(Bill auittjr g duo cafe.
FRIDAY, AUGUST, 0. IPC,!).
UEPUliL I LA N STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
Ot Cl'MUF.nt.ANI).
JUDGE OF THE 81TRF.ME COURT.
HON. II. W. WILLIAMS.
flF AT.t.EmtHNV.
W3AT THE SOOTH HAJB LOST 83 QA..KED.
The Mason, Qa , ALssviycr says : By
the war wo lost at one blow the Accumulated
wealth of two centuries ; wo lost cur lib
erties, we lost all those riMs, privileges
mid immunities which wo haJ enjoyed for
threcqaarters of a century, and wo lost
the protection of that Constitution which
wo thought to bo the embodiment of the
pcrfeotion of human government Wo
may not have lost them, farily. They who
deprived us of them may not admit that
wo have lost them. They may pretend,
as they do, that everything they have done,
are doing, and may yet do, is warrautcd by
the Constitution. But it is not the less
true practically that we have lost all: that we
have stated, and it is equally truo that
Democracy, Whiggcry and States' Rights
can no- more help us to retrive our loss
than we can bring back to earth tho great
founders of those, parties, eui get them to
" invoke the genius of tho Constitution "
in our behalf. We can, however, recover
all that we have lost. Wo have a great
future if wo only not wisely. Wo can re
gain our liberties and our power, an J bo the
most prosperous people on tho earth ; but
wo can never do so- if wo looso our time
and waste our energies rummaging in the
political dust heap of the past, and tryiug
to fan into a flume the expired cinders of
defunct political parties. Irstctul of ecu
Ktantly invoking Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions, let us apply our hau ls aud
our brains to develop and utilize the limit
less resources with which Providcuco has
surrounded us. Instead of profitless
wrangling over the past, let us look to thj
present and future. Instead of mourning
the wealth we have lost, lot us go to work
to acquire new and greater wealth. In
stead of addling cur brains by a vain retro,
npect of the perfection of the social system
that no longer exists, aud can never exist
again, let us use our intelligence to found
another system suited to the times in which
wo live.
Worth Remembering. So much for
tho " Poor Man's Candidate ! " Judge
l'acker has grown immensely rich on the
toil of tho poor, anJ bus always niado it a
point to purchase that toil at the lowest fig
ure. . So that wealth flowed into his coffers
it mattered not to him how iuui:h of suffer
ing and privitation was endured by the men
in his employ. Are tho toiling millions
willing tc vote for such a man to to the
Governor of this rcat State 1
In the Eve districts outside of but con
tiguous to the city of New York, over, $50,
000,000 of taxable incomes aro assessed
this yeaf, with an increase of nearly $300,
000 in the revenue. In the seven districts
of tho city, tho assessment on more than
1 85,000,000 yields this year an increased
revenue of St87,479.
Hip! Hurraii ! A party who-as.
eeniblcd at the residence of Asa Packer, at
Mauch Chuuk, wound up by cheering for
Geary jsuch wo infer, at least, from thepub
lishcd report, which says that the party ad.
journed with cheers for the next Governor
of Pennsylvania. That, as every body
know?, will be Geary.
Future of America America must
expand. Her republicanism, her vast re
sources, her past history, tho very pecu
liarities of her varied population all con.
tribute to stimulate her activities aud de
velop her power.
Uniting in her geographical extent
every variety of soil aodj climate, with all
their advantages and facilities, and with
but few of their disadvantages and obsta
cles, she may bo regarded a world in her
self , aud independent of the remainder of
the planet of which she forms a part, ex
cept, perhapi", for purposes of gravitation.
A few years hence, and ono hundred mil
lions of people will flourish on this prolific
soil, and yet not half take it up. In fine,
to the thoughtful our future seems pregnant
with an unlimited growth. If the past
offer any earnest for the future of Ameri
ca, guided as she has been by the hand of
Providence, a hundred years hence this
continent will cmbraco the nation whose
population, whose civilization, whose
greatness, and whose glory shall be the
world's pride the wonderful consumma
tion of civil and religious liberty. Prom
'Our .Country" in" July Pfonnohyical
Journal.
