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DES AKO. Alt KAN HAS.
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1, iSa ‘.lie citizens of Prairie and ±jJ3m
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•"t** Shop on Lyon street, back of Fnlii N
JarkAmN store. ' __
e;. n. ii u p ■ ■ ON,
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
ALL persons wishing my services m
thi •i?i)‘.u’tin«Ma of bu-im'' Djvvil! p :i,°
address lit-' at Hrowisville, Vr.dne county,
Ark. Every call will be punctually filled.
iiovlJ-ty _
" NEW RE ST AJJ RANT!
•X"XX23
COSMOPOLITAN !
Corner of I)sena Vista and Lyon sired:,’,
HE’S ARC, ARK ANH AH,
[3 now open for the reception of visitors.
The he.it of Liquors, Wines. Ale, Cigars,
etc., will be kept constantly oil hand.
* * i 1,R imn .(rA W i II l»o furnished at
short notice.
,'ggr This Restaurant will be attended to by
Messrs. .1. C. Tarkinton and .!. B. Hoke.
jan8-6m. 0. T. OLDHAM._
HARVEYS CHANGE,
Corner of Bnena Vista and Foster
Streets,
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
D2S ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING completed our new building, and
. opened a first class establishment for the
accommodation of the public, ami furnished it
with the best of '(Liquors, Cigars,
Tobacco, etc., the undersigned flatter
themselves that they will continue to receive
the patronage which has been heretofore be
stowed upon them.
Qug*" Adjoining their Exchange they keep a
general assortment of FA MILY GROCERIES.
Also, Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
jy21-tf HARVEY .V MATTHEWS.
~XTs. Harris,
W .1 T C H -.,JI .£ K El IS
A N D
OEl'iCE on fluena Vista v
street, o p p o s i t e the /tj£&9kr$tQ>-'**•*&>.,
Nucleus House. Des Arc, ’■UiiiSsiei?
Arkansas. Clocks. Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. nov20-(jra
F. L E P TIE N,
CLOCK AND WATCH
A TTR ’ 21
li—, iL-uoA -■ JkJ
AND
__ JEWELLER,
JIuena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart A
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
[7 EhPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
- v. lies Arc and the adjacent country, that he
is prepared to execute'all kinds of CLOCK
, WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man
*er, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, &c.
Jan30-tf
JAMES J OHN SON7
Gunsmith,
Di'.S ARC, ARKANSAS.
JlaviN.j permanently located myself,
■jirVi 81,1 |<ie|,ared to manufacture GUNS,
' X PISTOLS. A-c.. to order.
AH kti k!« of Ftite-Ahms Repair*®,
on reasonable terms.
> LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
n,f»ct. aiiv kind of work in my line will be
Piempily atteuded to.
Terms—Cash. apr3 ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T\R. N. L. RAGLAND, having fo*
*^ cat»d on Wattensaw, at tin residence
heretofore occupied hy W. B. Means, deceas
od, offers his professional services to the
public.
13?” Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
|"|R. T. J. CUMMINGS, having per
manently at Atlanta, Prairie county,
Ark., offers his professional services to the
public.
Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons. 5
jggf" Office at Peebles’ Hotel, [apr 1-tf.
"STiR J. G GOODWIN, determined lo
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.
(J^“ Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
£3?" Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drag
Store. Charges as low as any Physician in
town. aprill-ly.
I'llR. J. L. NEEL, having permnnenf
•“'My located in Des Arc. Arkansas, - offers
his professional services to the citiz is of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar 11 -dm.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis.
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and. from a
longexperienco in the healing art in fire West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. (fAp* Okf-ici: on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dcco-tf
TA11 If VV A T.SUT itoeinor lorntod nl
j / Des Arc, offers hi? Professional Ser
vices to the public. Call? p-oir.prly at
tended to. may20. 1858-tyk
DU. WRL BEFhELL, will conti iue
the Practice of Medicine in Da? Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive' a share of the public patronage.—
C5?” OftiOe at Lane & Witts’? Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the '‘ Erwin House.” inay2.2-tf
DR. j. Ji LANE, will frncti;e Medi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
i -ssfon, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Dps Arc and surrounding coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage." OFFICE—On Buena Vista street,
mayto-tf
/ 1 CHIDSE Y, Resident ' ,
I /. Dektist. Clark’s Marble
Block. Memphis.Tennessee. Will
, i-it Des Arc. of which notice will be given
hrough the “ Citizen.” octl3-t>m
TAS.' R.' IIARR1NGTONT&
Mechanical and Sr to; h;a
Dentist, Near Oakland Grove.
