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or in double columns,charged double the above
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Personal communications charged dou
ble the rates of regular advertisements.
car [,egal advertisements will be charged. '
for one square or less, first insertion $1. and
i cents per square for each additional inser- !
tion.
Announcing candidates for State and j
District offices, $7; County offices, *5; Town- '
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: peisons making the calls are subscribers to
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fJggTPolitical circulars charged as adver
l tisements.
Advertisements not ordered for a spe- I
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charged for accordingly.
(jyAU advertising to be paid for quarterly. j
our job psiarTiira“department.
We have supplied ourselves with a good'
assortment of Printing Material, and are
I ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
j reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
I logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
I lion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
I Peace, Constables, &c.
©. t jBAtlitx
DRUGGIST.
AND
^so, dealer in
Stationery, Perfumery,
I’4\ < v ARTtGEES &.C.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
1SU3 t4\Tfi!-^o
gy Pine Wines. Brandies. Ac., for Me
: diciual purposes, always on hand.
(QP Physicians prescriptions are accurately
; compounded of the best articles that can be
procured. janl8-tf.
J. T. P ARM A/M.
architect,
CARPENTER AND JOINER,'
(W1.
g felsIiSiSSESS ^
Respectfully >nfor,n‘! th,! c‘tizen3 of j
Des Arc and vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
neatness arid dispatch. _
PLAN’S AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, tree of charge where he
has the contract for the same.
gdg” From his experience, both as an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
om
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
HAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
Arkansas, is prepared to execute ail
Work in HIS Line of Business,
in a satisfactory manner. From Ills expe
rience. he feels confident that, those who favor
him with contracts will have no cause to re
gret it.
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
Left at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
with prompt attention. juu29-ly
jTs. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
Ha mess . ftatiuTacfit rer,
DBS A BO, ARKANS AS.
RESPECTFULLY informs
tpis^ the citizens of Prairie and Vs-W
I adjacent counties, that he has on hand,
and is prepared t6 manufacture to ou. 1 *
Saddles. Bridles, Martingales, Buggy.
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
I usual IV done in such establishments.
j’g^'SUop on Lyon street, back of Frith it
I Jackson’s store. j.iiiJl-l>.
BLJtCKSjU 7 t hTjyg
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN 5HETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
[ mHANKFUL to the r \
1 Pe°i,lc for th“ir Pa?t fa'M if
HHS&31HBl vors.respectfully announces v> V
I that he has opened a shop at T. V . Lee’s old
I stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
I do all kinds of worn in the above line.
Iacksmitiling, wagon and buggy build
K ing, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done on
B shor' notice.
(£3- Horse-shoeing done promptly.
feb IS-tf _ _
F. LEP TIE N,
CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWBIjXjEII,
Buena Vista Street,
(Opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,)
DES ARC, ARK.,
RESPECTFULLY in
I - forms the citizens of
£ Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he has
a new and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
i He is. as usual, prepared to execute all kinds
I of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
si manlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
JhiwEERV^'to:. ap29-t£
I \ ..
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. J. LANE.W. H. CHAMBERS.
Ors. EASE & CHAMBERS
HAVING formed a partnership in the
practice of their profession, tender their
services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience they
hope to share at least a portion of the patron
age of the public.
grgjf Office on Buena Vista street, at Bai.s
lv’s Drug Store. feblrtf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezcvant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2[ miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
(23^” Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
tWcdirnf <Can1.
DR. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies the inhabitant? of De?
Arc and the surrounding country, that he ha?
established himself permanently at this place
for the practice of hi? profession, and as a
speciality, those branches of it pertaining to
women and children’s maladies.
Dr. Cheniva has a right to hope, after a
successful penctioe of fourteen years in Louis
sana—and nine year? of which was in the
city of New Orleans, that he mnv also deserve
the confidence of a generous ami enlightened
public, in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stage?
are radically cured according to a modern and
approved ?vstem.
(J^* Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
novSMf.
