tlhe |kftfcr?3 ]v.xtx is xa iittsuEi" KVKRY KL{ ID AY IM < )K.\ IKG I. ft. IH R BORROW \y [> JOH N 1,1 TZ, JL LIANA St., j!j Jlcagcl House BEDFORD, PENN'A TERMS: 11.00 n year it paid strictly in advance. If URI ; >: !tl tvitliiu Hl* tunn!h 8*2.30. If sot ijil nilaia tin- >ear (til.UO. Srrffssicaal & Cards ATTOK.YEYS IT LAW. v. r. lICTEB# j. w. DICKEKSUS MI.VF.US A DICKERSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, By.;<poKn, PEXS'A., 0£ f - me as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schcll, i o do rs east of the Gezettt office, will practice in the several CoarU of Bedford county. PetwioE?, bounties and back pay obtained and the pur- base of Real Estate attended to. May 11, *W— lyr. J C'iiN T. KEAGY. " " tl ATTORNEY AT LAW. IIEI FoRIJ. PES.V'A., Offers t rive satisfaction to all who may en tru - * their ic'ai 1' i: -, c • to h: ■:. W ill collect money, on evidences of debt, and speedily pro cure bounties and |>ensi*?ns to wldicr? tiieir >vi t errs or heirs. Office two doors west of Telegraph office. aprll:*6fl-ly. I R CESSNA. sj . ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office with J'jiiy CISSSA. • ti Julian la street, in the "ffiec formerly occupicJ by King A Jordan. and recently by Filler A Keagy. All business entrusted to his care will receive faithful and j-r uipt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, 4c., -HI ,!i!v c Lected. B-- tird. Jane ,1565. J* M'!>. S- p - II!,R OtHAKPE A KEF.R, 0 A TTORUE YS-A T-LA 11'. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad y bring c-unties. All business entrusted to their car- ■till receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions. Bounty, liaek Pay, 4e., speedily col lected fri.m the Government. Office -u Juliana street, opr-.sr e the banking house of P.eed 4 Scheil, Bedford, Pa. niar2:tf | 01!N PALMER. ,j ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. SSL Particular attention paid to the collection of Military elaima. Office on Julian n ft., nearly opposite the Mengel House, i jtme23, 65.1y j. R. ncßaonnow* JOBS LUTE. DURBORROW 4 LIT/.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEEFORH, PA., Will atten.l promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no- Thcv are, also, regularly license 1 Ciaun Agents and will giro special attention to the prosecution of claims against the Government for Pensions, Back Pay. Bounty, Bounty Ear, Is, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one toor S-uth of the •Mengel House" and nearly opt .-ite the hi/nirer fr ~,. April 25. 1865rt IA SPY M. ALSIP, L ATTORNEY AT LAW, BXBVOR.N, I A., W li! faithfully and promptly attend to all busi mil I In his care iu Bv It'ord an-ludj.-in iu - - ::ities. Military claims, Pensions, back • I enty. Ac. steel je ilectcti. 1 thee with Mat nA it pang, on Juliana street, 2 d tts south of the Mengel House. apl 1, 1314.—tf. A| A. POINTS, i\j ATT RNEY AT LAW, Bet-reno, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional sen tees t „ t ;.. . i-ffi Wl! h J. W. Llngenfelter, E .on Julirina street, two d rs S' •: *I- of the •■Mengle llor.se." Dec. 9, ISM-tf. T.iliN MOWER, J ATTORNEY AT LAW. BsnroßO, I'A. . April I,lS4.—tf. | f IMMELL NO LINOL'NFKLTER, i\. ATTORNEY- AT LAW. r ,:-' una. PA. Hate formed a j inert-trip in the ;®ciiee of 1 the I.aw Office on Juliana Street., two doors South , f tl c Mengel House, aprl, 1564-—tf. IXEXTISi*. c. s. J - G - wsxics, in- i T\ 1 'NTL-Ti*. Bl.tn-nD, PA. J J Ofict in tU Bjgal BvilAiug, Street. ill '--rra'b n= j i rtnining t Surgical T Me chanical Lentistry carefully and faithfully per- • fo 1 and warranted. TERMS C T .tb 1' wdtra and Mouth Wash, excellent ar ; tides, always on hand. jaiiS'Ga-ly. DENTISTRY L X. BOWSER, Rss7pr.JTT BESTIST, Waon- | E; v, Pa- visits Bloody Run three days of each ; m nth, commencing with the- sec r. 1 Tut-day of ■ tl: month. Prepared to perform all Dental ©per- r at: ns with which he may 1c favored. JVnwi 1-iihin the read of all and etrietlf ~aeh except ty j q -.id. Work to be sent by mail croth- | wise, must be paid for when impressions are taken. | aagS, *64:tf. PHISHIAYS. 1 \ GEORGE C. DOI'GI IJ 11 pccttully tender? his {- ft- i-urd unices t the n : -pie of"Bet!ft rd and vicinity. ■ - lit i.lcrce at Met. Wash aba ugh's. •- OS-e two do its west of Bedford H I. up tt&iri. auUttf \ifM. W. JAMISON, M. D., \\ Bto NR lies, PA., li -; cctfnlly tenders his j tofe-sional services to the people of that place an i vicinity. [dct3:lyr nil. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional ser virc- to the citi-ens -f Bt-lford and vicinity. Office and residence on Put Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. 11 -fins. April 1, 1864—tf. I L. MARROURG, M. I)., t) . Having permanently B eated i ; -fully tenders hi? pofessional servi.-os to the citizens f Bedford and vicinity. ofs ■■ -r. Jul -na -*.--:ct, opposite the Bank, one door north I iluli A i'al tncr's office. April 1, 1864—tf. JEVELEB, Ac. \BsALOM G4RLICK. CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER, BLOODY Kts, PA. Clocks, Watches. Jewelry, at., promptly re paired. AH work entrusted to his care, warranted to give -atisfaetion. lie also keeps on hand and for sale H ATCII ES. '-LOCKS, and JEWELRY. Z£r Office with I>r. J. A. Mann. iny4 DANIEL BORDER, PITT STBEET, TW O DOORS WEST or run BED tord HOTEL, Br.t ; RP, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY, PECTACLES. AC. He keeps < n hand a st>. k of fine Gold and Sil ver Watches. Spectacles of Br: ; :iant Double Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold Wtt-h Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, beat q . vof Gold Peas. He will supply t< ■ rder uny thing in hislinc- not on ban-1. apr. 2S, 1865—xz. I M. LEHMAN, if #SSITKI OF rnt: r;;>. i: ARB KtIV(SM, COAL DALE. B ill pr-inptly mlto . : . : intrusted to him. He will also exc-ute all inrtrunients of wririog with neatnesr and dispatch, t'oaf Pale, Sept. 14, 1 66 :6;u. DW. CROrSE . WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST, On Penn ftrect a few do-.