hairie county, Arkansas. DR. JiARRINiG
i'ON is prepared to perform any operation, or
xecute any artificial work in 'he Dental pro
'ession. Holiopes, by his particular attention,
•arefulness and experience to merit the pat
■01,ago ami influence of the citizens of Prairie
uid adjoining counties, which he respectfully
olicits. may3Qniy
fAHAlU.ES P. BERTRAND Attor
yi key at I.aw, Little Rock, Ark. [jan21
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
Little Rock, Arkansas. [decAI-ly.
W(J. & B. D. TURNER, Attor
neys at Law, and General Collec
tors,'Searcy. White county. Arkansas. Prac
ice in the 'Circuit Courts of Randolph. Law
rence, Indopet ionco, Jackson, White, Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas. Jefferson ami Pulaski
comities. and in the Supreme and Federa
Courts at Little Rock Ark. {gT* Prompt am
faithful attention given to the collection o an
!.. r TH' •• ... 11' 1 A
ITl E A T f IEII STUN Sc FARR, Attor
h nkys at Law. and Real Lstat e Agent.>>,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, 1 .eurie, +>l.
Francis, Jackson ami Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. Reference:. :
Madison, Ark., Hon. W. IL E.U.: eb y, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon, Ark.. H. M. C uuch,
Panola. Miss.. Col. Calvin Miller; ( oBeet.lle.
Mi-s F. C. Walthall; Memphis. Term.. J).
M. Du Rose. F.si|.. W. J. W«bt; Holly Rjuings,
Miss.. W; T. Fcaiherston ; Washington, D.
C., Jacob Thompson. __
T E. 'GATEWOOD; Attorney at
) Law. Dos Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi'tl practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St Francis, Jackson, While,
Conwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention"'to all business entrusted .t-o h'm.
OFFICE—Over Town IIall, fl'ntns
XAv Building.) first door._f'ebl3-tf
Tw. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, |
Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Vi ill
practice in the counties of Prairie., Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jack-oil and U bite,
pa- prompt attention given ,o the collection
.fclairn ■•; also, the locating, selling aim pay
ing lavs on land. ^Oilice on Lyon sin et.
sept2fi-tf __
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, .Idler am.
Arkansas, Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson aid
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle aiuleai.ern
■Art of the State. ___ __ s'JPt2b-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS-.w. L. D. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
torneY8 at Law, Little Rock, Ar
k a lisas. Office on Markham street. One o.
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where ho can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them._dec4_
fA. MOON, Attorney at Law,
General Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Ail^nsas. Des Arc, Arkansas._octiO
J. L. HOLLOW ELL.. D- SACOWAY.
TTOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
I 1 TOKNEVS AT Law, Uardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of If L terry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway an l Pope.
jeiJii-tf _
§Y FURNISS MARTIN, Attorney
at Law. Brownsville, Prairie
Arkansas. AYT1FpracTice 111 the counties~of
Prairie, Pulaski. Conwav, Pope, Yell, Perry,
Saline, White. Arkansas. Jefferson, Jackson
and Monroe. Prompt attention given to the
collation of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ing and paying taxes on land. jy!7-Jy
THE SUN SHOWER.
Sparkling in the sunlight,
Dancing on the hills,
Tapping on the window,
Singing in the rills;
Comes the pleasant sun-shower,
Like a glad surprise;
While I gaze with wonder
On the changeful skies.
I’ll go forth to the woodlands,
Violets are awake,
Gaily sitfgstfre red-Bfeant,
Hiding in tlie brake,
Through the budding forest
Not a zephyr sighs;
Soft the air and dreamy,
As a lover’s eyes.
i love to feel the warm rain
Dropping on my brow,
As the giad tears fell from
Eyes that slumber now.
Look! what bright mosaic
Arches all the west!
Resting on the uplands,
0:i old ocean’s breast.
Is it but a po: tal
To homes in yon blue,
That the viewless angels
This moment, enter through?
