SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, AC Th Iniciui it published E.ery FRIDAY morn ing ho following rates : O*R Tut, (in avlTaaoe,) $5.00 " •' (it not paid witbin sixmos.)... 12.50 " " (if not paT CLASS HOTEL Thanking tbe public for p.wt favors, I respectfully solicit a renewal of their patronage. N. B. Hacks will run constantly between the Hotel and the Springs. **jlT/i7:ly WM. DIBERT, Prop'r. BLOODY RUN MARBLE WORKS. R. H. SIPES having established a manufactory of Monuments, Tomb-stones, Table-Tops. Coun ter-slabs, Ac., at Bloody Run, Bedford co.. Pa. and having on hand a weil selected stock of for eign and American Marble, is prepared to fill all orders promptly and do work in a neat and work manlike style, and on the most reasonable terms All work warranted, and jobs delivered to all parts of this and adjoining counties without extra apiiV.ly. II VERY STABLES, in rear of the "Mengel -I House," Bedford. Pa, MEXGEL A BURNS, Proprietora. The undersigned would inform their friends, and the public generally, that they are prepared to furnish Horses, Buggh a Carriages. Spotting ** agoaa, or anything in tbe Livery line of busi- Ce-K, iu good style and at moderate charges. Terms: Cash, unless by special agreement. jnn34 W.Lt MJIKGEL A BURNS. JOHN LUTZ. Editor aiul Proprietor. INQUIRER COLUMN, R £'< r my heavy lids creep, 1 Rock me to sleep, Mother—rock me to sleep! Cotne, let your brown bair, just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulder* again as of old: Let it fall over my forehead to-night, Shielding my eyes trout the flickering light, For oh ! with its sunny edged shadows once more, Hapiy will throng the sweet visions of yore; Lovingly, softly its bright billows sweep- Rock me to sleep. Mother —rock jte to sleej ! Mother, dear Mother, the years have been long Since last I was bushed by your lullaby song; Since, then, again— to my soul it shall seem Womanhood s years have been only a dream; Clasp to your anus in loving embrace, With your solt, lashes just sweeping my face, Never hereafter to wake or to weep; Rock me to sleep, Mother—rock me to sleep. PTETTUAIUOUIS. SUNSHINE I'OK THE CONSUMP TIVE. We have been told by some consumptives that one of the best prescriptions we have made has been their removal fiom a noith room to the sunny south chamber. As we write, two case* come to mind, strikingly il lustrative of the sun's benign influence. We had been attending, at an orphan asylum, a cirl about f wt-lve years old, who bad been long ill of severe typhoid fever. She was wholly prostrated in mind and body, and emaciated to tl e last degree. It was plain that she was fa'ling into that depressed condition of all the powers of life, that so often precedes consumption. Day after day we vi-i:-d her. but all recuperative power seemed lost. Half dead and alive, the little creature neither spoke nor moved, and ate only on compulsion. One day on eitr Way to vi.-it her, we felt, that elastic • thrill which the watmraysof the sun imparts in the early cool weather of spring. We iuvoluutarilly leaped along, and were instantly struck with the fact that "virtue had gone out of us" when we left behind us the sun light and warmth of the street and entered that northern chamber, the dormitory ofthe poor orphan. Tbe inspiring influence the inva lid had never experienced iu tbe slightest degree during the whole of her sickness, as, owing to its peculiar situation, not a ray of direct sunlight had ever entered the cham ber. We were shocktd, ami for the fir.-t time considered the depth of her loss, and our own remissness in regard to her. The air of the room had been pure, the ceilings of the infirmary were lofty, the attendants had bean faithful and sagacious. No hing seemed lacking, in fact, to restore health. Yet it did not come. Oa tfie contrary, there seemed a constant downward tenden cy. "A sunbath in the warm rays of this delicious spring day is what the girl needs," we instantly sa'd to the -i.-?er superior. This lady cladiy consented to the change, and placed the little patient in another toom having a southern aspect, and consequently filled with sunlight. The iuvalid immedi ately recognized the change, and asked, in her weak way, to have the curtain raised, so as to let in the full blaze of the light. Soon she wanted to sit up, and directed that the easy chair, in whieh she was propped, should be placed so as to allow her whole body below her faceto be exposed to the direct rays of the sun. It was the natural tendeu cy of disease seeking for all life renovating influences. And we have never met with so marked or so rapid improvement as imme diately began in the body and mind of the girl. Appetite and strength