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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

| WHITTIER on Social ADJUSTMENTS Il do
not believe in the proprietY of leaving the
young to the unrestricted and unregulated ex-
ercses OF their love for recreation and socisl
ehJoymentS nor, on the other hand do be-
lIeVe III the wisdom or practicabiliy Of it's en-.
tire repression and crushing out But do be-
| lleVe IN such combination of authority and
sympathy, OF wise restraint where necessary,
| and general encouragement and guidance with
IN proper limits as may be made under Him,
! who can alone give success TO human effort an
important means OF promoting the temperance
and moral health Of the young and nexper-
| enced. | would throw open, as far as possible
to this class, the curious and beautiful in art,
science and literature, the telescope revelations
OF astronomy, the wonders of geology, the
! lithography of the eternal finger on the primal
formations. would open to them new sources
of enjoyment in the study Of natural history and
botany, show them the almost magical results
| Of expermen tai chemistry would give them
every opportunity to listen to lectures and dis.
courceS from varously-gifted orators and
thinkers
| would encourage reading circles; heathful
sports and exercises aud excursions amid the
serene beauty of nature, so we'll calculated to
/
tine speaks of as the
Eternal beauty always and always old"
would promote libraries and debating clubs:
whatever, in short, promises to unite social en-
iOyment with the culture of the mind and heart
and the healthful Development of sound mind
in sound body. | do not undervalue other
instrnmentalitieS, especially the higher ones Of
a religious nature. But, at the same time, |
believe that cheerful, social Christian is better
! than sour ascetic one. That good old Puri-
tan, Richard Baxter, used to regret bis own
melancholy and gloomy temperament, arising
mainly from bodily in6rmity, and in the latter
part of bis life strove to introduce more
cheerful disposition among his religious friends.
True religion" he says, is not matter
of fears, tears, and scruples it doth principally
consist in obedience love and joy"
For myself, so far from advocating laxity of
moral discipline, strongly deprecate the II
cense and weak indulgence which prevails at
the present time. | believe in law and order
! parental authority the unescapble reponsi-
bties of the adult members of society in re-
spect to the younger But wisdom is profita-
bic to direct and it is by no means wise to
| disregard, even for good object, the natural
laws which govern mind and matter. Unnstu-
raj repression in one direction is sure to lead
corresponding protuberance of deformity in
another. The folly of the Flathead Iudan
mother who binds with bark the forehead of
her child until the frontal portion of the head
/ is forced backward in idiotic prominence, finds
! a. parallel in all forts for moral reform with
which overlook the great laws Of our being
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

How IT STRENGTHENED HM-A student of
one of our State colleges had barrel of ale
deposited in his room-contrary, of course, to
the rule and usage. He received a summons
to appear before the President who said
:" Sir, am informed that you have bar
rel of ale in your room"
Yes, SIR
"Wel what explanation can you make 2"
"Why, the fact is, sir, that my physician
advises me to try little each day as tonic
and not wishing to stop at the various places
where the beverage is retailed, | concluded to
have barrel taken to my room"
Indeed and have you derived any benefit
from the use of it ?"
1" All, yes, sir ; when the barrel was first
taken to my room, two days since, / could
scarcely lift it; and now l can carry it with
the greatest ease" The witty student was dis
charged with special reprimand.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTs.--The Pc
ruvian ladies wear heavy ring suspended
from the noSe-sometimeS two rings, of gold
or precious stones Some invi1ous traveller
no doubt an old bachelor, has remarked that
" they never perform the very useful and salu-
tary operation of blowing the nose" The ring
being there prevents it.
In China beauty is characterized by small
feet and long thin eyebrows, and small round
eyes The Chinese belle, in addition to these
personal charms tops herself off with bird
of copper or gold, according to rank. The
spreading wings fall over the front of the head
dress and conceal the temples, and the tail forms
a beautiful tuft of feathers behind
The Myantses carry on their heads light
board, about six inches broad, and twelve or
fifteen inches long, sealed to the hair with wax
Their country being woody, they not unfre
queutly become entanged by the head dress
among the bushes When they comb" an
hour must be taken to melt the wax but this
operation, we are told, is performed but once
or twice year.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

