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.-irgleUie r t'oit-Uhc 1. iu wtapjwrs,
at five cent? esrli.
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All letter* pertaining to banner f the office
should be addressed to
fL KBORROW 4 LL'TZ, Btioonn, PA. I
t
4TTORXKIS AT LAW7~
1 OHN X. KEAtiV,
.1 ATTOKXEV AT-LAW.
Office opposite Reed A Sehetl'f BaiiV.
.musel given in Kngliah and German. [apl2fi]
1 'IMMEL!, AND LINGENFKLTER,
lV ATTORNEYS AT LAW. beit-iMs rx.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
it Law Office on Julian* Street, tea doors South
: the Mersgel B. UM. [April J, 18fi4-tf
\ f. A. POINT: .
3J ATTORNEY AT LAW, Beoronn, Pa
pectfully ter. ic s hi- prefersi mal services
he public, ote. with J. W. Lingenfclter,
; ... on Juliana stise*.
C doctioas pr -.ui. ly male. {lec.9, - fl4-t£.
UiY'ES IRVINE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
u I fai'hfully and promptly atten-l tu ail twi->
rtr- = el to hi? care. Uffii v withtl. H. Spang,
11 du]r,a street, three doors south f the
Merge' House. May S4:ly
IVSPT M. ALSJP,
IJ ATTORNEY AT LAW. Benroen, Pa.,
-'! faithfnlly and promptly attend to all busi
ci- - - entmted to his care in Bedf -rd and adjoin
;g counties. M nitary claim-. Pensions, back
P. anty, 4c. speedily collected. Office with
M.iitn 4St a*, on Juliana street. 2 doors south
the Mengel House. apl 1, 1 WE—tf.
I r. kirtss w - wcso
MLY KRS A DICKKRSON.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Eenroap. J'asis'A-,
nearly opp -it* the Meutrel House, will
t revtioe in the several Courts of Bedford county.
c-o-:on, bounties and back pay obtained and the
onrcbase of Real Estate attended to. [mayll.'&d-ly
f B. CESSNA.
•J . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
~ - with Joax Cessita, on the square near
:ie Presbyterian Church. All bu slness
entrusted to his care will receive faithful and
prompt attention. Military Claims. Pensions. Ac.,
speedily collected. [June 9,18A5.
P B. STUCKKY,
VITORNEY AND COL NSELLOK AT LAW,
and REAL ESTATE AGENT,
fficc on Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth,
Opposite the 002-4 House,
KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI.
V, . practice in the adjoining Counties of Mis
vnd Kansas. July 12.-tf
1 SSILT A- H- TESSSSECILT
!> -SELL A LONFIKNECKER,
\\ VRROEVEVE A Corssztcops AT LAW,
Bedflld. Pa .
M I attend promptly and faithlully to all busi
entrusted to their care. Special attention
- ,-n to collections and the prosecution of claims
r Hack Pay, Bounty. Pensions. Ac.
tit-Office on Juliana street, south of the Court
H u-c. AprilS:lyr.
j- m'U. *• '■ *n® R
c HARPK A KKRR.
.4 TTOHSE YB-. 4 T-LA W.
Will practice in the Court? of Bedford and ad
iciniag countiea. All business entrusted to their
are will recvire careful and prompt at'eation-
Pensions. TP nnty, Bach Pay, Ac., speedily eol-
from the Government-
Office n Juliana street, opposite .the bunking
h .use of Reed A Scheil, Bedford. Pa- mar2:if
J. r. X>l" BBORROtr JC WV LUT2.
DURBOBROW A LUTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BEuroRD, Pa.,
II 1 attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collection* made on the shortest no-
TP ■ v are, also, r- gnlarly licensed Claim ApenU
trill give apecial attention to the prosecution
trt? igaint the Gorerntnent for Pensions,
k Pay. Bounty, Biun'y Lands. Ac.
.. ••• on Ja.iana street, one door South of the
Mengel House" and nearlv opposite the
April 28. ISAS:t.
PHYSHIiXS.
\UM. YV. J Alllßl !N. M. DM
\\ Uuooiiv Bis, Pa
-}.< •• ..iy tenders hi* prou • onai eervieas to
he • vie of :hat pla - .ind vicinity. [decb-.tyr
r\R. B. F. HARRY,
' / Re? o '.fully tenders hit professional ser
vices to the < itirens of Bedford and vicinity.
Uffiee and residente on Pitt .Street, in the building
U rtaerly occupied by Dr. J. H. HoEus. [Ap'i I,M.
I b MARBuI'BO, M- D-,
•J . Having pernianentfy i catcd respectfully
lenders bit pofeetioaal ten ices to the citiacna
f liediv.rl and vicinity. Office on Jn-iana ?!rc-et,
osite the Bank, one dovr north oi Hail A Pal
.ner's office- April 1, ISs4—tf.
| iH. S. G. STATI.ER, near Schcllabnrg, anJ
I * Ir. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumherleinl
.lify. having art -iated 4fce;osolves in the prac
• f Me-l.ne, respect folly '•fftr the r profet
. T -. 'rices to theeitisesis of Seheilebuig and
v itiitj. Or. Clarkt't offi.-e and residence same
.is f -uicrlv occupied bv J. White, ESQ.. dec d.
S. G. STATLKR,
cbelitborg, Afirill2:ly. J. J. ' LAKKK.
HOTEIJB.
Asm.NtiTo: HOTFJ.
This large and commodious house, hating been
rc-takcn by the subscriber, is now open for the re
eption of visitor* and hoarders. The rK>ais an
arrc. well ventilated, and comfortably furnished.
The table will always >ic supplied with the best
c H arket can afford. The Bar is stocked w :th
be choicest liq-i -s. Ir, short.it is mv purpose
keep a UKbT CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for fiast favors, I re?peetfully solictt a
renewal of their patronage.
N. IS. Hacks will run conrtantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
mayl7,'7:ly WM. HIBKKT, Prop'r.
