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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
A Good Garden.

Now is the proper time to lay the loun- dation of good garden. This consists in giving liberal allowance of manure and deep working. Deep digging cannot bo dispensed with. X good garden must be good in July and August as well as in April and May How few really good ga,dens are found during mitt summer . Whenever one is known, you may he sure that deep working at the start ;s the origin of it.
 It is impossible to expect shallow worked soil to produce succulent vegeta- be during the dry summer mouth. The general practice is to hasten the burning up process, instead of remedying it. Some gardens, we admit. receive far allowance of manure, but by being imprc- perly worked in the ground, il causes the crop to be hastened to it's destruction whenever the dry summer weather com mences, If the same quantity of manure has been worked in tie ground to the depth of eighteen inches; and well incor- porated with the soil, the result would be entirely different from the usual scarcity of vegetables in mid sumner. Deep trcnching and deep mauuring will allow vegetables to draw moisture from the soil, and remain suecalent for a long period. Try 1t; now is the time to perform the work, aod our word for 1t, yonr reward will consist in greatly increased crops of vegetables, as well as a heightened har vest.-ghroniclc and Sentinel
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
Education.

Whatever may be your habits of in- dustry, whatever may be your desire to obtain property, whatever you may do to render yourself opulent, and your circumstances easy and indepen- dent, unless some portion of your time is appropriated to the acquisition of knowledge, your castle of happiness must fall 10 the ground. Even the de- sire of obtaining it discovers a liberal mind, as it is connected with many ac- complishmenis and virtues. Though your train of life should not lead you to study, yet the cause of education al ways promotes proper employment to | we'll disposed mind.
 Virtue is only fostered by an im- provement of the sensibilities. and in the absence of this ineffable trait all the riches of this world are incompe- tent to render any one happy. There fore, considering these circumstances would it not be we'll to incorporate in your system of business the appropri- alton of a small part of your time to the useful Improvement Of the nliud 1? Would you not thereby be enabled to duly apdreciate the sources of happi- ness which benefccnt Creator has conferred
 The object and end of our existence is happiness, and it cannot be aceeler- ated unless we call to our aid the as- sistance of fcducation. Application and study will progress and further our state of earthly happiness; knowledge adds greatly to our temporal enjoy ment, and systematizes tho influence of eontentnent and happiness upon our natural minds. Education consti- stutes everything, and through 1t we realize every mental enjoyment. With out education our situation would be placed on q level with that of the brute.
 Jewish Sentinel.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
EovE's GEElsE3oY.
BY JEFFREY II. BOYLE.

"One more visit, dear Agnes" said Harrington, as he drew the arm of Az mes within his own, and left the spot where death had been busy we have seen what woman may do to sooihc the dying pillow and temper sorrow with the tear of mercy. Let us now go to brighter evidence of woman's usefulness"
 Agnes replied not, the event of the night had queled the rash confidence in herself with which she started, and with passive obedience that augered well for the i'ruition of her cousins hopes, she allowed him to take her where he pleased.
 Do you remember George H.. ?" asked Harrington of his cousin, as they came again upon Main street.
 George If. the drunkard, whose wife and children were obliged to leave him in consequence of his 'intcm- peratc habits"
 The very same" answered the gen. tleman i've are now going to his fhouse," and so saying he rang the bell ora large, handsome ediiicc, and a scr want promptly obeyed the summons.
 A few moments sufliced to seat them 1 before cheerful fire in an elegantly ! furnished apartment, that contrasted well with the chamber they had so lately quilted.
 Agnes had known Mrs. II. some five years before, heart-broken, wretched woman, who seemed trayeling rapidly to that refuge for human sorrow, the grave; now, she saw her the quiet, 1 happy matron, her countenance with < the traces of past care, but an air of serenity and Christian thankfulness showing that the present was without alloy. Her husband. the drunkard that was, welcomed them with an air of easy politeness, and discoursed fu- ently upon the current topics of the day, while several children were boring with happy, beaming looks upon the pages ofthe Inspired Volume, which 1t was evident tho father had been reading to-his family.
 Gan it be possible" thought Agnes, ''ihat this is realityl' Y
 Her cousin seemed to read her thoughts. and he smiled as, turning 10 their hosts, he mentioned the wager.
 My young friend" observed H., al- dressing Agnes, ''you know not. you cannot know the vast difference be- tween the desire to do good and the fact of it's accomplishment. It is not in the saloon, the gay circle, or the fashionable ront that the energies of your sex arc called into rcquisition :; yet woman can, nay, does more to sweeteu the cup of human life than man in his purest moment dreams of am a living witness of woman's usc- 1 fitness; he paused, and looking i fondy on his wife, resumed, -Four years ago, and was an outcast from the esteem of my friends, the victim of ! fell, untameablc passions. She whom 1 had vowed to protect and cherish, was exposed to want, aud driven forth to seek an asylum, other than the one
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
A EEusadrea Years in Prison.

