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CHERIFF's sALE.-By virtue of an order

GHERIFF'S SAFELY virtue of an order
~ Of sale on foreclosure Of Mechanics Lien.
to me directed and delivered. on the End day OF
July, A. y. 1860, issued out of the Justices Court
Of John Barnes. J. p. Township No. 10, for the
county Of Placer and State Of California, on a
judgment rendered in said Court, on the End day
of June, A. D. 1850 in favor of The Peoples Mill
Co., composed of VIM. E. Miller. o. N. May Il
Won. Eaton, and against John Chapman, for the
sum Of Eighty-nine Dollars and Eighty-eight
cents 1889 8S) with interest upon the sum OF
$50 Ss, from the 9th day Of April. A. d. 1860,
at the rate of 10 per cent per annum and for
costs of suit taxed at Six Dollars ($6 O0,) will
expose to public sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, OF the Court House door, in the town of Au-
burn, on
Friday, the 27th day Of July, A. ID. 1860,
at the hour Of 10 o'clock A. NJ. all the right title,
interest and claim which the said John Chapman
had on the l4th day of December. 1859, in and
70 70 the following described property, to wit: Lot
No. l5, Block No. As. in the town of Lincoln,
Placer county together with the building thereon
known as the Pioneer Hotel All of which nam
ed and described property shall sell as afOre-
'aa' or 20 much thereof - may be sufficient to
sAssy the above judgment, together with the
costs due and to become due thereon.
l.. L. BULLOCK,
Sheriff of Placer county,
BY Geo. Johnston, Deputy.
Auhupn Julv 7th IQen
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NOTICE

rs, NOTICE,
hereby given, that Tobias Jones is no longe
NY Agent, to transact business for me.
A., GEORGE A. KEEHNER.
nuonrn, July 7th, 186O.--3w"
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WILSON

rr WILSON
n 40 Ior sale PLAIN and FANCY GUILT
slot or ~ LDlNG, for picture frames, DC Also,
'uly 7th, 1850,
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Philosophy in an ERgshell.

A correspondent recently aAked the rea-
son why sugar would strike fire when two
Jumps are struck together after the fashion
Of flint and steel. In like manner, l would
ask the reason why a good egg, when
brought to the edge of ones tongue, feels
cold At the tip and warm at the butt end3
This is a wonderful fact and there is doubt
less deep philosophy in the phenomena.
1t 10 clear enough that good egg has the
germ OF a fowl in it, and hence vital spark;
but why it is cold at the point end and
warm At the blunt end, is not so evident.
Tho Chinese have notion that there is in
nature principle (which they call taki)
combining in itself both male and female:
and that this principle is constantly at work
to produce one or the other OF the sexes,
agreesbly to the constituent mater in which
it floats. This taxi has two poles-the
same upon which Mesmer founded bis the
ory Of 'anima magnetism" Has this any.
thing to do with the warmth and cold of the
eg,? The Chinese physician says. we must
understand the condition of this principle in
the patton. before we can apply the prop.
er remedy for his cure; for, according as the
male or female preddminates in the patient,
so must be the application of the remedy.
In sickness, it often happens that one ex-
tremi,y of the body is cold while the other
is hot. But, with all this philosophy,
would ask, why is this wonderful difference
Of temperature between the two ends of
good egg?
Al to the fire flying out Of sugar. when.
Jumps oft are struck together, let me say
that this phenomenon is most remarkable
with rock-candy. When rock candy is
crushed between the teeth. in dark corner,
exhibits the appearance Of eating livid coals
When two Jumps are struck together, ~
boys often strike flint stones, the same phe.
nomenon is produced. Percussion causss-
decomposition Of the finer particles in the
act Of abrasion. Wood does the same thing
when abraded. All matter contains latent
hea:; md where there is heat, fire is near by.
Even our heads scintilate whisps of fire
when we accidentally. or otherwise, percuss.
them. How beautiful and how wonderful
are the works Of nature!
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Court of Sessions and County Court.
These Courts meet on the 4th Monday in Janu-
ary, the 4th Monday in May, and the 3nd Monday
in September.
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Probate Court.
Meets on the 4th Monday in each month.

