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fg DRUGGIST, fg
l A N P W
APOTHECARY *
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
I'A.VCY ARTICLES, &c.,
- Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
iilSiSq
W F lie Wines, Brandies, fee., for Me
dicinal purposes, always on hand.
(PSTPhysici ans prescriptions art accurately
compounded of the best articles that dan be
procured. janl8-tf.
c. a. jrnsrtv.
CARPENTER AND JOINER, Also,
\j ,
Dealer in Sash. Doors, Mantles, Window
and Door Frames, &c.
(jy Shop corner of Erwin and Park streets.
r>KS ARC, ARKANSAS.
IV. B.—Collins made to order, on short
notice. feb22:ly.
HoTi. tootsotT"
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
3VE anufao tnr oi*.
rJSHILSL Hickory Plain, Ark.,
Will make and repair. Buggies
-**—and Carriages, &.C., to Older. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
(jar til orders will be readily attended to,
all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. nov23-tf.
J. S. AYDEKSOY,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
Harness Manufacturer,
DBS AKO, ARKANSAS.
RESPECTFULLY informs .
the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that he has on hand, Hflllr
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.
({3?" Shop ftp Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jackson’s store. jan21-ly*_
BLOCKS MIT HIJVG
Wagon and Buggy Making,
m A B TIN SHF, TTER.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
v k*«—rpHANKFUL to the
r*wgr .L people for thoir past f a -1 f )|
■BHI %'ors,respectfully announces \> y
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Leo’s olu
stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of worn in the above line.
(t^*Biacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ing, wheelbarrows, repairing, &.c., done on
short notice.
(H?*Horsc-shoeing done promptly.
feb 18-tf _
JOHN McNAMEE,
T .f I L, O « ,
Dei Arc, Arkansas.
CJHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
O opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
his line of business, in a neat and fashionable
style.
July 27, 1859.—[tf] ___
\VM . GR EE NS LADE,
Merchant Tailor,
Des Arc, Ask.,
SHOP on Buena Vista street, one door West
of the Post office. All work executed in
a neat and fashionable style.
feb29-ly.
JO R D A N 150 DEM ER,
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING,
AND
IHAIR-D RES SING SALOON
—ALSO—
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
|)UENA VISTA Street, south-side, twe
JJ doors east of G. & J- McLaren’s, Dei
Arc, Arkansas. janll-tf.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SW. SORRELLS, M.D., Physician and
• Surgeon, Brownsville, Ark. Office—At
Lightfoot’s Drug Store, Main st. je2-tf
T. SANDERS. J. t. NEEt.
DRS. SANDERS & NEEL. Resident Phy
sicians, Des Arc, Ark., having formed a
partnership in the practice of theirprofession,
tender a continuation of their services to the
citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country.
Office —up stairs, corner of Buena Vista and
Woodruff streets. my26-tf
DR. H. ARMISTEAD having permanent
ly located at Des Arc, offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of the town
and adjacent country.
(J3T Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-8m
DR. WM. BETHELL will continue the
Practice of Medicine in Des Arc and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fifteen years, he hopes td
receive a share of the public patronage.
Office at Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi
dence. near the forks of the Little Rock ami
Searcy roads, first house on the South side of
the road, entering the town. mar21-ly.
J. J. LANE.W. H. CHAMBERS.
DRS. LANE & CHAMBERS having 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.
Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. feblrtf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND.having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant.
(formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2^ miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
Particular attention given to dcseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
T\R. YV. F. YVALSH, having located at
1/ Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may2B, 1858-ly*
ril J. YVOODSON, Attorney at Law,
| . Des Arc. Arkdnsas, will practice in the
Fifth Judicial Circuit, and the counties of
White, Jackson and Monroe.
* * All Vstici tines otifniaf oil f n liia ooro will
be promptly attended to. may5-ly.
AW. McNEfLL, Attorney at Law, Des
« Arc, Arkansas, practices in the courts
Of Prairie and adjacent counties. g3?”()fiice,
corner of Erwin and Lyou streets. [apll.
p W. DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law,
Ii< 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
n. n. turner..wm. t. jones.
fT'URNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. jan4-tf.
rp 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 given to all business entrust
ed to his care. Office corner of Walton and
Woodruff Streets. jan4-tf.
rl H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O* Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
n. S. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH.
GANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. septl4 tf
JACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at j
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, ClaringtOn, (Sunfish,) Monroe
County, Ohio. _[j»‘27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD... A. MOON.
/XATEWOOD & MOON, Land
yX Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tf.
rp B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
JL • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. BST Office on Lyon
street. _
TE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. L\w, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi’ll practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conway, 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.
feh13—tf.
j. t„ IIOLLOWEM.. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardancllc, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
jc26-tf_______
= fruit trees
Fruit trees for sale by j. d. &
W. C. MORROW.—We 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 I.itile Red
Hvers For further information address
J. D. or W. C. MORROW,
jcl9-tf Wattensaw, Prairie co., Ark
F. L E P TI E N,
CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWTUiTiEri.
Buena Vista Street
Three doors East of G
& J. McLaren & Co’s
: DES ARC, ARK.
RESPECTFULLY Tn
_ forms the citizens o:
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he ha:
a new and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kind
Pf CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Cleai
•Iepllrv, &c. *P2SMf
The River Path.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
No bird-song floated down the hill,
The tangled bank below was still;
No rustle from the birchen stem,
No ripple from the water’s hem.
The dusk of twilight round us grew,
We felt the falling of the dew :
For, from ns, ere the day was done,
The wooded hills shut out the sun.
But on the river’s farther side
We saw the hill-tops glorified—
A tender glow, exceeding fair,
A dream of dby without its glare.
With us the damp, the chill, the gloom ;
With them the sunset’s rosy bloom :
While dark, through willowy vistas seen,
The river rolled in shade between.
From out the darkness where we trod
We gazed upon the hills of God.
Whose light seemed not of moon or sun.
We spake not, hut our thought was one.
We paused, as if from that bright shore
Beckoned our dear ones gone before :
And stilled our beating hearts to hear
The voices lost to mortal ear!
Sudden our pathway turned from night;
The hills swung open to the light:
Through their green gates the sunshine
showed,
A long, slant splendor downward flowed.
Down glade and glen and bank it rolled ;
It bridged the shaded stream with gold:
And, borne on piers of mist, allied
The shadowy with the sunlit side 1
“So,” prayed we, “when our feet draw near
The river, dark with mortal fear.
And the night Cometh chill with dew,
O Father ! let Thy light break through !
So let the hills of doubt divide,
So bridge with faith the sunless tide !
So let the eyes that fail on earth
On Thy eternal hills look forth ;
And in Thy beckoning angels know
The dear ones whom we loved below!”
From Dwight’s Journal of Music.]
The Rain Concert.
Millions of tiny drops
Are falling ail around ;
They’re dancing on the house-tops,
They’re hiding in the ground.
TIiotf ?iro Pairv.liL'p mtiflini anQ.
With anything for keys,
Beating tune upon the windows,
Keeping time upon the trees.
A light and airy treble
They play upon the stream,
And the melody enchants Us
Like the music of a dream.
A deeper bass is sounding
When they’re dropping into caves 5
With a tenor from tho fcephyrs,
And an alto from the waves.
Oh, ’tis a stream of music,
And Robin “don’t intrude,”
If, when the rain is weary,
He drops an interlude.
It seems as if the warbling
Of the birds in all the bowers,
Had been gathered into rain drops
And was coming down in showers.
Suggestions to Planters.
Now that the cotton season is over and
the growing crop will be maturing in a
few weeks, we deem it proper to offer the
following suggestions for the benefit of
planters:
1st. Let your cotton, when it opens be
picked with proper care, being clear of
dirt, as free as possible from trash. Both
these things are great drawbacks in effect
ing sales. Factors find great difficulty in
selling dirty and trashy cotton, and they
are frequently compelled to effect sales at
very low prices, while the same cottons, if
clear, would command ready sales at fair
prices, and thus pay the owners well for
the extra labor required.
2d. Take proper pains in ginning and
packing. Avoid, as far as possible the
too common evil of “napping” with the
gin. And also of “wet packing” it with
screws. Let enough baggiug be put on
to cover up the cotton entirely, then cows
will not eat into the bales ; and they will
be in much better condition for shipping.
