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J.T. PA it I I AM, ;
ARCHITECT, f
CARPEN 'BE R A.VD JOINER,
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RF.SPFCTFl.LY informs the citizens of l
Des Arc at vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all wrk intrusted to his care, with ,
neatness and disatch. t
PLANS AND )ESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to rder, free of charge where he l
has the contracfor tne 8aine.
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tect and contrator, h£ flatters himself that he
can render enti? satisfaction. jun‘29-tf
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CARPENTER AND JOINER, ’
HAVING punanently located at Des Arc, i
Arkansafis prepared to execute all
Work in IIS Line of Business, j
In a satisfact.v manner. From his expe
rience, he feejconfident that those who favor
him with conttcts will have no cause to re
gret it. 1
ORDERS ROM THE COUNTRY.
Left at G. '. Vaden’s Store, will meet
with prompt lention. jun29-ly
Jf ANDERSON,
SAD)LE, BRIDLE
-A N D
U/irnes .’fluha facturcr,
DES .KC, ARKANSAS.
RE’ECTFULLY informs ’*%—
the itizens of Prairie and
adjacent counes, that he has on hand, mumtm
and is prepail to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bdles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carrife and Hack Harness,
As well as ery other description of work
usually donei such establishments.
(fy Shopu Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jackson’s ste. jan21-ly
BLSKSAll THING
Wagoiand Buggy Waking.
MAR'IN SHETTER,
DE ARC. ARKANSAS,
srfHANKFUL to the
* _L people for their past fa-r )|
—«Jvors,respectfully announces-> U
’•bet he liaipened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
[stand, on Fk street, where he is prepared to
Ju all kindif worn in the above line.
(jyBla'smithmg, wagon and buggy build
ing, wheelirrows, repairing. &.C., done on
•bon notit
iy Hor-shoeing done promptly,
feb 18-tf
FLEPTIE N,
C LOCI AND WATCHMAKER
AND
JJWELiIjEn,
Buena Vista Street,
Three doors East oj G. I
k J. McLaren k Co’s 1
VMS ARC, ARK.,
I RESPECTFULLY in
—__ - ' forms the citizens of
Des Arc anne adjacent country, that he has
* new and act stock of
CLOCS AND JEWELRY.
Hi U. as usa prepared to execute all kinds
of CLOCK 4 WATCH Work, in a work- j
manlike uiztr, and to Repair and Clean
'■’■RittY; A * 1
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H. AR1RISTFAD
tT AVING permanently located at Des Arc,
J-J- offers his professional services to the
citizens of the town and adjacent country
sr Office on Lyon street, Martin &. Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
DR ffll, BETHEU.
WILL continue the Practice of Medicine
in Des Arc. and vicinity. From bis
long experience in his profession, and having
resided in Arkansas during the past fifteen
years, he hopes to receive a share of the pub
lic patronage.
(ST Office at Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi
dence near the forks of the Little Rock and
Searcy roads, first house on the South side of
the road, entering the town. mar21-ly.
J. J. LANE.. H. CHAMBERS.
Dr«. LASS & CHAMBERS
HAVING formed a partnership in the
practice of their profession, tender their
services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience they
hope to share at least a portion of the patron
age of the public.
jy Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
lv’s Drug Store. feblitf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
^formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2-J miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
(py Particular attention given to deseases
}f women and children. jail 1-ly.
Jtfcdiral Card.
Dtt. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies the inhabitants of Des
Arc and the surrounding country, that he has
Established himself permanently at this place
'or the practice of his profession, and as a
•peciality. those branches of it pertaining to
yornen and children’s maladies.
Dr. Cheniva has a right to hope, after a
iuccessful peactice of fourteen years in Louis
iana—and nine years of which was in the
•ity of New Orleans, that he may also deserve
he confidence of a generous and enlightened
inblic. in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
ire radically cured according to a modern and
ipproved system.
li^y wmt-c-at . j. uauu a uiu utaiiu.
nov9-tf.
FkR J. C GOODWIN, determined to
remaiD permanently in Des Arc, will
■ontinue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
d principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Hedicine.