A DESTRUCTIVE WEAPoN-It seems par
adox, but it is nevertheless a fact, that the
more deadly and destructive war is made, the
greater economy of human life the more Ger
tain the missile the fewer the number on the
death roll. Gunpowder with musketry and
cannon destroyed the use of defensive armor
yet battles are gained with less loss of life
| than in the days of the loug-bow, crossbow,
and the deadly hand-tohand encounter
These considerations must be our excuse, on
the ground of humanity and true patriotism,
for calling most forciby the attention of Gov
ernment 10 a very important implement of war
fare We do so the more earnestly as We be-
lieve it will afford US means of improving our
coast defenses
The failure of the Lancaster shell makes it
doubtful, if We succeed in manufacturing rife
cannon, whether they could be applied to any
thing but the propulsion of round shot. To
increase the deadly nature of our round shot,
with the same instrument we divided our shot
into parts, or contrived to burst it into frag-
ments among our adverSaries. Seeing that we
cannot rifle our cannon, because of the mass of
metal we have to deal with, Sir Charles Shaw,
the author of the invention which we now pro-
Ceeu W uescrloe, proposes 10 uiFiue our eau
non itself as we'll as the shot. He replaces the
field piece, cannon or howitzer, by row of
riae-barrelS, twenty-five in number. These are
accurately placed on the same level, each bar
rel diverging slightly from the central, and so
that the volIey of rifle bullets discharged by
barrels will cover width Of about five yards
at distance of eight hundred yards Sir
Charles Shaw's rife battery is indeed repro
duction OF Fieschi's Internal machine, placed on
wheels, and made far lighter and more mana
geabe than light brass nine FOUNDER gun.
This implement, therefore, may be regarded
as rife cannon divided into twenty five por-
tions, as destructive as grape or canister shot
at five hundred yards the ShrapnclI shell at
eight hundred yards with its deadly aim ex-
tended as far as the rife can reach. Conceive
a battery Of horse artillery, with four of Sir c.
Shaw'S internal machines substituted for their
guns The rife battery is equal in effect to
twenty-five rifles deliberately aimed not from a
mans shoulder, but from a fixed rest. 1t is
no exaggeration, therefore, to regard one rife
battery. manned by three rfemen, as a fail
equivalent for company of soldiers firing from
the ranks-LOndon Nelcs
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

SELF INFMcTIoNS.-It is a fact as true as
the sun shines, that nine tenths of all the mis-
cries which humanity is groaning under are
self-inAicted. People are terribly bent en- ma
king themselves miserable. They go ont in
cold stormy weather thinly clad, with no care
to their feet when they know the result of
their imprudence may bring fever and perhaps
consumption they will venture on the railroad
and get smashed, when they are continually
reminded to " look out for the engine when the
bell rings :" they will eat hot supperS late at
night and imbibe bad liquors when they are
perfectly aware of the execrabe feelings that
must follow, and, in short. expose themselves
to all sorts of evil consequences, which little
caution and forethought, in a majority of cases,
could have prevented. The common saying,
that one must live twice to know to live once,
is quite true
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

NATURE AvENGEs HERsELF.-What wreck
so shocking to behold as the wreck of disso-
Lutte man-the vigor of life exhausted, and yet
the first stepin honorable career not taken /;
in himself lazar-house Of disease dead, but
bv a heathenish custom of society, not buried !!
Rogues have had their initial letters burnt
into the palms of their hands ;even for murder
Cain was only branded in the forehead; but
over the whole debauchee or the inebriate, the
signatures of infamy are written. How nature
brands him with stigma and opprobium How
she hangs labels all over him to testify her dis
gust at his existence, and to admonish others
to beware of his example How she loosens
all his joints, sends tremors along his muscles,
and bends forward his frame as if to bring him
on all-fours with kindred brutes, or to degrade
him to the reptiles crawling How she dis
figures his countenance, as if intent upon oblit-
Grating all traces of her own image, so that
she may swear she never made him How
she pours rheum over his eyes, sends foul spirits
to inhabt his breath, and shrieks as with
trumpet from every pore Of bis body, behold q
beast !-Horacc Mann,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17
TOWANDA: ::
rsursday Morning, February II, 1859.
srletttN Qoetrp.
TO THE SKELETON OF A FOOT.

