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About The Murray news. (Spring Place, Ga.) 1896-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1897)
YOL. I. Strong in my heart old memories awake. To-night! Lfve on my Ups dead kisses burr; Hot to my eyes wop' teams return; Forgotten throbs my pulses shake, To-night! Love is avenged—my buried love— To-night! The weakling Present slips away; The giant Past alone has sway— Potential as the gods above— To-night! Mrs.Elwood’sGoverness BY JENNY WREN. HEN first Edith Lor ing realized the truth that she orphaned, that father who lavished upon ali that wealth could ’fe) yield had died bankrupt at an unexpected etisis the financial world, the double shock eeemed more than she could bear, Fcr a time it paralyze ! her energies, but when at last the dread question, What should she do? was put her in alt its unvarnished plainness. pride aud her own strengt h of will came to her rescue, and she answered, brushing the tears from her eyes anil bolding erect the regal head: “Anything rather than live depen dent upon others. I will work.” Then, when the weary days merged into weeks and months, and she finally sought and obtained a position governess in Mrs. Elwood’s family, and bade farewell to her oid iiome, where she had spent so many happy hour-' to enter upon the threshold of her new life, it seemed as though hand of iron had grasped her heart and clutched it in a vise, She lived, two lives—an outer life, in which her sweet voice never wavered, aud where she wore a smile whose hollowness the children, her little charges, could not fathom; and an inner life, winch sometimes grew to such agony that almost it betrayed her; but the rarely rose beyond the fountain-head. And though at times the crown of thorns she daily wore pressed hard upon the tired young brow, she car¬ ried it unflinchingly. At first, ns the days brought each their fresh burden and every hour seemed to give birth to some new and harder duty, a hope, unbidden, shone ever through the darkest clouds that Douglas Ballings would release her ere her thralldora became unbearable. Jn bygone days, though no positive engagement bound them, his words, bis every act were uumistakably the words au 1 nets of a lover. At her father’s death she had heard nothing from him, but each day some fragrant flowers La 1 been sent her, which Bhefelt assured could come only from him. Then followed the announcement of her loss of fortune, and from that day she had heard nothing of the recreant save the news which came to her through others that he bad sailed for Europe. Not even this did she learn until weeks had passed, and then she bade farewell to the hope which had served to buoy her through these many trials, and wrapping herself in a man¬ tle of icy reserve, piled high the sod upon » grave within her heart, nor shed one tea? to keep its memory green. It is winter to her, within as well »s without, and as now and then, glancing from the window, she sees the handsome sleighs, with their mer¬ ry occupants, dash past, she wonders could it bo she who, one short year ago, revelled like these, the gayest of the gay? Loring,” childish “Miss a sweet, voice cries, interrupting hei reverie, “mamma says will you not join U3 in a ride? There is a vacant seat in the sleigh, and she should be very glad to have you fill it.” “Certainly, dear; I will be there in a moment,” and, rising to her feet, she donned her outer wraps and hast¬ ened to meet Mrs. Elwood in the hall below. Before the door stood two sleighs, one that belonged to her hostess, the other a beautiful little cutter, with a pair of prancing steeds, held by a groom in full livery, while ih the drawingroom fat its owner, waiting for Miss Elwood, the daughter of the house, who had this winter made her debut ia society. one’s Edith, unconscious of any presence, ran hastily into the room to eee if Mrs, Elwood awaited her, and for a moment the blood surged up in a glad tide, for there before the open fireplace stood Douglas Ballings, alone. He had come then at last; but her outstretched hand drops to her aide, her look of happy surprise vanishes, as she reads in his face only utter amazement at her sudden appar¬ ition. In amoment she realizes it is not she whom be seeks. "Pardon me, Mr. Ballings. I thought the drawing-room deserted, or expected to find only Mrs. Elwood. I imagined you were abroad.” “I returned only last week, and this is a most welcome surprise. May I not tell you how very glad I am to find you? Are you visiting Mrs. El wood?” ■ ■ _ Murra _ . , ■ " <L . • P ■'• ' | EWS OLD ?,1KMURIBS. And let him reign! I'll hold my soul. To-night! In grand flef to this mighty Past