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8. L. Rt'FLSEL. J. H. LONGENECKER.
RUSSEL A LONGENECKER,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFORD. PA.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
for Back Pay. Bounty, Pensions. Ac
OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court
House. a P rs 'L 67t^__
J. MCD. SHARPE. E F. KERR.
SHARPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana st., opposite the Banking House et
Reed A SchelL J March 2. '66.
R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LUTZ.
nURB ORR O W A LUT Z ,
I f ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
They are. also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders
his services to the public.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford,
ESPY M. A LSI P, ATT< >RN I:Y -VT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
eare in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
-laims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
t <o doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
.M. KIMMELL. I J- W. LINGENFELTER.
\T IMMELL A LINGENFELTER,
IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
be Law. Office on Juliana street, two doorsSouth
ofthe -'Mengel House,"
GH. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
. LAW BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doors south of the
"Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1864.
B P MEYERS. | J' W. DICKRRSON.
MEYERS A DICKERSOX, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford. Pa., office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell,
two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bountv and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sal* of real estate attended to. jmayil,'66.
Jrntistni.
3. N. HICKOK, | J. G. MINNICH, JR.,
Dentists,
BEDFORD, PA.
Office in the Bank Building, JuliauaSt.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
chanical Dentistry carefully performed. and war
ranted. Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex
cellent articles, always on hand.
TFRMS —CASH.
Bedford, January 6,1865. _
rpu I UM~PH IN DENTISTRY!
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,
by the use of Nitrous Oxide, and is attended with
no danger whatever.
TEETH INSERTED
upon a new style of base, which is a combination
of Gold and Vulcanite ; also, upon Vulcanite, Gold,
Platina and Silver.
TEMPORARY SETS inserted if called for.
Special attention will be made to diseased gums
and a cure warranted or no charge made.
TEETH FILLED to last for life, and all work
in the dental line done to the entire satisfaction of
all or the money refunded. Prices to correspond
with the times.
I have located permanently in Bedford,
and shall visit Schellsburg the Ist Monday of each
month, remaining one week ; Bloody Run the 3rd
Monday, remaining one week ; the balance of my
time I can be found at my offi e, 3 doors South of
the Court House, Bedford, Pa.
n0v.16,'66. WM. W. VAN ORMER, Dentist
TYENTISTRY ! DENTISTRY !
A BEAUTIFUL SET OF TEETH FOR
TEN DOLLARS
Dr. 11. VIRGIL PORTER,
(late of New York city,)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform bis numerous friends
and the public generally, that he has located per
manently
IN BLOODY RUN,
where he may be found at all times prepared to
insert from ONE TOOTH to full sets of his
BEA UTIFUL AR TIFICIAL TEETH,
on new and improved atmospheric principles.
THE TRIUMPH OF MECHANICAL DENTISTRY,
RUBBER
FOR THE BASIS OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH.
This discovery which has met with such universal
approval throughout this and other countries, has
seemingly placed Artificial Teeth at tbe disposal
of all who require them. Dr. PORTER is now in
serting most beautiful and durable , at prices
ranging from ten to eighteen dollars per set.
Temporary sets inserted if desired,
ijr All operations warranted.
TEETH EXTRACTED, without pain,
by the use of NITROUS OXIDE or
LAUGHING GAS.
This is NO HUMBUG, but a positive fact.
Gas administered fresh every day.
As the Gas administered by Dr. Porter is pre
pared in accordance with the purifying method of
Dr. Strong, of New Haven, Ct., and Prof. Siliman
(late Professor of Chemistry in Yale College), he
has no hesitation in asserting that it is attended
with no danger whatever.
Persons desiring the services of a Dentist, would
promote their own interest by calling upon Dr.
Porter, as he is determined to spare no effort to
please the most fastidious. Dr. Porter's mode of
operating will at all times be of the mildest char
acter, avoiding the infliction of the slightest un
necessary pain, and carefully adapted to the ago.
constitution, health and nervous condition of the
patient.
Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
scientific method of preserving decayed and aching
teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER.
mar29,'67tf. Dentist. Bloody Run, Penna.
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general assortment of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
to which they respectfully invite the attention of j
buyers, confident they can offer
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
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In every department,
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GOODS! NEW GOODS
A large and complete stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
just received and opened at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S,
No. I Anderson's Row —bought just at the right i
time.
