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OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
ifsoi'tment of Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
ogues, Posters, large or small, Caids, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
ion. for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
iMe9* &c.
03 lIMkiyWki u 9
«* DRUGGIST, *0
AND
|. ALSO. DEALER in
Stationery, Perfumery,
FANCY ARTICLES, &C.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
HDl££: AillisSg allEiSo
(JJp Fine Wines,- Brandies, &c., for Me
iiiicinal purposes, always on hand.
(jgrPhysicians prescriptions are accurately
[compounded of the best articles that can be
[procured. janlS-tf.
It. T. T> Ad 'HAM,
architect,
(’ARPENTER AND JOINER,
rdSBSiSiM
. ~ i t r-j ns;** > * i • Hiiiiimii'UKu
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
lies Are and vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
neatness and dispatch.
PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
has the contract for ttie same.
From his experience, both as an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
'W* Ji
carpenter and joiner,
LT AVING permanently located at Des Arc,
11 Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work in HIS Liue of Ilusiiiesss
in a satisfactory manner. From bis expe
rience, he feels confident that those who favor
him with contracts will have no cause to re
gret it.
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
L-ft at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
with prompt attention. jun29-ly
J. 8. ANDEKHUn,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
'farness Jtlan nfactnrcr,
D13S AltC, ARKANSAS.
RESPECTFULLY informs
the citizens of Prairie and V^B
I adjacent counties, that he has on hand, “•“*
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
I5P* Shop on Lyon street, back of_ Frith &
Jackson’s store. jah2T-ly.
=TlIckTm i t hTWgT
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
'riHANKFUL to the jp^
-.1 t#nr 1 people for their past fa-If J
- vors,respectfully announces\> 0
i that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s ol
| stand, on Park street, where he is prepared t
I Jo all kinds of worK in the above line.
> Blucksmithing, wagon and buggy build
I ug. wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done o
■ *hor notice.
1 ®3STHorse-shoeing done promptly.
teb 18-tf___
F. LEP TIE N,
1 CLOCR AND WATCHMAKER
AND
TBWEIjIjIITI,
P Buena Vista Streei
Three doors East of C
&. J. McLaren &. Co’s
DES JRC. JIRK
\ RESPECTFULLY ii
t forms the citizens <
| Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he hi
I a new and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
I H<> is. as usual, prepared to execute all kim
I of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a worl
I manlike manner, and to Repair and Cle<
| JTwECay, &c. ap29-W
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H. ARMISTEAD having permanent
ly located at Des Arc, offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of the town
and adjacent country.
1ST Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
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 to
receive a share of the public patronage.
Office $t 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.W. H. CHAMBERS.
RS. LANE & CHAMBERShavingform
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.
w Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. febl:tf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2J miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
8^" Particular attention given to dffleases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. (J^" Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
TJ. WOODSON, Attorney at Law,
. Des Arc, Arkdnsas, will practice in the
Fifth Judicial Ciicuit, and the counties of
White, Jackson and Monroe.
*.* All business entrusted to his care will
be promptly attended to. may?-ly.
AW. McNEILL, Attorney at Law, Des
• Arc. Arkansas, practices in the courts
of Prairie and adjacent counties. (^"Office,
corner of Erwin and Lyon streets. [apll.
EW DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law.
. Brownsville. Arkansas, will promptly
attend to all business entrusted to him, in
Prairie, Arkansas. Monroe, Si. Francis. Jack
son and White counties.
* * Prompt attention given to the collection
of all claims entrusted to Dis care. apr-ro
jTw."maHTIN .B. T. SIMFSON.
MARTIN & SIMPSON. Attorneys
at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will
practice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon
roe. Jackson anil the adjoining counties.
Office on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
B. D. TURNER..WM. T. JONES.
rpURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
-R- Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. jan4-tf.
rjj R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
A • Uw, Des Arc. Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
Q H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O. Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R. 8. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH
Gantt & bronaugh, attorneys
' at Law. Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. scptl4 tf
JACOB T MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice or
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish,) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD.....A. MOON.
