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miscellaneous.
TIE NEW VOTERS of the SOUTH
ERN STATES.

The colored men of the southern states
are about to become voters; naturally there
Is a good deal of discussion of their charac-
ter-fcr the most part, We notice, by men
who know nothing about them, but who
evolve their negro out Of the depths oftheir
inner consciousness.
The southern negroes cannot help but be
an ignorant class. They and their ancestors
for generations have been carefully kept in
ignorance; to teach black child to read was
four years ago, state prison offence in
South Carolina and other southern states;
to argue that they ought to be taught was
enough to secure ones expulsion from the
southern states Every incentive to knowl-
edge was taken away from the blacks; and
the white masters, like many English
sauires, held that the only way to treat
their dependents was to keep them IN the
most ahject and stold ignorance.
It is doubtful if the mass Of the southern
negroes arc much more ignorant than the
lower class of the English peasantry. The
negroes speak in a barbarous and uniRtelli-
gible iargon or dialect, but 1t Is not more
uncouth or less intelligible than the speech
of the English peasant. The field negroes
have some strange superstitions, some re-
pulsive habits and customs but these We
believe could be matched, for the most part,
by equally strange and repulslve customs
among the agricultural laboTeFs Of England.
But it does not benefit any one to show
that they are no worse than others. The
interesting question Is, what are they, IN
themselves? what qualities arc they deTel-
oping? what traits appear prominently 10
them now that the strong light OF freedom
is brought to bear upon them?
We have before US the last report of the
Superintendent of Schools for Freedom,
from which we draw a few facts which will
interest the candid inquirer 1t Is plain, IN
The first place, that the blacks show strong
and enduring desire for knowledge. There
were In the southern states, on the 30th Of
June. under the general charge OF the
Freedmen's Bureau, ] S39 Gay and night
schools, l l26 Sunday schools, II 442 day
and night pupils, and so, ,647 Sunday school
scholars. These figures tell, perhaps, but
a vague story; but n six months the num-
Der Of day and night schools had increased
By 632, containing 657 teachers and S., IA
scholars; the whole number of schools IN
creased in six months by ,503, with Te,-
63S scholars; and Of the schools ,056 were
supported wholly or in part by the freed
men; 30l Of the school buildings were owned
By them-who, until about 1865, could not
even own themselves; and 6g9 of the teach
ers were colOred-ol class, that IS to say,
to whose members, until within three years,
the knowledge Of reading was counted a cap
ifal crime.
There are in the southern states now p
normal schools, with ,SSl pupils; there are
50 industrial schools; aud the report tells US
that the average attendance In all the schools
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WORKING GIRLS.

Happy girls who cannot love them
with checks ike roses bright eyes and elas-
tic step, how cheariully they go to work
Our reputation for il, such girls viii make
excellent wives Blessed indeed viii those
men be who secure such prizes. Contrast
those who do nothing but sigh all day, aud
live to follow the fashions, who never earn
the bread they eat, or the shoes they wear,
who are languid and lazy from one week $
end to another. Who but q sJmp.eton and
popiujay would prefer one Of tie latter If he
we're looking for a companion Give us
the working girls they are worth their
weight in gold. You never see them min
cling along, or jumping q dozen fees 10 steer
clear of a spider or a ny; they have 20
affection FOR silly airs and TRYING 20 show Of
to better advantage, and you feel as though
you were talking to a human bsiug and not
TO a painted aut0maton or ial.en angel.
If girls knew how sadly they missed while
endeavoring So show of Their delicate hands
unsoiIed skin, and putting oB thousand
airs, they would give worlds for the situa-
ton Of Working-iadIes, who are as far above
them in intelligence, in honor, 10 everything
as the heavens are above the earth.
Be wise then, you who have made fools
Of yourselves through life. Turn over q
new leaf and begin, though late, TO live and
act as human beings, as companions 20
mortal man, and not playthiugs and dolls.
In no other way can you be happy ard
subserye the designs Of your existence.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

THE TROUBLES or LIFE-Sometime |
compare the troubles which we have to un-
deTgo In the year, to great bundle of fag-
gots, far to large for US TO lift but God
does not require us to carry the whole at
once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and
gives US first one stick, which we are to car
ry to day; and then another which we are
to carry tomorrow; and so on. This we
might carefully manage, if we would only
take the burden appointed for us each day;
but we choose to increase our troubles by
carving Yesterdays sticks over again to-
dav. and adding to-morrow's 5 burden to our
load before we are required to bear it.
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a SLIGHT MISTAKE


