mML&immm Religious Miscellany. The path of the peniteut is not so pain ful and difficult as you: imagine it to be; and the tears of penitence are not like the hot scalding tears of remorse. It is a sweet and blissful sorrow, tosit at the foot of the cross and weep for our sins. And it is an emotion of heaven to feel assurance that stoning blood has so purified our hearts from defilement that God is our reconciled father and heaven is our home. We may deck vice in gay attire. Art and wealth may lend their aid to hide her deformities, and grace her manners, sothat at first she may charm with her blandish ments and her deceitful smiles ; yet it is like dressing up a grinning, ghastly skele ton in the drapery of a bride NY hen her diabolical end is attained, she will drop her mask, throw off her drapery, and stretch out her long flashless arms to encircle her victim in the embrace of death. The joys of religion are the result of holy obedience. They proceed from a ' conscience void of offence toward God and man.' They are the fruits of faith and love and holy principles implanted in the heart, which are to be developed and ma tured by the means of grace; becoming Stronger and brighter as the soul approach es the scene of its exaltation, for ' the path of the just is to a shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.' Other considerations, such as reputation, success and the restraints of public opin ion may keep you from open immorality; but nothing but true virtue, and the im planting of those principles, which are the work of God's Almighty Spirit and Grace, can so renovate the heart, as to secure your ultimate happiness. Seek religion then, as the great safeguard and bulwark of de fence against vice ; and seek it now, before evil habits have worn their furrows so deep in your heart, that nothing can obliterate thorn. Could the habitual swearer only see the list of his oaths, as taken down by the pen of the recording angel, he would never sus pect that it was the work of man ; but he would suppose that it was the outpouring of some satanic spirit who had devoted all ♦he energies of his mind to the task of re viling his Maker. And though he might be a brave man, his knees would knock like Hclshazzar's when he saw the hand writing on the wall; and the pen would drop from his nerveless grasp if he were required to write his signature to the list and acknowledge it as his deed. Every child, and we all have been chil dren onee, knows bow sweet it is, after a long experience of the wretchedness of dis obedience, to fall down in peuitenee at a parent's feet and feel that all the guilt of transgression is forgiven. It is a blissful moment. It is the joy of pardoned sin.— It is the possesion of a peaceful conscience. And precisely the same in kind, but great er in degree is the bliss of the soul that experiences the forgiving love of God. It is the most exalted and purest happiness known this side of heaven. It is heaven begun in the soul. Pardon does not necessarily imply res toration. An executive may pardon a criminal but he cannot restore him to the place in society that he had occupied be fore he transgressed. There is a stigma attached to his character, and a loss of con fidence not easily regained. Hence the whole gospel plan is one designed, not merely to secuje pardon to the penitent, or, in other words, to assert the penalty of the law; but to restore him to the place which he would have occupied had he never sinned. It should be a startling thought, that God may take the swearer at his word, and in eternity pour upon his head those vials of wrath which are as yet unopened. Who would dare to die like that profane wretch who swore, with an awful oath, that he would beat a rival boat, or blow hhnself to hell, and whose body, in five minutes, was scattered in fragments over the wharf, and whose soul was in the presence of the 11c ing whom he had insulted and defied.— What is man that he should dare to pro voke the wrath of one who can sweep him into eternity by Ilis breath '? It is a worldly maxim that vice is the parent of misery and an inspired truth, that 'the way of the transgressor is hard.' Kvery virtue which we are commanded to practice, conduces to health, honor, wealth and happiness, while vice of every descrip tion leads directly to dishonor, poverty and misery. Thus we have the evidence before our eyes, that holiness is necessary to per fect happiness; and that all that is requir ed to make hell dreadful as it is represen ted by the figures of Scripture, is to let j human passion reign unchecked; for it sometimes makes a hell upon earth. The Prince Royal and Royal Cook Cooking Stoves, subscriber has for sale the best Cook ! ing