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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-04-14

duty OF The soldier to he the alert ut all times and al
ways cbe present at the roll call should Christians al
ways be present psyermeetings said that prayer
meetings sometimes DUH but IL all Christians attend
Who can they mover Will be dull. With the room well
filled and all engaged in cause, there win he no lack
OF interest Christians should act from principle and
deep conviction They should forsake all that temPts
others away from duty should abandon all that will load
others as,ray If glass Of wine leads the young 10
stumble, Christians should throw II away. IL going TO
theatres leads others TO wrong Christians shoad Keep
away from theatres II Christian feels that his
staying away from prayer meeting causes others to stay
away, then he should go Il no only expected to
1rs man ms r"u hs s.n.,h weenr and All sbons
20 10 the prayer meeting who could. Abiding
to the custom Of riding on tho sabbath, he
holy day. He hsd often dono so, but should do
Christians should not neglect their duty because
they are depressed IN spirit and should always be Ip
and always do right He said he looked 70 the young
the hope Of tho country and they should catch
should act now as they did In the war; The gigantic
evil which had overspread tho South had been
come, and now that region is missionary neld for
Christian young men. The NEXT thirty years has
mortgage on the efforts OF every Christian young
and woman Although that gigantic evil bad been
than slavery had ever been-that was intompcrancc
The Church the carncstncss that the country
carried into the wants men and money 10 enroll In
the ranks and be evcr ready TO respond to the call
morning, noon night Abiding TO the death Of bis
son, an only child, who had been brought home
thai he would give his ife today II he had been abe
20 say TO his dear boy what he able 10 say 10
young men, and be begged OF them as they loved their
parents as they loved their country, 10 love their
Saviour slso. Thew knew not whom they might be
brought back 70 their friends a. his had been
In conclusion he urged, that no matter what base
said all should do thor duty and the Master and
in life aud death have the proud consciousness Of
The Convention adopted resolution approving Of the
law.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-04-14

This n the model from which other mechanics tor,o
their ideas In reference 10 the establishment OF rsaa
central bodies Al with the formation OF local un,ons
% with the national societes Nearly every Occupation
IN whioh the number Of men composing II assumes
anything like respectable proportions has It's local and
national union Whether drawing Inspiration from IN
pucoca which In one particular a. least attained by
Me nearly dsfunct Fenan brotherhood several trades
\ave adopted the system Of sending out an organiser
hnealiy president OF local body or some other high
0ctionary belonging TO the craf who 10 usually glib
Nsdy talker with plenty OF check This Individual
feA salary for his services and has all bis travelling
exp0ess paid Many sensible workingmen See throus
ehsA isllows but the majority will sxpcnd their bare
csut money ppop such schemes - are represented
fnfpN being for their benefit
- A.. CONTROLLING rHr woRENU
Tho Shm In AiudIne 10 the tr4ds dAione, and thu
snr0wink light upon the modes opsr0dS Of their fofma
sion andQbegtA u v explain thst the working classe
}eQpghoN Ne whek co6nskr srs nskinG rid su6s'
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29

W men phrenoogy first began to attract a.
tention, and claimed to be a science, high
foreheads Of women, as well as men were as
sociatcd with intellect Every member Of
the opposite sex, however dull or unculti-
vated She may be, limires mental gifts, and
has no objection to the reputation of pos
seSsing them herself Consequently she de-
termined to have the seeming if not the re
atty, and stripped her forehead of the clus-
tering tresses, and even removed the hair by
artificial means that she might present a
front which would awake the enthusiasm of
Gall or Spurzheim. For number Of years
this mania for high foreheads ragged in spite
of the patent fact that they detTacted from
their feminine loyeliness, giving it a hard,
bold, masculine expression that should be
sedulously avoided All the classic models
of beauty, whether in marble or in flesh,
from the Venus and Phryne down to the
Marys Of Raphael aud Magdalens Of Muril-
10, the picturesque damsels Of the Campa-
gus aud the classic Suliote maidens, instead
Of high, have quite low foreheads-some-
thing our own women seem at last to have
discovered
Horace and Gatulis and Ovid all sang of
the fair, fond creatures whose white fore
heads cleaned ike the crescent moon be-
meath the dark cloud of silken hair. Ar
lists have SO painted feminine beauty. Men
Of taste and gallantry have admired SUCH
Phrenology has ceased to be connected with
aesthetic subjects; and therefore we have re-
turned to nature and art
Indeed the passion now is rather for ex-
ceedingly low foreheads, for hair over the
temples, and love locks that shade the luster
Of deep eyes. This is rather overdone but
stripped brows that make the face more fit
ting for a Roman senator, than a gentle ten
der, womanly woman. Every man of taste
must rejoice that something like an approx
imation to the old models and correct stand
ard Of feminine loveliness has been estab-
lished and that we are no longer panied
with
high white fronts that tell Of power
Which ne'er is fashion'd by the gentle heart.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
A vERIrABLE FIsu STORY.

