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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
Hints 10 graveiers

Take one fourth more money than your ac-
tual estimated exuenses.
Have goOt supply of change, aud have
no bill or piece higher than ten dollars, ihat
you may not take counterfeit change.
Dress Substantially; better to be hctfOr
two or three hours al noon, lhan to be Too
cold for the remainder of the twenty-fout
Beat ;be place Of starting fifteen or tween
/ ty minutes before the time,
| Do not commence a days travel before
breakfast. even If it has to be eaten at day.
/ light Dinner or supper, or both, can be
more healhfuIly dispensed with than good
warm break last.
Put your purse and watch in your vest
pocket, and put all under your pill low, and
you will not be likely toleaYe either.
The most seguse fasteHing OF yoGr cham
Der door is common bolt on the insde; if
there is none, lock the door, turn the key so
that it can be drawn partly out, and put the
wash-basin under it; thus any attempt to use
a jimmey or put in another key will b. pref
ty certain to rouse the sleeper, and rout the
rObber
A sixpenny sandwich eaten leisurely in
the cars, is better for you than dollar din
ner bOlted at station"
Take with YOU months supply OF pa.
tience, and think thirteen times before YOU
reply once to any supposed rudeness, or in
suit, or inatentiOn.
Do not suppose yourself specially and de.
signedly neglected, if walters at hotels do
not bring what you call for in double quick
time; nothing so distinctly marks the well
bed man as a quiet waiting ON such occa-
sions; passion proves the puppy.
Donot allow yours'lf to converse in tone
loud enough to be heard by person two or
three seats from YOU; il is the mark of boor,
il i'll man. and a want Of refinement and
lady like delicacy, if in woman. A gen
tleman is not noisy, and ladies are serene,
Comply cheerfuly and gracefully with the
customs of conveyance in which you travel,
and the place where you stop.
Respect yourself by exhibiting the man
ners of a gentleman and lady, il you wish
to be treated as such, and then you will re-
ceive tee respect of Others.
TraveI is d great leveler; take the posi-
tion which Others assign YOU from your con.
duct rather than from your pretentiOns. -
Halls Journal o(H;alh.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
A Successful Merchants Expert
pnPR

A Communication in the Country Gen.
Hemda his word in season for thn.e young
men who banker after tickets in the great
lottery Of mercantile lie:
81 am city merchant, having commenced
my career as an adventurer from the farm, on
a salary of $50 per year, and hiving pissed
through a lifetime ofincessant toll to reach
the point where dependence ceases. and
dinner ahead, begins. ! fl led clerkships in
several frst-class merchanule houses. snl
was associated with very considerable mum
Der OF sale men. accountants aud clerks gen.
orally. Near thirty years have passed. since
my city clerk,hip began, aud the retrospect
has developed the flIlowin result;
All The mercantile houses by whnmI wac
employed, have sinCe lailed-One, after an
eminenry crplilabe career of fifteen years,
was carried into hope ess bankruptcy by out
side speculation, and anolhr, after thirty
five years of undoubed success and credit,
was, few months since, involved in mex
tricable dffiCulues-the reSul, of a single
dash of the pen-and has forever closed its
mercantile existence.
"Olall the CLERKS with whom have asSo-
cated, not one has achieved permanent Guc-
cess equal to The value of well-stocked 100
acre farm while from The most bri liant OF
the number. the penitentiary, the hospital,
aud the dIunkard's grave, have claimed their
victims. Some embarked in business with
lofty anticipaiuus of success, but soon pass
ell away in disaster. aud the career Of not a
few would fill thriIlingly illustrated chapters
in the unwritten history OF city merchants
clerks, and prove beyond description, that
vice is monster of such frightful mein,
That to he hated. needs but to be seen,
Bur seen too Oft. familiar with its face,
We first endure, then rity, then embrace"
"Some sanguine youth may ask where the
successful men originate | answe. they
are the one in one hundred OF those who I'm.
bark in business. and the one IN several hun
dred of thu,e who seek clerkships with bright
anticipalions Of fortune in prospect"
"PrrsonalIy by rare combination Of IA
vorable circumstances, THOSE "wondtr flow
ers that bloom but once in lille time 81
am meeting with what is cal Ied success
The way to it was paved by wears of inces-
SAINT labor oI sixteen to eighteen hours per
day, and such days and nights of toll as no
farmers man or boy that | have net with
ever dreamed in his rural labors. and which
il applied 10 The cultivation of 100 acre
farm would have veloped hidden treasures
not dreamed If by the reluctant plowman.
"But as years pass. and develop, along with
the vantles Of life, the gray hairs which are
stealing upon me, my thougl Is often revert
to The home scenes Of my childhood in the
country, and feel tenn mpted to sbakr of this
arti6eialliie, aRd-seek fern declining years
that repose aud quiet which imagined might
be found in rural life, among an intelligent
and open-hrarted population, devoted to ag-
ricu,turr; and to secure to my family those
hedlth.giviug Influences, both mental and
physical, which cheerful country life must
supply to genial minds"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
NLiXIng uD the Babies.