increased daily, and with them bur-t forth again all the joy ousness ofthe cnild's heart. Another analogous case, which, although we do not demonstrate by it the influence of the sun alone, we cannot forbear to mme because by such examples we impress per haps on the minds of our readers the real principles niiderljitig the whole question. A lady, aged about thirty resident in the nonhi-ru part of New England, consulted us for undoubted tubereular disease ol the lungs. Her house was wvil situated, and on the side toward the south was a small piazza resting on stone steps, which was rai-*d two or three feet above the ground. The winter was approaching and rules were to be given. Having full faith in the di vine influences of pure air and sunlight, we directed that she should sit out on this piaz za every day during the winter, unless it were too storuiy. It was so arranged as to shut out the cool air on three sides, and to admit the full blaze of sunlight in front. Here, according to our directions, sbe used to sit, wrappid in furs, reading or writing, lor several hours each day duting the follow iug win'er, and with the most excel cut re sults. She was directed frequently to uiske deep inspirations, in order to fib the lungs with pure air She was never chilled, tie cause the sun's rats and her witai clothing prevented it, she never '"took cold there- On the contrary, the balmy influences ex< r ted upon ber by her daily sun and air hath were so grateful; her breathing became so BEDFORD, FA.. FBID IV, FEB. 12- 1869. much easier after each of tboui. that when ever a storm came, and prevented the resort to the piazza, the invalid suffered in conse quence thereof. Whether these remarks will prove lo our readers that want ot sun lie ht tnay he reckoned among the causes of consumption, may well be doubted, but we t.Ust they will conriuce some skeptic that sunlight has a potent influence in raising the human body from various weaknesses that sometimes are the precursors of fatal phthis ic.—Atlantic Monthly. THE ELEVATION OF LABOR. The Republican party has, from its very ineepiion, endeavored a**iduo>t-ly to make lafor honorable. The Democratic party, on the other hand, has been led generally by southern slaveholders, who have svste uiaticallv sought to degrade toil. At the very time when the baser demagogues of that party at the north were deluding many of the operatives of this section by appeals to cla-s aud race prejudices, the southern leaders of the same faction were terming our laborers "'(be mudsills of society." Here, in Independence Square. Howell Cobb, addressing an immense Democratic ratification meeting, btfuie the war, said to his hcareis that the difference between the north and the south was simply this: '"You hire your labor; we own it.'' That era has pa-sed away. Thi- landed oligarchy no longer owns its labor. The slave is emancipated, fie IB not driven to the eotion field in chain gangs. His wife and children are not told at the auction block, lie is not beaten into desperation and ihen hunted to death with blood hounds. Ha has shoes to liis feet, a hat on his head. His wife and children are gath ered around his owu hearth. lie is paid for his work. He is actually nut forbidden to learn to read! Men and women are not impri-oned for teaching him. Hi-evidence isrecavtd iu courts olju>ti,e. He stands feline the law possessed of equal rights with his oppres-or. His children go to tehooi. The chattel lias become a citiztn. The wings of the national eag'e cover and pro tect him. His freedom, his citizen-hip and his civil rights are alike guaranteed by the Constitution, and now he ha> a vote to ena ble him to protect hiiustlt! So much the Republican party ha.- done fir the moat oppressed atid degraded of our American laborers. So much it was bound to do by its principles. Rut has not the free white opeiative of the north been cared for? The Republican party found him poorly paid and often idle, because the pro duction of his industry were subject to a ru inous competition fiom the immense masses of foreign goods poured into the country by the pauper labor of Europe. To keep up wiih such an opposition wc inu-t cither vig orcusly protect our own manufactures or we must reduce the wages ot industry to a mere seng. The Democratic party, true to its southern instincts, supported the British free trade system, because the slavt holding leaders were ccu.-t"imd to pay nothing lor their laf or, and therefore regarded 'be- re duction of the wace.- ot northern operatives as a matter of no con.