She 16 PU BUSHED KVlittY FRIDAY MOUNINd |!V J. K. iM 1180K..H > AM> JDJIA LI TZ, IULI.YN ASL,oiq.v >i4cle .Ucagcl lluc ! BEDFOl'tl*. PENN'A TKMMM: KLM) n tear i paid strictly i mlvancc. If nl wlthlß alx month* K2J>. 7 ..... |.il Itiiln theycar 83.00. Jilroffssijual & §uisiafss €ards ATTREf AT LAW. I y. X| >. I.RS >■ V. DJCKRRSO* MhYERSA DICKERSON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PF.SS'X., nffi e snine e formerly occupied by Hon. YY . P. srbell. two dor> east, of 'tc Unette office, wiil practice in the several Courts of Bc-ltord county. TettttMUS bounties and bock pay obtained and tbe purchase of Real Estate attended to. May 11, '6B— lyr. I 01IX T. KKAf.Y. .J ATTORNEY AT UT. BEDFORD, Offer* to give sati: taction 'o " * h " may an trttft their Iccal loisioees to htm- YY ift collect iB-iurv. on evideneea ol debt, and .peedtly pro cute taoiutioe and peiioo to twldiaw, their *l(t -w* or hoi Office two door, west of Telegraph Bee. aprll: 66-ly. I ii. CESSNA, .J. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with John Cessna, on Julianna street, in the office formerly occupied by KtngA Jordan, „,i reccntlv bT Filler k Keagy. AU business entrusted to bis . are will receive faithful and ; romp' attention. Military Claims. Pensions, Ac., speedily cllected. Bedford, June 9,1365. J- H't>. '• F ' K,!Rlt SUARPE A KERR, A TTOHS E I S-A T-f.A B . Yv'ill pnicticc in tho Courts of Pelford and ad joining counties. All business entrusled to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions. Bounty, Back t'ay. Ac-, speedily col lected from the Government. Office .<n Juliana street, opposite tbe banking house of Heed A Schcll, Bedford, Pa. mar2:tf I OHX PALMER. f) ATTORNEY - AT LAYV, YYilt promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. tow. Particular attention paid to the collection of MililaiT claim.. Office or. Julianna st., nearly opposite the Mongol House.) junc23, '3.ly 1. tt. DtKRURROW JOBS LCTX. nURBORROW A L.UTZ, - attorneys at LAW, Bearoßii, Pa-, YYILL attend promptly to ail business intrusted to thnr care. Collections made on the shortest no- Thcj are, also, regularly licenced Claim Agents and will give special attention to the prosecution of claim? against the Government for Pensions, Uwk Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Jolisna .trect, one. door South of the •Mcngel House" and nearly opposite the ... April 2S. lSoi:t LASPY M. ALSIP, I J ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, Pa., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all bosi nc*a cntruptedto hi* can in Bedford and adjoin iuV counties. Military claims, Peniitm!, back i iv, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street. 2 doors south of the Mengel House. apll, 1864. tf. MHT. A. POINTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bedford, PA. Respectfully tenders bis professional services the pu -lie. Office with J. W. Lingenleltcr, ou -f uliana street, two ditprs eo^jj^t|jlhe "Menglc House." > iTiHN M'IYVKR. ,1 ATTORNEY AT LAYV. Bedford, PA. April 1, IW4. —tf. KIMMELL AND LISGEXFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, rx. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office n Juliana Street, two doors South '■f the Mengel House, aprl, 1861—tf. DKNVISm I \U 11. YTRGIL PORTER. J | (late of New York City,) DENTIST, YVi uld re.-pectfully inform his numerous friend? and the public generally that he has located per mancntlv in BLOODY RI N. Db. Portei: i? c instantly availing himself of every late discovery that modern science proves piactically useful, and, together with his many years constant prac tice and profound study,feels confident in asserting that be has acorn red the most sure, safe, and sat i-factory method of inserting his BEAT TIFT 1, ARTIFICIAL TEETH on new and improved at in .spheric principles, that has vet been discov ered. . Teeth filled in a superior manner without pain and all operations warranted. g®"Teeth extracted positively without pain. feh:l a, f. . . s. HICKOK Jo. MI.NXtCB, Jn- I\KNTI STfii, BENF IRN, Pa. / nffiC in //.-• limit Bni'diny. Jnli Street. All pcratiom pertaining to surgical or Me chanical Dentistry carefully and faithfully per form-d and warranto i. TERMS CASH. Too lb Powders and Mouth YY ;nh, excellent ur ticlc-, always on band. jsnt'M-ly. DENTISTRY. I. N. BOWSER, Rf.shif.st Dentist, YY ood bkriiv. Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of each month, commencing with the second Tuesday of the month. Prepared to perforin all Dental opor a'ion? with which he may 1* favored. Term' trith in thr mid, nf fill nurl trictlg vl'k except (. •)H-f til ciHti ■■■ '. Work to be sent by mail or oth wise, must be pai I tor when impressions are taken, augfi, *64:tf. PHYMfciISS. hR. GEORGE C. DOGGLAP Respecttullv tenders hi- profeasioO'l sen ices to the people of Bedford and vicinity. r*rßesidence at Maj. Washabaugh's. yir office two doots west of Bedford Hotel, up tairs. aul7:tf \ir.\t. YY - . JAMISON, M. D., \\ Bloodß Ri n, Pa., R. ,-,'CctfuHy tenders his professional service? to the people ib it place and vicinity, [decSiljr j vK. B. F. HARRY, i / Respectfully tenders hi.- professional scr ees to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. ' ! ( lire and residence on Pitt Street, in the building •rmerl" occupied by Dr. J. 11. Hofius. April 1. ISM— tl." I In MARBOURG, M. !>.. fj . Having permanently located respectfully tender- his pofessional services to tbe eitixens f Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, -pi "site the Bank, one dip.r north of Hall A Pal mer's office. April 1, 1864—tf. JEWELER, tVf. ABSALOM GAR LICK, CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER, Bloody Rrx, Pa. ' I-, i,, Watches, Jewelry, Ac., promptly re paired. All work entrusted to his care, warranted togiie - all? faction. lie ills., keeps ON band and for sale WA Tt'H ES, CLUCKS, and IE WEEK Y. ■&iT' Office with Ir. J. A. Mann. my 4 I A ANIEL BORDER, AS Pitt stkcet, two doors west or the bed FORD HOTEL, BEIFORD, Pa. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEYVEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. lie keens on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil ver VY atehc?, Spectacle! of Brilliant Double Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold YY'atch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best F|ualitv of Gold Pens. He will supply LU order iny thing in his line NOT on hand, A I r. 28, 1885— zr. Bl T ItBORROW Si LI'TZ Editors and Proprietors. WEIGHING THE BABY. "'llow many pounds does the baby weigh— Buby who came but a month ago ? llow many pounds from the crowutng curl To the rosy point of the restless toef" Grandfather ties the 'kerchief s knot, Tenderly guides the swinging weight, And carefully over bis glasses peers To rfad the record "Only eight. - ' Softly the echo goes around : The father laughs at the tiny girl ; The fair young mother sings the words, YVhile grandmother smooths the golden curl; And stooping above the precious thing Nestles a kiss within a prayer, Murmuring softly, "Little one, Grandfather did not weigh you fair." Nobody weighed the baby's smile, Or the love that cauie with the helpless one; Nobody weighed the threads of care From which a woman's life is spun. No index tells the mighty worth Of little baby's quiet breath A soft, unceasing metronome, Patient and faithful until death. Nobody weighed the baby soul, For here on earth no weight there be That could avail; God only knows Its value in eternity. Only eight ponnds to hold a soul, That seeks no angel's silver wing, But shrines it in this human guise, YYithin so frail and small a thing ; O, mother.' laugh your merry note : Be gay and glad, but don't forget From baby's eyes looks out a soul That claims a home in Eden yet. THE GOLDEN GATE. DinY -hadows gather thickly round. And up the misty stair we climb, The cloudy stair that upward leads, To where the golden portals shine, Hound which the kuec'iug spin! wait The opening of the Golden Gate. And some with eager longing so, Still pressing forward, hand in hand, And some with weary steps and slow, Look bact where their beloved stand ; Yet up the misty stairs they climb, Led on by the angel Time. As unseen hands roll back tbe door, The light that fLvnd the very air IS DUI tlie shadow from within. Of the great glory hidden there : And morn and eve. aud noon aud late, The shadows pass within the Gate. ptecclUneous. A STRANGE CASE. A Young Lady Living Without Food— Remarkable Features of the Case. The following communication appears in the New York lime*: Some publicity has recently been given to facts which for .sev eral months past have been familiar to ma ny families in Brooklin, respecting the in explicable peculiarities of Miss Mary ; who has been afflicted, and is still suffering from disease, and who presents a study not only for the medical facility, but for students in mental science. About a year ago this young lady had the lui-fortuue to be thrown from a horse, and received severe injuries, in consequence, but so far recovered as to be able to walk and ride out for exercise. On one of these occasions when she was ri ding in a car, as she attempted to step to tbe street, her hoop skirt caught, and she wa-thrown down and dragged some dis tance, receiving very severe injuries, which caused apprehensions that she would lose her life. She was taken to her mother's residence where she has since remained, and where every possible tenderness and attention were lavished upon her, and though many physicians have seen her and several of her friends, yet the history of the case, wh'ch may be regarded as extreme ly important to science, has been hitherto veiled from the public—publicity being the last thing that the family, of which the young lady is a most estimable daughter, would desire. The very great importance of the case, notwithstanding the marvel ous character, mu?t be the excuse for break ing silence upon the facts. It appears that Miss Mary , after being taken home, wa- a sufferer from se vere spasms, after which she reclined on her right side, with her right hand under the back of her right ear. The left hand was fit liberty, ana one of the lower limbs was twisted aiound the other, the toes being somewhat near each other In this condi tion the gatieiit remained, her eyelids and teeth being closed so tliat the physicians were of the opinion that lockjaw had set in. The patient not only to >k -no food and no driok, but she did not sleep. Her eyes were closed, but her mind was always awake. The variations Irom these conditions and posture were only during spasms, when the limbs were set at liberty for a moment, and then flew Lack to their wonted places. While in the ordinary po-ition and unaffect ed by spasms, the patient soon begau to dis play remarkable pewers, which will be com prehended when they have been described. She wrote with her left hand to her friends, and never failed to write on the ruled blue lines of the paper with the sam! ease ss if she had the use of her eyes. Her letters to her friends and schoolmates are cheerful compositions, written in an elegant Italian baek hand, although the use of the thumb of the left hand is denied to her. The pen has always Ins n taken by the forefinger and firmly grasped, tbe little finger and the t-Jce of the hand being parallel to the paper. These letters have been familiarly signed "Mollie," and breathes no complaint at her sufferings-. This voung girl, however, has not been deserted by nature altogether, and left to be pitied. She lias been able to call up the deepest interest, because she s- em to be gifted with clairvoyance to a remark able degree. She crochets, and that, too. in colors, i'hc materials arc placed at the back of her head, when -he