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GRANT, THE MONKEY, AMD
THE MI LE.
(’ASS ABIANCA THE SECOND.
The hoy sat on the pony's back,
As round the ring ho fled—
The dust that flew up round the track
Felt thick upon his head.
Vet beautiful and firm he stuck.
As born to ride wild ponies—
\ creature of uncommon pluck,
A ‘‘brick" among his cronies.
The mule ran on—he'd not let go.
Without his father's worth—
)!is father faintly crying “whoa,"
Waal smothered in t lie crowd.
The pbny fast and faster flew.
With Jocko running after,
llrftvot* ftom the crowd they drew,
Convulsing all with laughter.
Jocko leaped with splendor wild.
Carrying his tail on high,
Ami eat behind the gallant child
With mischief in his eye.
There came a burst of loud applnusc —
The boy—O ! was he there ?
Ask of Jocko, who, with his paws,
Was combing Hiram's hair.
From the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion.]
Remarkable AiUlrex*.
A Leading Colored Member of the Mis
sissippi Convention Renounces the Radi- j
cal party—He Denounces the Constitn- ■
turn which it framed, and says it was
Cod's work to defeat it—He warns his !
race against the Carpet-baggers, anti t
advises them to adhere to their Southern
friends.
colored mi:n rkai>!
The following circular lias been nd- j
dressed hv Charles W. Fitzhugh to the"
colored people, embodying the sub-;
stance of what is above announced.
Jle wrup ente of the most intelligent,
and probably the best educated, of the '
colored members of the late so-called
convention : and one of the most nr
dent supporters of the Kadieal party 111
the body. His influence over the col
ored members was greater probably
than tlint of any other member. In
words of fervid eloquence, lie sends 1
out thi- note of warning to his broth-, 1
rcn. May wo not ask the colored peo- |
jdc to give it their calm attention :
WooDYii.LE, Miss., Jitfy 3J, 'tiS. 1
I'F.n.ow Colored Citizens of IVil- !
kin.sc in' : The time has conic, when our 1
race must be saved! An election was , !
held in-this State to vote on a Constl- ;
tution. that was framed by tbc Conven- 1
lion In Id in .Jackson, commencing Jan
uary 7th. J si's ; tliat Constitution was
defeated bv a large majority. Why?
i’oeanee it tyrannical, overbearing! 1
•nd niinoti- to the State and citizens i
thereof. The colored voters of this i
State acted v, isuly and justly in voting t
against it.
The question presents itself tons— t
who framed that Constitution? Win- I
it men who had the interest of the riti- <
zens of this State at heart? NO! but <
men wlio came from the North, ns ad- t
venturers, to monopolize the others, j
and distress the peaceable citizens.— ; i
tied would not sutler such to be done! «
lie used his Almighty power, and slew
those who tried to devour us! and to-I 1
day, our State is saved ! I
Now, fellow-citizens, you are living
in tlie South! Your interest is at
stake in the South ! My motto, for the j
people to prosper in a State, is for all ^
to live peaceably together! You are ^
livingamong the Southern people ; you
have been raised up among them. Al- j j
though they held you in slavery—for
gi t everything of that kind. Let the
past he the past. Come under the pro-1
tecting wings of vour only nnd best i
friends. They love you and study ■'
your interests. You are a poor people. ,
Come, and your starving children shall i .
ne ieu. i
The Radicals lmvc made you great
promises—such as ‘‘conic with us. and ,
we will do you good.’' What good
have they done you ? Have they given
you the homes that tlicv promised?.
Have they fed your children? Havt* ^
they given you anything? Xo! but
they have caused you to suffer hunger j
and want.
Now, .avc yourselves. Come with
ns and let us live peaceably together.
The time lias come when you ran save
yourselves. More anon.
Your fellow-citiz.cn,
C'llAS. W. I'lTZHCSH.
T*. P. The employers of colored peo
ple will oblige me by reading to them 1
this Circular. C. W. F. j
Can any one Tei.i..—Can any one 1
iell why men who cannot pay small
bills, can always find money to buy
liquors, and treat when happening1
among their friends?
Can any one tell how young men
who dodge their wash women, and are
always behind with their landlords,
can play billiards night and day, and
are always ready for a game of poker
or seven up ?
Can any one tell Low men live and
support their families, who have no in
come and do not work, while others
who are industrious and constantly
employed, half starve?
Can any one tell how it is that a man
who is too poor to pay for a newspa
per, is aide to pay a dollar or two a
week for tobacco, whisky, or cigars?
