SIUISCHU'TION TERMS, &o.
Tb* Isoi'ißKß is publtsberl c cry I'kit-a r n. ra
in r at the followiag rates:
Oxi. Yt*, (in advaaee.) sl.oo
•' (It i : paiil wilbio six m, s )... $2.50
" {if nut paij within the year,}...
All papers oat ate of the euaniy .liasontinoel
xithdlt B itlrt at the esj-'riliiia of riie tiuio for
wh'i-h ihts s,:sxorii,;ion hu- been paid.
Sinaleeopiesiii'tbo j> tjicr.'Urr.i bo I, in wrapper*,
at five cents each.
Cotamuuieutianv an tabjects of local or general
interest are <espeetfully wlieit,l. To ei s :re n!:-
ti-ntion. favors of thU bind mast savariably be
a ■••in pan 101 lby tbc name of the anihor, out for
pabUeatSoa, but as a irnarant.v atraini. imposition.
All letters pertaining to business of the office
.Uouldtie addressed to
DURBORROW" A J.UTZ, BEDCOIIII, PA.
vTards.
iirOUXEIS AT LAW.
roKN T. KVAOY,
.1 ATTQRNKY-ATLAW.
, Office o;q> -ite . Reed ,i Sehell's Bank.
' ' siren io Kngli-h and Grrman. [pl2fi]
- IMMKU. . N O LINGENFKLTEB,
{\ t'tT< ..> IIYS AT LAW. BE: j-iiue. i-A.
i ,■ r-i-rmeii .srtser.-hi-,' in tin: practice oi
oliee or-.'ut;&:!a {street, two ilnor* Soulh
Mtr. Tel Bouse. [April I, ISfil-tf
t. A. POINTS.
J L ATTORNEY AT LAW, CSOFOBJI, PA.
poetfully tend: 3 his professional services
pu'-lic. Offi'-r. wiih J. W. Linzenfolter,
. n Juliana street.
lie ioni p. 00: '!-• made. [ Dec.'.', t>i-tf.
HAYES IRVTNE.
ATTOIiNBY AT LAW,
11 faithfully and promptly attend to nil besi
f .re 'to .lis .-are. OBSae with- . if.tij iag,
. street, three doom smith f the
[ji May 24: ly
r. JRI|>Y M. ALSTE
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Basrocn, Pa.,
;• i:. I promptly attend te all busi
•:••stedVr his '-are in Bedford sndftdloin
i. Military t-iaims, Pensions, back
1 Ac. spec lily collected. Office with
n AS; 'jig, on" Juliana street. 2 docrasouth
Meaocl House. Api I, i 564.—1f.
r. items 1- *■ wcascsos
a I ..YKKS A DICKERSON,',
i>L ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
lfEovoar,, PJ'A,
nearly opposite the Mendel House, will
. tire in rile feral f- urts of Bedford conuty.
■ u-inns, i.vur.tit.- and hack pay obtained and the
„r -eofKeal Estate attended to. [n.ay 11,'54-ly
1 i>. CESSNA,
' . ATTORNEY AT I AW,
with JOHN CESSNA, on the square near
.o Pre by terra a Cho eh. All business
/trusted : his cave will recehc faithful and
an ' attention. Military Claims, Pel! ions. Ac.,
1 ■: ediiy coiiaeteL " [June 9,18*5.
P B. STUCK EY,
"VioRNKY AND COITNSELT. 'R AT LAW,
ml REAL ESTATE AO EAT,
. nu Main Street, between fourth and Fifth,
'tpposite the Court House.
KAN AS CITY. MISSOURI,
A II the adjoiniis : Counties of Mis
' July 12:tf
2I t " J. U. tOEGSINBt'Ken
T > ELL K TAONOSNBCKEK, .
. .rTOr.NEVS A Cotrssßbtons AT LAW,
1' if.ml. Pa.
••end Pr, vnptly anl faithfully t- ail b-.tsi
.■■;trusted t their care. Special uUention
-i u cniiceti : and the prosecution of claims
ack Pay, £.-at,ty, Pensions, Ac.
V. o Juiiana street, s nth of the Court
rse. Aprilotlyr.
„ E - r - EERR
CtiIAPsPE A KERR,
f S t TTOft If E Yd-.I T-LA W.
• practice in the Court.- of Bedford and ail
g ■■•.•unties. All buioess entrusted to -heir
will receive careful and prompt attention.
. -ions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily cel.
lectvd fruni ihe Government.
Ofso®-'U Jaliana street, f-u; 'e tb.i l>ankiag
. . of Kce.l £ Schfr!!, Bedford, Pa. mar 'irJ
J. . DUKBORROW • ••• JOH II LDTZ.
I \ r RBOR Ht>w a i.r
1 ) A 1 TO UN EYS A TLA w,
RECI- inn, PA.,
.. | ; . ill : lui ss ia£rtts&f ito
• i-r.re. *' jlleetlons mvle on the \io
■ are, also, iieensed Cialui Amenta
w:'l '\ve ?pct: i! ' a'teatioii to the oro.-H. ution
ajira?t the tyoveraaipni For Pen-ioiis,
i xj, H >uikty, P.iiiHv i uffl'iti, Ac.
v ■•.ii Juliana street, one toor South :*i hhe
licu.-fc" -Ted nearly posite the !■> /•••vr
• r r : .l 2S.
