(Elk Ojounljj gdcotafe. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 18C9 FOR GOVEltNOH. JNO W GEARY, Subject to the decision of the Republican Blute Convention. JtEW AT fOlNTMENTS. Washington, D. C. March 11. The President to-day nominated to the Senate Georgo W. Boulwell, of Massachusetts, Secre tary of the Treasury ; Hamilton Fish, of New York, Secretary of Stnte ; Gen. John A. Raw lins, Secretary of War; E. B.-Washburne, of Illinois, Minister to France ; A. K. Smart, Marshal for the District of Coiumbia. A report prevails that Major General Scho field will be assigned to the command of the Faoino Coast, vice General Ilalleck. A BIO SWINDLE. tJndcr the above caption we find the fol lowing in. the New York Evening Mail ; Smokers of the old fashioned " cut and dried " tobacco are beginning to find that the new system of putting all tobacco in packages so &9 to have " met all the re quirenients imposed by law " lacks the simple requirement cT being fit to use The plan gives large dealers an opportunity to impose on retailers and their customers, by putting up the filthiest compounds that can be called tobacco, which is dampened to such a degree. Us to make it weigh well that it becomes musty and makes even the vetern smoker turn from it with loathing The law was enacted because of the large revenue expected to bo derived from it, but the manufacturers of the cheaper brands are making use of it as a cloak lo one of the bigest swindles of the age. Heretofore, a purchaser could have the privilege of examining the article before purchasing, bnt now he must take the rihk of a sealed package, that previous experi ence teaches him is most probably a law protected humbug. This " buying a pig in a poke may be all very well fur the revenue, but it is death to the buyers. The law has barely gone into cfTect yet, but fortunes have already been made from this national swindle. We have seen several specimens ol the article, purchased at different places, and in each and every case the tobacco was such as no dealer would think of weighing out ior a customer, or would even allow it to be in his ttoro in bulk. NEW HEMS. Gold closed in New York, Saturdu 130i 1303. Strawberries are fur sale in New Orleans. Shad have already beer caught in the Delaware. Peach trees are souri and Georgia. blossoming in Mis- Ihe populatian of London, at the middle of 1808, was 3,126,G35. The Spanish forces in arms on the Island of Cuba are said to number 70,000 men. ' There have been nearly three bun fired and sixty -five ways proposed to return to specie payments. --Thc Wisconsin Senate, Saturday after Boon, concurred in ratifying the Constitu tional amendment. . Dr. Schoeppe has bean committed for trial at Carlisle, Pa., on the charge of hav ing poisoned Miss Steinecko. A noted Japanese author, Kioyte Bakin, has just completed his 106 volume novel. It was commenced thirty-ei"ht years ago. Two deaths in Hrooklyn, N. Y., and one in Newark., N. J., from hydrophobia, are reported. Twenty mad dogs were killed in Kings county in a month. Both houses of the Illinois Legisla ture Saturday, by a strict party vote, rati fied the Suffrage Amendment to the United States Constitution. John McDcvitt, now in Chicago, III., propose to challenge the winner of the champion cue at the forthcoming billiard tournament in New York. lion. John G. Hinckley, for many years a prominent lawyer and citizen, died at his residence in Westfield, N. Y., on last Saturday. A bill appropriating 500,000 aores of Internal Improvement Land to the pay. ment of the old Minnesota State Railroad bonds, was passed by the Legislature of iuai uiato omuraay, Under the new franking law, mem bers of Congress must affix their sina tares in their own handwritiug, in" ali cases. Letters to Senators and member are no longer free of postage. A Richmond ?aPer bas discovered that it is only an unfortunate affair wheh a white man stabs a negro to the heart, but a diabolical murder when the position of the parties is reversed. At a quarry in Maine, recently, a block of granite was split out which measured one hundred feet in length, eight feet in width, and five feet in thickness. It weighed over 800 tons. Out of the 20,000 shopmen in Paris not more than a hundred can earn 91,000 a year, though they work from twelve to seventeen hours a day. They are now moving for an amelioration of their con. ditioa. It appears that Senor Sarsara, formerly Spanish Minister to Washington, was recently appointed to London, and is probably the gentleman reported by cable as coming to the United States to settle any differences that may