(Sill CjoiMfir gduo(afc. FRIDAY, JUNfi, 11 18C0. FOlt GOVEKNOll. JNO W GEARY, Subject to (lie decision of tlic Republican Shito Convention. wmm-MHuauHMM. iu as.... -' mui.mwf am NEWS IIF.MS. It is now believed nt tlt3 Treasury Department that tho public debt will bo reduced fourteen million dollars during tbo present month. In Illinois, recently, a (armor pet fire t3 the grass on his prairie land, and burned up his two children who were nt play. Ulpndin is divorced. In 7iG libel suits now ponding nc;ainst American editors, the nirgregnte damages to chaiaeters aro estimated at 847,500,000. The Legislature of Indiana has passed n bill introducing tho German language us a branch of regular instruction iu the public shools of that State A Portuguese, inventor lias recently presented to the -Cabinet at Lisbon a murderous little engine, tiring eight hun dred shots in a minute. Pexter has been beaten by a veloci pede in Jersey city A mile was made in two minutes. Who will give thirty thous and dollais for that velocipede ? Americans abroad who have wet Mrs. Lincoln, widow of tho President, declare that she is much more sensible and becom ing than she was at home. The Northern Pacific Railroad Co. is making preparations lor Rending out an exploring party to pas3 over the entire route from Lake Superior to Pugct Pound. Mrs. Sallie Fish grandmother of tho lato Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, died Pat. urday last, at her residence iu Clifton Springs, N. Y., of heart d'ueisc, in the eighty-first year of her age. Tho Navy Department continues the reduction of the number of vessels, and expects before the summer is ended to dispose of all the supernumerary war ves. sels end transports now owned by tho Gov ernment, The peach growers of Delaware are expecting a larger crop this season than ever was gathered iu that State It is ex. pected that 2,000,000 baskets will go to market by the Pelawaro railway against 1,500,000 baskets two years ago. The hatchet with which George Washington cur his father's cherry tree, , lias been, since the death of the General, in tho possession of Washington Lodge of Masons, in Alexandria, but was presented by them, recently, to the- Alexandria .Museum. General Logan, ns commander of the Grand Army of the Pepublic, will issue an address in a day or two setting forth the position of the Grand Army iu regard to decorating graves ot rebel sol diers and taking stron the practice. grounds against The receipts of tho ticket sgent of tho Pacific Railroad at, Omaha have aver aged 64,000 per day sir.ee the opening of tie road. Ouo day last week the evening train for Sacramento took seven passenger cars full, the majority of which were through passengers. The Central Pacific Pailroad have, in accordance with the decision of Picsi dent Grant and his Cubiuet, deposited with Secretary Routwell $4,000,0u0 of their ikst mortgage bonds as security for its completion and equipment as a first class road, nnd were thereupon paid the full amount of Government bonds to nhieh they are entitled by law. PaiVTi.vo tiie London Times; The Times is now printed by new machinery so perfect and so simple that it takes but one engineer and three laborer to print off the whole edition of the Times. The principle of tho machine is that the paper is not cut into sheets before it is printed, but is brought to the machine in a long roll. It passes through the machine, is printed on both sides, and is divided as it passes out, tho whole process being automatic, Tbo idea has long been worked at by engineers, but Las only lately been carried out, under the superintendence of Mr. Macdouald, the engineer who has charge of the whole Timet machinery. The new machinery is called the Walter Press, in honor of the chief proprietor of the Times. It will su persede the Hoe machine, and is an im provement upon the admirable French Marioni machine upon which the Echo is jrinted. American. Cotton. Despite all the efforts of the English and all other nations to foster the growth of cotton in India, Egypt, &o., the place of America has never been really filled, and returning industry at tbe South will find a plentiful demand for its productions. Tho latest return of the British Board, of Trade show thit there are now fifty thousand peoplo 1cm earning their living in cotton manufacture than there were before the rebellion ; whereas, it the English cotton factories had increased during the seven years since 1801 at the same rate they did the five years preceding, the cotton manufacturing .population ol England would be 170,000 more than it in now, bo enormous is tbe loss winch the stopage of American cotton inflicted upon British industry. The cost of a new wur would be something frightful to both parties. A Scotchman, having