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ftrif-llcAu Hickman says the carpet
bagger* nre the poorest lot of sneaks
that ever got into Congress. He has ;
collected less than five dollars off then),
and that in bits of ton and twenty-live
rent shinpla-lerf.
Importanee ol'PreaenceorMlnil
The following directions deserve to
he cut out, and kept for the use and
guidance of every family. There is not
one of our readers but in the course of
his or her experience, lias had or will
have use for one or more of them :
Presence of mind, under nearly all
the conditions, is half the buttle.
1. If a man faints, place him flat on
his back, and let him alone.
2. If any poison is swallowed, drink,
instantly half a glass of cold water,
with a heaping teaspoonful each of
common salt and ground mustard |
stirred into it. This vomits ns soon as J
it reaches the stomach; but for fear j
some of the poison might remain, !
swallow the whites of one or two raw ,
eggs, or drink a cup of strong coffee, ■
these two being antidotes forn greater ;
number of poisons than a dozen other
irttclcs known, with the advantage of
Iheir always being at hand; if not, a
pint of sweet oil, or lamp oil, or “drip
pings,’’ or melted butter, or lard, are
;ood substitutes, especially if they
vomit quickly.
H. The best thing to stop the blccd
ng of a moderate cut instantly, is to
'over it profusely with cobweb, flour
md salt half and half.
$. If the blood comes from the wound I
iv jels or spirts, he spry, or the man I
ivill dir in a few minutes, because an I
u'tery is severed; tic a handkerchief|
oosclv aronnd, near the part between j
he wound and the. heart; put a stick
letween tlie handkerchief and the skin, j
md twist it around until the blood •
leases to flow ; keep it there until the 1
loctor comes; if in a position where
lie handkerchief cannot he used, press j
he thumb on a spot near the wound,
ictween the wound and the heart; in-1
House the pressure until the bleeding j
'eases, but do not lessen the pressure 1
or nu instant before the physicians nr-;
•ires, so as to glue up the wound by
•oagulation or cooling of the liardeu
ng blood.
5. If your clothing takes fire, slide 1
lie hands down the dross, keeping j
hem as’ close to the body as possible,
it the same time sinking to the floor
)y bending the knees; this lias n
mothering efl'eet upon the flames; if
lot extinguished, or great headway
rotten, lie down on the floor and roll
»vcr and over; or better envelop your
elf in a enrpet-rug, hod cloth or any
r.'irmeiit you can get hold of, always
(referring woolen.
Ik If the body is tired, rest; if the!
iraiu is tired, sleep.
7. If the bowels are loose, lie down j
n a warm bed, remain there and eat
lOthiug until you are well.
H. If the action of the bowels does :
lot occur at the usual hour, cat not an !
tom until they do act. at- least for
iiirty-six hours, meanwhile drink
argelv of cold water or hot teas, and !
xcrcise in the open air to the extent ■
if a gentle perspiration, nnd keep this,
ip until things arc righted. This sug-!
(cslion. if practiced, would save myr-;
ads of lives every year, both in the
it v and the country.
0. The three best medicines in the
corid are warmth, abstinence and re-!
mse. I
’orelgners anal llie Flngllsli l.an
guage.
The Knglish language must appear
earfully and wonderfully made to a 1
oreigner. One of them, looking at a
licturc of a number of vessels, said, j
See what a flock of ships.” lie was ;
old that a flock of ships was called a
loot, hut that a fleet of sheep was call- j
d a flock. And it was added, for his t
;nidance in mastering the intricacies I
f our language thut a “flock” of girls 1
s called a bevy, that a bevy ol wolves
s called a pack, and a pack of thieves )
s culled u gang, and u gang of angels .
s called a host, and a host of porpoises I
s called a shoal, and a shoal of buffaloes l
s called a herd, and ft herd of children
s called a troop, and a troop of part
idges is called a covey, and a covey of (
'entities is called ft galaxy, and a gal- j
xy of ruffians is called a horde, and a
ionic of rubbish is called a heap, and a
leap of oxen is called a drove, and a j
Irove of blackguards i* called a mob, (
,nd a mob of whales is called a school, ‘
md a school of worshippers is called a
ongregation, and a congregation of
ugineers is called a corps, and a corps (
if robbers is Called a band, and a band
if locusts is called a swarm, and a!
warm of people is called a crowd, anil
i crowd of gentlefolks is called the
dite, and the elite of the cities thieves
md rascals are called the roughs, and
lie miscellaneous crowd of city folks
s called the community,or the public,
tccordingas they are spoken of by the ;
'eliglous community or secular public.
