Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-04-07
Woman, Her influence.

the character, morals ana Oest'nY
of the nation cannot be too often
noticed. Although they use means
which are silently employed, they
mako deep ard lasting impression.
Woman works upon the heart
man upon the intellect. Many a
man casts himself upon the sea of
life, and wave after wave of disap-
pointmcnt rolls upon him Back
he turns from the public, and in
private despairs Of ever trying to
do or 70 be anybody. But wo-
man comes to him, with an out
stretched arm, to aid him by kind
words and Sympathy. She says, IN
her melodions voice, deal Of SYM
pathy seeming to come to him in it,
"Arise, my friend Go forth once
more. l will aid thee-God will
prosper you, Forth he goes, and
although he meets dissappointnents
he labors on, and after time
comes ont bright good man
blessing TO humanity. made such by
influence OF q woman.
When Columbus braved the per-
lis of unknow seas to add Ameri-
ca TO the world, it was the white
hand of a woman that fitted him
for his daring voyage Of discovery.
So WON equlps man every Gay
tor the voyage OF life. Most OF
our noted men speak Of the infu-
ence of their mothers, and not a
few say that their mofhers influence
them, put INTO them the desire to
be somebody, to make the world
better for .heir having lived.
Richard Cecil speaks of the
| prayers and counsels OF his mother
how her influence made bin bet
ter, and closes by saying ''Tnosc
prayers and counscls time will
never cff;ace from nay memory.
They form part Of my very
constitution" Gambe5ta says
,is mother made nm. His
| father desired him TO be a tradcs-
man, but his mother, uDbeknow to
to the father, sea-: him tt Paris to
attend school. Placing bag OF
money in Gambctta's baud, she
eald:
"This is my boy, is to pay your
way for a year. A trunk full o1
clothes is ready Tor y"u. Try %nd
come home somebody" He went
to Sorbolnse, hired the cheapest
room and worked hard. His ia llel
was angry at his leaving home, ou'
Plot. Vaatta niollited him, ano
persuaded him 70 give his con some
money, which he did. 1t was moi
long before young Gambetta. was
admitted TO the bar, and rose te
emiaepce AS man OF worth.
Lamartine resembled his mother
and Was more influenced by bel
than any man whom l Can remem-
her. She was a woman of graceful
figure, eyes full of tenderness, anc
soul full OF kindness and good
ness; a woman of more sweetness
$ than force. Lamartine was mae
of sanguine temperament, some
what OF dreamer, being in AT
ideal world; man unfit to tax,
part in the political babals and war
OF the time in which he lived; ane
that is why he tailed as states
man.
: One more, If you please. Thos
F. Benton said: "My mother ask
, ed me never to use tobacco.
have never touched it from tha
time to tho present day. She ask
ed me never to gamble, and have
: never gatnbled. She admonishet
5 me, too: against hard drinking
and whatever usefulness [ have,
attribute to having complied t.
her pious aad correct wishe.
When | was seven years old sh
asked me not to drink, and then
made a resolution of total abstin
encc; and that 1 have adhered I
it through all time. 1 owe to M
MOTHER
1t is seldom that man who al
soeiates with women of weak an
mental and moral qualities ever at
, tains distinction. Woman will al
ways rule the heart, and the hear
leads the man. To every youn,
man ] say; Among your friend
have one or two miGdle-aged wo
men who possess noble qualities G
mind. Converse frequently wit
such friend, for she now has
firm, penetrating mind, and ca
guide you over the stony PLACES i
your path. Choose not youni
woman Of twenty or twenty-five
No; he careful; such a one ma
have axes to grind. Neither choos
weslthy, fashionable woman, to
the devil in these days means th
finest clothes ard travels the bes
roads Choose a wOm2n from tn