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The law proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay for what.he uses. 5. The courts have (leeidol that refusing to take new-papers and periodicals from the Post office, or removing and having them unralle.l for, U prima facia evidence ui intentional fraud. fcftstooal & Pfgfcg* £an!s. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. J OHN T. KEAGV, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office opposite Reed A Seheil's Bank. Couaiel giTon in English and German. [apL2f>] K ,MMELL AND LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDI-OBD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practise of the Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran Church. [April 1, ls4-tf A. POINT.-, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services to the public. Office with J. W. Lingen felter, Esq., on Public -quare near Lutheran Church. "•T"Collections pr. mpGy made. [Dec.9,'64-tf. I |I AYILS IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly attend to all haas ' it..rusted '> h . : re. Offi .•<■. with G. H. Spang. Fs j.jOn Juli&na street, three doors south of the j Mr. t 1 Hou-e. May 24:1y ; T.WY IW. ALFIP, j.J ATTORNEY \T LAW, Brnroan, PA., Will faithfnily andpromptiy attend to ,1 busi ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin n counties. Military claims, Pensions, back pay, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors South of the Mengel House. afdl, 1861.—ff. B. r. buy BBS t. w. mccßftaoß MEYERS A DICKERfON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BKDFOBO, I'KMM'A., Office nearly opposito the Meugel House, will practice in the several Courts of Bedford eouuty. Pensions, bounties mid back pay obtained and the i purchase o: Real listed-attended to. [may n.'Cfi-ly JR. DUUiJOKUO W , ATTORNEY AT LAW, BKBFORU, PA., : Will aifend promptly to all business Intrnstol to 1 Ais care. Collections made oa the shortest no tice lit •, a. o, ai. alar y licensed Claim t,:. I nil give special a'tention to the pm-ccution ; . '.is s against (he Government for Pensions, : Back 1 ay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. iiffi. e on Julians Greet, one door South of the Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the 'MODgel House" ' April 28, 1?65:f jjjf B STUCK HY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ! and REAL ESTATE AGENT, Office on Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth, I Opposite the Court House, KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI. j Will practice in the adjoining Counties of Mis - . souri and Kansas. July 12:tf ' a. n. nrssisLU J B. i.OSOKVKI kf.o OUBSELL A LONGKXECKEK, Jt\ .VTTOBSETS A CorySELtORS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., "Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi ness entrusted to their care. Special attention given to collections and the prosecution of claims for Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac ,y-Sr Office on Juliana street, south of the Court House. Aprile:lyr. J' M'P. SHARPS E. F. KERR OIiARPE A KERR, 0 A TTORNE YS-A T-LA W. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining counties. All business entrusted to their rare will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from tho Government. Office on Juliana Mreet, opposite the banking house of Reed A Schell. Bedford, Pa. mar2:tf PHYSICIANS. W. JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY- Row, PA., Respectfully tenders his professional services to j the people of that pie e and vicinity. [deeS:tvr j-jK. B. F. HARRY, UespcctfuUy tenders his professional = r. vices to the citizens o- Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building former; , :up:ed > I'r. J. H. Hofius. ! Ap'i id' . r , Tf 8. G. STAT! PR. hex? r. ".h eg, r! U l)r J. t. C'.AiiK K, : rati [v of Cllj'.i ikjud i 7, assVv tl missive? In the prac- j ti * Mc hewn, rc.-juctfuisy oiler prGfts \ >4-n u> '&is citiiena of Scnolfsnorg anj i • ity at. • I -.E'E ' ITUH AT 1 rwijeiw- s\inc *<■ l . occupied ' v J. White, Es?(., 8. Ct. BTATf>ERy SchelUburg, AprUl24jv J- J. CLAKKE. M ISCEIIL AN KGU S . / t E. SHANNON, BANKER. *_*• BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. Collections made for the East, West, North and ? th. and the general business W E.vchange iransacted. "Notes and Accounts Coli : ted and U -nHtanees promptlymadc. REAL ESTATE bought and sold. fel>22 1 kANIKL BtiRDKK,' i * I'ITT HTRt K TWO DOORS W F-8T Of TBB BEI>- F' RD BOTFL. RR FORD. PA. V, ATCB MARKS AND DEALER. IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He beeps on hand a of tine <rold and Sti ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch Pel-hie Glasses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast I'ins, Finger Rings, best quality uf Gobl PMis. He will supply to order any thin" in his line ri d on hand. [pr.2B,'fis. c, P. IIAIUJAUCIi & SOU, ia. Travelling Deair* in N 0 T I 0 N S . 11l tbe county once every two mouths. SELL GOODS- AY CITY PRICES. Agents for (be Chauihersburg Woolen Manufac turing Company. Apl l:ly I) W. 0 ROUSE, * • DKAJJJR IN CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, &C., On Pitt street one door east of Geo. R. Oster * Co.'- Store, Bedford, Pa., it now prepared Ui -ell by w:: desuie ail kinds of CIGARS. All orders promptly filled. Persons desiring anything in bis iine will do well * ■ give him a cail. DeiUerd Oct 29. ' I I IIIMI——II—■ _ ( . „ . . . JOHN LI'TZ, EdUw and Proprietor. Jfuquim Column. - - fpo ADVERTISERS: } f * t J I rf THE BEDFORD INQUIRER. 