PIIVSIIItJiS.
11' M. w. JAMISON, 51. D.,
\\ BlohET HI S, PA.,
Ii peetfolly tenders his professional services to
i,e ~lt- Vf that piace and vicinity. [dccS:lyr
I \ K. U. K. HAKKT,
J J Respectfully tenders his profess: nr. ?er
fces to the citizens of Bedford _ and v ieiuity.
•*: -e and residence j n Pitt street, in ihe buil.iiuu
ru'erly c iipied iy Dr. J. H. HoSua. [Ap'l 1,64.
I L. HARI : EG, M. D.,
J . liar ing ptv:' ; ..neiitly ],. rated res;.':v
'•■nders h • pofe-sionol services to the '-it-sens
'■edford and vicinity. Office on Juliana slraet,
■ ■ite the Bank, one it or north of Hall A bal
e's office. April 1, 1861—tf.
| til. S. G. STAPLE:!, near SchelL'-.rg. end
1 J Ite. J. J. CLARKE, fortrerly of Con: crland
. y, l..,ving ass—'ia ed tkeirseb. -s it, the ■ :tc
• f Medicine, re-poet fully oiler trior profes
i.,! M , , iees to the itisens of SchelUburg and
•liry. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same
. ro - r!v occai i-.-d by J. White, E- I-
S. G. ST AT L MP,,
lit ur_-. ''pri'lStly. J.J.CLARKE.
IIOTEIA
AS! I! NGTON HOT ML.
This b.ryc and cowmodiotts house, having been
j c-taken by the subscriber, is now open for i he re
tion of , i i:„rs and .boarders. TheTi,f);r.s arc
■f. well ventilated, and comfortably furuLbe-J.
!t:ii-ie will always be supplied with the best
;e n arl et cn uf rii. The Bar is sbatked with
the vb ■: .st liquor.-. In -hurt, i. i' my purpose
to bocp a I'lßisT-CLAS-i iiOTKb. iking
the public i„r j tit favors, I tcspeetfaliy solicit a
rem wal of their patronage.
N. 1. Hacks will run constantly between the
Ii c' and the Sprints.
aylT,'67:ly V M. DIBEKT, Prop'r.
MORRISON HOUSE,
Ai HUNTINGDON. i'A.
Iha-e piue}itso4 anJ entirely renoVd.tr 1 the
• e ti.it 1 bride l• ■ l<fia g op} liteUn T '-- -i
a Rdlrußd Depot, anJ fcwe Burr opened it
i . c Mccw-imo&Mt:' . of tire travolliug publi *.
1 • u r; •; . 1 uraiusre, Beds jr \ Beddinssrc all
y -W and rt .s, ar.-i IAW safe in -ray
I ran offer reommodatioM not cxtei/d
I : • rto Biy patrons who h&ve f- rinerly known
a charge of the Broad Top City Hotel
T m House.
JOSEPH MORRISON.
niscELLA \i;ois.
! >!'!'!• A SHANNON, BANKERS,
' s BiUfobp, PA.
"a DISCOL'Nr AND DEP. SIT.
:; ,n u.ade lor the East, M't,t, North and
. an J the general bu£tDe£o of
. N- its. and Account- Colltetod and
i • juiptlyaaaU. RI.AL 1.-TATE
r 1 roid. fet>22
f 1 ■XI MI. TRUER,
IT I':TT ■ -NUT, TWO • INPA EST OF TAR. PZI>-.
n HOT'!. i;r.r,Rf., Pa.
N ITIMAKBR AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. . PE< TAt LKS. AC.
' f *T k n hand a st** h of Cue Cold and Nil
• • LC!CS ;f Brilliant OooLle Reiin.
•*. L--- S tch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Br-a. • Pin.-. Pwiger Ring*, t< l
•f C'M Pens. He will iu®|!v tv order
- ine not on baud. [ij r„2s/fis.
J I 1 YEN!—The undcraigaed ha# taken
a -ri iker.se, itfid tenders his terrieei
re sale -.or and ion * to cry. tivc
''••it. Offii t. juldretf-. vSptitig Mvjti.we,
- i/ak.
HEKRY L. MOCK.
11l KBOKKOH A LI TZ Killtors am! Proprietors.
XKVRU T LH KT M 1 ONE.
I have finished it. the letter,
1 hat will tell him he is free ;
From this hour and forever,
He is nothing more to me !
And my ii!.:irt fet.ls lighter, gayer,
Since the deed at last is done—
It will teach him that when courting.
He should never court hut one!
Everybody in the village
Knows he's been a wooing nie ;
And this meriting he was riding
W;ib that ugly Mary Lee!
They say he smiled opon her,
As he cantered by lie, sidea
All.! warrant you he promised
To make her soon his bride.
Liut I've finished it —the letter,
From this moment he is free—
He may have her. if he wants her,
If he loves her more than me.
He may go— it will not kill me—
I would say the same, so there,
If I kuew it would, for Uirting
Is more than I can bear.
It is twilight, and the evening
1 hat he said he'd visit me;
But no doubt he s now with Minnie.
lie may stay there too, for me!
