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I PROFESSIONAL CARRS.
<1*0. K. MORTON. H. P. Y*t70«#M, |
iior.Tcr a vavssiit I
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AMD
SOLICTTOBS IN CB'ANCBBY,
DBS ARC. ARKANSAS.
WIU, practice in the Courts of the counties
of Prairie. While. Jaoksoa, Wooelrutf anil i
Montuc. Particular attention given to the
collection of claims any where iu the State.
acpTtf.
UR. UORT. B. TREZFYA.VT
Tenders his profeasiomil services to i
the citizens of Dos An and vicinity.
Office—At Johnson & Davis' Drug
Store. «cp21
THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AN B 101NSELL0R
.A. t. Hi a w,
D E S AH O, A H K A .V S AS. |
*ygr I’ artcular attention given to the j
collection of all kinds of claims against
the Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next
door to .1. M. Burney s drug store.
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vx. t. .inhbs, n. i n»|T»ir
JONES & TOTTEN.
AQ At &&W*
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the countinst of Pulaski,
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson and
Wuite Prompt attention given to the eollec j
tiou of claims. apr!4-ly 1
JS . l.Fl'TlllA,
Watchmaker and Jeweler.1
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
rAM NOW PR MPA R ED TO DO ALL
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning. &c. !
-Thankful for past favor*, I v-olicit a
oanti nuance of the patronage hereto for* be- -
•towed on me. feb28-tf
■JAMES J. GALLAGHEK,
Attoi ney rft. Lnw,
cor to.\ vl a r, w Gt ub'in to. kk
Will practice where called.
sep-8-tf.
Du. j i. iiomixii ii
now at .folmsou A Davia’ Drug .Store; .
can be be consulted at hi* reum at the Ilaryey ;
House. He will give hi* undivided attention
to C'!iv*oni«- IkiMeaseu of every descrip
tif n.
1 be best of references can be furnished, by i
applying to .
DR. J. A. ROrSEI.AUX,
iunl-tf Dos Arc, Arkair-as.
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J. .lONSON. Office—West ILmit, Arkansas.
JNO. M. Mot »RE, Office—Searcy. Arkansas. ,
& mooch:,
A11 o va ey 8 al Law,
SOLICITOUS IX CHANCERY, J
-AN*I> —
Gen?ral Land and Collecting Agents, i
dfaAUCY, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any husinesa
.n the counties of Independence, Jackson.
Wood ruff, Mouroe, Prairie, White. Conway :
and Van Burwu. mar9- i
VV. IIICK.H, Formerly of the firm of Cypcrt A i
Hicks.
H R. FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
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HICKS & FIELDliiG.
AYTQ%NKY8 IT LkW,
Searcy. While Co., Arkansan.
WILL practice ia this and thS adjacent
counties, iu the District Courts, and Su
pra ne Court of the Stale
K. W. WILLIAMS. T. M. OIBSON.
HILLIIMS& GIBSON,
ATT02U7STS AT LA7T,
Des Arc and Devall’s Blufl, Ark.
WILL practice iu Prairie and adjoining
Counties All business confided to their care
will be promptly attended to. sept21 tf. J
| mfRTAlNMENTH
rpiTE UNDE It SIGNED H A VINO K
I opened a llou*e of Enter- JiSB.
laflnilient, on Buena Vista Street, near
the Steamboat Laudiug, for the accommoda
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
By the day. week, or month, solicits the pat
ronage of those visiting Des Arc. The fare
will be as good as the market atfords, and
terms moderate.
Give me a trial, and I will endeavor to give
' satisfaction.
BENJAMIN HATLEY.
Des Arc. Ark.. March l!3. 1807—12in
A R KAN SAS G A z'eItT’k.
LITTLE HOCK, ARK.
Terms—Invariably in Advance.
DAILY, $10 00 per annum; $1 00 per mouth
for any less period.
WEEKLY, 00 per aununt; $2 60 to clubs
of two or more.
MRS. KATE IiriTSMAY,
Will commence her SCHOOL the first Mou
day in January. Tuition two and three
dollars per month. Deductions iu cases of
Yirotracted illness.
Des Arc, Jan. 1st. 1667.
BOL v. CLARK. 8AM W. WILLIAMS.
JOB W MARTIN.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attoraeys at Law,
Little rock, Arkansas.
W! r.L practice In all the Courts, piweoutr
Cairns of all kinds, collect debts, ana
, t as Real E.'t&tt and General Agtntt.
Orrics—M.rkhant Sn**, n^f Bt%**Hous«
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LITTLE R^CK, ARKANSAS
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ItOBT. 8- AKUKRSOX, WM. J. THOMPSON,
Jaeksonpurt, Ark. Augusta, Ark.
