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Small Deceits. —Men at first de ceive, knowing it: but by the constant use of deception they cease to even know that they are doing it. Gradu ally it blinds the moral sense. And it is in this direction that great'lies are loss harmful than little ones. Men think that a great black lie is very cul pable. I suppose it is: but when an armorer wishes by scouring, to cut the very surface of metal down, what does he do? Take a bar of iron and rub it? No; he takes emery. Its particles are as small as a pin’s point; and these he puts on, and by scouring he cuts down the surface—takes off the enamel. You think that a great lie is a great stn, and a great shame to man ; but af ter all, these little lies are more danger ous, because there are so many of them ; and because each one of them is dia mond-pointed. And these little petty untruths which are so small that you do not notice them; and so numerous that you cannot estimate them, are the ones that take off the very enamel of the moral sense—cut away its surface. And men become so accustomed to it, that they do not recognize that they are putting things in false lights, when by word, by deed, by indirections, by exaggerations, by shifting the empha sis, by various dynamical means, they present things, not as they see them, but as they want to see them. When Handel once undertook,-in a crowded church, to play the dismissal on a very fine organ there, the whole congregation became so entranced with delight that not an individual could stir, till at 'length the usual or ganist came impatiently forward and took his seat, saying, in a tone of ac knowledged superiority: “ You cannot dismiss a congregation. See h°w I can disperse them.” Letters of Recommendation.—A gentleman advertised for a boy to as sist in hib office, and nearly fifty appli cants presented themselves to him. Out of the whole number, he, in a short time, selected one, and dismissed the rest. “I should like to know,” said a friend, “on what ground you selected that boy, wdio had not a single recom mendation.” “You are mistaken,” said the gentle man; “he had a great many. He wiped his feet when he came in, and closed the door after him, showing that he was careful. He gave up his seat instantly to that lame old man, showing that he was kind and thought ful. lie took off his cap when he came in, and auswered my questions promptly and respectfully, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly. He picked up the book which I had purposely left upon the floor, and re placed it on the table, while all the rest stepped over it, or shoved it aside; and he waited quietly for his turn, in stead of pushing and crowding, show ing that he was honest and orderly. When I talked with him, I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk; and when he wrote his name, I noticed that his finger-nails were clean, instead of being tipped with jet, like that handsome little fel lqw’s in jacket. Don’t you c&ll those things letters of recommen dation ? I do, and I w T ould give more for what I can tell about a boy by using my eyes ten minutes than all the fine letters he can bring me.” French Women.— A letter from Pa ris gives the French women a severe but well merited blow, in an article on the degeneracy exhibited in French art, saying that women militate against a true culture in art. This correspond ent says, were he at liberty to illustrate remarks with proper names, and to supplement criticisms with biography, he might astound people by the light he could throw on some of the causes of the decline of art there. A great many artists are burdened with two families—the legitimate and an illegit imate one. His expenses task his tal ents to the utmost; he knews no rest; everything he produces is fevered. Those who have only a wife find it hard to earn enough to supply her exi gencies. The professional expenses (models, travels, etc.) have to be dis carded, the mind, deprived of those as sistances, is neither as active nor as fertile nor as vigorous as it might be. Women there are shamelessly extrava gant, and they selfishly sacrifice (killing the goose which lays the golden eggs) every thing to gratify their passion for shining in society. Some distressing stories are told of the heartlessness of wives, and of the ruin wrought by them. Advertisement. I AM very much exercised, and I don’t care who knows it. The fire that occurred on the morning of the Ist inst., might have been pre'"- vented by the prompt use of Babcock’s Fire JEx tiuguisher, and it is the only machine that could have put out that oily fire. It will subdue and en tirely extinguish the most intense fires, from all in -11 am able substances, such as oil, turpentine, petrole um, tar, varnish, benzine, Ac. The City of Atlanta should supply each of the Fire Co’s with at least two or more of these machines. CITY FATHERS, ATTENTION ! Your interests demand it ! L. B. DAVIS, Agt. FOR SALE. AN iron irame Paper Cutter—cuts paper 90 inches wide. Made principally for pamphlet trim ming. Has back guage for setting. Good knife, and all in good ordtr. Offered at $65, which is a bargain. l|ntiial |ii |el ALABAMA STREET. T. S. REYNOLDS, PROPRIETOR. 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