And as true as I am living.
If he ever comes here more,
I'll act as if we never,
Never, never, met before.
It is time he should be coining.
And I wonder if he will-;
If he does I'll look so coldly—
What's that shadow on the hill?
I declare out in the twilight
There Is some one coming near —
Can it be? yes, 'tis his figure.
Just as true as I am here.
Now I almost wish I'd written
Not to him that he was fr, <■:
For perhaps 'twas hat u story
The. he rode with Minnie Lee.
There ! lie's coming thro* the gateway,
I w ll meet him at the doer.
And I'll tei! him still I love him,
If he'll court Miss Lee uo more.
THE ill irriHttOON AMI HKOAD
TOR RAILROAD COMPANY.
1 lie committee appointed by the several
classes of bondholders of the Huntingdon
and Broad T p Ra"road Company, to ex
amine the affairs of the company, have made
a report, r• ■ innnending an arrangement
very similar to that • jgjrested by the officers
of the company, namely: To fund two cou
pons of the first mortgage bonds ; three
coupon- of the second mortgage hoods; four
coupons of the consolidated mortgage bonds,
and fou - coupons on the mining loan—the
certificates covering the amount of .leached
coupons to be free of t x and to ma.are as
follows: Tbo.se aris'ng out of the 1.-i mort
gage bonds, on October Ist, UTO. and tho-e
issued ; i the other loaaholders on llic Ist of
November, 1572. The detached coupons
are 11 he p'-.ced in the hands of trustees,
and w :■■■: held uo' npaired in right unt''
the cert ficates covering them mature: and,
as additional seeu ".ly fir the prompt pay
merit of the coupon sci.p, tlrrteea hundred
sha.es of the common and preferred stock i
of the company arc to he in like manner
placed in the hands of trustees, who may at
any time exchange the stock on par for the
certifies' • —Judge K"i • Lewis and S. Mor
ris Wain being named as the trustees. Four
of the committee recommend that the bond-
I holder- a- ■ pt the prop,- -itions suggested.
| Judge Lewis, whose only interest in the
company i as a fir-f bondholder, non-con
'cuired, and a resolution was subsequently
ofle;ed, dccla ing that the Ist mortgage
bum ..should be exempt Loin the commit
tee's report, but was superceded by the
adoption of a re olutiou recommending that
the report of the committee be adopted.
Pursuant to a resolution of the original
meeting of bondholders, Judge Lewis and
Joseph 11. Trouer were nominated as direc
tors for the two vacant chair- at the board.
The investigating committee report the road
Jn i>od condition and the trains running with
great regularity. A statement was submit
; tei by the tm-nrer, showing the number of
! i.':,n ii'idated bonds deposited by the tru-tees
in the Fidelity Insurance Company, for the
j redemption of the Ist and lid mortgage
: bond? and coupon scrip, and th:: disposition
made "I the remainder, of which the foilow
j ing is a b.ief synapsis:
Total mr. : tit of consolida
ted ni-rf, •: • $1,500,090
Deposited bv the t' ', cin
•he Fl<?,.'i'.v I :ranee
Go's safe for the - I /op
tion of Ist and 2nd mort
gage bonds, ssol,'ri||
Exchanged for I d and 2; d
mortgage Louds 215.560
ExehaDgcd foroupon scrip... '.12,500
Gut as collateral 217,"00
; Stolen 1,000
$ '"2,900
The balance, were soid at an
: average of about 70 per cent., and the pro
ceed- used in the payment for the Bedford
Railroad a: 1 new rot lon Hix M Han, in
! purchase of machinery for machine shop
and road, erection of new engine house, in
err use .of hidings, reduction of floating debt,
! kc.—W* ledoer, o,^l.
To STOP Biranso. —Housekeepers,
farm-.r • mechanics, every bojy <! n't cure
ito know hnw to stop the flow f blood from
;t cut or wind. Here's the remrdy: take
1 the fine dust nf t* a at"! bind :t ci'tso to the
wound Aft - the blood CIM.-OS to flow,
'audan ui may be advantageo isly applied to
the v ••./id. Duo t. -irdto these instruc
tions in th a'-, I'tiec of medical s! 11, might
save IUP iv lives.
A LOCAL AND OKNKIIAI. NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS
I BOOKS OF FICTION FOR CHIL
DREN.
The London Quart rly /,' ,i..c remarks :
"The mind of a child." says awbe thinker,
"it like the aeorn ; its powers are folded up,
they do not yet appear, but they are nil
there. The memory, the invention, the
feeling of right and wrong, are a l ' in h : s
mind, even of an infant just born. One by
one they awake." His imagination—one of
the earliest powers that awakens within him,
even before he has pa ted through the mys
teries of pap and found out that being
haughty differs from being good—must be
fed And fed it wi' 1 be; either on the
niuke believe talk of bis sister Mary nursing
her doll, the idle stories of Betsey the nurse
maid when he is naughty about the "bogey"
and the "black man" who earvrcs off bad
boys; or about the golden fairy who is to
give him taftey and gingerbread—-when he
is good. Isy and by, as he grows older, his
sister Mary reads to him, und at last he
learns to read For himself, the charming ad
ventures of the "Fox ai.d4.he Crow," "Bil
ly-goat Gruff " "Sinbad the Sailor," or Dia
monds and Pearlsthe delicious history of
"Pass in Boots," the tragedy of "Blue
Beard," or the heroic drama of "Jack the
Giant-killer."
