Des Arc citizen., 1859-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. M
 - A philosopher, being asked what was the first thing necessary towards winning theia love of woman, answered, "An opportu- nity'' .4 .., ets s
 - new mode of dispersing mob has been discovered--said to supercede the neces- J sity of a military force. Itis to pass around a contribution box. Ait AsS
 --Nine churches are to be sold in Cincin- natl in December for non-payment of taxes.
 - lady's cheek Is described as the po- etical abode of the rose, but we are not told what kind of rose. When an ardent lover steals kiss we suppose that IS "A CABBAGE ROSE"
 - Any paper can publish the appointments after the coming in of a new administrations, but what paper in.the world is half large enough to publish half the disappointments.
 -Itis is undeniable, says Prentice, that in America it takes three to make a pair--he, she and a hired girl. Had Adam been a mod- ern, there would have been hired girl in Paradise to look after little Abel and "raise Cain." e tAskA3
 -- A romantic father, whose name was Rose, named his daughter "Wild," so that she grew up under the appellation of "Wild Roseo But the romance of the name was spoiled in few years, for she married a man by the name of BULL.
 - Humboldt, speaking of the chameleon ! said, NA peculiarity of this animal is its power of looking in different directions at the same time He can turn one eye towards heaven, while his other inspects the earth. There are many clergymen who have the same power.n -- The New Haven Palladium says party taking supper at one of the suburban hotels 2 few evenings since, found the poultry rather tough. One genius, after exercising his in genuity to no effect in trying to dissect tur- key, turned to the waiter and asked, "You havn't got such thing as pound of powder 1 in the house, have you? for think it will | be the shortest way to blow this fellow up.n | -- The captain of one of the Black Ball line of Liverpool packet ships, in conver- 2 sation with friend upon the hardships inci- dent to the life of sailor, said that he never heard of but one man who had good excuse flor going to sea. On being asked who that man was, the captain replied :--sNoah. For,n said he, eff the old chap had remained on shore he would have been drownedv' ass I --T The Medical Times says that in Hol- land there are assurance offices for cattle's lives. One company has all it's assured cattle vaccinated, as preservation against conta- 1 gious pneumonia. Another company inocu- lates only when the disease has invaded the animals stalls. The third company does not vaccinate at all It has been calculated that the first company has lost per cent of cattle; the second Il per cent; and the third 4O per cent, M Fa.,ss ss '
 l-Captain, what's the fare to St. Louis?' sWhat part of the boat do you wish to go on, cabin or deck?' Hang your cabin,' said the gentleman from Indiana, I live in a cabin at home; give me the best you've got!' ai q "A fellow seven feet high passed through
 Charleston on his way to California. On be- ing asked why he ventured upon so hazardous journey, he replied, ssthat they didn't want him any longer down in MaiLe."
 -- The water that flows from spring does not congeal in winter. And those senti-
 ments of Friendship which flows from the
 heart cannot be frozen in diversity
 - An old man in Indiana recently cow hided his daughter nineteen years old for wear ing hoops. Another father in the same State
 turned his daughter out of doors for the same 7 otfense.
 LII That is beautiful thought where some ], lone says Habit in child is at first like spiders web; if neglected it becomes thread ) or twine; next, cord rope; finally cable, | then who can break it?
 A DouBLE-EpcED PRAYER.-A little boy had one day done wrong and was sent, after , parental correction to ask in secret the for- l givensss of his Heavenly Father. His offence had been passion. Anxious to hear what nc
 would say, his mother followed to the door of his room. In lisping accents she heard am
 ask to be made better, never to be angry aeaan, and then, with childliks simplicity, he added. ssLord make mas temper better too," , Novp, s,exAruRE.-There is firm in Troy, New York, who, instead of signing the
 names of the firm, afix couple of ambrotypes s little larger than postage stamps, one con
 taining g life-like delineation of the features n of the senior and the other that of the junior g member of the firm. Homely men Will or t course, set their forces against any such are h irsngsmslt.