lu false allegiance off I east— D-ny the Present's petty toll, To-night! Take loyally, great Past, my king, To-nfgta:! To-morrow’s sun may thee unthrones Bat eyes, Ups, heart—all that I own Of treasure—I before time fliug, To-night! —Household Words. “I am residing here permanently, as Mrs. Elwood’s governess. Good morning.” “Stay, Edith; why are you so cold? Let mo be your friend—do something, anything, to lighten your burden.” “Thank you. My own shoulders are sufficiently broad to bear any bur den laid upon them. Onco more, good morning," and in another mo meut Edith stepped into ihe sleigh beside Mrs. Elwood, and was whirled from his sight. As he turns a moment I later to meet Miss Elwood, there is a ( : perplexed iook in his ince which ha can scarcely hide in the smile of wel come he so well knows how to assume, j ! But sne detects nothing beyond tho seeming delight which he can so well express in courteous words; and springing lightly into tho sleigh by his side, as the groom releases the horses and they speed off as an arrow sent from its bow, she feels only hon¬ ored by his preference and his com¬ panionship. Two days later a little note is placed in Edith taring's hands. It is a polite invitation from Mr, Ballings to accom¬ pany him that afternoon to drive, which she as politely and formally de¬ clines. Occasionally she hears his name mentioned in tho household; learns that his attentions to Miss El* wood are growing marked; sees the happy flush mount to her brow at mention of his name, and wouders at the icy indifference with which she hear.-; it alt. Sometimes for a moment the old pain throbs anil surge?, but she bravely fights it back and comes forth conqueror. In all these months she rarely meets him. Once, as she is passing through the hall with her little charges, she unexpectedly confronts him. In his old, winning way—a manner which she has learned so Well--he asked her once more to let him be hoi friend. “At least, Edith, let me explain.” “Explain, Mr. Railings? I cannot understand, sir, what explanation is necessary. Allow me to assure you I consider none due ine. ” This is all that passed between them until one morning, when Mrs. Elwood has given her a holiday and she has taken advantage of it for a quiet walk, she hears behind her a quick tread, and iu another moment Mr. Bailings had accosted her. “This is a most unexpected pleas¬ ure, Miss Edith. Will you allow me to join you?” “I came out, Mr, Bnlliugs, to be alone, and I should prefer it.” “Edith, listen to me; I must speak, Why do you avoid me? When I left this country for Europe I wrofe you a little note, explaining why I was called away, leaving you my address and begging you to write to me. No letter reached me, and on my return 3. heard of your added misfortunes. I could bear nothing more. When 1 found you at last, so bravely earning your own support, it gave me a new respect for you. I know full well how little worthy I am to ask a favor at your hand, but at least let me try to win back some of the friendly feeling I feel assured you once gave me." “That I wiit not deny, Mr. Railings; nor will I deny that, for a time, I missed my friend; but I have so schooled myself that that feeling has grown into callousness, The rose, once blighted, cannot reblossom; the heart once trampled upon bears the cruel impress forever. I have learned at least contentment, and let me beg that this shall be our last interview.” “Have you indeed grown so hard, Edith? When I knew that you had lost everything, and was dependent solely upon the labor of your own brain and hands, I longed, darling, oh. so earnestly, to say to you: 'Gome to me. Let me share your burden, or i lighten it all I can.’ You have judged me cruelly, Edith. I am not so base as you imagine, I have enough for both. Let me try to win back at least a little of the old feeling, with the hope that at a later day I may plead with you to be my wife," For a moment Edith wavered. There was a ring of truth in his words she could but recognize. But was be not, in thus addressing her, playing false with Mis* Elwood? How foolish for I her to listen to his idle words. “Let the dead past bury its dead, Sir. Ballings," she answered at last, “Too many changes have taken place for us ever agaiu to be the same to I each other. Words are very empty | things, and though you have learned their fullest power, you are no longer j addressing thought the ali girl the who, world one short- true. year ago, was SPRING PI,ACE, GA., FRIDAY. APRIL 2, 1897. Can you tl)ink that I, living in the house with Miss EUwood, can be ignor¬ ant of the attentions you have paid her? Nay, do not attribute this to personal feeling, for, believo me, it is a matter of indifference, save that your conduct is unworthy a gentleman.’’ “In visiting Miss Elwood, if I have erred, it has been through my love for yon. I have gone there hoping to see you, yearning for the knowledge that you were well at least, and longing to break through the crustof ieein which you infolded yourself. I admire Miss Elwood only as a friend, and do not for one moment flatter myself she entertained a different feeling toward me. This is folly, dear. Look at me once, Edith, with your old, Irauk gaze, and if my eyes speak falsehood, banish me forever.” “It is hopeless, Mr. Railings, I have ceased to care for you. If I did not know how small a matter it was to you I should say, T am sorry,’ but in the long months whan a friendly word would have been, ob 1 so welcome, only silence met me ; and if, as you say, a mantle of ice infolds me, it is because I have so long lived banished from the sun that its rays can no longer pene¬ trate ths frozen interior. It is best so.” “You call it best, then—best that the heart, once so warm and true, should become an iceberg; best that your faith should be converted iuto skepticism, your belief into unbelief. Best happy in your creed, then, Miss Loring, but take care lest you do not wreck yourself against the sharp rocks of suspicion.” Six months later. Edith Loring, sitting in her school room, is inter¬ rupted by Miss Elwood, “Oh, Miss Loring,” she says, “Mr. Ballings has been thrown troru his horse and badly injured. They fear ho will not live. Is it not sad?” “Very sad,” was the quiet reply, but as she spoke the words the iec seemed breaking from her heart, and she foil fainting to the floor. During all these months she had scarcely heard Douglas Ballings's name, and, to her surprise, his absence from the household had been but casually mentioned ; and Miss El* wood, in her daily round of pleasure, seemed to have no time to note that such was the case. His words were true, then, when he told her he had been to her only as a friend. Could it bo that it was she who had honored him, and-not he her! When consciousness returned, and with it the momory of their last meet¬ ing, her coldness and indifference, his earnest, loviug words, she knew she had deceived herself, and tho love she supposed buried beyond resurrection was deeper, truer, more intense than before it had been tried by lire. Poor child! She was weary of the fight, aud now she eoukl never tell him that she owned herself worsted in tho battle. But one evening a few weeks later his card is put into her hand. She has learned ere this of his re¬ covery, but she is amazed when she goes forward to welcome him to see what an impress his illness has left upon him. Pale and worn, he stands before her with outstretched hands, but it is with tho old tone ho speaks. “Little one, I came to find my wife. Is she here?” Her answer was not word-spoken, but with her fair head pillowed on his breast, he needed none; and when, two months later, he claimed his wife, Miss Elwood stood with her at the altar as her chosen friend.—New York Ledger. A New Method of Disinfection. The Antwerp correspondent of the Liverjiool Journal of Commerce says; As in all large ports, the medical com¬ mission plays a very important and responsible part, and its duties have been all the more arduous in the last four years, since the United States has demanded such rigid examination of all emigrants, their baggage, etc. In connection with sanitary arrange¬ ments and regulations of the port some experiments of a most interest¬ ing character were made at tho St. Pierre Hospital in the presence of the Antwerp Medical Commission. The subject of the experiments was the demonstration of a new and practical mode of disinfection and sterilization. Ths means employed partial consist of a gas ob mined by tho combustion of methylated innocent spirits, which, while being perfectly in its effect upon human beings, non-toxic and free from all corrosive action, is said to possess the property of destroying every trace of bacteria or microbes in the atmosphere of any enclosure. The experiments so far have been thor¬ oughly successful. If such a system of disinfection can be proved effica¬ cious it will be a blessing to steam¬ ship companies plying between Europe and the United States, for in time of contagion of any kind the United States Government demands fumiga¬ tion by sulphur, which is a most dis¬ agreeable and unprofitable process. The question will be studied with a view to adapting it to tho disinfection of ships, passengers, luggage and cargo. Au Odd (.’ollection. The German Empress, it is said, has a tea tray that was Deafen