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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Mi'.LL AND LiNi.KN FKLTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, B&OFORD, PA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran
Church. [April 1, 1569-tf
Y|. A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Respectfully tenders Lis professional services
to the public. Office in tho iNquißEßuiM ing,
(sec nd floor.)
Collection 3 promptly ma le. [April,Tfifl-tf.
771 SPY M. ALSTP,
Jj ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will faithfnlly and promptly attend to all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford andadjoin
ng counties. Military claims, Pensions, back
pay. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with
Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south
of the Mengel House. apl 1, 18ft9.—tf.
T R. DURHORROW.
f) . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
his care. Collections made on rb'- shortest no
tire.
lie , also, a regularly licensed Claim Agent
audwi) give special attention to the prosecution
' lit s against the Government for Pensions,
Back 1 ay. Bounty, Bounty Lands. Ac.
Office on Juliana -treet. one door South of the
Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the Mengel
House" April 1. 1869:ti
8. L. RUSSELL. J. H. LONGENECKER
UtTSSELL A LONQENBCKEH,
ATTORVKVS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Bedford. Pa.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
for Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, south of the Court j
House. Apri 1:69: lyr. j
J* M'p. SHARPS E. P. KERP. |
S HAUTE A KERR.
A T TORXf YS-A T-1A W.
Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad- j
joining counties. AH business entrusted to their
<• will receive careful and prompt attention, j
Pensions. Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily <*oi
lcctcd tram the tbvm merit.
Office on Juliana sireet, opposite the banking j
bouse of Reed ABo boll. Bedford, Pa. Apr
W c SCHAEFFER
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Office with J. W. Dickeraou Esq.. 2'laprly
P HYSICI AN 8.
I y:. B. F. HAKRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vietJ to the eitir-ens of Bedford and vicinity. ;
Office an 1 residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Flnfius. [Ap'l 1,69.
MISCELLANEOUS.
JACOB 1511 EN NEMAN,
J WOODBERRY, PA.,
SCRIVENER. CONVEYANCER, LICENSED !
CLAIM AGENT, and Ex-Officio JUSTICE
OK TIIE PEACE,
Will attend to all bn-itie-s entrusted into his hands :
with promptness and despatch. Will rerni' mon
ey by drat! to any part i.f the country. ITsely ;
OE. SHANNON, BANKER.
. > BEDFORD, Pa.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
Collections made for the East. West, North and
South, and the general batsine.-s of Exchange
transacted. Notes aud Accounts Collected and i
I!i uiittanees prorapilyinade. REAL E-T\TE
bought and sold. April I:6'J
J \ANIKL. RORUER,
1 / PITT KTRF.RT, TWO noons WEST OF THE BEN
FORD NOTHL, BEIFORD, PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
Tie beeps on ban 1 a stock of fine Gold and Sil
ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Rcfin.
e l Glosses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality f Gold Pens. lie will supply to order
any thing in bis line not on hand. £<pr.2S.'6s.
nw. C II O U S E ,
• DEADER IX
CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, &C.
On P tt street one di>or east ot Geo. R. Oster
A Co.Store. Bedford, Pa., is now prepared
to sell by wholesale all kinds of CIGAKS. All
orders promptly filled. Persons desiring anything
in hi. line will do well to give him a call.
Bedford April !. '69.,
{A N. 111 CKO K .
V >. DENTIST.
Office s f the old ?fand in
BANK BUILDING, Juliana sL, BEDFORD.
All operations pertaining to
Surg i c tit and At echa it cal Den fi*tn/
per tunned with care and
WA U RANTED.
Antrnthetim a dmiietered, when denired. Ar
t r. ial teeth iuncrted at, per net, 08.00 up
ward.
A* I am deto mined to do a CASH BUSINESS
or none. I have reduced the price* for Artificial
Teeth of the van u? kind?. 20 per cent., ri d of
Gold ' tiling* &3t p*r cent. Thin reduction will be
made onlv to Mririlr Cash Patient*, and all ?oeb
will receive prompt attention. 7febGß
WASHINGTON HOTEL.
Tbi® lurge and commodious house, having been
r® fak n by the subscriber, is now open for the re
ception of visitor* and hoarder*. The roojas are
large, well ventilated, aad comfortably furnished.
The table will always be supplied with the best
the u arket can afford. The Bar is stocked with
the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose
to keep a FIR>T-CLA6S HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past favors, T respect fully solicit a
renewal of their patronage.
X. B. Hacks will run constantly between the
Hotel and the Spring?,
may 17.'69:1 j WM. PIEEKT, Prop'r.
Xf HAKGE HOTEL.
IJ HI'NTINGDOX. PA.
This old establishment having iieen leased by j
J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor ef the Mor
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furnish d nod ?upjdied with all tb® modern iui- '
provcinenfs and convenience® necessary to a hrjt- ,
ela>> Hotel.
