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YOL. t. DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1879. ‘TIME WILL TELL .” Young man, are you coining health ? Nature’s most abundant wealth ? Time will tell I Whether tlio ruddy cheek’s fair glow, That becomes you- manhood so, Comes of well-spent hours or no, Time will tell! As the tempter's home you pass, Do you drain the social glass V Time will tell! By the wild eye’s lurid flame, By the breath of your fair fame, By your good or evil name, . Time will tell 1 Do vou choose the honest way, In your dealings day by day f Time will tell! Should the road be rough and long, Thornier than the path of wrong. Will your heart be faint or strong ? Tjmc will tell! Do you, wdth a nobler choice, Listen to tlie siren’s voice ? Time will tell! Whether you spend in rightful sleep V Sleep’s own hours, or orgies keep, That would make the angels weep, . Time will tell 1 Every seed that we have sown, Every blossom therefrom blown, Time will tell 1 All depends upon the,root ; Like from like still follows suit; Either sweet or bitter fruit, Time will tell 1 ESTELLE’S REPENTANCE. “Thun you refuse to giro up tint' hateful journey, in order to accom pany,me to the Masquerade, upon which T have set my heart?” “I must refuse, Estelle! This matter is of pressing business, an en gagement made weeks ago, and my word is pledged to be on hand at the appointed time. 1 am sorry 'to dis- ’ appoint you, out it can’t he avoided,’’ returned the husband, gravely. “Cannot indeed! I. say it can! Eugene Duval, if you go to-day, and ami so disappoint me, you will rue it all the days of your life. Let me as sn re you, I shall go to that ball to morrow night, either with you or without you; I swear it!” returned the-wife, crimson with passion. “0, my darling, do not he so has ty! I know you do not mean one half your angry words imply; for yon surely would not attend such a pub lic place without tlie protection of your husband.” “I have said it, I go to that ball eithei with you or without you !” ' “Then it must be without, because I cannot remain. When 1 return “Don’t you talk of your return,’’ interrupted the angry wife. “J. hope from my soul, if you go I may never behold your face again!” “Did I hear you aright, Estelle? Let. me bo sure that I was not mis taken in your words!” returned the young man, every- vestige of color receding from his face and lips. “You were not mistaken 1 repeat my words to satisfy you. I .hope, from my soul, if you go I may never behold your face again!” With these words .tlio angry.young wife'passofa from the room, leaving her husband bending over bis open valise^ which lie had been tilling with articles required during his absense. A few moments later, Estelle heard him slowly descend the, stairs, and the closing of. The front door told that lie hud gone. Rushing to a window’she saw him, valise in hand, walk to the corner, and without a look towards the house, enter a pas sing car, and then—she saw him no more. ' No more, I say, for days, weeks’ months, nay, years elapsed, and the bright, handsome face of Eugene Duval . never greeted the longing sight of the poor, young wife, whom remorse for her passionate words had rendered lonely and desolate. Estelle had kept her vow; she at tended the great masquerade ball given at Hall, accompanying an intimate friend and her husband; but there she hod been strangely un happy. None of the pleasures so anticipated could reach one who had parted from a loving, kind, and good husband, os uukiiidly as she had done. A vision of the pale, shocked face, that she had seen after a second time repeating those cruel words, kept continually thrusting itself be fore her, even in the midst of the dances which usually afforded her so much delight. She felt that the company to her was exceedingly te dious, that the time for her to return to her home seemed cruelly long, and as the moments dragged on, she thought continually: . “I wish I had not come! 1 had not said those angry I .will tell Eugene as soon comes home how wretched been, and ask him to forgive me.” But he never came. A few days of wearying silence passed, and then a letter arrived, tolling her she need not fear being pained by a sight of his face again, <is lie was just about leaving for a I wish words! as he I have distant part of the world, where all the traces of him would be entirely lost. He advised her to sell the house he had settled upon her at their marriage, as he did not think it best for her to live alone, as she could still return to her father’s house. lie had arranged his busi a ss affairs, making ample provision to her every w^uit, as he was abund antly able to do. He gave no ad dress, therefore she could not an swer. This was his last farewell! Years rolled on, and her heart never ceased to ache, under its deep pressure of remorse, sorrow and un dying love. Poor thing! she had loved her husband, but she had nev er curbed her violent temper,' or cheeked her sinful love for gavety and excitement. When she^did learn this lesson, when her fierce passions had been subdued, and she could quietly bear crosses and disapointmonts, when excrement, and gay scenes had lost iheir charms, and home and pure domest ic dut ies had taken their place in her heart, the one who would have enjoyed the change, and