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Poor Mr. Dale! "Pear Mr. Dale i'» a model man ; ho ha* given mo a hundred dollar*— fifty for our homo charities and fifty for our foreign mia aion.” “The splendid, generous creature ! Would thore were more like bim in this mereenar* world," were some of the exclamations that greeted the announcement of ope of the la dies gathered in Mrs. Green's parlor to din* ense the host methods of serving the Lord at home and abroad, and nny incidental sub lets that might be wrugested. “Mow mnch did Mrs. Dale give you?" asked the president of the Society for the Promotion of Piety at Home. "Wot one penny," was the energetic an» •wer, flavored with an emphasis by no means coitmfitnfentary to Mrs. Dale. "You might have spared yourself the trouble of calling on her,” exclaimed the see rotary of the Society for the Distribution of Kiblea and Tracts among (he Heathen. “She will not give a cent to . charitable associa tions, nor wbiiM sne permit her husband to if she could prevent it. Poor, dear Mr Dak ! Jdo feel sorry for him. It must be dreadful for a man of etwli noble, geuerous impulses to be tied to sucb a cold, unsympa thetic woman." “He don’t look happy and I don’t wond'T at it." chimed the president of the Society for tbt Prevention of OrwMtv to Otwtdren. “1 went to her fpr a donation last week, and she refused majjp a vehement,—infeed in an nnlHdy-like—manner, and when I told her of lb? handsome sum given by J»er (Ul>e said: ‘That most suffice for the ■milyTl F told her it was ensfomnrv for husbands and wives to make separate subscriptions ; that 1 saved regularly from my monthly njlofrance for personal expenditures, so that I might always have something for our contribution boxes, and 1 pointed my words wit ban em phasis that was not loot on hr* 1 , for her face flushed to her very temples, and when the color died away she was paler than before.” “I’m glad sou had the courage to speak so fr ely to her,’’exclaimed an energetic mem ber of the Dorcas Bociety. “I never con do it, she has usually such a high and mighty air about her ; so different Irom her husband, whose every word ond action shows he finds his greatest pleasure in serving and giving to tlie Lord." “I bad an unpleasant experience with her fest week," Baid the hostess, Mrs Green, “though I wouldn’t have said a word if we had not drifted upon the subject, for you all know I never talk about my neighbors. I wept to see her and found her patching some clothes for her children, ami I asked her to give them to me when she’d finished them,as they would just fit some poor children in niv district, and she answered rather curtly that she needed them for her own children. Then 1 felt it my duly to tell her what would en sue from her love of accumulation and worldly treasure—how the blessed Book pronounced it the root of oil evil. Then I exhorted her to come to the societies she bad ceased to attend—to come under the soften ing influence of the spirit ol charity which over brooded over os." “Beautiful! How you were favored! did she say to that ?” came quickly *n different keys fiom different auditors. “She flushed up all of a sudden, just as Sister Brown told, ard then—l would noi like to say she smiled satirically, for it would be accusing her o! saert lige. seeing we werr talking of sacred subjects, but if we bad bervi talking after the prolaue manner of the world, which is, I fear, her fnvorite conver sation—i would say she smiled satirically a* she answered : ’I think I prefer St. PauTs definition of charity to youra.’ ” “The horrid creature! Poor, dear Mr. Pale. No wonder ht looks at times as if be carried the world upon bis shoulder* What mie sympathetic and soft-hearted wife!" oftly murmured a sympathetic spinster. Marjorie Pale sat nlnne in her 'sitting oom, watching her children plaving in the ireHy yard, and their clear laughter made vert music in her car* yet when she ceased raichirg them ami picked up jbe work tbich had fallen hpfn her Arp, an anxious bfflt tronblrd fhetlcpths of dm H.-sr hfhWrT yes. and the expression which had been •ailed ''cold" and “unsympathetic” crept ipon lit face. Clearly there was Nothing n Marjorie's risible snrronr.:lings to prodnee his client. The room was tnstcfnlly fnr lishrd, the children playing on the green frass were healthv and hard*nme< and. what ♦a* yet more grateful to the mother’s heart, ifleetioiiate, for one had just left his ploy and nshed into the room and covered her (ace vith boyish, boisterous ki-ses, arid the others lad clapped their hands and cheered him vith delight. A step startled her. She had been so ah orbed in her work nnd her thoughts that he bad not noticed the entrance of her bus •and. “Yon are weary, Edward,” she anid. after greeting on her part which would huve een called ‘ cold’’ by anv witness. “I am very tired. Keep the childreo uiet, nnd I will sleep till d'mner, as I am ompell d to go out immediately afterward ” A little sigh found involuntary vent “And on must go out to-night. Edward ?’’ “Yes, I must go to a meeting of the ver rymen nnd then to the Sunday School Jninn. Sorely yon do not object to my at ending to such busineaa ?" “ ol V n °. r j, want you to do all the good rou con, only it se.-ras so long -ince we had i quiet, happy evening together." There was no answer., Mr. Dale had mtnfortahly settled himself for a nap, ami, roing to the door, she bade the children play nore quietly, and then as Rhe noisele-sly re amed her Work one tran«parent tear glis ened upon her needle. She glanced up astily, for fear her husband might have seen t—he had a man’s hatred of domestic tears —but she saw hft was already fast asleep Vs one evening passed, so did.another — here was always something to take him rom her—something to absorb the spare •ours, so that there were none to be given lo ier. She bad tried hard not to be rebellious —she Imd prayed to overcome the strange bought* which had crept into her head, and intil lute, she had been partially successful, >ut recently she had oot seemed the mistress if her thoughts. She hud tried to perspade lerself that she was wrong—that she mu-d nd tastes and time to work with him, hut ow cogld she when the care of the house nd management of the children devolved so ntirely upon her. At the beginning of the „ ear he bad tulked of bard times aud the scarcity of money, and she had cheerfully ucceded to his proposal to discharge their most expensive servant—one who bad faith fully served her since the birth of her eldest boy. Bhe had without a murmur taken upon herself duties which had worn wearily upon her strength, and she Imd that day seen his name head a safweriptinn list fora public charity with an amount which would lmve paid o servant’s wages for more than half a year. She had been told at the beginning ol tbe season that there was no money for new.clothes for the children—that the old ones must in some way be made to last, and she had remodeh'd them with the skill of a loving mother; but her fingers wouhi not have moved so swiftly had she then heard the lecture delivered by the chief of a cote rie of charitable ladies, whodeniauded money when she had not one dolluy of her own, nnd who triumphantly mentioned the sum given by her husband —an amount far exceeding that (he bad asked for when she wished new clothes for thcbhifdren ; und it was'.snch a tax upon her strength uod eyesight to be continually darning nnd repairing—and those disagreeable women! bhe felt her heart steeling involuntarily against all sorts of charitable inatitutfons, amt then she prayed to be forgiven, and sorrowed to think how, •Iter all her struggles, she remained so purely human. Then other thoughts came —of unpaid bills laid away in her bureau daring her husband’s absence, und which sh«’ ceuid not avoid «veing,*nd for which he fed declared he had no money—they must wait, u$ he and other meii were compelled to do. ( She th luglit of the little household of which she, in other days, had been u member, o( the thrift which was the presiding genius ol that home, clearing up all expenses of the diy. yet leaving something for charities, and teaching that debt was the prime minister of the Devil. Alas, whut could (lie do now m thestroug current iu which she wus drift ing? The sleeper turned and the brown eyes were able to rest upon his Tact —a handsome face, of a style that w II win the hearts of women until the death of Time. And yet it was not a strong face. Even tbe woman who watched it aud loved it knew it gave prool of a lack ol will, force and resolute sell-reliance. She had learned the lessou, bitter to every proud and loving wife, that she was much the stronger of the two, and ytt be, tbe weaker, stood the pilot at the helm, and by him her bark must be guided to its port of weal or woe. “Aunt Agnes will come to-morrow. I bad almost forgotten to tell you." he said, as he prepared to leave the house. A thrill of pleasure passed through the listener’s heart. Aunt Agnes was a welcome visitor. She had a good eflect upon Mar jorie, something akin as nearly as the bumao ean be akin, to the “Fence, be still," which once sounded vocally above the troubled waters. Aunt Agnes came, and Marjorie partially forgot her discootent in tbe sweet presence that she loved so well, ■ 80l the lime soou came lor the visitor’s return. Aunt Agnes could uot be induced to make long visits, it