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ALTORNEY AT LAW,
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ness intrusted to his care. Office withti. 11. Spang,
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T T. KEAGY,
*1 , ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office opposite Reed A Schell's Bank.
Counsel given in English and Ucrman. [apl26]
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Bedford, Pa..
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rj . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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the office formerly occupied by King A Jordan,
and recently by Filler A Kcagy. All business
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speedily collected.
Bedford, June 9,1865.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bedford, PA.
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Es, i.. on Juliana street, two doors . B outh of the
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IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, EEDFORD, PA.
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the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors Sonth
of the Mengel House,
aprl. 1864—tf.
PHIMCIAHS.
11 TM. WTJAMISON, M. D.,
\\ BLOODY RUN, PA.,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
the people of that place and vicinity. [decS:lyr
DK. B. F. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by Br. J. H. Hofius.
April 1,1864 —tf-
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tenders his pofessional services to the citizens
of Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street,
opposite the Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal
mer's office. April 1, 1864—tf.
DR. S. G. STATLER, near Schellsburg, and
Br. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland
county, having associated themselves in the prac
tice of Medicine, respectfully offer their profes
sional services to the citizens of Schellsburg and
vicinity. Br. Clarke's office and residence same
as formerly occupied by J. White, Esq., dee'd.
S. G. STATLEfc,
Schellsburg, Aprill2:ly. J. J. CLARKE.
DENTISTS.
DENTISTRY.
I. N. BOWSER, RESIDENT BENTIST, Woon-
BKP.Br, Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of each
month, commencing with the second Tuesday of
the month. Prepared to perforin all Bental oper
ations with which he may be favored. Termt
within the reaeh of nil nitd etrictly canh except In
•pedal contract. Work to be sent by mail or oth
wise, must be paid for when impressions arc taken.
augh, '64:tf.
A Beautiful Set of Teeth for
TEN DOLLARS !
DK. 11. VIRGIL. PORTER,
(LATE OF NEW YORK CITY,)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous friends
and the public generally, that be has located per
manently in BLOOBY RUN, where he may b#
found at all times prepared to insert from one
tootb to a full set of his BEAUTIFUL ARTIFI
CIAL TEETH on new and improved atmospher
ic principles.
The TRIUMPH OF MECHANICAL DEN
TISTRY' RUBBER for the basis of artificial
teeth.
This discovery which has met with such uni
versal approval throughout this ar.d other coun
tries, has seemingly placed ARTIFICIAL
TEETH at the disposal of all who require them.
DR. POUTER is now inserting the most BE A V
TIFUL and DURABLE at prices ranging from
Ton to Eighteen Dollars
j>er set Temporary sets inserted if desired. All
operation warranted.
,Eo~Tccth extracted without pain by the use of
NITROUS OXIDE or LAUGHING GAS.
This is no huinbng, but a positive fact. Gas
administered fresh every day. As the Gas ad
ministered by Br. Porter is prepared in accord
ance with the purifying method of Br. Strong, of
New llavcn, Ct., and Prof. Siliman (late Professor
of Chemistry in Yale College) he has no hisita
tion in asserting that it is attended with no dan
ger whatever. Persons desiring the services of a
Bentist would promote their own interest by call
ing upon Br. l'ortor, as ho is determined to spare
'no effort to please the most fastidious. Br. Por
ter's mode of operating will at all times be of the
mildest character, avoiding the infliction of the
slightest unnecessary pain, and carefully adapted
to the age, constitution, health and nervous con
dition of the patient.
Special attention is invited to Br. Porter's
scientific method of preserving decayed and ach
ing teeth. Teeth blackened and disoased, cleans
ed to appear beautiful and white.
11. VIRGIL PORTER,
Dentist.
Bloody Run, I'cnn'a., March 28, 1807.-ly.
OIRBORROW A LITZ Editors and Proprietors.
KRIUHTI.Y Hl' VHSTHF HI'NINIEK SKY.
0, brightly beams the snmmer sky,
And mrely blooms the clover :
But the little pond will soon be dry—
The summer soon be over!
0, light and soft the west wind blows,
The flower-bells gently ringing;
But blight will fall npon the rose,
Where now the bee is swinging !
A smile is on the silver stream—
A blush is on the flowers ;
But the elond that wears a golden gleam
Will waste itself in showers!
0, little hearts with gladness rife,
Among the wavy grasses!—
A deeper shade will fold your life
Than o'er the moadow passes !
O, maiden lips ! 0, lips of bloom '
Unburdened save by Ftngtng!
Pale Grief shall leave his seal of gloom,
Where kisses now are clinging !
O, hope is sweet I O, youth is near!
Ana love is sweeter, nearer !
O, life is sweet, and life is dear,
But death is often dearer!
O, shield the little hearts from wrong,
While childhood's laugh is ringing !
And kiss the lips that sing the song,
Before they cease their singing !
O, crown with joy the brows of youth,
Before thoso brows are older!
0, touch with love the lips of truth,
Before tbey cease their singing !
