Des Arc citizen., 1860-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


 Every man Is missionary now and for ever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be blot, radi- ating his dark influence outward to the very circumference of society; or he may be blessing, spreading benediction over the length and breadth of the world but blank he can not be. There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters. We are either the sower that sows and corrupts, or the light operates; but being dead or alive, every man speaks.
 --There are people in the world as much given to islander as hen is to cackling. The following for example: Perfumery Is an article which indoent young ladies make use of to supply the place of clean water and soap.
 -Quilp and his wife had a bit of conten- tion the other day. "I own you have moro brilliancy than l." said the woman, "but have the better judgment" :" "Yes," said Quilp, "our choice in marriage shows that r' Quiip was informed that he was brute Student seeking board (being of pious turn of mind d11-ssf wish nice, quiet room, where should be uninterrupted in my devo- tions." Landlady--"Oh, in that case, al- ways require the price of board in advance" "A landlord went, some time since, to call on several of his tenants, to tell them that he intended raising their rent. One of them seemed exceedingly pleased on hearing this, and thanked the landlord. ssIt is so kind, 2 he said, ssfor cannot raise it myself." AN EGYPTIAN DAINrY.--I never tasted . better turkey than he gave us, and, upon com plimenting him on it's great delicacy, learn- cd from him the Egyptian secret of rendering the flesh particularly tender. Half an hour before the bird is killed, glass of brandy is poured down its throat, which produces in- toxication, and the flesh of the tipsy turkey acquires tenderness superior to that which is produced eyenby long keeping. .-[ Mrs. Ro- mer's Pilgrimage. ---Lorenzo Dow once said of grasping farmer, that if he had the whole world en- closed in a single field, he would notbe content without patch of ground on the outside for potatoes. ax
 --Piggles would like to know what kind of broom the young woman in the last novel used when she "swept back the raven ringlets from the classic brow."
 - The pursuit in which we cannot ask Gods protection must be criminal the meas- ure for which we dare not thank him, cannot be innocent.
 He will find himself in great mistake that either seeks for friend in . palace, or tries him at feast.
 It is only necessary to grow old to be- come more ;ndulgent. sec no fault conn mitted that have not committed myself. It is related of Poussin, that being shown picture by person of rank, he said, aYou only want little poverty to make you good painter"
 | It is a mortfying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance, rather than contemplation, and of accident rather than design. - Ignorance is often the source of the most intrepid action, and the most implicit faith; since there are none so ofearless as those who have not light enough to see their danger, and none so confident as they who have not knowledge enough to discover their own err TOTS.
 - The records of life run thus: Man creeps into childhood--bounds into youth sobers into manhood--softens into age-totters into second childhood, and slnmbers into the cradle prepared for him.
 --Never talk of your percentage; for IT IL is honorable, you virtually acknowledge your claims to rest on the merits of others; or, if 1t | is mean, you wish to show that something good has at length come out of Nazareth; or, if it
 neither, your conversation can only be inter esting to yourself.
 I Let it not be imagined that the life of
 good christian must necessarily be life of
 melancholy and gloominess for he only re-
 signs some pleasures. to enjoy others infinitely greater.
 The most censorious are generally the least judicious, who having nothing to recom-
 mend themselves, will be finding Fault With others. No man enyies another who has
 enough of his own.
 "A young fellow having been charged
 with getting drunk the night before, and wish ing to justify himself, declared that he never
 was drunk. nor never meant to be, forit al- ways made him feel so bad the next morning. -"Giye thy children sound education" i" says writer, occupied with some useful trade, l, and you thereby give them fortune. Give them to understand, from the beginning, teas ilabor is honorable"