mattered not where she went, and she frequently quoted as a favorite maxim that “short visits make long triends." On tbe last morning of her aunt’s stay, as Marjorie entered her ewn chamber, which adjoined a little room her husband called a study—it having been fitted up with a table, a few easy ct-airs, some books aad pictures —she soon beard her husband aud »uot con versing lo tbis study. Her 6rst impulse was to withdraw, bni before that could be accomplished she learned that her husband was indebted to her aunt for a large sum of money : that be bad not made her any pay ments for a long time, and lh«t, in conse quence of this deficit, -she was compelled to nnd change to a style of living morecon sis ent with her;now impecunious condition and, what grieved the kind heart [host or all, abandon her plans for the continued assistance of those long d“|riiident upon her. With a clear view of the ground, as if it hod all been uncovered to her, Marjorie went quietly out from Her room •> Her hua band had been squandering in imprudent bnsiness ventuies moneys belonging to his aunt and other*, uod. what aeein>*d to her yet worse, hid bought with what belonged tq oilier* a reputation for liberality and large heartedness while tbe rightful possessors were suffering in their need of it She would not be quiet any longer, and before the day was spent she broached the (object to him, but, unfortunately, without Ihui subtlety which might have given her a small show of succesa ; that wisdom which Nathan manifested when he talked lo David of the “one ewe lamb * Sh*' went with the bluntness of a straightforward woman right to the snliject in which she was interested. She asked why so much had been kept from her, and the man answered with an impa tience he did not try lo conceal. “Are you on the brink ol ruin, Edward ? Is there duoger ol an immediate failure?” “What a question 1 No ; if I can weather the storm u little longer it will be all right with me.” She knew the fatul tendency to put nsrde all evil days, and to try and sail upon un ruffled waters. She remembered the story ol the ostrich bidog its head in the sand and fancying it would in that way escape the threatened danger. “Not *o, my husband ; the longer you delay the more irretrievable will be the evil. You forget that tbe interests of others will be imperiled. If you were to stop now, could you not insure ease and com tort to Aunt Agnes and a large per centage to your old creditors?” ■ “Yes.” ‘ Then do it, I pray you, my husband. Oontmit not the lutul error that has brought ruin to so many homes; remember what is due those who have committed their inter ests to your keeping. Give up house, furni ture—everything, and keep your condition a secret no longer; release it before it bursts wnh its own strength the barriers with which you have eDCompass d it, and then we will begin life anew with empty pockets, yet with c ear consciences, and all will yet be well." “You talk like a woman, Maijorle, and as if I had been guilty of so ne great crime. I am on the eve of u venture that will bring me great success You cannot expect to understand such things, for they are beyond your ken. Wnut do you know ol bustuess roles and laws ?” “I know the law which is net writteu upon tbe statute books of men—the higher law which cannot be viohted without incurring its lull and its just penalty,” she answered, sadly. There was great wonder and a great flutter cf excitement over the failure of Elward , little—u failure bringing dismay to more than one heart and home, but he escaped the censure of many, for there svjs the record of an almost munificent liberality, a con spicuous devotion ol time und thought to the best interests of the church aud society, alike attesting to the singleness and purity of his purposes. “Poor Mr. Dale!” was the general com inent. ‘flow mysterious are tbe dispensations of Providence I How strange the Lord does not protect his own! Yet with what beautiful humility does he bear bis burdens, and how cold ond unsympathetic and far from humble has bis wife seemed through it ati." Mr. Smith, of Barryville, tried to brush the cockle-burrs out of bis mule’s tail, aud tire uns)mputhelic coroner's jury brought in a verdict of “served the blamed fool right.” Omk of the disagreeable leatures about being near-sighted, is that a niau is in dan ger of tukiug bis wife for auolher woman and being polite to be r. Thk Yonkers Gazette thinks it is proof positive-that Nonh was not a bald-headed man, or he would knve never let a fly iuto the ark. *? Kg Hottentot is permitted to marry more than eight sisters out of one family. This is right. Somebody else might wunt a chance. : OLD AND RELIABLE, ►Db. Sajcbord s Liras InttooratobJ Ii« a Standard Family Remedy for *! ■diseases of tlie Liver, Stomach [and Bowels. —lt is Purely [Vegetable.