T|R J. C GOODWIN, determined to
remain permanently in Des 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 libera! pr-tronave he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
I33P" Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
Store. aprill-ly
DR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
ly located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
'he town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.^
TAR. T. SANDERS, Resident Physi
1J eian, Des Arc, Arkansas. {gT Office
on Buena Vista street. Residence on Mood
niff st:r<»nfc. dec5-1 r
i\Il. W. F. WALSH, having located at
j f Des Arc. offers liis Professional Ser
vices to the public, Calls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1858— ly
bTd. turner.. t. .tones.
BURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
A Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. .ian4'tf
rgi R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
A * Law, Dos Arc, Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
Q-rH. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
1C. Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. jnnll-tl'.
R S. GANTT. w. j. BROJJAUGH
/VaNTT Si. BRONAUGH, Attorneys
VT at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. 3a?«4tf
JACOB T MORRILL. Attorney at
,) Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [ju!2~-tf.
j. E. GATEWOOD.-"*.••••J. A. MOON.
p A T E W O 0 D & MOON, Land
(J Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government. Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tr.
rB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
A • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. tiaii
cis. Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. £3?" Office on Lyon
street.
J E. GATEWOOD. Attorney at
J Law. Dus Arc, Prairie county. Arkansas.
Wi*il practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
Kansas, iuouroe, oi. r i.......
Conway, and Pope. Will investigate Lw.'i
Titles." and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
ed to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Tackson & Co.’s, Store.
febl3-tf.__
QAMUELW: WILLIAMS, Attok
n NEY AT Law. Little Rock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street. [miir21
J. L. HOLLOW ELI.... . p- JACOWAV.
ROLLOWELL & JACOWAY. At
touvevs at Law, Dardanelles, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
1 Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2fi-tf __
■CJV. 3S. jaATJX.STOHr,
GENERAL
LAND AGENT
© © % x ii © i* <©.-&»
BROWNSVILLE, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
tr-rFILL locate Lands with Scrip or Land
VV Warrants. Also—Collect debts and
pav taxes, on reasonable terinr.
Refer to—Payne & Unthank, and .T. P.
Parsons. Memphis; J. C. Morrill, Des Arc,
Ark." Dr. B. F. Hall, Brownsville, Arkansas.
janl5-ly. _
” BORG. ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKER
JEWE L ER,’
(In rear of C. T. Petit’s Drus Store.)
Augusta, A rkan sas.
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
the town and adjacent country that he has
PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN AUGUSTA, alld is
prepared to execute all kinds of Clock and
Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, as
well as every other description of work usual
I ly done in such establishments,
i FS* Musical Instruments of every desenp
! tion repaired and put in good order. I rom
i his experience and mechanical knowledge, he
| feels confident of rendering satisfaction to his
patrons._febl5-tf
•HAH ACRES good up Land 21 miles
rwUU from j)es Arc, for sale on liberal
terms. WILLIAMS & HORNE.
1 march lS-tf.
EDUCATIONAL.
THE fourth session of the “lies
Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for !he
reception of pupils on the First
Monday of February, I860.
Terms, per Session op Five Months :
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
Orthography. Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmntic. 12 00
Phe above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 14 00
High Branches. 16 00
instrumental Music.— 25 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
(£g?“ Pupils charged from time of entering,
md no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
sxcept in cases of protracted sickness.
Df.s Arc, Feb 1, 1860.-t.f.
Male Academy.
•
rIO HE fourth session of this School will open
1 on Monday, the 16th inst.. under the
tharge and direction of II. O. Perry, who !
lopes by strict attention to merit the patron
ige, not only of the Town, hut surrounding
country. Every attention will be paid to or
ier, and especially to the intellectual and
moral culture of his pupils. Ail scholars
lonsidered regular from time of entrance, and
10 deduction for withdrawal or absence, or
sickness of shorter duration than one week.
TERMS PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS, OR
TWENTY WEEKS.
Orthography and E nding. $10 00
fhe same with Writing, Geography,
Grammar and Arithmetic.. 12 00
The same with Analysis, Philosophy,
Physiology. Algebra, Geometry, &c 14 00
Latin and Greek. 14 00 .
janll-tf.___ _|
T OHN Me N A I EE,
t .I s Sj a ss,
nc s Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
liis line of business, in a neat and fashionable
style.