The Weavervillr (Cal) Journal gives the
following account of an affair which, al
though il may move the laughter of our read
ers, we fancy to have madt some Of the par
ties concerned Laugh Oh the wrong side OF
their mouths
Some time ago there was q dancing party
given ''up north;' most of the ladies' pres nj
had little babies, whose noisy perverSity re-
qulred too much attention to permit the
mothers to enjoy the dance. A number of
gallant young meu volunteered to watch the
young ones while The parents INDUCED in a
'breakjOwn." No sooner had the women
left the babies in chage of the mischieyous
young devils, than they stripped the infants
changed their clothes. giving 10 one the ap
pa ell OF another Tue dance over, il was
time to 60 home. the mothers huTletly took
eacn bIby, in the dress O her own, aud
started, sUme o! their homes ten or lilieen
miles off, aud Were far On their way before
daylight. But the day following there was
protis row in that settlement; mothers
discovered that single day had changed the
sex OF their babies; observation disclosed
startling physiological phenomena, and theh
commenced some of the tallest female pedes-
trianism; living miles apart, it required two
days TO unmix the babies aud as maIy months
to restore the women to their naturally sweet
dispositions. To this day It is unsafe for
any of the baby mixers to venture within the
territory.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

CoNvERsAsI INTERCOURSE OF THE Sex
Ls.-What makes those men, who associate
habitua lily with women, superior 10 others
What makes that woman, who is acCus!om-
ed 10, and at ease in the company of men,
superior to her sex in general? Why are the
women of France so universally admired and
loved for their coIoquial power9 Solely
because they are in the habit of free, grace
full and continual conversation with the 9th
er sex. Women in this way lose III ir friv-
oIity; their faculties awaken; their delICacies
and peculiarilies unfold all their beauty and
captivation, in the spirit OF intellectual rival.
ry. And The men lose their pedantic, lude.
declamatory, or sui manner. The coin Jl
the understanding and the heart is inter-
changed continually. Their esperitles are
rubbed off; their better materials polished
and Frightened; and their richness, like fine
gold, is wrought into finer workmanship by
the fingers OF women, than it ever could be
by those of men. The iron and steel OF our
character are hidden, like the hardness and
armor of giant, in studs and KNOBS OF gold
and precious stones, when not wanted in ac-
tual warfare. - .it
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
Sf(tsttIlantOus.
Good HunlOr,

There is nnthing so captivating to others
pleasing and. sautary to ourselves, as lnya-
riahle good humor aud harmless pleasantly
1t makes the vey atmosphere redolent with
pleasure, and promotes our boilly com,
fort aud health in manner totally unknown
to dry, treucham maids Of fifty, and morose
bachelors on the wrong side Of forty. The
good natured individual, with jocoseness
passes through this mundane planet sgreea'
bic to himself and his fritnls--strewing his
path with fund of wit and humor. and ex-
ercisng a beneficial acquaintance by setting
the good example Of taking the world easy,
and exciting their isibles at times very un.
ceremoniously. The natural consequence is
that such a malady as the blues is to him un-
heard of. Lean, screwed up visages. with
MONEY written on every wrinkle, give way
to the jovial countenance Of mirth-the
roguish twinkliug eye. and substantial form
or more than ordinary rotundity. The habi;
of being pleasant is contagious, and not only
makes us "healthy, wealthy and wise" and
lengthens our lives By promoting digestion
and preventing the discompOsemcnt Of our
mental equilibrium. and produces the same
result in others, which should be sufficient
incentive for us to keep continually in a
spirit of joviaity and in that manner denote
the truth Of the popular adage, that GOOD
humor is the wine of lle."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
9)ortrp.
SWEET INNISFALLEN /!

