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OUR JOB*PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
-r-, -tv j I.
VY e are prepareu tu puu
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c. ~ .
—— _m
<3. L. BAILSCY,
i-g DRUGGIST, g
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
FANCY ARTICLES, &C.,
j Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
£^,(3q AIBEo
Fine Wines, Brandies, Ac., for Me
dicinal purposes, always on hand.
(g^” Physicians prescriptions are accurately
compounded of the best articles that can be
procured. janl8-tf.
J. T. PARHAM,
architect,
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
Des Arc and vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
neatness and dispatch.
PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
has the contract for the same.
tsr ?rom liis experience, both a3 an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
vr. a. m, siiifSi
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
HAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work in HIS Eiue of Business,
in a satisfactory manner. From his 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 meel
with prompt attention. jun29-ly
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
Har ness .Hamit act urer,
DES AKO, ARKANSAS.
AjA RESPECTFULLY informs ¥||—
the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that he has on hand, "ffn™
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles,Gtfartingales, Buggy
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of worl
usually done in such establishments.
(B?" Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
j Jackson’s store. jan2l-ly*
BL A CKSMI THING
Wagon and Buggy Making.
| MARTIN SHE-TTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rpHANKFUL to the jas
. TMf I people for their past fa-!(
Vors,respectfully announces \> 0
H that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s ol
1 stand, on Park street, where he is prepared t
I do all kinds of worn in the above lino.
K (g^Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
I ing, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done 01
I short notice.
(53?*Horse-shoeing done promptly.
■ feb 18-tf ___
F. LEPTIEN,
Cl.OCK AND WATCHMAttF.lt
AND
JEWBIjIiEU,
Buena Vista Streei
I Three doors East oj G
& J. McLaren &. Co's
DBS ARC, ARK
! RESPECTFULLY ii:
- forms the citizens c.
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he ha
a new and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kinc
of CLOCK vnd WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Clea
I^wecrt, ffie. ap29-tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H ARMISTEAD
HAV7NG permanently located at Des Arc,
offers his professional services to the
citizens of the town and adjacent country.
IW" Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
DR WM. BETHELL.
WILL continue the Practice of Medicine
in Des Arc, and vicinity. From his
long experience in his profession, and having
resided in Arkansas during the past fifteen
years, he hopes to receive a share of the pub
lic patronage.
O?” Office at Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi
dence near the forks of the Little Rock and
Searcy roads, first house on the South side of
the road, entering the town. mar21-ly.
J. J. LANE.. H. CHAMBERS.
Dps. LANE & 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.
33?” Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. feblitf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place,) 2;j miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
33?" Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
JYIedical Card.
DR. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies the inhabitants of Des
Arc and the surrounding country, that he has
established himself permanently at this place
for the practice of his 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 peactice of fourteen years in Louis
sana—and nine years of which was in the
city of New Orleans, that he may also deserve
the confidence of a generous and enlightened
public, in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
are radically cured according to a modern and
approved system.
g^* Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
nov9-tf.
TAR. 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
o/l r«’!rrd»inlp<? nf RninnHfif* nnH nemnnsf'.r.'iHvfi
Medicine.
(Pg* Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
(j0P" Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drusr
Store. aprill-ly
DR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. .Office over Washer,
Vaughan & Co’s Store.' [mar 11-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, Resident Physi
cian, Des Arc, Arkansas. Office
on Buena Vista street. Residence on Wood
ruff street.__<lec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
j. w. MARTIN • ■ .. T. SIMPSON.
MARTIN & SIMPSON, Attorneys
at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will
practice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon
roe, Jackson and the adjoining counties.
Office on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
B. D. TURNER..WM. T. JONES.
Turner & jones, attorneys at
Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. ^ jan4-tf.
rri R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
• Law, Dps Arc, Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
Q H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O. Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R. S. GANTT. W. J. HKONAUGH.
GANTT&BRONAUGH, Attorneys
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. septl4 tf
J ACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD..J- A. MOON.