But whichever of these, or a hundred
other such del'gh, ul pages, it bo, his faith
is boundies°. Happiest of mortals, for a
time tit iuact, ho can believe a ' he reads :
with the one happy proviso that if it is not
tiuo, it ought to be, ay, and is, because his
sister says so. While be is absorbed in the
mi-fortunes of the ' Tin Soldier," or the
"I fly Duck," the LreaKast bc'l is unheard,
and dinner unheeded; ho is feasting in
Dreamland, on stir about iu the Giant's Cas
tle, or those famous cheese-cakes of Queen
Schehcr- zade, while vital charm was pep
per. Not that he wa.- forgetful of fact, even
while in the full pursuit of fiction. Indeed,
he is always burning for facts. He \ !-lies to
know what gla.-s R where Robinson Crusoe
was buried, how much goid it kes to make
the in.-ido of a watch, why the sun sets later
in Juno than in December, what thunder is,
if the end of the rainbow touches the ground,
why the firing off a cannon tn.ade a man
leaf, what :ago is, and a thousand other
things, which papa, tint being a waiking en
cyciopteciia, is not always ready to tell him.
And whatever answer he can obtain he is
ready to believe implicitly, as long as he is
dealt fa : rly with.
Yet, though, St. George and the Dragon,
Ali Baba and Robbon Crusoe, are in one
sense as true to him as the history of Kng
land. there are .-hades and degrees of belief
in his own mind both as regards the domains
of fact and fiction, which he cannot perhaps
define, and of whieh he is scarcely sensible,
yet on which be uncoc-clous y acts ; setting
e:-oh narrative or jtory, tale or fable, ro
mance or chronicle, in its own due place,
and giving to each his own royal favor and
approval as good, bad, or indifferent. A j
chi'u in go.d sound health is insatiably < oii
ous, hi- t.iifst for fiction of one shape or
other is quenchless, and if he never a.-ks
.past ions, and cares uoth<og fur "Jack and
the Bcatmui:." or the "L-.d who went to the
No to Wind," there is a screw loose some
wh ior other; he is in a morbid, unhealthy
st i of body or mind, probab'y both ; bis
uatu'i! growth and tastes a- a c .i'.d are
becoming -runted and diseased—"orccd into
• :ne narrow, pcjty channel, where igno
rance or bigotry w i oon blot out the fresh
ness, grace and light, that are elr'dhood's
most precious possessions.
'IYRRIAdE AMI THE SAUUATII.
Vestiges of Eden are rare; yet two in>ti
luiicns have survived the wreck and have
c.iuie down to u-. witnesses of that happy
and perfect condition in which they origina
ted. These are the marriage relations and
tl e Sabbath. As the bunch of grapes from
E-hcol was a visible testimony to Israel of
the fertility of Uanaan: so do these divine
appointments lem-'nd us of the felicity of-
Paradise.
The maniage bond lies at the foundation
of domestic happiness, is the source of home
joy an 1 pure affections, without which the
world w aid be far more blank, and miscra
! hie, and *loked than it is. Paradise lingers
| with us, in a measure, in the sweet and a
| ored relations of the family.
The other memorial of Eden is the Sab
bath -God's reservation to hiui-e'f of a
share of the time measv-ed out to men by
the celestial clock work—the motions of
tiio>c Heavenly bodies which urii for times,
and for casous, and for days, and for years.
And while the hallowing ot one day in seven
v , an a--ettioc , J'God's right and author
ity and a memorial of His creative work, it
was, at the -aine tim , a rich Isinefaction
conferred u; -.u mankind. With what sur-
I a-ing loveiiness fim-t that first Sabbath
hav • been invested! With what splendor
.oust th ■ sun have i sued forth as a bride
L. itn from the chambers of (lie ea.-t, and
how must the primeval earth have rejoiced
in His radiance! The rivets and lakes re
lii t Ilisgladd-. ning B-ums; the bright hued
Cowers open the-'-- petals; the birds make
th< groves echo with their sweet melodies;
and the parents of our race, bow down in
!• .'ing a Juration and glorify their ben. ficent
Fare,it. No jar or discord mars the fall
!: mon>; no sound of strife or wailing; no
- n nor brick, no'sob, nor curse vexes
I th i 6 :'-; iit one grand, thrilling, uriiver-al
' ■ us ,' prai.-e and iove a-ci inis to the
iKi r ei rinal, immortal, invi-ibie. And
: w, what is :-o r. ilolcnt OfFaradisc as a
, .-aiiii, b.iebt Sai.bath morn, when nature
|ln ;ust put on her robes of vernal beauty,
i Hid the busy w rid, hushed and peaceful,
s a '-right respite from care and toil. —
/;, ' A/f.
' l;t.Yt'E before meat," as the young lady
aid when she lacd herself' top tight to
' -wj'low.
BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1807.
THE BRIDGE OK SIGIIS.
