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ATHENS, GA. SEPTEMBER 20, 1872.
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authcnt flianncr.
Pi:in.ii4iifci» ivkkki.v.
BY S. A. ATKINSON,
AT THREE P3LL.VRS TER ANNUM,
S TRICTl. V IS •< D VA SCR.
Miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous.
OJice, Broad St., over J. U. llnggin*.
E.E.JONES,
DEALER IS
STOVES,
KVTSS OF VIITEHTISINfl.
a i vertifwnent* #111 SeWflTtcU at One Dollar anfl
Fifty Ciiiti ,»er .Squire of 12 lines, for the first, ana
Setrnty-ave Cent* for each sulnoqaent nsertion.
for .in v tl on un larone month. For a longer period
lib t»I contracts will be made.
AtlicnsUiisiriess Director)
JAY 0. G/ ILL’S j
j-NVITEfi ATTENTION TO HIS
NIW f ALL r?OOK
Garden Seed.
W u have just received a large as-
sertment
Buist’s Celebrated Carden Seed,
'reside Miscellany.
LONGS & BILLUPS.
I AMAH COBB. A, 8. FJUWIS. HOWF.I.l. COBB,
COBB. F,RAVIN k CURB,
TTORNEYS AT L AAV,
. V Alhcu
building.
Georgia. Office in tlie Df-uprec
K. P. LUMPKIN
11F.NRY JACKSON.
Lumpkin & Jackson,
A TTORSEY3 AT LAW, will practice in the
/V .Superior Court of Clark county, the .Suj^r.une
the State, and the United States
• the Northern District of Georgia. feh. 9tf
v
SAMUEI. P. THURMOND,
TTORNEY AT LAW
Athens, Ga. 0.fl?e on Broil street, ovr
i S »Vs ^tore. Wiilg ve ape dal attentio
tocise-tin Hinkraptey. Aon, to the collection <
all claim* entrusted to his care.
CHIMNEYS AND
PURE KEROSENE OIL.
I
• . . f ’J V" .»
lh!V Wf IUjck ^e! ro purchasing.
&Vpi l i-tf.
RENOVATE Ml CARPETS.
Something New!
^ DISCOVERY lias recently Keen
-..tva vst oostn,
MERGAHNT TAILOR
AND DEALER IN
Ready-made Clothing
nM:,,,n, stiinffl]00fls
The Golden Touch.
VOL. XLI1.-JS0.13—NEW SERIES V0C, 3 3.°NR!S?*
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220 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA GA.
CHOICEST NOVELTIES’
ALWAYS ON HAZD-
clean:
made by which
'"arpets .an be i'.v
wiiUft.il Aeuio«io
•vst ys oai pr?ve
verei
Bru.-t
and In-I
ghiy cleaned and reno- |
iciu from the ;b»or. It !
moths. 1; thoroughly I
sue » as lMusu C hairs, 1
J. k J. C. ALF.XtNIG B,
k E VLERS IN HARDWARE,
Iron Steel, Nails, Cirriage M tterial, Mining
m,»le mats, Jke., Whitehallst., Atlanta.
D’
M.V AN ESTES,
.^TTO’BNEY AT
L A W
Homer, Banks County, Ga.
PITTMAN & HINTON,
^TTORNEYS
AT LAW,
Jclferson, Jackson county,
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
OS THK-—-
GEORGIA and MAC OX and
AUGUSTA RAIL RODS.
o?
SnprrlntenUent'* Office,
(IforaU and .Huron k Augusta Kai
Augusta, G ., June 5, la.-, j
AND AFTER WLDNES-
DAY, June Sih. 1S72, the P.wsetiger T:«in,
flirt. 1
»l r.«d. }•
,1S72. J
HOUSE FURNISHING GCOOS.
r HAVE STILL ON HAND
-L the
Largest Variety of Stoves
I will furnish at the leicest Gr
in Athens,
ing price*.
PH E MARION,
Largest Oven Step ■S ir; M vvt f idurei !
Sociables, Divans, U •ckers.cdc. It is tlit- acknowl
edged cleanser for clothing of all des u iptions, re
moving gr •use sjhiIs and restoring tb-.r original
c dors. For sil.vs, rih>*»ns a id lace the.-e :s noth-
ingthit eqmls it, and c in Ihj u>od without the
slightest injury to the finest fahti . It contains no
aci Is, and is a pure Renovating s dution. This is
entirely a new process, and commends itself wherc-
ever used. We will clean)otir car *ets. etc.,or fur
nish the solution, with directions for using.
