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[aplifi] I mtl: , si> LIN- ; FXkeltek, [V ATTt r.xtvs AT LAW, aeoroßo, PA. ! . e formed a partnership in the practice of v La* "jffice on ■* aliana Street, two door* booth :te Mrngel is is*. [April 1. I >54-if v | A. POINTS 3i ATTO3KLY AT LAW, Ucnrm. Pa. < -j-eetfufly tec .* hit prufhwinaal services the public. OS wish J. W. Lingenfeiter, . Juliana stre- . r*-c lections T futr lv uiade- 1 Dec.ivV)4-tf. j j lay S3 VINE, ATTORNKT AT LAW, fully and promptly attend t < a! l-si .. ' tuf,i to bis care oSee uUhtt. U. b'pang, j a Jul .aim street, three doors - ; uffl*OT the ! Aiersel House. May 53:1t p-PY M. AX.SIP, fa ATTORNEY AT LAW, BwaroKn, PA v '"-itbfnHv and promptly attend to all Misi- Irairaeted'to bis care in Bedford and adjoin- ; ,eiics. Military claims, Pensions, back I . T inty. Ac. spec iily collected. Office with ■ : ,n & 3pang, •> Juliana street. 2 df-urs s orb j .e Met gel House- apl 1, 1 Sot.—tf. j I verba* J- *• dicekbsos j I t i ..VERS A dicker.- n, VL ATTORNEYS AT LAW. KEDPORI'. PESS'A.. e nearly apposite tbe Mer.gel House, will -. :ise in tbe several Courts of Bedford county. 1 : _ n-S bounties and bark pay obtained and the ; • Y.,-c fßeal Estate attended to. [majll,'"i < tsa | I ; , <3ELL A LONG EXE'. KEH. X, - I- D., \\ Bur Res, PA., V t fully tenders bis professi ,aal services u. ; I : e ale ">.f that place aod vicinity. [decß:tyr I vK. B. V- HA RIYY '• I P.e'pe-Hfailv vender: r,.:- profes-i u-. ear. icea to the -itiieaa of Bedford and vicinity, and re,iden-e n Pitt Street, in the > nil l-.ag :y O uj'ied by Dr. J. XL IlSu<. ;If - LH ! L. MA.Ki:OX*KG, M- X>-. 'J . 1 ... tig pcrsiatcDt'y s t!l rcsj.e"t.i.y . .. Li- poft—iosal scrvi.-w t- the citbena :be : : .-ri and vieinity. Office oc Juliana strccl ethe Bank, one door north of Hall A Pal .u-r's See. • April 1, 1554 —tf. I vR. p. G. STAILER. near Scheiisourg. and I / Dr. J. J. CLARKE.fortacriyof Cumber,:snd I my. having assoi iated tbeio.-eire* in the prae- Medicine, respectfnliy offer the.r profes iai services to tbe citiitns of Scbeiifburg and inity. Dr. Clarke's office and reaWcnte saaaa I ' -nicrlT occupied by J. White, Kso., doc'd. S. G. STATLKB, hes'.-burg, Aprillfcly. J- J- CLARKE. HOTELS. \\TAMIIN'iTON IIOTEL This large and toinißodious bouse, has ,iig ocen c-t Yen by tbe subscriber, is now open for tbe ra eption of visitors and boarders. The room* are -~e. well ventilated, and eoinf -rtabij furci-hed. i :.e table will always be supplied with tbe best tiarbotraa afford. The Ear L sr., bed with haicest Uep a FIRc-T CLAS- HOTEL. TLtri.ing he public for past f: ITS, I rtsr-cetful'y solicit a cnewa! of ibeir patronage. N. B. Har.k.- wiU run .onstanUy between tbe Hotel aod tbe Stilt g. may 1T,'57; ly WM. DIBERT, 1- p'r. MOKRISOJf HCCSE, nUNTIXGDOX. PA. 1 hie purchase-.! and entirely renovated the --e st .>r.and brick building opposite tbe Peon, v.-cia P.ailroß-i Depot, and feave now opened it for the accommodation of the traveliing public, lie' .rp,l u. ti-ure. Be-ls and Bedding are ail i •aw and first elass, and lam safe in say ; t' -A I can offer accommodations not esceiied Central i'encaylvania. I r fer to my p.atron who hat e formerly known • * hiie in ctarge of the Broad Top City Hotel an i Jackson House. 2: tf JOSEPH MORRISON* inCC3LLA9EOp3 p I*PP A SHANNON, BANKERS, II BtUfi'tn. PA. K OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. ;s made for the East, Wert, North and . at, 1 tbe general business of Exchange ■l. ;. jes and Accounts Colb-.ted and . r :: ptlvmadc. REAL EST ATE i Id. febJ2 it vIKL BoKDEIL • ' TI -TEEET, TWO HOURS WEST or TEE Its !! ift, Keinas, PA. MAKER AND DEALER IK JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC " , - is hand a stock of fine Gob! and S:l --,, Spectacles of Brilliant Double RefiD - !- Scotch Pebble iila--cr. Gild h Chair.s, Breast Pins, Finger Ring", best : ■ r-lev . ' n bis line nut on hand. [tpr.2B,'6s. I I r i WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. •i' • '.eet two doers west of B. i". Harry's Bedford, Pa., is now prepared lesale ail kinds of Clii AH.