'irl.ic preparation of >.v combustion in Hydroiren V** 4 ■ iicnl Authorities, i.thdai 1,1 proscribed in thcJr.n n £.SJ rB B* isands daily pro res '"pared with it. ln.portS.Wr 1 energy. pnlo andothßroS?.^ft* necessity in almost e«2w if r!iu ’i*' Emaciation, I>„ l'v:a t ta-y l neipiM \’lt liheum, XUtneniS*!&*r Oimplaints, bihty, whether tlio re«nl» s’ nl diminution of nemulan^" W c complaint*, onetrlawlvi?P 111 *' c-sful to an oxtefat station >.ould r C n d B W r h cte..^ n a-j to have fo^l^Z have suddenly re-appom^jj? im-dfroni a protracted trwl*^ . sjiiiml instapc,pf this klndart ers, uiiaclaUd victimsof apparent ■ >:nr:uHtioi., critical chanra »?) ;"■■* ? lllf ,i .- vs P;--P'lc ie pliyslcian lias no nam« ‘ all kinds, and for rannonafe. <■ operation of tlii* «huary. for unlike S™g“£ V vr,tl, ‘ )Ut being exciting-*Bd legulnrly aperient. avcnTn tht ■ ostiveness without over being i ting a disagreeable * V. among others, which m.VM j* n 1 permanent a remedy Rir PiUn s'-to exwl a distinct and speclfl.’ -cal tendency which formrtW Oil • as arc its causes. aslnsUuTx I has often sufficed for tU (he attendant tbrttaeneu. i TT: . even when advanced to I)r*u>- mx, and apparently inellgu^ -1' declare ami * .f n«.h and strength, deWnatW II v h indicau r^ remedy lias allayed the alarms , in several very gratifying and! . irC ‘ of ih* Mon ““> witUoninny «rtlMb*«u, cnnnot be too confidently tort innuitc, in the cmm pynliarly I'. nnic and inflammatory— la tk* ulrdly—it lnw boon. Invariably i iting the pain and reducing It, be Joints and.muscles. * ’ om. 4iW U roadway, Now-York. '-■!) I'eing 'A’ZED -mm- essential elements, «nd Auntyxo tb« Btoodef ' >n-nmjitii>u, I,ir«r CompUJbt, i we I'm.) in every intlunotTifU' almil. sof Blood. Supply thss* mule well: The Bnpol» #odJ> U - ; y—ln-nee Us'aitbqUhtn£'fM- 7 M It A TIOSS "t t)ic Blood in different 41*- ftnoxcniTis, or nny affection I. -.'.ij;. inducing Co.vscnPTlOH, No. f.■ rT)epiiKSsios or SPIUTS, I .'iinoMc CoMrLAixTS. ariiinj 1 s.'iitr. and Nr.nvocs pEoStRi :.'.IMS. No. 3 for IV/SPRPSU.—* \:rp!ion it is TAKES EV DlOP* tii<> I 4 i* for Iniuxivim- '. t-'i'U special directions for I ’Ti '.' .-i, S-cr.«ruwit3, KiOKst, ; ■ N,.. r., Jn nil cniKai tbedf* .■■vi-. I. Pi ice of iUn Btnod'Tiod l ill iiCH k DUPONT. •S'.9 Broadway, New-York. d.dpbia, andG. If. KKYfc?Kl*j T. Murray, Ibdlidaysbnrs; : j tbronghouGhjiCoqtrtlT* JOE GAZETTE.— . Crime and Criminal*:l* 1" ' I :.i-"Iy circulated tfirflnghW I the Great Trials, Criming | jlriim the some, tof ether wltr 1 .ters, not to be ftmrul ft *ny 1 inn urn: $1 for six months, W p ’i.» should write tharnam** i«. v,-in re they reside plainly-# i. VV. MATSELL k OQ-i J V ,\ew York Police Gaertte, JV>v> TerkGip- ranee and Tnurt C<)» ii, $500,00d. hut Si., S. E. eortitr of Vhila. . , . AGENT, ALTOONA, 1! USUAL MCTUALBA|**» I.U AT ABOUT I NANCE RATKS.THBMW A. [Oct. 27th, X859-ly- >i NTY MUTUAL /.<; KNCY.—The, nnderslguw, ;ii Fire I nsurahee Compiny, I -iust loss nr damage by iw rdurt and J^opertyOteretJ trv, at as reasonable w« v.iico in the Masonic Tempi*- UN SHOEMAKER, M l **- ittner, DENTIST. MASONIC [Dec. 23, , Jm P; TIWUT W^gE XLEY BB !ih iirofos«i^n»l ■na mid tUe,wl*_ Ico heretofore oc- jIcCKUM & DERN, ; VOL. 5. BUY youk boots & shoes At tbe People’s Shoe Store, ■Q TEW ART & THOMPSON Take pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Altoo «ud surrounding country that they have Just received, ■* ,i l( .j r (tore on Annie street, two door* below the Post a large and handsome assortment of BOOTS, 3UOKS VT, ,i\iTEI!S, for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children’s wear, (all sixes and kinds. Their stock is of neat finish and ex li‘t manufacture, which they will sell for CASH only, tleast 25 PBK CUNT. CIXKAVBB tlian the same can bo purchased elsewhere—us will bo seen by rclerring to the 10li, to' B calf Boots, $3 25 to $3 SO jj, n’s fine kip Boots, 2 “6 to 3 25 Boy’s kip Boots, 1 75 to 2 00 Youths’. 1 75 Men’s Calf Gaiters, - 3 00 lieu’s Oxford Xiss, 1 62 to 2 00 lien’s Brogan’s, 112 to 165 <6. Hoys’ Brogans, 75 to 120 * Youths’ Shoes, - 62 to hi Children’s Shoes, 25 to 65 ioidies’ Congress Gaiters, 1 50 to 1 55 Ladies’ Lasting Gaiter* with heels, 137 to 160 Ladies’ Superior Lotting Gaiters, 1 85 Ladies’ Morocco Boots with heel*, ISO to 155 ladies' Morocco Boots without heel*, 1 25 to 1 37 Ladies’ Goat Boots with heels, . 