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lellrlmt from A«'ttve laihour
You may well conceive with whni
contempt I laok upon men that aeek tc
draw themselves from flic active sphert
of life. I liave • right to exorcise con
tempt upon other men, for I exercise ll
primarily upon myself. Now and then
when I am tired, when 1 Imre worked
long and wearily and hare had some
experience of the attritions of mail
with man. and Inve gained some new
light respecting the moral Condition ol
imperfect and unsanctitied men, I any
to myself: “Well, you have worked
more than the ordinary allotted period
of mans lire, and would it not be bet
ter for you to withdraw and give place
to younger men, and spend in an ele
gant leisure tlie declining period of
your life?” It is a temptation of tlie
devil. And when I get rested, when I
get one sound night's sleep, and my
nervous miergv is recovered again, and
my system is reinvigourated, I am
amazed at myself; and in the morning
I flagellate the man that I knew last
night.
Retire from life? I observe that the
trees keep all their beauty to ‘lie clos
ing periods. IIow beautiful is the tree
when it comes out of winter, and puts
on all its delicate tints and shades of
green! We then look upon the tree
as though it were a new creation, and
we say: “Surely. Hod never made
anything so beautiful ns these trees;”
and yet, when summer deepens their
hues, and they have become more ro
bust, and we see what vigour and fresh
ness and sureulency there is in them,
we say : “After all. give me the sum
mer tints. They are far better than the
spring delicacies.” And yet, when the
October days have come and the best
part of the tree life for the year is en
acted, and we sec the gorgeous yellows,
the rich browns, and the magnificent
sear-lets, wr say : ‘There, the lust i
the best.” And might we not take
patron from tlie trees? Might we not
fYiIlnw un mir vnnf lining m-inlinm) wiflt
fair colours ami delicate tints to tlic
end of life ?
I do not tliink a man ought to want
to rest in this world, lie may drsirr
to achieve the means of setting himseil
free from physical taxation, lie may
say: “1 will relinquish, in a measure,
this, that I may transfer my activity to
other spheres.” That, if is proper for
man to do. llul for a man to retire
from life and society after he lias been
an active force therein and filled his
sphere with usefulness, and seen the
fruits of his labour multiplied in lii
hand, and known the satisfaction ol
well-spent years—nature itself rebukes
It.
Hut many a man, at the age of forty
five or fifty years, says to himself: I
am wor!b five hundred thousand dol
^ lars, and what a lee! I am to work any
longer! I am going to buy me an
estate inutile country, and be a gentle
man.” lie buys him an estate, and tin
d •rial es to be a gentleman : but a man
who lias nothing to do is no gentleman.
He goes into the country, and learns
how to gape, and learns how to wish
lie knew what to do. He goes into the
country in order to take the oars every
morning and come to tire city every
day to see what is going on. And lie
soon discovers that he lias made a mis
take. and says: “What a fool 1 was! 1
thought I was unhappy, but I see that
I was not." And lie becomes discon
tented. and before two year* have gone
he sells hi* country place for filly per
cent, less than lie gave and goes back
to the city and entersa uetv partnership
and sa\^: “I have learned that a man
bad better not give up business so long
ns be is able to attend toil." He could
I tliink, have learned it without going
it.si.. A rutin nuohl
nil uI
not to he obliged to stumble upon every
evil of life in order to find it out.—
Something ought to be learned from
other people's blunders. There are
enough of them.
The same is true in regard to aged
persons. No mistake, I think, can be
greater than that which unclasps the
harness and takes off the occupations
of men when they come to be old. 1>"
not ever sell your home and go to live
with your children. Take my advice.
Do not suffer yourself, it you have been
in a primary situation to go into a
secondary one. Of all things in this
world, do not, when vou get to be six
ty years of age. give up a reguhir occu
pation. Do not permit yourself to be
cheated out of it. Hold to ymir busi
ness. That has a definite aim. and will
tax your hope and tear, and will lay
responsibilities on you, and you will
be better off tor It. If any part of lib
needs labour, it is the latest. Nothiuj
wears a man who has been active sixt.
rears like nothing to do. It scour
iike emery. It may polish, but it take*
off the substance, and will wear througl
goon. It is no good fortune to be set
free from industry in Hie latter year,
of life. No man should abandon hi>
position and throw off his responsible
tv, and seek happiness in release fron
activity and industry. And no mat
should believe one word of that poetry
whirl, talks about the rosy bowers ..
retirement, about elegant leisure, anr
about a man standing, it. * "'.-ene »>■
age. as the Min <>" the horizon casting
bark his great round golden beams ..
a,
not seem to move. As»d man shoub
never stand still. No man sltould evei
seek happiness except through pro| i
systematic, well-directed uctivity n
lift*
The Rot Who Don't Caro.
niv son. you ore wasting
your time playing with that kitten,
when you ought to he studying Vout
lesson. You will get a bad mark fl
you don’t study,” said Mrs. Mason to
her son.