rejoic ed in the' now amiable, and kill beautiful woman, was far away, ig norant of her repentance, entirely estranged. Seven years went by, and we find 3 > Estelle Duval still with her parents, and only sister, now just twenty-two the age t hat she had been when-her eyes last rested on her husband’s face. Friends often wondered that Mrs. Duval never apj eared in society with Clara, but they could not bill admire her’d'girilied reserve while suffering under the sting of being a deserted wife. Mr; Malcolm, her father, had never been a fortunate man in business, and as times were hard, he had-sought of late years to mend his slender income by taking a few select boarders. Un the morn ing when we see them in their home, the mother and her two daughters were seated in Estelle’s prettily-fur nished bed-room, discussing the up- peurunce of a gentleman who had just .left, after engaging board and rooms. lie would take possession of bis handsome apartments next day. “Did you like his appearance, matmim?” asked Clara. “I did very much; although all conversation was carried on through a friend lie brought with him as in terpreter, he being a German unable to speak our language. He is prob ably forty-five or fifty yfcars of age, very gentlemanly in his looks, and had excellent references. I should think him wealthy, as he was willing to pay high juices for additional privileges and oomforts.” “I hojie lie will be a pleasant in mate of our borne, although he must be a silent one, as we cannot converse with him,” remarked Estelle. In raising her eyes while speaking, they fell upon a likeness of her absent husband, whose handsome, beardless face, with its winning.smile, seemed almost boyish-in its beauty and re pose. Her gaze remained riveted upon the picture, as she continued: •T was passing through the upj>cr hall as ho was leaving, and the tones of his voice reminded mo of Eli geno’s. Did ho look like him?’ “0, no! He was as I say, full forty-five. His hair was very gray and bushy, and so was his full heard There may have been a look of Eu gene’s about the large, dark eyes, notwithstai.ding lie wore spectacles with tinted giasses, but I did not think of it while with him.” Mr. Oberholtzcr provod upon fur ther acquaintance a jierfect gonth- mun. He seemed socially inclined often spending his evenings in the parlor with the family, bringing there his books and papers, being fond of books and study. At first the ladies felt awkward with their silent companion, but finally they ceased to regard his peculiarities and knowing that he did not under stand them, they chattered awiiy of their own affairs, heedless of his presence. Ono thing, however, became, up parent to .Mrs. Malcolm and Clara, and that was, that Mr. Oborholtzer ippoared to admire exceedingly the totally unconeious Estelle. He no ticed her every little want at tublo, was always ready to place a chair for Tier when she entered the room, and sometimes they had surprised him in gazing with a long, impassioned look upon her beautiful features, when she was entirely unaware of his admiring glances. They began to observe this, but wisely kept it to themselves, fearing to disjileaso, oven by a joke, their loved and -afflicted child and sister. One cold, winter’s morning, the German gentleman sat in the shadow of the lace ami Crimson curtains, deeply absorbed by tiro contents of his paper, when the sisters entered. Thoy perceived him, but, secure of his not understanding their conver sation, they continued it. “Do go this once, Estelle,” jrlcad- ed Clara. “It will be such u’sfplon- vlid entertainment, and the music wiUJic so fine. “No, dear, do not urge me; you know I have lost all taste for parties since Eugene left me. If you could realize how much I have suffered for that tearful love of pleasure, you would never urge me to renew it. Only think,” added slip, while tears tilled her eyes, and her voice trem bled with sorrow, “had it not been fur that fatal ball 1 should never had said those cruel, untrue words that drove him from tire, even while in heart I loved him better than any one on earth. No, dear sister, I have shuddered whenever I think of go ing into society, since that fatal day, and I shall go no more,” The sisters turned away as they spoke, not seeing that Mr. Oberholt zcr had arisen from his chair and had hurriedly turned to apjrroach them. That afternoon Mr. Malcolm came home from business earlier than usual, and calling Estelle into the parlor, he hastened to tell her some important news, regardless of the presence of their silent boarder who stood with folded arms ucar the window. “Estelle, darling, I hurried home to tell you that Dr. Maxwell, our family physician, called at my office this morning and greatly delighted me by asking permission to speak with yon on the subject of marriage.” “0, father!” exclaimed Estelle, in accents of deep su rprise and sorrow. “Liston to me, my child. Dr. Mu* well loves you devotedly. He knows your sad story, knows that, you have not heard from Eugene in seven years, knows also that a di vorce for abandonment can easily be obtained, and wishes me to urge his suit. My dear will you not listen to him?” “Never, father, never! A divorce from Eugene, whom I still love, I will never ask. I respect Dr. Max well—he is a good man; hut none but my absent Eugene