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REASONS FOR LOOKING PRETTY.

a5gbeEf Bgs rg2od Esasops Yhy we ShQqld4 MD a nj
to consideration the strong effect exterior
things produces upon the mind, it becomes
a necessity, if we desire happiness That is
generally conceded to be the chief object of
life therefore it is well to observe the things
most calculated to produce such result
a consciousness of looking well, being
dressed in good taste, and consequently pleas
ing to the eyes of those by whom we are
surrounded, produces an effect for ourselves
as pleasant We feel niee-see that others
appreciate us, and our hearts warm with a
glow of satisfaction which sends lights to the
eye and lip in genial smiles. The atmos-
phere about US is peryaded with a presence
of joy, lit is the thrill OF angel breathings
upon human lips, which purify us from dis
coEtentment and the WEAKNESS which arises
from out of discontentment
The effect upon the spirits, of dark or
bright day is unmistakable As unmistaka-
able is the effect of our surroundings wher-
ever we chance to be. Our sensitiyeness to
exterior influences, renders us happy, de-
pressed, or miserable, according to the de-
gree of beauty about us In pleasant, al
ry, weil-furnished room, we grow cheerful.
In dark, gloomy one, We are depressed. A
smiling face charms us to forgetfulness of
many ills while sombre one, makes us re-
member them so wildly, we are apt to grow
morbid and exaggerate them. In the tout
ensemble of man or woman,-dress fea-
lures and expression, we instantly draw in
ferences either for or against-p pleasant or
unpleasant The surroundings speak for the
taste and habits of a person almost always,
uneringly. The dress is part of these,
and the most important we may say. Ex
pensiye dress is not essential. 1t is the col
or and fitness that gives it character. Ele,
gance and beauty consist in its tasteful ar
rangement, by contrasts or harmonies; and
in accordance with our success, is the effect
produced upon ourselves and those by whom
we are surrounded. 0
Let us, then, try to look well-dress with
taste; surround ourselves with pleasing OBJ
jects-be happy ourselves, and make others
as happy as we can.
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THE MORNING STARS.


had occasion few weeks since to take
the early train from Providence to Boston !;
and for this purpose rose at two O. clock in
the morning Everything around me was
wrapped in darkness and hushed in silence,
broken only by what seemed at that hour the
unearthly elank and rush of train. 1t was
mild, serene midsummer's night the sky
was without cloud, the Ni'e' whist The
moon, then in the last quarter, had just Tis-
en-, and the stars shone with spectral lustre
but little affected by presence. Jupiter, two
hours high, was the herald of the day: the
Pleiades, just above the horizon, shed their
sweet influence in the East; Lyra spaTkled
near the zenith; Andromeda yelled her new
ly discovered glories from the naked eye in
the South; the steady pointers, far beneath
the pole, looked meekly up from. the depth
of the North to the sovereign.
Such was the glorious spectacle as l enter
ed the train. AS We proceeded, the timid
approach of twilight became more percepti-
bic; the intense blue of the sky began to
soften, the smaller stars, like little children,
went first to rest; the sister beams of the
Pleiades soon melted together; but the
bright consultations of the West and North
remained unchanged. Steadily the won
drous change went on. Hands of angels,
0luueu from view, SHlIteu tie Sce0tIy VI Cfl6
heavens, the glories of the night dissolved
into the glories of the dawn. The blue sky
now turned softly gray; and the great watch
stars shut up their holy eyes; the East be-
gan to kindle. Faint streaks of purple soon
blushed along the sky; the whole celestial
concaye was filed with the in. flowing tides
of the morning light which came pouring
down from above in the great ocean of radi-
ancei till at length, as we reached the blue
hills, fash of purple fire blaze from the
horizon and turned the dewy tear drops of
flower and leaf into rubies and diamonds.
In a few seconds the everlasting gates of the
morning were thrown open and the Lord of
the day, aITayed in glories too severe for the
gaze of man, began to course. | do not
wonder at the superstition of the ancient
Magians, who in the morning of day went
up to the hill-tops of Central Asia, and ig-
norant of the true God, adored the most
/ glorious works of His hand. But am FL
led with amazement when told thatin this
enlightened age and in the heart of the
Christian world there are persons who can
wit ness this daily manifestation of the Gre
ator, and say in their own hearts, There
is no God. p Edpdrd Ecerett.
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oyER-woRK.