They have some affecting weddings out in
the fat country, beyond the trees.
Ia the semiruFal district Of Ninona,
Hves among several other people, q good
Jolly fellow Of justice Of the peace. One
fair day after the ten By twelve dispensary
had been swept, there was a step heard on
the stair, and avery vigorous rap at the
door
Come in. said the justice
! handsome, black-eyed, Spanish looking
woman entered. 1t was a clear case of q
senorita, Of the New Mexican brand She
had on a short wo0Ien dress, wooden soled
shoes; spotted red cheeks, black hair, and
eyes that snapped like the lock of a shot gun.
la a Spanish accent, and in the worst possi-
be English, she said
You make justieia acquia You the
law man
Yes, madam; be seated
Want paper; want paper 10 take the
man.
just then stout French halfbreed en-
tered the room, lie was unable 10 speak q
dozen words. and be looked either scared or
bashful The Justice saw at once that
there was q marriage to come of, and turn
ing to the woman said
want paper TO take this man p
Yes; want paper me teach hlm. -
Nice woman, thought the justice.
IAN right. as he turned to the man and
said you know this woman; can take
herr"
Tie man shook his head and muttered
uniuteliigible words.
"Ah. I see; cam talk English; well, new
He ran into the street, invited few
friends up stairs, and then said to the wo-
man.
You want to take him p
Yes, me pay
An right
Then turning to the man, who stood,
trembling
@You take this woman, for better or for
worse, and promise to keep her
Jmph . and several mods Of the head.
Then in the name Of the law, and by
virtue Of the authority 10 me vested; L
pronounce you man and wife. And he
stepped forward before the woman could
saw a word and kissed her red lips.
Sap came her hand IN his face, and she
clutched his hair. The new husband jun
ped TO take the woman away, and TO protect
Ecr. as the man supposed, whel IN selt-da
fence the iustice gave him rap OF the nose.
The woman pitched into the new husband,
who IN turn pitched into her, and tor about
five minutes there was general busting.
At last the parties were separated, when
tho man and woman took another turn at
each other, tie blood and hair flying in
every direction. Down came the stove,
over went the table, clatter Went the chairs,
and into the street Ike mad went the justice
with the bosom Of his shirt looking like
warranty deed covered with red seals
A crowd rushed up stairs and found the
man and woman lying on the floor, the wo-
man on top, and compelling the newly made
husband with q Will
The newly married couple were separated,
when through the aid Of two interpreters 1t
wa discovered that the parties. occupying
adjoining shanties 10 the lower part OF the
town, had got into a dispute over some
stove pipe that was claimed by both, and
from words they had come to blows. Each
party had hastoned to the Justice for war,
rant for the other, with the result as stated
above.
The last news from there was that the
parties had gone in search ofanother justice
to uumarry them
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VOLUME II; 80. ).

Book FARMING. Book Farming IS sim
ply the best farming put IN books-yours,
reader, if it is the best. A fool cannot write
book; an able man must do it--not a man
Of mere accomplishments OF learning-but
one yersed in the business he writes upon.
1t is thus that we have booksb BY the best
men In all the departments. These men
make our literatUre-and 10 be opposed to
them, is TO be arrayed against knowledge,
against schools and newspapers. What IS
thought Of the man who opposes education2
And what IS education, but to learn to
know a thing? If the prejudiced reader
spreladiced against book -farming) knows
how to trim his vine, he is the man, if he
has words forit, to write book on the sub
Ject-the very man we want, for We are af-
ter facts, after the best mode And yet
this would be called Hbook-farIning. 1t
is mere prejudice, depend upon il.
But there is one evil which gives rise to
this very prejudice; bad books are foisted
on the public. These are read-and they
lead into error; and forthwith good and bad
are condemned.
Our best men certainly are not the fools
Cur ablest men who lead in their depart
ments, are men qualified, if any to impart
instruction. Shall we heed them2 or shall
we follow after our own halflormed, mex
Perenced notions? We hayeou prejudices,
aud they make US believe we are right, with
aut consulting the facts Of the case.-RuQl
H,2rld
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

