From the Germantotcn Telegraph. TO IMPROVE SANDY SOILS. Mr. Editor: —There is a very erroneous but strong impression on some minds, that light, loose sands are valueless for purposes of cul tivation. In ibeir natural state, it is true, tbey are not very productive; a few crops of j rye or buckwheat reduces their fertility) and so much manure is thenceforth requisite to reinvignrate and keep them in heart that they are either turned out to pasture, or abandon ed in despair. I have bad some experience in the cultivation of this species of soil, and ray success has induced me to attach to them a much higher degree of importance than is usually accorded. And lam fully persuaded that even the lightest and most sterile sands may, by proper management, and without any ruinous outlay ot expense, either in time or capital, be made highly and permanently productive ; in short, that our poorest plains land can be redeemed from this unjust impu tat ion of utter worthlesness, and made to yield not only remunerating crops, but crops equaling in abundance and richness those af forded by the most affluent soils upon which labor has ever yet been bestowed. In the first place, in order to successful amelioration of sandy soils, it a ill be necessa ry completely and thoroughly to cleansethem from stumps. After this is affected, let them be plowed dfeply, with a strong team, in the lust of *um.nu., turning in all the wild growth upon them to the depth of at least one foot; then harrow thoroughly and roil with as heavy a roller as you can procure. The next thing is to give the surface a good dressing of clay. This earth will generally be found in lire near vicinity of the field to be clayed, either in some neighboring run or water course, or be neath the sand, lor sand and clay are never far apart. The finer it is, and the more great), the better and more durable will be its action ; and the more liberally it is ap plied. the more thorough will be the iraprov rneut consequent upon its application. Ihe best time for applying it is immediately after plowing, and to secure its being refined and broken up, it should be deposited in heaps and Spread evenly over the surface, to re main exposed during the winter to the action of the frost. In the spring plow again not so deeply as before, in order not to disturb the sward, harrow, and again roll. Vou can now sow on rye, or plant, and the crop will come off in season to allow yon an opportunity to give another dressing ol clay, which in quan tity should be equal to the first—sny forty cords to the acre —and spread as before. This will entirely change the texture ol the soil, and you will no longer have the barren ness ot sand to contend with, but a soil en dued with all the essential requisites of per manent and vigorous fertility, and on which manure will act with as much celerity and en ergv as upon the richest loarns. It may be thought that the quantity of clay recommend ed —eighty cord 9to the acre—is large, but when we reflect that some cultivators bestow this amount of stable manure, and bear in wind the very important fact that while ma nure is an article for which money has to be paid, the whole cost of clay is embraced in the carting, tbe objection arising from tbe quantity requisite to insure a complete and thorough improvement being large will at once cease to retain its force. If tbe farmer cannot afford this, he can apply a less quan tity at first, and add to it year by year; but in this case be must be contented with a much less lucrative return for his annual labors, as a verv large percentage of clay is called for, in order thoroughly to improve the soil, and overcome the many and serious imperfections of sand as it naturally exists. Therefore it is much better and more in accordance with the policy of enlightened economy, to give enough at first to effect the object desired, and enter at once into the profits of tbe business, than to occupy years with only a limited annual return. One great reason—and indeed I regard it as the principal one—why manure never acta vigorously on light sands is, that