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TIMOTHY TITCoMB.
HIS HOME AND MS WRITINGS.

Dr. Holland was educated as a physician,
and hung out his shingle IN Sprinfeld,
Mass. He soon after started weekly pa
per, which did not succeed. Somewhat dis
couraged he moved his family to Vicksburg,
Mississippi Here he became a school
teacher, but tired Of it in year. Return
irg to Springfield, he was cut Of employ
ment, and very much cast down.
Mr.. Samuel Bowies invited him to a po-
sition on the Republican. then a rising pa
per. From this point he began to make his
literary name First came the Bay Road, y
novel This was not a very great success.
Then there were the two volumes upon the
History of Western Massachusetts "a
work that required vast deal oflabor, but,
which was nor especially profitable.
The next work was the great hit. When
Timothy Titcomb" began his series of let
tiers. then the name of DR.. Holland began to
be known. The Letters to the Young,
Single and Married was received with great
favor, and iu book-form has sold over sixty
thousand copies. ''Bitter Sweet, an ex
quisite poem, sealed the reputation Of DIR,
Holland as successful writer. Over seven
ty five thousand copies of this poem have
been sold.
The Life of Lincoln brought the Doc
tor ten thousand dollars ''Kathrina' must
have already added twenty thousand dollars
to the author s exchequer. DIR. Holland, a:
an editor, has done some good work. Hi:
Crystal Christmas" and Under the
Stars, were two gems that were very beau
tiful In politics Mr. Bowles excelled him.
He owned an interest in the Republican
till two years ago, when he sold it for $685.
600, and retired from all editorial labor.
Asa lecturer DIR. Holland has been ac-
eustomed to earn about four thousand dol
lars year. His principal field was the
West and his favorite places Buffalo and
Cleveland. There were few lyceum lectur
ers more popular than he, but his best work
was not lectures. He detested lecturing 81
much that We doubt whether he viii evel
take it up again.
His home is ''BrigLtwood, near Spring
feld, very tasteful country place arranged
BIZ himself at cost of nearly forty Thousand
dollars. He has delightful family, some
of the members Of which have already beer
houored by figuring in his writings. He i
very prominent in church matters, and il
utterly free from the habits that sometime
are the ruin Of authors.
/ OF large heart, sympathetic nature, ant
fine, manly presence, he is as noble a char
aeter as ever his pen and imagination hav,
sketched, He is now wealthy, the bulk 0
his property having been made within fou
or FIVE years 'Kathrina is altogether hi
greatest success. He win remain abroa'
another year, his principal errand being tn
education Of his children.
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TEACH THE WOMEN TO SAvE.-There's S
the secret. A saving woman at the head
of the family is the very best savings bank
yet established-one that receives deposits
daily and hourly, with no costly machi
merry to manage it. The idea of saving is
a pleasant one, and if the woman would
imbibe at once, they would cultivate and
adhere to it, and thus many when they
were not aware of it, would be laying the
foundation for competence, security in a
stormy time, and shelter on a rainy day.
The woman who sees to her own house has
a large field to save in, and the best way
to make her comprehend it is for her 10
keep an account of current expenses
Probably not one wife 10 ten has an idea
how much are the expenditures Of herself
and family
Where from one to two thousand dollars
are expended annually there is chance TO
save something, if the attempt is only
made. Let the housewife take the idea
act upon it-and strive over it--and She
will save many dollars perhaps hundreds,
where before she thought it impossible,
This is duty, rot a prompting Of avarice
"a moral obligation that rests upon ail-
upon the women as well as men, but it Is
duty, we are sorry to say, that Is cui'i-
waited very little, even among those who
preach the most, and regard themselves as
examples 10 most matters Teach the
women to save, is good enough maxim
to be 10 The next edition Of Poor Rich
ards Almanac.
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JUSTICE TO RABIES.