Says Josh Billings : " Most any man
will ooncede that it looks very foolish to
see a boy drag a heavy sled up a steep
bill lor the fleeting pleasure of riding down
again ; but appears to me that the boy is a
sage by the side of that man who works
bard all the week, aud driuks Lis
stamps on Saturday night."
M Mamma," said Susie, " I don't want
to be an angel, and leave off my pretty
clothes, and wear fodders like a hen."
team Bcmotliing Thoioughly.
The American Ayricvllurixt gives some
excellent advice in tho following article :
Tho troublo with the young people of our
diiy if), that they skim over n great many
thiugft, but do not know anything posi
tively. Xhpy cntoh at the sound of word,
as tho lad who, when asked if ho hid
studied Vcrninn answered, "I have not.
but my cousin pluyfl tho Ncniiaii flute."
They study mineralogy, botany and or
nithology, but how iittlo do they r'ally
know about the rocks, tho flowers and tlit"
birds I For this roiismrthcy find but little
pleasure in them. When u stranger comes
to the place where we live, wo- feel very
little in him, but alter wo ure 'introduced
to, and become folly acquainted with biiu,
and find liiiu very ngiccablo, we wish to
ho in his society as often as possible. Pro
lessor Agassis' once placed a grasshopper
011 his lecture tablo bclore a class of young
men, and told thcin that this insect would
be tho ruliject of their conversation for
the hour. The class smiled at this ; won
dering what new thing oould be told of
this familiar little skipping tellow. jumping
about their feet every summer. Rut they
found the hour to be only too ehovt, and
wished for another, as tho Professor opened
before theiu all the curious and interesting
facts about tho grasshopper, which his
careful observation had revealed to him. .
We may hove on active business, cm
ploying us daily, and still fiud time, if we
are in earnest about it, to beoome well ac
quainted with one of the brandies of
natural science. One ot the mort active
physieiaus in the Connecticut Valley col
lected a cabinet of insects and birds that
were valued at 10,000 when he died, nud
a college considered itself very fortunate
iu securing it, while the work of collecting
it was tho joy of his life. Another in the
same Valley, became the most thorough
scholar in the fossil tracks made in tho
sandstone formatims of the vicinity. The
writer well recollects the great pleasure ex
hibited by an eminent medical professor,
who is also a very busy and brilliant writer,
when shown a lare elm tree ; he whipped
out his tape measure in a moment to learn
ts exact size. It proved to bo a giant in
circumference. All the lacts about it were
noted in his diary. He was acquainted
with nearly evety very large tree in his na
tive State, and cveryting of interest cou
nected with them. It was delightful to
hear him reeount;the nicidcuts which be
had gathered about them.
We have often met a charming old gen.
ilemau, w ho wore a plain aud neat Quaker
dress, and, until his lamented death, was
interested iu the charitable institutions of
the State in which he lived. He made a
large fortune by economy and oiligcnce.
Wherever he went he carried with him a
convenient little flower caseud whenever
his quick eye fell upon a new blossom, or
an old otic, if attractive, ho gathered it 03
a great prize. He knew each Cower by its
own came, had learned all its habits, and
seemed almost to hold conversation with it.
What a pleasure to recognize every diff
erent bird by its form and noto, to call them
all bv thtir wonderful instincts tdiown in
making their nests, gathering their food,
und curi!:"; foi their young ! Choose one
of these branches tho rocks, tho flowers,
the trees, the insects and fishes, or the
birds, nnd then, from bot ks, from conver
sation with those who have information,
and, above all, from careful observation ,
learn all about them ; and thus an inex
haustible source of cmovuiont Will bo dis
covered.
WeevL Destroyed by Yellow
Rirps. A gentleman residing ou a iarm
in Colesville, New York, communicates the
tollowing important discovery to the Bing
hampton RepuLUcan.