Athens, April 17. 1872.
This certifies that Mr. Max M. Myerson lias
cleanse l for me a very much so !e l carpet, remov
ing all rrea«*‘ s.» >ts and, where not too much worn,
r -storing the original c do.s. 1 cheerfully recom
mend him to the citizens of Athens who may need
higaiiUfulswrn.ee. II. 1ILLL.
i*lcrsi"n
Hundred* of the Marion havc)>een sol.l in Ath
ena m l vicinity,.aui witioiut an ex.vo.iun hive
Riven nn aton le 1 afttiiftmiou. Co [virll.a wiahinf;
agooJ.tove it a (iiMil.pi.ce, leangaiciy sajr that
The Marion is L’ic Slave.
THE SOUTHERN HOME,
entirely new stove ih d
i n »st ,V»vel ircuag mj
•c:ly under the fire t>o<
mg heal of ih
igiand const rurtion.
U t.u pari.of 4l»e »vcn
is prole tel frvtn tlie
eai of th * fire iu <ilia pmacular j»ii e, and
•ii beat is ov»t liiitfi, in u.l parts ol .he oVe.i,
securing the ui »t leiiraolj lu.n; inu.iy stove,
Even baking an I ro .s.ing. Tuis s.ovo has
k i h it i s i .rt it he, and tu
the Georgii an l Macon and Augusta Railroads j siles since itsmrro laction warrants thccoudu-ton
* ill run as follows
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Beuuenger Train will
Jx*ave Augusta at.,* r, 8 29a.m.
Leave Atlanta*t. .—-3 15 a. m.
Ariiveai Ailaniaat ,,.6 4'Jp. ui.
Arrive at Augusta at •.......• • ^ 3Jp. m.
Night Eassenger Train.
Ixmve Augu(ta:it 8 13 p. in.
l-nwe Atlanta it .8 00 p. m.
Arrive at Vtlania at r. 43a. m.
Arrive at Au^uvtaat :. G uO a. nt.
MACOXASD AUGUSTA 11. Ii.
be the
lEAOl.iimoV »itlit 3 3HMTRV
Day Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at
L'-ave Ma *on at
Arriv^in Augusta at .
Arrive in Macon at
I ALSO kllp the
FOREST CITY.
QUEEN OF TIIE SOUTH.
FIRESIDE,
CAPI I OL CITY,
Anil 31 any Ollier Leading
Stoves.
his purch ^cd the receipt for
me a novo solution from Mr. Max M. Mye»sm. and
will promptly att n 11*» all orders left at his Paint
Shop, on .laexson strejt, near the National Rank,
aprii 19-tf JO IIS POTTS.
Win. A. Talmailge,
UP. PDST OFFKK, (OL. AVKMK. AT!!! :
ssr go 10
CATOOSA SPRINGS!
THE GREAT FOUNTAIN OF
IlEALTHand PLEASURE,
\ \T HERE YOU WILL FIND 8 "7 k - V*
\Y "An oia Virgin'.* Welcome.” Inabeau- an . vthUl g else.
Qnce upon a time t!
rich*. King, whose .name .was Midas/
and he had a little daughter, named
Marygold. This King was fonder of
gold than anything else in the world,
but he loved nearly as well his little
daaghter, who was a merry, lovable
chid. But the mord he loved hit diHd
the more Ije desired wea’.th, foolish
that the best thing he could leave
ear child was the biggest heap
yel«STtlitfigr8«tt^!iScf
been heaped together since the world
was made. So he gave all his thoughts
and all his time to this one purpose.
If he gazed at the gold-tinted clouds of
sunset, he wished they were real gold,
and could be squeezed into his strong
box. If lie stirred the fire, aud the
sparks flew crackling up the chimney,
he wished some fairy would turn them
into golden coin for him, and in fact
his whole thoughts ran upon gold,
gold, till he almost ceased to c u e for
began to touch the objects within • he groaned aloud, and pretty little
reach. He was grieveously disappoint- [ Marygold started from her chair, and
ed to see that they remained 'exactly ! running to Midas, threw her arms af-
e lived a very j as before, and he lay in a very discon-
’ solate mood, thinking over the promise
of the stranger, he now feared would
not come true, until a bright: sunbeam
shone through and gilded the ceiling
overhead.- .