NEWSPAPER LAws,--We would call the special
attention sf Post Masters and subscribers to the
ISQrIEER 70 the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws
l. A Postmaster is required to give notice bg
letter. returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper ont Of
the office, ana state the reasons tor its not being
taken and neglect to DO so makes the Postmas-
ter rspoasi5ie to the publishers for the payment
Any person who takes psPer from the Post
oasce whether directed 20 bis name or another, or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
.1r the pay.
3. II person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearagcs, or the publisher may
continue 20 send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount rhetker II Be taken from
t5. Office or NOT There can be no legal disoontin
lance until the payment is made
.. If the subscriber orders his paper to be
stopped at certain time, and the publisher con
tinues to send the subscriber is bound TO pay for
it II he takes it oet ef the Post Office The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
for what be uses.
8 The courts have decided hatrelusing to take
newspapers aud periodicals from the Post Office,
or removing and having them uneaIed for, Is
r--ea faeia evidence Of Intentional fraud
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ALL THEgE-A whole family in heavenl
Who can picture or describe the everlasting
Joy! No one absent. No father. or moth
er, nor son, nor daughter are away. In the
world below they were united in faith, and
love, and peace, and assembled together.
Before the throne they bow together in uni-
ted alteration. On the banks Of the River
Of Life they walk hand 10 hand, and as 4
family have commenced a career Of glory
which shall be everlasting. There is here
after to be 10 separation in that family.
No one Is to lie down upon a bed Of pain.
No one to wander in the arms of death.
Never in heaven Is that family to move
along in the slow procession, clad in the
habiliments Of woe, TO consign one Of its
members to the tomb God grant that
10 His infinite mercy, every family may be
thus united
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

ILL Do IT TOMORROW. There were
two boys in a school | used to 60 TO when !
was young, which was about forty years
ago. One was remarkable for doing with
promptness and perseverance whatever he
undertook. The other had habit Of put
ting of everything he could + Il do It to-
morrow, was his motto. Il Il DO Il now,
was the motto of the other boy. The boy
who loved to put things off had the best
natural talent. but be was oGtstripped IN
the race of life by his neighbor, whose mot
IN was. s'I'Tl do il now. Let that be your
motto. Never put off till tomorrow what
can be done to day.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

Mich AND SUGAR PEOPLE vcner-
able old man gives the following as the re-
suit Of a life long experience. let the
slandered take comfort; it is only at fruit
trees that the thieves throw stones:
No man that tries to do Lis duty to his
fellow man and endeayors to so live as to
bear the fruits of true religion in his daily
conduct, can for moment SUP pose that be
VIII pass along through life without being
necessity have some enemies; and those en-
emies viii try in every way to injure him,
and among others they viii not be slow in
stirring up the polluted water Of defamma-
ton and SANDER.
a man who has no enemies is merely a
milk and water nothing. We would not
give three figs for such man.
He who IS anything-who makes his
mark in the worldwide does goodwill
have enemies-audifhe if he has them, he vii
be sure TO be slaudered
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

WHILE a gang of telegraph men were
stringing wire from reel in a wagon, the
horse being driven along slowly, a country
man rushed up to the driver, and, IN the IN
nocence of his heart, informed him that he
was losing hjs load; that his wire was scat
tered an along the road behind him.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

In Texas coin has held its proper place
wonderfully. 1t has been the standard for
commercial transactions longer and more ex-
tensively than the Texans had Alright to
hope, but it is giving way to the paper cur
rency, which is taken now on the Texas
Central Railway fer freight and passage
money
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-31

