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^DRUGGIST,
jj AND jfi
APOTHECAU.Y,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
FANCY ARTICLES, &C.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
1£}3B@ AIBISo
Fine Wines, Brandies, &c., for Me
dicinal purposes, always on hand.
(®“Physicians prescriptions are accurately
compounded of the best articles that can be
procured. janl8-tf.
C A. . JI I)SO V,
CARPENTER AND JOINER, Also,
Dealer in Sash, Doors, Mantles, Window
and Door Frames, &.c.
jgy Shop corner of Erwin and Park streets.
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS.
V. It.—Coflius made to order, on short
notice. feb22:ly.
_m. B. TOHMSON,
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
Mamifaoturor,
fjpM, Hickory Plain, Ark.,
Will make and repair Buggies
^ ™—and Carriages, &c., to order. Or
559* AH orders will be readily attended to,
all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
unit hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. nov2d-tf.
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
Harncss Manufacturer,
DES AKO, ARKANSAS.
&A RESPECTFULLY informs fey,
the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that he has on hand. '*?«"’«**
and is prepared to manufacture to order, —
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
Usually done in such establishments.
. I®* Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jackson’s store. jan21-ly.
blJcksm 1 fii Tjstg
Wagon and Buggy Waking.
MARTIN SHE TTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rPHANKFUL to the
pjfcjjjaT X people for their past fa-If )|
’■fcg-re-iai vors,respectfully announces \> y
yat lie lias opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
jJnd, on Park street, where he is prepared to
™all kinds of wont in the above line.
®*Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
JS, wheelbarrows, repairing, &.C., done on
'curl notice.
^“Horse-shoeing done promptly.
J OHN McN AMEE,
T .1 I JL OR,
Des Arc, Arkansas
CHOP ON BUENA VISTA STKEET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
■’ prepared to execute all kinds of work in
line of business, in a neat and fashionable
ityle.
_Jo*y SEE, 11859_[tf] _
w M . G It E E N S L A D E,
Merchant Tailor,
- Des Arc, Ark-.
CHOP on Buena Vista street, one door West
of the Post office. All work executed in
* ’’eat and fashionable style.
feb29-iy.
, J0Rdan bgdemerT
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTIN®,
, reSSING SALOON.
S3AMP00ING Tn 'jT HAIR-DYING,
i fiUBNA VISTA Street, south-side, two
. doors east of G. A J. McLaren’s, Des
'-■ArlUMi,. jaull-tf. ,
%
■ir-u^riiOOiuiNAL U Alt Do.
0 W. SORRELLS, M. D., Physician and
‘ ®'lrf,P0"- Brownsville, Ark. Office—-At
Lightfoot s Drug Store, Main st. jc2-tf
t-sanders. 77l7n7el.
PVRS,SANDERS & NEEL. Resident Phy
1 , 31c,ans. Des Arc. Ark., having formed a
partnership in the practice of their profession,
tender a continuation of their services to the
citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country.
, ~''P stairs> corner of Buena Vista and
Woodruff streets. my26-tf
r\R. H. ARMISTEAD having permanent
ly ly located at Des Arc. offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of the town
and adjacent country.
fOffice on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
BETHELL will continue the
I J 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 public patronage.
1?^” Office at Baisly’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. UNE.W. H. CHAMBERS.
DRis. LANE &. CH AMBERShaving form
ed a partnership in the practice of
their profession, tender their services to the
■citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country.
From their experience they hope to share
at least a portion of the patronage of the
public.
iar 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.) 2j miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
w Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
nR. F. WALSH, having located at
1/ Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public, g^“ Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
TP J. WOODSON, Attorney nt Law,
I . Des Arc, Arkdnsas, will practice in the
Fifth Judicial Ciicuit, and the counties of
White, Jackson and Monroe.
. All business entrusted to his care will
be promptly attended to. may?-ly.
AW. McNEILL, Attorney at Law, Des
• Arc, Arkansas, practices in the courts
of Prairie and adjacent counties. (j5j^“Ofnce,
corner of Erwin and Lyon streets. [apll.
TA W. DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law,
Brownsville, Arkansas, will promptly
attend to all business entrusted to him, in
Prairie, Arkansas, Monroe, Si. Francis, Jack
son and White counties.
