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THE FISCAL FAILURES OF NEW
YORK RAILROADS.

The fiscal failures of New York railroad
companies, as compared with the success
tnd economical management of the same
lind Of roads 10 Pennsylvania, is one of III,
wonders which now attract the attention
f fnanciers in all parts Of tn country
As an example, the New York and Fri,
silroad has been fiscal failure from its IN
ception, through It's construction and dur
rug its operation. The originators of th,
Enterprise were inbued, as after results
royed, with the purpose of making it
,gindle, so that from leading officers down
70 insignificant subordinates, who had the
handling Of funds belonging to the COM
yany, system of thieying has been prac
Used such as is not recorded in any OF
The criminal annals of the world The
master spirits at the head of this villainy
Eere aud are those who assumed that all thy
financial ability and liberal enterprise OF
The country are centred in New York IT,
heir opinion there Is no business judgment
70 be found elsewhere than IN New York
out for the last six months, as competition
has slowly raised the curtain behind which
his business judgment" conducted it
operations, the country is forced to behold
a development of thievng and false pre-
,enee which have no parallel anywhere but
a New York. In contrast with these act,
fbold villainy how gratifying it is to be-
hold, in the fair statements Of the reports Of
Boards of Directors Of Pennsylvania rail
roads, the honesty and just dealing with
shieh all these enterprises are conducted.
There Is not road in this State that fails To
pay its stockholders just and even prof
table dividend. There is no scandal al
tached TO our great roads such as disgrace
he managers of the roads of New York
These are simple facts without any details
10 set them off to advantage, which reflect
the very highest credit on the energy and
honesty Of the railroad men OF Pennsylvania.
State Guard
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ruE FREE TRADERS, DILEMMA.

The Free Traders are remarkable for the
harmony and consistency of their arguments
relative to the pending Tariff BILL
I. Ifthey denounee it as class legisla
tiou' in favor of manufacturers, they admit
that II will stimulate manufacturers into ad
dltional activity, and, by leading more to go
int manufacturing, will cheaper our supply
Of manufactured goods; but.
2 As this is what the whole country
wants, they deny that it will stimulate
manufactures, and therein deny that it is
class legislation.
8. They insist that the reason why it will
not stimulate manufactures is because so
many win rush INFO manufactures that com
petition viii break down the business; bat
4 Taey thereby admit thar, so far from
manufactures receiving no stimulus. the
stimulus will be excessive.
s. II they admit that it viii aid manufac-
lures, they must admit that manufacturers,
in order to syail themselves Of its aid, will
compete for more men, and that wages viii
rise but.
6. As this would cause all working men
to 20 for the tariff, they deny that it will
raise the price Of wages, but assert that it
viii rai-e the cost of living.
J. In asserting that the working man 5
cost of living viii rise, it would follow, as be
lives on food raised By the farmer, that the
farmer must get more for his produce.
s. But, as this would cause farmers to 60
for the tariff. it becomes necessary to deny
that the farmer receives the increased price
which the working classes aud townspeople
pay for their food.
Q. Ifthey allege that a high tariff vii
check importations, it follows that it vii
lessen the annual balance of trade against
/. US and the aow of gold and bonds abroad t
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TIE climate Of Arizona in winter is finer
than that of Italy. It would scarcely be
possible to suggest an Improvement.
never experienced such exquisite Christ
mas weather as we enjoyed during our
sojourn. Perhaps fastidious people might
object to the temperature 10 summer, when
the rays of the sun attain their maximum
force, and the hot winds sweep in from tie
desert. It is said that wicked soldier
died here, and was consigned to the fiery
regions below for his manifold sins but,
unable to stand the rigors of bis climate
he sent back for his blankets. | have even
heard complaint that the Thermometer
failed to show the true heat because the mer-
curry dried up Everything dries-wagons
dry, men dry, chickens dry; there is no
juice left in anything, living or dead, by the
close Of summer. Officers and soldiers are
supposed to walk about creaking mules il
Is said, cal only bray at midnight aud ]
have heard 1t limited that the carcasses Of
cattle rattle inside their hides, and that
snakes find a difficulty in bending their bod
les, and horned frogs die Of apoplexy.