Looking down the vista
Of the years I’ve trod,
Mem’ry brings life’s sun-showers—
Thanks to thee, oh God 1
That so few its rain.clouds,
Whence no sunihrht streamed:
That 50 oft the rainbow
On its darkness beamed;
Thro’ which hopes, like angels,
Passed adown from heaven ;
Through which praise ascended
For a blessing given.
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[From the Knickerbocker Magazine
ARKANSAS TRAVELER.
In the early settlement of Arkansas, a
traveler, alter riding some eight or let:
miles without meeting a human being, or
reaching a human habitation, came a
length, by a sudden turn of the wood
road, to a miserable ‘ shanty’ the center
af a stnail clearing, in what had original
ly been a ‘ black jack,’ whence the only
sound that proceeds is the discordant mu
sic of a broken-winded fiddle, from the
.roubled bowels of-which the occupant is
aboriously extorting the monotonous tune
snown as the ‘ Arkansas or RackvnsacI
Traveler.’ Our traveler rides up within
.i foot of the door, which was once the
lied frame of a cart body, now coveret
with bear skins, and hung upon two big
wooden hinges. After much shouting
he inmate appears, fidJle in hand, and
,-vidently * wrathy' at being interrupted
tr tire, exercise of his art. The following
’oiloquy ensues, the indefatigable fiddler
still playing the first strain of ‘ The Ar
kansas Traveler,’ which in fact he contin
aes at sudden intervals, until the dialogue,
rs will be seen, is brought to an unexpect
'd conclusion. If this be not ‘seeking
edgings under difficulties,’ we should like
o know what might be legitimately so
jonsidered :
Traveler. ‘ Friend, can I obtain ac
iommodations for tire night with you?’
Arkansas ‘ Artist.’ ‘ No, sir—’nary
commodation.’
Traveler. ‘ My dear sir, I have ai
•eady traveled thirty miles to-day, and
neither myself rror my horse has had a
uouthful to eat, why can’t you accommo
lale me for to-night ?’
ill iiiUlb.ia AIIISI. J U?1 <-aoc II 1,0.u I
be did. We’ve plum out of everything
.0 oat in the house. Bill’s gone to mill
with the last nubbin of corn on these
premises, and ’ll be nigh onto the shanli
of to-morrow evenin’ afore he cmns home
unless sumthin uncommon happens.’
Traveler. ‘ You surely have some
thing that I can feed to iny horse ; even c
few potatoes would be better than no food.’
Arkansas ‘ Artist.’ ‘ Stranger, out
eatin’ roots gin out about a week ago, st
your chance is slim tiiar.’
Traveler. * But, my friend, I must re
main with you, any way. I can’t go any
further, whether I obtain anything to ea
or not. You certainly will allow me tin
shelter of your roof?’
Arkansas ‘ Artist.’ 1 It can’t be did oh
boss. You see we’ve got only one drier
hide on the premises, and me and the oh
woman alius occupies that, so whar’s you
chance ?’
Traveler. ‘ Allow tne to hitch tn;
horse to that persimmon tree, and will
my saddle and blanket, I’ll make a bed ii
the fence corner.’
Arkansas 1 Artist.’ ‘ Hitch your hors,
to that ’simmon tree ? In a horn!' Why
you must be a a natural fool, stranger
Don’t you see that’s me and the old wc
man’s only chance for ’simmon beer, ii
the fall of the year ? If your hogs is si
tarnal hungry as you say he is, he’d gii
die it as high up as he could reach, albr
morniii’. Hitch your hoss to that tree
I ’sped not. No, no, stranger, you can
come nary sich a dodge as that.’
Our traveler, seeing that he had a
original to deal with, and being himse
an amateur performer upon the .instri
raeul to which the settler was so ardent:
attached, thought he would change tl:
tactics, and draw his determined not-t'
he ‘ host’out a little before informing hi
of the fact that he too could play the * A
kansas Traveler,’ which once being know
he rightly conjectured would he a pas
port to his better graces.
Traveler. ‘ Well, friend, if Ican’tsti
how far is it to the next house?’
