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ynr.TTME a. DE8 ARC, ARKANSAS, JULY 13, 1867. NUMBER 18.
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PROFESSION\L CARPS.
‘A. C. PICKETT. M- RAMSAUR.
PICKKTT •& HAM8AUII*
ATTORIGTS IT LAW,
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Whito and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims en
trusted to their care apgP-ljr
s. c. JGN30N. Office—West Point, Arkansas.
J.NO. M. MOO 11K, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JOXAOS & MOORE,
t Attorneys at Lav,
SOLICITORS JR CHAR CERT,
■—AND—
General Land and Collecting Agents,
SKAUCV, AKKANSAS,
Will give prompt attention to awy "business
'in the counties ef Independence, Jaekson,
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van Huron. mar~)~
DR. ALiEEN
H AVING concluded to remain in Des Aro,
tenders his services to fheettitens gen
erally. 'Over thirty years experience, added
to a thorough qualification for his profession,
assures him that lie can give general satis
faction. Ministers of the Gospel, and all
who have been disabled in the service of their
country, treated gratis.
l»es Arc. Ark., February 2, 1866—bm
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORHEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts <tf
Woodruff county, and flic Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. jan1'-'
Geo. W. Maberry
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
—AN!)—
GEXERVI. I.IXO AGENT,
COTTON PD.VNT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WILD attend the Circuit And PpVhAtc
Courts for tlie counties of Monroe. St.
Francis and Woodruff. "'-"'-O
i K. GATKWOOD, \ f J. 8. THOMAS.
Des Arc, Ark. ( \ Urownsvillo, Ark.
) GATEWO JD & TH0M4S,
AVTQ&W&X® AV &&W
Mrs Arc and Brownsville,
OTKAIRIE COTXTY, ARKANSAS.
decl-tf _
GANTT & BP.ONAUG11, Brownsville, Ark.
H. P. VAUGHAN. Des Arc, Arkansas.
Gantt, BronatigH A Vaughan,
ATT0RSSY8 AT LAW.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
White, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
laski. Prompt atttcnllnn given to the collec
tion of claims Taxes will he paid and titles
investigated for non-residents. aprl4-3iu
,. N. UKI>GKPKTI1. T. (It.AKK KENT.
HEDGEPETH & KENT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
—
TTTILL practice itt Ail of the courts of
W Prairie county, ami the circuit courts
or the surrounding counties. mar24-0m
WM- T JONES.
'&$! OftWBX AX
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
TIT1LL practice in the counties of Pulaski.
lAJ Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson and
White Prompt attention given 10 me collec
tion of claims. aprl4-ly
WM. R. GOODY. *>• MCRAE.
COODY & McRAE,
&TT&&WST8 AT RAW
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY,
AIIKANSA8.
Will practice iu all the courts of Arkansas.
mar‘24
SOL. F. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE W. MARTIN.
CLARK. WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
"ITTILL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
YV Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real Ratate and General Agenta.
Office—Markham Street, near State House.
april28-tf _
W. HICKS, Formerly of the firm of Cypert &
Hicks.
H, R. FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS & FIELDING.
ATTQKH8YS AT LAW,
Searcy, White Co., Arkansas.
WILL practice in this and the adjacenl
couuties. in the District Courts, and 8u
prcme Court of the State.
-We hare in connection with our Law
Office an ACTIVE OUT-DOOR COLLECTING
AGENCY. Claims entrusted to us will b«
promptly attended to, and if not immediately
collected will be at ouoe secured if possible.
Claim Against the Government for property
taken by the U. 8 forces (whether receipted
for or not)—Bounties Pensions, Abbaaks ol
Pay &c. promptly attended to.
mar2i- HICKS & FIELDING.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS._
Dr. J V ROCSELAtnis office, is
now at Johnson A Davis’ Drug Store;
can be be consulted at his room at the Harvey
House. He will give his undivided attention
to chronic Diseases of every descrlp
The best of references can be famished, by
applying to j A RoUStTLAUX,
junl-tf Des Arc, Arkansas.
J. W. BUBNKY. B. TB1Z1VANT.
Drs. Burney A.Trezevant,
HAVING associated themselves in the
PRACTICE OF MEOICIWE,
offer their professional servioes to the «m
sens of
DE8 ARC AND VICINITY;
And will devote a portion'hf their time, to
the treatment of Chrokic Diseases, of every
description. •Offlce—M Dumey A Bro s
Drug Store. ^P1,2'
DR J. L. NEEL,
TSTTBICIAIT, BtTROSOXT,
-AKD
OBSTETBICIAN,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
OFFERS his professional services to the
citisens of Des Arc and surrounding
j country. Office—At Johnson A Davis’ Drug
j Store. tnayll-tf
THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
.A.t Law,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
j®* Partcnlar attention given to the
collection of all kinds Of claims against
tlie Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next
door ta d. M. Burney'S drug store.
mayiB
GEO. K. MORTON, “
AtfOAWAt At RAW,
—AND—
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
UBH ARC, AR'KARSAg.
