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If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay ail arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and ollect the whole amount, t rhether it be taken from the offi.ee or not. There can be no legal discontin ucnce until the payment is made. 4. If the subscriber orders his paper to be stopped at a certain time, and the publisher con tinuee to send, the subscriber is bound to pay for it, if he taiee it out of the Poet Office. The law proceeds upon the ground that a man most pay ior what,he uses. 5. The courts have decidea that refusing to tk newspapere and periodicals from the Post office, or removing and having thein uncalled for, is prima facia evidence of intentional fraud. -)?rofrjS]Sioaai & 3|usiowsi tfards. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. JT-IMMELL AND LINGENFELTKR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, RA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran Church. [April 1, 1869-tf iyj\ A. POINTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services t "be public. Office with J. W. Lingenfeiter, Esq., on Public Square near Lutheran Church. Jsfl~Collections promptly made. [April,l'B9-tf. 17SPY M. ALSIP, Pj ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin ing counties. Military claims, Pensions, back pay. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the Menge! House. apl I, IS69.—tf. T R. DURBORROW. tJ . ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Wfll attend promptly to all business intrusted to his care. Collections made on the shortest no tice. He **, also, a regularly licensed Claim Agent and ail give special attention to the prosecution . 'lis s against the Government for Pensions, Back I ay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the'Mengel House" April 1, 186'J:tf S. 1. RUSSELL 1. H. LOSSEKECKEF. RUSSELL A LONGEXECKER, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa.. Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi nc-s entrusted to their care. Special attention given to collections and the prosecution of claims A r Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions. Ac. JTSrOffice on Juliana street, south of the Court House. Apri 1:89: lyr. J* M'l>. SHARPE E. r. KERR SHARPE A KERR. A TTORSE YS-A T-LA H". Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad- Joining counties. All business entrusted to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking house of Reed A Scheil. Bedford, Pa. Apr l;62:tf w c. SCHAFFER ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Office with J. W. Dickerson Esq.. 23aprly PHYSICIANS. QR. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office an 1 residence on Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. 11. Hofius. [Ap'l 1,69. MISCELLANEOUS. OE. SHANNON, BANKER, . BF.DFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. Collections made for the East, West, North and South, and the general business of Exchange transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and Remittances prompilymade. REAL ESTATE bought and sold. April 1:89 DANIEL BORDER, PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF TBS BED FORD HOTEL, BEIFDRD, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He keeps on had a stock of fine Gold and Sil ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin ed Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold Watch Chains. Breast Pine. Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order any thing in his line not on hand. [vr.2S,'6s. RK \Y. GROUSE, Urn DEALER IX CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, AC. On Pitt street one door east of Geo. R. Oatcr A t'o.'s Store, Bedford, Fa., i? now prepared to sell by wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. All rjars promptly filled. Person? desiring anything in his lina will do well to give bim a call. Bedford April 1. '69., N N. HICKOK. VJ. DENTIST. Office at the old stand in BANK BUILDIXO, Juli.ina t., BEDFORD. Ail operations pertaining to Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry performed with care and WARRANTED. Anorstheties administered, ah en desired. Ar t- U teeth inserted at. per set. $9.00 and up. teard. As I am deteimined to do a CASH BUSINESS or none, I have reduced the prices for Artificial Teeth of the various kinds. 2t> per cent., and of Gold Fillings 33 per cent. This reduction will be made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all such will receive prompt attention. Tl'ebSS 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 rooms are large, well ventilated, and comfortably fnrni-hed. The table will always be supplied with the best the tt arket can afibrd. The Bar is stocked with the choicest liquors. 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All letters should be addressed to JOHN LL'TZ. 3 Horal anti (General jlrtospaprr, Drboieti to isolates, (Gtiueaticm, Eiterature anti fHorals. geMorb fitquircr. THE NEW REGISTRY LAW. For the information of our readers and especially for a.