S L T B 5 C IIIPT I 0 N TE KM S, & C
Ths r*t>) ism is Tu'Wlsbeilcery Friday nuirn
iti - he following tate :
ON* 'Yarn, (iw advance,} #2.(10
" " H-n it pr.i>t within six $2 . 0
" " ( f not pa ■! within the year,)... $3.00
1.1! [,; ■" t-.ttside (if the county discontinued
without n ti j, at the eip'rstion of the time for
which the snh-criptiwu has been paid.
Hingfreojtiea of the paper funti-hed, in wrappers,
el five cents e~. h.
u( i ~ s on tuhjeott of focal or genera!
'Here-'. ~re re.jctU'uUy solicited. To ensure at
tention its - f this "kind must invariably he
herir.aipanj. i 5)■ rite name of the author, not for
pu.ili :at,in, hi. .aw guaranty against imporiiion.
All i-tieVj p. rtaining to bnsiae. i of the office
ihniif be -d iversed to
.! >HN I.i TZ. BPA.
X '.."AttpTv.rt—tVe would call the special
a t-t,u m of fx, t Milters and subscribers to the
1 limit to she following y>, pais ~f the Nt ws
l i vt:
' 1. AP. * ' er ts required to give notice Ay
•tiler, (rhfut s.sitg a paper d, es not answer the law)
when a rah. nt,rr does not take his paper out of
the ..titer, tml * ..to the reason? tor us not being
ta ,n: and an. gleet to do so makes the Pusim
ter re-:. .',',te t-> the publisher* tor the payment.
2, Any , r.—r, tthn takes a paper from Ibe i'ost
ntfire. '■! ' tor d.r -ted to his tvarae or amuher, or
wttr uer he u~- subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
't j-" ■ i ier? his paper discontinued, he
ma-t. pt.y . .•v or the publisher may
eouvioue i- t until payment is made, and
olieet the ■.. a,, : e itu..uiit, whether it be I', hen frtrm
tka office-tn . f ttore i-an be no iejfai disoobtin
nenee apt) . yutent is made.
-t. if rue ? lb i orde.s his paper to he
flopped a;, a r.r' it, ■ me, and the publisher con
tiniu - to send, 'U -rib. r is b uai to pay for
it lit I.ltree i it u/ the Font Office. 'the iaw
p '- Upon be grdtsnd iLat a matt rnu-t pay
for . i .t.he u. r-.
the . our: .i< dr s.i-. thatrefuliog to take
i ; - ..iti-a!- iroui the IV.-t offi-c,
o: removing i,u V , • ibv.n uncallel for, is
yriuia /acta c, i.!.. .- o! lurelit. >nal fraud.
~£xqUss hijiii & Harris.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
"J 01 IS I- KJ A<iV,
A T TO K X E V-AT'I.A W.
Ufiice opposite Reed fe ScbcU* Bftbk.
ci-ofO given in EngJisk and iit raisa. {uj l.'ri]
IJ" I M MV. L AXi) UXGENFEL.TEH,
AT'I'OKXEYS AT LAW, esi-ford, PA.
Have formed a partnersliip in the practice of
the La vr, in new bri k building near the Lutheran
Chur h. [April 1, ISSL-tf
VT. A. POIN'I .
i
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Bedford, PA.
Respectfully tenders his professional service?
to the public. Office with J. W. L'ngcnfclter,
on Public Square near LnJhcran Church.
Collections promptly made. [Dec.9/64- tf. ;
T/ISPA' M. ATaSTP,
VJ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bkdford, Pa.,
Will faithfnlly and promptly attend to all busi
ness entru.-ited to hi? care in Bedford and adjoin- j
t counties. Military claims, Pensions, back :
t i*y, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with j
Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors poutb
of the Mengel Uou?e. apl 1, IS64.— tf.
JR. DVB BORROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bkppoeu, Pa., j
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
his care. Collectionß made cn the shortest no- ;
tiee.
ffe . MAO, a regularly licensed Claim Agent j
and nil give special attention to the prosecution
'%ii .< against the Government for Pensions,
PaeK 1 ay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door ;;v>uth of the
I.i-jniter office, and nearly opposite the Mengel |
IlouBe" April 28, 186a:t 1
P. L. r.rSSBLL J. H. LO.VGENECSEB
ÜBSELL & LOXGKNEOKKR,
if ArTTORNRYS A CoiNNICLLORS AT Law,
Boriford, Pa ,
Will attend promptly snd faithfully to all husi
nes? entrusted to their eare. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
lor Hack Hay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
02T Office on Juliana street, south of the Court
House. Aprild:lyr.
J■ M'U. SQ inPE E. F. KERR
CI UARPE A KERB,
O A TTORSE YS-A T-LA W.
Jl"ill practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad
joining counties. All business entrusted to their
care wiil receive careful and prompt attention.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
lected from the Government.
Office on Juliana afreet, opposite the banking
bouse of Reed A Schell. Bedford, Pa. taar2:tf
PHYSICIANS.
X y M. w. JAMISON, M. D.,
BLOOD V RUJR, PA.,
Respectfully tenders bis professional services to
the people of that place and vicinity. [decß:lyr
QK. B. F. HARRY,
Respectfully .eu iers bis professional ser
vices ta the citisens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office an i residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Uofios. [Ap'l 1,64.
M ISC K I.LA ECUS.
