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J: r**’,u,"a*..voetjme 2. deb arc, Arkansas, jdiste 32,1867. number ie.te-S SSKIS.- •
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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
A. C. TIOKKTT. L. >!. RAMS A UK.
1»ICRE r r «fc 11 V M S3 A U It,
A T T O It \ E ¥ S IT El W .
-t/iAMAT5,.15.
Will practice in the counties* of Woodruff,
Jackson, White ami Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims en
trusted to their care aprG-ly
J. <\ JONSON, Office—West Point, Arkansas.
J NO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JO\SO\ & MOORE,
at Law,
SOLICITOUS IX CnAXCERT,
—ANT)—
General Land and Collecting Agents,
HEAUCV, ARKANSAS.
Witt jtivc prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff, Monroe, l’rniric, White, Conway
and Van Buvcn. marJ
DK. ALLEN
HAVING concluded to remain in Res Are,
tenders his services to the citizens gen
erally. Over thirty years experience, added
to a thorough qualification for his profession,
assures him that he can give general satis
faction. Ministers of the Gospel, aril all
who have been disabled in the service of their
country, treated gratis.
Dcs Arc, Ark., February 2, 1866—Cm_
J. ft. P. AIORI0GE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Wilt, practice in tlic Circuit Courts of
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
it the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
^ Attention to all business entrusted to hm
care. j»n12*
ueo. vv . jxLnr jerry>
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
SOLICITOR IN' CHANCERY
—AND—
GENER IS- I-AND AGENT,
COTTON PI-ANT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
■I iril-L attend tlio Circuit end Probate
, V Courts for the counties of Moliroe, St.
■ - Francis and Woodruff. mai-1
F J il GAWWOOD.1 f j 8. THOMAS,
Dos Arc, Ark. J \ Brownsville, Ark.
GATEWOOD & THOMAS,
ne t Arc ami Brownsville,
1>R Mills: GOI NTY, ARKANSAS.
decl-tf _ __S j
GANTT & ISKONAUGH, Brownsville, Ark. j
II. P. VAUGHAN, Dcs Arc, Arkansas.
Oantt, BronaugU & Vau.Rlian,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
While, Woodruff. M .m oo, Arkansas and Pu
la. ki. Prompt atftcntion given to the collec
tion of claims. Taxes will bo paid and titles
investigated for non-residents. aprl l-3iu(
). X. Ul'.DtlErtTU, T. Itt AKE KEXT.
k HEDGEPETH & NT.
) ATTOaSSYS AT LAW.
S DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Jr •
1
WILL practice in all of the courts of
Prairie county, and the circuit courts
JL, of the surrounding counties. mav24-Gin
WM- T- JONES,
#TYDI1KT &T
’ EROWNSVILIE. ARKANSAS.
A >
WILL practice in the counties of Pulaski.
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff. Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
* lion of claims. aprlJ-ly
WM. R. ('OOI)Y. 1». MCUAK.
COODY & McRAE,
a t saw
SIMRC'Y, WHITE C'Ol'NTV,
A lilt A NiSAW..
Will practio, in all (lie courts of Arkansas.
mar24
ROL. f. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE w. MARTIN.
1.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WILL pracliee in all the Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Ileal Estate and General A /ents.
Omen—Markham Street, near State House.
april28-tf
IV. HICKS, Formerly of the firm of Cypert & 1
I licks. .
II, R, FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala. >
HICKS & FIELDING.
ATTQRMYS AT LAW,
8juny, White Co., Arhansas.
WILL praotico in this and the adjacent
counties, in the District'Courts, and Su
promo Court of the Stnte.
--We have in connection without-Law
Or pick an ACTIVE 01T-DOCK COLLECTING
AGENCY. Claims entrusted to us will bo;
promptly aiteuded.to, and if u t immediately
collected will be at once scoured if possible. ;
Claim against the Government for property
taken by the U. S forces (whether receipted
for or not}—Bbrsnis Pensions, Akbaacs of
Pay &o. promptly attended to.
jiwJl- JUCK8 & FIELDING, 1
PROFESSION II. CARDS.
DU. J A. ROtlSElAUXS office, is
now at Johnson & Davis’ Drug Store :
I can he ho consulted at his room at the Tlarvcy
House, lie will give Ills undivided attention
to C'lirontC Disease# Of every descrip
t tion.
The best of refcrcuces'oan he furnished, by
applying to
DR. J. A. ROUSEI.AUX,
junl-tf Dei Arc, Arkansas.