arias in ooose. C ueoee of the Cuban insurrection. NEWS ITEMS. A good story is told of a distinguished ex.Renator from Tenneaoe, who was seen at a late hour Wednesday nisjht wending his way tip to the White House, apparent ly oblivious to the change of the occupant. He rang the bell and was told by a scrvaut that A. J. did not live there any more. A Lyon Monument Association was formed Monlay night in St. Louis, Mo., for tbe purpose of erecting a bronze rqucs. trinn statue to General Lyon, who was killed at the battle of Wilson's Crock in 18G1. It is not improbable that the bronze horse now in Washington, cast by Clark Mills, will be bought, and a figure of Gen. Lyon placed thereon, Daniel C. Potts, formerly agent for the American Express Compnny, and also for tho Souther Minnesota Uailroad, at Rushford, Minnesota, who absconded some time fljjo with about 83,000 express money and about the same amount lroiu the rail road company, was captured in Crawford county, Wisconsin, last week, and taken to Lacrosse and longed in jail to await trial. There arc startling rumor of a murder perpetrated in one of the evirnns of Indian apolis a few nights ago. The victim, htv Mig been decoyed from the theatre, was killed, and his body burned. His name is not known, but the police are iu possession of facts which led them to the arrest of three notorious characters, named Robert Turbaville, Robert Kelso, and Den Irwin. The Lindell Hotel Company met at St., Louis Saturday, and discussed several plans for tho new' hotel. It is said that tho erection of the hotel has been decided upon, and that it is to be built on Wash ington avenue, between Eleventh and rwelth streets, fronting three hundred Icet on Washington avenue aud St, Charles streets ami two hundred feet on Twelfth street. Tl:c cost is to be nine hundred thousand dollars. Great preparation are being made to celebrate the completion of the Pacific Railroad. I twill be formally opened by a great exclusion on the 4th of next July. Gov. llaight cf California has received au imitation to meet the Governors of other States in Chicago, to participate in the opening excurs.ou Part of the pro gramme is said to bo the simultaneous starting of two" through trains," one from New York, the other from San Francisco. It will be the bigest railroad event the world Las ever seen. In the Dank of England it is stated that sixty' folio volumes or ledgers are daily filled with writing in keeping the accounts. To produce these sixty vol umes, the paper having been previously manufactured elsewhere, eight men, three steam presses aud two hand presses are continually kept goiug within the bank. In the coppcrplata printing departments 28,000 bank notes are thrown ntl daily, and so accurately is the number indicated by machinery that to purloin a single note without detection is an impossibility. There are 800,000 children in tho 13,500 cuiumnn schools of Pennsylvania, who are takght bv 17,000 teachers, 12,000 directors, and 72 supcriutendeufs. In 1SC7. six million dollars were expended liir school purposes, ons-third of which was fur school houses aud one balffor text books, let in spite of these nccommoda E A A A . . 1 . rrn . nuns irum i,vuv to iuu.uuu cmictten in the State go to no school at all, 20,000 of these being in tue city ol Plnlade phia. The Philadelphia Corr.mcrriul List says : 1 he government examiner ap. pointed to examine the affairs of the Fourth National Dank of Philadelphia, which suspended on the 23d ult.f reporrts tbi. its whole capital stock of 250,000 has disappeared, but the depositors will se cure nil tlieir money. '1 he dcfaultin l. ! I I eat-mer nas vauisnea on learning that a warrant is out for his arrest, Ihe charter of the institution has been purchased by a 1 I I ! I ,11" . 1 . uumuer ir rniiaueipnia gentiemcn, headed by John Austin, late President of the Southwark National Rank, who have sub scribed the i.cw capital and wili attempt to reorganize tue concern. Freedom of Speech. This is called one of the inalienable rights of man where by he can rive to tho world his truo opinions on all matters concerning the in tcrcsts aud happiness of the individual or tho ra:e. No honest and intelligent peison can deny this privilege to any one so long as such irecdom is designed for the purpose of communicating thoughts to other minds ior tue spreaaing or Kiiowieage, and lor tho true interests of the human uuud in all its relations in life. The human mind is progressive ; pri vate and public avenues of thought for the transmission of ideas are necessary, and woe to the nation where these are not se enred. Yet an henest endeavor to benefit the world should-be the constant aim of the use of the tongue aud tho printing press ; for they are the steam engines of thought n use, for the onward progress of the race in all that relates to human improvement and welfare.