' * 1 ” r, « D ■* ■
And he tliought the sunbeam
fleeted queerly ou the white coverlet
of the bed. Looking closely at it,
what was his astonishment and delight
to find that this linen cloth had chang
ed into what seemed a woven texture
of the purest and brightest gold. The
Golden Touch had come to him with
the first sunbeam.
Midas started up in a kind of joy
ful frenzy, and ran about the room,
tiful and lovely vale, twenty-five miles south-east
of . liattanooga, and within two miles Df the rail-
rpa 1 leading to Atlanta, lie the celebrated aud
world-renowned CATOOSA SPRINGS,
a •>
■iS^SeSri- “
Denier in War'he*, Hr
Ware, vl . tl I .stn
Pist ils, .i,»»rtinn
r*k% .Ten-elrv, Silver-plated
it -tils, sp Mitat-les, Guns,
E juipuients, Ac. Ac.
*f American and lin-
. ILtuMeGiins with
!, / • I lent tor long
With a deslrat n •»!-t - ui -v,!l p; 1 the a bar
.u very rea= liable prices.
RE P AIRIKTQ.
good
Watches, Clocks, .Tevvclrr, Gnns nml Pisfo'u
pr » iint!y attended to in a satisfactory manner.—
liail and see for vourselves. ax*r 4
Xirjht PitASPWf'r TV
tm.
on hand at ;.il times a large stock of
- $ b'» p.
10 00 p.
Leave Augusta at —
Lave Maom at
rrivoin Augusta al
Arrive in Macon nt 4 15 a. m.
P »ss *ngors from Atlanta, Athens, Washington,
an 1 s*.aiims on Georgia Rtllroid, by taking the
Day Passenger Train will make connect! «n at t'a-
mak with the Train for Macon.
**«- p.illirt til’s (First-Class^ Sleeping Cars on all
Ni’itt Passcng-r friinsoti the Oor-ia Railroad ;
and First-Class sloping Cars on all Night Trains oil
the Macon and Augusta Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, SopL
TinI Vare of all Kinds
CASS IL LI ADAMS,
DESIGNER,
Ifaqi jjugraver and friate?,
ELECTROTYPI MO,
W. Cornkr Fourth ani> Walsh Streets
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ijock Box 226,
T le succ :ss th it JOS 1
with a nee u.s in.ru^uci.o
*ur 1excellence.
ROOKINO,
OU l’l'ERING,
AND JOB WORK,
OF ALL KiNDS,
s* Wt u&vxa&ta,
T E AC UER OEM USIC.
( \FFICE corner of Lumpkin and
" Clavto i streets, near tde Enupwnl Church.
Pu’dls living
and pra.-tice at ttie office.
JSTOXiJD FO R
THE GREAT VARIETY,
AND
CURATIVE PROPERTIES
THEIR WATEES-
There are Fifty-Two Distinct Springs
Within this Magic Vale,
comprising almost every variety of water found in
t .e . .mous uutuuiains of Virginia.
RED,
BLACK,
AND WHITE SULPHER
Alum, All-Healing, Red, Sweet, Montvale
and all the Chalybeate Waters
knowntothe Medical World.
A NEW BALM OF GILEAD,
and cure for all the diseases that human flesh is
heir to.
W.11 be opened June 1st, 1872, by
W. C. HEWITT,
jn 21—It. Late of the Globe Hotel, Augusta.Ga.
SA VANN All, J *.< RGIA.
Only establishment of the kind in the city where
flLKEIS, CilICKKXS HICKS, (IttSK, EtGS,
Game, Fruits, Vegetables, Ac.,
Are received and sold on commission.
R9_Consigmuents solicited from the country.
UJLJktmmission for selling, 5 per cent.
ifc34.lt“turus promptly ma leinanv way directed.
I4B.Fowi CiHip* returned free of freight charges.
»m-Mark YOUR OWN NAME as well as mv
allresx ou ail shipments, that 1 may know, to
wliom the article belongs.
«a»Liberal advances ma leon cotton consignm’ts.
GMDMit S. IIKUUKltT,
Pro luce Broker and Purchasing Agent.