Sweet Innisflllen, fare the well,
Nay calm aud sunshine long be thine
How fair thou art lot others tell
To FEEL how fair shall long be miAe.
Sweet Innisfallen, long shall dwell
In memory s dream that sunny smile,
Which DER thee on that evening fell,
When first saw thy fairy isle.
Twas light indeed too blest for one
Who had to turn to paths ofcare-
Through crowded haunts again TO run,
And leave thee bright and silent there.
No more unto thy shores to come,
But, on the worlds dim ocean tost,
Dream of thee sometimes, as home
Ofsunshine he had seen and lost.
Far better in thy weeping hours
70 part from thee, as do now,
When mist is DER thy blooming bowers,
Like Sorrows veil on Beauty's brow.
For though unrivalled still thy grace,
Thou dost not seem, as thea, too blest,
But thus in shadow, seem'st place
Where erring man might hope to rest
l4ietht1frlI ~ ~ III 'i'i1ki lfisi IN ttruos
A gloom ike Eden's, on the day
He left it, shade when. every tree,
Like thine, hung weeping o'er his way.
Weeping or smiling, lovely isle
And all the loyelier for thy tears
For though but rare thy sunny smile,
'Tis heavens own glance when it appears
Like feeling hearts, whose joys are few,
But, when indeed they come, divine
The brightest light the sun Ger threw
Is llfcless to one glance Of thine
TnoMAs MooRE.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

umph ol the Democracy woul be a sure
guarantee hat the rights privileges an in.
lerrsts Of the white nD ring man shall
not only be maintained an protected AS they
now are, but en- urged unti labor shall re.
ceive The Appropriate fruits Of the wealth it
creates.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

A correspondent inquiries: Suppose a
man aud girl were TO get married; the man
is thirty FIVE years old. and the girl five yeas;
this makes the man seven times as old as the
girl, and they live together till the girl is ten
years old; this makes the man forty years old
aud four times as oil as the girl; aud they
still live until she is fifteen, the man woull
be forty-fve, and this makes him three times as
old; and they still live on till the man is twice
81 old, anil so Oh. Now, how long would they
have to live to make the girl as Old as tht
nan, at the same rate of reasoning Z"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

m The Scriptures give four names tc
the Christian, taken from the four cardina
Virtues so essential to mans salvation:
Saints, for their holiness; Be elievers, fol
their faith; Brethren, for their love; Disci.
pies for their knowledge. aft
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
Women Or Demons.

The Court of Assizes of the Lor-et-Cher,
France, recently tried young woman nam
ed Gtnther, and her mother, widow, nam
ed Ros,t, for murder The Younger woman,
in 1858, married a man named Ganthier.
who lad two children by former wife,
She and her mother wanted to make him
settle on her. in The event of -his death, the
I properly he possessed; but notary, whom
they consulted, sa id that he could not do So
so long as the two children lived. On that
they brought from the nurse the younger
child, who WAS boy not a year oil. Az
that time he was que healthy, hut the wo-
men gave him but little food, and cumpe Iei
him to take considerable quantities of wine.
aud even brandy, every day. The couse.
quencP was shat he became Sickly, aud on
the 81 Of July expired o. the 10Th OF Jan.
uary last the two women announced to the
nrighbnrs that the elder child, three years of
age had fallen in;O the fire and burnt her
81 to death. The neighbors found the dead
body of the chill lying in the crate drad-
fully burned, but medical man who exam
ned is declared that the little creature must
have been thrown ino the fire. aud pressed
with the face dOWnwsrds until dead. On
that suspicion the two women were arrested.
and the elder, after while, related, with
revo.ting atffOnlery, that she mad proposed
10 her daughter to bum the chill tn DEATH
that The other had consented, and that she
had then thrown the chill ON the fire. "At
first" said she, the child cried. but held
her head down until she WIS silent; she
struggled little and when she was quiet
went away" Whist this murder was being
ccmmmittrd, the younger woman was quiet
" sitting a the door. The jury declared
the two women guilty. AMI the court con-
demned them to hard labor for life.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

