The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1881-12-03
,yr.t A woman Can Do.

wn.t A woman Can Do.
wife and mother, women can
As AS +be fortune and happiness OF her
pax nJ .ld' and children; ifshe did nothing
llSoan asurelv this would be sufficient des-
se, Sc, Bv f her thrift prudence, and TACT
hy. an ~ secure to her partner and to her
pc !: can oomnetence in old age, no matter
ell 0n,alI mall their beginning, or how ad-
o~ orse a state may be theirs. by her
Iloerf,,ilness l9s she eau restore her nus.
neeItuiit sd,u shirts, shaken by the anxiety Of
Panu ;noss s By her tender care she can Of
'lslne9o, ros3ore him to health, if disease has
q In esilartosked rtsj his powers. By her counsel
ApVe1i ! 1as1o 1a9, she can win him from bad COM
nuv l,u If i temptation in an evil hour has
LII %Di Kin astray By her example, her pre-
Sonts ~ ga aed her sex's insight into character
lsgp'c sIp can M mould her children, howeve ad-
nr nrSe e't their dispositions, into noble men
ei1I ,J women. And by leading in all things
itr trrs e and beautiful life, she can refine,
,orate u"t and spiritualize all who come
.;thin reach; SO that, with others OF her
sez m emulating and assisting her, she can
i " " more to regenerate the world than all
,ho statesmen or reformers 4hat ever leg
'tSt1 Sbo can do much alas! perhaps more.
daorade man if she chooses to do it.
Ayho can estimate the evils that woman
,os 81 the mower to do? AS a wife she can
S%in m herself by extravaganza: folly, or
Nya1t of affection. She can make demon
pr IN outcast of a msn who might other
Sy;sr become a good member OF society.
Shc can bring bickering stlife, and dis
s.ontcnt into what has been happ home.
Shn can change the innocent babies into
N.ilp men.and even into vile memen. She
ran lower the mortal tone of society it
se]f, M and thus pollute legislation at the
sprinrhead She can in gne, become an
instrument of evil instead ofan angel OF
good.
rity; beauty, anD spirituality spring up in
her footsteps. till the earth smiles with a
lovelness that is almost CELESTIAL, she can
Transform it to black and arid desert,
Powered with the scorn of all evl passion
a,nd by the bitter blast of everlasting death
fThis is what woman can do for wrong
i AS well as for the right. Is her mission Il
sltte one? Has she no worthy work, as
las become the cry of late? Man may
have harder task to perform,a rougher
\ Road to travel, but he has none loftier or
smore influential than woman's.
LOSERS OF MONEY. -"Pardon me for
troubling you sir, but did you drop a
twenty dollar gold piece?" asked q man,
B with an earnest look on his face and a
memorandum book in his hand, of well
@lrcsscd individual on the corner of Wash
kngt0n and Broomficld street.
7rhc man addressed ran his hand nervi-
sDusly into various pockets and replied.
f'Well, now, | declare! Can it be possible
that | was so careless as to drop that coin
IYes, it's gone must have lost it right
lhere near where we stand"
The man opened his memorandum book
took from his vest pocket short lead
pencil, and said;
',Will you favor me with your name
land address,"
They were given, and the questioner
started on, when the well-dressed man
cried,
Hi, there Where's the money? Give
me my gold piece"
"Oh, didn't find any money. | took a
notion this morning that in a city like
this where thousands and thousands of
dollars are handled every hour, there
must be great losses, and started out to in
yeStigate the matter. Between here and
Boylston street found seven men tina
lost twenty-dollar gold pieces and I ex-
pect to run the list up to 200 before I
reach the City Hall. Good-day, sir"
WHO is LUcIFER?-"Who is Lucifer ?"
said the teacher to the infant class in
Sunday-school.
81 know" spoke up brave 5-year old
Erl in very earnest tone.
"Well, tell me, Katie?' said the teach
cr.
"W'y Lucy's fer Bob Spriggs, who has
such funny little moustache, an, wears
such short toat; but papa don't like
him at all, and sez he amt got no sence
an no money, an he's fer zat ole Mr.. Grip
an"
That willdo, Katie" broke in the teach
er; u see you are posted. we will 60 to
another question:" and it required the
iIeaccr five minutes to get through using
her handkerchief wiping her eyes, she
mad such a bad cold, you know, " for
Lucy was instructing another class near