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The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

Ouesada and other Cubans. Testi-
mony is given showing conclusive
ly that the VGrginius was bought by
money raised by the Cubans, with
the understanding that Paterson
should appear as the nominal owner.
Numbers OF the crew employed after
Paterson bought the vessel testify to
Quesada commanding and treating
them as if the vessel belonged to
him. In addition to these facts no
bond was ever given by Paterson or
Capt. Shepard, as required by law.
She was not insured even
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AgT DEpART9Fy, .

The Illustrations Of The ps.
word wide reputation. ana T.
Europe il is an admitted fe.,1 " Y gs
are examples Of the hirhr,t ,4 u4
tanned. Thecommon preju6i.
plates" is RAPIDLY yielding h
and discriminating taste MI; z z 4
advantages ofSaperiofar artist
er facility of production. NJ
Aidjne possess all the Ge,irsey,.
ish Of tine most costly Stral u ~
ford q better rendering 0f tbs' I
To fully realize The wnn6erSS
fidine is dong for The ear.s I,
America, it Is only necesSary.. " 4
To the people of any other ie,sr,. ~. v
of the productions Of great b-i-.
In addition 10 designs by r. =
National Academy. and G;b% ~ y
artists, The AidiHe win rsBr,,,
the best foreign masters. $500.
he highest artistic success and =,
interest. Thus the subseiitart ~ Z
it triiiing cost, eniOy in biSosr.
ureS and 'eining influences n NJ
The quarterly tinted pat-, tr.
ThOS. Moran and J. ID. WuoIgs,i
THe Christmas issue for fs-.gf
a; designs appTop. iaie % thp IL.
artists, and viii slUpa,s in atlrr
predecessors.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

THE steamer Edgar Stewart. which
has alreadv landed five cargoes Of
men and arms on the Cuban coast.
is being prepared for another trip to
Cuban waters. 1t is supposed she
will sail about January Exchange.
Should a Spanish man-of-war seize
this steamer, 50 loaded, are we to
have another cry for war with Spain
in consequence? With our poor un-
derstsnding of jnsiice and fair d. al
ing, We should say Spain has more
cause to complain of us than we of
Spain.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

REVISING TIE EsTIMATEs-The
Executive Department will next week
begin the revision of estimates with
the object of reducing public expend-
itures. 1t IS believed estimates for
public buildings can be lowered three
or four millions. Work on build
incs in New York in process Of erec-
ton will probably he continued. as 4
cessation would beinjurious. ard will
require The appropriation OF about
one million dollars. Estimates of
the engineer of the bureau, amount
ing to $4,000, 200. for Improvement
of rivers and harbors. Notifications,
etc, can also be reduced one-half,
but Secretary Belknap declared the
expenses Of the War Department
proper canuot be reduced without
detriment to the service. There will
probably be small reduction in es-
Inmates connected with Indian affairs.
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transportation, to buyers who came
to the factory, and as frequently as
the patrons cared to make sales. thus
giving them the money Tor the pro-
ducts Of their farms when it was need
cd or desired.
Contrasting this state Of things
with the situation in our part Of the
County, we should think our farm
ers would DO well to try the Bingham
plan.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24
THE OUTLOOK.

In the series of pictures called
"The Voyage of Life. we see man at
four stages Of existence. As infant,
under the care of Il bright-winged,
smiling angel; as youth, starting on
his career, buoyant and hopeful,
springing eagerly forward and leav-
ing the angel behind looking after
him with loving eyes, hopeful, too;
as man, absorbed. anxious, worn and
as though he had been, or might
easily be guilty: too weary and care
worn for peace, too resolute and dar-
ing to regard always the right. He
secs no angelic has left her years
ago, but We see her looking, through
rift in the threatening clou,,s, at
him lovingly still. The fourth pic
ture is of old age, feeble, and with
bowed head again under the care ofthe
angel. Perfectly correct are all these.
the great throb Of pain at your heart
tells YOU. But Of the intermediate
steps, Of The years that change a man
from a joyous youth to a haggard
toiler or him again to the time of old
age and introspection, you think and
You long for other pictures, or rather
you make mental pictures and many
branches to the artists great idea.
However it may be to one whose
manhood was strong and reckless like
this type. there is in ordinary lives
time when one begins to Withdraw
from the hustle of worldly care, to
see the fuiility Of ones anxious Ia
b0rs, to know that results lie in the
far future. to look back over ones
own life and abroad upon the tur-
nOil that surrounds lis, with clearer
eyes than before, with n better per
ception Of the springs Of action in
the busy public, Of successes, Of fail
ures, of the causes Of both.
| think this period is the harvest
time of life, when growth has cuImin-
ated and decline has not begun; and
it is often indicated by a countenance
more serene. I manner more genial,
a tone Of conversation more just and
! charitable, though those words mean
/ through their buster years.
1t is a great thing 20 feel that this
/ time has come, to be able to relin-
! quish naturally, not the activities OF
life but its hurry and worry, to feel
that our experiences are no longer
bundles Of thorns that prick, but
golden sheayes, t$1ugh there may bc
some briers gathered with them.
Then il we are wise, ouT st0rehouses
of thought and experience grow full
er and richer and may be made to
help many Of our companions who
are still rushing after some elusive
/ good.
Poor, very poor must he be, OF
she, to whom this period does not
come with the ripened years; who
follows the toll and turmoil Of life to
the very end or until infancy again
overtakes him. lie misses the gar
nering-hc has 30 harvest-home.
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The Retrenohment Movement
WASHINGTON. Dec. Is, 1873.