The dining ram has been removed to the first
flof.r and is now epaeioee and ary. and the-htun- i
bers are all well ventilated, and the nroprietor
will endeavor to make bU guesta |ferfectfy iit !
borne. ..ddress, J. MORRISON,
ExuflAN<iK UoTEL. j
3ljulytf Huntingdon, Pa. j
JO II flf IsUTZ. Eftitor ami Proprietor.
Japim €olmn.
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ITEMS.
IT is .-aid that traces of an extinct race
have been found in Arizona. Evidences
showed that the land had been cultivated
| for centuries by a people having a knowl
j edge of manufactures and arts.
ADMIRAL FAURAGUT was much easier
1 last evening, and renewed hopes of hi* rt
! covery are entertained. His strong wili
i *u*tains him in his severe sickness, hut his
bodily strength is very small.
A FRENCH savant has announced that he
has discovered ao antidote for nicotine in
the common watercress. It destroys the
poisonous effects of nicotine, hut does not
alter the aroma of tobacco. This will be
good news to the inveterate tobacco chewer.
AN ukase has been published at St.
. IVtersburg, reducing the term of service to
those who enter the army under the age of
twenty, from seven to five years, and
promises a further deduction of one year if
the conduct is exemplary. This ed et is to
be followed by another restricting marriage
in the army.
I.A BOR ABROAD.— The working men of
Paris are now making great complaints in
reference to the further heavy reductions in
waees. Three years npn the stone cutters
and sawyers were paid 85 cents a day, which
ra'e. at the beginning of 1860 was reduced
j to 70 cents, and is now to be still further re
: diiced to 55 cents.
A MIDDDLE-AGED widow of Suncook N.
: H. refused to pay her road tax, and being
j told b> the surveyor that she uiu*t pay the
amount assessed again.-t her or work it out,
: she chose the ia'ter alternative, joiuing a
gang of men who were working on the
highway and laboring until sundown. She
said she would be on hand the next day and
continue her work.
CHEAP SCHOOLING. —The total number of
: pupils registered in Philadelphia last year,
! wa581),313. The actual expense of the puh
! lie schools for the year was $1,002,970 17.
j The annual cost per pupil amounts to the
Ismail sum of $12,48. The Mayor reports
I that no city in the United States educates
j i's children at as low a cost as the city of t
Philadelphia.
THE ladies of Dallas, Oregon, lately got '
up some tableaux for the benefit of a church. I
i among which was one called the "New Or
der of Things." In it the men were repre- j
serifed as nur>ing babies, making bread arid '
talking one another to death, while the ;
women were chopping wood and doing oth- j
er out-door work. The picture was received j
with applause.
LARGEST IL IN THE WORLD—. When |
rh- n-'W Union Hotel ol the Ireland Broth- j
ers in Saratoga is completed, it will he the j
largest hotel in the worid. It will have a j
fron'age of one thou-and and fifty feet, five j
stories biah. It is to be built of brick, and j
divided into nine compartments, a'most fire ■
proof. The contractor is to finish the grand ;
j hotel by the 1-t day of June next.
(TR FIT IvniVTIIW ¥- • a- 1-3 *
v—.uo of Loots and shoes manufactured ,
in Massachusetts, the present year, will ex
| ec-ed $95,000,000. The wholesale dealers in i
i Boston are forming a Shoe and Leather
Dealers' Exchange. Since January Ist,
nearly 800,000 cases of goods have been
: shipped from that city, an excess of fully
thirty three per cent, over the correspond
ing period last year.
THE French Empress, it is said, has re
quested M. Alexander Dumas. St:, to ac
company her Est, as the historiographer!
of her travels. Parisians think that Dumas ]
would he more conspicuous than thecrowm-d
head, and that the triumphal arches, the
huzzas, and the flowers, and stares would
all be for him, a> the people in Egypt and
everywhere cl.-e have the same feeling of j
admiration for him that Paris felt thirty
■ years ago.
A FBENCH chemist, observing the diffi
i cnlty of finding door numbers* in he night
time, has invented a method by which the
numbers of houses and the names of shops
i ate easily visible in the darkest night. The
invention consists in rubbing the figures and
! letters with a certain phosphoric paste,
! which makes them shine like characters ot
fire. The application needs only be made
once a month and involves hut a trifling
! post.
MORMON CHURCH PROPERTY TO BE
TAXF.D. —There seems to he a chance for a
lively conflict between the Mormons and the
United States government. The revenue
officers have received instructions to tax the
church property of the Mormons, and the
many-wived are enraged. It is thought the
Mormon official- will not submit, the Brig
ham now has a chance to execute the threats
he made to Senator Trumbull, to put the
obnoxious officers outside of the Territory.
BEECIIER says: ''Laziness is one of the
most inexcusable of crimes. I know men
j justify it sometimes because they have genius.
If they have—which they usually have not
—they are at! tho more guilty it they are
lazy. For, if a man has genius, (and that
is a term which, when properly used, means
an organization so sensative that it easily
goes into a state of exaltation, and produ
ces renhs more fruitful than can be produ
ced by ordinary means), the more he has of
it the greater is the responsibility that God
laid upon him to use it."
