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Archie's Whim.
“No, my deara,” remarked Mrs.
Bendelpool, seated in her dress
ing-room with one finger pressed
critically to her lip, as she in
spected two hall dresses of blue
jmd think you
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one; (’!; ’on, Avi*.
B is high time you should !#<• es
Kahlished in life; and why should
By*,one of you bo Mrs. Sloe kin
bod v else
:&fs££Br ' s;i . v '' remark'd <'l.m.
handsome.' -
fmd sii manly ! Nmu'
-'Bir insipid draw me i";n
Ml . Ia 111 ii ■ I
■lPßjilivously, of ’that class
ft?',. i which, for (lie lasi Iwo
IMLn she had been angling In
“suitable establishments"'
■[’her daughters, “lie has been
|Hu)Vcr Africa, slml gorillas in
We Mountains of the Moon, hiji
qvopotami on the shores of the
Nile, and. dear man, been nearly
twice eaten alive by lions. Now
he comes home to find a wile."
L “The unheard of dangers he has
through having given him
Sltffllcient courage to undertake
"Pilous an enterprise," broke
in a merry voice. “Pray, aunt,
was it the lion's claws that sug
gested to him matrimony ?"
The speaker was a young lady
who had entered unheard, and
now stood, (he skirts of her rid
ding habit in one hand, while
with the other she fanned her
self with her Gainsborough hat.
“Vi, how incorrigible von are!”
exclaimed Mrs. Heiulelpool, look
ing round. “As to over finding
you a husband 1 despair; you
frighten every suitor away by
your out spokenness."
“Because, aunt, I never have
come across one 1 care to keep,”
laughed the girl, dropping into
a chair. “Pray take no trouble
about mo ; lam twenty four, so
have set myself down already a?
an old maid. But pray, aunt,
tell me about this Amadis do
Gaul, or of gorillas and hippopot
ami. 1 confess lam curious to
learn of one of whom all Shal
lowtown is talking. Remember,
1 am almost a stranger here mv
self."
“It is simply this, Vi: Archi
bald Stokinham, at his father's
death, determined to do Africa.
He has done Africa, and is now
returning to settle down at Shal
lowton."
“And find a wife," broke ui
V), laughing. “Nora or Glare
must win him, and I'll dam e at
i he bridal."
“1 would," remarked Mrs. Ben
delpool, with a sigh, “the thing
were probable; but. there's a
mvsterv about liis selection of a
wife." '
“A mystery !” and throeyoung
faces were turned quickly to
wards tlie speaker.
“Yes," proceeded the elder
lady. “You know ho comes hack
with young (Jcorgo Sumner, and
that ib’s tiro Sumners who give
this ball as a welcome home to
him. Well, this ' morning, when
Mrs. Sumner waa telling me all
about it, she read me her son’s
letter, and in it hi* writes, in hi>
lively way, you know, that the
baronet is coming to seek a wife,
but that the girl he selects must
possess one peculiarity, rarely to
be found in fashionable young
ladies. If she fail in this, he has
vowed never to wed her.”
“But what is this peculiarity
demanded tv* voices.
“That be keeps a secret. Even
George Sumeer is not taken into
his eoefidence; further than he
knows this whim, or what you
will, wasformed while in Africa.”
•‘Bah!’’ remarked Vi. rising
and tossing back her brow n hair.
“The poor man has had a sun
stroke, or his brain is addled by
the heat 1 of the tropics, which
hatches ostrichs’ eggs. In my
idea the man is contemptible
who shows his conceit by imag
ining that lie has but to walk in
to a garden of blooming girls and
select just which he pleases?’
“My dear Vi remarked Mrs.
Bendelpool, with sententious
wisdom, world acquired, “when
(he man is handsome, young,and
with a large rent-roll, and the
blooming girls are portionless- -
that is v£i> much .just what it is.”
of the Sumner
ballps <!irod. The Bendelpool
ImuV'was in commotion; the
unfortunate lady’s maid was
from dressing-room to
until she was
As the
■■ * V/ 1 !
fsjSji'ii/ • • l - *• • ■
‘ • v
■■i -IlCit I lull Mies
ic‘so ■ ■ • ii riH*P
has fOresmlled
this evening.’’
■ boxes opened, the girls
of delight—each con
io.d -a pearl necklace, with
she hvu: rings to' match? They
After a " f ‘ . c , er ,;
.for v ’ ' V ,dcl I ,eol ,rIS .
[ 100 ken, to use ii young Oxonian’s
| words, “no end of stunning.”
“Where is Vi?”
‘Here, my dear Nora, quite
j ready to admire you ” answered
Violet, entering, tastefully at
| tired in ail amber, gauzy, lacy
I fabric.