-equs-nce in its effects upon the laborers themselves. The Republicans, firmly adhering to their principle of making woik honorable, prefer red protection, because under that sy-tem, wlii'e tie American manufacturers could successfully kiepthe field, their workmen would be well j aid, constantly employed, and able to live like civilized human being*. Tht whole record ofthe two parties is of a pi-ee with this. The Democrat* gave the people the most villainous paper currency ever itflictid upon a nation, and this was an incessant means of loss to the laboring class es who were obliged to use it. The Repub iieans have given tl em a sound, well secur ed national currency, with which there is no possibility of 10.-s to the people. The Dem ocratic 'and policy fostered land monopoly and the building up of great latid'-d estates. The Republican policy has offered a home stead on the public land* to all actual set tlers. and so elevat d the condition of the American poorer cla-scs. Let the people judge of the two parties by these thirgs. GENII'S. Alexander Hamilton said to an intin cite friend: "Men give uic some credit for genius. All tbe genius I have lies just in thi* : When I have a subject iu band I study it profoundly. Day and night it # is before me. I explore in it all its bearings. My mind become- pervaded with it. Then the effort whvh I make, the people are pleased to call the fruit geniu-. It is the fruit of labor and ihought." Mr. Webster once replied to a gentleman who pressed him to speak on a subject of great importance. "The subject interests me deeply but I have not time. There, sir, pointing to a huge pile of letters on the table, "is a pile of unanswered letters to which T mn-t reply before the close of tbe s ssioo (which was three days off.) I have no tituo to master the subject so as to do it justice." "But Mr. Webster, a few words from you would do much to awaktn public at teution to it." "If there is so much weight iu my words as you represent, it is because I do not allow myself to speak en any subject until my mind becomes imbued with it." Demosthenes was once urged to speak on a sudden and great emergency. "I atn not prepared," .-aid he, and obstinatily re fused. The law of labor is rqvally binding on genius and mediocrity. WHAT TO READ —Are you dt Beirut in 'asm? Read tbe be.-t Eoeli.-h poet-, such as Gray and Goldsmith, Pofie and Thuuip son, Cowper aud Coleridge, fSe u tt and W otdsworth. Are ynu deficient in imagination? Read Milton and Akenside, ami Burke and Shakespeare. Are you deficient in power of reason ? Read Chiilio?worth, and Bacon, and Locke. Are you deficient in judgment and g,.od sense in the common affairs of life ? Read Franklin. Are yon deficient in sensibility? ll.ad Gcmlie and Maktnzie. Are you deficit n> in political knowledge? Read Montesquieu, the '"Federalist," Webster and (J'h un. Are you deficit nt in patriotism? Read Denuthrnes. ami the '"Life of Washing ton." Are you deficient in conscience ? Read some of Prcsidt nt Edwards' works. Are you deficient in piety? Read the Bib e. HORACE GREELEY AT WORK. A writer in Packard's Monthly gives the fo!!ow;ng PEP and ink potrait of the most distinguished editor in the world, as Sen in his private room, prepariog articles for the press ; -Mr. Greelev's Lack is towards us. He is seated at his de-k. His head is bent over his writing, and Lis round shoulders are quite prominent. He is scribbling rapidly. A quire ot foolscap, occupying the only clear place on his desk, is melting beneath his pen. A glance at the manuscript re veals two dozen knotty figures. You may be sure of a leader on the national debt to morrow morning. The desk itself is a heap of cool u.-iou. Here is Mr. Greeley's straw hatj there is his handkerchief. Iu front of him is a peck of newspaper clippings, not neatly rolled up but loosely sprawled over ihe desk. At his left a rickety pair of scissors catches a hurried Dtp, and at his right a pa.-te pot aud half a broken box of wafers, appear to liave had a rough and ttin- .ic fight An odd looking paper holder isjust ready to tumble on the floor. An old-fashioned sandbox, looking like a dilapidated hour glass, is baif hidden un der a slashed copy of the New York World. Mr. Greeley still slicks to wafers and sand instead of using mucilage and blotting paper. A small drawer, filled with postage stamp aud bright steel pens, has crawled out on tbe desk. Packages of folded missives ar<- tucktd in pigeon holes, winking at us from the back of the desk, and scores of halt opened letter* mixed with seedy brown en velopss, flop lazily about the table. Old papers lie gashed and mangled about his chair, the debris of a literary battle field. A clean towel hangs on a rack to his righr. A bound copy of the Tribune Almanac. from 1838 to 1858, swings from a small chain fastened to a steeple screwed in tip si