/TATE WOOD & MOON, Land
\T 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-tf.
rp B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc,
X • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. Office on Lyon
street. [.I“n8-tf
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
•J . Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas,
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jaakson, White
Conwav, and Pope. Will investigate Lain
Titles," and act as General Land Agent
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
cd to him._____-,—
Office—First door up stairs, one doo
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
feb!3-tf. _
SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attor
key AT Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
I Office on Markham street._[mar21
1 J. I.. HOLLO WELL.. Av°T
Hollo well & jacowai, at
torneys at Law, Dardanellc, Arkansas
Will practice in the counties of \ell. Perry
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2(3-tf_____——
MORG. ADAMS,
CLOCK, W ATCHM AKEI
J E W*E LEE,
(In rear of C. T. Petit’s Drug Store,
’ Augusta, Arkansas.
Respectfully informs the citizens t
the town and adjacent country that he hi
’ permanently located in AUGUSTA, and i
' prepared to execute all kinds of Clock an
f Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, a
s well as every other description of work usua
lv done in such establishments.
rrs“ Musical Instruments of every descri]
s 1 tinn repaired and put in good order. Froi
- his experience and mechanical knowledge, b
n feels confident of rendering satisfaction to h
i patrons. febl9-tf.
I CANNOT LEAVE MY MOTHER.
BY SPENCER W. CONE.
I dwell, sir, by the forest’s side—
You know our woodland cot :
Yon winding pathway, green and wide,
Conducts you to the spot.
Some say ’tis lonely, but for mo
I think it livelier far
Than busy towns, where bird nor tree,
Nor laughing streamlets are ;
For here, through all the livelong day,
Nature keeps joyous holiday.
My mother’s only child am I,
She’s aged no^r and gray ;
And sadly will she look and sigh
When I am long away.
Urge me not, then, to quit her side,
Than me she has no other,
And e’en to be a noble’s bride
I may not leave ray mother—
For sure to leave her base would be,
Who all my life hath clung to me.
Go—thou art young, and rich and high,
And in the world wilt find
Full many a maid more fair than I :
Gentler and more refined.
Go—leave us in our woodland cot,
As humble as we were
When, roving by the sheltered spot,
You found contentment there :
Go, and be happy with another,
For, sir, I may not leave my mother.
The Eagle and the Serpent.
In the month of August, 1834, I was
sailing up the Ohio on board the steamer
Warcoosta, Capt. Norman, when, as we
approached a noted spot on the river,
called the “Robbers’ Cave," my attention
was attracted by several loud screams.
I looked above, where the sound seemed
to originate, and saw an eagle describing
circles in the air in a most beautiful and
graceful manner. As it wheeled around
in its gyrations, with mathematical pre
cision, with outstretched but motionless
wings, it ever and anon uttered the pecu
liar scream which first drew my attention.
Whilst I was gazing in admiration at its
elegant curves, it suddenly changed its
motion and descended with almost incon
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to the earth. It went down, as one of the
passengers described it, “ like a dart.”
Before we could express our astonish
ment, or give any opinion concerning its
object, it again arose and ascended to a
great height, with a rapidity almost equal
to its descent, bearing in its beak a large
serpent. As it mounted up, the long
body of the snake hung down from the
beak of the eagle like the end of a large
robe. It was not, however, lifeless. It
squirmed in every direction, and made
strong efforts for its deliverance. Butin
vain, the eagle held it with a death grip.
The serpent resolving to sell its life as
dear as possible, endeavored to impede
the flying of the bird, and by dint of hard
struggling, succeeded in getting its body
over the back of the eagle. The feathered
pirate now became aware of its danger.
His wings were his only means of safety.
If these became bound he must perish
with his enemy. All his efforts, however,
could not dislodge the snake. The wily
serpent, anaconda-like, drew itself more
and more tightly around him. It now had
the advantage in the contest. The pin
ions of the eagle were pinioned. The
snake, coiled like a rope around the body
of its adversary, was enabled completely
to fetter its wings and stop its flight.
The struggle ceased—the eagle was
conquered. They both began to fall,
bound together as they were. They came
down as rapidly as they had ascended and
fell into the river. So interested were the
officers and passengers in the singular
contest, that the steamer backed water, a
boat put off, and in a few minutes the two
Demgerems weie miu uj;uu vu»
dead. The snake had wound itself com
pletely around the wings of the noble
bird.
How-striking the analogy between this
incident and the effects of vice. At a
distance sin is peculiarly attractive. Ser
pent-like, it displays a variety of beautiful
colors—it appears extremely fascinating;
but when indulged in, its results are fatal.