-ses.sors aud election officers in the respective districts of the County, we publish the following which is an act further supplemental to the act relative to the elec tions of this Commonwealth: SECTION 1. Be it modal by th< Senate and Ilou.se of Represen tat ires of the Cmtt montceahhof Pcnusyhania in General .1 <- seitthly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of each of the assessors within this Com monwealth, on the fir-t Monday in June of each year, to tafce up the transcript he has received from the county commissioners un der the eighth section of the act of lifteenth of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and proceed to an immediate revision of the same, by striking therefrom the name of every person who is known by bim to have died or removed since the la-t previous as sessment from the district of which he is the assessor, or whose dtath or removal from the same shall be made known to him. and to add to the same the name of any qualified voter who shall be known by Kim to have removed into the district since the last previous assessment, or whose removal into the same shall be or shall have been made known to him, and also the names of all who shall make claim to him, to be qualified voters therein. As soon as this re vision is completed ho shall visit every dwel ling bouse in his district and make careful inquiry if any person whose name is on his list has - died or removed from the district, aud if so to take the satne therefrom, or whether any qualified voter resides therein whose name is not on his list, and if o to add the same thereto and in all cases where a name is added to the list a tax shall forth with be assessed against the person: and the assessor shall in all gares ascertain, by in quiry, upon what ground the person so a sesscd claims to be a voter. Upon the com pletion of this work, it shall be the duty of each assessor as aforesaid to proceed to make out a list, in alphabetical order of the white freemeD, above twenty-one years of age. claiming to be qualified voters in the ward, borough, town-hip, or not a house keeper, the oc cupation, place of boarding, and with whom, and if working for another, the name of -he employer, and write opposite each of -aid names the word "voter.'" Where any per son claims to vote by reason of naturaliza tion, he shall exhibit bis certificate thereof to the a-sessor. has been for five consecutive years next preceding a voter in said district: and in all cases where the per son has been naturalized, the name shall be marked with the letter "N;" where the person has merely declared his intentions to become a citizen and designs to be naturalized before the next elect i-n. the name shall be marked "D I;" where the claim is to vote by rea-en of being bet ween the ages of twenty one and tweuty-two, as provided by law, the word "Age" shall be entered; and if the person has moved into the election di-trict to reside since the last general election, the letter "R" -hall be placed opposite the name. It shall be the further duty of each assessor as aforesaid, upon the completion of the duties herein irn posed, to make out a separate list of all new assessments made by him and the amounts assessed upon each, and furni-h the -ame immediately to the county commissioners, who shall immediately add the names to the tax duplicate of the ward, borough, town ship, or district in which they have been assessed. SEC. 2. On the list being completed and the assessments made as aforesaid, the same .-hall forthwith be returned to tbe county commissioners, who shall cause duplicate copies of said lists, with the observations and c-xplacati >ns required to be noted as aforesaid, to be made out a- soon as practi cable and placed in tbe hand- of the assess or, who shall, prior to the first of August in each year, put one copy thereof on the door of or on the house where the election of the respective district i.< required to he held, and retain the other in his po-se-.-ion, for the in -p.ection, free of charge, of any person rc-i dent in the said election district who shall desire to see the same; and it shall be the duty of the said assessor to add, from time to time, on the personal application of any one claiming the right to rote, the name of ,-uch claimant, and mark opptosite the name "C. V.," and immediately as.-esshim with a tux, noting, as in all other case-, his occupa tion, residence, whether a boarder or house keeper; if a boarder, with whont he boards; and whether naturalized or designing to be, marking in all such eases the letters, oppo site the name, 'N." or "D. 1.," as the case may be; if the person claiming bo be assessed be naturalized he shall exhibit to the as -cssorhis certificate of naturalization; and if he claims that he dc-igna to be naturalized before the next ensuing election, he shall ex hibit the certificate of his declaration of in tention; in all cases where any ward, bor ough, township, or election district is divi ded into two or more precincts, the as- - or shall note in all his asscs-ments the election precinct in which each elector resides, and .