1 25 Ladies’ Calf Boots with heels, 1 20 to 1 26 Misse«”Calf Boots with heels, 75 to 100 Misses’French Jlorrncco Boots, with heels, 125 Having bought our goods for cash, they were put at the leifcst figure, ami by doing an exclusively cash business ,u.duni-rs arc not made to pay for bad debts hence our It* prices. I And if yon w ant a good and fashionable Boot or Sh««- made, leave yonr u.easurs and they will have it made at ■hurt notice. Bepalriug done in the unfit est manner, and ou reasonable terms. Ws respectfully solicit a liberal shore of public favor. \ gept. 13, IhdO.-tf. Literary Emporium and News Depot CONFECTIONARY, SEGAR, TOBACCO, JEWELRY & VARIETY STORE. rpilE SUBSCRIBER CONTINUES to J[ keep constantly on band nil thebest literary papersand periodicals, daily papers from Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh, together with a good assortment >-'f Kooks. All tbe School Books used In this place and vicinity always on bond. Also, a choice lot of Confcctionarine, nnd knick knacks •f all kinds far children. Also the best Tobacco 'Si Segura to be bad in town, together with a fine aasortmont of (lold aid Silver Pencils. Hold Kings and other articles of Jewel ry. Call and examine. ’ Altoona, July 20, ’GO-ly r ANDS ! LANDS!! LANDS!!! 1 J The undersigned is prepared to' ideate LAND TAK- ln the Omalm and Nebriidta City Land Offices.— Good selections cun now be made ‘near tin large stream* and settlements. Tlio Land.' of Ibis Toiritory, iiuw in Market, ora of thc'bcst finality. JSU Selection* carefully mode. Letters . MoMcrtrii, Esq., Huntingdon, Pa. \V. M. LLOYD & CO., ALTOOXA, PA., JOHNSTON, JACK & CO., {Late “Bell, Johnston, Jack £ Co.”) B RAFTS ON THE PRINCIPAL Cities, and Silver And Gold /or sale. Collection-! mode. Money* received on deposlte, payable on demand, without interest, or upon time, with interest at fair rates. Teb. 3d, 1859. T D. LEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW 0 s ALTOONA, BLAIR Co, Pn., Will practice law in the several Courts, of Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Clearfield, Centro and adjoining counties.— Also in tli>s District Count of tlie United States. s Collections of claims promptly attended to. Agent for the Sale of Ileal Estate, Bounty Land Warrants, and all Imsin.csn pertaining to conveyancing and tUo law. References ?" Hon. Wilson McCiindlos and Andrew Burke, Esq.. Pitts burgh; Hon. gamuol A. Gilmore, Pres. Judge of Payette Judicial District; Hon. Chcnard Clemens, of Wheeling, Va.; Hon Henry D. Foster, Greciisimrg; Hon. John W. Kiltiuger, - Lebanon; Hon. Win. A, Porter,. Philadelphia; ami Hon. George I*. Uamolton, Pittsburg. June 10,1851*-ly. S. M. WPODKOK. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALTOONA, BLAIR CO., PA., ■WILL PRACTICE IN THE SEVE i» UAL Courts of Blair. Cambria and Huntingdon counties. ' " Having had several years’ experience in the practice of the Law, ho expects to merit public patruhage. Office on Virgiida Strict", in th» room lately occupied bv H>ij. Loet, Esq. [Sept. C, 1 VOO.-tfS *• E. GOOD, 51. D. J. K OCMMILL. 51. I> DRS. good' & GEM MILL lIA V IXO entered into Pnrti’ership in the Practice of Mxiicine, respectfully tender tlieir services to the Public la the several branches of their Profession. Calls will be answered cither day or night at their office —which is the tame ais heretofore occupied by Drs. Hirst A Good,—or at the Logan House. April 21st, 1859-3 m Boots and shoes.—the un dersigned' lias now on baud and trill -ufc tell cheap at Ills store jn the Masonic Tem- HHi v'n ' nr ? e complete assortment of BOOTS eßb AND SIIOKB, read}- made, of made to order, |SX Overelioci, Indies’ Sandals, Gum Shoes, Cork i? t' Ml * ovor 3’th>ng in his lino of business, of ' the beet quality and bit the tnost reasonable tonne. All cuftom work warranted. Jan. 2, ’5O-tf.] „ Tlie Root and Herb Doctor, OF PHILADELPHIA, HAS LEFT for tlii" Rocky Mountains, for a new supply of Roots. il' ( i »H etarn a ß a ' n an( i can lie consulted at John Wood's Irsi'i i '' toonl V on the 21»t day of November tihd on the Jtu day of December. Also, one day in each month for months thereafter, notice of which will be given in ml! paper, DR. W. LEVXNGSTON. Sept. 20, ISdo. ' Slair county insurance AGENCY.—The undersigned, Agent of -the Blair Ay Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is at all ■ “* ro*dy to insure against loss ior damage by fire, Build- W-Jferriamdue, Furniture l and Property, of every dos- Tjptien, in town or country, at as reasonable rates as any j-empiny in the State. Office with Bell, Johnston, Jadfi ;H _ „ D. 