July 27, 1859.—[tf]
Private Entertainment.
B A' II E X i! V JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD 8 T fc N D . .
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC,
( On the Main Road to Fort Smith.)
rsr , vrriur' ..A „ <.vwleT\
commod ous Building, he is now
better prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
f£5P” His rates of charges are reasonable,
and his Accommodations are inferior to none.
CaP” He has excellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, &c.
jhn29-ly__
family tsrocery.
HENRY J ACKSON,
AT HIS “OLD STAND,"
:ORNER OF BUENA VISTA AND WOODRUFF STS.,
I) a; S ARC, ARK.,
CIONTINUES to keep constantly on hand a
/ full assortment of
Family Groceries,
which he otters for sale at moderate prices,
and on reasonable terms.
■ fipgr The highest prices will be paid for
But! ;. Eggs, Poultry, and all the productions
af the farm and the garden. «
(fj?* His Bar is supplied with the best of
Liquors.
(iitP* Remember the “ Old Stand,” which
lie has occupied during the past six years.
jiin29-ly
Family Grocery.
J. W- WALLACE,
U«s Arc, Ark.,
TZ"EPIPS constantly on hand a general
1V assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES,
which he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Ai.so—All kinds of Wines, I.iqiiors,
Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
i-J^r The highest price, either in Cash or
Groceries, paid for Rutter. Eggs, Poultry, and
all kinds of country produce. may4-tf
■©. Be JOHHSOIT,~
buggy and carriage
3Mam.nfa.otrirer.
fW, Hickory Plain, Ark.,
E" Will make and repair Buggies
■02--Si—a[Kj Carriages. &.C., to order. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
fSP* Ay orders will be readily attended to.
all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks tu the public for past favors,
»nd hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. nov23-tf.
-v r>\ W A nA
44 -4 U 4. *4» a %
(Successor to Williams & Blanton.)
Commission. Receiving
-A N D- '
forirardiug Merchant,
Also. Agent for ihe Gen. Pike, Admiral,
E. M. Ryland, Sam. Hale, Fortune,
Crescent and latan.
HAVING purchased the entire interests
of Williams & Blanton, will attend per
sonally to all business intrusted to his care,
with promptness and dispatch.
Also, a full supply of Groceries. Crockery,
Hardware, Dry Goods and Medicines, which
we will dispose of at the lowest cash prices
~ HOTEIj.
rpHF, subscriber also begs leave to inform
J. the traveling public, that he will use his
best endeavors to accommodate all who favor
him with a call.
A. HOYLE, Devall’s Bluff,
nov30-tf. Arkansas.
livery stable
J. M. ROBINSON,
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS,
IS PREPARED to accommo-^rn
-*■-&- /£■ (jate the public with 44.44.
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, &c.
Persons arriving at Des Arc by steam
boat. will be promptly conveyed to any poinr
in the interior. ' [juU3-lyi
JORDAN BOD EME R,
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING,
AND
hai R-D ressing saloon
-ALSO
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
BUENA VISTA Street, south-side, twi
doors east of G. &. J- McLaren’.*, De
; Arc, Arkansas. ja*ll-tf.
Laughter.
Oh! who can estimate the worth
Ot' sunny-eyed and dimpled worth ?
How desolate would be the earth
If it were not for laughter !
Of all the cures by man possessed
To cheer the heart bygrief oppressed.
There’s none hath power, it is confessed,
Than can compare to laughter.
So, for each sorrow ye endure,
Unless ye nourish it, be sure
Ye have atband an easy cure ;
Ha! ha! ’tis only laughter.
’Tis good for young, ’tis good for old ;
It is more precious far than gold;
Then laugh as long as you can hold;
Hurrah for jolly laughter !
For the Des Arc Citizen.]
HARDSCRABBLE PAPERS.
Volume, I.Number I.
