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DCRBORROW A LUTZ, BrDFomi, PA.
grjfrflStoMl & Basiarss Cards.
ITTOHYEYSAT LAW.
TOIIN T. KBA'IY,
*1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
office opposite lleeil A Scbi'll's Bank.
fVudcl given in English ami German. [apl'.'tl]
KI.UM.KLL AND LINO EN KELTKR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Benronn, pa.
Have farmed a partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South
of the Mengel House. [April 1, IM4-U
M. A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bxwrcnm, Pa.
Respectfully tenders his professional services
to the pnhiic. Office with J. W. Lingenfelter,
Esq.. on Juliana street.
jar-Collections promptly made. [Due.D.'itf-tL
HAYES IRVINE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will iaithfaliy and promptly attend to all busi
ness intrusted to his cere. Office withG. B- Spang,
Esq. on Juliana street, thiec floors south ot the
Mengel House. May 24:1y
H.SL'Y M. A LSI P.
I j ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDronb, PA.,
Will faitfcfnlly and promptly attend to all bnsi
11.-.S entrusted to his rare in Bedford and adjoin- j
ing comities. Military claims, Pensions, back
MV. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected, office with
Maun A spang, on Juliana street. 2 doors south
d the Mengel House. apl I, —tf.
I. K. UKYKBS J- W. DfCKKKM.S
MYERS A DICKBRSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BEDronn, PBSS'A.,
Office nearly opposite the Mengel House, will
practice in the .-everal Courts of Bedford county.
Pen-ions, bounties and hsek pay obtained and the
purchase of Real K.-tate attended to. [may 11.'56-ly
I U. CESSNA.
.J. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
office with Jons CESSSA, on the square near
the Presbyterian Church. All bu.-iness
entrusted to his rare will reeeite faithful and
prompt attention. Military Claims. Pensions, Ac.,
speedily collected. [June it, ISSS.
B. STUCK EY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
..nd REAL ESTATE AGENT,
office on Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth,
Opposite the Court House,
KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI.
\A active 'ii 'he adjoining Counties of Mis
..iiii ind Kansas. July 12:tf
I . tll.--El.t- J- • t-CUKAE. KKK
I > i S.*ELL A LONG KN EG'K Kit.
IV ASTTOBXEVS ft Cor.vstsM.OK- AT LAW,
Bedford, Pa ,
W Attend promptly and faithfully to all hnsi
in entrusted to their .-aiv. .Special attention
uin to collections and the prosecution of claims
i r Reek Pay. Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
JSR-Offire on Juliana street, oath of the Court
Xlcu.-e. Aprils:lyr.
'l'll. B- V. KERR
n 1! A RPE A KERIt.
t> A T TO USE rs -A T- L .1 U .
Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad
joining counties. All business entrusted to their
care w ill re vive careful and prompt attention.
Pern-ions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
iceted fr-nn the Government.
Office on Juliana afreet, opposite the banking
house of Bee I A .*chell, Bedford, Pa. mar2:tf
. n. roan M'T*.
I \ t'RBOKROVV A LUTZ.
! } ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BEi.roßt', PA-,
tt i;: attend promptly to all business intruste 1 to
their cure. Collections made on the shortest no
i hi v arc, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
,n i will give special attention to the prosecution
ot 'aim.- again.-t the Government for Pensions,
Rack Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
office on Juliana street, one door .-oath el the
Vioogel House" and nearly opposite the /•"(>■
April**. 1 >*>s:t.
PIIISKIASS.
IITM. w. JAMISON. M. D.,
\\ Bloody KI N, P\-,
Kt-jfOctfuHy tenders hi* profe#.ilonil .*"rv icct to
ihr people of that place and vkinity. [decSrtjr
1 \K. B. F. HARRY,
\ f Ropeotfullj lea'ler? hi. proteBBional -rr
vicoa to the citizenB of Bedford and vicinity.
Gfficf and residence -ii Pitt S*ree, in th- h-iildina
formerly occupied hy Dr. J. 11. Hofiu*. fAp 1 1,64. ■
f la. MAKBOI'BG, M. I).,
• J • Having permanently located respectfully ;
tfotlera hU pofes-ional lervictt to the riiizcna |
.t i'.odiord and vicinity. Office or. Juliana -treet, I
pp*sjte the Bank, one door north ot Hal! A Pal- !
mtr't office. April i, I*64 tf.
I \ W, S. G. STATLEH, near ScheH-hiirjr. and
I r Dr. J. J. TLA RKE, formerly of
oiioty, having **<ciafrd theßUjelvcj* in the prac- i
ti of .Medicine, respectfully ofter their profen- !
ional ervice? o the citizens ef SfheHaborjf and j
v D inity. Dr. Clarke'n <ffirc and residence Bame i
formerly occupied by J. White, Bsn. t dee'd.
S. (4. STATIjER, 1
Schelli*hurg, April 12:ly. J.J.CLARKE.
HOTELS
/"CHALYBEATE HOUSE.
NOTlCE.—Persons visiting the Watering Pla
ces. a ill tind a very <lcsirablo resort at the CHA
LYBEATE HOUSE, near the Chalybeate Spring,
Bedford, Pa., where the undersigned is prepared
to a< commodate from eighty to one hundred per
-on*. The house is new and airy, an<* neatly fur- j
nimbed. Terms moderate.
Hacks running to Mineral Springs, and Miner- ;
a) Water always on hand.
May 31.3 m " WM. CIIKNOWETH.
ASH INGTON H<>TKL.
