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\ VOLUME 1. DES AILC, AILKAIS7 SAS, DECEMBER 8, 1866.__JSTCJMJBIEIl
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assortment of Printing Material and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing,
on reasonable terms.
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J. Sims Allen,
Wholesale and Retail
6B0CSB,
AND
GEHERAL, RECEIVING, FORWARDING
—AND—
Commission prrrliaut,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Has and will kcq> on hand a largo and good
selection of
JP umiture
Of all kinds/*u’tablc for the market, which
j10 0qer3 om’ery reasonable terms. Also, a
lot of ’ ' A
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EO. W. VADEN is doing business
wli .1. Sims Allen, and would res
pectful' ‘"form his old friends and acquain
tances!,at lie is-sti11 alive and kicking at the
<d(l sfid. and would be most happy to see all
of ),/old friends, renew acquaintances and
Put),tart anew to fortune. Call, gentlemen,
I .yiiiiso to do you no harm—but think 1 can
p,,f' it to your interest to do so. jundii
JDES ARC
SA-LOOM!!
HO! every one, that would have something
good for the inner man ! Old Peach and
limey, t!ie finest Whiskey', Brandy, Wine and
litters of every kind, fitted up and accommo
dled to the taste of tho
MOST FASTIDIOUS.
Fish Oysters, Sardines, Crackers, Cheese,
lis, Fine Cigars, Fine Tobacco, Apples,
Ihits, &c. In fact, everything pertaining or
llongiag to a first class Saloon, may lie
4ad on hand at the Des Abo Saloon, on
ma Vista St., next door to Johnson & Da
i Drug Store. Call and see that is all so.
J B. WILLIAMS.
Jles Arc, November 3, 1866.—tf
,i¥EHY AND SALE
SIMM,
—BY—
POE WELLER,
yOODRUFF ST., - - - IJES ARC,
(NEAR the ‘-citizen office.”)
— :o: —
TWE TRAVELING PUB
.L lie will find the Pronri
Hors of this Stable always prepared to lunusli
HACKS, BUGGIES and HORSES to go to
any part of tho country. Horses boarded by
the day, week or month.
oc"20tf. POE &, W ELLER.
HA HU WICK HOUSEr
NO'S. 61, 63 AND 65 ADAMS STREET,
MEMPHIS, TE3AIV.
rnilE proprietors tender many thanks to the
J_ public for the liberal patronage extended
to them for the past year. The house has
within the past few months been thoroughly
Renovated, Painted and Furnished.
The House is now open to the public at the
following rates:
Transient, per day,.S 3 00
Per Week,...$18 00
Per Montli.$60 00
Day Board Per Month,... ..... $35 00
OFEN AT AI-L HOURS.
HARDWICK &.NKALIS,
ociST-Sm Proprietors.
DES ARC ADVERTISEMENTS.
K. O, GILL, J. G. GILL,
GILL & BRO.,
Des A.r k.3
HAVF JUST RECEIVED TIIEIR
NEW STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER
GOODS,
CONSISTING OF LADIES & GENTS
DRESS GOODS,
OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Cap}, Boots, Shoes, ■
LADIES CLOAKS AND HATS,
Clothing, Notions, Fancy White '
GOODS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Usually kept in Dry Goods Houses. Also a
nice lot of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Queensware, Hollow-Ware, Hardware,
Glassware, &c., &., &c.
We take the greatest pleasure in showing I
our stock, and furnishing a list of prices to t
the public, so they may be their own judges i
as to where they can get the best bargains.
***We will pay the highest market prices ,
for all kinds of Country Produce aud Cotton. (
Please give us a call before purchasing else- ,
where. ,
oct8- GILL & BRO.
Hazen & McPherson, ;
Des Arc, Ark. I
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HAVING purchased the entire interest of ]
Hazen, Blakeney & Co., would )
respectfully inform the public, that they are
now receiving and opening, a most desirable !
stock of •
* ;
CLOTHING, j
Boots and Shoes,
i
AND A GENERAL STOCK OF fi
GROCE RIE S . '
j
Tbeso were all purchased at the lowest fig- f
ures, and will be sold to their old customers, t
all good new ones, and cash buyers, as low as t
any well regulated House in the State. (
The Ladies will find a full line of Goods—
handsome, good and cheap. An extra bar- (
gain In Ladies’ Cloaks, Ilats, and Dress J
Trimmings. _ i
lie sure and give us a call, and we will (
guarantee a pleasant and satisfactory trade. t
We have on hand a good supply of Bagging ^
and Hope, and in a few days will be in re- j
ceipt of j
Bacon, Lard, Fish, Cheese, Su- i
gar, Cofl'ec, Molasses. Candles, t
Soap, Cooking Stoves, Castings,
And in fact, almost every article usually sold
in this market. (
IIAZEN & MCPHERSON. t
Dos Arc, October 5, 1806—oct8-tf ,
DRUGS !
