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PROPOSALS. FOR WELLS, PUMPS, sc.

MAYORS orncn
Washington, February s. 1859.
PROPOSALS IN writing this Office up ~
rant @ for conveying water and for sinking wes ncludmg
necessary materials workmanship in digging laying fixing and
completing mnner ana for keeping the in perfect
repair the hrs district composed OF the First and
ccna wards and in The second district composed Of The Third
sixth wards district 70 be bid for separately and
a"ens on the r. day Of April sss agreeaby The
specification No bid from amy but practical pump maker viii be
considered aud the contractor viii be required to conform rd
FOR WELLS.
Digging and walng wells Including removing
ART per loot, be four inches thick hard
sinking old wells deeper, per foot
Cases Of eight feet length do
Covering new wcis including materials the covering OLDEST
ins than three inches thick laid doubc
Opening old wells eriug materials
Opening old wells and covering same with new timber
FOR PUMPS.
Keeping The pumps 10 repair VIZ stopping all leaks, &c when
can be done without taking out the pump, each
Taking and putting in Old pumps, per log, each
Making joints IN old logs.
Nov logs put II old ,I p"% p, per r fool o,.,
New pumps, per foot
Boxes and slouts for pumps, each.
square q nsae clear sap q ne hes, white
ter All top pieces To have three coats OF paint
FOR HyDRANrs
Keeping the hydrants repair stopping all leaks all
new valves pou repairing ones repng
them when it be done without taking the
hyjrant out, each
Taxing "a hyd and putting In same, each.
New hydrans, per foot.
sponts hydrants, each.
Spout stones each
Painting pumps byirnu three coats, each
Bids viii be received for hyirants from practical plumbers
IRON WORK
Handles axles spears plates bands repairs pcr pound
Spout aud lower box irons for pumps each
Joints 10 old pears
New spout valve irons for hydrapis
The materials BIO all of tho best quality Of their
specive kinds
No offer that Is made by practical pump
maker.
Contracts will not be assigDable.
accepted viii be required
Thousand dollars, with good suecs
faithful performance hi their and
of the condlons their
the order Of the Commissioner
pa il done authorized employ
son or persons the Furnish upon
such inny expeint which
or aing responsible corporation
any damage il thereby, Mayor his
discretion such
Feb Io-3awNiarS JAMES g. BE,Rtr, Mayor.
Separate proposals will be received for keeping
The pumps In repair the satisfaction OF the Comm
several districti Bids viii stale
Tho furnish materials of
every kind be required by said Commissioners for all
p the surface and cleaning out the wells
JAMES c. BERREr, May
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RATES or oiTAla3ES FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES,
CABS Sc.

ra f 4s set f re Corporation, afpscsd March 20, 1912
So ., s,,- II ns,yoT Ts after the passage this
act Inc follow INK fc charges for The conveyance q per
cabs Vehicles t9rrying passengers for pay on
sre tecn day,eak eight oi4k y M shall not be exceed
- a ~ ~ saw each passenger distance not
yor one aalf mile twenty Eve cents r any Distance over
- AM, half sie exceeding three miles, ty cents Pro
[ In any carriage cab other vehicle shall be
c,a.nci longer peDd Than ave minutes me driver thereof
ll Le wlVt hak, cab or other Vee te sum
~ cents or eyesr necn minutes 90 aeheo ana
h other dconiiops l4ler than opeE y M
M 49, .r carriages, cabs per yen may
demand uie aieef fy per egnum onRs osS's
charge IN addtson tAsEeto
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oh stroa, fao doors ny,th Of Pennsylvania dpenae,
DEG leave To announce to the citizens OF Wash
~ ngton that they execute orders
wuch they may be favored with III the
PLUMBING, GAS AND sTE,MFITTING
business The respective branches viii the supervisor
siu worknen from the North where practical experience mas
made them familiar with all tile improvements In hac'
they have neither trouble expense procure the very
best OF workmen.
We invite attention stock CHANDELIERS and other Gas
fixtures.
N H. Strict attention, prompness In tho Of orders ana
fair prices induce US 70 hope for share public patronage
Dec 25-u
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RATES or POSTAGE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.

