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Dentist, Near Oakland Grove. T ""y y ,
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F) OBERT II. CROCKETT, Attorney at
t. L iff, Mount Adams, Arkansas county.
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
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TTTAKEMAN W. EDWARDS, Law
VV yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Middle Arkansas. gSgT Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted
to him. noO*
nilAULES P. BERTRAND Attor*
\ y key at Law, Little llock. Ark. [jan21
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
Little Rock. Arkansas. [decll-ly.
nr 6. & B. D. TURNER, Att.ti
\ \ ^ \i.ys at Law. and General Com ec
tors, Searcy,'White county, Arkansas. Prac
■ IC“ 111 'lie vil V. UIH I V/L Jill IUO' j .
rence. Independence, Jackson, White, Prairie.
Monroe, Arkansas. JeiFerson and Pula-ki
counties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Oon-ts at Little Rock Ark. Prompt and
faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims .-‘'lit. to them. l.i'Mi>-tl.
t,. FF. AT ti F. RSTON..Z. 1*. H. FARR.
TTIEATHERSTON & FARR. Attor
p keys at Law, and Reat. Estate Agents,
Clarendon. ArHansas. Will -practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie. Si.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References:
M’.dison. Ark., Hon. W. G. Beaseley, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon. Ark.. 11. M. Coueh,
Panola. Miss., Col.'Calvin Miller; Coifeevilic,
Miss.. F,. C. Walthall; Memphis. Tern:.. I).
M Du Bose. Ksq.. W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss., W T. Featherston; Washington. D.
C.. Jacob Thompson. jyl‘
r E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
,J . Law. Des .\ic. Prairie county. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson. White.
Conwav. and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to turn,
j OFFICE—Over Town IIall. (Frith's
j Xew Building.) first door. fid) 13—tf
I W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law.
J , Des Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, -Arkansas.
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
jMgf” Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pav
ing taxes on land. Office on Lyon street.
sept26-tf
YmLLIAMT JONES Attorney
\\ at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
I practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson,
; Arkansas, Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson and
1 White, Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State._scpt26-tf
s vvt’l. VV. WILLIAMS.w. L. H. WILLIAMS.
\VMLLIAMS Si WILLIAMS, At
» » torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where lie can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. dec4
T A. MOON, Attorney at Law,
*1 m General Collecting and Land Agent.
For tlie Northern and Eastern Cduntieh of
Arkansas, Des Arc. Arkansan. OCtIO
J. E. HOLLOW ELI.. P. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL Si JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dinlandle, Arkansas,
j YVill practice in the counties of Yell, Perry,
! Saline, Pulaski. Prairie, Conway and Pope.
TIIE OLD COTTAGE CLOCK.
BY CHAHLES SWAIN*.
Oh ! tile old, old clock of the household stoc
Was the brightest thing and neatest;
Its hands, though old. had a touch of gold,
And its chime rang still the sweetest:
’Twas a monitor, too, tho’ its words were fr\
Yet they lived though nations altered ;
And its voice, still strong,warn’d old and your
When the voice of friendship filtered.
“ Tick, tick,” it said—” quick, quick to bed
For ten I’ve given warning ;
Up, up, and go, or else, you know.
You’ll never rise soon in the morning.”
A friendly voice was that old, old clock,
As it stood in the corner smiling,
And blessed the time with a merry chime,
The wintry hours beguiling;
But a cross old voice was that tiresome clod
As it called at day-break boldly ;
When the dawn look’d gray o’er the misty waj
And the early air blew coldly:
“ Tick, tick,” it said—” quick, out of bed—
For five I’ve given warning;
You’ll never have health, you’ll never get
wealth,
Unless you’re up soon in the morning.”
Still hourly the sound goes round and round,
With a tone that ceases never;
While tears are shed for the bl ight days tier
And the old friends lost forever :
Its heart beats on—though hearts are gone
That warmer heat and younger;
Its hands still move—though hands we love
Are clasped on earth no longer :
“ Tick, tick,” it said—” to the churchyard bee
The grave hath given warning;
‘-'f'J niiJCj ciiiu h'uk lu me
And prepare for a heavenly morning,”
In a Balloon with a Madman.