-r- wet of the Court House, North side, Bedford, Pa., u w pret-are-1 to'sell by vrbolcwle all kinds of CIGAR-. All orders promptly filled. Person® desiring anything in hit line will do well to give him a call. Bedford, Get 20 "65., Bl'Uif'JKtiOlY & LI TZ Editors and Proprietors. jHftri). THE LOVED NOT LOST. BY JOHN G. WHITTIEII. How r.range it seems vvith so much gone Of life and love, to still love on ! Ah. brother, only I and thoa Are left of all that circle now— lhe dear home faces whereupon That fitfnl firelight paled and shone. Henceforward, hasten as we will, The voices of that hearth are still; Look where wo tnay the wide earth o'er Those lighted faces shine no more. We ireaa the paths their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard trees, We hear like them the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn , We turn the pages thai they read, Their written words we linger o'er But in the sun they cast no shade, No voice is heard, no sign is made, No step is on the conscious floor! Yet love will dream, and faith will trust, Nince he who knows our need is just, i Lilt .-Viiicbc.", .vcwhcre f IUCCt WC mnL Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress trees! Who, hopeless, lays his dead away. Nor look- to sc-e the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play ! Who hath not learned in hours of faith, The truth to flesh and sense unknown, That Life is ever Lord of Death, And love can never lose its own ! "SOME DAY." Soothe the dreamy eyes to rest, Fold him closer to thy breast. Coax the childish tears away — Care will come to him some day. Twine the wand*ring waves of gold, Round the brow of matchless mold, Kiss the cheek where dimples play— He will cease to laugh some day. Fold the night-robe pure and white. Sleep soon have dimned his sight: In thy arms he will not siay. Softly pillowed thus "some day." Culm his brc-athing, soft and slow— None save Gon his fate may know; Never then forget to pray He be good and great some day. .HAN'S IIEAKT. Man'i Heart, 'tis said, is like a Harp, With many and many a string ; That from its chords the master Hand, Of Time doth music bring, A -irangv :• like Harp, ind ed it is. We're ughing now. now weeping ; Tears and smiles This Harp beguiles, Just as the Hand is sweeping. Is it vvr eg to call our life a song . Some s >ngs there are of sadness; Too many give a sigh for grief, And sing a song for gladness. I'd have my Harp-strings wet with tears Sometimes—and sing of sorrow ; The darkest day Will soon away And gladness comes to-morrow. WHAT MAKE- A MAN. A truthful soul, a loving mind. Full of affection for its kind ; A spirit firm, erect, ,".* d free, That never basely bend the knee : That will not bend a feather's weight Of slavery's chain for small or great ; That truly speaks from God within ; That never makes a league with sin ; That snaps the fetters de-spots make, And loves the truth for its own sake ; 'That worships God and Him alone. And bows r.o mo.: than at his throne ; A; d trembles at no tyrant's nnu : A soul that fears no one but God, A'.d thus can smile at curse or ban ; This is the soul that makes the man. DEDICATION OF A CENTENARY I s . cm lie h. BY REV. J. ELDBBDSCE. '. • -oi.dit f Saturday, December 22d. A. D. * . found the writer of this sketch j sat-: h -hvltered from winter's piercing blasts ■ a litin.* fn-.s at the hospitable residence j of a friend and brother some six miles north ! of Cumberland. Md. . lo< k . lin the arms of 1 M rphc lT . and m ling in the fabled land i f ut 1. morning, the 23d, d.c. : ivn.litl. 1- ivt-o - *verca?t. and the ;t,?j t thrc-j:* tfipg. Famii, worship and lire- . over, the writer, p..v!*j auied by ! his obliging b-.-t, vreu I 1 his way to the! new temple of prayer, destined in a brief! s: ice of time to 1 • - en.i.iv dedicated to tl*. vice and w ; hip of Almighty God. . 'ld i-i::'; .- tpyirut a commanding posi ti- ri, Y'TJ : -and tc- be : . i; -tantial frame buil liua ob. . 1 feet, finished and furnish- i ed iu an. oner redo* dug mu rh credit upon tl. skiii of the art!,ite. t, and the taste of j .a S • who .-'*!•.et -i am] kindly do na: I the furniture, in <iu time the Rev. J. T. Murray editor of the N<ihodi,t Jvot r.<tunt, and Rev. J. NY. Gray, superintend ent of (dumb rlacd Station, gladdened the hi art of the writ r by their appearance. Ti a c -ier -cation rapidly increased, soon filh::g the itou.- ■ to it- utmost capacity. Many! -r.- b-.-iag unable to find accom modation?. lingered around outside during j the entire time of -ervice. At 10.45 o'clock, : A. JL, the imprcs.-ive exercises c -mmenced and progressed in the following order : Ist. The invocation, by Ilev. J. W. Gray. 2d. Scriptural readings, by the writer; also the reading and lining of the 202 d hymn : I "The perf-ct world by Adr.tn trod, Was the lir-t Temple built by God, His fiat laid the corner-stone, He spake, arid !o ! the work was done. I "He hang its s: wry roof oti high. The broad expanse of azure sky. He sprer. it- ;. .' ement green and bright, And curtained it with morning light. •'The mountain in their places stood. The sea — the sky, and all was good ; And when i s first pure praises raug, The morning struts together sa: g. "Lord, *tis not ours to make the sea, And earth aud -ky. a house for Thee ; Hut in thy sight our offering stands. An humble Temple built with hands." The hymn wa? -ung by the congregation with spirit and animation. After which, an imprc: ivc and aj; ropriate prayer was of fered up by Rev. J. T. Murray. Mean while, 'i choir of Cumberland Methodist Protestant Church Laving kindly tendered their services for the occasion| had arrived. Th. choir tl. n sung an appropriate hymn of their wn -election with such exquisite mi! 5y and .