ltt ajounfir glrtuoqafe,
FRIDAY. JULY, 10 lfiOO.
republ11ans taYe ti cke t.
FOR GOVEKNOIl.
GEN. JOHN W. (WARY,
or cuMiir.ni.ANi.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COUUT.
HON. II. WILLIAMS.
OF AT.MiWIVKV.
BECIPEOCITY.
Tho Canadians aro PC' ki ig reciprocity
in earnest. They Lave a delegation at
Washington to try and obtain it from our
Government, and no doubt Miuister
Thornton will do his best to help them
to the paining of this bou. We trust
that it will not be e;raiit d to them at
present. The former reciprocity treaty
was entirely to Cunadiau advantage. The
United States got no good of it, while, the
people of th riuVlniw prci great good.
Reciprocity amouuts simply to an evasion
of our protective policy. II the Dominion
will agree to east in its ' toi tunc with us
cut loose irom England and Le annexed to
the United States, it will ain tho fullest
and truest'reciproeity. Without that it is
an invitation to Uuele Sam to piny the
game of " Heads I win, tails you loupe ; "
which game the aforesaid Samuel don't
often play.
--
To the Union League of Elk Coun'y.
Brothers S You arc tailed upon ng-ilu to
fight the enemy iu t heir stronghold n this
county, and as our State Couvetiti.-:i mi tlie
23d inst. gave us two roldc standard timers,
in the persons of Hou. .7. W. Geary for Gov
ernor and Hon. II. W. Williams forjudge of Su
prom Court, as our standard bearers in the
coming contest to lead the van, it is our Only
to fall in ami work with a will, let every
League organize anew and enlist nil memher
into the ranks we can, form working commit
tcts and see that every voter is regis! ere I,
help your township assessors as they may mid?
some one, Die duties of Rcgisteiattion being
new to them ; also do nut fail to appoint your
Poll Conimitteps on the day of elc'iun to sm
that no mau'votes who is not Registered and en
titled to Toto, do not, let the opposition do a
they have in former times, bring in swarms o''
Repeaters ami Forged naturalization pr.peif,
but be vigilant r.nd work iu tariic--t : we as an
association have done considerable good work
in the last campaigns and it only remains for
us to unite and be wide awake and victory is
ours ; our standard bearers have been tried
und found true, and their record has been un
taruished. and if we do cur dnty nuxl October
the Old Keystone wid have added another
laurel to the victories i;f
Yours Fraloiu-tlly
johx k. Laird,
rrc'dde.V of Ridirwnv Council,
Overland F.uiks. The California
papers of Juno 17, c:in'aie tho latest re.
visiou of passenger . fares. Tho charges
are as follows : From San Francisco to
Promontory, i'J in pulA ; from F.au Fruu
cisco to Omaha, $1:13 ; to . Louis or
Chicago $153 ; to Cincii.nati, SlGti.nO ; to
Niagara Falls, SI "0 50; to New York,
f 173 ; to Boston, ?17d ; all the through
rates payable, in cuneiiey. Children uudei
twelve years of age. ball' price ; under live
years free. Oce hundred pounds of b.iir
gage is allowed ft ee to each passenger. The
achedule Jtitno is, from San Francisco to
Chicago, live days sevcu hours ; to St.
Louis, five dajs live hours ; to New Yoik
seven days. A correspondent of the New
York TrUuns, who has recently passed
over the Pacific railway, gives eight days
2 J hours as tho time required to pass froui
New York to Sati Francisco, waiting 5
Lours at Chicago, aud i hours at l'rotuon
tory. Tho Central PaciGo tniius, it is
stated in coming ca't, pass ovct the road
11 bours quicker than in going wctt. The
extra expenses for meals and sleeping cars
are from ?5 to $G a day. The meals untiJ
reaching Omaha, cost 75 cents each, from
Omaha to Promontory ?4, (gold ; ) from
Promontory to Sacramento 81, (gold.)
