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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
Noble sentiments.

The following sentiments, recently uttered by Gen. D. H Hill, will, we feel confident, receive the honest and hearty commendation of our citizens
 Now is the suspicious time to begin in 1 our desolats but still beautiful South. to correct false notions about the servile na- ture of work Those with us who have not used to work with their own hands be- long generally to that class who shrank from the hardships of the march, and the dangers of the battle-feld. Their purple and fine linen tell of speculation and ex- tortion, the widows tears, the orphan s vail, and the dead soldiers blood Away with them Poverty is now the true badge of nobility 1t speaks eloquently of heroism patriotism, obliviousness of self and selfish interest, generous sacrifice of everything upon the altar of country. No blasoned coat of arms, ever so plainly pro claimed honorable blood, as does that Hd faded uniform. Take heed, 0 ye heroes of many hard won field. lest you bring a stain upon your bright escutcheon. There is cowardice which shrinks from duty, as we'll as cowardice which shrinks from danger. "Tis just as unmanly to fear 'sthe worlds dread laugh" as it is to fear the shot and shell of an enemy's battery. It is just as ignoble to neglect the obligations at home as to evade the service owing to the country You have been true to the land of your birth, be true to those who are bone of your bone and flesh of your flesh. Your mothers, wives and sweet-hearts have not blushed for your want of manhood in the field let them not blush for your effeminacy and slothfulness at the ireside. But we be- lieve in the enduring manhood of the Southern soldier. We believe that he will meet toll and poverty in the same mo- ble spirit with which he has met privation and peril. His IS no weak soitling to be crushed by hardships and to be cast down by trouble. The lion in the path of the timid and irresolute is but contemptible cur to him. We have seen one born to af1uence, and who had acquitted himself we'll in the field, reduced to the necessity of driving wagon. To our eyes he would not have appeared so noble had he been seated in royal equipage- We have seen another of the boys in gray-a real hero in the service-carrying as q porter great bales and boxes. We esteem cd him more highly with these burdens on his shoulders than we would another fol- lowed bya retinue of servants carrying bags of gold.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
Krow K.

The corner grocery not bein very at- tractive tother afternoon, on account uv skarcity uv change, among the regular sftters, I thought I would go hum and enjoy the sosiety nv mi wife. Wen I got thare, found the children playing Injun Warrior to the life, thru the house. It wus evident the femail he'd nv the house was absent, 50 sed sumwhht vext. 't.. @
 "Ware's yure m'uther ?"
 The stern vols of thare psrient caused lul in thare sport, and lookin up, they exclaimed in g korus. a "She's down in the back yard, a playin Krow K" .ai
 l notist that the round tops of the bed posts had been sawed orf, and the handles rudely torn from a bdshel barsket that wus used to contain dirty kloes. I comprehended the situation of things in moment. Two daze De- fore refoozed to purchns Mrs. K. a Krow K outfit, as she stiled it, and now she had improfised one and wuz maxim fule uv herself in full VOC of the adjacent nabors. ~
 I tho't I wood go down and look on. Thare she wuz, with four or five ov her femail cronies among hoom wuz an old maid hoom knu bi the reputashon she enjoid of bein the cheapest nusepaper in the county. However, she didn't kno me. I quiet ly sot down on d convenient sawbuck, and after watchin the game intently q fu seconds, I remarkt:
 "Elizy. ain't you most tu we'll up in years to be pirooting around in the grass like thing ov sixtecn?"
 Frivolous woman, she he'd on mi old straw hat tied down clost over her ecrs, and her dress wuz so short that when she stopped one mite have saw her garters rum five-story windo.
 The old maid gave me contempu- ous glans; and arskt in a To tone : "who is that depraved lookin man sit- tin on the sawbuck ?"
 ''He's mi husband,' sed Mrs. K, ond blusht. Blusht to own her lord!
 "Why, yu don't tell me SC" sed the virgun OCT hoom not less than 40 summers had parst. .'Why, wood- ent have taken him to be yure hus- band!"
 Risin and bowin purity stylish, sed ,: , "No and you never tuk anybody tu be yure husban, did you? And mo- body tux you to be his wife, did he ? Well, after scrutinizin yu all over, l kant say blame him."
 She squifmed under this brilliant repartce, and I chuckled and made mi Kit, foo secons in advans ov the saw buck, which caught up tu me direkly and sent me tu grass.
 1 don't kno much about the pints ov Krow K, but it is game at which many foolish young man has lorst his hart, watchin the ankles ov 8 hairless cokay. It is played in the grass. Which leads me to think it wuz invented by grass widder.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
msA of Genius.