08. SHANNON, BANK KH,
. Bitlirottn, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
Collections made for the East. West. North and
S nth, and the general business of Exchange
transacted. Notes and Accont.ls Collected and
Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. feb'22
rvANTET, BORDER,
1) PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BED
frtßD BOTEI., BBIFORD, Pi.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES. AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
ver Watches, Sjuietaeies of Brilliant Doable Refin
ed Glasses, also Pebble Glasses. Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
auality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order
any thing in his line not on hand. [apr.2B/<SS.
P. H A R BAUGH & SON,
Travelling Dealers in
NOTIONS.
In the county once every two months.
SKI.L GOODS AT CITY PRICES.
Agents for the Chainbersborg Woolen Manufac
turing Company. Apl lily
IA W. CROL T SE ,
LJ. DKALKK IW
CIGARS. TOBACCO, PIPES, AC.,
On Ptl *trcot on door cast o* Geo. K. Ostor
k Co."* Store. Bedford, Pa., is uow prepared
to sell by wholesale all kind* of CIGARS. All
orders promptly filled. Persons desiring anything
in hit line will do wcli to £i*e him a call.
Bedford Oct 20 5.,
WASHINGTON HOTEL.
This large and commodious house, having been
re-taken by the subscriber, is now open for the re
ception of visitors and boarders. The roo.n< are
large, well ventilated, and comfortably furnished.
The table will always be supplied with the best
the market can afford. The liar is stocked with
the choicest liquors. In short, it is mv purpose
to keep a PI RbT-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past favors. I respectfully solicit a
renewal of their patronage.
N. B. Hacks will ruD constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
mylT,'T:ly WM. DIBKRT, Prop'*.
Bloody rcn
MA RULE WORKS.
R. H. SIPKS having established a manufactory
of Monuments, Tomb-stones, Table-Tops. Conn
ter-siabs, Ac., at Bloody Run. Bedford eo.. Pa.
and having on hand a well selected stock of for
eign and American Marble, is prepared to fill
orders promptly and Jo work in a ncef i. u •
manlike style, and on the most reasonable terms
All work warranted, and y." deliver*! to all part*
of this and adjoining i-s without est.
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( A:--] MS.UHA HATS k CAP?,
A T f O.ST,
ideeim K. W. BSRKaIKiiSSKR.
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BY FITZ OBKEXK HAIXKCK.
Strong is the power whose strange conttol
luipe'B the torrent's force ;
Directs the needle to the pole,
Ami bid.- the waves of ocean roll
lii their 8} pointed course;
So powerful are the ties that bind
The scenes of childhood to the mind;
So firmly to the bear! adheres
The memory of departed years.
Whence is this passion in the breast ?
That when the past we view,
And think on pleasures once possessed,
In fancy's fairest colors dressed,
Those pleasures we renew ?
And why do Memory's 1 aius impart
A pleasant sadness to the heart?
What potent charm to all endears
The days of our departed years?
True—many a ro-ebud, blooming gay.
Life's opening path adorns,
JAut uilwho tread, thai path will say.
That'mid the flowers which strew its way,
Are care's corroding thorns,
Yet mill the bosom will retain
AfFction ev'n for hours of pain:
And we can smile, though bathed in tears.
At memory of depaited years.
' l is distance, our bewildered gaze
On former scenes beguiles,
And Memory's charm the eye 1 'rays ;
For whila enjoyments it display ,
And robes the past in smiles,
Its flattering mirror proves untrue,
Conceals the sorrow from our view,
And hides the griefs, the doubts, the fears,
That darkened our depaited years !
Time, when our own, we oft despise—
When gone, its loss deplore :
Nor tiil the fleeting moment flies
Do mortals learn to prize,
hen it returns no more.
For this an anxious look we cast,
Wiih fond regret on hours long past —
For this the feeling heart reveres
The memory of departed years.
g-lli'Ctll aureus.
THE V!H I'! E OF PLItSISTLNUE.
BY HORACE URI.FLI.Y.
I think the world is very generally misled
by that vague term, geniim. Far be it front
me to deny that some are bom with loftier
capacities, quicker preoptions, happier
mental constitutions, than other?; yet I
thmk w hat i* best in a human intellect is
not capacity but tendency. Of the three
decidedly most gifted ami brilliant young
men 1 have known, one died in a poor-house,
of delirium tremens : another i ui.k into an
early grave, respected but also a victim of
alcoholic stimulati n; at.d the thud, though
liaidlv thirty, i.- to day :i vagabond and
cutnberer of the ground, to whom it would
he v rv unsafe to lend a dollar. Ail these
had not nn rely brilliant cat a cities—they
reallv achieved decided suece-s in their bet
ter days : they could bo industrious and ef
Beirut if they would, and for months at a
tin o were so; but they bad not the true pur
po-e, or tliey could not have faltered au-.l
fallen as they did. Mad they lived less to
self and more to human good, they would
n v r have been thus deserted bv their
gitatdiun angels.
1 know there i? a small ela-s .J whom the
world .-ays, "They see tn the heart ol things
by tuition; they are poets by impulse only;
orators, stat .-men, sages, because nature
would have it so." I beg leave to doubt
that men of this stamp are a whit more
abundant than white crows. 1 know there
arc enough who take pleasure and pride in
surprising the public with prodigies ol easy
and rapid achicvemesits-who would hvo u?
believe they have thrown off their epic a
canto ter day. and can write you theirquirc
of clever epigrams or sonnets belbre dinner.
