Des Arc citizen., 1860-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS 1TEMs.

------sIf there is anybody under the canis- ter of heaven thatlIhaye in utter excrescence,' said Mrs partngton, it is the slanderer, going about like a boy constructor, circila1 ting his calomel among honest folks.' .sasa
 It is singular fact that woman can- not look from precipice of any height, with out becoming instantly dizzy But what is very moment somebody puts his arm around her waist to keep her from falling.
 "A man passing through gateway m the dark, hit bis nose against the post. ss | wish that post was in h--li,' said he. Bet ter wish 1t was somewhere else, 7" said bystander s.you might rnr- against 1t again"
 -- Childhood is like mirror, catching and rehscting images all ayoundit. An impious thought uttered by parents lip, may operate upon a young heart like careless spray ct water thrown upon polished steel, staining It with rust, which no after securing yaneeface- | A PARrINGTox.--Th old lady told friend the other day in strict confidence, that young man of her acquaintance had committed linfanticide, by blowing his brains up, in state of deIirium tremendous, and that the Coroner was holding conquest over his remains. ~ M 1 --.An old gentleman had three daughters, | all of whom were marriageable. A young fellow went wooing the youngest, and h. nally got her consent to take him ",for better I or for worse.o Upon application to the old gentleman for his consen nt, he flew into a vioe l lent rage, declaring that no man should pick 1 his daughters in that way," and if he wished to get into his family he might marry the oldest. or leave the house forthwith.
 YouNe WomANHooD.-The sweet moon on the horizons verge thought matured, bur not uttered; conception warm and glowing, yet not embodied; tbe rich halo which pre- cedes the rising sun; the rosy down that speaks the riPening peach; flower wn'cn F not quite flower, yet is no longer Dud' a----ssWelI you've been out to look at Texas j; did you see anything of our old friend - there?n ssYes-gone deranged" Gone de- rangedl Really crazy-what does he do p (. Yes, iudeed he don't know his neighbors' | hogs from his own."
 Wheu the late M. M. Noah. who was Jew. was candidate for the otflce of Sherin 1 of the city of New York, it was objected to his election. that Jew would thus come to have the hanging of Christians. < Pretty Cnris- tians,o replied Noah, S'to need hanging -
 Truth is naturally so acceptable to
 man--so charming in itself-that to make
 falsehood well received, we are compelled to dress it up in the snowy garb of truth, as, m passing base coin, it must have the impress os genuine ere it will pass current.
 -"Give me liberty, or give me deathis ex- claimed lager-beer politician while making speech. Atemperance man, Po'nusg to black rum-bottle in the bar, sald;-" iouve got liberty, and wonder is death' 1T you wans | ito lss
 A LITTLE NEGLECT. Y An exr peri snced mother, who who had brought g-.p large family of chilnren with eminent success, wa.
 once asked by younger one VT at she would
 were too anxiously educated and her reply
 was, q think, my dear, little wholesome
 neglect"
 Il LA conversation occurred between .
 couusellor-at-law ard client. <" want yos
 Ito defend me. VT at do you charge 9N- s.Twenty dollars, t you furnish the witnesses and forty if furo' .sh lhem.a Client pIoniss'
 to take into eo@ .deration and report next isy'