lie §se4ftl giujaim IS PUBLISHED KVKUY FRIDAY MORNING, BY I. R. DFRBORROW AlfD JOHN LITZ, ON JI ! I>I.VNA St., opposite the .Mengel House BEDFORD, PENN'A TERM: S'LOO a year it paid strictly in advdWe. II not inid within If not |iil withiu the year 8 & gusto*** fcard*. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. I H. LONGENECKER, tf . ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEPFORP. PA., All business entrusted to his care will receive prompt attention. OFFICE with S. L. RUSSEI., Esq., nearly opposite the Court House. Oct. 16, '66.-6 m. B F. MEVFEB J. W• DICKERSON. \ Ti.VERS A DICKERSON, IYJL ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BF.PFORD, PEXX'A., Office same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell, two doors ea.-t of the Gazette office, will practice in the several Courts of Bedford county, i'rnsions, bounties and back pay obtained and the uircba.-e of IU-1.1 nttcn lcJ to. May 11,'66— lyr. ! 10HNT. KEAGY. ,J ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PEXX'A., Offers to give satisfaction to all who may en trust their legal business to him. Will collect money* on evidences of debt, and speedLy pro cure bounties and pensions to soldiers, their wid ows or heirs. Office two doors west of Telegraph tffice. aprll:'66-ly. r B. CESSNA, J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with Joiix CES'SXA, on Julianna street, in (ho office formerly- occupied by King A Jordan, and recently by Filler A Keagy. All business entrusted to his care will receive faithful and prompt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, Ac., speedily collected. Bedford, June 9,1865. J- M'D. E. F. KER CtHARPE A KERR. O A TTOBNE YS-A T-LA W. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining counties. All business entrusted to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. Office on Juliunti street, opposite the banking house of Reed A Schell, Bedford, Pa. mar2:tl JOHN PALMER, Attorney at Law, Uetlloril, Pa.. i'l promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to the collection >f Military claims. Office on Julianna st., nearly opposite the Mcngcl House.) june 23, '65.1y J. B. DCRBORROW JOHX LUTE. Durborbow a li t/., ./ T TO It. YE \S .I T 1..1 H*. BEBFORP, PA., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the ghortest no- They arc, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents and will give special attention to the prosecution of claims against the Government for Pensions, Pack Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, tc. Office on Juliana street, one dooF South of the ' Men gel House" and nearly opposite the Inquirer office. • April 28, 1665:t F 7l SPY M. ALSIP, J ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness en truster! to his care in Bedford and adjoin ftl£T COM it tier.-. Military- —l— iay. TVunty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann £ Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the Mcngel House. apl 1, 1884.—tf. M. A. POINTS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services to the public. Office with J. W. Lingcnfeltcr, Esq., on Juliana street, two doors South of the •'.Mcngle House." Dec. 9, 1884-tf. KIM ME LIS AND LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of the Mcngel House, aprl, 1864—tf. 1 OHN MOWER, RJ ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA. April 1, 1864.—tf. DENTISTS. C. X. HICKOK J. C. MINSICB, JR. nF.NTISTS, BEDFORD, PA. Oj/ice in the Bunk Building, Juliana Street. All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me chanical Dentistry carefully and faithfully per formed and warranted. TERMS CASH. Tooth POWJCTS and Mouth Wa.-h, excellent ar ticles. always on hand. jani!'6s-ly. DENTISTRY. I. N. BOWSER, RESIDENT DENTIST, Woon- BERIIV, Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of each month, commencing with the second Tuesday of the month. Prepared to perforin all Dental oper ations with which he may be favored. Term i"ithin the reach uf tell antl etrictlg caeh except hi/ ipeeial cm tract. Work to be sent by mail or oth v, i.-e, must be paid for when impressions are taken. augs, '64:tf. PBTSICUIi. DR. GEO. C. DOUGLAS Rcspecttully tenders his professional services to the people of Bedford and vicinity. Residence at Maj. Washabaagh's. JS!•" Office two doors west of Bedford Hotel, up -fairs. < aul7:tf \I7M. AY. JAMISON, M. D., T V BLOODY Buy, PA., Respectfully tenders his professional services to the people of that place and vicinity. [decß:lyr OR. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence 011 Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied bv Dr. J. H. llof.us. April 1, 1864—tf. | T-. MARBOURO, M-D, tJ . Having permanently located respectfully nde: lr.s pofessional services to the citizens t Redlord and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, apposite the Rank, one door north of Hall A Pal mer's office. April 1, 1864 tf. •TEU'ELKR, Ac. ABSALOM OARLICK, Cloi k A. Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Ac., promptly rc- I aired. All work entrusted to his care, warranted to give satisfaction. He nlso keeps on hand and for sale WATCH ES, CLOCKS, and JEWELR Y. 1&*f~ Office with Dr. J. A. Mann. iny4 IOIIN REIMUND, U CLOCK AM) W ATCH-MAKER, in the United States Telepraph Office, BEDFORD, PA. f locks, watches, and all kinds of jewelry I romptly repaired. All work entrusted to his care warranted to give entire satisfaction. [nov3-lyr I \ANIEL BORDER, - J I'ITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED 'ORB HOTEL, BEIVURD, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil ver patches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order anj thing in his line not on hand. ir. 28, 1865—ti. ANTI-DUST PARLOR STOVES, (SPEAR-A Patent > at B. Me. HLYMYER A CO.'S DI'SBORROW Jt LITZ Editors and Proprietors. gtoefry. IS IT DESTHOYED? BY REV. ALFRED X. GILBERT. '"When slavery raised itself in opposition to the government, we destroyed it altogether. — Mr. S'trard's Speech, Feb. 22, 1566. But the Muse of History askcth, Is the labor truly done ? Is it true the captive baskcth In the light of freedom's sun ? Are the fhackles truly broken, Or but changed to other form? Has the nation honest spoken, Or but cringed to 'scape th* storm ? Vain the loss of perished treasure, Vain the homestead's vacant chair, Vain the blood in copious measure, And the death shrieks on the air, Vain the widow's moans of sorrow, Vain the orphan's tear drops bright, If the freedmen stand to-morrow Robbed of but a single right. God's great purpose never falters: Years may pass and crime grow strong, Bat the fire flames on his altars That shall burn to dust the wrong. Oh ! in pity to our children, Let us justice nobly do ! Let the boon we gave the bondman Be no heritage of wo! Open up the path of honor To all earnest, manly feet; Even thougH the face be dusky : What of that when heroes meet ? Color is the rude distinction Of a barbarous, childish age : Pales it unto quick extinction 'Neath the wisdom of the sage. Dusky faces gazed on Wagner: Dusky forms Port Hudson scaled ; And in Petersburg entrenchments Dusky men were heroes hailed ; Dusky hands have held the musket: Dusky guides have led the van ; Dusky scouts bronght priceless knowledge : Dusky braves to victory ran. (shall the hands that held the musket Poised to save the nations life, Shall the hearts that burned with valor On the field Of noble strife, Shall the feet that walked full weary Wliereso'er the flag might wave, Now be crushed in cruel scorning By the land they helped to save: On the page of history shaitfing Punic fraud and Roman wrong, Shall America ungrateful, Furnish food for scornful s ing : Never! Never. - Mali as man -ball honored be; No distinction, save of merit, Made among our people free. Theu will centuries of labor Of the great and good of earth Culminate in beaming glory- In the true republic's birth : And the wildest dreams we've cherished Of a future blst and grand,- 'Mid the love of God full shining, Be fulfilled in F IIEKDOM'S LAXD. THE 11 AH VEST CALL. BY WM. n. BIRLEI9H. Abide not in the Realm of Dreams, Oh man, however fair it seems, Where drowsy airs thy powers repress In languor of sweet idleness. Xor linger in the misty Tast, Entranced in visions vague and vast: But with clear eye the Present scan, And h sto ries high. As yon enter, there is a small drawing room on the tight, containing Air. Dickens' library ; nest is Mr. Pickens' study, which is very plainly furnished, and has no ornament except two or three bron zes. The window-open on a sort of garden surrounding the bouse, and, as the house stands on a high piece of ground, an exten sive view of the neighboring country may be enjoyed from them. On the left is the large drawing room, filled with everything to make one comfortable, and decorated with great luxury, hut with no attempt at show. Perfect taste reigns over everything. The drawing room opens in the dining room ; under the dining room is the kitchen. Above those rooms are the bed chambers, which are irregularly distrib uted, but they arc extremely comfortable and profusely furnished with those needful and vast utensils which : r en - >ble to the toilet of every Engli hiuan. After talking a few moments in hi study, Mr. Dickens introduced me to his family. It consisted that day of his daughter and sister-in-law. He has several other chil dren, as many as six or eight, I believe, but his sons kept in London by their professions rarely come out to see him, except on Sun days. Another of his daughters is married to a cousin of Wilkin Collins, the author of "The Woman in white." The daughter I had the honor to meet in Gadshill is a young and beautiful lady of twenty, whose courte ous and kind features are a good deal like those of her father. Roth of the ladies spoke French, and their conversation had a French turn, which was probably due to tho annual visit they made to Faris. Dickens is very fond of France and the