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Tbe courts have decided that refusing w< take newspapers and periodicals froth the' Pu.-tfofcce, or removing and having them uncalled Tor, is yrtma facia evidence of intentional fraud. GROFFSSIOMTF & CARFTS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. jZIMMELL ANDLINGEXFEITTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BxnroßD, iA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of 1 the Law, in new brjckbuildiogmear the Lutheran Church. [April I, IgfiO-tf ty| A. POINTS, ' . . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bffnroin), PA. Ke.-peetfuUr tenders his professional service? to the public. Office in tho Iv'jCißECuill iqg, {?,-cond floor.) made. [April,l't'ifi-tf. | }ASPY* H. AIJSIP, ... . tj !d ATTORNEY AT LAW, Benrogn, PAS, Will faithfully and prouigqly attend to ajj busi tics- entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin- i ng counties, Military claims, Pensions, back | p .J, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with I Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south j of tho Mengel House. apl I,lSE9.*—tf. I T R. DURBOHKOW. (J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Katiroan, PA., j V ill attend promptly to all business intrusted to j his vara. Collections made on the- shortest no- j tiee. He " . also, a reuaiariy licensed Claim Agent j rttii ail give special attention to the prosecution 'tit.s against the Government for Pensions. Back lay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door Snath of the inquirer office, and nearly opposite the • Mengel House" April 1, ISfitttf R. L. nCSSEtI. J. 3. LOttGKVECKER RUSSELL A LONGENECRER, ATTOP-XIYS A Cor*3ELLORs 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, Pension;, Ac. fßShOffice on Juliana street, south of the Court House. Apri 1:69:1yr. • J- M'P. B3ARPE. E. r.'KBEB Ct II ARTE A KERR, to A TTORSE YS-A T-LA W. Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining cocnties. All business entrusted to their care will receive careful and prompt attention. Pro- ns, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col-i levied from the Government. Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking , house of Reed A Sehell. Bedford, Pa- Apr l:49:tf c. PCIIAKITKR ATTORNEY AT LAW, PA., Office with J. Wj Dickerson Esq.. 2"aprly ]' H V > H'T V\ T S. B- F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the oitiseng of Bedford and vicinity. Office ani rcsilence on Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Hofius. [AjJI Lit. MISCELLANEOUS. TACOB BRENNEMAN. ' 0 WOOfiBERHi", PA-, -CRIVENER, CONVEYANCER, LICENSED CLAIM AGENT, aire Kx-Offieio,JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Will attendto all business entrusted Into bis hands with promptness ind despah h. Wiß remit mon ey by dratt to any part ef the country. 17sely OK. SHANNON, BANKER, H. W* PfeUFOBD, 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 protarpifcntade. 11KAL E9TATB bought and sold. Aprif l.d'.i DANIEL BORDER, PITT STRICET, TWO rowta WEST OF x* beU- ' FORD BESFORO, PA. WATCII AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil ver Watches, Spectacles ofJJru.ianf Dquiile Refin ed Glas-es. also Scoteh Pol bio Gfqs-'W- Gold Watch Chains. Breast Pins, Finger Lings, best quality of Gold Pecs. He will supply to order any thing hi his line not on hand. (_4 r.2B.'#i'. DW. GROUSE, • XWALJER IfC CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, £C. On Pitt street one door east of tJcp. B|otcr & Co.*? Stcre, Bedford, Pa., is d-t prepared to ien bj who\csalo all kinds of CIGARS. All orders promptly filled. Persons desiring anything in his iice trill do well to give him a call. Bedford April 1. P N. HICK OK, >-'• . , DENTIST. Office at the old rtand in BANK BCILDI.NO, Juliana at., BF.DFOBD. ! All Opera-lions pertaining to Surgical and Mcch As X am drtencincd to do a CASH EESIXESP or none, I have reduce,! the prices for Artificial Teeth of the various hinds. 20 per eeat..fcid of Gold Fillings 33 per cent. This reduction wtil l># made only to strictly Cash Patients, sod all such will receive prompt attention. 7feb6S HOTEL. Thi3 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 furnished. The table will always lie supplied with the best the market can afford. The Bar is stocked with the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose to keep a FIRST-CLASts HOTEL. Thanking the public for past favors, I respectfully solicit i renewal of their patronage. N. B. Hacks will run constantly between the Hotel and the Springs. mayl7,'6f>;ly WM. DIBERT, Prop'r. EXCHAIf QE fiOTEL. ' HUNTINGDON, PA. This old establishment having been. leased by J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor of tint Mor rison House, has boon entirely renovated and re furnished and supplied with ail the modern im provements and canvoniences necessary to a first class Hotel. The dining room has been removed to the first floor and is now spacious and airy, and the cham bers are all well ventilated, and the proprietor will endeavor to make his gnests perfectly at home. Address, J. MORRISON, KXCHAXCC HOT*L. olju'.yU Huntingdon, Pa. JOHN tiVTZf Eilitor and Proprietor. dtoquim Column. RPO ADVERTISERS: I ; THE BEDFORD INQUIRER. J -i .1 it n' PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORNING, bt 1 JOHN LUTE, OFFICE ON JULIANA STREET, BEDFORD, PA. I ' . KB ■ ' * ■ It': ' ! ; IHK BE,VI 1 MEDIUM IN , 7 |; | SOUTH- WESTERNFENNSTL VANIA. CIRCULATION OVER 1500. HOME AND FOREIGN ADVERTISK j ME NTS INSERTED ON KEA SONABLE TERMS. A FIRST CLASS NEWSPAPER. TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $2.