“I don’t care,’’ replied the boy, as he
continued to amuse himself with the
' gambols of Spot, his pretty little kit*
| ten.
“But you ought to care, my dear,”
* rejoined the Indy with a sigh. “You
! will grow up an ignorant, good for*
' nothing man, if you don't make a good
! use of your opportunities.”
! “1 don't care,” saitl JaiueBas lie raced
into the yard after his amusing play
i mate.
“Don't earn will be (lie ruin of that
child.” said Mrs. Mnsou.lo herself. “I
: must teach him a lesson that he will
i not easily forget.”
j Guided hv this purpose the lady
! made no provisions for dinner. When
[noon arrived, Iter idle boy rushed into
i the house, as usual, shouting:
I “Mother, I want mv dinner! ’’
“I don't care,” replied Mrs. Mason
i very calmly, working on with her
needle without looking tip.
“I'm very hungry, mother,” rejoined
[ llie boy.
, “I don t pare.” repeated Mrs. Mason.
James was puzzled. Ilis mother had
never so treated him before. Her
words weie strange words for Iter to
use. and Iter manner was so cold that
' he could not understand what il meant
He was silent awhile, then lie spoke
again.
“Mother, I want something to eat.”
“1 don't care," was the cool reply.
“But recess will soon he over, inotli
■ er and 1 shall starve il I don't get some
| dinner.” urged James.
“I don't cri p."
This was too much for (lie boy to
endure. He burst into tears. His
mother seeing him fully subdued, laid
down her work, and calling him to her
side, stroked his hair very gently, and
‘•My son. I want to make you lee I
llie tolly and sin of (lie habit you have
of saying ‘1 don't rare.’ Suppose I did
not really rare for you. wluit would
you do for dinner, for clothing. for a
nice home, for education? You now
see that I o: it -1 either care for you. or
you must sillier very seriously. And
if you must sutler through my lack nt
cure for you, don't you think you will
also suffer i you don't care mr your
self? And don't you see that I must
suffer too, it you don't rare for my
wishes? I hope, therefore, you will
cease saying -1 don't rare.’and learn to
he a thoughtful Imy. earing for my
wishes, and your own duties."
James had never looked on his evil
habit io tins light before, lie prom
ised to do better, and. after receiving
a piece of pie, w ent off to school a
wiser if not a belter boy.—8. Advo
cate.
-
nai m ( lotlira.
In choosing a warm dress get it as
light as you can. Think how light an
imals. which have to endure great
cold, are clothed. Wlial is lighter than
feathers or fur? A bear ran tints
teach us a lesson of civilized science,
and a goose can impart wisdom. The
principle of the advice given by the
wise man. “Goto the ant, thou slug
gard," might well lie extended to the
ex ituple of (lie way in which the Cre
ator clothes the dumb animals he Ini
made. They are not heavily laden,
unless, indeed, it is necessary to pro
tect them with armour, Gut even then
the material used is remarkable for its
combination of lightness with strength.
The tortoise i» shielded more by I lie
arched shape of its shell than liy its
There are some animals which float
in water which are covered heavily,
hut the weight of their clothes facili
tates their movements in the elements
in which they are intended to live, in*
i astnuch as it enables them to sink tv>
| the depth necessary for them to subsist
: in. Hut tor the warmth, weight is
| needless, and for equable warmth.
weiirhl is a positive hindrance, since a
i heavy drees adds the heal of pressure
' to that of protection to those more
prominent parts of the figure upon
which it rests. If you Want to lie
warm, choose a material that is not 011
|y thick hut light, and when you wish
to In' protected from wind as well ns
still cold, wear under or over a woolen
or fttrrv fabric, the thinnest impervi
ous texture you can gel. Then you
, on have an arrangement similar tu
that with which the animals of cold
I climate* are provided—namely, thin
skin and thick leathers or hairs.—Le-is
i ure hour*. __
fcg- A traveler friend of ours says
that -once upon a time," when crossing
1 one of the dreary sand deserts of the
Snake river country, he came up with
a large and heavily loaded ox-trait.,
rite several drivers, in order to facili
tate their speed, were enlivening tin
j scene Itv a musical flow of epithets.
