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VOL. 111.
THETHOMASTON HERALD,
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Keen yon*self unceasingly before the public; and it
matters not what busii ess you are engaged in. for, if
intelligently an 1 industriously pursued, a fortune will
be the resu’t —Hunt, s Merchants’ Magazine.
“ \fter I begin to a 'vertise rav ironware freely,
husinegs increased with amazing rapidity. Kor ten
yea--* mast I have spent £BO.OOII yearh to keep -ny
superior wares before the public Had I been timid in
advertising. I never should have po-sensed my fortune
of £850.0(10”. — McLeod Helton. Birmingham.
“ Advertising like Midas' touch, tu>ns everything to
gold. B> it. your .taring men draw millions to their
••offers ” —Stuart Olay
•iVh it audacity is to love, and boldness to war. the
skilTul use of printer’s i »*, is to success in business.
Be cher.
Witho it the aid of advertisements I > ou'd have done
nothing iu my -p -culations. I have the most eomple>e
fai h in “printers’ink.” Adve.tising is the “royal road
to business ” —Barnum
Professional pARDs.
\\r X BE \ LL At* r PV ,♦* L .ve. Th .....
T f aston. Ga. Will practice Jr the Flint Circuit or
elsewhere, and attend promptly to business, jin 13- ts.
\A7 T WEAVER. A**orr.pv «t Law.
t Thomaston, da., will practice in nil the Courts
of the Flint Circuit, and t Isewh re by special contract
Office in Cheney's brick building, Southeast corner
room, up stairs. jinl3-tf
Dli II IK \ M PERDU E .vi>. *f
nen’ly located at The Rock, tendershis professional
services to the surrounding continuity, and promises to
spare no labor or attention to those who mav patronize
him. july22--6tno
Mil SANOWIOn, A*' rnpy u <'"ir •
sel’or at Law, Thomaston. Oa. Will practice
In the several Courts of the State of Georgia, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to his care,
novll- ts
B‘ >Yi\ < >.V & •►l'sVf ITKK Vrr-.r. nf
Law, Griffin, Oa. Office in A Imah Mall, next door
Ito the Star Offick Will practice in the Counties
composing the Flint Circuit, and in the United States
District < ’ourt. Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy,
may 13-1 y
D<>Y \L A NUNN \ LLY A t n»H,s >,r
Law, Griffin, Ga. Will practice in all the coun
ties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and in the
I counties of Meriwether, Clayton, Fayette and Coweta.
1 Will practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
District Court ot the United States for the Northern and
South ern Districts of Georgia
I A. 9. NUNN ALLY. [apllfi-ly] L. T. DOTAL.
TY aLLEN. Attor pv n* L w Tn..m
--• aston, Ga. Will practice in the counties com
prising the Fiint Judicial Circuit, and elsewhere by
special contract All business promptly attended to.
■ Office in Cheney’s brick building. mchll-ly
DR !' K KENn VU, his pr •!• >»-
•ional services tc the citizen- of Ihotnaston and
surrounding country. May be found durin : toe day at
the Drug jitore, at night at the former reside ce of
|J- I Hall, opposite Rogers it Cheney’s Warehouse.
jan.l4 ly
TF REDD! N<l. \f ..r-.-v a* Lw
• Barnesvil e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the
Counties comprising the Flint Judicial Cir- uit, and
•Newhere by special ontract A! 'msiness promptly
•Mended to Office in Elder * building, over Chamber's
Tin Store. ug6- y
Jf J'MIO VI \S BEALL Attorney n» L<w.
I Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
cuit and elsewhere by special contract aug27-ly
JOII N l. H vLL. Attorney »tml O uus.dl »•
at Law Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit. In the Supreme Court of i.eor ia,
•nd in the District Court «>f the United States for the
■ nrthern and Sou hern Districts of <»eorgia.
| Thomaston, Ga., June 18th. 187"-ly.
NDEKSON & McCALL \ A r
/V at Law. CovingC.n, Ceorcia. Will attend regu
larly, and Praetice in the Superior c,, urts of the
counties of Newton, Mutts. 11-nry, Spalding Pike
Monroe, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb GwinncUe and Jas-
P* r ' dec O-ly
T' VVI K> M \l vlit EvV s A t r.i.-v t
Laws, Taiboiton, Ga . will practice all the counties
the h;itt ahoochee Circuit an<i elsewhere by
•pedal contract decld-ly-
T.\ 11U i\ I, A* ,*f L,|VV
• ville, Ga will practice In all the counties of
4f'v* Flint Ircuit and Supreme Court of the State.