uses the thumb and forefinger of her right hand and her left hand in producing very handsome re suit?. She can crochet, thus at the back of her head, without making any mistake in the colors, as well as an.v young lady who has the use of vision and her two band-. She can also cut beautifully in paper, an t A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITER ATURE AND MORALS do rabroidery work, and in this way she finds both employment and amn*etnent. Another faculty that -he po*ess is that of reading auy book without ever opening it. It seems however that it must be near her, or that she must tuuch it. A published re port says that she dooj nof see in tbi* way everything in the room, This is possible, and oven probable ; but it geems tliat she can sec without the use of her uyex, any thing that is near her. Oar iuf'orimnt who is well knov, n in this community, avers that : there is no doubt of her complete power of | clairvoyance, although he has never authen- j ticated, and he has called the attention of Prof. Agassis to the Rubjeet, in the hope that some scientific report, beyond the question of a doubt, may be made upon the facts. The latest condition of the patient varies somewhat from that in which she has been for many months. About Christmas she fell into a trauee that lasted twenty davs, and since that time hopes have been enter tained that some nourishment Is given to her, but the physician in attendance states that so far as food is concerned she cannot j be said to have taken any for nine month ■ It will naturally-be asked if she has not ) become emaciated from such fasting. This j would be the usual inference, but in her I ease she presents a picture altogether the reverse. She has grown more handsome and apparently more healthy during herdis case. No sign of ill health mark her cheeks. As she reclines upon her right arm, when not engaged in her employment, she might be regarded as in a gentle sleep. She is not pleased with the visits of physicians, but she ia gratified to have the presence of friends. The question ol her recovery is doubtfui. although the fact that she seemed to obtain some very slight nourishment late ly gives a little hope. She is attended by one of the most eminent physicians of j Brooklyn, who states that while she is ill it is impossible to give any opinion as to the direct cause of this peculiar malady. It is certain that at one period, from the 19th of September until Christmas, she never ate, drank or slept, and that during that time she worked at her employment and books as though possessing all her faculties. So wonderful a case as this .of course is liable to be received as a report of iuagina ry facta, but the knowledge that the Yvhole matter, for tho sake of science, must soon be made public, is the only apology that is required for directing public attention to the i ease. The medical men of Brooklyn have been much interested in this intercstiug young patient and arc able to corroborate the statement made, but they have no opin f'lfl to offer, so far as can be learned, on the causes of the malady. It is thought by some that the spine has been injured, and ■ that the clairvoyance is the result of some abnormal condition of the brain. THE DRUNKARD'S GRAVE. What a dark and loathsome place! No ray of hope pierces its dense gloom. The minister must not, dare not, repeat of eepuleher, that touching]}' beautiful pas sage in the burial service : "We commit the body of this, our departed brother, 'dust to : dust and ashes to ashes,' in sure and certain j hope of a glorious resurrection from the j dt-itd at the last day." Hope for the drun- . kard in death ! Alas! there is none. In - ; spiration inscribed upon his death tablet, in ; letters of fire, "No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven.' Despair eternal j sits enthroned upon the drunkard's grave, and an utterance of awful truthfulness, pro claim- itaundisputed right to hold the pris oner as his lawful pray until he shall "awake to eY'erlastine shame and contempt," to re ceive his final doom. Every clod, as it falls upon the coffin lid, declares with terrible significance, the hopelessness of the lost man. While kindred shed theirtearsof anguish, and friends perform their last act of kind ness, how terriffie the th". 1 • that demons arc holding a festival of meriment o- er an other soul plunged by the maddening cup into perdition's fiery depths. Imagine, if you can, all the drunkards; who have from the first transgressions until j now been brought by some invisible power into one place. How vast the multitude ! i How immense the mound of debased hu manity. What a commingling of the great j and small, the wise and the ignorant, the civilized and the rude, the rich and tbe poor, the honorable and the ignoble! As you gaze u]H>n this mountain pile, this commingling of nations, of divers sects, of all classes, you ' see written upon every brow, by the pen of an outraged divinity, "DIED yvithoit HOPE." It matters not how brave, or learned, or rich, or generous, or noble, or eloquent, or j influential that a drunkard was in his day. j the -hroud of despair covers him. The drunkard's grave is the very citadel of eternal hopelessness. What bolts and bars and chains are here! And all the more fearful because they were forged by the mis erable victim as he went forth in his day. : under the sunlight of heaven. It is of no I consequence to him now when or where he ! lived—whether in a palace or a wigwam— ; u|Kn a throne or in serfdom—in luxury or j in poverty —at home or in a foreign land : the result is essentially the same. His life was spent in digging a grave, which to him is the home of despair. Strange that the living will not take war ning, but they will not. How many in this • very town, and all over the land, ire every night engaged in forging the chains that will ultimately bind theui in this