Approaching within speaking distant r
ol a brawny looking Jehu, our Iriend
ventured to ask :
• Where have you come front ?”
"Oma-lmw-wo-h tw-bnek !' was the
somewhat consolidated reply.
Our Iriend who is of an inquisitive
nature, becoming suddenly interested
again interrogated :
’) ••And where are you going tn?”
■•Idaho-ho-ho-d—n you ho?' enmi
| the second nn^'ven-i in thuudtar too?*
A ((urrn Looslai Her Crown.
A corresponnent of tlie Evenmonf,
who visited San Sebastian at the criti
cal tnonirnt of the Spanish revolution,
writes an interesting account of what
he saw:
‘•Some officers were watcldng us as
we rode into the city. We dismounted,
and my companion, who talked Spanish
asked the. chief of them for the news.
“‘The Queen is getting ready to leave
for Madrid; the royal train Is at the
station. The revolution is ended,’ said
tills gentleman. But his manner left
us in doubt; and instead of going to
the hotel, we set out at once for the
railway station. The rooms were ftill
of people; but by favor of the Inspec
tor, himself a Frenchman, we readied
the platform by the rails.
“Two Spanish flags and a sort of tri
umphal arch were arranged before the
door, an Infantry guard was at the en
trance. and before us the railway car
riage of the Queen.
“Some fifty Spaniards stood in si
lence, gazing oil us as persons of im
portance. They had a serious look.
At eleven o’clock a vehicle drawn by
! two mules brought two officers and
i two gentlemen of rank. One of them
was Gonzalez Bravo, ex-president of
the ministry. He gave orders, looked
over despatches and appeared much
; agitated.
“At midnight the Queen and her hus
band came in a carriage, followed by
I children and a few ladies of honor.
I The Queen wns in tears; she walked
about on the platform; the soldiers
[saluted her; the curious in,large num
bers stood uncovered but preset ved a
mortal silence.
"Let us lie ofl’. said the Queen at
length : and she stepped into the royal
carriage. Her train also entered; the
locomotive was attached, and at the
moment when the conductor was about
to give the signal, two despatches,
doubtless of moment, were brought;!
the Queen immediately stepped out of
the carriugi*. and said to her ex-minis
ter. who was begging her not to go to
Madrid again. 'Ik I could wear pan
taloons. I WOULD On HACK To MY
Capital.' This is historic fact.
Isabel In hid her face in her hands,
and, with tears in her eyes went back
into the waiting-room and then to the
l’alace.
‘■The royal railway carriages were
taken away ; the Governor of San Se
bastian conducted the Queen to her i
carriage, and went to the city on foot.
Is there not always something sad in
the fall of the great. Will not many j
be more sorrow than merry over s
Queen reduced so suddenly to the rank
of the sansculottes?
Only a Grain of sand,
A man who had for years carried an
old and cherished watch about hint,
one day called on its maker, and told
him it was no longer useful, for it
would not keep time correctly.
"Let me examine it," said the maker ;
and taking a powerful glass, he looked
carefully and steadily into the work,
till lie spietl just one little grain of
sand.
"I have it.” he said, "I can get over
your difficulty.”
About this moment, by some won
derful but unseen power. Ihe little
grain, suspecting what was turning,
cried out, "Let me alone! I am but
. a small thing, and take up so little
room. I cannot possibly injure the
watch. Twenty or thirty of us might
do harm, but 1 cannot, so let me alone.”
The watchmaker replied :
“You must come out. for you spoil
mv work, mal all the more so that mil
arc so small, and but few people can
sec yon.”
Tims it is with us. whether children
or ciders—one lie. one lust, one feeling
of pride, vanity, or disobedience, may
be sni'h a little one that none but our
selves know of it; yet God. who sees
all things, knows it, and that one sin,
however little it may appear, will spoil
all our best efforts in his service.