-*, etness as to fill every mind wi .. .dmiration, and thrill every heart with tei er < inuti. ns. The perfe -tiop to which ith human voice ean be trained in the exc \ cation of -wcet Bounds and eltariuitig inclu- A LOCAL ANI) GENERAL. NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS dy tnay be conceived, but not described. Singing over, Rev. J. T. Murray arose and announced as his text that well known and familiar passage in the prophecies of Isaiah, "Unto us a child is bom and a son is given," Ac. The different points embodied in the interesting passage wore clearly presented and beautifully illustrated. The up, iker expatiated upon the wonders of redemption; then passed on by an easy graduation to the Savior's parental care—the ble--edne-- and glory of the "heavenly home," and t re union ol the pure and holy in the ' right "land of the hereafter. * * .iany eyes wese suffused with tears, aud many hearts grew warm with holy ardor, in antic ipation of that "glory which shall be reveal ed." Divine unction attended the word, and that word will long be remembered. I'reaching over, the usual subscription was taken and collection lifted to aid in iiquida ting the church debt. Alter which Bro. J. J. Sniouse, who had been the leading and governing spirit in the enterprise from the beginning, gave additional evidence of his Christian benevolence and goodness of heart, by assuming the rcsspnoAl.tlity to meet and cancel all outstanding claims against the buildings, thereby relieving the trustees from pecuniary liabilities. Surely such at i act of noble generosity will be recorded in the boolc of God's remembrance. Money mat- ; ters adjusted. Bro. Smouse made a formal i presentation of the building to the officiating minister for "the worship of God, and the : uze and benefit of the Metbodi-t Protestant ] Church." The congregation aro.-e, and the ! minister addressed performed the impressive ceremony of dedication. The choir sung a beautiful anthem, the benediction was pro nounced. and so ended the first service in the " Caitenaiy Methodist Protestant Church ' on Line Hill, Alleghany county, Md. Not an improper word wa-- spoken. All were pleased. Many were profited. Effects have their causes in the moral a? well as in the natural world. As majestic rivers have their tributaries iu di-tant plains, or at the base of far off mountain?, in the form of babbiing springs, gushing fountains and trinkling rills, so, in tracing the agencies and instrumentalities which re -uited in the creation of the "Centenary : Church on Bedford Circuit, it becomes nee- j essary to go back in the past some Is or 20 j years A young lady, reared in tlie.M. P. I Church, possessed of all the requisite quali- I ties of uiiud and heart to make a home 1 happy and desirable, united her destiny with that of a Chri-tian gentleman of high social position, having a competency of this world's goods, an i altogether worthy of suc-h a "household j wel," to be "The solace of hi? home so lonely, In the shadow of the mountain. " This Christian lady, after having left the parental dwelling and became mistress of her own mansion, rH.lined a trong prede lection for the Chut- U of her childhood and for the spiritual guides and instructors of i her early youth With tl, ■ consent of her husband, the Methodist Protestant minis ters were invited to that happy home. A preaching place w.i- there established ; a Methodist Protestan* .-oeiety formed, the husband and wife uniting with the new or ganization. An apartment in the mansion was seated and set apart as a place of wor- j ship. Souls were there awakened and con verted. The late lamented J. F. Whiteside' there dispensed the word of life. Other j ministers of the M. P. Church, still iivin • there, mini- terc l in holy things. During changeful y- ir.s the "Ark of the Covenant rested at that habitation. "Cen tenary year" was ushered in. The wife ■ suggested the propriety of •;reeling a sanct uary, and making a suitable offering unto the Lord. The worthy husband gave in his concurrence. Kind neighbors and friends looked upon the eut rprise with favor and proffered assistance. The work commenced and progressed. Discouragements came. | The wile's faith and words of cheer nerved the arm and strengthened the heart of her : noble husband in the laudable undertaking. ' Difficulties were overcome ; * • ■■■• ; wore surmounted. Whilst yet the building ras j I in process of erection, the Divine approba- ' I 'ion was exhibited in the eon version of their , | two eldest children—interesting youths, who 1 [ bid fair to walk with their pious parents in ; | paths of righteousness. Now, the finished ! structure, solemnly dedicated to the worship of the Triune God, stands as a monument ; of faith, generosity and y rsexcranet, to per petuate the memory of it? projectors to fu ture generations. If such important result arise from small beginnings, who can doubt but that the reign of the Llc-.scd Savior will extend through time and triumph through out the wide world. Cumberland Valley, Dec. 27, 1866. A SECRET WORTH KNOWING. When the celebt i • 1 physician Aber- I nethy died, report said, that i --idea will of | some interest to hi- heirs, in a pecuniary ' point of view, there was found among his "fleets, a sealed envelope, . aid to contain the secret of his great sue .-a, in the heal iog art, -and also a rule of living, the follow ing of which would in ure longevity. A large price was paid For the sealed en velope. It wa?found to contain only the-e words: "To insure continued health and a ripe old age, keep the head cool, the system open, and the leet warm. Dry feet are warm fact, generally, if the system is healthy. To keep the system | healthy, the circulation must be good. The i circulation is not good without exercise— and exercise can only be really valuable when gotten up by walking. Hiding in a i carriage is not exercise at all; it is merely | inhaling the air. This i? very well o far j a? it goes, but the lungs are not in Full play I without the individual i? walking. II r.