It ensnares, it fetters, it destroys. Not
only does it prevent man from soaring
toward heaven, but it blinds and weakens
him, and brings him to the grave.
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Franklin’s First Appearance in
an Enclish Printing Office. — When
quite a youth, Franklin went to London,
entered a printing office, and inquired if
he could^get^einployme^nt as a^pnnter. ^
foreman.
“ America,” was the reply.
• i Ah,” said the foreman. “ from Ame
rica. A lad from America seeking work
as a printer ! Well, do you understand
• the art of printing ? Can you set type ?”
Franklin stepped to one of the cases
■ and in a very brief space of time set uf
’ the following passage from the first chap
ter of the Gospel of St. John :
“ Nathaniel saith unto him, can any
good thing come out of Nazareth ? Philiif
[ saith unto him, come and see.”
It was done so quick, so accurately
and contaiue'd so delicate a reproof, sc
) appropriate and powerful, that it at once
rrave him a standing and character will
f all in the office.
S ;
s _Happiness is like a greased tail, whicl
d ; every one runs after, but few hold it.
s _As the organ of speech supposes th
' ! organ of bearing, so the instinct of complain
supposes the sentiment of compassion.
’ _Go down upon only one knee to a youn,
e lady. If you go down upon both, you ms;
s not be able to escape quick enough in case o
| an enraged father.
Christianity.
It arose in an enlightened and scepti
cal age, but among a despised and nar
row-minded people. It earned hatred
and persecution at home by its liberal ge
nius and opposition to the national preju
dices; it earned contempt abroad by its
connection with the country where it was
born, but which sought to strangle it in its
birth. Emerging from Judea, it made
its way onward through the most polish
ed regions of the world—Asia Minor,
Egypt, Greece, Rome, and in all it at
tracted notice and provoked hostility.—
Successive measure and attempts at ex
termination, persecuted for ag;es by the
whole force of the Roman empire, it bore
without resistance, and seemed to draw
fresh vigor from the axe; but assults in
the way of argument, from whatever
quarter, it was never ashamed or unable
to repel, and whether attacked or not, it
was resolutely aggressive. In four cen
turies it had pervaded the civilized world.
It had mounted the throne of the Ctcsars,
it had spread beyond the limits of their
sway, and had made inroads upon barba
rian nations whom their eagles had never
visited ; it had gathered all genius and
all learning into itself, and made the lit
erature of the world its own ; it survived
the inundation of the barbarian tribes
and conquered the world once more by
converting its conquerors to the faith; it
survived an age of barbarism, it survived
the restoration of letters ; it survived an
age of free inquiry and skepticism and
has long stood its ground in the field of
argument, and commanded the intelligent
assent of the greatest minds that ever
were; it has been the parent of civiliza
tion and the nurse of learning; and if
light and humanity, and freedom be the
boast of modern Europe, it is to Christi
anity that she owes them. Exhibiting in
the life of Jesus a picture, varied and mi
nute. of the perfect human united with
*1 . TV I. _ ...U :„L ( li „ tniml P mu n
has not been able to find a blemish—a
nirtnrp r.nnied from no model and rivaled
by no copy—it has satisfied the moral
wants of mankind, it has accommodated
itself to every period and every clime;
and it has retained, through every change,
a salient spring of life, which enables it
to throw off corruption and repair decay,
and renew its youth, amidst outward hos
tility and inward divisions.
A Day of Heaven Upon Earth.—
O Sabbath!—needed for a world of in
nocense—without thee what would be a
world of sin ! There would be no pause
for consideration, no check to passion, no
remission of toil, no balm for care ! He
who had withheld thee, would have- for
saken the earth ! Without thee, he had
never given to us the Bible, the Gospel,
the Spirit! We salute as thou comest .to
us in the name of the Lord—radiant in
the sunshine of that dawn which brtike
over a nation’s achieved work—marching
downward in the track of time, a pillar of
refreshing cloud and guiding flame inter
weaving with all thy light new beams of
discovery and promise, until thou standest
forth more fair than when reflected in the
dews and imbibed by the flowers of Eden
—more awful than when the trumpet rang
of thee in Sinai! The Christian Sab
bath ! Like its Lord, it but rises in
Christianity, and henceforth records the
rising day. And never since the tomb of
Jesus was burst open by him who revived
and rose, has this day awakened but as
the light of seven days and with healing
in its wings! Never has it unfolded with
out some witness and welcome, and song
nnd “salutation ! It has been the corona
tion day of martyrs, and the feast day of
saints! It has been from the first until
now th4 sublime custom of the Church of
God ! Still the outgoings of its morning
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unu evcumy icjuivo . xi 10 uuuj
en upon earth ! Life’s sweetest calm,
poverty's birthright, labor’s only rest!