180 Bay at. foot of Barnard. oct lJ-3m
In his earlier days, before this insane
desire for riches seized him, King
Midas bad been fond of flowers, aud
had planted a g trden in which grew
the largest, sweetest and most beauti
ful roses that any mortal ever saw,
but now, if he ever looked at them,
it was to calculate how much they
would be worth were all ihe roses
turned to gold.
At last Midas got so unreasonable
in his passion for money, that lie spent
nearly all his time in a dark, strong
room iu the vaults of the palace,
where he kept Ins money. Here,
alter locking the door, he would take
out his bags of coiu aud count them
over, or silt the gold dust through fin
gers, or toss up the bars of gold and
catch them as they came down, and he
Wholesale Produce Depot, uever was 80 haw ^ as " hen thus
Fianas, Orpts & Shasl Music i
attended to promptly. The manufactory is still In
ch irge of Mr. \V. H. JUNES, who will b«a pleased
to see nis old friends anil cusiumers.
Orders from the Country for work dr goods will
meet witn pioiiiptaitendon.
ledrin * •
in^nt plac • \ in t>
to y aft ftir :.-»j
table farms. Allinstru-
an l fu'ly warranted.—
a<c can have an instru-
c, w'.ileh. if no* s itis’af-
MOST BEAUTIFUL
I) E C A L C O M A I X E.
OR
Transfer Pictures,
AT THE
NEW DRUG STORE.
J. T. BOTH WELL.
;iis taken in part -
E. E. JONES,
Fall and Winter Clothim
J. E. HITCH
i NVTTEii the attention of his friends
and the public to his large and carefully selec
ted Block of
Ready Made Clothing
tland T Yvnas sts.,
A THE NS.
11. T. BIHIMBY & €0.,
Druggists and Pharmacists,
And Dispensers of Family M: Urines,
\\TOULD respectfully call attention
\ V t * their elegant preparation of eTcrvescing
mmuumb
Gent’s Fiiriiisliius Gowls.
His stock emhrccs French, German and English
Broa icloths, a variety of colored cloths, fancy ca--
si meres, beaver cloths, Caspars, meltons,fur Leave. ,
lA>ndon and Sc.»p*h coating , silk velvet an 1 taa y
Vesting*, Ac. My stock of Furnishing Goods em
braces.
Shirts, Cellars, Ties, Suspenders, Under-
Shirts and Drawers, Half-Hose.
Gloves in great variety, etc.
soluti
Citrate of Mtjnesia, or Tasteless Salts, i
Aperient Seitlilz Powders, j
Cral) Orchard Salts, j
m
3 RG ESTER 1
DIC THX ARIES.
J. M. DYE, JR
DYE. BOTH WELL & CO.,
( aOTTON FACTORS AND COM-
J MISSION MERCHANTS, No. 143 Beynlds.
reet, Augusta, Ga. Liberal advances made on
cotton and oth -r produce when re«|uired.
or Bagging, Ties and Family Supplies pororders
filled. All liusiness entrusted to us will hamptly
prompt j>ersoiial attention. veour
C •nimissions for selling cotton \\i per cent,
ojt 7-fa:tui
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MARA' A. EDWARDS,
Libel for Divorce, in
Frauklin Sup’r Court,
HENRY EDWARDS. J April Term, lo72.
It .appearing to the Court th it the Defen Jant,
llenry Edwards, cannot l»e tonn 1 in *his county,
and it further appearing that h.s residence is un
known , it is ordered by the Court that service of
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once a month for four mo.iths previous .o the next
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per published in Athens, Ga.
A true extrac’ fio n the minutes of Franklin Sn-
periorCourt. Jui.e ii,is72.
the B UCK Sii* oil Prince Avenue, where j
classe of work iu uis liue will be faiiul'uliy exec
ted.
Particular attention given to horse-sheeing.
Those iu waul ol the genuine
Wagon Yards in A thens.
r I* ll ESU BSCRIBER HAS
employed.
Owe day, as King Midas was in his
treasure-room, he saw a shadow fail
upon the heaps of gold, and looking
up, what should he behold but the
figureofastraii'.ers.aiHlingin the bright
and narrow sunbeam that fell trom
the’ iron-barred window. Tt Ws a
young man, with a cheerful aud ruddy
face. As King Midas knew he had
carefully locked the door, ho of cours
concluded at once that some stranger
fairy had visited him. Thestrugergazed
al out the room, ami when his lustrous
Simla hadglistend upon all golden ob
jects there, he turned to Midas:
You are a wealthy man, friend
Midas!” he observed; “ I doubt
whether any other four walls on earth
contain so much gold as you have con
trived to pile up in this room.”
