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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08
HIiasnl and Malaria.

| Are the great death agents throughout the
| largest portion of the fiabitable globe.
Miasm is Malaria, but Malaria is not
Miasm.
Miasm is rn emanation from decayiug vege-
lotion. Malaria is bad air, whatever may be
| its source. All impure aiE is Malaria.
MiaSm is so farhed by sun of ninety de-
grees, that it rises rapidly above us, and is ill.,
ocrsous. The cool OF the morning and evening
of the summer time condenses it, and causes it
to tab to the surface of the earth, where it is
breathed BY man, and is the fruitful cause of
pestilence, plague and epidemic feyers. Thus
the higher persons sleep above the earth, the
the healthier is the atmosphere.
While as a general rule it is better to sleep
in apartments having window and the fire
place open in all seasons, yet, where miasm
abounds, evidencing its presence by chills and
and fever, fever and agae, diarrheas, and tho
ike it is better to sleep with closed windows
than to have them open, because men are known
to fatten in jails and small prison cells while
the breathing of malaria q single night has orig
mated diseases which, from the violence of the
reaction, are scarcely distinguishable from the
effects Of swallowing corrosive poisons, as wit
ness the National Hotel disease.
But although the air inside of house is SUI
piled from the outside, yet, if the windows and
outside doors are closed it is supplied in such
small quantities, through the crevices, that it
is at once heated by the indoor air, and car
ried to the ceilihg, where it is above reach
The difference between the thermometer in
our hall and the one out doors, about FIVE o.
clock Of Summers morning, is ten degrees
Hence during, the prevalency of miasm at
least in August and September, it is better to
close the chamber windows but let an inner
door and the fireplace be kept open.--HaiFs
JOuyRaE 1f Health.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

THE BEAUTY OF BLUsH-Gnthe was in
company with mother and her daughter,
Ehee the latter, being approved for some fault
bushed and burst into tears. He said -
How beautiful your reproach has made your
daughter The crimson hue and those silvery
tears become her better than any ornament of
gold and pearls These may be hung on the
neck Of wanton, but these are never seen dis
connected with moral purity A fnll blown
rose, besprinked with the purest dew, is not
so beautiful as this child bushing beneath her
parents dspleasure, aud shedding tears OF sor-
row for her fault A blush is the sign which
nature hangs out to show where chastity and
honor dwelis."
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

TAKE Care OF YoUR THoUGHTs Sin begins
in the heart. IF you keep your thoughts pure
your life will be blessedness The indulgence
of sinful thoughts and desires produces sinful
action. When lust hath conceived it bringeth
forth sin. The pleasurab BILE contemplation of
| sinful deed is usually followed by its commission
Never allow yourself to pause and consider
the pleasures or profits You might derive from
this or that sin Close your mud against the
suggestion at once as You would lock and bolt
your doors against robber. If Eve had not
stood pareying with the devil, and adlniring
the beautiful fruit the earth might have yet
been paradise. No one becomes thief q
fornicatoF, or nlurderder at once The mind
must be corrupted The wicked suggestion
must be indulged and reYolyed in the thoughts
until IT loses its hideous deformity, and the an
ticipated gain or pleasure comes to oatweigh
the evils of the tranSgresSion.
Your imagination is apt 10 print forbidden
pleasures in gay and dazzling coors 1t is
the serpeut'S charm. Suffer not the intruder
to get a lodgment Meet the enemy at the
threshold, and drive it from your heart KS
rule, the more familiar you become with sin,
the least hateful it appears so that the mo C
completely you preserve your mind from un-
holy and wicked thoughts the better Avoid
the place where obscenity or blasphemy is heard
Cultivate the society of the virtuous Read
nothing that is unchaste or immoral Make
covenant with your eyes. Familarize not
your mind with the details of crime Never
harbor malicious CT envious thoughts Direct
your thoughts towards pure and holy subjects.
Contemplate the character Of the spotless and
perfect Son of God. Keep your spirit IN
tainted, your thoughts uncontaminated so
shall your life be virtuous. As man think
eth, so is he. Take care of the thoughts
and the actions will take care of themselves
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