J. W. BUBN1Y. B. B. TRKZEVANT.
I)rs. Bnpnej & Trezcvant,
HAVING associated themsolves in thv
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
offer tlioir proi'esiioual servioos to the citi
zens of
DES ARC AND VICINITY ;
And will devote a portion of their time, to
the treatment of Chronic Diskahrs, of every j
description. Olflce—At Burney Si Bro s
Drug Store. apr‘2
im. j. id. heel,
PSl’IBICJIAiT, CUP.0-3ON,
—.WP—
OIISTETHICI AN,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
OFFERS his professional services to the
citizens of Des Arc and surrounding
country. Omct-At Johnson & Davis’ Drug
Store. mayll-tf
THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
La W ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
JQ5“ Partcular attention given to tlie
collection of all kinds of claims agaiust
the Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next
door to .1. M. Burney's drug store.
may25
GEO. K MORTON,
At*AS SAW,
, —AND—
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
D*’.S AKC, AB'K ASSAS.
Wilt practioe in tlio State and Federal
Courts of Arkansas. mayll- |
•I/131LO 11 • i ill v> unikFE.,
A'/jvsta, Ark. Jacksonjwrt, Ark. :
SIDNEY S. <3AtTBK*
Patterson, Gausc A Br«.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jafksonport mid Aiiomsta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, Whitts Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cftjss, and
attend to special cases in any part of the
State. Address cither office. myl8-ly
liODT. S- ANDERSON, WK.Ji THOMPSON, j
Jacksvf)j*prtt Ark. Au</u*tri, Ark. i
Anderson & Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LA\V,
Jackjcnport and Augti6ta, Ark.
Will attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood- j
ruff, and adjoining Counties, and to special |
cases in any section of the State, Address
either office* ®»ayl8-ly
I. N. liCftoi’ETlI, 8. N. JACKSON. *
HEDGPETH & JACKSON,
HOMESTEAD
LAND AGENTS,
l>e.s Arc, Arliansfie. i
Witt, enter Lands under the provisions of
the Act of Congress, May ‘21, 180*2, entitled
“An act to secure Homesteads to actual set
tlers on the public domain.” ap27
STEAMBOATS. ~
Leaves Memphis Every Salt!relay.
Ktcgulnr Memphis and White
KUer Packet,
1)ES ARC,
JNO. T>. ELLIOT,..Master.
•I. f.K.F. Kinnkv,.('IrA.
A,. (- i THE lies Arr lias been
r"rY^-"a,i lomni-Uv repaired ami re
fitted, expressly for tlie above trade, and will
leave Memphis every Saturday and lies Arc
every Wednesday. scp‘2'2- i
rsoTici:.
TI,K, steamer I»«*N ArrA,,
.I - ‘mb ii nm i
and ticket passengers through from Mem
phis to Little Kook, until further notice, at
the following rates, vijtr
Pound Freight at sixty cents por hundred
pounds.
Passengers at seventeen dollars.
Two trains per week will he run from Do- j
will's Bluff to Little Kook* (on Mondays and
Wednesdays) to councct with the steamer
Des Arc.
Pa-sertgors and shippers can rely on this j
arrangement.
JNO. D. ELLIOTT, Captain
Steamboat Des Arc.
Walt & ('o., Agout», Des Are.
Leaves Memphis Every Tuesday,
Itegular Memphis and White
River rack el,
COMMERCIAL,
JOHN H. DAVIS, - • 0«|»tain. ,
Gko. C. I?ush, - - Clerk,
n , -1 THIS steamer having ,
..-SHf Jih wL' -pn thoroughly repair.’1 all!
refurnished, will run regularly throughout
the season. Leaves Memphis every Tuesuav !
aud Des Are every Saturday morning. maiH ]
J. SIMS ALLEN, Agent. (
NX ITIGE.
rpnWRTKAMWR COMMERCIAL will rr 1
■ oeipt for Freight and ticket Passenger - !
through from Memphis to Little Rook. until j ,
further notice, at the followiug rates, 'vix:
Pound Freight, at Sixty Cents per hundred '
pounds.
Passengers, at Moventeea Dollars.
TWO TRAINS PER W EEK
Will be run from Derails Bluff to Little Rock J
(on Wednesdays and Saturdays) to connect I
with the 8tearner Commercial.
Passengers und Shippers can rely upon this
arrangement.
JOHN B. DAVIS,
Caplutn Steamboat Commercial.
J. Sims Allr*, Agent,
Des Are, Ark., may 4, 18d7»tf*
■thinks oT every «It*Mii j*i ion.
for vale at this Other.
THE “AGEE.”
Once upon an evening bleary,
While I sat me, dreamy, dreary,
In the sunshine, thinking over
Things that passed in days of yore;
While I nodded, nearly sleeping,
Gently came a something creeping
Up my back, like water seeping ;
Seepingupward from the floor;
“It’s a cooling breeze,” I muttered,
‘•From the regions ’ncath the floor—
Only this, and nothing more.