1 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY JOHN LUTZ, OFFICE ON JULIANA STREET, BEDFORD, PA. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN SOUTII- WESTERN PENNSTL VANIA. CIRCULATION OVER 1500. I HOME AND FOREIGN ADVERTISE MENTS INSERTED ON REA DABLE TERM- A Fiiw-i CLArS NEW, PAPKiL TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $2.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. JOB MINTING: ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH, AND IN THE LATEST & MOST APPROVED STYLE, BUCHAS POSTERS OP ANY SIZE, CIRCULARS, BUSINESS CARDS, WEDDING AND VISITING CARDS, BALL TICKETS, PROGRAMMES, CONCERT TICKETS, ORDBK BOOKS, SEUAK i. 1 RECEIi i,. LB'i A . : 'NKS, PHOTOGRAPHER'S CARDS, BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, PAMPHLETS, PAPER BOOKS, ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC. ■/* ; i v Oar faciiitiaj for doing all kinds of Job Printing are equalled by Yery few establishment* in the country. Orders by mail promptly filled. All letters should be addressed to JOHN LUW. & Jioral anft k£rnrval ilrtospapcr, Seboifti to i>olitirs, t*?tiucation, literature anti i-tXovals. TIIE BEAVER. A weaver sat by tbe side of bis lootn, A Ringing his shuttle last; And a thread that would wear till the hour of doom Was added at every east. His warp had been by the angels spun. And his weft was bright and uew, fiike threads which the morning unhraids from the Sup, All jewelled over with dew. And fresh-lipped, bright-eyed, beautiful flow era I n the rich, soft web were bedded: And blithe to the weaver sped onward the hours; Not yet were Time's feet leaded ! But something there cam© slow stealing by, And a shade on the fabric fell; And I saw that tbe shuttle less blithely did fly, For thought hath a wearisome spell. And a thread that next o'er tbe warp was lain, Was of melancholy gray; And anon I marked there a tear drop's slain, Where the flowers had fallen away. But still the weavty kept weaving on, Though tbe fabric all was gray; And the flowers, and the buds, and the leaves were gone, And the gold threads cankered lay. And dark, and still darker, and darker grew Each newly woven thread; And some there were of a death mocking hue, And some of a bloody red. AH things all strange were woven in; Sighs, and down crushed hopes, and fears; And the web was broken, and poor, and thin, And it dripped with living.tears. And the weaver fain would have flung it aside. But he knew it would he a sin: So in light and iu gloom the shuttle he plied, A weaving these life-cords in. And as lie wove, and sveepiug, stiii wove, A tempter stole him nigh. And with glazing word he" win to- Grove,' Bu ;he weaver tur: hi ye. I upward turned Li> i e i heave:: And still wove on, < c-i T lie last, last cord . >m 1 , heart Was riven. A; the tissue stra: .. wus d Then he threw it about his shouiders bowed. And about his grizzled head; And gathering close the folds of his shroud, Lay him down air.org the dead. And I after saw, in a robe of light, The weaver in the sky; The angels' wings were not more bright, And the stars grew piile at sight. ANECDOTE OF STUART, THE PAINTER. At another tiuie lie was dining with Gouv erneur Morris, after that gentleman's re- ' turn from Portugal. There was a large par- j ty of handsome women and fashionable men, who occupied high positions in Church or State, and carried their honors bravely. The-conversation was chiefly about wince, and especially port wine and vintages; their host maintaining, as well be might, that in this country we never saw any real port wine; and, among other pleasant things, be averred that more port wine, or what passed for port wine, was drank in Ixiudon than was ever made in Portugal; that even there the genuine article was never to be had for love or money, except under peculiar cir cumstances, —even the "old port" of Lon don docks being, at best, but a decoction of logwood and elder-berries or grape cuttings: and that, in fact, the real Simon Pure was so utterly unlike what passes for port wise here and elsewhere, that our best judges would call it insipid, having neither body nor soul. Nevertheless, be had managed while in Portugal to make an arrangement whereby he could obtain a quarter pipe now and tben for himself or a friend as a special favor, the Government itself being afraid to allow the exportation of unadulterated wines, lest they should injure the sale of the rest. "And now," said he, "to show you all how you have been abused in this matter, I must beg of you to try a glass of what I call port wine, —old port. Here George," (to a waiter behind bis chair), "bring us up,— let me see," —and here be glanced up and down tbe long table, as if counting noses, — "brin ft up three bottles, not more, —I can not afford more, till uiy stock is replenished —of the vintage I Lave been telling you of, —and give us clean glares." The waiter sooa appeared with just three bottles, fat au 1 chunky, and covered with dust and cobwebs. ■ et- m gla- - were rati .rundersized.h ist be acknowledged; | but they were fillet':, and held up to the light, if> J looked through, snd then there was j d alof talk about th. aroma,—the i urqui. ' ! .!;:•! what they called the t.uJy, as if it | were condensed sunshine, flashing through ; a live grapery. Stuart was just raising the glass to his lips, when he caught a whiff of the areata, and set it down, without tast ing it, and without being observed. The talk went on. The ladies began to chirp and chatter like sparrows on