The sleeping car charges vary from 50 to
75 cents. The full supply of sleeping
cars has not yet been received on the Cen
tral Pacific, und passengers should tcla
graph from Omaha to Prouioutory to se
cure berths, otherwise they are liable to
pass two sleepless nights cu a disagreeable
part of the road.
A Good Resolve. A stoiy is told of a
good tempereuce man being at a weddinp,
who was asked to drink the bride's health
in a glass of vino which was offered him.
He refused to partake of the intoxicating
liquid, and said when ho drank htr health
it would bo in that which resembled her
most in purity, aud he knew nothing better
than water pure watc. He then drank
to her health in a glass of God's beverage
sparkling water. The ladies atgouibled
on the occasion immediately stepped
forward, and making a respectful courtesy
thanked him for the beautiful compliment
he had just paid the fair biide, when it
was resolved that ail intoxicating drinks be
banished from the room.
The Soldier's Monument at Gettysburg
is sixty feet high, consisting of a uisasive
Eedestal, twenty. five feet square at the
ase, and the die and cap crowned with a
three quarter globe, on which stands a
colossal statue of the genius of Liberty,
holding in her right hand the victor's
wreath of laurel, aod clasping with the left
a sheathed eword. The inscription reads :
Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3, 1803."
A Chicago paper remarks . " W are
in favor of capital punishment, or the
whipping post, in the fewest possible cases,
and they include wife-bcalers, folks who
make butter without salt, aud booksellers
who sell books with the leaves uncut."
AnEflcctive'XcsJon.
The following narrative of a practical
joke is told by Grace Greenwood, of a err
taiu Doctor Elliott, a noted character of a
noted old Connecticut town :
Lite one dark night, being fummoned
to a patient in a neighboring parish, Br.
Elliott went lor his horse to his barn,
which was at some distance from the par
sonage Just as ho was about to enter he
heard some ovm coining out, and immedia
tely eoiteenled 'himself behind a large Lush
in tho land, hiding his lantern under his
cloak. Presently tho wide bain door
swung open, and a man appeared, bending
beneath nn immense load of bay bound
together by a rc.pe. Through loops of this
rope he had thrust his arms and, ho carried
if) i! hiiu'C mass like a peddlar's pack.
Tho Doctor suffered this thieving Atlas
to pa.-'s him ; then, tak'ug the candle from
his lantern, he crept sofily forward ami set
fire to the hay, then aaaiu concealed him
self. Itr n moment that moving hay cock
was one great, ctackliug blaze, aud the
thief, with wtld cries, was .frantically
Hinging it from his head and back. He
succeeded in extricating himself without
help, aid theu rati is though pursued by
M t!lC snowy hcltis.
Some nif nths after tats i'lerc tame to
the Doctor's study a pale, thin, melaoclioly
looking ninu ; who after much painful
hesitation, expressed a desire to uiase a
confession of sin. With a serious aud '
sympathetic man. yet with, I suspect, a
slight twitildo in his eye, the minister set
himself to listen.
" Fvc had a dreadful load on my con
science, Doctor, fur a considerable spell ;
and it dues-seem as ef 'twould kill mo,
I'm eeny most dead tow."
" Ah ! is it possible? What can you
have done. You are a respectablo man,
a church member," replied the Doctor, in
seemintr surprise.
l Yis, I jined tho church thirty years
ago," replied the old farmer ; then, sink
ing bis voice to an snvome confidential
tone, he continued : " Hut I'm a dread
ful sinner, for all that, Doctor ; and boin'
a church-member, my sin was of too much
account to be winked at, aud judgment
follered close al ter it. O dear, O ! "
" Pray tell me your trouble, brother."
" Well Doctor, it consarns i.ou.''
" Indeed 1 "
" Yis. One time, last winter, I got a
little short of fodder, and I thought tu
nyse'l a:, how you had mor'n enough for
your carters ; and to one night the Devil
: cm pied me tu go over to vour barn, au' tu
O dear. O ! "'
" To he'p vourself to a little ol my sur
plus buy, cuV'
" YL-s, Doctor, jes so ! But I never got
homo wiili thai arc hay. The Lord
vouldu't let me du it. 1 had a load on my
hack, and was carryin' it away, when all
'.o once it burst into a blaze about my
ears .