The famous Bridge of Sighs is a narrow,
ornamental inclosed gallery, much higher
than other bridges, connecting n upper
sto.y of the pglace with the prison on tho
Bide of the narrow canal. r hrough one pas
sage the pi i.-oaer is passed over to his final
trial „.,dif he pa sed back again it was to
his doom. At one end of this passage h c
J sat upon a chair, a rope being fastened
j about his neck, which strangled hiui by
means of a turn of the chair, after whieh his
i body was conveniently dropped tb-ough an
aperture at the other end of the passage,
down into the still waters below, and the
time and manner of bis depaitur from this
l : fe were not published in the morning pa
; pcrs.
Our first day in W nico finished by going
over the city in a gondola. Our gondolier
; was the prnee of his craft, a handsome,
curly haired, broad-shouldered fellow, the
j skil. a! sweep of whose oars sent our gondo
la gliding with an even swiftness quite equal
to one s fancy. Of all modes of getting
: about this is the most delicious; no jerking
or rocking, but one continuous movement
I measured by the regular beat of the soft
plashiug oar. At every narrow turn the
oarsman sing- out his signal to warn any
one from colli-.ion, and using a single oar,
swings round and . ~-ep. on as before. But
the palaces. What better is a marble pal
ance than a granite one if it is black as iron,
which is true of many of those in Venice?
Begrimed by time, by the action of the
salt sea air, it is almost impossible to con
cave how radiant they ever have been, ex
cept Where an occasional one seems to have
been furbished up, or a new, gleaming white
stone re.-et in an almost dead black wall.
Y T et, from all this graceful architecture, they
aio heaut'ful in their grimness. and majes
tic in their desertion. Tho eye never tires
of tho beautiful La'conies, gracefu' columns
and arches, statues and oiamenta! carving,
und above all the half unreal and spirit-like,
lifting up from the water's edge of these
ancieut wall . in grace and beauty worthy to
be poetically embalmed of Byron, and in
historical interest, the home of Shakes
peare' most wonderful characters.
But ,ur gondolier plies on, resting his oar
now and then to sing out uionotonou. !y the
names oi the noted palacos we pass, many
of which are familiar. Many of those walls
-et straight down beneath the sea, with only
a few steps at the doors where the foot
meets the gondola; others have colounades
throughout the' whole length, the ro ting
pavements descending to the water, and
where several such stand in easoe.-s.-jon, the
promenade looks not inconvenient as well
as eharnrng. Before these arc often a dou
ble set of gaily -triped posts, set in water
for the u. e of gondola-:.
Hero and there, rich and gay colored awn
ing-, over windows and balconies, still
: spread, or looped up for the night, add pie
| tureiqueness to the scene. The shadows
I fall and what is bad for romance, there is
| no moonlight, and Venice is, apparently,
too poor for any other. Ilere and there a
a lamp in . ont of a palace door, throws a
solitary gleam across the canal, or. from an
occasional bridge, a few signal.- nark the
j way. It is delieiously cool, and tho sum
' mer star.-, k..k quietly down, as th_y usually
do, but the wails make the shadows deeper,
| and we pass on through darkness and silence,
| closing our first day "*J Venice at the steps of
> one bri'liautiy 'lighted and beautiful palace,
once the homo of a Doge, and now the
home of the wandering stranger — Cor. Cin.
i t 'omm .xial.
THE RII'LE.
Woi Id-wide as i.- the celebrity our country.
' men have derived from their skill in the uso
of this weapon, we doubt not but that there
j are many frequently and expertly cmploy
| ing it. who if a-ked to give an account of
the principles whieh render it a superior in
strument to the musket, or smooth-bore
• would he unable to do so in a satisfactory
manner. Aftera long series of experiments
| by eminent French gunners, it was found
that tho same smooth-bore, immovably
fixed, charged with the same amount and
quality of powder, and loaded with bullets
| cast in the >:ime mould, did not plant its
• contents in ihe same spot, with the mark at
the same distance. The variation in some
' instances was remarkable. To account for
this it can only be said, that no bullet is or
j can be cast-perfectly spherical; and, there
fore, one side will bo heavier than another,
I causing the bullewto swerve from the direct
. line of its projection. The defect in the
smooth bore is remedied by the rifle in the
following manner. The barrel of a rifle, as
it is grooved, forms a hollow screw. As the
bv'let is forced over the grooves in the pro
cess of loading, it becomes indented with
1 the, (or, rather, the buckskin enveloping it
becoui •- so,) and is converted into a screw
also. When fired, it of course receives a
K'tary motion, so that if it swerves with one
5 twist of the. grooves, another revolution
corrects the error. Besides ifj spiral and
• straight forward motion, the discharged
hall, as being subject to the laivs of gravity,
has a tendency towards the earth. A rifle
ball. of which thirty will make up a pound,
falls about a foot in 100 yards. Rifles,
therefore; are sighted to correct this davia- i
tion. On leaving the barrel, the ball moves '
above the direct line of sight, continually I
falling in a parabolic curve, until it iutcr '
sects that line; and this point of intersection
is what is called the point-h'ankt—Untie
Gazette.
