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True ZiOvt.
Were life a thousand years to live
With every want and wish supplied;
That life, with all its joys I’d freely give.
To have thy lore, a true and faithful guide.
Then, oh! may this, thy gentle bosom move,
Thy heart brat fast—and first with mine—
And blessed to ino will be that love
While joys around my pathway shine.
Then, life to ma will be a paradise
In which to live. I'd learn to reign.
With pouip and prjde that kings so prize,
In hearts like mine that you may claim.
Thee give to me. this happy boon, I crave
And death is lost in such pure lore,
If one true heart you'd wish tu save
8ueh love would mingle with cur joys balow.
In heaven and earth no sweeter bliss cau be,
Than have our hearts eutwinsd in such a vow
As would mska iif'o a naught without thee.
None but death, can over part euoh loro
Aa to thee, 1 hope and with to give:
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- There to linger, there with thee, to live,
M. H. Mc,„„, of Mire.
tjse Ihliublc.
The came of this little instrument ia
laid to have been derived from “thnnj
bell," being at flr«t (.bumble and after
ward* thimble. It is of Dutch inven
tion, and was brought to England
about the year 1605, by John Lolling,
who commenced it# manufacture at
Islington, near London, and pursued it
with great profit ami success. Former
ly iron and brass were used, but lattsr
lv steel, silver and gold have taken
their places. In the ordinary manufac
ture, thip plates of metals are intro
duced into a die, and then punched into
shape.
In I’aris. gold thimbles are manufac
tured to a Large extent. Thin shaets
of sheet iron are cut into dies of about
two inches diameter. These being
heated red hot, are struck with a punch
into a number of holes, gradually in
creasing in depth, to give them the
proper shape. The thimble is then
trimmed, polished and indented around
its outsr surface with a number of lit
tle holes, by means of a small wheel.
It is then converted into steel by the
cementation process,tempered,scoured,
and brought to a blue color.
A thin sheet of gold is then intro
duced into the interior and fastened to
the steel by means of a polished steel
suoiiui viviti luai is UM.-11 Hp^iiiru iu
the outside. and attached to it by pres
sure, the edges being fastened to a
smalt groove made to receive them.
The thimble is then ready for use.
Those made in this manner do not wear
out, as so many ordinary gold thimbles
do, but will last for years. The gold
coatiug, if cflt away by needles, msy be
easily replaced, but the steel is of ex
cellent quality, and very durable —Ex.
Tbuth Will Out.—Once upon a
time a nobleman gave a great supper.
While the guests were at the table, two
maskers came into the ball, who were
no larger than children of live or six
years old; one personated a lord, the
other a lady. Their dress was as
splendid as could be, and they danced
very skilfully, to the great diversion of
the guests. Everybody said they could,
not admire the dexterity of those polite
children enough.
Theu an old officer took an apple
and threw it between the dancing
couple. {Suddenly the lord and lady
rushed after the apple as though fran
tic. In the struggle they tore off each
other’s masks, and behold! instead of
children, a couple of monkeys.
All the company at the table laughed
heartily but the old officer said very
gravely: “Monkeys and fools may
dress and dance spendidly, but the day
soon comes when it is known who they
are.”
MT* Mrs. Horace Gaceley and oth
ers are to petition Congress, at its next
session, for a Constitutional amend
ment providing fbr universal suffrage,
the ladies and alt, God bless them.
MT Beauty, like glass, is both brit
Ile and irreparable.
Beautiful Extract.
I
«1 have seen an end of all perfection.
I have seen a man in the glory ofhis
‘ days and the pride of his strength. He
; was built like the tall cedar that lifts
I its head above tlic forest trees; like
i the strong oak that strikes its roots
| deeply into the earth. He feared no
1 danger—he felt no sickness. His mind
was vigorous like his body; he was
perplexed at no intricacy, he was
'daunted at no difficulties, into "hidden
things he searched, and what was
I crooked he made plain. He went forth
fearlessly upon the face of the mighty
j deep ; he surveyed the nations of the
earth, he measured the distances of the
stars, and called them bJ their names;
he gloried in the extent of his knowl
edge, in the vigor of his understand
ing, and strove to search even into
what the Almighty had concealed.
