Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-18
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Those men have the worst opinion Of women who
are conoious that women ought to hare the worst Of
then.
Pride j. never 20 eFectually put to the blush a.
whea it finds itself contrasted with easy but dig
nifed humanity
Sensibility is star that can lead one only when
the sky is clear. Reason il a magnetic needle that
guides when the skr is wrapped in darkness.
Petrolem is saperseding all other iEluninasers Oa
British railways II is more brilliant than any ohher
oil, and it is also much cheaper.
a tall Kafr eater is giving exhibitions in Eng
land. He wears cap and apron, and eats from 80
to 40 rats per day.
A young married couple may well be content with
a mere martins box of house if It viii hold too
or SO no matter how how humbly nrnished if there
is hope in It,
A censorious man is most disagreeable compan-
ion. Nobody likes the society Of man who, like
doomsday calls to mind all the faults Of the whole
human race
Have courage enough to review your own conduct;
it to the best of your abity to make good resolves
for your future guidance, and to keep them.
Some Indiana booksellers bid in lot of very
cheap Bibles at a New York auction sale last week
They thought they had great bargain, until, on
checking off the invoice, they found the Bibles were
Choctaw language.
''Henry, my love, I wish you would drop that
book and talk to me; feel so dull A long silence
and no reply. s'Oh Henry my foot's asleep" "Is
it2 Well, don't talk, dear you might wake it.
Topographic wood is now quite fashionable for fit
ting up and ornamenting ship s scabins.-Pyrograph
c wood is that wood on which is impressed, by bur-
ming, ornamental designs and figures. The process
is called fire writing
At no timeoflife should man give up the thoughts
of enjoying the society ofwomen. 'Tn youth says
Lord Bacon, women are our mistresses, at ripper
age our companions, in old age our nurses, and in
all ages our friends
We had heard that America was languishing for
an aristocracy. A proof of the statement comes by
the last mails ''Ladies are about to be employed
at Philadelphia as reporters" This viii make it
An actor, now member of Pennsylvania regi-
ment near Richmond, has written to his friends, tell
ing them that his officers promise to let him have
the lease Of the Richmond Theatre as soon as the
Federal arms takes that city. Patriotism may be in
the heart, but certainly speculation is in the eye
this gallant soldier.
Old Master Brown brought his ferple down, his
face was angry andred, ''Now, Anthony Clair, 60
seat you there, along with the girls, he said. Then
Anthony Clair, with mortified air, and his chin
bent down his breast, crept slowly away, and sat
all day by the girl that loved him the best
At Painesville, o., there is a man, Valentine Per
kins, So years old whose bones have all become lime
stone. 0ssifcaton has been going on ever since he
was II years old, when his knee was badly injured
and the joint became ossifed. For thirty years he
has been unable to open his jaws and for forty years
he has laid on his side on bed. Food is placed in
his mouth and nature gets it into his stomaehe His
appetite is good, and are his memory and his gem
eral intelligence
MUMMY Misunderstanding experiments, made in
Egypt, prove that numy wheat will not gerninate.
Hence there is every reason to believe that the ears
proceed from grain accidentally contained in the
mold into which the former was sown, or else some
seller Of wheat desired to 'reap where he had not
sown."
Miss Madam Tleston, daughter of the late Corne-
ius Tleston, of Williamsburg Mass, was married a
few weeks since, at Oxford, Ohio, to Rev. Calvin
Fairbanks, after an engagement of thirteen yetrs.
Preparations for their wedding were being made
twelve and half years ago. when Mr.. Fairbanks, was
imprisoned in Kentucky for assisting slaves to es.
cape, and he has just been released During all this
time Miss leston did not relax her eorts to secure
his release.
WHAT DOES fEcoxoMx'' MEAN ? In our use of the
word ECONOMY, itmeans merely sparing or saving;
economy of money means the saving ofmoney, econ
omy of time the sparing of time, and so on.
But economy no more means saving money than it
means spending money. It means the administra-
ton of house-its stewardship; spending or saving,
that is whether money or time, or anything else to
the best possible advantage. In the simplest and
clearest definition of econom means the wise man
rgement of labor; and it means this mainly in three
Senses namely, FIRST applying your labor nationally;
secondly preserving its prcduce carefully and lastly,
distributing its produce seasonably.
TouoHIEe ALLUsIoN.--At the closing exercises of
the American Board which, met week before last in
Worehester, Mas, Rev. Mr.. Jesup, of the Syrean
mission, who had deeply interested the assembly
throughout the series of meetings uttered few earn
est words expressive of his deep interest in Syria
and his desire to return as as possible to his
work shere. He spoke, as only father could, of
his little motherless children, whom he must leave
behind, He spoke also of his aged father, Judge
Jessup, Of Pennsylvania, Presidentofthe Board
who has recently been visited with two successive
strokes Of paralysis. "All is gone of my father
said he, 'iexcept that which belongs to heaven He
remembers nothing which pertains to his secular af
fairs. But he remembers the American Board. He
cannot find the way to his own house, bu he has no