Mr. Editor:—Long days are coming upon
us now step by step, as time in its ceaseless
course rolls on. and bachelor as I am, I feel
quite at a loss how to spend my time.
I am not willing to close my eyes, and, like
Sancho Panza, bless “the man who first in
vented sleep.” Although I firmly agree with.
Solomon, when he says there is a time for
everything—sleep Included. What a hard fate
we bachelors have to put up with to be sure—
no incarnate angels to while away the weary
moments as we are wafted nolens volens down
the tide of time—no “• cricket on the hearth ”
to beguile with its sweet chirping tile early
hours of night, which is too often devoted to
the sweet embraces of Morpheus—what can
we do? We tire of reading; we have no
wife to quarrel with. We are most oi us too
much like a cat in the mumps, or like cream
in an antiquated state of existence, to attempt
to entertain one with the egotistic remarks
suggested by the contracted state of the spot
which human physiologists designate the heart
—and not sufficiently condescending to scatter
the bright germs of finely developed sense
among our fellow men, deluded though they
be by the attractions of women—what is left
ror us to uor i ucacvc x nuiwoASttuv/mum.
final sortie, and attempt to break.the. ice
which is fast forming over the devoted heads
of all bachelors, and will launch forth (not
like love, which launched a fairy bark) but
by the good old fashioned way. Like the
Irishman “I will sthrike a light ” that they
may follow. I hope to set otF in a craft sub
stantial enough to bear a good head light, and
to carry me safe through the rocks and shoals
of the rude world. If bachelors were to give
vent lo their feelings in life, it would no
doubt save a great amount of blood-letting—
self suicide, etc., etc.
I have not far from me, a very intimate
friend, who is so confirmed an old bachelor,
that he has a great distaste for hoops, simply,
he says, because he does not know, but that
they, like a badly managed balloon, will ex
plode—how ridiculous ! His opinions have
so incensed the female population against him
that they are anxious to obtain his services in
going into a speculation; they propose mak
ing vinegar from water. From the earliest
ages such a mode of obtaining such an article
has never been practiced, and I am fearful
tliat it will not succeed in the present in
stance. Now to prove it, you know very well
that two negatives make an affirmative. Put
the bachelor by the water, (the water being
opposed to bachelors in general and therefore
negative, and the bachelor to be independent
certainly opposed to the water) the two nega
tives will compromise by the bachelor allow
ing the water to stay water, and tiie water al
lowing the bachelor to remain bachelor.
Thus you see the bachelor will be hemmed in,
provided the ladies are about, and like any
other calf, being penned, will pitch in.
Thus you see, Mr. Editor: Bachelors are
not impregnable as many may suppose—in
other words you can teaze what is in them
out. if you corner them.
We have already entered too largely upon a
subject desei ving of so little attention, but
the further we progress the larger the field
we find open to us. Were we to particularize
we are afraid that among some of them we
would find nuts which it would take the jaws
of a Cyclops to crack.
Leap year, though, has arrived and we hope
to find ere its close, that some fair maids have
relieved one or more of our fellow sufferers
| from their embarrassing situation. Should
[any antiquated maiden lady, or more prefera
ble, a young one, desire to have any choice,
she can certainly be suited if she will take a
trip to Wattensaw, and watch them sunning
[ themselves every fair day in the corners of
the fences; or behind the house dying their
hair and whiskers; or hid in the corn crib,
as some are addicted to doing, when a lady
heaves in sight.
Do not for the world, Mr. Editor, let any of
our fellow victims ever learn the name of the
Editor of the Hardscrabble papers; or his
days like the hairs of his head would be few
and numbered. Yours facetiously,
WATTENSAW. .
Ethan Allen’s Svvohd.—The Vicks
burg: Sun says:
The veritable sword which Ethan Al
len carried through the perils of many
well-fought fields, is now in the posses
sion, of one of his female descendants
in Holmes county, Miss. It :s the same
staunch blade that he waved aloft whet
“in the name of Jehovah and the conti
nental Congress,” he demanded the sur
render of Ticonderoga. And the sasl
worn by Col. Ferguson, who was killed a
the battle of King's Mountain, is in iht
possession of a female relative of old Gov
Sevier, of Tennessee, who figured in tiia
battle, in Leake county, in this Stale.
