Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-04-09
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evening, which was followed by a powerful
wind that rolled it up into balls frequently
as large as a four gallon keg Hundreds of
Them were counted IN a single field Pro-
fessor Cleveland described q similar phe-
nomenon that occurred about the year 1907,
when the balls were as large as a barrel
THERE now appears to be but little doubt
that the Duke Of Montpcusier viii be chosen
King Of Spain he is the fifth son Of LOUIS
Philippe, formerly King Of the French, and
was born at Neuilly, near Paris, in 1924
His father married him, in 1876, to the
Spanish Princess Louisa, the sister Of Queen
Isabella H., and at the same time brought
about the Queens marriage to her cousin,
Francis of Assist. 1t was hoped BY Louis
Philippe that, if Isabella proved childless,
the Dukes children would inherit the Span
ish throne but, although Isabella had quite
children enough, it is probable that not only
the heirs Of Montpensier, but the Duke him
self viii wear the coveted crown. Kings can
calculate 60 better than common people.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE Another reduc-
tion in the rates charged by the Atlantic
cable is announced. The reduction which
it is reported the directors have resolved
upon making, is to take effect on June Ist.
The contrast between the price Of the mes
sages asked three years ago and the rates
now TO be charged, is very startling. At
first the rates for message Of ten words
of five letters each from New York to
london, payable in gold, were $l00, next
$50, next $25, and finally $l7 A change
was then made in the character of the mes
sages, and no restriction was placed upon
the number Of letters in each word
Though the rate of $l7 in gold was un-
changed, yet the new regulation was more
than equivalent to a reduction Of enc third
10 the price The new rate, which it is
reported viii 60 into effect on June Ist, is
SO
AN ARGUMENT FOR ANNExATIoN-A
leading banker and broker in Montreal re-
Gently stepped across the frontier into the
United States with $4,000 Of his custimer's
money As his case is only one Of breach
of trust, the extradition treaty does not
apply to him, and he will be left to enjoy his
punder here in peace According to the
Courier aes Etats UHis such exploits ty Ca
nadians occur very frequently, and it as
cribes the cause to ''the neighborhood Of
the United Safes, which, besides eommuui.
eating the fever of speculation, offers the
facility Of passing from one country to an
other when necessity requires. 1t rccom-
mends as preventive an amendment to
the treaty, but one more effectual would
be the annexation of Canada. In that
event Canadians would be citizens, and
could seek in the civil courts at least the res
toratiou Of their stolen property, if they
could not put the thieves in prison.
ADVICE TO LADIES. AN exchange g1yes
the annovad qnnd oIv;ao " ILL.,
what temptations TO petty fraud you offer
to clerks and cash boys, in retail stores, by
putting your change in your purses without
counting. 1t Is not more ladylike or grand.
but simply more silly, in nothing worse, to
affect Indifference to the correctness Of
business transaction. even a small one. This
counsel is suggested by the writer having
seen one of the little cash boys in
Broadway store slip part of the change
into his pocket on his way from the cash
ier's desk to the lady customer, who, l re
GREETED to notice, put the rest into her
purse without the least examination. A
proper caution on her part might possibly
have saved that how from min
The SToRKs AND SPRING.-An English
sporting journal announces the appearance
Of fight of storks, and hence argues that
spring has come The migration of these
birds is generally considered as a sure sign
Of the change Of the season, but the storks
are sometimes mistaken Thus, in 1925.
the winter continued very mild until the end
of February, and clouds of storks arrived and
established themselves near Tours, in France.
Their return was regarded as happy omen,
but unfortunately a bard frost set in and las
ted all through March The same mistake
was made by the birds about one hundred
years afterwards, when they returned one
month before the snow disappeared Storks
arc regarded in France with almost supersti-
tious reverence, and boxes are placed in the
trees for their habitation. The male and
female storks pass their winters on the
banks Of the Nile, but return to their old
box. The young birds are sometimes tanned
and kept in the house through the winter,
where they remain all The year through on
familiar terms with the inmates.
EMIGRATION TO THE SoUTH-The New
York World Of Friday says: A large number
of foreign emigrants have left this city with
IN the last few Gays to try their fortunes in
the South. The steamship Sarag5ssa,
which left yesterday for Charleston, had
good number on board bound for the neigh
borhood Of Charleston, Columbia, and other
places through South Carolina. They had
only arrived In this country the day before |
either in the Westphalia, from Hamburg
or Minnesota, from Liverpool and Queens
town, and must therefore, have been for
warded by one of the many emigration com
panies now organizing in the State. The |
greater number of these people were Ger
mans, the remainder Irish, English and |
French but all were young, and looked |
hearty and strong-the women as well as
the men-and bore all the marks of country /
life on their cheeks, aud of being used to
farm and other work in their strong
and elldeveloped limbs. They seemed
to appreciate the novelty of all about them,
a short glance at which their tran
sient visit only allowed them to
take. A number Of friends from the
other emigrants Of the European ships ac-
them to the pier, and repeated
the adieus they had all but lately received
in the old country On boord Tho s+oor,r |