Will practice in the State and Federal
l Courts of Arkansas. in ay 11
JAMF.S H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN 0. CAUSE.
Auju.la, Ark. Jacksonj/ort, Ark.
SIDNEY S. CAUSE.
Patterson, Cause & Bro.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Julksonport and Augusta, ArkouMtN.
Wn.t practice in the Counts of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White. Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
Mttend to special cases in any part of the
State. Address Cither ^office. myl8-l)
ROUT. S. ANDERSON, WM. J. THOMPSON,
./acksonport, Ark. Augusta, Ark.
Anderson & Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jackso'n'port and Augusta, Ark.
Wu.i. attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
ruff. and adjoining Counties, and to special
eases in any section of the State. Address
1 either office. mayl8-ly
i. n. iir.noi'ETit, *. to. Jackson.
HEDGPETH & JACKSON,
S01IEGTBAD
LAND AGENTS,
l>cs Arc, ArlfHhsns.
Win. enter Lands under the provisions of
ilie Act of Congress, May 21. 1802, entitled
**An art to secure Homesteads to actual set
tlers ’*n the public domain.” ap27
STEAMBOATS.
Leaves Memphis Every ,Saturday.
Regular .Memphis and White
River inirkrt,
1> ES ARC,
.JNO. t>. KI.LIOT,..Master.
J. Lee Kinney,. Clerk.
‘IT3A. THK TVs Are has Keen
-^j^-wLihonniyiilv repaired and re
tilted, expressly for the above trade, and will
leave Memphis every Saturday and Des Arc
every Wednesday. sep22
NOTHCE.
ritllF. steamer DeN
I will receipt for freightJEkCmKE&JBh
and ticket passengers through from Mem
• phis to Little Bock, until rurtlier notice, at
■ the following rates, vi*:
Pound Freight at sixty cents por hundred
i pounds.
Passengers tit seventeen dollars.
Two trains per week will be run frem Pe
vall's Bluff to Little Rook, (on Mondays and
Wednesdays) lo oonnect with the steamer
Dea Arc.
Passengers and shippers can rely on this
arrangement.
JNO. D. ELLIOTT, Captain
Steamboat Pes Arc.
Walt A Co., Agents, Pes Arc.
Leaves Memphis Every Tuesday,
Regular Memphis and White
River Packet,
COMMERCIAL,
JOHN. B. DAVIS, - . Captain.
Gko. 0. Bush, - . Clerk.
: THIS steamer having
JSOc^lCfcanhheen thoroughly repaired aud
refurnished, will run regularly throughout
I the season. Leaves Memphis every Tuesuay
aud Des Arc every Saturday morning. marS
J. SIMS ALLEN, Agent.
NOTICE.
TIIE STEAMER COMMERCIAL will re
ceipt for Freight and ticket Passengers
| through from Memphis to Little Rock, until
| further notice, at the following rates, vix:
Pound Freight, at Silly Cents per hundred
| pounds.
Passengers, at Seventeen Dollars.
TWO TRAILS PER WEEK
Will be run from Devall's Bluff to Little Rock
(on Wednesdays and Saturdays) to connect
with the Steamer Commercial.
Passengers and Shippers can rely upon this
, arrangement.
JOHN B DAVIS,
Captain Steamboat Commercial.
J. Sims Ai-lks, Agent,
Dos Arc, Ark., may 4, 18J7-tf.
Hlankw of every description,
, for .ale at this Office.
HUMBLE LIFE.
Tell me not that he's a poor matt,
That hie dress is coarse and bare;
Tell me not his daily pittance
Is a Workman's scanty fate,
Tell me not his birth is humble,
That his parentage is low ;
Is he honest in his action ?
That Is all I want to know.
Ia his word to be relied on T
Has his character no blame ?
Then I care not if he’e low-borne—
Then I care not whence hie name,
Would he from an unjust action
Turn away with scornful eye ?
Would he, than, defraud another?
Sooner on the scaffold die.
Would he spend his hard-gained earnings
On a brother in distress?
Would he succor the afflicted
And the weak one's wrongs redress ?
Then he is a man deserving
Of my love and my esteem,
And I care not what bis birth-place
In the ‘eye cf mnto may seem.