For tho little pool will soon be-ilry—
The summer soon be over;
Though brightly beams the summer sky,
And rarely blooms the clover!
THE POET'S SOAK.
The rain had fallen, the Poet arose,
He passed by the town, and out of the street,
A light wind blexv from the gates of the sun,
And waves of shadow went over the wheat,
And he sat him down in a lonely place,
And chanted a melody loud and sweet.
That made the wild-swan pause in her cloud,
And the lark drop down at his feet.
The swallow stopt as he hunted the bec,
The snake slipt under a spray,
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak
And stared, with his foot on the prey,
And the nightingale thought, "I have sung many
But never a one so gay, [songs,
For he sings of what the world will he
When the years have died away."
p,toUa&foUo.
THE SALMON HARVEST.
The headquarters of the North American
Boundary Commission, to which the writer
was naturalist, were situated about a mile
and a half up stream frcrn this spot, on the
bank of the Columbia, where its width is
four hundred yards, and the distance from
the sea, in round numbers., about one thou
sand miles.
For twenty miles above our barracks flows
the Columbia smooth and glassy as a pond;
then, with rapidly increasing velocity rush
ing on, is split by an island, just prior to its
dashing over a mass ot volcanic rocks, occu
pying the full breadth of the chasm through
which it passes, and above five hundred
yards wide. At low water this is an im
passable barrier to the salmon, but the rise
of the river enables them to leap it _easily.
On one side of the fall there is a wide flat
plateau of rocks, the descent to which isjby
a winding trail down an almost vertical cliff.
Very early in May the Indians began to
arrive. Day after day. and all day long, from
every direction, strange processions, consist
ing of horses laden with lodges, squaws,
children, together with the strangest medley
of the chattels, (every- atom of property pos
sessed by the tribe is always carried along
with them, even to the dogs, when migra
ting to attend the salmon havest,) wind
down the various trails leading to the trading
post. Small villages oflodgcs, the encamp
ments of the various tribes, rapidly* scatter
over the plain, bands of horses scamper, in
wild confusion, up the green hill-sides, care
fully guarded by their various herbers; the
smoke of countless lodge fires coil slowly up
in misty wreaths: chiefs and braves lounge
lazily around the trade post; medicine men
—in otherwords, the conjurors, doctors, and
invariably the great scoundrels of the tribes
—busy themselves at their incantations,
making "salmon medicine" to insure a pros
perous harvest; while squaws, old and young
pitch the lodges, carry wood and water, cook,
and quell the perpetual riots going on among
the newly-met children and dogs. In about
a week from nine hundred to one thousand
Indians are camped in readiness for fishing.
On their arrival, and during the fishing
season, every chief is under the control of
one (the "salmon chief "') who manages and
directs the fishery, settles all disputes, and
sees to the eauitable division of the take.
When the assembly is completed, camps
satisfactorily arranged, and all the details of
this novel colony adjusted, preparations are
commenced at the falls. The drying-houses,
about fifty in number, are first repaired.
These are "built on the plateau of rocks pre
viously mentioned, a* ' consist of sheds
open at the sides, but. r ofed over with rush
: mats. A series of p°* d poles placed close
together, like a ceilmg, yon which to hang
the fish,)complete each edifice. Then old
and skilful) hands set to work to make the
fishing traps. (I may mention that neither
nets, spears, nor canoes are ever employed
at this fishery.) These traps are huge
wooden affairs, the materials used in their
construction being willow, hazel, birch, ma
ple, and cedar; the diameter is about twelve
feet, and the depth from eighteen to twenty
feet. Numbers of these are made, the
[ young Indians bringing the materials for
i the supply of the skilled workmen. As
these baskets are completed, others prepare
to fix them in the places where, from long
experience, the fishers well know the salmon
invariably leap. This is both a difficult and
a dangerous service, as they have to hang
them from trees, one end weighted down in
the water with enormous stones and rocks.
Of course all this is accomplished before the
river begins to rise. Nothing but the
strength of numbers, combined with long
practice, could ever enable these uncivilized
men to perform so formidable a piece of en
gineering. Immense pine trees are felled
with rude hatchets, and cleared of their
branches, dragged down on the rocks, rolled
op other trees across deep chasms, levered,
twisted, tugged, and turned about, until
fixed securely and immovably in the desired
position. When ready for the baskets,
these trees, projecting over the surging water
look like gibbets for giants. . .
The wicker baskets —giants, too, in their
way—being completed, and long ropes,
made from the inner bark of the cypress
tree, woven to suspend them, the next job
is to hang them. To manage this final but
ticklish operation all lend a hand; and as
each has his say , young and old jabber in
different Indian languages until one im
agines the davs of Babel returned. By dint
of mar *' r wimuiing, others bestriding trees,
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nuarber-s hauling at ropes, and greater num
bers doing nothing except advising and hin
dering the rest, the vast wicker traps are
hung safely, awaiting the rising of the river,
and, with it, the salmon.