A French paper tells the followin'
relative to the last balloon ascension of 31
Godard:
Monsieur Godard took with him on t'na
day, as his compagnon du voyage, i
wealthy, private gentleman, who pair
1000 francs for the privilege of sharing ii
tiie perils of the expedition. The weath
er could not have been more propitious
and the balloon shot up rapidly to a con
sideralde altitude.
“ What effect does that produce upoi
you?” asked 31. Godard of liis compan
ion.
"Nothing!” said the latter laconically
" 3Ty compliments to you,” said 31
Godard. “ You are the first whom I havi
ever seen arrive at such an altitude with
out betraying some emotion.”
“ Keep ou mounting,” said the traveler
with a gravity supreme.
31. Godard threw over some ballast
and the balloon ascended some 500 fee
higher.
" And now,” added 31. Godard, “ doe
your heart beat ?”
“Nothing yet?” replied his compan
ion, with an air which approached close!;
to impatience.
"The devil!” exclaimed 31. Godard
“you have really, my dear sir, the most
perfect qualification io he an ffiionaut.”
The balloon still ascended; whet
1000 feet higher 31. Godard interrogatec
a third time his companion.
" And now?”
“Nothing, nothing; not the shadow o
a fear whatever!” answered the traveler
with a tone positively disconnected, and
like a man who had experienced a pro
found deception.
“Goodness me! so much the worst
then.” said the ffiionaut, smiling; hut
must renounce all hope of making you
l m, i it ■ ! ’ _ I .I.
aihiui. x uc uanwuii 10 iji^u
We are going to descend.”
“ To descend !”
“ Certainly; there would be danger it
mounting higher.”
That does not make the slightest dif
Terence to me; I do not choose to de
scend.”
“ You what ?” asked M. Godard.
“ I say I wish to ascend higher; Lee]
ort mounting, i have given 1,000 tranc
to experience some emotion; I must d<
so, and 1 will not descend beiore I have
fell some emotion.”
M. Godard commenced to laugh ; he
believed at once that it was all a joke.
*• Will you asceud, once morn !’ de
manded the traveler, seizing him by tin
throat and shaking him with violence
“ When shall l feel some emotion?”
M. Godard relates that at this momen
he felt hirnselflost. A sudden and dread
ful revelation broke itpon him in regard
ing the strangely dilated eyes ot hi
compagnon du voyage ; he had to do will
a madman.
If even the unfortunate aeronaut ha
had any defensive weapon, he would afte
all have been incapable of defending him
self; but it is not usual for persons to fur
nish themselves with pistols for a voyag
in a balloon, and certainly one would nc
dream of meeting with a warlike en
counter iu the stars. The earth was fiv
thousand feet beneath—most hornbl
I depth ; and the least movement of the no'
TQTious madman-might cause the car t
capsize!
“Alt! ah! you are mocking me, rn
fine fellow,” continued the madman, wit!
out loosening his grip. “ Ah ! you thin
to rob me of 1 000 francs, as well as emc
lion. Very well, be quiet. It’s my tur
to laugh. It’s you now who are going I
cut a caper.”
The madman was possessed of prod it.
ious muscular force.
IvI. God rd did not even attempt to di
fend huuself.
“ Wliat do you wish from me ?” aske
he, with a calm tone and submissive ai
“Simply to amuse myself in seeing yc
turn a summersault, ’ answered the mac
iman, with a fetocious smile. But, firs
! (the madman appeared to bethink bin
self,) I have my idea, I wish to see if 1
can't find some emotion up there. I must
^ put myself astride on the semicircle.
The madinau indicated with his finger
the upper part of the balloon. Just in
speaking he commenced to climb along
■ ; llie cords which heitl the car attached to
‘the balloon.
S M. Godard, who had not before trem
I bled for himself, was forced to do so now
* I for the madman.
•• But miserable man, you are going to j
kill yourself. You will lie seized with
vertigo.”
