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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02
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The Wilmington tDelaware) Commercial,
makes the important statement that iron
ship builders there, the most extensive 10
this country, have recently competed d.
rectlg with the builders on the Clyde, and
having put in lover estimate have re-
ceived work ia preference to those celc
brated English artisans. The case in point
was the construction Of sea going iron
steamship. for Central American trade,
built at the order Of the Panama RAILWAY
Company. The proposal Of the Whining
ton firm being less than the Clyde builders
the ship was built there. It's needless to
say that tho work was as well done in all
respects, and the material as good as is
soud have been If constructed in Great
Britain, but it is proper to add that new
contracts at rates similar will be accepted by
cur builders. In another case, a Whining
ton firm has built two steamers, and is now
at work ON third for a company who run
lines on some Of the South American rivers
For various reasons our builders arc pre-
ferred, after a direct comparison Of their
abilities with those o. the English builders,
and the company in question give them the
work.
Eo these facts III, Commercial adds the
following
$50 decided, indeed, is the conviction Of
the leading firms Of this city on this ques-
tiop, that, on being recently applied to by
proposed ocean steamship company for a
certificate to he presented to Congress, that
on account Of the tariff on ships materials
it was impossible to furnish vessels at foreign
prices, and that therefore those duties
should be repealed. they conscientiously re-
fused TO make auy such statement, for the
simple reason that they knew it to be incor
rect Thi., too, Notwithstanding that the
statement had already been signed by lead
ing firms in New York and Boston.
"Preyious to the Morrill, taeif, some sew
en- or eight years ago, the English plate iron,
angle iron and iiYet iron wereused uuiver
sally in al frst-class iron vessels. None
was produced in this country or anything
like a. good quality But the tariff raised
the price, stimulated our manufacturers, and
after some years, the result was and nov
is, that Of these varieties Of iroa the Amer
lean is best, is altogether used, and would
be used by builders even fit cost more.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

ORIGIN or AN. OLD CUsToM Surely
tho custom among mcG Of touching their
glasses before drinking the health off friend
Tor on other occasions merely for ceremony
sakel merits some attention in regard 70 It's
origin. Possessing fondness for antique
researches ii affords an infinite pleasure to
communicate the wh7 and the wherefore of
the above mentioned practice. Several
years anterior to the time Socrates, it was
given out that any criminal condemned to
die the death by having the poisoned driak
administered was at liberty to consider his
life insured, If he could succeed 10 prevail
ing upon his friends to share the potion
with him even in such small quantities as
might prove innocuous to all and in order
to ascertain precisely the exaetness of each
ones allowance, they had resource to the
every day custom of touching glass with
glass, measuring in this manner their res
pectivo portions, pledging the health and
happiness OF the thus liberated convict, and
rejoicing that they had been made the me-
dium through which life was saved.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

NEwsPAPER L4ws--We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters ard subscribers to the
TNQuIRER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws:
/. A Postmaster is required to give notice by
.stter, returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out of
the ofics, and state the for its not being
taken; and a neglect to do so makes the Possmas-
ter repsoasible II the Publishers for the payment
2, Amy person who takes paper from the Post
Office whether directed to his name or another or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
5. If pcrsoa orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearages. or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
olleet the whole amount irhether Il be fakea from
the Office Or not There can be no legal discontin-
cenee until the. payment is made.
4. If the subscriber orders his paper 10 be
stopped at a certain time, and the publisher con
tinues to send, the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, u he takes Il ont Of the Post Office. The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
for what be uses.
5. The courts have decided thatrefusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
or reiaeviBg and having them unoalled for, is
prima faeid evidence Of intentional fraud.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

THE Supreme Court decides that if pas
senger on a railway train cannot find seat,
aud gets injured while standing, in eonse-
quence, upon the platform, he is not to be
blamed for negligence, but that the negli-
eence must be imputed to the conductor.
Il is the latter's business to find a seat for
the passenger, not the passengers business
to look Tor one.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02
goftry.
BETTER -. THAN NEvER.