THAT WHS a beautiful idea i I the mind of
the "ttlo girl who, on beholdin - a rosebud, |
on the topmost stem of which the oldest '■
rose was fading, whilst below snd around it !
three beaui Iful crimson buds were just on
lbk , ;ug their charm- at once, tarne-rly ex
c! limed to her brother; "See \V ' ie, those
liitle buds have ju.-t awakened in time to
k'.-s their mo'her before she dies."
THE WONDERS OF ANCIENT ROME. '
Modern writers, taking London and Paris
for their measure of material civilization,
seem unwilling to admit that Home could
have reached such a pitch of glory, and
wealth, and power. To bim who stands
within the narrow limits of the Forum, as it
now appears, it seems incredible Jiat it could
have bean the eentre of a much larger city
than Europe can now boast of. Grave his
torian.-, are loth to compromise their dignity
and character for truth, by admitting state
| merits which seem, to men of limited views,
tobt; I'abr'ous, and which transcend modern
experience. But we should remember that
most of tho uionumeuts of ancient Home
K*ve entirely disappeared. Nothing re
mains of the Palace of the Crcsars, which
nearly covered the Paletine Hill; little of
the fora which connected together, covered
a space ttwee as large as that inclosed by the
palaces of the Louvre and Tuilleries with all
their ga'leries and courts ; almost nothing of
the glories of the Capitoline Hill; and little
comparatively of those of Thermae which
were a mile in circuit. But what does re
main attest an unpara'.led grandeur—the
broken pi !ars of the Forum; the lofty col
umns of i.ajan and Marcus Aurefios; the
Pantheon, liuing if 3 spacious dome 200 feet
into the air; tho mere vestibule of the Baths
of Agrippa; the triumphal arches of Titus
and I rajan and Constantine; the bridges
which spau the Tiber; the aqueducts whieh
cross the C'ampagna; the Cloaca Maxima,
which drained the marshes and lakes of the
infant city hut. above all, the Colo.-eura.
What glory and shame abe associated with
that single edifice! That alone, if nothing
else remained of Pagan antiquity, would in
dicate a grandeur and a folly such as cannot
now bo seen on earth. It reveals a wonder
ful skill in niasoniy, and great architectural
strength; it shows the wealth and resources
of rulers who must have had the treasures
of the world at their command; it indicates
an enormous population, since it would seat
all the male adults of the city of New Y'ork;
it shows the restless passions of the people
lor excitement, and the necessity on the
part of Government of yielding to this ten to.
What leisure and indolence marked a city
which cou'd afford to give up so much time
to demoralizing sports! What facilities for
transportation was afforded, when so many
wild Leasts cou'd be brought to the capital
from the central parts of Africa, without
calling out unusual comment! How impe
rious a popu'ace that compels the Govern
ment to pro\ ide such expensive pleasures!
—llourt at Home.
RELIGION IN POLITICS.
However in n differ as to introducing
pi'litie- into religion, none deny that religion
should be brought into politics.
National questions, especially as managed
by profc- -ional politicians, need the in. osion
of Christian principle, to prevent their ut
ter perversion to selfish ends. Anil now,
when the passions are excited and the na"
tion is passing through a vital crisis in its
existence, there is imperative need of the
restr; ning r id elevating power of religion
in every act wl eh bears upon our destiny as
a people.
Chr.-tian men should show their Ch.ls
tian spirit in talking upon national questions
in defending the principles they adopt, in
selecting their candidates for office, in con
ducing the canvass, and in submitang to
the re.-n't. And yet do they not often seem
to forget God's presence and their own ac
customed moderation, when the exciting
questions of national iuipoi. come up for
di-eussion? If God is universal Governor,
and "akes an overruling interest in the affairs
of nations, as in the wc-lfare of his ehureh,
why should we not refer to him all national
que.-!ions in faith and earne-t prayer, as we
do the question of our own -alvation or the
prospe.'ty of his spiritual kingdom? This
is specially important when it is admitted
that the organs governing as well as expres
sing political opinion are generally contro "-
ed by worldly principles, while many of
them are in the interest of concealed, '? not
open infidelity.
Let the Christian principle, Christian feel
ing, and Christian action of a l ' good people
be brought to bear upon our exciting politi
cal cou' ts, to moderate and elevate their
tone of discussion and line of action; and let
prayer be offered to God incessantly for bis
guidance, as wa- done during the war, and
we may confidently look for the right rosc'ts.
There cannot be too much religion in poli
ties. — A ntc'i ican ,!/< senges.
M A tin AGE AND Hoi'.-EKEEPISG.-There
are a great many persons that are just be
ginning life, that are newly married, and
' rhat are just tvnine, I trust away from the
hotel and the boarding house to keep lionse;
for I think that next to virtue, house-keep
ingis the desirable thing for newly married
persons. Y'ou wi'l perhaps wonder what I
have to say on this. I have this to say,
that to any young person's life this is a
change so marked, it is a step so different
to any other, that if you know how, with this
peculiar and critical step of your life, to
take abo one otner, it will not be alone mar
rying for time —it wi'-I be love for eternity.
; I-there anything more beautiful than true
i love? No flowers show such colors or ex
j hale such fragrance as does true love, that
i makes one's life a sacrifice for and a service
of another. Is there anything more beauti
ful this side of God's throne, than two right
minded and purely-loving souls beginning to
live together, each one servant in love to
, the other? Now, just beginning a virtuous,
i wedded I'fe is not religion; but if you make
; -his first st' p in a scries, it will do more to
lead to a Christian course of life than per
haps any other thing possibly could.—
B'tcher.
