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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-20
D.6.vCIyvG ACADEMIES.
PROF. l.. E. VALENTINES
Fashionable Dancing Academy,
HARMONIC HALL, :

Opens for the reception of pupils on Thursday.
Nov. Is. Ladies 6.15; gentlemen 7.l5 p. M.
I have the honor to announce TO the citizens of
Alexandra and vicinity that will open at the
above hall for a series of lessons, and hope my
past record in Washington as teacher for the
last eight years will be sufficient recomm ends-
ton for those desirous of learning the art of
dancing.
All the modern dances now used in fashion
able circles, including Boston, German, Double
Glide, &C., will be taught.
Days and Hours of Tuition: Glass for lsdiess
exclusive on Mondays and Thursdays at g. is to
7.l5 p. m. reunion of both classes same evenings
7.l5' to Is; gentlemen's class Mondays and
Thursdays, at SIS to 9.l5 p. NJ.
Terms: One month S4; one quarter $40 lady
and gentleman, entering together, per month,
Sc; do, per quarter SIG.
A reduction made to clubs or two or more of
family. Circulars can be had at the Academy
or at the most prominent stores in the city.
nov l5-lm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-20

ELOOR STA1N-We 9 have just prepared by
II new recipe supply of very superior
Floor Stain, which We offer to our customers By
the pint or gallon at very reasonable rates.
sep 81 JANNEY d co.
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BOOKS .aJVD sTaTION.ERr.

Just received full supply of all the books
authorized by the State Board for use i'll the
public schools.
School and College Text Books, English and
Classical, at publishers prices.
Slates Pencils, Composition Books, Book
Carriers, School Satchels, Pens, Penholders
and every school requisite for complete outfit.
New styles Papeteries just received, contain
ing the very finest English and French Paper
and Envelopes; q great variety of patterns and
colorsi very handsome.
New Books daily. Constantly on hand all
the leading Magazines and Reviews, American
and Foreign.
Bibles, Prayer Books and Hymnals in besuti-
full styles of binding
Fine Portemonnies and Card Cases. in Russia
Leather, Turkey Morocco and Seal Skin; Rus
sia Satchels and Travelling Bugs
The finest Am erican, English and French
Stationery, all the latest styles.
Just received full line of Blank Books, all
slzes-Journals, Ledgers, Day Books, Cash
Books, Medium, DENY, Crown and Cap, full
and half bound, Memorandums, Pass Books,
Indexes.
Owing to the new postal law increasing the
postage on packages of merchandise from half
cent to one cent per ounce the price of lot No.
!, tive quires, Note Paper, prepaid will be 35c
lot No. 2, Soc; lot No. 3, 6Uc lot No. 4, 8Gc and
81; French Quadrille same price.
Initial Notes, great variety of styles and
prices. Pieries finest French Rep Papers and
Envelopes to match.
Paper, Envelopes, Books, Magazines, Re-
views, ETC., mailed to any part of the country.
GEO. E. FRENCH,
sep4 95 King street, Alexandria, Va.
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sep 4
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II AIDES and CHILDRENS MERINO
IL VESTS, HOSIERY, SKIRTS, SC. Also
WURSTED PRINCES, in all shades, at
FERGUSON & BROS,
oct % 96 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-20

bakers OLD WHEAT FLOUR.
so barrels CROWN JEWEL SPRING
WHEAT FLOUR for sale by
TROS. PERRY,
sep Is No. II King street.
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SELECT DANCING ACADEMY.

