ROADS AND ROAD MAKING. We accept poor roads as one of the in evitable evils oflife, and even call some of thera good, or excellent, in comparison with those vastly poorer. The people of one town brag of roads that cost them three or four times what much better ones ought to cost, and are highly satisfied with their own, and the high road tax, too, when they go outside their town limits and see how much worse off other people are. Were we governed by a Louis Napoleon, Emperor, we would have excellent roads, for he would know very well that every dollar lost in the wear and tear of wagons and horse flesh upon poor highways, leaves just so much the less for him to draw from the people by taxation. He would know that it costs vastly more to keep roads in passable, or poor condition, than in firstrate order, having reference only to the outlay of money and labor upon the roads. Wby is it that tee cannot '.earn the same facts ? Wby can we not see onr own interests, every man's interests, as well as the head of a monarchical form of government cao see his? The system of working the roads from one end of the land to the other, so far as we are acquainted, is the most absurd that could be contrived. The township or the county officers set apart cer tain sums of money to be used for keeping the roads in order in ctrtain districts, to each its allotment. This money is to ba appor tioned among the tax payers, and cither "worked out" at alow rate of wages per day, or collectea in money with other taxes, at the option of the tax-payer. The road tax i 3 usually worked out. The road-master, or whatever else his title may be, is a resident of the district, and will rather follow the cus tomary loose way of doing business, than see to it that his work is done in the best way. and with the least expenditure. lie will ac cept for a day's work the labor of mere boys, or of old men, and will have some days not a single ahlebodied man on his whole force, except himself and his hired man. Dm re suit is, where ten days" works are "worked out," three or four are doiic. Besides, when spring work is pressing, or haying and harvesting absorb all the labor of the community, no road master will do so un popular a thing as to warn out his neighbors to work the roads. His own farm work presses besides. So be delays until antumn, after doing a few days' work in the early Bpring. The roads are plowed up; gravel and clay are scraped into the middle, "hog backs are made, to keep the water from runu.ng and washing in the middle of the road: —then comes frost, and all the new work remains soft and unsettled all the winter and spring, except when frozen solid. All this is easily obviated, and we may just as well have good roads as poor one-. Almost every township has a good young engineer and surveyor. Ap point him road master for the town, give bim a fair salary, one or two yokes of oxen, one or two pairs hf horses, with carts, wagons, plows, scrapers, and small tools to match. bim have money enough to hire eight or ten good men in summer, and perhaps four in winfer. He should understand that his business is to study road-making, read upon the subject, learu where the best materials are, break out of old ruts, and as soon as pos sible give the people good roads all over the township. There would of course be first, sec ond. and third class roads, according to their importance, and the amount of travel upon them. Similar systems to the one suggested are pursued in many townships, and the result is envariably a great improvement in the roads, and after a little while, even at first, in some cases, a decided decrease in the cost. We know of some towns in which the road band" are not employed more lhaD half their time, although they cut and prepare timber, make bridges, anil do much extra work. Their services are, however, constantly in demand, and by digging cellars, moving buildings, laying cellar wails for houses, etc.. making side walks in the village, putting down ce ment walks and flours on private grouuds. and in many other ways, they earn enough to pay a large part of the ex uses of men uud teams. The road-master inspects all the roads once a month, especially after storms and needed repairs, if promptly made, are slight and efficient — American Agriculturist. HOW TO MAKE GOOD I'AS, I KKS. Many an acre grazed will not carry a sheep. Other acres will g ; fall feed to a cow, each, all through the ummer, and he pretty good mowing when frost tomes. 1 io >h kinds pass under our observation every dv. 'l'hc differ ence is not in the original diameter of the land, for it is found on adjoining farms, with the same formation, and with the surface and siib-sotl looking just alike. There is a big pasture of HO acres, where lift)* sheep would lose rather than gain lie-sh during the sum mer. The oldest inhabitant does not remem ber when it was plowed, seeded, or top dressed. It has always been pastured—gen erally by cows —until it ceased to yield feed enough to support them. There is some grass upon it now, but more mulleins, five fingers, and moss. The grass is nearly choked cut. But the soil was originally good. 