the extreme pero>ity which charauteriz- s it, causes the durig to keep dry, and consequently to remain inert. A lump of dry manure is no better in the soil than a chip or a stone, and will pro duce just the same eiFects upon the crop. The clay gives Cohesivene.s to the particles, unites thein by a sort of glutinous attachment and consolidation, and while it favors the ab sorption and retention of moisture, ensures the fermentation sui ultimate decomposition of the dung. It: a few years the soil will as some a fine dark appearance, resembling garden mould, and the various grasses will find in it a bed capable of affording expansion to their roots, and supply a moisture and so luble food commensurable with iheir wants. To every pers n. therefore, who is the pos terser of sandy soil, I would say. clay it at once! No soil is so easily worked, and from no soil, when managed in this way. will ta bor secure to itself a more certain and rich reward. A Ct.OtTCESTF.R COI'XTY l ARM Fit. New Jersey, August 1, 1803. RECREATION FOR FARMERS. '•Humph !" I hear some farmer say, "what does he mean by recreation for farmers?" I will try to tell you what I mean. At the present day it is found that all classes and conditions of men are greatly advantaged by an occasional relaxation from their daily round of duty, whatever its name or nature. None seem to be exempt from this law of our being. None can ignore it without se rious lo>s to person and purse. The loss to a person grows out of the fact that we cannot continue one set of muscles in work, to the neglect of others, without sooner or later overworking the one and im pairing or enervating the other. Persisting in this course tends to deteriorate the whole system. This is in all probability less true of farmers than of people itl most other oc cupations. Tbeir necessary labor brings about all their muscular system into use. Ihe extent of the use in their case is just where the evil comes in. Unceasing toil tells upon them to such an extent as to bring on premature old age. We see them bowed over in what should be tbe prime of life. They lose the buoyancy and elasticity of mind; they become taciturn in their homes. A sombre sadness seems to pervade all around. The wife is too often overworked and pai* lakes of the same spirit. The children grow ing up in such at atmosphere lose interest in home—it tbey ever bad any interest in it and look forward with longing eyes to the time when tbey can escape to the city, the IV est, or the sea. I "O much of the emigration from our New England farms has its cause just here. I knuw of individual cases iu which this is true. Tne homes are not pleasant to them by reas on of unceasing work and the want of cheer fulness in the family. The remedy, I think, in a measure U to be found in farmers finding out that tbey can ac complish more, year by year, if they devote a portion of their time to recuperate their powers by relaxation. After a season of re laxation we bring new energy into all w e have to do. Work is done with a will. More of cheerfulness accompanies it. Disappoint menu fail to dep,e*s as formerly. Old things have passed away. The future wears a new aspect. "V\ o have renewed our youth as the eagle." 1 am aware thai most farmers will say, 'This is all very well; hut we cannot possibly, bring it round." Just here is where the trou ble lies, lam ready to admit. At tbe same time I would urge yoa to seek for gome way to accomplish it. Take your wife into your counsel, and also the children. You will find that they will enter into a solution of the difficulties with a will. Your combined wis dom wi'l be sure to triamph tn the end, be cause your interest is involved iu it. When once the matter has been put to the test, no lear of it ever being dropped. Much of seeming discontent and hardship will dis appear. Try it.