Nothing has such a hoard of antiquity in
it! Nothing contains in it such a history !
Nothing draws along with it such a glory
Nurse of virtue, seal of.truth! The
household's richest patrimony, the nation’s
noblest Safe guard ! The pledge of peace,
] the fountain of intelligence, the strength
| of the law! The oracle of instruction,
the ark of mercy! The patent of our
manhood’s spiritual greatness. The har
binger of our soul’s sanctified perfection.
The glory of religion, the watch-tower of
immortality. The ladder set upon earth,
and the top of it reaches to heaven, with
the angels of God ascending and desend
ing upon it.—[Ham.lion.
An Original Character.—A friend
' who writes toTIuf Home Journal IroufThe
shores of Lake Ontario gives the follow
ing account of a singular monomaniac:
We have some originals about here
who would have been perfect “ nuggets ”
to Cooper. Among them is an old with
ered mummy whom we call “ Commo
dore,” from the fact of his being the best
fisherman on the lake. At some time in
early life, he must have become deranged;
and on his recovery of mind begun lite
as a new creature—his recollection of
what passed before his lunacy entirely ob
literated. His theory of advent into this
world, is that he was, at about the age
700 years, ejected from-the planet Jupiter
for some violation of the laws in that orb,
and on recovering from the effects of that
tremendous fall, found himself on the
t shores of this lake.
At first, he says, the food on this earth
) did not suit him, he having subsisted, be
t fore his fall, entirely on electricity—the
only food known in Jupiter! However
! after having nearly perished from starva
E tion, he discovered thaj. whiskey and git:
so nearly resembled electricity, in theii
effects on his system, that he has made
shift to support nature by using a plentiful
admixture of them, with fish, flesh, and
fowl, vegetables and tobacco, which latter
article, he thinks, is sufficient to render
life, in this miserable, raw, cold new
world, tolerable, even pleasant.
The man has received a good English
education, ns can be discovered in his
speech, quotations, etc. He disappears at
times, and is absent for months, in the
forestiof Pennsylvania. His dislike for
the habitations of man is so strong that
he sleeps, when night overtakes him, un
der the lee of of a log, or more common
ly in his boat. He is, mentally, morally
and physically—a fragment suggestive to
a philosopher !
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Mr. Sanford Howard on Horse Breed
ing.
The horse, said Mr. Howard, is a na
tive of the Eastern Continent, nnd is still
found wild in portions of Asia. IndifTer
erent counties we always find breeds with
certain peculiarities, which adapt them to
the soil and climate. The horse was
early brought wild iuto this country, and
from those thus introduced sprang the
wild horse found on the plains ol Mexico.
The Arabian horse is placed at the head
of his species, though how long he has
possessed this leadership is unknown.—
Job’s sublime description of the war-horse
could badly apply to any other than the
Arabian, nnd the sculptures obtained by
Mr. Layard from the ruins of Nineveh
reveal the fact that the horses of that day
varied little from the present Arabian
steed. They stand unrivaled for carrying
great weights long distances. It is doubt
ful if any of the best type of these horses,
until quite recently, have found their way
to this country. The English race-horse
stands at the head of all horses for speed.
He is of modern origin. Toe term tho
rough-bred. which is applied to him, indi
cates that he is of pure blood, but this is
not true; he being derived from a mix
ture of the Egyptian, Syrian, Turkish,
Arabian, and Grecian breeds. The road
ster requires a different conformation from
the racer. The latter requires to be
nearly of the model of the hare; but this
outline would ill become the roadster.
The racer should have a long back ; the
roadster a short one. The racer requires
a long pastern ; the roadster a short one.