'I he trees that still stand ou the borders are heavy oak and chestnut timber, which do not thrive on pcor. thin soils. Yonder is a field of five acres, that pastures five cows, and has done it for several years. The grass is luxu riant, and grows much faster than the cattle can consume it. It was stocked down five years ago, after several years of heavy crop ping, with vegetables and tobacco. Of course it was manured heavily, and very thoroughly cultivated. The land will feel that treatment, and make grateful returns, for a whole gen eration lo come. It is far within the limits of truth to say, that one acre of this five is wouh the whole fifty of the other for the pur pose of sustaining •animal life and making salable products. The one does not pay tax es: the other pays them and a handsome profit. Now we do not belief there is cny royal road lo thrift with these run down pas tures. Top-dressing wiil not answer, for the grasß seed is not there to vegetate. Seeding will do little good, for the grass already there is growing small by degrees, If the soil is fair, arabie lund. plow, plant, manure, and cultivate, and you give it a now start. That old sod of dead grass roots and moss roots, becomes plant-food, and sends up joyful har vests. But this will cost money, spent in manure, seeds, and labor. You say. Of course it will, and if yoa get your money back again, principal and interest, you ought to be satisfied. If by spending SOO upon a worth less acre of pasture you make it pay you the intere-1 on SOO above the working expenses, - oa arc doing a good business. We must use our capital i n farming just as we do in o.aer enterprises. We must bury it as we do our wheat, that it may live and bear fruit. It we buy stock in a railroad, or in almost my enterprise, the capital dies for a time. , 6 do n<H loße Hit does not come back the first or second year. Spent in renova t>..go.il by plowing ami manuring, it usually gives full interest the first year, and put* us in the wa, tu BSvuri . lUv - I( j,. Qt!g for years to come—.lmc-iYnn Agrieutiurisi. BOOTS AND sIIOKK.—The largest, cheapest, and beat assortment of Lidies, Mita ef> Youth'#, Children*', aud 1 lor#* Bmi(9 and Shoos ia Central Bonn'*., and at prices to saitthe pockets of ererjrfeody, is to be had at <i. H. OS TEH A COVS. spacious ce*? store. Bedford, Jane 25 3m ASPI.ENJjID ABTICEE UF Blank D c l on the be?t parcUuwsat facer, for . ate at the I nquirer office. THE flowers of time—Four o'clocks. CAN two weak members make one firm ? SURE cures for office-seekers—Sinecures. THE fruit of life—The current of our being. A HEX by day is a rooster at night. THE lady who took everbody's eye roust have a lot of'em. NEVER tell your secrets in a corn field for it has a thousand ears. THF. man who was filled with emotion han't room for a dinner. QUITE LlKELY. —Somebody says that birch rods makes the best baby jumpers. WHAT female should a shoemaker always keep out of his establishment. Miss Fit. CAN a bare assertion be called a naked truth ? How to prevent sea sickness —Keep on shore. GOVERNMENT Securities —The Army and Navy. THE shadow of a fortune —The ghost of a chance. DRESS-parade—a fashionable woman's toil ette. How to "turn people's heads"—Go late to church. THE way of the world—A great many mil lions of tong. THE largest ants in the world are called ele phants. To keep your wife in constant check —Make ; her dress in Gingham. A CLASSIC invalid upon being asked if he was ill, promptly replied.— "sic sum." THE reason why we admire pretty feet— liecauce all's well that ends well. A coal oil millionaire has named his little heiress I'etrolia Ann. We suppose the next little heiress will be named Carrie Scne. THE first question that disturbed man was the woman question, and it bids fair to be the last. No wonder that the squirrel is accused of chattering—he is certainly a great tail bear er. PRENTICE says that man was the chief con sideration at the creation. Woman was only a "side issue." "Don't care much about the bugs," said Mr. Swiuke, "but the truth is, Iv'e not got the blood to spare." "JANE," said a wag, "why it's all over town !" "What's all over town ?" "Mud 1" Jane's eyes drooped. WHAT does a telegraph operator do when be receives the heads of important news ? Waits for de tails of course. SIDNEY SMITH compares the whistle of a locomotive to the squeal of an attorney, when Satau first,gets hold of him. "WHAT church do you attend, Mrs Parting dor:?" "Oh, any paradox church where the Gospel is dispensed with." CELERY and onions are recommended to people of weak nerves. A wag says he should think fbey whould be surer remedy for a weak breath. VERY few clergymen are so deaf that they cannot hear a call from $5,000 and upward. W hen it is SIO,OOO or more the hearing be comes particularly keen. A little girl worn out by a long sermon, observing the preacher gathering himself for another point, exclaimed: "Ob, mother, he is nut going to quit at all ! He is swelling up again." Two old ladies, who were knowa to be of the same age, had the same desire to keep the real number concealed; one used there fore, everv New Year's day, to visit the oth er, and say. "Madam, I am come to know how old we are to be this year." AT a young lady's seminary, during an ex amination in history, one of the pupils was thus interrogated : "Mary, did Martin Luther die a natural death ?" "No, was the prompt reply, "he was excommunicated by a bull." ' LITTLE Frank was taught he was made out of dust. As he stood by the window watch ing the dust as the wind was whirling it in eddies, he exclaimed, seriously, "Ma, I thought the dust looked as though there was going to be another little boy made." A clergyman who was consoling a young widow on the death of her husband, spoke in a very serious tone, remarking that he was one of the few—such a jewel of a Christian— you cannot find his equal, you well know. To which the sobbing one replied, with an almost broken heart, "I'll bet I will." A COCKNEY conducted two ladies to the ob servatory to see an eclipse of the moon. 1 hey were too late—the eclipse was over, and the ladies were disappointed. "O," ex claimed our hero, "don't fret. I know the I astronomer well, he is a very polite man, and 1 am sure will begin again." A MUSICIAN, whose nose had become dis tinctly colored with the red wine he was wont to imbibe, said one day to bis little son at the table: "You must eat bread, my boy; bread makes your cheeks