Arkansas ‘ Artist.’ ‘ Ten miles ; ai
you’iUhink they’re mighty long ones l
afore you get tiiar. I came nigh on
forgeltin’ to tell you, the big creek is uj
the bridge is carried ofT; ther’s ’na
yearthly chance to ford it, aud if y
bound lo cross it, yer'Il have to go ifboui
seven miles up the stream, to old Dave
Ledy’s punchon bridge, through one ol
the biggest bamboo swamps fiver you see
I reckon the bridge is stglHtn’ yet—’twas
yesterday mornin', though one end had
started down stream about fifteen leet, o:
sich a matter.’,
Traveler ‘ Friend you seem commu
nicative, and if it’s no offence. Id like tc
know what you do (or a living.’
Arkansas 1 Artist.’ ‘ No offence on
yearth, stranger, we just keep a grocery.'
Traveler. 1 A grocery ! Where in
the name of all that is mercantile do your
customers come from? Your nearest neigh
bor is ten miles off !’
Arkansas* Artist.’ ‘The fact is, me
and the old woman is the best cus outers
yet ; but we 'sped these diggins will im
prove, and in course business will improve
too. Hows’ever, we do nuLhinnow, even.
Me and the old woman took the cart
t’other day, and went to town ; we bort a
bar’l of whisky ; and arter we come home
and gin to count the balance on band, we
found tbar want but just one solitary pica
yune left, and as the old woman ulers car
ries the puss, in course she had it. Well,
I sot the bar'l agin one side of the room,
and shortly after, the old woman sez,
I Suppose you tap your end of the bar'l
and I did ; and site bort a drink, and paid
me picayune. Pietty soon, I began to
get dry, and says f, 1 Olo woman, spozen’
you tap your end of the bar'l ?’—and she
did ; and then she sells me a drink ; and
II w, wav tliiit nie.nvnne has traveled back
'aids and for’ards over the bung of that
bar’l is a caution to them as love ‘ red eye.
But, stranger, losses is apt to come with
every business, and me and the ole wo
man has lost some in the grocery line, and
I’ll tell you how ’tvvas. The boy Bill, our
oldest son. he see how the licker was go
in’, and didn’t have narry red tojine in the
retail btsmess ; so one night he crawled
under the house, and taps the bar’l atwixt
the cracks in the puncheon floor; and 1
r’ally believe he’s got more than me and
the ole woman ither ; the good for noth
in’ vagabon, to come the ‘ gaifF over his
natral born parents ; it’s ’nufl to make a
man sour agin all creation ; that hoy’ll be
the ruination of us yet. He takes to
trickery jis as natral as a hungry possum
takes to a hen roos. Now, stranger, what
on yearth am I to do ? He beats me and
the ole woman entirely.’
Traveler. ‘ ft would be difficult, for me
to advise in regard to your son, as I have
no family of my own. You say it’s ten
miles to the next house; the big creek is
up; the bridge carried away; no possi
bility of fording it. and seven miles through
a swamp to the only bridge in the vicinity!
This is rather a gloomy prospect, partic
ularly as the sun is about down ; still, my
curiosity is excited, and as you have been
playing only one part of the 1 Arkansas
Traveler’ ever since my arrival, I would
like to know, before I leave, why you don’t
play the tune through V
Arkansas ' Artist.’ ‘ For one of the
best reasons on yearth, old boss—I can’t
do it. I hain’t larn’t the turn of that
lehune, and drat me it I believe I ever
shall.’
Traveler. 1 Give me your instrument,
and I'll see if 1 can play the 1 turn’ for
you.
A t A * k T o 11 n »• r-> *-r\ t r
I friend, do you play toe ‘turn’ of that
tchune V
Traveler. ‘ 1 believe 1 can.’
Arkansas ‘Artist.’ ‘Lite, lite! old
boss—we’ll find a place for you in the
cabin, sure. Ole woman ! (a ‘ hallo !’
within the shanty was the first indication
the traveler had of any other being on the
‘ premises') the stranger played the ■ turn’
of the ‘ Hackensack Traveler.’ ‘ My
friend, hitch yout lioss to the ‘ simmon
tree,’ or anywhere else you please. Bill’ll
be here soon, and he’ll take keer of him.