So again the roadster requies the oblique
shoulder, while many of our best racers
have upright' ones. The best illustration
of the roadster we have in New England
is the Morgan horse. The coach horse
belong to a still different class. They
should have fine hair, elegant outline, and
showy. In England the Cleveland bay
is the most popular, and they have lately
been introduced into Virgininia. Omni
bus horses are much required in all our
large cities. The Norman horse is the
best breed of this variety I have seen.
They have great strength, are hardy, and
can travel with a heavy load from eight to
ten miles an hour. Their bight is about
15 hands, and their weight about 1200.
They are well adapted to farm labor.—
Draft horses are only suitable for heavy
work, and the only gait required for them
is the walk. They should have an up
right shoulder, or nearly so, this being
more for power than the oblique. The
leading breeds are the large English
draft horse (weighing sometimes 2500
pound,) Suffolk, and the Clydesdule.
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The Horse and His Food.
What a noble animal ! How well pro
portioned ! llow stalely in his bearing !
How gentle to man. and how subservient
to all his wishes ! What power of mus
cle to be so gently curbed by the rein and
taught to tremble and stand at the voice of
man ! Hold thou brutal teamster, and be
merciful for once. May the lashings of
thy conscience be more severe to thee,
than those unmerciful goudings are to thy
The noble horse, like man, lies down
in the prime of his strength and age and
dies. His agony is sometimes terrible.
Hefore, he was gentle as the lamb, and
guided by the child. Now, he is writh
ing and plunging in pain, and the feats ol
his agility and strength are prodigious.
We would call your attention, kind read
er, to the fact that more horses die of dis
eases caused by derangement of the di
gestive organs than anything else. From
a careful analysis, we are prepared to say
that more die from cholic, diarrhea, and
other diseases of the stomach and bowels
than from bolts. Hence we think there
is no wonder why we would attribute the
cause of his many diseases in the majoi
part, to his food. A great many doctors
you know, tell us that not a few of the
diseases common to man originate in the
impropriety of his food taking, and un
questionably they are right.
The wild, unfettered horses of the des
ert-free to select the “ grass or the this
tie,” which they may think most conduct'
ive to appease the cravings of their nu
ture—are comparatively free from those
diseases to which our restrained horsei
are liable. Of course we find a grea
many ol the ailments of the horse in hii
ill-treatment—pounding, lacerating, over
heating, over-straining, etc., but we know
that a horse may do a certain amount o
work daily, and with proper care thrive
and live to a great age.
We will simply stale that we believ
much wrong is done to the horse by th
manner of feeding, and the kiud of fooi
fed him. A horse should never be fed o,
oats or corn while hot, nor allowed t
drink cold spring water in that state,
little hay, or a few carrots, would do hin
no harm then. Regularity in food, an
drink, and quantity, are a3 necessary t
the horse ns to us, and he who drives, or
works his tenm beyond the time when
rest and food nre usual may be doing an
injury which he cannot repair. So much
for the manner of feeding the horse.
But the kind of food. In one section
of the country it is oats, oats. In another,
it is corn, corn, corn. We have repented
it because these nre the courses thrice
daily. Some consider a mixture o( oats,
peas, corn, and wheat very nice for a con
stant feeding, nnd call it provinder; but
what is the result? The most virulent
meat advocate in the world fails not to ad
vocate the frequent use of nnti-scorbutic
vegetables, and for the same reasons we
would advocate the use of a daily mess of
carrots or turnips for the horse in order to
neutralize the scorbutic effects of the oat
meal, which contnins a large amount of
carbon. In addition it is well known that
the formation of muscle requires some
thing of that kind in large quantities.
Give the horse plenty of roots, in the
shape of carrots, turnips, pumpkins, and
less of oats. Give him corn-stalks, straw,
nnd coarse hay to knnvv upon. These act
as correctives. We have thrown out these
hints, hoping they will be improved upon.
The Fatal Chime.—We clip from
the Scientific American the following
touching tradition :
Church bells originated in Italy ; and
of all the instances of the power of bells
to touch a sympathetic chord within the
human heart, the most moving is the
tradition told in connection with the peal
of the bells of Limerick Cathedral, in Ire
land. These bells are said to have been
brought from a convent in Italy, for which
they hod been manufactured by an enthu
siastic native, with great labor and skill.
This Italian, having afterwards acquired
a competency, fixed his home near the
convent cliff, and for many years enjoyed
the daily chimes of his beloved bells.