" Struck by lightning "
" No, Doctor, it was a clear night.
I've just made uii my mind that the fire
dropped from Heaven and kiudlcd that
'ire hay. 'Twjs a judgment an' a wurn
in', an' I'm alcard a sort of forcrunne? of
the flames of hell. I haint had no peace
of mind since, nor felt like eatin' a good
mean -A vittals. At last, I thought I
might feci a leef.lc better ef I'd jot own
uj) to you, au' a: L your pardon an' your
prayers."
t To the astonishment of the poor pen--2
1 j t . the minister laughed out riuht mer-
t!y.
Then he said : ".e comforted
hbor : vour little thieving operation
was hardly of sueh. coa:-c'ience to Ileav
u ts all that. It was I who caught you
it. it, and set fire to the hay from my lan
tern ; and I must suy- you yelled lustily
and ran bri-.kly for a man of your years.
Vhy didn't yen tell mo you wanted hay ':
Now go home i:i r."jce, gt well, and ttcul
no more."
' " You, Doctor ? You 1 Be you sartiu
sure you sot fire to that bundle of hay ' "
"les, rjuitc sure; that was my own
little bonfire. I hope it didn't scorch
you much. I. noticed when you came to
meeting next Sunday, that your hair was a
little singed. As for the flames of hell,
neighbor, that's your lookout. I trust
there u time to eseape.them yet."
"So, so! 'twas you did' it all! The
Lord le praised ! " exclaimed tho farmer.
fervently. " It raly is an aruazin, relief,
an' my ole woman was right ; for she
says : Go to the minister au' confess,'
says ho, ' an' that'll lift the biggest heft
of the sin off your conscience, uu' be bet.
tcr than doctor stuff,' says she. An' so
ytjit did if ! Well, folks say you're a
master mm for n joke ; but this 'ere one
was mre solemn than a eertron to me,
an' more effcutool, Doctor, I do believe."
So saying, the farmer departed in peaco ;
and the parson kept the Rccrct of his name,
even iu bis own family, always, I think.
At the house of a lady who bad com-
pany, tho euphony cf different languages
particularly'tbe German was discussed.
A little teu year old bov " put in his oar "
thusly : " Ma I can talk butch.'" " You
talk Dutch George ? Let nio hear you."
The househoid hopeful gave a taste of his
lingual quality as follows: "Who's d'iu
here since I's piu gone? "
Josh Billings says: Yu kant git a
rooster to pay enny attenshun to a -yung
one ; they 6peud their time in crowinjr.
strutting, occasionally Ct:d a worm, which
they make a remirkablo fuss over, culling
up their wives from a distanoe, apparently
to treat 'em, but just as the heus git there,
this elegant and elaborate cuss bends over
and gobbl' s up the morsel. Jest like a
man, for M the world.
The Mormons last year irrigate J and
made fruitful ft, 7'Jii acres of land. Altogether
they had a largo amount of ground under cul
tivation ; 80,518 acres in cereals, 1817 in Bor
ghum, C83'J in root crops, 10Q in cotton, CO,.
87G in meadow, 000 in apples, 1011 in pnlics,
75 in grapes, and 105 iu currauts. The lar
ger part of these lands is artificially irriga
ted. How to make a clean swccjt Wash him
Ihe En! of Four Great Ken.
The four conqucrours who occupy the
most conspicuous places in the history of
tho world are Alexander, Hanuiblc, Cassar,
and lionapurto.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy heights of his ambition, with his
temples Inund with cbaplcts dipped in
tho blood of millions, looked down upon
a conquered world, and wept that there
was not any other world for him to con
quer, set a city on fiic, and died in a sceuc
of debauch.
Hanuible, alter having, to the astonish
meut a;id conslcration of ltomo, passed
the Alps, and having put to flight the
armies of tho mistress ol the world and
shipped " three bushels of gold rings from
tho fingers of her slaughtered knights,"
and made her foundations quuke, fled from
his country, being hated by those who once
exu'.tingly united his name to that of their
god, and called him Hanni.Baal ; and died
at last by poison administered by his own
hand, uula.ucnted, unwept, i8 a lorei"n
land.
