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SADDLE, BRIDLE
WA'sumi i sec- k'&'mu1
DES AltO. Alt KANSAS.
H ESPECTVUHL V inforins
the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that tv tie- on hand,
mid is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles. Bridles. Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishment.-.
ipsr Shop on Lyon street, back ol hr mi a
.hickson's store. _
~ Id ft- MoTPHLKSON .
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
A LI, persons wishing niy services in
**■ this department of business, will please
.address me at Brownsville. Prairie county,
.Ark. Every call will lie punctually tilled.
novU-Ky _
NEW REST A URA XT!
TCXX*! |
COSMOPOLITAN !j
Comer of Buena l istu and Lijnn sheets,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS,
18 now open for tin* reception of visitors
The hostel:* Liquors. Wines, Ab*, Cigars,
etc., will be kept constantly on hand.
V Oysters. Gam**, &e.. will be furnished at
short notice.
(5gT This Restaurant will be attended to by
Messrs. J. C. Tarkinton and .1. L Hoke.
jaiiH-Gin. C. T. OLDHAM.
HARVEY’S X CHANGE,
Comer of Hueiia Vista ami Foster
Streets,
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
UAV1NG completed our new building, and
opened a first class establishment for the
accommodation of the public, and furnished it
with the best of Liquors, Cigars/
Tobacco, etc,, the undersigned flatter
themselves that they will continue to receive I
tht? patronage which has been heretofore be
stowed upon them.
Adjoining their Exchange they keep a
general assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES.
Also. Cove Oysters, Sardines. Fine Pickles,
Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
jy24-tf HA RVEY & M ATT 11E WS.
A. S. HARRIS,
11* .1 T € iff - . fl .ff u s: BS
A N I)
' JJS'STirfEjX-iSIT.
OFFICE on Buena Vista raj.
street. opposite
Nucleus House. Des Arc,
Arkansas. Clock;. Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. nov20-Bm
JAMES JOHNSON,
fin ns in IN}.
UES ARC. ARKANSAS.
Having permanently located myself,
• 1 am prepaied to manufacture GUN’S,
•** PISTOLS, itc., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
reasonable terms.
KpS*** LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
'n fact. any kind of work, in my line will bo
promptly attended to.
Terms—Cash. apv3 ly
BOOT AND SHOE-MAKING!
Vl To THE ClriZENS OF DES f
Ait;. AND VICINITY:
H^ING removed inv Shop to the corner
°f Buer.a Vis., and Woodruir streets, I
.Pl^eied, with a GOOD STOCK OF
••■LATHER, suitable for Fall and Winter
We®' ’ f° accommodate the public.
Work Done Cheaper than any rlacI: in
• own.
Work warranted not to rip.
. I5^ REPAIRING DONE neatly, at all
times.
\9 I a«i permanently located iti thi place,
ffly int»re-t is identified with yours.
£5PTr.tiM«. Cash.
jau$8-U F. WET1IEKINGTON.
PRO FESSION A L C ARDS.
T\R. N. L. RAtiLAND, having lo
cated on AVattensaw, ad the residence
heretofore occupied by A\r. B. Means’, deceas
ed. offers his professional services to the
public.
[jpgr Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
DU, T. J. CUMMINGS. having per
xnanently located at Atlanta, Prairie
coimtv, Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
(pgf* Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons.
Office at Peebles’ Hotel [apr 1-tf.
|*R J. G GOODW !N, determined to
remain permanently in lies Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
g^* Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
Store. Charges as tow as any Physician in
town. aprill-ly.
TbR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
tlie town and vicinity. Office over AVasher,
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar ll-6m.
