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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13
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? The reading of essays by the ladies is one of the exercises which give life and in terest to the meeting of the Springfield (vt) Farmers Club, From one of the essays by Mrs. Dan Rice, published in the
 Vermont Farmer, we copy the following paragraphs: .2a 's1 .,,s .s.s.5 s t. ei
 Did you ever think of the amount of thought requisiteto plan three meals q day forlthree hundred ana sixty-ive days in succession 2 To prepare enough and not too much, and for those living at a distance from the village to remeinb Der that the stock of four sugar, tea, etc, isare. plcnished in b due time 2 Do you ever think of the multitude of her cares and duties !? She must rise early to prepare breakfast or oversee it.e Perhaps there are childrentowash, dress and feed, or to get ready for school with, their Idinners-- There is, baking, sweeping, dusting lunch forthe men, may be dinner, and to be made ready at the proper time--the wash. ing, starching, folding, and irooing of clothcs--the care of milk including the making of butter and choose -7and the in-i ,eyitable washing of dishes. od aw 2, 2n , autumn there is the additional work, of picking, preserving, and canning of fruit, drying apples, boiling cider, making apple sauce with her still more un pleas, ant task which falls to the lot at butcher ing time. Then there is harvestins, hay ing. slieep shearing, etc, when. more l ep is needed, bringing an increase of her la
 Twice ayeaf comes house. cleaning, =. By tie way oflalfthe foes house keeper has to contend with, dirt is, the greatest, She may gainla complete victory and be- gin to repose upon her lanrcls after shcr' scmi-annual cngasements--but it is only. temporary. The enemy soon returns and even daily skirmishiig does not keep it 1t bay. r E4-.aa, i,ss
 There is the nending too; sewing ma chimes are great blessings, but they cant set, in the patch or darn stocking. I do not mention these things by way of com plaining of woman's b. in general, or ask ing for her any rights which she-does not possess. l don't know that there is any remedy in the present state of the world It seems to Dc one of the evils of life that must be borne as we boar other things but what do ask is q due appreciation of the important part that woman acts, and a concession that her labors, mental and physical, are as great, ak things considered, us those of the other sex.
 oQWomen are not 80 childish that a little sympathy pow and then or acknowledge ment of their efforts and sacrifices, makes them imagine their case worse than it is. l tell you, men and husbands, it doeth good like a medicine" and many poor, broken down wife and mother is dying for want of it asM ~
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

r33" The constitutonaGty of the Militia ry Reconstruction bill is about being test ed before the Supreme Court, but the opinion of eminent counsel seems to be that the question cannot be taken before that tribunal except on appeal from low CT Court. The case as made up is in the form of petition for an injunction re- straining Gen. Pope and Andrew John rston from enforcing the provisions of the act. it
 In this case, it appears to us that it is within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to take judicial cognizance of the question, and to grant or refuse the injunc tion on the merits of the case as made up. s
 The Governors of all of the Southern States, except Patton, who is in favor of the law, are desirous of having its validity judicially tested, and very likely the Pres idont is in the same position, although it is not easy to judge what relation he holds to the act, since after proving it not to be Constitutional, he nevertheless enforccs it as if it were entirely unobjectionable and not subject to tho fault of antagonism to tho Constitution, 7r[S St Louis Times.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

Ras~ A young lady, a member of fam iy which, although not wealthy, was com fortahly off in this worlds goods, was to be married Handsomely engraved cards were sent out by the relatives and friends but about two weeks before the wedding it was found that there were not cards enough to 'go round" Instead of having moro struck oa, the young lady called on some heishbors and asked them to return the cards that had been sent them, as she de. sired to send them to others Gap that,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

cg- The New York Gazette gravely, or naivcly asserts that the rtfmor that Congress, having prohibited gold lace to our ministers abroad; is about to lcgislate upon the size of tho chignons of the wives of our diplomatic repre- sentativcs, is incorrect. ss
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

fe--Artemus Ward bcqueathed his library sto the best boy in the school of his native village, Waterford, Maine.' His .pagc is to be put two years to the best printer in America. ito learn tho value of lcarning" and then sent to college.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

1s1~ Information wanted of William Stacy, Co. B., 18th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers; he was left sick near Ter rvs Station, on tho N. o. J. & C, N. R. R., in the month of June or July, 1862, and has not been heard from since Sep tember of the same year. Any iiiforma- ton as to lis whereabouts, will be most thankfully received by his mother, Nancy Stacy, Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Arkansas
 Exchanges please copy.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