Tasso's conversation was neither gay nor brilliant. Dante was neither taciturn nor satirical. Butler was neither biting nor sullen. Gray seldom talked or smiled. Hogarth and Swift were absent minded in company. Milton WAS very unsociable and irritable, when pressed into conversation. Kirwan, though copious and eloquent in public addresses, was meagre and dull in colloquial discourses. Virgil was heavy in conversation. La Fontaine appeared heavy, coarse, stupid, he could not speak and discriBe what he had just seen l; but then he was the model of poetry. Chau- cer's silence was more agreeable than bis conversation. Dryden's conversation was slow and dull, and his humor saturnine and reserved. Corneille in conversation was so inspired that he never failed in waarying he did not even speak correctly that language of which he. was such a master. Ben. Johnson used to sit silent in company and suck his wine. Southey was stiff, sedate, and wrapped up in asce- tism. Addison was good company with his intimate friends but in mixed company he preserved his dignity by stiff and reserved silence. Fox in conversation never faged his animation and vivacity were inexhaustible. Dr. Bently was loquacious; as was also Grotius. Gold smith "wrote like an angel and talked like poor Poll" Burke was entertaining, enthusiastic, and interesting in converse ton. Curran was a convivial diety. Leigh Hunt was pleasant stream in con- versation. Carlyle doabts objects, con- stantly deYnurs.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
One of Grants Hatreds.

A correspondent of the New York Democrat gossips as follows:
 I have just been told the reason why Grant hates Buchanan. It appears that the latter commanded the port of Hum- boldt Bay, in Oregon, where the former was stationed, under his orders. At one time Grant had an attack of delirium tre- mems, and fancying the "snakes" had taken refuge in his mattress, proceeded to rip it up, and commit other outrageous acts, which caused Buchanan to issue an order to put him in a straight jacket, which was done. Grant never forgave him for it; hence his enmity to the pre- sent commander in New Orleans. Fancy the inmate of a stright jacket occupying the chair and writing on the desk of Old Hickory, in the Presidential niansion. Ye gods forbid it
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
An Incident.

A number of New Adventists, Ca new religious sect who believe the world will come to 8 close about the end of the year,) were aboard the train, re- turning from one of their religious demonstrations a short time ago. Two of them opened conversation on the election prospects, when one re- marked:
 "I haven't the slightest doubt that the Democrats will elect Seymour and Blair this fall, and I believe it ought to be done, too."
 q don't see how you figure in that way" remarked the other, Grant and Colfax will be elected as sure as Mo- vember comes, and if I were betting man, I'd put up some money omit" At this another member, with long funeral countenance, very owl oi transcendant wisdom, drawled out solemnly-
 "You are both mistaken, my friends --the Lord Jesus Christ will be the President of the United States in 1869:
 Hardly had this sage prediction been uttered. when big Kentuckian on the other side of the aisle, who had heard the last speaker rather indistinctly jumped to his feet and bringing down his fist, shouted, "Ill bet you twenty five dollars he don't carry Kentucky r In five minutes the whole car was ir roar as the joke went around, and the discussion was abruptly wound up leaving the enthusiastic Corncrackel very much astonished and puzzled al the result of his share in it.--Louisvillt Courier.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13

p~It seems the great spoon fancier is not forgotten, but Gas Artemas Ward would say,) Con the contrary far other wise. ."-An exchange says; "From all sections of the country-from Main to Alaska, from the North, the South, the East and the West--worthless old spoons have been sent to the Beast by express and by mail Spoons of wood, bone horn, pewter, tin, iron and brass, pour in on him at all hours The plague of spoons is be- coming more uncomfortable to Butler than plague of frogs. Baskets of spoons are brought to him from the post office, and the express carts are constantly delivering them at his door. The suggestion IS made that these offerings be kept up.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13

STOPPING OF CorroN MILLs.-The Fall River (Mass.) News says that owing to the continued decline of cotton and cot ton goods, and to the fact that the produc- ton of print cloths exceeds the demand, and the decline of the price below the actual cost of production, the cotton mills in that city will run but four days week for the present, stopping Thursday nights for the remainder of the week.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
A Quaker's Letter to his watch
 Maker.