Life is race, where some succeed,
While Others are beginning:
'Tis luck, at times, at others speed
That gives an early wishing.
But if you chance to fall behind,
Meier slacken your endeavori
just keep this wholesome truth in mind,
lis better late than never.
If you keep ahead, It's well,
But never trip your neighbor;
'Tis noble when you can excel,
By honest patient labor.
But if you are outstripped at last,
Press on, as bold as ever;
Remember, though you are surpassed,
'Tis better late than never.
Meier labor for an idle boast
OF victory DER another;
But, while you strive your uttermost,
Deal fairly with a brother
What'er your station, do yonr best,
And hold your purpose ever;
And, if you fail to beat the rest,
'Tis better late than never.
Choose well the path in which you run,
Succeed by noble daring
Then though the last, when once 'tiswon,
Your crown is worth the wearing.
Then never fret if left behind,
Nor slacken your endeavor
But ever keep this truth in mind
'Tis better late than never
Yet, would you cure this sad defect,
Repiuing's unavailing
Begin, at once, and now correct
This very common failing.
This day resolve, this very hour,
Nor cen a moment wait
Go make this better maxim yours
'Tis better never late.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

JusrIcE in Texas is still very rapid, if
not always certain. A black mare was
stolen from a livery stable, and, after Search
was heard from in a distant town. The FRO
nrietors sent a messenger after her, and
Inv or tw, afterwards received despatch
as follows. "Your mare Is here; vii hrins
her; thief hung.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

on Tuesday last the supply of strawber-
ries was the largest ever known in New
York. The rain checked the sale of them,
and the market was perfectly glutted.
Prices touched ten cents quart for good
qualities. 10 the afternoon the common
average sold as low as six cents Whole
cargoes OF Norfolk berries were thrown in
to the river.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

M AGAZINES.- following Magazines FOR
W sale at the Inquirer Book Store. ALLAN
TIC MONTHLY, PUTNAM's MONTHLY
LIPPINCoTT's, GALAXY, PETERSON, GO
DbY, MD,M. DEM0RESTs, FIRM LESLIE
RIVERSIDE. etc. etc. n
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

An ENGLISH COMPLAINT The English
papers complain that some Of the great
manufacturing establishments of America
keep agents in the manufacturing towns of
England to torment strikes and stir up
difficulties among the work people, in order
to secure the principal and most experienced
hands for shipment Thus, we are told,
we're stirred up the recent troubles in Pres
ion, which resulted in the transfer of large
number of hands to Lowell; and it is now
reported that agents are operating in the
Black Country" and picking out large
number of good workmen for the Pittsburgh
iron works in Pennsylvania. Wejudge there
is some misstatement about this matter
We suppose the truth simply to be that
large American manufacturers occasionly
send agents to Great Britain to engage ex-
perienced workmen, and it is the wages
these agents are able to offer which causes
the difficulties the English papers suppose
to be Systematically planned
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

FXcHAN HOTEL,
II HUNTINGDON, PA.
This old establishment having been leased by
J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor Of the Nor
rison House, has been eatirely renovated and re-
furnished and Supplied with all the modern i'm
proVements and eonyenienees necessary to first
class Hotel.
The dining room has been removed to the FIRST
1o0r and is now spacious and airy, and the cham
bers are all well ventilated, ami the proprietor
Will endeayor to make his guests perfectly at
home. address, J. MORRISON,
EXCHANGE HoTEB
5ijulyu Huntingdon, Pa.
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WIT the FEATURES INDICATE.