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. 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THERE are 290,000 threshing machines in the United States, besides the school inarms and the old folks at home. : THE Libby Prison has been turned into a bone grinding and manure factory. It was the first throughout the war. THE American Bible Society, during the fifty-three years of its existence, has distri buted over 25,000,900 of volumes. THE official returns show that the prohi bition candidate for Governor in Ohio re ceived jest 670 votes in a total of 465,333. ON last Friday evening five frame dwell ing houses oh Paxton street, near Front, Harrisbnrg, were destroyed by fire. l/oss $6,000. A HIGHWAYMAN in Nashville, finding his victim had no money, sent him home for it. He-returned with a gun and shot the high wayman. AN unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the Bank of Savings, on fourth street Pitts burgh, on Wednesday last, by two men, aided by a boy. J. B. SANSOM, E-q., has retired from the editorial chair of the Indiana Democrat , and has been succeeded by John 11. Donehoo, formerly of the Fulton Democrat. COL. LEVI L. TATF., on account of ad vanced age and declining health, has with drawn from the Lycoming Standard. An drew Hepkins, Esq., has become the editor of that journal. ANDY JOHNSON has been nominated to represent Green county in tbe Tennessee Constitutional Convention. Andy intends to figure prominently in remodeling the af fairs of Tennessee. IT is reported that a treaty has been con cluded between Wur tern berg and the North Geiinan Confederation which allows the subjects of either country to serve in the army of the other. AT Mareuil, France, thu remains of 230 Gallic warriors have been found with quite an arsenal of lances, javelins and axes, bear inUtraeesof enamel, glass and copper bowls, and a quantity of hair pins. MRS. DAN GARDENER, the celebrated equestrian, died at West Philadelphia, on tho 21st ult. She was born in Bedford in IS2I, and was the mother of nine children, four of whom are dead. ONE Chicago fruit dealer received last week, ten tons of California grapes which arrived in good condition, and were sold at lower prices than those raised in the central States. THE peanut crop in Nansemond, Va., is almost an entire failure this year, owing to the long continued drought. In Southam ton and counties above, not more than half a crop will be realized. SAINTE-BEUYE was buried in silence, broken only by the exclamarion from M. LscSussade as the coffin was lowered, "Adieu, Saiate-Beuve, adieu, our friend !" Dumas, Renan and George Sand were in the great procession of three thousand. THERE is a disease called inland yellow fever, or "Addison fever." prevailing in the vicinity of Columbus, Mississippi, that is quite fatal. It has all, or nearly all, the characteristics of the Gulf yellow fever, ter minating with black vomit. ENGLISH papers say the wheat crop there, and also the potato crop, have been the heaviest known in this generation. The value of the wheat on one farm is mentioned as equal to fifteen years' rental of the land, and that farm is said only to be a sample from many. TAXATION. —It would be thought a bad government that should tax its people one tenth of their time, to be employed in public service; but idleness taxes n-ny of much more, if we reckon all that is spent in ab solute sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in idle enjoyment, or amuse ments that amount to nothing. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always bright.