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Our ioi» I’cin'i"? Department.
We have supplied ourselves with a good j
assortment of Printing Material and arc ,
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing,
on reasonable terms.
We are. prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Hall
Tickets. Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c.
ej. Sims .A-llen,
Wholesale and
ft&oes
AND
GENERAL. RECEIVING. FORWARDING
-AND
£ommissiou 3Urrchaut,
IJIIS ARC. ARKANSAS.
lifts nml will keep on band a large and good
selection of
Furniture
or ail kinds, suitable for tbe market, which
lie offers on very reasonable terms. Also, a
lot of
I, I M E .
Mlt. GEO. 'V. VADEN is doing business
with J. Sims Am.kn, and would res
pectfully inform iiis old friends and acquain
tances, that he is still alive and kicking at the
old stand, and would be most happy to sec all
of his old friends, renew acquaintances and
both start anew to fortune. Call, gentlemen,
l promise to do you no harm—but think 1 can
make it to your interest to do so. jun28
HARDWICK HOUSE,
NO'S. Cl, 03 AND 6S ADAMS STREET,
MEMPHIS, TESS.
11I1E proprietors tender many thanks to the
public for the liberal patronage extended
to them for the past year. I tie nouse n is
within the past few months been thoroughly
Renovated, Painted and Furnished.
The House is now open to the public at the
following rates :
Transient, per dav,.* 3 00
Per Week...S18 00
Per Month,.S00 00
Day Board Per Month,.SSo 00
OF EX AT ALE HOURS.
IIAUDWICK & NEAMS,
oct27-3in Proprietors.
T. J. Olipliant’s
ghatoqtaph Staoms,
HUEN.V %'TSTA STREET,
DES ARC, ARK.
PHOTOGRAPHS, Ambrotypes, Mellnino
types, etc, taken with neatness and dis
patch. Give him a call und yon shall be sat
isfied. _ sop8-tf
\YM. SIUNROE. A- L- SMITH
HIVNROC & SMITH,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Saddles, 2tnrMC$iji & gvitUcs
OF EVEKV bKSCIlIPTtOS
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Constantly on hand, Saddle B&JI>'
Collars Whips and Spurs. Hepairin
boatly done. Orders eolioited ot*gl
DES ARC ADVERTISEMENTS.
11. G, GILT., .1. G. GI LI.,
GILL & BRO.,
Des Arc; Ark.,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED TIIEIR
NEW STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER
GOADS,
CONSISTING QF LADIES & GENTS
DRESS GOODS,
OF ALL KINDS,
Hxts, Cap1, Boot", Shoes,;
LADIES CLOAKS AND HATS,
Clothing;, Notions, Enncy Wliite
GOtlDS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Usually kept in Dry Goods Houses. Also a
nice lot of
FAMILY CKOCERIES,
Quecriswave, Ilollow-Ware, Hardware,
Glassware, &c., 4tc.
We take the greatesf pleasure in showing
our stock, and furnishing a list of prices to
the public, so they may be their own judges
as to where they can get the best, bargains.
*#»We will pay the highest market prices
for nil kinds of Country Produce and Cotton
Please give us a call before purchasing else
where.
oct8- GILL & BRO.
Des Arc, Ark.i
HAVING purchased the entire interest of
Bozen, Blakeney & Co., would
respectfully inform the public, tlint they are
now receiving and opening, a most desirable
stock of
DRY GOODS*
CLOTHING,
Boots anti Shoes,
AND A GENERAL STOCK OF
GROCE R IES .
These were all purchased at the lowest fig
ures. and will lie sold to their old customers,
all good new ones, and cash buyers, as low as
any well regulated House in the Stare.
The Ladies will find a full line of Goods—
handsome, good and cheap. An extra oar
gain in Ladies’ Cloaks, Hats, and Dress
Trimmings.
lie sure and givens a call, and we will
guarantee a pleasant and satisfactory trade.
