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A. C. PICKSTT. L. M. RAMSAUR.
PICKETT A U VM^AUIt,
A T T O R K E »' S 1 T I. A W .
AVGCSTA, ARKAXSAS.
Win practice in llic counticis of Woodruff,
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of nil claims en
trusted to their care nprG-ly
J. C. JONSON, Office—West Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
jo\so\ & MtMrwE,
, Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
-AND
General Land and Collecting Agents,
KKAltCY, ARKANSAS.
Wtt.i. give prompt attention to any business
In tiio counties of independence, Jackson,
W ntdruff, Monroe, l’rairio, White, Conway
and Van Buren. mar9
DB. AlaLEN
HAVING concluded to remain in Ocs Arc,
tenders his services to the citizens gen
erally. Over thirty years experience, added
to a thorough >'|ualitication for his profession,
assures him (hat he eon give general satis
faction. Ministers of the Gospel, and all
who have been disabled in the service of their
country* treated gratis.
Dcs Arc, Ark., February 'J, 18GG—Gm
J. K. 1*. AI.nilIBGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
nL Will practice in tlie Circuit Courts of
A 1 Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
Bi 1 >: t lie seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
tj, attention to all business entrusted to hie
care, janlJ
Cfeo. \V\ Maberryz
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
s o L I o I T O I! IN' CMANCKKY
—AND—
GENERAL f.4X5» AGENT,
COTTON I-GANT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY. AllKA N; AS.
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j E GATEWOOD, \ f .1. S. THOMAS.
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Gantt, Bronangti k Tanghan,
AT TORN IX S, AT LAW.
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White, Woodruff. Monroe. Arkansas ami Pu
laski. Prompt attteniion given to the collec
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O
v DE3 ARC, ARKANSAS.
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> T Prairie county, and tlie circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. inar*J4-(>m
WM T- JONES.
ATKO&HKT
BROWNSVILLE- ARKANSAS.
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Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
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WM. K. COODY. 1- Ml UAi:.
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mVOfcWBXS 4X LAW
-SI.4RCV, WHITE C OI Vri,
AUKA NSAS.
WiU practice in nil tlio courts of Arkansas.
mar24
bOL. F. CLARK. BAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE W MARTIN.
CLARX WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attoraeys at Law,
V
LITTLE IlOCBi, AKKAfSAS.
WILL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real E.ttate and General Agent*.
Office—Markham Street, near State House
128-tf __
W. HICKS, Formerly of tho firm of Cypert S
Hicks.
U, It, FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS * FIELDING.
ATTORMYS AT LAW,
Searcy, White <o., Arkansas
WIU. practice in this anil the adjacen
counties, iu the Iti.trict Courts, aud Su
preme Court of the State.
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House. He will give his undivided attention
to chronic Diseases of every descrip
tion.
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junl-tf Dcs Aro, Arkansas.
J. W. Bl'BNEY, B. B. TllEZEVAST.
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UAVIN'O associated themselves in the
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citizens of Des Aro and surrounding
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T. J. MARSH,
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.A. t Law,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS. j
ntay’Jo
GEO. K. MORTON,
-AND
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1>F,S ARC, AliKANSAS.
Wii,r, practice in the State and Federal
Courts of Arkansas. mayll
JAMKS H. PATTERSON, U CIAN C. OACSE. 1
Augusta, Ark. Jacksonport, Ark. '
Patterson, Cause & Bra.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Jacksonport and Augusta, Arkansas.
Wii.t, practice in the Counties of Woodruff.
Jnckson, Independence. White, Lawrence.
Randolph, Green. Craighead nnd Cross, and
utfend to special cases in any part of the
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Jacksonport) Ark. Auyusta, Ark. \
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: ruff, aud adjoining Counties, and to special
; cases in any section of the 8tate. Address
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HEDGPETH & JACKSON,
E0MEST3A.D
LAND AGENTS,
I)os Arliansns.
Wui. enter Lands under the provisions of
t!ui Act of Congress, May 21, 18U2, entitled
••An set to secure Homesteads to actual set
tlers on tile public domain." np27
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Walt & Co., Agent9, Des Arc.