— Sew England Farmer. Imnorous. A sprightly little girl being asked, "What is nothing?" replied, "Shut your eyes, and you will see it." THE principal occupation of the "girl of the period" is said to be to sit at the window and watch for the "coming man." Ax auctioneer recently advertised lor sale a large quantity of oil paintings, "by some of the ancient masters of the day." "MOTIIER," said Ike Partington, "did you know that the'iron horse 1 bad butoneear?" "One ear ! merciful gracious, child, what do you mean ?" "Why, the engineer, of course." "I GO through my work," as the needle said to the idle boy. "But not till you'r hard pushed," as the idle boy said to the needle. "Is that marble?" said a gentleman, point ing to the bust of Kentucky's great states man, recently, in a New York store. "No, sir, that is clay," quietly replied the dealer. A Cork paper publishes the following erra tum : —"The words printed ' pigs and cows' in Mr. Parker's letter on the land question, in yesterday's issue, should have been proa and cons." " Where Ignorance is Bliss," See. —A Fact. Party (who has brought back the "music" stool in disgust): "Look'ee 'ere Mister Auc tioneer, this thing ain't no manner of use at all. I've twisted 'un round, an' ol' woman 'ave twisted 'un round, but sorra a bit o' toon we can get out of 'un !" A SENSIBLE contemporary says: "The women ought to make a pledge not to kiss a man who uses tobacco and it would soon break up the practice." A friend of ours says "they ought also to pledge themselves to kiss every man that don't use it—and we go for that too." "IMAGIXASUUN, tew mutch indulged in," says Josh Billings, "soon is tortured into reality; this is one way good boss thieves are made: a man leans over a fence all day and imagines the hoss belongs tew him, and sure enuff, the first dark night, the hoss does." A MAN who had been artested as a vagrant protested that be bad a regular trade and calling, to wit. smoking glass for total eclipses of the sun; and as these occur only a few times in a centnry, he was not to blame for being out of employment a good deal. SOME time since a gentleman died in the town ofY , who during life refused to believe in another world. Two or three weeks after his demise his wife received through a medium, a communication which read as follows:—"Dear wife I now believe. Please send me my thin clothes." A I.tTTt.E five year old girl being asked by her ma, after an attempted bible lesson, why God did not want Adam and Eve to eat the fruit on a certain tree in tbe garden, replied thats he did not know, unless it was because "God wanted to "can" it for bis own use." "Yor seem animated by this fine scene, my dear Annie," said her lover. "No," said she, "I shall never be Annie mated till I am your wife, dearest;" and he gave ber such a kiss that Jemima vowed she thought some body had bit against cur street door with a life preserver, it made such a noise. HER "Pboto" album richly bound, And shining fair with lustrous gold, 1 from the table raised and said : "la this your Bible I behold ?" "Ah, no!" she said with happy smile, We maidens have, you knowour whims, And though devoutly pondered o'er, No bible 'tis: but Book of Hints.' " AT a school in the north of England, dur ing a lesson on the animal kingdom, the teacher put the following question: "Can any boy name to me an animal of the order of dendata —that is a front toothless animal"? A boy, whose face beamed with pleasure at the prospect of a good mark, replied, "I can!" "Well, what is the animal?" "Mv grand mother!" replied the boy in great glee. Two friends, taking a walk on a turnpike leading out from Baltimore, were passing a milestone inscribed "2 M. to B." "Poor B —said one of them; "a queer place for a grave, and a mean sort of a stone to mark it." "Why, it's a milestone, man!" said the other innocently. "Is it, indeed! If"2M." don't spell tomb, I should like to know what it does spell?'' A Sr. Louis minister, traveling through ; Indiana, says : "Soon after passing the capi ta! of Indiana, my attention was called to the hit made by one of tbe pictorial papers as to the ease with which divorces are obtained in that state. A railroad conductor is represent as saying,—'INDIANAPOLIS ! FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR DIVORCES.' Tbat morning's State Jour nal acknowledged the force