P ATEWOOD & MOON, Land
Agents and Real Estate Brokf.bs,
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.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• 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. (J^T Office on Lyon
street. [jun8-tf
JE. GATEWOOD,.Attorney at
. Law. Des Arc. Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi*ll practice in the. counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson, White,
Conwav, 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 dooi
East of John Jackson s. cm.-s, oiuie.
feh13-tf.___
SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attob
key AT Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street. ^ Lmar~1
J. L. IIOLLOWELL..w- D‘ JACOWAY
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2fi-tf_ ____
MOBG> ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKEI
JEWELER,
CIn rear of C. T. Petit’s Drug Store.
Augusta, Arkansas.
Respectfully informs the citizens c
the town and adjacent country that he h;
permanently located in avgu ta, andI i
prepared to execute all kinds ot Clock an
i Watch Work, repair nd Cleanse Jewelry, f
well as every other description of work usua
1 lv done in such establishments,
j (£»* Musical Instruments of every descrif
tion repaired and put in good order.FroJ
- his experience and me hanical know 1 £ , ■
i feels confident of rendering satisfaction to
patrons. _ beblf) th
JOHN Me NAME E,
T .1 # l> O SI ,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUE#A VfSTA STREET^
opposite the ‘‘Nucleus House”—where 1
is prepared to execute all kinds of work
> his line of business, in a neat and fashionab
• style.
July 27, 1859—[tf]___
, “ STRAYED OR STOLEY.
FROM my ,'lace, 22 miles west of Des Ar
a large SORREL HORSE, 17 hands hig
.8 one white hind foot, and a little white in t
face.below the eyes, shod before, and the lig
fore hoof brokeD off on the outside. Any o
Is returning him to me, or any information co
ceming him will be thankfully received a
n liberally rewarded. G. W. CLARK.
mv26-3t Oakland Grove, Ark.
“ May Bees."
A May bee through
My window flew,
Its golden wings In sunlight dipping ;
With jetty crest
And shining breast,
And velvet pouch with honey dripping.
This cunning bee
Came tempting me,
With sights of sweets and thoughts of flowers,
With dreams of gleams
And silver streams,
And tantalizing summer bowers.
With murmurous din
It entered in—
I could not choose but se6 and hear it—
Now low, now high,
It floated nigh,
Drawing my eager fancies near it.
I thought its hoard
For me was stored,
For me its honey-dew was glowing ;
I thought to taste, v
With eager haste,
The draught of nectar ever flowing.
I stretched my hand—
The promise bland,
The honey pouch, my touch evaded—
I did but gain
A quick, sharp pain,
And the glittering vision faded.
So I have vowed,
Both low and loud,
To trust no more such sparkling stray bees—
For winged stings
And faithless things
Are all the crowd of fluttering May bees.
General Jacksons Wife.
Mr. Parton tells the following story of
General Jackson’s wife:
When General Jackson was a candi
date lor the Presidency, in 1S28, not only
did the party opposed to him abuse him
for his public acts, which, if unconstitu
tional or violent, were a legitimate subject
i l . 1 .. .1 . i' _1 . L.L.
oi repiuuiuiuu, uui iuc)
acter oi his wife. On one occasion a
newspaper published in Nashville was
laid upon the General’s table. He glanced
over it, and his eye fell upon an article in
which the character ol Mrs. Jackson was
violently assailed. So soon as he read it
he sent lor his' trusty old servant Dun
wood ie.
“ Saddle my horse,” said he to him, in
a whisper, “ and pul my holsters on him.”
Mrs. Jacksotj watched him, and though
the heard not a word, she thought she
saw mischief in his eyes. The General
went out alter a few moments, when she
look up the paper and understood every
thing. She ran out to the south gate of
the yard to the Hermitage, by which the
General would have to pass. She had
not been there more than a few seconds
before the General rode up with the
countenance of a madman. She placed
herself before his horse, and cried out:
“ Oh, General, don’t go to Nashville!
Let that poor editor live !”
"Let me alone,” lie replied, “how
came y«u ter know what I am going
for?”
She answered,
"I saw it all in the paper after you
went out—put up your horse and come
back.”
He replied furiously,
“ But I will go—get out of my way !”
Instead of doing tins she grasped his
bridle with both hands.
He cried to her,
" I say, let go my horse ; I’ll have his
heart’s blood—the villain that reviles my
wife shall not live !”