Unwlse above man Is the man who con
siders every hour lost which is not spent il
reading, writing, or in study, and not more
rational is she who thinks every moment oi
her time lost which does not find her sew
ing.
We once heard a great man advise that Z
book of'some Kind be carried in the pocket
to be used in case of an unoceupied moment;
such was his practice. He died early and
fatuous. There are women, who after a
hard days work, will sit and sew by candle
or gas light until their eyes are almost bin
ded, or until certain pains about the shoul-
ders come on, which are insupportable, and
= LII ----l--.-l
pacity te-work any longer a
The sleep of the over worked, like that o
those who do not work at ALL Is unsatisiyins
and unrefreshing, and both alike wake up II
wearizess, sadness, and languor, with an in
eyitable result, both dying prematurely
Let no one work in pain or WEAKNESS.
Whena man is tired. he ought to lie down
until he is fully rested, when with renovated
strength, the work will be better done, done
the sooner, and done with a selfsustained
alacrity The time taken from seven OF
eight hour's sleep out Of each twenty four,
is time not gained, but the time much more
lost we can cheat ourselves, but we cannot
cheat nature.
A certain amount of food is necessary to a
healthy body, and if less than that amount
be furnished, decay commences that very
hour. It is the same with sleep, and any
one who persists in allowing himself less than
nature requires, viii only hasten his arrival
at the mad house or the grave This is es-
pecially true of FRAMEWORK.
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, THE L1TTLE otlAKEREss

An amusing matrimonial story is told 0
| the oldenstIme in New England 1t so fel
| out that a young couple becalne very mucl
spltten with each other77as voung peopl,
do. The young woman father was {
wealthy Quaker the.youpg man WAS nespee
table. The father could stand no such
union, and resolutely opposed ii, and The
daughter dare not disobey, that is to say.
she dare not disobey openly, She meets
him by moonlight, while she pretended
never to see him; and she pined and wasted
in spite of herself She was. really in love
state Of sighs and tears, which women of
tener reach in imagination than in reality.
Still the father remained inexorable- ~
i,,,lnlIas 5ms pissed an and the rose on Mary
ment like worm in the bud prey on that
damask check, however; but, when her fa-
therasked her why she pined She alwayE
told him. The old man was a swidower and
loved his daughter dearly Had it been. a
widowed mother who had Mary In charge. q
woman's pride would never have given way
before the opportunities of daughter
Men are not, however. stubborn in such
matters, and when the father saw that his
daughters heart was really, set upon the
match, he surprised her one day by breath
ing out
Mary, rather than nope to death, thee
bad better marry as soon as thee chooses,
and whom thee pleases. '.s f
And then what did Mary? Wait till the
birds of the air had told the swain of the
change, or until her father had time to alter
his mind again? Not bit of itg She
clappled her neat plain bonnet on her head,
walked directly to the house of her intended
as the street would carry her. She W alked
into the house without Knocking for knock
ing was not then fashionable and she
found the family just sitting down to dinner.
Some little commoton was exhibited at the
heiress in the Widows cottage but she
She walked directly up to him, and took
both his hands in hers. @
John, said sheS father says | may
have thee y
And John got directly up from the din
nertable, and went to the parsons. Unjust
twenty-five minutes they were man and
wife s<fs 2sss s4A
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GoyERNoR nRowNLoM.s pLArroRn

Governor Brewnlow having been ques-
toned as to his platform, replies through the
columns of his paper, the kaosgtite Wing,
as follows:
eve are for the Union as it IS, and the en-
foreement of the laws as they are, both State
and national, until every rebel lays down his
arms, is killed off in battle, or in private, or
is hung-until this wicked rebellion Is crush
ed out, and men cease to abuse the Federal
authorities, or talk treason even in private
life. We are for no compromise with rebels
who have been IN arms against the Federal
Government three or four years, aud have
only laid down their arms because they were
achppe1 we are for no truce with rebels, no
pardoufor pirates, no ocompficity with thieves
and no parley with murderers. We are for
the political party which will stand by the
country, sustain the United States Goyern-
ment, and not think of Withholding men or
means from the President until the nation
has asserted its independence of organized
mobs at the South and in the North and
until the whole world shall see and ae-
knowledgesour power to crush out the great
conspiracy.
We hold that no man in any section of the
country. North or South, should be permit
ted to hold office until he has taken an oath
ELldb llG udS i6NtT NU1lCs NiAbNStit VI SeNIA any
thing against the authority of the Govern
ment Of the United States, or in any way
given aid, comfort, or encouragement to its
enemies, or to the men waging war against
the Government Being grossly deceived by
men in the South, who went into the rebel
lion, we viii never support any man for any
Office of honor or profit, who was a seces-,
sionist, or who aided in the unholy work OF
depressing the Union people in the South,
or who persistently advocated the proseeu-
ton Of the war brought on mt the South.
Denying the right of secession, we hold
that no State has ever been out of the Union
and consequently We deny to Congress the
right to regulate the franchise question,
lholding that each State, after having elee-
ted loyal Legislature, shall say who are
| loyal voters and who are not; provided that
no State shall enact law on this subject at
war with the provisions of the National Con
stitution.i c ~
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THE GREAT GRAPE VINE OF SAN
ia RARRARA

