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 PoLLEN.-We have seldom, Ii ever, says the Talladega Watchtower, seen as much of this impalable powder, as IS found throughout the country al present. Field and forest are covered, and the atmosphere at times almost saturated with it. The slightest shower of rain precipitates 1t. giving the earth and other objects on which it falls, a bright yelowish hue, as If be- sprinked with sulphur. Our pine forests in this section were perhaps, never fuller of blooms than at present, which accounts for the extraordinary abundance of the pollen. Occasionally, it is borne to great distances, by winds, and precipi'ated Ill districts remote from where pine is known. giving rise to the fabulous showers of sul- phur, of which we sometimes read with so much marvel! The oak and other forest trees, likewise, produce it abundantly, but not to be compared in amount with the Iprofuse quantities in which 1t is yieldedb by the different varieties of pine, and more especially the long lealed and yellow pines which abound in our Southern States. g
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP ITS DEAD.- Prof. Maury, in his lecture on the Atlan- tic Cable, announced the interesting fact that animal matter at the bottom of the deep sea, owing to the superincumbent pressure. the exclusion of light and heat. and the saline properties of the water. could not decompose, but must remain precisely in the state in which it is de- posted for ages and ages. So that Pharoah and his host, when the last trump shall sound and the sea give up its dead, will come forth fresh in feature and perfect in form as when in pursuit of the childred of Israel, they were en- gulphed by the waves of the Red Sea. This conclusion is reached by numerous ingenious experiments, one ot which was the sinking of cannon ball through an apparatus for grapptng sediment from tho bottom, in which sediment were found re- mains of animal life fresh as when extinct, such as clans and other smaller speci- mems of shell fish.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29
WHY so MUCH BEAUTY IN PoLAND.-

WHY so MUCH BEAUTY IN PoLAND.- :. Because" says Bayard Taylor, {" shere girls do not jump from infancy to young ladyhood. They are not sent from the cradle to the parlor, to dress, to sit still, and look pretty. No, they are treated as children should be. During childhood, which extends through period of several years, they are plainly and loosely dress ed, and allowed to run, romp, and play in the open air. They take in sunshine as does the flowers. They are not loaded down, girded about, and oppressed every way with countless frills and superabun- dant Aounces, so as to be admired for their much clothing. Nor are they rendered tender and dyspeptic by continual stuffing with candies and sweetcakes, as are the majority of American children. Plain simple food, free and various exercise, anc abundance of sunshfue during the whole period of childhood, are the secrets O beauty in after lfe.' " v
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29
DIES ARC. ARK ANSAS, A

i HtsroRy OF THE PLow. = The first
 blow is supposed 10 have been the rude | branch of tree. cut so as to have clelt iend, the point of which dragged along the
 surface of the ground, scraped iurrow ln- to which seeds were thrown. IL soon oc-
 cured to the husbandnan that he might
 relieve his own labor by yoking an anl-
 mai to the long arm of his primitive instru- meni; then arose the necessity for handle
 affixed to the back, so that the blow might
 be guided. The strength of the animal
 soon wore away or broke the cleft ol the branch, and this necessity gave rise to the invention Of tneans for attaching movable
 shares, first of wood, and next of stone
 copper or iron, worked to shape adapted Ito. the cutting of furows, so as to avoid
 the excessive labor arising from the plow- rman's having to lean upon the blow with all his weight, to press 1t into the earth. Just such an implement as these conjec
 lures indicate, was used by the Saxons.
 Some oft facts connected with the | history of the blow are almost incredible. In Ireland there once prevailed GUS tom Ot PlOWlD1 oy tHc HOi9e t"ii' hC
 draft-poie was dashed to the tail Of the horse, and as no harness was employed, two men were necessary, one to guide
 and press upon the blow, the other to di- rectthe horse, which he did by walking backwards before the miserable animal,
 and beating it on the head on either side,
 according to the direction required. This custom prevailed for a considerable time,
 in spite of a law which was passed in the
 early part of the seventeenth century, lm- posing severe penalties upon persons
 found guilty of e"plowing by the horses 1 tail, y as in the act mentioned and deScr- bed. From the Rev. Cesar Otways "Sketckes in Erris and Tyrawley,' it ap- pears that the barbarous practice fingered in the remote west of Ireland as late as | the year lS40! And from a paper "On 1 the breed of horses in Scotland in the ! Ancient Times printed in the first vol tune of the ''Transactions of the Society of | Antiqurians of Scotland" we find that the
 same custom was practiced in that country
 as late as the year l792.- Progress oI Agriculture. tria
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