DR. T. SANDERS, hue of Rfvmphis,
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders hi- professional services to the citi
zen3 of said town and vicinityj and, from a
long experience in the healing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. £3?"’ Offick on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. deco-tf
TAR. VY. F. WALSH, having located at
u Dps Arc, offers liis Professional Ser
vices to the public, (g^” Gulls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1858—ly*
T\R. WM. BETHELL, will continue
\) (he Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, ami
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen yearsfhe hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
fggr Office at Lane & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the Erwin House.” may22-tf
T\R. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
fession. and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena "V istastreet.
mayl5-tf
i
Demist, Near Oakland Grove. —
Piairie countv. Arkansas. DR. HARR1NG
TO.V is prepared to perform any operation, or
rxecute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. 1 iehopes by liis particular attention,
larefulness and experience to merit tlie pat
■onage and influence of the citizens of Prairie
md adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. in ay 30-1 y
WAKEMAN w. EDWARDS. Law
yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
>r Middle Arkansas. (gT Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted
to him. ___n-T^*
HHARLES P. BERTRAND, Attor
key at Law, Little Rock. Ark. [jan21
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
Little Rock, Arkansas. [decfl-ly.
ITT G. & B. D TURNER, Attor
| ] ^ NEVS AT LvW, AND GENERAL Collec
tors .*Se:uc V. White county, Arkansas. Prac
tice in tlie Circuit Courts of Randolph, Lau
rence. Independence, Jackson, White, Praiiie.
Monroe, Arkansas, Jefferson and Pulaski
counties, and in the Supreme and Fedora
Courts at Little Rock Ark. (gT Prompt arid
faithful attention given to the collection ot all
claims sent to them. fjanS-ti.
L. TT.ATHERSTON... Pl 11 * *'***•
fJEATHERSTON & FARR. Attor
11 NnVs at Law. and Real Estate Aments,
Clarendon. Arkansas. Will practice in the
of Monroe. Arkansas, Prairie, bt.
Francis, Jackson ami Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References.:
Madison, Ark.. Hon. W. G. BeasHey, b- W.
Childress; Clarendon. Ark.. IF M. Coiich,
Panola. Miss.. Col. Calvin Miller; ( olleeville,
Miss F, C. Walthall; Memphis. Tenti., D.
M. tin Bose. Ksip, W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss.. W. T. Featherston; Washington, D.
C., Jacob Thompson. ivl'
T E GATEWOOD, Attorney at
J Law. Des Arc. Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas. Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson. White,
Conwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to ali business entrusted to him.
(TS- OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (l1 nth s
New Building.) first door.__ febld tE
T W. M ARTIN, Attorney at Law.
I Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. W ill
practice i» the r mties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis,. Jackson and W lute.
Prompt attention giveia to the collection
mclanns; also, the locating, selling ami pay
ing taxes on 1 and. 0ffice 011 L-V(m street'
jsept2«-tf _ _
YITILLIAM T JONES Attorney
\V at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice In the comities of Prairie, Jeflerson,
Arkansas. Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sepPb-tt
sam’i. vv. williams.w. l. n. williams.
% VILLI AMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Mavkham street. One oi
om firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
i business, and will give his personal attention
to ali matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
they. _ dec4
fA. MOON. Attorney at Law,
General Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas. Des Arc, Arkansas. ^ octih
J. L. HOLLO WELL... D. JACOWAY.
; [JOLLOWELL St JACOWAY, At
j M torneys at Law. Dardanelle. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
l Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2li-tf
FCRNISS” MARTIN. Attorney
s Law. Brownsville, Prairie county,
| Arkansas. Will practice in I be counties of
I Prairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Yell, Perry.
' a.iin. White. Arkansas. Jefferson, Jackson
land Monroe. Prompt attention given to the
I coll-c*mi, of claims. Also, the locating, sell
■ ing and paving taxes on land. J3'L-ly
A YOUNG MOTHER'S SOLILOQUY
OVER HER FIRST BORN.
nv MR'. I. N*. PAVI'.
■•Lo I at the conch where infantbeautv 'ieep'.
The silent watch the mournful Mother keeps.”
—[Campbell.
A lovely babe serenely lies,
Soft slumber s»alsits smiling eyes,
While lingering o’er her darling boy.
The Mother wreaths sweet hopes of joy,
Thy dimpling smiles in beauty play,
Like dew-drops on the rose of May j
Oh ! may thy sleep be sweet to thee.
And may thy dreams of angels be.
W’hen the long silken lashes rise,
Which rests so lighly o’er thine eyes,
I’ll from those softening azure beams.