-e -i back exercise is very good, and is an itn ! provement on carriage riding, but it is not j the kind of health creating play of the mus cles nature demands. It i- action—action of the entire body—and walking only will i procure it. Now, the ladies of Europe, I particularly those of England, under-tan i : this thing. They walk mi! per day, and if any of our palo beauties desire iu know how the English ladie- keep up their fine ; color, clear complex! u and superb busts, : we tell them that it i- out*door exercise ; walking in the open air ; filling the lung? | with pure oxygen, by rapid movement >n a i sharp Oetobci day, when the sun -bines j brightly and the clear blue sky i- above. 1 This is the secret of the rich blood of The English women and their aim >-t univer . sally line looks and matronly beauty at fifty, when at that age our American women are pale, sallow and wrinkled. To enjoy a walk thick sole? arc needed. Stout, weel-fitting call .-kin, high gaiters, neatly laced, will always ",-et >ff n pretty foot and improve a homely one. To guard that sensitive portion of the human frame (for the sole of the foot i- kci nly sensiiiva to the changes from hea{ to cold, or dryness to dampness) the boot .-ole -! •*. lie thick, and as well made as hum in b .- nuity can doit. Then, even in moi-t v-v her, or in a tain storm, the foot can I |>: rtccted. That insured all is well witli the body. Ladies, walk more ; take long walk.? ; get tired, no matter Low tired ; tired mu> BEDFORD. Pa., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1867. des, in any well woman eighteen to forty : eight, only proves that they need to be used; flabby muscles prove that action is wanted ; and such muscles also prove that the sy.-tem lacks toue. They are like a vio lin with the keys loose : the strings are without vibration and the instrument is ! dead. Buy the best of calf half-boots, la die? : exercise with tbem till you are well and brave enough to go out. well elad in all weather. Wear no rubbers if you can avoid it. They are bad for the feet. If you need to paddle in the slush and soft snow of spring put on rubbers, for the feet must be kept wxrm and dry, but use them as little as possible. Wear, when out of doors, solid soled shoes; take all the open air exercise you can by walking, and you will be iu your old age as fine looking as you are now ; and moreover the next generation will bo as proud of you AS the young fry of England are of their stately mothers. We have seen in Hyde Park, London, on a fair day, hundreds of grandmothers, fresh and really handsome ; and scores of mothers with marriageable daughters which, had we l.u in tlie marrying Hue uui.-;l*cs, should hardly have- known which to have popped the question to, so dazziing was the real beauty and youth of both. Our Amer ican ladies can possess these charms and carry them into the age of three score, if they will walk more in the opc-n air, and in hale daily the health givine properties which can be obtained in wearing out a couple of pairs of tip-top ten dollar gaiters per year. We hold t hat one ten dollar pair of walking shoes will save twenty doctor? visits, at 85 each. Take your choice ladie-. THE ART OF CONVERSING. When you arc the messenger of painful tidings, what is the best method? After much reflection, I must conlude that the shortest and simplest way of communicating the facts is the best. Here nature aad philosophy meet; here our last experience coufirrus our first practice. You have to impaitto an affectionate mother the death of hex son who was drowned at sea. How shall it be done? Nature teaches; art ean add nothing more: "O lady, I have sea new? to impart. Your son, on such a day fell from the yard and was drowned. He has left u?. This is the way they comutu ni gated things of old. Sollomer (Iliad xviii. 20, 21), when the tiding is brought to Achilles of Patrodus's death. "Patro ciou? i? dowD; they are fighting around his naked corpse and his armor is held by the plume waving Hector." A striking instance is found in British history. When General Burgoyne surren dered at Saratoga the rumor (very indefi nite! oue morning had reached the House of ( millions. Every one was alert to hear " hen L rd North arouse slowly in Lis place, and with a solemn voice, said: "General Burgoyne and his whole army are prisoners to the Americans," and a dead silence of :ral minutes followed. How different is this ..-.in the shuffling and equivocations in which in modern times we disguise our de feat.?! The same method is sanctioned in the Bible. When Ei: sat trembling for the ark of God he heard the dreadful news: "And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines: and there hath been a great ?!aughter among the people; and thy twu son,. Ilophni and Phi nea.-, are dead; and the ark ofGod is taken." [1 Sam. iv 17.J \\ hat-oonden-ed language at. i every word laden with sorrow. No wonder that the effect followed: "And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of fund that he fell from off the seat backward, by the side of the gate, and hi.- neck brake and he died; for he was an old man and heavy: and he had judged Israe forty years.'' There are tew people that touch the sum ruit of excellence in the ait of conversation. Just a? among the swallows that fly around a steeple, it A.? only a part of the number that teule on the vane. Yarious reasons may l>e suggested for tbi?. Men of copious mind? do not always pour out their effusions iu a crystal stream. Some arc irritahle, some zullen; some have lo?t their tongues over their folic- some are sensitive; some tremblingly alive to their own reputation and hazard nothing without preparation. But one ot the rno.-t common causes why a Juan of ability fail- in conversation is a dou ble surface to his heart and a double lone to bis tongue. He is like a tree that gives its fading blossoms before it.? flourishing fruit. Ilciaulk? from a superficial consciousness, that i.?, he rattles awav without the least cfi rt. pouring out hi.