— It never [Debilitates —It is ■ I Cathartic and Rg RJ • Tonic. ; iAI g SSftTi 1 A® o^’: iP ill A e ’ i OteA.! K .xi fit I Vv,»' i i i 4' s ', s V:.®' s V2rf#|l rl i Hi! W ,D rtl v practice! |Q|l IJP’ and by the public,' In JJaPior more than 35 years,; I Tinnrocodented results!' > SEND FOR CIRCULAR: i. TjLSAWFORD, M,P„ Professional Cards. DOCTORS. T\R. J. 0. TURNIPSEED will attend to all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton, Ha. TkR. W. H PEEBLES treat* all dis *’ eases, and will attend to nil calls day and night. Office at the Drug Store, Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. DR. N. T. BARNETT tenders fiiir profes sional (ervices to the cit mens of Henry nnd adjoining comities, ond will answer calls day or night. Treats a!l diseases, of what ever nature. Office nt Nipper’s Drug Fftore, Hampton, Oa. Night calls cbd be rtfade at my residence, opposite Berea cburcb. ap»26 T F PONItER, Dentist, has located in J • Hampton, Ga.,and invite* tbe public to call at his room, upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours. Warrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. TNO. O. COLDWKLL, Attorney at Law, w Brooks Station, Oa. Will practice in the counties composing thejDowoti) ac ,d p|j 0 t River 'Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and other collections. r F C. NOLAN Attorney at Law, Mc- J-* Donoogh, Georgia: Will practice in the coubties composing the Flint Circuit; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Uuited States District Court. WM. T. DIOKEN, Attorney at Taw, Me Dnnough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir cuit, the Supreme Court of (Georgia, pnd the United States District Court. (Office up stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly GEO. M. NOLAN, Attornkt at Law, McDonough, Ga. (Office in Court house ) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and in tiie Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col lections. mel)23-6m JF. WALL. Attorney at Law, //amp . ton.Ga Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collections. ocs EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at law. Office on Broad Street, opposite the Railroad depot, Hampton, Georgia. Special attention given to commercial and other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy. BF. McCOLLUM, Attorney and Ooun • sellor at Liw, Hampton, Ga. Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta, Pike, Meriwether, Spalduig and Butts Su|ie rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United States Courts Collecting claims a specialty. Office uo stairs in the Mclntosh Building MORNING NEWS SERIALS. A New Story By a Lady of SaTunoab. THESAYANNAn WEEKLY NEWS Of October 4th will eantain the first chap ters ol story of thrilling interest, entitled ANABEL’S SECRET. BT MRS. J. 0. BRANCH. We desire not to anticipate the pleasure which the readers of the Weekly News will derive from the permal of this charming story, and therefore will not speak of it here further than to say that in the management of an original and intensely interesting plot, not less than in her powers of description, her life-like delineations of character, ond tbe pore moral tone of her reflections, tbe ac complished author gives assurance tbit she inherits the genius of her gifted mother, Mrs. Caroline Leo Hentat. whose works of fiction have been so universally admired, and still rank among the most popular American boolft of their class. “AnnbelV Secret” is developed iu California, of which State the author was at one time a resident, and her vivid descriptions of some of the mo*t won derful scenery of that picturesque region are among the striking features of the story The new serial will run through some eight or ten numbers of tbe Weekly. Sub scribers who desire to have tbe story com plete should sead in tbeir subscriptions at once. Subscription $2 a year, $1 for six months. Money can be sent by Money Order. Regis tered Letter or Express, at our risk J. 11. ESI ILL. Savannah. Ga. For Sale. PURSUANT to the will of tj. R. NolaD, deceased, and for the purpose of a distri bution of the estate, I offer at private sale a valuable plantation lying on Flint river, in Fayette county. Gw. it is situate one (ourtb ol a mite from North’s grist mills, four miles from Fayetteville aDd seven miles from Hampton, on the Macon and Western Rail road. It has 100 acres in woodland and about 100 acres of good bottom, well ditchad and in cultivation. The entire tract consists of 432 acres. A neat four-room