A Rich ORAToRGAL CLmAx.-The Toledo
Blade says, that story is told of an aspiring
orator who held forth on the fourth of July, at
one the many celebrations in the " rural dis
tricts" in Ohio His maiden speech duly pre-
pared, and the telling portions committed to
memory, he found himself, in a state of thrill
ing nerv rvousness, before the people. All went
on well, and he had, in measure, recovered
his selfcommand, when he arrived at the great
climax of his speech-that portion of it in
which he was to allude to THE American
Eagle" Proudly he begun, and tossed off
almost fippantly "The Eagle, gentleman, that
proud bird the emblem of our liberties, gen.
| temen, as she stands-"wheu suddenly the
rest Of his labored simile faded from his memo
ry. Terrified at the discovery, he gasped-he
seized, nervously, tumbler OF water, and turn
! ed it, by mistake, inside his cravat, and took
fresh start, with rush of desperation which
bid fair to bursting the bonds of his fettered
Imagination, and soar lnajestically away ON the
wings of the apostrophized bird" The
American Eagle ! The American Eagle, gen
tlemen, that proud bird of our liberties, as she
| stands-staRding- she stands-stanang'
with great vigor,) with one foot ON the AL
leghanies and the other on the Rocky Noun
tains, and stretching her broad winds from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, shall-streching her
broad wings-with one foot on the Rocky
Mountains. and the other one on the Allegha-
nies, shall-shall howl, gentlemen and fellow
citizens, in the glorious freedom of--her native
air " ..
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

EXTRAvAGANT LIvING-We hear great
deal about the extravaganza Of the rich but
if the question be closely examined, it will be
found that the greatest extravaganza is ex-
hibited by the poor Extravaganza is a rela-
tive term, and depends on three facts, name
ly 4 mans income his necessary expenses
and the amount he expends for luxures, or
things not necessary. A man whose income
is but ten dollars week, and whose necessary
expenses are nine dollars, would be extrava-
giant should he spend dime for an unneces
sary article ; while man with an income OF
twenty dollars week, and only ten dollars
expenses, might indulge in several dollars
worth of luXuries, without rendering himself
obnoxious to the charge of extravaganza and
a millionaire, with an income of hundred
thousand year, might economically revel in
luxury.
The test of frugalty is Does a man live
within his income Does he save something
every week ? Is he better off every year than
he was the year before If he can answer
these questions in the affirmative, he is an
economical and thriving man, however small
or large his income may be. Of course there
are degrees in thrift and economy, in eypendi.
ture and extravaganza and the wise man is
he who, while sagely providing for the future,
with enlightened foresight and amiable prn,
dence, does not permit selfish parsimony and
brutal avarice to murder the enjoyment of the
present.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08
TOWANDA:
sbursoap alorniap, Dftober 8. 1857.
selstteb Qoetrp.
SEvENTY-SEX.
ny WILLIAM G. BRAAST.

What heroes from the woodland sprung,
When. through the fresh-awakened land,
The thrilling cry of freedom rung,
And to the work of warfare strung,
The yeoman's iron hand
Hills flung the cry to hills around,
And ocean.mart replied to mart,
And streams whose springs were yet unbound,
peaed far away the startling sound
Into the forests heart.
Then marched the brave from rocky steep,
From mountain rivers swift and cold;
The border of the stormy deep,
The wales where gathered waters sleep,
Sent up the strong and bold.
As if the very earth again
Grew quick with Gods avenging breath,
And from the sods of grove and glen,
Rose ranks of lion-hearted men,
To battle to the death.
The wife, whose babe first smiled that day,
The fair, fond bride of yester-eve,
And aged sire, and natron gray,
Saw the loved warriors haste away,
And deemed it sin to grieve.
Already had the strife begun;
Already blood on Concord's plain
Along the springing grass had run,
And blood had flowed at Lexington,
Like brooks of April rain
The deathstain on the yernal sward
Hallowed to freedom all the shore;
In fragments fen the yoke abhorred--
The footsteps Of foreign lord
Proianed the soil no more.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08
Interesting TO Pork Eaters.

