(Kilt tyrnUr glxtuoratc. . FRIDAV, MAT, 21 1809. JNO W GEARY, J " Subjcot to the decision 01 ine ucpuuncon "Stale Convention. GRANT AND H S AFPOIKTMElSiTS. A New York paper gays that a gcnl'e uan who spent 'ah evening recently with tho President, at his request, says lie talked quite freely about publio affairs, and evinced no little displeasure at tho. manner in which he had been imposed upon ly the meu whom he had thought could be trusted, by whom he was induced into making appointments, many of which had . CUUUO JilVTUU iJ UU 1 U'U I Villi?, remedy was in his own hands, however, and he would not, hesitate to use it, or purify the service from incompetent or dis honest inen. In Che beginning of his ad tuinisration ho had mado the mistake of promising, under strong political pressure, certain offices, whcn.it appeared after, wards . that tho candidates .were totally unfit for the positions they sought. In future ho one would know whether ho was to be appointed uutil : Lis coiniuinsiou was signed, unless it was some person whom he personally knew.. It was his duty to have no ono in oflico. even in a subordin ate capacity, who is not fully qualified to ' perform its duties in the best possible man ner. In order to do. this, it would be ncces. sary to remove, in rcany cases, officers only recently appointed, but ho would not hesitate, to end their official days, though in doing so he probably would bo severely censured, by many . leading Republicans. Whether his administration was successful would depend much upon whether the revenue was properly collected, which, under the niauugcmcnt of Secretary Bout, well, Lc felt assured would, if possible be done. . KLW3 IiSIiIS. Paper coffins have been added to the new and useful articles made U' paper iu ljuitpe. An exchange finys " the champion old man of the world has just died in Poland aged ljy years. ' There are more peach blossoms, and abetter t-how for peaches this Bj.ring than mere lias Dean lor ten years. The New York Senate has parsed a Tesolutiou ceding the rights of the State ol New York iu Gettysburg Cemetery to the tjuiieu oiaies. Tho Mt. eruon estate of George 'Washington is advortli-cd in the Alexan Una (Vaj Oa-eft, to be sold on thu lOlu A)f Julio at Auction. A deftructivo lire broke out in Me 'Keesport, 'Pa., on the night of the 8th iust., consuming a large amount of piop oi ty. '. TLe Jo is caliwatcl at 00,000; iiiu & ivj.-iuv-iii. nun reniiiiiv rcceiveu u letter from Mr. Pe.ibody. lie" is now in 'Pi... 1 : l .... i .i . very pojr health, and expresses a desire to return to tins eouutry to speud his last oays. The number of Chinamen living iu Caliioruia : aod the adjacent States and Teuritoi ies is sa-ii to be sbuut one hundred thousand, oi' neatly oue-lourth of the adult Mulo population. Gold has been discovered iu tlm rocks of the Stevens estuto, at Ilobokeu, opposite Now York. It will pay eighty dollars per ion iot cruslimg. "lhere is considerable incitement io'Ilobokeo over the disvovcry Ex-President Picrco has sold the whole domain known as " Boar's Head Farm," ou the New Brunswick coast, just (joutri ol itya ioach, except Ins private buiinncr residence. Mr. I'iorco has partially recovered his health. It is reported that the Pennsylvania Jtaiiroaa Uompauy has obtamed control of tho lanroad from Covington, opposite Cin oinuati, to Louisville, Kentucky, a line just about to bo opened. The PenuMylvmia veuirai ucsucs to coutrol southern busi- LCSS. ' At a recant m.etimr f ih tt.iok. holders of the Atlantic Telegraph Com. pauy, it was officially announced that tho income lrom messages averaged seven hup drcd pounds, or 83,500 in cold per day The receipt of this amount shows that. 000 words pass over the cable every day. An interesting discovery connected with the early history of Canada lias just hcen made by Abbe Loverdiere, of -Quebec .Seminary. , It is tho sito and a part of tho 1'oundatiou of the Chapel of Notre lhime de tiiconviercECC, built by Samuel Cbutu jilain alter Lis return from Frauoe in 10oa. --The emigration from Prussia to the United States excites the surprise of the Berlin journals. On April Cth and 7th there were conveyed . to Bremau 3,500 peasants, about to sail