— FranJdin. THE Chinese fashions have not altered for fifteen hundred years. Women must have small feet or they cannot get a husband. Large feet are looked upon as curious spec tacles, and such a sight is sure to attract a crowd. Children when they first see foreign women look at them with astonishment— their small waists being regarded with es pecial wonder. STATE Treasurer Mackey has issued a cir cular stating that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund have authorized hioi to give notice to all holders of the five per cent. State I/>an, due July 1, 1870, that all such bonds will be redeemed by the State Treas urer in full, with aeerued interest to date of presentation; payments to he made on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The interest on these l-otids will cease July 1,1870. THE Principal of a Scotch Theological ■School was made moderator of a Presbytery, which had met to examine a candidate with a view to his ordination. The young man was to be examined in theology, and also to give a specimen of his preaching power. His theological examination was satisfactory and the trial sermon was excellent. After he had retired all expressed themselves well satisfied, when Principal Robinson rose, and quietly said, that the young man was worthy ordination, but he must in all frankness say that the sermon was not his own. The young man had found it in a volume of sermons, long since out of print, and how he could have obtained it was a mystery. This statement of the president of the coun cil was quite serious, and the candidate was recalled, and the question was put to him, "Was the sermon you preached to us your own production?'' The young man frankly said it was not; it was one he had heard Principal Robinson preach some months be fore. and he liked it so well that he had written it out and preached it as a better thing than he could do. The eyes of the assembly turned from the young man to the Principal, who felt the mortifiving position in which he was p'accd. The young man was ordained without any more questions. BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY, NOV. 19. 1869. tgotixii WAITING. The following piece of poetry will, we think, find an echo in the heart of every mother who has seen her darling pass to the further side of the "crystal sea." I have two little angels waiting for me On the beautiful banks of the crystal sea; Not impatiently wait my darlings there, For smiles light up their brows so fair; And ibeir little harps ring out so clear, So soothingly sweet to faith' b listening ear, And they live in the smile of the Saviour's love, Who so early called my darlings above. 1 have two little angels waiting for me On the beautiful bauks of the crystal sea; . Forever free from sorrow and pain, Spotless from all earthly stain ; Never in erring paths to rove, — Safe in the bosom of infinite love, — Evermore, evermore walking in light, These beautiful angels robed in white. I have two little angels waiting for me On the beautiful banks of tbe crystal sea; When my weary head is throbbing with pain, And I fain would c'asp my darlings again, Fll look away from ibis earthly Btrand To the beautiful fields of the "Better Land;" I will tbiuk of the angels waiting there, And offer to God a thankful prayer. I have two little angels to welcome me When I too shall stand by the crystal sea; When the Great Refiner His image may trace In tbe heart be has won by Bis saving grace, And in robes of Christ's own righteousness dress'd, My soul shall seek the home of the blest,— On the beautiful banks of the crystal sea My darlings, still waiting, shall welcome me. THE DIET OF DRAIN-WORKER-. The meals of brain-workers should, so far as possible, be leisurely enjoyed at a pheasant social table. This rule is of preeminent im portance, and is usually acted upon in most civilized iands. Restaurants are an abomi nation, for the reason that they compel their patrons to select their meals by the names on the carte, and not by their ap pearance and flavor when, brought upon the table. Wo cannot tell what we desire until we see the articles spread before us, as at the ordinary family table. The "European plan"—charging dearly for each mouthful a- it is swallowed, works sadly on the health, because it distracts tbe mind from tbe pleasuie of eatiDg. The maxim, "Chatted food is ill digest ed," is just as uutrue as the idea that brain workers should eat less than laborers. The three best digesters are, sound health, a good table, aod pleasant conversation; but the greatest of these is conversation, for it can divert the mind even when the health and food are both unsatisfactory. In the charming biogiaphy of Charlotte Bronte, by Mrs. Gaskell, we arc told that the father ol the accomplished authoress, on account of a weakness of d'jestion. was ac customed to take his meals by himself, apart from the rest of the family. If that had been his habit long, it is no wonder that he was often compelled to give vent to his attacks of hypochondriasis by "firing pistols out of the back door." Solitary dining is slow death. To board long in restaurants is not to live cheaply, but to die expensively. Keepers of hotels and eat ing houses arc the highwaymen of our civ ilization. They lie in wait at every corner, allure by their tempting surroundings, and lead on their deluded victims to misery, and perhaps to slow destruction. We may visit such places at occasional intervals, to pass a pleasant hour with a friend; but wheu we really need a substantial meal, we should