*.* Prompt attention given to the collection
of all claims entrusted to his care. apr28
B. D. TURNER.. T. JONES.
r|Mj RNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. jan4-tf.
R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
* Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will Prac
tice in the Counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, Jackson, White and St. Francis.—
Prompt attention eiven to all business entrust
ed to;his care. Office corner of Walton and
Woodruff Streets. jan4-tf.
Q H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O. Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R. 3. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH.
ri A NTT & BRONAUGII, Attorneys
VT at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. septl4tf
T ACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. '' [jul27-tf.
5. K. GATEWOOl)... A. MOON.
n ATE WOOD & MOON, Land
(j 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
.: . mifrQ-tP
rp B. KENT. Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
L • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis, Jackson, ami Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. Offe-ck ?n Lyon
street. fjun8-tf
TE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi*ll practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Con wav, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles,' and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
ed to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
febl3-tf. ________ _ _
J. L. HOLLO WELL..W. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanclle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf __.
^ FRUIT TREES.
Fruit trees for sale by j. d. &
W. C. MORROW.—Wc are permanently
located seven miles South of Des Arc, on
Wattensaw Bayou, where we intend going into
the Nursery business extensively. We have
been engaged in this business for several years
past in ^Tishomingo co., Miss. We have on
hand some fifty thousand apple and some pear
grafts at our old Nursery, which we will ship
to any point on Arkansas, White or Litile Red
rivers. For further information address
J. D. or W. C. MORROW,
jel9-tf Wattensaw, Prairie co., Ark.
F. LEPTIEN,
CLOCK AMD WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWmiitiEIl,
Buena Vista Street,
Three doors. East of G.
- & J. McLaren & Co’s
I DES ARC, ARK.
RESPECTFULLY in
- “ forms the citizens oi
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he has
a new and select stock of v
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kind*
of CLOCK and WATCH Work, m a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Cl.«
Jewelry, aP~
Over the Mountain.
Like dreary prison walls
The stern gray mountains rise,
Until their topmost crags
Touch the far gloomy skies ;
One steep and narrow path
Winds up the mountain’s crest,
And from our valleys leads
Out to the golden West.
I dwell here in content,
Thankful for tranquil days;
And yet, my eyes grew dim,
As still t gaze and gaze
Upon that mountain pass,
That leads—or so it seems—
To some far happy land,
Known in a world of dreams.
And as I watch that path
Over the distant hill,
A foolish longing comes
My heart and soul to fill ;
A painful, strange desire
To break some weary bond.;
A vague unuttered wish
For what might lie beyond !
In that far world unknown,
Over that distant hill,
May dwell the loved and lost,
Lost—yet beloved still ;
I have a yearning hope,
!J alf longing, and half pain,
That by that mountain pass
They may return again.
Space may keep friends apart,
Death has a mighty thrall;
There is another gulf
Harder to cross than all;
Yet watching that far road,
My heart beats full and fast;
If they should come once more,
If they should come at last 1
See, down the mountain side
The silver vapors creep ;
They hide the rock cliiFs,
They hide the craggy steep,
They hide that narrow path
That comes across the luil,
Oh, foolish longing cease,
Oh, beating heart, be still !
From the Savannah (Ga ) News.]
Let it be Remembered.
That John Bell, of Tennessee, the op
position candidate for President, voted in
1836 and 1838, for the reception of aboli
tion petitions by Congress, and that he
was the Southern member who thus voted
against his section.
Let it be remembered, whenever this
subject was brought before Congress, John
Bell voted side by side with John Quincy
Adams, and Joshua R. Giddings, rank ab
olitionists.
Let it be remembered, that John Bell
voted against the repeal of tluf odious re
striction upon the South—the Missouri
Compromise—and against the Kansas
Nebraska bill; and that the American
party of Georgia, in Convention, declared
that any man thus voting was unworthy of
confidence or of association with any polit
ical party at the South.
Let it be remembered, that John Bell
voted for the admission of California, vo
ting against such men as Berrien, Barn
well, of S. C., Butler, Clemens, Davis, of
Miss . Dawson, and others, and with such
men as Chase, of Ohio, Hamlin, of Maine,
Seward, of New York and Winthrop, of
Massachusetts.