The San Francisco Bulletin gives graph
| lc account of this somewhat famous vine
4 The journal says One Of the celebrities q
| Spanish California is the immense and bean.
tiful grape vine nov. growing at the Montel
| cito, two or three miles below Santa Barbara.
on the road to San Buenaventura. The
| planter of this vine was Dona Marcellina
| Feliz de Dominguez, wife of the old soldier.
Jose Marie Dominguez, who came up TO AL.
| ia California with one Of the earliest expe-
ditions from Sonora, before. 1880; and who
were always esteemed an honest and indus
tTlous old couple among the most respecta-
bic of the native families aud foreigners in
the country prior to ls64, The old woman
in Sinaloa, south of Cuiiacan and ever since
the foundations Of Santa Barbara Preside
and Mission, 17S2=17S6, had been an in
habitant of that vicinity. The great grape
vine which Is so often talked of in books and
newspapers for the last thirty years, she
uniformly stated was planted by her over
slxty-hYe years ago, from a slip which she
cut from the young vineyard at San Anto-
MO. Mission, in Monterey county, fora horse
whip, and on arriving at the hot springs of
the San Miguel, finding itifresh and sprout-
Ing she determined to preserve it and plant
1t sosoon as she could get permission from
the commandante at Santa Barbara, which
was done, as nearly as could be ascertained
from her failing memory, about the year
1896.
Her husband had got permission to make
q small garden near the warm springs Of the
Montecello; fayorite place for the washer
women of the new settlement of Santa Bar
bara, and here she planted it on the edge of
knoll, expecting after so long journey to
see it die. -,
But to her surprise it Immediately took
root and began to bud and leaf and from
careful attention before she died it was made
to produce more than any grape vine in A.
menca, North or south. Between 1850 and
1860 it had been trailed over some so feet in
circumference with trunk of IL inches in
diameter, rising clean Is feet high from the
ground. Some years it has borne over six
thousand grapes, or close on to eight thou
sand pounds, and became wonder of every
resident or soiourner in that part of Califor-
MA. And, what is more, for the last forty
years, it has principally maintained the cid
woman and her numerous family. She al
ways, for long years, made her own wine
from her grapes, maintaining that her wine
was good for soul and body, and better than
that never flowed After planting the grape
cutting the land was often troubled with
the drouth, which caused her to conduct the
nelghborlng warm spring acress to the root
OF the vine near her house, and it is suppo-
sed that the mineral water has had some
thing to do with its well known luxurience,
fruitfulness and vigor
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-18

,CANDoR There is nothing shedsso fne
a light upon the human mind as canslor. IL
was called swhitenessp by ancients. for It's
purity; and il always won the esteem due to
the most admirable Of the virtues. How
eyer httle sought for, or practised, all do it
the homage Of their praise, and all feel the
power and charm Of its influence. The man
whose opinion make the deepest mark upon
his fellow men, whose friendship instinct
lveiy sought where ali others have proved
taithless, is not the man of brilliant parts,
or fiattering tongue, or splendid genius, or
commanding power; but he whose lucid cam
dor and ingenious truth transmit the hearts
real feelings pure and without refractioI.
There are other qualities which are
more snowy, and other traits that have
higher place in the world s code of honor,
but none wear better or gather less tarnish
by use, or claim deeper homage in that
silent reverence which the mind must pay
to virtue.
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a, LITTLE. STORY, OR THE LOST
DEMOCRA(,Y