Je of his desk, two other bound volumes stand on their feet in front of his nose, ami two more of the same kind are fast asleep on the book-raek in the corner. Stray numbers of the Almanac peep from every nook. * * The room ia kept scrupulously neat and clean. A waste paper basket squats between Mr. Greeley's legs, but one-half the torn envelopes and boshy communications flutter to the floor, instead of being tossed into the basket. * * Pen, ink, paper, scissors, and envelopes are in unfailing demand. The cry, "Mr. Gree ley wants writing paper!" creates a com motion in the counting room, and Mr. Gree ley gets paper quicker than a hungry fisher man could skin an eel. Mr. Greeley can lay Virginia worm fence in ink faster than any other editor in New York city. He thinks a great deal on it, but during an experience of three years has failed to learn the simple principle of suc tion without getting his mouth full of ink, and he generally uses it as an empty re ceiver. He makes a dash at the ink bottle every twenty seconds, places the third fin ger of his left hand on the paper, and scratches away at his worm fence like one possessed. He writes marvellously fast. Frequently tho point of hi* pen pricks through his sheet, for he writes a heavy hand, and a snap follow*, spreading ink} spots over the paper, resembling a wood cut portraying the sparks from a black smith's hammer. Blots like mashed spiders or cru.-hcd huckleberries occasionally in terven?, but the old vete'an dashes them with sand, leaving a swearing compositor to scratch off the soil and dig out the word.- uuderbeath. CONCERNING LONGFELLOW, The family of the poet consists of two sons, who have arrived at manhood, ami three bright, uierry charming little daugh ters. The reader has not forgotten theter - rible accident by which, some years ago, Mr. Longfellow lost a beautiful and universally belovtd wife— a lady of family, of wo.-t graceful culture, and a kindness of bean which will long be remembered by tbe neigh burhood in which she was the most shining, though most modest ornament. Since that fright iul ereut, the husband has been a changed rnau. Those who remember him in his hap py married li'e—who recollect the genial exuberance of his spirits, the cbeerfulne*.- ot his disposition, tbe warmth of his wel come, the bright wit which flowed constant ly, the buoyancy ola soul upon which shone the sun.-hine of life, and athwart which a cloud never seemed to pass—note with grief the expression of settled melancholy, the love of solitude, and the quickly grown white focks which one sees to day. Still Longfellow is not so far changed but that the kindness of heart, the old waiuitb of ltit-nd.-hip, tbe old love of tbe bright a tid beautiful things of the world, and of letters, still exist. At times, and not sel dom, that noble and now venerable face lights up with genial cheerfulness, the sparkling brilliancy of speech comes out, and it is evident that sorrow has caused no decline of intellectual vigor, no bitterness of temper, no diminution in tbe old love of mankind. Let us, without impertinence, take a few notes of the poet's personal appearance, as he passes us of a morning on the way to the "Square." A man above the middleheight, and although stout, solid and well propor tioned; head now a little bent, a uoble, poet ic bead, with long waving hair, nearly white, reaching a'most to the shoulder-; fur-head high and -quare, the. hair brushed I well lack; blue, biibiant, genial eyes —true eyes of a poet, which observe everything; a 1 long no.-e, a long n oust*', he, which creeps j down and joins a f wing beard that rests upon Ins breast; ih,.- hair and biard not too sprucely arranged, carelessly aud naturally disposed; the whole countenance strikingly handsome, ac'ive, wide-awake beaming with unusual intelligence; of late patriarchal, the lace of a poet philosopher, a fine and hith erto impossible study lor the attist, for no artist has yet fixed a just portrait of Jaong lellow. His face needs the touch of an old Master; ; Titian would have done it worthily. The broad forehead is wiinkled raiher wi'h sor row than great age, for the poet is not yet beyond the prime of life; he is much young er than he looks to be. But he is a very dif ferent, and it a more patriarchal, certainly a far nobler face than that which one sees in frontispieces, representing him in eaily manhood. The dress is neat and plain; tasteful far from ostentations, by no means car less, or of the silly romantic Byronic or dr. It is of that character which is not noticeable in Bnv way; the highest art, as we conceive of dressing. IE YOU CAN EARN A LIVING, STAY AT HOME. W e are often addressed by young men aud persons of family for information in regard to this, fliat and the other place, with a view of emigrating from their old homes to some new place. The most of these letter* a'E from the South, and their inquiries are in re.