" A neighboring farmer wished he could
get a guu to kill some yellow birds, which
farmers geueially suppose destroy the
wheat, lie declined, as he does Dot like to
kill birds of auy kiud. Out of curiosity,
however, he killed one aud opened its
craw, when he fouud that thebird,instead
of eating the wheat, eat, the weevil the
great destroyor of the wheat. He found
as many as two hundred weevils in the
bird's craw, and but four grains of wheat,
which had the weevil in them, lliis is a
very important discovery, aud should be
generally known. The bird resembles the
canary, and siegs beautifully.
A Slight Misunderstanding. A
lady employed a young girl about fifteen
vcars of aire to assist her about her bouse.
work, aud one day she was making some
cake, and wished to put some kind of
plums in it ; so she set a aiun uown ou toe
table with the plums, and told the girl t?
loue them, aud to show her now, she tooK
in a nlumb and took out the stone, with
the remark, " That is tho way ; " and then,
thinking the girl understood what she
meant, she rut the tlum she bad into her
mouth, instead of into the dish and went
away. , What was her surprise, a short
tinio alter, to havo the gin come into mo
room where she was, and tell her that she
hud eaten all she could ! And when the
ladv went into the room where she had
been at work, she bad put all the stones
into the dish, and eaten all she could of the
plums ; she thinking that the bard pieces
meaning tho stones wouiu 6ulten up
when baked in the pake.
Fan Flirtations Fan fast. I am
independent.
Fan slow. I am engaged.
Fun with right haud in front of hoe.
Come on.
Fan with left hand in front of jour faro.
Leave me.
Open and shut. Kiss mo.
Open wido. Love.
Open balf. Friendship,
Shut. Ikte.
Swinging the fan. Can I see you
home ?
Fan by right cheek. Yes.
Fan by lef t check. No.
To carry in the left hand. Desirous of
getting acquainted.
Carry with handle to lips. I will flirt
with you.
A Mulo Biuo in Florida,
A gentleman writing from Fernandina
Flu., to the Rtiflulo Commercial Adoer
liter, gives tho following amusing occouut
of his adventures with a gentle mule.
Ho says: "Tho boys insisted that I
ueeded relaxation. I had a pretty fuir
article of health I thought ; enough to
hint nio us long us I lived. But I must
iiccnmulato a stock for future use. Tho
South wis tho phico to get it. And riding
was healthy. The sand is too deep to ride
except on hor?cbnck so I thought I would
fH.C a ritlo. I applied to tho livery man
for a horse. lie had none. He looked
sorrowfully 'true, as though lie pitied me.
fid I ever ride .1 mule t I never had.
He had us good tidinar horses as were ever
saddled, but if I wauled A " Rock Me to
Sleep, Mother," style ot ii ride" I would
tf.ke a mule I don't consider injeclf a
Grst-class judgo of mules. I had som
vague notions in regard to them j supposed
they would do large amoudt of work with
a very little feed, ond were immortal. I
had read of one being driven over tho same
route by the -ante hni 87 yearn, and was a
young mule yet. Rnng fm lh tho umlo.
The mule was brought, lie was a meek
looking beast, a perfect " Uriah Heap " of
a mule, so lar as " Umbleness " was con
cerned. At least that was tho view I took
of him. He was saddled, and I mountod.
for a mile or two he paced beautif'u II v I
thought tiioso old monks I had read ubnut
knew what they were doing when they
traveled on mules. I had a high respect
for their judgement. Just then my mulo
began to show symptoms, symptoms of what,
I did not know. 1 found out. Drooping
his head between his legs, his heels do.
scribed a parabolic curve, or a diabolic
curve, or some other infernal curve, in tho
air, and I got off over his head, and I did
it quick. I'm not so old but I can get off
an uuimal of that kind as quick us a boy.
Then I looked at the mule to sec if ho wus
hurt. Ho didn't appear to be. Then 1
inquired around to see how I was. I re.
ported an abrasion of the left hip, and a
confusion on the lower end of my back.
