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(?^"Political circulars charged as adver tisements. Advertisements not ordered for a spe cified time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly. (JlfAll advertising to be paid for quarterly. OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT. We have supplied ourselves with a good ifsoi'tment of Printing Material, and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on reasonable terms. We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata ogues, Posters, large or small, Caids, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip ion. for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the iMe9* &c. 03 lIMkiyWki u 9 «* DRUGGIST, *0 AND |. ALSO. DEALER in Stationery, Perfumery, FANCY ARTICLES, &C., Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street. HDl££: AillisSg allEiSo (JJp Fine Wines,- Brandies, &c., for Me iiiicinal purposes, always on hand. (jgrPhysicians prescriptions are accurately [compounded of the best articles that can be [procured. janlS-tf. It. T. T> Ad 'HAM, architect, (’ARPENTER AND JOINER, rdSBSiSiM . ~ i t r-j ns;** > * i • Hiiiiimii'UKu RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of lies Are and vicinity, that he is prepared to execute all work intrusted to his care, with neatness and dispatch. PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS Furnished to order, free of charge where he has the contract for ttie same. From his experience, both as an archi tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf 'W* Ji carpenter and joiner, LT AVING permanently located at Des Arc, 11 Arkansas, is prepared to execute all Work in HIS Liue of Ilusiiiesss in a satisfactory manner. From bis expe rience, he feels confident that those who favor him with contracts will have no cause to re gret it. ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY. L-ft at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet with prompt attention. jun29-ly J. 8. ANDEKHUn, SADDLE, BRIDLE -A N D 'farness Jtlan nfactnrcr, D13S AltC, ARKANSAS. RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Prairie and V^B I adjacent counties, that he has on hand, “•“* and is prepared to manufacture to order, Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy Carriage and Hack Harness, As well as every other description of work usually done in such establishments. I5P* Shop on Lyon street, back of_ Frith & Jackson’s store. jah2T-ly. =TlIckTm i t hTWgT Wagon and Buggy Making. MARTIN SHETTER, DES ARC, ARKANSAS, 'riHANKFUL to the jp^ -.1 t#nr 1 people for their past fa-If J - vors,respectfully announces\> 0 i that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s ol | stand, on Park street, where he is prepared t I Jo all kinds of worK in the above line. > Blucksmithing, wagon and buggy build I ug. wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done o ■ *hor notice. 1 ®3STHorse-shoeing done promptly. teb 18-tf___ F. LEP TIE N, 1 CLOCR AND WATCHMAKER AND TBWEIjIjIITI, P Buena Vista Streei Three doors East of C &. J. McLaren &. Co’s DES JRC. JIRK \ RESPECTFULLY ii t forms the citizens < | Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he hi I a new and select stock of CLOCKS AND JEWELRY. I H<> is. as usual, prepared to execute all kim I of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a worl I manlike manner, and to Repair and Cle< | JTwECay, &c. ap29-W PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. H. ARMISTEAD having permanent ly located at Des Arc, offers his pro fessional services to the citizens of the town and adjacent country. 1ST Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp son’s Law Office. [march21-6m DR. WM. BETHELL will continue the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc and vicinity. From his long experience in his profession, and having resided in Arkansas during the past fifteen years, he hopes to receive a share of the public patronage. Office $t Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi dence near the forks of the Little Rock and Searcy roads, first house on the South side of the road, entering the town. mar21-ly. J. J. LANE.W. H. CHAMBERS. RS. LANE & CHAMBERShavingform ed a partnership in the practice of their profession, tender their services to the citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country. From 'their experience they hope to share at least a portion of the patronage of the public. w Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals ly’s Drug Store. febl:tf DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at the residence of R. B. Trezevant, (formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2J miles from Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional services to the public. 