the house tops, —1 give Stuart's language, not my own, — and the sparkle of their eyes, and the un common freshness of their lips, by the time they had managed the second glass, only served to strengthen his convictions. At last, after collecting the suffrages, which were not only unanimous but enthu siastic, the host turned to Stuart, and, see ing a full glass before him, asked what he had to say for hiruself, and whether he had ever met with such old port in his life be fore. "Never!" said Btuart; and then the host nodded and smiled, and looked about with a triumphant air, as much as to say, What did I tell you ? "Never 1" but still there was something in the look or tone of his guest which puzzled Mr. Morris, and seemed to call for explanation, "Come, come, Stuart!" said he, "none of your tricks upon travellers. We want your hon est opinion, for we all know you are the best judge of wines to be found on this side of the water; and therefore 1 ask you once more, in all seriousness, if you ever drank such old port in all your life, either at home or abroad, 'pon your honor, now ?" "Never" said Stuart, —"never!" And tben there was a dead silence, and the host himself began to look uneasy, not knowing how to understand what he believed to be BEDFORD, PA., FRICAY, DEC. 11- 1868. i one of Stuart's jokes; and then Stuart added in bis own peculiar way : "You must ex cuse me, my friend, and you ladies and gen tlemen; but I assure you that what you have ail been taking for old port wine is not wine at all." "Not wine at all," exclaimed Morris, al most jumping out of his chair, —"why, what the—plague—is it then 1" "I should call it, —excuse me," —taking a sniff, as he passed it back and forth before his nose.—"l should call it cherry iumnce!" For a moment the host appeared thunder struck, well nigh speechless with amaze ment; but then, as if suddenly recollecting himself, his countenance underwent a change, and, calling the waiter, he said, "George, you scoundrel 1" in a sort of stake whisper, that could be heard all over the room, —"George, tell mc whete you found these bottles." The poor fellow trembled and shook; but after a few words of expla nation, Morris threw himselfbnck in his chair, and laughed and laughed until it seem ed as if he would never stop; and it turned out that this port wine, so carefully selected by bim in Oporlo, and sent home years be fore, as he thought, was indeed nothing but cherry bounce, which had been put up and set aside for family use on special oocasions loDg before be went abroad, till it was en tirely forgotteu.— from the Atlantic Month ly for December . BREAD AND HAUIES. We are constantly asked, if women vote what will become of tbe bread and babies? In view of tbe heavy bread, and badly cooked food we find on most tables, and the shocking mortality among infants, we con template, with wonder and pity, the blind faith of man in the maternal and culinary intelligence of the weak minded who have no aspirations beyond Ilecker's flour, Mrs. Window's soothing syrup, and Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machines. Seeing that women have devoted themselves through the ages to domestic economy and failed, as miserably as men have in the art of govern ment, he have, after mature thought, come to the conclusion thatju.-t as women's en lighten 1 interest in political questions will improve state, so i: in s.skill and science are neecs ary :o redeem the home from its pi c ent disorder, disease, and death. If there are two t' nes we thoroughly under stand, y are babk - and b' .01, and for ur know i dge of both these divine arts we are indebted to philosophical, scientific gen tlemen. The only valuable work we ever saw on infancy was written by a man, Andrew Cope, of Scotland, a close observer, a sound thinker, _and a learned physiologist. We shall never forget how tempest tossed we were when we first found ourself the happy possessor of a male child without the sligh test knowledge of what to do for his comfort and protection. An ignorant nurse fidgeted rouud the room day and night, sang melan choly ditties, and rocked vehemently, while the child cried coutinually with a loud voice, and we wept, prayed, and philosophized by turns. Reasoning on general principles, we at last came to tbe conclusion that inasmuch as the child was large and vigorous, there must be some mistake on the part of the nurse that ho was not quiet and comfortable we fortified ourself in the opinion by a faith ful reading of what Mr. Compe had to say on babies in general. The result of this consideration of his opinions was a prompt revolution in the whole nursery department and a transfer of pain from the baby to the nurse, who stood humbled and chagrined as she saw her time honored system summarily set aside —the pins, paregoric, catmint, and cradle driven out —while pure air, sunlight, and common sense walked in. Oh ! wha sighs, what groans what doubtful shakings of the head, what suppressed langhter, and whisperings in the hall we heard during the first few days after the inauguration of that dynasty of health, happiness, and rest to that newborn soul. When the three hours cry began that day which ancient dames assured us was a cus tom that had been faithfully kept by all the sons of Adam from time immemorial, wc ordered the little sufferer to be promptly stripped to tbe skin and putin a warm bath; that brought instant relief, after which he was dressed in a few light garments hung on the shoulders, with no swaddling bands, no pressure on tbe lungs or bowels, and laid down to sleep. He was fed (according to Combe) every two hours by day, and but once during the night After that we had peace, though eternal vigilance on our side was its price. The custom of pinning ba bies up tight as a drum is both cruel and absurd. We asked the antiquarian who tortured our fi r st bctn in that way, why she did it ? "The bones of young babies are so soft and their fle*h so tender," she said, "that they are in constant danger of di-dilu tion utf - tightly pinioned together." We s iothed her fears by pointing to the fact that coit i! calves, nappies an 1 kittens, !1 liveo and - uirL*K I without LtuJage., and lb. bet St of -ho ra.