-. ' All lit filled. Pcisons desiring anything •• :i. do well i- give biifi a 'vT, IHKBORRtnv i LIT! Editor* and Proprietors. foctni. SAI D .HULLER. BY J. 0, WHllTitß. Maud Mulier, on a rummer's day. Baked the meadow sweet with hay: Beneath her torn hat gleamed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. Singing, sin- wrought, and her merry glee t he mock-bird echoed Irom his tree. But. when she glaoeed to the tar-offtown. White from its hill-slope looking down, The a wee: song died, and a vague unrest, And a nameless longi-g filled her breast A wish, that sh<- hardly dared to own. For something better than she had known. The Judge rode slowly down the lane, Smoothing bi= hon-'-'a chestnut m.sne. He drew his bridle iu the shade Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid. Arid ask a draught Irom the spriug that dowed Through the meadow across the road. She stooped where the cool spring bubbled op. And filled for him her small liu cap, And blushed as she gave it, looking down On her feet so bare, and her tattered gown. "Thanks!" said the Judge, "a sweeter draught From a fairer hand was never quaffed." He spoke of the grass and flowers and ♦*•;*. Of the singing birds and the humming bees: Then talked of the baying, acd wondered whether The cloud in the west would bring foul weather. And Maud forgo: her brier-torn gown, And her graceful ankles bare and brottu: And listeued. while a pleased surprise booked from her long-lashed hazei eves. At last, like one who for delay- Seeks a vain excuse, he rode away. Maud Muller looked and sighed: "Ah, me! That I the Judge's bride might be: He would dress me up in silk- so Sue, And praise and toast me at his wine. My father should wear a broadcloth coat: My brother should sail a painted boat. I'd dress my mother so grand and gay : And the baby should have a new toy each day. Aff3 I d feed toe hungry and iothe t., - p )r. And all rii iuld bl->. m< who left our do r." The Judge looked back as he climbed the hill. And saw Maud Muller standing still; "A form more fair, a face more sweet. Ne'er hath it been my iot to meet. And her tn 'lest answer and graceful air Show her . -e and good us she is fair. Would she fere mine, and I. to day. Like her. a harvester of hay: No doubtfui balance of rights and wrongs. Nor weary lawyers with cr-diesstongues. But low . : cattle and song of birds. And health and quiet and loving words. " But be thought of bis sisters, proud and cold, And bis mother, vain of her rank and gold. So. closing his heart, ihe Judge rode on. And Maud was left in the field alone. But the lawyers smiled tfcat afternoon. When he hummed in court an old love tuue; And the young girl mused beside the well, Till tue rain on the unraked clover fell. He wedded a wife of richest dower. Who lived for fashion, as he for power. Vet o". in hi? marble hearth's bright glow, He watched a picture come at 1 go: And rweet Maud Mailer's hazel eyes Looked out tn rnelr oceoi surprise. Oft. when the wine in his glass was red. He longed for the wayside well, instead; And closed his eyes on bis garnished rooms. To dream of meadows and clover-blooms, Aud the proud man sighed, with a secret pain; Ah. that I were tree again ! Free as when I rude that day. Where the barefoot maiden rak i h.-. hay.' She married a man ca-ta i anu ; ■ r, .had many children played r .mid her door. But care and sorrow, and child birth pain. Left their traces ou heart ami brain. Ana oft, when the summer ?un sh me hot t tn the new mown hay in the meadow let. And she heard the little spt tug-brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall. Its the shade of lite apple tree again She saw a rider draw hi? rem; And. gazing down with timid uracr She felt h-s pleased eyes read her face. Sometimes he r narrow kitchen walls Stretched away into stately hafis. The weary wheel to a spinne; turned. The tallow candle an astral burned, And for him who 'at by the chimney tug. Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug. A ma .ly form at her side she saw, Ami joy was duty, and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Staying only, "It might have Wen."' Alas for maiden ! aia? for Judge ! For rich repiuer and household drudge ! (tod pity thetn both ! and pity us a!!. Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of ail sad words of tongue or peu. The saddest are the. as Nt-vr k orb now is from Calcutta; so that when loi taire told hi- -utitrynten of the freedom that pre tiled in KngiamL of the tolerance given to religious sects: of the honors pa*d to untitled merit of Newton, buried in Westminister Abbey with almost regal pomp; of Addison, Secret ry of iftute, an J Swift, familiar with prime ministers: ami of the general liberty, happiness u 1 abun dance of the kingdom; France listcnOT in wonder as to a new revelation. The wor? was, of <--ur*e. immediately ]Jat d undct the ban by the French Government 3od th author exiled. Which Only gave it iccrea-- currency and deeper inflatn e. This wus the begnrag • f the bhiiumbl which produced, at length th-- French Revo lotion ofITCT. and which will continue tint? France is blessed with a fr"C awl constitu tional govermi.mt. It Ix can in the higbei classes of the people, for at that day n<>' more than one-third of the French con; read at ail. and a much smaller fraction ou: read -ueb a work as the "Phtl-t-ciphic Jx_t ters"'ard the books which it called foith 86speUien*mai vtt&Aiil-.- in the (h tea tlx ati-i drawing-rooms ol Paris : r uiaii. 1 . years iXjfore the mass of the people knev what the w< rd meant. Among the young nolb men w It® wen early smitten in the utidst <#S a despotist! with the 1 ve of ii'x rty was i i.e Marquis confirmed him I in his attachment to re; übtiuaa institutions, that be remain- i their devoted adherent and advocate as long as be* lived. "May this revolution." said he once to I : _re--. • a- a : o to oppre-sors, " atid as an example P> the oppressed. And iu out* of his l iter.- from the United i .States occurs this sentence: I *"1 havoalways thought that a king was j at U-a-t aus s K'ing; vi wed front this ' sideoi tb; t. .-.u, a kiug cuts a poor figure indeed.' liy the tim h hud lift America, at the i close < f thewar, be had expended in the ser ol' ( ran— ssveit hundred thousand ' j,..,..— a free gift to the Cause of liberty. Hue of the mo-t pleasing eireti-tanees of . i lai Fayette's re-iil nee in Atuelici was th® b wfFeeUoi;ate tidsli.p which existdi i. - ' ;wt •*!! himself ami Heot ial Washington. |j. b„.k. i, up to Wsuhingt-oi as tea father a.- weii a- a chief , and Wa bitigton regarded I* him with ' 1 "• "!•- truly .-jrem-d Ij BEDFORD. Pa.. I KII'AY. DECEMBER 6. l*i;T. Fayette named his eldest son Georg* Wash ington. and never omitted opportunity j to testily his love and venttWOß lor the il- j lustrious American. Franklin, too, was much attached to the youthful enthusiast, and privately wrote to General i> ashing too j askii.g hiui, for the ?oke of the young *n *®l"ojed; "Mar It please yonr honor, who sengugeo uu the other side of the case besides the j ■ JVfHiK KRAI>Y. The greatest charm of Judge John B. Brady's best charge- lay in ibe opening sen tence. Smith and Jouts were fighting \,as ' txi print) over the valae of a certain , -1; 'ntr - >td by the one to the other, and u i for carry ing sand from the Jersey fiats. Smith sw >re that a sounder and more sea vr rtby ves-.d had not existed since the days ! f the Aimuda —that every spar, timber. I ami was peifect, and that lie would j have bo i no -sitation in -rossing the At i laotic in her in an equinoctial gale. Jones ■ swore that there was nat One timber, spar, ! or : but wa- so rotten . to be picked to • pie - with the fingers, asd that he would ■ i t have cr.--.