Thankful for the liberal patronage he
las heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
ts continuance.
d*5F* Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
itore. aprill-ly
rkR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
*-^Iy located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
lis professional services to the citizens of
he town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
/aughan & Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, Resident Physi
cian, Des Arc, Arkansas. £3^ Office
n Buena Vista street. Residence on Wood
uff street. dec5-tf
DR. YN. F. WALSH, ha\ ng v.s 1 at
Des Arc, offers his Proe: j* o :ap £ pr
ices to the public. Calls ; - y at
ended to. may29,18Ea-ly*
. W. MARTIN.. T. SIMPSON.
KARTIN & SIMPSON, Attorneys
at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will
iractice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon
oe, Jackson and the adjoining counties.
Jffice on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
I. p. TURNER../.. WM. T. JONES.
pURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
*• Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
end promptly to all business entrusted to
hem. jan4-tf.
p R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
" Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
entiou given to collecting. jan4-tf.
r« H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
r Office on Mark
lam street. janll-tf.
1. 9. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH
fS ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
^X at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
ittend promptly to any business confided to
hem. septl4tf
JACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice or
i'HE Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
Jounty, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
. E. GATEWOOD... A. MOON.
H ATEWOOD & MOON. Land
IX Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Oes Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
if taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
tary lands. Blanks of every description al
vays on hand. aug3-tf.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas. St. Fran
ks, Jackson, and Independence counties. All
>usiness intrusted to his care shall meet with
irompt attention. \SSS“ Office on Lyon
itreet.[jun8-tf
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
J > Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
cansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles," and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to nil business entrust
id.ta.him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
feb13-tf._
C1AMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attor
ij ney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street._[m»r21
l. L, IIOLI.OW ELL.. D. JACOW*AY.
HOLLO WELL & JACOWAY. At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2fl-tf__
MOUG. ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKER
J E W*E LER,
In rear of C. T. Petit’s Drus Store,)
Augusta, Arkansas.
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
the town and adjacent country that he has
permanently located in augu ta. and is
prepared to execute all kinds of Clock and
Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, as
«vell as every other description of wor.. usual
y done in such establishments.
Kg’ Musical Instruments of every descrip
ion repaired and put in good ord^r. From
lis experience and me banical knowledge, he
■eels confident of rendering satisfaction to his
jiafron*. feblVtf.
The Deserted Road.
SY THOMAS BUCHANAN REID.
Ancient road that wind’st deserted
Through the level of the vale,
Sweeping toward the crowded market
Like a stream without a sail.
Standing by thee I look backward,
And, as in the light of dreams,
See the years descend and vanish
Like the tented wains and teams.
Here I stroll along the village.
As in youth’s departed mom ;
But I miss the crowded coaches,
And the driver’s bugle horn—
Miss the crowd of jovial teamster*
Filling buckets at the wells,
With their wains from Cauestoga,
And their orchestras of bells.
To the mossy wayside “ tavern ”
Comes the noisy throng no more,
And the faded sign, complaining,
Swings unnoticed at the door;
While the old decrepid tollman,
Waiting for the few who pass,
Reads the melancholy story
In the thickly springing grass.
Ancient highway, thou art vanquished ;
The usurper of the vale
Rolls in fiery, iron rattle,
Exultations on the gale.
Thou art vanquished and neglected,
But the good which thou hast done,
Though by man it be forgotten,
Shall be deathless as the sun.
Though neglected, gray and grassy,
Still I pray that my decline
May be through as vernal valleys,
And as blest a calm as thine.
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A Drunken Man’s Argument.
“ Don’t you believe in the doctrine of
predestination ? ”
“ Yes, 1 believe it as the Apostle Paul
states it.”
“ Well, then, you can go this far; you
will admit that God knows just what will
happen, and that, therefore, there is no
uncertainty about it ? ”
“Yes, I can go that far.”
^ Then what is the use of your talking !
tU IUC UWUl Ul lUrtlllji IU11J, OlliliC It- IO Lt.1
tain that I shall drink every dram that
God knows I will drink?”
Tlie speaker was a well formed and
fine looking man, who had on the clothes
of a mechanic. The above specimen of
his metaphysics must suffice. He was
one of the best mechanics in our country,
and whilst sober had laid up property.
In an evil hour he yielded to the tempta
tions of an old habit of drinking rum.
He descended from one stage of degre
dation to another with great rapidity, and
his best friends despaired of his reforma
tion.
One day I met him in the office of a
lawyer. Although in the forenoon, he
was quite tipsy. He was such a bright
man, so superior in many respects that 1
was pained to see him going to ruin. My
feelings were indicated in my countenance,
and perhaps anticipating an admonition,
he said, “ I see you want to speak to me
about my habits.”
