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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26
CLIMATIC CHANGES IN RUSSIA.

All changes are sudden and complete in.
Russia. Summer goes in day, and winter
comes. One may cross river in boat at
night, and walk back on the ice in the morn
ing. Doors and windows stand wide open
in summer for breath of cool air, but in
winter the cool air is barred out with double
windows triple doors and heated stoves
So in regard to clothing; thin linen summer
habiliments are thrown aside in a day and
the reign Of furs begins. Wheels are upon all
carriages Of every sort one day; snow comes
during the night, and the wheels all vanish;
in the morning nothing is seen but sledges.
The transitions from class to class are of the
same character. One class is of gentlemen
ana barons; the next step is to monshicks,
peasant serfs who live on black bread and
salt, seasoned with sour cabbage and garlic;
and who are covered with dirty sheepskin
instead of being clothed in eTmine, sables
and fine linen. Cronstadt is reached from
Petersburg by steamers, In one week; In the
@eyt the traveller rides over the same water
with three horses DeIore nm. Inc people
will leave hot bath, and plunge into a hole
made IN the ice; they leave a room heated
to seventy or eighty degrees. and follow a
funeral for six miles, with no covering on
their heads, in a frost twenty-five degrees
below zero; they viii fast seven weeks on
cabbage and garlic, and then guzzle them
selves in few hours into the hospital, take
cholera, and die. Diseases are generally
swift and fatal-today well, to morrow dead
More than two-thirds Of the cholera cases
die. Women are interesting, plump and
manageable at fourteen; they are shriveled
at thirty
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26
The Virtues of Borax.

The excellent washerwomen Of Holland
and Belgium, who ''get up" their linen 50
beautifully white, use refined borax as a
washing powder, instead of soda, in the
proportion of one large handful of powder
to about ten gallons ofboiling water. They
save in soap nearly one half All the large
washing establishments adopt the same
mode. For laces, cambric and &C., an ex-
ira quantity of powder is used for crino-
lines, required to be made, a strong solution
is necessary. Borax being neutral salt,
does not in the slightest degree iniure the
texture the of the linen. Its effects is to
soften the hardest water, and therefore it
should be kept on every toilet table. Tothe
taste it is rather sweet it is used for clean
ing the hair it is an excellent dentritrice,
and in hot counties it is used, in combina-
ton with tartaric and biearbonate of soda,
as a cooling beverage. Good tea cannot be
made with hard water. All water may be
made soft by adding a teaspoonful of borax
powder to an ordinary sized kettle ofwater.
in which it should boil The saving in the
quantity of tea used will be at least one
fifth.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26
WOm ems Rights.

The Marina Ella. Cowir, in comment
ing upon the inherent rights ofwomen, says:
Men and oaks were made to be twined,
and women and ivy were made to tWine
about them. Though an equality were to
be established between calico and cashmere
tomorrow, it would not be week before all
the officers would be men, and all the sol
diers women. Females are perfectly wrong
TO ssv e.lrodd provided IlIe meh gU nIaI. OCT
firo TO n steamboat and not yard of dimi-
ty viii bulge till cashmere sets the exam
pie. So long as the men cling to the vessel,
the women will cling to the men. But if
the men plunge overheard, chemiSettes
plunge too. As we said before, reformers
may prate as they will about equal rights,
but they can't alter the regulations of God
1t is as impossible for women to cut them
selves loose from men as it is for steel dust to
free itself from its attachment to the mag
net.
An exchange remarks on the above SO
far as our observation extends it leads us to
believe, on the contrary, that the cashmere
generally follows the calico and as the
Courier expresesit the sterner sex has little
to brag of.
owe make a vow to break her chain,
And keep it'll we meet again.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