 - Why is young lady, wearing cer- tain article of gentlemen's apparel, like town in Texas? Because she is a Gal-(wi a)-vest-on. wNhaqH@3f iHsH~-YB BEA
 - How would you express in two letters that you were twice the bulk of another per- son? Ans.--I. W. aara 9 sseea 98t
 --The chief secret of comfort lies in not :. suffering trihes to yex one. M A wH E
 SUDDEN FALL IN LARD.-A man in Cin- cinnati fell from the second story of house to the cellar, and, singularly enough, head foremost into lard barrel with the head out, thereby saving his life. aa e.a
 -"A LAWYER" said Lord Brougham facetiously, '.is learned gentlman, who secures your estate from your enemies, and keeps it hrnself'' m
 - The little streamlet has no name and is not known in tbe great world; but it runs it's daily course with gladness, and beautifes and benefits whatever comes in it's way.
 A NEw MEASURE OF DISTANCE. -A re- cent traveller by the Sound route says, Boston T is exactly twenty-fonr cigars and six brandy cocktails from New York. ees .R
 -" Illustrated with cuts !' said young urchin, as he drew his pocket knife across the leaves of his grammer. ( Illustrated with ag cuts D reiterated the schoomaster, as he drew his cane across the back of the young urchin. ln A LEGAL BusHEL. "A legal bushel of wheat weighs sixty pounds, beans sixty-three z pounds, peas sixty-four, corn tifty-six, rye 2 forty-six. barley forty-seven, oats thirty eight potatoes sixty, salt eighty, timothy seed fifty 6 six, clover seed sixty pounds.
 - When the sun shines we often walk thoughtless of Providence; but in the dark night, how glad are we to take hold of his q guiding hand. a4a d ass
 - There is purple half to the grape, mellow and crimson half to the peach, sun ny half to the globe, and better half to man.
 "A cottage, where virtue dwells,is far superior to palace without her.. 6 | .H3e
 - Persons who are always busy and go cheerfully to their daily Casks, are the least disturbed by the fluctuations of business.
 - Unless man look to woman as a treas ure to be wooed and won-her smile the charm ? of his existence--her single heart the range of ; | his desires--that which deserves the name of love cannot exist. aA 4 AN
 - The secret of happiness lies in this--to be always content with your lot. es
 - Mirth should be the embroidery Of the conversation, not the web; and wit the orna- ment of the mind not the furniture
 - When does COW become real estate? When turned into field.
 ! -" You would be very pretty indeed" said gentleman patronizingiy to young la dy, sif your eyes were only little larger" h V My eyes may be very small, sir, but such people as you don't FILL THEM. esssa | - There are two kinds of men - one kind go by driving, the other DON'T There IS, indeed, third class, who will go neither byai driving nor in any other way; but let them pass N for nothing. n 5te a4 9si
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

PLEASANT WoRps. II. They don't cost much. They come bubblipg up in good natured heart like the freely gushing wa ters of fountain l. is as easy to speak them as it is 10 breathe. They come fortl as naturally and easily from the lips o kindness, as the rays from the sun. There is no pains taking about the matter These kind words leap forth of themselves and delight to fly away in every direction on their errands of love.
 ?. They make the man happier tha uses them. They react upon him. Ho words make the users wrath hotter. St loving words make love glow the warme in the bosom. They are fuel to the sa cred flame. Loving words help 10 make { more and more loving heart. Kind word make kindness more and more the law ol the soul,
 3. Kind and pleasant words touch othe peoples hearts and make them kind They fall like flakes of fire on the colC and selfish hearts of others-not to scorch but to melt--not to irriiate, but to subdut and shame peoples coldness and unkind ness of them. Under such words grin visages relax, their icy outline are dlssolv ed, and the soul that had been frozen | the core, gets thawed throughout and h who had the gloomy December on his wis age, is not long gelling genial June l the place of it. ...-0 i4
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

