SUBSCRIPTION TKRMS. &E. TB IBQWHK* i poblibhe.j c.e.y FKIDAT M-.wn inj( *; the following rates: Osc lesa, (i Jrajoe f ) S2M " (it tint paid within six s2.;# " (if not pai.i within the year, 1... $2.00 AH papers outside of the county jisnntiimd w thnnt moticil, st the rx ration oi the time fur wiiiub the fsbeeripttun has been paid. Single copies of the paper fuinisbeti, in winfiftra, at 6TB cents each. Communications on subjects of local or interest are respectfully solicited. To ensure at tention. farurt of this kind must lßtiriiCst he ercompaaM brthe neine of the author, not Jv-r poblieation, bat u a guaranty against .apmduoh- AH letter# pertaining *° UtlSfWWt **f tne once sb >a!i be mMiwwwl to DL'HBORROW A LVTZ. BISNRONW. PA. LAWS.—We wou!d estli the #pecud . y i nti"n of Post Muster? and subscribers to the IsQttftft* to the followiug synopsis of ibo N ws pshper ia* : . , ]. A Fo?tir.a??er i? required to givm not ice ojr Utter O v turning a plpef does not answer the law) when'a subscriber d.es not take his paper oat of the dice, ui t*te the reason* tor its not being taken : and a neglect to do so makes the Postwas tr t 5 the puh-bhers lor the ?*ynrnt. 2 Any person who take? a pttper from tho Poet See, Aether dirveted to his name or another, or whether IK boe subscribed or not is responsible for the pay. 3. If * -ersen order# hU paper discontinued, he must pay ull arrearages, or the publisher may rtinue to snd it until payment i? made, and Collect the whole amount. whether it be taken f'rim 0 - office or not. There can be no legal diticontin uauce until the payment ia made. 4. If the r hgenber order? bis paper to l>e stopped at a ril 1, 1364-tf . A. POINTS. ATTORNEY" AT LAW, CKSWOKD, PA. Respectfully tenders bis professional services T' the public. Office with J. W. Lingenfeiter, Esq., on Juliana street. ."-if- Collections promptly male. [Dec.9,'64-tf. HAYES IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly attend to a'L busi ness intrusted to bis care. Office witbO. 11- Spang. Esq. on Juliana street, three doors .-'UTH of the Mengel House. May 24:1y tLSPY M. A LSI P. . J ATTORNEY AT LAYV, BKDFOKP, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness entrusted to his care IN Bedford and adjoin iug counties. Military claim.-. Pensions, back pay. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the MeDgel House. apl 1, 1864.—tf. 1 r. stress J. w. DICXKRSOJI MAYERS A DICKERSOX, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BRPRORFI, Ptss'A, Office nearly opposite the MENGEL House, will practice in the several Courts of BedlurJ county. Pensions, bouuties and back pay obtained and the purchase of Real Estate attended to, [majll, 66- ly I B. CESSNA. >J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with JOBS CKSSNA, on the square near the Presbyterian Church. All business entrusted to bis care will receive laithful AQD prompt attention. Military Claims. Pension-, Ac., speedily collected. [Jane 9, 1865. Y B. STUCKEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, and REAL ESTATE AGENT. ■ 'SI# on Main Str.et, between Fourth and Fifth, Opposite the Court HOU-E. KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI Will practice in tbe adjoining Counties of Mis souri an 1 Kansas. July 12:tf (MM J. B. LOSOKSECKEB niSSELL 4 LONOEXECKER, I\ .VTTORSKY- A CorssEt-LORs AT LAW, ; Bedford. Pa.. , I YVill attend promptly and faithfully to all bust- j M-R. entrusted to their care. Special attention given to collections and 'he prosecution of claims for Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions. Ac. ear- Office on Juliana street, south of the Court House. " Aprils: Iyr. J' M'D. SH T- R - RRRR CJHARPE A KERIi. 0 A TTORSE YS-A T-LA H . Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining couDties. All business entrusted to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. Office on Jnli&na street, opposite the banking house of Reed A Schell, Bedford, Pa. inar-:tf J. B. DCRBORROW ...JOBS LIT!. DUR BORROW A LUTZ, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BRBForin, I'* , Will attend promptly to all besine.-S tcfrustel to their care. Collections made on the shorie-t no tice. They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents and will give special attention to the prosecution of claims against the Government for Pen -ions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty* Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of tbe Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the ' Men gel Honse" April 23. 1865:t PHYSICIAN 8. U'LL. YV. JAM IS- IN, M. D.. T > BI.OC.DY KIN. P A., Respectfully tender.- bis professional services to tbe people of that place and vicinity. [decß:lyr OK. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully -ender* his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and soinity. Office and residence --II Pitt Street, in the bnilding formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Hofius. [AP'L 1,64. I L M ARBOURG, M. I)., tf i Having permanently located r- SPEETFULLY tenders his pufessional services to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office ON Juliana street, pposite the Bank, one door north ot Hall A Pal mer's office. Aprii 1, IS64—tf. DR. S. G. STATLER, near Scbelleburg. and Dr. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland county, baring associated themselves in the prac tice of Medicin- 1 , respectfully offer TB•' r profes si-OAL services to the citizens of T-eheilsburg and vicinity. Dr. Clarke's office and residence satne AS formerly occupied bv J. White, Esq.. deo'd S. G. STATLKR, Schellsburg, Apriil2:ly. J. J. CLARKE. MISCELLANEOUS. T>L'PP A SHANNON, BANKERS. 