Let it be remembered, that in 1858,
John Bell, then a Senator in Congress,
voted against the admission of Kansas un
der the Lecompton Constitution, and tlmt
all parties at the South had previously de
clared that a refusal to admit Kansas un
der the Lecompton Constitution would be
a violation of a “good'’ and plain Consti
tutional right.
Let it t>e retnemoerea, mat jonn uen
has repeatedly within the last two years,
announced publicly that he would ceulesce
with the Black Republicans to save the
Union.
Let it be remembered, that John Bell
has lately been interrogated as to whether
he is in favor of the protection of the rights
of slave property in the territories, and
that he had refused to answer.
Let it be remembered, that John Bell
was prominently spoken of as a candidate
for the Black Republican nomination at
Chicago.
Let it be remembered, that John Bell
is as far as it goes, identical with that of a
Black Republican party, both professing
to sustain the Constitution and the Union,
and the enforcement of the laws.
Let it be remembered, that Edward Ev
erett, the opposition candidate lor Vice
President, subscribed to a testimonial to
Charles Sumner, the notorious abolitionist,
and foul-mouthed calumniator ol the South,
after he was justly caned by the lamented
Brooks.
Let it be remembered, that this same
Edward Everett said, in a letter written
long afterwards, that he agreed with this
slanderous liar, Sumner, “in the main line
of his argument,” which argument was an
attempt to prove that Southern slavehold
ers were inhuman, immoral, barbarous,
dishonest and dishonorable.
Let it be remembered, that Edward
Everett voted for a resolution declaring
the right of Congress to abolish slavery
nnd the slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia.
Let it be remembered, that Edward Ev
erett voted for a resolution declaring that
Congress ought to take measures to effect
the abolition of slavery in the District of
! Columbia.
Let it be remembered, that Edward Ev
erett voted for ajesolution declaring that
the rights of humanity, the claims ot jus
I tice, and the common good alike dernand
1
ed the suppression by Congress of die slave
trade carried on in and through the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Let it be remembered that Edward Ev
erett voted for a resolution declaring that
Congress has, by the Constitution, the
power to abolish slavery in the territories
of the United States.
Let it be remembered, that Edward Ev
erett voted for a resolution declaring that
no new Slate shall hereafter be admitted
into the Union whose Constitution or form
of Government shall permit the existence
of domestic slavery therein.
Let it be remembered, that Edward Ev
erett voted for a resolution declaring that
Congress has, by the Constitution, power
to abolish the trnffic of slaves between the
States of the Union, and that the exercise
of this power is demanded by the princi
ples of humanity and justice.
Let it be remembered, that Edward Ev
erett has been addressed by citizens Ala
bama, in the hope that he would repudiate
this record, and he has not only failed, but
refused to do it.
Let it be remembered, that John Bell,
of Tennessee, a native of a slave State, but
all his life a friend and ally to the North,
has been selected as a fit and proper can
didate to run on a ticket with Edward Ev
erett, whose record is fairly stated in the
foregoing paragraphs.
With all these facts staring them in the
face, can Southern men vole for Bell and
Everett?
Douglas Indicted.
We give below the indictment, for so
we must call it, of Stephen A. Douglas,
arraigned before the bar of popular judg
aient, by Charles Reemelin, Esq., at the
Breckinridge and Lane County Conven
.ion, held at Carthage, Ohio, on Saturday
;he 4th inst. It will be seen that each
;ount is clearly and specifically drawn out.
Let Douglas put in his plea and defend
aitnself, if he can:
Mr. Reemelin arraigned Douglas on
5ve counts, which he set forth as follows:
1st. Douglas is false—always false to
lis promises. In 1852 the Whigs aud
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hi-j Mg-i vv/-v» ivs iiuui iv j u|jwij mv
slavery question. Douglas was pledged
with his party, yet he revived agitation
ipon this question. He violated the plat
ortn of 1852, yet he reprobates Buchanan
or violating that of 1856.
RAILROAD SCHEMES.
2d, He is the author of the grants of
oublic lands for railroad purposes, which
ncreases taxes and diverts public lands
roin uses to which they were authorized
o be applie I by Government. He was
he author of the great land grant of two
ind a half million acres in Illinois, to the ,
Illinois Central Railroad, which will cost
lie people 830,000,000, for the benefit of
hat corporation. But there is a more se
•ious point, “I blow." said Mr. R. “that
'here is at this time a scheme, a well devel
oped scheme, for the construction of a rail
wad from New York to Buffalo, thence to
Chicago, thence to Sioux City, and thence
xcross to California, which was the main
reason wh ich kept the New York delegation
in the Democratic Convention for Douglas.