Tho ALLOWING beautiful stanzas, which would not d
,e the pen of Byron appear to have been written
the artcuated bones of female foot in the windo7
=, fashionable London aker, to whom they wer
snt anon! mously;
oaeshIess fragment of some female form =
Ofpature's workmanship the last and best
Which once with lifes mysterious fire warm;
What -impious hand disturbed thy place OF rest,
And in CLASSY slipper thee attired,
Loathed by the many, by, the few admired?
The calm observers of the works Of God
In thy anatomy his wonders trace
With purer leisure than, when silken shod,
The smirking fool beheld thy mincing pace,
And faultless symmetry, which made him sigh,
Though from thee now he turns. his ogling eye.
let those whose folly seeks to draw line
Ofbroad distinction between dust and dust,
Thy plebean-or thy noble caste divine!
They cannot !; God immutable and just,
Alike to all heavenly images gave;
Ts man that makes the monarch and the slave.
Perhaps thou once vert cushioned in high state
Amidst the circle of the drawing-room;
But no the bodies'of the proud and great
Are wont to rot in vault and marble tomb,
Asif the bones of selfstyled noble forms
Should be reserved for better sorts of worms
Perhaps thou trodst some humber walk of life,
And vert from truth and virtue led astray
By one who.promised thee the name of wife,
And praised thy symmetry, but to betray
The soul, coniding, innocent, and young,
That readily believed his fatt'ring tongue.
Thy perfect mechanism may have served
Some opera dancer fraught with every grace
Save mOdeSty-and with that courage nerved
Which quickly sears young and bIushing. face,
When oft submitting to the searching gaze
OF thousand eyes midst thousand lights full blaze.
And where's the soul that DER thy frame shed
The poetry of motion? ~ Who can tell
Into what realm the immortal part hath fed?
Or if in misery or JOY it dwell
0r;if each thought of all its earthly ties
Fades from the memory when the body dies.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

UNIVERSALLY OF THE IDEA OF RKLIGIGN-
If there be in mau'S heart q sentiment which
is unknown to all other human beings and
which always manifestS itself, whatever may be
his position, is it not likely that this sentiment
is fundamental law of his nature?
Such is, in our opinion the religions senti-
ment. Savage hordcS, barbarous tribes, ma
tions enjoying the full force of the social state,
those which are languishng in the decrepitude
of cvlization-ail demonstrate the power Of
this indeStructibe sentiment
1t triumphS over a interests The savage
to whom fishing or the arduous chase furnishes
an insufficient subsistence. consecrates to his
Fetish portion Of that precariouS support
The warl,ke colony lays down it's arms to unite
at the foot of the altar. Free nations inter.
rupt their deliberations to invoke their gods in
temples. Despots grant their slaves days Of
ntermiSSion for the same purpose.
The passions, as well as interest are submis-
sive. When suppliantS embrace the knees Of
sacred statues, vengeance is huShed, hatred Is
calmed, man imposes silence silence upon his
most imperiouS desires Pleasure is interdict-
ed. love ahjured and he precipitates himself
upon suffering and death.
This sentiment is, however, associated with
all our needs and all our desires The citizen in
vokes the Deity in favor of his country the
lover separated from the object of his love,
cOnfdes her to the experimenting care OF
Providence. The prisoners prayer piercss
the walls of his dungeon; the tyrant upon
his trone is disquieted, harrassed by invisible
power he can scarcely reasSure himself In
imagining them mercenary Constant de 10
Religion.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