The Milwaukee Seafial, of March /, is
responsible for the following Fish stories
are proverbally discreditabe-so much so
| that when we get hold of a good one, we are
almost 10th to tell it for fear our statements
may be laughed at However, despite this,
we will relate an incident which happened
Yesterday, and which was told us by gen
tleman whose veTacity We have never had
occasion to doubt
1T seems that number Of men and boys
were at work almost opposite the Detroit
and Milwaukee depot, when one OF the
number saw an. enormous sturgeon swim
ming near the surface of the water close by
the dock The paGlJ armed themselves
| with poles and other weapons while a boy
named Patrick Nolan, procured boat hook
and resolved upon the capture of the mon
ster Patrick made lunge at the fish and
caught the hook in its bad, but before he
had time to brace himself and haul the
fish to the dock, it darted out into the riv
er, jerking him from his footing into the icy
water. The boy held on to the boat-hook
and was dragged with greatvelOcity into the
| middle OF the stream, and then ont toward
the lake.
The spectators, meanwhile, we're almost
paralyzed with terror, They we're power
less to help Nolan, and could only look on
| and see him dragged through the water by
a monstrous fish at a rate of speed exceed
ing that of the fastest row boat. They call
ed to him to release his hold of the boat
hook, but he, either too much terrified to
heed or not being able to hear, chung fast
to it as if it was his only hope Of life The
monster fish, maddened by pain, and terri
fed by the load he was dragging, lashed the
water into fakes offoam as he sped outward
toward the great lake, never staying in his
mad course. Death seemed the only fate
awaiting the boy, and one or two of those
on shore knelt down and implored the mer-
cy Of Heaven upon his soul as he fast rece-
ded from their sight-probably forever.
Providentially, however, couple of fish
ermen, who were in a boat near the straight
cut, saw what had transpired, and although
unable at that distance to understand the
full nature OF the affair, Intercepted the
course of the fish
But there's many a slip tRixt the cup
and the lip for, just as they were about to
grasp the almost inanimate form Of the lad.
the fish changed its course, and the boy es-
capped from their hand They commenced a
pursuit, however, and being stoEt and skill
ed oaTsmen, and the fish having somewhat
slackened its speed, they succeeded after
chase Of about half block, in grasping the
lad and lifting him into their boat, while
the sturgeon passed on into the lake. The
boy fell fainting in the bottom Of the boat,
and was taken home almost dead from ter
ror and the chill Of the water. Had he re-
manned in the water only a few moments
longer his life would have paid the forfeit of
his attempt TO deprive one Of the tinny tribe
Of Its existence
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
BISHOP souLE ON DANCING.


One of the best things 'out, ofIate, was
recently given in the Memphis Ghrlstat,,
444droeate. A friend, says that paper,
sends US the following incident p
Once In Alabama, In parlor filed with
an intelligent and refined company, while
the Bishop was eonversing with a group of
friends, another group in a corner was dis
cussing the innocence of modern dancing
most Of them being in favor oft At length
they agreed to leave it to the Bishop, and
approaching, asked his opinion. (Siience. J
well | never saw dancing but once, and /
must confess | tods pleased tciM H. (Great
surprise and glances exchanged, J | have
been 70 Paris and TO London, and over most
Of our own land, but | have never seen the
exercise Iut once, Eager attention, While
vas in Paris, among other things, / saw
several monkeys, taught to dance and keep
time, and must confess Is0ds pleased lotth
It, for | thought it became them ve,q
much -
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