We have on hand a good supply of Bagging
and Rope, and in a few days will be in re
ceipt Of
Bacon, Card, Fish, Cheese, Su
gar, Coffee, Molasses. Candles,
Soap, Cooking Sloves, Casllngs.
And in fact, almost every article usually sold
in this market.
iiazen & mcpherson.
Des Arc. October 5, lStifl—oct8-tt
' A WELL SELECTED STOCK OF
fresh DRUGS,!
MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS,
School Books and Stationery,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window-Glass, Per
fumery, Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies,
Whiskey, for medicinal purposes.
Dromgoolc's celebrated Southern Romedies,
invariably for cash, at small profits.
jul21 BMIYEY & bbo.
JOHNSON & DAVIS,
Wholesale & Retail
DRUGGISTS,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
tt EEP on hand a large assortment of Drdgs,
IV Medicines, Paints, oils. Perfumery,
Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies. Whiskey,
for medical purposes, which we will sell low
for cash Prescriptions and orders filled
promptly!_.inly^-tf
Des Arc Hotel,
lllPm & &WMD3,
Proprietors.
fTlHIS establishment is now open, for the
1 reception of the
TRAVELING PUBLIC.
AH persons having regard for convenience
and comfort, would do well to give us a call.
Our table will always be supplied with the
best that the market affords. fel>2H
FOR SALE!
A roitniu.r. k\i.ini: mid boiler.
, /"vSE Portable Engine and ■ Boiler
V / with all the fixtures. It is now in
' good running order. A bargain can be -—
liad, by applying to Samuel Carr, Des Arc
^ immediately. iciU if
AT THELAST.
11T D. DE WaKDENAI*.
Is some one singing in the street ?
Or am I dreaming? fur I bear
A choir of voices wildly sweet
Float softly to my dying ear.
It sinks into the distance. Hark !
It rises ; mow it falls again :
Bo sweet and clear I scarcely mark
The pauses in the wondrous strain.
I do not wonder: think not so ;
The golden doors were left ajar,
And that wild music wandered through
The shining of the evening star.
You must not think of me as dead
Nor lost, but merely gone before.
Borne, bv the grace of him who bled.
Before you to the voiceless shore
For what i? death when faith is strong?
Or what is night when morning break?
But rest to those who suffer long,
And light to those who gladly wake.
Now kiss me, sweet! Nay. closer come;
1 feel my strength is ebbing fast,
And in my ears a distant hum
Of waves which murmur lapsing past.
w 1 u' 1 ]
They come ! they come! more near, more i
near,
I hear the ripple weird and dread :
The shadow of a nameless fear
Is slowly darkening around my bed.
More light ! more light.' my eyes grow !
dim
At threshold of the heavenly gate
I pause, and vainly grope for Him
Who seems to leave me dt.olate.
One moment only. Lo ! I sec
His hand roll back these mists of fear;
They wait in lustrous white for me,
To waft me up Hie azure clear.
See! see! a myriad rays and lights
Are flashing up the mighty dome ;
- - - »
Stretch out their hands to bear me '
home.
There all the glory grandly meets,
In wide and glistening flakes it falls ; j
It flashes on the golden streets,
It gleams upon the jasper walls.
It flashes on a thousand corns,
A thousand facets’ glistering sheen:
The river's glancing waves it. stems
With shining tracts of red and green.
I see the broad light grow and grow
Far up the liiglit where angel throngs,
In shining co-orts, row and row.
Sing to the Lamb their endless songs.
They beckon each with golden palm :
1 seem to draw a purer breath;
I clasp the everlasting Arm,
And wake. “Where is thy sting, 0
death ?”
NO!
No sun— no moon 1
No morn—no noon—
No dawn—no dusk—no proper time of day—
No sky—no earthly view—
No distance loooking blue—
No road—no street—no “t'other side the way’ —
No end to any row—
No indications where the Crescents
go—
No top to any steeple—
No recognitions of familiar people—
No courtesies for showing ’em—
No knowing ’em—
No traveling at all—no locomotion—
"No go,” by land or ocean—
No mail— no post—
No news from any foreign coast—
No park— no ring—no afternoon gentility—
No company—no nobility—
No warmth-no cheerfulness-no healthful ease
No comfortable feel in any member
No shade—no shine—no butteflies—no bees
No birds—no fruits—no flowers—
jto leaves—
November !
