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ATTOSHUTS At UW.
TOHS T. KEAOY,
,! A TTORN EY- A T-LA W.
■ Office oppueite Reed & Scheli'S Batik.
C UUSEL given in English and German. [p!26j
KIMMEI.L AND LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GAIIFUIID, fx.
11 ave formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Juliana Street, two JWRE SOUTH
OT the Mengel House. {.AP>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- sbowe<L what a high rate was
paid iti Ireland. In Belgtitn the rates were
even much lower than on the Caledonian,
| and this was accotapli.-he'L b\ the Govern-
I ment there managing the railway system of
j the country. Great progr- ->s 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
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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.