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A WELL SELECTED STOCK OF i
FRESH DRUGS,
MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, j
School llooks and Stationery, <
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Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window-Glass, Per- (
fumcry. Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies, j
Whiskey, for medicinal purposes. (
Dromgoolc’s celebrated Southern Bemedies, 1
invariably for cash, at small profits. *
jul21 BCRXEY & BRO. J
JOHNSON & DAVIS, j
Wholesale & Retail j
druggists, :
DES ARC. ARKANSAS, j
KEEP on hand a large assortment of Drugs, l
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery, *
Patent Medicines, Wines. Brandies. Whiskey, 1
for modical purposes, which we will sell low ]
for cash. Prescriptions and orders filled (
promptly. july21-tf j
Des Arc Hotel,;
18AM8* & HWMDS, !
Proprietors. i
mHIS establishment is now open, for the ]
_L reception of the ,
TRAVELING PIBLIt.
All persons having regard for convenience '
and comfort, would do well to give us a call.
Our tabic will always be supplied with the ' 1
best that the market affords. feb28
FOR SALE! :
A PORTABLE ENGINE AND BOILER.
ONE Portable Engine and Boiler
wiib all the fixtures. It is now in. _
good running order. A bargain can be—a— - , |
had, by applying to Samuel Carr, Des Arc,
itr raodiatoly. eetS-tf
BEAUTY.
BY W. C. D.
Even while we gaze npon the brilliant bloom
If youth, and health, and wish it might not
fado,
IVe think how soon the lines of grief and
gloom
Jpon the fairest brows too oft are laid.
\To fount is shadowlcss—no sky so puro,
rhat it may not darken with the coming night;
Still ’mid the soft airs of June wo arc not sure
rhe sweetest rose hearts are uutouchcd with
blight.
fet, dear one, on thy face so fair and bright,
)h! may the darkened shadows never rest;
Jod keep the ever in the love and light,
fhat makes thy spirit now so glad and blest.
tnd like a flower that blooms in starry spheres,
rranspl*tited far beyond the realm of storms,
dore radiant still thy soul through endless
years,
day grow in “beauty” of all perfect forms.
White County, November, 1866.
Lost Arts.
In regard to colors we are far behind
he ancients. None of the colors in the
Egyptian paintings of thousands of
rears ago are in the least faded except
he green. The Tyrian purple of the
m tombed city of Pompeii is as fresh to
lay as it was three thousand years ago.
some of the stucco painted ages before
he Christian era, broken up and mixed,
everted to its original luster. And yet
ve pity the ignorance of the dark-skin
icd children of the ancient Egypt. The
olors upon the walls of Nero’s festival
mult arc as fresh as if painted yester
lay. So is the cheek of the Egyptian
n-incc who was cotemporancous with
>olomon, ana Uieopatra, at whose teet
Caesar laid the riches ofhis empire.
And in regard to metals. The edges
>f the statues of the obelisks of Egypt
md of the ancient walls of Rome are as
harp as if but hewn yesterday. And
he stouts still remain so closely fitted
hat the seams, laid with mortar, can
lot be penetrated with the edge of a
lenknifc. And their surface is exceed
ngly hard; so hard that, when the
rrencli artists engraved two lines upon
he obelisk brought from Egypt, they
lestroyed in the tedious task many of
he best, tools which can be manufac
ured. And yet these ancient monn
nents are traced all over with inscrip
ions placed upon them in olden times,
'his, with other facts of a striking cliar
cter prove t !’"■*• they were far more
killed in metals than we arc. Quit?
ccently it is recorded that when an
American vessel was on the shores of
Africa, a sou of that benighted region
lade from an iron hoop a knife super
or to any on board the vessel, and an
ther made a sword of Damascus cx
ellence from a piece of iron.
Fiction is very old; Scott had its
ounterpart two thousand years ago.