Drink pleasures sweet as thine own dreams.
And when thou wak’st, if tears should flow
Adown thy cheeks with limpid glow,
May zephyrs soft those tear-drops slake,
Nor from thy cheeks the rose-tints take.
The father’s features I can trace,
Blended with mine, in thy sweet face;
Nay the young heart like his be pure,
Nor tempting vice thv foot steps lure.
Nay sorrow ne’er with blighting wing,
Dark shadows o’er thy pathway fling,
And oil ! may God incline thy breast,
In youth to seek a Heavenly rest.
When time that glides so gently now,
O'er thy smooth cheek, and spotless brow,
Shall with his iron fingers trace,
His lineaments upon my face,
Oh ! wilt thou come, with soothing care.
To cheer my heart while lingering here ;
And when I soar to realms above,
Reinember still thy mother’s love ?
Asii Wood, Mississippi, March 21, 18.r>9.
[From the New York Times.
JOURNALISM.
It is eminently desirable that so great a
power as that of journalism should be
wielded in the interest of Christian mor
als, and under a constant sense of the re
sponsibility wjiich religious obligation in
volves. That the daily journals of this
city have improved immensely in this re
spect within the last ten years, as well as
in enterprise, ability and general courtesy,
no one who has given the subject any at
tention can doubt ; and it is equally cer
tain that, with the improved taste and in
creased culture of the mass ol the people,
this improvement will continue. The
dailv Press may not be all it should be—
but the same defect characterize every
other profession and e,rery other human
constitution. All we can reasonably ex
pect to ask is that its tendencies should be
in the right direction—that it should be
growing better, instead ol worse ; and
ive think this may be very safely and
very confidently asserted ol the daily
Press of this city, taken as a whole.. In
ill the respectable journals due regard is
uniformly paid to tiie religious observan
ces and feelings of all denominations—a
'air proportion of space is given to reli
gious -intelligence—the obligations ol
Christian duty are fully recognized, even
if not always fully met, and in. their dis
cussions ol public affairs Christian tnorali
:v is almost uniformly accepted as the ba
sis of their judgments and opinions. We
believe this to be true of a large portion
•jf tire daily newspapers ol this city—and
it is becoming more and more true ol them
all.
Exception is taken, we are aware, to
the character of much of the intelligence
ihnt is published—to the details given ol
murders, police cases, divorce trials, &c.
In nart this complaint is doubtless just—
find there is roo.n and need lur improve
ment in nearly all our newspapers in this
respect. But it is not fair to overlook the
reason of this fault, nor to place the re
sponsibility of it too exclusively upou the
Press. It belongs mainly to the commu
nity. A newspaper must he published
upon business principles ; it can only ex
ist as it is sustained by the community:
It is very easy to sneer at a publi-her lor
seeking primarily to increase his circula
tion ; hut it would he just as sensible to
sneer at a merchant for endeavoring to
extend his trade, or at a physician for
seeking to enlarge his practice. The
public support is absolutely essential to a
newspaper, unless for party or other pur
poses of their own, individuals are wil
ling to contribute the money which it re
quires and in that case it becomes a mis
sionary work instead of a business opera
Now, it is clear and undeniable fact, tha
the great body of the people want a news
paper for the news. They want to knou
what is going on in the world, and it is tin
business of their newspaper to tell them.
If it does they will take it; it not, ihej
will stop it and take another. And la
meniable as the fact is, nevertheless is r
fact, that crime in its various forms am
successive stages, fills a very large page ii
the daily history of the world—and canno
be ignored without ignoring a very larg
^ and a very important part of the current in
telligence. Equally true is it that mm
persons out of ten in every commune
read the narratives of great crimes wit
much more avidity than they read account
of benevolent and religious movements, c
any of the more ordinary nnJ lessexcitin;
incidents of daily life. The tragic ek
ment. in life as in fiction, has a stron
bold upon the imagination, and every ft?'
persons, whatever their moral and itu
giouseharacter, are insensible of its fasc
nation.