Anderson A Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW;
Jacksouport and Augusta, Ark.
Will attend tbe Courts of Jackson, Wood
ruff, ami adjoining Counties, and to special
ease* in any section of the'State. Address
either office. mayl8-ly^
A. C. PICKETT. L. M. HAM8AUR.
P1CKKTT 4k HA.MSAC It.
ATTORNEYS IT UW,
AVGUSTA, A UK A.VS AS.
W ih practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jsndwon. White and Craighead. Special at
tention giren to collections uf all claims en
trusted to their oare aprG-ly
j. r. p. iUHtinfiC,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,!
Cotton Plant, 'Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courta ot
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
: lie sercath Judicial Putrid, and gjrc prompt
mteutiou to all business entrusted- to his
:_to
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dr7 aliiF
Offer* his services to the citizens of |
Des Arc and vicinity in the practice of ;
medicine. Thankful for past iavors,
and by attention to business he expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—One door east of Burney’s
Drug Store. s^rL_
uTsrr. w. J. srgnacuu. |
GANTT & BBQNAUGH,
ATT0&8&YS AT LAW.
Will practice in tlio oonntie* of Prairie,
While, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas aud Pu
a«ki. Prompt alttention given to ike coliec
,ion of claims. Taxes will bo paid and title*
nvestigated for non-residenui. aprH-Sni
}.U GATEWOOD, J- a- THUMBS, j
GftTEWO . D & THOMAS,
AS UW
DES ARC7 ARKIX.US._j
1. K. MKDOKPETH. T. B» AK* *E»ST.
HEDGEPETH ft RENT.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. |
DES ABC, ABKANSAS.
WILT, practice in all of the courts of
Prairie county, aud the circuit sourfs l
of the surrounding counties. mar'Jf-tiia
JAMES H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. OAUSE, |
Augusta. Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
Patterson & Cause,
ATTORNEYS AT l*AW,
Jacksonport and Augusts, Arkansas.
Wiu. practice iti the Counties of Woodruff. ;
Jacksou. Independence, White, Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Q'oss. and
attend to special cases in uny part of the
State. Address either offics. myl8-ly
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! Will practio* in nil tbo cuurts of Arkansas.
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DR. J. 7T. SYRriY,’
Being permanently located at Dae
Aec, will continue the practice of hit
profession in all its branches.
Office at Col- J. X. Burkett's Drug
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itU.VCHlM, JACH80I.
The Allowing beautiful tribute to Ikit tnost
gallant chieftain of (his or any other d*y» i>
from lhe New York Cj£icen, and said to have
been written by an ameer of the U. 8. Nary:
He sleeps all quietly and cold
Beneath the soil that gave him birth;
Then break his battle brand in twain
And lay it with him in the earth.
No more at midnight shall he urge
His toilsome march among the pines,
Nor hear upon the morning air
The war slioht of his charging lines.
Cold is tins eye whoso meteor gleam
. Flashed bttpc on all within*its light;
And still the voice that, trumpet-toned,
Rang through the serried ranks of flight
No more for him shall cannons park,
% Or tents gleam white upon the plaiu;
And where bis camp fires blazed ef yore,
Brpwn reapers laugh amid the grain!
No more above his narrow bed
Shall sound the tread of marching feel,
The rifle volley and the crash *
Of sabres when the focmen meet.
And though the winds of autumn rave, -
And whiter snows fall thick and deep
Above his breast, they cannot move
The quiet of his dreamless sleep.
•
We may raise a marble shaft
Above the heart that now is dust;
But nature, )ike a mother fond,
W ill ne’er forget her sacred trust.
Young April, o'er his lowly mound
Shall shake the violets from her hair;
And glorious Juftc, with fevered kiss,
Shall bid the roses blossom there.
And round nitwit the droning bees.
With drowsy hum shall come anc go;
While west winds, all the livelong day,
Shall murmur dirges soft and low.
The warrior’s storthy fate is o’er,
The midnight gloom has passed away;
And, like the glory from the east.
Breaks the first light of freedom’s day!
The whire-wingcci peace o’er all the land
Broods like a dove upon her ucat;
While iron war with slaughter gorged.
At length hath loid him down to rest.
And where we won our onward way
With fire and steel thro’ yonder wood,
The blackbird whistles, and the quail
Gives answer to her timid brood.
Vot oft in dreams his fierce brigade
Shall see the form they followed far,
Still leading in the further**! ran—
A land mark in the clouds uf war!