Erastus Corning, Dean Richmond and
Dagger, held his nomination in hand, and
,hey gave it to him because he was in fa
vor of such grants. Mr. R. held that
liese grants' are a perversion of public
rusts. They are for common use, and
should not be distributed to corporations.
He said in conclusion that Jackson’s veto
of Clay’s Land Distribution, will apply to
this case.
TARIFF.
Si! Do von rempmber that Dnupdasdid
not vote on the Tariff in the Senate last
winter? He dodged it. But do you re
member what be said the other day in his
Philadelphia speech ? He told the people
of Pennsylvania that if they would help
bun put his band on the slavery questiou,
he would give them all the protection they
waut. “Isn’t a wink as good as a nod,”
etc.
SEDITION BILL.
4th. Do you remember that last winter,
when he heard the motion for a Commit
tee to investigate the Harper's Ferry af
fair, that he moved, for the purpose of
gaining credit with the South, that the
Committee on Judiciary be instructed to
bring in a bill punishing with death any
person who should be guilty of treason
against a State. Thus would he use the
power of the General Government to pun
ish you and I, or any man for treason
against a State Government. A pretty
States’ Right Democrat he, to use the
power of the General Government for the
punishment of a crime against a State.—
But the South was not to be caught in such
a trap, and Jeff Davis held him up in all
his baseness for the condemnation of the
Democratic party.
COVODE COMMITTEE.
5th. Now for the Covode Committee of
Investigation. Who was the eaves-drop
per, who the spy, who the informer in this
case? Who were leading this assault
upon the administration ? Douglas men, j
Forney, Schnable, Sanders, all of them
playing traitors and spies, showing their
own rascality and villainy. Douglas and
his friends are sustaining all these dirty
tricks. Who but him sustains the princi
ple that “to the victors belong the spoils?”
Wbo but he and his friends sustain all
these corruption contracts, and all the vil
i laiuy in the land? And if they were
1 elected, would they not do it again ?
_It may fairly be contended that invete
j rate laziness is the most affective labor-eaving
1 machine ever invented.
I
Leading Men for Breckinridge and Lane
The following prominent gentlemen
have already expressed their preferences
for the regular Democratic nominees
Breckinridge and Lane.
The President.
Hon. Beni. Fitzpatrick, late Dougins
nominee for Vice-President.
Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretory of State.
Senator Davis, of Mississippi.
Hon. Daniel S. Dickison, of N. Y.
Gov. Harris, of Tennessee.
Gov. Elius, of N. C.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia.
Senator Clingman, formerly for Mr.
Douglas.
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, of Tenn., for
merly for Mr. Douglas.
Roger A. Pryor, of Va., formerly for
Mr. Douglas.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware.
Senator Brown, of Mississippi.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts.
Ex-Postmaster General Cave Johnson.
Hon. Humphry Marshal, of Ky., the
old Whig leader.
James B. Clay, of Ky., the son of Hen
ry Clay.
Fletcher Webster, of Mass., the son of
Daniel Webster.
Andrew P. Calhoun, of S. C., the son
of John C. Calhoun.
John Van Buren, of N. Y.
Hon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the
Navy.
Hon. J. B. Floyd, Secretary of War.
Erastus Corning, of N. Y.
Charles O’Conor, of N. Y.
Augustus Schell, of N. Y.
Daniel E. Sickles, ofN. Y.
Gen. John A. Dix, ofN. Y.
Gen. Geo. P. Morris, of N. Y.
Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tenn.,claim
ed by the Squatters.
TJ .mrif A Wf ion n r tlrrt G |i(|ln
jiant” who slew Know-Nothingism.
Ex-President Tyler.
Ex-President Pierce.
Senator Toombs, of Georgia.
Senator Polk, of Missouri.
Senator Bright, of Indiana.
Col. Isaac H. Wright, the “War Horse”
sf Mass.
Hon. B. F. Butler, of Mass.
Col. Chas. G. Green, of Mass.
Benj. F. Hailett, of Mass.