The following comprise a few of our goods :
DRY GOODS:
Calicoes. Delaines, Coburg Cloths, French Meri- '
noes. Alpacas, Flannels, Ginghams, all wool De
laines, all colors, large stock of bleached and un
bleached Muslins, Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinetts.
Jeans. Tweeds, Ac., Ac.
BOOTS AND SHOES:
A large assortment of Men's and Boys' Boots and
Shoes Ladies'Misses'and Children's Boots. Shoes
'and Gaiters, all prices, and sizes to suit everybody.
CLOTHING:
A very large stock of Men's and Boys' Coats. Pants :
and Vests, all sizes, and prices to suit the times, j
HATS AND CAPS :
A complete assortment of all kinds, sizes and |
prices.
GROCERIES, SPICKS, Ac.:
Coffee, Sugar, Lovering and other Syrups, Molas
ses, Tea, Rice, Tobacco. Spices, Ac.
LEATHER:
A prime article Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Kip and 1
Upper Leather and Linings.
COTTON CHAINS,
Single and Double, all numbers, cheap.
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE,
Tubs, Buckets, Brooms, Baskets. Ac.
Call and see our stock of Goods and be convinced
that No. 1 Anderson's Row, is the place to get
bargains. J- M. SHOEMAKER.
Sep. 28,'66. j
! lypEW STORE!! NEW GOODS!! j
I I> -AT—
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, where the subscriber
has opened out a splendid assortment of
Dry-Goods,
Groceries,
Notions,
&c., &c.
All wnich will be sold at the u.ost reasonable
prices.
Dress Goods, best quality. Everybody buys em.
Muslins, " Everybody buys em
Groceries, all kinds, Everybody buys 'em.
Hardware, Queensware, Glassware, Cedarware,Ac.
and a general variety of everything
usually kept in a country store.
Everybody buys 'em.
Call and examine our goods.
dec7,'66. G. YEAGER
|K(>7. J "- F ' - 1867 '
AT IT AGAIN!
AND
A rare CHANCE for BARGAINS!
JAMES B. FARQUHAR
Is pleased testate to his friends and former custo
mers, that he has
RESUMED BUSINESS IN BEDFORD,
j at the well known P. A. Reed stand, opposite the
Bedford Hotel, where he is prepared to sell
everything in his line,
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST !
He has a full line of
Dry-Goods,
lieady-Made Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
which have been purchased at very low prices, and
will be sold at a very small advance.
~ Call and examine our stock.
jan,18,'67.
gankerg.
I JACOB REED, | J-J- SCHBLL,
REED AND SCHELL,
Bankers and
| DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD. PA.,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
RUPP & SHANNON, BANKERS,
BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North
and South, and the general business of Exchange
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
| Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE
j bought and sold. febß
iTvlt. GEO. B. KELLEY,
I / having permanently located in ST. CLAIRS
VILLE. tenders his professional services to the
citizens of that place and vicinity. nov2'66yl
WW. JAMISON, MI)., BLOODY
# RUN, Pa„ tenders his professional servi
| es to the people of that place and vicinity. Office
•ne door west of Richard Langdon's store.
Nov. 24, '6s—ly
DIl. J. L. MARBOURG, Having
permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citiiens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly Cpposite
the Banking House of Heed A flihe'h
fhe ffrilfonl i&ntttWt.
REFORMATIO* OF WIMIII WIRT.
A True Incident in His History.
The distinguished William Wirt,
within six or eight months after his
first marriage, became addicted to in
temperance, the effect of which opera
ted strongly on the mind and health of
his wife, and in a few months more
she was numbered with the dead.— ller
death led him to leave the country
where he resided, and he moved to
Richmond, where he soon rose to dis
tinction.—Rut his habits hung about
him and occasionally he was found
with jolly and frolicsome spirits and
bacchanalian revelry.—His true friends
expostulated with him to convince hi in
of the injury he was doing himself.
Rut. he persisted. His practice began
to fall off and many looked on him as
on the sure road to ruin. He was ad
vised to get married. With a view of
correcting his habits. This heeonsent
ed to do if the right person offered. He
accordingly paid his addresses to Miss
Gamble. After some month'sattention
he asked her hand in marriage, she re
plied—Mr. Wirt, 1 have been well
aware of your attentions for some time
back, and should have given you to
understand that your visits and atten
tions were not acceptable, had I not re
ciprocated the affectiom which you
evinced for me. Rut I cannot yield
my assent until you make a pledge
never to taste, touch or handle any in
toxicating drinks. This reply to Wirt
was as unexpected as it was novel. —
His reply was that he considered the
proposition as a bar to all further con
sideration on the subject, and he left
her. Her course towards him was the
same as ever —his resentment and neg
lect. In the course of a few weeks he
went again and solicited her hand.