seek for the humblest family circle in preference to the most brilliant saloon in the land. The great objection to diuing by a bill of fare is, that we cannot tell what we most desire until we see the articles of food and inhale their savory fragrance. The eye and the smell guide the sense of taste and really control it. French names, with high prices annexed, are at best poor appetizers. This is the philosophical ex planation of the fact that, in sitting down to a public table, we often study over the schedule in nervous despair, and then de cide npon a dish, which, as soon as it is placed be-fore us, we find we have no relish for. Nothing can redeem the life at a pub lic table but a pleasant circle of very dear friends, to share the misery with us. Stu dents iu colleges, and clerks in stores, are often compelled to board themselves from motives of economy. Tbe necessity is a dire one, but if it must be met it should not be by one single-handed, hut by two or three in company. To recapitulate in a few words; the diet of brain-workers should bo of a larger variety, more delicately served, and more) abundantly nutritious than that of tncchan-! ics and laborers. We should select those articles that are most agreeable to our in dividual tastes, and .so far as possible, vc should take our meals amid pleasaDt sooal surroundings. In great crises that cull for unusual exertions, we should rest the sto mach, that for the time the brain may work the harder; but the deficiency of nutrition ought always to be supplied in the first in terval of repose.— Dr. G. M. Beard, m Hours at Home, for September. DOES BRAIN \>OKK SHORTEN LIFE Ist. Our an-wer to this question is as follows: No, when performed in a proper wav. Fes, when performed in an improper way. Any pupil in school, or any man r woman out of school, who labors more than four or five hours a day at hard study witk out reerearion or relaxation, will find it in jurious to health, and to shorten life. Bat the hardest student may live to extreme old age if he will observe the following rules, cf which this is thp First. Mingle labor with recreation. Second. Never study, or apply the mind closely, immediately after eating. There is but so much blood in the body, and when the stomach is digesting food, a larger por tion of it is there than at other times. So, when we think hard or study, more blood flows to the brain than at other times. But who does not sec that there cannot be more blood than usual at all parts of the body at the same time? Third. To be healthy, never study under the influence of stimulants. Many have written and produced wonderful composi tions under tbe stimulus of alcohol and opi um, and other poisonous narcotics. But such a course invariably shortens life. Men may study if they will only live right SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS. The effects of protracted wakefulness sooner or later show themselves in the strong est constitution. The person becomes gloomy, irritable and peevish. The memory is defective, and the thoughts confused. Perhaps the most terrible punishment which ('hinese ingenuity has devised is prolonged loss of rest. In some instances, it leads tbe way to and even seems to be the cause of insanity. Some of the greatest intellects have suffered from privation of sleep. New ton's mind was impaired by it in his later years ; Southey's insanity was preceded by it. The more gifted and cultivated the mind of an individual is, the more liable he will be to wakefulness. The untutored sons of bodily toil have but few vigils, and among all the animals, sleeplessness without ex ternal cause probably belongs to man alone. The lower animals arc soon affected by loss of sleep. Io Ceylon, wild elephauts are kept constantly awake until they become tame ; by this iueans the spirit of the most refractory is soon subdued. In order to promote sleep iu eases where it is wanting, it is of course, in the first place, necessary to remove every exciting cause of wakefulness. It is generally essen tial to give up the use of tea and coffee,and, as has been said, it is sometimes necessary to leave off stimulants. The person should take care that he does not go to bed either with cold feet or with a stomach that has been long empty. Many devices for inducing somnolence have been practiced with more or less suc cess ; one of these is combing the hair, which has a very sootliing effect on some persons. -Another is to have the feet gently sham pooed. Walking about the bedroom iu one's night-dress, so as to get what Dr. Franklin called an air-bath, is a good plan, and the cold-water bath just before retiring to rest, by virtue of its stimulating aetion. is often successful. In more refractory cases, the warm bath may be tried—it acts by withdrawing the blood from the brain. f)n the same principle, the upright position, by favoring tbe return of blood from tbe head, is sometimes useful. It