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_The Washington States is informed th
several copies of a religions tract were receii
ly picked up at the Capitol entitled, “Are yc
honest ? ” They were distributed for the bei
efit or members just before the a-ljourmaent -
Congress.
IIlSTOUY OF THE Pl.OW. - TIlC first
I plow is supposed to have been the rude
j branch of a tree, cut so as to have a cleit
lend, the point of which dragged along the
| surface of the ground, scraped a lurrow in
| to which sepds were thrown. It soon oc- i
icurredtothe husbandman that he might1
relieve his own labor by yoking an ani
mal to the long arm of his primitive instru- 1
ment; then arose the necessity lor a handle !
affixed to the back, so that the plow might
be guided. The strength of the animal
soon wore away or broke (be cleft ol the
branch, and this necessity gave rise to the
invention of means lor attaching movable
shares, first of wood, and next of stone,
copper or iron, worked to a shape adapted
to. the cutting of furrows, so as to avoid!
the excessive labor arising from the plow- I
man's having to lean upon the plow with j
all his weight, to press it into the earth. I
Just sucti an implement as these conjec
tures indicate, was used by the Saxons.
Some of tin- facts connected with the
history of the plow are almo-t incredible.
In Ireland there once prevailed a cus
tom of “plowing by the horse’s tail." The
| draft-pole was lashed to the tail of the
horse, and as no harness was employed,
two men were necessary, one to guide
and press upon the plow, the other to di
rect the horse, which ho did by walking
backwards before the miserable animal,
land beating it on the head on either side, j
according to the direction required. This j
custom prevailed for a considerable time, I
I in spite of a law which was passed in the I
j early part of the seventeenth century, im
posing severe penalties upon persons |
found guilty of "plowing by the horse’s
tail,” as in the act mentioned and descri
T,'_ ,U„
“Sketches in Erris and Tyrawley,” it ap
pears that the barbarous practice lingered
in the remote nest of Ireland as late as
the year 1840 ! And from a paper “On
the breed of horses in Scotland in the
Ancient Times” printed in the tlrst vol
ume of the “Transactions of the Society of
Antiqurians of Scotland,” we find that the
same custom was practiced in that count'V
as late as the year 1792.—[Progress of
Agriculture.
The Senator and the Dromios.—
The senior Mr. Gay, of the National Ho
tel at Washington, bears quite a likeness
to Gen. (lass, and upon this the corres
pondent of the New York Times tells the
following story:
A stranger, who supposed he knew
j mine host very well, pul up at the Nation
| a 1 the other night. Since this house has
| become the crack hutel at the Capitol, it is
quite full at this time, and Lhe new-comer
was necessarily, for the first time, sent to
the upper floor to sleep, (doming down
stairs the next morning, a liule cross, he
met General Cass there, who has a line
suite of rooms in the hall, stepped up to
hun, and m language more forcible and
rapid than elegant, said:
“I'll he d—d if I'll stand it! You've
put me at the lop of the house. I must
have a room somewhere lower down.'
General Cass, interposing and nervous
ly—“Sir, you are mistaken in the person
you are addressing, i am General Cass
of Michigan.”
Stranger, (confusedly.) “ Beg your par
don, Gen. Cass—thought it was my old
friend Gay. Beg a thousand pardons, sir.
All a mistake, all a mistake,! assure you,
sir.”
The General passed out of the building,
hut soon returned, and as luck would have
it, 'he stranger met him full in the lace
again, but in another position. This lime j
he was sure he had mine host, for the Sen
j ator from Michigan he knew had just gone |
• nut. on me stranger steppeu t uiuiy up,
i slapped the General heartily and lutuiliur
I ly on the shoulder, and exclaimed :
! “ By heavens, Gay, I’ve a rich sell to re
late. 1 met old Cass up stairs just now,
thought it was you, and began cursing him j
about my room.”
Gen- Cass, (with emphasis,) “Well,
young man, you’ve met old Cass again !
Stranger sloped, and hasn’t been heard
of since.
Ghosts and Hon-GonLiws itr Count'.