out of an old Prussian halfpenny, a teapot mad< of a German farthing and tiny caps made from coins of the several Ger mau principalities. POPULAR SCIENCE. The greatest danger in the adulter ation of milk by water lies in the in¬ troduction of dangerous species of dis¬ ease germs. There is no reliable case on record where* resuscitation has taken place after the complete freezing of the body in mtfn. From figures recently published at Munich, Bavaria, it appears that there are now in central Europe 15,641 gas engines, which aggregate 52,691 horse power. Numerous experiments to determine the best fite-resisting materials for the construction of doors have proved that wood covered with tin resists lire bet¬ ter than an iron door. A German statistician says that of every 10,000 chimneys three are struck by lightning, while of the same num¬ ber of towers and windmills sixty and siglity respectively are struck. A number of plates from the Brnoo photographic Observatory, telescope, at the Harvard in Arequipa, Peru, have been received in Cambridge. Some ahow'spectra of stars invisible to the nak 3d eye. Nature, J^jOlayton, refers in to careful a communication to measurements ho has made with sycamore, elm, oak, ash and beech trees, from which he has discovered that they all contract in girth during a frost. Wheat grown iu the north of Franco has from eleven to twenty six per cent, less nitrogenous elements iu it than that raised there fifty years ago, ac¬ cording to a recent report made to the Academie des Sciences. To prevent tbestoaling of milk from oans while in transit on railroads a neW patent consists of passing a screw through one side of the can neck, run¬ ning it into a shoulder in the lid, a key 'icing necessary to operate it and , to open the can. A new safety brake for street cars consists of a steel rod hold perpendic¬ ularly in relation to the car bottom in such a manner that it can be instantly pressed downward into the ground to aid m stopping the car at timer; when a quick stop will prevent accidents. A method of precipitating zinc in aqueous solution in the shape of dense plateu of commercial thickness by means of electricity has been found at the zitiO works at Duisburg, in Ger nMflBj-y*. The process, which is kept secret,' whs discovered by Professor Dieftenbncb, of Darmstadt. The eco¬ nomic difficulties in the problem have also been solved, as tho works are turn¬ ing out ninety tons of zinc a mouth and are to be enlarged. A Wondrous Waterfall. Tho Olympic Mountains have pro¬ duced another attraction, tho beauty of which is not excited on tho western slope. What is said to be a grand waterfall coming from tho snow¬ capped peaks above the clouds over a bluff, falling a perpendicular distance ot ever 1000 feet and disappearing in the bosom of a beautiful plain, lias just been discovered near Lake Cres¬ cent by two ranchmen. Their descrip¬ tion of the scene would exceed any¬ thing of similar character in the Yel¬ lowstone Park. From the snow on the crests of the Olympics, where white men have never visited, comes a little stream, which rapidly grows in volume until it reaches the edge of a perpendicular cliff overlooking a beautiful plateau For of 300 aores a thousand feet below. centuries the water has poured over tho precipice until it has out a smooth passage, something like a large pipe split in half, in the side of the moun¬ tain. Here and there it strikes an ob¬ struction, and out of the mountain's side spurt oth r falls, Standing alongside of the cliff a short distance away the scene is beautiful and looks as though there were half a dozen rivers bursting out of the mountain. The huge volume of water disappears in a wild-looking oavern, and becomes an underground river. It flows be¬ neath the plateau for a distance of two miles, and then again bursts out of its imprisonment in tho shapo of an ova] bridal veil, and dashes over the rocks and oataracts down to Lake Sutherland and out to sea. The country is very rough, wild and hard to penetrate. There is an abun¬ dance of wild game isolated around the falls. Tho discoverers of the falls killed nine elk in half an boar and said there were 100 more in sight.