8^" Particular attention given to dffleases of women and children. jan 1-ly. DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser vices to the public. (J^" Calls promptly at tended to. may29,1858-ly* TJ. WOODSON, Attorney at Law, . Des Arc, Arkdnsas, will practice in the Fifth Judicial Ciicuit, and the counties of White, Jackson and Monroe. *.* All business entrusted to his care will be promptly attended to. may?-ly. AW. McNEILL, Attorney at Law, Des • Arc. Arkansas, practices in the courts of Prairie and adjacent counties. (^"Office, corner of Erwin and Lyon streets. [apll. EW DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law. . Brownsville. Arkansas, will promptly attend to all business entrusted to him, in Prairie, Arkansas. Monroe, Si. Francis. Jack son and White counties. * * Prompt attention given to the collection of all claims entrusted to Dis care. apr-ro jTw."maHTIN .B. T. SIMFSON. MARTIN & SIMPSON. Attorneys at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will practice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon roe. Jackson anil the adjoining counties. Office on Lyon street. feb29-tf. B. D. TURNER..WM. T. JONES. rpURNER & JONES, Attorneys at -R- Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at tend promptly to all business entrusted to them. jan4-tf. rjj R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at A • Uw, Des Arc. Arkansas. Special at tention given to collecting. jan4-tf. Q H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law, O. Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark ham street. janll-tf. R. 8. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH Gantt & bronaugh, attorneys ' at Law. Brownsville. Arkansas. Will attend promptly to any business confided to them. scptl4 tf JACOB T MORRILL, Attorney at Law, Notary Public, and Justice or the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish,) Monroe County, Ohio. [jul27-tf. J. E. GATEWOOD.....A. MOON. P ATEWOOD & MOON, Land Agents and Real Estate Brokf.bs, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment of taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil itary lands. Blanks of every description al ways on hand. aug3-tf. TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc. • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All business intrusted to his care shall meet with prompt attention. (J^T Office on Lyon street. [jun8-tf JE. GATEWOOD,.Attorney at . Law. Des Arc. Prairie county, Arkansas. Wi*ll practice in the. counties of Prairie. Ar kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson, White, Conwav, and Pope. Will investigate Land Titles,’ and act as General Land Agent, Prompt attention given to all business entrust ed to him. Office—First door up stairs, one dooi East of John Jackson s. cm.-s, oiuie. feh13-tf.___ SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attob key AT Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Markham street. ^ Lmar~1 J. L. IIOLLOWELL..w- D‘ JACOWAY HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope. je2fi-tf_ ____ MOBG> ADAMS, CLOCK, WATCHMAKEI JEWELER, CIn rear of C. T. Petit’s Drug Store. Augusta, Arkansas. Respectfully informs the citizens c the town and adjacent country that he h; permanently located in avgu ta, andI i prepared to execute all kinds ot Clock an i Watch Work, repair nd Cleanse Jewelry, f well as every other description of work usua 1 lv done in such establishments, j (£»* Musical Instruments of every descrif tion repaired and put in good order.FroJ - his experience and me hanical know 1 £ , ■ i feels confident of rendering satisfaction to patrons. _ beblf) th JOHN Me NAME E, T .1 # l> O SI , Des Arc, Arkansas. SHOP ON BUE#A VfSTA STREET^ opposite the ‘‘Nucleus House”—where 1 is prepared to execute all kinds of work > his line of business, in a neat and fashionab • style. July 27, 1859—[tf]___ , “ STRAYED OR STOLEY. FROM my ,'lace, 22 miles west of Des Ar a large SORREL HORSE, 17 hands hig .8 one white hind foot, and a little white in t face.below the eyes, shod before, and the lig fore hoof brokeD off on the outside. Any o Is returning him to me, or any information co ceming him will be thankfully received a n liberally rewarded. G. W. CLARK. mv26-3t Oakland Grove, Ark. “ May Bees." A May bee through My window flew, Its golden wings In sunlight dipping ; With jetty crest And shining breast, And velvet pouch with honey dripping. This cunning bee Came tempting me, With sights of sweets and thoughts of flowers, With dreams of gleams And silver streams, And tantalizing summer bowers. With murmurous din It entered in— I could not choose but se6 and hear it— Now low, now high, It floated nigh, Drawing my eager fancies near it. I thought its hoard For me was stored, For me its honey-dew was glowing ; I thought to taste, v With eager haste, The draught of nectar ever flowing. I stretched my hand— The promise bland, The honey pouch, my touch evaded— I did but gain A quick, sharp pain, And the glittering vision faded. So I have vowed, Both low and loud, To trust no more such sparkling stray bees— For winged stings And faithless things Are all the crowd of fluttering May bees. General Jacksons Wife. Mr. Parton tells the following story of General Jackson’s wife: When General Jackson was a candi date lor the Presidency, in 1S28, not only did the party opposed to him abuse him for his public acts, which, if unconstitu tional or violent, were a legitimate subject i l . 