—Human credulity touching ghosts and
J hob-goblins, has just been illustrated uc
| hording to law in Tuscarawas county. We
I learn by the Now Philadelphia Advocate,
that in January, 1856, Levi Hull bought
i a farm of 1250 acres of William Dunlap,in
! Sandy township, for which he paid, 85000
j down and his note for 83000, secured by
1 mortgage on the farm. The note was not
paid, and Dunlap brought suit. Hull set
! up in defense that shortly after taking pos
session of said premises, be became con
, vinced that '.lie house was haunted, and
that ghosts, hob-goblins, spooks, evil-spir
its, etc., were in the habit of making hoc
! turnal visits to the inhabitants of the man
sion, and of making night hideous—ihnl
j the neighbors were afraid to come near
the house—that he was unable to get
work hands to cultivate the land—that
[ I his own and his family's health
j 1 of body and peace of mind were destroyed
j thereby, etc.,—and that therefore he ought
1 mot to be compelled to pay said note oi
S j 8300Q, but ought to have judgment for
^ 84000 ns damages sustained in conse
)1 quern of getting so terribly “skeered.”
The hob-goblin plea, however, did not
'avail the frightened Mf. Hull, aud instead
V I of getting damages lie got put in for the
" 1 8300O, interests and costs. The haunted
’! farm can probably be bought cheap.
t _He only, is the rich and happy man.
who gains such a treasure as lies above the
n storms ot the world.
_A man can -get along” without adver
,f tilling, and so can a wagon wheel without
greasing, but it goes hard.
The Moniteors reace Argote.
The following is an extract of the Paris
Moniteur's second peace article :
Part of Germany now presents an ap
pearance both afflicting and astonishing.
France lum occupied herself with the con
sideration of the alarming state of affairs
in Italy, merely to allay it, in concert with
the allies, and in trie interest of Euro-1
pean tranquillity. It is impossible to |
show a more sincere desire to unravel
peacefully the existing dilflculties. and to
prevent further complications, which are
always the result of want of foresight and
decision. The mistrust of a part of Ger
many springs from reflections unjust mid ;
painful to France, and shows contempt lor!
the independence of her policy. The ex
istence of a great nation hire France is
not restricted to her frontiers, but manifests
itself in the world at largo by salutary
acts. France uses her endeavors for the
benefit of her national power and the ad
vantage of civilization. When a nation
relinquishes litis character, she relinquish
es her rank. To contest her right to this
legitimate influence would he to minaka
the rights of France. The Emperor un
derstood how to overcome • all prejudices
when lie ascended the throne.
What would have happened if, by act
ing otherwise, he had rejected with dis
trust the servants of former dynasty ; and
if, instead of establishing the tranquillity
of Europe ou a firmer footing, he had
shaken it by redeeming at the price of
European security and independence the
recollections of IS 14 and 1815? Such
however, lie has not done. The Empe
ror does not hold the whole of Germuny
responsible for the errors and malevolence
rather from mean resentment than from
serious fears. Germany has nothing to
anticipate from us for her independence.
We sympathize with her nationality. By
showing herself impartial she will show
herself foresighted, and will do better ser
vice 10 the cause of peace.
Prussia understood this line of policy
when she united herself with England,
in order to promulgate wise counsels at
Vienna, at a time when agitators were en
deavoring to arouse angry passions, and
to form a coalition among the States of
the German Confederuiion against us.
The altitude of Prussia is certainly more
advantageous to Germany than the ex
islinent of those who, appealing to the
malice rind prejudice of 1813, expose
themselves to the risk of irritating nation
al feeling m France. The French peo
ple are susceptible in regard to its honor,
but at the same time moderate in the em
ployment of its strength. If threats will
arouse it, it may nevertheless he prepar
ed by conciliation.