Now I do not question the facility of rag,id
and brilliant execution, as the result of past
study and acquirements; in fiict, I know of
such instances; but look at Virgil's four
lines per day—written that day to be read
through all future time; consider how I)e-
mosthenes made htm-'dfan .orator against
a host of natural impediments; examine a
fac sonde, of a manuscript page of Byron's
po> ni? an i mark the numerous erasures aud
interlines!f-t a, arguing slow composition
and u puxri 1 ; rain, en I Bote well that the
man who writta a ponu, a sermon, an elab
orate tevi vr, and oration in a day, ha? been
many year.- acquiring the facility, and you
will agree with me t hat the vulgar supposi-
rion that some are so gifhd by nature that
thevjuav achieve di? notion without effort,
is contradicted by a thou-atid fact.? where it
-eeuis to be sustained by ' ic\ My some
time friend, who perished mi.? -r:tbly t f </'•
lirium tremens , ofteu affecteu to write with
out labor; yet I happen to know, from his
intimate family connections, that he repine
edly shut himself up for months and devo
ted lii.s whole energies ta study. In these
periods of hibernation the sparkling effu
sions which he seemed to Ja-h off impromp
fu, after his return to Society, had essential
ly their origin.
At all event?, be sur; there is no Chance
in the Universe, and, when we say there is,
we can truly mean only that we are ignorant
of the relation of cau-e titid t-fi et in that
instance. Ail things are governed by law,
front the falling of an avalanche to the
growth of a violet. "Sire," srid an envi
ous courtier, to whom LouisXlV wa? prais
ing one of his generals, who had just achiev
ed a brilliant triumph, "Sire" Marshall Vii
lars is very lucky." "Lucky, sir?" prompt
ly responded the grand monarch, "Marshal
\ iliar* "lucky*,* did you say? "No, sir! he
is a great deal more than that f"
A true and noble success is within the
reach of every human being who rightly aj>-
preltc ids and will diligently acek it. It may
vety well be quite other than what the as
pitam "tit Ji i ! ;\? —it may evt n seem defeat
to ti. superficial observe*—but God still
Tigris, and no licto c sad nn.-elfi?h aim can
•vtr be defeated. If'five thousand aspire to
•U th I'rt-.-i b-ntial Chair, it is very certain
that ; ! e.-nr.ot- h-;vc j-< *y that outward
i vi-;V .-tamp of , ; covet.
Hut, r ;e th. y fifty thousand, an 1 their s
--pira iiuiM rather e.-seiiual than circumstan
tial, to enlighten and l!e > theircountrymen
rather th*;i rule them, there is ample work
and scope for them all. One may he privi
fcjted to teach thousands to loathe indolence,
frivolity, display, and vice, and love indus
try, sobriety, modesty and virtue, while
another inculcates the same iegsona only in
BE te, PA., FUIDAY. MARCH a. 1869.
11 ■- WiH WlHUffiffiWii llffill i'lt—l—liffiMUltHMiarTnl -, r |- IL-irili - ]LLWiLi—
a narrow, secluded neigh'v (o3i unpra ; B .
Ed, unsung, uuchroraclcd. in the | looltß
of the recording angel. 11 uf i|)flu
euce in these two cases i dt ( j (U( t j lfi
measure of es cntial
Whoever ha? learnt d to find <t, j
good, and in nothing
—to do whatever good is rt , au |, j
and not repine that hisoppov; f< are j
such only as he has been pkaset .
jtufa hitn—can never estecni his p # jj ;
urn. Sho.uld sickness or casual g !
him for years to a bed of suffeririv, j g I
peirdence, be will thenceforth radix,i ()W j
ofiieai i felt resignation, of benign B |t j
of grateful piety, whereof the indue m i
j be diffused more widely and enduring „ i
ihe ct uld have imagined. In the evt |
ccctiing warfare ol Good again-r Evil, x .
again t Wrong, Truth against Error, ■
can be no real defeat, no absolute di-cm
ure —only postponement, rt-pulseof a ml
rcctcd attai k--au unwisely planned uiai
no. In that contest, whoever plants h
seli'oo the ddc of Good, isaiiied with all
moral forces of the universe, and is cert
of ultimate triumph. The evil aud
ba •, the selfish aud the sycophantic, may
seem to flourish for a season; hut tlicir ver
dure soon passes away and is forgotten,
I leaving the good to stand forth like the
i every, n-of the forest in Winter, when the
summer foliage which dwatfed and obscured
them lies shriveled at their feet. Happy
■ they who leant in childhood, and treasure
through after trials and temptations, the
grand lesion of the age—the philosophy of
| living to noble ends.
ABOUT EDITING.
There i- nothing so cheap as advice in
j this world. There is no tax on it. No
stamp i- required. No penalty is attached
j for giving it unasked without affixing the
Government imprimatur. You can culti
vate the character of a benefactor by being
liberal with advice. It is not half so dear
:as uiaityrdoui. This dying for one's prin
eipl.ts was an old fashioned notion that
went out with John Rogers and Cranmer.
Modern times have developed a macadami
zed roa i. a regular Nicolson pavement, to'
; immortality.
E liters have frequent reasons to be
thankful for the generosity of their patrons
■nd the public in the matter of advice.
Money may be source. The dreadful dis
j eases, iinpeeuniosily, may have laid hold
ott the publisher's pockets. Bankruptcy,
| starvation, ruin jnay stare him rudely in
the face, but. thanks to the good noble
hearted public, he has always on hand a
most plentiful and bounteous supply of
good advice. Herein lies the sweetest so
iace of editorial life. Haggard with care,
oppressed with trouble, driven ! y details,
worried, worn, wan. wasted, though the
po -r devil may be, he has always the s i
preme felicity of knowing that the poor
est. the meanest, the most ignorant and tin
most ' onerv" of his readers will promptly
. honor his draft at sight for advice.