-pect to the West and the Territorie*. In auswertoall ot these inquiries, we would say honestly and from experience, in the words with which we head this article, "If you can tarn a living, stay at home !' ' And who cannot do best where he is best known but a rascal ? It is a delusion to suppose that ooe can do better somewhere else than at home, v. here be was raised, or has long I VED—A delusion which experience fully es tablishes iu 99 cases iu every hundred, L'oung men with small MEANS can do no more in tbe west than in the Fast, North and South, and as is too often tho case, much worse. It lakes more money to make H living in the West, as agt Ur al thing, than elsewhere; more money aud greater labor, lor prices of labor are NO greater; wages are really lower, than elsewhere, If the emi grant is a farmer, he finds land but little cheaper, and the cost of ESTABLISHING him self, and of getting his products to market, much greater thau in more populous neigh borhoods. As in the past fortunes are oot acquired in the West honorably at this age. Tbe labor in the mines is the hardest in the world and the return not as great as that earned by any good citizen in any of -he cities. To tuakc money easy in the far West needs a large cash capital, or a stock of mean whi.-ky ! Few are doing ao well in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and Nevada, or cast of these territories -iu lowa Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota — as those who follow up the .line of construction on < the U. P. R. R., and sell rot gut whisky to the hands employed. What young man, who reads this, would give up his ftieuis and home iu the South or East to make money by such means ? We know ot what we speak, when we say that all that has been said of tbe flashy towns cf the West and the wotidrous inducements held out to emigrants, are delusions. There is nothing but deception iu store for all who rely upon the colorings put upon the West by those whose interest it is to delude people into emigrating westward. We say to all, if you can cam a living at home, stoy there. If you can make a living where you are, it is perhaps more than you will make in the West. Stay at borne— do the best you can — act honorably — be discreet and judicious, and you will be happier and wealthier in time than if you are led about by populai deceptions. — Watchman. A .MODEL PATRIARCH. How completely the pastoral life of the Ea-t now reproduces the pictures so vividly drawn for us iu the Scriptures, has been many times remarked, but it is long since j we have seen so eloquent and striking a de ! scription of a scene which fulfills these con ditions as in the following picture of a mod el patriarch among the Algerines, from Mr. Henry Blackburn's "Artistsand Arabs:" "Around the camp this evening there are groups of meu and women standing, that bring forcibly to mind those prints of the early patriarchs from which wc are apt to take our first, and perhaps, most vivid im pression- of eastern life; and we cannot won der at French artists attempting to illus irate Scriptural scenes from incidents in Algeria. There are Jacob and Joseph, as one might imagine theut, to tbe life; Ruth in the field*, and Rachel by the well : and 'here is a patriarch coming down theuioun lain, with a light about his head as the sun's last rays burst upon him, that Herbert might well have seen vrhen he was painting Moses with the tables of the law. The ef fect ia accidental, but is perfect in an artis tic sen-e, from the solemnity of the man, the attitude of his crowd of followers, the grand mountain forms which are partially it. up by gleans of sunset, and the sharp -hadows cast by the throng. This man may have been a warrior chief, or the herd of a tribe; he certainly was the head of a large family, who pressed round him to anticipate his wants and do him honor. Ilis children s<-emed to be everywhere about him; they were his furniture, they warmed his tent aud kept out the wind; they begged for him, prayed for bim, and generally helped him ou his way. Looked upon as a colored statue, be was in some respect a perfect type of beauty, strength, and dignified re pose —what we might fitly call a 'study,' as he sat waiting, whilst the woman prepared his evening meal: but whether from a mot a! point of view he quiet deserved alt the res pect and deference that was paid to him, is another que>tion. As a picture, as we -aid before, be was magnificent, and there was a regal air with which