is, indeed, no uncommon thing to meet people who sleep with great facility when sitting in a chair, or in a carriage, but who sleep with difficul ty when lying down in a bed. The be;,t bed to sleep upon is a hair-mat tress, and the worst of all is that made of feathers. Many people are so susceptible that they are unable to sleep in a strange bed. A pillow filled with hops, the cmana tions from which are narcotic, has been sometimes used with success to induce sleep. People, as a rule, go to s!e;p most easily when lying on the right side. Proper ven tilation of the bedroom is indispensable for sonnd sleep and for health. In a state of health, whtn tbe balance be twecn mind and body is properly main tained, sleep will naturally follow either mental or bodily fatigue. This balance is often sadly disturbed, because an over stimulation of all our powers is the besetting evil of our generation. Nothing is more ioportaut iu order to secure sleep than to dminish the intensity of thought. Fnder favorably circumstances, this cm generally b effected by the will. In other instances, hwever, the more the will is exercised ajainst then, the more attention is given to tie truant thoughts. At length the will, irne down by the torrent of ideas, gives way altogether, and protracted sleepless ness results. It is hardly necessary to re peat here that such an active state of brain replies that tbe circulation through it is ac nve, and that it is the opposite of this con ation which prevails in sleep. Good Health. LUTHER AT HOME. In the close of the reign of -Julius. Luther tisited Rome. The poor monk, worn with >cnanees and heavy toil, was sent upon tome business connected with his convent to the Papal court. lie crossed the Alps full of faith, and stirred by a strong excite ment. He was about to enter the classic land, with whose poets and historians he had long bceu familiar ; he was to tread the sacred soil of Virgil, Cicero, and Livy. But, more than this, he saw before him, rising in dim majesty, the Holy City of that Chnn-h from who.-e faith he had never yet ventured to depart, whose supreme head was still to him almost tbe representative of l>eit.v, and whose princes and dignitaries he had CVCT invested with an apostolic purity and grace. Route, hollowed by the sufferings of the martyrs, filled with relics, and redolent with the piety of ages, the untutored monk still supposed a scene of heavenly re.-t. "Ilail, holy Rome!" he exclaimed, as its distant towers first met his eyes. His poetic dream was soon dispelled. Scarce had Lc entered Italy when he was shocked and terrified by the luxury and license of the convents, and the open depravity of the priesthood, lie felt sick with sorrow and shame. lle com plained that the very air of Italy seemed deadly and pestilential. Rut he waudered on, feeble and sad, until he reached the Holy City, and there, amid the mockery of his fellow-monks, and the blasphemies of the impious clergy, performed with honest su perstition the minute ceremonial of the Church. Of all the Pilgrims of that dese crated shrine none was so devout as Lull r. He was determined, he said, to escape the pains of purgatory and win a plenary indul gence; he dragged his frail form on his knees up the painful ascent of the Holy Staits, while ever io his cars resounded the cry, "The jnst shall live by faith.'' He heard with horror that the head of the Church was a monster stained with vice; that the cardinals were worse than their master; the priests, mocking unbelievers ; and fled, heart-broken, back to his German cell. — Harper's Magazine. PYRAMID LAKE. The peculiar rock formations from which this lake derives its name, are remarkable even among the "Rockies." The principal pyramid towers above the lake to a height of more than 500 feet, presenting in its general outline a remarkably perfect pyra midal form. Close scrutiny shows portions of its sides to consist of volcanic tuta, which greatly resembles a vegetable growth of vast size. In color tbe pyramidal mounds vary with the varying light At some mo ments they convey the impression of a rich, warm, brown tint; at others the hue is a cool gray that more nearly resembles the color which a close examination wiil prove to be tbe true one. A visit to the largest pyramid, developed the fact that it was occupied by tenants en tirely capable of holding inviolate their pri- or right of profession against all hutuan visi tors. From every crevice there seemed to ! come a hiss. The rattling, too, was sharp I and long continued. The whelo reck was evidently alive with rattle snakes. In every party that ever entered into a country in- j fested by rattlesnakes are some men who i derive great pleasure in killing every snake ? that may show its head or sound its rattle. ; A loud shout of "Snakes! rattlers!" brought out the band of exterminators ; but such a number of snakes came upon the field that it was clearly beyond the power