1 .. .1 . i' _1 . L.L. oi repiuuiuiuu, uui iuc) acter oi his wife. On one occasion a newspaper published in Nashville was laid upon the General’s table. He glanced over it, and his eye fell upon an article in which the character ol Mrs. Jackson was violently assailed. So soon as he read it he sent lor his' trusty old servant Dun wood ie. “ Saddle my horse,” said he to him, in a whisper, “ and pul my holsters on him.” Mrs. Jacksotj watched him, and though the heard not a word, she thought she saw mischief in his eyes. The General went out alter a few moments, when she look up the paper and understood every thing. She ran out to the south gate of the yard to the Hermitage, by which the General would have to pass. She had not been there more than a few seconds before the General rode up with the countenance of a madman. She placed herself before his horse, and cried out: “ Oh, General, don’t go to Nashville! Let that poor editor live !” "Let me alone,” lie replied, “how came y«u ter know what I am going for?” She answered, "I saw it all in the paper after you went out—put up your horse and come back.” He replied furiously, “ But I will go—get out of my way !” Instead of doing tins she grasped his bridle with both hands. He cried to her, " I say, let go my horse ; I’ll have his heart’s blood—the villain that reviles my wife shall not live !” She grasped the reins but the tighter, and began to expostulate with him. s>y ing that she was the one who ought to be angry, but that she forgave her persecu tors from the bottom of her heart, and prayed for them; that he should forgive, if he hoped to be forgiven. At last, by her reasoning, her entreaties, and her iooro oho <sfi worked unoii her husband that he seemed molified to a certain ex tent. She wound up by saying, “ No, General, you shall not take the life of even my reviler—you dare not do ■ it, for it is written, ' Vengeance is mine, ■ I will repay, saith the Lord!’” ’ The iron nerved hero gave way before the earnest pleading of his beloved wife, and replied, “I yield to you; but had it not beer [ for you and the words of the Almighty the wretch should not have lived ar hour.” __ ) The Captured Africans to be Re turned to Africa.—The governmeu t has entered into a contract wild the Colo s nizanon society to take the thousand cap 5 tured Africans, now at Key West, t< S Liberia, for the sum of 850,000. Tin ■ bill which passed the Senate authorize the President to make all future ariange n ments with this society to return to Li e beria all the Africans captured. It bid s lair to be a very profitable business for th _ society, and will undoubtedly replenisl their present exhausted treasury. Ihu this humane society is likely to get ric out of the slave trade. It is an ill win that blows nobody good. ^ ie There is a man by the name c f" Coward running for sheriff, in Bradle le county, in this State. His opponent might as well give it up, for cowards ger — erally run well. ^ ^_ c, gigT One hundred and sixty-eigl h’ miles of the Pacific Railroad in Missou i! have been completed, at an aggregate ou ie lay of nearly 812,000,000. There are y n* one hundred and fourteen miles to bui ld in order to complete the road to Kansi City. This is to cost 87,000,000 more. Characteistic* of the Japanese. The papers are filled with information in relation to the Japanese ambassadors. They exhibited on board the steamer' Philadelphia a decided preference, in the way of food, for ham and rice. Of the latter it is said they ate immense quanti ties. They also showed a marked mer chant for ice cream; and, occasionally, they indulged in a little license in cham pagne. They have a great fondness for tobacco. One of the reports observes : “The Japanese were constantly smok ing their tobacco, which is carried in pouches, for which there are ingenous clasps, and is mild, of a faint and pleas ant flavor. It is smoked in pipes, the stems of wood, the bowls of brass, and capable of holding about half a thimble full. The smoke is breathed, and emitted in heavy volumes from the mouth and nos trils. One pipe admits of not more than three good puff’s. Several men smoked cigars with apparent gratification.” Of their cleanliness the following is said: “The Japanese are scrupulously neat. Their changes ot dress are more frequent than those of a watering place belle — Their hair is often in the barber’s hands. The tonsorial operation is peculiar; ihe hair is plaited with short metalic rods, (the subject often sitting bow-legged on the floor,) and greased until it glitters.'’ They are amiable and gentle and sing ularly courteous in their manners, as will be seen below : “The manners of the Japanese are ex quisite. They never obtrude, are under no circumstance betrayed into indecorum. This, of course, directly applies to the persons of position, but it is also in a great measure true of all. Their complacency has nothing of arrogance in it; their gen tleness is not of acatspaw; their quiet ness is not sullen and ominous. The offi .. »L_ Rnnnnlra iiaepr! that fllirlUtr the voyage no angry word was spoken, no indiscretion committed, and my own ex perience was equally charming. Good humor never deserts these people. It is no artificial light that makes their faces forever a cheerful reflection ol their kind hearts. Their unbroken gladso'me ness contrasts strangly with the unrest and bitterness that so many of, our looks and tones reveal. The thought is irresis tible that the civilization that has given so much to make us great, has not yet given us the simple secret of joy that the Ja panese possess.” It would seem that they have an invet erate curiosity and are all the time seek ing information and sketching everything which meets their eyes. It is probable that most of the subordinates of the em bassy are artists, sent hither to make pic torial reports for the government at home. The writer from whom we have extracted says: “The first figure met the eye looking from the Philadelphia to the Roanake, was that of a Japanese engaged in sketching. While the tables were being set for dinner on the former boat, every disti and orna ment, the tables and chairs, the whole room were sketched. After leaving Old Point one of the artists quietly produced a panoramic view of the fort and the coast, skillfully arranged on rollers. At every point the pencil was busy, and faces and forms, the mightiest and minutest objects, realities and fancies, were conveyed to the soft, firm paper, with a rapidity and ac curacy for outline that I have not seen surpassed by our own draughtsmen. The Embassy will carry back with them the most pleasant memories of all they see, and Mr. Oliphant may soon be rivalled by their historian in a book perfectly illus trated, of travel to and in the U. States. The writing and drawing implement is 51 Hue UIUSI1. wnuwiivv. — —- - ink stand, the whole forming nn easily pocketed case. The brush is held perpen dicularly, and plied with swiftness. In a collection of Japanese pictures and books left onboard of the Roanoke were several evincing a good deal of imagina tion. The mechanical is certainly the chief faculty of the people, as indicated in their improved Sharp’s rifle, which is loaded, primed and cocked by one move ment, and in the extraordinary variety, fitness and beauty of their lackered wares; but their skill is not confined to mechan ism, and a few years of intimacy whh it will doubtless bring them to a point ol perfection tn the fine arts which we were longer in attaining with all our help ’ Salt Lake Citt.—The Clevelam Plaindealer has a Mormon Cor respond en who goes in strong for polygamy, and al luding to any law that may be .passed tc prevent it, he intimates that there wouii be an insurrection among the Saints fo their valued “domestic institution.” H< says further and speculates that, even it case it was possible to build a prison o 1 dimensions vast enough to hold the offend ers, that every man throughout the lengtl f and breadth of the Territory, who sustain ‘Mormouism,’ would get another wife, i ^ there was one anywhere to be found, uni every marriageable female in the Terri tory was drawn into the ‘maelstrom’ c polygamy ; and then, if there were nt it enough, we would go out into the worl ri aud gather more." !- As an evidence of Mormon braggadc ■t cia, Heber Kimball declared, in one c d his usual harraogues at the Tabernacle i .3 Great Salt Lake City, that the army t Camp Floyd would not make a breakfa: for the Mormons, implying of course how easily they could be “wiped out." This correspodent of the Plaindealer, who uses the word “our" very significant ly, is also given to boasting, and brags ex tensively. In referring to those who don't like them, he issues the following vaunt ing pronunciamento: “Those gentlemen, wherever they re side, and whatever their number may be. resolve themselves into a body organized or disorganized; that they march into the borders of Utah, armed with revolvers, blunderbusses and every species of weap on they can procure, and we will send out a company of women with broomsticks in their hands who will scatter them upon the mountains as a pack of wolves are scattered before the faithful shepherds. - ■» • « Historical Facts. The tardiness with which mankind adopt improvements, rnay be in some degree dlustrated by the following facts, hastily thrown together. Canal locks were invented it 1581, by engineers