--■* • •-■
—There is a grocer lo Pennsylvania, whi
W said to be so mean that he was seen to catcl
a fly off his counter, hold him up by his him
| legs, and look into the cracks of his feet ti
i see if he hadn’t been stealing some of hi
sugar.
Ancient Ruins in tiie United states.
Dim and mysterious is the early history
of man on this continent. It is enveloped
in thick darkness, never, it may be pre
sumed, to be penetrated by human re
search; and yet the ruins of ancient
cities are frequently discovered that tell
of a race that has long since passed
away—probably exterminated by the an
cestors of the present Indian, who are also
fast departing Irom the human family—
fairly dying out before the ev#r.-advnncing
influence of the pale face. Tint these
monumental cities indicate great popula
tions, and prove the existence ol mighty
men of old. A new stimulus is likely
to he given to American archaeology, by
a discovery recently made some ninety
miles north-east of Fort Stanton, a long
account of which has just appeared in the
Fort Smith (Ark.) Times. We condense.
The plain upon which lie the massive
relics of gorgeous temples and magnifi
cent halls slopes gradually eastward
the river Pecos, and is very fertile, crossed
by a gurgling stream of the purest water
that not only sustains a rich vegetation,
hut perhaps furnished with this necessary
element the thousands who once inhabited
this present wilderness. The city was
probably Iniilt liy a war like race! as it is
quadrangular and arranged with skill to
afford the highest protection against uu
exterior foe, n*:uiy of the buildings on the
outer line being pierced with loopholes, as
though calculated for the use of weapons
Several of the buildings are of vast
size, and built of massive blocks of a
darlc granite rock, which could only have
been wrought to their present condition
by a vast amount of labor. There are
the ruinsof three noble edifices, each pre
senting a front of three hundred feet,
made of ponderous blocks of stone, and
the dilapidated walls are evpn now thirty
five feet high. There are no partitions in
the area of the middle (supposed) temple,
so that the room must have been vast; and
there are also carvings in has relief and
fresco work. Appearances justify the
conclusion that these ruins could once
boast of halls as gorgeously decorated by
the artist’s hand as those of Thebes and
Palmyra. The buildings are all loop
holed in each side, much resembling that
found in the old feudal castles of Europe
designed for the use of archers. The
blocks of which jthese edifices are com
posed are cemented together by. a species
of mortar of a bituminous character,
WIJIwI IIUO 9UI/I I icuoun^
of wall have fallen down without the
blocks being detached by the shock. We
hope, ere long, to be favored with a full
and descriptive particulars, as it is prob
able that visits and examinations will be
made among such interestingfrelics of the
unknown past by some of the United
States officers attached to the nearest fort.
-.»♦■»
The DioWitt or Labor.—There are
some persons in this world whose ideas of
dignity are of the very lowest description.
They despise, or at least affect to despise,
mnnual labor, and they talk in a somewhat
scornful manner of the operative mechan
ic, ns if he were an inferior being, in
comparison with the merchant and the
lawyer. In the very highest sense, the
operative mechanic, when an intelligent
and honest man, stands as high in the
scale of dignity as the wealthiest mer
chant, lawyer, banker or professional man
to be found anywhere. There was a
time when the mechanic was without an
advocate in the paths of literature; but
those days are gone past forever, and the
most eloquent writers of the age have
given utterance to some of the finest sen
timents ever published on this subject.—
The following from Uuskin, the most
poetic writer on art that ever I ved, are us
truthful as they are beautifully expressed.