And oft wheq white hajrcd gratidsire* tell
Of bloody struggles past and gone,
The children at their knees shall hear
How JACMCSON led his columns on.
Loslug Time.
What is whiling away time ? W hen
Watt eat in the chimney corner, ob
serving the watef force up the lid of
the tea-kettle, he aroused the anger of
his relations; but he was discovering
the steam engine. The uncle of Pliuv
reproved him for walking, which he
called losing time. How much truer
was the confession of Warburton to his
friend Hurd; ‘‘It would have been the
greatest pleasure to have dropped tip
on you at Newark. 1 could have led
you through delicious walks, and pick
ed off for your amusement in our ram
bles a thousand notions which I hung
upon every thorn as 1 passed, thiMy
years ago.” They whom the world
calls idle often do the most. In vil
lages Biiu uyiuiifs u irw eyes »rp ai
ways learning. A garden, ji wood,
even a pool of water, encloses a library
of kuowledge, waiting only to be read
precious types, which Nature,- in her
great printing press, never breaks up.
And surely he is happy who is thus
taught: for no man can afford to be
really unemployed. The tree, it is said,
may lose its verdure—the sun need not
count his rays; becauso the sap will
strike out new foliage, and another
night refills the treasury of day. But
the thinking faculty docs not waste.
The most saving and thrifty use of it
will only make it suffleieut for our ab
solute necessities.
Priateri.
Printers are unlike other classes of
men. Their vocation imparts to them
an intelligence that does not result from
any other business. Dealing with lan
guage exclusively, in its combination
of letters, words, sentences and para
graphs, they are constantly brought
into communion with thoughts and
their working, and thus insensibly be
come imbued with ideas of those minds
whose creartou* they help to em
body into those forms that give them
to the world. They literally get gram
mar at their finger's ends while picking
up the typo that form sentences that
are grammatical. Spelling comes to
them as natural as breathing, for they
fall iuto correet orthography through
force of habit. The characteristics of
printers are not so favorable to personal
thrift as those of other professions.—
They partake of the nature of artists
in some degree, and are liberal to a
fault, thoughtless of the future, and
frequently improvident for the future
—flush when in a good situation, and
dead broke when on a tramp. They
may be said to be the working Bohe
mians of the world of operatives.—[Ex.
g^"'itfotherl .i/other! here's Zeke fret.
| ting the bsby!—Make him cry again
I Zeke; then mother will giro h'ffl some -a
i gar. I'll take it away from him; then he'l
• squall, and mother will give him aomi
i more, and yon can take that, and tbei
1 we’U both have some "
mpettloni for the Morning.
The solemn stillness of the morning
just before tljc break of (lay, is fit and
friendly to the cool and undisturbes
tecollection of a man just risen, re
freshed and in pferfect health. Lei
hlth compare his condition With hal
of the world, and let him feel an inflis
position to adore and admire his Pro
tector, if lio can. How many greai
events have come to pass during Ih(
hours 1 have reposed 1 I feel my In
significance. The heavenly bodiei
have moved on ; vegetation is aflvan
ee(J ; the season is oorne forward ; deeti
have continued sailing; councils hav<
been held ; and on the opposite side o
the world, in broad noon-day, wbai
revolutions have taken place, withou
mv consent, concurrence or knowl
edge! Great God! what am l in tin
world? An insect—a nothing! In tin
morning, O Lord, thou Great Being
unto thee will 1 look up. How mail)
of my fellow-creatures liayc speut tin
last six hours in praying in vain for
one hours sleep! How many in rack
ing pain, crying, “Would to God ii
were morning!” IIow many in pris
on! How many in commission o
great crime! How many have been
wrecked at sea, or lost in untrodden
ways on land f How many have ficei
robbed and murdered! How main
have died unprepared’, and are non
lifting up their eyes in torment! And
here I stand a fhouument of mercy
“to praise God. In the morning, C
Lord, Hum graciorts and merciful be
incr. unto thpp will T look nn. I wil
i bemoan the Vices and "Sympathize witl
the distresses of-my fclW'W-creatures
l will try this day to show mV grnti
tude to my Preserver, by taking cart
| not to ofl'end him.—[Robinson.
Am Appeal to the People.
From the Ciucinna'i Enquire January JSI]
h Almost the oitly so-called argument
which is urged by tjie bondholder*
against tho payment of 5-20 bonds in
greenbacks is the plea that it will
make money too plenty. 3fow, if a!
the 5-20 bonds were at once paid by an
issue of new greenbacks it would only
increase the circulating medium tc
$2,000,000,000. There are more than
5,0004)00 voters in the United States
The issue of $2,000,000,000 of currency
would only put it in the power of’eSeh
voter to secure $400 for himself ami
family to spend in the course of hi.
lifetime, is there any voter w ho think,
that is too much—more than he will
want? If every man should go; hi.