1 A BKDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT, ections made for tbe East, West, North and •* tb, a. id the general business of Exchange traa-acted. Notes aud Accounts Collected and f'.EAI it-am et promptly made. REAL E-TATE B BT and sold. feb22 JI V XIEL BORDER, J ' PITT STI KKT, TWO noons WF.ST OF TBE sen • N BOTKL, HEEI-JKI), Pa. W'.T< IJMAKEB AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He r.cep? oo han'l a etock of fine Gold ac 1 Sil- ulchc'S, SpctMrtei of Brilliant Doable ilefln el GU.ies, al? Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold v n Chains. Brra.-t Pin?, Finger King?, beat qua! it jof Gold Pens. He will supply to order t thing in his line not on band. [jpr.2B,'os. I \ W. CHOUSE 1 W HOLBSALK TOBACOOKIST, I* U street two doors west 01 B. F. Harry'a Dr - St- re, Be lford, Pa., ? now prepared to - by wbole.-ale all kinds of CIGARS. All or t. .*> promptly fiilfd. Person? desiring anything ia h |e will do well to give him a call. Bedford, Oct 20. '66 , DURBORRfIfW it LI'TZ KdlDirs nnd Proprietors. SOETRJI. HHASt t' AND HEAKTU, YY e sat and watched the hearth-fire blaze. My friend an i I together ; 1 he crickets .'ung of harvest days, The wood of SUMMER weather. It told of shade, OF storm and suu, Is; native oahlaud story; To him it only spoke of one YY'ho turned all gloom to glory. Tfc E cricket carolled .still of noon. Bright with the -un's cure, : TO him it called a f irm like June, At'.ush with golden ti-•st-. \\ .thin the flames A*| : rit seemed I.) soar Aay AND falter, YY'HILA in his heart a preseuce beamed More steadfast on its altar. The embers ia their -then lied IJOOKTUT out WITH transient FLAEFSES He only SAW sweet eyes that shed Their rays through twilight llfkbes. O'er stubbled fields the autumn wailed. In low and mournful closes. He only heard a song that sailed O'er charmed realms of roses. His eves, once lit with bait'e ire. Aflame with warrior science. Forgot Iheir fierce controlling fire, Their flashes ot defiance. But with a dreamy love-light blessed, More luminous grew and tender. As if the image in hi breat. Had lit them with its splendor. The voice that once his ardor proved, Along the roaring column. NOW to R ,\ steriou- me:,- .res moved. Subdued serenely solemn. He named her,—and the soft words came In musical completeness. As if the breathing of tbe name Had touched his lips with sweetness. YY e grow like that we contemplate, — And a 1 his face was laden YY'iih light as it WOULD emulate Tbe brightness of the maideu. The moon fuii-blown to lily-white. Looked oa with love-lorn pallor; Sh- ki:-W iiis frame forgo, its might. His will forgot its valor. Sh- kissed bis brow and >ia< tiied his hair, Like a consoling mother. And whispered, " I too. only wear The brightness of another. 14 Like Ruth I w; ,k this br ad domain, And wait his lordly gesture : 1 glean hi; light, but reach in vain To touch his princely vesture." \Y itii many a sympathetic guest. The air bung star-beleaguered, YY'hen IN! to her who filled his breast, I'ale Ditn stood transfigured. She smiled on her Endymi TI, And charmed bis dreamy vDion, And all his sou! new glory won Before the sweet transition. This vision fled, —my friend was gone, And left me idly gazing ; But in the hearsh light 1 was showu A future altar blazing. HAD ROADS \NI> TILECRAPI'S.. MIAI.L TJItY lit: PI RI.IC PROP. Ell FY A question which U BE tning every day of greater mom tit Nla es t RL. manac-raent of our nie*n- of -yininiunication ami trans portation WE h.iv- B habituated turnpike roads, C-J-'IY bridges, aud POST offices owned and supiK-rtcd at the public exp-n-e . but it TIVCS U no slicht shock to FH.ink of our railr I-ls and telegraph iiu-.S Staking the E course, and pa-sing from private control an' monopoly into the service of the couituuDity. IA Europe the idea is more fauiiiiar than lit re ; for in several of the Contin-'Otal countries the Government ha-cither built or runs THE railroads, or I both. 111 Switzerland, a.- Dr. Howe has I lately state-!, the telegraph lint's are all in the hands of the Government, with what | result WE shall see hereafter. At the late Social S • -: A C INCR -- ::I Ireland, a pro ' traded discus-ion v.a- had of tbe question : whether the Imperial Government ought ; to buyout the Irish railways, and run them : for a lower rate of fare and freight. One of the most en iehtened .-peak--rs (MR. Gait) urged strongly this course. He said, among j other things : "There was a line which should be drawn 1 between where the State might and ought not to interfere. WH-IE one mm could ! COMPETE with another, there might not he ! any Government ititer ercnee; where there wu- a monopoly, then it wa- theduty of tbe j State to interfere on behalf of the public, j Hear, bear, and applause.) If one uiao I could strike on a plan by which to make a ! sixpenny loaf at tbe e-I-R of'one half-penny. ; it did not follow that the maker would seek to get a sixpence, the price OBTAINED by oth ers who had not hi- secret. He might pre- I'er to sell at tw-nnncr, tin- -pent", or four pence, sou- to increase consumption and make greater profits theteby. Hear.) A book sold at fir-' ; ; T !T guinea and a ba F had lately been SOLD at sixpence. TIC- works of" Sir Walter S.-ott, for examt-V. Tlcse cases iliu-trates how railways might make great profits with lower fares. He then referred | to tbe difference of fare- in the kingdoms. THE London and N rth western Railway i Company charged for 100 miles a* follows ; — First class, 16s. 3d.: sec-nd class, lis. lid.; third ela-s, T>. lid. London and I Yorkshire Company: —lis., SS. od. The Great Northern ati-1 Western of Ireland: US. Id., l"-s. Od., ami 3.1. These ex amples of fare- sbowes had B-*en made ion this question N lGrliameot. lie then referred to all the movements taken last I ses-ion by the peers and MEMBERS of I'arlia- J merit for Ireland, and ot th- ir meeting with j Lord Derby on the SUBJECT; and he H-ped I for the best res-ilf . from these proceedings : The railway- 0 f Ireland might he bought for I TT'.t MKJ.lksi. and the profits would afford the Government ample TO ugin to greatly J reduce