In his Slone* of Venice, he says: “We
are alvvavs, in these days, endeavoring to
separate intellect from manual labor ; we
want one man to be always thinking, and
another to be always working; and vve
call one a gentleman and the other arj
operative ; whereas, the workman ought
often to be thinking, and the thinker often
to he working, and both should be gentle
! men in the best, sense. As it is, we make
i both ungentle, tne one envying the other
despising his brother, and the mass of so.
ciety is made up of morbid thinkers and
miserable workers. Now it is only by la
bor that thought can he made healthy
and only by thought that labor can b»
made happy, and the two cannot be sepa
rated with impunity. It would he well i
all of us were handicraftrnen of soon
kind, and the dishonor of manual iabo
done away with altogether.”—[Arcliilec
& Mechanic s Journal.
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A Through Ticket.—There was ;
negro meeting held at Petersburg, Y u.
the other Sunday, says an exchange
which, as usual, was superintended by i
white preacher, though a black brothe
was allowed to preach. After anuoun
cing his text, the latter went ahead, an
soon began to speak rapturously of lb
other world, and, among other things, said
“Yes, my dear bredren an’ sisters, her
we sees mighty hard times ; but when w
gits into Canaan, we’ll eat just as rniir
possum sop and tatersas we .wants. We
have nuffiitig to do, dear brudders an
sisters, but to eat all the tings I is ju'
i now spoke about, and everything els
| that is good, and den go to sleep—an
; den get up and eat—and go on forever.
When this declaration was made wit
,! so much earnestness, and old black sistt
; present broke out and said :
(| “Tank de Lord ! Aud bless that swet
mouf of yourn, brudder Jim. I wants
, through ticket right now for de happ
| land you is ’ecourcing upon.”
ii »; wn iis u i *. i- or* i
Emotions.—The sun was created with
me, with you, and by and by, when we
had got over the morning of infancy, we
sat on a wall, in n field, or n hill, at our
own little bedroom window, and our child
ish eyes being by that time opened, we
saw the sun go down for the first time.
Nor are these pleasures nnd advantages
confined to the external world, to the sen
sations it inspires, or the influence it ex
erts upon us. No human passion, no
emotion, the fiercest or the tenderest,
comes to us at second-hand. The experi
ence and observation of a thousand years,
ali the metaphysical and poetical, and
dramatic hooks that ever were written,
cannot add a jot to the duration or inten
sity of any emotion of ours. They may
exercise it, but they cannot form it, nor
instruct it; nor were they filty limes as
profound, could they dwarf it. It lies in
our hearts in original creation complete,
alone; like my life and yours.—[Cornhill
Magazine.
The Empeuob's Gift.—The Emperor
Joseph II. was in the habit of walking
about incognito One morning he went
into an elegant coffee-house and asked
I for a cup of chocolate, lie was plainly
i dressed, and the waiters, being ignorant
of Ins rank, insolently refused it, saying it
was mo early. Without tanking any reply,
he walked out, and went into a little
coffee-house hard by and asked lor u cup
of chocolate. The landlord answered
that it should be ready in a moment.
While he Waited for it he walked up and
down, and was conversing on different
subjects, when tlie Landlord's daughter, a
very pretty girl, made her appearance.
The Emperor wished her good day, and
observed to the fuiher that it was high
time a flower in full bloom should marry
before it faded. “Ah!” said the honest
old man, “ if I had but a thousand crowns
I could marry her to a fine young man
who is very fond of her; but, air, the choc
olate is ready.” The Emperor gave her
an order on his banker for 1000 crowns.
Galileo.—In 1082, Galileo, then a
youth of eighteen, was seated m the
Cathedral at Pisa, when the lamps sus
pended from the roof were replenished by
the sacristan, who, in doing so, caused
them to oscillate from side to side, as they
had done hundreds of times before when
similarly disturbed. He watched the
lamps, and thought he perceived that
while the Oscillations were diminishing,
they still occupied the same time. The
idea thus suggested never departed from
from his rnind, and fifty years afterwards
he constructed the first pendulum, and
thus gave to the world one of the most
important instruments for the measure
ment of time. Afterwards, when living
at Venice, it was reported to him one day
that the children of a poor spectacle maker,
while playing with two glasses, had ob
served, ns they expressed it, that things
were brought nearer by looking through
them in a certain position. Everybody
said how curious, but Galileo seized the
idea and invented the first telescope.
