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Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of the Mcngcl House. [April 1, 1564-tf M. A. POINTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. lie. pcctfully tenders his professional services t" the public. Office with J. IV. Lingcnfcltcr, Iv-.p, on Juliana street. : £t* Collections promptly made. [Dcc.!,'fil-tf. H AVES IKVJNK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness intrusted to his care. Office withG. H. Spang, 1 j., on Juliana street, three doors south ol the Mongol House. May 21:1 y [ASPY M. A LSI I', l j ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, I'A., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi n entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin ing counties. Military claims, Pensions, hack pay, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the Mcngel House. apl 1, IS64.—tf. E. F. MEYERS ' J. W. DICKKKSON MEYERS A BICKERSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PEKN'A., Office nearly opposite the Mcngcl House, will practice in the several Courts of Bedford county. Pen ions, bounties and Lack pay obtained and the purchase of Real Estate attended to. [may 11 ,'66- ly I 1!. CESSNA, J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with Jons CESSNA, on the -ijuarc near the Presbyterian Church. All business entrusted to his care will receive faitiiful and prompt attention. Military Claims. Pension.-', Ac., speedily collected. [June 'J, 1865. N n. STUCK] ;Y, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ind REAL ESTATE AGENT, office a Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth, Opposite the Court House, KANSAS CITY, -MISSOURI. V ij , u-ticc in the adjoining Counties of Mis n .oid Kansas. July 12:tf I ■ S.-ELL J. 11. LOSGENEI KEP. j, i SELL A EONGENECKER, I '. ATTORNEYS A C'oi NSKLLOR* AT LAW, Bedford. I'a., ! attend promptly and faithfully to all busi cntrustcl to their care. Special attention ivt-ii to collections and the prosecution of claims •r Rack Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac. M'r Office on Juliana street, south of the Court House. Aprils:lyr. r M'n. SHVUPE E. P. KEItU CJIIARI'E A KERR, U> A TTORSE YS-A TLA IP. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad l ining counties. All business entrusted to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. Office on Juliana street, pinoiUv the. banking In use Of lieed A Schclf, Bedford, Pa. niar27tf ■ J. P. LFTZ. i vUKBOKKOW A I,I'TZ, I) ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, I'A., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no tice. They are, ale , regularly licensed Claim Agents ind will give special attention to the prosecution of claim, again-' the Government for Pensions, Ba< k Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. office on Juliana street, one door South of the • .McngclHouse" and nearly opposite the IVrcc. April 28, lS65:t. PHYSICIANS. \\R.M. \Y. JAMISON, M. D., \\ BLOODY Rt n, PA-, lii -pectfully tenders his professional services to the ]• pie of that place and vicinity. [dccB:lyr I v 11. It. 1\ 1! \IUIY, I / Respectfully tenders his professional ser vice. to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Mf'cc and residence on Pitt Street, in the building Inrmerlv neeuDtedbv Or. J. 11. Hofius. fAp 1 1.61. | L. MAKBOUKG. M. 1)., tj. Having permanently located respectfully It t.dcr his pole -ion.il service- t*> the citizens • I Bedford and vicinity. Office "tr Juliana sire.!, I P ite the Bank, one door north of Hall A l'al , • tlice. April 1, 1861—tf. nil. s. <•. STATLEIt, near Schcll.-bi rg, and Or. J. J. CLARKE, lormcrly of Cumberland c nnl v. having associated them elvesin the prac t; . i Medicine, respectfully offer their profc. ional -ervices to the citizens of Schcllsburg and \ amity. Or. Clarke's office and residence same i lormi ilv oe. tipicd by J. White, Esq., dee'd. S. G. STAT LEIS, bill.-burg, April 12: ly. J.J.CLARKE. HOT ElaS. / HI YLYBKATK HOUSE. NOTICE. — Per n.- visiting the Watering 1'la • . will find a very dc irahle resort at the C'llA -I,\ 111 M L HOUSE, mar the Chalybeate Spring, lb dfonl, Pa., where tlic undersigned i - prepared t a "inmodatc Ir on eighty to one hundred per . on. . Jtic Lou e i.