LEARN ALL YOU CAN.-Somebody has given
the following excellent advice, which is worthy
of being treasured up by everybody =" Never
omit any opportunity to learn all you can
Sir Walter Scott said, even in a stage coach
he always found somebody to tell him some
thing he did not know before. Conversation
is generally more useful for the purpose of
knowledge. 1t is, therefore, a mistake to be
morOse or silent, when you are among persons
whom you think ignorant, for. little sociabil-
ity on your part, will draw them out, and they
will be able to teach you something, no matter
how ordinary their employment. Indeed, some
of the most sagacious remarks are made by
persons of this description, respecting their pc
culiar pursuits.
"Hugh Miller, the famous Scotch geologist,
owes not little of his fame to observations
made when he was a journeyman stone mason,
and worked in quarry. Socrates well said
that there is but one good, which is knowledge,
and but one evil, which is ignorance Every
grain of sand helps to make heap. A gold
digger takes the smallest nuggets, and is not
fool enough to throw them away because he
hopes to find huge lump some time. So in
acquiring knowledge, we should never deSpiSe
an opportunity, however unpromising. If there
is q moments leisure spend it over good book
or instructive talking with the first person you
meet"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

WISDON IN LOVE .MAKING-I know that
men naturally shrink from the attempt to OBJ
tain companions who are their superiors but
they will find a really intelligent woman, who
possess the most desirable qualities, are uni
fOrmly modest and hold their charms in modest
estimation What such women most admire
in men is gallantry ; not the gaantry of courts
and fopS bOldneSs, courage, devotion, decision
and refined civility. A mans bearing wins
ten superior women where his boots and brains
wins one If a man stands before a women
with respect for himself ard feariessness of her,
his suit is half won. Therefore, never be
afraid of woman. Women are the most
harmless and agreeable creatures in the world
to a man who shows that he has got mans
soul in him. If you have not got the spirit in
you to come up to test like this, you have
not got that in you which most pIeases high
Souled woman, and You will be obliged to con-
tent yourself with simple girl, who in a quiet
way is endeaVOring to attract and fasten you.
But don't be in hurry about the matter
Don't get into a feveriSh longing about mar
riage. 1t isn't creditable to you Especially
don't imagine any disappointment in love
which takes place before yon are twenty-one
lCdio Oid VIII bc vi IidIcIIdl udlldSt u YOU.
The truth is, that before man is twenty-five
years old he does not know what he wants
himself. SOdon't be in hurry. The more Of
man you become the more manne>S y0u be-
come capable of exhibiting in your association
with women, the better wife you will obtain I;
and one years possession of the heart and hand
of really noble specimen of her sex, is worth
nine hundred and nine-nine years possession of
a sweet creature with but two ideas in her head,
and nothing new to say about either of them
" Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of
Cathay." So don't be in hurry say again
You don't want wife now, and you have not
the slightest idea of the kind of wife you will
want 10y and by Go into female society it you
can find that which will improve, but not other
wise. You can spend your time better. Seek
the society of good men. That is often more
accessible to you than the other, and it i,
through that mostly that you will find your
way SO good female society.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

A RECENT traveller gives an account OF %
very curious mode of trying titles to land, ss
practiSed in llndoOstan. 1t seems that con-
testing parties. in certain cases of appeal. dig
two holes in the disputed piece of ground, in
one of which the lawyer on either side puts one
of his feet Their positions being thus arrsng-
ell. they are expected to remain tn re until one
Of Them becomes tired. or is Obliged to give
out from heing stung by the insects in which
ca.e the client of the exhausted advocate is de-
feated. AcotempOrary remarks, that the casa
is somewhat different in this country-as, here
the lawyers dig the pit, and the clients put
their feet into it.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

FIGHT BETWEEN ELEVEN HUNDRED HORSES
Southly, in bis History of the PenlnSuIar War,
relates the following: Two Spanish regiments
which had been quartered in Funan were cav
airy, mounted on fine black long-taied Anda-
luSian horses 1t was impossible to bring off
these horses-about 900 in number-aEd
Romano was not a man who could order them
to be destroyed he was fond of horses himself,
and knew that every man was attached to his
beast, which had carried him so far and SO
faithfully. Their brides were therefore taken
off, and they were turned loose upon the beach.
A scene enSued such as was never before wit
messed. They became sensible that they were
no longer under the restraint OF human power
A general conflict ensued, III which, retain
ing the discipline they had learned, they charg-
ed each other in SquadrOus of ten or twelve to-
gether, then closely engaged, striking with
their fore feet, and biting and tearing each
other with most ferocous rage, and trampling
over those who were beaten down, till the shore
in the course of an hour, was strewn with the
dead and disabled Part of them had been set
free Oh rising ground at distance. They no
sooner heard the roar of the battle than they
came laundering down over the intermediate
hedges, and catching the contagious madness,
plunged into fight with equal fury. Sublime
as the scene was it was too horrible to be
long contemplated, and Romano, in mercy,
gave orders to destroy them. But it was found
too dangerous to attempt this, and after the
boat had quilted the beach, the few horses
that remained were still engaged in the dread
ful work of mutual destruction"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

