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VALUE OF HORSEBACK EXERCISE.

A correspondents OF the Cincinnati ERg,a-
reT writes: Horseback riding, with shooting,
rowing, walking, base ball, cricket ETC., is
ranked by physicians and writers ON by
gienne, as one of the best modes of taking
exercise. This pleasant recreation can be
modified in violence aud quantity, according
to the condition Of health and strength of
the partaker of it. If person is an invalid
the motion of the horse can be used gently,
and for a person in robust condition Of body,
the action can be made more violent and
more prolonged. Riding is considered to
produce a very beneficial effect upon the
liver and digestive organs, highly promoting
their healthy movements. The passing
through the air either slowly or rapidly pre-
vents the inhalation again Of the expired
breath, consequently every particle of air
that is drawn into the lungs must be of the
purest kind, if the rides are taken outside
the impurities of cities. The atmosphere,
too. is always the best the higher it is from
the ground IN salubrious localities. Then
the elevation itself, although only a few feet
tends to enliven the spirits, giving the rider
a sense of commanding objects, and | may
add here, ''the rest of mankind who are on
foot.
A quick pace is very exhilarating to the
mind and has strong tendency to dissipate
any 'blue devils" who may be lurking
around it. The great Pitt when he had
the oppressive cares of the British empire
weighing so heavily on bis shoulders, would
order his carriage and four, and direct the
postillions to drive at the rate of ten or
twelve miles an hour, as some sort of relief
for his burdened and care worn intellect.
The circulation Of the blood is quickened by
the motion of the saddle, and the muscles of
the legs and thighs and the trunk are
strengthened, particularly the limbs by
closely clasping, as they should, the horse S
fanks
1t is a pity our people do not ride more.
The climate is sometimes made an excuse,
but nobody wFo owns flyer" ever thinks
it too cold to drive, and driving is much
colder work than riding. If the summer
mid dav is too warm, the morning and
evenings are delicious As | said before,
there is nothing like riding for the liver,
the part of the human frame most usually
out Of order in America. have received
the greatest benefit in this respect. 1t has
changed morbid liver passages to active
ones, ride about four to six hours day,
and am very much improved in health and
spirits. | say this to encourage others, but
the horse exercise must be constant and Of
an active kind.
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LABOR HONORABLE.

Labor is not only useful, but necessary
and honorable. 1t makes the framework Of
society, and is the basis of civilization. In
what consists the chief difference between
the civilized man and the savage? The
former labors IN one way or another :; the
latter is idle. Our daily food, all the arts
and refnements and luxurious Indulgenees
of life are the products Of labor, from the
first tiIIing of the soil and raising a primi-
tive hut, up TO the construction Of stately
mansions, palaces and churches, with ali
their interior decorations. Not less neces-
sary is labor in its infinite variety Of diver
sions for personal comfort and adornment,
whether it be in manufacture Of the coarse
wooden for protection against cold, or OF
those rich silks and brocade and laces, the
wearers of which, in parlor or drawing
room, in court receptions or in the ball
room, too often forget the many dextcrous
hands that labored to crafty their desire for
such rich display.
We know not how far the heaven Of aris-
tocracy may be fermenting in the minds OF
those American citizens who, by wealth and
station, may now be uppermost In society.
They can hardly forget that most of them
have been elevated by labor-if not of their
own hands, at any rate by the labor of 9TH
ers, who have plowed, sowed and reaped,
spun and wove, piled the hammer on the
anvil, and kept furnace and forge a-going to
swell their incomes, and give them leisure,
ease and enjoyment.
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LIFE,s AUTUMN,