Hsss- There is boy living about two miles north of Wirt, Indiana, who is said to be in ordinary health and steadily grow ing up to manhood, under the tremendous burden of the name of Oliver Editymus Christopher Holmes Abner Cadwalader Peter c Jones Sites. ea Neff
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

BEy- The following was found posted On the wall of country pcstofices 2
 'I.osr--a rcd kaf Had a white spot on one of his behind legs He was she kaf I will giv thrc dollars to evriboddi wot vii fotch hym hon." N
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

q 4
 ~ STAMps'IN THE SouTH.-The comm,s. sioner of revenue has made an important
 decision concerning stamps in the South, { He says: iaan0 gAl rs'h sen
 '@The first act imposing stamp tax up on certain special instruments, took effect, so far as said tax is concerned, October l,
 1862. The impression which seems to prevail to some extent, that no stan,ps are required upon any instruments issued in the states lately in insurrection, prior to
 the surrender or prior to establishment of collection districts there is erroneous. =
 Instruments issued in these States since October l 1862, are subject. to the same taxes as similar ones issued at the same time in the other States"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

,-, TIE, LoyEroF TRuTH.--The, love oi truth believer in'all good and beauti-
 ful things! believer even in ones self
 and, therefore, believer iii others, and
 such as are far better than ones self! butter of security into the, heart, of solidity into the ground we tread upon,
 ofsloyelincss into tlIes flowers. of hope
 into tho stars retainer of youth in age,
 and of comfort in adyersity, bringer Of tears into the eyes that look upon these Imperfect words, to think how
 large and longing the mind of man is, compared with his frail virtues and his
 trmsitory power, and what. mornings of light and abuhdancc thou hast in store, nevertheless, for the whole shu- IInan race, preparing to ripen for them in accordance with their belief in its
 possibility, and theirresolution to work for it in loving trust! Oh, shall they
 be thought guilty of deserting thee,
 because, out of the very love of truth, they feel themselves bound 10 pro- claim to what extent it does mot exist
 because, out of the very love of truth, they will not suffer those who care
 nothing for it to pretend to d religious
 zeal in its behalf when the lie is 10 be
 turned against themselves
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13
Good Joke.

The Murfrecsboro (Tenn,) Monitor has the following:
 "We heard good joke on one of the Radical delegates who was returning from the Nashville Convention. A re- spectable, well behaved darkeys of this place was at tho depot, selling apples and cakes, when Radical delegate ap- preached him and told him hew now the white mans equal, and if any s.reb- el" attempted to impose on him to knock him down or shoot him, and he would be protected. The darkey gave a long gufIaw,apd said: GO '
 'Lord my young master was in de rebel army, .andI was dcre with him. Deed 1 was.'
 a The Rad. was so disgusted with the man aud brothcr's disloyalty thai he immediately returned the five cents worth of apples that he had bought swearing he would patronize no 'd----d rebel. @F srf&
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

rsS- There is Miss Davidson in Wash ihgton county, Arkansas, only seventeen months old, anu yet weighs i25 lbs. She is well framed and seusible,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

RD~Jones gives another instance of disadvantages ofadvertising. He gave notice that he had ten bushels of grapes, on the vines, to dispose of. They were all off his hands the next morning,
 without leaving him the labor of, pick ing them. The accommodating parties who, got them were even consideratc enough to come for them quietly in the night so as to disturb him as, little as possible. .---.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

How ADVERTISEMENTS WoRK.-A French paper thus traces the sensation of reader of advertisements: :,a.is The first advertisement-He does not see it. s..,., ....., .,f.s
 The second insertion--1fe sees it but don't read it. %... ..,., -, ..tt . The third insertion-He reads it.
 The fourth. .iusertion-He looks at the price. 9e e7ossirr 4a ,T
 The fifth insertion-He speaks of it to his wife. rra aaS 1re dw , The sixth insertion-She is willing to buy. vss3 not 4seaseo as soqf so The seventh--He purchases. oa'
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