red." The little boy replied : "Father, what lots of bread you must have snuffed up." A GOOD story is told of a German shoema ker, who hsving made a pair of boots for a gentleman of whose financial integrity he had considerable doubt, made the following reply to him when he called for the articles. "Der poots is not quite done, but der bed ish made out." A PALINDROME is a line that reads alike buckward and forward. One of the best is Adam's first observation to Eve: "Madam, I'm Adam." Another is the story that Na poleon, when at St. Helena, being asked by an Englishman if he could have sacked Lon don, replied "Able was I ere I saw Elba." A VERY curious mode of trying the title of land is practiced in Hindoostan : Two holes are dug in the disputed spot in each of which the plaintiff s and defendant's lawyers put one of their legs, and remain there until one of them is tired, in which case his client is defeated. In this coontry it is the client and not the lawyer who pats his foot into it. How many children have you ? asked a gen tlemau of one of his laborers, looking around in surprise upon the family. "Better than a dozen, sir." "I only make out eleven," said the gentle man. I aith, an isu that better than a dozen sir, when one has to feed 'em?" RUSTIC COURTSHIP. —I hitched my chair up to hern, sbet my eyes and sbudderen'. sed: "Sally, I have been hankering after you for a long time— that's so. I love you from the foot of ycur sole to the head of your crown, and I don't care who nose it—E pluri bes onions." \\ ilh that she fetched a screech, and after awhile she sez. "Uriah!" "Sally," sez I. "Yes," sez she, hidiu' her lace. "Glory, glory," sez 1, "I kin jump a ten rail feuce. Hooray —hooray!" With that I sorter slashed myself down by her and clinched. Talk about your night blooming series! Oh, my! Oh, broom straws wuh sorghum molasses on 'em ! Ef Sally's dad hadn't hollered ont-"lt's time for decent folks to be ia bed," I believe I d staid all nite. ACKRTIFIOAT OF SCHOLARSHIP far the Bryant, Stratton *£~ Kimberly Business Callage of Philadelphia, for sale at this office. HYIBNDURE A LIVING DEATH? The confirmed dyspeptic may almost say with St. Peter, "I die daily." The object of this arti cle is not to remind him uf his pangs, but to show him how to banish them forever. Tbo moans of immediate and permanent relief are proffered him in HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, And it is for him to say whether he will eontinne to endure a living death, or to put himself in a position to render life enjoyable. LIVING ADVERTISEMENTS Of the efficacy of this matchless vegetable stom achic are to be found in every city and town in the United States —healthy men and women res cued from toitnre by its use, and eager to bear testimony to its virtues. It differs from any other bitters in existence, in this especial particular—it is not alcoholic. For such constitutions and systems as require for their invigeration a diffusive stimulant,. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC Has been provided—a preparation in which the solid extracts of tho finest restoratives of the veg etable kingdom are held in solution by a spiritu ous agent, purged of all deleterious constituents. The patient, in choosing between these two great antidotes, should be guided by his own condition. If in a very low state, from debility, the Tunic should he his selection; but in cases where the emergency is not so pressing, the Bitters is the specific required. Thousands find infinite bene fit from taking each in turn. There is no phase of indigestion, Biliousness, Nervous Disease, or Physical Prostration, to which they are not adap ted, and in which, singly or combined, they will not effect a cure. EXCHANGE PAIN FOR EASE, And Weakness for Strength. Get rid of the ail ments which interfere with enjoyment: cast gloom and despondency to the winds; take a strongor hold of life, and, in short, BECOME A NEW MAN! Through the instrumentality of the most power ful and popular of all vegetable invigorants and correctives. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS. Biliousness, Indigestion, General Debility, and all the complaints which proceed from a want o proper action in the Liver, the Stomach, and tho Bowels, are eradicated by a course of this great CONSTITUTIONAL SPECIFIC, Which not only combats and conquers diseases that have intrenched themselves in the system, hut is the best known safeguard against all un healthy influences. Persons whoso occupations and pursuits subject them to the (depressing ef fects of a close, unwholesome atmosphere should take it regularly, as a protection against tbo low fevers and other disorders which malaria engen ders. Invalids who are WASTING AWAY, Without any special complaint, except a gradual declination of bodily strength and nervous ener gy, will find in the Bitters a fountain of vitality and vigor as refreshing and cxhilcrating as a pool in the desert to the sand-scorched and fainting travelers. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, Is composed of the pure juices (or, as they are medicinally termed, Extracts) of R*ots, Herbs and Barks, making a preparation, highly concen trated and entirely free from alcoholic admixtures of any kind. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, Is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit ters, with the purest quality of Santa Cruz Rum' Orange, Ac., making one of the most pleasant and agreekble remedies evor offered to the public. These remedies will effectually cure Liver Com plaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility, Chronic Diseases of the K idncys, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver or Stomach, such as Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgost for Food, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking, or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried cr Diffi cult Breathing, Flutter ing at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, and Limbs, etc. etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Con stant Imaginings of Evil, ami great depression of spirits. They are the Greatest and Best BLOOD PURIFIERS EVER KNOWN, And will euro all diseases resulting from bad blood. Keep your blood pure. Keep your Liver in order. Keep your digestive organs in a sound, healthy conditton, by the use of those remedies, and no disease will ever assail. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN, Are made strong by the use of cither of these remedies. They will cure every case of MARAS MUS, without f'aiL Thousands of certificates have accnmulated in the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow of the publication of but a few. Those, it will be observed, arc men of note and of such standing that tboy must be believed. THE WHOLE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA SPEAK FOR THESE REMEDIES. WHO WOULD ASK FOR MORE DIGNIFIED OR STRONGER TESTIMONY? HON. GEORGE WOODWARD, Chief Justice of llit Supreme Court of Pennsyltet nia, writes: Philadelphia, Mareh 16, 1567. "I find 'Hoofiand's German Bitters' is a good tonic, useful in diseases of the digestive organs, and of great benefit in cases of debility, and want ol nervous action in the system. "Yours truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD." HON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, writes: Philadelphia, June 1, 1868. I have found by experience that "Iloofland's German Bitters" is a very good tonic, relieving dyspeptic symptoms almost directly. GEORGE SHARSWOOD. HON. JAMES THOMPSON, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1866. "I consider 'Hoofiand's German Bitters' a val uable medicine in case of attacksbf Indigestion or Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experi ence of it. Yours, with respect, "JAMES TIIOMESON." HON. JAMES ROSS SNOW DFX, Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia, writes: Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1867. "Hoofiand's German Bitters" is a very useful article as a tonic and an appetizer. It is not an intoxicating drink, and may be used beneficially by persons of all ages. Respectlully vours, JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN. CAUTION: Hoofiand's German Remedies are counterfeited. Sec that the signature of C. M. JACKSON, is on the wrapper of each bottle. All others are coun terfeit. Principal Office and Manufactory at the Ger man Medicine Store, No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, i'a. CHARLES M. KY ANS, Proprietor. Formerly C. M. JACKSON A CO. PRICES: Hoofiland's German Bitters, per bottle $1 00 " " " half dozen 5 00 Hoofiand's German Tonic, put up in quart bottles, $1 50 per bottle, or a half dozen fur f " 50. JEft_Do not forget to examine well tho article yon bay, in order to get. the genuine. For sale, by druggists and dealers in medi- Cinir everywhere. Dr. B. T. H.VRRY, Agent', 1 Bedford. Pi " pdicina!. GREAT REMEDY FOB THE CUBE or THROAT AND LUNG DISEASE. DR. WISHART'S PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL. It is tho vital principle of the Plae Tree, ob tained by a peculiar process in tbe distillation of the tar, by which its highest medical properties arc retained. It is the only safe-guard and reliable remedy which has ever been prepared from the juice of the Pino Tree. It invigorates the digestive organs and restores the appetite. It strengthens the debilitated system. It purifies and enriehss the blood, and expels from tho system tho corruption which scrofula breeds on tbe lungs. It disolves tbe mucus or phlegm whieh stops the air-passage of tho lungs. Its healing principle acts upon tho irriUtel surface of the lungs and throat, penclrating to each diseased part, relieving pain and subduing infiamation. It is the result of years of study and experi ment, and it is offered to tbe afflicted, with the positive assurance of its power to cure the follow ing diseases, if the pat ient has not too long delay ed a resort to the means of cure:— Consumption of the Lungs, Cough, Sore Throat and Breast, Bronchitis, Liver Complaint, Blind and Bleeding Piles, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Dintheria, Ac., Ac. We are often asked why aro not other remedies in the market for Consumption, Coughs, Colds, and other Pulmonary affections equal to Dr. L. Q. Wishart'i Pine Tree Tar Cordial. We an swer— -Ist. It cures, not by stopping ccugh, but by loosening and assisting nature to throw off the unhealthy matter collected about the throat and bronchial tube.-, causing irritation and cough. 2d. Most Throat and Lung Remedies are com posed of anodynes, which allay the cough for awhile,but by their constringing effects, the fibres become hardened, and the unhealthy fluids coagu late and are retained in tho system, causing dis ease beyond the control of onr most eminent phy sicians. 3d. The Pine Tree Tar Cordial, with its assist ants, arc preferable, becauso they remove the causes of irritation of the mucous membrane and bronchial tubes, assist the lungs to act and throw off tbo unhealthy and purify the blood, thus scicntificaliv making the core perfect. Or. Wtehart ha* on JiU at hie office hundred* find thnueand* of* Certificate*, from Men and Wo men of ungucetionahle character who tccre once hopcle**!