£400, don’t you think, reader, that they
could manage to dispose of it? Would
you not agree to use your share:
Farmer, merchant, mechanic and labor
er, are you afraid that money will be
too plenty? Reader, how has it been
with you? Has money been to plenty
or too scarce, so far as you are concern
ed ? Aro not your fears that money
wilt be rendered too hard to get, rather
than too easy to obtain? Are you in fa
vor of that political policy of the bond
holders which consists in making
money scarce and times hard ? Do you
think, reader, that wc could not get
along With $2,000,000.000 of currency,
especially when the people of the
United States have to pay every yeat
$800,000,000 dollars in taxes! IIow i.
this immense amount of taxes to be
paid unless money is plenty ? The
Government can’t expect the people tc
maks brick without straw! Groat tax
es require a great amount of money to
, nnv thorn lint tho hmwIhnMora toll iu
ftiat if wc pay the bonds iu greenbacks
the latter will be worth nothing. It is
most singular that Uncle Sam imper
fectly good for his big notes in thi
shape of $2,000,000,000 of bonds, but is
not good for the same amouutVher
owed In sm»U greenbacks, especially
wheu the possessors draw S150,000,001
a year interest, and the latter draws
no interest. Reader, don’t you think
that $2,000,000,000, when it is held bj
all the people in geenbacks, is quite a:
likely to be paid by the Government ai
that amount in bonds when they art
hold by only a few thousand people'
Is it likely the latter will repmliati
greenbacks when their pockets are fill
of greenbacks ? Reader, if anybody i
afraid that greenbacks will he tin
plenty after the bonds are paid off. al
he has to do is to go to the Unitci
States Land Ofllcit and exchange then
for land worth SI-25 an acre. It alioult
be remembered that in fifteen years w
can cull iu the $2,000,000,000 of green
baks simply with the $150,000,000 i
year lhat wc now pay in interest on th
bonds. That $150,000,000 is a sinkiii;
fhnd which in that short space of tim
would extinguish the whole debt am
cancel every greenback that we issm
to pay the debt. If money is plent;
wb shall have easy times. If it i
scarce we shall have hard timet
Which do you prefer r
The Crooked Tree.—A little child
when asked why a certain tree grey
1 crooked, replied :—’‘Somebody trod oi
►it, I suppose, when it was a little* to I
low.” Row painfully suggestive i
that answer? How iminy with achin
| hearts, can remember the days of thei
j childhood, when they were the victim
of indiscreet repression, rather than th
happy obfocts oi some kind direetio
and culture ! The efl'eetsofauch niiagui
ded dlfoipUne have been apparent i
their history and character, and by n
process of human devising can th
wrong be now rectified. The gran
•rrdr in their education consisted in
I system of rigid restraints, without coi
; responding efforts to develops, cull!
▼ate, and train in s right direction
, HrOfgrit By fl <’■(«.
It la mid that nil enterprising Yankee
having Bought an island in the fHiio
river, baa stockcdthe same with black
cat?, intending to go into the fur trade,
This reminds us of a similar experi
ment, which was made many, years ago
by a gentlemau who roeded iu Mary
land. The idea struk him that the fur
trade waa so lucrative it would be
f|uch better to raise animals hearer
nine titan the regions of the Noutli.
and accordingly purebred an island in
the Chespenke Bay, stocked it with the
blankest ofblack cats: He paid extrav
agant prices for tiie felines, and kll the
boys in the adjacent country, went
extensively into the business of entrap
ping unsuspecting Tommies and Tab
bies, which were immediately disposed
of and scat .to the aforesaid island.
The gentleman found the cats were
prolific, aud was soon compelled to
employ two men to live on the island
aud fish with a seine, in order tw sup
ply tljem with food. At fleet,--the
fisherman had quite an easy time, and
readily supplied fish in abundance tor
their charges ; but the number daily in
creased, until whole legions ofblack
j cats trooped over the island homo,
devouring everything in the shape of
food, and the men found it impossible
to. furnish the requisite amount of
nourishment. Atlast-it was determin
ed that one of this men should take a
boat, and, returning to the mainland,
report, the alarming state of affairs.