And when I looked on him I said,
“What a piece of work is mah! how
noble in reason 1 how infinite in facul
ties! in form and moving how express
and admirable I in action how like an
angel 1 In apprehension how like a
God!1’
I returned—his look was no more
lofty nor his step proud ; his broken
frame was like some ruined tower; his
hair was white and scattered; and his
eyes gazed vacantly at what was pass
ing around him. The vigor of his in
tellect was wasted, and of all that he
had gained by study nothing remained.
He feared when there was no danger,
and when there was no sorrow he
wept. His memory was decayed and
treacherous, and showed him only
broken images of the glory that had
departed. His house was to like a
strange laud, aud his friends were
counted as enemies; and he thought
himself strong and healthful while his
foot tottered on the verge of the grave.
He said ofhis son—he is my brother;
ofhis daughter—I know her not; and
inquired what was his own name.
And one who supported his steps and
miulstered to his many wants, said to
mu, ns L IVUKCU VII lucmiivuwi?
scene, ‘‘Let thine heart receive instruc
tions, for thou bait seen an end of all
earthly perfection.’’
I have seen a beautiful female tread
ing the first stages of youth, and en
tering joyfully into the pleasures of
life. The glanee of her eye was varia
ble and sweet, and on her cheek trem
bled something tike the first blush of
morning ; her lips moved aud there
was harmony; when she floated in the
dance her light form like the aspen
seemed to move with the breeze. I
returned, but she was notin the dance;
I sought her in the gay circles of her
companions, but found her not. Iler
eyes sparkled not there—the music of
hev voice wss silent—she rejoiced on
earth no more. 1 saw a train, sable
and slow-paced, who bore sadly to an
open grave what was once animated
and beautiful. They paused as they
approached, and a voice broke the aw
ful silence: ‘‘Mingle ashes with ashes,
and dust to i?s original dust. To the
eartli whence she was first taken, Con'
sign we the body of our sister.” They
covered her with the damp soil, and
the solid clods of the valley and the
worms crowded into her silent abode.
Yet one sad mourner lingered, to cast
himself upon the grave, and he said,
~There is no beauty, or grace, or love
liness that continue!!) in man ; for this
is the end of all glory and perfection.”
I hare seen an infant with a fair
brow, and a frame like polished ivory.
Its limbs were pliant in its sports; it
rejoiced, aud agaiu it wept, but wheth
er its glowing cheeks dimpled smiles,
or its blue eye was brilliant with tears,
still I said to my heart, "It is beau
tiful.”
I again saw this child when the
lamp at reason first dawned in its
muni. It* soui wu gentle ana peace
ful; its eye sparkled with joy. as it
looked around on this food and pleas
ant world. It ran swiftly in the way
of knowledge—it bowed its ear to in
struction, it stood like a lamb before
his teachers. It was not proud, or en
vious, or stubborn, and it had never
heard of the vices and vanities of the
world. And when I looked upt^n it, 1
remembered that our Savior said, "Ex
cept ye become as little children yc
cannot enter into the kingdom of
! heaveu.”
But the scene was changed, and I
j saw a man w hom the world called
i honorable ; and many waited for his
j smiles. They pointed out the fields
! that were bis, and talked of the silver
and gold that lie had gathered; they
admired the stateliness of his domes,
and extolled the honor of his family.
And his heart answered secretly, "By
| iny wisdom have I.gotten all this;’’ so
| he returned uo thanks to God,neither
i did fear or serve him. And as p.ast
’ ed along I heard the complaints ol' the
I laborers wbo had reaped down the
fields and the cries of the poor whose 1
! covering he had taken away ; but the '
sound of feasting and revelry were in j
his apartments, and the unfed beggar
came tottering from his door. But he
considered not that (lie cries of the de
pressed were continually enteriug into '
the ears of the most High. And when 1
I knew that this man was once the
teachable child that I had loved, the •
beautiful infant that I had gazed upon i
with delight—I said in my bitterness,!
j “I have seen an end to all perfection,”!
and I laid my month in the dust.
ts0“$ome reproaches are a common-,
dafian and some praises detraction.