General Henry A. Wise’s Address.
From the Baltimore American, (in
tensely radical.) we take the following,
which is the fullest report of General
Wise’s address that we find. We give
place to it as a specimen of southern
eloquence, and southern feeling, intense
in both, but while inculcating in beau
tiful language true southern sentiment,
in vain do wc look for those evidences
of hostility to the general government
of the United States, which the radical
iiress industriously proclaim. It is n
worthy testimonial from eloquent liv
ing lips, to the eloquent graves of tin
dead •'
Fellow-Citizens: A mourning peo
ple meet in the midst of graves, tli<
dust of which is more sacred than that
of kindreds, to do homage to the vir
tues, to commemorate the deeds of then
heroes. 1 came to condole with anc
comfort the living. Search among tin
tushes of the dead for examples how tc
survive their death, how to live aftci
them, how to flourish the seed of inde
struetible truth. Alas! who are tin
dead ? The buried, or rather Hie bruis
cd anil broken survivors ? The blcsset
buried are passed the fear of tutiin
tempest or a wreck on shore. Thosi
who escaped arc still subject to both
The buried are now immortal, whib
we survive to honor their names am
! deeds. They need no monument o
I mausoleums of earth. No hostile ham
' cau strike them now. Eternity has seal
i ed their testimony to the truth, l’os
teritv will not permit human history t
I be perverted to their shame. Thei
! death oniv proved that they were prc
let-red of Heaven. When they fell the
were not dead. Wc come not to bur
; the dead, but to touch their turf. The
I have no tombs, and wc are ourselvc
i alive again, to brave misfortunes u
i they braved death, and to make out
selves worthy of their sacrifice. Thei
* mortal toes shall build their shrine
| Their friends are too despoiled to moi
j than mark the places whof-e they lie a
around them. Their enemies are gath
ering the whitening bones ol'those they
repulsed ami slew to raise mounds to
deeds made memorable, to memoirs
made worthy of mention by their steel,
and every stone shall tell the story ot
their woe to every passer-by. Now do
we want their examples more than dur
ing the war, and need to heed them
more than it we needed Gideon to bear
us through the flaming ol'the red hot
war. AV’c need more than a Moses now
to bear us up in dungeons of defeat,
and lead us out by ways, to prove us
worthy of the great trials with which
our honor is intrusted. 1 invoke, then,
the mighty Confederate dead, and lo! j
instantly the valiant clay of this con sc
crated valley of Virginia becomes in-,
spired with motion in every atom.
A grave in Lexington, trembling,
quickly gives up a life-breathing spirit
iu a greatexample-the sanctified Stone-:
wall Jackson ! A very Michael ot do- ;
liverame Ids example spunks to us ol j
the intrinsic sterling stamkiia of his j
moral greatness. IIjs Christian hero-1
ism, the eternal adamant of his charac
ter and nature; his supreme faith in
God, faith in immutable moral laws ami
principles, and in their might to pre
vail in the end against all opposing
power — these made him stonewall.
From this example, which rises up lio
l'ore us ■. ith its immortal fact, ! rever
ently ask council here, amid these €un
IVderate brave-. [Here the speaker
apostrophized the character of Jackson .
and continued.] The Stonewall ex;; i-:
pile is not only admonishing, hut is
cheering and lull ot hope, it puls to;
shame not only the dead Machiavellian
dogma that a faith, the truth ot a moral
principle can ever or could ever he sub
mitted to the arbitrament of arms, to
be conquered hv the mere force ot num
bers ; but it scouts that worse than im
morality which maligns a cause worth
Stonewall Jackson's lighting lor, and
worth liis dying for, by calling it a lost
cause. If crucifixion could loose a
L'aiiM.% i m; »»» ..