Hon. Erasmus D. Beach, of Mass.
Edmund Burke, of N. H.
Hon. Israel T. Hatch, ofN. Y.
Hon. James Guthrie, of Kentucky.
Senators Benjamin and Slidell, of Lou
siana.
Hon. J. R. Worlendyke, of N. J.
Hon. John Huyler, of N. J.
Senator Rice, of Minnesota.
John, S. Phelps, of Missouri.
Ex-Speaker James L. Orr, of S. C.
L. O’B. Branch, M. C., of North Caro
ina, formerly for Douglas.
Thos. B. Florence, of Pa.
Senator Bigler, of Pa.
Attorney-General Black, of Pa.
Josiah Randall, of Pa
Wm. G. Whitely, of Del.
Ex-Governor Runnels, of Texas.
Senator Gwin, of California.
Postmaster Gen. Holt.
Sec. Thompson, of Miss.
Senator Pearce, of Md.
Senators Johnson and Sebastian, of
\rk.
Senator Fitch, oflnd.
Senator Nicholson, of Tenn.
Geo. W. Riggs, ofD. C., banker.
Mayor Berrett, of Washington.
Gov. I. I. Stephens, of Oregon.
Senator J. B. Thompson, of N. J.
Senators Hunter and Mason, of Va.
non. jonn ivi. j^anuium, oi
Hon. Geo. W. Hughes, Md.
Ex-Gov. McRae, of Miss.
Hon. W. S. Groesbeck, of Ohio.
Judge Bartley, of Ohio, and a host of
others.
These are the recognized leaders of the
Democracy. Many of them have held
he honored position for a quarter of acen
ury or longer. Better than this, however,
.he Democratic masses, all that is pure and
andefiled of Democracy, are just as earn
est and enthusiastic for the regular nomi
nations, Breckinridge and Lane.—[New
York Day Book.
-■» « e
Rights and Duties or Man.—We
hear in these days a great deal respecting
rights ; the rights of private judgment; the
right of labor; the rights of property, aud
ihe rights of man. Rights are grand things,
divine things in this world of God’s; bui
the way in which we expound those tights,
alas ! seems to me to be the very incarna
tion of selfishness. 1 can see nothing no
ble in a man who is forever going aboul
calling for his own rights !
Two thousand years ago there was One
here on this earth, who lived the grandesi
life that ever has been lived yet; a lift
that every thinking man, with deeper oi
shallower meaning, has agreed to call Di
vine. I read little respecting His rights
or his claims of rights ; but I have read a
great deal respecting His duties; every
act he did he called a duty. I read a very
little in that life respecting His rights
but I hear a vast deal respecting His
wrongs— wrongs infinite—wrongs born*
with a majestic, God-like silence. Hi;
reward ? His reward was the reward tha
God gives to all His true and noble ones
to be cast out in his day and generation
aud a life conferring death at last; thosi
were his rights!—[Robertson.
-In a protracted meeting once, a hym
was given out which contained the words
“There’s no sorrow there.” At the close,
brother stood up and shouted, in a voice o
thunder: “Yes, brethen, thar’i no sorrer i
heaven! And why not? Because, in the word
of this beautiful hymn, thar’s no sorrer thar.
! -There,” said a bystander, “that’s what I cal
! coming out of the same hole y^ou went in at.
Freemasonry and Gridirons.—A
worihy police captain—says a correspon
dent—entertained a fancy to become a
freemason. A friend accompanied him
to the place of meeting, which was in a
building, the lower part of which was
used as a place of entertainment. The
neophyte was left in an apartment next
to the servnntroom, while his friend went
up stairs to assist in the opening ceremo
nies. A Celtic maid, whocaught n glimpse
of the stranger resolved to take part in
his initiation, and procuring a gridiron,
placed it over the range. It was not long
before the captain, looking inquisitively
through the door, saw the utensil reden
ing in the heat. The recollection flashed
through his mind that Masonic candidates
had some peculiar ordeals which they
were uaable to encounter.
"What is that, Bridget?" he eagerly
inquired.
“And. shure,” replied the Hibernian
virgin, "it’s only the gridiron that I was
tould to place over the coals.
"Who told you," asked the eager cap
tain.
"And was it not the gentleman who
come with you?"