-hall make a separate return for each to the county commissioners, in all cases iu which a return is requited from him by the pro visions of this act; and the county cammis sioners, in making duplicate copies of all such returns, shall make duplicate copies of the names of the voters in each precinct, separately, and shall furnish the same to the assessor; and the copies required by this aet to be placed on the doors of or on election places on or heffire the first of August in each year, shall be placed on the door of or on the election place in each of said pre cincts. SEC. 3. After the ASSESSMENTS have been completed on the tenth day preceding the econd Tuesday in October in each year, the assessor shall, on the Monday immediately following, make a return to the county com missioners of the names of all persons as sessed by him since the return required to be made by hint by the secood section of this set. noting opposite each name the ob : (.'nations and explanations required to be BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY. 31 AY 21 18G9. noted as a fore-aid : and the county commis si n is shall thereupon cause the same to be added to the return required by the second section of this act, and a fail and correct copy thereof to be made, containing the names of nil persons so re turn 1 as resident taxablos in said ward, borough township, or precinct, and furnish the same, together with the i-eessary election blanks, to the officers of the election in said ward, bor ough, town-hip, or precinct, on or before six o'clock in the inoruing of the second Tues day of October : and no man .-hall be per mitted to vote at the election on that day u hn.se name is not on said li-t, unless he shall make proof of his tight to vote, as hereinafter required. SEC. 4. On the day of election any person whose name is not on the said list, and claiming the right to vote at said election, shall produce at least one qualified voter of* the district a.a twines- to the residence of the claimant in the district in which he claims to be a voter, for the period of ut least ten days next proceeding said election, which witness thai] take and sob- ribe a written, or partly written and partly printed, affidavit to the facts stated by him, tvhieb affidavit shall define clearly where the resi der.:.; i- >f the person claiming to be a vo ice : aud the }>erson so claiming the right to vote -ball also take and subscribe a written, or partly written and partly printed, affida vit stating, to the be-t of Lis knowledge and belief, where and when he was born ; that be is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the United States ; that h" has resided in the Commonwealth one year, or if foruier'y a ci izen therein and has moved therefrom, that he has resided there in six mouths next proceeding said election; that he has not moved into the district for the purpose of voting thcrin ; that he ha paid a State or county tax within two years, which, was assessed at hast ten days before said election : and. if a naturalized citizen, shall also stat ■ when, where, and by what court he was naturalized, and .-hall also pro duce his certificate of naturalization for ex amination ; the -aid affidavit shall also state when and where the tax claimed to be paid by the affiant was as-e-sed, and when, where, and to whom paid; and (he tax receipt thereof shall lie produced for examination, unlo-s the affiant shall -'a'e in hi- affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, or that he never received any ; far. if the person ;o claiming the right t> vote shall take and subscribe an affidavit, that, he is a native born citizen of the Uniied States, I or if born elsewhere, fibail state the facts in his affida vit. and shall produce evidence that Le has lx.cn naturalized, or that he is entitled to citizenship by reason of Lis father's natu ralization; and shall further state in his affidavit, that he is, at the time of his tak ing the affidarit, between the ages of twen ty on ■ and twenty two years : that he has resided in the Ftate one year and in the elec tion district ten days Dcxt preceding such election, he shall he entitled to vote, al though he .-hall i> >f. have paid taxes ; the -aid affidavit of all persons making such claims, ami the affidavits of the witness to tln-ir rc-'denc s, shall be preserved by the election board, and at the close of the elee tion they shall be enclosed with the list of voters, tally list, and other papers, required by law to he filed by the return judge with the prothonotary, and -hall remain on file therewith in tbe prothoootary's office sul - ject to examination, as other election papers are: if the election officers shall find that the applicant or aj p'ieants possess all the legal qualifications of voter.", he or they shall be permitted to vote, 2nd the name or names -hall be added to the list of taxabh bv the election ffie. rs, the woid "tax" be ing added where the claimant claims to vote on tax, and the word "age where he claims to vote on age ; the same words being add ed by the clerks in each case respectively, on the list of p rsoti- voting at such elec tion. SEC. 5. It shall be lawful for any qualified citizen of thedi-trict. not-withstanding th name of tb>- prnpo-cd voter is contained on the li-t of resident taxable-, to challenge she vote of such person-; whereupon the sani proof of* the right of -uffrace a- i- now re quired by law shall be publicly made and acted on by the election board, and the vote admitted or rejected, according to the evi dence ; every person claiming to be a natur alizod citizen .-hall be required to produce his naturalization certificate at the election before voting, except where he has been for ten year- consecutively, a voter in the dis trict in which he offer.