A certain house breakerwas condeu- ned, in the latter part ofthe last zen tury in France and under peculiar circumstances, to hundred years in the galleys, and strange to relate, this man recently made his appearance in his own native province, at the adyan- ced age of l20 years, he being about twenty years of age when the sentence which condemned him to such dread ful punishment was passed. It is diff cult to conceive what the feeling must have been with which he returned. as soon as cmancipatcd from the shackles which had onthralled him for century, to breathe once more the cherished air of the scenes his infancy. Bourg in inc department of Ain, was his native home, but time had SO changed the as .pcct of the whole. thafsfc recognized it only by the Chnfcl of Brou, which was the only thing which had under gone no alteration. He had triumphed over laws, bondage. man, time, every  thing. Not a relation had he left. Not single being could he hail in ac- quaintance; yet lie was not without ex- periencing the homage and the respect the French pay old age. For himself he had fotgottcn everything connected with his carly youth eNeaaH recollce- ton of the crime for which~he had suffered was iosl, or, ifat.ail remem- bered, it was q ilreary vision, confoun- dcd with ilsrusand other drearv visions of days long gone by. lis family and connections, for several generations, all dead, liiniselfa q living proof of tlic citmency os Heaven and the eeverly of man. rcgretfing, per haps, the very irons which hal; Secn familiar to him, and half wishing him self again among the wretcled and suffering beings with whom his fate had been so long associated. Well might he he calico. ,hc patriach of burglars. xclange.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
-------777l-77'-7-777-7$ The Sita tsaat Blinds.

A beautiful, yet sad Illustration of the inertness of too many christians Is here given by an unknown pen:
 Often from my window, on the sea shore, I have observed a little boat at anchor. Day after day, month after month, it is seen at the same spot. The Tides cbb and flow yet it scarcely moves. While many a gallant vessel spreads it's sails and catching favorite breeze las rcaehcd-thc haven this little bark moves not from it's accustomed spot. True it is that when the tide rises it rises and when it ebbs again it sinks but advances not. Why is this 1? It is fastened 10 tlio earth by one slen- der rope. There is the secret. A cord scarcely visible, enchains 1t, and will not let it go. Now stationary christians see here your state-the state of thousands. Sabbaths come and 60, but leave them as before. Ordinances come and go: ministers come and go; means. privileges, sermons, move them
 
 not,-yes they move them; q slight elevation by sabbath tide, and again they sink, but 10 onward, heavenward movement. They are as remote as ever from the heaven ofrest; this sab bath IS the last, His year as the past. soine one sin enslarcs, enchants the soul, and we will not let it go. fit be 50, make one desperate effort in the strength ot God. Take the Bible as your chart and Christ as your pilot, to steer safely around the dangerous rocks, and pray for the Spirit of all grace to fill your every sail and wait you onward over tic ocean of life, to the haven of everlasting life.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
v - 'EAae HSnrnSiS.,

At arecent meeting of the New York 'Sorosis, Mrs. Croly(Jennie June) of fercd the following, which was unani- mously adopted;
 RESOLVED, That what woman wants most ofall is trecdom-freedom to do and to be-that at present they are born slaves to habit, to custom, to prejudice, to fashion, and finally to laws, which are made to govern wo- man, but not the human being.
 RESOLVED, That as one step we ad- vocate freedom in dress not necessaria- ly a reform, not at all a uniform, but freedom to wear the useful, the con venient, or the beautiful. as taste and inclination dictate, without reference to whether the style is of yesterday or last year.
 RESOLVED, That we neither condemn fashion nor ignore it, but use il if it suits us better.
 RESOLVED, Thataromnittee be form cd to take up the question ofSlress, dis cuss it, and prepare paper upon if, to be read al the next regular club meet ing.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
StOncvyasl Jackson Guards the
 Camp Tonight.