; “Glare, Archie will feel like”-
*“ Don’t say a donkey between
I wo bundles of hay, Vi?’
“No, like Macbeth. ‘How
happy could 1 be with either?”
The ball was indeed a grand
one, and Archie Stokinham—a
broad shouldered, fair, brown
haired, frank, handsome, bronzed,
| young gentleman—was the lion
of I lie evening.
“Which is but fair,” whispered
Vi, “considering the lions had it
, so much their own way in Africa.”
Vi quizzed him, nevertheless
danced with him, and said he was
very entertaining, and even, pos
sibly, would improve on acquain
tance.
The Bendelpool girls and all
the other handsome girls,danced
with him, and declared he was
divine!
Archie certainly seemed to
have the same opinion ®f his
partners, lie was graciousness
itself.
“Ain't the Bendelpool girls
jolly handsome, Archie?” whis
pered George Sumner.
“Very—very, indeed !”
“Well.4now you have seen the
beauty of Shallowton, how about
your selection of a wife ?”
“It is made," was the reply.
“Made ?”
“Yes, if the lady will he kind
enough to have me. I shall ask
permission to—to improve our
acquaintance, with the ulterior
idea of partnership, night.”
“But—but, the peculiarity?”
“Out of all the crowd here,”
remarked Archie, “only one pos
sesses it. Of course I am not
compelled to marry that one;
but, as eircumstoncss turn out, I
think 1 should like to try.”
Ami with that Archie strolled
away, a dance forming, to find
the lady on whose tablets his
name was down. That ladv was
Violet.
They had a very pleasant and
chatty spin just twice round the
hall room—Vi remarked that
dancing, like other good things,
was to he taken in moderation,
j Then they stood aside, watching
the rest. Nora, leaning on the
, shoulder of George Sumner,
• whirled by, soon after came
Glare, with a Colonel Ilaneley.
“A pretty, graceful scene,” said
Mr. Stokinham, “especially to one
fresh from the wilds of Africa,
though even here l find resem
blances. The gems and gold of
the ornaments in the ladies' ears,
as they flash by, remind me of the
fireflies as they darted through I
the dark tropical night.”
“Do they recall to you nothing
else ?” enquired Yi. roguishly.
“How do you meant”
“That there is a further resem
blance ; indeed, that there is not
much difference between an Afri
can lady who wears a ring
through the nose or lip and a Eu
ropean girl who wears one
through her ear. Is it not a rem
nant of barbarism V
Archie gave a start.
•Miss Fortescuo. will you take
an ice V
Before that ice was consumed
Archie had asked permission,
very humbly, for it was reallv a
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case of love at first sight, to woo
Vi, and after a while had obtain
ed a half-consent.
• But,' said Vi, shyly, as they
returned slowly to the hall room,
‘ I understood the lady you in
tended to honor'
■ Must have a certain peculiar
ity ?’ he broke in.
‘True, Miss Forescue ; and you
have it?
‘ You,’ he repeated, smiling?
‘When traveling through Africa,
I saw the hideosness of the noses
and lip rings worn by v its races.
The idea occurred to me whether
my fair countrywomen, consider
ing their superior cultivation,
were any better or less barba
rious than they. And there and
then I vowed never to wed a wo.
man who had no. had the courage
and sense to resist fashifv, and
to preserve* orna
ment nat tyfjiad givent'her sex,’
he down At Vi's per
les- . v 'ell-]ik f\ea iv * uii mut i 1 ated.
ad ana " f ~*i<\r Save found that
, r and gives.. Jb trouble now is
wheVtfrd of'oay’erojr hope to win
her? is j
Vi did not give her answer
then ; hut a year after, certain it
is she became Mrs. Stokinham—
a reward, she used laughingly to
aver, for her superiority of civili
zation over the other"fair ladies
4*
of Shallowton.
In the course r of his'sermon at
r- 4
the Brooklyn tabernacle, last
Sunday, the Rev. Talmage had
this to say “fort ho newspapers :
“ Hastening on up a few
blocks, what are these majestic
buildings all ablaze from founda
tion to capstone ? The printing
houses of New York daily papers.
We get out and go in and go up
from editorial rooms to type set
tor’s and proof readers’ loft.
These are the forges where the
thunderbolts of public opinion
are forged—groat to cut of opin
ions, of accidents, crimes, of po
litical wrath, of ruined reputa
tion and of avenged character.
Who can tell the mightiness for
good or evil of a daily newspaper?