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< < >MMEBCIAL,
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steamer having
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me i:.
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JOHN B. DAVIS,
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J. Sims Ai.lbn, Agent.
Des Arc, Ark., may 4, ]867-1 f*
Sri m< i::
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MATRIMONIAL MATTERS.
1 want a wife
To cheer my life—
I care not what she lacks in beauly,
So I but find
That she is kind.
And knows and practises her duty.
I want a wife
Who through her life
Was wcver known to be a flirt;
Who’ll bring to me
A recipe
To keep the buttons on a shirt.
If such a one
Dwells ’neath the sun.
And don't mind leaving friends behind her.
With the author of this
She’ll find true bliss,
By informing him where he may find her.
Advertising for a Wife.
Mr. Edward Singleton was one day
seated in ids room, deeply ruminating
upon the unfortunate position of bach
elors in general, when a step was beard
ascending the stairs, and a moment af
ter some one rapped loudly on the
door.
‘■Come in.”
The door flew open and a young man
hastily entered.
“Good morning, Ned," he cried, seat
ing himself in a chair: “I btopped to
inquire if you had received a card of
invitation to old Mowbray’s party this
evening.”
“I have.”
“And of course you will attend?”
“No.”
“What!” exclaimed the young man
in surprise. “Ned Singleton, the gay
est ofthc gay, refuse to attend the most
brilliant party of the season. Impossi
ble, Ned, yon are joking.”
“1 am not.”
“Hut what is your motive for deny
ing yourself this pleasure?
"To he frank with you, Harry, I have
had quite enough of parties for the pre
sent—what I now want is a good wife.”
ITis friend gave vent to hearty laugh
ter, then said :
"The very reason why you should go
to-night. T dare be sworn that among
the brilliant throng of youth and beau
ty that will be present, yon can readily
tind one lovely being, to whose care
you would be willing to entrust the
keeping of your heart.”
"True enough, but whether that par
ticular one could be induced to deliver
hers in return, over to the custody of
Ned Singleton, is still a matter of great
doubt.”
"But you will at least make a trial,
and if a refusal be the result, no harm
would be done.”
"But it would be extremely disagree
able, and if you will promise not to re
veal it, I will entrust you with a se
cret.”
“I will swear it if necessary.”
"Then 1 have to inform you that dur
ing the last three months I have pro
posed and been rcft|sed |hepp differ
ent ladles.”
"Indeed!” exclaimed Harry, laugh
ing in spite of himself, "and what rea
son did they assign in refusing your of
fer ?”
"More than I can enumerate, but the
principal one was my want of fortune—
and from that undoubtedly sprang ail
the rest.”
"Then you arc determined on stav
ing from the party to-night ? ’said Har
ry as he arose to depart.
"Most absolutely.”
“And serious in wishing to obtain a
wife?”
"I never was more serious.”
"And have eomc to no definite con
clusion ns to how you will proceed ?”
u.
“Then," replied Ids l'riend, “I would
advise you to advertise,” and with a
joyous laugh he left the room.
“And why not ?" said Singleton, men
tally, as the sound of his friend's foot
steps died away.
•• Why not, indeed ? it would bean
excellent plan—by Jove, I will.” And
straightway seated himself at his little
table, he succeeded in a short time in
producing the following:
Matkimoxial.— The advertiser, n
young man of good moral character
and line attainments, is desirous ot
forming n matrimonial alliance with a
lady between nineteen and t wenty-four
years of age. 8ho must be beautiful
and accomplished, and possess an amia
ble disposition.
Address K. S., Xo.—Crescent Place,
Boston. *
••There,” solilloquizcd Xed, as he
arose, “I think that will do, and sin
cerely do 1 hope it will be the means
of securing me a charming partner for
life.
‘•For two years I have been endeav
oring to obtain a wife, but the lack ot
fortune has been the main obstacle to
the realization of my wishes.
