’t do it. It wifi be too great! Patty was so grieved ske^dm for Louise had only to ask for money to get it, at any time. But, then, why should she keep it a secret, aud pay her not to tell, if her father had really given it to her? “I did not promise not to tell. I’ll go right now and tell mother, thought Patty. * “Not this e\ r ening.” said Mrs. Kuigkt, in reply to Patty’s request to go and see her mother a little w-kile. “I am not going out myself, and may want you; but I have an en gagement tomorroiv evening, and you can go tlieii.” It seemed a long time to Avait, but Patty knew she must obey. So she went about her work as pleasantly as she could, but she could not kejp thinking about vhe note in Louise’s box, and Aviskingtkat it might prove to be the missing note, for she was anxious to have lieiinnocence proven and then she determined to confess her temptation to her mother, and beg her forgiveness, “Good-bye; girls, dome early,” said Louise, as she bounded up the steps from school. “I’ll fie ready at five; come by that time.”'' “Ok, we’ll be here in tinie,” chim ed in three or four voices. “And re member, Lou, you are to give a treat;’ so be sure not to forgot tkA ‘spon- doolicks!’ ” A “Hush!” said Lou, or you .wont get any treat from me. / “Well, we’ll be ‘on time, a§5! m y big brother says,” replied another; and ,,the girls separated for thei spective ways koine. Mrs. Knight went out to call for % do, was to go home and confess to Mrs. Kinght her sin in taking the note at first, and to assure her again that she did not take it^ from the room. To say nothing of the note she had seen iu Louise’s possession to any one, but trust in God to bring the thief to light, and clear her. It seemed hard at first, but as the moth er presented in her own homely lan guage that she was God’s child, (for Patty had given her heart to Him) aud that He ordered all things for her good, aud would -"help her to do her duty, if she Avould only trust Him, the child felt strengthened, and comforted, so that she evon smiled when she said good-bye, and return ed to her duties. Louise met her in the hall, and was very angry, as Pattj- saw at a glance. “Yes, you good-for-nothing tell tale ! Yon Avent and told mamma about that note you suav iu my box. you: I have a great miud to slap and she raised her hand. Patty felt her anger rising, but sbe remembered the words of her moth er, and that “a soft ansAver turneth away wrath;” so she said: “I did not tell your mother any such thiug. I have not said a word about it to any body except my mother.” “Yes, you think I did not see you put that money in your yocket, but I did.” “Then you saw me take it out and put it back on the table,” quickly re plied Patty. “Humph ! a pretty tale, to be sure! What would you have put it in your pocket for, but to steal it ?” “I suppose Satan made me do it,” said Patty; “but I Avant to tell Mrs. Knight about it uoav, as I ought to have done at first,” aud she Avent up to the sitting-room. Mrs. Knight was alone, and looked so sad, and spoke so kindly, that Patty wondered at the change. She told her story, but Mrs. Kuigkt made no reply. “Oh ! if you would only forgive me, and believe me when I tell you I don’t know where the money wdnt to” said Patty, in tears. Patty,” said Mrs. Knight, “Ido peatedly. Something must have troulfled her, self and to the glory of Christ’s cause, \ for presently she raised his face with in giving her an influence she could [one baud, while with the other she not have gained iu any other way. Courtesy at Home. No pleasanter sight is there than brushed back the dark hair from Lis forehead. Then she looked at him long and earnestly. At length she- said: afamiy of young forks wkoare: is tl . oubbilg Y on quick to perform little acts of atten-L^ paJe an ° d there are gl-eat black tion toward their elders. The plac-U * xmder Weyes. for shame! ing of a big arm chair in a warm place for mamma, running for a foot stool for aunty, hunting up papa’s spectacles, and scores of little deeds, shoAvx unsuppressed and loviu liearfe. But if mamma never re turns a smiling, “Thank you dear,” if papa, “Just what I was wanting. Susie,” does uot indicate that the little attention is appreciated, the children soon drop the habit. Lit tle paople are imitative crestures, and quickly catch the spirit surround ing them. So, if when the mother’s spool of cotton rolls from her lap, the father stoops topickitup, bright eyes will see the act, and quick minds make a note of it. By example, a thousand times more than by pre cept, can children be taught to speak kindly to each other, to acknowledge favors, to be gentle and unselfish, to be thoughtful and considerate of the comfort of the family. The boys, Avith inward pride of their father’s courteous demeanor, Avill be chival rous aud helpful to their younger sisters; the girls, imitating then- mother, Avill be gentle and patient, even when big brothers are noisy and heedless. In tho home AA-kere true courtesy prevails, it seems to meet you on the A-ery threshold. You feel the kindly welcome on entering. No angry voices are heard up stairs, or an adjoing room. No sullen chil dren are sent from the room. No