-tl the Nortl river in her from - Fort YVc-hiogton to Gutt-nberg on a calm Juy in n: tturner for an interest in Johns- ' t- wn. When the judge came to charge he jury, his opening sectaoce was "Gentle nen of the jury, upon one point I have no ccasion to aM-i-t your delib.. atioas; if you I know anthiogy in this world, it i- the sea worthiness of the boat!' IV-rbaps they did thoueh they "smiled audibly" as if tbey iii not. at ail event-, tbey de-agreed, and j the precise money value of thesand-schwn •r probably remains undetcruined to this i j d*y. BEN. WADE AND JOSH I" A H.-tJIDDiKUs. Benjamin F. Wade and the late Joshua R. Giddings used to beconstati competitors : 1 at the bar in "old benighted Ashtabula," | their place of residence. In tht early part if bis practice. Wade was defecting a man i again -t an action of slander, ani after hav . : ing concluded a very" effective spech to the ; jury, .-at awkwardly leaning batkwatd. his !eet on the counsel table, andjfacing tjrid dings. who was attempting to beloquent in behalf of bis slandered client. "Old Gid," ! as be was familiarly called, kicw a little smattering of Shakespeare, and now deter . mined to bring that great auya* to his aid. "Gentlemen of the Jury." srid he with much ardor, "He that steals tny purse sieik trash: -"But he that rob? me of tny (o d name " Ahem.] At this point, to his great discomfiture, Shakespeare deserted him. He repeated, ••But he that robs me of uiygood name —" Another pause.] "Taken that I never hat whi-jerea Wade, as if prompting him, tnd so distinct ly as to l heard by all in thtroom. j Ami l the laughter and hi- iwn confusion, Giddings brought his spetch to such a "lame and impotent eonelusbn," that Lis i client recovered but six and quarter cents for his lost character. FINI.Sti COCJiSE.. Judson T. Mills, of South Carolina, was Judee of a district court in \ >rtheru Texas, fond of a joke, hot very decited iu his dis. charge of duty. Thomas Fannin Smith was a practicing lawyer at the bar. _ and having shamefully misstated the law in bisaddres to the Jury, turned to the court and a.-ked the Judge to charge the Jury accordingly. The judge was indignant, and replied. "Does the eounsel take the court to be a I fool ? ' Smith was not abashed by the reproof, but instantly resp< nded— i T trust your honor will not insist on an answer to that question, as I might, in au > -werine it truly, be con-idcred guilty of con ; teu.pt of court." . j "Fine the counsel ten dollars, Mr. Clerk, : sai l the judge. Smith immediately paid the money and remarked that it was ten dollars ruort than the conn could show. "Fine the counsel fifty dollars." said tht : judge. 1 ' Th< fine wus entered by the clerk, ant Smith, not beingrcsdy to respond in tt>t : sum sat down. The nest morning, on the ■ opening of.the court. Smith rose, aod with much deference of manner, began: "May it please your honor, the clerk took that little joke of yours yesterday about the fitly dollars assort jw; as I perceive from the reading o! the minutes. Will your honor i be pleased to inform hiai of his error, and have it erased ?" The coolness of the request and the im plied apology pleased the judge, and he re mitted the nue. cei.TIC vr n\ An Irish counsellor having lost hi* cause, ' which had been tried by three judges, one of whom was esteemed a very able lawyer, though the other two were indifferent, some of the other barristers were merry on the occasion. "Well, now, said be, "who could help it, when there are a hundred judges on the bench?" "A hundred!" said a bystander, '"there were but three." "By SL Patrick!" replied he, "there were one and two ciphers. ' WEBSTEB. \\ hen Hayne, of South Carolina, urged oa by his Southern friends, had made bis speech which called fourth that immortal re ply of the great "Northern Lion," many of Webster's friends, struck with Jfayne's real ability, began to say to each other, "cau Webster answer that?" Mrs. Webster was j present at the Capitol, and was greatly agi-, tated at the fire and force of the hero of South Carolina. >he rode home with a friend in advance of