SUPPORT YoUR H NE PAPER.--The Cleve-
land Herald aks ;hus sensioly upon the cu-
ty Of supporting home papeTs'
"Recollect, If hom- weekly paper is to
be supported, home influence must do it,
Every dollar sent to Eastern papers ia at tho
expense Of the local ptpers. A county ac-
quires prominence through its paper IN IRE
than in any other, aud to every one who has
country interests at stake, his home paper is
npces ,iy. Never will such man take
paper printed away from home until he is
able TO take second paper. HIS first paper
vii be his home sheet, AMI he will so ldenti-
fy his own interests with that Of his county
paper, as to consd e his S, bscripion as much
matter of yearly duty as the payment of his
taxes. -
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28


OF Composition for boarding school
girl. "The rose The rose is the pre,tiest
aud most perfnmaDe of all flowers. Al
though little out of fIshion it is very nice,
and o! So sweet The rose has several Ian.
guages, all speaking of love. Itiss so nice 10
converse with 4 IwerS. | do love it so much.
The rose blows in the early winds Of June.
IN, early wind Of July blows the rose away.
That is 50 sal; so much like human life; the
rose is so like beautiful maiden. and the
rude wind so like the cold and unfeelng
world. 1t is not nice, but, alas! SO very
sad'
A boys composition. "On the seasons.
There is four seasons: spring, summer, au-
tunn, aud winter. They are all plelsdnt.-
Some people like the spring best; but as for
me. give ne liberty; or give me death
The end Z"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

GARIBALDL-The following is descrip
tion OF Garlbaldi, given in communication
from Lombardy:-"He is lofty of stature
broadahouIderrd, the head Of lion on tht
shoulders of an athlete. His long, black
grizzly, uncombed beard; his eye flashing
with lightning gl,nce; his black felt hat or
namented with dark plumes; his scarlet man
tie tied round his throat, present TO you q
persOnage of no ordinary stamp. am eve.
~ where assured that be is really gentle
man; gallant To ladies, severe TO men, and
more severe to himse {. sober to excess, an
imated aud cold at The same time. He in.
,pires in his little army a confidence only
equdlled by the terro. he inspires in his enc.
mics. Ever the premos in the fsht, urging
his charger iuto the thickest battdllons, dis
mounting now TO seiz, mlsket, sharing
with the mednest follower the labor oil the
march, he gives an evidence alike of courage
and cooness that sstonishes ALL
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

The following conversation is reported be
tween an outgoing and a returning party just
beyond Leavenworth:
=" "Hallow! strangers-going 70 the peak?"
"Yes."
"Why don't you wait for the grass?"
"Grass! We've no horses, oxen OF mules
what have we to do with grass?"
"Yaas--but you are making asses of your-
selves, and you are likely to want lodder~
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
The Great Match Of "seven lin,

The great match which we referred to
three weeks since, which was to have been
payed between John d. McGoodwin, of Pa
duCah, and Len Faxon, oil Cairo, was COM
! menced according 10 arrangements, but, we
regret to say, broke up in row. Tie cir
cumstances, as detailed BY our special re por-
ter, are as follows: The parties with their
respective seconds, Col. N bile and Capt
Charles Smedley, met, shook hands. and COM
menced the game. They cut for deal, and
the Paducah champion won that ques esiiona-
BILE advantage. FIxon stood his hand, and
let out, Tue utmost silence was maintained
until the cards were played out, when the
following dialogue and scene took place;
Mr. Iudwln-l'm. high
DIR. Faxon--Ytou most generally are; but
I'm low,
Mr.. McG.--Yes, d--d low.
This So inCensed Fdxon that he immedi-
ately drank up all the stakes left by the hold
ers, and retorted, But don't live in Padu-
cah."
Mr.. McGoodwin, who, up to this time
had maintained his serenity, became excited
at this remark, and, in sheer desperation,
drank full horn Of Cairo whiskey. Under
the influence of the drug, he boldly asserted
that Fdxon owned Cairo town lot.
Human endurance was at an end. Faxon
laid down the carts, and pulled two large
hand fulls Of hair out of the top OF Mcleod.
win S head, snd the fight became general
When our reporter left, the air, for some
distance around the contestants, was filed
with hair, curses, old shoes, and two empty
bottles. The final result is not known.--
All this took place by Telegraph. ..
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

IT is said to be dlg-rou' to sit with a
sewing machine near window, when there
is thunderstorm on hand. We don't be-
lieve d wod of that, else all ironworks would
be in the sam, fix.
But we do believe, from occular demon
stra ion, that it is truly dangerous to sit near
some sewing.machines when there is no thun-
Grr-storm And it might, in that case, be
pru lent lor each young 'sp'rk' TO cary ons
H. D, Thomas'S (CivInston) lightnins
rods in his pocket sure preventive.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