From the Nashville Union and Americsn.1 The Rev. Dr. Moore, now of this city, in funeral discourse on the late Lieut.. Gen. T. J. Jackson, of the Confederate army, preached in Richmond, Va, stated that previous to the battle oi Manassas, he had made heavy forced march for the purpose of joining his forces to those in front of the enemy. Upon haltjng at night the men fell ex- hausted, and sunk to sleep. At the hour for stationing picket the officer of the day went to the Generals tent, and said:
 "General, the men are all wcaricd {; there is scarcely one but who is asleep. Shall awake them :'
 No" was the reply. "Let them sleep; HI guard inc camp tonight" And the sentinel of that host. that night, was their General.
 Twas at the dying of the day
 Tue darkness grew so still
 The drowsy chief ofevening birds
 Was husled upon the hill.
 Within the shadows of the vale
 Slumbered the men of might
 And one lone sentinel paced his round
 To guard ;he camp that'nigLt. A grave and thoughtful man was he,
 With deep and sombre brow Tho J,,o Fl ox,o sa ..,,, o,l
 some unaecomplished VOW.
 The wishful glance peered Der the plain
 Beneath the starry light.
 Aad with the murmured name of God,
 ile watcAsd the camp that night The future opeAed guto him
 It's grand and awful scroll;
 Manassas and the Valley march
 Came henving OCT his soul; Richmond and sharpsburg thundercd by
 And that terrific fight. Which, 10 the angel host, gave him
 Who watched the camp that night. We grieve for him who died for us,
 With one resistlcss moan,
 As,up the Valley of the Lord
 He marches to the Throne.
 He kept the faith of men and saints,
 Sablime and pure aud bright He sleeps-and all is wcll with him
 Who watched the camp that night. Soldiers, the midnight darkness now
 Is shrnufiiuy {, 'pr ntlr flt,,.
 The vensefnl Goihs pollate our halls
 Wiih fire, and lust, and hate Be strong, be valiant, be assured
 Strike home for Heaven and right The soal of Jackson is abroad,
 And guards the camp to night
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
Posssbse Production of Cotton
 Per Aero.

We afe glad to see that nearly all our Southern exchanges are calculating the great saving there will be in giv- ing the highest possible cultivation to a few acres, instead of planting large area with inferior cultivation. The Macon {Ga.) Telegraph gives the fcl- lowing estimates, furnished by plan ter, to determine the question how muchseotton it is possible to raise to the acre.
 If cotton is plauted five feet apart each way, two stalks in the hill, in one acre there will be 3,200 stalks. If each stalk produces
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
F'1osying.

Keep the blows moving this frosty weather Turn over the insects to get nippel and destroyed by Jack Frost Let the clay be pliyerised y tie freezing aud thawng winter, Turn under the weeds and grass to be deeomposed and furnish fertility to the soil Have the ground ready to SOW oats and other crops early in spring. Save by fall work, so much spring work Don't leave every thing to be done in spring The horses and men will be better for doing all that can be done this fail. Get ground ready for planting orchards; and plant them, il possible, now, to save tune in spring The earth will settle evenly about the roots, and the trees will take the first ad vantage of warm weather, In good soil plow deeply for everything, Furnish plenty of loose soil for plants to feed Men and horses are now strong and can do good work.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
Recipe sc. c,seerfalnsss.