Chickens hatched at this season, as old Fort
Yumers say, come of the shell ready cooked;
bacon is eaten with a spoon and butter
must stand an hour in the sun before the
flies become dry enough for use. The In
dians sit in the river with fresh mud on
their heads, and by dint of constant dipping
and spriDkling manage to keep from roast
ing, though they usually come out par
boiled. Strangers coming suddenly upon
group squatted in water up to their necks,
with their mud-covered heads gistening 10
the sun, frequently mistake them for seals.
Their usual mode Of travelling down the riv
er is astride of log, their heads only bens
visible 1t is enough to make man stare
with amazement to see group Of mud balls
floating on the curreut ofa hot day, laughing
aud talking to each other as if il we're the
finest fun in the world l have never tried
this mode of locomotion, but have an idea
1t must be delightful 10 such glowing sum
mer climate. III. hoSs BroCHe
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pay for the excess of our consumption over
our production; but
lO. As all our real statesmen and sensible
business men regard our enormous outflow
OF bonds as the greatest evil of our situstion
and whatever willcheck it a national saving
and ecsnomy, the Free Traders are driven
20 allege that our imports Of goods under a
high tariff viii be as great as under low
one.
II. Admitting that our importations viii
not be lessened, it follows automatically
that on the same imporations high tariff
VII increase our rerenne; but,
y. As this is just what our Treasury
needs aud the people want, th2v, while still
insisting that higher tariff will not lessen
importations, deny that it will increase our
revenue; thus in effect maintaining that 35
per cent aud so per cent. Of the same
quantity amount to the same sum.
In this dilemma, they denounce all pro
teeIlve tariffs as class legislation for the ex.
elusive benefit of manufacturers, which
however, would speedily ruin them; as a
prohibitory tariff, which, however, does not
diminish imports; as measure which at
once increases our importations, and yet de
stroys our revunue by the excess of tax it
collects from every imported article; as a
measure which will raise all prices to buyers
and lower all prices to sellers; and, finally,
as gigantic robbery of the people by few,
the proceeds of which, after the commission
of the crime, are in nobody's possession,
but are difused so evenly over the whole
people that nobody has made a cent by il,
while everybody has lost Query: Can all
these things be ?-Ne,o York Tribune.
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NASBY,
The Last Outrage upon Kentucky
Passage of the Constitutional Amend
ment by the House.
Posr OFFls, CoNFEDRrr X ROADS,
iWich Is IN the State NV Krnmcky
February 1863
The die Is mostly cast-gloom hcz settled
Ike dark spell onto Kentucky The last
vestige Nv Constitooshnel liberty Is swept
away, leavin Us nothin but the name there
Of, wicb is boiler mockery Eff the SENT
goes on and concurs with the House-wich
1t viii do-and the rekisit number Of States
ratify the ackshcn of them TWO aceussid
bodies-wich they viii do-why then all Is
ever, Niggers viii vote 10 Kentucky the
same ez white men, aud the star Nv liberty
is sot forever They may go 50 far ez they
viii be in majority, ez to disfranehise the
brave men who served in the Confedrit
army.
Ez might hev been expectid, the intelli
gence Affected the Corners profoundly We
wuz al settn 10 Ba-com 5 ez happy cz We
Good he A new barrel he'd beeu tapped
Deekin Pogram ned money, and / wuE not
altogether unproyidpd, ez letter he'd been
dropped into the Post Offs that mornin
wieh contained remittance Nv six dollars
to a lottery coucern in Moo York. Is | be-
leeve lotteries to be swindles and demoraIi-
zin in their nacher, opened this missive
and conf-carid the contents will never
be the means Nv leading young men to room
thro the agency Of lo,geries-Bever.