I9>A revolutionary soldier was run
ning for Congress, and hie opponent
was a young man who had '‘never been
to the wars.” and It Was (lie custom of
the old revolutionist to tell of the
hardships ho had endured. Said lie:
"Fellow citizens: I have fought and
tiled for my country. 1 helped to whip
the British and the Indians. I have
slept on the field of battle, with no
other covering than the canopy of
heaven. I have jvnlkcd over the frozen
ground till every footstep was marked
with blood—”
Just about Ibis time, one of tbe sov
ereigns, who bail become interested in
his talc of sutlerings, walked up In
front of the speaker, wiped the tears
from his eves with the extremity of
his coat-tail, and interrupted liitfi
with :
"Did you say you had font tlie Brit
ish mill Injius?”
“Yes, sir.”
"Did you say you slept on the ground,
while serving your country, without
any kiver'f”
j "I did.”
"Did you say yonr feet kiverrd the
ground you walked over with blood?”
"Yes,” replied tlie speaker, very
ejcultingly.
"Well, then,” said the tearful sover
eign, as he gave a sigh of tearful emo
tion, "1 guess I'll vote for t’other fel
low, for I’ll be blamed If you ain't done
i enough for vwnr country.”
Don’t wish to Inanlt Hrr.
The apology was cool, but it certain
ly should bare been satisfactory.
Dili P. is known all over, and Bill
was at the hall In all his glory. All
Ids necessaries for pleasure were on
hand—good music, pretty girls, and
excellent whisker. The evening passed
off rapidly, ns it nlwavn does, snd Bill
had, at about one o’clock, become
pretty happy. Stepping up to a young
lady, lie requested the pleasure of
dancing with iter, she replied that she
was engaged.
“Well.” said Bill, "are you engaged
for the next set ? ’
She said she was.
“Can I dance with yon the next,
then?”
“I am engaged for that, also.”
“Can I dance with you to-night?”
“No,” with some hesitancy.
“Co to Boston!” said Billy, highly
indignant,/tnd turned on his heel.
Alter a few moments, Bill was ac
costed by the brother of the young
Indy, who charged him with insulting
his sister.
Bill denies; but professes himself
willing to apologize if lie lias done
wrong, and accordingly steps up to the
young Indy, when the following con
versation ensued :
"Miss L., 1 understand I have insult
ed you ?"
“You hare, sir.”
“What did I sav. Miss L. ?”
“You told me to go to Boston.”
“Well "said Bill, “I have come to tell
you that you needn’t go.”
Earthquakes.—The earthquake bus
iness is getting to he live in the South
and West. That at Knn Francisco in
dicates a quite too frequent recurrence
for the comfort of those wlu have a
natural horror of seeing the earth shak
ing like a coward under their feet,
great buildings tumbling down over
their heads, tissures in it opening and
hissing in their presence, and the thun
ders of destruction rumblinir beneath
tin-in threatening an utter swallowing
up of everything,animate on its sur
face.
The late earthquake at S in Francisco
shows that the elements are not content
to sport with their legitimate victims
in the tropics. They are on their trav
els into cooler latitudes. There is a
faint hope in some minds that they may ]
lake a lilt at Massachusetts, the Wes
lern Reserve. Alleghany county. Pa.,
and Pawnee and Nemaha enmities in
Nebraska, before innnv years. If bv
doing so they could scare humane feel
ings to the surface and soften the hard
hearts of those who vote to enslave tell
millions of free while men under the
barbarous rule of African ignorance,
great good would be done a great
eanse.
The earthquake business does not
confine itself to splitting open the earth
however. From recent events, we are
inclined to think that it has laid a pret
ty heavy hand on one side of polities.
We hope-t will “suspend’ at once.—
Omaha, (Neb.) Herald.
Idle Men.—The following is an ex
tract from a ... speech of Capt.
Ward, of Detroit:
No man can realize the vast differ
ence between idleness and industry in
a whole country, until he estimates the
loss by one or the gain by the other.
There are probably seventy-five thou
sand wome i, hoys and girls in this
State who are in no productive or edu
cational industry, but who must ne
cessarily live upon the industry ot
those who labor. Put these people at
work, snd suioiose !he\ earn hut till!'
cents each per day, their earning will
he $37,503 per day, $335,000 per week.
$11,700,000 in one year, $177,000,000 in
teii years. If the citizens of this State
could look ahead with positive assur
ance that ten rears lienee there would
he added to their cash capital $177,033.
000.out of the now utterly valueless
and idle elements now in it, they might
well feel strengthened in their finan
cial hopes, and with such industry
throughout this whole land, gold, that
now rules 135. would be at par with
our greenbacks In lev* than eighteen
mouths.