shall ever call mo wife.” “But Estelle he may be and prob ably is, dead.” “So am I dead to all other mon. I had a good husband— living I lov ed him, but I could not make him happy,” was the firm reply. “My child'you are different now.” “l am; 1 have repented from the depths of my heart for my former conduct, but I shall over cling to my lost husband. Toll * Dr. Maxwell that I cannot listen to his proposal —-that I will never consent to bo di vorced from one who still possesses my whole affections.” “Very well, my child, I will not. press'tlio matter, although 1 like Dr, Maxwell so very much,” sighed tlio father, ns he loft the room to seek his wife. Estelle sat motionless a fow mo ments ufto»‘ Mr. Malcolm had gone, then dashing off an unhidden tear, she was rising, when a gentlo touch fell upon her arm, and a low agita ted voice whispered : “Estelle?” She looked up, surjirisod to see Mr. Oborholtzer standidg beside her, with a face full of emotion. Before she could articulate, beingso strange ly startled, he murmured : “Eorgivo me, but I would speak of your husband.” Sir! can you - speak English? Did you know t he jicrson you mentioned ?’ she exclaimed, with a face from which all color had lied. I can sjieak English. Forgive mo for deceiving you in regard to that matter, and surely you will when I tell you I come from Eu gene?” “Oh! Mr. Oberholtzcr, then ho lives, he lives! Bless you for those words. But cjoos ho love mo yet— can he forgive his broken-hearted wife?” “lie can, and thus entreats you to forgive him also. Look up Es telle my own darling, and see who stands beside you. ....... A thick, gray wig and board lay upon the Hour,*tlio tinted spectacles rested beside them, and there, with open, anus and his own smiling face, stood Eugene Duval, waiting to fold her to his bosom. With one glad cry she sprang to meet him, and winding her arms around his nock, burst into joyful tears. Holding her still in Ins fond em brace, Eugene gently soothed her with kisses and tender words, and then, when she became more calm, he told of bis long wanderings in foreign lands, of bis accumulated and great, wealth, which brought no hajipiness because unshared by her, of his longings to see her once more, of his fear that she would not receive him kindly, and of his sudden re solve, well carried out, to seek her home as a foreigner not understand ing English, thus mingling in the home circle, and so judging wheth er she wished his return. 0, Eugene, my own husband, you fully forgive me now, and will never forsake mo more?” exclaimed Estelle. “Never, my precious wife. My wanderings are over, and deatli alone shall part us, Dr. Maxwell to the contrary notwithstanding. Bless you, my darling, for not listening to his lys t iug.flppuilll” . I need not say, that joy and sur prise Were felt by the family when Mr.^Gberholtzer turned out to be j.he long lost husband of Estelle, und the pleasure with which they greeted him, could not but convince the poor fellow that ho was truly wel come. The pretty house they seven years before had called their homo, was repurchased and rofurnished, and a more devotedly domestic couple than again took possession of it, could rarely be found. An ancient writer once said, “La mentation is the only musician that, alwuys, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of an angry per son “ hor life, she was ablo to put in prac tico the power a well-governed torn jier, remembering— “What you keep by you, you change and mend, But words once spoken can never be recalled.’! and this motto had been fully impressed on the mind of Estelle during the seven years of her lone- line.^, so that in tho added years of The Now J ury Law. Our Jury lists wore revised last New Year’s duy in. accordance with tho new law on that subject. Tho following explanation of that law from tho Atlanta Constitution will be read with interest: “In our columns yesterday wo pub* lisliod the now law providing for the selection of juries, ns passed by the legislature, in order to moot tho re quirements of tho new constitution. This now law is clear and explicit in its directions, and the requirements necessary to constitute grand and petit jurovs are fully sot out in the constitution and rojioated in this later act. As the timp fixed for the first, re vision of the jury list is near at hand, being now year’s day, the offi cers charged with tlio preliminary matters connected therewith should go promptly and energetically about, their work. The judiciary and the press should at once call the atten tion of all-concerned to tho pressing exigencies in this regard. In tho first, place it is required that, a close and carotid discrimina tion fixed by the constitution, shall be made between grand and petit jurors. The grand jurors must, be tho most experienced, intelligent and upright men” among tho tax payers of the county; the jiet it jurors are required only to be “upright, and intelligent, men.” The badge of a grand juror is that ho is one of “the most cxporienccdT^mon upon the tax-rolls, To inaffe so delicate a dis crimination is not an affair of a day or the labor of a fow desultory hours. Tho duty of niuking this discrimina tion is absolute, and we warn tlie officers that the time for executing that duty is surely brief enough. Jn the second jilace, wo doubt if, in a dozen