French. Whatever may be the popularity ho en joys in his own country, be is too vigorous ly attacked by hypocrites, pseudo christians and humbug philanthropists to be free from enemies. He gives them no thought, and none the less continues his crusade against abuses. I need scarcely say that, while at tentively reading bis works, without being carried away by the charm of the events he unrolls before one's eves, one may discover a great many philosophical views and obser vations upon social economy. While wri ting in a tone of railery, he sometimes advances very practical ideas, which would be esteemed very highly were they suggest ed by the official pen of a political writer. Dickens' favorite time for working is in the morning. He ri cs very early and sets to work at. once. He lightly breakfasts at half past nine and continues to work until twelve o'clock. At this hour he lunches. After lunch he goes out into the fields, and does ndt return home until half past six o'clock. He walks every day some eight or ten miles. Dickens' writing is, as I have said, fine and regular. Ttisrot unlike Haul Fin al's hand. Tie keeps and has had hound the manuscript of some of his works. It seems to me his favorite novel is "David Copper field." However he rarely speaks of his works ; but when he is driven to talk of them, he talks about himself with rare im partiality, without vanity and without false modesty. His conversation is striking by its vivacity, natural tone and the absence of everything like humbug and studied atti tude. In England, where old abuses are more difficult to uproot than anywhere else, and where custom acquires the force of law, a foreigner can scarcely conceive what talents and energy arc required to overthrow a de fective institution by attacking it openly. Dickens has never assumed the airs of a refoimcr, either in his conversation or wri tings ; nevertheless few men have exercised so much influence as himself on the nation al mind. The reforms which are just begin ning to be introduced into the incredible intricacy of English pleadings and legal practice were prepared, so to say, furtively several years ago in his works by calling public attention, and by stigmatizing the rapacity of pettifoggers. His railery has none of the brutality of English sarcasm, neither does it consist of a cutting word or a biting phrase, as i* the case with some of our French writers. It is felt everywhere in BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1860. the aggregate of the evehts and persons he ! groups and makes act against the enemy whom he incessantly attacks. Born at Landport, Portsmouth, in Febru ary, Mr. Dickens is now fifty-three years old. Judging by his gait and appearance, the vivacity of his conversation, and the lus tre of his gray blue eyes, one would scarcely thing he was forty years old. Nevertheless his hair which still curls, is beginning to sil ver. His family wished to educate him for the bar. The two years he passed in a so licitor's office (this solicitor was an intimate friend oi his father) made him familiar with the intricacies of English law, and proved of signal service to him afterward in more than one of his novels. To escape the bar, and at the same time earn a livelihood, he report ed for the True Sun, and afterward for the Morning Chronicle. It was in this latter newspaper he wrote srtne short, dotached articles, which were afterward collected and published under the title of Sketches of Isoz. In 1837 he began to publish the Post humous Papers of the Pic kwick Club. It was published in numbers, and had an im mense success, and established his reputa tion at once. Charles Dickens possesses a remarkable talent for reading. lie reads admirably and with wonderful spirit. I have been told by several persons that he acts comedy with rare perfection, and that it was formerly one ot his favorite amusements. He is, as I have already said, on intimate_ footing with Fechtcr, who has obtained an immense suc cess in the part of Hamlet, and who is now the manager and one of the Chief actors of the Lyceum Theatre. After my first excursion to Gadshill I returned there withM. and Mme. Fechter, and staid two or three dayswith him. It is impossible for anybody to be more _ aimable and kind to guests than arc Mr. Dickens and all his family. There are two enormous Newfoundland dogs in the yard, which visitors arc warned not too approach too near, and two small dogs of more friendly humor. There is very little seen of the in his or in any other English house. Ihe service is performed rapidly and noiselessly, and no body seems to pay it attention. Dickens favorite wine is Bordeaux wine. Dickens is extremely hospitable. lie is fond of receiv ing company informally and intimately every day of the week, especially Sunday, despite the English custom which is begin ning to be somewhat modified on this sub ject. A happy and kindly nature, his emi nently systematic inlluencc is a charm which works on every one brought in