put a crown pie 3e into the plate instead of a penny, in an Edinburg church, one Suuday morning, asked to have it back, but was refused. " In once, in forever" said the man who collected the money. I'll get credit for it in heaven, then," answered the Scotch man. " Na, na," said the other, " ye'll get credit only for the penny ye meant to Intertill of Tim. Seneca pays, ' It is a virtue to be cove tous of time ; " but it is of tbii that men are most inclined to be prodigal. Many who would esteem it wrong to waste large portions of time allow the smaller frag nienrs to pass unimproved. When Madatno do Genlis was a com panicn of the quern of France it was her duty to bo nt the table, and waiting for her mistress, fillcrn minutes bcloro dinner. Those fifteen minutes were faithfully im. proved each day, and a volume or two was the result. A writer of the present day, whoso pow er is felt, says of himself, " Very nearly all that I havo ever attained or done out of tho regular routiuo of my professional duties has been by taking up thoso odd moments which nrcso easily tluown away." Of Cicero, it is said, " He suffered no patt of It is leisure to be idle, or tho least interval of it to bo lost." Applying him self thus vigorously to the pursuit of knowledge, it is no wonder that ho becatno one of the most loarnnd men ot his age. ir William .Jones is another example of what may be accomplished by the dili pout uo of time. In addition to a remark able acquirements in various other depart ments of knowledge, he was familiar with tA-enty .eight languages. His philosoph icul and literary studies were carried on amidst the duties of o toilsome profession. Wo nra told the secret of his success, lie never neglected an opportunity for im provement ; and it was a " fixed principle with him not to be deterred by any diCi cultics that were surmountable, for prose cuting to a successful termination what he had once deliberately undertaken." Alfred the great, one of tho brightest lights of history, performed an amount of labor truly amazing. The affairs ot his kingdom were so complicated as to require tho wisest legislation, and a personal in. npection of each province of his dominions ; but so carefully did he husband his time, that he w:;s a'ulo to fpply himself vigor ously to literary pursuits, and produced twenty oi igiud and translated books ; nnd with all this, he devoted eight hours out of the twenty-four to devotional exercises. Luther, amid nil his travels end active labors, presented a perfect translation of tho whole Pible ; and this wa3 accomplish ed by doing somethsng every day, and ah owing no interval of time to psss unim proved. Elihu Burritt, " the learned black, smith," by presevering study in the inter vals of labor, becatno one ot tho most dis tinguished linguists of any cge. It is related cf Daniel Webster, " the intellectual giant cf hio gensratioc," that, while he assisted his father at tho sawmill where he worked, he always carried with him some favorite author ; nnd while waiting for t In saw to pass through the logs, which occupied about ten minutes, he employed those brief intervals by eager ly devouring the contents of the volumes ; aud in the last year of his life, ho was able to repeat laro;o portions of the books with which he bad in this manner become familiar. Pr. Livingston began life as a poor factory-boy. When but ten years ot age, he was obliged to go to the factory at six in the morning, and remain until eight in the evening, with only brief intervals for breakfast and dinner. The hours from eight to ten lie passed in an evening school ; and not uufrrqucntly his ctudies were continued until midnight. By this con tinued application, at the age of sixteen he hud become a good Latin scholar. Scientific works and books of travel were his pecu liar delight. " My reading," he says, ' while at work, was carried on by placing my book on a portion of the ppinding-jen-nie, so that I could catch sentence after scnteuce at my work. I thus kept up a pietty cocstaut tstudy, undisturbed by the roar of machinery." John Kitto, the eminent biblical scholar, when fifteen years old was sent a poor, deaf boy, to the workhouse, because his parents were unable to provido for hiui. Two yeurs latter, he was apprenticed to a cruel and unreasonable master, who often required him to work from sixteen to eigh. teen hours out of the twenty-four. Put, under all of these disadvantageous circum stances, youug Kitto found time for tho pursuit of knowledge. Every leisure mo ment was devoted to mental improvement. When his circumstances in life were more comfortable, he did not at all relax his in dustry ; of this he writes, " I cannot ac cuse myself of having wasted or misem ployed a moment of my time since I left the