Let it be a low thatched hovel—
Let it be a clay-built cot—
Let. it be the parish workbowsc—
In my eye it matters not.
And if others VrSldtseWn him,
As inferior to their cast,
Let them do it—I'll befriend him
As a brother to the last.
A 8NAKEST0RY.
Thrilling Encounter With a Ben of
Black Snakes.
Professor J. Mitchell, the celebrated
“South Mountain Wizard,” While out
gunning last Friday, had a most thril
ling adventure with a den of black
snake*, known as “racers,” fi-om which
he narrowly escaped with his life. As
is his habit, the professor bad taken his
favorite carbine and gone into the
mountain after squirrels. The best
part of the forenoon had been spent in
beating through the brush and over
the rocks without meeting with any
1 1 1 I—i V. _
autcuiuit) uuu uuv vjuiiim j pmv vvou
in procuring game, cte. Suddenly,
however, he came to a lodge of rocks
about a mile from the South Mountain
house. Stopping a moment to take a
survey of the surroundings, lie saw a
large black snake stretched out on a
log sunning himself. He at once took
up a couple of stones and threw one at
his snakeship, but unfortunately miss
rd him. This aroused the snake, and
in an instant lie uncoiled himself, and
stood with his head erect, as if indig
nant at tliis intrusion, and at the same
time gave a loud, shrill hiss, or, rather,
a whistle. The professor delivered bis
second stone with such pVceiSitin ns to
mortally wound his enemy. Xo soon
er. however, had he thrown the stone
when he heard a fearful rustling among
the brush to his left, and another whis
tle louder and shriller than the first.
Turning his eye ill the direction from
whence came the noise, lie saw a mon
strous black snake (a racer) coming di
rectly toward him. with his head erect
ed about five feet from the ground, amt
bis forked tongue darting from bis
distended jaws as if bent on tight.
The proft'ssor(who is an acknowledged
crack shot) immediately raised his car
bine, fired, and had the proud satisfac
tion of seeing the snake roll over in
the agonies of death—having split his
head opeu witli the ball. This proved
but the commencement of the battle;
for before the professor had time to con
gratulate himself upon his success in
vanquishing two of his foes, a third one.
measuring eleven feet in length, and
thick in propotiou, had approached to
within a few feet of him, his head erect,
hissing, and darting his tongue out in
a manner to appal the stoutest heart.
To retreat was out of the question; 4
fight was the only alternative, and
quick as thought, lie leveled Ids carbine
at the snake's head, but. Unfortunately,
missed it, at the same time dropping it
(Ids carbine) upon the ground. With
the rapidity of lightning, the black
i _ .11 1. _ J ,1 . _e -.. „ .. .1 .. ~
menced winding his slimy coil around
his legs and body lighter and tighter
at every coil of hiB loathsome form,
until the professor Was unable to move
a foot. IIis efforts to extricate him
self from the “coils'’ of death—as they
seemed to him—were unavailing, for,
with every effort the folds tightened,
and the work of respiration became
difficulty. Death stared him in the
face, and made tho cold chills of horror
and agony creep over his body. It
was a fearful moment—a moment of
the most intense horror and agony,
that made the flesh creep, tho blood
chill, and the lmir literally to “stand
on cud like quills upon a fretful por
cupine.” Nothing hut his great pres
ence of mind saved him from strangu
lation and a loathcsomc death, lieeol
lectiug that, his hunting knife hung by
liis side, lie siezed it nnd with his
nerves braced by despair, drew it
across the body of tho snake, severing
it at a stroke. The coils relaxed, the
snake dropped dead at his feet, and the
professor was free again, lty this time
lie heard a great rustling in the bushes
and the dry bark cracking in every di
rection, acconipauied by loud, shrill,
angry hisses and whistling as if the
whole surrounding woods were tilled
with snakes.
Deeming discretion the better part
of valor, he hustlly grabbed up Ids
crablne, girthed his hunting knife, anil
beat a precipitate retreat. The profes
sor was pursued by the black snakes
for some distunce, hut being in a hurry
lie had no time to look back aud count
their numbers. He says that had they
came one at a time he would not have
retreated, hot to attack him by compa
nies, brigades and divisions, was
enough to frighten any man.
We have endeavored to get the facts
as narrated by the professor himself.
Mr. Mitchell is well known in this
community, and wo have no reason to
believe the facts have been exaggera
ted. We have since been informed
that this species of snake is very plenty
in the mountains, and have frequently
been known «« attack persons who in
trude in their dens.—[Hoonsboro (Md.)
Odd Follow.
All Naitaoas But One.