DANGEEoUs.-W Franklin was ans
bassador to the French court a lady who
was about being presented 70 the king no.
ticed his exceedingly plain appearance, and
asked who be was On being told chat he
was Dr. Benjamin franklin. the Ameri-
can ambassador, she exclaimed:
The North American ambassador so
shabbily dressed
Hush, Madam, for Heavens sake, 2
whispered a friend, he Is the man that
bottles up thunder and lightning.
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COP IN NATURE. He who balances the
clouds and hung the earth upon nothing,
notices the fall of the sparrow. He who
gave Saturn his rings, and placed the moon
ike a ball of silver in the broad arch Of the
heaven, gives the rose leaf its delicate tint,
and made the distant sun to nourish the
violet
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THERE is no funeral so sad to follow as
the funeral of our own youth, which we
have been pampering with fond desires,
ambitious hopes, and all the bright berries
which hang in poisonous clusters over the
nnth of Life
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CoNUNDRUaIs. What best describes
and most retards a pilgrim 2 A Bunyan
bnnion)
Why do birds ID their little nests agree?"
Because they d fall out if they didn't
Why is a dishonest bankrupt like an hon
est poor man Because both fal to get
| rich
Why is a mouse ike load of hay Be-
cause the cat Il eat it.
When is a recruit supposed TO be raw ?
Until he has been exposed 70 fire.
What adventure made Dick Whiting
ton fortune A purr adventure.
What sort of blades were the Roman En-
perors Augustus and TIberius TIE blades
that formed pair of Caesars Of course.
What roof covers the most noisy tenant?
The roof ofthe mouth.
When is Q sermon Ike a round shot
When it comes from a cannon's mouth.
Who was Jonah's tutor Whale, who
brought him up.
When shall we have another war with
| Turkey? Next Thanksgiving day
What magazine would be likely to give
the best report Of fire A powder maya
zine.
Why is love Ike the letter r Because
it makes many a Mary marry.
why is the letter d ike ring?' said
young lady to her accepted, one day. The
gentleman, like the generality of his sex in
such situation, was as dull as hammer.
Because, added the lady, with very
modest look at the picture at the other end
Of the room, ace can't be aoed without it. .
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LET every pious parent regard his family
as little school for the church, and act as
teacher designated by the Saviour on pur-
pose to train the children for his service, and
we shall see a glorious result. Let parents
neglect this duty, aud their children will
prove incompetent to meet the responsIbIil-
ties awaiting them, and the parents must
answer for the ruin that will ensue. The
laws of Lycurgus required that all children
of Sparta should be trained fol. the State.
Jesus teaches his subjects to believe tnat
children are heritage Of the Lord, and to
train them for the Church.
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goetrn
THE KEsURRECTIoN.


When Lord Lindsey was travelling il
Egypt, he found mummy, the Inscription
on which showed that il was two Thousand
years old. Unwrapping il, he discovered II
one Of its hands tiny root. He brought the
root to England, and planted It, when 10! i
bloomed, and produced lovely flower.
The following beautiful stanzas, by Mrs. 5.
II. Bradford, were suggested by the interest.
ing incident:
Two thousand years ago, flower
Bloomed lightly In a far. off land;
Two thousand years ago, its seed
Vas placed within a dead man 5 hand.
Before the Saviour came to earth,
That man had lived aud loved, and died.
And even in that far-otf time,
The flower had spread its perfume vide.
Suns rose and set, years came and went,
The dead had kept its treasure well,
Nations we're born and turned to dust,
While life was hidden in that she'll
The shrivelled hand is robbed at last,
The seed is buried in the earth;
When 10 ! the life long, hidden there
Into glorious flower burst forth.
Just such plant as that which grew
From such seed when buried low;--
Just such flower in Egypt bloomed
And died ti0o thousand years ago.
And will not He who watched the seed,
And kept the life within the shell,
When those He loved are laid to rest,
Watch o. er their buried dust as well?
And viii He not from meath the sod
Cause something glorious to arise?
Aye, though it sleep f,co thousand gears,
Yet ell that buried dust shall rise.
Just such face as greets you now,
just such a form as here we wear,
Only more glorious tar, viii rise
To meet the Saviour iu the air.
Then will lay me down in peace,
When called to leave this vale oft tears,
For IN my flesh shall see God,
Even though I sleep t1o thousand gears.
HER BRIGHT SMILES HAUNT ME
STILL.
'Tis years since last we met,
And we may not meet AgaiH;
I have struggled to forge,
But my struggles are in vain.
For her voice lives on the breeze,
And her spirit comes at viii;
At midnight on the seas,
Her bright smiles haunt me still.
At the first sweet dawn of light,
When gaze upon the deep,
Her form still meets my sight,
AS the stars their vigil keep.
When my aching eyes close,
Sweet dreams my senses fill;
When from sleep arise,
Her bright smiles haunt me still.
have sailed meath alien skies,
have trod the desert path,
I have seen the storm arise
Like giant in his wrath
Every sorrow have l known
That reckless life can feel,
Yet her presence has not flown
Her bright smiles haunt me still.
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MISCELLANEOUS s
q L. SHANNON, BANKER,