for America., , The cause of the increase of emigration is at tributed to the faruiue and destitution iu Eastern Prussia. . . Two ' con G Jon eo ; men swindled a countryman," oue" day last week,, ou.the cars near '. Lima, Ohio. They were' be,. rested and lodged in Allen county jail to await trial ;. but ou Saturday tiight they were taken out by a Vigilance -OLUiiiiiiteci-who shaved their heads, give Ihem a coat of tur arid feathery and uoiiliod them to depart at once. ' -; ' .''' i' ' ; v. , " ',. I C "' ' ' btUABS which are bought for a thousaud iu Cuba cost over 8150. iu New Orleaus. "..'; ;; : l, ' ':' 1 .' ! - inhabitants, aud last year .exported , 'Jl ounces xt' old. Roverdy Jolinton. As Reverdy Johnson, in taking his leavo of Victoria lins probably bidden adieu to public life entirely, lor h6 is run sidcrable over seventy years of age, this is s fitting occasion to pronmitico his political obituary. His place in history, wo are pt-r-suaded, will bo higher than most people would now bo inclined to assign him. His record belore the war was a good one. Puling the war, it was Very good, consid (ring Hint ho was a Mary It, ml Pomocrat. lie showed grout independence; of party trammels on fovcrnl conspicuous occasions Up to tho time of his appointment to Eng. land he stood high in the estimation of his countrymen, and the unanimous voto of the Senate confirming him to that most re.. fponsible position was a fair representation of pnblio ecntimoiit in regard tohim, J 1 in conduct of that mission, however, has covered him with obloquy. Has ho de served it 'I The slightest exnmiuaticn of the subject, we think, will convince any candid person that Kcvcrdy Juhnson when he went to England, fairly cxprossed what was the average American sentiment nt the time ho left this country. He fluttered the English too mrch, and misrepresented his country when ho shook hands with Laird Rtid Ko; buck, it is true. J5ut iu the main his professions of good will to the English and his views on tho Alabama question seemed to bo fairly in accordance with pnblio opinion at tho time. We could quote from scores of editorials from lead ing pa'pers last summer, and lrom speeches and letters of public men, in which their views on the Alabama claims questiou were precisely in accord with tho treaty that llevcrdy drew up. Indeed, no one in the Vrhololaud outside of the Fenian organiza tion hoped for anything more than that England would agree to submit these claims to arbitration. The Summer tloc trine that England should pay till the re bellion expenses besides, was not then thought ot ; it was an after growth, the re suit of a change of administration. Iieverdy Johnson was out of the country while this change was going on; ho v. tan he bo blamed lor not being intlueuecd by it' lie succeeded iu doing what he was sent out to do, why should ho be 'covered with obloquy because he did not do some, thing clso ? The truth is, rcverdy Johnson bos been in this matter the victim of circumstances. Sent out by one administration he naturally tailed to represent tho nest. As the people sec this move clearly thny will re lent in their harsh estimate of the old Maryland Pemocrat and Union mau. IJc will sooner or later be estimated at his true worth as a talented, vain, good, natuicd, honc-t, incorruptible aud patriotic citizen, though not a great man. ' Enough Sleep. Health and long life ore almost univer sally associated with eajly rising ; and wo are pointed to countless old people, as evi dence of its good effect on Iho general system. Can nuy ono of our readers ou the spui of tlio moment, give a good con elusive leason why health should be at tributed to this habit. We know that old people get up early, but it is simply to cause they can't bleep. Moderate old age does uot require much sleep ; heoee, in the aged, early rising is a necessity or conve nience, nnd is not a cause of health in it self. Early rising, to bo beneficial, must have two concomitants ; to retire early, tmd on rising to be properly employed, udeed, without the accomplishment of retiring early, " eatly rising " is worse than useless, aud is positive mischievous. Every person should bo allowed to have his sleep