Bagging will generally pay for itself in
selling the cotton, hence the greater pro
priety of using a little more to put the
bales in better condition. When cotton is
well covereu, it suiters less lruut e*pu»uiu
to fire and other damages; and rogues
have not the same opportunity to draw
handfulls out to replenish their own stock.
In ginning, two qualities of cotton should
not be mixed together. Neither should
two different qualities ever be put into the
same bale. These mixtures are sure to
cause annoyance to cotton dealers and fac
tors, and they subject planters themselves
to trouble and loss. When planters have
remnants of cotton, they should gin and
pack each kind to itself; and if the bales
are too light for shipping, they can be sold
to the cotton factories.
3d. When the cotton is to be sent by
Railroad, the planters name should be dis
tinctly marked with good ink upon the
heads of the bales. This is proper at all
times, but more especially when shipped
by railroad. When the name is properly
put upon the bales, but little trouble is ne
cessary to identify them; but when the
bales are not sufficiently marked, more or
less trouble may be expected, and it is al
most sure to come.
By giving attention to these little mat
ters, planters will save themselves much
trouble and expense.—[Columbus Times.
Slabbering in Horses.—A corres
. pendent of the Boston Cultivator says this
is a disease in horses. Salpetre, a table
i spoonfull for a dose, he has found to cure
the worst case he ever had, and has not
found it necessary ever to give the fourth
1 dose. He gives a tablespoonfull in the
' morning, and in three days, if he is not
free from it, repeats the dose.
An Anecdote—Just in Time.
A young physician having tried in vain
to get into practice, at last fell upon the
following expedient to set the ball rolling:
He sprang upon bis horse once a day, and
drove at full speed through the village ;
after an absence of an hour he would re
turn and carry with him some of his in
struments—thinking if he could impress
his neighbors with the opinion that he had
practice, they would begin to place confi
dence in his ability.
A wag who more than suspected the de
ceit which he was practicing, determined
to know the truth. He accordingly kept
his horse in readiness, and the next time
that the doctor galloped by his door, sprang
on his horse and placed himself on the
young gentleman’s trail. The doctor saw
the man following at his heels, but did
not at first evince any uneasiness. At
length, however, he thought it advisable
to turn down a narrow lane. The pursuer
followed on like an evil genius; but the
doctor grew impatient to return home.—
There was no house by the way at which
he could afford any pretext for stopping.
In the meantime his saddle-bags were with
him, and he was otherwise equipped for
business, so that he could not return, in the
face of his neighbor, without exposing the
secrets of his trade in the most palpable
manner. Every bound carried him farther
from his home, and the shades of night
began to fall on hill and tower. Still
sounds of horse’s hoofs were thundering
to his ear, and he was driven to his wit’s
end; but just as he turned the angle of the
wood, he heard a low moan. A man lay
prostrate near the fence of a meadow, and
blood gushed from a fearful wound in his
arm. He had cut an artery with his scythe,
and was in danger of immediate dissolu
tion. The young doctor sprang from his
horse and staunched the wound. Hand
ages were applied, and his life was saved.
The pursuer had also thrown himself from
his horse, and, as the physician lied up
the bandage, he looked up in his face and
said—“How lucky, neighbor, that I was
able to arrive just in time.”
The wondering spectator was silent with
i r. ... - ..1.4_
unCj uuu auci aroioimg mv uuuuucu
home, he told such a miraculous tale to
the wondering villagers as secured to the
young physician a reputation not only for
skill but also for a supernatural presence.
Thus did the merest accident contribute
more to his advancement than years of
studious toil could have done; and the im
pertinent curiosity of a waggish neighbor
opened for him a path of business which
the most influential patronage might never
have been able to provide for him.— [Old •
Paper.
The Great “Bore.”—The editor of
the Russellville (la.) Herald, while in
Louisville lately, paid a visit to the Arte
sian well. He gives his impressions as
follows:
The greatest “bore” in Louisville, and
a curiosity that is well worthy of going to
see, is the Artesian well that is constantly
throwing Up an immense volume of water
from the bowels of the earth. Machinery
is attached by which the jet can be readily
controlled, and made to represent the
“snow storm,” the “weeping willow,” the
“lily,” etc. The attractions of the Arte
sian well are enhanced by the colored su
perintendent and lecturer, old Charley,
who is a decided original. Whilst we
were present, he asked a young lady if
she would take some of the water “per
sonally or verbatim.” She said she be
lieved she would not take it either way.