She grasped the reins but the tighter,
and began to expostulate with him. s>y
ing that she was the one who ought to be
angry, but that she forgave her persecu
tors from the bottom of her heart, and
prayed for them; that he should forgive,
if he hoped to be forgiven. At last, by
her reasoning, her entreaties, and her
iooro oho <sfi worked unoii her husband
that he seemed molified to a certain ex
tent. She wound up by saying,
“ No, General, you shall not take the
life of even my reviler—you dare not do
■ it, for it is written, ' Vengeance is mine,
■ I will repay, saith the Lord!’”
’ The iron nerved hero gave way before
the earnest pleading of his beloved wife,
and replied,
“I yield to you; but had it not beer
[ for you and the words of the Almighty
the wretch should not have lived ar
hour.” __
) The Captured Africans to be Re
turned to Africa.—The governmeu
t has entered into a contract wild the Colo
s nizanon society to take the thousand cap
5 tured Africans, now at Key West, t<
S Liberia, for the sum of 850,000. Tin
■ bill which passed the Senate authorize
the President to make all future ariange
n ments with this society to return to Li
e beria all the Africans captured. It bid
s lair to be a very profitable business for th
_ society, and will undoubtedly replenisl
their present exhausted treasury. Ihu
this humane society is likely to get ric
out of the slave trade. It is an ill win
that blows nobody good. ^
ie There is a man by the name c
f" Coward running for sheriff, in Bradle
le county, in this State. His opponent
might as well give it up, for cowards ger
— erally run well. ^ ^_
c, gigT One hundred and sixty-eigl
h’ miles of the Pacific Railroad in Missou
i! have been completed, at an aggregate ou
ie lay of nearly 812,000,000. There are y
n* one hundred and fourteen miles to bui
ld in order to complete the road to Kansi
City. This is to cost 87,000,000 more.
Characteistic* of the Japanese.
The papers are filled with information
in relation to the Japanese ambassadors.
They exhibited on board the steamer'
Philadelphia a decided preference, in the
way of food, for ham and rice. Of the
latter it is said they ate immense quanti
ties. They also showed a marked mer
chant for ice cream; and, occasionally,
they indulged in a little license in cham
pagne.
They have a great fondness for tobacco.
One of the reports observes :
“The Japanese were constantly smok
ing their tobacco, which is carried in
pouches, for which there are ingenous
clasps, and is mild, of a faint and pleas
ant flavor. It is smoked in pipes, the
stems of wood, the bowls of brass, and
capable of holding about half a thimble
full. The smoke is breathed, and emitted
in heavy volumes from the mouth and nos
trils. One pipe admits of not more than
three good puff’s. Several men smoked
cigars with apparent gratification.”
Of their cleanliness the following is
said:
“The Japanese are scrupulously neat.
Their changes ot dress are more frequent
than those of a watering place belle —
Their hair is often in the barber’s hands.
The tonsorial operation is peculiar; ihe
hair is plaited with short metalic rods, (the
subject often sitting bow-legged on the
floor,) and greased until it glitters.'’
They are amiable and gentle and sing
ularly courteous in their manners, as will
be seen below :
“The manners of the Japanese are ex
quisite. They never obtrude, are under
no circumstance betrayed into indecorum.
This, of course, directly applies to the
persons of position, but it is also in a great
measure true of all. Their complacency
has nothing of arrogance in it; their gen
tleness is not of acatspaw; their quiet
ness is not sullen and ominous. The offi
.. »L_ Rnnnnlra iiaepr! that fllirlUtr
the voyage no angry word was spoken, no
indiscretion committed, and my own ex
perience was equally charming.
Good humor never deserts these people.
It is no artificial light that makes their
faces forever a cheerful reflection ol their
kind hearts. Their unbroken gladso'me
ness contrasts strangly with the unrest
and bitterness that so many of, our looks
and tones reveal. The thought is irresis
tible that the civilization that has given so
much to make us great, has not yet given
us the simple secret of joy that the Ja
panese possess.”
It would seem that they have an invet
erate curiosity and are all the time seek
ing information and sketching everything
which meets their eyes. It is probable
that most of the subordinates of the em
bassy are artists, sent hither to make pic
torial reports for the government at home.
The writer from whom we have extracted
says:
“The first figure met the eye looking
from the Philadelphia to the Roanake, was
that of a Japanese engaged in sketching.