- his vote ; and on the vote of such person being received, it shall be the duty of the election officers to write or stamp on such certificate the word "vo ted," with the month and year ; and if any election officer or officers shall receive a sec ond vote on the same day, by virtue ol the same certificate, excepting where sons are entitl <1 to vote by virtue of the naturaliza tion of their fathers, they and the person who shall offer such second vote, upon so offending shall be guilty of a high misde meanor, ami on conviction thereof, be fined or imprison i, or both, at the discretion of tbe court; but the fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars in each ea-e. nor tl e impri-- onment one year; the like puni-hment ,-hal] be inflicted on conviction, on the officers of election who shall neglect or refuse to make, or cause to be made, the endorsement re quired a< aforesaid on said naturalization certificate. SEC. G. It" any election officer shall refuse or neglect to require such proof of the right of suffrage as is prescribed by this law or the laws to which this is a supplement, from any person offering to vote whose name is not on the li-t of a--essed voters, or whose right to vote is challenged by any qualified voter present, and -hail admit sucli person to vote without requiring such proof, every person so offending shall, upon convi. ion. be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be senteDCt-d for every such offence to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to undergo an impri-onment not more than one year, or either or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 7. Ten days preceding every election for electors for President ami Vice President of the United States, it shall be the duty of the assessor to attend at tl.c place fixed by law for holding the election in each election district, and then and there hear all applica tions of per- -os whose Dames have been omitted from the li-t of assessed voters, and who claim the right to vote, or whose rights haTe originated since the same was made out, and shall add the names of such persons thereto as shall show that they are entitled to the right of suffrage in such district, on the personal application of the claimant on !y, and forthwith assess them with the pro per tax. After completing the list, a copy thereof sha.l be placed on the door of or on the house where the electiou i- to he held, at lea-t eight days before the election; and at the election the same course shall be pur sued, in all respects, a- is required by this act and the acts to which it is a supplement, at the general elections iu October. The assessors shall also make the same returns to the e ttuty commissioners of all assessments made by virtue of this section; and the countv commissioners shall furnish copies thereof to the election officers iu each dis trict, in like manner in all respects as is re quired at the general elections in (letober. SEC. 8. The same rules and regulations shall apply at every special election, and at every separate.city, borough or ward elec tiou, in all respects, as at the general elec tions in October. SEP. 9: The r -pective assessors, inspect or- and judges of the elections shall each have the power to. administer oaths to any person claiming the right to he assessed or (lie tight of suffrage, or in regard to any oth r matter or thing required to be done or inquired into by any of said officers under this act; and any willful false swearinc by any person in re lation to any matter or thing concerning which they shall be lawfully in terrogated by any of said officers, shall be puti'-hed as perjury. SEC. 10. The assessors shall each receive the same compensation for the time neces sarily spent in performing the duties thereby enjoined as is provided by law for the per formance of their other duties, to be paid by the county commi sioners 3s in other cases; and it shall not be lawful for any a--e.-:-or to assess a tax against any person whatever wi liin ten days next preceding the election to be held on the second Tuesday of Octo ber, in any year, or within ten days next before any election for electors of President and Vice President of the United States; any violation of this provision shall be a mis demeanor, and subject the officer so offend irg to a fine, on conviction, not exceeding one hundred dollar.-, or to imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both,'at the dis cretion of the court SEC. 11. On the petition of five or more citizens of the county, stating under oath that they verily believe that fraud- will be practiced at the election about to be held, in any district, it -hall be the duty of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, if in ses -ion, or, if not, a judge thereof in vacation, to appoint two judiciou-, sober, and intelli gent citizens of the county to act as over --ers at -aid election; said overseers shall be -elected from different politic.-d parties, where the in-pt -tors belong to different par ti aud whore both of said inspectors be iong to the same political party, botn of the overseers shall be taken from the opposite political party; said overseers shall have the riJit to 1 ptesent with the officers of the election during the whole time the same is held, the votes counted, and the returns made out and signed by the election officers; to keep a list of voters if they see proper, chalk-axe any person offering to vote, and interrogate him and hi- witne.