The Family Friend.—Our friend Godman, of Columbia, S. C., has assumed, we see, the entire responsibility of the publishing, as well as the editorial department of his admirable weekly paper. That he may extend its circulation, with all the rapidity its manifest merits should insure, is our most sincere wish, and, to aid him, we offer Graham’s Magazine and The Family Friend, one year, for Four Dollars, in advance. * * * * * [Illustration] =A FRENCH IDEA.= To keep the mind intently fixed On number one alone— To look to no one’s interest, But push along your own, With the slightest reference To how, or what, or when— _Eh bien! c’est la première Idée._ _Napoléonienne._ To sneak into a good man’s house, With sham credentials penned— To sneak into his heart and trust, And seem his children’s friend— To learn his secrets, find out where He keeps his keys—and then To bone his spoons—_c’est une Idée_ _Napoléonienne_. Bon Gaultier. * * * * * [Illustration: =SMOKE NO JOKE!=] * * * * * =Transcriber’s Notes:= Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the ebook.