But her reply was, her mind was made
up. He became indignant, and re
garded the terms she proposed as in
sulting to his honor; and vowed it
should be the last meeting they
should ever have. He took to drin
king worse and worse, and seemed to
run headlong to ruin.
One day, while lying in the outskirts
of the city, near a little grocery, or
grog-shop dead drunk, a young lady,
whom it is not necessary to name, was
passing that way to her home, not far
off, and beheld him with his face up
turned to the rays of the scorching
sun. .She took her handkerchief with
her own name marked upon it, and
placed it over his face. After he had
remained in that way some hours, he
awakened, and his thirst being so great,
he went into the grog-shop to get a
drink, when he discovered the hand
kerchief, at which he looked, and the
name was on it. After pausing a few
minutes, he exclaimed—'Great God!
who left this with me! Who placed
this on my face?' No one knew. He
dropped the glass exclaiming—"e
nough! enough !" lie retired instant
ly from the store forgetting his thirst,
but not his debauch, the handkerchief,
or the lady, vowing, if God gave him
strength, never to touch, taste or han
dle intoxicating drinks.
To meet Miss G., was the hardest ef
fort of his life. If he met her in her
carriage, or on foot, he popped round
the nearest corner. She at last -address
ed him a note under her own hand in
viting him to her house, which he fi
nally gathered courage to accept. He
told her if she still bore affection for
him, he would agree to her own terms.
Her reply was: "My conditions are
now what they ever have been."
"Then," said Wirt, "I accept them."
They were soon married, and from
that day he kept his word, and his af
fairs brightened, while honorsand glory
gathered thick upon his brow. His
name has been enrolled high in the
temple of fame, while his deeds, his
patriotism and renown live after him
with imperishable lustre. How many
noble minds might the young ladies
save, if they would follow the example
of Miss G., the friend of humanity, of
her country, and the relation of Lafay
ette.
RADICAL CHANGE IN THE GOVERN
MENT OF THE UNITED STATES. —The
Times thus announces that adespotism
has replaced the Constitution and the
Government of the United States:
"We do not wonder that they deem
the terms (of reconstruction) required
harsh and illiberal. We agree in so re
garding them unjust and inexpedient—
at war with the Constitution and hos
tile to the dictates of a wise and consid
erate statesmanship. But how does
this help their ease? Suppose theterms
imposed are unconstitutional, how does
the South expect to avert their imposi
tion? Has it not discovered that, wher
ever the right may be, the power of
this Government rests with Congress?
That body over-rules alike the vetoes
of the President and the decisions of
the Supreme Court; and in neither case
is there any authority that can overrule
its authority or avert its action."
What is this but an acknowledgement
that the people have surrendered their
rights and their freedoril to politicians
without a struggle, and that hereafter
they are at the mercy of any political
party that secures a majority in Cong
ress? All the limitations to the exer
cise of power contained in the Constitu
tion, the opposition of the President
and the decisions ofthe Supreme Court
of tne United States, having been set
aside and overriden by Congress. Thus
has our vaunted form of Government
been revolutionised by wan—M JKi
Uum. 4cht*riimr.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1867.
FEMALE SI'FFRAGE.
Views of Mark Twain.
Editors Missouri Democrat:
I have read the long list of lady pe
titioners in favor of female suffrage,
and as a husband and father I want to
protest against the whole business. It
will never do to allow women to vote.
It will never do to allow them to hold
office. You know, and I know, that
if they were granted these privileges
there would be no more peace on earth.
They would swamp the country with
debt. They like to hold office too well.
They like to he Mrs President Smith
of the Dorcas Society, or Mrs. Secreta
ry Jones of the Hindoo Aid Associa
tion, or Mrs. Treasurer of something
or other. They are fondof the distinc
tion of the thing,you know; they rev
elin thesweei jingle of the title. They
are always setting upsauclified confed
erations of all kinds, and then running
for President of them. They are even
so fond of office that they are willing
to serve without pay. But you allow
.them to .vote and go to .he Legislature
once, and then see how it will be. They
will go to work and start a thousand
more societies, and cram them full of
salaried offices. You will see a state of
things then that will stir your feelings
to the bottom of your pockets. The
first feebill would exasperate you some.