This lurge and romiuudiou bouse, having b-en I
r*- taken by the suhsw:ril>er, it now ojien for the re
• rption of visitors and boarders. The rooms arc j
large, wc!! ventilated, and comfortably furnished. ;
The table will alwv. supplied with the best j
the H arket *I afford. The Bar is stocked with !
the choicest liquors. In ?hort, it ymy purpose ;
t.. keep a FIRST CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
th* public for pa>t favors, 1 respectfully solicit a :
r u'wl of iheir patronage.
N. I j. Hack.- will run constantly between the ;
Hotel and the Springs,
may 17,'67:1 y WM. DIB BUT, Prop'r. ]
MlS< I l l lM iH S.
PLTPP A SHANNON. BANKERS.
IV BKDFOKD, PA. |
BANK OF DLSCOFXT AND DEPOSIT. j
Collections made lor the East, Wc-t, X*rth and !
Hi, ami the general business of Exchange i
'r;uiactri. Notes anl Accounts Collected and j
Hem it lan- 4 promptly made. REAL ESTATE
might and sold. feb22
j \ VNI EI, BORDER,
I " PITT street, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BED i
t cn BOTE!.. EF.er HT>, PA.
W AT' II M A K EH AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. .oPECTACLKt*. AC.
kcf f< >n hand a stork of tine Gold and Sl
-■ ' r 1 atchir.-, taclea tf Brilliant Double Retin
' iia- ♦ also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
-f h Chains, Breast. Pins. Finger Kings, best
uality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order
•*y thing in his line not on hand. [ >pr.28,*65.
| l \ '••>! <> YES!—The undersigned h.*A taken
• z ut auction license, and tender* his eervicea
! wht> Siavc pales or auctions to cry. Give ;
Din; i .ill. Post Office address, Spring Meadows,
Bfifur i county, Penn'a.
A|.l :tm' HENRY B. MOCK.
31 umi irtr.
Dt'KKOKROW & LUTE Editor* and Proprietor*,
(>* THE SHOHES OF TENNESSEE.
"Move my arm chair, faithful Pompey,
In the sunshine bright aud strong.
For this world is fading, Pompey—
Massu won't be with you long :
And I fain would hear the south wind
Bring once more the sound to me
Of the wavelets softly breaking
On the shore* of Tennessee.
"Mournful though the ripples murmur,
As they still the story tell,
How no vessels float the banner
That I've loved so long and well,
I shall listen to their music,
Dreaming that again I see
Stars and Stripes on sloop and shallop,
Sailing up the Tennessee.
"And, Pompey, while old Massa's waiting
For death's last despatch to come,
If that exiled starry banner
Should come proudly sailing home,
Yon shall greet it. slave no longer—
S'oice and hand shall hoth be free
That shout and point to Union colors,
On the wave* of Tennessee."
"Massa's herr; kind to Pompey :
But ole darky's happy here,
Where he's tended corn and cotton
For ese many a long gone year.
Over yonder Missis sleeping—
No one tends her grave like me :
Mebbe she would miss the flowers
She used to love in Tennessee.
"'Pears like she was watching, Massa,
If Pompey should beside him stay:
Mebbe she'd remember better
How for him shfi used to pray :
Telling hiin that way up yonder
White as snow his soul would be.
If he served the Lord ol heaven
While he lived in Tennessee."
Silently the tears wore rolling
Down the poor old dusky face.
As lie stepped behind bis master,
Tn his long accustomed place.
Then -i silenre fell around them.
As they gazed on rock and tree,
Pio'ured in the placid waters
Of the rolling Tennessee: —
Master, dreaming of the battle
Where he fought by Marion's side,
When he hid the haughty Tarleton
Sloop his lordly crest of pride :
Man, remembering how yon sleeper
Once he hdd upon his knee,
Ere she loved the gallant soldier,
Ralph Vervair. of Tennessee.
Still the south wind fondly lingers
'Mid the veteran's silvery hair;
Still the bondman, close beside him.
Stands behind the old arm chair.
With his dark-lined hand uplifted,
Shading eyes, he bends to see
Where the woodland, boldly jutting,
Turns aside the Tennessee.
Thus lie watches cloud-born shadows
Glide tram Lrfe to OMWJiGain j'CXMi
Softly creeping, aye and ever,
To the river's yielding breast.
Ha! above the foliage yonder
Something flutters wild and free!
"Massa! Massa! Hallelujah!
The flag'* come back to Teunessee!"
"Pompey hold me on your shoulder,
Help me stand on foot once more.
That 1 may salute the colors
As they pass my cabin door.
Here's the paper signed that frees you ;
Give a freeman's shout with me—
' God and Union!' be our watchword
Ever more in Tennessee.
Then the trembling voice grew fainter,
And the limbs refused to stand :
One prayer to Jesus —and the soldier
Glided to that better land.
When the flag went, down the river,
Man and master both were free.
While the ring-dove's note was mingled
With the rippling Tennessee.
ptefdiancoU£.
W ENDELL PHILLIPS AND A SOUTH.
EKN WOMAN.
One day during the war. he spoke before
the lyeenm of Gloucester, and returning
home by the ears next morning fell in with
a lady, who got upon the train at away sta
tion. She was a Southern refugee, who had
been suddenly reducing from affluence to
p tverty, and was supporting herself and Iter
fatherless children by giving an occasional
lecture Itd'ore a country audience. It was a
hard straggle, for the fit-Id was full, and she
was alino.-t unknown and friendless; but
with a brave heart she worked on. never
asking a dollar of aid from any society or
individual. Mr. Phillip* saw her get uj>on
the car, and asked her to take a seat be
side hiui. It was a winter day. and she was
thinly clad, and -hivering from the exposure
of a long ride in the open air of a cold
morning. Observing this Mr. Phillip*
asked, "Where did you speak last night ?"