n -lI 4 i. :
(, A man g OF but moderate acquaintance witt
the wicked ways of the world visited ~
great city of New York, where there arc j
way some people so little accustomed to see
The green fields of the country that anythins
like yerdancy is sure, to attract their aften.
ton. The stranger was delighted TO find
these city people so Kind to him, and 50 easx
TO get acquainted with. Under their paf-
roDage he enjoyed himself highly, and even.
t1aily got into state of happy obliviousness
OF worldly cares and troubles. Upon recov-
er1ng from this state his head felt uncom-
lnonlyiheavyand his pocket remarkably light.
Passing sorroBfnlly down street, he noticed
the sign Of an Intelligence Office. Finding 4
fsaaE anaas q q fs RUeSs RUSSsss aat sI had fffned M
with an impediment in his speech, which
was rather aggravated by the confused state
ofihis mind, he said you k-k-keep intel
Egence here, do you 2" Eyes, Sin. wen
Iwant d-d-dollar's worth. . 'iWhat do
you want to know?" 81 want to know
where lveb-bsbeen this three d-days.'
Asimilar want is feltby the Democracy; but
i reaches back through number of years.
1t Is distressed, also, to know where it is going
to be. Ever since it fell in with secession
company, and got intoxicated with syTnpa-
thy for the rebellion, its sober and honest
friends have forsaken it. 1t has in a meas
ure aroused from its debauch and is endea-
vofing to collect its bewildered wits, and to
wonder whereithas been. It has a recol-
lection Of having been at Chicago last sum
mer, and a dreamy impression Of some kind
of a shock in the fall, and of another in the
spring, which fairly walked it up. Since
then, not knowing where it has been, nor
where it is to be, itlhas been edging up to
one and another ofits old friends, but they
all shy off from it, They don't believe in
milestone necklaces. We respectfully ad-
wise small investmentin intelligence. Mr..
Stanton, or some other reliable old Demo-
crat, might give it gratis, if respectfully APP
piled -PIhsLurqh Comnlercim
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PREVALENT MISTAKES. We desire to cal
the attention of our readers to the following
prevalent mistakes:
1t is mistake to suppose that the sub
scription price Of a newspaper is clear gain
to the publisher.
1t is a mistake to suppose that he gets
white paper for nothing.
It is mistake to suppose that it is prin-
ted without cost
tits a mistake to suppose that he can live
bodily by faith,
tits mistake to suppose that it is an
easy thing to please. everybody.
1t Is mistake to suppose that paper is
not worth buying which contains only what
we know and believe already. ~ -. ~.
tits mistake to suppose that money due
for paper would be as good to us a year
hence as it is now
Tits d great mistake to believe that we
would not bethankful for, what is due u!
and for new subscribers.
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gpetrg.
MAKE NOME nEAUTTFUT..