the fare-, without 10-< to the revenue : and with great ADVANTAGE to the C-uimunity. I The rate here mentioned - charged on : the Knclis'- atid Irisli railways are. ■ N the ! whole, Jiighf r than ours, and much higher ! than such rate- A- prevail by -O' dal legi-la- I tion on the NEW Y .rt Central Iload. There I ia no doubt tlo-y COULD Is- grcatiy reduced, I and still bring A fair profit to the owners. ' The principal MIV- - -ite of this change in j our customs in TH-' United States is Mr. I Jo-iah Quic. Y, of 1> -T n. lie HAS address ed hoards of trade, legislative committees, i and other organizations, urging that A LOCAL AND GENERA), NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO UOGJFTIRK. EDUCATION, IJETERATURE AND MORALS. some steps he taken in the direction of pur cha-ing the railroads for the pood of the State. This very evening the 31 -t of No vember. he is to present his views to the Social Science Association, now in ses-ion near us. In a pamphlet on this quc-ti in Mr. Quiney ha- stated some of the s;. ; u he favors. He says:— ,4 \\ hat might lc the advantage if gov- ra tuent tuanagemeot of railwav- is -hown not only in the canal system of Nrw York, but even more .striking!;, in the l'o-t office ar ratigements of Et.giand and this country, i The Ho.-t Ofli o conveys our letters on one i sy-tetrt by government management; the j - -i way companies our persons on otic totally j different. The fir-t is conducted primarily for the public good, and incidently for profit. The second exclusively for the benefit of the managers arid stockholders iu the corpora tion-. By the one I can send a look from i here to San Francisco for four cents. By the other I caunot send the same from here to New York for less than fifty. If lam diswvti-fted N ITBHWU* LLWI. I can apply to A man whose interr-st it is to see every abuse at once corrected. In the other, at best, 1 am sent from one employee to another, until troubloand vexation make we submit to im pesitioo. "The telegraph system in Switzerland i full of eugg. -tiuns on this kindred subject. That country is covered with a network of; telegraph wires and the whole is under the control ol the Federal Government. The charge is twenty cents for twenty word.-, i forty for fifty, sixty for one hundred; and the Government has re-olved, after the first | of January, ISils, to reduce the charges fifty . per cent., when a de.-pateh can be sent to j any part of the country for half a cent a j word. L t our merchants, who would pay : five dollar- and five cents for -ending a i hundred words to Washington, meditate on the difference between the Government ! management in Switzerland and onr private , monopolies." We see nothing but good re-ultinc from 1 this movement, in whi--h Mr. Quiney ha.-so prominent a place Whatever may be the decision of the public, after a full cxamina i -i -n of tbe subject, there i- no doubt that a ; i di-.'u-siou of the u-e- and abuses of railroads : will be a great public benefit. At present they arc practically beyond i our control and may be well managed or ill. without the public being aide to protect it- I self from injury, or to -hare io the good re suits. A tew persons generally contrive to; direct ail the operations of a railroad, some times tor their own personal benefit, -ome times forth good of the community, and j sometimes for both, as may be the ease with f the late extraordinary proceedings in regard j to the New York ami Erie and Hartford an-i < Erie 11 -iifoad-. We hear further rumors of a pn-sih!e combination of the Erie au-i On i trai Roads t" keep up or increase the rate.-! of freight. \*ery likely they have no foun dation; f:ut the po-sibility of such combina tion-. and th-nature of the "monopoly that would re-ult from them, should put u- on our guard. It may not be Ls-st for the State to own its railroad-: but io some way it should have the means of regulating them and making them serve the general interests of the people. For this reason we welcome Mr. Quincy's crusade against tl> eiUi™ svstetn. without knowing exactly what ought i to take its place.—JV. F. Ind'-jr ndcitf. THE TERRORS OF BASHFCLNE.— IFJ tht-re i- any d fvct more striking than an other iu if"' American character, it i- bash i fu'o Y. >ing America, in particular, i painfuliy affected by it. An incident is I mcntiou. 1 by a e -rr- spondent. who was -1 - ! -ir. d by his aunt to go to neighlmr Shaw'- ; and see if he had for sale any straw suitable | 1 .- filling lie-2s. '.Mr Sha* say- our in j | f-ruir-i.t. "wa- hies-- -1 with a goodly num ; ; her of Mi-- - Shaw." and I therefore felt a j lit-i 'timid at entsmoterinz them. To make the matti-r worse, I arrived ju-t as the family were seated lor dinner. Stopping at the j door -vay, hat in hand, I s'ot:nner-d out. "Mr. Straw, t-an you spate enough Shaw j to fill a couple of beds?" "Well," replied the old gentleman, glan eing around at his large family, and enjoying : I my mi-take. "I don't know but 1 can, h •* rnanv will you need?" "Before I could recover, th-.se hateful Shan- girls hur-t into a.chorus of laught r, and I returned to my excellent aunt. ' BOOKS IN A FAMILY. —Give us a house furnished with books rather than furnitur--. B-ith if you can, hut books at any rate. To j spend several -lays in a friend's house arid hunger lor something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting d-.-wn 1 on luxurious chairs, and sleeping upon, down is a-if one were bribing your body for the -ike of cheating your uuod. Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. • A house without book- is like a room with I out windows. A book is good company; it i is full of Conversation without loquacity. It i talks to you, not through the car, hut an ! other way. ROBERT HALL, bearing some worldly minded person object to family prayer as j taking up too much time, said that what might seem a loss will be more than com pensate by that spirit of older and regular j lty which the stated observance of this tends ro product' It serve- as an - rice and bor -i r, to pr-'-erve the web of life from unrav eling. "The curse of the Loid is in the hou-e of the wicked; hut He blc-scth the ! habitations <>f the righteous." IF my God cast tue into the furnace to j melt and try me, yet I -hall not be consumed there; for He will -it by the furnace him-clf all the while that I am in it, arid eurioO.-ly look into it. observing when it has done its work, and He will presently withdraw tbe tire. Omy soul, bless arid adore this God of wi-dom, who himself will see the ordering of all thine affliction-, and not trust in the hands of men or angel.-.— Flavcl. PRAYER.—Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the sti!lne-.s of our thought-, the evenness of recollection,-the scat of medita tion, the re-t of our cares, and tbe calm of our tempest; prayer is the i-.-ne of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts: it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meek nc-s. — HLfhop Jerrmy Taylor. DURING the late bathing seasons, a pom pous individual walked up to the office of a ! seaside hotel, aud with considerable flourish, ' signed the Is-'-k, and in aloud voice exclaim ed, "1 in Lieu enant Governor <>f—." "That doesn't mike any difference," says the landloid. "you'll lie treated ju-t as well j as the others " ST. BERNARD calls holy fear the door kcej -rofthe s--ui. A- a nobleman's porter stand- -it th-' door and keeps out vagrants, -i.th- fear of God stands aud keeps a)) „jn ■ ful temptation from entering. HEAVEN rarely grants to the same man the gift of thinking well, speaking well and acting well at ail times. BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20. IBG7. YVES TURN VER S ' ■* KASTKItN VAN- j NfciiSt. Th*re is a SHERIFF residing in Illinois whs wis ' 6. n io and done for OR one occasion, j IF-' made it a prominent pan in his business ; to ferret out and punish peddlers for travel- I ling in the State without a license; but OM: j morning he met his tna'eh in the person of; | a genuine Yankee p-cddler. _ ' "What have YOU GOT tOic-S — anything?" j ; asked the sheriff. i "Yes; what d'ye want? (jot razor- fir-t; 1 that's an article "you n-'- D, '-quire by the j looks of your beard. G'-T flacking, 'twill make them old hoot- of YOURS -bin- you j eao shave in them almost. Ipre GOT balm of; : a thousand flowers, and F-ALTA of Columbia, too — good for the T And so he rattled on. At length the of ficial bought a btt! • of thd F|JM ofColum- B-a, paying therefor ONE and in reply J to the question as to WHIFIER LIE wawtcd - anything else, that fui''--S.IGF>- NJJ -D that BO did—be wanted to S.IE WT- SATIATE# -U- C--nst' for peddling in the State of Illinois, that being his duty. The Yankee showed hitn the -IO- umcnt fixed up G-KW! and strong, in black and white. The sheriff looked at It, arid pro nounced it ail right. Then hitidmg the I bo'tle hack to the pedler, he -aid "I don't think, now that I've kougl.t thi | stuff, that I shall ever want it. I reckon I ; might a- well sell it back to /ou again. ; What will you give for it?" J "O. the stuff is of no use to e; but AS I it's you. sheriff, I'll give you twenty live | cents for it." | The sheriff handed over the Isltle at th-- | ; large discount from his own purjhase, and j i received his change. "Now," .-aid the peddler, "1 ve got one J que-titiu to a-k you. Have you a peddler's ! J hcen-E any where about you? ' "No; I havn't any use for tie article, j ! replied the sheriff. ! "You havent't, eh? Well. 1 guoss we li | ! -eeabout that pretty soon. If lunderstand j the law, it's a dean ca.-E that yet have B-->'TJ : hawking and trading with TI;E —offering the : balm of Columbia --n the highway. I'il iu ! form on you, see if! don't now." The Yankee wa- as good AS hi- word, j When he reached the next village he made his complaint, and the sheriff wa- fin 1 •'or selling without a license. The officer I was afterward heard to sa :hat any one J might just a- ca.-i!y try to B rid a greased j : eel as a Jive Yankee. . RAT: ISAI WAY TO FIGHT DUELS. —Two j friends, who had been schoolmates at Ka ! ton. very early in life entered a eelebra ; red Iri-h regiment. One day, after dinner, iat the mess, some bandinage took place he j sweet, them, which certainly was n it SO far removed from school famiiarity. nor so suf licit ntly adapted to the precision of military punctilio, as by some of the company wu considered absolutely nee.!--ary. Two -FFI ' oers well known for their love of duelling 1 took up the subject, aud at length cave thcui to understand that they mu.-t have a shot or two atone another, or leave the regiment in I disgrace. The two officers were a major ; and a celebrated captain, both natives of the WNEDONT-. The *"'? •, OF TH" voting j ■ friends wa- inevitable, and tli ir very kind j instructors in the necessity of the measur-' j ! voluntarily offered rheii errit->4 as -econd- : jin the affair. As they wtlke-L TO tUeS<-LIL of | HI- >'D, without a grain of animosity aeaiu-t j on • another, hut with ne little dispjea-ur :igainT their friends upon the occasion, who ; ; would listen to no excu-r, apolopv, or ex j planation. Calatuy. having a M NU nt'SOP ! portunitv of speaking to Tndlope apart, ! Iwh--;I-'ri-J : "I il fire at your second, if J'ou 1! fire at , I mine." j "Agreed," replied Trtllnpe. YY'hen they came upr-R. the ground, and all I I due preliminaries had tak N pit. off went | their pi-T -N tog -ther in a straight line at j j their seconds. The ma : orandthe captain j ' were startled, and were found very ready to ! i settle the affair without further proceedings, j BOOK - ..re, no doubt, the readiest road ; to knowledge; but there may he a great deal 1 of knowledge and a great d-.