A Story of Turkey River, Iowa.
On Turkoy river lived Amasa Baker,
a worthy minister of the Methodist
Church. Boaides being a fisher of men
he was a fisher of fish, and also de
lighted in the pleasures of the chase.
To him one fine Saturday night came
another sou of Nimrod—Jack waters.
Jack woke up the old minister by
calling to him from the outside. The
parson put hie head out of the door and
recognized his friend at once.
“Mr. Baker,” says Jack, “fine night
for coon hunting. Can’t you come out
and have a shot?”
A muffled protest in a feminine
voice was faintly heard inside the
house; but the good minister was too
sr4ent a hunter to yield even to petti
coat influence. A moment later he ap
peared at the door in hnntiug trim,
and the two men started off, although
the protest was repeated more strenu
ously, accompanied by the apparition
at a window of a head incased with a
ruffled night-cap.
Spite of the fine night, however, and
the skill of the two hunters, luck was
against them ; and several hours had
passed before they metfflnything worth
taking home. At la9t the parson de
scried a flue coon in a tree. Being a
sprightly parson, and an agile, he
climbed up after the auimal, following
it to quite a hight. At last, getting a
good chance, he levelled his gun.
“Why don’t you fire ?” hoarsely
whispered Jack, after waiting several
minutes, during which the parson re
mained suddenly transfixed, neglecting
to pull the trigger.
“I say, Mr. Waters,” he replied,
“what time is it ? Remember this is
Saturday night.”
“No, it isn't,” says Jack, looking at
his watch; “it’s Sunday morning. Just
five minutes past twelve. Now fire,
quick ; you won't have such a chance
again.'’
“No, no,” replies the. minister; “it
won't do, Mr. Waters. Too late now;
wo must come another time.”
“But just give the coon a crack,”
urged Jack.
“Can’t do it,” said the minister, slow
ly descending. “Recollect what the
commandment says: ‘Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy'—‘coon or
no coou.”
Tea an it Mental Sit mutual.
The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal is usually rather dry reading,
except to the profession ; hut it very
often has a great deal of useful inform
ation hidden under technical phraseol
ogy, Thus tlie last number contains
an interesting communication upou
tlie action ofThein on the human sys
tem. Them is an integral part of tea,
and gives to that part its peculiar force
as a stimulant. It is also found in
coflee. and in certain South American
plants whose leaves are used to prepare
a table beverage.
The author of the article in question
made several experiments of Thcin up
on human cases. It was found that in
every instance the pulse was lowered,
a nervous tremulousuess followed, and
special mental activity was noticeable.
One gentleman, under the influence of
this alkalord, spoke emphatically of his
“increased brain-power, enabling him
to read certain books, which lie had
before accounted as abstruse, witli the
greatest ease and an extraordinary
power of grasping the subject without
any effort as he read rapidly ou.” Tho
testimony of “one of the most power
ful writers among our New England
women,” is also addaecd. Her testi
mony was to tho eflfeet that, “some
hours after takiug a large quantity of
tea, she felt as if there wKa nothing
left but her head, which furnished
rapidly language or ideas of the best
quality, and in goodly quantity, all
night long.”
In its medicinal form Thein is em
ployed as a sedative. This, by the way,
appears something like a strong allo
pathic indorsement of Uahncman’s the
ory. It cures neuralgic headaches,
where pills are objected to. Thein
ointment for the hair is found to have
like effect. Pastilos made with Theiii,
when burnt in a room, are said to pro
duce an equally toothing effect to irri
table nerves.
A To(ui Eclipse Is 1*69.
Professor White writes to a New
York paper of a total'eclipse of the sun
which is to occur in August, 186!), as
follows:
The sun will rise eclipsed in the
interior of Siberia, on the raorniug of
August 7, 186!), whence the shsdow
will move in a northeasterly direction ;
then turning eastwardly and south
westwardlv, will pass over the Behr
ing's Straits and North Alaska about
uoon, local time.—Thence, moving
across part of British North America,
it will re-enter the United States in
Montana, between two and three p. in.,
local time. Moving thence across
Western Nebraska, it willpass diagon
ally through Iowa, passing over City,
lies Moines and Keokuk about five
o'clock. Thence it will pass still south
east. over Jacksonville, Illinois, across
Southern Indiana, Central Kentucky,
East Tennessee, into and across North
Caroliua, and will toueli the sea coast
in Pamlico 8oond ; and it will finally
leave the earth uotfar from the Bermu
das. It will be visible in all parts of
the United Ststes and total over a belt
of one hundred miles wide along the
line Just indicated, the sun being hid
more thin foyr minutes.