o'lt, otherwise the duties of the day canuot he performed in a proper man ner, and will be uecessarily slighted by the most conscientious. To all young persons, to the sedentary, to students, and to in valids, the fullest sleep that tho system will take, without artificial means, is the balm of llfo ; without it there can be no icstoration to health and activity aain. Never wake up the sick and infirm, or children, of a morning it is barbarity ; iet them wake ol themselves. Let tho care rather be to establish an hour for re aring, so early that their first sleep may bo out ere sunrise. It is no advantage to pull them out of bed as soon as their eyes are oj.on, nor is it best for the studious, or even t no wen, wno iiavo parsed an uu usually fatiguing day, to jump out of bed the moment they wake up ; let them re main without going to hlcep again until the sense ot weariness passes from their limbs. Nature abhors two things vio leuco aud vauum. ilio sun does not break out at ence into the glare ol meri dian. The diurnal flowers unfold by de grees t nor fleetest beast, nor sprightliest bird leap at once from the resting pluco. ly ail mnen we moan to say, that as no physiological truth is moro demonstrable than that as the brain, is recuperated by bleep, it is of the first importance, us to the well tieiiigo; the human system, that it have its fullest measure of it, and to that eh i tho habit of rotiring to bed early should be made imperative on all children, aud no ordinary event should bo allowed to inter. fere wuh it. TiieL1 ap.oe.st NuaGST. A nugget of gold, weighing 210 pounds Troy, and yield ing when smeltei 22d8. f) ounces pure metal, has recently been discovctuJ by two miners at the Pullarat Diggings, Australia. It was found two inches beneath tho suriuoo hi a district that has been thoroughly dug over for many years past. Thuliudcrs obtained 818,000 for their prize from ouo of the Australia banks, 'iho largest lump of gold h'thcrto discovered, it is believed, any. where, was also obiaiued at liullarut, at the depth; of -ISO feet, aud weighing lfjl pounds, y ounces. It was called the Welcome btranger. the nuu'gets next in size, found iu Australia, were as follows : The IJlauche Larkly, fouud ut a depth of 13 feet, at Kiugower, and weighing I-Jo pounds, 'A ounces ; a nugget at Canudiuu Gully, Lallurat, weighing l;j4 pounds, 11 ounces, at a depth ot W lettt, aud tho Lady llotham, weighing i3 pouuds. Tub Fourth is coming, The " Dollar " Store Humtrafr. " A subscriber ot thNcw York Com mrm'nl A'lwrtiser invests his money at a " dollar store," and" being cheated, com plains to that newspaper, whieh pities him alter this fashion : Every man of common sense knows that ono dollar will not purchase ten dollars worth of nnything. Men as green ns our correspondent do often givo a dollar for ten cents' worth of btass jewelry or kin dred toys but even such ns they would not givo ten dollars' worth of desirable merchandise for a one dollar greenback. Our correspondent hopes that his " expe rience will benefit somo fellow man " but it will do nothing of tho kind. It will not even keep himself from falling into the next tray baited for this class of hm Inanity. No amount of warning or en treaty will keep this generation of fools from supporting those whosa business it is to dupe the greedy and simple. For, let it be well understood, it is uot honest sim. pliciiy that is victimized. It is dishonest folly that is enticed into tho trao. A rogue stulTs n pocket book with bogus bills, resembling genuine bank notes of largo denominations, nnd drnrs it ou tho sidewalk. A confederate picks it up in tho preseneo of an honest simpleton, mid asks him if it is his. The inuoccnt an swers " No," nnd cannot be made a victim. The dishonest fool says " Yes," and gives tho finder a liberal reward out of good money Irem his own pocket. Tie may persuade himself- that he does this ex pecting to return tho lost property to the tnio owner ; but tho real motive is the hope of gain at somebody else's expense So in the " dollar trado " it the buyer really thihks he will get ten times the value of his nioncy, he can only hope to do it nt the cost of another. Tho last vietTm