..-» a ♦
JW*A correspondent of the Cincin
nati Commercial having stated. Geo.
L). Prentice had been dismissed from
the Louisville journal, the Boston Post
: says:
"Prentice, the poet, wit. politician,
is sixty-five years of age, penniless, but
recently bereaved of Ids wife, and now
•■dismissed' from the paper which owes
its existence to his rare talent.
Mr. Prentice publishes the following
card in the Louisville Journal of the
7th uli:
I desire to say to my friends every
where, but particularly to my news
paper friends, that they have fallen in
to a serious error in regard to me, and
are doing others great Injustice on my
account. I suppose J must confess that
; I am not ns young ns 1 was forty years
ago, hut lam rot poor, and certainly
do not consider myself broken down.
My personal relations with every one
of niv associates are perfectly kind ;
and with no one have they been more
kindly, not to say affectionate, titan
with Mr. Watterson. Every issue ol
the Journal for the last two weeks has
contained matter of mine;and it is my
purpose, God willing, to live and work
out tlie rest of the century.
Georgia lias dcmocaatic by 40,
000 majority.
■lousing Cabbage*.
Prepare straight slender poles (wool
three inches in diameter, of propel
length, say eight feet; clean off yoiit
ground, and commence ts though you
were going to build a plain rail pen,
three cornered, using two poles instead
of one, so M to make each side or wall
doable, with a space of eight inches
between the poles. At one corner nn
opening is left two slid a half feet wide,
for a door or entrance. To close and
make secure, a cheap batten door may
be made and hinged to posts or jainba
fastened to the wall or poles, after the
fence is completed.
The first tier or floor of poles having
been arranged, put on a row of cabba
ges, the roots occupying space hot ween
the poles, and the heads turned in and
pressed compactly together. Cover
the roots with friable soil, and place on
another tier of poles and cabbages, and
continue filling up space each time with
soil, until you have gained I he requi
site height. A few poles thrown across
the top, and heavy covering of corn
stalks or any other litter that will fur
nish a secure covering, is all that is
necessary to complete the house. Corn
stalks, or some oilier protection, should
be placed against the outside lor fear
of severe freezes.
A trench should he dug around the
outside, mid the dirt thrown against
the cornstalks. They serve to render
the floor or inside dry.
The eatillages thus housed will lie
very convenient of access in mid-win
ter, and will continue as fresh as it
buried under ground. All that is nec
essary is a kniie. with which you sever
ns many heads as you want Hi a time,
leaving ihc stalks to give you a supply
of early eoleworts in the spring.
In tlie interior voti may slow away
potatoes, turnips, etc., which will keep,
retainingr.il their freshness.—Southern
Planter.
-»i
How m- rh Emil In Enough.
"I think inv family canned enough
fruit Iasi season to enable me to have
it on inv table every day in the year."
Sucli was the remark made to me a
few days ago by my neighbor I.—. It
certainly was wliat very few. even of
our most enthusiastic fruit growers are
able to say : and the laci led to some
reflections which will bear stating
here.
Neighbor L—. we admit, lias as much
fruit ns lie and bis family Vill be lit-elv
to consume the year round. F suppose
that my own family was pretty liberal
ly supplied also; but liis far exceeds
that of nuc-linlf—yea, ninetecn-twen
tiellis—of my neiglmrs. I might put
it in a still stronger light and sav that
while one family in a community lias
as much fruit as it will need or con
sume, with a moderate daily use. there
are not less than one hundred families
who do not consume over one quart
weekly.
What utter nonsense, then for men
l» ho croaking aimut I lie superabun
dance of fruit, tlie prospects of over
stocking the market, and all such for
hoilitigA of evil to fruit growers. And
yet every community lias one or more
of this class of old fogies. I remember
juatfiich in my boyhood; and vet peo
ple have continued to plant till the
quantity is tenfold greater everywhere,
and the price lias continued to advance ;
and even now. a large portion of the
people have yet to learn that small
truits—to say nothing of apples—can
he made a part of their legitimate daily
food.
How long before all the people will
be as well educated up to the use ol
fruit as is my neighbor L—, and how
much will lie enough to supply the
country when that time shall arrive;
— Hurtle ultiirist.
At What Aon to Munir,—“Peopli
about to lit iffy,” who wish to know
the proper age. are referred to the fol
lowing precedents;
Adam and Eve. 0.