MORRISON HOUSE,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
I h:. c ptirehr-Y-d • n : en reot'Vdte-i |he
rge st and brifk building opjxMrlTe the Penn
ijh ; ,nU liaiiroad Depot, and have dp* opened it
r the aceooitßOiiatioii <f Jbe tmvp-lling pnblie.
The Carpet#, Kumi ire. and Bedding are all
civlrelr new and <?Ur, and I am safe in wsf
insr that I can offer not excelled
t. Central Pennsylvania.
T to xny patron* who have formerly kowa
ue wbi!** in charge of the Broad Top City Hotel
ind Jack?on Hone
;.ay2.utf JOSEPH MORRISON
IfISCKLLAX HOIS.
I > V'PP A SHANNON, BANKERS,
l\ Bidkokd, PA.
NK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT,
lieca-vn? made for the Eaat. West. North and
3, and the general business of Exchange
L Note? and Account? Yoßeeted and
-anoe* promptly made. REAL EATATE
: snd so'-d. 4eb22
j t.MKL BORDER,
I ' PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BED
HOTBL, Bui roup, PA.
II MAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACI.ES. AC.
He l.tcpi on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
' V tcl-.es, Spectacle- of Brilliant Double Refin
?i Gla c?. alto Scotch Pebble Glacae?- Gild
•1 Cbari . Breat-t Pins, Finger Rings, best
■>f • ~d Pens. He will supply t. ..rdcr
• a:ng in kit line not 00 hand [apr.2B/65.
I \ YT. CROYSE
I WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST,
TI i' - -<-t Iwo d rs west of B. P. Harry's
,• !■! v. Bedford, Pa., it now prepared
by bolesale r.li kind? of CIGARS. All
• pr'-:. ; tly filled. Persons desiring pytb:ag
■ :i.-e "ill do well togiw hint a
fle-'.f r 4 V SO. **i.
DIKBORROW k LFT* Edllort and Proprietors.
SHADOWS.
In the old deserted home-teavi.
Where the loved of loug ago
Laid them down to rest forever,
Stranger fuotelepa i-oine and go.
In the hail aniLon the ataucuse
Strange forms" wander every day,
Never dreaming they are passing
Through gray shadow? all the way.
in the grave upon the hillside,
Tn the shadowy heretofore)
One turned back, a last look giviug—
And one standing in the door.
Waved a long and tearful farewell;
And I see their shadows still
Where they stood at their last parting.
In the door and on the hilL
Aud if either jet were living
Who were actors iu the scene,
They would point you out the shadows,
Teil you strangers walked between.
Y'ears ago, white orange blossoms
Gleaming thro' long curls of gold,
Told us that a bride was standing
In that chamber dim, and old.
In the parlors, wide and lofty,
Once there stood a Christinas tree:
And the trembling lights and tokens
Were a goodly sight to see.
Children there with bright eyes spark j
ling.
Matrons, each with smiling lace.
Grandsires with their locks now silvered — j
Formed a picture full of grace.
Iu the darkened, ancient chamber.
Where a sp : iit took its flight.
Strangers, standing on the threshold,
See the dim, uncertain light-
Gleaming through the misty cob-webs
That for years a veil have spread.
Shutting from the sun's bright glances
Ghosts of the departed dead.
Years ago, within that chamber,
Hushed hearts gathered 'round a bed
Where '.he Crown of Life was hovering
O'er a dyir.g mother's bead. •
Could we view, by retrospection,
AH the life scenes of the past.
Could we see the ahadows deepening
Ever round us. thick and fast
1 here would be a ho*t of ahadows
Gliding over land and sea ;
And no nook would be without them—
Every spot would haunted be.
NASBY.
A .'fotiifiewtivn at ihe corners, followed j
by dream which hiii nmc Reference
10 h recent Polltieal Event.
POST Orris, CosrEtnm X S AH j
Wieh is in the State uv Kentucky. 1 -
October 22. 15C7. J
We iieid. last qight. our Ibrinai j diifica
i tion at the Corners, over the result of the
Ohio and Peonsylvany elecshuo?. It was
a glorious occashun, and one which wuz cal
i keiated to cheer the long deprest hearts uv
i the down trodden Democrisy, wieh it did. j
! The church wuz gorgusiy illoominated with
caudles, hung iu festoons in the winders. ;
; Deekin Pogram, in honor uv the oceashun, ;
gave us the use of his two keroseen lamps—
' the pride uv the Corners —wieh wuz arrang
ed in a tabloo in front uv the pulpit, over
wieh wuz hung in peeceful folds, the two
Confederit flags, which Kernel McPelter s
regiment hed borne in honor over myraids
'of ded Yankees. The -antviu heroes of
the Lost Coz in the virinity was present,
' attired in their soiled uniforms, and every- !
thin about the demonstra-hun wuz as in
-1 spiritio as it wuz possible to make it.
; Short and pc-rtinent addresse- was made by
the uffi-helof" the church, wieh i wuz grat
I ified to observe a pins vane of thankfului--
■ ran thro eni. Deekin Pogram shone with
i unwonted brilliancy and unparalleled de
' routiKs He blessed the 1-onl for the uier
|cv wic-h hed been vouchsafed us. The peo
; pie of the North hed vindicated the fykrip
j ter's and bed bin weaned from their infidel
i ity. Now he felt he cood wallop a nigger
j wunst more in safety, and put his foot onto
1 the necks of the deeeudants of Ham. wieh
I was ordained froui the flood.—He felt thank
-1 ful for wat hed bin done for us by Ohio and
i Pennstlvany. and he hoped for as much
from Noo Y'ork. Shood Noo York corn
] plete the work so gloriously comuieost by
>lane and Calif'orny, aud so happily carried
i forerd by Ohio and Pennsrlvany. then he
shood say "N'ow let thy servant depart in
! peese."' If he should survive thejoj- of
the oecashun, he wood to wunst ri cajicher
his niggers—sich uv em as wa? still in the
land of the livin—aod redoose th-.-ni to tht-ir
, normal condishcn. We wood hold em bv
fore , rrustin in the result of the next Pres-
I idenshel elecshun to ratify wat he hed done.