Radical paper intimates tlint
I'rank Blair stole a set of silver spoons
u North Carolina, in 1865.—If this
diargo is not withdraw n, or is persis
t'd in, at least half the New England
Radicals will vote for Blair, in spite of
he dence.
ttaTA child with a proboscis like an
dephant’s lias been born in Zanesville,
da. Having its own trunk always
ivith it. there is no probability that it J
s ill ever become a carpet bagger.
fog-AVhat is the difference between a
loneyconib and a honeymoon? A
loiieycomh consists of a number of
‘small cells," and a houc\ moon consists
if one “great sell.”
(SiTWhy is a kiss like a rumor?
'h-cause it cor. front motfih to mouth
From the Nashville Press and Times."]
A Most Singular «n« Fatal Pre
aentlment.
The strangest case of fatal presenti
ment we ever heard or read of, oc
curred a few days ago, on the Char
lotte pike.
Young .Tim Hally, of the Hally
family, a boy abont sixteen or seven
teen years of age, very rlevcr, Intelli
gent and courageous, wns working out
in a potato patch all day. About three
o’clock he came in much disturbed in
mind, with a somewhat wild expres
sion of face, and sat in an ensy-ohair in
the parlor, and began to rock to and
fro furiously. His mother found him
in this condition, and anxiously in
quired what was the matter. He made
no answer, but continued to move
backward and forward in the chair.
After a little, the father, who had
been in town, returned, and was
shocked to see his son in so unaccount
able a condition of mind. He became ,
apprehensive that mental disorder had
taken hold of him, as it had his own I
father upon many or-asious. After!
many unavailing attempts to force the |
young fellow to speak, he lifted him j
out of the chair and brought him to j
the verandah. The storm was coming '
up at that time, nnd the lightnings I
played occasionally in the horizon.
Suddenly, as young Hally’s eve caught
one of the far ofl" flashes, he jumped to
his feet, and throwing up both bauds,
exclaimed in a loud voice: “Father, I ;
am going to die,” nnd rushed away to i
the potato patch where ho had been j
working, nnd took his position under j
a large tree.
The father called for some help and
followed him. Whilst Ihe cider Hallv
and the hired man were endeavoring!
to persuade thr hoy lo go hack to the ;
house, a flash of lightning came which '
rent the tree from ils topmost branch ,
. o,,A ..e ,i.,. ii...i.t .
tlie young fellow on the head appar
ently a slight blow, lie fell down and !
never breathed again. It left nothing '
lint a small black mark on the right i
temple, lie was fair, inclining to sal- ‘
low complexion, hut after the fatal .
stroke a blush suffused bis cheek. The
expression of bis fare was that of one
in the possession of serene peace and
heartfelt jov.
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A Sew Disease.
A western newspaper notices the '
prevalence of a new disease* called the 1
fdpsynipsy, and thinks it peculiar to i
lhat section. We do not know that (he '
exact disease lias-made its appearance1
yet, but the remedy is in general use. i
The disease is described as follows:
A sudden depression of the eolllpsis I
dlnix, a caving in of the spinality of
the barkbonibus, and a feeling of slim-1
ness in the immediate vicinity of the i
diaphragm, may be regarded ns symp
toms that the complaint is coining on.
The following remedy will afford in
stant relief:
Spiritus vini Otard, i.; sugarum 1
wliitum, q. s. ; icibus eoolus, q. r.;
sliakistc vioienter; nddus sprigus min- i
Ins duns, and suckitc cum strawum. :
We have iienrd it said that it is worth ^
while having tlie disease for the sake I
nf the remedy. There arc other pre
scriptions, however, which may be of
use. Thus for the sqtiimpus, which
manifests itself by an alveolar exerusli
ment of the flnbelhr, and a sudden ex
plosion of the selopulum nmong the
minor deltoids of the guvastrupus, wc
should lake :
Tine. Peruvli barki bitters, 1 <u.
Sngari alhi, vcl sweetningus, eonsid- j
rrabilibus.
Spiritus frumonti. vcl old reveus, ad :
lib. ’ !
Watcrus pumpus, non multum.
Nut megilp sprinklibus.
Andrew Jackson.
Referring to tlio fact that General
flrant lias a sentinel on duty constant
ly at the door of his apartments, a cor
respondent of the Macon (Ga.) 'J'cle-,
graph, relates the (‘^lowing incident
fit General Jackson’s last visit to New
Orleans :
The fatigues of the day ended, the i
old hero repaired with many of the ■
citizen*, to apnrtments prepared for
him in that magnificent structure, the.
lit. Louis hotel. The enptain of an
Irish company detailed a stalwart son
of Erin, as a sentinel at the General's
door. Up was there walking his rounds,
when the General desrried him, and
turning to the captain, asked :
‘What does this mean ?’