-. Whoever regards his own rights, or those of his country and the world, let him see that this freedom of speech and of the press be secured, and so secured as to redound to the honor and glory of those vho use these engines for public or private purposes. Then aud ouly then, all honor and glory to free speech and a free press ! Learn to Wait Of all the lessons that humanity has to learn in life's school, the hardest is to learn to wait. Not to wait with tbe folded hands that claim life's prizes without previous effort, but having struggled and crowded the slow years with trial, see no such result as effort seems to warrant nay, perhaps disaster instead. To stand firm at such crisis of existence, to preserve one's self praise aud self respect, not to lose hold or to relax effort, this is greatness, whether achieved by man or woman, whether the eye of the world notes it, or it is recorded in that book which the light of eternity shall alone make clear to the vision. Pat tie printer bis just dues! WANTED A WEEK." A few days ago a gentleman advertised in this paper for a clerk, and requested ap plicants to address their notes to hirn at the Ledger office. Dy the close of the first day on which the advertisement appeared, there were four hundred and eighteen ap plicants for this one clerkship. This af fords a most forcible illustration of the ex tent to which the occupation of book-keeping is overstocked in this city. But a lew months previous, the head of a business establishment, who wished some help in the way of writing, but it which some literary ability was required, advertised for nn assistant, at a moderate salary, and having incidentully mentioned that the po Mtion might suit a lawyer or physician not in pood practice, got more than a hundred applicants, of which fifty-three were froml young Jnwyers and doctors. Here was another illustration of an over supply ot the professional or " genteel o-cupations." Another advertised in the Ledger, who wanted a person to take charge of tho edi. torial work of a weekly paper, got fifty seven applications, not more than hull a dozen of the applicants, being recognized newspaper writers, but nearly all of them being clerks, bookcepers and professional meu. Still another advertised for two ap prentices in a wheel-wrighfrnnd smith shop, in one of the semi-rural wards of the city, requesting applicants to give their ajldrcBs and ago lie got three applications, but in every case the applicant was too old, 'wo of them being over eighteen, and one nearly twenty. Still auother advertised for au office boy; about fourteen years old, and had so many applicants that his place was crowded for more than five hours, and the applicants were of all ages, from mere chil dren not more than twelve years to full grown men of twcntyone. " Thcso are not very cheerful or en couraging signs. They ar9 such, how. ever, as every man and woman in Phila. delphia should give attention to. The present generation of young men seem to have a strong aversion to evety kind of trade, business, calling or occupation that requires manual labor, and an equally strong tendency towards some so called " genteel " employment or profession. The result is seen iu sucb lauicutible facts as those above stated a stipeiabundance tf elegant penmen, book-keepers and clerks ot every kind who can get no employment, and arc wasting their lives in thevain pur suit of what is not to be had ; and a terri ble overstock of lawyers without practice and doctors without patients. The passion on the part of boys nnd young men to be clerks, office attendants, messengers, any thing, so that it is not work of the kind that will make them mechanics or trades men, it is a deplorable sight to those who have full opportunities to see the disus ing effects uf it in the struggle of such em ployments by those unfortunates who have put it out of their power to do anything else by neglecting to learn some permanent trade or business in which trained skill can always bo turned to-account. Tlia applications for clerkships aud similar positions in largo establishments are numerous beyond anything that would be thought by those wno have no chance to witness it. Parents and relatives,' as well as the boys and young men themselves, seem to be afflicted with the same iufatua tion. To all such we say that the most un wise