While the tables were being set for dinner
on the former boat, every disti and orna
ment, the tables and chairs, the whole
room were sketched. After leaving Old
Point one of the artists quietly produced a
panoramic view of the fort and the coast,
skillfully arranged on rollers. At every
point the pencil was busy, and faces and
forms, the mightiest and minutest objects,
realities and fancies, were conveyed to the
soft, firm paper, with a rapidity and ac
curacy for outline that I have not seen
surpassed by our own draughtsmen. The
Embassy will carry back with them the
most pleasant memories of all they see,
and Mr. Oliphant may soon be rivalled
by their historian in a book perfectly illus
trated, of travel to and in the U. States.
The writing and drawing implement is
51 Hue UIUSI1. wnuwiivv. — —- -
ink stand, the whole forming nn easily
pocketed case. The brush is held perpen
dicularly, and plied with swiftness.
In a collection of Japanese pictures and
books left onboard of the Roanoke were
several evincing a good deal of imagina
tion. The mechanical is certainly the
chief faculty of the people, as indicated
in their improved Sharp’s rifle, which is
loaded, primed and cocked by one move
ment, and in the extraordinary variety,
fitness and beauty of their lackered wares;
but their skill is not confined to mechan
ism, and a few years of intimacy whh it
will doubtless bring them to a point ol
perfection tn the fine arts which we were
longer in attaining with all our help ’
Salt Lake Citt.—The Clevelam
Plaindealer has a Mormon Cor respond en
who goes in strong for polygamy, and al
luding to any law that may be .passed tc
prevent it, he intimates that there wouii
be an insurrection among the Saints fo
their valued “domestic institution.” H<
says further and speculates that, even it
case it was possible to build a prison o
1 dimensions vast enough to hold the offend
ers, that every man throughout the lengtl
f and breadth of the Territory, who sustain
‘Mormouism,’ would get another wife, i
^ there was one anywhere to be found, uni
every marriageable female in the Terri
tory was drawn into the ‘maelstrom’ c
polygamy ; and then, if there were nt
it enough, we would go out into the worl
ri aud gather more."
!- As an evidence of Mormon braggadc
■t cia, Heber Kimball declared, in one c
d his usual harraogues at the Tabernacle i
.3 Great Salt Lake City, that the army t
Camp Floyd would not make a breakfa:
for the Mormons, implying of course how
easily they could be “wiped out."
This correspodent of the Plaindealer,
who uses the word “our" very significant
ly, is also given to boasting, and brags ex
tensively. In referring to those who don't
like them, he issues the following vaunt
ing pronunciamento:
“Those gentlemen, wherever they re
side, and whatever their number may be.
resolve themselves into a body organized
or disorganized; that they march into the
borders of Utah, armed with revolvers,
blunderbusses and every species of weap
on they can procure, and we will send out
a company of women with broomsticks
in their hands who will scatter them upon
the mountains as a pack of wolves are
scattered before the faithful shepherds.
- ■» • «
Historical Facts.
The tardiness with which mankind adopt
improvements, rnay be in some degree
dlustrated by the following facts, hastily
thrown together.
Canal locks were invented it 1581, by
engineers of Viterbe, in Italy. Tney
were nearly a hundred years getting fairly
into use into France, and about one hun
dred and fifty in crossing the British
Channel.
At this time it was made felony, in
several European States, to ride in wheel
carriages.
The steam engine was invented or
rather the principle of it discovered, by the
Marquis of Worcester, as early as 1660.
Few understood and encouraged it. He
died in great mortification. The honor
was afterwards engrossed by Savary.
In 1675 the Earl of Stanhope applied
the steam engine to propelling a vessel.
A steamboat was run twenty miles on the
Sankey Canal, Liverpool, in 1797, and
another on the Forth and Clyde Canal,
1891. A steamboat n»tp was made on
the Delaware as early as 1791.
In 1807. when Robert Fulton was fit
ting up his first steamboat at New York,
respectable, sensible, ftnd gray-headed
men pronounced him a fool for his pains.*
Oiivnn Evans went before committees
of Legislatures, first in Pennsylvania and
iln'ii in Maryland, with a project ot a
steam carriage, as early as 1804. He
asked a little aid to defray the expense.