her husband. At last the "Lion' came tramping up the door and. I'jarehed'in, in an easy, unconcerned way. j His wife hastened into' the lia.il jut as she j was. and with tears in her eyes said to him. "can you— can you answer Mr. Hayne?" i With a sort of grunt or quiet roar, her lord turned upon her: Answer him? I'll g-r i n d him-finer than that snuff in your bo*!" In due time the Websteriau thunder roll- j ed through the arches of the capital, and Hayne was ground fine. 4 What do yon think now." says the Gen-1 end's friend to his Southern acquaintance, j "of our Northern lion?" The reply came quick, but rather angrily: I "He's a long jawed, strong-jawed, tongh-j hided devil!" ■ * _* * *j Among the Websteriana there is nothing of his better than the answer to the French j minister, who asked him while Secretary of: State, whether the Cnited State- would rec ognize the new Government of France. The Secretary assumed a very soluinn ton" and attitude, saying: "Why not? The United States has recog-1 nised the Bourbons, the Republic, the I>i- j rectory, the Council of Five Hundred, the Ftrst Consul, the Emperor, Louis XVIII. ! Charles X. Louis Phitlippe, the "Enough! enough!" cried the French minister, perfectly satisfied by such a for midable citation of consistent precedent-. "77c- Stack and liar," by L. ■). Kifft' r. W ASI I.tM FOK"T~ki.ks>* VOl At; n i.s. Iu e\ci> community there is a certain per ccntaeo of useless young men, whose ulti mate conutt ion must excite itu- sympatny and con-ideration of ev< ry pbylanthropi.-t. What will become of them ? We do not put the question as to their future state, but bow wij the;, round off their earthh- ex istence? They have no visible means of support, still ihey bang on, they vegetate, they keep above the ground. In a certain literal sense, they may be said to live, move and have a being. They lounge in offices, promenade the street, appear at social amusements, play the gallant to good na tared ladies and attend to the necessities of lapi i/-. I'tiere moreq , : . t and uodemoo- Mratire life may I* J scribed a an inter mittent torpor, in which meals, cicars. drinks and sleep mark the changes. Their existence would be a mystery, but for their substantial jeople known fan ihary a- "pa. "ma." or "better half," who are able to make provision for the wa.-te and protection of their bodies in the way of clothes and ■ food. Still, ought these tender young men I to be left to thcchanc s of parental or do mestic affection? All are not uoequally fortunate. What shall we do when those dependen cies are precarious? They do not admit of any utilitarian disposition. In cannibal countries they could be eaten as a substitute for vea': their bodies would make excellent fertilizer- for sterile lands: but the preju dices of a christian people would revolt at this solution of the problem. A certain number would be employed as lay figures in : shop windows to exhibit clothes on. but the j tailors might not have confidence in thetn. ; Most of thcra could color meersehams, bat j this business would produce little revenue. : What, then sbail be done ? The tax now I falls upon a few. and oucht to be distribu- ' ted. We propose therefore a .State Asylum for useless young men. An institu- ! tion ef this kind would be easily filled with j those between the ages of eighteen and 1 thirty, who should be grouped and associa- j ted together so that the rude jostling and j friction of the working world would not dis turb their delicate nerves. Here they could cultivate their mous taches. part their hair behind, and practice attitudes. In this resort, with a little en forced exercise to keep their circulation in a healthy state, with dolls to play with as a WIMf ■—>■-> *f \ -yl >V ~ -ietv. the.se useless young uien could be sup ported in ease and comfort, and all muus trious people would be willing to pay the expenses of this institution rather than bear the painful solicitude in regard to the welfare of these sui erfiaous members of so ciety. When provision has been made t v the State for idiots, for the insane, poor, aged and crippled, is it not astounding that a'vlutns have never been erected tor a still more helpless class? Let this philanthrop ic enterprise be started at once. attr- j ti.ICH Kcfj' iMJ . A LATE Sandwich 1.