of Viterbe, in Italy. Tney were nearly a hundred years getting fairly into use into France, and about one hun dred and fifty in crossing the British Channel. At this time it was made felony, in several European States, to ride in wheel carriages. The steam engine was invented or rather the principle of it discovered, by the Marquis of Worcester, as early as 1660. Few understood and encouraged it. He died in great mortification. The honor was afterwards engrossed by Savary. In 1675 the Earl of Stanhope applied the steam engine to propelling a vessel. A steamboat was run twenty miles on the Sankey Canal, Liverpool, in 1797, and another on the Forth and Clyde Canal, 1891. A steamboat n»tp was made on the Delaware as early as 1791. In 1807. when Robert Fulton was fit ting up his first steamboat at New York, respectable, sensible, ftnd gray-headed men pronounced him a fool for his pains.* Oiivnn Evans went before committees of Legislatures, first in Pennsylvania and iln'ii in Maryland, with a project ot a steam carriage, as early as 1804. He asked a little aid to defray the expense. They could hardly be prevented from re porting in favor, not of steam engines for carriages, but of a straight-jacket for him self. Now almost all nations have the sagacity and ingenuity to seize and utilize the precious idea. When Peter the Great, in 1760 or thereabouts, commenced a canal between the Wolga and the Don, the governors and bayards of the country opposed it earnestly, thinking it impiety to turn rivers out of the channels which heaven had assigned them. When some Dutchmen proposed to make the river Manzares navigable to the Tagus, and that to Lisbon, the council said if it had been the will of God that the rivers should be navigable, he would have made them so. When Brinley the great engineer, told a^committee of Parliament to whom Bridg water’s petition was referred that canals were better than rivers, and would super cede them for the purpose of navigation, the committee were shocked, and asked him, " And pray, sir, what were the rivers made for ?’’ “ To feed canals,” was the answer. Dr. Franklin surveyed the route of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, at his own expense, in 1757. Baron Napier surveyed the route of the Forth and Clyde Canal, at his own ex pense, in 1761. Both of these works were subsequently accomplished, but after great delay. Dr. Zabdiel Boyalston introduced in noculation for the small pox; at Boston, in 1721, and tried it first on his own son Thomas, and other members of the family; but such was the force of prejudice and unbelief, that the other physicians gave a unanimous opinion against it, and the mu i-iirvirtol rrmi a r n nl n Ffih I hi tful US DHlCtiC6. and the populace would have torn him to pieces if he had not retired from the city. --- A Human Inconsistency.—The life of Goethe was one of great contradictions. Before he was eight years old he was ex ercising in German, French, Italian, La tin and Greek, yet he did not die of hram fever or dropsy in the head. He drank wine, was prodigal of his money, and was odd in hn manners. His “social faults looked society contemptuously in the face, ’ but as a swordsman, a rider and a ska i ter, beyond most ot bis time, he lived to i the age of 82 years. He wrote one ol the most doh'tul hooks evei published, known as the “Sorrows of YVerther,’ yet | himself took life without sadness, and en joyed it to the full. His writings gave out a light of their kind, in the glare of which multitudes delight still to live, yet at me age ol till lie doubted the existence of a Divine Providence, and at the age ol 82 he died exclaiming. -‘More light.” — f Hall’s Journal of Health. j As we were walking along the : street the other day we noticed a crowd ol ' urchins standing around a boy who was 1 sucking a piece ot candy. I say, Bill 5 give me that piece of candy,and I’ll make ‘ it come out of my e.ars, like Blitz did las' 1 night at the theatre.” Second youth shells ' over the candy. First youth very deltb f erately eats the candy, (second youtl 1 watching the little lellow'a ears), and ^ after drawing hitnself into every conceiv able shape, he said: “ £f I havn’t forgo * the rest you can have my shirt for a disl f rag!” n ---- , ,i Any one can hold the helm when tin it sea is calm. Yellow Skin.