— Beattie (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer, Queerest Town In England. The most curious town in England is Northwich. There is not a straight street, nor, in fact, a straight house in the place; every part of it has the appearance of having recently suffered from the visitation of an earthquake. Northwich, as everyone knows, is the centre of the salt industry. On nearly all sides of the town are big salt works, with their engines pump¬ ing hundreds of thousands of gallons of brine every week. At a depth of some 200 or 300 feet are immense subterranean lakes of brine, and as the contents of these are pnmped and pumped away the upper crust of earth is correspondingly weakened, and the result is an occa¬ sional subsidence. These subsidences have a “pulling” effect on the nearest buildings, which are drawn “ail ways,” giving the town an upside down appearance. — Answers. WORDS OF WISDOM. Reason should direct and appdtito obey,—Cicero. To open the gates of Paradise two must turn the key.—E. S. O’Connor. The less dignity a man has the more he asserts it.—Philadelphia Ledger, An egotist is a man who believes exactly opposite to what you do.— Floriday Times-Union. We shall be more apt to “know each other there,” if we do not forget each other here.—Ram’s Horn. Next to the pleasured admiring the womau we love is that of 4 seeing her admired by others. —Balzac. Misunderstandings and neglect oc¬ casion more mischief in this world than even malico and wickedness.— Goethe. To bo stupid when inclined and dull when you wish is a boon that only goes with high friendship.—The Philistine. It is curious that one should take the trouble to file a bill; filing a bill does not reduce it in size.—Boston Transcript. A man can make a resolution to be strictly truthful and stand some show of keeping it so long as he meets on woman.—Atchison Globe. I have sped much land and sea, anl minglod Wlth mueh people> but nevw yet oou n find a spot unsunned by human kindness. —Tapper, One hour spent in solitude, in strug¬ gle with and victory over a single bosom-sin, is worth more, even intel¬ lectually, than a year’s study.—Cole¬ ridge. Pluck out of suffering the glory that is shut up iu it; and may it he said of each one of you, "Because of the joy set before him lie endured the cross ” —Wilfred Monod. Resignation is not a passive and un¬ aspiring content with life and the world as they are, but it is a faithful acceptance of God’s sovereignty, and God’s purpose, and God’s method.— Philip Moxom. Suffering is an accident. It does not matter whether you and I suffer. “Not enjoyment and not sorrow” is our life, not sorrow auy more than en¬ joyment, but obedience and duty. II duty brings sorrow let it brinf sorrow. —Phillips Brooks. Let ns ever remember that he who lives for self and self alone is a failure, whilst he who renders honest, loving service to his fellows, though he be poor and an outcast, unhonored and unsung, is to all eternity a noble sue cess. —J, Leonard Levy. Lodge Boom iu a Caye. One of tho most fanciful lodges ol the Independent Order of Odd Fel¬ lows in the State of Tennessee, outside] of the oities, is Gap City Lodge No.' 72, which has for its lodge room a, large cave in Carter County, eight miles east of Johnson Oily. So fas-j cinatiug is the home of this Judge that; some of the order in nearby towns have transferred their membership to it. Gap Creek Lodge has a membership of seventy-five, and has been holding its meetings in this cave now for over a year. The snbterranean chamber is rented from the owner, Dr. Nathaniel Ryder. located This strange lodge room is in an elevated strip of woodland. The entrance to it faces the east, and on approaching it presents a sombre ap¬ pearance, which might be considered typical of mysteries that are known only in the hearts of the faithful membership of a great secret order. From the outer doors one passes down a stairway to the first chamber, or anteroom. This apartment is fourteen ail by eighteen feet, and is provided with the necessary equipment to make 'it a desirable place in which to pre¬ pare candidates for initiation into the order. To the rear of this chamber is a hallway,and twelve feet lower down, with the floor slanting at an angle of tforty-five degrees, is the lodge room proper. by This chamber is eighteen sixty jin .feet, and the ceiling is some eight feet height. Viewed through the en¬ trance from without the rooms present |a dark and mysterious appearauce; Jsufficient light outside is nevertheless reflected both from the to penetrate chambers. Taken altogether these underground apartments are quaint land striking quarters for a body of Imgn whose deliberations are secret.— Philadelphia Times. Stimulant for Troops. That soldiers really need stimulants has been formally recognized by the War Department, which includes in its new emergency ration half an ounce of tobacco per diem, The War Department publishes a bulletin, in which it is declared that “under the influence of tea, coffee or tobacco, man seems to be brought to a higher efficiency than without them. They keep up cheerfulness and enable men to endure fatigue and privations, while deprivation of them may cause depres¬ sion, homesickness, feebleness, and, indeed, may lead to defeat in battle. Depressed troops do not fight well,and cannot be kept well in hand. A wise military leader will see to it that his men are not deprived of tobacco, or he will regret his carelessness.”