Marriage aad (he Death Rate.
It 1* a curious and instructive fact
that out of every one buudred thousand
married persons (including widowers)
at the age of 20, six hundred and twen
ty-six die before attaining the age of
25, while out of a similar number of
persons unmarried at the same age no
less than one thousand two hundred
and thirty-one die before attaining the
age of 25. The following table, found
ed on the vital statistics of Scotland,
shows the comparative death-rate of
married and unmarried males from 20
to 85:
Ages. Husbands and widowers. Unmarried.
20 to 25 6.26 122.31
25 to 30 8.23 4.94
30 to 35 8,61 15,91
35 to 40 11.67 16.02
40 to 45 14.97 18,35
45 to 50 17 04 21,18
50 to 55 19-54 26,34
65 to 60 26,14 28,54
60 to 66 35,63 4t,54
65 to 70 52,93 60,21
70 to 75 81,56 102.71
75 to 80 117,85 148,94
80 to 85 173,88 195,43
Dr. Stark, the Registrar General of
Scotland, infers, from • these figures,
that “bacherlorhood is more destruct^
ive to life than the most uuwholesome
trades, orthan residence in an unwhole
some house or district, where there
never lias been tiie most distant at
temot^ut sanitary improvement of any
kind.” We do not question the opin
ion that matrimony may in a thousand
ways exercise a healthful influence on
the human race, by ennobling its habits
and enforcing sobriety, etc., but we
think Dr. Stark exceeds the legitimate
conclusion consequent on the premises.
It must be remembered that married
men are generally of a more robust and
healthy constitution than bachelors,
who frequently are deterred by ill
health from undertaking the support
of families. This important element in
the calculation has been forgotten by
Dr. Stark and reasoners of his class.
A Tough Story.
There is a place in Maine so rocky
that when the natives plant corn they
look for crevices in ttic rocks, and
aiioot cue grain in who a mus
ket.—They can't raise ducks there no
how, for the stones are so thick that the
ducks caut get their bills between them
to pick out the grass-hoppers, and the
only way the sheep can get at the
springs of grass is by grinding their
noses on a grindstone. L’ut this ain't a
circumstance to a place in Maryland.
There the land is so poor that it takes
two kildeers to cry “kildeer,” and oil
a Clear day you can sec the grasshop
pers climb up a iiiullen stock and look
with tears urer a titty acre field; and
the bumblebees have to go down on
their knees to get at the grass; all the
mosquitoes died of starvation, and the
turkey buzzards were obliged to emi
grate. But there is a county iu Vir
ginia which can beat that. There the
land is so sterile that when the wind
is northwest they have to tic the chil
dren to keep them from blowing away ;
there it takes six lings to raise ono
croak, and when the dogs bark they
have to lean against the fences—the
horses are so thin that it takes twelve
of them to make a shadow, and when
they kill a beef they have hold him up
to knock him down !
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Origin al Fools-Cap.—Every school
boy knows what foolscap paper is. hut
we doubt whether one in a hundred
that daily use it, can tell why it was so
called.
When Oliver Cromwell become Tro
tector, after the execution of Charles 1.
he caused the stamp of the cap of liber
ty to be placed upon the paper used by
the Government. Soon after the res
toration of Charles II, he had occasion
to use some paper for dispatches, and
some of the Government paper was
brought to him. On looking at it and
discovering tins stamp, lie inquired the
meaning of it, and on being told, he
said, “Take-it away; I'll have nothing
to do with a fool’s cap.”
Thus originated the term ‘‘fools-cap,”
which has been applied to a size of
writing paper usually about sixteen by
thirteen inches.