- Gar sr, half ounce under miles, prepaid
over 900 miles prepaid An letters mus, be prepaid by
Naalca :
r Na oa osa s ss an Spy d paa' e q
each additional ounce, preps, ueni required
,sp,,J Weighing pounds, for
ounce over 900 miles required All fractions the
oancs neny counted as an additional ounce,
nrs NM Jeafirais no, exceeding 4 weight
& a auar,ery IN ay aueo aud whore pub
sheaas nv "' weekly az semi monthly X monthly
Newspapers and when weighing "a ounce double the
small & 10 race in paekaees Of ounces or
' wieEs sf Ssaapss where Published re
,.neI or received
TO England Ireland Scotland California; Oregon and washing
ION exceped) y From California, Oregon or Wash
ssoz
no German States closed mail, 80 cents "a
by French mail II cents q oz AZ cents = OF.
BY Bremen mail except Bremen, Frankfort Lux
embnrg Wurtemborg, Holland, aud The Meth
erl,nis) 10 cents z q. - r,s,
% moIsm NAV Wus Sssa an and he
Nethersnds) Is cents * OF.
TO 1s mna,y y bs ~ Hamburg mall 10 cents
10 and Wuembng, by bremen OF hamburg maii' ~
To laxembue Bremen or Hamburg mail 20 cents y o.
The Netherlands by French mail q cents o. q
no Aut and It's States by prussian closed mail so cents y o.
10 do BY french mall, q cents < o., a cents
hoz
TO NSssh' ny ann or Hamburg mall 20 cents x o.
20 Prussia by rru.slan closed MAIL 3ocents q
no BY Preuch nail 81 cents L o. az K
To sandman sintcs BY closed mail SO cents
~ b. Bremen or hamburg mnl 80 cents i o..
TO Iopbardy by closed mil 3a cents u zrasd
no by bremen or Hamburg mill Is y
10 Modona by Prnssan closed mail W cehs - o.
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NEW JUVENILE BOOKS.
Mia and Charlie or Weeks Holiday a, Rydalc Reciory

Mia and Charlie or Holiday Rydalc Reciory price
cents.
losing the way, Jfrry ~ Parker 80 cents.
Tho Mirage OF Lie lifiec 30 cents.
Tho Tortoise shell Comb price so cents
Waiter Bnung Adopted Illustrations OF the Lord
Prayer by A. s. A. T., author Of True Heroism % cents
Nanny Thorn or IA the Pantry price 80 cents
The IL BISHOP by John Noh, A. Nj price 30
Bessie Melville, Prayer Book Instructions; 70 cents
For sale by BLANCHARD X M0HUN,
Oct2 Corner al llth street ana fenn ~
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C present states is as follows /.
I,4el,olo

Is Kansas Is nineteen thousand square miles
linn England, Now York aud New Jersey
and Nebraska ninety I'VE thousand miles greater
If chodng states except California oregon
canai all New England, New York lennsyi
yan Ohio possible that New Mexico and Mesla
viii be embraced territorial organization by Congress al the
rcsent session containing 600 Understanding all New
England York, ennsy wanna ONO indiana anu iihps WASH
ngton exceeds in extent England and New York
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slrs KINNEY
clas, , HorrY
KINNEY & HOLLY,
Aaorneys-at- Lar and Ge,erai Land AGENTS
,.,-,.n,.,, 4, ,,,.,. :, -

+ AND WARRANTS located and sold, Lands
bought and sold Taxes paid Money Invested real
security and 30 per Collections
faction guaranteed
Refer senator Green Of Missouri Polk Missouri
Jones Harlan Fcrgnson
Territory Hon Jar Craig Missouri Hon W. r. W Cobb Of
Alabama; Hon. j. Meueen south Carolina and Gov Black,
Nebraska Territory
MI HOLLY Of The above Arm, until March the
Rrkwooi House at $40 Twelfth
Feb 6-2wds
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L,RANKLIN PHILIP respectfully invites atten-
ton magnificent stock books the results OF
recent mportatons personal selections la the North
The include tho best editions Of standard and
other works In plain bindings which
supcrb Illustrated especially suited r presentation at the ap
proacina festive season FRANKLIN lliuPS
Bookstore sa2 avenue,
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NOTICE TO rRE EMprIoN CLAIMANTS.