-'iand paper says: j "A correspondent at Kau writes: "The vol j cam is lively, and having fine times. Ao ] less than eleven fires are burning. In dii fereot places about the "where the road goes down, the lava has fiowe-j up six - ty feet and cooled over. Vour feet will if so hot after crossing, that if you should spit on vour toenails thev would hiss, like hot iron 1 But in the neighborhood of the cra ter there are strawberries galore, large and lueious. besides oheloa. A DELICATE TEST.— Dissolve one grain of silver in a small quantity of pure nitric a. id, and then pour this solution ol silver into 3.25" gallons of water, or about eighty bariels. When well diffused through the ma- 5 , put one drop of thi- water upon a plate of glas-, and touch it with a glass rod previously dipped into pure bydrocolone aci- had become pos i .-.osed ol ber own idea- It is set in the memory of .-oine, how earn , etiy an estimable voauj lady claimed, a few years ago, that W diiam Alien Butter had found her lost composition, dropped in a stage, and made owl of it the celebrated . article about Miss Flora MeFiiiiisey, of I Madison Square, who titer had anything ;to wear. There is at tins time a very exei ! ting controversy between a gentleman and t lady, and their multitudinous irienda, as to the authorship of that much-admit c . bled so badly by a vampire as to awake, in a j state of exhausti a, with a face like a corpse: j the fc aof Lis hammock and the floor he- j Death it were saturated with blood, the flow . of which was staunched with great difficulty, j It is the diffi ulty of staunching the blood j 1 which makes tie vampire so dreaded, the j ; quantity which the creature requires to :-at- I J isfy his appetite- being comparatively trifling, j J Some persons .- cm to be especially liable to ! I their attacks, while others can deep in a j room infested with them nightly with impn nity. A gentleman living near Para, and whose house stands on the lank ofaoigar ape, tells me that his room is seldom with out one ot more vaiupires in it after dark, and they have never molested him, aitho" they have bled an unlucky goat in a shed j beneath hi? window until the creature was unable to stand, and was shot as an act of , mercy. A young English lad; who wa.- vis- I ititig at this house was bitten on the first ' night of her arrival, and in spite of the pre ! cautions used, was again bitten a few days afterwards, bleeding from a wound on the under ride of her toe until much weakened. '' These animals only make their attacks in | darkness, and a light kept burning in the j Jeeping-rc mis an effectual safeguard. A i physician, long resident here, tells me that | although poisonous reptiles are somewhat j plemy in the province, the serious accidents from this cause scarcely amount to half a doxen annually in a population of 30,000. ; But enough of reptiles for the present. A Hi MAN TIMEPIECE. —A wonderful story i- told of a man named J. D. Chevsl lMs.~attfiFage astonishing decree of perfection in reckon ing time by an interne! movemont. Hewrs in f: • t, a human timepiece or living clock. In Li- vouth be was accustomed to pay great attention to the ringing of bells and vibrations of pendulums, and by degrees he acquired the power of counting a succession of intervals exactly equal to those which the vibrations of the sound produced. Being on board a steamboat on Lake Geneva on July 14th. 1*32, he engaged to indicate re the crowd around the lapse of a quarter of an hour, or a- many minutes and seconds a.