Judge Durell, of New York, chair
man of the Committe on Expendi-
lures and Public Buildings, will
probably not begin his Investigations
into the affairs Oft Supervising Ar
chitect of the Treasury Department
for several days. At the Republican
caucus. it was indicated that q dispo-
sition existed to retrench in the mat
ter of public buildings, at least until
the financial condition of the country
shall be more hopeful. The points
toward which the quiry in this case
will be directed aic as follows: FIRST,
Whether appropriations have been
made for buildings not yet begun,
which are not necessary or can be
deferred; second, whether there are
any constructions upon which work
has been begun, that can be properly
set aside or discontinued for the
present; third. whether eXtrayagant
or unnecessary expenditures have
been made or contemplated on build
ings now being erected in various
parts Of the country. Members of
the committee say that no charges
Whatever have been made against
Mr.. Mullet, the Supervising Archl-
tect, but that it is the specified duty
Of the committee to examine the
questions above referred. 1t is prob
able that the committee will investi-
gate with reference to tie building
in Philadelphia, for which $ 5000, 900
will Be necessary, and also the Gin
cinnatj building, for which the same
amount will be required. Neither OF
these has been begun. Mr.. Mullet
SAYS that neither the new State De
partment, the Boston, the Chicago,
the st. Louis, nor the New York
buildings can be stopped without Sc
rious l0ss.-Pi'eSS.
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TIE Popular Science HonthLy for
December has an unusually valuable
and interesting article on the '.Co-
relation of Vital with Chemical and
Physical Forces" by Professor Jo-
seph lie Conte. 1t is written in a
palmer, more comprehensive style
than most scientific writer's use, or
else the subject itself is one we are
50 ready for that it is easily seized.
1t is certainly one that will interest
any reader and make us more ready
to appreciate other scientific truths.
We give few words:
Force is incapable of destruction.
except by the same power that crea-
ted it. The domain of Science lies
within the limits of these changes
creation and humiliation lie outside
Of her domain"
Mars by the Latest Observations,
taken from La Nature, describes that
planet with so great a likeness to our
own, in its motions, seasons, land,
water and atmosphere-and even
guesses at its animal life-that though
nothing is said of human inhabitants.
one cannot help thinking of our
neighbors over there.
A lighter but not less pleasing sub
ject is "Tennyson and Botany" which
points out many charming things in
Tennyson's poetry that one might
hardly notice, but which could never
again be overlooked. Among the
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people TO whom We must ever be
grateful are, prominently, those who
show us new beauties in familiar
things. and this writer, J. Hutchin.
son, in the Science Monthly, has
done many of us CHEEKY service.
We refer to the table of contents
of the January number in the jour
NAL this week.
The Popular Science Monthly is
published by d. Appleton & Co,
New York. Price So per annum.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

SEVEN hundred Norwcgians. with
half million capital, Lutherans ia
creed, teetotalers in practice, and
one-balf young married people, sail
the second week i'll January from
Gothenburg for the vicinage of ' inc
land, New Jersey. The company are
equal if not superior to any from
Norway in composition, and their in
telligence is testified in the fact that
a newspaper will be issued while the
trunks are being unpacked.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

HENRY w. GENET, a prominent
Democrat of New York City, elected
to the Legislature by his party after
he was indicted, has just been con-
victed of forgery in connection with
the New Court House SwindIe.
In view of this and other convic-
tions of leading New York Demo-
Gratis of swindling and stealing,
wouldn't it be well TO. the Wellsville
Free Press to give little more at
tention to the shortcomings Of its
associates before denouncing in such
big words its opponents? Reform,
as we'll as charity, should begin at
home.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24
No Increase of Taxes.