peremptory orders are given to cov er the delinquencies of housekeepers or servants. A delightful atmos phere pervades the house—unmis takable yet indescribable. to have a trouble and not tell me. When seoing his face turn paler, she exclaimed: “Papa! papa! what is it? Tell me, please tell me ?” She jumped from his knee and knelt by Ins side; all mirthfulness gone from her face now, Avhile her eyes shone .through tears. He left her kneeling where she was, and paced the floor rapidly. At last, in a calm, cold voice, low, as if he hoped she might not hear, he said: “Agnes, we are ruined. The bank in which I deposited my fortune has failed. The failure was caused by the recent crisis, So little daughter, you aud I are poor now—almost penniless—Avlien we compare Avhat has been saved from the Avreck to Avhat we possessed before. We must sell all aud leave.,’ She Avas stunned. Give up her home! The home of her childhood, made sacred to her by the memory of her beloved mother. Must stran gers dwell where her mother breath ed her last! She could not do it.— They Avould desecrate the room.— Then she raised her head io look around the room she was so soon to leave, to look at every object, made doubly dear by the thought of sepa ration. Her eyes fell upon the strick en man near her, and she exclaimed : “Father! you haA-e me yet.” She put her arms around him, and her hair fell before their faces as if to conceal their tears. For liis sake she must control herself, for his sake she must be strong. She forced back the old smile to eyes and lips, and there Avas a bright, brave ex pression in her face as she said: “Cheer up, papa! Vou have me yet, and then, too, you said that you are comparatively poor; Avkich means that we have yet a little. We will be obliged to sell the house,” Here the little lady faltered, but Changes of Century.—The nine teenth century has witnessed many and great discoveries. In 1809 Fulton took out the first invention of the steamboat. The first steamboats which made regular trip aoross the Atlantic ocean . . were tho Sirius and the Great Wes- «“““§? s ie exclaimed : tern in 1830 But then, you know, aa-c can buv The first public application to prac- another, a smaller one I can give ticaFttseof gas for illumination was!“ US1C lessons, or teach French, or made in 1802. | d ? anything, and you can soon have In 1813 the streets of London were to , Jo . m - v <fr profession, VV on t it be tunyy to see me, your for the first time lighted AA-ith gas. In 1813, there was built in Wal tham, Mass., a mill, believed to have been the first in the world, which combined all tlie requirements of making finished cloth from raw cot ton. In 1790 there were only 25 post offices in the whold country, and up to 1837 the rates of postage were 25 cents for a letter sent over 400 miles. little Agues, to see me controlling my pupils? I can do it, if I try right hard. And won’t Lrulcthem! There, laugh a little, father, just to please me! And our little house with me for a house-keeper. Why, papa, Ave will be happier there than ever. In deed we Avill.” So successful was she in the attempt to console her despondent father, that before the supper-bell rang, she had In 1837 wooden clocks commenced; brought back a faint smile to his to be made by machinery. This “P 3 - ushered in the era of cheap clocks. ! Before the end of the week, Col. About the year 1833 tho first raiDBentford’s beautiful residence had road of any considerable length in been sold, and he with his daughter the United States was constructed. In 1840 the first experiments in photography were made by Da guerre. About 1840 the first express busi ness was established. The anthracite coal business may be said to have begun 1820. Ip 1S36, tire first patent for the invention of matches was granted. AA-ere occupying a small cottage in a quiet part of the city. Their fashionable friends thought it exceedingly strange, talked awhile about it, and then forgot them. Agnes cared but little about the re markable change in the manner of most of her former friends; perhaps she was too busy to notice it. There was no music or french teacher in Iu 1845«. the first telegram was [that part of the city, and she soon ob- sent. jtained a large class. She was 1 ers. When she came into the house she brought the sunshine with her, and music followed her wherever she went, Perhaps it is not much, this quiet ly taking up our troubles and bear ing them cheerfully. Thousands of women do it daily. The victory ov er self is fought so frequently and quietly that lookers on are insensible of the difficulties of the conflict. Ev erybody, from the historian to the school-boy, eulogizes and extols the heroes of history. Will it seem strange, if Ave say that woman is a greater conquerer who rules her feel ings or her heart in open conflict, and conquers, than was Hannibal, Caesar; or Napoleon? Ah, if Ave could only look behind every smiling face and see the heart ache; if we could only know wheth er the bright eyes that we love are bright from happiness or bright Avith feigned smiles; if Ave could foiloAV the joyousj sunshiny Avornen that make life a blessing to us, into their silent