Oasar, after havius conquered eight
hundred cities, i;ni dyeing his garments
in the bl.i of ono million of his foes,
alter having pursued to death the ouly
rival he had ou carih, was miserably assass.
I inated by those be considered his nearest
t. da nr..) in tlt.tf trni.il itl.rta ilia allHin
iiibiinji wi. in viii.i. , v. i j ..iiiv tu aiimii
meut of which had been his greatest am
bition.
Bonaparte, whose mandates kings and
popes obeyed, after having filled the earth
with the terror of his name after having
deluged Europe with tears and clothed the
world in sackcloth closed his days in
lonely banishment, almost literally exiled
from the world, yet where he could some
times see his country's banner waving over
the depot, but which did not and could not
bring him aid.
Thus these fjttr great men, who seemed
to stand the representatives of all those the
world calls great these four men, who
each in turn made the earth tremble to its
very centre by their simple tread, severally
died one by intoxication, or, as was sup
posed, by poison mingled with his wine
one a suicide one murdered by his friends
and ono a lonely exile ! How wretched
is the eud of sueh earthly greatness !
The Seven Sleepkrs. " Mr. Editor
Who were the Seven Sleep-irs, and what
of them ? "
By the " Seven Sleepers," are com.
niotil v understood seven noble Chri.itiau
youius who tied to a certain cavern iu
Uphcsus, Asia Jlinor, to escape the perse
cution ol the Emperor Deems. Iheir
hiding place, as the legcud has it, was dis
covered, and they were walled iu it to die.
More than two centuries after, they were
unearned, and to the astonish meut of the
multitude, awoke. The names of the
Seven Sleepers were, Mapimiam, Malchus
Martinitu, Denis, John, Serapion, aud Con
stantino. Their relics are said to have
been conveyed to .Marseilles in a large stone
eonin, which is still shown there iu bt.
Victor's church. The church has canon
ized the Seven Sleepers, and has conse
crated the 27th of June to their memory,
The Koran also relates the legend, and
declare.- that out of respect for them the
sun altered its course twioe a day that it
miiht shine ieto the cavern. A dog is
said to hove followed them iuto their re
treat, and during this long period of time
guarded the sleepers without food or drink.
For his fidelity bo has been rewarded by
boms; admitted to Paradise, With the ram
which Abraham sacrificed in place of his
sou, with the uss ot lialaam. and the ass
upon which Jesus entered Jerusalem upon
the tiny of Palms, and with the mare upou
which Mohammed mounted miraculously
to heaven.- American 1 hien. Journal.
A Fi,i:a Foa the Toads. Toads arc
among the best friends the gardener has,
lor thev destroy more vermiu than the
birds, as they live exclusively on the most
destructive kinds Unsightly though they
may be, ibey should on all occasions be
encouraged to dwell in oer flower gardens
and should not be molested by the children
On the coutrory, they should have places
of shelter prepared lor thcrn to protect
them Irom the uoonda? tun, which thev
i cannot endure. An inverted flower pot
resting upon a saucer will make them
con; tor tub lo home. He have an immense
toad who lives under the front door-steps
and nightly issues torth to clear our gar
den ot woimsand bugs. A portly scav
ctiner ho is, and by bis fide appears a
smaller specimen, whom we style Mrs,
Toad. Very few are tho destructive ver
min in our garden beds, and we attribute
their absence entirely to the nightly effort
of this most worthy couple. A tew days
aao, while workuii? in our strawberry bed
wo found a toad with only threa legs. We
examined Liui carefully wo are never
afraid to handle them and louud no si
of a wound ; the skin was smoothly drawn
over the spot where the leg should have
been. No surgeon's knife could more
skilfully have removed the leg, and we are
in doubt whether lie ever had but three
legs. We hopped as briskly as his more
favored brolhern, his locomotion not being
impeded by the missing member. i
thought ol bringing him to dwell with his
kind under the doorstep, but feared that
he might be sneered at in toad fashion for
bis misfortunes, so left him to wander
among the strawberries, uever doubting
that "he would eat the best of them, but
will also keep the adjoining melon patch
freo from bugs. Wo advise all gardeners
to cultivate toad3 : if you have uone
vour garden procure them elsewhere, and
brimr up at leat one family of these mos
desirable and useful scavengers. Try one
on your cucua.bcr bills if the Btripcd bugs
make their appearance, and see how
quickly they will be routed and made to
" vamoose the ranch.