of our snake haters to carry on the combat with any hope of final victory. They gave up and abandoned the locality to the serpen- i tine tribe, which will probably retain the ownership for a period of time indefinite and unlimited. The water of Pyramid Lake is clear, sparkling, and very -aity. It abounds in fish, among which are the eouicr, a sprightly fish, having flesh ths color of salmon, and quite as game. In weight this fish ranges from three to twenty pounds, and an occasional specimen rises to the fly that will scale quite twenty five pounds. Besides the couier there is an abundance of trout, not precisely the speckled beauties of the Lake Superior region ; neither do they bear a very close resemblance to the sluggish, black, spotted trout of our more Southern States. It is a trout, nevertheless, which rises readily to the artificial fly, and is a pleasing morsel for the epicurean palate. Cooked in the various styles known to the campers, this fish will compare favorablj with its eastern brcibern. Other varieties of the finny tribe abound in Pyramid Lake; but these are the ones which will be most sought after by any courteous disiple of Izaak Walton, who leaves tbe cars of the Central Pacific Railroad where it strike the Truckee, and who ventures down to its outlet in this curious lake.— T. It. Davit, in Harper's Magazine for September. GRINDSTONES. A letter to an exchange paper gives some interesting facts about the locality where grindstones are procured, and the method of their manufacture. The English grind stones are quarried at Newcastle on-Tyne. and near Sheffield. These quarries are worked by hand, and all the grindstones are made with the .malict and chisel. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick stones come from sandstone formations overlying the coal diss tricts on the Bay of Fundy and crossing the Province ol the Gulf of St. Lawrence. These immense deposits contain a great variety of grits, known as the Nova Scotia grindstones. These quarries are generally worked hv the French j eople known as "Acadians." from the name they gave this country, "Acadia," and are the decendants of the "Huguenots," who weredriven out of France by religious persecution. They are a very industrious and simple minded people, and the females retain to this day the style of dress brought over from France by their ancestors. The tides of the Bay of Fundy rise and fall from 60 to 70 feet every twelve hours, and these people avail themselves of this power to work the quarries, which extend from a high bluff on the mainland down to low water mark in tbe bay. At low water a huge mass of stone is loos ened fiom its bed, and a heavy chain is pass ed under it and over a largo boat, which is placed alongside. As the tide rises, tbe stone attached to the bottom of tbe boat is floated into a sand eovc at high water, and made into grindstones after the tide recedes. This work is done with mallet and chisel, the rough parts being first chopped off with a heavy axe. Machinery has been recently introduced, and the small grindstones are now turned in a lathe by steam power. The sandstone deposits of this country, which are made into grindstones, are found along the shores of Lake Erie, and extending for a considerable distance east and west of Cleveland, and inland as far as Marietta, on tbe Ohio. They arc also found on the shores of Lake Huron above Detroit. These deposits are of a different character from tbe foreign stone, and do not seem to be the overlying strata of coal formations, but appear to be a later formation, as the quarries look as though this part of Ohio had once been the bottom of tbe lake, the sand of which had become solid and been up-heaved by some convulsion of nature. Nearly all the Ohio grindstones are made by machinery driven by steam power. The blocks of stone, being loosened from the quarry bed, are roughly hewed out, with a square hole in the centre. This is placed on a heavy square iron shaft furnished with a 9-inch collar, against which the stone is securely fastened by means of another collar keyed against the side of the stone. The shaft and stone peing driven by steam pow er, two men on opposite sides of the stone turn it off perfectly true by means of soft iron bars about G feet long and 2 by I-inch thick, which are drawn out to a tbin point, which is curved upward. This was former ly a very unhealthy occupation, owing to the shaft dust being inhaled by tbe work men, but this difficulty is now obviated by means of blowers which drive it away. ANIMALCULES. If some hay is placed in a glass of rure j rain water, and allowed to soak for a few | days in a sunny place, and if it be then re moved, the water will be found, under a powerful microscope, to contain many very small moving things which are called infu soria, from their being produced after infu sing the bay. The eggs which were on the hay bred their myriads of small things, which