Ah ! distinctly I remember,
It was in that wet September,
When the earth, and every member
Of creation that it boro,
Had, for weeks and weeks, been soaking
In the meanest, most provoking
Foggy rains, that, without joking,
Wc had ever seen before;
So I knew it must be very
Cold and damp beneath the floor—
Very cold beneath the floor.
So I sat me, nearly napping,
In the sunshine, nearly napping,
And was feeling i^uitc delighted
With the breeze from ’neath the floor;
Till I found me growing colder,
And the stretching waxing bolder,
And myself a feeling older,
Older than I’d felt before;
Feeling that my joints were stiffer
Than they wero in days of yore—
Stiffer than they’d been before.
All along my back, the creeping
Soou gave place to rushing, leaping,
As if countless frozen demons
Had concluded to explore
All the cavities—the varmints—
'Twixt me and my nether garments,
Up iuto my hair, and downward,
Through my boots, into the floor;
Then I felt myself a shaking,
Gently shaking, more and more—
Every nitmcnl more and more.
'Twas the “ager,” and it shook me
Into heavy clothes, and took mo
Shaking to the kitchen—every
Plano where thorn was warmth in afore •
Shaking till the china rattled ;
Shaking till my molars rattled ;
Shaking, and, with all my warming,
Feeling colder than before;
Shaking till it had exhausted
All its power to shake we fetoro-^
Till it could not shake me more. ^
Then it rested till the morrow.
When it came, with all the horror
That it had the face to borrow,
Shaking, shaking as before;
And, from that day in September—^
Day which I shall long remember—
It has made diurnal visits,
Shaking, shaking, oh, so sore !
Shaking off my boots, and shaking
Me (o bed, if nothing more—
Fully this, if nothing more.
And, to day the swallows flitting
Hound my cottage, see mo silting,
Moodily, within the Sunshine,
Just within my cottage door,
Waiting for the ‘ ager,” scorning
Like a man forever dreaming;
And the sunlight*on me streaming,
i'hvws uo shadow oil the floor;
For I am too thin and sallow
To make shadows on the floor—•
Kory shadow any morel
The Summer Bonnet,
11 is as yet difficult to decide which
)f the many different shapes of bon
nets will be the favorite during the
milliner, each style having its advo
cates. But jt is gcnerrnlly understood
.he bonnets for summer wear will be
small, and those for full dress occasions
■malice than have been worn hereto
fore. The Fauehou i.s still a favorite
dmpe, and is usually becoming. In
ruin, the prettiest bonnets on exhibi
tion are of this shape, and they are
veil adapted to the prevailing style of
irranghig the hair. A pretty Fauehou
Is of white crepe, covered with a white
•carf falling in w ide strings over the
mrrow ribbons or fastened with a
rrooch, the only decoration being an
opening white rose, amid a cluster of
foldcu tinted leaves. A tasteful i'au
■hou can he made by neatly folding a
nil.. r n. I,.-.,, i „ :u, 1. i.i.. ..
aeo lramc. The scarf forming the
itiings may be fastened under the chin
>y a small cluster of flowers, corrcs
mmling with the wreath iof the forget
nc-not forming the inside trimming.
There is uhundaucc of fancy straw
mullets, all having more or less of a
Town, and tastefully trimmed. They
ire unusually attractive, but as yet few
ire seen in the streets. Some of these
ire trimmed in novel style. The
Town is lined with a pretty shade of
lilk, and the straw is then cut out in
mints, forming a triangle of silk.
I'liere is a narrow brim of straw below
his, and the trimming is composed of
iblmn of the same shade ns the silk
md blonde lace and flowers.
In round hats, there is not much
■hntigo, except that some are smaller
lain hist season, with the crown lower
mil more oval. The 1'urepa, with its
hit crown and narrow brim, will, no
loubl, be a favorite. Scarfs of some
iiiii fabric, such as tulle or lace, arc
iow often seen on the round lints, and
vlien tastefully arranged nro very
•retty. 't here is a new shape in straw,
ailed by some the chignon. The lull#
s very narrow in trout, but slopes out
o a wide brim at the back, which is
■oiled.
. * .
Cool..—“Keep your head eool, and
our feet warm,'' is a hygienic maxim
vliicli all would do well to observe.—
tents may keep the hciulopol by availi
ng iikicks In their lints, while the la
lies can fully accomplish the same re
mit by wearing the latest style of bon
jet.
Eecon struction—Negro Government.