grave of ruin. With many, the business for this terrible consummation is well nigh done. A few more glasses from the poisonous flood and all is over. The final stagger made, and then the hoary headed sinner falls in tbe pit of gloom he has dag for himself. O, if he i would listen to the voi e of reason and re pent before lie make- the final plunge in the | place where repentance comes not! But what is still worse, as these old vete ran drunkards die off, there is no lack of others to take their place What a legion of young men have already entered the pathway leading to the drundard's prison house. O, could we speak to thetn, otic and all, we would plead with them in accents of burning love to pause before they take an other step. Another glass—another spree -another bacchanalian feast, and it may be too late ! By the yearnings of a mother's Ixisom; bv the first love to her to whom you have given the nuptial pledge; by the obligations of your manhood ; by the res pect you bear to yourself; by the compas sion of a Saviour's heart, and the wrath of in offended God, we beseech you to go no further in the downward way. Shun the revelry of the dram-shop and the glee ofthe festive boatd a? you would the scorpion's bite. Kemembef, young man, that every liquor hotel —eveiy drinking saloon—every dram shop of every sort, it the gateway to the drunkard's hopeless destiny. To every ■ ne who indulge- in the cup that intoxi ites, we would in all affection address the -ideinn warning of the prophet: "Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways for why will yc die?" BEDFORD, Pa., FRIDAY. MARCH 15. 1867 HAVING AN OBJ BET AND STICKING TO IT. Persistence in any chosen Y ocation is an essential to success. This is a general rule, but we desire now otly to apply it to the business of the mechanic. Constant prac tice, constant study, |nd constant application are conditions preeeiwut to perfection. But even those will be w#-tcd if the occupation chosen is unfitted to the natural qualifica tions of the workman. Some are born with out any natural aptness for the mechanical arts, i 1 very meclMa e under.-t&nds what is meant by a ''meCnSwteal eye." The want in the visual organs thus eharacterixed docs not necessarily imply that there is a disease or malformation ofthe optic nerve, hut rather that there is "Op judgment to direct aud guide the eye- f h infant grasps as readily at the moon as at his rattle within a few inches of his face. In time, by repeated experiments, ho loams the relative distances and dimensions of objects. All are capable of this amount of judgment, but in the practice of mechanic! a much higher degree of experience is reqiived and a much closer exorcise of the judgment. There are some men who may practifc at a mcchauical trade their whole life long and never be even pass able workmen. Th'f never can tell wheth er a line is straight, r a surfacc lcvel, even with the aid of levels and straight-edges. We remember an iustance in point, where a young man ardently desirous of becoming a machinist wa- compelled to forego his favor ite business because of this imperfection— the want of a "mechanical eye. ' His first job was the centeriug of some pieces of round iron, seven inches ling and one and one eighth inches diameter. He worked with vice, hammer, center punch, and bench cen ters half a day on twelve pieces, yet he did not correctly center a_ single one, although he received repeated instructions and exam ples from the foremiti. Indeed he could not, even with the ail of chalk held against the revolving surfacre of the cylinders, see in what respect they were not true. Such au apprentice could never become a work man and his failure would result from no fault capable of remedy. Many employers have had a similar experience with their ap prentices, or with thisc who called thera- twelves workmen. The first requisite, there fore, is to have a proper object, one fitted to the capabilities. Another of more importance is to stick to it. We take it for granted that every be ginner at a mechanical business enters it with the intention and purpose of becoming a first class work mas. If not it is more than probable he will never reach even me diocrity. If he is satisfied to serve his time, blundering through his work Yvithout under standing it. he will oome out one of those nuisances to employers and disgracers to workmen, a "poor tool." Such profession al workmen cannot rtay long in any situation anl are cor: f ,elled to accept the most dis ta.-teful work with the lowest wages. Even under these circumstances there might be hope for them if they would, thus late, en deavor to stick to their business ; but, being i rtHhfi 1 -s-ftemimifk *HK and succeeding in nothing because they will not thoroughly, and honestly, and persist ently apply thcm.-elves to their business. Soon apprentices think that when they have achieved the triumph of doing one job in a single department of their business their trade is learned and their position secure. They do not seem to realize that although the customary or legal term of their noviti ate has expired they are still learners. New methods of doing work, new tools, new de scriptions of work, new combinations of ma terials arc continually being brought for ward, and the mechanic who has attained the position of a first class workman by pa tient practice, must preserve and hold that p<>-ition by constant endeavor. There are others who "stick to it," in a different way. These are they who having .