Board of Supervisors.
On the first Mondays in February. May, August
and November. The Board meets on the 2nd
Monday in August, for the Equalization of Taxes.
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Meets on the End Monday in January. and the
9nd Monday in April and July, and 3rd Monday
in October.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, { -,

July 18th, 1860.
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CoUDERsPoRT POTTER COUNTY Pa THURSDAY, 1850

inc heart, gradually weaning it from its
allegiance then she said:
g | wonder if you like music as much
as you did then ~
"Of course | do. I often go in at
Miss Smiths for nothing else than to hear
the music"
81 can play and sing better than Miss
Smith," said Lizzie, half pouting.
But you always say you are out Of
practice when | ask you"
q had the piano tuned this morning.
Now open itand we will see howit sounds" "
Eilliam obeyed joyfully, and tossing
aside her sewing, Lizzie took the piano
stool. She had a sweet voice, not power
full, but most musical, and was a very fair
performer on the piano.
Ballads, Lizzie?"
"Ohl yes, l know you dislike opera
music in parlor."
One song after another, with a nocturne
or lively instrumental piece occasionally,
between them filled up another hour
pleasantly,
The little mantle clock struck eleven
" Eleven [ thought it was about nine.
I ought to apologize, Lizzie, as | used to
do for staying SO long; and can truly
say as | did then, that the time has pass
ed 50 pleasantly [ can scarcely believe it
is so late"
The piano was closed, Lhzzie's work
put in the basket, and William was ready
to 90 up stairs but glancing back, he saw
his little wife near the fireplace, her hands
cIasped, her head bent, and large tears
falling from her eyes. He was beside
her in an instant.
"Lizzie, darling, are you Ill? What
is the matter"
"Oh William, I have been such bad
wife | heard you tell Mr. Moore, last
evening, how had disappointed you bRt
[ will try to make your home pleasant
indeed will, if you will only forgive and
love me-"
"Love you! Oh! Lizzie, you cannot
guess how dearly I love you y
AS the little wife lay down that night,
she thought:
al haze won him back again Better
than that. I,have learned the way to
lyaon him -
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Gboire AeaDlng.
The way DO Keep Him.
From Petcrsoa's Magazine.

"Out again tonight said Mrs
Hayes, fretfuliy, as her husband rose from
the tea table, and donned his great coat.
Yes, l have an engagement with
Moore [ shall be in. early, have a light
in the library. Good night" and with a
careless nod, William Hayes left the
room.
q Always the wav." murmured Lizzie
Hayes sinking back upon sofa, g out
every night. I don't believe he cares
one bit about me now and yet we've only
been married about two years. No man
has more orderly house, ! am not bit
oxtravagant, and yet l don't believe he
loves me any more. oh J dear, why Is
it? I wasn't rich, he didn't marry me
for my money and he must have loved
the1=-why does he treat me with SO
much neglect ?" and with her mind filled
with such fretfgl queries, Lizzie Hayes
fell asleep on the sofa.
Let me paint her picture as she lay
there. She was blonde, with a small,
graceful figure, and very pretty face
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nIT is MORE BLESSED