we, clad in the custom of advanced civilization, coul Dot but admire and envy. He had the advantage of us in every way, and made us feel it ac cutely. He had a splendid arm, and we could see it; the finer contour and color of his head and neck were surrounded by white folds, but not concealed." GOETIIE tells the following story, which amusingly illustrates the capacity of the Rliinelandrrsfor drink: —"The Bishop of Mayenee once delivered a sermon against drunkenuess, and after painting in the strongest colors the evils of over indulgence, concluded as follows: But the abuse of wine does not exclude its use, for it is writ ten that wino rejoices the heart of man. Probably there is not one in my congre gation who cannot driuk four bottles of wtne without feeling any disturbance of his senses; but if any n an at the seventh or eigh h Un tie so forgets him.-elf'as to abu-e and str ke his wife and children and treat his best friends as enemies, let bim look into bis conscience, and in future always stop at the sixth bottle. Yet if after drinking eight, or even ten or twelve Dottles, be can still take his Christian neighbor lovingly by tbe hand and obey the orders of his spiritual and temporal superiors, let him thankfully drink his modest draught. He mu-t be carefu", however, as to taking any more, for it is seldom that Providence gives any oue the special grace to drink sixben bottles at a sitting as it has enabled me, its unworthy aervant, to do without either neglecting my duties or losing my temper. THE instinctive and universal taste of mankind selects flowers tor the expression of its finest sympathies, their beauty and fleetingness serving to make them the most fitting symbols of those delicate sentiments fjr which language itself seems almost too gross a medium. VOL. 42: NO. (i. ELECTRICITY. Perhaps one of the most novel applica tions of electricity has betn made by Robert Houndin, who lives in the villiage of Saint Gervais, a short distance from the city of Blois, in France. A visitor presenting him self before the door sfes a gilt plate bearing the name of RobeVt Houdin, be'ow which is a small giit knocker. He raises this, and no matter how feeble the blow, a delicately turned chime of bells, sounding through the mansion announces his presence. Whn the attendant touches a button placed ID the hall the chime ceases, the bolt at the entrance is thrown back, the name of Rob ert lloudin disappears from the door, and in its place appears the word "entrcz" in white enamel. The vi-itor pushes open the door and enters: it closes with a spring be hind him, and he cannot depart without per mission. By a certain Dumber of chimes which are founded the number of visitors is announced. When a carriage arrives at the gate, the movement of the gate is announc at the house. The letter box, too, has an electric communication with the house. The carrier, previously instructed, drops in first all the printed matter together; then he adds the letters, one by oDe. Each addition sounds the chime. And when he is desired to take away letters lor mailing, another chime, of a special nature, warns him that they are ready. An electric current regu lates the time throughout the house, Mr. Iloudin's study clock being the standard. Every morning this cloek sends, at different hours, electric impulses to awaken three persons. But in addition, the apparatus forces them to rise, by continuing to sound until the circuit is broken by moving a small key placed at the further end of the room. To do this the sleeper must rise, and theo the object sought is accomplished. The temperature of the green house is also ro corded by electricity, so that the gardner cannot neglect his duties without his master knowing all about it; and he evidently re gards Uuudin as a sorcerer. A YOUNG MAN'S CHARACTER. No young man who has a just sense of his own value will spoit with his character. A watchful regard to bis character in early youth will be inconceivable to him in all the remaining years of his after life. When tempted to deviate from strict propriety of deportment, he should ask himself, Can I afford this V Can I endure hereafter to look back upon this ? It is of amazing worth to a young man to have a pure mind; for this is the foundation of a pure character. —The mind, in order to be kept pure, must be employed in topics of thought which are themselves lovely, chastened, and elevating. That the mind has in its own power the selection of its theme of meditation. If youth knew how frightful were the moral deprivations which a cherished habit of loose imagination pro duces on the soul—they would shun th in as the bite ot a serpent. The power of books to excite the imagination is