Babies are net 10 blame for being disa
grceable-they cau't help it. They want to
be let alone aud kept out Of sight, if they
are weIl bred but their foolish parents
wont let them hare their way, unless the
word is differently spelled. The unfortu-
nate Babies must be taken into the light,
and looked at, and criticised, and poked
in the ribs, and asked to laugh a little. The
idea of laughing under such circum.
stances Crying is much more natural, and
they cry. of course. VINO wouldn't2 To
put a sensitive and sensible baby on exhi-
bition, and Insist on it playing a comedy
part with dozen pins in lis flesh, aad sey
eral doses of medicine Internally, revealing
the Ignorance Of physicians, is much ike iu-
sisting that bereayed son should dance
hornpipe at bis mothers funeral.
Nor are Babies bouad TO resemble their
father Or mother, or both at time. They
must have confused notion what their per
sonal appearance is after being assured they
are exact counterparts Of their parents,
aunts, unces, grandfathers, grsudmothers,
and all their cotemporaneous relatives.
The truth is they don't look ike anything
in particular but themselves Beauty is
impossible to them and they know it..
Their family pride is Feyolted at the thought
Of being compared to their ancestors who
may chance to be comely Their intuiiiye
sence Of art is quite sufficient to inform them
that seven to thirty pounds Of scarlet avoir-
dupois, with impereeptible noses, protuber-
ant eyes, and entire absence Of symmetry,
do not constitute beauty They are con
scious that they suffer by comparison with
other little animals, even Sith geese and
pigs, 50 far as aesthetics 20, aud therefore,
beauty is a delicate subject they would pre-
fer not to have discussed. Babies have no
individuality of appearance whatever, and
discovering Ikenesses between them and
mature persons is as if we compared the
tenderness Of a steak with the expression OF
a human eountenauce.-Pu Packard s Monthly,
| for Nay
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tares but Of nervous vitsHty and physical
rigor Before Us lies brief personal
item to the effect that Dickens is recovered
and loaiks as much as erer Beecher, one
Of our greatest and most successful workers,
makes labor Incidental to lis life, not its
absorbing pursuit lie he's through the
week and on Sunday morning early, or oc
casionally on Saturday, begins to think
what he shall say in his next sermon. Pres
ldent Grant is the most successful man of
his age ia proportion to his intellectual en-
dowments, and has performed work equal
to that Of the FIRST heroes Of ancient or mod
eFn times Yet he never was in hurry,
never tried to do or say brilliant thing,
aud never overWorkad himself Utility is
better that brillianey, as the aggregate iron
Of the world is worth infinitely more than
Its diamonds. Il must be very rare exi.
gency which can justify departure from
the rule that the most profitable mode Of
working IN the long run is never to do in
any one day more work than you feel you
would be fully able to do steadily on every
day of the week, month or year. In accord
ance with this general rule, the greatest of
the worlds great workers have labored
To this mode of work we owe the infioite
fund Of pure pleasure which is being trans
mitted to endless future generations in Sir
Walter SCOTS inexhaustible volumes, 10
Dickens vast versatility, ia Tennyson's 5 rich
depth, and Humboldts massive learning.
The spasmodic action Of the forces, in mind
as. in nature, is brilliant but destructive.
The volcano, avalanche and food, the tenn
pest, earthquake aud conhagration are i'm
pressiye phenomena, but they are not the
means by which nature performs her great
est and most salutary changes. When a
continent is to be built, the little coral worm
is set to work; when mountain is to be
lowered, the silent frost is employed; and
throughout the processes Of nature aud Of
mind, the greatest achievements result from
those agencies which labor steadily and al
lentIy through long periods of time. = Chi
cago Tribune
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NEwsPAPER LAws---We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
TsQuIRER 20 the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws.
/. A Postmaster Is required 70 give notice By
.etfer returning paper does not answer TIE law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out Of
the office, and state the for itE net being
taken; and neglect 10 do SO makes the Postmas-
ter repsoasi5le to the publishes for the payment
?, Any person who takes paper from the Post
oliee, whether directed te his name another, OF
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
B. II person orders his paper discontinued be
must pay all arFesragrs, or the publisher may
continue TO send il until payment is made, and
0llect the whole amount, whsfher Il Be taken from
tAs 9gfes o. not. There Be ~ legal diseontin-
uenre until the payment ia made.
T. If the Subscriber orders bis paper to be
stopped at certain time, and the publisher con
tinues TO send the subscriber is bound to pay for
it. il be takes e oHt Of the Post 06ice. The law
proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay
for what he uses.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
or removing and having them unealled for, is
primG faefa evidence Of intentional fraud
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THE following is specimea Of printers
technical terms-it don't mean, however
as it would seem to the upinitiated
William, put General Washington on
the galley, AMI .Aen finish the murder Of
the young girl you commenced yesterday
Set up the ruins Of Herculaneum, and dis
tribute the small pox you need not finish
that runway match, but have the high wa
ter in the paper his week. Put new
head on General Grant, aBd lock np JET
Davis slide that old matter into hell; and
let that pie alone until after dinner. You
can put tie Lalies Fair to press, and then
20 to the devil and then put him to work on
Deacon Fogy' article ou Eternal Punish
mept Pfiater CIeuk0r
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Wutr EyrRY Yoryg Mas sHouLD Do