But in some subsequent political convul
sion the monks were driven from their
monastery, the Italian from his home, and
the bells were carried away to another
land. After a long interval, the course
of his wanderings brought the bell-founder
to Limerick. On a calm and beautiful
evening, as the vessel which bore him
floated in the Shannon, he suddenly heard
the bells peal forth from the cathedral
towers. They were the long lost treas
ures of his memory. Home, happiness,
friends, u!l early recollections, were in
their sound. Crossing his arms on his
breast, he lay back in the boat When
the rowers looked around they saw his
face still turned toward the cathedral, but
his eyes had closed forever on the world.
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Woman’s Qualities.—The character
istic qualities of woman — when true to
the type of her being—her delicacy and
modesty, reserve and chastil y in thought
and feeling, word and action; her sweet
ness, gentleness, patience, sympathy, ten
derness, dependence, devotion ; her sensi
bility to beauty and grace, order, fitness
aud propriety in speech, dress, behavior,
everything ; her intellectual laculties,
more receptive than productive, thought
resting more on feeling than feeling on
thought, making her more susceptible ol
culture and refinement than apt for grasp
ing the abstruse and rugged in science
and practical life—all these ore her
charms for man, through which man gels
unspeakable good to his own nature;
while man’s harder texture in body and
mind—his strength, courage, self-reliance,
his grasp, force, and productive pewer in
the world of thought aud action, draw wo
man to him. Thus each finds in the
other what each one needs. The womanly
woman feels herself strong and brave
when she leans on man, and man's manly
courage grows stouter, and at the same
time the rugged hardness of his nature is
softened by tender reverence, as with one
arm he supports and with the other pro
tects the gentle one clinging to his side.
In everything, in short, in which they are
made difierent, it is that each may find
their proper counterpart in the other.
They are made different in order that
they may become one. Out of this very
difference springs the closest arid richest
union—the union of mutual love, whereof
marriage is the outward representation.
Only in this true married union, and in
the home of love, that builds itself out ol
it. can the fullness and perfection of the
individual life, dignity aud worth of each
be found and realized. — £Dr. Oldham.
Some newspaper writer, who has
been through the mill, says :
m.x v,i;-,„r sharnpr than interest
does. Of all industries, none is con,para
ble to that of interest. It works day and
night, in fair weather and foul. It has
no sound tn its footsteps, but travels fast.
It gnaws a man’s substance with invisible
teeth. It binds industry with its film, as
a fly is bound upon a spider’s web. Debt
rolls a man over and over, binding him
band and foot, and letting him hang upon
the fatal mesh until the long-legged inter
est devours him.
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That “ That.”—In thirty-one words
how many tlmts can be grammatically
inserted? Answer, fourteen. He said
that that that that man said, was not that
that that one should say ; hut that that,
that that man said, was that that that
I man should say. That reminds us of the
1 following says and said : Mr. 13., did you
j say or did you not say, what I said you
/ said? because C. said you said you nevei
i did say what I said you said. Now, ll
1 you did say that you did not say what 1
j said you sa.id, then what did you say?
M&r pleasing picture 01 oiu lime
life is liere, with a ludicrous scene to close
the description :
“ Very pleasant is the old house in the
valley, against which the rains and winds
of half a century have beaten—the home
of my grandfather. Very soothingly,
across the meadow, stretching away (rom
the front stile, comes the murmur of the
hrook at the base of the hill. In that
meadow, one evening, ‘the boys' black
and white, were sailing their hats after
the bats flitting through the twilight.
Among them was a raw Scotcli laddie,
who had lately come to the neighborhood.
Somehow it happened that all the hats
were at one time aimed at a single bat,
which suddenly, no one cuiiM tell how, dis
appeared. Just then the conch sounded the
cnlI to evening prayers. All immediate
ly repaired to the family room * wi’ seri
ous face ; ’ for grandfather's stern Pres
byterianism tolerated no levity at prayer
time. Each one took his seat. Down
one side of the room, with * Undo An
drew,’ their gray-haired leader, at the
heud, sal the servants, their toil-hardened
hands resting upon their laps. Iu the
corner, upon the other side, with her thin
face shaded by a white, Quaker-plain cap,
her hands folded devoutly, and her eyes
bent upon the hearth-rug, sat grandmother.