Like the leaf life has its fading. We
speak and think of it with sadness, lust as
we think of she autumn season. But there
should be no sadness at the fading Of a life
that has done well its work. five rejoice
at the advent of new life; if we welcome
the coming of new pilgrim to the uncer-
tainty of this world s why, why should there
be so much gloom wheE all the uncertain
ties are past, and life at its warning wears
the glory of a complete task? Beautiful as
childhood is in its freshness and innocence,
its beauty is that Of untried life 1t is the
beauty Of promise, of spring, of the bud. A
holier and rarer beauty is the beauty which
the waning life of faith and duty wears.
1t is the duty of thing completed; and
as men come together when some great work
is achieved, and see in its concluding moth
ing but gladness, SO ought we to feel when
the setting sun filings back its beams upon a
life that has answered well its purposes.
When the bud-drops are blighted, and there
goes all hope of the harvest. one may well
be sad but when the ripened year sinks
amid the garniture of autumn flowers and
leaves, why should we regret or murmur
And so a life that is ready and waiting to
hear the "well-done" of God, whose latest
virtues are its noblest, should be given back
to God in uncomplaining reverence, We re-
ioicing that earth is capable Of so much glad
ness, and is permitted such virtue.
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THE UTILITY OF FLOWERS.

"Not useless are ye, flowers though msds
Blooming Ger 6eId and waves by day and
From every source your sanction bids me
treasure
HARMLESS delight ''-HoHAcE Smith.
There is a class of men who would marc
down everything 10 the mere grade OF tttiTi
81, who think it the height Of wisdom 10
ask, when one Inanifeste an enthusiasm in
the culture Of doEers, ''of what use are
they x With such we have no sympathy
We viii not say with the late Henry Cole
man, IN case such Ra interrogatory being
put 70 us, chat '5Rr Frst impulse Is TO look
Under has nat and sec the length Of has ears,
saaE 6St aSf asys qelgsad do o1 of eorreopS r
with theirs. Bette" lsay these ultra
utllltariansl devote our time 10 the culture
OF things useful and needfal to sustain life,
than to employ it on things, which, ike
flowers, are intended only to look at and
please the eye. But why, would we ask,
why should not the eye be pleased2' What
pleasures more pure, more warming to the
heart, more improving to the mind, more
Christening 10 the affections, than those
which come through the eye 2 Where more
luminously displayed the perfeeticns Of the
Creator, than in the star spangled heavens
above. and the flower spangled earth be-
meath
''Your voieeless lips, oh flowers, are living
preachers,
Each cup pulpit, and each leaf book,
Supplying TO my fancy Numerous teachers
From the loneliest nook"
Nonsense, sheer nonsense to tell us it is
useless to cultivate flowers They add 10
the charms of our homes, rendering them
more attractive and beautiful, aud they mul-
tiply and strengthen the domestic ties which
binds US to them. We would not advocate
the cultivation of flowers to the neglect of
more necessary objects. Attending to the
one does not involve neglect TO the other.
Every man engaged in the culture of the
earth, can find time to embellish his premi-
ses who has the will to do it, and we pity
the family o. the man who has not. ''Rob
the earth ofits flowers, the wondrous mech
anism Of the Almighty, and we should lose
the choicest mementoes left US that it wss
once a paradise. "-Brecks Neto Book Of
F}otrers.
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more hard woodwork Of the brain-than
that of the mechanic. In no sense can he
be considered an e1emplar of Bunyan' S
'Muckrake. - He must live In order to
work, but he does not work merely that he
may live. He is always striving to mount
the next step on the ladder, and never does
be mount but that be carries with him the
living. moving world Ii is his pride to
eccsg never satisfied with medioerity, but
always striving for superiority. From the
workman 10 the inventor Is but a steps
long step il may be--yet not beyond his pow
ers, If be employs them properly and the
inventor, not a mechanic, Is often depend
ent on the mechanic for the success of his
improvement.
Now, as individual. excellence depends
largely on individual exsrtion, although aid
ed somewhat by the recevded efforts and
failures Of others, it is obvious chat a5soeia-
tions which 'razee" or bring down each in
dividual TO a common level as to compensa-
ton, must retard the improvement N me-
chanieal science and practice so imperative
ly demanded by the increasing wants of the
age. The associations whether under the
name nf trades unious" or labor associa-
tions, have operated TO bring the s5lllful
workmen down to the level of the boteh,
and to elevate the half Informed mechanic
to their level The incentive of money
wages received-has been the mems used to
give these associations power and as the
inferior workmen in all branches of indus
trial business greatly outnamber the iHlsh-
ed mechanics, they, the inferio- class, rule
these societies. The effect is really lower
ing of the status of the meclanic. One
may do more and better wC-k-more in
quantity and better in quality-than anoth-
er, but because the inferior workman Is on
an equality as to standing in the society or
union, either the superior workman must
submit to be underyalued, te his pecuniary
loss and 10 his injury by dep-iving him of
the laudable ambition of receiving a reGog-
milton of his superiority or the employer is
compelled to pay for inferior work the same
amount for which superior work could be
obtained. In either case il is unjust; IN one
case to the conscientious and careful work
man and in the other to the employer.
The basis of these unions is wrong. They
make the amount Of wages, not the skill of
the workmen, the basis of their demands.
The amount of wages paid is not really the
criterion of excellence, and under these
union rules can Bever be made so while II
were contracted with, the indi-
yidual skill would become, as it should, the
basis of compensation, aud the peeunisry
return for services rendered would incite to
superior excellence and tend to the general
ofthe world. Scientific Amer-
icda
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THE CREEDs OF THE WICKED.