*' given up to die , hut through the Provi dence of Ood were completely re*torcd to health by the Pine Tree Tar Cordial. A Physician in attendance who can lg; consulted in person or by mail, free oj charge. Price of Pine Tree Tar Cordial SI.SU per Bottle, $1 X per do*. Sent by Express on receipt of price Address L. Q. C. WISHART, M. 1). No. 232 North 2d .Street. Phila delphia Pa. 23apr3m | EMOV EI) TO THE C O L O N A I> E BUILDING MILL E R & B 0 W S E R HAVE REMOVED TO THE COLONADE BUILDING and offer great-bargains in all kinds of goods in | order to reduce their stock before making spring purchases. They have on hand DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, FANCY NOTIONS, COTTON YARNS, HATS, CAPS. ROOTS, SHOES, G ROGER IRS, QUEENS WARE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, BROOMS, BASKETS, WOODEN WARE, See. I Look at somo of their prices: CALICOES, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16. GINGHAM, 124, 15, 18, 20. MUSLIN, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20. CASSIMERES CLOTHS, SATINETT and LADIES SACKING at very low prices, Ladies, Gent'# and Misses Shoes, Sandals and Overshoes in great variety. Men's, hoys and youths boot?; best Coffee, Tea. Sugar and Syrup at market prices. Feed and Flour lor sale here at all times. We invite all to call and see the goods, and com pare prices, before buying your goods. Our motto is, short profits. TERMS —Cash, notes or products- apl3 CS ALL PAPER. WALL PAPER. WALL PAPER. WALL PAPER. WALL PAPER. WALL PAPER. Several Hundred Different Figure". Several Hundred Different Figures. Several Hundred Different Figures. Several Hundred Different Figures. Several Hundred Different Figures. Several Hundred Different Figures. Largest lot ever brought To Bedford county. Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county. Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county. Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county. Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county. Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county, for sale at the for sale at tho for sale at the for salo at tho for sale at the for sale at the INQUIRER BOOK STORK. INQUIRER BOOK STORK. INQUIRER ROOK STORK. INQUIRER BOOK STORK. INQUIIIKR BOOK STORK. INQUIIIKR ROOK STORE. CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD. CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD. CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD. CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD. * CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD. CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD. QOOD NEWS FOR THE FARMERS ! THE following kinds of THESHING 31 A C II INKS CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA CHINE snop OF P. 11. SHIRKS, BEDFORD, PA. TU Celebrated RAILWAY, or TREAD-POW ER Threshing Machines with all tho latest and best improvements. ONE AND TWO-HORSE POWERS. The Two-horsc Machine with two horses and four hands will thresh fron**loo to 125 bushels of wheat or rye, and twice as much oats per day. ONE- H ORS E MACHINES with three hands, will thresh from 50 to 75 bash per day. Two and four-horse TUMBLING SIIAFT Ma chines, also, four-horse STRAP MACHINES, STRAW SHAKERS ofthe most approved kind at tached to all Machines. ALL MACHINES WARRANTED. REPAIRING of ail kinds of Machine, done on the shortest notice. PIG METAL, GRAIN and LUMBER taken inpayment. ; wanting Machines, will do well to give me a call. PETER 11. SHIRES, Proprietor and Slannfap FOR SALE. Wo take pleasure in offering to the public the fallowing tracts of excellent land for sale at vcrv reasonable prices. "Persons wishing to buy will clo well to consult us before purchasing, and those having lands to sell will find it to their advan tage to avail themselves of our reasonable terms, So. 2. N. E. one-fourth 8, in township 85 range 49, in Monona county, lowa. 160 acres Ptairie land- Price S9OO. No. 3.— NT. E. one-fourth of the N. W. one fourth section 22, in township 38, North of range 22, it, Pine county, Minnesota. 40 acres timber land. Price S2OO. JOHN Lt'TZ, Real Estate Agent, Fob. 1 1867. Bedford, Pa OTICE—ACCOUNT IN COMMON PLEAS. The account of S. L. Ilussell Esq., trustee of -las. U. Beeler, W. Scott Heeler, Margrat A. Beel el, now Margrat A. Trout, and Mary E. Beeler, now Mary E. Ruby, children of John W. Beeler, dee'd has been exhibited and filed in (ho Pro thonotarv's Office, and will be allowed bv the Court i)f Common Pleas of Bedford County, "at an adjuurncd court to be bold at Bedford on Monday the 19th day or Jnlv, next, unless cause be shown why said account should not be allowed. By direction of tho court. 7may3m O. E. SHANNON, Proth'y. ARCHITECTURE. General god detailed plans and drawings, for churches and other public building, private resi dences Ac., fumishe*. short notice and at rea sonable prices. C. N. HICKOK. 29janly Bedford, Pa. HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S IIAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER and all other Illustrated papers for "sale at the Intjuiftr Book Store. tf BIT IS II PERIODICALS. LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. EDINBURGH REVIEW. WESTMINISTER REVIEW. 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New sub scribers to all five of the Periodicals for 1868, will receive, gratis, Blackwood, any two of tbe "/'out tieview*" for 1868. Subscribers may, by applying early, obtain back sets of tho Reviews from Jan. 1885, to Dec. 1868, and of Blackwood's Magazine from Jan. 1866, to Dee. 1868, at half the currant subscription price. Neither premiums to Subscribers, nor dis count to Clubs, nor reduced prices for back num bers, .an be allowed, unless tho money is remitted direct to the Publishers. No premiums can be given to Clubs. TIIE LEONARD SCQTT PUBLISHING CO., 140 Fulton St., N. Y. Tho L. S. PUB. CO. also publish the FARMER'S GyIDE, by Henry Stephens, of Edinburgh, and the late J. P. Norton, of Yalo College. 