w are told that the extremes of both
largaess and smallness of stature are not
favcable to strength or intellect. Giants
anddwarfs are generally deficient in this
regect, and excessive corpulency or meagre
nes is seldom associated with mental activ-
its Aristotle and Napoleon Bonaparte
h9evcr, we're very short, Charles james
Fx was exceedingly fat, Daniel Webster
boh broad and tall, and Lord Nelson liv-
in skeleton. A large head is generally the
accompaniment of great intellect; but a
srall one with a comparatively extensive
fcehead in quite consistent with mental ca
petty. Raphael Charles MI, Frederick
tie Great, and Lord Brougham were illus
tations of the latter fact Il is said that
my nose which is less than the height of the
frehead, is an indication Of defective intel
lctual power The eyes indicate character
ather BY their color than form. The dark
lue are found most commonly in persons OF
/ gentle and refined character; light blue
and gray in the rude and energetic. Law,
ater says: Hazel eyes are the more usual
indications of mind masculine, vigorous
and profound; just as genius, properly 50
called, is almost always associated with eyes
of yellovish cast, bordering on hazel y
The higher the brows rise the more then
is supposed to be under the inau-
ence of feeling, and the lower the better
controlled by his reason. A very small eye.
brow is an indication OF want of force Of
character. A tolerablY large noutl, IS es
sential to vigor and energy, anu a ve'y small
one is indicative of weakness and indo
ence. In manly face the upper lip should
extend beyond and dominate the lower
Fleshy lips are oftener found associated witt
Yoluptuous aud meager ones with a passion
ess nature. The retreatiDg chin indicates
weakness, the perpendicular, strength, anc
the sharp, acuteness of mind.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-02

The Ohio Board of Agriculture offers
500 for the best wheat
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RATEs OF ApYERTIsING.

AIl Advertisements for less than months Ia
cents per line for each insertion. Speeia lnotices
one-half additional. Ali resolutions Of Associa-
tions, communications Of limited or ineividal
interest and notices Of marriages and deaths, ex-
eeeding five lines, 10 cts per line All legal noti-
ees Of every kind, and all 0rphans' Court and
other Judicial sales are required By law to be pub
Iished in both papers. Editorial Notices Is cents
per line. All Advertising due after first insertion.
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL.

This large and eommodious house, having been
re-taken by the subscriber is now open for the re-
ception Of visitors and boarders. The rooms are
large, well ventilated, and comfortably furnished
The table viii always be supplied with the best
the arket can afford The Bar is stocked with
the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose
to keep FIRST GLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past fayors I respectfully solicit
renewal Of their patronage.
n B. Hacks win run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
mayI7, '69fy WM. DIBERT, Prop'r.
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n N. HICKOK,
Office at the old stand in
BANK BumDNG, Juliana ST., BEDFORD.
An operations pertaining to
Surgical and Mechanical De,ttistyy
performed with care and
WARRANTED
AHasthctics administered, whoa desired. Ar
tifeial teeth inserted at, per sci, $500 and up
lCdrd
As I am determined to do CASH BUSINESS
or none, have reduced the prices for Artificial
Teeth Of the vaTioas kinds, 90 per cent, and Of
Gold Filings SO per cent This reduction will be
made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all such
will receive prompt attention. 7feb6s
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
published EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
BY JOHN ]. CONMY.
Publication Ufice,-Armory Hall
Building, First Floor.

Terms of Subscription.
For One Year. if paid in sdvanee............$5 %.
" if not paid in advance-..... -. W.
For Six Months, in advanee........... w.
if not paid in advance...... W.
These terms will be invariably adhered to, with
o.t reference persons circumstances
Terms of Advertising:
For One Square, of 10 lines or less, one insertion,
Four Dollars; for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dollars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
sSy- Advertisements not maj Sed with the num-
ber of insertions thereon, will be continued until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished our Office with elegant as
.,rt1aent Of FANCY JOB TYPES, we are prepared
to execute neatly and expcditiously, all manner OF
Job Printing, such as
Bills Of Fare, Bill Heads,
Circulars Handbnls,
Pamphlets, Programmes,
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters, Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues,
Drafts, Checks. dc.
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08