-AL of t*tc with ! I-ut any extensive acquaintance with books, j j If I ■ ntcr the preuii-V- of a working man. ! and find his garden deformed with weeds, j | his one latticed porch broken and un j seemly, his walls discolored, his hearth dirly : I kn-iw that tln-re i- little -eif-re-pect in the ! I master of that hovel, and that he flies from his comfortless home to the nightly gratifica tion which the alehouse supplies. But show j ; me the trim Jroeu- in the spring, or the j gorgeous dahlia in the autumn, flourishing | i in bis neat enclosure; let UN' seethe vine, <>r J the monthly rose, covering his cottage wall in regulated luxuriance; let me find within the neatly sanded 11 mr, tbe well polished furniture, a few book- and a print or two over his chimney; and I am -atisfied fhat the \ ' occupiers of that cottage bare a principle at work within them which will do much to J keep tlit-M from misery ano degradation.— j [ (Th*iritis Knight. A MAN who i- allowed to grow up with his mind entirely neglected, has afflicted upon hiui a grievous wrong. He is out off irotn the sweetest and noblest sources of happiness; and even if he is regarded sim ply as an agent for the production of wealth, he is made by ignorance comparatively use ie-s aud inefficient. Crime and improvi dence, which inevitably produce de-titution are in a great degree cau-ec by ignorance. — I Foic-crlt. WOMEN have a much nicer sense of the beautiful than men. They are, by far, the safer umpires io the niatttrs of propriety and grace. A mere school girl will be T (link ing and writing about the beauty of birds and flowers, while her brother i- robbing the nests and destroying the flowers. SELF-HELP is the BE-t help in the world: when once a man applies to it he will not readily apply to any other help. A work man, it he devote him-clf to the special duty ot making his home hanpy. and of improv ing his condition, will soon raise himself above what demagogues call the oppressed classes. DESPISE not little sins; they have ruined many a soul. Despise not httleduries. they have been to many haughty J R jts an ex cellent discipline of humility, - Despise not little temptation-: rightly met they have often nerved the character for some fiery trial. THE MAN lives most perfectly whose con stant happiness is found iu the consciousness that, in doing the bc-t that he can for him self' he i- al o doing the he.-R that he can for every being that is capable of having good dene to it. IF THE SPRING put forth no blossom-, iu summer there will be no beauty, and in au tumn no fruit. So. if youth be trifled away without improvement, riper years will be contemptible, and old age miserable. WHAT MAY HE DONE IN THE COUNTRY. I have done marveling that city women ; walk -o little. Gradually they will cease !- j together, unl >, the dress mania "lets up." i Directly alter brc-akfa.-t a healthy person de i fc ' re s out of door air; but at that, time, in ! the city, a lad.' has on her "breaklast robe," ' CLi Jeii: and, in order to go presentably ; out. rim imagines it necessary to go to her room aud remodel herself entirely. The robe must ha exchanged for a walking dress; n.c slippers must be discarded tor boots: these boots have about 'x dozen buttons— tbe button L-tener mu- t be found, to secure ih. iu to th- ankle. The white underskirt >■ exoiurn,' d for a Balmoral, to match the I oUer ,-kirt. fhe gloves, belt, and collar whicfii accompany the suit must be hunted up. lue hair must be re arranged for the. pinta il.ar sort of hat worn. The para-.il ' must be found, and the veil: and, by that I time, if any lady's vitality and temper are not. entirely exhausted, -be ti"iy be wble to I walk round one block wlthoat e.-etq'tfif rrtto an omnibus or order in.' a carriage. Now, here iuthc country, ail this cere mony is di-pensed with. If a woman has common sen-e, she will strike for her free doui hen . what vassalage soever she may j feel constrained to undergo on city pave ments. With a -uu umbrella and thick -hoes, she may go bonuetless, in her morning calico, all day; and never change herappar re! from sunrise to -un-cr. unless she meets with -ome accident. The blessed, dewy, fresh hours of eariv morning may be devo ted to something el-E than tbe looking-glass; | iud, it she is anything hut a stick, she will be better, and happier, aud healthier for I this untraminoled enjoyment of'them. ; Compared to the stiff, artificial, -low prom j enadtog of a city pavement, it is woman's • heaven. ; II'N she may go over fences, if she have j a gift for gjroau.l-tie#. without instruction; i AN( L I he clumsier -he is, the more tun is to J LIE G't out of it. As to clothes — haven't I : -aid that they were ot no account? Then there are hill- TO T E climbed, and hills to be chased down, and ditches and brooks to cross, aud -uakc.-. and cows with vicious facia! expres-ion, to exterajiorize a shrill concert at a very -hurt notice. And oh, MV dear girls, with what a rail road Velocity d IC.- <■ ■■ travel in the country! : the cuy for a hunting ground, is a fool to s it. When a man ha- nothing else to do, he | MAKI love a:, n iturully as a duck goes into water; and you might h*so here in the conn tro wiih liait the pains yon usually take when there. Now, iu the city, you — Maria — starei no chauee at all; there are too many other Marias engaged in the satne business. ! And :H n. ifyou succeed in securing his at- j tention there, your mamma, or papa, or I your brother, or some prying "poke" of an aunt, or uncle is always in the parlor, if be call-: but hereyou- may "spear" your fi-h at any moment. There is the piazza, where ! ; the hint is dropped —not to him, of course ' you are not so green a- that /, but at him — about the grove, or THE ( ill. or the wood, j or the lake wh re yon. Maria, always go at -T:h a tin. E. You are perfectly and pro perly "astorii-hed' wheo. afterward, you j find him there —by accident 1 Then, the | lUtie o"'jnerr> L..,qcrtim uu -HE fences, 6C •EI I-e your boots fit -> nicely. Then the flower of the leaves, which you "can't really I put in y -ur hair without a looking-glass," and WHICH HE kin ily volunteers to secure for ; you. '1 hen tb • t -rr irs you undergo at frogs ITI ! thing-, wl.i h tieccs-itate his mauily J protection. Then, if he chance to -leep late in the j morning after such a day of arduous devo tion. what is to hinder your borrowing sotue - body's baby from its nurse and -troliiog di rectly under the window where "you hadn't ti;.