of the caricature, but suggested tbat injustice might have been done to Chicago." AN invalid son of Bacchus wa3 about to undergo an operation for dropsy at the hands of bis physicians. "O father, father" screamed a son of the patient, who was look ing on, "do anything else, but don't let them tap you." "But, Sammy," said the father, "it will do me good, and I shall live many a year after to make you happy." "No, fath er you won't. There was never anything io our bouse tbat lasted longer than a week." A STEAMBOAT captain on one of the Ameri can lakes was recently feeling bis way along in the dark, when the look out ahead cried out, "Schooner without a light." It was a narrow escape ; and as the steamer passed the schooner the captain demanded, "What are you doiug with your schooner here in the dark without a light?" To bis dismay, the skipper, who was a Frenchman, answered, "Vat you do here viz your ole steamboat in three feet of water, eh?" and just then the steamer landed high and dry on a sand bank. RIODI.ES. A sailor launched a ship of force, A cargo put therein, of course ; No goods had be, he wished to sell; Each wind did serve his term as well ; To neither port nor harbor bound, His greatest wish to run aground. Ans.— Noah and his Ark. There was a son of Adam's race, Who had a certain dwelling place, A house complete and covered o'er, W here no man lived since or before. 'Twas not composed by human art, With wood, brick, stone, in any part: ' I was in no den. 'twas in no cave, ' I was in no rock, 'twas in no grave. 'Twag not in heaven, nor in heil; Nor on earth, where mortals dwell; ' i vasoot on tbe sea, nor on the main, Nor on the hill, nor on the plain. If vou do know this man of fame, Tell where be lived and what's his name, Ans.— Jonah and the Whale. "V|" ARRIAGE CERTIFCATES.—On hand and lfj. for sale at the Inquirer office, a fine assort, ment of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen and Justices should have them. ptettUannm*. PACIFIC RAILWAY GOLD LOAN. $6,500,000. We beg leave to announce that we have accept ed the agency of the KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY CO., For the sale of its New Seven Per Cent. Thirty Year Gold Loan, Free, from Tax. This Loan amounts to $6,500,000. First Mortgage Land-Grant and Sinking Fund Bonds, secured upon the extern ion of the Railway from near r-heridan, in Kansas, to Denver, Colorado, a distance ot 237 miles, of which 12 mile, are com pleted. and the rest is under construction. It is also a Mortgage upon the Koad, the Rolling St->elt and Franchise of this first-class Railway, besides new running through tbe Btate of Kansas, And in successful operation for 437 miles west of the Missouri River, and earning already enough to meet all of its expenses and existing obligations, besides More than the Interest upon this new Loan. In addition to this the Bonds are also secured by a first mortgage of the Government Land Grant of Three Mil lion Acres, extending in alternate sections on either side of the track, from the 39Hh mijp post in Kansas to Denver. The proceeds of tbe sale of these lands are to be invested by the Trustees in the 7 per cent Bonds themselves up to 120 or in U.S. bonds, as A Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the Bonds. The lands embrace some of tbe finest portions of tbe magnificent Territory of Colorado, inclu ding a coal field and pinery. The company also bolus as an asset another tract of Three Millions of Acres in the State of Kansas, and although not pledged as a security for this Loan, their possession adds largely to the Com pany's wealth and credit. We estimate the Value of the Company's property, covered by this mortgage, at $23,000,000 net, while the Loan is merely $6,500,000. The bonds have Thirty Years to Run, from May 1, 1869, and will pay Seven per cent. Interest in Gold, semi-annually, on May 1 and Nov. 1, anl arc Free from. Government Taxation, the Company paying the tax. Tbe PRINCIPAL of the loan is made PAYABLE in GOLD, in the City of New York, but each coupon will be Payable in Frankfort, London or New York at the option of the holder, without notice, at the following rates. On s!,ouo Rood in N. Y., 235 (gold)each balfyear 14 " London...