Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-12-23

| BLAcKwooD's MAGAZINE for November con-
tains the following articles - Ny Latest Vacation
Excursion. Part First Tony Butler Part XIV /;
Enoch Arden; The History Of our Lord Corne-
lius O'Dowd upon Men and Women and other
things in general Banting on Corpulence The
Three Foot Rules; General Mcclellan. This
number is unusual y readable The Latest Vaca-
tion Excursion is made in Germany where the
wliter finds -Four heavy weights call them do
mestic, social, or by any other name you like
which press down thepopulation, andwhile tolera-
ted as they are will ever prevent it from achieving
any high position, either of greatness or Of good
ness. These weights are-l. Excess in eating. -
2 Excessinbeer drinking 3. Excess in smoking.
t. Excess in the inhalation of foul air. = :
ssThe more look at German ways, the more see
that gambling is deeply rooted in the nature of the
people 1t is not alone seen at the great establish
ments, which are renowned over the world as
spots sacred to this pursuit. In any ordinary inn
you viii continually see the natives make up their
card parties with a seriousness and solemnity
and business ike adjustment Of the pecuniary
casualties, which altogether are curious phenom-
enon to the on locker. The lottery is one
of the shapes in which the gambling spirit is ripe
in Germany. The agencies are advertised in all
sorts of obscure corners, where the large round
sums to be realized by the fortunate adyenturers
seem strangely in contrast with the impoverished
establishments in which you are to transact for
them. This German lottery gambling, manages to
cross into England, in the shape of circulars of
portentious dimensions with heaps of passible
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sometimes an Estate, with Schloss and vineyards
in it, of which you may be the possible owner
The article on General Mcclellan after thorough
discussion of his military career in the present re-
bellon, arrives at the conclusion that we cannot
estimate General Mcclellan fighting quality very
highly. He would always be apt to forfeit any ad
vantages which his plan had gained by rresolution
in striking the blows which his previous operations
could only have placed him in good position to
deliver.
THE LONDON QUARTERLY for October. contains
articles on Cochin China and Cambodia Work
mems Benefit Societies I; Rawdon Browns Veni-
tan State Papers DR.. VIM. Smith Dictionary
of the Bible Sanitary State Of the Army in In
dia Life of Lockhart Photography: New Re
DR. Newmans Apologize. Blackwood and the
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THE EDINBURG REVIEW for October has the
following table Of contents Angus; Coniferous
Trees Archbishop Whetely; Cooperative socie-
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and Nature WRber's life Of Mershall SAKE !;
Robert Brownins5's Poems The five year old
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