~. BEDF0RD, PA
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT
Collections made for the East, West, North and
south, and the genersl business Of Exchange
la1-le'ed. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Aaai'faaees prompjlymade. REAL ESTATE
t-aE-r and sold. feb22
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OCR LoST YoUTH-How often, amid
the turmoil of busy life, home, ike the
balmy breath from some fairy land, the en-
chanting visions Of our youthful days; the
days when our hearts knew nothing Of the
wounds of sighted friendship or betrayed
trust, and when all the earth seemed per
faction, unmarried by blemish Truly,
childhood is the Eden of life. the sunny
verlurous Paradise among lovely bowers,
blowing none but the most subtle aud enrap-
turing breezes; full of bright flowers, blissfuI
hopes, and pure desires, and which no re-
ahty Of maturer life can quell
Say not, ., sordid. there is no JOY IN
dreaming, DO pleasure in recalling the past
70 view while threading the tortuous wind
incs Of the worlds ways The days gone
by-the days when buoyant youth crowned
our brows and laughed in our radiant eyes,
and the earth seemed free from sin-are
these nothing? Maturity may bring posi-
ton, wider experience and thorough knowl-
edge; but Of all these, all the rich inheri-
tance Of age and wisdom, cannot compare
with the innocent care free hours, so feet
winged and sunny, Of the early days gone
by. Bright crown Of perpetual youth you
viii never be donned till the pearly gates
are entered In and changing mortality gives
way to eternal life -Er.
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THE MANAGING WoNAN.-The mana
cing woman is a pearl among women; she
is one of the prizes in the lottery Of life, and
the man who draws her may rejoice for the
balance of his days Better than riches, she
Is a fountain iu herself gold mine never
failing in'its yieid-a spring of pleasant wa
tars, whose banks are fringed with moss
and flowers The managing woman can do
anything; and does everything well. Per
ceptive and executive, of quick sight and
steady hand, she always knows exactly what
Is wanting, and supplies the deficiency with
2 tact and cleverness peculiar to herself
She knows the capabilities of persons as
well things, for she has an infnitive knowl-
edge OF character. The managing woman,
If not always patient, is always energetic,
and can never be disappointed into iuaction.
Though she has to teach the same thing
over and over again, and though she finds
her duties dense as boxwoO1 and hands as
inefficient as fishes fms, still she is never
weary of her vocation of arranging and or
dering and never less than hopeful Of IA
vorable result
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REJOIcIyG IN GoD.-I viii enjoy all
thines in God, aud God in all things, moth
Ing ia itself; so shall my joys neither change
nor perish For however the things them
selves may alter or fade, yet He, in whom
they are mine, is even like Himself, constant
aud everlasting. Surely We are wise for
anything but our souls; and SO wise for the
body as foolish for them o Lord, thy pay
ment Is sure; and who knows how present?
Take the soul that thou hast both made and
bought: and let me rather give my life for
thy power, then take the offers Of the world
for nothing Bishop Hail.
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Nor BAD.-A good story IS related of the
democratic meeting held at St. Clairsyille,
Ohio the week before the recent election.
4 deleagtion that left Wheeling met sim
liar delegation from Bridgeport and the
marshal recognized in the marshal of the
Wheeling column a rebel officer who had
cruelty opposed him, when an inmate of
Libby Prison. Turning to his procession he
said, 'Boys, here is the rebel Captain-who
took my sword when / was so unfortunate
as to be taken prisoner. He is narshaling
the democratic delegation fromW heeling
| 90 with no party that thus thrusts traitors
forward to positions of honor, Saying this,
he took off his marshal's scarf and turned
his horse homeward, followed by all but one
man in his delegation.
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LEAP YEAR DIALOGUE Miss, will
you take my arm r.
yes, sir, and you too.
Can't spare but the arm y replied the
old bachelor.
Then, /" replied she, Il shan't take it,
as my motto is, 90 The schole hog or nothing. "