-pent a limited time- in a shop assume to know all they have ever had to do and also all they have seen others do. They have done with learning. In their own estimation they are perfect. When seeking a job they assume a thorough knowledge of the work to be performed and the method of doing it. These men soon find their level. We knew once of such a procigy who hired into a machine shop and hid for his first job the turning of conncctiiv bars tapering from center to ends. He asked a fellow workman how lie should turn tlem. The answer was: "Set the tail of your lathe over," meaning to move transversely the upper portion of the tail stock to the proper angle. He un derstood it literally and procuring a crow-bar was swinging the lathe fratxe out of line with the driving shift when the foreman discovered him. His services were inconti nently dispensed with. Mechanical art doe-not need such helpers. It needs men with a purpose; meu who arc willing and ardent to learn ; men who are not dismayed at obstacles, but who take a pride in either removing or overcoming them. Only such will ever become mechan ics worthy the name. The others are abor tions.—Sca nttfii American. NOTICE THEM. _ "There is teacher coming!" says the little girl, as she trudges home from Sunday school; and with eager ha.-te she bru-hes back the hair beneath her little sister's hood, quickly arranging her own dress, that both may be as presentablo as possible to the handsomely dressed young lady she ad mires so much. But the teacher passes on, chatting gaily with a young associate, ana never bestowing a glance on the poorly clad little creature, who a moment before had eyes for nothing else in the world but for i her.^ Who can tell how deeply such "trifling disappointments," as we call them, sink ; down into little hearts? How sadly the lit tle one turns away, mortified, too, that her corupanious had witnessed the disappoint in'-rit of her reasonable expectation-. What a little effort it would have cost, to have lightened up the child's pathway for hours and days to come ! -?be will not meet the teacher the next Sunday with the accustom ed frankness and affection. The childish -pirit has been too deeply wounded, and she feels there is a distance between them which did not exist before. Perhaps the teacher did not observe her; but this on'y shows that the habit of noticing the young needs cultivation. Tour worst boy will respect himself more and behave better, for a friendly pleasant word of recognition, even in the midst of his .'treet companions. It docs him good to have the boys see that a well-dressed gentle man thinks enough of him to speak to him in his every-day jacket, and he will make an effort to deserve better such attention. Keep a look-out then for your children all through the week, and when occasion offers supplement your Sunday instructions by a Ytord of kindly counsel. It will often tell more powerfully on the heart than your sta ted instructions. SIN is never at a higher flood than when grace is at a low ebb. THE REV. C II SPLRGEON ON THE DECADENCE OFTHE CHURCHES. ON Sunday. December 10th, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, the Itev. (.'. H. Spargeon aflres-ed his overwhelming congregation on the decadence during the year 1866 of the Protestant Churches, and the extraordinarv and alarming increase of ritualism. He -elected for his text Habak kuk iii. 2—"O Lord I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: U Jrd, revive thy work in the midst ofthe years, in the midst ol the years make known; in wrath remem ber mercy." He said it was known to be a fact, and one that could not be denied, that during the last twelve months the Church of the living God had not made the slightest approach to an advance, and he believed that fop many years past no advance in it had been made. The Baptist denomination was, upon the whole, in as sound and heal thy a state as any Christian community; in ordinary respects, perhaps, it was more sound ana healthy than any other; but then had there not been some increase in London and Glamorganshire, there would have been a decrease upon the year of the entire de nomination in England, Scotland, and Ire land. In the greater part of Wales and fif teen counties in England there certainly would have been a decrease, ar.d they should have lost nuuibcn*, while to couuterbalance these losses the entire increase in London would not amount to more than 4,000 souls. It was true the statistics were not very ac curate, but if they wore more correct he was afraid that even worse results would be np parent. If the other Churches had incres ed far less than the Baptist denomination, and he believed they had, then he was justi fied in saying that the Church of God, in stead of making any advance in proportion to the increase of the population, had abso lutely gone back in 1566. It would appear too, that if a census wen taken that day of the numbers attending places of worship they would be found to be fewer than on the corresponding day last year, and as respected missions to foreign lands, the success was so trifling that the Christian pubiic ought to be bowed down into the dust when they reflected on it. \\ here now wa- there a nation born in a day? Where were the kings of the earth who had bowed before King Augustus? Was there a tribe how ever insignificant that had honored Christ during the past year? Not one. The army of the living God had rather suffered a re pulse rather than obtained a victory, and it seemed at the best that the Church had stood still. W hat kind of an age had this been in which we lived? Had we been liv ing in one of the dark ages in which mind was rocked to sleep, and in which there was a somnolency of the human intellect-? Nothing of the kind. The year had been one of the most wakeful in the annals of this generation There had been stirs everywhere, including political stirs, from which truth had nothing todread. The only dread he had living that arising from a sleepy audience. Men "had agitated this year for what they belieY - ed their rights, and on that agitation the human mind had been He believed not , and in proof of that tisser tion he begged the congregation to look at the progress of error. Evangelical truth had made no advance; hut that could not be said of Ritualism, for its advance had been as tounding. Had mi angel from Heaven told them that it should nave succeeded as it had. he would not have been believed. England, they had been often told, was Protestant, so soundly Protestant, that the people would never ' ear to have incense smoking under their tins -, or the millinery of the Church of K >:ue flaunting before their eyes But they had borne it. Where now were the ereatest crowds of them to be seen? Were they not to be found kneeling at the feet of the Priest of Baal, where their senses were delighted, while (heir souls were deluded? I c.