Since writing some words on this
subject for the last JOURNAL We have
been favored with a pamphlet copy
ofthe last annual report Of the Treas
urer of the United States, II is a
very interesting document, and ought
TO be carefully studied by every
member Of Congress.
Our conviction that 10 increase Of
taxation should be permitted, by
even hssty reading of this report
was greatly strengthened.
\ single extract will show our
readers uhy the treasury is now
empty and the Secretary recommend
ing higher taxes:
On comparing the tables Of Re
ceipt5' and of ''EEpenditures,' tbat
appear at the beginning Of the ap-
pendix, hereto annexed, with the like
tables in my report of the preceding
year. it will appear that there has
been q large falling off in the receipts,
amounting to 28,280, ,T640T on CpS-
toms, and to SIS, ,9c3 50 on Inter
nal ReUe6us.
This decrease in the revenue is
mainly due to the great reduction oi
taxation in both of these, the main
sources Of national income, that was
made by the last Congress, which
was demanded by the people. and has
received their sanction and approval.
But, unfortunately, it will also az
pear from further inspection that
The expenditures are largely IL ex,
cess Of those for the preceding year
This increase O Expenditures Is atajn.
iy due to the large oprroPy,ai:oa,
made By the last Congress az c,,ccS,
Cf the estimates naae by the SeccTa,
EJecutire Departments ofhe Cor
ernmed. The falling off Of tIie re-
ceipts and tie increase Of expcnGi
per auBum at which the public debt
was paid of in preceding YEAR
These facts combined make an inter
esting subject for reflection. the
study of which viii make ecod
guide, il not 4 warning, TO Congress
and the administrative officers as we'll
of the course that should he pursuat
IN the future. Either taxation mas
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

A LARGE meeting was held to-day
in Lincoln Hall, under the auspices
Of the Congressional Temperance So
ciety. Dr.. Chickering reported the
news Ut IHcH III nTgu PU5TUTuIIS res
pecting the present conviyial customs
on Christmas and New Years days.
Senator Upton, Representatives Al
bright and Burrows, bishop Simp-
son and others spoke against the
practice. A resolution was adopted,
calling upon the heads of families
throughout the United States to dis
card all Intoxicating liquors from en-
tertainments during the coming hol-
days Washington DtSpatch.
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Cheese Factories a Remedy ioi
Hard Times.

Cheese Factories a Remedy Tor
Hard Times.
The farmers in the southern payt
of our County would do we'll to make
themselves fully acquainted With the
working Of the Bingham cheese fac
tory.
From the best information We can
obtain on the subject, We Judge that
tie farmers who rely on sales of hay.
oats and stock for receipts arc not IN
as good financial condition as those
who manufacture butter and cheese.
Hay and oats can only bee sold to
advantage after sleighing. ana when
ever comes tightness ia money
matters they are the first Of the farm
products that become a drug in the
market. For instance. oats cannot
now-Dec. 23-be sold for more than
lilItJ-hNe cents per nuAhel, which Is
fifteen cents a bushel less than the
price year ago, whereas butter and
cheese has ready sale at very near
iy or quite last years prices.
One great advantage of cheese
factory is that it brings together, at
one point, all the products of large
humbero of farms. wlrich induces buy
ers to come to that point and pur-
chase at higher price than would
he paid for small quantities. We
are informed that ali Tie cheese of
The Bingham factory was sold at
New York prices, Tess the cost of
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

