Des Arc citizen., 1866-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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 Me know great many persons who arc s.kind to a fault" but that is the only thing they are kindto.
 --The definition of love is--"A prodigal desire on the part of young man to pay for some young woman's board ,sa @s5.f&
 Sam Slick tells that if he were asked what death he preferred, as being most inde- pendent, he would answer Freezing, ns ho would then SC off with a '.stiff upper lip.""
 "A pound of care will not pay pound of debt.
 lsz ------ A blow from a lady is welcome if sho strikes you agreeably. tiea is asfa 52 8o ------A dentist at work at his profession al- ways looks down in the mouta. a
 When sorrow ''has left its traces," what becomes of the rest of the harness?
 The person who made the welkin ring had an abundance of brass. 894 sA saes lfg ----To what color does fogging changes boys complexion? It makes him yeit-O!sib
 "A, ..brevet husband, is the title now given to men who are not married, but ought to be. ls''AS si3t' 9Nstt-
 a "A drunkard, upon hearing that tho earth was round, said that accounted for his rolling about so much. s
 Why is a beard like common senseY-- Because no woman possesses it. Brute
 -The tobacco chewer is said to be likea goose in a dutch oven--always on spitsehi --A-What is the difference betweona Cath ollie priest and Baptist? One uses wax can dies and the other dips.
 Beauties generally die old maids They set such avaluc on themselves, that they don't find q purchaser until the market IS closed,
 Dean Swift says, "It is with little souled people as it is with narrow nccked bottles-- the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouringit cut
 <. "A lady. who wished some stufing from a roast duck, which gentleman was carving at public table, requested him to transfer from the deceased fowl to her plate somo of it's artificial intestines.
 An exchange gives the following toast: "Woman--the morning star of infancy--the day star of manbood--thc evening star of ago. God bless our star!' f aess4.asa
 Ne hope when Ben. Butler dies he will be buried all in one place. If cut up in pound chunks and buried in! different cities,
 
 ously, as do mushrooms from compost heap.
 "A widower who was accused of never having shed tear on the occasion of his wife's death and burial, defended his conduct on the ground that she had caused him to shed so many before her death that the briny fountain was utterly dry. ss.l .fseq ea.sn ras
 --- Death comes to goodoman 10 relieve him; it comes to bad one to relieve society. .--Truth is the only real lasting founda- tion for friendships; and in everything but truth there is principle of decay and dissim- ulation. ssaf stf ,ss haffea
 Be faithful to your trust, and deceive not the man who confides in you! In the opinion of an old author, it is less sinfulto steal than to betray. sa a@fg
 Two men were convcrsing about tho ill humor of their wives. .'Ah! said one, with n sorrowful expression, ''mine is n Tartar" "Well,' replied the other, mine is worsc-- she is Cream of Tartar" ss s, s.+.tsg
 ,----Among tho proceedings of the Ohio Sunday School Convention we find the follow
 Resolred, That committee of ladies and gentlemen be appointed to raise children for the Sabbath School. 94a s8eT 9 V
 "A lump of ice-say ten pounds-placed in well will render it delightfully."- cool and far more pleasant than water from pitcher of ice The ice has to be renewed once in about ten days. .ssss .tst fSsa
 ---Tbe wedding ring is put on the fourth finger of the left hand, because it is said in the original formula of marriage, it was placed first on the top of the thumb, with the words: ssIn the name of Ithe father, 'then on the next finger, with the words; tsand os the Son. then on the middle finger with, s'and of the Holy Ghost" and finally on the fourth, with the "Amen." sTaa TfI .gssgs9e eas
 A PEN PORTRAIT OF II. s. FooTE.--Gen. T. C.. Hindman has written reply to the strict ures upon his military career contained in the book entitled ss1 he war of the Rebellion" In that reply he paints the author. of the book, H. s. Foote, in the following celors: e,s,J D is'As for the book before mentioned, it can do no hurt where theauthoris known. Repu- diator, Bond Payer, Whig, Democrat, Know Nothing, Unionist, ecessionst-eyerything by turns and nothing long; apoiltical mendi- cant in half the States, and arefugee from ey- cry party, betraying and despised by all; pla- carded as a ssconstitutional liar" years age, by the great captive whom he now at onemo- ment islanders, and at the next insults with a spurious sympathy; thrust forth from Missis- sippi with the formal declaration of the House of Representatives imrugning his yeracty branded on his forehead-with such anteced- ents up 10 1861, and with the black record, painted by himself of time-server, factionist, traitor and sycophant during and since the war; bowling against the North when South ern fortunes were at their flood; embarrass- ing our counsels when the tide began to- ebb; ignominiously deserting to the enemy when our countrys subjugation had been wrought how is it possible for him to win credence from the public, or to pass his base lies for truths Relish his acts, as they may, his present masters must loathe him, and evenour former slaves must turn from him in disgust.
 hoard, little while back, that he was dead, and was surprised that a sentiment charitable towards him sprang up in my mind. it was af least that he might turn out