£7 ss. 10 44 •' " 44 Frankfurt 87 flr. 30 krtis., •' The Agents of the Loan, before accepting the trust bad the condition of the Road, and the coun try through which it runs, carefully examined Tbey are happy to give tbe Loan an emphatic endorsement as a First Class Investment, in every respect perfectly sure, and in some essen tial even Better\ than Government Securities. The Bonds will be soldforthe present at 96, and accrued Interest, both in Currency, the Agents reserving the right to advance the rate. The attention of investors is invited to these well-secured bonds which we recommend as one of the most profitable investments in tbe market. Gold and Government Securities taken in pay ment at their market value, without commissions. Pamphlets, with maps giving full information, Bent on application. DABNEY, MORGAN & CO., No. S3 Exchange Place, N. Y. M. K. JESUP & CO., Caug3m No. 12 Pine Street, N. Y. pACIIiC RAILWAY GOLD LOAN. Messrs. DABNEY. MORGAN &, Co., 53 Exchange Place, and M. K. JESUP & Co. 12 Pine Street, N. Y., offer for sale the Bonds of the Kansas Pacific Railway. These Bonds pay seven per cent, in Gold; have thirty years to run ; are secured by a Land Grant of Three Million Acres of the Finest Lands in Kansas and Colorado. In addition to this special grant the Company also owns Three Millions of Acres in Kan sas. which are being rapidly sold to develop I the country and improve the road. They are a first mortgage upon the extension of the road from Sheridan, Kansas, to Den ver. Colorado. The road in operation now earns more than enough net income to pay the interest on the new loan. There is no better security in the market—this being in some respects better than Government Se j eurities. Jhnncipal and Interest payable | in Gold. Price 96, and accrued Interest, in Currency. Pamphlets, Maps and Cir culars furnished on application. 13aug3m DR. GEO. C. DOUGLAS will give prompt attention to all piofessionai business sub mitted to bis care. Especial attention given to obstetrics, dis I eases of women, and all cbrouic diseases. 1 Residence at Mj. V. asbahaugh's. Office op posite INQUIRER building. Office hours trom 10 to II A. M. and 4 to 5 P. M. aula J w K.N OX , BCrLDER OF FFRST-CLASS LIGHT AND HEAVY WAGONS, Invitsa attention fcu his stock of fioished wagons and seasoned wood works. Shop one-half mile west of Bedford 27aug gftdirinal. J! fi ADf It EAt) !"! ft E Apn Middle ton'* Wonderful Poinfjure. A sure remedy for Rheumatism. Neuralgia ;; Lum bago, Growing Pains, Sprains, Bruises, tuffnesf of the Joints and similar diseases This wonderful remedy is composed entnelv of vegetable ingredients. Theie are no iijirious substances used in its man tifact tare. For assurance of its excellent property read the following certificates: BKDFORO, May 18. 1889 This is to cenfyihat I have used Middleton's Liniment for thtftheu matism, which 1 had in my right shoulder > bad that I could not get my hand to my nead 4thout great pain, and after a few applications w# en tirely relieved. L. F. DdtT. BEDFORD, May 1, 1869. Mr. Middlebu: Pear Sir:—Mrs. Bower was in much raffing for some four weeks with Rheumatism, andknt some of your Pain Cur and the first night i applied it it eased toe pain; and after keeping u.para- I lively free use of my hands, sleep we! and cau j attend to business. It has done me tore good 1 than all other medicines I have evirated put J together, and I cheerfully give this cetfficntc of I its value. ELI M. 