He lias only to draw. To indorse wan
ted. Wbar cares he for banks or bankers/
money kings and greenback princes. Lf
hint draw. It is the easiest thing in thl
world. Even the dirty scrub who has fail of"
in the attempt to make of himself a respect
j able shoetuaki r, and who spells God with
little "g," is prompt, quick, active, nimbp
to give his advice. He knows it all,
with mostsolemn manner and owlish dij
nity. will proceed to solve the most intricate,
question in politics, ethics, political econg't
my, the rapetitics, conchology or met'vi
; physics. fay
But woe to the conceited editor wli 1
fails to take and follow ail the advice ciwiis
I him. He's a fool. When, una.ked, nihsr
volunt' er withour compen-atiou, to best me
; freeiy, gratuitously and bounteously ufisil
him advice a to how he should conduct rblij
paper, what infernal and base ingrutitpolb
not to taki it and now mckl.t* and hum,my
■in gratitude for the. favor. We have hpale
; of editors of this kind, but we never kn ap'
one to succeed, for it is well understood ton t
' every thing el.-e is perfectly competent'd •
conduct a newspaper. It has always 1 hu
j a mystery to o how it happens that trie
no t; who are perfectly competent to . she
!>u-int's of journalism are never en pio apl
in it while the pioor devils whom unhr 'it
i fortune has condemned to the tripod frU to
; admit their incapacity. \ sv
There arc some peculiarities about t\"
i business of editing not common to a \''
I other busine-s. It rr quires some talent \'
make a good boot, and many and many a. \
ass Las spent a whole life at it. without sued
needing. A little practice is thought to be
m ce-sary before one can run a tcatu en
gine, manage a case in court, or even suc
jct -stull, sell calico. Not so with editing.
The less you know the better you know.
Editors are born, not made, you see. Your
1 true editor feels the divine afllatui within
; him, and that s the reason he has such a
| profound contempt, you see, for your poor
knight of the quill and scissors, whoso hard
j fortune has condemned him to the businc'®*'
'or a life-time 'e (
There are gome other peculiarities %!
i editing which make it altogether a fu
I business. It is not so much what is
| your pper, at what is not in it, that at
f mine* its value. It makes no differ*
what you get into it, but take care v
• you leave out ! If you fail to in.-ert
seventh commandment, some pimp
airest you for adultery, and prove it
for there's your paper, and where, oh w 1
:is the decalogue? The villain has lef
out! Y\ e always knew he was a rake!
I The aspirant for editorial honors sh
remember that it is not necessary that
| should hare any inuepeudence of thot
*or character. In fact the le>s he has
better. The drayman may exercise
own judgment as to whether he feeds
horse oats, corn or bran, but that would
a stretch of independence in an editor
would amount to downright reck least
'We pay him to say what we think,
what he thinks. What business hn It*
think?" Thus thunders Mr. Twe
Cents-Per-W cek, and your poor devil d
his head, for srhi lt fu has little use,
don't think any more,
i Tit# noblest specimen of manhood
era affords is th* swelling and conseq
t.al individual whor-e mission it is to h
his viilsge newspaper, and who lw
r.glit i ompously. He 1 . longs it is tru
-in ago now neatly gone, but he yet t
a rare relic of the rural life of other
Chimpanzee and the Gorilla, the ra*
; almost extinct, yet a low specimens at
j to excite the wonder and adntiraric
I luodern times.
MOW FORTUNES GROW.
It is istonisbtng how enormously large
fortunes have increased in this country
within the last few years. When John
Jacob Astor died, his wealth could not have
been estimated at more than ten millions,
and, a., late as lRflO, the wealth of bis son,
William B. Astor, was not over tweniy mil
lions. Now. we are told, it is as great as
seventy five to a hundred mil ions. St-war'
the dry gods tycoon of New York, was
b ir. ly a millionaire ten years ago; now be is
said to be worth twenty millions; and hun
dreds of prosperous business men in that
ct'-'.it city, who pnsses.-ed large fortunes in
possess fortunes five or ten times as
large now. New York exhibits, most stri
ktngly, this process of enormous increase in
I rjvtte fortunes, but the same process is
presented in nearly all cities. Evetywltere
i prudent, careful aud discreet rich men have
j growii immensely richer, and we can present
IjjftDfß? examples of colossal wealth equal to
I jkhose in Europe. A hundred thousanddol
rap, 'en years ago, was esteemed a large for
jj.jie, ami a million was a rare and conspieu
-1.V,,.P . v. i, . i
, 'f Oln .it sHCt'CSS. Now the fortner
tint is esteemed a trifle, and scores of,
can be pointed out who posse-s the lat-
A commercial failure for half a million
once regarded as a great disaster; now
ires that do not involve one to five tuil
-8 scarcely attract attention,
ul there is another side to this matter,
he rapid growth of largo fortunes doe"
in truth, indicate a general pr- speriry
a general improvement of individua
jition. The aggregate wiahh of the
any has indeed increased, but not- in a
v ratio. The rate of increase has not
> over six per cent.—some writers esti
b it as low as four and a half; but nidi
fa! fortunes have grown at the rate o'
twenty and twenty-five per cent. The
rth ha- really been at the expense of the
ses. The truth probably is, that the
I condition of things, that makes the
richer, makes the poor poorer. Credi
are rapidly growing wealthy, white deb
, as a general thing, are becoming more
■ more embarrassed. During the wai
I dnaneial system was an abnormal one.
i bus not been corrected since the w .r.
furreucy is a depreciated one, and tin
i of such a currency, first, or last, fall u
(ely upon the masses, and with pt-eu
j disastrous force upon those who are in
i The currency drifts irresistibly to
! financial centres, increasing the for
j ; of those who are already rich, and
; ling those who are already poor. The
'of this can be seen in almost any com
j ty, for the few examples of great indi
i d prosperity are offset by hundreds ol
| nes of persons who, work they never
yd, are barely able to maintain tTurn
ips. The only remedy for this state 0'
|-'s is a severe economy iu public expendt
the strictest honesty in the tevenm
|in, a reduction of the public debt, ano
[restoration of gold in place of paper
Colossal fortunes are no proof of a
'"try's prosperity; they are the very re
fee, aud a condition that favors such t uor
is accumulations is a wr ,ng that cannot
soon be remedied. That prosperity only
aithful and desirable that is shared L;
and which, instead of concentrating
If upon a tew, improves the condition o
masses.