About 1’apek.—Oue of the most im
portant items in the cost of a paper is
the paper itself. Some of the statistics
of the New York Tribune, the largest
sized paper published, will show its ex
tent. Its paper weighs 65 pounds per
ream (240 sheets,) and measures 37 by
47 3-5 inches. One issue of the 240,000
copies of the Weekly Tribune weighs
31,200 lbs, over fifteen tuns. This
makes a column three feet by two at
the base, and one hundred and forty
feet high. The paper used by tho
Tribune establishment during the
year is about fifteen hundred tuns,
costing over $300,000, which, if piled,
would make a monument of solid
intelligence one mile high aud four feet
square. Something like twenty-five
million sheets pass through their
presses every year.
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Chbebbul Mcsiq.—When the poet
Carpnui inquired of his friend Haydn,
how it happened that bis Church music
was always so cheerful, tho great com
poser made a most' beautiful reply : “I
cannot,” he said, “make it otherwise;
I write according to the thought 1 feel:
When 1 think upon God. my heart is so
full of joy that tho notes dance and
leap, as it were, from my pen; and
since God has given me a cheerful
heart, It will be pardoned me that 1
serve Him with n cheerful spirit ”
A t.lvlag n«adl«sa Child.
The Deposit (N. Y.) Courier is
responsible for the following mar
vellous story:
“In the vicinity of Spoon river, in
Illinois, is a child that was born and
has lived tire years without a head.
Mrs.-, the mother, is the widow of
a soldier, formerly living in Marshall
county, who enlisted in the sixty-fifth
or Scotch regiment, and was killed at
the battle of Lexington, Missouri. She
was standing beside her husband du
ring the engagement, when a cannon
ball carried his head completely away,
his body falling into her arms, and
covering her with blood. The shock
affected her greatly. When her child
was born there was not tlie semblance
of a head about it. The limbs are per
fectly developed, the arms, long, and
the shoulders where the head and neck
should be, smoothly ronnded.off.
“But the most surprising thing of all
is that tho face is situated in the breast.
Of course, there being no neck, the
power of turning its head is wanting,
except as the whole body is moved;
but this difficulty is overcome by the
singular faculty it possesses of turning
.its eyes in their sockets, enabling it to
see quite as well on either side as those
more perfectly formed. The upper
portiou of its body is white as tha
purest Caucasian ;from the waist down
ward is blood red. This strange crea- j
ture, now an active boy of five years !
old, as if to compensate for his defor
mity, possesses the most clear and bird
like tones ever 'listened to, singing
with singular correctness everything it
may hear, and its voice al^this early
age accomplishes two octaves easly.’’
Traps for Graat.
All the Radical cliques, and (here are
a good many Radical cliques now, are
trying to get possession of Grant.
Nobody pretends to suspect him of
having any will of his own, and, as lie
has said himself that he shall have no
policy of his own, each particular
clique has hope of success. In the davs
of Gil Bias it was good to be related to
a Bishop* Ouce, iu tho days of the
Little Giant, Douglas and Beverley
Tucker were going home about day
break. The Illinois Senator put his
arm around tho Virginian's neck and
said, enthusiastically, “Bev., I lovo
you to which Tucker replied ; “Well,
Douglas, when you get lobe President,
all I ask of you is to put your arm |
around my neck and call me Bev.’ In j
our day the advantage is multiplied by t
ail the stealage tlmt has been and all j
the stealage that is to be. It is a fine
thing to run with a Presidential “ring," j
and we do not wonder at all that Grant
is the object of such greedy desire. I
Old .Jesse ought to bo able to make a
good thing out of it. The “General'*
statT-' should be happy. There will be
any quantities of cigars and numbers
of flue horses passed between this and ]
tho 4th of March we doubt not. Tho
efl'ort of the “General's friends" should j
be to keep him hid out in the bushes
about Galena as long as possible. This
will whet tho avarice of stock jobbers
and wire pullers and make them free
and plesant aud liberal.—Courier-Jour
nal.
jyy-A little girl of Kentucky, at a
boarding school, responded as follows
to a note from her father, announcing
an interesting event iu the family :
"My Psar Fapa—I was right glad
to hear from you and that voti were
well; hut I did not like it a bit to bear
that mother had a baby, because it wag
a boy. I should be glad if it were a
girl for I hate boys, they ain’t nice.