Poring the absence of the messenger,
the cats became exceedingly bold, and
the remaining party, fearing for his
life locked himself Up iti his cabin and
prepared for a siege.
me enemy, eniuumcueu uv mis uis
plav of fear, .mil urged on by hunger,
.-orroTtudod like house climbed up the
sides, staring in at the affrighted man
through tlic windows and apertures,
keeping up the while the most hideous
caterwauling, lie carefully stopped
-up every crevice save the chimney, but,
henriug and seeing ominous fulling ol
soot, which disclosed a determination
I on the part ol I he besieging force to
i effect a surprise, lie closed that open
; ing also, and Micawber-like waited for
! "something to turn up.”—For tw o days
and nights he was ki lit in tin.- suigulai
prison with the dreadful howls of fatu
| ishing cals ever resounding in his ears,
and with savage eyes glaring at him
continually.
\: length u party arrived with gun.
and succeeded in succoring the man
irom his truly awful position, hut so
numerous were the cuts, so tierce their
aspect and threatening their dciucauor,
Unit both the rescuers and the rescued
were only too glud to leave this pande
monium ol jet black cats, gaunt and fe
rocious s.< they were from starvation.
The animals, w e believe, all perished,
i and thus ended one of the most exten
sile cat-rearing ventures ev errecorded.
The individual Who has started a cat
: plantation on the island in the Ohio
I river may have the beuelit of the ex
perience related above, free of cost.
Tbe llartls of the South.
J It is a noteworthy fact that Toe try
i has not flourished to guy great extent
in the Southern States ot the Union.
| It cannot be attributed to our climate,
! for that is not unlike tbe climate of
Greece and Italy, which produced-a
Homer aud a Virgil; nor iffit owing
to a lack of genius, for, in other de
partments of intellectual effort, the
South is equal to any other section of
our common country ; nor is it tracea
1.1.x in n <1.nf tniivfiVn 1 fur
these are far more abundant in Georgia
and the Carolina* than in New England
itself. Aud yet, from some cause not
yet discovered or understood, we have
j uot successfully rivalled the Northern
States in this respect.
\Ve have been justly proud of Poe,
and Simms, and Meek, and Wilde, and
others who belong to the past genera
tion ; but yet candor constrains us to
acknowledge our comparative inferi
ority. Our settled conviction is, that iu
the new era now dawning on the South,
this state of things will not exist. We
I already have young poets of the highest
1 promise; What may not he expected
1 | of Paul H. Hay lie, aud Henry Titnrod,
1 and U. L. Flash, and J. It. Randall, and
J. It. Harriet, and A. It. Watson, and
1 Mrs. Brvtui, and a score of kindred
1 | spirits, when their splendid gifts shall
he properly developed anil exercised ?
! We venture to predict that the next
1 j quarter ot a century will he the Au
' I gustan age of Southern Uteratuie. It
: j will be emphatically the era of Soutb
' ! ern song.
I i The stern discipline of adversity will.
' we verily believe, elevate our poetry
' ! in the same ratio in which we have
1 suffered from tins "sling* and arrows ot
• outrageous fortune.’- The Harp of the
South will yet discourse ns sweetly u
tlie Harp of Erin, and we are not with
out hope even that some coming South
( cm hard may give to American litora
turc its greatest epic.
. I Porte am> tiia Piiuaanxies.—A chap
r lain was one day reading to some sol*
r j dices of the United States limy an ae
< ! count ol the fight between Siunpsou ami
| the philUtiues. A soldier stopped for
i ward ami asked him tor the book. 1 he
■ chaplain handed it to the soldier, whn
1 ; read the account very attentively mill
p 1 returned the book .saying, ns he did so
I "I only wanted to see if That dispute!
1 was signed by John Pope."
'j flttf-When was Noah in America’
When he was on the Ark-and-saw
Morals at Weal I'olirt.
I The Chicago Tribune publishes a
j private letter from a graduate at West
Point, which is rather severe on the
morals of tly: Military Academy. Af
ter praising it .as a sgho*l of science,
the writer says:
At West Point there i» no rnpral in
tlucncf. Not even the common harriers
ol society are ttftt'e to check and re
strain Jthe itronj^tejideucy toward vice.
, Keligion there is not even a name, save
| to tic srolj'cd at and derided. The uat
j oral result of all this is immorality,
j vulgarity, profanity and licentiousness
j to a tearful degree. Much uf this is
| checked by the strict.confinement and
rigid discipline, but it bursts forth at
; every opportunity ; .and nothing but a
j strong, thorough reorganizing of the
j whole course of training can ever
j change the moral atmoSp.J»cre,of West
Point.