Wicked men sometimes try TO persuade
themselves that there Is no God. The BIZ
bic imputes such thought only to a fool.
The fool hath said in his heart there is no
God He says this, in his hezrt, not in
his head, for reason teaches him different
~ -1Su tfy ~ ueffUyo Nts~eN rSi - fti ae~
eordance With their wishes, rather than the
truth, when the truth is distasteful The
guilty wish that there we're no God, for
they are selEeondemned and so they are
ready TO believe a monstrOus lie. Il is sin
that makes men atheists
Sometimes when the wicked cannot make
themselves believe that there IS no God,
they try to persuade themselves that there
is no he'll unce met with young man OF
fine appearance, good education and gentle
manly behavior, whom | found upon ac-
quaintauce to be a professional gambler,
and a person Of hcentious and dissolute
habits Afterwards, in taking with him, l
found that one of the fundamental articles
of his creed was this there is no hell. He
wished there were no he'll, for he knew that
if there was a hell, he could not escape it.
The christians not troubled, except for 9th
ers who are unprepareG to die, when he
reads in the Scriptures Cf the place of woe
Ii is sin also that makes men inidels
God says to the wicked, BE sure your
sin will find you out Yes the sinner viii
have his wages ''The wages of sin is
death - and perdition tne FIRE that is not
quenched, and the worm that never dies, will
find the sinner out Saday School Times.
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HENRY WARD BEECHzR ON FoPs.

But what shall say of those miserable,
despicable sprigs Of humanity that live to,
adorn their pocket handkerchief and their
collars? Men that walk through society
with the thought that the chief end of their
life is to engage in the frivulous amusements
of the passing hour, and to spend their time
between those frivolous amusements and
their mirror, thinking of doing nothing and
wanting to do nothing; men a million Of
whom might live in the air and we be no
more conscious Of their existance than of
men a million of whom might die and all be
put IN one graVe-if you only buried their
souls; men that put on airs of gentihty and
niceness and look upon the rude clown, as
they cali the working man, with supreme
contempt, and pity him; men that have no
respect for those that are obliged to get up
early and sweep out the store; men that are
just as certain to die knaves, if they do not
die fools, as there IS law in naturel | can
not express my abhorrance for these strip
hngs of folly. And | declare that, in Cur
time of the world, with our Illumination,
with duties pressing from every side, and
with all the lnculcations, and examples that
have been handed down to us of disciples Of
Christianity, man that finds nothing TO do
and has no disposition to do anything, is
fractional man. He is not even bright
shining fragment. And of all men that are
lawful prey of contempt and the curling Of
the lip, these whittlings of gentility are the
most eminent.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-26
MIXING BABIES.

