Des Arc citizen., 1860-07-25

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 ---"Susan, asked Charley" "What animal dropped from the clouds ?" 'The rain, dear," was the whispered reply. He.
 Dr. Franklin used to say that rich wid- ows were the only pieces of second hand goods that sold at prime cost
 - There is man who is such tremen- dous hater of monarchy that he will not even wear crown in his hat
 ADVICE TO CnEprroRs. you cannot collect the money from debtor, don't forget to make note of it.--[ Boston Post. The confidential friendship of two bad and cunning men is generally an injury to others and no benefit to themselves.
 -----Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it is almost as beautiful, and thousand times as true.
 - "Confusion to the men," said carpen- ter, "that invented working by candlelight p' "Ay, or by daylight either," rejoined his ap- prentice.
 - Fun is worth more than physic, and whoever invents or discovers new source of supply deserves the name of apublfc benefac- tor.
 - True friendship increases as life's end approaches, just, as the shadow iengthens with every degree the sun declines towards It's set- ting.
 1t is absurd to believe that Heenan and Savers are the two best men in England and America, when all the men who bet on them are their betters.
 - Several papers are still agitating the question, can Douglas carry the South How ever this may be, it seems that the South can- not carry Douglas-they have dropped him.
 - The sacred book of the ancient Persians says Eff you wish to be saint, instruct your children, because all the good they do will be imputed to you"
 -"Tommy, my son, what are you doing there with your feet dangling in the water ?" "Trying to catch cold, ma, so that Imay have some more of those cough lozenges you gave me yesterday"
 - ENJOY the blessings of this day, if God send them, and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly, for this day is only onrs--we are dead to yesterday, and we are not born to the morrow.
 - Good health is but a proper mixture of pure air, of wholesome food, of physical amuse- ments, of mental recreations, or moral plea sure, of sparkling water, of habits of indus try, of cleanliness, and of sweet maps.
 He who has struck his colors to the power of all evil habit has surrendered him. 5tll to all cHtmy uouHu uy itu di tiCicS oA Aaittt and from whom he can expect only the vilest treatment. fi
 We know pretty young lady who has a bashful lover named Joy. She is impatient to have him "pop the questions" and thinks of ayailing herself of the female privilege of Leap year. In that case, she would 'leap for Joy"
 Tn window of shop in an obscure part of London is the following announce ment ssGoods removed messages taken, car pets beaten, and poetry composed on any sub lject." It strikes us the author of that sign is not an Englishman.
 "A lady on Long Island challenges any young man, under twenty -one, to foot-race, and seems to entertain no fear of defeat. She evidently thinks that it would reflect discredit upon lady of mature age to ssrun after" young man of such tender years.
 ---Time is but the stream go a-fshlng in. drink at iti but while drink I see the san dy bottom, and detect how shallow it is. It's thin current slides away, but eternity l would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. "A politician, who has no resources of his own, always connects himself with some great temporary excitement, just as hungry shark rushes along in the wake of ship to pick up the damaged provisions, amputated lltNUS dnu egeM OlO SuOcs, lnos lu " ttLC U overheard.
 sYou can do anything if you only have patience,' said an old uncle who had made fortune to nephew who had nearly spent one. ..Water may be carried in sieve, if you can only waitn '.How long ?" asked the petulant spendthrift, who was impatient for the old mans death. His uncle cooly replied, sTill | it freezes~
 At a dinner party one day, certain knight, whose character was considered to be not altogether unexceptionable, said he would give them toast; and looking hard in the face of Mrs. M, who was more celebrated for wit than beauty, gave, ssHonest men and bonny lasses l'' With all my heart, Sir John,' said Mrs. M----, '.for it neither applies to you nor me.'' -" PRAY, sir" asked one man of another, with whom he had got into political dispute, in railroad car, ssPray, sir, who is your can didate for the PresideneyY Bell?" "Bell, sirI Hell, sirl No, sir My candi- date, sir, is MT. Dougridge-I-I-m mear-Mr Brecklas d--n it, sir, what is it to you, sir 1 Nv candidate is the regular Democratic can didate, and all right"
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