‘Only a sentinel at your door, Gene
ral.’
! shall ever remember that look, and i
the exclamation, ‘My God V as he strodp
up to the sentinel with n manner which
wgis the General's only :
•My good man,’ said he, ‘what are
you doing at my door, with a musket
in your hands ?’
‘The captain placed me here as your
guard. General.’
‘Am I not in the midst of the Ameri- i
can jieople? Am I in danger from
these? or is this intended as an honor
tome? If so, 1 despise ill Go home,
sir, and get your dinner,’ and turning
fo his guests, hr continued, ‘whenever
an American citizen hy bis public con
duct renders a public guard necessary
to bis protection, beware of that man I’
lady told up yesterday that the
only tiling she could tolerate about her
was a fan and a lltttr lemonade. A
good costume fur comfort, but not for
society
I From the Sunday Orescent.)
A. IleadUm*.
tAfontNU.
“Laugh and grow fat” said somebody.
I aint Tory fat, but I'm a helthy babe
—on the laugh!”
“With mirth and laughter let old
'Wrinkles come,” said another chap.
Old Wrinkles didn't come, lie “died
laughing.”
A man ns loves money too much to
laugh never ought to have a full
“ehist.”
Adam, (who is dead now,) laughed
"from early morn till late at Eve!”;
(Patent applied for!)
Show me a man as don’t laugh and
I’ll loek np inv spoons.
Doctors don’t like laughing; it hurts
their business.
DBIIKIH.
I likes folks as knows enough to
mind their own affairs; but I never
hurt my eyesight to look at ’em—it i
ain’t epidemic.
Don’t be too smart; folks lias gone 1
to the penitentiary for bein' too smart.
Many a man as “gives away his
hand,” comes near eellin’ liis head.
(N. It. I ain’t married.)
Franklin said, “Time is money.”
But I've seen folks try to pay their
hills on time, and time went hack on
’em. Time ain’t money only when it
passes.
“Honesty is the best policy.” This .
is good as fur as it goes, but it don’t go
a great ways now-a-davs.
“Every cloud has a silver lining."
Let it cloud up.
“There’s glory in tho tented field.” i
Well, let it stay there for all me.
“Contentment i» riches.” Perhaps;,
but you’ve gait (o live within your in
come.
Nobody hut a gourmand ever et in
Brute—at one settin’.
To preserve the teeth—lock ’em up
in I lie safe.
Money brings friends; waul of it
frenz-y.
“Love tliy neighbor ns tIiy self.".
Yes; but keep your eyes on tiiiu.
Never don’t “let (be sun go down .
upon your wrath no, because some
body's son may come down on you.
Don't lie a politician ; ’cause you may ,
want to give bail or reference for board
sonic day.
Don't be too fashionable. You rmi't
eat soup with a fork. However, it in-|
jures the enamel to pick your teeth
with (lie fork at table, and it don’t |
look well to sec folks pick their nose '
when they should pick a bone.
Always eateli a lady when she faints,
hut don't rumple her heart; It makes
her “conic to” before she is fairly
ready !
Lawyers' ideas always look fcrs-uhlr. >
“Do as you would be done by buy. I
if you would be “ilono" good.
Wealth is no sign of worth in a man ;.
but it goes further now-a-davs.
Money is like darkness, it covers up S
a heap of deviltry.
When a man boasts loudly of his pa- '
triotism, I think that man lias “got an ,
eye to business.”
“Virtue has its own reward but
generally a man has to wait a good !
while for his reward.
The girl who “loved not,” afterwards
married him.
Money may be the cause of a heap of
trouble ; but. it’s a mighty sight easier !
to borrow trouble than it is to borrow |
money.
Hens that ran lay and won't lay, j
ought to be made to sot.
Folks as lives in glasshouses mustn’t
trend on other people’s toes.
You are never eertnin of anything in
this world unless you bet, and then
you're liable to lose.
<.oo<l-llyr.
The editor of the Albany (A. Y.)!