Then I thought that I would pronounce a
lelt-handed blessing en tl.at mule, and on
his forefathers and forctuuthers before him.
aud on his childreu after him. Rut 1 did
not. I wondered if he would stand lire.
If I had a pistol I would have put the
muzzle to his ear und tried him. Not that
I was hostile toward him, but I was afraid
somebody might take a n'Tle on. him some
day and get hurt, iiut I had no pistol, so
that benevolent and sanguinary idea was
frustrated. Then I got up and shook tho
dust off my feet and brushed the sand off
my trowsers, as a testimony against the
place. Then I led the mulo carefully
home, and stated tho case to the livery
man. Rut when I looked that he should
offer to send for a doctor, or a Samaritan,
to do mo up m a rag, and pour olive oil
nnd campagno on my brui.ve, ho only
laughed then no roiled oil the bench and
loughed. It was ridiculous. Rut I've
learned a little wisdom.
Tiie Tea that Comes to tue United
States, We were in a tea house at Can
ton diiuking such superfino tea as
we never tasted in the United States. Wo
noticed that largo jars were placed under
each table, iuto which all the grounds were
tossed. Chinese do not, as already statca,
i tecp their tea in a pot, but put it in your
cup, pour in hot water, covering the cup
to retain the steam, allowing it to stnua live
minutes, draining off aud refilling. The
secoud cup is considered tho lest, and the
third filling is very good. Rut when the
strength is exhausted, the grounds are
thrown into the jars, taken cut doors,
spread on cloths, dried, doctored, repacked,
aud sent over to us. The average cost of
teas in China, is trom fifteen to twenty cents
per pound, but duties, freight, insurance,
interest on capital, profits to importers and
middle men swell it to prices which make
it an article of luxury. More poor tea is
drank iu the United States than in any
other land.
Singular Phenomenon. A phen
omenon of the most extraordinary nature
has lately been witnessed by the inhabi
tants of the borders of tho Caspian Sea.
This huge lake is dotted with numerous
islands which produce yearly a large quan.
tity ot naptha, and it is no uncommon oc
currence for Gres to break out in the works
and burn for many days before they can be
extinguished. Early last month, owing to
some subterraneous disturbances, enormous
quantities . of this inflamable substance
were projected from the ueptha wells and
syread over the entire surface of tho water,
and beeoming ignited, notwithstanuing
every precaution, converted the whole sea
into the semblance of a gigantic flaming
punch-bowl, many thousand square miles
in extent. The fiie burnt itself out in
forty-eight hours, leaving the surface
strewed with innumerable fishes. Hero
dotus mentions a tradition that the same
phenomenon was once before observed by
the tribes inhabiting the shores of the Cas
pian Sea.
College reputations are sometimes
curiously reversed iu after life. Some one
has collected theso statistics from West
Poiut citalcgues :
Jeff Davis graduated 23d in bis class;
(Jeff, has mde some btir in the world since
then ;) Gen. Jo. Johnson, l?th ; Gen. O.
M. Mitchael 13th ; Gen. Meade, 18th;
Gen. T. 1). Sherman, 18th 5 Gen. Pem
bcrton, 20th ; Gen. Jo. Hooker, 29th j
Gen. Cunby, 80th ; Gen. Geo. II. Thomaj,
12th; Geo. Doubleday, 24th; Ge a.
Longstreet, 54th; Gen. Early, 18th ;
Geo. U. S. Grant, 21st; Gen. RurnsMo,
18th ; Gen. Philip Sheridan, suspended
in 1852, aud graduated iu 1853, the 34t h;
Prof. A. D. Raohe, 1st; Prof. Mabftn,
1st ; Gen. Rartlett, 1st ; Gen. Sibley, let ;
Gen. Lee, 2d ; Geu. Ewell, 3d ; Gpn.
Martiudale, 3d ; Gen. llalleek, 3d ; Gen.
W. T. Sherman, 6th ; Gen. Reauregard,
2d; Gen, Gilmore, 1st; Gen. George- B.