- -lightest id- a II" slept," and singing the. :.-.:r little ' tit-y wr-y ' the whole of Moth . ; Go..'--', from b' gioniog to end. till you -unplish the de-ired re-u!T? Now, you J know thai - the way you do; and ifyou had I I sixty more freckles than y u have, and you ■ -houl ler-Wadts were much more prominent. ! and your N '-E sharp :r, and your waist square j er, he would still think you an angel, be | E:iti-E you can keep at him all the time and | follow hitn cunniugly up, without any com petition worth speaking of; and. moreover, j BECAUSE cvcrytbii c in natnre as well as you — birds, bea-T , fish and fowl— are also in 1 the wooing line. OH mark my words, girls: : I the city, AS a hunting ground, is a fool to the countrv ! FANNY FERN. j ANECDOTE OF VICTORIA.—An anecdote ; illu-rraring Victoria's good sense and strict i domestic discipline came to me directly from one who witnessed the occurrence. One day, when the Queen was present in her car nage at a military review, the L'rincess Royal, then rather a wilful girl of about thirteen, sitting on the front seat, seemed di.-po-ed to be rather familiar arid coquettish with some young officers of the esc rt. I ler Majesty gave several reproving looks without avail —"winked at her, bat she wouldn't -lay winked." At length, in flirting with her handkerchief over the side, she dropped ! it —too evidently Dot eceidentally. In stantly two or three young heroes sprang ; from their -addles to return it to her fair • hand, but the awful voice of royalty stayed them. "Stop, gentlemen !" said the Queen, 'just leave il where it lies. Now, my daughter, get down from the carriage aud 1 pick up your handkerchief." There was no help for it. The royal lady proceeded to lift Irom the dust the pretty piece of cambric ind la . She blushed a good deal, shetos -1 her head saucily, and she W.I- doubtless augrv ■ nough. but the morn tying lesson may Slave nipped iti the bud her first impulse to ward eoquetrv. It was hard, but it was whole- one. How many American mothers would be equal to such a piece of Spartan d isci pi i ne? — Grace Grecti tc"nd. YYE YY'ANT MORE PLUMP WOMEN.— The Xeir Y—k Gazette concludes a plea for "plump women" US follows: "But what over education yourgirls have, let tis have less of American girls are notorious lor their pallor and frailty and tendency to wither and ro-E their charms at an early age. This country has no greater want, at the present tit e. than of plump girl- and plump wo men. LT tus have them plump and healthy whether they know anything or not. We can teach their childten what they don't know, if nec—-ary; by all means let ns have rosy, blossoming, solid women. The Pacific railroad is not half so important to the pros perity of this country AS the aggregate avoir dupois of its women. The female sex of AM TIE I ought t> weigh at least half as much NGNIN a- it docs." WHO is wi-E? HE that is teechabie. YV ho is mighty'.' He that conquers himself. Who is rich? U<- that is contented. Who is honored? He that hocoreth others. IJOYE cannot exist in the heart of a woman unless mode -tv is it- companion, nor in that of man unless honor i- its associate. THE true tost of merit in man is to answer the A-mand that is made upon him in his day and generation. YftLCVK *: JiO. M ktiow tf thev A i Aay ~Few persons j "*', 1 " 7 k 'ww, appreciate the noces Mty of keeping the feet warm and dro Most fevers prevalent in thiseoumrv durine the winter months are the result of colds winch :n nme eases out often are produoed by damp and cold feet. In regard to this important matter we clip the following from an exchaueo: Many ot the colds which people are said to catch eammenee at the feet To keep these extremities warm, tliersfore, is to effect an insurance against the almost interminable list ol disorders which spring awt of a " slight cold i iret, nerer be tightly shod. Boots or shoes, when they fit closely, press against , the foot, andl prevent the free ciroulation of t!,e .mod. YV hen, on the contrary, they do I not embrace the foot too tightly, the biood , gets lair play and the spaces left between the leather and the -•.oekiugaare filled with a comfort able supply ot warm air. The sec ond rule is—never sit in damp shoes. It is i often imagined that unless they are posi tively Wi-r, act accessary to ehange t hem whde the feet are at rest. Thi is falacv: for. when the least dampness is ab-oitied into the sole, it is attracted further to the foot itself by its own heat, and thus perspi ration is dangerously checked. Any person may prove this by trying the experiment of neglecting the rule, and his feet will become &>:d and damp after a few moments, al though, on taking oft the shoes and exam ining it, it will appear Quite dry. YYORKING YVrrn GOD. —"YVork," for it is God that Worketh in yon." This Ijeauti ful union ol holy fear, and yet holy courage, or entiie dependence upon God, and yet una and jealous "diligence to make our calling and election sure, " is attainable on) v. nay, I uiigbt say intelligible only, to a spiri tual mind. Not that there is anj'inexpliea ne uiy.-tery in their connection: men are continually acting in the affairs of life in the same way. 1 :.ey clear their ground, sow their crop#, go through all the toils of hus Landry with unremitting diligence, and show they can do more; they watch for the increase, they tliinA of it. they talk of it with the deepest interest, while yet it is undeuia i-lo that they cznoot maka a single blade of wheat to spring up, or bear produce. The sun must shine upon it; the rain must water it. the earth must nourish it; they can com ruand none ol these.