The announcement by the military
satrap at Mobile, Unit in consequence
; of the refusal of some of the principal
citizens to take charge of certain mu
nicipal offices to which they hail been
appointed, those (tflices would be tilled
. with negroes, is significant and sug
I gestive. It foreshadows the policy
i which (lie radicals intend to execute
upon the South, it proves beyond all
question that the enfranchisement of
tlie blacks was not merely to reward
them for tlieir services in suppressing
flic rebellion, and to enable them to
protect themselves, but that it was
done as a step toward their elevation
i to a position above the whites, and to
, degrade and humiliate men who had
| proved themselves the superiors of
their conquerors, both in the forum
and the field, and upon whom they dc
; sire to vent their spile.
At this time, in anticipation of the
triumph of the ^reconstruction scheme
[ and the admission of the negroes to the
i right of suffrage, they are laboring to
i commend themselves to that portion
of the population in order to attacli
. them to the radical party which they
are now organizing throughout the
j South. They do not consider tiie dis
' astrous consequences that must inevi
j lably llow from these tactics, nor do
they care what those consequences
| may be. If they can secure the negro
vote for the reconstruction plan and
thus be enabled to frame such consti
tutions as will heap up disabilities up
1 on the whites at ttie same time that the
’ ruling power will ho placed in the
I hands of the blacks, their object will
| ho accomplished. Hut to do this they
must make the negroes believo that
they use tlieir peculiar friends, and that
| tlieir white neighbors are their peculiar
and inveterate foes. Hence wo see
them turning competent and educated
white men out of office and nutting lie
groes in their places. The pretext that
i they cannot find white men to fill the
offices made vacant by their orbfrary
! removals, and that they arc therefore
compelled to fill them with negroes, Is
no excuse for the military tyrants.
The men they are removing arc ns
competent and unexceptionable as any
others that eotild be found, and should
not he removed. And it is but natural
that the white men of the South should
be indignant at such a monstrous abuse
of power as they consider these remov
als to be. and reluso to sanction or
profit by them by accepting the places
thus made vacant.
In the appointment of "these negroes
to office a precedent will be established
which the negroes will not be slow to
profit by. In many districts in the
Southern States they are in an over
whelming majority, and can elect who
ever they please to any office to be
.filled by popular elections. In South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana
they can elect one of their own color
(lovernor. In those States they can
also' elect almost every State and Fed
eral officer, from constable to members
of Congress. They can carry a major
ity pf members of the Legislature and
elect the I'nitcd states Senators, and
if the reconstruction act is adopted it
is not unlikely that they will do it. In
the other .Southern States we shall see
the same results, though to ;) more lim
ited extent, and the disgusting specta
cle will be exhibited to the world of a
race of people, ignorant, stupid, inso
lent and semi-barbarous, but one re
move from apes ami monkeys, gov
erning a people who, in point of intel
ligence, cultivation and gallantry, arc
the peers of any under the canopy of
heaven.
It is idle to say such things cannot
be—that they will not be tolerated ;
for if the reconstruction scheme is ac
cepted by the people of tho South, or
carried by fraud and negro votes, the
.CO.. I.,n . «-in
inevitably follow. The appointment
of negroes to office now going on, and
the linttei'y with which they are being
bespattered which puffs up their self
conceit, and at the same time, assure
them of their right to hold office aud
their, qualifications therefor, and
wherever they find themselves in the
majority they will use llicir power for
their own elevation and aggrandize
ment. In saoh case neither the argu
ments of Radicals or Conservatives will
be able to divert them from their pur
pose. They will soon learn their
strength and how to use it. The Jac
obins arc educating them up to this
point and laboring with the wicked
energy ef I tends to put tlio power !•
their hands.
In these preliminary steps toward
the establishment of a negro, mulatto,
black and tan government, the people
of tlie South should he able to see the
precipice upon which they stand and
the destruction to which they are so
rapidly hurrying. If they accept the
reconstruction plan now peuding, the ir
doom is sealed. Nothing more dis
guslipgand horrible than the conse
quences to How from t': it acceptance
could possibly he conceived. Threats
of confiscation mid of more rigorous
and oppressive terms sink into insig
nificance pared with the hideous
evils of h piebald negro government
founded in ignorance and administered
in malice, with a view to vengeance
and plunder alone, as tile one would
he which the reconstruction plan seeks
to establish over them. Vet strange as
it may seem, there are thousands of
intelligent men in tlie South whose
judgments have been warped by their
lears, who are blindly and voluntarily
I walking into the chasm prepared by
their vindictive foes for their utter
ruin. They sec In the measures before
! them negro suffrage alone, which they
| regard as simply a division of power
with the inferior race at the polls, and
do not look beyond to the unavoidable
consequences of that division, but
they uo see through the medium of
their timidity and their fears, the gaunt
and horrid specter of confiscation
stalking through the land with a mul
titude of other evils in its train, too
terrible to be encountered. Theyhnvc
deluded themselves with the belief
that the acceptance of the plan of re
construction will put an end to their
difficulties; that it will strike off their
shackles and restore them to the Un
ion. In a word, that the plan is a fi
nality. Yet they have no assurance of
this, nor even a promise. It is a con
fidence founded upon hope, in which
the wish is father to the thought, and
which wc confidently believe will
never he realized. Wisdom, states
manship, self-preservation, and honor,
all appeal to the men of the South to
turn their backs upon these siren songs
which arc luring them to destruction,
and with culm dignity, and a heart for
every fate, in the full consciousness
that whatever may betide they have
not been wanting in fidelity to their
own interests or those of tlie country,
or been entrapped by this transparent
invention of their enemies.—[Louis
ville Courier.