--. -, under oath, in re:ird to his right of suffrage at -aid ek • tion, and to examine his pa per prodiD ed. and the officers of said eleeiiori are re i aired to afford t > -aid overseers so - dected and appointed every convenience and facility for the discharge of their duties: and if -aid election officers shall refuse to permit said overseers to be present and per form their duties as aforesaid, or if they -hall be driven away from the poll- by vio lenre- or intimidation, all the votes polled at -ueh election district may be rejected by any tribunal trying a contest under said election; provided that no per-on signing the peti tion -hall be appointed as overseer. SEC. 12. If any prothonotary, clerk, or the deputy of either, or any other person, -hall affix the seal of office to any naturalization paper, or permit the same to be affixed, or give out, or cause or permit the same to be given out, in blank, whereby it may be fraudulently used, or furnish a naturaliza tion certificate to any per--n who -hall not have been duly examined and sworn in open court, in the presence of some of the judges thereof, according to the aet of Congress, or -hall aid in, connive at. or in arty way per mit the i-sue of any fraudulent nataraliza tion certificates, lis shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor: or il' any one shall fraudu lently u=e any such certificates of naturali zation, knowing that it was fraudulently is sued, or shall vote or attempt to vote there on, or if any one shall vote or attempt to vote on any certificate of naturalization not issued to him, he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor; and either or any of the per sons, their aiders or abettor gaity of either •if the misdemeanors aforesaid, shall on con viction, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the proper penitentiary for a period not exceed sng three years. SET. 13. Any person who on oath or af firmation, in or before any court in this State, or officer authorized to administer oaths, shall, to procure a certificate of natu ralization for himself or any other person wilfully depose, declare, or affirm any mat ter to be fact, knowing the same to he false, or shall in like manner deny any ni i*ter to be fact, knowing the same to ho t: , shall be deemed guilty of perjury; and any cer tificate of naturalization issued in pursuance of any such depo-ition, declaration, or affir mation, shall he Dull and voi and it shall be the duty of the court issuing the same upon proof being made before it that it was fraudulently obtained, to take immediate measures for recalling the same for cancella tion: and any person who shall vote, or at tempt to vote on any paper so obtained, or who shall in any way aid in, connive at, or have any agency whatever in the issue, cir culation. or use of any fraudulent naturali zation certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there of, shall undergo an imprison meet in the penitentiary for not more than two years, and pay a fine, not more than one thousand dollars, for every such oflknee, or either or both, at the discretion of the court. SF,C. 14. Any assessor, election officer, or pers m appointed as an overseer, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty en joined by this act, without reasonable or le eal cause, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars: and if any assessor shall assess any person as a voter who is not qualified, or shall refuse to assess any one who is qualified, he shall be guilty of a mis demeanor in office, and on conviction be punished by tine or imprisonment, and also be subject to an action for damages by the party aggrieved; and if any person shall fraudulently alter, add to, d.-face, or destroy any list of voters made out as directed by this act, or tear down or remove the same from the place where it has been fixed, with irauduleot or mischievous intent, or for any improper purpose; the person so offending -ha 1 be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and and on conviction -bail be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 15. All election-fur city, ward, bor ough, township, and election officers shall hereafter be held on the second Tuesday of October, subject to all the provisions of the laws regulating the election of such officers not inconsistent with this act: the person elected to such office at that time shall take their places at the expiration of the terms of the persons holding the same at the time of such electiou; but no election for the office of assessor or assistant assessor shall be held, under this act, until the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy. SET". 10. At all elections hereafter held, under the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be opened between the hours of six and seven o'clock A. M., and closed at seven o'clock P. M. riKC. 17. It shall be the duty of the Secre tary of the Commonwealth tc prepare forms for all the blank- made necessary by this act, and furni-h copie- of the tame to the county commissioners of the several coun ties of the Commonwealth; and the county commissioners of each county shall, as soon as may be necessary after receipt of the same, at the proper expense of the county, procure and furnish to all the election offi cers of the election districts of their respec tive counties copies of such blanks in such quantities a.- may be rendered necessary for the discbarge of their duties under this act. SE> . IS. None of the foregoing provisions of this act shall apply to the city of Phila delphia, excepting sections twelve and thir teen. SEC. 19. That citizens of this Stale tempo rarily in the servics of the State or ol the United States Governments, on clerical or other duty, and who do not vote where thus employed, shall not be thereby deprived of the right to vote in their several election districts if otherwise duly qualified. SEC. 20. The act, entitled "A further sup plement to the act relating to the election of this Commonwealth," approved April 4, A.!