The palm of superiority is awarded to
Mrs. S. A. Allen for her. improvsil--(, new tlyle)
Hair Restorer or DrsesiD, inone bottle) aud a
grateful public apipfeeiatcs the very low price.
One Dollar.Kvery Druggist sells it.
Jav you paid the priater ?
A Few Short Eentenctt of Advice.
Never divulge a thing confided to you.
Let nothing ruflle your trmper.
Never neglect small matters and ex
penses
ftccpyour own eccrcts.
Beware of being duped tho world is
full of knaves. .
Let you actions bo manly.
All comparisons are odious, and should
bo avoided.
Make no one your confident.
Novcr interfere in other people's con
cerns.
Never put implicit faith ic a man who
lias once deceived you. .
J o the poor owe nothing.
Of the rich ask nothing.
Novor flatter nor censure the vain.
Never bolieve tho flatterer.
To tho silent, open yourself with caution.
Think of what you are doing.
Man may live content in any situation.
Observe -the throe grand properties
time, "place, and person.
Never disgrace yourself in order to do
honor to any otio living.
Whatever you undertake, persevere in :
but consider well before you do undertake
thing. ,
Bo always punctual to your engagements.
Be industrious and frugal and you will
be rich.
Note for dull people B sharp.
W . S- SERVICE
t00,000 CUSTOME113 WANTED.
r
At the new Masonic Hall Building.
STOVES at prices that will please of all de
sirable kinds.
TIX-WARE of every kiud on hand at all
nies.
Special attention given to Wholesale orders.
Price list furnished to dealers ou application.
SnhET-Tlif AND COPPEIiWARE.
House furnishing goods a great variety.
STEAM AND WATHR riPEIXU,
PUMPS, FIS1IIXUAXD IIUXTINO
TACKLE, such as HODS HAS
KETS, SEIXES, FLIES, HOOKS,
CAPS, rOWDER, &c. J-c.
IiIRD CAGES A NICE VARIETY.
PiOOFING, GUTTERS, SPOUTS.
of Tin, Gftlnuiized Irou and Copper and every
kind of
HOUSE AND JOB WORK
done on short notice and warranted,
AQEKCY of IJcury Disstona celebrated
ivs. Orders for saws at factory prices so
liuilcd. also for repairing. Information and
prico list furnished on itpplieation.
PAPER RAGS, OLD ROPE, OLD
COPPER, BRASS, .PEW
TER, LEAD, 1ROX,
BEESWAX, HEAVY HIDES, DEAKOX
SKINS, S'JEEP PELTS, CREEX
BACKS, NATIONAL BANK
XOTES, U. S.
BONDS &o.
lah en in exchange for Gooih or Work.
vln20tf. W. S. SERVICE,
Special Notices
T
O CONSUMPTIVES.
The Advertiser, having been restored to
health iu a few weeks, by a very simple
roinedy, after liHving suffered several years
with a severe lung affection, and that dread
disease, Consumption is anxious to make
known to his fellow-sufferers the means of
cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of
the description used, free of charge, with the
directions for preparing and using the same,
which thejr will find a sure Cure for Consump
tion, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc The object of
Ihe advertiser in sending the Prescription is
to benefit the afflicted, and spread information
which he conceives to he iu valuable ; and he
hopes every sufferer will try his reniedy, as it
will cost him nothing , and may prove a bless
ing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please
address. REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, -Williamsburg,
Kings County, N . Y.
vln2Cyl.
Iuirors pv -Youth.