Charley said he thought it very strange,
after our wise Creator had gone to the
trouble to provide such a fountain of health,
whose source was in China, and which
gushed up from the very depths of the
earth, that any of his creatures should fail
to “depreciate it.”
“Why, miss,” said he, “its the greatest
medical water in the world, entirely ma
trimonial in its nature, harmonizes beau
tifully with the system, and acts upon the
principle of spontaneous combustion. It
eradiates the impurities of the system, and
trives vou a melodious anDetite ; makes
you feel like you are effervescing contin
ually and soaring away in the clouds, or
among ambrosial bowers filled with sing
ing-birds while all the time you are sitting
in your seat.”
He expatiates for hours in the same
strain, and keeps bis audience in a con
tinual roar of laughter. We took some
of the water both verbatim and personally,
and left highly delighted with the well
and with Charley. Reader, when you go
to Louisville, if you do not visit the Arte
sian well and old Charley, you will miss
a rich treat.
The Bovs.—Are parents ignorant of
the conduct of their boys when permitted
to run at large ? If they are, they should
begin to enquire into it at once. Some of
them will be found falling into the worst
society, yielding by degrees to the fatal
tempter. Soon they will be lost forever,
unless they are made to change their
course. This can be effected alone by
keeping them at home at night, and dur
ing the day, when they have no business
out.
Beware of the liberties you grant your
sons, or you may some day be called upon
to follow them to a drunkard’s grave—a
thought too horrible to indulge. Look to
this matter before it is too late, and re
claim your sons from the alluring paths ol
vice. It’s your duty not only as a parent
but as a citizen. Are you willing for one
of your family to become a pest and a
nuisance to the community, as well as a
disgrace to those he should honor and
obey ?
The Boy Preacher of Louisiana.
Mark Boatner Chapman is now in his
fourteenth year. He was born in Clinton,
Louisiana, where his parents still reside.
About two years ago he was recpived in
the Church; very soon after this he com
menced instructing bis father’s servants on
the afternoon of every Sabbath. His cus
tom was to read a chapter and comment
upon it, having first closely studied the
chapter, consulting Benson, Clark and
Wesley on every passage.
He at length began, says a writer to the
Memphis Advocate, to speak in the love
feasts and class meetings; then to pray in
the public congregation. His appearance
is that of the merest boy, and he seems
wholly unconscious of any superior gifts
or attainments. He now preaches regu
larly every Sabbath at his father’s place
near town. His parents have refused to
allow him to enter the pulpit and supply
the place of the regular minister on the
Sabbath, although he is often solicited to
do so. He does nothing without permis
sion from his parents. He attends school
and joins in all the amusements of the boys
of his own age : he is a mere child every
where save when preaching. On last
Sabbath I sat under his ministry, and have
seldom been more edified and delighted
with a sermon. His style is chaste, his
words fitly and happily chosen. The nicest
critic would not detect a grammatical error;
his manner is earnest, and his pathetic ap
peals reach all hearts. Occasionally his
feelings overwhelm him, and he gives
way to a flood of tears.
The most gifted lawyers, doctors and
divines have heard him with astonishment
and delight. I confess that it is most won
derful, and to me incomprehensible. When
I heard him he preached from the text,
“How long halt ye between two opinions?”
He preached from notes, sometimes seem
ing to forget that his notes were before
him. His subject was arranged with per
fect system, and most logically treated.—
When through the sermon he closed the
Book and gave a brief aud touching ex
Iiortation, under which i couia, witn omers,
but weep. His public addresses publish
ed have attracted much attention, aud
should he live he must in his onward
course, leave a broad wake on the tide of
morals. Such is the character of the “Boy
Preacher,” whose wonderful precocity is
without a parallel.—[New Orleans Gaz.