I admitted it.
“ I thought so,” said he, “ and now, as
I want you to confine yourself to things
new, let rne tell you some things which
you are disposed to say, but which you
need not say, for I know them already a
great deal better than you can tell me I ”
“ You were just thinking what a bloody
shame it is that a man whose mechani
cal skill is sought after at high price, and
who could make himself independent in
a short time, should sacrifice all this to his
drunken appetite, ,>nd reduce himself to
pauperism. Be candid. Were you not
thinking so ?”
I said he had hit the nail on the head.
“ I thought so,” said he; “ Now you
need not say anything on ibis point, for I
am already convinced ; I know what a
fool I am in this respect.”
“ Then you were thinking of my tremb
ling nerves,” he continued, “and were
amazed that I dare pour this “distilled
damnation” down into my stomach, when
1 am on the verge of delirium tremens
all the time. Confess now, if you were
not thinking of this ? ”
I was not disposed to deny it.
“Just so,” he said. “Now, sir, I
know about this matter better than you do.
I have felt all that Gough or Dr. Jewett
has described. I have seen the devils
which haunt the victim, and I know that
he who has this disease, for the time, is
in perdition. You can’t tell me anything
on that point; so when, you speak, omit
this!” ;
I could not suppress a smile at the
man’* ingenuity and frankness.
“ But." said he, “ there is another view
of my case which you are disposed to
urge. You want to remind me how ten
years ago I courted my wife, (and no
man had a better wife than mine.) and
how she refused to marry me until she
was assured that I left off drinking. I
loved her then, and love her now. I
promised to treat her as a man should
treat a wife. You want to remind me
that I have, by my drunkenness, converted
my home into a place of torment, and
that I have actually laid violent hands on
my wife! ”
His voice trembled, and hi* eyes mois
tened, as he alluded to his wife.
“ And here are my children. You
want to remind me of the dangers and
sorrows I am exposing them to: but you,
! sir, cannot tell me anything pertaining to
| my family. I know all about it. I curse
! myself as a wretch and a fool. I have
I no mercy in my self-condemnings. Yes,
j sir, I know all about this, by an experi
ence which may the Lord deliver you
from. So you need gay nothing to mo on
this point.”
I could not but admit that he had drawn
the case with a bolder hand than I would
have dared to attempt.
“ But there is one chief argument
which you meant to try on me. You
wanted to draw a motive for reformation
from the future retribution which God will
visit on the drunkard. It is a terrible
motive, and I believe it to be a true one.
I believe there is a hell; nay, I know
there is, for I have sometimes felt its fires,
and have seen its tormentors. I some
times am overwhelmed with agony at the
bare anticipation of meeting God in judg
ment. I admit that I am hurrying very
fast in that direction, and present appear
ances indicate that I shall be turned into
hell as a drunkard.”
That was not said defiantly or jestingly,
but with gravity and feeling.
“ And so you need say nothing to me
about this point. I know it already, but
if you have anything new to urge, I shall
be glad to hear it.” %
And thus he anticipated, and most for
cibly stated some of the general argu
ments which a person would be likely to
use in endeavoring to recall him to a life
of temperance. I could not refrain from
smiling to see how he had taken the wind
out of my sails.
But thoroughly warmed with his sub
ject, my neighbor stated his case still
further:
“ Sir, you know nothing about the ap
petite for rum. My father taught me to
drink if from my childhood. I inherited
druukenness from him, and I was a drunk
ard before I was of age. For the love of
my wife ] made a mighty effort to con
quer my appetite, and thought I had suc
ceeded. Time and temptation showed
me my mistake. The appetite was not
removed. In due lime it woke like a
raging demon, and filled me with unut
terable torments. I would think of my
properly and my reputation ; then of my
health, and the horrors of delirium tre
mens, then of my wife and children, and
home, and then the hell into which the
drunkard will be cast. I would rush into
iny business with furious energy, and thus
try to overcome the appetite ; and yet, in
the face of all my motives, I would go
straight to the tavern and drink myself
drunk. My remorse and shame were
____ I_I.. ««« Fr« /-\ m
repeating the deed : but all these seemed
like the ropes and withes on the limbs of
Sampson. This, sir, is my case; have
you any thing new to add, which. I am
not already better acquainted with than
you can be ? ”
It was the most impressive temperance
discourse I had ever heard, because pro
nounced with that unction which came
from a terrible experience of the evil which
held him with its death-grip.