Stove in the market. Hundreds h&v been sold, and in every case given the warn, est satisfaction. They are more durable, ; entire top being double plated with wrong;, iron; the back plates arc double of cast iron Every housekeeper knows that these arc the only parts affected by the heat, hence the value of this great improvement. No burn ing out of pieces. Hole covers and oven-tops. | These Stoves possess a neat and beautiful appearand, have all the most valuable im provements that make a Cook Stove a house hold pleasure, viz : largest diving flues, which increase the draught, and diffuse the heat just where it is wanted, under and around the baking oven—large fire chambers, taking wood from 24 to 30 inches long—deep ash pit, adding much to the convenience of clean ing out the stove—with wood and coal grates, firebrick, kc. Every Stove warranted, and sold as low as any ordinary Cooking Stove. oct3o F. G. FKANCISCUS. HAMS —a superior article, for sale bv mh!9 Jf. J. HOFFMAN. L XT M BER. \\"TILLIAM B. HOFFMAN at his Lum- T r be* Yard, Third street, near the Acad emy, has now on hand an extensive stock of LUMBER of all kinds, DOCKS, SASH. 40,000 LAP AND JOINT SHINGLES, which he offers for sale at low rates on reas onable terms. VfATEE, PIPE. Having been appointed agent for the sale of the NV'illiamsport Company's Tubing for wa ter courses, which is the best and cheapest ever manufactured, he invites attention to the following reasons for its use : 1. It is made of pine and perfectly healthy. 2. It is the cheapest pipe made. 3. It is the easiest laid down. 4. It is not liable to get out of order. 5. It keeps water sweet and pure. 6. Being small, it soon becomns saturated with water. 7. It is durable, lasting from 20 to 30 years. 8. It has a large bore, and is not liable to choke. 9. It can be made larger to bear pressure. 10. Iron will fill with incrustation, or will rust out, 11. The mineral of lead and iren is very unhealty. 12. Iron and lead, same size, will cost 6 times as much. aplß WM. B. HOFFMAN. EDWARD FRYSINGER, WHOLESALE DEALER & MANUFACTURER OF CIIiARS,TOBACCO,HIP, &e., &e., Orders promptly attended t®. jelG PLIKiR PROPYLAM| Ne . During tlie past year v prices to dealers, at HOFFMAN'S. CELLING off all kinds of Tin Ware, at kJ wholesale prices at retail. Those in want of tin vvare will do well to call here before purchasing elsewhere. mhl2 F. G. FRANCISCUS. NAILS. OW ING to the advanced prices of coal and ttjptiil, the prices of hnvc udv&nccd to 83 20 per keg. _ A liberal discount to deal ers. A fo.H stock in store and for sale bv F. G. FRANCISCUS. Obs Agt. Ilarrisburg Nail Co. Lumber, Lath, "Flooring, &c, A T greatly reduced rates. Studding, all XJI. sizes, at 81 25. Good dry hoards at 1 50. Rest flooring at 20 00. Plastering lath, and paling, headed and not headed, reduced 25 per cent. Wishing to close out our eDtirc stock of lumber, purchasers will do well to call hero before purchasing elsewhere. - r LS F. G. FRANCISCUS. Entirely Vegetable, No Alco holic Preparation. DR. HOO ELAND'S CELEBRATED GERMAN BITTERS. PREPARED BY Dr. c. M. JACKSON & CO., Paha, Pa- WILL EFFECTUALLY CURE LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA, JAI'NDICE. Chrome or Xrrtous Debiliti/, Dig' n-tx of 'he hi'iii'';/-*, ami a(l rlirragrn origini} from y the Acting Sur geon. ° VALUABLE REPORTS on Spermatorrhea, and oth er diseases of the Sexual Organs,and the NEW REM EDIES employed in the Dispensary, sent in sealed envelopes, free of charge. Two or three stamps for postage acceptable. Address, DR. J. SKILLIX HOI OIJTON, Howard Association. N0.23. Ninth St Philadelphia. Ps. j,,g I Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. AI ELIX is still manufacturing all kinds • of I urniture. V oung married persons and others that wish to purchaso Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro duce taken in exchange for same. Give rnc a call, on \ alley struct, near Black Bear llo fob 21 The Bugle Calls! The War has Begun! A M'ar bjf Extermination against Bad Teeth, Bad Breath, Diseased Gums, Toothache. Earache, and Neuralgia. OUR ARTILLERY IS DR. WM. B. HURD'S DENTAL TREASURY: A COMPLETE SET OF REMEDIES FOR Preserving the Teeth, Purifying the Breath ami Month. & Curing Toothache k Neuralgia. CONTENTS: Dr. llurd's Celt brutal Mouth Wash, I bottle. Do do Tooth Potrder, 1 //ex. Do Magic Toothache Drops, I bottle. Do Par hated Neuralgia Plaster. Dr. Hard's Manual on the Best Means of Preserving the Teeth, including Directions JM' the Proper treatment of Childr n's Teeth Floss Silk for Cleaning Oct ween the Teeth. Tooth Picks, etc., etc.. Prepared at Dr. J turd's Dental Office, 11 Fourth St., Brooklyn, (F. D.) Price One Dollar, or, Six for Five Dollars. ShfThe