Ole woman you cad Sal and Nance up,
from the spring ; tell Nance to go into the
spring house, and cut off a good large
piece of bear steak, to brile for the stran
ger’s supper; tell Sul to knock over a
1 chicken or two, and get out some flour,
and have some flour doin’s and chickin
fixiu’s for the stranger. (Bill just heaves
in sight twenty-four hours earlier than he
, was expected a half hour before.) Bill,
' O Bill ! there’s a stranger here, and he
plays the ‘ turn’ of the ‘ Hackensack Trav
eler,’ go to the corn crib and get a big
’ punkin, and bring it to the house, so the
stranger can have sutbin’ to eat on, and
1 skin a ‘ tater’ 'long with me and the oli
woman while the gals is gettin’ supper ;
! and Bill, take the boss, and give hinr
J plenty of corn ; no nubbins, Bill ; then
' rub him down well ; and then when yot
come to the house, bring up a dried hide
1 and a bar-skin, lor the stranger to slee|
' on ; and then, Bill, I reckon he’ll plat
the ‘ turn’ of the Hackensack Travele
\ for us.’
' The ‘ punkin’ was brought; the ‘taters
were ‘ skinned’ and eaten ; the * turn’ o
n the1 Hackensack Traveler’was repeated
,j- Jy played, to abundant edification ; am
the ‘ gals’ finally announced that suppe
W(as ready, and although instead of ‘ stori
", tea,’ they only had ‘ suxifux tea doins
without milk, yet the repast was one to b
u long and gratefully remembered. Th
r. traveler remained ail night, and was pi
' loted safely over the ‘ big creek’ early th
’ next morning. Of a truth ‘ music ha
3" charms to sooth the savage breast!’
_A benevolent old gentleman used t
id give away wood to the poor by the cord, i
,0 j order, as he said, to have it re-corded above,
to I _A young and pretty lady remarked th
;! other that day a young man who didn’t take
•y . pap,or was not deserving of the affections of a
if ! amiable woman. A >ensib!e girl, we think.
NEW JLHAMKJ.
I The Black Republicans are raising a
terrible shriek over the action of the New
! Mexico Legislature in passing laws pro
tecting slave property. The legislature
did nothing but their duty in this matter,
and wo are gratified lo know that they had
j the firmness and boldness to disregard -the
howls and shrieks of the fanatics.
I The members of the New Mexico
Legislature were more careful and con
scientious of their oaths and obligations
than Abolitions, hence the great outcry
against therm If they had passed a law
legalizing roguery and robbery as two
thirds of the Northern legislatures have
done, there would ha'rn been one univer
sal shout of applause from Abolitiondom.
Greeley would have gone into extaeies
and preached a long philosophical dis
course upon the beauties of free soil, free
labor and free women.
The action of this Territorial Legis
lature gives us hope that the day is not
far distant when we shall have the pleas
ure of welcoming another slave State into
this great confederacy. The people ol
New Mexico are warmly in favor of slav
ery, and unless she is inundated with
hordes of Abolitionists by emigrant aid
societies from jails, penitentiaries and
pauper houses, she will establish a con
stitution recognizing to the fullest extent
the rights oT the South. We have every
reason to hope for the full consummation
of this desirable result. The Territorial
delegate to Congress, Setior Otero, is a
staunch pro-slavery man, and a great ma
jority of the Mexican population enter
tain similar views, me great mass 01
the American settlers are Irorti Missouri,
and no one would for a moment doubt
their fealty and devotion to Southern in
stitutions. If it is necessary they will
make as gallant a fight for southern prin
ciples and honor as they did upon the flow
ery prairies of Kansas, and that loo with
far greater success.
In the last ten years we have been
cheated, swindled and defrauded on all
sides. We have been driven out of Cali
fornia and Kansas, both of which ought
to have been slave States, but the ungov
ernably cupidity of our Union-loving
brethren of the North would not tolerate
the presence of our institutions.
Of all the Territories of the Union,
New Mexico is the only one that presents
the shadow of a hope ; all the rest are
hopelessly free-soil. She can be recured
to the South if the proper course is pur
sued and her settlement is left to the natu
ral laws of emigration. The Abolition
ists, having conquered Kansas, may now
turn their batteries upon this new and in
viting field, but we rather think that they
will find it a losing business.-—[Helena
(Ark.) Democrat.