- iir-t thoughts in his firet language. Goldsmith wa? an example. Everybody that had read his books was disappointed when they heard hint talk. It wa? -aid him, "lie wrote like an angel and talked hk t parrot. ' Webster had something like this. He delighted to whistle and talk like a boy. John Adams was another ex ample. I have a strong impression if. in the days of Qu- n Elizabeth, you could have overtaken the bard of Avon going up from Stratford to L -ridon. and could have heard his conversation as he rode on his nag with his wife on a billion behind him, had you not known by a previous introduction, you would never -u-pect you were in the presence of the immortal Shakespeare. How do you know this? I reply, Ido not ©nun. We have a few traditions of the peculiari ties and personalities of the great bard ! whose delineations of all other characters are so well known: and-yet I never had a conviction o deeply rooted with positive pruif u.? that Shakspheare did not talk up to hi? reputation. Why, first, the relaxed j temper of his mind; secondly, the supreme carelessness of his best effusions: thirdly, , the depths of his inner consciousness show : that it tnu-t have had an outer rind; and finally, analogy. We find many dramatic writers who have this superficial folly, which covers up and dares not indicate the thought? in conceal?. Sheridan was in some degree an example. How like a fool IK* ac- ! * iin his convivial pleasantries. He 1 rdly egem rated when he wa? drunk. lii'-lio theca Sacra. THE MOTHER. —There is something in ickn that breaks down the pride o! man i 1: that softens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Wire that has languished, even in advanced life, in sickness and despondency; who that has pined on a weary bed, in the loneliness and neglect of a foreign land, but ha.- thought of the mother "that looked on hi? child- ! hood, that -inoothcJ his pillow and admin ister! Ito his helplessne.s.-? Qh! there i? an j < uduring tenderness in the love of a mother j t L s.m. that transcend? all other affections j of the heart. It L? neither to be chilled by ; .-clfi-hin nor daunted by danger, nor ; stiffed by ingratitude. She will sacrifice ev-1 tii Jiitforl to hi- convenience; she will sur render every pleasure to his enjoyment; she will glory in his fame and exult in his pros- ; pvrity; and. if mi fortune overtake him, ho will be dearer to her from misfortune; and if disgrace settle upon hi- name, she will still love and cherish him in spiteof his disgrace; and if all the world be ide cast him off. she will lie all the world to him. "I WAS A HUNGERED." It was steering fast. Evening was fall ing. The streets were almost deserted. Suddenly a voice at my elbow -aid. "I am not fit for work aud have eaten nothing to-day." I looked at the speaker. He was an able bodied man, but had lost both anus by amputation ; he was evidently a discharged sol die.?. He wa? pale, too, as if from re cent sickness, or from scanty food. He bad an old threadbare coat. My first impulse was to give him some thing. But my coal was buttoned tight ; I could not easily unbutton it and continue to hold my umbraella and book : and to crown all, the streetcar for which I had been wait ing, at that moment came up. "I haven't nothing to-day," I said turn ing from the man aud beukoning to the driver. I heard a sigh, as I turned and wa.? on the point of reconsidering my decision, but I reflected that if I missed this ear I should have to wait ten minute- in the road. "Be sides." I aii' en mjrcotV, "vfrtnichndv else I will be sure to give hits something. But my heart suiote me, when, on look ing after the man, I -aw him go sadly down the street with bent head. Once I thought of stopping the ear, overtaking bint and giv ing him half a dollar. But while 1 hesita ted the ear pa-.-cd the corner, and he was out of sight. It was too late. T did not eat my dinner that day with the u?ual appetite. 1 could not get that wan face out of my mind. At times the vituals scemed to choke me. What if lie really was starving and no one would help him ! All through the evening the man's look haunted me. In vain my little daughter, ?eeing me ab-traeted, sang her sweetest ballads. In vain my wife s iug .t to "cheer me up, as she said. 1 even dreatucd of the man. It I had known where to find him I would have gone the next day, to sat isfy myself that he had received assistance. But the impres-ifiri gradually wore off. There is so much suffering now in crcat cit ies that aimo-r every one becomes hardened to it. 1 persuaded myself finally that the man had been helped by others. "There are so many societies to aid soldier-." I said. It was uncomfortable to think otherwise. One morning, abut four day? after the interview, my wile wa? reading the paper, when she suddenly laid it down and cried. "llow shocking.'' Ido not know how it was, but I felt a sudden chill. I th mght instantly of that man'.? wan fr*e. But I ?aid carelc—ly, a? 1 broke my egg, "What i- it my dear?" "Oh ' such a horrible story. A dischar ged so!d:er, hi? wife ::rid two children, dy ing of -urvati< At least the wife is dead and oi. >f the . hildi not i * I to live. None have had any: u.*ig to eat fir font days. They were ! >nt:d in an (.Id out-hou.re The hu old i? - ..d to have 10-t botii arms at Gettysburg. My hand trembled much that long be fore my wife finished, I had be:*n compelled to lay down my t-eg unopened. She was lookine st the p.i; r :tid did not see me. I had no tit after that. I rose im mediately ; :..J h.i-t ii- J <i ovn town, for I was sure t! :- WH- th MAN whose petition I had rejected. 