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Price $7 for the two volumes—by Mail, pos paid, SB. dec.2s: \\TASHINGTON HOTEL V FOR SALE OR RENT. The subscriber offers this well known Hotel property, situated on tho corner of Juliana and Pitt street*. Bedford, Pa., for sale or rent December l*t~ Tl-e building is far superior to any other in town and Is one of the most favorably located in Southern Pennsylvania. Persons wishing a good Hotel Property will do well to give this their-at tention. For term or further particulars address the subscriber at Bedford, Pa. 3*ep3ai MICHAEL LUTZ. 1869. AU^ MN - 1869. G . R.OSTER&CO. Are now receiving a largo and well assorted STOCK of new FALL GOODS. ALL ARE INVITED TO CALL AND EXAM INE lr .bemselves. NO TR >U BLE TO SHOW GOODS, whether you buy or not. TERMS CASH. Bedford, Sept. 3d, IsfiU;.im RAILING, WIHE GUARDS, For Store Fronts, Fact' He*, Ac. Heavy Crimped Wire Cloth for Cleaning "res. Coal, Ac Heavy Screen Cloths and Coal Screens, Wire Webbing for Sheep and Poultry Yards. Paper Makers' Wires, Brass aud Iron Wire Cloth Sieves, Painted Screeus, Ornamental Wire Work. Every infor mation by addressing the manufacturers. M. WALKER A SONS. 12fcbly No. 11 North 6th St., PHIL'A. XT OTICE.—AII persons having unsettled se ll counts wifh Dr. WM 11. WATSoN, dee'd, are hereby notified to call upon the under.-igned Executor and settle the same without delay. 3septf. WM. WATSON, Executor. SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of Agreement between Directors and Teachers. Checks Bonds of Collectors, Warrant* i ond of Treasurers, Ac., for sale at the /nyoirrr office. HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER, aud all other Illustrated papers for sale at the Inquirer Book Store. tf f EVERYBODY can be accommodated with 'J WALL PAPER t the Inquirer Book Store < gry &c. GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT J. M. SHOEMAKERS Bargain Store. GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. ! E\V GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT J. M. SHOKMAKEIUd Bargain Store, j liuy your Dry Good*. Groceries, Clothing. Hats. Boots and Shoes, Queen s ware. Leather, No tions, Fish, Tobacco, Ac., at J. M. SHOEMAKER S Bargain Store. Buy your Dry Good's, Groceries. Clothing. Hats, Boots and Shoes, Queen* ware, Leather, No tions, Firb, Tobacco, Ac., at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. Buy your Dry Good's Groceries, Clothing, Hate, Boots and Shoe®, Qucensware Leather, No tions, Fieh, Tobacco, Ac., at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. Buy your Dry Goods, Grrerie°, Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes. Queensware, Leather, No tions, Fish, Tobacco, Ac., at |J. M. SHOEMAKER S Bargain Store. ! Buy your Dry Goods, Groceries, Clo'bing. Hats. Boots and Shoes Queenswarc, Leather, No tions, Fish, Tobacco, Ac., at 'J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. I Buy your Dry GKds. Groceries. Clothing. Hats, Boots and Shoe*. Qucenswure, Leather, No tion*, Fish, Tobacco, Ac., at !J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Bargain Store. If you want BARGAINS go to J. M. SHOEMAKER S. If you want to SAVE MONEY go to J. M. SHOEMAKER'S. I p.-if-.j, J... 11. J> E M O V E D TO THE COLON A D E BUIL DI N G MILLER A BOWSER ! HAVE REMOVED TO T"E COLONADE BUILDING and offer great bareaina in alt 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. BOOTS, SHOES, GROCERIES, QUEENS WARE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, BROOMS, BASKETS, WOODEN WARE, Ac. Look at some of their prices: CALICOES. 8, It), 12, 15, 16. GINGHAM. 121, 15. 18, 20. MUSLIN, 10. 12, 14, 15, IS, 20. CASSIMERKS CLOIHS, SATINETT and LADIES SACKING ar very low prices. Ladies, Gent's and Misses Shoes. Sandals and Overshoes in great variety. Men's, toys and youths boots; j 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, andcom pare price*, before buying your goods. Our motto i is, short profits. j TERMS —Cash, notes or products. apl3 08 I 0 ITT ZENS' CO-OPERATIVE MVT U A L LIFE INS UR AN CE COMPANY OF BEDFORD, PA. Incorporated. March, 1869, hy Special Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. This company is organized on the Co-Operative Mutual Plan. The membership fee is graded according to the age of the applicant, and is lower than other mu tual companies. Tho payment of the entitles the member to a life policy. Every member in this company has a vote in controlling the funds of the company, and has an equal share in the funds. The amount of money paid is so little that every one can insure. This Company is purely a HOME Company. OFFICERS : Hon. SAMUEL L. RUSSELL, Brest. J. R. DURBORROW, Vice Brent. E. F. KERR, Secretary. 