Marriage of Near Relatives.—
The Ohio Legislature has been passing
some laws on this subject; and if one-half
is true that is affirmed in regard to the
effect of cousins intermarrying, it would
seem as if it were the duty of parents and
guardians to interfere, and even of all
State Legislatures to do what can well be
done to prevent so injurious a custom. It
is said that in Massachusetts out of seven
teen families formed by the marriage of
cousins, there were ninety-five children;
and in Ohio, in eight hundred and seven
ty-three such families, there were three
thousand nine hundred children. It would
thus seem that the average number of
children is not diminished by such inter
marriage, the Massachusetts statistics giv
ing five and a half children to each mar
riage. But out of these ninety-five chil
dren, forty-four were idiots, twelve scro
fulous and only thirty-seven in tolerable
health; while in Ohio, two thousand four
hundred and ninety out of three thousand
nine hundred were either intellectually
or physically defective. In all families
some of the children will be more or less
defective; and were careful records made,
the proportion of perfectly healthy chil
dren wo Id be found smaller than most
imagine. But forty-four idiots out of nine
ty-five children is a proportion, if true,
sufficient to startle any one, and to demand
some vigorous remedy. The records and
inquiries of insane and idiot asylums might
throw much further light upon this subject.
In one case of double cousins, nine chil
dren—all there were—were idiots of low
grade. Enough, then, may be demon
strated to make all sensible cousins ab
stain from marrying. Families, like the
opening leaves of a flower, are formed not
to trrow toireLher. but anart. Friends, are
guardians, and all who have the confi
dence of the young, ministers and medical
attendants, should bear such facts in mind,
and exert the full measure of their intelli
gence and influence to prevent such unions.
A Bee Tamer in Indiana.—The Wa
bash Intelligencer has the following story
of a “bee tamer” in that place :
One of the remarkable sights on the
Fourth was Mr. Twining and his queen
bee. The day before he came into our
office with an old plug hat. He had two
holes in it about midway to the crown—
one in front, the other in the back part.—
Holding the hat in his hand and turning
it over so as to show that it was empty, he
said, “You see that this bat is now empty.
To-morrow I intend to have a swarm oi
bees at work in it, making honey, and I
intend to wear it on my head with the bees
in it.” Sure enough, on the Fourth, as
we were going out into the grove, we came
across Mr. Twining. He was located un
der a shady tree, and was exhibiting loan
admiring crowd of men and women his
wonderful patent bee-hive. On his head
was the identical hat that he had shown
us the day before. It was literally cover
ed all over with bees, busy at work, going
in and out at the orifices before mentioned.
All the spare space in the hat was filled
with new comb, that bad been made with
in twelve hours. In his hand he held the
queen bee, which he was showiug to ever}
one who would venture near enough U
gaze on and admire the wonderful littU
insect. During all the time he was giv
ing an eloquent and instructive lecture or
the habits, worth aud care of bees.
Influence of the Gentler Sex.—
Mr. Willis, the editor of the Home Jour
nal, has recently paid a visit to Antioch
College, Ohio, where young gentlemen
and young ladies pursue the same colle
giate studies together. He thus records
the result of his observations:
Tho influence of each sex upon the
manners and habits of the other is found
to be refining as well as stimulative of the
higher ambitions ; though naturally, the
effect is stronger upon the older than up
on the younger students. No restraint
beyond that of ab-olute propriety is put
upon their intercourse. The recitations
and lectures are of course in common ;
but so also are the meals—the refectory
being arranged with small tablds, at which
they form their own parlies of four or six,
eating and conversing together with the
freedom of acquaintances in a restaurant.
Out of study hours they associate as they
please, often forming pic nics and finding
amusement in the beautiful scenery of the
neighborhood, and mingling much with
society around. Preferences and attach
ments are inevitable, of course ; but these,
honorably pursued, arc not discouraged or
interfered with; and,though undergradu
ate marriages are not common, (particu
larly while the lady is a “Freshman,) one
instance, I understood, had occurred, of
husband and wife taking their degrees as
"Bachelors of Arts” at the same com
mencement. One couple of “best schol
ars,” who had become attached while Se
niors, and married after graduating, re
turned to the College to become each a
Professor. The Faculty seem to act upon
the principle as safely established, that
love is only an explosive and dangerous
clement when bottled up too tightly, and
and that free intercourse between intel
lectually employed persons of both sexes,
results in greater refinement certainly—
matrimony possibly—very rarely in mutu
al injury.