>., one thousand eight hundred and six ty-eight. and all other laws altered or sup plied by this act be, and the same are here by repealed. MY ciianiiEN. ITBLISURI) BV REGI ES! . I had two little dailings, With eyes of deepest blue, There's just a year between tliera, And the younger is not two. Like sunny little blossoms. Whose petals daily ope, 1 watch their minds expanding, With fond and earnest hope. Frank says he's mother's rose bud, And little brother Willie, With skin like alabaster. Is my budding water-lily. I call them both my mock-birds, For, like music to iny ear, And their merry little voices, So silvery and clear. What the dew is to the flowers, The rain-bow to the sky, Are these children to my pathway, Which they cheer and beautify. They fill my heart with gladness, With thankfulness and praise, They chase away my sadness. And leave no gloomy days. Tho' many other blessings Around my footsteps fall, Mv children and their father, Are chief anaoug them all. My life seems crowned with joys Whene'er I look on them, And they the brightest jewels Within the diadem. Then blessing on my darlings, Bright blessings from above, God grant their tender boyhood Miss not a mother's love! Oh. may my days be lengthened Thro' out their earlyycuth, To leal them in the pathway Of honor and of truth. God grant to me Uis spirit To guide their souls aright, To teach them by example ••To walk as in His sight." And when this life in ended, May all whom he has given, Uuited, form a family Within the courts of Heaven '. MARRIAGE. —Marriage is, to a woman, at once the happiest and saddest event of her life; is the promise of future bliss, raised on the death of all present enjoyment, She quits her home, her parents, her compan ions, her occupations, her amusements — everything on which she has hitherto de pended for comfort, for affection, for kind ness, for pleasure. The parents by whose advice she has been guided, the sister to whom she has dared impart every embryo thought and feeling, the brother who has played with her, by turns the counselor and the counseled, and the younger children, to whom she has hitherto been the mother and the playmate—all are to be forsaken at one fell stroke; every former tie is loosened, the spring of every hope and action is to be changed, and yet she flies with joy into the untrodden path before her. Buoyed up by the confidence of requited love, she bids a fond and grateful adieu to the life that is past, and turns with excited hopes and joy ous anticipations of the happiness to come. Then woe to the man who ean blight such fair hope—who can, eoward-like, break the illusions that have won her. and destroy the confidence which love had inspired. Is the Michigan State Prison, at Jackson, during 1868, twenty-seven convicts were punished with whips, thirty-four with the paddle, forty-eight by beine put into a dark cell. WALTER BROWS, of Boston, has repeat ed in Jersy City his feat of riding fifty miles on a velocipede within six hours. The driving wheel made 25.I I .' revolutions in this time. VOL. 42: NO. 20 THE POP! LATION ON THE GLOBE. There are on the globe about 1 000 souls, of wbieh . 360,000,000 are of the Caucasian race. 552,00Q,000, are of the Mongolian race. 190,000,000 arc of the Ethiopian race. 176,000,000 are of the Maylay race. 1,000,(100 arc of the Indo-Amerioan race. There are 3642 language-, spoken, and 1,000 different religion-. The yearly mortality of the globe is 333,- 333,333 persons. This is at the rate of 91,- 544 per day, 3730 per hour, CO per minute. So each pulsation of cur heart marls the decease of some human creature. The average of human life is 33 years. One-fourth of the popula'ion dies at or before 17 years. One half at or before 17 years. Among 10,000 persons one arrives at the age of 100 year*. one in 500 attains the age of 90, and one in 100 persons lives to the age of CO. Married men live longer than single ones. In 1,000 persons 65 marry, and more mar riages occur in June an/I December than in any other months of the year. Unc-eighth of the whole population is military. Professions exercise a great influence on longevity. In 1,000 individuals who arrive at the age of 70 years, 42 are priests, ora tors or public speakers: 40 are agricultur ists, 33 are workmen, 32 soldiers or military employees, 20 advocates or engineers, 27 | professors and 24 doctors. Those who de vote their lives to the prolongation of that of other- die the soonest. There are 335,000,000 Christian-. There are 5,000,00(1 Israelites. There are 60,000,000 Asiatic religionists. There are 160,000,(r. 10 Mohatnedans. There are 200,000,000 Pagans. In the Christian churches: 1 T0,000,000 profess the Roman Catholic, j 75,000,000 profess the Greek faith. 80,000,000 profess the Protestant. REMARKABLE WORKS.