ad vico you can giv to your boy is to encourage him to bea clerk or book keeper. At the best, it is not a well paid occupation. Very frcquenaly it is among the poorest. This is the case when the clerk is fortunate to be employed : but if ho should heppen iu ue outoi place ; then comes the weary seaieu, iue jeaiiut strup-fric !c with the .1 in. . . tnousaud ot others loo!, in for places, the never ending disappointments, the hope de fcred that makes the heart siek, the strife with poverty, the humiliations that tukc all he ruauhocd out of the poor souls, the privations and sufferings, of those who de. pend upon bis earnings, and who have no resource when he is earning nothing. No father, no mother, no relative should wish to see their boys or kindred wasting tlieir young lives iu striving after the genteel positions that bring such trials and priva tations opon them in after life. How do these deplorable false notions as to choice of occupation get into !he heads ol boys Why do they or their parents consider it more " genteel " or desirable to run errand, sweep out offices, n cke fires, copy letters, &e., than to ruako hats or shoos, or lay bricks, or wield tho saw or jackplauo, or handle the machinist's file, or the blacksmith s hammer ? We have heard that some of them get these notions at f clnol. If this be true, it is a sad per version of the means of education provided fur out youth, Which are intended to make them ttsrul, as well as intelligent mem bers of society ; and not useless drags und drones. Should it be so, that tho present generation of boyi get it into their heads that, because they have more school learn, ing aud book accoaiplishmeuts than their fathers had, they must therefore look down upon the trades that require fckill and handi. craft, and whose productions make up the vast mass of the wealth of every country, then it is time for the controllers and the directors to have the interior walls of our school houses covered with maxims and mottoes, warning them against the fatal error. I'hiladifjdu'a Ledger. - . .- i -. A Trillion. This is a simple word. but it includes a good many units. A per. son who had commeuced counting at the creation aud bad been miraculously allowed to continue his task, would not have reached the number yet by a very consid erable) murgin, becase a trillion of seconds is about thirty-two thousand years. A lit tle calculation of this sort sometimes reu ders a man better able to appreciate what a short space of ti ne he is allowed to live in this sublunary sphere, and what an ex ceedingly long period eternity is compared wiih it. He will also understand that a Jew thousand dollars one way or the other mane very little difference to him. provid ing he is able to get enough sleep and meals regularly, and can run un a small credit account against mankind for a num ber of kind rervicea rendeied hern unit there along his brief journey. Our Mineral Betources. The inexhaustible deposits of useful and valuable metals underlying so aiuch of our country are among the most important of its many sources of wealth and ever in creasing material prosperity. Although these mineral resources have been but par tially developed, enough is known to es tablish a richness of endowment which trausscends that of any other country. At tho beginning of the centdry isolated spots only had been worked, and tho fewest number ol bankrupt companies were scat, tered here and there in out of-the.way places. The only coal mines were those on the James river, in Virginia. Preponder ating imports from England had stifled all our iron interest, and virtually limited a knowledge of our wealth in this mineral to a few localities From that time up to 1830, tho date of tho earliest scientific surveys for the location of mineral de posits, even the most fertile imagination had not more than rudely sketched the outlines of our- mineral chart. The produce in 1810 was only fU.OQO tons. In 1830 it had risen to 105,000, and in 1840 to 315,000 tons. During the war the aggregate production reached 1,. 300,000 tons per annum. The deposits of iron ore are very gener ally and evenly distributed over the coun. try. Pennsylvania ntid New York are rich iu iron, aud some is found in nearly oil the Atlantic States ; but even these vast beds of the indispensible metal are trifling compareM with those of Missouri aud tho mountain ranges of the West. Nearly every State has more or less cop per, but the Lake Superior mines are the richest iu tho country rivaling those of Cornwall, Mansfeltd, or the crystulina lodes of Australia. This important element of our uational resources, which is now seek ing the protection thut should be afforded it, was worth to the country in 18G0 ti e sum of 87.