under $500 bail. Curiously enough. a
man whom Jack met in San Francisco last
summer, has since come to New York by
the overland route, and established him
sell as keeper of a sailors boarding house.
Ihls man and Jack recognized each other.
and the " King of the Cannibal Islands"
Is at this moment the guest of his ex-Cal-
lfornia acquaintance. Still more curiouslv.
the mate who was put ashore at Mazatlan
IS IS also In New York, intent or suing the
Captain for damages And, most curious
OF all, In the next boarding house stops an
ancient mariner who saw Jack in the Bay
OF Naples more than thirty years ago, and
distinctly remembers the little American
boy on board the g fruiter p
There is no doubt that Jack is technical
ly guilty of the State Prison offence OF
mntlny, but it is pretty certain that the
affair will be peaceably compromised, and
that no one will appear against him mex
week, Tuesday, the day set for his examina
ton. 1t would be hard for the Captain t.
find witnesses among the crew, who are al
down on him for his general meanness, and
especially for taking them to sea with sucf
short allowance of miserable food thai
they had to beg provisions from passing
vessels, during the latter part Of the voyage
too keep themselves from starving Ever
the carpenter has penitently offered Jack
money as amends for his own share in the
affray, and no one can doubt that in equity
if not in law, FIVE weeks incarceration in
prison scarcely more than half as high as
himself is punishment enough for his Of:
fnnca
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08

WHERE DOES IT COMe FRoM 1T is
a fact well known to all close observers Of
social phenomena that in all our PRINCIPAL
cities, IN New York, Philadelphia, Chica 70
and San Francisco, there are multitude of
women moving in respectable society who
dress altogether beyond their own or hus-
bands means-wOmen who keep up with
the fashions, however expensive they may
be, although their entire Ie sitImate income
If devoted entirely TO this single purpose
would not suffice to supply their wardrobe.
When men habitually I've beyond their
ostenslble means, the Inference is that thew
are swindlers. When women dress in =
style OF extravagance which it s,yd mt
their husbands income cannot account tor
the only explanation that Suggests itself Is
a very sinister one. Any pleasant day the
lounger on Montgomery street, who is a
. man about town." can scc sc.,,e. If
women dressed III Il style of extravauauce
utterly Inconsistent with the Known means
OF the husband. The natural comment is.
p" " here does the money come from to
support such style of dress % And if
the women who are The subjects of such
criticism could but hear the reply that is
ordinarily made to the question, we think
they would feel that then fashionable dis
play was too deaply purchased. f.
Chronjcte.
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08
Chesterfield in a Composing Room.

Printers are strange fellows-those on
morning papers mean, of course-and the
Now York Tribune's are stranger than the
average. The night foreman is famous for
his industry aud energy, no less than his
lrreverence aud bad manners. He is known
about the Office as Chesterfield; the typos.
with their characteristic irony, having so
christeaed him from his totA! dissimilaritv
to Stanhope
Somc weeks since, Greeley had written
an article headed Z" Randall aud his Times,
on the subject of the Postmaster Gener.
and the Postal Department. Coming in
one evening. he SEM the messenger of the
editorial room to the composing room for a
proof of the article The messenger weat
to the foreman and sad: "Mr Greeley
wants Randall of the Times right away"
g / don't know any such m,n He isn't
aboat here, answered Chesterfield, curly.
Down went the messenger with the
report, to which II. G. reiainS =" 1t is uo
there, say. Go back, aud tell the fore
man | scnt it up four hours ago"
The messenger returns with the words
Mr. Greeley says Randall is up here
that he sent him up four hours AGO, and
that he must see him
We'll, by Cd - breaks out Chester
field, =" he isn't. | don't keep the Times
men loafing round this shanty. If old
Greeley must see Randall, Of the Times.
let him 90 over there and find him, Cd
d-n him ~
SCHUYLER COLFAx AS A SHOEMAKER
On another occasion Schuyler Colfax
visited the Tribune composng-roo:n. The
foreman, the same fellow, had rush of
copy, was very busy, and did not notice
Co!tax at all. He was cutting up some copy
and distributing the takes. Some of the
printers failed to understand how the copy
was to be set.
Chesterfield waxed wroth, and swore like
a pirate. As he came to the last take of
a long report, Colfax was standing near
him, and, without looking round, the fore
man thrust the take into the Vice Presi-
dents hand, saying, "Solid nonpareil,
Cd d-n you! You're not such ID
fool as not to know what that is, are YOU ?''
At this juncture the managing editor in
troduced Colfax to Chesterfield, who simply
replied, 81 thought you were one of our
ID shoemakers," aud went on with his
work.-Chtcago Times
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08
LATITUDE POPULARITY Expta1vrD