IOuo III MS pOGhCN--l oulE plC'Sllll'S'
c. We should practice Temperance, lift
were for nothing else but the very pleasure
Of it; it is the glory of the man who hath
abundance, to live as reason, not as appetite,
Directs.
T"Times are improving, and men are
getting on their legs again." said gente-
man to his friend How SO 7" Why those
who used to ride down in their carriages,
now walk
O~S- There is hardly any bodily blemsh
which winning behavior will not conceal,
or make toleTable; aud there is no external
grace which Immature or aliectatiOn will not
deform.
ScARce-Unhooped ladies, pure and unde-
filed Christians, common honesty, diSntef-
esteJ frieads, sound potatoes, frs!rate butter
and rich printers.
THR TEST Neither man nor woman be-
come what they are intended 10 be by car
peting their growth with velvet; real strength
is tested by diff uI.ies.
or five reprove or chaslise before we
Iptl a ptinIut itgTtI Oh uHCOult VI tIe ucCca-
sity for it, the proper season Or doing it has
not yet arrived.
or Blessed are they who are afraid OF
thun ler--for they shall hesitate about getting
married, and keep away fiom political meet.
ings.
OT He that dies martyr, proves that he
was not knlye, but BY no means that he was
not fool
DfsTINcTioS is an emin'nce that is attain.
ed but too frequently al the expense of fire.
side.-SimmS.
PHYsIc. for the most part, is nothing else
but the substitute for exercise or temperance.
Addison.
p We never yet knew man Opposed TO
scorn the humble, who wss not himself
fair object of scorn TO the humblest.
The most delicate, he most sensible Of
all pleasures, consists in producing the please
ure of others.
TuERE is history in all mems lives.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

Be thou as chasie as ice, as pure as snow,
thou shalt not escape calumny,-ShOks.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

ARIsTIPPUs said he liked no pleasure but
that which concerns mans true ha ppiness.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

He that wears tight boot is likely to have
a narrow understanding.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

WHY is whispering breach Of good man
neTs? Because il is not aloud.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

Two Irishmen were one evening engaged
in the highly interesting task Of stealing
few PEACHES. Pat, being the more nimble of
the two, had climbed tie tree, and was busily
engaged in shaking the fruit tlIerefrom,
when he vas stopped By jamie with the ex-
clamation:
"Arah, Pat, and sure, have payches any
legs r'
"No, ye fool, why do ye ask that question
ye blalheThedd, don't be making a noise but
pick up the payches, replied Pat.
But, Pat, are We sure that payches have
not any legs continued jamie.
"Diin'i tell yees they hadn't, ye bloody
spalpern, answered Pat.
We'll, them said jamie, "if payches
hivn't got legs be the mortal COB I've swol-
lered s,rdidle bug"
Jamie had swallowed tree toad.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
NO. So.

HOBs DE COMBAr.-Th5 battle Of Msgen.
Ia has benefited the American public in on
particular; it has Introduced the phrase ho ~
de copibut AS part oi our newspaper dction-
ary stock in such clses The convenience
of the term will be appreciated BY every
thoughtful mind. 1t includes all who, being
nrither killed or WOUNDED, are yet put out of
the batte-used up. done for, or otherwise
incaptciatei for future hostile effort. And
how many are the catastrophies incident TO
battle which can in no OTHER way be so r-sd-
iy, or sally and considerably express'd, as
under this charming Gailic euphIism, which
only Gallo wit and delicicy united could
ever have devised Or conceived OF the desiri-
blsness of d-vising; thus che who fights and
runs awav," may be said to be put or put
himseifh0r ie e9lbdt. He who, at Ihe iirst
attack. receives mortal fright, aud is thsre.
after useless, a food for powder, il plainly
hOTS de combat Sometimes very respecta-
bic generals, colonels, ETC.. etc., are, SO to
speak hors DE combat before they go into il,
but these are cases Of gout and rheumatism
chiefly. or gentle decay, and the theory
The military Jaw regards the patient never
theIess as fighting man. Boston Courier
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28

oFFICE-IN BRATTON'S NGw BUILDING
TWO DOORS EAST OF THE COURT
HOUSE, UP STAIRS.