1 went straight to -re hitu. I had the paper in my pocki-t, and it directed me to the miserable out house, where the suffer er? had been found. Quite a : iwd Iv. 1 en ■ ?l:*c** d on the outside. But a ,<■ man at the door per mitted no one to to in. He knew me, how ever. and on my vc; o —ing my wish, allow ed me to enter. A sheet, furnished by -ome poor neigh bor, was spread over a stili waxen face in the corner: a little girl wa- sobbing beside it ,* and a man bowed with grief sat at the fo !. At th<- ■ ,iind of he footsteps he looked up. It wa- the -arnc wan face I had rep •lied at tire t* iru *r >f the street. Since that day 1 have never turned away from old or young who had asked alius, better give to a thousand who are unworthy than refuse one who i? really in need. ECCENTRIC HOSPITALITY. During the late war a soldier who had been wounded and honorably discharged, being destitute and benighted, knocked at the d ■ r of an Irish farmer near Pittsburg, when the following dialogue en-ued ; Patrick— And who the divi! are you now? Soldier—My name is John Wilson. Patrick— And where the dtvil are you go ing from John Wilson? Soldier —From army of the Sheuan doah Yali- y, sir. Patrick— And what do you want here ? Soldier —1 want shelter to-night : will you I permit me to spread my blanket your ; floor and sleep to i .ght ? Patrick—-Divi! take nk if I do, John Wil- , son. Soldier —On y.-.u- kit hen floor, sir ? Patrick —Not L. by the Hill o" Howth. Soldier —In your stable, then ? Patrick— l'm hanged if I do that either. Soldier —I'm dying with hunger; give me but a bone and a crust; I a?k no more. Patrick —Divil blow me if I do. sir. Soldier— Give me some water th quench my thirst. 1 beg of you. Patrick —Beg and be hanged. I'll do no such tiling. Soldier —Sir, I have be> n fighting to se cure the blessing? you c.njoy. I have assist ed in contributing in tie ciory and welfare of the country which ha- hospitably receiv ed you. and can yuu -o inhospitably reject ! me from your house ? Patrick —Reject you ! wh • the divil talked a word about rej< ding y"t ? May be 1 am : not the scurvy enalpccu yu take tuc to be, John \\ ilsou. \uu a-k i uic to let you lie on my floor, my kitchen floor, or in my sta ble ; now, by the power.-, d ye think 1 d let a perfect stranger do that, when I have half I a dozen soft feather beds all empty? No, by the Hill o' Ilowth, John that I wont. In the eoond place, y or < >UI me you were lying with hunger, mid warned a bone and a crust to eat; now. h icy. dye think I'd feed a hungry man on .*■ -ne? and crusts, when my yard is full of fa: millet and turkey?, and pig.?? No. by th power?, not I, that's flat. In the third place you a.-ktd me for some simple water to quench your thirst; now, as my water i? none of the best. I.nev er give it to a poor trawiier without mixing j it with plenty of witie, ■ r something else ' wholesome and coring. Come into my house, my honey : divil Mow tue hut you j shall sleep in the l**st {•-aih-n* bed 1 have ; ! you shall have the Mv-t suppe : and break ■ fast that my farm can supply, which thank Heaven! is none of the worst; you s-hal. • drink as much water a? y-ut choose provided ' you mix it with plenty of good wine, and provided also you prefer it. Come in, my heart}* —come in and feel yourself at home. It shall never bo said th o i'n trick Foley (rated a man scurvily who had iiccn fighting for the country which gave hint protection. WHICH is the eldest tree known to man' The elder tree, of course. VOLT ME $0: NO J. THE COMMON ENEMY. 1 he following plain and sensible remark" upon the absorbing question of the day we reproduce from the Xorth American/*, re served aud moderate journal in these days ol extremists, and it never spoke the truth more candidly and substantially : '' We can find little in the current state of affairs at the South to induce a hope for any permanent improvement in that section so long as the landed aristocracy is suffered to remain in undisputed mastery of the country south of the border States, to hold all the political offices, wield all the politi cal power, fill every Legislature, control every court of justice, and dominate even the temples of religion. It is purely a mat ter of moonshine to ever expect to reach these oligarchs by moral suasion. What haw transpired since the close of the war ia sufficient to show that thev will yield to nothing but pressure. They realize instinct ive. y that just in proportion as we elevate the masses of the southern poor people, white and black, their own power mnst di minish, and hence they oppose to every movement we make fljr thai purpose the sternest and most determined resistance. "If we can reach them by no other pro cess. we shall he compelled to overthrow the State governments behind which they stand intrenched so formidably. All the measures we devise even to alleviate the sufferings of the Southern people are frus trated, by these rebel oligarchs. Their pro fessions of loyalty extend no farther than n submission that it unavoidable, to an au thority they have recently resisted. For this all attempts now at conciliation seem to us to be useless. These rebels are rebels still, and deserve no other name. As to our trade with that section, it does not amount to half what our southern trade would he if the southern masses were prop erly paid for their toil, and had the means of living in any other way than a state of abject misery aud degradation. So far. therefore, from having any reason to con ciliate them on account of our southern trade, we have cause for denouncing them as the greatest possible enemies of that trade. "We have no hope that the bestowal of the suffrage upon the the colored people south will effect a change. But it will do something toward such a result, and we tnust try much more, and perhaps much longer, before we shall achieve a final suc cess, _ As to compromising with these arch enemies of the national peace and prosperi ty, we have no need of that. It will be a thousand times better to fig'ut out the bat tle now, while we are- at it. than to put off the struggle, as was formerly our habit. A GOOD STORY. From Ohio eomes a