-e we sai lwc would, kel! ex; inicnt. r. one of the human unily. If habit - are regular!: fed, bathed, and comfortably dre-sed, and in a pure atmos phere, they will be quiet and healthy. The ignorance of women on these subjects is truly lamentable. We have seen children a year old that had never tasted water, when (hey should have it half a dozen times a day from the hour of their birth. We have found fathers who worked hard all day complain bitterly of being disturbed atnight by crying children, hence the common use of Mrs. Winslows's soothing syrup, which only tends to increase the irritable condition of tbe nervous system, and permanently weaken the brain. Young mothers no doubt imagine that this Mrs. Window is some experienced, hu inaue old lady, who loves little children, knows just how to soothe them to sleep, and pilot them through all the pitfalls of infancy while, in fact, this abominable syrup, is compounded by some ignorant man in whis kers, broadcloth and boots, who lives and fattens ou his ill-;: ition gains, while babies are sent by the hundreds to untimely graves or made idiots or lunatics for life— Mrs. E. Cady Stanton. AN experienced paper-bacger states that turpentine, mingled in the paste at the time of papering, is a sure remedy against bugs and insects of all kinds in walls that arc papered. A YOUNG ladies' motto —"The lips that touch liquor shall Dever touch* mine." LAWYERS are lucky. They can do lots of ' courtin and uot be engaged. . BOSTON TRESS DINNER. Last Saturday evening the Boston Press took its annual dinner at the Revere House. Mr. Edwin B. Haskell, of the Herald, pre sided; Mr. W. B. Smart, of the Post, acted as Secretary; and Mr. B. F. Guild, of the Commercial Bulletin, read a short and spicy pociu. At the close of the dinner the Pres ident read the following paper giving ans wers which were said to have been written by persons who hud been invited to preside at the next dinner : Mr. Seymour writes: "My heart is with you, but your candidate I cannot be." President Grant writes "I don't want it. Got a gO'id thing now." Chief Justice Chase writes : "I will stand if I can name the bill of fare at the next supper. " PendldVbn writes: "Gladly, if I cau be allowed to is.-me in dividual greenbacks to pay the score." Colfax writes: "I have married a wife and cannot come." Frank Blair writes; "Certainly, anything, if I can be dead headed. '' Andy Johnson writes: "Having occupied every office from Al derman of my native village to President of the United States, why should I want it? Nevertheless, I will take it." Nasby says: "I will come if you send on a flask of whisky and a railroad pass. I can't get trusted here since the 2d instantaneous." Brick Pomeroy observes: "Keep Marble away and I will come. If you envite him he will not live to finish his supper." Marble writes : "I am ever vigorous and undaunted; but 1 should insist on changing the bill of fare at the last moment if I did not like it." Governor Rullock says: "I shall try to come. Say to the total abstinence men of your party thai I pre fer to have no liquors, and to the liberals that I bespeak a good quantity of generous wine." Genera: ; l incoek writes "I would giadly be President, but nut;' ing would tempt me to be seeretan From J. Q. Adams:, "Exeti.-f me; I feel just now ;u> th >ugl. I bad been thrust into life too eariy. Perhaps I will bv and by." Gov. Clafiin writes: "I know I shouldn't make much of a President; but if a poor and pious President will do, I atn your man." From Horace Greeley: "The man who says that I would not come is a liar and a slave ! Men and breth ren, I am coming." Ben. Butler writes; "I have just purloined a letter, from you, sent to another man through the post office. I am now engaged in collecting evidoncn against your private character because you did not send mean invitation." THE CHEMISTRY OF AUTUMNAL TINTS: The striking change in the hues of the foliage of plants and trees during the autumn months, can hardly fail to excite the wonder and curiosity of the moat indifferent obser ver. Through what agency is this change effected? We know that up to a certain period of the year, when the vital -ap flows freely and the life principle in vegetable growths is active, the prevailing hue of the leaves is of a dazzling green, and that this peculiar color is due to a chemical principle common to all plants called chlorophyl. This substance in many respects resembles wax, and is contained in the deep cells or ineso phyllum of the leaves. It may be readily isolated or extracted from its receptacles, and subjected to chemical examination. Alcohol dissolves it readily, and from its solution it may be deposited in granular form. It consists of two separate principles, one of which forms a red compound with acids, and tbe other yellow with alkalies. The blending of these two coloring agents under the modifying