The undersigned will open ON THURSDAY,
October 18th, ut SAREPTA HALL, King st.,
Alexandria, at $50 p. NJ, the above Academy,
for Misses, Masters and Young Ladies, teaching
all the new Waltzes, Qusdrilles and Fancy
Dances, the Boston, and new waltz, the Stone
wall jackson Glide Wave, composed and taught
by Madame Louis.
Days of instruction, Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons, from halt-p past 3 to $50 p. M.
Ladies and gentlemen wishing select classes to-
gether can make arrangements with the Mad
anne.
Professor Valentine will give instructions to
gentlemen wishing to make arrangements for
evening classes
Call at the hall on school afternoons, or ad-
dress Madame L. LOUIS, 1922 Pennsylvsnia
Avenue, Washington.
REFERENCES.
B. G. Flanagan, esq.,, +. G. Flanagan, jr.,
Judge L. Cochran and Judge W. J. Robertson,
Charlottesville, Va; James Evans, esq.,, VIM.
B. lssacs, esq, Thomas u Dudley, esq. James
+. Dupuy, esq, Richmond, Va; DR.. Charlton,
MIR. Morton, W. E. Alexs snder ESQ.,, Athens,
Ga; James ESaell, esq, Thos. Arkewright, ESQ.,,
Law. Sausey and many others, of Savannah,
Ga; Isaac L johnson, Louis D. Wine, Joseph
5: Mccoy, Leonard Stoddard, Eldred G. Davis,
Washington, D. q.
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Legal NOTICES.
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

a A'"' 10 "' ~
Having been appointed by the Corporation
Court ofthe city of Alexandria as administrator
of the estate of John T. Evans, deceased, /
hereby give notice to sll parties indebted to the
estate to come forward at once and make pay
ment to me. ALL parties having claims against
the estate will present them to me duly certified
for payment. I. q. ONEAL,
oc25-tf Admir- of John r. Evans decd
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Richmond, Va, October Is, 1875.
fully and entirely concur in the above rec
omendaton of Madame L. Louis,
oct 2O-tN20s Dr. JOHN Dove.
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TRY GOODSl DRY GOODSl
IL Third trip North this season.
FALL STOCK AT POPULAR PRICES.
We receive and open to-day q great many
choice styles Of goods, and offer them at such
prices as cannot fail to please.
Country Merchants will find it to their inter-
est to take advantage of our down prices.
Large line of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods
now on sale VIZ: B Blankets, Flannels, Counter
in great variety, Brown and Bleached Domestics
very low, new style Calicoes, very handsome,
Table Damssk, Towels, Crash, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Vestings. &c, &C., together with great
many other goods, making our stock very full
and complete. d. +. BRASHEAR,
a. B. HooMEs. No. 100 King street,
nov8 Alexandria, Va.
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q IoI Do,

i IANNE1'S OLD 4grI R0MlN1oN TONIC
These Bitters are the extract of the best and
most fsvorably known Medicinal Herbs,
Roots, Bsrks and Berries, together with suf6.
ecient Pure Old Cognac Brandy to preserve them
in any climate-forming, in elegant combins-
ton, superb Tonic, Alternative and Diuretic.
They are confidently recommended in all cases
of Dyspepsia, Nervous Headaches, Indigestion
and Heartburn, Weakness Lsngor and Debll-
ity, Torpid Condition of the Liver. Obstinste
Constipation and Loss of Appetite. They are
also sure preventive of Ague and Fever.
They are pleasant to the taste, and the most
delicate stomach will find nothing dissgreeable
in them. Along water courses and in low and
marshy districts they will prove sure safe
tions of the country. Weak and debilitated
females will derive great benefit from their use.
In quart bottles, at 81 each. Prepared only by
JANNEY & CO.,
and for sale, both wholesale and retail, at their
Drug Warehouse, l45 King street, Alexandria,
Virginia. sep 28
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-20

OAUSAGE CUTTERS, Coal Hods, Stove
y Shovels. Pokers, Coal Selves, Stove Lustre
Brushes and other goods suited to the season.
Prices reduced. Call and see, at 88 King ST.,
corner Of Royal.
oct II j. T. CREIGHTON s. SON.
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MOTIONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, &C., &c.
~ We call special attention to our full stock
of Hosiery, Gloves, Hsndkerchiefs, Skirts, Fan
cy Silk Ties, Ladies' Vests, Belts, Mems Merl-
no Vests, Suspenders, Umbrellas, Overskirts,
&c.,-all at popular prices.
D. F. BRASHEAR
h. B. HooMEs. No. 100 King street,
nov s Alexandria Va
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31
WATERING PLACE NOTES.