—As the ladies are in terested in whatever improves or injures the skin, we reproduce the following spe culations, on the sallowness of completion, from the Philadelphia Ledger: If our western friends can in any way teach their wives, daughters or cooks to keep the pearlash out of their bread, all the yellow people, especially the yellow children, who are supposed to be turned yellow by the fever and ague and billious fevers, will soon be turned white. It is u great mistake to suppose that the yellow countenances of the West come from bile, when it is only the enormous quantities of pearlash eaten in the bread that is reflec ted through the skin. Bread is the staff' of life, it is said—and so it is—but it is the staff of death, too, in this country. Bad bread kills as many people here as bad whisky. So many people eat poisonous pearlash for bread that they die by inches. Dyspepsia—that great monster disease of the country, that deranges the liver, brings on costiveness, and thus finally kills the human victim—is half the time pearlash. Here in the East, out of New England, we have nearly driven off the pearlash saleratus cooks, but not altogether. Pearl ash lives here yet in bread, but in cities and towns we have nearly whipped out the murderers. In the distant Western towns, beyond the good hotels of the lakes and rivers, pearlash, under the name of saleratus, is king. It is pearlash for breakfast, pearlash for dinner, and pearl ash for supper. It..is not any wonder, then, that the people of the East turn yel low when they go West, and sicken ; not of fever and ague, bilious and congestive fevers, but of pearlash three times a day. “ She Won’t Scratch I."—We had a little cousin visit us once, a three year old boy, who had always pretty determin edly his own way. We found him one day with the old cat, which he had fast ened into a barrel, and which was looking liiuin oavagcij, buaiwwi- &>v - “ Mow dare you play with that cross old cat, Charlie?” said we. “Ain’t you afraid she will scratch you ?” ( " Uh, she will scratch everybody but I," answered the little fellow, in his piping treble ; “ but she won’t scratch I.” Not long afterwards we met poor Char lie crying bitterly, with several wounds in his face and hands from that naughty cat. We laughed at Charlie’s answer at the time, but we have often thought seriously of it since. We never see a young man who is sure he can ever drink moderately and never go to excess, but we think of the cat that •• vvill scratch everybody but I.” We never see a man running in doubt ful speculations, in hope of great gain, but we think of tjie cat that “ won’t scratch I.” We never see any one recklessly ex posing himself to physical or moral dan ger, but we think of the cat that “ will scratch everybody but I.” Very few there are but sometimes get a scratch from this dangerous cat, whose wounds are slow to heal and whoae venom rankles long. Whoever trifles with the truth, selfishly wrongs another, or carelessly wrongs himself, is playing a dangerous game, and will in the end find himself deeply wounded by the cat he fondly fancies “ will scratch everybody but I.” A Revouttionaky Character.—An amusing affair occurred, not many years ago, at a Fourth of July celebration in an interior town in Pennsylvania. Revolu tionary veterans were becoming very hard to find, yet a procession with no old sol dier in it was not to be willingly submitted to. An honest old German of Revolu tionary repate was discovered at the last hour. An open carriage was assigned to him in the programme, and a seat at the President’s right hand at the table. When pressed after dinner to give his remini scences oi ty ubuui^^u, were found to be rather indefinite. But something being said about Yorktown, he remarked : “ Yass, I vash at Yorktown.” “ Under Washington?” asked the Pre sident. <• Yass, I vash oonder Washington ven I surrendered.” •* No!—you mistake, my venerable friend,” exclaimed the President, “Wash ington never surrendered.” “ Yass, but you see, / vash one of der Hessians /” “Arkansaw.”—While gone East, we observed that almost without exception, that those whom we heard speak ^of this State, pronounced it “Arkansaw, and when we spoke of Arkansas we were g-nerallv understood to mean Kansas Territory, unless we dwelt with distin guished emphasis on the first syllable, iudeed it was more than intimated tha an “Arkansaw Editor” had not yet learn ed to pronounce the name of his owr State correctly! Geographers differ from each other ir the pronunciation of this name; and there is some little difference between the citi zens of the State, but we think we speak within due bounds when we say that nine ty-nine out of every hundred pronounce the word in accordance with Us ortnog raphy. This is right. Let us either pro nounce the name as we spell it, or spel the name as we pronounce it: let us no put on unnecessary airs in as plain a mat ter as is our State name. Brethren ol tb< : press, what is the real pronunciation o 1 our Stale name? We hope to have thi matter settled by ex-Press authority be i fore we travel from home again—[Ar kansns Baptist. uramng atone rrun. It is a mistaken idea that many enter tain, that there is difficulty attending graft ing stone fruit. It may as safely and as surely be performed with the plum and cherry as with the apple and pear. A little more core may be necessary, from the fact tnat the wood of these fruits does not split so easily, and a greater care be comes necessary, in consequence