‘•True, 1 have gained access into the
very best society, and rendered myself
agreeable to ladies of wealth and fash
: ion, but to this extent only have 1 pro
ceeded. They know that I am not the
I inheritor of riches—that a petty cus
, tom-house office is all that I have to re
I Iv upon. I have hunted for wealth
long enough, I will try and win a heart.’
And so he added to hisudvertisemeut
the following postscript:
“Money of no cansequeueo.”
Our hero immediately sent a copy to
all the evening papers in the city, with
directions to have it inserted that day
About two o’clock next day the post
man brought nearly a dozen notes di
rected to Mr. K. 8.
Ned, who had been waiting with fe
verish impatience, hastened at once to
his room, and with a fluttering heart
was about to break one of tlie seals,
when a servant informed him that a la
dy was below who requested nn inter
view.
This was most annoying at such a
moment, and lie had at first harbored
serious intentions of turning her off
without an audience, but his gallantry
came to his aid before he bad given the
order, and he accordingly told him to
show her up. With a sigli lie sank in
to a scat, laying the unopened letters
on the table. Presently the servant re
turned, ushering iu a lady closely veil
ed. Singleton offered her a seat, and
politely inquired the object of her visit.
“I believe,” she said in a tone of sin
gular sweetness, “you are the gentle
man who advertises for a wife?”
“I am,” he replied.
“May I inquire if you have selected
one”
I have not, but have just received a
number of communications in reply to
the advertisement," and he pointed at
the pile of letters before him.
“Then I have arrived iu time. 1 came
to offer myself.”
Kdward Singleton trembled violently
at the announcement, lie had not an
! tieipated such a summary mode openi
I tion, anil consequently lie became great
ly embarrassed.
The form of his fair visitor struck
him as graceful and faultless, and when
a moment after she raised her veil, he
was literally struck dumb by her ex
ceeding beauty.
A pair of the brightest azure eyes
beamed on him from beneath tlieir long
delicate laslies, and a few stray curls of
silken hair fell upon either check as
she leaned forward, giving a bewitch
ing appearance to her countenance,
while the perfect beauty of her face.
___1. f _ 1. 1 ..1 ...M t i i
open admiration, scut a thrill to hi*
heart that he had never before experi
enced. For a moment he seemed ns it
entranced; but tlie truth gradually
broke upon him—he was in love.
“And have you really come to offer
yourself," he exclaimed; “are you in
very earnest ?"
“Why should you doubt it ?’’ she
said with a captivating smile.
“I know not, but indeed I had not
expected to have so lovely—”
“Stop, stop, sir. Xo flattery if you
please.”
“Ilut I do not flatter, i speak the
truth when I say you are the most beau
tiful of your sex."
“Enough,” she said with another
smile which translated Xed into the
seventh heaven ; “do 1 suit you
“Perfectly! and you will not hesitate
to marry me ?”
“Not for a moment; otherwise 1
should not have come.”
Xed Singleton sprang from his seat,
took the pile of unopened letters and
cast them into tile it.**-'11,''- Jll< !'
caught her in his arms and give her a
hearty kiss, and as she seemed inclined
to favor the proceeding, he repeated it
several times, till finally, out of breath,
he re-resumed his seat.
“I presume you have a desire to learn
my name." she remarked as she hand
ed him a card.
“The idea had not entered my mind,
owing to the matter of greater conse
quence,” replied Xed, laughing. How
ever he took the card and read :
“Mrs. G race Elwood.”
He turned pale and looked from the
card to the lady.
“What is the matter? Are you ill?'
she asked, half rising.
“No, not ill; but what means this?"
and he pointed to the word Mrs.
“Pardon mo lor not explaining be
fore,” she said hastily. “1 had quite
forgotten to inform you that 1 w as a
widow.”
“Is that all?” cried Ned, immediatc
i ly relieved ; “then all is right ; I abso
i lutely adore widows. And now, per
haps, yon would also like to acquaint
yourself w ith my name in full, it is—
“Edward Singleton !” she interrupt
ed, smiling. “Von see I am acquaint
ed with tiiat already.”
“Indeed 1” lie exclaimed in surprise,
“and yet 1 am not aw are that we have
met before.”