WHAT EVERY YouNG MAg SHoULD Do.
IL Every young man should make the
most or himself intellectually, morally,
socially and physically
. He should depend upon bis own ef
forts to accomplish these suits
g lie should be willing to take advice
from those competent 70 give i, and to fol
low such advice, until his own Judgment
or convictions, properly founded. should
otherRise direct.
f. he is unfortunate enough to lave a
rich and indulgeut falber, be must do the
best be can ander the circumstances, which
viii b. TO e,aluet himself very much as
though be had uqt these obstacles to over
come.
) lie should remember that young men
if they live, grow old, and that the habits
Of youth are ofteaer than otherwise per
petualed 10 the mature man. Knowing
this fact, be should govern himself ac
cordingly
/ g. lie should never be discouraged By
small beginnings, but remember that Dezrly
all grest results bave been wrought out
from apparently slight causes.
T. lie should never under any eiFcum-
stances, be idle. Ifhe cannot find the cm-
| ployment he prefers, let him come as near
his desires as Fossible-he viii thus reach
the obieel Of his ambition.
| s All young men have 'inalienabie
rights, smone which mono is greater aud
more sacred than the privilege to be some
bO5g.
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THE very last page Theodore Parker
busy fingers ever wrote, tells the child
story, than which, he says. no event IN
my life has made so deep and lasting i'm
preston on me- A little boy il petticoats,
in my fourth year, my father sent me from
the field home. A spotted tortoise, in
shallow water, at the foot of a rhodora,
caught nly sight, and l lifted my stick to
strike it, when a voice said it was wrong.
| stood with lifted stick. in wonder Il the
new emotion, till rhodora and tortoise van
ished from my sight l FASTENED home
and asked my mother what 1t was that told
me it was wrong Wiping a tear with her
apron, aud taking me in her arms, she
said: Some men call it conscience; but /
prefer to cell it the voice of God in the
soul of man. If you listen to it and obey
it. then it will sraaL. -alaar4p, sua sIvpasra
guide you right. But if you turn a deaf
ear or disobey, then it viii fade out, little
by little, and leave you in the dark aud
without a guide -
UNANSWERED.
How sad and awful it must be for God to
listen,
Sitting in white Gains upon his shining
throne,
To all the ceaseless and uuanswerable pray
ings,
Beseeching blindly for the good unknown /;
The importunate pleadings of strong souls
in pain,
Yearning for what they never can attain.
To answer with blank and wordless 81
lence
The passionate longings of the hearts
desire
Over some dear one. on whose brow His
finger
The avful sign hath writteu-"c Come up
higheri'
To listen, answering not, yet know one
breath,
One look, would stay the chariot wheels Of
Death.
God is not deaf; the cry of every human
| creature
That out Of doubt and darkness calls to
! Him
The infinite, sad chorus of appeal He heareth,
/ Between the hyuniDg Of the cherubim;
Amid the music of the swinging spheres
The lowliest breathing of His name He
hears
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-06

THE Democratic candidate for Governor
said at Philadelphia that speech making
was not his vocatian. But there is a match
less eloauence in the open mouths Of his
money bugs
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nxcHANGR HoTEL.