contact with him. FOR YOUNG .MEN AND IT OMEN Better die in the cradle than live to no purpose or use in the world. The young man or woman who sees no more in life than personal elevation or ag grandizedment, is the pitiable victim of a thin delusion. The young man or woman who neglects to obey every generous impubef'rotn youth up itiG -1 uU, whiJir.p an:i swathing it self in a silken shr. J from the bles sed light and air. F:r gertcrwoo arc the frequent sunbeams glinting from heaven to earth, and playing around the hearts of men and women. All should bear tins in mind ; that no young man. though lie be rich in millions, ia so rich that he can afford to dwarf body, soul or mind, by neglecting even the least of the duties precedent fo the development of a true manhood. Theje is no poverty like that of the spirit. The true man, though coarsely clad and fed, is a prince among nature's nobility, while a mean spirited prince is a contemptible beggar and pretender among conventional noble.-. Every young man should strive first, and to the last, to attain to the full moral stature of a MAN. For this includes everything that can go to establish enduring repute. Fame is oltcner miscalled than won. Greatnes- is constantly misapprehended. A great intellect doep not make a man great. But the quality of greatness inheres in a true union of superior intellect and moral excellence. Tiius Abraham Lincoln, more than any of modern American publicists, deserves, and will receive the award of greatness in Amer ican history. He was. among men, preemi nently conscientious and good. He had not the mighty intellect of Web ster, nor the subtlety of either Calhoun or Seward ; but he hasa higher place in history than either, for'he had out one ambition in life —to be the benefactor of his kind. To accomplish this ho lived very near the people ; joyed in their joy, grieved when they grieved, in all things sympathized with them; end finally died tor them ! Martyrs are not too plenty, even riow-a days. And we can pay Lincoln no higher compliment than to sty that his life was pure and unselfish, and his death as noble as that of the noblest of those who fell in the hour of battle. „ The record of this great man, from hisboy hcod to his death, is a record of persistent endeavor to attain to the true stature of a MAN. His example ought to be a life lesson to every young man. When we say that don't understand us as saying that evervbov should try to be President. Lincoln as lit tie expec ted to be President as Autocrat of the litis sias. But the Presidency was an incident of his life labor, not the object. The man who makes public position, empty honor, or wealth, the object of life, will die of moral and spiritual penury and want. To act from right motives, unbiased by selfish ambitions, is to put money at com pound interest. The man who makes it a rule to do right, and abide the consequences makes a great pace toward true manhood. Such a man cannot hope to have the good opinion of the selfish, the unprincipled, and the breakers of tfle laws. But he will, in his soul have outlived the fear of man. Set out in life with your face toward the undying light. Put all doubtful enterprise behind you. Resolve to be true to your highest impulses. Take the responsibility. You have to answer for yourselves, to conscience, to your Maker. No man can appear for you. Therefore the question is not, "Did "my father, or grandfather, walk thus, or so, "or so believe an 1 practice?" but rather —"Is this right, or Wrong? Is that true, or false?" He is exceedingly roor who pirv* his faith upon another man's sleeve. Tb t faith is best which is most intelligent!' herished. That course is best which is uK -;t V.telligently determined upon. Time Is the property of no man. No man has any surplus time to waste. So, if a young man haunts bar-rooms and saloons, lie is a thiet of Time, a waster of that to which none can lay special claim; Morally to waste time is a greater crime against society than the theft of money. Money may be replaced; time lost once is lost forever. If a man is worth just what he benefits community, what is the value of the young man who spends his days and evenings at the taverns, the saloons or the groceries? These habits go to make up a man's rep utation ; for the goings out and coming-* in of all are known to somebody, and so be come notorious. Wild young men comfort themselves with the fact that some distinguished were fa t young men. But they forget that such is not the rule. In the exceptional eases men have achieved distinction spite of youthful follies. The logic of such youug men is had. Were dissipation the prerequisite of usefulness, their conclusion would be correct. But the premise is utterly false. Success is not the creature of fortuitous circumstances. Least of all can a young man expect to succeed in life by disregard ing all the conditions precedent to success. To shine is no evidence of merit, or solid attainments. Vegetation, in a certain stage of decomposition, becomes luminous. Bril liancy in sonic men only marks the decay of moral force. These are but fragments of thought. If a siugle one of our readers gets profit out of the mass, then our labor is well bestowed. WHERE'S SMITH. If there's a man by the name of John Smith in the L'uited States, he i.