Dental Treasury makes a package eight inches by five, and is sent by express. B&k*,Pu(i direction for use is on each article. The following articles we can send separate ly. by mail, viz : The Treatise on Preserving Teeth sent, post ! paid, on receipt of 13 cents, or four stamps. The Neuralgia Plaster, for Neuralgia in the face, Nervous Headache, and Earache, sent, j post paid, on receipt of IS cents, or six stamps. The Neuralgia or Rheumatic Plaster (large I size,) for pains in the Chest, Shoulders, Back, | or any part of the body, sent, post paid, on ! receipt of 37 cents. Address, \lu. B. Hard & Co., Tribune Buildings, New York. SO*"Dr. Iturd's Mouth Wash, Tooth Putt' j tier u/Lii Toothache Drops cannot be sent by mail, but they can probably be obtained at | your Drug and Periodical Stores. If they j cannot, send for the Denial Treasury, price j one dujiar, which contains them. NOW, Are Dr. Hnrtl's Pn-j aralioiis G'ootlJ The best evidence that they are is that their firmest friends and best patrons are those who have used them longest. Dr. Win. I li. llurd is an eminent dentist of Brooklyn, Treasurer of the New York State Dentists' : Association, and these preparations have t been used in his practice fur years, and no leading citizen of Brooklyn or Williamsburg questions their excellence, whilo eminent den tists of New York recommend them as the best known to the profession. Without the aid of advertising dealers have sold them by . the gross. But their cost is so small that every one may test the matter for himself. S§?*Beware of the ordinary Tooth l\>w j ders. Dr. llurd's Tooth Powder contains no i acid, nor alkali, nor charcoal, and polishes J without wearing the enamel. Use no other. What Will Dr. llurd's Remedies Rfftpt ? Dr. llurd's Mouth Wash and Tooth POKT ! der will give young ladies that finest charm iin women—a sweet breath and pearly teeth. ! Try them, ladies. Dr. llurd's Mouth Wash and Wooth Poiv | der will clegnse the mouth from all foul ex i halations, and if used in the morning, will i make the breakfast taste sweeter and the day j begin more pleasantly. Hundreds of per ! sons can testify to this. Try them, gentle l men. Dr. llurd's Month Wash and Tooth l\jwder are the best preparations in the world for cur ing bad breath and giving firmness and health to the guqis. Hundreds of cases of diseased bleeding gums, sour mouth, canker, etc., have been cured by Dr. llurd's astringent wash. Dr. Uurd's Mouth Wash and Tooth Poirder ! give an additional charm to courtship, and mako husbands more agreeable to their ! wives and wives more agieeable to their hus : bands, i hey s[;og!d be used by every person having Artificial Teeth, which are liable to i impart a taint to the mouth. Dr. llurd's Toothache Drops cure Toothache 1 arising from exposed nerves, and ere the best | friends that parents can have in the house to save their children front torture and them selves from loss of sleep and symngthetic suf ■ feting. NEURALGIA PLASTER. Dr. Ilurd's NeuraJgiu Nun Adhcsitx Plas ters are the most pleasant and successful rem edies ever prescribed for this painful disease. The patient applies one, soon becomes drowsy, falls asleep, and awakes free from pain, and no blister or other unpleasant or injurious consequences ensue. For Earache and Nerv ous Headache, apply according to directions, and relief will surely follow. Nothing can be obtained equal to Dr. Ilurd's Compress for Neuralgia. Try them. Thay arc entirely a novel, curious, and original preparation, a"nd wonderfully successful. They are of two si zes, one small, for the face, price 15 cents, and the other large, fur application to the body, price 3i cents. Will be mailed on re cceipt of price and one stamp. Now is the CHANCE TOR AGENTS, Shrewd agents can make a small fortune in carrying these articles around to families.— The Dental Treasury is the neatest article that a man or woman can carry around. Send for one and see, or, better, a dozen, which we will sell, as samples, for $7. Agents supplied lib orally with Circulars. ftgCNow is the time to go into the business, to do good, and make a profit. Wo are spending thousands for the benefit of agents. New England men or wo men ! here is something nice, and a chance to take the tide at its flood. Address WH. B. HIED & CO., Tribune Buildings, New York. That remittances may be made with confi dence, W. R. 11. &, Co. refer to the Mayor of Brooklyn ; to G. W. Griffith, President Far mers' and Citizens' Bank, Brooklyn ; to Joy, Cue, & Co., New York; to P. T. Barnuin, Esq., New York, etc., etc. mhs GEO. vr. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mifflin, Centre and Hunting don counties. my2C 8 CENTS per quart for the best No. 1 Coal Oil—warranted pure and iuodop ous, and non-explosive, for sale by the barrel or gallon. F. G. FRANCISCUS. )A DO/,. Coal Oil Lamp Shades, from 12c om\j to $1 00 each. , 11:12 F. G. FRANCISCUS. WILLI A?* LIND, has now open A NEW STOCK ©4* Cloths, Cassimeres AS-1 VESTI NCS, which will be made up to order ia the neat est and most fashionable styles. aphj NEW GOODS. IIA\ INO just received a largo htock Boots and i would mviie the attention of my old customers and all others in want of agoucfc article, as I will sell at very 1 w priced for cash. A good assortment of home made work always on hand. Particular attention paid to customer work. All orders attended to with promptness. Fifty good workmen wanted on Army and other woik, at the old stand on the public square. T. CO}y Lcwistown, Sept. 25, 86. Glorious Triumph over all Opposition! For the People have Decided That the Cheapest and Best Boots and Shoes are sold at the PEOPLE'S SHOE STORE, In Lewistown. I&> ©0 is e© pleasure in announcing that they JL still continue their extensive shoe estab lisbinent in West Market street, nearly op posite Maj. Eiseubise's Hotel, and that they have just returned from the eastern cities with a large and varied assortment of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children's wear, all of neat finish and ex cellent manufacture, which they will scl* for CASH (INLY, At Least 2i Pvx Cent, (taeaper than the same can be purchased elsewhere, as w ijl be seen by referring to the following Price List: Men's Boots, £1 50 to 3 25 " Gaiters, 140 to 175 " Walking Shoes, 125t0 140 " Brogans, 85 to 140 " Kip and Calf Brogans, 62 to 80 Ladies Gaiters 75 to I 00 " Kid and Morocco lace Boots, 1 00 to 1 25 " Kip and Calf lace Boots, 80 to 125 Misses' and Childrens Shoes, 12 to 95 Having bought our goods for cash, they were put at the lowest figure, and by doing an exclusively cash business, customers are made to pay no debts—hence our low prices. Measu res taken for Boots and Shoes, which will bemaaeatthe shortest notice. REPAIR ING done in the neatest manner. 1 KUXKS, \ ALICES, ic., always on hand and for sale cheap. Be respectfully solicit a liberal share of public patronage. OctlQ. ' NATHANIEL KENNEDY'S STORE, In the Odd Fellows' Hall. A Very Choice Assortment of Old Liquors. I 01 IKK fur sale all the liquors, late the stuck of John Kennedy, dee'd., embracing prime French Bra/dy, Cherry Brandy, Gin" Wines, Jamaica Spirits, and Scotch Ale. Ho tel keepers are requested to ca!J. BSL. Physicians can always obtain a pure urhclt Jor the sick. ~ . V- 50 ' foreign apj Domestic Pry Goods, Groceries, Oueeneware, Stoneware, "Hardware, Cedar ware, always on hand: Shoulders, ilams, Fish, Herring, Shad, and Mackerel; Dried Beef of a most excellent quality; with Boots and Shoes in great variety. All" the goods will be sold very low. X. KENNEDY. Lewistown, January 15, 1861. DRIED FRUIT. I\BIEP Appfcs and Peaches, for sale at J feb!2 F. J. HOFFMAN'S. 1) LACI^SMJi life, and all who want iron, -J to., ill find they can be well supplied at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. DANDELION Coffee—an excellent sub stitute for Bio Coffee, and mu.cb cheaper, for sale by F. J. HOFFMAN. G1 ROUERIES.-—A large stock of all kinds I at lowest prices. Good brown Sugar at 10 and 11 cents; best Rio Coffee 22 cents. febl2 F. J. HOFFMAN'S. EW Orleans Molasses—a splendid, bright a. v article fur baking, at febl2 HOFFMAN'S. CORN SHELLERS. t) FADING Horse Power Shcller, at *2O. i febl2 F. J. HOFFMAN. O IIAK KR Garden Seeds—these are very k_7 reliable—for sale at HOFFMAN'S. HARDWARE. OUR stock of Hardware is full, and at low __ prices. F. J. HOFFMAN. O ApDLERSj your attention is called to our lO stock of Saddlery ware. Prices to suit the times, F. J. HOFFMAN'S. SHOEMAKERS ! look to your interest— You will find our stock of Qak and Red Sole, Morocco, Calfskips, Uppers, Shoe Find ings, &c., &c., of best qualities and at low prices. F. J. HOFFMAN. STEVi ART Cooking Stove.—This new and superior stove will recommend itself to ev ery one who sees it. ft ban many advanta ges which no other stove known has. feblg V, J. HOFFMAN. fjMIIE Telegraph Fodder Cutter, the best JL and cheapest in use, for cutting fodder and straw ; price S2O 00: for sale by febs F. G. FRANCISCUS. r IARE celebrated Shaker Garden Seeds, com _L prising many new and desirable seeds never before introduced into this country, for sale by f. G. FRANCISCUS. Cloths, Clothing, sQots, Shoes, &c. A GOOD assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, £jL Tweed Vests, Pants, Woolen Shirts and Drawers, Linen and Cotton Striped Shirts, Red and Gray Woolen Shirts, Boots, Shoes, Ilats and Caps for men and boys •sep!B JAMES PARIvEF