SENSIBLE ADVICE. —WE commend the
following from a Western journal of recent
date to all men hereabouts who contemplate
i '"going West-" We get letters every dey
from young men who want to come out
West. It is impossible to answer them all.
We can say in general terms that a capable,
! honest and sober ycung man can do la tter
here than in the East. The chances are in
his favor. As Webster said, 'There is room
above.' But there is no room here tor men
who expect a fortune to drop outof the skies
I or spring s|>nntaneuusly out, of ihe ear'h.
It is a good deal here 8* elsewhere. Wc
have to work tor jiur own bread, and those
who work hardest get the most and best."
.
THE SWEDES IN MISSOURI.—An extensive
cotton manufacturer near Stockholm, in
Sweden, has just purchased twelve thousand
acres of land in southeast Missouri, where
he propo-es tocolou'le some fifteen hundred
families of Swedish emigrants, and to try,
i on a ginnd scale, the experiment of at once
raising and manufacturing cotton. The
j great manufacturers of Xw England are
already turning their eyes toward the
South and its p>culiar advantages under
the Dew conditions of labor lor precisely
such an experiment. If successful—and it
can hardly fail—it will inaugurate a revolu
lion the consequences of which are at
, present incalculable.
BEDFORD, PA.. FIIDAU, NOV. 5 1889.
AUTUMN SUNSHINE.
Mild as the glances of angel eyes,
Soft us the kisses of first born love,
Down through the haze of the Autumn skies
Conies the glad sunshine from the realms
above.
Beautiful pictures it sketchelh now,
Touched with the glowing hues of old,
Painting the valley and mountain's brow
With purple and opal and red and gold.
A whisper of beauty the spirit fills,
Tales of a land that fadeth never,
Sunshine that glidetb the beautiful hills,
Over tbe bank of the shadow river.
Beautiful rest for the weary soul,
Earth bath no beauty akin to this!
Anthems of gladness forever roll
_ Over these halcyon plains of bliss.
Down steeps of tbe life's western bill,
Beautiful sunshine of hope and light,
Every shadow and hope dispel,
litli my spirit trom realms of night.
Soft as the beams of the Autumn sun,
Sweet as tbe death of the Summer's flow
ers.
Gather thy jewels one by one,
Take my soul to those fadeless bowers.
INDIAN SUMMER.
Just alter tbe death of the flowers,
And before they Sre burried in snow,
There comes a festive season,
When nature is all aglow—
Aglow with a mystical splendor
That rivals the brightness of spring—
Aglow with a beauty more tender
Than augbt which fair summer could bring.
Some spirit akin to the rainbow
Then borrows its mngical dyes,
And mantles the far spreading landscape
In hues that, bewilder the eyes.
Tbe sun from his cloud pillowed chamber,
Smiles soft on a vision so gay.
Aud dreams that his favorite children,
The flowers, have not passed away.
There's a luminous mist on the mountains,
A light azure haze in the air,
As if angels, whilst heavenward soaring
Had left their bright robes floating there.
The breeze is so soft, so caressing,
It seems a mute token of love,
And floats to the heart like a blessing
From some happy spirit above.
I'bese days, so serene and so charming,
Awaken a dreamy delight—
A tremulous, tearful enjoyment,
Like soft strains of music at night;
We know they are fading and fleeting,
That quickly, too, quickly they'll end,
And we watch them with yearning affection,
As at parting we watch a dear friend.
Oh ! beautiful Indian summer!
Tbou favorite child of the year—
Thou darling, whom nature enriches
With gifts and adornments so dear!
How fain would we woo thee to linger
For our hearts, like the sweet a liaunls ur
ture.
Rejoice and grow young in thy smile.
Not long to the sad fields of autumn
Dost thou a last brightness restore,
But thou bringest a world weary spirit
Sweet dreams of its childhood ones more.
Thy loveliness thrills us with memories
Of all that was brightest and best;
Thy peace and serenity offer
A foretaste of heavenly rest.
iUbrdlniumis.
THE DRESS, NOT THE LADY.
Nelly Blossom —a pretty name, is it not?
sat in her dre-sing-rootu laughing as hard
as she could laugh. What it could be for, I
aui sure nobody could tell, for she was alone,
neither reading, singing, or talking to her
self She bad been occupied in combing
her beautiful hair, and this was the situa
tion in which she sat. A brush in one hand,
a great mass of silky curls in the other, her
voice ringing out in a succession of good,
hearty, "ha. ha's."
"What is the matter, Nelly?" asked ber
mother, standing, smiling, at the door.
"Ob ! I was thinking of something so
funny!" cried Nell, springing to her feet,
and plying the bru-h ; "never mind, moth
er, I've got a plan in my head, and if I dc
cide upon putting it into execution, I'll tell
you what it is."
At breakfast pretty Nelly was all smiles.
"Shall yoo go out shopping to-day?"
asked her mother, glancing casually toward
her daughter.