QuEER.--A queer occurrence is re- lated, by the Toledo Blade, of a young girl from Ohio, who had been attending Rev. Mir. Pershing's Female College, at Pittsburg. During the late session she had been unusually popular among her teachers and classmates, on account of her marked proficiency and good con- duet. On coming back to inc institu- ton, however, few days ago, after the vacation, to commence anew her studies, she was refused admittance, on account of the discovery that she is "onc thirty-sccond part Ethiopian. 2 So much for negro equality in the North. Yet some folks think OUR peo- pie can stomach it.-[ Memphis Ledger.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

<. R<S1 Rich old men have their easy chairs--editofs have their uncasy ones.
 r2-farlsian ladies are running up a baleon! of hair above the forehead
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13


 NEW PRINTING, PREss.-There has just been completed and put in running order at the, Government Printing Of fee, says the Washington Intelligencer, one of the most wonderful pieces of mechanism in the shape ofsa printing press that has ever been exhibited.-- The press is of the Bullock patent and as an exhibition of its powers, we will mentions: The prcss>will print in one hour 10000 sheets of 64 pages of docu- ment matter; while doing this it feeds itself, the paper being ill rolls, vets the paper, cuts the sheets, folds them, and
 by a dial connected to the press keeps tally offths number of sheets printed. Only two men are required to have
 entire control of the press, thus doing away with the necessity of persons to
 supply it with sheets, Cor, as they are called fceders.) ssf'fs1 es 70 eers9
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13
SONG OF SPRING.
rnEo. W. RICH.

.sI' ia THEo. W. RICH. nl tsigrh seq H9ss --f we faf
 Hove tho flowers Of early spring, Hove to hear the gay birds sing; Hove to wander e' CT the hills, And beside the tinkling Till.
 How pleasant lis to hear the rain
 Pattcr on the roof again <. ns. Oh! I could sit for hours and hours, And listen to those April showers!s love to hear the gentle brccss -ase' Signing through the distant trees I love to hear fhe milkmaiTs song, Uttered as she trips along. ss
 Yes, love thee, gladsome spring, And the beauties thou dost bring,
 Merriest season of the year,
 I wish theud's st el'eais finger here' - 9ssa5 IWayerly Magazine
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13
! Eccentric Praraf,l

E In q work entitled, ',English sEccen- -tricities,' recently published in Lon den, says the Christian Observer, may be found the following extcmpore prayer, attributed by the author, to a ceftditi Mir. Ward: 9 livio ,,aY e Lord, Thou knowcst that possess Fnineahouses in the city 'of' London, and that have recently bought an estate in the county Of Essex. Preserve, tliere- fore, pray Thee, the two counties of Middiesex and Essex, from fires aftti earthquakes, and as Ihave an hyp6the- catcd estate i'll Hertfordshire,. look also, i'll compassion upon that county; as to the other parts of the country do as Thou wilt. Lord, cons ohdatcthe Roy al Bank, that it may honor its notes. Let all my debtors be, or become, hon. est men, Give prosperous and speedy passage to the Sloop Mermaid, for the insurance of which, am responsible. Preserve me from mrobbers and bMgands. Make all my servants faithful and de- voted, that they may watch over my interests and relax not their diligence by day or by night.s 's
 Are there any people in this country, who, in their private dcvotions, ever offered up similar prayer? ssi
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13


 CRUELTY TO ANIMALs.-We hope MT. Henry Bergh will lookto the "Beast,' y for the way in which the radicals treat him is worse than bear batting. Hard. Iy is Bingham done with him, when Coyode takes him in hand. During the same debate on the Southern relief bill iii which the House snubbed poor Butler, and his fifty odd votes for Jeff. Davis were castin his ugly face, the gentleman from Pennsylvania said "he had sent quite a number of packages of provisions to the South while our pris- oners were starving there. He had sent them with duo care, through Gen. But slcr, at Fortress Monroe, but not sin gle ounce had ever reached the prison CTS" .a. ....s....o ii, ssSs;t-s, r Ofeourse not. This explains why Butler does not want to feed the starv- ing people of the South, Heis opposed to feeding any one on principle. Il De- troit Free Press. iia sh
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13
Our Jeb Priutins Departmnc cnt.