“Still, you see, yo are not entirely
unknown to me. 1 first saw you about
a month ago, while in company w ith a
friend at (lie opera, and being favorably
j impressed with your appearance, to say
i the least, I made inquiries respecting
! you, and determined, if possible, to
{make your acquaintance. This 1 failed
j to accomplish, and happening to notice
! an advertisement in one of yesterday’s
papers, signed ‘E. K., Crescent Place,
! 1 became convinced the advertiser could
! he none other than yourself. 1 at oner
j determined to make a hold attempt P
see and secure you, and am happy tc
1 find my effort crowned with such com
plete success.’
Ned saluted the charming w idow
with renewed fervor. “The only tiling
that new remains,” ho remarked, “istc
; name the day that sees us united.'
“That I will leave for you to decide,
she said, while a blush overspread hei
I fair features.
“No, indeed; that shall certainly b<
yoqr duty.”
“But l insist—”
“And so do 1. Choose the time am
l promise to abide by your decision—
provided you name no distant day."
! “Then be it so. Considering, there
fore, that we have already been acqnaiu
| ted more than half an hoar, and that
you wish the union to bo consummated
! as speedily as possible, I propose to be
married to-day. My carriage is wait
ing at the door.”
Ned Singleton said not a word,
though he was startled. They stepped
into the carriage, and were soon whirl
ing rapidly along Tremont Street, to
ward the residence of the ltev. Mr. I’.
Luckily they found him at home, and
without loss of time ho joined them
| for life. As they left the place, Ned
felt like a new man, his happiness was
complete. They re-entered the carri
age, the driver took his scat, and they
were again rattling over the pavement.
“Where are you going?” asked Ned,
suddenly, perceiving that they were
driving in an opposite direction from
the one they had come.
“Wo arc going home,” was the reply.
“But this is not the way.”
“There you are at fault. And now 1
think of it, there is one particular sub
ject upon which we have not spoken.
I’erlmps we have been too precipitate
in marrying before an explanation had
taken place. I have reference to my
pecuniary position.”
“1 married for love and not for
money,” exclaimed Singleton, “and
knowing tie. t they could not be found
in unity, 1 added that postscript in my
notice, ‘money of no consequence.’”
“But in uttering such a statement you
wrong me.”
“Wrong you! In what manner?”
"In asserting that every lady of wealth
is heartless.”
“You certainly do not mean to say
that you—"
“1 mean to say that since wealth is
an obstacle to your happiness, I am the
unhappy possessor of eighty thousand
dollars!"
Ned was thunderstruck. For a long
time he had been endeavoring to ob
tain a competency bv marriage, but the
cflort proving fruitless, he had resigned
•ui nope 01 ueticmig his condition in
that manner, and now, when liis only
ambition was to obtain an affectionate
wife, both heart and wealth had drop
ped unexpectedly into his possession.
Sufficient is it to say, lie never regret
ted his choice.
A Woman’s Habit.
We find the following among the
Xebulie, in a recent flallaxy:
The eyeing of woman by woman is
one of the mofl offensive manifestations
of superciliousness now to be met with
in society. Few observant persons
can have failed to notice the manner in
which one woman, who is not perfect
ly well bred or perfectly kind hearted
will eye over another woman who she
thinks is uot in very good society, and
above all. not at the time being in so
costly a dress as she herself is in. It
is done everywhere; at parties, at
church, in the streets, it is done by
women in all conditions of life. The
, ' 'T',’ Ctirant girls learn it from their
mistresses, it is done in an instant.—
Who cannot recall hundreds of instan
ces of that sweep of the eye which
takes in at a glance the whole woman
I and what she has on, from top knot to
shoe tie? It cannot be a new fashion
of behaviour, but the daily increasing
pretense of people to superiority? be
cause they can afford to spend more
money upon their backs than others
can, makes it at once more common
and more remarkable even than it was
ten or fifteen years ago. Men are nev
er guilty of it, or with such extreme
rarity, and then in such feeble and
small souled specimens of their sex,
that* it may be set down as n sin not
masc uline, or at least epicene. Dot
women of sense, ot somo breeding, and
even of some kindliness of nature will
unis emicuvor io as on a superiority
upon the meanest of all pretenses ami
inflict n wound in a manner the most
cowardly because it cannot be resented
and admits of no retort. If they but
only Knew how unlovely,how positive
ly offensive they make themselves in
so doing, not only to their silent \ ic
tims, but for every generous hearted
man who observes their m.meuvres,
they would give up a triumph at once
so mean and so cruel, which is obtained
at such a sacrifice on their part. No
other evidence than this eyeing is
needed that a woman, whatever be her
birth or breeding has a small and vul
gar soul.