Every person cnpon the lands
within the townships and parts Of townships enumerated
qu'red establish the The and
ce,er Of the proper land Office payment therefor rs
practicable after g ttis notice appointed br
the tc public embracing The
tract claimed otherwise such claim will be
Tti,Ei A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner @ the OhcG
Dec 30--Iaw13w Tint Strl
NomUnder regulations department heretofore and
existing, be maic procona
except such publishers Specially authorized publish by ue
Commissioner Of the General Land
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THE WESTERN TERRITORIES.

comparative the the states with that
territory erected States exhibits the inter
csiing latter miles exceeds that OF
The superficial OF the Territories, organized and I'M
organized } down follows
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Grand Dke Of Baden, LOUIS, b4p Apt ~ 1e1 y b7
guardian. ship by of insanity
i sr Ferdinand husband Of the late Queen vas Fegei W.
I'll September lei 1855.
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Table ETIfIBfT7NG THE SEATS or GOVERNMENT AND
THE TIMES or THE ELEcffON or STATE OFFICERS or
THE SEVERAL STiTES.
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m The except South Carolina The voted
for Nv people, aud no has majority Of all the yoesn the
states IL which majority required the legislature elects TO the
uce governor the candn voted for by the people
Sand feos with useo % a furnished house.
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Number Of quar-.


Estimate u oI and napfoIpd lands - each n e Sat' and
Trrtorf iRcadng srysd ucyed egd aud ugyer
"a faadr ne 800, June
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-17

can make-and little enough, oh little
enough-lOr the bitter wrong | have doue
them
L hoped, Sir. you might see him"
she added, a moment after, checking her
sobs Il hoped vou might tell him that
his image Is before ME from morning till
night, as | knew he must have looked
when the shock first came Oh, Sir. tell
him my story; warn, on, warn everybody.
Tell him have suffered through the long,
long hours, these many weary years-ah !.
God only knows how deeply"
Mary, yeu must coutro! your feelings, r"
said my host gently.
Let me talk while | may" was the
answer. Let me say that since the day
[ left my home | have not seen a single
hour Of happiness. Itwas always 10 come
always just ahead-and here is what
has come-thc grave Is opening, and /
must 90 to judgment o, how bitterly
have paid for my sin. Forgive me-O,
my God--forgive'
1t was a solemn hour, that which |
spent by that dying peuiceut. Prayer
she listened to-she did not seem to Join ;
or, if she did, she gave no outward sign.
Remorse had worn away all her beauty,
even more than illness She looked to
the future with despairing kind Of hope,
and but feeble faith.
Reader, the misguided woman Of Cey-
lon lies beneath the stately branches OF
the palm-tree. Her sweet child never
met her father in her native land. She
sleeps under the troubled waters of the
great vide sea. Where the betrayer wan
ders | cannot tell, but. wherever Ii is,
there is 10 peace for him. How often
rings that hollow voice in my ear-.'Tell
him my story. Warn, Q warn every
bo.iv
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CboiCf Iea0lng,


s NEW LEAF EEOM 4 WELL-KNoWN
HISTORY.
We recently published says the y. !.
TriJuae.) d letter IN which Harlow Case,
the defaultjug collector Of Saudusky, an
pounced the decease Of the unhappy wo-
man who had accompanied his fight, and
implored the forgiveness Of her husband,
Under the title above, q missionary cor
respondent of Tie Bostoe I''ateh"'an
and Reaortor describes an interview with
the guilty pair, which took place shortly
bafore the death Of the mother and OF the
child whom she had made the companion
of her wanderings.
.What though the spicy breezes
Blow s5lt o'er Cey-on Isle,
Though every prospect p.eases,
And ou.y luau IS vie =.
Curiyusly enough, was just repeating
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q 0urItluna(.
Potter County Teachers kssO-
citation.


Pursuant to adjournment, the members
of the Association convened at RouIet,
5n Thursday, January 21th, at O'Clock
P. ".
After the organization of the meeting,
and report Of the Business Committee, the
resolution which reads: I" Ras1'ect, That
the .word-method' j. the best method Of
teaching pupils to read" was brought
before the house. The first speaker com
pared the "word-mcthod to q good tool,
and said that It required skill in lis use,
houeht it useless for teachers to make
the faymcr-liie mistake Of giving the dull
axe to the boy because he cannot chop as
fast as a man. lie contended that, mas
much as We know words by their com
rlcxi0n, and as soon IS our eve catches
them, before we have time to observe the
characters that compose them, children
should BEGIN IN this way, then they have
started Alright Scholars viii learn four
words to one letter The difference Is 50
many more associations can be- made; in
tHL> lL-tib~ ~ !otatS Will t@''-u Inv
letters. The teacher need Do 30 more
than to tell them the name Of letters when
curiosity prompts them 10 ask
The first speaker on the negative main
taiucd that by this mcthod much more
time was required to conduct recitation
successfully than under the old method;
and that the ''word-method, . to insure
success, required to be managed by far
more skillful hands than those into which
il would fall if adopted By the teachers Of
Potter County. Andif now adopted, even
though it were an improvement, vet, on
account Of It's novelty and seeming ride
ulousness to those who have never been
acquainted with 1t, it would receive a ten
fold censure from those who regard the
changes that have been made in our
schools Of late, in manner Of teaching, &c.
n rerorrade movements. In respect to
The eso-calad "ncw-fangledism, thespeak-
er believed that as managed by many Of
our teachers. it had rather deracted from,
than addedto the real worth ofour schools
Thought it policy not TO recommend 50
strange a thing at present.
The next speaker said that innovations
upon ol3 plans always caused some smoke
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330GP s COrnFr.


From fds 1lqnttc Monthly.
OWED you BETTER THAN YOU KNEW.
Il was the Autumn of the wear,
The strawberry leaves were red and sere;
Octohers airs ncr, fresh and chill,
y hen, pausing on the windy hill,
The hill thay over0oks the sea.
hou talked roafding'v to me-
Ne. whom Eour keen artistic sight
H"s not yet learned to read Alright.
Since / have yci.ed ms heart from YOU.
And loved y0u better than YOU knew.
1au told me n YOUR toilsonle past,
The tar4r donors won at last.
The trial, borne the c0nQucS,s gained.
The lon-c3-Ior boon Of Fame attained:
! knew that every victory
But lifted you away from me-
That every step Of high cmyrise,
But let. mr loser in your ewes,
| watched the distance as it grew.
And loved YOU better than you knew.
You did not see the bitter trace
CT anguish sweep across mv face:
You did net hear NV proud heart beat
HEAVY and slow beneath your feet;
\ on taou-at Of -giGmahs S.ill unwun,
OF glorious deeds aS yc, unl0nc -
! nd !. the while Won talked 10 me.
| watched the gull, float I0ucs0mcIv.
Til. lost amid the hungry blue.
And loved You better than YOU knew.
Yau walk the sunny side Of Fate;
The wise world smiles and calls YOU great
Iue golden fFu5ta-- Of success
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IITUEE>TORT HOTEL,

".s~~H.t.. Proprietor. Corner Of
second Streets. Coulersport Pot
a.r+
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this stanza when my new acquaintance
called for me- | had met him while on
a business visit to Ceylon, as a country
man Of mine, and was pleased with the
opportunity that afforded ne a more init
mate personal knowledge
I thought myself fortunate-in falling
in with SO agreeable a gentleman, and
considered his face aud manners peculiar
" refined. On our second meeting I
noticed a singular res1lessness Of the
handsome dark eyes, and irritable bitter
ness Of the lips, and disposition TO be
constantly on the move, shown IN the tap
ping Of d. light bamboo cane, or the no
ton Of foot or hand. These things, how
ever, did not strike me as singular at the
time, but, coupled with what | a.terward
learned, were certain evidence that the
man felt already the guawings Of the
worm that never dies.
One forenoon we left the little seaport
town where | was soiourning, and rode
short distance into the interior of the gor-
geous Island. Most glorious were the
surroundings on every hand.
THAT Is my house said nv new
friend, pointing to low-roofed cottage,
surrounded by a vide veranda. from whose
clinging vines sweet odors were flung up
on the soft atmosphere but from the mo-
ment the words were uttered his socia-
bilty departed.
Within the cottage enclosure were
walks. bowers and fountains. Cha,te
,tatuary was dispersed over the grounds
with most charming effect The house
seemed almost a fairy structure, rising in
the midst Of flowers and foliage. And
the man who sat beside NE. whose smiIe
mounted no higher than his lipS-the
dreamy iar-lookiug discomfort in bis eve
growing every moment Bore perceptlble
wa. the owner Of TINS Edan-like home.
We were met on the threshold BY
lovely child Of some eleven summers. Her
hair hang IN curIs Her eyes particular
ly lustrouS vet mournful In beauty, and
on tine vouu- brow / seemed 10 see a
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ALLEGANY HOUSE,