Uegistor comments upon these sini|iln
words, so common. And yet so full of
solemn and tender meaning, as follows:'
“How many emotions cluster around .
that word! lion' full of sadness, and '
to us how full of sorrow it sounds’ it !
is with ns a consecrated word. We
heard it once within the year as we
hope never to hear it ngaiu. It was in
the chamber of death, in the still hour
of night’s noon. The curtains to the
windows were all Uescd, Uie lights
were all shaded, and we stood in the |
dim, solemn twilight will) others
around the lied of tiie dying. The ]
dumps of death were on her pale young
brow, and coldness was on her lips, as
we kissed her for the last timo while
living. ‘Good-bye, mr daughter,' we !
whispered, and *<rood-bye. thtlier,’ j
came from her dying lip*. We know I
not that she ever spoke more, lint
‘Good-bye’ was the last wo ever hoard
of her sweet voice. We hear that sor-1
rowftiT word often ami often as we sit
alone, busied with the memories of the |
past. We hoar it iu the silence of the •
night, in the hours of nervous wake
fulness, ns we lie upon our tied think
ing of the* loved and lost to us. We
hear it in our dreams, when her sweet
lace cornea hack to us,as it was in love-'
linesa and boauty. We hear it when
we sit beside her grave in the ccmete
ry, where she sleeps atone, with no 1
kindred as yet by her side, ^he was
the hope Of our life, the prop to lean
on when age should come Upon As. and
life should be running to its dregs.
The hope and prop is gone, and we rare
uot how soon we go down to sleep be- -
side onr darling, beneath the shadow
of the trer« in ’hr < Tty of the d^ id
A Good Story oh Hotter.
A Washington correspondent writes:
Tlicrc is a loose darkey about Willard's
hotel named Tom. You can bribe
Tom to anything. The other day there
was a dinner given by a New York
contractor, at which it was understood
that Itcn Itutlcr should lie U guest.
Some disloyal wag, without the fear of j
Congress before him, got hold of Tom ;
fed him liberally, and put him up to a .
piece of outrageous and treasonable j
Tomfoolery. After the plates were i
served the host said, “That will do \
Tom, you ran go." lint Tom did not
go. Observing that his orders were .
not obeyed, the contractor repeated, ;
-1 told yon to go, Tom. If I want you '
F will ring for you.”
Still Tom hung about the door and ,
did not retire. At la9t, very much i
worried at his contumacy, New Yorkj
turned upon Kthiopia and said sternly,
attracting the whole company, “I've
told you twice to leave the room, and '
by <i—d I'll be obeyed, or put yon out j
myself.” Tom approached the table
humbly, and replied in a subdued tone,
but loud enough to lie heard by all
stay.” “The h-^1 you are! What for?"
“Well, sah, if I must tell, I must, I axes
Mars Ttutler's pardon, hut I am 'sponsi
ble for the spoons. Dcm spoons is
silver, an' I am specially set to watch
’em. I can't go, sir. It's much as my
place is worth sir." The sequel can ,
better he imagined than described.
Firth Avenue Fashion Flrrular. |
Mrs. Tomtoodle rose at 11:22 yeatcr-!
day morning, and dressed at 4.
Mrs. Koote called on her dentist last
week and left her measure for a set of
upper teeth. Iler husband is delight
ed. She can’t talk till she gets them.
Bally Jones has a new poodle. 1’. 8.— ' ,
The “dear creature” (lie cost 850) had ,
dyspepsia on Saturday, but we are
happy tonmiouuec him convalescent.
Mr. liifalutin MacFitz Von O’Toole1,
took a walk on the avenue last even-',
ing. lie was accompanied by ills cane i
and moustache.
Miss O’Srhneider liad her weekly '
iiysteries the day before yesterday.
Miss Gazelle forgot to paint her
CMCcks, and was consequently mistaken
for the consumptive Miss Robinson by
her betrothed. Consequences like tot
he fatal, at least to love.
Mr. Dandy was bitten by a cowardly j.
mosquito, in the back of the nerk at
0:15 p. in., Monday. Result—some .
slight profanity. j •
Miss Fat forty is engaged to—her
modiste for a new dress. ,!,
Thomas IIeartsmasher, Esq., made!,
an impression last night, on—an easy 1 ,
chair. !.
Miss llrowmiet (with two’n's) is in ,
love with a—dnrk of a bonnet.
Miss Misanthrope's Poodle was clip- ,
ped lately. His birthday, which is on ,
Tuesday next, will be celebrated by a j <
large party. ,
A fashionable funeral may be ex-1 ]
pected as soon as Mrs. Von Winkle |
dies.
- — — -♦ —— .,
Interesting Facts.
Glass windows wero used for lights 1 !
in 1180.
Chimney first put to houses in 1230. ■
Tallow candlers for ligiits, 12110.
Spectacles invented bv an Italian in ; '
1249.
Paper made from linen. 1302.
An t of printing from moveable type, ,
1440.
Watches first made in Germany, 1447.