Major General w. s. Hancock. accompanied 81
his invalid wife, IL occupying private quarters al
Saratoga.
Rear Admiral c. Il. P. Rodgers, United Slater
Navy, Is at the Grand Union.
Ex-Assistant Secretary or the Navy, G. v. Fox.
Is at the United states, Saratoga, with his wife.
so is ex.Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black, Of
Pennsylvania.
Theodore Moss and family, OF New York, have
taken parlor suit at the United states
Ex-Governor Charles ]. jenkins and wife, o,
Georgia, are among recent arrivals at the Grand
Union. II'
Ex-Governor william A. Graham ana wife, and
A. w. Graham, OF North Carolina, are at Congresi
Hall
Senator william Pinckney whyte, OF Baltimore
with Mrs. Whyte aud maid, are at the Grand
Union. SO IS Judge w. J. Robertson. or Virginia
c. j. Harran and wife, from kio Janeiro are al
Congress Hail.
Judge r. T. Daniel of Virginia, Is ut the Crane
Union.
Arson Phelps STOKES and family, OF New York
have parlor suit at the Congress.
General Roger A. Pryor, OF New York, is regis.
tered at the Grand Union
The following are among the guests at the Lin
den Park House, Cornwall, N Y. The antilles
Henry Grinnel +. Il. Simmons, Mrs. 4. Dewitt
T.. Carmachy aud q. Carmachy, OF Brooklyn: thi
families Of l. Peot, Major Ban row, MIR. Whltmark
Mr.. Japna. MI. AcLeane aud Mrs. Cahlll, OF New
York also Miss kIllic Rugby, Miss n. Cahill MIS-
nuunett, Ais Murray, Miss Il. Barns aud MISS L.
carter, OF New YORK.; n. +. Cnoate and family
Elizabeth, ". j.
Tue following are among the prominent New
YORK guests at the Prospect PARK hotel, Cats
XIII ;-lhnrow Weed, The families OF George y
scott, Robert Janrev, AIRS. Il. NJ. Crosby. w. A
Tnonpson MIS-. J. N. smith, G. L. Stlcxney, D. II
Ulmslcad, L. II. Dcttg, Wam Scott, Il.
Bartlett ). Ashley, 3. Z. Nasn, captain ]. Riley
a. b Wynkoop, h: a. Maurice; ". ]; Fitzgerald
James u. wilson, Acton Clvln, J. u. Houston ana
J. N. Mccall; also Mrs. l.. Moore and niece
George l.. Jordan, y. n. Hatfield, J. II. r. Hatfield
Alas HATFIELD ana Ii. b. d. Beovlse, New York
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

