Des Arc citizen., 1860-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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 -----" PIT be with you in crack ," as the rife-ba said to the target.
 "A man from the country, whose wife had eloped and carried of the feather-bed, was in Louisville, in search of them--not that he cared anything about the wife, but the feath- ers," said he, ''thom's worth forty.eight cents a pound."
 De Quincy, being asked why there were more women than men replied: Itis In con- formty with the arrangement of Nature-we always see more of heaven than earth.
 "A good man who has seen much of the world, and Is not tired of it says: The grand essentials to happiness in this life are, some- thing to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
 The higher VIC rise in the sphere of ideas, the more lonely we get in our intellect ual affnities, aud the more difficult 1t becomes to find congenia companions.
 ----'sWhat fine head your boy has,"said an admiring friend.
 "Yes,1 said the for d father, fshe's a chip of the old block, 'aint you sonny ?"
 q guess so, daddy, cause the teacher said yesterday was young blockhead." l --Kissing is a custom handed down to us from the Greeks and Romans, as to the true signifcation of which we are not perfectly clear. Probably it is symbolic of the sun's rays greeting the earth and if so, doubtless was received, with all tho other lore of sun- worship, from the 0rieDtals. | PaovERn OF SoLrmN'UN l--tIt Is better at.. A. IL Better for us to endure the present i'll than to | fly to others we know not of. We do not rel- ish the noise of scolding. We never did. Scolding seems to be poor use to make of woman but then scolding may have its ad- vantages. We do not like the noise of a boi- Ter blowing of steam but if 1t saves the boiler from bursting, we should be content to endure it.''
 l No man has probably ever had keener realizing sense of genuine .sinterior life" than Jonah when he was making submarine voy- age between Joppa and Tarshish.
 -----An indiscreet person is like an unsealed letter which every one may read, but which is seldom worth reading.
 -Don't locate yourself on the back of . wild horse, unless you want to be dis-located.
 AN IMponTANT QUESTION ANswEaEp.- What would this world be without women? !? Ans.--A perfect blank--a sheet of paper not even FED!
 ---Handsome features alone are incapable of expressing real beauty, as speech alone is incapable of expressing wit.
 The editor of an Ohio paper says their town presents lively appearance this spring. The fence has been taken away from around the place, ard about half the inhabitants have escaped into Iowa, and the balance arc too poor to get away
 A PILL FOR THE DocToR.--Sad Dr. Bolus to Mir. Quirk, ssI never could understand what you lawyers mean by docking an entail."-- 'That is very likely" answered the lawyerj ''but will explain It to you. It is doing what you doctors rarely consent to--sufering re- covery."
 ----"Perhaps Brother Jonathan does carry his hands in his pockets" said drawling Yankee in dispute with an Englishman. "But that Brother Jonathan has his hands in his own pockets, wkile John Bull has his in some body elses.o
 "A pious Irishman, not long since, in ex- horting meeting, let lis remarks take an analogical turn. '' My beloved friends" said Pat, '.all cannot be partsof the same building. Some have to be posts, some rafters, etc, and, friends, if there were not already too many slapers in the house, would be willin'to be q slaper (sleeper) mese'f." -Hope writes the poetry of the boy, but memory that of the Man looks forward
 with smiles, but backward with sighs. Such is the wise providence of God The cup of
 life is sweetest at the brim, the flavor Is im-
 paired as we drink deeper, and the dregs arc
 made bitter that we may not struggle when 1t :, is taken from our lips. Coon FOR KArRrEA.--A good old Dutch
 man and his frow sat up till gaping time, when
 the latter, after full stretch, said: s'I wish :, vas in Hapen.n Hans also yawned and re- . piled. ssI wish vas in der shtil house." ka-
 trina's eyes flew wide open, as she exclaimed,
 s'I pc pound for you, you always wish yourself :, in de pest place.
 i, Two old friends met, not long sinces sf- [. ter separation of thirty-6ve years. Well :, Tom says one. how has the world gone with 2 you. old boy? Married yet?" s'Yes, and Pve ,s family you can't match: seven boys and ons ' girln II can match it exactly" was tue re- " ply, for l'ye seven girls and one hoy.o
 "A collegian. enlightening farmer upon
 animacula, applied his microscope to ths h cheese, saving Now, look and see them wig of glen "Weli,n said the farmer, placing ths at cheese in his mouth, . let them wiggle, car -.' stand it us long as they can."