MUtIOV BEI’IIUNK \■» -r... v at
Law, Tilboton, Ga Will practice in all the
bounties <»f the Chattahoo- hee Circuit, and Upson and
Merriwether counties declS-ly
VAR RO *ERS *vill o rifiniiM the i.ruftic*»
I / of Medicine. Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
store. decl^-ly
s walker A’tomov «t l-iw
I aGjmge, Ga. Will practice in Circuit Courts of
|9te State and in the United States District Court*.
If deellMy . •
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSES. FLEMISTEE & BEOOES,
CORNER OF DILL AND SOLOMON STRKETS,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
w OULD respectfully inform the good
citizens of Thomaston and vicinity that we have now
|n store, and keep constantly on hand a superior stock
and very latent styles of
LADIES’ FINK DRESS GOODS,
LADIES’ Si CHILDRENS' SHOES,
LADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES' NOTIONS,
MILLINERY, & c.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chant* know nothing about, to be found at our Store.
MILLINERY !
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock In
the inaket. Goods manufactured to suit the tasta of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or
address
MRS. M. A. HIGHTOWER & 0.,
mayl3-tf Griffin, Georgia.
ANDREWS & HILL,
MANCFAOTPRICES AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, Ac., Ac.,
AT
J. & T. G. ANDREWS' Mill, Five Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
WE would respectfully inform our
friends ard the public generally, that we have
estahed a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at the r.bove named plaec, where we manufacture and
keep constantly on hand superior Furniture of all kinds,
varieties, and grades. We are prepared to fill all or
ders (or COFFtNs, and do nil kinds of Cabinet work
with neatness and dispatch. We flatter ourselves that
we can please all that know good work when they see
it. Our facilities and advantages in preparing our own
Lumber and Vianufacturing our own Work enables us
to offer any quantity, better varieties, and decidedly
better bargains than other Furniture dealers in this
section of country. We earnestly request all that are
in need ot anything in our tine to c ill and examine cur
stock, as we feel satisfied that we can give satisfaction
in style, quality and price. All work warranteed to be
as represented. Orders solicited.
may2l-ly JAB ANDREWS & L S. HILL,
CHEAPREADING
THE
ATLANIA NEW ERA.
CLUB RATES.
In order to place the
WEEKLY NEW ERA
within the r -ach of all. the proprietors have determin
ed to to offer the following
SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS:
One copy, one year . $ 8 00
Ten copies one year, $1.50 each 15 Oft
Twenty copies, one year. $1.25 each 25 ft©
Thirty copies, one year SI.OO ea<-h 80 00
The Weekly Era contains nearlv twenty-eight col
umns of choice leading matter each issue, consisting of
Politics, Literature, Market Reports, and
GENERAL NEWS.
Makj up vour Clubs at once.
Postmasters are authorized aud requested to act as
Agents. Address NEW ERA OFFICE.
july29-tf Atlanta, Ga.
JUST RECUVEnT
gQ BBL 9. BLUE GRASS RYE WHISKY.
gQ BBLS. CROWES RYE WHISKY.
100 BBLB ‘ DITNCAN bourbon.
100 BBLS FAIRFAY bourbon.
100 BBLS COUN WHISKY *
And a Large assortment of Imported and Domestic
BRANDFIS AND WINFS,
Which we offer extreflfely low. As we buy only from
Distillers and firs class Importers and only FOR CASH,
we can offer rare inducement. Give us a call and ex
ami our stock. L. OHEN & CO.,
oct2l 3m Allnnta, Ga.
CANNON HOUSE,
(Recently St. James Hotel.l
Marietta Street, Gate City Block,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
B >hH. Per D*»v, $2.00 ort2i-6m
DR. THOS. A. WARREN,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFERS his services to the C'DZ'OS of
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment ot
CHRONIC DIJSEAWEK.
Those ai adistince can ran consult him hy letter.
Office over George Beecher Jfc t o , • ill Street.
april29-tf
WATCH REPAIRING.
r citizens of Upson and adjacent
JL counties are respectfully informed that 1 have
moved my stock to the store o Mr. Wm. Wallace, and j
am now prepared to execute work in my line of busi
ness, on the most fuvor.ubl terms. Hep (ring of all
km<U done at the shortest notice ands i the neatest man
ner. I have facilities tor turning out good work, and by
strict attention to business hope to receive a liberal
abate of patronage. Very respectfully,
uprikb-tf WM. l, BRYAN.