chambers and see the heart-sobs, controlled until then for our sakes, as they shake the delicate frames, I wonder if we would ever say again that this contentedness through trou ble is a little thing ? Many and many a bright moou shone upon Agnes as she prayed ear nestly for strength; many and many a summer’s zphyr crept through the half-closed blinds to kiss away the tear staincs from her face. On many and many a day did she take up the burden and bear it bravely, cheering her father and strengthening him when he shrank back from the diffi culties which surrounded him. One trouble was harder to bear than all others. When she Avas rich, petted, flattered, she gave her heart to Paul Raymond. He Avas then a stu dent in her father’s law office. When he Avas admitted to the Bar he paid very little attention to his pro fession because his great wealth ren dered it unnecessary. Agnes had every reason to love him and to feel proud of him; he aa as handsome, refined, remarkably intelligent, and his perfect morality and integrity enabled her to place the utmost confidence in him. At the time of Col. Bentford’s failure Paul Avas absent, tra vehng through Europe. He Avas expected to return in the Autumn. Autumn came and passed; Winter and Spring passed; Summer flowers had bloomed and now Autumn was again approaching, yet Agnes had not beard a word from Paul. After she had hoped and waited until she could hope and wait no longer she took those letters of his which she had, and put them, with his picture, out of her sight forever. This she did silently, and no one ever knew how much pain the struggle cost her One afternoon as she was walking slowly toward home, after having given her last music lesson for the day, she heard her father’s voice call ing to her to wait. She turned quick ly and saAv him coming down the street toAvards her. She went to meet him, and, as he took her hand in his he said anxious ly : Daughter, you look pale, I hope you are not sick ’?” “I am quite well, father. The on ly way I can account for my pale ness is that I have just come from little Ella Smith’s. She is learning an arrangement of “Mocking Bird,” and sliA.mnrdftra it in such aJenible manner it is enough to make any one pale. Yet I cannot help umiling when she plays it, the dear child is so blissfully ignorant of any such thing as “time.” “You are a brave little daughter. I am glad that I have some good news to tell you to remove the pain ful recollection of the slaughtered “Mocking Bird.” I met Harry Clif ford this afternoon and he wishes me to manage a lawsuit for him. The case invoives a great deal and I have had such bad luck recently that I am afraid to undertake it. I’ve come to you for advice.” “Why take the case by all means. Mr. Clifford is a man of great influ ence, and if you gain his case, as of course you will, he will certailv use his influence for you. You and he Avere good friends once, were you not?” “Yes. Harry and I attended the same school in Virginia. He mar ried and settled there and I moved ed by them he decided to lengthen his tour and visit the East with them. He did not return until they did which was a few daysbefqre he" wroto He had written frequently to her while he was absent but had never received a reply to his letters. On bis arrival be went immediately to tbe old home to find ner gone "and strangers in her place. His aunt, Mrs. Reymond, told him that she, with her father, had gone West. Af ter learning, that morning, a true ac count from Mi - . Clifford he was as tonished at his aunt’s report, and was utterly at a loss as to how she could have so mistaken the circum stances. (Agnes remembered howev er, how Mrs. Raymond had neglect ed her since her misfortune.) He ask ed to let him> /isit Jter and he woakU then explain matters more to her sat isfaction. Times changed after that. Col. Bentford gained the “Clifford case” after one of his old rousing speeches. Clients once more flocked to him and be once more held his position at the bar. Mrs. Raymond again be came gracious to our little Agnes, and Agnes, Avith her usual kindness* forgot the slights of the past. She was overfloAving with happiness, and one night, after Col. Bentford had placed her hand in Paul’s and gave them to each other ferever, she thank ed the Good God (as she knelt by tbe bedside) avLo had sustained her through her troubles and who at last bestoAved upon her the c r o av n i n g blessing of her life. " And yon avLo have watched her through this part of her life, tell me, has she not been rewarded for her courage and bravery? Her trials may seem petty ones to some, but those who have hidden their sorrows under a smiling mask, well know Iioav diffi cult avus the part she acted. Progress of the Praying Bands. The women of Xenia, Ohio, rejoice over the surrender of the most obdu rate liquor seller in town, one Phil lips, proprietor of a saloon called. “Tbe Shades of Death,” avLo swore be would never succumb to the pow er of prayer. On Thursday he drag ged his rum barrels and kegs fo the street, and spilled their contents up on the ground, amiu the songs aud hallelujahs of the enthusiastic-..wo-, Jmen. Other saloons in the same vjijt cinity Avhioh the women are trying to close are “Hell’s Half-Acre,’’ “Certain Death.” “Devils Den.”