workhouse." This wise improvement of his leisure moments laid the foundation for his great usefulness and world-wide fame. Roger Sherman, at an early age, was apprenticed to a shoemaker, lie was accustomed to sit at his work with his book before him, devoting to study every moment that his eyes could be spared from the occupation iu which he was engaged. In this way, he acquired his knowledge of mathematics ; so that before he was twenty-one he was ablo to make astrono mical calculation for au uluianao published in New York. It was by such indefatiga ble iudustiy that he attained an acquaint ance with general science, logic, geography, history, philosophy, geology, and ecpcciully with law and politic- In the cxpi-ricricii .f all, there are inter vain of time which liu bclwoi-ti thn uniiq engagniiHiiilH of lifo. If lhi!M) inlrrvnlh of liinu which lio b( twin ii llm iiriiiiI en. gfigciijcula of lila. If ilium iiiUrvnlN UK! carefully huabundd mid wierly improved, how much limy bo aicoiupliahiid, not only j-or ouiiivlve, but for humanity and God! IIottHK us a general think (.;;'. too much licking aud tuo lit tlo fuel. It limn locei hix bat while driving hi hore, his lick )iin liorso to pny for it. If lie rum into another wagon through bin own cnridemiii-its lie licks hia borne to muke it all right. Jf his horse slips or luiubleH, he get licked for it if Uo does anything he gets licked, and if he don't do anything be get the same. A great many hornet know " eight " more than their driver and if they would change plaoee with them, society at Urge would be gainers, an d so would horees. A Very Singular Will. Tho Columbus (Ohio) Journal says : Receutly we heard cf and read part of the most singular will on record. The maker of the will is represented to be a shrewd, successful business man, who has accumu lated quite a large fortune. He exhibits no other s'gns ot insanity than may be de rived from the cxtremo eccentricity of his will, although it is probable the courts will, in due course, bo called upon to determine the question whether the testator was of sound and disposing mind. Tho will disinherits all the natural heirs of tho maker of it, and dovises the entire property in trust for the establishment of an Infirmary for Cats. A most elaborate architectural plan for tho necessary build ings is attached to and made part of the will. It provides areas for that sweet airaory Converse, so dear to the feline heart, and rat holes of tho most ravishing nature, to be kept well Btocked. The most ingenous contrivances aro provided for se curing to tho rat a chance of escape, so that the cats may not loose tho pleasures of the chase by finding their prey come too easily. High walls aro to be built with gently slop ing roofs, for the moonlight prouicnado and other nocturnal amusements cf tho cats. Tho trustees are directed to select the grounds for this novel infirmary in the most populous part of some American city, and tho devises are to be totccted by a competent force of rnrses from the ravages cf men and dogs. No person of tbe male sex i3 ever admitted within the walls, end do femaln who has children or i3 under thirty ycara old. There are hundreds of minute directions which we havo no time to note. Ono would suppose that in the foregoing provisions tho testator had exhausted all tho eccentricities of one man, however unique his nature ; but the last provision cf the will seems mora outrageously biz zare than any that go before. Says the devisor : " I have all my life been taught to believe that everything in and about ruau was intended to be useful, and that it was man's duty, as lord of animals, to pro tect nil the lerser species, even as God pro. tects and watches over him. For these two combined reasons first that ray body, even after death, may continne to be made uscfal ; and secondly, that it may be made instrumental, as far as possible, in furnish ing a substitute for tho protection of the b'odicf of my dear friends, the cats I do hereby devise and bequeath the intestines of my body to be made cp into fiddle strings, the proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of an nccordcon, which shall be played in tha auditorium of the Cat Infir mary by one of the regular nurses to be selected for that purposo exclusively the playing to bo kept up forever and ever withoutcessfttion dr.y or night, in order that the cats may have tho privilege of always hearing aud enjoying that instrument which is the nearest approach to their natural voice." If any journal can give us inforuaticu of a more singular will than this, we should like to hear of it. Laird now positively declares that it was notorious in England while tho Alabama was on tho stocks that ehe was to be a war vessel for tho Confederals, and that