She told hint it was a town ten miles dis
tant from the railway.
"And-—I wouldn't i* impertinent—how
much did they pay you ?"
"Five dollars and the fare to and from
Boston.
"Five dollars!" be exclaimed, "why I
alwaj - get fifty or a hundred, and your lec
ture iiiu-t be worth more than mine—you
can give them facts, and I only opinions."
"Small a* it is [ am very glad to get it.
Mr. Phillip*," answered the lady, " I would
talk at that rate every night during the
winter."
He -at fl i- a moment in silence; then he
put his hand into his pocket, drew out a roll
of hank notes, and -aid. in a hesitating way :
" I don t want to give offense, but you know
I preach that a woman i- entitled to the
-ante as a man if she does the work. Now,
my price is fifty or a hundred dollars, ami if
you will let tue divide it with you I shall not
have any more than you, and the thing will
he even." The lady at first refused, hut af
ter a little urging, she put the notes into her
reticule. At the end of her journey, she
counted the roll, and found it contained fifty
dollars—every dollar that he had received
for his lecture at Gloucester. It may add
to this incident to say that the lady washy
marriage, a niece of Jefferson Davis.—\>ir
York E''miny (r'Wt l
ENERGY OK CHARACTER. — I lately hap
pened to notice, with some surprise, an ivy
whi'-h being prevented from attaching itself
to a rock beyond a certain point, had shot
off in a hold clastic stem, wirh an air of as
tnueh independence as any branch of oak in
the vicinity. 80 a human living thrown,
whether by cruelty, justice or accident, from
ail "octal supporter kindness, if he has any
vigor of spirit, and is not in the bodily de
bility of -. illier childhood or age. will in
stantly begin to act for himself, with a reso
lution which will appear like a new faculty.
—Foster.
A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUOATION, LPTEKATURE AND MORALS
IVORDKHS OF CALIFORNIA—TUB
GEYSKRS.
The Geysers of California are unequaled
' among the hot .springs of the world. Tliey
are readied by steamer across the bay from
San Francisco to Pctaluma ; thence by stage
for about fifty miles, over one of the tine.-t
farming regions of the State. Froui Fo *'
Station—the Geysers are twelve miles dis
tant. and are reached by a wild, romatuic
road. For two mile* it winds along the Hog
back, a mountain .summit like the ridge pole
of a steep roof. It has been leveled until
barely wide enough for carriage wheels, and
on each side one looks down precipitous
i bank for one or two thousand feet. If the
wheels diverge ten inches from the track the
i load of passengers would reach the bottom
much in the couditionof a bushel of apples
after passing through a eider-mill.
The ridges display the dense shrubbery of
the manzineta or mountain mahony, upon
! whose red juicy berries grizzly bear* subsist
1 and travelers quench their thirst; the
>trongly spiced bay or pepper wood, which
has the virtue of driving away fleas, and the
| exquisite mailrona. with a round IVuit tasi
! ing like the drilcd thiinbieberry. Here bears
and antelope* offer great temptations to
j hunters.
; The roar of the Geysers is heard, and
i their smoke seen two miles away, in favora
ble conditions of the atmosphere. After
being whirled along a road which pitches
down sixteen hundred feet, with thirty live
-harp turns in two miles, the visitor finds
himself in a narrow valley, viewing hundred*
ot ateani-jets puffing up from the ground.
They are chiefly in a ravine half a miie long,
know as the Devil's Cannon. Steep walls
rise from fifty to one hundred and fiity feet,
bare, spongy, ashy, clayey soil, without the
: faintest sign of grass or shrub. There arc
■ fully one thousand places where steam is
sues from their soil. Hot water often bub
bels up above the surface; hut much more
startling and impressive is the boiling with
in hundreds of cavities underground. One
feels that only the flimsiest shell protects
him from some vast subterranean cauldrou.
At times the ground vibrates so as to rattle
crockery in the hotel one-thirdofa mile
: away. Hot, and cold, and boiling springs
are found side by side, each with its own in
dividual hue —blue, brown, black, red,
green, yellow, pink or grey. There con
stituents vary greatly, though soda, magne
sia. Epson salts anu various salts of iron
predominate.
[u passing up the canon the visitor burns
his fingures and receives stifling blasts froui
! natural hot furnaces. He must be cautious
I where he steps, unless he would break
i through the crust into sotne of the seething
! pools below. Steamboat Spring is puffiing
i through an aperture as large as the body of a
man, with a roar like a great steamship, the
j column rising up for hundreds of feet. The
vent holes are two springs, a few feet apart,
which will boil an egg in a minute and a
half, and from which the steam escapes with
great force. A stone, as large as amali -
tis t. thrown into one of them, rebouud
three or four feet, like an India rubber ball.
along the I'luton river: and travelers <le
clars that they far surpass the famed Gey
sers of Iceland. They are not volcanic, but
result from chemical action. The smell of
brimstone, the hissing Meant, throbbing dia
bolical. Indian* regard them with the
wildest terror, and cannot be persuaded to
approach them ; and .-ontc white visitors
never dare to enter the canon. They are
among the most curious and wonderful of'
the many curiosities and many wonders of
the Pacific coa-t.
No other region of equal area can boast
half the natural beauties and marvels of
California. Yosemite, the Sierras, Mount
Sh aster. the Big Trees, the Geysers, and
Lake Tahoe —brightest gem in her moun
tain coronet —all are worthy of note among
the most impres-ive features of the visible
universe. Already they are sought annually
by hundreds of foreigners ; and the comple
tion of the Pacific railroad will toakc them
the pleasure grounds of the world.