McClellan, 2d ; Gen Howard, 2d. Im tho
light of subsequent history this is a luost
interesting list to coDtemplute.
Re honest atd just.
Foreign Beda.
It is curious to notice the habits of diff.
ercnt nations in regard to bods. However,
dress, food, manners in political conditions
may vary in other oountries, tho beds differ
as notably as anything docs. In eastern
nations the bed is nothing but a caipct,
and is caiied about and spread in any con
venient place, the tired native lying down
iu hte clothes. Wo remember a child who
used to bo puzzled with those miracles of
our Saviour, who on restoring an impoteni
man, directed him to take up his bed and
walk his idea of a bed consisting in a
four post bedstead with its pallaisse, mat,
tress and feather bed, beside blankets,
sheets and pillows. Rut even in very cold
countries the beds are closely allied to the
Eastern carpet. In taking a furnished
house in Russia, on inquiring for the sers
vanl's bedrooms nnd bods, which did not
appear in the invenforv. on onr Biirvevimr
- ji --- J O
be apartments it comes out that the Rus
sian sei?autsare in the habit of laying any
where on t!: floors, in the passages, on
the mats, at trie Jm? roonfs, or even on tho
carpets in tho sitting roois generally near
to the stoves in iho wiuicr .leuson. The
Eifipcior himself sleeps on a IcatJlfrn sofa,
in a sitting.room, lying down in a dressing
gown, but not removing his under clothing.
Rut in Russia the houses are kept bo
warm by the system of stoves through the
walls, that much hed covering is no more
required iu tho winter than during the
heats ot summer. In Germany, the con
struction of the bed gives 0110 tho impres
sion that the Germans do not know what it
is to lie down. Tho bedstead is a short
woodeu case ; there is a mnttres.s extending
from head to foot, but so formed that at the
half-way the upper end is ma-la to slope at
an angle of considerable elevation, and
upon this are two enormous down pillows,
which reach from tho head of the bed to
half.way down to tho feetj consequently
the occupant of the bed lies .it an angle ol
at least forty, five degrees, and is nearly in
a sitting position at uigbt. In some parts
of Germany there are no blankets ; there
is a sheet to he on, and another over it,
which is tacked to a quilt wadded with
down ; and this is tho entire covering with
the exception ot n sort of bed, a thick
eider down quilt, but not quilted, which is
placed on the top and, which uuless the
sleeper is very quiet, in his sleep, is,usuaily
louud on toe lloor in the morning. In hot
weather there is no medium ; either a sheet
is the only covering or one of these over
varui cider-domtVns.
At at a lato printer's festival the follow
ing toast was presented : - The master of
all trades ; he beats the farmer with the
Hoe, the carpenter with his rules and the
mason with setting up tall columus ; he
surpasses the lawyer and the doctor in at-
tending to his oases ; and he beats the par
son iu his mana.remeut of the davil."
W . S- SERVICE-
i)00,CCO CUSTOMERS WAN! ED.
At tho nev. Masonic' Hall Puilding.
STOVES at pidoes that will p!casc of " all de
siraWo kinj3.
TIN-WARE of every kind on hand at all
lilacs.
Special atNrotion given to Wholesale orders,
rricc.list furnished to dealers on application.
SHEET- PJiY lArZ COPPEXWAKE.
House f jrnishing goods a great variety.
STEAM AND WATER PirF.INO,
PUMPS, FISHING AND HUNTING
TACKLE, such as RODS BAS-
KETS, SEINES, FLIES, HOOKS,
CArS, POWDER, &o. .j-o.
BIRD CAGES A NICE VARIETY.
HOOFING, GUTTERS, SrOUTS.
of 'fin, Galvanized Iron and Copper and eTery
ki od of
HOUSE AND JOB WORK
done on short notice and warranted,
AGENCY of Henry Disstons celebrated
saws. Orders for saws ot faetory priocs so
lieited, also for repairing. Information and
price list furnished on application.