V. stor,y is told of a warrior who had
10 time to wait for the proper forging
f his weapon, but seized it red hot,
osc forward, but found to his surprise
hat the cool air had tempered his iron
uto an excellent steel weapon. The
empering of steel, therefore, which
cas new to us a century since, was old
wo thousand years ago.
Ventilation is deemed a modern art.
Jut this is not the fact, for apertures,
inqucstionably made for the purpose
if ventilation, are found in tljc pyramid
ombs of Egypt. Yet thousands of
ears ago the barbarous Pagans went
o far as to ventilate their tombs,
chile we yet scarcely known how to
entilate our houses.
bonders of Great Salt Lake-Pecu
liar Buoyancy of its Waters.
All travelers, writes a correspondent,
lave mentioned with astonishment the
•cculiar buoyancy of the waters of
treat Salt Lake, and it is truly surpri
ing. No danger of shipwreck need
ver cross the mind of those who nav
gate the lake, for it would he simply
mpossible for them to sink if thrown
iverboard. With my hands clasped
ogethcr under my head, and my feet
rossed, I floated on the very surface
if the lake with at least one-third of
ny body above the water. Upon a
varm summer’s day there would not
>c the slightest difficulty in going to
leep upon the lake, and allowing
'ourself to 'be blown about as the wind
icrmitted; only one would need an
imbrclla to keep off the rays of the
un.
It lias been stated that three buckets
if this water will yield one bucket of
olid salt! but inasmuch as water will
lot hold above 25 per cent, of saline
natter in solution, and if more be add
'd it is instantly deposited upon the
mttom ; this estimate is, of course, too
urge. On enguiring of the mormons
mgaged in procuring salt, they unani
nously stated that for every live buck
its of water they obtained one bucket
if salt, which gives the proportion as
10 less than twenty per cent. No vis
tor to the lake should omit the bath ; i
he sensation in the water is most lux
irious, and leads 011c to think himself
loating in the air. On the way back
o the city it will be as well for the
lather to stop at the superb sulphur
latbsjust outside the town, and re
novc the saline incrustations which
lave formed upon him by a plunge in- j
o the tine swimming bath, whose only j
ibjection is its peculiar odor and its :
'rent heat, which requires a large ad- j
nixturc of cold water.
6©“ Wasting the Haw Material.—
L’hc ceremony of young ladies kissing
sack other may be called a dreadful :
vaste of the raw material.
jsg-The Vermont Legislature con- j
ains one hundred and fifty-seven lar-j
ners, twenty-seven merchants, twenty j
awyers, fourteen manufactures, nine |
ninisters and fight doctors.
The Western Wonder.
The greatest wonder in the State o:
Iowa, and perhaps any other State, is
what they call the “Walled Lake,” ii
Weight county, twelve miles north o)
the Dubuque and pacific railroad, and
about one hundred and fifty miles
west of Dubuque cit y. The water is
from two to three feet higher than the
earth’s surface. In most places the
wall is ten feet high, width at bottom
fifteen feet, and at the top five. An
other fact is the size of the stone used
in its construction; the whole is ol
stone varying in weight from three
tons down to one hundred pounds.
There is an abundance of stones in
Weight county; but surrounding the
lake to the extent of five or ten miles
there are none. No one can form an
idea as to the means employed to bring
them to the spot, or who constructed
it. Around the entire lake is a belt ot
woodland, half a mile in width, com
posed of oak ; with this exception the
country is a rolling prairie. The trees,
therefore, must have been placed there
it the time of building the wall. In
the spring of 18G6 there was a great
storm, and the ice on the lake broke
the wall in several places, and the far
mers in that vicinity were obliged to
repair the damages to prevent inunda
tion. The lake occupies a ground sur
face of 1,900 acres, depth of water as
great as 25 feet. The water is clear and
cold, soil sandy and loamy. It is sin
gular that no one has been able to as
certain where the water comes from,
md where it goes to, yet it always re
mains clear and fresh.
Prime Minister Lord Derby’s Speech.
The London Times says : The most
important point in Lord Derby’s
speech was the intimation that a prop
osition for the arrangement of the dif
ferences between America and this
country with respect to the Alabama
GiaiuiQ w uuiu uc itx v wuiui v unu;i uimm,
and that the duties of neutrals in mari
time war, might, if necessary, be recon
sidered. Lord Derby’s government is,
happily, able to approach these ques
tions without suspicion or prejudice.