as the price of his complete neutrality in the
contemplated war, and of his not even form
ing an army Of observation in the direction
OF Germany Such persons, of course,
abuse Count Bismarck for having broken
his word. His end once gained, they saw.
Austria once PROSTATE, and the military
power of Prussia established as at least on
a par with the first in Europe, he broke his
pledge and would give nothing. Take
Belgium, il you please, annex the canton Of
Geneva, II you think proper, but Of German
land not foot can be yielded up Count
Bismarck has adopted the saying Of Rica-
soil when he was taxed with the intention of
cedIng Sardinia or part Of the Riviera to
France; he sees great deal of land to take,
but not an acre to give up 1t is very
doubtful, however, whether he be not I'M
justly accused when he is charged with hay-
ing broken his promise in the case above ci-
ted. My belief is that the Emperor outWit-
ted himself rather than that he was outwit-
ted by Bismarck. The Prussian Minister
went to Biarrltz most anxious to secure that
neutrality Of France which should enable
him to carry out his ambitious designs, and
to make the war, for which he at last took
a preteXt since proved as unsubstantial and
baseless as that advanced By the wolf for his
attack upon the lamb. At that time the
Emperor might almost have made his own
terms, sure Of their acceptance Bismarck
was plant, conciliatory-in fact, suppliant.
He actually bored and prosecuted the En-
peror by his persistence, but he could not
get his august interoeutor to come to any
sort of verbal agreement. No compact was
made, | have good reason for thinking, and
no equivalent for French neutrality definitely
stipulated The Emperor listened, twirled
his moustache, bat was impenetrable and
taciturn. Still, although he avoided COM
mitting himself, the impression upon his
mind seems to have been that Count Bis
marck was bound to certain concessions. in
France, when the time came, acted in the
way that Prussia desired. Bismarck, on the
other hand, obtaining no pledge, held him
self IN no way bound by any offers he might
have made. There was no bargain, m fact,
the Emperor had Hercr SAID Done And
when the victory had been gained by Prus-
sia and the claim for tithes was put in, 1t
was rejected without breach of promise. 1t
was sharp practice, if you please, on the
part Of Bismarck, but the Emperor ought
better to have known with whom he was
dealing But, as the Prussian Minister
feels that his work is not yet done, knows
that he has many enemies In Germany, and
many difficulties still to surmount, and, final
ly. notwithstanding the needle gun, thinks it
much more eXpedient to be on good than
on bad terms with France, it is still thought
by many here that he will make concessions
Of some kind. I am inGedulous of their
including a cession Of German territory,
even though it were but the frontier of 1914
1t would be too great blow to his prestige
as conquereT, too unpopular step in
Prussia, and. indeed throughout Germany
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The IIulsemann Letter.

1t is still an open question whether Mr.
Everett or MIR. Webster wrote the famous
Hulsemann letter which the latter, as Sec
retary of State, sent to the Austrian Minis
ter, and which for its bold defiance and con-
tempt Of Austria, and pithy utteIance, de-
lighted Americans and startled Europeans.
Mr.. Everett's friends insist, on his own
authority, We suppose, that he prepared 1t
for his friend but Mr. Webster's
admirers and confdants are even more sure
il was his own The style was not the or
dinary. legitimate one Of either but it was
more that of Mr. Webster than of Mr..
Everett 4 correspondent Of the National
IptejtgeRcer, who has been rowing about Mr.
Webster birth place and home at Franklin
n. H., furnishes this particular evidence of
Mr. Websters authority Of the document !:
when Mr.. Webster was making his
annual visit here in 1851, after the letter
had been communicated to the Austrian
Minister in December, 1850, Worcester
| Webster, a favOrite cousin Of the great
statesman, and Judge Nesmith, made him
visit together, and while there, the letter
| becoming a subject Of conversation, Wor-
| cester w ebsteT, standing near the table in
| the east room, in the presence Of Daniel
| w ebster who was sitting at the table, said
!
which the Huseman letter was written, and
| there aratbe inkstand and the pen used IN
writing it, Judge Nesmith asked how
| long it took to write it, and Worcester Web
| stcr replied. About two hours. Mr. Web
ster walked the room and dictated it to a
copyist, who took it down and it was revi-
| Sed and finished the next forenoon. Wor-
cestcr Webster and his wife had been on a
visit 10 the Elms farm Il few days previous
to this Occurrences. A short time after
wards I was at the Elms farm with Judge
Nesmith, when he stated to me, in the
| presence Of Mr.. Webster, the same facts as
to the Hulsemen letter, the table and pen,
while We were in the east room, which had
been stated to him as above explained.
Daniel Webster never bad the reputation Of
appropratiug to his own credit the work of
others, anu those who knew him best will, in
the face Of these thoroughly attested facts,
be the last to believe that letter to have
originated in any other mind than his own
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26
VOLUME 80; NO A.