- hereby informed that there is a letter for him in the Post Office. — Bait. Sun. The last we heard of Mr. Smith he was living in Michigan.— Toledo Blatlc. That's a mistake. He was sent to the penitentiary from here for appropriating a keg of scrap iron whiskey. — Buffalo Adver tiser. All wrong. John Smith has been sent to Sing Sing lor participating in a Copperhead convention at Albauy.— Broom County Re put Mean. The identical John Smith above referred to recently appeared in this city, and is run ning a snake and monkey show at the corner of' Fourth and Commercial streets. — Atchi son Cress. Yon are badly posted for newspaper men. John Smith was blown up by a steamboat on the Tombigbee a short time since, and has not come down yet. — Mobile Times. Our eotemporary is a little premature. John Smith has come down, and says the blowing up lie got was not by a steamboat, but by Mrs. Smith. — Mobile T,ibune. All wrong, gentlemen. There are two John-. Old John is selling razor strops in New York, and the young un is running a bank in Chicago; a Pharoli. we believe, they call it. — Wilmington In dep. What a stupid set! Every well informed man ought to know that old John Smith is a popular artist of Madison, having been a whitewashes here since the flood. And. by the way.a prominent Democrat has owed him fifteen dollars for a job in that line for lo! these many years.— Madison I 'ourier. Mi.-taken, gents; John Smith isarcsident of Louisville, Kentucky, and came up here on Tuesday to show the Hoosirs how to man ipulate the' franchise. John is now pining in the e -jnty jail, charged with illegal vo ting. Let him pine.-— lndianapolis (ia ~. te There is certainly a mistake somewhere. That tli,-re is more than one John Smith is scarcely probable, and that said John so journ- in "tli; e parts" is a fact that will not admit •la doubt. We know him! lie is a vcrv ; ;il"t; nt -itiz-'n, having served seve- raid' Ivi ra in Ihe county jail, alms house, and 'th r offices of like trust. lie is also a leading Democratic politician, one of that class up to voting "early and often," h v .-infer from the number of times tint his name is found on the poll book. Wo i him register lat otic of the hotels k-t w k. and shouldn't bo at all surprised if he is found to have voted at all the dif ferent elections held at that time. We don't think,however, that he was fully "up to time" in New York. — Tribune. A PES PORTRAIT A writ r in the Atlantic Monthly for .Sep tember. has made President Andrew John son a study, and shows himself in the de lineation of character, an apt limner. The fob owing i> the portrait produced. The Cin- innati Cunncr i tI thinks it will answer for a likeness. "The President of the United States has so singular a combination of defects for the office of a constitutional magistrate, that he could have obtained the opportunity to mis rule a nation only through a visitation of Providence. Insincere as wuh as stubborn, cunning as well as unreasonable, vain as well as ill tempered, greedy ofpcpularity as well as arbitrary in disposition, veering in his mind a- well as fixel in his wil', lie unites in his character the seemingly opposite quali ties of demagogue and autocrat, and converts the Presidential chair into a stump or throne according as the impulse seizes him to cajole or command. Doubtless much of the evil developed in him is due to his misfortune in having been lifted to a position which he lacked the intelligence adequately to till. He was cursed with the possession of a pojver and an authority which no man of narrow mind bitter prejudice-, md inordinato coif estimation can exercise without depraving himself a> well asuijuring the nation. Kgo tis'ie to the point of mental disease, he re sented the direct and manly opposition of state-men to his opinions and moods as a personal affront and descended to the last degree of littleness in a political leader— that of betraying his party in order to gratify his spite. He of course became the prey of intriguers and seycophants—of persons who understand the art of managing minds who are at once arbitrary and weak by allowing them to retain unity of will amid the most palpable inconsistencies of opinion, so that inconsistency of principle shall not weaken the force of purpose, nor the emphasis to be at all abated with which they may bless to day what yesterday they cursed. Thus the abhorror of traitors has now became their tool. Thus the denouncer of Copperheads has now sunk into dependence on their sup port. Thus the imposer of conditions of reconstruction has now became the foremost friend of the unconditional return of the rebel States. Thus the furious Union Republican, whose