A Thrilling Wolf Tale.
The settlers of the western border of
our state found enemies besides its rod
faced owners, other and abundant sources
of annoyance and danger. The majestic I
forests which then waved where now is I
heard the hum of business, and where a !
thousand villages stand, were the homes .
of innumerable wild and savage animals.
Often at night was tho farmer aroused
from sloop by the noiso without, which
h'ld that bruin was storming tho shcep
pon or the pig-stye, or was laying violent
paws upon some unlucky calf, and often
on a cold winter evening did they roll a
largo log against the door, and with
beating hearts draw close around tho fire,
as the dismal howl of tho wolf echoed
through the woods The wolf was the
most ferocious, bloodthirsty, but cowardly
of all, rarely attackinga man, unless driven
by hunger, and seeking his victim with
his utmost pertinacity. The incident
hero related occured in the history of
Hiddeford. A resident of that place, |
Mr.-, was one autumn engaged in
felling trees at some distance from the
house. Ilis little son, eight years old,
was in the habit, while his mother was
busy with house hold cares, of running
out into the hold and woods around the
house, and often going where his father
was at work. One day, after tho frost
had robbed the trees of thoir foliage, he
left his work rather sooner than usual,
and started home. Just on tho edge of
tho forest ho saw a curious pile of leaves,
and without stopping to think what had
made it, he cautiously removed the leaves,
when what was his astonishment to find
his own darling there asleep. It was hut
the. work of a moment to take up the
little sleeper, put in bis place a small log, ■
carefully replaced the loaves, and conceal j
himself among the hushes to watch the
result. After waiting there a short timo,
he hoard the wolf's distant howl, tjuickly ;
followed by others, till the woods seemed
alive with fearful sounds. The howl
came nearer, an ! in a few minutes a j
large gaunt, savage looking wolf leaped ;
. .1.;.Ia.li..1 1... .1.
whole pack. The leader sprang directly
on the pile of loaves, and in an instant
scattered them in every direction. Soon
as he saw the deception, his look of fierce
ness and confidence changed to that of
abject fear, lie shrank back, cowered to
the ground, and passively awaited his
fate; for the rest, enraged at the susposod
cheat, fell upon him, tore him to pieces,
and devoured him on the spot. When
they had finished their comrade, they
wheeled around, plunged into tho forest,
and-disappeared; within ten minutes of
their first appearance not a wolf was to he
seon. The excited father pressed his
child to his bosom, and thanked the kind
Providence which led him there to save
his dear hoy. Tho hoy after playing till
he was weary, and laid down and fallen
asleep, and in that situation the wolf had
found him and covered him up with
leaves, uutil lie could bring his comrades :
to the feast; hut hitusclf had furnished the j
repast.
.—
Itilvme anu P.'.asox.—The Shylock
who with head erect, with honest people
mingles, should cease to shave his fellow
mau and go to shaving shingles. The
lawyer would be better off, his science fur
loss pliant, who owned a little farm in fee,
and made that farm a client. We have
some doctors in our midst, w hose talents
should use, by practicing the healing art
—heeling hoots ami shoes. The minister
whoso sage advice a morn! lesson teaches,
should "try to watch as vrull us pray," and
practice what he preaches. The world
should have its docket Called, and slug
gards all defaulted ; and those alone he
upper tcu '.vli.’Ui .i* .r UutL o^ultc 1.
wTRii.i- vwtsianrmaffwiVHNanMaamianw
Names of the Months.