THE TOR "WOMAN'S RIGHTS."
everal gentlemen in I'aris, whose wive
ticipated in the meetings emphatically
ocating the emancipation of women
red their spouses the following littl.
k : A lawyer whom thev engaged foi
: purpose, called at thtir houses in theii
-nee, and desired to see Madame. Mad
• was occupied with her toilet, but tin
tor insisted on seeing Tier. So she wa
ged to receive the lawyer, who very po
tdy handed her a stamped paper. Tit
• read it in surprise, and turned very
(. The lawyer left her, What did tti
er contain? An application for divorc
die part of the husband. The lady pas
long hours of suspense: At last It- i
.-aud came home from the office. "31
ud, what is the meaning of this paper?'
■asked with a pale face. "Why it is at
Tication for a divorce front you. I -be
you want to be free ! Ido not want
w your tyrant any longer." "1 am
ii' she said with ber kindest smile,"
y have wet feet, and will catch cold
Jest husband! Pray sit down by the fite
jiiSirui yourself. Shall I get you a cut
ol? ' "Oh, no, I ant quite well," re-
he wicked husband, laughing iriwatd
,-cr d, sire to do something to make
• nnfortable; "I am quite well, and am
Jou will likewise get well as soon a -
jb free." "But, my dear husband, 1
l understand what you mean ! Shall 1
'your slippers?" "No, thank you.
should you impose on yourself this
,li yoke which you have never borne.
itrd your cries for deliverance. I am
tossing you, as you say, and henceforth
tail no longer work for you. Hitherto
(men) had to bear all the burdens am!
,res; we toiled all day lonf. passed sleep
ijess nights in order to devise new ways o'
,making money, and struggled with a thou
tatid competitors in order to earn our daily
.bread, while you were dressing, taking
,fidi's, and allowing young idlers to mak>
love to you. All this will cease. I'own
,k'th slavery ! We are in duty bound to re
store such poor women as you to freedom
|ind independence! Hurrah for liberty!"
>An hour alterw-.rd the two sat down to sup
per. The lady no longer talks of her
wrongs, and of her d> ire to recover her lib
srty. Similar sc ,-cs occurred at the houses
the other gentlemen.
RELIGION A NECESSITV.—ReIigion is not
I duty, it is a necessity. You might as
jwell talk of the duty of breathing, or the
duty of having the pulse beat, as to talk of
the duty of being religious. It is a duty to
breathe, to be sure, and it is a duty to have
the pul.-e beat; but wc do not talk of rinse
firings as being duties. It is one of the indis
Leasable necessities that we should breathe,
and that our pulse should beat. And 1 re
gard religious life as not only a duty, hut a
n-ci—*ity. You cannot be a man and not
be a Christian. Everything that makes
you relatively better than your fellow men
is an indieatiou that you are so far on the
way toward a Christian manhood.
THE love of money, in its longing desires, j
prove lar more harassing to the ntind than:
a Source of pleasure, ina-roueh as labor ac i
companies the acquisition of wealth, fear its j
possession, sorrow its loss.
THE LITE OF IKON.
A scientific paper has the following on a
subject daily growing of greater importance,
as suspension bridges, and others construc
ted of it on, are more and more coming into
use:
It sounds a little oddly to hear of the life
iof an inanimate thing. But it seems to be
pvettv well settled, that things inanimate,
I as well as animate, have life periods, vary ing
according to circumstances, Thus, iron
itself, when wrought into various useful
things, has a period beyond which it cannot
; be said to have life sufficient for the purpose
j for which it was wrought, it is not simply
[ liable to be used up by the wear and tear,
j but also to lose its tenacity and elasticity,
and to be disintegrated and weakeued —in
i short, to lese its life and become useless Jong
before it is woru out, and even not worn at
i a "- For example, a wrought iron girder
[bridge can bear only a certain amount of
daily use without rapid depreciation of
strength. It must have seasons of ret front
strain, just as an animal requires rest, and
its life depends on these, if subjected to a
h, avy strain, often ; - "bh TiltU Tn'
mug rest, its life will be proportionately
less tban it would be under other circum
stances.
The Engineer has gone iuto certain caleu
lations to show how long a bridge of wrought
iron may bo expected to live, under given
circumstances, and comes to the conclusion
(hat such a bridge, subject at intervals to a
dynamical load not exceeding a fourth part
of its powers of ultimate resistance —that is
to say, not subject to this strain more than
one hundred times in twenty-four hours—
may be safe to travel fur about 328 years.—
But, as many of the hardest-worked iron
railroad bridges are subject to twice, or even
ihi ice. this number of daily strains, the
conclusion reached is, that a girder bridge
cannot be safely counted on for more tban
-rbout 100 years. These calculations, if re
liable (and we see not why they may not be,)
are very important for all uses of iron sub
ject to heavv strains. They tend to show
that a thing may be as strong as tho best
iron can make it, and yet be suhj- ct to loss
of strength and life even without wear
HEARING OF THE BLIND.