The day before the CunaTd steam
ships arrived in port, being the last of
the voyage, is one the passengers gene
rally improve as an occasion for a sort
of farewell and grand dinner, at which
songs are sung, jokes cracked and
speeches made, every one at the table
being expected to contribute something
to the entertainment. Upon a recent
occasion it chanced that quite a large
party of gentlemen, representing a
great many nationalities of praposers,
‘till at length an American, rising in
turn, proposed i
‘Here's to all nations hut one.’
This, as may he supposed, created
some seusatlon, each suspecting that
his nation might he the one referred
to, and prepared to resent an indignity
thus publicly offered.
‘Monsieur docs mean la belle France ?'
said a Frenchman, first breaking the
silence that followed.
‘Not at all; vive la France,’ said the
Yankee, raising his goblet.
‘Senor's remarks do not apply to
Spain ?’ said a dark moustached indi
vidual, Interrogatively.
‘Certainly not, the health of Queen
Isabella.*
'Germany Was always goot (tent to
uubvmvu n iivm
Vaterlnhdv
‘The best. I do not refer to her; nor
Russia, to whom we honor. A bumper
for Russia.’ said hr, AS the blue eyes of
a Muscovite lighted up With pleasure.
‘Nor Austria,’ continued he, as a
young man of that country fidgeted
upon his seut.
‘Well, sir,’ said a sturdy John Bull,
rising to his feet, ‘it is pretty obvious
to me in what direction your sentiment
is leveled, and as an Englishman, if it
is intended to he an insult t* England,
I demand a proper apology, tor I’ll not
sit here in sight of my native country
and hear her insulted—least of all by a
Yankee.’ The Briton grew red in the
thee, and grasped a decanter; matters
looked ominous, fbr the American rose
promptly to Ids feet.
‘Spoken like a man,’ said lie to the
Englishman, ‘but England was not the
nation I Alluded to.’
‘Name—name—give us the name,’
cried the company, now thoroughly
excited.
‘Certainly,’ said the American, ‘with
this proviso, that th.o first one that
meets the reprb«cmntivc of that nation
shall inform of the slight.’
‘I gave all nations but one; the na
tion that 1 excepted was—dnntttdUbih’
Joint Bull sat down amid the univer
sal shout of laughter that followed the
announcement, with the not very chari
table wish that the author of this senti
ment might be well toasted by the rep
resentative of the nation he had slighted.
A Woito to Husbands.—Has any
body ever written upon the responsl
I bility which rests upon a husband witli
regard to the education of Ids wife?
Of course we knbw what you will say
about her being supposed to hate “fin
ished her education” before marriage,
and ail that; and yet you and we
know that she begins ns new an edu
cation with 1dm As if she had ftever
scen the alphabet. His views, ids
i feelings, his ideas, arc they nothing to
her, if she loves him? Years after,
j when they who “knew her as a girl,”
come to talk with her ns a matron, do
I they not find her husband reflected in
i every sentence, either for good or evil ?
Of course, tile more strongly a woman
j lores, the more completely is her own
identity absorbed ill her husband's.
I This is a point which is too much neg
I looted by married men. A good hus
band is almost certain to have a good
wife; and if she be “not so good as he
could wish’’ at the commencement of
their married life, he can soon educate
her up to the proper mark. And, on
the other l and, he eau so educate her
down ns to render his house a purga
tory, and, perhaps, bring upon himself
and his family the greatest agony and
keenest pangs of disgrace which a hus
band or children cau feel.
Etiquette on the Caks.—Whether
ladies ought to have scats, I believe
they ought.
I always side with the ladles.
When 1 am in a crowded car, and a
lady conics in, I think it is the duty of
some other man to get up and give her
Ids scat.
I look around the car to see If any
man In the crowd looks like making a
move In that direction, and when I sec
I them all keep their seats I busy myself
j in my newspaper and blush for my
sex.—[Josh Itillings.
-< >
I't‘t a youth who stands at a liar
with a glass of liquor in his hand, cousidcr
which he had better throw away—the
i liquor or biutself.
The Fox, the Goat, and the Carrots.
A fox and a goat were walking to
gether on theYnftin roail. After having
advanced a few yards they saw a bag
lying nt the side of the hedge.
‘I wonder tvhat there may be in that
bag,’ said the goat.
‘I’ll see,’ said the fox; and putting
his mbtith t# (he string with which the
bag was tied he hit it through in a mo
ment. Then seizing the bottom of the
bag with liis teeth, he shook it, and the
most splendid carrots rolled out.
‘Those arc for me,’ said the fox, ‘for
I have opened the hag.’