They nre derived front certain objects
of worship, as Stludny from the Sun ;
Monday from (lie moon ; Tiisrieo. the
same with the Roman Mars, gave name
to Tuesday; Wednesday from Woden,
their God of battle; Thursday from
Furanes, the same with the Danish
Thor, tiie god of winds and weather;
Friday from Friga, otherwise called
Venus, who was sometimes worshipped
as the goddess of peace and plenty ;
Saturday from Scator, the god of free
dom, or from the planet Saturn.
The Romans named nearly nil the
months from some of their divinities
or emperors: namely, January from
Janus who was represented witli two
faros, one looked toward the new year,
the other towards the old: February
named by Romulous from Februa, the
mother ot' Mars; March from Mars,
the. god of wat; April from Aprio a
Latin word, signifying to open the
year of blossom; May from Maia, the
mother of Mercury; June from Juno,
tiie wife of Jupiter; July was named
by Mark Antony, in honor of Julius
CVsar a celebrated Roman; August
from Augustus Caesar, a Roman empe
ror; September from Septcm, the sev
enth month of the Roman year; Octo
ber from Oeto, tiie eighth month; No
vember from Novem, the ninth month ;
December from Decern, the tenth month
of the Roman year.
The Romans commenced their year
in March, and consequently December
would he the tenth month; hut wc
commence the year in January, and
then Dccomber will he tiie twelfth, or
last mouth in the year. September,
October, and November, instead of
being the seventh, eighth, and ninth
months, will become the ninth, tenth
and eleventh.
Breaking or Chimneys.—The great
cause of lamp chimneys being so brittle
and breaking so easy, is owing to the ma
terial they are made from. (There is
shoddy in glass as well as in cloth.)
Cheapness being the order of the day, a
great many manufactures make chimneys
from silicate of lime instead of silicate of
lead. The uninitiated may tell the diff
renee of the chimneys made by these :
d iff rent qualities of glass by ringing them;1
ihc vibration from the lead glass chimney
has a sweet, bell-like sound ; while the
lime glass has a short, harsh sound. The
diffrenec of the cost in manufacture is
only in material, about 15 cents per dozen.
Another point is in annealing: chim
neys as a general rule are not annealed;
under a powerful microscope the diffrenec
can be seen in the glass, tho particles in
the annealed glass lie close and compact,
while the uiianealcd seem ready to di
verge.
There is more economy in using lead
glass annealed chimneys at 15 cents each,
than there is in using lime glass chimneys
at 5 cents each. Cheap and dear arc
truly relative terms in this case —[Scien
tific American.
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5SyTlie Chicago Journal is one of
the few newspapers that arc able to
take a sensible view of our Indian re
lations. In its issue of June 5<h, it
says :
"A general Indian war would great
ly increase some branches of business
in the vicinity of the seat of war, and
the filling of extensive contracts for
food, clothing and general supplies
would afford excellent opportunities
for stealing. The (ioverument busi
ness would be transacted largely by
members of the ‘-ring,"and the Indians
themselves arc too ignorant to ferret
out corruption. Consequently, these,
wretched magpies could fatten on the
carcasses of the slain with impunity.
The Indian “ring" would like nothing
so well as a general war on the Plains
and in the mountains. Everything I
which false reports and deeds of wan
ton cruelty ran do toward bringing1
about such a calamity is being done.
The report in yesterday's Journal in
regard to the tiring upon a mail eoaeii
is probably one ot the fabrications of
tlm “ring.'’ (iencral Hancock was de
luded into burning an Indian village
by the diabolical lnacbiuatious of thoso
who are trying to bring about the evil
which they profess to deplore, but lie
will not we trust, be caught in such a
trap again."
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Chalmers says that thousand? of
men breathe, move, and live, pass off
the stage of life, and arc heard of no
more. Why? None wore blessed by
them: none could point to them ns the I
menus of their redemption; not a line
they wrote, not a word they spoke,
could he recalled, and so they perished ;
their light went out in darkness, and
they were not remembered more than
insects of yesterday. Will you thus
live and diu»i> man immortal? hive
for somethwg! Do good, and leave
behind you a monument of virtue, that
tho storms of time can never destroy 1
Write your name, by kltidues . love,
sud mercy, on tho hearts of the thou
sands you conic in contact with year I
by year, amijjou will never be forgot
ten. Xo ; your name, your deeds, will
be as legible on the hearts you leave
behind, ns the stars on the brow of the
evening. Hood deeds will shine as
brightly on the earth, as the stars in
Heaven.
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Jt-iTTo keep apples front rotting—
place them iu a dry cellar with llftecn
children
A Beautiful Thought.