Shakespeare, 18.
Ben. Johnson, 21.
Franklin. 24.
Dante, Helper, Fuller, Johnson
Ilurkc, Scott. 2<l. *
Tyco Itrabe, Byron, Washington am
Bonaparte, 27.
Pen and Sterling. 28.
Linnieus and Nelson, 29.
Burns, 3).
Chancer, Hogarth and Peel, 32.
Woodworth and Davy, 33.
Sir William Jouer and Wellington
37.
Wilberforre, 39.
Luther, 42.
Addison. 41.
Wesley and Young, 47.
Swift. 49 ‘
ButTon. 55.
Old Parr, last time. 120.
ggjr*"llnns. where were yon born?
•■On tbe Haldorbarraek.” “What! al
ways?" "Yuli! and before, too.
••How old are yon then ? ’ ‘When tli
school house was built, I was too week
more nor a year, w hat is painted red
us you go home mil your park peliiin
you, on de right band side by de oh
blacksmith shop, which stands wlier
it was burnt down next year will b
t wo weeks.
gfpF*A justice, better versed in las
than gospel, not long since married
couple in this way : “Hold up you
bands. You solemnly swear that vo
will perform the duties of your oilic
jointly and severally, according to you
best skill and judgment, so help vo
God. Fee, one dollar.
FARM AVI) IIOI'SFIIOLD.
The immense increase of the corn crop
j all over »lie Southern and Western States
j is the subject of genoral remark, 1 n
Missouri this year there were 407,942
more acres put undor cultivation than in
the previous year; in Kansas 83,110
acre*. The yield of cotton in Texas is
heavy; one-third more land is tinder the
growth of cotton than was last year.
Hovr to C'ubi Chapped Hands
Take threo drachms of gum csmphsr,
three of white beeswax, three of sper
inuceti, end two ounces of olive oil. Put
them togethar in a tin cup on the stove
where they will melt elowly, and form a
white ointment in n fow minute*. If the
I hands be affected, anoint them on retiring
j ut night, and put on a pair of gloves. A
i day or two will suffice to heal them
i Fattening Hogs—This kind of stock
| should now receive close attention ; they
I should be fed regular, and all they will
1 cat. but no more. In additiuu, they
‘ should have suit and sulphur, and also
! some charcoal or rotten wood, and all the
drink they will take. Milk, dish water
and offal from the kitchen should be given
to the younger pigs and shouts
i Any article of cotton or linen can be
whitened hy exposure to the sun in a wet
state. Sm dl pieces, like handkerchiefs
and napkins, laid in a bowl or upon a
plate of water and turned so every part
will come to the sun. in a few days will
become white sml clear, it cleanly washed,
barge articles may he hung upon a line,
j but must be kept wet. It is best to let
them remain in water through the night
and to expose to the sun through the
day. Avoid all blueing substances till
the bleaching process is completed
A Fact Pi.r Farmers—It may not
tie generally known that the seed of the
sunflower is the most infallible remedy
yet discovered for the speedy cute of
founder in horses The directions which
we glean from a brief article upon the
subject in ihe Kssex Banner, says:
“Immediately on discovering that your
horse is foundered, mix a pint of the
white seed in bis food, and it will effect a
perfect cure. The seed, when fed in
. stnad quantities to horses, is very healthy,
giving to the hair a peculiar gloss It is
a diuretic in its tendency, fowls like it
very much, and'thrive on it ”
few persons ate htt .re of the radical
diffe ences between genuine t'a.-tile spap
and the imitation of it. 'the basis of
' 'aside soap is olive oil. But if you buy
your oil it will cost more than the soap
will seil for So the manufacturer takes
the ni'ire (the “cheese," cider makers cull
it ) from which all the oil Inis been press
ed that profitably can be, and washes out
the remainder with a solution of soda.
Thus lie utilises a waste product. Ameri
can Castile soap is a palm oil soap that
resembles the real article in color only
At the present price of gold the importer
can nut Castile soap on the market at
about seventeen cents per pound
Ba KiNO-fownm. — Baking-powder,
quite as good as any that is sold may be
extemporaneously made as follows: Take
three teaspoonfuls of carbonate of soda,
two teaspoonfuls of powdeted tartaric acid,
and three teaspoonfuls of corn flour,
arrowroot or potato-starch. Stir these 3
powders together and sift them twice
through a fine sieve, which removes all
lumps, and mixes the ingredients better
iban ten minutes’ rubbing in a mortar.