‘Yon shan't touch them,’ answered
the goat, ‘else I’ll batter you with my
horns till vour ribs crack.’
The fox looked at the large horns of
the goat, and showed his teeth. The
goat seeing the fox’s teeth, tho’t Within
himself, ‘1 don’t like those sharp fel
lows.’ And the fox thought, I don't
believe my ribs would stand those
horns.’
So they kept standing over the car
rots, and looked at each other, but
neither had tho courage to touch the
spoil.
After a pause the fox said:
‘What the use of our standing here ?
Lot us sec which of us is the stronger.
Yonder are two heaps of stones. Take
you one of them and I’ll take the oth
er ; he who first throws down his heap
shall have the carrots.’
‘Very well said the goat. So they
went each to his heap.
The goat placed himself on his hind
legs, and knocked with his horns till
the ground rebounded, but the heap
kept immovable.
‘You don’t hit hard enough,’ said the
fox. ‘Take a run nt it.’
Tlie goat went a few steps back, and
ran At tho heap as Violently as he could.
Crack 1 crack! and belli bis horns fell
to the ground.
»! lieII UIW IU.V feu W LUIS, ue UUIlllllUUCUU
(lancing on his hind legs.
‘Ah, my dear fellow,’ cried he, ‘the
! enrrots are now for me.’
‘Notyet,’ said the goat. ‘You haven’t
thrown down your heap, and if you
I touch the carrots before then, I'll light
you with the stumps that are left on
my head.’
The fox looked at the goat's stumps,
and thought, ‘Ono of them is very
sharp; lie might rip up my sides.’
‘Very well,’ lie said, ‘I’ll throw down
! my heap; it’s a trifle to me.’
The fox began digging round with
his fore-feet till there was a large hole
: in the ground. The heap tottered and
j fell, but, halloa! it fell on the fox, and
broke his left hind leg.
There they stood, looking at one an
' other with a sad countenance; the one
i with broken horns, the other witli a
broken leg.
‘Jump at the carrots,’ said the goat
maliciously. '1 now leave them to
yon.’
•I can't,' sighed the fox; ‘mv leg
pains me too much. You may take
them.'
‘Very well,’ said the goat, and ran
toward the hag. But O dear! there
was neither bag nor carrots; for during
their quarrel a peasant had passed by
and picked up both.
‘Alas!’ tried tlie goat, ‘What fbols
wo arc! Had we divided the treasure
in peace, I should have saved my horns,
you your leg, and each of us would
have had enough of carrots.’
[De Licfde.
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Then and Now.
We find the following article in an
exchange, hut know not who is its au
thor. The contrast presented is so
striking and admirable that we cannot
forego the temptation to give it to our
readers. It furnishes food for reflec
tion. lTiuter the caption of “Then and
Now,’’ the writer says:
"ill the Winter of 1861, in the theater
sit. St. I.miis. tlin \vitY» nf fit* hpin/>!nol
actor tossed her husband our National
llagi He catight, eagerly Unrolled it,
and carefully and audibly counted over
the starry representatives of States
stamped upon its fblds. As lie pro
nounced the final number, ‘thirty-four,’
lie held the llag afloat, and triumphant
ly exclaimed, ‘thunk (iod, they are all
there!’ atuidst an enthusiasticapphnise
that shook the building like an earth
quake, and melted to tears hundreds in
the Vast assemblage.
‘‘In the winter of 1865, in the House
of Ueprcsentutivos at Washington, cre
dentials bearing the broad seal of the
State of Tennessee Were held up in View
of its members. Thaddens Stevens
arose, and witli a wave of the bund,
said: No such State us Tennessee is
known to this House,” with the ap
proval and indorsement of that body,
lloverso the picture. Suppose Tlmd
deus Stevens to have uttered that atro
cious sentence in St. Louis in 1861.
His white locks would uothave shield*
I cd him from the fatal violence of an
insulted patriotism. Suppose, again,
the patriotic actor to stand to-day in
the House of ltoprescntativcsand count
over the stars upon our national ban
ner. He would be met with only in
i suits and derision, or a violent expul
sion from their presence. Let the
reader ponder these strange contrasts
and draw bis own conclusions.”
Bkjy A young lady school teacher was
endeavoring to impress upon her scholars
the terrible effect of the punishment of
Nebuchadnezzar. She told them for sev
en years he ate grass like a cow. Just
thru a small boy asked “ Did he give milk '(
Everyday Politeness,
Habitual politeness costs little, lias
its value every where, nnil has no place
more than in the home circle. The
Lexington Observer says:
“AVhy not be polite? How much
docs it cost to say ‘I thank you?’ AVhy
not practice it at home ? To your hus
band, your children, yonr domestics?