a fearful eb'mcnt ot moral death when employed iu the service of vice. Tbe cultivation of au amiable, elevated and glowing heart, aliva to all the beauties of nature and all the sublimities of truth, invigorates the intellect, gives to the will in dependence of baser passions, and to the affections the power of adhesion to whatever is pure, good and grand, which is adapted to lead out the whole nature of a man into those scenes of action and impres sion by which its energies may be most ap propriately employed, and by which its high destination may be most effectually reached. The opportunities for exciting these facul ties in benevolent and self denjing efforts for the Welfare of our fellow men are so many and great, that it is really worth while to live. Tbe heart which is truly evan gelically benevohnt may lusuirate in an age like this, The promises of God ere inex pressibly good, the main tendencies of things so manifestly in accordance with them, the extent of moral influence is so great, aod the effects of its employment so visible, that whoever aspires after benevolent action and reaches for things that remain for us, to the true dignity of its nature, can find free scope for his intellect, and all inspiring themes for the heart. A STORY is told of an old hunter in Mich igan. who, when the country was new, got lost in the woods several times. He wa told to buy a pocket compass, which he did, and a friend explained to him its use. He soon got lost and lay out as usual. When lound, he was asked why be did not travel by the compass. He stated that he did not dare to. He wished to go north, and he "tried hard to make the thing point noitb, but 'twant no use; 'twould diddle, diddle, diddle right around, and point southeast every time!" THERE is food for thought in the story that is told of a young lad, who for the first time accompanied hi* father to a public din ner. The waiter a.-ked hftu, "What will you take to drink ?" Hesitat ng for a mo ment, he replied, "I'll take what father takes," The answer reached his father's far, and instantly the full responsibility of his position flashed upon him. In amo ment bis decision was made; and in tones tremulous with emotion, and to the aston ishment of those who knew hitu, he said, "Waiter, I'll take water." To speak ill upon know'edge, shows a want of charity. To speak ill upuu suspi cion, shows a want of hnne>ry. To know evil of others, and not speak it, is some times di.-cretiun. To speak evil of others, aud not know it, is always dishonest}'. He may be evil himsell who speaks good of oth ers upon knowledge; hut he can never be good himself who speaks evil of others uj on suspicion.— Warwick. DI KING the late war, after a long march, a captain ordered, afe a sanitary precaution, i hat the men should change their under shirts. The O. S. suggested that half o! the men only had one shirt each. The captain hesitated for a moment, and then said : "Military orders must be obeyed. Let the men change with each other. WHAT is the difference between a special constable and a-u; c-rannuated constable? ; Tbe former's sworn in, and the latter'stoorn I out. I FIGHT hard against a hasty temper. An ger will couie. but resist it strongly. A spark may set a honse on fire. A fit of pas sion may give you eause to mourn all your life. Never reveDge au injury BATES OF ADVERTISING. All adverthtmeau for Um thm 3 month* 18 ente per line for each insertion. Special notieee one-balf additional. 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HOPS are down to 10 cents a pound in interior Wisconsin, and dull at tbat. Last year's crop was enough tor two years, and next year the Wisconsin farmers propose to raise something else. WORSTED, it is said, was first spun at a village of that name near Norwich, England; cambrics came from Cauibray; damasks from Damascus; dimity from Damietta; cordovan from Cordova; calico from Cali cut; and muslin from Mosul. PHILADELPHIA congratulates herself up on retaining the lead in the petroleum trade. From January 1, to November 1, 186$, she exported 33 665,224 gallons, an increase of more than 8,000,000 over the corresponding six months of 1867. THE rice crop of Plaquetnine Parish, La., is said to be this year the largest and best ever made. The rice planters will ship to market over 25.000 barrels, 230 pounds each of clean rice. The sugar crop of that parish is expected to amount to 10,000 or 12,000 hogsheads. THE number of miles of line worked by telegraph in the United States, in IS4B, was estimated to be about 12,000. In 185S the number had increased to nearly 40,000, and before the close of this year there will be completed and in operation about 120,000 miles of telegraph wire. THE bee raisers iu the vicinity of Louis ville, for a circuit of twenty-five miles, were recently startled by the discovery that their bees had all simultaneously decamped, going no one knew wbitber. The mystery is still unsolved. The deserted hives were all full of honey, containing from sixty to seventy live pounds each. YALE COLLEGE.