BYINGTON’S HOTEL,
corner broadwat and hill streets,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1872.
FURNITURE
AND
VARIETY WORKS,
THOMASTON, GA.
I WOULD NOTIFY
nil who are in need of anything
in the
FURNITURE
line, that I am now manufacturing
large quantities of various styles at
as LOW PRICES as the same goods
can be bought in any market in
Georgia. All work is warranted to
give satisfaction. We are also pre
pare to do all kinds of
WAGON WORK,
having secured the services of com
petent workmen. Can also furnish
NEW BUGGIES to suit the most
fastidious, and will do all kinds of re
pairing in that line promptly and in
good order. We can furnish Sash,
Doors, Blinds, and other
BUILDING MATERIAL,
upon short notice and as reasonable
as they can be bought elsewhere.
Can Dress and Match Lumber of all
kinds, and having a large number of
good Mechanics employed all the
time, we are prepaired to take
Contracts for Building
of all kinds at low rates. Mr. J. J.
INGRAM, who is in charge of the
business, will be found at the Shop
all times, and will be pleased to serve
any one in need of anything in his
line.
MR. J. C. ZIMMERMAN,
will also be found at this shop—he
is making the BEST CHAIRS ever
before made in this country, and
will be pleased to supply all who
wish
SUPERIOR CHAIRS
which he will fully guarantee to give
satisfaction.
This is an enterpiise dependent
upon the public for a support and
though it may look small, it has cost
a large sum of money to put it in
operation. A liberal share of patron
age is solicited.
JOSEPH ALLEN,
nov4-tf Thomaston, Ga.
RO3ERS & CHENEY,
WABEHOUSE
ANCD
COTTON COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
"1 Y 7 E take method of Informing our
T v fHcn«ls and the public eenerally that our NE W
W A KEH* >USE is now completed and we are now pre
pared to serve them in the
Storage and Sale of Cotton.
Our Scales are new and correct, and having secured
the services of a competent and reliable Scalesman, we
can safelv cuarantee to do justice to both buyers and
sellers. LIBERAL
ADVANCES
will be made on COTTON in store. BUYERS IN
THOMASTON will pay Barnesvill* PRICES for Cot
ton. Insurance on Cotton in Warehouse one per ceut.
oct7-6m
FOUTZ'S
CELEBRATED
Horse aM Calllo Powiors,
STlils preparation, long and favorably
known, will thoroughly re-invigorate
broken down and low-spirited horses,
by strengthening and cleansing the
stomach and intestines.
It is a snre preventive of all diseases
incident to this animal, such as LUNG
TEV ER, GLANDERS, YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS
TEMPER, FEVERS, FO UN DER,
LOSS OF APPETITE AND VITAL
ENERGY, Ac. Its use improves
the wind, increases the appetite— V r r
gives a smooth and glossy skin—and M . Jw
tran-foroAs the miserable skeleton
into a fine-looking aud spirited horse.
» . To keepers of Cows this prepara
-3-JL^ Bon is invaluable. It is a sure pre
m ventive against Rinderpest, Hollow
Born, etc. It has been proven by
I actual experiment to increase tho
K tl quantity of milk and cream twenty
per cent, and make the butter firm
and sweet. In fattening cattle, it
gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, and makes
them thrive much faster.
In all dis-ases of SwinY, such as Coughs, Ulcers is
the Lungs, Liver, Ac., this articleacts
as a specific. By putting from one
half a paper to a paper in a barrel of
swill the above diseases will he eradi
cated or entirely prevented. If given •- 7L Ftl
in time, a certain preventive and
cum for the Hog Cholera. "
DAVID E« FOIJTZ, Proprietor,
BALTIMORE, Mil.
For sale bv Druggists and Storekeepers throughout
the United States, Canadas and South America.
For Sale by J. W. AiWATER,
Thomaston, Ga. novll-ly
JA ISCELLANEOUS.
Edwin Forrest.
RKAN’b OPINION FIFTY YEARS AGO.
A Washingon paper of a recent date
flays: During one of Edmund Kean’* visits
to this country, Edwin Forrest, then a boy
of eighteen or nineteen years, was leading
man at the Albany, New York, theatre.
