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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1898)
il is USEFUL ADYICE fob bit of TROUBLE. X 13 IES OF $ffl TO ALWAYS GRUMBLE. Be Thankful For, and e Much to 1 Ha» Be Content, Says Lshould Try to VVilliain. be content with our Situation ^surroundings. to Good Lord, what feght ‘ f time is wasted m longing 0 and in .what we haven't got appre +Ton ble that may never come! ,. , .‘ ng „ wealth , ; fo fame or or power n r worse—it is sin, It is a ■ in's founded in selfishness Burke all and acquired them all Served Uhem them all, letter and to yet friend in his age he said, in a a all lemon was right, for they are Mr time is nearly out and I ■ tr bid rather sleep in the corner of a country churchyard than in the e Capulets.” Las bof the about this because ruminating agent visited inger sewing machine I house today and when lie found I didn’t want another machine lie in the veranda and we talked ct the war and about the beautiful and the lovely weather and on and and the it inventions progress of the iessness and discontent pie. He was a philosopher that and if traveled. We agreed he a , was making a fair living here ht to be not only contented, but nkful and happy. ‘‘This is the it attractive part of Georgia, said [“and Lily I have not found a region so blessed, and yet your people hot [their seem to know it or to appreci good fortune.” [hat is true. What a good idea it lid be for a man to keep a debtor ere dit account with his Maker and |ge Is health himself and with strength, every good his thing sun le and shower, the pnre air and the [sand fruits and flowers, the pictur ie views of hills and valleys, the flowing streams, the songs of the Is and the music that cheers the rtk aud home. Then there is the iy il greetings and meetings with neighbors and friends and the voices of the children and the refill, inviting sound of the Sab bells—and the blessed privilege [orsbipping jcience, God according to our with none to molest or e us afraid. Then there is the r morning prayer that is daily tered. “Give us this day our daily Id,” and He gives it, for we have per tramps nor beggars to afflict hd nobody suffers for bread or the psaries fee within of life. borders, Above all, and we Pope have our f that, “All the joys of reason and lease lie in three words—health, te and competence.” Good graci what a debtor account we could j up against ourselves, and every would be God-given, jell, I things of course, to put down there would the other be on F-such as sickness, a death in the rj, [orse, or some afflicted child, or what disappointed some son or daughter who I to broken our hopes or brought I hearts. But most of I but things are not chargeable to rather to our own imprudence |ck of duty. Fire and storm and pence come through His laws, but ■rarely |ere come. is more sunshine than cloud |r life if we only look at it right, e are the most helpless creatures F ai G a helpless man ought to tankful for everything he gets. 1 know where we came from tIe we are going nor when we a, $io go, and yet folks ng we see *««w»d and swelling up with usnme i!v Ce ' along k with est wa y is t° carry a r ueighbors, us and divide 3 y and if they nave and (0 mix spare let ns get a little of ft. Heard a fat woman „ „■ Dlc: . “Cedent j on , bother about with m *’ 6; TzZ* iha 7 * good car 7“ ine ,ti n.„L ' Ut , ‘ ; 8 a idea, ° a ^°? en ®en in this who . an .T sunshine, and u r ,®eet T them. you are ^ There ho Cl0UdS are many who ,;? 2i D 4 ca "y and anything. 8tiI1 many It > BaJu ea f ? y ears 8inc « old Uncle led , ’ an<J I still treasure ’herJ’n more . ° r he ^rGed sunshine i 6 Wen * an( t never In *® ulda com he c ° ’t sell his water , th? it in WOrld away ’ He rai8ed ^ me now ’ at 3ea8 * ^ seems l0n *’ white ’ seeds H re<1 meat and and li k fL PeddIed them around 5s f J7 ’ •?, won,d after Iike to w °nld e COme f i ien he t wante d °i^° the Swe Ben< et I a and servant. pret 0 mg , k ls to see ^ th them good, enoa gk I°r his and so they generally accepted the compliment and went. My wife, she always went. “When is it going to rain, Uncle Billy?” “You’ll know by ■waiting,” he would reply. I think of that nowadays when anybody asks me what will be the outcome of this old war. “You’ll know by waiting;” and the days are all coming this way. But the eager peo-r pie don’t want to wait. Aunt Ann,our old Guinea African cook, came up this morning wild with excitement. She declared that two trains went up the road “’bout daybreak dis mornin’ all loaded down wid 400 dead soldiers carryin’ em to Chatanooggy to bury ’em. Bey just killed in de fust battle and hadn’t been put in no coffins. Blood runnin’ from ’em through de floors of de cars jes’ like hogs. Dat’s what dey tells me.” We are having birthdays and other episodes at our house nowadays just like there wasn’t any war. My wife has been saying for a long time that she owed some social debts to our good neighbors, and was just obliged to give a dining—and she did. We had given the anonymous peafowls away and sent them to the country, but they all came back in a few days and we managed to catch them and coop them, and so we had a couple for the dining. They were round and fat and beautifully roasted. There were twelve good lady women or womanly ladies at the table besides my wife and one man, I was that man. The prophet Isaiah tells us of a time coming when seven women shall take hold of one man, but there w-ere thirteen after me, and I felt as meek as Moses and as humble as a dead In¬ dian. I got along pretty