He shood to once buy up wat he cood of
Confedrit Trip. for. blc-s the !>>rd. he f'e.t
now th *t the I/j-t Coz wasn't a? much lost
j as be tbot it w;>.
Other speeches was made. And 'he met t
i in, in a state of high hilarity, adjourned to
Ba-ooni"s wher we made a nite of it T -ui
' vived probably ihe longest of aoy ot the
square drinkers. Ther was those who held
out longer by resort in to sich oomanly sub
terfuges as throwin their likker over their
shoulders and takc-n lite drinks, but sich
i ain't for tnc. It looks, as it is, likeathrow
' in away of the good gifts of nacher: a sac
rificin of the blessins of life to a foolish
! pride. Suthin I never will do.
One bv one. I saw eui droop and roll
gently off the benches. Issaker Gavin first,
McPelter next, Basoom next, and finally
Deekin Pogram. like a giant oak iu a hur
ricane, tottered, rallied, tottered again, aud
finally fell; and I. feelin that my time too
j hed come, went under likewise. I slept,
and sleepin dreamed.
Methawt I was in a vast bildin construct
ed in the Orientile ?tile of arka'ectoor. to
wit: a roof supported by pilli rs. fhese pil
lars was labelled with the battles fot dooriu
the Revolnshun and the last war witMJreat
Britten, the strougest an<l newest bein tick
eted with the battles fought doorin the late
onpleasantais.
"What struckter 1- thi 1 -'.' askt lof the
janitor of the inatitooshun.
"The TempW uv liberty'" ansercd he
promptly
"Wilt show it me?" a-kt 1
"With pleasure sir. -od he. The prcs
'mt occupant of the hUdin ND h* WHO ROW
ALOCALAND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS.
i has control of it, is in an iuner chamber.
Woodst sec him?"
4 "I woodst," remarked I, zud he showed
me iu.
It was a peekooiyer >eeu. On the car
pet on the floor was stretched the form of a
' giant hyer in stature broader across the j
: shoulders, deeper in the chest, and posses- :
sin more iudicashuns of strength and eu
j dooraace than aoy giant I had ever seen.
His face wat rather good lectin and noble,
tho onto it there was an expression of wear
inis aud sarin is. He was fast asleep, and
sleepin as a man does efu-ra terriWeexpeo
ditoor of pby-ikis- and mcotal strength.
"Who is this?" ,-i-kt I of my gide.
"RepuUikanism!" sed he.
| /'Ha !\Yat is thcto wieh be holds so lov
iuiy in his arms ?" askt I.
"Them is the treasures of the Temple, of
wieh the okkupant thereof is exofii.-ho guar
dian. He has only part of em in his anus .
—ef yoo notis, tbc-r are ten of cm under his
I belts."
I looked carefully, and noti.-t that they
I was all labelled with the names of the
Stales—those in his arm? was those of the
, North, and the ten under bis heels wa>
them wieh hed uolortunitly failed in their
• attempt to get ont of the temple. From
t the heft of his heel onto them, it appeared
as tho they were under a triflin restrain.
| Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland he hed
I tightly gripped between his thumb and fin
| ger.
by sleeps bo? askt 1.
"Exhaustion," sed he. "fjich a file as
he has hed to retane possession of this
j place ! Four long yeers her oppo-iti powers j
i attempted by open hostilities to dispossess
him, doorin wieh he was assailed at every
nint, and for three years has poiitikle fite 1
ibin made onto him. doorin wieh he has bin
betrayed by them he sposed was his chosen i
and trusted friends. Last year he hed a
terrible conflict with cm and wuz victoru?
but the strain was too heavy onto him and
t he's bin asleep ever sencc, recooperatin.
| Besides some of his attendin physciaus, in
whom he hed confidence, proved to be
quacks, and they dosed him with restora
tives that, however good they might be. .
wuznr presisely the remedy for the time and |
they increased the stupor utidor wieh he j
was lahotin. Beside? he was attaekt with j
sore head. aDd in addtshun to all this there
wa? barnacles and vampires, and blood suck- j
ers of all kinds, wieh larthur weakened him.
Listin how hard he breathes.
And he was a breathin hard.
At this precise tniuit methawt the gide I
disappeared and there was a aeitashun of i
the curtains of the chamber. Slowly they
lifted up, and to ray surprise I saw teacher?
wieh I recognized. Vallandygutu peered in,
and seeing that the giant was still asleep,
eowe in on tip toe. i>ekooin others to fol
j low. They come. There was Thurtnanofi
Ohio. Yoorhees of Iniiany. Florence. Shars j
j wood and Jerry Black of Peunsvlvany.
•sewarJ. Fernando YVood and Mori-?-y of
j Noo York, aDd Johnson, Fierce, and Book
, anan, and the. whole glorious company of 1
marter?. Cautiously they crept in and tiai
idly ranged themselves about the sleepin
giant and communed among themselves.
"That was too heavj'a load for him to
cariy at his age." chuckled Ben Wood, pin
tin to au immense burden strapped to his
shoulders on wieh was written ' Equality be- |
for- rite Law.
"Yes," sed Johnson, "but he wood Lev
j gnr throo with it, but I tripped himl"
"It was I who put the stone dowt. over
wieh be mostly stumbled, sed Seward in a j
wbisfier.
"To biznis:' sed Yallandygum. "Let)
us git wnt we kin afore he awakens," and
he and Thnrnj3D slily fingered away Ohio,
doin it without disturbin him much. He
did groan slitely, and moved uneasily.
Sbarswood and Jerry Black very' adroitly
slipped Fentisylvanv out from under his
| arm. and again he started up restlessly, and
; -unk back into his slumber agin.
Emboldened with this. Fernando Wood ,
: and Seymour attempted to ?r< ' away No
Yo:k wicb a- the pilfer onto wtch ins h ad i
re?tid. and while they was nianoovtriu it
made a terrible noise, as if he was in agony.