(331,598. The deposits of lead, ttough not so gen erally distributed, are rich enough to sup ply all home demands, and up to 1848 our exports of lead largely ,cxctcdcd our im. ports. Zinc also abounds in many quar. tors, although enough has not yet been mined to make any considerable show among the statistics of our mineral yield. Its discovery iu workable quantities caught science napping, aad until she comes up with si ins economical method of freeing the ore from sulphur ; this cement must, to a great extent, remain in its native bed. Plantium, nicklc, mercury 'aud cobalt are found ouly in favorable localities. Bich ncss generally compensates for lack of quantity, and more than enough of all exist for trade purposes. The nature and exteut of our coal deposits are probably better understood than these of any ether mineral. Almost every State has some coal within its borders. In accordance with Ilcavcu's economic laws, coal and iron have been made twins in this country, and they have been f mbossouicd side by side by earth. If tho extent of the latter is wonderful, that of the former is truly mar. velous. Wo do not compare our uoal area with England, with France, or any other country, but with all countries combined. In this respect it is the Uuitcd States against the world aud, for that matter aaainst eight worlds. The workable co.il area out" side of this country is 20,000 square miles, while an imperfect development at home ascribes to us more thau 200,(jOO square miles, exclusive of the extensive fields recently discovered in Alaska Our annual production of tho minerals exceeds that of any other country except Great Britain. These figures do not set us in a more enviable light than those further re fined ; for, if the touage of deposits be es timated, we find the total outside of the United States amounts to C07,030,OGO,000 tons, wSile that wiiliio makes the enormous' aggregate of 3,710,000,000,000 tons ! To the intelligent and appreciative read er such an exhibit must be highly gratify ing jjand yet we have ouly begun to uti. lize our mineral resources. The statistics of the present yeai will continueto multi ply in a ratio proportionate tj our national growth and rapidly increasing material prosperity. What will be the aunu-al yield of the country in marketable miucrals a century heuce cannot be estimated. " Ever of Thee." A sad story is con nected with the name of the writer of the beautiful song " Ever of Theo," which has been sung and admired by so many iu this country and Europe. Foley II all was a gentleman by birth and education. Wealthy in his own right witb large expectations', he led a heedless life not choosing his associates, ,but. allowing himself to be drawn into the society of the vicious. II is property soon disappeared, and he was left without resources sufficient to buy bis daily bread. His musical talents had been lightiy cultivated, but as he r.ever needed them, ho scarce'y knew to what degree they could be available. In his distress, however, he wrote his charm ing song, " Evet of thec." A London publisher gave him one bundled dollars for it ; but that amount, with such a spend thrift, would not last long. Ho wrote other songs, but the money not coming as fast as he wished, in a weak moment he forged the name of his published, and although every effort was made (eveu by the publisher) to save him, it was all of no use, and pcor Foley Hall went to Newgate, and broken hearted before his trial came on. Seven ex Governors of Ohio are still living. Mr. Trimble, the oldest, was act ing Governor in 1822. Tho seven sur vivors represent twenty years of service Ags or tub l'rtEsiDCkTi. The youngest man elected President is Ulysses S. Grant, who will be forty-seven years Id on the 2Ud of April, IfeG'J. Washington was fifty-scrcn, John Adams was sixty-one, Thomas Jefferson was fifty Be ven, JIadieon, fifty-eight, Monroe fifty-eight, John Quiucy Aduius fifty-eight. Andrew Juckson over sixty, .Martin Van Buren fifty-seven, WilMam Henry Garrison sixty seven, Jamet K. folk forty. nine,- Zachary Taylor sixty-three, Franklin Pierce forty-eight, Jamvs Buchanan sixty-five, Abra ham Lincoln nearly fifly-oot wheu they were elected. Punctuality. " After much torturing experience' says a well-known writer, " I come to the conclusion, that nine in ten do not know the value of time, nor the morality ot a promise. Why is not an engagement to meet me at nine o'clock as sacied as a bond ? Why is not the