They could hardly be prevented from re
porting in favor, not of steam engines for
carriages, but of a straight-jacket for him
self. Now almost all nations have the
sagacity and ingenuity to seize and utilize
the precious idea.
When Peter the Great, in 1760 or
thereabouts, commenced a canal between
the Wolga and the Don, the governors
and bayards of the country opposed it
earnestly, thinking it impiety to turn
rivers out of the channels which heaven
had assigned them.
When some Dutchmen proposed to
make the river Manzares navigable to the
Tagus, and that to Lisbon, the council
said if it had been the will of God that the
rivers should be navigable, he would have
made them so.
When Brinley the great engineer, told
a^committee of Parliament to whom Bridg
water’s petition was referred that canals
were better than rivers, and would super
cede them for the purpose of navigation,
the committee were shocked, and asked
him, " And pray, sir, what were the rivers
made for ?’’ “ To feed canals,” was the
answer.
Dr. Franklin surveyed the route of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, at his
own expense, in 1757.
Baron Napier surveyed the route of the
Forth and Clyde Canal, at his own ex
pense, in 1761.
Both of these works were subsequently
accomplished, but after great delay.
Dr. Zabdiel Boyalston introduced in
noculation for the small pox; at Boston, in
1721, and tried it first on his own son
Thomas, and other members of the family;
but such was the force of prejudice and
unbelief, that the other physicians gave a
unanimous opinion against it, and the mu
i-iirvirtol rrmi a r n nl n Ffih I hi tful US DHlCtiC6.
and the populace would have torn him to
pieces if he had not retired from the city.
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A Human Inconsistency.—The life of
Goethe was one of great contradictions.
Before he was eight years old he was ex
ercising in German, French, Italian, La
tin and Greek, yet he did not die of hram
fever or dropsy in the head. He drank
wine, was prodigal of his money, and was
odd in hn manners. His “social faults
looked society contemptuously in the face, ’
but as a swordsman, a rider and a ska
i ter, beyond most ot bis time, he lived to
i the age of 82 years. He wrote one ol
the most doh'tul hooks evei published,
known as the “Sorrows of YVerther,’ yet
| himself took life without sadness, and en
joyed it to the full. His writings gave
out a light of their kind, in the glare of
which multitudes delight still to live, yet
at me age ol till lie doubted the existence
of a Divine Providence, and at the age ol
82 he died exclaiming. -‘More light.”
— f Hall’s Journal of Health.
j As we were walking along the
: street the other day we noticed a crowd ol
' urchins standing around a boy who was
1 sucking a piece ot candy. I say, Bill
5 give me that piece of candy,and I’ll make
‘ it come out of my e.ars, like Blitz did las'
1 night at the theatre.” Second youth shells
' over the candy. First youth very deltb
f erately eats the candy, (second youtl
1 watching the little lellow'a ears), and
^ after drawing hitnself into every conceiv
able shape, he said: “ £f I havn’t forgo
* the rest you can have my shirt for a disl
f rag!”
n ---- ,
,i Any one can hold the helm when tin
it sea is calm.
Yellow Skin.—As the ladies are in
terested in whatever improves or injures
the skin, we reproduce the following spe
culations, on the sallowness of completion,
from the Philadelphia Ledger:
If our western friends can in any way
teach their wives, daughters or cooks to
keep the pearlash out of their bread, all
the yellow people, especially the yellow
children, who are supposed to be turned
yellow by the fever and ague and billious
fevers, will soon be turned white. It is u
great mistake to suppose that the yellow
countenances of the West come from bile,
when it is only the enormous quantities of
pearlash eaten in the bread that is reflec
ted through the skin. Bread is the staff'
of life, it is said—and so it is—but it is
the staff of death, too, in this country. Bad
bread kills as many people here as bad
whisky. So many people eat poisonous
pearlash for bread that they die by inches.
Dyspepsia—that great monster disease of
the country, that deranges the liver, brings
on costiveness, and thus finally kills the
human victim—is half the time pearlash.