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 We havc supplied ourselves with good as o assortment of Printing Material aad are ss .ae ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing ns e's on reasonable terms. t,; Iss.ds i's.ei q
 We are prepared to print Pamphlets, cafa-
 .iogues Posters, large of small, Cards, Ball v M Tickets. Bill Heads sI,lanhs ofleyery descrip- ass. tion for Clerks, Sherifs, Justices of the ; rs-s,,-1 r Peace. Constables, &c., asiA~ as@ i. %
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

SAYS JosH BILLINGS :: | never kan
 eradikate from mi memory tho suund uv the first gong l ever herdA-I ~as sitting
 onithe front stupe uv atavern in the city
 uv'Buferlo, pensivcly smokih. The sun
 was goin to bed, and the hcyits fur and
 nere wus 'blushin at the performance.
 The Fri kanaul with it's golden waters
 was on its way to Albany, and I, was pe- rusin the line uS boats q foatia, by and thinking uy Italy (where l used to liv) and her goudolers and vgdlus 4wimmin. Mi intirc sole was, as it swursin a swet; T -wantcditc climb, ,sIrfelt grate,F F aktdally grnd There are things ina thlsclifc tu big tu be trifed with, there Are limos when a man brakes luce from hisself, When he sees speerits, when he kin almost tuch the moon, and feels as though he kud fill both hands with stars of ,heayih and al- most mos swore he wps 2 bank president. That's what ailed me. But, thev ,korse of tru luy never, did run smooth (this is shakspecrs opinyon, too, l sanda he often think thru one quilD just as I was doin my best, \ < x drummer, dummer, spat, bang, boiler, crash, roar, ram, drummer, Hummer, whang rip, rare, rally, drummer, Hummer, dun, ,-Awith one trcmenjus jump, I struck the senter of the Side walk, with another I klered the gutter, and with au- other l stud ih the middel uy the street. snorting like an Injun pony. at a band of musiekj I gazed in, wild despare at the tavern stand, iny hart swellodup as big as an outdoor oven, mi teethswercsas luce as a string uv prairie, beedsg aIsthot all the croekery in the tavern had fell down, I thot of fenomenons. I thot ov Grabrsl and his horn. T was,just on the pint of tliinkin sumpthin elsc when the lanlofd cum out ? the front stupe ov the tavern and stood holdin by string the bottom uv an old brass kittel. He kalled me .gentsa with his hand, I went slola and, sadla tu him, he kamed mi feres, he sed itswas a gong; l saw the cussed thing, he sed supper wus reddy, he axed me fl wud hay black or green tea and sed wud.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13


 How TO BE MIsERABLE.-Sita at your window and look over the way at your neighbor's excellent mansion. which he has recently bought and paid foi, and sing out: ea
 Oh, that were a rich man. sf Get angry with your neighhor, and think you have not got friend in the world. Shed tear or two; take q walk in the burial ground, continually saying to yonrself: ~
 When shall I be buried here 2 Sign a note for friend, and never forget your kindness, and every hour in the day whisper'to yourself: T wonder if he will pay the note?'
 Think every body means to cheat you.
 Closely examine every bill you take, doubt its being genuine till you put the owner to a great deal of trouble. Never accommodate if you can help it. sdt te ,A s6 ssa g d,Never visit tthe sick and afflicted, and never give n farthing to tho poor.
 Grind the faces and hearts of the poor and unfortunate. s a
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE MIssrs- sIrrI yA1tfr,@At the, instance of many patriotic and gallant. friends, propose to publish. a History of the War in, the Valley of the Mississippi. I have thc assurance of support by dis .tinguishea soldierss who personally conducted the war ihlthe Valley and itstributaries, who will furnish notes Of their. campaigns, particularly the operations around Jackson, Vicksburg, Port Hudson and. on Red riyer.s usa ! The attention of the officers and lsol- diers who were engaged in the cam paigns on the Mississippiand its tribu- taJics is inyitedt the undertaking, and their anptcs, and memorandums of the war respectfully solicited. The news papers friendly to the enterprise in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Mis- souri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, will confer . great favor by publishing thisnoticc. ,sss All notes, mem oranda and articles must be, addressed to me, and directed to the care of J. aH.s Carter, New Or leans. BERNARD A. REYNOLDS.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