The blind boys in school know the step of
di their school fellows with unerring ct
ainty. Thus, a boy having missed liis
friend at, play, be watches for him as the
ranks file past, walking round the green
-ward, or marching in to dinner. lie hear?
the tramp of his friend amid the din and
'he scuffle of the other boys long ere he ha?
reached him, and pounces upon bint witli
'he same certainty as though he saw him.
Indeed, the blind speak of hearing as seeing.
If from the sound, they know that the mas
ter has left the room, tliey say, "I saw bint
go out." It is a curious fact that blind
ocople never run up against each other.
Thus, when playing prisoner's la?e —a game
which leads to some rough jostling, even
amongst boys gifted with their eyes—those
sightless little fellows but rarely come into
collision with each other. Each boy, when
he eiiter.-j the workshop ia which he is em
uloyed in basket making—a room twenty
feet wide by one hundred and fifty in length
—marches up to his own seat and box.
never by any chance mistaking his place. If
'hey are in search of a friend, and they hap
oen to call out bis name in an empty room.
Jiey never stop for an ao-wer. their sens
■ I hearing telliug them that there is no one
m it. Mr. Anderson, of Edinburgh, tells
us a tale which well illustrates this point.
"I had occasion," he says, "to send out a
>lind tuau with a mattress; I gave him a bill
with it, that be might receive payment.But
'0 my surprise, he returned with the ao
•ouut and the mattress too. 'l've brought
• ack boith, yo see. sir,' said he.—'How so?'
'lndeed, sir, I dinna like to leave't yonuer.
else I am sure we wad ne'er see the siller—
there's nae a stick of furniture within the
door !' 'll >w do you come to know that !'
Oh, sir, two taps on the door wi' my stick
-oon tell't me that;"'.aud the man's estimate
proved to be correct. — Exchowji
ANNEXATION OF CANADA.
There is on foot a powerful movement in
avor of the annexation of Nova Feotia and
Canadian Provinces to the United State?.
A strong deputation of Nova Scotians who
were in Washington last week, and who
-peak for their people, say that an over
whelmiug majority of the people boldly pre
fer being added to the United States, since
they were corruptly and against their will,
and in the face of their protest, sealed to
the new Canadian "Dominion." The cor
respondent of the Ft est says: They de
clare that connection hateful to them, and,
as it seems to be the policy of England not
ro interpose against any free movement of
the colonies to set. up for themselves, they
!o not anticipate any resistance should they
vote for annexation to the United States.
It is said on good authority that Hon. B.
J. Walker will sustaiu this movement in a
powerful argument. He is quoted as say
ing that Congress should vote down the
proposed reciprocity treaty with Canada;
that, free-trader as he is, he postpones his
favorito theo r y belbre the necessity of re
fusing free trade to the dependency of a na
tion that was so ateadily our enemy during
the rebellion. Jj Canada wants free trade
she must join the American Union. This is
a new and startling view of an old subject,
and becomes an important ingredient in the
adjustment of the Alabama claims. Refuse
Iree trade to the Caoadas, and thev will be
compelled to cut loose from the home gov
eminent. They cannot exist with their'
products taxed nnder our tariff; and so it
may happen that long before England agrees
to settle our "little bill" for protecting the i
rebellion and driving our commerce from
the seas, at a cost of hundreds of millions of !
dollars to our merchants, Canada may be in j
a blaze with the annexation fever.
THE following is told in paris of a London
logger. The beggar was in the habit of
sitting on one of the London bridges, ac
companied by a dog with a placard insert!-
ed "Blind" attached to his nock, and was
fortunate enough to awaken the charitable
sympathies of a gentleman, who, every
morning when he passed the mendicant,
dropped a penny into the hat. One day
the usual donation was omitted and the
supposed blind man ran alter his benefactor
as fast, as his cratches would permit, and
boldly asked why the usual penny had not
been forthcoming. "Why, I thought you
were blind." exclaimed the man of charity,
amazed. "No, sir, it is not I." replied the
beggar, "It is the dog."
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CARE OK TEETH. —ROUSSEAU SAI l that no
woman with fins teeth could be ugly. Any
female mouth with a good set of teeth is kiss
able. The tsooiearjy loss of the first teeth
att unfavorable influence upon the beau
ty and duration of the second. The young
est should accord! ugly be made to take
care of them. All that is mxi'sasry is to
bru.-b them fieend times* da v with a little
~ ordinary soap or rusgn >ia and water.
| After eating the particles of food should
Ibe carefully removed fioai the teeth by
means of a tooth jack of null or wood, but
r never of met#!, ami by a thread passed
J BOW and then bu ivoeu the teeth. Cam
j pinnated and acio t xuh powder- a;e ii jur
j ioUj both to the enamel aud the gums, and
j d employed every [ article sf ou.d le r--
j moved from the gums by cjjof ally rinsing.
1 The habit whi* b sorce ladies have of u
i in.r a bit of leutoti though i may wb.r o
| the teetli and give a umpn-ary ii 'min
and color tin the gum-, i.- a-a! to the cuaiii
j el, as are all acids.
| No one, young or old, .-di ul ! tutu their
I jaws into nut crackers, and it b even dare
| eroiis for avuts nto bite off, s tfow dt-n
00, me ends of the thread tit ■ wing! i. :
i nt.t safe to bring very hot food or drink
! especially if immediately followed by an.
i thing cold, in contact with the teeth.
HIGHER 1 11 E.