— Banyan. BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE —ln an article in c razrr's JJa jazi.,e this brief but beautiful extract occurs: "Education does not eom j menee with the alphabet. It begins with a : mother's 100k —with a father s smile of ap j probation or sign of reproof—with agister's | gentle pressure of the hand, or a brother's noble act of forbearance—with birds' nests 1 admired and not touched—with creeping | ants and almost impossible emmets —with j humming bees and great beehives—with | p!ea-ant walks and shady lanes, and with j thoughts directed in sweet and kindly tones j and words to mature to acts of benevolence, to deeds of virtue, and to the source of all good— to God himself. 1 ' GOOD TEMPER is an inestimable bless ing, both in the workshop and out of it. If people thoughr more of its value, they would beat more pains to secure it. It was a saying of the great Addison, we think, that a good temper is worth five hundred a year. The Christian workman knows how it is to be got. YY'hen not a natural gift, it must be planted and watered by God in the soil of a regenerated nature. TRUE CULTURE is kindliness of feeling. For what \* culture? Is it not the power weacquire of sympathizing with another— of feeling the condition under which he act*, and of regarding one's own circumstances as they effect others, and not so tnuch as they c induce to our own gratification? THE prose of Mr. Robert Young, Lord Derby -pi 'trge for a pension as the ''agri cultural and historical poet" of Ireland, -"•cms to be as comical as his vetse. Favor ing the w..rii with some account ofhimself. in a recent letter, he says, "from causes too tedious to narrate, I was born in the year 1790." Ft NTH continues the caricatures of the Fan Anglican-, and in his last cartoon rep resents him-clf bringing a bundle of soiled clothing marked "Colenso," "Ritualism." j "Rationali-ru," etc.. to a party of washer women, who exclaim in chorus, "There! take 'cm away—we can't be worrited with them things." The washerwoman are bish ops wearing mob caps and the Episcopal robes. MOST people have heard the story of the French mayor's apology to the prinee-mar : -hal, for the omission of a salute when the latter dignitary entered the town of the for mer. "We failed to fire the salute, your i highness," explained the mayor, "for sev enteen reasons. The fir*r_was, we had no cannon: the second —" "Four pardon, M. the mayor," interrupted the prinee; "your first reason is so very excellent that we can dispense with the other sixteen." PUNCH reports the speech ot an Irish M. P., who thought Ireland was overtaxed. "Take a tenth of our income, sir ? Ay, that | they do, and they'd take a twentieth if they dared." Thts is" as good as the case of a ship owner who. with his partner, owned a sixteenth of a ship, and wishing to have his interest separately taxed, returned to the assessors as his share one eight A physician stopped at the shop of a country apotheearv, and inquired for a Pharmacopoeia. "Sir," said the apothecary, "I know of no such farmer living about ! these parts.'. MR. PITT, at Kidderminster, pave the following toast in compliment to the carpet manufacturers: "May the trade of Kidder l minister be trampled under foot by all the world." ENGLAND uses about 220 million pounds of paper annually; France yearly consumes : 105 millions, #hile the I'nited States de mands more paper than both these coun tries combined —440 million pounds. To be angry is to revenge the laults of others on ourselves. — Pope. i WHAT styie of hat is the easiest to wear? That which is not felt, "I love thee still,'' as the quiet husband said to the chattering, wife. VorTH and the lark have their song for the morning, while age and the nightingale have theirs for the evening. HE who beholds the faults of others through his own virtue, is always disposed to forgive them: indulgence is the child of purity of heart. IN making our arrangements to live, we i I should never forget that we have also to ' die. "WALT WHITMAN." Oar first meeting with Walt Whitman occurred under peculiar and appropriate circumstances—on top of a Broadway stage. He had just returned from Washington for a lew week's absence, and it was his first ap pearance on Broadway. The greetings ho receired from * large number of timers as they passed showed that his return was welcome. Some were respectful, others jolly, but all acted as if the poet waa an ex pected and admired friend. Most frequenters of IJroad way are famil iar with W alt Whitman's appearance, so that it scaroelv- needs descriptic*. He is of moderate bight, very broad shouldered and muscular, altogether of the most massive build, with a magnificent head more like Olytpphian Jove's than anything else. His features almost hidden by gray whiskers and mustache, but are strong and expressive, and he has fine, large, and clear blue eyes with a naturally mild expression, but look ing as if a latent fire of tenderness and pas sion wag concealed ia their depths. He wu- dressed plainly, but not coarselv, m a blue coat open at toe neck to display a broad collar and cravat, and wore an im mense felt hat, from beneath which, as the stage rolled up the crowded street, he calm ly gazed, looking, as Tboreau once said, like a born democrat, to whom kings and aris tocracy go by the boards as they have long deserved to. His manner was dignified and courteous, implying tbe natural gentleman; and he spoke with an easy and catura! gracefulness. He secuied as modest aud unassuming as any child, yet manly aod self reliant. His voice was quiet and pleasant, and when he spoke his face had a winning and cheerful expression. lie (ivko ■rfrscoai criticisms or his poems—particularly those of Raster ind other English writers—the former of whom, as he expressed it, '"hits the nail on the head. He said be was too thick skin ned to let the unfavorable comments disturb hi* rest, and had got quite accustomed to them. In reply fco-an inquiry whether he thoughttherewas any similarity between his own poetry and that of Persian and other Ea.