"Its thedeatb tattle in histhtoat!" piped ,
j the ten States under his heels, strivin to rc- j
I iease themselves.
"Its the death rattle in his throat!"
j shreeked they all. throwin off all stealth aud
| ea-h erabbin a f-tait.
In an in.s:ai)- the ?ecnc changed. They
hed overdid it The giant awoke and
• sprii.ein to his feet, glared fiercely onto em.
'The death rattle is it! sed he in a voice
of thunder. "Ha! ha! you minake the
j snorin of a hard sleepin giant for the death
rattle ! —What hev 1 done? Sleepin so long
•j and koowin all the time that a>-asins lurked .
i around me." Shakin the off he
laid about him freely. He pitched Feruan
do and Seymour out head over heels, and
one sweep of his right arm disposed of
Pierce. Bookanan and that pack, and then
misstn Ohio and l'cnusylvany. he observed
YaHandyguui and sharswood, makin off
with em. Uttcrin a howl of rage he sprang
after em. Two leeps sufficed and he wrench
led the 5-tates from their cra?p. not, 'How
ever. ontil Yallandygum had bit a thunderin
-lice out of Ohio, and Shat.-wood one near
i ly as large out of Fenn-ylvania.
At this pint I awoke. The mornin sun
was ccndin her hriHiant beams thro the win
ders of Bascoui's. Around me lay the pros
trate forms of Deekin Pogram, Basccnt,
Captain McPelter, I-akcr Gavitt and the
others who hed bin with me the nite afore.
They was a -feepin and a snorin a? peacfly
a> men ever did. The doors hed bin left
'I open, and the villagers—the early birds who
are aliuz around ketchin the worm? —hed
collected at the door. They did not. vcncher
in. n-.t Knowin how -nund a?!eep we was on
til—as one of em P>id nit afterwards—he
hed seen a hog belonging to Bascom walk in
" the open door and root among Us, gruutin
! approvinly, as tho it reminded bim of his
childhood's dat-. wieh Indeed it did. as he
hed alluz bin fed at a distillery—and then
sati-fied that he was trooly asleep, they
walked iu and helped themselves to refresh
ments at the liar. Turnin cm out qoietlj
witli a stingin tebiook for their dishonesty
in takin advantage of one helplis as Baseom
was. I emptied the contents of his drawer,
and tekoorin it in my Loot, lad down as
! though I was asleep, till they should awake.
' In an hsur he awoke and diskivered that he
bed bin gone thro,
j "Who cood Lev done it?" sed he.
"My dear friend." sed I, "yon was injao
dighua enuff to leave yr-or door open—-ee
ther!" and I pinted to the villagers a reelin
:!.ro the street. '.They're virtuous hut yoo
, put their integrity to a test wieh it cooderit
-fan-I. There wa- t.so much preascr to the
1 - jitare inch on their consheiie -. and tb'-y
coils put. L-t it lie 1 warnin to yoo. I
, don't know that I cood hev resisted it hed I
awakened first." And I awakened the
I'ei-kin. and helped hitn home, starin with
himcf eouise to breakfast.
PriHOLBt M Y. NASBY, P. M.
1 Wieh ia Postmaster. 1
When we are *'iuc. we bav* pur thoughts
; to watch; in our families, our tempers; in
! s/Mfiv iinr iGnmiK
BEDFORD. Pa* FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Q2. 1867.
SKLF-HESTK.VINT--A VlltTlE AND
DUTY
- -11* kntVC kitattl/, *! I"- "V A OMirnillrf.
Self restraint is one of the MOST important
of duties a- WELL as virtues. It should be
exercised daily and bc-utiy. Without it,
ersor and gmit and crime are inevitable?
Th'l E is no individual, however wise, bow
ever elevated, or however powerful, who
does not feel that at times and seasons, his
passion?, his prejudices, his appetites, and
Ids tastes, require to be controlled and re
strained. The defects "f his nature attain
the mastery; and, but for the exercise of a
powerful mental and mora! effort, he would
wander into the wrong path, commit some
excess, or perpetrate SOUK- injustice. But.
"the still small voice" within admonishes,
he pauses, reviews HI position, his inelina
tion and tne path before B'mi, exercises the
virtue of SELF RESTRAINT, and is saved for
the tiuie. If be pursrie another course— if
be disregard the whisperings of reason and
of conscience — if he permit the mere animal
to exercise the mastery — if he cannot or will
not restrain hira?elf, the consequences will
be sad — often deplorable. "Know thyself"
—is the aphorism of an aneic-nt sage. Such
knowledge is indeed important. I rdes? we
understand our own frailties and infirmities
our errors-aud imperfections, our weaknesses
and vices, we shall not be able to master T>r
control ourselves. AH are more or less de
fective, and there are few who see them
selves as others see them. Nay, it fre
quently happens that the very frailties and
infirmities that we detect and deplore in
others, exist in ourselves to a still more se
rious extent, and yet without our knowledge.
\Ye cannot or will not recognize or confess
them. Hence, either blinded by prejudice,
by passion, or by selfishness, we arc unable
to apply the remedy which SEEMS so simple
in the eases ef others. We delude ourselres
into a belief that a'd men are mortal but our
selves: and thus, instead of practising the
virtue of self restraint, we fancy or assume
to fancy, that we do not require tbe exercise
of any such controlling power. And yet
scarcely a day goes by, in which errors are
not committed, simply because we will not
or cannot restrain ourselves. _ How often
dives a garrnlnus tongue get ns into trouble!