harangues against his political opponents almost scared his politi cal friends by their violence, has now became the shameless betrayer of the people who trusted him. And in all these changes of base ho has appeared supremely conscious in his own mind, of playing an independent, consistent, and especially a conscientious part. Indeed, Mr. Johnson's character would be imperfectly described if some at tention was not paid to his conscience, the purity of which is a favorite subject of his own discourse, and the perversity of which is the wonder of the rest of mankind." BOylt is with health as with property ; we rarely value it or know how best to use or to take earn of it until it is gone. YOU MB 39 J JTO 49. TO THE APPRENTICE. Aspiring apprentice, a word or two in your ear. If you desire success in any mat ter pertaining to this life or the coming, you must have a purpose—a determination, j that God helping you, you tcill achieve suc cess. You may be poor, friendless, un- | known -your clothing scant, your stomach ] half filled—your place may be at the foot of j the ladder ; no matter. Whatever your j position may be, do your duty in it, stoutly and perseveringly, with your eye fixed far i ahead and upward. Keeping the purpose before you that you will rise, be obedient to your employer, at tentive to your business, obliging to your shopmates, and courteous to strangers; and seize every opportunity to improve your heart, you mind and your workmanship. Do everything well —no slighting, no hiding defects, aiming always at perfection. Watch those who are skillful, and strive to equal and excel them. Secure the friendship of all by deserving it. Allow no opportunity of rendering a service to pass without im proving it, even if it cost you some labor and self-denial. Be of use to others, even if in a small way ; for a time may come when they may be of service to you. A selfish j man mav get ahead faster than you; but selfishness is contemptible,—and you need not envy his success; when you achieve your object nobly, you will enjoy it, and be respected. Always bear in mind that character is capital. To gain this you must be so scru pulously honest that you would be as willing to put live coals in your pocket as a penny that is not yours. Never run in debt; do without what you cannot at once pay for, even though you should suffer somewhaL No matter what the amount of your earn ings may be, save a portion every week, and invest it in a savings bank of good standing; it will grow, and will stand you in good stead some day. Better temporary abstinence and constant plenty afterward, than unearn ed present comfort and future perpetual want. Never lie, openly or covertly, bv word or action. A liar may deceive bis fel lows. —God and himself never. Conscious of falsity, a liar can have no self respect, reputation cannot be achieved. With a noble purpose as the end of your actions, and with action becoming your pur pose, your success is merely a question of time—always provided you have some brain and abundant common sense. The Ameri can Printer. THE TEACHER'S CHARACTER. A gentleman cabling upon a teacher recently, said. / "I notice with great pleasure that your character is imprinting itself upon my little girl, and on her own account, more than any other, I regret going iuto the country. The other day overhearing her say to her brother, 'Whatever you may say, Miss Wilson would think that is wrong, and it is wrong. I asked, "Did you ever hear Miss Wilson ex press her opinion on the subject?, 'No, father,' she an.-wered; 'but we always know without her speaking. She seems to make you know what is right by just looking at you u* i'-J-o neLaxuod when WO do WrOnflT, because she's so good herself.'" Here was the point. The gentleman had spoken correctly: the teacher was imprinting herself upon her class: her look, her tone and manner, as well as her spoken words were constantly protesting against wrong and encouraging to well doing. She was daily reflecting into the young minds around her, herown powerof judging and of feeling. She was drawing them towards right, as the sun draws moisture into the clouds, and was sustaining them by the buoyancy of her own loving smile. She had won their love, made them trust her. and now she could hold their attention till the spark of truth had been so enkindled in their minds that o could bo acted upon, and used as a part itf their mental furniture. This is only teaching. To do this, our own natures must be aroused to that intense out-going energy, which, like steam, seems to infuse life into what before was dull and motionless —Then how quickly the face re veal-the glowing light within! The eye the very attitude, bears witness to the quick ening power. Every thing that arrests the attention teaches either good or evil; and we can confer no greater benefit on any one than to influence hint so that his mind shall be set towards the light, and observe those things which tend to truth and holi ness. Here is the mother's Dower. Day by day as she answers the child's numberless ques tions, she may teach it to see God's loving care in all things, and (urn its young affec tions heavenward. But, on the other hand, if petulance rule her own spirit, she will surely see full soon, its manifestations in her child and perhaps blindly wonder at its develop ment, forgetting that her irritable tones and looks have surely taught their own lesson.