Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-01-14

amount, IN yieR Of The dullness Of trade,
the depression existing the greater part of
the year, aud above all, the large depreeia-
ton in values wich the year has witnessed.
the unpaid obligations Of the parties who
failed, in proportion 10 the volume of trade
sud DO the capital now employed in business
form percentage far less than In any ante
war year subsequent 70 lS50;so that instead
of creating alarm as TO the present, or dis
trust as 10 the future, the failures Of 1869
indicate a strength and stability at once
gratifying and assuring. The total number
Of failures in Pennsylvania last year was BOG,
with liabilities amounting to S7,844 000.
USEFUL HINT-Ike Boston Journal ~
Chemistry, in the course Of an article on
EVaporating Water in connection with
stoves aud furnaces, wherein il takes the
ground that the practice Of evaporating wa
ter upon stoves and furnaces is not condgc-
tive TO health or comfort, makes the asser-
ton that atmospheric air cannot be dried
up or burned up by any heating apparatus
in use at the present day, and that while
heated air has larger capacity to hold vapor
than cold air, none OF its natural moisture is
expelled from it by heat The writer main
tains that the trouble is that most house
keepers keep up too high a temperature,
and have the sensation of dryne g. If the
heat Of dwellings is kept at a normal stand
ard, the warm air contains all the moisture
needed for health or comfort, IF the ten
peratuFe is abnormally high, the train of
evils which follow are not avoided by eYap-
orizlng large quantities Of water. In fami-
lies where this is practiced there have been
uniformly more catarrhal difficulties more
rheumatism, more headache, than in other
houses where no evaporation is allowed, and
where the heat is kept at a uniform temper
ture Ii is scarcely necessary to remark
that there are other scientific and medical
authorities 10 total disagreement with this
theory.
The privileges Of woman under the laws
and constitution OF Illinois are, on the whole
much more satisfactory than in many othel
places, even if they BE- not quite so satisiac
tory as Mrs. Stanton might desire. Under
the constitution, the only distinctions made
against them are the Withholding Of the
rights of suffrage, Of paying the poll-tax,
and of serving in the militia They are en-
titled TO bold any Office unless 10 the militia
They reach their majority three years
earlier than men Men are liable, in ad-
dition to their own debts, for those of their
wives contracted before or after marriage
for those debts their property may be taken
in execution. On the other hand, women
retain after marriage their property which
they possessed previously. They may hold
it and its profits free from any debts Of the
husband aud beyond his legal control.
Should a man die intestate and without
descendants, his widow takes one-hslf his
real estate and all his personal estate. be-
sides being entitled to her dover But if a
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husband only inherites one half her real
estate The wife may disinherit the hus-
band, but the husband cannot dlsinherit the
wife. The mutual concurrence of husband
aud wife Is necessary 10 the sale of theiFreal
estate The husbands salary or income
may be taken to pay his wife's debta, bat
her earnings are not liable for any Of the
debts Of her husband Married women are
not allowed to execute bonds or enter into
covenants Of any kind
MosT persons have remarked that Presi-
dent Grant has ignored Vice President Col
fax and his personal and political friends in
the distribution of the public patronage, aud
is Is interesting to know how Mr.. ColiaX re-
ceiyes this cold shoulder Ln a recent
newspaper article over his own signature,
Mr. Colfax reviews the present administra-
ton from the Inauguration to the first day
of the year. He says Grants system Of
economy is worthy of all commendation
that taxation has been decreased and the
revenue steadily augmented, the 'whiskey
rings and gold rings have received NOR
tai thrusts through the financial manage
ment the debt has been steadily and per-
maoenty reduced, whilst the most judicious
steps have been taken to bring about a re-
sumption Of specie payments and funding
Of the bonds into a loan at lower interest,
without mourning a disastrous financial
shock or crisis Mr. Colfax acknowledges
that Grants selections for public Offices
have been generally satisfactory, and pFoba-
bly, in most instances the best that could
have been made; the President acts in re-
gard TO reconstruction, the Fifteenth
Amendment and the Indian management,
are warmly endorsed hy the Vice President
Grant views on the Cuban question and oa
the Alabama claims are alluded to as fully
sustaining the dignity, rights and honor of
our country, and his application of the gold
en- rule to nations as TO individuals is espe-
cialy commended Mr.. Colfax concludes
his review with the remark that it contains
enough to prove that the adm nistration
fully deserves the popular confidence it has
won