; A few days ago, in the country, I .-to d
j beneath a tail cedar, a student of it - nature,
and ao admirer of its gloiy. I observed
that tie lower branches showed the only
signs of decay, and that they seemed to be
j appointed to removal, in order that the -np
; ofthe tree might pa— uninterruptedly tip
| ward to develop the higher boughs, and to !
hold the top m full evergreen. The trunk ■
o! the cedar is made the more grand and
substantial by the disap|iearan<re of the
lower branches, year by year, and the ave
nues to communicate life and beauty upward
are ti u> the more direct and effectual.
And so does the Christian grow. The
habits of his childhood, his embryo notions
and opinions, as he ri-es into manhood, aie
lost; and like the cedar, as he grows, his
lower affections and attachments, love of the
world, of fame, of position, one by one die
and disappear, and his higher nature is all
the more comely and©.replete. Any man
may thus di" unto sin, and live unto God,
loose his attachments from the things of time
and sense, and fix them upon those things
which are eternal and divine.— (s
' : Gotptl in tlu Tiff.
IF our reads rs do not think that it re
quires nerve to edit a newspaper out We-t,
let tin in read this, the experience of'one of
them fellers,'as told by himself: 'One
evening—it was moonlight in the summer
tune —we sat alone in the porch by the cot
tage door, holding that little white hand in
a gentle pressure; one arm had stolen round
her wa<te, and a silent song of joy like 'she
uiusie of the night' was on our soul. Our
lips Dl* t iu A sweet delicious ki--, and bend
ing softly to her ear. we whispered a tale of
passionate devotion; we proposed. In a
moment .-lie tore her hand from ours, an<J
with a look of ineffable scorn, said. 'What!
marry an editor? You git out!' We slid.'
A SWEET TEMPER. -NO trait of charac
ter is nr re valuable in a woman than the
possession of a sweet temper. Home can
never be made happy without if. It i? a
flower that springs up in our pathway, re
viving an 1 cheering us. Let a man go
borne at night wearied by the toils of the
day and bow soothing is a word dictated
by a good disposition ! It is suu.-hiue fall
ing cn his heart. Study, then, to ac
quire and retain a sweet temper; it is mors
valuable than gold: it captivates more than
beauty; and retain? all its freshness and
|iowcr.
Grey hairs consist not in the multitude
of years, but in the number and variety of
useful observations that are made; nor is
there any rea.v-n why wisdom should be pe
culiarly ascribed to the aged, except such
persons, by having lived longer in the world,
and having had the opportunity of many
and various occurrence? to ripen their judg
ments, have accordingly improved it: for it
matters not much whether a man makes his
observations in a longer, or less lime, provi
ded he makes them well.
Wasiungton once called on an e'deily
lady, whose little grand daughter, at the
close of his call, waited on him at the door,
and opeued it to let hint CUP Th? guteral
thanked her, and, laying his hand gently
upon her head, said, "My dear. 1 wish
you had a better office." "Yes, sir,—(o
let you in" was the prompt reply.
A poor lad was recently brought before
the Lord Mayor of London, who a.-ked him
whence he came. "I'm Irish, yer Honor."
"Have you ever been to sea?" "Welb
that's good." replied Paddy. "Does yer
Honor perhaps (hint that I came over in a
wheelbarrow ?"
"DENNIS, darlint, ocb, Dennis, what is it
you're doing?" "Whist Biddy, I'se try
ing an experiment." "Murther' what is
it?" "Whatis it. did you say ? Why, it
is giving hot water to tho chickens I am, so
that they'll be after laying boiled egg?."
IT is related of the Alias Foot who mar
ried Senator Henderson, that once when
she and her sister went to a party with their
uncle, Senator Foot, a grammatical servant
announced, "Senator Foot and tho two
Misses Feet."
A white garment appears wor>e with
slight soiling than a colored garment
much soiled; so a little fault in u good man
attracts more attention than a great off nee
in a bad man.
II? you would not fall into nn, do uo. sit
by the door of temptation.
THERE is no saivaii: n of the ton!, no j
hope of everlasting life, but in the Cross, j
A BOftE is_a man who persists in alking
about himself when yon wish t talk about
yourself.
MOST of the shadows that oto-s out path
through life arc caused by our standing in
our OHO light.
Bund man's buff is supposed to eoute
nearer to genuine human sympathy titan
any other amusement, because it is a fellow
feeling for a fellow creature'
Iris a wise expression that advertising
is "the extension of your simp front in the
' newspapers."
1 RATES OF ADVERTISING,
A a ilvrti*rioeßt? fcr lf'* tfir> I m. nth* 18
j cents per line fur each insertion. Fptcis liotfeei
r,ne-blCadditional. AH re*olutio of Astocia
tiooc, euinisE)i-'&tloDs of * limited or indivMa 1
interest and notice* of marriages *d<l deaths, ex
ceeding five Hue, i 0 eta. per line. All legal noti
rcrcf every kind, and. ell Orphans' Court end
' tfter .Indicia rale?, ere repaired by lew to lie pub
lished in both p*per. Editorial Notices IS cente
per line. All Advertising dne after first insertion.
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
3 monts. 6 months, 1 year
One square $ 4.50 $ 5.00 SiO.oß
Two squares 6.00 8.00 16.0#
Three squares 8.00 12.00 20.0#
One* fourth column ~ 14.00 20.00 35.C0
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ITEMS.
IN the garret of a beggar who died a few
weeks ago, at Hamburg, there were found
three thousand dollars in silver and seven
one thousand dollar United States bonds.
The Republic of Hamburg was his heir.