NAV be, and very often IS. waived by the parties,
and when waived the contract cannot properly
be SAID 10 have been violated" Ana ne recon-
mended payment. OF course. inc voucher
was paid Lest it might he supposed that
this eminent Assistant Attorney General" had
any grounds Tor his opinion, let II be
noted that, first. the livery was more imam loO
per cent in excess OF the stipulated increase OF
twenty-five per cent and that It was made rom
the day the contract began; while the twenty-five
per cent increase or decrease provlso was made
10 provide for possible contingencies, which the
Indian once dld not know OF up TO the date when
the voucher was received, and did NOT plead as
reason for It's payment then; and, second, the
terms OF the contract we're not "waived" by the
Secretary OF the Interior, the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs and the Board OF Indian Comms-
soaerS, all parties 10 the contract the part OF
the government by law. Nor were they waived"
by any of the three f0r there was no authority
granted the agent either then or at any time
during the fiscal year, to exceed the limits OF the
contract.
In like manner the department. approved and
paid exorbitant rates OF transportation, exorbi-
tant rates for corn. gave private contracts to
the members ofthe Ring. permitted breaches OF
contracts. and otherwise actively aided the mem
bers OF the Ring. For instance, Commissioner
Smith officially reported that the price paid by
MIN Tor corn In 1873 was. ''in fact the lowest mar
ket price In Sioux CITY," This report he made TO
the Secretary Of the Interior knowing 1t TO be
untrue, as he subsequently was forced TO testify
before the Indian Committee or the House or
Representatives; and Mr.. Deano ATTEMPTED to
deceive the President In his letter contained In
Ex Doc. No. 1913, 43d Cong, lst Sess,l BY lnsinu-
ata,ing that the Board or indian Commits
sioners acted ON Information in their possession,
but which they did not give the department; and,
about the same time went before the House Com
mlttee on Appropriations AMI stated that much
time was consumed in sending vouchers round
the country to the various watering places after
the members OF the Executive Committee. and
many vouchers lost. He knew then that he was
speaking what was untrue.
WHAT IS SHOWN.
IL will thus be seen That commissioner Smith
and Secretary Deano aided In the commission OF
frauds, and in violation OF law, before Agent
savilles conduct was called In question; and
that their action had reference to rayng certain
contractors regardless or the frauds charged TO
them or the agent, or both me facts above
cited represent only small portion OF the theIts
accomplished by their AID, active aud passive.
they are taken from the subjoned list OF rejec-
tons by the Board Of Indian Commissioners. In
nearly every case the action OF the ard was set
aside by MIR. Deano himself or with his knowledge.
LIST or VOUCHERS SUSPENDED. REJECTED AND Dis
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF INDIAN CoMMI5-
sIoNEES FROM MARCH l, 1873, TO JANUARY l,
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DIR. DYER's EXPERIEN CEs.

In all these cascs the Commissioner OF ludian
Afralrs had approved payment before tie action
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31
EVENING TELEGRAM

SPLENDID LoCATIoN.-CHEAP LARGE, PROFIT
- able Farm, III excellent condton; house tenant
npuss TO- acres; outbuidlugs possession immediate:
Terms easy; hour Philadelphia, one me
rom large commercial borough Address call L.
POklL Quakertown, Bucks county, Pa.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31
REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE.

VHREE OF TUE BEST CRANBERRY BoGs IN NEW
L Jersey Tor sale. Apply TO CHARLES JEFFEki s,
East Hampton, Long Island, y. Y.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

E'OR SALE AT A GREAT sACaIFlCE-A STEAM
I Oireuiar sawinill Timber Lands, stock or 13-0U.0
feet Of hemiock Logs; Farm with bl4inps; gnoI
business sput healthy and pleasant location. Apply
KELLY. Post olice, Nelly sburg Lycoming
county Pa.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

rTO LET-SOME BEAUTIFUL FLATS IN PER-
feet order. in L. KipatrcE's houses. In seventy
ninth Inquire his office s2j East seventy ninth
street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

DooMs TO LET-IN HOUSES NOS 4Gs AND 40
IL East Seventy ninth street; rents SIS and $lo
month Apply to housekeeper at 40S.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

A DyER1IsEE HAVING A GOOD HOUSE. WELL
~ furnished in san Francisco Cal, desires TO ex
change IL for similar Properly here and urnsn
good business in Francisco to a responsible
ADDRESS call upon A BUHrIS. so Fulton street,
Brooklyn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

INRENCH FLAT-WITU ALL MODERN IMPROVE
IL ments. let, ut the southwest corner OF Forty
seventh street and Eighth Inquire of d. KEMP
MIR, $40 West torty-seyenth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

EREENwICH-COM AND ATTRACTIVE
W House. July furnished, 70 let, Tor tall winter
months inquire al Post office Greenwich, Conn.
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REAL ESTATE WANTED.