Instead of theusual schedule for judges,
State printer, Supreme Court clerks,
Ac., the list would read something like
this:
OFFICES AND SALARIES.
President Dorcas Society, SI,OOO
Subordinate officers of same, each, 2,000
Pres't Ladies Union prayer meet
ing, 3,000
Pres't Pawnee Educational Soci
ety, 4,000
Pres't "of Ladies' society for dis
semination of Belles Letters a
mong the Shoshones, 5,(K)0
State Crinoline Directress, 10,000
State Sup't of Waterfalls, 10,000
State Hair Oil Inspectress, 10,000
State Milliner, 50,000
You know what a state of anarchy
and social chaos that feebill would cre
ate. Every woman in the Common
wealth of Missouri would let go every
thing and run for State Milliner. And
instead of ventilating each other's po
litical antecedents, as men do, they
would go straight after each other's
private moral character. (I know them
—they are all like my wife.) Before
the canvass was three daysold it would
be an established proposition that ev
ery woman in the State was "no better
than she ought to be." Only think how
it would lacerate me to have an oppo
sition candidate say that about my wife.
That is the idea, you know—having
other people say these hard things.
Now, I know that my wife isn't any
better than she ought to be, poor dev
il—in fact, in matters of orthodox doc
trine, she is particularly shaky—but
still I would not life these things aired
in a political contest. I don't really
suppose that that woman will stand a
ny more show hereafter than —howev-
er, she may improve—she may even be
come a beacon light for the saving of
others—but if she does, she will burn
rather dim, and she will flicker a good
deal, too. But, as I was saying, a fe
male political canvass would be an out
rageous thing.
Think of the torch-light procession
that would distress our eyes. Think of
the curious legends on the transparen
cies :
"Robbins forever! Vote for Sal lie
Bobbins, the only virtuous candidate
in the field!"
And this:
"Chastity, modesty, patriotism ! Let
the great people stand by San
ders, the champion of morality and
progress, and the only candidate with
a stainless reputation!"
And this:
"Vote for Judy MeGinnis, the incor
ruptible! Nine children—one at the
breast!"
In that day a man shall say to his
servant, "What is the matter with the
baby?" and the servants shall reply,
"It has been sick for hours." "And
where is its mother?" "She is out e
lectioneering forSallie Robbins." And
such conversations as these shall trans
pire between ladies and servants ap
plying for situations: "Can you cook ?"
"Yes." "Wash?" "Yes." "Dogen
eral housework?" "Yes." "All right;
who is your choicefor State milliner?"
"Judy MeGinnis." "Well, you can
tramp." And women shall talk poli
ties instead of discussing the fashions;
and they shall neglect the duties of the
household to go out and take a drink'
with candidates; and men shall nurse
the baby while their wives travel to
the polls to vote. And also in that
day the man who hath beautiful whis
kers shall beat the homely man of wis
dom for Governor, and the youth who
waltzes with exquisite grace shall be
Chief of Police, in preference to the
man of practiced sagacity and deter
mined energy. * * * *
Every man, I take it, has a selfish
end in view when he pours out elo
quence in behalf of the pul lii good'in
the newspapers, and such is the case
with me. Ido not want the privileg
es of woman extended, because my
wife already holds office in nineteen
different infernal female associations,
and I have to do all her clerking. If
you give the women full sweep with
the men in political affairs, she will
proceed to run for every confounded of
fice under the new dispensation. That
will finish me. It is bound to finish
me. • She would not have time to do a
nythingat all then, and the one solita*
ty thing t have ■blrlwd Up Ut
ent time would fall on me and my
family would go to destruction ; for I
am not qalified for a wet nurse.
MARK TWAIN.
THE London correspondent of the
Boston Journal , in noticing the upris
ing of the Fenians in Ireland, ob
serves:
"What seems strange to an American
is the fact that of the men found on
British soil not one was arrested, hut
all were allowed to depart in peace and
go their several ways, though the fact
thatthey were Fenians was well known.
This fact brings out one peculiar ele
ment in the English character, and that
is the sacredness of personal liberty.