On this, Nelly began to laugh again;
then restraining her.-eif on catching hct
father's eye, she answered, "I haven't quite
made up my mind—perhaps I may."
"Ah ! contriving already how to make
way with that fifty dollars Uncle Joe sent
you yesterday! Well, Nell, make good use
of it; there's many a poor man would feel
like a prince these haul times, with fifty
dollars in his hand."
"I'll try to, sir," replied Nelly, her laugh
ing eyes growing mote quiet in their ex
pression.
"Who did you -ee last night, Nelly!"
a-ktd Mrs. Blossom, lounging over her t<a
after the paterfamilias had gone out.
"Henry Lioyd and Charles Sheldon, as
usual;" replied Nelly, archly.
"Were they both attentive ?"
"As two shadows," replied Nelly. "Hen
ry never looked more noble in his life."
"L-i-t time it was Charles," said Mrs.
Blossom.
Nelly blushed. "I know," she said ; "I
find it difficult to choose between them, I
eonfi-ss.''
"Henry is the handsomest and the rich
est of the firm," said her mother, looking
out, as mothers will do, for the main chance.
"I dou't know about Henry's Leing tin
hundsotnestreplied Nelly; "there i
something very superior about Charles Shel
don's face, hut he is so very retiring ! one
has to give him so much margin UTo be
sure, Henry is more dashing—might be
called more elegant, and has certainly a
more bril iaot eye and color. Perhaps be
dresses in rather better taste ; but although
he pleases me more in company, there i
something in Charles Sheldon's quiet way
and deep eye that sometimes seems more
attractive."
"Both appear to have sterling quati'.ies,"
.-aid Mrs. Islos-om,
"Yes, rhey appear to have ; but I'm go
ing to test them to day."
"What do you mean. Nelly?"
"Ob ! that's what I was laughing at up
stairs, this morning," replied Nelly, in a
ram' way. "You see i've such a capital
pan! and I'm the very one to carry tt out.
Ithiik, I shall spend my fifty dollars on
poor Mill's family."
"What wild freak now?" asked the ma
turer Blossom of the two, looking wonder
tngly it her daughter. Dear, easy little
wouia't, Nelly had not much to fear from
any interference on her part. It was well
tint the young girl naturally possessed much
discretion, good sense and good judgment,
for her mother had never imposed any re
straiut upon her inclinations, wayward or
oihcrwhc.
"Do t you think Agnes rather a pretty
looking girl, mother?"
"What, little Agnes, my dressing maid?"
rcjoinet her mother.
"Notgo very little ; about my size, I be
lieve,,' aid Nelly.
"Weli what of her? I am all attention."
"Whs you haven't answered my qucs
tion whfiheryou thought she was pretty,"
said Nely.
"0, yss ! pretty, rather," was tbe reply.
"Well, I'm going to dress her up splcn
didly *'
"Nlly!"
"I m, truly, in the new bonnet I ordered
yeste<y, and my best flounced silk. I'm
just ping to load her with chains, rings,
bracejts, and everything handsome; and
then "m going shopping with her."
"Nnsense!" ejaculated the elder Bios
som ;*'Nelly you're crazv!"
"Jowhere near it," said Nelly, laughing
again; "I am going to have real fun, you
may lelieve."
"lut what object have you in this quiet,
foolih scheme?" a-ked ber mother.
"CI you'll see," replied Nelly. "I'm
goin{ now, and when Agnes is dressed, I'll
comi down and exhibit her."
A;nes was pretty and smart also. She
was very ignorant, but having been dressing
maidin several good families, she had picked
upa little smattering of useful information
Asfor the rest, she was full as handsome
anf nearly as graceful, when she choose to
bets many a lady of taflhion.
She entered into the scheme with spirit.
"You are not to buy anything yon know,"
-aid Nelly, as she turned wailing maid,
eiatped on the bracelets and aided her in
dressing, "but ask for such and such silks,
speak in an ordering, commanding way,
yoi know, and manage somehow to show
yoir money ; Oh ! I have it, carry it in this
pu'se; the gold will shine through the
mishes beautifully."
"And what shall you wear?" asked Ag
ne, surveying herself in the long mirror,
wiih a plea-ant face.
"I? O! a plain drab merino, with clo r ed
sleeves and lined cuffs; mamma's every day
straw bounet with the flowers taken out.
common Lisle gloves, and look just as plain
as a pipe-stem."
"O, dear, dear !" cried the girl, laughing.
"why, people won't know you."
"I dou't mcaD they shall," said Nelly,
demurely proceeding to dre-8 her hair low
unon He forehead, and otherwise a'.ter her
<>pearancc so th-* ' -
recognized her. Throwing on at last.
4 dep brown veil to shade btrface, she wu.-
ready. Agnes had received her directions
to keep near Neity, both iu the street, aud
in die store. It was a long walk to Lloyd,
Shddon & Co.'s. There were three younv
met; tbe firm was new, and the pattner.-
tool an active part in tbe sales room, thus
oveiseeing their business and economizing
somewhat.