GHosrs AND HoD-GoBLrNs IN CoURr. Human credulity touching ghosts and hob gobIns, has just been illustrated ac- -cording to law in Tuscarawas county. We learn by the New Philadelphia Advocate, that in January, 1856, Levi Hull bought a farm of 250 acres of William Dunlap,in Sandy township, for which he paid, S50OO down and his note for $3000, secured by mortgage on the farm. The note was not paid, and Dunlap brought suit. Hull set up in defense that shortly after taking pos session of said premises, be became con- vinced that .he house was haunted, and that ghosts, hob-gobllns, spooks, evllsspir. it's, etc., were in the habit of making noe turnal visits tothe inhabitants ol the man sion and of making night hideous-tha
 the neighborS were afraid to come neal the house-that he was unable to ge
 work hands to cultivate the land-tha
 his own and his family's healtE i of body and peace of mind wore destroyed thereby, etc, and that therefore he ough
 no, to be compelled to pay said note 0
 S3000, but ought to have judgment fol
 S4000 as damages sustained in conse uuent of getting so terribly 'skeered."
 The hob.goblin plea however, did no avail the frightened Ms, Hull, and lnsteac
 of getting damages he got put in for tho I S3O00. interests and costs. The haunted Harm can probably be bought cheap.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

WHIrEwAsH.-This article, as ordl- nariy made, rubs off the walls after 1t becomes dry; soling clothes and every thing coming in contact with It. This may be obviated by slackening the llme in boiling water. stirring t meanwhile and then applying dissolving in water-white siiriol (sulphate of zinc) in proportion of four pounds to he barrel of whitewash making il the consistency ot' rich milk. The sulphaie of zinc will cause the wash to harden and prevent he lime from rubbing off. A pound ol white salt should also be thrown into it.- Ex- change.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29
A YOUNG MOTHERS SOLILOQUY
 OVER HER FIRST BORN.
BY MRS. I. N. DAVIS.

 < To at the couch where infant beauty sleeps. The silent watch the mournful Mother keeps.p
 -[ [CAMpBELL. lovely babe serenely lies, bod Soft slumber seals it's smiling eyes, While lingering OCT her darling boy, The Mother wreaths sweet hopes of joy, Thy dimpling smiles in beautyplay, 44 Like dew-drops on the rose of May Oh may thy sleep be sweet tothee. H And may thy dreams of angels be. ss When the long silken lashes rise,
 Which rests so Highly o'er thine eyes, i'l from those softening azure beams. - Drink pleasures sweet as thine own dreams. And when thou wak'st, if tears should flow Adown thy cheeks with limpid glow, May zephyrs soft those tear-drops slalle, Nor from thy cheeks the rose-tints take. The fathers features can trace,
 Blended with mine. in thy sweet face; Nay the young heart like his be pure, gEs Nor tempting vice thy foot steps lure. Nay sorrow ne'er with blighting wing, Dark shadows o'er thy pathway fling, And oh may God incline thy breast, In youth to seek a Heavenly rest.
 When time that tglides so gently now, Der thy smooth cheek, and spotless brow, Shall with his iron fingers trace, es ..t . His lineaments upon my face, as Oh wilt thou come, with soothing care, To cheer my heart while lingering here And when soar to realms above, 46 fr. Remember still thy mothers love ASH WooD, MISSISSIPPI, March 2l, 1859.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