. ---
C'alifohxia Styi.k.—Not long since a
German was riding along Sunsonn
street, near Sacramento, w hen he heard
a pistol shot behind him, and heard the
whizzing of a ball near him, and fell
Ids hat shake, lie turned and saw :i
man with a revolver in Ids hand, anil
took off ids hat and found a fresh bul
let hole in it.
*1 >iil you shoot at me?’ asked tin
German.
‘Yes,’ replied the other party, ‘Hint-!
my horse ; it was stolen from me re
contly.’
‘You must be mistaken,’ said the
German, ‘I have owned the horse t'oi
three years.’
‘Well,’ said the other, ‘when 1 come
to look at him, 1 believe 1 am mistaken
Excuse me sir; won’t you take s
drink f’
‘What U colonizing, ma!’ inquired a
hopeful miss ol seventeen. 'Colonizing
dear,’ replied the mother, is having n
home and raising a family.'
‘Ob, ma! how I would like to colo
nize, exclaimed the expectant daugh
ter.
Russian America as Seen by Travel
ers.
Our new possessions of the northwest
coast of America arc not likely to be ex
tensively explored until the final ratifica
tion of the treaty by the Russian govern
ment. Meanwhile, we lay before our
renders some information concerning the
country and its inhabitants, as conveyed
in the narratives of trustworthy voyagers.
| Capt. Fredrick J.utkc, with a single cor
vette and a corps of seamen and natural
ists, visited Russian America in the year
; 1828.
Capt. Lutke informs us that the colony
: of New Archangel (of which Sitka is the
! h£bor) embraces 800 souls, Russians,
j Creoles and Aleutians. The Creoles are
a product of a union of the former race
with the latter, and arc described as a
handsome and active race, not numerous,
I but equal to most of the Russians in cul
ture and natural endowments. Of the
whole number of inhabitants in this set
tlement, three hundred only are Russians.
Of the climate, our voyagers says its chief
characteristics is not so much tlic extreme
| cold as the extreme moisture which pre
vails. In the very best seasons there is
not more than one third of the year which
is favored with a clear sky, and in the
worst years there are only from thirty to
forty days of fine weather. The atmos
phere is always humid, dark and foggy.
The winter is usually sufficiently mild
Toward the middle of January there arc
sometimes fine days in which tlie ther
mometer rises to 55 deg. Fahrenheit;
sometimes, also, it falls to 20 or 30 deg.
below zero. Snow lasts, some times, as
long as from November to February, but
ordinarily it falls mingled with rain and
quickly disappears. Spring commences
early, and the entire year resembles the
uussian autumn, the moisture ot tlie air
is pronounced to be rather disagreeable
than injurious to the health.
The greatest drawback suffered by the
people, is described as the want of pro
visions, and the difficulty of obtaining
them, continual watchfulness on the part
of the Uussian American company,its little
colony is seldom left actually destitute of
bread; hut. beside this universil staple of
life, fish is said to form the chief article of
■subsistence. “Fish, under all its forms,”
says Lutke, "appears only on every table,
land Serves as the almost exclusive food
' of the officials, as well as the inferior
classes. The governor of the colony him
self very rarely tastes any meat. The
: impossibility of supportingcattlc.the want
ol' native grass, the humidity of the cli
mate. which destroys the greater part of
the hay actually mown, does not permit
the colony to keep more than eight or ten
horned animals, whose keeping costs annu
ally more than a hundred roubles (875)
per head, and sometimes double that sum,
when the scarcity of hay obliges them to
1c fed on grain. Meat is, in fact, given
to the employes only on the grand holidays,
and (lien in driblets of only half a pound
to each person.”