0. E. SHANNON, Treasurer, DIRECTORS: J. M. SHOEMAKER, J. B. WILLIAMS, T. 11. LYONS, J. W. DICKKRSON, D. R. ANDERSON. Gen. Agect, W. A. EDWARDS. Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars given, on application to the Secretary of the company, or to W. A. EDWARDS, M*r,r69Dyl Gen. Agent, Bedford, Pa | Agents wanted in every County and { Township in tho State. pbrcnaiuoUiS. Q ROVEIt A BAKER S FIRST PREMIUM ELASTIC STITCH FAMILY SKW IN G MACHI NE 8 . 4S BROADWAY. NEW YORK. 115 MARKET STUF'EF, UARRISB' RG. 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 OF 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. AAA-THE HIGHEST PREMIUMS AT ALL THE FAIRS AND EXHIBITION'S OF THE U.MTI-.D STATES AND EUROPE, HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE OROVER A BA KER SEWING MACHINES, AND THE WORK DONE BY THEM. WHEREVER EXHIBITED IN COMPETITION. jSiSrTHE VERY HIGHEST PRIZE, TIIE CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, WAS CONFERRED ON THE REPRESEN TATIVE OF THE GROYER A BAKER SEW INU MACHINES, AT THE EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1867, THUS AT TESTING THEIR GREAT SUPERIORITY OVER ALL OTHER SEWING MACHINES. PRICE LISTS AND SAMPLES OF SEW ING FI'RNISHEE ON APPLICATION. Fur sale by F. M. MASTERS, "• y Bloody Run, P.. gEWA R D S COUG II C U K E, A SAFE, CERTAIN AND SPEEDY CURE FOR COLDS. COUGHS. ASTHMi. BRONCHI TIS, HOARSENS S, CROUP, INFLU ENZA. WHnOPING COUGH. IN CIPIENT CO.vsl M PITON, AND ALL DI-KA ES OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS. This COUGH CURE has been tried for years, and the experience of THOUSAXPS WIIO HAVE USED IT in the diseases above enumerated, have pronouc ed it to be a SAFE AND RELIABLE MEDICINE : and at lcet ONE BOTTLE should be 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. T., who are alio Proprietors of the Celebrated CONSTITUTION BITTERS & ALISMA. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 50apr TO WE It HALL!! 1 NEW STYLES FALL & WINTER CLOTHING. Our Stock is unusually full anil complete, comprising MANY eniiri-ly lieic nod desirable styles of goods manufactured mm AJ'I.N- Y'LUTH.V and HOYS' READY-MADE GARMENTS of nil kind*. etyle* and ~'ze. The most stylish goods. cut in the latest fashion as well a- plainer und more moderate styles. MULED r<> all last ex. and better in ' SI YLE FIT and WORKMANSHIP, than any other stuck of HEADY MADE CLOTHING in Philadelphia. ! A/so a choice 'election of NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS IN THE PIECE. ' which trill he mode up to oidrr in the lIEST nod ! FINEST MAN NEK foe tha-r who prefer. .4 /./. I PRICE- GUARANTEED LOWER THAN 111E LOWE-T ELSEWHERE. AND FULL .-AH- Fit.'lON GUvRsMfcED EVERY PUR CHASER IN ALL CA-E-. OK THE SALK C.ANi En. ED AND MONEY REFUNDED. fiSF"Sample of material tent by moil when de sired, Jor garment* either ready made vr made to order. Hallway between F BEN-NET & Co., FIFTH AND •? TOWER HALL, SIXTH STS. ( 518 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA. AND GOO BROADWAY, NEW YOKE. 22' ictSm P_\LL AND WINTER FASHIONS. MRS. M A. BINDER ha- just arrived from Paris and London with the latest designs, prison ally selected fro u the greatest novelties: also, thi MOST elegant Trimmings, to HO secured in Paris. LACES, RIBBONS, VELVETS. BUIDAI. VEILS, Flowers. Fine Jewelry, and Trimmed Paper Patterns, Dress and Cloak Making. Exclusive agent for Mrs. M. Work's celebrated system F >r cutting ladies' dresses, soci(Ues, Ac. N. W. corner of Eleventh and 2+SI p6ui Chestnut Sta., Phil'a. MAGAZINES. —Tbo following Magazines -or sale at the Inquirer Book More: ALLAN TIC MONTHLY, PUTNAM'S MONTHLY LO'PINCnri'S. GALAXY. PETERSON. GO DEf, MD'M. DEMUKEsTS, FK.'NK LESLIE HI V ERS! DK. etc. etc. ft A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deed, on the best parchment paper, for sale at the nquirer office. ALL KINDS OF MISCELLANEOUS ROOKS famished at the Inquirer Book Ftore. r£ Hwrm BOOK STORK, opposite