How TO CONQUER VIeIoUs Cows AND HoRsEs.--A writer in the Tennessee Farmer says
 l care not how VICIOUS or unmanagea- be the horse or COW may have become. l can conquer them by the application of a strong rope or chain, just back of the fore legs, and twisting in a good lever until they yield fully. Baulky horses may be conquered in this manner, so as to need no whipping, and 1t is much more human than clubbing them or cutting them up with torturing whips. And horse once conquered in this manner will not return 10 his tricks with the same driver as readl- ly as when overcome by whipping or mauling.
 Cows may be conquered in the same manner, and broken of the habit of kick ing very readily. One of my neighbors had very vicious COW, last spring which they had failed in milking, after the most determined efforts to succeed happen ed to hear of this fact one day. and told them how to manage her, when 10 nc more trouble was experienced. In the course of the summer they have occa- sionally laid chain across her back, when she had manifested any intention of re- turning to old habits. Edectually as is this manner of overcoming vicious pro- pensilies, it is more humane than any other in which force is used. ,a.-sa .s
 This is also very ehectual manner oi subdueing horses ugly in shoeing. The smith can make the widest mustang stand peaceably by using the chain ane lever, and the lesson will not soon be un learned. Lay aside, then, your club; and whips for the purposes named, and resort to the method herein described, and save yourself time, trouble and vexatior of spirit, nor reject it because it was no learned from your father, or in some con versation, instead of from the pages of ar agricultural journal.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29


 WEATHER Although we have no faith in the predictions of Thom- as, the almanac maker, or any of the weather prophet fraternity, we will pub. fish the information of espondent-- J. Royal, of WhiIe Rock, Ill--who pro- fesses to be ablelo loreteI the weather one year in advance for any locality where there is an almanac calculated. Here is the prophecy "The first half of April will be wet, the last half fair; the frs; week in May will be wet, the balance fair the first half of June will be fair, the last half changeable; July will begin and end with a few days of changeable weather; leaving the middle of the month dry August will have great many geet days September will set in fair, but the balance of the month will be changeable the last part being wetiest October Ichangeabe, gradually increasing to wet ness November like the preceding, only Icommencing fairer and ending wetter December, fair weather" On this, we are told, we may rely, with the exception of September, where there has |" to be added the extra stormy weather, caused by the sun crossing the line." This truly depends on the prevailing winds at the time if northerly, it vii be as dry as i the sun were at his extreme distance from the line. = Scientific American.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29
SATURDAY Nlenr.- What blessed

le SATURDAY NIeHr.- What blessed things are Saturday nights, and what would the world do without them ?-those breathing moments in the tramping march of life these little .wilights in the broad garish glare of noon, when pale yesterday
 looked beautiful through the shadows, and faces q changed long ago. smile sweelly again in the hush when one remembers 'f the old folks at home," and the old fashioned fire, and the old armchair, and the ille brother that died, the little sis ter that was translated"
 Saturday nights make people human, sets their hearts to beating softly, as they used 10 do before the world turned them into war drums and jared them to pieces with tattoos. The ledger closes with a clash the iron doored vaults with wili'; and click goes the key in the lock. l, is Saturday night, and business breathes free again. The door that has been ajar all the week gently closed behind him --thc world is shut out !; shut in, rather. Here are treasures, after all, not in the vault, i, and not in the book, save the records in inc old family Bible and not in the bank. May be you are u bachelor, frosty and forty. Then, poor fellow !! Saturday nights nothing 10 you, just as you are nothing to anybody. Get q wife, blue eyed or bacl,eyed but all true-eyed. Get a ittle house no matter how litlle, and little sofa, just to bold two or two and half in it of Saturday night, and then read this paragraph by the light of your wle's eyes, and thank God and take cOurape. .NL |. 9E.. .l E-N q.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