How frequently DO we speak rashly and
rapidly, without thinking of what we are
saying, or of the effect which is likely to be
produced. And SO with almost every move
ment of life. The conservative power of
SELF-RESTRAINT is forgotten or negh -tci
Only a few days since, a young man of ex
cellent temper, kind heart, ample means and
many accomplishments, admitted that he
was living a little too fast, and had become
too fond of the wine cup. Ilefelt the evil
effects, both in body and mind, aud he knew
that be was not only his charac
ter, but shortening bis life. Nevertheless,
with these admissions, and with thc>E pros
pects before him, he cou'd not practice the
virtue of self RE-traint. The abyss yawned,
he saw it he felt the impulse that was hur
rying biro on; and yet be could not. or would
not, avoid his fate. And so with almost
every other pernickm? practice. There is
scarcely an individual alive who JS not per
fectly coo'cious that he is indulging in seine
error — that he IS perpetrating some evil—
and that some vile habit has to a certain ex
tent, the control of fcim. Again and again
he will determine to amend and reform.
And yet the multitude.
/ re-re*otn, <></ 'i" lit a?.
There is scarcely a criminal iu the Peniten
tiary who, if he look back and review the
)a-t. cannot point out a period in which,
had he exercised the virtue of self-restraint,
had he obeyed the "still small voice of con
science." he would have turned from tbe
error of his way and become a useful mem
ber f society. But he lacked the moral
courage, and BOW he repents hi- iofirmitv
and the c<m?> jueoces. in sackcloth aud
a-hes. It is difficult to abandon a habit,
however pernicious, when it is the result of
years of practice, and has thus become iden
tified, to a certain extent, with our very be
ing. It then forms part of our daily life, so
to speak. But in the beginning, the infat
uation may be subdued. Nay there is al
way? hope; an I it is far less difficult to over
come an evil propensity, after one or two
vigorou- trials, than the infatuated are apt
to imagine. If the effort be made in a de
termined spirit, and with a view to all the
consequence?, the end will surely be accom
plished A solemn duty with parents, is
not only to inculcate the principle, but to T
teach the practice of self restraint. Oniv a I
shoit time has gone by. siuce we recorded i
the execution of a father for the muider of i
his son. The wretched old man. a few !
minutes before he was launched into eternity j
admitted that his TEMRER had always been .
violent that unfortunately he had never re- '
strained or controlled it. and that hence, he !
was about to expiate his most unnatural -
offence upon the scaffold. But illustrations
may be found in every walk of life. A large
portion of mankind are too impulsive, too
pas-ionatc, too hasty, t <• eager, and too
reckless. They forget and disregard the re
straints which should be impose! by educa
tion, by good feeling, by consideration, bv
sound morals, or by cultivated intellect: and
lcnce. errors and indiscretions are constantly
committed. It is, of course, unreasonable
to exptct perfection in human nature; how- j
ever refined or elevated, and yet the indi- i
vidua! who understands himself, who, aware
of his weaknesses and propensities, is con- ;
t-id -rate and thoughtful, and thus constantly
practices SEEK RESTRAINT, will escape many
anxieties difficulties and misfortunes, which
a disregard of this duty, and a violation of
this virtue, will immediately provoke.—
ti'Jjrrt Mvrru.
THOMAS HOOD'S TRIBUTE TO LITER ATURE.
—My own obligations to literature are a
debt so immense as not to b- canceled, like
ihat of nature, by death itself. Adrift early
in !i!L: upon the great wat err — as pilotless as
Wurdsworth's blind boy in tbe turtle shell—
if I did not come to shipwreck, it was that,
in default of' paternal or fraturnal guidance,
I was rescued, like the ancient mariner, by
guardian spirits, "each one a lovely light,"
who stood as beacon MO my course. Infirm
health and a natural love of reading happily
threw me, instead of worse society, into the
; company of poets, philosophers and SAGES —
'o ine good angels aud ministers of grace.
> From these silent instructors — wao often do
: more than fathers, and always more than
; godfathers, for our temporal and spiritual
interests—from these mild monitors I learn
ed something of THE divine, and more of the
human religion. They were my interpret
ers in the House Beautiful of Gad. and my
guides among the delectable NI lantaic? of
. nature. Tbey reformed by prejudices, cluts
: tened my passions, tempered tnv heart.
I purified my tastes, elevated tuy mind and
directed my a.-piration?. I M, lost in a
. chaos of undigested PROBLEM?, FALSE theories
crude fancies, obscure impulses, and bewil
dering doubts — when these bright intelli
gences called my mental world out of dark
ness like A new creation, and GAVE it "two
great light?," hope and memory — the past
f".x- ti m.vm nn?l th*> fiifrrrp ciin
i
I TIN; TLAULTI;AL* OI*
MECHANICS.
It naid tbat "familiarity breeds con
tempt." \\ liethcr this is so or not, it is
very mire that "familiarity produces care
lessness or indifference. 1 ' Men who have I
spent years among machines, and know I
their power, their inexorable and unpitying !
course, their disregard for human life or limb I
their ungovernable impetus when not held,
like a vicious horse, "well in hand," come
to ioofc upon _ these mighty engines, driven
by an almost irre.?i?table force, as playthings
which may not only be governed bv legiti
mate means, but played and toyed with.
How often we see the engineer or "greaser"
of a stationary or marine engine, following
the connecting rod or crank with o,e hand |
and with the oil can in the other, allowing
his band aud arm to pass through a space
which barely permits the passage of bis limb
and doing this with apparent unconcern.
\\ e have seen the engineer of an upright
stationary engine, thecylinder of which was
on one floor and the walking beam above an
upper floor, jump on the cross bead and ;
travel up and down half a dozen times, oil
ing the slides; he a man weighing over two
hundred pounds and passing through a hole
hardly more than fourteen inches square.
A mis-step would have been fatal or nearly
so—at least the adventurer would havebecu
hopelessly crushed. In eotten mills it used
to be not uncommon to sec the "piecer" on
a mule reach over to attach a brokeD "end"
when tbe outward coming carriage would
almost take him from his feet, which event
would have pierced his abdomen with sev
cral rapidly-revolving and sharply-pointed
steel spindles, insuring as certain death as
the spinning ball from a spirally-grooved
rifiu.