During the four years of the late civil
war they were out of office. It is
among the advantages of our parlia
mentary system that one set of men
who may be pledged to a certain line
pf conduct, or who, at least cgr„iIOl
easily and gracefully depart from it,
may retire to make way for others who
are more free to act. From the very
fact that Lord Bussell and his colleague
had to conduct long and irritating
eoutroversics, and to come to conclu
sions distasteful to the American Gov
ernment and people, it would he al
nCSt impossible for them to approach
hese discussions with a fair chance of
success. They will not the less, are
nope, give a cordial support to their
successors in any attempt which may
oc made to remove a cause of offense
which appears to be deeply felt on the
other side of the Atlantic, and to
ichicve a substantial and permanent
p international law.
4
Excellence of Women.
Among all nations, women ornament
shemselves more than the men ; wher
ever found they are the same kind,
eivil, obliging, humane, tender beings ;
:hat they are ever inclined to be gay
md cheerful, timorous and modest,
rhey do not hesitate, like men, to per
form a hospitable action ; not haughty,
nor arrogant, nor supercilious, but full
of courtesy, fond of society, industri
ous, economical, ingenious; more lia
ble in general to err than man, but, in
general, also more virtuous, and per
forming more good actions than he.
1 never addressed myself in the lan
guage of decency and friendship to a
woman, whether civilized or savage,
ivhuuui u-bcivuig u iiuvi-iu uim iriuuuiy
rnswcr. With a man it lias been other
wise. In wandering over the barren
plains of inhospitable Denmark,
through honest Sweden, frozen I,up
land, rude and churlish Finland, un
principled Russia, and the wide spread
regions of the wandering Tartar, it
hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, women
has even been friendly to me, and uni
formly so; and to add to this virtue,
so worthy of the appellation of benevo
lence, these actions have been per
formed in so free and kind a manner,
that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest
draught, and if hungry, ate the coarsest
morsel with a double relish.—[Bayard
l'aylor.
fis-g"A beautiful Gorman legend is
told in “Thorpe’s Yule-Tide Stories.”
it relates that a mother, who lfad lost a
darling little daughter, sorrowed day
md night for her us one without hope,
md that for three days and three nights
she neither ate nor drank anything, hut
wept in the bitterness of her soul. The
third night as she thus sat, overcome
with her suffering, in the place where
lier child had died, her eyes bathed in
tears and faint from grief, the door
softly opened, and the mother started,
for before her stood her departed child,
it had become a heavenly angel, and
5milcd sweetly as innocent, and was
beautiful like the blessed. It had in
its hand a cup that was running over,
so full it was. And the child spoke :
■•Oh! dearest mother, weep no more
for me : the angel of mourning has col
lected in this little cup the tears which
you have shed forme. If for me you
died one tear more, it will overflow:
I shall have no more rest in the grave,
and no joy in Heaven. Therefore, O.
dearest mother! weep no more for vour
child, for it is well and happy, and
angels arc its companions.” It then
vanished. The mother shed no more
tears, that she might not disturb her
child's joy in Heaven.
jfcig-l’rentice says Gen. Butler carries
on war as little children sleep to keel
themselves warm—spoon fashion,
»arA young lady told a printer thai
he might print a kiss on her cheek, but
he mustn’t publish it.
Beautiful Extract from Col. Man
love’s Address.
~Wc make the following extract from
the eloquent oration delivered by Col.
T. B. Manlovo, editor of the Vicksburg
Times, before the press convention, in
that city on the 6th ult. It is one of
the most beautiful tributes to the South
we have seen:
“Southern nationality is a dream of
the past. A gulf, beyond which we
could not pass, yawned between us and
the realization of our hopes; and though
bright flowers bloomed upon its brink
and wafted us sweet perfume, we could
not cross to gather them.”