How Paper is Made.—Has the read
er ever felt any curiosity as to the manu
facture of the paper which lie holds ui his
hand? If so, let us try and elucidate a
few points. Imagine, then, huge piles
of rags, which have been collected togeth
er from different sections of country, and
which now repose on the floor of some
mill, waiting to be thrown into the cut
ting machine. From this they emerge in
slips of about six inches in length. These
are passed through an apparatus which
cleans them of dirt, and they are then
thrown into stands or “ vats,” a strong lye
is placed upon them, and the whole is then
boiled by steam for about twelve hours,
ill order to soften tho texture and loosen
the coloring. From there they are put in
to the “ uushcy.”' After having become
thoroughly cleansed and fibrous, they are
bleached until free of ail coloring, and
now present the appearance of pure white
cotton, which has been thoroughly soaked
in water and afterwards allowed to dry.
The next process they undergo is that of
boating, from which they emerge in the
form of a line pulp. The pulp is placed
in,a vat,through which a large cylinder,
covered with fine wire, revolves. Upon
this wire the pulp is gathered and taken
off upon a belt, thoroughly saturated with
water. It is then run through a number
of “ press rolls” to a second “ press felt.”
The paper, or rather wet pulp, spread up
on the felt, is also run around two large
copper dryers heated by steam. There
the pulp first assumes the appearance of
paper ; which is finished by being run be
tween three pairs of cylinders, and after
wards reeled. The paper is . now ahou1
five feet wide. A short distance from the
“calenders” is the cutting machine,, by
which the paper is cut to any width or
length, and afterwards counted into quires
reams, and bundles, dressed and stored
away for sale. Thus it is evident that the
very pocket handkerchief, How in youi
poek.-t, or the collar o.i your neck, may
m time, be incorporated into the newspa
per, on which your eye rests with so muel
satisfaction.
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Distinctions of Class.—It is all very
„ well to talk about a “ free country” ant
insist that we have no distinctions'of class
' Such distinctions there must always be it
1 all communities, whether there is any at
tempt at exclusiveness or not. Educatioi
| itself produces them, for the scholar wil
most affect the society of a brother schol
; ar, and not of a dullard. Throughout tin
world men will associate with those o
' kindred tastes. It is a law of nature. It
; so doing they arrogate nothing to them
s selves, or in any wise separate themsclve
from the common brotherhood ot mac
They simply form closer associations wit
3 those to whom they are drawu by a sitni
“ larity of tastes. And such distinctions c
class elevate the tone of society, for a mu
e tual interchange of opinion is more likel
a to lead to a practical determination whe
n unimpeded bv useless association wit
those of grosser instincts.
•
me rrimer.
The Belfast (Ireland) Mercury, give;
the following in relation to printers:
•'l'rotn high or low they are the
same reckless, light hearted, clever,
well informed fellows-knowing how
to act better than they do—nothing al
times—everything if the occasion requires,
or the fit takes them. No sooner nre they
comfortable in our town, than they make
tracks for another, even though they travel
on hair space means. And to what will
they not turn their hands? ‘We have
seen,' says an American editor, ‘ one and
the same individual of the cralt, a minis'
ter in California, a lawyer in Missouri, a
sheriff in Ohio, a boatman on the western
canal, sailing a privateer, an auctioneer ir:
New fork, and a press.nan in a greai
printing office.’ Nor are these character
istics confined to any country; they nre
everywhere the same. We have met
them as lecturers, actors, traveling preach
ers, ventriloquists—in fact, everything.
We have met on tramp in this country
members of this roving profession from all
parts of the globe—Frenchmen. Spaniards.
Portugese, Germans and Swedes—and all
apparently as much at home as in their
own country. Ardent lovers of liberty,
king craft finds but little favor in their
eyes. They are always with the people
When the Chartist excitement was raging
in England, the most eloquent leaders in
tiro movement were printers. When
the barricades were raised in Paris, in
ISIS, the compositors cast their types into
bullets and fired them at their royalist’s,
troops. When the Americans were at
war with Mexico, General Taylor’s regi
ment was composed almost entirely of
printers, and they were the bravest ot Iris
troops.
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The Family Opposed to Newspa
pers.—The man that didn’t take the pa
pers, was in town yesterday. He brought
iiis whole family in a two-horse wagon.