Young men go there every* year
with good habits, with unsullied repu
tations, and ere six mouths have passed
j they are completely debauched—their
I ideas#re all ohaHged. 'I he principles
i which were as dear to them as life are
I broken and forgotten, Sterull-y they
i are shipwrecked, and those who come
j after them imbibe their ideas and fol
; low their bad example, las order to
1 make Uieir practices more distinctly
j known to you, I will begin -with the
-time the young cadet reports.. lie is
| put uuder the charge of the older ca
dets, who. under the pretense ol (eaeh
, ing him discipline, treat him, with the
I greatest brutality; and those whose
| duty it fs to care for him will assist the
j other cadets to heap insults and petty
| indignities upon him. H.c is made to
i repeat, front the months of his tormeu
I Ipi'S flip vilnet ntirl i'r..lpppnt ctn.
l ies and songs ; stand upon the mantle
piece aud address (upon some vulgar
j subject) his audience of older cadets,
: until his limbs are ready to fail of their
duty; and many oilier liarra-sing
j things (some of which it would not be
( decent to w rite) he is made to do.
You ni y ask why an American youth
of any spirit will endure such tilings,
and why the officers allow it. First,
when a now cadet arrives he is aloue.
without friends, and at o..ce hr is set
npou by twenty r thirty old cadets,
whom lie hardly hr . . whether he
ought to obey or not. If he dares to
disobey lie must fight, else the opinion
of the corps will be tout he is a coward,
ft tic tight- 1*C li *1110 U1 bllil£ belli,., 11,
lor a stronger man is always pitted
against him, aud it is the custom of the
corps for the third eliiss to go into
"training” about a month before the
•‘Ple.bcs" arrive, so as to be able to flog
the new comers. You may exclaim,
‘•What high toned honor!” It is the
honor which West Point cadets show
to new cadets. After going into camp
the new cadet, or “d—d Plebe," as he
is called, must do the work of the old
cadets, make beds, clean guns, run er
rands, light pipes, and till pails with
water, which have been upset on pur
pose to make work foi^him ; these and
other things must lie do, aud at the
same time hear the most brutal lan
guage addressed fo him. If he refuses
•o work, he is struck, or a pail of water
is llu^wn upon him, and then the pub
lic opinion of the corps requires him to
fight; and, with seconds, umpire, aud
all the equipments of the prize ring,
these atl'airs of honor come off. Even
at the mess hull, this petty tyrannical
| system is displayed; the “Plebos” are
. only allowed what the older cadets do
j not wish to cat themselves.
; There are a certain number of the
i upper classes of the cadets, appointed
j officers over the rest, autl if they have
i any dislike for any of the fourth class
i (riches) they show their revengeful
I spirit by reporting them for deeds
! which they have never committed.
| The old cadets do not consider it dis
j honorable to treat a “Plebe” in this
: maimer. They are dead to every idea
; of justice, decency, or even common
; humanity.
Hints to Advertisers.—An tulver
i tisement is not always valuable in pro
j portion to the space it occupies.
A short advertisement four times is
better than a very long one once.
“Brag is a good dog, but Hold-fast is a
better. ’
A prominent advertisement once or
j twice will bo effective, if followed up
j by a steady card giving your business
mid address.
Don't take down your sign in dull
i times. People read newspapers all
• times of the year.
If business admits ofit, several small
advertisements, with your name repea
1 ted every time, will avail more than
the same collected, with your name in
only once.
Don’t fear to have a small advertise
ment by the side of a larger competing
one. The big one can t cat it up.
Small advertisements, and ptenty ot
them, is a good rule. We were all ba
bies uuec, yot we made considerable
noise.
Don’t advertise unless you liavt
something worth adv< t tising.
The easiest way in the world to throw
away money is to advertise inju
diciously.
The easiest way in the world to ac
cumulate a fortune is to advertise-ju
diciously.
tap-A chaplain at a state prison wa
asked by a friend bow his parishioner
were. “All under conviction,” wa
the reply.
Sflrntlllr Rascality.
It is no longer a secret of tlie chem-1
! isffs’ laboratory that clear golden syr-i
1 u|is can be made from starch and sul-:
jphurUacid; that delicious #iues and
! brandies can be iniule from beet root
! with efliers tor flavor; that a barrel of;
peanuts can be transformed into gxcpl
jlen't sofl'ee; tiiat lard can absorb §u ,
'enormous quantity of water in certain
'conditions; tiiat, in fact, flmrc agents
no limit to the adulterations thjit an j
| intelligent and dishonest chemist can
not practice upon his fellow-men. All
these marvels of chemical science have
in these latter days become degraded!
into mere (ricks of trade, and their!