STARTLING STATIsTICs.-Tho Day
ton (0hio) Jo1nRui has been getting
up statistics about 1.-THE drains we
drink and 1.-The bread we eat in the
city Of Dayton. Dayton spends an
>neally for whiskey alone in bar
rooms. 9 100000; for -four, $462,-
600. Dayton has $50 har-rooms,
which consume daily ten barrels of
whislley. "Bar-keepers inform u.s.
naively remarks the editor. "that
there are seventy drinks in q gallon.
Averaging the drinks at something
like ten cents, the total consumption
reaches l0,000,00O drains per annum.
The profit realized by the mixiolo-
gists on this guzzling is estimated at
S945,000, or 700 per cent, which
beats banking out of sight. OF malt
liquors, the Daytonians consume
S 100000 worth annually" The
Journal sums up as follows: "The
grand total Of whiskey, malt liquors.
and tobacco, 100000 per annum,
and 100000 for bread,' which, for
city Of $4,000 population, is not
bad.
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WE HAVE received the Popular
Science Monthly for January, which
presents the following contents:
Concerning Serpcnts, by Elias
Lewis, Jr., Gllustrated); The Theory
Of Molecules. by Prof. Clerk Max
well; Past and Future of Constel-
lation. BY Camille Flamlnarion, Illus
trated); Replies to Criticisms, by
Herbert Spencer; Quicker than
Lightning, Gllustrated); The Emo
tionaI Language ofthe Future; Gen
esis. Geology, and Evolution, by
Re-. George Ucnslow; Growth and
Dec=y Of Mind. by Richard \. Proc
tor; An Episode on Rats, (illustra-
tcd); The Primary Concepts Of Mod
EN- Physical Science 0V. Inertia and
Force). by j. b. Stallo; Sketch OF
~. J. ". Draper (Portrait); Editors 5
Table: { Mil, Education and Sciencc);
Literary Notices: (Report Of the
Geological Survey of 1nio, Autobi-
ography ofJ oLn Stuart Mil, Clarke's
Sex in Education, Grattan's British
Marine Alg@D and Miscellany:
(Physical Condition of Inland Seas,
Unequal Power OF the Eyes, Natural
Grating, The Quinine Supply, The
Caterpillar Nuisance in Philadelphia.
Eating Alcohol. The Grapevine
Blight, Migrations Of Insects, Ami
maj-like Functions Of Plants, Natural
Varieties, NJ Malfocmations).
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HARD TIMES are giving away be-
fore the industry, and pluck, and pa
tierce of the people. The indica-
tions all around Ia and at home are
encouraging.
Farm produce is bringing fair pri-
ces, and there is no excu, for grum-
bling, or for not meeting engage
ments to pay, at least in part.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-24

Steerage passengers will be Supplied with as
much provisions and water as thev may wish TO
use; the provisions are of the hest quality and
are examined and Put on board under the inspac-
tion Of Government officers, appointed for that
purpose, ana are cooked and served out by the
Compahy's Stewards three times day.
Each Passenger is assigned separate berth .
married couples 5eTthed together single females
placed III rooms by themselves They are re-
CURED to furnish themselves with bedding, mees-
tins, etc
Ten cubic feet Of luggage equal to two large
trunks) allowed TO each adult.
An experienced Physician attached 70 each
Steamer. Medicine and medical attendance free
Cabin Passengers provided with elegant accom-
modations at low rates
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CopDEKsPoRT, Pa, Dec. "a, 1878.
FoR twenty years Potter Count,

4 FoR twenty years Potter County
has stood by the side of Allegheny,
and Chester, and Lancaster in main,
tanning the most advanced positions
in favor Of freedom, justice and good
government
Now it parts company with those
staunch Republican counties and has
voted to continue special legislation,
with its long train OF corrupting IN
fuences, and TO continue the word
''white" as one OF the qualifications
Of an eiector.
1t looks as ii we needed some
young men to do missionary work
among rs.
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GOVERNOR BooTu has been elected
Senator by the California Legislature,
after a sharp contest Booth is an
honest man and anti-railroad Eepub-
lican.
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"PEoPLE need to rise early to see
the oun in all his splendor, for his
brightness seldom lasts the day
through" Henc, the common say
ing, ''the mornings too fine to last"
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prospectus Tor Is74-s
IHE ALI.
An illustrated Monthly Jour,,,
to be the hanasouespsr,.,s'.' =
a Representative aud 9
Of American
"0fJOT Sale IL, Bool D. !.