1 bis carelessness, which becomes, iu time,
habit, leads, not seldom, to unplea-att.ii'not
fatal results. Tbe operator of a machine,
having learned ail its "points aud believ
ing he controls all iu powers, frequently as
sumes a management which he is incompe-,
tent to oversee, and become? careless; the
machine refuses to obey bis behests, and he
is mulcted IN an arm, or leg. or life.
\\ e recollect, in our practice as a mechanic
a foreman who ridiculed the idea of throw
ing a beit from tbe shaft for repairing or
"taking up," preferring it should be unla
ced while hanging in dangerous contiguity
with swiftly revolving pulleys or couplings,
and attempted the mending of a belt while
hanging on a shaft in alarming proximity to
these care nothings for human life. He
lost his arm and nearly lost hi? life. He
hai iittlo sympathy but much Annoyance,
and not a little trouble.
At the fair of the American Institute in j
New York city a week or two ago a practi j
cal machinist placed his hand under a ham
mer to remove a "smashed" copper. The
copper was smashed and so was his hand,
it was an accident; but such an accident as
any one but a person, thoughtless through ]
familiarity, would never have been vietimi
zed with. Poor McGowan paid dearly for!
his tcmeritv; he lost his good right hand
Linueli, ai-o, the engineer of the Babcock J
& Wilcox engine, although not careless, in j
the common acceptation of the term, was
foolish in risking bis life I n the holding of a
common forked wrench, which every
machinist knows is not to be depended UFMN.
He sat upon a plank running past the fly
wheel of the engine, and applied his large
forked wrench to the nuts of' the cap of tbe
crank shaft the wrench slipped when he
had his whole pow>-r applied to it, and over I
he weni into the wheel. Nothing could L>e j
more admirable than his presence of mind iu ]
holding to the arms of the wheel, which he ,
did while whirled around with immen.-e ve
locity. until, probably, either through his
senses deserting hirn or through the influ- ]
euce of dizziness, he let eo and was thrown i
with tbe force of a stooe from an ancient j
. ataput, or the centrifugal momentum of a
stone from a boy's sling, and landed, almost
a shapeless mass of humanity, among the
debris of the machinery he demolished in
his course,
These instances show the necessity of
carefulnc-s- iu the management of MA
chinery. We can never forget the adviec of
an old fashioned machinist to his apprentice
on this subject: '-Better be foolishly care
ful than foolishly careless." Many me
chanics seem to imagine they are doing a
nice thing to put on airs before those wb"
do not understand machinery. It is not so !
They are the recipients of pity, if not of J
contempt Scientific America it.
STORIES ABOUT WHITE ANTS.
1 Travelers in the Ea?t have told some won
: derful stories about the ravages committed
by tbe white ants, but the following, from
J an English magazine, are the latest:
"An odd story is largely credited in India
J in regard to the voracity of the white ant.
A gentleman having charge of a chest of
money, placed it on the floor, where it was
speedily attacked by these destructives, who
?oon annihilated ihe bottom of the bag? I
containing the specie, which fell piece by
piece into the hollows of the termites bur
row just underneath the floor where the
box was placed. When tbe coin WAS to be
demanded it was not to be found, hut the
attacks of the ants were ineontestible, and
I the story got abroad that their teeth were
j capable of devouring metal. Some years
aftet wards, when the house was undergoing
repair?, the whole sum was found several I
feet deep in the earth in the midst of the
ant nest. White ants once attacked a Brit
ish ship of tne line, the Aibion. >She wa?
' obliged to put into port in consequence, and
| had to he broken up.
"These creatures are much relished as
food by tbe natives of the interior of India,
jas well as by those of Africa, IN India, be
fore the migration ol the ants, two holes
are bored in the nest opposite to each other;
on the leeward side a pot is placed, which
has been rubbed with aromantie herbs; on
the windward side, a fire is made, the smoke
i of which drives the insects into the pots.
These captured victim.- are then securely
j fastened in. dried over the fire, and ground
into flour, and made into a pastry which is
-old to poor people, but which, if used
abundantly, produces dysentery. At the
I time of the migration of the ant? in Africa,
i myriads of them fall into the water, when
the natives skim off the surface with cala
bashes. then grill them in iron cauldrons
over a larce fire, stirring them as coffee is
stirred. The uatives eat them by handjnls.
without accompaniment or other prepara
tion. and consider them very delicious, I
They are said to resemble in ta?te, sugared j
cream, or weet almond past. The Ilotten
tots eat them very greedily when boiled, and
grow plump and fat upon the food. They
al-oconsume the pupae of the ants, which
they call rice, on account of its resemblance
-o that grain. They cook these in a small
quantity of wat- R. A large nest will some
times yield a bushel of the pupae."
THE chief secret of comfort lies in not suf
fering trifles to vex one. and in prudently
cultivating an undergrowth of small plcas-
I ore?, since very FEW great oqcs are !E[ on
long H USES,
YOLIMK (0: >O. 16
LITTLE CROSSES.
L lirl-l comes to us uioriiiar by tuoi tunc to
present to us for tbe day that i s opening
j unto us divers little crosses, thwarting of
i our own will, interferences with our plans,
j disappointments of oar little pleasure*. Do
we kiss them and take tbeni up, ail follow
i in his rear, like Simou the Cjrenean? Or '
j do wc toss them from u- scornfully, beeaiue
1 they are so little and wait for some great
1 affliction to approve our patience and our
j resignation to his will? Ah, how we might j
j accommodate to the small matters of reli 1
pions generally those Words of the Lord,
"Taketieed that ye despise not one of these
j little ones!" Despise ut.i the- little siu>;
they have ruined many a soul. Despise not
j little duties, they have been to many a saved
| S lO , ari excellent of humanity.
; Despise not litUe temptation.-; lightly uiet
| they have nerved the character of some
j *! erj trial. And despise not little crosses,
. ,or when uken np and lovingly accepted at
I the Lord s hand, they have made meet for
j a great crown, even the crown of righteous
j ness and life, which tbe Lord has promised
j to them that love hitu.