capital temperance story. Judge Quay, the temperance lectur er in one of his efforts there, got off the following ; All of those who in youth acquire a hab it oftlrinking whiskey, at forty years of aee will be total abstainers or drunkards. So one can use whiskey for years in modera tion. If there is a person in the audience before tne whose own experience disputes this let him make it known ; I will account for it, or acknowledge that I ant mistaken. A tall, large man arose, and folding his arms in a dignified manner across his breast, said: "I offer myself as one whose experience contradicts your statement." '"Are you a moderate driuker ?" said the •JuJze. "I am." "llow long have you drank in modera tion ?"' "Forty years." "And were you never intoxicated ?" "Never." "Well," remarked the Judge, scanning bis subject close from head to foot, "Tour's is a singular case, yet I think it is easily ac counted for. I am reminded by it of a little story. A colored man with a loaf of bread and a flask of whiskey, sat down to dine by the bank of a clear stream. In breaking the bread some of the crumbs dropped into the water. These were eager ly seizedand eaten by the fish. That cir cumstance suggested to the darkey the idea of dipping the bread in whiskey and feed ing it to them. He tried it. It worked well. Some of the fish ate of H, became 1 drunk and floated helpless on the water. In j | this way he easily caught a great number, j But in the stream was a very large fish very unlike the rest. It partook freely of the j bread and whiskey, but with no perceptible : effect. He was shy of every effort of the i darkey to take it. ' He resolved to have it at all hazards, that j he might learn its name and nature. He j : pr ocured a net. and, afrer much effort j ' caught it, carried it to a colored neighbor, . and asked his opinion of the matter. The j ! other surveyed the wonder a moment and then said : "is'ambo. I understanddis case. : Dat fish is a mullet-head. It hain't got any i brains." "In other words, added the Judge, "alcohol effects only the brain, and j of course, those having none may drink it | without injury !" | The storm of laughter that followed drove the moderate drinker from the house. LAYING ll' I t)lt CHILDREN. Parental affection naturally inquires what it ean In-st do for the welfare of its children in future years, anu when the bosom which now throbs with love to its offspring shall be cold in death. Many plans are laid, and many days and hours of anxious solicitude are spent in contriving ways and means of rendering children prosperous and happy in future life. But parents are not always wise in the provisions which they seek to make tor their children ; nor do they always seek direction and counsel from God in this matter. The best inheritance for children, beyond all contradiction, is true piety to wards God, the salutary truths and princi ples f religion laid up in the hearts of chil i dren—a good ducat ion—good and virtuous 1 habits—unbending principles of moral con i duct—the fear of God, and the hope of heaven. This is the inheritance for children, and which all parents should be most anx- I iotis to lay up for them. M-iuy an uuwisc parent works hard and I lives sparingly all his life, for the purpose of • leaving enough to srive hi* children a start in the world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his rela i tives, is like tying bladders under the arras i of one who cannot swim ; ten chances to one he will lose the bladders, or go to the bot torn. Teach him to swim, and he will not i need the bladders. Give your children a sound education. See to it that bis morals are pure, his tuind i cultivated, and his whole nature made sum servient to the laws which govern man, and ' von have given what will he than the wealth of the Indies. \ou have given hiiu a start which no misfortune can deprive hiin of. The earlier yon teach h ; m '' to depend upon his own resort' ; ' bk- ing of God the better. RATES OF ADVERTISING All advertisements for less than 3 months 18 eenta per line for each insertion. Special notice* cneaa'f additional. All reflations of Associ*. tion, communications of a limited or individual interet* and notices of marriages and deaths, ex ceeding five lines, 10 ets. per line. AH legal noti ce* of every kind, and all Orphan*' Court and other Judicial saier, are required bylaw to be pub lished in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 cenu ®?-L ine " ■^ < ! , ' crt '* D gdue after first insertion. A iiberai discount made to yearly advertizer*. 3 months. 8 month*. 1 year One square $ 4.50 $ e.OO $lO.OO Two square; 8,00 8.00 18 00 Three squres. s.OO 12.00 28.00 One-fourth column H,OO 20.00 35.00 Half column 18.00 25.00 45.00 One column 38.00 45.00 80.08 DULL SIMPSON'S LEGAL EXPERI ENCE. Many years ago the Legislature of Ten nessee passed an act to organize the county of McNairy. At that time the county em braced in the limits of Snake, was occupied by a sturdy set of backwoodsmen, totally unacquainted with courts, jails, etc. The county assembled at the appointed site for the purpose of cutting leg-, making boards, etc. ilie only theme of daily conversation, when the men were assembled, was the court. None of them had ever seen a court in session as yet developed. Each one would give what his idea of a court was. None, however, were entirely satisfactory until Bill Simpson was called on to give his ideas. lie said he knew all about a court —that he had had a lawsuit in North Caro lina. One of his neighbors' hogs kept com ma when he fed his hogs until it got fat. Une morning he got so all-fired mad that he shot the hog. He thought it would not do to throw it away, so he cleaned and salt ed it. Shortly after, his neighbor and a Uiau cuurc lo bin bouse, examined the smoke house and took him to town and put him m a little office. About three months after that, this man came and took him to a large room. A