LATITUDE POPULARITY EXPLAINED
In consequence of the spherical surface Of
the earth, the Polar Star appears to "a per-
son travelling due North or South to as
cend or descend in the heavens in propor-
ton to the space passed over Upon this
fact most Important principle in geogra-
ply is established, namely, that the lati-
tude OF place in the Northern hemis-
phere always corresponds to the altitude of
the Polar Star; and hence, to ascertain
our distance from tie Equator, ia the At
lantlc Ocean for instance, we have onIy to
take the altitude of the Polar Star. and
our latitude is determined. If the Polar
Star, for instance, is 10, or 20, or 53 dee.
above the horizon, We may conclude, with
perfect certainty that our distance from
the Equator is 10, Or 20, or 53 deg. as the
case may be. TO make this perfectly
clear, suppose We were at the North P.,lc
OF the earth, our distance from the .II.4,;.-
tor, or tatitat1e, would be 90 deg. and the
distance of the Polar Star from the horizon.
or its attitude, would be 80 degrees also ;
tor IN that position it would appear in our
zenith, or right above our heads and con
sequently 80 deg. above the horizon
Now, suppose we travel 10 deg. in the cii-
rectlon OF the Equator, or due South, our
distance from the Equator would be di-
mlnlshed from 80 to 50 deg and the Po-
lar Star would appear to have descended
IN the heavens in the same proportion,
that is, our latitude and its altitude would
be each 80 deg If we travel 20 or 30 or
any number of degrees under nincty due
South from the Pole towards the Equator,
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08

HUNo%oUs, VERI.-fhc Virginia En-
terprisc will disgust the worst Of diseases
if it goes on in this way Two new c.. es
of small pox were reported Yesterday. Ex
City Jailor Kern is out aud looks as pretty
as speckled pup. The small pox mas been
the making of HIM bat VIII be The break
Ing OF any man he stars ia to board VITA.
lie has been gruntirg around for the last
three years, conplliuiu5 of pd.n ia his
liver, another in his stomach two or three
in his back, and hail d dozen iu ms kidue IS,
but now the smallpox has made new
man of h.m, and he % getting 50 lat that
he can't open his eyes without ii-sG t.kilg
his hat of Beats a - "a p.- Frauk
Henderson, who weat all ;..e way oat to
Au tin, to get the small poX, Is back III the
city. pretticr thla evcr-.ligh.y decorated.
lie calhe near dying, ami was, ia fast, re-
ported dead at one tiaie III ,als city, winch
would have served h.n jue Il flr -o.us
over to Austin to get himself speckiel,
when he could ust as well have STAYED
here and patronized home institutions
Mark Lovely is also ouE, ani presents a
" lovely appearance. He was very Gun
ming about it-went and got married t. !.
lady who had had the disease about three
months before he broke ous. No.hiny Ike
strategy, and nothing Ike good iIu Sc.
The Shasta courier., 1869-05-08
NUMBER 8.

our latitude and the altitude of the Polar
star VIII be found to decrease in propor-
tion; H0.f-acay between the the Pole and
the Equator, fer instance, our latitude will
De TO deg, aud the altitude of the Polar
Star will be 40 deg. also; and if we travel
to the Equator there will be no latilulc
because we are no distance from it; neither
w!iI the Polar Star have any attitude, for it
Will be In this case on the horizon. This
simple and beautiful principle in geogra-
phy not only enables us, even in the mid
die OF unknown seas, to ascertain our nos;-
tion on the Earth's surface with regard to
the Equator, but it also furnishes - with
the means OF measuring the surface and
determining the magnitude of the Earth