Now 1 am going to tell you what I
want'you to name him. 1 am going to
choose a homely name, because I don't
think boys ought to have pretty names.
Boys are squealing all the time; you
don’t have one minute's peace while
there is a boy babv in the house; but a
girl bttby is a sweet thing to have in
the house, for it never cries. Name
him Yuba Dam, that's good enough for
a boy. Y’ou must excuse me for writ
ing so much About boys ; it's because I
don't like boys. My love to ma and
tell her I hope she will do better next
time.”
A Good Woman Never Grows Old.
—Years may pass over her head, but if
benevolence and virtue dwell ill her
heart, she is as cheerful as when the
spring of life opened to her view.
When we look at a good woman we
never think of her age. She looks
charming as when the rose of youth
first bloomed on her cheek. That rose
lms not laded yet—it will never fade.
Iu tier neighborhood she is the friend
and benefactor. Who does not respect
and love the woman who has passed
her days in acts of kindness and mercy?
We repeat, such a woman can never
grow old. She will always be fresh
and buoyant in spirit, and active iu
humble deeds of benevolence.
•^During the war a Georgia soldier,
while iu camp uear the house of his
sweetheart, sent her a “bokay,” with
a card attached, upon which was the
following poetic effusiou:
“Aooept this bokay from a feller
Who oft has heard the kaannue heller
Has listened to the fifes a tooten.
And helped to do a beep of sbooten.
Has seen the war clouds darkly rise.
Like fifty buxxards when they flies,
Who now is bigger than hie dad.
And wants to marry mitey bad."
jgjrltrtween virtue and vice there is
no middle path,
Oarllai Out Maiur* iu Ibc rail.
Our springs are often so wet that the
painting season is crowded into a very
few days, and it greatly helps the hur
ried labors of seed sowing to have the
manure upon the ground. Some of
our best farmers, says the American
Agriculturist, cart out the moet of
their summer-made manure in the fall
and early winter, aad if the heaps are
properly protected the value of the
manure will be increased. The advan
tage of making mauure under cover is
not that it is kept from moisture, but
that the degree of moisture can be
regulated, there being neither too
much nor too little in any part of the
mass. The compost heap needs water
to regulate its fermentation. If it can I
he so constructed' that it will receive
just water enough, and so that the sur
face will not dry, nothing will be lost.
The heaps should have six or eight
cords of manure each, should be made
four or five feet high, well trodden
down, with sides sloping at an angle
of 45 degrees, to shed a part of the rain,
and both top and sides should be cov
ered with a few inches of surfnee soil
or muck. The fermentation will go on
through the winter, and when the com
post is forked over in the spring previ
ous to gpreding, as it should be, it will
be found very ‘‘short,” and better than
if it had lain in the open yard all win
ter. Most fanners have not room
enough iu their cellars and yards to
store all the manure their stock is capa
ble of making, and it is a great advan
tage to clean out all their accumulation
in autumn, as well as spring, and fur
uieh a new supply of muck, loam, or
straw, for the winter, A much larger
quantity of manure is made by this
course. If concentrated manures are
used in addition to those made upon
the place, they may often bo mixed
with the yard manure in these compost
heaps with good results. The danger
of burning the seed, which so often
occurs when these artificial manures
are, applied in the hill in the undiluted
state, would be avoided, and if the
1,0 Co.. _:_
grain a more even distribution is effec
ted.
Feeding WJsole Grain to Cattle.
It is an expensive system to manage
ment to feed whole grain to any kind
of animals. All kinds of cereal grains
are provided with a tough hull or skin,
which the digestive powers of most
animals will not dissolve consequently,
if the skin is not broken before the
grain enters the stomach the kernels
will usually pass off with the drop
pings without affording the animal
that swallowed the grain any more
nourishment Ilian fragments of wood
of equal size.