Give rs the morning that towS out of heaven
Give as the waves when their channel is RI
ven;
Give as the free air and sunshine are given
Layishly, utterly, carelessly give.
Not the waste drops Of thy cup oyerfowing,
Not the faint sparks Of thy earth ever glow
ing;
Not a pale bud froE the June roses blowing
Give as He gave thee, who gave thee to live.
Pour out thy love like the rash offs river
Wasting its love forever and ever,
Through the burnt sands that reward not the
giver.
Silent or songful, thou nearest the sea.
Scatter the life as the Summer showers pour
ing
What if no bird through the pearl-rain is
soaring?
What if no blossom looks upward adoring?
Look to the life that was lavished for thee
Give though thy heart may be wasted ard
weary
Laid on an altar all ashes and drearyj
Though from its pulse faint miserere
Beats to thy soul the sad presage of fate,
Bind 1t with cords of uEshrinking devotion
Smile at the song Of its restless emotion;
Tis the STERN hymn of eternity's ocean;
Hear and in silence thy future await.
So the wild wind strews its perfumed caresses,
Evil and thankless the desert it blesSes,
Bitter the wave that its soft pinicn presses,
Never it ceaseth to whisper and sing
What if the hard heart give thorns for thy
roses?
What if on rocks thy tired bosom reposes?
Sweetest is music with min0r-keyed closes,
Fairest the vine that on ruin will cling.
Almost the day of thy giving is over;
Ere from the grass dies the bee haunted clo-
yer,
Thou wilt have vanished fren friend and from
lover.
What shall thy longing avail in the grave
Give as the heart gives whose fetters are
breaking,
Life, love and hope, all thy dreams and thy
waking,
Soon, heavens riser Shy soat fever sla1fing,
Thog shalt know Ged and she gift that He
gave.
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We are all on orrj journey. The world
through which we are passing is in some
respects like a turnpike-all along vice
and folly have created toll-gates fer the
accommodation of those who choose to
cali as they go-and there are very few
of all the hosts of travellers who do not
occasionally stop little at some one or
another of them--and consequently pay
more or less to the toll gatherers. Pay
more or less, we say, because there is a
great variety as well in the amount as in
the kind of toll extracted at these differ
ent stopping places.
Pride and fashion take heavy tolls Of
the purse-many man has become u
beggar by paying at their gates-the or
din0ry rates they charge are heavy, and
the road that way is none of the best.
Pleasure offers a very smooth, delight
ful road at the outset she tempts the
traveller with many fair promises, and wins
thousands-but she takes without mercy ;
like an artful robber, she allures till she
gets her victim in her power, and then
strips him of health and money, and then
turns him off miserable object, into the
worst or most rugged road of life.
Intcmperance plays the part of sturdy
villoin. He is the very worst toll gath
erer on the road, for he not only gets from
his customers theirmoney and their health,
but he rob8 them of their very brains.
The men you meet on the road, ragged
and ruined in frame and fortune, are his
visitors.
And so we might 90 en- enumerating
many others that gather toll of the u2wa-
ry. Accidents sometimes happen it is
true, along the road, but those who Go
not get along tolerably well, YOU may be
sure have been stopping by the way at
some of these places. The plain, common
sense men, who travel straight forward,
get through the journey without much
difficulty.
This being the state of things, It be-
com"s every one in the outset, if he in
tends to make comfortable journey, to
take care what kind of company he keeps
in with. We are all apt to do as COM
ranions do-stop where they stop, and
pay toll where they pay. Then the ehanc-
es are ten to one that our choice in this
particular decides our fate.
Having paid due respect to choice of
companions, the next important thing is
to observe hog others manare. TO mark
the good or evil that is produced by eve
ry course of lifc-see how those do who
manage well; by these means you learn.
Be careful of your habits these make
the man. And they require long and
careful culture, ere they grow up to asec-
ond nature. Good habits we speak Of
Bad habits are more easily acquired
they are spontaneous weeds, that flourish
rapidly AID rankly, without care o. cul-
ture. .-Nothern Farmer.
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was slain with the sword at the city OF
Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through the streets
of Alexandria, in Egypt, Till he expired.
Luke was hanged on an olive tree in
Greece.
John was put into a cauldron OF boiling
oil at Rome and escaped death. He af-
terwards died natural death at Ephesus,
in Asia.
James the Great was bcheaded at Je-
rusalem.
James the Less was thrown from pin
nacle or wing of the temple, and then
beaten to death with fuller's club.
Phillip was hanged up against pillar,
at Metropolis, city Of Phrygia.
Bartholomew was fayed alive by CON-
mand of barbarous king.
Andrew was bound to cross, whence
he preached to the people till he expired,
Thomas was run through the body with
lance, at Corromandel, in the East
Indies.
Jude was shot to death with arrows.
Simon Zeotes was cruci6ed in Persia.
Mathias was first stoned and then be-
headed
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THE New York Herald, regarding the
election of Lincoln as probably unavolda.
bic, now undertakes to make up Cabi-
net. 1t recommends that Mr.. Seward be
rendered the Secretaryship of State, or
declining that, be sent to England, and
that Mr.. Horace Greeley be made POST
master General. We like the last sug-
geStioh, at any rate. Horace would p,eb-
ably stop a good many leaks and stealings
there, and very certainly would decapi-
tate all the scoundrel postmasters in the
South who undertake to stop the Tribune
or the Dispatch from circulating, and in
fact to dictate what free white people, as
well as slaves, shall read. Put him in
by all means. We 90 for Horace for
Postmaster General anyhow. He will
pay no heed to Caleb Cushing's opinion
that every ignorant post master is the
proper censor for his neighborhood.-
Tittsbury Dispatch.
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91oet' & Garner.
From the Atlantic Monthly for August.
MIDSUMMER.