— Quiver. TRUTHS FOR WIVES. Iu domestic happiness the wife'sinfluenoe is much greater than her husband's; for the one, the first cause —mutual love and confi dence —being granted, the whole comfort of the household depends upon trifles more im mediately under her jurisdiction. By her management of small sums, her husband s roeon4 .-iwlit are created or de stroyed. No fortune can stand the constant leakages of extravagance and mismanage ment ; and more is spent in trifles than wo men would easHy believe. The one great expense, whatever it may be, is turned over and carefully reflected on, and the income is prepared to'meet it; hut it is pennies imper ceptibly sliding away which do mischief; and this the wife alone can stop, for it does not come within a man's province. There is often an unsuspected trifle to be saved in every household. It is not in ecououiy alone that the wife s attention is so necessary, but in those nice ties which makea well regulated house. An unfurnished cruet stand, a missing key, a buttonless shirt, a soiled tablecloth, a mus tard pot with its old contents shaking down about it, arc really nothings; but each can raise an angry word and cause discomfort. Depend upon it there 13 a great deal of do mestic happiness about a well dressed mut ton chop or a tidy breakfast tabic. Men grow sated of beauty, tired of music, are often too wearied for conversation, however intellectual; but 'hoy can always appre ciate a well swept aearth and smiling com- A woman may love her husband devoted ly—may sacrifice fortune, friends, family, country, for him—she may have the genius of a Sappho, the enchanted beauties of an Aruiida; but melancholy fact —if with these ! she fails to make his home comfortable, his heart will inevitably escape her. And wo men live so entirely in the affections, that without love their existence is void. Better submit, then, to household tasks, however repugnant they may be to your tastes, than doom yourself to a loveless home. Women of a higher order of mind will not run their risk; they know that thoir feminine, their domestic, are their first ditiH. RATES OF ADVERTISING- All advertisements for less than 3 months 10 cents per line for each insertion. Special notices occb&lf additional. All resolutions of Associa tion, communications of a limited or individual interets and notices of marriages and deaths, ex ceeding five lines, 10 cts. per line. All legal noti ces of every kind, and all Orphans' Coartand other Judicial sales, are required bylaw to be pub lished in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 cents per line. AH Advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. 3 months. 6 months. 1 year One square $ 4.50 $ 8.00 SIO,OO Two squares 8.00 9.00 18.00 Three squree 8.00 12.00 20.00 One-fourth column 14.00 20.00 35.00 Half column 18.00 25.00 45.00 One column 30.00 45.00 80.80 HOW TO COOK A HUSBAND. Many of our married ladv readers are not aware how a, hhsband ought to be cooked, so as to make a good dish of him. We saw lately a receipt in an English newspaper, contributed by one "Mary," which points out the modus operandi of preparing and cooking husbands. "Mary'' says tnat a good many husbands are spoiled in cooking. Some women go about it as if their lords were bladders, and "blow them up." Oth ers keep them constantly in "hot water;" while others, again, freeze them by conjugal coldness. Some smother them in hatred, contention and variance, and some keep them in pickle all their lives. These women always serve them with "tongue sauce." Now it cannot be supposed that husbands will be "tender and good," managed in this way; but they are, on the contrary, "quite delicious' ' when "well preserved." "Mary" points out the manner as follows: "Get a large jar, called the jar of carefulness, (which, by the bv, all good wives have ou hand) Being placed in it, set him by the fire of conjugal love; let the fire be pretty hot, but especially let it be clear. Above all, let the heat be regular and constant.