Agnes acted the great iady to perfection.
She shook out her silks, tossed her head a
little, as if with the feeling that everything
aboit her was entirely beneath her notice,
vet she could condescend perhaps to hu>
something, and sailing along the store, het
finable-looking companion behind her, sh<
pauted at a place where four clerks stood
witl their eight hands all ranged along to
getler, ready to jump over the counter, if
neel be, to execute the lady's commands.
Jelly stood quietly back, her face shaded
by the brown veil. She saw Llyod imme
diatdy leave a plain-looking customer to
the dvilities of Sheldon, who was near him,
and tiakiog a sign to the clerks he was left
alone with the new customer.
"I vant to see some uioire antique," said
Agnes with the air of one who had plenty
of money.
"Cerainly, madam," replied the polite
clerk; immediately taking out immense
cases of the splendid silks, and spreading
them btfore her.
How much do those come to a yard?"
asked Agnes, cunningly showing her gold.
The ?oung man informed her, with a
great deal of deference, turning over and
display ng a great number of the goods.
"These don't exactly please me; thej
ain't coitly enough," said Agues, longing
to look >ver toward Nelly and laugh.
"Wc have very splendid embroidered
siiks at almost any price," said Lloyd, de
lighted hat he had fallen in with a custom
er. who jeemed to have no care how much
things tost; and with great trouble be took
down other cases, catching his coat sleeve
unfortunately in a nail, and tearing it nearly
from sloulder to elbow.
NelV was obliged to turn away then, lo
c rncea! a smile. Meantime Sheldon had
git through with his customer, and the
young girl heard Lloyd say, in a murmuring
voice, "Just look out for that woman there
—goods are lying about loose."
The indignant blood rushed to her fare.
"l-n't she a customer?" a.-ked Shel iou
in tke same tone.
"No, servant, I expect; carry borne bun
dles." said Lloyd, still in that suppre-od
voice. But Sheldon did not seem to be sat
isfied ; he came forward, faying in a gentle
manly tone ; "Can I wait upon you mad
am ?"
Initantly Nelly experienced a glow of
warmth about her heart that had felt the
ri-irg of scorn before. She modestly re
plied, "Some flannels, if you please. "
"Be kind enough to walk over to the op
posite counter. As I see the clerk is en
gaged there, I will serve you," he said.
Ndly followed with a beating heart. llow
different this treatment from the unkind
suspicions of toe more elegant Lloyd. 'V eiy
cosrt- ously he waited upon her, forcing no
goads to attention ; merely bowing if she
was trot satisfied, taking down with alacrity
whatever she asked for, so that every mo
ment, as she looked at his fine countenance,
her admiration grew stronger-perhaps an
other sentiment increased also in depth and
intensity. Suffice it to say that Nelly
hought till her fifty dollars were expended,
leaving directions for the goods to be sent
to jx oertain place, to be paid on delivery.
' *
As she left the store, Agnes threw the card
of rich lace she was examining, and saying
hastily, ' I'll call in again, bj'-and by," the
followed her mi-tress.
"Well," said Lloyd, drawing a long breath,
"of all the internal "
"Have you done a pretty good morning's
work?'' a.-ked Sheldon, laying aside the
parcels ho had sold.
"G.tod morning, s work," muttered the
other ; "I haven't taken a red cent, and look
at the counter."
Truly enough, the counter was a sight to
be seen. Great heaps of silks, velvets,
-bawls, and laces strewed it from one end to
the other.
"What did that girl buy of you?" asked
I Joy d, directing a clerk to put up the goods,
a full hour's work.
"Nothing to speak of—only fifty dollars,"
returned Sheldon.
"Fifty dollars ! why, I didn't think she
WAS worth fiftv cents!" exclaimed Lloyd.
"Can't always tell by the out ide," sai j
Sheldon, smiling—"my customer was a real
lady," he added.
"And mine was —O, dear me!"—and
Lloyd threw tack his head and laughed—so
did his coat-sleeve.
I thought you were sure for a hundred
dollars at least," said Sheldon.
"So did I."
"I was afraid my customer overheard
what I said," continued Lloyd.
"O, no!" replied the other ; "she would
have left the store ; but I am too suspicious
of all who are not dressed in style. I'll be
more careful io future."
The lesson was learned too late. In a few
months the beautiful Nelly Blossom became
little Mrs. Sheldoo, and brought her hus
band quite a fortune. It leaked out, aboui
the shopping.
SL'.M NATKAL HISTORY.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
FLEAS. —The smallest animal ov the brute
creation, and the most pesky, is the Fleas.
They are about the bigness ov an onion
.eed and shine like a bran new boot.
They spring from low places, and can
-pring further than enny of the bug brutes.
They bite wu.-s than the muskeetoz, for
hey bite on a run ; one flea will go aul over
man's suburbs in 2 minnits, and leave
him as freckled as the meazles.