1t wuz pleasant scene The FIRE wus a
burnin brightly; wich refectin on our res
pective noses, gave The room a more than
usual briteuis; Bascom wuz behind the bar.
his elbows leanin onto it. waitin for the or
derS wich be knew wood be made. Captain
McPeler wuz smokin his pipe, peacedy,
a watchin the clouds that ariz, formin sort
Nv halo about his head; while Deekin Po-
gram and myself wus jist in II e act uv takin
suthin hot wich had bin fixed for US. At
this moment Pennibacker's 5 boy rode up on
Bascom mule and hove paper at me wich
contained the fatal intelligence. / read il
aloud There wuz DO more innocent mirth
/ that mite. Deekin Pogram hand relaxed
its holt onto the glass and it fell on the floor,
the precious fooid wastiu itself thro the
cracks. and the ole Saint fell from his chair
10 swoon. he'd more presence Nv mind
4 drank mine with one convulsiye gulp,
aud then dropped the empty glass The ef-
4 feet, so far ez mauiiestin greef wuz CONCERN
ed, wuz The same ez tho | hed dropped it,
hkker and all, and it wuz better for me.
The glass ,suz BaScom' s-the sensashun in
my bowels perdooct by the likker was mine
That even coustooshnel amendments can t
take away from me-
1t didn't take long to igger how this out
rage, eff It is consummatid will affect the cor
Ders Their is in this peeceful township
sixty-three loyal white voters, Nv wich mum
Der thirtE-uine Findicated their manhood in
the Coniederit seryis, the Others bein too
old, ceptin Pollock, wich IS from Dliuoy,
and Nv Ablshen procliyities. Garrettstown
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TIE views which folks entertain respect
ing economy are often extremely curious
A gnl who is pretty, good-tempered, sensi-
bic, and altogether charming, is considered
n bad match; while some wholly undeslra-
ble young woman, who happens to have
few thousand pounds, is reckoned to be a
good one. notwithstanding that the former
may understand how to keep house and
manage affairs, whi.h is fortune in itself. l
knew case, says a writer in Chamber 5
Journal, in which most eligible damsel
was pronounced by his friends as unfit t"
marry a certain Young divine, because,
iorsooth, she was Nithouta a penny de
was weak minded enough, after having pro
posed to her in form, to give way to their
remonstrances, and she was strong minded
enough to bring an action against him Tor
"breach of promise The damages Were
laid at FIVE thousand pounds, and she
gained them Il am happy to say in full.
The impressional defendant, who had
resped nothing but rdicule from his former
advisers throughout this trying ordeal-which
included prouacted cross examination by
Sergeant Valentine talways retained in
these delicate casesl-was now brought to
reason. He addressed the young lady in q
strain even more fervent than before: u
have behaved infamouslyr" be owned, but
if you will only forgive aud forget, we may
be happy yet, with other verses. The
only objection which my friends had to yoJ
is now removed. They can no longer SAY
that you are without a penny, since yot
have fige thousand pounds of your very own.
Aud the happy pair were married accord
ingly.
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goftrn.
DO YoU MEAN TO PRoPosE9
TO BE SET TO MUSIC FoE TIE UsE or ALL VOTING
LADIES.

LADIES'.
You come very often, lis ali very well,
You're a very fine man, and very big swell;
You've very good heart, aud very long
But now TO the point!-do you mean to pro
pose2
The house is besieged both by rich and by
Who knock all day long at grandmamma'S
door;
They turn up their eyes, and they turn up
their toes,
But what is all that if they do not propose?
You say that you love me. but love all alone
To unmarried girls is thing quite unknown;
You sigh and look down, and present me q
Bu, that is all stpir?--do you mean to pro.
pose
I am not so bare. hearted as may appear;
Why stop and look sheepish?-there's moth
ing to fear.
