Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec. l1.-Ihe Treasury
Department held on Saturday noon, sI0S,-
065 SCI in coin, ofwhioh $37, 983, $40 were
coin deposits, leaving coin balance, belong
ing 10 the Government Of $70,0S2, 022.
There was also balance Of Sl3. 066, ,S33.
This shows 0 heavy gain since the first, not
withstanding the light internal revenue re-
ceipts and the large purchases Of bonds.
TnE Chicago Tribune announces the dis
coYery Of the bones of mastoden, or some
ot1er hugh creature, at the town of Milton,
Dupage County, iii, The bones were found
by a Mr Horace Jones when digging for a
well. lie was assisted by his neighbors in
excavating after the discovery Of the first
huge portion of the fossil. Among the re-
mains are the bones of the fore leg; which,
when Joined together at the evident june
tions, measure 10 feet in length The
shoulder bone or blade, solid piece Of bone
measures 10 inches By 2 in its superficial
Dimensions -Four ribs were found, all of
which were more or less decayed at the ends
One measures feet, and another 4 feet 3
inches in length a number of huge bones,
believed to be sections of the spine near its
connection with the head, contain cavities
large enough to admit a man hand < arm.
Smaller bones We're picked up, some Of
them supposed to be the bones of the feet
These detached joints were the size Of a
mans fist
VALUE OF ALASKA. Gen. Thomas has
been TO Alaska, and what does he find that
we have for our seven millions and more Of
sterling coin? Ice and spow, Of course, and
few abandoned coal mines, the care Of
few hundreds or thousands Of degraded
Aleut aud Koloshe IGdiaus most Of whom
seem to have Be control over their passion
for strong drink, ard several millions OF
seals which, to be worth anything must be
protected by a garrison ofirom two to three
hundred men with revenue steamer at a
cost that viii probably far exceed all the
revenue that will be derived from them
As TO ever settling the country, Gen.
Thomas looking at 1t with the business eye
of a soldier, thinks that to be entirely out
Of the question-for the present, at least
The well stocked gardens and tropical YER
dure of which we have heard so much
dwindle into few radishes, potatoes and
lettuce, with barley. oats and wheat that
will not ripen. Perhaps some one would
like to take the elephant of our hands-we
might be induced to sell.
TnE Pail Nal Gazette of Nov. % states
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Government produced ostensibly By similar
causes to those which gave rise to the Dal-
matian outbreak, has taken place among
the Arabs Of Mesopotamia Turkey is now
reorganizing her army on the European
model, and the Arabs refuse to submit to
the conscription, which has been ordered in
the Mahemetan districts that have been
hitherto exempted from compulsory military
service Some slight disturbances we're
caused by this order In Albania and Ana
tona few months ago; but the Arab insur-
reCtion seems TO be a much more serious
matter judging by the strength ofthe troops
which have been sent to subdue it. Accor-
ding to the last accounts, the Arabs have
not only beaten and driven away the recruit
ing sergeants bat have addressed a formal
declaration to the Governor of Bagdad, in
forming him that they are determined en-
tiTely 10 liberate themselves from the Tur-
kish rule Several battles have taken place
between the troops aud the Insurgents but
the latter still hold their ground, and are, it
is said, threatening Bogdad.
ALEXANDRA, Princess Of Wales, has un-
fortunately contracted a limp from rheu-
matism; aud now, as we hear, the Gege
ladies' Of England have taken to limping too,
y
fashion. That the Alexandra limp viii
find its way hither ere long is a thing to be
expected, and indeed 1t is stated to have
already made its appearance on the fash
ionable promenades of New York. The de-
sired limp is obtained simply by wearing
shoes with heels Of unequal hight, aud the
deformity thus produced is no greater than
that which characterizes the "Grecian
bend. The fashion, Of course, viii lead to
modification Of most Of our present dances
and the invention Of new ones Lopsided
waltzes will have TO be devised, and in doing
the German" crutches viii probably come
to be the proper thing. As the skating
season Is at hand, it would be a neat idea
to carry out the Alexandra limp" on ice
We have had ever so many good things ''Cu
ice already, and why not the limp The
girls of the period are capable Of acting on
any of these suggestions, ard they should
by al means begin to have their balmorals
altered at once, If not their morals
In april, 1867, a family consisting of a
man, his wife, and their seven daughters,
removed from Ohio TO the Big Woods Farm,
about 60 miles from St Paul in Minnesota;
the father and mother being invalids Al
the work OF the farm, the clearing, and
gTubbing the land, the fencing, sowing,
planting, eultivating, harvesting, taking
care Of the stock, and all other work, ex-
ceptiDg splitting the rails, and breaking and
ploWing the cleared land was performed by
the seven sisters. Their efforts have met
with unlocked for success, showing what
gentle, modest women can accomplish when
impelled by Glial affection and a sense of
duty. OF their crop of last year, besides
what was consumed in the family, they sold
900 bushels of potatoes, 500 bushels Of corn,
200 bushels of wheat, $50 bushels OF turnips,
200 bushels Of beets, ! 100 heads of cabbage,
and over 5000 worth of garden stuff The
potatoes they sold for so cents per bushel.
In the course of a conversation on the
management fthis model farm, the mother,
fine. looking old lady, remarked THE
girls are not proud Of the hard work they
have had to do to get the farm started but
they arc not ashamed of it. We were too
poor TO get together and live in town. We
could not make living there, but here we
have become comfortable and independent
We have tried to give the girls a good
education They all read and write, and
find little time to read books and papers. y