“ I have done pretty well, pretty
well,” answered Midas, in a discon
tented tone; “ but after all it is but a
trifle, when you consider thf t it has
taken me my whole life to get it tor
gether. If one would live a thousand
years he might have time to grow
rich.”
“ What! then you are not satisfied!”
exclamed the stranger. Midas shook
his head.
“ And pray what would satisfy you ?
Merely for the curiosity of the thing, I
should like to know,” said the strang
er.
Midas paused and meditated. He
felt confident that the stranger, with
such a golden lustre in his good-hu
mored smile, had come hither with
both the power and the will to gratify
his utmost wishes; that now was the
fortunate moment when he had-but to
speak and get whatever he chose to
ask, and so he thought aud thought.—
At last a bright idea occurred to him,
and, raising his head, he looked the
lustrous stranger in the face.
V Well, Midas, I see that you have
at length hit upon something that will
satisfy you. Tell me your wish:
“ It is only this,” replied Midas ;
“ I am weary of collecting my treas
ures with so much trouble. I wish
everything I touch to be changed'to
gold.. .. '''' .. “ ..
“ The Golden Touch!” exclaimed
grasping at everything. He seized
one of the bed-posts, and it immed.a-
tely became a column of fluted gold.—
He took up a book, and ou runing his
fingers through the leaves, behold it
was a bundle of tbiti golden plates.—
He put on bis clothes, aud was enrapt
ured to see himself iu a magnificent I
suit of cloth, which retained its llexi- ■
bility. Midas now took his spectacles
from his pocket and put them ou Ids
nose, hut discovered he could not see
through them; taking them otf, he
found the glass to be plates of thin
gold, and of course worthless as specta
cles. This last annoyed Midas, but lie
said, “ It is no great matter after all;
we cannot expect any great good with
out some small inconvenience with
it.”*
Wise King Mujgs was so exalted
with his good fortune that the palace
seemed not spacious enougli to hold
him. He therefore went dowu into
the garden. Here he found a great
number of beautiful flowers in full
bloom and others iu bud. Very deli-
cous was their fragrance, but Midas
knew a way to make them more pre
cious, and so he took great pains to go
from bush to busli and touch each
flower and bud, and soon every one of
them, and even the little worms and
insects on them, were changed to glit
tering metal.
Midas then went into breakfast, and
as the morning air and his early Walk
fectionuteiy about his knees. He. bent
down and kissed her; he felt that his
little daughtor’s love was worth a
thousand times. more than the gold
he had gained by the Golden Touch,
“tfy precious, Marygold,” said he.
re * But Marygold made no auswer. Alas,
what had he done? How fatal was
the gift tlie stranger had bestowed!—;
The minute the lips of Mid: s touched
the forehead of his little daughter, a
change had taken place. Her sweet,
rosy face, so full of love as it had
been, assumed a glittering yellow
color, with yellow tear-drops con
gealing ou her cheeks, ller beauti
ful brown curls became spirals of gold
had given him an appetite, ho was
filagree. Her soft and flexible form
became bard and rigid iu her father’s
embrace. Oh! frightful misfortune.
The victim of his insatiable desire for
wealth, Little Marygold was a human
c’nihl no longer, hut a golden statue.
Yes, there she was, with tlio ques
tioning look of love and pity harden
ed into her face. It was the prettiest
and most woeful sight that ever mortal
beheld, an 1 poor Midas, bis grief and
horror, felt bow infinitely a warm aud
tender heart that loved him, exceeded
in value all the we tith that could be
piled up between the earth and sky.
Poor Midas, in the very fullness of
all his gratified wishes, began to wring
his llands and bemoan himself; he
could not !>ear to look away from her.
All tlie features and tokens ot his child
were there ; even the little dimple in
her golden chin. But the more perfect
the resemblance the greater the fath
er’s agony at beholding in this golden
image all that was left him of his little
darling pet. Alas! too well had his
wish been granted. So Midas had
onlv to wring his hands and wish that
he was the poorest man in the world,
if the loss of his wealth would only
bring back the life into his dear little
child.