the Mengei Bouse, BEDFORD, PA. The proprietor take* pleasure in offering to the public the follow.eg articles belong ng to the Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICKS: MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS: Droam Life, Kevene* of a Bachelor, Bryant's, 11 alleck'e, Jean logel-m't, Tupper't, l'ue', Milton'#, W hi trier*#, Longfellow'#, leuneygon'#, Bayard Taylor*#, Walter ficott'i, W mis worth's, Urev's Pneojf, 100 Selection#; Two Marriages: The Initial; Phoenix Una; A. H *rd, bu Book; Naaby's Letter#; Dictionary of Quotation* Macauiy'e hlngland; Homespun; Kathriria, Bittersweet; Enoch Ardeo; Tent on the Beach; Snow Bound; Country Living; Companion Poets; Tom Brown at Rugby, Baker's Secret Service; and many others. NOVELS: Mies Mulbach's, bieken's (25 cent edition,, Marrayatt's. Sir Walter Scott's (25c editioo Miss Ellen Pickering's, G. W. M. Reynold'?, Eugene Sue's, Alexander Duma ? Mr Edward Lytton Bulwer'e, b 'lsraelii, Wilki* Col! in 'a, George Sand's, Mrs. Ilenry Wood's, Wild Western Sce .e-v Widow Bedott Papers, Caxton'#, Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures, Guardian At gel, Pendetwi*, The Newcomes, Young America Abroad, Robinson Crusoe, Initials, Early Dawn, i Major Jones* Conrtship, Charcoal Sketches, Travels of Major Jones, k.. Ac. Ac. BIBLES, HYMN BOOKS, &C\: Large Family Bibles, Small Bibles, Medium Bibles, Lutheran Hymn Books, Methodist Hymn Books, Smith's Dictionary of tfce Bible, History of the Books of the Bible Pilgrim's Progress, Ac. Ac. £e, Episcopal Prayer Books, Presbyterian Hymn Books, SCHOOL BOOKS: ABC Cards, Primers, Osgood's Speller, Kaub's Speller, | Osgood's Ist, 2nd, 3d, 4th, and sth Readers, • Brook's Normal Primary, Normal Mental, Ele | mentary, and Normal, Written Arifhuie ICS, i Mitchell's New fciret Lessoos, New Primary, and Intermediate Geographies, : Brown's First L.nes, and English Grammars, Warren and Mitchell's Physical Geographies, Logging's Common School History of the United Mates, Webster's Pocket, Common School, and Una bridged Dictionaris, Cleveland's Coruptaditm o I English Literature, Cleveland's C>infendiuoi of American Literature. CUvalaad'a Lirerature of the IVib uatury, Coppee's Academic Speaker, Sergeant'f Standard and Intermediate Speakers, Young American speaker, Western and Columbian Orator, Seho Iday Dialogues, Northeiid's Dialogues, Exhibition Speaker. American Scaooi Dialogue Book, Pay son, bunton, ar.d Scribner'a Copy Books, Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ac. TOY BOOKS. Cinderella, Mother Goose, Old Mother H aboard, Little Re i Riding Hood, The House that Jack Built, Grand Father Gou.e s Rhymes, Ac. STATIONERY Congress, Legal, Record, Foolscap, Letter, Congress Letter, Sermon. Commercial Note, Ladies' Gilt, Ladies" 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. INKS AND INKSTANDS. Barometer Inkstands, Gutta Percha, Cocoa, and Morocco Spring Pocket Inkstands, Glass and 'trdinary Stands for Schools, Flat Glass Ink Wells and Rack, Arnold's Writing Fluids, Hover's Inks, Carmine Inks, Purple Inks, Charlton's Inks, Eukolun for pasting, 4c. PENS AND PENCILS. Gillot's. Cohen's, Hollow bush t Carey's Payson, Hunt .n. and Seribner's Pens: Clark's Indellible, Faber's Tablet, Cohen's Eagie, Office, Fabcr's Guttknecht's, Carpenter's Pencils, *?■ PERIODICALS. AFantic Mi nfhly. Harper's Mazarine, Madame Deumrest's Mirror of Fashions. Eclectic Magazine. Oodey't Lady's Book, Galaxy. Lady's Friend, Ladies' Repository, Old Guard, Our Young Folks, Appleton's Railway Guide. Nick Max, Yankee Motions, Budget of F'un, Jolly Joker, Phunny Pbellow, London Punch. Lippincott's Magazine, Kiverside Magazine, Northern Monthly, \Vaverlv Magazine, Ballon's Magazine. Gardner's Monthly, Harper's Weekly Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Chimney Corner, New York Ledger, New York Weekly, Wilke'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 ami Girl's Magazine te- Constantly on hud to accommodate thf* w -' •vatit to purchuse liviug reading matter. Only a part of the v**t number of articles p tainiit g to the Book d