Fingers of steel picking off the
end of the telegraph wire the facts
of religion, and philosophy, and
art and informat ion from the four
winds of heaven. The associated
press began in 1555 to pay S2OO
- for news, some of the news
papers paying $50,000 extra for
special dispatches, and others, in
dependent of the associated press
with their own wire rake gather
ing up the sheaves of news from
all the world. It is high time
that good men understood that
the press is the mightost engine
of all the centuries. By the high
water mark on the type case you
can tell the ebb aud flow of civil
ization and Christianity.
The combined circulation of N.
York daily newspapers in 1835
was only 10,000 a day. Now, it
is 500,000, and at the estimate
that five persons peruse each pa
per, they have two and one-half
millions of readers per day. It
used to be a mystery how, accor
ding to the Bible statement, na
tions were to he born in a day.—
It seems to me easy now. Get
the telegraphic operators and the
editors converted, and in twenlv
tour hours all nations will seethe
salvation of God. In midnight
New York, there is nothing more j
full of solemn import than the !
midnight printing presses. But
with what aching eyes and ex ;
haustion of health the work goes j
on ! 1 noticed that night that not
more than one out of ton seemed |
to have brawny health. The mal
odors of ink, however complete
the ventilation ; and the neeessi- 1
ty of toil, at hours when God lias
drawn the curtains of the world
for natural sleep ; the pressure of
publishing every morning of eve
ning, whatever breaks down ; the
temptation to intoxicating stimu
lants in order to keep up the nor
I vous system through hours of un
: timely occupation—temptations
which only the strongest can re
sist—make the lives of newspa
! per men something to be sympa
tliized with. Don’t begrudge the
! three or live cents you have to
pay for the newspaper, for, in ad
to the knowledge gained,
| vim are paying for sleepless
i nights and smarting eye balls,
j and fatigues of brain and early
isepulchre.
hen a country editor who is
i struggling along, trying to rear
a large family and build up a
town on an income of SSOO a year,
discover* that a base ball pitch
er hauls in $4,000 for the season,
it makes him sit down on the
roller box and think.
Subscribe to Field and Fireside
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Parents, school your issues!
The hunch on record—Lunch
time.
A finished rogue—one at the
end of a rope.
Something of a wag—the tip
of a dog’s tail.
The first bush created, is, of
course, the elder bush.
The musquito employs no col
lector to present his bill.
Why is it people hoot a dog
and shoo a hen ?
How is your stock in trade ? as
the drummerjiaid to the horse
dealer.
Why is a nail, driven fast into
a stick of timber, like adecrepid
old man ? Because, it is in firm.
A French provincial play bill
announces that “the roles of
thieves will he played by ame
teurs’of the town.”
Colloquy between new acquain
tances: I once sat on the judge's
bench in Texas. That’s so; where
was the judge ?
Now is a good lime to take cab
bage leaves out of summer hats.
How abo.ut the heads ?
There is some prospects of a
collar and elbow match between
John Bull and the ameer of Ca
bal. For further particulars, sec
small hills.
An Arkansas constable’s pistol
being stolen, he advertises that
if the thief would return it, he
would give him the contents, and
no questions asked.
Is that dog of yours a cross
breed ? asked a gentleman recent
ly of a countryman. No, sir, was
his reply; his mother was a gen
tle, affectionate cretur.
The Vox Humana says of the
writer of anew sentimental song
that the words show him to have
a soft heart, and the music proves
the same fact for his head.
The keramec rage is about over
and the demand for bean pots is
reduced to the want for the origi
mil uses of those articles of pot
tery.
They are talking ol abolishing
funerals in Ohio. Not that peo
pie will cease to die, but the fu
neral is expensive, and the medi
cal colleges get the corpses any
how.
Easy lies tlie young man with
a patch, who says he isn’t warm,
when his girl tells him to discard
conventionalities so far as to re
move his coat while playing cro
quet.
Summer is reluctant to depart.
She clings like a young girl who
is positive that the clock has not
yet struck ten. and who does not
care if it has.
The chaplain of the Auburn
state prison denies the paragraph j
that there are thirty-seven law- ;
vers among the convicts. lie
says that only seven have thus j
far been caught.
Queen Victoria, the London pa
pers say, is very fond of travel
ling by night. Poor woman, and
she can't travel all night in Eng- j
land, unless she walks, and walks
very slow.
What are the dimensions of the i
arena ol politics ! asks the lven
nebunk Star. Usuall.v, we be
lieve, about 12x18 feet, if you j
count in the space occupied by
(he bar and the chemist.
I)o you want cheeks with roses?
asks a medical advertisement. —
No, we don't—no ‘‘cheek’’ with
our roses, if you please. We get
‘•cheek’’ with too many things
nowadays.