- icw and dry, am' neatly lur in I'.cvl. Term- modi rate. llaclo running to Mineral Spain and Miner al Water alw iv on hand. Mnr ai.ain " WM. t'IIENOWETiI. yyA.su i -\<;T( >N ill Thi large and • minodiou house, having been i t ken by the sub.-tliber, is m w o)icn for the rc ■ lion •f v isitor.-and boarders. The room are . well vcntilate-l, anvl comfortably furnished, i, table will alv. be .applied with the best 1., ■ ,n uli-ril. Tlic Oar i.- .-! " kill with tl. ' "' -I liquors. In -liort.it i niv purpo-c l.i-l ~ 11RST CLAS HOTEL. Thanking . cm w.il ' f their patronage. . lj. Hack w ill run constantly between the II 'el and the Spring . y 17,'67.1y WM. OTBEIiT, l'r j.'r. nis< i r i vvi oi s. | > I IP A sil ANN ON, BANKERS, I A BEDFORD, PA. i' \NK UF DISCOUNT AND OEPOSIT. ' l< si"ii made for the East, IVest, North and th, and the general bu-inc-.- of Exchange •i acted. N' tc.- and A' count- Collected and ittai. 'S promptlymade. REAL U-TATE b' ught and -old. fcb22 hAMLL IIOKDEI!, I'lll STIICF.T, TWO I OOUS WEST OF THE BED f 'I) II - 1.1., BliLi I::D, l'.v. WATCHMAKER ANO BEAKER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. Hi keeps oil hand a lock of line Gold and Sil cr Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Ooublcßclin - i Gla- es, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold fl itch Chain-, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best litvof Gold Pens, lie will supply to order ay th ug in his line not on hand. [sj>r.2B-'CS. Oil 0 YES! —'Ihe undersigned has taken out auction license, and tenders his services ill who have sales or auctions to cry. Live iw a call. Post Office address, Spring Meadows, Lciford county, Penn'a. April; m- HENRY B. MOCK. fOcMmt) 3/ucuuver. DIKISOKKOW A LI'TZ Editors and Proprietors. #ODR\U no'iiiicii's cat .WE. ISY UEOBCE 1). PRKKTICK. The trembling dew drops lull Upon the shutting flowers, like souls at rest The stars shine gloriously, and all Save tnc are blessed. Mother! J love thy grave ! The violet, with its blossoms blue and mild Waves o'er thy head. When will it wave Above thy child's ? 'Tis a sweet flower; yet must Its bright leaves to the morning tempest bow Dear Mother, 'tis thine emblem —dust Is on tliy brow. And I could love to die— To leave untasted life'-a dark, bitter streams' By thee, as lirst in childhood, lie, And share thy dreams. And I must linger here To stain the plumage of my sinless years, And mourn the hopes of childhood dear With bitter tears. Aye, I must linger here, -A lonely branch upon a withered tree, Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere, Went down with thee. Oft from life's withered bower, Instill communion with the past I turn, And muse on thee, the only llower In memory's urn. And when the evening, pale Bows like a mourner, on thedim, blue wave, I stray to hear the night winds wail Around thy grave. Where is thy spirit flown I gaze above—thy look is imaged there— r listen, and thy gentle tone Is on the air. 0, come, while here I press My brow upon thy grave, and in those mild And thrilling tones of tenderness, Bless, bless thy child ! IftAt Til l J, SENTIMENT. There's many a goni nnpoli lied And many a star unknown- Many a bright bud perished. Neglected and alone — When had a word been spoken, In a kindly, gentle tone, The bud bad bloomed unbroken. The gem had graced a throne. Then O ! scorn not the lowly, !Nor (to tbam nn* wrnirir. Lest thou crush an impulse holy, Or blight a soul of song. £Msfcll*mcouis. GEORGE W. CURTIS. Mr. Curtis is a younger man than most people think, and think in spite of his good looks, lie is not forty-tlirce, and nine out of ten people throughout the country have an idea that he is over fifty. This impres sion is partly due to a certain unanimity of opinion among the critics concerning Mr. Curtis and his writings. No one speaks ill. or even lightly, of Mr. Curtis' work, because it is almost invariably well done, lie is as linn 011 his pedestal of good repute as Bryant, Longfellow or Holmes are on their " It is seldom that a writer under fifty achieves a reputation so unquestioned ore capes anycarpingchargesof self-conceit. Mr. Curtis is a bold and aggressive enuneia ! tor of ultra opinions, hut nobody ever thought of him as belonging to that class of writers who go against the current for the purpose of centering attention upon them -clve : Ouo reason of this is that lie is so palpably honest about it; another is that be is thorough a gentleman. lie can say a -evere thing ol' you to your face without wagging his head or running out his tongue at you. lie is aggressive without being pert and saucy. lie is the Grant of ultra ideni.