Suspicion will not answer. A man
must do some wrong to be arrested. A
well-known thief or pickpocket going
into a crowded assembly may not be
hindered in his going in, though his
intentions may be well known. The
Fenians at Chester simply gathered in
a crowd, and loitered round the city
and attempted no violence. Though
Parliament was moved, London all in
a ferment, the Queens Guards, that
seldom leave London, posted by ex
press to the scene of invasion, though
the train bands were called out, men
enrolled as private constables, and Liv
erpool sent her forces to the place of at
tack, yet none were arrested; the inva
ders looked on, saw the Guards disem
bark, heard the alarm at the Castle,
and then quietly strolled away into the
country and were seen no more. After
all this uproar a British subject could
not be arrested unless he had committed
some wrong act. Even in Ireland, Fe
nians are allowed to depart if they will,
and their passage would be gladly paid
if they would go to America.
This does "seem strange to an Amer
ican;" but is it not a sad commentary
upon republicanism that such is the
case? How many men have been ar
rested here on suspicion within the past
six years is known only to Secretary
STANTON and his subordinates; and to
such an extent hits this disregard for
personal liberty permeated national,
state, and local governments, that, but
a short time ago, the police of this city
were ordered to arrest any person, on
the public conveyances, whom they
had reitson to believe was a thief. Yet
this is "the land of the free and the
ho'ne of the brave," while Great Brit
ain is a monarchy.— World.
THE NEW RADICAL ALLIES.— It is
not enough for our Radical rulers that
hundreds of thousands of ignorant ne
groes in the South are made voters; but
in order that these miserable creatures
may more surely become mere instru
ments in the hands of Northern adven
turers, the mode of voting commonly
used in the South is to be changed. If
one of these new voters was permitted
to name to theelection officers his favor
ite candidates, he would at least know
for whom he had voted; but Congress
don't allow any such freedom -the men
who are fed, clothed, and guided by the
Freedman's Bureau are to be provided
with printed ballots which not one of
them can read, and under the eye of the
Government officers the-e are to be de
posited. What a wicked farce is all this
first clothe with the very highest trust
a whole race of slaves too ignorant to
makea bargain of hiring, and unable to
take care of their earnings unless assist
ed by public officials—and then enact
that they shall use the printed ballot,
which their guardians can read, but
which they cannot. Can any fair mind
ed citizen doubt that the wholearrange
ment is for the merepurposeofstrength
ening the Radical party and keeping in
office the knaves who are waisting the
public money on useless extravagance,
while the land is full of tax-gatherers.
YANKEE DOODLE AX OLD SPANISH
TUNE.— There have been a great many
asserted origins of Yankee Doodle.
The following is the last, related in a
letter from Spain by Win. C. By rant,
the poet:
"Some time since, when Mr. Perry,
Secretary of the American Legation at
Madrid, was in one of the Basque prov
inces, he heard a band playing their
old national airs. The Basque have
preserved whatever ispeculiartothem,
their language, their customs, and
many of their political rights, from the
earliest period in which they are known
to history; their national musicisclaim
ed to be of the same antiquity. After
the band had played several airs it
struck up Yankee Doodle, the very
tune, in every note, which is so famil
iar to American ears. Mr. Perry im
mediately claimed it as our national
air. 'lt is one of our old tunes,' said a
gentleman to whom he spoke, 'and I
can convince you of the fact.' For
hundreds of years it has beenapopular
air among us. The gentleman after
ward made good his assertion by show
ing Mr. Perry a manuscript of great
antiquity which contained theidentical
musical notes of 'Yankee Doodle.'"
During the recent session of the e
qual rights convention, a strong mind
ed female entered a street railroad car.
And old gent rose to give her a seat,
but asked, "Be you one of those wo
men's righters?"
"I be."
"You believe a woman should have
all the rights of a man?"
"Yes I do."
"Then stand up and enjoy thorn like
VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,388.
A NEW LICENSE LAW.
A FURTHERSUPPLEMEXTto an act fur
ther to regulate the granting of licen
ses to hotels and eating houses, ap
proved March thirty-first, one thous
and eight hundred and sixty-six.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives ofihe Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same , That when an
application is madetoany court or quar- j
ter sessions of this Commonwealth, for !
license to sell intoxicating drinks, it j
shall be lawful for said court to hear :
petitions, in addition to that of the ap
plicant, in favor of, and remonstrances
against the application for such license,
and in all cases to refuse the same
whenever, in the opinion of said court,
having due regard to the number and
character of the petitioners for and a
gainst such application, such license is
not necessary for the accommodation
of the publicand entertainment of stran
gers and travelers, and upon sufficient
cause being shown, the said courts
shall have power to revoke any license
granted by them, and all laws incon
sistent with this section are hereby re
pealed: Provided , That the sureties in
the bond, required of the applicant for
license, shall be signed to his petition.