DR.. Dixon, the racy editor Of the iSeolpel
dissects the dietetic qualities of a porker a!
readily as he sashes into the anatomy Of dis
ceased humanity. Either the Doctor is right
or Moses of old is wrong :
The wisdom of the Jewish law which
prohibits the use pork will soon be acknowl
edged by all rational beings That swine are
afflicted with scrofula and tubercles, we have
repeatedly shown, and every killer of hogs
well knows it the indgestibility of the flesh
is acknowledged, and if people were enlighten
ed, the hog would only be raised for his fat
alone This is available in all cases instead OF
whale and other fish oils-a few excepted fol-
the finer kinds for eating. Mutton and beef
if our farmers even become enlightened, may
profitably take the place of the hog, and would
add greatly to the health and dignity of the
farmers household. Hog husbandry is debas,
ing. The influence of pork eating on the far
mer is degrading Good husbandry would
furnish other fats for the farmer say nothing
of butter, which the present catalogue Of the
grasses, cereals, and enlightened irrigation,
furnish in abundance If-and we emphatical-
ly aver it a correct critarian-the material
and getting up of the family meal classifes the
occupant of household among rational and
intellectual beings, then we say that those on
whose table pork is most frequently found are
the least intelligent and most grow cling in
their views. We know distinctly that the full
bearings of what we utter, and precisely how
it will be received nor do we care farthing
for the anathemas that will be hurled at us
for the assertion. What motive remains for
his elevation if a human being is taught to
look no higher than to Such rpnaSt for the
nourishment of the body, and to the nearest
priest for the welfare of his soul Now con-
pare this fairly with the new farmer, such as
we have often seen him at the family meal
ay, as you may now find him all over our
country. with his salt hog, potatoes and sour
rye bread, and his miserable hasbandyy, and
thousand excuses for not raising sheep, protect
ing and feeding his cattle, and changing and
cultivating his fowls and seed, and attending
carefully to good vegetable garden You
need but small search for his pig-pen, his foul
barn yard, his whiskey bottle and tobacco-box,
or his nauseous pipe. He will largely defend
his favorlte luxaries the hog is his grand ex-
emplar of manners and physiologies; his ON
niVeorous animal laboratory that converts the
product of the products of his farm into the
great staple-pork. Poor Sir Walter Raleigh |!
We have often shed tear fer your sad fate :;
but our wicked fancy has often pictured We
making an offering to the devil Of hog stuff
ed with tobacco The devils, we think, select
ed very appropriate lodgment when they
beSOught the Saviour to send them into the
the hogs it is great pity that the entire
family of swine We're not compromised by that
same two thousand"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

s3" When Franklin was ambassador to
the English court, a lady who was about be.
ing presented to the king, noticed his exceed
ingly plain appearance, asked who he was
On being told that he was Dr. Benjamin
Franklin, the American ambassador, she cx-
claimed, Tie North American Embassador.
so ,shabbily dressed y I" Hush, madam for
heavens sake" whispered friend, " he is the
man who bottled up thunder and lightning
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

hsF 4 young lawyer, who had long paid
his court to a lady without much advancing his
suit, accused her one day of being inscpsible
to the power of love" " It does not fo1tow."
she replied, that am so, because am not
to be won by the power of an Attorney
Forgive me" replied the suitor, but You
remember that all Totaries of cupid arc So
lcitOrs"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

SANG FRoID.-Fred the prince of wass,
was jogging home rather late, and little
happy" when, passing by o dark alley,
large twofsted fellow stepped out, seized him
by the collar and demanded his money
Money humph. p said Fred, money
I've none ; bat if you will hold on a nomeus
vi give you my note for thirty DAYS =
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

ReT A clergyman observing a poor man
by the road side breaking stone with pick axe,
and kneeling to get at his work better, made
the remark, ''Ah, John, ! wish could break
the stony hearts of my hearers as easily as you
are breaking these stones" The man replied
Perhaps you de not work upon your knees p
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

Ha- A friend of Charles Lamb once said to
him, Il am about to open preparatory school
for children. What sort Of sign shall put
out 2" "The Murder of the Innoccnts," was
the prompt reply.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

H2y. A gentleman who has very strong
desire TO be a funny man, sat down upon a
hooped skirt thcr other day With despera-
ton equal to any emergency, he shistled, I'm
setting on the style, Mary"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

Ry- Are our friends the horticuIturists
aware how much they are indebted to printers
We wet not-but it is a fact that the Horti-
cultural Society in Scotland was founded by
Patrick Ncll printer
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

nGS~ There is an inscription on tombstone
at La Pointe, Lake Superior, which reads as
follows =" John Smith, accidentally shot as
mark OF affection by bis brother"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

To ExrINGU1sH-An Irishman being on
visit to some of his relatives, little more pol
ished than himself, was requested on going to
bed, to be careful to extnguish the candle he
was obliged to ask the meaning of the word,
when he was told it was to put it out. He
treasured up the term, and one day he was sit
ting at home with his wife, enjoying his pota-
toes and buttermilk, when pig unceremoni-
ously walked in, whereupon he said, (proud of
his bit of learning)
Judy, dear, will you extnguish the pig ?"
Arrah, now, Pat, me honey, what do you
name ?"
Hush, then, you ignorant crathur," replied
Pat, " it names to put him out to be sure"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