, A Gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervoui Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for
I be sake of Buffering humanity, send free to
all w ho need it, I be receipt and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the ad
vertiser's experience, can do so by addressing,
in perfect couGdence. JOHN B. OGDEN,
vln2byl. No. 42 Cedar street, N. Y.
TANNING & LUMBER, CO.
K
EYSTONE STORE WILCOX PA-
ATTENTION EVERYBODY
SPRING OPENING!
The largest store in North Western Tn., lit
tcrally filled to overflowing.
WINTER GOODS closing out rcgardloss of
value.
Wu arc opening the spring campaign with
the largest mid moxt attractive stock ever
tillered in this tiarkot.
We ahull endeavor to keep every depart
ment well nittiorled I lie yrar round, Our
DRY GOODS hhl'AKTMENT
will wlwiia cuiiitif) h titytt mid well (.i Im-IimI
slwk of (.'hill. 'airline; 4 ('.i,Muy., VAm
and Culm-Mi riilUis. rfi'iiwiiuliie dremi good in
lit -ut variety. 1 able l.iin riK. Nuj.kitm Tow-Ik
he., while guodxof every description, bleached
and brown sheetings all widths.
GLOVES & llOSIEUY
TRIMMINGS and NOTIONS
CARPETS and OIL CLOTHS
WALL aud WINDOW PAPER.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY, CLOTHING.
HATS and CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES,
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS &
DYE STUFFS,
LEATHER, & SHOE FINDINGS,
HARD WARE,
STOVES TIN' WARE,
IRON A STEEL,
NAILS f- BUILDERS
HARD WARE
NUTS & WASHERS, HORSE SHOE?
NAILS, WAGON SPRINGS
PATENT AXLES f BOX 103, CROCK
ERY and GLASSWARE,
STONE WARE, FLOUR,
FEIiD & MEAL,-CORN and
OATS, FURNITURE
OF ALL KINDS.
SASH & DOORS
COFFINS,
MATRASSES,
BEDDING,
&c,
TOBACCO & CIGARS,
TRUNKS, VALISES & CARPET BAGS,
HUHHER BELTING.
CLOCKS in GREAT VARIETY.
Agents for Hoy t Bros. Celebrated Leather
Belting.
With our superior faoilities for obtaining
heavy goods, in large quantities, from first
hands we defy competition iu
Gx'oceriea & Provisions.
We Invite particular attention to our choict
brands of extra and double extra flour, we get
direct from mills at the west thus saving to
customers the profits usually pocketed by
middlemen. Our flour Is always fresh grouud
and we guarantee entire satisfaction with
every barrel
TANNING ft LUMBER Co.
vluSltf. jicos
POWELL & KIME.
HOODS FOR THE MILWON
V
p O W E Ij L & K I'M E,
At their capacious storCs both in
RIDGWAY
AND
CENTRE VILLE,
Have on hnnd pplendid assortments of
all seasonable Goodi adapted to the wants
the pcoplo of Elk and adjoiniu"
counties, which they arc selling at f rices
that defv comtictition. J hpv would siranlv
y f - L j
state here, that being very large dealers,
their facilities for purchasing are un
quailed by any establishment in tha
jounty. L hey buy directly trora uaou-
I'actures and on the
..GROUND FLOOR.
Another advantage. You can always
'ct wht you want at their stcics, htueo
you will save time by Kf''n'4 directly to
them and TIME IS MON'riY. Wo
have no apace hero to enumerate n't the ad
vantages you will have in patronizing these
establishments. But call and see, and'
reap the advantages lor yourselves.
Among their Goods you will find
DRY GCODS iu en Hess varieties,
GROCERIES choice and fresh
CLOTHING of best material superior
cut and finish,
'BOOTS & SHOES ef tie bt
toc and make,
CROCKERY for newly married,
middle aged aud eldeily.
DRIED FRUIT,
BUTTER, EGOS,
PORK, HAMS,
LARD, FLOUR,
r.OUN MHAL.
AND EVERYTHING ELSli
Alio mopt other kinds of country jro
duce taken; at the market value-vlnltf.