Take care that all the powders are per
fectly dry before use, and us soon as mix
ed put them whole into a tight, dry bottle
or the box, and keep in a dry place. In
usitiir hakitiL’ tiowder always mix it thor
ouglily with the flour before adding (lie
liquids, and then put tbe dough iuto the
oven ss soon as possible.
Mince Pies — Tbe following receipt
for mince pies, which arc now in season
is confidently recommended after using it
for many years :
Hml a fresh heef tongue tender, let it
get Cold, then chop it fine. will one
pound ot suet, uue half peek of apples.
I two pounds of currants picked and w sh
ed very carefully; one pound of citron
sliced, halt an ounce each of powdered
cloves, allspice, oiunamon, and ginger;
three pints of sweet eider, one pint id
Madeira wine, half a pint of brandy, with
' I enough sugar lo sweeten to your taste
I lus will make a larger jar lull.
11e.es Kobkino each other.—As tin
honey si aeon approaches so close it is wel
I r the apiarian to have an eye to hu
; stocks, as they occasionally resort to pi mi
der to uugtnent their stores-—the strong
despoiling the weak with remorse esi
■ perseverance. The lice has many aiuiabh
. traits, but has some defects, and animq
'jilioiii a projensity to steal. Whet tin
“ thieves have selected a point of attack am
■ opened the assault a great commotion wil
* he observed about the entrance to (hi
^ hive—tho assailants pressing to get in
^ and the defendants to keep them out. I
the attack is successfully repelled qttic
will he gradually restored—the soutiueli
appearing occasionally on a tour ot ob
1 setration, but if the reverse is tbe case—
if the position has been carried, bees heav
i ily Indented will emerge front the hive am
' depart for their own domicils to deposi
j their plunder
This is the time to interfere end rector
the balance of power, or rather to prevent
an unlawful exercise of it The shortest
way to restore order is said to be to close
all the hives, giving adequate ventilation
! to prevent smothering if the robbers be
long to tbe same apiary with their viotims,
but if the robbers are a foreign colony,
shut up the assailed one, for a day or two,
when the thieves will generally desist
from their depredations. They may re
new the raid and, if they do, repeat the
imprisoning operation as long as nccess
<"7- __
What It Costs lo Keep a Hotel.
The New Folk correspondent of the
('incinnali Gazette, writes:
Speaking of hotels, do you know how
extensively the accounts of a first-cla's
establishment foot up in the course of a
year? The hills of a first class hotel for
supplies aie enough to support a good
many small families, especially if they
practice economy, and don’t keep dogs,
horses and Saratoga trunks. For exam
pie, l will give you some items, the ba1
anec sheet of the Astor Hou*e, the oldest
first class hotel in the city. '1 he Astor
House pays 875 000 a year for groceries,
including 8^.000 for flour and 822.OOo
for butter. (Who would suppose that its
butter would cost nearly three times as
much ns its flour, but so they tell me.)
The marketing bill is about 8150,000—
they pay one man from 855,000 to 860.
000 for beef alone, and the balance ot the
817)0,000 goes for mutton, veal, pork
poultry, vegetab cs, fish, eic The milk
and cream for Astor cost $14,000, about
two thirds of it being for m Ik and one
third lor c: earn. Eggs cost ubout 812,000
the average use being one hundred dozen
daily, or thirty six thousand annually.
The gas hill is $14,000 and the coal bill
pretty much the same; friction matches
cost a dollar and a half a day or about
8500 a vear . a good inanv of lliese arc
not used in the hou.-o. but find their way
into the pockets of the patrons V\ ho
would think of paving for wooden tooth
picks when anybody can whittle one with
little trouble ? A million are used every
year in the Astor House, at an expense of
something less than a hundred dollars
The bill for liquors for the bar room is
heavy one, but lortunately for the pro
prietors, the amount received from patrons
is a great deal mo>e With r.H these
figures stat ing hint in tha face, a titan who
can keep a hotel is entitled to all the
praise of his fellow citifens and can he
set down in the list of philanthropist* and
practical benefactors of his race.
®®-Stiid a Sunday School teacher:
‘•Remember, dear children, that God
ig everywhere.”
The words had hardly escaped hi*
lips, when a roguish-looking little fel
low rose up and said :
“Please, sir, did you *ay God is
everywhere elt ?”