Here in the East, out of New England,
we have nearly driven off the pearlash
saleratus cooks, but not altogether. Pearl
ash lives here yet in bread, but in cities
and towns we have nearly whipped out
the murderers. In the distant Western
towns, beyond the good hotels of the lakes
and rivers, pearlash, under the name of
saleratus, is king. It is pearlash for
breakfast, pearlash for dinner, and pearl
ash for supper. It..is not any wonder,
then, that the people of the East turn yel
low when they go West, and sicken ; not
of fever and ague, bilious and congestive
fevers, but of pearlash three times a day.
“ She Won’t Scratch I."—We had
a little cousin visit us once, a three year
old boy, who had always pretty determin
edly his own way. We found him one
day with the old cat, which he had fast
ened into a barrel, and which was looking
liiuin oavagcij, buaiwwi- &>v -
“ Mow dare you play with that cross old
cat, Charlie?” said we. “Ain’t you
afraid she will scratch you ?” (
" Uh, she will scratch everybody but I,"
answered the little fellow, in his piping
treble ; “ but she won’t scratch I.”
Not long afterwards we met poor Char
lie crying bitterly, with several wounds in
his face and hands from that naughty cat.
We laughed at Charlie’s answer at the
time, but we have often thought seriously
of it since.
We never see a young man who is sure
he can ever drink moderately and never
go to excess, but we think of the cat that
•• vvill scratch everybody but I.”
We never see a man running in doubt
ful speculations, in hope of great gain,
but we think of tjie cat that “ won’t
scratch I.”
We never see any one recklessly ex
posing himself to physical or moral dan
ger, but we think of the cat that “ will
scratch everybody but I.”
Very few there are but sometimes get
a scratch from this dangerous cat, whose
wounds are slow to heal and whoae venom
rankles long.
Whoever trifles with the truth, selfishly
wrongs another, or carelessly wrongs
himself, is playing a dangerous game,
and will in the end find himself deeply
wounded by the cat he fondly fancies
“ will scratch everybody but I.”
A Revouttionaky Character.—An
amusing affair occurred, not many years
ago, at a Fourth of July celebration in an
interior town in Pennsylvania. Revolu
tionary veterans were becoming very hard
to find, yet a procession with no old sol
dier in it was not to be willingly submitted
to. An honest old German of Revolu
tionary repate was discovered at the last
hour. An open carriage was assigned to
him in the programme, and a seat at the
President’s right hand at the table. When
pressed after dinner to give his remini
scences oi ty ubuui^^u,
were found to be rather indefinite. But
something being said about Yorktown, he
remarked :
“ Yass, I vash at Yorktown.”
“ Under Washington?” asked the Pre
sident.
<• Yass, I vash oonder Washington ven
I surrendered.”
•* No!—you mistake, my venerable
friend,” exclaimed the President, “Wash
ington never surrendered.”
“ Yass, but you see, / vash one of der
Hessians /”
“Arkansaw.”—While gone East, we
observed that almost without exception,
that those whom we heard speak ^of this
State, pronounced it “Arkansaw, and
when we spoke of Arkansas we were
g-nerallv understood to mean Kansas
Territory, unless we dwelt with distin
guished emphasis on the first syllable,
iudeed it was more than intimated tha
an “Arkansaw Editor” had not yet learn
ed to pronounce the name of his owr
State correctly!
Geographers differ from each other ir
the pronunciation of this name; and there
is some little difference between the citi
zens of the State, but we think we speak
within due bounds when we say that nine
ty-nine out of every hundred pronounce
the word in accordance with Us ortnog
raphy. This is right. Let us either pro
nounce the name as we spell it, or spel
the name as we pronounce it: let us no
put on unnecessary airs in as plain a mat
ter as is our State name. Brethren ol tb<
: press, what is the real pronunciation o
1 our Stale name? We hope to have thi
matter settled by ex-Press authority be
i fore we travel from home again—[Ar
kansns Baptist.
uramng atone rrun.
It is a mistaken idea that many enter
tain, that there is difficulty attending graft
ing stone fruit. It may as safely and as
surely be performed with the plum and
cherry as with the apple and pear. A
little more core may be necessary, from
the fact tnat the wood of these fruits does
not split so easily, and a greater care be
comes necessary, in consequence of the
different arrangement of the bark, which,
with the apple and pear, is easily cleft
with the wood, while on trees producing
stone fruit, it runs around the stalk, ren
dering it liable to be irregularly torn, un
less precautions are taken in cleaving to
insert the graft.