An Alliance correspondent of the Canton
20. Repository relates the following Some
DAYS ago there was dancing party given
for the benefit of the Fenians on the out
skirts of town, and several of the ladies
present had little babies, whose noisy per-
yersity required too much attention to allow
their ma 5 to enjoy the hop. A number
Of gallant young men volunteered to guard
the infantry while the ladies engaged in the
break down. No sooner had the mothers
left the little cherubs in the hands of the
mischievous wretches, than they stripped
the darlings changed their clothes, giving
the apparel of one to another. The dance
over, the mothers each took, as she thought
her own baby, and hurriedly left the scene
of gaities and started to their homes, sever
al miles apart, being far on the way before
the 'peep-o' day. On the following day
there was a tremendous row in the settle
ment. Mothers discovered that single
night had changed the sex Of their paoles,
and then commenced some of the tallest te-
male pedestrianism Living miles apart II
required two days to unmix the little cher
ubs, and it will require as many weeks to
restore the mothers to their natural sweet
dispositions,
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aA i5fell llanGona.
NEWSPAPERS IN THE PULPIT.

Each Of the clergy breaches two sermons
q week, while the newspaper press breaches
one million eight hundred thousand in the
same time Ministers deliver each one hun
dred and two discourses a year, while the
press gives, by their sheets In circulation,
sixty-sevcn millions FIVE hundred and forty
two thousand | find no difficulty in ac-
counting for the world s advance. -Four cen
turies ago. in Germany. in the courts of JUS
tice. meu fought with their fists to see who
should have the decision Of the court, and if
the judges decision was unsatisfactory, then
he fought with the counsel. Many Of the
lords could not read the deeds Of their own
estates. What has made the change?
Books, you say. No, sir The vast ma
jority Of citizens DO not read books. Take
this audience, or any other promiscuous as
semblage, aud how many histories have they
read How many treaties on constitutional
law or political economy, or works of sci
ence How many elaborate poems or books
of t-avel2 How much of Boyle, De Toe
queville, Xenophon, Herodotus or PercivaR
/ | answer, not many. In the United States
the people would not average one book a
year for each individual Whence, then,
this intelligence, this capacity to talk about
all themes, secular and religious, this ac-
quaintance with science and art, this power
to appreciate the beautiful and grand
Why, next to the Bible. the newspaper
swift-wiBged and everywhere present, flying
over the fence, showed under the door, toss
ed into the counting house, laid on the work
bench. and hawked through the cars. All
read it-white and black-German, Irish,
Swiss. Spaniard, French and American-old
and young, good and bad, sick and we'll
before breakfast and tea, Monday morning
and Saturday night, and Sunday and week
day
now declare that / consider the newspa-
per to be a grand agency BY which the Cos
pei is to be preached, ignorance east out,
oppression dethroned, crime extirpated, the
world raised, Heaven rejoiced. and God glo
rifed. In the clanking Of the printing
press as the sheets fly out | hear the voice
of the Lord Almighty proclaining to all the
dead nations Of the earth, Lazarus, come
forth, and TO the retreating surges Of dark
ness let there be light. la many OF our
city newspapers protesting no more than
SECULAR information, there have appeared
during the past FIVE years some of the grand
est appeals in behalf OF religious liberty
and some Of the most effective interpreta-
tions of God government among the na-
tions. That man has a shriyeled heart who
grudges the FIVE pennies that be pays to
the newsboy who brings the world to his
feet
The immoral newspaper stops not at the
unclean advertisements. 1t IS so much for
so many words, and in such sheet 1t will
cost no more to advertise the most impure
book than the new edition Of Pilgrim Fro
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KINDNESS. Kind words are looked upon
Ike Jewels on the breast, never to be forgot
ten, and, perhaps, to cheer thy memory
along sad life; while words of cruelty, or
csrefessness, are like swords in the bosom,
wounding, and leaving scars which will be
borne to the grave by their victim. Do you
think there is any bruised heart which bears
the mark of such a wound from you II
there is living one which you have wound
ed hasten to heal it; for life is short-to-
morrow may bs too late.
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DivINENEss OF IMAGINATION The
Imagination divinest of mental facul-
ties0is Gods self in the soul All our
other faculties seem to me to have the brown
touch OF earth on them; but this one carries
the very livery ofheaYen. tits God s most
supernal faculty, interpreting to US the
difference between the visible and the invisl--
BE; teaching us how to take material and
visible things and carry them up into the
realm of the invisible and immaterial, and
how to bring down material and visible
things, and embody them IN visible and
material symbols; and so, being Gods mes
senger and prophet, standing between our
soul and Gods
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-04-26

