Des Arc citizen., 1860-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

~~~>s~s~s~~> ~ ~ V ~ =
 --s Tell me cousin Adolphus, dost thou love me. As stars to twinkle as flowers to smell. As birds to warble or cats to quarrel on our smoke-house when nights dark man. tie hangs above us? Answer, speak, Adcl- phus!" .Ef Idon't, Mirander, you can take my boots r,
 Flame is one of the most beautiful things in the world. Not sunset sky in summer, not a full blown tropic flower, is more brilliant than flame flame is tho flower of fro, The ivy has no splendor like the nsn ting flame it reddens like the thyrsus of the good.
 --A philosopher, on being asked from whom he received the first lesson iu wisdom, replied, "From the blind, who never take step until they have felt the ground befor them" EssE ssls
 "A certain judge, after hearing aoFied discourse from young lawyer, advised him to pluck out some feathers from the wing of his imagination and put them in the tail oe his judgement.
 Some author tells US that ssmuch is said about the tongue" True, the thing is tn everybody's mouth.
 When you sec an old man amiabls, mild, equable, content and good-humorsd, bs sure that in his youth he has been just, gener- ous and forbearing. In his end he does not lament the past, nor dread the future ], he is like the evening of fine day. x a What is the difference between truth and eggs? ssTruth crushed to earth will rise again." but eggs won't.
 -H mi sfortune comes into your house, be patient, and smile pleasantly, sud 1t will stalk out again, for it can't bear cheerful company.
 ------- Nothing is more cdicrs than tho face that smiles abroad, but flashes fury amid the caresses of tender wife and children. -aHave you any loose change this morn- ing?" said young fellow to his companion. "No, indeed--money is tight" was the reply. Put this and that together; The Spring. field Republican says, "We do not believe there is one case in a thousand of fall from virtue, in married life or out oft, in which the man is not primarily and mainly to blame" Somebody else says, "A sour-faced wife fills the tavern" Much truth im both. | MY CApCiACuSV muAco tuo uu CUCu4y alike to premature marriage and distant en- agreements. The first adds to our individual cares the responsibility for the beloved and helpless pledges of our affections, and the last are liable to the most cruel disappointments
 ISir Walter Scott.
 --If you are too timid to lay your hands on the girl or widow you are counting, she .-;iI th ;.t, %b ,,..,, .ro . ,,ceaai;rr sonrstnp Why is rooster on fence like csnt9 Because he has head on one side and tail on the other. FFo The study of literature nourishes youth, entertains old age; adorns prosperity, solaces diversity; it is delightful at home, unob- trusive abroad, deserts not by day or by night, in journeying nor in retirement. Wish to make use of man, ascertain the measure of his susceptibility to 6attsry; for all that you can raise him, in selr-estima- tion, will be at your disposal. Convince any man that you can teach him to play on two fiddles, equally well, at the same time, and he will promise that one shall be played mainly for your advantage.
 An independent man is said to be one who can live without whiskey and tobacco, and shave himself with brown soap and cold water without mirror.
 An Irishman making love to lady of great fortune, told her "He could not sleep for dreaming of her."
 Every adjuration of love, every oath of fondness, always contains this mental reser- vation.-"So long as you are what now think you"
 l Be and continue poor, young msn, while others around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty be without place or power, while others beg their way upwards bear the pain of disappointed hopes, while others gain the accomplishment of theirs by fattery; forego the gracious pressure of the hand for which others cringe and crawl. Wrap your self up in your own virtue, and seek friend and your daily bread. If you have, in such course; grown gray with unblenched honor, bless God and die.
 There are some men so rascal!y that 1t l is only the fear of showing them our pockets that prevents us turning our backs upon them. l The pIeasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art in life is to have as many of them as possible.
 "A fortune won in day Is lost in day; fortune won slowly and slowly competed seems to acquire from the land that won 1t the property of endurance.
 Say nothing, do nothing, which moth- CT would not approve, and you are on the eer- tain road to happiness.
 Many beautiful women when walking in the streets seem very angry if they are gazed at, and sadly disappointed if they are not.
 - A man was charged with stealing piece of cloth, when the lawyer put in a plea that the individual charged with stealing 1t could not see 1t, for 1t was invisible green As in foot-race, it is easier to over take man than to out-run him; so in this world of controversy, and much for the same reason, it is easier to appear equal to man