the British Government knew it and had ample opportunity to prevent her departure if there had been any desire or will to do it. This is a fire in the rear that will astonish thoso writers who argue for the disposition of the British Governmenttodor.il that an honest Govern ment could in assisting us. LiBEii suits are springing up in various parts of tbe country like mushrooms The conductors of the Erie (Pa.) It publican, recently discharged its Uuion printers and filled their places with " rats." Thereupon the members of the Typographical Society published the usual ciiyular, denouncing the editors as unfair employers, and warn ing members of the Union from working in the Republican nfilce. The editors im mediately instituted a libel suit aguinst the Printers' Union. An Indian woman hit her second hus. band 'over the head with a fire shovel after family prayer, for praying for his children, and omitting her own. There was no discrimina tion thereafter. The si gnboard of a tavern near Stras bourg, France, bears tho following inscrip tion : " Strong beer and wine of the first quality. Customers drinking more than twelve glasses will be sent home in a cab, free of charge, in case they are unable to walk." Man may be a worm we will not dis pute the theory 'on general principles but an oblique view at the miniature moustaches of our festive young men, proves that lie is not the worm that never dye. Strawberries are becoming plentiful, and prices are fulling. Jersey is beginning to pour in its crimson store of this luscious fruit, and as the crop is a bountiful one, none neea go without for want either of a full sup ply or of moderate priees. Ira man could only staud off and look at himself when he is reeling along drunk, it would be better for him than fifteen temper ance lectures. Mkiucal men laud the strawberry as a out-iit ive of scrofula. Those who have not got Unit particular malaJy may take the berry upon its geuerul meritr, Ouu citizens should hold tenaciously to lliuir wives and unibreran. A legal decision, ruefully rendered iu Cincinnati, is to the effect l hut it is impossible to steal a wife or an um brella, aud that, possession is, in both cases, evidviiue of ownership. With this wirning, we trust every man who happens to own one or the other will keep a sharp ejetipon them. The Albany Express nays that Seth Green is going into tho shad-raising business, on the Hudson, this Summer, and proposes to batch out 3,000,000,000 of eggs during the month of June. If Seth suooeedg in getting safely through that " hatch " he'll merit tha eternal thanks of the shad fishermen. A SrREAD Eagle Toast. Our Nation Begotten amidst the storms of tho six teenth century, its infantile movemcntg were seen on board tho Mayflower," on the rock at Plymouth, at JamcBtown, on the plains of Menongahela, and on the heights of Abraham J the " capraoious squalls " of its infancy were heard in the tea party of Boston, in Fanenil Hall, on the plains (if Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill; in his boyhood he ran bareheaded over the fields of Sarotoga, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and York whipping his mother and turning her out of doors ) and in his youth he strode over tho prairies of the boundless West, and called them his own ; paid tributes to the despots of Barbary in in powder and hail; spit in his falhci's face from behind cotton bales in New Orleans, whipped the mistress of the ocean, revelled in the halls of tho Monte zuma, straddled the Rocky Mountains, and with one foot upon golden sand, and the other upon codfish and lumber, defied the world ; in his manhood, clothed in pur ple and fine linen, he rides over a continent in cushioned cars, rides over the ocean in a palace steamer, sends his thoughts on wings of lightning to the world around, thunders at the door of the Celestial Empire and at the portals of the distant Japan, Blaps his poor, deciepid father in the face, and tells liir.i to be careful how ho speaks to any of his picaroons, and thrjatensO make sheep., pictures of all tho land thnt joins him. May he live ten thousand years " and his shadow never grow loss." Female Warriors. It is not a very uncommon thing for women to serve in the disguise of soldiers, and our late war pre sents several examples. The services, how ever, appear to have been inconsiderate and the disguises imperfect, for " discharged " is tlio brief record ol nearly all In the war of the Ameiican Revolution two or three instances of heroic action on the part of women were gratefully acknowledged by the puolis minorities. Congress passed a resolution mak'iDg honorable mention of the services of Margaret Corbin, wounded at the attack on Fort Washington, where she filled the post left Vacant by her