'I. CALDWELL, Agent. \ •M. 27, ’S9-tf DfiS. CONRAD & CAMERON RE SPECTFULLY offer their professional services to the Al toona and vicinity. Office on Bail road street,, crmmui'? ca3t °- f 1110 Red Lion Hotel, where they may be 6, u* 11 k° ure < ® xce P t when professionally engaged. 'I. G-. ADWJM, notary public. : ALTOQNA, BLAIR CO[ PA. Sjf a |* tin »es be found at the store of J. B. Hllcman. wtoWr 1,1857, OR SALE.—A SOUSE AND LOT, 'iMiralily located in the Jlorougiiof Altoona; Apply ’ 30tiS SnOBMAKBR. Altoona, Feb. 0,1860.-tf. [HJTBD SPATES LIFE IfTSU- OF ALL DESCEIPTIONS 11. PETTING K.i. -Vo. 1 Altoun- //wi :e. UOLLIDA YSBURG, PA ., J. SHOEMAKER ■ r i i - \v; ■ , VALUABLE GIFTS WITH BOOKS GEORGE G. EVANS’ Original Gift Book Enterprise. Thilargett in the xeorld ; permanently located at 439 Vkul nut Street, 2*hUadelpbia, SIXTH YJSAK OF THE ENTERPRISE. Having purchased tho spacious Iron Building, Xo. 409 Chestnut Street,and lilted it up with SEND FOR A CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, O r der any book that you may want, remit thn retail price, together "with tire amount required for postage, and one trial will assure you that the best place in the country to purchase books is at the Gift Book Establishment of OBOIR3E O. EVANS, ' Originator of the Gift Book Enterprise, No. 439 Cdsstsct Strzkt, Philadelphia. AGENTS "WANTED, To whom greater Inducements than over are offered. Any person, cither male or female, who is desirous pfeu gagluglnau HONORABLE AND PBOEITABLE BUSINESS, Reqnliring.bnt little time and no outly of money, and by which they eanobtain gratis A'Valuable library,- A Fine Gold Witch and Chain, A Handsome ticrahe nf Plate, An JSlegann Mil]: Drefs Patient, 'A Splendid, Set of Jewelry, Or any other choice articles enumerated in the List oil Gifts can do so by acting de unAgcut fof this cßtablißhmont. \ Any person, in any part of the country, can be an A gent sitbply by forming a club, sending-'a list of Books, and re initllngthoamonnt of money required for ; thesame. Send for a catalogue, which contains all iho desired in formation relative to ageucies nndthe formation of clubs : and to insure prompt and-Bohorahle dealings, address ail orders to • - THE BEAD QUARTERS QF GEORGE G-. EVANS, I , - WtOPMKTOR OF THE OU»SBT AIOI • r " ' LARGEST Gift book enterprise ■■ .IS 188 WORLD, '" ' ■"'• ■ PertnanenUr located (it Ko. 433 dicstiiut Stmt, FhlUft. \ Sept \ TIRUS OF ADVERTISNC! 1 insertion 2 do. 3 do. Four linear or less $ 25 $ 37U ■ tSO One square,. ( 8 linen).. 50 75 ' 1 00 Trvo “ ; (16 “ )..... 1. 00 150 1 200 Three , (24 “ )..... TaO 200 250 Ovor lino for every insertion. Obituary notices exceeding ten lines, fifty cfnts a square, Uded |)octru. THE NOBLEST AMBITION. Many a man bolds firm persuasion, CltcrUhcd deep in heart and brain, That for him soum great occasion thali produce Colossal gain. Day by day he idle dallies Where the mountains kiss the skies, Strolling through Life's greenest valleys Without striving to arise. Till.-while lounging, overtaken By tho Messenger of Fate, By ambitious hopes forsaken, Mourns he o'er his luckless state Then of all ascent despairing, With less spirit than a slave,' He contented is with sharing With the low and humblest grave. Air 1 -you nniropulsivo natures, Boor, indeed, must he your chance ; Nature stints your moral statures, Fortune, your inheritance. By lot-g looking at the planets, lleav'u np more is made yofrr homo Than can Hocks of gulls or garnets Haze on Swans, and swans become. Always onward, upward, ventures lid whoso foot has never swerved, \ Till Goil cancels the indentures Ofithompprcnticeship he served. Why should we still -pick np pebbles, Saimtorin„ idly on tho shore, ’When tho shortest voyage trebles What small gain we owned before I Tliougb coiih-ntmcnt ia a Messing, Hearts should with tbcir hearts expand, AciVttll mean desires suppressing, Tlu-ob but for the great and grand. Gloriously do kings brdizeu llerous for sncci-ssful wars, TUI Uie soldier's scant horizon Seims a galaxy of stars. But |v much more stern campaigning lic.fnr coiidcioncc-salce, endures, AVhq the victory has been gaining That the grandest prize secures. Clinib, who would man's claim inherit, — Soiir above the human clod; lie who highest brings his merit, Nearest brings his soul to God. Sflfd ||lisfdlaiiir. H|NTSDN MARRIAGE PROPOSALS, >VITU