PHILADELPHIA.
It ha- always been to us a matter of won-
I dor why Philadelphians should sosystemari
| cally depreciate the character of the city fur
j enterprise and seek to give it a reputation
! for slowness, when facts are on every side
! constantly proving the contrary. No one
| who listen- to this croaking would iin agin
I that Philadelphia contained over a hundred
| thousand dwellings, over twenty thousand
I business establishments, had a hundred mil
! lions of capital invested in manufactures,
i over a hundred thou-and operatives employ
; ed in that pursuit, had the largest and (rest
; hotel in America, the most magnificent
! opera bouse in the world, the greatest gaso
, meter in the world; that here the horse rail
! way system first attained its Full develop
■ menl; that Philadelphiacapitafiats built the
| horse railways of nearly all the cities of the
j south and west; that wc adopted steam fire
j engines in advance of New York, and have
i more of them now in use than any city in
; the world.
It seems to be necessary constantly to in
j form our own people that we have tuore
j churches than any city in America: that out
1 colleges are more numerous, and attended
j by more students than those of arty two
other American cities; that Philadelphia is
ami has been for half a ccntnry, the me
tropolis of medical education in America;
; that the coal tonnage of the port of Phila
delphia is greater than the whole foreign
commerce of New York; that wc have more
| arrivals and clearance* coastwise at Philadel
phia in one month than New York has in
three: that Philadelphia is the headquarters
of the coasting trade; that wc have made
' far more extensive arrangements here for
the accommodation ofthe petroleum trade
| than New York or any other Atlantic port;
that although we make no great pretensions
to foreign trade, our Custom house receipts
regularly exceed those of Baltimore, New
Orleans and Ban Francisco; and that the
postal business of Philadelphia is double
that of any other city except New York.
I Outside of New York we challenge any
city in America to show such an extent of
wharves, docks, piers and trade as we have
here in Philadelphia. On the Delaware
river aioue the wharfage is fully five miles,
i 8o far from having retrograded, we have
during the last, seven years increased our
j corporate banking capital fullv one half,
while our private bankers have ledthebusi
ne-- of the country. We have here in
Philadelphia the largest book jobbing house
in America, the largest locomotive work,
the largest car wheel works, the largest lamp
i and chandelier works, the largest itianit-
factory nf jinm/itmterie and military triut
: mings, the largest and I-est manufacturers
it marine engines, the greatest machine
shops, and the strongest railway corporations
in Am riea. We have the best museum of
the natural science?, the largest and best
-cicntifie libraries, the best surgical collec
tions. and more miles of paved -trect.s than
can he found in New York and Brooklyn
combined, as well a- more dwellings.
Many shortsighted ;>crson< are incessantly
BEDFORD. PFKIUAY. AUGUST 16. 1867
grumbling because we cannot grasp the for
eign trade of New York, the produce trade
of Chicago, the cotton trade of the south,
and alma-t everything else; yet Philadelphia
has her field in which she shines preemi
nently, as in the sugar, coal. West Indian,
South American, iron and other branches of
trade. Many of the-e croaker* obstinately
refuse to believe that Philadelphia is- the
greatest manufacturing city iu the world,
when statistic* aburoSntly prove the fact.
We would not have Philadelphians sit down
contentedly in the belief that all this entitles
them to rest on their lautels, nor have we
any fear that they will do so.
But surely these thing- ntitle the city to
a far higher' rank than sht enjoys, and we
should on all occasion* insist upon her
claims being respected, ixtli at home and
abroad. We are accu taucd to speak of
Philadelphia as the second city in America.
In many respects she i* the first. Her per
manent improvements outstrip all rivalry,
and in actual houses she is the greatest city
on this continent. The mere furnishing of
supplies to such a city insufficient to employ
more capital than is devoted to t lie trade of
many large States.
It should nut be forgotten, too, that all
kinds of business pay relatively as well here
as anywhere else; than those who go else
where, under the mistaken iniiiression tlmt
business can there be more easily obtained,
generally foil, that all the inonev so liberally
invested here in improvements has been
made here in legitimate pursuits, which is
the best proof that could possibly be afforded
ofthe sub.-iuiitial character of that trade of
which we hear so many disparaging reports.
—North Amrricatt.
BEECHEK ON THE SUNDAY QUES
TION,
His view* on Hie New England Observ
ance.
The following is from Henry Ward Beech
cr's novel of "Norwood." in the New York
Lnb/er: It is worth all inconveniences
arising from the occasional overaction of
New England Sabbath observance to obtain
the Full flavor of a New England Sunday.
But for this, one should have been born
there; should have found Suuday already
waiting for him, and accept it with implicit
and absoluteconviction, as if it were a law of
nature, in the same way that uightaudday,
summer and winter, are parts of nature.
He should have been brought up by parents
who had done the same thing; as they were
by parents even more strict, if that were
possible; until, not religious persons pecu
liarly, but everybody—not churches alone,
but -ocicty itself and all its population,
those who broke it a* much as those who
kept it—were stained witli the color of Sun
day. Nay, until nature had adopted it, and
laid its commauds on all birds aud beasts,
on the sun aud winds, and upon the whole
atmosphere *0 that, without much imagina
tion, one might imagine, in a genuine New
England Sunday of the Connecticut river
valley stamp, that God was still on that day,
resting from all the work he had created and
made, aud that all his work rested with
him :
Over all the town rested the Lord's peace!