conquered, lie died that the cause
might live, and from that day the blood ,
of the martyr lias been the seed of the
church. If our cause islost it was false ; j
if true, it is not lost: first victories can
not be termed final results. There were
many errors in our ways of going out
to war. Those errors fell. The truths
for which we fought yet live. A\ hilst
waiting for their resurrection or their
coming in this hour of darkness and
doubt—to all who, recreant, would
abandon faith ; to all v. ho, despairing, j
would abandon hope ; to all w ho, tempt
ed, would resort to forbidden ways ; to
all who. timid, would shamefully suc
dumb ; to all who, impatient—
At this point the speaker addressed (
the old Virginians, assuring them that i
old things must pass away, even the j
glories with the weakness ot the past. ;
Then, turning to the youdg Virginians, j
he promised them that a day w as dawn- ;
ing bright beyond any that gilded ini
the past the hills and valleys ot the land i
of every man’s pride. He inquired it ,
tliev, too, impatiently exclaimed, “what >
better can v/e do?” and said that they j
must strive to bear their lot without i
reproach or guilt; that they must have |
patience, and that nothing could be i
worse than dishonor or desertion. It
tliev answer that they are poor—that
Jackson failed—that his faith was im
practicable and an obstruction—they
made a great mistake. Here the gov
ernor made a long appeal to the young
men of Virginia not to emigrate; to!
take their fortunes as they are, and from !
the present small beginnings again j
work forward. Me asked them whore j
j tliev would go if they leave V irginia?
| Would they leave the United States?
! And if they supposed the United States
! not free, where else on earth did they
expect to find a people as free ? lie ex
horted them to a life of work—of con
stant, unobtrusive, quiet labor. If Vir
ginia’ sons will but serve her and save
j her, she shall, indeed, he. one and indi
j visible: a new Virginia; greater,
i stronger, grander than was old Virgin
! ut. The orator then stated his views
| as to the causes of the slow progress of
I Virginia as compared with the other
states. In brief, these causes were that
slavery created a lauded aristocracy an
tagonistic to progress and rcpcllant to
immigration. Proceeding in his argu
ment lie stated at length the advantage
of inviting immigration now that sla
very was destroyed.
lie spoke further of the great mineral
resources of Virginia. The only direct
j allusion he made to any political mea
j sure was his reference to (lie division
! of the state and the creation of the
state of West Virginia as "the bastard
| child of political rape.” Nevertheless,
he said, there is still substance enough
left in Virginia to insure her honor and
more than restore her prc-eniinenee.
lie concluded as follows:. We catch,
then, the inspiration of this faith, this
hope, this life and strength, from the
halo of these heroes. The great good
that they have done lives after them.
IHcascd'be their memories. I would.
I if I could, call them back to me other
j than in their example. I divine not
| i why I or any were spared when they
I were taken, unless to bear testimony to
I j their truth and excellence, their iuno
, i cenec and inviobility, and to try to live
| i worthy of their deaths and to be the
i more ready when then’ Master calls to
meet them in heaven. Bring, then, no
I j cvpress here! Bring laurels to thesi
. consecrated graves. May virtue, tin
• I only amaranthine flower on earth, keej
; beautiful tlicir turf. Truth, the onl\
lasting treasure, be their monument
Mourn with no funeral dirge, but witl
* ; exalting anthems swell their note o
praise.
10"* A quaint writer says: "I liavi
ir I seen women so delicate that they wen
s : afraid to ride for fear of the horse run
sluing away: afraid to sail for tear tin
- boat might upset; afraid to walk to
r | fear the dew might tall; but I neve
•• saw one afraid to he married, which i
e i far more riskful than all three put to
tl gother.”
Effects of the Constitutional Amend
ment.
Ettract from a SrrlcH of Gex. Mo
Ci.krnand.