well, though, considering age and infirmity, and stood by my colors until the strawber¬ ries and ice cream were served, whicli was, I believe, the fourth or the fifth course, and then I heard the door-bell ring, or thought I did, and left the festive board. These swell dinings are hard upon me, and upon the children. Two dear little granddaughters had waited and waited and peeped through the crack of the door a dozen times, and when I went out one of them said, “Grandpa, ain’t they done yet?” It reminded me of the old Scotchman who got tired of waiting for his wife to come home from meeting—so he went after her—and, as she was near the door, he tiptoed in and whis¬ pered, “Ain’t he doon yit?” “Yes,” said she, “he be doon some time, but he won’t quit.” My old friend, Eu¬ gene Harris, says he has watched the Methodist preachers at his mother’s house during quarterly meetings— watched them through the crack of the door until they had eaten the last giz¬ zard in the dish, and then they would sit and sot over their coffee for half an hour, and at last get up and say amen and amen and pat their stomachs and go, and then, and not till then, did we boys get a chance at what little was And our little orphan grandchild had a birthday yesterday. She rose up to nine years and gave a little out door party to her little cousins. Ev¬ erything was home-made, and it was nice, and I was invited and enjoyed the cake and ice cream and strawber¬ ries as much as they did. And she got some nice little presents from home and abroad, and I believe that if I had my way she should stay as young and pretty and happy and innocent as she is now all the rest of her days. But I reckon that couldn’t be did—could it? •—Bill Abp in Atlanta Constitution. Advertise with ns if you wish tv keep the people posted as to thi amount, the character, the qualitj and prices of goods you have for sale. An ad will bring ’em every time. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Further Advices Regarding the Slaugh¬ ter at Manila. A dispatch to The N; ew York Herald from Hong Kong says; The surgeon of the Castilla says that Admiral Montejo was wounded. The captain, chaplain and 90 others were killed, and six were wounded on the Castilla. One hundred and fifty were killed and ninety wounded on the Reina Christina, Admiral Montejo’s flag¬ ship. killed and twenty-nine Five were wounded on the Don Juan de Austria. Four were killed and fifty wounded on the Antonio de Ulioa. CURTAILMENT OF INFORMATION. Secretary Long Puts a Stop to Indis¬ criminate Press Reports. Secretary Long has issued an order that only such facts as are “proper for publication” be given to the press. The cnrtailment of official information was made necessary by the course of certain newspapers in publishing the secret plans of the war board to the profit of the enemy. Advertise with ua If you wish to keep the people posted as to the amount, the character, the quality and prices pt goods you have for sale. As ad will bring ’em every time. TALMAGE’S SERMON THE GREAT BIVINE’S SUNDAY DISCOURSE. The Choice ot a Wife—From a Rustic Bible Scene is Drawn a Practical and Inspiring I*esson For AU Classes ot People—The Calling For Special Work. Text: “Now Moses kept the flock o£ Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian.”—Exodus iii., 1. In the southeastern part of Arabia a man Is sitting by a well. It is the arid country and water is scarce, so that a well is ot great value, and flocks and herds are driven vast distances to have their thirst slacked. Jethro, a Midiauite sheik and priest, was so fortunate as to have seven daughters, and they are practical girls, and yonder they come, driving the sheep and cattle and eamels of their father to the watering. They lower the buckets and then pull them up, the water plashing and on the stones and chilling their feet, the troughs are filled. Who is that man out there, sitting unconcerned and looking on? Why does he not come and help the women in this hard work of drawing water? But no sooner have the dry lips and pant ing nostrils of the flocks begun to cool well a little in the brimming trough of the than some rough Bedouin shepherds break in upon the scene, and with clubs and . shouts drive back the animals that were drinking and affright these girls until they fly in retreat, and the flocks or these ill mannered shepherds are driven to the troughs, taking the places of the other flocks. Now that man sitting by the well begins to color up, and his eye flashes with indig nation, and all the gallantry of his nature is aroused. It is Moses who naturally had a quick temper, anyhow, as he demon¬ strated on one occasion when he saw an Egyptian oppressing an Israelite and gave the Egyptian a sudden clip and buried him in the sand, and as he showed afterward when he broke all the Ten Commandments at once by shattering the two granite slabs on which the law was written. But the in justice of this treatment of the seven girls sets him on fire with wrath, and he takes this shepherd by the throat, and pushes back another shepherd till he falls over the trough, and aims a stunning blow between the eyes of another, as he cries, “Begone, you villains!” and he boots and roars at the sheep and cattle and eamels of these invaders and drives them back; desperadoes, and hav¬ ing cleared the place of the be told the seven girls ot this Midianite sheik to gather their flocks together and bring them again to the watering. The fact that it took the seven daughters to drive the flocks to the well implies that they were immense flocks, and