Pending these events, a continual round
of enjoyment is indulged in; the gayest cos
tumes are sported, vermilliou is used in
reckless profusion; the rival tribes, young
and old, struggle to outvie one another;
horse racing, foot and hurdleracing, hazard,
dice, i-huffle-stick, even a savage "Ant Sally,'
are in constant progress throughout the live
long day; even during the night, the light
of the lodge fire, the drowsy chant and beat
ing together of sticks, and a clumsy kind of
tambourine, give warning to all hearers that
gambling is going forward. High stakes
are played for-horses, blankets, slaves, guns,
traps. I have often seen wives and daugh
ters risked on a race or a throw with the
dice. The woman game even more reck
lessly than the men.
The salmon-sentries announce the appear
ance of the first fish, and all hands rush to
commence the work of catching and curing.
This may be the best place in which to men
tion, incidentally, that the salmon are indis
pensible to the existence of the inland tribe
of Indians. Nature supplies the tribes with
these fish with a lavish profusion, incredi
ble to any who have not seen the "salmon
run" in these wondrous rivers. Every
stream becomes so filled with fish, that to
throw a stone into the water without hitting
one is next to an impossibility. When I
say that the Commissoner (I need not men
tion names) and myself found it difficult to
ride through a ford, in consequence of the
abundance of the salmon thronging upwards
and onward to spawn, some idea may be
formed of the incredible numbers that an
ually visit the rivers of the northwest.
Soon after the arrival of the vanguard,
the main army reach the falls, and the water
becomes a moving mass of silvery fish; fifty
and even more, may be seen leaping the
rushing cascade at a time; many succeed,
but the greater number fall back into the
baskets, so deftly huug to receive them—
two hundred salmon a day are frequently
taken from a single basket. Two naked
savages enter the wicker trap, each armed
with a short heavy club, and stand amidst
the struggling captives, the water dashing
over them like a monster shower-bath. A
fish seized, a sharp rap on the head knocks
it senseless, then it is Hung on to the rocks;
a similar fate awaits another, and so salmon
after salmon is pitched out, until tired Indi
ans are replaced by fresh. On the plateau,
a scene equally busy is going on; the squaws
and children drag the fish to the dryingsncds,
split them open, remove the backbone and
head; then hang them on the poles to dry—
the head, backbone, and a portion of the
entrails and roe being the only part that is
eaten. Small fires are kept smouldering
under the drying fish, to drive off the Hies
and aid in its preservation When sufficiently
dried, the salmon are packed in rush mala
and tightly corded, about fifty pounds weight
iu each bale. Packing them in this manner
facilitates their transport on the backs of
horses.
1 have eaten salmon thus cured, after it
had been packed two years, sound and free
from taint as on the day it was caught. The
salmon run over, which lasts about three
months—although the first three weeks pro
duce the greater number —the equal distri
bution of the catch is made under the super
vision of the salmon chief, tents are struck,
horses packed, and each tribe wend their
way back to their wintering grounds, whore,
during the long snowy nipping winters, they
live on the frnits of the salmon harvest.
On the Eraser river there arc no impedi
ments to the salmon's ascent as far as any
Indians reside. Its waters rise as those of
the Columbia do, Put with swifter course.
In a few places—l may instance the solid
wall of rocks (along the base ot which the
river dashes with great fury) betwixt the
Lurnass and Chil-uk-wcy-uk rivers—stages
are used. They aie hungovei the water by
ropes made fast to the trees on the top of the
cliff. A similar kind of net to that of the
cascades is used in this case. But the sys
tem by which the great take is managed is a
most ingenious net fastened between two ca
noesmoored in the eddy. Poles, too. armed
with sharp hooks, are used with great suc
cess to hook or gaff the salmon into the ca
noe. On this river there are no regular
fisheries, nor any assemblage of tribes from
far off places, as on the Columbia. Each
village works for itself; neither do they take
the same care in preserving the fish as their
brethren of east take.
I have weighed salmon at the fills on the
Columbia of seventy five pounds. Forty
pounds is a common average. Why they
obstinately refuse the most tempting baits,
after quitting the sea where they spawn, why
they go a thousand miles up stream, and
what becomes of the tiny fry, are matters of
interest to be considered at some future pe
riod. The wholesystoin looks vastly like the
combined linksofone great magnificent chain
of design. A race of people isolated in the
far interior of a wild country, hundreds of
miles Irom the sea coast, are shut up for six
months of the twelve in deep snow, subject
to an artic temperature. To enable theni
to bear it, a great quantity of carbon, in
some form, is absolutely rcqusitc; roots,
berries, or animals, the products of the soil
are alike inadequate to furnish the needful
supply. Mighty streams, breaking down
mountain ranges, dashing through narrow
bound channels, and leaping craggy ledges,
thread their way to the ocean, Fish pro
verbial for their fatness, prompted by a mar
velous instinct, ascend these streams in myr
iades to deposit their eggs, when the snow
water[form.s salmon-ladders of Nature'sown
contriving. In these fish the savage finds
the carbonic life-fuel he must have.