•• No remarks,” hissed the madman,
seizing him again hy the collar, “or I
will at once pilch you into the ah' - .,
j “ At least,” observed M. Godard “ nl
i low me 10 put this cord round your body,
’ | so that you may remain attached to the
! balloon.”
•• Be it so,” said die madman, who ap
peared to comprehend the utility ol the
precaution.
This done, furnished with his cord of
safety, the madman commenced to climb
among the ropes with the agility of u
squirrel He reached the balloon, and
placed himself astride the semicircle, as
|le had said. Once there, he rent the air
> with a shout of triumph, and drew his
knife from Ins pocket.
“ What are vou going to do?1 asked
M. Godard, who feared that he might
ha’-e the idea of ripping open the balloon.
“ To make myself comfortable forth
’ with.”
Uttering these w.rtls, the madman cut
j slowly the cord of safety which M. Go
aaru nag .nmuiru n> nu >.
'single puli’ of wind to shake the balloon,
the miserable creature must roll over the
t abyss!
“And now,” yelled forth the madman,
brandishing bis knife, “ we are going to
laugh. Ah, robber, you thought to make
‘ me descend! Very well. It is you who are
I going to tumble down, and that in a mo
ment, and quicker than that!’’
1 | M. Godard had not time to make a
| movement, or put in a single word. Re
' fore he was able to viue the iiifejiiul
intention of the madman, the latter, still
astride of the semicircle, had cut—oh,
1 horror!—four of the cordages which sus
pended the tar to the balloon. The car
inclines horribly—it only holds by two.
“ A word, a single word,” ciied M.
Godard.
•• No, no pardon,” vociferated the mad
man.
“ I do not ask for pardon, on the con
’ trary.”
‘- What is it you wish, then?" said the
’ madman, astonished
- “ At lids moment now,” continued the
atro’.aut, hurriedly, “ we are at a height
ol 5,000 leet.”
“ Stop,” said the madman, “ that will be
charming to tumble from such a height.”
“ It is still too low,” added M. Godard.
'• How so?” asked the madman, stupe
fied.
“ Yes,” said hi. Godard, “ my experi- j
ence as an reronaut lets taught me tliatj
death is not certain to ensue Irom a ‘alio! j
this elevation. Tumble or no tumble, 1
must prefer to fail such a height as to be
killed, outright, rather than to risk being
only lamed—have the charily to precipi
tate me f rom a height of 9.000 leet only.’
“All! that’ll do,” said the madman,
| whom the mention ol a more horrible lull
I charmed amazingly.
Mons. Godaid follows heroically his
’ mienn.a fiiwt 1 i rniV-J flVUC 911 PlffinTlOllS
i quantity of ballast. The balloon makes
a powerful bound, and mounts nOO (eel in
■ a few seconds only. And whilst, the rnad
Iman surveys this operation with a menn
1 eiug air, the aeronaut thinks to accomplish
another, in a sense quite contrary.
The quick eye of M. Godard had re
marked that among the cords spared by
tlic madman figured the one leading to the
) valve. ILs plan is taken. He draws
his cord ; it opens the valve fixed in the j
‘ upper part of the balloon lor the purpose i
of allowing any excess of the hydiogenj
gas to escape, and the. result which he
hoped for was not long in making itself
apparent.
Little by little the madman became j
| drowsy, asphyxiated, and insensible by
lire vapors of tire gas which surrounds
him. The madman being sufficiently as
phyxiated for his purpose, Mods. Godard
allows the balloon to descend slowly to the
earth. The drama is finished.
Arriving on terra firrna, M. Godard,
* not bearing any hatred to tire author of his
perilous voyage, hastened to restore him
j to animation, and had him conveyed,
1 \ hands and feet bound, to the neighboring
station.