You men are such geese only Beelzebub
knows
The trouble you give US before you propose
IT'S almost two seasons since have been cut;
You simper and smile and you whirl me about;
But this is not business, the horrid time goes
Another will have me ifyou don propose
You lake all the airs of a man / We preferred;
You keep off the rest aud you don't say
word,
This is not fair plsy-sure fellow who shows
Such uncommon devotion should speak and
propose !.
I want to be married--do you understand?
You'd give me rld!-ouly give me your
hand
One cant go on always with cons and with
Never come here again--or be frank and pro-
pose L0adoa O1cl
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PRIDE.
81 JOHN c. SAKE.

'Tis = curious fact as ever was known
But often in human nature shown,
Alike in castle and cottage
That pride, ike pigs Of "a certain brood,
win manage to live and thrive on food
As poor as a paaper's pottage.
OF all the notable things on earth,
The queerest thing is the pride Of birth
Among our fierce democracy
4 bridge across huudred years,
Without a prop 10 save it from sueers-
Not even a couple Of rotten piers
A thing for laughter, fings and jeers,
Is American arislocracy
Depend upon 1t my suobbish friend,
Your family thread you can't ascend
Without good reason TO aprehend
You may find it waxed At the other end
By some plebeian vocauonF
Or, worse than that. your boasted line
May end in a loop Of stronger twine,
That plagued some worthy relation
Because you flourish in worldly affairs,
Don't be naughty and put on airs,
With insolent pride of station;
Don't be proud aud turn up your nose
At 3 Ioorer people in palmer clothes;
But learn for the sake Of your mind repo
That all Iroud flesh, wherever it goes,
Is subject to irritation,
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NEvsrAraa LAvs.-Ws would cali the apoeIa


NEWSPAPER LAws.--We would call the special
attentiluz of Post Masters and subscribers to the
IsaUIREK 10 the following synopsis Of The News
paper iaws
l. A Postmaster is required to give notice By
ssfter returning paper does not answer the taw
when a subscriber does not take ais paper out Of
the Office, and state the ior its not being
taken; and q neglect 70 do SO makes the Postmas-
ter reps,sib3e to the publishers for the payment.
,. Any person who takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed 10 his name another, OF
whether be has subscribed OF not is responsible
for the pay.
3. If person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all. arrearagCs, OF the publisher may
continue 70 send it until payment is made, and
oiect the whole amonnt, 'Shether IL Be taken from
he g6iee or not There be no legal diseontin-
uenee until the payment Is made.
4. II the subscriber orders his paper to be
stepped a. certain time, and the publisher con
tnues to send, the subscriber is bound TO pay for
it, i he takes IL oas Of fhe Post Office. The law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
for what be uses.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers aud periodicals from the Post office,
or removing and having them uncalied for is
prima faeia evidence OF intentional fraud.
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| have somewhere seen the story OF q
man who went one evening to steal corn
from his neighbors fell he took his
little son with him to sit on the fence and
keep a lockout and give warning in case
,ny one should come along. The man
iamped over the fence with large bag OF
his arm, and before commencing 20 take the
corn he looked all around and not seeing
my one, he was just about to ill bis bag.
Then The little fellow, his son,-a good
little fellow he was too,-cried out,
Father, there is one way you havn
looked yet p
The father was startled, and supposed
,ome one was coming. He asked his son
which way be meant.
Why. said the little boy, you forgo'
to look up :"
The father was couseienee-stricken; h
came back over the fence, took his ittl'
boy by the hand, aud hurried quietly hom'
without the corn he had designed to take
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-05

The Rerue des DeuD Moades has seme
curious revelations in regard to the art OF
living in Paris. In the large lyceums and
schools of Paris boys are generally very
wasteful; they viii throw away half the
bread they get for lunch, tread upon It, kick
il into the gutter, ink it, &e. None Of thes
fragments are lost, the servants sell them 10
certain dealers, who are called boutaRgers en-
rieur. and turn their acquisitions to account
They first pick out all the tolerable pieces,
which they heat in an oven and then rasp
clean; thus prepared, these bits resppear IN
the market in the shape Of toast for soup
Most of the croutons cut into lozenges and
served on the tables Of the rich win spinach
have no other origin. As for the dirty
ornmbs and refuse left after the picking
they are pounded in a mortar and sold to
butchers as ctqpeIure, with which they GOV
er their outlets and knuckles Of ham.