MIDSUMMER
Around this lovely valley rise
The purple bills of Paradise.
Oh, softly on yon banks of haze
Her rosy face the Summer laysl
BecalEaed along the azure sky,
The argosies Ofcloudland lie,
Whose shores, with many a shining rift,
Far off their pearl white peaks upIift
Through all the long midsummer-day
The mcadow-sides are sweet with hay.
| seek the coolest sheltered seat
Just where the field and forest meet,-
Where grow the pine-trees tall and bland,
The ancient oaks austere and grand,
And fringy roots and pebbles fret
The rippleS of the rirulet.
watch the mowers as they go
Through etall grass, Whitc-sleeyed row
With even streke their scythes they swing
In tune their merry whetstones ring
Behind the nimble youngsters run
And tess the thick swaths in the sun;
The cattle Craze while, warm and still,
Slopes the broad pasture, basks the hill,
And bright, when summer breezes break,
The green wheat crinkles like lake.
The butterfly and humble-bee
Come to the pleasant woods with mel
Quickly before me runs the quail,
The chickens skulk behind the rail,
High up the lone wood-pigeon sits,
And the woodpecker pecks and fits,
Sweet woodland music sinks and swells,
The brocklet rings its tinkling bells,
The swarming insects drone and hum,
The partridge beats his throbbing drum.
The squirrel leaps among the boughs,
And chattcYs in his leaty house.
The orole flashes by; and, look
Into the mirror OF the brook,
Where the vain blue bird trims hls coat,
Two tiny feathers fall and float
As silently, as tenderly,
The down of peace descends on me.
Oh this is peacel | hare no need
Of friend to talk, of book to read:
A dear Companion here abides:
Close to my thrilling hoart he hidesj
The Ia ly silence is His Voice;
lie and listen, and rejoice.
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REsTsc3TAEIoN OF TREES. exf
periments made at ColdHater, Michigaag
demonstrated that trees nearly dead ea4
be galvinized into lite. 4 coaple of Nor
way spruce were th9s revived and nov
show wonderful gigor. 4 battery df zinS
aud iron was msde near the roots, end Up
less than week both trees esinGed 2 new.
ness of life truly remarkable, the branch<
es swelling cut, and new leaves form aa
where before they were dried up and faif+
ing CT
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a WORD 10 WRITER'S s-Never ask an
editor who has rejected your manuscript
his reason for so doing. If he chooses to
inforq you, take the criticism without
debate.
An editor is often obliged to decline ar
ticles which personally lie would be glad
to publish, because lie Things then ncs
such as his readers may desire, or for eth
er reasons equally v&lid Remember, an
author Rsually sees merit IN his articles
not peyceptibIe to others while there may
be defects in it Of which be is Hot aware.
It shoul9 be considered that an editor
time has been consumed in the examlna-
tion. and that to ask more would be to
demand that which should be devoted 70
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Business GarQs,
JOHN S. MANN,

AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coulersport, Pa, will attend the several
Courts in Potter and Wkean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention Office on Main ST., oppo-
ste the Court House. l0:l
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TERMS --$l.25 PER ANMUM.

his readers. He has, undoubtedly, rea-
sons for the rejection which to him are
satisfactory. Accept the fact in kindly
spirit, recollecting that what these rea-
sons are is of 10 very vital Importance
TO you.
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CHARLES REISSMANN.

ABINBT MAKER, having erected a new and
convenient Shop, on the Southeast corner
ID, Third and West streets, will be happy to
receive and fill all orders in his calling.
Repairing and re-fitting carefully and neatly
done on short notice.
sliersport, Nov. 8, lSJ9-lI-Iy.
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D. j. & NJ. II. DANIELS.

ISALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
5Sea,dy-Made > Clothing, Crockery, Hardware,
p'oAs, p,, Stationery, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes,
IpsLnts, D. Oils, &C., &C, Ulysses, Potter Co..
pa;. a. Ssa3% Cash paid for Furs, Hides and
tsS. All kinds Of Grain takenin exchange
@' trade-l2:2o.
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q. J. THOMPSON.

Ip",1IAGE y, & WAGON MAKEB and RE
L%inER, M; Coudersport, Potter CO., Pa, takes
h. r.f method of informing the pub = Ewa
IN +, "a "a general that he is prepared eEzs7zsss3
i ~ all work il his line with prompJness,
m,'. ."ofKman-like manner, and upon the
Pa.' PSS' accommodating terms. Payment for
NJ .r@lrln1g invariably required on delivery of
=. work re- All kinds Of PRODUCE
.~el en- account Of work. 1885.
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T. ". KNOX.