BSgo 4 French wit said Of man who was
exceedingly fat, that nature only made him to
show how far tho human akiu would stretch
without breaking.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-08

The NEED OF SYMPArHY.-No class or con-
dition is exempted from suffering and woe -
None in this world are so situated, as to be be-
yOnd the need, at some time of the soothing
and solacing influence of an unaffected sympa-
thy. Disease and death are common to all
Who does not know of some friend or neigh
Dor, who tasted the bitterness of losing be-
loved child, an endeared wife or a loving pa
rent? Who does not know Of some family sur
rounded by all the comforts, and enjoying all
the happiness Of fife, that had its joys turned
mo1rnin@
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-04
COMMERCIAL RECORD.
RICHMOND MARKETS, SEPT. 4, 1876,

FLOUR Sales 70 shippers s6s7 for superfne-sales
to retail trade at 81
WHEAT Wheat has advanced five cents per bu.hel.
The highest prices given Sl35 for red and 81 A.
for white.
CURN-Thc arrivals larger and sales Of large lots
from vessels have been made ut Is Small lots from
the Depo;s, hive been sold Mt 80 cts.
uATS-We still quote 32is35 cts per bushcl.
HAY-Saies from store slHl II per
BaCON-Thc stock is sill exceedingly light and prices
firm We quote shoulders II and sides 10 Cts Hams IA
TO 6-nominul; very few in frat hands
COFFEE-Wc quote Rio IL to l2i cts Laguayra l3t q
1871 cts Java "a cts; Mocha ls cts.
TOHACCO.-The receipts OF Tobacco continue light. =
Breaks small with animation 10 the market and
prices higher We quote Inferior Lugs 50 50al good
sl Scale fine Manufacturing Sl3ali shipping si2a2 So
inferior Leaf SlJal4 fine Shipping SIS 50a1 50; good
Manufacturing s5al6 So fine So 30, ~ and 5525 Fancy
Wrappers in light cases $50, TO- 81, Is and los.
SUGARS.-Market active, with improved demand
Raw Sugars: New Orleans, in MARKET Cuba 10 ~
HE; Porto Rico II II lac Refined Sugars: Loaf
IA lea l4!c; Crushed and Powdered II l4c A. Coffee
l3tc b. Coffee IL lie; c. Coffee l2ic.
WHSKEY.-We quote % % per gallon for Rich
mond r-ctifAd Cincinnati 30 SO cts
GRASS SEEDS.-Clover Seed SsO0GtS5o according 10
quantity and quality Timothy 4GI51 Orchard and Ran
dali Grass 22j0 per bushel The sowing
and quotations nominal
BCTTER.-We quote Mountain li6J25 Goshen 20@1 PC:
Common l26l l2bc. The market Is better supplied
FISls6 25GL6S, for No Nova Scotia Cut ITerrings No
North Carolina In market. MACEEREL,No. 81 50Qr9 IS.
No in kits ~ - We note sale Of cargo of Haitian,
nof ruf
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-04