THE MANUFACTURE OF MONEY. —In one
thine. at least, the Americans have out
stripped the rest of the world, and that is
in the manufacture of paper money. The
artistic and mechanical skill which is lavish
ed upon our bank notes exceed that of any
other upon the face of the globe—the bank
notes of England and France are rude in
comparison. Strange as it may seem, the
finest and best steel engraving is done in the
city of New York and for specimens exhi
bited the American Bank note Company
took the first premium at the World's Fair,
held in London. As a reward for their tri
umph and skill or art, it may almost he said
with truth that the city of New York,
through this one establishment, furnishes
the whole world with her bank notes.
Greece, Italy, liussia, and the British Prov
inces, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the South
American Republics, too numerous to men
tion, with Mexico and the United States,
send their orders to this establishment, re
ceiving in return money, which commends
itself for its exceeding beauty. The Italian
order for money, next to that of the United
States, is the largest one ever executed.
Some idea of its size may be formed when it
is stated that one hundred and twenty thou
sand sheets, containing twenty-five notes
each, are sent off each week.
A FOOL'S heart is in his tongue but a wise
man's tongue in his heart.
BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. JUNE 28, 1867
A VISIT TO JEAN INGELOW.
A writer iu the London Quern describes a
visit to the poet .Jean Ingelow. "Will you
eotue and call on Jean Ingelow said tuy
hostess one fine -day. *)f course I would.
So away we went along a shady lane, with
the old oaks of Holland Park on one side
and the ivy-crowned walls of Aubury House
on the other ; for, though a part of Lon
don, Nottiug Hill is rich in gardens, lawns
and parks, such as one sees only in England.
Our way lod us by Kensington Palace, the
residences of Addison, the Duke of Argyle,
Maeaulay, and better than all the rest to
me, the house of Thackeray. A low, long
brick house, covered with ivy to the chim
ney top ; a sunny bit of lawn in front, trees
and flowers all about, and, though no longer
haunted by the genial presence of its former
master, this unpretending place is to many
eyes more attractive th>n any palace in the
land. I looked long S*J lovingly at it, feel
ing a strong desire to enter its hospitably
open door, recalling with fresh delight the
evening spent in listening to the lecture on
Swift, long ago in America, and experien
cing again the heavy sense of loss which came
to me with the tidings that the covclist
whom I most loved and admired would nev
er write again. Leaving my tribute of affec
tion and respect in a look, a smile and a sigh,
I gathered a leaf of ivy as a relic, and went
on my way.
"Coming at last to a quiet street, where
all the houses were gay with window boxes
full of flowers, we reached Miss Ingelow's.
In tho drawing room we found the mother
of the poetess, a truly beautiful old lady, in
widow's cap and gown, with the sweetest,
serenest face I ever saw. Two daughters sat
with her, both older than I had fancied them
to be, but both very attractive women. Eli
za looked as if she wrote the poetry, Jean
the prose—the former wore curls, had a del
icate face, fine eyes, and that indescribable
something which suggests genius; the latter
was plain, rather stout, hair touched with
gray, shy, yet cordial manners, and a clear,
straightforward glance, which I liked so
much that I forgave her on the spot for
writing those dull stories. Gerald Massey
was with them, a dapper little man, with a
large, tall head, and very un-English man
ner. Being oppressed with 'the mountain
ous me,' he rather bored the company with
'my tiocms, my plans and my publishers,'
till Miss Eliza politely devoted herself to
him, leaving my friend to chat with the-love
ly old lady, and myself with Jean. Both
being bashful, and both laboring under the
delusion that it was proper to allude to each
other's works, we tried to exchange a few
compliments, blushed, hesitated, laughed
and wisely took refuge in a safer subject.
"Jean had been abroad, so we pleasantly
compared notes, and 1 enjoyed the sound
of a peculiarly musical voice, in which I
seemed to hear the breezy rhythm of some
of her charming songs. The ice which sur
rounds e7Cry Englishman and woman was
beginning to melt, when Massey disturbed
me to ask what was thought of his books in
America. As I really had not the remotest
idea, I said so; whereat he looked blank
and fell upon ljongfellow, who seems to be
the only one of our poets whom the English
know or care about. The conversation be
came general, and soon after it was necessa
ry to leavo, lest the safety of the nation
should be endangered by overstepping the
fixed limits of a morning call.
"Later, I learned that Miss Ingelow was
extremely conservative, and was very indig
nant when a petition for woman's right to
vote was offered for her signature. A ram
pant radical told me this, and shook her
handsome head pathetically over Jean's nar
rowness ; but when 1 heard that once a week
several poor souls dined comfortably in the
pleasant homo of the poetess, 1 forgave her
conversation, and regretted that an uncon
querable aversion to dinner parties made nie
decline her invitation."
•'THE MAN OF THE WORLD."