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Relief or N ewralgia. — As this
dreadlul disease, says an exchange, is be
coming more prevalent than formerly,
and as doctors have found no method or
medicine that will permanently cure it,
we simply state that for some time past a
member of our family has suffered most
intensely from it, and could find no sure
relief from any remedy applied, until we
; saw an wrticle that recommended the
application of horse-radish to the face for
1 toothache. As neuralgia and the tooth
ache are botli nervous diseases, we thought
the remedy for the one would he likely to
give relief to the oilier; so we made the
! application of horse-radish, bruised, and
applied to the side of the body where Hie
disease was sealed, il gave almost in
Slum rtMM'l IU frCVdIC Ultti'H UI UCUIIU’
i gia. Since then-, we have applied ii sever
| ul times, and with the same gratilying
! resuit. The remedy is simple, cheap,
and may be within the reach of every
| one.— [Exchange.
' AcK.SOWLl.DOED THE CoBS. — A Heigh*
1 bor missed corn from bis garner, and his
j suspicion rested upon a reckless fellow
i whom everybody called "Sam." The
! corn was kept in a chamber over the kitch
| en, adjoining the wood house, toward
] which the chatnber was left open and
1J accessible by a ladder. The victim of
I this midnight “tbeflery,” as another neigh
bor calls it, determined to satisfy himself
: concerning the identity ol the thief, made
a temporaly bed upon the kitchen floor
■ and lay down to watch. About the hour
when “ church-yards yawn,” he was
aroused from a partial slumber by the rat
t tlingoflhe ears of corn overhead, when he
, suddenly called out ul the top of his voice:
, “ Sam!”
t “Hello!” responded the thief, taken
r entirely off bis guard by this sudden call.
“ Don’t take more than a bushel!”
1 “Then 1 shall have to pour it out, fot
i I’ve got two in the bag already !’’
i g£?F“(iinseng is a stimulant and a tonic.
_■ The Chinese ascribe to it many wonderful
i ■ properties, and though some of them with
i [reason, the creator part is mere supersti
! lion. As a tonic it is very superior. To
,t smoke the clarified in a new. clean pipe
e gives to the system a most delicious feel
il ing. It is said to have all the sweetness
" ail'd pleasant properties of the body-enli
Ii vening and soul-destroying hasheesh, witl
r none ef its hellishly baneful effects. 1
aids digeston, and leaves the stomacl
■t renewed in strength instead of weakened
a and makes one led, therefore, pleasantly
y good natnred with himself and the rest o
) the world.
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B. A. Gould, in a recent lecture at the
Smithsonian Institution, on the Science of
Probabilities, stated, ns the result of *
broad scientific investigation of the subject
of playing on chance, or gambling, that
“every gambler loses the more he plays,
unless he clients," 5*n the gambler's de
fence of himself, thn> he plays on chance
as merchant* plav mi probabilities in
buying and selling, falls to the ground,
for, if successful, science proves him a
cheat, and if unsuccessful, he would not
follow the profession. Therefore, accord
ing to this theory, all gamblers are ras
cals.
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Tun Test.—An Irishman who had
been sick a long lime, and while in that
state would occasionally cease breathing,
and life be apparently extinct for some
time, when he would come to. On these
occasions, when he had just awakened
from his sleep, his frier.d Patrick asked
him: “And how'll we know. Jimmy,
when yer dead ? ye'r aftber waking up
every time." “Bring me a glass o'whis
ky, and say to rue, here’s till ye, Jimmy,
an’ if I don’t rise tui’ dhrink, then bury
me."
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Acrostics.—Here are two or threfl
rather singular acrostics:
Rachel, on one occasion, received a
most remarkable present. It was a dia
dem, in antique style, adorned with six
jewels. The atones were so set as to
spell, in acrostic style, the name of the
arli.ile, and also signify six of her priaci
pal roles, thus:
R nby, R oxana,
A methyst, A inenside,
0 ornelfan, C amille,
H ematlle,' H ermiotie,
K meralil, E mille,
L apis Lazuli, L Bodice.
