'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<t iioipaekrlly Kbagwit r*.
uiye.«ud its jirugremin tbenew
' lll probaby be one,of blgb re-
covered in the wbolaJiUtory of
• ! * prompt, Happy, and fully re
pat-ito. complete dirotian, rapid
tin unusual dtapoeltlbn fur *
”• immediately follow IU nee
containing 60 pllle, price U
: n- K l«u nnd dealers. Will W F
receipt of the price. AlMetttre.
•aifili ta .
ii i CO., Gevsiui. Aourtr,
- a Cedar St., Now Toik.
<v!n«,in the pralie of .
•ATON-fi . ■
E COHDIA Jui
fails to afford intUznUmtmu.rw
r net] a« if' by uagit,aiid one
u that what tre aayVtrw. It
lie OR OPIAtE
relieves by removing Me tuffir- '
i by deadening its tentibilUui. .
il« itself us the only reliaUe pree
''iiLDr.r.M Tketiilnq, Dutßtiau,
nawtu. Aciwxi or xaa grow
aiv- and Caout*, glso, for tqflat
latmn, regalatfiipthe Botodt,
i f -/11 n ?—b ni 11 gan a lit i-t/xepnod w
civjj in nil citere of Coxyvuoos
r< the life and health o/your
:{in from thise sad and blighting
tin lo result from the tut bfnar
'iedits foe InfuntiU Complaint* .
IT.. Eatc-ji'u iNrA.'IIIiJSCOKOUI,
I’ perfectly InirmlußS, and can*
■ infant. Price, 2S cents. FaU
bottle. T'rttpnml only by
( ill'KClPi DUPONT,
i>. 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 <f inquiry re
quested. ALHX. K. McKdNMIV.
Ohsapous, Cuss County, S . Ter.
Jsly 14,1859.-tf
BErcitiscil:
.Rev. A. B. Clark, Altoona, Pa.
‘ITh. M. f.LOTIi k Co.; Bankers, Altoona, Pa.
JlcCrcm & Bern. Editors, “
Tnos. A. Scott, Supt. P. K. R., a
X>. 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<evcry convenience to
facilitate my btningas, particularly that branch devoted to
UQUNTKY OIIDKUS; and having nlarger capital than any
other party invested, in the business, I am now prepared to
offer greater advantages and better gifts than over to my
customers.
I will furnish any book (of a moral character) published
in the United States, the regular price of which is One
Dollar or upwards, and give a preseqt worth from 60 cents
to $lOO with each book, and guarantee to give perfect sat*
infection, as I am determined to maintain the reputation
already bestowed ilpon my estaldishiiumt.
Strangers visiting Philadelphia are invited to-rall aud
Judge for themselves. ’ U.U.EVAN.
IF VOD WANT ANT BOOKS
BSJiD TO
GEORGE Gr. EVANS,
RELIABLE GIFT BOOK ENTERPRISE,
No 43!) CHESS UT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
where all books are sold at the Publisher’s prices, ami you
have the advantage of receiving a handsome present,
worth rnou 50 crxts to 100 Hollars with Each Boas.
GEO. 0. EVANS' Original Gift Book Enterprise Ims been
endorsed by tho Book Trade ami nil tbe
, leading city and country papers in tbe
United States.
OEO.O. EVANS’ Punctual business transactions have re
ceived the approbation of over G. 000,000
citizens of the United States, each of
whom have received substantial evidence
of tbe advantages derived by purchasing
books at tliis establishment.
GEO. G. EVANS Has done morcthan any other publisher
or bookseller in the United States to
wards dilfusing knowledge to tbe people.
. By this system many books are read that
otherwise would not have found their
way into the hands of readers. —Prank
Pesliix Pi'Wfjhijirr,
GEO. Q. EVANS Keeps constantly on hand the most ex
tensive stock,lhe greatest assortment of
Books, and circulates fruu toa,ll who may
apply, the most most complete catalogue
of Books and Gifts in the United States.
GEO. G EVANS Has advantages offered by other pnbV;
Ushers and manufacturers, which enable;
him to furnish his patrons with a finer;
"quality and better assortment of gifts
than any other establishment.
GEO. Q. EVANS Publishes nearly Two Hundred Popular
and interesting Books, therefore, as a
publisher,.!!? is better able to offer extra
. premiums and commissions.