dwelling, plastered inside, has beeu erected upou the premises within the last 12 months. There are four good tenement houses, with rock chimneys, on the place. The well water is as good as any in Middle Georgia. If pur chased by 15th of February arrangements Ct,i be made to deliver possession in time for planting a crop ; it after that time, tlie place will be turned over neat full Auy person desiring to purchase such a place on reason able and accommodating terms will commu nicate with me at McDooough, Ga. T. G. NOLAN, Ex’r. Homestead Notice. GEORGIA —Henry Conrrr : Ordinary’s Office, Sept. 11,1879. D. D- Realty bas applied tor exemp tion of personalty and settiug apart and val uation of homestead, and I will upon tbe same at 10 o’clock, *. m., on the 20tb day of October, 1879, at my office in Mc- Jilkptfgk- A A LE MON, NEW FIRM! ft .Msit-ci mm*:**! Copartnership Notice. IH AVE this day sold a half interest irt'my business to G. F. Turner, and the "fame and style of the firm will Iwt known in future as Harper 4 Turner. R. T. HARPER. Junmry 9th, 18^9. i* Ji lulls’ 9ti - I We respectfnllr solicit a share of the pub lie patronage, believing we can show as fine and well assorted stock of goods as will be found anywhere. Oor stock of DRY GOODS Is complete-in every particular, and include? a fine astortment ot Ladies’ Dress Goods, Linens, Blenehlngs, Domestics, and Fancy Notions of all kinds. ciotnmg ! A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every style and quulity. Gents’ Underwear a spe cialty. HATS AND CAPS To suit the tastes of the masses, and at prices thut will meet the requirements of the trade. j <f* w* i •- mmkA to jn nn ■* jjniha BOOTS AND SHOES! Our stock of Boots and Shots, having been bought at a bargain in the Northern mar kets, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre pared to offer extra inducements to the trade. •' * ****** " ».*■*;*• *l' '« ■ - «; .<,f *» Furniture 2 We have also a large lot of Furniture —Bed steads, Bureaux, Washstands, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs.,’ etc —which we will sell at extremely low figures. Bed room setts * specialty. GROCERIES. Special attention is called to our stock of Groceries, which is quite large, aod com prises every article kept in tbai Uue. Our stock is being constantly replenished with Woods that are earelully selected by ex perieuctd buyers, and are bought tor casu from first bauds, thereby enabling us tp seil to advantage—both to ourselves and customers. W itb all these facilities we are prepared to ex bibil at all times a complete general stock, aod parties wishing to buy can always tiuJ some specialties at very low prices at our store. Give us a cad. _^^J|TDe^y|urner. THI Georgia Stale Fair, Oct. 27 Hi to No*, fat, 1879 7 HE MtfST MAGNTFICEST AND APPOINTED GROUNDS ll* AMERICA! LIBERAL cash premiums In all Classes, and the largest offered by any Fair in the United States. Trotting and Running Races Every day, by some of the most no ted Horses on the Thrfl Music will be furnished by a Celebrated Military Band* r MANY OF THE PROMINENT Statesmen, now before the Public r wilt.attend the Btate Fatr as visitors, and several will make addresses. Greatly Reduced Pates for Freights and Passengers, oh all the Railroads in the Slate. A cordial invitation is estented fo yoa te he an Exhibitor, and you Hre requested ts write to the Secretary at IViacon for "a Pre mium List and other information.. *-TIIOS- HARDEMAN % , Prcs’t. L. F LIYINGSTOtf.Geo’ISup’t. MALCOLM JOHNS!ON, Sec’y. *• • % •»?> ,W * •Y wa<* % A SEW ENTERPRISE IN HAMPTON! HEHDEBSOH & MITCHELL DRAPERS IN FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, PICKLES, sardines; CRACKERS, OYSTERS, CAKES, Etc., Etc. CANNED GOODS! FANCY BROCERIES! A full line of Confectioneries always nn hand. Next door to Z. T. Manson. sep!2 City Livery SALE STABLES. R aviso recently leaded the large and eIN gant brick stable on James street. I mb pre pared to serve my patroos aod friends to the best of my ability, and sbalTalways keep on band the best brWses and most stylish turnouts to be found this side of AClaota. My livery rates will, be reasonable at alt times. I have also a commodious wagon yard in which are a oorabeKbf extra stalls, where my friends from the aamts^dachavethair stock cared for at very small cost. , On the prem ises is a comfortable house for the accommo dation of those who may wish to spend the uight, where they caa stay without extra Charge. Give me a call when you come to town. G. W. WOLFE. Hampton, Ga., Non. B;tf SALOON. BEST CIGARS! FINEST WINES! PURESTJLIQUORSI CINCINNATI BEER ON DRAUGHT. BILLIARDS AND POOL' leb2Btf •*•*» Work solicited and execatcdwitb jeatuesa,