--L . {RoTATIoN or GRors.--The physiology l of plantssis sucis says athc Rural New Yorker that scarcely any two of them take from the ground aor the atmos-
 phcresthe same kind of nutrihicnt in equal proportions. Hence it follows that in continuous cropping, of the same product, much of tho productive power of the soil aiid of the fertilizers combined with it is lost or remains in- ert. This loss may be retrieved by a judicious system uf rotation, by Which
 means all the elements of growth are
 brought into successive action and
 rendered available for farm products. z oi Perhaps the order of the crops is iiot
 spccial'i,nportancc. Ono might be- sgin afsystem of roots; follow with cc-
 reals, pea sand beans, and then pasture
 or meadow, according to the tastes or
 necessities of the farmer. Some lands
 will do well in pasture for q series Of
 years. So of the meadow, but as a general rule, tho best results arc at
 taincd by changes every three or four years at the most.i If.oftener made, the ichanccssof remuneration arc believed
 to be improvcd,, while the soil is re-
 lieved from the thousand noxious
 plants which impair its vitality with out returning anything, of value by
 way of recompcnse. vaiss Fae
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

'
 ,MASuFAcTuRING.--Shortly before their adj djournment, says the Little Rock Conservatives the General Assembly passed the following bill, introduced by Mrs Tobcy:
 AN ACT to encourage Manufacturing in Arkansas. l''
 SEC. l. All Factories for manufactur- ing either wool or cotton, which shall be put in operation within three years after the first day of April, 1867, shall be exempt from taxation, either State or County, for the term of five years from said first day of April, 1867.
 SEC: ?. This act shall not be so con strued as to exempt any private prop erty from taxation; nor the lands of any corporation other than those upon which their buildings for manufactur- ing are. situate, but shall apply to all the necessary machinery and buildings.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-04-13

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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-04
Eaifh Well Founded.

In old times the commencement Of every season. it
was the fashion to take strong cahartc as safeguard
against change of temperature. 1t was rse than
senseless practice The people of day understand
the matter better Instead of depicting the system they
reinforce it, In the method they adopt they exhibit
wise discrimination Instead of rescrng to tae vated
simuants of commerce. any of the compounds dery-
ed them they put their faith in the only absolutely
pure invigorant procurabie in the market-HosTET.
TER's STOMACH BIlTERS. Their faith is well found.
Cd Never has any tonic medicine been prepared with
such scrupuous precision and conscientious 1t is
vegetable compourd Of which every Ingredient is
sound wholesome and medicinal in the true sense of
the word Now. have three prominent national COM
plants One half of the adult population of the United
States suffer less, either from diseases of the
stomach. arrangements of the liver or affections of the
kidneys In no other land under Heaven these maa-
dies 30 general as in this country and HOS LETTERS
9ITIERS is specific for them all, unless organic in
their origin and therefore, beyond cure And let those
who fortunate enough to be exempt from them at
present understand great fact viz: that occasion
al use of this vtalzng tonic will certainly prevent
them as the sun will prevent the earth i.cr freezing
where its genial beams descend.
December
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-04

What is TARRANT'S EFFERvESCENT SETTER
APERIENT, and what its efects1 These are ques.
tons which the great American pubic has right to
ask and it also has right to expect candid and satis
factory reply The preparation is mild and gentle
saline cathartc, Alternative and tonic and is most care
fully prepared in the form of snow white powder con-
tanning all the wonderful medical properties of the far.
famed Seltzer Springs of Germany.
Of its effects would say that those who have tested
the preparation the best judges and they declare
over their signatures that the preparation will
promptly relieve indigestion. Regulate the flow of the
bile. Cure every species of headache. Tranqulze tho
nervous system. Refresh and inygorae the weak Miti.
gate the pangs of rheumatism. Neutralse acid in the
stomach. Cleanse and tone the bowels Assist the
ellinG appetite. Cure the heartburn.
If you sufferer give this Remedy one trial. and it
will convince you of the above facts.
TARRANT & CO., Sole Propretorn, New York.
Sold by ell Druggists. 3mos September IL
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-04

CHEAP FURN1rURE.-Wlth the approach of the
Christmas holidays goods of every description are
being sold at lower rates and inducements offered
TO the public to invest. This is especially 1tice
able IN certain branches of business but particu-
arly in the furniture trade A great reduction
has been made in the prices, and valuable sets
can be procured for moderate outlay. Mr.. R.
White has recently lowered the tariff on his stock
at the large furniture warerooms on the corner OF
Meeting and Wentworth streets, and now offers
to his customers bargains in furniture that are
seldom equalled. Mr.. White is determined to
make the holidays merry season, and has gene
rously placed his prices within tie compass of the
most slender purses. visit will convince all
doubters