THE ALDINE. whpsf
ularity, has none Of tl'a .'9s,17ti 4.
terest characteristic az o'lsIlisisllrl
lS an elegant miscellany n .llE'3 \
fui literature; and a taH N. ~
rareSt specimens Of ar+i.gt,;;t,'oa n
white. Although each ',u1 'sa
fOrds a fresh pleasure IN na,y.
he and beauty Of The 4l5is 'irH
cia!ed after it has been k,MI. ~ ,sl !.
the year. While other yg n,'tag q.
superior cheapneSs, az cf,,,,.
similar class, The AldiDs 4 d
conceptiOn-alome aud up,,,. .las. B.
" without competition n VI
The p0SSeSSor of a compIsI, f.le
plicate the quantity of fns' fs's yea
in any other shape or pumta,.l',,n
times its cost: and then, tbs-.S
besides. '''7ie Z,
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The Vote in the State.

Below viii be found summary Of
the majorities in the different coun-
ties Of the State, as far as received
up to the hour of going to press:
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Tuoss electors who think the for
nation Of a new county of more i'm
portance than honest government,
acted wisely in voting against the
new Constitution.
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EXCHANGE ON EUROPE.

BANK DRAFTS Issued from TO c 6Ooo, at low
est rates, payable on demand in any part of Eng
iand, ireland, Scotland and Wales Also. Drafts
ior any amount, payable in the principal cities of
Norway, sweden, Denmark, Austria. Prussia
France, Spain and ItaIv A'7i"'
Inc arrangements in this branch of our husi-
ness are very extensive and complete. giving ma
IaclHtles which enable as to sell at bankers low
est rates. Those who have bten paying high
priSe PM LOT thelr remittances should call upon us
anu avail themselves OF our low prices
ror fAsSAGE, BANK DRAFTS or any further in
formation, apply TO 49,
S. r. HAMlL TON,
AGENT
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Canvassers Wautai

Amy person wishing to act perm
local ranYaSSer vii receive full adj
formation by applying To
j JAMES SUTTON X Co., I
2J-21 IS Maiden Lane
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THIS County gave GS majority
against the new Constitution. We
can rememb Der when it did even worse
than that.
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Premium for 81

Every SUBSCRIBE =. re Ada.
1871 wisl receive 4 pain ys chrung
pictures were painted in Of. iwh \
TEo -iiaiIe, by Thomas Moran N
oradO picture was purchased Mf
thousand dollars. The >uhip.,, II
puge-ent "Ihe East and "ftaV
view in lie Waite Siomnau< NJ, i
ne gtge. gives the Cir, Of t;r4r
ing Territory. The difference n
he -ceHeS themselves j. "A piea,s.s !.
a5ords a good display of tlie 1-...
roioiiag. The cuWmos are \ F,,,
thirty distinct plates. and agaS1.rI
appearance exact fac Simi;e, a M
The presentation uf q WORTHY e1swy
ca's2reatest landscape paiuirftoi,.s
uf The 44idfTle was a bold bu, B-
idea. and its successful re4'ia.lms,
the following testimonial. over IN
MI. Moran himself.
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.FO2B:-IHeSer rates Of 1assGge are much
c1'oSSing the 4Ildnlic.
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WE ASK FOR QUAKI'

We have been almost giving aN' -.
EFT ON THE HEARTH" q mol''' =.
for % cents, and il has paid u a;
renew for a year. We therefor ~ ~ Z
win send II TO ALL 3 MONTHS ~. ~. j
TINS gives YOU over 90 splendid . 3
e,ee,es, sketches II aist"i A' . 4
reaG.ng aqu=i t1 large h'', 81.
Could Gat be hoaght "a any ''- rs.
SEND Is CENTS AT ONCE fof W.
ted Story and Family Paper V-' n s.
So oil chrome free. Suosti'y' tls
SEND A QUARTER at once ana =. no
Good agents can have cash salaLy -. !. q
missions. Jones K IiaGley, f"OD'
way, New York.
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These ehrOmnS are in every SS
! They are by an original Amci,n 4
| material OF American manuiacturH F
I ut American scenery 10y an AHris
and presented Ia subscribers 70 .hsh
fUl American Art JGTnaL lfAnga
of all this, they will cert2inly po,gg
no foreign production can m,piEi
are they any the worse il by reg,t
facilities of production they cost h
only Il tritie. While equal in eyeryl-9
cllT0mos that are sold single i0f icf
scription price Of Tie iidRe. Ia
viii prize these pictures for theHsi
the price they did or did a9t col, "a.
ciate the enterprise that renders q
tiun possible
If any subscriber should mdira-I
for 4 iiigIlgg66 subject, the pubi.a.-
mo, "A 20 inches, reprbsefiufinhgo ufho .
exile whose speaking eyes betrayA 0
his heart.