Ho still believed Hint General Taylor was
President, and wanted to know if the
“ Kamkatkians” had taken Cuba, and il
so where they had taken it, He had sold
his corn for thirty-cents—the price being
fifty-five—but going to deposit the money,
they told him that it was mostly counter
feit. The only hard money he had was
some three cent pieces, and these some
sharpers had “ run on him” for half dimes.
One of the boys went to a blacksmith's
shop to be measured for a pair of shoes,
and the other mistook the market-house
fora church. After hanging his hat on a
meat-hook, he piously took a seat on the
butcher’s stall, and listened to an auction
eer, whom he look to be the preacher,
lie left before “ meetiu’ was out,” and
had no great opinion of the “ sarmint.”
One of the girls took a lot of “ seed
onions” to the post-office to trade them
for a letter. She had a baby, which she
carried in a “ sugar trough,” stopping at
times to rock it on the side-ivalk. When
it cried, she stuffed its mouth with an old
stocking, and sung “ Barbara Allen.”
The oldest boy hadso'd two “ coon skins,”
and was on a “ bust.” When last seen,
he had called for a glass of “ soda water,”
and stood soaking ginger-bread and mak
ing wry faces. The shop-keeper mistak
ing his meaning, had given him a mix
ture aC sal-soda and water, and it tasted
strongly of soap. But “ he’d beam tell
of soda and water, an’ he was bound to
giv it a fair trial.” Some “ town fellow”
come in and called for a lemonade with a
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turned his back and quietly wiped several
flies into his drink.
We approached the old gentleman and
tried to get him to “ subscribe,” but he
would not listen to it. He was opposed
to “ internal improvements,” and he
thought “ larnin was a wicked inventior
and a wexation.” None of his fumilj
ever learned to read, but one boy, and he
•' teached school awltile, and then wen
to studying diwinity !”—[Exchange.
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Sydney Smith on Enjoyment.—The
great wit and* reviewer never penned
wiser a:rd truer words than these :
Mankind arc always happier for having
been happy ; so that if you make then
iiappy now, you make them happy twentj
years hence by the memory of it, A
childhood passed with a due mixture o
ratioual indulgence, under fond and wis<
parents diffuses over the whole of life ;
feeling of calm pleasure, and in cxtremi
old age is the very last remembrance whicl
time can erase from the mind of man
No enjoyment, however inconsiderable, u
confined to the present moment. A mat
is the happier of life for having once madi
an agreeable tour, or lived for any lengtl
of time wi'h pleasant people, or enjoyei
any considerable interval of itmocen
pleasure; which contributes to render oli
men so inattentive to the scenes befor
them, and carries them back to the worl<
that is past and to scenes never to be re
newed again.
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Jeeferson and his Fiddle.—Th
1 writer of the Declaration of Independene
1 was passionately fond of fiddling, and i
' said to have excelled in playing upon thi
instrument. In 1770, his lamily inansio
' was burnt. Mr. Jefferson used to tell, i
I after years, with glee, an anecdote con
' nected with the fire. He was absent frot
5 home when it occurred, and a slave ai
•. rived out of breath, to inform him of lit
II disaster. After learning the general d<
\ straction, he inquired : “Bat were not:
■; of my books saved ?” “No, mass,” wt
’ i the reply, “but we saved de fiddle.”
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11 -Reader, did you ever enjoy the ecstat
i bins of courting; If you hav’nt then you hi
■ better'get a little gut-an-try.
iiLiguijii JJAii u g xxjujjxxj.
- Haifa cranberry bound on a coni will
soon kill it.
-Whatever economy it is right for you
to practice, you should never be ashamed of.
■ ■ Wherever woman is, fiat “tiicksy god,”
Love, must follow her.
-I’lle heavens spread then selves truth
fully above, w h Iher they shine serenely or
frown with black portending clouds.
-A few day’s since a cent was sold in
Boston for $21. It was btamped in 1793.
—— Frontier) says of tobacco, the more men
fume the less they fret.
-A young lady says, that if a cart wheel
line f« Hows, it is a pity if a woman can’t
hare one. Sensible girl.
-One of our finest writers says, that
“Ibo nightly dews come down upon us like
blessings.” flow very differently the daily
dues come down upon us!
-‘-Scrape a llussian,” said Napoleon,
“and you will find a Cossack underneath.”