Interesting to Farmers Wives—
X EI.LOW SKIN IN THE WEST.-rVOCBII
attention to the following from the Phila
delphia Ledger. Although it is not uni
versal in its application to the people of
the West, it is worthy of the attention of
a large tribe of “Yellow Skins:”-.-.
“If our Western friends can in any
way teach their wives, daughters, or cooks,
to keep the pearlash out of the breads, all
the yellow people, especially the yellow
children, who are supposed to be turned
yellow by the fever and ague and billious
fevqr?, will soon be turned white. It is a
great mistake to suppose that the yellow
countenances of the west come from bile,
when it is only the enormous quantities of
pearlish eaten in the bread that is reflect
ed through the skin. Bread is the stafTof
life, it is said—and so it is but it is the
staff of death, too, in this country. Bad
bread kills about as many people here as
bad rum. So many people eat poisonous
pearlish for bread that they die by inches.
Dyspepsia,—that great disease of the coun
try, that deranges the liver, brings on cos
tiveness, and thus Anally kills the buinan
victim—is halfthe time “pearlash.” Hero,
in the east—out of New England—we
have nearly driven off the pearlash-sale
ratus cooks, but not altogether. Pearlash
lives hero yet in bread, but in cities and
towns we have nearly whipped out the
murderer. In the distant Western towns,
beyond the good hotels of the lakes and
rivers, pearlash, under the name of sale
ratus, is king. It is pearlash for break
fast, pearlash for dinner, and pearlash for
supper. It is not any wonder, then, that
the people of the East turn yellow in the
West, and sicken; not of fever and ague,
billious and congestive fevers, but of pear
lash three times a day.”
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The Wat to Manaoe Horses.—
Never attempt to clean or otherwise dis
turb your horse while eating his meals,
unless you want him to bite and kick.—
But when you clean, take him out the
stall, and make a business of it. Tie your
horse in the centre of the stall, unless you
want your horse to do as most horses do,
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Horses that are liable to cast themselves
in their stalls, should be lied with a neck
halter, giving them much more freedom of
the head than the nose halter. Gentle
ness, firmness, and moderation will sub
due the most obdurate.—[New England
Farmer.
8fif“John Randolph was one of the
most sarcastic men that ever lived. One
time a young man attempted to make his
acquaintance. He obtained an introduc
tion, and among the first remarks, said:
“I passed by your house, lately, Mr. Ran
dolph.” *‘I hope you always will,” was
the reply. Another one twitted him as
to his want of education. "The gentle
man reminds me,” said Randolph, of the
lands at the head of the Montgomery,
which are poor by nature, but ruined by
cultivation.”
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fifaf-Two Legislators were recently
conversing upon the subject of voting,
when one of them inquired, “Well, now,
but what is a man to do when he don't
know anything about a matter?” "Well,”
replied the other, “I’ve got two rules
about that. When anything comes up I
keep my eyes open and vote as somebody
else does whom 1 believe to be honest, or
else l vote against it. I believe, as a gen
eral thing, the safest way is to vole against
everything.” ^ _
Coal oil is said to be a sure de
stroyer of beg-bugs. Apply plentifully
with a small brush or feather to the place!
where they most do congregate. The cure
is effectual and permanent. Gilt frames,
chandeliers, etc., rubbed lightly over witl:
coal oil will not be disturbed by flies.
The Helmet.
Where the standard waved thickest,
And the tide of battle rolled,
Furiously he charged the foemen
On his snow-white steed so bold;
But lie wore no guarding helmet,
Only his long hair of gold!
“Turn, and fly! then rash young warrior,
Or this iron helmet wear
“Nay! but I am armed already,
In the brightness of my hair g
For my mother kissed its tresses,
And she guards me with a prayer.”
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
■■■—“ Tell me cousin Adolphus, dost thou
love mo. As stars to twinkle as flowers to
smell. As birds to warble or cats to quarrel
on our smoke-house when night’s dark man
tle hangs above us? Answer, speak, Adol
phus!” “Ef 1 don’t, Mirander, you can taka
my boots 1”
—Flame is one of the most beautiful
things in the world. Not a sunset sky In
summer, not a full blown tropic flower, it
more brilliant than flame: flame it the flower
of fire. The ivy has no splendor like the men ■
tling flame g it reddens like the thyrsus of the
good.