But there is a bright side to the picture.
The half drunk lecturer whose discourse
I have outlined, in spile of his gloomy
anticipations to the contrary, has retortned
his life, and for several years has lived a
sober life, during which lime he has ac
quired property rapidly.
Within a few miles, I know of two
other cases quite similar. Both these
men were as far gone as the one described,
and are now in independent circumstan
ces.—Independent.
Interesting Discovery at Borne,
THE PALACE OP THE CAtSARS AN EVI
DENCE OP EARLY CHRISTIANITY.
Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr., late Charge
d’Affaires at Rome, writes to Rev. Dr.
Duffield of Detroit, under date of Milan,
February 14, an accouut of the discovery
at Rome of an interesting relic. He
says:
“ In the progress of the excavations on
the place where stood the House of Gold
of the Caesars, a fragment of an arch,
covered with inscriptions and delineations,
was brought to view. Further explora
tions in the same direction resulted in the
exposure of a room, on the walls of whicn
was found a sketch, cut or engraved with
a sharp pointed instrument, of a crucifix,
with the figure of a man in the attitude of
prayer standing near it. The announce
ment of this discovery created great in
terest. By order of the Pope the design
was removed from its position, happily
without injury, and confided to the charge
of Mousignor Macchi, who invited me to
inspect it, and by whose permission I
procured a copy to be made, which is
herewith enclosed. It is needless to say
that this event has^elicited elaborate spec
ulations.
“ In addition to various treatises which
have appeared in different languages in
explanation of the subject, it has provoked
numerous controversies between certain
Protestant Divines in Germany and Pre
lates of the Roman Catholic Church;
these conflicting views concur, with scarce
ly an exception, in the conclusion that the
aim of the sketch was to cast ridicule on
the worship of the Christians. It pre
sents the outlines of a cross, on which is
a human figure bearing the head ol an
ass. A tunic envelopes the waist, and
‘ the arms and legs are partially covered
; with bandages. To the left, with one
'hand raised in the posture of adoration,
as depicted on ancient monuments, ap
pears the form of a man, while below is
seen the following inscription: “Alex
ander adores God.” The execution of
j the engraving, as you will perceive from
the fac simile, of which the scale is one
fourth smaller than the original, indicates
an entire ignorance of art, being stiff and
hard, • without ease or grace whatever.
, Satisfactory evidence refers the date of it
' to the reign of Septimus Severus. There
I were numerous Christians in his court,
lone of whom, it is supposed, of the name
i of Alexander, was thus exposed to ridi
I eule by his Pagan associate or companion.”
" It is unnecessary to recall the exis
tence of the legend, current throughout
j the Roman dominions in the days of the
' empire, that the Christians worshipped a
divinity whose head differed in no re
spect from that of an ass. In Africa,
then filled with rich and splendid cities,
this was the popular belief. It was in
culcated in the Magian schools of Asia,
from the sands of Partia to the Pisidian
forests, and levelled at the converts to the
strange faith in the streets of Narheordea,
Aniida, and Mardin-on-the-hill. The
later Gnostics in particular, more especial
ly the sects of Bardesanes, omitted no
occasion to disseminate this calumny, ac
companied with every epithet of contempt
and detestation. It is alluded to in the
pages of the contemporary fathers, by
whom it was repelled with vehement and
irrepressible indignation. The origin of
this monstrous invention is lost to us.
There can be little doubt, however, that
it had us foundation in the hatred with
which the disciples of the pure nnd spir
itual doctrine were invariably regarded
by the idolatrous nations among whom
they lived. But whatever the source, the
first mention of this calumny occurs in
the records relating to the period interven
ing between the years one hundred
twenty and two hundred of our era,
subsequent to which epoch all trace of it
disappears. Precisely during the same
period the room in which the design was
found was constructed.