Life is beautifully compared to a foun
tain fed by a thousand streams, that
perishes if one is dried. Tt is a silver
chord twisted withe a thousand strings;
that parts asunder if one is broken. Frail
and thoughtless mortals are sUrt-oUndiil by
innumerable dangers, which make it
much more strange that they escape so
long, than that they all perish suddenly
at last. We arc encompassed with acci
dents every day, to crush the mouldering
tenements that we inhabit. The seeds of
diseases arc plautcd in our constitution by
nature. The earth and the atmosphere,
whence wc draw the breath of life, is
pregnant with death. Health is made to
operate its own destruction 1 The food that
nourishes contains the elements of decay :
the soul that animates it by vivifying fire,
tends to wear it out by its own action :
death lurks in ambush along our paths.
Notwithstanding this is the truth so pal
pably confirmed by the daily examples
before our eyes, how littlo do we lay it to
the heart I Wo see our friends and neigh
bors perishing among us, but how seldom
does it occur to oUr thoughts that our
knoll shall, perhaps, give the next fruitless
warning to the world.
Fidelity.
Never forsake a JViend. When ene
mies gather around—when sickness falls
on the heart—when the world is dark and
cheerless—is the timo to try true friend
ship. The heart that lias been touched
with the true gold will redouble its efforts
when the friend is sad and in trouble.
Adversity trios real friendship. They
who turn from the scene of distress betray
their hypocrisy and prove that interest
only moves them. If you have a frieiid
who loves you—who has studied your
interest aud happiness—be sure to sustain
him in adversity. Let him feel that his
tormer kindnes is appreciated—nnd that
his love was not thrown away. Beal fi
delity may be rare, but it exists in the
heart. Who has not seen and felt its
power!1 They only deny its worth and
power who have never loved a friend or
labored to make another happy. The
good and the kind—the affectionate and
the virtuous sec and feel the heavenly
principle. They would sacrifice wealth
an honor to promote the happiness of
others, and in return they receive the
reward of their love by sympathizing
hearts and countless favors, when they
have been brought low by diseases or ad
versity.
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Novel Cause for Divorce.—It is j
said that in Indiana “cold feet’’ are regar
ded as a good cause for divorce. If the !
petition of a dissatisfied wife for divorce,
in one of the St. Louis courts, is allowed, j
we shall believe the Indiana story. This
distressed complainant reports that the first :
chill her affections received was on the j
wedding tour, when she caught cold and
was allowed to have a fire at the hotel, on
account of the expense. Her next shock
was from a tough beafstoak seasoned with
lard.—The deadly stab was the husband’s
refusal to furnish her with a feather bed
A killing blow was his unkindness to her
sister; but the “unkindest cut” of all was I
hit; reticence at the dinner table; he did
not help her to the mutton chops; failed
to pass the potatoes ; neglected to furnish
her plato with vegetables, and left her to!
help herself. Those insufferable indignties
prayed upon her health and wrecked her
neaec of mind, and she now appeals to the
courts for redress.
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SujrGoing u[i the street the other day
we overheard the following colloquy
between two American Citizens ot At
ricau descent:
‘Seo hcah Sam ! who's gwine to make !
de greatest stir in cle new Congress?’
■i>c greatest stir, Julius? Why Gen.
Butler I 'speets.’
‘Why so, Sam ?’
■Why Julius yoti see he’s got do
spoons to do it with!’
SfiyBehohl, my Flora, how glorious
nature looks in her bloom ! Tito trees
are tilled with blossoms, the wood is
dressed in its green livery, and the j
plain is carpeted with grass and flow
ers.
‘Yes, Charles, I was thinking of the
same thing. These flow ers are dnude
lions, and when they arc gathered and
put in a pot with a piece of good fat
pork, they make the best greens in the
world.’
fcTTtvo voting princes, the sons of
Arohdnko Charles, of Austria, had a
warm dehatte ih the presence of no less
a person than that of the august empe
ror himself. Greatly excited one said
to the other: “You are the greatest ass i
in Venice!’’ Highly offendedataquar
rel in itis presence, the emperor inter
rupted them saying, with indignation:
“Come, come, young gentlemen, you
target that 1 am present,”
Be?*During a late fair at itichmoud.
a valuable article was put up fora prize
at one dollar a share, and comprising
one hundred shares. A gentleman
wishing to possess the prize, and deem
ing it worth the sum required, ottered
to take all the shares not already sold.
Only otic had been taken, and he there
fore took the remaining ninety-mine.
Sanguine that the prize must full to
him, great was Ids astonishment to
find, when the drawing was otsr, that
the number lie had missed was the
lm ky- one, and that lie was ninety-nine
dollars out of pocket.
SALMAGUNDI.
D' />"The boy who was caugbt looking
into the future 1ms been arrested for
trying to see the show without paying.
S&yWliy is a hat made of beaver like
land that always yields a lino crop?—
Because it may he called fertile (fin
tile.)