Weather Prediction.—Although we
have ho faith in the predictions of Thom
as, the almanac maker, or any of the
weather prophet fraternity, we will pub
lish the information of a correspondent—
J. Royal, of White Rock. III.—who pro
fesses to he able to foretell the weather
one year in advance for any locality where
there is an almanac calculated. Here is
the prophecy : “ The first half of April
will he wet, the last half fair; the first
week in May will be wet, the balance
fair ; the first half of June will be fair,
the last half changeable; July will begin
and end with a few days of changeable
weather; leaving the middle of tire month
dry ; August will havo a great many vet
nays ; rv piemoer win set m iair, out me
balance of the moiitlt will be changeable,
the last jiait being wettest ; October
changeable, gradually increasing to wet
ness ; November, hire the preceding,only
commencing fairer and ending wetter ;
December, lair weather.” On this, we
are told, we may rely, with the exception
of September, where there has “ to be
added the extra stormy weather, caused
by the sun crossing the line.” This truly
depends on the prevailing winds at the
time ; if northerly, it wil be as dry us if
the sun were at his extreme distance from
the line.—[Scientific American.
Px.easant Words. — 1. They don't cost
much. They come bubbling up in a good
uatured heart, like the freely gushing wa
ters of a fountain. P. is as easy to speak
them as it is to In eat he. They come forth
as naturally and easily from the lips ol
kindness, as the rays from the sun. There
is no pains taking about the matter.
These kind words leap forth of themselves,
and delight to fly away in every direction
on their errands of love.
2. They make the man happier that
uses them. They re-act upon him. Hoi
word’s make the user’s wrath hotter. Sc
loving words make love glow the warmei
i in the bosom. They are fuel to the sa
I cred flame. Loving words help to make u
j more and more loving heart. Kind word:
j make kindness more and more the law of
j the soul.
ii. Kind and pleasant words touch othei
j people's hearts and make them kind.
I They fall like flakes of fire on the cok
; and selfish hearts of others—not to scorch
but to melt—not to irritate, but to subdut
jnnd shame people’s coldness and unkind'
! ness of them. Under such words grin
visages relax, their icy out'ine are dissolv
led, and the soul that had been frozen ti
the core, gets thawed throughout; and hi
who had the gloomy December on bis vis
age, is not long gelling a genial June it
! the place of it.
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-The smallest exercise of anger, is n
part of the Christian dispensation. If of ol
the rule was --an eye for an eye, ” we are no\
: Commanded to " to love one another. ”
-Flattery is a mixture into which non
1 sense and lying enter as the principal ingredi
lents, anJ truth ii sometimes disagreeable.
0.1 ru KIM \ 11 Hill I ■— M IIIU ncsaiu
things a-e Saturday nights, and what
would the world do without them?—those
breathing moments in the tramping march
of life ; those little twilights in the broad :
garish glare of noon, when pale yesterday
looked beautiful through the shadows, and J
faces “ changed long ago,” smile sweetly j
again in the hush ; when one remembers |
“ the old folks at home,” and the old j
fashioned fire, and the old arm-chair, and
the little brother that died, “ the little sis- J
ter that was translated.”
Saturday nights make people human,
sets their hearts to beating softly, as they
used to do before the world turned them
into war drums and jarred them to pieces
with tattoos. The ledger closes with a |
clash ; the iron doored vaults with a will ;
and click goes the key in the lock. It is
Saturday night, and business breathes free
again. The door that has been ajar all
the week gently closed behind bim—the
world is shut out. ; shut in, rather. Here
are treasures, after all, not in the vault,
and not in the book, save the records in
the old family Bible—and not m the bank.
.May be you area bachelor, frosty and
forty. Then, poor fellow ! Saturday
night’s nothing to you, just as you are
nothing to anybody. (Jet a wife, blue
eyed or black-eyed, but all true-eyed.
(Jet a little house, no matter how little,
and a little sola, just to bold two or two
and a half in it of a Saturday night, and
then read this paragraph by the light of
your wife's eyes, and thank God and take
courage.
Seaso.naule Advice.—"Like the
gnarled oak that has withstood the storms
arid thunderbolts of centuries, man him
sell begins lo uie at liie extremities. Jveep
the feet warm and dry, and we can snap
onr fingers at disease and doctors. Put
on two pair of thick woolen stockings, but
keep this to yourself; go to some honest
son of St. Crispin, and have your measure
taken for a stout pair of winter boots or
shoes; shoes are better for ordinary every
day use. as they allow the ready escape
of the odors, while they strengthen the an
kles by accustoming them to depend on
themselves. A very slight accident is
sufficient to cause a sprained ankle to a
habitual boot-wearer. Besides, a shoe
compresses less, and hence admits of a
more vigorous circulation of the blood.