The first lesson of nature is perpetual as
sension. Everything has been invented
o\er and over. This shows nee. It is a
very refined age, and fossils show how many
times it has been through the mill, rasping
it off and refining it. It is a world of cul
ture. A pot of earth will remain unchanged
for a hundred years, but put a
seed into it and the whole through every
grain will undergo transformation. Put a
man into that pot and the change is still
greater. Man is a born collector of man
ners, style, thought, achievement, and this
selection is itself a guide to fine choices. In
the stomach of plants development begins,
and it ends in the infinity of the universe.
It is a long way from the gorilla to the gen
tlcuian. There is reason in the roasting of
eggs. There is a best way of doing every
thing, and civilization is the having learned
the sum of beasts.
There was never a marked man who had
not a keen perception of nature. Any con
sideration of botany, astronomy, geology,
administers a firmness to the mind, while
dancing, playing and simple amusement
leave contrary effects. The man of the
world is one of sound constitution with abili
ties that report to him the knowledge of na
ture.
Pericles, Aristotle, Archimides, Julius
Caisar, Milton, Cuvier, Goethe are com
monly cited as examples of culture, Tubal
Cain, Socrates, Alfred of England, the
Egyptian builders, Columbus, Copernicus,
lluss, Luther —these are the national men.
who cany the genius of the nations aud
thus lead them. The so-called men of the
world are commonly men of whips and
horses, who strain their nerves at the pop
of a champagne bottle, but those who study
seience, the laws of nature, who would
find their fellows in persons of real eleva
tion and culture arc the true men of the
world.
We are in danger of forgetting that the
basis of aristocracy is truth and honesty.
Common sense is as rare as genius, and the
proverb is understated that an ounce of com
mon sense is worth a pound of genius.
Common sonse is the torch every day in
demand in public and private business.
Common sense is always right, lias the pre
cedence of all wit. all learning. It milks
the cow, chops the wood, plants, hoes,
reaps, and ministers to the necessities of the
race.
Every man of good understanding appre
ciates this, and wishes that he had more.
Heroism is the ability to serve itself at a
pinch, to make the thing wanted at the very
time. No one wishes that the educated
young man should he a helpless being, a
helpless angel, but a capable being dipped
in the Sty:* of experience. He must learn
to row his boat, harness his horse, camp
out in the wood, if he is to be self reliant.
These aro-thc first steps to power. It is the
primary duty of the man of letters to secure
his independence.
There is not a fact in chemistry or
mathematics, or a feat of the hostler or
drover, which the thoughtful man docs not
covet.
Newton said, '"Never was a great discove
ry made without a guess."
There is no dunce who is not good at
something, and no wit who is good at every
thing. We do not pick our juries from col
lege professors, hut from men of business
experience. To build a house is a work of
common sense, but how tew good houses do
wo find. Common sense, strong in some
nations, is weak in others. Tho English
are noted for it. Montesquio thought there
was no common sense out of England.
The man of the world must have a dire, t
eye to facts. With these primary teachings
of nature, before and after there comes so
ciety. No man of learning listens without
envy to the sprightly and telling converse
of merchants and men of business, who
are so conversant with the world that they
talk without embarrassment or restraint.
The man of the worid will listen with good
humor to arguments contrary to his own
belief, though he does not change his course.
A cultivated person has the whole scale of
speceb; he can talk with scholars, in the par
lor, in the street—everywhere as needed.
_ Friendship is a species of nobility. So
ciety is a word of mauy meanings. It some
times means things very insipid and frivo
lous. It teaches self-command, so that one
can everywhere be himself and comforta
ble. li teaches the law of conversation,
which is to hear as well as to speak. Men
of rare intelligence are naturally solitary.
Society is part of our culture. We want
the refinement of the gentleman. If cir
cumstance do not permit the high social re
finement, let it be remembered that solitude
has its value. Heaven sometimes protects
the thoughts of a great man by confining
them in solitude. If it is a settled fact
that he and society shall he separate, why
need he blush so and bo so uncomfortable 'i
But it is pleasant to see refinement pene
trating into retired homes. The more piano
the less wolf, the less dirt. The beautiful
should never be out of thought. It is as
right that the bread should be put upon the
table in a comely shape as that it should be
eaten.
The soul is always selecting from actions
that which is human and superhuman.
The heroic sacrifices something to humani
ty. There is no face or form so uncomely
that it is not loved when associated with
high goodness or power, and if all were good
all would probably be great.
We all fall an easy prey to fine manners.
The main power of the South in our poli
ties was in their dinners and their manners.
The North was talked over aud talked down
by the social suavities of that part of the na
tion.
But the true man of tho world is no mon
otone, no man of one idea. He prefers a
middle condition, relieved from the task of
making a show. He tries to hide himself,
but his spirit discovers him. The one evil
of the world is blockheads, the need of the
world iscommon sense. The glory of Ameri
ca is, as the dory of Athens was in the exer
cise of creative power.
All the expenditure of a cultivated man
upon himself is like the expenditure upon a
temple —public and beneficent.
Wherever there is a high civilization it is
the work of great minds. France the speak
er thought, is unjustly charged with being
simple frivolous on aec unt of her devotion
to fashion and refinement.