While he was in this tumult of dis-
pair he suddenly beheld a stranger
standing near the door. Midas bent
dpwp hfa tegdjl without speaking, for
he recognized the same figure
ready for a hearty meal. Little Mary
gold had not yet made her appearance,
so telling a servant to call her,
he sat down to the table to begin his
own breakfast. It was not long before lie
heard his little daughter coming along
the hall, crying bitterly. This sur
prised him, for Marygold was one of
those delightful children who are al
ways cheerful aud happy, and her
father did nS know what to think.
As Marygold opened the door, sob
bing as if her heart would break, her
father said: “ How now, my’ little
daughter 1 Pray what is the matter
this fine morning?” Marygold, with
out taking her apron from her eyes,
held out her hand, in which was one
of the roses which Midas hud so recent
ly changed to gold.
“ Ah, dear father,” sobbed the child,
as soon as I was dressed I ran into
the garden to gatuer some ruses for
you, because I know you like them,
especially when gathered for you by
your little daughter. But, oh dear,
dear me ; what do you thing has hap
pened ? Such a misfortune! All the
beautiful roses that smelled so sweet
are blighted and spoilt. What can be
the matter with them ?”
“ Pooh ! pooh ! my little girl,” re
plied her father. “ You can easily
Midas, as his head emerged out of
tbe water. **WS!r, \M (HUlly a
refeefcHirtgibiitkTind l>(hirtt it K
have quite wasiied away the Gold
en Touch. .A^dQwJj^pngmy
pitcher.”
As he dipped the pitcher iuto
the water it gladdened his heart to
see it change from gold into the »
same good honest earthen 1 vessel' f!
which it had been. King.Midaa
hastened back to tbe palace, and
you need not hardly be told the
first tiling -lie did was to sprinkle it ;
by handfuls over the gelderi figure
of little Marygold. 4«rsro.(;te
No sooner did it fall on her than
you would have laughed to see how
the rosy color came hack to the dear
child’s cheek, and how she began to
sneeze and sputter, anil how aston- - »
ished she was t> find herself drip"
ping wet, and her lather still throw
ing more water on her.
“ Pray do not, dear father." cried'
she; “see how you have wet my
nice dress, which I put on -.early
this morning/’ . a -. 7
For Marygold did not kuow that
slie hail been a golden statue, nor
recollect anything that had happen-. .
ed since the moment when she Had ! At
ran with outstretched arms to coin-
fort poor King Midas. And her
father did not tell her how foolish
he had been, but led Marygold into- ,>i
the garden and delighted her littlu
heart by sprinkling all the rosia-
and turning them bac|c agaiji into-
real fragrant beauties*.
And when King Midas had,
grown quite an old man, and used
to trot Marygold’s children on hi*
knees, he was fond of telling them
this marvelous story, ar.d said that
the gold tint in their hair was
caused by their mother's hajr once
having been real gold. All. of s
which, of course, they believed, as
you must do. y ^
which
had appeard to him the day before, in
the treasure-room, and bestowed on
him tlie Golden Touch.
“ Well, friend Midas,” said the
stranger, “ pray how do you succeed
with tlie Golden Touch ?”
Midas wrung bis hands. “ I am
yery miserable,” said he,
“ Very’ miserable, indeed !” exclaim
ed the stranger, “ and how happens
that? Have I not faithfully kept my
promise to you ? Have you not every
thing your heart desires ?”
“Gold is not everything,” replied
Midas; “ and I have, lost all that my
heart really cared for.”
“ Ah, so you have made that dis
covery? Let us see then. Which of
these things do you really think worth
the most, the gift of the Golden Touch,
or one cup ot clear, cold water ?”
“ O, blessed water!” exclaimed
Midas; “ it will never moisten my
parched lips again.”
“ Tlie Golden Touch,” continued
the stranger, “ or a erust of bread ?”
“ A piece of bread is worth al 1 the
gold on earth,” replied poor hcert-bro-
ken Midas.
“ The Goldeu Touch,” asked the
stranger, “ or your owa little Mary
gold, warm, soft and loving, ag she
was an hour ago ?”
“ O, my child, my darling child,”
“ One eyed Winston" was (and
probably is now) a negro preacher
gv and numan liattire w«?& oftenT**^
very original, as the following an- *
ecdote may prove. A gentleman
thus accosted the old preacher one-
Sunday:
“Winston, I understand yon be
lieve every woman has seven dev
ils. Now, how can you prove it?’’