— Nineveh was 15 miles long, 8 wide, and 40 round, with a wall 100 feet high and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was 50 miles within the walls, which were 75 feet thick, 300 feet high, and had 100 brazen gates. The Temple of Diana, at Ephesos, was 420 fec-t to the support of the roof. It was a hundred years in building. The largest of the Pyramids is 481 feet high and 653 on the sides : its base covers 11 acres. The stones are about 30 feet in length, and the layers are 308. It employed 330,000 men in the building. The Labyrinth, in Egypt, contains 300 chambcts and 12 halls Thebes, in Egypt, present ruins 27 miles round. Athens was 25 miles round, and contained 350,000 citizens and 400,000 slaves. The Temple of Delphos was so rich in donations that it was plundered of $300,- 000, and Nero carried away from it 200 statues. The walls of Rome were 13 miles round. 'T WILL !"—We like that strong, robust expression. No one, having uttered it in 1 sincerity, was ever a mean, crying man. The pigmies of the world did not trouble him, although they rose in masses to pull him down. lie speaks, and the indomita ble prevails. His enemies fall before him. He rides forth a conquerer. Would you be distinguished for your scientific or literary attainments? Look not mournfully at your lot, but with "I will" breathing from your lips and bursting from a great heart, you can not but prevail. Show us the man that nev er rose higher than a toadstool, and whose influence died with his breath, and we will point you to a greping. cringing wretch, who trembles at the approach of a spider, and faints beneath a thunder cloud. Let the fires of energy play through your veins, and if your thoughts are directed in right chan nels you will startle the slumbering universe. SHEEP multiply so prodigiously in Austra lia, that the boiling down of the animals merely for the extraction of the tallow has grown into a business of huge proportions Four hundred sheep are cut to pieces and thrown into a big boiler, steam from anoth er boiler is turned on, and soon the carcasses are reduced to a pulp; the tallow rises to the top, and is drawn off through large tap ß into barrels for export. The gravy and other juices, the remains of the meat, and the bones, which are so softened as to erufiible easily in the hands, are given to pigs. Four thousand sheep are boiled down in a day. "THAT'S a favorite stream for trout, friend," observed a piscatorial acquaintance to a genuine sprig of the Emerald Isle, who was whipping away with great vigor at a well known subscription pool. "Faith, and it must be that same, sure enough," replied Pat, "for not one of'cm will stir out of it. A BISHOP who indulged in the weed dined with Admiral Farragut once upon a time and after the dessert tendered a lunch of Ilavanas to the sailor, with the invitation, : Have a Aeigar. dmiral?" "No, bishop," said the admiral, with a quizzical glance, "I don t smoke —I swear a little sometimes. Ax auctioneer, while engaged iu his vo cation. thus exalted the merits ef a carpet: "Gentlemen and ladies, some folk.- sell ear pets for Brussels , but I can most positively a-ure you that this elegant article was made by Mr. Brussels himself." "A NOTIOE'of a recent steamboat explo sion, in a Western paper, ends as fellows : The captain swam ashore. So did the chambermaid; she was insured for $15,01X1, and loaded with iron." "SAMBO, wherc's your master?" "Gone out." "Has he left off drinking vet?" "Oh, yes. he h ave off two or three times dis mornin. A POLITE philosopher once thauked a la dy who bad been singing to a party for an hour, by saying, "Madam, you have wastes! our time charmingly." A PAPER in lowa apologizes for an inad vertence whereby "an obituary notice of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins was headed "Fire." It is a common saying that the lower or der of animals have not the vices of roan ; yet it is certain that some of the insects are back biters, and all the quadrupeds tale bearers. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, AC The Ist>crßi!B i* published erery Farm* morn ing be following rate*: . 0.I 'Y*AE, (in adrance,).... " " (it not paid within eiimoe.)— #2.40 " " (if not jiaid within too year,)... #4.00 All paper* ontxide of the county discontinued without notice, at the expiration of the time for which the subscription hat been paid. Single copies of the paper furnished, in wrapper*, at five cents each. Communication* on *nbject* of local or general r,tercet are re*j>ectfnl!y solicited. To eniare at tention favors of this kind inn*t invar.ably be accompanied by the name of the author, not for publication, but as a guaranty against imposition. All ictters pertaining to business of the office should lie addressed to JOHN IX'TZ, Bkdfori>, Pa. ITEMS. RAPID GROWTH. —Philadelphia is said to be growing faster just now than ever before. During the month of April, 728 permits were issued for new structures and 154 for alterations and additions. Of the new structures, 065 arc to be dwelling houses. ROAD MAKING. —Road making, accord ing to a recent message sent to the Legisla ture of Massachusetts by Governor Claflin, should lie given a prominent place in the course of studies of agricultural colleges. Cheap tran -portation is one of the principal requirements of the present day, and a practical application of scientific principles to the construction of farm roads will ma terially reduce the cost of taking produce to market or the railroad station. A good road, besides, costs lets to take earc of than an indifferent one. Thus, in Massachusetts, a macadamized road, sixty miles long, cost for repairs in 1868 the sum of $6,000, while an ordinary road, eighty two miles long, cost #l4 32#. Ax OLD ODD FELLOW DEAD.