E. MILLS Proprietor, Coleshurg
-. ta.. seven miles north Of Con-
49,. .. rne NrII.vfI.a Road s.4f
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THE POTTER JOURNAL,
.a.a EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, by
THoz. =. Chase.

-rr- zH Letters and Communications
..aE l-g-se- 90 secure attention.
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T1ya51Ay Ez8ayAag ~ 1853
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H>TED E KELLY,

:::::: b. NELLY.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-20
Fashlon., Past an,l Present,

Fashion, IN these modern days does not eyince
much inventive genius Her novelties so called
ere for the most part repetitons. She revives and
eptoo1ces nct seldom brings out anything really
Onr city bloods doubtless consider the style in
Mhich they wear their facial hair original, and vet
strabo says that the male savages Of ancient Brit.
~ shaved their chns and suffered their moustachios
and whiskers to grow. Nor was this all.-they actin
i ally carried waking-sticks! Our Lavender Kyds
therefore, should recognize in Caraetacus a. man
and 9 brother.n Again. the soft hat which dates
With us from the advent Of Kossuth is as old as the
Norman Conquest. The knight Of that era when he
look on his helmet to rest his head. replaced
II with wooden fabric closely resembling the sancv
Z modern wide-awake" in shape if not in texture.
q s antique n wde awake" During
the most outrageous of all the felt fabrics if we ex
cept the chapeaux Of the Shakers and the Mo-mons.
TEE nne ooass TO- i beqaest from the knights bus
N 81 Mno crossed ne British Channel with the orgi
naI I, Iron Duke Duke William of Normandy. After
having astonshed the Saxon natives with their gold.
broldered and gem.cIasped nantes and plumed vel.
". caps Swh.ch BY the way were not unlike those
sn are accustomed to dress their six yearod sonsl
sne vain.glorous, but provdent conquerors, were
Won. 20 don them and lay them by assuming in their
s1G 81. sne everyday blouse and wide awake.
Rernaps the ladies--or some of them-regsrd the
parasol as q modern luxury. Not bit of il, Para.
SOS were carried In Egypt over three thousand wears
ana are represented upon sculptures coeya with
sne rnafaons The Egyptian parapluies, however,
than the sunshades now in vogue, were too large
ane heavy for the delicate hands of the dusky DANES
sno oemoiselles Of the valley of the Nile, and were
generally borne by their slaves The philonthronic
young princess who shed little Moses out of the hui
rnsaes i portrayed in pictures with big parasol
over hsr head and probably the widow Cleopatra,
who, though brownish, was particular abont her
complexion, kept hemisphere of silk between The
enn and her beauty, when she went down the Cydnus
AZ fot embroideries they are as old as Genesis or
ana transparent muslins or bareges, or
somesning 81 the same crazy kind, were manufact.
ured by the women of Cos (who wore them, and
hence probably the word cosfume) before Agamem. |
aon ana hs allies laid siege to Troy The fashion Of
sy.ng sne nair y Also OF considerable antiquity The
AngIo-Saxon beau monde were extrayaeantlv nd. |
ccted 70 y as long ago the days the Heptarchy
me ayorite colos Of the bellies Of that period being
. lively red and sky blue. iS-''4 '''ns
reference TO the most authentic illustrations Of
ancent costumes, will convince any one who is curl.
ons u such matters that nine tenths of what we call
fashionable novelties are either fac smiles or mod
nattons Of styles and fabrics belonging To other