It is the in-tinct of men that education is
dangerous to tyranny. The higher the cul
ture the greater the liberty. The war has
established a chronic hope tor a chronic
despair. It is not a question now whether
we shall be a nation, but whether we shall
he a new nation. The humanity of all na
tions is in the American I nion.
Would that we could feel that this coun
try is the last great charity of the war, the
end of all struggles to establish morality as
the object of government. Intellect and
not property should he represented, or at
least not property without intellect. The
work of America is to make the advance of
ideas possible—to prove the principle that
everything that is immoral is human. In
the condition of America .it thi.. hour, pray
er has become right. It is relieved of its
moral curse; it has no foreign complications;
it proposes to do right to all classes of its
people, and to make it possible that the
American citizens shall be a true man of the
world. — Ralph Waldn Emerson.
HOTEL "ACOOM JOBATION." —In_ the new
chapters of "The Guardian Angel," in the
February Atlantic, there is the following
statement of what must have been the ex
perience of thousands of travelers: It is a
fine thing to he set down iri a great over
crowded hotel, where they do not know you,
looking dusty, and for the moment looking
shabby, with nothing but a carpet-hag in
your hand, lecling tired, and anything but
clean, and hungry, and worried, and very
miserable and mean, and to undergo the ap
praising process of the gentleman in the of
fice; who while he shoves the book round to
you for your name, is making a hasty calcu
lation as to how high up he can venture to
doom you. But Murray Bradshaw's plain
dress and carpet-bag were more than made
up for by the air and tone which imply the
habit of being attended to. The clerk saw
that, iti a glance, and. as he looked at the
name and address in the book, spoke
sharply in the explosive dialect of his
tribe:
"JI N! ta'tha'gelm n'scarpethag n show
him upt'thirty-one!'
When Cyprian Kvcleth reached the same
hotel late at night, he appeared in his best
clothes and with a new valise; hut his ami
able countenance and gentle voice and mod
est manner sent him up Iwo stories higher,
where he found himself in a room not much
better than a garret, ileling lonely enough,
for he did not know he had an acquaintance
in the same house. The two young men
were in and out so irregularly that it was
not very strange that they did not happen to
meet each other.
AWAKDTO 111 SBAHDS.— Has anybody
overwritten upon the responsibility which
rests upon a husband with regard to the ed
ucation of his wife? Of course wo know
what you will .say about her being supposed
to have "finished her education" before
marriage, and all that; and yet you and we
know that she begins as new an education
with him as it she had never seen the alpha
bet. His views, feelings, his ideas, are they
nothing to her, if she loves him ? Years af
ter, when they who "knew her as a girl,"
come to talk with the matron, do they not
find her husband reflected in every sentence,
either for gcod or evil ? Of course, the more
strongly a woman loves the more completc
is her own identity is absorbed in her hus
band's. This is a point which is too much
neglected by married men. A good husband
is almost certain to have a good wife ; and
if she be "not so good as he could wish at
the commencement of their married life, he
can soon educate her up to the proper mark.
And, on the other hand, he can so educate
ber down as to render his house a purga
tory. and, perhaps, bring upon himself and
his family the greatest agouy and keenest
pangs of disgrace which a husband or chil
dren can feel.
IF you can express yourself so as to be
perfectly understood in ten words, never use
a dozen.
VOLUME 10; NO. 86
HOW A VOtSU i.AIJV COES TO BED
j SU "* s f' nK Mandy, be foster sister and
"'ei ' ~ 8 '. >reston performed the task
08 disrobing for the night, without other
assistance than that of her own nimble fin
gers.
I'irst the little lace collar and ribbon were
removed from the neck, and the bright me
rino dress laid aside; next the snowy skirts
were lifted over the head; then a spring
touched in front of the rounded waist, when
with a clicking and metallic sound down
came the wide expanse of crinoline, and
Miss Charley stepped out of its steel circle,
considerably collapsed but all the prettier.
A somewhat similar mechanical operation
was repeated, and numerous springs and
curls were sot in lively motion, and then
tvith a stretch upward of the plump white
arms, and a long drawn sigh of relief, off
came the little French ''railroad" corsets,
and the dimple nhoukiere-ef the wearer rose
in unrestricted freedom.
The snowy night gown was now slipped
over the head, and its delicate frilN daintily
adjusted to the_ throat and wrists. Next the
mirror was visited, and the charmiDg little
moues made at the bright face it reflected,
and then seizing the brush, the girl proceed
ed to apply it to her glossy curls until they
shone like .satin.
Then to the washstand, where teeth
white as eocoanut meat, were rubbed until
they gleamed whiter, and the rosy face
dipped in the basin of pure cold water until
it glowed witb renewed crimson. And then
drawing a low seat close to the fire, the
young girl laid one pretty foot lightly on
her knee and began to unlace the tiny
boot which encased it. In a few moments
both little feet were bare in their childish
beauty, and pressed down on the hot bricks
of the hearth, while a careful measurement
was made as to the relative lengths of the
big toe and the one next to it, for on this
important difference depends the momen-
tou- question as to which of the two shall
rule in the future married life of the meas
urer—it Inning been decreed by mysterious
and immutable signs that should the great
toe be longer, the forth coming lord of the
lady will be master as well, while if the sec
ond has the preeminence, a similar fate is in
store for her.-elf. and her only master will be
ber own swocf will.
in the present instance both of the soft,
pink toes were of such amcucss of lengbt
that the inference was sufficiently clear
that dc.-tiny decreed the married life of
Miss Charley Preston should be a state of
equal rights.