It is impossible to do ennything well with
flea on you except sware, and fleas ain't
afraid of that; the only way is to quit biz
uess ov all kinds and hunt for the flea, and
when you have found him he ain't thire.
This iz one ov the flea mysteries, the facul
ty they have ov being entirely lost jist az
• ou have found them.
I don't suppose there iz ever killed, on
an average, during enny one year, more
than 16 fleas in the whole ov the United
States ov America, unless there iz acasuait
ov sum kind—once in a while thare is a dog
gits drowned suddeD, and then there may
be a few fleas lost.
They are about as bard to kill as a flaxseed
* . * g- ■*—' * *• —r —* ®** v *"*
ground pepper, they will start hizness again
■in a smaller kapital, jist az pestiverous az
ever.
There iz lots ov people who have never
seen a flea, and it takes a pretty smart man
tew see one ennykow ; they don't stay loDg
in a place.
If you ever ketch a flea, kill him before
vu do ennything else ; for if yu put it off
2 minnits, it may be too late.
Menny a flea have passed away forever in
less then 2 minnits.
BED BCGS. —I never seen ennybody yet
hut what despised Bed Bugs. They are the
meanest of aul crawling, creeping, hopping
or biting things.
They dazen't tackle a man hi dalite, bu'
sneak in after dark, and chaw him while he
z fast asleep.
A musketo will fite in broad dalite, at
short range, and give you a fair chance to
knock in his sides —the flea is a game hug,
and will make a dash at yu even in Broad
way—but tha bed bug is a garroter, who
waits till yu strip, and then pick out a mel
low place tew eat yu.
If I wuz in the habit ov swareing I
wouldn't hesitate to cuss a bed bug rite tew
his face.
Bed hugs are uncommon smart in a small
way, one pair ov them will stock a hair
mattress in 2 weeks with bugs enuff tew last
a small family a wLole year.
It don't do enny good to pray when bed
bugs are in season ; the only way to git rid
nv them iz too bile up the whole bed in aqua
r o rtis, and then heave it away and buy a
new one.
Bed bugs when tha hev grone awl tha in
iend too, are about the size ova bluejay's
eye, and hev a brown complexion, and wen
iha start out too garrote are az thin az a
urease spot, but when tha git thru garrotin'
tha are swelled up like a blister.
It takes them 2 days tew git the swelling
; out ov them.
If bed bug- hev enny destiny to fill, it
must be their sturumicks, but it seams tew
me that tha must hev been made by acci
dent. just asslivvers are, twe stick into sura
boddy.
If tha wuz got up for sum wjie purpose,
tha roust hev took the wrong road, for there
ksn't be enny wizdura in chawin' a man awl
n'te long, and raisin' a family besides to fol
1 -r the -ame trade.
If there is sum wizdum in aul this, I 1
hope the. bed bugs will chaw them folks who
kin see it, and leave me bee, bekause I am
one ov the herticks.
A TEST APPLIED.— A correspondent of
one of our religious exchanges says: "I once
heard a conversation between a church mem
ber and an infidel. After arguments were
urged at some length on both sides, the in
fidel observed to his friend that he might as
well drop the subject of conversation, "for,"
-aid he. "I do not believe a single word you
say, and more than this, I am satisfied that
you do not really believe it yourself, for to my
certain knowledge you have not given, for
the last twenty years, as much for tbe spread
of Christianity—such as the building of
churches, foreign and domestic missions—as
your last Durham cow cost. Why, sir, if I
believed one half of what you say you be
lieve, 1 would make the church my rule for
giving and my farm the exception. "
THERE is an implanted sen-o in man by
which nature allures his heart to the charms
of virtue in whomsoever ber lovely form
appears.— Cicero.
No good measure was ever proposed
which, if duly pursued failed to prevail in
the end Jefferson.
VOL. 42: NO 41.
TIIIKUM TO UEMEMBEU.
Edward Everett became overheated in
tcstyfyiug in a court room, went to Fanentl
Hall, which was cold, sat in a draught of
air until his turn came to speak; "but my
hands and feet were ice, my lungs on fire.
In this condition I had to go and spend
three hours in the court room." He died it
less than a week from thus checking the
perspiration. It was enough to kill an>
man.
Professor Mitchell, while in a state of per
spiration in yellow fever, the certain sign of
recovery, left his bed, went into another
room, became chilled in a moment, and died
the same night.
If, while perspiring, or while warmer than
usual from exercise or heated room, there is
a sudden exposure, from still cold air, to
a raw. damp atmosphere, or to a draught,
whether at an open window or door, or
street corner, the inevitable result is a vio
lent and instantaneous closing of the pore
of the skin, by which waste and impure
matter, which was making its way out ot
■he system, ts compelled to sect an exit
rhrough some weaker part. The idea i.-
presented by saying that the cold had set
tied in that part. To illustrate; A lad>
was about getting into a small boat to cross
the Delaware, but wishing first to get an
orange, at a fruit stand, she ran up the bank
of the river' and on her return to the boa'
found herself much heated, for it was sum
mer; but there was a little wind on the
water, and her clothes soon felt cold, which
settled on her lungs, and within the year
she died of consumption.