If a stranger does you some little act
of courtesy, how sweet the smiling ac
knowledgment 1 If your husband—ah!
it's a matter of course; no need of
thanks. Should an acquaintance tread
on your dress, your very best, and by
accident tear it, how profuse you arc
frith yonr *never mind, don’t think of
it: I don't care at alii’ If a husband
docs it he gets a frown ; if a child he
is chastised. Ah 1 these are little
things, say you. They tell mightily
upon tbc hearer, let me assure yon,
little as they are. A gentleman stops
at a friend's house, and finds it in con
fusion. “He don’t see anything to
apologise for; never thinks 0£ such
matters.” Everything is ail right, cold
supper, cold room, crying children—
perfectly Comfortable. tJocs home,
where the wife has been taking care of
the sick ones, and working her life
almost out. bon’t see why things
can't be kept in better order, there
never was such cross children before.
No apologies accepted at home. AVhy
not be polite at home ? AVlfy not use
freely that golden coin courtesy ? How
sweet they sound, those little words,
‘I thank you,’ or ‘You are very kind I’
Doubly, yes, thrice sweet from the lips
we love, when heart smiles make the
eye sparkle with the clear light of af
fection. Be polite to your children.—
Do you expect them to be mindful of
your welfare? to grow glad nt your
approach ? to bound away to do your
pleasure before the request is Half spo
bon 9 Ti.n., .1
thority mingle politeness; give it a
niche in your household temple. Only
then will yon navo learned the true
secret of sending out into the world
really ‘finished’ gentlemen and ladies.
What we say, wo say unto all; be po
lite, if you want to win the respect and
esteem of every One.”
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An Anecdote Worth Preserving.
A Paris correspondent guarantees
the following : A Frenchman, a prison
er in Edinburg, having managed to
escape, took refuge in the powder
magazine. When the authorities
| wished to seize him, they found him
sitting on abnrrcl with alighted match,
I and threatening to blow up the town.
The authorities refleeted prudently,
and the result of their deliberations
was that it would ho better to starve
the Frenchman out. Put they reckoned
without their prisoner, who loved good
cheer, and was determined to live well.
I hi consequence lie called out that ho
would blow the town to pieces if he
| did not get threo meals a day; he
j would write out the hill of fare. Saw
j ney succumbed, and the demands Of
the prisoner went on increasing.—
, Sometimes he had a serenade under
his window; then a review of the gar
rison ; afterwards a sham light, in
which the troops representing the
French army heat the Highlanders.
At last lie exacted that every Sabbath
morning before breakfast, the Lord
Provost, in full uniform, should make
his appearance and read him an address.
This lasted until the allies entered
Paris.
A Description oe Heaven.—Pevc
lation, xxi chapter, 161 h verse: “And
lie measured tho city with a reed,
twelve thousand furlongs. The length,
breadth, and bight of it arc equal.”
Twelve thousand furlongs, 7,920,00<J
feet, which being cube, is 048,088,000,
VWjl*W)VWV,UW,WV tuuu. ll/Vl y IfUV null
of which wo will reserve tbrlhc throne
of God and tho court of lleavcn, hall
of the balance for the streets, and re
mainder divided by 49d, the cubical
feet in the rooms 19 feet square and 1C
feet high, will be, 5,743,750,000,000,
rooms.
We will i**w suppose the world al
ways did and always will contain
900,000,000, of inhabitants, and a gene
ration will last 33'^ years—2,700,(XX
every century, and that the world will
stand lot),(XX) years—27,000,000,000,00C
persons. Then suppose there were 11,
230 such worlds, equal to this in num
ber of inhabitants and duration oi
years, then there would be a room It
feet long, and 17 wide, aud 15 high t'oi
each person, and yet there would b<
room.
Mustard and I’kppkr.—touring th<
early part of the war a plain, strong
minded Texan beyond tho middle age
raised a regiment for tho Confedorati
service, and not knowing much abotu
tho routiuo ot military organization, il
was not until after the battle of Shiloli
in which they did good service, thal
he becamo aware of the necessity ol
having commissions for himself and
officers and reporting his organization
i to Richmond, lie accordingly proceed
I ed to the Capitol and sought an Inter
view with Gen. Cooper, the Adjutant
General. After some little conversa
tion in which be spoke of his regiment
and asked for his commission, General
i Cooper naturally wished to know
where and when his command had been
mastered. “Mustard 1” said the gallant
old soldier with refreshing innocence.
“They never were mustard at all, but
they were peppered like h—1 at Shi
loh." He got all he wanted.