ANKCDOTIiS TO MATCH. ‘ BY AN EXPERIENCED CHAPERON. Most 'women allow that iii the course of their liveti they Lave gone through at least once the orddal ofii “ proposal,” but then they feel bound in Inner not to disclose circumstances and par ticu'ars. i Men naturally enough utterly refuse to detail-tjbeir experiences on this subject. Their Edith or Georgina sit at\tho head of their table, and,the mystical words used to induce her to accept that happy position,--whether inspired by the feelings of the moment, or guided by the ligh : of numerous previous we are never allowed to know; I, therefore, as an elderly matron, bope for some gratitude from the rising generation, if I offer a few suggestions and write dow i sucli information on this mysterious sub ject as, 1 have stored up in the course of a long life. It, the first place, then :-r- Avoid too much baste in matrimonial matters.- A clever writer in' the Saturday Review recommends po man to niar 'y till be lias seen his beloved with a cold in her head; If bis affection ■frill stand this test, notl ing, we think, can chill it; but this writer, I gather from internal evidence in his own arti cle, is yo'upg and a bachelor, and has evidently nevt r made a sea voyage; However, bis theory is gbod si. fur ns it goes, and might, if generally acted upon, prevent some of the contretemps ari sing from hasty offers of marriage. Oue such occe rate; ino at this moment. A proposal was written lin’d sent by the post, in the days when lettirS timivellod quietly n£ the rate of ten miles an i our on, mail coach. The anxious lover for 4 tbe‘’irat whek breathlessly expected the reply, but it did not come. The next week die pined, and was sleepless ; still no answer. The third wee' :he became indignant. “A civil ncknow leg-Jment was his due. She was heartless and a flirt.” i The next week he despised her, and congratulated himself on his escape ; and when at the end of it, he received his o,wn letter back from the; (j|ead letter office, because he had in his Agitation, forgotten to direct it, he had so completely outlived his love, that he never pro posed to that lady at nil. y Id thoieecond place;—Always deulVith prin- lf a girl is top young to know her own mind, you bad better wait till she is older; and If sheds too undecided to judge of her awn feel-' ingej, j wh| not choose one a little wiser ? I ksowia fine disposition which was soured, and the |sCurse,of two lives materially darkened, by a churlish old /father, who never told-his daugh ter b£ the declaration of attachment he had re- [independent in everything.] ’ccived for her, becausehe considered tboincome offered, to be insufficient. She thought her feel* ings had been trifled with, and the man a heart jess flirt Many years afterward she found out, by accident, how much she had misjudged him; but it was then too late. Let me recommend young girls-to-shun the man who is, even when making love, wrapped up in himself and bis own pursuits, instead of being able to throw bis mind into their occupa tions, or to sympathize with thoir feelings.— Such a man is narrow-minded or narrow-heart ed. 1 once saw a middle-aged invalid making love to a young girl. After making great ef forts to secure an opportunity; of meeting her, he drew his chair closely to hers, looked into her face, sighed heavily, drew his chair still f closer, and, while she looked at lam in aston ishment, and I, ia the distance, strained ray ears to hear whit under remark followed all this preparation, i heard hire whisper, with great emphasis, “ Who is your doctor?” I need hardly say that the proposal failed which follow ed this well judged commencement. A more pardonable case of man's absorption in his own pursuits was that of a very shy lover, whose one idea was horses. He never found courage to propose till he had persuaded the lady to go into the stable and look nt his favorite horse. There he spoke and there she answered yea. — But this was natural and pardonable; a shy wan may need his vantage ground, and, feeling his own inferiority in the drawing-room, may yet be aware of his superior knowledge and superior power in the stable, where his horse is his throne, and he himself a king. Thirdly. —Never express strong determinations on the subject of marriage unless you mean to break them. I have seldom heard an old bach- elor declare that be had quite decided not to marry, without feeling sure that the subject was