—YaIe college has seven hundred and twenty-four students. This is the largest number the College ever had. The acauemical and scientific departments are larger than ever before, and the Fresh man classes respectively about oDC-tbird larger than last year. The College was nev er in a more flourishing condition. As an instance of the endurance of paint, a New Hampshire paper says: ''The rates of toll over Newcastle bridge have for forty seven years stood on a board at the toll house in Portsmouth, and the board is in a good state of preservation, despite the ex (Kisure of nearly half a century. The letters are black upon a white ground, and every one is as distinctly read as when new." Six of a herd of 18 cattle, belonging to a Mr. Dusenberry, of Warwick, Orange coun ty, N. Y., died in two days from a mysteri ous disease, and all tne others were seriously affected. The herd had been turned into a cornfield on the day before the appearance of the disease, and are supposed to bare been poisoned by the "smut" on the stalks, of which there was a great quantity. A RECENT medical writer states that the vices of the American character may be briefly summed up as follows: 1. An inordi nate passion for riches. 2. Overwork of mind and body in the pursuits of business. 3. Undue hurry and excitement in all the affairs of life. 4. Intemperance in eating, drinking and smoking. 5. A general dis regard of the true laws of life and health. AMONG the recent English patents we no tice one upon an invention which consists ia saturating jute, hemp, or other fibre woven iuto canvas, cloth, or in its manufactured state, with gutta perclia in a soft or liquid state, and pressing layers of such saturated fibre or canvas cloth together while warm, -o as to form a tough fabric of any required thickness, which may be used for the soles and heels of boots aud shoes, and for other purposes. AMONG the passengers iu a street ear was a little gentleman who had possibly seen five summers. Tbe car being quite full, he sat in the lap of another passenger. While on the way, something was said about pick pockets, and soon the conversation became general on that interesting subject. The gentleman who was then holding our young friend remarked : ''My fine fellow, how easy I could pick your pocket." "No, you couldu't," replied he, "I've been looking out for you all the time." MB. WIGNER, au analytical chemist in England, had been studying Leviticus, and concluded that the "ashes of an heifer"— i. e., animal charcoal—and blood poured out upon the ground—i. blood and clay all mixed together, would make an excellent purifier. He tried his mixture in thirtysix thousand gallons of sewage and put ified it in twenty minutes; the residuum was found to be worth twice tbe cost of the experi ment. It has always been a mystery how the sacrificial court of the temple was kept pure, and Mr. Wigner's experiment may explain the method. A very remarkable feature in the topo graphy of the country presents itself in Wise county, Virginia. At or near the Found Gap, on the Kentucky side, is a mountain about four miles in circumference at its base; in ibis mountain head four riv ers, flowing in different directions, nearly corresponding with the four cardinal points of the compass. The four springs can be -een at one view from the top of this moun tain, and they are nearly equi-distant from •■ach other, say a mile apart. These Trvers are; the Guest river, flowing south into the Clinch; the Lick, fork of the Kentucky, running west; the Cumberland river south, and the Pond river north into the gandy. They flow through four States, and are all tributary to the Ohio river. A Washington letter says. "Among the valuable patents which have recently expired and which the Government has refused to renew, is that of Col. Hoc, whose huge printing presses may now be manufactured by anybody with capital enough. Hoe is a sprightly, ingenious man, already a mill ionaire. full of fame, undiscouraged, and he has conceived several new machines, presses among them. There will probably be no competition with him in the Hoe press—in this country, at any rate; for the Bullock Dress, whose processes are mora simple and more tborongh, is already the favorite, fh.s lat'er, as you are aware, prints en both sides of an endless roil, at the rate of sixty tfuoe double uuprctwoba a minute.