TT0RNEY AT LAW, Coudcrsport, Pa, will
regularly attend the Courts in Potter and
ihy adjoining Counties. l0:l
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ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,

|T0RNEY Il COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Cogisrsport, Pa, will attend to all business
en'rasted to his care, with prompnes and
fidelity. Office in Temperance Block, sec
oud llcor, Main St. 2Q;l
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A WoRD TO YOUNG MEN-One of
the meanest things young man can do.
and it is not Of uncommon occurrence, is
to monopolise the time and attention of a
young girl for year, or more, without
any definite object, and to the exclusion
of other gentlemen, who supposing him
to have matrimonial Intentions, absent
themselves from her society. This self
ish, "doc-in-the-manger" way Of proceed
ing should be discontinued and forbid
den, by al parents and guardians. Il
prevents the reception Of eligible offers of
marriage, and fastens upon the young Ia
dy, when the acquaintance is finally dis
solved, the unenviable and unmerited APP
pellation of clint" Let ali your deal
Tags with women, young msl, be frank,
honest and noble. That niaGy whose ed
ucation and position in life would warrant
our looking for better things, are culpa-
bly, criminal on these points, is no excuse
for your shortcomings. That woman is
often injured or wronged. through her ho-
liest feelings, adds but a blacker dye to
your meanness. One rule Is always safe:
Treat every woman you meet as ycu would
wish apother man to treat your Innocent,
confding sister. Ed.
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Isaac BENSON.

-TGGEEY At LAW, Coudersport, Pa, viii
4..sai to all business entrusted to him, with
eJcand prompmess. Office corner Of West
ml Third sts. lO:l
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LYMAN HOUSE.

10 T. J. LYMAN, Proprietor, Ulysses, Potter Co.,
a. This House is situated on the East
Sl'aer S.r Of Main street, opposite A. Corey &
eoO @ store, and is well adapted to meet the
wants OF patrons and friends. l2.li-EY.
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Q. I. ELLISON,

|&CTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa,
Nspectfully informs the citizens of the viii
ags and vicinity that he will promptly re-
gold to all calls fer professional services
vEce on Main ST., in building formerly oc-
slPei by C. w Ellis, Esq. 0:22
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ALLEGANY HOUSE.

1HvhL NJ. MILLS, Proprietor, Colesburg
!'4eF Co., Pa, seven miles north of Cou-
"Tspori on the WAllsville Road 9:44
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FATE OF THE APOSTLES Matthew is
supposed 10 have suffered martyrdom or
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Tlhe PnNYnr Nf Hpa2iesG.

Benjamin Franklin tell us, in one of
his letters, that when he was a boy, lit
tie book fell into his hands, entitled Is
says to do Good, by Cotton Mather. 1t
was tattered and torn, and several leaves
were missing. "But the remainder" he
says, gave me such turn Of thinking,
as to have an influence on my conduct
through life; for | have always set
greater value On the character of a doer
of good, than any other kind of reputa-
ton aud if | have been useful citizen.
the public owes all the advantage of it to
that little book" Jeremy Bentham
mentions that the current Of his thoughts
and studies was directed for life by sim
gle phrase that caught his eye at the end
of a pamphlet" The greatest good Of
the greatest number" There are sin
gle sentences in the New Testament that
have awakened to spiritual life hundreds
or millions of dormant souls. In things
of Less moment, reading has a wondroUs
power George Law, boy on his faith
er's farm, met an old unknown book
WHICH told the story of farmers son who
went away to seek his fortune, and came
home after many years absence, rich
man, and gave great sums to all his rela-
items. From that moment, George was
uneasy. till ne set out on his travels to
initiate the adventurer; he lived over
again the life he had read of, and actually
did return a millionaire, and paid all his
fathers debts. Robins on Crusoe has sent
to sea more sailors than the press gang.
The story about little George Washington
telling the truth about the hatchet and
the plum tree, has made many truth
teller. We owe all the Waverly Novels
to Scott's early reading of the old tradi-
tons and legends and the whole body of
pastoral fiction came from Addison's
Sketches Of Sir Roger DeCoverly, in the
Spectator But Illustrations are num-
berless; Trenble, ye who write, and ye
who publish writl2g! A pamphlet has
precipi:ated revolution. A paragraph
nay qneneh or kindle the celestial spark
in human soul-in myriads of souls.
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was slain with the sword at the city of