De2We find in an exchange the following
clever poems, written by gentleman of El
mira n, Y. 1t is called ''In coal Mine
and is mine Of puns. In fact the d0ublt
e,steadres are so thick that the hasty reader
will miss more than half Of them
A car fall of careless ones,-
The day was ours to spare
As students we did seek mine
To see coal laborers there.
We found the place-'twas miles away
To west and then by south;
And though was ours Joyous mood,
We looked down in the mouth
Of that dark cavern an though the sight
By courage were not fitted
To plunge away beyond the light
We felt we should be pitied.
But on we went and thoughts of i'll
Flew OFF while we were fyin'
And each one from a car-edge cried
Behold all this is mine
Not only pleasure did we hope
To find for us in store,
WesoHght as well higher path,
To get little lore.
We found a pencil vaiar-I state
What no one will deny-for
Although there was no lack Of slate,
Twas not place to sigh for.
The star lamps cleaned before our eyes
What constellation finer
Though borne by many bearish chap
Who was no worse miner?
And so we studied O er the mine
While bright ideas budded,
And when we turned away we knew
The mine was much ore-studded.
And when we saw daylight again
Delight did US unfold
Although we found each one had got
A very little coaled.
For we were glad that no mishap
To sorrow had been doomin' US,
And that no wayward mass of coal
Had sealed our fate by toombin' us.
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what No,vspapeIg do 10, Nothing.

The following article should be read and
pondered we'll by every man, who takes a
newspaper without paying for it My OBJ
seTvation enables me to state as a fact, that
publishers of newspapers are more poorly
rewarded than any other class ofmen in the
| United States who invest an equal amount
of labor capital and thought They are
expected to do more service for less pay, to
stand more spopging and dead heading, ="
to puff and defend more people without
fee or hope Of reward, than any other class
They credit wider and longer: get oftener
cheated, suffer more pecuniary loss, are
oftener the victim Of misplaced confidence
than any other calling in the community
People pay printer bill with more reluc-
tance than any other. 1t goes harder with
them to expend dollar on valuable news
paper than ten on a needless gewgaw yet
everybody ayails himself of the editors pen
and the printer s ink.
How many professional and political rep
utations and fortunes have been made and
sustained by the friendly though unrequited
pen Of the editor How many embryo
towns and cities have been brought into
notice and pulled into prosperity by the
press How many railroads, now in sue
cessful operation, would have foundered but
for the lever that moves the world?' In
short, what branch of industry and activity
has not been prompted stimulated and de-
Tended by the press
And who has rendered it more than a mis-
erable pittance for its service ? The baZaars
Of fashion and the haunts Of dissipation and
appetite are thronged with an eager crowd
bearing gold in their palms, and the COM
modities there vended are sold at enormous
profits, though intrinsically worthless, and
paid for with more scrupulous punctuality ;
while the counting room of the newspaper
is the seat Of Jewing, cheapening trade
orders and pennies 1t is made point of
honor to liquidate grog bill, but not of dis
honor to repudiate printer BILL
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26
A TRAVELLERS EXPERIENCE OF
WOMAN

I have observed, among all nations, that the
women ornament themselves more than the
men; that wherever found they are the same
kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender be-
ings; that they are ever inclined to be gay
and cheerful, timorous and modest They
do not hesitate, like men, to perform a
hospitable action; not naughty, nor arrogant,
NOR supercilious, but full Of courtesy, fond
of society; industrious, economical, ingeni-
Gus: more Liable IL general to err than man,
but in general also more yirtuous, and per-
forming more good actions than he. |
never addressed myself in the language of
decency and friendship to woman, whether
civilized or savage, without receiving de-
cent and friendly answer. With a man it
has been otherwise. In wandering over the
barren plains of inhospitable Denmark,
through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland,
rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled
Russia, and the widespread regions Of the
wandering Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold, wet
or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me
and uniformly so and to add to this virtue,
so worthy of the appellation of fbenevolence,
these actions have been performed in so free
and so kind manner, that, if | was dry, /
drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry
ate the coarsests morsel with a double
relish,
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Upon the Drown ana lar Oh h'lis
While nuts arc dropping thick and fast
Where Summer wild flowers grew.
The naples gold and crimson leaves
And purple asters on, their bloom
Reside each fgrss; stream.
The woods like some grand temple stands
Vs. -, t,,a r.,.., 5,,, a;y,cs tho haze
-. f...,s, li.s
No organs deep, majestic notes
ny -. -. g'..t,
.,-.--.l..-,...
No voice is heard no sound save but
o-..,..-.l;-,..-.;, .-'.',..-4 ,b,.,
,,,...--7-,...l.--..-a-,.-
Pcrcbance some frightened rabbits tread,
t......-- H..
~, ~. -. ~
TIE Sundower ard the golden rod
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