 Fl were asked recipe for cheerful ness, would say, humbly enjoy the good gifts of God. love those around you tentleily, realize that amiabilitv is q binding virtuc, and that we are bound 10 diii'use joy around us in our homes. But there is just one moro item in my prescription: We must be willing 10 uubend, even to stoop to little harm less folly. A love for animals will en- courage this; the very presence of these true but unassuming friends will do our hearts good. We may talk nonsense to them: they introduce all element o. intellectual repose. Dogs, eats, horses, foultry, are so many con- tributors to ihe @aiety and simplicity Of our daily lie. We cannot enjoy them without loving them. 1 am not going 10 enter into inc ranks of those who contend that they have souls still hope my reader holds in equal abhorrrnce with myself the systems of Descaries and Malcbranche, which would make them out to be mere ma chimes. We have but to contemplate the dog that follows us, watches our movements, shares fatigues, and pcriIs voluntarily. eishcrto sink at our side, or perhaps follow us to the grave and die there-to reply to the theory of mero mechanism, Animals are, in some sort, members of the family. They arc the friends of young and old, and old and young alike enjoy the benefit by their glceiul, irrational so- cirtY -G Goinn De Gnsnnrin
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
A Ya,e og T.ors.

One quiet night in leafy June, when bees and birds were all in tune. two lovers walked beneath the moon. The night was fair so was the maid, they walked and talked-beneath the shade, with none to harm or make afraid. Her name was Sue, and his was Jim, as he was fat slo was sim, he took to her and she 10 him Says Jim 10 Sue, By all the snakes that squirm among the bush and brakes, I like you better'n Buckwhcat cakes" Says Sue to Jim, "Since you've begun il, and been and comes and gone and done il. like you next to new bonnet" Says Jim to Sue, My heart you've busted but 1 have always gals mistrusted.' Says Sue to Iim--"l will be true; if you love mo as 1 love you, no knife cut our love in two. Says Jim to Sue, 'tArough thick and thin if you're true count nc in, I'll comt no other gal again." Jim leaned to Sue, and Sue leaned to Jim, his nose just touched her jockey brim, four lips went-went --ahem! uhem !ahem And then-then --and then. Oh, Gals, beware of men in June, and underneath the silver moon, when frogs and cricktes are in tune, lest your name be in the paper Soon
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
Transpla nslng In the Night.

\ gentleman anxious to ascertain the effect If transplanting at night, instead of in the Gay, made an experiment with the following rcsult: tie traasplanted ten cherry trees while in blcom, commencing at o'clock in the afternoon and trans plapting one each hour until clok in she morning Those transplassed in the daylight shed their hlossous, producing little or no fruit, while those planted dur ing the darker portions maintained their condition fully He did tho same with ten dwarf pear trees, aiier the fruit was one ethrd grown Those transplantcd during the night perfected their crop, and showed no injury from having been re- moved. With each of these trees he re- moyed some earth with the roots. The incident is fully vouehed for; and if q few more similar experiments produced the same result it will be strong areu- ment to horticulturists, gardeners and fruit growers to do such work oatircly at night
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02

NOTE TO THE READER.--Thc author has but one word to say in conclusion. To his lady reader, he would recom- mend the sketch of Miss A. Home ly as her character may seem drawn by the rongh hand, yet it is beautiful conception: and woman, beautiful and pure as she seems when gliding down the dance, or enthralling the soul with sweet sounds as she bends over the harp, Is far more lovely when visiting the couch of pain, and ministering to the wants of the stricken.
 The wife of George II. is no draft upon the imagination.-Intemperance, powerful as it is, may be driven out before the voice of ooujugal entrcaty {; and love. warmed into new life, gather at the ilre-side and gladden. the hearts of household, if women do but use
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02

GsS~ A droll fellow was asked by an old lady to read the newspapers, and taking up, began IS follows:
 Last night, yesterday morlting about two o'clock in the afternoon, before breakfast ahungry boy about forty years old, bought a ftp custard for q levy. threw it through a brick wall nine feet thick, and jumping over it broke his right ankle or above the left knee fell into dry mill pond and was drowned About forty years after that on the same day, an old eat had nine turkey gobblars; high wind blew Yankee Doodle on frying pan, and knocked the old Dutch churn down, and killed a SOW and two dead pigs at Boston. where q deaf and dumb ma, was talk ing French to his aunt Peter.
 The old lady, taking long breath exclaimed -"Du fell
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02