“ Well, sah, din you never read 1
in dc v Bible how de seben d ebb els
were cast out’er Mary Magdelene
“ Oh ! yes; I’ve read that.’! *
“ Did you ebber hear of ’em Hein’
cast out of any odder woman, sah ?’’
“ Ndf ’T never did.” * p *' “
“ Well, den. all the odde’s got
em yet.”
exchange one of those golden roses for said poor Midas, wringing his hands ;
a hundred of the ordinary kind. Sit j“ I would not give that one small dirn-
down and eat your bread and milk.”— I pie in her chin for the power of ebang-
Midas meanwhile had poured out a j'iug this whole earth into a solid lump
cup of cotfee, and as he lifted a spoon- of gold.”
1 a -are, cmnCorUble and commodious Wagon
ac.1 on Biver street, near the Upper Bridge:
H :MP.i!U PLOW,
ONE AT FOOT OF BROAD ST.,
wMc’
buy .
■ is now so p.-p-a!-.r, svill do well to call and
o n the old man himseX Ilia superior
On. . ^ ’ °J Advertising :
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South, and U eirai»tir P*l»er in the
It contain! thTuuS'nnwN'1'T\ U ? r
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a.-rieultarai. tetanus? 1 commercial,
a I. .tinTltlo.?.,.^ * nd *ni9cellaneaus—thereby
Station a. tSS .’^7^
[
'WOOD’S
repair shop,
runs. A. LITTLE. Clerk
Picture Frames,
M ADE TO ORDER, of any size,
and in various style* of moulding, at
burke’s bookstore.
me bk: ;
will d*o be kept on hand.
Tlunxiulforpisi paTo.uje, he regretfully so-
licit* u cjuiiuuauctf *»f theame.
W. S. HEMPHILL.
dec 29 tf
t;a Foundry st., nearly rear of Doney & Smith,
where Cairn, Fodder, and all other necessary ap
pliances, can be purchased on reasonable terms.—
Charges moderate. The highest market price paip
for county pr luce, and bonk bills received in ex
change for coods. WILEY HOOD.
Jan. I87>.
E.
S. ENGLAND & CD.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Uroceri. s, Hardware, Provisions, kc.
tP«J* Agents for sale of Soluole Sea Island Guano.
JUiOAD ST LET, A TJILLS, GA.
E. E. JONES,
ms a'aawjEssi
TH
m.yiwim MAI1B GOOD ASSkw.
Athens, Georgia.
A Second-Hand Piano
t j'OR SALE. Enquire at the of! o
. fu t’aeSjuthera Burner
Wanted.
QOn CORDS, Pine wood wanted.
*V "rr.-i'Sttl* to furni.«n. Two Hundred
Daniel's Magic Oil
CURES *
RhcumitfGm,
Neural sin,
Sore Throat,
Sprains,
Bruises,
.. >! I &C.,
FOR SALE AT JTHE
NEW DRUG STORE.
\c ■
L 4M
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Piu« Wood at the Athens Check Factory
urc desired by
july 21 -2t R. L. BLOOM FIELD
Agent A. M. Co.
Window 6liadcss-Pire
Screens,
LARGE LOT of Paper Window Curtains and
_ Fire. Screens, comprising many new and
bititl ul outer is nerer before broughtto this
market. Forssle s. - BURKE’S BOOK STOKE
A 1
Mew Iflnsic.
A LOT of new Music, Vac it and Instrumental
last rewired, at aUaS.K’SBQUISiiTqRE
500-|£ei|8 BfailsD'. _
QLD DOMINION AND ROME, day-god had hardly
manufacture, for sale at
CHILDS, NICKERSON* CO’8.
ful to hia lips and sipped he was aston
ished to perceive that the instant his
lipa touched the liquid it liecame mol
ten gold, and the next minute harden
ed into a lump.
He then took up one of the little
trout on his plate. To his horror it
was immediately changed into a gold
fish that looked as if it had been made
by the best goldsmith in the world.—
the stranger ; “ yoii. -certainly deserve It W as beautiful to look at and very
credit, friend Midas, for your aipbi-. finable, no doubt, only Iviug Midas
tious wish. But are you quite sure
this will satisfy you 7* M .
“ How could it fail ?” said Midis'.
“ And will you never regret the
Why should'ir a&edMidak' ; ^
ask nothing else to render me perfect
ly happy ?”