I do not think a man ought to want to i
i rest in this world. He may desire to achieve '•
i the means cf setting himself free from i
! physical taxation. He may say ? "I wii! '
j relinquish in a measure, this, that I mav
j transfer my activity to another - ; herc/'
; 1 hat it is proper for a man to do. But for
j a man to retire from life and society after he
j has been an active force therein, and filled
his_ sphere with usefulness, and seen the
fruits of his labor multiplied at bis hand,
and known the satisfaction of well s{ent
years—nature itself rebukes it. But many
a man at the age of 45 years says to himself:
"I am worth $500,000, atid what a fool I
am to work any longer! lam going to buy
an estate in the country, and be a gentle
man." He buys him an estate, andunder
! takes to be a gentleman, but a man who
has nothing to do is no gentleman. He
, (goes into the country and learns how to gape,
and learns how to wish he knew what to do.
He goes into the country in order to take
the ears every morning, and come to the
city every day to see what is going on. And
j he soons discovers that he ha> made a mis
take, and says: "What a fool 1 was. 1 ,
thought I was unhappy, but I see that I
was not.' And he becomes discontented,
and before two years have gone, he sells his
country place for fifty per cent, less than he
gave, and goes to the city and enters into a
new partnership, and says, "I have learned
that a man had better not give, up his busi
: ness as long as he is able to attend to it.
j He could, I think, have k-aroed it without
j going through that practice. A man ought
not to be_ obliged to stumble upon every
| evil of life in order to find it out. Sorne-
I thing ought to be learned from other peo
| pie's blunders. There are enough of them,
j-//. ID Bttcher.
A HIDE IK THE SEWERS OF P.AKIS. j
But a few of tbe Americans who visit
Paris know of the opportunity which may
be offered them to visit the very extensive
sewerage of Paris and examine its system.
Receiving cards of invitation, we stationed
ourselves near the tower of St. Jacques, at
an iron trapdoor, and the partv were soon
called upon to descend. Aot knowing of
j the tC' trtts operandi of getting into these
| dark regions below, we all felt as if we were
( going to "take a leap in tbe dark.'' but what
■ was our surprise to find elegantly fitted up
i carriages or cars, lighted by four large globe
i lamps on each corner. These cars contain
j twelve persons each, and there were five of
them, making sixty persons, which is the
limit to the number invited at one time.
Of course our ride was limited to the large
tunnel or main sewer, which was about
twenty feet high and fifteen wide. The cars
run on a .ix feet guage track, and are push
ed on a down grade by two men for each car.
The water sewerage or drain is below, and
i- from six to eight feet deep, so that small
boats can be towed all the way, and has
down grade enough to make quite a current.
We rode by this train of cars across the
Boulevard Sebastopo! to the head of Rue
Rivoli, alongside of the palace and Tuileries
gardens, to the place Concord, a distance of
more than three miles, where we disem
barked into boats and sailed under the
whole length of Rue Royale. coming out by
the side of the Church of All
along the main channel are openings, or
trap doors, covered with gratings at the
head of each cross-street, which are matked
by the names of the streets on the side of
the tun Del. By this means complete venti
lation is secured. On the top of the tunnel
are two large iron pipes, in which pass
through the freshwater supply for the city
—one from the aqueducts and artesian wells,
the other from the water pumped up from
the river Seine.
There are also three lines of telegraph
wires inclosed in lead pipes. It is well
known that the great sewers are built for
the underground transportation of troops jn
the time of an insurrection or war. By this
means Napoleon can transport, secretly,
troops from one part of the city to the oth
er, suddenly appearing from the ground at
almost any point. The telegraph would al
so be serviceable on such occasions. Be
sides this navigable sewer, which is fitted
up especially for pleasure trips, there are
smaller sewers running under tweDtv-five
of the principal streets, and the whole
length of the sewerage of Paris, large and
small, including that under construction, 1
was informed, is over three hundred miles
in length, and by these means the drainage
of Paris is effected on a magnificent scaie,
and far surpasses the subterranean wonders
of ancient Rome. — Correspondtmce Clere
land Herald.
THE OLD MAX.— Bow low the head boy;
do reverence to the old man. Once like
you, the vicissitudes of life have silvered
the hair, and changed the round merry fare
to the worn visage, before you. Once that
heart beat with aspirations coequal to any
that you have felt: aspirations crushed by
disappointment, as yours are perhaps des
tine vto be. Once that form stalked proud
ly through the gay scenes of pleasure, the
beau ideal of grace; now the hand of time,
that withers the flowers of yesterday, has
warped that figure and destroyed the noble
carriage. ODce, at your age, he possessed
the thoughts that pass through your brain,
now wishing to accomplish deeds equal to a
nook in fame; anon imagining life a dream,
that the sooner he awoke from the better.
But ha has lived tbe dream very near
through. The time to awaken is very near
at hand; yet his eye ever kindles at old deeds
of daring, and the hand takes a firmer grasp
of the staff. Bow low the head, boy, as
you would, in your old age, be reverenced.
MEN arc more civilized by their pleasures j
than by their occupations-. Business dis- ;
penses not only with ceremony, but often
with common civility: and we should become
rude, repulsive and ungraceful, did we not
recover in our recreations the urbanity which
I i- 10-d ir. the bustle of our live! 3.
AlTi;*!! HAY s.