IT is no secret that the marriage of Sena-
tor Sumner is strongly opposed by the lady 5
friends, whose aristocratic prejudices will not
be satisfied even with a senator and states
man of power and fame, if his fortune be
only moderate and his descent not from the
New England Brahmins; and the fact that
the bride relinquishes the interest on a for
tune by giving away her hand adds the spice
of heroism to the event. By the way, apro-
pos of Mr. Sumner, an old story is told of his
father, who was county sheriff, and as
suaye and polite as his son is brusque and
arrogant. Sheriff Sumner once had to Off
ciate at an execution. When the prayers
were said and the moose fixed, he bowed
very low to the condemned, and urbanely
said, "Good morning, sir, before he pres
sed his foot upon the spring which launched
the man into eternity
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goGtfn.
CORN FLOWERS.

From dawi. till dusk, We followed up
The reapers through the wheat
And tied the rustling corn that lay
Like sunshine at our feet.
Kate laughed with Willie all day long,
And Kate sang merrily
He said she sang like any bird
And then she laughed to me,
For Kate he rcaped the poppies red
That nodded in the corn
For me he broke pale sweet rose,
And pulled away the thorn.
He said the flowers were like her check
My heart was sore all day
And when he held the rose to me,
turned my face away.
The blue shade fell and by the stile
At dusk VIC sat to rest
Through tears, 1 watched the angels wings
That nickeTed in the West.
They gossiped and 1 heard them say
"0h, she is never seen
When Kate is near She's slight and pale
And Kate is like a Queen
And they went gaily by the field
And I, to hide my pain,
Slipped by the dusky stile,
And went home by the lane.
heard his step--I would not stay
And when be came so near
I felt him BREATHE would not look,
And dried a silly tear.
Then bitterly Be spoke. He held
The rose would not wear
And said "Giye it Kate she twincd
The poppios in her hair :"
''Oh hear me, now, below the moon
That watches from above
/ jest with merry Kate he said,
"But never speak Of love"
'And what is Kate between US two
[ love but you alone:
Oh take the sigh ana take my heart
Since, love, it is your own ~
1 took tho rose. A little bird
Sang cut a song for ue
And broadly smiled the harvest moon
Our happy looks to see.
T},s5Jl-efg I1yr.g0y
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

A REMINDER OF SHERMAN 5 RAID. The
Richmond (Virginia) Dispatch says that on
Thursday last eight hundred tons of rails
from the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail
road were received at the Richmond and
Danville Railroad depot, TO be sent to the
Tredegar Iron Works The rails were some
of those destroyed by Sherman's raid, and
some of them were tied in bow-knot, and
in the center of one coil of iron bar was the
trunk of tree, around which it had been
wrapped The iron will be worked up again
into rails.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

A GREAT PHILOSOPHER says in one of his
letters: II have told you Of the Spaniard
who always put on his speetacles when be
was about to eat cherries, that they might
look the bigger and more tempting. In like
manner I make the most of my euioymentsi
and though do not cast my cares away, |
pack them in as little compass as | can, and
carry them as conveniently as can for my
self, ana never let them annoy others.
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93aiGgGllangQnS.
THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE AND
COUNT BISMARK.
Correspondence Of the London Times.
y. Ms Qnr,+nr, L.. %