XCHANG HO TEL,
u HUNTINGDON, PA
This old establishment having been leased BY
J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor Of the Nor
ris9n House, has been entirely renovated aud re-
furnished and sEpplied with all the modern i'm
class Hotel.
The dining room has been removed to the FIRST
aoor and fs now spacious and airy, and the chnm-
oers are ali well ventilated, aud the proprietor
WiA endeaTor 20 make his guests perfectly at
nome address, J. MORRISON,
EXcHASsE HorEL,
'naiyH huntingdon, Pa
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THE last report upon the lay-delcgation
question in the Methodist Church, gives an
aggregate vote Of lOT .665, Of which rs, $50
are Affirmative and 29.07l negative, ma
jority Of nearly $4,000 FOR lay-representa-
ton.
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M AeAZINES.- following Magazines 81
VI sale at the Inquirer Book Store. allan
III MONTHLY, PUTEAA's MONTHLY
LlPPINeoTTs. GALAXY. PETERSON. Go.
DEfs MD'M. DEM0RESTS, FRxNK LESLIE
RIVERSIDE etc. ETC. n
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WASHINGTON HOTEL

re-taken By the subscriber is now open for the
eeption Of visitors and boarders. The rooms are
large, web ventilated and comfortably furnished.
The table viii always be supplied with the best
the II srket can afford. The Bar is stocked with
the choicest liquors, In short, it is my purpose
70 keep c FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past favors, respectfully solicit
reneEal Of their patronage
n. B. Hacks VIII run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
Inayl7, ,69.ly WM. DIBERT, ProP'r.
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RATEs OF ADVERTISING.

All advertisements Coz lzaa than mo1ths 10
costs per line for each insertion. Spscia netices
one-half additional All resolusicns of Assacia-
tions, communications Of a limited or indigidaI
interest and sotiees Of marriages and deaths, ex-
ces Of every kind, and all Orphans Court and
other Judicial sales are required BY law 10 be pub
bshed IN both papers, Editorial Notices i5 cents
per limo. All Advertising due aleT FIRST Insertion.
liberal discount made % yearly advertisers.
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An EoUIvocAL ANSWER. certain
literary gentleman, wishing to be undis-
turbed one day, instructed his Irish servant
to admit no one, and if any one inquired for
him to give them an 'equivocal answer.
Night came, and the gentleman proceeded
to interrogate Pat as to his callers
''Did any one call p
''Yes, sur, wan gintleman
hat did he say n
"Ie axed was yer honor in
well, what did you tell hin?
Sure, l gave him quivyikle answer
jist.
How was that?''
Il axed him was his grandmother a
monkey"
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A COUNTRY School. Bible dictionary
class come upr' says the master "Who
was Lots wife? 2" ''The pillar Of salt wot
Moses laid his head on when he went up in
to Mount Sinai TO offer his son Isaac up,
cos he had no sheep bat himself to do like
wise. What is said about Jonah 2''
Jonah swallowed whale, aud was thrown
up the third day with parcel of onion seed
which he gave to the Queen of Sheba for
meudiug his trousers, which he had burst
in straining to get out Of the den Of lions
where Daniel had been rehearsing for the
great Peace Festival
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yorxe LADY who vas rebnked BY her
mother for kissing her Intended, iustihed ne
aei By quoting The passage /" na.s'srs. ...sr
would that men should do us'o you 70 wv
even SO to them,
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PHYSICIANS
MISCELLANEOUS. s.
nANIEL BORDER,

DANIEL BORDER,
IL PIFr sTREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BID
FORD HOTEL, BEEFoED, PA.
WATCH MAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. &c.
He keeps on hand stock Of fine Gold and Sill
YER Watches, speetacles Of Brilliant Double Rein
cd Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses Gold
W atch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality Of Gold Pens. He VIII supply to order
a ny thing in his line not Oh hand. Lapr.2s.i i65.
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spa, viii yon set me new pair Of
skates if l will prove t. sOa Il at dog has
ten tails 2"
''Ye', my son
'.Well, to begin, one dog has one more
tail than no dog, hasn't beg"
.Yes
well, no doghas uine tails and 4 one
has one more than no deg, then one dog
must have ten tails
/ He got his skates.
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For the EemaER.
DESPERATION.