A strong matt was working in his garden
in May; feeling rather tired about noon, he
sat down in the shade of the house and fell
asleep; be awuke up chilly; inflammation of
the lungs followed, ending, after two years
of great suffering, in consumption. On
opening his chest there was such an extcn
.sive decay, that the yellow matter was
scooped out by the cupful.
A Boston ship owner, while on the deck
of one of his vessels, thought he would lend
a hand in some emergency, and pulling ofi
his coat, worked with a will, until he per
spired freely, when he sat down to rest
awhile, enjoying the delicious breeze from
the sea: On attempting to rise, be found
himself unable, and was so stiff in his joints
'hat he had to be cerried home and put to
bed, which he did not leave until the end of
two months, when he was barely able to
hobble down to the wharf on crutches.
A lady, after being unusually busy all day.
found herself heated and tired towards sun
down of a summer's day. She concluded to
take a drive to town in an open vehicle.
The ride made her uncomfortably cool, bui
she wanned her: elf up by an hour's shop
ping, when she turned homeward; it being
late in the evening, she found herself more
decidedly chilly than before. At midnight
she had pneumonia (inflammation of the
lungs), and in three months had the ordina
ry symptoms of confirmed consumption.
A lady of great energy of character lost
er cnnV nnrt *o rstir** r,pr tnr roui
days; the kitchen was warm and there was
a draught of air through it. When the
work was done, she, warm and weary, wen:
to her chamber, and lay down on the bed to
rest. This act was repeated several times.
On the fifth day she had an attack of lung
fever; at the end of six months she was
barely able to leave her chamber, only to
find herself suffering with all the prominent
symptoms of confirmed consumption, such
as quick pulse, night and morning cough,
nigbt sweats, debility, short breath, and
falling away.
A young ladv rose from her bed on a No
vember night, and leaned ber arm on the
cold window-sill, to listen to a serenade.
Next morning she bad pneumonia, and suf
fered the horrors of asthma for the remain
der of a long life.
Multitudes of women lose health and life
every year, in one or more ways, by busying
themselves in a warm kitchen until weary,
and then throwing themselves oo a bed or
sofa, without covering, and perhaps in 8
room without fire; or by removing the outei
clothing, or perhaps changing the dress for
a common one, as soon as they enter the
house after a walk or shopping. The rule
should be invariably to go at once into a
warm room, and keep on all the clothing
for at least five or ten minutes, until the
forehead is perfectly dry. In all weathers
if you have to walk and ride on any occa
sion, do the riding first.
REST.
"Bold me, Auntie." What sweet
trust and loving confidence were expressed
in the dear little upturned face, as Edith,
tired of play, stood at my side, with
outstretched arms! " Bold me, auntie,
and in an instant the child was folded to my
i bosom.
After a little time of silence and resting,
"Auntie, do ymi ever wanttobe holded?"
"Yes, darling; verv often."
"Well, then, who tolds you ?"
"I have the "Everlasting Arms ' around
me. My dear little Edith can not under
stand this now; but, as she grows older, I
hope she will know it all. Though I can
not fed the arms of my heavenly Protector,
as you, darling, feel mine, sheltering yon.
Ati 1 pressing you lovingly to my side, 1 know
•'.at I am as carefully guarded and as
| tenderly held. When you say, 'OurFathir
| who art in heaven" you think of the Good
Shepherd; and I am His little Edith, just
as yon are mine : He lets me rest upon
Him, just as you do upon me."
A slightly wondering look, a gentle smi'e,
and the little one was i fie p on my breast.
Thus it is with us tull-grown ehildnn,
tired of the toys of the world, wearied with
life's trifling. 0, what a preciousness there
is in the security of the Everlasting Arms !
Lovingly, trustingly, we re>t from all care,
all folly, all strife and anxiety, on the bosom
or Christ our Saviour. The Christian
Banner.
COLONEL J. W. POWELL, of the famous
Powell Exploring Expedition in Colorado,
has returned to Chicago, and reports that
the part of the country through which he
traveled is barren. No precious metals were
discovered.
"DR. PARR," said a young student once
to the old linguist, "let's you aDd I write a
book." "Very well," replied tbc Doctor,
"put in all that t know, and all that you
don't know, and we'll make a big one. "
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pew which "commands n view of near'y the
whole congregation."
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AGOOl) IMIItiKTEE.
A good daughter! There are other minis
ters of love more conspicuous than her, but
aone in which a gentler, lovelier spirit
iwells, and Done to which her heart's warm
requitals more joyfully respond. There is
10 such thing as a comparative estimate of
a parent's love for one or another child.