Lutke goes on to toll us why hogs and
poultry costs as much, and are as unat
tainable as beef, lie dwells much upon
the rich abundance of fish, which are
caught the year round. Potatoes, he
| says, grow well, and everybody lias an
abundant supply, the company raising
not less than 150 barrels for its own use
Two or three vessels a year, at the time
Lutke wrote, which was before our acqui
! sition of California, came from its ports to
Sitka. These brought chiefly grain, the
great necessaries of life, with ardent
spirits, tobacco, woolen cloth, and some
1 other articles. They were loaded in re
turn with furs, fish, and sometimes with
timber.
The character of the creole population
of Russian America, us given l>y Lutke,
is on the whole a favorable one. This
portion of the inhabitants are thuso born
of Russian fathers and Aleutian mothers,
and numbered about 1,000 souls, in 1860.
They justify the remark frequently made
concerning mulattocs and other ereoles
among the nations of America; they con
stitute a race handsome, active and capable
Their education is cared for by the Russian
American company, and they enjoy the
same privileges as the inhabitants ol
pure Russian blood.
The ereoles, as well as the natives, ot
Aleutians, spend much time in hunting
the otter and other fur-bearing animals
Sometimes they are trapped, sometime:
shot with arrows from boats, and some
times killed with lire anus as they lit
asleep. The customary price paid for tin
otter by the company is from fifteen t(
twenty-five roubles ($11 to $10) for old
ones, and six to fifteen roubles for young
ones, whose fur is far less valuable The
Aleutian fox is also largely liuutod, the
island furnishing an almost exhaustion
abundance of this animal. There arc
black foxes, silver foxes, and red foxes ;
the latter are distinguished by the su
perior softness of their fur. On some oi
the islands of the Aleutian group, no land
animals whatever are found-—not even
mice; and it is said here that the walrus
sea horse, and other gentry of the deep,
are found in most abundance, and exhaust
the category of the animal kingdom.—
[Cincinnati Commercial.
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-Carlyle said that the cud of study i:
not knowledge, but wisdom.
The Sequel
Our readers, says an cxhange, have all
heard the story of soaping tho clergyman’s
horn at a camp meeting, so that when lie
went to call his flock together, he blew
the soap over his brother clergymen and
how ho exclaimed : “Brcthcrn, I have
served the Lord thirty years, and in that
time I have not uttered u profane word,
but I’ll be d—d if I cun t whip the man
that soaped that horn 1” Our readers
have all heard this, but have perhaps,
never heard the sequel, given us by a gen
tleman present. It is as follows:
Some two days alter a tall, swarthy,
villainous looking desperado, strolled
upon the gronud and leaned against a tree,
listening to an eloquent exhortation to re
pent, which was then being made by the
preacher. After a while he became inter
ested, finally affected, and then taking a
position on the anxious seat commenced
groaning in the “very bitterness” of
his sorrow. The clergyman walked down
and attempted to console him. On con
sultation, he was too great a sinner, he
said : No ho was too wicked, there was no
mercy for him.
“Why, what crime have you eommited?”
asked the preacher; “have you stolen ?”
“Oh, worse than that!”
“What! have you by violence robbed
female innocence of its virtue?”
“Worse than that—oh, worse than
that!” “Murder?” gasped the horrified
minister.
Worse than that!” groaned the sinner.
The excited minister commenced
“peeling off'’ his outer garments :
“Here, brother Cole!” he shouted, hold
my coat. “I,vo found the fellow that
soaped my horn !”
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Newspaper Sponges.