GEO. G. EVANS Guarantccsperfectsatisfactiontoall who
may send for books, f
GEO. 0. EVANS’ New classified catalogue of bonks em
brace tho writings of every standr.nl au
thor in every department’ of literature,
and gives all the information relative to
the purchasing and forwarding by Mail
or Express of kooks ordered from hises
, labUsliment, together with full direc
tions how to remit money.
GEO. Q. EVANS’ Catalogue of Boooks will be sent gratis
and free of expenso to miy address in
the United States.
OEO.O. EVAN’S Inducements, to Agents cannot be sur
passed. The most liberal commissions
are offered, and by soliciting subscrip
tions To books in the manner proposed,
£0 hooks can be sold in the Rome time
’ . that it would take to sell ouo on the old
fashioned subscription plan. Send for a
classified Catalogue, and every informa
tion will be given in reference to agen
cies. , Select your books, enclose tho
- amonnl of money required, and one trial
will sail, fy you that the beat place in the
country to purchase books ia at
THE EXTENSIVE
GIFT BOOK ESTABLISHMENT
GBO. G. EVANS,
No.;4'J9 Chestnut Street. I’hiia.
■ WHERE YOU CAN GET ROOKS OF ALE KINDJ 511:1
Books of Fact 1
Books ot Fiction 1
Books of Devotion!
Books of Amusement!
ißooks for the Old Folks!
Books for tlie Young Folks!
Books for Husbands!
Books for Wives!
Books for Lovers I
; Books lor Sweethearts!
Boohs for Boys! '
Books for Girls!
Books of Humor!
Books of I’oetry!
• Books of lirsvel!
• Boots of History I
Books of Biography!
Books of Adventure!
Books about bailors I
Books about Soldiers!
Bn6ks.about Indians!
Books about Hunters!
Btvkn uliorit Heroes!
Books about Patriots 1
Books for Farmers! 1
Boohs for -Mechanics!
Books for Merchants!
Books for Physicians!
Books for Lawyers!
*, Books for Statesmen!
‘ Bibles!
-r Presentation Books
Pniyer Books! :
Hymn Books! \
Juvenile Books!
Annuals!
Albums, etc., etc. *
CECIL B. JIAUTLEY'S lutcrestingßi.igraphles!
REV. J. INGRAHAM’S Scriptural Romances!
SMUCICER’S Lives of Patriots mul Statesmen I
J. T. LAUREN’S RefOlutlonarv'Stories 1
T. S. ARTHUR’S Popular Tales!
DR. ALCOTT'S Family Doctor!
MRS. HENTZ’S Novels!
MRS. SOUTH WORTH'S Novels 1
COOPER’S Novels!,
DICKENS’ Novels!
WAVERLEY Novels!
IRTINQ’S Works! ‘
Ail the writings of every standard author in every de
portment of literature, ip every style of binding, at the
publisher's lowest prices, arid remember that yon pay no
more then you wouldat any other establishment, ned yon
have the advantage of receiving an elegaut Present, wliicli
oftentimes is worth a hundred fold moru than the amount
paid for-the book. >
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 <V 18W,-6bi.
Card,
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1860; -
THE’ALTOONA TRIBUNE.
E. B. McQRUM,.., . . .u. C. BERN,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS.
Per nnimm. (payable Invariably in advance,)'. $1.50
AU papers diacoutinucd at Uio czplratiou of the time
paid for. > \
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
Ov<?r three weeks and lew* than three mouths, 25 cents
per squurq for each iuaettmn.
s ’ 8 months. 6 months. 1 year.
Six Uncß or leas $X 50 $3 00 $5 00
One ftjunre, 2 50 4 00 7 00
" : 400 t 600 10 00
Throe 500 v 800 12 00
'““J “ , cOO 10 00 14. 00
Half u column 10 00 14 00 20 00
One column ; u bo 25 00 40 00
AauunistiatorH and Executors Notices 1 7&
ilcrcliuntftjudrortisiiig by the year, three squares.
with liberty to change 10 00
Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding 8
lines with paper, per ymr 5 00
Cciumiimcationb of a political character or individual in
terest will he charged according to the above rates.
Advertisements not marked with the number of inser
tions desired, will he continued till forbid and charged ae
cording to ?iho above terms.
IhiHincfia.notices five cents j>or 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.
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' 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.’*'
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