The Turners’ Fall Reporter has
discovered another enemy to the
workingman; it observes that
Miss llosmer, the sculptress, has
more orders than she can fill, and
yet pcrsistantlv refuses to hire
anv more hands.
Manning & Barker.
■, BLACK- Jgggaft
■uiJßms mith s.—mBSEU.
AND REPAIRERS.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
VRE now prepared to il. all kinds of
work In their line of business •- =
cheap and as well as it can In* done any
where. Buggies and Wagons made or
repaired in tin* best style of workman
ship, of the best material and on the
most reasonable terms. Plantation work
and repairing done cheaply and at short
notice, and in a satisfactory manner. —
Rlaoksmitliing executed with despatch.
Call ami see ns at our Shops on Atlane.
street, near the Cosu T t House, and gi\*
us a trial, and we will guarantee perfect
satisfatinn. ap 3-lv
J. M, Wilson.
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN k SHEET IRON
AND
Wooden Wares.
*.\l) UF.AI.KK IX
STOVES, HARDWARE. CUT
LERY, HOUSE FURNISH
ING GOODS AND
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
KMIiR AOIX'O
Straw and Feed Cutters.
Corn Shellers,
Turning Plows,
Wheel Barrows,
Rakes, Shovels,
Hoes, Grass Scythes,
Plows, Plow Stocks, Arc.
ALSO,
Syrup Myis,
Of a Superior Make.
POCKET’ & TABLE CUTLERY.
AND
Carpenter’s Supplies.
Many Varieties of Wooden Ware.
All these and many other valuable ar
ticles sold on best possible terms.
Marietta, July 3, 1877. ly
T. ) ATKIXSON,
EAST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
MARIETTA, GEO.
DEALEK IN CHOICE
Family Groceries.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
TAKEN ON THE MOST LIBERAL TERM t .
The White
— ,■
THE EASIEST SELLING,
THE BEST SATISFYING
Its Introduction and World-renowned
reputation was the death-blow to high
priced machines.
THERE ARE NO SECOND-HAND
WHITE MACHINES IN THE MARKET.
This I* a *tr; Important mattar, at It It a wall
known and undisputed fact that man; ot the to
called flrst-class machines which are offered 10
cheap now-a-daya are these thst ht*e bttn rs
possessed (that Is. taker, beck tram cuttsmtrs
alter use) and rebuilt and put upon the market
“the"''white IS THE FEEffOF ANY BEWINB
?!‘CHINE NOW UPON THE MARKET.
IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE FAMILY MA
(HINES OF THE SINSER, HOWE AND WEED
HAKE.
IT COSTS MOKE TO MANUFACTURE THAN.
nrilEß OF THE AFORESAID MACHINES.
ITS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE AND
DURABLE.
ITS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED.
Be not Buy any other before try
ing the WHITE.
Prices ant terns Male Satisfactory.
AGENTS ■WANTED I
a title Sewing Machine Cos.,
CLEVELAND, 0.
Liberal Inducements offered to cash
blivet - .*. May, 2d, 1878.
J. P. & T. F. SMITH.
General Agents,
No. 58, S. Ilroad St. Atlanta, Ga.
FOR SALE!
rrrHE House and Lot in the City of
I Marietta, one black from the city
square, owned and formerly occupied
by Dr. W. E. Runwoodv.
FARM of 130 acres 11.,l 1 ., miles from
Marietta, Cobb County—has SO acres of
arable land —one small house —will be
divided to suit purchasers.
FARM of 80 acres 1 C miles front Ma
rietta, Cobb county, on the TV. & A. R.
R.—will bo divided into throe small
farms.
A FIRST ( LASS Plantation of 200
acres, four miles from Marietta, in one
of the best neighborhoods in Cobb coun
ty. There are on the premises about
100 acres of arable land, 70 acres of bot
tom land and a fine orchard, with abun
dance of wood and water.
THE PLAXTATIOX formerly known
tlie Ilewell Mill Property, contain
ing 300 acres on Xickajack creek, about
11.,l 1 ., miles from Concord Factory. There
are on the premises a good water power
formerly used, about 100 acres of arable
land and tine tract of white oak timber
ALSO PI.AXTATIOX of 100 acres,
on the Roswell road 1 L, miles from Ma
rietta—7o acres cleared —30 acres in
good woodland. There are on the prem
ises a large barn and stables—an abun
dance of good, free stone water. Term*
easy.
APPLY TO
A. Vail Week,
At the Marietta Savings Bank.
Fine Tobacco and Cigars.—Tin
••A Xo. 1" and “Red String, " live cent
Cigars; also, tine Chewing Tobacco.on
hand and for sale !>v B. R. •s • noxo.
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