“The Southern cross no longer
gleams out ’mid the wild light of bat
tle ; Bie sword of the vanquished is
sheathed, and the land is gloomy with
the harmless sepulchres of our mar
tyred dead. But when years and years
shall have passed away—when the last
of the present generation sleep with
their fathers, and new forms throng the
old familiar places—when faction shall
have hushed, and justice hold the scales
—then, as bright as day and ns free
from blemish and stain, will stand forth
in bright relief upon the scroll of his
toric fame, the record of the South,
dearer to the hearts of her children now
in the hour of sorrow than when, on
the march to victory, she won the admi
ration of the world. Pilgrims from
other lands shall tread with revered
step above the spot where moulders the
dust of our loved and lost; while those
who are to follow us will cherish as
household gods the names of those who,
carving a way through the fiery path of
war, have written their names where
they can never die. The principle for
which so many laid down their lives
may not be recognized until their
names have grown feeble on the tongue
of friendship and been dropped, like
dead silence, from the ear of the world.
But it will struggle back from the hol
low bosom that once bled for it, and
ascend the bights of government. And
when the faithful historian shall de
scend into the vaults of the dead past,
in quest of traditions of liberty, he will
then discover to whom the world is in
debted for their perpetuation.”
Voltaire on Marriage.—Voltaire
said: “The more married men you
have, the fewer crimes there will be.
Manage renders a man more virtuous
and more Aviso. An unmarried man is
but half of a perfect being, and it re
quires the other half to make things
right; and it cannot be expected that
in tliis imperfect state lie can keep the
straight path of rectitude any more
than a boat with one oar, or a bird
with one wing can keep a straight
course. In nine eases out often, where
married men become drunkards, or
where they commit crimes against (lie
peace of the community, the founda
tion of these acts was laid while in
single state, or where the wife is, as is
sometimes the case, an unsuitable
match. Marriage changes the current
of a man's feelings, and gives him a
center for his thoughts, his affections
and his acts. Here is a home for the
entire man, and the counsel, the affec
tions, the example, and the interest of
his ‘better-half, keep him from erratic
courses, and from falling into a thou
sand temptations to which he would
otherwise be exposed. Therefore, the
friend to marriage is the friend to so
ciety and to his country.”
Monday of last week the
wife of Mr. J. II. McLure, residing in
Adams county. 111., was buried in the
family vault, she having as was sup
posed, breathed her last on tlm day
previous. Two days after, an old lady,
with two of the lady's children, visited
tlie place, when they were startled by
hearing groans proceed from the vault,
Alarmed by this, the old lady fainted,
while (lie children hastened home.
Their father and others ran to the spot,
broke open the door, raised the coffin
lid, and there was (he living and man
gled body of the woman. The flesh on
her lingers was torn and bleeding, her
face mutilated, and the hair partly torn
out bv the roots, in futile efforts'to es
cape the living death to which she had
been consigned. The Quincy Herald,
from which we glean the above shock
ing circumstance, snvs the lady was at
once removed to the house, where,
with careful attention, she is in a fair
way to recover.—[Memphis Commer
cial and Argus.
How Shall Ladies Weak Their
Hair.—A lady correspondent thus
briefly discusses the above question:
Something must he done, and that
quickly, or we shall have all our lady
ships scudding under hare poles. The
mandates of fashion have been over
severe for three or four years, and now
we are paying the penalty of our devo
tions. Eugenic’s hair is getting thin
; on the top of her head ! Well, she has
; plenty of company in that affliction, if
that is any company to her. The wa
terfalls. cataracts, rats, mice and the
thousand other diabolical contrivances
of hair dressers, have all tended to one
object—to strain at the roots of the
hair by tying and twisting in every
possible way. The natural consequence
is the downfall of the glory of woman.
What shall wo do? Go hack to the
fashions of shepherd simplicity, and
wear our own ringlets over our shoul
j decs ! Alas, for us who have locks like
! unto the needles of the pine tree, and
I whose tresses have as much spiral ten
dency as the most rigid of pokers!
| Who will come to our relief, for the
; waterfall oppresseth the brains and
headaches arc prevalent among os.
Let some hair-dressers arise who will
i free us from this bondage, and great
l will he his reward.
| JPoyThe largest valley in the world
is the Va! ley of the Mississippi, coutain
I ing 500,000 square miles,
i JKaF-ilow deep that fall will ltf when
! a man drops from a summit of ease ami
wealth, to the indigence and misery of
! the bottomless pit.
Josh Billings on Owls.
Josh Billings says of owls :
Burds is God’s choriesters.
Tew the lion he gave majesty, tew
the elephant strength, tew the fox cun
ning, and tew the tiger deceit. But to
the burds, his pets, lie gave buty and
song.
And none so blest as the owl.
The owl is a game burd; he can whip
any thing that wears feathers—after
dark.
llc'is a wisc'burd, and hoots at most
things.