of this kind who called on us explained that the storekeeper promised to give him ten dollars' worth ot something for a dollar, as an advertisement t3 decoy other pur chasers, lie Was thus willing to become himself a partner in tho fraud. Honest, simplo folk are not so easily cheated, but a greedy fool is sure to be cutrapped, . . I Can't Affoid It. With all tho courage of tho American, which is unquestionable to do and to dare, there is one thing he is unequal to, and that is to say 1 can't afford it, and act in accordance with such a declaration. If by any hazard he is forced to check his inordi nate consumption for want of a dollar, he will submit as patiently perhaps ns others to the constraint, but never confess the motive. IJis ingenuity will supply him with every posible device for dodging an acknowledgement of the real cause of his compulsory economy. Tho confession of a want of money will never bo forced from his lips. ' This would rfquire to gicat a deduction from his self complacent asser tion of American omnipotence. It is prc posterous for one of his mighty stride to be brought to a stop by want of means to pay the day's reckoning. He wfl never acknowledge so humiliating a check, but will coutrivo plausible nod moro dignified cause for stoppage. This disinclination to say ran't nfford it leads inevitably to an undue strain ol ex penditure! upon mean". No ono being willing to confess the weakness of poverty, all make a bravo sho of tho power of wealth. Thus the general expense is out of all proportion to tho common prosperity. The unwillingness to utter I en n't ojjnrd it implies nn undue regard for wealth, nnd ;ccuis to.affix the stigma of disgrace to povcity. Hence tho pecuniary estimate ol human success, by which character is vab ucd in dollars and cents, und man is nothing or something, according to the balance iu his ledger. This common avcrtion to the frankness of 1 cunt afford ill a perpetual provoca tive of preteuso. Hence a life, of artifice, whero we conceal ourselves from each other iu tho masks of pretended wealth and showy disguise of fashion. No one will be able to assert his true independence of character uutil he dares to say 1 can't afford it. Wondeusof Minute V' or. k mans hi p. In the twentieth year of ljuocn Eliza beth, a blacksmith uamcd Mark Scaliot made a lock consisting of eleven pieces of iron, steel and brass, all of which together. with a key to it, weighed but oue grain of gold. He also mado n chain ol goM, con sisting of forty-three links, aud, having fastened the chain about the neck of a flea, which drew them with u!! ease. All theso together, lock and key, chain and flea, weighed one grain and a half. O.-.waldus Norningerus, who was more famous even than Scaliot for his n.iuuto contrivances, is said to havo made sixteen hundred dishes of turned ivory, all perfect and complete iu every part, yet so small, thin and slender, that all of them were included at once u a cup turned out of a peppercorn of the 3'jiiiinon size. Johannes Shad of Mitel brace, carried the wonderful. work with him to tho city of Homo, aud showed it to Popo Paul V., who sat and counted them all by tho help of a pair of spectacles. They wero so little aa to be almobl invisible to the cyo. Johannes Ferrarius, a Jesuit, had iu his po-scssion cannons of wood, with their caariages, wheels and all other military furniture, all uf which were also contained iu a pepper corn of the ordinary size. An artist, named Claudius Callus, mado for Hippolytus d'Este, Cardinal of Fcrrar, rep resentations of sundry birds sitting on tho tops of trees, which, by hydraulic art and secret conveyance of water through tho trunks nnd branches ot the trees, were mado to sing and clap their wings; but at tho sudden appearance of an owl out of a bush of tho samo artifice, they immediately became all uiuto und silent. If a lady wants to touch tho feelings of a geullrmaii iu a tender spot let her sit with deliberate caielessness if she can con tinue to do Si upon his new silk hat, Simultaneously with its ciushwill Lc tho emotions of its terrified owner. New Yokk. pays moro for tobacco thau it dues ior troud. Fat Bullocks Butcher's Yarns. Billy II was ono of