“ Hut nvhnt is tlie real purpose of that
Constitutional amendment? No man
is so blind as not to see. lie Who runs
may read. Its inspiring motive, its
primal aim, is to bring the excluded
States by moral or physical coercion to
enfranchise the negro, to conlor on him
the elective franchise, to make him the
political equal of the white man. Sup
pose tiiis: was accomplished, what would
be the consequence ? The black and
white population* of‘Mississippi, pre
vious'to the rebellion, were about equal
in point of numbers. Now, probably,
since ilio ravages of the war. the ne
groes are the most numerous. Possess
ed ol'thc ballot. they would linve power
to elect a negro Governor, negro Leg
islators and negro .fudges, and to send
negroes to both branches ot Congress.
Is this consummation to he desired?
Would the negroes be capable of ad
ministering the executive, legislative
and indicia! departments of the (state?
Would the laws they would enact he
wholesome—would their administra
tion of public justice conform to the
laws—would their execution ot these
laws be efficient and satisfactory ? _ Are
they capable of a wise and beneficent
participation of the complex and intri
cate nflairs of this great nation, at home
and abroad? \\ bo will say so? \\ bat
intelligent and candid man will say so?
Have they ever proved themselves ca
pable of "self-government? Did thev
do it in the massacres oftSt. Domingo?
Have they done it in the political con
vulsions which continually distract and
atflict JIttyli ? Are they not savages in
Africa now, as they have been for four
thousand years? Arc they not canni
bals in the benighted recesses of that
country, sometimes devouring their
own offspring, continually making war
........ oilier to make eatitivcs to he
sold as merchandise for profit? Mill .
worshipping reptiles and divinities;
still-constructing their temples of hu
man skulls—is it such a people who arc
capable of self-government, of cherish
ing liberty, of fostering Christianity and
civiliatioii; of perpetuating the Well
being, the happiness and the glory of
the American people ? Is it not absurd
to sav so? Is il not the madness of in
sui.it'v to sav so ? Yet the Radicals sav
so. and to give effect to the declaration
promise the holders of some two 01
three thousand millions of government
bonds to exempt these bonds forever
trom Federal as well as State taxation
if they will lend their concurrence to
confer the elective franchise upon the
negro.
Are we not stunned—arc wo not ap
palled at the proposition? When be
fore was an open, shameless proposi
tion ever made to pervert and degrade
the fundamental law, the Constitution
of the nation, to the charactei- and office
of a municipal code lor t lie hone tit ol
capitalists and to purchase their suf
frages. No other sttcli example is of
fered in the annals of Pagan or Clu-is
tian nationality. It is reserved for the
Radicals of the present day. maddened
hv passion and debauched by power, to
institute such a precedent.
And what is the impulsion to tins
extravagance and fatuity ? What is the
incentive to so anomalous and atrocious
a measure? Power—the love ot power;
the love of place ; the love of office ; the
love of emolument. This is the motive;
this is tlie impulsion. For these they
have excluded ten States from the Un
ion ; for this they would denationalize
States, dissolve the Union, and so con
stitute both States and Union at pleas
ure. ,
Ron sc, my countrymen, to the rescue!
The Constitution, 1hc trophy of the
successful revolution ot our fathers;
the Union, the embodiment of your na
tional greatness; the cause, of free gov
ernment and human progress; the dig
nity of the white man—the conquering
Caucasian—are at stake. Rush to the |
breach and drive hack the hordes ot i
furies that would desecrate and destroy 1
.,ii Umar, nml establish UDOi) their ruins !
a vast, overshadowing central dcspo- j
tism wliich would swallow up your i
liberties and your liopes. perhaps for
ever. Stand bv (lie old flag, and stand
by the man who at your command boro
it aloft amid the smoke and fire of the
raging battle. Stand by them as jour
ancestors stood by Jefferson—as many
of you stood by Jackson. Stand by
them with constancy, courage and un
tiring devotion, and you will merit vic
tory and gain the applause of your chil
dren and your children’s children.
-> -
You Can't Catch It.—You can’t
catch it, bovs or girls. You may be as
! fleet of foot as the antelope, or you
mayfly as on the wings of an eagle,
' but you cannot overtake it.
Cannot overtake what?