He is a solemn burd, a cross between
a justice uv peace and Memphis Alder
man of the “Ring” pattern.
He is a stiff burd, and sets us as stiff
a exclamation point!
lie is a luxurious burd, and feeds on
spring chickens.
Ho is a long lived burd, and never
was known to take death natrally.
Hb is_ a Jiardy^ burd, grozejtuffby
bilein.’
Ho is an honest burd, and- alwuz
shows an open countenance.
He is a prompt burd, and satisfizc at
onst his outstanding bill.
He is a comfortable burd, and'alwmz
sleeps in feathers.
He is an attentive burd, and durin’
the day can alwuz be found in. ,
He is a festive burd, and don’t come
home till morning1.
Thus the owl is a mistaken emblem
uv solitude and endues, and if we dig
into his natur closely, is emphatically
one uv the boys, and belongs to the
club!
The' Sentimentalist in Court.—
‘Wliat is your name?’ ‘My name is
Norval on the Grampian hills.’ ‘Where
did you come from?” ‘I come from
the happy land, where care is unknown.’
‘Where are you lodging now?’ ‘I
dreampt I dwelt iu marble halls.’
‘Where are you going to ?’ ‘Far, far
o’er hill and dale.’ ‘Whatis your occu
pation ?’ ‘I played on a harp of a thou
sand strings.’ Arc you married ?’
‘Long time ago. Tolly put the kettle
on.’ ‘When were you married?’ ‘Twas
twelve o’clock one starlight night, I
ever shall remember.’ ‘How many
children have you ?’ ‘There's Doll and
Bet, and Moll and-’ ‘What’s yodr
wife’s name ?’ ‘O no, I never mention
her.’ ‘Did your wife oppose your leav
ing?’ ‘She wept not when we parted.’
‘In whatjcondition did you leave her?’
‘A rose tree in full bearing.’ ‘Is your
family provided for?’ ‘A little farm
well tilled.’ ‘Did your wifo drive you
off?’ ‘O, sublime was the warning.’
‘What did your wife say to you that
induced you to slope?’ ‘Come rest in
this bosom.’ ‘Was your wife good
looking?’ ‘She was all my fancy pain
ted her.’ ‘Did gpur wife ever treat you
badly?’ ‘Oft in the still v night.’
‘When you announced yourjfintentiou
of emigrating, what did your wife say ?
‘Oh ! dear! what can the matter lie.
‘And what did you reply?’ ‘Sweet
Kitty Clover, don’t) bother "me so.’
‘Where did you last see her, we met—
’twas iu a crowd. ‘What did she say
to you when you were in the act of
leaving?’ ‘Go, forget me,’ ‘Do you
still love her?’ ‘The minstrels returned
from war.’—‘What are your posses
sions?,—‘Old Dog Tray.’ ‘What do
you propose to do with him ?’ ‘Send
him to the other side of Jordan.’ ‘How
do you propose to make a living?’
‘Tull off my coat and roll up my sleeves.’
The Judge couldn’t stand any more,
and accordingly sent him up lor three
months.
--
An Unfortunate Stranger.—“Cun
you tell me, sir,” said a stranger to a
a gentleman in a ball-room, “who that
lady is near the second window, that
very vain-looking lady?”
“That is my sister, sir,” replied the
person addressed, with a* formidable
look.
“No, no, I don’t mean her,” said the
unfortunate interrogator, “1 mean that
ugly woman against the piano ; there’s
about as much expression in her face
as in a bowl of bonny clabber.”
“That, sir, is my wife.”
“No, no,” gasped the miserable stran
ger,the perspiration starting from every
pore. “Good gracious 1 I wish I could
make you understand me I I mean
that blear-eyed object in the pink silk,
the one so awful homely. I should be
afraid she would splinter a looking
glass by looking into it. There, she is
looking at us now.”
“That, sir,” said the gentleman, with
tierce calmness, “is my eldest daughter.”
The stranger darted from the room
and cleared the premises as though lie
had been struck with a presentment
that a powder magazine was going to*
explode in that room in less than three
seconds.
HSy-The LouisviVe Courier gives an _
interesting sketch of the three great j
operations en.ga«-;d near the Falls of I
the Ohio in tme rannfacture of cement, I
the rock far wnt'h is obtained in the
vicinity, ly'nd oyR superior- quality. It (
says : “An aggregate capital of §420, {
000 is imvestot in these mills, undone (
hundred an* ninety hands are employ
ed in the mrious mills and quarries.