—.Mr. Richard Marley, one of the oldest Odd Fel lows in the United States, died in Baltimore on Tuesday. The-deceased was a cotempo rary of the late Grand Sire Thomas Wildey, and did much towards the advancement of the Order. He was a past grand master, and=rbr a long period up to the time of his death filled the responsible position ol treas urer of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, and was one of the representatives from Mary land to the Grand Lodge of the United State-, which meets in San Francisco. He was also a prominent member of Salem En campment. The deceased was seventy-eight years of age, and esteemed by all who knew him as an honest and upright man. MARRYING YOUR WIFE'S SISTER. —The bill to allow marriage with a deceased wife's si .-tor was ordered to a second reading in the Englieh House of Commons on the 21stult., by a vote of two hundred and forty-three to one hundred and forty-four. Mr. Bright made a speech in favor of the bill, saying that there was no reason why a man should be prevented marrying a woman willing to marry him, except natural kinship of blood, and on this ground there was more objec tion to the marriage of first cousins than with a deceased wife's sister. As proofs of the legitimacy of these marriages, he urged that the persons who contracted them exci ted no feelings of condemnation among their friends and neighbors. VALUABLE FRUIT CAN.—A fruit can con taining $1 500 was plowed up in the gar den at the iate residence of the widow Clif ton. at Seymour, Indiana, the other day. After being thrown up it was kicked around a couple of days, when a couple of men came along who had curiosity enough to open it. Upon removing the top it was found to contain §1.500 in greenbacks. This amount, it is said, they quietly remov ed, and left for Madison, where they depos it d it in a bunk, intending to set up in the grocery business. Some how or other, so the story goes, the affair leaked out, and the parties who leased of Mrs. Clifton made the interlopers disgorge, and the money is still on deposit at Madison, waiting a claimant to appear and prove property. It is sup posed by some that young Clifton, who was hung by the Jackson county vigilants near Brownstown last summer, buried the mon ey where it was found, a short time before he met his fate. A NOVEL SWINDLING DODGE.—A year ago this spring, says a New York letter, the son of a Vermont farmer left home with a circus company. The family received no communication from him. A few days since there came to the father a letter post marked Flushing, Long Island. The writer stated that the inissiDg son had come to his house six weeks before, in a feeble condition, and had just died, asking, as a last request, that his remains might be sent home. He, the writer, stated that he was in noor cir cumstances, and asked the father to send sixty dollars through the postoffice to pay for a suitable coffin and other expenses at tending the dispatching of the body home ward. The father, at first, supposed the letter to be genuine. He, however, in order to make sure that it was all right, sent it back to the President of Flushing Village with a request to investigate the matter. The latter has discovered that the son re ported dead is not only alive but one of the many men in his employ. The attempted swindler has not yet been detected. He probably learned from the son of his pro longed absence from home, and resorted to the above scheme for raising the wind. How CABINET OFFICERS GET ABUSED. —The facts are, says a correspondent, that a Senator will write a strong letter to the State Department, recommending a constituent for a consulate, which, of course pleases the constituent, and increases his hope of suc ces.-. The Senator, in a day or two, goes up to the Department, refers to his constit uent for whom he wrote the letter, and says, "Pay no attention to that letter, Mr Secre tary. I don't care anything about that man. I signed bis papers merely to get rid of him. This is the man I want." So the latter is appointed, and the Senator says to the first: "'You see how it is; I tried to get you air pointed and failed. Fish appointed another man for our State whom I don't know. The Administration is going to the devil." The defeated man thinks the Senator tried his best for him, and will support him for re-e --lection. As for the other man, he has his place, and will not take the trouble to tell his defeated friend how he got it; and so he will laugh in his sleeve when the Senator the next day says he can't get any appointment out of this administration unless they are relatives or friends of the President." The papers arc handed over, the applicant bow-, the Secretary bows, and the next vis itor is shown in. The applicant is delight ed. He writes home that he is sure of his appointment, that he can pay his war debt at last; that the Senator was very kind, and did all he could. He waits patiently for a day or two, and he finds another name where his ought to be. Poor fellow !He does not know tbat the Senator, the very same even ing he was writing tc his wife and famiiy, was with the Secretary, telling him he must appoint another man, that he only wanted to keep the friendship of the other one, he was such a good man in the campaigns. So, the one goes abroad, and the other stays at home damning the Administration, hut de claring eternal fidelity to the Senator—-for he did not do all he could ?