WHAT do the sailers do with the knots the
ship makes in a day?
VOLUME 40: >0.41
A SURE WAV TO MAKE CRIMINALS.
It would seem as if the vile deeds ofwickod
men, which a'ike by reason and law place
them beyond the palo of decent spciety.
should he deplored and condemned by a 1 !
right minded men, especially by those who
largely forin or direct public opinion. But
strange to say, many of our public journals
not only take delight in parading before
their readers tlio long and diagraming cata
logue of crimes that '-om day to day throw
their fearful shadow upon the civilization of
our Christian land, but do it in away deser
ving of severe and general reprobation. In
stead of allowing the details of sin and
shame to slumber in the records of the po
lice courts, they hasten to announce them to
the world. Thcr object, however, seems
not to be to mjtko vice hideous and repulsive
but rather as something to be laughed at if
not attractive. Hence they employ the avt
of their skilled writers in dressing out the
disgraceful particulars, seeking to excite a
smile by feeble wit or paltry puts- at that
which should ODly awaken sorrow arid tears.
And th\s offensive accord of vice goes di
rectly into the family cirele with its noisome
and corrupting influence.
But as if these highly colored descriptions
were not enough, there arc papers specially
devoted to the chronicling of crime, which
are not content with giving full particulars
of the horrible and demoralizing incidents,
but engage also the engraver's art in depic
ting the dreadful scenes to the eye. It can
scarcely be imagined that this is designed to
be in the interest of virtue. Whether it is
a deliberate intention to pander to the most
corrupt taste of the basest and most aban
doned or not, the resuit is obvious. It is
heart-sickening to see the crowds of unsus
pecting youth around the bu'letius of these
"public poisoners," gazing upon the exag
gerated representations of vi'laoy an 1 crime,
too often of deeds that it is a shame even to
think of, thus being insensibly allured to
enter the downward road to ruin and death.
And it is humiliating to think that there are
those wearing the form of men, who. for the
sake of gain, can attempt to create or pander
to a vicious and iicentious taste; can awaken
the morbid appetite whose cravings scon
become insatiable, till its debased victim
finds no relish in what is beaut- j1 and vir
tuous, and is only satisfied when it can
"sup on horrors."
The responsibility of conductors of the
public press cannot be overestimated.
Crime is a fearful fact in this fallen world,
and it is useless to attempt to conceal it.
But those journals that by pen or pencil
seek only to hold it up to ridicule, or by
their representations fascinate and allure,
rather than frighten the innocent ond unwary
from its commission, arc recreant to the duty
of their high calling. It is notorious that
many have been led into a career of crime
by reading the lives of noted criminals; and
editor- and publishers whose presses teem
with the records of the scenes of horror and
vice that abound in the land, may be guilty
of the fall and ruin of some whom their ill
judged exposure of crime has seduced to its
coinmi.-sion. The words of the poet are a
feaifc 1 but true commentary upon our poor
haman nature:
'"Vice is a monster of such hideous mien,
That to be hated needs but to be seen:
But seen too oft, familiar with its face,
We first endnre, then pity, then embrace. - '
American Messenger.
REPRODUCTION - OF FORMS.
In a number of the London Mechanic's
Magazine is the following curious statemet,
said to be an extract from a work of (Lin
ger, entitled. "Thoughts ou the two facul
ties of Feeling and Knowledge:"
"I chopped up some balm, put it into a
large glass retort, poured rain water upon it
connected the retort with a good sized recei
ver, and let it heat at a cuppel, gently at
first, then more strongly. L'poa this there
went into the water a yellow greenish oil; it
took up the whole space of the receiver, and
swam on the surface of the water the thick
ness of the back of a table knife. This oil
had the ft <in of innumerable latin haves,
which did uot lap OTer or run into one an
other but lay side by side, each perfectly
drawn, and with the distinctness of all the
lines of a balm leaf. I let it stand a long
time, that all about mo might observe it.
At last I shook the receiver, because I had
to pour it out; the leaves ran together, but
in !e-s than a minute restored themselves
to their natural position more distinctly."
A writer in the Magazine follows the quo
tation by saying:
"Chemists show that the pali/tgenesc (be
ing born again) or the resurrection of plants
is very pos ible. Able # chemists in great
numbers have made experiments by which)
placing the allies of a plant in a phial, these
ashes exhale and arrange themselves as
nearly as they can in the very figure which j
the Author of nature first impressed upon
them.
"Gafierel, a very able chemist, states that !
M. Dachino, one of the best chemists of ihe j
age, reported thut he had seen a very able
physician iu Cracow, who kept in plfials j
ashes of almost all plants, so that when any 1
curious person desired to see, for example' |
a rose in a phial; he took one containing !
the ashes of a rose well preserved, and j
1 warming it over a lighted candle, the ashes |
| were seen to move, A little cloud arose,
; and after some motion of the phial, soon as- :
sumed the form and color of the rose, so I
fresh and so perfect and beautiful that one
; would believe he could smell its sweet odor.
HAVE the courage to "cut" the most
: agreeable acquaintance you have when you
are convinced that ho lacks principle.