The aggregate amount paid to these 1
hands per annum for labor is about 1
§00,000. The capacity for the several 1
mills is estimated at §187,078 barrels 1
per annum, which at the average price
for which it has been sold during the •
present year, is .worth §411,571 GO.”
jigrJohn G. Saxe, the poet, was one ,
of the orators at the great meeting in
New York. Mr. Saxe said :
“I never hear Andrew Johnson called
a traitor, without almost forgetting my
manners and remembering only my
muscle.”
thrifty young man married a
rosy young Irish girl, quite to the hor
ror of his mother and sisters, but defen
ded himself by the following logie:
j “If I marry an American girl, I must
! have an Irish girl to take care of her,
and l cannot afford to support both.” i
The Aged Mother. J;
I saw her after many years,
Yet still she had the Eden-tone Jr!
Of voice that’s breathed by silver spheres J;;
That jewel Heaven's golden zone; f i
Ago lmd not marred its sweetness—why ?’B"
In youth she.tuncdittothemusicoftliosM
Ilow soft her voice when'er she said |p ‘
Aught of her brilliant daughters round; Bj
And all! with music for the dead— ]L\
Her noble husband in the sound iCj
Of her sad converse, yet her eye & 5
Glowed bright belief in his blest immortMj
ity ! | ;
And, friend, wlion’cr she spoke ofthco, W
tier son, her own grand, generous Bon, Ml
Who gives his mother ministry *
So tender, now life's so nearly done, ^B
What proud sweet smiles illumined berfwH
| jjLike stars that tako by night some lieavifl
space. 'Pil
0 friend of mine, wbatlot is thine fjjg
In such a great, pure heart enshrined;*®
A mother’s heart, where the divine Bfilt
Is with all womanly beauty twined! i1
Long, long e’er thou shall rear her tomMjKm]
Although around her brow Heaven’s
shall bloom.
Long Skkmons.—Oliurcli-goergM Jl;
present day, who dread the proM»oyi
long sermons, should bccom|
listeners when they learn that ]
clergyman at C'olesford, in S<mEj
shire, England, preached to
congregation a sermon which
of aixty-thrcc pages of printoBfi^B”
When lie reached the end UBpMpR
first page lie said ; “Thus I teO j
may wish I could say bricfly)«3L|B«l»a
ed tlio two things! propo«p“ s|
Beginning oi tms aiscourse,
bly the only inference you
to make is that it is high
loave oft'; yet, considering;
lirst, and will probably be
stance of my trespassing
patience, I shall beg leave
witli the following infc
worthy clergyman, who
through, then continued
ferenccs, the discussion
pied thirty-two pages;
at the close hesaidjr “A
good l’rotesant will h
which was no doubt
the clergyman desired
waj-iu^-Governor 8
York, is not only oppo
meat, but lie spoke o
at the Cooper Inst
extract from his s mss, was
We have more the Nary
if it ac.ccpts the or that «*•
than we even ha Wt
rebellion ; we be pr
without euslavi |t is fhti
not have a govern proper coni
face shall smile dc d it is del
will, and whose s g League 1
frown contempt, dewhlch passe
the people ofeleyejitlvcs at its ia«
lias comparatively j ftual action ,
misgovernment; i()r that there m
laid waste; its sygfetion for this
up; its homes Linas a navy ya
families thinned bfre wan* ofth
seen and felt thejita river
time. rtsion fund ®L i
It is not waving been incr< o
tliose wheag the year. The exp
courage Ipe department for the
mi moil vug ooiiiti i
t lions* the estim
spe iOnnt to $2
ed to our so
of legislativ
b and ihiproTi
Ivt ■ ill behalf of
tii /nr fcilow-cit
tn Mn mended to tl
Congress,
It; RAILBOA
I regress has un
Ilniiisorporatioi
AV licit of roilro
Corn ftvements,
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llomp s*d tt» t
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good fait
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ot iho tQ wjtj,dii
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of the eo
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est memo to the l<i
filled laseold.
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alls Sic NwPj®d
accessful cm*rors
rv has ever rfld€1
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et out of tli^jjj by
•ope. He is >EH8,
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8SrGardn<;“rscl
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on give all tF“n,®
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