When Death Comes.—Death comes
3 at morn when the sun is just rising in the
t east—at noon when its rays are most re
- splendent—at eve when it gradually sinks
behind the horizon—at midnight when it ia
s entirety bid from view; it comes to the
v | babe just commencing to prattle—it comes
3 - to the man in middle age, when the con
| netting links binding us to life are most
y i strong—it comes to the aged man with
- trembling limbs and faded eyesight, led1
‘ along by others—it comes to the poor,
- struggling to obtain a meagre sustenance
n —it comes to a man in comfortable cir
0 cuinstances, by whom life is best enjoyed
— it comes to the wealthy, rolling in afilu
- ences and ease—it comes to the idiot,
laughing at his own folly—it comes to the
- man of just sense enough to pass through
i life easily—it francs to the educated—it
1 i comes to the infidel disowning his Maker
'. j_it comes to the Christian, who looks on
u [ it only as a passage to a happier land.
| -He that ha* much amt wants more is
•> ! poor; he who hasjittle and want* no more is
• j rich.
The Sentence ot the saviour.
A correspondent of the “ Notes nnd
Queries" writes ; 11 Can any of your Cor
respondents inform mo whether the en
closed extract from the Kolhixehf Zfitung,
is based on sound authority, nnd what au
thority it is? also, where and when was
the K ihiische published ?"
Correct Transcript of the Sen
tence of Death Pronounced against
Jesus Christ.—The following is a copy
ol tlic most memorable judicial sentence
which has ever been pronounced in the
nun: ils of the world—that of death against
our Saviour, with the remarks which the
journal K. Droit has collected and the
knowledge of which must he interesting
in the highest degree to every Christian.
Until now, I am not aware that it has ever
been made public in the German papers.
The sentence is word for word as follows ;
Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pilate, iu
tendant of the province of Lower Galilee, that
Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer dentil by the
L In the seventeenth year of the reign of the
L inner or Tiberius, and on the Until of Iilarrh*
in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during the
pontificate of Annas and Oaiaphas.
Pontius Pilate, intend,mt of the province of
Lower Galilee, sitting in judgment in tin;
presidential seat of the pnetor, sentences Je
sus of Nazareth to death on the cross, between
two robbers, ns the numerous and notorious
testimonies of the people prove—
3. Jesus is a mis leader.
2. He Iras excited the people to sedition.
3. He is an enemy to the laws.
J. He calls himself the Son of God.
5. He calls himself, falsely, the King of Is
rael. ,
G. He went into the temple followed by a
multitude of people, carrying palms in their
hands.
/v I nelnn C'Ulill illC { ftPflP.
lius to bring him to the place ot* execution.
Forbids all f arsons, rich or poor, to pre
vent the execution of Jesus.
The witnesses who have signed the execu
tion o£ Jesus.
1. Daniel Robant—Pharisee.
2. John Zorobabel.
Raphael Robahi.
4'. Capet.
Jesus to be take:, out of Jerusalem through
the gate Tournes,
This sentence is engraved on a plate ol
brass in the Hebrew language, and on its
sides are the following words: “A sim
ilar plate has been sent to each tribe. ”
It was discovered in the year 11S0, in the
city of Aquila, in the kingdom ol Naples,
by a search made for the discovery ol Ho
man antiquities, and remained there until
it was found by the commissaries of the arts
in the French Army in Italy. I p to the
time of the campaign in Southern Italy, it
was preserved m the sacrisiy of Carthu
sians, near Naples, where it was kept in
a box of ebony. Since then the relict lias
been kept in the chapel of Caseota. fhe
Carthusians obtained by their petitions that
the plate might be kept by them; which
was an acknowledgment of the sacrifices
which they had made for the French Army.
The French translation was nude literally
by members of the commission of arts.
Denon had a fuc simile of the plate en
graved, which was bought by Lord How
ard, on the sale of his cabinet, lor 2,800
francs. There seems to be very little
Joubt as to the authenticity of this transla
tion of the sentence, corresponding as it
foes with that of the Gospel.— £New
York Journal of Commerce.
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Description of our Saviour.