Forrest had never seen the great tragedian,
and when, therefore, it Was made known to
him that Kean was coming to Albany for a
week, the young actor trembled at the mere
thought of playing with him. The play
was announced “Othello," Kean as the
Moor, and Forrest as lago. Mr. Forrest
called to see Kean on the day previous.
After some preliminary flourishes Kean
said:
“Young man, I’m going to do you a great
favor." Stepping to a table he took an old
faded book. “This is my stage copy of
‘Othello/ You willfiod everything marked
in it. Now. good day ; but stay, what will
you drink? Nothing? Well, I will. Please
ring that bell. Thank you. I will see you
to-n ght."
The theatre was more than crowded that
night. It was literally packed. Seats had
brought enormous pricts at auction and the
house overflowed with humanity. Nor was
it a quiet audience. They yelled, howled,
fought and even shot at each other, but
when Kean appeared the tumult was im
mediately quelled. He carried everything
before him. Forrest never before played
better, and was frequently encouraged du
ring the evening by Kean, who in stage
whisper would say to him—“ Capital,"
“Excellent," “Well done, sir I" At the
close of the third act Kean approached For
rest and said:
“Where were you born, sir?"
“In Philadelphia."
“In Philadelphia I—l am going there.
I will act there, sir. I wile make your
fortune, sir, your fortune, for yon are an
actor—a real actor."
K p an did go to Philadelphia, and while
there was given a dinner. Kean was, of
course, toasted, and, after replying in the
usual terms, said : “I met a very extra
ordinary young man in Albany the other
day. His name is Edwin Forrest. He
was bord in Philadelphia. He did lago to
my Oth-110, and made the best lago 1 have
played with for years. I tell you, cherish
that young man. Watch him, for be will
vet be the greatest actor on the American
continent."
Forrest shortly afterward played in Phil
adelphia. This time the seats f(»r his
“Othello" were sold bv auction, and Kean’s
prophecy ha« been fulfilled »n the letter.
Only Six Millions. —Toe late investi
gation shows that in the stamp department
alone, there has been a robbery of six mil
lions of dollars. It is called a deficit, the
agents defaulter-’. Now, it is simply rob
bery. downright larceny of the most glaring
kind.
Can our people continue to hold up such
representatives, can tbe honest masses con*
tinue to support the radical party and force
upon the nation a band of land pirates and
a ring of the worst thieves ? The remedy
is in the ballot. The entire nation i* quiv
ering under »he peculations and rohberies,
daily committed by our officers. We still
have confidence ir. the principles which un
derlie our republic. We believe that tbe
people are yet capable of self government,
if the tax*paver would assert and maintain
his rights and vindicate his manhood. But
when these gross steals are made in every
department, in the highest as weil as the
lowest offices in the lend, and then see and
hear men advocating the continuance of the
present administration, we almost despair.
Never have so startling developments been
made since the foundation of our govern
ment, as are now being daily brought to
light all over the land The Radical party
t>ave had the power since sixty, and have
succeeded in bankrupting the Southern
States and robbing the N irthern ones.
This is the ultimatum es their glory. A
few mrtre steals and we will soon be a
spiend'd nation of paupers. “Rule and
rob ’em" is their motto, a *d they are living
up to the letter of it. You who favor lar
ceny, robbery and crime will prepare to
vote for Grant —Kansas Democrat.
Mercantile Failuke>—The number of
mercantile failures in the United States
during 1871 is reported at 2 915. the aggre
gate amount of liabilities being SBS 252 000.
In 1870 there were 3 551 failures nggregn
ring $88,242,000 liabilities, and in 1809
there were 2 795 failures, with
l abilities. Tbe maintenance of these high
figures shows the demoralization subsisting
in the commercial economy of the country,
and which, in view of abundant crops and
good average prices, with a steady develop
ment of the general industries of the
country, can be attributed only to an irre
deemable currency. This pest subjects all
commercial ventures toconringencee against
which ordinary foresight and prudence
prove unavailing Tne result is shown in
the formidable list of business failures, of
which each brings in its train a series of
embarrassments and losses which it is diffi
cult to estimate. —Biltimore Sun.
Ell Perkin*—-Flirting Girts and Flirting
Fellows.
Prom tbs New York Commercial.]