Correspondence Of the London Times.
PARIS, September %.
Itis not great many years ago since in
teryieWs between the principal European
potentatcs were very much in fashion and OF
frequent occurrence. At first they excited
a strong interest in the public mind. Peo-
pie could not imagine that great soveTeigns
met and cOnversed tete d-tcte without ex-
changing most important communications,
forming vast plans or entering into solemn
engagements. An interview was no sooner
over than the journals Of Europe were full
OF wise coDjectures, aud even of positive as
sertions, Of what had passed there. After
a time, when people saw that nothing came
Of meetings supposed to be pregnant with
such great resolves, combinations and
events, the interests felt very much subsided,
and the world ended by understanding that
in these days of facle locomotion emperors,
kings and queens might exchange visits or
make appointments without affairs Of State
coming under discussion. There are other
interviews on record much more momentous
~ their consequences than Of those AMIGA
bic encounters of crowned heads The
name of Plombiers viii occur to everybody.
If all were known, it would perhaps prove
that the meeting Of the French Emperor
and Count BismaTk at Biarritz also deserves
place upon the list Of important inter
views There are persons in Paris, and
probably great many throughout France,
who maintain and are convinced that Count
Bismarck promised the Emperor an exten-
sion Of frontier in the direction of the Rhine
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH. = The Nor
folk va Old Dominion has the following:
Southern ladies do not talk to anything
ike the same extent as in former years.
What does it mean? Are we wrong in clas-
sing this phenomenon among the signs Of
mysterious solemnity that has in the last
few years of trial and mighty events crept
over the world. Leyity is not as wide
spread. Men and women look more in
earnest, and work harder, do more carrying
out the end of their being. We may be
wrong, but such are our convictions, in spite
of the wickedness abroad in the land.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

GENERAL MANTEUFFEL. had not the graf
ifcation of playing the brag over every one
at Frankfort. He wishes to impose upon
the American Ambassador in that city, and
make him permit Prussian soldiers being
billeted upon him. Manteuffel said he could
not help it. every well, y replied Mr..
Murphy, putting on his hat, Il have only to
reply that the American feet is in the Bal
tic The naughty Manteuffel forgot his
inability at once, and no American had any
Prussians quartered upon him afterward,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

Bs5~Nevor read or sew with any light
from the window or lamp falling directly
upon the eyes Millions have lost their
eyesight from non observance of this simple
rule. 1t is founded on scientific principles
which we will not take room to explain at
length. The light direct upon the eyes con-
tracts their pupil so that not enough rays
are admitted from the printed pages or fab
rics sewed, to make them plain to the sight.
Always sit so that the light from the win
dow or lamp shall fall over your shoulder,
usually over the left one, as it will not then
be obstructed by the right hand in sewing.
Another advantage, and great one, is that
when facing the light one naturally inclines
forward to save the eyes. This cramps the
chest and lungs, and is injurious to the
health; but with the light from the side, OF
over the shoulder, one inelines to sit in q
much more upright and healthful position,
Every one who follows this suggestion, vii
find it conduce to comfort, health, and good
: vision
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

HoRAT1o SEYMOUR, Ex-Governor OF New
York. and permanent Chairman of the
Chicago Copperhead National Convention
that nominated Mcclellan, is reported, while
on a visit, recently, atSt. Paul, Minnesota
to have declared himself in favor of the
Reconstruction Constitutional Amendments
and to have remarked that if he were resi-
dent of the South, he would be in favor OF
negro suffrage.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

THE New York Herald ofyesterday says;
Col. Ferniza leaves this city for Matamoras
with special instructions from General
Ortega One Of the objects Of Colonel
Ferniza' s mission is to receive consigpments
of arms at Brownsville, which have been
dispatohed from New York and Phladeel-
mia. He is also directed. to announce the
approaching arrival in that city OF General
0rtega, who, it is stated, vii leave New
York for Mexico by the end of this week.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-26

The Butternut crop in this part of the
State is prodigious. An old Copperhead
climed tree recently, and was thus interro-
gated by Blacksnalle
"Copperhead Coprerhead, what do you see2''
To which the old "Cop" answered
"Butternuts, Butternuts as thick as can be-
Not very good poetry, but sound truth.
Journal
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BAN "a ERS.

@. w. RUPP.......o. Z. sHAyNos ..-....F. BENRDIcT
ID UPP, SHANNON & Co, BANKERS,
IL BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
and South, and the general business Of Exchange,
transacted. Notes aud Accounts Collected and
acnittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. apri5, '6I-tG