French Portuguese or Spanish, or oil some o.a1, ,
ton intent uu the slave trade, whose 'tehy ,s;,
mems had given 10 Great Britain the rsut y. aov
and search Grea, Britain also urgea w. 80 ~, our
etnmout as q consideration Tor quot;;,aS should
nnrt In he matter, that If the vess-i f,s ,soc ruI
INN out to n, truly American, bound on :, " p .nd
annon,;i, vnvagp she would indemnify hl, t ua Jm
80 Ianaos ~, stained, as had been hoio' ~ - ,,,
II n.acsd;nr cases. Lord Ashburt"h WI" n: p
s.sssd of full power to negotialr va r.
m other suhjects-and upon cohleie n.I ms
;,a,,.J nv declaration made in my h'inu'. ,i %
@ ,ho, tho Emitted Stats Government WAS aoe ~
snl rce its own laws, and that should sse W 49, IT,
enfurcem.nt treaty or treaty ulno. , .' hw NV
rims of paramount duty then suSge'.eu, ~ yiI
Of Gi.charging this daty On my par. 'u"s .uii;
keen upon the African coast naSai o. ,. h;t ,I.
i,u,y great TO visit all ships thnt NIX ;; bmt ,ha,
United States flag, and fall under susp'I ~ ~ IInor
VIZ could not p-rmi; another nafiOh ~ w eo -
~, Laa;, ,,a stimulation in the treaty mas IN my
mind slrovs rested Certain u, that ior li,'
,n ,c mo s.rv;cs no visit much lees search, vi on
Am.r;can vessel occurred on The part OF pI'..N"
cruiser What has taken place sinss It,. ,Sa r.
tst.tn qsv have nothing 10 do WIN WHAT lhe uo
yeru,neut of this country may Deem II proPe. w
regard to that siipuatlon oul 'n.o ;.;on of IN.
sv ,bat r.n.rl when it pleases that provision vi i
say! tna. @ end il nece ssary for the enforcement
w az, $50 Of IN, limited States, as we'll as TOT ihe
,no,;,n ri ,he traffic Ut merchant vessels on ina,
paos,Na ,r.fic every year increasing IN Vaue' ana
i'atnoJ in the end, 10 be Of vast magnitude-to
maintain fset of at least eighty guns on tne ooa..
nr atricn. II might be worthy OF consideration ny
ths next Commercial Convehtioh' Hheihel, o.;o.o
,he advise ,b. canceng of the provision IN question:
lney snnnncs il as an insult to the South, they
uuu not frat repeal the law relative 10 piracy III
rsysrd 10 the slave trade.
'eH Very respectfully, your obd.t serv't;
August 81, 1891. ooi-'
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-04
,HE SUBMISSION OF TILE CONSTITUTION

THE SUBMISSION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The Democrats of Lecompton and Douglas county
had the honor of leading Off in favor of submitting
the Constitution TO vote of the people On the 18th
OF May last, several days before the arrival OF Gov
meeting passed resolutions In favor Of submitting
the Constitution to the people. and nominated all
their candidates for the Convention that platform.
and their acceptance OF the nomination WAS OF course
an acceptance of the platform. But to make assu'
rance doaby sure these candidates before the cleo
tion printed and circulated card over their sigma.
turea containing the resolutions together with their
pledge to carry them out, if elected. They were
elected-they are all honorable and intelligent men,
and Douglas county will have this honor Of leading
off in favor OF the great Democratic principle which
acknowledges that sovereignty is vested in the peo.
Pile, aud not in Conventions. Kansas
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS

We have received Nos. 81 and % Of the History
of the war with Russia published by the London
printing and publishing company. No. 81 contains
fine copper plate engraving Of Prince Gortschakof
and the battle of Tchernays; and No. p has eugrav
logs Of the passage of the Iugour by Omar Pacha'
and the retreat of the Russians from the south side
of Sebasopol. This is an interesting work, and can
be obtained of Mr. Perry, agent, Governor street.
Richmond, Va.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-04
kENT, PAINE j. co,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALER,
FOREIGN ASp DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Nos. lGj aud l65 Main Street.
NALL II Il AID T.. 49,

FALL IRA 1857.
NkyE ueg Isase % ngile the attention n Sou.
w Merchants our large and alta active stock
cy and Staple DRY GOODS now receiving whic.
few days will be very complete in sll the departm.
and will comprise the largest and most cominsnd'l.
sortmcnt we have ever had the pleasure to offer 70
friends ard customers.
Ry the -iips "kca" and Italia Rookh. from Liver
to tis pott aud py 'suuus arrivals at New Yots we
received large portion Of our importation OF Brh
French and German GUsds, embracing every va,
among which are many OF entirely new and bgsur!.
slgns.
In Cloths. Crssmc-cs uni Vesiugs, Cloaks and
ties Ladies Dress Goods, Lace Gods aud Elnbraid,
our stock i. unusually attractive
Wc;arc also receiving foil assortment of Dor.
Fairic. of the Tos, popular stlie i:!snui.~4.rrd
We shall be prepared 10 exhibit u splendid ,,o,,
Ready Made Clothing Of al grades, and hs,;ns :,
manufactured under thGrarehly competent .upe.,a.,
cnts, tr premises, we challenge competition IN az,
and prices, aud ic" assured TIA. VIC ean o;!c. ,,
mcnts in this branch unsurpassed In this country
We respectfully socit AN examination Of cur s..
which will be rurh larger thnn "" have ever before q
bicI md which our Increased tc.l:ics eGab.cs Il.
ter m cash or promp; buyers q, prices ths, Wi! meet
competition .. ii.is o. at, Othe, market.
Orders viii al! tiincs receive OTr prompt aud p.n
al attention. KENT, PAINE & CT
Aug 2j-cSt