husband, who was killed at her side while serving a piece of artillery. A complete suit and half the monthly pay of a soldier were voted toher. The gunner's wife who took hur husband3 place when he was killed a the battle of Monmouth was rewarded by a commission. Bub no adventures of the kind attracted so much attention us the wonderful romance of the Massachusetts girl who actually served in the Revolution- ary army through a loug term, and rendered services valuable enough to bo rewarded by a pension during life. He that is truly polite knows how to con tradict with respect, and to please without adulation, and is equally remote from in. sipid complaisance and a low familiarity. W . S- SERVICE- (T)00,000 CUSTOMERS WANTED, w AttliCj new Masonic Hall Building. STOVES at prices that will please of all do sirable kinds. TIN-WAKE of every kind on hand at all times. Special attention given to Wholesale orders. Price-list furnished to dealers on application. SHEET. TIX AND COPPER WARE. House furnishing goods a great variety. STEAM AND WATER HPEING, PUMPS, FISIIINQAND HUNTING TACKLE, such as RODS BAS KETS, SEINES, FLIES, HOOKS, CArS, POWDER, &o. -o. BIRD CAGES A NICE VARIETY. ROOFING, GUTTERS, SrOUTS. of Tin, Galvanized Iron and Copper and every kind of HOUSE AND JCB WORK done on Bhort notice and warranted, AGENCY of Henry Disstons celebrated saws. Orders for saws at factory prices so lioited, also for repairing. Information and pries list furnished on application. PAPER RAGS, OLD ROPE, OLD COPPER, BRASS, PEW TER, LEAD, IRON, BEESWAX, nEAVY HIDES, DEAKON SKINS, SEEEP PELTS, GREEN BACKS, NATIONAL BANK NOTES, U. S. BONDS &e. fahen in exchange for Good or T!w&. vlnSOtt W. 8. SERVICE. TANNING & LUMBER CO. K EYSTONK STORE WILCOX PA' ATTENTION EVERYBODY SPRING OPENING I The largest store in North Western Ta., lit- torally filled to overflowing. , WINTER GOODS closing ont regardless of value. We are opening the spring campaign with the largest and most attractive stock ever offered in this market. We shall endeavor to keep every depart ment well assorted the year round, Oar DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT will always contain a large and well selected stock of Cloths Cass im era & Cloakings, Black and Colored Silks. Seasonable dress goods in great variety. Table Linens, Napkins Towels &e., whito goodsof every description, bleached and brown sheetings all widths. GLOVES & HOSIERY TRIMMINGS and NOTIONS CARPETS and OIL CLOTHS WALL and WINDOW PAPER, BOOKS AND STATIONERY, CLOTHING, HATS and CArS, BOOTS & SHOES, DRUGS & MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS & DYE STUEES, LEATHER, SJIOE FINDINGS, HARDWARE, STOVES TIN- WARE, 1RON& & TEELr NAILS & BUILDERS HARDWARE. NUTS & WASHERS, nORSE SHOES &. NAILS, WAGON SPRINGS, TATENT AXLES fr BOXES, CROCK ERY and GLASSWARE, STONE WARE, FLOUR, FEED & .MEAL, CORN and OATS, FURNITURE . OF ALL KINDS, SASH & DOORS COFFINS, MATRASSES, BEDDING, &c, TOBACCO & CIGARS, TRUNKS, YALISES & CARPET BAGS, RUBBER BELTING. CLOCKS i GREAT VARIETY. Agcnta for Heyt Bros. Celebrated Leather Belting. With our superior facilities for cbtaiaing heavy goods, ia large quantities, from first hands we defy competition in Groceries & Provisions, We Invite particular attention to our choice brands of extra and double extra flour, we got direct from mills at the west thus saving to customers the profits usually pocketed by middlemen. Our flour is always fresh ground and we guarantee entire satisfaction with every barrel TANNING & LUMBER Co. 'la21t Wikox Ta POWELL & KIME. QOODS FOR THE MILLION. POWELL & KIME, At their capacious stores both in RIDGWAT AND CENTREVILLE. Hare oa hand-, cpTendld ng.iori.iicBls J 11 scasonablo Goods adapted to the waafa of the people of Elk and adjoining countica, which they are selling at f rieea that defy competition. They would siaiply state here, that being -very large dealers, heir facilities for purchasing are un- pqunlled by any fstablihuc&t ia th& county. They buy directly from, rata. f;vcturc4Uid on tha 34 Another advantage. To eaa always get what you want at their stores, htaee you will save time by going dirottly to thom and TIME IS MONEY. We have ns space hero to enumerate all the ad vantages you will have in patronizing ties establishments. Sat eH anil see, and reap tho advantages for yourselves,. Among thoir Goods yon will find DRY GCODS in eniTess Yanetics, GROCERIES choictand fresh CLOTHING of best material superior cut and- finish, BOOTS & SHOES of the best stock and make, CROCKERY for newlj married middle aged aud ehieily. DRIED FRUIT, BUTTER, EGGS', PORK, HAMS, LARD, FLOUR, CORN MEAL. . AND EVERYTHING ELSE Afco mort other kinds ot country pro duee taken at the market vaW lnltf.
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