The hoys were ranged upon the same side.
By a little table in the centre, with two
candles upon it, sat grandfather, with his
snow-white head bent reverently over ilia
old family Bible, ‘hunting the chapter.’
All at once the impressive silence was
broken by ‘ Scotchic,’ who exclaimed, ns
he turned his hat up and saw the lost bat
sticking in it—
“‘Bovs! here’s that dom'd bat noo ! ’
Imagine the effect.’’
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The Sky an Indicator or the
Weatheii.—The color of the sky, at par
ticular times, affords wonderfully good
guidance. Not only does a rosy sunset
presage fair weather, and a ruddy sun
shine had weather, hut there are other
lints which speak with equal clearness
and accuracy. A blight yellow sky in
the evening indicates wind; a pule yellow,
wet; a neutral gray color constitutes a
favorable sign in the evening, nn unfa
vorable one in the morning. The clouds
again are full of meaning in themselves.
If their forms are soft, undefined and fea
thery, the weather will be fine; if the
edges arc hard, sharp, definite, it will be
foul. Generally speaking, any deep, un
usual hues, betoken rain or wind; while
the more delicate tints bespeak fair
weather. Simple as ihese maxims are.
me JLJNUSn JJUUIU Ul Aiuuu U»vc aaw 111.
lo publish them for the benefit of seafaring
men.
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Let the Childhen Sleep.— We
earnestly advise that all who think a great
deni, who have infirm health, who are in
trouble, or who have lo work hard, to take
all tire sleep they can get, without medi
cal means.
We caution parents, particularly, not to
allow their children lo be waked up of
mornings—let nature wake them up, she
will riot do it prematurely; but have a
care tnat they go to bed at an early hour;
let it be earlier and earlier, until it is
found that they wake up themselves ip
full lime to dress for breakfast. Being
waked up enrly, and allowed to engage
in difficult or any studies, late and just
before retiring, lias given many a beauti
ful and promising child brain fever, or
determined ordinary ailment* to the pro
duction of water on the brain.
Let parents make every possible effort
lo have their children go to sleep in a
pleasant humor. Never scold or give
lectures, or in any way wound a child’s
feelings as it goes to bed. Let all banish
business and every worldly care at bed
time, and let sleep come to a mind at
peace with Uoa ana uii me wonu.
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_There is a man out we3t whose memo
ry is so short that it only reaches to his knees,
consequently he never pays for his boots.
_A rascally oUl bachelor says a man
frequently admits that he is wrong, but a wo
man never does—“she was only mistaken.”
-There is a man down East, who has
lived so long on corn bread that his hair has
turned silk like that which grows on the
gram, anil his toes are so full of corns that he
expects to see them with covered husks the next
year.
-“ I didn’t say, your honor, that the man
was intoxicated—no, not by any means. But
this I will sav, when last 1 saw him, be was
washing his face in a mud puddle, and drying
it on the door mat.”
THE World.—A great inn, kept in perpet
n,iI bustle by a’tiv.iU_and—departures ton
going away of tbo<e who have just paid their
bills, (the debt of nature.) and of the coming
of those who will soou have a similar account
to settle. , 'a :
_A teacher of penmanship, in twelve
lessons, taught a lawyer to read his own
writing.
_Poor paymasters should learn wisdom
from the mosquito, who settles his bill the
moment he finds you.
--It is worthy of notice that, while sec
ond thoughts are best in matters of judgment,
first thoughts are always to be preferred in
matters that relate to morality.
-Hall’s Joy rvai. or Health says many
an annoving headache will be prevented if
the feet'are kept clean. We never knew be
fore why so many people complain of uu
j tresaing headaches!
! _A little girl one night was under the
! starry skv, intently meditating upon the glo
! ries of the heavens. At last looking tip to
1 the sky. she sai,!,“ Father. 1 have been think
I jng if the wrorur side of heaven is so beauti
i fui, what will the right side be !
__a rapid and emphatic recital of the
; following is said by a provincial paper to be
! an infallible cure for lisping: Hobbs meets
i Snobbs and Nobbs . Hobb- •> a'-.
Nobbs; Hobbs nobs "Ah n; - an
V > v*' ft-h > That, im the *v o.
| for Hobbs’jobs, a. 1 Snobbs’