-ts, not the Hhcrinan. His enemies respect him and even admire him. You never catch any sane man shrugging his -boulder- or laughing in his sleeve at Ceo. W.Curtis. How very few writers escape thi sort of thing, at least alter they have passed their fiftieth or sixtieth year few people stop to reflect. Bayard Taylor docs not escape it -Theodore Tilton does not —in short there arc a very few who do. Curtis was born to a respectable compe tence, but, like many another boy who has no present need, he began to take care of himself when he wa-but fifteen years old. Ili- parents removed to thi- city from Prov idence. Bhode Island, when George was at that age, and be entered the service of a dry goods importer here. After a year of this lie went to farming, in Massachusetts, and it was while working on a farm nearConeord, that lie mingled in the society where he met Emerson and Hawthorne. Curtis is a graduate of Brown i niversi ty, and lie spent a few 111 nth- at the Uni versity of Berlin. Hi - rare culture was not acquired in theordinary routine. 1 lis liter ary taste- were naturally refined, and he improved hi - mind greatly by foreign trav el. He wa- only twenty-six when he re turned from hi- travel-in Egypt any Syria, and published his ' N'iie Notes ot a Howad ji.' This book gave him the sobriquet of "Howadji Curtis, which has clung to him ever since. l>ut it w;t:- his "Potiphar Papers" which gave liiai his most distinctive literary repu tation. we think. These were a collection of papers on metropolitan "fashionable" life, very caustic and humorous, strongly sug gesting Thackeray. Thackeray by the way, is one of Mr, Curtis' profoundest admira tions, ami lie has helped much to popularize that writer in this country. "Potiphax" appeared originally in J'ulmnii's Mont My, of which Curtis was the principal editor. 11c was also part proprietor of the Monthly, and its unhappy end resulted in stripping Mr. Curtis of "all he possessed, as the phrase is; for people talk as if a man could not "possess" anything but hard dollars. A - if brains, education and energy were not property. Mr. Curtis lias clearly proved that tliev are. Lotus Matin-:. one of Curtis' pleasantest books, was made up of watering-place let- i ters tbat he wrote to the Tribune in IXSI. j I'rue and I, lii.s poorest volume, was in i like manner made up from the pages of Putnam. Mr. Curtis has now been connected with | the Harpers' publications for ten or a dozen A LOCAL AND QENEHAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITKKATUIIE AND MORALS years. In the Monthly, as every body knows, he writes the-"Easy Chair," the best part of' the whole magazine. In the B'(he writes the editorials, and proves his capacity for strong political writing to be as great as that for delicate and fanciful literary gossip. His original position on the Wcceky was as the writer of a column or so of light talk on literary and social .top ics, printed in small type, and denominated "The Lounger." It was like a younger brother of the "Easy Chair." By-and by Curtis let his "Lounger" talk Radical poli tics a little, and the Harpers—who, before the war, were the reverse of Radical—re quested him to "stop that," or discontinue the "Lounger," and of course Curtis stop ped the "Lounger," altogether. Subse quently events, however, changed the Har per's views somewhat, and Curtis was rein stated as a writer for the editorial page, lie gradually took the whole thing in his own hands, and to-day the Weekly talks broader Radicalism in its leaders than oven the "Lounger" did in the by-gone time. Fifteen or twenty years ago, Curtis was considered the adonis of New York litera ti'ret. lie is still veiy tine looking—tall, well dressed, with good hair and fine eyes, an ultra gentlemanly manner and scholarly aspect, lie resides on the south shore of Statcn Island, in a very pleasant place of his own. Curtis is an always-popular lecturer. 