It is very curious,” said an old
gentlemen to his friend, "that a watch
should be perfectly dry, when it lias a
running spring inside.”
#£?*Yotir tnastci- at home! No, sir,
lie’s-out. Mistress at home? No, sir,
she's out. Then I'll step in and sit by
the tiro. Thar’s out too, sir.
JOT’”Ain’t it wicked to rob tlii^ chick
en roost, Dick ?’’ “Dat’s a great moral
question, Gumbo : and we ain't no time
to arguefy it now; baud down anoder
pullet.
8@“An English paper slates as a fact
that a lady the other day, engaging a
kitch'cn-maid at a register office, she
stipulated for a dry kitchen for her
piano and an hour a day to play.
8^“Onc night, in a thunder show er,
we thought tlie little ones all asleep,
when a little voice from the “trundle
bed ’ called out, “Oh, mother, the dark
is winking! first it shuts up, aud then
it shuts down.”
fitay-In an advertisement for a young
gentlemen who left his parents, it is
stated that “if Master .Tacky will return
to his disconsolate parents, he shall not
be sent to school, and lie shall sweeten
bis own tea.”
8te5“Alexander Dumas the elder, re
turning from a day’s sport at the coun
try seat of a friend witli an empty
game-bag, was asked “Well, Dumas,
what have you killed?” “Time,” was
nit •
gQp-A 1 ather profane church-goer one
day asked his clergyman what was the
meaning of the passage in the Psalms,
“Ho clothed himself with cursing as
with a garment.” “The meaning, re
plied the clergyman, “is plain enough,
I think that the man, like you,, had a
habit of swearing.”
ftwjg-Mr». Partington wishes to know
if the man who “fell into a train ol
thought” was very much injured by the
collision. The dear old lady adds a
postcript, wishing to be. IhtVn-fiifcd
whether the person who was “worsted
in an argument" is sold cheap, as she
would like to purchase a few halls.
Logical.—A butcher let a sailor have
a shoulder of mutton on trust; hut
finding in a day or two after tlint lie
had gone, to a foreign land, said, “My
word! hut if 1 had known he never in
tended paying, l would have charged
a penny a pound more for it!”
BsT'A printer and a painter loved the
same girl In Chicago. The parents
liked the printer, tho girl loved the
painter. The printer married themnid
cn, hut after two days of (tedded bliss,
the printer's exchequer was found to
ho verv low, a divorce was applied for
and the third day it was granted. Tho
painter is hopeful.
fca^-An exchange says that a man
who can’t swim may keep liis head
above water hv tyiug his handkerchief
around his hat, placing the liat top
downwards in the water and resting
his chin on it. All persons before they
fall into the water arc advised to pre
pare their hats in the way above men
tioned.
B>3?*A man was talking, a few days
ago, about tlie horrors of tight lacing,
stating that among other things it
caused redness of the nose. One ot tho
gentleman in the company remarked ■
“Well, 1 never could account for my
nose being red. but I'm glad to learn
that it is caused by tight lacing: 1
thought it linil its origin in another
kind of tightness.”
. i - .... ?i. tvlnif
building people arc most likely to take
cold?" “'Why, no: me strange in do
town, and can’t tell dat." “Well, 1 will
tell you, it is dc bank.’’ “IIow is dat?
“Because dare so many drafts in it."—
“Oat is good : Uflt can yoti tell me sail,
what makes dare l>c so many drafts in
it?” “No.” “So many go dare to raise
the wind. Yah, yah, yah.”
fejy A duel was fought in Texas,
lately, by Alexander Sliott and John S.
Nott. Nott was shot, and Sliott was
not. ill tliis case, it was better to ho
Shott than Nott. There was a rumor
that Nott was not shot, hut Shott says
lie shot Nott, which proves cither fhat
the sliot Sliott shot at Nott was not
shot, or that Nott is shot, notwithstand
ing.
A physician who attended Fon
tenelle, once found him drinking coffee.
“My good ■ ir," raid this sage descend
ant of Unlcu; "I am astonished to see
you swallow the infusion of that per
nicious berry—cotl'ee is a slow poison l”
“I think,” said Fontenidle, “it must ho
slow ; for I have drank it with great
perseverance for more than forty
years.”
Cottb (’.u ses.—An adlicted brother
editor complaining that he could not
sleep, thus summed up ihe causes: A
wailing babe, seventeen months old—a
dog howling under the window—a eat
ill the alley—colored serenade at a
shanty over the way—a toothaehc^-a
white swelling—hi' wife discoursing
on the rights of woman and the tyranny
of man—and the “devil” whistling an
extemporaneous overture in the room