But, wear boots when you ride or travel.
Give directions, also, to have no cork or
India rubber about the soles, but to place
between the layers of the soles, from out
to out, a peice of stout hemp or tow-linen
which lias been dipped in melted pilch.
This is absolutely impervious to water —
does not absorb a particle—while we know
that cork does, and after a while becomes
‘soggy’ and damp for weeks. When you
put them on for the first time, they will he
easy as an ‘0I4I shoe,’ and you may stand
on damp places for hours with impunity.”
— [Hall’
How to Conquer Vicious Cows and
Horses.—A writer in the Gennessee
Fanner says :
I care not bow vicious or unmanagea
ble the horse or cow may have become.
I can conquer them by the application of
a strong rope or ohain, just back of the
fore legs, and twisting in a good lever
until they yield fully. Baulky horses may
be conquered in this manner, sons to need
no whipping, and it is much more human
than clubbing them or cutting them up
with torturing whips. And a horse once
conquered in this manner will not return
lo nis tricits wuu me suineunver us reuui
I ly as when overcome by whipping or
mauling.
Cows may be conquered in the same
manner, and broken of the habit of kick
ing very readily. One of my neighbors
bad a very vicious cow, last spring which
they hail failed in milking, after the most
determined efforts to succeed. I happen
ed to hear of this fact one day, and told
i them how to manage her, when lo ! no
| more trouble was experienced. In the
course of the summer they have occa
sionally laid a chain across her back, when
she had manifested any intention of re
turning to old habits. Effectually ns is
this manner of overcoming vicious pro
pensities, it is more humane than any
other in which force is used.
This is also a very effectual manner of
subdueing horses ugly in shoeing. The
smith can make the wildest mustang
stand peaceably by using the chain and
lever, and the lesson will not soon be un
learned. Lay aside, then, your clubs
and whips for the purposes named, and
resort to the method herein described, and
save yourself time, trouble and vexation
of spirit, nor reject it because it was not
: learned from your father, or in some con
; versatiou, instead of from the pages of an
agricultural journal.
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Why so Much Beauty in Poland.—
“ Because,” says Bayard Taylor, “ there
girls do not jump from infancy lo young
ladyhood. They are not sent from the
cradle to the parlor, to dress, to sit still
and look pretty. No, they are treated ai
children should be. During childhood
which extends through a period of severa
years, they are plainly and loosely dress
, ed, and allowed to run, romp, and play ii
, the open air. They take in sunshine a
., does the flowers. They are not loadec
. down, girded about, and oppressed ever;
, way with countless frills and superubun
dant flounces, so as to be admired for thei
much clothing. Nor are they renderei
, tender and dyspeptic by continual stuffin'
j with candies and sweetcakes, as are fh
v majority of American childteu. Plait;
simple food, free and various exercise, an
. abundance of sunshine during the who!
-' period of childhood, aro the secrets c
i beauty in after life.”
— Why is a young lady, wearing a cer
tain article of gentlemen’s apparel, like a
town in Texas? Because she is a Gal-(with
a)-vest-on.
-How would you express in two letters
that you were twice the bulk of another per
son ? A ns.— I. W.
-The chief secret of comfort lies in not
suffering triiles to vex one.
A sudden Fall is Lard.—A man in Cin
cinnati fell from the second story of a house
to the cellar, and, singularly enough, head
foremost iuto a lard barrel with the head out,
thereby saving his life.
-“ A Lawyer,” said Lord Brougham
facetiously, “is a learned geutlman, who secures
your estate from your enemies, and—keeps it
himself.”
- -—The little streamlet has no name and is
not known in tbo great world; but it runs its
daily course with gladness, and beautifies and
benefits whatever comes in its way.
A New Measure oi' Distance.—A re
cent traveler by the Sound route says, Boston
is exactly twenty-four cigars and six brandy
cocktails from New York.