understanding that a church service or a lecture com mences at the given honr, an acceptance on your part, if you go, of an agreement, and why are you not false to it by your tardiness, and why are you not a bad friend beoause of all the little miseries your infidelity intails f The world, intercourse, affection, great afTajrs, little details are cursed ; prosperity, temper, character, lite jeoparded, lost by want of punctuality. Unpuuctual people are everywhere, aud everything encourages thein. It is taken forgiauted that nothing will be ' on time,' aud so everybody holds off to insure i'. The first ten minutes of a religious service arc apt to be a martyrdom to prcachcis and punctual people. There ought to be some contrivance by which the tardy shall be made as uncomfortable as they, and then we might hope Ti change. Hut in thia world it too much happens that a comforta ble stolidity possesses the sinner, specially if his sins be fashionable, and the suffer ings come upon those who must take their comfort out in doing their duty." m WottPB. On words rests the axis of the intellectual world. A word hath, struck iriadicably in a million hearts aud enven omed every hour throughout their hard pulsation. On a winged word hath hung the destiny of nations. On a winged word hath human wisdom been williug to cast the immortal soul nod to leave it de. pendent for all ts future happiness. Lando . W. S- SERVICE. W. S. SEP.V1CE, Will from this date be prepared to sell at the lowest prices. STOVES FOR PARLORS, STOVES FOR KITCHENS, STOVES 1'OR HALLS, STOVES FOR BED ROOMS, 8TOVF.3 FOR STORES, . STOVES FOR MILLS, STOVES FOR 1IOTEL3, STOVES FOR OFFICES, STOVES FOR CHURCHES. An 1 ia fact for all places wheit stores are needed. Cite him a calll. TIX WARE AT JVI10U-SALB AND RETAIL. JOBBING IX ALL ITS BRANCHES, ROOFING AND SPOUTiNG, HOUSE ITRXISHIXa GOODS, TOTS, BIRD CAGES, PCM1 3, riPKIXO. Uidgway Nov. IS, 1868, vlnUf. D la. R. W. W. SHAW I'nwticei! Medicine and Surgery, Centrerille, Elk county iuar-2'60 ly. A CARD TO THE LAMES. Dr. Pupon co's OOLDKN 1'EltrourCAL TILLS toi females. lnfulliMo in - correcting irreg. ulariiies, Removing Obstructions of ll Monthly Turn4, from whateter came, and always siicceaeful as a preventive. Duo Till is a dose. Females peculiarly situated, or those supposing themselves so, are cautioned against using these l'ills whrle ins that condition lest ihey invite miscarriage, after which ad monition the l'roprietttr assumes bo re sponsibility, although their mildness would prevent any mischief to health; oilrerwke the Tills are recomnien Jed as a Most Invalu able Remedy for the alleviation of those u Hiring from; any irregularltios whatever, as well as prevent an increase of family when health will not permit it ; quieting the nerves and bringing back the ' rosy color of health" to the cheek of the most delicate. Full and explicit directions accompany each box. Price $1 per box ; C boxes, $a. Sold in Ridgway, la., by O. O. Messenger, Druggist, sole agent for KiiVgwny. Ladies-, by sending him $1 to the Ridgwsy P. 0. can have the Pilla sent (conSdoitially) by mail to any part cf the coantry, iree of postage. Sold also by Swayno & Reynolds, St. Mary's, and by one Druggist ia every village ia the Lnion. 8. D. HOWE, my. 68-ly. ,le Proprietor, X. X. POWELL & KIME. QOODS FOR THE MILLION. POWELL. & K I M E At their capacious stores both in RIDGWAY AND CENTREVILLE, Have on hand, splendid assortments of' all seasonable Goods adapted to tht wants of the people of Elk and adjoining' counties, which they are selling at prices' that defy competition. They would simply statrhero, that being very large dealers, their facilities for purchasing arc an equalled by any establishment ia tW county. They buy directly from miaa facturc aud on the Auullur uJiaitro. TOU OUm --wrm.ym got wht you want at their stores, atae: you will save time by going .direetly U them and TIME IS MONET. W have no apace her to enumerate all the aJ vantages you will have in patronising taeaw estul'Hshrueuti- Hut call aud sea, ami! reap the the advantages for yourse AmcBg their GsocJ you will tai DRY GCOD3 n on lies varieties, CROCKKIES choiseaai fresh CLOTHING1 of best material superior' cut and Saish, BOOTS & SHOES of tk bea stock aud make, CROCKERY for newly marriad Middle-egad aud elderly; DRIED FRTJF17 BETTER, EGGS) rORK, HAMS', LARD, FLOVB; CORN MEAL-. AND EYEKTTniXQ- , ELSBf 2d inch shaved1 shiBgfei tataa forgowfy at tbe market price, at both stores. Abo most other kinds of 'eouatrj pr duce taken at the market Talu- J
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