Telescopes invented by Porta and
Jan son, 1508. ; j
Tea first brought from China to Ktt
rope in 1501.
Theatre erected in England by Shaks
pcare in 1003.
.. i
X III mnui'll l/ivvil UWVUIVIVM V J
Harvey In Kilo.
bricks made of any required size in •'
1025.
Newspaper first established. 1029.
Pendulum clocks firBt invented, 1689.
barometer invented by Torricelli,
ir»35. ;
Steam engine invented in 1019. ,
bread made with veast, 1050.
Cotton planted in the United Slates
in 1759.
Fire engine invented, 10S5.
Stereotype inventod In Scotland, j
1785.
Telegraph invented by Morse, in
1S32.
The first Daguerreotype made iu j
France. 1830.
te^'The voting gentleman who sang 1
‘My heart and lute are all the store that ^
1 can bring to thee,- has been solemnly (
assured by the young lady’s paternal
relative that it would he impossible to 1
support a family from the receipts of
such a store, and earnestly enjoined
not to undertake the experiment with
any members of his family.
Slum's.—A Northern Radical editor
having spoken of (irant as ‘ the great
Silenus, ' « immediately turned to.
our mythology for his description.
We. found it as follows: “Silenus was
generally represented as ohl ami flat- t
nosed, riding upon a broad-backed ,
ass: usually intoxicated, and carrying 1
his nine, or tottering along, supported
by his staff.'’ We were satisfied and , i
rimed the book,—N. (J. Times.
-The reason why lovers are ro 1
fond of one jinolher'.- company is be
cause they ire nlwaye talking about
themselves
The I.ontlon Times.
The reading-matter of the London
Times is furnished by twenty-two law
reporters, nineteen Parliamentary re
porters, twelve police reporters, and
an indefinite number of miscellaneous
writers, known as “penny-n-iiners” in
London, at least one hundred corre
spondents in various parts of Great
Britain, and some forty foreign corre
spondents in other parts of the world.
l)f the Parliamentary reporters, sixteen
are phonogrnphers, two make sum
maries of the debates tu the Houses,
and one directs tiic force. To sot up
I lie types there are one hundred and
thirty compositors employed, sixty
labouring by day, nnd seventy at night,
whilst eleven foremen and assistants
Greet their movements. Twenty-four
persons are required to read proofs,
md three are employed merely to
‘pull" the proofs. The advertisements
ire set up during the day,and the rend
ng-matter at night, the advertising
pages being made up at from five to
even o'clock in the evening. Heading
uutter is. received until daylight and
ifterwnrds, and the reading pages are
•arely put to press before four a. nr.,
ivlil 1st leading articles are frequently
ivritteti on Parliamentary debates and
it her events happening after mid-night,
md appear in print the following
norning. Kngliind is different iti its
mbits from the United States, and very
•nrly newspaper issues are not deman
led. In all this work the greatest care
s taken to guard against mistakes, and
•very line printed is read over bv
woof-renders, four or live different
imps.
Ten stereotypers prepare the plates
or the printing machines, by the pn
lier-niache process now in use in the
’itblic Ledger office and in other lead
ng newspaper offices in the United
'fates, amt these machines are now run
unmuii.iu'11 iiuiii (uii/ui w uut-n
ii the evening until seven the next
nornlng besides work during the day
lpon “second editions.” Sixteen fire
nen and engineers attend the engines
md boilers, six men prepare the paper
>elore printing, ninety arc employed
ni the presses, and seven deliver the
>ape.r to the news-agents after it is
M inted. No carriers are employed, as
n the i niteil States, but the whole
'dition is sold out to news-agents, the*
lumber of copies printed being no
uore than the sun total of their orders,
ivliiclt have to he handed in by two
m., on the previous day.
The wholesale price of the Times is
i.' i'd. per copy, (about l'a cents gold,)
he retail price, 3d., (6 cents gold.)
•’or the benefit of the employees, there
ire established in the office a saving
und, a sick fund, and a co-operative
estaurant, managed by five persons, at
vhich all the employees get their food
mil drink at wholesale cost prices.
1'hla is known familiarly as “The Can
ecn.” Stability and comfort are great
ibjects in Printing-House Square.