There are many people in the world
who make it a business to sponge the
reading of newspapers without any ex
pense to themselves. This has often
been noticed and commented upon.—
They are not cotlned to any particular
locality, but are found wherever the
newspaper goes. An exchange from
Maine thinks there are more of this
class there than elsewhere, while the
New Hampton Gazette believes the
Granite State is infested with them to
even a greater degree, and says it has
known men of means to hang around a
store where the proprietor takes a pa
per, for the mcro purpose of reading
the paper, and getting the news with
out its costing them anything. There
are scores of families whose parental
heads spend enough in bad rum and
tobacco weekly to pay for a dozen
newspapers, and still persist in spong
ing what little information they get of
what is going on in the world from
their neighbor. Any man who can af
ford to indulge in rum. beer, cider or
tobacco, can abundantly afford to sub
scribe and pay for a newspaper for the
benefit of himself and family.
Tiik Mohawk Dutch.—The follow
ing story is good because it is true. We
had it from the lips of a good woman,
who was told it by the principal actor
herself:
‘■Ven 1 first come to Filadelphy to
serve, 1 was very uncivilized,” said Ka
trine, now a tidy, intelligent servant in
a very respectable family, ‘‘1 laugh
mooch, and 1 feel mooch ashamed to
remember how I behave ven I know
so little. Shon, that was my beau then :
Shou, lie took me to the theatre one
night, ven 1 been in Filadelfv but three
weeks. We sets in the gallery,and we
not see good, and Shou said he would
get a better seat. So he put his leg
round do post, and slides down wit tno
pit, and lie looks up and calls out,‘'Ka
trine. Katrine, comedown! lishagood
view here !" and 1 leaned over, and said
f:—“How can l room, SlionP” And
lie said, “Just slide down." So 1 put
my legs round de pillar, and 1 slides
down, too. Ponder! how do peoples
laugh! Pev laugh so dev play no more
dat night upon the stage. Every body
laugh, and yell, and whistle all over
the house ! I was mooch ashamed, den,
though 1 knew not any harm! lint
now 1 plushes red every time 1 dinks
of it."
Hokes.—Gentlemen who sit in an
editor's sanctum and read exchanges to
him.
Mothers who force disinterested per
sons to notice their children.
Men wli* subscribe for a paper with
no intention of ever paying for it, and
curse the editor because tliero is not
enough reading matter for them.
Squalling babies in the ears and nt
concerts.
A stuttering man drunk.
A drunken man that doesn't stutter.
A young gentleman fresh from his
travels.
A man that reads poetry to you.
Creditors of every description.
A man who wants to borrow money
from you.
A pair of lovers.
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A traveler stopped at an inn in
a neighboring village, and finding the
landlord and landlady fighting, cried
out, “Halloo, who keeps this house?"
The wife replied, “That's just what
wo are trying to decide."
A I’kopek Name.—T think 1 have
seen you before sir: are you not Owen
Smith !' ‘Oh, yes; 1'in owin’ Smith, anc
ow in’Joues, and ow in’ the Citize>
OrncB.’
SALMAGUNDI. ^
It costs more to revenge wrongs than
to bear them.
To have tarts for tea, let your wife see
you kiss the waiting maid, a sure thing.
-Fathomless depths—the depths of a
woman’s heart.
-When are gloves unsaleable? When
they are kept on hand.
-Why is a bad boarding house like a
good printing office. Because it has no “pi.”
-A cross-grained old bachelor says that
“tin” is the favorite belle metal now a days.
-It is not work that kills men, it is
worry. It is not the revolution that destroys
the machinery, but the friction.
-IIow many days belong to the year?
Three hundred and twenty-five—the rest are
Lent.
-What is the difference between a house
wife and an editor? One sets articles to
rights, and the other writes articles to see.
-A little girl in school being asked what
a waterfall was, replied that it was hair flow
ing over something, she didn’t know what.
-Many a true heart that would have
come back like a dove to the ark after its first
transgression, has been frightened beyond re
call by the savage character of an unforgiving
spirit.
-If a girl refuses you, don’t give it up,
but try again. Because two negatives mako
an affirmative in grammar, however, don’t
consider yourself accepted when a girl jilts
you twice.
-One the miseries of human life is
going to dine with your friend upon the
strength of a general invitation, and finding,
by the countenance of his wife, that you bad
much better have waited for a particular one.