SEC. 2. That applications for license
to keep an eating house, beer house or
restaurant, authorizing the sale of do
mestic wines, malt and brewed liquors,
shall hereafter be made in the same
manner and to the same authority as
application for license to keep a hotel;
Provided , That the regulation in rela
tion to bed rooms and beds shall not
apply to applicants for an eating-house,
beer house and restaurant license, and
the tenth section of the act of twenti
eth April, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-eight, authorizing county
treasurers to grant an eating house or
retail brewery license, is hereby re
pealed.
SEC. 3. No license to keep an eating
house or restaurant under the provis
ions of the second section of this act,
shall be granted in an incorporated city
for less than fifty dollars, nor elsewhere
for less than twenty dollars.
SEC. 4. If any person, after the pas
sage of this act, shalll sell spirituous
and vinous liquors, domestic wines,
malted or brewed liquors, without hav
ing obtained a license authorizing him
so to do, such persons shall, on
conviction in the court of quarter
sessions, be fined for the first of
fense, in any su m not less than fif
ty, nor more than two hundred dol
lars ; and for the second, or any sub
sequent offense, such person shall be
fined not less than one hundred dollars,
and, in the discretion of the said court,
be imprisoned in the county jail, not
less than thirty days, nor more than
ninety days: Provided , That nothing
in this act shall be construed to repeal
the provisions of the act of Assembly
passed March thirty-first, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty six, relating
to sales by druggists and apothecaries.
SEC. 5. That the provisions of the first
section of this act shall not apply to the
city of Philadelphia or to the county of
Allegheny: Provided , That nothing in
this act shall authorize the granting of
license to hotel and inn keepers, to
vend vinous, spirituous and malt liq
uors, and to license beer houses, eating
houses and restaurants in any locality
where licensing of hotels, inns, beer
houses, eating houses or restaurants is
now prohibited by law.
DESCRIPTION OF MR. JAY COOKE'S
NEW PALATIAL MANSION.—A lady,
who has been on a visit to Mr. Jay
Cooke's new palatial mansion, near
Philadelphia, thus writes:
"I can't describe what it is like. I
don't think anything grander, more
beautiful, more splendid, or more in
keeping could be imagined. And the
Cookesare just the kind of people to
live in it. L. is a perfect brunette, and
her sister S., who is younger, is a
blonde. L.'s room is furnished in bright
crimson satin, and S.'s in light blue
satin. Just beyond their rooms is still
another bedroom, which belongs to the
girls, and is called the spare bedroom,
and is intended for any friend whom
they wish to invite to visit them. C.
was occupying this room. Everything
in the house, with the exception of Mr.
Cooke's boudour and a few of the pain
tings, is American. Mr. Cooke would
have nothing else. In the sitting room
is a large old fashioned, open fire-place,
with andirons, which Mr. Cooke'smoth
er presented to him. There is every
kind of room in the house that you
could think of—billiard room; amuse
ment room, where they have a regular
stage, foot-lights, &c.; music room,
where they have an elegant square
grand Chickering piano. I can't tell
you of all the rooms, for it would take
me all night, and even then you
wouldn't have a very clear idea of
them."
OFFICERS' FEES.—In the Legislature,
the bill to ascertain and regulate the
fees to be received by the several offi
cers of this Commonwealth was taken
up and passed, after three hours' con
sideration. The bill increases the fees
of the following officers about twenty
percent, viz:—Sheriffs, Prothonotaries
of the Courts of Common Pleas, Clerks
of the Courts of Quarter S ssions, Clerks
of the Oyer and Terminer, Clerks ofthe
Orphans' Court, Attorneys-at-law, Al
dermen and Justices of the Peace, ex
cept in Philadelphia. The increase in
fees of the Registers and Recorders is
krg*
MEASURING DISTANCE BY SOUND.—
j A bell rung under water returns a tone
as distinct as though rung in the air.
Stop one ear with the finger, and
press the other to the end ofa long stick
or piece of dead wood; and if a watch
be held at the other end of the wood,
ticking will be heard, whatever the
length of the stick of wood.
Tie a poker on the middle of a strip
of flannel two or three feet long, and
press your thumbs or fingers into your
ears while you swing the pokeragainst
an iron fender, and you will hear a
sound like that of a heavy church bell.