—A philosopher, on being asked from
whom he received the first lesson In wisdom,
replied, “From the blind, who never take a
step until they have felt the ground befor
them.”
—A certain judge, after hearing a Aoried
discourse from a young lawyer, adviaad him
to pluck out some feathers from the wing of
his imagination and put them in the tall of
his judgement.
—Some author tells us that “much is laid
about the tongue.” True, the thing it in
everybody’s mouth.
-When you see in old man amiable,
mild, equable, content and good-humored, bo
sure that in his youth he has been juat, gener
ous and forbearing. In his end he doea not
lament the past, nor dread the future ( he ie
like the evening of a fine day.
——What is the difference between truth
and eggs? “Truth crushed to earth will rise
attain’’ hut pp’P’n won’t.
—If misfortune comes into your bouie,
be patient, and smile pleasantly, end it will
stalk out again, for it can’t bear cheerful
company.
——Nothing is more odious than the faoa .
that smiles abroad, but flashes fury amid the
caresses of a tender wife and children.
-‘“Have you any loose change this morn*
ing?” said a young fellow to his companion.
“No, indeed—money is tight,” waa the reply.
—Put this and that together: The Spring
field Republican says, “We do not believe
there is one case in a thousand of a fall from
virtue, in married life or out of it, in which
the man is not primarily and mainly to blame.”
Somebody else says, “A sour-faced wife fills
the tavern.” Much truth lu both.
-My experience makes me tn enemy
alike to premature marriage and distant en
gagements. The first adds to our Individual
cares the responsibility for the beloved and
helpless pledges of our affections, and the last
are liable to the most cruel dlsappolntmenta
[Sir Walter Scott.
—If you are too timid to lay your hands
on the girl or widow you are courting, she
will think that you are an unfeeling monster.
——Why is a rooster on a fence like a cant?
Because ha has a head on one elde and a tall
on the other.
—The study of literature nourishes youth,
entertains old age; adorns prosperity, solaces
adversity; it Is delightful at borne, unob
trusive abroad, deserts not by day or by night,
in journeying nor in retirement.
-Wish to make use of a man, ascertain
the measure of his susceptibility to flattery;
for all that you can raise him, in self-eatima
tion, will be at your disposal. Convince any
man that you can teach him to play on two
fiddles, equally well, at the same time, and he
will promise that one shall be played mainly
for your advantage.
-An Independent man is said to be one
who can live without whiskey and tobacco,
and shave himself with brown soap and cold
water wuuoui a mirrvr.
-An Irishman making love to a lady of
great fortune, told her “He could not ileep
for dreaming of her.”
-Every adjuration of love, every oath of
fondness, always contains this mental reser
vation.—“So long as you are what I now
think you.”
-Be and continue poor, young mon,
while others around you grow rich by fraud
and disloyalty; be without place or power,
while others beg their way upwards ;bear the
pain of disappointed hopes, while others gain
the accomplishment of theirs by flattery;
forego the gracious pressure of the hand for
which others cringe and crawl. Wrap your
self up in your own virtue, and seek a friend
and your daily bread. If you have, in such a
course; grown gray with unblenched honor,
bless God and die.
-There are some men so rascally that it
is only the fear of showing them our pockets
that prevents us turning our backs upon them.
-The pleasantest things in the world are
pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art in life
is to have as many of them as possible.
—A fortune won in a day is lost in a day;
a fortune won slowly and slowly compacted
seems to acquire from the hand that won it
the property of endurance.
— Say nothing, do nothing, which a moth
er would not approve, and you are on the cer
tain road to happiness.
-Many beautiful women when walking
in the streets seem very angry if they are gazed
at, and sadly disappointed if they are not.
..A man was charged with stealing a
piece of cloth, when the lawyer put in a plea
that the individual charged with stealing it
could not see it, for it was invisible green.
_As in a fool-race, it is easier to over
take a man than to out-run him;so in this
world of controversy, and much for the same
reason, it is easier to appear equal to a man
than to surpass him.