I’lie apartments, dingy without, arc
lean and spacious within, and faithful
abourers remain there a lifetime,
lequeathiug their places to their sons,
tinny now In tiic place have worked
hero llve-and-twenty years, and two
u particular, still halo and hearty, have
icon in the office respectively forty-five
md fifty-five" years, father and sou
vork side by side, and all seem to re
tard the place and its directors with
be greatest at&eUon,
To print the Times, seventy tons'
veight of paper and, two tons of print
ng-ink are used every week, whilst the
ivorugo weight of the daily issue of
ho paper is from eleven to twelve
ons. The machines upon which this
urge editlou is printed are the best of
heir kind. There aro two ten-cylinder
loe presses, and two eight-cylinder
Vpplegath machines; the aggregate
icitiai work done oy uicm Doing
12.000 impressions nn hour, 10,000 from
inch of the former and 10,000 from each
if the latter. Besides these, there is
low in use the “Walter Printing Press,"
vhich is a self-feeder, and, managed by
i man and two hoys, prints a large
iharo of the advertising pages of the
rimes. Its eapneity is from 22.000 fg
11.000 impressions nn hour, anil it pro
t'uecs in that time from 11,000 to 12,000
>erfect sheets, printed on both sides
tnd ready for the reader. It is sorno
vliat similar to the American Bullock
iress, and prints from a large roll of
laper containing 2500 to 9000 sheets,
'tits them apart after printing and then
lcilvers them by a double motion into
,wo pile*. It has been pronounced n
meeess hv competent judges, and will
irohahly revolutionise the printing
lUsincss in England—Public Ledger.
Jt^An Instance of throwing one's
icIf about was witnessed a few even
tig* ago at a party, in the ease of a
I'oung lady, who, when asked to sing,
li st tossed her head, and then pitched
ler voice,
HCV-However dull a woman may be,
■lie will understand all there is in love ;
lowever intelligent a man may he. lie
vill never know but half of it.
The height of politeness is pass
ing round on the opposite side of a lady
vlieu walking with her, in order not to
itep upon her shadow.
tPQr'I'hose who preach against sin
uid serve Satan are but very little bet
el-than those who denounce intemper
mce and go for (irant.
8®-Pocket Hook—To lose a pocket
mot containing greenbacki is un
it' ky.
> The Modern and Ancient I lyases
—and how History don't Repent
Itself Sometimes.
j The Belfast (Me.) Journal lias the
i following good thing on “(lie pretty
| little boy, Ulysses
Away In the Greek times there arose
a. little unpleasantness with the Tro
ijans, on account Of a good looking girt,
called Helen. Ulysses tried hard witli
i the rest to get into the city of Troy,
but failed until became a liorse-Jockev
! trick over the Trojans, mid got inside
i the belly of a wooden horse (not a saw
, horse.) Po it will he seen that the
i Ulysses of to-day comes fairly by his
propensity to “talk horse." .Alter this
little affair, Ulysses, in his wanderings,
, fell info the power of the grand Cy
j clops—but inviting him to “take some
thing," the Radical nominee’s namesake
, drank him drunk in seven minutes, by
a Waltham watch, put out bis otic eye,
and vamoused the rancho. It xvas
thought to he a good joke, but Cyclops
j could not sec it.
■When Ulysses again went lo sea he
was furnished with a large bag of wind
| for his personal use. How exact the
I parllcl! This hag of wind, designed to
propel bis vessel, was pricked at the
j wrong time, anil blew Ulysses just
j where he didn't want to go, damaged
‘ his craft a good deal, and forced him
I to bear up for repairs, with no insur
: ancc on cargo, mid no claim for average,
! general or particular. Ulysses next
| landed where part of his followers be
came swine, with permission to “root
hog or die.” And for some time
| Ulysses himself followed the occupa
tion of swineherd, becoming about as
hadlv off as (lie prodigal son, with no
fatted calf ahead. lie was so constant
ly with his swine that lie came to
understand their language, and used it
himself, until lie became known as
Ulysses Grunt. Here (he coincidence
is very remarkable! At last, in a little
misunderstanding with his son, con
corning the price of spare-ni>s, the pro
geny inserted a few inches of steel be
tween liis parent’s own ribs, and that
finished the namesake of the Itadical
nominee. This is supposed to forecast
tlie fate of the present Ulysses Grant.
If he don't go the whole hog, Hen
Kutler will have him impeached.
—--—--—
t Ornlle Iti'bukc,
A lady, riding in a car on the New
York Central 11 ail road, was disturbed
1 in her rending by the conversation of
two gentlemen, occupying the seat just
i before her. One of them seemed to be
a student of some college, on ids war
homo for a mention.
lie used much profane language,
greatly to the annoyance of the lady.
She thought she would rebuke him,
and on begging pardon for interrupt
ing them, asked the young student if
lie had studied the languages.
‘•Yes, madame ; I have mastered the
languages quite well.*’
“Do you read and speak Hebrew?"
‘•Quito fluently.”