11 is ultra opinions arc presented with a grace and vigor that leaves 110 hearer feeling as if lie had wasted his evening, however widely his views may differ from those of the speaker. INSECTS. All insects have six legs, unless they have met with accidents. They do not breathe through their mouths, but by means of a groat number of little pipes which run through them lengthwise, having openings here and there on the sides of the body where the fresh air is drawn in. These lit tle openings arc very curiously contrived in some cases protected by tiny trap-doors opening on hinges, in others having a strong grating over them of very coarse hairs. Hence, an insect when eut in two, as he does not use his mouth for breathing, and as his brain is not confined to his head but runs all through his body, will live for many hours in this mutilated state. In fact some insects never cat a mouthful after they are full grown. Insects have from two to five eyes. Two largo eyes called compound eyes, because they are made up of many little eyes united, like a bundle of six sided spy-glasses tied to gether, large at one end and very small at the other, and looking under the microscope, like the meshes of a very fine net. Then there are sometimes three little eyes in ad dition to the large ones, placed generally on tlie top of the head, although they occa sionally vary their position. All insect- arc provided with an/ant", which are those little, many-jointed projeo lion- extending from the head near the eyes somewhat like raindecr's horns. These are probably u-ed for feeling, smelling, and !j'een' ueiuii leiy V'e filet/.' ' Vlicy' Yafy ViuctnYiJ appearance; sometimes resembling Indian clubs, sometimes fringed like a fir tree, notched like a -aw, plumed like a feather, or armed with teeth like a comb. A few insects have 110 wings, others have two, others four, but none have more than that number. Insects pass through several stages of ex istcnce before tbev become fully developed. Most of them are hatched from eggs; then they pass into the larva state, in which there are catei pillar, maggot, or grub, according as they arc to become butterfly or beetle. In course of time they go into pupa, or mummy state, from which they emerge ready for action as perfect insect.-. In some classes these distinctions are not so strongly marked. On examining a fly with a microscope, you will find six legs, anut 1 !i with two sharj) little toes; two big compound eyes covering nearly the whole of the head, and the three little eyes arranged in a triangle, two transparent wings strengthened by a net work of veins, and covered with line hairs to protect them from wear and tear; a pair of tiny winglcts, and on each side of the body a little knob which serves for unknown purposes. \ TBE lILIHTII A homestead without a par of old folks —"Time's doting chroniclers? —seated con tentedly in the chimney cormr, would hard ly be a homestead at all. Ifthey arc iu the picture it is complete. There you may find them, (ay in and day outj in all sorts of wcathc; steadfast to their places and to one another. When the caves drip, in the middle of tic winter fore noons, the old man with thehead of silver abandons his post and the Ist Saturday's newspaper, to make the aeeusjpmcd tour of the kitchen offices, the sheds-or the barn, lingering by the way to throw (own a hand ful of grain for the pinched pod try. With what minuteness lie is cautionej by Grand mother not to go out insuffieieitly clad; and with what a single heartcd.p/ she welcom ed him when he comes ba<|; to her again, lie would hardly get a warAei reception if lie was just come home from a polar expe dition. And as soon as he ha: nestled down snugly in his cushioned chap: once more, and dealt out on the glowing Srestiek a few vigorous raps with the tongs,no will launch forth into such valuable deta|s of the keen air out of doors, —suggesting (Arctic remin iscences which no listener caild very well call in question,—as will lid the white haired coupie topic of earn'ft talk till din ner is brought on the table. The children invariably edae home from school, in the wintry afternoons to find the placid pair seated iu the sa ie accustomed spot:—the strip of sunshine pale and sleepily across the floor, the ray cat curled before the fire in the nest ,f her craless dreams, and the little sprite hat are _"pcg ged knotty entrails" of'the ok logs singing the drowsy hours away. Willi c would have made the picture immortal Down along the snowy roads the wind.