influence of vital action produces the reflection of the green rays of light; and thus our fields and forests are clothed during the summer months in "liv ing green." Light is the mysterious agent winch elaborates tbe cbloropbyl; and while it continues to exert its full influence the green hue is sustained, and not until it de creases, upon the approach of autumn do different tints appear. Fiost is not neces sarily the agent which changes the verdure of the fields. Fsost may prematurely arrest the vital forces in plants, and so modify the acton of light as to prevent the elaboration of chlorophyl. If no frost come, however, the natural decrease in the amount of solar light at tbe close of summer, and the exhaus tion of plants consequent upon the matura tion of tho life-principle, or seeds, would cause the chemical changes which prod <.:e the varied and beautiful hues of utir :' 'he tic re ind ed much more be otifni il hey con'o in th natural way, with at the intervention of frost. Tho change takes p' .ce both in the evergreen and d,ciluous leaves, but is most marked and striking in the latter. In the clear electrical atmosphere of the Northern States, tbe display is most georgeous and pleasing; in no country in the world is it more so. Artists of establish ed reputation have recently hardly ventured to put upon canvas the marvellous rainbow hues of our fields and forests, as seen in the glourious month of October, and submit the result of their labors to English or breach criticism. Tbe grossest exaggerations have been charged upon such paintings by those who have never witnessed the magnificence of the display. Indeed, we ourselves could hardly admit the faith fulness of the coloring without being witnes ses of its truthfulness. — Boston Jour. Com. IDLENESS A FOE TO HEALTH. —There is no greater enemy to body and soul than idle nesa, unless it is that public sentiment which compels to idleness. Thousands and tens 01 thousands have fallen victims to it; The woman who will not labor, rich or honored though she be, bends her bead to the inevi table cure of heaven. This curse works in failing health, fading beauty, broken temper and weary. Let her never fancy that, being neither wife or mother, 6he is exempt from tbe law. She cannot balance that decree ol God by the foolish customs of society or the weak objections of kindred. Diseases, de pression. moral idiocy, or inertia follow an idle life. lie who never rests has made wo-' man in his own image and health, beauty, force and influence follow in tho footsteps pf labor alone. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. A noted sportsman taking dinner at one of our K. Y. Clubs, exhibited a diamond ring of great beauty and apparent value on his finger. A gentleman present had a great passion for diamonds. After dinner the parties met in the office. After much buiitering, the owner of tbe ring consented to barter tbe ring lor six hundred dollars. As the buyer left the room, a suppressed tittering struck his ear. He concluded that the former owner had sold both the ring and the purchaser. He said nothing, but called the next day upon a jeweller, where he learned that the diamond was paste, and the ring worth about twenty-five dollars, lie examined some real diamonds, and found one closely resembling the paste in his own ring. He hired the diamond for a few day.-, pledged twelve hundred dollars, the price of it. and gave a hundred dollars for its use. He went to another jeweller, had the paste removed, and the real diamond set. His chums, knowing how he had been imposed upon, impatiently awaited his appearance next night. To their surprise they found bim in a rare glee. He flourssbed his ring, boasted of his bargain and said if any gentleman pres ent had a twelve hundred dollar ring to sell for six hundred dollars, he knew of a purchaser. When he was told that the riDg was paste, and that he had been cheated, he laughed at their folly. Bets were freely offered that the ring did not contain a real diamond. Two bet a thousand dollars each. Two bet five hundred dollars. All were taken; um pires were chosen. The money and the ring were put into their hands. They went to a first class jeweller, who applied all the tests, and who said the dia mond was a stone of the first water, and worth, without the setting, twelve hundred dollars. The buyer put the three thousand dollars which he had won quietly in his pocket. He carried the diamond back and recalled his twelve hundred dollars, and with the paste ring on his finger went to the club. The man who sold the ring was wait ing for him. He wanted to get the ring back; he attempted to turn the whole thing into a joke. lie gold the ring for fun; he knew it was real diamond all the time. He never wore false jewels. He could tell a ran lie: nd anywhere, by its light. lie woni 1 no. be so mean as to cheat an old fri. He km Tiis friend would lei bim hav bis ring aj: • :i. But his frien-l wa= stul'ijrn—said- thai th. seller thought it was paste and intended t. defraud him. At length ou the payment of eight hundred dollars, the ring was restored. All parties came to the conclusion, when the whole af fair, came out, that when diamond cuts dia mond again, some one less sharp will be se lected. — Sun-shine and Shading in Act c York. ON CHILDREN. A school teacher who has enjoyed the benefit of a long practice of bis profession and watched closeiy the influence of news papers upon the mind of a family of chil dren, states as the result of his observa tion that, without exception, those schol ars of both sexes and all ages who have ac cess to newspapers at home when compared with those who have not. are : 1. Better readers, excellent in pronunci ations, and consequently read more under standing!.?. 