The saw was ripping away yesterday in the
carpenter'a shop, and the hammer was noisy
there. The anvil makes no tnusie to-day.
Tommy Taft's buckets and barrels give fort h
no hollow thumping sound. The mill is
sileut -tiiilv the brook continues noisy.
Li.-tcu ! In yonder pine woods what a caw
ing of crow* ! Like an echo, iu a wood still
more remote, other crows are answering.
But even a crow's throat to day i.- musical.
Do they think, because they have black
coats on, that they are parsons, and have a
right to play pulpit with all the pine trees!
Nay. The bird* will not have any such
monopoly, they are all singing, and singing
altogether, and no one wires whether his
song rushes across another's or not Larks
and robin-, blackbirds and orioles, sparrows
and bluebirds, mocking catbirds, and wrens
were furrowing the air with such mixtures,
as uu other day but Sunday, when all arti
ficial and hutuan sound cease, eould ever
hear. Every uow and then the bobolink
seemed impressed with the duty of bringing
these jangling birds into regularity ; and
like a country singing master, ho flew down
the lank-, -iocuig the parts himself in
snatches, as ii to stimulate and help the
laggard-. In vain ! Sunday is the bird's
day, and they will have their own Democrat
ic worship.
There wu no sound in the village street.
Look either way—not a vehicle, not a hu
mau being! The smok ■ ro-e up soberly and
quietly, as if it -aid: It is Sunday. Tl.e
leaves on the groat elm hung motionless,
glittering in the Jew. as if they too. like the
people who dwelt under their shadow, were
waiting for the hull to ring for meeting.
Bees sung and fluw a- usual, but honey-bees
have a BundayAvay with them all the week,
and could scarcely change for the better on
the seventh day.
But oh, the sun! It bal sent before and
cleared every stain out of the sky. The
blue heaven was not dim and low, as on
secular days, but curved and deep, as if on
Buudav it shook off all incumbrance whieh
duritig the week had lowered and flattened
it, and sprang back to the arch and symme
try of a dome. Atl ordinary sounds caught
the spirit of the day. The shutting of the
doot sounded twice as far as usual. The
ratL'.e of the bucket in the neighbors' yard,
no longer mixed with the hetrogeneous noi
ses, seemed a new sound. The hens went
silently about, and roosters crowed in psalm
tunes. And when the first bell rung, na
ture seemed ovegoyed to find something
that ii might do without breaking Bunday,
and rolled the sound over and over, and
pushed it through the air, and raced with it
over the field and hill, twice a> far as on
week days.
ECCENTRICITIES OK FASHION. -The London'
Jmtrmtl says: The costume ol the fashiona
ble Londoner just now is a marvel, and it is
very difficult for those of us whom the con
version of the Tories to household suffrage
has not yet prepared for any change, not to
break forth with laughter when we see fair
creatures who lately occupied the whole of
the pavement when walking singly, now
walking six abreast in garments suggestive
of Brighton bathing machine* rather than
the London streets. Thcj have -hrurik up
ahii i-t to a line, which as mathematicians
till us, has length but no breadth—always
excepting the coffures, It is quite po—ible
now foi a woman to be in one -trc<-t and
her chignon in the next. For once the ec
cosilideities of female attire are being copied
by the men. They, too, have adopted the
swathing system; and one sees nether gar
ment* now that are not only inexpressible
but inexplicable. How their wearers get
into them, and how by any process except
bandaging these wonderful appendages arc
donned is a marvel. As to bats there is a
r ice going on ju-t now between the dandies
and our fine ladies, to see which can wear
the smallest headdres-. Next year we shall
be compelled to raise all our doorway* in
order to admit the steeples that will then be
iu fashion, for it is ever the custom of fools
to tush into extremes.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
One bjr .onr the days go out. Saturday
night ootues.
One by one the hopes go out. Eternity
comes. Like hailstones, the days drop
from the cloud of the time, to fall cold and
dreary into a fathomless past. Each dav
is a life —u history. The hopes of the
morning are tears by night—the air castles
of Monday arc graves by Saturday night
alas to oft. God gives us sun, life, health,
rain, friends, and that whieh is more blessed
than all, golden hope. All the rest de-ert
us but hope, twin .-tsters of immortality, is
ours through the week— into the grave to
bear us dry and happy through the'stygian
flood and on to God. Blessed be Hope, and
blessed be nights which call us to kneel at
her altar.
Changes have come during the interim
between this arid last Saturday night.
Many a mound in the church yard or cem
etery marks God's praises on the desolate
human heart. Many a heart's joy has been
nipped in sadness. Many a dress which
one week since was white is now the deepest
mourning. Some mourn. Some wear
mourning while the heart rejoices. Some
there are whose hearts are darker than the
arave, for the lamp of love is broken and
the joys of years have gone home. Scarlet
buds, sombre blossoms. Such is life.
Who of us is nearer heaven than one
week since? Who of us have laid up treas
ures above ? Who of us have mellowed the
earth in which all must rest 1 The ae
ouunt is for or against us! We all thought
and vowed one week since to do right, but
alas for temptation ! All of us have argued
with the subtle reaoner—a few of us have
come off victorious. Prayers have been
uttered since last Saturday night. Curses
have been invoked. The record has been
perfectly kept,and some day it will be open
ed to our eyes. Let us rest from labor and
renew our vows. By the family fireside—
by the family altar—by the cot and the
couch, there is much to do this night.
Look back down the dark lane. See what
a wreck Is there strewn. Hopes whieh
have died. Promises badly broken. Good,
intentions and noble resolutions lie bleeding
and torn as far back as the eye can reach.