large man sat upon a fitgh bench—a man was sitting at a desk— about a dozen fine dressed men set in a place that was paled around. The man put me in a pen just behind them. He then called in twelve men ; they took seats in a box in front of the fine dressed men. The man that was writing gave the twelve men a book and said~ something about Bill Simpson and the State. Then s>" of c -' le ft" o men rca d something about Bill Simpson and the hog, and he and another of the fine dressed men had the biggest quarrel you ever heard. I thought they would fig In _ every minute, but they dido t. It was Bill Simpson and the hog, and the hog and Bill Simpson, and some times Mr, Simpson, but devilish seldom. After they had quit quarrelling, the big man talked awhile to the twelve men, and they went out and staid a short time, and came back and said something to the man at the desk. The man on the bench said something to the man that put me in the office, and he took me out and tied me to a persimmon tree and commenced fighting me with a cowhide, and it made me so alb fired mad that I shook ail the persimmons off the tree. BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A WIFE. A was.guided in my choice only by the blind affections of my youth. I found an intelligent companion and a tender friend, a prudent monitress, the most faithful of wives, and a mother as tender as children ever had the misfortune to lose. I met a woman who, by tender management of my weaknesses, gradually corrected the most pertinacious of them. She became prudent from affection ; and though of the most gen erous nature, she was taught frugality and economy by her love for me. Luring the most critical period of my life, she relieved me. She gently reclaimed me from dissapa tion; she propped my weak and irresolute nature: she urged my indolence to all the exertions that have been useful and credita ble to me, and she was perfectly at hand to admonish my heedlessness or improvidence. To her I owe whatever I am ; to her what ever I shall be. In her solicitude for my interest she never for a moment forgot my feelings or character. Even in her occasional resentment, for which I but too often gave her cause, (would to God I could only recall those moments!) she had no sullenness or acrimony. Her feelings were warm nay im petuous ; but she was placable, tender, and constant: Such was she whom I have lost, when her excellent natural sense was rapidly improving, after eight years' struggle and distress had bound us fast together, and molded our tempers to each other; when a knowledge of her worth had refined my youthful love into friendship, and before age had deprived it of much of its original ardor. I lost ner. alas ! the choice of my youth, the partner of my misfortunes, at a moment when I had the prospect of her sharing my better days.— Sir James Macintosh. WHAT MERE TRIFLES COST. Luxury need never plead with her votaries. Every heart and every purse are open when the devil presents his enticements. Civili zed man drinks every year 30.000.000 bot tles of genuine and 15,000,000 of spurious cliompajnA. nr ncarlv It'NlO.OOO.flOft wnrth l et the total expenses of Christian propaga tion may be roughly estimated at not more than that sum, if half as much. Tobacco is Dauseous to every unsophisticated sense of man,a medicine as strychnine is a medicine, but on the highest medical authority the origin of nine out of every ten cases of real heart disease, original or inherited—a con centrated drop of whose essential principles, if placed on the tongue of a dog, will cause him to die in convulsions. It destroys the power of mastication by draining the salivary glands, and by its exciting properties is the gentleman usher of intoxicating drink. So long ago as 1850 there was raised in the United States J99,000,000 pounds, or what would now be equivalent to about $200,000, 000 worth, and it is safe to say the present consumption is nearly $300,000,000. Sup pose an ordinary case: A business man uses four or sometimes many more cigars a day, worth 15 cents each, or $l5 or $2O a pound; this, of itself, leaving out pipes, chewing tobacco, lost time and lost opportunities, at the very lowest estimate, $250 a year. ftapWiiEX General Butler first commen ced the practice of law he was noted for re markable shrewdness. While very busy in his office one day, he was inturrunted by the entrance of a farmer. Mr. Butler desired him to state his case as briefly as possible, as he had important business to attend to. The farmer asked him what redress he could have against a person whose dog had stolen a piece of meat out of his wagon. Mr. But -1 ler told him to make out his bill for the price of the meat , and if necessary to enforce pay ment. "Well," says he, "Mr. Butler, it was your dog stole the meat!" "Make out your bill, sir," replied Mr. 8., "and I will pay it," which was done, and the farmer went on his way rejoicing. Not content, however with his -uecess, he must boast of it to all his neighbors. This reaching the cars of Mr. Butler, lie immediately sued out a writ against the farmer in the sum of ten dollars for legal advice which, with the costs lie was compelled to pay, and was dismissed ! by Mr. Butler with the advice, "that when a friend did a favor for him Dot to let the | world know it." HE who never looks up to an excellence higher than he has attained, who never re gards himself as formed from a pure and generous sentiments, who never admits the thought that exalted goodness is placed within his reach, will never put forth his powers in pursuit of virtue. He will never rise. He dooms himself to his present state. Exertion supposes that good may be : obtained, and vigorous exertion supposes i that the mind is kindled by the prospects ol : great attainments. What tan you expect i. : ,i i who sees nothing in the future letter than the past— Charming.
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