The young lady sat still and amused her
self by doing a little prospecting in the way
of gazing down into the coals glowing before
her. and then taking her Bible from its
stand, she read the lessons appointed for
the evening, then knelt and said her simple
prayers. A puff of fragrant breath from a
pair of rosy hps, and out went, the candle,
leaving the room lighted only by the rich
fire light. Then unbolting the door, that
Mandy, who slept in her young mistress'
room, might gain access, when it should
please her to leave the delights of the kitch
en, the young girl turned hack the soft
blankets and snowy sheets of her bed, made
the impress of her rounded figure in its
downy depth, laid her innocent head upon
the tastefully trimmed pillow, and went to
her happy dream.- .
THE AMERICAN WOMEN.
The June number of If ours at llome has
an article on "How to Treat Our AV ives,
which those who think that love is not an
es-ential element to a true marriage will do
well to read. The article is too long for in
sertion in our paper. The following are the
clodttg paragraphs;
1 The American woman is what the Ameri
can man requires her to he, and what
American institutions and influences enable
her to be. There is constant and fruitful
effort on the part of men to secure for their
daughters and for general female society the
best advantages for education and culture;
and these same men do this with wives in
their homes who are treated little better than
housekeepers. They are not regarded as
partners; they are not treated as intimate
and confidential companions. Equality of
position, identity of interest, comuiunty of
arms, affectionate and considerate tenderness
and respectfulness of demeanor, through sym
pathy that shows itself in atl private and
family intercourse, certainly do not prevail
between American husbands and wives,
when regarded in the aggregate. Some
will be disposed to deny this who only see
life under some of its more favored phases;
but those who are acquainted with all class
es, in city and country, cannot fail to recog
nize the" truthfulness of the statement.
Women are denied the sympathy and society
of their hu-bauds to a shameful extent.
They are kent in a position of dependence,
and made to feel their dependence; they are
made to ask for money for their personal
use, and compelled to feel like mendicants
in doing it. There are multitudes of wives,
supposed to be well married, who never
approach their husbands for money without
a sense of humiliation. Now any man who
compels the woman of his love to do this,
insult-her womanhood, degrades her. de
nies essentially his marriage vows, and does
iiis bc.-t to kill out, her respect for him. and
to make the connubial bond an irksome one.
A wife who is made to feel that she is a beg
gar, is no longer a wife, except in name. A
wife who is compelled to feel that she has
no rights except those which her husband
accords to her from hour to hour, looses her
spirit and her self respect, and becomes a
menial in feeling and in fact.
MM, GRUNDY SPOILS OLBGIRLS. —Rev.
Henry Ward Beeoher, who, by the way, is a
good teacher, gives some good advice about
the girls, and it is a pity his advice could
not be heeded. By-and-by there will be
women from ten to twenty years old. Mr.
Beeoher says:
"A girl is not allowed to be a girl after
she is ten years old. It you treat her as
though she was one she will ask you what
you mean. 1. she starts to run across the
street, she is brought back to the nursery to
a lecture ou the propriety of womanhood.
Now it seems to me that a girl should be
nothing but a girl until she is seventeen.
Of course there arc proprieties belonging to
her sex which it is fitting for her to
observe, hut it seems to me that, aside from
these, she ought to have the utmost lati
tude. She ought to be encouraged to do
much out of doors—to run and exercise in
all those ways which arc calculated to devel
op the muscular frame. What is true ol
boys in the matter of bodily health, is emi
nently so of girls. It is all important that
woman --hould be healthy and well devel
oped. Man votes, writes, does business, etc,
but woman is the teacher and the mother
of the world; aud anything that deteriorates
woman is a coniprehensivo plague on life it
self. Health among women is a thing that
every man, who is wise and considerate for
his race, should more earnestly seek and
promote." .
G IVE strict attention to your owu affair
—and consider your wife one of them.
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WASH THE TEETH AT .NIGHT.—A few
who inherit good teeth, and who care noth
ing for looks, neglect brushing their teeth ;
hut none who wish to preserve their teeth,
good or bad. as long as possible, should ne
glect to brush them once or more times a
day, with a brush so stiff as to clean them
well, but not so hard as to wound or irritate
the gums. They should be brushed both
night and morning, but if only once, let it
be done the last thing before retiring. Por
tions of food, sweets, &0., left on or between
the teeth at night, decay or acidify, and cor
rode the enamel, and thus, gradually injure
them. If the cavities between and in de
caying teeth be thoroughly brushed out with
water at night, and when rising, it will add
years to their effective use and freedom from
pain. Most of the tooth powders sold con
tain an injurious acid, which, though it
gives the teeth a clean, white surface, docs
it at thy expense of some of the natural
surface. A little hard soap, pleasantly
performed, is the best possible applica
tion. We would not recommend the finest
charcoal, or prepared chalk or clay, for
though inert, thev wear upon the enamel.