During the mouth of August last,
the writer procured a quantity of horse
manure for top dressing strawberry
plants, and in a few days after the
mulch was spread around the plants the
unbroken kernels of oats vegitated, so
that the entire surface ot the ground
appeared as green as a lawn. This fact
showed conclusively, that much of the
grain had never afforded the animals
that swallowed it any nourishment at
all.
Young horses having sound and
sharp teeth will sometimes crush every
kernel. But old horse* with poor
teeth frequently swallow half their
mess of oats without breaking the akin
of the kernels.
When mills are at a distance, and
people wilt persist in feeding whole
grain, it will always be found more
advautageous to soak the grain at least
twenty-four hours before using it.
Suppose, for example, a teamster is
accustomed to feed a team eight quarts
of Indian corn and oats at each feeding,
say three times a day. Let the grain
be put in a pail and covered witli warm
water every time the team is fed. This
ntan would renuire three nails when a
team is led three times daily. Warm
water is tar better than cold water, as
cold water, in cold weather, will soften
tho grain but little. Teamsters may
rest assured that it will pay well for all
trouble to soak all grain before feeding
it.—N. Y. Times.
Itsek Fowls.
Autumn is the time for selecting a
stock for keeping over, as well as choice
breeding fowls of whatever variety we
intend to try tho next season. A cor
respondent of the Ohio Farmer says all
old and needless fowls should be
cleared out, to give the choicer flock a
better chance. Jt will prove a failure
if too many are kept; better err on the
other extreme. A small number al
ways pays handsomely. Forty to sixty
of a good kind in one lot, will shortsn
the face and lengthen the pocket of the
owner, if he does his pert. Feed and
lit them well in the Fall, and prepare
quarters for winter laying, for it is
good policy and much more satisfac
tory to have hens lay bountifully when
eggs bring the highest prices, returning
their cost many fold, than to be a bill
of expense, returning uothing in tho
common method among a majority of
farmers.
g^Sam Cox says that when he gets
back to Congress he shall defend Gen
eral Butler, and especially his military !
career, and do it in the words of the
classic poet:
“Ben Butler wet a soldier brave,
And a soldier bold vet be ;
Be bed for rilver spoons and sioh
A par-tl-sH'ty.''
SALlMAbl'SDI.
MV*A person named Porter, being
very drunk, a friend asked him what
he had been about. “Only tnrniug a
little gin into Porter,” he replied.
*grLorenzo Dow defined deathbed
repentance to burning out the candle
of life in the service of the devil, and
blowing the snuff in the face of heaven.
■V A Western editor recently mar
ried one of his compositors, another
acting as bridesmaid, the officiating
clergymau being a retired printer, the
local editor giving the bride away.
tGf The following announcement
lately appeared in a paper: “Edward
Eden, painter, is requested to commu
nicate with bis brother, when he will
hear of something to his advantage—
his wife is dead,”
Dried Themselves.—A small child
was asked by her Sunday school teach
er, “Wliat did the Israelites do after
they had crossed tho Red Sea?” an
swered, “I don't know, ma’am, but I
guess they driad themselves.”
WA lady whose family were very
much in the habit of making conun
drums was one evening asked by her
husband in an excited tone: “Why are
alt these doors left open?” “I give it
upl” instantly replied the lady.
fl^The account of a contest of wits
between a police-justice at the Tombs
and a saucy girl who was arraigned for
stealing, makes good four-line verse:
"The brass upon your fsce.” he said
“Would make s four-qusrter skillet.”
“Your Honor's head," tho girl replied,
"Has sap enough to fill it.”
|^r“Vat you making here?” hastily
inquired a Dutchman of his daughter,
who was being kissed very clamor
ously.
“Oh, not much, just courting a little
—dat’s all.”
“Oho, data all; I dought you -vas
fighting.
HpAn editor of a down-east paper
tired of paying his compositors, re
solved to diminish his help and put his
own shoulder to tiic wheel. Here is a
ononimnn rtf liia Amt of tcna.oet.
ting.
“W« tqiuk .tu shA]| d© most oF
OUr own setttNg tYPe he.isAfte.1—
({rinterg muy tAJjj nqnuj iTs being
difficUItlt to sSt tipe, but I dou’f.
eXpa.irqnce muCH dif f ieUl'5..”
