Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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 - Wisdom Is the olive which springsfrom the heart, blooms on the tongue, and bears fruit in the actions. lafEs7os3 sei stAsesn
 -A-- physician once boasted to Sir Henry Halford, sayipg.ts1l was the first to disco yer the Asiatic cholera, and comnunicate f to thelpubsel, aiaasaoI at aelsa9y
 - It ia said that the hang if5f g5hI sea- orally increases with age. j Accordingly wo see that most of our people have t iu their months. 9 ts98t s8 1 ps@@
 --- For a aiaay.to sweep her rarpet with embroidered uGdersleeves,y would bay consi- dered indeeently dirty; but to drag the pave- ment with her skirts seemsto be very gem
 ----- Wheuyon see man on afmoonlight night trying to conynce his shadow thatlit is improper to follow a gentleman, you may be sare that t is bgh tipo for him to join tenn psrance society.
 - How mlny people make every thing their business, because they know not how to occupy themselves in any thing. sisass
 ---iIaif tue secrets in the world are dis closed in order that thosc who possesslthem may let their friends know that they hold them,
 - An envous man. fspines ns much st the manner in which his neighbors lives as if he himssff maintained them. z s.'s ILL sHello! Jim, see you are lame; got bone in yoqr leg?v eWorse than that Bill, I've got foolin my eye.v ExitJim with T flea in his ear. - M
 shops have stone aoors?'' said Billy to Sam, as tlley stood at ths counter. fDonst you know, BilIy2 Its so thataif afcllows drops his bottle he'll be sure to brenk it.
 - That was triumphant appeal of the lover of antiquity, who, in arguing the supe- riority og old architecture over the new, said, Where will you find any modern building that has lasted so long as the an cient?v fA
 | ;------ "A mind might ponder its thoughts fur ages and not gain as much self-knowledge as the passion Of love shall teach. t in one day.
 - an for the philosophy that fits us for the world, Hot that which teaches us to aban- don 1t.
 -. Fashion Is the race of the rich to get away from the poor, who follow as fast as they can. Aa ssA
 --- Miss, what have you done to De asham- ed of that you blush SOP sSlr,what have the roses and tho strawberries and the peaches done that they blush so?'
 ----- At spiritual meeting short tiIns since, Balaan was called up and asked if there were any jackassesin his sphere? gssNo," replied he, Indignantly, "they are all on earth.p s.,ss4
 - good story is told of an old mlser who, being at the point of de ath, resolved to give all hts money to a nephew, for past kind- ness sSlIn,v said hc--for that was his |nephew's ianle-LssSam, am abodtto leave the world, and to leave you all my iioney- You, will then have two hundred thousand dollars--only thinkl Yes, feel weaker and weaker; think shall die in two hours: Oh yes, Sam, Pm goingi give me two per cent, and you may take the money nowiv s's
 s---- Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things sitisunattainable, how ever, theywho aim sat it, and perseyere, will come rupch nearer to it than those, whose lazi- ness and despondency make them give t up as unattaiuablc.
 - The rneancst man in the world lives in London He buttons his shirt with wafers, and Iookj as his money through magnifying glass. <.
 a------ At what age should q girl marry? When she has had enough of flirting. knows how to get a decent dinner, and has made np her mind to accept the trials, as vel AS plea sures of her new relations, whatever they may be, with that fortitade a good woman ai- ways manages to muster. 'seAa ---~--------. s.--~-..-----------tfirsfs A SHErHEnp's Doc. "A friend of ours
 who owns a large ranch and several hun- dred head of sheep IS the fortunate pos sessor of he bes. dog this Slate. The
 intelligent creature was broughttnp among the sheep. nparished upon ewes milk, hfs whole life being passed wilhthe flock, and
 devoted to is defense. He has been
 taught to open and shutthe fold into which aihey are driven at night, and he cares tor s them with ali the apparent ihoughtiuiness T that humanl creature could display. ln the morning. when the flock IS driven to ,l the field b. goes with t. selects some commanding place, and watches the sheep ' during the whole day, driving up the sl stragglers. and allowing no one butsthoss { with whom he IS acquainted 10 approach l them. Should eve drop lamb, and { pass on with ihe herd withou. noticing 1t , as she sometimes will, he has been known to take it up, and carrying il after her, { compel her to take care of it. Atnighs
 be drives he sheep into the pep. faslens
 the doors after him. and seating himself m their midst, lays there watching them all night. In the morning he unfastens the : door, drives out his charge 10 the pasture. and keeps watch and ward tlili night } comes. In fact. so faithful is hr, iilat his master frequently absenls himself from the , ranch for days together. win perfect se- , lance upon his dog 10 find all sato lwhea
 he returns - CaliloFn'a paper. The Morse telegraph patent expiFssia .oe, 4t,.sf3 .s,at, ha fraa fs, ina ns,hiic ft