These experimt nts prove that water,
wood, and flannel are good conductors
of sound, for the sound of the bell, the
watch, and the fender pass through the
water, and along the deal and flannel
! to the ear.
I It must be observed that a body in
: the act of sounding is in a state of vi
\ bration, which it communicates to the
I surrounding air, the undulations of the
sound affect the ear, and excite in us
the sense of sound. Sounds of all kinds,
it is ascertained, travels at the rate of
fifteen miles in a minute; the softest
whisper travels as fast as the mo3t tre
mendous thunder. The knowledge of
this fact has been applied to the meas
urement of distance.
Suppose a ship in distress fires a gun,
the light of which is seen on shore, or
by another vessel, twenty seconds be
fore the report is heard, it is known to
be at a distance of 7.6(H) yards, or little
more than four and a quarter miles.
Again, if we see a vivid flash of light
ning, and in two seconds hear a tre
mendous clap of thunder, we know
that the thunder cloud is not more than
760 yards from the place where we are,
and we should instantly retire from
an exposed situation.— Scientific Ameri
can.
A CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA.—We
find the following going the rounds of
our exchanges, and give it for what it
is worth:
The effects resulting from the bite of
a rabid animal are so inconceivably
heart-rending that the writer deems it
but an act of justice to make the sub
joined remedy public, for the benefit of
the unfortunate hereafter. Within the
past two weeks there have been two
cases of hydrophobia, of the most dis
tressing character —one in this city and
one in New Jersy—and daily reports
are made in the newspapers of mad
dogs being seen in and about the city.
Every individual in the community,
therefore, should procure and preserve
a copy of the following cure, to use in
case of an emergency.
William Hoffner, Esq., of Passyunk,
the gentleman from whom the writer
obtained this invaluable receipt, states
that he has known several instances of
men and animals who have been bitten
in the severest manner by mad dogs,
but who having taken this remedy,
never experienced any effect whatever
of the disease:
"Take of the root of elecampane one
ounce and a half, cut it tine, then boil it
in one pint of new milk down to a half
a pint; take this three mornings fasting,
and eat no food until four o'clock in
the afternoon. It should be taken ev
ery other morning; the last two doses
must weigh two ounces each. This
remedy will have the desired effect if
taken at any time within twenty four
hours after the accident."
The press generally, by giving the
above receipt a conspicuous insertion,
will advance the cause of humanity.
Mrs. Partington sometimes gets
tnings mixed up, but in regard to mar
riage her ideas are tolerably clear, and
she is, we are happy to see, "sensible
to the last." "If ever I'm married,"
said Ike, looking up from the book he
was reading, and kicking the stove door
energetically—"lfever I'm married"—
"Don't speak of marriage, Isaac, till
you are old enough to understand the
bond that binds congenial souls. Peo
ple must'nt speak of marriage with im
purity. It is the first thing children
think of now-a-days, and young boys
in pianofores, and young girls with
heads fricaseed into spittoon curls, and
full of love-sick stories, are talking of
marriage before they get into their
teens. Think of such ones getting mar
ried! Yet there's Mr. Spaid, when
heaven took his wife away, went right
to a young lady's cemetery and got an
other, no more fit to be the head of a
family than lam to be the Board of
Mayor and Alderman. She tapped tho
new box that her friend, the colonel,
had given her, with her eyes resting
upon the gold heart inlaid in the cen
tre of the lid, as if hearts were trump in
her mind at the time, while Ike, with
out finishing his sentence, kept on with
his reading, accompanying himself
with a pedal performance on the stove
door, and a clatter upon the round of
his chair with the handle of a fork in
his hand.
GKEAT EXPECTATION.— A husband
(himself perfect, of course), thussketch
es what he dreams he deserves:
"A woman whose intellect has field
enough for her in communion with
her husband, and whose heart asks no
other honors save love and admiration;
a woman who does not disdain to be
beautiful; who believes in thevirtueof
glossy hair, and well fitting gowns,and
who eschews rents and ravelled edges,
slipshod shoes, and audacious make
ups; a woman who 6peaks low, and
does not speak much; who is patient
and gentle, intellectual and industrious;
who loves more than she reasons, and
yet does not love blindly; who never
scolds and rarely argues, but adjusts
with a smile; such a woman is the wife
We have all dreamed of once ih our
I lives, and is the mother we allWorßhip
it the backward distance*"