engrossing a good deal of his thoughts, and soon afterwards seeing his marriage announced in the papers. If a man assures you ho could never marry a widow, ora fast young lady, ora girl who is fat, he is sure to do it; and when then young girls who honor mo with their confidence assure mo that they never could marry a man who is short, or who han’t ride across the country, or wiio wears a beard, or who has only five hundred pounds sterling a ypar, or a country squire who rides without straps, or forgets to wear gloves,, I, consider that their doom is sealed, and that their hus-i bands will be the opposite their youthful ideal in these exact particulars. ' But people fall gen erally dn cole ou V on paiehe, and the penchant of this generation is certainly not to idealize too much. Warning, therefore, on this head is, perhaps, unnecessary. Rather, I remind them that imagination is, as Schlegel tells us, a gar den of Eden within us, which man ought to dress and keep within botmds, not ruthlessly fell. I plead, therefore, that a little fomancq be still left around the proposal, even In this money making and money-seeking age. Let the words be spoken at a-time and in a place which ima gination may love to dwell upon, and beware of the example of Sir 0. P , a well known physician. lie is said to have rolled the note in which ho ns£cd for the Duchess of hand, round a phial of medicine. She accepted the bitter draught, but refused the man. I have also beard that a beautiful and accomplished lady, who had become an enthusiast in farming, with the view of benefitting her tenants and de pendents, was “ proposed to” in a new pig sty, by an eminent agriculturist, while they were discussing the various arrangements and im provements which might be made in the build ing, Here an engrossing pursuit in common bad assisted the denouement; but such simihirity of tastes may be but temporary, and is a frail foundation for lasting union. A north country gentleman, a master of hounds, and a man of much character and origi nality, but shy and peculiar in society, was, by great similarity of taste, thrown much in the way of a lady who rode well. ; My elderly cheeks tingle with a blush while I write, that, the gen tleman, not improving tho opportunities given him of declaring his sentiments,' when riding home with the lady, after hunting, she took a step which, as l am presenting the different as pects and circumstance of proposals, 1 feel bound, however unwillingly, to relate:— r ‘ Why should we not marry, Sir John?” she said.— “Ah!” said Sir John, “ I have often thought of It.” ’ and married they were ! There are fatalities which seem to attend upon some lovers—strange events, unexpected meetings, which sometimes promote, sometimes prevent proposals. A marriage took place, not many years ago, in the great world, -where the two lovers (long attached but separated by the desire of their parents) met under an archway while each'taking refuge in London from a sud den shower of ruin. Neither of them had the least idea of the neighborhood of the other, When the sudden meeting occurred which deci ded the course of their future lives. In another case the engagement was broken off on account of limited means, and the gentleman went abroad. Returning after some years’ absence, he arrived late on the railway platform, and rushed into the first carriage he reached, just as the train was in motion. In it be found (with her mother) the lady he had been so longyuiniy endeavoring to forget, and the meeting ended in one of the happiest of marriages. , In matrimony, as in other affairs, it is all im portant to put the critical question in the way best adapted to the character’and disposition of the person concerned. A gentleman who had several sisters—agreeable, sensible, and, some of them, fine looking women—was one day asked how, it happened that they all reached, middle nge unmarried. ‘.‘l will explain,” he re plied: “ Proposals without Attentions, and at tentions without proposals; and this is the clue to my sisters* single life.” To take an opposite example. A friend of mine with a warm heart and quick impulses, is much in the habit of de cidedly negativing any proposition vrhen first made to her, merely on account of its novelty. One day, while referring to her happy marriage, i inquired how it happened, with her dislike to new suggestions, that she did not say Ko, when her husband proposed to hoi;. “Ah!” she said, M I did, but he knew my habit, and put the question in such a way, that saying.no meant yes-”• ■ /. ' . ■ Lastly. —Always secure your retreat in love as; in war.