Hard words lie where soft ones would have
been better. There are disappointments
and betrayal, bitter words and wicked acts
strewn thick over the ground. Ruins—
ruins—ruins! Here and there a frtgrant
flower lifts its silent voice and rears its per
ly leaf to gladden the debris around. Here
and there a blossom. Here and there, but
to far apart, can be seen the beautiful in
-trange contrast to the ruins and wrecks.
Life is a dark lane. Would to God there
were moro flowers and fewer ruins ! Would
there were more loves, fewer hates! More
white and less red !
How the changes come o'er us 1 What
gave joy is now a pile of ashes. The lips
we loved to ki-s a week since, now have no
nectar! The hand which once thrilled in
rapture at the -light touch of love, now
forget to answer baek. The eye has grown
cold or worse than indifferent. VYho is to
iidu,o? Ouuieuoe. AUG why.* rxonetmt
God can tell truly. As the sun goes down
and the Sabbath rises, let us strive again !
Mother, clasp still closer to your heart the
pledge you now cares*, for God may want it
baek before Saturday night is yours. The
pet you ki*.?ed and caressed a week ago ha*
been taken away—who will go next'.' Deal
gently with those who have erred. Heaven
i* forgiving. < lod is love, -trivc to be hap
py. la-'t kind words, good wishes and liber
ality of sentiment*, expand all our hearts
this night, for they are blessed influences—
none to plenty.
If you have a friend draw him closer to
your heart. If you have a life in your
keeping, do by it as you would be done by.
I'ause ere you do evil. Think of the re
ward there for those who love. Look back.
Listen! A little prattling voice, now stilled
in death. A mother's gentle tone*, per
haps well nigh forgotten : a *ister's plaintive
eye tH calling you to happiness! Look over
the past —the blessed tnomories —the mo
mcntoes of the heart—and tell us if you are
not glad that Heaven is nearer by one more
Saturday night.
FEVERS AND FRUIT.
Let's have a little talk about, orchards
and gardens as life preserver*. Many a far
mer thinks lie "can't fuss about a garden "
with vegetables and small fruits in ample
variety, hardly about an orchard, especially
beyond apple trees. So he goes out to
weightier matter* of grain or stock,or dairy,
and eats potatoes, wheat, bread, pork and
salt beef all summer long; no fine variety of
vegetables, no grateful berries, no luscious
peaches, or juicy cherries. But October
fever comes, or bowel complaints ot some
kind, or some congestive troubles, most
likely. He is laid up, work stops a month,
the doctor comes, and he "drags round
all winter, and the doctor's bill drags too.
The poor wife, meanwhile, gets dyspeptic,
constipated, has fever too, perhaps, and she
"just crawls around." What's the matter?
They don't know, poor souls. Would they
build a hot fire in July and shut the doors?
Of course not —in their rooms; but they
have done just that in their poor stomachs?
How so? They have been eating all sum
mer the heat producing food fit for a cold
season, but not for a warm ouc. A Green
lander can eat candles and whale fat,because
they create heat. In January we are up
toward Greenland—in climate. A Hindoo
lives on rice, juicy fruits and tropic vegeta
bles, cooling and opening to the system. In
July we move toward Hindoostan, in a heat
almost tropical. Diet must change too.
Have apples, pears, cherries, etc.. front the
orchard every day, of early and late kinds.
1/Ct there be plenty ofgood vegetables, rasp
berries, etc. it takes a little time and trou
ble, but it's the cheapest way to nav the
doctor's bills. And bless your souls these
things taste good! You study what feed is
g'SHi for pigs and cattle. AH right but wife
and children arc of higher consequence, and
i.'s a shame if, with all our great gifts of in
tellect and intuition, we do not obey the di
vine laws in our own physical being so well
that the doctor shall vfoit the house less
than the horse doctor goes to the barn.
Don't foil of vegetables, Derries and fruits.
Try it, and you'll say we haven't told half
the tiuth. Rural iVetr Yorker.
VIRTUE. — There is but one pursuit in life
which it is in the power of all to follow and
all to attain. If is subject to no disappoint
ments, since ho that perseveres makes
every difficulty and advancement, and every
contest a victory; and this is the pursuit of
virtue. Sincerely to aspire after virtue, is
to gain her ; and zealously to labor after her
wages, is to receive them. Those that seek
her early, will find her before it is too late ;
her reward also is with her, aud she will
come quickly. For the brea-t of a good
man is a little heaven commencing on earth ;
where the Deity is enthroned with unrival
ed influence, over safety from danger, re
sources from sterility, and subjugated pas
sion, "like the wind and storm, fulfilling
his word."
VOLUME 10: VO fa.
SMALL TAI.K.
It is a very common thing to speak with
contempt of ''small talk," as it is called, es
pecially among young men of education,
who are just beginning to think of the more
serious affairs of life and philosophy, and
who are anxious to converse in the drawing
room upon "improving" subjects. Now.
small talk is a necessity of social life. It
holds as important a place in the easy inter
course of society as oil does in the steam !
engine. Grant that men and women are so- j
eial beings, and that the various relations |
and pleasantries of society are necessary to j
our happiness, and the value of small talk
cannot be denied. Two mere philosophers
may sit together for hours, and if the weigh
ty thoughts of either condescend to the uses
ol their tongues, their conversation, ten to
one, will be "weary, stale, and flat," if not,
indeed, "unprofitable." Introduce a little
small talk—jokes, quips, anecdotes, non
sense —and thought moves easily, conversa
tion becomes recreation; even philosophy
finds its place, is actually graceful and pleas
es as well as instructs. What is a party or
any social gathering without small talk?