The Boston Journal says that the follow
ing epistle was taken by Napoleon from
he public records of Home, when he de
prived that city of so many valuable man
uscripts. ft was written at the time and
on the spot where Jesus Christ cottimenc
./I l.ia mii.wf rv l.v» PnMills f ill?*. fTOV
ernor of Judea, to the Senate of Rome—
Caesar, Emperor. It was the custom in
those days for the governor to write any
event of importance which transpired
while he held office :
"Conscript Fathers:—There appeared
in these our days, a man named Jesus
Chri.-t, who is yet living among us, and by
(he Gentiles is accepted as a prophet ol
great truth ; but iiis own disciples call him
the Son of God. He bath raised the
dead, cured all manner of diseases. He
is a man of stature, tall, comely, with a
ruddy countenance, such as the beholder
may love and fear. His hair is the color
of a filbert when fully ripe, plain to his
ears, whence downward it is most ornate
in color, curling and waving about his
shoulders ; in the middle of his head is a
seam or partition of long hair, alter the
manner of the Nazarites. His forehead is
plain and dc-licatej his face without spot or
wrinkle, beautiful, with a comelv red ; his
nose and mouth are exactly formed ; beard
the color of his hair, and thick, not of any
great height, but forked. In reproving
he is terrible, in admonishing courteous;
in speaking very modest and wise; in pro
portion of body, well shaped. None
have ever seen him laugh, but many have
seen him weep. A man, for his surpass
ing beauty, excelling the children of men.”
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Death to the Bugs.—The following
remedy is said to be infallible :—Take
two pounds of alum, bruise it, and reduce
it nearly to powder: dissolve it in three
quarts of boiling water, letting it remain
in a warm place til! the alum is dissolved.
The alum water is to be applied hot, by
means of a brush, to every joint and crev
ice. Brush the joint and crevices in the
floor of the skirting-board if they are sus
pected places; whitewash the ceiling, put
ting in plentv of alum, and there will bt
an end to their dropping from thence,
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-\ quaint writer says: "1 have seen
women so delicate that they are afraid to ride
for fear of the horses running away; afraid t<
sail, for fear the boat should upset; and afrait
to walk, for fear the dev#might fall; but
never saw one afraid to get married.
Mothers of Remarkable Ken.
Throughout the pages of history, we
are struck with the fact, that our remark
able men possessed mothers of uncommon
| talent for good or for evil, and great en
ergy of character It would seem, from
this circumstance, that the impress of the
mother is more frequently stamp’d upon the
boy, and that of the father upon tiie girl—
we mean the mental, intellectual impress,
in distinction from the physical one.
It is said of Waller Scutt’a mother, that
she was a small, plain, well-educated wo
man, of excellent sense, very charitable,
and a great lover of poetry and painting;
and, on tiie whole, a superior woman. Ii
is evident, from the writings of Scott, tliai
lie had an uncommon gift in word-painting.
it is said of Byron's mother, that she
was a proud woman, hasty, violent, and
unreasonable, with not principle sufficient
to restrain her temper. Unhappily, Byron
inherited his mother’s Inflammable temper,
and, instead of being subdued and softened
by harshness, with which she often treated
him, lie was rendered more passionate by
it. Thus we see that this infirmity, which
might have been greatly checked by gen
tleness and kind treatment, if not cured,
was suffered to enslave one of the most
talented, brilliant, poetical minds, which
has ever shone among men, entailing a
life of misery upon its possessor, und an
early termination to his career.
The mother of Bonaparte was a woman
of great beauty and energy of character.
This last trait was strikingly exemplified
throughout his whole life.
The mother of Robert Burns was a
woman of moderate personal uttriictions,
but in every other respect a remarkable
w-omnn Sth,» wne filr-Qeurl ivitii i-mcrnlor
| equanimity of temper, and her religious
| feelings were deep and constant.. She
used to give wings to the weary hours of
her checkered life, by chanting old songs
and ballads, of which she had a large
store. Iler perceptions of character were
very quick and keen, and site lived to a
good old age, rejoicing in the poetical fame
of her son, and partaking of the fruits of
his genius.
Lord Bacon’s mother is said to have
been a woman or superior mind, of great
learning, and of deep piety.