-WTealth is not acquired, as many per
sons suppose, by fortunate speculations and
splendid enterprises, but by the daily prac
tice of industry, frugality and economy. Ho
who relies upon these means will rarely be1
found destitute, and ho who relies upon any
other will generally become bankrupt.
-A postmaster puzzling out a very un
certain superscription to an Irish letted, jo
cosely remarked to an intelligent son of Erin
who stood by, that the Irish brought a hard
set of names to this country. “That’s a fact,
yer honor,” replied the Irishman ; “but they
get harder ones after they arrive here.”
-“My good fellow,” said one man to
another, slapping him on the shoulder, “you
are one of the men we read of,”
“How so?” inquired the other, where did
you read of mo ?”
“In the police report.”
-A few days since a gentleman called
upon some lady friends, and was shown into
the parlor by a servant girl. She asked him
what name she should announce, and he wish
ing to take them by surprise, replied, “Ami
cus,” (a friend.) The girl seemed at first a
little puzzled, but quickly regained her com
posure, and in the blandest manner observed,
“What kind of a cuss did you say, sir?”
-Two Dutchmen once got into a dispute
about the English language, each one con
tending that he could command the best.—
They made a bet at length, and appointed n
judge to decide between them, and according
ly they began: “Veil, Chon,” said the first,
did it rain to-morrow?” “I shall tin kit vash,”
said John. Wasn't the judge in a quandary ?
Dow to Cleanse a Cistern.—A simple
thing l have accidentally learned and if uot
generally known ought to be, relating to stag
nant, odorous water in cisterns.—Many per
sons know how annoyiug this sometimes be
comes. After frequent cleansiug, and other
experiments, all to no permanent utility, 1
was advised to put say two pounds of caustic
soda in the water, and it purified it in a few
hours.—Since then, wheu I tried concentra
tedly, I had quite a good result. One or
both of these articles can be obtained at any
druggists.
The English Language.—An accomplished
American lady, at a party in London, recent
ly was taken to task by a blowsey Cockueyess,
who scattered her li’s in all directions, for
! some mispronunciation.
“You must consider,” said the fair Yankee,,
j “how short a time 1 have heard English "pi -
! ken. Of course my native tongue is Choctaw ;
! and if my dress and behavior are not cotnnic
' il faut, think how short a time it is since I
wore nothing but paint and feathers and
came into a room with a war hoop.”
Madam Uritania looked a little shocked and
puzzled, but her good nature came to her res
cue, and bursting into a great hearty laugh,
j sho said—
“Well, my dear don’t be hupset about bit;
we re hall one flesh and blood, and I'm sure
1 you’re as white as hany of hus.”
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Infai.libi z Ci’bk fob Toothacin.—Those
! of our readers who have felt the excruciating
I pangs of this disease, and who, like our
selves, have experienced but little human
sympathy on such occasions, will, no doubt,
be grat ified to be ill possession of a remedy
which will, in all probability, forever quiet
the unmerciful offender.
On one oecAsaion, while laboring under the
j torture of this distressing disease, a friend
entered the room, and learning the cause of
our great suffering,joyfully exclaimed:
•Why, my dear friepd, I can cure you in
five minutes.’
‘llow, how ?' inquired we.
‘Have you any uluni!'
j ‘Yes.*
‘Bring it, and some common salt.'
They were produced. Our friend pulver
' i red (hem, and mixed them in equal quantiles;
then wet a small piece of cotton, causing tho
mixed powder to adhere, and placed it in the
hollow tooth.
‘There,’ said he, ‘if that does not cure you,
1 will forfeit my head.'
It was as he predicted. On the introduc
i lion of the mixed alum and salt, a sensation
of coldness was experienced, which gradually
subsided and with it the torment of the tooth
ache.—[Philadelphia Forma,
burglar, while engaged in rob
bing a bouse, on bearing a slight noise,
exclaimed, “Ilang it! if they catch me
with these spoons I shall be scut to Coq
' gress, sure.”