Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

--- It is not known when or where he who invented the blow was born, or when he died, or where he was buried yet he has effected more for the happiness of the world than the whole race of heroes and conquerors who have drenched it with tears and manured it with blood, and whose birth, percentage, education, etc., have been handed down to us, with pre- cision proportionate to the mischief they have done.
 - As the same sunlight tints the flower and colors the rock--as it alternately sparkles in the dew-drop and shines in the broad ocean so the true religious spirit is present in the humblest bargain, the smallest act, and the lowliest word of kindness, as much as in the grand songs of Hebrew bards, and the pro- found teaching of Saint Paul the Apostle those ancient headlands of Christian thought.
 "A notion-seller was offering Yankee clocks, finely vanished and colorel, and with a looking-gass in front, to lady who was not remarkable for her personal beauty. "It is beautiful" said the pedler. Beatiful! in- deed---a look at it almost frightens me" re- sponded the lady. Then, ma'am," replied Jonathan, {" guess you'd better buy one that has got no looking-glass."
 - Pat, you have dated your letter week ahead 1t is not so late in the month by week,'' said an Irishman to another, when writing. "Troth, me boy" replied Pat, "indade, an' it's Jist meself that's wanting swate Kathleen to git it in advance of the mail. Sure, pll not care if she gifts it three days afnra it,s written me darlin, l1 sa
 - Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the sister of temper ance, of cheerfulness, and of health; but pro- digality is cruel and crafty demon, that generally involves her followers in dependence and in debts--that is, fetters them with " iron in their souls."
 - From the cradle to the grave, mankind need the aid of their fellows. We cannot exist without it-high or low, rich or poor. It is condition of our being: all who need aid have right to ask it : none who are able to give it can refuse, without danger.
 = Men double all their evils by unduly pondering over them. A scratch becomes wound slight an injury, a jest an insult small peril great danger; and slight sick ness often ends in death, by breeding appre- 1 hensions.
 - That was smart boy who owned that he liked everything that was good, with the excep ion of good whipping. The same boy liked good rainy day--too rainy to go
 to school, and just about rainy enough to goa fishing.
 - According to Kossuth's definition of sympathy, it is merely sigh that hutters from
 the lips of tender girl, and dies in the whis- per of the passing breeze.
 "A person, speaking of drink he once had occasion to imbibe, said that he could not tell whether it was brandy or torchlight procession going down his throat.
 "A nun having asked how many dog days there were in the year, received the an
 swer that it was impossible to number them
 as :. every dog has his day" II -You may wish to get wife who is . withors failing but what if the lady. after , you find her, should also be in want of a bus } band possessing the same faultless character -vice and folly may feel the edge of wit but virtue is invunerable as aquafortis dis- : solyes the base metals, while it has no power to tarnish or corrode gold. - The curvature of the easth amounts to s seven inches per mile. A man six feet high cannot be seen ten miles. - sophistry is like window-curtain it pleases us as an ornament; but it's use is to . keep out the light.
 n - Timidity in young man is better thar h cool impotence. Why will not the ladies h think so?
 l,I "A clear conscience is sometimes sole : for money, but never bought with it.