I herewith send thee my pocket clock, which greatly standeth in need of thy friendly correction. The last time he was at your friendly school he was no ways reformed nor in the least benefited thereby for perceive by the index of his mind that he is liar 1; and the truth is not in him that his motions are wavering and irregular ]; that his impulses are sometimes very quick, which betokens not ah even temper; and at other times it waxeth sluggish Notwithstanding frequently urge him,) that when he should be on his duty, as thon khowest his usual name denoteth, l find him slumbering and sleeping-or, as the vanity of hu- man reason phraseth it, catch him mapping. Hence I am induced to be- lieve he is not right in the inward man. Examine, beseech thee thoroughly, that thou mayest, by being well &C., quainted with his inward frame and ways, show him the path wherein he should go. And when thou layest thy correcting hand upon him; let it be without passion; lest thou drive him to destruction.
 Do thou regulate his motion for the time to come by the light that fuleth the day; and let him learn from the unerring guide the true calculation of his table and education; and when thou findeth him converted from tho errors of his ways, and more confor- midable to the above mentioned rules, then do thou send him home, with a just bill of charges, drawn out by the spirit os moderation, and it shall be sent in the root of evil to thee.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
A DurcHMAN's TEMpERANo LECTURE,

A DUrCHMAN's TEMPERANc LECTURE. -'I shall tell you how it vas. l put mine hand on my head and there vas one pain. Then puts mine hand on mine pody, there was anoder pain. l vas very much pains in all mine pody. Den'I puts mine hand in mine pocket and defe was notin. jined unit der temperance. Now dsre vas no more pain in mine head der pain in mine pody vas all goned away l put mine hant in mine pocket and dere vas twendy dollars. So shtay nit der temperance.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13

S1- An exchange says, "it IS better to love person you cannot marry, than to marry person you cannot love-" This IS a short text for long sermon, which hu- man experience will continue to preach until the last syllable of recorded time.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,

NENDERS his professional services to the
 Il Citirens of Des Arc and surrounding country, in the practice of Medicine and Ob- stetrics. He hopes from an experience of over fifteen years iu Southern practice, to merit share of public patronage.
 Office one door East of .Burney's Drug Store marchoS-1 1ess-Iy
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13

sas-A courtly negro recently sent re- ply to an invitation, in which he ''regret- ted that circumstances repugnant to the acquicsce would prevent his acpectane to the invite"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
our Job Printing Department.

We have supplied ourselves with a good assortment of Printing Material and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, sn reasonable terms.
 We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata- togues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip- tion, for Clerks, Shcriffs, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Sc. rss.s 5..s
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13

s~"Why is kissing like creation ?'' Because it is made of nothing aud is very good.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
DR. RoB'T. B. TREzEvANT,

Tenders his professional services to the citizens of Des Arc and vicinity. Ofiicc-At B. r. Johnson Drug Store.
 sep2l
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13

pSrShort meter-Thc nearest way to your sweetheart's house.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
DE. ALLEN

Offers his services to the citizens of Des Arc and vicinity in the practice of medicines Thankful for past favors, and by attention to business he expects to share liberal patronage.
 Ofice-At his residence--late thS residence of w. G. Firth. sep2l
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-13
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
pE. .J.w. suENzv,

Being permanently located at Des Arc, will continue the practice of his profession in all its branches.
 Office at Col. J. M. Burney's Drug Store.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-06-25
EBENsBURG, PA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1865

your weak imagination to show such VEN
Grafton on SO slight q foundation. After
mature deliberation and serious contem
piatIon, l fear your proclamation is filed
with adulation, or saying from ostenta-
ton, to display your education, by an odd
enumeration, or rather multiplication, of
words of like termination, though different
IN Specification. But as | admire associa-
ton, and am in favor OF annexation,
acknowledge my inclination to accept with
qualification the love and alteration set
forth in your declaration, and will, with
preparation, love, and animation, remain
with resignation and respect in the appel
lation of Mrs. PETER II. PoRrATIoN.
+. 5. | suggest the information that we
meet in consultation, and make some pre-
paration for the final consummation OF the
intended annexation, when l will bear
with resignation the relation to your home
and occupation that Mr. p. II. Por;ation
would then bear to myself
MARIE MODERATION.
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story OF "A Remarkable Dog.