| THE SENATOR AND THE DRoMIos.-- The senior MT. Gay, ofthe Nat. .onal Ho- | tel at Washington, bears quite likeness to Gen. Cass and upon this the cores | pondent of the New York Times tells the following story:
 4 stranger, who supposed he knew mine host very welt, put up at the Nation al the other night. Since this house has become the crack hotel at the capitol, 1t is iqulle, full at this time, and the newcomer was necessarily for the first time, sent to the upper floor to sleep. Coming down stairs the next morning, little cross, be met General Cass there, who has a fine suite of rooms in the hall, stepped up to hun, and ID language more lorcible and rapid than elegant, said: t.-ta l"Tll be d--d if I'll stand it. You've put me at the top of the house. must have room somewhere lower down."
 General Cass, inlerposing and nervous ly----" Sir, you are mistaken in the person you are addressing. l am General Cass of Michigan"
 Stranger, (confusedIy) Beg your par don, Gen. Cass-thought It was my old friend Gay. Beg d thousand pardons, sir. All a mistake, all mistake, 1 assure you, | The General passed out of the building but soon returned, and as luck would have it, the stranger met him full in the face Fagain, but in another position. This time he was sure he had mine host for the Sen ator from Michigan he knew had jus; gone opt, So the stranger stepped boldly up' slapped the General heartily and familiar ly on the shoulder, and exclaimed:
 By heavens, Gay, I've a rich sell to re- late. l met old Cass up stairs just now, thought it was you, and began cursng him about my room.' aira.u
 h Gen. Cass, (with emphasis, l"Well. young man, you've met old Cass again !''
 Stranger sloped, and hasn't been heard of since.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

-He only, is the rich and happy man, who gains such treasure as lies above the storms of the world
 "A man can ''get along" without adver- Using, and so can a wagon wheel without sreasing, but it goes hard.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

The Washington States is informed that several copies of religious tract were recent ly picked up at the Capitol entitled "Are you honest?n They were distributed for the ben- eft of members just before the adiournnent or Congress.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

SEAsoNApLE -ApvIcE.--"LIke the gnarled oak that has wlhstood the storms and thunderbolts of centuries, man hln- self begins to die at the extremities. Keep the feet warm and dry, and we can snap our fingers al disease and doctors. Put on two pair of thick woolen stockings, but keep this 10 yourself; go to some honest son of St. Crispn, and have your measure taken for a stout pair of winter boots or shoes; shoes are better for ordinary every day use. as they allow the ready escape ofthe odors, while they strengthen the an- liles by accusoming them to depend on themselves. A very slight accident Is sufficient 10 cause sprained ankle to a habilua boot wearer. Besides, shoe congresses less, and hence admits of a more vigorous circulation of the blood. But, wear boots when you ride or travel. Give directions, also, to have no cork or India rubber about the soles but 10 place between the layers of the soles from out to out, a peice of stout hemp or tow-linen which has been dipped in melted pitch. This is absolutel ly impervious to water - does not absorb particle le--while we know that cork does, and after while becomes 'soggy' and damp for weeks. When you put them on for the first time, they will be easy as an 'old shoe,' and you may stand on damp places for hours with impunily.' - Halls Journal of Health.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

The smallest exercise of anger, is no part of the Christian dispensation. # of old the rule was ''an eye for an eye, " we are now commanded to to love one another."
 - Fattesy is mixture into which non sense andiyipg enter as the principal ingredi- ! ents, and truth il sometimes disagreeable.
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r F. GATEWOOD, ATTORNEY AT ,t LAW. Des Are, Prairie county, Arkansas Win practice in the counties of Prairie; Ar VT
 kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White, Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt at at tention to all business entrusted to him. G1g gOFFICE-OvER TowN HALL, (Frlth's New Building,) first door. teDi9-L
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rrATuFRsToN.. ....... ....Z. P. H. FARR' EEATHERSTON & FARR ATToR-
 NEVIS AT LAW, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Clarendon. Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie St. Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular attention given to collections. RrFrnEScTs ;s Madison. Ark, Hon. w. c. Beaseley, $, w. Childress; Clarendon, Ark, II. M. Couch Panola. Miss. Col. Calvin Miller; Coiteevli,e' Miss. E. c. Walthan; Memphis, Tenn. D. M. DuBose. Esq, W. J. Webb Holly springs Miss. W. T. Featherston; Washington, D. C., Jacob Thompson. Bi'
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 We are prepared to print Pamphlets oa'a- fogues, Posters, large or small, Cards' Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrlP- ton, for Clerks, sherils, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Sc.