A Lover Still.
Seldom have we rend anything so
touchingly beautiful and sublime, as
the following :
No longer a lover! exclaimed an
aged patriarch; ah! you mistake me
if you think age has blotted out my
heart. Though silver hairs fall over
a brow all wrinkled and a check all
furrowed, yet I am n lover still. I
love the beauty of fhe maiden’s blush,
the sort tint of flowers, the singing of
the birds and nbovo all the silvery
ring in the laugh of a child. I love the
star-like meadows, where the butter
cups grow, with almost the same en
thusiasm ns when with my ringlets fly
ing loose in the wind and my cap in
hand, years ago, I chased the pointed
butterfly. I love yon aged dame.
Look at her. Her face is careworn,
but this has ever held a smile for me.
Often have I shared the bitter cup of
sorrow with her—and so shared, it
seemed almost sweet. Years of sick
ness have stolen the freshness of her
life, but like the faded rose, the per
fttnic of her love is richer than when in
the full bloom of youth and maturity.
Together we have placed buds in the
pale folded hands of the dead—togeth
er wept o ver the little graves. Thro’
storm and through sunshine wo have
clung together; and now sho sits with
her knitting, her cap quaintly frilled,
the old styled ’kerchief crossed white
and prim above the heart that has beat
so long and truly for me, the dim blue
eye, that shrinkingly fronts the glad
day ; the sunlight throwing her a part
ing farewell, kisses her brow and leaves
upon its faiut tracery of wrinkles an
gelic radiance. I see, though no one
else can, the bright glad young face
that won me first, shine through those
withered features, and the growing
love of forty years thrills my heart till
the tears come.
Sav not aarain T can no longer lie a
lover. Though this form may be bow
ed, God has implanted eternal love
within. Let the car be deaf, the eve
blind, the hands palsied, tho limbs
withered, tho brain clouded, yet the
heart, the true heart, may hold such
wealth of love, that all the power of
death and the victorious grave shall
not be able to put out its quenchless
flames.—[Olive Branch.
The Sale of Queretaro.
A Liberal officer writes as follows
respecting the taking of Queretaro,
through the treachery of Judge Lopez:
Dear Brother : C'ol. Lopez, com
manding the regiment of the Empress,
I probably for the purpose of saving his
i life in case of defeat, delivered to us
| the fort of the Convent De La Encz,
the key to all the fortifications. This
took place on the morning of tho 14th
inst., at 4 o’clock, and immediately our
regiment and that of Lopremcs Padres
j occupied this post, finding all the
troops of the enemy fast asleep, except
the sentries. When we reached the
fort we jumped over the entrench
ments, surprised the guards, and at
once Occupied all points of the fortifi
! cations. The surprise was so complete
; that when wo challenged them they
1 found tho points of our bayonets at
| their breasts, and the soldiers, officers
j and chiefs surrendered without firing
a shot. All this was effected by the
two regiments above, and during the
whole time the lines of the besiegers
and besieged remained in their posi
tion. After we found oursclvek mas
ters of the most important positions,
we marched with two companies ot
our regiment into the midst of the en
emy to the principal square, and as
cended to the stebplc bf the Franciscan
j Church, without the knowledge Of the
enemy. At daybreak we commenced
ihv uuuo turn m iii^ no mi
points* The enemy, hot knowing whal
had happened, awoko frightened and
in the greatest confusion. Disorder
was the result, the enemy running in
j all diroetions without the hope of es
cape, as whenever they struck any part
of our lines they were fired at from
the front and by us from the rear.
This was a death blow—uo one escap
ing.
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Kind Words for a Mother.—Des
pise not thy mother when she is old.
: Age may waste a mother's beauty,
' strength, limbs, senses, and estate : bul
. j her relation as a mother is as the stm
when it goes forth in its might, for il
is always the meridian, and knowetl;
no evening. The person may be gi-ej
haired, but her motherly rclatiou is
ever iu the flourish. It may be autumn
yea, winter with a woman, but witl
the mother it is always spring. Alas
how little do we appreciate a mother’)
tenderness while living! How heed
less we are of all her anxieties and
kindness! Hut when she is dead and
gone, when the cares and coldness ol
the world come withering to out
hearts, when we experience how hard
it Is to find true sympathy—how few
will befriend us in misfortune—(hen it
is that we think of the mother wc have
lost.
Leahn a Trade.—An exchange very
i sensibly recommends that every boy,
j whether rich or poor, high or low
ought to learn a trade; not that he
| should always work at it, hut that he
may have it as reserve capital, togethci
with its Influence in forming his
j character.
hat was the greatest bet evci
made? The alphabet.