2 vols. Royal Octaro 1600-pagcs, and numerous Engravings. Price $7 for tbe two volumes—by Mail, pos paid, $3. dec.2s: rjl II E NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OV TDK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Chnrtcral hy Special Act of ( y ongreet, Approved July 25, IS OS. I CASH CA PITAL—S 1,000,000. PAID IS PULL. BRANCH OFFICE PHILADELPHIA, FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, i Where the general business of the Company is transacted, and to which all general correspond ( once should bo addressed. OFFICERS. CLARENCE If. CLARK, President. ; JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Executive i Committee. ; HENRY I>. COCKE. Vice-President. | E.MEIISON W. PBliT, Secretary and Actuary. This Company offers the following advantages: f It is a National Company, chartered by special i act of Congress, 1 S6B. | It has paid-up capital of $1,000,000. ; It offers low rate* cf premium. | It furnishes larger insurance than othercompa | nies for the same money. I II is definite and certain in its terms, ! It is a home company in every locality. Its policies are c.\cmpt from attachment. | There arc no unnecessary restrictions in the ! policies. Every policy is non-forfeitable. Policies may be taken which pay to the insured their full amount, and return all the premiums, so that the insurance costs only the interest on the ! annual payments. I Policies may be taken that Will pay to tha in sured, after a certain number of years, during life, an annual income of one-tenth the amount naiucd in the policy. No extra rate is charged for risks upon the lives of females. It insures, not to pay dividends to policy-holders, but at so low a cost that dividends will he impossi ble. Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars given on application to the Branch Office of thy Com pany. or to E. W. CLARK fc CO., Philadelphia, General Agents for Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey WM. A. EDWARDS, JOHN W. FISHER, Agents, Bedford, Pa. Sep4:ty S. S. FLUCK Saxton Bedford Co. Pa. JT) R. TAYLOR'S OLIVE R R A N C II BITTER S. A MILD AND AORBEABLE TONIC STIMULANT, STOMACHIC and CARMINATIVE BITTERS, EXTRACTED ENTIRELY FROM II E II B S and ROOTS. HIGHLY BENEFICIAL IN DYSPEPSIA, GENERAL DEBILITY, and- LOSS OF APPETITE; AND AN EXCELLENT CORRECTIVE FOR PERSONS "BUFFERING FROM DISOR DERS OF THE BOWELS, FLATULENCE, AC. SOLD EVERYWHERE. DEROT, NO. 413 MARKET ST., PLIID'A. J. K. TAYLOR & CO. 2Seeply SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of Agreement between Directors and Teachers, Checks Bonds of Collectors, Warrants of Collectors, Bond ' of Treasorers, Ac., for sale at be Inquirer office. rp H E I N Q U I 11 E R BOOK STORE, opposite the Mengel House, BEDFORD, PA. The proprietor takes pleasure is offering to the public the following articles belonging to tbo Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICES: MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS: Dream Life, Reveries of a Bacbe'or, Bryant's, Halleck's, Jean Ingelow's, Tupper's, Poe's, Milton's, Whittier's, Longfellow's, Tenneyson's, Bayard Taylor's, Walter Scott's, Wadsworth's, Grey's Poems, 100 Selections; Two Marriages; The Initials; Phienixiana; A. Ward, his Book; Nasby's Letters; Dictionary of Quotations; Maeauly's England; Homespun; Katbrina; Bittersweet; Enoch Arden; Tent on the Beaeh; Snow Bound; Country Living; Companion Poets; Tom Brown at Rugby, Baker's Secret Service; and mauy others. NOVELS: Miss Mulbach's. Dicken's (25 cent edition), Marrayatt's, Sir Walter Scott's (25c edition), Miss Ellon Pickering's, G. W. M. Reynold's, Eugcno Sue's, , Alexander Duma's, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwcr's, • D'lsracli's, Wilkie Collin's, George Sand's, Mrs. Henry Wood's, Wild Western Scenes, Widow Bcdott Papers, Caxton's, : Mrs. Candle's Curtain Lectures, Guardian Angel, j Pendennis, The Ncwcomes, Young America Abroad, Robinson Crusoe, Initials, Early Dawn, Major Jcncs' Courtship, Charcoal Sketches, Travels of Major Jones, Ac. Ac. Ac. BIBLES, HYMN BOOKS, AO.: Large Family Bibles, Small Bibles, Medium Bibles, Lutheran Hymn Books, Methodist Hymn Books, Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, History of the Books of the Bible; Pilgrim's Progress, Ac. Ac. Ac. Episcopal Prayer Books, Presbyterian Ilymn Books, SCHOOL BOOKS: ; A B C Cards, Primers, Osgood's Speller, Raub's Speller, Osgood's Ist, 2nd, 3d, 4th, and sth Readers, Brook's Normal Primary, Normal Mental, Ele mentary, and Normal, Written Arithmetics, Mitchell's Now First Lessons, New Primary, and Intermediate Geographies, Brown's First Linos, and English Grammars, ! Warren and Mitchell's Physical Geographies, ! Lossing's Common School History of the United | States, ' Webster's Pocket, Common School, and Una bridged Dictionaries, Cleveland's Compendium ot English Literature, Cleveland's Compendium of American Literature, Cleveland's Literature of the 19th Century, I Coppee's Academic Speaker, [ Sergeant's Standard and Intermediate Speakers, [ Ycung American Speaker, Western and Columbian Orator, \ Scboolday Dialogues, ! Northend's Dialogues, Exhibition Speaker, American Scnool Dialogue Book. I Payson, Dunton, ar.d Scribncr's Copy Books, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ac. TOY BOOKS. Cinderella, Mother Goose, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Rod Riding Hood, The House that Jack Built, Grand Father Goose's Rhymes, Ac. STATIONERY Congress, Legal, Record, Foolscap, Letter, Congress Letter, Sermon, Commercial Note, Ladies' Gilt, I.adics' Octavo, Mourning, Frrnch Note, Bath Post, Damask Laid Note, Cream Laid Note, Envelopes, Ac. BLANK BOOKS. Day Books, Ledgers, Account Books, Cash Books, Pocket Ledgers, Time Books, Tuck Memorandums, Pass Books, Money Books, Pocket Books. IN*KS AND INKSTANDS. Barometer Inkstands, Gutta Percha, Cocoa, and Morjoco Spring Pocket Inkstands, Glass and Ordinary Stands for Schools, Flat (ilass Ink Wells and Back, Arnold's Writing Fluids, Hover's Inks, Carmine Inks, Purple Inks, Charlton's Inks, Eukolon for pasting, Jkc. PENS AND PENCILS. Giliot's, Cohen's, llollowbush * Carey's Payson, Dunton, and Soribner's Tens: Clark's Indeiliblc, Faber's Tablet, Cohen's Eagle, Office, Faber's Guttknecht's, Carpenter's Pencils, Ac. PERIODICALS. Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, Madame Demorest's Mirror of Fashions, EclectioJMagazine, (Jodey's Lady's Book, Galaxy. Lady's Friend, Ladies' Repository, Old Guard, Our Young Folks, Applcton's Railway Guide, Nick Nax, Yankee Notions, Budget of Fun, Jolly Joker, Phunny Phellow, London Punch. Lippincott's Magazine, Riverside Magazine, Northern Monthly, Waverly Magazine, Ballon's Magazine, Gardner's Monthly. Harper's Weekly Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Chimney Corner, New York Ledger. New York Weekly, Wilko's Spirit of the Times, Harper's Bazar, Every Saturday, Living Age, Pen and Pencil, Putnam's Monthly Magazine, Arthur's Home Magazine. Oliver Optic's Boys and Girl's Magazino .te. Constantly on hami-to accommodate those who want to purchase living reading matter. Only a part of the vast nambcr of articles per taining to the Book and Stationery business, which we are prepared to sell cheaper than the cheapest, are above enumerated. Giro us a call. We buy and sell for CASH, and by this arrange ment we expect to sell as cheap as woods of this class are sold anywhere. JOHN LUTZ. June 19, 1863. QROVBR k BAKER'S FIRST PREMIUM ELASTIC STITCH FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 495 BROADWAY', NEW YORK. 115 MARKET STRFET, lIARRISB'JRU. POINTS OF EXCELLENCE. BEAUTY AND ELASTICITY OF STITCH. PERFECTION AND SIMPLICITY OF MA CHINERY. USING BOTH THREADS DIRECTLY FROM THE SPOOLS. NO FASTENING OF SEAMS BY HAND AND NO WASTE OF THREAD. WIDE RANGE OK APPLICATION WITH OUT CHANGE OF ADJUSTMENT. THE SEAM RETAINS ITS BEAUTY AND FIRMNESS AFTER WASHING AND IRON ING. BESIDES DOING ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE BY OTHER SEWING MACHINES, THESE MACHINES EXECUTE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PERMANENT EMBROI DERY AND ORNAMENTAL WORK. fcS.THK HIGHEST PREMIUMS AT ALL THE FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE GROVER A BA KER SEWING MACHINES, AND THE WORK DONE BY THEM, WHEREVER EXHIBITED IN COMPETITION. VERY HIGHEST PRIZE, THE CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, WAS CONFERRED ON THE REPRESEN TATIVE OF THE GROVER A BAKER SEW ING MACHINES, AT THE EXPOSITION UNITERSELLE, PARIS, 1567, THUS AT TESTING TIIEIR GREAT SUPERIORITY OVER ALL OTHER SEWING MACHINES. PRICE LISTS AND SAMPLES OF SEW ING FURNISIIEE ON APPLICATION. For sale by F. M. MASTERS, 25may Bloody Run, Pa. I ALTII A M WATCHES. For a few months past we have advertised the above Watches at extremely low prices, and the result has been most satisfactory. Our plan has been to sell the genuine WAL THAM WATCH, in Solid Gold or Silver Ca ses only, and at a very small profit: giving the purchaser every opportunity of examina tion and comparison, and with the under standing that if the Watch does not prove satisfactory, it can be exchanged or the mo ney refunded. These Watches are, without exception, the most perfect specimens of fine mechanism ever produced in any country. Each and ev ery part is made by machinery of the most delicate and elaborate construction. Compared with foreign watches, they pos sess many advantages, excelling not only in principle and finish, but still more in their reliability as time-keepers. As an indica tion of the prices we submit the following: Silver Hunting Watches, OO Gold limiting Watches, IS karat.... SO OO Gold Hunting Watches, ladies'site, 70 OO We often receive orders direct from our advertisement, but prefer that every one should send first for our descriptive price list, which explains all the different kinds, tells the weight and quality of the cases, and gives prices of each. This wo will forward to any one on application, and it will be found very useful in making a selection. Every Watch is warranted by special eer tijicale from the American Watch Co. We send them by express to any address. Allow the purchaser to open the package and examine the Watch before paying, and if af terwards it does not prove satisfactory, it can be exchanged or the money will be cheerfully retunded. Please state that yon saw this in the Ixgt i- Address, in full, HOWARD 4 CO., No. 619 Broadwat, N. Y. Our establishment is well known to the residents of New York and vicinity, but that those at a distance may address us with con fidence, we invite attention to the following editorial notices: From the New York Evangelist, May 28, 1868. We bad occasion some time since to refer to these celebrated American Watches which are well known as reliable time-keepers. We cannot do better now than to call the atten tion of our readers to the card of Howard & Co., by which it will be seen that persons from a distance can order any grade of these Watches by express, at greatly reduced prices. From the N. Y. Independent, June 16, 1868. We invite special attention to the adver tisement ot Messrs. Howard 4 Co., who offer the celebrated Wallham Watches not only at the lowest prices, but will send them to any part of the country by express, and give the purchaser the privilege to examine the Watch before paying for it. We have known How ard & Co. personally for years, and cheerful ly commend them to the confidence. o£ our friends throughout the country. 