Little is said of the mother of Nero, ex
cepting that the murdered her second
husband, the Emperor Claudius, about
lour years after her marriage. Do we
wonder that Nero was a cruel emperor,
if his mother was a murderess? IIow
strongly does the mother of this ancient
tyrant contrast with the mothers of some
of our modern philanthropists and states
men.
The character of the mother of Wash
ington is familiar to every reader of his
tory ; and also of the mother of John Jay,
who deserves a place by the side of Wash
ington. Mrs. Jay is said lo have had a
cultivated mind, a fine imagination, and
an affectionate temper.
The mother of Patrick Ilenry was a
woman of great excellence of character,
and marked by superior conversational
powers. Hence, doubtless, the oratorical
gilt of her son.
The character of the mothers of the
Adamses is well-known. Where will we
find more real, practical common sense,
and true energy of character, than the
' mother of John Quincy Adams possessed ?
Mothers will do well to remember that
iheii imprers is often stamped upon their
sons.
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“Tall Walkin— We copied, a
few days since, a paragraph attributing
tin' origin oi " uucxet letters to iJuvnt i.
Hull, oi Middle Georgia, lie having writ
ten a series of letters, over the signature
of “ Edward Bucket,” to the President oi
the United States, John Quincy Adams.
The Montgomery Mail copies the same
paragraph, and adds:
David I. Holt went with Col. Fannin's
| Georgia Bat. to Texas, in 1835, and was
i one of the prisoners who escaped the
massacre of the Alamo, in the Spring of
lS3(i. during the Texas Revolution. In
telling some of his old Iriends in Georgia,
afterwards, about his escape, one of them
as^ed fiirrt if lie run. (so the story goes.)
Molt was a brave man, and did not like tc
acknowledge that he run, even though he
was retreating from an impending death,
without the shadow of a chance to defend
himself, and he replied. “ We.I boys, I
did not exactly run, but I done some Very
tall walking.”
“ Tall walking” was the substitute foi
the word “ run” about Macon and Mil
ledgevtlle for many years afterwards.
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Too Many Printers.—When Ben
jamin Franklin’s mother-in-law first dis
covered that the young man had a hanker
ing for her daughter, that good old lady
i hesitated about giving her daughter to r
printer. There were already two printing
offices in the country, and she was no
Certain that they could be supported. I
was plain that young Franklin would de
pend lor his support upon the profits of i
third, and this was rather a doubtfu
chance. If such an objection was urgi t
to a would-be son-in-law when there wen
only two printing-offices in the Unites
States, how can a printer hope to get t
wife now, when the census shows tin
number to be about fifteen thousand ?
—
-A writer on sweat ing. says,— An oat!
from a woman’s lips is unnatural a i iuered
ib 1 >•. 1 would as soon t \ a . . . v.u
rost find.
-Life tins been com; i vd to ait «,.» -
; pretty and home!) tfeiugs—rt us» a p«i
- t of brifiK'ti's, ana tile couiio.. 111 c •' us tit
• shiue wears «tTU»# trowseta. An o!« u»*» » *i
! pipe-stem, tUah a you tit ever tom.d »; A**
i for* ®* p«u*f»*»«d at Setatog*.
-Girls who are not handsome hate those
w ho are—while those who are handsome hate
one another. Seems to be a standing declara
tion of war among the whole tribe. Which
class has the best of it?
-An editor says his attention was first
drawn to matrimony, by the skillful manner in
which a pretty girl handled a broom. A
brother editor says the manner in which his
wife handles a broom is not so pleasant.
-“That’s very singular, sir,” said a
young lady to a gentleman, w ho had just kissed
her. “ Oh, well, my dear Miss, I will make it
plural. ”
-Tn Mexico, everybody is supposed to b»
an ex-President who wears a clean shirt and
keeps his hands washed. And in this coun
try, every politician expects to be President
w hether he has a shirt or not.