° ~ cvviMiii iiisrmon.
Not Bad.
About forty years ago there lived in
\\ estern Pennsylvania two farmers named
Wood and Osborne, respectively. They
were near neighbors, but inveterate cnc
mies; and it is said they lived almost in
sight of each other for fourteen years with
out speaking to each other. Wood one
day went out with a mattock to dig up
half do%en stumps that had never yet been
removed from his meadow; but finding it
pretty hard work, and, moreover, not being
very fond of work, he gave it up and re
turned to the house. On his way it oc
cured to him that by a cunning device, he
might induce his unfriendly neighbor to
uproot the little annoyances. Acting on
the bright idea that occured to him, he en
tered his house, got his writing material,
and, in a disguised hand, wrote:
“Mr W ood : I am an old man, That ap
proachimg my end, and I cannot go to my
grave without revealing to you a sefrfet.
When I was a young man I helped to rob
your grandfather of a large amount of
money. I and my partner in crime buri
ed five thousand dollars of it under the
roots of a tree in the meadow that now
belongs to you. No doubt these trees
have beeu cut down by this time, but tho
stumps may still remain. He was soon af
ter hanged for the murder that he commit
ted, and I was sent t6 prison for highway
robbery, 1 Was but lately released, and I
wish to do all I cab to atone for past misdeeds.
I send this letter by a person who says he
knows where you live, and he will throw
it into your hoilse.
“ A Repentant Criminal.”
Mr. Wood sealed this bit of fiction, ad
dressed it to himself, and, when night
came, crept stealthily to Osborn’s door,
opened it a little way, tossed it in, and ran
away as though Satan were after him. On
reaching home he retired to rest, and re
noeiul cnrnntlir fill moninn YI7 V... „ 1, .
rose he cast a glance towards his meadow,
and to his satisfaction, discovered that
every stump in his meadow had been dug
up and pulled out by the roots. After
breakfast he went coolly to work and roll
ed them together in a pile, in order to burn
them. And imagine Osborne's bitterness
of heart as he passed by on his way to tho
village that morning, saw Wood thus en
gaged, attd kriiw how he was duped by
him.
A Delightful Leg'eM;
There is a most charming tradition
connected with the site on which tho
Temple of Solomon was erected.—It is
said to ha; c been owned in common by
two brothers, one of whom had a family
the other had none. On tho spot was
sown a field of wheat. On the day suc
ceeding the harvest, the wheat having been
gathered in separate shocks, the elder bro
ther said unto his wife: ‘My younger bro
ther is unable to bear the burden and
heat of the day; I will arise take of my
shocks and place them with his, without
his knowledge.’ The younger brother
being actuated by tho same benevolent
motives, said within himself: ‘ My elder
brother has a family and I have none ;
I will contribute to their support; I will
arise take of my shocks, and place them
with his, without his knowledge.—Judge
of the mutual astonishment, when, on the
following morning, they fotind their
shocks undiminished. This course of
events transpired for several nights, when
each resolved to stand guard and solve the
mystery. They did so, when, on the fol
lowing night, they lilet each half-way be
tween their respective shocks with arms
full. Upon ground hallowed with such
associations as thcsu was the Temple of
Solomon erected—so spacious and magnif
icent, the admiration and wonder of the
world. Alas! in these days how many
would rather steal their brother’s whole
shock than add to it a siugle sheaf.
Printing without Inr.—Among the
curious inventions in the Paris Exhibition
j is a process for printing without ink. Ac
cording to the London Printers’ Register
I the system was invented by a Frenchman
i named M. Gustave Lcboyer, and spfceimen
1 on exhibition contains one hundred and
forty-five letters in seven different kinds of
types and two colors—red and black—
composed and one hundred copies printed
all in three minutes. The printing was
done in thirty-two seconds I M. Leboyfit
has taken out a patent in Eugland, as well
as other countries. Machines appear to
ho chiefly intcudcd lor cards aud bills,
letter-heads, &e. The time expended in
the usual inking process must of course bo
saved in the Working of hand-machines.
The colors aro good and well printed. A
chemical paper or other fabric overlies the
cards or paper to be printed on, and the
types arc rapidly stamped upon this end
less chemical band, which impresses the
color on the card. The band lasts for sev
eral days in constant work and costs only
about three half pence sterling.
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BST'Nothing like love and hunger to
drive a man mad or rnakfc him happy.
Next to a feast upon a seventeen yoar old
pair of sweet lips under grapevines by
j moonlight, is a loray upon a platter of cold
beans after fishing for suckers all day.
The one fills a poetic heart, and tile other
an empty stomach.