4juu3m P A R M E R S! !! TRY THE A L T A VELA PHOSPHATE. IT CONTAINS THREE PER CENT. OF A M MONIA, AN AMPLE QUANTITY TO GIVE ACTIVITY WITHOUT INJURY TO THE VEGETA TION, AND A LARGE PER CENT AGE OF SOLUBLE BOXE PHOS PHATE OF LIME, POTASn, . AND SODA. THE ESSEN TIAL ELEMENTS OF A COMPLETE MANURE PRICE 556.00 PER TON OF TEN BAGS TWO HUNDRED POUNDS EACH. Ask your neighbor about it. Send for a pamphlet, and give it a trial. Address the ALT A VELA GUANO CO., 57 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. T. M. LYNCH. Agent, Bedford, P. 3july:ly Mimilmtvw. QUlt NEW FAMILY SINGER SEWING MACHINE. The superior merit* of tha "Singer" Machines over all otheri, for either family use or man a. factoring purpose*, are so well established and generally admitted, that an enumeration of their relative excellence is no longer considered nec essary. OCR NEW FAMILY MACHINE, which has been brought to perfection regardless of time, labor or expense, is now confidently pre sented to the public as incomparably THE BEST SEWING MACHINE IN EX ISTENCE. The machine in question is SIMPLE, COMPACT, DURABLE A BEAU TIFUL It is quiet, light running, and capable of per forming a range and variety of work never be fore attempted upon a single machine, -using either silk, twist, linen or cotton thread, and sew ing with equal facility the very finest and coarsest materials, and anything between the two extremes, in the most beautifnl and substantial manner. Irs attachments for Hemming, Braiding, Cording, i Tacking, Quilting, Felling, Trimming, Binding, i etc , are novel and practical, and have been in. vented and adjusted especially for this machine. New designs of the unique, useful and popular folding tops and cabinet cases, peculiar to the machines manufactured by this Company, have been prepared for enclosing the new Machine. A faint idea however, ean at best be given through the medium of a (necessarily) limited ad vertisement; and we therefore urge every person in quest of a Sewing Machine by all means to ex amine and test, if they can possibly do so, all the leading rival machines before making a purchase A selection can then be mado Branches or agencies for supplying the "Singeri Machines will be fonnd in nearly every city and | town throughout the civilized world, where | machines will be cheerfully exhibited, and any information promptly furnished. Or communi cations may bo address<*d to THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. 458 Broadway, New York. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 1106 Chestnut Street. C. LOY'ER, Agent, Bedlord, Pa. Ooct 11m YE R' 8 HAIR T IGO R FOR rug RENOVATION OF THE HAIR. THE GREAT DESIDERATUM of the AGE! A dressing which is at once agrecabie, healthy, and effectual for preserving the Hair. Faded or gray hair ie soon reetored to iteoriyinnt color and the yloee and freehneee of youth. Thin hair is thickened, Tailing hair checked, and baldness of ten, though not always, cured by its use. Noth ing can restore the hair where the fallicies are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of fouling the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it e'ean vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent thehair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dan gerous and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not barm it. If wanted mere for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can be found so desirable. Contain, ing neither oil nor dye, it docs not soil white cambric, and yet lasts longer on the hair, givin it a rich glossy lustre and a grateful perfume. Prepared by. DR. J. C. AYER A CO., PRACTICAL AND ASALTTICAL CHEMISTS, LOWELL, MASS. PRICE SI.OO. 28Aug:ly B. F. HARRY, Agt. g W. CLARK & CO., BANKERS No. 35 S. Third Street, Philadelphia, GENERAL AGENTS FOX TBE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANC COMPA \ ¥ or TBE UNITED STATES O \MERICA, FOR TBE STATES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTH ERN NEW JERSEY. The NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY is a corporation Chartered by Special Act of Congress, approved July 25, 1868, with a CASH CAPITAL OF SI,OOO, 000, and is now thoroughly organised and prepared for business. Liberal terms offered to Agents and Solicitors, who are ixvitod to apply at our office. Full particulars to bo had on application at our office, located in the second story of our Banking House, where Circulars and Pamphlets, fully de scribing the advantages offered by the Company , may be had, B. S. RUSSELL, Manager. E. W. TLARK A CO., No. 35 South Third Street, 21auglyr PHILADELPHIA. g E W A R D 'S COUGH CUR E, A SAFE. CERTAIN AND SPEEDY CURE FOR COLDS, COUGHS. ASTHMA. BRONCHI TIS, HOARSEN ESS, CROUP, INFLU ENZA, WHOOPING COUGH. IN CIPIENT CONSUMPTION, AND ALL DISEA.-ES OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS. This COUGn CURE has been tried for years, and the experience of THOUSANDS WHO HAVE USED IT in tho diseases above enumerated, have pronouc ed it to be a SAFE AND RELIABLE MEDICINE ; and at lest ONE BOTTLE should bo kept in every family as a ready remedy. Don't neglect a se vere Cough, or throw away money on worthless medicine. PRICE 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. PREPARED BY SEWARD, BENTLEY & CHENEY, DRUGGISTS, BUFFALO, N. Y., who arc also Proprietors of the Celebrated CONSTITUTION BITTERS &ALISMA. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 50pr A GOOD INVESTMENT.—A house and fvo lot* for aalt in the town of Hopewell. The subscriber offers at private sale lots No. 31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell. Bedford county Pa. There is a good TWO STORY PLANK HOUSE erected on the one lot. The two lots adjoin each other and will be sold separ ately or together to suit purchasers. For further particulars address the subscriber at Bedford Pa> aohif JOHN LUTZ. EV KHY"THiNG in tho BOOK and STATION* ERY line for sale at the Inquirer Book Store.
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