With all his intelligence, shrewdness and
sagaclty, John Bull still finds it hard work
10 get at a full comprehension of America s
resources and nascent power. This difficult
ty is aggravated by his excessive egotism
and insular position. Threadneedle street
las long held the largest money bag in the
civilized world, and he is painfully 10th to
admit that any other nation can get along
without It, or show bigger one. Occasion
ally he admits that his American cousin IS
promising youth, and IF, 4" &c, &c, he
viii come to something yet. Something of
the 1t splritappears in the following ex-
tract from the London Spectator, which, no
doubt, intended to write "a first rate notice. -
1t says that if we pay off our national
debt 1t will be the greatest deed Democra-
cy has ever done, the one which will come
most clearly home to property-holders,
which will most rapidly dissinate the idea
norant lmpatlence OF taxation, or by an in
disposition to pay up honorable claims No
despotism will be able to show such fnan-
cial account no constitutional monarchy a
better Que, and successful finance tells heav-
lily with cultivated mankind. The tide of
immigration will set in with double rapidity
and the last remaining deterrent to British
North America will have been removed.
Meanwhile, whether the dream Is fulfilled
or not, America possesses a force of which
it Is difficult to estimate the extent, she can,
for example, spend without a loan as much
as the whole outlay of Great Britain upon
her army and navy, can waste every year
without increasing her taxes as much as
the loan with which Napoleon paid for his
Italian campaign.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
\ SPLENDID DESCRIPTION.

On certain occasion one Paul Denton, a
Methodist Preacher in Texas, advertised a
Barbecue, with better liquor than is usually
furnished When the people assembled a
des sperado In the crowd cried out, Mr.. Paul
Denton, your reverance has lied. You prom
ised not a good barbecue, out better liquor.
Where the liquor. There ~ answered
the missionary, in tones of thunder, and
pointing his long bony finger at the match
less double spring, gushing up in two strong
columns with sound like a shout Of JOY
from the bosom of the earth. There 2 he
repeated with a look terrible as lightning,
while his enemy actually trembled at lis feet.
there is the liquid which Cop, the Eternal,
brews for all his children Not in the sim
mering still, over smoky fires, chOked with
poisonous gases, and surrounded with the
stencil Of sickeuing 0dors and corruption,
doth our Father IN heaven prepare the pre-
cious essence Of lite, pure cold water. But
in the glade and CLASSY dell, where the red
deer wanders and the child loves to play,
there GOD brews it and down, low down
in the deepest valleys, where the fountain
murmurs and the rllls ring and high up in
the mountain tops where the naked granite
gitters like gold in the sun, where storm
clouds brood and the thunder-stOrms crash
and far out on the wide wide sea, where the
hurricane howls music and the big wave,
roll the chorus, sweeping the march Of Cor
there He brews it, the beverage of life
heathgjving water And everywhere 1t is
thing Of beauty cleaning in the dewdrop
singing in the summer-rain, shining in the
ice gem, till they seem turned to living jew
els spreading a golden vein over the set
ting sun, or white gauze around the mid
night moon sporting in the cataract sleep
ing In the glacier; dancing in the hail
shower; folding its bright snow curtains soft
" around the wintry world and weaving
the many colored iris, that seruph's zone Of
the sky, whose wrap is the rain drops of the
earth, ali checkered over with celestial flow
ers by the mystic hand Of refraction thai
blessed life water, no poison bubbles on IT
brink its foam brings not madness anc
murder no blood stains its liquid glass
pale widows aud starving children weep not
burning tears in its depths Speak out, m,
friend would you exchange it for the de
mon drink, alcohol ?
\ shout ike the roaring of tempest
answered NO T.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
OUR DESTINY.