“Yes, my non, everywhere.”
‘•Is lie in my pocket?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I guess I've got you there,”
was tlie triumphant retort, "cause I
han't got no pocket.”
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
T. M. UIBSOS,
Attorney at Law
AND U. S. CLAIM AGENT,
DEVALL’8 IILUFF, AHK.
ARKANSAS having b en added to the ju
risdiction of the Court of Claims a
; Washington. the undersigned hereby give
notice tlint he is prepared to receive <«nd ooi
lect nil claims h*l«l by loy il persons for Stock
Forage. Supplies and Property of any and ait
kinds taken by Federal officers or soldier
tur the use of the government. Come and se*
me. Fees moderate. No charge for advice
sep8-6m
e?.. c. -77. ettp.xtey,
Being permanently* located at Des Arc
will continue the practice ot' his profession ii
Jill its braaches.
Office at Col. J. M. Burney’s Drug Store.
OR. BOB'T. B TREZEMNT,
Tenders hi* professional services ti
life citizens of Des Are and vicinity.
Office— At U. F. Johnson Drugstore
sep-1
13. F. Johnson.
D ilUGGIST
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
KEEP on hand a largeassort ment of Drug*
Medicines, Paints, «»ils. Perfumers
Patent Medicines, Wines. Brandies. Whiskey
! for medical purposes, which he will sell los
Prescriptions and orders tilled prompth
Terms cash. feb. 16, 1808.
F. LEPTIEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
kin«ls of work in my line. Mend
t ing. Cleaning. Ac.
-Thankful for past favors, I solicit
| continuance of the patronage heretofore b
» stowed on ms. fsh’dlM-f
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
AT TOP. ST 3? AT LAW,
LITTLh ROCK, ARKANSAS.
J. E. GATEWOOD, J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWQ D & THOMAS,
£Ct®B5f £"E® &¥ &&W
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
TT. I*. Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DE? AIJC. AEICANSAS.
WILL practice in I he Courts of the Counties
of Prairie. White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to th,
collection of claims any where in the State.
sepTtf.
T. E. EMERSO IV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND GENER4L LAND AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRA1RCK COUNTY. ARK.
i Special attention given to the collection
I r.n-1 securing claims. buying and selling lands,
j paying taxes, oxaming titles, &c. april 11
J R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
'Vim, practice in the Circuit Courts of
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh .Indicia District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. jan!2
B. t. GANTT. W. 1. BBONADCH.
GANTT Sr. BRON AUGII,
ATT0RS2Y8 AT LAW.
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to collection of
claims. upr!4
W. J. ROGERS,
1TT0BSKY AT LAW.
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to th" Collection
of Claims, Investigation of Land Titles. Pay
ment of Taxes. &c. myl6
JAMES H. TATTERSON, LUCIAN C. CAUSE,
Augusta. Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
Patterson & Gause,
ATI ORNEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonport and Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
i ttend to special cases in any part of the
| State. Address either office. myl8-ly
|
! J. C. JONSON, Office—West Point. Arkansas.
JSO. M. M‘KJRE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
!
JO\:;OY & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
: SOLICITORS IiV CIIANCERT,
—AND —
General Land and Collecting Agents,
SEAllCY, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
I Woodruff. Monroe. Prairie, White, Conway
, ind Y’an Huron. niarO
i ---
SOL. P. CLARK. BAM W WILLIAMS.
Clark & Williamsi.
Attorneys at Law,
i
j LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS,
W I LI. practice in all the Court a. prosecute
C'aim* of all kinds, collect debts, and
: 'i t as Heal Estate and General -*gent».
OmcR—Markham Street, near State House.
april^S-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Atto to*».v at Lnw,
cottoa rr.Axr. woopruffco. arr
Will practice where called,
j aep28-tf.
’|
KM. B. COODY. 9. MO BAB
COODY & MjRAE,
AT ¥0&9t»T» At & AW
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY,
AUKAXSAS.
i Will practice in all the courts of Arkansas.
war24
»i
Dr. R. B, SHELBY,
rpENDERS his professional services lo the
i L Citizens of ltes Are and surrounding
country, in the practice of Vedioineaud Ob
| .tetrics. lie hopes from an experience of
I over fifteen years in Southern practice, to
" merit tTbharo of public patronage.
>• Ofhoe on* deer East of Burney'a Drug
Star*.