2. They are better spellers, and define words with ease and accuracy. 3. They obtain a partial knowledge of geography in almost half the time it re quires others, as the newspaper has made them familiar with the location of import ant places and nations, their governments and doings. 4. They are better grammarians, for having become so familiar with every variety of style in the newspaper, from commonplace advertisements to the finish ed and classical oration of the statesman they more readily comprehend the text and consequently analyze its construction with alacrity. They write better compositions, using better language, containing more thoughts still more clearly expressed. From these simple facts three important things can be produced : 1. The responsibility of the press in sup plying literature which is both heathful in tone and likewise ex pressed. 2. Absolute necessity of personal super vision of a child's reading by its parents. 3. Having once got a good, able paper, no matter what the price, don't begrudge it a healthy support. DECLINE OF THE BLONDE. A writer in tho last number of the Galaxy advances some ingenious theories in refer ence to the color of the hair and the com plexion of various races. (Jailing attention to the predilection eviuced in ancient times by the Greeks and other nations for golden or yello v bair, he states thai as a race we are becoming meiancon us, or lark haired, ar 1 that efore 1 rag "th.- blonde American wdlbekr wn only in i' -'.ory. He holds ti;- .we; 'year o L>:red-haired ,-eoplr were much more nutnc is than at present in our large centers of population, and that the children of immigrants to this country arc almost invariably darker in appearance than their parents. Change of climate does not appear to bim to be a sufficient cause for this effect; its influence is unquestionably great, but not absolute. The ultimate dis appearance of the Xanthous races which he foretells will be brought about by tbe opera tion of several causes. The mortality of the blonde is greater than that of classes of the darker type, and the blondes arc less prolific; owing to certain mental characteristics such as want of constancy—they are less likely to get married than brunettes. The most im portant reason appears to be that residence in towns, and other circumstances and condi tions produced by our civilization, so affects the race that in a few generations it becomes "darkened." Thus, the nations who lead an open air life, either as shepherds, isr mers, fishermen, and freebooters—-such as the Northmen and Danes—were of a type more or less fair; and, on tbe other hand, ar tisans and the dwellers in cities were dark haired. The Galaxy writer, anticipatng some objections, denies tbe theory that the Anglo Saxon race is deteriorating here. He think 6 that we are much less plump than Europeans, but that we are far more sinewy and stronger. GOOD thoughts are companions; often our best. IMPROVE the pan, and his style will take - care of itself. VOL. 41: NO. 47 INTERIOR OF A It UNMAN RAIL ROAU CAR. The Russian ears are built on the Ameri can principle as far as form is concerned, but internally are divided into three parts. A saloon at each end, with broad, continuous seat* around its sides, without division to be used for couches, and a handsomely fur nished middle saloon. This chosen by us collectively, was nicely carpeted, and gup plied with high-backed arm chairs, not pla ced two and two, hut divided into sections of three, two joined and one opposite. We h-'f no o'her persons tn the compartment, which supplied places for a dozen. A peculiarity is the frequency and length of the halts. We must have stopped as of ten as every quarter of an hour, sometimes for four or five minutes, sometimes longer, and in addition twice for dinner, twice for supper, and twice for breakfast, and each time a half an hour. These stations were exceedingly nice, large and convenient, with lovely grounds sur | rounding them. In two or three rooms ta. blcs were set, and at dinner a table <T hole is served. At equal distances on the side are long stands with smaller refreshments for the iess hungry—coffee and tea in tum blers, great cakes of snowy whiteness, moul ded into the forms of fishes, ike., and here and there tbat peculiar feature of Russia, the tea-urn, a grand, shining brass machine with a charcoal fire inside, that sends forth volumes of steam like the panting locomo tive without. The appetite appeased, every body lights a cigarette (Russian ladies too) and walks up and down the wide platform until the bell sounds. This sort of thing is repeated so frequently, and the Russian !a dies eat so much, and smoke so often, that one is inclined to wonder whether they will live to reach their destination. — Exchange. THE THIMBLE. The name of this little instrument is said to have been derived from "thumb bell," being at first thurnble and afterward thim ble. It is of Dutch invention, and was brought to England about the year IfiOo, by- John Lofting, who commenced its tuanu i ieture at Islington, near London, and pur ued it with great profit and success. Former'/ iron and braas were used, but latterly -tee!, silver and gold have taken their places. In the ordinar. manufacture, thin plate -, of metal are introduced into a die, and then punched iuto shape. Iu Puis, gold thimbles are manufactured to a large extent. Thin sheets of sheet-iron arc cut into dies of about two inches in diameter. These being heated red-hot, are struck with a punch into a number of boles, gradually increasing in depth to give them proper shape. The thimble is tbeo trimmed, pol ished, and indented around its outer surface with a number of littie holes, by means of a small wheel. It is then converted into s teel by the cementation process, tempered, scoured, and brought to a bluo color. A thin sheet of gold is then introduced into the interior and fastened to the steel by means of a polished steel mandril. Gold leaf is then applied to the outside, and attached to it by pressure, the edges being fastened in a small groove made to receive them. The thimble is then ready for use. Those made in this manner do not wear out, as so many ordinary gold thimbles do, but will last for y ears. The gold coating, if cut away by needles, may be easily replaced, but the steel is of an excellent quality and very durable. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN AND THE Al'E. At a meeting of the Anthropolgica! Society of Paris, a member recently gave the result of his researches on this subject. He thought that there was no reason for supposing an anatomical resemblance between man and the gorilla. As regards the brain, that of the gorilla is the lowest of the various clas ses of apes, since the brain does not cover the cerebellum. It is not in his size and strength that we must look for human char acter, but in the conformation of the hands, and just in this he differs considerably from man. The thumb is very short in the goril la, and has no independent movement of opposition, In the orang though the thumb is shortened, it is still capable of independ ent bending. The fact that establishes a great relation between man and the ape is that in them the optic nerves are in direct connection with the hemispheres of the brain, whilst in the other vertebrate*, or the ani mals with a backbone, their nerves reach the brain through the intervention of two small nervous bodies. But it does not follow that with equal possession of the senses there is identity in the danger of their in telligence, for though the senses are sub Servient to the operations of the intellect, it cannot be said they produce it. If we place mar; by the side of the ape, it is only as an animal. -Man is a being apart, just as all •tfcer vertabrata must be separated, as they eannot le considered as having originated 1 rom ca h other. AN EXTINCT FAMILY. It is a curious fact that there are nc known descendants of Christopher Colum bus left on earth. lie had two sons, one ei whom, Don Diego, rose to distinction as an admiral, and the other, Fernando, as a scholar. Fernando was a great traveler. He not only thrice visited America, but subse quently traversed the whole of Europe and almost every accessible portion of Asia and Africa. Jle appears to have been a profound scholar and a thoroughly good man. In his will he stipulated that his library, con taining twenty thousand volumes, which he gave to the Cathedral of Seville, should be free to the people, and it is so to this day. From books in this collection the late Wash ington Irving obtained a considerable por tion of the information on which his "Lift of Columbus" was founded. The following quaint epitaph, almost obliterated by time, appears upon the tablet which marks the site of his tonib; ''What doth it profit rue to have sprinkled the whole world with my sweat; to have three times crossed to the new v. "rid discovered by say father; to have embellished the shores of the tranquil Gua dalquiver and preferred my simple tastes, rather than riches or that I have assembled round thee the divinities from the source of the Cast alia and offer to thee riches gather ed by Ptolemy; if, 'passing in silence over this stone thou should'st fail to address* ; single salution to may father's memery, or to myself a slight rememberanee?" IF you would not fall into sin. do not sit by the door of temptation. HATES OF AD VEiiTISi IT# Ail aUvertifcctent* for lift* tk*n ( iaour !* cents per line for each inerti'-n. fyt-iial •' • one-half additional. All reiolatlonn of A-- m+ tiopj, eopunaaieatioM of a limit*! or ind... :i. mtorart iind nntteer of marrlagws An! deathe, ex ceeding live linen, IB etc. per line- Ail legal # <• i ces of every kind, and all Orphans' Cotjrf and otherfMldtl afcv, are r&jir.red hylavrtoljcpah -1 iielied in both paper*. Editorial 'fotieos 15 eyptj per line. All Advertising due after first insertion. A liberal ditoennt made to yearly advertisers 3 mortis. 6 months. I .tor One rqanre..,.; $ <-58 $ B.o# Twe squares - 6.00 li.po 16.00 Three squares . 6.00 12.00 20 00 ' Ids fourth column 14.00 20.00 70.00 Half enlumn 18.00 25.00 41.00 Onecelumn...., 30.00 45.00 fci-.00 Ol'K OWN LITTLENESS. Astronomy is tbo most humbling of nil the sciences. Its very essence is buii iiia tion for the proud thoughts of vain item. In other sciences (be more we know the greater we pride ourselves—the higher seems to rise our place iu creation But in astronomy advancing knowledge'i* but au in creasing revelation of the fastness of the sur rounding universe awl oi tbo mighty otus lenees for erer circling ip shining ootKsos through space, compared with which, p- th is hat a tiny pelhk among the boulder.