watched him as with strong impulse;
A purpose firm and fxed,
He seized the keen-edged Instrument
thought him slightly mixed. 2
saw him raise the glittering steel
Fun flashing ia lbe sun,
A moment more and felt sure
A desperate act he'd done.
His busby head dishevelled was
His neck ard throat were bare
shrieked aloud you crazy man
What are you doing there?
Hold madman, hold-O stay the stroke !
Why seek a reeking grave?
But ere could arrest his arm
He had--5ege1 to share. a.
----@ 80 s-----------
CHURCH BELLIES.
Coming n couples,
Smiling so sweetiy,
Up the long aisle
Tipping 50 neatly.
Enyyiug bonnets,
EEyyiug laees,
Nodding at neighbors,
Peering in faces
Whispering softly,
Needing no sermon,
What they go for
Hard Ia determine
On ali around them
Gazing benignly,
Wholly unconscious,
Singing diyinely.
Prosy discoursing
Don't suit whims;
Plain they assemble
Just for the ''bims'
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''PAPA, said little urchin to his father
the other day, i saw a printer go down the
street just now
'sDid you sonny2 How do you know the
person was printer
''Becau.e do. Papa
Bot he might have been carpenter or
a Shoemaker
"0h no, Papa, he was pfinter-liksly
an editor--for he was gnaEing bone, and
had no stockings On. The crown was out
Of his bat, and his reat was torn am
certsin he was a printer.
He paWned his good clothes for vhiskey.
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SUPERFICIAL INFIDELs.- Isaac New
ton set out in life a clamorous infdeI, but
on nice examination of the evidence of
Christianity, he found reason to change his
opinion When the celebrated DIR. HALEY
was talking infdelity before him, Sir Isaac
Newton addressed him in these, or like
words: Or Haley, am always glad to
hear you when you speak about astronomy
or other parts of mathematics, because
that is a subject you have studied and well
understand but yon should not talk of
Christianity, for you have not studied it
have and am certain you know nothing
about the matter This was just reproof,
and one that would be suitable to be given
to half the inGdcls of the present day, for
they often speak of what they have never
studied, and what, in fact, they are entirely
ignorant Of DR. johnson, therefore, well
observed, shat no honest man could be an
atheist, for no man could be so after a fair
examination l'' The name of Hume being
mentioned to him, 'No. sir. said he,
Hume owned to clergyman Of the Bis
hopric Of Durham, that he had never read
the New Testament with attention.
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n G. MEEKER, Que Of the editorial staff
Of the Ner Eosk Tribune, and the we'll
known agricultural writer for that journal,
Is now on a tour Of Observation in the
South. Ia a recsnt number Of the TriL,u,e
he tells funny story Of prominent far
uer ) hom he met in Georgia, and whose
plantation he was desirous of visiting, lor
the purpose ef learning something Of lis
system of farming His reception was
courteous, bue somewhat indifferent: ard
contrary to the custom Of the country, he
did no, invite him TO visit his place, but
ambisnously remarked, upon the ternina-
tion Of an interview. So you think sou
won't 20 out TO my pace. shall be nome
all day tomorrow. aad viii show you all
around
Consid ring his exceptional conduct sin
gular aud somewhat curious to fad out its
cause. he made some inquiries in regard to
his agricultural friend, and found a solution
Of bis want Of hospitality IN the fact that be
had cojored toomaa for his wife, and that
his Place was graeed with a goodly number
Of mullatto children, Of both sexes Not
much wonder that he did not want scrib-
bling qttqclc Of the Tribune to become
cognizant Of the practical proof Of his adop-
tion Of the deelrine Of miscegenation, which
such worthless pretend to denounce as pc
| culiariy Yankee Institution,
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ITEMS

KooPNANsCHAAP is Dutch for Cage mem
up-a very appropriate name for dealers in
coolies. Was he baptised thus BY his Chris
tian parents or his Chinese children
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A MAN once went to an eccentric lawyer
to be qualified for some petty office. The
lawyer said to him Hold up your hand
I'll swear you, but all creation couldn't