-. This is a precaution never to be neglected. Mr, A— ■■—, brother to the late Lord Z —, whose proud and haughty tem per, was proverbial, proposed to a lady .in Port man Square Gardens. After being refused, the rejected layer .turned away from per m great indignation, but, finding the gate of the gar4en looked, was obliged to ; return to the pnd petition for the key. Another case; still more trying, fries thatpfngeatlemaa Gravelling in the north of America, who, after being fcbsplta- bly received in the house, of an officer high in command there, proposed to; bis host’s daughter the evening before his intended departure, and was refused, ■ A deep' fall of snow earae on- in the night ;■ the roads became impassable; and i the poor man, to his unspeakable.mortification, was detained for a week id the house with the lady who had rejected-him.? • Such are some of the ifaoidents relating to proposals which occur to ine this moment.— Stronger and more varied bases will probably rise up to the memory of most of my readers, ; surrounded, in some instances, by sad and soft ! ening recollections; embittered, in others, by I long and unavailing regrets; [ Pause, then, and prosper, my young readers, | Boar with you on your pathway that elderly j chaperon’s best wishes for your happy entrance , into this land of promise. Remember the Italian proverb: “ E mezzo, armato Che di buon’ donnae amato and believe that a marriage based on mutual esteem, built up by lasting affection, and crown ed with heaven's blessing, is the fair remnant left us on earth of the institutions of Paradise.. —Cornhill Magazine. ; WHAT I BEGIH TO BEEIEVE, “ Bubbles,” of the California Golden Era , fur nishes that paper, under thh bead of “ Notes and Cogitations,” with the following : I begin to believe now-a-days, that money makes the man. and dress the gentleman. 1 begin to believe that the purse is more po tent than the sword and pen’ together. 1 begin to believe that those who sin the most during the week are the most devout on Sun days. I begin to believe that honesty is the best policy to speculate with until you gain every body's confidence ; then line your pockets. -' I begin to believe in humbugging tho people out of their dollars. It is neither stealing nor begging ; and those who arO humbugged have themselves to blame. I begin to believe that man was not made to enjoy life, bat keep himself miserable in the pursuit and tho possession of riches. ' I begin to believe that the surest remedy fqr bard times and a tight money market is an ex travagant expenditure on thq parts of individu als, to keep the mpney moving. I begin to believe that none but knaves ore qualified to bold office under the government, with the exception of a few; natural born fools and lunatics. ' : , I begin to believe that piano-fortes are more necessary in a family than Ureat-and potatoes. I begin to believe tljat a boy who does not swear, smoke and chew tobacco, may be a very good boy but is naturally stupid. I begin to believe that he’has most merit who makes the most noise In bis own behalf, and that when Gabriel comes—not to be behind tho, times—he, too, will blow his own horn pretty loud. Proverbs Worth Preserving, —Hasty people drinks the wine of life scalding hot. Death’s the only master who takes his servant without a character. A sour-faced wife fills the .tavern. Content’s the mother of gepd digestion. When Pride and Poverty marry together, their children are Want andjurime. Where hard work kills top, idleness kilU a hundred men. ' Folly and pride walk side -by side. Ho that borrows, binds himself with a neigh bor’s rope. i He that’s too good for.good advice, is too good for bis neighbor’s company. Friends and photographs hever flatter. Wisdom is always at home to those who call. Tho firmest friends ask the; fewest favors. y Ticket Sib !”—A good .story is related of a conductor bn a Railroad, who was a'strict church going man, and was always found promptly in his church on the Sabbath. : One Saturday his train was in very late, and ;he did not take his customary amount of sleep, which, however, did not prevent his attending divine service as usual. During the sermon-he unwittingly fell into a troubled sleep, soothed by the monoto nous voice of the clergyman; All at once he sprang from his seat, thrust-his hat under his arm, and giving his neighbor in front a push, shouted, “ Ticket sir!”