In Paris, recently, a shopkeeper was fined
for exhibiting goods in his shop window
nituked at a lowet figure than he would sell.
Right, ccrtainy. In this city the same
thing frequently occurs—all but the fine Ex.
TIIE Ho- ton Tmntsript proposes that the
disappointed cfiree-sickera be placed on
Government reservations aud made to till
t! oil, wore they expect the Government
to j • \i ;e fir tbeni in some manner.
A vsi.j. u.v put powder iu the stove of a
public* - chord bouse near Baltimore a few
days . and by the explosion eight schol
ai -wo injured, two little girls lieing fa
tally burn d.
A YorNti iudy ct BprtogfieU, at a woman
suffrage me. ting, remarked, ''Mr. Foster
■ oid there t wil a woman in the hall who
naao i a..* unicti ngiu iu uc casit** mu u
he had; and I think so too!"
THE principal stockholder of the /-
<Jep< mbuce Beige, the most profitable paper
tin the European Continent, is a young
girl of seventeen, who. besides, owns in
her own right an estate worth one million
francs.
THE Women's Rights women say that
Mississippi must be the first .State that
"shall have the honor to invest woman with
the right o! suffrage," and that Wisconsin
will not long withhold the right. We shall
A week ag". iu Manchester, Xew llaiup
-hire, a tuau worth one hundred thousand
• lullars, earned twenty five cents by carrying
heme a fowl for another uian. He said he
thought himself lueky to get pay for taking
needed exercise.
THE grand prize of the Prussian lottery,
hist drawing, was won by a man now iu jail
at Po-en on a charge of forgery, for which
he will be sent to the Penitentiary for at
bast tl re years.'so it wiil be some time be
fore be will he aide to enjoy his wealth.
THE New York Sorosis proposed one good
and sensible idea, but lias abandoned it—a
college for cooks. It was about the best of
all the propositions of this woman's society,
whi.-h, candor compels us to say, announces
its intention of attempting to do very many
fooiish things.
A Xew York newspaper makes the as
tonishing assertion "that at the present day
Philadelphia city contains more and better
accommodations tor the industrious, fruga!
poor than any city of the Old World," which
is unquestionably a piece of news.
THE female party to a divorce suit in
Cincinnati aimed at getting rid of her fourth
husband, who was twenty-one years her
junior, (tne cf her former husbands was
a Bluebeard who made this lady his ninth
wife.
PRESIDENT JOIIN ADAMS retained four
of the Cabinet officer* of his predecessor.
.John Quincy Adams retained the Secretary
of the Navy. Postmaster General, and
Attorney General lie had served with in the
Cabinet of President Monroe.
AT the inauguration ball, there was a fe
roal ■ in the imitation of masculine costume
She wore a crten silk coat and pantaloons,
and -he iooke 1 like a picture of Pocahontas
or like a mermaid, grotesque and hybrid.
Her basque of flowered green silk fell to her
knees, and her flowered green silk panta
loons were ruffled around the bottom with
lac.", her hair streamed down her back below
her waist.
HKUE is a unique reason, given by a New
Yo-.k paper, why Mr. Beceher ought to re
fuse bis call to Montreal. "There is, doubt
less a well written obituary notice of the dis
tinguished gentleman in every well regulated
newspaper office in the country, and they
all locate him at Plymouth Church. It is
not likely that he would go back on the
press in any such way as this Montreal busi
ness would indicate."
THE Princess Mathilde, Napoleon's fat
and queenly-looking cousin, whom he atone
time wished to make his wife, has in her
boudoir an old riding w hip which she once
wrested from the hands of the brutal
Russian Prince Demidoff, her husband, af
ter hehad struck her with it in the face.
On that occasion the resolute youug lady
is said to have turned the tables on the
Ilussiao, and, after taking the riding-whip
from him. marked his face with it.
THE Secictary of the Navy, Mr Borie, is
fifty years of age, about five feet six inches
high, and wears short side whiskers, and a
moustache a shade darker than his whiskers.
His hair is iron gray, and his eyes are a dark
hazel, very bright and keen. He is very
courteous an 1 gentlemanly ia his manner,
and easily approached.
AN individual advertised for "a wife" the
other day, and requested each applicant for
the situation to enclose her carte de visite.
One of his fair eortespondents closed her
reply in these terms: "I do not enclose my
carte, for, though there is some authority
for putting a cart before a horse, I know of
none for putting one before an ass."
THE following is Mr. Johnson's last rhyme
Sometimes I tried to give them light,
I mud;' them spectacles day and night.
And they'd insult me, left and right.
And called me "Andy:"
They said I was only whisky tight:
They lied —,twa brandy.
M >' pitcher's at the fountain broke!
Let no one know in what sly nook
My dust reposes,
J. st he should come, and for the joke,
Say, ''Hero lies Moses."
OtfotiKAPHV. —This new art, just an
nouoeed, consists in a process of accurately
representing the figures which certain oils
exhibit when a drop is let fall upon water
an 1 allowed to remain a certain length of
time. The figures thus produced are said
to b? constant for each kind. By imitating
these patterns they serve as standards of
comparison, by means of which the relative
purity of oils can be determined mora readily
than iu any other way, the evidence being
based not only upon the pattern itself, but
upon the time required for the substance to
assume a particular figure.
A Washington dispatch of Saturday says:
The latest '"Slate" gives the following:
Govoruor Curtin, Minister to Russia; Mr.
Motley, Minister to England; General Sick
les, Minister to Mexico; General Butterfield
Minister to spain; Colonel Ruble, Minister
to Switzerland; General Paltrier, Minister
to Stockolm; General Parker, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs.