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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.
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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.
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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-