Fifth Avenue Hotel, February 10.—
Those flirting Fifrh-avenuue fellows I
Everywhere I go the young ladies are
furious at the way Brown's boys are con
ducting themselves this winter. Their
chief aim seems to be to get a young lady
•‘on the string” and then trifle with her af
fections. They always talk, but never
propose They fuse around three or four
month* with a young lady and then plead
poverty and the I-don’t-want-to-take-yoo
from-your-nice-home dodge. Now, the
girl* are willing to go. They are willing
to live in a garret with a brave, handsome,
working fellow, with a heart big enough to
kill them with manly love. They don't
like these timid, calculating fellows. They
like a man who will rush headlong wher
ever love beckons him, knowing that hap
ness and wealth will surely follow after.
The young ladies begin to get mad. They
are tired of waiting.
This letter, from a young Fifth-avenue
belle, came yesterday, and it tells well the
syren tale of love and flirtation.
‘•Fifth Avenue, February 9.— My Dear
Eli :—We Fifth-avenue young ladies got
an idea. Tou know the New York flirting
fellows have been going on dreadfully late
ly. We never know when they are in
earnest. They keep us waiting, watching
and fussing, but they never come right
square out and propose. They talk sweet
enough—but when we get them right down
to the proposing poiut they dodge or remain
silent.
‘‘Why, only Sunday Digbt, Charley
Brown, whom I lovs—really love too much
for anything—ealied, and even fooled me
like the rest. I'll tell you bow it was:
“Pa and ma Were at church, and sister
had gone up to Yassar to school, when
Charley—the dear boy—came. Well, we
sat on the sofa, where we always do. By
and by he took my hand; then he told me
be loved me. This made me blush—not
because it was anything new, for the fellows
all say that.
“ *I)o you love me ?' he asked, leaning
forward so that I felt his head against mine.
“Yes, Charley, you know I do,” I replied,
and then I—why I waited tor Chaley to
say the rest, but he held my band thought
fully a little while aud then dodged off by
saying, “Well, Lizzie, I’m glad you love
me, for I do like to be loved I”
“Ob, the mean fellow I I could cry with
rage, but I like him, and I like to have him
come here, but I do think it was mean to
make me commit myself so, and then he—
why, maybe he’ll go right off and do the
same thing to some other girl to-night.”
lizzie's idea.
“This is our new idea. All the girls
have agreed to it, We call it the honorable
dodge, and we are bound to put through
every flirting fellow in New York on it.
The idea is—but I'll tell you how I prac
ticed it last night and you will understand
it better. But you know it is a secret, and
of course you are to be trusted.
“Well, last night Fred Palmer called.
You know he is an awful flirt. We eat on
the sam- sofa where Charley and I sat be
fore. The gas was low, and pretty quick
Fred began to talk ‘spooney.' I pretended
to be affected. Theo he said, ‘what a
pretty ring you have, Lizzie.” The old
dodge, you know.”
“Yee, po so,” I replied.
“Is that your crest engraved on it?” he
asked, taking my hand. (Another old
dodge, you know.) “It isn't half pretty
enough for your,” be continued;” you
should have a diamond solitaire. Would
you like one ?” he asked, looking lovingly
into my eyes.
“Yes,” I said, “if it comes from the right
one.”
“How would you like one from me, Liz
zie?” he asked, with a sigh.
“Oh I I should be delighted, if I thought
you loved me,” and then I looked down on
his coat sleeve,
“But, Lizzie, you know I do love you—
I love you dearly. 1 —”
“Do you love me enough to speak to
father about it?” I asked, interrupting
bim.
“Yes, dear Lizsie, I will speak to him
to morrow.” be said, kissing my hand.
“No, Frederick,” I remarked, removing
my hand from his convulsive clasp, “I'm
glad you are willing, but I’m engaged to
Alfred Smith, you know, and I was only
seeing how far you would go!”
So keep the idea a seoret a little while,
my dear Eli. and we girls will fool every
f How in New Y<>rk. Mum is the word !
Yours, Lizzie.
Jo the lives of the saddest of os there are
bright rays, when we feel as if we could
take the great world in our arms. Then
come the gloomy hours, when the fire will
neither burn on our hearths nor in our
hearts; and all without and within is dis
mal, cold and dark. Believe me every
heart has its secret sorrows which »he woild
knows not, and ol ten times we call a man
cold, when he is nnlv sad — Longfellow.
First of ail, remember that the chief and
great duty of your life should be to tend,
by alt means in your power, to the honor
and glory of our Divine Creator.