Be it as you wish, then," replied
the straqg^rjmov^bia faiqfd in t|ikey>
of farewell;;Vto-morrow at sunrise
you will find yourself gifted with the
Golden Touch." D J i. '• t. 4 f . I f
The figure of the stranger then be-
came exceedingly bright; at)d Midas;
dazzled, shut his eyes. On opci
them again,diei^ield'oiAy thfe yellow
sunshine in ther^eeaL King Midas
hardly closed-his eyes that night, fe
his anxiety, for the' ning, aad the
ad over the
just at that moment would much rath
er it had remained a real trout
I don’t quite see," he thought to
self, “ how I am to get any break-
last ; this is a little too much of a good
thing.” He took up one of tlie smok-
iiig cakes; it became a heap of yellow
gold.. Almost in despair, he helped
himself to a boiled egg, aud it was at
on co like one of those Ute famous goose
in story-book was in the habit of lay
ing. “ Well,'this is a quandary, such
A little boy was lisping ]iis
prayers with a twin brother at bia
i unther's knee. When be cn rife to
‘Give us this day onr daily bread,,"
be was astonished tp hear a fraternal
whisper, “ask for cake," Johnny,
ask for cake.” * *** ,
Yes, Indeed.— A woman of
business,’’ in Arkansas, has just
tarred and feathered her thwsWid.
If a fellow is to ha «S‘ Knkluye*! ^
how much nicer it must Iveho have
it done by the wife ofhis'bo*om
than by the cold, roueh hand oF
tbe hooded stranger. ? i , ,
W
You are wiser than you were,
King Midas. You now see that the
commouest things, such as lie within
everybody's grasp, are more valuable
than the richi-S which so many mortals
sigh ami struggle for. Tell me now,
do you sincerely wish to rid yourself of
this GoldeuTouch ?”
It is hateful to me,” replied Mi
das. !.-,v
“ Go then and plunge into the river
that glides past the bottom of your
garden.. Take, likewise, a vase of the
same water and sprinkle it over any
object that you may desire to change
back again from gold to its former sub
stance. If you do this ih earnest sin
cerity, it may possibly repair tbe mis
chief you have done with your avar
ice.” • *•—
King Midas bowed low, and when he
raised his head thp lustrous stranger
had disappeared. t / H ,, 4
You will easily believe that Midas
“Tatoes!” pried a darkey jtrd-
dler in Richmond. “Husk fist
racket—you distracts de whole
neighborhood,” came from a color
ed woman in a doorway. “ You
kin hear me kin you?” “Hefoif,
von! I kin hear you a mi!<•.*•— 4
Thank God for dat-—T’s hollowin'
to be heard. “ Tatoes.”
“* ' 1 11 •>*!'!«..: \fi/
1 , Indian Massacre vm
a costly breakfast and nothing to eat," lost no time in snatching up a great
thought he, leaning back in the chair earthen pitchre, that become gold as
(tad looking quite enviously at little
Marygold, Who was eating her bread
and- milk’ with great saisfaction..—
Already he was hungry ; what would
-tie be by dinner time ? and how ravin-
ously hungry by supper. How muny
days could he stand oh
he touched it, and hastening t o vi
riverside: As he scampered along
Monday last rf'go'vernmen^trft^r,
consisting of tliirfy-six mtile teJfni^ *»•
loaded with army supplier for 1 Fort*
Lyon, was pToceediffiv along Dry
Creek, bet^^'C^ri 1 tft? and
Fort Lyon, Colorado, under oonw'
mand of-Steve Bryan, wagon-mas
ter, and while in the valley of,Dry
Creek the train was mired ill the-
sand. While thus detained; a!band!
of two hundred Arrapafaoewamori,' ti
under command of their Chief, Lit- J -*
tie RaV8h,’ih&de on attacky r vMiich t * : «
equals in ontrage and ferotSitjr ^kny
iu the arinaki* df Indian %diC fr ’
sacre. r ‘ ** s4«
ried off were tak
:ep., Tlte hiules
Were runoff, end fifteenjneti be-
ionguig,
wounded ojydptjd OQ thg- .h-pody, , ri
Seld Tt . Mr,, Bfyan,
div« t fronj hpftd
■rtfiylfyfman n"” j
missing. They are. supposed to ;
hills, when he was broad awake, and [i Here, so great! wawhis hwnpihthaP “ . “ Pool! poof! pAof!’’ saoitrfllfhainwheeiwenrriwl into oaptivity.
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