The bad word which lias passed your
lips ! It has tied to heaven, and wrote
i itself on the book of God. You cant
I catch it. ,,
The wicked deed you performed I
I It soared to the judgement, and was
stereotyped on the memory of the
Judge.’ You can't catch it.
The sinful thought you indulged!
Its image was caught by the light of
' God’S eve, and photographed on the
roll of your history. You can’t catcli
Beware, then, O my children, what
: you think, what you do ; what you say.
gsg-Thought engenders thought.
Place one idea on paper, another will
follw it. and still 'another, until you
. have written a page ; von cannot fathom
■ vour mind. There is a well of thought
■ ! there which lias no bottom : the more
>! von draw ftom it. the more clear and
■ fruitful it will l»e. At first your idea
* may come out in lumps, homely am,
-' shapeless ; hut no matter, time and per
- severance will arrange and feline them
■ sJ-bala.
Losing the Happy out of a Heart.
A mother who was leaving home on
» visit, told hot- little boy and girl not
lo go through a gate at the bottom of
llieir garden. Which opened into the
wood. The children Were Very happy
for a long time after their mother had
I,ceii gone, but at last in their play,
laving reached the gate through which
Lev were not. to pass, the little hoy be
*an to feel an earnest desire to go Into
he wood. He persuaded his sister to
follow him. Nothing appeared to dia
urb them, andafter some rambling and
daring about, they returned, having
joneluded not to tell their mother
where they had been, unless she asked
hem ; she had not expected them to
iisober, and never thought of inquir
ng. Notwithstanding tills, the little
l>ov did not feel comfortable. He kne.W'
te hud done wrong, and he could not
Help feeling unhappy.
When Sunday night came, and the
ittlo hoy hud been washed lor bed, he
nid his mother commenced to have a
lice talk, as they usually had at that
imy; James could not keep his sad
iCcrct any longer from his kind moth*
>r, so lie told her what lie and Ids sis
;er had done ; and in some sort, to show
hat her command was needless, lie said
hat nothing had happened to them,
l'lie mother let them know that sorne
hing had befallen them, and that they
lad lost something, and urged her little
jov to think what it could he. Perhaps
die meant they had lost the habit, of
jbedieuce. The little hoy could not
liink for a long time of anything lie
liad lost. He knew that he had left his
i>nll safe, that his knife was in his pock- j
jt, and that his slate pencil was at hand j
when he wished to use it. lint as he |
•ontilined to think, lie remembered 1
iow uneasy and uncomfortable he had j
>een all the week, and at last, in a Itjjv, I
lorrowfnl voice, he said: “Mother,!
lid lose something in the wood, 1 did; I
[ lost the happy out of my heart 1”
Mexico and the United States Govern
ment- „ .
The following is the New l ork
rimes’ dispatch of October 30th, referv
ng to the reported treaty between the
United States and the Mexican Liberal
Uiovernmenj.
Col. Lewis D. Campbell, the United
states Minister to Mexico, 1ms left the
jjty with credentials addressed to the
Juarez Government, and with full
instructions conforming in every res
pect with the partial arrangement pre
viously communicated between the
United States, France and the Repub
lic of Mexico. Under the arrangement
now perfected, Napoleon is to com
mence the withdraw al of the French
may from Mexico next month, and
iilthough lie has a year from that time
lo complete the evacuation of Mexican
soil, it is more than probable that the
whole army will bo drawn by, dr be
fore the 1st of January. With the
withdrawal of the French army Max
imilian takes his departure, and the
farce of an empire on the North Amer
ican continent is ended. The Admin
istration undertakes to extend to the
Juarez Government in Mexico, a pro
tectorate which is to he operative,
however, in ease of an emergency. In
plain terms, our army on the Rio
Grande, and our licet in the Gulf are to
be held in readiness to assist Juarez
should such assistance become lieefeS
sary to him, in establishing his author
ity as President of the Republic, and in
bringing to work in full vigor the ma
chinery of a Republican Government.
