Des Arc citizen., 1859-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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 --The pillows of liberty are stuffed with the feathers of the American eagle.
 There arc three roads out of bad scrape ito fight out, to back out, or to keep out; but the last is the best.
 - writer says t'it is not the drinking, but the getting sober, that is so terrible in a drunkard's life"
 With mothers, and women In love, there is patient resignation which surpasses hu- man energy, and perhaps reveals the existence of certain chords which God has refused to man. ii4 M
 --voltaire had a perfect horror of lnqdis- itive persons. He said to one of these: ssSir, I am glad tosce you, but give you fair warm ingI know nothing about that which you are going to ask me-"
 Every taste may be corrupted by habit. Perhaps man may become so accustomed to an offensive atmosphere, that he will stop his nose in passing a garden of jassamines and violets.
 "A fellow found guilty of burglary. be-
  fore Justice Day, in Ireland, observed that his fate was singnlar--that he lost by Day what he got by night
 - Among the vows that man has to make in Japan, when he is married, is one that he will find plenty of rice and tea for his wife during her life.
 "A Frenchman has written to say that he had invented a remedy for the 2thake, (which will aleyiS all pain lthwlth.
 ----lt. is stated as curious fact that more States for cigars, than is expended for all the common schools in the Union.
 ----Whoever is honest, generous, courte- ous, and candid, is gentleman, whether he Do learned or unlearned, rich or poor.
 - The newspaper is sermon for the thoughtful, library for the poor, and bless ing to everybody.
 There is phrenologist fin London who can tell the contents of barrel by examining it's head. He makes his examination with a gimblet.
 "A sleepy deacon who sometimes en- gagged in popular games, hearing the minister use the words, '.sHurrLE offthis mortal coil, ]" started up, rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed "Hold on, it's my deal.o
 --ssIn New England as soon as q young lady is engaged to be married, she suffers her finger nails to grow long, so that, in case she should be obliged to throw herself on her re- served rights, she may. come up to the SCRATCH"
 Two SIDES TO THE Fanny FerIl," having said that "if one half of the girls knew the previous life of the men they marry, the list of old maids would be won derfully increased,o the Boston Post asks this question; s'If the men knew, Fanny, what their FUTURE lives were to be, wouldn't it increase the list of old maids still further?n
 That's fine strain,'' said one gentle man to another, alluding to the tones of a singer at a concert the other evening. ssYes," said countrJ man who sat near, 'but if he strains much more he'll bust"
 TRANscENpENTALIsM. know, mad am, that you cannot make parse out of a sow's ear."
 ssOh, sir, please fan me. have intimations of swoon. When yon use that odious speci- men of yulgarity again clothe it in refined phraseology! You should have said "it is i'm possible to fabricate pecuniary receptacle from the auricular organ of the softer sex Of the genus hog"
 -John Phcenix went to the Theatre once when Mrs. Smith was advertised to appear in TWO PIECES. After the performances, he de- manded the return of his money, for, he said, Mrs. Smith appeared WHOLE during both per formances.
 - An uncle left in his will eleven silver spoons to his nephew, adding, eff have not left him the dozen, he knows the reason" The fact was, the nephew had some time be- fore stolen spoon from his relative.
 - An old lady, entirely out of the sound of the preachers voice at campmeeting, being found in tears, was asked why she wept, since she could not hear the words of the preacher, replied: " No matter--I can see the holy shake of his wig p
 Mrs. Burlington has bought horse so s7irtuous that he always goes off in decan- ter
 Happiness is a perfume that one cannot shed over another without few drops falling on one's self,
 - Woman have more power in their looks than men have in their law; and more power in their tears, than msn have in their Juds- ments. t @ aaee