of the different arrangement of the bark, which, with the apple and pear, is easily cleft with the wood, while on trees producing stone fruit, it runs around the stalk, ren dering it liable to be irregularly torn, un less precautions are taken in cleaving to insert the graft. Hence, we find it necessary to make a longitudinal slit in the bark, with a very sharp knife, previous to cleaving the wood, which should also be done with a sharp in strument. Sometimes, when the bark was very firm, and a disposition was shown in the cuticle to curl, we have found it necessary to secure it in its place by a bandage, and for this purpose we have used an Indiu rubber ring, cut consider ably smaller than the stalks, and drawn over it when rendered pliable by warm ing. This will hold the bark in its place until it heals, when the bandage may be taken off. Anotner cause of failure in grafting stone fruit, arises from the delay which attends the operation. To be suc cessful, it should be done before the frost starts at all. We (in lat. 42 deg. 20 min.) have performed the operation early in March—when it was so cold we were obliged to have a pan of coals with us to warm the wax. in order to keep it pliable —with entire success. It may be per formed from that time forward, but more care is necessary, and more doubtful suc cess will attend if they live at all. Grafting large trees may sometimes succeed very well, but as a general thing, we cannot recommend it. The better way is to get the right kind of stocks, and graft near the ground, when the trees are nn lorrvnr tlilin tl mirSOri's flllllTlh T'llPIl. if the scion is like to outgrow the stock, earth can be placed around it, to give strength, and it may be, new roots, to the scion.—[Plough, Loom and Anvil. --*-■*-*■-; Culture of the Potato. A friend sends us the following, as what he believes the best means yet known for avoiding the potato disease : 1. Be content with u medium crop, say 100 to 150 bushels to the acre, selecting land but moderately rich, and using no stimulating manure. The land should be a lightish loam, easily permeable by water; and it would be well if it had been treated with no stimulant, nitrogenous ma nure, the preceding year. 2. Let the land be brought into fine tilth by means of the plough and harrow, to the depth of five or six inches, as early as may be in the Spring. Furrow both ways, at a distance of three feet, letting the plough incline to the mould-board side, so as to give a broad, shallow lur row of about three inches deep. 3. As manure for one acre take 50 bushels of charcoal dust, or if this is not at hand, 50 bushels of dry, well cured peat, or if neither of these is convenient ly to be had, 50 bushels of turf, piled up the Summer previous and rotted down to a fine powder with a little'lime; add 10 bushela of unleached ashes; 5 bushels of oyster shell lime, or common slaked lime or leached ashes, whichever can be obtain ed with the least trouble; 2 bushels of plaster; 1 bushel of bone-dust, and 1 bushel of common salt; mix tbe whole thoroughly together, and throw it in to the crossings, a little less than a pint in each, in that careless sort of way, which will cause it to spread itself over at least a square foot. 4. For seed, select sound potatoes of medium size or a little less, and plant one in a bill, and never more than one, if it be ever so small, without cutting. Plant as early as can be done with safety to the r O_Glimtlrl I lia urup iiuiu urpnwg — - weather be wet after planting, shallow covering would be the best* If it should be dry, deep covering would be more fa vorable. It would be perhaps the safest, over such manure as I have prescribed, to cover the 6eed nearly three inches deep, which would bring the top of the bill just about even with the average level of the field. 5. For the first hoeing, the harrow or cultivator might be run through both ways, and the plants should be weeded, but not hilled, or at most but very little. Let the whole surface of the field be lelt very nearly level. 6. For the second hoeing, which should be very soon after the first, before the tops begin to leave, a similar course might be followed, except that broad, but rather low hills should be formed. An acre so planted would have 4,S40 hills, which would give, at only one quart to the bill, 151 bushels, worth, at 50 cents the bushel, $75,50.—[Country Gentle man* The Best Resolution Yet.—The Ohio Sunday School Convention lately passed the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of ladies and gentlemen be appointed to raise chil dren for the Sabbath school. giSome villain removed a rail from the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Rail i road, lately, and threw an express tram r down into a chasm thirty feel deep.— i Several employees were injured, but the . only passengers hurt were two young men who had stolen a ride, and they were killed. i