The Administration has determined
to send with Minister Campbell a mili
tary officer of high rank, eminent abili
ties and sound judgment, clothed with
power to act in the emergency referred
to. Lieut. Gen. W. T. Sherman is now
spoken of in this connection and also
Maj. Gen. W. S. Hancock. The res
ponsible mission, it is stcpngly indica
ted, has been tendered to Gen. Sherman,
and there is reason to believe he will
accept it; but should he decline Gen.
Hancock will undoubtedly be sent. It
is no part of the plan to nioveuuy Uni
ted Stales force into Mexico until an
occasion shall arise to render such a
resort necessary ; but it is hoped that
tliC aiuiliut? assumt-u vy y
States, thus publicly hi sending un offi
cer to Mexico clothed with this power,
will be sufficient to overawe the vari
ous political leaders of that country and
the numerous rural factions that beset
the land, and to lead to a unanimous
submission to and support of the only
Government that lias any pretensions
to regularity and constitutionality, or
any ability to establish and maintain
itself.
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> Marriage and Death.-Why is it that
'the marriage announcement s are imme
diately followed by the obituary notices
in our papers ? Docs death tollow so
close on the footsteps of marriage?
Is orief the page that carries the train
of happiness? Does the tomb open
wide its dark and ponderous jaws be
side the nuptial couch? ’Tis the, plan
of life. The gleeful songs of light and
merry hearts to-day, to-morrow will
turn to funeral chants, and sobbing and
lamentation be heard instead of glad
pealing laughter. We read to-day of
our friends’ marriage, and wish them
joy ; to-morrow we sec their deaths re
corded, and say “peace to their ashes.”
Our merriest songs arc timed by loot
falls of death, and the “silver chord” is
j as fragile as a spider’s thread, aud the
I "golden bowl” is more brittle than
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gijf Give me that logic that will
prove black to be white, and white no
| color at all. Many are they who wield
the weapon that can do it, and that too
despite of reason. ‘I will prove to
vou,’ savs the logician, ‘that every cat
hath three tails.’ ‘And how?’ inquires
the gaping multitude. ‘\V by thus : Nc
cat hath t,vo tails.' ‘Granted.’ Kverj
cat hath one tail more than no cat.'—
•True.’ ‘Two added to one are cqna
to three—ergo, every cat hath threi
tailfc.’
iSALMAli U JN JJ1.
An Irishman having been told
that the price of bread hurt fallen, J6X*
'laimed: ‘This is the first time I ivetf
icjiceil at the fall of my best friend/ ;
1ST Why arc women hard on clothes ?■
Because when they bliy a suit, they
wear it out on the first day. i
Bgy* Josh killings says if a man i#
yoiiig to make a bu siness of serving tlid
Lord, lie likes to see him do it wltfcit he
measures onions, as well as when he
hollars liailoluyur,
tidr ‘Has your sister got a son or. a
daughter ?’ asked a sou of Erin. ‘Upqif
my life,’ was the reply, ‘1 don’t know
whether I’m an aunt or an tmclc.’ S
85j5r ‘Run and get me an armful of
wood,’ said a woman to her litisband,
ijiic rainy day, ‘as yon arc wet and I am
dry.’ The same plea was used for a
dozen more errands. At Inst it was,
‘Get me a bucket of water, for you are
wet and I am dry.’ The bucket Of wa
ter was brought and thrown over liar,
the husband exclaiming, ‘Now drtyom
share, for von arc wet too.’
JST A gentleman remarkable fot
having a great deal of lend in his fore
head, culled one morning on a lawycfy
who asked What news ?
‘Why,’ says the other, ‘I do not know}
my head is confoundedly out of order
Ibis morning.’
‘That is extraordinary news, indeed/
said t he lawyer.
‘What! an extraordinary thing for a
man to have the head-aehc ?’
‘No, sir,’ says lie, ‘Ido not say that}
hut for so simple a machine to get Out
of order is extraordinary indeed!’
BST" ‘lloo-oo-oo-oo-father don’t lick
me will you?’said a li*tie urchin' one
day who had been guilty of sonic mj£«
demeanor. .