'•When the Autumn days come,' says
Btecher, "Nature, like a retired merchant,
changes its manner from thrift and bustling
industry to languid leisure and to ostenta
tious luxury. Tbe sun rises later and sets
earlier than w ben it bad all the Summer'!
crops on band, and was playing universal
husbandman There is DO nest-building
now. and no birdsinging—which is a purely
domestic arrangement, designed, on the
| bird's part, to keep peaoe in the family
while the children are being raised, ana
laid aside as soon as the young birds are off
their hands. Mornings come fleeced in
mists, which hang over streams and low,
moist places. The sun plays with them,
but they perish in his arms. A. few bela
ted flowers yet keep watch, but clueflythc
asters, which fringe the fields, star the
edge of forests, and. like a late comer ata
feast, seem bent upon making np for lost
time. At night, crickets ana katydids
scrape their shrill viols, and fill the air
with stridulous music. Over all tbe
shrinking fields, the trees lift up their gov
geous foliage, and, like those who wait for
i the marriage bell ami the bridegroom, they
shine out in glorious apparel. The hills
| forest clad, are become the Lord's younger
■sons, and, like Joseph, they are dressea in
a coat of many colors. October days, short
i between horizons, reach higher into the
vault than any days of the year; and
through them the season seems to look with
softened sadness, as one who, in the calm of
age, meditates on all the mistakes of his
past life, and solemnly thinks upon the ad
vancing future. Along the ience rows,
where seeds and late berries may be found,
birds bop silently, as if ashamed to be seen.
Soon tbey will change their solitary ways
and collect in flocks. To day, the fields wUI
swarui with ihem; to iuorrow, there will
not be one left, and they will be picking
their tood many degrees oflatitude south.
EVEMIVU PARTIES.
No one would accuse Thackery of Puri
tanic scruples or a tendency to religious
croaking. He speaks as a dose observer
and a merely humane critic in one of the
papers found in his recently issued volume,
where he says: "The system of evening
parties is a false and absurd one. Ladies
may frequent them professionally with an
eye to a husband, but a man is an ass who
who takes a wile out of such assemblies,
having no_ other means of judging of his
choice You are not the same person in
your white crape and satin slip as you are in
your morning dress. A man is not the same
in his tight coat, and feverish glazed pumps,
and his stiff white waistcoat, as he is in his
green double breasted frock, his old black
: ditto, or his woolen jacket. And a man is
j doubly an ass who is in the habit of fre
| quenting evening parties, unless he is foroed
j thither in search of a lady to whom he is
attached, 01 unless he is compelled to go by
his wife. A man who loves dancing may lie
set down as an ass: and the fashion is great
ly going out with the increasing good sen
ses of the age. Do not say that he who he
who lives at home, or frequents clubs in
i lieu of balls, is a brute, and has not a prop
el respect for the female sex; on the con
trary, lie may respect it most sincerely.
He feels that a woman appears to advan
tage Dot among those whom she can tiot
care about, but among those whom sho
loves. He thinks her beautiful when she is
at home making tea for her old father. He
believes her to be charming when she is
singing a simple song at the piano, but uot
when she is screeching at an evening party,
lie thinks by far the most valuable part of
, her is her heart: and a kind, simple heart,
my dear, shines in conversation better than
the best of wit. lie admires her best in in
thrcourse with her funily and friends, and
detests the miserable slip-slop that he is
obliged to hear from aDd utter to her in the
course of a hall, and avoids and despises
such meetings."
A MODERN POLITICAL PARABLE.
There was once two young men dwelling
in the same countTy. who were about to
commence a career in life. They were
neighbors—indeed, they lived in the same
house. One of them was rich, straight,
strong, handsome, intellectual, well-school
ed. and trained in all the knowledge necessa
ry for success. The other was poor, a crip
ple, weak homely, dull, ijrnorant, and un
restrained in everything except severe toil.
A< they were about to commence tLe world
for theiu.-c-'ves, the ruler of the land de
creed that they should take a fair and even
start, and the one who succeeded the
best should receive the honor due his suc
cess. But the rich, strong, handsome, in
tellectual and well trained young man ob
jected to giving the poor, ignorant, cripple
a fair start with himself, or allowing the
Boor cripple to compete with him at all.
aving all the advantages of wealth, beauty,
strength and schooling, and claiming to be
the superier beyond doubt, he was afraid to
I compete with his inferior upon equal terms,
ind threatened violence if the poor cripple
was allowed an equal chance in the struggle.
He demanded that a law should be passed
which would not allow the cripple to out
strip him if he could. Because the ruler of
the land would not pass such a law, he
threatened rebellion, massacre, and all sorts
of evil. Is anyhody in doubt as to the
name ot this young man? He was a "high
toned gentleman." and his initials were F.
F. V. — Detroit l*re*i.
THJB LIVE MAS.
The Live Man iz like the little pig, he iz
weaned young, and begins tew root arly.
He iz the pepper sass uv creation—the
all-spice uv the world.
One Live Man in a village iz like a ease
uv itch at a distrikt .skool —he sets. every
body tew scratching at onst.
A man who kan draw New Orleans molas
siss in the month uv January, thru a half
inch auger hole, and sing "Home! sweet
home!', while the moiassiss is run nine, may
be strikly honest, but he aint sudden enuff
for this climate.
The Live Man iz az full uv bizziness az
the conductor uv a street kar; be iz often
like a hornet, very bizzy, but about what
the Lord only knows.
He lights up like a kotton factory, and
haint got enny more time tew spare than a
skool-boy haz Saturday afternoons.
He iz like adekoy dnck, abuv water, and
live at least 18 months during each year.
lie iz like a runaway hoss. he gits the
whole uv the rode.
He trots when he wolxs. and lies down at
uigbt enly bekauze every body else duz.
The Live Man iz always a depe thinker:
he jumps at conclusions just az the frog duz,
and dont alwus land at the spot he iz lookin
at.
He iz the American pet, a periekt mistc
ry tew foreigners; but he naz dun more
(with charcoal) tew workout the greatenes,
uv this kountry than enny other man in it.
lie iz jist az necessary az the grease on an
axelttec.
He dont alwus die rich, but aiwus dies
bizzv, and meets death a good deal az au
oyster duz, without making enDy fuss. —
J'jth Billing*.
KIND works are the brightest flowers of
earth's existence, they make a very paradise
j of the humblest home that the world can
j show. Use them, and especially around
the fireside circle. They are jewels beyond
price, and more precious to head the wouu
: ded heart, and make the weighed down
; spirit glad than all the other blessings the
i world can give.
! IF you have not sense enough to speak.
1 have wit enough to bold your tongue