An unmitigated bore. Not that we would
have nothing but small talk, as is too fre
quently, perhaps, the ease in society ; but
this is the only medium by which those who
meet but seldom can become acquainted
with each other ; and it is the surest way of
oalling out plea-ant thoughts and pithy sug
gestions ujton more serious and important
subjects.
We suspect that in most cases of profess- j
ed contempt for small talk among ambitions i
young men there is a little mixture of the i
sour grape cleloment. They lack the energy j
to overcome the natural tendency of the ad- j
olescent human male to relapse into silence j
at every opportunity suggested by the eon- :
elusion of a "subject." The position is an i
awkward one, and as the only remedy, small j
talk, is out of reach, contempt for it is a !
very natural result. The female adolescent, j
fortunately for the comfort of both sexes, is !
generally gifted with small talk by nature, i
and often cornea to the assistance of her
embarrassed "correlative" in a very fascina
ting and peculiarly womanly way by doing
the talking herself. Here, as everywhere,
the kindly and beneficent foresight of Na
ture commands our unlimited admiration.
But small talk has its degrees like every
thing else. There is some talk so excessive
ly minute that microscopic examination fails
to disclose any sense. A frequent mistake
of young men who arc gifted with this very
essential social convenience is the idea that
ladie: in society are not constituted to ap
preciate anything except small talk, and the j
smallest kind of small talk at that, "My '
dear sir." said a lady friend of ours to A gen- j
tleinan, "you talk to us ladies as if we were j
fools, and you 'hiuk we want you to do it;
I have just overheard vou talking very sen
sibly to another gentleman, and now you
turn around to me and begin to talk non
sense." She was fully as frank, perhaps,
as she wa- polite; but what she said was a
very excellent hint.
Small talk, too, has its own proper times i
and places. The public lecture, for instance, '
is not a proper place ; and at the most deli- j
cite air in an opera, is hardly a proper time j
to indulee it. But in its place and tiuie it
is pleasing and appropriate ; and. for oar
own part, an hour of small talk with an in
telligent woman is decidedly preferable to
many other forms of amusement. —Xcic
Y;rk AV. nng_ (JaztU^
HOME AFTER BUSINESS HOURS.
The road aioug which the man of busi
ness travels iu pursuit of competence or
wealth is not a macadamized one, nor does j
it ordinarily lead through pleasant seenes j
and by well springs of delight. On the con- :
trarv, it is a rouch and rugged path, beset j
witii "wait-a-bit thorns, and full of pitfalls,
which can only be avoided by the watchful
care of circumspection. After every davs
journey over this worse than rough turnpike
road, the wayfarer needs something more j
than rest; he requires solace, and he de
serves it- He is weary of the dull prose of
life, and athirst for the poetry. Happy Is
the bu-iness man who can find that solace
and poetry at home. Warm greetings from
loving hearts, fond glances from bright eyes,
and welcome shouts of children, the many
thousand little arrangements for comfort
and enjoyment that silently tell of thought
ful and expectant love, the gentle ministra
tions that disencumber us into an old and
easy scat before we are aware of it; these j
and like tokens of affection and sympathy
constitute the poetry which reconciles us to
the prose of life. Think of this, ye wives
and danghters of business men! Think of
the toils, the anxieties, the mortification and
wear that fathers undergo to secure for you
comfortable homes, and compensate them
for their trials by making them happy by
their own fire sides.
ONE of the most forcible and truthful des
criptions of the irrepressible conflict in
America, lietween Freedom and Slavery, is
contained iu a speech recently delivered by
John Bright, at a dinner given to William
Lloyd Garrison, in London. The distin
guished English orator said:
Spite of all that persecution could do,
opinion grew —in the North in favor of free
dom. but the South in favor of a most dev
ilish delusion : that slavery was a Divine in
stitution. The moment that idea took pos
session of the South, war became inevitable.
Neither fact, nor argument, nor counsel,
nor philosophy, nor religion could by any
possibility affect the discussion of the ques
tion when once the church teachers of the
South had fallen into that snare, and had
taught their people that slavery was a Di
vine institution, because then they began to
clintr to it on other and different grounds,
and said: "evil, be thou my good." Thus
we had light set against darkness, freedom
again-t bondage, good against evil, and, if
yon like it, heaven against hell; and unless
there was souie stupendous mirical greater
than any on reeord even tn the inspired
writings, it was impossible that the war
should not spring out of this state of things.
Then too, tli political slaveholders, that
dreadful brothei hood in whom al! turbulent
pas-ions were let loose, the moment they
found the Presidential elections of IgfiO ga
ins adversely to them, took up arms to sus
tain their hateful system, and then came the
earthquake which had been -o often foretold,
so often menaced, aud so often postponed,
and the ground reeled under the whole na
tion during the four years of agony, and then |
at !a>t, when the smoke of the battle-field j
cleared away, the horrid shape which had j
east its shadow over a whole continent had i
vanished and was gone forever.
MA. TODD, of Actalon. when the Act was ;
put in force for writing the name at length |
untaxed carts instead of "Amos Tood, Ac- ;
ton, a taxed cart," caused the following j
anagram to be inscribed —"A most odd .Vet j
oil a taxed cart."
Gii.vrm'DK for kindness showu. acknowl
ment for favors received, are unerring marks
of good breeding, aud indications of Christian
character.
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LITERARY LADIES.