PAPER RAGS,' OLD ROPE, OLD
COPPER, BRASS, PEW
TER, LEAD, IRON,
BEESWAX, HEAVY HIDES, DEAK.ON
SKINS, SHEEP PELTS, GREEN
BACKS, NATIONAL BANK : - -
KOTES, U. 8.
BONDS 4o.
taken in exchange for Goods or Ifori.
vln20tf.
W. 8. SERVICE.
TANNING & LUMBER CO.
K
EYSTONE STORE WILCOX PA-
ATTENTION EVERYBODY
SPRING OPENING !
The Urgent store in North Western Pa., lit
tcrnlly filled to overflowing.
WINTER GOODS closing ut tegnrdless of
value.
We are opening tbe spring- campaign with
the largest and most attractive stock ever
offered In Hub ciarkel.
We sliull endeavor to keep every depart
ment well asserted the year round, Our
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT
will always contain a large and well selected
stuck of Clullis Casniiners & Cloaking, Black
und Colored Silks, rk-ason&ble drum goods in
great variety. Tuble Linens, Napkins Towels
&c, white goods of every description, blenohcd
and brown sheetings all widths,
GLOVES & HOSIERY
TRIMMINGS and NOTIONS
CARPETS and OIL CLOTHS
WALL and WINDOW PAPER,
BOOKS AND STATIONERY, CLOTHING,
HATS and CAPS, BOOTS &. SHOES.
DRJJGS & MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS &
DYE STUFFS,
LE AIDER, b SHOE FINDINGS,
HARDWARE,
STOVES A, TIN-WARE,
lRONik STEEL,
NAILS & BUILDERS
HARDWARE.
NUTS & WASHERS, HORSE SHOES
& NAILS, WAGON SPRINGS,
PATENT AXLES & ROXKS, CROCK
ERY and GLASSWAKE,
STONE WARE, FLOUR,
EEKD & MEAL, CORN and
OATS, FURNITURE
OF ALL KINDS,
BASH & DOORS
: COFFINS,
' MATH ASSES,
BEDDING,
&o.,
TOBACCO ft CIGARS,
TRUNKS, VALISES & CARPET BAOS,
RUBBER BELTING.
CLOCKS in GREAT VARIETY.
Agents for Hoyt Dros. Celebrated Leather
Belting.
With our superior facilities for obtaining
heavy goods, in large quantities, from first
hands we defy competition in
Groceries & Provisions.
We invite particular attention to our choice
brands of extra and double extra flour, we get
direct frem mills at the west thus saving to
customers the profits usually pocketed by
middlemen. Our flour is always fresh ground
and we guarantee entire satisfaction with
every barrel
TANNING & LUMBER Co.
vla21tf. wiUox Pa.
POWELL & KIME-
QOODS FOR THK MILLION.
POWELL & KIME,
At their capaeiona stores both in-
RIDGWAY
AND
CENT11EVI LLE ,
nave on hand, splendid assortments of
all seasonable Goods adapted to the wants
of the people of Elk and adjoining
counties, which they are selling at jricts
that defy competition. TLey would sisiply
state here, that being very large dealers,
their facilities for purchasing aro uu
equalled by any establishment iu tho
county. They buy directly from ituim
facturcs and on the
GROUND FLOOR.
Another advantage You can always
.ret whst you want at their stores, henco
you will save tinio by going diroetly to
them and TIME 13 MONEY. Wo
have no space here toenuuacrato nil the ad
vantages you will have in patronizing theso
establishments. Rut cull and suo, and
reap the advantages for yourse Ivci.
Among their Goods you will Cud
DRY GOODS in oniless varieties,
GROCERIES choice and fresh
CLOTHING of best material superior
cut and finish,
ROOTS' & SHOES of the best
stock and make,
CROCKERY for newly married,
middle aged aud elderly.
DRIED FRUIT,.
BUTTER,, EGGS,
PORK, IUMS,
LARD, FLOUR,
CORN MEAL.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE
AUo mwt other kinds of country pro
duce taken at the market valuo