“ The palace of the Caesars on the
Palatine was the growth of successive
reigns. That part of it which embraces
the chamber in question was built by Ha
drian, as the bricks, of which it was
chiefly composed, attest. They are im
pressed with the names and titles of the
Consuls Pactinusand Apronicanus. This
coincidence—the prevalence of the legend
in the years already mentioned, and during
that period only, and the erection within
the same time of the wall on which the
drawing is traced—establishes, satisfacto
rily, the purpose of the sketch, as well as
the dale of its execuiion. Still more con
clusive, perhaps, is the manner in which
the figure upon the cross is presented to
view. It is delineated with drapery,
while it was the invariable practice in ex
eculions of this nature, a mode ol pun
ishment very common among the Romans,
to expose the victim or criminal in a state
of nakedness. This discrepancy finds Us
sole warrant in the tradition that our Lord
was put to death with a garment about his
loins, and its admission in a work ema
nating from the hands of a Pagan, whom
we cannot suppose to have been influenced
by any sentiments of awe or respect, und
whose experience would never have sug
gested such a departure from the uniform
custom, indicates clearly a caricature, of
which the first requisite is conformity to
its prototype. Finally, the words • Alex
ander adores God,’admit of no other in
terpretation; nothing in history, legenda
ry or monumental, tending to the idea
that the symbol of a crucified being was
ever regarded us an object of veneration
by any other sect than the followers of
Christianity.”
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California Beer.—A friend of ours
who has recently returned from a visit to
Central Mississippi, found in almost every
house there an article called California
Beer. It seems thnt some returned Cali
fornian brought with him the materials to
make it if we may use the term for an
article that grows, and so popular has it
become that no family is considered "up”
in the courtesies of life that has not this
refreshing beverage to offer a.l who chance
to partake of its hospitalities. The seed
(we have already intimated that the Beer
grows.) from which it is produced, resem
bles somewhat shelled white corn or hom
iny, after having been parboiled. A few
grains are placed in a glass jar or ouier
vessel, filled with water, and in a few
days they will be found to have increased
to such an extent that a portion of the
seeds may be placed in other vessels,
when they of course undergo the same
process. The quantity of the "beer’’ thus
manufacured in the first place, from a few
grains, would in a short time be sufficient
to supply a whole city. The beverage
tastes something like lemonade, is very
pleasant and healthful to drink, and is ex
tremely popular with those who have tried
it. Our “better half” has been presented
with "germs” of the famous article, and
we speak of it from experience.— [Mem7
phis Avalanche.
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California Beer.—A gentleman of
this county informs us that he has re
liable information from one of the pro
fessors of one of the Medical Colleges at
Nashville, that several deaths have re
cently occurred that,can be directly traced
to the use of California Beer Post mor
tem examinations have discovered the
yeast in the viscera.—[Dover Journal.
“ My Work is Done."—Such was.the
exclamation of an old man, near eighty
years of age. seated in his house, at sun
set, with his hands placed upon his bead,
after having performed his accustomary
daily labor in tiie fieid. His work was
done; for he soon after breathed hts last.
How suggestive the words: “ My work
is done." We all have a work to ac
complish— a destiuy to fulfill; and with
what a calmness of conscience must he
meet death who departs not till ample
time has been given him to perlorm each
and all the important duties ot life, and
then can proudly say, “ My work is done."
RACE WITH A BULL.
Some foirty years ago the managers of
a race course near Brownsville, on the
Monongahcla, published notice of a race,
one mile heats, on a particular day, for a
purse of $100, "free for anything with
four legs and hair on." A man in the
neighborhood, named Hays, hud a bull
that he was in the habit of riding to mill
with his bag of corn, and he determined
to enter tim for the race. He said nothing
about it to any one, but he rode him around
the track a number of times, on moonlight
nignts, till the bull had the ground pretiy
well, and would keep the right course.
He rode with spurs, which the hull con*
sfdered particularly disagreeable; so much
so that he always bellowed when they
were applied to his sides.
On the morning of the race, Hays came
upon the ground on horseback—on bis
bull. Instead of a saddle, he had dried
an ox hide, the head part of which, with
the horns still on, he had placed on the
bull's rump. He carried a short tin horn
in his hand. He rode to the judge’s stund,
and offered to enter his bull for the race;
but the owners of the horses that were
entered objected. Hays appealed to the
terms of notice; insisting that his bull bad
"four legs and hair on,” and that therefore
he had a right to enter him. After a
good deal of swearing, the judges declared
themselves compelled to decide that the
bull had the right to run; and was entered
accordingly.
When the time for starting arrived, the
bull and the horses took their places.
The horse-racers were out of humor at
being bothered with the bull, uud at the
burlesque which they supposed was inten
ded. But thought that it would be over
as soon as the horses started.