1t cannot be that earth is mans only abb
ding place. 1t cannot be that our life is a
bubble cast up by the ocean of eternity to
float moment upon its waves, and sink in
nothingness. Else why is it the high and
glorious aspirations, which leap like angels
from the temple of our hearts are forever
wandering unsatisiied? Why is it that the
rainbow and cloud came over us with a
beauty that is not of earth, and then pass
off to muse on their loveliness? Why is it
that the stars which hold their festival
around the midnight throne, are set above
the grasp of our limited faculties, forever
mockingus with their unapproachable glory!
And finally, why is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our view
and taken from US; leaving the thousand
streams of our affection 70 flow back in an
Alpine torrent upon our hearts? We are
born for higher destiny than that of earth.
There is realm where the rainbow never
fades; where the stars viii be spread out be-
fore us like the islands that slumber on the
ocean, and where the beautiful beings which
pass before us like shadows, will stay for
ever in our presence.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
VOLUME 40; NO %.
FASHIONABLE ABoMrNArloNs.
WaterfalIs were bad enonnb -hoon-.l;

Waterfalls were bad enough, ,-hoop-skirt
| -tIiters--are an invention OF the devil. low
necked dresses are deadly enemies to man ;
morals, but with a pocket full of tracts. and
the nerve to close one s eye when necessary.
fellow might possibly reach heaven by
running the guantlet Of female fashions
But the latest freak in the hair dressing line
caps the sheef Fancy lard-keg wrap-
ped about with horse hair and covered with
colored minn0w net strapped upon the
| back OF ady's head Yet we daily see
ladies on our streets wearing en- They
| think no doubt, that it enhances their bean
| ty. so do the Caffir niggers, from whom
the taahion is stolen. The abomination
ought 20 be called 'Cafirs It's their
proper name. IT. an ugly word No pret-
ty woman should wear one. Long hair in a
woman IS an excellent thing-an ornament
| than which no other ornament is more be-
coming. And to fancy that which God has
given her to be plated and twisted until it
! protrudes from the back of her head like a
horse toll plated up to avoid the mud.
1t enough to make a fellow forswear the
society Of the sex that is fast tending to the
worship of but one God-Eashion. We
verify believe that if some enterprisinq
French lady, an acknowledged leader of the
'V.', nVIC ~ appear On tue streets OF HarIS
with her head closely shaven in less than
three months every woman in America from
the mistress IN the parlOr to the scullery
maid in the kitchen, would glory in hairless
heads. Throw aside the monstrous things.
ladies', and try to look becoming, pretty.
charming enhancing once more. Leave.
outlandish distortions of your most beauti
tul natural ornament to outlandish women
Throw your "Caffirs' to the Cafirs. and
show Fashion that you will not blindly fol-
low whithersoeyerits senseless and tasteless
capriees may lead Give folly the go-by,
and let sense and judgment dictate your
fashions. Oittge is a good word, when an
piled to that which is the reverse of lovely.
but 1t is a proclamation when loveliness is
made synonymous with oltfre.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
GOoD FOR ONE POUND.

1t is said that in a dockyard of England,
a ship of many thousand tons was once built
and large multitude had assembled to wit
ness the launching. The wedges were
knocked away, but the immense mass re-
mained motionless Before feeling of dis
appointment began tomanifest itself, little
boy ran forward, and commenced pushing
against the vessel. His efforts excited the
ridicule of the spectators; but he turned in
dienantly toward them saying, i can push
a pound, aud continued his exertions.
They we're all that were needed to overcome
the friction and soon the huge ship, yield
ing to his pressure, gracefully glided into
the waves. So many great and noble
cause stands motionless, when perhaps the
efforts of child would have overcome the
obstacles that hinder its progress. A single
grain will turn nicely balanced scale. a
single word or action, or glance OF the eye,
may be fraught with inestimable eonsequen-
ces. We cannot be the judges OF the
amount Of our influence. We know not
how much it accomplishes. We cannot be
aware through what wide circle it may
spread. Hoathly Rel. Mag.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
TRUTH.