Hence, we find it necessary to make a
longitudinal slit in the bark, with a very
sharp knife, previous to cleaving the wood,
which should also be done with a sharp in
strument. Sometimes, when the bark
was very firm, and a disposition was shown
in the cuticle to curl, we have found it
necessary to secure it in its place by a
bandage, and for this purpose we have
used an Indiu rubber ring, cut consider
ably smaller than the stalks, and drawn
over it when rendered pliable by warm
ing. This will hold the bark in its place
until it heals, when the bandage may be
taken off. Anotner cause of failure in
grafting stone fruit, arises from the delay
which attends the operation. To be suc
cessful, it should be done before the frost
starts at all. We (in lat. 42 deg. 20
min.) have performed the operation early
in March—when it was so cold we were
obliged to have a pan of coals with us to
warm the wax. in order to keep it pliable
—with entire success. It may be per
formed from that time forward, but more
care is necessary, and more doubtful suc
cess will attend if they live at all.
Grafting large trees may sometimes
succeed very well, but as a general thing,
we cannot recommend it. The better
way is to get the right kind of stocks, and
graft near the ground, when the trees are
nn lorrvnr tlilin tl mirSOri's flllllTlh T'llPIl.
if the scion is like to outgrow the stock,
earth can be placed around it, to give
strength, and it may be, new roots, to the
scion.—[Plough, Loom and Anvil.
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Culture of the Potato.
A friend sends us the following, as
what he believes the best means yet known
for avoiding the potato disease :
1. Be content with u medium crop, say
100 to 150 bushels to the acre, selecting
land but moderately rich, and using no
stimulating manure. The land should be
a lightish loam, easily permeable by
water; and it would be well if it had been
treated with no stimulant, nitrogenous ma
nure, the preceding year.
2. Let the land be brought into fine
tilth by means of the plough and harrow,
to the depth of five or six inches, as early
as may be in the Spring. Furrow both
ways, at a distance of three feet, letting
the plough incline to the mould-board
side, so as to give a broad, shallow lur
row of about three inches deep.
3. As manure for one acre take 50
bushels of charcoal dust, or if this is not
at hand, 50 bushels of dry, well cured
peat, or if neither of these is convenient
ly to be had, 50 bushels of turf, piled up
the Summer previous and rotted down to
a fine powder with a little'lime; add 10
bushela of unleached ashes; 5 bushels of
oyster shell lime, or common slaked lime
or leached ashes, whichever can be obtain
ed with the least trouble; 2 bushels of
plaster; 1 bushel of bone-dust, and 1
bushel of common salt; mix tbe whole
thoroughly together, and throw it in to the
crossings, a little less than a pint in each,
in that careless sort of way, which will
cause it to spread itself over at least a
square foot.
4. For seed, select sound potatoes of
medium size or a little less, and plant one
in a bill, and never more than one, if it
be ever so small, without cutting. Plant
as early as can be done with safety to the
r O_Glimtlrl I lia
urup iiuiu urpnwg — -
weather be wet after planting, shallow
covering would be the best* If it should
be dry, deep covering would be more fa
vorable. It would be perhaps the safest,
over such manure as I have prescribed, to
cover the 6eed nearly three inches deep,
which would bring the top of the bill just
about even with the average level of the
field.
5. For the first hoeing, the harrow or
cultivator might be run through both
ways, and the plants should be weeded,
but not hilled, or at most but very little.
Let the whole surface of the field be lelt
very nearly level.
6. For the second hoeing, which should
be very soon after the first, before the tops
begin to leave, a similar course might be
followed, except that broad, but rather low
hills should be formed.
An acre so planted would have 4,S40
hills, which would give, at only one quart
to the bill, 151 bushels, worth, at 50 cents
the bushel, $75,50.—[Country Gentle
man*
The Best Resolution Yet.—The
Ohio Sunday School Convention lately
passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of ladies
and gentlemen be appointed to raise chil
dren for the Sabbath school.
giSome villain removed a rail from
the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Rail
i road, lately, and threw an express tram
r down into a chasm thirty feel deep.—
i Several employees were injured, but the
. only passengers hurt were two young
men who had stolen a ride, and they were
killed.
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