-.“Illustrated with cuts!” said a young
urchin, as he drew his pocket knife across the
leaves of his gramtner. “ Illustrated with
cuts 1 ” reiterated the schoolmaster, as he drew
his cano across the back of the young urchin.
A Leoal Bushel.—A legal bushel of
wheat weighs sixty pounds, beans sixty-three
pounds, peas sixty-l’our, corn fifty-six, ryo
forty-six. barley forly-seven, oats thirty-eight,
potatoes sixty, salt eighty, timothy seed fifty
six, clover seed sixty pounds.
_When the sun shines we often walk
thoughtless of Providence; but in the dark
night, how glad are we to take hold of hii
guiding hand.
-There is a purple half to the grape, a
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ny half to the globe, and a better half to man.
-A cottage, where virtue dwells, is far
superior to a palace without her.
-Persons who arjgiffvays busy and go
cheerfully to their daifpltsks, are the least
disturbed by the fluctuations of business.
-Unless man look to woman as a treas
ure to be wooed and won—her smile the charm
of his existence—her single heart the range of
his desires—that which deserves the name of
love cannot exist.
-The secret, of happiness lies in this—to
be always content with your lot.
-Mirth should be the embroidery of the
conversation, not the web; and wit the orna
ment of the mind, not the furniture.
_— When does a cow become real estate/
When turned into a field.
-“You would be very pretty indeed”
said a gentleman patronizingly to a young la
dy, “if your eyes were only a little larger.”
“ My eyes may be very small, sir, but such
people ns you don’t fill them.
_There are two kinds of men—one
kind go by driving, the other don’t. There Is,
indeed, a third class, who will go neiiher by
driving nor in any other way; but let theta pass
for nothing.
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Pollen.—We have seldom, if ever,
says the Talladega Watchtower, seen as
much of this impalable powder, as is found
throughout the country at present. Field
and forest are covered, and the atmosphere
at limes almost saturated with it. The
slightest shower of rain precipitates it,
giving the earth and other objects on vvhicu
ft falls, a bright yellowish hue, as if be
sprinkled with sulphur. Our pine forests
in this section were perhaps, never fuller
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for the extraordinary abundance of the
pollen. Occasionally, it is borne to great
distances, by winds, and precipitated iu
districts remote from where pine is known,
giving rise to the fabulous showers of sul
phur, of which we sometimes read with so
much marvel! The oak and other forest
trees, likewise, produce it abundantly, hut
not to be compared' in amount with the
profuse quantities in which it is yielded by
the different varieties of pine, and more
especially the long leafed and yellow
pines which abound iu our Southern
Stales.
‘The sea Shall give up itsdead.’—
Prof. Maury, in his leciure on the Atlan
tic Cable, announced the interesting fact
that animal matter at the bottom of the
deep sea, owing to the superincumbent
pressure, the exclusion of light mid heat,
and the saline properties of the water,
could not decompose, but must remaiu
precisely in the stale in which it is de
posited for ages and ages. So that
Pharoah and his host, when the last
trump shall sound and the sea give up
its dead, will come forth fresh in feature
and perftci in form as when in pursuit
of the childred of Israel, they were en
gulphed by the waves of the Red Sea.
This conclusion is reached by numerous
ingenious experiments, one ot which was
the sinking of a cannon ball through au
apparatus for grappling sediment Ticoin the
bottom, ill which sediment were found le
mains of animal life fresh as when extinct,
such as clams and other smaller speci
mens of shell fish.
Whitewash.—This article, as ordi
r narily made, rubs off the walls after it
i! becomes dry ; soiling clothes and every
thing coming in contact with it. This
11 may be obviated by slackening the luno
i in boiling water, stirring it meaiiwjiilu
and then applying—alter dissolving iu
i water—white vitriol (sulphate of zinc) in
r ■ proportion of four pounds to the barrel ot
■ i whitewash making it the consistency oi
, rich milk. The sulphate of zmu will
J cause the wash to harden and prevent the
j j lime from Tubbing otl. A pound of white
f i salt should also fce thrown into it.— [E**
j change.