-; thcie had been an advance, hut not an advance in truth; and while error was spreading ore: the land and men were perishing daily, and multitudes were going astray, the Church wa- folding her arms, allowiug tbe banner of Christ to become moth eaten, and suffering the advocates of Ritualism to have their way. He feared that God would send judgments upon the Churches of Britain for this neglect, and perhaps take away the candlestick. He feared lest these Churches should have a name to live and be dead, lost they should be treated as others wore treated, lest they should become like Home when she was made an apostacyand an abomination in the face of angels and of men." t A FISH STORY. About the strangest thing we ever heard of occurred here on last Friday. 2d inst. Mr. Schoelhurtz. a well known citizen who lives in a small frame hnu.se near the depot, went fishing to the lighthouse dock with a couple of friends. Their luck did not seem very good, as but one black br-s and a few perch were all that had been captured, and tbe interest in the sjiort naturally began to flag. While Mr. Shoelhurts was exauiin inine his watch, a very fine one to which a black ribbon and a seal were attached, his line being left carelessly in the water, a sud den heavy jerk that nearly took the fish pole from his hand, and so startled him that in trying to grasp it with the other hand, in his excitement nc somehow let go of his watch, which struck hi- knee and hounded off into the water, his line (thongh a very strong one,) parted tie- same instant with a snap. Regrets, though naturally indulged in to some extent, were useless, so the party continued fishing for a couple of hours af ter the accident, and then rowed homewards with a light string of fi-h. Mr. Shoelhurtz s ill luck having followed him so peri stoutly that he had actually caught nothing. When nearly back to the starting point they were overtaken by a fishing boat, and being ashamed to exhibit their "catch" to their friends, as unlucky fishermen always are, they concluded to buy a few fish to add to those honestly caught, agreeing not to tell tales on each other as to the mannpr in which they were obtain- d—Mt. Slioelhuttz purchased an eight pound black bass and three small ones. As he was cairying the fish home he thought tie saw something sticking in its gills, which on closer inspection proved to is: a fish hook that very much resembled the one he had lost in the afternoon, and it was with a kind of savage joy that he anticipated eating the prime causeof his ill luck : but the strnn gest of all, upon cutting the fish open he found his watch, which had not even stop ped ticking.— Erie (Pa. ) Dispatch. AN Irishman Yvas summoned for refusing to pay a doctor's bill, when he was asked why he refused to pay. ''N\ hat for should | I pay?" said Pat; "sure he didn't give me anything hut some emetics, and diyil a one could I keep ou my stomach at all. PRENTICE, ofthe Louisville Journal, ten ders his advice to the public as follow- : "Never buy goods of those who don't ad- Y'erthie. They have so little to sell that they have to sell dear." YOIVMEM; NO II A FEN PICTURE OF THADDEUS STEVENS. Thaddeus Stevens is just coming in from his committee room., and looks feeblo. the great old man, it makes tne sorry. The men abroad who assail him with such ferocity, if they could see him now, would be quite dis armed. His spirit is not abated, his sarcasm cuts as keenly as ever, his wit flashes as brightly, his great intellect seems in no wise dimmed ; yet the hand of Time lies heavy uoori him. The will which never swerves, which always conquers and rules men, is powerless to resist the pressure of pain and the infirmities of ae. Although DO easu al observer would think it, Thaddcus Ste vens is over seventy years of age. A come ly wig robs him of the hoary crown which always hallows the head of age. His face, in outline approaches the Indian type. The square perceptive brow, the deeply set eyes, the high cheek-bones, the broad jaw and saturnine mouth are most marked. The face in repose, is stern, but not savage. The ''sardonic smile" that we read so much about is a very human and kindly face after all. Thaddeus Stevens' inimitable sarcasm and wit seem purely intellectual gifts, flames of the bead, free from all smoke of personal malice. He will saj* the most savage things of a man's act- or opinions, without one emotion of ill will toward the man. He will annihilate a member in a speech, and then, clapping him on the shoulder, a.sk the dis comfited brother to go with him to lunch. You hear of his many kindly deeds from those who know him best; of the gentle charities which blossom along his private path, of the many poor boys whom he has lifted from poverty and obscurity to give them help and a motive in life. For many years he has been a power in the nation, a leader in the House, marshaling in the van the hosts of liberty. No man is more ea gerly listened to. No man perhaps would be so positively missed if he were to pass forever from the Congressional Hall. He has stood there so long, his intellect is so powerful, his personality so positive, his ut terance so unique, his spirit so masterful, his memory will not pass away with his presence, nor his name with his generation. He is one