Why Farmers are Healthier than
Professional Men.—1. They work
more and develop all the leading
muscles of the body.
2. They take their exercise in the
open air, and thus breathe a greater
amount of oxygen.
3. Their food and drinks ara com
monly less adulterated, aud far more
simple.
4. They do not over-work their brain
as much as industrious professional
men do.
5. They teke their sleep during the
hours of darkness, and do uot try to
turn day iuto uight.
6. They are not so ambitious, and do
not wear themselves out. so rapidly in
the fierce contests of rivalry.
7. Their pleasures are more simple
and less exhausting.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T. 91. GIBS09,
Attorney at Law
AND U. S. CLAIM AGENT,
DEVALL’S BLUFF, ARK.
ARKANSAS having been added to the ju
risdiction of the Court of Claims at
Washington, the uudersigned hereby gives
uotico that he is prepared to receive and col
lect all claims held by loyal persona for Stock,
Forage, Supplies and Property of any and all
kinds taken by Federal officers or soldiers
for the use of the government. Come and aee
me. Fees moderate. No charge for advice.
•ep8 6m
DR. J. W. SUR1TST,
Being permanently located at Des Arc,
will coutinue the practice of his profession in
all its branches.
Office at Col. J. M. Burney’s Drug Store.
OR. ROB T. B. TREZEVANT,
Tenders his professional services to
tftc citizens of Oes Are and vicinity.
Office—At B. F. Johnson Drug Store.
sep21
B. F. Johnson
DRUGGIST,
DES ABC, ARKANSAS.
KEEP on hand a large assortment of Drugs.
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery,
Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies, Whiskey,
for medical purposes, which he will sell low,
Prescriptions and orders filled promptly.
Terms cash. feb. 16, 1868.
F. LEPTIEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning. Ac.
.-Thankful for past favors, I solicit a
contiauanco of Ike patronage herelofor. be
stewnd «« as* MM-lf
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
ATTORN3Y AT LAY,
LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS.
J. B. GATEWOOD. J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWOOD & THOMAS,
URtmi 4YI4W
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
TI. jP. Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the Courts of the counties
of Prairie, White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
collection of olaims any whore in the State.
sep7tf.
T. E. EMERSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND GENERAL LAND AGENT,
AUSTIN, PR A lit IK COUNTY, ARK.
Special attention given to the collection
and securing claims, buying and selling land*,
paying taxes, examing titles, &o. april II
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. '
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in tbe Circuit Courts of
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to bln
caro. janlL J9
W
m
K. •. QAKTT. W. J. BK03ACGH.
GANTT ft BRONAUGH,
ATTQRSXY8 AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention giren to collection of
claim,. aprl4
W. J. ROGERS.
ATTORSSY AT. LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to th*» Collection
of Claims, Investigation of Land Titles, Pay
ment of Taxes. &c. myl6
JAMES H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. OACS*,
August a, Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
Patterson & ftanse.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonpurt ana Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson. Independence, White, Lawrence,
Raudolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special cases in any part of the
State. Address either office. myl8-ly
J. C. JONSON. Office—West Point, .Arkansas.
JNO. M. .MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JOA8Q\ & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—AID—
General Land and Collecting Agent*,
8KARCY, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt at tentidn to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,.
Woodruff, Monroe, Praitie, White, Conway
and Van Buren. mar9
; SOL. F. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAM*.
Clark & Williams.
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
WILL practice in all the Courts, prosecuta
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real Estate and General Agents.
Offic*—Markham Street, near State House.
april28-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHEB.
Attorney at Law,
COTTON PLANT, WOODRUFF CO. ARK
Will practice where called.
sep28-tf.
WM E. GOODY. ». M0B4I
COODY & McRAE,
Anmitl AT A AW
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY,
ARKANSAS.
Will practice in all tbs courts of Arkansas.
mar24
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
TENDERS bis professional services to the
Citizens of Des Arc and surrounding
country, in tbe practice of Medicine and Ob
stetrics. He hopes from an experience of
over fifteen years in Southern . practice, ta
merit a share of public patronage.
OfBoe saa deer Keel ef
Revs.