-The man who has no enemies is a mere
dione in the gi eat hive of created intelligence,
lie is a milk and water man. who contents
himself with doing no harm, while it is noto
rious that he is doing no good. Such men are
timeserving, fence-riding, go-betweens, who
creep after men of position and property, and
hypocritically bow to men in the humble
walks of life, take no part in public sentiments
and smile mid smiik upon all they come in
contact with. They glide through life undis
turbed and sink to obscure graves, “ unwept,
unhouored and unsung. ”
Wanted.—A pair of scissors to cut a caper .
The pot in which the patriot’s blood boiled.
The address of the confectioner who makes
“trifles light as air.” And a short club
broken oil' the square-root.
-“Speaking of shaving,” said a pretty
girl to an obdurate old bachelor, “ 1 should
think that a pair of handsome eyes would be
the best mirror to shave by. ” “ Yes; many a
poor fellow has been shaved by them, " the
wretch replied.
-The inun who travels a thousand mile*
in a thousand hours may be tolerable quick
footed ; but he isn’t a touch to the woman who
keeps tip with the fashions.
-i begin where most people end, with a
full conviction of the emptiness of all sorts of
ambition and the unsatisfactory natuic of all
human pleasures.”—Pope.
-“ If wo live after death, why do wc not
have some certain knowledge of it?” saida
skeptic to a clergyman.
“ Why "did you not have some knowledge of
this world before you came into it?” was the
caustic reply.
-An editor once apologized to his read
ess somewhat after this fashion ;
“ We intended to have a marriage and a
dentil to publish this week; but a violent
storm prevented the wedding, and the doctor
being taken sick himself, the patient recovered ;
and we are accordingly cheated'out of both ”
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A Nouee Sentiment. — Some true
heart has given an expression of its gen
erous nature in the following beautiful
sentiment:
“ Never desert a friend when encmiea
guilier around him—when sickness falls on
the heart. When the world is dark and
cheerless is the lime to try a true friend.
They who turn from the scene of distress
betray hypocrisy, and prove that inte
rest only moves them. If you have a.
friend who loves you and studies your in
terest and happiness, b sure to sustain
him in adversity. Let him feel that his
former kindness is appreciated, and that
his love is not thrown away. Beal fidelity
may be rare; but it exists in the heart.
Who has not seen and felt iis power?
They deny ns worth who never loved a
friend, or labored to make a friend happy.”
WHEN THEY UiuA M 1U OHAVE.
PI my says the Romans began the use of
tin* razor A. U. C. 454, when Ticinius
Mercus brought over barbers from Sicily,
land that Seipio Alricanus brought the cus
tom to be of daily use. When the beard
was cut for the first time, it was customa
ry to deposit it in a box, and to consecrate
1 it to some god. The first fourteen einpe
| rors shaved. Adrian resumed the fash
ion of the beards.
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r.ftrli is related of John Randolph,
that being once, as was supposed, upon his
death-bed. several persons who had been
his enemies called upou him to offer acts
of kindness. Among olhers was the late
John C Calhoun, who desired a reconcil
iation with Randolph before his deaih,
especially for his political benefit. Ran
dolph received him kindly, and accepted
his proffers of sympathy, and freely forgaie
him for Ins previous opposition), and accept
ed an amicable settlement of all difficul
ties. Calhoun was delighted with this
manifestation of kindness, but what was
his surprise when, on taking leave of the
exhausted and as it was supposed, dying
Randolph, the latter called him back in his
bedside with this exclmunou: “Mow,
Calhoun, remember, if I “et well, all ih.»
goes lor nothing.” He did gel welt, and
took an active part in politics, but tiev» r
spoke to Calhoun ’g< ■> during the balance
i of his days. It did “ aii go tor nothing. ’*
A G.VMbuck's Wife.r—One nignt, a
fortnight ago, a mairied lady of Detroit,
who had long suspected that her l.usotfcfcd
I was a regular attendant of a certaiag««»*
l bling room, and was there speari ng; the
, i money which she and her cb.iciva. ''ore
I tu pressing need ot, visifeu tw ■ om.
, Sealed at a rough taoie >.;* •'■sen net
1 husband in,com puny tfcuu
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