The following hIIiterative acrostic is a.
gem in its way. Miss Kilty Stephens
wns the celebrated London vocalist, and
now is the Dowager Countess of Essex:
S he sings so sol: , -o sweet, so soothing still
T hat to the to_ne ten thousand thoughts there
thrill i
E lysian ecstaeios enchant each ear—
I 1 • ■■ .'■“■ I- ,.I
ant, peer.
II ushing high hyir.ns, Heaven hears her har
mony—
E arth’s envy ends; enthralled ench ear, each
eye;
N umbers need ninefold nerve, or nearly name,
S oul-slirring Stephens’ skill, sure seraphs
sing the same.
The unities of the male crowned heads
of the extinct Napoleon dynasty, form a
remarkable acrostic:
N apoleon, Emperor of the French.
I oseph, King of Spain.
II leronymus, King of Westphalle.
I oaebim. King of Naples.
L ouis, King of Holland.
MISCELLANEOUS items.
——It is an old proverb that “ boys will be
boys.” What a pity It Isn’t equally true that
men will be men.
—■‘Doctor, what do you think Is the
cause of this frequent rush of blood to my
head?” “O, it’s nothing but an effort of
nature. Nature uliliors a vacuum.”
-Few pity us for our misfortune*—
tliousauds hate us for our success.
-It is said that Tartars invite a man to
drink by gently pulling his ear. A good
many of our people will “take a pull”
without waiting to have their ears pulled.
■ —■■ Is it not curious,” said an old gentle
man, a few days since, to his friend, “a watch
should be perfectly dry when it has a running
spring inside ?”
Wisdom_True wisdom ie a thing very
extraordinary. Happy are they that have It;
and next to them, not those many that think
they have it, but those tew that are sensible
of their own defects and imperfections, and
know that they have it not.—[Tiu.otson.
-Some hearts, like primroses open most
beautifully in the shadow of life.
-it is an old saving, and a very pretty
one, that a blush is like a pretty girl, for it
becomes a woman.
——A life of leisure and a life of laziness
arc two different things.
-To weep i.; often a blessing ; the gloom
of the skies dissolves in rain, aiid that of the
heart in tears.
i _A woman who makes home a reality
indeed, works no triv ial work.
-Keep home happy, for there you will
Keep men pure.
_Law is a chain which virtue magnifies
that it may attract from a distance what it
cannot even encircle.
.—■Where are you going ?’ asked a little
boy of another who had slipped and fallen
down on an icy pavement—• Going to git up,’
was the blunt reply.
—Cato Bays the best way to keep good
acts in meinoiy is Hu refresh them with new.’
-Mkn are generally deserted in adversity.
When the sun sets, our very shadows refuse
to follow us.
-Takf. your p’ace modestly at life’s ban
quet, and ask for no iiing not in the bill of fai e.
——If a man does not make new acquain
tances as he arlva ire- through life, he will
soon find himself left alone.
_A wag says that in journeying lately he
was put in an omnibus with a dozen persons, of
whom he did not know a single one. Turing
a corner shortly after, the omnibus was upset;
and then said he -1 found them all out.’
_Nothing prevents a person from being
natural and easy, so much as an extreme
anxiety to appear so.
_’Tis the ready listener, not the tale
bearer-, uiai woikcui iu** -
listener U the match that Uindleththe blaze.
-An Indian once brought up a young
lion, and finding him weak and tunnies*,
I never attempted to control him. b-very day
the lion gained in strength and became more
I unmangeable, until at last, when exciteu bv
rage, he fell upon the Indian and tore him O
pieces. Our evil habi's and,passions very
I much resemble that lion.
_The • correspondent of the Boston
Atlas writes from Washington that Senator
Douglas is reported to have said that ”
not believe Le had any chance cf receivcmg
the nomination at Charleston, and addst
that opinion many prominent politician. Here
concur most fully ”
Free Negroes in Missouri.—The Mis
. soun Legislature has passed a bil. <1 »
, dug fire negroes from the State, under th«
j penalty of becoming slavey