The foregoing is calculated on the rule of a hundred bolls to tlic pound, but q good quality of cotton and q luxuriant growth will average far above that. Now, of course, when the writer talks of three, four and five >hufdret, bolls to the stalk, he is speak ing of iransplanted cotton, with the calculation that 1t will mature early in June, and continue to proeuee till frost-say in this latitude five and $ half months of actual production.
 Who will undertake to sny how many bolls of cotton iuxuriaut stalk of cotton will produce with sucil op- portunities? All we cgn say, is, that we saw cotton stalks last fall, seeded in April, which we have no doubt pro- duced three hundred matured bolls to the stalk. and these stalks sown in the usual way-.ay rows five feet apart, aud plants about fifteen or twenty inches apart in the rows.
 Now as to the economy Of tlis at tempt to raise large crops: If Il man can raise as much cotton on one acre by superior cultivation as on five by inferior oultivatiou--tha is, if lie can raise as much on one acre, with the same labor and money expended on il, as he could raise on five with that labor and moncy-then the question of economy is settled. For, by contining himself 10 one acre, he leaves the iea- cing and the exhaustion of four acres, and more than hal the labor of gath ering the crop.-Galyeston News.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02

Geg- Planters ofGeorgia are now free ly entering into contracts with freed. men for 1889. Prices range from SG5 to sl25 in money and rations. About 800 is the average. The system or planting upon shares is less popular than it was year ago. The plan of paying men according to their worth is now universally recognized and adopt ed. It is certainly but just. Worthy and industrious men and boys ought to be paid moro than idle, lazy fellows.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
Y, N. GEsssON. Attorney at Law AND C. $. CLAIM AGENT, DEyALL-ss ILUFE', ARK.

A RKANSAs having baen added 10 the in "A risdiction of the Court of Claims at Washington, the undersigned hereby gives notice that he is prepared to receive and eol- feet all claims held by loyal persons for Stock, Forage, Supplies and Property of any and all kinds taken by Federal officers or soldiers for the use of the government. Come and sec me. Fees moderate. No charge for advice
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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02

that influence which is peculiarly theii own. Be not ambitious of worldl, honors,- Seek 10 do good, but aim not to be great; A woman's noblest station is retreat; ssHer faircst virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth-that shuns too strong {
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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
B. F. Johnson. D R U GGI s IT
 DIES ARG, ARKANSAS.

IF EEP on hand largeassortment of Drugs, IN Medicines, Paints, Oils. perfnmefy, Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies. Wbiskey' for medical purposes, which ae will soil low. Prescriptions and orders filled promptly. Terms cash feb 5, lsV~
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02

gzg-A lady having the good fortune to have her husband hang himself on an apple tree, inc wife ofa neighbor immediately came to beg branch of that tree, to have it grafted into one in her orchard, flor who knows, says she, ''but il may bear the same kind of fruit"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02
RiSN orGsreai s1ss.ers.

Halls Journal oflIea.t!i contains the following information:
 Great eaters never live long. A vo- racious appetite, so fur from being q sign of good health is certain inaica- ton of disease. Some dyspeptics are always hungry, and feel best when cat ing but as soon as they have finished eating they endure tormcats so dis dressing in their nature as to make the unhappy victim wish for death. The appetite of health is that which is inclined moderately to eat when eat ing time come, and which, when satis- fled, leaves no unpleasant reminders. Multitudes measure their health by the quantity they eat, and out of ten persons nine are gratiiied with an in- crease of weight, when in reality an in- crease of disease; showing that the absorbents ofth system are too weak to discharge their duty, and the ten dency to fainess, obescity increaes un- til existence becomes q burden and a sudden death closes the painful history.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-02


 Bay A London papcr states that Minister Johnson responded 10 Il query from the Emigration Society respecting the naturalization of british subjects in America, as follows: "Ioa will have no difficulty what ever if you become citizens of America and return 10 your own country being called upon to do any act here on the ground that you owe any allegiance to the govern ment of England. Whenever you re- turn here you will be clothed with the protection of America, as if you had been born in Ameica. We considery you in point of law. the same as citizens born with us, entitled to all our rights and that we are under obligations to protect you the same as those born on our soil"