— Cover him well over with equal quantities of affection, kindness and subjection. Keep plenty of these things by you, and be very attentive to supply the place of any that may waste by evaporation, or any other cause. Garnish with modest, becoming familiarity and innocent pleasantry; but if you add kis ses or other confectionery, accompany them with a sufficient portion of secrecy, and it would not be amiss to add a little prudence and moderation." WOMAN Mrs. Stevens the sweet story writer, has somewhere thrown off this excellent pass age; 'Woman, woman! —truly she is a miracle. Place her amid flowers, ioster her as a ten der plant, aud she is a thing of fancy, way woraness, and something of folly—annoy ed by a dew drop, fettered touch of a butterfly's wing, ready to faint at the rustle of a beetle. The zephyrs are too rough, the showers too heavy, and she is overpowered by the per fume of a rosebud. But let real calamity come rouse her affection, enkindle the spirit of her heart, and mark her then. How her heart strengthens itself; bow strong is her purpose. Place her in the heat of battle, give her a child, a bird, anything she loves or pities, to protect, and see her, as in a related instance, raising her white arms as a shield, and as her own blood crimsons her upturned forehead, praying for life to protect the helpless. Transplant her into the dark of earth, awaken ner energies to action and her breath becomes a healing and her presence a blessing ; she disputes inch by inch, the stride of the stalking pes tilenee, when man, the strong and brave, shrinks away pale and affrighted. Misfor tune daunts her not; she wears away a life of silent endurance, or goes forward with less timidity than to her Turidal. In prosper perity she is a bud full of imprisoned odors, waiting but for the winds of adversity to scatter them abroad —pure gold, valuable hut untried In the furnace. Tn short, wom an is a miracle, a mystery. THE SPONGE BUSINESS IN THE BAHAMAS. —The sponge business has become a promi nent department of industry. It is almost entirely the growth of the last twenty years, and nets annually about $20,000. The sponge is fished and raked from the sandy bottom of the ocean, at the depth of twen ty, forty, or sixty feet. It belongs to a very low order of animal life, organization hardly being detected. When first taken from the water it is black, and becomes exceeding of fensive from decomposition. It is so poi sonous in this condition that it almost Blis ters the flesh it happens to touch. The first drocess is to bury it in the sand, where it remains for two or three weeks in which time the gelatinous animal matter is ab sorbed ana destroyed by the insects that swarm in the sand. After being cleaned, it is compressed and packed in bales like cot ton. The sponge has been applied to a va riety ot new purposes, and within the past few years has quadrupled in value. must pity that young man who, with a iittle finery of dress and recklessness of manner, with his coarse passions all da guerreotyped upon his face, goes whooping through the streets, driving an animal much nobler than himself, or swaggering into some haunts of show aud calls it "eryoyiug life." He thiuks ho is astonishing the world; and he is astonishing the thinking part of it, who are astonished that he is not astonished at himself For look at that compound of flash and impudence, and say it on all this earth there is anything more pitiable! He know anything of the true joy of life? As well say that the beauty and immensity of the universe were all en closed in the field where the prodigal lay among the husks and the swine. —Uhapi. n TnE UMBRELLA IN FRANCE— A Paris letter writer gives a humorous description of how the umbrella was introduced into France. He says; "The war drove so many Southern fiuui lies abroad they formed a large sized colony here, and when they raised their nmbrellas to keep off the sunbeams they kept one.an otLci iu vuuiitciiancc. The other foreign ers here seeing so many umbrellas raised on sunny days, thought; naturally enough, it was a Parisian custom, and conformed to it. They found it comfortable and persuaded their friends to adopt it. In this way the firing on Fort Sumter has made the Paris ians adopt the Southern fashion of using umbrellas to keep off the sunbeams as well as the cloud-drops." THE MOTHER'S DUTY.— The mother must reflect that education, in its true sense is not a mere mechanical task; nor does it consist in a series of admonitions and correc tions, of rewards and punishments, of impre cations aud directions, strung together with out unity of purpose or dignity of execution. The mother's great endeavor must be to build up humanity; the passions, appetites, intellectual power, mental energy, oome un der her attention in this work. It is for her to strip the grosser husk from passion, and to develop the go mi of enthusiasm, which lies concealed within it, to purposes of good; not so much to repress the appetite, as to fix its impulses upon pure and wholesome food. THK WARMTH OP MOONBBBW.— -One very cold night, a jolly old fellow, who had been drinking too freely at a tavern, started for home in a gig, and on the way was upset and left by the side of the road. Some per sons passing a short tine after, discovered him holding his feet up to the moon, and ejaculating to some invisible person, "Pile on the wood —it's a miserably cold fire!" man who covers himself with costly apparel and neglects his mind, is like one illuminates the outside of his house and sitt within in the dark,