tho most no torious butchers of truth in the abstract, that ever lived. . If the tru'.h answered the purposo best, and a lio would do him a positive injury, it seemed ho would tell a' lie in preference to tho truth, at any time and on any occasion. In this respect ho wes indeed an anomaly. It a man told a big yarn in Billy's hearing, he was sure to be beaten Hilly had always something moro wonderful to relate. Billy's neighbor, Judge J , had had many ubcut him spinning yarns, but invariably had come out second best, al'hough ho had an exuberant imagination and his reputation for veracity was uoue ol tho best. On ore occasion the Judge was riding past Billy's farm, when Billy hailed him, aud inquired if he didu't want to buy a quarter ot fine beef, as ho had just killed an cletrant eteer. " Was ho fat, Billy ? " inquired tho Judge. " O, yes," answered Billy, " fat ns a whale I rather guess you would think so, if you but knew how much tallow wo gut out of him. Why, Judge we got three hundred and twenty pounds, to a fraction what do you think ot that!1" Now, the judge thought this to bo rather a tough yarn, but he felf. more in clined to beat Billy at his own game, than to cspress nny doubt about his vcrajity. " That was a pretty considerably steer. Uilly," replied the Judge, " but not a ptitchin' to one I killed a few years ago. lie weighed, net, over two thousand pouuds, aud ho turned out tour hundred and ton pounds ot tullow, as near as I can recollect." Billy was taken all aback for nn instant, but collecting himself, ho confessed that this was the largest nnimal ot tho ox kind he had ever heard of, except one that he onco sold in the Philadelphia market " This," said Billy, " was tho largest steer that ever had been seen within the recollection of man. He was an Elephant in his proportions something on the Mastadon order. When we got hi in into the city," coutiuued Billy, " bis gigantic dimcutions struck every one "with amasement. It was almost Christmas time, aud he was bought by a butcher for Christ mas beef. On Christmas eve, preparatory to being slaughtered, he was paraded through the streets, decorated with flowers and gay colored libbons, und followed by au immense crowd. Well," said Billy. " he was slaughtered, and he weighed, net', twenty-seven hundred pounds ! And how much tallow do you thiuk we got out of him ? " The Judge thought Fuch nn nnimai would turn out considerable more than a good deal. Ho, however, told Billy he wouldn't hnzaid an opinion by guessing at. the amount. " Well," replied Billy, triumphantly, " we trot from that steer four hundred and seventy-five pounds of tallow and darn every button on my old coat, if we didn't get two hundred pouuds of Lnsic x, be sides ! " The shrill note that the Judge emitter! as ho rod j off, would have drowned the -ouud of a steam whistle. He let Billy have his own way ntler that. Transplanting Mountain JV.aks. Professor Gunning delivered a lecture in Hartford, Connecticut, on the hist glacial period, during which he stated that he had seen in Stamford, Vermont, a mountain of grenite as peculiar as that of Superior, but of different type. Tho crystals were foilated. Science can find that granite at home only in Stamford. Tho mountain is a truncated cone. Tho top ha3 bceu clipped oil. North of the Mountain there was not a single boulder of foliated granite. South of tho Mountain there were multi tudes of suoh boulders. Perched on the very top of Hoosao Mountain tho tourist may see a boulder, about seventy feet in eircumfereuce, and fifteen feet high. If he looks at the boulder, then at the moun tain, he will sec that the boulder hui no kinship with the mountain. 