— A notable feature of the war in nia, the last two or three days has been the presence of a large school of girls, led by theirj teachers, sing ing before the saloons such songs as “Say, Mr. Barkeeper, has father been here?” and father, dear father, come home.” It is seriously proposksd to close all the schools and business houses for a portion of each day, that the Avliole population may be brought to bear on the saloons, and the sanguine believe that not a month will pass before every saloon in Xenia will be closed. Upon hear ing of “The Shades of Death” man, the State Convention of Grangers, 600 strong, rose and gave three cheers, while all the church bells were set ringing and there was uni versal rejoicing. c Valuable Receipe.—Take one pound of sal soda and a half pound of unslacked lime; put them in a gallon of water and boil tAventy min utes ; let it stand till cold ; then draw off and Dut ip a strong jug or jar. Soak your crotbes over nigm, or un- r til they are Avet through ; then wring »T. them out and put ou plenty of soap*, - ’ and with one boiler of clothes, well covered over with water, add ene teaspoonful of the fluid. Boil half an hour briskly, then wash Well through one suds and rinse through one water, and your clothes will look better than the old way of washing tAvice before boiling. This is an in valuable receipe, and every tired wo man should try it. With a patent wash-tub to do the rubbing, the Washer-woman might compose her self on the lounge and let the wash ing do itself. J A Connecticut clock compay has shipped a curious clock to San Fran cisco, to be placed in the tower of the greatest hotel on the continent, where it will furnish time for live hundred dials, which are to be op erated by compressed air earned n> ; pipes all over fne building. IbebniH,- > pipes all ~ . ing has five hundred rooms, andthera to Alabama and have li\*ed here ever since that time. I had heard noth- is to be a dial in every room ing of Harry for several years and - Avas astonished to meet him to-day r . A merchant desirous of selling his He had been looking for me for [goods thus addressed Mike: “Mike, I saw him, had an<l V>nv n. trunk?” “Be- some time before been to my office but could hear nothing of me. I would have brought him doAvn to tea this eA*en- ing, but he had an engagement at | go naked enthirely. Judge Raymond’s. By the Avay,|buy the trunk. Agnes, here is a letter for you, a quondam friend of yours handed it | The population of New Orleans to me to-day.” |Set doAvn at 230,5S5, w'hich is an in come in and buy a trunk ? “Be- dad, an’ what’ll I do wid a thrunk ?’| “Put your clothes in it, of course?” Then, be iabus, yez would have ma ’ ’ Mike didn’t They were now at home. Agnes [crease of over 30,000 over the cen- hurried to her room to read the let-jsus of 1870. This makes that citf ter. Col. Bentford dreAv a chair out 1 eighth in the Union, or next to Bos on the veranda and threw himself|on. into it. His mind still dwelt upon 7—►«♦«-* ---—- the “Clifford case,” and Agnes' en-| If you wish to live the life of a. couraging words rang yet in his ears, man, and not of a fungus, be, social, • He had almost decided-to take it. Agues did not’ notice the hand- Avriting upon the envelope until she reached her room. Then it flashed upon her like a blinding light and it be brotherly, be charitable^ pathetic, and labor earne good of your kind. A Clinton county, saloon was sometime before she could com-keeper has been ordered pose herself sufficiently to read it. j courts to pay $5,250 to the wife of f forgive you. and I knoAV doav where! Steel pdSs were introduced for use Avith her pupils, from morning till late j „ nmp „ n „ 4-1..P I ’’ : jjj 1803. I in the afternoon of three davs in ev-l u P tli gorgeous The letter was from )Paul and must! one °f his customers. liaA'e been in the money went to. in the afternoon of three days in ev- “Qli! ma’am, have you found it?”[ The first successful reaper took ery week, and, Avhen not busy in that way, she ran about the house, sing ing as sweetly and merrily as a bird. Under her cars, flowers soon be- cried Patty, with delight. place in 1833. “Yes; and found it Avbere I never 1 In 1846 Elias Howe obtain a pat- would have thought to find it. Lou- Out for his .first seAving machine. . ise Avas in the sitting-room AA-lien The,first successful method of A-nl-jgan to bloom around tbebouse, and you took the note; she was conceal-icanize* India rubber Avas patented:the little veranda before the house ed in the curtains, and took the ! in 183$~~ ’ * 1 was soon covered w Avbesrfae moon her as she knelt byi iug still, though her tears. He wrote 1 met with on their to s&iK' .2, for she read! , : - . « set taded, and J^e man who car** for no! it shone upon Arindow, read-;? n g ost blinded b y Ungof serf and body togeftd ile in Europe hej Envy is a littleness of tnot see beyond fif it dQ** not space, 1 .... r ?.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Sandersville herald. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1872-1909, March 06, 1874, Image 1