When the signal was given, they did
start. Hays gave a blast with his horn,
and sunk his spurs into the side of the
bull, who bounded off with a terrible bawl,
at no trifling speed, the dried ox-hide flap
ping up and down, and rattling at every
jump, making a combination of noises,
that had never been heard on u race-course
before. The horses all flew the track,
every one seeming to be seized with a
sudden determination to take the shortest
cut to get out of the Redstone country,
and none of them could be brought back in
time to save their distance. The purse
was given to Hays.
A general row ensued; hut the fun of
the tiling put the crowd all on the side
of the bull. The horsemen contended that
they were swindled out of the purse, arid
if it had not been for Hay’s horn and ox
hide, which he ought not to have been
permitted to bring upon the ground, the
thing would not have turned out as it did.
Upon this, Hays told them that his bull
could beat any of their horses anyhow,
and if they would put up $100 against
the purse he had won, he would take oil'
the ox-hide, and leave his tin horn, and
run a fair race with them. His offer was
accepted, and the money staked.
They again took their places at the
starting post, and the signal was given.
Hays gave the bull another touch with
his spur, and the bull gave a tremendous
bellow. The horses remembering the
dreadful sound, thought all the rest was
coming as before. Away they went
again, in spite of all the exertions of their
riders, while Hays galled his bull around
the track again, and won the money.
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Early History of the Bible.
Skeptics have often asserted with great
confidence that the early records of the
Bible, having been handed down by tra
dition through many generations, are un
reliable. But they have overlooked the
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its own confirmation, and that the longevi
ty of the early patriarchs made them co
temporary with many generations, and
obviated the necessity of frequent narra
tions. The Princeton Review has some
good remarks on this point:
1. Adam could relate to Enos for six
hundred and ninety-five years, and Enos
to Noah eighty four years.
2 Adam during a period of six hun
dred and five years could discourse it to
Cainan, and Cainan could discourse it
one hundred and seventy-nine years to
Noah.
3. Adam could rehearse it for five hun
dred and thirty-five years to Mnhalaleel,
who had two hundred and tweniv-four
years to intrust it to Noah.
4. Adam had four hundred and severi
ty years to instruct Jared in these sub
lime facts, and Jared was cotemporary
thre e_h and red and amy-JUX—yeaxs— wilh
Noah. Through these four distinct chan
nels Noah could receive a distinct account
from Adarn.
5. Adam lived till Methuselah was two
hundred and forty-three years old—time
enough to obtain an accurate knowledge
of all the facts pertaining to the dawn ol
created existence; and Methuselah lived
six hundred years with Noah, and one
hundred wilh his three sons. And once
more :
6. Adam lived to see Lamech, the
father of Noah, till he was fifty years old,
and Lamech lived with Noah five hun
dred, and ninety-five years with Shem,
Ham and Japeth. Through these six
channels the account could be brought to
the time of the flood.
All the generations from Adam to the
flood were 11. Of all these Adam was
cotemporary wilh 9 Seth 9, Enos 10
Cainan 10. Enoch 9. Methuselah 11, La
rnech 11. Noah 8, Shein and brothers 4
Thus there were never less than nine
cotemporary generations from Adam to
the flood, which would give to our lineal
descent eighty-one channels through
wi.ik.ii the ikccauat might be transmitted.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-Humboldt said ten years ego: “govern
ments, religion, property, book* ere nothing
but the scaffolding to educate a mm. Earth
holds up to her Master no fruit but the fin
ished man. Education is the only interest
wortbv the deep, controling anxiety of the
thoughtful man.”
Strangs-., but Truc.—If* man’s sim In
this world be good, the chedces sre that he
will miss fire in the next.—[Vanity Fair.
.-Why. Tom. my dear fellow, how old
you look!” “Dare say, Bob, for the fact is, I
never was so old before in my life.”
-An old lady being asked to subscribe
to a newspaper, declined, on the ground that
when she wanted news ahe manufactured it.
——■■'* Boh. Is that dog of yourn a pointer?”
“ No ; he’s half hunter and half setter j he
hunts bones when he’s hungry, and aits by
the stove when he’s satisfied.”
—-A rose without a thorn—a woman
without nails.
—The Salem (Mass) Gazette says that It
is against the law to smoke in that place on
Sunday.
—A good question for debating societies :
Which is the most delightful operation: “To
kiss a fair woman on a dark night or a dark
woman on a fair night ?”