that her father was a man of wealth. What was the use of Zipporah’s bemeaning herself with work when she mignt have reclined on the hillside near her father’s tent, and plucked buttercups, and dreamed out ro¬ mances, and sighed idly to the winds, and wept over imaginary songs to the brooks. No, she knew that work was honorable, and that every girl ought to have some¬ thing to do, and so she starts with the bleating and lowing and bellowing and neighing droves to the well for the watering. Around every home there are flocks and droves of cares and anxieties, and every daughter of the family, though there be seven, ought to be doing her part to take care of the flocks. In many households, not only is Zipporah, but all her sisters, without practical and useful employments. Many of them are waiting for fortunate and prosperous matrimonial alliance, but some lounger like themselves will come along, and after counting the large num¬ ber of father Jethro’s sheep and camels will make proposal that will be accepted; and neither of them having done anything more practical than to chew chocolate caramels, the two nothings will start on the road of life together, every step more and more a failure. That daughter of the Midianitish sheik will never find her Moses. Girls of America! imitate Zipporah. Do something practical. Do something help ful. Do something well. Many have fathers with groat flocks of absorbing duties, and such a father Go needs help in home, or office, or field. out and that help him with the flocks. The reason so many men now condemn themselves to un affianced and solitary life is because they cannot support the modern young womau, who rises at 10.30 in the morning and re tires after midnight, one of the trashiest of novels in her bands most of the time be tween the late rising and the late retiring —a thousand of them not worth one Zip porali. There father and is a question that every mother ought to ask the daughter at break fast or testable, and that all the daugh ters of the wealthy sbeik ought to ask each other: “What would you do if the family fortune should fail, if sickness should prostrate the breadwinner, if the flocks of Jethro should be destroyed byasudden ex cursion of wolves and bears and hyenas from the mountain? What would you do for a living? Could you support yourself? Can you take care of an invalid mother or brother or sister as well as youraelf?” Yea, bring it down to what any day might come to a prosperous family. “Can you eook a dinner if the servants should make a strike for higher wages aud leave that morning?” There needs to be peaceful, the yet radical revolution among most of prosperous homes of America, by which thd elegant do-nothings may be transformed into prac¬ tical do-somethings. Let useless women go to work and gather the flocks. Come, Zipporah, let me Introduce you to Moses. See In this call of Moses that God has a great memory. Four hundred years before He had promised the deliverance of the op¬ pressed Israelites of Egypt. The Clock of time has struck the hour, and now Moses is called to the work of rescue. Four hun¬ dred years is a very long time, but you see God can remember a promise four hundred years as well as you can remember four hundred minutes. No one realizes how great he is for good or for evil. There are branchings out and rebounds, and reverberations, and elab¬ orations ot influence that can not be esti¬ mated. The fifty or one hundred years of our earthly stay is only a small part of our sphere. The flap of the wing the of Egyptian the de¬ stroying angel that smote Bed Sea oppressors, the wash of the over the heads of the drowned Egyptians, were all fulfillments of promises four centuries old. And things oeeur in your life and In mine that we can not account for. They may be the eehoes of seventeenth what was promised in the sixteenth or century. Oh, the prolongation of the divine memory! Notice, also that Moses was eighty years of age when he got this call to become the Israelitish deliverer. Forty years he had lived in palaces as a prince, another forty years ho had lived ^in the wilderness of Arabia. Nevertheless, be undertook the work, and if we want to know whether he succeeded, ask the abandoned brick-kilns of Egyptian taskmasters, and the splint¬ ered chariot wheels strewn on the beach of the Bed Sea. and the timbrels which Miriam clapped for the Israelites passed over and the Egyptians gone under. Still 'further, watch wonder this _ spectacle when Moses of genuine courage. 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Those who have the previous right come in last, have if they come in at all. Thank God, we here and there aj-itrong man to set things right! I am so glad that when God has an especial work tc do, He has some one ready to ac complish it. Still another, see in this call of Moses that if God has any especial woric ror yoa to do He will help you. There were Egypt and Arabia and the Palestine with their crowded population, but the matt tbeLord wanted was at the southern point of the triangle of Arabia, and He picks him right out, the shepherd who kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest and sheik-. So God wilt not find it hard to take you out from the sixteen hundred millions of thehumau race if Ho wants you lorany thing what especial. and inspiring O a iaseinating c-iar acter this Moses! How tame all other stories compared with the biography of Mosesl ANGERED AT ENGLAND. Speeches of Salisbury and Chamber lain Causes Bitter Hatred. 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