“Wlmt could he want with it?” de
manded the captain.
"And shure I can’t tell,” replied Brid
get. “They are often using it; it be
longs to the people above stairs. I ul
ways heat it when they want to make a
mason.”
This was too much for the excited cap
tain and taking to his heels, he soon put
a safe distance between himself and the
lodge.
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The Force or Hahit.—There was a
boy in my class at school—says Sir Wal
ter Scott—who stood at the top, nor could
I, with all my efforts supplant him. Day
came after day, and still he kept his place,
do whal I would, till at length I observed
that when a question was asked he al
ways fumbled with his finger at a particu
lar button in the lower part of his waist
coat. To move it, therefore, became ex
pedient in my eyes, and in an evil mo
ment it was removed with o knife. Ureal
was my anxiety to know the success of
my measure, and it succeeded too well.
When the boy was again questioned, his
finger sought the button, but it was not to
be found; in distress he looked down for
it: it was to be seen no more than to be
felt. He stood confounded, and I took
possession of his place ; nor did he ever
recover it, Dor ever, I believe, suspect who
was the author of this wrong. Often, in
after life, has the sight of him sinoto me
as I passed by him, and often have I re
solved to make him some reparation, but
it ended in good resolutions.—[Lockhart’s
Life of 'Scott,
The Mother Moulds the Man.—
That it is the mother who moulds the man
is a sentiment beautifully illustrated by
the following recorded observations of a
shrewd writer:
“When I lived among the Choctaw In
dians, I held a consultation with one of
their chiefs respecting the successive stages
of their progress in the arts of civilized
life ; and, among many other things, he
informed me that at their start they made
a great mistake—they only sent boys to
school. These boys came home intelli
gent men, byt they married uneducated
and uncivilized wives; and the uniform
result was, the children were all like their
mother. The father soon lost all his in
terest both in wife and children. And
now, said he, if we would educate but one
class of our children, we should choose the
girls; for when they become mothers they
educate their sons. This is the point, and
it is true. No nation can become enlight
ened when mothers are not in a good de
gree qualified to discharge the duties of
lll<3 IIUlllU VVUIIV UI cuutauvu.
Tale or an Elephant.—Tell my
grandchildren, said the late Right Rev.
Daniel Wilson, writing home from India,
that an elephant here had a disease in his
eyes. For three days he had been com
pletely blind. His owner, an engineer
officer, asked my dear Dr. Webb, if he
could do anything to relieve the poor
animal. The doctor said he would try
nitrate of silver, which was a remedy,
commonly applied to similar diseases in
the human eye. The huge animal was
ordered to lie down, and at first, on the
application of the remedy, raised a most
extraordinary roar at the acute pain which
it occasioned. The effect, however, was
wonderful. The eye was, in a manner,
restored and the animal could see. The
next day when he was brought, and
heard the doctor's voice, he laid down ol
himself, placed his enormous head on one
side, curled up his trunk, drew in his
breath just like a man about to endure an
operation, gave a sigh of relief when it
was over and then, by trunk and gestures,
evidently wished to express his gratitude.
What sagacity! What a Lesson to us oi
patience!
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The St. Louis Agricultural and
Mechanical Association open their nexi
fair on the last Monday in September.
The leading premium is a sweepstake
prize of 81500 for the best roadster stal
lion toharness. Three premiums of8600
' for the best thorough-bred bull, thorough
' bred stallion and roadster stallion to har
ness; $300 for the second best, and $10C
, for the third best of each description of am
. imals offered. All the other prizes are it
, keeping with the former fame of the as
f sociation, and cover almost everythin
i connected with the agricultural and me
s chanical world, embracing the fine arts
’ the floral kingdom, &c. The premiun
> list amounts to upwards of S24.U00.
The Sew.
’Tis not the copious rains alone
Which bless the parched soil;
The gentle dews, that nightly fall.
Reward the sower’s toil.
' Unseen, unheard, the dews dftcend,
Like slumber on the mind ;
Aiuf on the thirsty hills and field!
A blessing leave behind.
In the cool stillness of the night
The drooping plants revive,
The grass and every tender herb
With their sweet influence thrive.
Sec, lifted on each pointed blade,
How bright the dew-drops shine 1
And learn in trusting, humble faith
To trace the Hand Divine.