- of the sea shore. And if this be the capo eatth, then what is man, her puny dcuiz- i>, hut as a mere dust graia y the univert - his presence or absence alike unnoted and tinea red for by the host of vast worlds ever roiling through space in their shining cir cling courses? The astronomer of the pres ent day must echo the thought of the in spired singer of Israel, who had often watched by night on the hills of Judea, as, contrasting onr littleness with the greatue-s of Jehovah's care, he exclaimed; "When I consider the heavens, the work of Thy fin gers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained—What is man, that Thou art mindful of him V'—\J3elgravia Magazine. EXPRESSION OP THE EYEBROWS. The eyebrows are a part of the face but little noticed, though in disclosing the real sentiments of the mind scarcely any other features of the face can eomc into competi tion. In vain the most prudent female im poses silence on her tongue; in vain she tries to compose her face and eyes: a single mo- .intent of the eye-brows instantly dis closes what is passing in her soul.—Placed upon the skin, and attached to muscles which move them in every direction, the eyebrows are obedient, in consequence of their extreme mobility, to the slightest in ternal impulses. ,There majesty, pride, vanity, severity, kindness, the dull and gloomy passions, and the passions soft and gay, are alternately depicted. "The eye brows alone,'' said Lavater, the prince of pbyaicgomists, "often give the positive ex pression of the character." "Part of the soul," says Pliny the elder, "reside in the eyebrows, which move at the command of the will." Le Bruit, in his treatise on the passions, says, "that the eyebrows are the equivocal interpreters of the emotions of the heart, and of the affections of the sou! " A ROYAL REPROOF.— Two of the English princesses went lately into a room where a scrvent was polishing a stove grate, aud in sisted on helping her. After getting pos session of the brushes, they polished the woman's face instead of the grate. The servant was ready to sick with confusion, for she could not leave the apartment with out encountering Prince Albert. He was astonished to see so dirty an object emerg ing from his rooms, aud inquired the r.u an ing of it. The servant reluctaotlv told him. It'soon reached the ears of the queen and she was seen crossing the court, leadiirr 'lie two princesses by the hand, towards :hc ser vants' quarters. Her majesty sough' "tit the woman, made her daughters n-k h-r pardon, and sent them at cue to the near est millinery and dress e-tablishnicnt. to purchase a con ; i-to outfit--dress, linnet, shawl, gloves. <kc.. and present then, to the servant in lieu of the dress they had spoiled. The articles were purchased with tin ir own money, and consequently their supply of it was curtailed materially, but this tin y said they did not caro for in the least —in fact, it rather pleased them than otherwise—it was only asking the woman's pardon they didn't like. MISSPENT EVENISWS.— The BOY who sjtends an hour of each evening lounging idly on a street corner, wastes in the Course of a single year three hundred and sixty five precious hours, which, if applied to study, would familiarize him with the rudi ments, at least, of almost any of the familiar sciences. If in addition to the wasting of an hour each evening he spends five cents for a eigar, which is usually the case, the amount thus worse than wasted, would pay for four of the leading magazines of the country. Think how much precious time and good money you are wasting, and for what? The gratification afforded by the lounge on the corner or by the cigar is not only temporary,but positively hurtful. You acquire idle and wasteful habits, which will cling to you with each succeeding year. You may in after life shake them off; but the probabilities are that habits thus formed in early life will remain with you till your dying day. Be cautioned then in time, and re solve that as the hour spent in idleness is gone forever, you will improve each, passing one, and thereby fit yourselves for usefulness and happiness. A Si.avk Dealer's Execution.- V wri ter in the Atlantic, referring to the ,\, eu ticn of Gordon, the slave trader, -ays: Whatever Gordon's life may have 1 * n worth to hiiu or to bis friends, I think this country put it to a very good use wbep she hanged him. A storm of protest was made against his death. Twenty-five thou sand people petitioned Abraham Linco'n to spare that man's life, and Abraham Lincoln refused. Gordon was hanged. Through the little ports and big ports of the United States it was known that a slave trader had been hanged. And when that wa.- known, the American slave trade ended. All up and down little African rivers, that you uever heard the names of it was known that an American slave trader had been hang. d: and cowardly pirates trembled god brave seamen cheered when tlicy heard it. Mothers of children thanked such gods a tiny k>. w how to thank; and slaves shut up in bu ia | coons, wailing, for their voyage, go .-'goal that something had happened win, h *u to give then, freedom. That something as ihat Gordon was hanged. So Fat that iiUle candle threw it- beams,' THERE is nothing better than to keep your balance. It is a good keepsake—ante for your own sake as for other people's. This applies to head, heart, aud —h gs. \ou always know where to find the man or wo man who is balanced. To Cuiik A Fei-O.v. —When indications of a felon appear, take a piece of rccnet and sak it in warm milk until it becomes soft; then apply it to the part affected, renewing it oc casionally and keeping on till a sure is pro cured-
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