DEATH OF THE RIGHrEoUs-I one me on
the sea shore, said the eastern poet Sadi, a
piouS man, who had been attacked by tiger.
and was horribly mulilated He was dying
and suffering in dreadful agOnies Neyerthe
less, his features were calm and serene. and
his physical pain seemed to he vauquish by
the purity Of his soul. Great Col" said he,
:" | thank thee, that am only suffering from
the faugS o: tiger AMI not from remorse'
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

A waggish husband recently cured bis wife
of diver ills in this wise He kissed the SER
want girl one morning, and got caught at it
Mrs. j. was up in an instant. She forgot all
her complaints, and the man of the house de-
clares that he has never had to pay cent for
helm since
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

A SPEAKER enlarging upon the rascality of
the devil, got off the following
~ tell you that the devil is an old liar for
when / was about getting religion, he told me
that if did get religion | could not go into
gay company, and lie and cheat, or any such
thing, but have found him out to be great
liar"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

A DOCTOR up town gave the following pre-
scription for sick lady few days ago: "a
new bonnet, cashmere shawl, and pair of
gaiter boots?" The lady recovered immediate
ly.
JONES says he hates to see women buying
furniture at auction. The prettest of them
look ugly-their countenances are SO forbid,
ding.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

A DOWN east editor has got such cold In
his head, that the water freezes on his face
when he undertakes to wash it,
Why is an overloaded gun like an Office
holder? Because it kicks nightly when dis
charged
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17
" 1t was not in the battle
No tempest gave the shock,
She Sprang no fatal leak
She ran uDnn no rock

lawful = said Harry, ,shuddering; and to
have it owing to the pride of that foolish lieu
tenant. Too proud to take the carpenters adj
vice; that was the worst of all | suppose
you told it to me on that account. | thank
you, uncle Oh, that poor lieutenant. His
own life, and the life of thousand others, staked
upon his feeling proud. am sure it makes
the bible account of pride awfully true: pride
goeh before destruction, and a naughty spirit
before fall"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-06-21
Strength OF sfic Hostile Arini, =

\ correspondent of the Times, writing
from Turin, May 18th, states that the Pied.
montese army, including volunteers, mum.
bers 10000 effective mea. lie says: The
general belief seems to be that there arc
now 10000 French in the Sandman
States. There may be more. but | do no,
think there is less. They are still defeien,
in cavalry, artillery aud camp equipage.
At Lyons a tremendous siege train is pre-.
paring, designed, Of course, for the LON
bard fortresses. With respect to the Aus
trians. information on which | place grea,
reliance, and which is up to the mos. re-
cent date, states their in whole force Italv
at about 100000 men, distributed IS fo..
lows: at Ancona, 1000, Farra, 1900
Venice, 10000 TO 1900, Legnago, l, 900,
Matua, 4,000, Verona, 5000. Peschiera,
1000, Piacenza, 5000, Brescia, Milan,
Bergamo, CremoHa. aud other places in
that district, 10000 to $4,000. Beside.
these. within the last day or two, about
2O.OU0 men have been concentrated abou,
Piccenza. Non-combatauts and sick are
set down q, 20 COO. Including the 20 900
men that have just been Withdrawn from it
and assembled round Piacenza, and 1000
to 1900 that are a. Pavia, the effective
.tFensia OF the Austrian army in Piedmont
is about $4,000 men. | have strong rea.
son for believing the above figures suhstan.
I@Hy correct.