ei/unties of tho state, the threo jury commissioners required by this law to ho appointed by the presiding judge -of the superior court have yet been up] win ted, Tho law was only ajiprovod on the 10th list., and it is possible that few of the judges are even aware of its jiro- visions. The .contemplations, of t he law is that these commissioners, act- ng with the ordinaries ami superior court clerks of their respective coun ties, shall constitute tlie board of jury ooinniias-ioners and shall make their first revision on the first Wednesday in Junbary, 1870, which is the first day of the month. That tlie day for general election of comity offices throughout file state, and it is more than probable that many of the present officials will find t lionise 1vos tempted to post pone or neglect the rigid compliance with this law which its terms and the most vital interests of tho pub lic demand. It is to be hoped that the salutury reform inaugurated by tho constitu tion, and sought to be made opera tive in our jury system by this law, will not be neglected or estab lished in a'casual or slovenly man ner. It snould be the pleasure of every official und commissioner to see the jirovisions of this act fully carried out on the first day of Jan miry, elections to tho contrary not withstanding.” Explanation of a Curious Matter. Washington Capital. A personal friend of Senator Hill, and citizen of Georgia, gnvo us the following as the true condition of affairs between Governor Colquitt and the Senator: Erionds of Senator Hill state that ho has never been antagonistic to Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, and that tho sensational stories telegraph ed from Atlanta to tho Now York Herald, ami other northorn papers, to tho offeet that ho had boon mak ing clmvgos against tho governor to members of the Georgia legislature, arc absolutely “also. It is doubtful whotlior Messrs. Toombs and Stephens would havo made the reputations which they' huvouohiovcd had it not beon for the snrvoillanco which Mr. Hill at all times kept over their political movements. Now that, he has laid aside his immense law practice and entered the United States senate, ho still finds time to look aftor tho local interests of (loorgia; for whon ho learned, a few months since, that a dishonest executive clerk at Atlanta had beon uoeejiting an $8,000 bribo from tho president of tho Atlanta rolling mill, ho at once demanded of Governor Oolquit that tho said olork bo removed. But for ftonio reason, ’ slrungo to say, tho clerk was not re moved, although heudmittedon oath before a legislative oommittoo that lie bad accepted tho bribe above re ferred to. Mr. Hill regards this clerk's retention in position as a menatieo to good government and a peril to the integrity of Georgia. An investigating committeo has made a report upon the matter, which lie deems unwarranted by the facts in tho ease; and ho will at an early day, address a letter to a mem ber ef tlie Georgia legislature, setting forJi the necessity of purging tho state administration of the prcsonco of so disreputable a character ns tho clerk in question, who was unjjrinci- jiled enough to toll the parties from whom he goi the $8,000, that a portion of that sum would be given to tlio governor, as ail inducement to have him sign oertaiu northeast ern bonds. . Thu senator’s sole rnotivo in tho matter has beon to protoot tho gov ernor from tlio damaging consequen ces, sure to ensue, from the retention • of a dishonest man in an imjiortaiit clerical position connected with tho executive dejiurtmoiit of Goorgia. “Bretheren, before we sing the next verse of ‘John Brown’s body lies mouldy iu the grave,’ lot us take a look into tho gruvo und sec that it is there. Jn these days of Ohio medicul colleges a cemetery isn’t any safer than a savings bunk, and it may be political glee clubs, who have been singing the song quo ted above, have bccii*chuntirig a rythmic lie for the past fifteen yen rs. ”— lIn wkeye. What tlie .South Should J>o Next Your. Memphis Appeal. There tiro two requisites that should not be lost sight of in that portion of tlie union known as tho cotton belt—one in the cities, the other in the country. Cities should aim to establish cotton factories, with a view to export yarn and cloth in- styad of tlio raw material. To fur ther this, they should seek from congress such a modification of our tariff laws as will facilitate the ex- portation of manufactured cotton goods. The country should grow their own sujiplios—not cotton alono — in this way tho monoy for tlio feeding of their households and la borers is kept at home instead of being sent away. Our country press, we are glad to see, are awakening more and more to tlio importance of the grow-food-at-home polioy. The Diirduncllc Arkaiisiitn remarks on this subject: “Wo believe the low price of cotton will do the country good in the end. It will bo tho means of causing our southern farm ers to stoji ami think, und the result will be they will turn their attention more to such crojts as will enable them to live within themselves.” Turkeys uro selling for from 35 to 50 cents a pair at Quebec; fowls are 25 cunts a pair, mutton is 4 cents a jiound und butter is from 10 to 15 const. Mr, Morton McMiclieal, of Phila delphia, is tlie last mini* suggested for the Berlin mission.