-; are wrestling with travellers, pulling and tjaring at hats, and cloaks, and meagre ribes;—but no winds are to be felt in this corn's tranquil haven; here all days are halcyon days, and no atmosphere is breathed hut that of peace and heaven. In the old nun's cheeks the rich mettle is as fresh, to appearance, as it cvvr was; the features betray no look of be ing pinched with the cold; 110 snows can get in to benumb his attenuated lingers. They two constitute a sort of family tri bunal: and a highly useful arrangement it is, in a crowded domestic congress. They arc always to he found on the judicial bench, ready to give audience. 31any arc the tough little brobl cms that are brought to them for i their wise solution. They pass upon cases in which die intetcsts of the turbulent younglings arc involved, with a promptness which challenges the di-putanls' wonder; and if Grandma only son/ thus and so, there is no use in hunting for higher authority,— lie is conceded to be the "era of tlic law." Or Grandpa promises to mend the broken sled; and never was sled of hoy repaired with greater dexterousncss and ingenuity, j From early morning until nightfall he ram bb-s about the house on short excursions, filled full and thoroughly warmed with the dear home feeling. And when one pair of dimmed eyes became yet dimmer, and at last fades entirely from the earth,—and one f-fied corner to he sccn'the're "no more 'tor over. what vacancy in the heart of the household then! Looking up from her forenoon occupation, Grandmother throws lscr eyes from sheer force of habit, into the opposite corner, hut the chair stands empty over there, and a great tear trembles on lier cheek as she adjusts her needle in the knit ting sheath die wears. The fire is not so hot that it can warm her chilled heart any longer. She listens to the wintry winds that are blowing without, and thinks of that single grave, freshly rounded under the j pines.— Homespun. YOUNG AIMN. Most young men regard the want of a rich father as a great mi-fortune, and as a sufficient excuse for a latlure to succeed in life. Money and the advantages it brings —education, influence and a ' start" in life are regarded a- ahiKPt cr-cntial to s.ue cc--. They overlook (lit feeling of depen dence it cherishes and the enervating effect it produces. They forget that the proudest and most hardy oak is ever self-sustaining an 1 is nourished into strength and power by resisting itself the force of winds and storms, and not by being protected by others. They neglect, too, the pages of biography which abound in examples ol men who, from pov erty, have attained eminence in every sphere of life, whether it bein accumulating wealth or acquiring knowledge 01 in invention, dis covery or in any of the professions; while comparatively few so distinguished were nourished in the lap of ease and wealth. Their own observation, too, might correct their erroneous impressions and stimulate them to energy for self-elevation. All around them they may sec young men pos -m-sing every apparent advantage, unambi tious indolent, prodigal of time and money, waiting for the portion of goods that is to fall tj> them, that they may spend it. On the other hand they may sec multitudes of poor, but industrious, earnest and rising young men, who. if spared, are certainly destined to make a mark in the world. In stead, therefore, of allowing this absence of the ease and luxuries of wealth to discour age them, it should give tlicm heart and stimulate ambition. Barton, who has writ ten the interesting biographies of Commo dore Vandcrbilt. .J. Gordon Rennet, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, in one of these articles -ays: "Let us never again commend any one for 'rising' from obscurity to emi nence, but tescrve our special homage for those who have become respectable human beings in spite of having had every advan tage procured for them by rich fathers."— / 'itt. tm ftfh He. lv\'!>l;UlN