“Will you be so kind a« lo dome a
small favor?”
“With great pleasure. I am at your
service.”
“Will you be so kind as to do your
swearing in Hebrew?”
We may well suppose the lady was
not annoyed any more by the ungen
tlenmnly language of the would be
gentleman.
--
We I’olked them once,
We Pierced them well.
And then we llndcrd them sore;
And with Frank Blair
We'll make them stare.
That they may all Sey-mour.
--
JUSrSays a country girl, describing a
country home, “We raise our own fruit
nntl vegetables, make our owu pork,
and lay our own eggs.’’
bachelor, according to the
latest definition, is a mar. who has lost
the opportunity of making a woman
miserable.
PROFESSIONAL FAROS.
W. 3. ROGERS.
AYTQRSSY AY LAW,
SkOWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to the Collection
of Claim*, Investigation of Land Titles, Pay
ment of Taxea, myld
i ',■** • ' "
sp„ t. srp.jrsT,
Being permanently located at De* Are,
will continue the practice of his profession in
all its branches.
Office at Cel. J. M. Burney a Drug Store.
DR. ROB'T. B. TREZEVANT.
Tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Dos Arc and vicinity.
OtHce—At 0. F. Johnson Drug Store.
I7*. LEPTIEN,
1)ES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
kinds of work in my line. Mend
: ing, Cleaning, &c.
— Thankful for past favors. I solicit h
continuance of the patronage heretofore be
I stowed «-n me. leb^H-if
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
4 (M, MP4 44 MM MM MM MM 4 MM M 4 MM*
m-m v T O 2F, I'* a m A T — -“m 7. ,
I. ITTLK HOCK, AKK VN8AS.
i
H. I?. Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice iutheCourts of the counties
of Prairie, White, Jackson. Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to tb%
• collection of claims any where in the Hfato.
1 sepTtf.
T. 13. EMERSON.
I ATT0RNEY4AT LAW
AND GOPH4L L41VH ICilAT,
AUSTIN, PRAIKIg COUNTY, AUK.
Special attention given to the collection
• aiul securing claims, buying ansi selling lands.
: paying taxes, exatuing titles, ic. april 11
J. R. P. ALDIUDLi:,
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
1 Will practice in the Circuit Courts of
• Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
• the seventh Judicial District, ami give prompt
attention to nil business entrusted to his
; care. janl2
' K- 8. OAXTT. W. J. BRONAt Oil
GANTT & BRONAUGH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
I
BROWNSVILLE, AUK A N S A s
Prompt attention given to collection of
! claims. »pcl1
!_____
! J. E. GATEWOOD, J. S. THOMAS.
GATEW03G & THOMAS,
DBS AIM , ARKANSAS.
| J AMKS II. PATTER SON, LUCIAN C. C.Al'SK.
Augu*tar Ark. Ja^kfonport, Ark.
' Patterson & Cause,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonport and Augnsrn, Arkansas.
Wii.l practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence. White, Lawrence,
Randolph. Green. Craighead and Gross, and
attend to special cases in any part of the
State. Address either office. myl8-ly
___
, J. C. JONSON, ijfliec—West Point, Arkansas.
! JNO. M. MOORK, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JOY.NO\ & .NOORB,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IX CIIAXCtlRY,
j —A Nil—
Oeneral Land and Collecting Agents,
SEARCY, ARKANSAS.
Wrfct give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van lluren. inar'J
SOL. V. CLARK. PAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE W. MARTIN.
CLARE WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAN.
WILL practice in all the Courts,, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
; act us Heal Eetate and General Agent*.
\ Omen—Markham Street, near State House
anril*28-tf
I
i
JAMES J. GALLAGHEB.
Attorney at Jjatv,
! COTTOy rr.A.VT, WOODRUFF CO. ark
Will practice where called
WM R.COOPT. P. 3rt*RAE
COODY & McRAE,
AtY®A*f»Y» AY SAW
SE4B4 Y, WHITE COI ATV,
AHKAW9AH.
Will practice in all the courts of Arkansas
! roar24
r?.. ALiai: ,
Oilers his services to the citizens of
Des Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful tbr past favors,
and by attention to buaiuess he expects
to share a liberal prtrouuge.
Office—At his residence—late the
residence of W. («. Frith. sep21
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
rilENTDER8 hia professional aervices to the
I Citizens of Des Arc and surrounding
country, in the practice of Medioineand Ob*
t'sietries. Ho Lopes from an experience of
over fifteen years in Southern practice, to
, merit a share of public patronage.
Othce one door Kasi of Burney’* Drug
l^torc morebCS-lS**H-I y