'J he boulder is the same Stamford granite a Vermont carpet bagger ensconced on one' of the highest peaks of Massachusetts. The tourist may look south westward over Deer, field Valley thirteen hundred feet deep, and see fur in the distance the outlines of Stamford mouutaiu from whose top that boulder was torn. What's the Use ? What's the use of minding what they say?" What's tho uso of lying awako of bights with the uo kind remark of some false friend running through your brain like forked lightuing ? What's tho use of getting into a worry and fret over gossip that has bceu set afloat to your disadvantage by somo med dlesome busybody 1 Theso thing's can't possibly injure you, uuless, indeed, you take notice of them, and iu combatting them t-ivo them character and standing. If what is s-iid is truo. set yourself right at once ; if it is false, let it go lor what it will fetch, until it dies of iuhcreut weak ness. Too Good to he iost Wo heard of a conversation which to-jk placo a few e.veninps sinco, between ono of Elmira's fair daughters and a young merchant of that plaao, whieh runs as follows : Tho merchuut was speaking of tho ex cellent qualities of a young female friend of his, and closed his remarks by observ ing that sho was a noble, generous. heart ed lady, and one that was right here," ac companying the last words with a gesture which bordered near the heart. Her reply was, " fudgo ! that 5s half cotton ! " Lowering the Bates. Tho New York, Newfoundland aud London tele giagh company design an early reduction in tolls to one dollar per word in cold. The present charge is SI, 67. An ex change states that it is also proposed to transmit general and political news for the press at half price, or fifty cents per word. 11 m Tub juice of Ihe common potato will kill lata. TANNING & LUMBER CO. K UYSTONE STORE WILCOX PA' ATTENTION EVERYBODY SPRING OPENING! The largest store in North Western Pa., lit (orally filled to overflowing. WINTER GOODS closing out regardless of valuo, We are opening the spring campaign with (ho largest and most attractive stock ever offered in (his market. We shall endeavor to keep every depart ment well assorted the year round, Our DRV GOODS DEPARTMENT will always contain a largo and well selected stock of Cloths Cnss'nners & Cloakings, Black nnd Colored Silks. Seasonabio dress goods in great variety. Tnble Linens, Napkins Towols &o., whito goods of every description, bleached ami brown sheetings all widths. GLOVES & HOSIERY TRIMMINGS and NOTIONS CARPETS and OIL CLOTHS WALL and WINDOW PAPER, BOOKS AND STATIONERY, CLOTHING, II ATS and CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES, DRUGS & MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS & dye st errs, LEATHER, & SHOE FINDINGS, HARD WAKE, SJO VES a- TIN WARE, 1R ON el STEEL, , NAILS 0 BUILDERS HARDWARE. NUTS & WASHERS, HORSE SHOES & NAILS, WAGON SPRINGS, PATENT AXLES ct- BOX US, CROCK ERY and GLASSWARE, STONE WARE, FLOUR, PEED & MEAL, CORN and OATS, FURNITURE OP ALL KINDS, SASH & BOORS COFFINS, MATRASSES, BEDDING, &c, TOBACCO & CIOARS, 1 RUSKS, VALISES & CARPET BAGS, llUBBEIt BELTING. CLOCKS iu GREAT VARiETY. Agents for Hoyt Bros. Celebrated Leather Belting. With our superior facilities for obtuining heavy goods, in large quantities, from first hands wc defy competition in Groceries & Provision-s. We invite particular attention to our choice bronds of extra and double extra flour, we get direct from mills at the west thug 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. vln-ltf- Wilcox Pa, POWELL & KIME. QOODS FORT11K MILLION. POWELL. & K I M E, At their capacious stores both in RIDGWAY AND CENTREVILLE, nave on hand, splendid assortments of all seasonabio Goods adapted to the wants of the people of Elk and adjoining counties, which they are gelling at j-rives that defy competition. Thoy would simply state here, that being very large dealers, their facilities for purchasing are un equalled by any establishment ia the. oouuty. They buy directly from manu factures and on th 9 Another advantage . You oun always Let whut you want at their stores, htnee you will save time by going diroetly to ihem and TIME IS MONEY. We have no space hero to cuumorute all the ad vantages you will havo in patrouizing these establishments. But call aud see, and reap tho advantages fur yourselves. Among their Goods you will Mod DRY GOODS in eolless varioties, GROCERIES choice and fresh CLOTHING of best material superior cut and finish. BOOTS & SHOES of the lesi tocit and male, CROCKERY for newly married, Middle aged aud eldeily. DRIED FRUIT, BUTTER, EOGS, PORK, HAMS, I LARD, FLOUll CORN I.IE.AL. AND EVERYTHING ELSE Alfo most other kinds of country pro dueo taken at the market value- vlnltf.