often hare a very beautiful coat of transparent fliat or siiicia. If the water is kept clean, and is not allowed to decompose or smell, generation after generation of the infusoria live, die, and fall to the bottom of the glass. They form a very delicate film there, and minute portions of it when exam ined under a high magnifying power show tbe silicious skeletons or shells very distinct ly. Now, many strata in the earth are formed entirely of the remains of infusoria, and a very familiar example in the Tripoli powder, from the polishing slate of BiliD, in Bohemia. A single grain of Tripoli-powder contains no fewer than 117,000,000 of the transparent flinty skeletons of dead animal cules; yet the layers of earth which are made up of them at Ililin extend for miles. In the harbor of Wismar, in the Baltic, they increase and multiply at a great rate, for 17,496 cubit feet of mud are formed every year there, and every grain of it con tains 1,000,000,000 of the beautiful silicious remains of the infusoria. In tbe island of Barbadocs there is a thick mass of the most VOL. 42: NO 43. beautiful flinty sea animalcules, and thvy are in such numbers that it must be suppos ed the dead minute things were constantly falling in showers from the sea to the bot tom.— Engirtecring Magazine. PHILOSOPHIC ABSTRACTION. Once upon a time, the great Sir Isaac Newton, while arguing knotty points and smoking tobacco (as philo ophers often do,) seized a young damsel's hand, and, oh hor ror of horrors ! —we tremble as we write it —deliberately inserted one of her fairy fin gers into the howl of his tobacco pipe—a remarkable instance, it must be admitted, of absence of mind. Undoubtedly the phi losopher was a very absent man, but his ab sence of mind was of that quality which en , abled him to win such fame and make such d .ioveries in science. lie had this power of abstraction to a degree that appears mar vellous, as the elder Disraeli writes, "to vo- j latile spirits and puny thinkers." To this i habit may be referred most of his discove rie*. An apple lalls upon him in his or chard, and the system of attraction succeeds I in his mind: he observes boys blow ingsoap bu' 1 les, arid the proj>erty of light display themselves. Socrates was similarly subject to fits of as-traction. Of Marini, the Italian poet, it i- said that, in revising his Adonis, he -ufl'ered his leg to be burned for some time without perceiving it. According to Cicero, Cato applauded Gallus, who, when he had •it down to write in the morning, was sur prised by the evening, and when he took up his pen in the evening was surprised at the appearance of morning. Poggius—wc again ' orrow from the elder Disraeli—tells of Dautc, that he indulged his miditations more strongly than any roan he knew; he was only alive to what was passiug in his mind—to all human concerns he was as if] they had not been! Dante went one Day to a public procession—he entered the shop of a bookseller to be a spectator of the passing ■iiow. He found a book which greatly in rested him; he devoured it in silence and plunged into an abyss of thought. On his .•■•turn he declared he had neither seen nor heard the slightest occurrence of the pul-iie xhihition wbieh had passed before him. Such abstraction renders everything sur rounding a man as distant as if it was in another part of the globe or as unreal as a dream. A modern astronomer one summer night withdrew to his chamber: the biigbt fi .Ar morn ing he following rates : Cs* Tenn, (in advanee,) t2.00 " " (if not paid within lis iu.)... <2.SO " " (if not paid within tbe year,).., S3.OP All papers outside of the county discontinued without notice, at the eipiration of the time for which the sebscription has been paid. Hinglecopteeof the paper famished, in wrappers, at fire cents each. Communications on subjects of local or general ntorcst, are respectfully solicited. To ensure at tention favors of this kind must invariably be accompanied bj the name of the author, not for pnldieution, but as a guaranty against imposition. All letters pertaining to business of the office should be addressed to JOHN L.VTZ, Brnrocn, PA. THE VAGABOND SAGE. An old man of active physiognomy an swering the name of Jacob Wilmot, was brought before a police court of a neighbor ing city. His clothes looked as if they might Lave been bought second hand in bis youthful prime, for they had suffered nioro the rubs of the world than the proprietor himsalf. "What business?" '"None, I'm & traveler." "A vagabond, perhaps?" "You are not far wrong. Travelers and vagabonds are about the same thing. The diff. r. nce is, that the latter travel without money, and the former without brains. "Where have vou traveled?" '"AH over the continent." "For what purpose ?" "Observation/* "What did you observe?" "A tittle to command, much to censure, and a great deal to laugh at." "Humph ! what did you command?" "A handsome woman who will stay at L 