TTOUsE wANrED-TO PURCHASE ~ GOO d
locality this city small house, m odern improve
mens; must be barVan Address WIN price and iull
particulars. BUILDER, box l0s herald office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

no LRT-FOUR Rooms AND EXTENSION THREE
flights up, in house 337 East Nlnth street. be
First Ali painted and in good
order. Apply to houseXeeper.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

Dents REDUCED FROM Is TO 20 PER CENT IN
III block (french Flats side of Third avenue be-
IUsth 10th Rent per monih from SIS
" S25. Inqu premises.
w. A. MORRILL, Agent, ]. 992 Third avenue,
or No Burlina slim
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

E'OR sALE-Goon LAND, SIS PER ACRE. NEAR
New YORK and Phladelp hia; highly productive and
IN one of the most beautiful ana prosperous places
Aacrica Town Lots Tor sale business purposes
where a large amount OF business Is done.
G.. y. LANDS, Niueand n j.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

ERoNr ROOMS TO LET--IN SUITS ON FIRST AND
Il second nolrs, with bathrooms gas hot and cold
water thrc ughout the house. 273 ighth avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

T1XCHANGE-A FARM OF 70 ACRES; HOUSE
IL barn. &C. with eco feet OF price So
and clear. CORNELL * CO.,
Vanderbilt Landing, Staten Island.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

HOUSE AND STORE To LEr-HALF PRICE,
n sfnj fig West Broadway; three story House,
newly painted and papcrtd ~ West fmrIe b street.
SOD Mr sMlIh, zOl william street. Transient House
-ruTRTY-sECOND STREET CLOSE TO FIFTH
"a avenue IA rooms. house; rent $1,000 uniur-
nishcd chance seldom offered others
HOLM ns BAOfilEks, 10 East weny thlri street.
pARLOR AND BASEMENT FLOOR. SOUTHEAST
"a corner OF twentieth street aud Ninth avenue,
overlooking College groun ~ contains ~ rooms range,
babroon dumb waIer seven closets, ana replcic WIN
every convenience Apply 10 estate Oi ID. A. Cush-
MAJ M Ninth avenue, between lWente'h and IWen'
sv.drat etreaLa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-31

AHn- -NkW CITY LOrS-rWO LOTS. FEW
.Dtl -. minutes rom Fordhaln depot be sold
barglin Apply 10 +. MlCHkLI, 50 Rose street
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nN THE SHORE-GENTEEL MODERN RESI-
~ dence; modern conyenienees 10 rooms fine neigh
borhOOd; absolutely hcathy all trans; one hour
city, - 900; other shore 'front.' properties
j. w. ATWATER. Riverside stGton, Conn
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L'RENCn FLAT TO RENTAL A GREAT REDUC-
tiOn with all improvements and in rne condi ion
second hoer. Ring nrst bell tor housekeeper Az West
Thirty tiflh street
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-14
Fashionable Diamonds, Rubies and
Pearls. N

Diamonds are set to show the stone
alone without any gold being visible
The crown setting is still in vogue and, to
avoid all appearance Of metal, jewelers.
make the claws that hold the stone of
platinum so nearly the color of the dia-
mond that 1t scarcely shows at all. The
favOrite diamond earrings are solitaire
knobs worn as close to the ear as posi-
BILE. 1t is better, however, to have them
hang below the ear, as this shows the
stone better than the rosette solitaires
fitted into the lobe. Most ladies under
stand that the clear whiteness of the dia-
mond is its great beauty, and that
diamonds of the first water, artistically
cut, can rest upon their own merits with
out the aid of enamel or other ornament
to develop them. There are diamonds,
however which, without being "otf
color" have a peculiar straw tint of their
own, and connolsseurs value these very
highly Notable among these is peer
Jess yellow diamond, exhibited here, that
cost $1,000 at the Duke of Brunswick's
sale. Sapphires are now usually asso-
lated with diamonds, as the blue gem is
a gloomy stone and requires the diamond
to brighten it. Warm, delicious rubies
are shown in the rare shade known
among dealers as pigeons blood" This
glowing tint is very highly priced and
when the stone is beyond three carats it
is of greater value than diamonds and
almost priceless. Rose pearls set like
diamonds in knife-edge setting. or else
in pierced gold as turquoises are
mounted, are preferred to the string
pearl sets. The latter, however, are al
ways pretty, never very decidedly out of
fashion and may be had for $45 a set
Strings of fine pearls for brides neck
laces cost from $500 up to $4,000
Ha7per's Bdzdr. ......s...e
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-14
The Road to Health.