—New York Journal, NO. 38. THE SAME OLD BOAT. If disappointment, friend, you find And kindness Sagging far behind— The world untrue, and i fiends unkind, ’Tis well to ever bear in mind That others, too, ns well as you, Are sailing in the same old boat. Do never, comrade, sit and fret About your losses or your debt— No man was free from trouble yet— Thesun will rise, the sun will set On others, too, as well as you, A-sailiug in the same old boat. Have courage, keep a merry heart— Sail on, and do your honest pari— Though disappointments sting and sc Let this thought joy to you impart— That others, too, as well as you. Are sailing in the same'old boat. Suppose a debt you did not owe, Tiint you were free from ev’ry woe— Drank ev’ry pleasure here below— Wpuld you be happy? Comrade, no. Too much of joy doth, too, annoy— Sail on, then, in the same old boat. 0 wouitl the fates a plan devise, Like that in uso above the skies— In paradise all things are fair— Each soul enjoys its honest share— Why not below?—it would Be so Were greed thrown headlong from the boat. —George Coronway. PITH AND POINT. Some genius will tell the world how to utilize tho microbe.—Puck. She—“Does the baby take after its; mother?” He—“Well, it hasn’t be¬ gun to talk yet. ” “I think the joke has been carried far enough," said tho editor, as he marked “uoeepted" on it.--Brooklyn Life. “Now for another arctio explora¬ tion,” said Fogg as he started on a search for his overshoes. — Boston Transcript. The indestructibility of matter is the one thing that saves the universe from wreok at the hands of the small boy.—Pack. Hopeful: “I beat that you are a widow,” said the one who had been abroad. “Yes, just at present,” said the one in black.—Indianapolis Jour¬ nal. “Strange that these old clocks are always called ‘grandfather’8 clocks,’ ” “Yes, aud I’ll wager a cooky that the grandmothers had to wind them.” - Chicago Record. Teaober—“Now, Thomas, why do we all love George Washington?” Pupil—“ ’Cause school let’s out on his birthday, and he was the Father of his Country.”—Puck. “Now, Violet, can yon give me any reason why 1 should not punish you for being naughty?” Violet—“Yes, ma. The doctor said you weren’t to take any vi’lent ex-cise.”—Boston Guardian. Manager—“Everything set-for that farmyard Eoene?” Property Man— “Everything but the ben." Once more the eternal feminine and the exigencies of realism were in dire con¬ flict.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Man (to Dentist)—“I want you to kill this nerve, please. I’m expecting some money in a few days, and then I’ll call round and pay you.” Dentist (sarcastically )—“I can’t kill such a nerve as you’ve got.”—Fun. “What has become of that brother of yours who was so active in the last campaign? Is he still waging war on great corporations?” “Hei is. He has accepted an agency for an anti-fet remedy. ”—Indianapolis Journal. “I came to ask yonr consent to marry your daughter,” said the young mau, with a trembling voice. “You're a fool, sir!” shouted the irate father. “Well, really, I didn’t think you’d object to having one more iu the family, sir." Layman —"Realism, eh? Now, you don't mean to tell me the sun really sets like that?” Artist—“Ha, ha, my dear fellow, yon don’t grasp the signi¬ ficance of the new art at all. That, sir, is the way the sun ought to set.’ 1 —Detroit Journal. lloru With Hide Reversed. Thomas McKinney, a farmer living in the town of Union, N. Y., has s curiosity that would prove attractive for any museum. Last Wednesday bis eow gave birth to a calf which had three legs behind and one iu front, the single limb being of unusual size, and tapering down from the breast. The skin of the animal was smooth, without a sign of hair. It lived only a short time, and on being dissected it was found that the under side of the skin was covered wiih a fine downy fur, the hide having the appearance of be¬ ing wrong side out. Mr. McKinney will have the animal stuffed.—Neu York Press. Tiniest Shears Ever Made. A clever workman in a cutlery fac¬ tory iu Sheffield, England, has recent¬ ly made a dozen pairs of shears each so minute that they all together weigh less than half a grain. That is about the weight of a postage stamp. Each pair was perfect, and would cut if sufficiently delicate material oonld be found. Lying on a piece of white paper, they seemed no larger than flea*.— New York World.