whose sayings will live long af ter him. His jeweled witticisms will set in many a speech, and gleam in many a Con gress, when the brain which gave them birth has gone back to dust. But the old lion of the House is fighting his last battles. Oue who has fought so long and so bravely does not like to confess that he is at last worsted by Time—that even he has found a conqueror. To have lived iu the world, to have been with it, and of it so long, to love it only to leave it. how hard. To a heart broken by its qwn burdens, death comes A healing and a consolation ; but to a man who has sought the satisfaction of life in pub lic spheres, whose activities have been ex pended on the-issues of the age, while the grand problems of his time remain unsolved and the cast victories of the future yet un eonsumuiated—to him death is as unwel come as it is irremediable. Such a man has no tima t,. ,la I "... I. BRITISH REFORM. The Government Flan—Resolutions In troduced by ,Hr. Disraeli. The following is a copy of the reform reso lutions moved by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in Committee of the whole House, on Monday, February 25: This House having, in the last session of Parliament, assented to the second reading of a bill entitled "A bill to extend the right of voting at elections of members of Parlia ment in England and Wales," is of opinion: 1. That the numbtrof electors for counties and boroughs in England and Wales ought to be increased. 2. That such increase may best be effected by both reducing the value of the qualifying tenement in counties and boroughs, and by adding other franchises not dependent on such value. That while it is desirable that a more direct representation should be given to the laboring class, it is contrary to the Constitu tion of this realm to give to any one class or interest a predominating power over the rest of the community. 4. That the occupation franchise in coun ties and boroughs shall be based upon the principle of rating. 5. That the principle of plurality of votes, adopted by Parliament would facilitate the settlement of the borough franchise on an extensive basis. f>. That it is expedient to revise the exist ing distribution of scats. 7. That in such revision it is not expedient that any borough now represented in Parlia ment should be wholly disfranchised. 8. That, in revising the existing distribu tion of seats, this House will acknowledge, as its main consideration, the expediency of supplying representation to places not at present represented, and which may be con sidered entitled to that privilege. 9. That It is expedient that provision should be made tor the better prevention of bribery and corruption at elections. 10. That it is expedient that the system of registration of voters in counties should be assimilated, as far as possible, to that which prevails in boroughs. 11. That it shall be open to every parlia mentary elector, if he thinks fit to record his vote by means of a polling paper, duly signed and authenticated. 12. That provision lie made for diminish ing the distance which voters have to travel for the purpose of recording their votes, so that no expenditure for such purpose shall hereafter be legal. 13. That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to is sue a Royal Commissien to form and submit to the consideration of Parliament a scheme for new and enlarged boundaries of the ex isting Parliamentary boroughs where the population extends beyond the limits now I assigned to such boroughs; and to fix, sub ject to the decision of Parliament, the boun daries of such other boroughs as Parliament may deem fit to be represented in this House. THE LORD'S PRATER. —Did you ever think, short though it is, how much there is in it ? Oh, it is beautiful! Like a dia mond in the crown of a <jucen, it unites a thousand sparkling gems in one. It teaches all of us, every one of us, to look to God as our parent —"Our Father." It prompts u3 to raise our thoughts and desires above the earth—"Who art in heaven." It tell us that we must reverence our heavenly Father—"Hallowed be thy natue." It breathes the Saint's reward —"Thy kingdom come.' 1 _ And a submissive, obedient spirit—''Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And a dependent trusting spirit—"Give us this day our daily bread " And a forgiving spirit—"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." And a cautious spirit— Deliver us from evil." # . And, last of all, an adoring spirit—"For thine is thy kingdom, and tn>' i ■ the glory, forever and ever. An> n. RATES OF ADVERTISING All advertisements for lets than 3 months 10 cents pet line for each insertion. Special notices ooehalf additional. All resolutions of Associa tion, eommnnications of a limited or individual interets and notices of marriages and deaths, ex. ceeding Ave lines, 10 ete. per line. All legal noti ces of erery kind, and all Orphans' Court and other J adicial sales, are required hy law to be pub lisbed in both papers. Editorial Notices 15 cents per line. All Advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. 3 months. 6 months. 1 year One tqcare $ 4.50 $ 6.00 tIO.OO Two squares ........ 6,0(1 9.00 10.00 Three squres 8.00 12.00 20.00 One-fourth column 14.00 20.00 35.00 Half column... 