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Mr. BEECHER on WORTHLESS MEN-I
think the most piteous thing in this world Is
never written. have read many a poem,
and novel; and tale, that made me cry-and
whether they we're true or not, it was all the
same; but of all affecting poems and novel;
and tales, I think life itself is the most af-
iecting-common life, just as it turns our of
the world. And when | 90 out to measure
men, say to myself, as one after another
they pass before me. Suppose that man
should drop out Of life, what would be
come Of him?' Il pains me to see how
worthless men are-to see how meu stand
IN life, and what they are I have sometimes
to perform the burial service over men OF
whom could not say a word, aud Of whom
II | expressed what | felt, | should have
said, 4 bless God that he Is gone. The
world is better off for his having been taken
out cf it. Look at human life, break
through all the sentimental ways of Society,
weigh men as you weigh gold, unmized
with dirt or quartz or any other substance
take men up and see how much there is OF
hem that real. answer the end Of the life
TO come, and how many there are thar,
dying, would not be missed. How few
there are that, dying, would make the com
munity feel poor How few there are that
being dead, would yet speak.
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iii the little troubles that wear the
heart out. Il is easier to throw bomb-shell
a mile than feather-even with the artii-
lery. Forty little debts of one dollar each
will cause you more trouble and dunniDg
than one big one of thousand.
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A woman 100 years and months old,
named Mrs. Tobie, lives in New Gloucester
Me, and retains her mental powers almost
unimpaired. She lived 70 years with heI
husband, who died few years ago,
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LARGE BUILDING FOR STORING GRAIN
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company are
now having constructed on the east side Of
Thirtieth street, north Of Market street
Philadelphia, large building for receiving
and storing grain. The house viii be 555
feet wide The lower or ground floor wi
he on the level of Thirtieth street. On the
upper floor, which viii be about 10 feet
higher, there will be six railroad tracks ex
lending the whole length of the building
and connecting with the main tracks Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Within the house
there will be standing space for ninety six
cars. and 600 bius of sufficient capacity t.
contain each one car load, or about 400
bushels of corn or wheat The grain will be
transferred from the cars through trap-doors
in the hoor into the bins, which will be pro
yided at the bottom with spouts. There
will be clear height Of eight feet from the
ower floor to the bottom Of the bins, and
this floor viii be appropriated to the passage
ways for wagons across the building, witt
intermediate spaces for measuring anc
bagging the grain as it Is drawn from tht
/ bins above
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EARLY RISING Anti, rly-risers will
do we'll to note that one hour lost in morn
ing maps viii put back all the business of the
day; that one hour gained by cary rising
viii make fifteen days in year, or three full
years in a long lifetime.
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One can no more Judge of tho true value
Of a man by the impression be makes on the
public, than we can tell whether the seal
was gold or brass by which the stamp wa
made.
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II would bestow my daughter, said
Themistocles, upon man without money,
rather than upon money without q man.
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RATES OF ADYERTi
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A liberal discount made 10 yearly advertisers-
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w AsHlNGTON HOTEL,

DLOoDY RUIZ
ID MARBLE WoREs
R-H. sIPEs having established manufastory
Of Monuments, Tomb-stones Table-Tops. Coun-
ter-slabs, &c, at Bloody Run, Bedford CO., Pa.
and having on band well selected stock Of for
sign and American Marble. is prepared 70 ill al
orders promptly and do work IN a neat and work
manIike style, and on the most reasonable terms
All work warranted and jobs delivered all parts
Of this and adjoining counties Eithout extra
apllgIy.
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miscellaneous.
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From the To}edo Bln7e.
NASBY,