A SHARP CLERK.-In 1872. NJ. Labou-
chere then clerk in the banking house of
Hope 4 Co., Amsterdam. was sent by his
patrons to Mr., Barring, the London banker,
to negotiate loan He displayed in the
affair so much ability as 70 entirely win the
esteem and confidence of the great English
fnancier Faith, said Labouchere one
day to Barring, your daughter is charm
ing creature wish | could persuade you
to give me her hand. Young man, you
are joking for seriously, you must allow
that Miss Barring could never become the
wife of simple clerk But" said La
bouchere, 1T | were in partnership with
Mr.. Hope?' 'Oh, that would entirely
make up for ali other deficiencies. Re
turning to Amsterdam, Labouchere said to
his patron: You must take me into part
nership. My young friend; how could
you think of such thing? 1t is impossi-
bic You are without fortune, and"
But if become the son in-law of Mr. Ba-
ring ?" 'In that case the affair would soon
be settled, and so you have my word For
tilted with these two promises NJ. Labou-
chere returned to England, and in two
months after married Miss Barring, because
Mr.. Hope had promised to take him into
partnership and be thus became allied to
the house of Hope q Co. His was a mag
niGcent career
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THE RIVER SHORE.

Walking by the quiet river
Where the slow tide seaward goes,
All the cares Of life fall from US,
All our troubles find reposS.
Nought forgetting, nought regretting,
Lovely ghosts from days no more
Glide with white feet DER the river,
Smiling toward the silent shore.
So we pray in His good pleasure
When this world we've safely trod,
May we walk beside the river
Flowing from the throne of God.
All forgiying, all believing,
Not one lost we loved before,
Looking towards the hills of heaven
Calmly from the eternal shore.
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BEAUTY.

The Ioyeliest eye is that Of faith.
Which upward looks to Con
The neatest foot is that which has
The path of virtue trod.
The sweetest lips are those that nee
A word Of guile have spoken.
The richest voice is that of prayer,
One ne'er a vow has broken.
The prettiest hair is that which Time,
Has silvered o er with gray,
Or covers Der an honest bead
It's beauties ne'er decay.
The fairest hand is one that oft
In deeds Of kindness given ;
The purest heart is one that Christ
Has satisfied for Heaven.
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DARK Hours. To every man there arc
many, many dark hours, when he feels in
clined to abandon his best enterprise-when
his heart dearest hopes appear delusiye-
hours when he feels unequal to the burden,
when all his aspirations seem worthless.
Let no one think that he alone has dark
hours. They are the common lot OF hu-
manity. They are the touchstone to try
whether we are current coin or not.
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~You are a coward if afraid to tell the
truth when you should do so. You are a
coward when you insult the weak. You are
a coward if afraid to do right, if you shrink
from defending your opinion, from maintain:
ing that which you know TO be Just and
good and you are especially coward ii you
know certain things of yourself, and dare
not own them to yourself.
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DENTISTS.

y DENTLSTRY.
III y. BOWSER. RESIDENT DEyTIsI, NoOD-
rr7r,- Pa visits Bloody Run three days Of each
month. commencing with the second Tuesday OF
tbs month. Prepared TO perform all Dental oper-
a..ous with which he may ne favored. Terms
-ftlst tie reach g, rl AID strictly easA srespt 9g
.ueef41 egatgqet Work 70 be sent by mail CO 9th
wise. must be paid for wien impressions are taken.
av-5 '6lfE
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Il ". cRoUsE

n ". GROUSE
u. WHOLESALE TOBACCONIsT.
On Penn street few doors west Of the Court
House, North side, Bedford Pa, l. now prepared
70 sell by Wholesale all kinds Of CIGARS. All
orders promptly filed. Persons desiring anything
in his line will do well 70 give him call.
BsafgTd, Oct 90, 'es.,