There is little which he needs to covet, to
whom the treasure of a good child has been
given. But a son's occupation and pleas
ures carry him abroad, and he resides more
tuiong temptations, which hardly permit
1 flection that is following him, perhaps, over
half the globe, to be nnmingled with anxiety
until the time wli"ii he comes to relinquish
the shelter to his father's roof fcr one of his
•<wn, while a good daughter is the steady
ight of her parent's house.
11.-r ideal is indissolubly connected with
•hat of his happy liieside. Sne is bis morn
ing sunlight and evening star. The grace,
vivacity and tenderness of her ecx have
their place in the ougbty sway which she
holds over his spirit, The lea-ons of record
ed wisdom which he reads with her eyes
come to his mind with a new charm, as
blended with the beloved melody of her
voice. He scarcely knows weariness which
her song does not make him forget, or gloom
which is proof against the young brightness
of her smile. She is the pride and orna
ment of his hospitality, the gentle nurse of
his sickness, and the constant agent in those
uamile.v. numberless acts of kindness which
one chiefly cares to have rendered because
they are unpretending, but expressive proofs
of love. And then what a cbeerfnl sharer
she is, and what an able lighiener of her
mother's cares 1 What an ever-present de
light and triumph to a mother's affection!
Ah ! how little do those daughters know
of the powers God has committed to them,
and the hapiness God would have them en
joy, who do not. every time a parent's eye
rests upon them, bring a rapture to a pa
rent's heart! A true love will almost cer
tainly always greet thtir appro idling foot
steps with expressions of delight. But
ibeir ambition should be, not to have it a
love merely which feelings implanted by na
rure excite, but one made intense Dd over
flowing by approbation of worthy conduct;
and she is strangely blind to her own happi
ness, as well as undutiful to those to whom
-he owes most, in whom the perpetual ap
peals of parental disintetestedness do not
call forth the prompt and fond echo of filial
devotion.— Dr. Paljrey, in the American
Odd- Fellmc.
IMPORTANCE OF ShEEP
Prof. Haven of the Michigan University,
who publishes occasional papers on the sub
ject of health, in a recent article has the
following on sleep. It is fraught with com
mon sense:
The law of life most frequently violated
by students is the demand for timely and
oaffuttcnt -Lap mini UKCS UP the W-*
t hioery of the body when awake, in propor
tion to the rapidity and energy of its work
ing, and the reservoir is filled up again in
.sleep. Henry K'.rke White shortened his
life, not with a dagger or opium, but by an
alarm clock. He did not retire to rest, when
he should, and obeyed the summons of his
villaiuous clock when he should have slept.
He died in 1800, aged twenty one. Proba
he might have been alive to-day. "But I
can sit up all night," says the youthful stu
dent "even after a hearty supper, and feel
no bad effects. I rally again in twenty four
hours." Of course you do. He would be a
feeble youngster who could not endure dissi
pation tor a time. This is the advantage of
vouth and a good constitution. If you must
expose yourself in this way for a sufficiently
worthy motive, do it like a man and bear it.
Over-punctilious men, who live according to
the time-piece and balances, are not tho
highest type of men. But the everlasting
fact remains, that Nature will enforce her
'aws. If you deprive yourself of timely and
Mlfficient sleep, prepare to pay the penalty
when the day of reckoning comes. Come it
will. The stories about Weslev, Lord
Broughman, Napoleon and others, who
dept only four or six hours in the twenty
tour, have done much harm. They are gen
erally not really true, for these short sleep
ers almost invariable take many naps in the
day time. If not, they are exceedingly reg
ular in their other habits, and lose no time
in wakefulness io bed. It is wise to take
regular sleep enough to keep the nervous
system steady and strong.
Almost as injurious as late hours at night
is the practice of rising too early io the
morning. The best alarm clock is sunlight.
The eyes should not be wearied by artificial
ight in the morning. If they must bear
this exposure, let it be just previous to the
repose of night. *
GOOD ADVICE.
Keep clear of the man who does not value
his own character.
There is always time enough to boast;
wait a little longer.
Do not choose your friend by his looks ;
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.
In any busioess, never wade into water
where you cannot see the bottom.
Beware of no man more than yourself; we
carry our worst enemies with us.
Put no dependence upon the label of a
hag ; and count money after your own kin.
See the sack open before you buy what is
in it; for he who trades in the dark asks to
be cheated.
Don't be too fond of compliments. Re
member, "Thank you, pus-y, and tnank
you, pussy," killed the cat.
By no means put yourself in another per
son's power ; if you put your thumb between
two grinders, they are apt to bite.
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign
nothiug without reading it, and make sure
that it means no more than it says.
Sever shout hallo ! till you are quite out
of the wood ; and Dever cry fried fish till
they are caught in the net.
Don't go to law unless you have nothing
to lose; lawyer's houses are built on fools
heads.
Beware of any man who swears ; for he
who would blaspheme the Maker, would
make no bones of lying or stealing.
When you see a man with a good deal of
religion displayed in his shop window, you
may depend upon it he keeps a very small
| stock of it within.
THERE are men who by long consulting
only their own inclination, have forgotten
that others have a claim to the same defer
once.