A gentleman residing in market town
of England Lad valuable Newfoundland
dog which once preserved his life. The
animal, which was called Rover, having
run thorn into his foot, during the tenn
porary absence of his master FROM home.
the family had taken no further notice
of it than to observe that it was lame. BY
the time his master returned, the poor
creatures leg, as well as foot, were in a
most intiamed state, and be could not
walk. Alarmed at his situation, he took
the dog to q surgeon ho attended TO the
foot and in a short time Rover WAS able
to limp about tolerably well. His MAG
ter. aware of his sagacity, turned him ont
at the time of the morning when he used
TO be carried, and the dog regularly went
to the surgeons, scratched at the door till
admitted, and then walked into the doe
tors Office, where bis foot was dressed as
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usual, until he was perfectly cured Not
Withstanding this, however, habit prompt
ed him to continue his visits at the rcgu-
lar hour, when the surgeon used, good
humoredly, to take tie foot in his hand
and say, ''Well, Rover, your foot IS well
now; you need not come any more
But, so long as some notice was taken of
the foot, Rover thought it was professional
service, and departed we'll satisfied and,
not understanding the words, he continued
his visits for fortnight longer At length,
one morning, the surgeon was surprised 10
find that he did not depart after the Gus
tomary handling of the foot, but that he
whIe1 and fidgetied, making toward
the door, then returning and staring the
doctor in the face, and still whining and
waggiug his tail, till, finding he was not
understood, he took the doctors coat skirt
in his teeth, and endeayored to pull him
along. The doctor, concluding there Was
some reason fer this, followed him TO the
door against which Rover scratched
opened it, and 10 there stood another
lame dog which Rover had brought with
him, and which the servant had shut out,
not considering him a companion OF Ro-
ver's The good natured doctor, from the
whimsicahiy of the thing, perfoIDed what
was necessary to his leg, and Rover and
his friend went away, but returucd regu-
larly every day at the same hour, until
the strange dog was cured. Nor was this
the only dog which he had to cure, Tor
every lame or wounded Canine creature
with which Rover became acquainted, La
regularly accompanied tu the doctors, who,
from humanity as well az the amusement
of the thing cured them all until graft
tude-yes, that is the word attracted
them all to him, So that Whenever any of
them saw him, they were sure TO follow
him, Sometimes three and even six togeth-
er! Now, as dogs generally run to the
places where they see a number of their
own species. strange dogs joined them :,
until at last the doctor became so well
known 20 all the canine race in the town.
| that the moment he showed his face out
side his door his retinue began TO attend
him. increasing as ne went along, until
sometimes he had two or three dozen fol-
lowers, SO that, in the end, il became IA
| nuisance, rendering him an object OF OBJ
servati0n and laugher, and he went by
the name Of the Dog Star" But bis
humanity, as all good deeds do, brought
its reward he was the theme OF conversa-
| ton, his business increased, and Or. Dog
Star rose in his profession.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-06-25

A GREAT CURIOSITY. editor of
the Griffin Star, after paying visit to
Epson county, gives the following account
OF great natural curiosity Of Georgia:
The first grand point OF interest was the
famous laundering Springs, located in
the northern part Of the county, about l ,
miles from Ihomastown. We expected
to find quite a curiosity, but were COM
pIetely amazed to find so remarkable
freak OF mother nature at this spring. 1t
IS located in the wiIdess part of the moun>
talns extending through the country, and
there Is in the solitude Of the wilderness
present a most remarkable phenomenon.
ihc dimensions of the spring proper are
about five feet in diameter, and of an un-
known depth, for experimenters have fire.
quently sounded lis depths in vain, and
no bottom can be reached. The water
boils up with great force bubbles of gas
constantly rise up through the water and
explode on the surface. This gas is high
ly combustible, and is frequently set on
fire as It makes its escape. Such is the
force with which the water rises that a
human body cannot sink, but is buoyed
up in a standing position. 1t is a famous
bathing place, and we took the first ops
Portdnity to plunge into this bottomless
well. There we could stand upright for
hours with nothing TO support us but
water The earth around the spring is 4
beautiful white sand, of a very fine grain,
giving away readily at The TOUGH of the
foot, but Immediately reforming as before.
The walls of the well are perfectly symet-
rjcal, as if dug by the hands of man.
As low down as we could reach with our
foot we could kick a hole in the wall,
and as soon as the foot was removed the
wall would Immediately reform as before
The temperature is delightful, and the
waters are invaluable, especially for dis
eases of the skin and blood The spring
constantly makes a low rumbling sound
from which it derives its name.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-06-25