i chief beauty is in their cu|uioity to ena
l hie unscrupulous dealers to lighten the i
; pockets and destroy the stomachs of'
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[ the confiding and consuming public. \
j Couceruing the article of champagne,
ja writer in -the Portland Star tells us
I that it Is made from a thousand differ-'
cut substances—even refined petro- j
j leum. Yea, from the fiery J/eur.oles a
; sparkling, bubling, foaming champagne
can -be produced, which wMt delight ■
| the eye, tickle the palate, gladden tlie ;
'heart momentarily, but quicken pug’
; paces toward the graveyard. This is
j a ucw tise for petroleum, which those1
who have been experimenting with it j
us an agent for generating stenty have '
little u,reained of. Who can say that1
tlie 1’ouiigylvaiiin oil territory, now '
considered mostly worthless, may nfct '
be regenerated into tlie great chain-1
pagno producing country of the world.!
Popular Fallacies.
That you can receive one dollar a!
day, spend t*o, and get rich.
That the man who can’t pay for his
| breakfast can raise the money to go iu
' „ ... •
That to do a man n favor and then
refuse another wont make him twice
| as mad as if you had refused him ai
; first.
That when a friend presents you a
I hound pup the gift will cost nothing.
That when you buy on credit know
ing very well you cauiiot be able .to
1 pay, it is not stealing.
The next year the taxes a'rc to be
I lighter.
That every other man is bound to die
' except you. |
That if you have a good cause in
love, war, or law, pitch in, you are
bound to win.
That ' on cun plnv draw poker aud ■
io-e just so much and no more.
That there is souio way, known only
to youi -elf. to break a faro hank.
That when you buy a horse lie will'
be certain to turnout »s represented.
That when you undertake to sell owe
you are uot going to lie about his quali
ties.
That if you always say what you
think you win the regard of the entire !
community.
The Pariwit's Julj Snow .storm. 1
A few years since, near the city of
X-, in Connecticut,-lived and prea- i
died old parson P-i who was ex
citable and near sighted. One day^he
had been in the city with his horse,
and among his purchases was a barrel
of flour, the head of which was partial
ly out.
On the way home, the old man was
j overtaken and passed by a fast young |
i mail, driving a fast horse, and puitibg
j ou much airs. Now, the parsons’*
! horse was usually a quiet steady going
animal enough, but he couldn’t stand
that sort of thing ; so ho started after
him of the last order, in good earnest.
me joiiing 01 mu wnguu ui-icugmj
jarred the l>ead completely off the bar- J
rel, and the strong wind that was blow- j
ing directly after the parson, blew the !
flour all over him and the horse. At
last the fast young man was left, and
the villnge reached; but the speed ol
his horse was not cheeked.
In driving through a street to reach
his home, he came in contact with oue
of his deacons, who was naturally sur
prised to soe his minister driving at
such a pace, and signalled him to stop.
••Why, Parson P-said he, “what
ou earth is the matter ? You seetn
greatly excited."
“Excited !" yelled the old man, “ex
cited ' who in the h-1 wouldn t bo ^
excited? suow storm in July. Get up,,
Dobbin.’’
A Hogoish* Dutchman.—A German
tavern-keeper in Cihcihnati; who en
tertains porkmen, and enters to the
taste both of his couittrymen and pa
trons, had a roast pig for dinner on
Sunday. The animal—* small one— j
was served up whole, itnd as it was,
1 placed upon the table sent forth an ap-1
i petiring and savory smell that perva
ded the dining room and made every
occupant wish for a slice, but to the
astonishment of’every guest, a hurley,
! hirsuted lculouic pork dealer from
lit. eoMitry sat down opposite the
'dish aud incontinently Appropriated
the whole roast. The landlord hap
pened to be absent, and good breeding
prevented any of the guests from en
tering a protest, so Hans made sucli a
havoc of the dish and wiped bis lips
with such evident relish, tlutt bite of
the waiters, with a keener sense of the
fnn, approached him, aud inquired if
he would have anything more, llans'
beaming lace brightened iu a moment,
and he asked in reply, "Got any more
t! ov dem leeitle hogs ?”
—. ^ <#» —
1 (grit Is supposed tloit the mau who
■■ left the house was not able to carry it
with him.
SAUMtiVKOI.
Mr Wild! is fron tlie most ironi
cal? VTlieii it H a railing.
MUfThy is a lady dawfing like a
horse in a canter? Bepnusu she Is a
?tfi hoppijg.’
MSrdVhy fs a cowardly soldier like
butter ? Because he is sura to run at
the first fire.
JPSfW hat sort of a throat is the best
for a singer to reach the high notes
with ? A soar throat.