The New York correspondent of the Mo
bile Eo ning Nttc* says of literary ladies :
Let me name a few of these that shine in
New York. First, there is Kate Field, who
though a Southerner by birth, isnow claim
ed exclusively by the North. Miss Field's
age is about thirty-seven. She is one of
the most brilliant writers on the American
j press, and, like most female literateurs, has
! a very decided will of her own. Mrs. Lu
cia Gilbert Calhoun, who alternates with
; Miss Field on the Tribune, is a native of
j Massachusetts. Mrs. Calhoun is a widow,
and alxiut twenty-two years old. Her pen
sparkles with fire and wit, and she is one of
the most popular society ladies in New York.
Alice Carey, the poetess and authoress, is
in her forty-seventh year. Miss Carey is a
native of Ohio, but has resided in New
York since 1850. Her sister Phoebe, also a
poetess of considerable merit, is five years
her junior. Both sisters live in a handsome
home in Nineteenth street. They came to
New York quite poor, but are now very
well off. Literature has been a profitable
field to them. Olive Logan is another star
in the female galaxy. She has been on the
stage, and is one of the best light comedy
actresses living. For some years past she
has appeared before the public only as a wri
ter. Her style is jaunty and humorous.
She has dramatized some successful plays,
and always has ao much literary work on
her hands as she can attend to. Her father
I was a popular comedian, and she Is related
'to Gen. Logan, ot Illinois. "Jennie
j .Tune," whose noni de plume is familiar to
all new-paper readers, is one of the incst
j industrious writers in America. Jennie is
| the wife of Mr. Oakley, managing editor ot
:he World. She edits Demorest's fashion
! able magazine, contributes weekly to a Phil-
I udelphia paper, and, according _to rumor,
j makes a mint of money by writing "mani
! fold" fashion letters for twenty or thirty
j newspapers. All these ladies move in the
best eircles, and not only that, but their so
ciety is courted.
TAKING A DISLIKE. —An ill-natured fel
low quarreled with his sweetheart on the day
they were to be married. After the cere
mony had begun, and he was asked, "Do
you take this woman to be your wedded
wife," Ac., he replied, "No!" "What's
your reason?" asked the minister "I've
taken a dislike to her, and that's enough,"
was the surley reply.
The parties retired—the bride in tears—
and, after much persuasion, the groom was
induced to have the ceremony proceed. It
. was now the lady's turn, and when the min
ister asked her the all-important question,
| " No!" repled she resolutely; '' I've taken
j a dislike to him."
The groom, admiring her spunk, made
the matter up with her as soon as possible,
and a third time they presented themselves
before the minister. He began the ceremony
by asking the usual questions, which were
satisfactorily answered this time. But to the
| astonishment of the party his reverence con
i tiouod. " Well, I'm glad to bear that you
are willing to take each other for husband
1 and wife, for it's a good thing to be of for
| giving tempers. You can nowgo and get
married where you will —I'll Dot tie the knot,
for I've taken a dislike to both of you?"
SUNDAY. —Thank God for the Sabbath !
After six weary days of toil and_ care, and
business anxiety, how delightful is the com
ing of the Sabbath—the wheel of Ixion
j ceases in its turning evolutions, and the
1 stone ot Sisyphus paused upon the hill-side,
| the back is eased of its burden, the mind is
j lifted from the thoughts of daily cares and
; avocations to the contemplation of higher
j and nobler themes. The Sabbath is a glo
rious institution. To the beast at the plow,
to the artezan in his workshop, to the chem
ist in his labratory, to the professional man
amid his books, and to the author with his
pen—comes the Sabbath with a like blessing
to each.
FOUR GOOD POINTS. —They are essentially
necessary for the management of temporal
concerns. These are—l. Punctuality. 2.
Accuracy. 3. Steadiness. 4. Dispatch.
Without the first, time is wasted.
Without the second, mistakes, fatal to
our own interest and that of others, may be
committed.
Without the third, nothing can be well
j done.
Without the fourth, opportunities for
good are lost, which it is impossible to re
call.
SOMEBODY gives the following as the
propei reading for many marriage services
now a days:
Clergyman—Will you take this brown
stone front, this carriage and span, these
diamonds for thy wedded husband? Ves.
Will you take this unpaid milliner's bill,
this high waterfall of foreign hair, these
affected accomplishments ana feeble consti
tution for thy wedded wife? Yes. Then,
what man has joined together let the next
best man run away with, so that the first
divorce court may tear it asunder.
HOPE paves the golden way to bliss, and
cheerfulness is the lamp that lights the
beauteous walk.
THE proudest man, as well as the great
est, will stoop to a flower.
THE best capital to begin life with is a
capital wife.
THE pleasure of doing good is the only
one that never wears out.
THE "light of other days" isnow suppos
ed to have been a tallow candle.
IT is a miserable thing to live in suspense;
it is the life of a spider.
THE richer a man makes his food, the
poorer he makes his appetite!
A CRIPPLE upon the right road will beat
a racer upon the wrong.
WAIT for others to advance your interests,
aud you will wait until they arc not worth
advancing.
No one has ever been so good and so great
or has been raised so high, as to be above
the reach of troubles.
EMERSON finely says: 'The poor are only
they who feel poor, and poverty consists
; only in feeling poor.
"lean t find bread for iny family," -aid
' a lazy fellow in company. "Nor I, replied
an industrious miller; "I'm obliged to
; work for it."
j THE man that forgets a good deal that lias
| happened, has a better memory than he
who remembers a great deal that never hap
! pened.
AN insurance agent, urging a citizen to
I get his life insured, said: "Get your life
insured for ten thousand, and then, if you
die next week, the widdcr's heart will sing
I for joy."