. The startled neighbor also sprang to his feet, which' thoroughly arous ed the conductor, who, looking wildly around, and seeing nil eyes turned toward him, instantly “ slid,” amid a suppressed titter from the whole congregation. ’ , One v oe Daniel Webster's Best. —The late Kendall 0. Peabody, of Franklin, was accustom ed to tell the following, which we have never seen in print:— i ; Mr. Webster and Henry Olay were standing on the steps of one of the hotels in Washington, and Mr. Peabody was, close: by and beard .what was said. A drove of Jackasses was passing by, and Mr. Clay thought it a good opportunity to get a joke upon Mr. Webster. He patted bim upon the shoulder, pointed to the long-ear ed-donkeys and said : | > \ “ Mr. Webster, there are some of your North ern constituents.” I 1 ‘ ‘ Yes,” replied the greht Statesman “ going South to teach school.” 'v I ' Peace.— Peace is better than joy. Joy is an uneasy guest, and always qq tiptoe to depart.— It tires and wears us out, apd yot keeps us ever fearing that the next moment it will be'gone.— Peace is not so—it comes ipo)re quietly, it Stays more contentedly, and it i never exhausts- our strength, nor gives us apsious forecasting thought. Therefore let us ppay for peace. It is the gift of God—ptpmisM jto all his children; ahd if we have it in bur hearts we shall not pine for joy, though its bright Kings never touch while we tarry in the w^ld.- Preparation ron is the most certain pf events. That itwill come, no one can questionbut when, bo lone .can decide.— The ybung behold it far in the future; the aged reganHt still at a distance both are amit ten suddenly as a bolt from t|c cloud—asprpent from the brake—hr a shaft jftom ah nneeeriqui vert £ There is no safety, therefore, save in that hhbituhl preparation which npthing can deceive, and- nothing surprise. ; |J j ; •4 —' - -n r - inir I 'ytSSZ 4 bpy asked one of bis playmates how a . hardware, dealer differed from a .boot maker f *Y Whyi’f said the other, “because" the onb Ibid tie nails hadthcbl&lrn^edthSSoles.” EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. •r ? ' ffOISIteKSDr BILLIARDS. Monsieur Burger, the celebrated French play er, who ia as much the Kiqg of the Billiard-Ta ble as P*ul Morphy is Emperor of the Chess- Board, has lately arrived in this country, and is now io New York, as the guest of Michael Phe lan. fiis wonderful playing has been the theme of the daily papers for several days, but we ! thinkjapne of the Reporters for the dailies are quite equal to the' task of describing the mirac ulous shots, of the rotund Frenchman, ahd there fore wo copy the impressions of Doestioks, as given in a city papbr:— “I heed hardly tell you that the game of bil liards consists in punching ivory balls about on a big table covered with green cloth, that looks like half an aore of meadow-land, with' an in dia-rubber fence round it; that the balls are punched with long wooden ramrods, with wax on the bud to shW the wood, and leather put on to save the wax, and chalk put on to keep thu leather from wearing out You take your, ram rod and rub some obalk ou the little end ;■ then you lean over the table; then you squint; then you lift up your leg; then you fiddle a little bn your left hand with your ramrod; then you punch your,ball; if your ball runs against the other man’s bull, you’ve done.a big thing, and you poke up a lot of buttons that are strung on a wire. This i'a all there; is of the game of bil liards. Anybody ban’ punch billiards—l can, and maybe you could. "Well, Berger has come, the great French puncher; and of course I’ve been to sc* hha | punch a few billiards with Phelan. Phelan'' i»T I a pretty fair puncher himself, but he can't pan jh so fast as Berger—in fact B. has to give P. a hundred buttons or so in every game. I’ve of ten played with Phelan myself, but he always beats me; he has a private understanding with the man that pokes the buttons—when Phelan punches the balls, the man pokes buttons; when I punch the balls, nary button will the man poke. So Phelan goes out;.bat my game is a little thp best—in fact, I’ve challenged Phelan to play me a thousand buttons fqra lot of money and I’ve offered to,keep the game myself, so as to be sure all is fair. Phelan’s » conspiracy with the men who poke the.buttons is a disgrace* ful thing; it discourages young men,'and makea 'them think they can’t punchT billiards os . well-as Phelan can. I’m bound to break' it up. Bat Berger has out generated Phelan. Bmger has bought over all Phelan's bntton pokers—pays ’em more money than Phelan did, nnd sow they ! give Berger all the buttons. “ Ha! ha! Big thing on Michael I “ Well, on Friday, Berger was going to do some, punching, and there was I in toe midst.