‘What's the matter with you sir?’
‘O, don’t lick me, father f’
‘Gome along here, what have you
been a-doing r
‘I broke that grid broken saucer—’ c
‘Come here to me !’
‘I’m ’l'raid you’ll lick ttie,’ said the
hoy trembling and shaking. j
‘Come here, I tell you.’
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»» vill J Vll IIVAV III'. •
‘No.’ , f■;
‘Will you swear voU wont?’
‘Yes.’ |
,Then I'wont come fatlier; for par
son Johnson savs> he that will swear
will til?
‘You ought to marry.’ ‘Never.
‘I know a good girl for you,’ ‘Let me
alone.’ ‘But perhaps, you—-^sliaw!—
you don’t know her. She is1 young;’
‘Then she is sly.’ ‘Beautiful.’’ ‘Tho
more dangerous,’ *Of good family.’
‘Then she is proud.’ ‘Tender-Hearted,1
‘Then she is .jealous.’ ‘She lias talents'.'
‘To kill me;’ ‘And one hundred thoftj
sand dollars,’ ‘I’ll take her I’
6-o?” Ait Irishman with his famityj
landing at Philadelphia, was assisted
on shore by a negro, who spoke to Patr
riek in Irish. The latter taking the
black fellow for one of his own coun
trymen, asked how long lie had been
in America? About four months nuts
the reply. The chop-fallen. Irishman
turned to his wife and exclaimed; ‘tint
four months in this country and almost
as black as jet.’
$5f~ A merchant a few miles from
Petersburg, Va., oil Opening a hogs
head of hardware, and comjparing its
contents with the invoice of it; founds
hammer less than was charged therein.
This he mentioned to a young irish
man, liis assistant, who immediately
exclaimed, ‘Och, my honey, don’t b«
after bothering your head about that
didn’t the nagtir take it out Of the hogs
head to open it with ?’
iS-?" A fond father, the oilier day,
wishing to form an alliance T>ctwe6i
liis stupid lubberly son and a tin,
young lady of liis acquaintance, sen
him to her with the following note:
‘Dear Madam—Allow me to presen
my Bill for your acceptance.
The lady sent the spooney.back talti
fnHicr. with the following rcnlv: -
‘Dear Sir—Your bill is vetoed.’
JBSf* A man met n big Indian on th
plains a few days ago. The genii
savage bad a large bundle of scalp*
and tlie: white man made bold to a*J
him what lie had Ifhcn doing. ‘Hetlght
said the noble r*d man, me been skit*
inishing for waterfalls!’
jggy-Onc of the “Bureau” officials tyh{l
traveling recently in the cars in Alaba’
111a, noticed a lady with a negro girl I
attendance, and lie remarked; "Ala
dam. 1 see you have one of my chii
dren.” “Yes, sir,” replied the lads
“I prcceive the resemblance!” A sligtl
tittering was observed in that part ol
the car and, the “Bureau” left.’
| figrOne of oUr exchanges, In rietieik
tlie presentation of it silver cup td
j contemporary, says: “He need^ n
| cup. lie can drink from any vessel thj
contains liquor, whether the neck of
■ bottle, the mouth of a demijon, the spll
j of a keg, Cr the bung of a barrel, .ms •
I Cooks and Cooking.—Thote is ii
more grievous error than that,a know
ledge of cooking is unladylike. Un
happily the error is very prevalent
however, and the consequence is tha
I “stewed shoe,” or “vegetable sotr
| halls," or “gutta perclia patties” wouh
I be quite as much in order on bills o
; fare as what now too often breaks th
hearts and demolishes the teeth of on
, people. And yet ladies abroad are na
, so squeamish about visits tdthe kitehei
| One of them, a real lady, that is a title
join—lias actually a cooking book i:
press, and it is said that she knows hov
to do well all that she teaches. Oa
we not have a reform in this respect
As for the majority of the restaurants
they ought to be incontinently condom
tied for'long periods to hard labor a
the severest kind—grinding their aw
j wares, and never let to stop.