-They who are desirous can find partners
to “take the long path” with them, if they
will only try. And, mark it, no man is good
for anything until he is married ?
-Conscience, be it ever so little a worm
while we arc in health, grows suddenly to a
serpent on our death-bed.
-Hie Japanese have very few- amuse
ments; the principal ones arc Wrestling jug
glers and top spinners.
-The best capital to begin life on is a
capital wife. Perhaps a small capital one
might suit better.
-A Mr. Hate has recently’been married
in Chicago, to Miss Catharine Wrath.
-lo men ol kindly nature anti generous
impulses it is ever an ungracious and disa
greeable duty to holdup to the light the faults
and shortcomings of others.
——If Sickles is a murderer. What is But
ter-worth? Twenty cents a pound in Woods
field. — [Spirit of Democracy.
-“Now, papa, what isiiumbug?” “it
is, replied pa, “when ma pretends to be very
fond of me, and puts no buttons on my shirts.”
“I saw him kiss your cheek!” “ ’Tis true.”
“Oil, modesty !” “’Tvvas strictly kepi:
lie thought me asleep; at least, I knew
He thought I thought lie thought I slept.”
-If you are buying a carpet for durabil
ity, choose small figures.
-An editor always considers kis room
better than bis company.
-“Keep your dog away from me !” said
a dandy to a butcher boy. “Blow the dog,”
replied the boy; he’s always after puppies.”
A way to dress
In the mode, I guess,
Picks a husband’s bones quite clean,
And poor Mr. Spratt
Must cry “No fat 1”
As bis wife will cri-no-leke!
- Why is a carpenter a person to be
shunned ? Because he is continually “boring
and gouging.”
-How is it that trees can put on a new
dress without opening their trunks? It is
because they leave out their summer clothing.
-- A theological professor, speaking of
Balaam’s ass, says it is wrong to doubt that
the ass spoke like a man, when we daily here
so many men speak like asses.
-It is said inflammatory rheumatism can
be cured by the following simple method:
“Half an ounce of pulverised saltpetre put
in half a pint of sweet oil. Bathe the parts
affected, and a sound cure will immediately
follow.”
-It is generally observed that persons of
about forty years—especially young ladies of
that age—are very forgetful of those with
• • , i • _ . V s 1 n_- J
wiiuiu tuey were aujuamicu u« vuhwm'/vu.
This remarkable dimness of memory, has been
appropriately styled ‘‘the darkness of the
middle apes.”
—Never marry a pirl who is fond of being
on the street, who will see her mother work
while she lies in bed ami reads novels, who
feigns sickness, yet will set up half the night
with her ‘-beau,” and who is ashamed to own
her mother.
-An editor says his attention was first
drawn to matrimony by the skillful manner in
which a pretty girl handled a broom. A
brother editor says the manner in which his
wife handles a broom is not so very pleasing.
Perfectly Sound on the Leg Question.
1 _A gentleman who wore a cork leg, ordered
his law yer, w ho was making his will, dis
tinctly to express therein fcls command that it
should,be buried with him. The gentleman
saw the lawyer’s ill-suppressed smile. ‘-Now
you may smile,” said he, “and be darned; but
1 if I’m to ‘rise again,’ as I am assured on pret
ty good authority that I shall; do you imagine
! that I’m going to be such a ninny as te play
; ‘hop-scoh’ throughout all eternity, eh!” The
i lawyer saw the “pint,” am: put it down.
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Everlasting Fire.—About Uvoyears
_ ago a declivitous slope on the margin of
James river, near the Petersburg railroad
bridge, Virginia, was made the place for
the deposit of the cynders from the Trede
gar Works, at the instance of the owner
of the property, Mr. James Thomas, who
t desired to improve it. The deposit was
' continued, from time to time, until a large
' level surface was formed, and it was then
_ discontinued, in consequence oi the dis
covery that the substrata of cynders orig
inally deposited had ignited. 1 he whole
' mass, several feet below the surface, is
now on lift', tind has bct?u loi several
months, causing a settling oi that pan
e ne.ar the river. Very little smoke is emit
3 ted from this subterraueous combustion,
hut the surface is very hot, and, in many
c places, cracked' with fissures. The fact
d that this fire has been progressing so long
a time is certainly a little extraordinary.