'ue, ai eloquent preacher that will preach } short sermon J , and a good writer that will not write too much, and e fool that h3 sense enough to hold his tongue." "What din you censure?" "A man that marries a girl for her fine cloth'-s, a youth who studies medicine while he has the use of his hands, and" the people who will elect a drunkard to office." "What do yon laugh at?" '"I laugh at a man who expects his posi tion to command that respect which his per sonal qualifications and qualities do not merit." He was dismissed, l.ttPl'RE WATER. Few of us are aware of the deleterious ef fects of impure water, or how prooe Water j to imbibe the impurities of the air. Ma j ny of us think if the water is clear and cold it must be perfectly pure, though it has stood in a close bed-room twenty-four hours; but this is far from true. If a pitcher of water be set in a room, for otily a few hours, it will absord nearly all the respired and per spired gases in the room, the air of which wili have become purer, but the water ut terly filthy. The colder the water is the greater the capacity to contain these gases. At ordinary temperature a pail of water can contain a great amount of ammonia aiid car bonic aeid gas; ami its capacity to absorb these gases is nearly doubled by reducing the water to the temperature of ice. This plain ly shows us that water kept in a room over night is totally unfit for drinking purposes, and should not be used to gargle the throat; also that a large pail of water standing in a room would help to purify the atmosphere, but should be thrown away next morning. It also teaches us the tegson that the water trom a pump should always be pumped out in the morning before any of it is used. We are lamentably ignorant of many of the pro j perties of air and water, two of the most important elements of our nature. BJSAUTKTL ALLEGORY. —Once on a time a little leaf was heard to sigh and cry, as leaves often do when a gentle wind is about. And the twig said, "What is the matter, little leaf?" "The wind," said the leaf, "just told me that one day it would pull me off, and throw me down to die on the ground!" The twig told it to the branch on which it grew and branch told it to the tree. And when the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and sent word back to the leaf, "Do not be afraid, hold ou tightly, and you shall not go till you want to. And so the lea'*stopped -igbing, but went on nest ling ami singing. And so it grew all sum mer long till October. And when the bright days of autumn came, the little leaf saw all the leaves around becoming very beautiful. Some were yellow and some scarlet, and some striped with both colors. Then it ask ed the tree what it meant. And the tree said: "All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and they have put on these beautiful colors because of joy." Then the little leaf began to want to go, and grew very beautiful in thinking of it,, and when it was very gay in color, it saw that the branches of the tree had no color in them, and so the leaf said: "Oh brahch, why are you lead color and we golden ?'' "We must keep on our work clothes said ! the tree, for our life is not done yet; but I your clothes are for holiday, because your I ta'k is over." Just then, a little puff of wind came, and the leaflet go without tbinkiugof it, and the wind took it up and turned it over and over, and then whirled it like a spark of fire in the air, and let it fall gently down under (he edge of the fence among hundreds of leaves, and fell.into a dream and never waked up to tell what it dreamed about. — Beeclur. THE I/OST RACE. —One of the most re markable races that ever inhabited the earth is now extinct. They were known as the (launches, and were the aborigines of the Canary Islands. In the sixteenth century, pestilence, slavery, and the cruelty of the Spaniards succeeded in totally extermina ting them. They are described as having | been gigantic in stature, but of a singularly j mild and gentle nature. Their food con ! sisted cf barley, wheat, and goat's milk, and their agriculture was of th" rudest kind, i The bodies of their dead were carefully cm i halmed and deposited in catacombs, which still continue to be an object of curiosity to those who visit the islauds. A CHILD'S REPLY.— A little boy, on asking his father to allow him to be bapti zed, was toid that he was too young, that he might fall hack when he was only a little boy. To this he made the touching reply. "Jesus has promised to carry the lambs in his arms: as I am only a little boy, it will be easier for Jesus to carry mc." EVERYBODY has an appointed field of ac tion and influence; and in that field he ought to look upon himself as God's ap pointed minister for the work.— Archdeacon Ilarc. VICE stings us, even in our pleasures, hut virtue consoles us, even in our pains. TOE thimble is of Dutch invention, and was brought to England about tho year 1605,