VI i
More than building showy mansions,
More than dress and fine array,
More than domes and lofty steepies,
More than station, power and sway
Make your home both neat and tasteful
Bright and pleasant, always fair,
Where each heart shall rest contented,
Grateful for each beauty there.
More than lofty, swelling titles,
More than fashions Turing glare
More than mammon's gilded honors,
More than thought can well compare i
See that home is made attractive
BY surroundings pure and bright
Trees arranged with taste and order,
ElFs~H-s .--ith IL siea;- ~----.s 4l-iisi-A-rr
Seek to make your home most lovely,
Let il be a smiling spot,
Where in sweet contentInert resting,
Care and sorrow are forgot.
Where the flowers and trees are waving,
Birds will sing their sweetest song
Where the purest thoughts will linger,
Confidence and love begin
Make your home second Eden,
Initiate her smiling bowers;
Let neat and simple cottage
Stand among bright trees and flowers,
There what fragrance and what brightness
Win each blooming rose display!
Here simple vine-clad arbor
Brightens through each summer day.
There each heart viii rest eontented,
Seldom wishing far to roam
Or, if roaming, still will cherish
Memories of that pleasant home.
Such home makes man the better,
Pure and lasting its control
Home with pure and bright surroundings,
Leaves its impress on the soul.
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GEN. CAssoN PREsrDE DENT LINCOLN The
venerable Lewis Cass has written his views
of Mr.. Lincoln, in which he says:
The departed patriot entered upon his
new field of duty with unwaYering confidence
in the justice Of the cause and its final tri-
umphal issue; and this confidence accompa-
MED him during all the trials to which he
was exposed, and invigorated the policy he
felt called to adopt; and, as in the progress
of events, he became better understood by
thseairss Il Ct his administration. he became
Though differences of opinion as 70 the
measure to be adopted were inseparaple from
such a contest, involving many issues of veal
and woe, still his noble qualities inspired
general respect, and his successful admins
tration viii be evidence in al time to come
Of his worth and the wisdom of his meas
Jres.
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Evil COMPANY, Y,-The following beauti-
full allegory is translated from the Ger
man:
Sophronius, wise teacher, would not
suffer even his grown up sons and daughters
to associate with those whose conduct was
not pure and upright:
'sDear father, said the gentle Eulalia to
him one day when he forbade her in coInpa-
ny with her brother to visit the volatile Lu-
cinda, dear father, you must think us very
childish, you imagine that we should be-
exposed to danger by it 80
The father took in silence dead coal from
thehearth, and reached it to his daughter.
at will not burn you, my child, take it.
Eulalia did so, and behold her delicate
white hand was soiled and blackened, and,
az Il CHANGED, her white dress also.
1--WE cannot be too careful in handling
GOALS. y said Eulalia, in Yexation. ee asss
'.Yes, truly" said her father: you see
nay child, that Goals, even if they do not
burn, blacken. Soft is with the company Of
the vicious.
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BE YOUR OWN RIGHT HAND MAN.-Peo-
pie who have been bolstered up and levered
all their lives are seldom good for anything
in crisis. When misfortune comes, they
look around for something to cling to orlean
upon. IF the Prop isnot there, down they
go.
Once down, they are as helpless as cap
sized turtles, or unhorsed men In armor, and
they cannot find their feet again without as
sistanee.
Such silken fellows no more resemble self
made men, who have fought their way to
position, making difficulties their stepping
stones, and deriving determination from de-
feat, than vines resemble oaks, or spluttering
rushlights the stars of heaven. Efforts per-
sisted in to achievements, train man to self
reliance, and when he has proved to the
world that he can trust himself the world
will trust him.
We say, therefore, that it is unwise to de-
prive young men of the advantages which re-
suit from their energetic action, by boost
ing them over obstacles which they ought
to surmount alone.
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BEET RooF SUGAR IN ILLINOIS -Ihe
Chicago Republican speaks eneouragingly
of the prospects of this branch of business,
and nrefiicts successful results. It remarks
that. 'sif the free people of the North can
crow sorghum and make syrup and molasses
9f II. in our Western prairies, in loose,
nnsystematized sort of way, but yetwith
proit they certainly can grow beets and
1nauufactlire sugar with profit from them
also. We surely ought to belable to make
money In q manufacture which is profitable
in France and Germany--so profitable, IN
deed, that it pays large duties to the Govern
nents of those countries. 9
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AZ SHERIFF was once asked to execute a
writ against a Quaker On arriving at ms
house he saw the Quaker, 5 WIFE,, who IN 2
reply to the inquiry whether her husband
was at home, said he was, at the same time
requested him to be seated, and ID, her nus.
waited patiently for some time; the. IAN
Quakeress coming into the room, ne Ee.
lae nsllber her husband. sNay, friend, Ipromised
a. aSot ttS 6a would see thee. He has seen thee
He TIE aid not ike thy looks therefore h'
avoided thee, and hath departed the hons'
by another path.
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hENTISTRY.

nENTISTRY.
III. n. BOWSER, REstDEST DENTIST, WooD-
BERRY, Pa, viii spend the second Monday, Tues
dav, ana Wednesday, Of each month at Hopewcll,
the rernai.ing three days at Bloody Run, attend
ing 20 the duties of his profession. At all other
times he can be found in his office at Woodbury.,
excepting tho last Monday and Tuesday Of the
same month, which be win spend in Martinsburg,
Blair county, Penna Persons desiring operations
should call carly, as time is limited. All opera
tiops warranted. Aug. 5,ls64,-d
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.yEWELER. &c.

DANIEL BORDER,
IL PTTT STREET, Tw0 DOORS WEST OF THE BED
FoRD HOTEL, BEBFoRD, Pa.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, &C.
HI keeps on hand stock OF fine Gold and Sill
yer Watches, Spcctacles Of Brilliant Double Rein
cd Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality Of Gold Pens. He will supply TO order
any thing in his line not on hand.
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