Cleanse the stomach, bowels and blood
from all the acrd, corrupt and offensive accu-
mutations which produce functional derange-
ment, and you remove the cause of most
diseases which atflict the human family, and
thus save large doctors bills. The most
effectual and reliable remedy for this purpose
is found in DR.. Pierces Pleasant Purgative
Pellets. No cheap wood or paper boxes, but
kept fresh and reliable in walls.
High livers, those indulging in ease and
pleasure and those of sedentary habits, can
prevent Boils, Carbuncles, Govt Red Skin
Eruptions, Pmples, Constipation, Piles,
Drowsiness, Biliousness and other conditions
induced by such habits by taking from four
to six of DR.. Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets once week, or, better still, one or two
each night. They are sold by dealers in med
icines.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-14

No UNCERTAIN SoUND-When man
discovers great truth it is his duty to
proclaim it to his fellow-man. The use
of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs can
not be too strongly recommended to the
invalid public. To those who have tried
it nothing need be said-their experience
is their proof, pure and positive as Holy
Writ. TO those who have not tried it
these truths cannot be too often repeat
ed. 1t is certain vegetable specific which
aids faltering nature against the tri-
umphs of dyspepsia, bilious disorders of
every kind, malarous fevers, constipa-
ton of the bowels, liver complaint,
Spring and Fall debility, ETC., etc. 1t
costs but little and can always be at
hand. 1t is the poor mans friend. 1t
saves a doctors bill and the time lost in
riding five, ten or twenty miles after him !;
besides being free from all the poisonous
indictments of the pharmacopGia. 1t
will not stimulate you today to leave
you weaker tomorrow. Its benefits are
permanent Is
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-14
That Boy!

THERE he is again-rip, tear, slam
bang! What jumbled, tumbled,
mussed-up mess of humanity is that boy.
Hear the cat That boy is pulling its
whiskers. What cackling! That boy
is teaching the chickens to swim. Here
he is! No, there he isl No, that's him
scudding along under full sail after the
dog.
What boy! Everybody says he will
amount to nothing in this or any other
world.
Who placed pin on the teachers
chair? That boy Who drew a map of
the pond, ducks and ALL on the black
board? That boy. Who filled the sugar
bowl with salt, hung his sisters best hat
on the tallest tree, and then sat demure-
ly in the corner with book upside down,
loot on the cats tail and grandmother's
spectacles above his nose? You might
know that it was that boy.
can't do anything with him." says
mother. "A useless concomitant of hu-
mainly" says teacher. "A lad whose
baneful influence is being felt in per-
nlclous manner by all his associates
says pastor. a
But wait Who brings the first of
everything good to his mother? Who is
always on hand when the schoolmaster
asks favor? Who tumbles heels over
head that he may obtain a geological
specimen for the minister? Oh, it is that
boy, is it? Well, then, just look down
INTO his heart and you will find it differ
ent from what you imagined. His soul
Is full, and it bubbles up and over every
time he moves.
Mischievous actions, lively pranks,
and sharp sayings are only the gateways
through which escape tie supertiuous
hoods of his nature. The trouble is
that, his body is too small for his big
soul.
,, Let him laugh and frolic and play
les, help him to do all this, and more
900. Remember that our moral and in
teHectual giants were once just such
boys, helped along by love. Also, bear in
Hlihd that pressure upon and abuse 10
Such natures will make them fends in
huL.an form.
lake them by the hand, and you can
.tsd them up to the Hottest pinnacles of
.,aought and action. Drive them, and
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