Hemet Clay and th* Billx Ooat
Formerly a very large, well-known, and
formerly noted billy goat roamed dt large
in the streets at Washington, and the rews
spaper boys, bootblacks, and street imps
generally made common cause against him,
11-nry Clay never liked to see dumb ani
mals abused or worried, and on one- occa
sion while passing down the avenue, a large
crowd of these mischievous urobina were at
there usual sport. Mr. Clay, with hit
walking stick, drove them away, giving
them a sound lecture meanwhile. As they
scattered and scampered in every direction,
Billy seeing no one but Mr. Clay within
rcsch made a charge on him. Clay drop
ped his cane and caught his goatehip by
the horns. The goat would rear up, being
nesrly as high as the tall Kentuckian him
self, and the latter would pull him down
again. This sort of sport became tiresome,
and be could conceive of tho way by which
he could free himself from his two-horuad
dilemma, so in hi* desperation, he sang out
to the b-»ys to know wbnf to do. One of
the smallest in the croud shouted back :
Lot go and run, you fool I” Clay always
maintained that though, he signed the
treaty of peace at Qbent, that ragged boy
knew more than he did.
Taman
The Effect or not Taki.no a Pater
Some time ago. a lady noticing that a
neighbor of hers was not in her seat at
church, one Sabbath, called on her return
home, and was surprised to find the family
at work. As she entered friend ad>
dressed her:
“Why, la! where have you been to-day;
drepcod up in yrur Sunday clothes ?”
“To meeting.”
*' Wby, v* hat day is it V*
“S*bbatb-d»y.”
‘ Sol, stop washing in a minute, it's Sun
day I Well, I did not know, for tny bus
band has got so plaguey etingy he won't
tuke the papers dow aod we know nothing.
Well, who preached?”
“Mr. W ”
“What did be preach about f”
“It was on the death of our Savior.”
‘Why, is he dead? Well, all Tbomaston
might be dead, and we know nothing about
it. It won't do, we must have the Herald
agaiu; for everything goes wrong without
that paper, tlill ha* almost lost his read
ing and Polly has got mapiah again, be
cause she has got no poetry or stories to
read. Well, if we have to take a cart-loed
of potatoes and onions to market, I’m re
solved to have the Herald ”
Rotal Etiquette.— The following illus
tration is given of etiquette in the time of
Louis XV. : In the Queen's apartment thers
were two chamber*. One day the Queen
saw a speck of dust on her bed and showed
it to Madame de Lujnes, her maid of honor.
The latter sent for the valet de chambrc,
bed-maker to the Queen, that be might
show it to the valet de chambrt , bed-maker
to the King. The latter arrived at the end
of an hour, but said that the dust waa none
of bit bueiDeas because the bed-makers es
the K.ng made up tbe common bed of the
Queen, but were forbidden to touch ths
state bed. Consequently the dust must be
removed by the officers of the household.
Tbe Queen gave orders that they should be
sent for, and tvery day for two months she
a*ked if the dust had been brushed of£ but
they had net yet found out whose duty it
was to remove the little speck. Finally the
Queen took up a feather duster and brushed
it off. Great was the scaiidal thereof, but
no one dreamed of blaming the absence of
the officers; they only found that the Queen
had been wanting in etiquette.
Fite Little Onlyr.— Only a stray sun
beam ! Yet, perchance it has cheered some
wretched abode, gladdened some stricken
heart, or its golden light has found its way
through the leafy branches of some wild
wood, kissed the moss-covered banks where
tbe tiny violets grow, and shades of beauty
to adorn its lovely form.
Only a gentle breeze! Bat how many
aching brows has it fanned, how many
hearts hath been cheered by its gentle
touch f
Only a frown ! But is left a sad, dreary
void in the child's heart, and the quivering
lip and tearful eyes told how keenly he felt
it.
On!y a smile ! But ah, it cheered the
broken heart, engendered a ray of hope,
and cast a halo of light around the unhap
py patient; made the bed-ridden one forget
his present ngony for a moment in the
warmth of the sunshine.
Only a word of encouragement—a single
vord ! It gives to the drooping spirit new
life, and the steps press on to victory.
A lady school teacher in Omaha, having
an inordinate dread of the small-pox, sent
home a little girl because 6he said her
mother was sick and haJ marks on her
face. The next day the girl pi seated
herself at the school house, with her finger
in her mouth and her little bonnetswinging
by the strings, and sad to the teacher:
“Miss , we’ve got a leetle baby at our
house; but mother told me to tell you that
it isn't cat chin'." The teacher said she was
very glad, and told her pupil to take her
sett.
NO. 12.