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FRIDAY, JUNfi, 11 18C0.
FOlt GOVEKNOll.
JNO W GEARY,
Subject to (lie decision of tlic Republican
Shito Convention.
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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,
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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
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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.