CagrDo whatisjnst,speak whatistrue
be what you appear, and wbal you
ire.
Mr A white neek-Waedkerchief does
not make a ummi trod, nor much
church-jfjoing a Christian.
jgrThc fixed purpose sways and
bends all cirettUl stances to its Use. as
the wind bends the reeds and rusfi'cs
beneath ft.
of the hoblest dispositions
Cliirtk thcmscIVcs happiest when oth
ers share with them fu tlielr hap
piness.
a®~Three tilings important if you
wish to keep friends—to g'iVe much, to
ask littfp, and to take—nothing.
CGrCouscicncc, he it ever so little a
worm through pur lives, grows sud
denly to a serpent on our death bed.
j^'Ceapiae nothing because it seems
weak. The fty and .the locust have
done more hurt than ever the bearsouid
liqjti did. .
®sgr-L)e:ui Swift hearing of a carpen
ter falling through the scaffolding of a
house which ho was engaged in repair
ing, drylv remarked, that he liked to
sec a mechanic go through his work
promptly.
nrtir-Thc , n11ntv- mpmhpr whn sir fra.
quttitly rises to a “J»iftt”Vf order, Invar
iably sits down again to quart of “sutMii
wet."
JS^-Never lay a stumbling block in
the way of a man who is trying to ad
vance himself in the world honest ly and
uprightly, for he is likely to walk over
it and laugh at you afterward'. „
Big*If y»t¥ get along in the world, you
must not stop to kick at every cnrtvlio
berks at you
(f^It Is a popular delusion to believe
that powder on a lady’s* face has the
same effect As iu the pan of a musket—
assist her to go off.
jjiay-A gentleman asked a negro if bn
wont a trot nave a pinch of snuff. "No.
replied the darkey, respectfully, "tank
you—Pomp's nose not hungry.’’
tt-aTlt is supposed by learned theo
logians, such as Petros Camotor, that
Adam entered tiie garden of Eden id
tiie Spring. However that may be, it
is certain he fame out iu tiie tail.
(Qy-The bulletins of fashion state that
‘some of tin; ladies now wear long rib
bons on their bonnets, to the euds of
which liuy bells are attached.” This is
doubtless to notify their admirers that
they hate no objection to a ring.
tcg- 'l always know a helpless old
bachelor," says a clever lady, “hv look
ing.at the corners of his pocket hand
kerchief. If I uotice iu them any little
pieces of red, blue or yellow worsted
such as washer-women run iu to iden
tity the property of eacli separate cus
tomer—L kuow at once that he has no
one at home to make his linen, and that
he must be a poor pitiful, misanthropi
cal, friendless, helpless old batchclor.”
A'kep Dark-—1-General C-gave bis
black man Sawney funds and permission
to get a quarters worth of Zoology at a
menagerie. Our sable friend soon found
. . IA « . a .. J L_ L X
lJlIlifeVU UUUVI tuc vauvaoo, auu
to in front of a sedate-looking baboon, and
eyeing the quadruped closely, soliloquized
thus:
“Folks, sure's yer born: feet, hfcuds,
proper bad looking countenance, just like
nigger; gotten’ old, I reckon.”
Then, as if seized with a bright idea,
lie extended his bund with a genuine
■Southern "How do’e do, Pnele? The ape
clasped the negro’s hand and shook it
long and cordially. Sawney then plied
his new acquainteuee with interrogations
as to his nauie age, nativity, and formrf
occupations, hut eliciting no response be
vond a knowing shake of the head, or a
uierry twinkling of the eye. (the ape was
piobably meditating the best way of
tweaking our friend’s nose.) lie concluded
the ape was bound to keep non-comnrittul.
and looking carefully around, chuckled
out:
“He, lie! ye too sharp for them, old fel
ler. A'cep dark! If ye’d just speak one
word of English, white man would-have a
hoe in yer baud in lest than ten mtuutea.’'
Hk Mastek, and not hk Uastebed.—
It is uot by regretting what is Irrepara
ble that true work Is to be done, but by
making the best of what we are. It is
not by complaining that we have not
the right tools, but by using well the
tools we liaVe. tVlierc we are and
what \ve are, is God’s providential
arrangement; and the wise and manly
way is to look our disadvantages in the
face, and see what can be made of them.
Life, like war, is a series of mistakes,
and he is not the best Christiau nor the
best general who makes the fewest
false steps. Poor mediocrity may do
that; but he is the best who wins the
most splendid victoriesby the retrieval
' of mistakes. Forget mistakes; o£gau- ’
1 ire victory out of mistakes.—Chrlstlwt
Treasury
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