- any one choose to name, and this during a most diversified conversation with those standing by: and further, to indicate by his voice the moment when the hand passed over the quarter, minutes, or any other sub division previously stipulated during the whole course of the experiment. This he did without mistake, notwithstanding the exertions of those about him to distract Lis attention, and clapped his hands at the con riurion of the fixed time. His own account oi hi-gift was a. follows: "I have Acquired by imitation,l labor and patient*, a move ment which neither thought nor labor nor anything can stop. It is similar to that ol a pendulum, whieh at each moment of go ing and returning gives me the space oi three seconds, so that twenty of them make a minute, and these I add to others contin ually. AN idle man always thinks he has a r 'ght to • affronted if a lu-y man does not de vote to him just as much ot his time as he himself ha- H-ure to waste. - - ' ! A COOL HI MB AND. There is one sensible married man in this State. He is a soldier, and was reported to have beta killed, but was only a prisoner, lie returned home to Sod that his wife had turned over a new leaf in the marriaee ser r rice, and that another man occupied his scat in the chimney corner. Did he go to work slaughtering the false wife and new husband? Not much. He walked in, and said: "Well, old gal, bow is things?" "Pretty good. Bill," said the double mar ried woman, not taken aback greatly. '"Which do you prefer, the ofi or the new love?" She hesitated for an instant, and then bat—but—" Ob, spit it light out. Don't mind fay feelings nor the other chap's. I won' t be angry if you come down a little rough on my vanity. Count on tne being amiable. I won't cut np ru=ty if you should go back on me." "I tn glad you're so thoughtful. Bill, and 1 acknowledge that ldo like my present husband best: but if anything should hap pen to him. 1 know nobody else I would so soon join fortunes with again as you." "That's the way to talk. I'll bid you good-by, hoping that no accident will hap pen to the other fellow and that ho will live long to enjoy your delightful society. Good day." And the careless husband traveled off, with his knap.-ack on his back, whistling in a cheery, clear tone, "The girl I left behind me." Skeiku the Sen at Midkk.ht. —ln Ju ly, 186j,_ Hon. J. 11. Campbell. United •States Minister to Norway, with a party of American gentlemen, went far enough north to L :e tbe sun at midnight. It was in 00 degrees north latitude, and they ascended a eliff l.'-'i) feet above the Arctic sea. The scene is thus d eribed "It was late, but >tili sunlight The Arctic ocean stretched away in silent fastness at our feet; the sound of its waves scarcely reached our airy lookout; away in the north the huge old sun swung low along the horizon like a slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock in our grandfather'! parlor corner. We all stood silent looking at our watches. When Loth hands came together at 12, midnight, the full, round orb hung triumphantly above the wave—a bridge of gold running due north spangled the waters between us and him. Ibere he shone in silent majesty which knew no setting. We involuntarily took off our hats—r.o word was said. Com bine. if you can. the most brilliant sunset and sunri-e j HI ever saw. and its beauties will l aie before the gorgeous coloring which now lit up the ccean : heaven ana mountain. In half an hour the sun had swung up perceptibly on its beat, the colors changed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the florid sea. one songster af ter another piped up in the grove behind us —we had slid into another day." Nk K-Tw;sTi.N; ry is told of an eccentric old minister, who was sorely annoyed by a habit his peo ple had acquired (and which prevails, by the way. in all other churches, even now and hi reabcui to s me extent of twisting their necks round every time anybody enter ed the door and passed up the aisle of the ••Lurch, to -ce what manner of person it might be. Wearied with the annoyance, the old man exclaimed, one Sunday; I'Breth ren . if yon will only cease turning your hi ads round whenever the door opens, and you will keep your attention on me. 1 will promise to tell you, as 1 preach, who it is that comes in.'" Accordingly he went on with the c or vices, and presently made a stop one ol the dtacorn entered, saying. "'That is Dcaecu , who keeps the grocery op site." And then he announced in turn the adv r.