A forte that is too much stormed uow-a ,
days. The pianoTorte.
A pretty female artist can draw the men !
equally with a brush and a blush. I
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! l V Ol LII.V'T TAKE TWENTY DOt-
LAKH.
Some waggish students at l'alc College,
a lew years since, were regaling themselves
one evening at the "Tontine:,' wbeu an old
farmer from the oouutry entered the room
taking it for the bar room) and inquired f
he could obtain lodging. The young chaps
immediately answered in the affi outlive,
inviting him to lakeaglass of punch. The
old fe p ow, who was a shrewd Yankee, saw
at once that he was to be made the butt of
their jests, but quietly laying off his hat and
telling a worthless 'ittle dog he had with
hint to lie under the chair, he took a glass of
the proffered beverage. The students anx
iously inquired aftet the health of the old
man's wife and children, and the farmer,
with affected simplicity, gave them the
whole pedigree, wilh numerous anecdotes
about bis farm, stock, &c.
"Do you belong to the church?" asked
one of the wags.
"Yes, the Lord be praised, and so did my
father before me."
"Weil, I suppose you wou'dnottelialie?"
replied the student.
"Not for the world," added the farmer.
"Now what will you take for that dog?"
pointing to the farmer's cur, who was not
worth his.weight in Jersey mud.
"I would not take twenty dollars for that
dog."
"Twenty dollars? why, he is not worth
twenty cents."
"Well, I assure you I would not take
twenty dollars for him."
"Come my friend,".said the student, who
with bis companions was bent on having
some capital fun with the old man. "Now
you say you won't tell a lie for the world, let
me see if you will not do it f.r twenty dollars.
I'll give you twenty dollars for your dog."
I'll not take it," replied the farmer.
"You w"i not? Here, let us see if this
won't tempt you to tell a lie," added the
student, producing a snsa" bag of half dob
lars, from which he counted email p>'cs en
the table, where the farmer sat with his hat
in his hand, apparently unconcern. 1
"There," added the student, "there arj
twenty do"ars all in a : 'ver. I will give yea
that for your dog."
The old farmer quietly .akea his bat o
the edge of the table, and then as quick as
thought scraped all the money into it exo .-pt
one half'dollar, at the same time exclaiming,
"I won't take your twenty dollars! Nir -
teen and a half is as much as the dog is
worth —he is your property!"
A tremendous laugh from his fellow stu
dents showed the worhl be wag that he was
completely "done up," and that ho need
not look for help from that quarter, so he
good naturcaly acknowledged beat, insisted
on the old farmer tak'ag another glrss, and
they parted in great glee—the student re
taining his dog, which he keeps to this day,
as a lesson to him never to attempt to play
tricks on men older than himself, and espe
cially to be careful how he tries to wheedle a
Yankee farqier.
TRAVELERS. —lam not much of an ad
vocate for travelling, and I observe that
men run away to ether countries because
they not good in their own, and run back
to their own because they pass for nothing
in the new places. For the most part only
the light characters travel. Who are you
that have no task to keep you at home? I
have been quoted as saying captious things
about travel; but I mean to do justice- I
think there is a restlessness in our people
which argues want of character. All edu
cated Americans, first or last, go toilurope;
—perhaps because it is their mental home,
as the invalid-habits of this country might
suggest.
An eminent teacher of girls said, "The
idea of a girl's education is. whatever qual
ifies her for going to Europe." Can we
never extract thi3 tape-worm of Europe
from the brain of our countrymen? One
sees very well what their fate must be. He
that does not fill a place at home, cannot
abroad. He only goes there to hide his in
significance in a larger orowd. You do not
think you will find any thing there which
you have not seen at home?* The staff of
all countries is just the same. Do you sup
pose there is any country where they do not
scald milk-pans, and swaddic the infants,
and burn the brush-wood, and broil the
fish? What is true anywhere is true every
where. And let him go where he will, he
can only find so much beauty or worth as he
carries.— Emcnon.
GOOD ADVlCE.—Barbarism must give
way to Christianity. Every human being
has an interest at stake. Each should do
something, aud come up promptly to dotl.c
work allotted him. There is no place lot
idlers in God's great vineyard. Let each
• put his shoulder to the wheel and help set
the world ahead. Reader, what are you do
ing? Arc your faculties being used? Ra
mcinbei' the parable of the talents! The
right use of what you have will be the rneas
ure of yout reward. He who does little or
i nothing for the good of himself or his fellows
i *"1 find little or nothing to his credit in the
Bock of Life. You who have realized the
j truth that it is more blessed to give—and to
Jo —than to receive, will need no urging
from us.
Are you inventive? (.live the world the
benefit of it. You will be none the poorer,
but much richer, in gratitude to God. Are
you mechanical? Build yourself a monu
ment in the hearts of tjsc people. Are you
a preacher? Exhort, preach and pray,
"Let thy kingdom come." Are you rich?
"Let your light shine that others may see
your good works and glorify your Father in
heaven." Are you a publisher? Print on
ly good books. A merchant ? Weigh your
goods on the scales of justice. A parent or
a teacher? Remember, example is more
powerfc' than p rece pt. -I'hruwlogical J out.