Truth is an eternal element 1t is an
essence of divinity. Man must grasp this
essence; he must press it to his soul; it must
be his spiritual life, and rule Ibis thoughts
and actions. Truth must ever be with him,
continually abiding with him. Only in this
way can he be natural. Only so can be re-
semble the Redeemer. To be like God is
to be unnatural. 'Tis true, opposites exist.
Light has its shade, cold is opposite to heat;
hate Is antagonistic to love Truth Is op-
posed by error But with one path, one
genuine course remains for him TO follow
II Is the path of right, of Truth, Of fjustic, of
love. and of unswerving fidelity to God
Only 50 can the soul live out its noblest
attributes, and harmonic with the purposes
of the Creator. Moral purity can only
qualify US for this mission.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
THE SABBATH.

The silent, holy Sabbath pervades city
and country, hamlet and village; in the
crowded haunts of men, where the corroding
and selfish cares of the week are banished.
but for one single day, and beneath the
umbrageous canopy of green groves in the
fresh and yernal country, where the more
unsophisticated children of this teeming
world meet on each recurrence of the day,
to offer up their simple prisons to the Most
High. What a source of contemplation it
is that almost at the same hour, through
the whole broad land, so many thousands
are engaged in listening to the words which
drop from the lips of God appointed agents
on earth.
In the dim and holy precincts of the city
church, where the fretted light falls with q
anu necks tnetnrOhg dI w0rsdIppers1 ana
the man Of God, who is ministering at the
alter; and in the rustic church of the country
where the broad and yellow light of the day
falls upon all alike-everywhere the lord
is in his holy temple"
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
THE AUTHORS DEN.

Mr. Beaumont had theory that a man
should have a den somewhere in the world.
And he had always, ia bachelor days, con
trived to have one, in which disorder, as it
seemed, was supreme His wife had fitted
up and decorated the incest little room for
him or the gfru.G luur ot the villa, and
used to put h0wps- gbrrs evty day, and con-
stanty aionig with some feminine fancy.
And during the tr.i months after then mar
riage, Mr. Beaumont consented to sit, array
ed in velvet and coniugal red slippers, a
model of an elegant author craftsman. Du-
ring this time, whilc his chief business was
to be ready with sailing answer when a
pretty face looked in aut. asked him how he
was getting on. aud whether he wanted any
thing. and whclhcr hc should soon have
done, and while ul, attempts at work were
sometimes interrupted by the great pains
/ bestowed upon his whiskers bY his admiring
wife the elegant little room answered its
purpose very we'll But later, when the
young wife acquired more repose, and the
young husband had TO work harder, Mr.
Beaumont suddenly moved himself upstairs
/ into garret, on which he had been casting
! a secret and Tesolutc eye. Awaiting himself
| of couple of days when his wife was Wis
! iting her parents, he basely brought 70 the
| refined villa a cart full of his old furniture
| from his bachelorchumbnrs- terribly stout,
but hideously ugly table a battered old desk
which had borne up his manuscript from
the time when be wa- tuggiing into maya
zines, to the time when magazines were
struggling for him, yust oak chest, filed
with the memorials of years Of an odd life,
three or four prints in the wouuiest Of
| frames, and a huge srul chair which had
once belonged to a monthly nurse. This
pleasing assortment Of goods Mr. Beaumont
| conveyed up into his garret, and dire was
the astonishment Of the little matron when
on her return she found the graceful nest
deserted. and the beloved bird perched in
! this strange roost But she was too good a
! wife not to understand the fitness Of things,
and the den became an instittion -" Soon
1 e.. 0J. Inter, by Shirley BrooLs.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29

RRThere are many people in the world
who make it practice to sponge the read
ing Of newspapers without any expense to
themselves. This has often been noticed
and commented upon. They are not con-
fined to any particular locality, but are found
wherever the newspaper goes, An exchange
from Maine thinks there are more of this
class there than elsewhere, while the ". H.
Gazette believes the Granite State is infested
with them to even a greater degree. 1t
says: We have known men OF means to hang
around store where the proprietor takes
paper for the mere purpose of reading the
paper, and getting the news without its cost
ing them anything. There are scores of
families whose parental heads spend enough
in bad rum and tobacco weekly to pay for a
dozen newspapers, and Still persist in spon-
ging what little information they get of what
IS going on in the world, from their neighbor.
Any man who can afford to indulge in rum,
beer, cider, or tobacco, can abundantly afford
to subscribe and pay for newspaper for
tie benefit of himself and family. Is not
that SOP