-t of each individual, proceeding the while with hi- sermon as composedly as •he eircmr.staiK' > would admit, when at last a stranger came in, and he cried out: "A 1.. tie old man in green spectacles and a cab iV;.r at —don t know him—you can ah lc ilr yourselves." It is hardly neoes rv to add that the good man carried his j in:, and there was but little neck-twisting seen in his congregation after that day. Tuk f •;];•• of arbitrary distinctions of birth fine- so edd ilinsrration in the i no ;:g recent letter to tbe /'( ''luk Times. T; writer signs himself simply "A Young er S< n:"' "An incident which occurred to me not many years ago may throw .-ome light on tbe principles which guide the Chapel Royal officials in their distribution of seats. On c!.'. rii c the c-hapel doors one Sunday mom .cg I J3- stopped by the verccr, who said there was no place for me. I had never at t. nded service in it in my life, for I was ol an t creation, but I new that sons of peers had certain privileges of entry; so with a little pardonable*pride of manner I said, 'I asa the son of a peer.' The eldest son?' a-k<_d the verger, just as if he were a young lady in her second season. Xo." said L ruefully, 'a younger son only.' 'Then you cannot have a <=eat until the second lesson.' replied the discriminating verger. It is out of my power to say whether the offer of a two shilling piece would have raised me in the estimation of the simple minded verger to tbi level of an oldest son, for I did not try him. but walked away, moralizing as I went on the advantages and disadvantages attending the position in this world of an el der and ayouDger son." A it it eat deal of trouble is borrowed by the habit of looking at things wrong end foremost. Mow disconsolate you look!" said a bucket to a fellow bucket as they were going to the we!!. "Ah ,J "' replied the other, "1 was reflecting on the uselessness of our being filled; for let us go away ever so full, we always come back empty." "Dear me' how strange to lock at it in that way." said the bucket, "now I enjoy tho thought that however empty we come, we always go away full. Only look at it in that light and you'll be as cheerful as I am." Uuririi AATSiY OK Psesidbjt Jackson.— New Orleans to Phiia3elpbis,*Wi..tattle of President, a hale, buxom young widow, greeted him with a shake of both at the same instant exclaiming; "My dear genera', I am delighted to see you; I hate walked six miles this morning to enioy this rare felicity." To this the President re plied, with an air of dicniSed gallantry: Madam. I regret that I had not known your wishes earlier; I certainly would have walked half way to meet you. It is via that the Viceroy of Egvpt, durine his late visit to Paris desired a lady of great taste to purchase him eighty-one silk dresses. These were for the ladies of hi- seraglio, and the bill amounted to forty senven thousand francs, neatly SIO,OOO. <>n heating the above, a Parisian beauty. Madame la Comtesee dc X., is said to have exclaimed, "Ah! that is the right kind of a husband, Lc does things up well. A man in a blouse once said. "I have' uo more influence than a farthing rushlight. "Weil, was the reply, "a farthing rush light can do a good deal, it can set a bay sta k on lire, it can burn down a bouse, yea, more, it will enable a poor creature to read aeL uter in God's book. Go your way, friend, let your rushlight so sbiDe before men. that others seeing your cood works may glorify your Father which is in heaven. \ YOrsosTT.it who wanted liauor at tlio Portland City Agency for a "mechanical purpose." further explained tha it was I needed for sawing wooa.