NARROW ESCAPE FROM THE GRAvE.-
The Cleveland Plamdeulcr tells tie follows
ing remarkable story of a case which it
says happened in that city: ''Some six
weeks ago young lady residing on Lo~
rain street, Miss Ellen Il. White, was
taken i'll by what was regarded by her
physicians as typhoid fever. For four
weeks her condition alternated from bet-
ter TO worse, when about two weeks
since she had a severe relapse, sinking
gradually until it was thought she had
died, and she was pronounced dead by
her physicians, her mother alone refusing
to believe her dead. Preparations were
made for her funeral; the mother all the
time insisting that her daughter was alive.
She was to have been buried on Sunday
last, and her narrow escape from the
grave is thus related On Saturday,
while enc OF the neighbors and mother
were standing by the side Of the supposed
corpse, TIE door, which had been left
open, blew shut with loud noise, which
had the effect OF SO acting upon the girl
as to bring her TO, and set her life-blood
in motion. She sprang up and throwing
her arms around her mothers neck wept
tears of JOY over her escape from the hor-
rid death Of being buried alive. The
young lady described her feelings during
her trance, from which it appears she
fully realized all that was going on, but
her win was powerless. Her situation
appears to have been one of perfect hap
piness, except when the thought Of being
buried alive possessed her"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-06-25
EtECJht, THE SHADOW ERE
- TEE SUBSTANCE FADES.
Pic bures for the Million

Having located in Ebensburg, | would re
rpcctiully inform the public that l am pre-
.la.ed tp execute PHOTOGRAPHS in every
g., d. Il the ait, from the smallest card Pic
;u.e t. ihc largest sized for framing. Fic-
lures t4;.uE in any kind of weather.
yHOTOGR4PHS PAINTED IN OIL,
INDIA INK OR HAIER COL ORS.
livery atteotion given to the taking of
Chi,ireu's pictures, but 10 clear weather only.
Special attention is invited TO my stock
cf large PICTURE FRAMES and PHOTO
GRAPH ALBUMS. which l viii sell cheap
or than they eau be bought elsewhere in
town. Cep5iny AMI EilargjRg done on rea-
souabls terms. l ask comparison and defy
competition.
Thankful for past favors, I solicit con
usr-e C the same. Gallery on Julian street,
two doors south Of Town Hall.
T. T. SPENCE, Photographer.
Ebensburg, Nsv, Il, 1867.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-06-25

LIE JUDGE AND TIE LAWYER
Kent, q son of the illustrious commentator,
while travelling upon the circuit many
years ago, put up on one occasion for the
night at the hotel of small town through
which his route lay. The chief lawyer OF
the place, hearing of the arrival Of this
bright light of...his profession, thought the
least he could DO was TO attempt to enter
tain him. So be walked into the reading
room, where the judge, in the dignity of
blue spectacles and magnificent rufHes.
was perusing the newspapers.
Lawyer-Heln Good evening, Judge.
Judge-Good evening, sir.
awyer-Judge. hem. suppose we play
game Of billiards?
Judge-(astonished and speaking very
slowly)-I never play billiards, sir
Lawyer-Ah well, ninepius what do
you say TO ninepins, sir ?
JUDGE never play ninepins, sir.
Lawyer-O. then we'll have q game of
all, 7,fours.
Judge-(turning pale and speaking en-
phatically)-I never engage in any game
in any game whatever, sir.
lsawyer-Eh what, well, no matter
(taking the jude Familiarity by ths arm)
III stand the drinks-braudy and wa
ter, or gin?
Judse-(becoming pale)-never drink,
sir.
Lawyer-(in the blankest amazementl
What coHfoRnde,'Iy overrated man you
are! (The disappointed subaltern rctires
in disgust.}