Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-02-18
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drinking habits Of ladies, aad asks If every
body of good position does not know ladies
that drink more than is good for them.
They are not inebriated, but they have swal-
lowed the amount of stimulant necessary TO
bring them up to their best society mark.
Physicians, ii says, win corroborate the
statement
FRANCIs A. WALKER, whom the Presi-
dent has appointed Superintendent Of the
Census, is a native Of North Brookfed,
Massachusetts,, and a son of the Hon. Amasa
Walker He enlisted early in the war in
the Fifteenth Massachusetts, regiment, and
was soon after commissioned as Captain and
Assistant Adjutant General. He served
on the staff OF General Couch, General Han
cock. and other commanders, and left the
army near the close of the war with the
rank Of Lieutenant Colonel and Brigadier
Genera by brevet He is now Deputy
Special Commissioner Of TIE Revenue, and
his services in that position have been val
liable
Work FOR THE SoN or a PRINCE -
Prince Napoleon gives his son a Spartan
education, The boy IS sent as a day board
erat asuiaIl school, By order Of the Prince,
the boy is called Victor" simply, except
he behaves extraordinary well, when he
may be called Napoleon Victor, as re-
ward His work Is IRON eight in the morn
ing to six in the evening At first dry
bread was prescribed by the Prince as
luncheon, but marmalade was added when
it appeared that al other little fellows had a
little sauce with their bread. Much of the
success of the royal families of Europe is
due to good physical training in early youth.
What is to be expected from an over-dress-
ed, petted no1dle, beyond the cultivation of
a weak moustache?
In the Missouri Legislature, the other
day, the bin 70 regulate the compensation
Of teachers was amended in the lower House
SO as to give females the same pay as males
where equally qualified aud performing Ike
duties And Why not? This is matter Of
women rights upon which a great deal Of
reform Is needed throughout this country,
and needed in Pennsylvania as much as any
where else. 1t is matter, too, upon which
for the present our women rights agitators
may more proftably employ their time than
in travelling conventions on woman suffrage.
1t our womau's rights women could only be
made to understand that the Pyramids Of
Egypt were built stone by stone they would
learn that all great reforms are not accom-
plished il a single jump, but are reached
piece by piece
a REPORT comes to Us from Mexico that
win be interesting to several titled person
ages 10 Europe. 1t is stated on good au-
thoTity that the crown jewels of Spain,
which have been missing for some time, are
in pawn at the national Monte de Psidqd in
the ciry Of Mexico. These precious articles
are not to be seen By ordinary visitors to
that establishment bat the story Is that
they were shown TO Mr. Seward and one OF
two members of his party They include
the jewels that were rawned by Isabella
not the Isabella OF the Period, but the 9th
er-to it out Columbus on his voyage to
discover America. A portion, if not all the
jewels that have been added to the Spanish
crown since that time are with them, and
tue entire lot has been pledged as collateral
[ for loan to somebody. The amount Of the
( loan aud the name Of the party who negotia.
( ted it are not given, but could probably be
ascerfained by application to the proper au.
/ thoritiea Of the Mexican capital.
( BEECHER DEFENDS HIMSELF. Mr.
Beeeher, in a recent review Of his twenty
three years ministry at Plymouth Church,
defended bimself against the charge Of be
/ ing sensational preacher. saying that ht
had always tried to set forth the Gosple IL
I It's purity He added: "A mostinteresrins
fact came to my knowledge day or tw,
ago. 4 Roman priest, who bad been con
+ verjed to Professionalism, told me that il
Rome be went into a bookstore, where b,
found book made up largely Of ny ser
mons, translated into Italian, aud addressed
70 the faithful OF the Romish Church. a
aids 10 devotion II would not DO t,
know who the author was beaying ou
the name, it was considered good eucugl
preaching for even the old Church Of Rome
am satisfied to have my name thus un
known. Il is testimony of the eatholicit.
and universally Of the spirit Of Christ
when you take away the names and tn
boundaries of prejudice, and shows tha
which Is good Gospel here Is good Gospe
everywhere, even under the pontifieal tiara.
The FUTURE OF EUROPE The Pari
correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune, in
letter just received, says: There is now ho
yeIing over Europe an immense cloud o
revolution, which gains in size daily, ex
tending over manufactures, the labor of th
working classes, politics, and religion. Th
social order Of Earope, shaken to its fouuda
zion, Is cracking on all sides. and in all couu
tries. + this r passing cloud, resulting on
" in a few flashes Of lightning and Sigh
fall Of rain? Or Is It one of those great SO
c1aI hurricanes let loose by the new condi
tons Of our time, by improved locomotiou
aud more widely diffused instruction. whicl
wlll change the face Of Europe in order Ina
It may be reconstructed 10 some other fash
ion? DO not know, but certainly the elou
is over US, and al who are not fools see am
feel it as one sees and feels the storm in th
heavy days Of spring. We, at Paris, ar
! plunged in politics We laugh and jest a
we always do. but The balls, private parties
and theaters even, suffer BY this genera
trouble The II u-unions at the court are sus
pended The Empress has nervous attack
and dreams Of Marie Autoinette, the scBf
fold, and all that a woman can fancy, wh
sees that she is far from being the idol Of
nation, although, poor woman, she can D
reproaehed only for her folly in trying to be
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