No sickly persons can honorable marry
another in good health without previously
making a fair statement of the case. And
even then if a marriage takes place a crime
has been committed against unborn inno
cents. But when both the parties are "sick
ly," it is wholly inexcusable, and ought to
be frowned upon by every intelligent com
munity, however satisfactory the pecuniary
condition of the parties. They tnay be able
to support themselves, but they can give no
guarantee that their children, diseased in
body and feeble in mind, shall not be a pub
lic charge ai the hospital the poor house or
an insane asylum. The best general plan for
insuring a healthy and vigorous offspring is
to make an antipodal marriage; to make as
much of a cross in the physical characteris
tics as possible. The city should marry the
country; the black-haired the blond: the bil
ikius temperament the nervous; the fair
skinned the brunette, the stout the slender;
the ta'l the short. To marry each its like,
is to degrade the race.— llalFx Journal of
Health.
TUE world is crazy for show. There in
not one poison in a thousand who dares fall
back on his real, simple self, for power to
get through the world, and exact enjoyment
as ho goes along. There is too much living
in the eyes of other people. There is no
end to the aping, the mimicry, the false airs
and the superficial airs. It requires rare
courage, we admit, to lire up to one's en
lightened convictions in the days. Unless
you consent to join in the general cheat,
there is no room for you among the great
mob of pretenders If a man dares to live
within his means and is resolute in his par
pose not to appear more than lie really is,
let him be applauded. There is something
fresh and invigorating in such an example,
and we should honor and uphold such a
man with all the energy in our power.
WHISTLING. —Next to laughing, whistling
is one of the most philosophical things in
which a fellow of good spirits can indulge.
Whistling is a popular prescription for
keeping up the courage—it might better
be said good spirits. Home genial philoso
pher has well said on this snbject. "Whist
ling is a great institution. It oils the
wheels of care, supplies the place of sun
shine. A man who whistles has a good
heart under his shirt-front. Such a man
not only works more willingly, but he
works more constantly. A whistling cob
bler will earn as much money again as a
cordwainer who gives way to low spirits
and indigestion Mean or avaricious men
never whistle. The man who attaches whist
ling throws a stone at the head of hilarity,
and would, if he could, rob June of its ro
ses—August of its meadow larks.
BARN CM once took on a fit of eeonomy
and in order to shorten his expenses, with
drew. or shortened some of his advertise
ments. The consequence was an immediate
decline in business. Changing his tactics,
and renewing his advertisements, his receipts
swelled as rapidly as they had decreased—
which taught him that however dull the
time, it was false economy to dispense with
printer's ink; and lie determined he would
never again make so blunder in the
way of retrenchment. We trust the ex
perience of Barnum will not be lost upon
our business men. Advertising is a sub
ject upon which the great showman is emi
nently qualified to give an opinion.
A TARE.— One evening a parent was hear
ing his little son recite his Sunday School
lesson it was in the 13th chapter of Mat
thew. wherein it relates of the malicious in
dividual who went about sowing tares.
"What is a tare?" the parent interrupt
ed to inquire. _
Johnny hesitated. _
"Tell me, my son what a tare is.
"You have had em," said Johnny casting
down his eye and wrigghngbts foot.
"Had cm?" said the astonished parent
opening his eves rather wide, "why what do
you mean. Johnny?"
"When you didn't come home for three
days last week," said Jonny, 1 heard
mother tell aunt Susan you was oft on a
tare." The Sunday school lesson was
brought to an abrupt close, and Johnny, who
knew too much altogether to sit up any later,
was sent to bed.
SOME time ago a planter a short distance
from Memphis gave a party to the young
folks in the neighborhood.
It was a gay time, and in the course of
tho evening the girls and boys played for-
While this was going on, it chanced that
the son of the planter, a mee,modest fellow,
had to claim a forfeit of some of the girls,
but he was overcome with diffidence.
'Go ahead. John,' said the planter, and
kiss some of the girls.
John hitched from one foot to the other,
blushed, and finally blurted out: ,
"I —I never kissed a white girl, lather.
The laughter that ensued may be ima
gined.
ENJOYMENT OY MEMORY.— It is often
debated which is the most enjoyable, the an
ticipation of a pleasure or its "ah*tKn;
but the power of recalling, mcllcwcd an I
hallowed by the lapse of time, as uiorc potent
than either.
Tin: soul, by an instinct stronger than
icason, ever associates beauty with truth.
WE may joke when we please,. if we are
always careful to please when we joke.
WHATEVER we may think of woman s
i right to vote aud legislate, there can be no
j dispute to her right to bear arras.
WHAT kind of a ship has two mates and
S Q.j captain? A court-ship.