— Berger is a fat man; the top. of his head to .as bald as a goose egg, and he bos got a stomach like a three-foot celestial globe—in fact, he is shaped just like a billiard-ball, and might bo used for one, if you take his boots off ondtie his heels to the back of his neck—only I don't want him to carom on me! \ “ He brought all bis own tools with him from France—a table that isn't so long by a few feet as Phelan generally makes his—a lot of balls and ramrods, and everything. "Boom was all anxious to see the Frenohman pmnch - ahd the Frenchman punched, arid such punching it was. He made the balUr hop all over the table, and generally had three in the air at once.— Neil Bryant was there, and Neil is a pretty good - judge of billiard punching. I- did my favorite shot with great success, jumped my ball off the table, caromed onNeil Bryant, and holed It in a spittoon. “ Phelan said.it was a big thing, so did Neil. Berger rolled himself ron'nd to the center pt the . table, chalked his ramrod, dnd executed a fan cy lick; he made his ball rub three"times round the table; on the edge of the cushion, leajt off at a sharp angle, carom on Nell Bryant, come back to the table, take eighteen cushions, awl stop exactly on the centre spot. 'i “ Phelan had a try. He did one of tie sim ple shots that 1 taught him—the one when the one-ball takes twenty-one cashions, knocks the hats off three Dutchmen in the corner, comes back, stops inside the string. Berger didn’t think much of that; so he took off his eoatjrol idd up his sleeves, and put in a tremendous lick; * the ball hit Phelan -on the middle vest button, caromed on came back to the ta ble and,took four cushions, went oat of the win dow, gave a stage driver a black eye; came back arid took a cushion, caromed on Neil Bryant, took two cushions, went twice pound the block, took a cushion, went but through another win dow, arid came in through the sky-light, took four cushions, and caromed ori Neil Bryant, and all in four minutes, 'without stopping for breath or sweating a half. . . . . “ All handa were occupied for forty minutes in reviving Phelan, whohad fainted from envy. “ Berger then made his grand shot—he put such a tremendous twist on bis ball that it took every cushion on every table in the omed 'on Neil Bryont, dodged out of the windbw, traveled once or twice npariddown Broadway, ran into a shooting-gallery, rang the bell bine times ijn rapid’Succession, and came book to the ’ table, previously excuting two brilliant caroms on Neil Bryant; r ! • > “ This concluded the show, os I supposed, but as I got to the corner of Broadway and Broome streets, I caught sight of Neil Bjyant rushing round the corner, closely pursued by two bil liard balls, from Which' I suppose Berger must have done another fancy shot or two after I left. ‘‘ But Phelan’s conspiracy with the billiard markers all over, the country is outrageous. He has every one of them so far under his control, that there isn’t a place in the United States where, when I pjay billiards with Michael Phe lan the markerdoesn’t count more for him than for me. ■ A Beai Rbmshee pr a Joke A man lately received twenty lashes, well laid on at the flip ping post in an English town. The culprit in stead of bellowing when the constable applied the Sash, laughed immoderately, which m&de the angxy officer lay on with' harder force. On giving him bis twentieth blow the officer could stand it no longer. ‘•Well, look here, mister,” said the offended officer,' “ I’ve done my duty, and I can lickye no more, but I’d like.to know what itas that’s so funny?” . ~ ‘ “Funny!” roared the other, “why it’sexclel leht. ■ You’ve got the vrtong Smith / I ain’t the man that was to be whipped I I£al the other one. Now you’ll have to go it al£over again I Really, it’s, too good 1 You must. whip the other man tod! Hat ha I” ' )K$U The bread of life is lovethe salt of life irftork; the sweethess of li&. bootiyf ahdillus w»lor of Ufo^’ttiih.'. “Indignantly yours, “ Dobstioes, P. B.’*' . V—.•£ I' fl ■:.K \ ■ -V . NO.-40