That,though no clouds their fullness drop,
In answer to our prayer ;
Still we may own, from day to day,
Our God for us doth care.
miscellaneousitems’
—Every man Is a missionary now and for
ever, for good or for evil, whether be Intends
or designs it or not. He may be a blot, radi
ating his dark influence outward to th« vary
circumference of society; or he may be a
blessing, spreading benediction over the length
and breadth of the world; but a blank he can
not be. There are no moral blanks; there
are no neutral characters. We are either the
sower that sows and corrupts, or the light
that splendidly illuminates, and the salt that
operates ; but being dead or alive, every man
speaks.
-Thore are people in the world as much
given to slander as a hen is to cackling. The
following for example: Perfumery ia an
article which indolent young ladies make use
of to supply the place of clean water and
soap.
-Quilp and his wife had a bit of conten
tion the other day. “I own you have more
brilliancy than I,” said the woman, “but I
have the better judgment.” “Yes,” said Quilp,
“our choice in marriage shows that 1” Quilp
was informed that he was a brute.
'■ "■ -tJiuuuub aecmiig uutiiu vi ■ pwus
turn of mind)—"i'Wiiih a nice, quiet room,
where I should be uninterrupted In my devo
tions.” Landlady—“Oh, In that case, I al
ways require the price of board in advance.”
-A landlord went, some time since, to
call on several of his tenants, to tell them that
he intended raising their rent. One of them
seemed exceedingly pleased on hearing this,
and thanked the landlord. “It is so kind,”he
said, “for I cannot raise it myself.”
An Egyptian Dainty.—I never tasted a
better turkey than ho gave us, and,upon com
plimenting him on Its great delicacy, I learn
ed from him the Egyptian secret of rendering
the flesh particularly tender. Half an hour
before the bird is killed, a glass of brandy U
poured down its throat, which produces in
toxication, and tho flesh of the tipsy turkey
acquires a tenderness superior to that which
is produced even by longkocping.—[Mrs. lio
iner’s Pilgrimage.
—Lorenzo Dow once said of a grasping
farmer, that if he had the whole world en
closed in a single field, he would not be content
without a patch of ground on the outside for
potatoes.
—Piggies would like to know what kind
of a broom the young woman in the last novel
used when she “swept baek the raven ringlet*
from the classic brow.”
-The pursuit in which we cannot aek
God’s protection must be criminal; the meas
ure for which we dare not thank him, cannot
be innocent.
-He will find himself In a great mistake
that either seeks for a friend in a palace, or
tries him at a feast.
-It is only necessary to grow old to be
come more indulgent. I see no fault com
mitfflH that I have nnt committed mvself.
-It is related of Poussin, that being
shown a picture by a person of rank, he said,
“You only want a little poverty to make you a
good painter.”
-It is a mortifying truth, and ought to
teach the wisest of us humility, that many of
the most valuable- discoveries have been the
result at chance, rather than contemplation,
and of accident rather than design.
-Ignorance is often the source of the
most intrepid action, and the most implicit
faith; since there are none sofearless as those
who have not light enough to see their danger,
and none so confident as they who have not
knowledge enough to discover their own er
rors.
-The records of life run thus: Man
creeps into childhood—bounds into youth—
sobers into manhood—softens into age—totters
into second childhood, and slumbers into the
cradle prepared for him.
-Never talk of your parentage ; for if it
is honorable, you virtually acknowledge your
claims to rest on the merits of others; or, if it
is mean, you wish to show that something good
has at length come out of Nazareth ; or, if it
neither, your conveisation can only be inter
esting to yourself.
_Let it not be imagined that the life of a
good Christian must necessarily be a life of
melancholy and gloominess ; for he only re
signs some pleasures, to enjoy others infinitely
greater.
_The most censorious are generally the
least judicious, who having nothing to recom
mend themselves, will be fiud'ng fault with
others. No man envies another who has
enough of his own.
_A young fellow having been charged
with getting drunk the night before, and wish
ing to justify himself, declared that he never
was drunk, nor never meant to be, for it al
’ ways made fflm feel so bad the next morning.
I _“Give thy children a sound education,”
■ says a writer, “coupled with some useful trade,
,! and you thereby give them a fortune. Give
i them to understand, from the beginning, that
I labor is honorable,”
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