-tern writers, as mentioned by Thoreau and some other critics, he said he had never seen much resemblance, and thought Thor eau was mistaken in believing it. He liked to read such poetry, but did not care particularly for it. He said he did not read much, and thought the habit was carried to an excess. Most books were false and did not deserve study. For bis part be preferred to study human nature. It was foolish to think of reading all the new books that came out, as some aspire to do. One might as well at tempt to try a!! the new drinks that were concocted. He had never read either of the Brownings. In reply to the question whether a young man should not improve himself greatly by literary soeiety, he said he did uot believo in cultivating literary ac quaintances. Sueh are a few notes of his conversation. The impression left on the mind was one cf admiration. He gave the idea of an heroic nature, and inspired sympathy and regard. Walt Whitman has attempted to solve a problem of art; whether a man of pure and original powers, can dispense with the knowledge derived from other men's experi ence, and find sufficient support in the men tal sustenance derived from his own intui tions and observation. He has followed the example of Burn*, Woodsworth, and many other poets, and sought for inspiration in nature, human and physical, ignoring books altogether. He has studied the American people and endeavored to embody the result in poetry. While the latter is lacking in literary art, and in continuity of thought, it undeniably possesses merit of a high order. We offer our little word of encouragement to the "Good Greek Poet" and wish him jov and success in his labor.— The .Eventno Mail. WARM CLOTHING. In choosing a warm dress get it as light as you can. Think bow lightly animals, which have to endure great cold, are cloth ed. What is lighter than feathers and fur? A bear can thus teach us a lesson of civili zed science, and a goce can impart wisdom. The principle of the advice given by the wise man. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard," might well be extended to the- example of the way in which the Creator clothes the dumb animals he has made. They are not heavily laden, unless, indeed, it is necessary to protect them with armor; but even then the materia! used is remarkable for its com bination of lightness with strength. The tortoise is shielded more by the arched shape of its shell than by its thickness. There are -orne animals which float in water which are covered heavily, but the weight of their clothes facilitates their movements in the element in which they are intended to live, inasmuch as it enables them to sink to the dapth necessary for them to subsist in. But for warmth, weight is needless, and for -quable warmth it is a positive hindranoe, *ince a heavy dress adds the heat of pres sure to that of protection to those more prominent parts of the figure upon which it rests. If yon want to be warm, choose a material that is not only not thick but light. And when you wish to he protected from windy as well as still cold, wear under or, over a woolen or furry fabric, the thinnest impervious texture you can get. Then you have an arrangement similar to that with which the animals of cold climates are pro vided—viz. thin skin and thick features or hair.— Leisure llov.r. How NATURE COVERS UP BATTLE FIELDS. —"Did I ever tell you," says a cor respondent of an eastern paper, "among the affecting little things one is always see ing in these battle-fields, how, on the ground upon which the battie of Buli Run was fought, I saw pretty, pure, delicate flowers growing out of the empty ammunition boxes: and a wi!d rose thrusting its grateful head throueh the top of a bioken drum, whioh doubtless sounded its last charge in that battle; and a cunning scarlet verbena peeping out of a fragment of bursted shell, in which strange pot it was planted? Wasn't that peace growing ont of war? Even so shall the beautiful and graceful ever grow out of the horrid and terrible things | that transpire in this changing but ever ad vancing world. Nature covers even the battle-grounds with verdure and bloom, j Peace and plenty spring up in the track of the devouring campaign; and all things in nature and society shall work out the prog ress of mankind." LITTLE THINGS. —Springs are little things, but they are sources of large streams; a helm is a little thing, but it governs the course of a ship: a bridle nit is a little thing, but see its use and power; nails and pegs are little things, but they hold the large parts of large buildings together; a word, a look, a frown—all are little things, but powerful for good or evil. Think of this and mind the little things. Pay that little debt—it's promised, redeem it—if it's a shilling hand it over—you know not what important event hangs upon it. Keep your word sacredly— keep it to the children, they will mark it sooner than any one else, and the effect will propably be as lasting as life.* Mind the little things. THE ELASTIC EGO.— Take a good and sound egg, place it in strong vinegar, and allow it to remain twelve hours; it will then become soft and elastic. In this state the 1 egg can be squeezed into a tolerably wide i mouthed bottle: when in it should be eover !ed with water having some soda in it. In a few hours this preparation will restore the ; egg nearly to its original solidity, after which Itbe liquid should be poured off, and the bot tle dried. Keep it as a curiosity, to puzzle your friends for an explanation how the egg was laid in the bottle.