-An English wag, in defining an Al
derman, said he was a citizen into whose
Mediterranean mouth good things were
perpetually Slowing although none came out.
A tooth Is the only wise thing in his head,
and he has nothing particularly good about
him bnt his digestion.
-It is Walter Scott, we think, who gives
the pithy saying of the old Scotch wife,
speaking of some turbulent highwayman, who
hud been beheaded. She says: “It was na
great thing of a heid, to be sure, but it was a
sail- loss to him, puii- man.”
-Dissimulation is but a faint kind of
policy or wisdom, for it asketh a strong wit,
and a strong heart, to know when to tell the
truth, and to do it: therefore, it is the weaker
set of politicians that are the great dissem
blers.—[Bacon.
-“I say landlord, that’s a mighty dirty
towel for a man to wipe.” Landlord, with a
look of amazement, “ Well you are mighty
particular. Sixty or sev/jnty of my boarders
have wiped on that towel this morning, and
you are the first one to find fault.”
—— Why did you leave your last place?”
I. .) . '.. K.oniralV*
a new >ei vaut. “Why you see, rna am-,” rno t
estly replied the applicant, “I was too good
looking, and when 1 opened the door, most
folks took me for the missus ”
-The “ Local” of the Philadelphia
North American thinks “ the day may yet
come when men are propelled by steam power,
the boilers being placed in their coat tail
pockets.”
-Dr. Franklin, to kill a turkey by an
electric shock, received the whole battery
himself, when he good naturedly observed
that instead of killing a turkey, be had nearly
put an end to the existence of a goose.
The Old Man’s Secret.—An aged clergy
man, who had known not one day’s illness,
was asked his secret. “Dry feet and early
rising,” was his reply; “these are my only
two precautions.”
At a fashionably party in Washington City,
a few evenings since, a gentleman was en
gaged in a lively llirtation with a handsome
young lady, when, happening to take out hit
handkerchief, to his intense dismay, there
dropped oir of it a round ivory token known
among gamblers as a “red check,” which roll
ed forth on the carpet and lodged directly
under the brilliant gas light in full view of
the company.
-If a lady yawns half a dozen timet in
succession, young man, you may get your
bat.
-Running accounts will run away with
persons credit more rapidly than anything
else.
-The man that broke his arm in pulling
a whiskey punch out of a tumbler, has taken
to a sling.
-A Suspicious man would search a pin
cushion for treason, and see daggers iu a
needle case.
-A man with a scolding wife moved
into a swamp, where the dumb ague waa prev
alent. His wife was effectually cured.
Success.—It is very strange, and as
true as strange, that a tnan gains more
enemies with each stride that he makes
iu successful career. Had he remained
upon a level with the meanest of his ca
lumniators, the probability is that he
would never have provoked their enmity,
but, when he commenced to rise upon the
merit of continued effort and masterly
energy, the croakers, whom he left behind,
joined in a loud chorus of aspersion and
'lies. The very fact of his soaring above
their heads constituted him a target for
their calumnies. We may notice this
condition of things whenever we may
choose to look. In mercantile life, where
the honest toiler has become rewarded
with affluence, for years of patient indus
try, we shall hear those who envy, with
out the spirit to emulate him, cast reflec
tions upon his honor, and question the
legitimacy of a success so great and so
coveted. Yet it may be that every act of
his life will bear the closet scrutiny. If
a truly talented and studious lawyer and
piiyaii i.Mi aiming to emineace^he. is prfl^—
riounced a quack or a toady, or something
worse, by those who have neither the
mental c .libre or fixedness of purpose to
carry them over the same path. With
how much truth has it been said that there
is no sin of which a man can be guilty,
no unkmdness, no meanness to his fel
lows, which excites so much indignation
| among his cotemporaries, friends and
I neighbors, ns his success. T^hia is the one
i unpardonable crime which reason cannot
!defend, nor humanity mitigate. The man
whose pen more glowingly describes that
which is feebly represented by another;
the one who enunciates iruth such as
some one else is unacquainted with, and
gains auditors, where another tails; one
who devotes his every energy to productive
labor, and reaps the greater reward ; in
short, he who thrives as others do not,
comprises, in his tingle person, in the
| opinion of those whom he has surpassed.
: all the evils that can be summed in on*
grand total. They may not always d*.
nounce. openly, the successful man, but,
were the inscriptions upon their heart*
translated truly, they would all read —
“Crucify him! crucify bun!”