13.00 25.00 45.00 One column 30.00 45.00 80.00 A MISTER. He who has never known a sister's kind ministrations, nor felt his heart warming beneath her endearing smile and love beam - ing eye, has been unfortunate indeed. It is not to be wondered if the fountains of pure feeling flow in his bosom but sluggishly, or if the gentler emotions of his nature be lost in the sterner attiibutes of manhood. "That man has grown up among kind and affectionate sisters,'' we once heard a lady of much observation and experience re mark "And why do you think so?" said we. Because of the rich development of ail the tenderer and more refinea feelings of the heart, which are so apparent in every word" A sister * influence is felt even in man hood'B later years; and the heart of him who has grown cold in his chilling contact with the world, will warm and thrill with pure enjoyment, as some incident awakes within him the soft tones and glad melodies of his sister's voice. And he will turn from his purposes, which a warped and false philoso phy has reasoned into expediency and even weep for the gentler influences which moved him in his earlier years. PERSONAL INFLUENCE. Blessed influence of one true loving hu man soul on another! Not calculable by algebra, not deducible by logic, but myste rious. effectual, mighty as the hidden pro cess by which the tiny seed is quickened, and bursts forth into tall stem and broad leaf, and glowing tasseled flower. Ideas are often poor ghosts; our sun filled eyes cannot discern tnem; they pass athwart us in thin vapor, and cannot make themselves felt. But sometimes they are made flesh; they breathe upon us with warm breath; they touch us with soft, responsive hands; they look at us with sad, sincere eyes, and speak to us in appealing tones; they arc clothed in a living human soul, with all its conflicts, its faith, and its love. Then their presence is a power, then they shake us like a passion, and we are drawn after them with gentle compulsion, as flame is drawn to flame.— Blackicooil $ Muijazine. ' 'EAT YOUR BROWN BREAJD FIRST. "—lt is a plain, but faithful saying, eat your brown bra J. flrst nor is there a better rule for a young man's outset in the world. While you continue single you may live within as narrow limits as you please; and it is then you must begin to save in order to be provided for the more enlarged expenses of your future family. Besides, a jnlai n frugal life is then supported most cheerfully: it is your own choice, and it is to be justified on the best and most honest principles in the world, and yon have nobody's pride to struggle with, or appetites to master, but your own. As you advauce in life and suc cess, it will be expected you should give yourself greater indulgence; and you may then be allowed to do it both reasonably and safely. . . .A..a s old associates are now dead. "They that lived so long," as he says, "and flourished so steadily, are all crumbled away." The beauty of these evenings was that every one was placed on an easy level. No-one out-talked the oth ers. No one —not even Coleridge—was per mitted to out-talk the rest. No one was al lowed to hector another,nor to bring his own grievances too prominently forward, so as to disturb the harmony of the night. Ev ery one bad a right to speak and to be heard ; and no one was ever trodden or clamored down (as in some large assemblies) until he had proved that he was not entitled to a hearing, or had abused his privilege. I never, in all my life, heard so much unpre tending good sense talked, as at Charles Lamb's social parties. Often a piece of sparkling humor was shot out that illumina ted the whole evening. Sometimes there was a flight of high and earnest talk that took one naif way towards the stars .--Lamb's Memoirs. TIIE 31 OTHER. —There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of man hood; that softens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Who 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 has thought of the mother "thai looked on his childhood, " that smoothed his pillow and administered to his helplessness ? Oh ! there is an en during tenderness in the love of a mother to son. that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by sel fishness, nor daunted by danger, nor stifled by gratitude. She will sacrifice every com fort to his convenience *, she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment; she will glory in his fame and if misfortune overtake him, he will be dearer to her from misfor tune ; and if disgrace settle upon his name,_ she will still love and cherish nim in spite of his disgrace: and if all the world besides cast him off. she will lie all the world to him. HOPE ON!— A bankrupt merchant return ing home one night said to his noble wife: "My dear, I am ruined, everything we have is in the liands of the sheriff." After a few moments of 6ilencc the wife looked kindly into his face and said. "Will the sheriff sell you? Oh! no! Will the sheriff sell the children? Oh! no! Will the sheriff sell me? Oh! no! Then do not say we have lost everything. All that is most valuable remains to us —manhood, womanhood, childhood. We have lost but the result of our skill and industry. We can make another fortune if our hearts and hands are left us." li" yon should ever meet with an accident at the table, endeavor to be composed. A gentleman carving a tough goose had the ratsiortune to send it entirely out of the. dish into the lap of a young lady who sat next to him on which be looked her full in the face and said with the utmost coolness—'Madam I will thank you for that goose.' A Washington special says: It is stated that a friend of the President has gone to Richmond to urge the Legislature ot Virgi nia to adopt the measures proposed in the military bill so as to become a State in the Union as speedily as possible. '1 he Legis lature is holding secret sessions in conse quence. As Irish judge had the habit of beggin par don on every occasion. At the close of the assizes, as h? was about to leave the bench, an officer of the court reminded him that he had not passed sentence of death on one of the prisoners as he had intended. "Dear me,'" said his lordship, "I really beg his par don." I PRESSED her gentle form to me, and whis pered in her ear, if, when I was far away, for me she'd drop a tear ; I paused for some cheering words, my throbbing heart to cool, 'a-., l i her loving lips she said, "Oh, Bob you're sich a fool! '
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